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Earlier this year as far as I know. The new engineer must not be all that knowledgeable about processing, either that or they have some tech issues. Might be a combo of both. I don't know, as I literally do not know who the current engineer there is.
WKLH never had an HD-2. WJYI on HD-2 began on 106.9 HD-2 after their contract with the Smooth Jazz Network expired. That signal was never very good. 106.9 is a weak signal. So they moved it to the slightly more powerful WJMR HD-2. Then to the much more powerful WHQG HD-2.
At that point they pulled HD from the Class As (98.3, 106.9). They really did not get out very far given the fact that they are Class A signals, one of them directional because it's short spaced.
It costs money to run these. You have fees that you have to pay to Ibiquity. Plus electricity, etc. If they're just going to broadcast the main channel in HD, there really is no good reason to have HD in my opinion. It's the Subs that make HD Radio. The extra options. That was the selling point.


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Israel's political system is based on proportional representation and allows for a multi-party system with numerous parties represented in the 120-seat Knesset.

A typical Knesset includes many factions represented. This is because of the low election threshold required for a seat – 1 percent of the vote from 1949 to 1992, 1.5 percent from 1992 to 2003, 2 percent from 2003 to 2014, and 3.25 percent since 2015. In the 2015 elections, for instance, ten parties or alliances cleared the threshold, and five of them won at least ten seats. The low threshold, in combination with the nationwide party-list system, makes it all but impossible for a single party to win the 61 seats needed for a majority government. No party has ever won a majority of seats in an election, the most being 56, won by the Alignment grouping in the 1969 elections (the Alignment had briefly held a majority of seats before the elections following its formation in January 1969).

As a result, while only four parties (or their antecedents) have ever led governments, all Israeli governments, , have been coalitions comprising two or more parties.

Current parties

Parties represented in the Knesset
The following parties are represented following the 2022 election:

Other parties
The following parties do not have Knesset seats at present:

Ahrayut
Ale Yarok
Am Shalem
Ani Veata (Me and You) — The Israeli People's Party
Arab Democratic Party
Balad
Bible Bloc
Brit Olam
Da'am Workers Party, Organization for Democratic Action
Derekh Eretz
Dor
Eretz Hadasha
HaYisraelim
Ihud Bnei HaBrit (United Allies)
Israel Hofsheet (Israel Free)
Kadima (held seats from 2005 to 2015)
Koah HaKesef
Koah LeHashpi'a
Lazuz
Leader
Lehem
Lev LaOlim
Man's Rights in the Family Party
Magen Yisrael (Shield of Israel)
Mahane Yehuda — Royalist Party of Israel
Meimad (held seats between 1999 and 2009 as part of the One Israel alliance)
Meretz
New Horizon
New Right
Or
Piratim — The Pirate Party of Israel
Rappeh — a political party protesting COVID restrictions.
Shavim (Community) — Founded in 2018 as an LGBT party
Telem
The Jewish Home
The Greens
Tzeirim Boarim (Youths on Fire) — A big tent party founded in 2022 by Hadar Muchtar with the purpose of combating the rising cost of living.
Tzomet (held seats between 1987 and 1999; for the 1996 elections, it formed a joint "National Camp List" with Likud and Gesher)
U'Bizchutan — founded in 2015 as an ultra-Orthodox Jewish women's party
Yachad
Yisrael Hazaka
Yisrael HaMithadeshet
Zehut

Former parties

Parties formerly represented in the Knesset

Parties that failed to win seats in the Knesset

Name changes
The following parties changed their names
Banai became Tehiya-Bnai, then Tehiya
Emunim became Tkuma
Equality in Israel-Panthers became the Unity Party
Flatto-Sharon became Development and Peace
Hitkhabrut became the Renewed Religious National Zionist Party, then Ahi
Israel in the Centre became the Centre Party
Meretz became Yachad, then Meretz-Yachad, then Meretz again
Movement for Change and Initiative became Shinui
Mizrachi-Hapoel HaMizrachi became the National Religious Front, then National Religious Party, then The Jewish Home
National Responsibility became Kadima
National Unity - National Progressive Alliance became Progressive National Alliance
Parliamentary Group of Bronfman and Tsinker became Makhar, then the Democratic Choice
Party for the Advancement of the Zionist Idea became the New Liberal Party
Rafi – National List became Ometz
Rakah became Maki
Secular Faction became Hetz
Social-Democratic Faction became the Independent Socialist Faction
Shinui - Centre Party became Shinui - the Secular Movement, then Shinui - Party for the Secular and the Middle Class, but is generally known as Shinui

Zionist youth movements

See also
Politics of Israel
List of political parties by country
Liberalism in Israel
Labor Zionism
Revisionist Zionism

References

External links
Parties participating in the 2006 elections Knesset website
All parliamentary groups Knesset website

Israel
Political parties
Israel
Political parties

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How do you fit a World of Difference into a state-of-the-art new office?
Obviously you don't! The Difference Collective could never be permanently contained in a single office. Here's the more serious message behind this morning's April Fool.
Blueprint for a new way of working
The Difference Collective today announces that it is to become the first virtual agency to secure a physical office for all its members.
Macmillan Cancer Support Picks The Difference Collective to Unlock New Revenue
Macmillan Cancer Support has appointed The Difference Collective to help identify and test innovative means to increase revenue beyond its existing fundraising portfolio, to help the charity do whatever it takes to support people with cancer.
Switch to virtual events is set to stay – spelling the end of the medical conference as we know it
New creative healthcare partnership formed between Smyle and The Difference Collective to guide new digital era, as majority of doctors say they won't go back to face-to-face events – even post-pandemic.
The Difference celebrates its Second Birthday in style
As The Difference Collective celebrates its second birthday, founder, Angie Wiles, is full of excitement and optimism. "We are on a mission to prove that work is an activity not a place and that while people might make different choices about where and how they work, they in no way compromise the quality of their work and productivity"

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Open Wide Our Hearts: Thoughts
Below are some of my thoughts on the pastoral letter against racism "Open Wide Our Hearts" found here: http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/racism/upload/open-wide-our-hearts.pdf
While reading the letter is not necessary to understand my comments, I recommend at least skimming it for context. In overview:
I support the substance of the letter in so far as it calls us to recognize the common dignity of all humanity before God.
I oppose the letter where it draws more from the tainted wells of identity politics and non-normalized statistics than it does from the Holy Scriptures.
The first oddity is the definition of Racism as "Racism arises when-either consciously or unconsciously-a person holds that his or her own race or ethnicity is superior, and therefore judges persons of other races or ethnicities as inferior and unworthy of equal regard." and then quickly declares "Racist acts are sinful because they violate justice." I agree with this statement, but would agree even more if the words "his or her own" were replaced with "one particular". Sadly, this will cause problems later on in the letter.
The letter continues in good order, before launching into a litany of examples which could very well be motivated by prejudicial racism, but could also very easily be motivated by entirely reasonable preferential inquiry, or even entirely objective socioeconomic factors. I consider these examples both misguided and misleading, and will address each one in turn.
"Hispanics and African Americans face discrimination in hiring, housing, educational opportunities, and incarceration." The groups identified are also statistically poorer than Asians and Wonderbreads, and when this factor is accounted for, the apparent racist prejudice nearly entirely disappears. One may make an argument that a lack of complete equity is indicative of racist prejudice, but as the USCCB clearly knows, Christ Himself taught us that "the poor you will always have with you". The later reference to "structural and institutional forms of racial injustice evident in the economic imbalances" is even more alarming, as it seems to lean heavily toward the equity rhetoric which killed so many millions in the great Marxist experiments of the 20th century.
"Racial profiling frequently targets Hispanics for selective immigration enforcement practices." There are two major borders with the United States, one with the wealthy and economically stable Canada, and one with the relatively impoverished and unstable Mexico. If Canada were poor and dangerous, no doubt there would be selective immigration enforcement targeted at those who end sentences with "eh", despite their overwhelmingly white skin. As it is, immigration enforcement preferentially scrutinizing those who share common identifiers with the nation of origin from which most illegal aliens originate seems entirely reasonable to me. In any case it does not unequivocally indicate either racism or injustice.
"Racial profiling frequently targets African Americans for suspected criminal activity." This is a tricky issue, because it seems likely that blacks are indeed more often falsely convicted of crimes than those of other races. But I would like to object to what seems to be the underlying assumption, that actual criminal behavior is exactly evenly distributed across all races. Which, if you believe that, then of course the higher arrest rates among Black populations are indicative of systematic injustice. But it seems like there are cultural reasons that we could point to which could also explain the disparity, at least in part. The one that springs first to mind is the rate of single motherhood, but the point is that if the real crime rate is significantly higher in the African American community, then we can not realistically accuse law enforcement of racism for looking there first.
"There is also the growing fear and harassment of persons from majority Muslim countries." As with immigration, this attitude certainly could reflect racism, but we might just as easily discover less offensive causes. In light of the shocking violence officially practiced in "majority Muslim countries", and the doctrines of warfare and conquest which are core members of the Muslim faith, fear and hostility seem rather justified. If Muslims do not wish to be feared and hated, perhaps they should submit to a more friendly body of instruction.
And finally, while it seems quite true that "Extreme nationalist ideologies are feeding the American public discourse with xenophobic rhetoric that instigates fear against foreigners, immigrants, and refugees." the extremists are by no means the only cause of fear of outsiders. Perhaps the USCCB would like to recall the feelings of their predecessors toward the Calvinists during the height of the reformation. Would they question the walls which Catholic bishops built in the 12th century around their own estates to avoid being lynched by peasant mobs? There are legitimate reasons, if not for xeno-phobia, at least for xeno-suspicion.
I would prefer not to judge men's hearts and minds by presuming to indicate broad cultural examples of racism. Where racism does exist, I do not dispute that it is a sinful attitude which will tend to motivate sinful actions. But the examples given above seem to me very likely motivated, at least in part, by non-racist, and even non-sinful, drives.
There is then some dancing with "subconscious" bias, which I distrust based on Dr. Jordan B. Peterson's expert evaluation of such ideas. It is a warning well taken that our hearts are deceitful, and that our conscience bears examination. Then comes this gem, "we must admit the plain truth that for many of our fellow citizens, who have done nothing wrong, interactions with the police are often fraught with fear and even danger" Which is true, I believe, for all citizens who have done nothing wrong. An upstanding citizen would like nothing so much as to be left alone by the police, regardless of their race.
No doubt the USCCB would respond "But racism still profoundly affects our culture, and it has no place in the Christian heart. This evil causes great harm to its victims, and it corrupts the souls of those who harbor racist or prejudicial thoughts. The persistence of the evil of racism is why we are writing this letter now. People are still being harmed, so action is still needed." and I agree. Racism is a sin, though it is only a subset of the scriptural "other" of "the alien, the orphan, and the widow", which could use, in my opinion, a bit more attention. Regardless, let us proceed…
To this outrageous conflation of patriotism and piety, "Moving our nation to a full realization of the promise of liberty, equality, and justice for all is even more challenging. However, in Christ we can find the strength and the grace necessary to make that journey." I need not point out that while Christ certainly loves justice, he by no means calls for universal equality and liberty, and so I shall not. Instead I reference the instructed grounds on which to boast, in the knowledge that God delights in "Righteousness, Justice, and Loving-kindness." and that if failure to live up to these ideals results in a dearth of equality and liberty, we should look to eliminating vice rather than racism.
Again we hear that "If racism is confronted by addressing its causes and the injustice it produces, then healing can occur." and with this statement I agree. But then it is chased by, one might even say it drags behind it the conclusion that "In that transformed reality, the headlines we see all too often today will become lessons from the past." which would only be true if such headlines were utterly and entirely motivated by prejudicial racism, a premise which I deeply doubt.
"How do we overcome this evil of rejecting a brother or sister's humanity, the same evil that provoked Cain's sin?" I would be interested in hearing how the USCCB came to this reading, as Cain seems under no illusions as to the humanity he shares with Abel. Indeed, he seems to hate Abel's skin less than Abel's success. Anyway, if a further example from racism can be found than fratricide, I would be quite surprised.
There then opens a new section, well watered by the scriptures, and likewise refreshing. I would say that the assessment "Whether recognized or not, the history of the injustices done to so many, because of their race, flows from this "lust to dominate" the other." is well-founded and fair. In this encouraging context allow me to re-state that I am in full accord with the substance of the letter as it pertains to the command to "Love our neighbor as our self." which, on the whole, I gladly affirm it does.
While I do not dispute the statement that "Many groups, such as the Irish, Italians, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Poles, Jews, Chinese, and Japanese, can attest to having been the target of racial and ethnic prejudice in this country." I think it equally telling that racism is vastly more prevalent, broadly accepted, and unquestioned in Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Poland, Israel, and China. I know from extensive first-hand experience that this is the case for Japan. So far from preaching to the choir, it seems possible that the USCCB is, in the instance of racism, railing at the choir. Certainly we may be able to improve, but perhaps the choice of examples indicates that the log lies, in this case, in the eyes of the immigrants.
We enter, now, on the section titled "The Native American Experience" and rather than examine individual statements, I hope you will not resent my presenting an alternative viewpoint entirely to the one that the USCCB seems to accept.
Before Europeans arrived, Native Americans had already developed a deeply racist and bigoted culture, refusing to live in peace and largely preferring factious warfare and hatred over justice and mercy. They were not unique in this aspect, sharing the fallen nature of all of mankind, and only lacked the sanctifying grace offered to all people through the Gospel of Christ Jesus, and the practice of the sanctifying works of mercy. With the Europeans arrived these divine tools, along with their very human stewards. Those of the Native Americans who responded to the Gospel were gladly accepted into both the church and those roles in society well suited to their recent catechisis. Those who sadly clung to their racism, fear, and animosity were excluded from both the church and society and were thereby unable to participate with the followers of Christ in the liberty which He brings. It is true that the secular puritan government treated them poorly, but no more poorly than any other insurrectionist group would be which failed to conform to societal norms and recognize individual land ownership. It is no surprise that those who continue to choose cultural exile over cooperation remain at a severe disadvantage in nearly every aspect of life.
The USCCB rightly says that "When one culture meets another, lack of awareness and understanding often leads to grossly distorted value judgments and prejudice." but, given the objective superiority which one must, from a Christian perspective at least, attribute to the largely pious European culture, I doubt that genuine awareness and understanding would result in an outcome which the authors of this pastoral letter would consider acceptable. Racism may have been "evident in how white European immigrants and pioneers acted in their encounters with Native Americans" but it seems even more evident in those Native Americans who chose to identify with their own race and culture instead of with the humanity they shared with the immigrants and pioneers, especially as those same immigrants and pioneers were apparently so eager to extend to them the benefits of society.
If all societies are equal, then I see no reason for the USCCB to go so far out of their way to condemn our own for its racism. And if some societies are better than others, then it hardly screams of racism that our ancestors recognized the fact as well. Of course, as with all simplifications, reality is never that simple. Like with race and gender we should not foolishly speak of cultures being universally "better" or "worse" but specifically better or worse to some end or for some purpose. Men are worse at bearing children than Women. Whites are worse at resisting sunburn than Blacks. Likewise, I would hazard that Native American culture is worse at making the land fruitful than European culture, which should be significant to the Catholic Bishops, considering the Divine Directive to "fill the earth" which they ostensibly support.
Buried under all this confusion, there is a fascinating discussion to be had about the nature of property ownership, but I suspect we are some generations away from being able to hold that discussion, and even more from being able to profitably reach any conclusions.
On the section titled "The African American Experience" I do not dispute the injustices outlined. Chattel slavery was (and, in some nations, still is) grotesque. However, I do wish to make two tempering points.
First, that every horror listed was experienced by whites as well, and at the hands of whites. It could be well said about every racial group that "Most resided in extreme poverty and endured daily indignities in their interactions with" members of their own race and with other races.
Second, that injustices essentially identical to chattel slavery (though less formalized, and thereby quite likely even less just) were practiced against Wonderbreads by the Muslim nations of North Africa, and if the Wonderbreads were better able to resist this form of international predation, it is hardly a mark of deeply rooted moral failure.
We hear again in "The Hispanic Experience" of the apparently definitive argument that a "large income gap between Hispanic and European Americans points to the persistence of certain discriminatory practices in employment and pay" when the pay gap could just as easily lie (as with women) in the higher emphasis (encouraged by the Church) which Hispanics place on family life. Refer, too, to the sixth paragraph for my comments on immigration enforcement. There also seems to be some confusion in the letter between "immigrants" and "illegal immigrants." The terms are interchanged with a casualness which almost looks like an attempt at equivocation. This is like arguing that we should not be wary of "illegal drugs" because "drugs" save many lives every day.
In general, where the letter draws from the scriptures, it rings true. Sadly, the scriptures are strangely absent in the "Love Goodness" section. If we had heard "When we begin to separate people in our thoughts for unjust reasons… we fail to love." it could have been justified. But the USCCB saw fit to inject the phrase "when we start to see some people as "them" and others as "us,"" which, I am embarrassed to be forced to point out, appear to be the entire point of having a Catholic Church in the first place! If the Bishops consider it unloving to divide people into "them" and "us" then why do they speak as Catholic Bishops, and not as Catholics? Or as Christians? Or as simply human beings who share in the dignity of all humanity? As convenient as it may be to the immediate argument to hypothesize that "othering" is unloving, it is a completely absurd argument when given the least context. Even if all the wards of the members of the USCCB are racist, we are bound, at the very least, to exclude from this "us" the blessed "them" comprised of the saints who share God's presence.
"Fortunately, after page 17 it is smooth sailing, and I have no further complaints." is what I was hoping to say until I reached the end of page 23. The various and vehement calls to holiness and repentance from racism are well taken to heart. Nonetheless, the USCCB stumbled again into the error of left-wing ideology when they inserted into the otherwise upright phrase, "Love should then move us to take what we learn from our encounters and examine where society continues to fail our brothers and sisters… and seek to address those problems." the words "or where it perpetuates inequity." If inequity is such a problem, the Bishops of the United States might do well to resign their positions of inequitable authority! I can only hope that the word was meant in the sense of "ungodly touting of moral superiority" and not in the intersectionality sense of "any way in which any group is statistically inferior to any other", but honestly, taken in context, I would not say that hope is at all likely to bear fruit.
The rest of the letter is concerned with implementation along the lines already laid out, and it would thus become repetitive for me to continue my commentary. Thus allow me to restate that I oppose racism with my whole heart, and am highly skeptical of the capacity of the USCCB to define "racism" in such a way that it does not create more troublesome problems than it solves, given the problematic nature of the arguments they have offered in this letter. There are just two more topics I would like to address concerning the general thrust of the difficulties I have with the letter as a whole. Thus I conclude this response with a few disorganized thoughts on the issues of cultural equality, and collective responsibility.
Responsibility can only be taken where authority exists; The two are inseparable. While not directly stated, I get the feeling that the USCCB considers Wonderbreads to have a responsibility for causing the failure of other races (through racism). I have attempted to defuse this premise in my objections above, but let us disregard my objections temporarily. If one race has responsibility for another, they also have authority over the other. And if they have authority, then they are not only partially responsible for the failings, but also partially credited with the success! If it would seem absurd to you for the successful black population to credit whites as the cause of their wealth, then it should feel equally strange for unsuccessful blacks to blame whites for their failure. And in both cases, the idea that Whites have, as a race, authority over Blacks is so absurd that even the USCCB could not state it openly. Let us assume the implication was unintentional.
What can not be taken as unintentional is the USCCB's expedition into vaguely affirming the value of cultural equality in their case against Europeans oppressing Native Americans. But the more strongly we defend "traditional cultural practices" the weaker will our argument be against racism as a traditional cultural practice in the United States. Let us not allow a quagmire of feel-good multiculturalism to hinder our efforts in stamping out sin! As with the misguided examples, the argument against racism would have been stronger if less had been said along these lines.
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class Solution(object):
	def detectCycle(self, head):
		"""
		:type head: ListNode
		:rtype: ListNode
		"""
		fast, slow = head, head
		while True:
			if not fast or not fast.next or not fast.next.next:
				return None

			fast = fast.next.next
			slow = slow.next

			if fast is slow:
				break

		slow = head
		while slow is not fast:
			slow = slow.next
			fast = fast.next

		return slow

import utils
print Solution().detectCycle(utils.makelist([1,2]))

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Cardinal-AOSP is a Custom ROM which was initially based on AOSPB, then we changed our mind and rebased it to AOSP-RRO, to get better compatibility with most of the devices, Cardinal is being built with Uber toolchain, with most of uber optimizations, with full Substratum Support and with minimal customization, the main aim of this ROM is to bring stock AOSP experience as possible while maintaining performance, smoothness and good battery backup. I hope that you'll all love this project, and help us, shape it even more better.
I see you're bringing a lot of ROMs , thanks alot for your hard work . I wanted to know are these blind builds or do you test these ?
and could you post some screenshots ?
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For use with pure periodic BC.
function interface for ghost cell boundary conditions of AMRPoissonOp. If you are using Neumann or Dirichlet boundary conditions, it is easiest to use the functions provided.
A helper function to produce the needed object for constant Dirichlet/Neumann on all the faces. The return value can be passed to anything expecting a BCFunction/BCHolder.
"a_loSideType/a_hiSideType" specify the type of boundary condition in a given direction by having the enter corresponding to the direction set to 0 for Neumann or 1 for Dirichlet (on the low or high side, respectively). "a_loSideValue/a_hiSideValue" specify the (constant) value for boundary condition specified above.
Neumann bc for a particular side, specified component interval For use in AMRPoissonOp.
Neumann bc for a particular side, all components For use in AMRPoissonOp.
Neumann bcs for all sides For use in AMRPoissonOp.
Dirichlet boundary conditions for a side, specified component interval For use in AMRPoissonOp.
Dirichlet boundary conditions for a side, all components. For use in AMRPoissonOp.
Dirichlet boundary conditions for one side. For use in AMRPoissonOp.
No slip vector bc (zero all comps). need a_state.ncomp == spacedim For use in ResistivityOp, for example.
0 normal comp, reflective for all other comps need a_state.ncomp == spacedim For use in ResistivityOp, for example.
Extrapolation boundary conditions for a side, specified component interval For use in AMRPoissonOp.
Extrapolation boundary conditions for a side, all components. For use in AMRPoissonOp.
Extrapolation boundary conditions for one side. For use in AMRPoissonOp.


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Elbit Systems Hermes 45 will debut at Paris Airshow
Elbit Systems' HermesTM 45 Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) will be making its first appearance at the company's static display area (A-8) at this year's Paris Airshow 2019.
PARIS - Elbit Systems' Hermes 45 Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) will be making its first appearance at the company's static display area (A-8) at this year's Paris Airshow 2019.
Hermes 45 offers a unique combination of extended range and duration with point launch and recovery, to and from land and maritime platforms thus enhancing Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) capabilities at the brigade and division levels and also for naval squadron units.
Hermes 45 features flight range of 200km or an extended Beyond Line of Sight range (via Satellite Communication) and an internal payload bay that supports multi-payload operation, including EO/IR, Marine-Radar, Terrain Dominance, Electronic Warfare (EW) and communications. The Hermes 45 is operated by a two-person crew, launched from a short onboard platform rail, and is recovered by an automated spot landing system.
"The Hermes 45 is important addition to our wide portfolio of UAS ranging from MALE to multi-rotor," said Elad Aharonson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Elbit Systems ISTAR Division. "The exceptional level of operational experience together with continuous innovation, enable us to enhance our customers capabilities in every domain of engagement."
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Viral Video Shows Leading Democrats Promoting 'Uprisings,' 'Unrest,' Harassment
by: Amanda Prestigiacomo
Source: Daily Wire
House Speaker Pelosi is featured at both the beginning and end of the video compilation, referring to Republicans and the White House as "domestic enemies" and "enemies of the state" and boosting "uprisings all over the country."
"We take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic," the speaker said last Monday, as highlighted by The Daily Wire. "And sadly the domestic enemies to our voting system and our, honoring our Constitution are right [at] 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with their allies in the Congress of the United States."
"They're doing everything they can, suppress the vote, with your actions, scare people, intimidate by saying law enforcement will be there, diminish the role of the postal system in all of this," said the Democratic leader, adding, "It's really actually shameful. Enemies of the state."
In June of 2018, Pelosi lamented, "I just don't even know why there aren't uprisings all over the country. And maybe there will be, when people realize that this is a policy that they defend."


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6 strategies to handle coworker conflict
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A poor working relationship can cast a shadow over your work and even invade your home life. Here are six ways to rise above potential personality clashes.
One of the inescapable realities of life is that at some point in your career, like it or not, you will be working closely with someone you dislike.
This can have a significant impact on your mental and emotional wellbeing. After all, we spend at least eight hours a day at work so a bad relationship with a co-worker can negatively affect your mood and potentially damage your career.
"The issue of a personality clash is very common," workplace culture specialist and author of Cultural Insanity, Ross Judd, says.
"And the problem is that some people think the other person is always the problem."
So how do you handle a work conflict so it doesn't cast a shadow over your work life? Here are some ideas:
1. Define your roles
Often clashes occur because people feel like someone else is stepping on their territory, according to Judd. It's an instinctive drive, after all, to want to protect your turf.
"That is why it is important to have conversations about your roles and responsibilities so it is clear what other people do," Judd says.
"Then you can talk about how you achieve together what you're setting out to achieve."
2. Re-frame your focus to purpose
Rather than going to work thinking about how much this person annoys you, focus instead on the broader purpose of what you're trying to achieve at work.
"So lift the conversation out of the personality clash and focus on what the group, or the team, as a whole is trying to achieve," Judd says.
In addition to finding common ground, you may want to think about how your nemesis contributes constructively to the team.
"Rarely is someone as bad as we sometimes make out, so avoid black and white thinking about this person and look at how they contribute to the group," Judd says.
3. Accept people are different from you
Often clashes come down to personality types and it can be helpful to understand how your team members' personalities either clash or complement each other. Judd suggests taking "personality type" tests as a group to better understand why you interact the way you do.
"Once people understand how others are different, they start to take things less personally," he says.
Professor of work and performance and professorial research fellow at Edith Cowan University, Stephen Teo, agrees it's vital to try and see the other person's point of view and allow space for disagreement.
"You don't want to work in a team where everyone agrees with each other all the time," Teo says.
"Some conflict, some differences and differences in opinion, are good for team productivity."
4. Don't be a serial blamer
Instead of engaging in the blame game, it's worth asking yourself how you contribute to any animosity with a co-worker.
"When you are blaming others, you become a victim, I see this all the time, and when you are a victim, you're defensive," Judd says.
Be honest about how your behaviour or thinking is affecting the situation and where possible own up to any behaviour that may have hindered your judgment.
"It could be your fault, after all," Teo says.
"The person could simply remind you of an ex-partner or a neighbour you don't like, and you're taking it out on them."
Regardless of how you feel, show the other person respect.
"You don't, after all, want to be the person that someone else complains to HR about," Teo says.
5. Talk to them
If the opportunity arises, you may even consider talking (calmly) with your co-worker about why you don't see eye to eye.
"If you're older or senior, you may feel confident bringing up a dispute," Teo says.
"But if you're young or an intern, for example, then it's a lot harder as they have more power than you."
Judd agrees that seniority has a huge impact on the outcome of personality conflicts.
"It's particularly hard to talk to the person if the person in question happens to the boss," he says.
"Often in that instance people will make a knee-jerk decision to leave and it can hurt someone's career."
6. Approach the manager
If you feel someone is being unduly rude and you cannot deal with it yourself, then it may be worth taking it to human resources or your line manager.
"Depending on the size of the organisation, there may be a code of conduct that the other person is contravening," Teo says.
"Especially if someone is really making your life unbearable."
If all else fails, you may wish to request that you move teams.
"It depends on so many factors as to whether that is a good idea," Judd says.
"If a team is struggling with personality issues it means they have lost sight of what does bring success, such as clear and aligned goals."
If you have tried everything else and the problem remains, then it could be worth moving teams.
"But that is a last resort," Judd says.
Original Article By Johanna Leggattm- found in In The Black – Interview with Ross Judd
What Is Cultural Intelligence?
Culturally intelligent people must also know how to use this understanding to work compassionately and positively with anyone they meet. They're willing to learn all they can about their colleagues' different nationalities, traditions, disciplines, and organisational cultures.
How to Prepare for a Big Change in Your Company
Soft skills relate to how a person approaches their work regardless of the industry they are in, as opposed to hard skills, which are technical and job specific. Some of the key soft skills you want in your people include leadership, time management, teamwork, and flexibility.
4 Things You Should Do to Prevent a Toxic Work Environment
Some employees are afraid to raise issues and ask for help due to being previously ridiculed. To resolve this, you should encourage senior members and team heads to be approachable. While it is necessary to project a sense of authority and respect, it does not do leaders any good to have subordinates cower in fear and avoid sharing ideas.
Is It Really Necessary to Have a Culture Change Coach?
For positive change, behavioural transformation must happen for both managers and peers. Coaches can guide managers in making these changes. The managers, in turn, can relay these processes to subordinates until the ideal workplace culture fully resonates within the organisation.
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== Get in == === By plane === '''Miami International Airport''' [http://www.iflymia.com/], or MIA, is the primary airport serving the South Florida area. Located approximately eight miles northwest of downtown Miami, it has domestic passenger flights as well as flights to Europe and Latin America. It is connected to destinations throughout the Gold Coast region by the Miami Metrorail, the Tri-Rail, and Greyhound bus lines. '''Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport''' [http://www.fll.net/], or FLL, is Broward County's largest airport. It is three miles southwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale and 21 miles north of Miami. Like MIA, it can handle domestic or international flights. '''Palm Beach International Airport''' [http://www.pbia.org/], or PBIA, is located in the city of West Palm Beach. It is a much smaller airport than MIA or FLL, but it, too, can handle both domestic and international flights. === By train === '''Amtrak''' [http://www.amtrak.com/] operates several stations in the Gold Coast region. The service runs two train routes in South Florida, the ''Silver Meteor'' and ''Silver Star''. The ''Silver Meteor'' runs from [[New York]] to Miami via the Northeast Corridor, connecting the region with destinations such as [[Washington|Washington, DC]], [[Richmond]], [[Charleston]], [[Savannah]], and [[Orlando]]. The ''Silver Star'' runs much of the same route, but runs further west in the Carolinas and Florida, serving destinations such as [[Raleigh|Raleigh, North Carolina]], [[Columbia|Columbia, South Carolina]] and [[Tampa]]. === By bus === '''Greyhound''' operates several stations in the Gold Coast region, including West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami. === By car === '''Interstate 95''' is a major interstate that runs north-south through the Florida Gold Coast, beginning in downtown Miami. It then goes north along the U.S. East Coast as far as Maine. It is usually the most efficient way to travel between cities on the Gold Coast; however, during rush hour, traffic can be a nightmare. '''Interstate 75''' begins in southwest Broward County and connects the region to the [[Florida Gulf Coast]], [[West-Central Florida]], and cities like [[Louisville]], [[Dayton]], and [[Detroit]]. '''Interstate 595''' connects the two major interstates around the Fort Lauderdale airport area. The '''Florida Turnpike''', a toll road, runs mostly parallel to I-95 throughout the Gulf Coast; it later turns west and connects the region with the [[Orlando]] area, before merging with I-75 just south of [[Ocala]]. Keep in mind that the '''Sunpass''' prepaid tolls system is being implemented, and some exits near Miami no longer accept cash tolls. However, this should not be an issue for most visitors.
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COVID Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS)
The recent Budget saw the announcement of the COVID Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS), a welcome initiative to assist businesses that are closed because of COVID-19 restrictions. Finance Bill 2020 has now been published, together with Revenue guidance notes on the new scheme and, while the legislation is still subject to amendment this gives a clearer understanding of the finer details of CRSS.
Summary of scheme
In summary, the scheme provides a weekly cash payment to businesses that are effectively closed or only able to trade at a fraction of their previous turnover because of pandemic-related restrictions. The payment will generally be a percentage of their turnover for 2019, up to a maximum payment of €5,000 per week while restrictions last ("restricted period"). The scheme will apply from 13 October 2020 to 31 March 2021 but may be extended to 31 December 2021 if necessary.
The scheme is available to businesses that carry on a taxable trade. In order to qualify, two key conditions must be met:
The business must either be closed to customers or substantially restricted in operating, and
As a result of these restrictions, turnover for the restricted period must be no more than 25% of 2019 levels ("turnover test").
Additionally, the business must intend to reopen and resume trading once restrictions are lifted.
For a new business that commenced trading on or after 26 December 2019, the turnover test will be applied by reference to average weekly turnover in the period from 26 December 2019 to 12 October 2020.
Application of conditions
The conditions are applied specifically to the business premises and whether the Government restrictions either directly prohibit or restrict access to them. In most cases, such restrictions apply at Level 3 or higher of the Government's Plan for Living with COVID-19, but in some cases, they can apply at lower levels, for example wet pubs in Dublin. The fact that the business may also have sales that do not require customers to attend the premises (for example, online sales or deliveries) does not necessarily preclude a claim for CRSS but in the first instance a business must be trading from premises that are subject to such restrictions.
In considering the turnover test, it is also the premises that must be considered. Therefore, for example, a company operating a number of different pubs, restaurants and hotels would consider each outlet individually; it may claim CRSS for those outlets that are subject to the relevant restrictions and whose turnover is at or below 25% of 2019 levels, but may not claim for any outlets that do not meet these two conditions.
Where an entity carries on several different activities at the one premises, only some of which qualify for CRSS, turnover should be apportioned between the activities on a just and reasonable basis and a claim made for those that do qualify. The maximum payment per premises will not however exceed €5,000 per week.
Turnover test
The turnover test is applied by comparing average weekly turnover during 2019 (or for 2020 effectively for new businesses as outlined above) with the average weekly turnover during the restricted period.
For example, say a retail business in Cork had turnover of €2.5 million in 2019 and has since 22 October 2020 been subject to Level 5 restrictions for an initial six-week period. Average weekly turnover for 2019 was €48,077; therefore, in order to apply for CRSS there must be a reasonable expectation that total turnover for the six-week period will be no more than €72,115, which works out at a weekly average of €12,019.
Payment receivable
The weekly payment will be calculated by reference to the average weekly value of the VAT-exclusive turnover for 2019 (or effectively 2020 in the case of new businesses), as follows:
10% of the first €20,000
5% of the balance
Up to a maximum payment of €5,000 per week
The maximum payment of €5,000 per week would therefore apply where a business had turnover of €4.16 million or more in 2019. A business with turnover above this level is not precluded from applying for CRSS but its payment will be capped at that level.
In our example above, the payment due to the business in Cork is calculated as follows:
(€20,000 X 10%) + (€28,077 X 5%) = €3,403
Payment due for the six weeks of restrictions = €20,423
Processing of claims
The Revenue Commissioners will administer the scheme and are currently adapting their systems to enable them to do so. Unfortunately, this means that the first payments under CRSS will be delayed, but they advise that they expect to make them by mid-November.
Once the system is live, a business may apply for CRSS on the first day that restrictions are announced. The payment for the entire period will then be made within two to three working days. In our example above, the business in Cork could therefore expect to receive €20,423 within a few days of applying.
Where the period of restrictions is extended, a further application may be made for the extended period. When the relevant restrictions are lifted, the entitlement to CRSS will cease.
Revenue have clarified that for businesses that were subject to restrictions under a number of different levels between 13 October 2020 and 22 October 2020 – for example the hospitality sector – a single claim for the entire period between 13 October 2020 and 1 December 2020 may be made. For any future restrictions however, separate claims must be made for each individual period.
In determining eligibility, there must be a "reasonable expectation" that the business will meet the conditions set out above and significant penalties may apply for an incorrect or invalid claim. It is therefore important that a business closely monitors the matter and withdraws from the scheme and repays any amounts received once it becomes apparent that it will not meet the conditions.
If a business concludes at the beginning of the restricted period that it will not meet the conditions but subsequently does, they may retrospectively apply for the scheme, but only if this application is made within eight weeks of the commencement of the restricted period.
Taxation of payments
These payments will be treated as an Advance Credit for Trading Expenses (ACTE) and so will be deducted from expenses (wages & salaries, rent & rates, light & heat etc.) that are deductible in computing profits taxable under Schedule D, Case I.
Ultimately therefore, the payments may be subject to either income tax or corporation tax, but such liability will only become payable once the business is profitable again.
Tax Clearance Certificate
Finally, as is the case with other pandemic-related government supports, a business must hold a valid Tax Clearance Certificate and keep their tax affairs up to date for the duration of the scheme.
If you require assistance with any tax requirements or challenges you face as a result of the pandemic, please contact a member of our tax team.


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Watch 'Fosse/Verdon' Character Chita Rivera Dance IRL
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The supporting characters in Fosse/Verdon is so full of Broadway legends, you could spin an entire cinematic universe from their story. In Tuesday's Chicago-centric episode, Bianca Marroquin returns as Chita Rivera — who starred alongside Gwen Verdon as the Velma Kelly to her Roxie Hart. If you're itching for videos of Chita Rivera dancing after Fosse/Verdon, you've come to the right place.
Rivera is a 10 time Tony Award nominee and four time winner — most recently, in 2018, she received the lifetime achievement award. Her Broadway career is arguably more legendary than Fosse and Verdon combined. While she is one of the dancers most-associated with Fosse's style, thanks to Sweet Charity and Chicago, she really didn't work with the director/choreographer much outside of those two projects.
She actually worked with Verdon first on Broadway, in Can Can. "They were auditioning for [Verdon's] understudy and she came in that day and called me into her dressing room and said, 'You know, you have your own identity. I really think you should look for and explore your own gifts, your own talents,'" Rivera said in an interview with the LA Times. "She is the first one who gave me a little bit of courage to go out and find out who Chita was and what I could do."
Turns out, "who Chita was" became one of Broadway's brightest and most enduring stars. Here's just a taste of what she can do.
"There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This" From Sweet Charity
This is one you'll wanna watch over, and over, and over. Paula Kelly, Shirley Maclaine, and Rivera practically fly across the screen.
"Spanish Rose" from Bye Bye Birdie
Rivera originated this role on Broadway, and performed on the Ed Sullivan Show.
"Blue" At The Hollywood Palace
Don't you kind of want a Rivera spin-off after watching this?
"Pretty For Me"
Seriously, she's just so good.
"America" From West Side Story
While Rita Moreno played Anita in the film adaptation of West Side Story, Rivera originated the role on Broadway. That's a whole lot of drama we don't need to get into, but luckily Rivera continued to perform numbers from the show throughout her career.
"All That Jazz" & "Nowadays" From Chicago
Now that Fosse/Verdon is telling the story of how Chicago came to be on Broadway, this is extra relevant. There is a video of the full "Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag" on Youtube, but the reunion clip above is a little clearer — and introduced by Liza Minelli!
"Spread A Little Sunshine" From Pippin
Rivera was not in the original cast of Pippin but was featured in this 1981 televised performance.
This Medley From Gypsy
This is from a tribute concert in 1987 — and look! There's an older Ann Reinking as well. The third dancer, Donna McKechnie, was another pivotal Broadway performer in the '70s and '80s, but not associated with Fosse.
Kiss Of The Sider-Woman Tony Awards Performance
Rivera was 60 years old here. That's all.
Feel free to jump down a YouTube rabbit hole for more of Rivera's seriously impressive moves. Fosse/Verdon touches a little on her genius in what can be dubbed "the Chicago episodes," but there's so, so much more.
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Industry-disruptive technologies like solar storage, as well as electricity trading and 3D modeling, are transforming the value chains of power utilities.
When Conergy built the Lakeland Solar and Storage project in Australia, one of the largest grid-connected utility-scale solar and storage plants in Asia Pacific, it served as a showcase to the world how utilities can make the big shift towards a reliable clean energy business model.
Industry-disruptive technologies like solar storage, as well as electricity trading and 3D modeling, are transforming the value chains of power utilities that for a long time have been structured around the traditional commodity-based model. "With the availability of utility-scale solar-plus-storage solutions, energy can be stored and used at a later time, intermittency is smoothened out, providing a dependable and stable power supply that is capable of dispatching energy 24/7. The implications of this concept, of solar as a baseload solution are tremendous and even disruptive," said Alexander Lenz, CEO of Conergy.
"Not only can solar now replace some traditional baseload technologies but with the supply of more predictable and dependable energy blocks during the day and night, solar energy has now become an even more tradeable asset, allowing solar investors to achieve a premium in energy markets for their power output and increasing their returns," he added. Lenz recounted that storage systems have come a long way.
where energy demand is expected to climb 2.1% annually. "Innovations in power-sector technology, such as new storage battery options and smart-phone based thermostat apps, are advancing at a pace that has surprised developers and adopters alike," said Tom Flaherty, advisor at Strategy&, PwC's strategy consulting group.
Stiffening competition, rising environmental regulations, and ballooning operational and resource costs have been instrumental in pushing power utilities towards diversification of their technology choices, reckoned Masaki Sox Konno, managing director, Asia Pacific at South Dassault Systemes.
"Utility companies will need to operate efficiently and run on lean resources tapping on technology. They will need to tap on innovations like 3D modelling and simulation to better plan projects to cut down on costly outages and shutdowns," he said. Konno added that utility companies should take advantage of modern connectivity to share business critical information in real-time across their multi-disciplinary teams, which then enables them to make better informed decisions.
The importance of connectivity in shaping the energy sector cannot be underestimated, said Bundit Sapianchai, president of BPCG Public Company Limited, which is developing a pilot online trading platform to be used in a rooftop solar-powered community. "The most important trend that we find impact our business today is Internet of Energy which will greatly change the way the world consumes energy.


For the next interview in our series, we chatted with Sarah Sauer of Guten Co. Sarah used her art background and work experience to start her San Antonio-based studio, Guten Co., where she focuses on creating functional ceramics as well as letterpress printing.
Below, we chatted with Sarah to learn what a typical day in the studio looks like for her, where she goes for inspiration, and what her best advice is for starting a creative business.
Tell us about your background. What were you doing before Guten Co, and what led you to start the business?
I started Guten Co. right as I was graduating from art school so my background before the biz was developing the skills I use everyday to tackle the varied projects that come through the studio. Besides the traditional art school classes, I apprenticed under two artists that taught me most of the practical skills I needed and connected me to much of my current art community. I can't emphasize enough how much of a game changer it was to learn from working artists! I decided to start the business because I was confident that the products I made would be successful and I was not seeing positions in the job market working for others that would nurture the creative skills I learned. I'm so grateful that building this business has fulfilled my need to have a daily art practice and continue learning the craft.
I'm stretched outside my comfort zone daily! Early on I thought I would get past some arbitrary learning curve and daily operations would be a breeze with zero hiccups. But a new issue arises each day that needs to be addressed and solved, from customer service to production. But after enough time you learn to trust that you can tackle that wide range of issues and be grateful that this process keeps you constantly evolving.
Guten Co. is a multidisciplinary studio so each day is a bit different as I juggle a few different media. I arrive early before 8am most days, knock out emails and client correspondence first thing and then try to focus the better part of the day on production. The day usually ends with order fulfillment, a rushed trip to UPS and then a long walk with my dog, Hugo, to unwind.
I always look to contemporary architecture and furniture design for inspiration for new ceramic pieces. I see such a close connection between those fields and the practice of ceramics as they all require equal attention to form, aesthetic, structural integrity, function and durability to be successful.
How do you think markets like FELIZ play a role in the small business community?
There's an amazing cross-pollination that happens when a group of high-caliber artists come together and share their patrons and friends with one another. Some of my best clients are friends or followers of other fellow artists that I've met through participating in pop-ups like Feliz. These events are tremendous opportunities to get connected with your specific market.
I love listening to "How I Built This" and "TED Radio Hour" to be exposed to new ideas and ways of thinking. I can tend to think conservatively about my business and hearing the growth stories of other companies challenges me to think bigger and more boldly about my goals for Guten Co.'s future.
Ask for face time with the leaders in your industry! Tell them your business idea, ask them for feedback, ask them to mentor you. It feels vulnerable, but the best decisions I've made for my business have come out of asking for input from the accomplished artists and designers that I admire and am intimidated by. So far, I have never had someone tell me "no" when I ask for 30 minutes of their time.
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Modernization of Sea Launch space facility to begin in two months
A view of the Odyssey launch platform of the Sea Launch service at a port in Slavyanka. Credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
MOSCOW, 13 September 2020 – Reconstruction and modernization of the Sea Launch space complex, currently based in Russia's Far East, is expected to begin in November 2020, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin said in a video posted on YouTube.
"I think that [we need to] solve all problems, legal issues, and to start modernizing the facility," Rogozin said.
Earlier this week, Roscosmos said in a statement that its top management along with industry experts had assessed the Sea Launch's readiness for missions of the prospective Soyuz-5 and Soyuz-6 rockets.
According to Rogozin, a Soyuz-5 rocket, with the capacity to deliver up to 18 tonnes of payload to the orbit when launched from the Baikonur and Vostochny space centers, will be able to lift more than 20 tonnes if launched from the sea-based facility positioned at the equator.
Since 2016, S7 Group (the holding company that integrates S7 Space Transport Systems) has been the owner of the assets of the Sea Launch rocket and space compound where 36 launches (including 32 successful) were carried out before being suspended in 2014. The sea compound comprises the Odyssey floating launch platform and the assembly and command vessel where rockets are assembled and control of pre-launch operations is exercised.
This spring, the command ship and the floating platform were taken from the United States to Russia's Far East. On March 17, the Sea Launch Commander ship arrived to Slavyanka and berthed at the Slavyanka Shipyard. The Odyssey spacecraft launch platform arrived to the port a couple of weeks later, on March 30.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on August 24 that the reconstruction of the facility would require about 35 billion rubles (roughly $470 million) and is expected to be over in 2023-2024.
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class AppDecorator < ApplicationDecorator
  decorates :application

  def participating_brigade_links
    unless application.participating_brigades.uniq.empty?
      raw_html = '
'
        application.participating_brigades.uniq.each do |brigade|
          raw_html << '
'
          raw_html << h.link_to(brigade.name, h.brigade_path(brigade))
          raw_html << '
'
        end
      raw_html << '
'
      h.raw(raw_html)
    else
      h.content_tag :i, 'No brigades have deployed this application yet'
    end
  end

  def default_description
    if application.description && ! application.description.empty?
      application.description
    else
      h.raw application.civic_commons_description
    end
  end

  def picture_gallary
    unless application.pictures.empty?
      raw_html = '
'
        application.pictures.each do |pic|
          raw_html << '
'
          raw_html << h.link_to(h.image_tag(pic.file_url(:thumb)), pic.file_url)
          raw_html << '
'
        end
      raw_html << '
'

      h.raw(raw_html)
    end
  end

  def decorated_deployed_application_users
    if deployed_application_users.any?
      raw_html = '
'
      deployed_application_users.each do |user|
        raw_html << "
#{UserDecorator.new(user).as_link}
"
      end
      raw_html << '
'

      h.raw raw_html
    else
      h.content_tag :i, 'There are currently no users participating'
    end
  end

  def repository_participation
    if model.repository_url.present?
      uri = URI.parse(model.repository_url.sub(/http:/, 'https:') + '/graphs/participation')
      http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
      http.use_ssl = true
      begin
        request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
        json = JSON.parse(http.request(request).body)
      rescue
        json =''
      end
      return json['all'][22..52] if json['all'].present?
    end
  end

  def repository_sparkline
    participation = AppDecorator.new(model).repository_participation
    raw_html = ''
    unless participation.blank?
      raw_html << h.content_tag('td', '', class: 'inlinesparkline')
      h.raw raw_html
    else
      raw_html << h.content_tag('td','')
      h.raw raw_html
    end
  end

  def repository_sparkline_label
    participation = AppDecorator.new(model).repository_participation
    unless participation.blank?
      'Commits/30 days'
    end
  end

  def number_of_deploys
    model.deployed_applications.count
  end

  def repository_url_link
    handle_none model.repository_url do
      h.link_to 'Github repository', model.repository_url
    end
  end

  def irc_channel
    handle_none model.irc_channel do
      model.irc_channel
    end
  end

  def twitter_hashtag
    handle_none model.twitter_hashtag do
      model.twitter_hashtag
    end
  end

  def creator
    handle_none model.creator do
      model.creator
    end
  end

  def license
    handle_none model.license do
      model.license
    end
  end

  def mailing_list_url_link
    handle_none model.mailing_list do
      h.mail_to model.mailing_list, nil, :replace_at => "_at_", :replace_dot => "_dot_"
    end
  end

  private

  def handle_none(value)
    if value.present?
      yield
    else
      h.content_tag :span, "None supplied", class: "none"
    end
  end
end


Once upon a time I worked a summer as a character in a haunted house attraction. I have to admit it was fun scaring kids out of their sneakers but there were lines you just didn't cross. If you did the entire experience would be ruined, or you might be sued. Perhaps this is a cautionary tale for Virtual Reality.
VR is where art and philosophy combine for me as a storyteller. VR is not just about cinematic technique where we can use styles, effects, and music to evoke emotion. As the storyworld creator, I am not just asking the viewer to take a journey with me. I am asking them to join me in the story. From the moment I first experienced VR I had a visceral and emotional reaction. Anyone who has tried it knows what I mean.
I believe VR storytelling comes with a new responsibility that is inherent in immersive narrative. The audience is no longer at arms length and separated "physically" from the content. They are in my story and it is my job to take care of them while they are on the journey. As we move from technology into the artistry of the medium, there are tools, new discoveries and best practices being established daily for VR production including the use of sound and light and color as devices for moving an "interactor" forward through a narrative. But before I get too enamored of the technology, I want to make sure I don't sacrifice my love for the audience.
I have always tried to write viscerally, to place myself in the shoes of the reader or the viewer. Writing for VR narrative demands increased awareness of the physical and emotional reaction people will have inside the storyworld. Will I evoke or exploit? A good friend is a writer/ director of horror films and he is literally like a salivating werewolf right now. He's scaring me already and I am not even inside his story. As VR storytellers, I believe there is a sensibility warranted here. We speak of VR creating empathy. I think as a writer I must have "experiential empathy" and be aware like with the character I played in that haunted house attraction that there are lines not to be crossed. I am not sure what those lines will be in VR but I do know that in what I create and in the story I tell, I want to be the one to responsibly establish them. I want to make sure the storyworld is the absolute best physio-emotional experience it can be, but I also want to grant the audience the respect it deserves.


Located in a quiet area just a few minutes from town and a short drive to West State, St Helens and Aldridge Schools, this home would suit a growing family.
First listed on 17 April, this house has been on Domain for 9 days (last updated on 17 April). It was last sold in 2014 and 171 other 3 bedroom house in Maryborough have recently been sold. There are currently 149 properties for sale in Maryborough.
In this street, the most recent sale of another house with 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 parking spaces was at number 51, which sold over 2 years ago.


I think the reason why people love 'Downton Abbey' is because all the characters are given the same weight. Some are nice, some are not, but it has nothing to do with class or oppressors versus the oppressed.
Saudi men have sisters, mothers, and wives, and in my working experience, I have had tremendous support from Saudi men. I really don't think that Saudi women are oppressed or abused.
The most obvious thing I do is I don't wear a burqa, and I'm definitely not oppressed. Plus, I'm quite obviously an independent thinker, which means as soon as I walk on stage, I dispel a lot of those stereotypes.
I think there's definitely a stereotype of white privilege, and that stereotype gets expanded to mean rich, not oppressed, not suffering, et cetera. And yes, it's a misperception.
You go overseas and people are oppressed and scared and worried but we're not like that... we're more like my films and how people come out at the end of seeing them - they feel good.
Otherwise we get off the track and we do not fulfil the historical role which we want to fulfil: to help the masses, the exploited and the oppressed of the world, build a classless society, a world socialist federation.
Religious suffering is at once the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of the heartless world, as it is the soul of soulless condition. It is the opium of the people.
Many slaves on this continent are oppressed, and their cries have reached the ears of the Most High. Such are the purity and certainty of his judgments, that he cannot be partial in our favor.
Going to any place that you view as more politically oppressed than your own country, there's a weird tendency to assume that the whole existence is determined minute by minute by the political reality, but of course, that's not the case for any of us.
When I first stepped into literature twenty-five years ago, I wanted to work on behalf of the oppressed, the working masses, and it seemed to me, mistakenly, that I would not find them among the Jews.
To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault.


Depression in young people, be they young adults or even kids, is a topic that is so rarely brought up in conversation and so desperately needs to be addressed more when talking about depression in general. Anyone at any age can have negative thoughts and lack of confidence to go forward and improve oneself, not just adults, and the sooner people realise what an effect it can have on young people the earlier we can help anyone suffering from it before they decide to take more drastic measures. We absolutely feel that it is a cause worth fighting for, and that anyone who has depression must be aware that, like the common cold, it can strike anyone of any age at any time; it's not just limited to adults.
We bring this up because it is one of the many topics addressed in When Marnie Was There, the latest film by Studio Ghibli and currently its last after the Japanese anime powerhouse announced a hiatus in the wake of co-founder Hayao Miyazaki's retirement. Should this be the last film it ever produces, as some fear might be the case, then it will be a powerful and emotional one to go out on.
Adapted from English author Joan G. Robinson's novel, moving the action from Norfolk to Japan, Anna (Hailee Steinfeld in the English dub) is an isolated and unhappy young girl living with foster parents in the city. When an asthma attack causes her foster mother (Geena Davis) to send her to the countryside to live with relatives (John C. Reilly and Grey Griffin), she still finds herself unable to fit in and make friends. However, she soon comes across a dilapidated mansion overlooking a salt marsh, which she later dreams of while seeing a blonde girl in one of the rooms – she later comes into contact with that girl, who goes by the name of Marnie (Kiernan Shipka), and they quickly form a special friendship, despite the mysterious circumstances surrounding Marnie and the mansion, which episodically looks in good repair and even occupied with guests and residents.
The crux of the story, at least in our opinion, lies within the personal struggle of its lead character – like many Studio Ghibli films, it features a young protagonist who is confronted with a moral and personal dilemma that many people, not just children, will recognise instantly but is swiftly adapted to fit within its more fantastical elements. It's clear the moment we first meet Anna that, aside from her asthma, she is suffering from some kind of depression that is clouding her better judgement, lacking in self-confidence and alienating most if not all potential friends around her as a result of her insecurity. We learn later that this stems from a discovery she made in connection to her foster parents, which also introduces the notion of what foster children must feel like to be in that situation with non-relatives posing as legal guardians, but it's hard not to recognise a state of depression within her body language and anti-social behaviour, something that a mixture of the writers, the voice actress, and the animators work heartbreakingly well together on to convey on-screen. Anna and the very personal struggle she is going through is respectively a character and a concept that is not explored as often in children's films, or even films in general, and because the character is written so effectively and the subject of depression is handled so delicately it makes for a far more emotional experience than it already is, which is something that Studio Ghibli can proudly name as one of their greatest achievements as of late.
As we can expect from the studio that brought us classics like Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke and many more, When Marnie Was There is a masterclass of atmosphere, story and, of course, absolutely stellar hand-drawn animation. The countryside landscapes are extremely luscious to look at, to a point where all you want to do is frolic and sunbathe within the green fields and riverbanks amidst a glorious sunny or moonlit backdrop (sometimes rain as well, which still looks unbelievable despite the gloominess), with all of it helping to establish a fair and light-hearted mood that makes the tougher moments slightly easier to swallow. We also find ourselves wanting to know a whole lot more about these warm and likable characters, with Marnie's mysterious past being something you want to discover even if it does lead to a very sad payoff; a sign of a good movie with strong characters is that you want to spend more time with them even when the film wraps up, and this one is no exception. We will say, however, that if anyone is expecting something along the lines of, say, Spirited Away in terms of fantasy and mythical creatures, they'll likely to be oh-so-gently disappointed because this really isn't that kind of film; it's more of a film about childhood, friendship, and the hardships that come with both.
If When Marnie Was There does end up being the last Studio Ghibli film, it's one hell of an emotional note to go out on.
When Marnie Was There may lack the fantastical worlds of several past films by Studio Ghibli, but it still has wonderful atmosphere, heavy themes, complex and likable characters, and some beautiful hand-drawn animation that makes it a wonderful film for anyone of all ages to watch.


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Re-watch reviews
Second looks: The Tender Trap (1955)
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Charlie is a Broadway agent who's a bit of a womanizer, courting a handful of girls (a modest estimate) all at once. Charlie's best friend Joe from back home comes to visit Charlie in New York while taking a "break" from his marriage.
Each man seems to have what the other wants; Charlie wants a happy marriage and Joe wants a more exciting life.
While visiting Charlie, Joe finds himself falling for Charlie's #1 lady, a classical violinist named Sylvia. Meanwhile, Charlie finds himself falling for a young girl named Julie who he met at an audition, even though she seems immune to all of his charm.
Charles Walters directs 1955's The Tender Trap, a musical romantic comedy starring Frank Sinatra ("Charlie"), Debbie Reynolds ("Julie"), David Wayne ("Joe") and Celeste Holm ("Sylvia").
I first saw The Tender Trap years ago. I enjoyed it well enough at the time, but not so much as to immediately add it to my DVD collection, and I kind of forgot about it until it ran on TCM a few months ago. My DVR recorded the film as a suggestion from that TCM run, and I decided to give it another watch since I hadn't seen it in so long.
The film opens with Frank Sinatra singing the title song while walking slowly toward the camera. This scene is so simple, but still so very effective thanks to Sinatra's charisma. No one compares to Frank. The song is lovely on its own, but it's even better with the ever-talented Mr. Sinatra singing it.
Delightful opening aside, the film is a bit of a slow-starter as the differences between Charlie and Joe's lives are established. We see a number of Charlie's many lady-friends stop by his apartment, while Joe tells Charlie (and the audience) all about his dull suburban life, which seems to be made up of nothing but debates about room décor and braces.
The film picks up when Debbie Reynolds enters as energetic Julie. Debbie is always fun to watch, and the back-and-forth bickering she shares with Sinatra early on is fantastic. A particularly great scene can be found when Charlie gives his best effort in trying to get Julie to come to dinner with him, saying it's for business even though he's attracted to her, while she rebuffs him. She sees right through his scheming and assures him that she doesn't want to date him, no matter how many times he claims it'll be a business dinner.
Debbie really shines in this film. I was on a bit of a kick of watching her films and reading about her when I watched The Tender Trap, which could have been a contributing factor in how much she stood out for me, but I tend to love watching her in any film, no matter when I watch it. Her screen presence is just so magnetic! She is definitely the stand-out member of the cast (with Frank coming in at a close second).
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Lovely music (both songs performed by the cast and the instrumental score) also work in the films favor, as do the visual aspects. Beautiful costumes and colors are used, and the set design is quintessentially mid-century. (Charlie's apartment is phenomenal.) The film is full of that bright visual appeal that is seen so often in films of the 1950s and 1960s.
Though The Tender Trap feels long and does drag a bit, overall I enjoyed it a whole lot more this time around than I did during my initial viewing of it a few years ago.
Lindsey July 24, 2013 August 10, 2013 1950s, celeste holm, classic film, debbie reynolds, entertainment, film, frank sinatra, not scored, old hollywood, re-watch, the tender trap
2 thoughts on "Second looks: The Tender Trap (1955)"
silverscreenings says:
This movie has a pretty strong cheese element, but I can't resist it! Is it the colours? The wardrobe? The fact that Celeste Holme ends up with the British guy from the elevator? I don't know, but every time I notice it on TCM, I drop everything and watch.
You know I can never resist the cheese!
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We have a custom process that takes information from a sub-object using a SQL SELECT statement then copies it to the parent object through XOG. The process has been running for several years already without issues.
However we have recently noticed that some projects have not been updated even though the process ran without errors. Is it possible for a process step with a custom GEL script to execute properly but for the XOG within that GEL script to not actually insert the information for some reason ? This seems to happen randomly because if we run a new process instance all the information gets copied.
Yes it is possible. The first two things that come into my mind are rights and the target object not found.
Sharing a sample XOG input file might help to think of more.
It could also be due to some Flag setting that the script is looking for. In pervious Project versions, you may be seting that Flag and later you may have stopped using that Flag. This could be anything like, Work Status, Progress or any of the Financial Settings etc. First step is to see if there are any differences in Project settings and Flags between now and then. For more, we need to look into the scripts.
A GEL Script running a XOG will not fail unless there is an connection error or a problem with the setup of the XOG message. The only way an error will be logged is if you programatically test for error or warning messages from the result string and log a GEL error. In most cases in the field, people test for a SUCCESS result only.
That being said, if you are trying to move data from a child object to a parent, there are a number of ways to do it with a modern PPM instance. If the value is numerical or an Enum based lookup, consider adding Aggregated Calculated Attribute to the parent object. These offer a number of options to summarize numerical values to a parent object, without needing the process engine.
If is the a String-based lookup value, then you can have the process itself set the value, rather than using a GEL script.
Without seeing what you are trying to do with your GEL script, it is hard to diagnose what is causing these data copy failures and to suggest alternatives.
There is another possibility. You can check whether or not this is happening to you by turning on Audit Trail for several of the fields you are updating with the xog.
Sometimes the changes are xogged in successfully and then modified back to the original values. This could happen if a user is already on the page where changes are made or changes to that page before the process starts. If they then click Save or Submit after the process completes, the changes written by xog could get changed by the user's save.


Last week week we planted a swan plant in the hope that a Monarch will come and visit and we can watch the life cycle process in action. We are all amazed at how beautiful the cocoon is...how does that happen?????
Come and see the beautiful butterflies that we have made...they will be on the wall next week.
On Thursday we made butterfly cakes and decorated them with sprinkles. They were very scrummy.!
There are masses of wonderful photos to show you but we are having issues with downloading....sorry will have them for next week.