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Q: Is this equality based on the HDM true? It is stated in Sterile Neutrinos as Dark Matter that in the HDM model: $$\frac{\mu^2}{m_s}= 92 h^2 \text{eV} \tag{1}$$
where $m_s$ represents the mass of sterile neutrinos and $\mu^2$ represents the Dirac mass.
I'm also told that: $$\frac{m_\nu}{\Omega_\nu} \approx 92 h^2 \text{eV} \tag{2}$$
this is based on the HDM model and is an approximation of the formula for the mass of all neutrinos in a system (I can't find the source of this formula).
My question:
Does this mean that $(1)=(2)$, $\frac{\mu^2}{m_s}=\frac{m_\nu}{\Omega_\nu}$ at all times?
What I mean by this is, if I use a type 1 see-saw Lagrangian, which gives me the equation: $$ \frac{\mu^2}{m_s} = \sin^2 \theta m_s \tag{3}$$
Could I instead rewrite equation $(2)$ as follows? $$\frac{m_\nu}{\Omega_\nu}= \sin^2 \theta m_s$$

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Soile Aaltonen has not answered any interview questions yet.
Sure, Why not? Where are you living? Tell me a little more about yourself.
I do not have internet at home, so I have to come to the library to do my e-mail. That's why my responses are slow.


Customer deposits up 9 per cent to $500 billion, representing 64 per cent of funding.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (the Group's) statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) for the half year ended 31 December 2015 was $4,618 million, a 2 per cent increase on the prior comparative period ('pcp'). Cash NPAT for the half was $4,804 million, an increase of 4 per cent.
The Board declared an interim dividend of $1.98 per share, unchanged from the 2015 interim dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 70.8 per cent of cash NPAT. The interim dividend, which will be fully franked, will be paid on 31 March 2016. The ex-dividend date is 16 February 2016. The Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) will continue to operate, but no discount will be applied to shares issued under the plan for this dividend. The Group is also considering the issue of a Tier 1 capital instrument to replace PERLS III should markets be receptive.
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Loan impairment expense increased 3 per cent on the prior half to $564 million, and the loan loss ratio remained stable at 17bpts.
Cash net profit after tax (NPAT) increased 4 per cent to $4,804 million, 6 per cent higher on the prior half.
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Provisioning levels remain prudent and there has been no change to the economic overlay.
Continued focus on the customer has translated through to further improvements in customer satisfaction rankings. The Retail Bank was outright number one in the Roy Morgan Research Retail Main Financial Institution (MFI) Customer Satisfaction survey throughout the six months ended December 2015; and our share of MFI was 34.1 per cent, compared to 19.4 per cent for the closest peer bank. We also ranked equal first for business customer satisfaction in the DBM Business Financial Services MFI Monitor.
Strong uptake of digital and mobile services in the half shows the benefit of consistent innovation and investment in these areas. Tap & Pay card numbers have more than doubled on the prior half, Cardless Cash transactions grew 96 per cent, and the value of transactions via the CommBank app was up 27 per cent. The volume of transfers via mobile now exceeds BPAY volumes through Netbank. We are also seeing customers increasingly turn to mobile for product purchases with mobile now accounting for 40 per cent of Retail Banking Services sales.
In the half we made additional future-focused investments in technology and skills. We provided $10 million to help Australian researchers build the world's first silicon-based quantum computer, and committed $1.6 million to develop a centre of expertise for cyber security education with the University of New South Wales. We launched a series of blockchain workshops for industry and regulators, and are collaborating with other international banks on blockchain trials.
The objective of our investment in innovation is to deliver customer value through world-class technology and operations.
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4 The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) requires a minimum CET1 ratio of 4.5%, a CET1 capital conservation buffer of 2.5% of risk weighted assets, a Domestic Systemically Important Bank (DSIB) requirement of 1%, plus a countercyclical capital buffer currently set at 0%, bringing the CET1 requirement for the Group to at least 8%.
5 Analysis aligns with APRA's Information Paper, "International capital comparison study", dated 13 July 2015.


I am very excited to present a brand new project I am currently working on with violinist Mathieu van Bellen. We are performing Puccini's La Boheme in it´s full, unbridled glory. Starting in November, we have finally managed to boil the parts of the orchestra, the choir(s) and all the soloists down to a piece for violin and piano. Working only with the intensity of Puccini's score and projected text, the two of us are bringing the full opera to the stage. The aim is to do this without loosing any of the drama. If we succeed or not remains to be seen, but we truly cannot wait to try this live on an audience.
The show will be premiered at PODIUM Festival Esslingen on the 8th of May.


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You can purchase Stadium Organ Sounds through ITUNES.


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Mattoon, Lake Shelbyville, and Abraham Lincoln
J's wanted to visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum for years, but in the past few months I've put him off with concerns about the weather, not feeling well, and other objections (all genuine). So he came up with Plan B. He lured me with a proposed trip to the Mattoon Herb Festival followed by a visit to Lake Shelbyville, with state parks and wildlife areas. I'm game! Then, almost as an afterthought, he threw in, "Springfield isn't that much farther. Hey, we could go to the Lincoln Museum!"
Hook, line, and sinker.
We set out on Saturday, April 24, after a 7:30 a.m. breakfast of filled croissants at Bonjour — too early for the full breakfast. It turned out that this would have to carry us 179 miles and until mid-afternoon.
Mattoon is a straight shot from Chicago via I-57, which means poor J, who said he'd never gone to bed Friday, had to backtrack 26 miles — which he would have to do again at the end of the trip.
We stopped at Paxton, where we found Just Hamburgers and Country Thyme Tea Room & Catering closed at 10:30 a.m. A woman from Country Thyme kindly poured coffee into J's cup to keep him fueled. Down the road in Paxton, I rejected a country restaurant (Country Gardens Restaurant & Pancake House) when a man who looked like Hee-Haw's Junior Samples came out.
J had overshot a rest stop before this, and the next one, which proved to be many miles off, was closed. Of course, because by now I was starting to feel very uncomfortable. I blame PMS. I didn't like McDonald's as an option (although he assured me their restrooms are famously clean), so when we spotted a Tanger Outlet Center in the Amish town of Tuscola, we figured this was as good an opportunity for relief as any. Ahhh. It also gave an opportunity to pick up chocolate at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.
By the time we rolled into Mattoon, the weather was starting to look less unpromising and more threatening. At the first stall, J bought plants for 50 percent off because the sellers had heard a storm was moving in from St. Louis. He bought many plants at several stalls, including the bee and lemon balm I suggested and many of the herbs I shoved under his nose that he couldn't smell. I returned to the car for a brief nap, promptly interrupted by the dry, itchy cough that's been dogging me for weeks. I emerged so we could check out the Picket Fence, host of the festival. When I passed him on the sidewalk, he was chatting with tourists from a town he'd visited in Germany. Somehow they'd found the Mattoon Herb Festival, which covered perhaps 1.5 square blocks.
After leaving the Germans, J returned to the car and said he had to pick up something, which proved to be wooden planters painted white with green plastic insets. He told me they were made of wood, which I had not failed to notice. Did he mention they're wood?
Along the way, we'd noticed what appeared to be a regional pizza chain, and in Mattoon there was one across the way from the Picket Fence. Both of us were in the mood for something more adventurous, so, with the help of Yelp for iPhone, we found Common Grounds, a sweet coffee shop whose motto is: A cup of courage, kindness, comfort or just some . . . Common Grounds. Good coffee, sandwiches, and pastries, plus an ambiance like you might find in a college town. And Wi-Fi, which makes J happy. For later, I bought a cinnamon roll and a bag of Death by Chocolate coffee. My gall bladder is not thanking me.
Reluctantly dragging our tired selves from Common Grounds, we set off for Wolf Creek State Park on the shores of Lake Shelbyville, whose shape reminds me of a portion of small intestine. We walked around a campground even as the weather grew darker and windier. As we passed people camped in tents among trees under the lowering skies and then J made his way down a bank to take photos of the water, I could easily imagine the inspiration for many a horror movie in this place.
Near another campground (closed), we spied a large bird that I assumed to be a hawk. We pulled over to get photos of it, and J found a path to a wetlands overlook. There must be something around every bend.
Leaving the campgrounds behind, we came across the Red Fox hiking trail, marked as "moderate" in difficulty. It was still gloomy and damp, and not that far along we found low spots filled with water that were passable, but struggling with mud and getting our feet even wetter didn't appeal to us, so we turned back.
J's interest lay in getting to the water's edge, so the boat launch area seemed promising. In the meantime, we'd seen more of the large birds, sometimes as many as five together. Probably not hawks. Vultures, possibly turkey vultures, ever vigilant for death and decay. They must find a way to survive, but I wonder how much sustenance there is in such a place and how large their range is.
The boat launch fascinated me, because the ramp to it seemed so steep. As someone who doesn't drive, I couldn't imagine backing down it. As if to underscore my silliness, a man who'd been out in a boat backed his boat trailer into the water with his pickup, drove the good-sized motorboat onto it and hitched it, then drove off. He must have collected his black dog, which had been careening around the parking lot, although I didn't see him stop. All of this took fewer than five minutes. He was there, then he wasn't.
Happy, J took photos of a strangely shaped island across from the launch and of the vultures, which seemed to float lower to ground and closer to us here.
Next stop: Eagle Creek State Park on the opposite shore.
By now, it was getting late in the day, the clouds had gathered into a threatening mass, and the wind had picked up. At Eagle Creek's boat launch,we flushed a pair of blue herons thew flew inland (thwarting J's effort to get a photo). Where the sky wasn't solid dark grey-green with lightning flashes, it was forming interesting funnel-shaped clouds. According to Weather Channel for iPhone, a tornado watch was in effect. J, loathe to leave, took video of the oncoming storm, with a visible sheet of rain advancing as I screeched at him to get into the car. Finally, he did, after the sheet had hit. Common sense is not in his vocabulary.
Now we were off to Springfield on unfamiliar, unlit roads. At one point on a divided highway we spotted a gas station only to pass the entrance in the dark and rain, so we circled back even as the car's gas gauge was creeping to "E." Finally, we hit I-55 — and the worst of the downpour. Despite the sheets of hard rain, the spray of water everywhere, the darkness, and the lack of visibility, impatient SUV drivers sped past us at 65+ mph. Places to go, people to see . . .
At last we arrived at Rippon Kinsella House around 9:15 p.m. The proprietors seemed skeptical that we could find a place open that late for dinner and directed us to the Sunset Café. Here, the last employee out was sweeping the floor. She sent J to the Barrel Head, which we aren't sure we found but which I thought I'd seen out of the corner of my right eye and which looked to be more pub than grill. Down the road we found a shopping center with a restaurant called Osaka — more restaurant than bar, and open until 11 p.m. I ordered from the Thai page, we both ate plenty had a lot left over, and J discovered a Japanese melon drink that comes in a novelty bottle. Opening it without assistance from the server (who would have found a bottle of wine easier to crack) became a point of failed pride. After our server finally opened it for him, the floating ball that had sealed it fascinated J. He ordered two to go. Boys will be boys, even when they are close to 50.
After an excellent breakfast with fellow travelers, including a couple from Minnesota, we set out for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, with a brief detour to Springfield's visitor center, a grand Union Station complete with baggage room and nurse's station. Outside at the intersection of beam and wall a pair of mourning doves indiscreetly kept watch over their nest (the male's behavior made us look up, the silly).
At breakfast our fellows had told us that the museum would require several hours, and that we'd be impressed. It did, and we were. Later, a friend mentioned that she had heard it's more Disneyfied than dignified, which I suppose is somewhat true — although it could be countered that the serious history is still available in parts of the museum and at the connected presidential library across the street (closed Sundays). The presentation of Lincoln, which ostensibly focused on peeling away the layers of myth, remained more wide than deep. A museum's probably not the best place to penetrate into the heart's secrets. A few things I didn't care for were the re-creations of Willie's sickbed the night of a White House ball or Lincoln's casket lying in state; the points could have been made in less space more tastefully, although honestly I found the sickbed re-creation moving, while J liked the casket room (which did not move me). The display of gowns behind the White House facade to the right doesn't seem the best use of the space, although it does tell the story of how out of place the Lincolns, especially Mary Todd, were.
The highlights, however, compensated for the shortcomings. A few of my favorites:
The "Ask Mr. Lincoln" room, where visitors can choose from various categories of questions, then go into a small theater to hear and read the answer in Lincoln's words. J. noted how craftily Lincoln evaded the question about atheism, and I pondered how he seemed to have interpreted "all men are created equal" in the way Jefferson had intended — even if the Civil Rights Act wouldn't come about until 1964. The exhibit pointed out that Lincoln's response, racist by our standards, was liberal for his day. We can't judge the past or its people by standards we have learned since then.
An extensive gallery of vitriolic anti-Lincoln political cartoons that make today's seem tame, even civil. Lincoln is portrayed as an ape, a black man, a black ape, Satan, a black Satan — you get the idea. While you walk through this dark, twisted gallery, you hear voices spew despicable lies about Lincoln. It's hard to conceive of so much hatred for one man in defense of the indefensible — slavery.
Two theaters, the Union Theater ("Lincoln's Eyes)" and the Holavision Theater ("Ghosts of the Library"). In the first, an artist who painted Lincoln's portrait talks about Lincoln's apparent lazy eye, perhaps the result of a childhood incident in which a horse kicked him in the head, and his expressions, as well as how his face changed as his presidency and the war (illustrated with explosions that rattle you in your seat, flashes, and smoke) progressed. Outside the theater, a portrait from each year shows a man aging at least three years or more for each one that passed. By the last portrait, he looks strikingly corpse-like. I've sometimes thought Lincoln may have been suffering from a wasting disease. There's no mention of this, so it's only my speculation. Lincoln certainly suffered as a leader and as a parent. "Ghosts of the Library," the Holavision presentation, "capture[s] the exciting sense of discovery that scholars and curators feel as they approach a great research collection." I think my eyes watered in both theaters.
Before he died, Tim Russert recorded a news program showcasing the views and TV commercials of the four candidates while you watch from the perspective of a newsroom, a bank of TVs in front of you. The political commercials were brilliant, especially the one for pro-slavery Southerner John C. Breckinridge. While he looks tough, the voice-over intones how they want to take away your rights, your property, your very way of life. Change costumes and a few details, and it could be 2008 all over again. I, along with most attendees, came away with a pretty clear if simplified idea of how each of the candidates had positioned himself in the four-way battle and an understanding that Lincoln was not the popular choice. It was genius to show the campaign in terms and via a medium that we understand today. Once again we discover that the politics of the past was not a gentleman's sport.
In the War Gallery Scrapbook room hangs scores of framed photos, some of which I recognized. When you touch an image of the photo on one of the touch screens below, you can read the story behind it, whether it's a photo of a famous officer or an emaciated prisoner of war. So many people, so many stories, so much loss. I still blame the Founding Fathers for not finding a way to prevent or at least mitigate this horror, because in some significant ways the Civil War still haunts us in 2010.
In the first part of the War Gallery with the beginnings of the stories of eight soldiers (the stories are completed in the War Gallery Scrapbook room), an animation shows the Civil War in four minutes, with one second equal to one week. Cannon fire captioned with names represents battles, and the North-South battle lines are shown moving over time, with the most significant changes starting in 1863. In the lower right-hand area, a counter shows northern and southern casualties as they are racked up, which even in raw numbers alone, with no imagery, are appalling. So much death and maiming and destruction in so short a time. This condensation of the war into battle names, the changing battle lines, and casualty tally was powerful and moving in its simplicity.
I didn't check out the Illinois room as thoroughly as J. did, but I can tell you this — you'll come away remembering that John Deere originated in Moline.
After we pressed numerous Lincoln pennies (I can attest that hand cranking is more fun) and J had explored the gift shop twice, we headed for Springfield's nearly empty streets, where he was able to slow the car repeatedly to take photos of the state capitol. He did get out for the governor's mansion (quickly so as not to look suspect), which we happened upon in the course of travel, and Lincoln's home, which I skipped — I had no energy left even for a brief excursion.
On Yelp, I was surprised to see virtually no results for restaurants under the "open" filter. I thought this might mean the business hadn't entered its hours. At the place I'd hoped to go to, the door was open, but the young man cleaning said, "Closed." And so was the cute coffee shop down the street, and the nearby restaurant with tablecloths. In fact, everything was closed except a lone Jimmy John's, where we settled in. Not exactly the dining adventure we were hoping for, but this did explain the lack of traffic — nowhere to go. On Yelp, even all the nearby Starbucks were shown as closed. Remarkable.
As insane as former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich seems to me, now I understand his preference for living in Chicago (ostensibly because of his children's school). He would have driven himself even more nuts imagining Mayor Richard J. Daley at his Red Light power dinners while he, Rod, would be lucky to find a Jimmy John's open. Now I wonder if other state capitals are nearly as sleepy. J was taken aback, too.
Under dreary skies, we made an uneventful trip down (up?) I-55. Poor J fell asleep in his condo parking lot. And so on to Monday and a full week in the not-so-great indoors.
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Michael Leddy on May 10, 2010 at 19:27 said:
If you're ever back that way, don't miss the Burger King. It's an independent restaurant with its own Wikipedia article.
Slywy on May 11, 2010 at 09:43 said:
Interesting stuff! Especially the legal standpoint.
Just disappointed to have missed Just Hamburgers and Country Tea Thyme, but loved Common Grounds.
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Will my home business succeed?
Work for the man or work for myself? A question I'm sure everybody seriously considers at least once in a lifetime. So what do I need to do to start my own home business? And what's the chance I can maintain it? Let's analyze!
Guts. I can't be scared to lose a little money here or there, and I definitely have to put my way-of-life on hold until my business is making money. I also have to expect long working days in which I'm grinding deep into the night.
Money making idea. I have to determine how much money goes into the business, and how much money I can expect out. I'll then run the financials for the worst-case scenario to make sure I can stomach it.
Partner, Friend, or Family member. I need somebody close by that can support me. Whether this is a business partner, spouse, family member, or friend – I just need somebody that will keep me motivated and focused.
Timeline. I need a solid timeline to stick to. My timeline should start at the beginning (business plan) and run all the way to the end (launch date). I need to stick to my timeline and not stray. If 80 hour weeks are needed, then I'll do it.
Wow, that's demotivating – so why bother? Well, let me spin the statistics into a different light: My chance of a new business failing 3x in a row is only 51% (80% x 80% x 80%), and 5x in row is only 33%. So if I'm willing to keep on trying, then success will eventually come.


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Q: Pytest - Calling a fixture from another fixture I have a fixture that is returning an object of certain type and I have another fixture defined in another file that basically uses the object to do other things. But I am not able to return the object from my first fixture.
file-1
def fixture_1(s, **kwargs):
    def hook(s, **kwargs):
        p_b = s.get()
        p = p_b.build()
        yield p
    return hook

file-2 conftest.py
@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def fixture_1(s, **kwargs):
    def hook(s, **kwargs):
        #Default implementation is no-op.
        pass
    return hook

@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def fixture_2(s,b_p):
    some_p = fixture_1(s)
    current_status = s.start(some_p)

    print(current_status)
    yield current_status

I want to basically retrieve object p returned in file-1 fixture_1 and use it in file-2 fixture_2 fixture.

A: It seems that you are using pytest fixtures wrong (looking at your arguments names).
I'd recommend you to go through https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/fixture.html
There are two solutions for your problem:
###
# file_1
def not_really_a_fixture(s, **kwargs): # just some hook generator
    def hook(s, **kwargs):
        p_b = s.get()
        p = p_b.build()
        yield p
    return hook

###
# conftest.py
from file_1 import not_really_a_fixture

@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def fixture_2(s,b_p): # s and b_p should be names of fixtures that need to run before this
    some_p = not_really_a_fixture(s)
    current_status = s.start(some_p)

    print(current_status)
    yield current_status

And:
###
# file_1
@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def fixture_1(s): # s is name of another fixture
    # there is no point in having **kwargs as arg in pytest fixture
    def hook(s, **kwargs):
        #Default implementation is no-op.
        pass
    return hook

###
# conftest.py
from file_1 import fixture_1

@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def fixture_2(s,b_p,fixture_1): # s and b_p should be names of fixtures that need to run before this
    # in fixture_1 is value returned by fixture_1, that means your hook func
    current_status = s.start(fixture_1)

    print(current_status)
    yield current_status

A: Easy example included
Py.test supports fixture invoking other fixtures straight out of the box
Have the fixtures in conftest.py or in test file:
conftest.py:
@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
def fixture_A():
    some_obj = create_obj()
    return some_obj  # or use yield some_obj in case you want to destruct

@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
def fixture_B(fixture_A):
   this_is_some_obj = fixture_A
   # do something
   another = {}
   return this_is_some_obj, another

test_example.py:
@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
def fixture_C(fixture_B):
   return fixtureB

def test_finally_the_test(fixture_C):
    some_obj, another = fixture_C

Important to mention that the fixtures above will be invoked once (even if multiple tests uses these fixtures) - this is due to the "session "scope of each fixture
it is just as if these fixtures were singletons (if compared to oop)
Another note pytest knows the order to run the fixtures (it checks the dependencies - nothing special to do here)


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Q: Cannot set my Environment Variable to Development in Asp.NET CORE My launchSettings.json is :
{
  "iisSettings": {
    "windowsAuthentication": false,
    "anonymousAuthentication": true,
    "iisExpress": {
      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:65000",
      "sslPort": 44367
    }
  },
  "profiles": {
    "IIS Express": {
      "commandName": "IISExpress",
      "launchBrowser": true,
      "environmentVariables": {
        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
      }
    },
    "Portal.WebUI": {
      "commandName": "Project",
      "launchBrowser": true,
      "environmentVariables": {
        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
      },
      "applicationUrl": "https://localhost:5001;http://localhost:5000"
    }
  }
}

Also when I right click to my Web Project in Solution Explorer my ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT is set to Development.
But there is an issue,
In my startup
if (env.IsDevelopment())
{
}                            }
else{
}

when I put a debugger here, it goes to "else" block as if it is not set to Development environment.
So I tried another way of debugging it, and I think I know the error, but I dont know why it is happening.
So I put a line of code above my "if/else" condition which is:
var envi = env.EnvironmentName;
if (env.IsDevelopment())
 {
 }
 else
{
}

So when I put my debugger point to "var envi" line, then "envi" variable comes "Development;Development;" but it should be only "Development".
EDIT
Now, I tried to change it to Production from right clicking to my project and set ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT to "Production" now my "envi" variable is "Development;Production"
So always there is a "Development;", how can I find the issue in here..
Can you please help?

A: Visual Studio caches the environment variables when it was started up - not when you hit "debug", so you may want to restart the IDE and give it one more try.


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L'Orchestre symphonique de la radio-télévision irlandaise, ou Orchestre national d'Irlande ( en anglais), est un orchestre symphonique irlandais fondé en 1948.

Historique
Fondé en 1948, d'abord connu comme Orchestre symphonique de la radio irlandaise (Radio Telefis Éireann Symphony Orchestra), il devient en 1989 Orchestre national d'Irlande (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra) à la suite d'une réforme qui en élargit l'effectif et les activités.

Outre sa saison symphonique, aujourd'hui au National Concert Hall, l'orchestre participe à la saison lyrique de Dublin et au festival de Wexford.

Chefs permanents
Comme chefs permanents, se sont succédé à la tête de la formation :
 Michel Bowles (1946-1947)
 Jean Martinon (1947-1950)
 Milan Horvat (1952-1960)
 Tibor Paul (1961-1967)
 Albert Rosen (1968-1980)
 Colman Pearce (1979-1984)
 Bryden Thomson (1984-1987)
 Janos Fürst (1987–1989)
 George Hurst (1990–1994)
 Kasper de Roo (1994–1998)
 Alexander Anissimov (1998–2001)
 Gerhard Markson (2001–2009)
 Alan Buribayev (2010–2016)
 Nathalie Stutzmann (2017–2019)
 Jaime Martín (en) (depuis 2019)

Créations
Parmi les créations notables de l'orchestre figurent des œuvres de Seóirse Bodley,  (Mors et Vita), John Kinsella (Montage 2), Seán Ó Riada (Nomos ), Gerard Schurmann (Seven Studies of Francis Bacon, 1969) et  (Symphonie , 1977 ; Symphonie , 1991).

Bibliographie

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Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), le service public de radio et télévision en Irlande
 Liste d'orchestres radiophoniques

Liens externes

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Orchestre irlandais
Orchestre de musique classique fondé en 1948
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 at 9:00AM
Barnard's Inn Hall
Symposium: Rare and Endangered Languages
Presented by Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli
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Up to ninety percent of the world's languages are predicted to disappear in the next century, many with little or no documentation.
This symposium will look at the reasons for this and address some of the issues.
Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli
Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli is Emeritus Mercers' School Memorial Professor of Commerce at Gresham College, having held the chair from 2005 to 2009. His first degree was in Government from Harvard, followed by mathematics and engineering studies at Trinity College Dublin and a PhD from the London School of Economics in chaotic systems, where he was also a Visiting Professor.
Professor Mainelli is Executive Chairman of Z/Yen, the City of London's leading commercial think-tank and venture firm, which he co-founded in 1994 to promote societal advance through better finance and technology. A qualified accountant (FCCA), securities professional (FCSI), computer specialist (FBCS) and management consultant (FIC), Michael began his career as a research scientist in aerospace (rockets) and computing (architecture & mapping). He later became a senior partner with accountants BDO Binder Hamlyn directing global consulting projects. During the 1990s he worked for the UK Ministry of Defence as Corporate Development Director for Europe's then largest R&D firm, the Defence Evaluation & Research Agency leading to two privatisations. Career highlights include directing Z/Yen's Long Finance initiative with Gresham College and the City of London Corporation asking "when would we know our financial system is working?" as well as creating the Global Financial Centres Index, Global Intellectual Property Index, London Accord and Farsight Award. Michael also conceived and produced the first complete digital map of the world in 1983, Mundocart (a 1980's Google Earth), and the $20 million Geodat consortium cartography project.
Michael is non-executive Director of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UK's national body for standards and laboratories), AIM-listed Sirius Minerals plc (potash mining), AIM-listed Wishbone Gold Plc; Alderman for Broad Street Ward (elected) at the City of London Corporation; Almoner for Christ's Hospital School; Trustee of International Fund for Animal Welfare. Michael has held numerous advisory posts, for example with Hitachi UK, City University and HM Treasury. Michael won a 1996 UK Foresight Challenge award for the Financial Laboratory, 2003 UK Smart Award for prediction software, 2005 British Computer Society Director of the Year, 2011 Technology Strategy Board Challenge Award for financial avatars, and was awarded Gentiluomo of the Associazione Cavalieri di San Silvestro in 2011. Michael is a Liveryman, Worshipful Company of World Traders, Freeman, Watermen & Lightermen, and represents the Financial Services Group of Livery Companies.
Michael has published over 40 journal articles, 150 commercial articles and four books. Michael's humorous risk/reward management novel, Clean Business Cuisine: Now and Z/Yen, written with Ian Harris, was a Sunday Times Book of the Week in 2000; Accountancy Age described it as "surprisingly funny considering it is written by a couple of accountants". Their third co-authored book, The Price of Fish: A New Approach to Wicked Economics and Better Decisions, based on his Gresham lectures, won the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards Finance, Investment & Economics Gold Prize. Michael plays bagpipes, loves skiing and sailing and, with his wife, Elisabeth, he races and restores the 1923 Thames Sailing Barge Lady Daphne and sits on the world's oldest sailing racing body, the Thames Match Committee. With an international family, Michael speaks English, German, French and Italian poorly, but even worse Spanish and Chinese.
To access all of Professor Mainelli's previous Gresham College lectures, please click here.
Professor Tim Connell
An honorary life fellow of Gresham College, Professor Tim Connell is an Emeritus Foundation professor at City, University of London, where he set up a full range of language activities over a period of nineteen years. He was a longstanding member of Senate and also chaired the Joint Negotiating Committee between management and unions. He is a graduate of Oxford, Liverpool and London universities, and has studied in Spain and Mexico. He also holds the degree of Doctor of Letters from City, University of London.
His particular interest is in the field of professional training for translators and interpreters, where he works closely with the Chartered Institute of Linguists, of which he has recently been appointed an Honorary Life Fellow in recognition of his seventeen years as Vice-President and eleven years as Chair of the Educational Trust over a thirty-year period of service. Tim is a regular contributor to the professional journal The Linguist and is also a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Languages Group, which he addresses with some regularity. He is a Visiting Professor at Richmond International University, developing links with links with China in particular.
International education is another area of key concern. Tim is deputy chair of the international course board for ESCP, (the French grande école based in Paris) which also covers London, Berlin, Madrid and Turin. He has had professional links with Latin America for many years, which has provided ample material for his classes on cultural communication and awareness.
He writes and broadcasts regularly on a wide range of themes relating to London, languages in the modern world and diverse cultural topics. In the past three years he has published chapters on livery companies in the City of London; Languages and Brexit; and he was the lead writer in 2018 for Get Smart About Scandals, a report on past lessons for future finance. He has also revised the history of Canning House, home to the Luso-Hispanic Brazilian Society, with which he has had an association for nearly forty years.
Tim has developed particular links in the Square Mile as a Freeman of the City of London and sits on the Court of the Stationers' Company where he Chair of Public Access Committee, which supports the Hall charity.
As a Fellow of Gresham College he sits on the Academic Board and has organised cycles of lectures in the Mondays at One series for 24 years, looking at topics of mainly current interest and speaks on a variety of subjects himself. He has devised half-day symposia on a wide range of themes with an invited panel of experts and is currently looking at the development of webinars. Since 2006 he has been Chairman of the Gresham Society, which supports Gresham College.
Professor Peter Austin
Professor Peter K. Austin is Märit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics and Director of the Endangered Languages Academic Programme at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Professor Austin joined SOAS in January 2003 after having held a Humboldt Prize at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt. He was previously Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Melbourne (1996-2002) and has held visiting appointments at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Nijmegen, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, University of Hong Kong, and Stanford University. He studied at the Australian National University, completing a BA with first class Honours in Asian Studies (Japanese and Linguistics) in 1974, and a PhD in 1978 on the Diyari language spoken in the far north of South Australia. He taught at the University of Western Australia (1978), held a Harkness Fellowship for post-doctoral research at UCLA and MIT (1979-80), and in 1981 set up the Department of Linguistics at La Trobe University.
Professor Austin's research interests cover descriptive, theoretical and applied linguistics and include theory and practice of language documentation, language typology, theoretical syntax, Lexical Functional Grammar, computer-aided linguistic analysis and lexicography. He has extensive fieldwork experience on Australian Aboriginal languages, and Sasak and Samawa, Austronesian languages spoken on Lombok and Sumbawa islands, eastern Indonesia. He has published 21 books, 7 bilingual dictionaries and over 70 articles, and has co-authored with David Nathan the first fully page-formatted hypertext dictionary on the World Wide Web, a bilingual dictionary of Gamilaraay (Kamilaroi), northern New South Wales (1995).
Recently, Professor Austin has been working with native-speaker scholar Eli Timan on documenting the Jewish Iraqi language, and with Dr Sabah Aldihisi on neo-Aramaic ritual language used by the Mandean community of Syria, Iraq and Iran.
Dr Mark Turin
Mark Turin is a linguistic anthropologist. He studied archaeology and anthropology at the University of Cambridge, and holds a PhD in descriptive linguistics from Leiden University where he was affiliated to the Himalayan Languages Project during which time he wrote a grammar of Thangmi, a hitherto undescribed Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal. He is currently a Research Associate at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, where he directs both the recently established World Oral Literature Project, an urgent global initiative to document and make accessible endangered oral literatures before they disappear without record, and the Digital Himalaya Project which he co-founded in 2000 as a platform to make multi-media resources from the Himalayan region widely available online. He has also held research appointments at Cornell and Leipzig universities, and the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology in Sikkim, India. From 2007 to 2008, he served as Chief of Translation and Interpretation at the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). He writes and lectures on ethnolinguistics, visual anthropology, digital archives and fieldwork methodology at the University of Cambridge. He is the author or coauthor of four books, the editor of four volumes and has published numerous articles and book chapters.
Thursday, 16 June 2011, 9:00AM
Conference lectures
Part of a conference
An Introduction to Rare and Endangered Languages
Thursday, 16 June 2011 - 10:30AM
Part Two - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?'
Dr Nicholas Ostler
Part Three - Collect, Protect, Connect: Documenting the Voices of Vanishing Worlds
Part Four - Language Documentation and Revitalisation: Where are we now?
Thursday, 16 June 2011 - 12:00PM
Part Five - Panel Discussion for Rare and Endangered Languages


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John Oliver Slams CNN for Mistaking Pride Parade's Dildo Flag for ISIS Flag
The incident occurred at a gay pride parade Saturday in London, and Oliver took the news network to task for the incredibly embarrassing mix-up.
Marlow Stern
Senior Entertainment Editor
Updated Apr. 14, 2017 10:34AM ET / Published Jun. 28, 2015 11:48PM ET
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Friday was a historic day for America. It was the day the Supreme Court, in a landmark 5-4 ruling, legalized gay marriage for all Americans—including the 13 states where same-sex marriages had been banned.There were mostly positive reactions to the SCOTUS ruling, as well as some strongly worded dissents from Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. One of the biggest foot-in-mouth moments came—of course—from CNN during its coverage of London's gay pride parade on Saturday. And the outrageous screw-up served as perfect comedy fodder for satirist John Oliver on his excellent HBO program Last Week Tonight.
"The award for greatest moment in global Pride celebrations actually had nothing to do with gay marriage, and everything to do with the idiocy of CNN," said Oliver.
Indeed, during the network's live coverage of Saturday's gay pride parade in London, an intrepid CNN reporter claimed that she'd spotted an ISIS flag among the rainbows. So CNN, as is its wont, blasted the headline "ISIS FLAG SPOTTED AT GAY PRIDE PARADE" for a rollicking seven-minute segment, even going so far as to pat itself on the back for the "scoop."
"I seem to be the only person that's spotted this, and nobody seems to be raising any questions or pointing it out," said CNN reporter Lucy Pawle.
Well, it turns out that wasn't an ISIS flag at all—far from it.
"I'll tell you why they weren't raising any questions," said Oliver. "That's not the ISIS flag. That's a flag with dildos and butt plugs all over it. And yet, for more than seven spectacular minutes, CNN had it onscreen—even calling one of their 'terrorism experts' to try and figure out why ISIS might be marching with the gay community through London, which did seem surprising."
What's more, Oliver took the mistake-prone news network to task for failing to acknowledge or issue an on-air apology for the tremendously stupid blunder.
"It's a full day later now, and they still haven't addressed this mistake on-air," said Oliver. "Probably because it would be too embarrassing to have a professional journalist say, 'I'm sorry. Despite working at CNN, it seems I don't know what a dildo looks like.'"


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I've now finished re-watching the 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice – and loved it all over again. I also watched the featurette included on the DVD, where producer Sue Birtwhistle discusses how much care was taken with every detail of this production, down to tailoring the costumes to the individuals and even choosing houses for filming which echoed the personalities of the characters living there.
I think all this attention to detail has paid off, together with the leisurely length, in giving the whole production a multi-layered, rich feeling. It's quite a wrench when it comes to an end and you have to step out of that world and come back to the present – although that final shot, with Darcy and Elizabeth sharing their only kiss, is what viewers have been waiting for right from the start.
I did see the hugely popular Andrew Davies version of Pride and Prejudice when it was first shown. But, as my younger child was only one then, and I was constantly rushing in and out of the room, my memories of it are something of a blur – a mix of beautiful costumes and landscapes, dancing, sunlight and Colin Firth taking that famous dip in the lake.
I think I also saw a repeat a few years later, but that has faded in my mind too. Watching the series again 14 years on, thanks to the beautifully-presented BBC Anniversary Edition box set, I'm hoping to take it all in better. So far, I've watched the first two episodes and thoroughly enjoyed them. Andrew Davies' dialogue keeps a lot of Austen's wit, and, after watching several rushed 90-minute adaptations of classics recently, the more leisurely pace of this one comes as a welcome change. It's a pity Davies didn't do as many episodes in his recent version of Sense and Sensibility – though that adaptation has grown on me.


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Andy Jassy, the Amazon.com Inc. leader who is set to take over as chief executive from founder Jeff Bezos later this year, is a longtime acolyte of his boss who helped come up with the tech giant's most profitable idea: cloud-computing.
Since Amazon Web Services launched in 2006, Mr. Jassy, 53, has been its chief architect and evangelist, building the business from a nascent idea that was widely questioned in the technology community to a multibillion-dollar business that dominates the internet.


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The Best Mobile Wifi Hotspot Device in 2023 | Top Rankings
Looking for the best mobile wifi hotspot device? You've come to the right place. We've put together a list of the top devices on the market, so you can choose the one that's best for you. Whether you're looking for portability, affordability, or features, we've got something for everyone. So read on and find the perfect hotspot device for your needs!
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Mu memo technology enables multiple compatible clients to connect at each client's respective maximum speed; Supports every operating System, including Windows, Mac OS and Linux more
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NETGEAR Nighthawk M5 5G Mobile Hotspot with WiFi 6 (MR5200)
Connector Type : USB
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NETGEAR Nighthawk M1 4G LTE WiFi Mobile Hotspot (MR1100-100NAS) –
Share WiFi internet access with up to 20 devices
Unlocked to accept all SIM cards (excluding Sprint legacy network); works best on AT&T and T-Mobile. Please check with preferred carrier on data plan details and limitations more
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🌎【No contract, No Roaming Fees】Pay as you go WiFi. No contract nor roaming charges. Choose the more suitable data plan from our Glocalme App anytime. Comes with included 1.1GB global data and 8GB US Data. For the 8GB data, please contact us to redeem it by providing the IMEI 2 number, which is on the back bottom of the device. You can also freely choose the activation time according to your own travel plans. Please note that 8GB data is only available within 30 days after activation. more
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🌎【NO CONTRACT, NO ROAMING FEES】Pay as you go WiFi. No contract nor roaming charges. Choose the cost effective data plans from our GlocalMe App anytime. Comes with included 1.1GB global data and 8GB US/CA/MX Data.But for the 8GB data, please contact us to redeem it by providing the IMEI 2 number, which is on the back bottom of the device. You can also freely choose the activation time according to your own travel plans. Please note that 8GB data is only available within 30 days after activation. more
There are several options to choose from, but the best mobile wifi hotspot device is likely the one that comes with your network provider. Verizon customers have the option of purchasing the Inseego 5G MiFi M1000, which is a powerful, dual-band hotspot with Ethernet and USB-C tethering. It also has a large battery life and fast charging. One major downside is that this device is only available for Verizon customers.
Linksys Mesh Wifi 6 Router
If you are looking for a mobile WiFi hotspot device, you may want to consider the Linksys Mesh Wifi 6 router. This model uses WiFi 6 technology to provide blazing fast connections. Its advanced mesh design allows you to connect more devices and cover more space. It supports up to 25 devices and reaches speeds of up to 1.8 Gbps. It also includes parental controls and guest mode.
The Linksys Mesh Wifi 6 router features dual-band technology for blazing fast speeds. It also supports gigabit internet plans and boasts three 1GbE Ethernet ports. It promises to provide more coverage and faster speeds than other wireless routers on the market. It also supports streaming, gaming, and video calls on up to 30 devices, and its coverage can reach up to 2,700 square feet per node.
Other options include the Netgear Nighthawk MR1100. Its Gigabit LTE technology enables you to stream video, stream music, and access the internet on more than 20 devices at once. Its multi-band architecture also enables you to connect to Gigabit LTE networks. It also boasts 4X4 MIMO and four-band Carrier Aggregation capabilities, and is compatible with a range of devices.
Linksys has a rich history of wireless connectivity, having launched the first wireless router brand in 1988 and has since shipped over 100 million units worldwide. It is also known for its Velop Intelligent Mesh Technology and its Aware WiFi motion sensing software. Its products enable a connected life with simplified home control and enhanced security. Its product line is distributed in over 60 countries and is available in major retailers all over the world.
Choosing a wireless router with a built-in USB port is a great way to make the most of your Wi-Fi. A USB port is convenient for sharing files from a removable USB storage device, and it provides up to 2A of passthrough power for charging your mobile devices. The only downside to the built-in USB port is that it is not the cheapest option, but it is worth it if you need to use your router for multiple devices.
ASUS WiFi Gaming Router RT-AC5300 - Tri-Band
The RT-AC5300 takes wireless network performance to the next level. Using the latest NitroQAM technology, it boosts Wi-Fi speeds for everyone and every device. The RT-AC5300 is also equipped with the widest Wi-Fi coverage in its class, tri-band Smart Connect, enterprise-level link aggregation, revolutionary MU-MIMO technology, and total security.
Tri-Band Smart Connect automatically selects the fastest frequency band, taking into account the signal strength and the amount of devices that are connected. The RT-AC5300 also supports adaptive QoS (Quality of Service), which prioritizes gaming over media sessions and improves connectivity. The RT-AC5300 also supports link aggregation, which combines multiple network connections for maximum throughput. This feature is especially useful when using NAS devices.
The RT-AC5300's four-transmitter and four-receiver antenna design, or 4T4R, enhances Wi-Fi range and stability. It also incorporates AiRadar beamforming, a technology that focuses Wi-Fi signals on your devices. It also has two separate 5GHz wireless bands, each with speeds of 2167Mbps, while a single 2.4GHz band operates at a speed of 1000Mbps. All of this technology helps you enjoy a faster and more enjoyable Wi-Fi connection.
This router comes with a web-based management system. This allows you to easily manage your network and assign network priority to your games. Furthermore, the router comes with a free subscription to WTFast, a game accelerator service that routes game data for optimal performance.
The ASUS RT-AC5300 is an expensive and powerful router that can provide an ultra-responsive WiFi signal. It is an excellent choice for home use. The RT-AC5300 includes a variety of useful features, including eight Gigabit Ethernet ports, MU-MIMO support, and a sleek design.
GL.iNet GL-E750 MUDI 4G LTE OpenWrt VPN Router
The GL-E750 Portable 4G LTE Router, which is known as Mudi, is the best 4g LTE privacy router. It protects you from cyber criminals and uses state-of-the-art cryptography to ensure your privacy.
The Mudi runs on OpenWrt and supports a wide range of security protocols. It supports WireGuard up to 50 Mbps and OpenVPN up to 10 Mbps. The Mudi also supports the Tor network, and offers support for DNS over TLS and HTTPS. Its 7000mAh battery provides up to 12 hours of use, and it also has a USB-C port replicator for connecting to other devices.
The Mudi is the perfect VPN router for a traveler. It features a built-in 3g/4G LTE modem, 7000mAh battery, and support for WireGuard and OpenVPN. As a mobile VPN router, the GL-E750 MUDI is ideal for travelers or those who travel frequently.
A VPN router is an essential tool for any home or business, as it keeps your information secure. Public Wi-Fi can be dangerous to your privacy, and using a VPN router can prevent this. The GL-E750 MUDI 4GI 4G LTE OpenWrt VPN router helps protect your personal information from malicious hackers.
Advanced users will appreciate the router's pre-installed OpenVPN and WireGuard software. These apps make it easy to set up your own VPN gateway and protect your online privacy. The router can be configured to use the services of up to 25 popular VPN providers, and automatically uses Cloudflare encrypted DNS servers to ensure a secure connection.
NETGEAR Nighthawk M5 5G Mobile Hotspot with WiFi 6
Netgear's mobile hotspot is a four-inch puck that promises to turn the fastest flavors of 5G and Wi-Fi into speedy internet. It can also be used to connect to wired PCs. While AT&T is planning to roll out speedy internet on wired PCs, Netgear's product looks like a nice option for mobile users.
The Nighthawk M5 also features a removable battery, which is convenient when you're using it outdoors or in remote locations. It's powered by Wi-Fi 6, which allows up to 32 devices to be connected at once. In addition to mobile hotspot functionality, the device also functions as a modem for a traditional router.
The M5's performance may vary depending on your carrier. It works best on AT&T and T-Mobile networks, although it's compatible with Verizon's mmWave band as well. Be sure to confirm the compatibility of the device with your carrier before purchasing.
The Nighthawk M5 is not a cheap device, but it's still worth its money if you need reliable connectivity on the go. It offers good connectivity in areas with 5G, but it doesn't perform well enough to be a standalone router. It's best used in homes and small offices. It also makes a great mobile hotspot for coworkers.
The Nighthawk M5 is powered by Qualcomm's X55 Mobile Platform for premium performance and groundbreaking speeds. It also boasts dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi 6 for high-speed Internet. It's ideal for mobile connectivity and supports high-end video streaming. It can also be managed with a NETEAR mobile app. It has a battery life of up to 13 hours.
If you're looking for a reliable, portable 5G mobile hotspot, the NETGEAR Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot with WiFi 6 is the right device for you. It will give you reliable 5G WiFi and is ideal for mobile staff. It also offers features that let you manage data usage by session or month. You can also customize settings and manage guest WiFi.
RoamWiFi R10 Portable WiFi 4G Router Mobile
The RoamWiFi R10 Portable WiFi/4G Router Mobile is a powerful and portable WiFi hotspot that provides high-speed internet connection to up to five smart devices simultaneously. Its built-in 5000mAh battery allows users to stay connected for up to 18 hours. The device is portable and can be used anywhere. It is compatible with Android and iOS platforms.
The RoamWiFi R10 Portable WiFi 4-G Router Mobile supports 4G LTE technology. This device is compatible with networks in the US, the EU, and Canada. It also supports global roaming. Its data plan features include a US 10GB data plan and a global 1GB data plan. You can also choose to pay as you go and not sign a contract, allowing you to enjoy internet access anywhere in the world.
Finally, you must decide to select the plan that provides the most the connectivity you require for your business. Verizon's unlimited data plans are attractive because you don't need to be concerned about exceeding your limit of data, however T-Mobile's plans are more affordable and provide more 5G data before data usage is cut back.
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Q: Fill combobox with immense entrys results in browser crash I got a Combobox on a HTML- Site and this got 192.300 entrys.
Every single option is named this way in the source:
<option value="1">1 Test</option>
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 <option value="3">3 Test</option>
I think the Browser crashes because of to many code.
Is there another way to get the entrys into the Combobox without crashing the browser?

A: Is there any specific reason to use a HTML drop-down. If it flexible then please use type-ahead/autosuggest which will populate a custom drop-down based on the entered text.
This will also improve on the UX as it is an effort to find something from a dropdown which contains lot of items.


At the ANIMAL TECH Trade Fair, the National Show of Livestock and the National Gamekeeping Show, to be held at the Brno Exhibition Centre from 12 to 15 May 2019, bus tours and other organised groups are welcome! In addition, their participants can look forward to cheaper tickets. Each member of an organised tour will be able to visit these events for a preferential price of CZK 60 (12 – 14 May 2019) or even free of charge (15 May 2019). Any package tour of 15 or more participants is eligible.
Get in touch with Mr. Adam Fejfar (afejfar@bvv.cz, phone: +420 608 069 074) and request a registration form for the participants in the tour.
Print the registration forms and hand them out to the participants.
Fill in the forms before arriving at the Exhibition Centre.
Collect the completed forms from all participants.
Collect the admission fee of CZK 60 (12-14 May) from each participant.
Submit all registration forms at the box office at once, then you can buy tickets for all tour participants collectively. On 15 May, you will get your tickets for free.
After completing all these steps we will count on you for parking, you will be quickly cleared in at the box office and you may enjoy your visit to the fair in a perfect manner.


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For parents, there may be few things more terrifying than learning that a child was involved in an accident. This was the reality for at least one set of West Virginia parents after an alleged drunk driver struck a school bus. While only one student was on the bus at the time of the accident, injuries related to drunk driving accidents can be severe and may even take several days for symptoms to fully emerge.
According to police, the driver of a pickup truck was under the influence of alcohol when he rear-ended another vehicle. The force of the collision caused that car to hit another vehicle, which then struck the bus from behind. He initially fled the scene of the accident, but stopped at a car rental store nearby. Police found him hiding in the restroom at the store.
Testing showed that he had a blood-alcohol content of .217, which is significantly higher than the legal limit. It does not appear that he was injured, but the driver of the first vehicle that was struck had to be transported to the hospital. The alleged drunk driver's passenger was also hurt, although it is not clear if she required treatment at a hospital.
The driver who apparently caused the wreck is currently behind bars, and a judge set his bail at $10,000. When a drunk driver causes serious injury, victims may have to deal with significant injuries that can cause a lifetime of medical and financial problems. This is why many West Virginia victims choose to pursue compensation through personal injury claims which can help them address the physical, emotional and financial damages associated with these types of accidents.
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Official map of "Operation Goldflake", the move of 1st. Canadian Corps to Belgium.
The beginning of 1945 saw The Ontario Regiment located in the mountains of northern Italy, just south of Bologna. The winter weather had brought the Italian campaign to a virtual standstill. The Regiment's tanks were mostly in static positions, serving in the role of artillery. In late February orders were received for a major move. Operation Goldflake was the name for the relocation of all Canadian Army units deployed in Italy to join their counter-parts in north-west Europe. It had always been the intention of the Canadian government to have the army under a single command. A large number of elements, including The Ontario Regiment, had been serving in Italy since the invasion of Sicily in July, 1943.
The Regiment's vehicles were sent by a combination of rail and ship beginning on March 5. By March 15 all of the vehicles and personnel were assembled at Mouscron, Belgium. After performing maintenance and re-organization, the Regiment entered the Netherlands on March 23, 1945. As of March 24, sub-units of the Regiment were located at Lent, Andelst, Ressen and Ewijk.
The early days of April were spent supporting the British 49th Division in Operation Destroyer. This operation successfully achieved its objective of forcing the Germans from the area north-east of Nijmegen, at the conjunction of the Waal and Nederrijn Rivers. This was followed by Operation Anger whose objective was to cross the IJessel River and then liberate Arnhem, with The Ontario Regiment providing support to the British 146th Infantry Brigade. German resistance was crumbling by this time but the Regiment destroyed several enemy anti-tank guns and took a large number of prisoners. Arnhem had been largely cleared by April 15. The Ontarios and the 146th Brigade liberated the town of Dieren on the 16th. This was followed by the liberation of the area south of Arnhem, the town of Ede and the Ede highway. On the 18th the Regiment pushed farther north, reaching south of Apeldoorn and Epe. Daily patrols were sent out and much assistance was received from the Dutch populace regarding the location and strength of enemy positions. A plan to clear the enemy out of Renswoude and Utrecht was put on hold as it appeared that the end of the war was imminent. The situation was quiet at the end of April.
On the evening of May 4 the British Broadcasting Corporation announced the unconditional surrender of German forces in north-east Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the Frisian Islands to take effect at 08:00 hours on May 5. The final surrender of all German forces in all theatres took place on May 7. On that day, the Ontarios rolled into Utrecht and were greeted with a tumultuous reception from the town's citizens. The Ontario Regiment ended the war with sub-units in Ede, Zeist, Utrecht and Hoogeloon. Throughout May, the Regiment guarded prisoners at Meerkerk. The Ontarios also participated in a victory parade in The Hague.
The Ontarios went into a period of waiting for the orders to return to Canada. Most of the month of June was spent in Leersum and then the Regiment moved to Harlingen on June 29. At Harlingen the education program that had begun in Leersum continued. The program now made use of the Harlingen Technical School's facilities for classes in carpentry, machine shop and standard academic subjects.
The Ontarios stayed in Harlingen throughout the summer of 1945 where they became part of the community. Through the education program, some of the soldiers worked at local businesses. The machine shop students found work at the town's ship-yard, while others worked at pottery. The Ontarios took part in the town's celebration of Queen Wilhelmina's birthday. Chocolate bars were distributed to the children of the town for the day, a Canadian military band put on a concert and the Burgomaster reviewed the Regiment. Further opportunities to interact with the locals came through the numerous dances that were organized by the Regiment's squadrons and messes. Several members of the Regiment became engaged to Dutch women and eventually brought their new wives to Canada.
There were also opportunities for more leisurely activities. The Salvation Army ran regular movie nights and there were many stage shows. Boating trips in the Frisian Islands were popular that summer. There was a Regimental bus service to Leeuwarden for local entertainment. Many soldiers used their leave time to travel throughout the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
The long awaited orders for The Ontario Regiment to return home came in late September. They left Harlingen on October 5 and travelled to the Nijmegen staging camp where all remaining equipment and vehicles were turned in. On October 8 the Ontarios said good-bye to the Netherlands, commencing their journey to Canada.
The patches for the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade of which The Ontario Regiment was member. The patches and numbers were should on their tanks – the number (173 for Ontario Regiment) was on the rear left, the black and red rectangle with maple leaf in centre was on rear right (it showed our Brigade and of course the maple leaf showed Canada). The symbols were on both sides of the tank turret and showed which Squadron you belonged to in which Regiment. It was so if a "strange" tank pulled up near another you could tell who they were or at least where they were from.
The red and black diamond patch was worn on the upper right sleeve of the dress uniform.
The red and black diamond patch with 11 CTR in it showed the Regiment the soldier was from.