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Just Let Me Speak to My Family
Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard at a roadblock at Maisuma locality in Srinagar on August 4, 2019. Fears of an impending curfew in the disputed region of Kashmir ratcheted up tensions, as nuclear rivals India and Pakistan traded accusations of military clashes at the de facto border.
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The intimate, the harrowing, the sweet, the surprising — the human.
For many Kashmiris, democracy in the "world's largest democracy" just died.
By Maroosha Muzaffar
The Daily Dose August 7, 2019
When I texted my brother just past midnight on Sunday, I implored him not to go to work in the morning. It wasn't safe. I had just found out via Twitter that Omar Abdullah, former chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, had been placed under house arrest. Later, Mehbooba Mufti, another former state chief minister, was also detained. This was unprecedented. India had sent some 35,000 additional troops to the valley, already one of the world's most militarized zones. Tourists, pilgrims and non-local students had been asked to urgently leave Kashmir.
That's the last I've heard from my brother.
Farhan and I are very close. We are each other's best friends. When I was a newbie reporter in Delhi and was broke almost every month, he loaned me money. And I truly believe it was the delicious smoothies he made me every day one summer that helped heal me of a broken heart. Farhan keeps my secrets; I keep his. I remember we cried together sometimes when life got tough. And we laugh insanely loudly when we get together.
"I hope Farhan stays safe. I hope he skips work tomorrow," I thought to myself while texting him.
They make a desolation and call it peace.
Agha Shahid Ali, Kashmiri American poet
Just 11 hours later, my homeland changed forever. Jammu and Kashmir, then a princely state, had joined the Indian Union in 1947 under a specific set of conditions outlined in an Instrument of Accession. Those included a separate constitution and flag that gave Kashmir a sense of "autonomy" guaranteed under Article 370 of the Constitution of India. On Monday morning, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi unilaterally abrogated Article 370, effectively violating the very conditions under which Kashmir agreed to join India. We weren't even a state anymore, carved instead into two federally governed union territories. All without even the pretense of consultations with Kashmiris.
But for me — as for tens of thousands of Kashmiris away from home, living across India and the world — there were more immediate concerns: How do we get in touch with our families to make sure they're safe? The Indian government had enforced a telecommunications blackout over Kashmir. It's not just Farhan; I haven't heard from anyone in my family. Texts to my father and mother aren't going through either, and my fellow Kashmiri friends are as anxious as I am. I see those worries playing out on Twitter too.
Having grown up amid an armed insurgency and a constant security crackdown in Kashmir, I know that staying indoors is the only way to ensure you don't get hit by a stray bullet or shards from a grenade. I remember a neighbor who was shot as he turned the corner on the street we lived on in downtown Srinagar one day. I saw his bloodied body on a cot. I was probably 6 or 7. My 17-year-old friend died from splinter injuries in a grenade attack as she was walking home from her class, an incident that has scarred me for life.
Mobile phone and internet blackouts in Kashmir are standard, whenever the Indian government senses protests. In 2019 alone, internet in Kashmir — which the U.N. has declared a basic human right — was suspended at least 51 times, according to the Internet Shutdown tracker. There were 65 shutdowns last year and 176 over the past eights years, including a six-month ban in 2016. But this time, the landlines and cable networks also were shut down.
Even before the blackout, my brother — whose office is in the central, sensitive Srinagar commercial neighborhood of Lal Chowk — had warned me that something different appeared to be unfolding this time. "Panic, panic," he responded when we chatted on Sunday. There had been murmurs in the days leading up to Sunday night that the Modi government was up to something. Could it actually be about Article 370, a law that the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Modi had long wanted to end? Was it in anticipation of a terrorist attack? Were India and Pakistan going to war? But none of us could be sure. At 12:38 am, I sent my brother a screenshot of news I read that a curfew had been imposed in Kashmir. "Please stay safe," I texted.
Whenever there's tension in the valley, Kashmiris stock up on fuel, food, grocery, medicines and other essentials. In that, things seemed no different this time. My family had stocked up too. But I could feel that this time was different. A veteran pro-Modi actor, Anupam Kher tweeted in the midst of all this: "Kashmir solution has begun." Was he alluding to the Nazis' "Final Solution" policy? It was terrifying. I couldn't sleep that night. I heard stories from my Kashmiris living away from home of anxiety attacks.
As Modi's right-hand man and India's Interior Minister Amit Shah announced on Monday morning, around 11 am, that Kashmir was being changed forever, I watched on television in disbelief. Analysts have claimed that this move by the Indian government is an attempt by the country's right wing to change the demographics of Kashmir, the only Muslim majority state in the country — just as China has attempted in Tibet.
Because of the blackout in Kashmir, there were no voices from my homeland on television or Twitter. The conversation on all platforms was celebratory — because the opposing view had been consciously blocked from the rest of India. I kept texting and calling fellow Kashmiris living away from home to get any updates. They were as worried as I was. We didn't know what was happening in Kashmir or whether our families were safe. I cried. I was helpless.
Back in my apartment, I thought of Agha Shahid Ali, a Kashmiri American poet who helped me make sense of Kashmir when I was a young girl, and what he had said. "They make a desolation and call it peace." I looked at the TV screen, but I wasn't listening anymore. All I could see in my mind's eye was the Jhelum River flowing silently by Srinagar, bearing witness to cruelty once again.
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Home Featured Angels Among Us: Heather Walker Lifts Families Mourning the Loss of a Child or Pregnancy
Angels Among Us: Heather Walker Lifts Families Mourning the Loss of a Child or Pregnancy
Ansalee MorrisonAug 27, 201900
Heather Walker taps into her own experiences of losing two children to help comfort families after the death of their child in her role as bereavement specialist at Utah Valley Hospital. In 2018, Heather finished a master's degree in social work from UVU, and she's transitioning to less on-call work into full-time therapy at Steps Recovery Center.
Heather Walker first encountered grief as a 7-year-old. Her older sister — age 11 — passed away from cancer. Heather watched her parents manage their pain while navigating her own healing process.
"That started my path of grief and my understanding and empathy for people who experience grief," she says.
Later as a young mom herself, Heather's first son, Trevin, passed away from a rare mitochondrial disease called Alpers' disease at 18 months old. Trevin would be 26 years old now.
Piloting Through Heartache
About three years after losing her son, Heather began volunteering at the hospital with pediatrics. Then a paid position opened up to coordinate bereavement services. In this job, Heather would meet with and comfort families that had just lost a pregnancy, baby or child.
Heather had two living children by now and one on the way. Before accepting the position, she thought about the weight she'd carry on the frontlines of death.
"I'm an emotional person, and I prayed to have the gift to be able to go in, do what I needed to do, be compassionate and be able to leave it," she says. "I feel it has been a God-given gift given to me since then."
Empathy and compassion are a part of Heather's soul, and she's worked for 19 years as the bereavement specialist/parent coordinator at Utah Valley Hospital. Heather provides emotional support for the families who either lose a child or unexpectedly or who have a child with a terminal diagnosis.
Flying to the Rescue
For those 19 years, Heather has been on call all hours of the day and night to come to the hospital any time a child passes away at any of the three Intermountain hospitals in the valley. Often she finds herself in the NICU or on the labor and delivery floor to help with miscarriage deliveries and stillborns.
"The earlier term losses are sometimes the forgotten population because they don't get a lot of validation," she says. "We do little handprints for them and take pictures. We clean their baby and put him or her in a blanket. It helps the family wrap their mind around it and allows them to have the grief response they need to have."
Heather spends as much time with each family as they need. She visits the family's home a week later to check on them and deliver photos. She makes sure they know about resources available to them.
"Grief is a reminder that we've loved. Sometimes we judge it and we want it to go away, but we don't want that love part to go away," she says.
An Unexpected Round Trip
About seven years ago, Heather's seventh child, Tatum, passed away from the same rare disease as her first son. Heather continued her work at the hospital as time and responsibilities allowed. She wanted to be where she was comfortable and get out of her own head.
"It was hard to be on the receiving end of service. I learned a lot I didn't learn in the first experience. I empathize differently with people now," she says.
A year after Tatum's death, Heather went back to school, juggling her bereavement position with raising five living children and mourning her two passed children. Heather credits her children and husband, Lance, for supporting her through her journey.
Join the Flight
After her first son, Trevin died, Heather and her husband climbed the Y on Trevin's second birthday to clear their heads and find healing. They made it an annual tradition through her six subsequent pregnancies. After Heather's seventh child, Tatum, passed away, Heather and her family created a nonprofit called T-Time Foundation to donate to families who couldn't afford funeral costs. To donate to T-Time Foundation, gofundme.com/TTimeFoundation. Or donate via Venmo "Heather Walker @T-Time-Foundation."
Originally published in the 2019 July/August issue of Utah Valley Magazine.
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Q: removing php comments with replace tool using regex in phpstorm How do I remove multiline comments from php files with regex? I tried "/\*(.*\n)*\*/" but it fails. All it does is starts with "/*" and stops at the last occurrence of "*/".

A: Thanks to the tenub comment.
The final solution for all php comments looks like this:
/\*[\s\S]*?\*/|(?<!http:)//.*
Where
1) /\*[\s\S]*?\*/ for /*comments*/
2) (?<!http:)//.* for single line //comment escaping urls starting with http://
(it would be better to prevent the ones preceded by " or ' from showing but I'm good for now)
Oh and tenub if you post a corrected answer instead of the comment. I'll accept it. Cos you helped ty)

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Home > Featured > Nelly Furtado – The Spirit Indestructible
Nelly Furtado – The Spirit Indestructible
September 27, 2012 October 12, 2012 Music Express
The first couple of songs the public got to hear from Nelly Furtado's fourth English album, The Spirit Indestructible, are party tracks "Big Hoops (The Bigger The Better)" and current single, "Parking Lot," but it's a deeper album than that.
The title, named after one of her songs, is a strong statement, two words — "spirit," "indestructible" — that even by themselves mean a lot, but what do they mean to Furtado?
"It means a bunch of things. I'm glad you asked me because I started playing that song live and the feeling I get when I sing it live is really really really strong," she says, emphatically.
"I feel really empowered when I sing it. I already have a song called 'Powerless' (on 2003's Folklore) that I feel pretty good singing, but this one is different. It's almost like — I don't know – it's almost like some sort of proclamation. I really want fans and other people to feel it and feel empowered by it and feel the way I do when I sing it. That's really why I do music."
[quote]I think that's rejuvinating when you can go back to that quiet place and shut off the computer, shut off your phone, and zone in why you make music and just feel alive a bit.[/quote]
The Canadian singer — who has sold more than 16 million albums, according to her record label, Interscope, since debuting in 2000 with Whoa, Nelly! and following it up with 2003's Folklore, 2006's Loose, and 2009's Spanish-language Mi Plan — has different priorities now. The mother and wife has become heavily involved with Canadian activists Craig and Marc Kielburger's charity Free The Children, which has made a profound impact on her.
The phrase "the spirit indestructible" was actually taken from a story in the Kielburger's book, Me To We: Finding Meaning In A Material World, written by New Jersey-based artist Tim Lefens who found a way to teach severely disabled people how to paint by using a laser pointer. He was later diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, impairing his vision — but he can still paint.
"Basically, in this short story, he said, 'I realized that the body is the spirit indestructible,'" Furtado paraphrases. "The words just hit me so clearly and I went, 'Oh, wow, that's a great album title.' I just thought maybe my next album would be called The Spirit Indestructible. (Until then) I thought I'd name my album Lifestyle."
'Lifestyle' would've worked too. In addition to the title-track inspired by the resilient people she has met with Free The Children or read about, the song "Big Hoops" draws on her fun teenage years in the nineties out on the town (big hoops earrings on) and "Bucket List" by a friend's recent question about if she had a bucket list of her own.
She didn't, officially, but when she started reflecting on her life, one of the immediate things she wanted to do was travel that didn't involve a stage or interviews or anything concerning work.
"This was the first break I had taken in 10 years and that really helped me start thinking about my own life and thinking about, 'Hmm, what hobbies I could enjoy doing?' and slow down and do some leisurely traveling," says Furtado.
"I did a really awesome trip across the southern states of America last summer. I went camping and saw all the national parks. So that's a big part of the album too — this idea of resting and rejuvenating and coming back with new inspiration.
"I think that's rejuvinating when you can go back to that quiet place and shut off the computer, shut off your phone, and zone in why you make music and just feel alive a bit. So the songs can feel alive, right? Because if you don't feel alive, then the songs don't feel alive either."
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Rumors About 'RHONY' Countess Luann's Marriage Being In Trouble Are Growing
Amy Feinstein
Whether you call her Countess Luann, Luann de Lesseps, or Luann D'Agostino, the RHONY star is facing a new, fierce storm of rumors including one about a physical domestic in public. The two are said to be fighting a lot and are said to have broken up several times since they tied the knot in Florida seven months ago with RHONY co-star Dorinda Medley as part of the wedding party. Sources are saying that a big part of the problem is RHONY, as Tom D'Agostino hates the show.
The subject of RHONY Luann's engagement and now marriage to Tom D'Agostino has been a big and contentious storyline on Real Housewives of New York and has put Luann at odds with Ramona Singer and Sonja Morgan. The two ladies who claim that they were dating Tom during the time he was courting Luann and both have done their own research to prove that Tom was cheating on Luann at least up until the time the two married in Palm Beach. Things became so tense between Luann and the other two RHONY ladies that Luann refused to have them at her bachelorette party or her wedding. Instead, Luann had Dorinda as the rep from RHONY and many of the ladies who were previously on RHOM.
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PageSix is reporting that spats between RHONY Luann and Tom D'Agostino have been heard and spotted in public, and claim that the marriage is "hanging on by a thread." Reportedly at a Manhattan restaurant recently, Luann slapped Tom in public. Many believe that all of the problems between Tom and Luann stem from the rumors of his infidelity. The two are said to be struggling by a source close to the couple.
"It isn't exactly a match made in heaven. He hates the whole reality [TV] thing, he doesn't want the attention or the scrutiny."
Moreover, Tom is said to be sick of all of the crazy drama that surrounds RHONY.
"There has been friction from the start. They got married so fast, they didn't really know each other. She's a drama queen."
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When RHONY revealed Tom's flirting and infidelity on the show, Luann was humiliated but did not end their engagement because of "one mistake." She said that is was not an affair, but simply kissing and flirting with other women in public.
"It felt like someone ripped my heart out of my chest… But I'm not going to let a stupid kiss ruin the rest of my life … He screwed up. What he did was wrong. But this wasn't premeditated. It wasn't an affair. It was a mistake."
But does the infidelity continue to be a problem, or did Luann figure out things were worse than she imagined? Until the two married, Tom had been a bachelor, and as fans of RHONY know, Luann was married to Count de Lesseps. Perhaps married life is not what D'Agostino imagined? On a recent RHONY, Tom was caught commenting on married life with a former girlfriend.
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A woman named Missy was invited to Ramona's party and had a word on the side with Tom, and it was recorded for RHONY. Missy asked Tom jokingly about his wedding ring.
"I'm getting used to it. It's like a dog with a collar."
As the current season of RHONY winds down, fans will likely hear about all of this in the RHONY reunion with Andy Cohen which has recently been filmed.
Do you think RHONY Luann will stay married to Tom?
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The House of Savoy is one of the oldest royal dynasties in Europe, which celebrated its millennium in 2003. For antiquity of origin and continuity of succession from 1003 to 1946, the dynasty stands in the foremost rank of the royal houses of Europe. The Savoy family has furnished, in direct descent, counts, dukes and kings that successively ruled the destinies of the land and a genealogy of more than forty princes, who, sprung from one lineage, reigned in an uninterrupted line and handed down the traditions of a common ancestry through no less than thirty generations.
The origins of the dynasty is closely tied to the Savoy region which had for its boundaries Italy, Switzerland and France, containing within its limits some of the highest peaks of the Alps, with picturesque scenery, lavished by mountains, lakes, valleys, rivers and fertile plains. A mystery surrounds the birth and parentage of Humbert the Whitehanded, the first count of Savoy. Opinions of all sorts prevail as to the parentage of the White-handed Count, and he is alternately accredited with a Saxon or an Italian origin, according to the sympathies of his biographer; however, it is generally acknowledged that Berauld or Beroldo or Geroldo of Saxony has the honor of being Count Humbert's father. Beroldo's prowess on the battlefield allowed him to conquer the County of Moriana and overcome the lords of Susa and Piedmont and on the death of Rudolph, the last King of Burgundy, he was appointed Governor-General over the land. He died in 1026 and was buried in Arles. Another competitor for Count Humbert's parentage is Manasse, Count of Savoy. The preference for Saxon ancestry is strengthened by the close affinity of heraldic devices of the Houses of Savoy and Saxony: both bore the Saxon eagle; both had supporters formed of two lions; both, for centuries, quartered a shield on which was inscribed the motto "Saxe"; both Houses owned St. Maurice as their patron saint. Count Humbert's mother, Ermengarde, was of noble rank, who, in 1011, married, as her second husband, King Rudolph III of Burgundy.
The Romans knew the area of Savoy as Saubauda. The Burgundians overran the Alpine region after the fall of the Empire in the 5th Century and quickly annexed it to their domains. Almost a century later, the Franks followed the Burgundians and by the 9th Century, Savoy was an integral part of the Frankish Emperor Charlemagne's Empire. The Emperor and his descendants carved up the area into fiefdoms and counties. The subsequent disintegration of the Carolingian Empire brought Savoy once again in the sphere of the Burgundian Kingdom. Petty nobles who ruled the parts of the terrain frequently contested sovereignty over the area.
Portrait of Umberto Biancamano in Racconigi Castle by unknown Piedmontese Artist, First Half of 17th Century
The first Count of Savoy married the daughter of the lay rector of the Abbey of St. Maurice d'Agaune, a site that would later figure prominently in the history of the House and the Order of Sts. Maurice and Lazarus. Humbert had established the foundation of his dynastic house in Savoy and proven himself an able vassal of the Holy Roman Emperor. In an age of uncertain alliances and even shorter longevity, he had a successful and long life, pacifying the area of Savoy and its surroundings and emphasizing the charitable work of the monasteries and churches. When he died in 1048, he was buried in the Cathedral of St. Jean de Maurienne.
Humberto I, the "Whitehanded" First Count of Savoy 980-1048 and Founder of the Savoy Dynasty
Tomb of Count Umberto I of Savoy, Saint Jean de Maurienne Cathedral
The founder of the Savoy dynasty, Humbert, the "Whitehanded" (980-1048), was born in the year 980 of possibly Teutonic ancestry. He was a knight of the Holy Roman Empire and assisted in the campaign of King Conrad the Salic to solidify his claims to Burgundy. (The basis of his nickname is not recorded and has been the subject of speculation. Two theories are that he was extremely pale or that his hands were snow-like in appearance owing to the Alpine climate. Another attributes it to a mistranslation of the white walls of his castle.)
Depiction of Umberto Biancamano with his Consort Auzilla, 1863
By 1003, the Emperor had accorded him the title of Count of Salmourenc in the Viennois. By 1017, he assumed the County of Nyon by Lake Geneva, and in rapid succession, received the territory now known as the Val d'Aosta, with its strategic mountain passes through the Alps. By 1034, he had control of the counties of Savoy, Maurienne, Belley, part of the Chablis and the Tarantaise. Count Humbert I of Savoy commanded access to three Alpine passes; namely Mount Cenis and the two St. Bernard passes.
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Humbert I was succeeded by his son, Amadeus I (died 1051), whose reign as Second Count of Savoy lasted a brief three years, ending in 1051. His notable accomplishment was the founding of the Priory of Bourget-du-Lac.
Humbert's second son, Otto (died 1060), Third Count of Savoy, succeeded his brother. Otto had married well: his wife, Adelaide, was the daughter and heiress of Odelrico Manfredi, the Marquess of Susa, who ruled over most of modern day Piedmont and Liguria, including the County of Turin. The Holy Roman Emperor affirmed his new domains and Otto, in turn, proclaimed his authority by minting coins. He also dominated territories on both sides of the Alps, critical to Savoy's territorial integrity and independence. This would be a fundamental aspect of the state's foreign policy until 1859. He died in 1060 and was the first Savoy count to be interred in the Cathedral of St. Giovanni in Turin.
The Fourth Count of Savoy was Peter I, the "Youth" (1048-1078), who ruled initially through a regent, his mother, Adelaide.
He died in 1078 and was succeeded by his brother, Amadeus II (died 1080), as Fifth Count of Savoy. He added substantially to the Savoy patrimony through the dowry he received on his marriage to Giovanna of Geneva. After a reign of only two years, Amadeus was buried close to Humbert I.
The accession of the Sixth Count of Savoy, his son, Humbert II "The Fat" (died 1103), saw the first open insurrection of the communes against the authority of the Count of Savoy. Humbert attempted to reconcile the Piedmontese communes with his central authority and achieved a degree of peace.
That reconciliation with the communes was complete with the accession of his son, Amadeus III "The Crusader" (1095-1148). Deeply devout and loyal to the Church, the Seventh Count of Savoy restored the Abbey of St. Maurice d'Agaune and founded the Abbey of Hautecombe on the banks of the Lake Bourget in 1125. He also preferred and used the style of Count of Savoy instead of his other titles and was a Vicar of the Holy Roman Emperor. Amadeus III adopted as the family heraldic charge the cross of Savoy. He led many Savoyard knights alongside his nephew, King Louis VII of France, on the Second Crusade and died in 1148 on Cyprus, where he was buried in the Abbey of the Holy Cross.
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Humberto II, Count of Savoy
Coin bearing the stamped image of Peter I, Count of Savoy 1048-1078
His son, Humbert III, called "The Blessed" (1129-1189), inherited Amadeus' religious convictions. Contemporary writings suggest that the Eighth Count of Savoy was deeply pious, preferring the life of a monk to that of a sovereign. He gave entitlements to monasteries and churches and encouraged them to increase their charitable works among the poor of Savoy and Piedmont. He played a decisive role in the organization of the chapter at the Abbey of Hautecombe. He desperately needed an heir and married four times in the effort. He died in 1189 and was the first Count of Savoy to be buried at Hautecombe. In 1838, Pope Gregory XVI decreed that he was Blessed Umberto III of Savoy and fixed his feast day as March 4th, the date of his death.
Portrait of Tomaso I, Count of Savoy, in Racconigi Castle by unknown Piedmontese Artist XVII Century
Umberto III, "The Blessed" (1129-1189)
Amadeus IV was a scholar and diplomat. He devoted much of his time securing a balance between the Holy Roman Empire and France. One notes that he was the first ruler of Savoy to employ the additional title of Duke of Aosta and that the coins he minted used the ancient Latin name of Sabaudia, or Savoy. He was buried at Hautecombe after his death in 1253 and was succeeded by his son, Boniface (1224-1263).
Young Boniface was a youth of 19 when he succeeded as Eleventh Count of Savoy and had little training. His regent was his uncle Peter. He was captured by Piedmontese rebels of his uncle Thomas II and died a prisoner in Piedmont in 1263. He was interred at the Cathedral of St. Jean de Maurienne, near Humbert I and Amadeus II.
Thomas I, Count of Savoy (1177 - 1233)
Humbert's son by Clemenza of Zharinghen, Thomas I (1177-1233), succeeded as Ninth Count of Savoy in 1189. He reorganized the administration of the county, granting more rights to the communes. By allying himself with the Holy Roman Emperor he also increased the stature of the dynasty: the Emperor made him an Imperial Vicar and extended his authority to other areas, including Geneva, Savona and Saluzzo. At his death in 1233, Humbert's various territories were divided among his heirs. Amadeus IV (1197-1253) succeeded as Tenth Count of Savoy while his brother, Thomas II, obtained Piedmont, Aimone the County of Chablais, and Peter and Philip received other fiefs. The brothers agreed to be nominal vassals of Amadeus IV.
Boniface Count of Savoy
Portrait of Count Boniface of Savoy
Peter II Count of Savoy (1203 - 1268)
With no progeny, Boniface was succeeded as Twelfth Count of Savoy by his uncle and former Regent, Peter II (1203-1268), in 1263. Peter was styled the "Little Charlemagne". As a youth he had spent much time in England at the court of King Henry III, whose Queen, Eleanor of Provence, was also Peter's aunt. He was a favorite of Henry's who created him Earl of Richmond and gave him a palace alongside the River Thames that became known as Savoy House. Peter nurtured the English alliance to his benefit and used it against the rival claims of France and the Empire. He acquired more territories in the Vaud, defeated Rudolph of Habsburg at Chillon and stopped the Habsburg threat to Savoy. Time and money was spent on securing the defenses of the county by a string of castles. But there was also family animosity because he imposed himself as Boniface's successor over the rival claims of the sons of his elder brother, Thomas of Piedmont.
Ironically, while Peter II devoted most of his life to increasing and securing the Savoy patrimony, he had no heirs himself. He gave the sacred ring used for the consecration of the Kings of Burgundy to the Abbey of St. Maurice d'Agaune, wrote the first Statutes of Savoy and created a Peer's Council at Chambery. He was buried at Hautecombe on his death in 1268.
The Little Charlemagne was succeeded by his brother Philip I (1207-1285), another son of Thomas I. His was not the usual path to the throne. As a younger son, he had been groomed for a role in the church rather than the state. In 1245, he was appointed Archbishop of Lyon – but, since he never took final vows of holy order, he could and did marry Alice, the widow of the Count of Bourgogne, in 1267. The married Archbishop succeeded his brother as Thirteenth Count of Savoy in 1268 and allied himself with the Pope against the Habsburgs in Switzerland. He died without heirs and was buried at Hautecombe in 1285.
Amadeus V "The Great" (1243-1323)
As a younger son of Thomas II, Count of Piedmont, Amadeus V would have made less than a footnote in dynastic history but for the misfortune of the deaths of his uncle, Count Philip I of Savoy, and his older brother, Count Thomas III of Piedmont, in year 1285. He succeeded as Count of Savoy and also became Regent for his brother's son Philip, Prince of Achaia.
The Savoy patrimony was divided since Piedmont was the domain of the heirs of Thomas III and the County of Vaud was that of Amadeus' younger brother, Louis. Amadeus knew that if the family was to survive the stormy and bloody political arena of the Middle Ages, it would have to act as one. He therefore imposed his nominal authority over his nephew in Piedmont and his brother in Vaud, who recognized him as their liege. In return he granted them liberal authority in their domains. By producing a united front, Amadeus was able to successfully conclude a treaty of alliance with the Hapsburgs and became a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Ambitions and cunning, Amadeus the Great appreciated the advantages of strategic marriage alliances and contracted a prized diplomatic coup by marrying his daughter, Giovanna, to Andronicus Paleologus, the Emperor of Byzantium.
Like the earlier counts, Amadeus was deeply religious and a fierce soldier who knew neither fear nor harbored rancor. It was appropriate that he died while he was with the Pope at Avignon making preparations for a Crusade in 1323. He was buried at the Abbey of Hautecombe.
Amadeus V (1243-1323), is known as the "Great" Amadeus as one of the combattants defeating the Torriani revolt in Milan (12 February 1312).
Of all the sons of Thomas I only Thomas II, inheritor of Piedmont, produced sons who survived Philip I. Amadeus V was this Thomas' son [Thomas II was a Savoy, though he never succeeded as Count of Savoy since he had been granted the fiefdom of Piedmont only and therefore is not recognized as a Count of Savoy] and came to be called the Great. He was born in 1243 and became the brother-in-law of the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VII of Luxembourg, on his marriage to Maria of Brabant. He reconciled Savoy with the Empire and also curtailed his predecessor's support of the Swiss against the Empire. The Fourteenth Count of Savoy, Amadeus V (1243-1323), is known as the "Great".
Portrait of Peter II Count of Savoy in the Collection of Reggia di Venaria Reale in Turin
Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207 - 1285)
Coin during the Reign of Count Amadeus V
Seal of Amadeus V
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European unitary patent: latest news
For the last 2 days, IP Draughts has been attending an excellent 2-day conference, Standards, FRAND, NPEs and Injunctions, jointly run by the law firm Taylor Wessing and by Professor Sir Robin Jacob of the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law of University College London. Rarely has IP Draughts been to a conference where both speakers and most of the audience were so expert in the subject-matter and so clear in their explanations of law and policy issues. They represented most if not all of the commercial and legal interests involved, including several industry sectors, trade organisations, private-practice and in-house lawyers (across several disciplines, including IP and competition law) and the judiciary. Several jurisdictions were represented, including the UK, Germany, Netherlands, France and the USA.
The conference may provide materials for future blog postings, but for now we will focus on one session – the keynote speech of Mr Klaus-Heiner Lehne MEP. Mr Lehne is Chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament, and his committee has responsibility for the unitary patent legislation. The title of his speech was Formation of the Unified Patent Court.
It was interesting to hear Mr Lehne's description of the draft legislation, the stage it reached in the legislative process, and how he thought it would work in practice. Apparently, the Cyprus Presidency of the European Council has recently sent papers to the European Parliament that make a proposal to resolve the open question of whether the unitary patent will be subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, and that this proposal incorporates the "political proposal" of David Cameron, the British Prime Minister. It seems that the Parliament's legal advisers have given a "green light" to this proposal, and have confirmed that the requirements of European law have been fulfilled. Mr Lehne was hopeful that the "problem will be solved" by the end of this month, and that it would formally go to the Parliament before the Christmas break.
Interesting as this news was, what IP Draughts found most interesting were the questions that were put to Mr Lehne by members of the audience, and his replies.
One of the questioners said there were real concerns within industry about the transparency of the legislative process. He hoped that there would be a continuing dialogue, eg on directing the judges as to the tests that they should apply when deciding whether to grant injunctions. (At other points in the conference, there was discussion of the risk that poor-quality judicial decision-making in a local or regional court in relation to a unitary patent could have a disastrous commercial effect throughout the whole of the EU (less Spain and Italy if they don't join in).
Mr Lehne's response was that the main industry bodies had supported the legislative process, and that most of the key decisions had now been taken. The main focus of any lobbying at this stage should be limited to the rules of procedure, which were currently being developed by an expert group.
At this point, Sir Robin Jacob pointed out that most of the main industry players in the telecommunications sector were representated at the conference (including both manufacturers and operators), and asked industry representatives in the audience whether they were happy or unhappy with the current proposals. A large number of hands went up in response to the "unhappy" question; few if any were "happy".
Mr Lehne responded that the industry lobby – "official" bodies representing industry – all supported the process and agreed with the legislation in principle, even though they may have comments about some of the details.
At this point several other members of the audience intervened. One said that industry supported the objective, not the proposals. Another said that none of industry's concerns had been addressed; that they had tried to explain their concerns over and again without achieving any changes, and that the proposals could "open the floodgates" for actions by non-practising entities.
Another member of the audience said he was a representative of an industry association, and their position had consistently been that they supported the package "provided it leads to a better system than we have today". This qualifier was often overlooked by commentators. As the proposal stands today it is not better.
Mr Lehne reiterated that there was not a chance, at this stage, to change much in the two regulations or in the intergovernmental agreement. There was still an opportunity to influence the rules of procedure.
At this point, a member of the expert committee deciding those rules spoke to the conference. He explained how the rules were being developed. The plan is to produce a final draft by the end of November and then pass it to the politicians to make a final politicial decision within members states.
Sir Robin Jacob pointed out that there had been a meeting of judges in Venice, and that they had come up with some uncontroversial proposals. They were not, however, concerned with rules of procedure. Mr Lehne agreed that the proposals were uncontroversial and said that he would mention them to the Cyprus Presidency, which would decide whether they could include them.
Shortly after this point, Sir Robin thanked Mr Lehne for coming into the lion's den and giving his speech. Mr Lehne then had to leave for a meeting with "an important German lady". There was speculation among members of the audience that this was a reference to Chancellor Merkel.
Early in his speech, Mr Lehne had said that the proposed legislation was a political compromise that we should live with, even though it is not perfect. He didn't agree that it would lead to an inefficient patent system.
IP Draughts was left feeling that the European political process is completely unsuited to dealing with a technically difficult subject such as patent legislation, and that many people whose professional work brings them into contact with patents seem to be close to the point of rejecting the unitary patent as unfit for purpose.
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Shibalidian Area () is an area and township on the southwest of Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. It borders Fatou and Panjiayuan Subdistricts as well as Nanmofang and Yusiying Townships to the north, Dougezhuang Township and Taihu Town to the east, Yizhuang Township and Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area to the south, Xiaohongmen, Nanyuan and Fangzhuang Townships to the west. As of the year 2020, it has a total population of 178,177.

The subdistrict got its name Shibalidian () due to it is located 18 Lis from Zhengyangmen, a city gate on the former Beijing city wall.

History

Administrative Divisions
As of 2021, there are a total of 16 subdivisions in Shibalidian, 8 of them are communities and 8 are villages:

See also
 List of township-level divisions of Beijing

References

Chaoyang District, Beijing
Areas of Beijing

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I'm thrilled to be the honorary chair for the 6th annual Ingenuium Foundation's charity Golf Tournament—a day designed to network with industry and the government tech community in Ottawa. It's an exciting time to be part of the tournament as all proceeds raised will make it possible for more girls to participate in the Ingenium Foundation's educational science and technology related programs which will help inspire girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
Approximately 144 golfers—corporate leaders in our community—will come together at Greyhawk Golf Club again for this 6th year. Not only is it one of the premier fundraising tournaments in our city, it feels great to be part of this initiative and is always a lot of fun.
I hope to see you on the course "supporting girls one swing at a time".
Je suis ravi d'être président honoraire pour la 6 e édition annuelle du tournoi de golf de bienfaisance de la Fondation Ingenium. Cette journée vise le réseautage avec des membres du milieu des affaires et de la communauté techno du gouvernement à Ottawa. C'est le moment idéal pour prendre part au tournoi, car toutes les recettes de cet événement permettront à plus de filles de participer aux programmes éducatifs en science et technologie de la Fondation Ingenium. Davantage de filles seront ainsi inspirées à poursuivre des carrières dans les sciences, la technologie, l'ingénierie et les mathématiques.
Environ 144 golfeurs, des chefs d'entreprise de notre collectivité, se réuniront au club de golf Greyhawk pour la 6 e année. Non seulement il s'agit d'un des plus importants tournois de financement de notre ville, il est aussi formidable de prendre part à cette initiative remplie de plaisir.
J'espère que vous viendrez "soutenir les filles un élan à la fois".
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A dear friend of mine invited me to an event her church holds every year. It is an outreach opportunity called "Hospitality Dinner". The women buy tickets, decorate tables for Christmas, and invite co-workers, neighbors, and unchurched people. I am so grateful to have represented our ministry Vision4Living.
I took the message of baby Jesus in a manger, and weaved the Gospel to lead to the cross. I wanted these ladies to see more than a baby in a manger. I wanted them to see Christmas like they have never seen it before. I asked many people to pray for me, because I wanted the Gospel of Christ to be clear. This was not to be just about me speaking.
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Domažlice ([ˈdomaʒlɪtsɛ] (listen); German: Taus) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.
Not to be confused with Domaželice.
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°26′26″N 12°55′38″E
Zdeněk Novák
24.61 km2 (9.50 sq mi)
(2019-01-01[1])
www.domazlice.eu
Domažlice is also a Municipality with Extended Competence and a Municipality with Commissioned Local Authority within the same borders.
Domažlice was first recorded as a town in 1231, when Přemysl Otakar II of Bohemia ordered the city to be fortified for the purpose of protecting the border with Bavaria. It would remain fortified from 1262 to 1265. Border guards were recruited from the Chodové (Slavic free farmers) who settled in the vicinity of Domažlice.
The city was mortgaged to Bavaria in 1331, lasting until 1419 (with some interruptions). Under Hussite rule, German citizens were expelled from the city, and since then, the population has been predominantly Czech. In 1431, Prokop the Bald defeated the crusaders of the Holy Roman Empire near Domažlice. The 15th and 16th century saw Domažlice change hands frequently, but its importance diminished following the end of the Thirty Years' War. It was not until 1770 that it recovered, largely due to innovations in the textile industry.
Until 1918 the town was part of the Austrian monarchy, finding itself on the Austrian side of the Austro-Hungarian internal frontier following the 1867 "Ausgleich" (compromise). It was the district capital of the district with the same name, being one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften (district capitals) in Bohemia.[2]
Within the context of the Czech National Revival, Domažlice became a central place during the 19th century. At the time, it was the most western ethnic Czech town, very close to the border with the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the city, a pilgrimage took place on August 13, 1939, which developed into a large Czech protest demonstration against the German occupation and control of the ethnic Czech Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.The German population was expelled in 1945 according to the Potsdam Agreement.
In 2005 a mass grave was discovered on the outskirts of the town, holding 54 Germans, mainly members of the local SA, executed by the Czech resistance after the end of the war, around May 8, 1945.
Twin towns — sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic
Domažlice is twinned with:[3]
Furth bei Göttweig, Austria
Furth im Wald, Germany
Ludres, France
Two Rivers, United States
"Population of municipalities of the Czech republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
"Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Domažlice. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
Media related to Domažlice at Wikimedia Commons
http://www.domazlice.info - Official site of Domažlice
Domažlice (in English)
http://www.idomazlice.cz - Information service of Domazlice
Towns, market towns and villages of Domažlice District
Brnířov
Čečovice
Chocomyšl
Chodská Lhota
Chrastavice
Drahotín
Draženov
Hlohová
Hlohovčice
Hora Svatého Václava
Horní Kamenice
Hostouň
Kaničky
Kvíčovice
Libkov
Loučim
Luženičky
Meclov
Mezholezy (Domažlice)
Mezholezy (Horšovský Týn)
Milavče
Mířkov
Močerady
Mrákov
Mutěnín
Němčice
Neuměř
Nevolice
Nový Kramolín
Otov
Pařezov
Pasečnice
Poděvousy
Postřekov
Puclice
Semněvice
Srby
Štichov
Úboč
Únějovice
Úsilov
Velký Malahov
Vidice
Vlkanov
Všekary
Všepadly
Zahořany
Ždánov
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Low-Pressure Watering for Landscapes
By Lisa Chinn
What Sprinkler Heads to Use for Tomato Plants
Pond & Lake Aeration Systems
The Best Irrigation for Greenhouses
The Advantages of Hydroponics Over Soil
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Many gardeners are turning to low-pressure watering. Low-pressure watering systems, including drip irrigation systems, are much more efficient than traditional overhead sprinklers. Traditional sprinklers often cause a variety of problems, such as high rates of runoff and evaporation. Drip systems deliver water directly to the soil and plant roots, resulting in less water loss through evaporation. They are also convenient when compared to hand watering. Gardeners can set up simple drip irrigation systems themselves, although professionals may be necessary to install more complex underground ones.
Low-pressure irrigation systems use less water than high-pressure systems. They slowly deliver water directly to the soil so that it is able to soak in rather than evaporating or turning into runoff. Because drip irrigation uses water so efficiently, it is exempt from water use restrictions in some areas. Low-pressure watering ends up being better for the environment and cheaper for the gardener in the long run. Low-pressure systems, however, do have higher initial installation costs than high-pressure sprinklers.
Landscape Health Benefits
Because water is delivered to the soil slowly, this type of system does not cause erosion or damage the soil structure with high-velocity droplets of water. Drip systems that deliver water directly to the surface of the soil are also healthier for plants because the plant leaves do not get sprayed with water. Wet leaves encourage fungal diseases and insect problems. Low-volume irrigation provides a more consistent amount of moisture, from which many plants benefit.
Above-Ground Systems
The simplest type of drip irrigation is a perforated soaker hose laid across the surface of the soil. This type of system is easy for gardeners to set up themselves and to move as needed. For example, you can lay the drip hose directly above the rootball of a new plant and then move it slightly outwards as the plants roots develop. One drawback of soaker hoses is that they sit above the ground, and some gardeners do not like the way they look. They also make it impossible to deliver precise amounts of water; the amount of water released at different points along the hose will vary with pressure and hose length. Emitter tubing, on the other hand, releases a consistent amount of moisture. It is, however, less flexible and more expensive than soaker hoses. Farmers with large landscapes may also use above-ground sprinklers that hang above plants and have less pressure than traditional sprinklers.
Below-Ground Systems
Gardeners who do not like the look of hoses or tubes on top of the soil may choose to have underground drip systems installed. Emitter tubes or pipes under the surface of the soil release water very efficiently before it has a chance to evaporate. They do, however, sometimes become clogged with dirt. They also cost more to install than above-ground systems and are more difficult to move.
The University of Maine: Trickle Irrigation: Using and Conserving Water in the Home Garden
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Musk's SpaceX plans IPO for Starlink business
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(Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to list its space internet venture, Starlink, but not for several years, a company official told Reuters on Thursday.
The plan comes as Jeff Bezos' e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O prepares to build its own internet network of over 3,000 satellites in low-Earth orbit through its Project Kuiper.
SpaceX has been launching Starlink satellites in batches of 60 since May and currently has 240 orbiting Earth. The company aims to make the broadband internet service operational by the end of 2020.
Earlier in the day, Bloomberg reported the possibility of Starlink going public, citing Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell.
"Right now, we are a private company, but Starlink is the right kind of business that we can go ahead and take public," the report quoted Shotwell saying at a private investor event in Miami.
Shotwell's remarks came on the day of a key launch from Starlink's main competitor OneWeb Satellites, a SoftBank-backed venture that aims to send 34 of its planned 648 satellites to space on Thursday.
Musk said last year Starlink was an important new revenue stream for his California-based Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX.
The company's so-called Starlink constellation is a planned network of up to 30,000 satellites in low-Earth orbit intended to beam broadband internet globally.
In May, SpaceX launched the first batch of 60 small satellites for Starlink internet service.
Reporting by Joey Roulette in Cape Canaveral and Ayanti Bera in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Shinjini Ganguli


On the menu today… a mega seafood blowout with Big D, a long-overdue date night with my honey, our Lebanese New Year's celebration (complete with grape leaves and hummus!), and the Epiphany (with a heads-up towards Mardi Gras!). We also have our first "Weekly Blog Post Recap," and we announce the winner of our contest for the book set of Time Management: A Catholic Approach.
Oh, and did I mention that Char co-hosts this show with me?
Join us here at the Catholic Foodie, where food meets faith!
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FBI: Bombing Suspect Bought Material Online, Left Fingerprints On Devices
Published September 20, 2016 at 1:52 PM CDT
Authorities have filed federal charges against Ahmad Khan Rahami, the sole suspect in the weekend bombings in Manhattan and New Jersey.
The charges include use of a weapon of mass destruction, bombing a public place and destruction of property. Rahami previously had been charged in New Jersey in connection with the shootout that led to his arrest Monday.
The criminal complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, details why investigators are convinced that Rahami is behind Saturday's bombings.
The government claims that police found 12 fingerprints on the bomb that detonated on West 27th Street in Manhattan and all of them match Rahami. The complaint notes that investigators also found prints on the explosives found in Elizabeth, N.J., and they match Rahami.
According to investigators, Rahami allegedly began buying materials to build the bombs earlier this summer. Rahami used the nickname "ahmad rahimi" to buy citric acid, a circuit board and a fireworks firing system on the Internet.
Those materials, investigators, say were shipped to a business address close to Rahami's house in Perth Amboy, N.J., and they are also the same materials used to build the bombs in New York and New Jersey.
Investigators also found that one of the cellphones used as the timing device on one bomb was registered to one of Rahami's relatives.
The most stunning piece of evidence mentioned in the complaint, however, is a video investigators found on a cellphone. According to a description of the video, it shows Rahami in a backyard "igniting incendiary material in a cylindrical container."
"Partially buried in the ground is a small, black cylindrical object," the complaint notes. "A fuse is lit and the object ignites; the Video depicts the lighting of the fuse, a loud noise and flames, followed by billowing smoke and laughter. Rahami then enters the frame and is seen picking up the cylindrical container."
The charging documents do not give any background on Rahami. But a law enforcement official tells NPR that Rahami's father, Mohammad R. Rahami, had called New Jersey police in 2014 over a dispute involving his son. He later retracted his complaint.
When these types of complaints come in, they usually go into the FBI's Guardian Threat Tracking System, which prompts a limited level of investigation and surveillance.
In a statement, the FBI said that it "conducted internal database reviews, interagency checks, and multiple interviews, none of which revealed ties to terrorism."
According to The New York Times, which first reported the FBI contact, Mohammad Rahami told local police he suspected his son might be involved in terrorism.
The newspaper interviewed the father, who said:
" 'Two years ago I go to the F.B.I. because my son was doing really bad, O.K.?' he said. 'But they check almost two months, they say, 'He's O.K., he's clean, he's not a terrorist.' I say O.K.'
"He added: 'Now they say he is a terrorist. I say O.K.' "
According to court documents, prosecutors wanted to charge Rahami over a domestic dispute. The documents show prosecutors presented a grand jury with aggravated assault charges, arguing that Rahami allegedly stabbed a relative named Nasim Rahami in the leg. The grand jury, however, found there was not enough evidence to indict Rahami.
Talking to reporters outside his home, Mohammad R. Rahami said he had called police on his son because he "stabbed my son" and "hit my wife."
"I put him in jail two years ago," the elder Rahami said.
Ahmad Khan Rahami was taken into custody again Monday after a short but intense manhunt, and was charged later that day with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and two counts related to possession of a weapon.
Tuesday's charges are related to a pressure-cooker bomb that went off Saturday night in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan that injured dozens, a pipe bomb explosion that morning in Seaside Park, N.J., and a collection of pipe bombs discovered Sunday at a train station in Elizabeth, N.J.
The investigation is now focused on motive.
The criminal complaint gives a hint of what that might be. Authorities said they found diary entries allegedly written by Rahami that refer to calls for jihad at home if one is unable to travel. The entries also laud radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, Nidal Hassan, who shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, and "brother Osama Bin Laden."
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Canadian PM Harper visits flooded Quebec area for the first time
By KJ Mullins Jun 6, 2011 in World
Fifty days ago the Richlieu River rose flooding 3,000 homes in Quebec. Today, for the first time Prime Minister Stephen Harper toured the area.
It's a 177.9 kilometer trip from to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec from Ottawa. Last Monday NDP Leader Jack Layton toured the area blasting Harper for not doing enough for the victims in the flood region. At that time he said he would be demanding action for help reported the Montreal Gazette.
"We are going to demand action," Layton said. "His policy is to not help people. He said he's not there to do the cleanup or something to that effect. That is an attitude that does not respect the population."
Harper's visit to the area comes after he took time to visit Slave Lake and Winnipeg. Today after taking a 15 minute aerial tour of the disaster Harper promised that there would be financial aid coming to Quebec to pay for flood mitigation efforts.
For those affected by the flood Harper said employment insurance would be fast tracked. That fast track can't come soon enough for victims who have been forced to use portable toilets and travel kilometers from home just to take a shower.
The Montreal Gazette reports that Dimitri Soudas, a spokesperson for Harper answered questions as to why the Prime Minister had not been in the region since the beginning of the floods:
"What matters is that we, as the federal government, have been working hand in hand with the provincial government since the beginning" of the floods.
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Q: Visual Studio freezing (crashing) while loading solution I've met with a strange problem. I had 7 projects in the solution. I had to add another MVC project. Now when the document (from the new project) is opened  (for example HomeController.cs) and when this project is initializing at the start, it freezes the whole IDE like this:

(Some projects do not load)
After that, I have to kill the process. When I open VS again and fast click on another project (which is initializing) the freezing issue is gone. I have no idea what can cause a problem like this. I've tried with and without ReSharper but I get the same result. Also, I restored default settings of VS. Also repaired whole VS.
Maybe someone had the same problem and could give some helpful advice?

A: I experienced the same issue with VS 2019 and fixed it by deleting the user.json file from %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Visual Studio Setup
EDIT
The issue reappeared after a few days, so I located the user settings for Visual Studio 2019 (%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\16.0_f124b472) and deleting the following files seemed to have reset VS to a normal state:
Current.vsk
User.vsk
ObjBrowEx.dat

Please close all your solutions before deleting the files

A: I used to have this problem, it was solved just by double clicking any of the stuck projects. This nudges the loading process somehow and causes unloaded projects to complete its loading.

A: Possible solutions:

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*Delete .vs folder as mentioned above

*Clear temp files from %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp

*Readjust source control in Tools -> Options -> Source control -> Plugins, set to None, Save, close VS. Then reopen it and reset the plugin.
There is no particular order, but one of them might help.

A: Delete the .suo file in the solution folder.
I am pretty sure I found this answer somewhere on Stackoverflow before, but now I can't find it anymore. Credits to whoever came up with this.

A: Usually removing of the hidden .vs folder in solution directory fixes the problem.

A: None of above answers worked for me and found this solution.
By opening solution in safe mode devenv.exe /SafeMode will show you details about file causing issue and then

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*Search for all the files in the project directory with extension *.user

*and remove them all

*last reloaded the projects

A: For Visual Studio 2019, I cleared my %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp folder.
It worked.

A: When you get over the past install multiply versions and the previous version was not fully uninstalled. This cause this issue in my case.
Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features
Search for all Visual Studio related programs and Uninstall those.


Started operating a tingkat delivery service in a 600sq ft rented kitchen with 3 vehicles and 10 employees.
Set up first commercial kitchen in Siglap.
Established second kitchen in Hougang to serve customers in the northern part of Singapore.
Received the inaugural Singapore Productivity Award by Singapore Business Federation.
Opened second and third thematic food courts names Chinatown Food Street and Singapore Food Street.
Opened the latest thematic food court named Straits Food Village.
Collaborated with JTC Corporation to open the first Third Place dining concept.


This could come in handy in a daycare centre.
We'd often have up to half a dozen bottle lambs at a time on my parents' farm when I was young. After years of struggling to hold 4 or 5 bottles at once, while fending off another hungry lamb or two, we did finally build something like this.


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1. Potential phases of development.
Recognize possibilities of future development in connection with the surrounding environment.
2. Define the site.
The flow of pedestrians, bicycles, cars & buses define the edges of the site.
3. Active pockets.
Currently, Isbergs gata boarders a series of active pockets to the east. The pockets continue to further define the shape of the building and adds an activating element to the street with its green public spaces and commercial functions.
4. Build strong identity.
The building is set to create a strong identity of a new gateway to the dock, connected to the surrounding environment's character and skyline.
5. Demolish and recycle.
Material from the existing building will be recycled in the construction of the new building.
6. Upgrade existing environment.
The building is connected to the green pockets to the west and a new harbour promenade to the east. The plaza-like shared traffic area with priority for pedestrians and cyclists makes it easier and safer to cross Isbergs gata and reach the bus stop or continue towards the western harbour.
7. Building for the people of Malmö.
The height of the base volume aligns with the neighbouring buildings and will contain public and commercial functions such as shops, cafés, restaurants, meeting places and museums/galleries.
8. Invite people and light into the building.
A partially elevated walkway along the perimeter of the building creates inviting entrances and gathering spaces: green front plaza, public seating, restaurant terrace and elevated walkway along the water. The glazed facade and atrium in the core of the volume bring the light inside the building.
9. Form.
The office tower is placed in the northeast corner to maintain the scale of the homogenous street space of Stora Varvsgatan. It is divided in three segments that aligns with the height of the four dominant buildings in the area.
10. Materiality.
Recycled brick is used for the base of the volume to reflect and preserve some of the site's history and to relate to the neighbouring buildings. Light aluminium fins function as sun protection and express the architectural quality of the high-rises in Malmö.


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package org.apache.ambari.server.checks;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.ambari.server.api.services.AmbariMetaInfo;
import org.apache.ambari.server.configuration.Configuration;
import org.apache.ambari.server.controller.PrereqCheckRequest;
import org.apache.ambari.server.orm.dao.RepositoryVersionDAO;
import org.apache.ambari.server.orm.entities.RepositoryVersionEntity;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.Cluster;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.Clusters;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.Host;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.RepositoryType;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.Service;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.StackId;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.repository.ClusterVersionSummary;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.repository.VersionDefinitionXml;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.stack.PrereqCheckStatus;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.stack.PrerequisiteCheck;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.stack.UpgradePack;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.stack.UpgradePack.ProcessingComponent;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.stack.upgrade.RepositoryVersionHelper;
import org.apache.ambari.server.state.stack.upgrade.UpgradeType;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.mockito.Mockito;
import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;

import com.google.inject.Provider;

/**
 * Unit tests for HostsMasterMaintenanceCheck
 *
 */
@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class HostsMasterMaintenanceCheckTest {
  private final Clusters clusters = Mockito.mock(Clusters.class);
  private final RepositoryVersionDAO repositoryVersionDAO = Mockito.mock(RepositoryVersionDAO.class);
  private final RepositoryVersionHelper repositoryVersionHelper = Mockito.mock(RepositoryVersionHelper.class);
  private final AmbariMetaInfo ambariMetaInfo = Mockito.mock(AmbariMetaInfo.class);

  @Mock
  private ClusterVersionSummary m_clusterVersionSummary;

  @Mock
  private VersionDefinitionXml m_vdfXml;

  @Mock
  private RepositoryVersionEntity m_repositoryVersion;

  final Map<String, Service> m_services = new HashMap<>();

  @Before
  public void setup() throws Exception {
    m_services.clear();

    Mockito.when(m_repositoryVersion.getType()).thenReturn(RepositoryType.STANDARD);
    Mockito.when(m_repositoryVersion.getRepositoryXml()).thenReturn(m_vdfXml);
    Mockito.when(m_vdfXml.getClusterSummary(Mockito.any(Cluster.class))).thenReturn(m_clusterVersionSummary);
    Mockito.when(m_clusterVersionSummary.getAvailableServiceNames()).thenReturn(m_services.keySet());
  }

  @Test
  public void testIsApplicable() throws Exception {
    Mockito.when(m_repositoryVersion.getVersion()).thenReturn("1.0.0.0-1234");
    Mockito.when(m_repositoryVersion.getStackId()).thenReturn(new StackId("HDP", "1.0"));

    final PrereqCheckRequest request = new PrereqCheckRequest("cluster");
    request.setTargetRepositoryVersion(m_repositoryVersion);
    HostsMasterMaintenanceCheck hmmc = new HostsMasterMaintenanceCheck();
    Configuration config = Mockito.mock(Configuration.class);
    hmmc.config = config;
    Assert.assertTrue(hmmc.isApplicable(request));
    Assert.assertTrue(new HostsMasterMaintenanceCheck().isApplicable(request));

    HostsMasterMaintenanceCheck hmmc2 = new HostsMasterMaintenanceCheck();
    hmmc2.config = config;
    Assert.assertTrue(hmmc2.isApplicable(request));
    request.setTargetRepositoryVersion(m_repositoryVersion);
  }

  @Test
  public void testPerform() throws Exception {
    Mockito.when(m_repositoryVersion.getVersion()).thenReturn("1.0.0.0-1234");
    Mockito.when(m_repositoryVersion.getStackId()).thenReturn(new StackId("HDP", "1.0"));

    final String upgradePackName = "upgrade_pack";
    final HostsMasterMaintenanceCheck hostsMasterMaintenanceCheck = new HostsMasterMaintenanceCheck();
    hostsMasterMaintenanceCheck.clustersProvider = new Provider<Clusters>() {

      @Override
      public Clusters get() {
        return clusters;
      }
    };
    hostsMasterMaintenanceCheck.repositoryVersionDaoProvider = new Provider<RepositoryVersionDAO>() {
      @Override
      public RepositoryVersionDAO get() {
        return repositoryVersionDAO;
      }
    };
    hostsMasterMaintenanceCheck.repositoryVersionHelper = new Provider<RepositoryVersionHelper>() {
      @Override
      public RepositoryVersionHelper get() {
        return repositoryVersionHelper;
      }
    };
    hostsMasterMaintenanceCheck.ambariMetaInfo = new Provider<AmbariMetaInfo>() {
      @Override
      public AmbariMetaInfo get() {
        return ambariMetaInfo;
      }
    };

    final Cluster cluster = Mockito.mock(Cluster.class);
    Mockito.when(cluster.getClusterId()).thenReturn(1L);
    Mockito.when(clusters.getCluster("cluster")).thenReturn(cluster);
    Mockito.when(cluster.getDesiredStackVersion()).thenReturn(new StackId("HDP", "1.0"));
    Mockito.when(repositoryVersionHelper.getUpgradePackageName(Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.anyString(), (UpgradeType) Mockito.anyObject())).thenReturn(null);

    PrerequisiteCheck check = new PrerequisiteCheck(null, null);
    PrereqCheckRequest checkRequest = new PrereqCheckRequest("cluster");
    checkRequest.setTargetRepositoryVersion(m_repositoryVersion);

    hostsMasterMaintenanceCheck.perform(check, checkRequest);
    Assert.assertEquals(PrereqCheckStatus.FAIL, check.getStatus());

    Mockito.when(repositoryVersionHelper.getUpgradePackageName(Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.anyString(), (UpgradeType) Mockito.anyObject())).thenReturn(upgradePackName);
    Mockito.when(ambariMetaInfo.getUpgradePacks(Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.anyString())).thenReturn(new HashMap<String, UpgradePack>());

    check = new PrerequisiteCheck(null, null);
    checkRequest = new PrereqCheckRequest("cluster");
    checkRequest.setTargetRepositoryVersion(m_repositoryVersion);

    hostsMasterMaintenanceCheck.perform(check, checkRequest);
    Assert.assertEquals(PrereqCheckStatus.FAIL, check.getStatus());

    final Map<String, UpgradePack> upgradePacks = new HashMap<>();
    final UpgradePack upgradePack = Mockito.mock(UpgradePack.class);
    Mockito.when(upgradePack.getName()).thenReturn(upgradePackName);
    upgradePacks.put(upgradePack.getName(), upgradePack);
    Mockito.when(ambariMetaInfo.getUpgradePacks(Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.anyString())).thenReturn(upgradePacks);
    Mockito.when(upgradePack.getTasks()).thenReturn(new HashMap<String, Map<String,ProcessingComponent>>());
    Mockito.when(cluster.getServices()).thenReturn(new HashMap<String, Service>());
    Mockito.when(clusters.getHostsForCluster(Mockito.anyString())).thenReturn(new HashMap<String, Host>());

    check = new PrerequisiteCheck(null, null);
    checkRequest = new PrereqCheckRequest("cluster");
    checkRequest.setTargetRepositoryVersion(m_repositoryVersion);

    hostsMasterMaintenanceCheck.perform(check, checkRequest);
    Assert.assertEquals(PrereqCheckStatus.PASS, check.getStatus());
  }
}

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Yesterday morning started with a super sweaty spin class.
It felt so good. It was one of those days where my body and mind were firing with the same endurance and energy level.
I felt good the whole class and really pushed myself.
I had high hopes for my day being productive because I was filled with so much energy after that spin class. But, ended up getting sucked into my computer, crocheting a couple infinity scarves and watching the Royals.
My meals were pretty boring the rest of the day.
DINNER – Baked potato and chili from Wendy's.
Our doctor's office has one of these in every room.
From what I read, with all the electronics we use, we are surrounded with positive ions which lower our energy levels, making us feel tired and depressed. The salt lamps, when heated, create moisture, which evaporates and emits negative ions. Negative ions are supposed to benefit our respiratory system and increase energy levels.
So these lamps are supposed to help balance the positive and negative ions in our air.
What the heck, it's worth a try. We have a client with respiratory issues and this time of year always brings depressed energy levels. With a lot of electronics in this house, balancing some ions could benefit everyone!
We purchased ours from Amazon.


The Leading Edge: Let's make training better, deeper, faster, louder, funnier — and messier!….
It's been a long time since I posted my thoughts about leadership, because every time I sit down to write lately, I've been thinking about the ways we circle around the same ideas and ideals. It's not a matter of right or wrong, believing or disbelieving, or even worthiness. After two years of writing about the spirit of leadership in this blog, I find myself wondering how we can get to the core of our leadership questions, the mystery at the heart of every leadership development project — how do we train good leaders?
Leadership training is difficult because every gathering of leaders is so diverse. They may have similar jobs and aspirations, perhaps even speak the same language of values to match their company mission. But they are each unique in their approach to leadership because of their upbringing, national, regional and subcultural connections, spiritual beliefs, and personal mythography (the archetypal stories that drive our expectations and relationships).
So when the facilitator tells a certain story, say about a famous leader like Nelson Mandela, she activates a whole variety of resonances in each participant, resonances that can't be tracked without long-term relationships and interactive assessments.
Because leadership trainings are group experiences, these individual interpretations and reactions are more often suppressed or self-edited. We depend on social norms in which we publicly perform agreement, responding to peer pressure and the institutional context that brings us together. In any given training, we create a collective story, teach participants to perform collective values we hold about leadership.
We teach interpretations of leadership through the leadership stories we tell. While we can learn a lot about effective leadership by taking on the values and insights shared in an given training, the opposite can also happen. Individuals may react against the performance of quiet or active conformity, rejecting the training as unrealistic or unconnected from reality.
In fact, the the insight, in fact, isn't necessarily connected to the inner reality of some people, or might be counter-intuitive because of different experiences. Mandela's story can be told in many ways, with many spins on leadership practices. His life and legacy are not monolithic or easy to summarize, although his biography and accomplishments are useful as an object lesson for many leadership theories. Intercultural questions make our interpretations of his life even more problematic.
There is no one Mandela the Leader, and no one type of leader learner. It's hard to make a case for the pragmatic possibilities suggested by exemplary leaders when a training doesn't permit alternative interpretations or performances of leadership.
So the question I'm exploring in my teaching and learning is this: how do we honor a diversity of leadership styles and stories while we work to create a collective understanding of good leadership?
Without teaching and learning experiences that create discussion and disagreement, without practice processes that encourage experimentation, messy collaboration and self-reflection, we run the risk of using "classic" leadership stories to teach cultural leadership conformity. This serves a purpose for organizations, and probably reflects the dominant ideas of mainstream culture. But is it leadership training, or simply another way to create prominent followers?
Just wondering…. What do you think?


Someone had a fun day at work. They were supposed to put up ordinary anti-theft signs around the parking lot, and they did… for the most part. At first, they read like a normal sign with the ordinary precautions – look your care, take your keys. But each one of these signs has a special last suggestion that you wouldn't find anywhere else. And they're hard to argue with!


Fiber Light is the perfect little companion to take on any journey, now you may be wondering, "why would I need to add the fiberoptic material to the light?", well Ill tell you. The Fiber Light allows you to twist and bend the light in any direction you would need but it is a softer more ambient light. This is perfect for seeing settings on your camera without messing up the picture at night, a more subtle reading light, giving small rooms a soft glow for pictures, or anything else that might need a soft light. Not only is this light a convenient light, it is also very quick and easy to build. Also great for bikers, just clip it on your backpack or bike and you have a nice light to let people know your there and see where you are going.
As far as the party favor it should be fairly easy to find it at a party city or some other party store that sells fun LED lights.
First you will need to cut the dart into thirds approximately, it depends on what light you are using. You can always shorten the dart so make the cut big first and snip away what you need to.
Second you will have to find a way to detach the fiberoptic cable from the party favor you bought, if it does not have a way to keep it together at the base you should tape the bottom. When you are looking to buy one try to find one that is easy to detach the fiberoptic cable.
Once you have retrieved the fiberoptic twist it into the Nerf dart until it is flush with the end, glueing it would help keep them together but is not required.
Now that the Nerf dart and fiberoptic are one, you can attach it to the tip of the LED light, it probably wont stay, this is okay, just let it sit there for now.
Go ahead and cut open your Sugru packet and start kneading the Sugru until its soft, now split it in half. flatten one piece and attach it to the back of the LED covering half of the Nerf bullet in Sugru. Now take the other half and put it on the top and connect the two pieces of Sugru by pressing the Sugru pieces together. Make sure to completely cover the Nerft dart by pulling and pressing the Sugru on the light.
This step is totally optional but it might be a good idea to add some style to your Fiber Light. A cool design I found is by taking a 4'' saw blade and pressing the shape into the Sugru, making an arrow design. You can implement all kinds of cool ideas but its up to you wether or not you want to.
At this point you are going to want to pull out the packing tape and scissors again. Tear off a piece of packing tape about "yae" long, as shown in the picture (approx. 3 in) and then cut it vertically into thirds. Take one of the pieces and tape the top of the fiberoptic as tightly as you can.
Now the waiting begins, wait at least 24 hours before trying to use the light, it will break the Sugru otherwise.
Congratulations, you now have a new Fiber Light, enjoy its endless capabilities and 'flexibility'. Depending on the LED you got it probably will be either brighter or duller. Generally speaking it probably wont be very bright but it will provide a nice glow to add in photography and in dark places!


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Paraeumigus tricoloripes är en insektsart som beskrevs av Werner 1932. Paraeumigus tricoloripes ingår i släktet Paraeumigus och familjen Pamphagidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Turn in your worn-out tires as soon as you replace them.
Nowadays, most tire stores and services centers will take your old tires off your hands when you buy new ones, making it an easy recycling habit for you. They know how to dispose of them properly. But some places do charge a fee. Some municipalities across the county accept used tires as well, for a small charge, but they may only accept certain sizes. Be sure to call ahead before you make a drop.
Find out where you can dispose of old, used tires.