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import {
  AsyncTestCompleter,
  beforeEach,
  ddescribe,
  xdescribe,
  describe,
  el,
  dispatchEvent,
  expect,
  iit,
  inject,
  beforeEachBindings,
  it,
  xit,
  TestComponentBuilder,
  ComponentFixture
} from 'angular2/testing_internal';

import {OnDestroy} from 'angular2/core';
import {Injector, inspectElement} from 'angular2/core';
import {NgIf} from 'angular2/common';
import {By} from 'angular2/platform/common_dom';
import {Component, View, ViewMetadata} from 'angular2/src/core/metadata';
import {DynamicComponentLoader} from 'angular2/src/core/linker/dynamic_component_loader';
import {ElementRef} from 'angular2/src/core/linker/element_ref';
import {DOCUMENT} from 'angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_tokens';
import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_adapter';
import {ComponentFixture_} from "angular2/src/testing/test_component_builder";

export function main() {
  describe('DynamicComponentLoader', function() {
    describe("loading into a location", () => {
      it('should work',
         inject(
             [DynamicComponentLoader, TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter],
             (loader, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
               tcb.overrideView(
                      MyComp, new ViewMetadata(
                                  {template: '<location #loc></location>', directives: [Location]}))
                   .createAsync(MyComp)
                   .then((tc) => {

                     loader.loadIntoLocation(DynamicallyLoaded, tc.debugElement.elementRef, 'loc')
                         .then(ref => {
                           expect(tc.debugElement.nativeElement)
                               .toHaveText("Location;DynamicallyLoaded;");
                           async.done();
                         });
                   });
             }));

      it('should return a disposable component ref',
         inject(
             [DynamicComponentLoader, TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter],
             (loader, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
               tcb.overrideView(
                      MyComp, new ViewMetadata(
                                  {template: '<location #loc></location>', directives: [Location]}))
                   .createAsync(MyComp)
                   .then((tc) => {

                     loader.loadIntoLocation(DynamicallyLoaded, tc.debugElement.elementRef, 'loc')
                         .then(ref => {
                           ref.dispose();
                           expect(tc.debugElement.nativeElement).toHaveText("Location;");
                           async.done();
                         });
                   });
             }));

      it('should allow to dispose even if the location has been removed',
         inject([DynamicComponentLoader, TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter],
                (loader, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
                  tcb.overrideView(MyComp, new ViewMetadata({
                                     template: '<child-cmp *ng-if="ctxBoolProp"></child-cmp>',
                                     directives: [NgIf, ChildComp]
                                   }))
                      .overrideView(
                          ChildComp,
                          new ViewMetadata(
                              {template: '<location #loc></location>', directives: [Location]}))
                      .createAsync(MyComp)
                      .then((tc) => {
                        tc.debugElement.componentInstance.ctxBoolProp = true;
                        tc.detectChanges();
                        var childCompEl = tc.debugElement.query(By.css('child-cmp'));
                        loader.loadIntoLocation(DynamicallyLoaded, childCompEl.elementRef, 'loc')
                            .then(ref => {
                              expect(tc.debugElement.nativeElement)
                                  .toHaveText("Location;DynamicallyLoaded;");

                              tc.debugElement.componentInstance.ctxBoolProp = false;
                              tc.detectChanges();
                              expect(tc.debugElement.nativeElement).toHaveText("");

                              ref.dispose();
                              expect(tc.debugElement.nativeElement).toHaveText("");
                              async.done();
                            });
                      });
                }));

      it('should update host properties',
         inject([DynamicComponentLoader, TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter],
                (loader, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
                  tcb.overrideView(
                         MyComp,
                         new ViewMetadata(
                             {template: '<location #loc></location>', directives: [Location]}))
                      .createAsync(MyComp)
                      .then((tc) => {
                        loader.loadIntoLocation(DynamicallyLoadedWithHostProps,
                                                tc.debugElement.elementRef, 'loc')
                            .then(ref => {
                              ref.instance.id = "new value";

                              tc.detectChanges();

                              var newlyInsertedElement =
                                  DOM.childNodes(tc.debugElement.nativeElement)[1];
                              expect((<HTMLElement>newlyInsertedElement).id).toEqual("new value");
                              async.done();
                            });
                      });
                }));

      it('should throw if the variable does not exist',
         inject([DynamicComponentLoader, TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter],
                (loader, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
                  tcb.overrideView(
                         MyComp,
                         new ViewMetadata(
                             {template: '<location #loc></location>', directives: [Location]}))
                      .createAsync(MyComp)
                      .then((tc) => {
                        expect(() => loader.loadIntoLocation(DynamicallyLoadedWithHostProps,
                                                             tc.debugElement.elementRef,
                                                             'someUnknownVariable'))
                            .toThrowError('Could not find variable someUnknownVariable');
                        async.done();
                      });
                }));
    });

    describe("loading next to a location", () => {
      it('should work',
         inject([DynamicComponentLoader, TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter],
                (loader, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
                  tcb.overrideView(MyComp, new ViewMetadata({
                                     template: '
<location #loc></location>
',
                                     directives: [Location]
                                   }))
                      .createAsync(MyComp)
                      .then((tc) => {
                        loader.loadNextToLocation(DynamicallyLoaded, tc.debugElement.elementRef)
                            .then(ref => {
                              expect(tc.debugElement.nativeElement).toHaveText("Location;");
                              expect(DOM.nextSibling(tc.debugElement.nativeElement))
                                  .toHaveText('DynamicallyLoaded;');

                              async.done();
                            });
                      });
                }));

      it('should return a disposable component ref',
         inject(
             [DynamicComponentLoader, TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter],
             (loader, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
               tcb.overrideView(MyComp, new ViewMetadata({
                                  template: '
<location #loc></location>
',
                                  directives: [Location]
                                }))
                   .

                   createAsync(MyComp)
                   .then((tc) => {
                     loader.loadNextToLocation(DynamicallyLoaded, tc.debugElement.elementRef)
                         .then(ref => {
                           loader.loadNextToLocation(DynamicallyLoaded2, tc.debugElement.elementRef)
                               .then(ref2 => {
                                 var firstSibling = DOM.nextSibling(tc.debugElement.nativeElement);
                                 var secondSibling = DOM.nextSibling(firstSibling);
                                 expect(tc.debugElement.nativeElement).toHaveText("Location;");
                                 expect(firstSibling).toHaveText("DynamicallyLoaded;");
                                 expect(secondSibling).toHaveText("DynamicallyLoaded2;");

                                 ref2.dispose();

                                 firstSibling = DOM.nextSibling(tc.debugElement.nativeElement);
                                 secondSibling = DOM.nextSibling(firstSibling);
                                 expect(secondSibling).toBeNull();

                                 async.done();
                               });
                         });
                   });
             }));

      it('should update host properties',
         inject([DynamicComponentLoader, TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter],
                (loader, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
                  tcb.overrideView(MyComp, new ViewMetadata({
                                     template: '
<location #loc></location>
',
                                     directives: [Location]
                                   }))

                      .createAsync(MyComp)
                      .then((tc) => {

                        loader.loadNextToLocation(DynamicallyLoadedWithHostProps,
                                                  tc.debugElement.elementRef)
                            .then(ref => {
                              ref.instance.id = "new value";

                              tc.detectChanges();

                              var newlyInsertedElement =
                                  DOM.nextSibling(tc.debugElement.nativeElement);
                              expect((<HTMLElement>newlyInsertedElement).id).toEqual("new value");

                              async.done();
                            });
                      });
                }));
    });

    describe('loadAsRoot', () => {
      it('should allow to create, update and destroy components',
         inject([AsyncTestCompleter, DynamicComponentLoader, DOCUMENT, Injector],
                (async, loader, doc, injector) => {
                  var rootEl = el('<child-cmp></child-cmp>');
                  DOM.appendChild(doc.body, rootEl);
                  loader.loadAsRoot(ChildComp, null, injector)
                      .then((componentRef) => {
                        var el = new ComponentFixture_(componentRef);
                        expect(rootEl.parentNode).toBe(doc.body);

                        el.detectChanges();

                        expect(rootEl).toHaveText('hello');

                        componentRef.instance.ctxProp = 'new';

                        el.detectChanges();

                        expect(rootEl).toHaveText('new');

                        componentRef.dispose();

                        expect(rootEl.parentNode).toBeFalsy();

                        async.done();
                      });
                }));

    });

  });
}

@Component({
  selector: 'child-cmp',
})
@View({template: '{{ctxProp}}'})
class ChildComp {
  ctxProp: string;
  constructor() { this.ctxProp = 'hello'; }
}

class DynamicallyCreatedComponentService {}

@Component({selector: 'hello-cmp', viewProviders: [DynamicallyCreatedComponentService]})
@View({template: "{{greeting}}"})
class DynamicallyCreatedCmp implements OnDestroy {
  greeting: string;
  dynamicallyCreatedComponentService: DynamicallyCreatedComponentService;
  destroyed: boolean = false;

  constructor(a: DynamicallyCreatedComponentService) {
    this.greeting = "hello";
    this.dynamicallyCreatedComponentService = a;
  }

  ngOnDestroy() { this.destroyed = true; }
}

@Component({selector: 'dummy'})
@View({template: "DynamicallyLoaded;"})
class DynamicallyLoaded {
}

@Component({selector: 'dummy'})
@View({template: "DynamicallyLoaded2;"})
class DynamicallyLoaded2 {
}

@Component({selector: 'dummy', host: {'[id]': 'id'}})
@View({template: "DynamicallyLoadedWithHostProps;"})
class DynamicallyLoadedWithHostProps {
  id: string;

  constructor() { this.id = "default"; }
}

@Component({selector: 'location'})
@View({template: "Location;"})
class Location {
  elementRef: ElementRef;

  constructor(elementRef: ElementRef) { this.elementRef = elementRef; }
}

@Component({selector: 'my-comp'})
@View({directives: []})
class MyComp {
  ctxBoolProp: boolean;

  constructor() { this.ctxBoolProp = false; }
}


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Printing SA held its Northern Chamber Function at Centurion Country Club on 12 November, where members were updated on Printing SA's achievements in the past year, and its plans for 2016. The event was sponsored by Canon South Africa.
Steve Thobela, CEO of Printing SA, said, 'We are a trade organisation that represents the interests of the printing and packaging industry, ensuring it is sustainable. It's our responsibility to deal with any obstacles to this sustainability, and to ensure that our members continue to prosper.'
Other initiatives and projects for 2015 included:
- The structure of Printing SA has been re-organised. The training department has been strengthened with the appointment of Ken Leid as head of the training division.
- Wits graduate course: the 2015 Printing and Packaging Business Management Programme Graduation was held at Wits University on 30 July, where thirteen graduates completed the Johannesburg course. From the 21 students that were enrolled on the Business Management Programme, 17 were bursary students sponsored by Printing SA.
- Printing SA launched its TT skills pool project for their members in 2015. The purpose of the project is to create a skills pool of good quality calibre apprentices to be offered to the industry after they have successfully completed screening, testing and certain courses.
- Screen Printing Project: thirteen graduates from Printing SA's screen printing project completed the Multi-colour Level II screen printing course, and celebrated their graduation at a ceremony held at the organisation's Midrand office on 16 October 2015. The project up-skills unemployed women in the rural/township areas and teaches empowers them with screen printing and entrepreneurial skills.
- Thobela announced that Itumeleng Mashao will replace Louise Moralee who will be retiring at the end of 2015 after serving the organisation for more than sixteen years.
- The organisation has drawn up a new constitution that will allow it to expel members that do not conform to the values of: Professionalism, Integrity, Fairness, Sustainability and Accountability.
For 2016, the organisation has announced that it will deal with, among other things, the Air Quality and Waste Management Act. Printing SA is in the process of finalising a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Trade and Industry, making it easier for members to purchase equipment.
Zama Zulu, Marketing Manager at Two Sides South Africa, also outlined the projects the initiative has completed in 2015, including the new website that serves as a wealth of information that counters negative perceptions about the printing industry. Two Sides South Africa also released a Myths and Facts booklet, which touches on common misconceptions the public has about printing and packaging. Two Sides South Africa's aim is to raise awareness of the campaign to the same level as other countries. To this effect, a marketing strategy for the organisation is being finalised.
Source : www.africaprint.com

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mygutleaks 6 years, 1 month ago.
I have several PM from forum members asking me for advice. As I have told before, I can not go one by one because it is a hard task for me and don't have time for it. I hope you understand it.
I am mentioning my opinion regarding to severe candida cases here. First, you should try a basic approach for a reasonable time. Do it with discipline and perseverance. If following an anticandida protocol for some time, you reach a plateau or don't improve, then you can try more aggressive alternatives. What I suggest, and I have posted about it a lot of time is enemas. Plain water enemas, Nystatin retention enemas. Moreover, unresponsive cases should look to mercury toxicity.
There is light at the end of the tunnel even for the most serious cases. I am one of those who had a very severe overgrowth. It almost kills me.
I am absolutely convinced that high enemas are the fastest way to get better. The biggest fungal concentration is in the colon, and there isn't easy way to reach it by mouth. Enemas are a most for those who have a huge overgrowth. One time the fungal colonies living in the colon begin to be eliminated, you find the symptoms also go away.
I am doing my best to help. The enemas were that took me to the position I am today. I also know people that found the cure doing it after trying everything else. I have been posting in Curezone since 2008 and shared knowledge and experience with people who were battling it for years.
So, you know the "secret". If you don't respond, enemas will give you a big surprise. Give them time. I was doing them for 3 or 4 months before to see a dramatic change.
Someone also told me to write an Ebook with my experiences and knowledge. I really don't think about that. I have been cooperating with a pioneer Dr that is writing a book about CRC.
Where did you have your test done? I'm searching for a place I can get tested from The Netherlands.
My naturopath ordered it for me. The company is Mineral Check Ltd. I can't offer more help than that sorry!
Dr. Walt Stoll says that Nystatin tablets reach the colon. Nystatin was his go-to medicine for patients. Here's his board archives from the late 1990s.
my computer is having issues so i can't find the specific posts, but he says it works to reach the colon. he recommends also swishing nystatin around in the mouth and swallowing. if you're using tablets, you can crush them to accomplish this.
The topic 'Answering some PM' is closed to new replies.


The access was chosen for its strength and light weight design. A Grade 2 listed building, built in 1902, to provide the Victorians with the luxury of fresh water services for the ever increasing Capital.
One of London's leading house builders decided to turn the Pumphouse into 21st Century living.
The Pumphouse provides its own unique construction problems as the original building will incorporate two additional floors as well as a new wing, the top floor being Penthouses with panoramic views over the River Thames.
The Developer wishes and needs to retain the original facade and many of the unique features of the old Metropolitan Water Board Building.
The access, constructed in the Layher Modular System, was chosen for its strength and light weight design as there are vast voids under the perimeter of the building where the great water pipes used to deliver the water from the pumping station to the Capital.
Situated in a unique position on the side of the River Thames and filled with Victorian architecture the Pumphouse is a treasure trove of unique vintage artefacts which have been carefully restored, a selection of which will be used in the communal areas of this development.


Education has become the latest election battleground this week with criticism from Westminster of the Welsh Government's record.
It's top of Sharp End's agenda this week along with questions about the future of opencast mining in Wales and the prospects of improving the M4.
Plus what will the smaller parties hold out for if there are deals to be done after May 7th?
Adrian Masters is joined in the studio by the former leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Lord German; Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth; Nathan Gill, the UKIP MEP and Pippa Bartolotti, the leader of the Wales Green Party.


I began my workforce research more than a decade ago. My team and I sought to understand what people wanted from work. We asked ourselves: As certain skills and talent become more limited, what do companies need to do to attract and retain the workforce they need? Further, as the economy continues to shift toward jobs that depend on discretionary effort, how can companies engage and motivate their employees to dig deep and contribute their best efforts?
In our initial research, we divided our team into three sub-teams — each one assigned to conduct interviews with members of one of three major generations in the workforce: boomers, Generation Xers and Generation Y's.
When we held our full team meeting, each sub-team was eager to report its findings. Each felt it had identified the critical practice that would drive attraction, retention and engagement. One after another, the sub-teams reported that the key for their assigned generation was flexibility.
Boomers, now in their 50s and early 60s, have been driven by the sheer size of their cohort to work hard to remain competitive at all times. For most, teenage ideals around making a difference have been on the back burner for the past 30 years. However, as those in this generation begin to imagine their next life phase, most are looking to shift their focus — to put more emphasis on activities that give back or make a difference. For some, these activities may be philanthropic; for others, entrepreneurial, artistic or social. Whatever elements they add to their life mosaic will almost certainly require more flexible forms of work.
Members of Generation X, in their 30s and 40s today, are juggling multiple commitments. For many, their formative experiences included working parents, a latchkey childhood and single-parent homes. Many hold strong personal convictions about the type of parent they want to be — personal standards that often include the amount of time they want to spend or the types of activities they want to support. To juggle their complex lives, Xers need workplace flexibility.
Xers also want options for the way they shape their careers. Witnessing mass layoffs as teens and the changing social contract between employees and employers has left this generation committed to owning their careers and being self-reliant. They are drawn to companies that provide flexible career options.
Members of Generation Y were shaped during the early 2000s, when primary topics of adult conversation were terrorism and school violence. They adopted a world view in which random events could happen to anyone at any time. Not surprisingly, they are focused on the immediate reality, driven to live each day to the fullest. They look for work environments that enable them to pursue activities — at work and outside work — that they find meaningful and challenging.
Flexibility means something different for each generation. For boomers, the most important type of flexibility is the ability to fit other activities into a previously work-intensive life. The most popular form for many are cyclic arrangements: working full time for a period of time — say, several months — then being off for a similar period, able to focus on other activities. Other part-time arrangements and ways of down-scaling — taking on less responsibility — are also valuable to boomers.
For Gen Xers, flexibility has a day-to-day connotation — the ability to shift work commitments based on the unpredictable challenges posed by family or other demands. It also has a career path dimension. Xers don't necessarily want to follow the same paths pursued by boomers. Most want to be able to create their own paths forward and choose from multiple options.
Flexibility for Y's serves their desire to make each day meaningful and challenging. They like the flexibility to try new tasks, to move laterally and learn new skills. They also like the option of pursuing external opportunities as they arise — to travel, for example, or take on special projects.
Although flexibility takes different forms, it's an essential element to attract, retain and engage employees of all ages in tomorrow's workforce.
Tamara J. Erickson is founder and CEO of Tammy Erickson Associates, a business consulting firm, and author of four books, including What's Next, Gen X? She can be reached at editor@diversity-executive.com.


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The Claudel Project: Noon Divide
As the former French consul in Shanghai and a devout Catholic, it is easy to understand how the anti-Western, anti-Catholic Boxer Rebellion might horrify playwright Paul Claudel. However, it was a less than epic event from his own life—namely an illicit affair—that inspired his drama of rootless French expatriates advancing towards their ill-fate in turn-of-the-century China. Yet, as is often the case in his work, the worldly take on hidden, cosmic import in Noon Divide, the final production of the Storm Theatre and Blackfriars Repertory Theatre's Paul Claudel Project, now running at the Church of Notre Dame.
The entire notion of love, in any context, is highly problematic in Divide. Mesa, an unremarkable French civil servant, has given up on it completely, renouncing his kinship with his fellow man. For the flirtatious Ysé, it is a dangerous, but effective tool. On the proverbial slow boat to China (for the even more proverbial forty days), Mesa resents her attentions, while hating himself for the feelings they stir. There is definitely something percolating between them, catching the attention of the rakish Almaric, but escaping the notice of her easily manipulated husband De Ciz. Claudel though, is more interested in Mesa's attempts at abnegation than consummation, finding more drama inherent in the former.
As befitting a Zhivago-like romantic saga, the fate all three men will become intertwined with Ysé as the Boxer Rebellion inexorably boils over. Nevertheless, Claudel almost entirely shuns the macro picture, using the Boxers solely as background noise. Instead, his focus is more intimate and infinitely wider. It is a tricky duality that directors Stephen Logan Day and Peter Dobbins pull off quite nicely.
Granted, Claudel's dramatic instincts might sound counter-intuitive, but he certainly could write. One is immediately struck by the richness of his language and the effectiveness of the French translation of Divide. His dialogue is heavy with significance, but it never sounds awkward or affected. In fact, it is often quite sharp—witty, even.
Claudel's words are probably not a little daunting, but the four-handed cast proves quite game. Projecting a malevolent magnetism, Chris Kipiniak is particularly gripping as Almaric. Co-director Dobbins also conveys all the contradictions and uncertainties of Mesa, while still coming across as acutely human.
A deep and challenging production, Divide is a strong conclusion to the Claudel Project. Frankly, it leaves one wondering why Claudel's work has been so rarely revived. While he addresses faith in sophisticated and uncompromising terms that might not attract the materialistic or shallow, his plays offer much for directors to sink their teeth into. Divide is a case in point. Highly recommended, it plays at the Church of Notre Dame through November 20th.
Labels: French Drama, Paul Claudel
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Q: Quadratic Equations A rectangular garden has dimensions of 23 feet by 10 feet. A gravel path of equal width is to be built around the garden. How wide can the path be if there is enough gravel for 234 square feet?

A: Let the width be $w$.
On the $23'$ sides, we'll have two rectangles of dimensions $23\cdot w$.
Similarly, on the $10'$ sides we'll have two rectangles of width $10\cdot w$.
In each corner, we'll have a $w\cdot w$, or $w^2$ dimension square.
Thus, our equation is this:
$$4\cdot w^2+2\cdot23w+2\cdot10w=234$$
Solving:
$$4w^2+66w-234=0$$
$$w=\frac{-66\pm\sqrt{4356-(4)(4)(-234)}}{2(4)}$$
Take positive answer since dimensions can't be negative.
$$w=\frac{-66+90}{8}$$
$$w=3'$$

A: You have two concentric rectangles.   The exterior of the given dimensions $23\times 10$, and an interior one of dimetions $(23-2x)\times(10-2x)$ for some path width $x$.   The difference in area is to be $234 \text{square.feet}$ of gravel path $x$ wide edging the garden.
Solve for $x$ using some quadratic equation described by the above.
Note: You will have two algebraic solutions, though one of which will be physically preposterous and the other a design folly (the path almost fills the area available in the garden).

A: Use the quadratic formula to solve the quadratic equation ax^2 +66x -234 =0, where a is the constant pi. The reason you do not have two concentric rectangles is that the outside "rectangle" has four quarter circles of radius x for its corners. I think a better way to phrase the problem is to say that a gravel path of constant width is to be build around the garden. If you have opened a garden gate of width x, you will have seen it sweeps out a sector of a circle of radius x.

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Personally I have/use Indigo home control software from Perceptive Automation . It has a built-in Web server and client/server architecture that give you control and access to your home remotely from other Macs, PCs, internet tablets, PDAs, and mobile phones. Indigo Touch, is a native app for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Also, I have/use Salling Clicker software which is a utility that turns a mobile phone or handheld computer into a wireless remote control. Salling Media Sync puts your playlists, your music, and your podcasts on your mobile phone.
For my home phone I have/use Phlink from Ovolab. It is an information/message center.
You can learn more about these apps at their respective web sites listed below.
There is other software available. This is just what I have/use.
I am in no way affiliated with these companies other than as a customer.
Nice, but from a quick glimpse, these all seem to be primarily Mac-based.
They got me with the "even detect which way the person is moving!"


The students of our school's sixth and third grade performed a very interesting activity that we watched in Cardiff Wales.
Children sat randomly in a circle and holding a musical instrument that makes sounds when shaken, shared with their classmates what they did during the Christmas holidays. They talked about their feelings, the activities they did, carols and games.
A very nice activity that caused much laughter and joking between them!
As part of the exchange of good techniques in the Erasmus project HAPPENS+ the teachers of third and sixth grade and the P.E. teacher of the 11th Haidari, Athens Primary school, tried out with their students some of the games shown to the visiting teachers in the Wales LTTA.
The students had to team up into " Foxes" chasing "Rabbits" and "Frogs" looking for "Lillies" and perform the task given having a specific posture which made it a lot more difficult than the title sounds.
Students took exercise and had lots of fun playing these new games.
At Escola Martinet we organised a Mannequin Challenge in order to celebrate Peace and Non-Violence Day. It was a great opportunity to talk about how we can help each other, make & keep our friends and resolving conflicts.


There is a long line of jazz and fusion guitarists who are better known than New York's Wayne Krantz, but for 20 years he has been one of the few who can consistently make you leap off your seat and whoop. Krantz is not only a virtuoso improviser who doesn't seem to know what a cliche is (even playing a famous repertoire, as he has done with Donald Fagen's Steely Dan), he is a natural contrarian who bucks prevailing trends and seamlessly joins raw electronic noise to flat-out grooving. Krantz enlisted a flock of New York jazz and funk stars on his new album Howie 61, but this week at Ronnie Scott's he made a thrilling job of performing that repertoire with just guitar, bass and drums.
Krantz made his laconic vocals a centrepiece of the album, but they blend more organically into the sound of this trio – featuring long-time bass guitar partner Tim Lefebvre, and newcomer drummer Nate Wood. Wood looks and sounds as if he has absorbed Krantz's reflexive, fast-passing improv approach into every fibre. Howie 61's title track launched the gig, and developed in bursts of crunching guitar funk fitfully broken by Lefebrve's dissonant electronic sounds. Those subtleties of colouration similarly transformed the repeating motif that followed, before a build-up to another roar found Lefebvre's thudding bass and Wood's drums taking the band close to house-music territory, to the crowd's delight. A stop-start game between a grinning Lefebvre and Wood pushed a surprised Krantz into a series of unaccompanied breaks, and a slow mood-piece was a triumph of sinewy chording, contrapuntal bass playing and sympathetic percussion. It was, typically for Krantz, music without compromise or concession, but it could hardly have been more expressive.


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Suzuki is recalling 2 million cars after cheating on safety tests
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Suzuki plans to recall around 2 million vehicles after cheating on safety tests, filing false fuel-efficiency reports, and failing to conduct proper inspections.
Japan's third-biggest car company expects to book a one-off loss of ¥80 billion ($700 million), a big chunk of its projected net income of ¥220 billion($2 billion) for the year ended March 31.
Suzuki investigated its factories and found evidence of faulty brake checks, data tampering, and inspections being conducted by uncertified staff — assistant inspectors still in training.
Suzuki's recall follows similar incidents at Japanese rivals Nissan and Subaru.
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Suzuki plans to recall around 2 million vehicles in Japan after admitting it cheated on safety tests, filed false fuel-efficiency reports, and failed to conduct proper inspections.
Japan's third-biggest car company — it sold 714,000 units last year — will take back domestic vehicles sold since April 2016 that haven't received a government-mandated check-up. It expects to book a one-off loss of ¥80 billion ($700 million) as a result — a large chunk of its projected annual net income of ¥220 billion ($2 billion).
An internal investigation of Suzuki's factories found evidence of faulty brake checks, tampering with fuel-efficiency data, and inspections being conducted by uncertified staff — assistant inspectors still in training.
President Toshihiro Suzuki said it was likely there was "inappropriate confirmation of conformity to the Japanese vehicle safety standards" — in other words, inspectors falsified test results. He pledged executives would take a pay cut as punishment, according to Nikkei.
"We believe that Japanese automakers like Subaru and Suzuki have been trying to squeeze out additional volumes from their factories in Japan, rather than expand production," said Janet Lewis, an analyst at Macquarie Securities, in a research note. "This effort to sweat the assets in Japan appears to have resulted in corners being cut in the inspection process."
There don't appear to be any actual problems with the vehicles so far, she added, but the scandal "is raising questions about the trust in Japanese automotive manufacturing."
The recall could affect up to 25 car models, including some made for Mazda and other automakers, according to Nikkei. Suzuki will slow its production-line speeds by 2% to 5% to allow proper inspections, and rely on overtime and weekend work to maintain output. It's also earmarked ¥170 billion ($1.5 billion) for quality and safety investments over the next five years, according to Nikkei.
Suzuki's recall won't shock followers of the Japanese motor industry. Nissan recalled 1.2 million cars in Japan last October, after it found uncertified technicians were conducting final vehicle inspections.
Nissan — owner of the Infiniti and Datsun brands — recalled a further 150,000 domestic vehicles in December, after it found inspections of brakes, steering wheels, speed measurement, and vehicle stability weren't up to scratch. In July, it admitted testing of emissions and fuel economy at most of its Japanese factories didn't meet government standards.
Similarly, Subaru announced its biggest-ever recall — 2.3 million vehicles worldwide, including 300,000 in Japan — in February, citing a problem with brake lights.
Rising sales of cars and motorcycles pushed Suzuki's net sales up 4% to ¥2.8 trillion ($25 billion) in the nine months to December 31, driving net income up 10% to ¥181 billion ($1.6 billion), according to its third-quarter earnings presentation.
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Q: Custom File opener App in android Dear Folks,
              I am trying to build a custom file opener app for android. What i want is when I click a specific file it should ask me to open with my custom file opener. I have till now assumed that I need to register for a brodcast reciever in my Custom File Opener app so that When any file is selected it would send a broadcast to my Custom File Opener App and it would open the desired file ! Is that possible ?


After a dry night the Met Office has said the weather for today - Monday, February 6 - will be frosty, dry and cold, with sunny spells later on.
It will be a chilly start to the day and be prepared for frost at first with mist and fog patches.
This will lead to a dry day and sometimes sunny, but feeling cold.
Cloud will increase later. Rain should arrive during evening. Maximum Temperature 6 °C.


In my last water efficiency article (Water-Efficiency: Why Most Advice You've Read is Absolutely Inefficient), we began a slow turn away from lighting with a discussion of the 80/20 Rule and how your little positive behavioral changes with water aren't even a drop in the bucket when your other positive behavioral changes - making homemade pizza - evaporate the entire year's ocean of benefits in a few tasty bites.
Just because you know about fossil fuels, their finite amounts, their polluting, warming effects on the environment, and alternatives offered by the Hybrids - even if you have done your part to the best of your ability to reduce, reuse, and recycle — you haven't escaped the Resource Matrix.
You'll learn how to measure the global water impact of any nation, city, corporation, even yourself - to the nearest gallon or liter.
You'll learn the little changes you can make - the water equivalent of "change your incandescent lightbulbs to compact fluorescent lamps" - and still be able to take your wastefully long showers.


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Unleash your creativity through innovation, experimentation and exploration in a wide range of specialty areas.
Students gain hands-on experience with artistic technologies as they complete independent and collaborative artistic research and projects.
The broad-based curriculum includes study of art forms from around the world, women in art, and explorations in drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and ceramics. The art program culminates in a presentation of an original body of work in gallery, lecture and portfolio formats as a senior capstone.
"I feel pretty strongly about a liberal arts education. I think the opportunity it provides you to become a critical thinker, and the opportunity it provides you to gain a wide variety of experiences, is really important."
— Heidi Nielsen '96, COO Brink Communications
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Major in Fine Arts
The art major explores personal expression and interpretation to investigate aesthetic boundaries and to develop concepts relevant in today's world. The program also offers a minor in art.
Explore Our Art Studios
Pacific University's art studios are a hidden gem on campus. As an art major or minor, you'll learn how to use tools like 3D printers, laser cutter/engravers, CNC routers and a full suite of woodshop tools. In the 2D studio, you'll have access to plenty of space for painting and drawing, a printmaking a photo studio with a new Conrad intaglio press and silkscreens, a digital photo lab, and a traditional darkroom.
Our graduates are professional artists and photographers, landscape designers, illustrators, teachers, gallery directors and art therapists. Many art students pursue graduate school while others pursue business opportunities, such as starting art galleries and working in design firms.
Art Major Requirements
Discover the art major requirements at Pacific University.
Art Minor Requirements
Discover the art minor requirements at Pacific University. An art minor can be added to any undergraduate major.
Pacific University offers courses in art, ranging from introductory to advanced. Explore the art courses in our catalog.
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The Cawein Gallery
Located at the heart of Pacific University near Portland, Oregon, the Kathrin Cawein Art Gallery features several art exhibits throughout the year.
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intermezzi | An Exhibition by Cori Crumrine
The Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art is proud to present intermezzi, an exhibit by Cori Crumrine from March 14, to April 14. Crumrine is a ceramic artist who creates small-scale, abstract culinary forms using white stoneware and Procreate illustrator.
LARGER THAN ME | An exhibition by Tatyana Ostapenko
Tatyana Ostapenko makes contemporary history paintings that record the daily lives of people who don't usually make it into official historical records. Attend a virtual opening reception at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9. View the exhibit at the Cawein Gallery from Monday, Feb. 7 until Friday, March 4.
Sabrina Spurlock '20 Curates Performance Art Piece by Kayla Wiley '17
Sabrina Spurlock '20 curated the performance art piece Here's My Mom. She's Dead, created by Portland artist Wiley, also known as Kayla Wiley '17.


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Shareholder Alert: Robbins LLP Announces X Financial (XYF) Sued for Misleading Shareholders
December 12, 2019 08:29 PM Eastern Standard Time
SAN DIEGO & SHENZHEN, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shareholder rights law firm Robbins LLP announces that a purchaser of X Financial (NYSE: XYF) has sued the Company for alleged violations of the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to its September 2018 initial public offering ("IPO"). X Financial provides personal finance services in the People's Republic of China.
If you suffered a loss as a result of X Financial's misconduct, click here.
X Financial (XYF) Accused of Misleading Investors in IPO
According to the complaint, X Financial completed its IPO on September 19, 2018, offering 11.7 million American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") at $9.50 per ADS and raising more than $111 million in gross proceeds. Leading up to the IPO, X Financial claimed the Company was growing rapidly. Despite positive forward-looking statements, in November 2018, the Company's financial results for third quarter 2018 revealed a 40% sequential increase and 270% year-over-year increase in the delinquency rate for X Financial loans and a significant reduction in loans facilitated in the quarter. Then on April 25, 2019, X Financial disclosed in its annual report for 2018 on Form 20-F that there had been a dramatic increase in delinquency rates leading up to and during the IPO and that these negative trends were accelerating. Finally, on May 21, 2019, X Financial revealed in an earnings call that the Company was unlikely to achieve significant loan or revenue growth because its referred loan business had failed. Since these disclosures, X Financial's ADSs have consistently traded below $9.50. The stock currently trades at around $1.80 per ADS, representing an 80% plummet from its IPO price.
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The Atlanta City Council (ACC) voted unanimously recently to allocate $26 million in bonds to help finance a project aimed at homelessness, achieving a promise made by Atlanta's mayor Kasim Reed during this year's State of the City address.
"Since the year 2013, we have seen a 52 percent decrease in the number of unsheltered homeless individuals; a 61 percent decrease in the number of chronically homeless individuals; and a 62 percent decrease in the number of homeless veterans in our City," Mayor Reed said in this year's State of the City address.
According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle (ABC), the bonds will be matched by a $26 million donation from the United Way of Greater Atlanta (UWGA), a philanthropic community company fueled by volunteers and donors that focus on education, financial stability and health. UWGA will leverage an additional $66 million, making a total investment of more than $115 million.
ACC member, Michael Bond said Mayor Reed is the person who proposed the idea for the bonds allocated towards homelessness.
As reported by the ABC, during the next three years, the funds will be utilized in providing 364 new emergency shelter beds, placing 500 persistently homeless people in permanent housing, providing permanent housing for 300 homeless families and performing housing interventions for 254 homeless young people.
"I have and will continue to support well-crafted efforts to reduce our homeless population. Homelessness should not be hopelessness," councilman Howard Shook said.
According to Bond, the number of added emergency shelter beds and housing placements will be operated in homeless shelters that already exist, meaning there is no current plan for new shelters to be built along with this plan.
Bond said the housing interventions for homeless youth will be executed by the service providers that are currently providing a similar service and have a proven track record.
Whether families in need of housing are put in existing shelters or set up to be able to buy a home, Bond said it depends on the circumstances of the family and which program they are applying for.
"We've got down payment assistance and typically find those folks who apply for that are not in the homeless category," Bond said.
Councilwoman Cleta Winslow said the bonds are "needed because we're closing down [the Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter] and we need to be able to provide some services in an ongoing fashion." Winslow said discussion about the bonds began last year, when Mayor Reed brought the idea to the council members.
The ACC will float a bond, a form of municipal financing, to raise the funds and will pay it off from distributions from tax-allocation districts and general fund dollars.
A tax-allocation district is created for the purpose of catalyzing investment by funding certain redevelopment activities in underdeveloped or blighted areas using public dollars, according to Invest Atlanta.
The July 11 surfacing of a cell phone video showing a DeKalb County police officer striking a homeless woman with his baton during an arrest has led to more public discussion about the issue of homelessness in Atlanta.
Winslow said since council discussion about the bonds began last year, the bonds are not a reaction to this event.
The city council bonds act as an opportunity to end chronic homelessness in Atlanta.


Where is cacao grown ?
The cocoa tree is cultivated in the narrow sub-tropical strip either side of the equator (more specifically in the zone between 23° North and 23° South). Although the cocoa tree likes the heat, it does not like full sun exposure. For this reason, it is grown in the shade of adjacent trees.


Fabulous renovated rancher on 80 x 120 South facing Lot. Brazilian cherry wide plank hardwood floors. Gourmet kitchen with custom cabinetry by Nichols and Viking appliances. Grande room sizes. Cross hall plan. Two bedroom mortgage help er in bright basement Unbeatable value for this private Westside location. Pre-paid lease until 2073. Located in Salish Park.


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Q: Check on undefined variable causes fatal error I'm updating a very old website from a symfony 2 version to a symfony 6 version and I'm rewriting a bunch of the code.
I'm encountering a problem when checking a variable that has not be defined.
It causes a critical error when I'm expecting a simple warning.
For example:
if($testvar)
   echo "test";

I expect this to create a Warning, but not a fatal error. I've also tested this code online with some php tools and it seems its not creating a fatal error.
If it can help here is the precise error I'm getting from Symfony:

CRITICA| REQUES Uncaught PHP Exception ErrorException: "Warning: Undefined variable $testvar"

I'm using Symfony6 with PHP8.1.5
Perhaps there is some configuration at PHP level to be done ? Like not considering warning as critical error ?
Thanks

A: I did find a simple solution:
changing the error reporting inside php code did the trick
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT & ~E_WARNING);
I still got the warnings as logs, but its not stopping the scripts from running anymore


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Many separating or divorcing couples are choosing to go to family mediation, rather than family court to resolve the legal issues between them. They do this because family mediation is usually, faster, much less expensive, less emotionally draining and results in much more tailored resolutions that family court. Some people incorrectly believe that they can avoid seeing a lawyer by choosing mediation. Ontario Law says that is not the case. In addition, there are many good reasons to get help from a lawyer before, during and after mediation. This is not just a pitch by lawyers to keep business. To show why having getting help from a lawyer during mediation is helpful, even essential, we invited Accredited Family Mediator, Todd Slonim, to the podcast to explain.
Mr. Slonim, who is a professional and accredited family mediator conducts mediations both at the Toronto Family Court Mediation Service and privately, explains how parties who have assistance of lawyers find that the mediation goes more smoothly, has better and more creative resolution, and results in a more lasting agreement. When the parties get help from good family lawyers, they get better results more quickly and at lower cost. Mr. Slonim explains why that is the case and some of the problems that arise when parties do not have lawyers assist them with preparing for mediation and understanding the mediation process. From the perspective of a family mediator, Mr. Slonim describes how the involvement of family lawyers, early on, significantly helps the mediation process and leads to better results for the separating or divorcing couples. Especially in mediations over financial matters, one or both parties not having a lawyer can actually impede the mediation process. But, in every mediation, lawyers facilitate and expedite the process by ensuring the parties stay focussed on reasonable outcomes.
To assist with understanding the content of this podcast, Mr. Slonim, prepared slides that highlight the points he makes. Those slides show up on your screen on the iTunes version of the podcast. They are also shown to the left on this page if you are listening to the podcast on your desktop. If you are listening to this podcast throught the website on your mobile device, look for the slides below.
Mediation is an excellent process. But it can lead to poor results when the parties do not know what they are doing. Listen to this edition of the podcast to hear why seeing a family lawyer is essential for getting the best possible results from the family mediation process.
The host of the Ontario Family Law Podcast, John Schuman, is a Certified Specialist in Family Law and Divorce Trial Lawyer, mediator, arbitrator and collaborative lawyer, practicing in Toronto at Devry Smith Frank LLP, which is a full service law firm with several excellent lawyers in family law. If you would like to contact John Schuman, either call 416-446-5847, email him or fill out form below and click "send." We respond promptly whenever someone contacts us.
Thousands of people tune into the Ontario Family Law Podcast every month to get valuable pointers on family law, divorce and separation issues that can save them thousands of dollars. It is also available on iTunes. The Ontario Family Law Podcast is a companion to this easy-to-understand book on the Basics of Ontario Family Law, which is also available for immediate download as a $9.99 ebook from Amazon (Canada) and Kobo or as and iBook for iPad, iPhone or Mac. For a more comprehensive explanation of family law issues, a guide to Ontario's Family Courts and all the alternatives to court such as mediation, arbitration and collaborative practice, download a copy, order a paper copy from Amazon, or request it at your favourite bookstore or library.
If you would like to comment on this edition of the podcast, please use the form below. Your comments may help others in difficult family law, divorce or estates and succession situations. You can also use the form below to suggest topics for future editions of the Ontario Family Law Podcast. Please feel free to share this podcast with your social network using the sharing buttons below.


Ayesha is one of the newest additions to the team and started with us in November of last year. Ayesha is a very valuable addition to the team and with excellent administration skills, is often found helping out at the reception desk when needed. Ayesha can also be found assisting many of our clinicians as and when needed and is a real multi tasker.


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'TV Guide' Begs For Readership With Popcorn Promotion
Never one to accept the fact on screen guides have crushed their print business, TV Guide is getting together with Orvill Redebacker popcorn in a TV That Pops promotion that will place dollar off coupons and a chance to win eight complimentary issues of the magazine on boxes of the popcorn. The promotion will be aided by FSIs, POS displays and online ads. There's also a "TV That Pops Sweepstakes Challenge" that will award one lucky person a trip to TV Guide's After Party in LA following the 2007 Emmy Awards.
Topic: Magazine, Newspaper, Online, Packaging, Point of Purchase, Promotions
Closet Shelving is A Fashion Statement, Dammit!
For years. we've seen the very utilitarian ads for that closet shelf company, California Closets. That utilitarian approach always seemed appropriate since closet shelving is, well, utilitarian. It seems someone over at California Closets got bored just showing pictures of their shelving in ads which were usually placed unceremoniously in the back of many newspaper's Sunday magazine. A frustrated California Closets marketing person apparently stood up and said, "Dammit, we want some far forward right hand page action!" to which the Sunday magazines replied, "Dammit, we don't want any crappy utilitarian closet shelving ads ruining the front of our preciously wannabe culturistically fashionista-like magazine pages" to which California Closets screamed,"Dammit, we need to get ourselves some hip, vapid looking, ridiculously dressed models and drape them across the ad and, like, just kinda show our shelving in the background" to which the Sunday magazines said, "Cool, we'll take your money now for this ad we know people are gonna look at and go 'what the fuck are they selling here?'" To which we say, well, we've said enough.
Topic: Creative Commentary, Magazine, Newspaper, Strange
Binn Hated, Hand Needed, Flooring Fingered, Zombies Attack
- Copyranter hates, really hates Niche Media publisher Jason Binn and his prickish self importance. W don't know him but we think we hate him too after reading about his recent behavior
- Smaller sized newspapers are better. Especially if your laying in bed and your spouse needs a hand.
- BlogAds Founder Henry Copeland marvels at the Washington Post's description of its new blog ad service as "the next big, slightly-outside-the-mainstream idea."
- Intentional or not, the upside down version of this ad brings a whole new meaning to this flooring company's slogan, "Laid by the Best."
- Not at all related to marketing - unless, of course, it turns out to be some stealth promotion for the next zombie flick which it won't because it's just a fun little flash mob gig - but a mob of zombies attacked San Francisco Saturday. And Vancouver.
Topic: Newspaper, Publishing
Airline Says Stop Terrorism by Flying With Them
Perhaps thinking he'd suddenly stepped out of a time machine when he saw this Ryanair ad in today's Daily Telegraph, FishNChimps notes this ad's twisted ue of terrorism to promote air flight.
Chipotle Honest About Serving Dead Animals
It isn't usually expected that a restaurant be so honest in its ad campaign as to admit the product it serves kills animals but that's exactly what part of this Chipotle campaign does in a humorous manner. The campaign tag, "Honest Ingredients," ha s double meaning. It refers to Chipotle's goal of serving only meat that is "naturally and humanely raised and free of added growth hormones and antibiotics." It also refers to the company's progress towards these goals as reported in the print advertising, which states that given current availability and market pricing, "all Chipotle pork, about one-half of Chipotle chicken, and about one-third of Chipotle beef meet these standards." Check out all the creative here.
You can even create your own billboard copy at this site which has nothing to do with the company other than to have some fun with the ads.
by Steve Hall Aug- 4-06
Topic: Campaigns, Consumer Created, Good, Magazine, Newspaper
LA Times: We Used to Publish Editorial, Now We Publish Ads
Now that one newspaper has done it, they're all going to do it. Just like an agency account director who tells her AE, "Ah, fuck it. Just add another $20K to that quote. They'll never know the difference," the LA Times is getting greedy (or needy) and will now accept ads on the front pages of many of the paper's sections. The paper hasn't completely bent over to advertiser's wishes though - which is the reason Publisher Jeff Johnson is giving to the paper's employees versus the truth: the paper needs more money - and will not yet accept ads on the front page of the paper as some other papers have. That move will take some serious lubrication.
Nike Ad Likened to Crucifixion, Garners Complaints
Professing not to know why Nike would do such a thing (uh...hello? publicity), several have complained about a Nike ad featuring Wayne Rooney partially painted red with his arms outstretched. Church groups are likening it to Christ's crucifixion and British MPs think it's horribly war-like. Wieden + Kennedy, creators of the ad, defend it saying it has nothing to do with the crucifixion and was intended to celebrate Rooney's return to his team after an injury.
A Nike spokeswoman explains further, telling the Daily Mail, "If we have offended anyone on those grounds, we would stress it was unintentional and we apologize. It is not meant to be an aggressive picture, either. It was a case of catching the mood of the nation as everyone urges Rooney on to great things, and of course our slogan puts it perfectly. The red paint is not meant to be blood, it's just echoing the body paint which fans cover themselves in and the rest of Wayne's body is painted white. It's the flag of St George, and nothing else. We have had nothing but positive reaction to the poster and a lot of people have been asking if they can buy it. We have no plans to produce it as a poster."
Topic: Campaigns, Newspaper, Outdoor
Virginia Bans Liquors Ads From College Papers, Students Protest
Commenting on a recent Virginia ruling banning liquor ads from the state's college newspaper and the subsequent lawsuits filed by V Tech and University of Virginia students against the ban which the American Civil Liberties Union supports, Jossip wonders which came first: drunken college kids of liquor ads. Jossip even puts forth a tagline Bud Light might consider: The more college girls drink, the hotter they get.
Topic: Newspaper, Policy
Neil French Creates Award Show, Works With A Woman!
With a bit of sleuthing, Ad Age has learned killed-by-blog, women-are-crap, families-are-for-sissies Neil French will launched a new - as if we need another - global award show for print advertising. Apparently, he seems to have softened his viewpoint on women because he's (gasp!) working with a woman, London International Awards Owner and President Barbara Levy, to develop the awards. Due to some URL and business registration information dug up by Ad Age, the name of the awards may be World Press Awards which, oddly, makes it sound like a public relations award show. And yes, as we read the Ad Age article, they're still doing that ad impression increasing, automatic page reload cheating thing. For shame.
Anyway, newspapers and magazine are likely very happy an entity has been created to celebrate their, shall we say, not so healthy industries. No date has been set for the show but Ad Age says a call for entries is expected around September.
People Are 'Getting It' In Austin
It seems the Texas heat is causing people to get it all the time in Austin. The Austin-Statesman is running a promotional campaign with the tagline "How Do You Get It?" to promote the Austin newspaper and its online properties. One women gets it from her assistant, Ricky, on her desk. One basketball player gets it in the locker room. One student gets it from her guidance counselor. Hmm. One guy gets it from his dog. Yuck. One hottie got it her first week of college. One dude got it from his best friend's Mom. Uh, no thank you. Anyway, it's one of those campaigns that does cause you to go "hmm" and pay attention for at least a few more seconds than you normally would.
Topic: Campaigns, Commercials, Good, Newspaper, Online


The growing capabilities of Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVAs, also known as a virtual agent) are driving improved customer experiences, and vice versa. As the number of consumers choosing to engage with a business through digital channels instead of picking up the phone continues to increase, the more accurate the virtual assistant becomes. How? They're intelligent.
In fact, Opus Research recently published a report that details the eight characteristics that can be associated with the most successful deployments of Intelligent Assistance technologies in the enterprise. Enabled by technologies like natural language algorithms, artificial intelligence induced by self-learning, contextually-aware proactive search, speech recognition, and voice-assisted user interfaces, virtual assistants have come a long way. And it doesn't look like they're about to slow down anytime soon. A 2015 research report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers predicted that, by 2017, nearly two-thirds of all customer service interactions will no longer require the support of a human intermediary.
Not only do IVAs improve the customer's experience, but they deliver significant benefits to businesses as well. An IVA platform enables quick self-service options for customers, helping to reduce the number of phone calls, emails, and personal interactions. IVAs can also be used to improve interactions on traditional online web portals and smart phones, delivering a more personalized and engaging experience to mobile customers.
As futuristic as IVAs seem, many consumers are already engaging with them in their daily lives, and businesses of all sizes are eager to incorporate IVAs into their overall customer communication strategies. But with multiple virtual assistant vendors in the market, organizations are faced with identifying which one is best suited to their environment and requirements.
The Opus Research report Decision-Makers' Guide to Enterprise Intelligent Assistants also includes a list of eight characteristics you need for a great virtual assistant. Also provided is a tabular display of the 13 firms investigated by Opus Research and how each fills, making it simpler to decipher which one suits your requirements.
Download the report now by clicking here.


I just wanted to say a big thank you for an amazing session yesterday.
It was truly awesome, not only are you extremely beautiful and understanding to my needs but clearly an expert with the cane.
You certainly took complete control, with an air of austerity and confidence that undoubtedly left their mark! no pun intended.
My bottom is very very sore, but it is a happy reminder of my time spent with you and you seemed to enjoy it which is another bonus.
I will cherish our moments spent together and i look forward immensely to the next time i'm in town.
You will be top of my list.
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Округ Куитмэн () — округ штата Миссисипи, США. Население округа на 2000 год составляло 10117 человек. Административный центр округа — город Маркс.

История
Округ Куитмэн основан в 1877 году.

География
Округ занимает площадь 1048.9 км2.

Демография
Согласно переписи населения 2000 года, в округе Куитмэн проживало 10117 человек (данные Бюро переписи населения США). Плотность населения составляла 9.6 человек на квадратный километр.

Примечания

Округа Миссисипи


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France energy
EDF to boost power-storage capacity by 10GW by 2035
April 2nd 2018 | France | Electricity | Électricité de France
On March 27th Électricité de France SA (EDF) said that it planned to invest €8bn (US$9.9bn) to boost its power-storage capacity by 10GW by 2035. In addition, the French utility's new business unit will allocate €15m, over the next two years, in projects and start-ups focused on power storage and flexibility. EDF will double its outlay for researching and developing electricity-storage operations as well, investing €70m in 2018-20.The utility currently operates 5GW of electricity storage.
EDF is vying for leadership in retail power markets, both domestically and across Europe, by offering a range of battery systems. Over the next year, EDF plans to launch at least three battery projects, and offer electricity via solar panels and batteries in Ghana. By 2035, via local partnerships, it expects to have 1.2m customers that utilise off-grid power systems in Africa.
The utility's electricity-storage plan follows difficulties in its nuclear-power operations. Outages at some of its nuclear reactors pushed EDF's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation by 16% to €13.7bn in 2017. The company curbed its investments on coal-fired and nuclear power plants in the UK last year. However, it plans life extensions for its nuclear plants in the UK, albeit with some operating at a lower capacity.
Domestically, the French company has expanded its renewable-energy operations over the last few years. EDF took an 87.5% stake in Futuren, a French onshore wind power company, last year. It currently operates 80% of France's hydropower concessions.
EDF's net income rises by 11% to US$4bn in 2017
EDF, Masdar offer record-low bid for Saudi solar project
September 22nd 2017
French nuclear regulator finds anomalies in EDF reactors


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Q: Resharper 5.1 crashes with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 I have the problem that Resharper 5.1 crashed while VS 2008 SP1 tries to load it.
I got an error message telling me to excute some command line argument which I, i dont know we, didnt read.
Now I have the problem that even a VS and/or Resharper re-install doesnt fix this problem.
It seems that the plugin is disabled.
Anyone had a similar problem and knows what to do in this case?
Or where can I ask for help on this?
Br,
David

A: Please report this bug at http://youtrack.jetbrains.net


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Blantyre Works Mill Bell
Blantyre Oddities
I've got loads of amazing new photos exclusively coming soon to Blantyre Project.
This is the Blantyre Mill building in 1903, which was located between the Cotton Mill and the Powerloom Factory. The building was demolished, at that time, with exception of the part you see on the right between the 2 large chimney's which still remains today, as the renovated former Wages House beside the current bridge. It is little wonder that authorities condemned the building the same year of this remarkable photo.
However, this article is about another part of the building. If you look closely, you'll see the bell tower in the middle of the roof and of note, the bell is missing. This is because the year before, in 1902 the Blantyre Works bell (which used to summon David Livingstone to work in the 1820's), was presented to Stonefield Parish Church as a coronation gift.
It continued to be used as the church bell at Glasgow Road until it was given in 1922 to Low Blantyre Public School, where it stayed ringing in the children at the corner of Victoria Street and Glasgow Road until the school was demolished in 1977. The bell was then returned back to the Village and can today be seen on the north gable of Shuttle Row at the Livingstone Centre.
2014 Bell Plaque by Jim Brown
2014 Blantyre Works Bell by Jim Brown
2014 Blantyre Works Bell
From "Blantyre Explained" by Paul Veverka (c) 2016.
Sources: Photo courtesy of Veverka Collection.
Bell and plaque colour photos by Jim Brown
Tags: bell, livingstone, shuttle row


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Q: REDUX: How can I delete related item from my array? I am working on a project in React using Redux. I am trying to delete an item. However, it added an array to my array. How can I delete it? Here is my code:
import ActionTypes from "../constants/ActionTypes";

const initialState = {
  myCities: [],
  aCity: {},
  getCityById: {},
};

export const WeatherReducer = (state = initialState, { type, payload }) => {
  switch (type) {
    case ActionTypes.GETBY_CITYNAME:
      return {
        ...state,
        aCity: payload,
        myCities: [...state.myCities, payload],
      };
    case ActionTypes.GETCITYBYID:
      return {
        ...state,
        getCityById: payload,
        myCities: [], //first I tried to it empty, not works at all and I also tried without it
        myCities: [
          ...state.myCities,
          initialState.myCities.filter((item) => item.id !== payload.id), //Then I tried to find related item, choose it and add all objects to my array without related item
        ],
      };
    default:
      return state;
  }
};

I also added my delete stuff:
const HandleDelete = (cityId) => {
  dispatch(GetCityById(cityId, apiKEY));
};

Thanks for your effort

A: The .filter() method already returns a new array, so there is no need to put it inside of another array here
myCities: [
  ...state.myCities,
  initialState.myCities.filter((item) => item.id !== payload.id)
],

The above creates a new array [], and then puts all the elements in state.myCities into that new array using the spread syntax (...). Then, it adds a new element, which is the filtered array of initialState.myCities.filter(). Instead, as .filter() returns an array only containing the items your callback returned true for, you can directly use that array as the new value for myCities:
myCities: initialState.myCities.filter((item) => item.id !== payload.id)


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The Weymouth-based MV Freedom is a specially adapted boat with full wheelchair access which regularly provides trips to sea for those less able or with learning difficulties, in a safe, enjoyable and comfortable environment. Friends of MV Freedom – a registered charity run on an entirely voluntary basis by its dedicated committee, skipper, crew and supporters – was delighted to receive a donation towards the running and upkeep of their boat. The Master and Charity Steward of the Dorchester-based Lodge of Faith and Unanimity, accompanied by their wives, visited Weymouth Quay earlier this week to present the cheque.
Pictured above is the Master of the Lodge, Terry Bromberg (2nd Right) and the Lodge's Charity Steward, Roger Bassnett (far right). A cheque for £2,405 was given to Jennie Jackson, chairman of Friends of MV Freedom and her dedicated team of Trustees and volunteers. The money has been raised by members of the Lodge over the past 9 months through donations from the members, raffles, social events, and the profits from a successful ladies' night held at Weymouth Golf Club during Terry's year in the chair.
Every Province looks for ways to raise money for their festivals. Dorset has decided to do it from a great height, by challenging their brethren to take a 10,000 feet tandem skydive. Little did they know that the first volunteer to take up the challenge would be Mrs Mary Rousell, wife of W Bro John Rousell of Brownsea Island Lodge No. 9689, to celebrate her 70th birthday. A mother of two grown up children and with three grandchildren, Mary has always been an active fund-raiser for Action for Children, and is currently chairman of Friends for Guiding Brownsea Island. Her husband John said, 'as soon as she heard about it she signed up'.
W Bro Ray White, of Portland Lodge No. 1037, who is organising the event did his first jump this year, was so enthusiastic about it he decided that if he could challenge all the lodges in Dorset to send a volunteer to represent their lodge, it would make a great day out as well as raise funds for Dorset's RMBI 2014 Festival. Jumpers must pay a deposit of £50, and then raise sponsorship to a minimum of £325.
Set for May 2013 at Old Sarum Airfield, Salisbury, Ray is hoping he can attract not only Dorset masons, but also brethren or their families from neighbouring Provinces. He said that there is no upper age limit, and the oldest person to jump at Salisbury was 93.


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A Parish in Wartime
A Guide for Visitors
Synod Feedback Form
Parish Geography
Catechists
Vocations & Religious Life
RCIA Journey in Faith
Sacrament of the Sick (Last Rites)
Guide to Marriage
Newsletter and Events
Parish Advent Retreat
Formation & Ministries
Outreach & Charities
Hospitality and Social
Young People of the Parish
The Parish Pastoral Council is both a representative group, as well as a group representing some of the key ministries of the Parish. The Council meets four times per year, February, May, July & November at 8pm in the upper new hall. It has been part of the parish life since its introduction in the wake of Vatican II in the 1970's. It is a vibrant and powerful meeting place of ideas and support for the Parish Priest, where key items of parish growth and developments are discussed.
The Pastoral Council is concerned with all areas of Parish activity that allow parishioners to best live out the life of faith and Christian witness and deals with the Mission of the Church, planning both for the short and long term.
The Council is made up of:
Parish Pastoral Assistant
Chairman (appointed by the Parish Priest)
Parish Treasurer
Coordinators of all pastoral concern
Its members are part of an ongoing and fluid group who meet to push forward the ideas and challenges for the parish. An example of that is it is currently taking steps to make is presence more known in the life of the parish so that it can engage and renew its mission.
Many of the key developments over the years in this Parish have been formulated by the Parish Council and these include the building of the new halls, the disability access and the redecoration of the church and its environs. It is also a place where current issues are discussed and the many programmes and developments in our life of Ministry are formulated and acknowledged. Youth has been a constant concern for the PPC and the formation and development of the role of the Parish in Evangelisation is a key issue. For further detailed information the PPC minutes are also available on the parish website and these give one a flavour of the purpose and the challenge that the PPC brings to parish life. It is grounded in prayer and service.
Suggestions for items to be put on the Agenda are to be sent into the Parish.
A copy of both the Agenda and Minutes are published for the Parish on the
noticeboard and parish website.
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Musicboard-Berlin > Funding > Residencies > Hellerau
Dresden: HELLERAU
Last Application Deadline 15.7.2021
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Maureen Noe
maureen.noe@musicboard.berlin.de
T +49 (0)30 288 787 88
Musicboard Berlin in cooperation with HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts grants two three-week domestic residencies to Berlin-based interdisciplinary pop music soloists, duos, groups and bands. The residencies in HELLERAU, Dresden offer an international, active-collaborative and interdisciplinary atmosphere. Beyond the work on own projects, HELLERAU's internationally oriented residency programme offers its resident artists the opportunity to get in touch with the local scene as well as other resident artists working in the fields of contemporary dance, theatre, performance, music and media art. The residencies in HELLERAU are intended for artists of all pop music genres. With the term »pop music« Musicboard refers to all genres of popular music as well as cross-genre or experimental pop music that cannot be clearly assigned to the categories of jazz or classical and new music.
Eligible to apply are:
musicians living and working in Berlin
pop musicians that work professionally and stand out through their creative achievements
musicians with a high level of independence and personal initiative
musicians who are particularly open to interdisciplinary exchange
Musicboard grants two residencies at HELLERAU, each lasting three weeks in autumn/winter 2021. The periods are set, the residencies cannot be shortened or postponed. It is possible to apply for both periods. Residency I is suitable for solo artists, duos, groups or bands (maximum 3 persons). Residency II is suitable for solo artists or duos. Presence of the residents in Dresden during the residency period is required.
Residency I: 1-3 persons / 08.11. – 29.11.2021
Residency II: 1-2 persons / 29.11. – 19.12.2021
HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts is an interdisciplinary co-production and guest performance house in Dresden. HELLERAU promotes debates on art and society with thematic focuses, festivals and audience formats. The objective of HELLERAU's residency programme is to offer opportunities for artistic research in order to deepen and expand one's own working methods as well as to develop new projects.
In HELLERAU the resident artists are accommodated in single apartments with shared kitchens and have various work studios and a large garden at their disposal for rehearsals, experiments and training. Residents can receive technical support as needed. There is no permanent recording studio in the house and limited technical equipment is available. However, HELLERAU offers various rooms which can be equipped and used accordingly in consultation with the resident artists. During the residencies, the artists are supported by mentors in the development of their own projects and artistic careers and through access to relevant networks. In addition, the residents can expect a diverse programme on HELLERAU's stage.
A presentation of projects that were created on site during the residency is possible at HELLERAU's Bandstand 2022. As an annual festival of the local band scene held in February, the HELLERAU music format Bandstand has become a fixed date among music enthusiasts from Dresden and the surrounding area. In 2022, Bandstand opens up to new media, new audiences and new horizons and thus calls for entries for the production of experimental music videos to be broadcast from the Festspielhaus as part of a music video show.
The Musicboard covers:
the round-trip travel costs as well as costs for accommodation, rehearsal and project space, mentoring, technical support, provision of technical equipment and the entrance to HELLERAU performances
weekly stipend in the amount of 250 EUR per person
a singular contribution to project-related costs in the amount of 500 euros per residency
The following documents must be supplied, in German or in English, using exclusively the application tool that can be accessed via the button at the end of this page:
Completed Application Form
using no more than two A4 pages, including the presentation and basis of the planned artistic initiative in the context of the residency
Artistic resume
including proof of past performances, releases, and collaborations with other artists (e.g. in the form of web links, graphic documents or screenshots)
Three music samples
to be uploaded as mp3s
Scans of certificate of registration or personal ID (front and back)
indicating Berlin as place of residence. For bands, the registration certificate of the applicant band member is sufficient.
for non-EU citizens: Passport scan
including residence permit, duration of stay, and type of work permit. For bands, the document of the applicant band member is sufficient.
In each round of funding, applicants may apply for more than one residency, by indicating multiple options in the residency application. It is important that a statement of purpose is submitted for each residency site.
Only fully completed documents can be considered. All applications will be handled confidentially and used exclusively for decision-making and funding purposes. Publication of certain relevant details is granted by the applicant as part of the application process.
The residencies are awarded through Musicboard Berlin GmbH upon recommendation of a three-year term, independent jury of Berlin-based pop experts and in consultation with the Senate Department for Culture and Europe. In the fall of 2020 the following jury was appointed to the Scholarships & Residencies programme:
Elia Rediger
musician and curator of the series ›Aus dem Hinterhalt‹, Deutsche Oper Berlin
Julia Lorenz
music journalist and writer
Katja Lucker
Managing Director of Musicboard Berlin GmbH
Pamela Owusu-Brenyah
A&R, music consultant and curator Pop-Kultur Festival
Sarah Farina
DJ and producer
A short description of the jury members is available here.
We've collected here some frequently asked questions about Musicboard's residencies. This information is intended for general advice, is not legally binding, and does not take the place of an examination of individual circumstances. We will gladly answer further, detailed questions on the funding programme by phone or by email. Please read the FAQs and other explanatory notes on this website carefully before contacting us. We also recommend the free services of the Kulturförderberatung by Kreativ Kultur Berlin, which supports artists in all disciplines in their search for possible funding, can offer tips for preparing applications and can provide review of applications.
What is meant by »living and working in Berlin«?
In the residency programme, Musicboard funds exclusively musicians and bands who live and work in Berlin. In the case of bands, that means that the majority of band members live in Berlin and make their livelihood here. Residency and livelihood for solo acts must be established with residence permits or personal ID (front and back), and for bands with the residence permit or personal ID (front and back) of the applicant band member. In both cases, the nationality of the musician is irrelevant to the funding decision. For non-EU citizens filing an application, it is necessary in addition to the Berlin residence certificate to provide a passport that includes residence permit, duration of stay, and type of work permit. Please note that Berlin residence must be officially verified. Rent contracts etc. are not sufficient for proof of residence. We kindly ask you to refrain from submitting such documents containing sensitive personal data.
I've just submitted another application to Musicboard. Can I still apply for the residency?
In general, it is possible for musicians to be funded repeatedly and in successive periods. In each round of funding, applicants may apply for more than one residency, by indicating multiple options in the residency application. It is important that a statement of purpose is submitted for each residency site. Applications without a statement of purpose cannot be considered. It is also possible to simultaneously apply for a scholarship and a residency. In this case, two applications must be supplied. In general, due to the large number of applications in a given funding round, the jury will recommend only one grant per artist.
How must my statement of purpose be designed?
In their statement of purpose, applicants should, in no more than two pages, state why they are applying for a residency and what artistic project they would like to put forward in the context of the residency. From the statement of purpose it should be evident that the applicant is familiar with the artistic and cultural context and the profile of the residency site. When applying for more than one residency, it is important that a statement of purpose is submitted for each residency site. Applications without a statement of purpose cannot be considered. The document can be submitted in English or German.
How must my artistic resume be designed?
We deliberately omit a template for the artistic resume since artistic careers can vary so widely. The presentation can be made graphically, in text, as a biography or in the form of a portfolio. It is helpful to indicate milestones in your artistic career, such as releases, particular performances, awards, residencies, artistic collaborations or co-ventures with partners from the music industry (labels, agents, etc.). To verify these weblinks, graphic attachments or screenshots can be helpful, but they are not necessary in every single instance. The document can be submitted in English or German.
What songs can I submit as music samples? Are demos acceptable?
The music samples should be three songs that represent you and your art. They need not be the newest songs, or the ones that you want to work on during your project. Demos can be submitted. Depending on their quality, it may be wise to provide in addition one or two fully produced works.
I have questions about the accessibility of the residence – whom can I contact with questions?
The available accommodation as well as rehearsal and project space at HELLERAU are located in a building without elevator. They are therefore not accessible for wheelchair users. Yet, in order to make our residency programme as accessible to all and as inclusive as possible, we are always available for any questions, requests and suggestions. For special needs or further questions about the accessibility of the residency, please contact Maureen Noe for personal assistance: maureen.noe@musicboard.berlin.de.
When exactly is the application deadline?
The application deadline for the residency is midnight July 15, or 12 a.m. July 16. Until then, applications can be received online and will be posted as received before the deadline. The application is received when after a successful transmission a pdf appears for downloading. Only after a positive jury decision the signed application document has to be sent to the Musicboard by postal service. We recommend allowing plenty of time for the application and its attachments to upload, and not waiting until the last minute to apply. The upload speed of our servers can decline with increased traffic to the site. We do not recommend the use of Google Chrome as a browser. If problems arise with the filing, please make a screenshot, save the application draft and advise us by email at: maureen.noe@musicboard.berlin.de
What are the selection criteria of the jury, and when will I be informed of their decision?
The jury bases its decision above all on the artistic quality of the work, chances of success and the persuasiveness of the application as presented. The project idea should be meaningful for the development and career of the applicant. This can be determined by the applicant's statement of purpose. A particular focus of the jury is the music samples provided. Funding decisions are made with a view toward building the diversity of Berlin's music scene. Musicboard and the appointed jury place great value on inclusion and gender balance. The jury's decision follows the application deadline by 4 to 6 weeks, and applicants are informed by email. Acceptances and declines are sent at the same time. Usually, more applications are received than can be funded, and Musicboard is not obliged to explain its decision. There is no legal entitlement to funding.
The application period for the year 2021 has ended. The Call for Residencies in 2022 will be announced via the Musicboard Newsletter.
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OK, I'm back because I recently had a scene from another movie play in my head.
Unfortunately, the ONLY scene I remember from this film is...it's daytime (not sure when exactly). There's a bunch of guys (workers of some sort, maybe 4 of them; I don't exactly remember anymore) outside a rather large building, maybe some sort of residence, like an apartment building. A young girl (teen-ish maybe) is standing in front of a large, transparent glass window on the building's 2nd or 3rd story (I forget which) that faces out towards the street where the bunch of guys are standing. The girl starts dancing, maybe in some sort of sexual way, in front of the window &, as she does, she happens to get the attention of the men outside below on the street. They turn around & watch her as she dances. Eventually, she starts doing a striptease, untying a low-cut, cleavage-revealing top (short-sleeve kind that you have to tie in front to close) to reveal her bare breasts. She continues dancing in front of the window as the group of men continue watching her.
Something like that happens in Straw Dogs (1971).
From the looks of it, Spiff was right; it's "Little Witches". Once again, thank you for helping me out.
Oh, and search is solved.


A Leighton Buzzard woman is making a stand after being ordered to remove a doormat, a flowerpot and a stone Buddha from her doorstep.
Jean Allsopp, 83, has lived at her address for 13 years and to make it homely, she has placed the items outside her door in the hallway.
But housing association The Guinness Partnership have now ordered Mrs Allsopp to get rid of the items for health and safety reasons.
"I've lived here all of these years and it's never been a problem until now," she said.
Mrs Allsopp claims her landlords The Guinness Partnership have reacted heavy-handedly over minor infringements within the past four years, including taking in a former neighbour's cat and putting up a banner for her grandson's 18th birthday.
And the latest health and safety order is the last straw.
She said: "I feel I don't want to live here anymore, it seems they're always on my back and won't let me live in peace.
"I've been in touch with the local authority to look into private renting. My family are worried because private renting can be a bit precarious.