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Underlying Peripherals Suggest Kyle Schwarber Ready for Stronger Second Half
Ryan ThomureJuly 13, 2019
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The first half of the Cubs season was largely defined by underperformance by hitters not named Anthony Rizzo, Javier Báez, Willson Contreras, Jason Heyward, or Kris Bryant. A lineup with all five of those players clicking is one that you'd expect to be consistently productive, but a lack of depth outside of that core group has led to frustrating and familiar struggles.
By and large, that lack of production matches what peripherals would suggest. Albert Almora Jr., Daniel Descalso, and others are unfortunately getting the results they deserve based on what batted-ball data and other underlying stats tell us.
As the headline of this piece suggests, though, Kyle Schwarber's stat line may not be indicative of his actual production. Schwarber's season to this point has largely been defined by streakiness, but would you believe me if I told you that he's actually putting up his best season yet according to xwOBA?
His .354 xwOBA — that's expected weighted on-base average, a number based on how what a player's contact should produce — would be the best of his career, narrowly edging 2015's .353 mark. But his actual wOBA of .323 would be the worst of his career. So what's going on?
Well, what's going on is that the slugging left fielder is smashing the ball and finding too many gloves. Schwarber currently sits in the top 2% of hitters across baseball in both exit velocity (93.1 mph, 10th in MLB) and hard-hit percentage (52.4, 7th) and his 14.6 degree launch angle is right around his career average. Based on those numbers, he should be producing much better results.
Schwarber's batting average and slugging percentage of .224 and .451 are both notably off from expected marks of .244 and .483, respectively. This isn't a process issue, it's a results issue. Extreme shifts employed against him certainly contribute to some of that discrepancy and approach changes may have meddled with his performance as well.
But generally, it's fair to expect that good processes will lead to good results. That hasn't necessarily been the case for Schwarber, so if asked to bet on which underperforming Cubs hitter was most likely to turn it around, I'd push in all of my chips into the middle on him in the second half.
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FLASHBACK: Boris Johnson said national insurance increases are regressive
Boris Johnson's plans to raise national insurance contributions to pay for the NHS and social care have left us with many unanswered questions. One of the biggest mysteries is how did the Conservative party become the party of endless Tory tax rises?
It's certainly been a damascene conversion for the prime minister himself. Here's the highlights of his speech on 17 April 2002 slamming the Labour budget's national insurance hikes:
Labour Members may have missed two points in their discussion of the national insurance hikes: first, that those raises will hit the very public sector workers whom they hoped would benefit from the Chancellor's spending plans; and, secondly, as the hon. Member for Newbury (Mr. Rendel) rightly said, that the national insurance increases are regressive, and someone earning £32,000 will pay exactly the same as someone earning £132,000. That may be why Labour Members were so jubilant: we all know that they are now fat cats and MPs, and will not be as hard hit, relatively speaking, as many of their constituents.
I merely point out that it is ironic that Labour Members should cheer a regressive tax. Those regressive taxes are expected to go a very long way. The Chancellor said that he would increase public spending from £390 billion to £470 billion in about four years' time. I hope that I heard him correctly. If his growth projections are wrong, someone will pick up a large bill, and I expect that it will be the taxpayer.
We have had five years of bluff about the Labour Government's tax and spending intentions. Now, at last, we are getting the reality—in their hearts they are deeply wedded to tax and spend, and they have no more imaginative prescriptions for the NHS than those outlined by Labour Members today. All the froth, the candy floss and the spin of new Labour have finally been blown away. People such as the hon. Member for Hemsworth have been revealed in their true colours as taxers and spenders and believers in the NHS unreformed and as it is—monolithic and monopolistic. They think that that is the only way to improve health care in this country. I hope that they are right; I fear very much that they will be proved wrong.
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Crux | Survey says COVID-19 putting stress on families, and motivating Biden supporters
Marriages are surviving the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, but are undergoing a lot of stress, especially among poorer couples.
According to the annual American Family Survey conducted by The Deseret News and Brigham Young University, around 34 percent of married couples say the stress in their marriage has increased due to the pandemic.
"Having experienced an economic crisis almost doubles the percentage of people who believe the coronavirus pandemic has increased stress in their marriage. On the strength of marriage question the number almost triples because of an economic crisis," the poll says, adding that lower income individuals are twice as likely to question the strength of their marriage.
Gender differences were also revealed: Men tended to say they're dividing household tasks 50-50; women say it's more like 65-35. Men are also more likely to say the pandemic has affected their work-life balance.
However, the authors of the survey claim that during the pandemic, family ties have been the most important factor for dealing with the crisis.
"On the whole, family relationships appear to provide resources and support for navigating the coronavirus, not cause additional stress and difficulty. In this sense, families and relationships may be the lifeline through COVID-19, not the casualty of it," the authors of the survey say.
Boyd Matheson, Deseret News Opinion Editor, sad this is the "silver lining" of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Klangkarussell ist ein österreichisches Produzenten-Duo im Bereich der elektronischen Musik. Es besteht aus den DJs Tobias Rieser und Adrian Held aus Salzburg.

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Tobias Rieser war unter dem Namen Klangkarussell zunächst als Solokünstler tätig. Adrian Held hingegen produzierte elektronische Musik unter dem Künstlernamen herald and i, welcher ein Anagramm für seinen bürgerlichen Namen ist. Im Jahr 2011 schlossen sich die beiden Künstler zu dem Duo "Heldenklang" zusammen und produzierten ihre ersten gemeinsamen Songs. Um Verwirrung zu verhindern, wer sich hinter welchem Namen verbirgt, gaben sie bald darauf bekannt, nun zusammen Musik unter dem Namen Klangkarussell zu produzieren und zu veröffentlichen. Im Januar 2014 wurde ihr Debütalbum und eine Welttournee angekündigt, welche bis September 2015 andauerte. Im Jahr 2019 gründeten die beiden ihr eigenes Label "Bias Beach Records", auf welchem sie bereits einige Releases veröffentlicht haben.

Sonnentanz
Klangkarussell wurde durch das Instrumentalstück Sonnentanz bekannt, das im Herbst 2011 auf dem Musikportal SoundCloud veröffentlicht und im Februar 2012 von dem Online-Musikmagazin trndmusik.de gebloggt wurde. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt wurde Sonnentanz von weiteren Blogs und Online-Magazinen gepostet und erreichte im August 2012 die Verkaufscharts in den deutschsprachigen Ländern. Nachdem das Stück am 14. September 2012 auch auf CD erschienen war, erreichte es die Top 5 in Österreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz. Anschließend wurde es in weiteren europäischen Ländern veröffentlicht und wurde in den Niederlanden sogar ein Nummer-eins-Hit. Bei YouTube wurde das Video zu Sonnentanz bis Ende Juni 2013 mehr als 9 Millionen Mal aufgerufen.
Im August 2013 veröffentlichte das österreichische Duo zusammen mit dem Soul-Sänger Will Heard eine Vocal-Version des Songs, welche unter dem Titel Sonnentanz (Sun Don't Shine) Platz 3 in den britischen Charts erreichte.

Im März 2013 wurde vom niederländischen Moderator Domien Verschuuren ein Video auf YouTube veröffentlicht, in dem er dokumentiert, dass Sonnentanz teilweise aus fertigen Loops des Samplepakets Nu Jazz City gemischt wurde. Die Plattenfirma Universal Records, bei der Klangkarussell unter Vertrag steht, reagierte darauf mit einer Sperrung des Videos. Inzwischen ist es wieder auf Vimeo verfügbar.

Das Album Netzwerk wurde von Tshepo Mokoena von der britischen Zeitung The Guardian als mixed bag of wannabe summer hits bezeichnet und mit 3 von 5 Sternen bewertet. Auf dem Video zu Netzwerk (Falls Like Rain) sieht man einen Roofer beim lebensgefährlichen Klettern auf einem Hochhaus.

Im Herbst 2014 wurden Klangkarussell mit dem European Border Breakers Award ausgezeichnet.

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Weitere Veröffentlichungen
2016: Hey Maria
2016: In the Crowd Alone
2017: Jericho (feat. Mando Diao)
2017: Time
2017: Good to Go
2017: Circuits
2017: Jericho
2019: Comoros
2020: Ghostkeeper (feat. GIVVEN)
2020: Shipwreck / My World (feat. Kyle Pearce)
2020: Follow (feat. GIVVEN)
2021: Plastic
2021: Air (feat. Ten Ven)
2021: Swan Song
2022: This Love (feat. Poppy Baskcomb)
2022: Calling Out Your Name (feat. Mando Diao)
2022: I Feel Fine

Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe

Künstlerauszeichnungen
Amadeus Austrian Music Award
 2013: Song des Jahres: Klangkarussell – Sonnentanz
 2015: Best Engineered Album: Netzwerk
 2022: Auszeichnung in der Kategorie Electronic/Dance

Trivia
Tobias Rieser versuchte sich vor seinem Durchbruch als DJ auch als Fußballer und spielte von 1994 bis 2011 beim SV Grödig. Er kam dabei zu einem Profieinsatz im Zweitligaspiel gegen den FC Wacker Innsbruck am 2. August 2008, als er in Minute 76 für Dietmar Berchtold eingewechselt wurde.

Quellen

Weblinks
 Offizielle Homepage
 Klangkarussell bei Soundcloud
 Heldenklang bei Soundcloud

Künstler der elektronischen Tanzmusik
Musikproduzententeam
Österreichische Band
Duo (Musik)
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Q: I'm in the market for a new MP3 player, and the wallet ain't fat enough for an iPod. I've found some off-name bargains, but I'm worried I'll just "get what I pay for." Got any hints?
Some Yoda-like elder taught you well, as the cheapest of MP3 players are rarely worth the scratch. The lowest of low-end devices lack sufficient memory, and tend to break at the slightest hint of roughhousing. The flip side, as you note, is that the iPods of the world aren't priced for Joe Six-Pack—at least not yet. But there are some non-Apple options starting to bubble up, mid-range products that could do you right.
First, some MP3 schooling. Players basically break down into two types of devices—Flash and hard-drive. The former covers all those cheapies you've encountered, and relies on a special kind of memory chip. The pluses of Flash players are weight and size; if you're looking for something to tote along to Jazzercise, Flash is probably the way to go. Good examples include the Creative Nomad MuVo and the Samsung Yepp YP-700H, two lightweight yet feature-rich players that can be had for well under $150, if not $100.
The drawback with Flash players is memory. Best-case scenario, you'll get 256 mega-bytes pre-installed, and an expansion slot that can double that. For budget shoppers, it's more likely you'll end up with a paltry 128 megs. Let's do the math, shall we? If you encode your music at 128 kilobytes per second, your MP3 files will average around 3.5 megs or so. The final tally on your player's song count, then, is about 36—fine for a pair of extended workouts, perhaps, but you'll get sick of that set pretty quickly. And who wants to waste precious life uploading songs over and over from a desktop?
That's why Mr. Roboto tends to recommend the second breed of MP3 players, hard-drivers. As the name suggests, these use miniaturized versions of the disks that hum inside your PC or Mac. Yes, they're clunkier, and they can skip a smidge when you trip on a subway grate. But the massive memory makes up for those shortcomings. Again, another mathematical exercise, this time a comparison between the just-dandy Creative Nomad MuVo (the 128 MB version) and the entry-level 10-gigabyte iPod. The cheapest MuVo goes for $84, but you're more likely to spend about $110 with shipping, tax, and whatnot. So a megabyte of storage on this player costs around 86 cents. Compare that to the $300 iPod, which has a per-meg storage cost of just three cents. Pretty sweet deal, man.
Mr. Roboto should add that you audiophiles out there will want to encode songs at higher bit rates—more like 256 kbps. If that's the case, there's no way in heck a Flash player's going to do the trick. Hard drive's your destiny, for sure.
Don't think it's necessarily iPod or bust, though. Creative Labs (americas.creative.com) has released a promising alternative, the Nomad Jukebox Zen NX, which boasts a 20-gig hard drive for around $225. Yes, it's a load to carry around. This is why the Good Lord created baggy pants with big pockets.
There's also a nascent sector of best-of-both-world devices emerging, starting with Rio's (rioaudio.com) new line of pint-sized, high-capacity players. The gem of the bunch could be the Rio Nitrus, a 1.5 GB player that employs a tinier-than-normal hard drive. The whole contraption fits in your palm, and the sound quality's gorgeous. The downer's the price, $300. But with Christmas approaching—yes, Christmas—the Nitrus could get more affordable, and fast.
The vote here's still for the low-end iPod as the best bang for your buck. But keep in mind that portability isn't much of an issue for Mr. Roboto; robots don't need Jazzercise.
Good to learn that a childhood idol, Ray Parker Jr., is still going strong, at least in cyberspace. The musical genius behind "Ghostbusters" has his own site, rayparkerjr.com, which includes a much needed "Where Is He?" FAQ. Beware, though, of the dreadful smooth-jazz WAV that plays automatically. And why hasn't the site been updated since that landmark November 2002 show in Osaka? Please, Ray, your adoring public needs you. Now, more than ever.
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talkcontract | What advice do you have for students or those entering the A&D field?
What advice do you have for students or those entering the A&D field?
In anticipation of the 30th Annual Interiors Awards Breakfast THIS FRIDAY(!) (get last-minute tickets here), Contract asked past Designers of the Year (or, as we affectionately dub them, our DOYs) for their thoughts on a selection of industry-related questions. Each Thursday leading up to the Interiors Awards, check back in for their thoughts on the latest topic and give us your thoughts on the question of the week.
In the past two weeks we asked about the most exhilarating and disturbing trends in design. For this week's question, we look forward and ask: What advice do you have for students or those just entering the A&D field?
is ESSENTIAL for being successful in the fields of design.
A recessionary period is a both a good time and a difficult time to be entering the profession, so the challenge for a graduating student is how to distinguish themselves from the flood of job applicants. It is a good time, because firms are looking for opportunities to reduce overhead. The addition of talented (lower salary) recent graduates might a creative way for a firm to lower its average cost per billable employee.
Recent graduating students should keep in mind that a positive first impression is essential. Candidates should wear business attire, be well groomed and have a well-designed, graphically refined portfolio, illustrating a cross section of their professional capabilities.A positive attitude, flexibility and a wide range of computer skills such as Photoshop, AutoCAD and competence in 3-D visualization programs such as Sketch-up, in addition to good space planning, a keen eye for colors and finishes and a working knowledge of sources and codes is highly desirable. Candidates should be willing to embrace the internship process or take entry-level positions and salaries just to get their feet in the door. Once hired, interns have the opportunity to distinguish themselves by thinking ahead, being flexible and demonstrating motivation to pitch-in whenever possible.
A designer's education is on-going, so I would also encourage students to read design magazines, attend office "lunch and learns' and embrace every opportunity they have to broaden their knowledge base. Additionally, I believe, that to get ahead, it is essential to be a good communicator. My own interior design college academic course work did not adequately prepare me for the rigors of writing proposals and contracts, the critical reading comprehension skills needed to understand the client's goals and objectives and the codes and ordinances governing interior design projects. My college education also did not adequately prepare me for the presentation skills I quickly learned were needed for me to successfully lead a marketing presentation.
organizations, can be equally valuable.
opportunities; and continually keep ideas fresh and relevant.
extraordinary opportunity for defining the deeper meaning and value of design.
You have to love the profession and be willing to work exceptionally hard.
These are very interesting post and blog,thanks.


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The Use of Expert Evidence in Court: Rosati v. Reggimenti 2016 ONSC 7013
In this recent Superior Court of Justice decision, the Court undertook a detailed analysis of the use of expert evidence in Court, and to what extent apparent prejudicial or biased evidence should be permitted. The importance of the expert evidence to the core of the matter at hand will have a critical role in determining whether expert evidence should be admitted.
The parties in this case have been involved in multiple courses of litigation and negotiation from their separation in 1995 up to the current matter before the Court. Commencing in 2008 and throughout the course of the litigation thereafter, the wife utilized the services of a forensic accountant for review of the husband's financial disclosure.
When the forensic accountant was originally engaged, she quoted the wife an estimated fee of $8,000.00 to $16,000.00. By October of 2011, due to the time involved in this specific matter, the fees had reached approximately $70,000.00.
The matter was scheduled for trial in November, 2013. The wife sought to add the forensic accountant as a witness at trial. By this time, her fees were approximately $173,000.00 inclusive of HST. As such, the Court held that she had a financial interest in the matter, as she would not paid for her services unless the wife was successful at trial. Further, the Court found that the accountant had made comments which indicated she may not be unbiased. As such, the accountant was prohibited from giving either expert or factual evidence.
In response, the wife brought a motion requesting the judge recuse herself as the trial judge in the matter. However, the trial judge refused to do so, but did declare a mistrial as her schedule did not permit her to hear the evidence in a timely manner. In addition, the forensic accountant brought a motion to have herself added as an intervenor in the proceedings. However, the accountant eventually withdrew this notice of motion upon receipt of legal advice.
The above noted decision was appealed to the Divisional Court, who ordered the matter returned to be heard before the Regional Senior Justice, and that the hearing of evidence was to be carried on from the point at which the trial had terminated, and that the presiding judge would be bound by prior rulings of the preceding judge, unless he or she determined otherwise.
In February, 2016, the Court heard a motion brought by the wife requesting the Court to reconsider the prior ruling to exclude the forensic accountant's evidence. The Court found that the wife was able to attempt to requalify the forensic accountant's evidence, and a voire dire was held on this issue alone.
The forensic accountant testified that at the time she was engaged for services, she did not anticipate the volume of work which was required in this matter. She testified, and the Court was satisfied, that she did not have a contingency arrangement. The forensic accountant further testified that she did not feel she could ethically withdraw her services, as this would be an abandonment of her client.
In November, 2016, the wife entered into a new contract for services with the forensic accountant. The accountant agreed to write off $120,000.00 of her previous services, she would receive $25,000.00 in immediate payment, and $5,000.00 as retainer for participating in the trial.
The wife's position is that the forensic accountant should be permitted to testify. The husband's position was that she shouldn't be permitted to testify, for two reasons. First, she has a vested interest in the outcome, and secondly she was not an unbiased expert, but rather, was an advocate for her client. The husband further claims that the new retainer agreement is a strategic move in an effort to have the forensic accountant's evidence included.
The Court began it's analysis by referring to the Supreme Court of Canada decision White Burgess Langille Inman v. Abbott and Haliburton Co., 2015 SCC 23, which established a two-stage test for the qualification of expert evidence. The first stage is the threshold requirements for admissibility; relevance, necessity, and the absence of an exclusionary rule. The second stage provides the judge with discretion to exclude evidence if the prejudice of the evidence outweighs its value. The Supreme Court of Canada held that the issue of impartiality should be initially canvassed at the first stage, within the threshold requirements. However, they can also be considered in the second stage, weighing the value of the evidence against the impartiality of the expert.
The Court found the lack of objectivity to be of greater concern than the new financial arrangements, or any perceived benefit to the forensic accountant thereof. As noted by the Court, financial experts or forensic accountants are commonly retained in family law matters for services such as business and income valuations. A large sum of money being owed to one of the parties does not disqualify an expert. In respect of her impartiality, the Court noted it is not uncommon for an expert to do everything possible to review and compile evidence in preparation of Court. However, experts must remain independent. In this regard, the Court accepted the forensic accountant's evidence that she brought the motion as an intervenor for the purposes of defending her reputation, and not because of her financial interest in the outcome of the litigation.
The Court then moved on to discuss the relevance of the forensic accountant's evidence, and found it to be necessary in respect of understanding the financial disclosure which has been produced, and when. The Court acknowledged they would need her evidence with respect to tracing the financial information. However, the Court noted that her opinions in respect of the conduct of the husband, is one to be made by a judge. As such, her opinions regarding the delay, fraud, and intentional non-disclosure is not required. If they become necessary at some point with respect to the course of her investigation, the Court can accept such evidence at that time.
The Court ultimately held that the value of the evidence to be provided by the forensic accountant outweighed its prejudicial impact. As such, her evidence was permitted to the extent that it did not relate to husband's conduct.
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Our May show is the annual Geek Extravaganza, and this year it is extra special because it's happening on Star Wars day, May the 4th be with you.
So be prepared to see some Star Wars characters and light sabers. We'll also throw in some phasers, sonic screw drivers, and maybe a "godkiller" sword.
That geek flag will be flying high!


If you've been on my blog, there's also a verrrrry good chance that you've read about manicures. It's not that I write about girly stuff all the time, but I take my nails seriously and become dramatic in choosing between manicure styles.
I thought it was odd at first, but Gel vs. Dip: An Ongoing Dilemma, is actually the most searched/read blog post on this website. It explains my initial struggle (feb 2018) of choosing between the two most common types of manicures, mostly to reach out to other nail polish connoisseurs who were pondering the same.
Dip manicures ended up lasting longer on my nails and quickly became a more favorable option. I wrote Gel vs. Dip: Update to share some tips when getting dip manicures, but I was still so new to the process. Now that I haven't chipped a manicure in a while and grew out my own monster claws, I felt this was a good time to show my nail progress with 9 months of consistent dip manicures!
With dip manicures, I only visit the nail salon once a month, comparable to needing gel manicures twice a month (usually from chipping after a week). So if gel manicures are around $30 w/tip (x24 = $720 a year), and dip manicures are around $45 w/tip (x12 = $540 a year), switching to dip manicures saves me $180/year. I also save an extra hour each month without the second trip to the salon.
So the dip manicures are saving me time, they're saving me money, AND my nails are stronger/longer than ever??? No harm from UV Light, no chips, no broken nails… I have fully committed.
I'm not saying Dip is for everyone (some don't like the heavier feeling of it), but I have more friends than less who agree with me on this. If you're still into gel or into saving money by not paying for manicures at all, do what makes you happy! But, if you're on the fence about switching to dip, you have a friend who is a fan. My nail technician says it's even healthier for the people doing your nails.
This is what my nails look like next to Starbucks lemon cake pops & mountains.
If you have feedback on this, whether for or against dip powder manicures, I'd love for you to add a comment below and start a fight.


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Archivio Stampa 2011
Great Expectations: Falling in love with Miss Havisham
I wanted to play Miss Havisham because she's an iconic character who pervades our world in various forms. So many people have written about her or based other characters on her over many decades. I was interested in what it was that was so appealing about her, what it is that seems to get under people's skin. We're talking about a woman who is deeply, almost psychotically manipulative and potentially really psychologically damaging to Pip and Estella, the two children that we see her have this direct impact on. There was a curiosity there for me. Also reading the scripts and appreciating ... [Continua a leggere]
BBC Great Expectations Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson: 'When he was just 30, my brother was prepared to die'
Bryony Gordon
The Telegraph (UK)
Actress Gillian Anderson talks about love, the loss of a sibling and the challenge of playing Miss Havisham.
Gillian Anderson has a tattoo on her right wrist that is in Sanskrit, and when I ask her what it means she tells me, laughing, that its rough translation is "none of your business". Anderson is a curious mix of cautious and carefree, clamming up about some skin ink yet talking openly about her brother, Aaron, who died three months ago of a brain tumour. He was just 30. I remark, rather obviously, that it must have been a tough year. "Well, there's certainly been a lot happening this year. But I feel like I've learnt. I feel like I've c ... [Continua a leggere]
Great Expectations MI4 UK Premiere X-Files Gillian Anderson
Great Expectations: Miss Havisham given 'youthful' air
Michael Osborn
Tortured, ghostly, eternal bride-to-be Miss Havisham is returning in a fresh screen adaptation of Charles Dickens' literary classic Great Expectations.
The wealthy heiress, who was jilted on her wedding day and lived as a recluse for decades afterwards, haunts her tumbledown mansion clad in a dusty matrimonial gown. Miss Havisham - with her white matted hair and wedding feast table preserved in cobwebs - has been played by older actresses in previous major incarnations. Joan Hickson played her at the age of 75 in 1981, while Anne Bancroft was cast in a 1998 modern reworking of Dickens's story at the age of 67. But for the new take on Great Expectations she is portrayed by Gillian Anderson, who at 43 is the youngest screen star to pl ... [Continua a leggere]
BBC Great Expectations XF3 Rumors Gillian Anderson
The Saturday interview: Gillian Anderson
Stuart Jeffries
Gillian Anderson was cast as Dana Scully in The X-Files at 24, but since then she has specialised in tragic heroines. She next appears, bald and on fire, as the youngest-ever Miss Havisham
'You've changed," I tell Gillian Anderson. In 1996, she was chosen as the world's sexiest woman by FHM magazine's readers; this Christmas she will be bald and on fire as Miss Havisham in the BBC's adaptation of Great Expectations. So what made her take this role? Anderson bristles: "That's not really a serious question, is it? The real question is, 'How the fuck did I end up as the world's sexiest woman in 1996?' – not why would I do Great Expectations. Any actor would want to do Great Expectations. I never set out to be the world's sexiest woman." No doubt. In any case, ... [Continua a leggere]
BBC Great Expectations Mr Morgan's Last Love X-Files Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson gets under the skin of Miss Havisham in a new BBC One adaptation of Great Expectations
Northampton Chronicle (UK)
A mouldy wedding cake is perched upon a laid table and several dusty clocks are stopped in their tracks at twenty minutes to nine. Onto the scene appears a white-haired, spectral figure treading the wooden floor in a rotting wedding dress and one shoe. The cracked lips break into a smile and a deathly white hand is extended to greet us. Hello - it's Hollywood actress Gillian Anderson, doing a fine impression of Miss Havisham, the spurned bride of Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations, on the set of BBC One's forthcoming three-part adaptation. The classic tale of ... [Continua a leggere]
Death becomes Gillian Anderson in BBC's Great Expectations
Herald Scotland (UK)
There are one or two questions I want to ask Gillian Anderson but, first of all, Gillian Anderson has a question for me. "What was my death like?" she asks -meaning her death as Miss Havisham in the BBC's new adaptation of Great Expectations, which she filmed earlier this year but hasn't seen yet. Having just watched all three episodes, I can tell Anderson that her death, in a massive tower of flame, is pretty spectacular: shocking, moving, but most of all intriguing because it signals a new take on one of literature's most famous characters. In Charles Dickens's original novel, ... [Continua a leggere]
TAEM interview with actor William B. Davis
Eerie Digest (USA)
TAEM- The Arts and Entertainment Magazine is highly honored to be able to present actor William B. Davis to all of our readers. William has had a long and outstanding career in television, theater and film, and is best known as 'The Cigarette Man' in the popular television series, 'X-Files'.
TAEM- William, your latest endeavor involves the memoirs that you have written. Please tell us about the book, it's publisher, and where our readership can find it. WBD-The book is called 'Where There's Smoke …. The Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man', and frankly, it's the story of my life. It's a pretty unusual life which I tell with candor and humor – from radio drama in the early fifties to The X-Files. I have been delighted with the response to the book. People will have different interests – whether it's the history or ... [Continua a leggere]
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Gillian Anderson flashes her cleavage in daring red dress at the MI4 UK premiere as she leads the festive red carpet glamour
If you've not yet started dressing for the festive season, take a tip from Gillian Anderson - wear red and show some flesh. The actress led the Christmas babes who all turned up to the Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol red carpet tonight. The ladies turned out in force with a number of Christmas frocks, dressed head-to-toe in glitz and glamour at the BFI Imax in London for the UK premiere. And it was actress Gillian Anderson who stole the limelight as she stepped out in a festive red frock with her cleavage shown off with its slinky cut. The former X-Files star also went for some g ... [Continua a leggere]
MI4 UK Premiere Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson da "X-Files" allo spettro bianco di Dickens
Tiscali (ITA)
Sarà una favola di Charles Dickens a liberare Gillian Anderson dal fantasma di Dana Scully? Nonostante un discreto curriculum lavorativo e due film in uscita nel 2012 (Mr. Morgan's Last Love e The Curse of The Buxom Strumpet), l'attrice americana non riesce a liberarsi dal personaggio della serie cult degli anni Novanta X-Files. Per questo, dopo aver ottenuto una nomination ai premi BAFTA per il ruolo di Lady Deadlock in Casa Desolata prodotta dalla BBC nel 2005, la star di Hollywood ha accettato con entusiasmo il ruolo dello spettro bianco di Miss Havisham nella nuova mini serietelevis ... [Continua a leggere]
BBC Bleak House Great Expectations Gillian Anderson
David Duchovny nelle prime foto di Goats
Mattia Barbetta
Superga Cinema (ITA)
La lista dei film partecipanti alla categoria Premieres del Sundance Film Festival 2012 è stata da poco annunciata. Uno dei titoli in rilievo, per la sua singolare stravaganza, è senza dubbio Goats: una commedia corale che narra la storia di un ragazzino di 15 anni, interpretato da Graham Philips (Un'impresa da Dio, Ben 10 - Corsa contro il tempo, The Good Wife), che lascia la sua casa poco convenzionale nel deserto di Tucson per frequentare la Gates Academy, un disciplinato liceo della East Coast Statunitense. Sarà proprio al liceo che inizierà a farsi domande s ... [Continua a leggere]
Goats Sundance David Duchovny
Gillian Anderson Great Expectations
Mary Comerford
TV Choice (UK)
After her BAFTA-nominated performance as Lady Dedlock in the BBC's Bleak House, Hollywood star Gillian Anderson returns to Dickens as Miss Havisham in Great Expectations on BBC1. TV Choice caught up with her on location…
Miss Havisham is such an iconic role — did you always want to play her?As much as I'm familiar with the book it's not in my mind as one of my favourites as it is for a lot of people. But this was a time when I was as excited by the adaptation, if not more so, than the book. I felt I might have a way in to the character and I fell in love with the script. Miss Havisham had a real historical impact. In what way?There are various things that have come to my attention in terms of the Miss Havisham effect. Not just the potential addiction to loss and the pain of loss but ... [Continua a leggere]
Dunst, Willis, Gere, Sarandon are Sundance-bound as indie fest announces star-studded films
Washington Post (USA)
LOS ANGELES — It'll be a busy shopping season at next month's Sundance Film Festival, whose star-studded premieres are up for grabs by potential theatrical distributors. Some premieres usually enter the independent-film showcase with U.S. distribution already lined up. But festival director John Cooper said all the premieres that Sundance announced Monday will be looking for distributors. "I don't think that's ever happened before," said festival director John Cooper. "It makes for a much more exciting buyer's market, I think. At ... [Continua a leggere]
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2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Premieres and Documentary Premieres Sections
Sundance (USA)
Special Event with Joseph Gordon-Levitt's hitRECord on Jan. 26
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival will be held January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival. John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, "The fact that most of the Premieres have been produced completely independently further underscores the resourcefulness and tenacity of filmmakers in this cli ... [Continua a leggere]
Great Expectations - Interview with Ray Winstone & Gillian Anderson
The centrepiece of this year's BBC One Christmas schedule is Sarah Phelps's (Oliver Twist, EastEnders) bold new three-part adaptation of Great Expectations starring Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson, David Suchet and Douglas Booth.
Here Ray Winstone who stars as Magwitch and Gillian Anderson who stars as Miss Havisham talk about playing two of Dickens iconic characters and why Great Expectations is a must see for viewers who enjoy a bit of Dickens at Christmas. "Christmas without a BBC show or drama is not really Christmas is it. You have enough to drink and eat and then you sit down by the fire and watch a good drama, and there's nothing better than Dickens at Christmas," says Ray Winstone, the East-London born actor who follows in the footsteps of past luminaries such as Finlay Currie and James Mason in the ro ... [Continua a leggere]
Great Expectations: Gillian Anderson Unveiled As Ghostly Miss Havisham
Sarah Dean
The Huffington Post (UK)
Gillian Anderson, best known for playing Agent Scully in The X Files, has been unveiled as the new face of Charles Dickens' tormented Miss Havisham, in the BBC's festive adaptation of Great Expectations. The American actress looks every bit the jilted bride imagined in the Victorian classic, but her performance is sure to be measured against that of Helena Bonham Carter, who is playing the same character in a production to be released next year to coincide with Dickens' 200th anniversary. The 43-year-old may be best known for her dealings with the supernatural, but she's also previously p ... [Continua a leggere]
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Q: PostgreSQL division by zero when ordering i need to execute this query in postgres but i couldn't get rid of this error
    ERROR: division by zero
SQL state: 22012

here is the query :
select id,rates_sum,rates_count from tbl_node  order by rates_sum/rates_count DESC;

i know i can add a small value to the rates_count but i get inaccurate values .
Is there a way to make the postgres ignore this error ,or using if statement to check zeros and replace them with any number.
and again the error in the order by clause.
Thanks

A: Use a CASE statement:
SELECT
    id,
    rates_sum,
    rates_count
FROM
    tbl_node
ORDER BY
    rates_sum / NULLIF(rates_count,0) DESC NULLS FIRST;

You could also use NULLS LAST, if you want to.

A: how about a where rates_count != 0?

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VR vs HoloLens
By Jamie Feltham	 Last updated Mar 17, 2016
It's rare for a company to catch both press and fans alike off-guard with a hardware announcement. The Project Morpheus virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD), for example, was all but confirmed by the time Sony Computer Entertainment's reveal event rolled around. Microsoft, however, managed to surprise just about everyone last week as a media briefing originally thought to be revealing new features for its Windows 10 operating system (OS) played host to the announcement of Windows Holographic and the HoloLens HMD. This exciting new concept allows users to see and interact with holograms. Its potential impacts are huge, but what does it mean for VR?
Microsoft itself was the first to point out that HoloLens isn't meant to compete with the likes of the Oculus Rift or Project Morpheus. In fact the company went as far as to invite Oculus VR to work with it on HoloLens applications. Despite praise from the likes of Palmer Luckey, it would be surprising to see Oculus VR take Microsoft up on this offer given that it's solely focused on supporting its own platform, hardware and software right now. Oculus VR is a VR specialist company and that's not likely to change any time soon.
The technologies appear to have two different goals at this time point time. VR wants to immerse users and make them believe that they are in another world. HoloLens wants to take the world that people already live in and make it more accessible and fantastical. Its VRFocus' belief, no doubt as with many others, that these two can co-exist and even complement each other to some degree.
Just look outside of videogames for a moment. A big focus of the HoloLens presentation was showing users making home improvements and editing product designs with the original build sitting in front of them. There's also been talk of using VR to teach practical skills and improve architecture. In some cases, the two could make an interesting combination; imagine building the perfect house in HoloLens then walking through it with the Oculus Rift. Elsewhere the systems have their own advantages and disadvantages. Fixing real objects with a hologram of instructions in front of you is certainly more ideal than putting on a HMD, although certain situations will require specific conditions to be virtually reproduced. Neither offers an entirely perfect solution but together the concept is quite sound.
When it does come to videogames, there are aspects of HoloLens that do seem close to what's on offer with VR. Two points in the reveal trailer, as seen below, suggest that HoloLens could indeed immerse users in different environments. One clip showcasing Minecraft, for example, reveals the iconic scenery hiding behind a real-life wall. Elsewhere a user is shown stepping from their living room into a virtual replication of Mars to inspect a buggy crawling its surface. If HoloLens really is able to turn living rooms into radically different environments like this then it could offer an entirely new way to deliver VR experiences.
Some have even claimed that HoloLens negates Oculus VR and other company's work entirely, but VRFocus doesn't think that this is the case. In fact it would be interesting to see if these comments would be reversed if Oculus Rift had been revealed after HoloLens; the former is newer and more mysterious, arguably giving it a more exciting edge at this point in time. That said, it's a little much to claim that its announcement immediately renders the arresting sense of immersion that VR can achieve as pointless. No doubt that, as time goes on, consumers will start to realise that these are two different technologies with two different purposes.
It's also important to note that there's currently no word on when HoloLens will be consumer-ready, a state that VR will slowly but surely arriving at within the next year or so. This isn't a race to release first and compete for holiday season domination or anything like that. These are two separate technologies that will forge their own paths and no doubt give consumers a reason to own both within time.
VR is still a hugely exciting prospect and last week's announcement didn't change that one bit.
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var utils_1 = require("../utils");
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var expressionService_1 = require("../expressionService");
var animateSlideCellRenderer_1 = require("./cellRenderers/animateSlideCellRenderer");
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This is the only Firefight Challenge and it can be completed in one Scoreattack Game. Doesn't matter what one, just pick one and go with it.
Games such as Grifball & Living Dead are made for this. Hammers, Swords & Shotguns are the weapons you want to use. Can't think of a better way to get this challenge that playing gametypes specificity built to use those weapons.
When someone kills you, remember their face, or helmet, or body armour or armour effect. Then, hunt them down and kill them. Smaller maps with cehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifrtain gametypes works better. Grifball is a very open court and it can be easy to locate your target. The less players the better.
That's a nice little, rather fitting reference there. So yeah, This level is one of the hardest to do. I'm sure you all remember the fun had when you had to do this LASO Style. Thankfully, not that much of a problem this time round. Still LASO is a good way to approach. Play it safe, the hardest part is right at the end, the worst place to die.


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HKTDC's debut Lifestyle ShoppingFest opens today
เมษายน 28, 2021 PAKPAO	fair, hong, including, kong, products
HONG KONG, Apr 28, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is launching a brand-new public fair, the Lifestyle ShoppingFest, which opens today (28 April) and runs for five days until 2 May at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). The fair features 430 exhibitors presenting a broad selection of premium products and good deals, providing local citizens with a unique one-stop shopping experience. The event will also help local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) tap into the retail market and capture new business opportunities during the pandemic.
The Lifestyle ShoppingFest opens today featuring 430 exhibitors, giving local people the chance to buy a wide range of products.
Numerous discounts are offered at the fair with many selected products on sale at low prices.
Master Chief Yvonne demonstrated some easy-to-cook dishes in the "Gourmet at Home by Y's Kitchen" programme and shared some cooking tips. Pictured on the left is Harry Yip, Chairman of the Hong Kong & Kowloon Provisions and Wine & Spirit Dealers' Association Limited.
HKTDC Deputy Executive Director Benjamin Chau introduced the fair, which features eight themed zones: Glamour & Style, Tasting Journey, Healthy Living, Home Inspiration, Play & Learn, Digital Life, Baby Essentials and Pet Care. "With COVID-19 having brought significant changes to people's daily lives, local companies have the opportunity to adapt to changing market trends by introducing new and innovative products at the fair. The event will help companies tap into the local retail market and win new business opportunities, while the public is provided with an enjoyable shopping experience."
Surprise offerings, discounted products available at "flash sales"
To help encourage people to spend, a range of discounts and promotions are available at the fair. Various new products are sold at special prices throughout the event, including the KORE wobble chair with a discount of 70%, the Rollink foldable suitcase at 45% off, half price watches and more. The Hong Kong and Kowloon Provisions, Wine & Spirits Dealers' Association Limited and Nam Pak Hong Association present 46 food exhibitors, such as Hai Sang Hong, Hiang Kie Coffee, Hong Kong Top Kitchen, Sun Wah Wine & Spirit, Trillion Food, Tung Tai Hong, Yuen Tai and many others. Numerous exhibitors have offers ranging from HK$1 promotions to buy-one-get-one-free flash sales. Visitors can also join smart bidding auctions for popular items such as the GIA pink diamond ring, Cognac, OBAKU premium watch, STICKU smart cane, Primada low sugar rice cooker, and the O2U air station – all at very low prices.
Lucky draws will be held every day during the fair. Customers can redeem one lucky draw coupon for every HK$200 spent on the same day. Prizes on offer include staycation packages from Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel, and F&B coupons from Hotel Alexandra, Novotel Hong Kong Century, Outback Steakhouse, SOHO East and The St. Regis Hong Kong. Other prizes include a Fouette x Le Petit Prince necklace, a gourmet gift set from Cheung Ying Hong, Italian Independent eyewear and more. The public can also download e-coupons, including discounts up to HK$2,000.
40+ fascinating activities include demonstrations from star chefs
A series of interesting activities at the fair include several cooking demonstrations by Chef Yvonne Chu, Chef Siu Sau-heung Kitty, Michelin-starred Chef Chan Kwok-keung, Chef Wong Man-chung from Full House Seafood Chinese Restaurant and Chocolate Tasting Expert Christy Chan, all of whom will share tips on how to be a better home cook. And Ivan Sean, Chairman of the Sake Industry Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Wine & Spirits, will share insights on how to select Japanese sake.
Other attractions include the "Fly High Hong Kong" Korean classical and K-Pop music performance by the Korean Chamber [GAON] Orchestra and tips from international online store BuyDong on how to develop a start-up business. Experts from different industries will offer insights into how to buy natural gems, the secrets of the salt lamp, redesigning T-shirts, enjoying a healthy diet, and more. Details of all the various activities are available at the fair website.
Mother's Day sales opportunities, spotlight on innovative health products
Mother's Day is just around the corner and there are a number of suitable gift choices on sale at the fair, including luxurious jade jewellery from "Jade Street", South Sea pearl jewellery and a range of diamond and gems. Korea's Haenam organic GABA rice, Japan TAMBA Black Soybean Tea, coconut, fish maw and chicken soup, Xen Xen durian juice from Thailand, and spring water sourced from Mt Fuji, to name just a few. The Hong Kong Children, Babies, Maternity Industries Association gathers several children and baby products exhibitors at the Baby Essentials zone, offering a wide range of products including a baby playmat, folded storage box set, parent-kid backpacks and baby skincare products.
The pandemic has resulted in various lifestyle changes for people in Hong Kong. Wearing masks, increased household hygiene and hiking have all become part of the "new normal", creating a demand for related products. The fair features innovative items such as a portable oxygen generator from Japan, an ultra-small window-cleaning robot, a portable ionic air disinfector and the World Vision Window Mask. A wide range of household products will also be on sale at the fair, including the soil-free growing material Pafcal, the UpRight Seat, a USB rechargeable mini blender and much more.
The Hong Kong People and Brands Pavilion brings together 26 quality local brands, including Dynasty Food, specialising in "Made in Hong Kong" sauces, Wing Sang Tong herbal tea, BDH Rice Merchant and Abalone King. Nearly 20 Hong Kong fashion brands are participating in the fair including winning designers from various editions of the Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers' Contest (YDC), such as Arto Wong, Charlotte Ng, Jason Lee and Wilson Choi. Selected brands are presenting their newly launched 2021 fall/winter collections for pre-order.
To help SMEs grasp new business opportunities, the fair has strengthened its online-to-offline promotions. The HKTDC is partnering with Bonjour Hong Kong to introduce a range of products. All the livestreaming shows will be broadcast on the Bonjour page and the HKTDC Exhibition Channel on Facebook. In addition, the HKTDC is collaborating with e-commerce platform Boutir to offer exhibitors the chance to open an online shop with a three-month free service to help them get established as an online retailer.
Ensuring your safety for an enjoyable visit
The HKTDC has always put the safety of exhibitors and public as a top priority. The HKTDC will be working closely with the HKCEC to implement a series of anti-pandemic measures to safeguard the health and safety of everyone joining the fair, including:
– Onsite staff and exhibitors are required to take the COVID-19 nucleic acid test and present the SMS notification containing a negative result in order to perform duties at the fair.
– All visitors are requested to scan the QR code via the "LeaveHomeSafe" Mobile App at the fair entrance or complete the registration form provided (guest's name, contact number, date and time of visit will be collected) which will be kept by the organiser for 31 days, to facilitate contact-tracing by the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) if necessary.
– There will be no paper tickets or ticketing offices at the fairground. Visitors can pay directly by Octopus card at major hall entrances to gain admission.
– Eating or drinking, including sample tasting, are not allowed at the fairground (including booth areas). Visitors cannot bring in and consume any food or drinks at the venue. Catering services will be provided at designated sites within the HKCEC.
To understand more about the hygiene measures and health tips being put in place for the fair, please visit: https://isf.hktdc.com/healthmeasure/en
The Lifestyle ShoppingFest runs from 28 April to 2 May. Adult tickets are priced at HK$10 per person; child tickets are priced at HK$5 per person (for children under 1.22m tall or primary school students). Visitors aged three and under or 65 or over will be admitted free of charge.
– Lifestyle ShoppingFest: https://lsf.hktdc.com/en
– Scan Me, JETSO D!: https://ecoupon.hktdc.com/lsf/eng
– Highlighted products: https://lsf.hktdc.com/pdf/2021/HighlightedProducts/Product_List.pdf
– HKTDC Media Room: http://mediaroom.hktdc.com/en
– Photo download: https://bit.ly/32WOgVO
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is a statutory body established in 1966 to promote, assist and develop Hong Kong's trade. With 50 offices globally, including 13 in Mainland China, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a two-way global investment and business hub. The HKTDC organises international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to create business opportunities for companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the mainland and international markets. The HKTDC also provides up-to-date market insights and product information via research reports and digital news channels. For more information, please visit: www.hktdc.com/aboutus. Follow us on Twitter @hktdc and LinkedIn.
Please contact the HKTDC's Communications & Public Affairs Department:
Janet Chan, Tel: +852 2584 4369, Email: janet.ch.chan@hktdc.org
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The typical retreat of the sea ice cover from the late winter to late summer is shown on this map. Sea ice is any form of ice that is found at sea and has originated from the freezing of seawater. Melting of sea ice begins in spring in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and East Newfoundland, retreating...
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Stackers and Pallet Stackers are pieces of lifting equipment mainly used in the warehouse or on the factory floor. They are ideal for where a standard pallet truck is not suitable but doesn't justify spending money on a forklift truck. A pallet stacker offers larger lift heights and and can steady lift loads safely for storage or block stacking of palletised goods. Ideally they are not only used for stacking pallets, but also act as pallet trucks for maneuvering pallets and also as a lifting table.
Our range of manual stackers come in two main types: light duty stacker and heavy duty manual stacker. They also have two handle types. You can choose from either a crank type handle or a pump handle which is what our standard trucks use and provides smooth and consistent lift. The crank type handle has an automatic anti-slip brake for extra safety.
The light duty Pallet Stackers are a cost-effective way of upgrading from standard pallet trucks. They are designed for loads of up to around 150kg UDL. Ideal for light weight loads and small pallet sizes, these stackers suit small businesses well.
Our heavier duty stackers can lift upwards of 500kg UDL towards a whopping 1500kg UDL in our hydrolic lift manual stackers. All of our heavy duty stackers are easy to manouver and come equipped with footbrakes making them very steady and safe to use. They will take the strain out of any lifting job, from ground level to shoulder height.
For extra stablility on heavier loads, we offer a straddle leg stacker which allows pallletised loads to be safely lifted from the floor without worry.


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The dispute is over Tube station staffing and safety. Over 3000 RMT station staff members were balloted for action over the impact on safety from the axing of nearly 900 front-line workers alongside the closure of tube ticket offices. RMT says that the cuts have left safety on a knife edge with the incidents at Canning Town and North Greenwich throwing the spotlight on dangers which are being worsened by the cuts process.
85% voted for strike action and 94% for action short of a strike in the ballot.
A recently leaked record of an "Area Managers Briefing" where senior Tube bosses met with area and line managers has exposed the chaos at London Underground stations following over 800 job cuts as part of LULs 'Fit for the Future' reorganisation that resulted in the closure of ticket offices on every station on the tube network.
"RMT will not stand by while safety is compromised on London Underground off the back of cash-led cuts to staffing levels that the union has warned would have a serious, lasting and corrosive impact for staff and passengers alike. That is why our members are taking this action.
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var http = require('../lib/util/http')
	,	Stream = require('stream');

describe('uuid', function() {
	describe('.create()', function() {
		var uuid = require('../lib/util/uuid');
		var used = {};
		// max number of objects that must not conflict
		// total of about 2 trillion possible combinations
		var i = 1000; // replace this with a larger number to really test
		while(i--) {
			var next = uuid.create();
			if(used[next]) throw 'already used';
			used[next] = 1;
		}
	});
});

describe('http', function() {
	describe('.parseQuery', function() {
		it('should parse a query string', function() {
			var q = http.parseQuery('/foo/bar?foo=bar');
			expect(q).to.eql({foo:'bar'});
		});

		it('should parse a json query string', function() {
			var q = http.parseQuery('/foo/bar?{"foo":"bar"}');
			expect(q).to.eql({foo:'bar'});
		});
	});

describe('.getBody', function(){

  it('should get body from stream', function(done){

    var obj = JSON.stringify({foo: 'bar'})
      , req = new Stream();

    var res = this.res;

    http.getBody(req, function(buffer) {
      console.error('STREAM', buffer, typeof buffer);
      expect(buffer).to.exist;
      expect(buffer).to.eql(obj);
      done();
    });

    req.emit('data', obj);
    req.emit('end');

  });

  it('should get body from rawBody', function(done){

    var obj = JSON.stringify({foo: 'bar'})
      , req = new Stream();

    req.rawBody = '';
    req.on('data', function(chunk){
      req.rawBody += chunk;
    })

    var res = this.res;

    req.on('end', function(){
      http.getBody(req, function(buffer) {
        expect(buffer).to.exist;
        expect(buffer).to.eql(obj);
        done();
      });
    });

    req.emit('data', obj);
    req.emit('end');

  });

});

describe('.parseBody()', function() {
  beforeEach(function () {
    this.res = {
      setHeader: function () {

      }
    };
  });

  it ('should parse json', function(done) {
    var obj = {foo: 'bar'}
      , req = new Stream();

    http.parseBody(req, this.res, 'application/json', function(err, result) {
      expect(err).to.not.exist;
      expect(req.body).to.eql(obj);
      done();
    });
    req.emit('data', JSON.stringify(obj));
    req.emit('end');
  });

  it('should parse json in chunks', function(done) {
    var req = new Stream()
      , chunks = ['{"fo'
                , 'o": "bar"'
                , ', "bar"'
                , ': "baz"'
                , '}'];

    http.parseBody(req, this.res, 'application/json', function(err) {
      expect(err).to.not.exist;
      expect(req.body).to.eql({"foo": "bar", "bar": "baz"});
      done();
    });
    chunks.forEach(function(c) {
      req.emit('data', c);
    });
    req.emit('end');
  });

  it('should parse a form url-encoded value', function(done) {
    var value = "foo=bar&bar=baz"
      , req = new Stream();

    http.parseBody(req, this.res, 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', function(err) {
      expect(err).to.not.exist;
      expect(req.body).to.eql({"foo": "bar", "bar": "baz"});
      done();
    });
    req.emit('data', value);
    req.emit('end');
  });

  it('should interpret an empty body as an empty object', function(done) {
    var req = new Stream();

    http.parseBody(req, this.res, 'application/json', function(err) {
      expect(err).to.not.exist;
      expect(req.body).to.eql({});
      done();
    });
    req.emit('end');
  });
});
});


This interview addresses teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) to young-adult North Korean refugees at Banseok School (Pansŏk Hakkyo) in Seoul. A Christian institution supported by Sarang Church (Sarang ŭi Kyohoe), the school offers education, mentorship, and volunteer services in preparation for university admission in South Korea and for the anticipated reunification of the two Koreas. Amanda DeCesaro discusses her volunteer conversation class and methods, student learning needs and social hierarchies, emotions in the language classroom, attitudes toward English, interactions with other learners, and how educators should knowledgeably and compassionately engage North Korean refugee students. The interview was conducted electronically by Alzo David-West.
David-West, Alzo and DeCesaro, Amanda (2016) "Teaching English to North Korean Refugees at Banseok School in South Korea: An Interview with Amanda DeCesaro," International Journal of Christianity and English Language Teaching: Vol. 3 , Article 6.