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package edu.pitt.apollo.examples;

import edu.pitt.apollo.simulator_service_types.v3_0_2.RunSimulationMessage;
import java.math.BigInteger;

import edu.pitt.apollo.types.v3_0_2.AgeRangeCategoryDefinition;
import edu.pitt.apollo.types.v3_0_2.Category;
import edu.pitt.apollo.types.v3_0_2.ConditionalProbabilityDistribution;
import edu.pitt.apollo.types.v3_0_2.ConditioningVariable;
import edu.pitt.apollo.types.v3_0_2.ConditioningVariableEnum;
import edu.pitt.apollo.types.v3_0_2.DiscreteNonparametricProbabilityDistribution;
import edu.pitt.apollo.types.v3_0_2.GenderCategoryDefinition;
import edu.pitt.apollo.types.v3_0_2.GenderEnum;
import edu.pitt.apollo.types.v3_0_2.ProbabilityValuePair;
import edu.pitt.apollo.types.v3_0_2.UncertainDuration;
import edu.pitt.apollo.types.v3_0_2.UnitOfTimeEnum;

public class ExampleConditionalProbabilityDistribution {

	static final double ONE_DAY_LATENT_PERIOD = 1d;
	static final double TWO_DAY_LATENT_PERIOD = 2d;
	static final double THREE_DAY_LATENT_PERIOD = 3d;

	public ExampleConditionalProbabilityDistribution() {
		super();
	}

	DiscreteNonparametricProbabilityDistribution createThreeDayLatentPeriodDurationDistribution(
			double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsOneDay,
			double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsTwoDays,
			double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsThreeDays) {
		DiscreteNonparametricProbabilityDistribution latentPeriodDuration = new DiscreteNonparametricProbabilityDistribution();

		addValueAndProbilityToDiscreteDistribution(latentPeriodDuration, ONE_DAY_LATENT_PERIOD,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsOneDay);
		addValueAndProbilityToDiscreteDistribution(latentPeriodDuration, TWO_DAY_LATENT_PERIOD,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsTwoDays);
		addValueAndProbilityToDiscreteDistribution(latentPeriodDuration, THREE_DAY_LATENT_PERIOD,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsThreeDays);

		return latentPeriodDuration;
	}

	private void addValueAndProbilityToDiscreteDistribution(
			DiscreteNonparametricProbabilityDistribution distribution, double value, double probabilityOfValue) {
		ProbabilityValuePair valueAndAssociatedProbability = new ProbabilityValuePair();
		valueAndAssociatedProbability.setValue(value);
		valueAndAssociatedProbability.setProbability(probabilityOfValue);
		distribution.getProbabilityValuePairs().add(valueAndAssociatedProbability);
	}

	private Category createAgeGroupConditionedOnGender(Integer ageRangeLowerBound,
			Integer ageRangeUpperBound, double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsOneDay,
			double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsTwoDays,
			double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsThreeDays) {

		DiscreteNonparametricProbabilityDistribution latentPeriodDuration = createThreeDayLatentPeriodDurationDistribution(
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsOneDay, probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsTwoDays,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodIsThreeDays);

		ConditioningVariable gender = new ConditioningVariable();
		gender.setName(ConditioningVariableEnum.GENDER);
		Category male = createGenderCategoryDefinitionAndAssignDistribution(GenderEnum.M, latentPeriodDuration);
		Category female = createGenderCategoryDefinitionAndAssignDistribution(GenderEnum.F, latentPeriodDuration);
		gender.getCategories().add(male);
		gender.getCategories().add(female);

		AgeRangeCategoryDefinition ageGroupRange = new AgeRangeCategoryDefinition();
		ageGroupRange.setLowerBound(new BigInteger(ageRangeLowerBound.toString()));
		ageGroupRange.setUpperBound(new BigInteger(ageRangeUpperBound.toString()));

		Category ageGroup = new Category();
		ageGroup.setCategoryDefinition(ageGroupRange);
		ageGroup.setConditioningVariable(gender);
		return ageGroup;
	}

	private Category createAgeGroupConditionedOnGender(Integer ageRangeLowerBound,
			Integer ageRangeUpperBound, double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForMalesIsOneDay,
			double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForMalesIsTwoDays,
			double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForMalesIsThreeDays,
			double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForFemalesIsOneDay,
			double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForFemalesIsTwoDays,
			double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForFemalesIsThreeDays) {

		DiscreteNonparametricProbabilityDistribution latentPeriodDurationForMales = createThreeDayLatentPeriodDurationDistribution(
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForMalesIsOneDay,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForMalesIsTwoDays,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForMalesIsThreeDays);

		DiscreteNonparametricProbabilityDistribution latentPeriodDurationForFemales = createThreeDayLatentPeriodDurationDistribution(
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForFemalesIsOneDay,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForFemalesIsTwoDays,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForFemalesIsThreeDays);

		ConditioningVariable gender = new ConditioningVariable();
		gender.setName(ConditioningVariableEnum.GENDER);
		Category maleGenderCategoryDefinition = createGenderCategoryDefinitionAndAssignDistribution(GenderEnum.M,
				latentPeriodDurationForMales);
		Category femaleGenderCategoryDefinition = createGenderCategoryDefinitionAndAssignDistribution(GenderEnum.F,
				latentPeriodDurationForFemales);
		gender.getCategories().add(maleGenderCategoryDefinition);
		gender.getCategories().add(femaleGenderCategoryDefinition);

		AgeRangeCategoryDefinition ageGroupRange = new AgeRangeCategoryDefinition();
		ageGroupRange.setLowerBound(new BigInteger(ageRangeLowerBound.toString()));
		ageGroupRange.setUpperBound(new BigInteger(ageRangeUpperBound.toString()));

		Category ageGroup = new Category();
		ageGroup.setCategoryDefinition(ageGroupRange);
		ageGroup.setConditioningVariable(gender);
		return ageGroup;
	}

	private Category createGenderCategoryDefinitionAndAssignDistribution(GenderEnum gender,
			DiscreteNonparametricProbabilityDistribution discreteNonparametricProbabilityDistribution) {
		Category GenderCategoryDefinition = new Category();
		GenderCategoryDefinition GenderCategoryDefinitionDefinition = new GenderCategoryDefinition();
		GenderCategoryDefinitionDefinition.setGender(gender);
		GenderCategoryDefinition.setCategoryDefinition(GenderCategoryDefinitionDefinition);
		GenderCategoryDefinition.setUnconditionalProbabilityDistribution(discreteNonparametricProbabilityDistribution);
		return GenderCategoryDefinition;

	}

	private ConditionalProbabilityDistribution getDistributionRepresentingLatentPeriodDurationConditionedOnAgeRangeAndGender() {
		int childAgeRangeLowerBound = 0;
		int childAgeRangeUpperBound = 5;
		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForChildrenIsOneDay = 0.5;
		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForChildrenIsTwoDays = 0.4;
		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForChildrenIsThreeDays = 0.1;

		int youngPersonAgeRangeLowerBound = 6;
		int youngPersonAgeRangeUpperBound = 18;
		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForYoungPersonsIsOneDay = 0.2;
		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForYoungPersonsIsTwoDays = 0.6;
		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForYoungPersonsIsThreeDays = 0.2;

		int adultAgeRangeLowerBound = 19;
		int adultAgeRangeUpperBound = 99;
		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultMalesIsOneDay = 0.3;
		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultMalesIsTwoDays = 0.5;
		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultMalesIsThreeDays = 0.2;

		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultFemalesIsOneDay = 0.2;
		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultFemalesIsTwoDays = 0.3;
		double probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultFemalesIsThreeDays = 0.5;

		Category childAgeGroup = createAgeGroupConditionedOnGender(childAgeRangeLowerBound,
				childAgeRangeUpperBound, probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForChildrenIsOneDay,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForChildrenIsTwoDays,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForChildrenIsThreeDays);

		Category youngPersonAgeGroup = createAgeGroupConditionedOnGender(youngPersonAgeRangeLowerBound,
				youngPersonAgeRangeUpperBound, probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForYoungPersonsIsOneDay,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForYoungPersonsIsTwoDays,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForYoungPersonsIsThreeDays);

		Category adultAgeRange = createAgeGroupConditionedOnGender(adultAgeRangeLowerBound,
				adultAgeRangeUpperBound, probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultMalesIsOneDay,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultMalesIsTwoDays,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultMalesIsThreeDays,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultFemalesIsOneDay,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultFemalesIsTwoDays,
				probabilityThatDurationOfLatentPeriodForAdultFemalesIsThreeDays);

		ConditioningVariable ageGroups = new ConditioningVariable();
		ageGroups.setName(ConditioningVariableEnum.AGE_RANGE);
		ageGroups.getCategories().add(childAgeGroup);
		ageGroups.getCategories().add(youngPersonAgeGroup);
		ageGroups.getCategories().add(adultAgeRange);

		ConditionalProbabilityDistribution distributionRepresentingLatentPeriodDurationConditionedOnAgeRangeAndGender = new ConditionalProbabilityDistribution();
		distributionRepresentingLatentPeriodDurationConditionedOnAgeRangeAndGender
				.setFirstConditioningVariable(ageGroups);
		return distributionRepresentingLatentPeriodDurationConditionedOnAgeRangeAndGender;
	}

	public RunSimulationMessage setLatentPeriodToConditionalProbabilityDistribution(RunSimulationMessage runSimulationMessage) {

		ConditionalProbabilityDistribution distributionRepresentingLatentPeriodDuration = getDistributionRepresentingLatentPeriodDurationConditionedOnAgeRangeAndGender();

		UncertainDuration uncertainDuration = new UncertainDuration();
		uncertainDuration.setUnitOfTime(UnitOfTimeEnum.DAY);
		uncertainDuration.setProbabilityDistribution(distributionRepresentingLatentPeriodDuration);

		runSimulationMessage.getInfectiousDiseaseScenario().getInfections().get(0)
				.getInfectionAcquisitionsFromInfectedHosts().get(0).setLatentPeriodDuration(uncertainDuration);

		return runSimulationMessage;
	}
}


These two Great Graphics were created on Bloomberg. The first shows the price of crude oil (white line) and the JOC-ECRI index industrial metals index (yellow line). The metals included are steel, copper, aluminum, zinc, lead, tin and nickel.
The two times series were indexed to levels seen twelve months ago. They both moved largely sides for the first half the year. The divergence became evident in Q3 and accelerated in Q4.
If there was a significant demand shock, the world economy slowing precipitously, one would expect a closer tracking of the two. That this did not take place, offers a prima facie case that decline in oil prices is more about an increase in supply than a drop off of demand. This runs contrary to some media stories that have see weak demand as the key causal factor.
Still, the price of industrial metals has fallen. It is off by about 10% since mid-year. The lower chart shows that industrial metals index and the China's official manufacturing PMI Index. Re-indexing the PMI was not very helpful. The decline in the China's manufacturing PMI has coincided with the weakness in the industrial metals. China will release its December reading of its manufacturing PMI on December 31. It is expected to have slipped to 50.0 from 50.3. If so, this would be the lowest reading since September 2012.


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In 2004, Othman won the President of the Republic Award for a painting related to the realistic school. He drew a face of a woman in detail using oil paints and canvas.
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The state comptroller and a top labor leader said Thursday that Gov. Rauner was potentially squandering "hundreds of millions of dollars" by not paying contractual raises to state union workers.
In a news conference at the Thompson Center in Chicago, Comptroller Susana Mendoza and Roberta Lynch, executive director of the local American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said Rauner had ignored an Oct. 1 deadline to implement so-called step increases for more than 20,000 state workers, as called for in their last contract.
According to Lynch, Rauner unilaterally declared an impasse in negotiations with AFSCME Council 31 at the beginning of 2016 after freezing step increases for the newly employed the previous summer in his first year in office. That was affecting public-service workers, Department of Human Services caseworkers, correctional officers, and environmental workers, many of them fresh out of college and working their first jobs.
Lynch said the 20,000 most recent state hires make up about 40 percent of the state workforce, and "they tend to be the youngest and often the lowest-paid" workers.
Lynch said the union had fought the declared impasse and won the last decision a year ago in appellate court. Although the case remains under appeal, the state Supreme Court declined to hear it this spring and sent it back to the Illinois Labor Relations Board, which set an Oct. 1 deadline for compliance.
Mendoza pointed out the state was on the hook for back pay on those wage increases dating back more than three years, and that it was subject to 7 percent interest. She threatened a "crisis of payment" potentially amounting to "hundreds of millions of dollars" if the state were suddenly compelled to settle the back pay.
"They're not asking for anything they're not owed," Mendoza pointed out.
Brittany Adams, a caseworker with the Department of Human Services, said she'd received a 2 percent pay raise over the five years she's worked the job since graduating as a psychology major at the University of Chicago. She said that had not kept pace with the cost of living, and that she had had to defer payment on student loans, and she wasn't alone in that plight.
A Rauner spokeswoman replied Thursday that any owed salary increases would be paid once the issues are resolved.
"Despite the rhetoric at today's press conference, this isn't a matter of if step increases are going to be paid, but how and when," said Elizabeth Tomev.
She insisted, "The ILRB compliance officer did not order the state to pay employees' step increases by Oct. 1. The state was ordered to provide 16 categories of 'information' relevant to determine what employees were owed by Oct. 1.
Lynch and Mendoza charged that it was all part of Rauner's anti-union agenda.
Calling the governor "hopelessly out of touch," Lynch said, "He cannot tolerate when working people come together and stand together in order to say they deserve a decent standard of living.
Lynch said they'd press the issue, and she called on the ILRB to ask the appellate court to compel compliance.
Rauner, of course, originated the lawsuit that eventually became Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, with the U.S. Supreme Court issuing a ruling in June that struck down so-called fair share union fees and imposed what some have called "right-to-work" rules for government employees.
Mendoza was even more critical of the governor.


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ND officials: Optimism builds over $1 billion water pipeline to serve Red River Valley, central ND
FARGO--The push to deliver water from the Missouri River to the Red River Valley is gaining momentum and officials are optimistic that construction on the $1 billion project will start in 2019.
Written By: Patrick Springer | Nov 5th 2017 - 4pm.
McClusky Canal Photo courtesy of Garrison Diversion Conservancy District
FARGO-The push to deliver water from the Missouri River to the Red River Valley is gaining momentum and officials are optimistic that construction on the $1 billion project will start in 2019.
So far, 35 community and rural water systems in central and eastern North Dakota have committed to the project, which aims to pipe water from the Missouri to the Sheyenne River, a tributary of the Red River.
The project is the subject of a conference in Fargo Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the Holiday Inn from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The 165-mile pipeline will be used to augment water municipal supplies during droughts in cities including Fargo and Grand Forks, but also would enable industrial water users to tap into the project, which is being administered by the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District.
Officials are negotiating with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for agreements that would enable the pipeline project to use water pumped from Lake Audubon on the Missouri and to use a portion of the McClusky Canal.
The Snake Creek Pumping Station and McClusky Canal are features of the defunct Garrison Diversion Project, a massive federal irrigation project that stalled and was taken over by the state of North Dakota, evolving to become the Red River Water Supply Project.
Another option for getting water out of the Missouri would be to build an intake near Washburn, north of Bismarck, at a cost of $171 million. That option also would have higher operating costs, estimated at $4.3 million per year, because it would have to pump water uphill.
Following a recent meeting in Washington with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, officials are optimistic an agreement will be reached to use the old Garrison features to deliver Missouri River water to the pipeline.
"This was a very good meeting," Ken Vein of Grand Forks, a member of the water project's board, said, echoing Zinke's concluding remarks as the meeting ended. A letter from the federal government approving the arrangement is expected within a month, Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney said.
If the federal approval comes, as expected, a major hurdle will be completed toward completion of the project, which also could serve communities including the Jamestown area.
"I'm very confident it will happen," Vein said.
The 35 community and rural water systems that are committed to the project are seeking up to 159 cubic feet per second of water, which would require a pipe 72 inches in diameter. That's more than the 122 cubic feet per second originally envisioned for the project.
State support for the pipeline-capable of delivering water to half of North Dakota's population-is so great that funding for the 2017-19 budget was increased from $15 million to $30 million to enable construction to start by 2019.
North Dakota officials are eager to start construction during the Trump administration, whose environmental and natural resource policies are supportive of projects like the water supply pipeline.
"We want to have a substantial start now while we're dealing with the current administration," Vein said.
Officials fear that a delay could mean adverse policy decisions from a future administration, including a broader definition of wetland, which could make it much more difficult to get an approved pipeline route. Under current wetland conditions, the route can be permitted, officials said.
For much of its route, the pipeline would follow the North Dakota Highway 200 corridor. Officials estimate it will cost $6.36 million in the current budget cycle to acquire easements and exercise options for existing easements that otherwise will expire.
Another $6.35 million is needed to complete the final design of a "strategic section" of pipeline to be construction "shovel ready." Completion of final design of the project's intake and discharge structures will cost $4.3 million.
That leaves $13 million available to start construction, which would ensure that the pipeline project would fall under current regulations and permitting requirements.
Because the water supply project is now a state initiative, the permit to use Missouri River water will come from the state of North Dakota, not the federal government, which had authorized the Garrison Diversion Project.
The river water will be filtered and treated, mostly for sedimentation and chlorination, but will be de-chlorinated before the water is released into the Sheyenne River, said Steve Burian, a consulting engineer for the project. The treatment plant will cost $59 million.
Pipeline proponents are hoping for a rebound in oil prices, since oil revenues help finance water projects. Although the pipeline could be built in six or seven years, officials are hoping for a 10-year construction timeframe, Mahoney said. That would average $100 million per year in construction costs.
"There's enthusiasm for the project," he said.
What: Red River Valley Water Supply Project informational meeting
When: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7
Where: Holiday Inn, Fargo
More info: The conference, "Red River Valley Water Supply Project: Investing in Our Future," is open to the public at no cost. The agenda includes detailed sessions about the project's scope, schedule and financial considerations, among other topics.
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Roxy Music will revisit their self-titled debut album with a 45th anniversary reissue packed with unreleased demos, outtakes, radio sessions and more.
Art rock pioneers Roxy Music will revisit their 1972 self-titled debut album in early 2018 with a 45th anniversary reissue packed with unreleased demos, outtakes, radio sessions and more.
Roxy Music: 45th Anniversary Edition will arrive February 2nd in a variety of formats, including a 3CD/DVD Super Deluxe Edition that also comes packed with a 136-page book.
In addition to the remastered original album, the reissue also features alternate versions of every Roxy Music song, whether in the form of their introductory demo tape and studio outtakes. Roxy Music's BBC performances from the era, including a pair of Peel Sessions and a March 1972 radio concert, are also housed in the deluxe reissue.
The DVD will boast a 5.1 surround sound remix courtesy of Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson as well as live performances from 1972, including the band's "Virginia Plain" performance from Top of the Pops and four songs played on French TV at Paris' Bataclan.
Roxy Music arrived in June 1972 after the band had roughly 10 shows under their belt. At the time, the band was comprised of singer Bryan Ferry, saxophonist Andy Mackay, guitarist Phil Manzanera, drummer Paul Thompson and Brian Eno, who handled synthesizers and "treatments" early in Roxy Music's tenure.
Mackay added, "Late '71/'72 Roxy was our Arts Lab. The place where we exchanged ideas and dreams freely and created and explored a new sound landscape. We stepped into Command Studios with a complete album in our heads (and half the next one) and it only needed the tape to start running … no album was as easy to record again.


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To find other places to visit, photos, reviews, and more tourist information, read our Melbourne tour website .
Singapore, Singapore to Melbourne is an approximately 10.5-hour flight. You can also do a combination of flight and shuttle. Traveling from Singapore to Melbourne, you'll lose 2 hours due to the time zone difference. Traveling from Singapore in October, things will get much colder in Melbourne: highs are around 24°C and lows about 9°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 10th (Thu) to allow time to travel to Blackheath.
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For other places to visit, traveler tips, photos, and other tourist information, go to the Blackheath trip planner .
The Route module can help you plan travel from Melbourne to Blackheath. Traveling from Melbourne in October, you will find days in Blackheath are somewhat warmer (30°C), and nights are about the same (12°C). Finish your sightseeing early on the 14th (Mon) to allow enough time to drive to Sydney.
Escape the urban bustle at Manly Beach and Store Beach. Relax by the water at Bondi Beach and Clontarf Beach. The adventure continues: take a stroll through The Rocks, hike along The Opera House to the Botanic Gardens Walk, admire nature's wide array of creatures at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, and admire the natural beauty at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.
Traveling by car from Blackheath to Sydney takes 2 hours. Traveling from Blackheath in October, expect a bit warmer with lows of 17°C in Sydney. Cap off your sightseeing on the 19th (Sat) early enough to travel back home.


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Phillip Daniel Burleigh (born 22 October 1986) is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for Kyuden Voltex in Japan . He previously played for Canterbury (2018), Edinburgh Rugby (2014-2018).

Early life
Burleigh was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was educated at Shirley Boys' High School.

Professional career

Burleigh represented the Highlanders in the Super Rugby competition and Bay of Plenty in the ITM Cup.

Burleigh was initially selected in the Chiefs 2012 Wider Training Group before being drafted into the Highlanders for the injured Kendrick Lynn. His first match was a week later versus the Chiefs, where he scored the match-winning try at Waikato Stadium. He missed several months while recovering from shoulder surgery, but had returned to form by 2014.

Burleigh moved to Scotland in the summer of 2014, joining Edinburgh. In February 2016 he signed a two-year contract extension.

In August 2018, Burleigh was signed to Canterbury, playing in New Zealand's provincial Mitre 10 Cup for the 2018 season.

In 2018 he signed for Sunwolves, to play in the Super Rugby competition.

International career
After being domiciled in Scotland for three years, Burleigh was invited by coach Gregor Townsend to train with the Scotland squad in October 2017 ahead of the Autumn Internationals. He made his Test debut at Murrayfield against Australia, coming on as a replacement in the 53-24 victory.

References

External links
 playing statistics at itsrugby.co.uk
 profile at www.kyudenvoltex.com
 archive of Bay of Plenty profile

1986 births
Living people
New Zealand rugby union players
Chiefs (rugby union) players
Highlanders (rugby union) players
Bay of Plenty rugby union players
Rugby union centres
Rugby union players from Christchurch
New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Expatriate rugby union players in Scotland
Edinburgh Rugby players
People educated at Shirley Boys' High School
Scotland international rugby union players
Sunwolves players
Rugby union fly-halves
Canterbury rugby union players
Kyuden Voltex players

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Even if you are a freelancer programmer, web designer, developer or graphic designer, then you need to create an online presence through social media profiles(Behance, Dribbble). This this not all, maybe the most important thing is to get a domain name(a personal one – I really recommend Namecheap). Second step is to find a perfect vCard, CV, Resume html5 template or wordpress theme perfect for your profile and skills. This is why I created this amazing list with Best Personal vCard-Resume HTML Templates in 2016.
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In 2013, the Cité Hôtels Group will celebrate its 50th !
The first hotel in the Cité Hôtels Group was the Hotel du Donjon in the heart of the medieval Citadel. It was opened in 1963 by Etienne Jacques Pujol, Christine Pujol's father-in-law. This charming little 16-room hotel welcomed the first visitors to the Medieval Citadel in the modern era.
At the end of the Seventies, Christine Pujol took over the management of the hotel and converted the space of this former orphanage into modern rooms, increasing its capacity to 36 guest rooms. In the early Eighties, the Hotel du Donjon joined the Best Western chain.
In 1992, Christine Pujol bought the Hotel La Vicomté at the foot of the Medieval Citadel. That same year, she opened the Brasserie le Donjon, located at the corner of the Rue Saint Louis and the Rue de la Porte d'Aude in the Citadel. The Hotel La Vicomté took on the colours of the Mercure Hotel brand in 1993 and changed its name to Hotel Mercure Porte de La Cité. In just over 15 years, the hotel's room capacity increased from 24 to 80 guest rooms by spring 2009.
At the end of the Nineties, Christine Pujol purchased the Hotel des Remparts situated at the Place du Grand Puit in the Medieval Citadel. This hotel became of the three buildings making up the Hotel du Donjon.
In 2003, the Hotel du Donjon made extensions and opened 5 family rooms looking out onto the shady courtyard of the hotel's gardens. Le Comte Roger, a building with 5 rooms, was joined to the Hotel du Donjon in 2006. Its ground floor was converted to house the Comptoir des Vins et Terroir, a vinotheque promoting the best wines of the Languedoc Roussillon region.
In 2007, the Cité Hôtels Group took over the Formule 1 hotel in Carcassonne. It was entirely renovated in the winter of 2009-2010 to fly the colours of the hotelF1 chain, a French chain of low-cost hotels.


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Indonesia enigma: where now?
Indonesia, a vast, 'pearlstring' polyglot nation, has been an enigma for investors over the years
There's no question – Indonesia has made significant economic advances under the leadership of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the country's first directly elected president in newly democratic elections, since he took control in 2004.
Stability also seems assured as his Democratic Party emerged from the April 2009 parliamentary elections as the largest party, with nearly 21% of the vote – and analysts see this result as an indication of voting trends in the 8 July presidential poll.
But the government of the world's third-largest democracy and home to the world's largest Muslim population faces huge challenges stemming from the global financial crisis and world economic downturn.
So, is it a good time to invest in the country – or should investors give it a wide berth, at least in the short-term?
Indonesia's debt-to-GDP ratio in recent years has declined steadily because of increasingly robust GDP growth and sound fiscal stewardship. The government has introduced significant reforms in the financial sector, including in tax and customs, the use of Treasury bills, and capital market supervision. Indonesia's investment law, passed in March 2007, has addressed many of the drawbacks facing foreign and domestic investors.
Yet the country still struggles with poverty and unemployment, inadequate infrastructure, corruption, a complex regulatory environment, and unequal resource distribution among regions. The non-bank financial sector, including pension funds and insurance, remains weak, and despite efforts to broaden and deepen capital markets, they remain underdeveloped.
Economic issues in early 2008 centered on high global food and oil prices and their impact on Indonesia's poor and on the budget. The onset of the global financial crisis dampened inflationary pressures, but increased risk aversion for emerging market assets resulted in large losses in the stock market, significant depreciation of the rupiah, and a difficult environment for bond issuance.
As global demand has slowed and prices for Indonesia's commodity exports have fallen, Indonesia faces the prospect of growth significantly below the 6% or more recorded in 2007 and 2008.
Foreign investment inflow
However, the global financial crisis has yet to stem flows of investment into Indonesia: foreign direct investment (FDI) in January 2009 jumped by 61% from a year earlier. It reached USD 710 million, far more than the USD 440 million recorded in the same period in 2007, according to data from the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM).
"In the face of the global economic crisis, BKPM will continue to attract FDIs by continuing to reduce bureaucratic constraints, while modernising and simplifying investment processes,��? said BKPM chairman Muhammad Lutfi when these figures were announced.
On the domestic front, statistics are equally buoyant. Actual domestic investment rose by 33.3%, to Rp 0.76 trillion from a year earlier at Rp 0.57 trillion.
In total, realised investment increased by 57.8% to Rp 7.15 trillion, up from Rp 4.53 trillion in the same period last year.
However, says Lutfi: "In the long run, domestic investment growth may outgrow FDI. Last year FDI growth was around 40%, but this year it may drop to around 20%, while domestic growth will be higher than FDI in the full-year.��?
Yet, in January, the rubber and plastics industry recorded the highest domestic investment value of Rp 300 billion. The construction sector recorded the highest FDI value of USD 384.6 million, followed by the trading sector at USD 74.4 million.
So is impending FDI gloom a reality; or if or when it happens, will it last long, especially as global surveys (reported in the last UHY International Business) indicate that the Asia-Pacific region will recover from economic woes much faster than elsewhere in the world?
Says Lutfi: "There are no countries in this world that can withstand the global economic crisis, but I believe our national economy is dealing with the crisis better than most.��?
Currently, however, BKPM is focusing on investments in three sectors — agriculture, infrastructure and energy — to address the issue of a potential slowdown in investments during 2009.
Overall, BKPM projects that investment, both domestic and foreign, will grow by 10.7% to 11.2% this year, although this growth still represents a decline on the 20.5% growth recorded in 2008.
With exports already hit by the global economic slowdown reducing demand, Indonesia would still need a boost in domestic consumption and investment to achieve a 4.5% GDP growth, as targeted by the government under revisions to the 2009 state budget.
Macroeconomic outlook
After July's presidential elections, a high-level conference is destined to bring together regional and country heads to discuss the outlook for Indonesia, and the challenges and opportunities of doing business in South-East Asia's most populous market.
Indonesia's main exposure to the current crisis lies in its exposure to changes in capital flows, much like it did in the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98.
International reserves once again look small, covering around 150% of the country's short-term debt, well below the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) median of almost 600%, and putting it on a par with countries in the ailing Eastern Europe region.
However, unlike 10 years ago, and unlike most countries in Eastern Europe, Indonesia is set to run a current account surplus in 2009, just as it has done every year since 1998. This current account surplus will be an important source of capital inflows, and it means that despite its piles of short-term debt, Indonesia should have more than enough reserves to cover its expected external financing requirements in 2009.
The government's finances also look strong. Public debt fell to just 30% of GDP in 2008, from a peak of 100% in 1999. Furthermore, the fuel price subsidy bill has been slashed by a big fall in global oil prices. This has freed up funds for more productive spending in areas such as infrastructure and education.
Furthermore, in 2009 the government is also set to deliver a large fiscal stimulus, which will see the budget deficit rise to 2.5% of GDP, from 1.1% in 2008. The main goal of this stimulus is to support economic growth in the short term. And Indonesia's corporate income tax rate is reducing – from 35% last year to 28% in 2009 and down to 25% (the highest rate) in 2010.
One less favourable contrast between now and the Asian financial crisis, however, is that, as the developed world suffers deep recession, Indonesian export demand is extremely weak.
In the region, Japan saw its exports fall by 50% year on year in December 2008; Singapore experienced a 35% fall; Taiwan a 42% drop. And Indonesia has not escaped – its own exports fell by 36% in January 2009.
Japan, its largest trade partner, is expected to experience an economic contraction of 5.5% in 2009, suggesting the export picture will remain bleak. Importantly though, Indonesia is one of the least trade-exposed countries in Asia – just 33% of its GDP was accounted for by exports in 2008.
This advantage will not be enough to help it avoid economic recession in 2009, but its economic contraction is likely to be smaller than that experienced by many of its neighbours.
Where that leaves investors is, as always, a matter of judgement – no investment in an emerging economy is without risks. The question is: does profit potential from a hugely populous nation outweigh risk? Current investment levels suggest it does.
Investor and philanthropist George Soros has described it as 'one of the few bright spots on the gloomy global economic horizon'.
China's latest GDP forecast? Growth from one of the Asian tiger economies, maybe?
No. Soros is talking about Africa. It's a continent wracked by poverty, where electricity is intermittent, where corruption soaks up development funding, where political instability
UHY Expands in Serbia
Global accountancy network UHY extends its coverage within Europe by appointing Eki Revizija d.o.o. Eki Revizija d.o.o. was established on January 19, 2000. With a team of 17 staff and two partners, the firm is based in Belgrade, the capital and one of the largest cities in Southeast Europe. Eki Revizija d.o.o. was founded by the Economics Institute in Belgrade but operates as an independent legal entity.
Bank lending critical as global economic landscape evolves
Western governments have been trying to boost bank lending, especially to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), ever since the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers in the US — while banks have been resisting, looking to repair their balance sheets by reducing their loan books.


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Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History fills in the gaps on how the awesomeness that is the bicycle came to be.
Up-front confession: this book was not featured (so far as we know) at Interbike!
However, it DOES chronicle pretty much all the innovations throughout bicycling history, so rest assured that the predecessors to many of the "new" things there are mentioned in it!
Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History is by Tony Hadland and Hans-Erhard Lessing, and in the authors' words seeks to fill the neglected gap addressing the technical aspects of the history of the bicycle. It starts out with… well, actually it starts out with ice skating and wheelbarrows… but it quickly moves on to velocipedes and draisines, the predecessors of the bicycle.
Another confession: I haven't read the whole thing. I did read all the bits about velocipedes and high-wheel bikes and wire wheels and the development of the safety bicycle (aka a bike having 2 wheels of the same size), but after that concluded that this wasn't really meant to be read straight through – and yeah, it took me a bit longer to figure that out than it might take most people, but what can I say… I'm a bit of a bike nerd!
Apparently we should call these draisines!
So after some deliberation, I'd consider this more of a reference book: the next time you wonder, "when WAS the first bamboo frame made?" rest assured that this is the place you can find that answer! (page 178: 1890's, patented in 1896. Calfee wasn't exactly the first!).
The first 5 chapters of the book detail the history up to the invention of the diamond-frame steel bicycle. After that point, it diverges into chapters on different aspects of bikes, such as transmission, braking, and lighting. It also – at the end – includes specific sections on "racing" bicycles and mountain bikes, folding bikes, and military bikes (an interesting chapter!).
Overall this is a very informative book, and I say kudos should go to the authors for assembling all of the information in a scholarly fashion, complete with TONS of references at the back (if anyone out there needs to write a term paper on anything about bicycles, this should be your starting point!).
My one minor (major?) complaint about it is that it reminds me of several of my history classes in high school. How so? No, not because I fell asleep… I like history, and this book is written pretty well, so I didn't do that during either high school or while reading this! It's because in high school I had several years of history classes where we spent a ton of time on something early in the semester… and then gradually less and less time per topic, until by the end we rushed through the 1960's on in only a couple weeks (I don't think I had a history class that ever made it to the decade we were in!). Bicycle Design reminds me of this: it spends a lot of time on early development, but we get to the end and there are a scant 10 pages on mountain bikes. Two paragraphs on disc brakes. Two pages on suspension. Etc. etc. Yes, these are relatively recent in the scheme of things – but they're BIG things right now, they involve some pretty neat increases in bicycle capabilities, and they deserve to be included… not lumped together in a hash that includes everything from the 1970's til now in a handful of paragraphs.
Gripes regarding recent history aside, this is something every serious bicyclist should at least flip through sooner or later. I highly doubt many people (apart from the authors) have a good grip on all of the developments mentioned in its pages, so you're guaranteed to learn something (and probably something interesting!). At $20-something on Amazon (for a nice hardcover), it's definitely worth picking up for the coffee table, or for the bike-themed coffee shop, or for the bike shop, or for a stocking stuffer, if Santa's real nice and someone you know has a stocking that can accommodate a 564-page volume.
I've been riding the On-One Fatty fatbike for a few weeks now, and I am ready to share some initial thoughts with you.
I also want to clarify something before we get started. We reached out to Planet X/On-One USA for this bike primarily to test for our sister site Mtnbikeriders.com after our experiences with fatbikes in Las Vegas last September. But, we thought, "why don't we try this bike out as a commuter, too?" While we've long been advocates of the "you don't need anything special to be a bike commuter" camp, there ARE times when the right tool for the job is something a bit off the beaten path. Fatbikes, as you can imagine, are definitely not a typical everyday commuter choice for the vast majority of us.
As I mentioned in my introduction, there was almost no snow on the ground when the bike was delivered. I didn't have to wait long, though, as plenty more came only days later…and proceeded to pile up every couple of days thereafter.
So far, it has been a lot of fun, but there's also been a bit of a learning curve. Think of fatbikes as an overgrown mountain bike…but one capable of tackling terrain that may leave a regular MTB spinning its wheels. Riding a fatbike in hairy conditions isn't always as easy as swinging a leg over and pedaling away, though, as I quickly learned.
The On-One Fatty features an aluminum frame and a steel fork. I tested the 18″ frame (measured from the center of the bottom bracket to the top of the seat tube), and it fit just right (I'm about 5′ 9″). The frame is constructed with a doubled top tube and a low standover height, crucial for when you've got to stop in knee-deep snow. That doubled top tube and the overall construction means the Fatty is stiff from front to back; there was ZERO flex even when horsing this brute around in the white stuff.
The parts spec was fine for my purposes — nothing exotic, and everything worked just the way it was supposed to. Remember that we are testing a 1×10 drivetrain, and the newest version of the Fatty comes with a 2×10 for some extra hillclimbing gearing or bailout range if things get really ugly.
The Fatty did well when the snow was packed down or if it was a bit damp and heavy (snow in near-freezing conditions). It did tend to bog down in fresh, dry powder (well below freezing temps) or if the snow was saturated from melting. I asked my fatbike guru Chris Follmer for advice along the way, and he mentioned that generally, ALL fatbikes exhibit the same preferences for snow conditions. Some of that depends on tire tread and pressure, of course. I would like to try other tire patterns to see if some grip better in dry powder than the stock tires that come with the Fatty.
I did play with pressure, though…going as low as 5 psi, but generally hovering right around 7 psi for the best balance of grip and rolling resistance. On slushy roads or soft, muddy ground, the Fatty sings right along. On dry pavement…well, you can imagine that low pressures mean a sluggish ride. On dry days, I cranked the pressure up around 15 psi to see how the ride was — while there was still a good bit of rolling resistance, I was able to knock out an 18 mile trail/road ride in short order and without too much extra effort. Even with the high pressure (relative to most fatbike uses), there's a lot of natural suspension effect going on with the huge tire volume. Talk about smooth sailing!
Most fatbikes come with wide handlebars…I mean, REALLY W-I-D-E bars. The El Guapo Ancho bars that came on our test Fatty measure 820mm from end to end! Wide bars are needed to help keep the front end from wallowing out in soft conditions, allowing the rider to apply lots of "body english" as needed. Learning to relax my grip on the bars took me a few rides; at first, I was clenching them pretty tightly and wandering all over the place. Once I discovered that I could track better by relaxing, I started doing that…allowing me to stay in tire ruts made by cars, or packed-down areas on the trail.
In our formal review in a few weeks, we'll talk about commuting potential and the particulars of this bike's running gear. In the meantime, if your commute requires traversing snow, deep sand, mud, or you simply like to take shortcuts over the rough stuff, a fatbike might be just what you've been waiting for.


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Bad News for Dems: Impeachment Poll Is Horrific for Anti-Trump Lawmakers
Opinion | By Martin Walsh
Most would agree that the swamp creatures in D.C. have not bothered to learn what Americans think about impeachment.
Democrats are so eager to destroy former President Donald Trump's legacy and brand him a "traitor" that they ignore that nearly 74 million Americans voted for him.
Now, Americans are letting Congress know loud and clear what they think about this.
A majority of battleground voters want Congress to move on from impeaching Trump, according to a January 12 memo from the pollster John McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Associates.
The survey examined 800 battleground voters in key states — Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin — and found the majority oppose both another impeachment attempt and Big Tech dramatically increasing censorship.
The memo, which was addressed to Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller, found 60 percent of all voters view impeachment as "another waste of time and money."
An even greater percentage, 77 percent, believe the 117th Congress should prioritize dealing with the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, with less than a quarter preferring to prioritize impeaching Trump.
Nearly three-fourths also believe that the efforts of the Democrats, to impeach Trump, are "politically motivated to prevent the President from running again, stripping his Secret Service protection, and preventing him from having a presidential Library."
Other findings, per the memo:
- 65% of all voters agree that by continuing to attack the President, [President-elect] Joe Biden and [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi are making this worse and keeping the country divided. Only 35% disagree.
- 48% of all voters are less likely to vote for a member of Congress who votes to impeach the president. Only 36% are more likely.
- 80% of Trump voters and 76% of Republicans are less likely to vote for a member of Congress who votes for impeachment.
Beyond what Democrats do in Congress on impeachment, it certainly seems as if Trump is gearing up to run again in 2024.
Peter Navarro, a former top White House adviser, predicted that Trump will be elected in "a landslide" during the next presidential election.
During an interview over the weekend on Fox News, Navarro — who advised Trump on trade and manufacturing — also slammed President Joe Biden for signing over two dozen executive orders on his first week in office.
"Here's the thing with these executive orders. It's politics as usual," Navarro said. "When Donald Trump gets elected in a landslide in 2024 he's going to roll out the same kind of executive orders to roll things back."
During Trump's final speech on January 20th at Joint Base Andrews, he told his supporters: "We love you. We will be back in some form."
Trump also met with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in Florida last week to discuss their next steps.
"The meeting between President Donald J. Trump and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, was a very good and cordial one," a summary of the meeting said.
"They discussed many topics, number one of which was taking back the House in 2022. President Trump's popularity has never been stronger than it is today, and his endorsement means more than perhaps any endorsement at any time," it added.
"President Trump has agreed to work with Leader McCarthy on helping the Republican Party to become a majority in the House. They worked very well together in the last election and picked up at least 15 seats when most predicted it would be the opposite. They will do so again, and the work has already started," it said.
Author: Martin Walsh
Source: Trending Politics: Dems Get Bad News! Impeachment Poll Is Horrific For Anti-Trump Lawmakers


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Windows Live Spaces Launches, Replaces MSN Spaces
Michael Arrington	@arrington?lang=en / 14 years
Tonight at 9 pm PST Microsoft will announce the launch of Windows Live Spaces, a blogging and social networking site on the Live.com platform.
As Microsoft phases out the MSN brand in favor of Live.com, they've moved services over one at a time to the new platform. Unlike Windows Live Messenger, though, which runs in parallel with MSN Messenger, Live Spaces is taking over MSN Spaces completey – MSN Spaces pages now redirect to Live Spaces URLs. This is no small decision, because MSN Spaces is currently the largest blogging platform with over 100 million unique monthly visitors.
Live Spaces is a better platform than MSN spaces, assuming it's as stable. There are two key new features.
The first is a Friends Module that can be added to a space. Users then invite friends who will then appear on the site. Clicking on the messenger icon will initiate an IM session with that friend as well. With another click you can view all of the friends of your friend, expanding your network (and racking up page views for Microsoft). This last feature is called Friends Explorer – see the first large screenshot below.
Second, Live.com gadgets can now be added to spaces with a single click. The last screen shot below shows a number of gadgets live on a spaces site.
Live.com Spaces still isn't as "cool" as Myspace or have the music angle, but it is a significantly more flexible platform and has a huge member base (especially in Asia) that is growing rapidly. It'll be interesting to check out the comscore numbers in a couple of months to see what kind of growth it generates.


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Neşe Yaşin
Neşe Yaşin (b. 1959 in Peristerona, Cyprus) is a Turkish-Cypriot poet and teaches the Turkish language at the University of Cyprus. In 1965, she and her family fled to the north of the island. A sociologist and peace activist, she was critical of the internationally unrecognised regime of the 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus'. Her political convictions led her to move in 1997 to the Republic of Cyprus, where she has since then been active in the Greek Cypriot popular movement, including as co-editor of the journal "Hade". However, this involvement is not reflected in openly political poetry; rather, Yaşin pours her experience of double exile into the poetic mould of love poems. Thus, Neşe Yaşin has two personas – the public persona, who is a newspaper columnist and radio broadcaster, and the poetic persona, whose subject is the liberating and reconciling power of love. An unmistakeable face has been put on this persona in six books of verse and a novel. She has not only been awarded the only literary prize in the northern part of the island, but is also the first Turkish Cypriot to receive the Cultural Prize of the Republic of Cyprus. Her poems are represented in German in the anthology "Zypern literarisch" (Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus 2008), and English versions of her work can be seen online here: http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/newpage/culture/poetry/neseyasin/nese.html
Publications (a selection):
Sümbül ile Nergis, 1978.
Savaşların Gözyaşları, 1980.
Kapılar,1992.
Ay Aşktan Yapılmıştır, Gendaş Kültur 2000.
Üzgün Kızların Gizli Tarihi, İletişim Yayınları 2002.
Bellek Odaları, Dünya Kitaplar, 2005.
Seçme Şiirler, Amargi, 2008.
Zypern literarisch, Botschaft der Republik Zypern, 2008.


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McDonald Hopkins Government Strategies Advisory: Immigration Reform Update
ALERT JUL 10, 2013
Critical House GOP Meeting
Today at 3:00 p.m., the House Republican conference will meet to discuss the future of immigration reform. The prospects for comprehensive immigration reform—including some sort of path to citizenship for the 11 million-plus illegal immigrants—very likely hinges on this meeting.
While there is broad agreement within the House GOP that certain changes to the immigration system are necessary, such as increased border security, improved e-verify technology, and fixes to the legal immigration process, deep divisions still remain over the question of a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
The House Republican conference also seems unified in the decision to eschew the recently passed Senate bill and move ahead with their own piecemeal approach.
So far, the House Judiciary Committee, headed by Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), has passed bills addressing issues, such as interior enforcement, employment screening, short-term agricultural laborers, and high-skilled workers. Goodlatte's committee, however, has considered no legislation dealing with the undocumented community.
The division on the question of a path to citizenship is a deep one. There are some in the House GOP who support a path to citizenship, some who only support a path after certain border security benchmarks have been met, and there is a group that opposes any path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
The staunchest opponents of a path to citizenship have been quietly meeting for months in the offices of outspoken immigration reform opponent Rep. Steve King (R-IA). This group, which includes ultra-conservative members like Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), plans to try to "stack the deck" with speakers opposed to comprehensive immigration reform at today's GOP meeting.
Meanwhile, GOP supporters of comprehensive immigration reform in the House continue to huddle with their Democratic colleagues in the so-called "Group of 7." The bipartisan group continues to work towards releasing a comprehensive plan for immigration reform, though the effort is behind schedule. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), one of the group members, said, "It's taken longer than I wish it had, by the way. But the good news is we're making great progress."
Today's GOP conference meeting could last well into this evening. We will release a comprehensive review of what comes out of the meeting and what it means for the future of immigration reform later this week.
You are welcome to reach out to McDonald Hopkins Government Strategies for more information regarding immigration reform, how it may impact you and what you can do about it.
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Are you thinking of buying a garden shed?
By Elaine | May 23, 2019
Summer is the time of year when we get a lot of inquiries about buying a garden shed. People who have recently built or bought a new home are looking for a safe place to stow away the lawn mower. Or people with a shed that is bursting at the seams and are looking to upgrade. …
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By Elaine | April 12, 2019
When you think of a car dealership you think of a bright and clean showroom and new shiny cars. When we think of a car dealership we think of the valet and cleaning bays out the back. We've been designing and manufacturing units for car dealerships for years. If you are an Audi driver and…
Designing and manufacturing pump houses
By Elaine | April 4, 2019
We've been involved in designing and manufacturing units for water pump houses for over 35 years and have worked on many high profile projects. We regularly work with Patterson Pumps in Mullingar to design and manufacture pre-packaged fire pump houses for their customers. We design and manufacture customised pump houses that will fit the specific…
Our sheds are on Par for Golf Clubs
By Elaine | March 31, 2019
It's the time of year when golfers are dusting off their golf clubs and getting back into the swing of it. While you are walking the course, you might notice a sheds around the grounds. We've been building bespoke sheds, storage units and driving range buildings for golf courses all over the country. We understand…
By Elaine | December 17, 2018
Christmas Holidays Closing Friday 21st December @12pm Re-opening Wednesday 2nd January 2019. Wishing you and yours a very safe & Happy Christmas.
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By Elaine | June 30, 2018
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By Elaine | October 3, 2017
PE teacher Mr. Ryan Delaney and students from Kilbeggan Mercy Secondary School receiving their new jerseys today sponsored by Shanette. Shanette are delighted to have their name on this years jerseys. We wish them all the best in all their up coming games!
Insulated Office & Treatment rooms
By Elaine | September 1, 2017 | 0
A small selection of units installed for use as home offices, treatment rooms & exercise studios. Click for more details
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By Elaine | August 25, 2017 | 0
A Bespoke unit installed this week. 6m x 3m Insulated Kingspan Unit Features of this unit included: 40mm Kingspan Insulation- Our Gold Range, this composite panel is available up to 100mm Full Galvanised framework PVC Fortex Exterior Finish in Pale Gold- this finish can be added to any range of shed Sloped roof…
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This bespoke unit was delivered complete with internal stables, sliding doors and internal partitions as per the customers requirements. A 14m x 12m unit with 3m wall height, 40mm Kingspan composite panel & a 12m x 4m Bronze range unit with 2.7m wall. These units, as with all Shanette buildings, are CE & ISO9001 certified.…
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Keeping your shed safe and secure
Garden sheds tend to store a lot of high-value items, from garden tools, lawnmowers, bikes, camping gear and other outdoor and garden furniture. As these items are expensive, keeping them safe and secure in your shed is a priority. Sheds are a prime target for thieves looking for valuable items that they can quickly move and sell, especially tools. So here are a few of our top tips on how to improve your shed security: Location We recommend having your shed positioned where it cannot be seen from the street if possible, but keep it within view of the house. This may not be possible in all gardens, but try to hide it from view as much as possible. Doors Ensure your doors have a suitable, sturdy lock. Ultimately you want to keep intruders out so using a flimsy lock is not going to do the trick. Do not leave the keys for the shed under a flowerpot beside the shed door. Keep the keys inside the house or leave them where they won't be easily found. Windows If your shed has windows, thieves will be able to see into the shed. Windows are often the weak point of the shed. If your shed is purely used for storage, then it may not windows at all, or you can obscure the view in with blinds ensuring that they are fully closed when you're not there. Alarm Fitting an alarm to your shed can deter thieves. Place a motion sensor in the corner of the shed along with a door sensor. An alarm doesn't have to be an expensive investment; you can buy battery-powered alarms from most hardware store. But consider the cost of replacing all the items in the shed and choose a suitable alarm. Light An outdoor sensor light which is triggered by movement is another effective deterrent, and it's not a huge investment. Taking a few security measures now can help prevent a break-in and the theft of your valuable belongings stored in the shed. If all shed security precautions are taken, then the likelihood of a break-in is low. However, if it does happen, you can improve the chances of getting your belongings back by marking them with a security system. This might be as simple as using a UV pen or using a more thorough marking system.
Mogeely Wastewater Treatment and Plant Rooms
We've been involved in designing and manufacturing units for wastewater treatment for over 35 years and have worked on many high profile projects. Last year we worked alongside EPS Group on a new build wastewater facility in Mogeely Co. Cork. The project involved the design, manufacture and installation of two units for the site in Mogeely, one unit to form a dosing building and a second larger unit to house the water treatment pumps (DAF Building). One of the key challenges faced in Mogeely was the installation of a unit on top of tank, which required a high degree of technical expertise. We complied with all of the safety regulations including risk assessments and lift plans to ensure the success of the installation. We built the units to the clients specific requirements, including all of the provision for louvered vents and services opes for the clients equipment and services. With such a large project we worked closely with the main contractor to ensure our insulated units meet all requirements. The entire unit was designed and manufactured at our facility in Kilbeggan. As each panel is prefabricated, we were able to install the unit in days. By having such a quick install, we were able to minimise disruption to the rest of the project by allowing services to be installed immediately after installation of the unit. We use a minimum of 40mm Kingspan Firesafe panels, but 60mm, 80mm and 100mm panels can be used-depending on project requirements. The project marks a significant milestone for us, having been selected through competitive tender to work on such a high profile project. The high standards and expectation of quality and safety at EPS Group are apparent throughout the Mogeely site, and we are proud to have our name attached to it. Building Standards Our steel buildings are manufactured in accordance with EN1090. All are CE approved and we can supply BCAR. The CE Certification applies to the design of buildings and the requirements for resistance, serviceability and durability of steel structures. This ensures our sheds are built to withstand Irish Wind and Snow loadings. Our structural frames are the strongest on the Irish sectional shed market. We have been involved with designing and manufacturing units for water treatment plants for over 35 years and have worked on many high profile projects. With the flexibility of manufacturing units to the customer's specifications we can provide a unit to suit you the customer. Water Treatment Customers: John Sisk & Sons Roadbridge EPS Group Veolia Water Murphy International Limited Group Water Scheme Patterson pumps - units kitted out by Pattersons and sent out all over Europe SIAC Glan Aqua Our team can offer a high-quality unit for your unique requirements. Come and see our full range of buildings at our show areas in Kilbeggan and Dublin, or alternatively contact us on 057 9332294 or email info@shanette.ie.
Summer is the time of year when we get a lot of inquiries about buying a garden shed. People who have recently built or bought a new home are looking for a safe place to stow away the lawn mower. Or people with a shed that is bursting at the seams and are looking to upgrade. Buying a garden shed is by no means complicated, but there are so many sheds on the market, which makes it hard to figure out which one is going to best suit your needs. Firstly, garden sheds are used for so many different things from stowing garden equipment, DIY projects or hobbies, a space for an extra fridge/freezer, a changing room depending on what you do for work and hiding the household clutter. When you know what your shed is going to be used for it makes it a lot easier to figure out what exactly you need. So here are our three tips for buying a shed. 1 Size The size of the garden shed is dependent on two things - how much space you have in the garden and the use of the shed. Measure out the available space in the garden, decide what the max you can allocate to a shed and work from there. If the shed is going to be used for household clutter, then maybe go with a smaller shed. Household clutter tends not to take up more space than a small shed. IF the items are delicate or likely to be damaged by damp, then investing in an insulated shed would protect those items. If you are planning on storing a lawnmower, tools, bikes etc. you need to move up a size. And if you are thinking of using the shed as a hobby or DIY space, then choosing a large shed that will comfortably accommodate you. If you are not sure of how much shed space you are going to need, then go for a slightly larger shed. It's better to be looking at space than looking for it. 2 Material You have three options for your garden shed; wooden, plastic or steel. There are benefits and drawbacks to all materials. Wooden sheds have been the traditional choice for years. You see them dotted in gardens all over Ireland. Wooden sheds tend to be airy, so you have less risk of condensation, making them ideal for storing items such as seeds. The downside of a wooden shed is that they have to be maintained, the wood will need to be treated with wood paint or preservative every year. Plastic sheds are generally small, easy to assemble and easy to maintain. Generally speaking, they are not the most stylish shed out there, and they are small. So if you plan on storing household clutter, they might be ideal. Steel sheds are low maintenance, quick to install and can withstand the weather. There's a wide range of steels sheds our there. We have a wide range of sheds in a variety of colours and wood effects with insulated walls and roof panels. The insulated sheds can retain heat when heated, so perfect for DIY and hobbies. 3 Planning Depending on the use of the shed, you may or may not need planning permission. Before building a garden shed, you should check in with your local council in regards to your planning permission. If the shed is for sleeping in, you need planning permission.
Did you know that we played a part in the Center Parcs project?
Center Parcs Ireland has been the most talked about tourist development in recent years. Based in Newcastle Forest, Co. Longford, the development has brought a huge boost to the Midlands. We were delighted to be awarded the contract to design and manufacture Plant Rooms for the Center Parcs project in 2018 with Sisk. Although the plant rooms don't play as high a profile role as the 470 lodges and activity buildings, they do play a vital role in the operations of Center Parcs. The plant rooms house water treatment pumps, which keeps the water safe and sanitary. The unit also contains the main sewage control room for the whole development, an office, changing room and bathrooms. We built the Plant Rooms to the specific requirements of the water treatment pumps, including all of the ventilation, lighting and electrical requirements. With such a large project we work closely with the developers to ensure our insulated units will meet the requirements of the pump. The plant rooms were in a forest green so that they blended into the environment as much as possible. The entire unit was designed and manufactured at our facilities in Kilbeggan. As each panel is prefabricated, we were able to install the unit in less than 2 days. By having such a quick install, we were able to minimise disruption to Center Parcs, and the electricians and plumbers were able to get to work quickly. We complied with all of the safety regulations including risk assessments and lift plans. We use a minimum of 40mm Kingspan Firesafe panels, but 60mm, 80mm and 100mm panels can be used to make the unit Building Standard Part L Compliant. As well as that the Plant Rooms are insurer approved and manufactured using fire-safe PIR insulation. The project marks a significant milestone for us, having been selected through competitive tender to work on such a high profile project. The high standards and expectation of quality and safety at Sisk are apparent throughout the Center Parcs site, and we are proud to have our name attached to it. Building Standards Our steel buildings are manufactured according to the strict building standards CE Certification and BCAR Compliant. The CE Certification applies to the design of buildings and the requirements for resistance, serviceability and durability of steel structures. This ensures our sheds are built to withstand Irish Wind and Snow loadings. Our structural frames are the strongest on the Irish sectional shed market. We have been involved with designing and manufacturing units for water treatment plants for over 35 years and have worked on many high profile projects. With the flexibility of manufacturing units to the customer's specifications we can provide a unit to suit you the customer. Water Treatment Customers: John Sisk & Sons Roadbridge EPS Group Veolia Water Murphy International Limited Group Water Scheme Patterson pumps - units kitted out by Pattersons and sent out all over Europe SIAC Glan Aqua all over the country. Our team can offer a high-quality unit for your unique requirements. Come and see our full range of buildings at our show area in Kilbeggan or Dublin or contact us today 057 9332294 or email info@shanette.ie.
When you think of a car dealership you think of a bright and clean showroom and new shiny cars. When we think of a car dealership we think of the valet and cleaning bays out the back. We've been designing and manufacturing units for car dealerships for years. If you are an Audi driver and bought your car from one of Joe Duffy's dealerships, you may have noticed their car valet bays out the back. Just like every car is different, every dealership is different. We create bespoke units to meet the dealerships exact requirements, whether its additional parking bays, cleaning bays for the car, mechanics workshop or valet bays we can easily and quickly design and install a unit. We've been installing these units all over Ireland and in Sytners in the UK. We've also worked with: - Joe Duffy - Blackwater Motors - Audi Cork - Audi Naas - HP Dennis - Skoda Ireland All of the units at car dealerships are from our Gold Range units. They are built using high tensile galvanised steel frames, that have been designed by our structural engineers. Our heavy-duty galvanised frame makes the unit tough and extremely durable, not to mention that they are maintenance free. This means that the valet bay or mechanics workshop will remain functional, safe and dry, whatever the weather brings. Shanette steel buildings are manufactured according to the strict building standards CE Certification and BCAR Compliant. The CE Certification applies to the design of buildings and the requirements for resistance, serviceability and durability of steel structures. This ensures our sheds are built to withstand Irish Wind and Snow loadings. Our structural frames are the strongest on the Irish sectional shed market. We are the only sectional shed manufacturer in Ireland that builds according to these regulations. Our team can offer a high-quality unit for your unique requirements. Come and see our full range of buildings at our show area in Kilbeggan or Dublin or contact us today 057 9332294 or email info@shanette.ie.
We've been involved in designing and manufacturing units for water pump houses for over 35 years and have worked on many high profile projects. We regularly work with Patterson Pumps in Mullingar to design and manufacture pre-packaged fire pump houses for their customers. We design and manufacture customised pump houses that will fit the specific pump including the required ventilation openings. We build the shed around the fire pump to create Pre-Pac Housing, using a minimum of 40mm Kingspan Firesafe panels, but 60mm, 80mm and 100mm panels can be used to make the unit Building Standard Part L Compliant. As well as that the pump houses are insurer approved and manufactured using fire-safe PIR insulation. We manufacture the pump houses at a Patterson Pumps facility on a unitary baseplate including all suction and discharge valving, test lines and are ready to install on delivery to the worksite. The pre-fabricated pump house building is wired to support an electrical system, lighting, heating and ventilation system, so the units are ready to work straight away. As we can manufacture the pump houses at Pattersons Pumps, it reduces the onsite building costs. The pre-fabricated units have been shipped all over the world from the UK, to Turkey, Estonia and Ecuador as well as all over Ireland. All of the pump houses are built using high tensile galvanised steel frames, that have been designed by our structural engineers. Our heavy-duty galvanised frame makes the pump houses tough and extremely durable, not to mention that they are maintenance free. This means that the pump houses will remain functional, safe and dry, whatever the weather brings. Shanette steel buildings are manufactured according to the strict building standards CE Certification and BCAR Compliant. The CE Certification apply to the design of buildings and the requirements for resistance, serviceability and durability of steel structures. This ensures our sheds are built to withstand Irish Wind and Snow loadings. Our structural frames are the strongest on the Irish sectional shed market. Water Treatment Customers: 50no units for Glan Aqua all over the country. Dublin Zoo Group Water Scheme Veolia Water Patterson pumps-units kitted out by Pattersons and sent out all over Europe Roadbridge Murphy Engineering SIAC John Sisk & Sons Our team can offer a high-quality unit for your unique requirements. Come and see our full range of buildings at our show area in Kilbeggan or Dublin or contact us today 057 9332294 or email info@shanette.ie.
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Hazardous conditions fuel talks about state takeover of B-W Parkway
Six-inch-deep potholes, emergency repairs, a reduced speed limit and an accelerated repaving program have rekindled the debate about transferring ownership of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to the State of Maryland.
"This year, the condition of the roadway deteriorated so rapidly that it became a national security issue," said Stuart Title, Chair of the FMA's Transportation Committee. "If there was an incident in the middle of the night and people had to rush to Cyber Command or NSA, they would have to deal with poor lighting and big potholes on the parkway. Somebody could hit a six-inch pothole and buckle their car frame while they are trying to go do work that is essential to our security."
National Park Service personnel and highway contractors have been working intensively to repair the parkway for the past three months.
"From the end of the government furlough in January when we had the first reports of potholes, we have been doing emergency repairs on the roadway from Maryland 32 all the way down to the Patuxent River Bridge near Maryland 197," said Baltimore-Washington Parkway Superintendent Matt Carroll.
Every day when weather permitted, 10-12 NPS staff filled potholes. Over the course of three months, they placed more than 170 tons of hot asphalt in potholes "and that was all done by hand, shovel by shovel," Carroll said.
Initially, those efforts could not fully address the hazards along the parkway. That prompted the NPS to reduce the speed limit from 55 mph to 40 mph between MD 32 and MD 197, and hire a contractor to complete additional repairs.
Those emergency repairs ended in mid-April and NPS began an accelerated plan to resurface the parkway between MD 197 and MD 175. The permanent improvements, which include a complete mill and new overlay of asphalt on the mainline of the highway and portions of ramps, will be conducted in two phases and completed by Labor Day weekend. Part of a multi-year plan to resurface 18 miles of parkway, the project was initially scheduled for completion in 2021.
NPS's repair efforts have been praised by the Fort Meade Alliance, Maryland's Congressional delegation and others. This year's hazardous driving conditions, however, have prompted renewed calls to transfer ownership of the roadway.
"I don't blame the Park Service for any of this," Title said. "They work hard and do the best they can in an organization that is tremendously underfunded… Congress doesn't seem to be willing to appropriate the proper money to maintain the parkway."
The road's designation as a parkway, rather than a highway, also limits the improvements that can be done, Title said. Federal parkway regulations preclude installing exit numbers, mile markers, electronic signs, emergency lanes and other features found on national highways.
In a March 2019 letter, Governor Larry Hogan asked Maryland's Congressional delegation to support his effort to take over the parkway. The governor and then Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke had signed a non-binding agreement in June 2018 to explore a possible transfer. Neither government has announced any concrete developments from that agreement.
The roadway's conditions had reached a "breaking point," Hogan wrote in March. "These conditions are unacceptable to Maryland commuters and our administration needs your support for this transfer initiative now more than ever… It is clear that the state taking ownership of the parkway is the only viable long-term solution to these problems."
"Significant deficiencies" identified in a 2015 study of the parkway have not been addressed, Hogan wrote. Those include "overcapacity operating conditions [and] roadway features inconsistent with industry transportation standards."
Designed in the 1950s to handle 25,000 vehicles per day, the parkway's traffic volume has grown to 125,000 vehicles per day. It has averaged 547 crashes and six fatalities annually since 2006.
While Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger has endorsed the proposed transfer to the state, most of the Maryland delegation are seeking further information on the subject. Meanwhile, a few dozen Maryland legislators are actively opposing the transfer, stressing that Maryland's Transportation Trust Fund is oversubscribed and unable to fund improvements to the parkway.
"It is very apparent to me that what has to happen is the state needs to take over that roadway," said Title, who has participated in studies of the parkway since 2015. Ideally, "it should be turned over to the state with some amount of federal money to bring it up to 20th century safety standards as recommended by the VOLPE report of April 2015."
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