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After 50 years at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway (which is currently one of our largest investments for both of our growth funds) Warren Buffett has become widely regarded as the world's greatest investor. In his annual letters to shareholders he has shared many of the lessons he has learned during his career. This month:
"Cash… is to a business as oxygen is to an individual: never thought about when it is present, the only thing in mind when it is absent."
Here Warren talks about the importance of cashflow to companies and hence why Berkshire Hathaway likes to hold billions of dollars of cash on its balance sheet. In the past Buffet has employed his hoard of cash several times by buying into good companies that are in temporary distress because they have not been as diligent with their cashflow.
Risk versus Return – the Trade Off
The link between risk and return is the most fundamental rule of investing. Low levels of uncertainty (low risk) are associated with low potential returns, whereas high levels of uncertainty (high risk) are associated with high potential returns.
Because of the risk-return trade off, you should be aware of your personal risk tolerance when making investments.
The goal is to find an appropriate balance - one that generates a satisfactory return in the medium to long term, but still allows you to sleep at night!
April was a mixed bag for global equities (share markets), with a weaker tone emerging towards the end of the month. Investors remain uncertain about the prospects for global growth given recent disappointing GDP reports in the US, UK and China.
In China central bank largesse, together with optimism around the reforms being implemented, helped push the China Stock Exchange Composite Index up an astonishing 18.5% in April. Year to date the Index is up 37.3%. Generate's two growth funds have participated in some of this strong performance as we started increasing our exposure to China in the latter stages of last year primarily via the Platinum International Fund. >>MORE
In April the Conservative, Growth and Focused Growth Funds returned 0.39%, 0.53% and 0.71% respectively (after fees and before tax).
The best performer in the month of March out of the funds' property and infrastructure investments was Australian based toll road operator Transurban with a 5.9% return (in NZD). The company reported 11% like for like revenue growth in the March quarter which led to a number of broker upgrades. The NZD/AUD also provided a tail-wind over the month. >>MORE
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Jupiter European Opportunities Trust Plc
Founded in 1985 as a specialist boutique, Jupiter Asset Management has become one of the UK's most respected and successful fund management groups.
Jupiter European Opportunities Trust Plc's (JEO's) objective is to invest in securities of European companies and in sectors or geographical areas which are considered to offer good prospects for capital growth. The company adopts a stock picking approach in the belief that a thorough analysis and understanding of a company is the best way to identify long-term superior growth prospects. Alexander Darwall has been JEO's Portfolio Manager for over 15 years and has delivered stellar performance over this time period.
As of 13 May 2015 the company had net assets of GBP543 million and had returned 22.7% p.a over the last 5 years versus 8.1% p.a. for its benchmark (MSCI AC EUROPE).
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The General Encourages Salvationists to Sign Petition to Stand #WithRefugees
TO mark World Refugee Day (20 June), General André Cox is encouraging Salvationists and friends around the world to add their names to a petition organised through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). The #WithRefugees petition will be delivered to the UN's headquarters in New York, USA, in September ahead of the UN General Assembly high-level summit to address large movements of refugees and migrants.
The petition calls on governments to:
Ensure every refugee child gets an education.
Ensure every refugee family has somewhere safe to live.
Ensure every refugee can work or learn new skills to make a positive contribution to his or her community.
The UNHCR website explains: 'Each day war forces thousands of families to flee their homes. People like you, people like me. To escape the violence, they leave everything behind – everything except their hopes and dreams for a safer future. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, believes that all refugees deserve to live in safety.
'On World Refugee Day, held every year on 20 June, we commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees. This year, World Refugee Day also marks a key moment for the public to show support for families forced to flee.
'Add your name to the #WithRefugees petition to send a clear message to governments that they must act with solidarity and shared responsibility. We stand together #WithRefugees.'
A refugee is defined by the UN as 'someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.'
According to UNHCR figures, the worldwide levels of displacement are higher than at any time in human history. More than 65 million people have been forced from their homes, including more than 21 million refugees, over half of whom are under the age of 18.
The Salvation Army works with and alongside refugees around the world, with several programmes currently taking place in a number of African countries and across Europe (see sar.my/europerefugees).
The General asks Salvationists and people linked to The Salvation Army to sign the petition, explaining: 'The Salvation Army's long-standing approach of "Heart to God, Hand to Mankind" has included providing practical and spiritual assistance but also pressing governments to help the poorest, most vulnerable members of society. The #WithRefugees petition will raise awareness of the difficulties faced by people forced to flee their homelands and, I hope, will lead to governments doing more to provide refugees with a safe home and the opportunity to be integral members of society.'
Sign the #WithRefugees petition at http://sar.my/withrefugees
Report by IHQ Communications
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South Telecom circles Andhrapradesh, Telangana, Tamilandu, Karnataka and Kerala launched new 2 Years validity FREEDOM Prepaid mobile plan under GSM mobile services.
State run Telecom Company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the launch of new promotional prepaid mobile plan which is offering Free data usage and reduced tariff voice calls for a period of 90 days from 19th October, 2016 onwards.
As per latest information, BSNL competent authority has decided to offer this special prepaid plan for new MNP (Mobile Number Portability) and existing BSNL customers across south zone circles. New Freedom plan offers 1GB free 3G data usage for first 30 days which comes with 2 years validity and free data with special combo vouchers.
In addition the freedom special plan gives affordable tariff to make voice calls @ 25 paisa per minute and data usage @40 paisa per MB after consumption of initial freebies.
Free data usage 1GB available on recharge of plan vouches of Rs.136 for New/MNP/Port-in customers only and is not applicable to migration and validity extension existing customers.
Prepaid user can recharge Freedom plan voucher (First Recharge coupon) Rs.136/- through Easy recharge or through BSNL self-care portal www.bsnlszprepaid.com or by sending SMS to 123 as – PLAN(space)FREEDOM from mobile phone.
Full Talk Value and Free data through Combo STVs of Rs.176, Rs.377 and Rs.577.
The above Prepaid Freedom plan will be implemented with effect from 19th October, 2016 and available upto 16th January, 2017 as promotional basis for a period of 90 days across South zone telecom circles.
Note: The date of implementation may vary in each telecom circle.


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ICD-10 Delay: Politics Versus Policy
By	Chuck Buck
Original story posted on: March 31, 2014
Politics and policy intersected yesterday when the U.S. Senate took up the House proposal from last week and voted to approve H.R. 4302, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014. Language in the bill, tucked among other provisions, effectively delays the implementation of ICD-10 by one year.
"This surprise delay was not an action by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) but a political event that occurred," wrote Stanley Nachimson in an email to ICD10monitor. "It (the delay) will, however, cause much chaos in the industry as health plans scramble to adjust their systems and policies back to ICD-9 from their planned October 2014 ICD-10 implementation."
Not only will providers be affected by the delay, Nachimson said, but vendors will too.
"Vendors will also have to adjust their products to account for the date changes," he wrote. "Providers will have to determine how to change their implementation projects."
Nachimson hinted at what could be defined as an institutionalized skepticism when he questioned whether the delay instituted by yesterday's vote might foretell additional future delays.
"Of greater concern is the bigger question – will this be the last delay of ICD-10, or will there be further political or technological surprises?" Nachimson asked. "Some will assume that the switch to ICD-10 will never happen and drop all efforts; others may be very wary of continuing to expend significant resources on the project."
Nachimson and others will be keeping a keen eye on what transpires in the months ahead, and how providers and payors react to new statements from CMS.
"Messages from CMS and the industry will be important to monitor over these next few months to see what the prevailing attitude will be," he said.
Although yesterday's vote was disappointing for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the association was quick to affirm its commitment to those who are continuing with the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10.
"AHIMA will continue to help lend technical assistance and training to stakeholders as they are forced to navigate the challenge of continuing to prepare for ICD-10 while still using ICD-9," the association stated in a news release.
In the meantime, the question remains as to what providers should be doing during an uncertain interim — both those that continue to remain on schedule and those that would not have completed their implementation efforts by the mandatory date of Oct. 1, 2014.
"For those facilities and providers that have been proactive with preparations for ICD-10 and have diligently been training, testing, and coordinating efforts with payors – keep doing what you have been doing," wrote Lisa R. Winther, senior healthcare consultant for Hayes Management Consulting, in an email to ICD10monitor. "(Providers) should (continue) to perform dual coding (while) training your staff and testing your systems."
Winther advised providers to take advantage of this extra time to ensure ICD-10 proficiency with staff by continuing to dual-code. She also offered other suggestions for using the additional time.
"This gives you more time for your compliance and audit areas to provide valuable feedback to the providers for proper documentation, and also to your coders for accuracy and productivity," Winther said. "It (the delay) also allows more time to perform enterprise testing to ensure (that) all systems are ready for the increased data field sizes for the ICD-10 codes, interfaces are working correctly, and all hubs in between can accept and move forward (with) the correct information."
Winther reasoned that the delay ultimately would have a beneficial consequence on ICD-10 implementation.
"This is a perfect time to address all of these items, along with the many other 'small things' that we overlook," she wrote. "Make a checklist of all of these items to ensure they are completed, tested, and ready for the implementation date – oh, and don't forget the workflow changes that may need to take place to accommodate some of these updates."
The provision for extending the delay was tucked into the House bill to extend the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula for another 12 months rather than finding a permanent solution to the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, which attempted to rein in Medicare reimbursement to physicians. The "doc fix" to temporarily repeal the SGR averts a scheduled 24-percent reduction to physician reimbursement that would have kicked in April 1.
Chuck Buck is the publisher of ICD10monitor and is the executive producer and program host of Talk Ten Tuesdays.
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Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have all declared that they will support the new Web standard "Canonical Tag" to help deal with the problem of duplicate content.
To implement Canonical URL form on website, you have to add the following link tag at head section of the site's HTML.
How do we globally introduce this to CCP?
Stick it in the <head> of any skin.php your site uses.
*EDIT. I realise I probably misunderstood what you were asking - would first need to find out what pages have duplicates, if any.
If I read the blog entry correctly this isn't something that should be needed with CCP especially with the SiteMap XMOD installed and SEO enabled.
I suspect the SE's will reward those sites that implement the new tag and that makes it vital to CCP in my opinion.
As the blog you linked to says, the tag is a "hint". Nobody but the search engine folks themselves knows the inner workings of what they do with pages and their contents so even hinting that they might "reward" sites using the tag is simply incorrect.
I just read the blog entry again and I really don't see what value it would provide to a correctly built CCP site with SEO enabled and the SiteMap XMOD. With those 2 options being used you tell all of the major search engines exactly what they should be looking for and indexing on your site.
It have some value if you are migrating a site from 5.1 to 6 and have a large number of indexed pages and want to avoid using redirects from .htaccess though that method will still work perfectly fine (for all SEs not just Google).
RE SEO: First time visitors to the website will see the long non-SEO links. After they enter the site or browse to another page, the SEO links appear.
Thus, duplicate pages are presented to SE's.
I circumvented this by disallowing SE's to index the cgi-bin pages as well as the raw php CCP6 pages in robots.txt. (There's nothing in cgi-bin that I need them to index. I just care about the products and categories.).
RE: Sitemap. I believe [opinion, as all SEO is] that SE's will weigh links found in the website more than an external sitemap. Many other sites neither upkeep a sitemap nor have a dynamic one. Sitemaps, dynamic or static, may not always rate pages appropriately.
The links found on the website itself are more current and tell a better story of importance than a sitemap would. The links found first in the website itself would be perceived as more important.
New tags go through a shaking out and tweaking phase before they become important to indexing and rating pages ("beta" phases). I don't trust them [opinion] when they first come out. I got burned with Big Daddy, G's overhauled algorithm that they launched a while ago that dropped numerous websites for a while, even the big ones like Mercedes.
According to Dave, in a previous post, if i remember correctly, only humans visitors see the non-SEO links. Spiders see SEO links from the start...but I never understood why this needs to be, since no other sites do this and I don't care for the reasons why, it shouldn't do it for anyone period.
Interesting. That's called "cloaking", where you present something different to SE's than humans.
However, if this is true, then the SE's will eventually see a page that browsers see.
It's probably not a problem because SE's are trying to demote cloakers presenting spammed pages that have different content rather than links.
It's not cloaking at all. CCP presents the SEs with links that don't carry user specific information in them if SEO isn't enabled. Otherwise all they see are SEO style links which is what everyone wants them to see.
I don't have the mod.
Do any of you PHP Gurus know if this is even possible?


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Orlando Mora
Orlando Mora was born and raised in Chicago, the son of Alonso and Nora Mora. He leaves to cherish his memory his parents: Alonso and Nora; sister: Evelyn, aunt: Maria Teresa, uncles: Hugo and Gerardo; cousins: Julio C. , Stella , Adriana , Lorena , and Marissa.He was a sincere, analytical, altruistic, dependable, helpful, clever, humorous, intelligent, compassionate, spiritual and talented man....
Miriam M. Sugiyama
Sugiyama, Miriam M., nee Suzuki, 85, passed away, loving wife to the late Tak; cherished daughter to the late Grandma Rose; beloved mother to Glenn T. (Patricia); adoring grandmother to Nicole and Tyler; sister to the late Michael (Betty), the late Patrick (Ruth) and Nancy Suzuki; aunt to many nieces and nephews; a great friend to many. Visitation is Saturday, February 3, 2018 from 11am to 12pm...
Etelka Torok
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Herman Marcelo Vela
Vela Hervas, Herman Marcelo, 81, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2018 in Glenview. He is survived by his loving wife Elba Vasconez of 57 years, his siblings in Ecuador Augusto, Jose Adolfo and Mercedes Vela Hervas. His sisters in law, many nieces and nephews, large extended family and many friends. He was born in Quito, Ecuador on December 28, 1936. He moved to the US in 1963. He worked...
Edgar Alfredo Manzo
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Robert F. Erickson
October 4, 1919 - January 11, 2018
Robert Frederick Erickson, beloved husband of Ruth (nee Hahm) Erickson was welcomed into the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on January 11, 2018 at the age of 98. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who served the Lord with all his heart to the glory of God. Robert (Bob) was born on October 4, 1919 to the late Arthur and Gertrude (nee Jephson)...
Carol Ann Shogren
Shogren, Carol Ann, nee Szostek, 74 of Chicago passed away. She was a loving daughter to the late John and the late Cecelia; beloved mother to Kathleen L. (Paul) Zeh and Steven C. (Marjana) Shogren; cherished grandmother to Courtney, Melanie and Scott; beloved sister to the late Ronald (Marie) Szostek, the late John (Gisela) Szostek and Robert (Debbie) Szostek. Visitation Thursday at Drake & Son...
Djulija Dragovoja
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Daniel Pedroso
May 31, 1959 - January 4, 2018
Erwin Laureano Diric Bactat
Erwin L. Bactat, 61, passed away on December 31, 2017. He leaves behind his loving family the Bactats, Flojos and Salomons. Visitation Friday from 3-9pm at Drake and Sons Funeral Home, 5303 N Western Ave, Chicago 60625.Prayers from funeral home on Saturday at 9am. Mass of Christian Burial Saturday at 10 at St. John Berchman's, 2517 W Logan Blvd, Chicago 60647. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery....
Olga Duda
January 10, 1930 - December 26, 2017
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Roque M. Dizon
Roque M. Dizon, 82, passed away on December 19, 2017. He leaves behind his beloved wife, Cristina Dizon. He was a loving father to Josephine (David) Jimenez, John Dizon and Maryanne Sullivan. He was a loving uncle to many. He was a fond Grandfather to Kyle, Lucas and Laila Jimenez. He was a cherished brother to Grace Medina, Zenaida Dizon, Bernald Dizon, Reynaldo Dizon and Roberto Dizon. He is...
Frances Dutko
Frances C. Dutko, nee Moses, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017. Cherished wife of the late Sylvester "Sully"; beloved mother of David (Barbara),, Donna (Babu) Hussain and the late Scott (Jennifer), and the late Mary Ann (Brian) Doyle. Loving Grandmother of Cara (Brian) Scott, Nicole, Joshua, Jeramy, Cassie (Philip) Devine, Gabrielle and Caleb; Great Grandmother of Sylvester and Lucy Devine....
John Geltis
Rosalind A. Abuton
Rosalind Amiscaray Abuton, 65, was born and grew up in Dumaguete City in the beautiful island of the Philippines. She was the youngest of six children consisting of three boys and three girls. She is preceded in death by Urbano Amiscaray and Rosario Patero Amiscaray. She leaves behind her daughter Angelica Abuton and her son in law Jason Thomas. She was educated in Manila at the Philippines Women...
Kau Tai Yung
Kau Tai "Jill" Yung, age 83 of Chicago. Beloved wife of the late Kwok Kin "Phil" Yung. Loving mom of Raymond and Timothy (Juliet Azimi). Dear grandma of Jilliyn. Sister of the late Quan Ton (the late Wing Wong) Wong, Choy Ying (the late Ho Lo) Lo, Xing Yun (Sheng Hai Cai) Cai, Yao Han (Die Ling Zhao) Zhao, Bik Wah (the late Kit Lo) Lo and Yiu Kai (Yee Hing Chiu) Chiu.Visitation 3-8 PM...
Victor Klimovich Nemtsev
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Terence L. Waldbuesser
Terence L Waldbuesser, age 73, of Chicago, IL passed away on Wednesday December 13, 2017. Terence was born January 22, 1944. Beloved husband of 46 wonderful years to Mary Ann (nee Coburn) and father to Christopher (and soon to be daughter-in-law Sarah Kornblet), Matthew & Theresa. He was preceded in death by parents Jacob Waldbuesser & Lena (nee Polyak) and sister Jaclyn Lindfors (nee...
Shanthi Thangaraj
November 7, 1944 - December 12, 2017
Franjo Boras
Boras, Franjo "Frank"Franjo "Frank" Boras, age 77, December 11, 2017 Chicago, born in Bosnia-Hercegovina, beloved husband of the late Venka Boras (2004); loving father of Rose Boras, Sonja (Patrick) Keane, Tom Boras, and the late Mario Boras (1998); loving son of the late Tomislav Boras and the late Iva Boras; fond grandfather "Dida" of Nora, Mario, Grace, Dylan, and Elise; dear brother of Janja ...
Calvin Bland
July 6, 1948 - December 8, 2017
Calvin Bland, 69, passed at home on December 8, 2017. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 32 years, Renee Bland. He had an adoring family of daughters, a son, grand and great -grandchildren, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, sisters and a brother. He was educated at De La Salle High School then went on to achieve a B.A. and B.S. at Eastern New Mexico University and B.A. in Criminal Justice from...
David Andre Cubacub
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David Donald Klusken
July 14, 1936 - December 4, 2017
David Donald Klusken, age 81 of Chicago. Beloved husband of the late Terri Klusken for 35 years. Loving father of Jennifer (Jeffrey O'Dell) Klusken and Allison Klusken. Dear grandpa of Emerson and Adalynn. Brother of Ronald (Kathy) Klusken, Judy (the late Jack) Dutko, DeDe Klusken and the late Thomas (Gayle) Klusken. He loved his pet dogs the late Sparkie and the late Wrigley. David was a...
Jesus Rosas
June 15, 1930 - December 3, 2017
Jesus Rosas Silva
ROSAS SILVA, Jesus passed away Sunday. Loving husband of 52 years to Ernestina nee Miramontes, beloved father to Jesus E.; cherished grandfather of 2 and loving uncle to many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be Thursday from 3 to 9pm at Drake & Son Funeral Home, 5303 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625. Funeral Mass Friday, 11 AM, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 4640 N. Ashland Ave. Interment...
Michael James Sedlack
July 25, 1932 - November 28, 2017
In lieu of flowers donations to Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, 1140 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60607
Marta Cristina Quiroz-Pecirno
August 2, 1947 - November 28, 2017
Marta C. Quiroz-Pecirno, passed away on November 28, 2017. She leaves behind her beloved husband of 21 years, Robert Pecirno and her adoring son Sergio Pecirno. Her brother Jose-Luis Quiroz is also in mourning. She is preceded in death by her parents Francisco Quiroz and Maria Segovia as well as her sister Graciela Quiroz. Visitation Sunday, December 3 from 1-7pm at Drake and Son Funeral Home,...
Romulo Diaz GABRIANA
February 19, 1942 - November 25, 2017
Claude Bevins
Claude Bevins, 74, passed away at home on November 25, 2017. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 48 year, Kathryn nee Bullington. He cherished his children Michael (Melissa) Bevins, David (Cindy) Burkhead and Gail Burkhead. He was a loving grandfather to Heather (Paul) Gottlieb, Sarah Canada, Aaron Bevins, Nicholas McSheridan, Jared (Courtney) Barrow, Justin Bevins, Christopher Bevins and David ...
Rita Marie Cestaric
June 9, 1954 - November 23, 2017
Rita Cestaric, age 63, of Chicago. Beloved wife of Steve Regal for 38 years. Loving mother of Stephen Regal and Andrew (Shizuka) Regal. Rita worked for the EPA for many years as a chemical engineer. She cherished her family and friends, and was devoted to her profession.Visitation Tuesday, 3-8 PM, at Drake and Son Funeral Home, 5303 N Western Ave, Chicago. Interment will take place at a...
Julius Takacs
Julius Takacs, 67, passed away on November 22, 2017; his beloved wife of 22 years, Mariana nee Rosenbaum was by his side, as was the rest of his family. He also leaves behind his caring sister Gizella (Gene) Opperman and his fond nephews Justin, Daniel and Michael. He is preceded in death by his parents Julius and Gizella Takacs. As a teacher he touched the lives of countless students. He was an...
Christine M. Beale
January 12, 1972 - November 11, 2017
Manuel Brito
July 2, 1944 - November 11, 2017
Eric Von Brent
Eric Von Brent was born April 30, 1962 to parents Charles and Joyce Brent. Born with a drawing pencil in his hand, he would learn to perfect his art. As a child Eric was baptized at Holy Angels church.In 1977 Eric attended Tilden High School, until he pursued his passion, joining the U S Army. He traveled the world, learned the trade of welding and served his country proud...
Marjorie C. Eng
May 16, 1923 - November 8, 2017
Deborah Anne DUNNE
December 30, 1950 - November 6, 2017
Ethel Dean Nambu
A much loved daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother, ETHEL DEAN NAMBU was born to Haymaker and Jennie Hall Estill on November 7, 1928 in a farmhouse near Armstrong, Missouri. Ethel has one younger brother, Wendell Hall Estill. Ethel finished her studies at William Jewell College in Missouri and then Northern Baptist Seminary in Chicago, where she met her husband Masaru Nambu. In Chicago,...
Stella H. Armour
Stella Armour, 93, passed away quietly at home on October 16, 2017. She goes now to join her beloved husband, William Frederick Armour. She leaves behind her three adoring children, Diane, Frederick and Yvonne Armour. She was a loving grandmother of four grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. She was an avid painter and painter as well as a devout Catholic. Visitation will be held Sunday,...
Mark Richard Nagy
August 9, 1974 - October 15, 2017
Morton M. Millman
October 9, 1928 - October 15, 2017
Morton M. Millman, M.D., age 89, passed away October 15, 2017 surrounded by family. He leaves behind his loving wife of 31 years, Ann Kinnealey Millman. His adoring daughter Heidi (Jeffrey) Millman Jacobson and his sister Ilene Goldstein of Scottsdale, AZ. He was a beloved uncle to Julie (Michael) Levy, Michael (Kelly) Silver, Tamara Barrat, and Mark (Sue) Silver. He was previously married to...
Justina Zacher
Eugenia A. Noche
June 2, 1917 - October 12, 2017
Dragica Vinka Radic
Donald J. Michael
November 3, 1939 - October 9, 2017
Donald J. Michael, age 77 of Northbrook, formerly of Chicago, died October 9, 2017. Beloved husband of Nona. Loving father of Eric (Ruth) and Lorin (Donna). Dear Grandpa of Adam, Emily, Zachary, Aaron, and Paige. Survived by his brother Clint (Mary) and sister-in-law Val, and preceded in death by siblings Marilyn and Bruce. Uncle of many nieces and nephews. Visitation Sunday 3-8 PM at Drake...
Steven Joseph Janka
January 11, 1950 - October 8, 2017
Retired CPD officer Steve J. Janka, 67, lost his battle with cancer on October 8, 2017. He leaves behind his beloved partner Linda Gonzales of 32 years. He will be missed by his adoring daughter Christina (Kevin) Wagenknecht, his granddaughters Catherine and Heather, his loving brother Mike Janka, as well as his furry children Frosty and Sandy. He graduated Taft High School in 1968 and attended...
Marcine K. Rember
April 5, 1938 - October 6, 2017
Martha G. Uribe
April 27, 1955 - October 6, 2017
Judy Joann Ledger
March 7, 1930 - October 1, 2017
Judy Joann Ledger nee King, 87, beloved wife of the late Joseph Earl Ledger; loving mother of Kathy (the late Ray) Schmidt, Judy Lynn, Laurie (Steve) Cannizzo and Maureen. Loving daughter of the late Peter and Genevieve King. Cherished sister of the late John and Marilyn King, Mary Ellen (Larry) Chapman. Beloved sister in law of Lorraine (Hank) Drummond. Great aunt of many nieces and nephews....
Bernice Darmody
June 22, 1932 - September 27, 2017
DARMODY, Bernice, nee Landros, of Chicago passed away Wednesday. She was a loving wife to the late John; loving daughter to the late Peter & Nellie; beloved sister to the late Lottie Sheppard & the late Lillian Jeromin; cherished aunt to Nancy, Robert, Jim, John & Marynell. Visitation is Friday at Drake & Son Funeral Home, 5303 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60625 from 5:00 pm to...
Juan M. Tobar
Mildred Beatrice Delahunty
Delahunty, Mildred B., 85 of Chicago, Il passed on September 26, 2017. Loving wife for 63 years of G. Thomas Delahunty, daughter of the late Aloys and Beatrice (Kubal) Schlosser. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children Patricia (Steven) Bookless of NH, Teresa Delahunty (Chris Alders) of the United Kingdom, Eileen (Steven) Frolo of NY, Margaret (John) Farrell of NY, Susan ...
Sebastian V. Villa
Dr. Sebastian V. Villa, 77, died at 9:06 am, Monday, September 25, 2017, at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville after 5 weeks of hospitalization due to cardiac complications.Sebastian (also known as Bating to friends and family and Dodoy to family in the Philippines) was born on January 24, 1940, in Jamindan, Capiz Philippines. He is survived by his wife Victorina; his daughter Jean ...
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All the confusion about the inventor of hybrid car can be attributed to the fact that two individuals are given the credit, Victor Wouk and Ferdinand Porsche. So which of these two gentlemen actually invented the hybrid?
It's a normal human tendency to picture Toyota Prius when you hear the term 'hybrid car'; after all, it was the first mass-production hybrid of the world. The Japanese automobile giant, Toyota Motor Corporation introduced the Prius in Japan in 1997―four years before it was introduced to the other parts of the world, including the United States. While Toyota Prius was indeed the first hybrid car to go into mass production, it was clearly not the first one to be developed.
A hybrid car is a car which uses two or more distinct sources of power for the purpose of locomotion. While the power sources used in hybrids range from fossil fuels, such as diesel or gasoline, to alternative fuels, like hydrogen, nitrogen, solar power, electricity, etc., the term 'hybrid car' is most often used in context of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), which use the conventional internal combustion engine along with an electric propulsion system to facilitate locomotion. HEVs are further categorized into three types: parallel hybrid (wherein both internal combustion engine and electric system transmit power to the wheels), series hybrid (wherein the internal combustion engine powers the electric motor, which, in turn, powers the drivetrain), and power-split hybrids (which combines the characteristics of parallel and series hybrid).
If the invention of first ever car is intriguing, with as many as four different individuals being given the credit for the same, the invention of hybrid car is even more intriguing. Many people believe that it was the American scientist, Victor Wouk. However, the fact is that Wouk just introduced the first modern hybrid engine in his modified 1972 Buick Skylark. The first hybrid car was invented way back in 1899 by none other than the Austrian automotive engineer, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche. Nevertheless, the fact that Wouk successfully brought the low-emission benefits of an electric car and the power of a internal combustion engine together did earn him the title 'the grandfather of electric and hybrid vehicles in the United States'.
The credit for being the first hybrid car of the world goes to Lohner-Porsche Mixte Hybrid, the hybrid vehicle developed by Ferdinand Porsche in 1889. Porsche pulled off this feat while he was working with Jacob Lohner & Co based at Vienna, Austria. His invention was a series hybrid model with wheel hub motors mounted in each wheel that were powered by electric current delivered from a set of batteries and a small generator powered by 2.5-hp Daimler internal combustion engine. In the next few years to come, the Mixte―with Porsche himself on the driver's seat―won several motorsport events in Europe. In fact, the Mixte also won him the Potting Prize as Austria's most outstanding automotive engineer.
More than a century after the invention of first hybrid, almost all the leading car manufacturers of the world have a hybrid in their line-up as of today. The new hybrid era only came in 1990s, decades after hybrids were virtually phased out from the automobile arena by conventional petrol-engined cars towards the end of the first decade of the 20th century. It was the relatively high production cost which sounded the death knell for these cars back then. Fighting all odds, these cars have made a strong comeback today, and the fact that environment friendly cars is the need of this hour, has had a crucial role to play in their resurgence.


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Carlos Ribeiro (* Dezember 1813 in Lissabon; † 13. November 1882 ebenda) war ein portugiesischer Geologe, Militär, Lehrer, Beamter und Politiker. Er gilt als einer der "Väter" der portugiesischen Geologie und war Mitglied mehrerer nationaler und internationaler wissenschaftlicher Gesellschaften.

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Carlos Ribeiro wurde als Sohn von José Joaquim Ribeiro und Francisca dos Santos Ribeiro im Lissaboner Stadtteil Lapa geboren und am 21. Dezember 1813 getauft. In seiner Jugend nahm er Privatunterricht bei Filipe Folque (1800–1874), einem Studenten an der Königlichen Akademie, später Mathematiker und General der portugiesischen Armee. Ribeiro absolvierte zunächst ein Studium im militärischen Bereich, unterbrochen 1833/34 durch den Miguelistenkrieg. Nach Abschluss des Studiums stieg er am 28. Juli 1837 in den Rang eines Offiziers auf. Ab dem Jahr 1840 als Oberleutnant in Porto stationiert, studierte Ribeiro an der dortigen Academia Politécnica do Porto Geologie. Nach dem Abschluss des Studiums 1844 erfolgten praktische geologische Studien in den Außenbezirken von Porto. 1846 heiratete er Úrsula Damásio, die Schwester seines Lehrers an der Akademie José Vitorino Damásio. Gemeinsam hatten Carlos und Ùrsula Ribeiro drei Kinder: José Vitorino, Zélia und Sofia. Nach dem Aufstand von Maria da Fonte 1846, bei dem er auf der Seite der unterlegenen Aufständischen stand, wurde Ribeiro aus dem Militärdienst entlassen und zu einer Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt.

Ab 1849 war Carlos Ribeiro Mitarbeiter der Firma Companhia Farrobo e Damásio, für die er auf eigene Kosten das Land bereiste und dabei petrografische und paläontologische Objekte sammelte, die später Teil der Sammlung der Comissão Geológica de Portugal wurden. Sie kamen danach in das Museu do Instituto Geológico e Mineiro und das Museu Geológico e Mineralógico da Escola Politécnica de Lisboa. 1850 war er verantwortlich für die wissenschaftliche Überprüfung von Veröffentlichungen des englischen Geologen Daniel Sharpe (1806–1856) über die Geologie Portugals, was Ribeiro erste internationale Anerkennung in diesem Bereich der Forschung einbrachte. Ab 1852 leitete er die vierte Abteilung des Repartição Técnica da Direcção Geral de Obras Públicas, verantwortlich für Minen, Steinbrüche und geologischen Arbeiten. Gemeinsam mit Francisco António Pereira da Costa (1809–1888), Professor an der Escola Politécnica de Lisboa, erarbeitete er das erste Bergbaugesetz, das am 31. Dezember 1852 in Kraft trat.

Zwischen 1852 und 1857 erarbeitete Ribeiro auf der Grundlage einer englischen Militärkarte von James Wyld (1812–1887) eine geologische Karte der Region zwischen den Flüssen Douro und Tejo sowie basierend auf einer Karte von Charles Bonnet (1816–1867) eine geologische Karte des Alentejo. Weiterhin skizzierte er nach Karten von Édouard de Verneuil (1805–1873) und Édouard Collomb (1801–1875) eine geologische Karte der Iberischen Halbinsel, publiziert 1864. Ab 1857 war Ribeiro gemeinsam mit Pereira da Costa Direktor der Comissão Geológica de Portugal, deren Aufgabe darin bestand, eine geologische Karte des portugiesischen Festlands zu erstellen. Die Comissão Geológica wurde im Februar 1868 wegen Uneinigkeit bezüglich ihrer Ausrichtung aufgelöst, etwa ein Jahr später jedoch als Abteilung der Direcção Geral dos Trabalhos Geodésicos wiedergegründet. Hier bekleidete Carlos Ribeiro die Funktion eines Direktors der 5. Abteilung der Direcção dos trabalhos Geodésicos, Topográficos Hidrográficos e Geológicos do Reino bis zu seinem Lebensende.

Nach einer Europareise 1858 wurde Ribeira 1859 Leiter der Repartição de Minas, Geologia e Máquinas-a-Vapor (Abteilung für Bergbau, Geologie und Dampfmaschinen), einem Teil der Direcção Geral de Obras Públicas e Minas (Generaldirektion für öffentliche Arbeiten und Bergbau). Im Jahr 1863 unternahm er Forschungen auf dem Gebiet der Vor- und Frühgeschichte. Ribeiro entdeckte bei der Erkundung der tertiären Erdschichten des Tejotals die Concheiros de Muge (Køkkenmøddinger von Muge) bei Salvaterra de Magos. Hier wurden menschliche Skelette, versteinerte Knochen von Tieren und bearbeitete Objekte aus Stein und Knochen gefunden. Speziell die Feuersteinobjekte aus dem Tejotal führten nach einem Bericht Ribeiros auf der Tagung des Internationalen Kongresses für prähistorische Anthropologie und Archäologie in Brüssel 1872 zu einer wissenschaftlichen Kontroverse, da sie aus pliozänem Sandstein und miozänen Strata stammten und mögliche hominine Bearbeitungsspuren aufwiesen. 1880 fand der 9. Kongress in Lissabon statt und 1884 erschien Ribeiros Bericht L'homme tertiaire en Portugal ("Der tertiäre Mensch in Portugal").

Ab Juli 1864 arbeitete Carlos Ribeiro in einer Kommission des Ministeriums für öffentliche Arbeiten, Handel und Industrie (MOPCI). Im Jahr 1868 veröffentlichte er eine Studie zur allgemeinen Aufforstung des Landes. Seine geologische Karte des portugiesischen Festlands gewann auf der Weltausstellung in Paris 1878 die Silbermedaille. In den Legislaturperioden von 1870 bis 1874 sowie 1880/81 war Ribeiro Mitglied des portugiesischen Parlaments. Unter anderem brachte er gemeinsam mit John Gilberto und Antonio Pinto Carneiro Rolla in der Sitzung am 23. März 1872 einen Bericht über die Grundsteuer ein. Carlos Ribeiro starb im November 1882 an einer Leber- und Herzerkrankung.

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AMB Sees 11.5% FFO Increase in Q3
SAN FRANCISCO-Rent increases on new leases were 36.4%. Occupancy was 96.6% at the end of the quarter. During the last three months, AMB acquired $180 million of assets totaling 2.6 million sf and disposed of $92 million of assets totaling 498,112 sf.
By Brian K. Miller | Updated on October 11, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO-AMB Property Corp. reports this week that funds from operations in the third quarter ended Sept. 30 jumped 11.3% to 59 cents a share. Year-to-date FFO per share is up 9.6% over 1999 to $1.71.
The owner and operator of industrial properties says earnings per share before gains from dispositions and extraordinary items was 32 cents, a decrease of 8.6% from the third quarter of 1999. Year-to-date EPS decreased 2.0% from 1999 to $0.99.
For the company's entire portfolio, rent increases on new leases were 36.4%. Occupancy was 96.6% at quarter end, compared to 96.8% at the end of the second quarter. During the quarter, AMB acquired $180 million of assets totaling 2.6 million sf and disposed of $92 million of assets totaling 498,112 sf.
AMB Institutional Alliance Fund I, a partnership between AMB and 15 institutional investors, acquired six industrial buildings totaling 644,223 sf for $38 million during the quarter. Two new development and renovation projects commenced during the quarter totaling 690,000 sf with an expected total investment of $39 million. The total development and renovation pipeline at quarter end was $414 million totaling 6.6 million sft, of which $250 million has been funded.
As of September 30, AMB owned, managed and had renovation and development projects totaling 946 buildings and 87.4 million sf in 25 US metropolitan markets.
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For the third consecutive year, RSA has matched senior mentors from its UK business with seven social entrepreneurs taking part in the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) Fellowship programme.
This partnership, unique in the insurance industry, supports budding social entrepreneurs through an intensive nine month programme where they will develop and acquire the skills and knowledge needed to become successful leaders of their social enterprise.
Throughout the programme, the RSA mentor acts as a supportive sounding board, providing a different perspective and sharing business skills, experience and networks.
Fabrice Rochange (SSE) and Steve Hedge, Delegated Business Director, Commercial, RSA.
RSA established a partnership with SSE in 2013.
The charity focuses on addressing inequalities and social exclusion by nurturing and empowering individuals seeking to engage in entrepreneurship for social or environmental benefit.
The company has a strong focus on corporate responsibility and is committed to supporting the development of enterprise and entrepreneurship. RSA provides SSE with an annual donation to support bursaries for their students.
"We're proud to match our third group of RSA mentors and SSE mentees. Social enterprises are on the rise in the UK, demonstrating how business can be done differently; creating economic growth and jobs while helping those people and communities most in need.


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Q: properties file not working inside jar I am having issues with properties file when I try to make my standalone Java aplication a runnable jar.
I have 2 properties file, depending upon the machine where its running one gets initialized.
Inside eclipse it was working fine. I was using:
Properties configProps = new Properties();
....
if(machine1)
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configProps.load(Config.class.getResourceAsStream("machine1.properties"));
else
configProps.load(Config.class.getResourceAsStream("machine2.properties"));

It was working as Config.java and properties were in the same package.
On top of that I have log4j properties located on the root of the project.
That is also not working whne i made Jar.
How to handle the current sutuation.I know putting properties file outside jar is good idea.
How do I accomplish this.
Please help.

A: Putting the properties file outside of the jar is only a good idea if you need to write to that property file (it's for configuration).  Given your naming, I assume it is for configuration.
For reading only, your method is fine if the properties file is properly being packaged in the Jar.  Is it?  Have you peaked at the contents using jar tf MyJar.jar?  Does it show your properties file at the correct path?
Where to store configuration files is a broader issue.  Here's a good SO article that examines a few aspects of it (namely where to put it): What is the proper way to store app's conf data in Java?
It seems to me you want to choose a location (see the above article).  Once you've done that, the first time the application is run you should load the default properties from your Jar file as you are trying to do, then immediately save them to the location you've chosen.  Then, and afterwards, read from and write to that location instead.  You will need to use a FileInputStream/FileOutputStream.

A: Try adding a manifest to your JAR's META-INF with Class-Path set appropriately.

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Q: Ошибка подключения библиотеки в AndroidStudio возникла ошибка при подключении библиотеки в IDE AndroidStudio. Данный вопрос есть на просторах интернета но все они 2011-2019 годов и поэтому не помогают.
Вот код build.gradle(app) в котором не хочет подключаться implementation 'com.androidx.support:design:32.0.0'
plugins {
id 'com.android.application'
}

android {
    compileSdk 31

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example.myitschool"
    minSdk 16
    targetSdk 31
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"

    testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}

buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

// Add this line
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

dependencies {

implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:29.0.4')
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.1'
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.5.0'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.3'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'

implementation 'com.androidx.support:design:32.0.0'
}

Приведу еще build.gradle(название)
buildscript {
    repositories {
        // Check that you have the following line (if not, add it):
        google()  // Google's Maven repository

    }
    dependencies {

        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.10'

    }
}

plugins {
    id 'com.android.application' version '7.1.0' apply false
    id 'com.android.library' version '7.1.0' apply false
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}
allprojects {

    repositories {
        // Check that you have the following line (if not, add it):
        google()  // Google's Maven repository
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url "https://maven.google.com"
        }

    }
}

И соответственно вот код ошибок, после сборки. Ошибки именно из-за подключения библиотек!
FAILURE: Build completed with 8 failures.

1: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:checkDebugAarMetadata'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
  The project declares repositories, effectively ignoring the repositories you have declared in the settings.
  You can figure out how project repositories are declared by configuring your build to fail on project repositories.
  See https://docs.gradle.org/7.2/userguide/declaring_repositories.html#sub:fail_build_on_project_repositories for details.
   > Could not find com.androidx.support:design:32.0.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
     Required by:
         project :app

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

2: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
  The project declares repositories, effectively ignoring the repositories you have declared in the settings.
  You can figure out how project repositories are declared by configuring your build to fail on project repositories.
  See https://docs.gradle.org/7.2/userguide/declaring_repositories.html#sub:fail_build_on_project_repositories for details.
   > Could not find com.androidx.support:design:32.0.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
     Required by:
         project :app

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

3: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugMainManifest'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
  The project declares repositories, effectively ignoring the repositories you have declared in the settings.
  You can figure out how project repositories are declared by configuring your build to fail on project repositories.
  See https://docs.gradle.org/7.2/userguide/declaring_repositories.html#sub:fail_build_on_project_repositories for details.
   > Could not find com.androidx.support:design:32.0.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
     Required by:
         project :app

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

4: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugAssets'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
  The project declares repositories, effectively ignoring the repositories you have declared in the settings.
  You can figure out how project repositories are declared by configuring your build to fail on project repositories.
  See https://docs.gradle.org/7.2/userguide/declaring_repositories.html#sub:fail_build_on_project_repositories for details.
   > Could not find com.androidx.support:design:32.0.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
     Required by:
         project :app

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

5: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugJavaResource'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
  The project declares repositories, effectively ignoring the repositories you have declared in the settings.
  You can figure out how project repositories are declared by configuring your build to fail on project repositories.
  See https://docs.gradle.org/7.2/userguide/declaring_repositories.html#sub:fail_build_on_project_repositories for details.
   > Could not find com.androidx.support:design:32.0.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
     Required by:
         project :app

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

6: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:checkDebugDuplicateClasses'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
  The project declares repositories, effectively ignoring the repositories you have declared in the settings.
  You can figure out how project repositories are declared by configuring your build to fail on project repositories.
  See https://docs.gradle.org/7.2/userguide/declaring_repositories.html#sub:fail_build_on_project_repositories for details.
   > Could not find com.androidx.support:design:32.0.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
     Required by:
         project :app

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

7: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:desugarDebugFileDependencies'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
  The project declares repositories, effectively ignoring the repositories you have declared in the settings.
  You can figure out how project repositories are declared by configuring your build to fail on project repositories.
  See https://docs.gradle.org/7.2/userguide/declaring_repositories.html#sub:fail_build_on_project_repositories for details.
   > Could not find com.androidx.support:design:32.0.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
     Required by:
         project :app

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

8: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugNativeLibs'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
  The project declares repositories, effectively ignoring the repositories you have declared in the settings.
  You can figure out how project repositories are declared by configuring your build to fail on project repositories.
  See https://docs.gradle.org/7.2/userguide/declaring_repositories.html#sub:fail_build_on_project_repositories for details.
   > Could not find com.androidx.support:design:32.0.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/androidx/support/design/32.0.0/design-32.0.0.pom
     Required by:
         project :app

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 8.0.

You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.

See https://docs.gradle.org/7.2/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings

BUILD FAILED in 8s
21 actionable tasks: 8 executed, 13 up-to-date


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package org.metaborg.spoofax.core.stratego.primitive;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileObject;
import org.metaborg.core.context.IContext;
import org.metaborg.core.language.ILanguageComponent;
import org.metaborg.core.resource.IResourceService;

import com.google.inject.Inject;

public class LanguageResourcesPrimitive extends AResourcesPrimitive {

    @Inject public LanguageResourcesPrimitive(IResourceService resourceService) {
        super("language_resources", resourceService);
    }

    @Override protected List<FileObject> locations(IContext context) {
        return context.language().components().stream().map(ILanguageComponent::location).collect(Collectors.toList());
    }

}

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Gnathosyllis diplodonta är en ringmaskart som beskrevs av Schmarda 1861. Gnathosyllis diplodonta ingår i släktet Gnathosyllis och familjen Syllidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Havsborstmaskar
diplodonta


The town developed at the site of a permanent spring known to the indigenous pastoral communities. It developed rapidly after Jonker Afrikaner, Captain of the Orlam settled here in 1840 and built a stone church for his community. However, in the decades thereafter multiple wars and hostilities led to the neglect and destruction of the new settlement such that Windhoek was founded a second time in 1890 by Imperial German army Major Curt von Fran�ois.


text:
Euandroblatta herero är en kackerlacksart som beskrevs av Karlis Princis 1963. Euandroblatta herero ingår i släktet Euandroblatta och familjen småkackerlackor.

Artens utbredningsområde är Namibia. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Småkackerlackor
herero


If you require stone masonry services in Southern Ontario, contact the stone masonry professionals at Royal Masonry. If you require a commercial restoration or a simple backyard project such as a retaining wall or fireplace installation, Royal Masonry has the expertise to complete it at a competitive rate. We also specialize in new commercial construction, repointing, and specialty work such as masonry signs or heritage homes. In this post we will further explain our services and explain why your should trust your next stone masonry project to Royal Masonry.


text:
Austin Police are searching for a suspect it says punched a city employee in the face at a downtown bus stop on July 1, 2022. (APD Photo)
Austin police search for suspect who punched city employee at bus stop
by: Jaclyn Ramkissoon
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are searching for a man who reportedly punched a city employee in the face at a downtown bus stop earlier this month.
The Austin Police Department said the assault took place the afternoon of July 1 at the bus stop in the 400 block of Guadalupe Street, near Republic Square Park.
Officers responded to the call around 4:13 p.m. When they got there, APD said they learned a suspect had punched a city worker in the face before leaving the area. The suspect went through a nearby parking garage in the 300 block of San Antonio Street, APD said.
Search warrant gives new details about what Kaitlin Armstrong did after Moriah Wilson's murder
Police said the suspect is described as:
5'7″ tall, 125-135 pounds
Short black hair
Thin mustache
Gap in front teeth
He was last seen wearing a gray t-shirt with an unknown black logo, a black drawstring backpack, white and multi-color print shorts and black slides on his feet.
Anyone with information on the suspect can call the APD Region I Sector line at (512) 974-5386 or (512) 947-4996.


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Lindsey Schust &
the RAGGED MT. BAND
Lindsey Schust & the Ragged Mt. Band formed in 2011, when they debuted her local hit "Hippie Hill" at the Andover Historical Society Old Time Fair Auction. Now, the group performs extensively in the NH Lakes Region area. They are working on their Debut CD "Country Way" and the accompanying video to come out in May 2015. The band plays original songs written by Lindsey and arranged for the group. They also play a mixture of traditional Americana, folk, country western, bluegrass and folk rock. The band is made up of friends and family members.
Lindsey Schust– songwriter, arranger, bandleader, keyboards and vocals
Grace Schust– drums, percussion and vocals
Jim Schust– Guitar
Paul Currier– Dobro, fiddle, mandolin, banjo and vocals
Jim Connell– Bass, guitar and vocals
Jesse Schust– percussion
Robert Grasmere– blues harp
Peg O'Neil– Mandolin and vocals (active 2011-13 – vocals for Hippie Hill music video)
Emilie Meadows– Banjo and vocals (active 2011-13)
BJ Entwisle– Bass and vocals (active 2011-13)


Our cool and talkative groom, Karan, looked nothing less than a Raja while making his grand entry amidst the nagadas and dhols, grabbing all eyeballs. The graceful and charming bride, Annie, looked stunning in pink Punjabi joda with her kalire adorning her dainty hands. Exuding a royal romance in this vintage setting of Patiala, this love-struck couple perfectly complemented each other.
Sikh tradition of tying the pagdi in preparation for the wedding. The groom dresses up in a cream bandhgala with gold buttons.
Loving couple's portrait with antique, greek background.
Irresistible chocolate fountain makes our mouths water !
Flower and spotlight entries ! This beautiful entryway sets the mood perfectly.
The way this happy groom looks at his beautiful wife is giving us some serious relationship goals !
Black and white photograph of the first couple dance !
Unique shot by White Frog production about tying the knot, literally !
Beautiful shot by ace wedding photographers White Frog Production of the bride exiting.
The bride wore a pink lehenga with subtle bronze embroidery and gold and kundan jewellery. Like all sikh brides, she sports the traditional kalire.
Bridal shot of the final ceremony. The bride's flawless make is joined by pink bangles and gold nath.


Well, here we are again! Baby G take two. We started trying in June and are blessed to say we got pregnant in the first month! I took a test June 28th and it is definitely positive. I am so, so excited and nervous all at the same time.
Henley will be 3 months past her 2 year birthday when I am due. I know she will be an amazing big sister, I'm just so anxious about how this all will work. How will she handle it? How will I handle it?


Flavius Zeno (c. 425 -491 ) (Ζήνων), original name Tarasicodissa or Trascalissaeus, Eastern Roman Emperor (February 9, 474 - April 9, 491) was one of the more prominent of the early Byzantine emperors. Domestic revolts and religious dissension plagued his reign which nevertheless succeeded to some extent in foreign issues. He presided over the official end of the Roman Empire in the west under Julius Nepos and Romulus Augustus, while at the same time contributing much to stabilizing the empire in the east. He was thus the first emperor of the eastern Roman empire to rule without a western counterpart, making him the first emperor of a fully independent Byzantine Empire.
Tarasicodissa, as he was known as a young man, was an Isaurian tribesman from the region now known as Armenia. The Isaurians are thought to be ancestors of the modern Kurds, and were looked upon as barbarians by the Romans even though they had been Roman citizens for more than two centuries. Still, a fortuitous turn of events ultimately placed Zeno on the throne in Constantinople.
Well-known as a warrior, Tarasicodissa caught the eye of the Emperor Leo I in the mid-460s, when Leo was searching for alternatives to using increasingly unreliable Germanic and Alan mercenaries in his army. In 466, Tarasicodissa exposed the treachery of Ardabur, the son of the Alans eastern magister militum Aspar and made himself even more indispensable. By 468, when Leo's incompetent (and perhaps traitorous) generals led the Byzantine fleet to disaster in a campaign against the Vandals, Tarasicodissa was considered Leo's best general. While on a campaign in Thrace he narrowly escaped assassination instigated by Aspar. On Tarasicodissa's return to the capital, Aspar was killed on Leo's orders and Tarasicodissa became magister militum in his own right.
To make himself more acceptable to the Roman hierarchy and the native Greek population of Constantinople, Tarasicodissa adopted the Greek name of Zeno and used it for the rest of his life after his marriage to Leo's daughter Ariadne in 468. Although designed by Leo to secure the Isaurian support against the aforementioned ambitious minister Aspar, this political arrangement brought them a son, who was to become the emperor Leo II upon the death of his grandfather in 473.
In the meantime, Zeno continued to lead the eastern armies with a great deal of success, most notably in expelling the Vandals from Epirus, which they invaded in 469 as part of King Geiseric's revenge for being attacked a year earlier. He also led troops against incursions by the Huns and Gepids south of the Danube River. Since Leo II was too young to rule himself, Ariadne and her mother Verina prevailed upon Leo to crown Zeno as co-emperor, which he did on February 9, 474. When Leo became ill and died on November 17, Zeno became sole emperor.
Restored to rule of the entire empire, Zeno was within two months forced to make a momentous decision when Odoacer deposed the last emperor in the west and asked for Zeno's recognition as a patrician officer of Zeno's court, intending to rule without an emperor. Zeno granted this, and thus in theory became the first emperor of a united Roman Empire since 395. In reality, he all but wrote off the west until several years later, when Odoacer began to violate the terms of his agreement with Zeno.
At the same time, Zeno sent a mission to Carthage with the intent of making a permanent peace settlement with Geiseric, who was still making constant raids on eastern cities and merchant shipping. By recognizing Geiseric as an independent king and with the full extent of his conquests, Zeno was able to hammer out a peace which ended the Vandal attacks in the east, brought freedom of religion to the Catholics under Vandal rule, and lasted for more than 50 years.
Since 472 the aggressions of the two Ostrogoth leaders, Theodoric the Great, son of Theodemir, and Theodoric Strabo, had been a constant source of danger. Though Zeno at times contrived to play them off against each other, they in turn were able to profit by his dynastic rivalries, and it was only by offering them pay and high command that he kept them from attacking Constantinople itself.
Zeno survived another revolt in 478, when his mother-in-law Verina attempted to kill Illus for turning against Basiliscus, her brother. The revolt was led by her son-in-law Marcian and the Ostrogoth warlord Theoderic Strabo, but Illus again proved his loyalty to Zeno by quashing the revolt. However, Illus and Zeno had a falling out by 484, and once again Zeno had to put down a bloody revolt in the east.
After Theodoric Strabo died in 481, the future Theodoric became king of the entire Ostrogothic nation and began to be a source of trouble in the Balkan peninsula. Zeno got rid of the problem in 487 by inducing him to invade Italy to fight Odoacer and establish his new kingdom there, all but eliminating the German presence in the east.
He died on April 9, 491, after ruling for 17 years and 2 months. Because he and Ariadne had no other children, his widow chose a favored member of the imperial court, Anastasius, to succeed him.
Zeno is described as a lax and indolent ruler, but he seems to have husbanded the resources of the empire so as to leave it appreciably stronger at his death.
In ecclesiastical history, Zeno is associated with the Henoticon or "instrument of union", promulgated by him and signed by all the Eastern bishops, with the design of solving the monophysite controversy.
A compostion of Agathias of Myrine describes Zeno playing tabula, a sort of backgammon.
^ Austin, Roland G. "Zeno's Game of τάβλη", The Journal of Hellenic Studies 54:2, 1934. pp 202-205.


My initial American history essay as compared to what I know now and what I am going to write I think was narrow and shoddy. After delving much into the history and learning new things of the nation's history after the Civil War and how it led to reconstruction and how the country has developed since then. In retrospect I have seen how America came to be and the strenuous process the nation has taken with a lot of time, resources and lives being sacrificed towards the making of a nation. Building of a nation after 1877.
One landmark historical event in the history of the United States was the Civil War that occurred between 1861 to 1865 which resulted to the death of over 600,000 soldiers and civilians through disease or being killed in the war. The Civil War was as a result of friction between the Southern and Northern States over the abolition of slave trade. The North had become more industrialized while the South hugely relied on agriculture and that brought difficulties between the factions. The North fought for retention of the Union while the South was after secession and under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, he was able to see the end of the war and the retention of the Union.
Abraham Lincoln opposed slavery and slave trade drove for the abolition of slavery. However many people at the time as Zeiler pinpoints in his book Ambassador in Pinstripes, sports people such as Albert Spalding viewed immigrants as second-class individuals with limited rights. Lincoln however believed all men were created equal and this was even quoted in the country's Declaration of Independence as he would often quote. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22nd 1862. He issued the final Emancipation proclamation on January 1st 1863 and this brought the war on abolition of slavery to another level and it was one main factor that brought up the end of slavery.
1877 was an important year to the United States as it is when a compromise was reached setting the disputed 1876 election dispute between Rutherford Hayes the Republican candidate and Samuel Tilden the Democratic candidate. Hayes became president after a deal was made he would take out the federal troops after he takes office so that the Republican state governments in Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida could be stable. This time is known as the reconstruction era. Ulysses Grant, the outgoing president removed soldiers from Florida while Hayes who was taking over was to remove those in South Carolina and Louisiana.
This time is referred to as the end of construction as it's a time when all states Southern and Northern became united under the federal government. Reconstruction referred to the bringing together of the South and consolidating it while also constructing it from the massive loss they had incurred during the Civil War. It's a time when the national government that led the Union during the Civil War took over the remnants of the Southern States removing the last of the federal troops who were in the states of Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana. James Roark's book, The American Promise gives these details of how the buildup of the nation was before the Civil War and after in detail.
Use our history essay sample as an example of how this type of paper should be written. It shouldn't be presented as your own essay. If you hand in this history essay sample, it will be considered as plagiarism. EssayShark.com can help you to hand in the best writing assignments. In fact, our writers can deal with any type of paper. This is rather convenient, as you may order any paper on our site for an affordable price. We work 24/7 – you can contact us any time you want. Forget about your writing problems by getting our professional writing help.


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Boutervilliers (prononcé  ) est une commune française située à cinquante kilomètres au sud-ouest de Paris dans le département de l'Essonne en région Île-de-France.

Ses habitants sont appelés les Boutervillois.

Géographie

Situation

Boutervilliers est située à cinquante kilomètres au sud-ouest de Paris-Notre-Dame, point zéro des routes de France, trente-cinq kilomètres au sud-ouest d'Évry, huit kilomètres au sud-ouest d'Étampes, neuf kilomètres au sud-est de Dourdan, vingt et un kilomètres au sud-ouest d'Arpajon, vingt-deux kilomètres au sud-ouest de La Ferté-Alais, vingt-six kilomètres au sud-ouest de Montlhéry, trente et un kilomètres au nord-ouest de Milly-la-Forêt, trente-deux kilomètres au sud-ouest de Palaiseau, trente-six kilomètres au sud-ouest de Corbeil-Essonnes.

Communes limitrophes

Géologie, relief et hydrographie
 Vallée des Grès (vallée sèche du bassin de la Louette), vallée Boyère.
 Bois de la Grande Côtière, bois des Closeaux.

Climat

Voies de communication et transports
Le village bénéficie d'un très bon emplacement à proximité de la N20 à Étampes ainsi que des autoroutes A10 et A11.

Le village ne bénéficie quasiment pas de transports en commun, seulement quelques bus pour Étampes.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Boutervilliers est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Paris, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire regroupe .

Toponymie
Boutervilliers au .

Le nom de la commune était précédemment Boutarvilliers, signifiant « petit château du bout », elle fut créée avec ce nom en 1793. Le nom actuel fut introduit par le bulletin des lois en 1801.

Histoire

Politique et administration

Politique locale
La commune de Boutervilliers est rattachée au canton d'Étampes, représenté par les conseillers départementaux Marie-Claire Chambaret (DVD) et Guy Crosnier (UMP), à l'arrondissement d'Étampes et à la deuxième circonscription de l'Essonne, représentée par le député Franck Marlin (UMP).

L'Insee attribue à la commune le code . La commune de Boutervilliers est enregistrée au répertoire des entreprises sous le code SIREN . Son activité est enregistrée sous le code APE 8411Z.

Liste des maires

Tendances et résultats politiques
Élections présidentielles, résultats des deuxièmes tours :
 Élection présidentielle de 2002 : 78,79 % pour Jacques Chirac (RPR), 21,21 % pour Jean-Marie Le Pen (FN), 88,11 % de participation.
 Élection présidentielle de 2007 : 65,07 % pour Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP), 34,93 % pour Ségolène Royal (PS), 91,53 % de participation.
 Élection présidentielle de 2012 : 61,16 % pour Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP), 38,84 % pour François Hollande (PS), 83,99 % de participation.
Élections législatives, résultats des deuxièmes tours :
 Élections législatives de 2002 : 73,56 % pour Franck Marlin (UMP), 26,44 % pour Gérard Lefranc (PCF), 73,77 % de participation.
 Élections législatives de 2007 : 67,60 % pour Franck Marlin (UMP) élu au premier tour, 12,29 % pour Marie-Agnès Labarre (PS), 75,95 % de participation.
 Élections législatives de 2012 : 72,67 % pour Franck Marlin (UMP), 27,33 % pour Béatrice Pèrié (PS), 57,80 % de participation.
Élections européennes, résultats des deux meilleurs scores :
 Élections européennes de 2004 : 23,08 % pour Marielle de Sarnez (UDF), 19,23 % pour Patrick Gaubert (UMP), 48,10 % de participation.
 Élections européennes de 2009 : 36,13 % pour Michel Barnier (UMP), 15,13 % pour Daniel Cohn-Bendit (Les Verts), 48,34 % de participation.
Élections régionales, résultats des deux meilleurs scores :
 Élections régionales de 2004 : 51,48 % pour Jean-François Copé (UMP), 32,54 % pour Jean-Paul Huchon (PS), 74,15 % de participation.
 Élections régionales de 2010 : 54,26 % pour Valérie Pécresse (UMP), 45,74 % pour Jean-Paul Huchon (PS), 49,12 % de participation.
Élections cantonales, résultats des deuxièmes tours :
 Élections cantonales de 2001 : données manquantes.
 Élections cantonales de 2008 : 69,29 % pour Jean Perthuis (UMP), 30,71 % pour François Jousset (PCF), 52,57 % de participation.
Élections municipales, résultats des deuxièmes tours :
 Élections municipales de 2001 : données manquantes.
 Élections municipales de 2008 : 166 voix pour Priscilla Marchand (?), 164 voix pour Francis Tassin (?), 75,59 % de participation.
Référendums :
 Référendum de 2000 relatif au quinquennat présidentiel : 73,33 % pour le Oui, 26,67 % pour le Non, 48,61 % de participation.
 Référendum de 2005 relatif au traité établissant une Constitution pour l'Europe : 53,14 % pour le Non, 46,86 % pour le Oui, 74,29 % de participation.

Population et société

Démographie

Évolution démographique

Pyramide des âges

En 2018, le taux de personnes d'un âge inférieur à  s'élève à 37,8 %, soit en dessous de la moyenne départementale (39,9 %). De même, le taux de personnes d'âge supérieur à  est de 16,1 % la même année, alors qu'il est de 20,1 % au niveau départemental.

En 2018, la commune comptait  pour , soit un taux de 50,00 % de femmes, légèrement inférieur au taux départemental (51,02 %).

Les pyramides des âges de la commune et du département s'établissent comme suit.

Enseignement
Les établissements scolaires de Boutervilliers sont rattachés à l'académie de Versailles. La commune dispose d'une école élémentaire publique. En regroupement pédagogique avec La-Forêt-le-Roi, Richarville & Boissy-le-Sec, la commune accueille les élèves de CM2 ainsi que la cantine & la garderie du regroupement.

Lieux de culte
La paroisse catholique de Boutervilliers est rattachée au secteur pastoral de Saint-Michel-de-Beauce-Étampes et au diocèse d'Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes. Elle dispose de l'église Saint-Jean-Baptiste.

Médias
L'hebdomadaire Le Républicain relate les informations locales. La commune est en outre dans le bassin d'émission des chaînes de télévision France 3 Paris Île-de-France Centre, IDF1 et Téléssonne intégré à Télif.

Économie

Emplois, revenus et niveau de vie
En 2010, le revenu fiscal médian par ménage était de , ce qui plaçait Boutervilliers au  rang parmi les  communes de plus de 39 ménages en métropole.

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments
 L'église Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
 Tour de Cénive dans la vallée sèche du bassin de la Louette,  et .

Personnalités liées à la commune

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Articles connexes

 Liste des communes de l'Essonne

Liens externes

 Boutervilliers sur le site de la CA de l'Étampois Sud-Essonne

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Commune dans l'Essonne
Commune dans le canton d'Étampes
Commune de la communauté de communes de l'Étampois Sud-Essonne
Aire urbaine de Paris
Commune dans l'ancien département de Seine-et-Oise


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