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Birr Castle
Birr Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhiorra) is located in Birr, County Offaly. It is the home of the seventh Earl of Rosse. There has been a castle on the site since 1170 who was origianally ruled by the O' Carroll family until the 17th Century.
River View of Birr Castle
Chinese Interest
Birr Domaine of Discovery offers something for everyone to enjoy and is especially interesting and educational for families. Starting with Ireland's Historic Science Centre in the old stable block, with its café and shop you can then explore 50 hectares of park land, visit the magnificent Formal Gardens and terraces and discover Birr's world famous engineering and astronomical wonder - the Great Telescope.
Birr Castle was built in 1170. From the 14th to the 17th century the O' Carroll family ruled the area which was then known as the 'Ely O' Carroll'.
During the 17th Century, William Parson's son Laurence refurnished the castle. Laurence also engaged in some re-building and heightened the Gothic look of the Castle. His son, William, the third Earl of Rosse, was responsible for the construction of the great telescope at Birr. When completed in 1845, it was the largest telescope on earth, and capable of capturing more light and seeing further into space than any telescope had done before.
For Chinese Visitors
Translated Website
Audio Visual Tour
Address: Rosse Row, Birr, Co.Offaly
Website: (English) http://www.birrcastle.com/
Website: (Chinese) www.birrcastle.cn
Birr Castle is steeped in Chinese history:
The 6th Earl of Rosse travelled a month through Tibet in 1927 with the writer Robert Byron .
Desmond Parsons the younger brother to the 6th Earl went to Peking University in Beijing in 1935 and studied 4 languages.
The 6th Earl, with his newly married wife Anne Messel, went to China on their world honeymoon trip.
While the 6th Earl was in China, Desmond set off without permission or prior notice to visit the Dunhuang caves and was imprisoned, but later escaped. On arrival at Beijing he was very sick and the 6th Earl cut short the honeymoon and returned by train across Russia to Europe where Desmond passed away.
The 6th Earl sponsored plant seed collecting expeditions in China for the botanical institutes to collect plant seed for themselves. He developed a long relationship with a Professor Yu from the Lushan botanical institute. From this Birr has developed a large collection of Chinese plants with the greatest proportion of all the plants in the Gardens coming from China.
The first Chinese ambassador Madame Gong Pusheng brought the Chinese Olympic team to Birr in 1982. Following this every Chinese Ambassador has been to Birr.
After the reopening of China the 7th Countess went to Xinjiang on a cultural trip in 1990
Lord Oxmantown left to build his career in real estate in China in 1993 arriving first in Hongkong and then travelling a month throughout China.
The 7th Earl went to Yunnan for a month to participate in an international plunt hunting expedition to the area where the tributaries to Asia's three great rivers run.
Over the next 15 years Lord Oxmantown built his career in real estate and finance in China and married a Chinese lady born in Tianjin called Anna Lin. Together they had two children Olivia and William. Lord Oxmantown chaired the Irish Network China as well as being the attaché to the Irish Olympic team for the Beijing Olympics.
In 1998 Birr received 4 Chinese garden graduates, two each from Beijing and Yunnan. They worked for 3 months cataloguing all the Chinese plants.
Following initial presentation as a Thomas Davis Lecture broadcast on RTE Radio in 2008, the 7th Earl's thesis on 'Transplanting China to Ireland was picked as chapter six of the publication China and in the Irish in 2009.
Birr has supported, with items from its Chinese collections, the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival.
Owing to all the Chinese contacts, Birr has become the main destination for Chinese tourists coming to Ireland on their way to the Cliffs of Moher.
Recently Birr initiated a programme of Chinese artists in residence in co-operation with the Confucius Institute, the University of Shanghai and UCC. Birr provides for Chinese artists to paint Chinese plants in the Irish landscape of the Birr Castle Demesne in each season in turn, starting in winter (just completed).
Owing to Lady Oxmantown being of Chinese origin she has been developing many links with China and Birr and now the family are promoting various businesses focused on China.
Birr Castle has the following facilities available to visitors:
The Discovery Gift Shop
The Castle Courtyard Cafe - Open Daily
Tree House Adventure Area - Open Daily
Gardens, Woodlands & Farmland
Ireland's Historic Science Centre contains astronomical instruments, cameras, photographs and photographic equipment used by the Third and Fourth Earls and Mary, Countess of Rosse, in the middle and late 1800s.
The Science Centre demonstrates how the Great Telescope was built in the castle workshops by the people of Birr.
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Q: In-memory cache GetOrCreate with MemoryCacheEntryOptions In current implementation IMemoryCache interface has the following methods:
bool TryGetValue(object key, out object value);
ICacheEntry CreateEntry(object key);
void Remove(object key);

We have the possibility to query the cache for an entry in the following way:
//first way
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty
(cache.Get<string>("timestamp")))
{
  cache.Set<string>("timestamp", DateTime.Now.ToString());
}

//second way
if (!cache.TryGetValue<string>
("timestamp", out string timestamp))
{
    //
    cache.Set<string>("timestamp", DateTime.Now.ToString());
}

But there is another method that should do what a cache should do (GetOrCreate) with a factory parameter:
public static TItem GetOrCreate<TItem>(this IMemoryCache cache, object key, Func<ICacheEntry, TItem> factory)
{
   object obj;
   if (!cache.TryGetValue(key, out obj))
   {
     ICacheEntry entry = cache.CreateEntry(key);
     obj = (object) factory(entry);
     entry.SetValue(obj);
     entry.Dispose();
   }
   return (TItem) obj;
}

As you can see above, the Set method accepts MemoryCacheEntryOptions or any absoluteExpirationRelativeToNow, absoluteExpiration, etc dates (https://github.com/aspnet/Caching/blob/12f998d69703fb0f62b5cb1c123b76d63e0d04f0/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions/MemoryCacheExtensions.cs), but GetOrCreate method doesn't support that type of 'per-entry-expiration-date' for when we create a new entry.
I'm trying to figure out if i'm missing something or if i should do a PR to add those methods.
Annex:
public static ICacheEntry SetValue(this ICacheEntry entry, object value)
{
   entry.Value = value;
   return entry;
 }

Opened an issue here: https://github.com/aspnet/Caching/issues/392 in order to get some more feedback.

A: I'm not sure if I have understood correctly, but you can set all the 'per-entry-expiration-date' options on the entry you are receiving as the parameter to your factory:
string timestamp = cache.GetOrCreate("timestamp", entry =>
{
    entry.AbsoluteExpirationRelativeToNow = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);

    return DateTime.Now.ToString();
});

string timestamp = cache.GetOrCreate("timestamp", entry =>
{
    entry.SlidingExpiration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);

    return DateTime.Now.ToString();
});

All the MemoryCacheEntryOptions are available on ICacheEntry.

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Critics & Fellow Filmmakers Hail Scorsese's The Irishman as a Masterpiece
Martin Scorsese's return to the world of crime is being hailed as a masterpiece. The legendary director's The Irishman, which recently had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, has been screened now by festival-goers, critics and some of Scorsese's contemporaries. The reactions thus far are ecstatic.
Scorsese's film is centered on Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) and spans much of Sheeran's life as he looks back on his career as a driver and hitman for the mob. The film utilizes cutting-edge technology to render the cast many years younger then they are now. Sheeran was a World War II vet who found his way into the employ of Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci), the head of the Bufalino crime family. Sheeran eventually becomes a trusted hitman for the mob and, thanks to Bufalino, eventually gets connected to the legendary Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). Hoffa famously disappeared, never to be heard from again. It's widely believed he was murdered, but no one has ever been convicted and his body has never been found. The Irishman is based on Charles Brandt's book "I Heard You Paint Houses," in which Sheeran had claimed to have killed Hoffa in 1975.
So there's your bare-bones outline. Now let's take a brief stroll through the early reactions:
An epic gangster drama that earns its extended runtime, #TheIrishman finds Martin Scorsese revisiting familiar themes to poignant, funny, and profound effect.
It's now #CertifiedFresh at 100% on the #Tomatometer, with 41 reviews: https://t.co/vKtcnJLfDz pic.twitter.com/28mt6JWg0I
— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) September 28, 2019
Variety's Owen Gleiberman:
Martin Scorsese's #TheIrishman is "a coldly enthralling, long-form knockout — a majestic Mob epic with ice in its veins" https://t.co/VcdPYzBQif
— Variety (@Variety) September 28, 2019
Time's Stephanie Zacherek:
Review: Martin Scorsese's masterful "The Irishman" is a moving portrait of betrayal and regret https://t.co/v6tmFUFUF1
— TIME (@TIME) September 28, 2019
Slate's movie critic Dana Stevens:
Scorsese's epic mob saga The Irishman combines the energy, thrills & humor of Goodfellas with the contemplative maturity of Silence. It's 3 hours & 20 minutes long & I can hardly think of a minute I'd want to lose. https://t.co/hRYbmQD9PU
— Dana Stevens (@thehighsign) September 30, 2019
The New York Times A.O. Scott:
"The Irishman," Martin Scorsese's latest long-form crime story, is a monumental, elegiac movie that looks back on a legacy of violence and waste in midcentury America. Read our review by @aoscott. https://t.co/GysyJrZ10A
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) September 28, 2019
And finally, director Guillermo del Toro went on a must-read 13 Tweet thread about the genius and scope of Scorsese's achievement:
1/13: 13 Tweets about Scorsese's The Irishman: First- the film connects with the epitaph-like nature of Barry Lyndon. It is about lives that came and went, with all their turmoil, all their drama and violence and noise and loss… and how they invariably fade, like we all do…
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) September 30, 2019
The Irishman is in theaters on November 1 and streams on Netflix on November 27.
Featured image: THE IRISHMAN (2019). Joe Pesci (Russell Bufalino), Robert De Niro (Frank Sheeran). Courtesy Netflix.
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package elvis.ubooks.book.dao;

import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.commons.dbutils.QueryRunner;
import org.apache.commons.dbutils.handlers.BeanHandler;
import org.apache.commons.dbutils.handlers.BeanListHandler;
import org.apache.commons.dbutils.handlers.MapHandler;
import org.apache.commons.dbutils.handlers.ScalarHandler;

import cn.itcast.jdbc.TxQueryRunner;
import elvis.ubooks.book.domain.Book;

public class BookDao {
	private QueryRunner qr = new TxQueryRunner();

	public List<Book> findAllBook() {
		try{
			String sql = "select * from book where del = false";
			return qr.query(sql, new BeanListHandler<Book>(Book.class));
		}catch(SQLException e){
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public List<Book> findBooksByCategory(String cid) {
		try{
			String sql = "select * from book where del = false and cid=?";
			return qr.query(sql, new BeanListHandler<Book>(Book.class), cid);
		}catch(SQLException e){
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public Book loadBook(String cid) {
		try{
			String sql = "select * from book where del = false and bid=?";
			return qr.query(sql, new BeanHandler<Book>(Book.class), cid);
		}catch(SQLException e){
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public List<Book> search(String text) {
		try{
			String sql = "select * from book where del = false and bname like ?";
			text = "%" + text + "%";
			return qr.query(sql, new BeanListHandler<Book>(Book.class),text);
		}catch(SQLException e){
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public int getCountByCid(String cid) {
		try{
			String sql = "select count(*) from book where cid=?";
			Number number = (Number) qr.query(sql, new ScalarHandler(),cid);
			return number.intValue();
		}catch(SQLException e){
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public String getCidByBid(String bid) {
		try{
			String sql = "select cid from book where del = false and bid=?";
			Map<String, Object> map = qr.query(sql, new MapHandler(), bid);
			return (String) map.get("cid");
		}catch(SQLException e){
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public void modify(Book book) {
		try{
			String sql = "UPDATE book SET bname=?, price=?, author=?, cid=? where del = false and bid=?";
			System.out.println(book.getCategory() == null);
			qr.update(sql, book.getBname(), book.getPrice(), book.getAuthor(), book.getCategory().getCid(), book.getBid());
		}catch(SQLException e){
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public void delete(String bid) {
		try{
			String sql = "update book set del=true where bid=?";
			qr.update(sql, bid);
		}catch(SQLException e){
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public void add(Book book) {
		try{
			String sql = "insert into book values(?,?,?,?,?,?,?)";
			Object[] params = {
					book.getBid(),
					book.getBname(),
					book.getPrice(),
					book.getAuthor(),
					book.getImage(),
					book.getCategory().getCid(),
					book.isDel()
			};
			qr.update(sql, params);
		}catch(SQLException e){
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}

	}
}

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Here are my latest blogs at Seattle Sports Insider: Soccer.
How can we watch anything with Fuego hogging the remote?
Laughing About… Indy making Cleo the kitten sound like a Republican.
Drinking… Iced tea with stevia, my new go-to drink.
Writing… WNBA blogs, mattress articles, soccer blogs, hockey blogs, much-needed journal entries and class notes.
Wanting… To be completely caught up so I can take the weekend off with my family!
Here are my latest posts at Seattle Sports Insider: Hockey.
Seasonal transitions and life in general have had me in a dark place lately. Do I really need reasons to feel this down? Much of it has involved lack of self-care, chronic pain, over-scheduling and taking on projects that don't bring me joy. Yesterday I spent some time journaling, something that I need to do to thrive yet have not had the time to do in ages, and it felt like I could feel myself peeking out again. And this song came on, which always gets me feeling at least a bit better.
During a short nap, I had an incredible dream that made me see a few things that I've been missing as well. Yesterday was full of gifts. I can't say that I'm emotionally in a "better place" just yet, but I can feel a shift, and maybe that's enough for now.
Here is to a fulfilling week for all of us.
Here are my latest posts at Seattle Sports Insider: Basketball.
Here are my latest posts at Seattle Sports Insider: Soccer.
Today's my mom's birthday, so today's song is for her.


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Lady Gaga statue to be unveiled at Madame Tussauds all over the world
by madhulika
You have seen her sing, you've seen her in action (on stage), now, here's your chance to be the first to see her debut at the Madame Tussauds' corridors. Well, not her but her life-like wax figurine, exclusive and free. How? Just show your adulation for the pop icon in the way you dress; that's right, ladies and gentlemen. The people at Madame Tussauds have declared December 9 as Gaga Day. And the first 100-odd guests to arrive dressed as their dream singer will be admitted to see the figure, free of charge.
READ: Kim Kardashian makes a mind-boggling $1 million per Instagram post
The celebration is in honor of eight figures of pop's most extravagant performers arriving worldwide. Madame Tussauds in London, Amsterdam, Berlin, New York, Hollywood, Las Vegas, Shanghai, and Hong Kong — will all unveil their very own Lady Gaga on this day!
So stop reading and start dressing…
[Vogue]
Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney to have the worlds first space wedding?
Lady Gaga performed in New York in a flying dress
From Lady Gaga to Eminem to to Megan Markle Meghan here are celebrities that are doing much than donating cash to help those in need of the Covid-19 crisis
Lady Gaga to go aboard the Virgin Galactic to perform the first concert in outer space
Russian billionaire pays $1 million to star in Lady Gaga's latest video
Lady Gaga auctioning her skeleton corset to raise funds for Haiti
Lady Gaga wore a stunning 128-carat Tiffany yellow diamond to the Oscars
Lady Gaga's acrylic fingernail auctions for $12,000
Lady Gaga croons about Donatella Versace in her latest album ARTPOP
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This futuristic gaming chair concept comes with a 60 inch flexible OLED display that retracts when not in use


My 9 year-old and I love to snuggle up and have funny conversations. Sometimes we ask each other silly questions, emotional ones - it's a part of our 'bonding' journey.
A couple of days ago, I asked my son, "How much do you love me?"
His immediate reply, "My love for you has no limits, Amma. It has no boundaries. It goes on and on and on...."
My heart flipped, warm and cozy like a pancake. I held my baby closer, and my heart seemed to burst with happiness.
When I am outdoors, I like to listen to human voices.
I carry a notebook with me - with a navy blue cover -to write the dialogues that catch my fancy. When I first began jotting down these dialogues, I thought that this notebook will be sparsely populated. That didn't happen.
The notebook is now filled to the brim. We can learn so much from a set of dialogues - about a person's beliefs, region, education, culture, etc.
Svetlana Alexievich, the winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, shares some beautiful insights about how human voices inspire her writing.
I thought I'd share it here - for you.
What are the human voices, conversations or dialogues that have made a remarkable impact on you?


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My Brilliant Mistakes
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Tag Archives: Holiday songs
This Will Be Our Year
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Have a rockabilly Christmas
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Jack Scott – There's Trouble Brewin' ~ Christmas Rockabilly
Here's a rocking little holiday tune to warm up your December weekend, via If Charlie Parker…
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Kooky Christmas #15 (take two): "Christmas Island" by The Dinning Sisters & Bob Atcher
Hawaiian Christmas, originally uploaded by coconut wireless.
Let's try this again.
At #15 on our Kooky Christmas Countdown, we take a trip to the islands, for a holiday in a tropical paradise.
"Christmas Island" by The Dinning Sisters & Bob Atcher
Aloha! Grab your ukelele. I'll bring the pina coladas. Meet me on the beach at sunset, by that palm tree that someone (island elves?) has strung up with lights and tinsel. We'll strum and sing while we wait for Santa to come skimming up in his canoe.
You'll find this tune on one of my favorite Christmas collections, Christmas Cocktails, Part 2, from Ultra-Lounge.
My sister Laura is spending Christmas in Tahiti, staying in a bungalow that's on stilts over the water. This song is for her. Mele Kalikimaka !
Next on Kooky Christmas: The tale of a be-bop Christmas.
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Image credit: If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, from the series "When Santa Sold"
Whoops! Apparently that Ramones song was so nice, I included it in the list twice. Yes, when I started the Kooky Christmas count down last year, I posted it at #23, while yesterday I posted it at #15. This demonstrates that punk music gets better with each passing year.
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Kooky Christmas #15: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" by the Ramones
December 17, 2009 Cynthia Closkey	1 Comment
For today's Kooky Christmas I promised a trip to the beach, but it's been a contentious day. Something extra-comforting is needed. We need good cheer. We need words of peace and love. We need music that can bring people together.
We need the Ramones.
"Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" by the Ramones
The song is terrific on its own, a three-chord punk rock classic. But what really knocks this out of the park is the video. Is it the terrible acting? The ridiculous characters? The wildly 80s outfits? The Santa "cameo" at the end? It's all of that, delightfully juxtaposed against charmingly bland Ramones sound stage footage.
Oh, Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee, how we miss you.
If you enjoy this song, you need to pick up The Edge of Christmas , an unbeatable collection of punk and post-punk holiday tunes. Several upcoming Kooky Christmas tunes are on it, so you can study ahead of the rest of the class.
Coming up on Kooky Christmas: Our long-promised holiday trip to the beach.
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Kooky Christmas #16: "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" by Tom Waits
Today's edition of Kooky Christmas comes to us thanks to a reminder from Uncle Crappy. He posted the below video on his site last Christmas, and the two of us discussed the song yesterday on Twitter. Great minds….
#16: "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" by Tom Waits
Maybe you're one of those people who doesn't like Tom Waits — finds him grating, affected, caustic, vocally lame, too hard to listen to. "Out there." It's OK. Everybody's different, it's all good. That's cool.
Actually, it's not cool. It's not even OK.
Well, it's not awful. You're not hurting anyone physically or anything. But Tom Waits puts together words and music, and sounds and images — but for me, mostly words — in ways that capture life as we understand it. He's amazing.
If you don't feel the same way I do about his work, you and I can still be friends and all. But I'm always going to be sad for you, for what you're missing.
Anyway, here's this song Tom Waits wrote years ago, for the album Blue Valentine . The song doesn't mention Christmas once outside the title; the holiday it mentions in the lyrics is Valentine's Day. Yet it gives a nice picture of that feeling one has on Christmas Day, thinking back on those we've known and lost, past loves, past lives.
Look. Do you have 2 minutes and forty seconds? Not even three minutes, less than that. Watch the first two minutes and forty seconds of this video, and you'll see and hear the core of what I like about Tom Waits's music and performance. There's more I like beyond this (and I'll bore you with that another day), but for now, just spend two minutes and forty seconds on this video.
"Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" by Tom Waits
There. That was it. Thanks.
Uncle Crappy suggests that a fan might do well to check out the live performance of this song from a performance at the State Theatre, in Sydney, Australia, on May 2, 1979. The studio version is good too of course, and the album has "Wrong Side of the Road" and "Whistling Past the Graveyard," and "Romeo Is Bleeding," all of which will make your life richer.
Tomorrow: Christmas, surfside.
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Kooky Christmas #18 & 17: "Indian Giver" & "Gift of the Magi" by Squirrel Nut Zippers
Squirrel Nut Zippers had a big hit years back, "Put a Lid On It," and I've been a fan ever since.
In 1998 they put out a Christmas album that's like no other: Christmas Caravan . It's a crazy, hot jazz album with some slow and sweet bits threaded through (and an eerie final track that makes you want to hug your sweetie close). It's difficult to choose just one song from it, so let's take two.
Kooky Christmas #18: "Indian Giver" by Squirrel Nut Zippers
You know that friend who gives you a lovely sweater or new and well-reviewed book, then borrows it from you right away and never returns it? This song is for her. It barely seems like a Christmas song at all, but Santa puts in an appearance so we know it counts.
The video is a fan video with photos of the band. The sound quality is good though.
"Indian Giver" by Squirrel Nut Zippers
Kooky Christmas #17: "The Gift of the Magi"
I was introduced to the concept of irony by the O. Henry short story "The Gift of the Magi." It nearly exploded my mind. If somehow you missed this story in high school, you can listen to this song and use it as your Cliff's Notes.
For those who have read the story (spoilers!): I never quite dug the problem in the story. Her hair will grow back. Heck, she can grow it long, sell it again, use the money to retrieve the watch from the pawn broker, and then grow it yet again and everyone is happy. What's the big deal? Maybe my view is different from everyone else's; my hair grows really quickly.
No video for this one, so you'll just have to buy the song and listen. Heck, treat yourself and buy the whole album.
Next on Kooky Christmas: Not everyone likes the gifts people give these days for Christmas.
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Kooky Christmas: #19, "Bizarre Christmas Incident" by Ben Folds
We turn now to the seedier side of our Kooky Christmas (if philandering Santas weren't seedy enough for you).
Now Santa has turned to robbery, and the results are unpleasant for everyone involved.
Number 19: "Bizarre Christmas Incident" by Ben Folds
This song comes to us from Maybe This Christmas , a compilation of alternative artists from 2002. In the concert video below, Ben tells the true life story behind the song.
UPDATE: Lyrics NSFW, and not kid-friendly either. Funny though.
Concert video of "Bizarre Christmas Incident" by Ben Folds
The album has a mix of artists performing both original and traditional songs. It's a mixed bag, but with priceless gems like this how could I skip it? to see more, click here: Maybe This Christmas .
Next up on Kooky Christmas: Santa may not be as generous as he's made out to be….
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Kooky Christmas: #20, "The First Noel" by Crash Test Dummies
December 6, 2009 Cynthia Closkey	2 Comments
Picking up where we left off last year, let's continue counting down my top 25 Kooky Christmas songs.
"The First Noel," Crash Test Dummies
Those of us who remember when MTV played music videos all the time may remember Crash Test Dummies from their hit, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm," notable for the extreme low bass of the lead singer and the ubiquitous funny/creepy video.
I was never much enamored of the band, but I like how they perform this classic Christmas carol. I hadn't seen the video before tonight, and I'm delighted to say it's pretty darn kooky as well.
"The First Noel" by Crash Test Dummies
In tomorrow's Kooky Christmas: Santa meets an timely demise.
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Oh hey! It must be December.
I've been scurrying through the last few weeks (months), head down and nose to grindstone, largely oblivious to the seasons. But I can't help but notice that holiday music is back. Even my own iTunes has started playing it, unprompted by me.
The other night I turned on the TV for a small break, and WQED was showing a concert by Straight No Chaser. I recognized the name — I had blogged about their witty a capella version of "Twelve Days of Christmas" in 2007. Apparently the success of that YouTube video and recent interest in glee clubs has brought them fame, fortune, and a nationwide tour.
"Twelve Days of Christmas" by Straight No Chaser
All of which serves to remind me that I am far, far behind schedule in posting my annual Holiday Music Countdown. It's already Day 2! And I don't have a theme!
As it happens, last year I became so busy in December that I failed to finish my countdown of the 25 kookiest holiday songs. So the obvious solution is to resume that countdown, as if the intervening year had never happened. OK? OK!
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Sirona Biochem Announces Start of Clinical Trial for Anti-Aging Compound TFC-1326
Vancouver, Canada – December 8, 2022 – Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX-V: SBM) (FSE: ZSB) (OTC: SRBCF) ("Sirona") is pleased to announce that the clinical trial, for novel anti-aging compound TFC-1326, started on December 5th, 2022.
The trial, which will take place in Paris, is designed to assess the compound's efficacy in reversing aging facial skin, including restoring lost volume (plumping) and reducing fine wrinkles. The formulation is a cream base with TFC-1326 at a concentration of 1% and no other active ingredients.
The trial design was done with the assistance of a leading organization in commercial aesthetics. It will consist of 20 participants, aged 40-65 with specific signs of aging. Participants will begin in weeks 1 through 3 as a rolling start and continue for a 12-week period using the product twice daily. Ten parameters will be measured using advanced technology. These include skin radiance, skin laxity, antioxidant analysis, anti-inflammation, wrinkles, skin plumping and product tolerance. The clinical trial is fully financed, owned and controlled by Sirona.
"We're very excited to have this study underway. We've been conducting R&D on the anti-aging project for many years and have seen amazing efficacy and unique activity in cell studies. To make the transition to human skin will be a major achievement for the company and the science team in France", said Dr. Howard Verrico, CEO. "The incredible work that has been done so far has shown that these compounds are unlike anything else available on the market today. They have the ability to actually increase the level of fat in the skin by generating lipid growth. The effect should be a plumping of the skin, which will improve the look of sagging and wrinkles. They also have shown to have many other properties we believe will help to reverse and protect the ongoing effects of aging on the skin."
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Amendment to restore voting rights to 50,000 Californians passes CA Assembly
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Sacramento, CA, Sept. 5, 2019 – Today the California State Assembly passed Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 6, which would restore voting rights to nearly 50,000 Californians on parole. ACA 6, authored by Asm. Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento), passed with a 54-16 vote. ACA 6 will next go through the California State Senate, where it will need a 2/3 majority to pass. If it passes through the Senate, the constitutional amendment will appear on the 2020 ballot, at which point Californian voters will have the opportunity to re-enfranchise their neighbors on parole. Because the measure is an amendment to the California Constitution, it must be approved by the voters of California.
"Voting is a fundamental right of citizenship," said Sam Lewis, Executive Director of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC). "Each election missed by someone living in our community is a lost opportunity to shape the future of our country. The time is now for California to join the growing national movement to strengthen our democracy by empowering everyone—regardless of their past involvement with the criminal legal system—to have their voices counted."
Currently in California, otherwise-eligible adults can vote while they are on most forms of community supervision – including probation, county Post-Release Community Supervision, and federal supervised release – but cannot vote while they are on parole.
"The removal of the right to vote is not based in an interest in public safety," said Taina Vargas-Edmond, Founder & Executive Director of Initiate Justice. "Rather, it is rooted in a punitive justice belief system that intentionally attempts to rob marginalized people of their political power."
ACA 6, co-sponsored by California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, would address the history of racial oppression behind California's felony disenfranchisement laws. Three of every four men leaving California prisons are either African American, Latino, or Asian American. Black Americans are four times more likely to experience felony disenfranchisement than are white Americans. This constitutional amendment will roll back a form of voter suppression currently facing Californians of color and will signal to all Californians that their voices matter.
"Felony disenfranchisement is simply another term for voter suppression," said Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director at Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC). "Californians on parole are constituents, taxpayers, and business owners—they have families, they are your neighbors. Laws affect their lives and the lives of their families and, as citizens, they should have a voice in this democracy."
An estimated 4.6 million people nationwide are unable to vote because of a felony conviction. Currently, just under 50,000 people on parole throughout California—working, paying taxes, raising families in their communities—are unable to vote in any local, state, or federal elections. In 16 other states and the District of Columbia a person's right to vote is automatically restored after their release from prison. Two states (Maine, Vermont) have no disenfranchisement for people with convictions. This year, Nevada and Colorado restored voting rights to approximately 87,000 people on parole and last year, New York, Louisiana, Florida collectively restored voting rights to almost 2 million formerly incarcerated people.
"California suppresses Black and Brown votes by design," said Brittany Stonesifer, voting rights attorney with the ACLU of California. "Through discriminatory policing, incarceration, and felony disenfranchisement, California systemically locks people of color out of the ballot box. We applaud lawmakers for voting to advance racial justice and strengthen our democracy with ACA 6."
Restoring the right to vote to people on parole is part of a long struggle in our nation's history to make the franchise fairer and more inclusive.
"Today is another step toward the restoration of voting rights for nearly 50,000 Californians, an important victory for our democracy," said Dora Rose, Deputy Director of the League of Women Voters of California. "This moves us closer to fulfilling a promise the League made 100 years ago when the 19th Amendment was passed. No one is free until we're all free."
ACA 6 is co-authored by Asms. Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Los Angeles), Rob Stone (D-Monterey Bay), Ash Kalra (D-San Jose), Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles), Mike Gipson (D-Carson), Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), Kevin Mullin (D-South San Francisco), Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), and Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco).
The Free the Vote Coalition is made up of ten organizations whose goal is to restore the right to vote for all people impacted by the criminal justice system. The partners in sponsoring this bill are Initiate Justice, ACLU of California, All of Us or None / Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC), Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB), League of Women Voters of California, People Over Profits San Diego, Vote Allies, and White People for Black Lives (WP4BL). California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is also a co-sponsor of ACA 6.


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Q: WinForms TreeView.Sorted Property and VS 2008 Object Browser I can't see the above property neither in the object browser nor in intellisense for TreeView, why is this? I can set in my code though, it and the project builds successfully. When I gight click it and select 'go to definition' it is shown like a public bool property. Is this normal, or have I messed something up?

A: The Sorted property is marked with BrowsableAttribute(false), which stops it appearing in the property grid, and with EditorBrowsableAttribute(EditorBrowsableState.Never), which stops it appearing in Intellisense.  So yes, this is normal: for whatever reason, the person who designed that API wanted to discourage you from seeing it.

A: You can't see it because it is hidden:
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Normally, the assumption is that it makes sense in a base-class, but isn't supported for the current type TreeView - but TreeView inherits from Control, so I'm not sure what is going on here! In particular, MSDN doesn't make any comments that suggest any reason why it is hidden, unless perhaps it conflicted with the designer (node editor).

A: Just tried this out and using this property seems to work ok for me however I notice that if you set the treeview to use a TreeViewNodeSorter it sorts automatically without needing to touch this.


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Hailing from sunny San Diego, CA, SECRETS has already made an impact as one of the most promising up and coming acts in the scene. Armed with irresistibly catchy choruses, soaring vocals, and mercilessly dynamic breakdowns, its no wonder the post-hardcore five-piece has seen such success since signing to Velocity/Rise Records in the Spring of 2011.
Velocity Records' Dave Shapiro says, "When I heard these songs, I knew San Diego had yet another band that would be at the forefront of their genre." Rise Records' founder Craig Ericson is equally pumped on the signing, explaining, "Dave showed me the band and I immediately knew these guys were keepers."
SECRETS released their debut full length The Ascent (Produced by Tom Denney) in January of 2012 to rave reviews. The record debuted at #3 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and became the first Velocity Records release to crack the Billboard Top 200, debuting at #185. SECRETS will be touring heavily this Spring in support of the release, hitting the road with Sleeping With Sirens in March and April and then jumping right into the "This World Is Ours" tour in April and May with heavy hitters Attack Attack! and Escape The Fate.
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Ministry of Industry, Argentina
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Green Building Council Finland
Pekka coordinates the global 10YFP Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme that Ministry of the Environment, Finland leads and RMIT University from Australia, UNEP and WGBC support as Co-Leads. Before this position I acted e.g. as a Key Account Manager and Principal Scientist for VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland developing EcoCity concept for emerging economies and developing countries and prepared such projects successfully in Egypt, Zambia, Tanzania, Libya and Morocco and before those contributed to similar projects in China, Kenya, Malaysia and Vietnam. Pekka has also served over ten years as a Visiting Professor for Sustainable Built Environment research at University of Salford in the UK. Pekka has practical experience from building design and construction in Europe and in developing countries. During the past 20 years Pekka has actively contributed to leading international, research covering the areas of procurement systems, performance management, resource efficiency and the use of core indicators. Pella has an extensive international network covering different stakeholders in the real estate and construction sector. Pekka also run hisown company for sustainable built environment consulting, project management, research and training, www.slab.fi.
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A programme manager for the NGO ENERGIES 2050, based in France but active internationally, in the fields of climate change, sustainable development, energy transition, development, and sustainable cities, buildings and construction.
Juan Portillo
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United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Denmark
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Fundacion Chile
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Associate Expert, Economy Division
Bettina Heller is an Associate Expert in the United Nations Environment Programme's Economy Division. Previously, Bettina led projects in the area of consumer information, in particular around product sustainability communication, eco-labelling and product lifetime extension. Before joining UNEP, Bettina worked in the area of green industry at UNIDO. Bettina completed her Master's Degree in Global Studies at the University of Vienna (Austria), University of California, Santa Barbara (USA) and University of Wroclaw (Poland), and holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Cultural and Business Studies from the University of Passau (Germany).
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Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI International), Sweden
Patricia Vilchis Tella was a Research Associate at SEI focusing on sustainable consumption, energy access and biofuel sustainability. She managed the Coordination desk of the 10YFP Sustainable Lifestyles and Education Programme.
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Centro de Energía, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the University of Chile (FCFM)
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Mr Sanjay Kumar is an officer of Indian Railway Services of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) and presently working as CHIEF ENGINEER (SIGNAL & TELECOM) in Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (KMRCL) Kolkata, India. He is responsible for planning, International Competitive Bidding tendering, site execution , testing & commissioning including all mandatory approvals for the Kolkata East West Metro Rail (KMRCL) Project for the Signal & Telecom system, Automatic Fare Collection system , Platform Screen Door System & ISA work packages. Mr. Kumar is having over 24 years of experience in multi-functional range of Railway Engineering skills which includes planning, tendering, design, execution testing & commissioning and maintenance of Railway signal & Telecom systems in India and abroad. He has been leader for the complete execution of S&T enabling works of SGDET Malaysia project. He has acquired licenses such as Signaling designer & Verifier from IRSE London & construction license from CIDB, Malaysia. He has been instrumental in commissioning of India's first Wi-Fi internet in running train (Howrah- Delhi Rajdhani express). He has also been instrumental in introducing 1st computer based Train Control charting system, real time train enquiry in Nagpur. Mr. Kumar is member of IRSE London, fellow member of IRSTE/India and Chartered Engineer from Institute of Engineers (India).
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Asociación Civil Generación Par, Argentina
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10YFP Secretariat/UN Environment, Economy Division, France
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Head of Global Public & Government Affairs
Philipps Lighting, The Netherlands
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Aalborg University (AAU)
Kirsten Gram-Hanssen is a Danish professor at Department of the Build Environment of Aalborg University in Copenhagen. She graduated Master from Department of Social Science at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 1991 and in 1996 she was awarded a Ph.d. Her research is centered on housing, everyday life and consumption from a climate and energy perspective. Her research examines differences in household consumption practices and explains these differences within a perspective of theories of practice that emphasizes the importance of routines and technical infrastructures. Her research documents that the social organization of everyday lives means at least as much to the energy consumption of homes as the technical energy efficiency of buildings and appliances. She also researches how new technologies such as private photovoltaic systems and smart control of light and heat affect everyday life and energy consumption. She has been Guest researcher at foreign Universities, among others at Oxford University in 2017. She has also been invited keynote at several international conferences. She has contributed as evaluator for UK, Swedish and Norwegian Research Councils and as EU-expert in evaluating PF7 and ERC projects. Furthermore she is "Member of European Research Council (ERC) identification committee". Kirsten Gram-Hanssen has been project leader on major projects. Among others she has received a ERC Advanced Grant on 2,11 mill € for the project "eCAPE: New energy consumer roles and smart technologies – actors, practices and equality".
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KR Foundation, Denmark
Kate is an expert in sustainable consumption and behaviour change, with a deep commitment to promoting ways of living and organizing societies that are truly sustainable. Her work catalyzes innovative and highly ambitious interventions, through identifying and connecting people, ideas, and opportunities. She is a knowledge broker, advocating for the scientific legitimacy of social sciences in the climate debate, as well as for the essential role of individual behaviour change as a force for systemic change. Kate holds a Master´s degree in Gender, Anthropology & Development, and 20 years' work experience in the non-profit sector as a network-builder, innovator and agent for change. Kate has 12 years of experience as a Sustainable Consumption Consultant, providing research, analysis, training and strategic thinking on sustainable living and social change. Clients have included the European Environment Agency, European Commission, Nordic Council of Ministers, Greenpeace Germany, KR Foundation and Climate Outreach. In addition to her current role as Development Lead at Hot or Cool Institute, she also has voluntary roles at Common Cause Foundation (Non-Executive Director) and SCORAI (Advisory Board).
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Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), Denmark
Mark Lister has a diverse background in sustainability, finance and energy policy. After starting out in corporate banking Mark specialised in clean energy and energy efficiency issues and became a leading Australian energy efficiency advocate, working for both public and private sector entities. He founded cross-sectoral NGO the Australian Alliance to Save Energy, has worked on grassroots efficiency and renewables projects in sub-Saharan Africa, and has taught postgraduate sustainable energy courses. After four years in the Philippines with ADB working to facilitate and scale up climate technology and energy efficiency investments for countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Mark is now based at the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, where he leads the Secretariat for the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform. The Platform is a flagship initiative of the UN-led Sustainable Energy for All Partnership which aims to connect city and country governments with private sector delivery partners and financiers to double the rate of global energy efficiency improvement by 2030.
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Aristeidis Tsakiris is a Mechanical Engineer with a MSc in Sustainable Energy from the Technical University of Denmark. Aristeidis started his career at a small consultancy company focused on energy efficient projects in the Balkans and Baltic areas. He currently works as Programme Officer, seeking to accelerate uptake of energy efficiency policies in emerging and developing economies. His main areas of expertise are energy savings in the building sector, energy Efficiency in the transport sector, and development of energy efficiency Knowledge Management Systems.
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Djaheezah Subratty works as Head, Policy Unit, Energy, Climate, and Technology Branch Economy Division, UN Environment. Her work focuses on energy and climate mitigation policies in the area of feed-in tariffs, energy efficiency, decentralized systems, mitigation readiness and the Sustainable Energy for All initiative. She favours multi-stakeholder engagement approaches. She has close to twenty years of work experience in environment and sustainable development policy and planning, including the associated multilateral processes and extensive field experience. Prior to joining UNEP, Djaheezah worked for three years in environmental consulting in the private sector and for fifteen years in the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Mauritius. She holds special interest in Small Island Developing States and in Sub-Saharan Africa, and contributes her developing country experience to the Branch's work program. She has a multidisciplinary background, with a Bsc in Chemistry and Environmental Studies, an Msc in International Trade and Economic Diplomacy and a post-graduate degree in Solid Waste Management. She is happy to interact in both English and French.
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Nora Steurer is based at the Energy, Climate, and Technology Branch at UN Environment's Economy Division in Paris. She focuses on energy efficiency and specifically on integrating energy efficiency into the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP). She also works on enhancing sustainable energy access through women's entrepreneurship. Before joining UN Environment, Nora worked with the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment) on measuring sustainability and on land degradation issues. She also worked with the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and with the EU-funded SWITCH-Asia Programme on green jobs, eco-entrepreneurship, and on energy efficient economies and SMEs in Asia. Nora also has experience in strengthening sustainable business approaches and sustainable lifestyles, working with the Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP). Nora holds a Master's degree in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford and a Magister degree (similar to a Bachelor and Master combined) in International Development from the University of Vienna. She completed her Bachelor degree in Economics while studying at the Universities of Vienna and Bonn.
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Martina leads UN Environment's work on cities, coordinating the UN Environment wide offer to support cities and promote multi-level policy integration, and is in charge of the cooperation with other UN agencies and partners in the sustainable urban development space. Under her responsibility is also the work on buildings, with the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction, food systems, and the contributions to the respective programmes under the 10 Year Framework of Programmes. Martina has worked for UN Environment since 1999 in different substantive and management functions. Her areas of expertise include sustainable energy, transport, buildings, climate change, air quality and sustainable consumption and production.
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Ghita is a climate finance expert, with 11 years' experience working with the United Nations and financial institutions. Ghita is the International Finance Corporation (IFC) country officer for Morocco. Prior to joining IFC, Ghita was a Programme Officer at the Energy Finance Unit of the UN Environment Programme. She worked with project developers, governments, commercial and development banks. Ghita's focus was on developing institutional capacity, Public Private Partnerships, climate-related project and strategies for the uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency for the Mediterranean region and Sub-Saharan Africa. Ghita holds a MSc in Auditing, Management Accounting & Information Systems from Skema Business School and a master's degree in corporate finance.
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SFMTA Issues RFQ for Next Phase of Mixed-Use Bus Yard
The innovative project will replace the obsolete bus facility and yard with a modern, three-story bus maintenance and storage garage, equipped to serve the SFMTA's fleet as it grows and transitions to battery-electric vehicles.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) released the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Potrero Yard Modernization Project — an innovative project that will replace the obsolete bus facility and yard with a modern, three-story bus maintenance and storage garage, equipped to serve the SFMTA's fleet as it grows and transitions to battery-electric vehicles.
It will also enable more efficient trolley bus maintenance, enhance the agency's resilience to climate change and natural disasters, and ensure that SFMTA staff are able to perform their work with enhanced safety and efficiency measures.
"Potrero Yard is our second oldest bus yard in the Muni system and prior to Covid-19 carried 14% of our total ridership," said Director of Transportation Jeffrey Tumlin. "Rebuilding the yard is not only important for keeping our buses running now and into the future, but also for realizing an incredible opportunity to support the city's housing and affordable housing goals above the yard."
The first-in-the-nation mixed-use bus yard will not only store and maintain 213 buses, increasing capacity by approximately 50%, it will also include up to 575 rental units of housing with an initial affordability target of 50%. The city's commitment to addressing a citywide shortage of affordable housing means this project also challenges potential developers to seek additional funds to maximize the affordability percentage, even up to 100% affordable.
The facility will include the following features:
LEED Gold Certification
Built to an elevated structural and seismic standard
Infrastructure for battery-electric buses
Centralized location for Street Operations — Muni's "first responders"
Centralized, modern space for Muni operator training
Ground floor active uses on Bryant and possibly 17th streets
The RFQ initiates the process to select a developer partner to design and build the project. The RFQ process will evaluate the qualifications of proposed project teams and determine up to three top responders based on an evaluation of relevant experience and qualifications. The top responders will then be invited to submit a full proposal through a subsequent Request for Proposals (RFP) process that will be issued in early 2021. The city strongly encourages all potential respondents to elevate the participation and contribution of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and underrepresented voices as teams are formed. Respondent teams should reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of San Francisco and participation of underrepresented communities.
Read more about Jeffrey Tumlin San Francisco MTA mixed-use development design-build bus capacity


I'm excited to announce that there's a really cool fairy tale themed project going on at hitRECord. For those of you unfamiliar with hitRECord, it's a collaborative, artistic, online community started by avid member Joseph Gordon-Levitt a.k.a. RegularJOE, where any project posted can be remixed by any other member as long as credit is given. The community has produced tons of incredible, original projects, and gives artists of all media (theatre, writing, graphics design, video, music, painting, etc.) all over the world a chance to work together.
Right now, the community is looking for a "classic, timeless story" that's in the public domain that they can use for a large scale artistic collaboration. Basically, they're putting out a call for fairy tales. Right now, the community is still in the submission and decision making process, so anyone can submit a story idea! I actually have a few things that I'm considering submitting.
For a better idea of the project, check out the project page.
RegularJoe a.k.a Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants you to hitRECord!
Even if you don't have an idea, that doesn't mean you can't join in the fun. Get yourself an account and help out with the collaboration, or just keep an eye on the project. Whatever fairy tale is chosen is sure to flourish in this artistic environment.
Although I have been a fan of Bill Willingham's "Fables" comic series for years, I only recently had the opportunity to read the series' first ever full-length novel, "Peter & Max." The book centered around the characters of Peter Piper, his wife Bo Peep, and his evil brother Max Piper.
Here is the beautiful cover art from Bill Willingham's novel, "Peter & Max."
Because the name "Peter" crops up in so many familiar fairy tales and nursery rhymes, Willingham is able to combine all of these stories into the life of one individual, masterfully placing the stories of "Peter and the Wolf" (which is not actually a fairy tale), "Peter Piper," and "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater" on a logical time-line. These stories are also woven around the tales and misadventures of Max, who is the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
As with his Fables comic series, Willingham's book offers us a seamless blend of magical and modern. He describes both the skyscrapers of New York in the twenty-first century and the intricacies of ancient and mystical worlds with ease. Not only that, but he brings his customary twist of darkness and tragedy to every familiar tale he incorporates. Although they retain their flavors, these stories are anything but predictable.
Willingham also makes it possible for both old fans and new readers to enjoy his book. The details of the Fables world are quickly described at the start of the novel, making this a book I would recommend to any lover of fairy tales or fantasy.
It looks like NBC's upcoming show "Grimm" is going to have some competition. ABC is developing their own fairy tale show, "Once Upon a Time." The show, which comes from the writers of "Lost," features a star-studded cast; Jennifer Morrison, Ginnifer Goodwin, and more are listed on the official cast list, and "Pirates of the Caribbean" veteran Lee Arenberg announced his involvement on Twitter less than 24 hours ago.
Jennifer Morrison of "House" is set to play Anna Swan, the star of "Once Upon a Time."
"Once Upon a Time" centers around a town called Storybrook where fairy tale characters exist in the modern world. Although this has the potential to be a great show, it also feels a bit like a rip-off of Bill Willingham's comic series, "Fables." Since ABC got the rights to a "Fables" television show in 2008, one wonders why they seem to be abandoning it for such a similar concept, especially since the comic series has already proven its success; "Fables" has won 14 Eisner awards during its nine year run and it does not seem to be losing any steam. It really makes me wonder if ABC and Vertigo might be having some trouble with their deal, after all.
I also think it's fascinating that two fairy tale shows are coming out at once. In fact, NBC has another show in development with an equally mystical plotline: magical cop drama "17th Precinct." I have not heard any fairy tales mentioned in association with it, but with all the fairy tale films that have been cropping up lately (Snow White especially) I wouldn't be surprised if a few found their way onto the show.
To see a collection of the other tweets and stories I consulted while writing this post, check out the story I created with them on Storify. I've included everything from concept summaries to tweets from the actors themselves.


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A call for compassionate leadership.
By Kieran McCartan, PhD, Kasia Uzieblo, PhD, & David Prescott, LICSW
There is a crisis in leadership! This seems like a sweeping statement, but unfortunately, it's not. In fact, it seems to be getting worse. Over the last few weeks, we have seen very poor leadership being demonstrated on the international and national stages, which has led us to worry about the lack of insight and compassion present in these people as well as in the system. Some examples include:
The repeated failures in the leadership of the Metropolitan police (the police force of Greater London), where there has been more evidence mounting of misogyny, racism, bulling, rape culture, and a lack of respect for victims and their families. This has been compounded by the fallout from the Sarah Everard murder, which was perpetrated during lockdown by a serving police officer. Further, Cressida Dick, the lead police officer, did not take action to remedy matters or even, some would say, recognise the need for change. Overnight, Cressida Dick has resigned as head of the Met Police, but she stated that this was because the mayor of London has lost confidence in her and not because she failed to do her job effectively or recognize the scale of the issues and her ability to respond to them.
- A recent statement by Boris Johnson, the embattled UK Prime Minister, that Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the opposition, was responsible for not prosecuting Jimmy Savile when he was director of Public Prosecutions. This was proven not to be the case; Starmer was not directly responsible. However, Starmer was mobbed and harassed outside of Parliament as a result of Johnson's statement. This situation, in turn, has led to calls for Johnson to apologize and retract the statement, which he has done only in part. The anger raised by Johnson's statement has led to members of his team resigning and condemnation from his own party as well as victims' charities. Johnson's statement has been seen a political move that has backfired.
All of these are examples of poor, tone-deaf leadership. They show that we need to have a more rounded, inclusive, and compassionate approach to the issue of sexual abuse and sexual violence, and that this change needs to come from leadership. The idea of compassionate leadership is not a new one, but it feels like a more salient and pressing one now. It:
"…begins with self-compassion so that by attending to yourself, understanding the challenges you face in your own work (and life more generally), empathising or caring for yourself, and then taking wise action to help yourself, you are able to stay close to the core values that give our lives and work meaning – compassion, wisdom, courage, justice – we are able to have deeper, more authentic and more effective interactions with all those we work with and offer care for" (Professor Michael West)
Compassion leadership is about taking a trauma-informed approach to management across all levels of an organisation so that staff, service users, and partners see that leadership recognises the legacies and impact of trauma, especially when working with complex and nuanced groups. Compassionate leadership embodies the need to lead from a place of understanding, reflection, and adaption; one where all parts of the organisation are open, and able, to adapt their practice from the good of their staff and service users' wellbeing. Compassionate leadership embodies the principles of trauma-informed practice and involves leaders demonstrating the skills, attitudes, and behaviours that they want from their organisations. It means that leaders need to hold a mirror up to themselves, and their organisations, so that they can be held accountable and change. The examples provided above do not embody compassionate leadership. Instead, they demonstrate that the two leaders, Cassandra Dick and Boris Johnson, are not understanding what their actions and organisations have caused. They are not reflecting upon these and changing in a caring as well as considerate way. They are demonstrating that the status quo matters more, and that current practice needs to be maintained. The public would be better off if they reflected on their behaviour, their leadership, and the challenges within the organisation that allows bad practice to continue. Further, they need to develop a rounded, insightful approach that allows change to happen. The first step for any compassionate leader is to recognise the issue, their role in it, and reflect as well as apologise. If our leaders cannot be reflective and compassionate, how can we expect the organisations that they are?
In contrast and returning for a moment to last week's blog on transgressive behaviour at the University of Brussels: For a while there was radio silence from the leadership, while in the media there was a huge storm and witch hunts for professors who had crossed boundaries. We even began to wonder if this silence was disturbing or if it was a good thing. Just today we - as employers - have received a message from our rector in which she accepts responsibility, but also makes clear what lessons were learned and what steps they will take in the future to pay more attention to the needs of victims and improve their communication to victims. It can be done; leaders are able to switch to thinking slow and take thoughtful actions in the right direction.
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If you survived Christmas you might be ready for something of a relaxing nature. You don't have to be a performer to come along to one of our sessions at the Prince of Wales. Come along to listen or participate - they are unhurried so you can just settle back and enjoy yourself. Another chance to learn the art of storytelling in Bournville and another Scandi music afternoon are also there in January. We're also mentioning the monthly French dance session that takes place in Alvechurch with one of our partner groups. So why not come along and join us on one of these dates.


This week we were all Trumped.
A new president of the United States of America is elected and the default response starts with 'I'…?
In the modern day context, the campaign is the pre-preamble. It starts with 'I' the citizen of the United States and 'you' the electorate.
Only when there is a President-elect can both sides talk about what the founding fathers were referring to: The unification of these united states and use the pronoun 'We'.
Perhaps the outcome of #Election2016 is a wake up call to the realities of what western democracy in US terms really looks like.
240 years showing progress and stagnation in equal parts – depending on which side of the political spectrum you swing.
In a traditional system, be it democracy or dictatorship there are roles, responsibilities and procedures to governance.
Trump's ascendence to 'Leader of the Free World' is merely a reflection of the current US system, people and procedures.
Over 70 million American's FAILED to participate. That's nearly 3 x the population of Australia, were disengaged from the process – one assumes for personal reasons.
Of those that did vote, exit polls indicate some lied and therefore skewed election 'forecasting'. The effect? Trump's ascendence appearing nothing short of catastrophic to those who form their opinions through the rumination of the popular press.
I confess my feminist and academic sensibilities were HIGHLY offended initially by the result.
I witnessed the diatribe of intelligent, articulate men and women in my personal newsfeed.
I couldn't for the life of me work out how a man who hadn't worked a day in public service ever, could beat out someone who has done more in public service both personally and professionally than anyone, ever.
When you introduce the 'I' pronoun into politics, you discount the importance of the public in preference of the personal. Subsequently missing the point entirely.
Politics is a mongrel sport and Trump played hard – not smart (although that is yet to be seen).
Republican Nominee for President , Mr Donald Trump has finished his grassroots 'club' game and now having been picked by the selectors is preparing himself for the international competition.
His locker room antics reflective of his place and campaign objectives at the time.
President-elect Trump, however, is a more measured, presence already.
The thing that is scary, yet brilliant is that no-one knows what a Trump Presidency is going to look like, let alone act.
It's his unpredictability that is so unnerving – for EVERYONE… and therein lies its brilliance.
Systemic change takes time and eight years just wasn't long enough for Obama to achieve this…although predictably he tried.
Real societal change has only been achieved in the West through innovation.
That being said, even digital disruption is going to be a long road to haul.
US Presidential Campaigns are a roadshow of personality designed to mobilise an apathetic public, to engage and legitimise political process.
The system design is based on tactics of persuasion and rhetoric, a solid foundation prone to perversion of message, intent and free will.
Distance does not provide immunity. In Australia, the leadership 'Spills' of the past five years were our version of the cult of the political personality.
The roadshow of Man Vs Woman, Entrepreneur Vs Public Servant for President of the United States was in the end, polarising.
So it is little surprise, the result has also proven to be.
What needs to be remembered is not what the result was, but how the Presidency evolves.
After all, there was a reason the Founding Fathers put in the checks and balances they did.
They knew no matter which side won, the President elect was always going to be human.
… and with that comes high emotion.
While the yet to be discussed personal security implications of Spectacles is yet to be acknowledged, let alone realised by the majority, they hint towards a very near future of integrated wearables.
Much in the same vein as mobile phones effortlessly transformed into smartphones and an extension of mankind, are Spectacles the next step in new media?
In other SnapChat news, SnapChat is no longer and Snap Inc. it is.
'When we were just getting started it made sense to name our company Snapchat Inc., because Snapchat was our only product! Now that we are developing other products, like Spectacles, we need a name that goes beyond just one product – but doesn't lose the familiarity and fun of our team and brand' said Snapchat founder (and Miranda Kerr's finance), Evan Spiegel.
Given the recent intro of Spectacles, it seems not only a timely re-brand, but a prelude to a product range of integrated wearables.
Snap Inc.'s approach, also highlights the importance of search in locating company products, no matter what the size, shape or form of your company.


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Il collegio di Città di Castello fu un collegio elettorale uninominale della Repubblica Italiana per l'elezione della Camera dei deputati. Apparteneva alla circoscrizione Umbria e fu utilizzato per eleggere un deputato nella XII, XIII e XIV legislatura.

Venne istituito nel 1993 con la cosiddetta Legge Mattarella (Legge n. 277, Nuove norme per l'elezione della Camera dei deputati), attuata in seguito al referendum abrogativo del 1993. La legge istituì per la Camera dei deputati e per il Senato della Repubblica un sistema di elezione misto, in parte maggioritario e in parte proporzionale. Il 75% dei parlamentari dell'assemblea veniva eletto in collegi uninominali tramite sistema maggioritario a turno unico; il restante 25% alla Camera veniva eletto tramite sistema proporzionale con liste bloccate.

Il collegio venne abolito insieme a tutti gli altri che costituivano la Camera con la promulgazione della legge elettorale successiva, la cosiddetta Legge Calderoli. Questa prevedeva un sistema proporzionale con premio di maggioranza, che alla Camera veniva attribuito a livello nazionale.

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Il collegio di Città di Castello era uno dei 7 collegi uninominali in cui era suddivisa l'Umbria e, come previsto dal D.Lgs. del 20 dicembre 1993 n. 536, era interamente compreso nella provincia di Perugia e comprendeva i seguenti comuni: Castiglione del Lago, Citerna, Città di Castello, Lisciano Niccone, Magione, Monte Santa Maria Tiberina, Montone, Paciano, Panicale, Passignano sul Trasimeno, Piegaro, Pietralunga, San Giustino, Tuoro sul Trasimeno e Umbertide.

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XIII legislatura

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Risultati uninominale

XIV legislatura

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 Circoscrizioni e collegi elettorali della Camera dei deputati del 1993

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