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In these Conditions/Terms the following definitions are applicable:
Consideration time: the term during which the consumer can execute the right of withdrawal.
Consumer: the natural person not dealing on behalf of a company or profession and who comes to a distance agreement with the entrepreneur.
Day: calendar day
A length transaction: a distance agreement related to a series of products and services of which the delivery obligation and the purchasing are spread over a period of time.
Durable Medium: any instrument which enables the recipient or the entrepreneur to store information addressed personally to them in a way accessible to future reference for a period of time adequate to the purpose of the information and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored.
Right of Withdrawal: the possibility for the consumer to terminate the distance agreement within the consideration term.
Entrepreneur: the natural person or corporation who offers distance products to consumers.
Distance Agreement: an agreement based on a corporate organized system of distance sales of products and services including the closing of an agreement using one or more techniques of distant communication.
Technique of distant Communication: a means that can be used to close an agreement without the consumer and the entrepreneur have gathered together in the same place and at the same time.
ARTICLE 2 – CORPORATE IDENTITY/ENTREPRENEUR
Legal Company name: City Seeds Bank B.V.
Legal Address: Oudezijds Voorburgwal 143H
Postal Code: 1012 ES
Country:The Netherlands
URL: www.cityseedsbank.com
VAT identification number: NL8510.64.097.B.01
ARTICLE 3 – RELEVANCE
These general conditions/terms apply to any offer of the entrepreneur and to every finalized distance agreement between entrepreneur and consumer.
Before the distance agreement is concluded, the text of the general conditions/terms is being made available to the consumer. If this is reasonably not possible that before the distance agreement is concluded, it will be indicated that the general conditions/terms can be seen at the entrepreneur and on request of the consumer these general conditions/terms shall be sent to the consumer as soon as possible without extra costs.
If the distance agreement is concluded electronically, notwithstanding the previous article and before the distance agreement is concluded, the text of the general conditions/terms can be made available electronically to the consumer in such a way that the text can be saved in a simple way on a durable medium. If this is reasonably not possible that before the distance agreement is concluded it will be indicated where the consumer can find the general conditions/terms electronically and that these conditions/terms at the consumer's request will be sent electronically or otherwise to the consumer without extra cost.
For the case that besides these general conditions/terms, specific product and service conditions are also applicable, the second and third article are mutatis and in case of conflicting conditions/terms the consumer can appeal on the relevant conditions/terms which are the most favorable for the consumer.
ARTICLE 4 – OFFER
If an offer has a limited validity or has other specifications, this will be emphatically mentioned.
The offer contains a complete and accurate description of the offered products and services. The description is sufficiently detailed to enable a proper consumer's assessment of the products. The images used by City Seeds Bank are true representations of the products and services. Obvious mistakes and errors are not binding.
Each offer contains such information that it is clear for the consumer which rights and obligations are related to the offer when it is accepted by the consumer.
ARTICLE 5 – THE AGREEMENT
The agreement is finalized, subject to the provisions in paragraph 4, at the moment the consumer accepts the offer and meets the conditions.
If the consumer has accepted the offer electronically, the entrepreneur immediately confirms electronically that he has received the acceptance of the offer. As long as the entrepreneur has not confirmed the acceptance, the consumer can terminate the agreement.
If the agreement is concluded electronically, the entrepreneur will take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the electronic data transfer and that he will ensure a safe web environment. If the consumer can pay electronically, the entrepreneur will observe the necessary security measures.
The entrepreneur can notify or check, within the legal framework, if the consumer can meet the payment obligations, and also check all important facts and factors which are needed to finalize a sound distance agreement. If the entrepreneur based on research, has good reasons not to conclude the agreement then he is entitled to motivate and to refuse an order/ request or he can connect special conditions to the execution of the offer.
The entrepreneur shall provide the following information with the products or services, written or in such a manner that the consumer can store in an accessible way the data on a durable medium:
The address of the company for the consumer to file complaints;
The conditions and the way in which the consumer can execute the right of withdrawal and a clear indication related to the exclusion of the right of withdrawal;
Information about after sales guarantees and services;
The price including all taxes of the product; as far as applicable at delivery costs; and the payment method; delivery of the distance agreement.
The requirements for termination of the agreement if the agreement has a duration of one year or more or of if it has an indefinite duration;
In case of a length transaction the previous clause e. is only applicable for the first delivery.
ARTICLE 6 – RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL
After purchasing a product, the consumer has the possibility to disband the agreement without giving reasons during 14 days (cooling off period). The cooling off period starts on the day after the consumer receives the product or a pre-designated representative by the consumer made known to the entrepreneur.
During the cooling off period the consumer shall treat the product and the package carefully. He shall unpack or use the product only to that extent to as far as it is necessary to judge if he wishes to keep the product. If he does want to execute the right of withdrawal, he shall return the product with all accessories and -if reasonably possible- in the original conditioning and packaging to the entrepreneur, in accordance with the provided reasonable and clear instructions of the entrepreneur.
ARTICLE 7 – WITHDRAWAL COSTS
If the consumer executes the right of withdrawal, he will have to pay no more than the costs of returning the product.
If the consumer has made a payment, the entrepreneur shall pay back this amount as soon as possible but no later than within 14 days after the repeal or after the return shipment.
ARTICLE 8 – EXCLUSION RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL
The entrepreneur can exclude the right of withdrawal of the consumer for as far as foreseen in paragraph 2 and 3. The exclusion of the right of withdrawal applies only if the entrepreneur has clearly mentioned this at least in time before the conclusion of the agreement.
Exclusion of the right of withdrawal is only possible for the following products:
Which are established by the entrepreneur according to specifications of the consumer;
That they are clearly personal in nature;
Which cannot be returned because of their nature;
That can spoil or age quickly;
Whose price is bound to fluctuation on the financial market which the entrepreneur has no influence;
Individual newspapers and magazines;
For all products for which the seal has been damaged or for which cannot be established that it concerns the original product that was delivered by City Seeds Bank.
Exclusion of the right of withdrawal is only possible for the following services:
Concerning lodging, transport, restaurants or to spend leisure on a certain date or during a certain period;
Whose delivery has begun with the express consent of the consumer before the consideration period has expired;
Concerning betting and lotteries.
ARTICLE 9 – PRICING
During the validity period mentioned in the offer, the prices of the offered products and services shall not be raised save for price changes due to changing VAT rates. Notwithstanding the previous paragraph the entrepreneur can offer products and services with variable prices when these prices are subject to fluctuations on the financial market and where the entrepreneur has no influence. This bondage to fluctuations and the fact that the mentioned prices are target prices will be mentioned with the offer.
Price increases within 3 months after the conclusion of the agreement are only permitted only if they are the result of legal regulations or provisions.
Price increases from 3 months after the conclusion of the agreement only if the entrepreneur has stipulated this and:
These are the result of legal regulations or provisions; or
The consumer has the competence to terminate the agreement from the day the price increase takes effect.
The in the offer mentioned prices include VAT.
ARTICLE 10 – DELIVERY AND EXECUTION
The entrepreneur shall observe in utmost care the reception and execution of orders of products and when assessing applications for services.
The address that has been made known by the consumer to the entrepreneur is considered to be the delivery place.
Taking into account what is stated in article 4 of the general conditions/terms , the entrepreneur shall execute the accepted orders expeditiously but not later than within 30 days unless a longer period has been agreed. If the delivery is delayed or if a delivery cannot or partially be executed, the consumer is notified about this no later than 30 days after he placed the order. In that case the consumer has the right to terminate the agreement without any further cost and he is entitled to compensation.
In the event of termination in accordance with the previous paragraph the entrepreneur shall pay back the amount that the consumer has paid as soon as possible but no later than 30 days after the termination.
The risk of damage and/or loss of products rest with the entrepreneur until the moment of delivery at the consumer or a pre-designated and an announced representative to the entrepreneur, unless otherwise expressly agreed. If you receive a damaged product, you should report this by email within three days.
ARTICLE 11 – LENGTH TRANSACTIONS: DURATION, TERMINATION AND EXTENSION
The consumer can terminate at any time an agreement which has been entered for an indefinite period and which extends to regular delivery of products (electricity included) and services respecting the applicable termination rules of a notice of not more than one month.
The consumer can terminate at any time an agreement entered for a definite period and which extends to regular delivery of products (electricity included) or service at the end of the definite period respecting the applicable termination rues of a notice of not more than one month.
The consumer can in the agreements in the previous mentioned paragraph:
at all times terminate with no restrictions to terminate at a certain time or during a certain period;
at least terminate in the same manner as they are entered into by him;
at all times terminate with the same notice as the entrepreneur has obtained for himself.
An agreement which has been entered for a definite time and which extends to a regular delivery of products (including electricity) or services may not automatically be extended or renewed for a fixed duration.
Notwithstanding the previous paragraph an agreement which has been entered for a definite time and which extends to a regular delivery of daily newspapers, weeklies and magazines may be extended automatically for a specified duration of three months. If the consumer can terminate this extended agreement at the end of the extension period with a notice of one month.
An agreement which has been entered for a definite time and which extends to a regular delivery of products and services, may only be automatically extended for an indefinite period if the consumer at any time terminate with a notice period of no more than one month and a notice period of no more than three months if the in case the agreement extends to a regular delivery, but less than one time per month, of daily newspapers, weeklies and magazines.
An agreement which has been entered for a definite time and which extends to a regular delivery of products will not be automatically be extended and terminates automatically at the end of the trial or introductory period.
If an agreement has a duration period of more than one year, the consumer may after one year terminate at any time with a notice period of not more than one month unless reasonableness and fairness are opposed against termination before the end of the agreed duration.
ARTICLE – 12 PAYMENTS
Unless otherwise agreed, the amounts due have to be met by the consumer within 7 days after entering the cooling off period referred to article 6, paragraph 1. In case of an agreement to provide a service the cooling off period starts after the consumer has received the confirmation of the agreement.
When selling products to consumers, a prepayment of more than 50% must never be stipulated in the general terms and conditions. When a prepayment has been stipulated, the consumer cannot assert any rights regarding the execution of the relevant order or service(s) before the stipulated payment has been made.
The consumer has the duty to notify the entrepreneur about inaccuracies in the payment details.
In case of default by the consumer the entrepreneur has, subject to legal restrictions, the right to charge the reasonable costs which are made known to the consumer in advance.
ARTICLE 13 – COMPLAINTS
The entrepreneur features a sufficiently publicized complaints procedure and handles the complaint according to this complaints procedure.
Complaints about the execution of the agreement must be described fully and clearly within reasonable time submitted to the entrepreneur after the consumer has observed the defects.
The complaints submitted to the entrepreneur will be answered within a period of 14 days from the day of receipt. If a complaint has a foreseeable longer processing time, the entrepreneur will answer within 14 days an acknowledgment and an indication when the consumer will receive a more detailed answer.
If a complaint cannot be resolved by mutual agreement within three months after submitting the complaint, then there is a dispute that is subject to the dispute settlement.
ARTICLE 14 – DISPUTES
Dutch law exclusively applies to agreements between entrepreneur and consumer whereupon these general conditions/terms are related to.
ARTICLE 15 – ADDITIONAL AND DIFFERENT PROVISIONS
Additional or different provisions compared to the General conditions/terms may not be to the prejudice of the consumer and should be recorded in writing in such a manner that the consumer can save these in an accessible way on a durable medium.


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"What Musk's past tweets reveal about Twitter's next owner"
Tuesday, April 26, 2022, By Lily Datz
Elon Musksocial mediaTweetsTwitter
JM Grygiel, associate professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in The Associated Press story "What Musk's past tweets reveal about Twitter's next owner." Grygiel, who studies social media, explained that Elon Musk's past tweets demonstrate how he has used his own Twitter feed to create a bold yet erratic public image. "It paints him as some sort of rebel leader who will take control of the public square to save it. That is a myth he has constructed," Grygiel said.
Jennifer Grygiel

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Squeezebox : Community : Forums > User Forums > General Discussion > Tagless Library?
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On one of my networks I have a very large mp3 library, with about 15,000 tracks, mostly complete albums, but the id3 tagging of these tracks is pretty hit and miss. Many of the tracks were never tagged. SlimServer does an incredibly poor job of cataloging this library.
Can SlimServer be told to use the directory and filename structure when it scans, rather than id3 tag data?
>does an incredibly poor job of cataloging this library.
>it scans, rather than id3 tag data?
Yes, go to Server Settings in the WebUI, then click on the "Formatting"
> does an incredibly poor job of cataloging this library.
> it scans, rather than id3 tag data?
There's a windows app called The Godfather which will do a good job of converting filenames to tags.


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A young and vibrant charity based in Lancashire with a mission to improve the lives of those affected by cancer. Formed by Steve Wills and his family, their mission is focussed on driving donations to key projects in local cancer support services, including individuals.
"In memory of Steve Wills. "
"Fantastic cause, by a dedicated and passionate man & family. Extremely proud:)"
"Hope you've had a successful "Fun Day 2015 !😊 " sorry we couldn't make it ! "
"It is great to turn a negative into a positive; and that is what I believe The Wills Family have done with the creation of this Charity. All the best for the future."
"Donated on behalf of Alex Mollart - 1st Stop Group Limited"


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PayPal reports surge in quarterly revenue, profits; shares fall over 6%
For the fourth quarter, PayPal expects adjusted profit to grow in a range of 17% to 18%, below analysts' estimated growth of about 24%
Reuters | November 3, 2020 | Updated 10:43 IST
Revenue rose about 25% to $5.46 billion, compared with analysts' average estimate of $5.43 billion
PayPal Holdings Inc beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and profit on Monday, boosted by a surge in digital payments as COVID-19 lockdowns worldwide drove more businesses online, but it forecast current-quarter profit below expectations. Shares of the digital payments processor fell more than 6% in extended trade. For the fourth quarter, PayPal expects adjusted profit to grow in a range of 17% to 18%, below analysts' estimated growth of about 24%, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
PayPal Chief Executive Dan Schulman said in a call with analysts that the company was giving a more prudent estimate for the fourth quarter in part because of uncertainty due to the pandemic and its impact on the global economy, as well as Tuesday's U.S. presidential election and concerns about social unrest.
Like other companies in the digital payments sector, PayPal has been profiting from a boom in online transactions this year, heavily driven by pandemic restrictions that have pushed more business into the virtual realm. The San Jose, California-based company processed a total of $247 billion (191 billion pounds) in payments in the third quarter, up 36% from the year-earlier period, and added 15.2 million net new active customers.
The company said it was on track to process just shy of $1 trillion in payments this year. While pandemic lockdowns eased in many regions during the third quarter, PayPal said momentum for digital payments continued, and it recorded its all-time highest daily payments volume level in October.
"The world continues to accelerate towards a digital first economy," Schulman said in an interview. "That drove an incredibly strong quarter for us."
Revenue rose about 25% to $5.46 billion, compared with analysts' average estimate of $5.43 billion. Venmo, the company's service which allows individuals in the United States to send each other money through an app, processed $44 billion in payments in the third quarter, up 61%.
The company forecasts revenue for Venmo to approach $900 million in 2021, Schulman said. PayPal has been focusing on expanding the breadth of services available to customers of its online wallets. In October PayPal announced it would allow customers to hold bitcoin and other virtual coins in its online wallet and shop using cryptocurrencies at the 26 million merchants on its network.
On an adjusted basis, PayPal earned $1.07 per share. Analysts had expected it to earn 94 cents per share. Net income jumped to $1.02 billion, or 86 cents per share, for the quarter ended Sept. 30, from $462 million, or 39 cents per share, a year earlier.
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This page presents the geographical name data for Law Dome in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division.
Description (see definition): A large ice dome which rises to 1,395 m directly south of Cape Poinsett. The feature was roughly mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump, 1946-47. The dome has been the subject of intensive glaciological and geophysical surveys by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE), 1962-65. Named by ANCA for Phillip G. Law, Director of the Antarctic Division, Australian Department of External Affairs, 1949-66.
NOTE: The information regarding Law Dome in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Law Dome should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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El profeta Jeremías de 390 x 380 cm es un fresco de Miguel Ángel de 1512 y forma parte de la decoración de la bóveda de la Capilla Sixtina, en los Museos Vaticanos de Roma, encargada por el papa Julio II.

Historia
Al pintar la bóveda, Miguel Ángel procedió desde el tramo cerca de la puerta de entrada, la usada durante las entradas solemnes a la capilla del pontífice y su séquito, hasta la parte sobre el altar. Jeremías así pues, que se encuentra en el noveno tramo a partir de la puerta, fue una de las últimas figuras en ser pintadas, en octubre de 1512.

La figura requirió catorce "jornadas" de fresco.

Descripción y estilo
Jeremías forma parte de la serie de los Videntes, colocados sobre amplios tronos arquitectónicos sobre las ménsulas. Cada uno de ellos de va acompañado de un par de jóvenes asistentes y está en un gran asiento marmóreo, entre dos pilares con fingidos altorrelieves con amorcillos por parejas, en varias posiciones. Su nombre está escrito en latín (en este caso HIEREMIAS) en igualmente simuladas tablitas bajo la plataforma que hace de base al trono, cada una sostenida por un amorcillo.

Jeremías es representado como una figura enérgica que amplifica in crescendo la actividad psíquica de los Profetas al acercarse hacia el altar, desde la tranquila meditación de Zacarías sobre la puerta, hasta la conmoción en pleno furor profético de Jonás.

Jeremías muestra una lúgubre desolación, oprimido por una dolorosa conciencia de presagios nefastos. En el Libro de Jeremías se predice que llegarán tiempos de elección y alejamiento de los hombres de Dios, que sin embargo serán superados con una nueva alianza, profetizando por tanto la venida de Cristo, así como el fin de los tiempos (segunda venida), a lo cual alude también la escena cercana de la Separación de la luz de la oscuridad, prefigurando la separación de los justos de los malvados durante el Juicio Final.

El profeta anciano inclina el tronco hacia delante y apoya el mentón sobre una mano con el codo en la rodilla, las rodillas separadas con los robustos pies entrelazados, como buscando espacio para las poderosas piernas cubiertas con botas altas. La expresión es sombría, como también el tono del rostro arrugado y la barba larga y cabello blancos, en el que algunos han querido reconocer un posible autorretrato de Miguel Ángel.

Los asistentes, caso único en la bóveda, no son dos niños, sino dos personas adultas vestidas con atuendos contemporáneos, quizás dos retratos de los asistentes del artista, a los que sin embargo no es posible atribuir una identidad específica. Son un hombre de perfil con una prenda y capucha rojo oscuro y manto verde y una mujer con una túnica blanca y un manto verde claro ceñido y plegado. La expresión de la mujer es especialmente grave y lúgubre, de fuerte expresividad. El otro personaje es hoy fruto de un repinte después de la caída del yeso, en la que también se perdió una parte del cabello del profeta.

Homenajes
En ocasión del cuarto centenario de la muerte de Miguel Ángel, el 16 de junio de 1964, la oficina de Correos vaticana dedicó a este fresco un sello de 40 liras.

Detalles

Bibliografía

 Pierluigi De Vecchi, La Capilla Sistina, Rizzoli, Milán 1999. ISBN 88-17-25003-1

Enlaces externos

Cuadros de Miguel Ángel
Frescos
Capilla Sixtina
Cuadros de 1512

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Bill Gates urges Donald Trump to inspire Americans like John F Kennedy did
Bill Gates said he recently spoke to Trump by phone for the first time, saying they had "a lot of common friends."
By: AFP | New York |
December 14, 2016 2:59:26 am
Billionaire Philanthropist; Bill Gates
Bill Gates on Tuesday called on Donald Trump to inspire Americans to embrace innovation as John F. Kennedy once did by urging them to fly to the moon. "In the same way President Kennedy talked about the space mission and got the country behind that," the Microsoft founder-turned-philanthropist told MSNBC, "I think whether it's education or stopping epidemics… there can be a very upbeat message that (Trump's) administration (is) going to organize things, get rid of regulatory barriers, and have American leadership through innovation."
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The billionaire tech pioneer — the world's richest person, according to Forbes magazine — launched a new fund yesterday to invest in clean technology together with other wealthy donors.
He said he recently spoke to Trump by phone for the first time, saying they had "a lot of common friends."
Gates met his fellow billionaire face-to-face today in Trump Tower, where the president-elect has been working to fill out his future administration.
"It was a good time," Gates told reporters afterward. "We had a good conversation about innovation, how it can help in health, education, the impact of foreign aid and energy, and a wide-ranging conversation about power of innovation."
Trump is scheduled to meet leaders of several major technology groups on Wednesday, including Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Apple's Tim Cook, Satya Nadella of Alphabet (Google) and Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, The New York Times reported.
The real estate mogul is expected to push them to create jobs after saying last week that he would like Apple — whose coveted iPhones are made in China — to open a large factory in the United States.
But he will be stepping into hostile territory. The tech sector overwhelmingly supported the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton during this year's election campaign and has expressed fear about the effect Trump's policies on the industry.
The sole notable exception is the controversial PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel, currently a member of Trump's transition team.


Another cute mini dragon papercraft for you guys. It's by Ryo Tokisato with free template and instruction.
Cake pop up mechanism for birthday greeting card with 3 color variations of cake to choose. Free template that you can download, print out and make today.
Happy birthday to this certain someone that i know. I think it's been years since i made a wish to her. Anyway, you guys can enjoy this card that i'm presenting to you today too. It's pretty easy to make and 3 types of cake that you can choose. I think there are chocolate, and cheese cake but not so sure about the other one. Check out the image and tell me what you guys think.
Another awesome paper dragon head figurine. Traditional asian dragon by Takashi Okada.
It could become a good homework. It's not easy to make because each part is small. But you won't have any problem if you are used in assemble paper model.


Apple's handhelds are finding their way into more and more classrooms. But, iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch are certainly not perfect. In fact, there are some issues that are annoying and some that are potential deal-breakers. Some issues have work-arounds while others do not at this time.
When handhelds are connected to a school's filtered Wi-Fi network, the internet is filtered on the device. That means if a site is blocked at school on a desktop computer, that site is also blocked on iPad and iPod touch. But what about when the handheld is used places other than school? Homes (and schools) without network-level filters can use OpenDNS as a web filter. OpenDNS is free and filters everything on a Wi-Fi network when its settings are applied to a router. Besides network filtering, Safe Eyes Mobile ($19.99) and Mobicip ($4.99) are apps that give teachers and parents control over web content by installing an alternative browser. For an alternative browser to be effective, Safari has to be set to Off in Settings > General > Restrictions.
Certain school Wi-Fi networks cannot authenticate Apple's handhelds. I don't know enough about networking to tell you what kind of networks do not allow authentication, but I've received emails from educators struggling to get iPod touch authenticated and stay authenticated at school. An iPod touch or iPad becomes a lot less useful when it cannot access the internet. Before purchasing devices, be sure to test one to be sure it works properly with your network.
When showing a group how to use a handheld or when a student wants to show what they've done, it would be nice to connect to a projector. While there are video adapters for iPhone and iPod, they only project movies and photos--they cannot mirror what you see on the devices' screens. iPad has a VGA adapter, but it is very limited in what it outputs. The best solution is to point a document camera at the device. Read my post about using a USB camera for showing a handheld's screen. If you already have a document camera, then you already have a way to project the screen. Video from USB and document cameras will show up on an interactive whiteboard, but you won't be able to control the handheld from the whiteboard.
iPod touch's onscreen keyboard is not the best for typing more than a couple paragraphs. While there are wireless and attachable keyboards available for iPad, currently there are no good solutions for using external keyboards with iPod touch. Hopefully with the upcoming iPhone 4.0 software update, iPhones and iPod touches can use external and Bluetooth keyboards.
Printing is not a feature supported by Apple on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Apple expects you to sync or email what you need printed to a desktop computer. In a classroom it would be much easier to bypass the desktop and print directly from the handheld. There are many apps designed for printing. These apps require the printer to be networked or require a helper application to run on the desktop computer connected to the printer. Printing apps are limited in what they actually let you print and I've found them to be buggy. So what if you can't print--take the opportunity to go paperless.
It's a widely known fact that websites that contain Flash content do not work on Apple's handhelds. Another annoyance is that many online text editing fields do not work on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. This means that you cannot compose a blog post, work on a Google Doc, or edit a wiki page in the Safari browser. There are apps available for posting to blogs and working with Google Docs, but it would be so much better to interact with blogs, Docs, and wikis in the same way we do on desktops. If you really want to have a full desktop web experience on an Apple handheld, download the free CloudBrowse app. With CloudBrowse, you can edit blogs, docs, and wikis. You can also visit and use Flash-based websites like Starfall and TeacherTube. CloudBrowse actually displays the video and sound from a virtual desktop web browser. Just be aware that there may be security concerns when logging into sites with CloudBrowse and that content accessed through CloudBrowse is not filtered.
Windows computers do not do well with simultaneously syncing multiple iPods (and neither do Macs for that matter). Apparently this is because the USB port on most Windows machines do not have high power capacity USB ports that newer Macintoshes have. You can use a Windows computer with syncing hubs, carts, and cases--just plug them in about 5 at a time. Let the 5 sync, then plug in the next 5, wait for them to sync, and then the next 5, until all are plugged in and charging. Unless it's the very first sync or you are adding gigabytes of audio and video, syncing takes just a couple minutes.
Holding down the Home button makes the Home screen icons wiggle. While wiggling, icons can be moved to and from the dock and between Home pages. When wiggling, Xs appear in the corners of the icons. When touches, that X deletes the app from the device. There is not way to lock down icons. Some classrooms are having issues with students moving icons and deleting apps. Whether this is done accidentally or maliciously, it can be a problem, particularly for class sets that are shared among students. Tracking which students use which devices can help reduce malicious app deleting if you have clear consequences for mistreatment of equipment.
Schools typically want complete control over what apps are loaded on a class set of iPod touches. You would think the solution could be to go into Settings > General > Restrictions and turn off the option for Installing Apps. The problem with restricting app installation is that it prevents installing of apps through syncing in addition to Wi-Fi. So with the restriction on, a teacher would have to change that setting on each and every iPod in order to install any new apps and then enable the restriction after syncing. Instead of restricting app installation, a better solution is to just not give students the iTunes password. That password is required before downloading apps from the App Store.
Leave it to students to find a workaround! Yes, you need a password to download from the App Store on iPod touch and iPad--but, there is a loophole. Students can go to Settings > Store and tap Sign Out. They can then sign into their own account and download apps using their own password. A solution would be to enable the Installing Apps restriction, but like I wrote above, that is a pain and is very cumbersome when you do want to install apps. Again, I think the current solution for this is to have consequences for misuse instead of locking down the devices.
Apple has recently updated the Terms and Conditions for iTunes and the App Store. In addition, the company has announced the App Store Volume Purchase Program. In the past Apple had no mechanism for downloading an app more than once, so schools would purchase an app one time and distribute it to all their iPod touches, iPads, and iPhones. This arrangement made app purchases for class sets of handhelds inexpensive but was not properly compensating app developers. The new App Store Volume Purchase Program requires schools to follow Terms and Conditions that are different from the Terms and Conditions for individual consumers. Apple even reserves the right to audit purchases to make sure that schools are following all of the usage rules for educational institutions, including purchasing activation codes for each device onto which an app is installed. Read more at App Store Volume Purchase Program Explained.
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McNaughton Lake
British Columbia. Lake: Columbia River drainage
Previously official name of Kinbasket Lake
52°8'0″ N 118°27'0″ W — Map 083D01 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1973.
General Andrew George Latta McNaughton (1887–1966)
The former name for the man-made reservoir now called Kinbasket Lake recalls Andrew George Latta McNaughton (1887-1966), soldier and diplomat. McNaughton was born in Saskatchewan and joined the faculty of McGill University upon graduation. He had been a member of the Canadian Militia since 1909, and after the outbreak of war in 1914 he served overseas, was wounded twice, and became a brigadier-general in command of the Canadian Corps Heavy Artillery by the end of the war. He remained in military service until 1935, when he became president of the National Research Council. He returned to the army with the outbreak of World War II, and in 1942 became Commander of the First Canadian Army. After his retirement in 1944, he became Minister of Defense, and subsequently held many diplomatic posts. McNaughton was leader of those who advocated development of the Columbia River for hydro-power.
When the name McNaughton Lake was proclaimed by the British Columbia cabinet in 1973, a number of the residents of the East Kootenay area lobbied to change the name to Kinbasket Lake. After seven years of strenuous argument, the name was officially changed. The former name was widely dispersed and appears on maps and other documents.
Wallace, W. Stewart. MacMillan Dictionary of Canadian biography. Toronto: MacMillan, 1978
British Columbia Geographical Names. McNaughton Lake
Kinbasket Lake
Modified September 8, 2022.
This entry was posted in Place Names and tagged Military, Previously official on March 9, 2014 by Swany.
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Katsuhiko "Katsu" Tokunaga (jap. , Tokunaga Katsuhiko; * 13. Januar 1957) ist ein Japanischer Militärluftfahrt-Fotograf, der auf Luft-Luft-Fotografien spezialisiert ist. Er arbeitet für eine große Anzahl von Flugzeugherstellern, unter anderem für Dassault, Embraer, Airbus Military, Korean Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Mikojan-Gurewitsch, Pilatus Aircraft, Saab und Suchoi.

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Tokunaga startete seine Karriere im Rücksitz einer United States Air Force T-33A Shooting Star 1978. Zurzeit ist er in 50 bis 60 Militärjets in etwa 50 Staaten geflogen und hat etwa 1400 Stunden in diesen Flugzeugen verbracht. Er flog als Fotograf bei den Royal Air Force Red Arrows, den japanischen Blue Impulse, kanadischen Snowbirds, dem privaten Breitling Jet Team, den kroatischen Krila Oluje, den chilenischen Halcones, der französischen Patrouille de France, italienischen Frecce Tricolori, portugiesischen Asas de Portugal, slowakischen Biele Albatrosys, der spanischen Patrulla Águila, dem schwedischen Team 60, den Schweizer Patrouille Suisse & PC-7 Team, den United States Air Force Thunderbirds, den United States Navy Blue Angels, den polnischen Biało-Czerwone Iskry und jugoslawischen Leteće zvezde.

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Er veröffentlichte viele Bücher oder arbeitete an diesen Büchern mit anderen Leuten zusammen. Ein Auszug von einigen Buchtiteln von Büchern:
 Smoke Trails: The last of the F-4 Phantoms
 Patrouille Suisse – Backstage
 Super Constellation – Backstage
 PC-7 TEAM – Backstage
 Flying for Austria
 Super Blue
 Silver Wings: Serving and Protecting Croatia
 Top Teams

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Interview with Katsuhiko Tokunaga
  Nikon Seite über Katsuhiko Tokunaga: Orchestrating dynamic moments at 30,000 feet

Fotograf (Japan)
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How did Japan successfully conquer Vietnam (Southeast Asia) in WW2?
I've read the obvious wiki article (which is rather small), but did not really find an answer. At the end of the article, it says:
To prepare for an invasion of the Dutch East Indies, some 140,000 Japanese troops invaded southern Indochina on 28 July 1941. Japanese forces remained in Indochina until the end of World War II.
Those are literally the last 2 sentences of the article. It also mentioned negotiations with Vichy France, which might lead me to believe that the region was simply transferred to Japanese control without any fighting. That's rather unbelievable IMO, and the article neither says that explicitly nor makes a single inline citation of a source.
How did Japan conquer this region? Obviously I'm interested in what Japan did successfully that France, America, and China apparently did not do in the Vietnam War (Parts 1, 2, and 3).
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What made you think "Japan successfully conquer[ed] Vietnam" in the first place? Vichy France conceded de facto military control in the '41 Protocol Concerning Joint Defense and Joint Military Cooperation. I'm not sure why you find this "rather unbelievable". And this is obviously completely different to the later Vietnam Wars. – Semaphore♦ May 3 '16 at 19:53
The native Vietnamese didn't really like the French and only really obeyed them while France could credibly show force. Once France fell, the garrison lost control over parts of Vietnam not actually occupied. Japan also cultivated the anti French forces like Ho Chi Minh. – Clint Eastwood May 3 '16 at 20:40
@Semaphore What made you think "Japan successfully conquer[ed] Vietnam" in the first place? The fact that they occupied it 1941 - 1945. I'm not sure why you find this "rather unbelievable". It's not Vichy's transfer that's unbelievable. It's the supposedly little to no fighting, either by French or by the Vietnamese. (PS, 140k occupying troops seems overkill if there really was no fighting). And this is obviously completely different to the later Vietnam Wars. That's exactly why I'm asking this question. Why is the Japanese occupation so completely different from the Vietnam War? – DrZ214 May 4 '16 at 0:31
@DrZ214 Those 140k troops were for invading Malaysia and Indonesia. Japan didn't "occupy" Vietnam with them so much as they used Vietnam as a military springboard. – Semaphore♦ May 4 '16 at 5:35
Japan did not conquer Vietnam, it had already been conquered by the French. For most of the war Japan left the existing French colonial government in place and negotiated the rights to station troops there and move them through the country.
Initially, Japan was only interested in Northern Indochina to cut off supplies to China. To this end they signed an accord with Vichy France in Sept 1940 to be able to station and move a limited number of troops through French Indochina (modern Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam). The Japanese immediately violated this but eventually things settled down. Japan did not advance further south for fear of antagonizing the US and Britain.
In October 1940 Thailand took the opportunity of France's weakness to win back territory lost in the Franco-Siamese War of 1893. After defeats for the French, the Japanese stepped in to mediate a cease-fire in January 1941. France ceded disputed border provinces to Thailand.
Realizing they could no longer defend their overseas territories, and not being at war with Japan, in July 1941 Vichy France signed the "Protocol Concerning Joint Defense and Joint Military Cooperation". This secured Indochina for the Vichy French and gave the Japanese airfields and bases close to attack South East Asia.
This state of affairs of mostly peaceful cooperation between the French colonial government and Japanese military continued until almost the end of the war. In March 1945, with France restored and the war turning against them, the Japanese launched a coup d'état in Indochina. They redeployed their troops to surround the French garrisons and suddenly ordered them to disarm. Fighting was brief, and in a single day the Japanese dismantled French rule in Indochina.
The Japanese split Indochina into three puppet states under sympathetic rulers: the Empire of Vietnam, the Kingdom of Kampuchea (Cambodia), and the Kingdom of Laos and made them all part of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
By handing Vietnam independence from French colonial rule, and eventually allowing reunification of north and south Vietnam, Japan avoided a fight with the native populations. Once the Empire of Japan fell, the short lived Empire of Vietnam did as well and the Viet-Minh took over in the August Revolution.
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Thank you for the well-sourced answer, but I was hoping for something more from the perspective of the Vietnamese (not just the colonial govt.). In all my reading so far, I never come across any mention of a battle between Japanese forces and actual Vietnamese. This leads me to suspect that the Vietnamese never fought the Japanese invaders. If true, I'm wondering why. Since posting this question, I have since suspected that perhaps the Vietnamese saw the Japanese as liberators (as was the initial case of the Baltic States), but that is only a guess of mine, not a source. – DrZ214 May 6 '16 at 1:47
@DrZ214 There was guerilla fighting against both the French and Japanese. The Viet Minh even acted as defacto govt in places. Very generally, what was different during WWII is 1) the Viet Minh were brand new in 1941 and not effective until 1945, 2) no major power was supporting them (there was no Cold War), 3) without TV reporters the French and Japanese could be as brutal as they wanted, and 4) there was no independent North Vietnam to use as a base. I'd have to do research to say more. This deserves its own, more direct, question. Ask it, please. – Schwern May 6 '16 at 2:21
My grandpa being in the resistance that the Viet Minh eventually took over (another subject) recounted that they avoided fighting the Japanese and the Japanese also avoided them. No major battles ever took place. Some in VN Quốc Dân Đảng did see Japan as potential ally, but the Việt Minh did not. I remember grandpa said the Japanese were "strangely" brutal and they would either blow themselves up by putting a grenade in their hat or commit hara kiri rather than be captured. – người Sàigòn Feb 7 '17 at 18:57
The Japanese conquered Singapore a much more visible, if smaller target with some 35,000 men (far fewer than the defenders). They also conquered the Philippines with a force of about 130,000 men, against mixed American-Filipino forces.
That was because of two reasons. 1) the Japanese troops were better at jungle fighting than the French, British and Americans. 2) With a war going on in Europe neither Vichy France (the occupied by Nazi Germany with a 90,000 man size limitation on her army), nor Britain could spare meaningful forces for the Far East. America was also unprepared for war. In that context, the 140,000 man army that the Japanese committed to Vietnam was enormous. Chinese proverb: "When no tiger is on the mountain, the jackal is king."
The Vietnamese were not armed or trained for fighting until after World War II. The war did a lot to "educate" them in this regard. Put another way, Japan was "in the right place at the right time." In the words of U.S. Civil War cavalry general Nathan Bedford Forrest, they "got there firstest with the mostest."
Japan was only occupying small areas that had economic importance, not trying to control the whole country.
Also, in world wars soldiers do not guff around. If civilians misbehave, they will just go in and machine gun everybody. When the U.S. was in Viet Nam, we put all sorts of political restrictions on the soldiers, such as not allowing them to shoot civilians. The Japanese were under no such restrictions and in all the areas they occupied they brutally slaughtered anyone involved in resisting them. For example, after the Doolittle Raid, the Japanese completely wiped out the Chinese villages that had sheltered the American pilots. They murdered everyone, some 20,000 people or more, man woman and child, and burned down every single building in an 80-mile radius. They even killed all the livestock; every single cow, goat, chicken, dog, whatever. With policies like that, the civilian resistance to the Japanese occupation was pretty limited.
I don't understand why this is downvoted so much; the first sentence pretty much sums up the situation imho. – Semaphore♦ May 4 '16 at 5:36
It's more about the second paragraph, at least for me. – DevSolar May 4 '16 at 9:43
People are downvoting the answer not because it is incorrect, but because it spoils their fantasy world where soldiers do not shoot civilians. – Tyler Durden May 4 '16 at 19:56
I haven't downvoted, but the claims about what the Japanese did in retribution to the Chinese sheltering those who did Doolittle could do with a citation. – Andrew Grimm May 5 '16 at 9:09
@AndrewGrimm Even if true, it would have to be shown that was a primary reason for Japanese success in Vietnam. – Schwern May 6 '16 at 2:25
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The hardest part of getting what you want -- part 3
When I was a kid I went through a new-agey period where I "realized" that the boundaries between "me" and "the rest of the universe" were not as clearly delineated as I had thought, and I spent a few months feeling as one with the Universe. But that is, of course, wrong, Just because the boundaries aren't crisp doesn't mean they aren't there. It is in fact one of the hallmarks of life is to draw the line between itself and its environment. The invention of the cell wall arguably marked the beginning of life as we know it. Separating itself from its environment is essential to -- perhaps even the essence of -- life. You cannot be alive without distinguishing (even if not explicitly) between "myself" and "the other."
We humans have multiple layers of boundaries. We are eukaryotes. We draw boundaries even within the confines of our own cells, which glom together to make higher-order boundaries between organs, which glom together to make individual humans.
Because our human consciousness resides as an (apparently) unified whole within a body that is also a physically unified whole with more or less clearly defined boundaries it is tempting to think that the hierarchy ends with those bodies. But this is not necessarily the case. The idea that physically distinct entities ought to be considered logically distinct individual life forms is a prejudice. Ants and honeybees, for example, glom together to form colonies which have more of a claim to the title of "individual living entity" than do individual ants or honeybees. Most individual ants and bees are sterile and cannot reproduce when separated from the colony or hive, just as most of the organs in our bodies exist under similar constraints. So it is a not unreasonable point of view to look at an ant colony as a living individual whose component parts just happen not to be rigidly attached to each other.
Most "higher" life forms cannot reproduce as single individuals. It takes at least two to tango, as it were. And in the case of humans, it takes, as they say, a village. It is an extremely rare human who can survive for more than a few days without the support structure of at least some kind of society. This is why we are social creatures and being alone for too long drives us mad.
This is another thing that the rationalists get wrong. Discussion of rational behavior is invariably predicated on the assumption that the quality metric is bound to an individual human. We speak of rational people but never of rational groups whose group interests may or may not coincide with the interests of the individuals making up those groups. Indeed, self-proclaimed rationalists seem to actively resist even considering such quality metrics, and take it as axiomatic that, for example, having individual humans whose minds believe in objective truth is a good thing. There is no rational justification for this, which makes it all the more ironic.
So you get Lisp programmers who spend all their time honing the arguments for why Lisp is the best programming language, and C programmers who ignore those arguments, write a bunch of ugly code, and take over the world. You get evolutionists who spend all their time honing the arguments for why evolution is true, and creationists who ignore those arguments, tell people that they are special because they are created in the image of God, and take over the world, not because they were correct but simply because the "you are special" meme reproduces better in the mind of a social creature than the "you are alone in a hostile universe" meme does.
But, but ... lisp is the best programming language!
More seriously: I like the idea of associating ants and bees with organs, and colonies with "individuals", rather than the usual analogy. Very interesting!
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Another domino falls
How the hell does something like this happen?
Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?
Republicans are hypocrites
Glen Beck is a complete lunatic
If you think sexism is dead...
Kudos to Egypt
Maybe it's just a plain ol' conspiracy after all
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Govt for roll back in petroleum
May 23, 2018 /0 Comments/in BUSINESS, NATIONAL /by Demokratic Front Bureau
With petrol and diesel prices being hiked for the tenth day in a row, the government today said it is working on a long-term solution to address the volatility and frequent revisions in rates.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government had in June last year junked a 15-year old practice of revising rates every fortnight and introduced daily revisions which worked well except periods immediately preceding an election.
There was a 19-day freeze in revising rates before Karnataka went to polls, and since the time the hiatus ended on May 14, rates have gone up by Rs 2.54 a litre in case of petrol and Rs 2.41 in diesel.
The 10-day relentless price increases built pressure on the government for cutting excise duty to give immediate relief to consumers but after a meeting of the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Law and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad offered little insight if a reduction in tax was coming.
With the geopolitical situation leading to an uncertainty over the direction of international oil prices, "a new sense of urgency has developed", he said.
"The government is keen that instead of having an ad hoc measure, it may be desirable to have a long-term view which addresses not only the volatility but also takes care of the unnecessary ambiguity arising out of frequent ups and downs. That process is underway," he added.
The minister refused to elaborate either on the measures being considered or if a duty reduction was on cards.
On the question of excise duty, he said proceeds from such taxes are used for country's development including building of highways, digital infrastructure, electricity to villages, hospitals and education. "So tax on fuel is linked with developmental issues."
Asked about former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's criticism of the BJP government raising excise duty to take away gains arising from falling international prices, Prasad said he generally does not comment on the Congress leader's tweets "because ever since his party went out of power, he has become active on Twitter".
Chidambaram had in a series of tweets said that the fall in international oil prices between 2014 and early 2016 helped the government save Rs 15 per litre but the government put an additional Rs 10 on every litre of fuel.
The government had raised excise duty nine times between November 2014 and January 2016 to shore up finances as global oil prices fell, but then cut the tax just once in October last year by Rs 2 a litre.
Since May 14 when the state-owned oil firms ended a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus on revising fuel prices, petrol and diesel rates have been revised everyday, leading them to record highs. Petrol costs Rs 76.17 per litre in Delhi while diesel sells for Rs 68.34.
State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) were in April 2002 allowed to revise rates of petrol and diesel on 1st and 16th of every month based on average rate of benchmark international petroleum product prices and rupee-U.S. dollar rates in the preceding fortnight.
The revisions continued till just before the general elections in 2004 when oil companies went slow and after a Congress-led UPA came to power the entire process was reviewed as the international oil prices started moving up. Rates were revised on fortnightly basis but not all of the desired hike was passed on to the consumers and that increase not passed on converted into subsidy.
The UPA government finally freed petrol price in June 2010 and the diesel rates were decontrolled by the current BJP government in November 2014.
Prasad said the government had allowed complete freedom on pricing and on many occasions prices went down considerably.
The central government levies Rs 19.48 excise duty on a litre of petrol and Rs 15.33 on diesel. State sales tax or VAT varies from state to state. Unlike excise duty, VAT is ad valorem and results in higher revenues for the state when rates move up.
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It is possible to cut Rs.25 per liter but BJP won't : PC Pradhan urges Saudi Arabia for price stability


Johannesburg, Joburg, Jozi or eGoli has a bad reputation. It's meant to be dirty, dangerous and chaotic, but I didn't find it as bad as people say. It's a huge city with most attractions scattered around so it was a good thing there was a city sightseeing bus like in Cape Town and I used that for the two full days I was there.
I did the full lap of the city and found it interesting to hear about Joburg's history which I did not know beforehand. It originally sprung up as a mining town when gold was discovered there but there was no plan for it to be a permanent town let alone a city. The gold rush lasted a lot longer and attracted more people than ever imagined which eventually led to the expansion of the town into a city. There is no gold left now, however, the city is still surrounded by the mine dumps left behind from the rush so it's a very visible history. The city has since turned into one of the biggest in Africa.
I extended the sightseeing bus into a tour to Soweto, which is a famous township on the outskirts of Joburg known for the sight of many protests during the apartheid era and the death of the teenager Hector Pieterson during the uprising in 1976. It has a reputation of being extremely poor and dangerous, but it was really the complete opposite. There is still evidence of the poor lower class, however, a lot of the area is now home to middle class citizens living in government built housing. Our guide was a Soweto resident himself and he said even people who have a good job and earn good money like living in Soweto. People never leave because of the sense of community that is shared there and the low crime rate, in spite of what people think. We went to the memorial for Hector Pieterson, Nelson Mandela's and Desmond Tutu's houses and of course the iconic Orlando towers.
It was also interesting to learn that Ghandi had lived in Joburg for about 20 years as a young lawyer. In fact it's claimed that it was in South Africa that he developed his passion and desire to speak out against racial segregation and inequality. Living in Joburg during apartheid, he was denied access to certain places and certain things such as using an elevator, which inspired him to return home to India to promote democracy and freedom.
I paid a visit to the Apartheid Museum (above) and Constitution Hill which are both important monuments for the country in remembering where it has come from and what it has achieved. The museum was very moving, especially seeing all the images, the wall full of the hundreds of laws that were passed to fulfil the aim of complete separation and oppression of the black population and old remnants such as the ID and working passes that people had to carry. It was also good to see the Constitutional Court, which is a symbol of how far the country has come and the changes it has made towards democracy (although many locals believe there is still a long way to go to achieving full equality and decreasing the rampant corruption that plagues the current government).
It is a modern city and from a distance it looks like Melbourne or Sydney with tall skyscrapers and shopping malls, but driving through the city centre you still know you're in Africa with the streets lined with stalls selling everything from watches and Nike runners to fruit and vegetables. There are constantly traffic jams with the thousands of white taxi vans that far out-number people. Even though most tourists don't stick around to avoid the dangers there is still something about the city that makes you smile, it's not so bad after all.


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An award-winning director whose roots date to the days of live TV, Paul Bogart went on to direct the bulk of the episodes of the CBS sitcom "All in the Family" as well as numerous TV dramas and several feature films. He has proven particularly adept at recreating stage productions for the small screen, and has been trusted by actors that the Actors Studio tagged him to direct an adaptati...
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The Gift of Love (1994)
Neil Simon's Broadway Bound (1992)
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
Fun and Games (1980)
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Marlowe (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Spanish For Pain
Marlowe (1969) -- (Movie Clip) I Go To Ridiculous Extremes
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An award-winning director whose roots date to the days of live TV, Paul Bogart went on to direct the bulk of the episodes of the CBS sitcom "All in the Family" as well as numerous TV dramas and several feature films. He has proven particularly adept at recreating stage productions for the small screen, and has been trusted by actors that the Actors Studio tagged him to direct an adaptation of "The Three Sisters" (1964) performed at the famed center of method acting. After World War II military service, Bogart began his show business career working as a puppeteer and actor with the Berkeley Marionettes. By 1950, he was a stage manager and associate director on live TV programs for NBC, and in 1952 went freelance, working as a director for many of the anthology shows of the period, including "The U.S. Steel Hour" and "Kraft Theatre."
By 1963, Bogart was directing episodes of the famed CBS drama series, "The Defenders" and won his first Emmy for a 1964 installment. He subsequently also won Emmys during the 60s for two "CBS Playhouse" dramas, "Dear Friends" (1967) and "Shadow Game" (1969). He joined "All in the Family" as director in 1971 and stayed with the series through its end in 1978, winning an Emmy for directing the 1977 episode in which Edith Bunker turned 50 years old. He remained with the Archie Bunker character for one season of "Archie Bunker's Place," the CBS sequel series, from 1979-80, then moved to the CBS sitcom "Alice." In 1984, Bogart was executive producer and director of "Mama Malone," (CBS, 1984), a short-lived yet vibrant series in which Lila Kaye played a woman hosting a cooking show out of her turbulent home. From 1985-86, Bogart worked as director and supervising producer on NBC's "The Golden Girls" during its first season (1985-86). Subsequently, he was executive producer of (and directed the pilot for) "Bagdad Cafe" (CBS, 1990-91), starring Whoopi Goldberg and Jean Stapleton, based on the Percy Adlon's feature film.
Bogart has excelled in adapting stage productions for TV, as evidenced by "You Can't Take It With You" (CBS, 1979), "Neil Simon's 'Broadway Bound'" (ABC, 1992), and "The Heidi Chronicles" (TNT, 1995). His TV longform output has been limited by his ongoing work in series, but Bogart directed "Nutcracker: Money, Madness, and Murder" (NBC, 1987), which told the story of a woman who manipulated her sons into killing her father so she could inherit his money, and "The Gift of Love" (CBS, 1994), in which Andy Griffith is a man who receives his deceased grandson's heart.
Bogart did not begin directing features until 1969 with "Marlowe," about a private investigator who searches for a girl's missing brother. Despite a heavy schedule with sitcoms in the 70s, he managed to direct a feature during hiatuses, including "Cancel My Reservations" (1972) and "Class of '44" (1973), the unsuccessful sequel to 1971's "Summer of '42." In 1984, he directed George Burns and Ted Wass in the sequel "Oh God! You Devil" and he helmed the big screen adaptation of Harvey Fierstein's Broadway success, "Torch Song Trilogy" (1988).
You Can't Take It With You (1979)
Winner Take All (1975)
Mr. Ricco (1975)
The Country Girl (1974)
Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974)
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Cancel My Reservation (1972)
Skin Game (1971)
In Search of America (1971)
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The Easter Promise (1975)
A Memory of Two Mondays (1974)
The Thanksgiving Treasure (1973)
The House Without A Christmas Tree (1972)
Higher and Higher, Attorneys at Law (1968)
Spellbound (1962)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1961)
Ten Little Indians (1959)
Shirley Temple's Storybook: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1958)
Hansel and Gretel (1958)
Producer (Special)
Director (TV Mini-Series)
The Canterville Ghost (1986)
Served in U.S. Air Force during WWII
Worked as an actor and puppeteer with the Berkeley Marionettes
Began working as a freelance director on TV
Directed episodes of legal drama "The Defenders" (CBS)
Directed first feature, "Marlowe"
Directed episodes of "All in the Family" (CBS), including the 1977 episode titled "Edith's 50th Birthday"
Directed the pilot episode of "Alice" (CBS)
Helmed episodes of the spin-off series "Archie Bunker's Place" (CBS)
Executive produced and directed the CBS sitcom "Mama Malone"
Directed and served as supervising producer of "The Golden Girls" (NBC)
Directed screen adaptation of "Torch Song Trilogy," written by Harvey Fierstein
Executive produced and directed episodes (including pilot) of the CBS sitcom "Bagdad Cafe"
Received the French Festival Internationelle Programmes Audiovisuelle at Cannes
Helmed ABC presentation of Neil Simon's play "Broadway Bound"
Directed TNT adaptation of "The Heidi Chronicles," based on a play by Wendy Wasserstein and starring Jamie Lee Curtis
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Marlowe (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Spanish For Pain Friendly clash between savvy detective James Garner (as the title character, Philip, in this adaptation of Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister) and Rita Moreno as polished Dolores, guarding her friend Mavis (Gayle Hunnicutt), implicated in a porn and murder scandal, in Marlowe, 1969.
Marlowe (1969) -- (Movie Clip) All Shadow And No Substance James Garner is the title character of the movie, and Sharon Farrell the title character of the original Raymond Chandler novel The Little Sister, after he discovered another murder while looking for her brother, leading him to ring Dr. Lagardie (Paul Stevens), early in the updated Marlowe, 1969.
Marlowe (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Little Sister Groovy opening with an original song by Peter Matz and Noman Gimbel, taking it's title from Raymond Chandler's original novel The Little Sister, James Garner as the contemporary version of Chandler's famous L-A detective, querying the manager (Warren Finnerty) of a hippie hotel, in Marlowe, 1969.
Marlowe (1969) -- (Movie Clip) I Go To Ridiculous Extremes James Garner (title character Philip) gets himself hired by big-time agent Crowell (William Daniels) on the runway, then visits actress Mavis Wald (Gayle Hunnicutt) on the set, to discuss the photos of her with gangster Steelgrave, in the contemporary 1969 treatment of Raymond Chandler's 1949 novel The LIttle Sister, Marlowe.
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) -- (Movie Clip) I've Never Been Young And Beautiful A prologue with Anne Bancroft as the mom, then writing and starring in his adaptation of his substantially autobiographical Off then On-Broadway hit, Harvey Fierstein, his character called Arnold Beckhoff, introduces himself, in Torch Song Trilogy, 1988, also starring Matthew Broderick and Brian Kerwin.
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Love For Sale Beginning the second segment of his original autobiographical Broadway play, Harvey Fierstein as drag queen Arnold tears into a version of the Cole Porter standard, a friend (Bob Minor) intervening when customers led by Matthew Broderick as Alan get out of line, in Torch Song Trilogy, 1988.
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Lucky For Me Just after a performance at a New York gay nightclub, Arnold (Harvey Fierstein, in his own adaptation of his multiple Tony Award-winning play) meets Ed (Brian Kerwin), early in Torch Song Trilogy, 1988.
Class of '44 (1973) -- (Movie Clip) You Can Pick Your Own Branch After the opening credits, the graduation party, pals Hermie (Gary Grimes, based on the writer Herman Raucher) and Oscy (Jerry Houser), and the rarely-seen screen debut of John Candy as Paulie, in director Paul Bogart's follow-up to Summer Of '42, Class Of '44, 1973.
Class of '44 (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Send Me A Samurai Sword In an un-specified outer-borough of New York, Hermie (Gary Grimes) and Oscy (Jerry Houser), working at a loading dock in the summer before college, receive pal Benjie (Oliver Conant), who surprised everybody by enlisting in the Marines, in Class Of '44, writer Herman Raucher's kind-of sequel to the hit Summer Of '42, 1971.
Class of '44 (1973) -- (Movie Clip) An Expert On The Works Of Melville Shooting on location at Princeton, Freshman Hermie (Gary Grimes, loosely based on the screenwriter Herman Raucher) looks for work at the student newspaper, Jeffrey Cohen the editor, Susan Marcus his assistant, and Deborah Winters as Julie, who'll become his love interest, in the less-popular follow-up to Summer Of '42, 1971, Class Of '44, 1973.
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Shake, It's Cookies Hoping boyfriend Ed will arrive, disappointed when it's only mom (Anne Bancroft), Harvey Fierstein, directed by Paul Bogart in his film adaptation of his Broadway show, as gay drag performer Arnold, getting through his birthday, in Torch Song Trilogy, 1988.
Marlowe (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Winslow Wong Again banged-up James Garner (title character) is visited by Bruce Lee in his first appearance in an American film, as Winslow Wong, alarming the hairdresser next door (Christopher Cary), in the 1969 modern-day treatment of Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister, Marlowe.
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for Brooklyn actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein's movie version of his 1983 Tony award-winning three-part Broadway play, Torch Song Trilogy, 1988, starring Fierstein, Matthew Broderick and Anne Bancroft.
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Ilyarachna kurilensis is een pissebed uit de familie Munnopsidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1979 door Kussakin & Mezhov.

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Octaviana \o-ctavia-na, oc-ta-viana\ as a girl's name is a variant of Octavia (Latin), and the meaning of Octaviana is "eighth". The baby name Octaviana sounds like Octoviana and Octavianne. Other similar baby names are Octavie and Octiana.


Apart from facing my incredible fear of lack of control, having two babies 14 months apart has taught me a great deal. I couldn't see the possibility of having the babies so close together. I'm an individual who likes to plan for tomorrow but what kept me going, was the good old saying 'take each day as it comes' and so I did.
After having Leela, I needed normality with the comfort of my home and surroundings. I have incredible parents who are always there for me and offer their unconditional support. However, I needed Roy and only Roy. We were completely overwhelmed of how chilled and relaxed our princess was, but we also understood Reeyan's utter confusion. His second word after 'dada' was 'baba', he blurted it out when coming to visit us in hospital. I did my reading and learnt that when he would come to visit us, I should not be holding Leela, we placed her in the cot next to me. It was only the one night apart (which was long enough), but I also learnt that we had to make a huge deal of seeing Reeyan. So his dad headed out to buy some treats. I wasn't able to really cuddle him as I would normally do due the stitches but I filled his face with kisses. He was mega excited to see us and it was the first time that he was actually only visiting, as he was to leave with his grandparents an hour later. I was heartbroken when he left.
I did everything possible to be discharged on the day after Leela was born. I was up and about, strengthening those stomach muscles and listening to the midwives' every piece of advise. I was home that evening.
It is a fact, with your first born, you are wary of every minute thing. Whether it is visitors coming past 12pm or the type of poo he's passing. You try to do everything by the book. How silly I was, how pedantic, how obsessed. I try justifying this obsession by reminding myself how fragile he was as a newborn.
"Parasitic" she explained. I thought I misheard, but no, a parasite was the term she used to describe a newborn human. An organism which lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense. I found myself understanding the concept.
Who is in the most discomfort?
Who was the last to be fed?
When did they last nap?
As one can imagine, the house is a noisy one. I have managed to train my ears to drown out certain cries. A cry of distress is recognizable as is a cry of attention. This comes in really handy when driving with two in the backseat. Until recently I was doing really well. Reeyan is displaying traditional signs of the 'terrible twos' and with added pressure of a five month old, with an increasing consciousness – I crumbled on the A40. I turned to look at a screaming Reeyan and yelled "Be quiet!!!", turned back to the road and noticed that a funny shadow was covering part of the vision of my right eye. An aura, this was a precursor to the awful migraines I have suffered. "Great". No good thing comes out of yelling.
Despite a few migraines and general tiredness, I have stayed on top if things. No, that's a lie……I am just about managing, but aren't all parents?


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Q: Correct way to create rounded corners in Twitter Bootstrap I've just started with Twitter Bootstrap and here is one question.
I am creating custom  block, and I want it's bottom corners to be rounded.
Is there any "correct" way to do this by using predefined classes, or I have to specify it manually like:
border-radius: 10px;               // and all that cross-browser trumpery

For now, I'm using css styles. Maybe it will be better to use less for that issue?

A:
 will give you rounded corners.

A: Without less, ans simply for a given div :
In a css :
.footer {
background-color: #ab0000;
padding-top: 40px;
padding-bottom: 10px;
border-radius:5px;
}

In  html :

blablabla

A: I guess it is what you are looking for: http://blogsh.de/tag/bootstrap-less/
@import 'bootstrap.less';
div.my-class {
    .border-radius( 5px );
}

You can use it because there is a mixin:
.border-radius(@radius: 5px) {
  -webkit-border-radius: @radius;
     -moz-border-radius: @radius;
          border-radius: @radius;
}

For Bootstrap 3, there are 4 mixins you can use...
.border-top-radius(@radius);
.border-right-radius(@radius);
.border-bottom-radius(@radius);
.border-left-radius(@radius);

or you can make your own mixin using the top 4 to do it in one shot.
.border-radius(@radius){
    .border-top-radius(@radius);
    .border-right-radius(@radius);
    .border-bottom-radius(@radius);
    .border-left-radius(@radius);
}

A: With bootstrap4 you can easily do it like this :-
class="rounded"

or
class="rounded-circle"

A: Bootstrap is just a big, useful, yet simple CSS file - not a framework or anything you can't override. I say this because I've noticed many developers got stick with BS classes and became lazy "I-can't-write-CSS-code-anymore" coders [this not being your case of course!].
If it features something you need, go with Bootstrap classes - if not, go write your additional code in good ol' style.css.
To have best of both worlds, you may write your own declarations in LESS and recompile the whole thing upon your needs, minimizing server request as a bonus.

A: As per bootstrap 3.0 documentation. there is no rounded corners  class or id for div tag.
you can use circle behavior for image  by using

or just use custom border-radius css3 property in css
for only bottom rounded coner use following
border-bottom-left-radius:25%; // i use percentage  u can use pix.
border-bottom-right-radius:25%;// i use percentage  u can use pix.

if you want responsive circular div then try this
referred from Responsive CSS Circles

A: What you want is a Bootstrap panel. Just add the panel class, and your header will look uniform. You can also add classes panel panel-info, panel panel-success, etc. It works for pretty much any block element, and should work with , but I expect it would be used mostly with
s.

A: If you're using Bootstrap Sass, here's another way that avoids having to add extra classes to your element markup:
@import "bootstrap/mixins/_border-radius";
@import "bootstrap/_variables";

.your-class {
  $r: $border-radius-base; // or $border-radius-large, $border-radius-small, ...
  @include border-top-radius($r);
  @include border-bottom-radius($r);
}

A: In Bootstrap 4, the correct way to border your elements is to name them as follows in the class list of your elements:
For a slight rounding effect on all corners; class="rounded"
For a slight rounding on the left; class="rounded-left"
For a slight rounding on the top; class="rounded-top"
For a slight rounding on the right; class="rounded-right"
For a slight rounding on the bottom; class="rounded-bottom"
For a circle rounding, i.e. your element is made circular; class="rounded-circle"
And to remove rounding effects; class="rounded-0"

To use Bootstrap 4 css files, you can simply use the CDN, and use the following link in the  of your HTML file:

This will provided you with the basics of Bootstrap 4. However if you would like to use the majority of Bootstrap 4 components, including tooltips, popovers, and dropdowns, then you are best to use the following code instead:

Alternatively, you can install Bootstrap using NPM, or Bower, and link to the files there.
*Note that the bottom  tag of the three is the same as the first  tag in the first link path.
A full working example, could be :

In the above example, the image is centered by using the Bootstrap auto margin on left and right.

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It is an infection you might catch when getting healthcare in hospitals, care homes, doctors' surgeries, health centres or receiving care at home. The most common types of infection in hospitals are urine infections, infections after surgery (operations), skin infections, sickness and diarrhoea.
What happens if I get an HAI?
Your treatment will depend on the type of infection you catch and your general health and may include being moved to a single room or getting extra medicine.
Care staff should follow the National Infection Prevention and Control Manual (NIPCM) at all times which is the mandatory practice guide for NHSScotland and best practice in other care settings. This will reduce the risk of Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) and ensure the safety of those being cared for, staff and visitors in the care environment.
How can I stop HAI spreading?
Always use hand hygiene when visiting a care setting and do not visit if you are feeling unwell.
To ensure you do not spread infection if you are washing the clothes of someone in hospital or care home then you should follow the guidance in the washing clothes at home leaflet.
Further information can be found in the Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) leaflet.


From Hwy 29 in Bertram, RR 243 for 5 miles; right on CR 336/Oatmeal Loop. Veer left at first fork to stay on 336 3.5 mi, then right on Greystone. Greystone approx 2 miles, then right at RACC entrance. Take rt on Three Creeks, lot approx 2.6 miles on left.


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Supermarkets In Vietnam Are Now Using Banana Leaves To Replace Plastic Packaging!
The newly-launched campaign is being implemented by three of the biggest supermarket chains in Vietnam -- Lotte Mart, Saigon Co-op in Ho Chi Minh City and Big C in Hanoi.
By Srikanth Krishna
In a bid to save the environment from plastic and its harmful effects, several supermarkets in Vietnam have joined a campaign to use non-plastic products, courtesy a young Vietnamese entrepreneur, reports The Epoch Times.
Tran Minh Tien is the owner of Ống Hút Cỏ, a Vietnam-based company that creates two kinds of straws out of sedge grass, which grows wild along the Mekong Delta. And joining his campaign are three of the biggest supermarket chains in Vietnam -- Lotte Mart, Saigon Co-op in Ho Chi Minh City and Big C in Hanoi.
And what have they done? The supermarket chains have started using banana leaves instead of plastic bags to wrap vegetables, the online newspaper Vnexpress reported.
Tran Minh Tien, the owner of Ong Hut Co., took to Facebook to explain the entire process and how it can be done! The company first collects the hollow stems of grass. The grass is then washed and cut into 20-centimetre lengths. The tubes are cleaned on the inside using a metal rod. Following another round of washing, the straws are bundled together and finally wrapped in banana leaves.
In a bid to protect the environment, on Wednesday (April 3), shoppers at a Lotte Mart outlet in Ho Chi Minh City were in for a surprise when they noticed that several vegetables like scallions and okra were wrapped in banana leaves.
The company is said to expand the use of banana leaves for the other chains of the supermarket, following the trial period this month. Apart from wrapping vegetables, it is also used to wrap fresh meat in the supermarkets toward a switch to environmentally friendly products.
The Lotte Mart in Ho Chi Minh City sold paper straws and food boxes made from sugarcane waste, while eggs were packed in paper packages instead of plastic boxes. Meanwhile, Big C has been providing shopkeepers with completely biodegradable bags made out of corn powder.
According to official figures, Vietnam produces over 2,500 tonnes of plastic waste a day and it was ranked fourth globally for the amount of plastic waste dumped into the ocean, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.
Apart from Tran Minh Tien's creative innovation, there are other groups such as Lonely Whale, Last Plastic Straw, Straw Free, and Be Straw Free, that have been working towards eliminating plastic straws. They have also introduced many alternatives to plastic straws -- that includes metal straws and rice straws.
Tran Minh Tien has now shown that a certain type of grass named Lepironia articulata found in Mekong Delta, Vietnam can be converted into drinking straws. And that's the idea that has been taking over social media, with many suggesting that it was the need of the hour to bring in such a change.
"A young Vietnamese entrepreneur has recently released a straw made of wild grass. Such #sustainable solutions would definitely lead to the kind of future we wish and work for!," a Twitter user said. While another added, "What a great idea. These straws are made of a species of grass with a hollow stem that grows wild in the wetlands of Vietnam."
Although the straws are currently been only sold in Vietnam, the company aims to reach out to the neighbouring countries as well in the near future. The grass straws are edible, compostable, free of chemicals and preservatives, and really inexpensive as well. The fresh straws cost about 2.6 cents each, and the dried cost about 4.3 cents each, according to VnExpress International.
The idea has been getting a lot of praises on social media, and deservedly so, considering every year, there are at least 8 million tons of plastic finding its way into our oceans. And these usually come from the plastic straws that we use every day. While another interesting statistic is that the United States by itself discards over 500 million plastic straws each day, impacting our Earth in a huge way.


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Q: Is there a way to use git push-option in intellij? Is there a way in IntelliJ to specify the push-option parameter while doing a git push? I use GitLab CI and to skip the CI you could pass skip ci as a push-option parameter. As I don't see this feature in Intellij I have to put it in the commit message, but this means that for this exact commit I will never be able to run the CI process

A: If the options are always the same, you could set them via the push.pushOption in git config and it will work when pushing from the IDE
There is a feature request for --push-option support, please vote:
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-202210

A: It is still not possible to specify the options.
But as a workaround for the GitLab CI case, you can instruct it to skip CI by adding a "command" to the commit message of the latest commit you are pushing:
$ git commit -m "Some information

[skip ci]
"

$ git push   # CI will not be triggered

However, this causes a bug if you are also using GitLab ChatOps integration with Slack slash commands: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/328790