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Glossary of Terms in Virginia Workers' Compensation Cases
Terms starting with A
http://vwc.state.va.us/sites/default/files/documents/VWC-Glossary-of-Terms.pdf
These are commonly used workers' compensation terms for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The terms are provided by the state worker's compensation website. They are not legal advice. They're general and meant to help you understand the terminology.
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Alternative means alternative to a full scale hearing. It's a way to resolve disputes in a friendlier manner. The most common way to resolve matters through alternative dispute resolution is through a process called mediation. The process is voluntary and confidential. A neutral person (the mediator) works to identify the core issues and tries to resolve disputes through clarification of issues and communication between the two sides.
American Medical Association (AMA): This is a nationwide medical group. The group publishes guidelines which doctors use to determine your level of impairment for your injuries.
Amputation Chart (Form 7): This form is a way for your doctor to show where a body part has been amputated.
Appeal: A process where the losing side asks a higher court to review an adverse decision.
Assertion of Rights: This is a way for claimants to protect their claim so nobody can argue you didn't start the claim properly, but also lets the state commission know that you're not requesting any action be taken on the complaint until further notice.
Attending Physician's Report (Form 6): This form is not mandatory. It is filled out by your family doctor to detail your injuries. It does help everyone understand your injuries.
Defense Counsel (PD): This is the lawyer for the employer and for the insurance carrier. The employer/carrier chooses this lawyer.
Injured Worker's Counsel (PQ): This is the lawyer for the injured worker. The worker chooses his/her own lawyer. While not required, it is advisable to use an experienced worker's compensation lawyer.
Average Weekly Wage (AWW): Before determining a worker's benefits, the amount of income the worker earned on a regular basis is calculated. It's usually your salary divided by 52 (for 52 weeks).
Award: This is the decision by the Virginia Worker's Compensation Act which allows or denies benefits. If benefits are allowed, the amount and length of benefits is set forth in the award.
Award Agreement (Agreement to Pay Benefits – Form 4): This is similar to an award except that it is usually based on an agreement between the worker and the insurance company/employer.
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I recently helped a member find an alternate source for a Death Notice in the digital archive of the National Library of Australia, more commonly called TROVE. They have digitized and indexed more than one-thousand titles. The Advanced Search screen provides many options for narrowing the results in case the names you are searching for make it difficult (think Smith, Wood, Swan, etc).
The abstract is not necessary because this record does not require a paid subscription. It can, however, save you and others time when looking for clues.
Always review the original if you can for items which were not included. In this case, I did not include the home address of the parents (clues for distinguishing between two people of the same name), nor the notation that he was privately interred.
Welcome back, Sarah. Happy Sourcing!
Congrats, Sarah, on sourcing the most this week.
Ready, set, Saturday Sourcing Sprint, go!
LOL and they are blessed to have a champion in you.
Also, Trove is one of the most addictive places for Australian geneaologists on the internet...it's a very deep black hole that easily steals hours of your time when you weren't intending it!
I've loved the few times I worked with the Trove databases. I need to remember to do it more, even when I'm not looking for people from Australia. I keep forgetting that they have digitized papers from all over the world. How was the citation? Look like what you would have used?
LOL I used to use the simpler style of citations until that one time when I had to search a page to find the article that I had cited. It was a page much like that one I linked above and I wanted to review it to see if it had any more information. I had cited it as the source for an estimated death date on a parent's profile because the Death notice said "was predeceased by her parents." The problem was, the couple had six daughters that had married and I hadn't noted who had died. I had to do a separate search for each married surname. That's when I started including who the item was about and where on the page it was located.
Snowy day. Should be able to find a few sources.
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Finally I have a Saturday where I didn't sleep all day! I'll use the tracker.
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Episode #382 – The Pho3nix Child
SLUG Mag Soundwaves
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Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 32:43 | Recorded on February 4, 2022
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Cassie Houston (A.K.A. The Pho3nix Child) is a self-described "non-binary, femme-presenting, bi-polar poet, rapper and dancer from Salt Lake." Houston's ultimate goal is to spread their message, whether that be through poetry, hip-hop or anything else. "I [care] about and resonate with the fact that people can feel my message. That matters to me more than anything," they say.
As they came up, Houston didn't feel like there was much of a place for femme rappers in the city. "I feel like it's important to show face as a queer, femme-presenting person in Salt Lake, especially with the scene just being so masculine," they say. "There's not many of us, you know." Houston's love for the SLC queer community and performance art has inspired their journey as a musician and artist. "I really think that gender identity is a systematic placement put on us by our society to make us conform. I feel like it's important to recognize that gender is really based off of a persona—the way you dress, the way you act, the music you listen to. It's really, really stupid."
Along with Houston's deep care for the messages received through their music, they also prioritize the intentions, timing and authenticity of their production. They work at their own pace and let creativity come naturally. "My album was supposed to come out on August 20 last year. I just wanted to make sure that it's going to sound like and feel like Pho3nix Child is supposed to sound and feel, 100%," they say. "How am I supposed to nail that down for the city, the world or whatever if I don't know what that sound is?"
You can find Pho3nix Child on Spotify alongside Icky Rogers on the Midnight Maverick album. Houston also makes music videos on their YouTube channel. Pho3nix Child will be playing at SLUG's 33rd Anniversary Party and Death By Salt Volume VI Tape Release on February 11 at Urban Lounge. Don't forget to keep up with them on Instagram @pho3nixwitha3!
Episode #407 – Threar
Post-hardcore group Threar talk about the origins of their bleak, distorted sound, their songwriting process and how they excise their emotions through music. … read more
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Salt Lake City–based alternative music Meraki Rozes discusses the concept behind her debut full-length, THE UNDERWORLD OF ENDLESS WANDERING. … read more
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Fresh off of her win at Velour's Battle of the Bands, Utah County–based artist Jane Beeson talks about her band, named Beeson, her songwriting style and more. … read more
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Utah punk group Endless Struggle on their history in SLC's punk and alternative scenes, their return to music after a long hiatus and their upcoming album. … read more
Episode #403 – Mykah
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Richard Stewart Campbell-Orde1
M, #201601, b. 29 April 1942, d. 29 April 1942
Richard Stewart Campbell-Orde was born posthumously on 29 April 1942.1 He was the son of Captain Peter Stewart Campbell-Orde and Margaret Constance Atkinson.2 He died on 29 April 1942.1
Ian Ridley Campbell-Orde1
M, #201602, b. 18 June 1907, d. 4 October 1977
Ian Campbell-Orde 2
Ian Ridley Campbell-Orde was born on 18 June 1907.1 He was the son of Colin Ridley Campbell-Orde and Winifred Harriet Stewart.3 He married Myrtle Maud Adamson, daughter of Robert van Gruisen Adamson, on 6 November 1939.1 He died on 4 October 1977 at age 70 at Surrey, England.2
He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.1 He gained the rank of Wing Commander in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.1 He was Advisor and Director of Tactical Development, U.S.Air Force between 1942 and 1943.1 He was awarded the Air Efficiency Award (A.E.) and bar.1
Robert van Gruisen Adamson1
Robert van Gruisen Adamson lived at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.G, and Boston.1 He lived at Liverpool, Lancashire, EnglandG.1
Child of Robert van Gruisen Adamson
Myrtle Maud Adamson2 b. 2 May 1911, d. 4 Mar 1998
Myrtle Maud Adamson1
F, #201604, b. 2 May 1911, d. 4 March 1998
Myrtle Maud Adamson was born on 2 May 1911.2 She was the daughter of Robert van Gruisen Adamson.3 She married Ian Ridley Campbell-Orde, son of Colin Ridley Campbell-Orde and Winifred Harriet Stewart, on 6 November 1939.1 She died on 4 March 1998 at age 86.1,2
Her married name became Welsh.1 From 6 November 1939, her married name became Campbell-Orde.1
Harry Eustace Campbell-Orde1
M, #201605, b. 8 April 1914, d. 27 May 1991
Harry Eustace Campbell-Orde was born on 8 April 1914.1 He was the son of Colin Ridley Campbell-Orde and Winifred Harriet Stewart.2 He married Mary Beatrice Elliott, daughter of Percy Bruce Elliott, on 6 July 1940.1 He died on 27 May 1991 at age 77 at Winchester, Hampshire, England.3
He was (an unknown value) at Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Surrey, EnglandG.1 He fought in the Second World War, in Europe and the Middle East.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the |Royal Scots Fusiliers (Territorial Army.)1 He retired from the military in 1961, with the rank of Wing Commander, late of the Royal Air Force.1
Percy Bruce Elliott1
Percy Bruce Elliott lived at Middleham House, Ripon, Yorkshire, EnglandG.1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)1
Child of Percy Bruce Elliott
Mary Beatrice Elliott2
Mary Beatrice Elliott is the daughter of Percy Bruce Elliott.2 She married Harry Eustace Campbell-Orde, son of Colin Ridley Campbell-Orde and Winifred Harriet Stewart, on 6 July 1940.1
From 6 July 1940, her married name became Campbell-Orde.1
Henry Campbell Campbell-Orde1
M, #201608, b. 14 August 1877, d. 1 November 1954
Henry Campbell Campbell-Orde was born on 14 August 1877.1 He was the son of Sir John William Powlett Campbell-Orde, 3rd Bt. and Alice Louisa Monck.2 He married, firstly, Marie Elizabeth Barr, daughter of John S. Barr, in 1901.1 He married, secondly, Ruth Thomas, daughter of Robert Thomas, on 14 November 1927.1 He died on 1 November 1954 at age 77.1
Child of Henry Campbell Campbell-Orde and Marie Elizabeth Barr
Beatrice Constance Campbell-Orde2 b. 25 Feb 1903
Children of Henry Campbell Campbell-Orde and Ruth Thomas
Alexander Powlett Campbell-Orde2 b. 5 Sep 1928
Morwenna Campbell-Orde+2 b. 24 Aug 1929
Colin Robert Campbell-Orde+2 b. 19 Mar 1935
John S. Barr1
John S. Barr lived at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, EnglandG.1
Child of John S. Barr
Marie Elizabeth Barr+2 d. 9 Dec 1913
Marie Elizabeth Barr1
F, #201610, d. 9 December 1913
Marie Elizabeth Barr was the daughter of John S. Barr.2 She married Henry Campbell Campbell-Orde, son of Sir John William Powlett Campbell-Orde, 3rd Bt. and Alice Louisa Monck, in 1901.1 She died on 9 December 1913.1
From 1901, her married name became Campbell-Orde.1
Child of Marie Elizabeth Barr and Henry Campbell Campbell-Orde


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Q: Сбор временных отрезков в ASP NET Есть один метод и я хочу посмотреть какое время затрачивается на его работу. Делаю я это через фильтры но не совсем понятно как они работают:
Вот сам метод который мы будем тестировать:
[TimeMetric( Name = nameof(ExcelToDataTable) )]
public DataTable ExcelToDataTable()
{
    // много кода
}

А вот реализация фильтра да подсчета вмени:
public class TimeMetricAttribute: ActionFilterAttribute
{
    // Имя метода который мы сичтаем
    public string Name { get; set; }
    private Stopwatch stopWatch;

    public TimeMetricAttribute()
    {
        Name = "Неизвестно";
        stopWatch = new Stopwatch();
    }

    public override void OnActionExecuting( ActionExecutingContext filterContext )
    {
        stopWatch.Start();
    }

    public override void OnActionExecuted( ActionExecutedContext filterContext )
    {
        stopWatch.Stop();
        // Get the elapsed time as a TimeSpan value.
        TimeSpan ts = stopWatch.Elapsed;

        // Format and display the TimeSpan value.
        string elapsedTime = String.Format( "{0:00}:{1:00}:{2:00}.{3:00}",
            ts.Hours, ts.Minutes, ts.Seconds,
            ts.Milliseconds / 10 );

        // Ну тут временное решение, потом буду писать куда-нибуть в базу
        Debug.WriteLine( $"\n\n{Name}: RunTime {elapsedTime}\n");
    }
}

Я все правильно про фильтры понял или это бред?
Проблема в том что это не работает, фильтр видимо не вызывается...
Фильтры только к методам контроллера применимы или можно и к своим
методам бизнес логики их применять?
Если нельзя, то существует ли какой-то механизм позволяющий вызывать какие-то действия до вызова целевого метода и после?

A: Вам нужно воспользоваться механизмом трассировки, встроенным в asp.net

Включение этой опции затронет только .cs файлы, так что для cshtml придётся ещё добавить следующее:
<system.diagnostics>
   <trace autoflush="true">
     <listeners>
       <add name="textLogListener" type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener"
         initializeData="app.log"  />
    <remove name="Default" />
  </listeners>
  </trace>
</system.diagnostics>

Подробная справка доступна в MSDN: https://msdn.microsoft.com/ru-ru/library/bb386420(v=vs.100).aspx

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Jerusalem, entrance of the Holy Tomb, Photo Berthold Werner, 24 September 2010.
Romanian-born interior designer Mica Ertegun has made the lead gift of $1.3 million to a World Monuments Fund campaign to restore the Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is said to contain both the site of Christ's crucifixion (Calvary) and his empty tomb. The Edicule has been held to be the burial place of Christ since the time of the Holy Roman Emperor Constantine.
The present Church of the Holy Sepulchre is a conglomeration of buildings housing representatives of various denominations and sects of Christian faith: Greek Orthodox, Catholic, and Armenian representatives share responsibility for the Church. The Edicule is the fourth structure to cover the tomb. It was built in 1810 and stands only because of extensive shoring installed in 1947. Mica Ertegun's gift will allow restoration, which has been delayed for fifty years, to begin immediately.
The World Monuments Fund announcement stated that Mica Ertegan made the donation after attending a 2014 reconciliation prayer service in celebration of the meeting between Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew that took place at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Mica Ertegun is the widow of Ahmet Ertegun, the Turkish-American songwriter, philanthropist, founder of Atlantic Records, and one of the key figures in the development of American blues, jazz, and rock music.
The National Technical University in Athens (NTUA) drafted the plan for extensive restoration of the Edicule. The study was sponsored by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Plans for restoration were approved and endorsed by the three communities which share custodianship of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, all of which have signed an agreement to cooperate and allow the work to go forward.


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Rear Admiral (Ret.) David Rogers "Dave" Oliver Jr. (born September 17, 1941) is the former executive vice president of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) for North America. Currently he is an independent consultant. Since September 21, 2006 he has been the director of the American Superconductor Corporation.

Education

Raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, Oliver graduated from Ben Davis High School in 1959 and the United States Naval Academy in 1963. He received a Master of Arts in Political Science and International Affairs (Middle East) from American University.

Navy

While in the Navy, Oliver commanded diesel and nuclear submarines, as well as two submarines groups in the Cold War, one in Japan and one in San Diego. His final appointment in the Navy was Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition. His Military decorations include Defense and Navy Distinguished Service Medals and six awards of the Legion of Merit.

Oliver retired in 1995.

Career

David R. Oliver Jr. held management positions at Westinghouse Electric and Northrop Grumman.

For both the Clinton and Bush Administrations, Oliver served as the Principal Deputy under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.

He was stationed in Baghdad, Iraq as Director of Management and Budget for the Coalition Forces.

He also served as Financial Advisor to Coalition Provisional Authority director Paul Bremer in Afghanistan, saying of the $8.8 billion in cash that was lost by the Authority: "I have no idea. I can't tell you whether or not the money went to the right things or didn't - nor do I actually think it's important."

Between 2004 and 2008 Oliver was the Chief Executive Officer of the Defense Division of EADS North America. During this time he ran the EADS portion of the capture effort for the Air Force Tanker Program.

From January 2008 through December 2011, Oliver held the title of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of EADS. In this position, he oversaw marketing, business development activities, and managed the operational activities of the EADS North America holding company.

Oliver continued to grow with the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company for the North American division. He also served as a strategic advisor, mergers and acquisitions, from January 2012 to July 2013.

Oliver is also a published author. He wrote an instruction primer for political appointees titled Making it in Washington. He also penned a management book, Lead On, and his wife's biography, Wide Blue Ribbon. His latest book is on leadership, featuring examples from the naval career of Hyman G. Rickover. It was published in Nov. 2014 by the United States Naval Institute Press.

Awards

Oliver has received two awards for public service: the Bronze Palm to the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, and the Army and Navy Public Service Awards.

Works
Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2014.
Lead On.
Making It in Washington
Wide Blue Ribbon.

References

External links
Dave Oliver on Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy

1941 births
Living people
People from Indianapolis
United States Naval Academy alumni
American University alumni
United States submarine commanders
United States Navy admirals
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Recipients of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal
United States Department of Defense officials
American male writers

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Dublin's DART underground won't happen until after 2042, NTA says
The MetroLink project also won't be completed until the 2030s, according to the new €25 billion Dublin transport strategy.
Stephen McNeice
11.47 9 Nov 2021
The proposed DART underground project now won't happen until after 2042, the National Transport Authority has said.
It comes after the NTA today unveiled its draft transport strategy for the greater Dublin area for the next 20 years.
The long-promised MetroLink project also won't be completed until the 2030s under the €25 billion plan, meaning it won't be operational for at least 10 years.
Today's strategy represents a significant increase of the price tag for the proposed transport projects - the previous twenty-year transport strategy for the capital (published in 2016) had an estimated cost of €10.3 billion.
The new plan pledges a focus on public transport that is "proofed against the potential impacts arising from climate change".
Extending the Luas to Bray, Finglas, Lucan and Poolbeg and the MetroLink are among the projects now listed for 2031-2042.
DART services would be extended to Kilcock, Naas and Wicklow under the plan.
However, plans for the DART underground - aimed at linking Heuston Station and Pearse Station - have been pushed back even further.
Plans for the project have been revived a number of times after previously being put in "deep freeze".
The NTA now says the project - dubbed the DART+ Tunnel - will be needed in the future, but only the 'planning and design' phase is listed for 2031-2042.
The plan suggests plans for that project can be "brought forward if required by emerging transport patterns".
Today's MetroLink announcement confirms the news from earlier this year that plans for the metro line - aimed at connecting Swords and Dublin Airport to the city centre and Charlemont - have been pushed beyond the initial target date of 2027.
DART underground delay
Anne Graham, chief executive of the NTA, told The Pat Kenny Show the DART underground is one of the projects that didn't make the cut for the next two decades.
She explained: "If we just look at the DART underground tunnel, we are undertaking a significant extension of the DART, through the DART+ programme - and further extending it to Kilcock and Wicklow as well.
"When we assessed the DART underground tunnel, because we have the Phoenix Park tunnel… we do now have a connection between the western rail and northern/southern rail lines.
"We have estimated the additional benefit to be provided by the DART underground tunnel will not be required in the next 20 years, but will be required after that."
Mrs Graham said MetroLink remains a "key part" of the strategy, and a lot of planning work has already happened - with hopes they'll be able to apply for planning permission next year.
She explained: "We would have in the original plan an extension of the metro to Sandyford.
"But having reviewed that again, we're proposing post-2042 that a new Luas line from the city centre to Sandyford via UCD would take off the future passenger congestion on the Green Line.
"It's not required in the 20 years of this current strategy."
The Luas extension timeline, meanwhile, will depend on whether funding is available.
Mrs Graham said the Dublin area transport strategy is reviewed every six years, following the strategy previously approved in 2016.
She said the increased €25bn price tag of this strategy is down to "updated costs" following the work done so far on the BusConnects, DART+ and MetroLink "megaprojects".
Main image: File photo of a train tunnel in Germany. Photo: Daniel Karmann/dpa
Anne Graham Dart Underground Metrolink National Transport Authority
Tánaiste approves purchase of new Government jet
Demand for public transport expected to build 'slowly' - NTA
Over 5,000 asylum seekers arrived in Ireland without valid travel documents last year
'It took my diagnosis to stop smoking' - Aoife Lyttle on facing cancer at 34


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What an honor it is to be here, writing amongst so many other godly women writers. I am so excited to join the team!
A little over a year ago, I was a suburban Ohio housewife, homeschooling my kids and leading ministries at a mega church. Then God called us to walk away from everything that was safe and comfortable to our family, and trust in His plan. Now, we find ourselves 4,000 miles from that life in Ohio, on the big island of Hawaii, learning and growing in Christ every day of this adventure. My days are busy and filled with love and joy and laughter, and a whole lot of craziness too. I am married to a wildly funny and beautiful man and mama to 6 precious blessings. This man, my best friend, and these charismatic kids are my people. They have overwhelmed my heart and shaped my faith.
I thrive in two social situations, one on one or on a stage in front of many. The in between is hard for me, and for years I tried to deny that, which led to me trying to be someone I wasn't and some socially awkward moments (I swear there has been dead silence, stares, and the sound of crickets on a few occasions!). The truth is, my head gets a little foggy trying to visit with a lot of people at one time. It feels noisy, like I just can't truly connect. Writing clears that noise for me and I imagine the scenarios in which I thrive. Sometimes I am speaking to many, encouraging their walk with Christ. Sometimes I am sitting at my large cheery wood kitchen table, sharing chocolate chip cookies and a cup of flavored coffee with a dear friend. We talk about faith and family, failures and dreams, fears and how the Lord fits into it all. We talk story. That's what they say here in Hawaii, and I just love that, talking story. I am so looking forward to talking story with you.
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Welcome, Brandy! I can already tell we'll be kindred spirits of sorts. I can totally relate to the brain-fog overload of too many people. Yet speaking in front of a group doesn't really phase me. It's the after visiting that does me in! And I too find that writing brings mental clarity and focus when my thoughts get too busy. I look forward to getting to know you here. Grace and peace to you!
Thanks Rebecca! That is exactly my experience. The stage is fine, but getting down can be quite overwhelming when entering the crowd. I'm so grateful for the fellow writers and moms the Lord is bringing into my life. I looking forward to getting to know you as well. May you be blessed by the journey!


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Nutrients in 100 grams of Cooked Homemade Pasta
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg.
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Cooked Homemade Pasta
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 124 kcal of Energy per 100 grams, which is 4.28% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 2900kcal per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0.98 g of Fat per 100 grams, which is 1% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 97g per day for Men 19-50 years
Protein4.37 g
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 4.37 g of Protein per 100 grams, which is 7.8% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 56g per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 25.12 g of Carbohydrate per 100 grams, which is 19.3% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 130g per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0 mg of Cholesterol per 100 grams, which is 0% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 290mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0.14 g of Saturated Fat per 100 grams, which is 0.44% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 32g per day for Men 19-50 years
Omega 30.055 g
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0.055 g of Omega 3 per 100 grams, which is 3.44% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 1.6g per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0.453 g of Omega 6 per 100 grams, which is 2.66% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 17g per day for Men 19-50 years
Water69 g
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 68.86 g of Water per 100 grams, which is 1.86% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 3700g per day for Men 19-50 years
Vitamin A0 μg
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0 μg of Vitamin A per 100 grams, which is 0% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 900μg per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0.182 mg of Thiamine per 100 grams, which is 15% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 1.2mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0.148 mg of Vitamin B2 per 100 grams, which is 11.4% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 1.3mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 1.343 mg of Vitamin B3 per 100 grams, which is 8.4% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 16mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Vitamin B60.028 mg
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0.028 mg of Vitamin B6 per 100 grams, which is 2.15% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 1.3mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0 μg of Vitamin B12 per 100 grams, which is 0% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 2.4μg per day for Men 19-50 years
Vitamin C0 mg
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0 mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams, which is 0% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 90mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Folate43 μg
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 43 μg of Folate per 100 grams, which is 10.8% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 400μg per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 6 mg of Calcium per 100 grams, which is 0.6% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 1000mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0.06 mg of Copper per 100 grams, which is 6.67% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 0.9mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 1.13 mg of Iron per 100 grams, which is 14% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 8mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Magnesium14 mg
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 14 mg of Magnesium per 100 grams, which is 3.33% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 420mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0.193 mg of Manganese per 100 grams, which is 8.4% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 2.3mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Phosphorus40 mg
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 40 mg of Phosphorus per 100 grams, which is 5.7% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 700mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 19 mg of Potassium per 100 grams, which is 0.56% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 3400mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Sodium74 mg
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 74 mg of Sodium per 100 grams, which is 4.93% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 1500mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg has 0.37 mg of Zinc per 100 grams, which is 3.36% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 11mg per day for Men 19-50 years
Vitamins in 100 grams of Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg:
100 grams of Cooked Homemade Pasta has a good amount of Thiamine, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3 and Folate. While 100 grams of product has trace amounts of Vitamin B6, it has no Vitamin A, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin C.
Minerals in 100 grams of Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg:
100 grams of Cooked Homemade Pasta has a good amount of Iron and Manganese. It has some Copper, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Sodium and Zinc. It has no Calcium and Potassium.
Macronutrients in 100 grams of Cooked Homemade Pasta Made Without Egg:
100 grams of Cooked Homemade Pasta has a good amount of Protein and Carbohydrate. It has some Omega 3 and Omega 6. While 100 grams of product has trace amounts of Fat, it has no Saturated Fat.
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Literary Smackdown: Rap Battle
By Ian Crouch
Duelling m.c.s, nose-to-nose freestyle battles, coast-versus-coast wars of words or worse—the history of rap is a history of confrontation. So it makes sense that the first big university-press anthology of the genre has generated an intriguing and rather tense literary smackdown.
In one corner, you've got Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois, editors of "The Anthology of Rap," published by [Yale University Press](http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300141900) last month to admiring reviews, perhaps most notably from Sam Anderson in New York magazine, who proclaimed that he was "evangelically excited" about the book, which he called the "English major's hip-hop bible." The focus of the book is lyrics, or as Anderson put it:
It is, in other words, pure rap: just the verbal magic, triple-distilled, free from the superfluity of hooks, beats, sales, bling, clothes, videos, hairstyles, and even the voices of the rappers themselves.
(A reasonable person might argue that those other qualities, at least hooks and beats, are anything but superfluous, and NPR's music blog has a great exchange with Anderson about listening to hip-hop.)
In addition to framing essays and commentary, the book parses hundreds of lyrics, and has led many to ask or re-ask a popular question associated with the genre: is rap poetry? (Kevin Young's review at Bookforum is a good place to start on this question.) This is a book on music that is principally interested in words, which leads us to the other corner, where stands Paul Devlin, whose article last week at Slate identified what he read (and heard) as scores of transcription errors in "The Anthology of Rap."
This is not a game of gotcha. But this book, with its university-press imprimatur, will be quoted from by future students and scholars, and while much of it is accurate, too much of it is not.
It may not have been a "gotcha" article, but Devlin goes on to lay out about a dozen examples of what he considers errors, complete with audio recordings of the disputed lines. It's good fun to run the player and try to decipher the words in question. An especially interesting one is what Devlin calls the widely disputed Ol' Dirty Bastard lyric from "Brooklyn Zoo." Is it, "I drop science like girls be droppin babies" (as the editors have it), or "I drop science like Cosby drop the babies" (as Devlin hears it)? It's a tough call, but in this example, as in the others, this unschooled ear sides with Devlin. (It also makes for a much more sophisticated and funny line if O.D.B. is referring to the besweatered Cosby.)
Devlin acknowledges that transcribing hip-hop is a difficult and often highly subjective task, and credits the book with correcting some of his own longstanding misheard lines. At this point, we'd not yet reached smackdown status. Polite quibbling, no matter how trenchant, is different from battling. Go forward a week, though, and things start to heat up. On Wednesday, Slate published a follow-up from Devlin, in which he noted that a blogger, Jay Smooth, had started tracking what he alleged as more errors in the book. Smooth and Devlin had approached the same conclusion: the editors and their research assistants hadn't made reasonable mistakes of interpretation, but may have relied on transcriptions from the popular but unreliable Online Hip Hop Lyrics Archive, a Web site featuring lyrics assembled by fans. (Devlin includes a chart that shows where the errors in the book match errors on the fan site; this smackdown, like most of the literary variety, is being conducted by our kind of people: nerds.)
Devlin's follow-up includes a lengthy exchange with Adam Bradley, one of the book's editors, who defends the process of transcription that was used in compiling lyrics. Bradley also admits that they made mistakes:
Yes, the book has transcription errors. I've found some. So has my co-editor. I hope our readers will, too. Our goal from the beginning has been to make each printing (it's about to enter its second) more accurate than the last.
So, point to Devlin on this one, on a T.K.O. We're taught to be gracious in victory, but Devlin can't help but end with a little strut:
Perhaps with our help, the folks who fork out $35 for the second edition will get a better product—and scholars of rap will have a better resource to use in their studies.
Photograph: three6ohchris, Flickr CC.
Ian Crouch is a contributing writer and a member of The New Yorker's editorial staff.


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Dutch study on the colonial war in Indonesia: "The students mark their own homework"
Geplaatst op 11 oktober 2017 12 januari 2018 door
Jeffry Pondaag.
For more than ten years Jeffry Pondaag, chairman of the Komite Utang Kehormatan Belanda (Foundation Committee of Dutch Debts of Honour), has been successfully suing the Dutch State together with lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld and victims of the colonial war in Indonesia. Due to these lawsuits it has become increasingly difficult for the Dutch state to hush up the colonial violence committed during this war. 2016 marked the release of the groundbreaking research "De brandende kampongs van generaal Spoor" ("General Spoor's burning villages"), written by researcher Rémy Limpach, which emphasized the structural nature of that violence. Cornered by the increasing pressure the Dutch government announced an additional study on the period. Reason for us to get in touch with Pondaag, who is a fierce critic of the white Dutch perspective of that research.
Translated by Ilija Andrić
The original text in Dutch
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The new "wide ranging" study is called "Decolonisation, violence and war in Indonesia, 1945-1950". The ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense and Public Health, Welfare and Sport have provided a subsidy of four million euros. The study will take four years and will start in September 2017. Three research institutes are involved: the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde – KITLV), the Dutch Institute for Military History (Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie – NIMH) and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies). They have set up a website.
Media coverage on the study emphasizes its "indepedent" nature, but Pondaag strongly rejects this notion: "The student is marking his own homework. That's how I see this research. The government should take an example of the investigation which was carried out in 1948 and looked into the mass murder committed by Dutch soldiers in the village of Rawagede." That investigation was carried out by the UN's Committee of Good Offices, a committee created with the purpose of setting up negotiations between the Indonesians and the Dutch. The UN aimed for an independent status of this committee: they consciously chose not to have any Dutch or Indonesian members, but they did include a Belgian, Australian and an American. This report meant that the bloodbath was already made public during the colonial war. If it would have been up to the Netherlands, this mass murder would have been kept under the rug, as many others were. Pondaag: "Why is it impossible to have a study conducted by experts from countries other than the Netherlands? Why does this new and supposedly independent investigation have to take place following the framing and conditions as set by the government, the Dutch state, a state which as perpetrator of structural colonial violence should be the subject of critical research?"
On the second of December 2016 two ministers and a state secretary sent a letter to parliament on behalf of the government in which they reluctantly announced the new study. One of the ruling parties, the conservative VVD, made it possible for the Indonesian violence during the socalled Bersiap period to be included as a subject of the study. Without a doubt the neo-liberals are trying to find a scapegoat and also try to put into perspective the violence of the Dutch state, under the slogan that "it takes two to tango". If the social democratic PvdA, the other ruling party at the time, would not have agreed to the tough conditions imposed by the VVD, a new study would have likely been impossible or at the very least much more difficult to pursue.
In February 2017 the three institutes released a concept of the study, which was almost identical to the letter sent by the government. The research institutes seem to sheepishly conform to the conditions set by the government. This striking example of the common practice "those who pay for the research determine the direction and content of the research" makes it hard to take serious any notion of the supposedly independent nature of the study. This is confirmed by the fact that one of the institutes, the NIMH, literally is part of the state apparatus, specifically the ministry of Defense. Completely in line with the government demands, the three institutes will "explicitly" look into "the chaotic period – the 'Bersiap-period' – which took place from the middle of august 1945 until the beginning of 1946, which are the years leading up to the large scale deployment of Dutch troops, and the influence of that period on the years that followed."
On the one side the study concept of the institutes disregards the Indonesians who fought for independence. But in general the concept seems to disregard every concrete person who was victim of Dutch violence. They are swept under the rug using emotionless abstractions such as the "structural transgressive violence" of Dutch troops. On the other side the study concept explicitly mentions the "many thousands of (Indo-)Europeans, but also Chinese and Indonesians who were accused of 'collaboration' with the Dutch colonial regime" who fell victim to "massive and brutal violence, exercised by Indonesians, whether or not they were organized in armed factions. Investigation into the background and course of this violent period is important in itself, but it also serves to map out the psychological effects on Dutch troops and citizens and to question the importance of the Bersiap as an important factor in the warfare which followed."
In other words: the institutes will look into the question of how it was possible that those proper and well educated Dutch soldiers suddenly started using such an enormous amount of violence. The researchers unthinkingly assume that the cause for this is the violence that some of the Indonesians used in the period of august 1945 until the beginning of 1946. Heedlessly they ignore the colonial terror regime which for 300 years has indulged itself in violence, arson, plunder, slavery, forced labor and pillage. It seems unnecessary for them to "map out" the "psychological effects" of centuries of colonial terror on the colonized. Also they don't seem to have an interest in "questioning the importance of" the Dutch colonial system "as an important factor in the warfare which followed". And the institutes also seem to find it redundant to mention that violence in the name of liberation from a colonial occupier and it's collaborators cannot be equated to the oppressive violence of said colonial occupier, violence which was meant to continue the subjugation of the colony and it's inhabitants. The government seems to hope that in four years the study will offer us evidence that the colonized Indonesians didn't play nice either and that at the time "we" were forced to restore the supposed peace and order in the colony. And the institutes seem to want repeat that same old colonial story yet again.
According to Pondaag the dominant colonial perspective paints the Indonesian independence fighters during the Bersiap period as extremists and terrorists. "The word Bersiap means something along the lines of 'present!', 'ready for the struggle!'. You can see it as a battle cry for an independent Indonesia. Those who collaborated with the Dutch colonizer could count on counterviolence. That's evident. In the eyes of the Indonesian freedom fighters those collaborators were traitors. But the collaborators call the Bersiap period a crime. I think if anything was a crime, it was the centuries long colonial oppression and exploitation on which the conversation should focus."
The wrong side of history
In 2005 the minister of Foreign Affairs, Ben Bot, held a speech in which he stated that the Netherlands ended up "on the wrong side of history" during the colonial war against Indonesia. According to him the war was wrongful and logic would dictate that all Dutch soldiers were objectively part of a wrongful war, regardless of their personal subjective intentions. Bot's words came 60 years too late. And his approach fell on deaf ears in government circles. In the previously mentioned letter of the second of December 2016 it is casually stated that "the cabinet confirms the admiration for all former soldiers who were sent on a mission to the zone of conflict by the Dutch government and wishes to underline an important conclusion of dr. Limpach's study, which was that the majority of Dutch soldiers were not involved in extreme acts of violence."
One could say that those who came to stand on the wrong side of history because of a colonial war they engaged in, should not years afterwards voice their "admiration" for all those former soldiers who fought on the side of the colonizer. They who wish to sincerely process and address a wrongful colonial war which they themselves started should cease patting the heads of former soldiers from a white colonial perspective and finally pay some attention to the Indonesian victims that their war has caused. Also if one acknowledges that the war was a wrongful one, it is therefore wrong to commemorate the Dutch soldiers who died in that war in the same way as the Dutch soldiers who died during the Second World War in the fight against Nazi-Germany. Pondaag: "Did you know that the National Monument on the Dam in Amsterdam commemorates the Dutch soldiers who tried to suppress the Indonesian fight for independence? As if that colonial war could be put on the same level as the struggle against the fascist German occupier. That shows how the spirit of Dutch colonialism is still alive." To prevent notions of regret by the Dutch state becoming empty words, there should be a large scale national awareness campaign that completely breaks down the ruling perspective on the colonial war and replaces it with an anti-colonial perspective. Also the government should on it's own accord provide generous compensation to the Indonesian victims of the war. Better late than never. Pondaag: "In the meanwhile there are about 1.300 Dutch former soldiers who at the time committed war crimes, who still walk free. While conscientious objectors who refused to fight the war were sentenced to prison on sentences ranging from 4 up to 7 years."
Delay tactic
The government consciously choses the side of the former soldiers, the "Indies veterans", who for years have influenced the debate through a powerful lobby, and in doing so has let down the Indonesian victims. Those victims have for the last ten years been involved in court cases against the Dutch state, together with Pondaag and lawyer Zegveld. Zegveld complains about "the endless hassle" of the various concerned ministries, who during the court cases knowingly exercise a delay tactic and have acted themselves in an extremely unwilling manner. She is especially critical of the ministry of Defense, as a recent interview in the Dutch newspaper NRC has shown: "The ministry of Defense is the most difficult one. On and on again they try to appear as if they foster the interest of the personnel who served at the time. That is why according to them it would not be possible to make a grand gesture towards the victims. In reality this means that they make this issue a problem of the people who served. Even though they served under orders of the ministry of Defense. This is about a state that has pursued a wrongful policy which they then let completely derail. But they do not wish to admit this. This is very well though out. In reality the ministry is playing out the soldiers against the victims. I find this reprehensible."
The December second letter superfluously shows how one sided the government represents the interests of the former soldiers, for whom they show concern and sympathy. This shows a stark contrast to the way the state deals with the elderly Indonesian victims who have to take part in nerve wrecking and time consuming legal procedures to compel the government to recognize them and compensate them. "The Indies veterans have reached old age", according to the letter. "The cabinet acknowledges that the negative attention towards the conduct of the Dutch forces in the Dutch East Indies have an undeniable impact on their well being. Partly because of that, the cabinet has informed a number of individual veterans and veterans organizations about the study of dr. Limpach prior to its publication with the Inspector General of the Armed Forces (Inspecteur Generaal der Krijgsmacht – IGK) serving as an intermediary. During a meeting with the IGK on September 28, 2016, attention was paid to the cabinets reaction on this research. Also it was made clear this issue arouses deep emotions that simmer beneath the surface." Further down the feelings of the former soldiers are mentioned yet again. "The cabinet acknowledges that further research might cause pain to the group of Indies veterans, but finds it important that the following study pays attention to exactly the difficult context within which Dutch soldiers had to operate, the violence on the Indonesian side, the deployment in which violence did not play or hardly played a role and the responsibility of the political, administrative and military leadership."
According to Pondaag Indies veterans should for once in their lives listen to a completely different perspective. "It's not just that those veterans get to finally hear that according to scientific research a lot more violence was committed by Dutch soldiers than previously was assumed. Of importance is that they recognize how the Netherlands was illegally conducting itself in Asia by appropriating huge territories and subjecting many people to a colonial system. What gave the Netherlands the right to view that territory as Dutch possession in the first place?"
The way the government says it shows sympathy with the veterans is in stark contrast with the indifference shown towards the colonized who faced Dutch violence against themselves or against their family and friends. Why does the government not pay attention to their "pain", to their "deep feelings" which "simmer beneath the surface"? Why is no attention paid to "the difficult context" in which they had to "operate" while they were fighting for their independence? Pondaag points out an important fact: "Officially the Netherlands still states that Indonesia became an independent country by the end of 1949. That means that according to the Dutch state until December, 27, 1949 all Indonesians had the Dutch nationality. According to this point of view the Dutch soldiers were fighting against other Dutchmen during the colonial war, which would mean that a civil war was going on. If you reason along these lines, it becomes more remarkable and painful that the approximately six thousand Dutch soldiers who died during that war are commemorated, but the hundreds of thousands other Dutchmen, meaning: the Indonesians, are not. But if the state would revise this point of view and henceforth would in all regards acknowledge that Indonesia became independent as of August, 17, 1945, the date on which the Indonesians declared independence of their country, that would mean they would still remain on the wrong side with this war. Because in that case the Netherlands would have attacked an independent country and try to conquer and occupy it in the years after that event. And that in itself is of course a grave war crime."
Bot's speech in 2005 led to an unprecedented hair splitting in the political landscape in The Hague (the Dutch political capital). The minister's words, though a nice gesture, were stated in such an insincere way and only meant that the Netherlands recognized the date of August, 17, 1945 as the "de facto", factual, date of independence and not "de jure", as in legally binding. From a formal legal point of view the Dutch state still only recognizes the independence of Indonesia as being achieved by the end of 1949.
Paying out of ones own pocket
The three institutes pay no attention in their study concept to the court cases that Pondaag and Zegveld have been conducting for the last ten years. For these court cases both Pondaag and Zegveld have conducted a lot of research in Indonesia. They tracked down the victims, talked to them, collected witness testimonies and together with the victims have sued the Dutch state. In this manner they have collected a wealth of information. But the institutes do not find this worthy of mentioning in the study concept. It is telling that Pondaag was not asked to take part in the sounding board group that is supposed to accompany the three institutes during the study. A diverse group of organizations is represented in this platform, among which are the Indies platform, the foundation for the commemoration of August 15, the national committee fourth and fifth of May, the Veterans Platform, the Veterans Institute, the foundation for the National Indies monument 1945-1962 and the Arq foundation. The composition of the sounding board group shows that the interests of mainly the Indies veterans are represented. Now that the Committee of Dutch Debts of Honour, Pondaags organisation, is not taking part in the sounding board, it seems that the interests of the Indonesian victims of Dutch violence are being fully neglected.
"In response to our court cases the Dutch state has set up a meager temporary arrangement where Indonesian victims of Dutch violence can file a request for compensation. This request has to be accompanied by a huge amount of evidence, something which is very painful for the victims. I perceive the arrangement as paying out of ones own pocket. Indonesia has paid 4,5 billion Dutch guilders to receive recognition from the Netherlands before it became an independent country. At first the Netherlands even demanded 6,2 billion guilders. Especially at the time this was a huge amount of money. So after the Netherlands had robbed Indonesia blind, the formerly colonized had to pay extra to the colonizers so their independence would be recognized. That is why I say that the Netherlands is a shameless country."
Only by the beginning of 2017 it became known to the public that in a 1953 ruling a Hague court held the Dutch state responsible for the death of the murdered Indonesian civil servant Masdoelhak Nasoetion. His widow went to court in 1950 and three years later the judge ruled that the state had to pay a compensation of 149.000 guilders. Until 2017 it was assumed that the state was first held accountable in 2011 for war crimes by Dutch soldier during the colonial war. Zegveld thinks it's "unbelievable" that the state has kept silence about the Nasoetion case. "It adds context to everything we do today." Pondaag: "The scholars of the research institutes have had their eyes closed for years. It took a cement factory worker like myself to shake things up and get to the surface that which was swept under the rug for years on end. Our aim is to start more court cases so that we can keep the pressure up."
Harry Westerink
English, Kolonialisme, Militarisme, Repressie
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Title 7. AGRICULTURE
Chapter 98. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
Subchapter VIII. NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
Section 7001. Conforming amendments relating to National Appeals Division
7 U.S. Code § 7001. Conforming amendments relating to National Appeals Division
(a) Decisions of State, county, and area committees
(1) Application of subsection
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), this subsection shall apply only with respect to functions of the Farm Service Agency or the Commodity Credit Corporation that are under the jurisdiction of a State, county, or area committee established under section 590h(b)(5) of title 16 or an employee of such a committee.
(B) NonapplicabilityThis subsection does not apply to—
a function performed under section 2008k of this title; or
a function performed under a conservation program administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
(2) FinalityEach decision of a State, county, or area committee (or an employee of such a committee) covered by paragraph (1) that is made in good faith in the absence of misrepresentation, false statement, fraud, or willful misconduct shall be final not later than 90 days after the date of filing of the application for benefits, unless the decision, before the end of the 90-day period, is—
appealed under this subchapter; or
modified by the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency or the Executive Vice President of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
(3) Recovery of amounts
If the decision of the State, county, or area committee has become final under paragraph (2), no action may be taken by the Farm Service Agency, the Commodity Credit Corporation, or a State, county, or area committee to recover amounts found to have been disbursed as a result of a decision in error unless the participant had reason to believe that the decision was erroneous.
(4) Savings provision
For purposes of this subsection, a reference to the "Farm Service Agency" includes any other office, agency, or administrative unit of the Department assigned the functions authorized for the Farm Service Agency under section 6932 of this title.
(b), (c) Omitted
(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 281, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3233; Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1613(i), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 221.)
Section is comprised of section 281 of Pub. L. 103–354. Subsecs. (b) and (c) of section 281 of Pub. L. 103–354 repealed sections 1433e and 1983b of this title, respectively.
2002—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 107–171, § 1613(i)(1), (2), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, substituted "Except as provided in subparagraph (B), this subsection" for "This subsection" and "Farm Service Agency" for "Consolidated Farm Service Agency", and added subpar. (B).
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 107–171, § 1613(i)(3), inserted ", before the end of the 90-day period," after "unless the decision" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(2)(B), (3), (4). Pub. L. 107–171, § 1613(i)(1), substituted "Farm Service Agency" for "Consolidated Farm Service Agency" wherever appearing.


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MESILOT BILVAVAM
MESILOT BILVAVAM BY RABBI NAHUM RABINOVITCH
Earlier this year Rabbi Nahum Eliezer Rabinovitch, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Birkat Moshe, published 'Mesilot Bilvavam' (literally, 'pathways [to God] in their hearts'), whose title was chosen to reiterate the need for an emotionally intelligent approach to Judaism.
Mesilot Bilvavam (ed. Rabbi Eli Reiff) contains 20 essays written by Rabbi Rabinovitch over the past 40 years in which he explores contemporary issues relating to the individual and the society.
Given the fact that Rabbi Rabinovitch is an authority on the writings of the Rambam, it was to be expected to find numerous references to Rambam's writings throughout the work. In fact, even the division of Mesilot Bilvavam between the duties of Jews as individuals and as members of society emerges from a comment from Rambam's Moreh Nevuchim.
Yet notwithstanding the many references to Rambam, the true star of Mesilot Bilvavam is Rabbi Rabinovitch whose unique blend of authentic spirituality and intellectual honesty enables him to address some of the most challenging questions facing Jews today. Mesilot Bilvavam contains essays on topics such as the purpose of the mitzvot, psak and rabbinic leadership, the religious significance of the Modern State of Israel, the status of women in contemporary Orthodoxy and the relationship between Judaism and other religions. Moreover, and in contrast to many other rabbinical leaders who ignore the complexities of these questions, Rabbi Rabinovitch addresses each one head-on, offering insights and practical suggestions through nuanced and considered scholarship.
It is rare to find a scholar with such a broad range of knowledge. Rarer still is someone who is wise enough to apply that knowledge to the contemporary situation, and rarer still is someone who is unafraid to speak his mind when proposing solutions to the complex problems that Judaism faces today. It is precisely due to these qualities which makes Mesilot Bilvavam such as welcome addition to the Jewish bookshelf, and which makes its contents such a welcome contribution to contemporary Jewish discourse.
Mesilot Bilvavam concludes with one final gem which is a transcript of an interview between Rabbi Rabinovitch and his protégé, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Aside from the probing questions from Rabbi Sacks, as well as the sagacious answers offered by Rabbi Rabinovitch, this interview offers a glimpse at a student-teacher relationship which spans as far back as some of the essays contained in the book, and it demonstrates the simple lesson that great teachers who inspire great students can create great teachers.
What values do we value? (Balak)
Earning our inheritance (Pinchas)


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Q: Is there a performance penalty for annotating a class with @XmlRootElement? There is a class that is annotated with JAXB's @XmlRootElement, but there are some flows which doesn't exploit this annotation and which require high performance. Is there a performance penalty in constructing objects from this class and setting fields as opposed to doing so with the same class without this annotation?

A: If I understand correctly, no, an annotation is metadata attached to the Class object, not to instances of the class.
The annotation will in no way affect creating instances and invoking methods on them directly.

A: There would be a small amount of memory used to store metadata related to a class being annotated with @XmlRootElement.  The only runtime processing impact related to the presence of that annotation would be when bootstrapping the JAXBContext.  There would be no impact on marshalling and unmarshalling.


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Макроикономиката е наука за икономиката на национално ниво като едно цяло — сбора от новосъздадените стоки и услуги, дохода на населението, нивото на безработица сред търсещите работа и принципите, определящи движението на цените. Макроикономиката може да се използва за анализ на действията, които могат да се предприемат, с цел постигане на цели от различна важност, каквито са икономическият растеж, стабилността на цените, премахването на безработицата и постигането на стабилен бюджетен баланс.

С малки изключения, като част от работата на Карл Маркс например, до 30–те години на 20 век типичният икономически анализ се съсредоточава върху фирмата и отделната индустрия. Едва след Голямата депресия от началото на 30–те обаче, и с развитието на сфери на изследване като националния доход и статистиката за продуктивността, макроикономическата наука започва да придобива нови размери и влияние. Особено важни са идеите на Джон Мейнард Кейнс, който използва разбирането си за цялостното търсене в дадена икономика, за да обясни движенията в продуктивността и безработицата. Цяла школа от икономисти впоследствие използва неговите теории.

Едно от големите предизвикателства на модерната икономика е опитът отново да се свържат микро– и макроикономическите модели. Теоретици, като например Робърт Лукас младши, предлагат през 70–те години виждането, че идеите на Кейнс най-малко изглеждат съмнителни, защото не се основават на допускания относно действията на индивида. Вероятно тази критика не отчита достатъчно основополагащите твърдения на Кейнс за "дивия дух", който се приема, че често определя държанието на индивида.

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Antoni Chmielowski vel Antoni Krawiec vel Chełmoński vel Głowacki vel Hulewicz vel Wroński pseud.: "Wołk", "Gród" (ur. 15 sierpnia 1914 w Wołczuchach, zm. 2 sierpnia 1969 w Opolu) – major artylerii Wojska Polskiego, cichociemny, kierownik Referatu Legalizacji Oddziału II B (wywiad i kontrwywiad) Obszaru Lwowskiego Armii Krajowej, następnie szef wywiadu wojskowego tego obszaru, szef Oddziału II i następnie likwidator organizacji NIE we Lwowie, więzień w PRL-u i ZSRR.

Życiorys
Był synem Antoniego, rolnika, i Anny z domu Mulak. W 1934 zdał maturę po ukończeniu Państwowego Gimnazjum im. Króla Władysława Jagiełły w Gródku Jagiellońskim. Kontynuował naukę w Szkole Podchorążych Piechoty w Różanie, Szkole Podchorążych Artylerii w Toruniu, kursie samochodowym w Warszawie, kursie artylerii przeciwlotniczej w Ośrodku Szkoleniowym Artylerii i Wyższej Szkole Nauk Politycznych w Warszawie.

W czasie kampanii wrześniowej w 1939 roku walczył w 11 dywizjonie artylerii przeciwlotniczej. Przedostał się na Węgry, gdzie został internowany. Zbiegł i w grudniu 1939 roku walczył we Francji (w 5 pułku strzelców pieszych 2 Dywizji Strzelców Pieszych). Po upadku Francji przedostał się do Wielkiej Brytanii, gdzie służył w 1 dyonie artylerii przeciwlotniczej. Po przeszkoleniu w wywiadzie i zaprzysiężeniu 29 grudnia 1942 roku, jako porucznik cichociemny "Wołk" został w nocy z 13 na 14 marca 1943 zrzucony do Polski (operacja lotnicza "Window"). Został przydzielony do komórki "993/G" Oddziału II B (kontrwywiad) Komendy Głównej AK i skierowany do Lwowa. Od października do 20 grudnia 1943 roku był szefem Referatu Legalizacji, a następnie (od połowy 1944 roku) szefem wywiadu wojskowego w Oddziale II sztabu Komendy Obszaru Lwowskiego AK.

Po zakończeniu Akcji "Burza" we Lwowie i aresztowaniu płk. Henryka Pohoskiego został od 1 sierpnia 1944 roku szefem Oddziału II w organizacji NIE (jako kapitan "Hulewicz"), a następnie likwidatorem tej organizacji we Lwowie (do października 1945 roku). Jako jeden z ostatnich, w październiku 1945 roku wyjechał do Krakowa.

Został aresztowany przez funkcjonariuszy MBP 20 grudnia 1945 roku, przewieziony do Warszawy i przetrzymywany w więzieniu przy ul. Rakowieckiej. W 1946 roku przekazany sowieckiemu MGB. W procesie w Kijowie został skazany na karę śmierci, zamienioną później na 20 albo 25 lat więzienia. Skierowany do łagru na Kołymę.

Wrócił do Polski 15 grudnia 1955 roku. Pracował w Prezydium Wojewódzkiej Rady Narodowej i w Wojewódzkim Zrzeszeniu Gospodarki Komunalnej i Mieszkaniowej w Opolu na stanowisku zastępcy kierownika wydziału. W 1967 roku ukończył studia magisterskie w Studium Administracji Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. Zmarł tragicznie 2 sierpnia 1969 roku w Opolu.

Awanse
 podporucznik – ze starszeństwem z dniem 1 października 1937 roku
 porucznik – ze starszeństwem z dniem 20 marca 1941 roku
 kapitan – 14 marca 1943 roku
 major – 12 października 1968 roku rozkazem personalnym Ministra Obrony Narodowej PRL z 17 sierpnia 1968 roku.

Odznaczenia
 Krzyż Srebrny Orderu Virtuti Militari
 Krzyż Walecznych – dwukrotnie
 Krzyż Wojenny (Francja).

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne
 biogram na stronie elitadywersji.org

Absolwenci i studenci Szkoły Nauk Politycznych w Warszawie
Absolwenci Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Cichociemni
Członkowie NIE
Ludzie związani z Gródkiem
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Srebrnym Orderu Virtuti Militari (władze RP na uchodźstwie)
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Walecznych (dwukrotnie)
Oficerowie Armii Krajowej
Kapitanowie artylerii Polskich Sił Zbrojnych
Polacy i obywatele polscy – więźniowie radzieckich łagrów 1945–1989
Polacy odznaczeni Krzyżem Wojennym (Francja)
Polskie ofiary represji stalinowskich
Uczestnicy kampanii wrześniowej (strona polska)
Urodzeni w 1914
Więźniowie polityczni w Polsce Ludowej 1944–1956
Więźniowie radzieckich więzień
Więźniowie więzienia mokotowskiego (Polska Ludowa)
Zmarli w 1969
Polacy – uczestnicy kampanii francuskiej 1940
Żołnierze Wojska Polskiego internowani na Węgrzech w czasie II wojny światowej
Podporucznicy artylerii II Rzeczypospolitej
Majorowie ludowego Wojska Polskiego


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Trump admits withholding aid to Ukraine while asking country's leader to investigate 2020 rival Joe Biden
Democrats Want to Tax the Rich. Here's How Those Plans Would Work (or Not).
Huguette Caland—leading artist of the Arab world—has died, aged 88
'A democratic vote swayed by lies is not democracy'—Mary Beard on what antiquity can teach us about political spin
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What 2,000 job cuts tell us: the free market kills digital journalism | Media
Free News 03.02.2019
In December 2016, Jonah Peretti, the charismatic founder of the digital news and entertainment company BuzzFeed, penned his annual memo to his 1,400 staff. The memo outlined some of Peretti's frustrations after that year's US presidential election had revealed how much shoddy and misleading content was circulating online. His own news site had revealed some of the biggest stories in the "fake news" scandal that engulfed Facebook. But Peretti's remedy was not regulation or chastisement of Facebook, but a concern that the old guard of so-called "legacy media" were also to blame.
"Media companies have been much too slow to shift to digital," he wrote. "They've clung to print and broadcast, even when it was clear audiences are moving elsewhere. This means the budgets for quality journalism are focused on the wrong places, creating a void that is filled by the cheapest possible content, often from questionable sources."
In New York City, in January 2019, it is brutally cold. Winter has arrived with savage consequences for digital publishers, including BuzzFeed. In the space of two weeks, about 2,100 jobs have been lost across the media, with many disappearing from purely digital publishers. BuzzFeed's layoffs amounted to 15% of its total staff, a loss of around 220 jobs across all departments, including in its widely admired New York newsroom. On Friday, Vice, another media company once associated with fast growth, said it would lay off 10% of its workforce, while last month, the phone company Verizon, which owns Huffington Post and Yahoo, cut 800 workers in its media division. In the UK, the Pool, a website aimed at women launched in 2015 by radio presenter Lauren Laverne and magazine editor Sam Baker, went into liquidation, with 24 journalists facing redundancy.
Many of these layoffs played out in real time on Twitter as journalists reported on the fumbling and often ineptly cruel ways in which they were let go. Reporters at Vice knew of the layoffs and sometimes had their email accounts closed before being told by the company they were among the casualties.
Ariann Huffington, founder of Huffington Post, whose parent company Verizon last month announced 800 job cuts in its media division. Photograph: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune
Job losses in the media are not unusual. In newspapers, particularly in the local and regional press in the US, the past decade has been catastrophic. Between 2008 and 2017, the number of newsroom jobs in US newspapers dropped by 45%, to 39,000, and all US newsroom jobs, including TV and radio, declined by 23% overall. Among the layoffs so far in 2019, newspaper companies McClatchy and Gannett have announced early retirement and redundancy rounds. But the polar vortex that has engulfed digital publishing, though relatively small by comparison, has left the industry, and journalists in particular, reeling. The long slow decline of newspapers has been well documented, as advertisers and readers have increasingly shifted their attention to digital platforms. But for the companies that were lauded for having understood the social web faster than legacy media to falter sends a signal too dire for many media companies to contemplate. Many of us are concluding that the commercial internet makes profitable journalism exponentially harder, and in many cases impossible.
Media consumption habits on the mobile social web have changed radically. Around 68% of adults in the US get at least some of their news from social media platforms, and the majority of those cite Facebook as the primary source. Facebook's valuation is now above $470bn (£360bn). Google's market value has risen from $200bn in 2012 to almost $800bn. Google and Facebook between them dominate the digital advertising market. In the same week that BuzzFeed announced its job losses, Facebook reported record revenues of almost $17bn for the last quarter of 2018. Despite a year of horrible publicity, from being blamed for contributing to genocide in Myanmar to a series of scandals around data and privacy, Facebook's business appears as strong as ever.
Sam Baker and Lauren Laverne, founders of The Pool, a website aimed at women, which closed on Friday. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
The primary mistake most digital publishers made was to imagine that platform companies, and particularly Google and Facebook, had any serious interest in helping them sustain their businesses. The amount of data large platform companies collect and control enables them to offer far more efficient advertising than any publisher, and the business of making online content profitable is rigged against anyone who wants to run even a sparsely resourced newsroom with experienced reporters.
Peretti's memo to staff after the layoffs was instructive about what would be needed to be sustainable: "We can build a profitable media businesses on top of Facebook and YouTube," he writes, "but only when the content we make is high quality, with massive scale and relatively low production costs."
Whatever this content might be it is unlikely to be in-depth investigative reporting, which is neither cheap to produce nor generally something that attracts "massive scale". If BuzzFeed, Vice and other digital publishers who suffered despite a booming advertising market cannot make the social web work for them, it is likely that those who do will not be reliant on advertising.
It is also likely that this year's job losses are merely the beginning of a new publishing depression. In regions such as the US, which has relied almost entirely on a free market to hold the powerful to account for the past 70 years, the lack of well-funded and abundant civic or public media is particularly sharply felt. In what seems like an attempt to apply a sticking plaster to an amputation, both Facebook and Google are now funding efforts at the local level to increase reporters and newsroom resources through schemes such as Report for America.
It was not the deliberate intention of Google, Facebook and Twitter to drain the advertising pool that supported journalism, but they did not particularly care whether publishers survived
Between them, the digital duopoly is spending $600m over the next three years on supporting journalism. But involvement of big tech in serious reporting is both ethically awkward and, so far, largely ineffective.
It was not the deliberate intention of Google, Facebook, Twitter and others to drain the advertising pool that supported journalism, but they did not particularly care whether publishers survived or failed. BuzzFeed had an almost symbiotic relationship with Facebook, collaborating on projects and helping it promote its tools to other publishers. However, reports suggest that after adjusting its algorithm to demote news, Facebook's traffic to BuzzFeed and other publishers' sites has dropped dramatically.
Plenty of people tout advice for what might work for news outlets, be it podcasts or newsletters, or having a very small niche audience, or the increasingly popular membership models or new types of subscription. And there are real examples of where different models are working, notably in non-profit and niche sectors. The New York Times and Washington Post (which operates under the protection of the billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos) are large, well funded and have both been growing their newsrooms when others are shrinking. Both have seen success with charging readers subscriptions, but there are very few organisations that can replicate either their brands or their resources.
The future of journalism will generally be smaller and more challenging in the short term and remains uncertain in the long term. However, the problem now is so clear that even the most advanced digital thinkers can see it: a digital free market for journalism doesn't work.
Emily Bell is professor of professional practice and director of the Tow Center at the Columbia Journalism School, New York
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World Touring Car Champion 'Paul Radisich' to speak in Invercargill
A rare opportunity for Southland motorsport fans is on offer! World Touring Car Champion Paul Radisich is set to speak on his experiences with Ford Motorsport at Bill Richardson Transport World on the evening of Friday, 16 February 2018. In what is set to be a great weekend for petrol heads in Invercargill, the 'Celebrating Ford Motorsport with Paul Radisich Event' is also coinciding with Invercargill's 'Evolution Motorsport Classic Speedfest Weekend' (16-18 Feb 2018).
Paul Radisich is well-known in Motorsport circles having competed in Single Seater Saloon Cars for many years — both European-style tourers and the V8 Supercars of New Zealand and Australia. Paul gained world-wide acclaim for his twice winning world title efforts at the Touring Car World Cup Events at Monza and Donington in 1993 and 1994. Paul was also a front-winning driver in Australian Touring Cars through the Ford Sierra Cosworth and Ford Falcon eras.
To celebrate Paul's arrival in Invercargill, Bill Richardson Transport World has also decided to celebrate Ford Motorsport in New Zealand with the creation of a brand new, temporary exhibit. Already widely known as a collection that has a long-standing passion for Ford vehicles, this new exhibit will house a full range of Ford competition cars from the 1960's to present day. The new exhibit will be housed within Bill's Shed, fittingly it will also be surrounded by 40 permanently displayed vintage Ford vehicles from 1896 – 1950.
Paul will also be reunited with his 1994 Mondeo Super Tourer at Teretonga on Saturday, 17 February as he takes the grid in the historic touring car races.
Scott O'Donnell, Transport World Trustee says "It's great that we could get Paul down to Invercargill for such a good weekend of motorsport activities. I'm really looking forward to hearing him speak and to seeing the new exhibit come together. There are some great vehicles coming, so it's great to have them in Invercargill and on display at Bill Richardson Transport World".
All guests attending the 'Celebrating Ford Motorsport with Paul Radisich' event will receive:
Access to Bill's Shed, Bill Richardson Transport World.
An 'interview style' presentation from Paul Radisich with the chance to meet and greet Paul post presentation.
An exclusive first look at Bill Richardson Transport World's brand new Ford exhibit and an explanation around their significance to New Zealand Motorsport.
Continuous nibble service.
A cash bar will be available.


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Q: regex to find a string contains words with both letters and digits I am trying to write a regex to find a string contains words with both letters and digits (NOT A CHECK FOR ALPHANUMERIC because word should strictly contain both letters and digits).
I have come up with this ^(?=.*[a-zA-Z])(?=.*[0-9])
Here's the link to the above regex: https://regex101.com/r/Y97ykL/1
Above regex works for simple scenarios like below

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*a1b4cc -> true (contains both letters and digits)

*abc -> false (contains only letters)

*123 -> false (contains only digits)
But there are few scenarios which I am not able to cover with the above regex.
How can I update my above regex to also work for the below examples?

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*abc d77hv -> True ( Since efg123 contains both letter and digits)

*798 h7ghd -> True (Since h7ghd contains both letters and digits)

*798 abcd -> False (Since there is no word containing both letter and digits)
I am not too familiar with regex but is it possible to write a regex to do the check for the above described scenarios without iterating over each word in a string?
Thanks for the help!

A: Try to find in a line a letter and a number or a number and a letter.
^((.*[0-9]+)[a-zA-Z]+.*)|((.*[a-zA-Z]+)[0-9]+.*)$

Check the examples: https://regex101.com/r/Y97ykL/3

A: The regex ^(?=.*\b(?=\S*[a-zA-Z])(?=\S*[0-9])) works as desired. It tries to find (with lookahead) a word boundary (\b) after which the requested mixture of letter(s) and number(s) can be found.
Because the original regex also only matches zero characters at the beginning of a line, this regex behaves the same way.