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New Titan Store officially open
The Titan Store held its grand opening on Feb. 26 at its new location on the first floor of the\ Center Building. The new facility includes an all new Titan Cafe.
Nicole Rund
"We're very excited for the new store to be open," Titan Store director of retail services Tony Sanjume said as he greeted customers and encouraged them to take complimentary coffee, lemonade and cookies.
On opening day of the new store, students received 30 percent off all LCC clothing and a coupon for 20 percent off any purchase. A free Ty (Lane mascot) bobble head doll was included with any purchase over $25.
New store smaller, but better
Shoppers could also enter a drawing for a new backpack filled with an Amazon Kindle and Titan clothing and gear. Gail Bingham and Gertie Powers, who both work in Food Services, were excited for the new store as they dropped their names into the jar. The drawing took place at the end of the day, and Kaydee Johnston was announced the winner.
The updated and remodeled main campus bookstore relocated from the third floor to the first floor of the Center Building. The official opening of the Titan Store was held on Thursday, Feb. 26. Construction was completed by Lease Crutcher Lewis in January and the bookstore has been open for business at its new location since Jan. 26.
The new Titan Store, though smaller than the old bookstore, now has a section similar to a convenience store. Among plenty of snack items available for purchase, students can get hot dogs and fountain drinks at the Titan Store, two options that were not available previously.
Lane is seeking a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certification for the newly remodeled Center Building, to be renamed the Center for Learning And Student Success. In order to help achieve LEED Silver certification, the new bookstore features reclaimed wood from the old library, which is still undergoing renovation. The reclaimed wood is used as ceiling accents over the convenience store area and as trim around the customer service desk.
Sandy Wilhelm, who works in printing and graphics, had her arms full while shopping early Thursday. "It's cool," Wilhelm commented about the new bookstore on campus. "A lot of work went into it. Too bad you can't see it from the outside due to the construction. The grand opening didn't get the exposure it needed."
Entrance location changes as construction continues
As construction on the Center Building continues, the entrance to the Titan Store will need to change. Until the second week of spring term, the entrance will remain in close proximity to the cafeteria. After that, access will switch to the south side of the Center Building.
"We're going to try to get as many signs up on campus as possible to redirect them [students] and hopefully we'll get those signs up before finals," Sanjume said.
The final look and bright open courtyard near the entrance will be unveiled during fall term 2015. For now, the front doors are inaccessible to students and construction equipment is operating outside.
Sanjume said they chose to have the grand opening now, to give students a preview of the new store. Bigger festivities are planned for the completion of the first floor and new cafeteria in the fall.


The Traveler is a difficult story to classify–in a good way. E.B. Dawson cleverly plays with reader expectations as the book unfolds. We meet our protagonist, Anissa, in a joyless, bureaucratic world of politics and secrets. The near-future tech-driven setting gives the impression that this is going to be a dystopian sci-fi novel, but as Anissa's dreams of a different world become more and more vivid, the supernatural elements take the book in a different direction. The plot continues to take on more unexpected twists leading up to a dramatic and thrilling conclusion.
I'm going to keep things vague here because I really don't want to spoil any of the plot points. Things like the nature of Anissa's dreams and the finer details of the setting should be discovered as you read for maximum enjoyment. Dawson draws on her rich life experience to create a deep and fascinating world that quickly draws the reader in. Her characters are all distinct and interesting. The political machinations driving the book's main conflict are clever and gripping. And while the book ends with some questions answered, a larger puzzle is teased which leaves the reader eager to go on to the next book. Which, of course, is not out yet. Oh, the cruelty. Write faster, Ms. Dawson!
Content advisory: Some violence and peril, but nothing really unsuitable for kids. Teens and adults will be better able to appreciate the nuances of the plot, but judged solely on content, this one is perfectly acceptable for younger readers.
I look forward to seeing where this series goes next. It's a brilliant addition to the speculative genre, and it's well worth adding to your reading list. 5/5 stars.
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This article looks at how to find your way around the website editor. The new version of MSW2 works in a completely different way... primarily using rows and widgets. While this concept will likely differ from other systems you have used (including the original MSW sites) it is an extremely flexible way of arranging content on your site. This article will introduce the concept and link through to more detailed information on each subject.
This article is applicable to finding when your way around the website editing tools after you have logged in to the editor.
Once you have logged in your page will reload in edit mode.
This is a widget. You will now find that if you hover the mouse over the widget a dotted line appears around it with a black rectangle in one corner. The black rectangle contains the name of the element and an "EDIT" link. Click the "EDIT" link to alter the detail or properties of the selected item. A small window will appear in which you can change it. This also applies to an element on the page, such as the logo, menu, a text box or another feature.
Use REORDER ROWS to change the order in which the rows appear.
(There is a dedicated help article for each of the elements).
To close the editing window of an element click either the Save or Cancel button.
To access other website tools and styling features click the small grey arrow button found in the top left hand corner. A side menu will appear.
You will see 5 colour-coded sections here that allow you to: alter website settings and online prescriptions settings; create, manage and remove pages and set your home page; manage menus; manage files held on your website; and change and customise the template your website uses.
To close the editing side panel simply click the small grey arrow at the top of the page again.
If you change something and you're not happy with it or aren't sure how to reverse it just don't click the Save button. Click Cancel instead and the element will revert back to how it was before you edited that element.
I can't get back to the main editing menu.
Click the small, blue back arrow in the top left hand corner of the editing side panel.
I've made a change but it's not appearing on my page.
Make sure that you've clicked the Save button. You may have to scroll down to find this.
Once changes to an element have been saved are they live on my website or do I need to publish the page?
Changes are live as soon as you click save so it's a good idea to plan your changes before implementing them.


"This takes time but not so much effort. It just needs you to be hanging around in the kitchen doing other things and occasionally giving it a stir but the result is so worth it and you can make as much as your pan will hold and freeze what is not consumed."
Put onions and fennel seeds in casserole with knob of butter and drizzle of olive oil - cover and allow to slowly sweat and caramelise on low heat, stirring occasionally.
Roast carrots and whole garlic cloves at 200°C once caramelised add to casserole.
Remove sausage meat from skins and brown in batches together with the mince, and add to the casserole.
Add crushed garlic and tomato purée, simmer 5-10 mins stirring regularly.
Then add the red wine and allow it to bubble and reduce.
Remove lid and simmer for a further hour (stirring regularly), until the Bolognese is rich and delicious.


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Q: How much of the power of git is lost by using git-svn and a shared subversion mainline? I'm evaluating various options for getting our team away from CVS. We have another large team on another site using Subversion, and some of our developers work with the Subversion server. Therefore, Subversion is an obvious choice for our team. However:

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*Operations involving the Subversion
server can be coffee-break slow
(although we have a good connection
between sites).

*Many of us our sold
on the idea of distributed version
control, and use Mercurial or git
extensively (and then merge and commit to CVS and grab changes from

git-svn looks interesting but what I'd like to know is how much of the power of a DVCS such as git is lost by having a handful of centralised branches in Subversion. In particular, I'd still like to be able to keep the kind of workflow we have with Mercurial, such as:

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*Can we pull the repositories of other team members and merge, and thus collaborate on feature branches before they go to our main stable trunk on Subversion?

*Can we expect the wealth of trickery possible with git to generally work, or do we need to be careful to avoid confusing git-svn?

*Can we use git to speed up checkouts from Subversion by pulling it across the connection from the other site once and then pulling it into individual repositories once.

*If someone commits to Subversion, can we arrange that other git users via git-svn still see the full development history?

*Can we basically avoid having to wait for interactive operations on the Subversion server despite it having half a world of latency?

Many of us are used to the idea of a main fairly stable shared branch with a simple linear history which everyone can push to, and so they merge to the tip regularly. It isn't clear to me how to support this work flow well with git (or Mercurial or Bazaar).

A: You do lose a lot, and it feels kind of second class, but you do gain all the wonderful branching stuff.
I learned git by using it to work on a project that was hosted in subversion.  git allowed me to do all my local development and make quite a bit of progress on the project while still tracking the mainstream branch and even sharing my work with others.
In the end, we ended up pushing the whole project to git because of all of the information that was lost when going to subversion.
What you lose:

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*Merge tracking -- sort of.

*Proper recording of the authorship of changes.

I say "sort of" WRT #1 because if you keep one tree together, it'll track the merges and stuff that you did with git and applied to subversion, but once you try to clone that repo, or someone else does a git-svn clone, you lose that and merges get really painful again.
The authorship stuff matters a lot to me, because I find it very important to make sure people get credit for the work they do.

A: As it's already mentioned, git-svn has certain limitations compared to pure Git experience:

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*Team collaboration is tough:
If one developer pushes changes to SVN repository with git-svn, other one fetches slightly different changes; fetched commits were twice converted — from Git to SVN and from SVN back to Git. As result it's hard to collaborate in a distributed manner.

*Lost metadata:
.gitignore and .gitattributes files get lost when git-svn sends changes to SVN, that is, git-svn does not convert that metadata to corresponding Subversion properties. Other developers don't receive metadata changes on fetch.

*Lost merge-tracking data:
If one merges two branches with git and then pushes merge commit with git-svn, Subversion repository does not get any data on merged history automatically.

*Weak branching support:
One has to create a branch at Subversion repository, fetch it with git-svn and only then dcommit changes to this branch. If one creates a regular Git branch and tries pushing it back to SVN repository, git-svn does not create a new branch but sends commits to existing one instead.
SubGit is an alternative to git-svn with the following features:

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*SubGit works on the server-side as a set of hooks, it synchronizes SVN and Git repositories keeping both sides writable;

*One may use any Git client in order to work with SubGit-enabled Git repository; any Git workflow is supported;

*SubGit fixes all the git-svn problems listed above.
SubGit is a commercial software with many free options. For more information please refer to documentation and comparison with git-svn.
Disclaimer: I'm one of SubGit developers.

A: For what I've seen, you can use git between repository retrieve with git-svn (so you could have a git public repository which would be the "mirror" of the svn repo you're talking about, but the git repo could be hosted in you site).
Thus checkout/clone/push/pull for git users will be fast. Then I guess you can add hooks to your git repo to sync with the svn repo via git-svn, but you'll have to deal with conflict until you use different branches.
What we do here is that every dev has a branch with his name in it and he has to merge with master branch (so he's handling the conflict) before an admin merges his branch with the master, without any conflict since the dev already handle it.
Hope this help.

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Personal data according to the general data protection regulation (GDPR) refers to anything that can identify an individual including CCTV cameras. Footage can be used as surveillance to deter or identify intruders and if so, must be available to the Police as required. It must be stored securely and encrypted wherever possible.
It allows individuals to request a copy of any CCTV footage where they are clearly identifiable. If the request is valid, the organisation must show the footage to the individual within 30 days. GDPR will take effect in just over three months' time on 25 May this year, 2018, and businesses need to be ready. It is very important that organisations get the use of data right because they can face fines of up to 20 million Euros or 4% of global turnover if they get it wrong. GDPR is overseen by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) who set the fines.
Individuals must give active consent that is, 'freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous' so implied consent will no longer be sufficient. Organisations must make CCTV cameras very obvious and may need to obtain further explicit consent from individuals to record them.
To remain on the right side of the law, organisations must make sure that they can switch CCTV on and off and access a specific recording upon request. Footage and sound recordings should be captured separately to avoid being excessive and must be stored securely. Take care with sound recordings because it is intrusive to record conversations of staff or the public unless there is a strong and explicit justification which is unusual.
Access to footage and sound should be restricted and safeguards need to be in place to prevent interception and unauthorised access. Footage should be deleted when it's no longer necessary.
All CCTV footage needs to be underpinned by a written information retention policy that is understood by all operatives. Staff need to know how to respond to requests from individuals for access to footage and recordings. Individuals also need to know if they are in an area covered by CCTV and that they have a right to access recordings and footage.
Roz is an NCTJ qualified journalist, copywriter and wordsmith. Cambridge educated, she works on articles for blogs and other copywriting exercises.


Toronto's electronic maestros Austra just released their second album, 'Olympia', this week and they're showcasing a new track from the record to entice you into a possible purchase. As well as alerting you to their string of new tour dates, across Europe. Listen to 'Don't Hurt Me Now' below.
'Don't Hurt Me Now' brings the usual well-crafted Austra melodrama, with some nice flourishes of organ and harp to complement the striking vocals of Katie Stelmanis. Watch the video to another track from the album, 'Home', below as well. Austra play the Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen tonight in London - it's sold out but you might be able to nab a spare ticket from someone, if you're lucky.
Find more info on the album and tour dates at austramusic.com.


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Q: How to return and display the RSA ciphertext when encrypted in Java I am writing a simple java programs to encrypt/decrypt using DES and RSA algorithms using Java. In Java, in order to encrypt and decrypt using the function doFinal, I have to conver the message (plain text) into bytes. I used the function .getBytes to do so. Here is part of the code:
Cipher desCipher
// Create the cipher
desCipher = Cipher.getInstance("DES/ECB/NoPadding");
desCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, myDesKey);
byte[] textEncrypted = desCipher.doFinal(msgBytes);

Then, return it as:
return new String(base64Cipher);

In this case, I get the cipher text looks in strange characters suc as:
Encrypted Message: °;zRfwجvë    "ëثw‰ڑل7دM#¼7وm‡î¤

In some internet tutorials, they used Base64 encoding before returning the cipher such as this reference:
http://techie-experience.blogspot.com/2012/10/encryption-and-decryption-using-aes.html
When I used Base64 as follows:
byte[] textEncrypted = desCipher.doFinal(msgBytes);
// converts to base64 for easier display.
byte[] base64Cipher = Base64.encodeBase64(textEncrypted);
return new String(base64Cipher);

The cipher text appears in alpha and numerical characters as:
Encrypted Message: Xz93ODw3gEKm3hziPr0UJ+ed55nWLGpTR9uHjZjLwtg=

Which method is correct? Does RSA cipher supposed to be in alpha-numeric characters only? If not, why that referee suggests using it ?

A: Why base64?
base64-encoded text will survive format-induced changes that a binary stream won't -- if your message transits an ASCII-only pipeline, for example. It's also much easier to embed in email, copy and paste, and so on.
Here's a great answer talking about the value of base64.
As to which method is correct -- assuming you're encoding and decoding properly, the byte streams should be equivalent.


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Home	ANS Feature	"What then shall I do with Jesus?"
"What then shall I do with Jesus?"
by Jeff Thompson February 20, 2018
written by Jeff Thompson February 20, 2018
For Christians, Easter is one of the most holy times of the year.
By Will Graham, Special to ASSIST News Service
CHARLOTTE, NC (ANS – February 20, 2018) — With all that surrounds the holiday from a worldly perspective, however, I find that many people simply miss the point of why we rejoice. Easter exists because Jesus died for our sins and conquered the grave. We celebrate life at Easter, because death lost its sting with Christ's triumphant resurrection.
Sadly, so many of our family, friends and neighbors enjoy Easter, but have never experienced the true meaning of it. They may know of Jesus and what He accomplished on the cross, but they can't or won't make a decision about Him as their Savior.
In the Bible, we see a man who will forever be linked to what we call Easter. He talked to Jesus directly, he evaluated him, and yet he too couldn't bring himself to make a decision about what to do with Christ.
His name was Pontius Pilate, and Matthew 27:11-25 tells us a lot about this Roman Governor who oversaw the trial of Jesus.
First, Pilate rejected Jesus' own confession of who He was: the Christ, the Savior. Pilate asked the question and heard the truth (straight from the mouth of the Son of God), but he took it no further.
Second, Pilate rejected clear evidence. Pilate investigated Jesus and came to the conclusion that He was innocent, finding that He had committed no crime. Pilate realized that the only reason Jesus was on trial was the envy and hatred of the religious leaders, but he rejected that truth.
Third, Pilate gave in to pressure. Though he heard the claims of Christ and knew He had done nothing wrong, Pilate was compelled to sentence an innocent man to death because of the influence of the crowd.
Finally, Pilate tried to cleanse himself from the death of Jesus. He knew that he had just condemned an innocent man to die, and he was responsible. In a symbolic gesture, he washed his hands and proclaimed the guilt for Christ's death on the crowd instead.
My friends, Pilate had a decision to make. He knew the truth, but he couldn't take a stand one way or the other. Instead, he asked a question: "What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" (Matthew 27:22, NKJV)
That's the question that so many today, perhaps even you, have a hard time answering. In far too many situations, people know the truth but – like Pilate – they give in to the pressures of others and walk away from Jesus, putting the decision off for another day.
However, indecision is a decision. Making no decision for Christ, is making a decision about Christ. And it's one that has eternal consequences.
If you have been putting off the decision to follow Christ and make Him the Lord of your life, now is the perfect time. Jesus' death and resurrection, which we celebrate as Easter, paved the way for you. I encourage you to receive that hope and accept Him as your Savior today!
Photo captions: 1) Will Graham preaching. 2) Will Graham being interviewed by ANS founder, Dan Wooding, who began his journalistic career in London in 1968, when he became a reporter for The Christian, Billy Graham's then British newspaper. Dan has since worked with Billy Graham as a writer at his overseas crusades in Moscow, Russia; Essen, Germany; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. 3) Three generations of Grahams — Will, Franklin and Billy. 4) Will Graham with his grandfather Billy Graham, who recently celebrated his 99th birthday.,
About Will Graham: Will is the third generation of Grahams to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ under the banner of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). He also serves as vice president of the BGEA, and as executive director of the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove in Asheville, N.C. He is the son of Franklin, and grandson of Billy Graham. Follow Will on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/WillGraham4 and on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TellaGraham.
** You may republish this or any of our ANS stories with attribution to the ASSIST News Service (https://www.assistnews.net/). Please tell your friends and colleagues that they can receive a complimentary subscription to ANS by going to the above website and signing up there.
Jeff Thompson
In 1978 at the age of 21, Jeff moved to Vienna, Austria to smuggle bibles behind the Iron Curtain. His book, "Leaving The American Sector" available from www.mercyprojects.org chronicles many stories from that time period. He leads Mercy Projects in Murrieta, CA assisting vulnerable children and families in Ukraine, Kosovo, and Armenia. He enjoys espresso from around the world, and this gives him the energy to tell his grandchildren stories of being banned from Russia twice in his lifetime. Dan Wooding and Jeff have known each other for many years.
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Beyoncé's Homecoming Makes the Past Present
Screenshot: Netflix
Cate Young
Filed to:Beyonce
It is a testament to Beyoncé's cultural power that adults sacrificed their sleep and counted down the hours to the Netflix release of a concert film for a performance they'd already seen a year prior. Beyoncé's impact at Beychella was so monumental that it reinforced and cemented her place as our greatest living entertainer. And there was value in experiencing the moment yet again. The sheer scale and spectacle of her two-hour headlining performance was her own personal stigmata; convincing proof of her visionary creative might, presented with dismissive, arrogant glee and braggadocio to the Doubting Thomases of the world. With Homecoming (written, directed and produced by the star herself), Beyoncé allowed her fans an intimate look not just at the behind the scenes process of creating this monumental performance, but at the work ethic and sacrifices that it took to get there.
Beyoncé is a woman with the singular ability to reinvent herself. Not in the Madonna sense of creating and living in new personas, but in the way that she is capable of looking back at her past creative output and finding ways to bring it into the present, updating it to reflect any such time that she might need to reference it. In Homecoming, we're reminded again of how often she does this with ease. Mixing her own tracks with Nina Simone, O.T. Genasis, Dawn Penn, and Sister Nancy, she incorporates cultural touchstones that are centered in the African American tradition, but also reach across the ocean to connect them to the diaspora and a communal experience of blackness.
Homecoming can be seen as the culmination of Beyoncé's years-long exercise in constructing her own legacy. Her fans know that she painstakingly documents her life. Everything she does is available to her at a later time for her own self-reference. She constantly pulls from her own oeuvre and reimagines it in innovative and exciting ways, folding it in on itself and compounding how we are instructed to see her work. With each new musical outing, she invents a new frame through which to view her output, demonstrating the long arms of her creative imagination. Her music has always had the ability to be molded and reconfigured in this way; shaped to match the myriad visions she has for the ways she wishes to present herself to the world. Beychella was the culmination of this vision, a seismic flexing of her creative dexterity.
Beyoncé has been criticized in the past for the intensely restrictive way in which she controls her image, but in the context of her own career and the treatment of the black women who came before her in the music industry, it's easy to see why. As a contemporary black female performer who is still constrained in the imaginations of white audiences, a significant part of her mission is to ensure undeniability. It is no exaggeration to say that performance will occupy substantial real estate in her obituary. As Coachella's first black female headliner in its 20-year history her presence alone was significant. And yet, she chose to mark the occasion not simply by turning up, but by bringing other black people along with her and showing what audiences had been missing by excluding her and others like her. Beychella was as much a showcase for Beyoncé as it was for the 200 other vocalists, dancers and musicians who graced the stage alongside her. This will forever be their calling card. They were part of a historical moment.
She has lifted as she climbed, making her presence known and setting up shop with other black creatives in ways that demonstrate they have not only always belonged, but that the space is theirs now; changed by their presence and better for it.
What is newly revealed and should be most apparent in Homecoming is Beyoncé's obvious and intentional dedication to bringing blackness and black culture into white spaces. Her fame has granted her access to many a rarefied white enclave, and with that access she has lifted as she climbed, making her presence known and setting up shop with other black creatives in ways that demonstrate they have not only always belonged, but that the space is theirs now; changed by their presence and better for it. The 2018 release of The Carters "Apes**t" music video, filmed in the Louvre in Paris, was a continuation of the project that began at Coachella: black voices, black bodies, and black art will invade white spaces, dismiss them, trample over them, and leave them forever changed, elevated to heights that will never be reached again without the collective energy of their combined talents.
But what Homecoming reveals, too, is that Beyoncé is intimately familiar with her limits. In backstage interludes exploring the lead-up to the festival, she talks at length about her difficult pregnancy, her struggle to get back in shape and regain her stamina, and her knowledge that her team is large but integral to her own success. She talks about handpicking her dancers and musicians, working to arrange the massive show with her music supervisor, and having a hand in every aspect of the show's production and costume design. Her team is sprawling, but without them, the spectacle of Beyoncé is still just one woman with a husband and children who wants to go home to see them at the end of the day. Beyoncé has a deep appreciation for the community she needed to build in order to realize her vision.
Significantly, Beyoncé's "team" also includes the black feminists, scholars and thinkers who came before her. From her public embrace of feminism with a citation of African feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie upon the release of her 2013 self-titled album to framing her 2016 follow-up Lemonade with the poetry of Warsan Shire, Beyoncé has made a habit of centering black women in her art, and the trend continues with Homecoming. Bookending this phase of her career with black feminists like Audre Lorde and Maya Angelou feels like a significant aspect of the cementing of her legacy. She is visible and she is famous, but she became the woman she is because of the women who came before her, who have been too often erased or ignored. Beyoncé builds on the work of these women, but is also in conversation with it through the way she practices that art. She is always ensuring that her impact cannot be erased with the passing of time, while reaching back to make sure these women are not papered over, either. If you love Beyoncé, you must love them, too, she seems to be saying. They are how she became herself.
Homecoming shows how Beyoncé used Coachella to effectively closed the door on this phase of her career while commemorating everything she has achieved thus far; sealing it in amber for generations after her to access, but also primarily for her children. An era that began with her self-titled album ends here with the concurrently released live album, the pinnacle of her decades-long career, and the truest testament of her visionary abilities. With these projects, she demonstrates her peerlessness while elevating those who are coming up behind her. When all is said and done, Homecoming is myth-making in action.
Cate Young (@battymamzelle): smugsexual, thundercunt hagbeast.
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It's time for a break. Time to marvel at the beautiful nature of the alpine mountains and to enjoy the warm sunlight. It's time for something new.
The Family-Apart-Stubai is an unique Apart Hotel situated in the heart of the Stubai valley, in the south of Tyrol.
After a general renovation, the hotel now blazes in modern Alpine Lifestyle. With it's spacious apartments, a lovely spa area and located perfectly for summer and winter sports, it's a place for relaxation and activity at the same time. A place to make friends and collecting beautiful holiday memories.


I take it The nearest station is West Sutton right? That's a 75 min ride from Hendon Station according to TFL. West Sutton seems a very short walk to the ground. Seems the best method for me even with reduced service.


After penning the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson penned these words to those who would eventually sign the document and give up everything so that we today can have what they did not have.
Read it carefully as he says in a few words what many today are trying to say but cannot seem to get the point across to the American people.
"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers.
And this is the tendency of all human governments.
till the bulk of society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery.
And the fore-horse of this frightful team is public debt.
Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression."


One my favourite building facades along North Terrace in Adelaide is the Liberal Club Building (175-177 North Terrace). Completed in 1924-1925, the building was designed by Frank H. Counsell.
Images above are from the archives of the State Library of South Australia and the National Library of Australia. The opening of the club rooms was in featured in The Register, Adelaide, 21 May 1926 and reported the 'handsome' interior furnishings in detail.
The demand for light and air were met by the architect who designed the building to have six light areas and glazed partition walls.
The architect also ensured equable temperatures in the building by means of cavity walls and a 'super' roof that consisted of a concrete ceiling over the top storey.
The building was popular with the medical and dental professions, as patients could rest on the large balconies after light operations.
Architecturally the building is dominated by deep balconies between prominently detailed bow windows.
The façade is robustly handled with great use made of the interplay of light and shade.
The large public hall features a dance floor on the main floor.
The façade is vertically terminated by a great arch above the tiered balconies on the top floor.
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Home BUSINESS MANAGEMENT WORK-FAMILY ROLE CONFLICT AND ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN NIGERIA
WORK-FAMILY ROLE CONFLICT AND ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN NIGERIA
Work-family role conflict has become an important issue in the determination of organizational commitment. In recent years, there has been an increase in competitive pressures on organizations to increase productivity and an increase in time demands on the workforce, leaving less time available for the employees to be with their families. Moreover, the workforce composition has changed in recent years, with an increase in women in the workplace and there has been an increase in men being involved in family life (Cardson, 2005). Dual income couples and an increase in single parenting are now becoming the norm of today's society. Work-family role conflict has been defined as "a form of inter-role conflict in which role pressures from the work and family domains are mutually incompatible in some respect" (Flippo, 2005). The conflict occurs when the employee extends their efforts to satisfy their work demands at the expense of their family demands or vice versa (Cole, 2004). Conflict could arise from work interfering with the family life, such as working overtime to meet demands of the job or from family demands when there is illness with a family member. A significant amount of researches have concluded that work-family conflict and family work conflict are related but distinct constructs (Ajiboye, 2008). Work-family conflict is primarily caused by excessive work de-mands and predicts negative family outcomes, whereas family-work conflict is primarily determined by family demands and predicts negative work outcomes (Adebola, 2005).
Therefore, if an employee is experiencing high levels of family-work role conflict, their roles and responsibilities in family life are interfering with the work domain. Mean-while, because the employee is more committed to the welfare of the family, this will take priority, reducing or minimizing the resources of time and energy being able to be spending in the work domain. Thus, employees who experience high family role conflict should experience less affective commitment to the organization. However, work-to-family conflict occurs when the domain of work interferes with the family demands and vice versa for work-family conflict (Ajiboye, 2008). The rationale for this hypothesis is that, if the employee is experiencing high conflict from either the work or family domain, it will be dependent on the employees' calculative commitment levels. The higher the levels of conflict and the higher the number of inducements offered by the organization will result in employee producing extra efforts to ensure their continued employment. The fewer alternatives that are available to the continuance-committed employee, the more dedicated they tend to be (Iverson and Buttgieg, 2008).
In the recent times, arguments on work-family role con-flict as it affects workers` behaviour at workplace pervade the existing literature. Various researchers had investigated the relationship between work-family role conflict and organizational efficiency and productivity. In most of these studies, it was found that a significant relationship exist among work-family role conflict and managerial efficiency of the managers (Popoola, 2008; Akinjide, 2006; Collins and George, 2004; Akinboye, 2003). Similarly, Poele (2003) reported that efficiency in managing organizational resources for results could be better guaranteed when various variables other than one, such as leadership style, self-efficient, personality, work-family role conflict, job satisfaction and motivation are jointly combined by the managers in work organizations. The finding of the study is very unique in establishing the relevance of work-family conflict as an important factor in the consideration of effective management of organizational resources for results.
Organizational commitment has become one of the most popular work attitudes studied by practitioners and researchers (Allen and Meyer, 2000). One of the main reasons for its popularity is that organizations have con-tinued to find and sustain competitive advantage through teams of committed employees. Meyer et al. (2000) have found that committed employees are more likely to remain with the organization and strive towards the organization's mission, goals and objectives. Organizational commitment is defined as the degree to which the employee feels devoted to their organization (Spector, 2000).
Further research into this variable has concluded that commitment is a diverse construct. Akintayo (2006) posited that there is general acceptance that organizational commitment has three main facets: affective, continuance, and normative, each with its own underlying 'psychological states'. Affective commitment refers to the emotional bond and the identification the employee has with the organization. For the employees, the positives include enhanced feelings of devotion, belongingness, and stability (Meyer et al., 2003). Continuance (economic/calculative) commitment refers to what the employee will have to give up if they have to leave the organization or in other terms, the material benefits to be gained from remaining. Employees whose primary link to the organization is based on continuance commitment remain with the organization because they feel they need to do so for material benefits (Meyer et al., 2003).
Therefore, if the employees believe that fewer viable alternatives are available their continuance commitment will be stronger to their current employer. Lastly, normative commitment or moral commitment (Jaros et al., 2004) reflects a feeling of obligation to continue employment. Employees with a high level of normative commitment feel that they ought to remain with the organization (Bentein et al., 2005).
Reflecting on organizational commitment and managerial efficiency of the managers, reports of some researchers (Akintayo, 2006; Ciarrochi et al., 2001; George, 2000, Tsui et al., 1992) revealed that organizational commitment has significant influence on managerial efficiency of the managers. The researchers submitted that, organizational commitment is expected to moderate the relationship between work-family role con-flict, working environment and job satisfaction, and the relationship between work-family role conflict and job performance.
Adekola (2006), Ajaja (2004) and Williams and Warrens (2003) conducted researches on assessment of gender differences in burnout at workplace, work-family role conflict and managerial efficiency of the managers. Their findings revealed that the role conflict experienced by the managers resulting from work-family role interface has deleterious effects on their performance effectiveness. Also, female managers are less effective in managing organizational resources than male managers based on work-family role conflict. This is possibly because female managers tend to experience work-family role conflict than the male managers do. This finding still requires further empirical verification.
Further still, literature reveals that the negative effect of work-family role conflict on work attitude may be mode-rated by several variables (Martins et al., 2002). In these studies, emotional intelligence is expected to moderate the relationship between work-family role conflict and job satisfaction, and the relationship between work-family role conflict and career commitment. George (2000); Tsui et al. (1992) posit that family interference with work may have some negative consequences on the extent which employees will be satisfied with their works and com-mitted to their career. In essence, it can be deduced that, emotionally intelligent individuals are likely to have the ability to control such interferences or at least moderate them to an accepted level. On the basis of this logic, conflict and job satisfaction are expected to exhibit a reasonable level of correlation.
The response to this assertion has been two ways. Existing literature suggests two hypotheses concerning gender differences in domain sources conflict: domain flexibility and domain salience. The domain flexibility hypothesis predicts that the work domains are greater sources of conflict than the family domain for both men and women. The domain salience hypothesis predicts that the family domains are greater sources of conflict for men than the work domain (Lzaeli, 1993). Evans and Bartolome (1999) claim that the work domain is less flexible, so work affects family life more than the reverse and there is no gender difference. But for Cooke and Roussoau (1994) conflict is greater from the domain that is more salient to the person's identity. Therefore, women will experience more conflict from the family domain and men from the work. Ajaja (2004) noted that women might experience more role conflict as a result of simultaneity of their multiples roles. Research evidences revealed that associated with gender are some family domain pres-sures like the effects of the presence of young children (Ciarrochi et al., 2001), spouse time in paid work, (Akinjide, 2006; Poele, 2003) and work domain pressures like number of hours worked per week (Akinboye, 2003) are gender differences associated with work-family role conflict.
However, Pleck et al. (1990) discovered that specific conditions that contribute most to the work-family (WFC) conflict were: excessive working hours, scheduling in-compatibilities, and physically/psychologically demanding duties that cause fatigue and irritability. Thus, husband (men) were more likely than wives (women) to report WFC caused by excessive work time whereas the wives (women) more than husband (men) were more likely to report WFC caused by schedule incompatibilities. The authors submit that work and family boundaries are asymmetrically permeable and that gender differences exist with regard to this has been debunked. According to this research finding, family boundaries, in that demands of the work role, are more likely to invade ones family roles than vice versa. Thus, no gender differences were found in the pattern of asymmetry. Similarly, Drago (2002) had predicted that women, because of responsibilities in the household, would have greater interferences from family to work than men; and that men, because of a string world allegiance, would have greater interferences from work families than women. In other studies, Popoola (2008) and Collins and George (2004) on women heading one- parent families reported conflict somewhat less often than women; or men in two-parent families, parent reported more conflict than childless couples and parent with school- age children. The literature reviewed for the purpose of this study revealed that extensive research work had been conducted to measure the relationship among work-family role conflict, job satisfaction, managerial efficiency and productivity. It is pertinent to note that all the reviewed studies were conducted in isolation and in different settings apart from Nigeria; and none of the studies focus on the relative influence of work-family role conflict on organizational commitment. Responding to this gap that exists in literature has necessitated this present study.
Against this background, this study investigated the impact of work-family role conflict on organizational commitment among industrial workers in Nigeria. This is for the purpose of ascertaining the relevance of work-family role conflict to job commitment assessment in industrial organizations in Nigeria.
1.3 Hypotheses for the Study
The study adopted null hypotheses which were generated and tested for the purpose of the study. The study hypothesized that work-family role conflict will not significantly predict organizational commitment of the respondents. Also, there is no significant difference between work-family role conflict of married and single respondents based on work-family role conflict. Besides, it was hypothesized further that there is no significant difference between work-family role conflict of male and female respondents based on work-family role conflict. Moreover, there is no significant difference between work-family role conflict of respondents, who have spent above ten years and those who have spent less than ten years on the job based on work-family role conflict. More so, there is no significant difference between organizational commitment of married and single respondents based on work-family role conflict. Furthermore, the study tested that there is no significant difference between organizational commitment of male and female respondents based on work-family role conflict. Lastly, it was hypothesized that there is no significant difference between organizational commitment of respondents, who have spent above ten years and those who have spent less than ten years on the job, based on work-family role conflict.
In the light of these reviews, this study is set to test the following hypotheses:
1.3 Research Objectives
Based on the afore stated problem in view, the following specific objectives are considered in this work;
1. Individuals with low work-family conflict will be more committed to their organisation than counterparts who are high on work-family conflict.
2. Senior staff will be more committed to their organisation than the junior staffs.
3. Workers in banking institutions will be more committed to their organisation more than workers in other work institutions.
The general objective is to compare the existing relationship, if any, between work-family role conflict and organisational commitment among industrial workers in Nigeria.
1. Will individuals with low work-family conflict be more committed to their organisation than counterparts who are high on work-family conflict?
2. Will Senior staff be more committed to their organisation than the junior staff?
This study will contribute to the existing body of literature on the subject matter of work-family conflict and organisational commitment among industrial workers in Nigeria, and also help with policy formulation in related areas, as well as serve as a reference material for future works of research in this area.
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Le nozze chimiche di Christian Rosenkreutz o Le nozze alchemiche di Christian Rosenkreutz (Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutz anno 1459) è un testo pubblicato a Strasburgo nel 1616, di autore anonimo ma la cui paternità viene attribuita a Johann Valentinus Andreae. Si tratta del terzo dei "manifesti" resi pubblici dalla misteriosa Confraternita dei Rosacroce.

Lo scritto si presenta come un romanzo allegorico suddiviso in Sette Giornate, o Sette Percorsi, come il racconto del Libro della Genesi, e narra del modo in cui Christian Rosenkreuz venne invitato a recarsi in un favoloso castello pieno di cose portentose per assistere alle "Nozze chimiche" del re e della regina, vale a dire dello sposo e della sposa.

Il manifesto nel corso del tempo è stato fonte di ispirazione per poeti, alchimisti (per i quali il "Matrimonio Sacro" simboleggiava il loro obiettivo ultimo) e sognatori grazie alla sua forza di rituale di iniziazione con il susseguirsi di prove, purificazioni, morte, resurrezione e ascensione e al simbolismo che contiene, evidente sin dall'incipit in cui Rosenkreutz viene invitato ad assistere alle nozze.

Nell'invito a nozze viene inclusa anche la Monade geroglifica inventata dal matematico John Dee.

Il tempo della pubblicazione e dell'ambientazione della storia
Le Nozze chimiche di Christian Rosenkreutz (CRC) comparve per la prima volta a Strasburgo nel 1616. Era scritto in tedesco e il suo titolo originale era Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutz anno 1459. Nel libro non veniva citato alcun autore e l'unico nome presente era quello di Christian Rosenkreutz, ma in seguito Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586-1654) nella propria autobiografia sostenne di esserne l'autore.

Nonostante il libro sia comparso nel 1616 la vicenda è ambientata più di 150 anni prima. Gli eventi si svolgono nell'arco di sette giorni e il testo è diviso in sette capitoli, ognuno dei quali tratta uno di questi giorni. La storia inizia una sera vicina al giorno di Pasqua del 1459 e nell'ultimo dei sette giorni CRC viene nominato cavaliere. Fu proprio nel giorno di Pasqua del 1459 che venne firmato per la prima volta a Ratisbona l'atto costitutivo della Massoneria di Strasburgo, che venne poi firmato una seconda volta poco tempo dopo proprio nella città alsaziana. La stampa della Bibbia di Gutenberg iniziò nel 1455 a Magonza, mentre la prima traduzione tedesca della Bibbia fu stampata a Strasburgo nel 1466.

Il paragrafo di apertura
La storia ripercorre con precisione il rituale della Pasqua ebraica e dei sette giorni di pane azzimo. Le regole della Pasqua ebraica trattate dal Libro dell'Esodo (12:15) si trovano in dettaglio anche nei libri del Levitico, dei Numeri e nel Deuteronomio. La macellazione e la preparazione dell'agnello pasquale inizia una delle sere vicine a Pasqua, e allo stesso modo iniziano le Nozze Chimiche. Le Nozze Chimiche iniziano una sera mentre CRC è seduto ad un tavolo con davanti a sé sia l'agnello pasquale che il pane azzimo. Questo fatto sembra suggerire che CRC fosse ebreo. Tuttavia, curiosamente, nel primo paragrafo si trova la formula "Padre della Luce"; tale formula compare una sola volta nella Bibbia di Re Giacomo, mentre si trova nella Lettera di Giacomo (1:17).

Questo l'incipit de "Le nozze Chimiche":

I nove signori
I nove signori rappresentano nove dei libri del Nuovo Testamento: Prima lettera di Pietro, Seconda lettera di Pietro, Lettera di Giacomo, Lettera di Giuda, Prima lettera di Giovanni, Seconda lettera di Giovanni, Terza lettera di Giovanni, Vangelo di Giovanni e Apocalisse di Giovanni.

CRC credeva che il vangelo di Giovanni fosse l'unico storicamente accettabile, ed è proprio il pane azzimo e la sua relazione con la Pasqua Ebraica che effettivamente distingue il vangelo di Giovanni dai Vangeli sinottici. I nove signori vengono legati insieme al resto dei commensali (27 in totale) e CRC piange.

I quattro sentieri
Nel secondo capitolo CRC si siede a riposare sotto tre alti alberi di cedro e su uno di essi è fissata una targa che mostra quattro sentieri. È importante notare come nell'allegoria sia Lo sposo (cioè la Bibbia) ad offrire queste quattro diverse vie.

Il primo sentiero conduce in una zona rocciosa, che simboleggia Pietro, "la roccia" come viene ritratto nei vangeli sinottici. Il secondo sentiero del testo è quello esposto nel vangelo di Giovanni, in quanto a CRC viene detto che su questo sentiero non deve girare né a destra né a sinistra e il racconto di Giovanni è l'unico che non menziona i due ladroni crocefissi alla destra e alla sinistra di Gesù. Il terzo sentiero è quello delle lettere di Pietro, Giacomo, Giuda e Giovanni. Nella prima lettera di Giacomo c'è un riferimento alla "via reale" o "legge reale" (2:8). Nella lettera di Pietro c'è l'unico riferimento a "uno tra mille". Il quarto sentiero è quello delle lettere di Paolo. E quello dove si trova un riferimento ai morti risorti incorrotti (Prima lettera ai Corinzi 15:52) e l'unico dove nel Nuovo testamento compare la parola "logorante" (Lettera agli Ebrei 12:29).

La storia continua con "Al che tirai fuori il mio pane e ne tagliai una fetta". Non si può non notare che CRC taglia il pane dopo aver letto la targa. Il ventiquattresimo dei precetti di Pitagora dice di non spezzare mai il pane. Il pane viene spezzato nei vangeli di Marco, Luca e Matteo, ma non viene mai spezzato nel vangelo di Giovanni. Il pane viene spezzato anche nelle lettere di Paolo e negli Atti degli Apostoli, ma mai nelle lettere di Pietro, Giacomo, Giuda e Giovanni.

Con il procedere della storia diventa evidente che CRC, con le parole "sono avanzato con la mia bussola, senza deviare di un passo dalla linea del Meridione " intende dire che il sentiero da lui scelto è il secondo, in quanto non gira mai né a destra né a sinistra. Da notare anche come affermi "Presi con pazienza la mia croce e mi misi in cammino": solo nel vangelo di Giovanni Gesù porta la croce, mentre nei sinottici a farlo per lui è Simone di Cirene.

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Ermetismo (filosofia)
Cabala (esoterismo)
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For many listeners, Close to the Edge is considered the pinnacle of the Yes catalogue. For almost as many listeners, it's also considered one of the crowning achievements of progressive rock history. I am pretty much in agreement with those two statements as I find Close to the Edge to always be an enjoyable listen, from the first time I personally heard it in the mid-1980s to the present day. To this day, Yes still performs all three songs off this album live and their fans appreciate it. During a post-2000 Yes concert, it is these three songs that outshine the rest of the concert. Thus, on historical grounds only, this is considered a masterpiece by many.
What makes this album that good musically? That's hard to put in words. My initial response is that for this album, Yes just had the right combination of melodies, rhythms, riffs, soundscapes, structures, and lyrics. And they mixed it all together in a grand fashion. It's one of those rare moments when every note fills an important role in the entire project. Removing any portion of the album, no matter how small, seems to make it a lesser album. And the melodies and harmonies... they can attach to your brain like a mosquito in a blood bank. Days (sometimes weeks) after listening to Close to the Edge, I have that "I get up, I get down" line in my head, or the chugging bass line in Siberian Khatru, or the soaring keys in And You And I. It was an amazing experience during my initial listen and continues to excite my musical neurons to this day.
Easily five stars and a must-have essential classic that should be in every prog rock collection.


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Bizarre, Lawyering, Torts December 9, 2007
South Dakota Supreme Court Rules that Suicide Case Not Subject to Reasonable Person Standard for Contributory Negligence
In light of the Larry Manzanares suicide case in Denver, this South Dakota case for a couple years ago may be illustrative. It got very little attention but should have. The South Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in the suicide case of Kristi Dodson. At issue is an interesting question of the standard to apply to a suicidal mind and the concept of contributory negligence.
Dodson, 21, was released from the Human Services Center in Yankton on April 11, 2001. The next day, after returning home with her husband, she disappeared and two weeks later her body was found in the trunk of a car parked at an apartment complex. She had suffocated herself by tying a plastic bag over her head.
Dodson has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and her husband sued HSC and Dr. Hartley Alsgaard, a psychiatrist at the mental hospital, for malpractice and negligence –alleging that she was prematurally released. Notably, she tried to commit suicide on April 1, 2001 while at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. The medication that she received on that occasion had not fully taken hold when she committed suicide.
A jury decided on Feb. 13, 200, that Alsgaard prematurely released Dodson, but they barred any recovery on the basis of her own contributory negligence. It was a fascinating ruling since any suicide would likely be barred under standard concepts of contributory negligence which use an objective reasonable person standard. Anyone committing suicide would be viewed under this standard as grossly unreasonable.
The Supreme Court ruled that the trial court should not have given the standard instruction on contributory negligence.
The Court held that "[t]he jury was instructed that Kristi's conduct had to be measured by the standard of a reasonable person in those circumstances. They were not instructed that Kristi's conduct was to be judged in light of her mental capacity."
"The evidence in this case was sufficient to show mental incapacity on the part of Kristi and that HSC and Dr. Alsgaard had notice of that incapacity. Her suicide attempt on April 1 gave them notice of this condition and reason to anticipate that Kristi could harm herself."
It is a very interesting ruling that is likely to be cited around the country in such cases.
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But then again I am not even a mere 1L!
Comparative negligence seems more appropriate to this case and we would apply some kind of percentage of culpability so far as recovery.
jonathanturley says:
The opinion has an obvious internal logic, but it suggests a type of reasonable deranged person standard. The point is that contributory negligence would have to be blocked if any recovery is allowed in such cases. In contributory negligence states, any contributory negligence is a complete bar to recovery. In a comparative negligence, it depends on whether it is a partial or pure jurisdiction. (Partial would bar any contributory negligence over 50%).
Well, it would seem the jury was wrongly instructed and it is inexplicable to me how that could have happened. Obviously a factor was that she had been administered some type of medication and the court must have thought that elevated her to the standard.
But any expert witness could (and definitely would) testify that anti-depressant medications share a whole set of limitations including long latency periods before becoming effective and other factors that kick in when more than one anti-depressant agent is being used (dosage adjustments which differ with each patient).


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Q: pass string from one action to other in same controller I am passing search string from Search action to detail action but on being received in detail action it turns out to be null.
I am using MVC3 and .NET framework 4.0:
public ActionResult Search(string search)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(search))
        return RedirectToAction("Index");

    return RedirectToAction("Details", "Invoice", search = search.Trim());
}

public ActionResult Details(string id)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(id))
        return RedirectToAction("Index");

    ObjectParameter[] parameters = new ObjectParameter[3];
    parameters[0] = new ObjectParameter("CUSTNMBR", id);
    parameters[1] = new ObjectParameter("StartDate", System.DateTime.Now.Date.AddDays(-90));
    parameters[2] = new ObjectParameter("EndDate", System.DateTime.Now.Date);

    return View(_db.ExecuteFunction<Models.Invoices>("uspGetCustomerInvoices", parameters).ToList<Models.Invoices>());
}

A: You should be able to just return Details() since you are in the same controller and it returns an ActionResult.

A: You should use:
return RedirectToAction("Details", "Invoice", new { id = search.Trim() });


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Чиричкасы  — деревня в Цивильском районе Чувашской Республики. Административный центр Чиричкасинского сельского поселения.

География
Находится в северной части Чувашии на расстоянии приблизительно 11 км на восток-юго-восток по прямой от районного центра города Цивильск у автомагистрали М-7.

История
Известна с 1795 года как выселок с 25 дворами. В XIX веке околоток села Воздвиженское, Багильдино тож (ныне Шинеры Цивильского района). В 1897 году отмечен 391 житель, 1906—119 дворов, 589 жителей, 1926 — 95 дворов, 493 жителя, 1939—517 жителей, 1979—330. В 2002 году 145 дворов, в 2010—113 домохозяйств. В период коллективизации был организован колхоз «Малалла», в 2010 работал СХПК «Рассвет».

Население
Постоянное население составляло 337 человек (чуваши 99 %) в 2002 году, 309 в 2010.

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Manoj Bajpayee Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Salary, Net Worth & Bio
August 3, 2018 Bio, Indian Actor
Manoj Bajpayee, also known as Manoj Bajpai, is one of the most versatile and celebrated actors in the Indian film industry. Apart from this, Manoj Bajpayee has also appeared in a number of Tamil and Telugu films. For his immense acting skills, Manoj Bajpayee is the recipient of several national film awards.
Hailing from a small village in the expanse of Bihar, Manoj Bajpayee had always aspired to become an actor. Although he tried to get admission into the National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi, he was unsuccessful 4 times. However, he continued to be a part of the theater while studying in college. Although he appeared for a very small role in 1994, Manoj Bajpayee rose to fame with his role as Bhiku Mhatre in the 1998 crime drama 'Satya' by Ram Gopal Varma. Garnering widespread acclaim for his graphic portrayal of the gangster and receiving awards for his role, Manoj Bajpayee has since been seen acting in a large variety of roles.
Today, thanks to wide accolades for his interesting and captivating roles, Manoj Bajapyee has become one of the most established and adored actors.
About Manoj Bajpayee
Real Name Manoj Bajpai
Date of Birth 23rd April 1969
Age (as in July 2018)
Belwa (Bihar)
Graduate of History Drama from Ramjas College (New Delhi)
5 ft 9"
(175 cm) approximately
Radhakant Bajpai
(Farmer)
Wife Shabana Raza (Neha)
(Actress)
Income (Annual)
INR 27,00,00,000
(USD 4 Million)
Satya (1998), Shool (1999), Aks (2001), Road (2002), Pinjar, LOC Kargil (2003), Veer Zara (2004), Raajneeti (2010), Gangs of Wasseypur-1 (2012), Special 26, Shootout At Wadala (2013) and Sarkaar 3 (2017)
First Movie
Satya (1998)
Net Worth (2018)
INR 137,00,00,000 (USD 20 Million )
Likes & Dislikes
Favorite Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Naseeruddin Shah
Penne Pasta and Biryani
Performing in theater plays
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Born in 1969, Manoj Bajpayee's age is 49 years, and he celebrates his birthday each year on the 23rd of April. Manoj Bajpayee's height is 5 ft 9 inches (175 cm), while Manoj Bajpayee's weight is around 68 kg (150 lbs). With jet black hair and black eyes, Manoj Bajpayee does not fit the conventional 'hero' look of Bollywood yet he has carved a name in the Indian film industry with his amazing acting skills.
Manoj Bajpayee is one of the most renowned actors of today. After having a minute-long in his debut movie 'Drohkaal' (1994), Manoj Bajpayee remained largely unrecognized Manoj Bajpayee became a prominent TV actor with his role in the soap opera 'Swabhimaan' (1995). He also got the role to play dacoit Mann Singh in the Shekhar Gupta directed 'Bandit Queen' (1994).
After having being cast in a comic role in 'Daud' (1997), director Ram Gopal Varma finally signed up Manoj Bajpayee for a prominent role in his next, 'Satya' (1998), in which he portrayed the gangster's character of Bhiku Mhatre with unparalleled realistic acting. His acting in Satya was the recognition he had long waited for. For this impressive role, Manoj Bajpayee was nominated for numerous awards and accolades. Next, Manoj Bajpayee starred in another one of Ram Gopal Varma's movie, 'Shool', in 1999, again garnering praise for his role. In 1999, Manoj Bajpayee ventured into another aspect of Indian film industry, and starred in the Telugu romantic movie, 'Prem Katha'.
Manoj Bajpayee starred in 'Road' (2002) which won him the Filmfare Award nomination for Best Performance in a Negative Role. The next year, in 2003, Manoj Bajpayee's lead role in the partition-era drama 'Pinjar' won him National Film Special Jury Award. The same year, in 2003, Manoj Bajpayee was also a prominent part of the multi-starring 'LOC Kargil', for which he won the nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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In 2004, Manoj Bajpayee was part of 'Veer Zara', which was screened at the 55th Berlin Film Festival and went on to become the highest-grossing film of the year. Manoj Bajpayee again found success after 6 years, when he starred in Prakash Jha's 'Raajneeti'. He has received widespread acclaim for his portrayal of a political youth leader belonging to a royal family.
In 2012, Manoj Bajpayee rose to new-found fame with his gritty and realistic portrayal of Sardaar Khan in 'Gangs of Wasseypur – 1', directed by Anurag Kashyap. The widely acclaimed movie, especially his brilliant acting, enabled the movie to be released at the Cannes Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival in 2012, and the Sundance Film Festival in 2013. Manoj Bajpayee was also nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Actor his role in the gangster biography.
In 2013, Manoj Bajpayee was seen in 'Special 26' playing the role of a CBI officer, which was based on a true heist event in New Delhi, and later in Shootout At Wadala, this time portraying a gangster from Mumbai.
Manoj Bajpayee's recent prominent role was in Ram Gopal Varma's 'Sarkaar 3', which was released in 2017.
Interesting Facts About Manoj Bajpayee
Manoj Bajpayee does not smoke and is not known to indulge in alcohol as well.
Manoj Bajpayee revealed that after facing rejection thrice from the National School of Drama (NSD) he had often contemplated suicide, as being a professional film actor was his life-long passion.
Manoj Bajpayee finally got acting training at a workshop he attended, organized by Barry John.
After his first marriage to a Delhi-based girl broke up as he struggled to be an actor, Manoj Bajpayee later married Shabana Khan, an actress, otherwise known as 'Neha'.
Manoj Bajpayee was first recognized as a competitive actor, when acting for the TV soap opera, 'Swabhimaan' (1995), which was directed by Mahesh Bhatt.
Although he wanted to be named as 'Samar Bajpai, his parents were big fans of veteran actor, Manoj Kumar, hence named his after their icon.
Manoj Bajpayee is a National Film Award winner for two of his movies – 'Satya' and 'Pinjar'.
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I'm not saying to reactivate my account as there is no reason for it to be deactivated in the first place.
There is a contact Foxtel link on the front page of these forums. Today is a public holiday but the accounts section is open till 8.00pm.
My Foxtel Now account appears to have been deactivated for some reason too, and after raising support requests & many calls over the last 10 days, no one can tell me anything!
We'd like to look into this for you so please send us a PM with your details.
I got it sorted out I called Foxtel after speaking with 2 people and them saying they can't help me I demanded to speak to a manager after 45 mins (do not let them tell you they can't help) I was put through to Alfred a kiwi guy he fixed the issue in 2mins great guy.


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He added: "I know he has done well, but he's missed the last month (through injury) and he needs to make sure he starts playing and gets in our team – because that won't be easy for him either.
Bruce has also had to fend off speculation about a number of his other players – England striker Emile Heskey, Antonio Valencia and Wilson Palacios all linked with moves.
"We are building the nucleus of a very good team here, and the last thing I want to do is dismantle it," he added.
"The big clubs are circling around us, and they are at our games every week – because our young players are terrific prospects.


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BJP releases first list for UP, Yogi to contest from Gorakhpur Urban (Ld)
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New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The BJP on Saturday released its first list of 107 candidates for Uttar Pradesh. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will contest from Gorakhpur (Urban) assembly constituency and deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to contest from Sirathu assembly seat in Prayagraj district. Chief minister Adityanath and deputy chief minister Maurya are currently members of state legislative council.
Union minister and BJP election in-charge for Uttar Pradesh Dharmendra Pradhan and national general secretary Arun Singh released the first list of candidates at party headquarters here. Pradhan said that people will support BJP once again in 2022 and the BJP will win more than 300 seats this time also.
Pradhan said that the BJP is announcing 105 candidates for 57 seats in first phase and 48 seats in second phase. Other two constituencies are Gorakhpur (Urban) and Sirathu from where polling will be held in later phases. Yogi Adityanath was five time Lok Sabha member from Gorakhpur till 2017 before becoming chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Of 83 sitting MLAs, 63 have been repeated and 20 MLAs have been dropped. Social equation has been taken into account while finalising the candidates. More than 60 per cent of the candidates announced are either from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Schedule Caste (SC) communities. About 44 candidates are from the OBC communities and 19 are from SC communities.
Almost 10 per cent, tickets are given to women candidates.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh's son and sitting MLA for Noida Pankaj Singh is once again fielded from his current assembly constituency.AUttar Pradesh Power Minister Srikant Sharma will once again contest from Mathura.
The Assembly polls will be held in seven phases in February-March starting from February 10. Counting of votes will be held on March 10. Last day of nomination for 58 Assembly seats, where polling will be held in the first phase, is January 21, while that for 55 seats in the second phase is January 28. Voting will be held on February 10 and February 14 in the first and second phase respectively.
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Iceberg larger than London breaks off Antarctica ice shelf
A new iceberg that was larger than the size of Greater London has broken off of Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf.
Satellite images captured the split, which occurred on Jan 22, near the British Antarctic Survey's (BAS) Halley Research station.
According to scientists, cracks had been developing over the last few years across the entire, nearly 500-foot-thick ice shelf.
The iceberg eventually separated when the crack known as Chasm-1 fully extended, the BAS said in a release.
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An aerial view of an iceberg, almost the size of Greater London, that has broken off the 150-meter thick Brunt Ice Shelf in Coats Land, Antarctica, on January 24, 2023.
(European Union/Copernicus Sentinel-2 Imagery/Processed by DG DEFIS/Handout via )
This marks the second major calving from this area in the last two years.
BAS glaciologists say that the area of the ice shelf where the research station is located currently remains unaffected by the recent events.
Satellite monitoring first revealed signs of a change in Chasm-1 in 2012.
The Brunt Ice Shelf is pictured in Coats Land, Antarctica, January 24, 2023.
(European Union/Copernicus Sentinel-2 Imagery/Processed by DG DEFIS/Handout via REUTERS )
COFFE'S 'CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE' IS JUST THE 'TIP OF THE ICEBERG,' STUDY SAYS
The new iceberg, the release noted, is likely to follow the path of A74 – which departed in early 2021 – and will be given a name by the U.S. National Ice Center.
Reuters reported that the name would be A81.
The new iceberg is pictured in Coats Land, Antarctica, January 24, 2023.
The changes in the Brunt Ice Shelf are a natural process, and the BAS said that there is no connection to the rapid calving events seen on the Larsen C Ice Shelf, as well as no evidence that climate change has played a significant role – although climate change has been blamed for other collapses in other parts of the Antarctic.
"This calving event has been expected and is part of the natural behavior of the Brunt Ice Shelf. It is not linked to climate change," professor Dominic Hodgson, BAS glaciologist said in a statement. "Our science and operational teams continue to monitor the ice shelf in real-time to ensure it is safe, and to maintain the delivery of the science we undertake at Halley."
Reuters contributed to this report.
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St. Germain's Café de Flore is hardly a secret. In fact, it might be the most prestigious and glamorous café in the entire world. That's hardly a reason to cross it off your list, however. If you think there's some tiny, non-touristic hole-in-the-wall spot where you can get this type of pampering, think again. The Napoleons are to die for, as are the older women who dress up to the nines consuming them.
If coffee isn't your thing, you can still get a drink while taking in the sites at Café de Flore. If you order a Campari & soda you'll get your own ice bucket and seltzer bottle, along with a basket of potato chips. What could be fancier than that?
The more decadent café experience is just across the Seine over at Angelina. Located on the Rue de Rivoli, the legendary coffeehouse has pastries so buttery your napkin instantly becomes a translucent sheet each time you wipe your hands. The hot chocolate is so thick it pours like sludge at a snails pace. Nothing is overly sweet, however. Angelina knows just where to draw the line.
Looking for that classic French bistro lunch? Head on over to La Fontaine de Mars in Paris's seventh arrondissement for an authentic and affordable experience. Our owner Clyde Beffa has made this traditional spot a must-dine destination for more than a decade. Try the duck confit if you know what's good for you. $10 carafes of Beaujolais are also on the menu.
Looking for a more unique and truly-French experience? Try the Maison de la Truffe on the Place de la Madeleine for an out-of-this-world black truffle enlightenment. You think those truffle dinners you pay an arm and a leg for at your local Bay Area spot are giving you the real deal? Probably not. Unlike that light dusting you got on your pasta there, here you're getting chunks of black truffle so thick you'll be picking them out of your teeth for a week.
If you've ever wanted to try the whole Michelin three-star thing, make a reservation at L'Arpege—beloved Parisian chef Alain Passard's vegetarian vision over on the Rue de Varenne. It won't be cheap, but you'll never forget this meal for as long as you live. Passard will likely come out at some point and chat with you face-to-face as well, putting a very personal touch on to a very special occasion.
For a more artistic and exotic experience check out the café in the Musée de Orsay after you've checked out their impressive Impressionist exhibit. The atmosphere is absolutely gorgeous and the pastries are works of art themselves.
If you're feeling non-traditional and want something both hearty and affordable, check out Hokkaido on the Rue Chabanais just outside Place Vendome. The multi-storied Japanese ramen house has steaming bowls of noodles and a surprisingly-diverse selection of French wines. It gets packed around lunch time, however, so get there early.
If you're looking for more eclectic options, visit the food portion of the world-famous Galeries Lafayette in the ninth arrondissement for a literal smorgasbord of selection. The Petrossian counter has caviar with ice cold vodka as a lunch option!
And, of course, if you want the true Parisian experience with all the attitude it's known for, you absolutely must visit Le Relais de l'Entrecôte in St. Germain for their world-famous steak frites with green peppercorn sauce. You get two servings, but only one choice. It's this or nothing. You only get to decide how you want your meat cooked and you'd better not take too long to decide!


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In her debut essay collection, , Dionisia Morales takes on ideas of place and home. Framed by the day-to-day of Morales's life—rock climbing, travel, pregnancy, moving from New York City to Oregon—the essays weave together research and meditations on the history of a place and how it can influence an individual's sense of belonging and family. Morales published essays from the book, out in April from Oregon State University Press, in a number of journals, including the five listed below. Like
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This tour combines the majesty of Titicaca Lake and an exciting and different tour Machu Picchu in the world's highest.
Early in the morning, we will pick you up from your hotel and we will take you to the airport of Lima in order to take an early morning flight to Juliaca. Upon your arrival in Puno we will take you to your hotel located in Puno, where the Lake Titicaca is located. On the way, we will stops at the Sillustani Tombs where you will observe Inca and Pre-Inca tombs. You will have the remainder of the day to relax.
Today you will visit Lake Titicaca and its region. With a motorized boat you will explore "la Isla flotante Uros", "la isla Taquile", and "la isla de los Tejedores". The islands offer an impressive landscape and a great view of Bolivia. In the afternoon there will be served a local lunch and afterwards you have some time off. After returning in Puno you will be transferred to your hotel.
At 7:00a.m., you will take a tourist bus towards Cusco. This ride will last about 8 hours. Your first stop will be the town of Pukara. At Pukara the Pre-inca culture of the same name ruled prior to when the Incas conquered the area. Your next stop will be the town of Sicuani where you will enjoy a typical buffet style lunch. After lunch, you will visit the ruins of Raqchi where the temple of the Wiracocha deity is located. Your next stop will be the town of Andahuaylillas.
Today, we will pick you up from your hotel and we will drive you to the airport of Cusco in order to take a plane to Lima. End of our services.