What are the misspellings for patience?
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Patience as a girl's name is pronounced PAY-shuns. It is of English origin, and the meaning of Patience is "enduring, forebearing". Virtue name used since the 16th century.
This graph shows how "patience" have occurred between 1800 and 2008 in a corpus of English books.


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Fuck the System est le huitième album du groupe de punk rock britannique The Exploited, sorti en 2003 sur le label Dream Catcher. Cette fois, ce n'est plus Colin Richardson qui s'est chargé de la production, mais Simon Efemey et Russ Russell.

Composition du groupe

 Wattie Buchan : chant
 Gogs (sous le pseudonyme de Robbie) : guitare
 Mikie : basse
 Willie Buchan : batterie

Liste des titres

 Fuck the System - 4:15
 Fucking Liar - 2:34
 Holiday in the Sun - 2:24
 You're a Fucking Bastard - 2:38
 Lie to Mie - 2:16
 There is no Point - 2:05
 Never Sell Out - 2:35
 Noize Annoys - 2:06
 I Never Changed - 1:58
 Why Are You Doing This to Me? - 2:25
 Chaos is my Life - 2:11
 Violent Society - 2:14
 Was it Me? - 4:32

Homonymie

Fuck the System est aussi un morceau du groupe System of a Down paru sur l'album Steal This Album!.

Album de The Exploited
Album musical sorti en 2003

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Michael Bublé's Mom Said She'd "Kill Him" If He Didn't Marry Emily Blunt
Despite his mother's threats, Bublé's still standing following his 2008 split from Blunt.
By Isabel Jones May 27, 2021 @ 1:47 pm
Michael Buble, Emily Blunt
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Who: Golden Globe-winning actress Emily Blunt, 38, and Grammy-winning singer Michael Bublé, 45.
How They Met: Blunt and Bublé met backstage at one of the singer's concerts in 2005. And so followed an era of quintessential mid-aughts red carpet appearances.
TBT: Emily Blunt and Michael Bublé
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Why We Loved Them: For a time, they were really in love! They danced at charity galas, gushed over each other's talent …
Blunt, who was best known for her supporting performance in The Devil Wears Prada during the bulk of her relationship with Bublé, told W Magazine that she was happy her boyfriend was more famous than she was.
"It's harder when you're the one emasculating [your boyfriend]. I've done that, and it doesn't work," she explained. "If someone is not fulfilled in what they do and you're a successful girl, it will work against you."
That same year Blunt told People that she'd "get tears in my eyes" when watching Bublé perform. "It's overwhelming."
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Bublé was overcome by a similar sensation when he'd watch Blunt's projects. "Every time I see her onscreen, I fall in love with her all over again," he said.
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When They Peaked:
The only person who loved Blunt more than Bublé was … his mom?
Amber Santagà told People that if her son didn't marry Blunt, she'd "kill him." (Rest assured, he's still alive and well.) "But we'd find someone in the family to marry her because we're not letting her go, ever," Santagà continued. "She's just the best thing ever and they're perfect together."
The Breakup:
Less than a year before Blunt and Bublé's 2008 split, a woman came forward with photos of both a shirtless sleeping Bublé as well as images of herself posing with the singer, claiming she'd been in a sexual relationship with Bublé for 10 years.
The woman in question even alleged that she and Bublé had had sex in the Vancouver apartment he shared with Blunt.
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The following July, Bublé's rep confirmed that he and Blunt were "no longer a couple."
Just two months later, the singer told Entertainment Tonight Canada that the couple's conflicting schedules were to blame for the split.
"In my business it's tough to go out with another artist because you're never together," he said. "You're lucky if you can see the person once every two to three months, and with Em, she was on her movies and I was doing my thing so it made it more difficult."
He gushed over his ex, calling her "a substantial person," adding that she was a "top girl, top class."
Reasons aside, the breakup was tough on Blunt, who admitted he'd "curl up in a ball and cry" following the split. "I'm not kidding. I'll just cry."
In fact, Bublé spoke about the breakup often. In a 2011 interview he said the relationship ended "through both of us being young and naive and making silly mistakes." He admitted that he "fucked up" and that he was "devastated" when it was over.
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"I knew if I didn't change I would never be happy or content in my own skin with who I was," he went on, revealing that the split inspired him to seek out therapy. "It was the worst thing that ever happened to me and the greatest thing that ever happened to me."
Two years later he told Nightline how the split affected his sense of self.
"It's not just about love. It's not just about heartbreak. It's about ego. Your ego is destroyed," he said. "Every grocery store I walk in, I'm on the cover of magazines, and I was getting the blame for it. No one knew the real story. No one will ever know the real story. That's not their business to know."
Blunt has not been nearly as forthcoming about the breakup in the 13 years since, but she was coaxed into briefly discussing her ex while speaking to Howard Stern in 2015.
"You were perfect together," Stern told Blunt, to which she replied, laughing, "I don't know if I was perfect with him, but we had a good time."
When Stern brought up Bublé's mother, Blunt told him she "loved" her ex's family. "Still do."
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Attempting to elicit a response, Stern stated, "he was not faithful" as a matter of fact. Begrudgingly, Blunt said, "Well … I don't know, it's complicated," before telling the radio host, "I never talk about it. I never want to talk about it."
After that interview, the Bublé cheating rumors swirled once more. The singer set the record straight in an interview with ET Canada the following month, telling the outlet, "Emily is a beautiful and loving person, and I'm grateful for the time I had with her, for the relationship."
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"It didn't end because of cheating," he clarified. "It ended because we weren't right for each other, and we are now exactly where we're supposed to be in our lives."
Bublé later told eTalk that he'd been a "jerk" in his younger years and was "careless and reckless with the hearts of women I was with."
Where They Are Now:
Blunt wed Office star John Krasinski in 2010. They welcomed daughter Hazel in 2014 and daughter Violet in 2016.
The actress's latest, the much-awaited sequel A Quiet Place Part II (directed by Krasinski), opens in theaters on Friday, May 28. Blunt also stars in Disney's Jungle Cruise opposite Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
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Bublé married as well, tying the knot with actress Luisana Lopilato in 2011. The couple shares three children: Noah, 7, Elias, 5, and Vida, 2.
The singer released his tenth studio album, Love, in 2018, and is currently gearing up for the 2021 leg of his ongoing An Evening with Michael Bublé tour.
#TBT: Check in every Thursday as we throw it back to some of our favorite celebrity couples of all time.

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Self-Driving Cars? You May Not Need to Own a Vehicle
By MichaelH1 • August 8, 2016 • 3 MIN READ
Will you need to own a car in the future? Are self-driving cars going to replace the need for driving and car ownership? It's incredible to think instead of purchasing gas, we could instead buy seat...
Will you need to own a car in the future? Are self-driving cars going to replace the need for driving and car ownership?
It's incredible to think instead of purchasing gas, we could instead buy seat-miles for vehicles parked in public stalls controlled by robots. Technology is becoming even more prominent in modern cars and trucks, driving a looming revolution of autonomy with sensors packed under dashboards and hoods.
The automotive industry is feeling the technology disruption – so our children and grandchildren may not need to own a car, or even learn how to drive.
For more than 50 years, teenagers receiving a driver's license and cruising around was seen as a rite of passage. That could be changing as autonomous, ride-sharing vehicles would ease traffic, improve safety, and reduce pollution.
It's hard to imagine a time when driving a car will be like riding a horse; some of us will choose to do it, but the majority of the population won't see the need to bother.
How the Auto Industry Reached This Point
It's easier to envision the future if we take a look back to how we got here. Prior to World War I, there were less than 7 million cars in the United States – and that number quickly ballooned up to 27 million by 1929, with almost one car for every household.
Car ownership was viewed as a sign of wealth, or pride and independence, but "there will come a time when driving the car is like riding the horse," noted futurist Peter Schwartz.
Auto Industry Facing Multiple Technological Changes
Auto industry analysts are curious to see what happens, predicting there will be pressure on dealerships – as car manufacturers, rental companies, and taxi companies try to adjust to a consolidated marketplace.
The progression of self-driving vehicles is happening rapidly, even if three out of every four American drivers are "afraid" to ride in self-driving vehicles, according to a recent AAA survey.
What is Ahead for the Auto Industry
Traditional automakers are doing their own levels of autonomous technology, but Google will continue to receive much attention. The company has developed modified Lexus SUVs and its own self-driving pod – and earlier this year, they logged over 1 million miles on roads in California, Texas, and Washington.
There have been some obvious bumps in the road, but the future certainly looks bright. Meeting compliance challenges must be a priority, with cars powered by millions of lines of code, and Polarion for Automotive accelerates functional safety compliance standards.
It's not just manufacturers interested in autonomous cars, with future campaigns aimed at educating drivers. Ride-sharing service Uber reportedly plans to buy a fleet of Mercedes S-Class cars for autonomous driving testing.
We can't predict the future, because something like this has never happened before. Sooner or later, expect autonomous vehicles to be on the road, whether it's private ownership – or some type of ride-sharing service, in which passengers will be able to face one another while chatting. While the future is unclear, here are some resources that are helping with the trends that are happening right now:
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Robert Sabuda is a gifted artist who has experimented with many forms of illustration. His most notable body of work centers around pop-up books. His mastery of pop-ups and movable paper is remarkable.
Sabuda, born in 1965, is a native of Michigan who attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, which is known for architecture, interior design, and industrial design fields of study. Sabuda gained recognition for his pop-up books starting with his first in 1994, The Mummy's Tomb.
The pop-up book themes are geared toward children, but seeing a young child with one of Sabuda's pop-ups will make you cringe in hopes that nothing will be damaged. Everyone can appreciate the beauty of his creations. The detail and his artistry is truly amazing. Typically every page has a primary pop-up and 1 or 2 pop-ups on the side to contribute to the story. His latest pop-up is The Little Mermaid.
It brings the under-the-sea tale to life!
Sabuda's Encyclopedia series is very educational, but please don't let your children abuse them.
We have "Winter's Tale" in our personal collection which we bring out once a year with all our other Christmas decorations.
The pop-up's in this book are all in white except for the last page which includes colored lights that brighten the snowman's house.
We have a few Christmas cards from his collection as well. I love Robert Sabuda's pop-ups and love to share them with our seasonal visitors.


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using FluentAssertions;

using Highway.Data.Contexts;

using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

namespace Highway.Data.Tests.InMemory
{
    [TestClass]
    public class LongIdentityStrategyTests
    {
        private LongIdentityStrategy<Entity> _target;

        [TestMethod]
        public void Assign_ShouldAssignId()
        {
            // Arrange
            var entity = new Entity { Id = 0 };

            // Act
            _target.Assign(entity);

            // Assert
            entity.Id.Should().Be(1);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Next_ShouldReturnNextValue()
        {
            // Arrange

            // Act
            var result = _target.Next();

            // Assert
            result.Should().Be(1);
        }

        [TestInitialize]
        public void Setup()
        {
            _target = new LongIdentityStrategy<Entity>(x => x.Id);
        }

        private class Entity
        {
            public long Id { get; set; }
        }
    }
}

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Although there have been some successful initiatives to improve how the NHS delivers urgent and emergency care to relieve struggling acute hospital services, more remains to be done. Achieving patient flow is essential for patient experience, clinical safety and reducing the pressure on staff, however, good flow continues to be elusive throughout the patient's journey.
The agenda will provide delegates with a greater understanding of how the long-term plan will shape the future of urgent and emergency care provision and discuss the opportunities and the challenges in providing a sustainable service that is reactive to demand.
In recent years there has been significant measures taken to alleviate some of the pressures within the urgent and emergency care service. The availability of evening and weekend GP appointments, greater access to the NHS 111 service and reductions in delayed transfer of care (DToC) are just some examples of initiatives assisting with providing the right treatments, at the right time, in the right place. If more of this can be achieved, then patient flow can be improved, and better outcomes can be realised.
The acute hospital system can easily become congested by the sheer numbers of those attending the emergency department through to the delays experienced in sending those that medically fit for discharge home.
The NHS Long Term Plan has set out its aims to improve the delivery of emergency and urgent care and release the pressure the system is currently working under. There is to be a boost in primary and community healthcare, with funding worth £3.5 million per year, in real terms, by 2023/24. The hope is that this will provide more urgent care and greater support in the community, as an alternative to hospital.
As part of the NHS 111 provision, multi-disciplinary Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) will be rolled out during 2019/20. The aim is to offer specialist advice, treatment and referral from a wide range of health professionals. Also, by 2020, The Urgent Treatment Model will be fully implemented. These GP led facilities will offer locally accessible and convenient urgent care for patients that do not need to attend hospital. New 24/7 Rapid Response Teams are to be established and will comprise of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists etc. to prevent admission to hospital and aid timely discharge and recovery.
Also, during 2019/20, all major A and E Departments will introduce Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), also known as ambulatory emergency care. This will involve new diagnostic and treatment practices and allow patients to spend just hours in hospital and avoid being admitted. This will benefit the patient flow by freeing up beds and reduce pressure throughout the rest of the hospital.
The plan also looks to develop new ways of working to improve patient pathways following strokes, heart attacks, major trauma, asthma attacks and sepsis.
Efforts will be made to reduce the number of patients that remain in hospital, despite being medically fit for discharge. These delayed transfers of care snarls up patient flow and increases risk to patients from both physical and cognitive deterioration.
At the Urgent and Emergency Care: Facilitating Patient Flow conference, the plans for urgent and emergency care will be discussed, digested and debated to provide an informed vision for the future.
"How the Long Year Plan will Support Urgent and Emergency Care?"
The urgent and emergency care system continues to be under real pressure, despite recent improvements following the publication of the Five Year Forward View. The Long-Term Plan sets out action to ensure patients get the care they need, fast, to relieve pressure on A&Es and promote patient flow throughout the whole system and expedite timely discharge.
"Implementation-The Opportunities and the Challenges"
The NHS Long Term Plan is packed with important, timely and exciting service developments and proposals. The challenge for NHS, social care and patient leaders is how to prioritise and implement the content of the plan.
A new law came into effect on 1st April 2018 to allow advanced paramedics in England to prescribe medicines to people who do not need hospital treatment. How has the introduction helped patients and reduced the need for additional healthcare professional input?
Rapid-response teams of GPs, nurses and physiotherapists provide urgent care in the community and help keep patients out of hospital. Under the long-term plan for the NHS, new teams will operate 24/7 and will provide both emergency treatment, as well as support to help patients recover closer to home.
The NHS will fully implement the Urgent Treatment Centre model by autumn 2020, so that all localities have a consistent offer for out-of-hospital urgent care. UTCs work alongside other parts of the urgent care network including primary care, community pharmacists, ambulance and other community-based services to provide a locally accessible and convenient alternative to A&E for patients who do not need to attend hospital.
"Applying the Clinical Assessment Service"
A Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) is a multidisciplinary intermediate service that allows for a greater level of clinical expertise in assessing a patient.
"Same Day Emergency Care "
During 2019/20 all major A&E departments will introduce same day emergency care (also known as ambulatory emergency care). This will see some patients admitted from A&E undergo diagnosis and treatment in quick succession so that they can be discharged on the same day, rather than staying in hospital overnight. The plan estimates that up to one-third of all people admitted to hospital in an emergency could be discharged on the same day by rolling out this model. This will help ease congestion and patient improve flow.
A new mobile application will help support ambulance staff to ensure suspected stroke patients are taken to the best site as quickly as possible after being developed following Health Innovation Manchester's "Mobilise the NHS" Scheme.
"Why Not Home, Why Not Today?"
regular escalation meetings to address problems. They have seen a huge improvement in reported delayed days – down from c. 150 beds full of patients who didn't need to be there down to c. 70 beds.
Which email address are we sending the offline booking form for Urgent and Emergency Care: Facilitating Patient Flow?


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Bandvagn 206 as it was called or Bv 206 to use its more common name is a tracked, articulated, all-terrain vehicle as was originally developed by Hägglunds (now part of BAE Systems Global Combat Systems) for the Swedish Army but which was adopted for use by many of the western military forces.
The vehicle consists of two units, with all four tracks being driven which provides outstanding traction. In its most common format the Personnel Carrier it can carry up to 17 people (6 in the front compartment, up to 11 in the rear), and the trailer unit can be adapted for different applications.
The Bv 206 was designed to carry troops and equipment through harsh terrain, snow and marsh-lands in Sweden. The low ground pressure enables the Bv 206 to cope with a wide range of difficult conditions and is widely acknowledged as a environmentally green machine because it does not tear up the terrain it is crossing despite being on tracks, this is because unlike a tank the BV206 uses an articulated steering system as opposed to a brake and slew system.
In most forms is also fully amphibious, powered by its tracks it can attain a speed in still water of up to 4.7 km/h. Over 11,000 units have been produced and they are used in more than 37 countries.
The total payload capacity is 2,250 kg and a trailer of up to 2,500 kg gross weight can also be towed behind the second compartment.
The Bv 206 was originally developed and utilised a robust Ford V6 petrol power plant which was later joined by a 5 cylinder and 6 cylinder Mercedes Benz diesel engine.
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FSX Ryan ST-M (Floats) "Royal Air Force"
This is a repaint for Golden Age Simulations Ryan ST-M (floats). By B. Lechner.
Screenshot of Ryan ST-M in flight.
The archive ryan_st-m_raf.zip has 48 files and directories contained within it.


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Pa Chay Vue, communément appelé Pa Chay ou Batchai (né vers 1899 et mort en novembre 1921), est un révolutionnaire hmong.

Il dirige une révolte du peuple Hmong dans la guerre du Fou contre les autorités coloniales à l'époque du protectorat français, dans l'actuel Laos.

Personnalité politiquement contestéeà son époque, il est aujourd'hui considéré par les Hmong comme un héros populaire.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Personnalité politique laotienne
Militant
Hmong - Miao
Décès en 1921


Until last season, Trevor van Riemsdyk's hockey career was marked by a fair amount of uncertainty.
Coming out of high school in New Jersey, the defenseman wasn't even sure he was going to play for a Division I team, let alone reach the NHL.
Credit Chicago for setting him on the path he's taken since, which includes a Stanley Cup ring he earned in 2014-15. After high school, van Riemsdyk opted to play in the Chicago Showcase (now called America's Showcase), a tournament sponsored by USA Hockey designed to give players exposure to college programs.
"Going into that tournament, I didn't really know if I was going to play Division I hockey or not, or what I would do," van Riemsdyk said. "I came out here, we got to go to a game at Wrigley. It was a lot of fun, and obviously at the moment you don't know where your hockey career will go from there, and it ended up leading back here.
"It's funny to look back at that and how that tournament and this city kind of changed my hockey career, introduced me to my junior hockey coach which kind of helped show me the way to college."


Cannes Film Festival faces backlash after turning away middle aged women wearing flat shoes.
CANNES, France, May 19 (UPI) -- Stark tradition on the Cannes red carpet overshadowed a screening of feminist flick Carol as guests were allegedly turned away for not wearing high heels.
A group of middle-aged women -- some apparently suffering from unnamed health issues -- were denied entry to a red carpet screening of Todd Haynes' competition entry for wearing rhinestone flats, industry news site Screen Daily reports.
Invited guests and viewer hopefuls alike are apparently obligated to dress in 'black-tie' fashion when attending screenings at the glamorous festival. Event tickets insist that people come "smartly dressed."
That traditionally means men must wear tuxedos and black shoes, while women are expected to wear chic outfits and heels.
As 'shoegate' rumors circulated throughout the festival, actress Emily Blunt commented on the issue during a press conference for her FBI drama Sicario.
"Everyone should wear flats, to be honest. We shouldn't wear high heels," Blunt said. "That's very disappointing, just when you kind of think there are these new waves of equality."
Her director, Denis Villeneuve, joked that he and Blunt's male Sicario co-stars, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin, should wear heels on the red carpet in protest.
Amy director Asif Kapadia tweeted that his wife had a similar encounter with festival authorities, but was "eventually let in."
There are no explicit guidelines enforcing a high-heel-only dress code for female Cannes attendees; The Guardian reports that festival employees were unsure whether or not it was an official rule.
Cannes executive Thierry Frémaux denied the unspoken regulation. "The rumor saying the festival insists on high heels for women on the red carpet is unfounded," he wrote on Twitter.


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A page is turning: SF's beloved libraries will start lending books soon
Local // Heather Knight
Heather Knight July 14, 2020 Updated: July 15, 2020 8:29 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JANUARY 11: A library patron looks at a book at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library on January 11, 2011 in San Francisco, California. California governor Jerry Brown proposed his budget on Monday that includes deep cut
The San Francisco Public Library is most residents' favorite city department, according to surveys. And the pandemic is proving that old adage about absence making the heart grow fonder. We're realizing just how essential the library is, how much we miss holding real-life books and how the department embodies our values so well.
Last year, the library went fine-free and wiped out $1.57 million in overdue charges in the realization that encouraging reading is more important than nickel-and-diming book borrowers. Its social workers help homeless people who frequent the libraries for someplace to be in a city with too few options. Its All Are Welcome initiative told immigrants to come inside in a country that increasingly rejects that message. Its children's story time program includes oh-so-San Francisco read-alouds by drag queens. In 2018, Library Journal named the San Francisco Public Library the best library system in the country.
In other words, it is the pride of San Francisco. In the past city survey, the libraries scored an A-, better than any other city service. (Transportation ranked the lowest with a C+. If only we knew back then how much it was sadly going to plunge to new depths because of COVID-19.)
But, oh, how we've missed our libraries. Many families have kids who've read everything in the house by now, even the back of cereal boxes, and are desperate for the libraries to reopen. Sure, we can borrow e-books, but kids are already on screens so much these days, real books with real pages to turn are a hot commodity.
Thankfully, libraries are emerging from their hibernation, and the Main Library and the Excelsior branch should be open for curbside pickup of pre-ordered books by early August. If those go smoothly, more branches should open for curbside pickup by late August.
Other Bay Area libraries have been open for curbside pickup for many weeks. Why is it taking San Francisco so long to reopen in such a small way?
The answer will make you feel even better about our public libraries. Their librarians have made up a surprisingly large percentage of the city's disaster service workers. According to City Librarian Michael Lambert, his staff as of July 1 comprised an eye-popping 45% of San Francisco's disaster service workers.
Anybody hired by the city of San Francisco can be redeployed in a time of crisis, and the city has relied heavily on librarians, since all libraries have been closed since March and they otherwise had little to do.
Lambert oversees a staff of 560 people, which includes 213 librarians as well as library security, custodians and library pages who sort and shelve books. They've packed food at food pantries. They've worked at hotels for homeless people. They've served as contact tracers.
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To some librarians' chagrin, the city decided it couldn't spare them, and Lambert doesn't seem to have pushed the issue. And so libraries remained closed even though bookstores could sell books curbside in May.
"It's felt like an eternity," Lambert acknowledged of how long his 28 libraries have been shuttered. "But I'm so proud of the staff the way they've stepped up and really shown up for the city. It's been heartwarming to witness.
"I understand the frustration some of our staff are feeling, but this is the social contract we agreed to when we entered civil service," he continued. "I'm trying really hard to reopen library services ... but we're still in a public health emergency, and we still have to fulfill the city's top priorities."
Lambert himself was deployed to a hotel for homeless people for three weeks in May and said it was "the most gratifying work" he's performed in his career.
"Really, the highlight of every day was going room to room and serving people a hot meal for dinner," he said. "It really hit home to me that these are people like you and me who fell on hard times."
Jana De Brauwere, who works as a program manager in the Main Library's business, science and technology center, has been serving as a contact tracer during the pandemic. She is fluent in English, Czech, Russian and Spanish, high-demand skills when it comes to phoning people who may have been in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus and might not speak English.
"I'm really excited whenever the language match happens," she said, adding she enjoys her temporary job. "The stakes are much higher — it's public health. You really feel the impact that you're making."
Jensa Woo has been a librarian for the past 40 years and checks on the SF Public Library Merced Branch which is presently closed on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif.
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Jen Woo, a librarian at the West Portal branch, doesn't sound quite so thrilled with her assignment. She's been staffing the food bank for months and loves its mission. But she said she's eager to get back to the library as soon as it's safe and wishes there were better communication about when and how that will happen. She said many librarians wish there was more transparency in why they've been deployed for so long and how long their non-library jobs will last.
"I miss the community. I miss seeing the elderly patrons coming in. I miss the kids coming in with their parents. I miss story time," she said. "I miss it all."
So do we, Ms. Woo. So do we.
In a matter of weeks, we can start ever so slightly engaging with the libraries again. Patrons will be able to reserve books online or over the phone and pick them up outside the Main Library or the Excelsior branch from librarians in masks behind a sneeze guard. The books will be packed and ready in to-go bags. The city administrator has approved those plans, meaning they can begin as soon as the library can implement them.
Lambert is starting to call 40 staff members back to run the operations — and if those go well, he wants to call more staff back to offer curbside pickup at other branches later in August. Each branch will require its own health and safety plan to be approved by the city administrator.
He's also going to tackle operations that were basically frozen once the libraries were ordered to shut. That includes fulfilling thousands of book requests made before the library shut down and checking in all the books that were returned and never shelved. One in 5 books is out in circulation at any given time, meaning keeping up with requests and returns is a big undertaking.
Anybody who has a library book checked out from the pre-pandemic times can keep it until September, no questions asked. But even if you're late returning it, nothing much will happen because of the library's fine-free policy.
So when will libraries ever return to normal and allow people to go inside to peruse the shelves, use computers, listen to story time and read?
"Wow, that is such a hard question," Lambert said. "Getting beyond curbside pickup would require certainly an improvement in the public health emergency. I really have no idea."
Whenever it comes, we'll be there to celebrate.
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Review | These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone.
Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they're worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help.
Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other's arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder—would they be better off staying here forever?
Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won't be the same people who landed on it.
The first in a sweeping science fiction trilogy, These Broken Stars is a timeless love story about hope and survival in the face of unthinkable odds. (Goodreads summary)
I'm a real sucker for survival romances. Add in numerous societal obstacles, a delicious love/hate relationship, dual narration, a crashing space liner, an unsettling alien world, and some possible, awkward huddling together for warmth (What?! It may be cliché, but it works… for me.) and I'm sold. One ticket for the starship Icarus, please!
Er… or for their escape pods, rather?
In the days leading up to the destruction of the Icarus, we are introduced to Major Tarver Merendson, a decorated military hero at the ripe old age of 18, who's been invited (i.e. – ordered) to hobnob with Society's elite aboard the spaceliner in what is supposed to be a morale-boosting, connection-making, goodwill PR attempt for Tarver's commanding officers. At one such function, a red-headed girl catches his eye – ok, both eyes and his undivided attention. Unfortunately for him, the girl turns out to be Lilac LaRoux, untouchable debutante princess whose daddy keeps her locked away in an ivory tower… or perhaps more accurately in this case, an unfortunately christened spaceship that's touted to be the Titanic of the stars. A chance encounter between them sparks a growing mutual attraction that Lilac is desperate to nip in the bud before her ruthless father takes a metaphorical weed whacker to it. So she rejects Tarver's interest, publicly and cruelly.
Then the Icarus goes belly up, and by a twist of fate Lilac & Tarver end up in the same escape pod.
Talk about awkward.
Now stranded on a strange planet together, they must survive not only each other, but must depend on each other to survive until rescue comes.
Fun times. Eh?
So let's talk characters…
Lilac. Pampered princess? Yes. But for all the privilege and comforts Lilac has been born to, for all that her character could've been annoying and ridiculously entitled, Lilac is actually quite a likable character. And at her heart, she is a surprisingly kind, practical, analytical person. She shows amazing strength, perseverance and tenacity in the face of great adversity. Lilac's evolution as a character is fabulous, and while I liked her at the beginning of the novel, I ended up loving her. Her character just surprised and delighted in… wonderfully surprising, original ways.
Tarver. I love that Tarver gets to tell his half of the story too, and the vignettes from his interrogation that are sprinkled throughout are a nice touch. His cool head and cleverness under pressure make for fun reading as he verbally spars and parries with his questioners. Tarver is simply kind of adorable – noble, understanding, down-to-earth, decent, and intuitive. But he's also tough, capable and confident, an admirable leader. His journey as a character was also interesting, though a bit rough on the heart. And I have to say that while I understand the direction his development took, I liked his character more at the beginning of the novel than at its end.
Romance. Good stuff, good stuff! Yeah. Tempestuous relationships in survival situations where forced close proximity for warmth may be required? Always fun to read. (Oh, come on. It is. Admit it.) And the added complications of difference in status, what happens once they're back in the "real" world, and the looming threat of an overprotective Daddy-Dearest, just make it all the more dramatic and angsty. Yum, yum, yum, delicioso! This story is unabashedly a romance. A romance with space ships.
And can I just say "Yay! Yay for sci-fi romance!" Because These Broken Stars is a love story unapologetically mixed with some awesomely decent sci-fi. <soap box> Maybe this is just me, but I feel like romance is sometimes viewed as making the story "lesser" in a genre that has largely and long been populated by fanboys. As for me, I've been a sci-fi fan since I was four and fell in total puppy-love with a roguish smuggler (and his super awesome spaceship with a spotty hyperdrive) who was trying to evade bounty hunters on the backwater world of Tatooine. As I grew up, the Han-'n'-Leia-kissing-in-spaceships-I-Love-You-I-Know-while-the-universe-tragically-crashes-down-around-their-ears angle was one of my biggest draws to rewatching and original trilogy movie marathons. All that to say, there's an established and growing fanbase of women who are fangirl-crazy-bananas about the genre, and it's nice to see more and more sci-fi from a female perspective, especially in YA. So thank you, Amie & Meagan.</soap box> But anyway, to sum up: sci-fi + romance = my heart pitter-pattering a little faster. And These Broken Stars does a great job with both.
Story. Why do I love sci-fi? Because it's literally and figuratively "out there." It's weird. It's strange. It's awkward. It has the potential for amazing originality because absolutely anything is possible. And These Broken Stars delivered in the original and weird department. Just some really great plot twists and devices in this story that had me thinking, "Wow. That was really cool! I mean, not ideal perhaps, because my heart just dropped down to my toes, but you went there and that's cool!" Great pacing too. Pretty fast moving as Lilac and Tarver endeavor to get themselves rescued.
World. While you don't get to see much of the worlds that Tarver and Lilac come from, the glimpses given are very intriguing, and I'd love to see more of this very class-hierarchy, Victorian-throwback, space-faring society. The world that the two of them are stranded on is vividly depicted and developed, and as previously stated, the sci-fi elements are well done… and a bit creepy too. Good creee-eeepy.
Overall. A strong start to a fantastic new sci-fi trilogy that is romantically thrilling, refreshingly original, heart-stoppingly chilling, and wonderfully "other."
Author: Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
Title: These Broken Stars
Series: Starbound (Book #1)
Published: Dec. 10, 2013 by Disney Hyperion
Format: 384 pages; Hardcover
Website: amiekaufman.com | meaganspooner.com
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Jeann @ Happy Indulgence says
Great review Dani! I love how it's a YA sci-fi romance, after so many vampires and all that stuff it's good for a bit of originality. The characters sound like they take you on an interesting journey too. I've added this to my GR!
Dani says
Yay! And thank you! I hope that you enjoy this one when you get the chance to read it!
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by Jeff Foust — July 28, 2021
Isar Aerospace says the additional funding will support expansion of its manufacturing and launch capabilities as it gears up for a first launch of its Spectrum rocket in the second half of 2022. Credit: Isar Aerospace
WASHINGTON — Isar Aerospace, a German small launch vehicle company, has raised an additional $75 million that will allow the company to expand its manufacturing and launch capabilities.
The company announced July 28 that it added $75 million to a Series B round it raised in December 2020. The new funding brings the size of that round to more than $165 million, with a total raised to date of more than $180 million.
HV Capital, Porsche Automobil Holding SE and banking group Lombard Odier led the extension of the Series B round. Existing investors Earlybird Venture Capital, Lakestar, Vsquared Ventures, Apeiron Investment Group and UVC Partners also participated in the round.
With the original Series B round, Isar said it had enough funding to take the company through the first launch of its Spectrum small launch vehicle. The additional funding, executives said, will allow it to build out manufacturing and launch infrastructure needed for later growth.
"Now we want to expand our launch capabilities, our manufacturing and production capabilities," Stella Guillen, chief commercial officer of Isar, said in an interview. The company also plans to use some of the funding to work on reusability. The company, which currently has more than 180 employees, expects to grow to more than 200 by the end of the year.
Spectrum, the rocket Isar is developing, is a two-stage vehicle designed to place up to 1,000 kilograms into low Earth orbit. The vehicle is powered by Aquila engines that the company is also building.
Guillen said the company is preparing to start tests of the full Aquila engine soon on a test stand in Kiruna, Sweden. Isar is also working on a launch site in Norway, having signed an agreement in April with Andøya Space for exclusive use of a pad at a new site under development by the state-owned launch site operator.
A first launch of Spectrum from Andøya is expected in the second half of 2022, she said. The company expects to conduct three to four launches in 2023, with a long-term goal of about 10 launches per year. While Andøya is well-suited for launches to sun-synchronous orbits, Isar is considering alternative launch sites, such as French Guiana, for missions to lower inclination orbits.
Isar has won launch contracts from Airbus Defence and Space as well as the German space agency DLR, the latter through a competition sponsored by the European Space Agency where Isar beat out Rocket Factory Augsburg and HyImpulse Technologies, two other German small launch vehicle startups. Guillen said the Isar has also signed other customers it has not yet announced.
The backing of ESA and DLR has been particularly important for Isar. "We're working with them hand-in-hand" on future missions, Guillen said. "They are supporting us in terms of bringing customers in."
While Isar is interested in European government and commercial customers, its ambitions extend beyond the continent. "Obviously, Europe is a big market for us, but we see the growth potential in Asia and in the U.S. as well," she said. "I think we are really well positioned to penetrate the market."
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"Isar has shown that it has a good business plan and that they can tell the story of how space can be a trillion-dollar economy by 2040," Guillen said. "This is a huge sign that European investors are waking up to the benefits of space."
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Andrew Jayamanne ඇන්ඩෘ ජයමාන්න (alternative spelling Andrew Jayamanna, 9 November 1943 – 29 August 2014) was a Sri Lankan cinematographer, and film and television director and producer.

Early life
Jayamanne is the eldest of ten children born to Vincent Jayamanne and his wife Beatrice Perera. He was raised in Periyamulla in Negombo, the town on the Western sea-coast where his father was born. Jayamanne did his elementary studies at St. Anthony's boys' School, Dalupotha, Negombo. In 1955 he joined the Archdiocesan College of St.Aloysius, Colombo, with the intention of becoming a Catholic priest. But due to a health condition, on doctor's advice he had to abandon his studies and engage in manual labour.

Career beginnings

While at college, Jayamanne's teachers recognised his love of photography and assigned him to handle the cinema and audio visual equipment in the college. Later he joined the Radio & Electronics Laboratory at Kotahena.

In 1962, he joined Vijaya Film Studios and Laboratories of Cinemas Limited, at Hendala, Wattala. In 1962 he started his career as an assistant cameraman at the Vijaya Studios. As an assistant cameraman and camera-unit in-charge he worked on over 40 feature films, both domestic and international. This gave him the opportunity to work under many cinematographers and to study film laboratory techniques, sound studio work, film editing, production designing and production management.

Professional career
While working at Vijaya Studios, Jayamanne met Sri Lankan director Titus Thotawatta.  In 1970, he left Vijaya to join Thotawatta in the production of Haralaksaya, marking his debut as Director of Cinematography.  Jayamanne continued to work as Thotawatta's principle cinematographer through the latter's final film Handaya.

Jayamanne was employed by many other veteran directors, and became a favourite of new directors for their debut projects.  His contribution to the films of Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, Vasantha Obeysekera and Parakrama Niriella were highly acclaimed by cinema critics and Journalists of Sri Lanka. In 1972, when the State Film Corporation called for registration of cinema technicians, Jayamanne registered as film director, script writer, cinematographer, film editor and production manager. He is the only person in Sri Lanka to have been registered in five categories.

Instructor

In 1972, Jayamanne was invited to conduct classes for beginners interested in cinema and television at the Paul VI center, Fort, Colombo, organised by the OCIC Sri Lanka. He started training with Super 8 format and slide show programs. Then as VHS came to industry it was introduced to beginners. He held two short film festivals with his students at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.

In 1983 Jayamanne had the opportunity to attend a professional video program training offered in Taipei by Santa Clara University. Jayamanne was subsequently called up by the Television Training Institute, Sri Lanka to train video technicians for Rupavahini and ITN, the two national television channels. The courses were later extended to train video teams of the Army, Navy, Police, Education, Agricultural, health, and many other government institutes.

In 1986 Andrew Jayamanne was commissioned to train the staff of ITN network studios. During this course several practical programs were produced. The long-running ITN serial Kopi Kade is an offshoot of these training classes. "Kopi Kade" drama was designed to be a low cost a multi-camera production by shooting and editing on line within few hours.

Jayamanne organised another 6 months course for "Television Program Production Training Institute" for Media Centre at Deans Road, Colombo. Six of these programs were conducted.

During 1992 and 1993, Jayamanne was retained as a visiting lecturer at Sri Jayawardanapura University and Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo.

He extended the video production training classes to remote areas like Trincomalee (three programs), Horuwpatana (one program) and Negombo (two programs). These were conducted as one week full-time courses. The students were trained to use available still or mobile phone cameras for creating short films.

In 2002 he was called up by the Vietnam Television channels workers forum to conduct a workshop in Saigon.

Filmography

Producer and director
 Cigarette Butt [සිගරෙට් කොටය] (1971) (35 mm short): represented Sri Lanka at the 1971 Popoli Film Festival
 Documentary film (1971) (35mm short) on the visit of Pope Paul VI to Sri Lanka. [හය වන පාවුලු පාප් තුමාගේ ලංකා ගමන]
 Flower in Bloom [පිපෙන කුසුම] (1973)(Super 8 short): presented at the 1973 OCIC Short Film Festival in Manila
 Behind the Cinema of Sri Lanka (1983) A documentary on making of Sri Lankan films. Produced by OCIC Sri Lanka (45 minutes / 35mm /B&W)
 Life of Joseph Vass [සාන්තවර ජෝසප් වාස් ජීවන චරිතය] (40 minutes / 35mm documentary), produced for Government Film Unit of Sri Lanka

Cinematographer

Television director
 Kopi Kade [කෝපි කඩේ] (ITN channel; 56 episodes) Jayamanne served as the inaugural director of this long-running Sri Lankan serial.

Television producer
 Gama Witthi [ගමේ විත්ති]: Rupavahini (12 episodes)
 Dharmadhikaranaya [ධර්මාධිකරණය]: ITN channel (52 episodes).
 Sanathana Kathandara [සනාතන කතන්දර]: Rupavahini (6 episodes)
 Siri Nivesa [සිරි නිවස]: Sirasa channel (6 episodes)
 Sasala Ruwa [සසල රුව]: Swarnavahini channel (22 episodes)
 Chala Achala [චල අචල]: Swarnavahini channel (22 episodes)
 Rankira Sooya [රන්කිර සොයා]: Swarnavahini channel (22 episodes)
 Damayanthi [දමයන්ති]: Awaiting release (20 episodes)

Miscellaneous
 Technical director of Sudu Salu [සුදු සලු] 2002 (digital to film)
 Videographer of Sammy Povel's Music Garden 1992 (digital to film)

Awards and recognition

Cinematographer awards
 Haralakshaya [හාරලක්සය] 1979 – SIGNIS Award; Critics cinema award
 Handaya [හඳයා] – SIGNIS Award; President's cinema awards
 Mangala [මංගලා] – Critics cinema awards
 Maruwa Samaga Vase [මරුවා සමග වාසේ] – Critics cinema awards
 Palagatiyo [පලගැටියෝ] 1979 – Sarasaviya Best Cinematographer Award; President's cinema awards
 Siri Madura [සිරි නිවස] – Sarasaviya Best Cinematographer Award; President's cinema awards
 Hansa Wilak [හන්ස විලක්] – Critics cinema awards
 Thunveni Yamaya [තුන්වෙනි යාමය] – Sarasaviya Best Cinematographer Award; President's cinema awards
 Suddilage Kathawa [සුද්දිලාගේ කතාව] – Critics cinema awards
 Julietge Bhoomikawa [ජුලියෙට්ගේ භුමිකාව] – SIGNIS Award; Critics cinema awards
 Sayelama [සෙයිලම] 1993 – President's cinema awards
 Sathipooja [සතිපූජා] – President's cinema awards

Other recognition
 Jayamanne is a member in the advisory board of the religious programs in Rupavahini / ITN and Sri Lanka Broadcasting corporation.
 Jayamanne was honoured as "Kala Suru" by The Cultural Guild of Sri Lanka Catholic Organization.
 Jayamanne was appointed as "Justice of Peace – All Island"
 In 1985 and 1986 Jayamanne was invited to attend the International Film and Teachers Seminar organised by the CDG of Germany in Mannheim.

Personal life
Married in 1972 To Bernadette Tissera. After marriage they moved to Eattukala, Negombo. They had 3 sons:
 Asith Chaminda Jayamanne 1973
 Dulip Lasantha Jayamanne 1975
 Susith Eranda Jayamanne  1982

His wife died in 1990 after a long battle with cancer.

A felicitation ceremony was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his service to the cinema and Television industry, at the Russian Cultural Institute, Colombo, on 16 March 2012.

References

External links

Sri Lankan film directors
Sri Lankan Roman Catholics
Sri Lankan cinematographers
Sinhalese people
1943 births
2014 deaths


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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009. 1:21am
I attended the Cambridge Traffic Management Area Joint Committee on the 26th of January 2009. While the County Council is the Highways Authority for Cambridge they delegate many highways decisions a joint committee made up of both City and County Councillors. County Councillor John Reynolds (Girton) is a member of the committee, as the lone Conservative he was to a degree acting as a representative of the ruling Conservative group on the County Council and was often a lone voice.
Luard Road – Sedley Taylor Road Traffic Calming Measures
Officer's Report
This item was presented by John Isherwood, who in this context was described as the "Engineering Client Officer". He is often described as Cambridge City Council's Senior Engineer. The proposal is for:
Priority "Give Way" – single lane entry to the roads with one way given priority.
Extension of parking restrictions at junctions
The Cambridge Cycling Campaign had submitted a letter to members of the committee, all councillors appeared to have a copy and it formed the basis for much of the discussion on this item. Cllr Walker noted the cycling campaign had asked why speed humps as opposed to speed cushions were proposed. Mr Isherwood replied that this was due to the presence of parked cars on the streets. Mr Isherwod said that the sinusoidal speed humps specified had been selected specifically to reduce discomfort for cyclists, he said these were the best option when speed cushions were not appropriate.
Cllr Walker asked how the proposed humps met cycling demonstration town standards. County officer Richard Preston responded saying: "It is not a question of meeting standards, I'm not sure that standards exist".
Cllr Walker then asked why a 20 mph limit could not be introduced on its own, without humps or cushions. This prompted what is a regular debate at various council meetings on the County policy of only allowing a 20 mph limit to be introduced when the mean average traffic speed in a street is already 20 mph. This meant it was only introduced when the traffic calming features on a street essentially self-enforce the speed limit. Councillor Baker proposed a 20 mph speed limit in addition to the speed cushions. County Council officers said this would still be against policy, because the speed had to be reduced to 20 mph first, the fact that the cushions were expected to reduce the speed was not sufficient. The officer pointed to Grange Road, where he said the introduced traffic calming measures have not been as effective has had been anticipated. It was agreed by officers that doing the 20 mph zone at the same time as the humps would be the cheaper option. Many councillors suggested that the County Council's policy on introducing 20mph zones was on its way out, Mr Reynolds did not refute this suggestion.
Cllr Baker introduced this 20mph zone proposal at the meeting, no views of residents on this, or even views from the South Area Committee were available for councillors.
Cllr Rosenstiel made an impassioned contribution; saying: "why are we going ahead with this scheme if we're not almost certain it is going to be effective, if there are serious doubts then we shouldn't be spending this money".
It was reported that the current average speed was 26 mph.
County officers warned the committee that if they resolved to introduce the 20mph zone and the other changes at the same time they would not be able to go-ahead with the scheme until it had been considered by the County Council's executive committee.
Councillor Blencowe spoke against the 20mph zone, he thought the traffic calming measures alone would be sufficient. He asked what the additional point of the zone was if traffic speeds were going to be reduced anyway and was told that; "it was all about averages", even if the average speed was dropped to 20mph there would still be some people traveling at over 30mph, this would make this an offence. There was no suggestion though that the police would actually enforce this if it was brought in.
The meeting voted in 7:1 in favour of the scheme going ahead with a 20 mph zone added to the proposals.
The Central Cambridge 20 mph Zone
A number of times during discussion of this item Liberal Democrat councillors, particularly Cllr Blair, said: "The whole of central Cambridge is a 20 mph zone". Labour councillors and Mr Reynolds looked puzzled but unsure enough themselves to challenge this.
The central Cambridge 20 mph zone is badly signed, and by no means comprehensively covers any area recognisable as "the city centre". There are no repeater signs within the area, which makes it unlikely any prosecution will ever succeed, the signs on the way into the zone are almost all included on larger signs containing a huge amount of information, and the signs are usually only on one side of the road. It is hardly surprising that we saw the following in a Cambridge News Article titled : Traders urge action over bus speeds
Andy Campbell, manager of Stagecoach, Cambridge, said: "I have asked the council for a detailed map of all 20 mph speed limits to give drivers.
This is analogous to the problem we have with cycling in the City Centre, the rules are not made clear by the signage and we have people asking for maps showing what is permitted and where, this shows that those responsible for the roads in the city centre are not working effectively.
The committee did not discuss signage of the 20 mph zone they were proposing at Luard Road – Sedley Taylor Road at all, perhaps as they didn't think the County Council's executive would actually let it go-ahead.
This entry was tagged Cambridge, Cycling, Highways, Traffic on February 3, 2009 by Richard Taylor.
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7 comments/updates on "Luard Road – Sedley Taylor Road Traffic Calming"
Geoff February 3, 2009 at 9:01 am
Maybe hey should experiment with removing all the signs and white lines so as to make it totally ambigous, I seem to remember some experiments in Holland that seemed to indicate this reduced speeds considerably!
Are you thinking of becoming a councillor at some point in the future?
Many thanks for these excellent reports!
Would be interested in hearing what the latest is on the motorway style lighting in Kings Parade and maybe getting a comparison of accidents/incidents comparing the 'dark' Trinity Street viz Kings Parade.
Richard Article author February 3, 2009 at 11:56 am
The cycling campaign's letter to this committee has been made available by them:
http://www.camcycle.org.uk/campaigning/letters/2009/L09004AJC2009January.pdf
J. Steen February 9, 2009 at 9:21 pm
There are alternatives to awful speed humps – proven solutions that don't increase traffic noise, slow fire trucks, ambulances and other emergency vehicles, endanger bicyclists or wreck the bottom of your car. Radar speedcheck signs, crosswalks, and pedestrian overpasses for instance, each have merit worth examining.
Speedcheck signs – those displays that alert drivers to their own speed – provide additional advantages like collecting traffic data and allowing scheduled operations such as flashing lights during school zone hours and other particularly dangerous times.
Those interested may want to check out a website that reviews a number of options. http://www.stopspeeders.org has lots of good information for neighborhoods looking to slow traffic – including links to studies and ideas on funding.
Let's make sure that whatever investment we make in traffic calming, that it is safe, effective and within our budget.
Richard Article author April 4, 2009 at 5:06 pm
City Council officer Dinah Foley-Norman presented these proposals to the South Area committee on the 2nd of April 2009.
It was reported that officers had dealt with all objections by talking to residents.
Cllr Taylor asked if any objectors had mentioned the discomfort caused by speed humps to those with disabilities, particularly those in wheelchairs. She was told none of the objectors raised that point.
Cllr Taylor was assured that the gradient of the humps would be fairly modest, and that they would be sinusoidal.
Cllr Stuart asked for clarification of why curb to curb humps were being installed rather than speed cushions. She said she preferred the cushions as she could go round them, rather than over them, when cycling, she cited Coronation Street as an example of a good implementation of speed cushions.
Contradicting John Isherwood's reason which he gave to the transport area joint committee Dinah Foley-Norman reported that the humps proposed were due to county council standards and installing "is a county council requirement that we have to carry out".
The committee voted unanimously to approve the scheme (noting they'd discussed and voted on it many times before), they approved the spending of money this time, though it has to go back to the Transport Area Joint Committee again in April for some, unexplained, reason.
Chris September 23, 2009 at 8:48 am
Additional parking restrictions and Priority Give Way Luard Road.
The Hills Road end of Luard Road was a good place to Park of an evening to attend night school at Hills Road. A wide road, little traffic, and not obstructing driveways. Now we have to park near the houses.
I do not want to pay to park in the nearby leisure complex three times a week, with the resulting anxiety of returning after dark to a cavernous car park to pick up my car.
Why also the Priority Give Ways?
Richard Article author September 23, 2009 at 10:44 am
As I recall improving safety and reducing speed were the reasons given for all this work.
The impression I gained was that the parking restrictions, and priority give way, were simply a consequence of introducing the speed reduction measures.
A good place to go and ask about this is the South Area Committee on Thursday 24th September, 7pm at The Science Lecture Room, 1st Floor, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PE
This is body which approved the works; both city and county councillors and appriopriate officers will be present.
One problem with the way both the city and county councils do consultation is that users of areas often are not made aware of proposals whereas residents are. In Cambridge there is a more general problem with this as so many "users" of the city – those who work, shop, and spend their leisure time here live outside the city.
Richard Article author October 4, 2009 at 6:27 pm
During the break in the South Area committee on the 24th of September Cllr Taylor approached me; first expressing surprise that I had not asked a public question on Luard Road and Sedley Taylor Road traffic calming and also offering me a December 2007 Lib Dem leaflet in which the public demand for the scheme was mentioned:
The South Area committee heard that the work was now completed with the exception of lighting of the signs which is to come. It was reported that there are also two problems with trees obscuring signs. One household has been asked to trim a tree/hedge; and council officers were asked to move another sign which is obscured by a significant branch.
Cllr Taylor told the meeting that residents of Luard Road and Sedley Taylor Road were happy with the way the scheme had been implemented.


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Q: DES in python can't get the correct encoded data using pycrypto I hava a algorithm to encrypt data in java ,I want to rewrite it in python.But the two algorithm can't get the same encoded data.
java code is :
String strDefaultKey = "QabC-+50";
Key key = new SecretKeySpec(strDefaultKey.getBytes("UTF-8"), "DES");
encryptCipher = Cipher.getInstance(DES_ECB);
encryptCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
String seed = "2016-09-19 05:11";
MessageDigest md5 = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
md5.update(seed.getBytes());
byte[] m = md5.digest();
encryptCipher.doFinal(m);
byte[] encodeUrl = Base64.encodeBase64(sEncription.encrypt(m));
String finalUrl = new String(encodeUrl);
finalResult = finalUrl.substring(2, 8) + finalUrl.substring(10, 13);

my python code is:
m = 'QabC-+50'
text = '2016-09-19 05:11'
md5 = MD5.new()
md5.update(text)
text = md5.hexdigest()

cipher = DES.new(m, DES.MODE_ECB)
text_temp = cipher.encrypt(text)
final_str = base64.b64encode(text_temp)
print final_str
print final_str[2:8] + final_str[10:13]
print type(text_temp)

The two version codes can't get the same final string. Does anybody know why?

A: You crypto logic is ok,the difference between the two methods is their MD5 result.
Without the MD5 step:
Java code(I don't know what your sEncription is,remove it):
import java.security.Key;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.util.Base64;

import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;

public class H {
    public static void main(String args[]){
        try{
        String strDefaultKey = "QabC-+50";
        Key key = new SecretKeySpec(strDefaultKey.getBytes("UTF-8"), "DES");
        Cipher encryptCipher = Cipher.getInstance("DES/ECB/NoPadding");
        encryptCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
        String seed = "2016-09-19 05:11";
        byte[] a = encryptCipher.doFinal(seed.getBytes());
        byte[] encodeUrl = Base64.getEncoder().encode(a);
//      byte[] encodeUrl = Base64.encodeBase64(sEncription.encrypt(m));
        String finalUrl = new String(encodeUrl);
        String finalResult = finalUrl.substring(2, 8) + finalUrl.substring(10, 13);
        System.out.println(finalUrl);
        System.out.println(finalResult);
        }catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

OUTPUT:
Wm+DLy8m9G2BJnH2wvtKvA==
+DLy8m2BJ

Python Code:
from Crypto.Hash import MD5
from Crypto.Cipher import DES
import base64

m = 'QabC-+50'
text = '2016-09-19 05:11'
md5 = MD5.new()
md5.update(text)
# text = md5.hexdigest()
cipher = DES.new(m, DES.MODE_ECB)
text_temp = cipher.encrypt(text)
print 'text_temp is ', text_temp
final_str = base64.b64encode(text_temp)
print final_str
print final_str[2:8] + final_str[10:13]

OUTPUT:
Wm+DLy8m9G2BJnH2wvtKvA==
+DLy8m2BJ

So without the MD5 step,the java code and the python code have the some output.
What does matter is the MD5 method in the java code, it is not a right way to get the MD5 value of a string.
Code below contains the right way to get the string's MD5 value:
import java.security.Key;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.util.Base64;

import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;

public class H {
    public static void main(String args[]){
        try{
        String strDefaultKey = "QabC-+50";
        Key key = new SecretKeySpec(strDefaultKey.getBytes("UTF-8"), "DES");
        Cipher encryptCipher = Cipher.getInstance("DES/ECB/NoPadding");
        encryptCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
        String seed = "2016-09-19 05:11";
        String seedMd5 = MD5(seed);
        byte[] a = encryptCipher.doFinal(seedMd5.getBytes());
        byte[] encodeUrl = Base64.getEncoder().encode(a);
        String finalUrl = new String(encodeUrl);
        String finalResult = finalUrl.substring(2, 8) + finalUrl.substring(10, 13);
        System.out.println(finalUrl);
        System.out.println(finalResult);
        }catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    static String MD5(String src) {
        MessageDigest md;
        try {
            md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
            StringBuffer deviceIDString = new StringBuffer(src);
            src = convertToHex(md.digest(deviceIDString.toString().getBytes()));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            src = "00000000000000000000000000000000";
        }
        return src;
    }

    private static String convertToHex(byte[] data) {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
            int halfbyte = (data[i] >>> 4) & 0x0F;
            int two_halfs = 0;
            do {
                if ((0 <= halfbyte) && (halfbyte <= 9))
                    buf.append((char) ('0' + halfbyte));
                else
                    buf.append((char) ('a' + (halfbyte - 10)));
                halfbyte = data[i] & 0x0F;
            } while (two_halfs++ < 1);
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }
}

OUTPUT:
c/C16RAE1fADZXNi2H0YlevNhuucGYYHGVQ7v0Eoo9w=
C16RAEADZ

Python Code:
from Crypto.Hash import MD5
from Crypto.Cipher import DES
import base64

m = 'QabC-+50'
text = '2016-09-19 05:11'
md5 = MD5.new()
md5.update(text)
text = md5.hexdigest()
cipher = DES.new(m, DES.MODE_ECB)
text_temp = cipher.encrypt(text)
final_str = base64.b64encode(text_temp)
print final_str
print final_str[2:8] + final_str[10:13]

OUTPUT:
c/C16RAE1fADZXNi2H0YlevNhuucGYYHGVQ7v0Eoo9w=
C16RAEADZ

Now everything is ok! :)

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Two-term mayor Dennis Lever is out as Mayor of Puslinch Township.
Lever was edged by challenger James Seeley, a Guelph firefighter, in Monday night's election by just 35 votes: 1,081 to 1,046.
Lever was seeking his third consecutive term as Mayor of Puslinch. He was also a two-term warden of Wellington County council.
Incumbent councillors Ken Roth, John Sepulis and Matthew Bulmer were all reelected in Puslinch, where they will be joined by newcomer Jessica Goyda.
Mary Lloyd, Don McKay and Doug Breen were acclaimed as candidates for wards 5, 7 and 8 of Wellington County Council.
On Monday, incumbent Chris White defeated challenger David Wolk to remain mayor of Guelph/Eramosa Township.
Wolk, surrendered his Ward 1 seat on township council to oppose White, setting up a win for newcomer Bruce Dickieson.
White won easily, taking 73 per cent of the 4,032 votes cast in the township.
Other than Dickieson, the other three wards were won by the incumbents: Corey Woods in Ward 2, Louise Marshall in Ward 3 and Mark Bouwmeester in Ward 4.
In Centre Wellington, incumbent mayor Kelly Linton defeated lone challenger Fred Morris, taking 62 per cent of the 8,474 votes cast.
Morris was the previous councillor in Ward 4.
There will be three new faces on council, as Neil Dunsmore took the open seat in Ward 4, Bob Foster handily defeated the two challengers in Ward 3, including incumbent Dean Workman, and Ian MacRae defeated incumbent Don Fisher in Ward 1.
Ward 6 incumbent candidate Steven VanLeeuwen was acclaimed, while incumbents Kirk McElwain (Ward 2) and Stephen Kitras (Ward 5) retained their seats by defeating their lone challengers.


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import static org.insightech.er.db.SupportFunctions.AUTO_INCREMENT;
import static org.insightech.er.db.SupportFunctions.AUTO_INCREMENT_CACHE;
import static org.insightech.er.db.SupportFunctions.SCHEMA;
import static org.insightech.er.db.SupportFunctions.SEQUENCE;
import static org.insightech.er.db.SupportFunctions.SEQUENCE_CACHE;
import static org.insightech.er.db.SupportFunctions.SEQUENCE_CYCLE;
import static org.insightech.er.db.SupportFunctions.SEQUENCE_MAXVALUE;
import static org.insightech.er.db.SupportFunctions.SEQUENCE_MINVALUE;
import static org.insightech.er.db.SupportFunctions.SEQUENCE_ORDER;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils;
import org.eclipse.gef.commands.CompoundCommand;
import org.insightech.er.db.DBManagerBase;
import org.insightech.er.db.SupportFunctions;
import org.insightech.er.db.impl.db2.tablespace.DB2TablespaceProperties;
import org.insightech.er.db.sqltype.SqlTypeManager;
import org.insightech.er.editor.model.ERDiagram;
import org.insightech.er.editor.model.dbexport.db.PreTableExportManager;
import org.insightech.er.editor.model.dbexport.ddl.DDLCreator;
import org.insightech.er.editor.model.dbimport.ImportFromDBManager;
import org.insightech.er.editor.model.dbimport.PreImportFromDBManager;
import org.insightech.er.editor.model.diagram_contents.element.node.table.ERTable;
import org.insightech.er.editor.model.diagram_contents.element.node.table.properties.TableProperties;
import org.insightech.er.editor.model.diagram_contents.not_element.tablespace.TablespaceProperties;

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Rex Ryan Quickly Backtracks On Bizarre Amari Cooper Rant
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Rex Ryant went on ESPN this morning and called Amari Cooper a "turd."
Rex Ryan got himself into quite a bit of trouble this morning as he went on ESPN's Get Up! and went on a scathing rant towards Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper. In fact, Ryan went so far as to call Cooper a "turd" which was pretty out of bounds.
"To me, this is the biggest disappearing act in the National Football League," Ryan said. "He doesn't show up on the road … when he's against the top corners, that guy disappears…I wouldn't have paid that turd."
After coming to his senses, Ryan went back on ESPN and offered an apology for his actions. As he explains, he wasn't in the right mind to use such language with Cooper.
"I can't believe I said that. Used that word. Obviously, it was a poor choice by me to say what I said about Amari," Ryan said. "What I added at the end of that. I want to apologize to Amari again and hope he accepts my apology."
It remains to be seen whether or not Cooper saw the rant although we can't imagine he will be extremely forgiving when he does hear about it. After all, Ryan was pretty harsh and it's clear what he thinks of the wide receiver, regardless of the use of the word, "turd."
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In today's economic climate, the competition is difficult, but your resume should never be.
The resume is the most effective tool to kick-start your job search. Applying for a new job, the best way to get your foot in the door is your resume. It is not difficult to write a powerful resume, but it does take a little attention.
More than half of job seekers fail because of grammar errors, spelling mistakes or poorly written resumes.
A CV that makes it to the next step is received within 200 seconds of the job posting.
The average time spent looking at a resume is five to seven seconds.
Unprofessional email addresses will be ignored by more than three-quarters of recruiters.
Nearly 500,000 resumes are posted on job boards (like Monster) every week.
Consider you are the boss; you just received a number of CV's—even up to 250 resumes—for a specific job opening. This is the first real communication from a job seeker.
If that first impression were not enough, would you waste your time with the candidate? No!
You will probably drop that CV in the circular file (or recycle bin), and move on to the next one.
This means your resume has to be appealing. An impressive, accurate and well-written resume will not be not get dumped, but you just might have a better chance to make it to the interview.
A free Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail account is the best place to get professional emails if you do not have one already.
If it is not something to be proud of, do not put it down.
Every detail on your resume should be relevant to the job, have a purpose or not be there.
Unless specified, submit the resume on the body of an email, not an attachment. Otherwise, it could be marked as spam. The recipient always could ask for another Word document or PDF file later.
Have professional references in a separate document.
Not every computer can view all fonts, so it is best to stick with the standard Windows or True Fonts. If your resume opens as a page full of nonsense, or does not open at all, then all your time was wasted.
Make your CV as easy and jargon-fee as possible. Never assume the reader knows what specialty reports or non-standard projects you worked on.
Even though it is a simply horrible idea, it may (or may not) be surprising how many people still lie on resumes. More companies are doing their homework by verifying candidates' claims. Sometimes a single phone call to a former employer can detect a lie. To keep from wasting a lot of your effort, simply do not do lie on a resume.
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THC Infused Cakes At The Apothacary Shoppe In Vegas – Hey Matt, Where You At?
Your honor, let's call to the stand all the people Matt sent batshit crazy emails to.
Witness 1, does Matthew send completely crazy paranoid emails to you?
Witness 2, did Matthew appear to be having some kind of mental breakdown in every single email he sent to you?
Your honor, I do not think Matthew Berdyck is a very intelligent person and should be treated like a retarded witness.
Expose our actions all you want. So far, no one believes we have done anything. Everyone believes us when we tell them what you did.
Freaking out about is all you have left. Good. We enjoy watching your roll around on the floor making a fool of yourself. You kick and scream like this every time you lose, which is always.
Still kind of weak. Get REAL mad.
Can I speak to your supervisor? I'm not happy with the watered down trolling I'm getting today. It's just… well. You seem like you don't mean it.