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Tarrawingee is a town in north eastern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Rural City of Wangaratta local government area,  north east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Tarrawingee and the surrounding area had a population of 484.

Food
The historic Plough Inn has both an à la carte restaurant, and a relaxed bistro.

Sport
The Tarrawingee Bulldogs field Australian Rules football teams and netball teams competing in the Ovens & King Football and Netball League. Between 1957 and 1965, a motor racing circuit was used by the North Eastern Car Club for meetings. The circuit was located right next to the Australian rules football oval, which provided spectators with the luxury of a grandstand. The last meeting was held on 4 April 1965, where multiple lap records were broken despite the track starting to break up. A meeting was programmed for November 1965, but in July the North Eastern Car Club formally announced the closure of the circuit, probably due to the costs of resurfacing the track as well as meeting the safety rules demanded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

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This R88 000 automated control fire engine, the first to be seen in South African, has won orders worth more than R3-million for suppliers, FMC (Pty) of Stikland. FMC makes smaller machines and plans to make this American-designed one locally as well. Pump priming, rewinding of hose reels and other functions are pushbutton controlled. The vehicle can carry a seven-man crew and 2 800 litres of water. Its top speed: 120 km an hour.
Marked right nephrophtosis with malrotation on the ??. and transverse axes. ?Of course, today you would require proof that there is no mass pressing down.?
Coppélia, Act II. Petrus Bosman, centre, as Dr Coppelius, Joy Shearer, right, as Swanhilda and Desmond Doyle as Franz. Possibly a publicity shot. Music: Le?o Delibes. Décor: John Dronsfield. Production: Pamela Chrimes. Date of first performance: 22 September 1949. Venue: Little Theatre, University of Cape Town, Hiddingh Campus.
Philipstown Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Topographical map indicating Philipstown, Britstown and other towns and villages, roads, railways, stations, rivers, vleis, pans and mountains in the area of Philipstown., Relief shown by form lines., Projection not given., Westernmost longitude co-ordinate estimated., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Copy 893 is torn slightly.
Map showing a province in the north of South Africa which was named Transvaal from 1910 until the end of 1994, and international, intercolonial, provincial, district boundaries, with place names, railways, under construction, projected, roads suitable for motor traffic: all seasons, dry weather, roads suitable for carts, tracks, telegraphs or telephones, telegraphs or telephones along roads or tracks, provinces, frontier districts, localities, mountain ranges, peaks, valleys, capes, islands, tribes, towns of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th importance, rivers, unsurveyed, canals, marshes and swamps, plains liable to inundation, geodetic trigonometrical stations, altitudes in metres, depths in metres, wells, springs, waterholes, pools, historical ruins, wireless telegraph stations. Contours are at 200 & 500 metres & thence at 500 metre intervals. Relief shown by form lines with height in metres, tinted shading. Third edition, ground/air. Colour. Scale 1 : 2,000,000.
Franschhoek Manor, Franschhoek, Western Cape. Master landscape plan, dimension plan and plant plan., Paper copy of hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper original.
Captain Johannes 'Hans' Gerard Adolf Diergaard vacates his office after serving as Minister of Agriculture and Nature Conservation in the cabinet of the interim government.


GLOSTER, MISSISSIPPI — Elouise Elizabeth Tynes, 83, of Gloster, Miss. died Thursday. Born March 28, 1930 in Gloster, daughter of V.O. and Claudie Mernvia Wilkinson Steele.
She resided in Pine Bluff for many years until her husband's retirement from Rosswood Country Club. Preceded by a son, Charles Marcell, Jr., survivors include her husband, Charles Marcell Tynes; sons, Garland Stewart Tynes, Dickie Gene Tynes; daughter, Stephanie Michelle Tynes Votsmier; seven grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters; two brothers.
Services: Saturday, 2 p.m., Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church (3005 Mt. Pleasant Road, Gloster, Miss. 39638) by Brown Funeral Home. Memorials requested to Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.


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New mum Helen Skelton reveals her dramatic labour story
It involved French firefighters...
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Most new mums would agree that giving birth is dramatic to say the least, but spare a thought for TV presenter Helen Skelton, whose labour story sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie...
Speaking to Hello! magazine, 33-year-old Helen revealed that giving birth to her second son required the assistance of French firefighters...
Also revealing that she and her rugby player husband Richie Myler have named their new baby Louis, Helen disclosed that his arrival came so quickly that it was a shock to everyone.
'It was all a bit frantic,' said Helen of the birth, which took place on 8 April. 'We are just so relieved he is safely here.'
Opening up about the birth, Helen explained that she had just got back from a walk in the French countryside with her eldest son, two-year-old Ernie, when the labour pains started. 'I'd been out for a walk with Ernie in the pram and when I arrived back home I was getting a few pains,' she said.
'At first I thought it was because I'd been out for a long walk but then I could hardly move. I phoned Rich to say, "I think you need to get to the airport as I'm in labour."'
Believing that she had plenty of time to spare, Helen remained at home. 'As I'd been two days in labour with Ernie, I didn't realise it was going to be so quick. But within an hour of calling Rich, I couldn't get up off the floor,' she said.
Stuck in the UK, Richie rang the couples' neighbour in Perpignan, France – where they live because of his position on a French rugby team – who called the emergency services, presumably not expecting firefighters to respond...
'The firefighters were lovely and beside themselves with excitement as they said they hadn't been at a birth before, but bless them they weren't up to speed with what you do so they were all flapping,' said Helen.
'I'm still not really sure why the fire brigade arrived but it seems they were the closest emergency service at the time!'
Well, it's certainly one special way to be welcomed into the world.
Read the full interview in the new issue of Hello!, out now.
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Q: how to show a list property in DataGrid properly I have a class with 6 properties, "CompletePosition", "ActivityNumber", "ActivityDescription", "Duration", "WeatherWindow" and "Critiria" which i try to show in a datagrid. At the moment i set the DataGrid's ItemsSource to a IEnumerable.
As you may have figued out, my problem is that "Critiria" just shows as "(Collection)". i would like it to be, so to say, expanded, and each element of the list to be shown in it's own column. Is this possible?

A: As far as I know, you cannot have another Grid within a GridCell. Depending on the nature of the content in the collection, you could simply explode the collection into a comma delimited string and display that.
Say for example your collection is:
[Apples, Oranges, Pears]

You could do String.Join(",", collection); to get a string separated by commas.
Result would be: Apples, Oranges, Pears.
Though this relies on the content of your collection.

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Diego Munoz Camargo
.b. soon after 1521; d. at a very advanced age, the exact date unknown
Camargo, DIEGO MUNOZ (according to Beristain de Souza, Munoz should be the surname) b. of a Spanish father and Indian mother soon after 1521; d. at a very advanced age, the exact date unknown. He acquired the knowledge of letters and rudimentary acquaintance with other branches of learning from the Franciscans at Mexico in the first half of the sixteenth century, and diligently inquired into the traditions and antiquities of the Nahuatl Indians, chiefly of the tribe of Tlaxcala, in which investigations he was encouraged and sustained by the clergy and the higher Spanish officials. For many years he acted as official interpreter. He wrote the "Historia de Tlaxcala", first published in a French translation in the "Annales des voyages" and but lately in the Spanish original. It is the only chronicle specially devoted to the past of the tribe of Tlaxcala thus far accessible in print, except one, printed 1870, and which may yet prove to be a fragment of Camargo's work. Torquemada's "Monarquia" is largely based on Camargo, and the history is of course partial, as all tribal chronicles are, extolling the Indians of Tlaxcala; and placing them above all others of Nahuatl stock. This does not, however, detract from its value. It presents a view differing from that of other Indian writers, and furnishes elements of useful criticism.
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Yali You, professor of music, taught multiple master classes in chamber music, cello performance, and ensemble training at Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu, Xian Conservatory of Music, and Shaanxi Symphony Orchestra in Xian during the summer of 2018.
Dr. You received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Shaanxi Symphony Orchestra, the beginning point of her life, where she was born, raised, and began her cello studies at the age of 12 with the Symphony's late Principal Cellist.
Dr. You also received a book proposal to collaborate with a Chinese musicologist to write a Chinese/English bilingual Western music history and tour book. Based on her experiences of teaching J-term study abroad music history courses in the last two decades, she plans to begin this project when her schedule permits.
From multiple invitations by various institutions to teach in China Dr. You received, she only accepted the invitations that are for part time, and plans to continue her future teaching in China after school year ends in late May at Hamline University.


I remember meeting with my editor about the Cabot novels back in 2016. His enthusiasm for the project matched my excitement, which made me eager to get started on BEFORE I KNEW. Fast-forward to today. As I write this short post, I've got the manuscript for the third book in this series printed, and my red pen in hand. Needless to say, it's been a busy year, which is how this book birthday sneaked up on me.
That said….YIPEE!!! My eighth book hits the shelves tomorrow. That's hard for me to believe. I'll be donating 10% of my first week's proceeds to Bring Change to Mind to celebrate, so please help me spread the word.
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Ransomware attacks have been soaring in the recent past. Some are so sophisticated that they have made headlines, but many are simple yet still devastating. We have had first-hand experience with it.
When we started out doing IT support, a prominent real estate company approached us and lay off its in-house IT support guy. One of the first things we did was to urge the company to change its Wi-Fi password, but our advice was ignored. The disgruntled employee hacked the company's Wi-Fi and installed ransomware that demanded a ransom of $17,000 with hourly interest increases.
Millions of people and businesses across the world go through such experiences often. So, how bad is 2020 going to get, and who is most at risk?
There are various types of hacking attacks, and most people don't always differentiate them. Ransomware attacks are among the most common. They are simple but also effective (for the hackers) and devastating (for you). The hacker plants a virus that takes control of the system and locks you out. If successful, the hacker then proceeds to make demands (usually payments) and threatens to put you in a compromising position if you don't meet their demands.
Ransomware Attacks on the Rise
Ransomware attacks have been increasing at an average rate of 12% over the past five years. Reported cases increased by 18% in 2019, and they affected all industries virtually: healthcare, enterprises, manufacturing, local governments, and even individual persons, among others. Going by the statistics, it seems that hackers are planning something big for 2020.
Industries under Crosshairs
Hackers are not very picky–they will exploit any potential target with weak cyber-security. Ransomware attacks have been reported in most industries. However, some industries are at higher risk than others.
The healthcare industry, in particular, is at a higher risk of attack than other industries. Ransomware attacks against healthcare systems increased by more than 350% in the fourth quarter of 2019, which is one of the highest rates of all industries.
Healthcare systems make for easy targets because they hold sensitive records that they cannot afford to lose. They usually end up paying the ransom to get their data back–it also doesn't help that many healthcare IT systems are not secure enough, as was revealed in the 2017 attack on the UK's NHS.
Business enterprises in many niches also face a significant threat from the increased cases of ransomware attacks. Ransomware attacks started by mostly targeting prominent individuals, but they have been making an evolution towards businesses as they are more lucrative. Ransomware attacks on businesses increased by a staggering 365% in 2019, and they continue to skyrocket in 2020. The ransom has also increased from an average of $40,000 to an average of $80,000 for SMEs.
Governments and the public sector have not been spared either. The public sector witnessed a 10% uptick in ransomware attacks, most of which targeted departments that deal with sensitive information. Courts, for instance, have been held hostage by ransomware attacks that freeze their sensitive data and threaten to leak it if the demanded ransom is not paid.
There has also been a significant increase in the various methods of carrying out these ransomware attacks. Phishing is the most commonly used form of attack. Still, hackers have been getting creative as they try to bypass the increased security measures taken up by potential targets who are realizing the gravity of the threat.
Tips to Protect against Ransomware Attacks
As mentioned, hackers target any system that shows vulnerability. The vulnerability arises from a lack of preparedness. Sometimes even the most basic cyber-security measures are enough to keep hackers out. Unfortunately, most potential targets don't know this.
There are two particularly simple and effective cyber-security measures against ransomware attacks:
Two-Step Authentication
How easy is it to access your data? Do you login and get down to work? It could be just as easy for hackers! However, it may prove impossible for any unauthorized persons if you implement two-step authentication.
Two-step authentication goes an extra step to verify users' identity. As usual, you will be required to present the necessary credentials to log into the system. However, instead of allowing immediate access after logging in, two-step authentication requires users to prove their identity using other channels. In essence, it usually involves an automatic SMS or calls to the user's personal phone number. There also are many other emerging tactics, including some that use biometric verification to close all gaps.
Regular Backups
All ransomware attacks come down to one tactic: blackmail. Most attacks freeze the system and demand payment to unlock it. Some also threaten to release your data to the public. Some companies, including big, multinational brands, have suffered this and lost many clients due to the lack of confidence that ensues from such an attack.
Even before ransomware attacks became prevalent, it was advisable to back up your data regularly. It is more important now that hackers have learned to hold data hostage. By backing up your data, you will never be locked out of your system in case you suffer a ransomware attack – it will save you a lot of time, trouble, and money.
For systems that deal with sensitive data that requires utmost privacy, it is also advisable to store the original and backup data in secure storage. As noted, many hackers have gone through with the threat of releasing sensitive data.
Other recommended security measures against ransomware attacks include:
Staff training – many ransomware attacks target human weakness, so teaching your staff what to be on the lookout for bits of help
Using complex passwords that are changed regularly
Setting up a strong firewall and utilizing premium cyber-security solutions
Monitoring attacks and enabling alerts for data changes
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Buildings Missing Like Teeth Knocked Loose
author: Kevin Hardcastle
Inside the barbershop there were four men sitting in a line in five chairs, waiting for their turn. The shop had been there for fifty years, but the barber was not a very old man, only in his forties, his business inherited. The barber cut a man's hair and you could see the man watching his hair being cut in the mirror. The scissors moved so quickly that first time customers cringed and shied from the blades.
But the barber's precision was legendary. He had never cut a man's ear or missed a depth and left a thin patch. The barber had heavy hands, and tugged your head wherever he wanted it, but this was a place with character, where real men went to have their hair cut, so no one would say anything. Around the mirror hung pictures of the barber from old newspapers cutting the hair of famous hockey players, the mayor, visiting parliamentarians. There were pictures of the barber armed and in fatigues with a squad of special police in Lebanon, from another life.
The door opened and a bell rang and in came a tall man with hair hanging ragged on his shoulders and a heavy beard, long and misshapen. The man stood there for a moment as though giving everyone in the barbershop a chance to take a good look at him and get used to his being there. He had a coat that was filthy and streaked in dirt. He wore old Wrangler jeans and the cuffs were frayed and hung loose over his split leather boots. He was pegged as a vagrant by all. He didn't care. There are worse things to be.
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"How long?" the vagrant said aloud.
The barber stopped, his eyes on the man.
"About thirty minutes…forty-five minutes buddy?"
"Oh yeah," he said. "I'll come back."
The man reached for the door but the barber stopped him.
"If you go and other people come I have to give them a cut first. First come first served, you see?"
The man let his hand drop, studied the barber for a while, then the store. Then he just walked over and sat in the empty chair. The man beside him shifted his legs and then tried to pretend that he hadn't.
"Are you sure you want to wait buddy? It could be a long time. If you don't want to wait then please leave a chair for the other customers. I don't want to lose any business."
"I'll wait."
The barber looked at the vagrant as if he waited long enough he might get another answer, but the vagrant just sat and smiled under his graying beard. The barber turned back to finish the task at hand.
One by one the barber cut the men's hair and four of the five seats emptied as the men got their coats and left, but nobody else had come in. And now as the barber finished he looked in the mirror and saw only the bearded vagrant was left, sitting on the end of four empty chairs. The barbershop was small and the barber would have been able to smell drink if the man had been drinking, but there was no scent of booze in the air and no other foul odor. The man had not been rude and he hadn't harassed any of the other customers, but still their faces wore old trauma from sharing the room with this man. They paid and left quickly and when the barber had swept around the empty chair and dumped the hair from his dustpan into the garbage bin he couldn't find any other polite reason to stall. He shook out the apron that he would drape on his customer, and he looked out at the bright day and the busy city street and wondered why no one else would come in. He had no reason to blame the vagrant but he couldn't help feeling that this man had brought bad luck into this store and though he only half-believed in such things he was born in another part of the world where superstition still existed and those old omens hung like a fog around his shop and his heart.
The vagrant didn't seem to notice the barber's problem. He just waited to be called. "Buddy," the barber said. The vagrant looked up and smiled before he rose and crossed the store in three long strides. He sat and the barber asked him to slide down in the chair. The man slouched down and sat quietly as the barber pondered the situation for another moment before snapping to and inwardly chastising himself for being so suspicious. This man is just a man and a man has a right to have his hair cut well and to not be treated like a dog. The barber drew his scissors and over and over in his head he told himself this was a man like any other, like him, and the more he told himself the less he could see it.
The barber cut the vagrant's long hair with the scissors, the swaths of graybrown hair dropping to the floor like curtains unhooked, showing the barber the man's face. He had a long scar that split through his right eyebrow, and though his left eye was dark green, this eye was nearly colourless, the pigment lost to some old damage. On such a man the barber expected to see a nose turned sideways, buckled at the bridge, but the bone stood straight. The beard was the rest of the man's face.
The barber didn't realize he had done it but again he had turned to look out of the window and on to the street. Prairie wind took paper up in the air and spun it on the sidewalk over broken pavestones, glass, last night's vomit dried and stinking. Across the street stood a rundown movie theatre and an old Irish tavern, huddled together like the last fearful holdouts on a city block where buildings were missing like teeth knocked loose.
"Your shop's been here a long time," the vagrant said.
The barber came out of it and turned back to him.
"View used to be nicer."
The barber couldn't tell if the man was asking him or telling him these things.
"Perhaps," he said. "I remember when this hotel on the corner had famous politicians and musicians staying there at one…Well…That was a long time ago."
The vagrant looked straight ahead.
"You can say it buddy, I don't mind."
"Pardon me."
"This city's gone to shit," the vagrant said. "You can say it. Hell, I just said it."
In the reflection the barber watched the vagrant, but he couldn't read his face through the beard.
"Yes," the barber said. "It has gotten much shittier. But I think it will get better also."
"Yeah?" "Yes I do."
The vagrant smiled and this made the barber smile, and for a minute he could have been a woodsman on a rare visit to town, a man from the mountains on his way to meet a woman, or to see his son graduate college.
"That's nice, isn't it?" the man said. "That's nice to think."
The barber finished cutting the man's hair. He had cropped the sides short with the clippers and then blended in the hair above the temples as it met with the trimmed hair on the top.
"You gave me an army haircut bud, pretty near."
"No, it is a Caesar cut."
"Yeah? Looks like an army hairstyle to me."
The barber stood in front of the man, put his fingers on either side of the man's head and tilted it this way and that, pretending to examine the haircut as one would a painting that one man claims is real and the other swears is a forgery. The barber held the man's head still with one hand and with his other he picked up the scissors and raised them slowly, concentrating hard, and then quickly he cut a rogue strand of hair that may or may not have been there.
"It is a Caesar cut," the barber said definitively.
Both men smiled at each other.
"Well, alright then," the man in the chair said. "It is if you say so."
"Okay," the barber said, and put his scissors down. He now went to arrange his tools for the shave: the brush, the soap, a wet towel, and the straight razor itself. As he stropped the razor on a hanging strip of leather the man in the chair watched him carefully.
"There's some skill in that, isn't there?" he said.
"Some," the barber said, continuing his work.
All you could hear was the sound of the blade scraping along the strop for a little while, and then the man spoke again.
"You were in the army, weren't you? That's why I thought you cut hair like that."
The barber looked at the man's image in the mirror and the man pointed up at the picture of the barber in his fatigues with his men.
"I was," the barber said. "But I didn't learn this trade until after that one. I was very young."
"In Lebanon, yeah?"
"Yes," the barber said.
He made a point of stopping and facing the man in the chair, acknowledging the respectful gesture of only claiming to know where another man was from when you actually knew.
"How did you know?"
"I'm a pretty slick guy."
The barber laughed.
"I was in the army too," the man said.
"Here? In this country's army?"
"Yessir," he said. "We've had our moments."
This might have been the man being funny again, but there was no humour in the way this was said. The barber decided not to let the silence last.
"This is a bad war I think, this war we have now. Do you think so?"
"I think they're all about the same."
"Oh, okay," the barber said.
The man laughed out loud.
"Actually that's a lot of bullshit. I just felt like hearing what it sounded like coming out of my mouth." the man said. "Maybe I heard some other asshole say it or saw it in a movie. I don't know…They're as different as can be. Wars. As different as the places and the people who start and finish them."
The barber nodded. Now he knew this man had fought in a war. He just didn't know which one.
After the barber finished shaving the man's face he cleaned the soap away with a wet towel and put lotion on the skin. The barber could not believe the man sitting in the chair was the vagrant who had walked into his shop an hour ago. When he had cut the hair he could still see the resemblance. But then he had cut the beard. He could not believe how much it concealed. It had hidden all kinds of details. This man was no older than the barber, a handsome man, with a sharp jawline and broad neck. The man in the chair let the barber brush the loose hair from his head and pull the apron free. The ragged clothing he wore was the only thing left that proved he was the same man who had sat down in the chair before. The man looked proudly at himself in the mirror.
"You do a good job," he said.
The man got up and stretched, massive when he stood, and walked over to the till where the barber met him. The man reached into his dirty pants-pocket and pulled out a fifty dollar bill.
"Here," he said.
"It is too much," the barber said.
"No," the man said, his face serious. "No, it's not."
Thinking that he had already insulted the man enough the barber took the bill from him and put it in his register.
"Thank you sir," he said.
The man kept looking at him, and then that smile broke again on his face, on his new face, wide and grand and full of promise, like the sun that comes up late after a long night.
The man turned and went to the door, opened it and walked out boldly into that sunny afternoon. He closed it behind him and the barber watched him go as he began to clean up the man's hair on the floor with the broom. He bent down to sweep the hair into the dustpan, and when he rose he turned just in time to see the man walk straight out into the street, stride across the centre line, and step into the opposing lane where a city bus came storming through and ran the man under, taking all of him so violently that the barber didn't hear the brakes squeal until the bus and man were gone from sight. In front of the window you would not think anything had happened with the sun beating down on the asphalt and the people all standing dumbstruck in some mindless tableau. This quiet did not last long.
The barber set his broom against the wall and laid the dustpan on the windowsill and left his shop, still wearing his apron. He walked out onto the avenue where people had stopped their cars and gotten out. The barber passed them by. When he came near to the lane where the man had been hit he looked east and saw the city bus parked awkwardly with its right-front wheel atop the curb, the driver sitting on the ground with his head in his hands. The barber walked over to the place where the man's body lay.
Sirens could be heard in the distance. The barber's hands were steady now but he knew what would come later. There were parts of the barber that had been excised long ago with none of the precision he brought to his trade. The barber looked at the fallen man. He thought of him as he was before and saw him now as he was, broken in the roadway. Some small melancholy settled over the barber but he could not seize it. Then he turned and went back across the street toward his shop. He walked quickly and said nothing to anyone he passed and when he reached his storefront he went inside and locked the door behind him.


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Q: Preserving the value of ViewData MVC 4 I am working on MVC 4 where i have "ActionResult" method which is of login page, username and password are entered in textbox, based on the username(which is billnumber) after login it should pull the data of that respective billnumber(username), so currently everything is working fine, I am able to get the username from one view and send it to another for further verification, I have stored "username" and "usertypeID" in Viewdata and that value is passed to next view, but the data on ViewData will not stand for longer time, and even if we try to refresh the page multiple times(10 to 20 times), below are the code which i Have used to store and to access
this is where i store the value
   public ActionResult ValidateLogIn(FormCollection postedFormData)
    {
        // codes
  TempData["UsrName"] = LoginViewModel.LoginDataModel.UserName;
            // codes

 }

  public ActionResult LandingPage()
    {
        ViewData["message"] = TempData["UsrName"].ToString();
        ViewData["person"] =Convert.ToInt32(TempData["UserTypeID"]);
        TempData.Keep();

        PatientDetailsViewModel PatientDetailsViewModel = new PatientDetailsViewModel();
          String PatID = Convert.ToString(ViewData["message"].ToString());
        int PersonType = Convert.ToInt32(ViewData["person"]);

             PatientUnderDoctorDetailsViewModel = PatientUnderDoctorDataAccessService.PatientUnderDocLogInEnquiry(PatID);
   }

this is where i store it on viewdata
        ViewData["message"] = TempData["UsrName"].ToString();
        ViewData["person"] =Convert.ToInt32(TempData["UserTypeID"]);
        TempData.Keep();

AND HERE IS WHERE I GET VALUES FROM VIEWDATA
        String PatID = Convert.ToString(ViewData["message"].ToString());
        int PersonType = Convert.ToInt32(ViewData["person"]);

I am passing PatID and PersonType as parameter to next method,
at beginning I wasn't using TempData.keep(); so when I refresh the page atleast once used to get error, tried searching and found TempData but i believe it is not much efficient for longer time, if I left application idle for 5 mins and then refreshes the page once , it generates error message since tempdata is empty(null)
WHAT I NEED
let me know is there any mistake i have done, or is there any better way to fix this issue, where data can be stored in variable until I quit the application

A: I hope this link will help you State Management In MVC

A: Don't use Temp data for this. it will be lost when the app pool refreshes or if you use another process (web garden).
User.Identity.Name will return the name of a validated user.
If you are passing data around you should be using Models and not ViewData or TempData or ViewBag.


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Etihad's new suites win design accolade
Etihad Airways' new first class suites have not yet taken to the skies but have already won a major award for their design.
The new suites are called 'The Residence' and 'The Apartments' and it was the latter that won the top award at the 2014 edition of the annual Society of British and International Design (SBID) Awards, held at the Dorchester Hotel in London, UK, last week.
Etihad Airways is installing one First Residence and nine First Apartments on each of the 10 Airbus A380s it has ordered, the first of which will enter service between Abu Dhabi and London Heathrow on December 27.
London-based Acumen Design Associates, which forms part of the airline-led 'Etihad Design Consortium' (EDC), a collection of leading brand and design agencies tasked with creating the airline's new interiors, picked up the SBID's top award for designing the industry-leading new cabin.
The design for the new cabins was entered under the category of Best Entertainment Space but took home the most coveted award of the evening, Overall Design Award 2014.
The event is considered to be one of the most prestigious on the international design calendar and recognises design excellence across a range of 15 different categories. The SBID Awards are voted for by industry experts and business leaders and are judged for both technical content and aesthetic creativity.
Ian Dryburgh, CEO and Founder of Acumen Design Associates, said: "Etihad Airways' First Apartment is the largest, most luxurious and highly customised First Class cabin in the sky, achieved via a revolutionary patent-pending cabin layout designed exclusively for Etihad.
"We were briefed to design a First Class cabin based on Etihad's successful 'Inspired Service' and the extensive qualitative consumer research undertaken by Etihad - to bring the individuality and exclusivity of a luxury boutique hotel experience which also embraces Arabian modernism."
Peter Baumgartner, Chief Commercial Officer of Etihad Airways, commented: "I am thrilled that the work undertaken by Acumen for our stunning First Apartments has been recognised by the SBID. This accolade is testament to their world-class service, from the initial concept designs based on our extensive international customer co-creation workshops to the final delivery of this elegant cabin."
For the first time on a wide-body aircraft cabin, a single aisle configuration has been used in the upper deck First Class section, allowing the airline to install 'walk-in' living areas which include a Poltrona Frau armchair and separate 80.5-inch long bed, storage, a full length wardrobe, chilled mini-bar and a vanity unit.
At 39 sq ft, the First Apartment is 74 per cent larger in area than Etihad Airways' current First Class suites.
The more exclusive Residence is a three-room 125-sq-m suite with an en-suite bathroom and comes with a private butler service.
Other finalists for the awards included a selection of the world's leading hotels, interior design projects, residential spaces, restaurants and bars, and public spaces among others.
Etihad Airways began operations in 2003, and in 2013 carried 11.5 million passengers. From its Abu Dhabi base Etihad Airways flies to 111 existing or announced passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. The airline has a fleet of 105 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and more than 200 aircraft on firm order.


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Q: Share using facebook native app instead of browser I am noob in js and I have to modify a js function:
I have a webpage that has a share button. this webpage has a mobile version also.
I need to open in mobile version of the website the native facebook app instead of the system default browser as it does in desktop version.
The function I have for the share button is:
function fb(){
        window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://example.html', '_blank', 'width=626,height=305');
    }

What do I need to add to this function in order to call in mobile mode the facebook native app?
Many thanks!


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Jacks (11-13-4) vs. Brahmas (20-7-5)
Friday, January 8, 2016 — 7:30 p.m.
NYTEX Sports Centre — North Richland Hills, Texas
Tonight's Matchup: The Odessa Jackalopes travel out to NYTEX Sports Centre for the first time this season as the Jacks cap off a home-home road-road against the Lone Star Brahmas after a pair of games at Ector County Coliseum last Friday and Saturday. Odessa snapped their nine-game losing streak with a win against Lone Star on Friday and is now 4-14-3 against the Brahmas all-time (2013).
Last Time Out: Lone Star used two power-play goals en route to a three-goal second and a 6-2 win over Jackalopes Friday night at Ector County Coliseum. In the first period, the Jacks waited just 1:58 to capture the opening period lead on a long distance shot from Nate Werhane that was redirected by Jon Russell (3) past Corbin Kaczperski. Lone Star's Martin Mellberg found the equalizer when he fired a high-slot shot through the five-hole of Gunner Rivers at 5:55. After the Brahmas and Jacks had skated to an opening period tie, Lone Star exploded for three unanswered goals in the second including two on the power play. Bud Madej (6) gave the Brahmas their first lead in two nights on the man advantage at 8:38. Johan Lundgren (10) then was the recipient of textbook puck-movement on a 3-on-1 at 12:05. Lone Star then took a three-goal lead at 15:02 after Peter Bates (8) collected a lose puck on a fortuitous bounce and ripped it past Rivers right shoulder. Odessa salvaged the second on the power play when Hampus Sjodahl poked home his 15th of the year at 17:56 to make it 4-2 after two. In the third, the Jacks were down by a pair and in desperate need of two goals to tie the game, but it was the Brahmas, not the Jacks who found the back of the net in the final period, adding two more goals to earn the 6-2 win. Pesky forward Hogan Davidson (5) made it 5-2 at 13:03 and Alex Berardinelli (14) sealed the 6-2 win at 17:52. Rivers (7-6-1) took the loss making 29 saves on 35 shots while Corbin Kaczperski (12-5-1) collected the win by making 22 saves on 24 shots. The Jacks ended the night 1-for-4 on the power play while Lone Star went 2-for-4.
Extra Special Teams: The Odessa Jackalopes broke through for a league-leading eighth shorthanded goal on Friday and added just its third power play goal in the last ten games on Saturday. Odessa's 14 power-play goals this season is the second least in the NAHL (MN Magicians, 13). The Jacks head into the weekend series with the 17th best power-play unit in the league (17.2%). Through 28 games played (least in the NAHL), the Jacks have been on the power play 98 times compared to 158 times on the penalty kill, which is the largest differential in the league.
Happy Hampus: Jacks forward Hampus Sjodahl, 20, leads Odessa in goals (15), points (27) and plus-minus (+10) through 28 games played. Sjodahl poked home his team-leading fifth power-play goal Saturday night. Sjodahl, also, leads Odessa in short-handed goals (3) and is second in game-winners (1). The 6'2", 198 lb. Center had 34 points (19 goals, 15 assists) in 59 games last year in his first year in the US.
Jumbo Jacks: With the new addition of Dartmouth College (NCAA, D1) committed defenseman Ben DiMaio, Odessa now has eight players over 6'2". DiMaio, who was acquired by Odessa earlier this week from the Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) for forward Oliver Celec, joins Jacks new additions Dakoda Menslage (6'2", 225), Pierce Pluemer (6'2", 201) and Brennan Miller (6'3", 210) as players to join Odessa after the new year and stand over 6'2".
Levin Returns: Jacks defenseman Jake Levin, 18, returns to the Odessa lineup for the first time since Nov. 28 against Wichita Falls. Levin has been out for over a month after requiring mid-season knee surgery. The Mequon, WI, native has five points (0 goals, 5 assists) and a +6 rating in 20 games this season. Since Levin missed eight games, the Jacks have gone 1-4-2.
Home Sick: The Jacks are just 9-3-1 on the year away from the friendly confines of Ector County Coliseum and two of those wins came in Blaine, Minn, for the North American Hockey League Showcase. The Jacks are 1-6-1 against the Brahmas at NYTEX Sports Centre since 2013-14.
Pajama Brahma': While the Brahmas have been equally as good on the road as when there at the comforts of home, they have enjoyed their 2,400 seat NYTEX Sports Centre, going 9-3-1 at compared to 11-4-4 on the road. The Brahmas were merely unbeatable last year at home en route to a South Division Crown, going 26-4-1.
Berardinelli' Buckets: Brahmas uncommitted forward Alex Berardinelli, 20, spent parts of three seasons with three different NA3HL clubs in the Pittsburg area until getting his first crack in NAHL last year with the Michigan Warriors. In 2015-16, the first year Brahma' has been a force around the net, scoring a team-leading 15 goals and is second on the team with 24 points (Clarke Cameron, 28). On Saturday, the Pittsburg native put the game out of reach with a third-period tally to make it 6-2.
Jackalopes Broadcast: Join the voice of the Jacks' Nick Nollenberger live for every game on the Jacks' flagship station Classic Rock 102.1 FM and fasthockey.com.
Trade: Celec shipped to Des Moines for DiMaio


I'm have a great time working on these!
It's funny, I've had people ask me how big my originals are and I have to tell them that these are the originals!
My kitty Zayne hasn't been feeling well and has become a lap-kitty when I draw.
And Nicki's kitty Jarael has become a klepto-kitty and she steals my markers when I get up to take a break!
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I just love these pics….have not shown them to Jake yet, as he is now learning how to drive…so while I am on the computer, he is in the car with G'ma! It's the only time I can get a sec! Good work Lin…I am very proud of you my friend.


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`An Inventory and valuation of the furniture and effects at the Shakespeare Hotel, Stratford-on-Avon'.
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DR595/1 Personal papers: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 26 June 1753
DR595/2 Personal papers: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 10 October 1780
DR595/3 Personal papers: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 26 February 1782/3
DR595/4 Personal papers: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1 January 1787
DR595/6 Personal papers: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 19 August 1797
DR595/7 Personal papers: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 19 September 1827
DR595/8 Personal papers: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 2 November 1827
DR595/10 Personal papers: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 21 June 1828
DR595/11 Personal papers: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1 Jul 1830
DR595/12 Personal papers: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 6 February 1851
DR595/13 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 2 3 May 1864
DR595/14 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 9 November 1864
DR595/15 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 5 February 1891
DR595/16 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 21 September 1910
DR595/17 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, October 1919
DR595/18 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, March 1920
DR595/19 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 7 August 1921
DR595/20 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 7 December 1922
DR595/22 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 11 November 1923
DR595/23 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 24 October 1924
DR595/24 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 8 January 1926
DR595/26 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, May 1926
DR595/27 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 24 December 1926 - 1 January 1927
DR595/28 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 31 December 1926
DR595/30 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 22-31 December 1928
DR595/32 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 2 July 1929
DR595/33 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 05/7/1929
DR595/38 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 30 April 1932
DR595/50 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, September 1939
DR595/51 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, c. 1939
DR595/52 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 17 May 1940
DR595/55 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, April 1940
DR595/57 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 7 June 1952
DR595/58 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 July - 6 August 1960
DR595/59 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 25 Jul 1960
DR595/62 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1930
DR595/63-4 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, undated
DR595/66 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1930s
DR595/68 Miscellanea: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, undated
DR595/69-70 Photographs: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, early 1920s
DR595/71 Photographs: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1924
DR595/72 Photographs: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, undated
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DR595/74 Photographs: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, Sultan of Zanzibar, 12/06/1929
DR595/76-78 Photographs: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1934
DR595/82 Photographs: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, undated (c. 1900)
DR595/83 Postcards: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, c. 1925
DR595/85 Postcards: Lord family of Stratford-upon-Avon, 2 July 1929
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The Blunt Bean Counter makes the case for CRA adopting an IRS-like whistleblower program that pays tax snitches a fraction of recoverd tax money.
Steadyhand employees show that their interests are closely-aligned with their clients by having 81% of their collective personal assets invested in their funds. Incentives matter and this says more about their commitment to achieving good long-term results than any marketing message could.
Canadian Capitalist asks whether we should care that ING Direct is now owned by Scotiabank. I doubt it will make much difference in the short term, but over the long term it seems certain that the reduced competition will be bad for consumers.
Money Smarts says that the new rules for disclosing advisor trailer fees to mutual fund investors aren't likely to make much difference. I agree that it is always possible to hide information in confusing account statements, but I'm happy to have this disclosure anyway because it will be relatively easy for honest advisor firms to comply and will complicate life for firms that choose to try to hide this information from investors.
My Own Advisor gave some highlights from the 2012 Canadian Personal Finance Conference (CPFC) held recently in Toronto.
Million Dollar Journey reports on a credit card that offers more cash back for online purchases.
Big Cajun Man has a list of the worst 4-digit bank card PINs and connects it to a funny clip from the movie Spaceballs.
With the ETF industry producing new products at a furious pace, investors can implement a wide range of investing and trading strategies using ETFs. Unfortunately, most of these strategies are a bad idea.
It used to be that investing in ETFs was synonymous with widely-diversified passive investing. Investors could buy XIU for Canadian stocks, VTI for U.S. stocks, and maybe a couple of others for bonds and foreign stocks, and then go to sleep for a decade. However, new ETFs are nothing like these older products.
Investors who have been unhappy with their mutual fund returns can now bring their faulty investing strategies into ETFs. Many mutual fund investors used to chase the previous year's hot fund with disastrous results. Now they can bring new hope to the ETF domain and chase the latest hot ETFs.
Investors who used to try to guess the next hot sector using mutual funds can now do the same with ETFs. Unfortunately, most of them will just buy the sector hottest in the recent past (and now expensive) regardless of whether they trade mutual funds or ETFs.
Many good ETFs help investors by having lower MERs than mutual funds. However, investor behaviour can easily eliminate this advantage. Frequent trading drives up commission costs as well as the less visible bid-ask spread losses.
Better investing comes from better strategies. Moving the same failed investing strategy from mutual funds to ETFs will lead to disappointment. The cost difference between mutual funds and ETFs is significant, but the difference between good and bad investing strategies is much bigger.
Years ago I thought I understood the mechanics of investing. You had a broker at some big financial firm who took your trades and gave you advice on trading stocks and bonds. The first time I found out that these same firms also have people who do trades with company money, I couldn't understand how this could be anything but a huge conflict of interest. But, I assumed that I just didn't understand some critical aspect of this relationship.
Enough time has passed that I now realize that I wasn't really missing anything; there is a conflict of interest. There may be rules or laws intended to prevent abuse, but there remains an incentive for financial firms to advise their clients to trade the opposite sides taken by their internal traders. For example, if the company is trying desperately to unload a pile of XYZ stock they believe is about to tank, one way to find enough buyers is to advise their clients to buy XYZ stock.
Given this misalignment of interests, why do so many people take investing advice from financial firms that trade on their own accounts? How do they tell whether they're getting the investment equivalent of "just close your eyes and swing"?
Canadian Couch Potato explains that investors concerned about ETF liquidity should focus less on daily trading volume and more on bid-ask spreads.
The Blunt Bean Counter says Canadians are still running afoul of TFSA rules, and he has some suggestions for CRA and financial institutions to help Canadians avoid penalties.
Rob Carrick says that if you're in debt, your biggest risk is unemployment rather than rising interest rates.
Mr. Money Mustache does a good breakdown of the cost of owning and operating an electric car.
Big Cajun Man defines what he wants out of retirement. I guess the next step is to make a plan to get there.
Money Smarts answers a reader's RESP questions.
Facebook investors aren't happy. The company's shares were priced at $38 for the initial public offering (IPO) but now trade around $18. One writer, Andrew Ross Sorkin, blames this "debacle" on Facebook's chief financial officer, David Ebersman. Sorkin seems to treat IPOs as a cooperative venture among investors, offering banks, and the company going public where the goal is to set a fair price. In reality, there are competing interests.
Sorkin says "it is remarkable that nobody — no bankers, no one at Nasdaq, no one at Facebook — has been fired for botching the offering." I can't see why Facebook would see the offering as a failure. If the offering had been at a lower price, Facebook would have received billions less in investor money.
At its core, an IPO is a transaction where a company sells its shares to investors. Why is it surprising that the company would want the highest price it could get? No doubt Facebook will face some problems due to its falling share price. But these problems seem small compared to having an extra few billion dollars in its coffers.
Facebook is unlikely to have to make a secondary offering any time soon. This gives them plenty of time to weather the current storm of investor unhappiness and execute their business plan. I have no idea of how successful Facebook will be over the next 5 or 10 years, but I doubt that current short-term investor unhappiness will matter much in the long run. However, having an extra few billion dollars may help a lot in driving future Facebook business success.
I don't recommend participating in an IPO, but if you are considering doing so, remember that it is not a love-in; it is a transaction where the company going public is on one side and you are on the other.


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Mind to menu: Peter Gordon's beef pesto
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If the king of fusion cuisine is known for one dish, it's his beef pesto – an unusual but absolutely delicious mix of fillet steak, pesto, beetroot and olives. Peter Gordon tells us how he came up with the combination.
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Often described as 'the godfather of fusion cooking', New Zealander Peter Gordon has been championing international flavours in the UK since 1995.
Beef pesto is a dish I've been thinking a lot about in the past few years. It's a dish I created and put on the menu at the original Sugar Club in Wellington in 1987. It was then on the two subsequent Sugar Clubs in Notting Hill (1995) and Soho (1998). When I opened the newest incarnation of The Sugar Club three years ago, on the fifty-third floor of the Sky Tower in Auckland, I put it back on the menu with a sense of trepidation. I wondered if it would stand the test of time. It certainly has. It became our biggest seller and there were many customers who remembered it from those earlier days and said it was exactly the same – which it should be as I've really not changed the recipe (apart from using tamari instead of soy sauce, due to an increasing amount of customers with a gluten intolerance).
We hosted a dinner celebrating The Sugar Club at The Providores two years ago and served this as one of the courses and it went down a storm. So we put it on the menu and it soon became our bestselling meat dish. I loved the fact it had a new audience and people began to speak of it as a classic.
I've been asked by my chefs many times how I came up with the idea of it, the combination of beef fillet marinated in soy, garlic, vinegar and a little chilli. Why, they asked, then grill it and sit on a warm salad of raw beetroot julienne (raw – really!), steamed Swiss chard and courgettes, tossed with a grain mustard dressing? Then why oh why dollop pesto on top and serve with black olives and a drizzle of jus? It's a good question and one that possibly won't make any sense to anyone but me. But I'll try.
Beef pesto
by Peter Gordon
I'd eaten teriyaki chicken at Japanese restaurants and loved the sweet and salty savouriness of the marinade. I'd also had beef done the same way, but hadn't really enjoyed that as much. I had just returned from a year of backpacking around South East Asia and had fallen in love with chillies and the acidity of lemons or limes. I initially began marinating secondary cuts of beef in lemon zest and juice, lemongrass, garlic, ginger and soy. To be honest it wasn't that good. Or rather, I thought it was a little complicated.
I then tried using beef fillet which seemed a little wrong, even to me, as I felt the delicacy of the meat was possibly going to be destroyed by the strength of the marinade itself. It still didn't quite seem right, until one day I decided to swap out the lemon juice and zest as I wanted to have a sourness, but without a hint of lemon flavour. I'd previously used a mixture of rock salt, vinegar and kecap manis (sweet soy sauce from Indonesia and Malaysia) to cure lamb and venison loin, producing a sort of bresaola, and had enjoyed that so I applied some of that thinking to this more liquid marinade and I was really happy with the result. The meat tightened up as moisture was drawn out of it into the vinegary salty mixture. Tamari (and other soy sauces) add umami of course so in some way the meat tasted even meatier. So, that was the protein sorted.
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Ask any New Zealander about beetroot and we'll tell you we eat it by the truckload. Pickled slices appear in salads and burgers and as a teenager I'd discovered the joys of raw grated beetroot and carrot mixed with sultanas and dressed with a salad cream made from condensed milk, mustard and malt vinegar. In New Zealand we call Swiss chard 'Silverbeet' – which I have to say is a much nicer title. I like it barely cooked, but I also like its texture when left in salad dressing for a wee while, so I decided to mix it up with lightly steamed julienned courgettes (which were in season at the time) and the raw julienned beetroot.
The dressing is a garlicky, vinegary and grain mustard emulsion that coats the three vegetables with deliciousness. As a salad on its own it's also a delicious side dish.
Then there was the Italian pesto – served with a Japanese-inspired, soy-marinated piece of meat. Well, it just seemed like a good idea at the time!
The acidity, freshness and slight crunchiness of the veggie salad and the savouriness of the marinade worked perfectly well with the oily aromatic pesto. I'm a huge fan of soy and dairy combinations in dishes – add soy sauce or miso paste to your next risotto instead of salt, or add a dash of soy to your next cream-based sauce to drizzle over fish or poultry. People have commented that beef just shouldn't go with pesto – but I figure it works so I ignore the naysayers.
I'm a huge fan of soy and dairy combinations in dishes – add soy sauce or miso paste to your next risotto instead of salt, or add a dash of soy to your next cream-based sauce to drizzle over fish or poultry.
The fusion
I guess I just added the olives for some dramatic colour and to add some more savouriness. The dish is almost a little sweet from the beetroot in the salad and the Parmesan in the pesto. The olives add another level of complexity. I suppose in a way this is how I create most of my dishes. I picture a specific hero ingredient in my head – perhaps squid, lamb, mango or burrata. Then I think of an amalgam of influences I'd like to give it – and this is why I love cooking fusion dishes. If we think of Japan and Spain then this can lead onto a myriad of possibilities which might well be soba noodles and sesame combined with smoked paprika. Or it might be deep-fried silken tofu and Sancho peppers combined with Spanish cherries and sherry. In the mix will be other flavours of course, and simple components like potatoes or rice might provide the body to turn it into a main course. In fact, when I ask one of my chefs to create a new dish, I might say 'I want a new duck dish and it needs to have some Thai and some English culinary influence'. It's fascinating to see what that can produce.
I'm really proud that this dish is so good. It's been enjoyed by people in numerous countries for almost thirty years now and it will continue to do so I'm sure. It is a strange combination, but it's one that defies all odds and is much loved.
Fancy cooking Peter's famous dish at home? Find the recipe here.
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Significant tax reform is being proposed for small and medium businesses in Canada. We think these changes will be detrimental to many family enterprises, and we wanted you to know that we're now organizing with many of our industry partners, advocating for a more thoughtful and reasoned approach to the proposed legislation.
The Liberal government introduced legislation on July 18 that will significantly change how private business corporations are taxed. These are the first substantive changes since the capital gains tax was introduced in 1972.
· The changes focus on the concepts of income sprinkling, the use of the lifetime capital gains exemption, earning investment income in a corporation, and removing value from a corporation by means of capital gains taxed at lower rates.
· The proposals also affect trusts that hold shares in corporations and the beneficiaries who eventually become shareholders.
· Specifically, they will increase capital gains on death for persons who hold shares of private corporations to as much as 45%, rather than the 26% payable on capital gains of public corporation shares.
1. We believe family enterprise is Canada's engine.
Small and medium sized businesses are the backbone of our economy. These business families create most of the jobs in Canada, build necessary infrastructure, and contribute in significant ways to the communities where they live and work. (We even commissioned independent third party research to prove it.) The government's tax proposals are like a punch to the gut. They send a negative message to current and future business owners about the importance of their role in our economy. Read more here from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
2. It's misleading to equate business owners with salaried employees.
3. Inter-generational business succession will become even more difficult.
The tax rules for the transfer and sale of a family business currently favour selling to an unrelated third party (such as a private equity fund) instead of transferring the business to a daughter or son. This is unfair and punitive, and has been a sore point with business owners for years. To his credit, Finance Minister Morneau has invited views on how to better accommodate genuine inter-generational business transfer. Unfortunately, the new rules (specifically those related to capital gains), will make business transfers to family members even more difficult and could even lead to double taxation of some estates.
4. We believe significant tax reform deserves a more thoughtful, consultative process.
The proposals released by the government on July 18 will fundamentally change the way private business is taxed in our country. We are open to the possibility that review and reform of our tax system may be appropriate, but it should be conducted in a more fulsome manner with reasonable study and dialogue. A 75-day consultation period is just not appropriate, as this piece by tax expert Kim Moody clearly articulates.
Our own business enterprise is small. We each work hard, as others do, to build a better future for ourselves, our families, our employees – and those coming after us. We offer our employees competitive benefits as well as profit sharing to encourage them to build for their own future. In our years in business we have each invested in various business ventures. Not all have been successful, while others have worked out well.
All of these things are part of business and ownership. Now, we fear the proposed tax rules might cause some business owners to perhaps sit back and avoid further risk. This attitude is not what built Canada over our 150 years.
We believe there are three specific opportunities.
1. Please consider signing this petition that encourages the Finance Minister to undertake a more thoughtful, consultative process for meaningful and appropriate tax reform.
3. Please forward this e-mail to anyone you think may be concerned about this issue and the future of Canadian business.
It's our hope that these proposals are more thoughtfully considered (and debated) before they become law. Otherwise, they will have a detrimental impact on the owners of private corporations in Canada, on our overall business climate, and on our country.


Sprinkle more fun into your dog's everyday routine with the ZippyPaws Mini Donutz!
Perfect for Small dogs and puppies, the Mini Donutz are fun and exciting toys that make playtime more enjoyable for your pet. Each Mini Donutz has two crescent-shaped squeakers tucked inside for double the fun and to help maintain the signature donut shape.
The ring form and hole in the middle of the donut toy make this toy easy to grip and carry around for your pet'»s convenience. Designed with soft fabric, this dog squeak toy is comfortable for your pooch to bite down on. For the special Small dog in your life, get the Mini Donutz to keep them entertained! Collect them all to have a complete toy set or gift set for your pet.
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BillAvenue invites you to join its Bharat BillPay (BBP) ecosystem as a Bill Collection Agent. You can now earn high income through bill payment collection for Haryana Gas as well as other utility services that come under the BBPS system. Each utility service provider offers its services to thousands of customers on a daily basis. These utility services include Direct-To-Home, broadband, mobile postpaid, gas, water, electricity, etc. for which customers have to pay monthly bills. A Collection Agent can assist these customers by collecting bill payments from them and simultaneously also earn generous service fees.
Haryana City Gas Distribution Pvt. Ltd (HCG) is a company responsible for natural gas supply for domestic, commercial, industrial and transport sector of Haryana state. This company has the approval from the State Government of Haryana to distribute natural gas in Gurgaon and Jhajjar districts of Haryana state and for Neemrana & Bhiwandi area of Rajasthan from the state government of Rajasthan. It is in the process of creating network for the distribution of natural gas to consumers for domestic, transport and commercial and industrial sectors in Gurgaon Bhiwandi. HCG's main business of natural gas services is available as PNG and CNG. PNG is directly supplied to domestic, commercial and industrial customers and in this segment the company has 12000 household gas consumers in the domestic sector and 80 nos of industrial and commercial customers. CNG is compressed gas available at CNG retail outlets for filling in installed natural gas cylinders in vehicles. HCG has 12 CNG stations at different locations in Gurgaon. HCG services are expanding rapidly and that's exactly why more and more people based in Haryana prefer using their services for gas consumption. However, bill payment is not an easy task for many of the gas consumers. Paying monthly bill is still a challenge and therefore Haryana Gas Limited online bill payment BBPS system offers reliable and secured solutions to the customers for bill payments. These customers can make their gas bill payments very conveniently online or they can also come down to an agent's service center or the nearest point-of-sale and pay the bills. For offering these services you can collaborate with BillAvenue and operate as a Bill Collection Agent who provides services to the consumers and earns surplus income.
HCG aims to establish itself as a consumer friendly and eco-friendly natural gas distribution company in Gurgaon. It also focusses on providing cleaner, environment-friendly auto fuels to its customers and residents of Gurgaon and help reduce higher levels of pollution. Haryana gas online payment BBPS in association with BillAvenue, makes it very convenient for customers to pay off their HCG bills on time through easy and quick methods. A BBPS Collection Agent can provide a direct bill collection service to the customer and earn remuneration on it.
BillAvenue connects to NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) to get access to all the billers. A joining agent can easily fetch bills from the BBPS biller and present it for payment collection. Customers can check out their bills when the agent displays it from the BBPS system. The Collection Agent can then gather payments from the customers and become entitled to receive commission. On every payment collected through the BBPS system, the agent gets to take away his share of earning. The process of payment collection is very simple and the agent can rack up maximum number of customers.
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I tried the following code, but it did not work
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A: Try something like this
[
    'attribute' => 'img1',
    'value' => 'data:image/png;base64,' . $model->img1,
    'format' => ['image', ['width' => '100', 'height' => '100']]
],

or
[
    'attribute' => 'img1',
    'value' => 'data:image/jpeg;base64,' . $model->img1,
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],

depending on image type.

BTW: If you're storing images in database you may want to read Store pictures as files or in the database for a web app? (and tens of duplicates). It is quite likely that you will have a lot of problems because of this approach.


What's that!? Two posts in one day?? I just couldn't resist after I took pictures of this project as well. I was playing with the different 3-D elements from the Art Philosophy cartridge and made this heart shaped container (cut at 8.5″). By adding a couple holes and some ribbon it becomes a cute little bag – would be sweet to hold valentine messages for kids or loved ones on Valentines Day, or little love notes for any day!
I used my Cuttlebug to emboss a 4″ heart cut out of Black Magic Core'dinations cardstock. By sanding the texture I was able to get the pink core to show through in the pattern. I also used CTMH's Cherish the Day stamp set – it was November's stamp of the month and one of my favourites! I stamped on a ticket cut from AP at 1″. I wanted a little shine so I used pearl glimmer mist on all of my pieces. For final touches I added some black hemp, a few Recollections flowers and some rhinestones.
The pink core comes through perfectly! Great project!
Cricky is the perfect model.


I was born and raised in New York City and currently reside in Coconut Creek. I have been working in the industry since 1992 and am excited to be a part of the Hoffer family. When I'm not at work, I enjoy sports and spending time with my family. Fun fact: I used to play semi-pro soccer!


If you're planning a break in Yorkshire, the Corn Loft Guest House provides comfortable accommodation and friendly hospitality. The guest house is brimming with historic character, originally dating back to the mid 19th century when it served as a corn merchants.
The guest house is on the doorstep of a host of local attractions in Holmfirth and the surrounding areas, including The Potter's Den Pottery Studio, Holmfirth Vineyard, and Sid's Café (a must for fans of the beloved BBC comedy 'Last of the Summer Wine')! Our guest house is also less than eight miles from Huddersfield and many of the neighboring towns and cities can easily be reached thanks to the area's superb bus and rail links.
Our guest house has five spacious, fully furnished rooms, each with their own en-suite bathrooms. You can also enjoy the use of our communal library, guest room, patio and two comfortable dining rooms.
No matter what you have planned during your time here, nothing sets you up for the day quite like a hearty breakfast. We can offer tasty full English, continental or vegetarian breakfasts made to your liking. Breakfast is served daily in our guest dining rooms. If you're headed out early for a day's adventuring, we can provide you with a packaged lunch to fuel your travels.
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John Paul II to the Filipino people - Part 1: The Philippines deserves particular honor
The Philippine nation is deserving of particular honor since, from the beginning of its Christianization, from the moment that Magellan planted the Cross in Cebu four hundred and sixty years ago, on April 15, 1521, all through the centuries, its people have remained true to the Christian faith. In an achievement that remains unparalleled in history, the message of Christ took root in the hearts of the people within a very brief span of time, and the Church was thus strongly implanted in this nation of seven thousand islands and numerous tribal and ethnic communities.
The rich geographical and human diversity, the various cultural traditions, and the people's spirit of joy and sharing, together with the fruits of the missionary efforts, have successfully blended and have shaped, through periods which were sometimes not devoid of shadows and weaknesses, a clear national identity that is unmistakably Filipino and truly Christian. The attachment to the Catholic faith has been tested under succeeding regimes of colonial control and foreign occupation, but fidelity to the faith and to the Church remained unshaken and grew even stronger and more mature.
Due homage must be paid to this achievement of the Filipino people, but what you are also creates an obligation and it confers upon the nation a specific mission. A country that has kept the Catholic faith strong and vibrant through the vicissitudes of its history, the sole nation in Asia that is approximately ninety percent Christian, assumes by this very fact the obligation not only to preserve its Christian heritage but to bear witness to the values of its Christian culture before the whole world.
Although small in size of land and population compared to some of its neighbors, the Philippine nation has undoubtedly a special role in the concert of nations, in order to consolidate peace and international understanding, and more particularly in maintaining stability in South East Asia, where it has a vital task.
The Filipino people will always draw the strength and inspiration that they need to carry out this task from their noble heritage—a heritage not only of Christian faith but also of the rich human and cultural values that are their own. Every man and woman, whatever his or her status or role, must strive in all earnestness to preserve, to deepen and to consolidate these values—these priceless gifts—against the many factors which seriously threaten them today.
An extract from the message of John Paul II:
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
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Count Basie Orchestra to Headline Fox Visalia October 11
The Count Basie Orchestra today
In the history of jazz music, there is only one bandleader with the distinction of having his orchestra still performing sold out concerts all over the world more than 30 years after his passing, still with band members chosen by him. Pianist and bandleader William James "Count" Basie was and still is an American institution that personifies the grandeur of jazz.
The Count Basie Orchestra, with guest vocalist Carmen Bradford, will headline the Visalia Fox Theatre on Friday, October 11.
The orchestra, today under the direction of Scotty Barnhart, has won every respected jazz poll in the world at least once, won 18 Grammy Awards. They have performed for kings, queens and other royalty, appeared in several movies and television shows, and at every major jazz festival and major concert hall in the world.
Their latest honors are the 2018 Downbeat Readers Poll Award as the #1 Jazz Orchestra in the world, and a Grammy nomination for their 2018 recording, "All About That Basie," which features special guests Stevie Wonder, Jon Faddis, Take 6 and Kurt Elling, among others. This follows their critically acclaimed 2015 release, "A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas!," the first holiday album in the 80-year history of the orchestra. Released on Concord Music, it went to #1 on the jazz charts and sold out on Amazon. Special guests included vocalists Johnny Mathis, Ledisi, Carmen Bradford and pianist Ellis Marsalis.
A full-length documentary on Basie and the orchestra was completed by the BBC Television Network and is slated for worldwide release in 2020, which will be the orchestra's 85th anniversary.
Some of the greatest soloists, composers, arrangers and vocalists in jazz history, including Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Frank Foster, Thad Jones, Sonny Payne, Freddie Green, Snooky Young, Frank Wess and Joe Williams, became international stars once they began working with the legendary Count Basie Orchestra. The 18-member orchestra is still continuing the legacy of stomping and shouting the blues, as well as refining those musical particulars that allow for the deepest and most moving of swing.
William "Count" Basie was born in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1904. He began his early playing days by working as a silent movie pianist and organist and by eventually working with the Theater Owners Booking Agency circuit, sometimes referred to as the "chitlin' circuit" that catered primarily to the African-American communities in the South, East and Midwest. In 1927, Basie, then touring with Gonzelle White and the Big Jazz Jamboree, found himself stranded in Kansas City. It was here that he would begin to explore his deep love of the blues, and meet his future band mates including bassist Walter Page.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Kansas City was headquarters for the territory bands that played the Midwest and Southwest. It was also ground zero for the heady mixture of blues, 4/4 swing rhythms and hot instrumentalists that were to become the standard bearers and precursors for the Swing Era and the underlying rhythm of modern jazz. Walter Page's Blue Devils and Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra caught Basie's ear and soon he was playing with both, and serving as second pianist and arranger for Moten.
In 1935, Bennie Moten died and it was left to Basie to take some of the musicians from that orchestra and form his own. The Count Basie Orchestra, which is still alive and well today some 84 years later, epitomized Kansas City Swing and, along with the bands of Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Lunceford, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, his orchestra would define the Big Band Era.
While the media of the period crowned Goodman the "King of Swing," many considered Count Basie to be the real King of Swing. As Basie trumpeter Sweets Edison once said, "We used to tear all of the other bands up when it came to swing. The basic fundamentals of Basie's orchestra were and still are foot-stomping 4/4 swing, an unparalleled use of dynamic contrasts, shouting the blues at any tempo, and just making one want to dance."
The Basie Orchestra evolved into one of the most venerable and viable enterprises in American music with continued productivity rivaling any musical organization in history.
The Count Basie Orchestra can be viewed between 1935 and 1955 as the "Old Testament" and "New Testament" bands. The Old Testament band's style was a combination of spontaneously developed riff-driven, or "head" arrangements, full of the blues and relaxed, but intense swing that showcased a some of the greatest names in jazz history: Lester Young, Hershel Evans, Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, Jo Jones, Freddie Green and Jimmy Rushing.
The New Testament Count Basie Orchestra was formed circa 1952 after Basie's brief hiatus from the full orchestra, when he was working with a small group of six to seven musicians during the industry-imposed recording ban that began in 1948.
The sound of the orchestra was constantly deepening and getting more precise as each series of non-stop tours was completed. One of the things setting Basie's orchestra apart from others is that Basie actually encouraged his musicians to compose and arrange especially for the orchestra and its distinctive soloists such as Snooky Young, Thad Jones, Frank Foster and Frank Wess on flute, who recorded the very first jazz flute solo in history.
Eddie Durham, Thad Jones, Ernie Wilkins, Quincy Jones, Neal Hefti, Sammy Nestico, and Frank Foster, to name a few of the more prominent Basie arrangers, have added volumes to the Basie library. Through them, the Basie repertoire continued to broaden harmonically and rhythmically, making it more than hospitable to the talents of the successive generations of musicians. The orchestra also began to become the first choice for the top jazz vocalists of the day including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett and Basie's "Number One Son," Joe Williams.
As Basie allowed for a certain measure of change and for a variety of voices to emerge on the platform he created, his orchestra's repertoire always remained accessible, interesting and ultimately perfect for dancing. This can be seen in a popular motion picture of 1960, "Cinderfella," starring Jerry Lewis. For the biggest scene in the movie, which required the perfect orchestra to dance to at the ball, Lewis chose The Count Basie Orchestra. This movie was seen by millions and led to presidential inaugural ball perfomances and private parties of the world's elite from New York to Bangkok, Thailand, to St. Tropez in the south of France.
During the 1960s and 1970s and into the 1980s, the orchestra's sound, swing feel, general articulation and style began to become more laid back and more relaxed. As 30-year veteran trumpeter Sonny Cohn once slowly said, "This is a laid...back...orchestra....a...laid...back...orchestra."
The "Old Testament" Count Basie Orchestra
With very few personnel changes, the orchestra members were able to blend into one sound and one way of phrasing that is now known as the "Basie way." Jazz orchestras all over the world began to emulate this way of playing, with a deceptive suspension of time and rhythm, but with a sound that is infectious and never loses that all-important dance element. In simple terms, the Count Basie Orchestra continued to set a precedent in 4/4 swing at any tempo – swing is that intangible that makes you tap your foot.
Since Basie's passing in 1984, Thad Jones, Frank Foster, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes, Dennis Mackrel and now Scotty Barnhart have led the Count Basie Orchestra and maintained it as one of the elite performing organizations in Jazz.
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According to media reports, Kim Jong-un is so obsessed with keeping his personal life guarded that he carries his own toilet wherever he travels. One of the cars in the convoy is fitted with toilet facilities for Kim's use, reports claimed.
On Friday, April 27, the world witnessed history in the making as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un crossed into South Korea to shake hands with his counterpart Moon Jae-in. The meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea came after a gap of over a decade.
The summit was held in the border village of Panmunjom after the leaders met for the first time at the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) inside the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone. However, it was the North Korean leader's convoy of black Mercs which gathered as much attention in the world media as the summit itself.
"Rather than using a public restroom, the leader of North Korea has a personal toilet that follows him around when he travels," the Washington Post quoted Lee Yun-keol, chief of North Korean studies at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, as saying.
But why Kim Jong-un does that?
According to experts, Kim Jong-un is paranoid about his personal security and doesn't want the world spy agencies to get much details about his health through samples of his stool.
According to media reports, Kim Jong-un carries his toilet wherever he travels.
Speculations over Kim Jong-un's health is not new. Several media reports have claimed that the North Korean leader is suffering from multiple ailments. While there is no official evidence to confirm that Kim's is unwell, reports said he may be fighting several health issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, gout.
"Kim's health is something our own intel community is trying to gain every possible insight on," Fox News quoted Harry Kazianis, director of defense studies at the Center for the National Interest, as saying.
"There are rumors that Kim might have had plastic surgery and purposely gained weight to look more like his grandfather, the founding ruler of North Korea, and channel some his popularity," he added.


From St. Louis Public Radio: John Nations is stepping down after eight years as president and CEO of Bi-State Development — the agency that operates the Metrolink public transit system among other regional services.
In 2010, Nations was in his third term as mayor of Chesterfield when he successfully led a campaign in St. Louis County to approve a half-cent sales tax that would provide much-needed funding for public transit. The tax contributed $75 million a year to Bi-State's budget.
Later that year, when John Nations interviewed for the job of president and CEO of Bi-State, he already had a vision for the company that was known as "Metro" back then.
"Bi-State was originally incorporated to be a regional economic development resource and facilitator for the region," Nations said in an interview with St. Louis Public Radio in October.
Nations' first order of business when he took the helm, was to re-brand "Metro" to its original name: Bi-State Development.
In addition to the Metrolink train, bus and Call-a-Ride public transit system, Bi-State owns and operates St. Louis Downtown Airport in Sauget and the Arch Riverboats. It also operates the Gateway Arch Revenue Collections Center and the Arch trams.


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The Arab Spring was a movement in favor of democracy in the Arab world. The movement began in Tunisia in 2010. It soon spread to other countries in North Africa and the Middle East.
Many people joined the movement because they believed their governments were unfair and corrupt, or dishonest. Several of the countries had strong rulers who had controlled the countries for many years. People also protested because they were poor and needed jobs.
In December 2010 people in Tunisia began to demonstrate against their government. The government sent armed forces to stop the demonstrators, but the people did not give up. They demanded that their leaders step down. They also demanded that elections be held to choose new leaders.
The demonstrations were successful. In January 2011 Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali left the country. Later that year, Tunisia held its first free elections to elect a new government.
The protest movement in Tunisia came to be known as the Jasmine Revolution. It inspired other countries in the area to protest against their governments.
In January 2011 thousands of people across Egypt started to demonstrate. The Egyptian government used force against the protestors, but it could not stop them. In February Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak left office after almost 30 years in power.
In Libya protests against the government began in February 2011. Libyan ruler Muammar al-Qaddafi sent armed forces to fight the protestors. Armed rebel fighters then joined the protestors, and the conflict deepened.
The Libyan rebels soon had the support of other countries. In March, U.S. and European forces launched air strikes against Libyan targets. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) then gave its military assistance to the rebels.
In August the rebel forces took control of Tripoli, the Libyan capital. Qaddafi was forced to flee. He went into hiding. In October 2011 rebels captured and killed Qaddafi.
The events in Tunisia and Egypt encouraged people in Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria to protest against their governments in early 2011. In each case, protestors clashed violently with government forces. The president of Yemen, ʿAli ʿAbd Allah Salih, finally agreed to give up power in November. However, the leaders of Bahrain and Syria stayed in power.
In Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, and Oman, leaders worked to prevent the development of large demonstrations. To try to satisfy their people, they proposed certain government reforms.
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As a result of the Arab Spring, Jordan's king created a committee to reform the constitution.
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