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Next Start Date: September 2023
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This flexible, multidisciplinary degree prepares you to meet the demands of a rapidly changing community and housing landscape. It will give you the knowledge, skills and practical experience to make a difference to communities and shape change while opening up a wide range of career paths.
The degree suits those already working in housing and looking to develop their role as well as anyone interested in pursuing a career in community work including housing. You study core topics such as the history and development of housing systems, policy and practice; current housing policy in theory and practice; and work and welfare in the 21st century. You can also follow your interests with topics such as urban ethnography; international housing; gentrification and class distinction; and rural and urban communities.
The course's flexible approach means you can choose a study path that fits your work and family commitments, from the traditional full-time, three-year degree to part-time; blended learning; and condensed days on campus.
Why choose this course?
Our partnerships with local social housing providers mean you gain experience in the housing and community sector through placements and engagement with community-based projects
Hone your critical thinking skills through exploring and evaluating community research, and undertake a final-year research project with a community focus · Benefit from being part of a wider University of Bedfordshire community comprising both rural and urban areas
Learn from an academic team with wide research experience in this field, and a proven track record of engaging with our communities in Bedfordshire while building connections with local businesses and not-for-profit organisations
Gain first-hand knowledge through talks and workshops from experienced housing professionals, community researchers, 'think tank' representatives and professionals in the not-for-profit sector · Benefit from a course that offers an optional Professional Placement or Foundation Year (see below for more information)
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Community Studies and Housing with Foundation Year - BA (Hons)
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Whether you're returning to learning and require additional help and support to up-skill, or if you didn't quite meet the grades to pursue an Undergraduate course, our Degrees with Foundation Year provide a fantastic entry route for you to work towards a degree level qualification.
With our guidance and support you'll get up to speed within one year, and will be ready to seamlessly progress on to undergraduate study at Bedfordshire.
The Foundation Year provides an opportunity to build up your academic writing skills and numeracy, and will also cover a range of subject specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree.
This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will need to successfully complete the Foundation Year to progress on to the first year of your bachelor's degree.
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The degrees offering a Foundation Year provide excellent preparation for your future studies.
During your Foundation Year you will get the opportunity to talk to tutors about your degree study and future career aspirations, and receive guidance on the most appropriate Undergraduate course to help you achieve this; providing you meet the entry requirements and pass the Foundation Year.
Community Studies and Housing with Professional Practice Year - BA (Hons)
This course has the option to be taken over four years which includes a year placement in industry. Undertaking a year in industry has many benefits. You gain practical experience and build your CV, as well as being a great opportunity to sample a profession and network with potential future employers.
There is no tuition fee for the placement year enabling you to gain an extra year of experience for free.
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At least 104 points which should include three A levels at C or above
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On completion of the degree, graduates will be able to enter or develop their careers in the housing sector or work in a range of community-focused roles in local government; private-sector companies; the not-for-profit sector; and the research and development area of local
government, charities and think tanks. It prepares students to take up careers within housing management; housing strategy, regeneration, development and asset management; homelessness services and supported housing; social enterprise companies; community development; tenancy sustainability and support. It also opens up career opportunities in customer care; finance, HR and IT.
You may also wish to progress on to a Master's or Degree by Research in a social sciences-related subject.
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Beds SU is led by four Student Officers - a President and three Vice Presidents - who are elected annually by University of Bedfordshire students to lead the Students' Union.
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Almost 10 years after the 2009 stock market low, many investors are wondering whether another bear market is around the corner. Unfortunately, no one can predict the exact timing of a bear market. This being said, if you're an investor with long-term goals, it's in your best interest to adopt a strategic framework to guide your investment choices. Understanding how market cycles work is part of this framework.
A bear market is characterized by an extended price decline of 20% or more following a stock market index peak. It's not the same as a market correction, which corresponds to a smaller decline of 10% to 20%. A stock market crash is equivalent to a sudden bear market, with prices plummeting in the space of a few days or even hours. Of course, there's room for interpretation. For example, the 2008-2009 bear market was fairly brief, with most of the losses concentrated between September 2008 and mid-March 2009, which made it seem like a crash. Generally speaking, corrections are fairly tolerable. A crash, however, knocks the wind out of investors. A bear market nibbles away at their patience, especially that of people who have just begun to invest and have yet to benefit from market upturns.
A bull market starts when a bear market bottoms out, and ends at the next summit. A bear market plus a bull market equals a full market cycle. Seeing that life expectancy in developed countries is over 80, you will likely live through several of these cycles during your life as an investor. But how many?
I've compiled some statistics about market cycles since 1970. In the United States, bull markets last an average of 9 ½ years (113 months), and bear markets last an average of less than 1 ½ year (33 months). The comparable data for Canada and developed international markets are shown below in Table 1. As you can see, cycles have been shorter here than in the U.S. Beware of reading too much into these figures: 48 years doesn't generate a lot of data from the statistical viewpoint. But there's good news: bull markets last much longer than bear markets.
The next logical question is: How much do investors earn or lose during the different market phases? Table 2 shows average market returns, including capital gains and dividends. In Canada, for example, bull markets generated an average of 164% while bear markets cost investors 33%, for an average cumulative return of 81% over a full cycle. Table 2 also shows the corresponding analyses for U.S. and international markets. You'll note that returns are much higher than in Canada. Beware — appearances can be misleading! The Canadian market has gone through seven full cycles since 1970, compared with just four in the United States and five for international markets. As market cycles are more frequent and shorter in Canada, it is normal that cumulative returns are lower.
Investing isn't a bed of roses!
So far, the market cycle math seems to be tilted in investors' favour. Bull markets last much longer than bear markets, and net returns for a full cycle are substantial. So why do veteran investors sometimes have mixed feelings about their experience in the stock market? It's probably because bear markets cause much more damage that one would think at first glance. Take the example of someone who invested $100 in U.S. equities at the market peak in 2007 — followed immediately by one of the most severe bear markets in history, with a decline of 50%. When the market bottomed out, our investor's portfolio was worth only $50. To recoup her losses, she needed a 100% return! It's the phenomenon of asymmetrical returns: you need an even higher yield just to recover your losses. And the bigger the losses, the harder it is to recover them, as shown in Table 3.
Our analysis of stock market cycles over the past 48 years shows that bull markets last considerably longer than bear markets. For a full market cycle, made up of a bear market followed by a bull market, the cumulative return often exceeds 100%. Some market cycles can be as short as three or four years, but others can be spread over 10 to 12 years. The fact that the U.S. stock market has been climbing for a decade has no predictive value. Finally, bear markets significantly reduce the value of stock market investments, and recouping your losses can be a long-term project. For the record, holders of U.S. equities had to wait until 2013 for their investments to return to where they were prior to the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
To benefit from market returns, perseverance is essential. You need a strategy that is simple and easy to follow. Sometimes, you also need to ignore certain factors that can trigger emotions and convince you to abort your strategy, such as market news or the famous brother-in-law who's a self-taught stock market wiz.
Bear markets tend to be worldwide, but they aren't 100% coordinated. By diversifying your equity portfolio internationally, you have a good chance of mitigating your losses and, once the market turns around, recouping them faster.
At the end of the day, the most effective way to reduce portfolio losses during bear markets is to hold a good percentage of bonds, as they most often generate positive yields. This is illustrated by Table 4, which shows Canadian bond yields during the six S&P/TSX bear markets since 1980.


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You have to redirect them once and once.
Yep, that's the sacrifice I'll have to make. But it actually doesn't add much work, because every time I updated my 'about-me' page, I ended up with a new URL, eg. /blog/2006/4/about-me, etc. so I had redirects in place to bring people to my newest one anyway. Now, I've gotten rid of these and just have /blog/about-me. I think the separation of dates from the URL has its benefits.
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The Mind's Eye is about Zack Connors and Rachel Meadows, two people born with psychokinetic abilities who are patients at an institution headed by Michael Slovak, a doctor determined to harvest their powers. When Zack and Rachel escape the institution, the deranged doctor is obsessed with tracking them down to continue his research and gain control of their abilities for himself.
Graham Skipper and Lauren Ashley Carter are perfect for the roles of Zack and Rachel. The two convey a tortured demeanor that shows their psychokinetic powers as more of a curse than a gift, this is demonstrated nicely in the opening of the film in a scene involving Graham Skipper. Skipper has very expressive eyes which highlight many moments in the film and he gives a solid performance as Zack.
But I really want to focus on Lauren Ashley Carter who has a screen presence that is undeniable. She elevates every scene she is in and has an intensity within her that makes it impossible to take your eyes off her. After seeing her in Pod, Darling, and now The Mind's Eye, it is clear to me that she's a star, plain and simple. I can't praise her enough and she should be on everyone's radar.
The Winter landscape in the film is a nice symbolism for the studies being done at the Slovak Institute where the psychokinetic abilities of the patients lay dormant due to a created serum that is injected into them. But just like the snow will eventually melt, the serum too has a time limit and will eventually wear off. After Zack and Rachel escape the institute, it's only a matter of time until their powers are available to them again.
The lighting creates a contrast between subdued and vibrant colors, a mix of whites and beige's with well placed neon sprays that highlight faces or backdrops. It speaks to the two abilities of the mind in the film: the normality of everyday use and average thoughts and the heightened use of psychokinetic ability. It's a language that runs through the entire film and becomes more apparent as the story progresses.
Tying everything together is a soundtrack that is an energetic symphony of synth, science fiction sound brimming with action. It's powerful and big and plays well over the heart pounding emotions and action we see on the screen.
The Mind's Eye does not shy away from blood and gore and it doesn't disappoint with it's effects. There's a few moments in particular that will have gore hounds cheering and losing their heads.
The Mind's Eye is loaded with action, drips with blood, boasts awesome practical effects, has a killer soundtrack, and a mad scientist angle fused with a body horror aspect that is tons of fun to watch. Writer and director Joe Begos has created a classic in the vein of Cronenberg and Carpenter and there is something for everyone to enjoy in this movie.
You know that kind of movie you wish they still made? The Mind's Eye is it and it needs to be seen.
Yes I really like Lauren Ashley Carter's work I have seen a few of her films, DARLING being the latest. Hey did you see BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW? This film plot sounds just a little bit like that film. Anyways now I want to see this film.
I haven't seen that one, I'll have to check it out! And yeah, definitely watch The Mind's Eye, it's a great time.


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Sheila Kennedy
A jaundiced look at the world we live in.
Hoping For Realignment
April 26, 2019 Random Blogging2020, George Packer, policy, realignmentSheila
Political realignments are momentous shifts in the balance of power between political parties that give one party and ideology a long- lasting dominance. According to George Packer, such realignments occur far more often in the minds of partisans than in reality.
In the past century there have been only two realignments—one in 1932, the other in 1980. The first brought Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democrats to power, and liberalism dominated until the late '60s. The second brought Ronald Reagan and the Republicans to power, and conservatism retains its grip on our political institutions, if not on electoral majorities, to this day. "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket," Eric Hoffer, the author of The True Believer, wrote. By the early 1970s, the New Deal coalition of urban machines and interest groups was becoming a racket, symbolized by piles of uncollected garbage in the streets of a nearly bankrupt New York City. Sure signs of degeneracy in the Reagan revolution appeared in the late 1990s, when Tom DeLay's K Street Project erased the line between governing and big-money lobbying. The next step is dissolution, but the end of Hoffer's life cycle can drag on for agonizing years.
Packer says that realignments occur when traditional politics are manifestly not working–when government fails to address chronic social ills. They are precipitated by the "rising activism of popular movements—industrial workers, evangelical Christians—pushed the parties toward new ideological commitments." And while realignments come from tectonic shifts, they aren't inevitable.
They're subject to a combination of elements, including chance—more like a hurricane than the coming of spring. No one can know whether 2020 will bring the realignment that some people on the left expect. In the years since 2008 many things have changed, including three big ones. First is the lingering hangover of the Great Recession, with increased economic divisions, leaving Democratic voters impatient with the kind of incremental reforms that Hillary Clinton campaigned on in 2016 and hungry for more ambitious policies. A second is the coming to political age of Millennials—the most powerful generation since the Boomers, and far more left-wing than their elders. The third is Donald Trump.
Since getting elected, Trump—by being true to himself every minute of his presidency—has pushed educated women, suburban voters, and even a small percentage of his white working-class base toward the Democratic Party. His hateful rhetoric and character are making Americans—white Democrats in particular—more rather than less liberalon issues of immigration, religion, and race. Last November, nonwhite voters made upa record 28 percent of the midterm electorate, and 38 percent of young voters. At the same time, the Republican Party has built its ramparts around the diminishing ground inhabited by older, whiter, more rural, less educated Americans. These are the kind of changes that could bring a new Democratic coalition to power for years to come.
Given the accuracy of the above paragraphs, a realignment would certainly seem possible, even highly probable. So why does Hacker tell us not to get our hopes up?
There are still a lot of people living back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the red fields of the republic roll on under the night. Since progressives, especially younger ones, and especially the hyperpoliticized partisans on Twitter, rarely talk to people who don't think like them, they stop believing that such people still exist, at least not in meaningful numbers—sooner or later they'll have to die out. And yet, year after year, those nearly extinct Americans keep showing up to vote, and often win.
The ability to usher in lasting change–or even short-term change–ultimately depends upon political leadership. Hacker reminds us that leadership isn't synonymous with ideology or policy.
Campaigns tell stories, and in politics as in literature, style matters as much as plot. Roosevelt and Reagan, ideological opposites, both won by speaking in a way that gave Americans a sense of dignity and belonging and made them hopeful. They didn't win by haranguing the public. They didn't win by implying that anyone who disagreed must be either stupid or venal. They didn't assemble majorities by degrading Americans into identity blocs. They didn't force their party to pledge allegiance to the most extreme positions, or turn politics into a joyless exercise in orthodoxy. They hammered their opponents, but they did it with a smile.
In other words, the message is important–but the messenger is even more important. I hope the primary electorate understands that.
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29 thoughts on "Hoping For Realignment"
JoAnn Green says:
FDR and the "New Deal" brought progress to this country in the form of jobs rebuilding and expanding the infrastructure while providing middle Americans with livable incomes, beginning that era's economic growth. Reagan began the age of lobbyists as a full-time, well paid job and using the wealthy to their political advantage while digging into the pockets of middle Americans. Much of the Republican's "conservative progress" has brought about the destruction of the environment causing Global Warming and offsetting the alignment of natural Climate Change. Republicans believe they can repair the hole in the roof by tearing out another section of that roof to use for repairs.
"The ability to usher in lasting change–or even short-term change–ultimately depends upon political leadership."
Political leadership is not found in the amount of wealth listed on bank statements but there is a new Golden Rule in control. "He who has the gold, rules." And what Republicans consider to be progress does not mean improvement which is why we are must find realignment to retain democracy, Rule of Law and return to the Constitution of the United States for guidance.
I recognize that in my young adult years not only did I not have the time to understand and be aware of politics, but back then I did not have access to the information to be able to do so. Even now, with all of the information available on tv and the internet, it takes a massive amount of energy just to work full time and raise children.
How do young parents find any time to be active politically or at the very least to take the time to read and truly understand what is going on? If I had to make a bet on how people vote I would bet that most younger adults still vote for the candidates of the party that their parents voted for. They just don't have the time to learn anything else from any other source.
Maybe trump's audacious idiocy has caught the attention of the younger generations enough to make them think that they need to pay attention to what has been and is going on and to get involved in voting for candidates who actually care about their futures and the future of this country, rather than the future of the uber wealthy and the corporations.
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'I hope the primary electorate understands that.'
You are funny!
Peggy Hannon says:
What it all comes down to is, who votes, and who doesn't. I know I sound like a broken record and I also know I'm preaching to the choir here, since those who read this blog will, no doubt, vote. I don't only preach that here. I preach it wherever I find an audience, especially an audience of young people. Please go forth and talk about the importance of voting to your families, your friends, your children, and their children.
Kurt Wiegand says:
This is very much in keeping with what Mayor Pete was saying about not just winning an election, but winning an era.
I also see this in Pete's campaign style. He has gotten a lot of comments about not having bullet points of policy – like Elizabeth Warren. What I see is that people like Pete as the messenger – where they aren't as taken with Elizabeth Warren – for example — if poll numbers are a reasonable indicator at this stage. Rather than a policy page that you can "shop", Pete has you watching videos of him speak – which showcases the messenger.
I am somewhat disheartened by comments on various sites regarding details of policy proposals… along the lines of, "I'm not going to vote for anyone who doesn't say they are going to do ____ or ____." As Sheila mentioned in a previous post, it's unlikely that we will agree with any candidate on all of their policy positions – and as I said earlier, many of these policies aren't going anywhere without a magically reconstituted House and Senate.
Rather than minutiae of policy proposals, it may be better to ask who would be best to lead us into a different realignment.
Vernon Turner says:
"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket," Eric Hoffer, the author of The True Believer, wrote." I never thought the Reagan presidency represented anything except a vehicle for Wall Street greed in the person of Donald Regan. They helped create Newt Gingrich and his moronic ideas.
Howard Dean introduced the 50-state strategy when he was DNC chairman. He got it right. Since then, the DNC has floundered – except for Obama's grass-roots, 50-state strategy – in the sea of polls, pollsters and the lack of campaign imagination. Finally, as George Will so eloquently stated: "The Democrats nominated the only bi-ped on Earth who could lose to Donald Trump." Maybe it WAS Hillary's "turn", but the people wanted Bernie Sanders to be the Democratic nominee. "Superdelegates"? Really? What are those other than a sneaky way to get someone nominated that the hierarchy wanted. The DNC failed to listen to their own constituents, so it's hard to imagine that they would listen to those in "fly-over" country.
Bernie Sanders would have defeated Donald Trump by 20 % points or more, so polls have said.
dbert says:
Yesterday I received questionnaires from the Democrats and the Republicans, each ostensibly designed to gauge my interest in certain issues. They were remarkably similar and each closed with the request for a donation. It looked like business as usual for both parties.
Marv Kramer says:
"In the past century there have been only two realignments—one in 1932, the other in 1980."
Let's get real. We elected a FASCIST. We need to ALSO look at the Germany of the 20's and 30's in order to better understand what an effective realignment might have to look like NOW in America.
I have recommended a Democrat strategy for now of paying attention to the 20 contenders as they campaign. Some will rise in popularity and some will fall as their campaign strategies unfold, each slightly at least, different. That's exactly the purpose of the primary, to see who best has what it takes to get elected.
At the moment I, at least, can't guess how that will shake out. I personally prefer some candidates over others but that doesn't matter much, it's who we prefer that counts.
What I know is however it shakes out I'm fully on board because I know that any Republican alternative in 2020, presumably Trump, will be an infinitely worse choice. Yes that makes me a Democrat liberal extremist for the second election in my life.
Is there any other choice?
How about PEACEFUL RESISTANCE. Are you 100% sure there's going to be an election? I'm not. Are we going to make the same mistake the Germans did, when they elected Adolph Hitler and, UNFORTUNATELY, found out there wasn't going to be another election?
"It can't happen here." It already has.
Gerald Stinson says:
The trend is clear. Demographics don't lie. Democrats would already have marginal to super majorities in some states now run by Republicans but for gerrymandering and voter suppression by minority Republicans whose numbers are shrinking by the day. Yes, big shifts in government did occur with FDR and Reagan, and I would argue that (other than a continuation of make the rich richer and the poor poorer view) Trump has ushered in a third shift, a plainly more dictatorial treatment in the exercise of executive power, libertarian non-regulation and tax cuts of and for the greedy, and the use of prevarication and alternative realities to achieve "deconstruction of the administrative state," aka ending our democracy, or what is left of it.
Thus FDR inherited Hoover's laissez faire treatment of an economic disaster, Reagan manufactured a crisis in order to reduce taxes on the rich and regulation of Wall Street, and I need not recite what Trump has done, is doing, and will do unless we put a stop to his outrageous antics. I think that our political task is to organize our troops for the coming election and work hard to see to it that we have turnout, turnout and more turnout. There are many more of us than there are of them, so when all the shouting and tumult is over, it comes down to arithmetic. So it's off to work we go.
Vernon @ 9:04 am, I agree with your comments.
The message and the messenger are not mutually exclusive. Among presidents Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, JFK, Reagan, Obama and President Agent Orange all have both, the message and the messenger. All of these Presidents had charisma, they also had a message.
The problem is sometimes the messenger is so obscure in the details, you are left to fill in the blanks about the details.
This idea that all you need is a messenger is fallacious.
"Hope" is a nice to have and you can repeat it over and over again. You can put the word "Hope" in bright lights on the the top of a pyramid. However, you have to have a foundation, a superstructure, and reinforced concrete as a base. Without a base, and in political terms – a well defined policy, you have a rationally impossible object like an etching or drawing by M. C. Escher. The problem is some people cannot discern the difference between a word or phrase and the reality of – How are you going to accomplish it????
Monotonous,
It's called REALISTIC HOPE.
Gerald,
When it comes to fascism, you must move pre-emptively. If not, as we are now observing, the rhetoric of democracy will be found to be utterly useless.
Marv, I do assume that there will be a 2020 election. I also assume that for that election China and North Korea will join with Putin in interfering with the election process in order to maintain Trump who has elevated their global images to beneficial new highs.
In 2016 Putin had to influence only a very few voters in a very few states to get the outcome that he needed. I assume that 2020 will not be that close a race.
There is "peaceful resistance" underway now that will crescendo through this year as Presidential election fever plays its usual role.
Parties and their successful candidates have always asked themselves what do I have to do to get re-elected and what can I do to give my party more power after the next election. That will continue.
Democrats have to rebalance the issues of idealism and retail politics. I believe that thanks to Trump support for liberal ideology is growing and thanks to 2016 Democrats will focus heavily on retail politics instead of the presumption of winning in 2016.
I'm hopeful and that's a powerful liberal motivator.
Pleasant dreams.
Marv – There are signs of preemption coming to the fore, e.g., workers in the West Wing who are not carrying out der fuehrer's orders, states that require candidates to show their tax returns or be excluded from the ballot etc., so while I am concerned I am not panicking just yet. I agree with the idea of preemption but would use it in proportion to each new atrocity committed by the current lunatic in the Oval Office, all with a view toward maintaining a relative status quo until the fall of 2020, and as to timing for the use of preemption tactics I think the Mueller report has stirred up a new undercurrent of anger towards Trump that will have blunted his drive for dictatorship and am guessing that a relative status quo will last till then. If not, we can always hit the streets.
John Neal says:
"There are still a lot of people living back in that vast obscurity beyond the city…"
It is only obscure if your eyes are closed. I have often commented that these fellow Americans face profound problems, not found in cities.
"The View From Flyover Country" by Sarah Kendzior would be a start for curious and less dismissive minds.
I have been obsessed by the role political cycles since watching the Tea Party protest President Obama in 2010 and feeling like it was 1968 all over again. There are numerous scholars, in addition to Packer. The most prominent ones being Arthur Schlesinger, Sr. and Jr. who think the cycle is closer to 20 years. I tend to think it's closer to 40 or 50 years.
My hypothesis is that all the various theories have validity and can be reconciled. It's just a matter of how the various scholars define the beginning and end of an era or a realignment.
Yes, today it matters who Democrats choose as their standard bearer, in 2020, but it is obvious that based on ideology, Republicans have lost the majority of Americans in 2008. It's just a matter of how long Republicans can hold on by rigging the system with gerrymandering, voter suppression, refusing to consider Supreme Court nominees, doing away with legislative norms like "blue slips" from the Senators for court nominees, etc. To determine which Party is losing just watch and listen. Who is cheating? Who is screaming?
You still have my vote for President.
Hey Indianapolis!
Where are the protests against the NRA which is meeting right now in your city with 15,000 members in attendance?
Always, just words.
Give them credit, they're winning by cheating. Who controls the Presidency, Senate, & Supreme Court? Screw democracy!
Terry Munson says:
Eric Hoffer also said, "Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true." The political realignment Trump has in mind involves halting the withering away of the Republican Party by declaring himself the forever president. Who is to say, given his lackeys in the Supreme Court and the U.S. Senate and his millions of heavily armed true believers, that this can't happen? No one – not even Mitch McConnell or Rand Paul – yearns for this outcome more than Vladimir Putin.
It surely can happen, especially when the opposition response, amounts to no more than a pile of BULLSHIT.
See "On Bullshit" by Harry G. Frankfurt (Princeton University Press, Princeton & Oxford, 2005)
From ON BULLShIT:
"The contemporary proliferation of bullshit also has deeper sources, in various forms of skepticism which deny that we can have any reliable access to an objective reality, and which therefore reject the possibility of knowing how things truly are. These "antirealist" doctrines undermine confidence in the value of disinterested efforts to determine what is true and what is false, and in the intelligibility of the notion of objective inquiry. One response to this loss of confidence has been a retreat from the discipline required by dedication to the ideal of CORRECTNESS to a quite different sort of discipline, which is imposed by an alternative ideal of SINCERITY. Rather than seeking primarily to arrive at accurate representations of a common world, the individual [or organization] turns toward trying to provide honest representations of himself. Convinced that reality has no inherent nature, which he might hope to identify with himself to being true to his own nature. It is as though he decides that since it makes no sense to try to be true to the facts, he must therefore try instead to be true to himself.
But it is preposterous to imagine that we ourselves are determinate, and hence susceptible both to correct and to incorrect descriptions, while supposing that the ascription of determinacy to anything else has been exposed as a mistake. As conscious beings, we exist only in response to other things, and we cannot know ourselves at all without knowing them.
Moreover, there is nothing in theory, and certainly nothing in experience, to support the extraordinary judgment that it is the truth about himself that is the easiest for a person to know. Facts about ourselves are not peculiarly solId and resistant to skeptical dissolution. Our natures are, indeed, elusively insubstantial—notoriously less stable and less inherent than the natures of other things. And insofar as this is the case sincerIty itself is BULLSHIT." pp. 64-7
Harry G. Frankfurt, renowned moral philosopher, was Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University.
Marv,
Crystal clear and extremely helpful.
Jeremy Corbyn has declined an invitation to attend a state dinner with Donald Trump when the US president visits the UK in June.
Trump has accepted an invitation to a long-delayed state visit, including a formal white-tie dinner hosted by the Queen.
In a statement, the Labour leader said he disagreed with the prime minister's decision to offer a formal visit to the US leader and confirmed he would not attend any state dinner.
"Theresa May should not be rolling out the red carpet for a state visit to honor a president who rips up vital international treaties, backs climate change denial and uses racist and misogynist rhetoric," said Corbyn.
"Maintaining an important relationship with the United States does not require the pomp and ceremony of a state visit. It is disappointing that the prime minister has again opted to kowtow to this US administration."
His statement follows similar refusals from the Commons Speaker, John Bercow, and the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Vince Cable. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/26/jeremy-corbyn-refuses-to-attend-state-banquet-for-donald-trump
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Friends "absolutely devastated" for Parkstone crash cyclist Jason Falconer
By Harriet Marsh
IN HOSPITAL: Cyclist Jason Falconer, inset, is still seriously ill in hospital following a crash on Constitution Hill Road
PALS of Jason Falconer, the cyclist seriously injured in a Poole crash, say they are "absolutely devastated" for him.
Mr Falconer, who is in his 40s, is still in hospital following a collision with a car as he rode along Constitution Hill Road, in Parkstone, last Friday.
The Sustrans Bike It officer for Bournemouth has had an operation to remove a blood clot in his brain, friends say.
Alan McRae, development officer at Bournemouth Arrow Cycling Club, where Mr Falconer belonged, said: "Jason's making gradual improvements but the doctors are keeping him heavily sedated.
"He's still got a long, long way to go. We are all absolutely devastated and have our fingers crossed."
Mr Falconer, from Parkstone, sustained some facial injuries in the crash but his spine was not damaged, Mr McRae said.
He described Mr Falconer as an "out and out enthusiast" who had the ability to inspire people of all ages.
Two weeks ago, he ran a five-hour class for 240 school children at the Slades Farm track, and was leading the lower Raymond Brown Track League in his first season.
"Jason has not got any ego, he listens, pays attention and thinks about what he does," Mr McRae said.
Children at St Mark's School, in Wallisdown Road, are making get well soon cards.
Mum Monica Adams, who helped out with his Bike It sessions, said: "He is very well thought of."
Ros Wheeler, of Poole Wheelers, said: "Jason put a lot of time into training and encouraging our young riders on the track."
Kathy Melling, a teacher at Corpus Christi Primary School, in Boscombe, said: "Our staff and pupils have benefitted greatly from Jason's kindness, encouragement, practical help and general positive attitude to life and especially cycling.
"We are so sorry to hear of this terrible accident and hope to hear good news very soon.
"We send him and his family our thoughts and best wishes."


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package com.legendshop.business.controller;

import com.legendshop.business.common.CommonServiceUtil;
import com.legendshop.core.UserManager;
import com.legendshop.core.base.AdminController;
import com.legendshop.core.base.BaseController;
import com.legendshop.core.constant.PathResolver;
import com.legendshop.core.constant.SysParameterEnum;
import com.legendshop.core.dao.support.CriteriaQuery;
import com.legendshop.core.dao.support.PageSupport;
import com.legendshop.core.exception.ConflictException;
import com.legendshop.core.exception.NotFoundException;
import com.legendshop.core.exception.PermissionException;
import com.legendshop.core.helper.FileProcessor;
import com.legendshop.core.helper.FoundationUtil;
import com.legendshop.core.helper.PropertiesUtil;
import com.legendshop.core.helper.RealPathUtil;
import com.legendshop.core.helper.ResourceBundleHelper;
import com.legendshop.model.dynamic.Item;
import com.legendshop.model.entity.Brand;
import com.legendshop.spi.constants.Constants;
import com.legendshop.spi.page.BackPage;
import com.legendshop.spi.page.FowardPage;
import com.legendshop.spi.service.BrandService;
import java.util.List;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;

@Controller
@RequestMapping({"/admin/brand"})
public class BrandAdminController extends BaseController
  implements AdminController<Brand, Long>
{
  private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BrandAdminController.class);

  @Autowired
  private BrandService brandService;

  @RequestMapping({"/query"})
  public String query(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String curPageNO, Brand brand)
  {
    CriteriaQuery cq = new CriteriaQuery(Brand.class, curPageNO);
    cq.setPageSize(((Integer)PropertiesUtil.getObject(SysParameterEnum.PAGE_SIZE, Integer.class)).intValue());
    cq = hasAllDataFunction(cq, request, StringUtils.trim(brand.getUserName()));

    PageSupport ps = this.brandService.getDataByCriteriaQuery(cq);
    ps.savePage(request);
    request.setAttribute("brand", brand);
    return PathResolver.getPath(request, response, BackPage.BRAND_LIST_PAGE);
  }

  @RequestMapping({"/save"})
  public String save(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Brand brand)
  {
    Brand originbrand = null;
    String brandPic = null;
    String name = UserManager.getUserName(request.getSession());
    String subPath = name + "/brand/";
    if ((brand != null) && (brand.getBrandId() != null)) {
      originbrand = this.brandService.getBrand(brand.getBrandId());
      if (originbrand == null)
        throw new NotFoundException("Origin Brand is empty");

      String originBrandPic = originbrand.getBrandPic();
      if ((!(CommonServiceUtil.haveViewAllDataFunction(request))) &&
        (!(name.equals(originbrand.getUserName())))) {
        throw new PermissionException("Can't edit Brand does not own to you!");
      }

      originbrand.setMemo(brand.getMemo());
      originbrand.setBrandName(brand.getBrandName());
      originbrand.setSeq(brand.getSeq());
      if ((brand.getFile() != null) && (brand.getFile().getSize() > -4648542618853048320L)) {
        brandPic = FileProcessor.uploadFileAndCallback(brand.getFile(), subPath, "");
        originbrand.setBrandPic(brandPic);
        String url = RealPathUtil.getBigPicRealPath() + "/" + originBrandPic;
        FileProcessor.deleteFile(url);
      }
      this.brandService.update(originbrand);
    }
    else {
      if ((brand.getFile() != null) && (brand.getFile().getSize() > -4648542618853048320L)) {
        brandPic = FileProcessor.uploadFileAndCallback(brand.getFile(), subPath, "");
        brand.setBrandPic(brandPic);
      }
      brand.setUserId(UserManager.getUserId(request.getSession()));
      brand.setUserName(UserManager.getUserName(request.getSession()));
      brand.setStatus(Constants.ONLINE);
      this.brandService.save(brand);
    }
    saveMessage(request, ResourceBundleHelper.getSucessfulString());
    String result = PathResolver.getPath(request, response, FowardPage.BRAND_LIST_QUERY);
    return result;
  }

  @RequestMapping({"/delete/{id}"})
  public String delete(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, @PathVariable Long id)
  {
    Brand brand = this.brandService.getBrand(id);
    String result = checkPrivilege(request, UserManager.getUserName(request.getSession()), brand.getUserName());
    if (result != null)
      return result;

    if (this.brandService.hasChildProduct(brand.getUserName(), brand.getBrandId()))
      throw new ConflictException("商品品牌下有产品, 该品牌不能删除!");

    this.log.info("{}, delete Brand Picture {}", brand.getUserName(), brand.getBrandPic());
    this.brandService.delete(id);
    if (brand.getBrandPic() != null) {
      String url = RealPathUtil.getBigPicRealPath() + "/" + brand.getBrandPic();
      FileProcessor.deleteFile(url);
    }
    saveMessage(request, ResourceBundleHelper.getDeleteString());
    return PathResolver.getPath(request, response, FowardPage.BRAND_LIST_QUERY);
  }

  @RequestMapping({"/load"})
  public String load(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
  {
    return PathResolver.getPath(request, response, BackPage.BRAND_EDIT_PAGE);
  }

  @RequestMapping({"/update/{id}"})
  public String update(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, @PathVariable Long id)
  {
    Brand brand = this.brandService.getBrand(id);
    String result = checkPrivilege(request, UserManager.getUserName(request.getSession()), brand.getUserName());
    if (result != null)
      return result;

    request.setAttribute("bean", brand);
    return PathResolver.getPath(request, response, BackPage.BRAND_EDIT_PAGE);
  }

  @RequestMapping(value={"/updatestatus/{brandId}/{status}"}, method={org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod.GET})
  @ResponseBody
  public Integer updateStatus(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, @PathVariable Long brandId, @PathVariable Integer status)
  {
    Brand brand = this.brandService.getBrand(brandId);
    if (brand == null)
      return Integer.valueOf(-1);

    if (!(status.equals(brand.getStatus())))
      if (!(FoundationUtil.haveViewAllDataFunction(request))) {
        String loginName = UserManager.getUserName(request.getSession());

        if (!(loginName.equals(brand.getUserName())))
          return Integer.valueOf(-1);

        if ((Constants.ONLINE.equals(status)) || (Constants.OFFLINE.equals(status))) {
          brand.setStatus(status);
          this.brandService.update(brand);
        }

      }
      else if ((Constants.ONLINE.equals(status)) || (Constants.OFFLINE.equals(status)) || (Constants.STOPUSE.equals(status))) {
        brand.setStatus(status);
        this.brandService.update(brand);
      }

    return brand.getStatus(); }

  @RequestMapping({"/saveBrandItem/{nsortId}"})
  @ResponseBody
  public String saveBrandItem(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String idJson, String nameJson, @PathVariable Long nsortId) {
    return this.brandService.saveBrandItem(idJson, nameJson, nsortId, UserManager.getUserName(request)); }

  @RequestMapping({"/getUsableProductItemByName/{nsortId}"})
  @ResponseBody
  public List<Item> getUsableBrandByName(HttpServletRequest request, @PathVariable Long nsortId, String brandName) {
    return this.brandService.getUsableBrandByName(nsortId, UserManager.getUserName(request), brandName); }

  @RequestMapping({"/getUsableBrand/{nsortId}"})
  @ResponseBody
  public List<Item> getUsableBrand(HttpServletRequest request, @PathVariable Long nsortId) {
    return this.brandService.getUsableBrand(nsortId, UserManager.getUserName(request)); }

  @RequestMapping({"/getUsedBrand/{nsortId}"})
  @ResponseBody
  public List<Item> getUsedBrand(HttpServletRequest request, @PathVariable Long nsortId) {
    return this.brandService.getUsedBrand(nsortId, UserManager.getUserName(request));
  }

  @RequestMapping({"/loadSortBrands/{subNsortId}"})
  public String loadBrandBySubSortId(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, @PathVariable Long subNsortId)
  {
    List brandList = this.brandService.loadBrandBySubSortId(subNsortId, PropertiesUtil.getDefaultShopName());
    request.setAttribute("brandList", brandList);
    return PathResolver.getPath(request, response, BackPage.PROD_PUBLISH4_PAGE);
  }

  @RequestMapping({"/loadBrandByName/{subNsortId}"})
  public String loadBrandByName(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, @PathVariable Long subNsortId, String brandName)
  {
    List brandList = this.brandService.loadBrandByName(subNsortId, PropertiesUtil.getDefaultShopName(), brandName);
    request.setAttribute("brandList", brandList);
    return PathResolver.getPath(request, response, BackPage.PUBLISH_BRAND_QUERY_PAGE);
  }
}

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Q: Suddenly bad disk I/O utilization on SQL-server even on weekend where we have few transactions On friday our MS SQL-server 2012 suddenly showed 100% disk I/O utilization in New Relic (Performance monitor). We hade made no updates what so ever and windows update showed nothing that had happend.
The load on the server was low because fridays have low traffic on our website. The disk I/O utilization has been kept high even over the weekend.
The server is a VM-Ware machine with 16 procs and 36 gb of memory. The disk are located in a san.
We have about 5 mb of reads per second and very low on writes on the database server.
The server has about 500 I/O operations per second.
The CPU is at 25%
The database is stored in 12 files on a separate drive on the server.
No long running task are running.
The server is defragmentet and all the indexeson the database have been rebuilt.
Perfmon on the sql server shows disk que at peek 5.
Our server guys says that the SAN is running smoothly. But my gues is that something happend on that friday whick keeps our SQL have to wait for file operations.
Any ideas?

A: There are lots of reasons this could happen.
Most obvious, backup schedule?
If your traffic was so low on Friday that IIS shut down your Application Pool after the idle timeout, the next hit to that Website will trigger reloading of all data which is cached on application startup.
Since your database server is virtualised, the IO to that server may be also virtualised (as opposed to directly connecting the SQL Server Virtual Machine to the storage on the physical host).  In this case, your database server performance may be limited by other machines on the same host saturating the link to the SAN.

A: The reaseon was Another SQL-server on the same host that accessed the disk a lot


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Q: Multiple jquery dropdown menus on 1 page I'm new to jquery and i'm trying to make a dropdown menu list like on www.teefury.com (mens and woman sizes). I came pretty close but when i click 1 of the buttons all of them open (or on my second try only the first one). Thus my questions:

*

*Does anyone know a tutorial i can use for this?

*What's the best way to try and create one on my own? (i have the html & css ready)

*How do i make it so only 1 of the dropdowns will open on click and not all of them or only the first one?

This is what i have so far: http://users.telenet.be/ezarto/dropdown/
PS: this is also my first stackoverflow, please inform me of anything i did wrong :)
PSS: only 1 hyperlink allowed, sorry but you'll have to copy/paste the teefury one

A: Use this and tranverse the DOM to hit the appropriate list that you are trying to show.  I refactored your JavaScript to do so.
$(function() {

 $(".dropdown dt a").click(function() {
   $(this).closest('dt').siblings('dd').find('ul').toggle();
 });

 $(".dropdown dd ul li a").click(function() {
   var text = $(this).text();

   $(this).closest('dd').siblings('dt').find('span').text(text);

   $(this).closest('ul').hide();
 });

});

A: demo
http://jsfiddle.net/QznH7/
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{
    display:none;
}

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b

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javascript
jQuery(function(){
    jQuery('.showMenu').bind('click',function(e){
        jQuery(e.target).parents('dl:first').find('ul').toggleClass('invisible')
    });
});

A: Your dropdown menus got the same class dl class="dropdown">
So when you do that for example :
$(".dropdown dt a").click(function() {
  $(".dropdown dd ul").toggle();
});

It does it on both of them!
You may want to recognize which one you click on. For example, you can give you dropdowns an id

and change your jQuery in consequence.


I. The purpose of figurative speech is to add emphasis to what is being spoken or written.
A. It might make something more memorial, such as a parable giving a story to hang a teaching upon.
B. It might puzzle you or even startle you with an apparent breaking of normal grammar rules to make you notice a point.
C. Sometimes it is to express emotions that are difficult to capture in words.
II. Sudden Silence (aposiopesis) is in the category of omissions.
A. It is when a speaker or writer suddenly breaks off what is being said, omitting the conclusion.
B. Reasons for doing this?
1. What would happen if man lived forever while knowing good and evil?
1. Moses came from talking with God on Mount Sinai to find Israel worshiping a golden calf. He had dealt with the sin, but they still needed God's forgiveness.
2. If God would forgive their sins ... What?
2. What can we offer God, if God grants our requests? It isn't that man can entice God or manipulate Him. There really isn't anything we can offer in return that God needs from us.
1. David is in grief over his sins.
2. He starts to acknowledge something about God, perhaps in contrast because he starts with a "but," yet he never finishes the thought.
a. How long will his punishment continue?
b. How long before God rescue him from sin?
c. How long must sin remain in the world?
1. When Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego refused to bow to Nebuchadnezzar's image, he offered them another chance.
2. Many versions add "very well" or "very good" after "to fall down and worship the image that I have made." But it isn't in text.
a. There was no point in Nebuchadnezzar stating what he would do if the three Jews obeyed, that was what was expected of them.
c. But he had given thought as to what he would do if they did not bow down.
2. Hosea is also angry with the people. He begins to ask God to punish them, but with what?
3. He hadn't given the matter enough thought. He was too emotional. He had to stop and collect his thoughts.
1. The prodigal son never finishes his request of his father. We know what he planned to say in Luke 15:19.
2. Perhaps he is too overcome with emotion at that moment.
3. Perhaps the father doesn't care what he would ask because he knows what he will give; thus, he interrupts his son.
1. What things that make for peace? They will never know because they were hidden by their rejection of the Messiah.
1. Many translations add "well" or "fine" after "and if it bears fruit next year," but it isn't in the text.
1. Paul's speech caused an uproar. A great argument broke out. The Pharisees actually took Paul's side against the Sadducees.
a. But they could not finish and say what should be the resulting conclusion.
b. It could be that in the uproar, they couldn't finish their statement.
c. Perhaps they didn't want to say out loud what that would mean, since they didn't like Paul.
3. The Byzantine manuscripts have "let us not fight against God." Perhaps some scribe thought to finish the thought. But the weight of the evidence seems to point to a purposeful Sudden Silence.
B. Jesus then proceeds to tell them that he is the true "food" – food for the soul – but the crowd, focused on wanting a welfare program of free food like the when the Israelites wondered in the wilderness, just could not grasp what he was saying.
C. And Jesus didn't make it any easier.
1. Just what would happen if they saw Jesus ascending to heaven?
2. Would they then believe or would they still think it too hard?
F. It is the words that are important because they give life.
2. But with the evidence right before you that Jesus is the Son of God, will you believe? Will you put every effort to move through the difficulties?
3. Isn't it worth it all?


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At the time of writing of this post Google Receives about 8100 queries per month for "How to Hack a Computer" That is not the reason behind this blog post. What i am trying to say is how much people are curious for hack computers. Folks are trying to access someones database, some wants to get someones personal things. Well the thing is not easy but not too hard. Here in this tut i am gonna showing you how to hack a computer using kali linux.
Disclaimer– This tutorial is for educational propose only. The main motive behind the post is to guide as many as people how hackers hack computers or how they can steal your information easily. We do not recommend anyone to try this process. If someone face problems after applying this ,Neither author nor Moonking Hackers Club Will be responsible.
First let me tell you what will be covered into this post or how you will be able to hack a computer remotely.
In this article we will use the microsoft office vulneribility detected in 2014 and which found mostly in windows 7 computers. The intresting thing we all know that windows 8 is not so different from windows 7. So there are lot of chances that this bug will work also for Windows 8 Computers. Here is a what Microsoft published on their Security Bulletin.
We will create a .rtf file and you need to send it to target. when your target will open this file in his/her Computer you will have a meterpreter session and You can do anything you want with the target system. that's how you can hack a computer from your computer.
so that is the easiest way Most hackers can use to hack computers from another computer.
As usual we will start from Kali linux. You need to fire up Kali Linux. if You wana be an elite ethical hacker then here is a collection of some useful articles.
Let start the tutorial on how to hack a computer remotely.
And finally as usual a payload can be set by using following command for the doc.rtf file . this payload will help us to start a meterpreter session to hack remote computers over internet.
that's it . Now you need to send the .rtf file to your target, when someone will click on .rtf file, a meterpreter session will be started on your computer. Now you have almost full access to target system. You need to brush up your meterpreter commands.
Hello Rajendra! Is .rtf extension is the one extension generated for that job? Is possible to generate another extension? .doc? .pdf? Excuse me for the question, i'm new in kali or metasploit world.
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I followed the steps you showed. At last, I sent the .rtf file to the target pc and the user opened the file in front of me.
Sorry, I am a beginner in metasploit.


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Folk: single review – Ange Hardy 'The Quantock Carol'
December 15, 2016 Album reviews, Folk musicAnge Hardy, Bright Young Folk, Christmas Single, folk, single reviewDarren Johnson
My review was originally published by Bright Young Folk here
The Ange Hardy Christmas single is becoming a much-anticipated annual tradition in the contemporary folk work. In 2014 we had The Little Holly Tree, followed by When Christmas Day is Near in 2015. Now, for 2016, we have The Quantock Carol.
Hardy presents us with two tracks this Christmas: The Quantock Carol and Mary's Robin. Both are self written, self-produced, unaccompanied vocal performances, yet Hardy has a knack for writing Christmas songs that sound like long-forgotten but recently unearthed Victorian carols.
The Quantock Carol was written for a world in which "peace seems more important and less certain than ever," Hardy reveals in the sleeve-notes. It was inspired by the landscapes of the Quantock hills where she resides, with the hope that such serenity may be something the whole world comes to experience. It's a short song, just one minute 22 seconds, but it resonates with peace and goodwill to all and is sung in the rich, warm, clear voice that we have come to expect.
The second track, Mary's Robin, is based on a Gaelic nativity legend, about how the robin came to get its red breast. Again, it's beautifully sung and wouldn't sound at all out of place at any festive concert, alongside more traditional carols.
With such a beautiful collection of seasonal songs being built up over the past few years, we surely look forward to an Ange Hardy Christmas album before too long.
http://www.angehardy.com/
Previous review:
The Little Holly Tree EP
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Q: How to query a DataTable in memory to fill another data table I am trying to update a Microsoft report. What it does is write out how many clients where excluded from a conversion process and for what reason. Currently the program writes all of the deleted clients back to the server then queries it back to fill a specialty table with the results.
Here is the current query:
SELECT  DeletedClients.Reason,
        COUNT(DeletedClients.Reason) AS Number,
        CAST(CAST(COUNT(DeletedClients.Reason) AS float)
            / CAST(t.Total AS float)
            * 100 AS numeric(4, 1)) AS percentage
FROM DeletedClients CROSS JOIN
    (SELECT COUNT(*) AS Total
    FROM DeletedClients AS DeletedClients_1
    WHERE (ClinicID = @ClinicID)) AS t
WHERE (DeletedClients.ClinicID = @ClinicID)
    AND (DeletedClients.TotalsIdent = @ident)
GROUP BY DeletedClients.Reason, t.Total
ORDER BY Number DESC

What I would like to do is not write DeletedClients to the server as it already exists in memory in my program as a DataTable and it is just slowing down the report and filling the database with information we do not need to save.
My main question is this, Either :
How do I query a data table to make a new in memory data table that has the same results as if I wrote out the the SQL server and read it back in with the query above?
OR
How in Microsoft Reports do you do a group by clause for items in a Tablix to turn =Fields!Reason.Value =Fields!Number.Value =Fields!percentage.Value into something similar to the returned result from the query above?

A: There are two ways that I can think of to query the data table.  Below is an example using both ways.
using System;
using System.Data;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    static class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            var deletedClients = GetDataTable();

            // Using linq to create the new DataTable.
            var example1 = deletedClients.AsEnumerable()
                                         .Where(x => x.Field<int>("ClinicId") == 1)
                                         .CopyToDataTable();

            // Using the DefaultView RowFilter to create a new DataTable.
            deletedClients.DefaultView.RowFilter = "ClinicId = 1";
            var rowFilterExample = deletedClients.DefaultView.ToTable();
        }

        static DataTable GetDataTable()
        {
            var dataTable = new DataTable();
            // Assumes ClinicId is an int...
            dataTable.Columns.Add("ClinicId", typeof(int));
            dataTable.Columns.Add("Reason");
            dataTable.Columns.Add("Number", typeof(int));
            dataTable.Columns.Add("Percentage", typeof(float));

            for (int counter = 0; counter < 10; counter++)
            {
                dataTable.Rows.Add(counter, "Reason" + counter, counter, counter);
            }

            return dataTable;
        }
    }
}

A: You can use DataTable.Select to query the DataTable.
DataTable table = GetDataTableResults();
DataTable results = table.Select("SomeIntColumn > 0").CopyToDataTable();

Or for more complex queries, you can use LINQ to query the DataTable:
DataTable dt = GetDataTableResults();

var results = from row in dt.AsEnumerable()
              group row by new { SomeIDColumn = row.Field<int>("SomeIDColumn") } into rowgroup
              select new
              {
                  SomeID = rowgroup.Key.SomeIDColumn,
                  SomeTotal = rowgroup.Sum(r => r.Field<decimal>("SomeDecimalColumn"))
              };

DataTable queryResults = new DataTable();
foreach (var result in query)
    queryResults.Rows.Add(new object[] { result.SomeID, result.SomeTotal });


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Q: Javascript nested functions variable is not defined What I am trying to achieve here is to build a chart with the average SLA for each of the 4 regions. For this, I am calling an API to get some ids, I use these ids to call another API and get the SLAs. Then, I'm calculating the average SLA. I have to do this 4 times for each region. In the end, I want to have 2 arrays containing the region names and the average SLAs, so I can build the chart. Problem is, I can't get the SLA data out of these nested functions, so I can build the array. It tells me that the variables are undefined.
So the question is why can't I access the average var as soon as I leave the function? I tried using return average;. I also tried returning from both function(response) and function(data). This is the first JS I write and I feel like there is something very wrong with it.  Can you help me find out what?
// This is the fetch that gets me the SLAs and where I calculate the averages.

function regionsla(serviceids, regionName) {
  fetch('api.php', {
    // request body
  }).then(
    function(response) {
      response.json().then(
        function(data) {
          var i = 0;
          var sum = 0;
          var labels = [];
          var values = [];

          for (const label in data.result) {

            sum = sum + data.result[label].sla[0].sla;
            i++;
          }

          average = sum / i;

          labels.push(regionName);
          values.push(average);
        }
      )
    }
  );
}

// This is the main function that runs in the beginning. The fetch is inside a for loop and it will get me the IDs that I need in order to run function regionsla.

async function get_sla() {
  regionsids = [58, 59, 60, 61];
  americaids = [];
  europeids = [];
  asiaids = [];
  australiaids = [];
  for (const regionid of regionsids) {
    fetch('api.php', {
      // request body
    }).then(
      function(response) {
        response.json().then(
          function(data) {
            for (const label in data.result) {
              switch (regionid) {
                case 58:
                  americaids.push(data.result[label].serviceid);
                  break;
                case 59:
                  australiaids.push(data.result[label].serviceid);
                  break;
                case 60:
                  asiaids.push(data.result[label].serviceid);
                  break;
                case 61:
                  europeids.push(data.result[label].serviceid);
              }
            }
            switch (regionid) {
              case 58:
                regionsla(americaids, "America");
                averageAmerica = average;
                console.log(averageAmerica); //this returns
                break; // average is not defined
              case 59:
                regionsla(australiaids, "Australia");
                break;
              case 60:
                regionsla(asiaids, "Asia");
                break;
              case 61:
                regionsla(europeids, "Europe");
            }
          })
      }
    );
  }
}

A: The problem is with the scope of variables. Variables will be accessible only within the function they are declared. If you want to access the variable globally, declare it globally. May i know where is the Average variable declared?
As discussed in the comments following code will give you some ideas.
    function showName() {
  var result;`enter code here`
  result = addString('Hello', ' World');
  document.write (result );
}

// in below we will check how to return string from function
function addString(fName, lName) {
  var val;
  val = fName + lName;
  return val;  // returning string from function
}


A good example of that dynamic is Rover Metals Corp. (TSX.V: ROVR), which recently snatched up the Cabin Lake properties in Northwest Territories. The acquisition gives the company the opportunity to expand on the historical data left on this project by previous operators. Located 110 kilometres northwest of the city of Yellowknife, the Cabin Lake properties consist of the Cabin Lake, Slemon Lake, and Camp Lake properties, of which the Cabin Lake property has received the most historical work.
The project as a whole has been drill tested over the years. It was first prospected in 1939, and in 1946, Andrew Yellowknife Mines tested seven zones with 2,267 metres of drilling. It went through several owners from there, who plied the area with various types of exploration techniques. One owner, Aber Resources, drilled 70 holes in Cabin Lake to an average depth of around 100 metres. The project also saw drilling in 1986, where hole 86-28 returned 15 g/t over 12 metres and several other high-grade long intersects followed. Sanabria believes Rover can uncover more potential resources on the known areas of mineralization through further drilling.


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Oxfam Loses 7,000 Donors Amidst Scandal
by David Nussman • ChurchMilitant.com • February 21, 2018
International sex abuse scandal damages reputation, costs money
LONDON (ChurchMilitant.com) - A major worldwide nonprofit and non-governmental organization (NGO) is losing sorely in the wake of a sex abuse scandal.
English charity Oxfam (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief) is at the center of a slew of sex abuse allegations targeting volunteers and aid workers.
Most recently in the developing scandal, Oxfam has lost 7,000 of its regular donors, The Guardian reports. Oxfam's chief executive, Mark Goldring, revealed this information in a speech to members of Parliament on Tuesday.
Goldring apologized, saying, "I am sorry, we are sorry, for the damage Oxfam has done both to the people of Haiti but also to wider efforts for aid and development by possibly undermining public support."
The scandal broke out earlier this month when London-based publication The Times reported on sex abuse allegations against employees and volunteers of major U.K. charities, including Oxfam.
The Times claimed government officials were investigating rumors that seven Oxfam workers used prostitutes in Haiti in 2011. Emerging into public light since then are similar allegations involving Oxfam workers in Chad in 2006.
The publication also noted that over 120 workers at major British charities (including Oxfam) were accused of sexual assault in 2017.
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This Monday, Oxfam officials reported that some of the employees implicated in the Haiti scandal had tried to intimidate witnesses into silence.
Cafod, a Catholic charity similar to Oxfam, fired an employee last week who was implicated in the Oxfam scandal. The fired employee formerly worked for Oxfam prior to 2014 and was implicated in the alleged 2011 sexual impropriety during relief efforts in Haiti.
Oxfam's deputy chief executive Penny Lawrence resigned in the wake of the allegations, the non-profit announced on February 12.
The NGO's response on February 11 called the alleged behavior "unacceptable" and "an appalling mark against the high values we set for ourselves at Oxfam."
There is concern that perverts and sex offenders are trying to infiltrate large international charities like Oxfam, with the hopes of being in a foreign country surrounded by vulnerable children and other potential victims.
Andrew MacLeod, a former aid worker for the United Nations and the Red Cross, told The Times he was appalled by aid workers' use of prostitutes in the Philippines. He called it "institutionalized pedophilia," as many of the girls looked under 18 years of age.
We apologize unreservedly.
Caroline Thomson, chair of trustees of Oxfam Great Britain, said in a February 11 statement, "We apologize unreservedly."
She continued, "It is not sufficient to be appalled by the behavior of our former staff — we must and will learn from it and use it as a spur to improvement."
UK Charities Reeling From Multiple Sex Abuse Allegations
By David Nussman • 0
Perverse Sex Ed in the UK
Sex Abuse Inquiry Risks Diplomatic Flare-Up Between Holy See and Britain
The One True Faith: Revisited
Season One • min
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Property tax may be the fairest and on the same time the not so honest tax collected by municipalities. Recipients of the previous ultimately have to repay with curiosity, while tax exemptions scale back quantities due based on numerous standards, including revenue and home value. Both the maritime industry and the worldwide business community along with the Panamanian authorities have established one of the crucial environment friendly, clear and secure Public Registries in the Americas.
Not to mention that the competitors at tax sale is fierce, and also you're often competing in opposition to massive firms that put money into tax sale properties full-time. That is the reason why i'm asking the actual property agent to take pictures of my property as evidence of the present condition of my property.
It was 2 acres of semi-wooded property and it even had a partial basis on it. As a result of it had a effectively and drain discipline on it, that will save some money so the cost of the property seemed value it, though a bit larger than Dad wanted to pay.
Most of the time, you'll be bidding on the property towards other bidders at tax sale. Distressed property investors are contemplating high yield non-public real property loans for real estate investments. Good property management benefited both tenants and landlords, Ms Goodwin said.
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In lots of poorer and rural college districts across Washington, projections for the brand new law on school spending show cuts in property taxes in future years, while taxes remain larger in richer areas like Seattle, Bellevue and Mercer Island.