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Average custodial sentence length of young offenders in England/Wales 2004-2015
Length of average custodial sentence of young people in England and Wales from 2004/2005 to 2014/2015 (in months)
This statistic shows the length in months of an average custodial sentence for young offenders (10 to 17 years old) in England and Wales in 2004/2005 to 2014/2015. In 2014/2015 the average custodial sentence length was 14.9 months. This was the peak for this 11 year period.
United Kingdom (England, Wales)
April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2015
Crime & Law Enforcement
United Kingdom (UK): prison population 2011-2019, by gender
Expenditure on prisons in the United Kingdom (UK) 2009-2018
Prison population of England and Wales in 2018, by age group
Prison population in England and Wales 1978-2019
Statistics on "Prisons in England and Wales"
Number of prisoners in custody in England and Wales from 1978 to 2019, (in 1,000 prisoners)Prison population in England and Wales 1978-2019
Number of prison officers in England and Wales from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 officers)Number of prison officers in England and Wales 2010-2019
Largest prisons in England and Wales as of August 31, 2018, by number of prisonersLargest prisons by population in England and Wales in 2018
Number of assaults among prisoners in custody in England and Wales from 2005 to 2017Assaults among prisoners in England and Wales 2005-2017
Number of assaults on prison staff in England and Wales from 2005 to 2017Prison assaults on staff in England and Wales 2005-2017
Rate of deaths during prison custody per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2000 to 2018Rate of deaths per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales 2000-2018
Public sector expenditure on prisons in the United Kingdom from 2009/2010 to 2017/2018 (in billion GBP)Expenditure on prisons in the United Kingdom (UK) 2009-2018
Number of natural deaths in prison custody in England and Wales from 2000 to 2018Natural deaths among prisoners in England and Wales 2000-2018
Prison population in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2019, by gender (in thousands)*United Kingdom (UK): prison population 2011-2019, by gender
Leading religious faiths of prisoners in England and Wales as of March 2018*Leading religions of prisoners in England and Wales in 2018
Leading nationalities of foreign prisoners in England and Wales as of March 2018*, by nationalityLeading nationalities of foreign prisoners in England and Wales in 2018
Prison population of England and Wales as of March 2018, by age groupPrison population of England and Wales in 2018, by age group
Prisons with the most assault incidents in England and Wales in 2017Prison assaults: prisons with the most incidents in England and Wales in 2017
Prisons with the most assaults on staff in England and Wales in 2017Prison assaults: prisons with the most assaults on staff England and Wales 2017
Assault rate by male prisons per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2017Male prisons assault rate in England and Wales 2005-2017
Assault rate in female prisons per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2017Rate of female prisons assaults per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales 2005-2017
Distribution of prison assault assailants in custody in England and Wales in 2017, by ethnicity*Prison assault assailants in England and Wales 2017, by ethnicity
Distribution of prison assault victims in custody in England and Wales in 2017, by ethnicity*Prison assault victims in England and Wales 2017, by ethnicity
Distribution of prison assault assailants in England and Wales in 2017, by time in current prisonAssailants among prisoners in England and Wales 2017, by time in current prison
Distribution of prison assault victims in England and Wales in 2017, by time in current prisonPrison assault victims in England and Wales 2017, by time in current prison
Number of individuals self-harming in prison in England and Wales from 2004 to 2018 (in 1,000)Individuals self-harming in prison in England and Wales 2004-2018
Self-harming male prisoners per 1,000 prisoners in custody in England and Wales from 2004 to 2018Rate of males self-harming in prison in England and Wales 2004-2018
Self-harming female prisoners per 1,000 prisoners in custody in England and Wales from 2004 to 2018Rate of females self-harming in prison in England and Wales 2004-2018
Number of prison self-harm related hospital attendances in England and Wales from 2004 to 2018 (in 1,000)Prison self-harming related hospitalizations in England and Wales 2004-2018
Number of male prisoners self harming in England and Wales in 2017, by age groupMale prisoners self harming in England and Wales 2017, by age
Number of female prisoners self harming in England and Wales in 2017, by age groupFemale prisoners self harming in England and Wales 2017, by age
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018, by time in current prisonSelf-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales 2018, by time in prison
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018, by time in custodySelf-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales 2018, by time in custody
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018*, by type of custodySelf-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales 2018, by type of custody
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018, by ethnicity Self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales 2018, by ethnicity
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018, by nationality typeSelf-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales 2018, by nationality
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018*, by sentenceSelf-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales 2018, by sentence
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018, by methodSelf-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales 2018, by method
Indictable offences distribution of young offenders in England/Wales in 2014/2015
Italy: number of persons indicted for slavery 2011-2014
Italy: number of persons indicted for trafficking in persons 2011-2014
Italy: number of persons indicted for sale and trade of slaves 2011-2014
Italy: number of persons indicted for trafficking in persons 2014 by citizenship
Young offenders found guilty of burglary in England/Wales 2012/13
Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO) breached in England/Wales 2000-2013
Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) breached in England/Wales 2000 to 2013 by region
Anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) issuers in England/Wales 1999-2013
Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO) issued in England/Wales by region 1999 to 2013
Anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) durations issued in England/Wales 2013
Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBO) issued in England/Wales 1999 to 2013
Italy: share of prisoners 2016, by sentence length
Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBO) issued in England/Wales 1999 to 2013, by age
Average time served by prisoners in the U.S. in 2014, by state
Average time served by nonviolent offenders in the U.S. in 2014, by state
Average time served by the longest serving offenders in the U.S. in 2014, by state
Breakdown of the U.S. prison population by time served in 2014, by state
Distribution of time served in prison in Finland 2017, by length of sentence
Prisoners in the United States
Crime and punishment around the world
Violent crime in the U.S.
Crime and Penitentiary System in China
Property crime in the U.S.
Crime in Canada
Aboriginal crime and justice in Canada
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Racism and prejudice in Italy
Gender-based violence in Italy
Correctional services in Canada
Prison system in Singapore
Prisons in England and Wales
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La condizione delle bambine e delle ragazze nel mondo
Terrorism in the European Union
Terrorism in the United Kingdom
Hate crime in the United Kingdom
Homicide in South America
Homicide in Central America & Mexico
Number of prisoners in custody in England and Wales from 1978 to 2019, (in 1,000 prisoners)
Number of prison officers in England and Wales from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 officers)
Largest prisons in England and Wales as of August 31, 2018, by number of prisoners
Number of assaults among prisoners in custody in England and Wales from 2005 to 2017
Number of assaults on prison staff in England and Wales from 2005 to 2017
Rate of deaths during prison custody per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2000 to 2018
Public sector expenditure on prisons in the United Kingdom from 2009/2010 to 2017/2018 (in billion GBP)
Number of natural deaths in prison custody in England and Wales from 2000 to 2018
Prison population in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2019, by gender (in thousands)*
Leading religious faiths of prisoners in England and Wales as of March 2018*
Leading nationalities of foreign prisoners in England and Wales as of March 2018*, by nationality
Prison population of England and Wales as of March 2018, by age group
Prisons with the most assault incidents in England and Wales in 2017
Prisons with the most assaults on staff in England and Wales in 2017
Assault rate by male prisons per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2017
Assault rate in female prisons per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2017
Distribution of prison assault assailants in custody in England and Wales in 2017, by ethnicity*
Distribution of prison assault victims in custody in England and Wales in 2017, by ethnicity*
Distribution of prison assault assailants in England and Wales in 2017, by time in current prison
Distribution of prison assault victims in England and Wales in 2017, by time in current prison
Distribution of fighters in prison custody in England and Wales in 2017, by time in current prison
Number of sexual assaults in prisons in England and Wales in 2017, by assailant/victim type*
Number of prisoner on officer assaults in England and Wales from 2005 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
Number of prison assaults involving weapons in England and Wales in 2017, by weapon type
Number of prison assaults involving a weapon in England and Wales from 2005 to 2017
Number of prison assaults where a knife/blade was used in England and Wales from 2005 to 2017
Serious injuries arising from prison assault incidents in England and Wales in 2017, by type of injury
Number of individuals self-harming in prison in England and Wales from 2004 to 2018 (in 1,000)
Self-harming male prisoners per 1,000 prisoners in custody in England and Wales from 2004 to 2018
Self-harming female prisoners per 1,000 prisoners in custody in England and Wales from 2004 to 2018
Number of prison self-harm related hospital attendances in England and Wales from 2004 to 2018 (in 1,000)
Number of male prisoners self harming in England and Wales in 2017, by age group
Number of female prisoners self harming in England and Wales in 2017, by age group
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018, by time in current prison
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018, by time in custody
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018*, by type of custody
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018, by ethnicity
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018, by nationality type
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018*, by sentence
Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in custody in England and Wales in 2018, by method
Distribution of young people (10 to 17) sentenced for indictable offences in England and Wales in 2014/2015, by sentence type
Number of persons indicted for slavery (art.600) in Italy from July 2011 to June 2014
Number of persons indicted for trafficking in persons in Italy from July 2011 to June 2014
Number of persons indicted for sale and trade of slaves in Italy from July 2011 to June 2014
Number of persons indicted for trafficking in persons in Italy from July 2011 to June 2014, by citizenship
Number of young people found guilty of burglary in England and Wales in 2012/2013, by age group
Share of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) breached in England and Wales from June 2000 to December 2013, by age group*
Regions with the largest Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) breach rate in England and Wales from June 2000 to December 2013*
Number of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) issued in England and Wales from April 1999 to December 2013, by applying body
Regions which issued the most Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) in England and Wales from April 1999 to December 2013
Number of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) issued in England and Wales in 2013, by duration of order
Number of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) issued in England and Wales from April 1999 to December 2013
Distribution of prisoners in Italy in 2016, by sentence length
Total number of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) issued in England and Wales from April 1999 to December 2013, by age group
Average length of time served by inmates in prisons in the United States in 2014, by state (in years)
Average length of time served by inmates imprisoned for nonviolent offenses in the United States in 2014, by state (in years)
Average time served by inmates in the bottom 90 and top 10 percentiles in the United States in 2014, by state (in years)
Percentage of prison population in the United States in 2014, by state and length of time served
Distribution of time served in prison by released prisoners in Finland in selected years in 2017, by length of sentence


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Robert Awan Aurdur (June 10, 1922 – November 20, 1978) was an American screenwriter, fiwm director, and fiwm producer.
Raised in Freeport, he a was pre‐med student at de University of Pennsywvania. Once Worwd War II broke out, he weft to join de Marines.
In de earwy years of tewevision, he wrote for Studio One and den moved on to write episodes of Mister Peepers (1952–53). He fowwowed wif tewepways for Campbeww Pwayhouse (1954), Justice (1954), Goodyear Tewevision Pwayhouse (1953–54) and Producers' Showcase (1955). One of his four 1951-55 pways for Phiwco Tewevision Pwayhouse was de Emmy-nominated A Man Is Ten Feet Taww (1955), wif Don Murray and Sidney Poitier, which was adapted two years water as de deatricaw fiwm, Edge of de City (1957) wif Poitier and John Cassavetes.
He wrote two tewepways for Pwayhouse 90, and one of dese, A Sound of Different Drummers (3 October 1957), borrowed so heaviwy from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 dat Bradbury sued. He appears wif Merwe Miwwer in David Susskind's biographicaw [https://www.amazon, uh-hah-hah-hah.com/Give-em-Heww-Harry-Truman/dp/B079XZQJV7/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=David+Susskind&qid=1550808915&s=instant-video&sr=1-5 tewevision bio "Give Em Heww Harry" of President Truman, and gets off a great wine, " . . . going into a Howard Johnsons's was bad enough, but wif a President." They discuss George Marshaww, Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, and observations on Truman's respect for Marshaww.
After 1957, he continued to do screenpways. He was one of de writers on Spring Reunion (1957), notabwe as Betty Hutton's wast movie, fowwowing wif Warwock (1959), and his earwier association wif Cassavetes wed to script contributions on de actor's directoriaw debut wif Shadows (1959). After an uncredited contribution to Liwif (1964), he scripted John Frankenheimer's Grand Prix (1966).
He wrote and directed The Lost Man (1969) about a bwack miwitant (Sidney Poitier). As de writer-producer of Aww That Jazz (1979), he received two posdumous Academy Award nominations.
Aurdur served in de United States Marine Corps during Worwd War II. He was de first husband of actress Beatrice Ardur, who awso served in de Marines; dey divorced in 1950 and had no chiwdren, uh-hah-hah-hah. She used a variation of his surname as her professionaw name.
Aurdur died of wung cancer in New York City, aged 56.
^ a b Canby, Vincent (December 20, 1979). "Aww That Jazz (1979) The Screen: Roy Scheider Stars in 'Aww That Jazz':Peter Pan Syndrome". The New York Times.
^ Thomas, Robert McG. (November 21, 1978). "Robert A. Aurdur, 56 Years Owd, A Leading Writer and Producer". NY Times. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
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Q: how can i make each html/css into a separate block? I am trying to have one box on the left, center and right- however it's all connected to the body in css. i am not sure what i am doing wrong, as i am new and this is the first time i am trying to create my own code from scratch vs copy one i have found. thank you!
HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="portfolio.css">

CSS:

body{
    background-color: darkolivegreen;
    display:flex;
    justify-content: flex-end;

}

.top-container{
    display: flex;
    border-style: solid;
    background-color:white;
    margin:5px;
    width:200px;
    height:200px;

}
.mid-container{
    display:flex;
    border-style:solid;
    background-color: teal;
    margin:5px;
    width:100px;
    height:100px;

}

.bottom-container{
     display:flex;
    justify-items: flex-end;
    border-style: solid;
    background-color: thistle;
    margin:5px;
    height: 200px;
    width:200px;
}

A: I would pull the .header outside of .container (and make it a semantic header element), since it will only interfere with what you're trying to accomplish using flexbox. Using justify-content: space-between on the flex parent, you will position the three children on the left, center, and right regions.
From MDN, regarding justify-content: space-between:

Distribute items evenly. The first item is flush with the start, the last is flush with the end

One thing to remember with flexbox, and also grid, is that you usually set these types of positioning rules in the parent element, and the children do as they're told.

.container {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
}

/*
 For the sake of the demo, set all immediate children to
 have a one pixel red border
*/
.container > * {
  border: 1px solid red;
}

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A: you don't need to add display: flex; in every box.
what you can do is just add display:flex;,  justify-content: flex-end; and to other box add margin-right: auto;  both first and second box.

Here's the code. Let me know if it doesn't work for you.

body{
    background-color: darkolivegreen;

}
.container {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: flex-end;
}
.top-container{
    border-style: solid;
    background-color:white;
    margin:5px;
    width:200px;
    height:200px;
    margin-right: auto;
}
.mid-container{
    border-style:solid;
    justify-content: center;
    background-color: teal;
    margin:5px;
    width:100px;
    height:100px;
    margin-right: auto;
}

.bottom-container{
    border-style: solid;
    background-color: thistle;
    margin:5px;
    height: 200px;
    width:200px;
}

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The coroner
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Burial abroad
What to do if you want to remove a body for burial in another country.
Death with no next of kin
What are the council's responsibilities in arranging a funeral and dealing with the estate?
Donation of body
What to do if the deceased asked for their body to be donated to medical science.
Mortuary service
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What a grant of probate, or letter of administration, allows you to do.
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Posted on June 14, 2017 by Wes Messamore
States Are Taking Steps to Encourage Minority Marijuana Entrepreneurs to Enter The Marijuana Industry
States have taken it a step further than legalizing marijuana: some are actually encouraging minority marijuana entrepreneurs to enter the market for legal marijuana sales and start their own marijuana businesses! Could we be living in better times for the cultivation, sale, and us of marijuana?
The kind of healing of old wounds and restitution for past injustices inherent in these policies is incredibly encouraging for the burgeoning legal marijuana industry. This is especially true after decades of drug prohibition laws that were enforced with a disproportionate effect of violence and repression on black and Hispanic communities in the United States.
In the Associated Press report on this welcome development for minority marijuana entrepreneurs, the AP featured a photograph of Andre Shavers and told his story.
Shavers, a black minority marijuana entrepreneur who runs a marijuana delivery business in Oakland California, is a living, personal example of the positive changes that have been set in motion by the ascendancy of the legal marijuana movement in American politics.
He was once sentenced to five years of probation on felony charges after police authorities broke into his house (in an area of Oakland with some of the most heavy-handed police enforcement) and found a quarter ounce of the harmless plant.
Now Oakland and other cities and states with legal marijuana laws presently on the books are making an effort to make amends to minorities for the damage marijuana prohibition has done to their families and communities.
According to statistics gathered by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, African-Americans accounted for 5.6 percent of the Golden State's population, but made up a disproportionate 16 percent of marijuana arrests in 2015.
Oakland officials have now approved a policy that sets aside half of the city's marijuana licenses for low-income residents who have been convicted of a marijuana crime or who live in a neighborhood ravaged by the fallout from the heavy handed prohibition enforcement.
In Washington state, where recreational marijuana businesses were legalized by ballot proposition in the 2012 election, Brian Smith, a spokesman for the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, said the board is looking at ways to ensure minorities are well represented among licensees, including the use of targeted outreach to ethnic communities to diversify the licensee pool.
Just about 3 percent of retail marijuana license holders in Washington are African-American, roughly tracking the percentage of the population in the state where 3.5 percent of Washington residents are black. Like California, in 2015 African-Americans made up a disproportionate share- 11 percent- of marijuana arrests.
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Working in farming and the rural sector presents challenges and opportunities in equal measures, with our clients having to manage their day to day business in light of unpredictable variables – not least the weather! The impact of Brexit on the sector remains to be seen with the only consensus being that change will be coming, one way or another. Change however, creates opportunities and being prepared for and embracing change will provide the best chance of success.
What happens when Britain leaves the EU depends on what – if anything – would replace the Common Agricultural Policy, which is the big unknown for farmers. It is impossible to measure the impact of being outside the EU since we do not know the relationship the UK would have with the EU, nor the conditions under which farmers would be expected to operate. The government is consulting on proposals to deliver a new farming policy and in particular, a new system of paying farmers.
The Environment Secretary has pledged to provide the same amount of farm support that is currently provided under CAP until 2022. Beyond 2022, there will be a transition period lasting a number of years during which direct payments will continue. However, the government considers that in the first year of this period reducing direct payments could free up to approximately £150 million which could be used to support farmers.
On 21 June 2017, the Queen's Speech set out the Agriculture Bill, which will be complemented by legislation to "ensure that the United Kingdom makes a success of Brexit, establishing new national policies on agriculture." The purpose of the Bill is to provide stability to farmers as the United Kingdom exits the EU and support to help them compete both domestically and on the global market, allowing the UK to grow, sell and export more British food. The government believes that the main benefits of the Bill will be to support a self-reliant farming sector to be more competitive, productive and profitable, protect the natural environment and provide stability for UK farmers as the country leaves the EU.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that the Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme (CPSH) has been popular with farmers with more than 3,500 grants being award across the county, worth £23.5 million (an extension of the initial £15 million allocated).
The scheme helps farmers to purchase equipment to increase productivity, with grants available to aid electronic identification of livestock, improve the application of manures, and introduce guidance systems to aid precision farming.
The scheme is currently closed but a second round of funding will be available in the Autumn and Defra has also announced an extension of the 150-day grant claiming period for certain equipment. Most importantly, the government has guaranteed funding if grants are agreed and signed before the UK departure from the EU, so long as the projects are good value for money and they are in line with domestic strategic priorities. Farmers should look to see what grants they could take advantage of this Autumn.
Since the Brexit vote, the number of seasonal workers travelling to the UK from the EU continues to fall year on year. Much has been made in the national press regarding the shortage of such workers in 2018. Current predictions focus on increased prices, crops going to waste and shortages in crops such as soft fruits.
Due to the fall in the value of the pound and a perceived hostility towards foreign workers, many EU workers are already choosing to remain in their home countries or finding seasonal work elsewhere in the EU. The Government is seeking to reassure the agricultural community that labour needs will be met post-Brexit however, it is likely that the problem will continue (or more likely, increase) once the Brexit process is complete, regardless of the measures that are put in place. Employers reliant on seasonal workers should plan ahead and develop strategies to cope with what is likely to be a growing issue.
English planning law and policy is changeable, unpredictable and impacts greatly on farming and the wider rural economy.
Two welcome changes to the permitted development rights came into effect on 6th April. First is the increase to the number of dwellings which may be created from redundant agricultural buildings under Class Q of Part 3. It is now possible to create either (i) up to three larger dwelling houses with a maximum cumulative total residential floor space of 465 square metres or (ii) up to five smaller ones each with no larger than 100 square metres of residential floor space or (iii) a mixture of larger and smaller houses. Second is the increase in the maximum size of agricultural buildings permitted under Classes A and B of Part 6, up to 1000sqm from 465sqm.
• strengthening protection for natural habitats and ancient woodlands and clarifying that development within National Parks and AONBs should be limited.
Pre and post nuptial agreements continue to be hot topics in the months leading up to traditional wedding season. Whilst it is often portrayed in the media that pre-nuptial agreements are reserved for the mega-wealthy, the majority of pre-nuptial agreements are in fact favoured by families who simply cannot afford to not have one.
The benefits of a pre-nuptial agreement are often considered the insurance policies to protect those families or individuals with inherited wealth, family businesses or where preserving assets for future generations is key. This also includes where the "wrong" division of assets would have a devastating effect on the business and income stream for the family. This is often most typically felt in the farming and agricultural sector where the benefit of a pre-nuptial agreement gives both parties clarity and protection on all side and where it is most needed.
Whilst pre-nuptial agreements are on the face of it not formally legally binding, case law demonstrates that if entered into freely and fairly parties will find that the terms of such an agreement will be upheld.
The inheritance tax (IHT) nil rate band allowance remains frozen at £325,000 per person in 2018/19. However, where certain criteria are met, individuals can now benefit from an additional IHT relief introduced in April 2017 known as the residence nil rate band. The allowance in 2018/19 is £125,000 per individual rising to £175,000 in 2020/21. Some consideration will need to be made by farmers in order to secure the relief, which may involve a review of the ownership of the farmhouse and consideration of how to structure passing it to the next generation whilst maximising IHT reliefs.
More changes are afoot; the Office of Tax Simplification has launched a consultation to simplify IHT rules and commentators suggest some changes to Agricultural Property Relief are on the horizon and are predicted to be announced in the Autumn Budget.
The decision of a long-running inheritance dispute was finally made in 2017, reinforcing the importance of testamentary freedom i.e. that a person making a will can have a greater expectation that their wishes will be taken into account.
In the case of Ilott V Mitson, a mother had excluded her daughter from her will and instead left her estate to three charities. Following a claim under the Inheritance Act 1975 for reasonable financial provision, the daughter was initially awarded £50,000, a sum which was increased upon appeal, but then finally reinstated by the Supreme Court last year.
As with most cases, this one was fact specific, but it serves as a reminder to individuals making a will that any decisions, particularly those which exclude beneficiaries, should be detailed and justified, to ensure peace of mind that their wishes will be carried out.
Brachers' strong reputation of advising and supporting the agriculture sector and land based businesses has been built over a period of more than 100 years Please note this summary is not a substitute for legal advice.


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Patrick Faigenbaum: The rebellious slave, 2005
Reference: KM011423
Appreciated at the beginning as a painter and draughtsman, Patrick Faigenbaum (born in 1954) took up photography in 1973. Very quickly, it is distinguished by its fascinating representations of bodies. Whether they are alive (very fixed portraits of his family, his friends, his entourage and the old Italian artistocracy) or of stone (bustings of Roman emperors...), they question us so much they seem to go beyond our daily life and escape from a dreamlike universe.
During a second stay in Florence in 1986, Patrick Faingenbaum fell under the spell of the stone flesh of Michel Ange's four unfinished Slaves. Two decades later, in 2003-2004, he looked again at the contorted manner of the Italian Master and more particularly at the two Slaves of the Louvre: The Rebellious Slave and The Dying Slave (sculpted from 1513 for the Tomb of Julius II).
For a year, the artist went to the empty rooms of the Louvre (Tuesday) to maintain an intimate face-to-face relationship with the sculptures. Gradually, he apprehends their plastic volumes, the tension of their muscles, the subtlety of their attitudes... and manages - through fragmentation and subtle luminous contrasts - to reveal their elusive and unattainable mysteries.
Artist and engraver: Patrick Faigenbaum, 1954
Engraving date: 2005
Technique: Rotogravure
Editor:rmngp
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Kneeling character
Arnulf Rainer: View and Perspective of the Tuileries Palace and Gardens, 1992
Louise Bourgeois: Mountain Lakes
Pierre Alechinsky: The travelling brush
Giuseppe Penone - Propagazione, 2009
Bertrand Henry: Moving to the Black Rocks, 2001
Balthasar Burkhard: The bride's dress, 2001
Nude at the Eiffel Tower
Yvonne Ripa de Roveredo: dancer
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Q: which algebraic curves admit (nice?) geometric characterizations? Caveat lector: this a super soft question.
In an effort to help my students, across many different courses, better appreciate and put to work the distinction between geometric objects & properties that are "intrinsic" or "coordinate-independent" and algebraic objects & properties that depend on "extrinsic" definition by coordinates, I thought I would compile a gallery of examples of algebraic curves commonly encountered in the high school curriculum (graphs of low-degree polynomials, conic sections, etc.) -- something along the lines of "Four Ways of Describing Curves in the Plane," emphasizing that a single geometric object admits many different algebraic descriptions (viz.: as an image of a function in only the most special cases, an image of a parametrization more broadly, or as a level set even more broadly) that depend on coordinates. I think this sort of thing should become routine in high school courses, not least because my students in linear algebra never fail to struggle with the idea of a linear transformation as an object that exists independent of its representation with respect to coordinates in a specific basis. That struggle really isn't their fault. They've been taught to over-algebraize everything and conceive of the objects they study as essentially rather than accidentally attached to a specific coordinate description.
So I thought I'd write up a workbook that shows students how to take several of the geometric objects they encounter routinely and (a) describe them algebraically in as many ways as possible in standard Cartesian coordinates, (b) describe them algebraically in as many ways as possible in OTHER coordinates (with emphasis on simple translated coordinates for their importance in completing the square and the Tschirnhaus transformation for eliminating quadratic terms in cubics, etc.), and (c) describe them geometrically, independent of coordinates. So you can imagine a nice little exercise here, taking the parabola given by $f(x)=x^2+2x+1$, say, and forcing to students to work AWAY from this overly familiar representation through a parametric and level-set description, to a description in translated coordinates, and finally to the holy grail, the geometric description in terms of focus and directrix. I think motivating the discussion as one that aims to try to move AWAY from algebra and coordinates TOWARD a characterization that uses purely geometrical ideas would help students understand why they have to learn all that crap about directrices anyway: they could at least learn to see what makes it conceptually interesting, instead of just seeing it as yet another way of describing an object they already know how to describe. What isn't emphasized enough, of course, is the nature of the description. The goal would be to help students start to conceive of the graph of a function in the plane as an equivalence class of many different functions, namely those that can be obtained from the original function by a change of coordinates. And you can see how nicely this would help students start thinking in terms of Lie group actions, etc....
But now, here's the thing. I've never had any algebraic geometry. I wanted to take some cubic polynomials through this series of redescriptions, especially for the sake of showing students that a translation can always eliminate the quadratic and hence of illustrating that an intelligent change of coordinates can greatly simplify a problem. But then I realized: I don't know a geometric characterization of graphs of general cubics. And then I realized it's even worse than that: I don't even know in general which algebraic curves admit geometric characterizations (where a geometric characterization would rely solely on metric notions without giving specific coordinates). In fact, I know that's an ill-posed problem, but I imagine the basic idea is a driving idea behind a lot of work in algebraic geometry.
So my questions are pretty simple and perhaps trivial for people who know algebraic geometry, so I apologize in advance, but I hope I might be able to elicit some interesting answers/comments:

*

*(1) is there some nice way to characterize graphs of cubics geometrically?

*(2) what sense can be made of my question about "which algebraic curves admit geometric characterizations?" My gut says something like -- every curve should admit one; it just might be incredibly hard/impossible to describe it.

A: First question

(1) is there some nice way to characterize graphs of cubics geometrically?

By "graph of cubic" I assume you mean something like $y = ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d$, right? In this form the $x$ and $y$ directions play different roles, which makes them a rather coordinate-dependent thing. The proper geometric generalization would probably be
$$
a_{3,0}x^3 +
a_{2,0}x^2 +
a_{2,1}x^2y +
a_{1,0}x +
a_{1,1}xy +
a_{1,2}xy^2 +
a_{0,0} +
a_{0,1}y +
a_{0,2}y^2 +
a_{0,3}y^3
= 0$$
You can recover your version by setting all coefficients related to $y$ to zero, except for $a_{0,1}$ which you'd set to $-1$. So this is more general.
There might be better references to this, but Cayley's paper on the construction of the ninth point of intersection of the cubics which pass through eight given points does start by describing a construction for a cubic given 9 points which define it. It then continues to the special case where this cubic is still not uniquely defined, because the 9th point is already implied by the other 8 due to Cayley-Bacharach theorem. All of this pretty independent of coordinate system. It might contain useful bits and pointers.
Second question

(2) what sense can be made of my question about "which algebraic curves admit geometric characterizations?" My gut says something like -- every curve should admit one; it just might be incredibly hard/impossible to describe it.

By fixing a projective reference frame, i.e. a line at infinity, an origin and a point a unit distance away from the origin in both coordinate directions, you can turn any algebraic computation on the coordinates of a point into a sequence of constructions. This is because there exist constructions to perform addition and multiplication using primitives from projective incidence geometry. So a formulation like "a point lies on this curve if that equation is zero" can be turned into "a point lies on this curve if that point constructed from it coincides with the origin". If the original curve is independent of coordinate system, then the reference frame can be chosen as arbitrarily. In particular, if a class of curves is invariant under projective transformations, then the projective reference frame may be chosen completely arbitrarily. If, on the other hand, your curves are only invariant under e.g. affine transformations, then you have to fix the role of the line at infinity, which means adding things like parallel lines to your set of geometric primitives. Likewise for similarity transformations, where you need primitives related to angles, or even Euclidean transformations, where you need length measurements.


When it comes to the home, we often treat the interior with a lot more care and attention than we do on the outside. However, the longer that habit continues, the more and more dissatisfied you will be with the face of the home that it's no longer an issue that can be ignored. You'll feel like you're greeted by an eyesore every day. Thankfully, there are plenty of ways to give the home a face-lift, some of them cheap and cheerful, too. Here are a few ways to transform the exterior of your home.
The exterior of the home draws a lot of attention, but for anyone actually coming in the home, it's the entrance that's going to get most of it. A welcome mat is a start, but there's a lot more than can be done to make the front door much more welcoming, too. A brighter coat of paint and some love and care for any metal parts like knockers and handles can immediately add some sheen. You can use overhead lighting or hang some plant baskets just by the front door to give it a much livelier, warmer approach as well.
A little green goes a long way just beyond the front door, as well. Whether you use landscaping or focus more on potted planters, the right flowers can make a perfect impression for the home, as homedit.com shows. If you have a porch or any other sort of awning, it makes it even better since you can display more without having to worry about the plants being overly exposed to the elements and needing a lot of upkeep. This is especially true of those who have a lot of paved slabs or a lot of decking in front of the house. The outdoors looks especially good with a drop of nature and keeping it too clean and too man-made can end up making it look a little sterile.
If you have a big porch or patio directly outside the home, then it means you already have some usable space. The front garden can be a great place to spend time with the family on those summer evenings. Even if you don't use it too often, making it at least look livable can make the whole home seem much friendlier and more approachable. To that end, even a little furniture can do the trick. Check out nostalgicporchswings.com if, for instance, you have a more old-fashioned looking home and you think you could create just the right rustic appeal. Furniture, mailboxes, and the other little additions also make a good choice for making small, seasonal color changes that keep updating the look little by little.
The home is going to be most visible during the day, of course, but many have the issue that as soon as night descends, it becomes cloaked in shadow. It can genuinely create a rather intimidating nature about the house, which is exactly what you don't want to come home to in the fall and winter evenings. A little lighting goes a long, long way. Play with landscape lighting, particularly under any big front garden elements such as trees of squat bushes. If you have a patio or an overhanging roof that's not too high up from the ground, the under lighting can give it a nice glow. When you're done with work in the winter, there's nothing better than coming back to a home that looks warm and comfortable even from a distance and lighting can give it that vibe.
Regardless how well cared for it, the materials on the façade of the home are going to wear down eventually. If your home has a wooden exterior, then so long as the wood itself is in good condition, it might be as simple as giving it a new coat of paint to make it look brand new again. If you're not going to use painters for the job, then make sure you get plenty of prep work in as suggested by thespruce.com. Even if you choose the right season for it, it's a long monotonous task and you might find yourself racing against time to beat out the bad weather if you're not taking an organized approach.
There are a lot of reasons to replace the front windows of the home over time. They're an expensive fix, so it's often best to do it for more reasons than just the aesthetic. Check out your existing windows and if they're showing all the signs that they're no longer as functional and efficient at sealing the home as they once were, then new windows can help you not only update your look but make the home much easier to insulate and more energy efficient, too. If you only want a small update to the look of the windows, consider installing exterior shutters, instead.
We've focused a lot on the direct exterior of the home, but we can't forget how important the garden is to the overall composition. Landscaping can help you carve out a more detailed entryway to the home but even if you're not going that far, regular maintenance of the garden is a must. Of course, motorized trimmers and lawnmowers can help reduce the work so that routine doesn't become overbearing. If you have a big garden, then it's going to make it a lot less of a hassle if you browse planopower.com and get the right equipment. If you're not willing to, it might just be a better idea to go with a synthetic lawn rather than ending up with an untidy, overgrown garden. That can really distract and detract from a home that's been carefully presented.
It might not be the first thing you think of, but if your gutters are cluttered up and overflowing, it's going to be very noticeable. First of all, not only will they look overgrown and stuffed, drawing the eye. They can also result in rainwater blockages, which can end up with big wet, grimy patches down the side of the home. Certainly not a good fit with a new paint job. Check out spinaclean.com for tools that make it a lot easier for you to clean your gutter on your own. This is especially important if you have high hedges or trees that mean a lot more vegetative debris ends up in there than the average home.
Especially on homes with lower roofs, if it's in a state of disrepair, it's going to be noticeable. Cracked and missing tiles can draw a lot of attention. Even if it's higher up and out of range for too many people to notice, that's still not a good reason to ignore one of the most important parts of shielding the home from the elements and making it a lot more energy efficient. It's a good idea to use services like elevatedroofing.com to give the top of the house an inspection every two or three years. Sometimes, you might just need a small fix but it's good to have some funding set aside for the replacement that every roof needs eventually.
There are some elements of the home's aesthetic that aren't too easy to hide away. Some might very well call them eyesores. We're talking about things like electrics panels, home ventilation, and garage door openers. They're essential, but they often don't fit well with the look you're trying to cultivate. If that's the case, then taking the steps to hide them can often do the trick just fine. For instance, you can create an openable wooden panel door for door openers so that they look just fine when not in use. For things like outside ventilation, strategic placement of potted plants can keep them hidden from view, so they don't disrupt the overall look.
The garage is a utilitarian part of the home above all else, but that doesn't mean it should be ignored when it comes to making changes. If you don't like how cold and barren your metal garage doors look, then consider a new coat of paint or even replacing them with traditional, refined wooden panel doors instead. Customize the doors as well, with little details like adding windows, changing latches and pull handles. Landscaping can soften what might be a harsh disruption against the rest of the home's aesthetic, tastefully placing foliage, wall planters or a trellis to make use of its verticality to further enhance the home's appearance.
Even though you spend most of your time indoors, knowing that the face of the home isn't showing you up is going to give you a lot of peace of mind. There's nothing like a little curb appeal to drive up the value of a property, either.


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Iliza Shlesinger raises hackles by chastising her fellow female comics
Filed to:Comedy
Iliza Shlesinger, a stand-up comedian and host of Freeform's Truth & Iliza, finds herself at the center of a tweetstorm today. It started when she gave an interview to Deadline where, without naming any names, she criticizes women in the stand-up scene who make a calculated attempt to "act like a guy" by talking about sex on stage in order to further their careers. Here's what she said:
When you're a woman in comedy and you get a break, people get so excited about it, but while we have to work hard to get that attention, I do think many women think, "Oh if I just act like a guy, if I go for that low hanging fruit…" Everything's about sex, or how weird I am. It all just kind of runs together.
I could walk into The Improv, close my eyes, and I can't tell one girl's act apart from another. That's not saying that 30-something white guys don't all sound the same sometimes, but I'm banging my head against the wall because women want to be treated as equals, and we want feminism to be a thing, but it's really difficult when every woman makes the same point about her vagina, over and over. I think I'm the only woman out there that has a joke about World War II in my set.
I think shock value works well for women, but beyond that, there's no substance. I want to see what else there is with such complex, smart creatures.
Regardless of Shlesinger's intentions, this critique did not go over very well—to put it mildly—with Shlesinger's fellow comedians (both male and female) on Twitter, who took offense to being told what they should be talking about on stage. Shlesinger, who ironically enough came out on stage in a vagina costume on a recent episode of her late-night show, came out in her own defense on the social-media platform earlier this afternoon in a statement, after hours of tweeting back and forth with critics:
Earlier, before deleting most of her comments, Shlesinger promised to appear on Facebook Live to address the interview tonight at 6 p.m. PT; she's also deleted that comment, so we're guessing that is no longer happening. In the meantime, you can read a compiled version of Shlesinger's earlier statements on Twitter and some choice responses from comics over at Splitsider.


This post comes to you courtesy of Jack and Steph – Jack is from the UK and has successfully opened a bank account with Bank of Valletta (BOV). Cheers guys!
Well it seems like its a typical Maltese thing in that people make up whatever it is for requirements on the spot. We went to the Gzira BOV branch (near Miracle Foods) and they didn't need an employer letter with a letterhead initially but then asked for it on the 2nd visit. We were able to get it before his appointment, then we didn't need to deposit any money at all to open an account (I know your blog says €200 for initial opening of account so we came prepared, but they never asked for it).
He signed up for a debit card, and you can't use the debit card online or in other countries. I believe it was either €500 or €700 daily withdrawal limit from the ATM, and there was some other limit that i cant remember at the moment.
So there you go, clear as mud! Just go into the branch closest to you and hope for the best haha!


Beautiful, agile, and surprisingly seaworthy, the Adirondack Guide Boat is art in motion. I created my skin-on-frame version in 2008 and instantly fell in love. The Guide Boat is one of those rare watercraft that offers the lightweight and convenient launching of a sea kayak with ergonomics and comfort of a rowboat. Picnics, fishing, camping, or just stranding yourself in a marsh for an afternoon with a good book, the Guideboat lends a feeling of elegance to just about any activity.
Far from the simplicity of a kayak, the skin-guideboat is actually a bit of work which is why I don't make them very often. Classes are private one-on-one instruction and takes about 9 days. The guideboat is more than twice the effort and four times the materials cost of a single kayak, and I can only make two at once, so the class cost is $4000, and even at that price it's a labor of love. Custom built for you at $5000 includes oars.
Custom skin-on-frame kayaks, rowboats, and sailboats offered as plans, kits, and classes.


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namespace Microsoft.Azure.Management.Cdn
{
    using Azure;
    using Management;
    using Rest;
    using Rest.Azure;
    using Models;
    using Newtonsoft.Json;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Threading;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;

    /// <summary>
    /// Use these APIs to manage Azure CDN resources through the Azure Resource
    /// Manager. You must make sure that requests made to these resources are
    /// secure.
    /// </summary>
    public partial interface ICdnManagementClient : System.IDisposable
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The base URI of the service.
        /// </summary>
        System.Uri BaseUri { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets json serialization settings.
        /// </summary>
        JsonSerializerSettings SerializationSettings { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets json deserialization settings.
        /// </summary>
        JsonSerializerSettings DeserializationSettings { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Credentials needed for the client to connect to Azure.
        /// </summary>
        ServiceClientCredentials Credentials { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Azure Subscription ID.
        /// </summary>
        string SubscriptionId { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Version of the API to be used with the client request. Current
        /// version is 2016-10-02.
        /// </summary>
        string ApiVersion { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the preferred language for the response.
        /// </summary>
        string AcceptLanguage { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the retry timeout in seconds for Long Running
        /// Operations. Default value is 30.
        /// </summary>
        int? LongRunningOperationRetryTimeout { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// When set to true a unique x-ms-client-request-id value is generated
        /// and included in each request. Default is true.
        /// </summary>
        bool? GenerateClientRequestId { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the IProfilesOperations.
        /// </summary>
        IProfilesOperations Profiles { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the IEndpointsOperations.
        /// </summary>
        IEndpointsOperations Endpoints { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the IOriginsOperations.
        /// </summary>
        IOriginsOperations Origins { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the ICustomDomainsOperations.
        /// </summary>
        ICustomDomainsOperations CustomDomains { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the IEdgeNodesOperations.
        /// </summary>
        IEdgeNodesOperations EdgeNodes { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Check the availability of a resource name. This is needed for
        /// resources where name is globally unique, such as a CDN endpoint.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='name'>
        /// The resource name to validate.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='customHeaders'>
        /// The headers that will be added to request.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='cancellationToken'>
        /// The cancellation token.
        /// </param>
        Task<AzureOperationResponse<CheckNameAvailabilityOutput>> CheckNameAvailabilityWithHttpMessagesAsync(string name, Dictionary<string, List<string>> customHeaders = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));

        /// <summary>
        /// Check the quota and actual usage of the CDN profiles under the
        /// given subscription.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='customHeaders'>
        /// The headers that will be added to request.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='cancellationToken'>
        /// The cancellation token.
        /// </param>
        Task<AzureOperationResponse<IPage<ResourceUsage>>> ListResourceUsageWithHttpMessagesAsync(Dictionary<string, List<string>> customHeaders = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));

        /// <summary>
        /// Lists all of the available CDN REST API operations.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='customHeaders'>
        /// The headers that will be added to request.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='cancellationToken'>
        /// The cancellation token.
        /// </param>
        Task<AzureOperationResponse<IPage<Operation>>> ListOperationsWithHttpMessagesAsync(Dictionary<string, List<string>> customHeaders = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));

        /// <summary>
        /// Check the quota and actual usage of the CDN profiles under the
        /// given subscription.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='nextPageLink'>
        /// The NextLink from the previous successful call to List operation.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='customHeaders'>
        /// The headers that will be added to request.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='cancellationToken'>
        /// The cancellation token.
        /// </param>
        Task<AzureOperationResponse<IPage<ResourceUsage>>> ListResourceUsageNextWithHttpMessagesAsync(string nextPageLink, Dictionary<string, List<string>> customHeaders = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));

        /// <summary>
        /// Lists all of the available CDN REST API operations.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='nextPageLink'>
        /// The NextLink from the previous successful call to List operation.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='customHeaders'>
        /// The headers that will be added to request.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='cancellationToken'>
        /// The cancellation token.
        /// </param>
        Task<AzureOperationResponse<IPage<Operation>>> ListOperationsNextWithHttpMessagesAsync(string nextPageLink, Dictionary<string, List<string>> customHeaders = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));

    }
}

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The "belly fat" is a huge stressful matter for many people. Not only does it reduce your beauty, it can also invite many sickness to your body like high blood pressure, diabetes, heart diseases, etcetera. It may cause cardiac problems. Genetic reasons, hormonal imbalance, lack of physical work and unhealthy food can be a reason behind a buildup of this unexpected fat in your lower abdomen. But there are a few food that can help reduce your fat belly.
This contains an anti-inflammatory chemical called Bromelain. This enzyme helps protein digestion and reduce fat belly.
Research has shown that having cherries everyday reduce the symptoms of CVD and metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome increases the chances of an increase in fat belly.
Watermelon is a very useful fruit while reducing body fat. It contains 91% water. Having this makes you feel like your stomach is full for a long time. This also helps to keep your stomach from harmful chemicals.
This contains a good amount of monosaturated fat which is good for the heart. This contains good fibre, which helps create the feeling of a full stomach. It is quite useful for reducing belly fat.
Green tea contains antioxidants that help keep the digestive process in a good condition. This also helps reduce body fat and reduce hunger.
This contains fibres, Flavonoid and beta Kerotin. These help keep the stomach full and prevents eating too much. Apples also contain Pectin which help reduce weight.
This contains good fat. This is a really good snack. A research carried out by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that Tropical Almonds help reduce both hunger and fat.
Green leaves contain less calorie, a high level of fibre, calcium and vitamin C. As green leaves, spinach help digestion and keep the body fresh.
This contains a chemical named 9-ODO-ODA which helps reduce the lipid in blood and help reduce body fat. This also helps reduce excess weight.


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Q: How to take a snapshot from UIImage of a UIImageView that is scaleAspectFit mode? I have an image in a UIImageView:
imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
imageView.backgroundColor = .red

because of .scaleAspectFit the image view has some red borders and thats OK:

User can added some UIView like label or images over the imageView.
In final step I used the following code to save edited image and user can share it or save it to photo library:
private func generateImage() -> UIImage? {
    var finalImage: UIImage?
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSize(width: imageView.frame.size.width, height: imageView.frame.size.height), true, 0)
    imageView.drawHierarchy(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: imageView.frame.size.width, height: imageView.frame.size.height), afterScreenUpdates: true)
    finalImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    return image
}

The problem is that the finalImage still has the red borders from imageView.

A: You can get CGRect of the UIImage displayed in the UIImageView in AspectFit content mode. Please create extension of UIImageView like this,
extension UIImageView {
    var contentClippingRect: CGRect {
        guard let image = image else { return bounds }
        guard contentMode == .scaleAspectFit else { return bounds }
        guard image.size.width > 0 && image.size.height > 0 else { return bounds }

        let scale: CGFloat
        if image.size.width > image.size.height {
            scale = bounds.width / image.size.width
        } else {
            scale = bounds.height / image.size.height
        }

        let size = CGSize(width: image.size.width * scale, height: image.size.height * scale)
        let x = (bounds.width - size.width) / 2.0
        let y = (bounds.height - size.height) / 2.0

        return CGRect(x: x, y: y, width: size.width, height: size.height)
    }
}

You can now use imageView.contentClippingRect to read how read the position and size of the image inside.
You have to do minor changes in your method, call your function with appropriate bounds as contentClippingRect.
Let me know in case of any queries.
UPDATE
Please try this UIImageView+Extension, this might help you. It is in Objective-C code, convert it in Swift.
You can try this as well,
    let image  = #imageLiteral(resourceName: "Cat03")
    let x: CGRect = AVMakeRect(aspectRatio: image.size, insideRect: imageView1.frame)
    print(x)

Above code gives you size perfectly.


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Q: How to typecast a value based on the struct field type? I'm trying to create a method that fill fields on the given struct, but to set the right value i need to convert the value to check if the type matches the struct field type.
Example:
type S struct {
    Name string
    Age int
}

The value will alwayt be string because it came from a URL.
const stubQuery = "name=sam&page=30"
query, _ := url.ParseQuery(stubQuery)
// e.g result: {"name": ["sam"], "age": ["30"]}

I've manage to iterate over the query and get the field from S struct, but how can i get the field type and cast the "30" to the struct type?
structValue := reflect.ValueOf(&S{}).Elem()
structFieldValue := structValue.FieldByName("Age")

structFieldType := structFieldValue.Type()
val := reflect.ValueOf("30")

if structFieldType != val.Type() {} // Always false

A: The application must parse the string to a value assignable to the field.
Find the type or kind to parse using type switches and value switches.
Use the strconv package to parse numeric values and bools.  Use the time package to parse times and durations.
Here's some sample code:
v := reflect.ValueOf(&s).Elem()
t := v.Type()
for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
    sf := t.Field(i)

    // Get value from query. Skip if not set.
    values, ok := query[strings.ToLower(sf.Name)]
    if !ok || len(values) == 0 {
        continue
    }

    // Use type switch for specific types.
    switch f := v.Field(i).Addr().Interface().(type) {

    case *time.Time:
        var err error
        *f, err = time.Parse(time.RFC3339, values[0])
        if err != nil {
            log.Fatal(err)
        }
    case *time.Duration:
        var err error
        *f, err = time.ParseDuration(values[0])
        if err != nil {
            log.Fatal(err)
        }

    default:
        // The specific type was not handled. Fallback
        // to using the field kind. This allows us to
        // handle all numeric and bool types without knowing
        // those types explicitly.

        switch sf.Type.Kind() {
        case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
            n, err := strconv.ParseInt(values[0], 10, sf.Type.Bits())
            if err != nil {
                log.Fatal(err)
            }
            v.Field(i).SetInt(n)
        case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64:
            n, err := strconv.ParseUint(values[0], 10, sf.Type.Bits())
            if err != nil {
                log.Fatal(err)
            }
            v.Field(i).SetUint(n)
        case reflect.Float64, reflect.Float32:
            n, err := strconv.ParseFloat(values[0], sf.Type.Bits())
            if err != nil {
                log.Fatal(err)
            }
            v.Field(i).SetFloat(n)
        case reflect.Bool:
            b, err := strconv.ParseBool(values[0])
            if err != nil {
                log.Fatal(err)
            }
            v.Field(i).SetBool(b)
        case reflect.String:
            v.Field(i).SetString(values[0])
        default:
            log.Fatal("unknown type")
        }
    }
}

Types are checked first so that time.Duration is parsed as a duration instead of as an integer.
Replace the calls to log.Fatal with the error handling appropriate for your scenario.
Run it on the Go playground.

A: val := reflect.ValueOf("30")

The type of incoming arguments ("30" in your sample code) is string. Its type will never match the type of a numeric field.
You have to inspect structFieldType, to determine what transformation you should apply to val.
Another way could be to add a specific method to your struct to populate it's fields :
AssignFields(in url.Values) error
# or
AssignField(name string, value string) error


We have to consider and make a decision on all applications which are registered as valid. The Sectary of State sets targets for decision making. We have to reach a decision within a reasonable time frame.
If your application is decided by the Planning department under delegated powers, the manager responsible will consider the advice and recommendation of the case officer and then make a decision.
Our decision will be made by assessing the planning issues and considering them against the relevant policies in our Local Development Framework (LDF). The LDF includes our Core Strategy, the Mayor of London's Plan and accompanying adopted guidance. We also take into account national legislation and guidance.
We try to consult with anyone who could be directly affected by the development proposed. Anyone can send in comments of support as well as objections to an application. You can see how to comment on a planning application online.
If we refuse planning permission we must show that the proposal would cause material harm. We cannot refuse planning permission because something will have a small effect on the environment or an amenity. We must assess the degree of harm that will be made.
You, or your agent, will then receive a decision notice. The notice goes to whoever is given as the contact on the application form. A scanned image of the notice is then added to your application file within our online planning database.
You can see whether a decision has been made or view a copy of the decision notice by searching our planning database for the planning application.
If we refuse planning permission, the person who applied for planning permission (the applicant) can appeal against the decision.


A debut regency romance novel about revenge and a curse by Janna MacGregor.
The Bad Luck Bride was a fairly decent debut novel by Janna MacGregor.
You have a jilted man of honor who is furious with a man he thought his friend and you have the target, the individual who he will use to get back at said friend. The premise to begin with left me scratching my head because I felt disconnected from the beginning. Alexander Hallworth, Marquess of Pembrooke, is on a mission to destroy the man he once thought was his friend because of a horrendous and cold act, because he's out to destroy him he focuses his attention on the fiancee of said removed friend, Lady Claire Cavensham and seeks to woo her. She has endured many engagements and surely one more failed engagement will ruin her!
Ahhh, this book as a whole did not succeed in grabbing my attention or even ensnaring my affections for any of the characters right off the bat. While the book was well written [or enough so,] the characters just didn't appeal to me, I didn't find myself liking any of them immediately. There were some quick developments in the early chapters that also didn't sit well with me, too fast – too soon – and without reason that left me blinking. All of these feelings were carried through the book in various situations.
However! I am extremely picky when it comes to Regency Romances, I will be the first one to admit that and it takes just the right formula in just the right way to ensnare my attention as well as my affections. So, I think by and large this is mostly a 'me' thing because the premise is interesting enough, the characters are [in general,] likable enough and it was a lovely enough book, too.
I think if you're like me, and you take your Regency Romance seriously, and you demand a certain formula then you'd have the same views as me [maybe!] Generally speaking, it's a nice read!
Do you have a favorite Regency Romance author? Share below and I'll share mine.


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About The Colony
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History of The Colony, Texas
Incorporated in 1977, the city's population has steadily grown from 26,531 in 2000 to an estimated 42,300 today. Bridges Settlement, named after William Bridges, was once located within what is now The Colony. Bridges came to the area at age 23 from Tennessee. Bridges Settlement, the first settlement in Denton County, was later known as Stewartsville, named after Willis Stewart, one of the principals in the Texas Agricultural, Commercial, and Manufacturing Company.
W. C. Peters was a principal founder of the company. Forerunner of the company was the Peters' colony which embraced in whole or part of these counties: Grayson, Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant, Denton, Cooke, Montague, Wise, Parker, Hood, Erath, Palo Pinto, Jack, Clay, Wichita, Archer, Young, Stephens, Eastland, Callahan, Shackelford, Baylor and Wilbarger. The legislature established the Peters colony in order to attract emigrants to settle there. In 1847 the land company, Texas Emigration & Land Co., appointed English-born Henry O. Hedgecoxe as land agent.
Unpopular with the colonists, Hedgecoxe's office was raided in 1852 by a group planning to seize the land records and depose Hedgecoxe. Hedgecoxe escaped with many of the records, and the armed raiders confiscated the remaining papers and burned down the office located at the south end of today's The Colony on Office Creek. The incident is known in Texas history as the Hedgecoxe War of 1852.
Confusion concerning the validity of land claims by colonists in the Peters' Colony Settlement resulted in an act by the legislature in 1853 allowing colonists to file their claims directly with the General Land Office in Austin rather than through a land agent. Peters' Colony Settlement was renamed Camey Settlement in the early 1900's. Camey Settlement consisted of a school, grocery store, and cotton gin in the 1940's. Stewart's Creek was named after one of the founding fathers of Peters' Colony Settlement. Some of the original colonists, including William Bridges, are buried in Bridges Cemetery located in the eastern part of today's The Colony. The cemetery is located on private property and not open to the public.
In 1969, Fox & Jacobs, land developers, purchased the land. Dave Fox of Fox & Jacobs envisioned a "dream city" patterned after Dallas specifications. The streets were named for original landowners and members of the crew working on infrastructure at the time. One street, John S. Yates Dr., was named for the winner of a local radio contest. The company started building homes in 1972 and averaged 100 homes per month.
The first family moved into their home in 1974. By January, 1977, the area had over 5,000 residents and was incorporated. The name Colony was decided upon but had already been taken. Therefore, the name became The Colony. The first school built was Camey Elementary in 1977. First Baptist Church was the first church to break ground and the Stop 'n Go on FM 423 at South Colony Blvd. was the first business established.
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Licensure, certification, accreditation, and certificate programs are distinct forms of professional credentialing and are often confused by professional counselors and consumers alike. Credentialing standards in the general counseling and psychology professions are developed by senior members of the profession who define and promote essential guidelines for practice, and offer the foundational knowledge and skills required to practice competently in a specialized area of counseling. There are distinct differences between certifications and certificates. Certifications are a more specific indication of professional expertise, typically created by professional organizations and groups to convey which counselors can competently and ethically provide specialty counseling services (e.g., National Certified Counselors (NCC) [administered by National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)]; Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) [administered by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certificate]. Whereas, certificates are an instructional training program that awards a certificate to recognize the mastery of a specific knowledge domain, set of skills, and participation in a training program (e.g., certificates in Motivational Interviewing (MI), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR); Certificate Disaster Mental Health Responder- American Red Cross]. Much like certification programs, it is common for some certificate programs to have an evaluation component to assess and evaluate the mastery of the intended learning outcomes and competencies required to attain the foundational knowledge and skills within a specific discipline. The common core in all credentialing relates to consumer protection and establishing minimum standards of knowledge and skills for effective practice.
In recent years, the field of counseling and psychology has become specialized with a variety of therapeutic practice areas. However, few organizations offer a credential that recognizes counselors and psychologists to provide competent services to military populations. Counselors and Psychologists are typically recognized by a specialized area of practice. Also, most counseling professionals are recognized by their occupational setting (e.g., military bases, VA clinics, private practices, university research settings). Some insurance panels and employee assistance programs require a few hours of training within the clinical counselors' specialty area (e.g., military family counseling, career counseling for veterans, clinical counseling within the military culture).
The Clinical Military Counseling Certificate (CMCC) is much like other professional "certificates of achievement" that practitioners earn in other specialties. Certificates such as the CMCC, offers professional development to facilitate therapeutic techniques, approaches, and strategies specific to the military populations. The intention is to acquire training and understanding of the military culture as it related to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health conditions and provide competent treatment with optimal levels of professionalism.
The CMCC program promotes and achieves a high standard of excellence providing best practices for the competent and ethical practice of serving the military community across a variety of military branches and settings. The mission of the CMCC is to provide training and development for professional counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other behaviorally-licensed and certified professionals who serve, or want to serve active duty service personnel, veterans, veterans with disabilities, and family members across the different military branches in a variety of service-related settings. Participants will increase their knowledge, awareness, and skills of the unique cultural differences in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of military vs. civilian or community mental health and related services.
Five modules in the CMCC Program offer participants comprehensive material related to the service member and veterans' medical, psychosocial, behavioral, mental health, family life, vocational, and career transition needs. Completion of the CMCC credential includes 12 contact hours of continuing educational credit in a Five Module training sequence. The CMCC credential can be earned all online (12 CEUs) or taken in either a one-day face-to-face workshop (6 CEUs) or as a 6-hour webinar spread across a two day period, with an additional 6 hours of online training to complete the total 12 hours of training. The Five Module all online training is a self-paced program and include didactic presentations by professionals that have extensive experience dealing with the medical, physical, psychosocial, behavioral, mental health, family life, vocational, and career transition needs of military cultures.
Overall, the military community has become an emerging and major priority for mental health counseling and related services. It is clearly a unique culture because of its language, rituals, organizational structure, values, mission, as well as the differences that exist within each of the various branches of the Armed Forces (e.g., Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Guard, Reservists). All active duty service members will eventually transition to civilian-life and will require intensive ongoing medical, psychosocial, vocational, and mental health support. The CMCC approach will assist professionals in training-up for the mission of offering military counseling and related services.


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Ken Murillo is a former racing driver from Santa Rosa, California. Murillo won the 1987 Barber Saab Pro Series and the 1988 Formula Super Vee USA Robert Bosch/Valvoline Championship. Murillow currently co-owns Michelin Pilot Challenge team Murillo Racing.

Racing career
Murillo started in the first season of the Barber Saab Pro Series. Murillo won eighth race at Watkins Glen International. While Willy Lewis won the championship Murillo ended up ninth in the 1986 Barber Saab Pro Series season. The Californian returned in the series the following year winning the first two rounds at Bicentennial Park and Road Atlanta. Murillo also won the race at Watkins Glen International. With three drivers winning three races the title chase was very close. But as Murillo outperformed Bruce Feldman and Jeremy Dale during the final round at Tamiami Park Murillo won the title.

After failing to obtain a racing seat in the American Racing Series for 1988 Murillo joined the Formula Super Vee. Murillo drove in the SCCA Formula Super Vee USA Robert Bosch/Valvoline Championship for Lee Hagen Racing. He raced his Volkswagen powered Ralt RT5 to victory at Phoenix International Raceway, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Nazareth Speedway. Due to a strong last quarter of the season Murillo took the title over E.J. Lenzi.

Following his championships Murillo moved to Canada to race in the Formula Ford 2000. He finished consistently in the top five in his J.H. Racing Swift SE3 sponsored by George Lucas Films. The following year the American won the first race of the season at Mosport Park. After four more podium finished Murillo finished runner-up in the championship, behind Bobby Carville.

Murillo also made an appearance in the SCCA Escort World Challenge at Mosport Park. Together with Tod Gartshore, Charlie Henry and Ron Tambourine Murillo participated in the Toronto Star 24-Hour World Challenge. The Eagle Talon entered by Archer Brothers finished twelfth overall, sixth in class.

After failing to qualify for the Indy Lights race at Long Beach Murillo retired from professional auto racing.

Racing record

Formula Super Vee

American open–wheel racing results
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Indy Lights

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

References

External links

Barber Pro Series drivers
People from Santa Rosa, California
Racing drivers from California
SCCA National Championship Runoffs winners
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Q: reducing time complexity of 3 loops in python o(n^3) for i in arrn:
    for j in arrn:
        for k in arrn:
            summ+=i*j*k

Help me reduce time complexity

A: It's actually the sum of the array's elements, to the power of 3. It could be implemented very easily:
summ = sum(arrn)**3

Which is O(n), since you access each of the elements once.


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Master of Science in Microbiology and Immunology
Program Faculty
Why Choose the Microbiology and Immunology Program?
Facilties
Wright State's Microbiology and Immunology program has established a tradition of producing graduates who excel as doctors, dentists, and veterinarians in Ohio, across the U.S., and in countries around the world.
You will join those whose postgraduate work at Wright State led them into a career field where the demand for qualified workers by corporations, government offices, higher education, and research is consistently high. If you love the Dayton area (and we are sure you will), there are many opportunities in area healthcare, research laboratories, tech and defense companies, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Wright State's excellent facilities include access to constant temperature rooms, coldrooms, darkrooms, animal care facilities, and cell and tissue culture facilities. The equipment includes the latest available technology in fluorescent microscopes, flow cytometry, and mass spectrometers.
You will learn about the human body and how it interfaces with its immune system to battle foreign organisms. Pursue a specialty in areas like immunology, virology, immunotoxicology, DNA and conventional vaccine development, and molecular genetics. Whatever specialty you choose, you can be confident your M.S. from Wright State will open the doors for incredible career opportunities across the globe.
Microbial physiology
Human neutrophils
Host immunology/parasite relationshipsMicrobial ecology
Immunotoxicology
DNA and conventional vaccine development
Retrovirology (HIV)
Environmental microbiology
View Master of Science in Microbiology and Immunology program information and degree requirements in the Academic Catalog.
Didactic Semester Courses offered by the Program of Microbiology and Immunology:
M&I 7260 Immunology
M&I 7270 Pathogenic Microbiology
M&I 7310 Basic Virology
M&I 7450 Immunobiology
M&I 7700 Intercellular Communication
M&I 7720 Mechanisms of Cell Death
M&I 7750 Pathogenic Mechanisms
M&I 7770 Gene Therapy
Additional graduate level courses may be selected from the Departments of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Mathematics and Computer Science.
Students are strongly encouraged to enter into the program only in the Fall Semester, although admission is permitted at other times in exceptional circumstances.
The applicant should have taken a distribution of undergraduate courses in biological sciences, chemistry, physics and mathematics that would support his or her anticipated graduate study.
Students are required to submit three letters of recommendation from individuals who can evaluate the applicant's ability handle graduate-level course work and research. Recommendations should reflect professors' knowledge of the applicant's undergraduate performance in the sciences and/or from the student's work. The recommendations should describe the applicant's competence in understanding and performing work in a science-related area and reflect the ability of the candidate to accomplish the graduate level work in microbiology/and immunology.
A personal statement summarizing the applicants interests in the fields of Microbiology and Immunology is required.
The Master of Science in Microbiology and Immunology degree program is one of Wright State's most popular among international students. The versatility this degree offers makes navigating the admissions process well worth the effort.
To start, review the International Admissions Graduate Admission Requirements page. International students entering the M.S. in Microbiology and Immunology program whose undergraduate GPA is less than 3.0 must submit (IELT, TEFL, GRE) scores. Applicants with GPAs of 3.0 and above are still encouraged to provide (IELT, TEFL, GRE) scores to assist in admission decisions. Non-English-Speaking international students must pass an oral proficiency test before starting the research or teaching portion of their program.
Admission and registration forms and procedures are available through the Graduate School.
Wright State's University Center for International Education (UCIE) is a terrific resource for both prospective and newly admitted international students. For general information about admissions, visas, and other necessary steps for international students, go to the UCIE website.
The Microbiology and Immunology program has excellent ancillary facilities on campus which include
Specialized cell and tissue culture facilities
Constant temperature rooms and coldrooms
Animal care facilities
Darkroom capabilities
PCR thermocoupler
Laminar flow safety cabinets
Mass spectrometer
Two graduate teaching assistantships are available on a competitive basis. These carry a waiver of most tuition and instructional fees. Appointments are made for one year and may be renewed for a second year.
Dr. Dawn P. Wooley, Director
Microbiology and Immunology M.S. Program
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3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton, OH 45435-0001
email: dawn.wooley@wright.edu
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Every year a slew of new Christmas albums gets released. Some offer renditions by classical artists, others by folk musicians, while many rock and pop icons also toss their hat into the seasonal music ring with covers and originals. A majority of the time the results are pretty traditional, so I always enjoy something off-the-wall, and hard rock and metal artists often provide the adrenalized twist that pleases me.
Following are thirteen hard 'n' heavy Xmas tunes that will make the Christmas season far more enjoyable. Most of them are original songs, but the covers are just as rockin'. Happy Holidaze to all!
1. TWISTED SISTER "Heavy Metal Christmas" — In 2006, Twisted Sister released a cheeky Christmas album entitled A Twisted Christmas and did some shows to support it. The entertaining album sold pretty well from the outset, and a live video followed the next year.
2. FIGHT "Christmas Ride" — This aggressive, radio-only track from 1994 sounds like the soundtrack for a homicidal Santa going on a slay ride. Frontman Rob Halford also did a full-on holiday CD last year called Winter Songs.
3. RONNIE JAMES DIO / TONY IOMMI / RUDY SARZO / SIMON WRIGHT "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" — Taken from the 2008 compilation We Wish You A Metal XMas and A Headbanging New Year, this is a classic Christmas tune done in classic Black Sabbath style.
4. BOB RIVERS "I Am Santa Claus" — This is a clever send-up of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man". Radio personality Bob Rivers produced a great video with Santa rockin' out, too, and has done a string of Christmas parody albums starting with 1990's Twisted Christmas.
5. COREY TAYLOR "X-M@$" — The Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman just unleashed this. It's a heavy country rant that pokes fun at those Scrooges who hate the holidays. You know where to stick those jingle bells.
6. ARCHER "Angels We Have Heard On High" — Taken from the compilation A Brutal Christmas: The Season On Chaos, this is Xmas on overdrive. You've gotta dig the radiant guitar harmonies that kick off the track.
7. KING DIAMOND "No Presents For Christmas" — If you have kids who've been naughty and driving you up a wall, play them this track from the King to warn them about what could happen if their behavior doesn't improve.
8. BILLY IDOL "Yellin' At The Xmas Tree" — A tongue-in-cheek tune from Idol's fantastic comeback album (2005's The Devil's Playground), this is his punk-ish take on Christmas cheer. Idol released his Happy Holidays album in 2006.
9. ERLÖSUNG "Carol Of The Bells" — A classical Christmas tune done up with a slight black metal twist. Sweet. Non-genre fans should enjoy it, however the live version of "Christmas ist Krieg" (from their Xmas album!) will scare away carolers and neighbors alike.
10. SPINAL TAP "Christmas With The Devil" — Released as a Yuletide single the year that the group's mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap came out (1984), the funny 45 (remember those?) also included a clever-but-stupid "Scratch Mix," which as I recall included the sounds of a turntable needle being scratched across vinyl. "Christmas With the Devil" was included on the 2000 reissue of the movie soundtrack.
11. AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE "Jingle Bells" — This American metal side project, gleefully devoted to the film canon of Arnold Schwarzenegger, lets rip with a thrashing version of this timeless tune. Not for girlie men.
12. AC/DC "Mistress For Christmas" — This is certainly a fantasy for many guys at Xmas time. Very rock 'n' roll.
13. TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" — One could not assemble a list of heavy Christmas tunes and not include TSO, who have made their name with their bombastic, highly pyrotechnic tours. This original tune, first released on Savatage's Dead Winter Dead, marked the birth of the group. The song also emerged on TSO's debut Christmas Eve and Other Stories. You can find the official video here.
Wow…love this list! I have several of these songs, but my fav. would be the Sabbath-style God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen…that is an amazing track from a great rockin xmas disc.
Love the post…..that Twisted Sister video still rocks!


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Bill Barajas, Reporter
Published: December 27, 2014, 10:22 pm
Tags: Local, News, Crime Fighters
Family of woman slain Christmas Day wants justice
Roxanne Sanchez, 28, allegedly fatally shot by her boyfriend
SAN ANTONIO – Christmas morning would forever change the family of 28-year-old Roxanne Sanchez.
"By 10:26 a.m. she was pronounced dead at University Hospital with a gunshot to her chest," said Sanchez's mother, Elizabeth Rodriguez.
Police said Sanchez was shot and killed in the 4300 block of First View Drive during an argument with her boyfriend, 31-year-old Benjamin Poehlman, on Christmas Day.
Officers arrested Poehlman with a gun in his hand after finding him locked in a room with the victim.
"Even my grandson (said), 'What Christmas gift is this? My mommy's gone, he took our mommy away from us,'" Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez says her daughter was leaving Poehlman, and alleges it wasn't the first time he had become violent with her.
"Why did he have to take my daughter like that? We do not know. She was tired of him and she was ready to come (home)," said Rodriguez.
Sanchez leaves behind four children ranging from 2 to 12 years old.
"She was full of life, (a) beautiful woman, beautiful mother, daughter, sister, aunt," Rodriguez said.
The shooting remains under investigation. The Sanchez family says they want justice.
"Yes, we do want justice done and I just hope he doesn't come out at all," said Rodriguez.


View of the colonnade of the Palaestra (Wrestling hall) complex which dates from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD. Ancient Messene. Peloponnese. Greece. The Palestra is a composed of a central courtyard surrounded by Doric stoas and auxiliary rooms. Connected to the Gymnasium, the Palestra was used by Ephebes (young men in military training) and athletes. Ancient Messene was founded on the foothills of Mount Ithomi in 369 B.C as the ancient capital of liberated Messenia and its archaeological site is one of most impressive and least visited in Greece.
Panoramic view of the archaeological site of ancient Messene. Peloponnese. Greece. Ancient Messene was founded on the foothills of Mount Ithomi in 369 B.C as the ancient capital of liberated Messenia.
Ancient Messene, also known as Ithomi, is located in southern mainland Greece, in the south west Peloponnese prefecture of Messenia. It is 32 kilometres northwest of Kalamata.
Situated on the fertile foothills of Mount Ithomi, just below the stone houses of the charming traditional village of Mavromati, Ancient Messene was founded in 369 B.C as the capital of liberated Messenia by the Theban general Epaminondas, who defeated the Spartans two years earlier at the battle at Leuktra.
It is said the city was built in 80 days and it follows the Hippodamian system in town planning.
View of the ancient theatre which has the cavea is carved into the hillside and dates from around the 3rd century BC. Ancient Messene. Peloponnese. Greece. During the Roman period the theatre was enlarged, and the façade of the scene building had three storeys. In this theatre was held the meeting between King Philipp V Macedon and Aratos the Sikyonian in 214 BC, the day following the revolt of the Messenian people. Ancient Messene was founded on the foothills of Mount Ithomi in 369 B.C as the ancient capital of liberated Messenia.
The vast archaeological site has been largely excavated and restored to a point by the Archaeological Society of Athens and is one of most impressive sites in Greece; however it's not very well known to most travellers in the region.
Highlights are the wonderfully restored Theatre, the Stadium and Gymnasium architectural complex, the 2nd century BC Hellenistic Sanctuary of Asclepius, the political and religious heart of the city and the 9 kilometres long circuit wall, made of enormous limestone blocks and with battlement towers built during the 4th century BC to protect the city.
The archaeological site of ancient Messene is on the UNSECO Tentative List, which consists of properties considered to be cultural and/or natural heritage of outstanding universal value and therefore suitable for inscription on the World Heritage List.
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