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When it comes to searching for the most romantic of wedding venues, today's couple Caroline and Christian's certainly found theirs when they booked their Chateau de Vallery wedding, just 1 hour from Paris. With Burgundy being so close to Paris complete with international travel with airports and EuroStar, it is such an accessible and stunning location for a destination wedding.
Our couple Caroline and Christian, and their closest guests took possession of the halls and 28 rooms of the château on a Thursday in August 2019. On the eve of the wedding was planned a Grands Crus wine tasting in the medieval cellars of the chateau followed by a 40-cover meal served in the Salle des Tentures, on the first floor of the Renaissance part of the estate.
The next day, on the eve of their wedding, the bride and groom and their guests met in the large rooms of the chateau for breakfast. Afterward, they discovered the Oriental Pavilion for a generous brunch followed by a mechoui. This other large room, with its oriental perfumes, is nestled in the 12th-century ramparts and overlooks the estate. The afternoon and evening of this Friday took place in the Pavilion and its extended swimming pool, with a DJ and a saxophonist, both very talented.
Finally, D-Day came at the end of the second night spent in this citadel of Princesses and Princes of Condé. The wedding-planner had organized everything perfectly thanks to the numerous information provided by Chateau de Vallery beforehand, such as the plans of the domain, the bedrooms, the interactive table plans, etc. The bride and groom joined the entire procession of guests for the ceremony that took place at the edge of the forest. Bucolic decoration and garden chairs had been installed beforehand and one of Caroline and Christian's best friends officiated. An original and delicious cocktail was then served in the park and the Grande Galerie of the Renaissance chateau. This room remains the heart of the estate, built in 1550 by the architect of the Louvre square courtyard, Pierre Lescot.
At the end of the cocktail party, the wedding dinner was announced in the Music Room. This other large room – the fourth – is made up of several pavilions in the spirit of the "Menus Plaisirs" initiated by le Roi Soleil. At the end of the meal, a surprise prepared by Christian awaited the young bride in the park lit by a thousand torches: a magnificent firework display set at 180°, from the medieval postern to the Arbour with curtains of Bengal fireworks, sheaves, bombs and palm trees. Then the night with no time limit took place in the Grande Galerie orchestrated by a DJ and two exceptional musicians.
The stay ended the next day after the last breakfast served in the Oriental Pavilion and its swimming pool. All good things come to an end, but in Vallery, the endings are happy, with, for example, the possibility of extending one's stay in the region, on the Burgundy wine route (Chablis, Irancy, Chassagne Montrachet, etc.)
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Abel Sanchez, the trainer of reigning WBA middleweight titlist and 160-pound wrecking ball Gennady Golovkin, isn't confident that his fighter will get to face the man considered the real champion of the division, WBC titleholder Sergio Martinez.
Golovkin (28-0, 25 KO) and his team said they wanted Sergio Martinez after GGG's win over Curtis Stevens this past Saturday on HBO, and it's a fight that a lot of boxing fans definitely want to see. The two men have clearly established themselves as the best in the division, with Martinez making his rise starting in 2010 and possibly peaking in 2011-12, while Golovkin has been setting the division on fire with the help of HBO, who have televised four of his last five destructive victories.
Sanchez doesn't even sound like he's annoyed by it, but more understanding of the situation:
"I don't think Sergio will fight us. I think Sergio has a fight against Cotto and that's a big money fight for him. Why take a chance against a big, strong middleweight like Gennady when Sergio is getting up in age and doesn't really need someone like Gennady? People will consider him the middleweight king until someone beats him, but I think Gennady has proved that he belongs right along side him in consideration," Sanchez told BoxingScene.com.
Martinez (51-2-2, 28 KO) is going to turn 39 in February, and it appears that his body is clearly aging faster than his desire to fight. He's been injured in wins over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Martin Murray, the latter of which was pretty debatable, and he's just not the same guy he was physically a few years ago. He's aging very naturally.
Golovkin, meanwhile, is in his athletic prime right now and is a destroyer. If Sergio can get a fight with Miguel Cotto instead, which is thought to be what HBO and Top Rank both want to do, then there's really no doubt that's what Martinez would do. Cotto's a bigger star and worth more money, and it's far less of a risk. Golovkin's team seems to understand that more than most would publicly, almost as if they're not concerned about beating Sergio for the crown, but perhaps inheriting it when he's gone.


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Update, 29 September
- Next shipping date: Tuesday, October 5
- Four sets of reverse LEDs are available. I don't expect to find any more later. If sold out, check the product page. They are easy to buy elsewhere and I recommend you do once these are gone.
- If anyone out there runs an LED store and is interested in my excess non-XJ specific inventory at below wholesale cost, please contact me. I'm not a huge fan of ebay, but that's where it is otherwise headed. Primarily, the excess consists of small leds, primarily T10, but also some festoon, 3156/3157, T5, 1156/1157, and likely a few I'm forgetting.
- I should have enough interior kits to continue operating through the holidays. Instrument sets will probably sell out before then.
- My goal is to end this with enough cash to pay off my business loan (this shouldn't be a problem) and refurbish my XJ (this could be, but it's nice to have goals).


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Delaware Sen. Joe Biden responded to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's vice presidential candidate acceptance speech Thursday morning at a campaign stop in Virginia Beach.
"She didn't mention the word 'health care,'" he said. "She didn't mention the word 'education.' She didn't mention college education … Not one time did I hear the phrase 'middle class.'"
According to The Associated Press, the Democratic vice presidential candidate also responded to a question from a member of the audience about the approaching vice presidential debate.
"I will be unrelenting in my debate with Gov. Palin, the governor of Alaska, in terms of the positions she has taken," Biden said. "But I will not do what she is able to do so well … I am not good at the one-line zingers."
Though his opening remarks focused on Palin's speech, the senator spoke mostly about military issues, since veterans comprised the majority of his audience, and Virginia is home to many military bases, including the world's largest naval base in Norfolk.


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Month / quarter / half-year end flows in focus
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- USD bid on "risk-off" through Europe, but now falling into NY options cut / London fix.
- Two large topside option expiries in play for EURUSD (1.1240s) and AUDUSD (0.6900).
- Dollar demand noted at yesterday's London fix. Flows into 11amET could be erratic.
- Lots of Fed-speak on deck afterwards, but no surprises expected. Powell at 12:30pmET.
- Chicago PMI for June misses consensus estimate, 36.6 vs 45.0 vs 32.3 previously.
- Canadian GDP -11.6% in April. Canadian markets closed for Canada Day tomorrow.
While global risk sentiment miraculously recovered into the NY close again yesterday, it's looking shaky again this morning as traders digest news of fresh lockdowns for parts of the UK and Australia (Leicester and Melbourne) and headlines about global opposition to China's official passage of its new Hong Kong security law. This morning's safe-haven dollar bid also seems to be getting support from EURUSD selling heading into a large 1.1185 option expiry at 10amET and talk of month/quarter/half-year-end USD buying at the London fix (11amET). Dollar/CAD is still struggling to break above its daily downtrend line just above the 1.37 mark, but we'd note a bullish triangular consolidation developing on the hourly chart should the 1.3660s hold.
Canada just reported a slightly less worse than expected contraction to GDP for April (-11.6% vs -13.0%), but datasets like these continue to be backward looking, which explains this morning's trader apathy to the headline. Canadian markets will be closed tomorrow for the Canada Day holiday.
Euro/dollar gave up all its gains after the NY options cut yesterday, which was quite appropriate in our opinion given the risk-off flows/month-end USD demand type flows we saw heading into the London close. The market's NY close back above 1.1240 stabilized prices during the Asian session last night, but the negative headlines during the European morning saw this level give way once again. Hedging ahead of two large option expiries at 10amET (1.6blnEUR at 1.1185 and 2.4blnEUR at 1.1240-50) and month/quarter/half-year-end rebalancing flows ahead of the 11amET London fix should dominate trader attention this morning, after which we'll hear from four Fed speakers (Williams at 11amET, Powell at 12:30pmET, Bostic and Kashkari at 2pmET). No surprises are expected from the Fed chairman, after Powell reiterated the "extraordinarily uncertain" economic outlook in his prepared remarks, which were released late yesterday. See here.
The UK reported its worst quarterly contraction in 40 years this morning (-2.2% vs -2.0% expected for Q1) and, while we saw sterling trade lower around the 2amET release time, we felt the GBPUSD drop was more driven by the fresh lockdown headlines coming out of Melbourne, Australia. The market is now bouncing strongly as focus turns to flows around two large EURUSD option expiries and month/quarter/half-year-end. The completion of month-end EURGBP demand and some trend-line extension resistance at the 0.9170s has seen the cross top out for the time being, which is mildly GBP supportive as well.
The BOE's Andy Haldane said "so far so V" when referring to state of the UK's economic recovery this morning. More here from Reuters. Deputy Bank of England Governor Jon Cunliffe will be speaking at 10amET.
Can this morning's large topside option expiries for EURUSD (1.1240s) and AUDUSD (0.6900) save the day for the Australian dollar and keep the market's uptrend intact? So far so good, if we look at the Aussie's bounce off the top end of the familiar 0.6810-40 support zone this morning. Deputy Governor Guy Debelle didn't say anything new from a monetary policy perspective last night. More here from Reuters. There was also very little excitement following last night's mildly better than expected Manufacturing PMI out of China for June (50.9 vs 50.4)
Dollar/yen traders look a little dazed and confused this morning as month/quarter/half-year-end portfolio rebalancing flows dominate the market's attention. Yesterday's rally capped out at trend-line chart resistance in the 107.80s and we see the 107.30-40s now acting as support. US yields are under pressure again today as some more negative interest rate bets get placed on the middle of the 2021 Fed Funds and Eurodollar curves. We don't think FX traders are really paying attention to this yet, but this could become a broad USD-negative if bond markets continue to pressure Powell here.
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text: Mike Judge has been entertaining audiences for years with his own brand of insightful comedy, and now we're getting a longer look at how he plans to skewer the tech world. The latest trailer for his upcoming HBO series Silicon Valley builds upon the basic premise sketched out in the first teaser: it's a show about a group of socially awkward software engineers looking to hit it big, while a pair of dueling billionaires try to stake their claim and help the would-be upstarts. The likes of Thomas Middleditch (The Office) and Portlandia's Kumail Nanjiani make up the cast, while fans of Freaks and Geeks will no doubt recognize a bearded Martin Starr. Given Judge's track record with King of the Hill, Office Space, and Idiocracy, there are sure to be plenty of laughs when the show premieres on April 6th — and no shortage of cultural critique.


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FFA members update - April 2019
Dear members and competitors, The Formula Ford Association would like to thank all of you for your continuous support of our category and give you an update of the latest news in Formula Ford racing in Australia. The 2019 50th-anniversary celebrations commenced with more than 50 FF1600 (Kent) cars supporting the 2019 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour. Everyone enjoyed a very successful meeting at Australia's fastest race track. The 50th-anniversary celebrations continued at the annual Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport. Another bumper grid of 50+ Historic Formula Ford cars lined up at the Island. Some very unique cars were entered and on display to celebrate the category's long history. The Perkins Cup trophy race was won by 2007 Australian Formula Ford champion Tim Blanchard, with Todd Willing and English ace Andy Newall won the FB and FA classes respectively. During the meeting, three engines were sealed for inspection at a later date. Photos from the weekend can be found and purchased at the following links:
50th Anniversary photo shoot (main straight).
Qualifying and races photos (Friday to Sunday).
Parade laps - including former Australian Formula Ford champions Bruce Connelly, David Roberts, David Reynolds and Tim Blanchard.
We would like to send a huge thank you to Anthony Mann (FFA Classic Formula Ford representative), Richard Williams (VHRR) and Steve Duggan at SD Pics for making the anniversary photo shoot possible. During the weekend at Phillip Island, Grant Rowley and Andrew Van Leeuwen put together an awesome video documentary that really captures the spirit of Historic Formula Ford. If you haven't watched it yet or would like to watch it again the video can be found at this link. The next event for Historic Formula Ford is at Mallala Motorsport Park on April 27-28. Entries for this event are now closed. We would also like to remind our FA and FB competitors that entries for Historic Winton on May 17-19 will close next Friday 19th April. Entries for Sydney Classic in June opened this week in the CAMS Event Entry system. To find out how to enter for any of the events above please head to the Entry Forms page on our website. The organising committee of Baskerville Historics have approved to subsidy the entry fees for the first 10 Historic Formula Fords to enter the event from interstate. Competitors are to enter and make payment for their entry ($300) and marquee space ($400) as per the normal entry process. Upon arrival at the event with their vehicle, the first 10 Historic Formula Ford entries from interstate will receive a cheque to reimburse their entry and marquee fee ($700). This event will be held on September 20-22 in Baskerville, Tasmania. If you would like to participate in this event the Expressions of Interest form can be downloaded at this link and will then need to be sent to Donald Potter (0447 315 114) or Bronwyn Zuber (0419 569 156). The promoters of the event have also organised a practice day at Symmons Plains for all interstate competitors. This will be free of charge and will be held on Monday 23rd September. James Lambert is also organising shared transport via Searoad Mersey leaving Port Melbourne on Monday 16th September and returning from Devenport on Tuesday 24th September. If any of you are interested in participating in this event or need further information, please feel free to contact Donal or Bronwyn. For more information about the shared transport opportunity please contact James. The Australian Formula Ford Championship and Australian FF1600 Championship started last weekend at Sydney Motorsport Park (video recap available here). Tom Sargent is currently leading the Duratec class, while Jarrod Costello is topping the Kent standings. Both championships are now heading to Queensland Raceway for round two on May 3-5. Entries for this event are open and will close on April 24 at 5pm AEST. Click here for more information on how to enter for this event. This year the Australian Formula Ford Championship will return to the Winton Super Sprint (Supercars round) on May 24-26. Entries for this event will open soon and will be open to all Formula Ford and FF1600 cars. All of our State Championships are now underway. The next State race meetings are as follows:
WA Championship - April 13 at Barbagallo Raceway
Victorian Championship - May 3-5 at Phillip Island
QLD Championship - May 4-5 at Queensland Raceway
NSW Championship - May 24-26 at Wakefield Park
SA Championship - June 29-30 at The Bend Motorsport Park
To find out how to enter for any of the events above please head to the Entry Forms page on our website. If you'd like to know more about Formula Ford in your area please don't hesitate to contact your FFA state representatives. The FFA now has an online archive of photos for all of our members to use. The archive can be found at this link and is password protected. More details will come shortly. We are still uploading photos from previous years into the archive, if you don't find photos of your State Series now they will be uploaded in the coming months. The FFA is now on Instagram. If you are familiar with this social media platform, follow us @FFordAus. We have 50th Anniversary apparel available for sale:
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Polo shirt - $40.00
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You can purchase our 50th Anniversary merchandise from our online store. If you have any questions regarding Formula Ford in Australia or any of the above, please don't hesitate to contact our administrator on 0422 840 300.


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Include a "review" note after successful session
This would let people re-enforce material they covered, or label the individual buildings... not necessarily a huge wall of text, maybe a up to a few sentences though? Might be a source of pride as well to "name" buildings.
I like this - a bit like tomato.es - you enter the name of the project after you complete a pomodoro and it lists the ones you did today. Good if you want to track where your pomodori went for the day rather than just '7 today'.
It can be quite small and unobtrusive, or even just expand out/in when you click on the "Successes // X today" bit.
E.g. this is what it looks like on tomato.es, it only takes up a small part of the screen.
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Volume 63, Number 7
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. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo 江戸の名所 .
Akashicho 明石町 Akashi district
Chuo ward, Kyōbashi Area (京橋地区), no sub-district
Fishermen from the town of 播磨国明石 Akashi in Harima no kuni (now 兵庫県 Hyogo) moved here. The Bay reminded them of home.
The Akashi district in Edo was rather small, on the East side of 明石橋 Akashibashi.
It also contained the districts of 十軒町 Jikkencho and 船松町二丁目 Funamatsucho, second sub-district.
Samurai and townspeople lived here side by side.
The story of the 47 Ronin from Harima is famous.
. Sengaku-ji and the 47 Ronin ( 忠臣蔵 Chushingura) .
In 1869, the area became 外国人居留地 open for foreigners to live.
Now there are many universities in the district.
. Jikkencho 十軒町 / Jikkendana 十軒店(じっけんだな) area .
日本橋通り 十軒店
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Jikkendana Hinaichi 十軒店雛市 (doll market)
In Jikkendana, a girl's doll market would be held before the Spring Hina Matsuri (doll festival),
and a boy's doll market would be held before Tango no Sekku (children's day) in early summer.
Jikkendana was therefore full of people during these times.
In "Guide to Famous Spots of Edo", it is written that there were also doll markets
in 尾張町 Owari-chō, 浅草 Asakusa, 池之端 Ikenohata, 麹町 Kōji-machi and 駒込 Komagome,
but they were no match with Jikkendana.
Jikkendana was located on both sides of what is now Chuō-dōri around Muromachi 3 chōme, Nihonbashi.
. source - Tokoy Metropolitan Library .
Akashicho Kawagishi Park 明石町 河岸公園
聖路加国際病院 St. Luke's International Hospital
9-1 Akashicho, Chūō, Tokyo / Seiroka Kokusai Byoin
St. Luke's International Hospital is a general and teaching hospital located in the Tsukiji district of Chūō, Tokyo,
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1900 Dr. and Mrs. Teusler arrive in Japan.
1901 Dr. Teusler establishes an almshouse in Tsukudajima.
1901 St. Luke's Hospital is founded.
1917 St. Luke's Hospital changes its name to St. Luke's International Hospital.
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Seiroka garden 聖路加ガーデン Saint Luke's Tower
東京都中央区明石町8-1 / Akashicho 8-1
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Akashi District (明石郡 Akashi-gun) Hyogo
was a district in Hyōgo Prefecture. It was formed in 1879 from the territory of the Edo period Akashi Domain. The district ceased to exist on 10 January 1951, when its last remaining municipalities merged into Akashi city. The area that the district once covered is now within Akashi city and western Kobe city.
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At the beginning of the Meiji era, the Akashi Domain consisted of the town of Akashi and 144 villages. In July 1871 the feudal system of domains and provinces was abolished and Akashi Domain became Akashi Prefecture. In November of the same year Akashi Prefecture merged into Himeji Prefecture, and a few days later it changed its name into Shikama Prefecture. In August 1876 Shikama merged into Hyogo Prefecture. On 8 January 1879 the national law on districts, wards, towns and villages was put into effect in Hyogo Prefecture and the district of Akashi was formed. The district's administration was located in Akashi town. When a new law on towns and villages came into effect in April 1889, the towns and villages of Akashi District underwent various mergers to form the following twelve towns and villages: ...
Akashi is a city on Japan's Seto Inland Sea.
The ruins of Akashi Castle include 17th-century turrets, and surrounding Akashi Park is known for its spring cherry blossoms. Nearby, the Akashi City Museum of Culture displays prehistoric and Yayoi-period artifacts. The Akashi Municipal Planetarium has exhibits related to astronomy. East, the observation deck on the long Akashi Kaikyō Bridge overlooks Okura Beach.
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hokakebune 帆かけ舟 boat with high sail - Akashi bay
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What is a buffer and stream in Node.js?
It is a global class that can be accessed in an application without importing the buffer module. It can be constructed in a variety of ways like var buf = new Buffer(5);
Use of a buffer in Node JS
Buffer is used to dealing with TCP streams, reading, and writing data to the filesystem in the Node.js server, which are purely binary teams of data.
It is designed in a way that is easy to manage, faster and has an API designed for binary data, which makes it the perfect choice for handling streams of data.
these are the objects that allow the developers to read the data from the source or can write the data to the destination in an endless manner. They usually have problems with the large data. With a stream, there is no need to wait for the whole resource to load.
There are different types of Stream:
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HPP-IREIN & REDA Round Table Meeting
HPP-IREIN & Finance, HPP-REDA
Han Joosten, Head of Research at BPD Ontwikkeling B.V., has given an inspiring presentation about one of the prevailing myths in the Netherlands: "The only growing target group is that of the single earners, so we should only invest in the construction of (small) apartments." Absolute nonsense, as research shows!
Mr Erik-Jan van Kempen, Director General for Housing at the Ministry of Domestic Affairs, was also present at the Round Table Meeting and actively participate in the discussion.
A special thanks to CMS Law.Tax for making the boardroom available in their new Amsterdam HQ at the Zuidas!


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Colombian clan of Real Valladolid in 90
Do you remember Colombians Real Valladolid? Carlos Valderrama, René Higuita and Leonel Alvarez are three of the best players in the history of Colombia. And the three failed in their experience at Real Valladolid. In 1991, the three belonged to the template Pucela club and were trained by another illustrious Colombian football, Pacho Maturana.
Valderrama, Higuita and Leonel Alvarez, the Colombians of Real Valladolid
Pacho Maturana, I was a technician prestige in South America, serving his second season at the wheel of pucelano box so he had already won some leeway. With him had arrived Leonel Álvarez who fulfilled his first campaign in the Valladolid team.. This allowed the directors to accept the demands of the coach and pulled the house out the window to bring two international renowned Colombian, of the best at that time.
With these signings, Real Valladolid seemed that stepped forward to grow but it was quite the opposite. Colombian connection failed miserably Real Valladolid. The season was a failure, the team fell at the end of the season and his game was lamentable. The crowd looked for and found guilty. José Zorilla audiences clearly took with them.
The "Michel played eggs", one of the most famous actions of the football 90
Such was the bad atmosphere that was created, Maturana decided not to align in home games and just do it out. For our three friends, the season was hell. At each stage where they played the audience jeered and took with them. With its lush manes afro and striking whiskers could not go unnoticed. The sad thing is that all you remember the passage of the Spanish League Valderrama is when Michel touched parts in a match played at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Rene Higuita who was a porter prestige at that time, you will not remember that stand out on the field but by the series of insults he received from the stands. Leonel Alvarez as coach Pacho Maturana lasted two seasons, so its passage through the Castilian-leonine club was somewhat less painful.
Al final, the descent of Real Valladolid, It led to the departure of Colombian clan headed elsewhere. After all meet in the Colombian national team to sign one of the most memorable days for Colombian football. They beat Argentina by zero goals to five Argentines home and went to the USA World Cup of 1994. But this friends, It's another story.


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FileZilla – The Best Free FTP Client
FileZilla is a free, open source FTP client for Windows. Features of FileZilla Site Manager The site manager allows a user to create a list of FTP sites along with their connection data, such as the port number to use, the protocol to use, and whether to use anonymous or normal logon. For normal logon,


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OAKLAND, Calif. -- An 11-year-old boy was airlifted from a campground at the Anthony Chabot Regional Park near Oakland Saturday after he took a bad fall and hit his head, according to an Oakland Fire Department official.
At about 11:30 a.m., Oakland fire crews responded to a report that a boy who was camping in the area fell and hit his head on an asphalt surface, according to Battalion Chief James Bowron.
The boy, who was camping with a group at the Anthony Chabot Family Campground off of Redwood Road, appeared to have suffered significant head trauma and was stabilized by paramedics before being airlifted to UCSF Benioff Oakland Children's Hospital, Bowron said.
RELATED: Crews help rescue colleagues after Oakland building collapse
The campground is in an unincorporated part of Alameda County east of Oakland and is usually served by county fire crews. However, a landslide that closed part of Redwood Road has prevented access to the area from the south, where the nearest county fire station is located, Bowron said.
Emergency response personnel from the East Bay Regional Park District also responded to the scene.


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For most years since the bilateral human rights dialogue between the European Union and China was established in 1995, a key component of the dialogue has been the annual legal seminar designed to facilitate non-governmental exchanges on issues related to human rights and rule of law. These seminars, held each year in the capital of the country holding the EU presidency at the time of the biannual dialogue round, open up the dialogue process to participants from academia and civil society from both China and the EU.
This year's EU-China legal seminar, which was scheduled to be held in Berlin on May 10 and 11, was cancelled when the two sides failed to agree on the roster of invited participants. The Dui Hua Foundation had been invited to participate in the Berlin seminar but had its invitation withdrawn less than one week before the seminar was set to open. Few seminar participants were aware of the events surrounding Dui Hua's forced withdrawal from the seminar, and it was barely noticed in the few accounts of the seminar's eventual cancellation that have appeared in public.
An Invitation Withdrawn
The invitation sent to Dui Hua in early April marked the first time the foundation had been invited to participate in the annual legal seminar and reflected, in large part, Dui Hua's growing relationship with the EU and its member countries that have human rights dialogues or exchanges with Beijing. (Although Dui Hua is not based in Europe, the EU does occasionally invite non-EU organizations with particular expertise on China to participate in the seminar.) For its submission to the seminar, Dui Hua contributed a paper as part of the working group on the right to a free trial and opted to highlight the issue of expanding public access to trials and court documents as an integral part of safeguarding those rights. This topic was chosen in part because of Dui Hua's experience attending trials and attempting to obtain court documents, both of which have been covered in previous issues of Dialogue. (Public Access and the Rights to a Fair Trial in China is an abridged version of Dui Hua's seminar contribution.)
Having submitted its paper and begun preparations to travel to Berlin, Dui Hua was stunned when, less than one week before the seminar's open, it was informed by email that the EU had rescinded Dui Hua's invitation following discussions between the European Commission, the German foreign ministry, and China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the issue of NGO participation. In seeking an explanation for this unusual set of events, Dui Hua learned that the Chinese side raised strong objections to the inclusion of non-European NGOs in the seminar and, despite affirmations of respect for Dui Hua and its work, did not want to set a precedent by allowing a non-EU group to participate.
A Seminar Cancelled
In the end, the EU stood by its invitations to two other NGOs—Human Rights in China and China Labour Bulletin—whose participation in the seminar the Chinese deemed unacceptable. Both of these organizations have representatives based in Europe, and senior staff of the two groups had participated in prior rounds of the seminar under the auspices of other European organizations. The EU reasoned that there were no grounds to exclude these two NGOs, which were invited for the first time under their own names. But when the seminar opened and the EU made clear that it expected the two NGOs to participate, the Chinese side angrily protested and walked out en masse, forcing cancellation of the seminar. It remains to be seen what impact the cancellation will have, if any, on the EU-China human rights dialogue.
In a May 24 letter to Dui Hua Executive Director John Kamm, Rolf Timans, head of the Human Rights and Democratization Unit in the Directorate General for External Relations of the European Commission, reiterated to the foundation that the Chinese side's "only grounds" for objecting to Dui Hua's participation in the seminar was that it was US-based, rather than EU-based. "In saying this," Timans wrote, "the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated very clearly that it valued the work of your organization and looked forward to continued good cooperation with you."


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Client: Associated British Ports
Brief & Synopsis: Celebrating the 2014 Southampton Maritime Festival.
Duration: 4:17
Director/Camera/Edit: Rob White/Andy Jones
Rob is a TV producer, reporter and camera operator with 30 years' experience at the BBC, Channel 4 and ITN, in news, factual and documentary production. He is a four times award winner, whose awards include a coveted Royal Television Society award for his work on Channel 4 News. His association with The Maritime Foundation goes back to 1995, when he won the first Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award for a series of reports that led to a major documentary on the loss of the bulk carrier Derbyshire.


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Iron Man 2 Trailer 2 in HD + 70 Mighty Screenshots
[Spoilers] The premiere of Avatar gave us new trailers for: Iron Man 2, Clash of the Titans and Alice in Wonderland. Here is the new Trailer for Iron Man 2, with a more presumptuous Tony Stark, a helmet kisser Pepper Pots, a fighting Black Widow and the destroyers Whiplash and War Machine. (there are also… |
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Components & widgets with rich text, custom selection toolbar & syntax highlight support. Useful for Rich text editors.
Getting Started
The main components of this package
- CreamyTextField (REMOVED)
- CreamyEditingController
- Syntax Highlighter
- LineCountIndicator
- HorizontalScrollable
- CreamyTextSelectionControlsProvider
The creamy_field package uses some code from flutter to keep API similar/compatible with other components in flutter.
This widget has been removed.
The CreamyTextField was a text widget similar to Flutter's TextField
widget with additional features. However, with update to flutter v2.x.x, we don't need this anymore. Components from this package can be used with flutter library to provide additional functionality while editing text.
You can use a limited support for syntax highlighting of many programming languages & themes using CreamySyntaxHighlighter.
Since, the text field itself is independent of the syntax highlighting rules, you will only need to implement the syntax highlighter implementation separately for your custom syntax and provide this to the controller.
The CreamyEditingController is responsible for changing tab sizes, applyng syntax highlighting to text and providing other useful information like line count.
You can use CreamyEditingController as TextEditingController in regular TextFields/TextFormFields of flutter. Syntax highlighting will work on them too.
Some text features described above are provided by an extension on TextEditingController. Check CreamyTextFieldExtensions.
A horizontal widget with lists of indexes to represent adjacent TextField's line number.
A LineCountIndicatorDecoration decoration can be applied to this widget.
Make sure that the decoration uses the same font-family & font-size from the TextField.
Makes a child widget horizontally scrollable. Developed with intent of wrapping a TextField to make it horizontally scrollable.
In the future, the controller in this widget which is provided to a child TextField will be used to determine horizontal scroll extent.
The class can be used to add additional toolbar actions to a selection toolbar in a text field.
This package provides several text selection controls (only 1 in v0.4.0) via CreamyTextSelectionControls. You can create your own selection controls which supports additional toolbar actions by mixing with CreamyTextSelectionControls and providing that in CreamyTextSelectionControlsProvider.custom.
Versions before v0.4.0 is not compatible with flutter v2.x.x due to a lot of breaking changes introduced in Text editing APIs. We'll try to keep the API stable in v0.4.0 and above.
Use creamy_field v0.3.3 if you're using flutter sdk
>=1.22.0 <2.0.0
Use creamy_field v0.3.2 if you're using flutter sdk
>1.20.0 <1.22.0
Use creamy_field v0.3.1 if you're using flutter sdk
Check screenshots folder for some sample UI screenshots.
Feel free to add features, issues & pull request
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Viniculture biologique suisse anti aging
Hagyományos, innovatív és vezető termékek
Az EU Aid Volunteers egy olyan kezdeményezés, mely különféle szervezeteket és az The EU Aid Volunteers initiative is open to EU citizens and third country long-term residents in a Member State from a wide range of backgrounds and with different experiences, from newcomers to experienced professionals.
Citizens of potential candidate countries, countries from the EEA or the European Neighbourhood Policy will be eligible to apply only when the EU signs bilateral agreements with those countries.
Each volunteering placement depends on viniculture biologique suisse anti aging humanitarian needs of the hosting organisation and the context of deployment.
Normally previous volunteering experience is not needed. However, volunteers can refer to the competence profile of the vacancy they are interested in, in order to understand whether their profile is adequate for the position. There are two main volunteer profiles: Junior professionals less than 5 years of work experience ; Senior professionals more than 5 years of work experience. Junior professionals may be required to first spend up to six months in an organisation based in the EU apprenticeship placement in order to familiarise yourself with the humanitarian nature of your project.
Each assignment will specify whether the volunteer needed is a senior or junior professional.
18-30 ans ? Engagez-vous dans un projet solidaire et faites la différence !
Some EU Aid Volunteers will have specialist knowledge relevant in the context of humanitarian aid such as logistics and transport, organisational development and capacity building, water and sanitation, protection and shelter, nutrition and health, disaster data and knowledge, medical and paramedical services, etc.
Tasks and duration Volunteers will work on different types of assignments, depending on their competence profile and experience.
The activities will be in fields such as organisational development and capacity-building, project management, disaster risk management viniculture biologique suisse anti aging, food and nutrition, water and sanitation, etc. Volunteers will be deployed in countries outside the EU where humanitarian aid operations take place.
They will not be deployed to countries or regions with international or non-international armed conflicts.
The length of deployment depends on the specific project the volunteer works on. This can be from 1 month to 18 months.
A voksolást eredetileg szeptember én tartották volna meg, helyette október én lesz.
Benefits The programme covers the expenses during the deployment, including travel costs, insurances, and accommodation. In addition, volunteers will receive a monthly subsistence rossmann ránctalanító covering everyday expenses such as food, local transport and other expenses depending on the country of deployment.
All volunteers will receive a centrally organised training programme and be assessed as to their readiness for deployment. EU Aid Online Volunteers Those who cannot leave their country can take the opportunity to join an online volunteering platform and get in touch with organisations that need support that can be offered remotely. Specific online volunteering opportunities are published on the vacancies platform as soon as they are available.


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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, celebrated the first chartered accountant, Chief Akintola Williams, as he clocks 103.
In a statement by Buhari, released by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, he appreciated God for the grace of long life, strength and impact, particularly in service to the country.
He praised Williams for scoring many firsts, which brought the spotlight to Nigeria and Africa, being the first Nigerian to qualify as a chartered accountant in England in 1949, and starting the first indigenous chartered accounting firm in Africa in 1952.
He also stated other historic achievements of the chartered accountant in establishing Association of Accountants in Nigeria in 1960 with the goal of training accountants, being a founding member and first President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and full involvement in setting up the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Buhari, who prayed for the celebrant also acknowledged the many recognitions and awards he had received, including appointment as Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1997.


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AmCham's latest Financial Forum was convened virtually last week with mainstay forum leads from 24SevenOffice, BAT, IBM, KPMG, OSM Aviation Management, Raise Gruppen, and Sonitor in attendance.
The concentrated open-exchange session featured candid exchange on remote financial department workflow and resource engagement, forecasting through the remainder of 2020 and beyond, shifting US and Norwegian business regulations, and internal/external supplier and customer credit processes.
Atop participants' forecasting agendas were currency exchange rates and hedging arrangements, with several financial leads emphasizing the criticality of current cash reserves. Many noted the varying impact of COVID-19 on their respective business lines, impacted both negatively and positively in some instances. Long-term fixed costs, international supply chains and customer payment delays were addressed as key joint concerns.
While financial leads increasingly dedicate their attention to evolving government guidelines and processes, the consensus was that Norwegian guidance is relatively straightforward and agile, while at times less so for their respective US operations.
In response to such government guideline challenges, AmCham – together with Innovation Norway, SelectUSA and partners – will co-host a dedicated session on COVID-19 relief packages for the Norwegian American business ecosystem on Wednesday, May 13th at 17:00 Oslo time. Please join us!
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A biography fit for a national hero
Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Tom Barry: Irish Freedom Fighter, Meda Ryan, Mercier Press, €30 hbk, €14.99 pbk
DO NOT think that the 'revisionists' of Irish historical studies have gone away. They are still there and will probably remain a constant factor during the centuries to come.
After all, two thousand years after the Roman conquest and occupation of Britain, there are still some who would sincerely argue that the Romans brought 'civilisation' to the Celtic Britons and when Rome pulled out in AD 410, Britain then descended into a 'dark age'.
In this journal, back in October/November, 1999, I reviewed Peter Hart's book The IRA and its Enemies: violence and community in Cork, 1916-1923. This was an amazing piece of 'revisionist' work in which the destruction of Cork City in December, 1920, by British troops was dismissed in one sentence amidst a whole book aimed at showing that all republicans were psychopathic killers.
What was even more objectionable than the distortion of the truth by the omission of the facts, was the virulent attack on Tom Barry and particularly the action fought at Kilmichael in which British propaganda was accepted as truth and Barry depicted as a ruthless war criminal, personally shooting wounded, helpless soldiers, trying to surrender, and, moreover, relishing the task. In fact, Hart seemed to dismiss all republicans as serial murderers at large.
Thankfully, Meda Ryan has produced an excellent and well-documented biography of Barry in which she analyses Hart's claims with a historical forensic scalpel and demonstrates just what propaganda rubbish can be passed off as history.
Hart was not interested in the causes of the War of Independence and, indeed, the 1918 General Election, was only mentioned once in the book and then not as a distinct event but in passing without giving the results. This is like talking about the causes of World War I without mentioning the assassination of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand of Austria.
Meda Ryan's book is scrupulously researched, footnoted and, moreover, she has had access to the Tom Barry Papers which were so nearly destroyed when Barry's apartment was being 'cleared'. Meda knew Barry personally and, indeed, back in 1982 she wrote The Tom Barry Story (also published by Mercier). In that book she was confined to a certain number of words. The current work is 352 pages and not a superfluous sentence in it.
Barry, almost an icon of the War of Independence, has been singled out many times for attacks by English historians such as Ewan Butler's 1971 book Barry's Flying Column. It was inevitable he would be fair game for the neo-colonist school of revisionism, which has sadly arisen, in his own country.
Meda Ryan's biography is an absolute must for anyone who is interested in the War of Independence as well as in Barry's role in it.
Connolly Association, c/o RMT, Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD
Copyright © 2004 Peter Berresford Ellis


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Progress Now: Family Bake Sales Subsidize Corporate Payouts
By MARIANNA ANAYA
| March 9th, 2021
There is no justice in our medical system. We live in a world where families are holding car washes and bake sales to pay for deaths and medical expenses for their loved ones. Our families have to crowdsource money from friends and neighbors to make sure babies get their medicine. And families that are most devastated by medical negligence on the part of corporate hospitals are being left to foot the bill for multi-billion dollar industries.
Enter the world of "tort reform"- a fancy name for a limit on how much money multi-billion dollar corporate hospitals have to pay to families whose lives were medically devastated under their watch. A clear goal within the Republican National Agenda, "tort reform" is a coordinated attack on everyday families that is not just insulting- it's inhumane. How can any lawmaker go to sleep at night knowing that family bake sales are subsidizing the shirked responsibility of corporations that reap billions of dollars in profits each year?
But the very entities that help set the outrageous prices for medical expenses in the first place are playing the victim here in New Mexico- claiming that a fund they use to limit their responsibility in paying families will not be "solvent" if they are restricted access from using it. Corporate hospitals- not well known for their initiatives on workers' rights- seem to be sounding the alarm to their employees and subsequently using doctors as shields for their corporate greed in defeating House Bill 75- a bill that holds these multi-billion dollar corporate hospitals accountable for negligence that happens under their watch and (finally) boots out corporate hospitals from the Patient Compensation Fund that was intended to help local doctors and patients.
When faced with this, all of a sudden, corporations care about the solvency of a fund they bankrupted when they entered it. All of a sudden they also care about "doctors leaving the state". But let's be honest- when was the last time corporate hospitals showed up for their workers? When was the last time they showed up for patients?
The reality is that medical negligence on the part of hospitals kills 440,000 people each year. These are preventable deaths, and that's the third leading cause of death in the United States. Perhaps the corporate lobby should spend more time preventing the overworking of their employees, train and oversee their workers so they can thrive in the field they love and chose to serve in. If the corporate lobby cared whether doctors left this state they would pay their doctors more, fight just as hard to ensure they have safe working conditions instead of ungodly nights and weekends being on-call and have access to the resources they need if something does go wrong.
But instead, multi-billion dollar corporate hospitals are spending their time stiffing New Mexican families and preserving their profits- fighting against House Bill 75 and lobbying for Senate Bill 239, a bill that boasts unlimited claims on behalf of hospitals and is full of Republican National Agenda "tort reform"… the same "reform" that keeps our families selling muffins to pay for medicine.
Family bake sales can no longer subsidize corporate payouts. They shouldn't have had to in the first place. It's time to rip the corporate band-aid and pass HB75, the Fairness for New Mexico Patients Act.
Please view the entire article at Progress Now
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The San Diego Board of Port Commissioners on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, heard a report on the potential for recovery and growth of San Diego's cruise ship business.
Trend lines indicate that the beginning of the turnaround will be 2015.
"Cruise ships are an important business for San Diego," said Scott Peters, chairman of the Board of Port Commissioners. "It's good to see there is light at the end of the tunnel—even though it's a longer tunnel than we'd like."
An update on San Diego's cruise market was prepared by the planning firm Bermello Ajamil & Partners, Inc. Consultant Luis Ajamil told the Board of Port Commissioners that San Diego's cruise business is in "the bottom of the trough." Business has slumped over the last few years due to the struggling U.S. economy and strife in Mexico—a common destination for cruises beginning in San Diego.
The report will assist the port in creating an "action plan" to guide its cruise marketing and development efforts.
The cruise industry remains one of the port's core business activities. Efforts are under way by the port's Business Development and Marketing Department to retain and boost this lucrative industry that serves as an economic engine for the region.
Cruise ships—and the thousands of passengers aboard—have a strong economic impact for the region. It is estimated that every cruise ship call injects $2 million into the local economy.
Cruise ship traffic in and out of San Diego peaked in 2008 with more than 916,000 passengers on 254 sailings.
The report noted that this level of activity may not return until the late 2020s.
This year, the volume is projected at 307,000 passengers on 104 sailings. That volume of cruise activity is expected to bring more than $200 million into the local economy.
The report said the port should increase its marketing efforts to the cruise lines and their customers to capture a larger share of the robust global cruise industry.
It also noted that the B Street Pier cruise ship terminal—which the port plans to upgrade—is the only facility capable of accommodating the increasingly larger cruise ships that are being built.
The neighboring Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier, a new auxiliary cruise terminal and event center, can handle small to medium-size cruise ships.
"The cruise industry will be coming back," said Port Commissioner Robert "Dukie" Valderrama. "We want to be prepared when it does."
The Port of San Diego was created in 1962 and has been responsible for $1.7 billion in pubic improvements in its five member cities: Imperial Beach, San Diego, Coronado, Chula Vista and National City.
The Port oversees two maritime cargo terminals, a cruise ship terminal, 17 public parks, various wildlife reserves and environmental initiatives, the Harbor Police Department and the leases of more than 600 tenant and sub-tenant businesses around San Diego Bay.


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This hotel is very easy to find since it is strategically positioned close to public facilities.
Be ready to get the unforgettable stay experience by its exclusive service, completed by a full range of facilities to cater all your needs.
The hotel's fitness center is a must-try during your stay here.
24-hours front desk is available to serve you, from check-in to check-out, or any assistance you need. Should you desire more, do not hesitate to ask the front desk, we are always ready to accommodate you.
Hotel Pravo Hong Kong is a hotel with great comfort and excellent service according to most hotel's guests.
Get precious and unforgettable moment during your stay at Hotel Pravo Hong Kong.
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival. At check-in, guests must provide a record of full COVID-19 vaccination. The COVID-19 vaccination record requirement applies to all guests aged 12 and up; guests must have received complete COVID-19 vaccination at least 1 days prior to check-in. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation. The credit card used to book the reservation must be presented by the cardholder at check-in along with matching photo identification. Guests may be subject to health screenings for COVID-19 at the property. Customers may be requested by the property to provide documentation of recent travel history (such as showing passport immigration stamps) and/or complete a health declaration. In addition to presenting proof of COVID-19 vaccination during check-in, guests must also provide a negative PCR test result (test must have been administered no more than 72 hours prior to check-in).
Hotel only accepts guests with minimum age of 18
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Atlantic: Boston Celtics | Brooklyn Nets | New York Knicks | Philadelphia 76ers | Toronto Raptors
Central: Chicago Bulls | Cleveland Cavaliers | Detroit Pistons | Indiana Pacers | Milwaukee Bucks
Southeast: Atlanta Hawks | Charlotte Hornets | Miami Heat | Orlando Magic | Washington Wizards
Pacific: Golden State Warriors | Los Angeles Clippers | Los Angeles Lakers | Phoenix Suns | Sacramento Kings
Northwest: Denver Nuggets | Minnesota Timberwolves | Oklahoma City Thunder | Portland Trail Blazers | Utah Jazz
Southwest: Dallas Mavericks | Houston Rockets | Memphis Grizzlies | New Orleans Pelicans | San Antonio Spurs
Presenting an NBA preview of the San Antonio Spurs that looks at the potential highs and lows for this coming 2016-17 NBA season.
The mass exodus of legends came through San Antonio. Joining Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett in retirement is the best power forward of all time, Tim Duncan. The quiet legend exited just as he entered, quietly. His presence will be missed, but not ultimately affect the trajectory of the Spurs.
They still have Kawhi Leonard, LaMarcus Aldridge, and the final remains of the Spurs dynasty–Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and the mastermind Gregg Popovich. What more can a team need? Let's look at what we can expect from the Spurs in the first season of the post-Duncan era.
What's Good…. The System: Tim Duncan is gone, but Gregg Popovich is not. That's all that matters in the grand scheme of things. Let's be honest Duncan was not much of a factor last season so the production he's leaving behind can easily be filled by Pau Gasol. Once Spurs fans realize this their minds should be at ease. With Pau now playing center Popovich's offense should operate the same or perform even better than last season.
The beauty of Popovich's system is that it is predicated on ball movement. Every player is important, but they are replaceable. That's no knock on Duncan either. In football Tom Brady has been accused of being a product of Bill Belichick's system, but just as in Duncan's case it is a foolish statement. The system didn't make them, but they made the system and the system kept their careers going. Pau's presence will free up LaMarcus Aldridge and Kawhi Leonard for open shots. For Tony Parker, Danny Green, and everyone else its business as usual. And that business is winning.
What's Bad… Backcourt:The backcourt is what has been holding the Spurs back the past four years. Tony Parker can still score, but he's not staying in front of top tier point guards anymore. If he was in the east he may have been able to hide. Sadly he's in the west where savages like Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry, and Damian Lillard reside. On most nights the Spurs are at a disadvantage defending point guard. Rookie Dejounte Murray will be good when he's ready which may not be until next season.
At shooting guard Danny Green is good at what he does—hitting wide open shots. Those shots will be there again this year, but he too isn't the ideal starting shooting guard. If you stick a defender in his mug chances are he's having a bad game. Manu Ginobili is in the final year of his career and what he can contribute is unknown. Patty Mills is a solid back up and nothing more. Maybe Pop mixes it up and uses Swiss army knife Kyle Anderson at point guard or maybe Murray plays more than expected come the postseason.
X-Factor… LaMarcus Aldridge: We know what we're getting from Kawhi Leonard. Same for Parker, Green, and Pau. They have proven they can get their shots and hit them when it matters. LaMarcus Aldridge is still looking to prove himself. He's no doubt a top five player at his position, but how many duds in the playoffs can you get a free pass for? The Spurs lost to the Thunder in the second round because Aldridge fell off a cliff after Game 2. In the first two games LA eviscerated the Thunder for 38 and 41 points respectively. Once the Thunder went to a two center lineup and got physical his numbers got cut in half.
That cannot happen again if he plans to win a ring. Popovich can get him to the playoffs, what he does in the playoffs is up to him. The Spurs will go as far as LA can take them. Kawhi will shut down the opposing scorer. Parker and Green will put up points. Pau will be the second option down low, but none of it works if he isn't playing like himself. This is a huge year for Aldridge and I don't doubt he will have a great regular season. As for the playoffs, that remains to be seen.
Bet On… Kawhi Leonard becoming the leader: Conventional wisdom would say that Tony Parker or Manu Ginobili are now the leaders in the Spurs locker room. That may be the case at the moment, but it shouldn't be by the time May rolls around. It's Kawhi's time to step up. He's entering year six in San Antonio and has been the understudy of Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili. He knows what he has to do. He doesn't have to handle all the press conferences or be anything more than himself.
Kawhi will never be described as chatty and that's okay, not all leaders are great speakers. His job is to lead by example on the court. In the crucial moments of games he has to be able to take control and finish. He will have to take the younger players under his wing and teach them the Spurs way.
Crystal Ball Says… Spurs will be the same old Spurs: Let's not fool ourselves into thinking the Spurs are close to done. They are rebuilding to a degree, but will remain in the elite of the Western Conference. Kawhi and LA are the new focal points with Parker, Ginobili, and the others working to assist them. Popovich might have to do more teaching than he has in the past with younger guys like Kyle Anderson taking on bigger roles and new faces like Pau Gasol looking to learn the system. If there's anything we learned about Pop or the Spurs its not to bet against them. That won't change this season.


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West Wittering CC has been hit with the loss of income with the shutting down of cricket due to COVID-19. We are asking for donations to help us survive until it is safe to play cricket again.
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, we have had to close. We have already lost most of our children's cricket this year and the future is not promising. The club is run by dedicated volunteers who have been challenged with ensuring we can survive financially through this pandemic. We need to pay for critical overheads, running costs and essential ground maintenance despite the loss of income from our bar, match and membership fees. We are going to have to rely heavily on fundraising to survive. West Wittering CC is a community club and we want to ensure there is a place for the whole community to come together to enjoy playing and watching cricket and to continue to make full use of our facilities. This will be more important than ever once this is all over and we need your support to make it happen.
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University College Birmingham was awarded its official university status in 2012, it offers both vocational courses, as well as academic courses to undergraduates and postgraduates. It specialises in disciplines such as culinary arts, hairdressing, events management, tourism, sports management, sports therapy and early years education. As a smaller university, it has over 5,000 students.
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The main things you need to know about studying at the University College Birmingham.
The University College Birmingham is ranked country rank 158th out of 167 Universities in the UK and has a world rank 4484 by UniRank. (2024 Ratings)
The University College Birmingham support all students after they graduate and help them find employment. The University has a full team of staff in the careers service to support students.
Tuition fees will vary depending on the type of courses individuals choose to study, for international students studying Undergraduate programs (e.g. FdA, FdSc, BA, BSc) the fee starts at £14,000 per year for the 2024/2025 entry but increases for different types of programs, more information can be found here. For home students, fees are £9,250.
There are multiple financial support schemes available at the university, browse the full catalogue here.
The University College Birmingham offers accommodation to over 800 students, and all first-year students are guaranteed accommodation in the Maltings. The Maltings accommodation is a 15 minute walk from the Summer Row campus and the prices range from £115 per week for standard rooms, £126 for en-suite rooms and £179 for twin rooms. The majority of flats will house between 6-9 residents. Find out more about university accommodation here. Often second- and third-year students choose to live in private accommodation and use accommodation for students to accompany their search.
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ISSN (printed): 1220-515X. ISSN (electronic): 1843-424X.
The Romanian Journal of Biophysics, founded in 1991, is a publication of the Romanian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics (RSPAB). It is a quarterly journal (one volume a year), with a total average number of pages of 400 yearly. The journal publishes original contributions, both experimental and theoretical, topical reviews, with authors contributions, notes, in the field of pure and applied biophysics and related domains, book reviews, symposia reports, Curriculum vitae of personalities in biophysics research, from Romania and abroad, and information concerning the activity of RSPAB. It publishes also special issues with the proceedings of national and international conferences held in Romania. All manuscripts are refereed and only papers of high quality are accepted for publication. The journal is addressed to biophysicists and other specialists interested in biophysical research, teaching and techniques.


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A month after its first teaser went online, the second international trailer for Paramount and The Montecito Picture Company's feature film remake of "Baywatch" has hit. While the previous trailer plays up the more unabashedly adult-rated nature of the movie, the new one ups the number of digs at the writing and visual conventions of the original long-running TV series it's based on, along with additional little spoilers on the overall narrative, including scenes showing the characters outside of the beach and their lifeguard swimsuits. Constant throughout the trailers, of course, is the updated fan-service with contemporary major American and international stars.
Some of the featured scenes and audio are retreated from the original trailer, such as the voiceover narration by #Dwayne Johnson as David Hasselhoff's character Mitch Buchannon, leader of the viewpoint unit of the Los Angeles County Lifeguard, the burning boat rescue scene and #Zac Efron as Olympian-turned newbie lifeguard Matt Brody jumping off a motorcycle on a boardwalk and diving straight into the water.
But now there are added vignettes of what these two do outside of lifeguard duty, such as when they participate in a beachside iron man competition with events like flipping monster truck tires and hauling a pair of refrigerators on a crossbar over their shoulders.
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Then we hear Johnson as Mitch intoning, "There's more to this job than just swimming", and we go into uncharted territory.
The teasing frame of Bollywood hottie #Priyanka Chopra is expounded upon this time around. It seems she's Victoria Leeds, the new owner of a beach club covered by Mitch's team, and while she comes off as personable in her introduction, even inviting the lifeguards to a party event, things are obviously not what they seem. Mitch quickly notes an increase in drug activity in the area after Leeds appeared, along with a murder or two (like seen in the first trailer).
This segment ends with Brody uttering another sendup to the original series by hanging a lampshade on how the plot they've stumbled upon would've been at home in a "really entertaining but far-fetched TV show". I say ha-ha along with the repeat scene of two beachgoers noting how the lady lifeguards seem to run in slow-mo.
From there, it pretty much devolves into one action set-piece after another, and the whole plotline's laid out in the end, punctuated by another R-rated line from Johnson.
Finally, the trailer closes on the argument with Mitch's team and a police officer trying to remind them that they're not cops empowered to investigate crimes on their beach. This is true by the way; LACL is a division of the LA County Fire Department. The more you know.
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"Baywatch" stars Johnson (who will also be in the upcoming "Fast 8: Fate of the Furious"), Efron, Chopra, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, and Ilfenesh Hadera, with promised cameos from Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson. Directed by Seth Gordon, it will be released on May 26, 2017.


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French parcel supply platform Mondial Relay introduces its growth to the Netherlands. Within the heart of the nation, the corporate opened a sorting heart from which it may possibly attain a thousand pick-up and drop-off factors.
Mondial Relay is one in all many e-commerce logistics companies in Europe. However, it has a particular give attention to so known as PUDO factors: Pick-Up and Drop-Off. With this methodology it serves over 90,000 on-line retailers throughout Europe.
A number of months in the past the company got acquired by InPost, which has plans to increase in Europe for years now. The acquisition was formally accomplished last week, with InPost stating it wishes to make Mondial Relay into Europe's main out-of-home answer for e-commerce.
With the brand new sorting heart within the Netherlands, Mondial Relay can attain a few thousand pick-up and drop-off factors. However, during the last twelve months, the company desires to increase this quantity to 1,500 places throughout the Netherlands. By working with such assortment factors, the company believes it may be a sustainable and environment friendly different for present parcel supply corporations.
Mondial Relay says the growth to the Netherlands is twofold. Currently, e-commerce is rising even quicker in the Netherlands than in Belgium or France, for instance. Moreover, the variety of worldwide shipments from the Netherlands is rising. Cross-border parcel visitors elevated by virtually 42%.
Mondial Relay already has a distribution community in Europe with 58 thousand assortment factors. It subsequently claims to have the ability to ship rapidly and cheaply to Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg. Amongst its shoppers are well-known manufacturers equivalent to Vinted, ASOS, Amazon, Yves Rocher, Decathlon and eBay.
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Laudato Si' Week marks the fifth anniversary of the publication of Pope Francis' encyclical on caring for our common home. The week's theme is "Everything is connected."
Ecology and Creation, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
"We are launching the Laudato Si' Anniversary Year, with the Laudato Si' Week, in course right now, and which has seen very enthusiastic, widespread participation, hundreds of events, thousands of people taking part."
The year's events will include online conferences with global experts, a Laudato Si' documentary, a musical and a number of cultural multimedia events. There is also an international drive to plant one trillion trees. Particularly significant is the multi-year plan to gradually achieve total sustainability, starting with local families, communities, and institutions.
The current health crisis, which has limited the week's events to online webinars, meetings and retreats, further underlines the urgency of taking action.
Ecology and Creation, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
"But as with every crisis, I always think the word 'crisis' in Greek means 'opportunity,' and in modern languages, we have forgotten that deeper meaning of a crisis—crisis telling us, 'Don't go forward in this direction. There's danger. You need to stop, think and change course.' The pandemic has been telling us this."
The Laudato Si' encyclical was written to address the precarious situation of the planet, which Fr. Josh explains, has only been deteriorating, even after the publication of the document.
Ecology and Creation, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
"The challenge is precisely to, you know, gear up, to act, to speed up action. And our Laudato Si' Special Anniversary Year plans center precisely around this theme of acting—acting together, acting in solidarity with the poor communities around the world, but also acting in partnership with so many agents, and with creativity."
Laudato Si' Week, which began May 16, will conclude with a worldwide prayer for Earth and for humanity, on May 24, at 12 p.m., Rome time. All are invited to participate. The prayer can be accessed on the Laudato Si' Week website. https://laudatosiweek.org. In any case caring for the planet is a challenge that will continue for years to come.


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The Mandalorian Connection
The Mandalorian Connection by Thomas Kinkade Studios.
Ahsoka Tano™ holds Grogu in her arms.
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Ahsoka Tano™ proves to be a valuable friend and an ally as she shares her newly gleaned connection with The Child and reveals his name…Grogu™. While she declines the Mandalorian's™ multiple requests to train Grogu, she ultimately recommends the clan of 2 travel to Tython to visit the ancient seeing stone.
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The War Drums are beating! Pre-Earnings Play in GOOGL
As of 12:35 PM central today, SPX is 2361 +6 and VIX is 13.52 +.65. That is unusual for VIX to increase on an up day, why is it happening?
Because there is unrest in the world and people want some insurance . With the US bombing the Syrian Air Base last week, and the bombing of the Christian Churches in Egypt, people are a bit nervous.
Throw in the fact that the SPX is up about 15% since November, and you can see why folk, especially fund Managers , would want some downside insurance with the VIX, and are willing to pay up.
Any Trading Opportunities?
With this Friday a Holiday for the market, I am a little lighter in trades this week.
In GOOGL, here is an pre-Earnings Calendar Play. Buy 1 April 28 Expiration 830 Call and Sell 1 April 21 Expiration 830 Call . Total Debit $9.55 . I just bought this live at 12:59 pm central today with GOOGL trading at 827.79.
Earnings will be the week of Monday April 24. The purpose of this Calendar is to put on a trade that shouldn't have any Implied Volatility Risk. We are buying the long option at an Implied Volatility of around 22 and selling the short option at an Implied Volatility around 12.
Why would anyone buy a high volatility and sell a low volatility?
Because we are buying our long in an expiration that will be affected by earnings and we are selling are short Option in an Expiration that won't be affected by Earnings.
Net affect, the long options should stay at the current implied volatility levels or go higher and the short options implied volatility won't go up much and will start to decrease because they short options won't be around to experience the wrath of earnings.
As I said, I paid 9.55 Debit and would sell this out for around 10.30 credit, about 8% yield. My short expiration is in 11 days, I would like to be out of this trade by this Thursday if possible. If GOOGL goes against me, too far under 830 or too far above 8.30, and the spread trades over $8.55, would probably get out.
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Local restaurants are busy hosting events and making changes. Springtime appears to also be time for Ossington Village food news. We've got a round-up of some of the opportunities for good eating in the weeks ahead.
Kungfu Dawg at The Garrison
Tonight is the launch party for Kungfu Dawg's hot dogs on the menu at The Garrison. Even if you can't make it tonight, their veggie, corn and meat dogs are now available Tuesday-Saturday nights from 6pm at the venue on Dundas West.
New Menu at MoTo Snack Bar
Dundas West's delicious Italian snack bar just announced their new spring menu which they're already serving nightly. Don't worry, the sardine is not going anywhere.
Brunch is back at Ufficio
Ufficio, the Italian seafood spot at Dundas West, recently relaunched their Sunday brunch. Reservations are available on Open Table.
Southeast Asian Brunch at Hawker Bar
This Saturday, April 8th is a special opportunity to have brunch at Hawker Bar. Organized by U-Feast, the meal costs $35 and includes some delicious-sounding food like sausage and egg dumplings! There are only a few seats available so book now.
Beer, Bacon and Beats at Rashers
Rashers has two more bacon and beer collaboration at their Ossington Avenue spot. Each night features Rashers bacon sandwich creations paired with a different Ontario craft beer brand. The next, April 13, features 5 craft beers from Sawdust City Brewery for $30 is sold out, but the Henderson Brewery event on May 11 is still available.
Traditional Night at Soos
Soos hosts another of their popular traditional Malaysian dinners on April 25th. For only $45 per person, you can dine on their family-style menu of Malaysian food inspired by Indonesian cuisine. Book in advance through the restaurant.
Keep up to date on all local events with our calendar.