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Customer:	Kingdom Housing Association
Period:	2010-2011
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Robert Lewandowski explains Bayern Munich exit & urges club to let him leave
Robert Lewandowski has reiterated his desire to leave Bayern Munich this summer, revealing that his passion for the club has waned.
The prolific Pole still has a year left to run on his contract in Bavaria but he has already publicly expressed his wish to move on from the Allianz Arena after eight years, amid strong interest from Barcelona.
However, Bayern are determined to keep hold of their man while he is still under contract, leading to something of a war of words in the media involving the club's hierarchy.
In yet another interview, Lewandowski has now expanded on his comments and the reasons behind his desire to leave Die Roten.
"I am leaving because I want more emotions in my life," he told Polish outlet Onet Sport.
"They didn't want to listen to me until the end. Something inside me went out. And it is impossible to get over it. Even if you want to be professional, you can't make up for it."
When asked what exactly in him had been extinguished and whether it was enthusiasm, emotion, enthusiasm or a willingness to give his whole self to the cause, the 33-year-old replied: "Well, I think it goes in that direction."
The striker continued to criticise his treatment by Bayern and their failure to grant his wish of an exit thus far.
"If you have been in the club for so many years, you were always ready, you were available, despite the injuries and pain you gave your best, I think it will be best to find a good solution for both sides. And not to look for a one-sided decision," Lewandowski added.
"It does not make sense. Not after this time. I would understand if I had been playing here for 2-4 years, but after such a successful path and readiness and support on my part, loyalty and respect are probably more important than business."
Listen now to 90min's brand new podcast, Talking Transfers, with Scott Saunders, Graeme Bailey & Toby Cudworth. This week they discuss whether Sadio Mane will leave Liverpool for Bayern Munich, Manchester United's pursuit of Benfica striker Darwin Nunez, Newcastle's plans for Moussa Diaby and Sven Botman & Jorginho's future at Chelsea.
The veteran Poland international was also adamant that he saw no value in the club forcefully keeping him.
"What for?" he said. "What kind of player will then want to come to Bayern knowing that something like this could happen to him? Where are the loyalty and respect then?
"I have always been ready, I have spent eight beautiful years here, I have met so many wonderful people and I would like it to stay that way."


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Q: How to kill or cancel an asynchronous call in javascript? I'm sending the following request to an MVC controller:
var datum = { param1: value, param2: value, param3: value };

$.ajax
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  type: "POST",
  contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
  url: getAbsolutePath() + "Controller/MethodName",
  dataType: "json",
  data: JSON.stringify(datum),
  success: function (response)
  {
    var result = response;
  }
});

Sometimes response takes too much time. I'm looking for a way to kill or cancel this request. How can I achieve this?

A: jquery .ajax returns normalized XMLHttpRequest, just use its abort method:
var xhr = $.ajax(params);
xhr.abort();

A: My suggestion, use the timeout property:
$.ajax
({
   type: "POST",
   contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   url: getAbsolutePath() + "Controller/MethodName",
   timeout: 100000,   //cancels automatically after 100 seconds
   dataType: "json",
   data: JSON.stringify(datum),
   success: function (response)
   {
     var result = response;
   }
 });

A: You can use .abort() to cancel the request:
var xhr = $.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
    url: getAbsolutePath() + "Controller/MethodName",
    dataType: "json",
    data: JSON.stringify(datum),
    success: function (response) {
        var result = response;
    }
});

xhr.abort();

https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

A: you could use timeout property for ajax to cancel the request if it takes too much time
Refer http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

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Mike Fratto
Editorial: Offering Web Services? Your Customer's Privacy Is Priority One
Make no mistake. Your organization has a legal and ethical responsibility to ensure that inadvertent data leakages--no matter how minor--do not happen.
Last August, I received an e-mail message from Bank of America reminding me that my credit-card payment was due in a week or so. I had a strong feeling this was legitimate and not a phishing scam, because it contained the last four digits of my credit-card number, my balance and the minimum payment in clear text. So I fired up my browser and typed in the URL from memory (never, ever click a link in an e-mail message purporting to be from your bank, even if you're sure you won't get phished).
I wanted to verify that I had not signed up for e-mail notification. I make it a point not to, but I might have missed something. I cruised through the preferences and couldn't find an e-mail option, so I called customer service and complained. The rep told me the bank had just enabled the service but hadn't updated the site. He went on to say that he would disable notification for me, though it might take two months. Why two months was beyond me, but I bit my lip and thanked him.
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To the bank's credit, my name was removed immediately. Or so I thought.
In January, I received another e-mail notification with my account information. I clicked over to the customer service section of the site and typed an e-mail message, explaining how I had verified that I had not opted in to the notification service, yet I received a notification.
I understand that mistakes are sometimes made, and BofA was responsive when I complained the first time. But the problem recurred five months later. This is a serious business issue for BofA because it may have violated the customer-privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Federal Financial Privacy Law, and BofA certainly violated its own privacy policy and service agreement by sending information about my credit-card account without my authorization. A survey of 1,000 customers last spring by the Gallup Organization and American Banker magazine indicated that 60 percent of consumers are concerned that their primary financial institution might release their personal information without their consent.
If your organization offers services over the Web, protecting your customers' privacy is paramount. Your organization has a legal and ethical responsibility to ensure that inadvertent leakages, however minor, don't occur. That means controls must be in place to ensure compliance with state, federal and company regulations and policies. BofA dropped the ball. Don't let your company do the same.
Mike Fratto, Editor [email protected]
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WATCH: Outraged PE shack dwellers protest against relocation
Eastern Cape / 26 February 2019, 9:21pm / Raahil Sain
Residents from Malabar Extension Six in Port Elizabeth are protesting against an order to relocate to a different site in the city. Picture: Raahil Sain/ANA
Port Elizabeth - Around 250 residents from Malabar Extension Six in Port Elizabeth have been told to pack their belongings, leave their shacks and relocate to a nearby service site where the metro has promised to build them new homes.
But the residents are up in arms and outright refused to relocate yet again.
On Monday they burnt tyres and protested against the proposed removal. A meeting was held at the Malabar Community Centre where residents were informed they would have to make the move.
Ward councillor Sharlene Davids told the African News Agency (ANA) on Tuesday that the whole process was being halted by residents who refused to relocate. Davids said that no houses were built as yet and explained that the houses would only get built once the residents occupied the service site area which is located near the Malabar Primary School.
But residents on Monday complained that they had no money nor materials to rebuild their shacks at the service site which is currently undergoing development of new roads.
Residents from Malabar Extension Six in Port Elizabeth are protesting against an order to relocate to a different site in the city. Video: Raahil Sain/ANA
Bronwyn Hiles, 32, said that the service site was near a gang infested area and they were being sent from pillar to post. Hiles claimed that this was the fourth time they have been told to relocate.
However, Davids disputed this and said that since she had been the ward councillor for approximately two and a half years, residents had been instructed to relocate only twice.
Leana Leslie, 17, said that they were also concerned that they would be forced to pay "protection fees" to gangsters in the area. Leslie said that they had no money to rebuild their shacks while waiting for houses to be built in the interim. "We don't have money to rebuild our shacks. Every time we must move we must rebuild and our shacks are getting smaller and smaller. We also don't have money to pay protection fees," she said.
Elwinecia Rayners said that December last year for them was utter misery. "Suddenly we were told to move, there's no water here, no electricity. Snakes and rocks in our homes."
Rayners said that they were tired of empty promises. It was not immediately clear as to when the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality planned to start with the construction of the planned 200 houses. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has yet to respond to media queries.
African News Agency (ANA)


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Petersburg Campground Fire Victim's Identity Released
By Benjamin Cox on March 11, 2020 at 12:50pm
Menard County Sheriff's Deputy and Coroner Ben Hollis has released the identity of the deceased from a campground fire in Petersburg last Sunday.
The victim in the fatal fire which occurred at the NSPOA Campground, formerly the Jellystone Campground, in Petersburg on March 1st has been identified as 52 year-old Michael J. Londrigan of Petersburg.
DNA results received today confirmed the identity of the deceased. Final cause of death remains pending, however preliminary results are that he died due to injuries sustained from the fire and no foul play is suspected at this time.


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Local Government Tells Businesses To Secure Wireless Access
A measure was introduced earlier this week in Westchester County, outside of New York City, that would require retail stores operating commercial Wi-Fi networks to take "basic security precautions" to protect customer information from potential data thieves and hackers.
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County government officials in New York have begun trying to force local retail stores to secure their Wi-Fi hot spots.
A measure was introduced earlier this week in Westchester County, outside of New York City, that would require retail stores operating commercial Wi-Fi networks to take "basic security precautions" to protect customer information from potential data thieves and hackers
"A customer's credit card number, social security number, bank account information is vulnerable if a business that collects that information hasn't taken the proper steps to protect it," said Westchester County executive Andy Spano, a proponent of the measure.
Under the proposal, which could go into effect early next year, businesses would have 180 days to comply. First time offenders will get a warning, with a $250 fine for second, and $500 for third.
All commercial businesses that use wireless networks and maintain personal customer information would need to secure networks that protect the public from potential identity theft and other potential threats such as computer viruses and data corruption. Businesses offering public wireless access, such as an Internet caf, would need to post a sign stating the network has been secured with firewall protection and file a note of compliance with the county.
There are less than a dozen Internet cafes in Westchester County, but that number is growing, officials said. New cafes from Atlanta Bread Co. to Starbucks Corp. have opened with Wi-Fi access in cities, such as White Plains. There are 30,000 businesses in Westchester.
The county is asking businesses to secure customer data by installing a firewall and make certain access points are closed. Spano and county CIO Norman Jacknis said they found about 180 hot spots in a war drive around White Plains. They said about half were insecure.
But tightly closing a wireless network requires strong authentication and encryption. "There are ways to breach almost any wireless network," said Michael Overly, Partner in the eBusiness and information technology group at Foley & Lardner LLC. "I drove down the street the other day with my laptop, flipped on the WiFi card and it showed me five or six networks including my own."
The networks Overly saw require a password to gain access, so to an extent they are locked down. The question is how strong a password authentication do they need?
The technology is continually changing and businesses need to keep informed. "We're not trying to limit the use of technology by businesses," Jacknis said. "These businesses just need to use caution and take steps to secure customer data because if they don't it's like leaving the door to your house open."
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Beverly Hills has a Father's Day tradition that has been taking place for the last 23 years. The annual Rodeo Drive Concours d'Elegance held on Sunday, June 19, 2016, welcomed thousands of Southern California residents, as well as tourists from around the world, to celebrate this year's themed event "The Fast Lane" on its famed thoroughfare.
The Rodeo Drive Committee — in conjunction with the City of Beverly Hills — selected the theme "The Fast Lane" and featured a wide selection of high-performance sports and collector cars valued at more than $100 million. There were limited-edition vehicles from Ferrari, Porsche, McLaren, Bugatti, Maserati and several others. Highlights of the featured exhibited vehicles included a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider, 1932 Bugatti Type 55 and a 1958 Packard "Rita Hayworth" Sportster Kustom. The Best of Show Award went to a 1969 Lamborghini Miura S from Symbolic Motors. The award ceremony was co-hosted by Dave Kunz, ABC7 Automotive Specialist and Mike Brewer from Discovery Channel's "Wheeler Dealers".
Other notable cars on display were a 1966 Ferrari 330 GTC; 1978 Ferrari 512BB; 1994 Bugatti EB 110; 1931 Cadillac Fleetwood Sport Phaeton; 1936 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet By Graber; 2015 Porsche 918; 1987 Porsche 959; 2005 Maserati MC12 from the Riverside International Auto Museum; 1990 Porsche 911 Re-imagined by Singer Vehicle Design; 2016 McLaren P1 GTR; 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO; 1989 Ferrari F40; 2016 McLaren 570S; 2016 Pagani Huayra; 1994 Jaguar XJ2205; 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari and the 1957 Jaguar XKSS, once owned by Steve McQueen.
The Rodeo Drive Concours d'Elegance is the largest single-day Concours in North America, drawing approximately 30,000 spectators each year. The event attracts connoisseurs, collectors, tourist and locals who have the opportunity to admire a curated collection of impressive automobiles, all while shopping along one of the world's most legendary and exclusive shopping destinations. It has been named "one of the 300 unmissable events in the world" by Frommer's Travel Guide.
On behalf of Sports Car Digest, I would like to dedicate this report to all our Fathers, and in remembrance of my dad, Saul Varela, who passed away in 2013.
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The risk of blackouts due to faulty power transformers is increasing worldwide, triggered not only by the advancing age of many units, but also due to extreme natural phenomena such as storms, floods and lightning. For this reason, Con Edison wanted a forward-looking capability to react quickly in a real emergency - a power failure would hit many of New York's nine million inhabitants. The long-established energy company has been supplying the city with electricity for over 180 years.
Typical substations are rarely so spacious that they can easily accommodate additional transformers. So it's usually difficult to position the mobile units close enough to the faulty transformer's connection points. But here too, PFISTERER's pluggable connection system offers a solution. CONNEX-equipped transformers can be connected via 60-metre MV and HV cables, which means they can be sited at a substantial distance. "One transformer in New York was actually more than 100 metres away. But thanks to our pluggable cast resin joint, we can easily join two or more cables together, like an extension cord. Which means bridging sizeable distances is no problem," reports Peter Müller, project manager at PFISTERER.
The solution is based on easily transportable single-phase emergency transformers, which are combined at the deployment location into a three-phase transformer. The connection concept was developed by PFISTERER. Thanks to the pluggable, touch-safe CONNEX system, installing a mobile emergency transformer is up to 75% faster. Time-consuming oil work is completely eliminated, since the transformers are hermetically sealed and factory pre-tested together with their bushings. The trial run at Con Edison shows that the power supply can be restored in a few days following a blackout. It took the team just 30 hours to put the transformer into service, and the voltage was ramped up to full power on the same day.


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Pismaczek skalny (Opegrapha dolomitica (Arnold) Clauzade & Cl. Roux ex Torrente & Egea) – gatunek grzybów z rodziny Lecanographaceae. Ze względu na współżycie z glonami zaliczany jest do porostów.

Systematyka i nazewnictwo
Pozycja w klasyfikacji według Index Fungorum: Opegrapha, Roccellaceae, Arthoniales, Arthoniomycetidae, Arthoniomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.

Po raz pierwszy gatunek ten opisany został w 1860 r. przez F.Ch.G. Arnolda jako odmiana Opegrapha rupestris var dolomitica. Obecną, uznaną przez Index Fungorum nazwę nadali mu Clauzade, Cl. Roux ex Torrente i Egea w 1989 r.

Synonimy:
 Opegrapha dolomitica (Arnold) Clauzade & Cl. Roux 1985
 Opegrapha dolomitica (Arnold) Clauzade & Cl. Roux ex Torrente & Egea 1989 subsp. dolomitica
 Opegrapha rupestris var. dolomitica Arnold 1860
 Opegrapha saxicola subsp. dolomitica (Arnold) Cl. Roux 1977
 Opegrapha saxicola var. dolomitica (Arnold) V. Wirth 1980.
Nazwa polska według W. Fałtynowicza.

Morfologia
Plecha skorupiasta, cienka, barwy białej, szarej, brązowoczerwonej lub brudnożółtej, zazwyczaj częściowo zagłębiona w podłożu. Owocniki typu apotecjum czarne, bardzo małe (pojedynczy ma długość do 0,8 mm). Mają eliptyczny lub nieregularny kształt, są podłużnie lub koncentrycznie zmarszczone i czarne. Najbardziej charakterystyczną cechą są zarodniki. Mają wąsko maczugowaty kształt, 3 przegrody i rozmiary (20) 22-26 (31) × 5–8 μm.

Występowanie i siedlisko
Podano występowanie w niemal całej Europie oraz w zachodniej części Ameryki Północnej. Lokalnie jest dość częsty. W Polsce podano stanowiska w Centralnych i Zachodnich Karpatach, Sudetach, na Wyżynie Małopolskiej i na nizinach środkowej części Polski.

Rośnie głównie na skałach krzemianowych, zazwyczaj na pochyłych lub pionowych ścianach lub nawisach skalnych.

Gatunki podobne
Podobny jest tzw. pismaczek nawapienny (Arthonia calcarea), który również rośnie na skałach wapiennych.Ma jednak większe owocniki (do 1,2 mm) i różni się mikroskopowo.

Przypisy

Lecanographaceae
Mykobiota Polski
Porosty


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Viktóriaváros (Győzelemváros vagy Újucsa,  vagy Orașul Victoria, ) város Romániában, Erdélyben, Brassó megyében.

Fekvése
Fogarastól 34 km-re délnyugatra, a Fogarasi-havasok lábánál fekszik. Innen indul a turistaút a Moldoveanu-csúcsra, Románia legmagasabb hegycsúcsára (2544 m).

Nevének eredete
Nevét 1954-ben kapta és a szocializmus győzelmére utal (a román victorie szó jelentése "győzelem").

Története
1936-ban a román hadügyminisztérium az esseni Ferrostahl céggel közösen lőporgyár építését határozta el Felsőucsa külterületén. Az erdők kivágása, a tereprendezési munkálatok és az infrastruktúra kiépítése 1939-ben kezdődtek. 1942-től 1944-ig hadifoglyok és munkaszolgálatos zsidók építették a gyárat, 1944-ben azonban a munka abbamaradt.

A kommunista fordulat után szovjet ellenőrzés alatt fejezték be a gyárat, kezdték meg a termelést és a város fölépítését. Kezdetben kertvárosias házakat és palotaszerű középületeket, az 1960-as évektől lakótömböket emeltek.

Az 1950-es években zárt város volt, őrzött védőfallal próbálták meg elszigetelni a környező falusiaktól és a környéken még aktív partizánoktól. Ateista városnak nyilvánították, és egészen az 1990-es évekig egyetlen templom sem működött benne.

2005-ben a körülötte fekvő falvak lakói visszaigényelték területét.

Lakossága
2002-ben 9059 lakosából 8883 volt román, 73 magyar és 53 német nemzetiségű; 8684 ortodox és 80 baptista vallású.

Gazdasága
 Nagy hagyományú kémiai gyára, a Viromet többek között formaldehid alapú műgyantákat, karbamidgyantákat, formolt, metanolt és paraformaldehidet gyárt.
 1995-ben közös román–amerikai beruházásként alapították az ioncserélő gyantákat gyártó Virolite vegyiüzemet.
 Rompiro robbanóanyaggyár

Oktatás
 Ion Codru Drăgușanu Elméleti Líceum
 Alexandru Bărbat Műszaki Kollégium
 Német segítséggel 2001-ben 170 fős árvaházat hoztak létre.

Jegyzetek

Források
 A város honlapja
 Korodi Szabolcs: Identitáskeresés Victoria városában. Architectura Hungariae, 2001, 1. sz.

Testvérvárosai
  Chevilly-Larue, Franciaország, 1994;
  Doorn, Hollandia, 2005;
  Lariano, Olaszország, 2007.

Erdélyi városok
Brassó megye települései


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Florida State Senator Lauren Book fights back over nude images stolen from her: 'I hate that this happened to me'
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Don't fast track trade deals that hurt the middle class
By By Alan Grayson
Trade is a simple concept. You sell me yours, and I'll sell you mine.
At least that's the way it used to be. I can remember when our food, our clothing, our cars, our televisions, our appliances and the homes we live in, were all "Proudly made in America." Ordinary working people made enough money to afford a house and a car. They had paid sick leave, health coverage and a pension.
That's all gone now. So what happened to ruin the middle-class life that so many Americans enjoyed? The North American Free Trade Agreement is what happened.
In the 20 years since NAFTA passed, we've lost 5 million manufacturing jobs and 15 million other jobs. Since NAFTA took over, Americans have bought trillions of dollars of goods and services produced by foreigners. But those foreigners have not bought an equal amount of goods and services produced by Americans. Not even close. In fact, it's hard to find products that say "Made in America."
The difference between what we buy from them and what we sell to them — the trade deficit — has exploded. That explosion has blasted the American middle class.
Numbers don't lie: For the past 14 years, our average annual trade deficit has been more than $500 billion, more than $1,500 each year for every man, woman and child in America. The 14 largest trade deficits in the history of mankind, all of them, are the U.S. trade deficits for the past 14 years. We're creating tens of millions of jobs in other countries, while losing millions of jobs in America, because people in other countries are buying their own goods and services, rather than ours.
They're not creating jobs in America. But they are buying up our assets, our stocks and bonds, farms and businesses. Already, one-seventh of all of our assets, $11 trillion, are owned by foreigners.
This is not free trade. This is fake trade. We are in a deep hole, thanks to fake trade.
A British minister once coined the First Law of Holes: "When you're in a hole, stop digging." We have to stop digging.
Right now the U.S. trade representative is seeking trade promotion authority, or "fast track," for free-trade agreements. That authority would prohibit Congress from offering any amendments to improve trade deals, and limit debate to as little as 83 seconds for each member of the House of Representatives.
That is the fast track to hell. Why? Because the U.S. trade representative also wants Congress to ratify giant new trade agreements — one with East Asia, and one with Europe. This trade treachery would pit our $30-per-hour workers directly against workers in Vietnam and Brunei, who are lucky to make 30 cents per hour. "Free trade" countries like that are not only free of health, safety and environmental protections, but also free of child-labor laws, the right to organize, and even rules against slave labor.
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This trade treachery also would give special privileges to foreign corporations that neither American corporations, nor any living, breathing human beings enjoy. It would set up special tribunals before the World Bank and United Nations, populated by corporate lobbyists pretending to be judges, which could then award enforceable judgments against our federal, state and local governments, merely for enforcing our health, safety and environmental laws.
It's urgent that we prevent our trade imbalance from getting even worse. So call your congressman and senators, and tell them to say "no" to fast track and new trade agreements.
It's time to stop digging. Let's show our unity, climb up out of that hole, and rebuild the American middle class.
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, represents Florida's 9th congressional district.
International Laws and Treaties
North American Free Trade Agreement
Alan Grayson


Relocation to Sunshine state is always an exciting thing. No matter where are you coming from. Because, who doesn't like the summer, smiled people and almost never-ending beach parties? Well, I guess that people near retirement do not actually see this kind of fun as something they desire to experience on a daily basis. But, guess what, so many retired people are migrating to Florida. You can realize that there are so many things to do for retired people too. This is what made us help you with activities after the relocation. And the first thing you should do is to find a home after moving to South Florida. We consulted the experts from real estate in this part of the country. And this text is actually their experience you could use when searching for housing in the south of Florida state.
Should you buy or rent a South Florida home?
This directly depends on you and your needs. Every single one of you has different aims, goals, and desires in life. The matter of housing is directly connected to your lifestyle, to the fact that you are single, in a relationship, or family person with children. So, who should you consult when making the decision about South Florida housing? Certainly people from this industry. The industry of real estate. And we are at your disposal. Because, when you are planning to make a move, you are looking for top moving professionals. For those of you who still haven't found their relocation assistance, we offer a recommendation. Hire top moving experts from orangemover.com. They have the expertise, they own the know-how, and they possess all the equipment needed for South Florida relocation. Besides this, you can consult them regarding your housing in southern Florida.
For how long you intend to stay after moving to South Florida? If you look to grow old there, then buying a home could be a good option. Otherwise, renting is a preferable solution.
How big housing can you afford? Find a home after moving to South Florida that suits your needs. And compare your possibilities to the desires. If you need a big home, and you can't afford to buy one, rather pick to be a tenant.
What does the market offer? If you have enough money to purchase a home as big as you like, don't make the decision too soon. First, check on the offer. Perhaps you could rent for a while until some decent home appears?
If you decide to buy, how to find a home after moving to South Florida?
How much money you have? Having the information about the budget helps you determine what is the most expensive home you could afford, so you could start the search.
How many bedrooms/bathrooms you search for? After moving to South Florida you could search for a big house or a small apartment. Have a decision about the size made before you start the actual search.
Where would you like to have your new residence? This influences the price you would need to pay as well as the size of home you could afford. Would it be in the city, a beach house, or some place in the rural area, it's up to you.
What about front/back yard? Do you prefer to have your privacy hidden, or not that much? how big yard would you like to have?
What is the solution for the parking? If owning a car, this is a very important matter. If you're looking for a house, it could have a garage. Or you could build one. Otherwise, if buying an apartment, you should inspect if there is some parking spot for yourself. Given that it is very difficult to find the parking nowadays.
Everything else you might consider important. Give yourself time. Think about everything. Buying a home after relocation to South Florida is a big deal. Threat it in accordance with that.
What if you're looking to rent a home after relocating to Florida's south?
In case you are not sure for how long you will be staying in Florida, you don't have enough money or you just prefer changing your residence every now and then, you should find a home after moving to South Florida that fits your current needs, and that you could rent, for now, changing it when the need appears. Our first advice is to consult your cross-country movers in Florida you relocated with. Moving professionals in Sunshine state commonly have the information about homes for rent. So after using the services of interstate movers in Florida, ask if they can recommend you some place to rent. Certainly, fitting your budget for renting a home after South Florida move.
Get recommendations from friends and family- If someone of them lives or lived in Florida, they could be the perfect source of information for finding a home after you move to Sunshine state's south.
Find the sources of rental real estate information– Ask the local realtors, seek for the advertisements, search over the web etc. Do everything it takes to find rental real estate listings. Make the list of the best options and then check everything you might require from your future home.
Go around the neighborhoods where you would like to live- Get in the car and drive through the neighborhoods. You could find your future South Florida home that way, and just in the neighborhood, you like! Stop near the homes you like, ask people if they know someone's renting the real estate near them. To find a home after moving to South Florida takes an effort. But it's worth it!


In January 2012, insurgent groups in northern Mali began a violent campaign against the central government. By March 2012, then-President Amadou Toumani Touré (ATT) was ousted in a successful coup. The ongoing unrest has drastically shifted the strategies foreign donors are using to allocate aid, particularly to northern Mali. While bilateral donors have drastically scaled back all programmatic aid, NGOs including Oxfam International and the Red Cross have stepped in to provide humanitarian aid. This shift from programmatic to humanitarian aid has left the agricultural sector particularly vulnerable. Since most of the food grown in Mali is grown in the northern region, such a drastic decrease in agricultural aid will have catastrophic effects in terms of projected food shortages. Furthermore, using evidence from new World Bank survey data gathered in northern Mali in 2015, we find that the agricultural aid being distributed by NGOs is not targeting those most in need. We find that French-speaking villages are more likely to be targeted for aid compared to non-French-speaking villages. We argue that in northern Mali, under the current sociopolitical conditions, speaking French makes these villages more attractive to aid organizations, regardless of their actual need for assistance. This appropriation principle means that aid is not going to the most vulnerable, but to the most politically or socially connected. We also find proof of a second layer of aid misappropriation. While Sonrai and Tamasheq-speaking villages receive less agricultural aid than French-speaking villages, the aid they do receive goes to those households most vulnerable to exogenous shocks. However, in French-speaking villages, the most vulnerable households are not guaranteed to receive agricultural aid. If desperately needed agricultural aid continues to be misappropriated, it could lead countries like Mali to become even more unstable.


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Q: iPhone Objective-C: Disable the popping of the stack when clicking the tab with a navigation controller Let's say I have a Tab Bar Controller with a tab A. A has a navigation controller, which lets me push new views onto the stack. Right now, if I tap A on the Tab Bar, all of the elements in A's stack will pop.
Is there a nice way to disable this? I have a sequence of views that are displayed with the navigation controller that takes user input would not like all of that to be lost with a slip of the finger.
Thanks in advance, and please let me know if my question is unclear.

A: Try setting up a delegate for your UITabBarController, and implement:
- (BOOL)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController shouldSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController

If the same view controller is being selected, return NO.  Then the navigation stack should not change.
Note it will only be called for the same tab you are already on from iOS 3.0 on, but at this point I would only target iOS 3.0+.


Only right to have a product for todays electronics, this eliminated the need to carry a charger for the different electronic devices. When just made a whole to fit this box and gave it a 12 Volt supply. Trailer charging ports, what a novel idea.


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HauteLook carries a huge selection of designer and luxury brands all for a seriously discounted price. The sales generally last 3 days, with new sales/events starting each morning at 8 am PST. It's a rush of excitement when you visit the site and see the amazing deals and pieces they have. I mean Dolce Vita (booties for 62% off!? say what?!), Via Spiaga, BLANK NYC, Clairsonic and Stila are just some of the brands on sale today. HauteLook also carries products for children, men and home! Another great thing – shipping is free on orders over $100 and you can return any item to your nearest Nordstrom Rack (which makes things so easy!).
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Low key stalking those Via Spiaga boots to come back in my size….
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Game Dev Tycoon is a full version Windows game, that is part of the category PC games with subcategory Emulators.
The game version is 2016 and it has been updated on 1/04/2017. This software is available for users with the operating system Windows XP and previous versions, and you can download it in English, Spanish, and German.
Since the game has been added to our selection of software and apps in 2016, it has managed to achieve 16 downloads, and last week it achieved 6 downloads.
The information about the install size of Game Dev Tycoon is currently not available. It's a game very heavily used in some countries such as Hungary and Romania.


This Christmas Eve may you be blessed with all things bright and beautiful…May you have all that your heart desires and more…Enjoy and Merry Christmas.
Wishing that Christmas Eve brings you lots of joy, happiness, fun and friends. Warmest wishes to you and God Bless!
May Santa bring you wonderful gifts, great cheer and may all your dreams be fulfilled this Christmas…Take Care and Enjoy!
Merry Christmas! May you get all the wonderful, lovely gifts you've been waiting all year through!
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the way…Santa's coming to town with gifts loaded for all of you!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May you keep smiling always and bring joy and happiness into the life of all those around you.
May Lord Jesus' blessings take care of you and cover you with tender love and warmth this Christmas and always. Have a Great Christmas and a Happy New Year!


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"SNOWMAN" DF - THE RESULTS
Despite the inclement weather which threatened to cancel the event, Sunday 2nd February dawned dry and bright, and 7 teams assembled at Long Melford Green for the 12.50 p.m. start.
Two good signals were received at the start, so 5 teams set off for the weaker station A, G4KQE/P located on the Gipping Valley River Path, 25km East of the start. The other 2 teams headed for station B, G3WMM/P located 10.5km South-East of the start in Assington Thicks, although so strong was Station B that many thought he was much closer to the start.
All was very quiet at station A until 2.32 when the first competitor arrived, hotly followed by the other 4 in the next 6 minutes. Similarly at station B all was quiet, so Mike had just enjoyed a cup of coffee and was just about to water the horses, when in the distance he spotted Colin and Rosie, so had to dive back into his hide. Richard then appeared from nowhere to show Colin the way. All was then quiet for another hour and a quarter until the rest of the pack all piled in within 5 minutes of each other.
Meanwhile back at station A it had stayed dry until about 3.30 p.m. when a few spots of rain were noticed, so the polythene sheet was hastily thrown over the bush, upon which it started raining harder and even hailed for a minute or two. With some snow still on the ground, and hail during the event, the Snowman certainly lived up to it's name this year.
1. Tim Parker 1535.10
Click to enlarge The Merry method for finding Mike Hawkins
2. Graham Phillips 1538.05
3. Phil Cunningham 1539.40
4.= Peter Larbalestier 1540.10
4.= Roy Emeny 1540.10
6. Colin Merry 1546.58
7. Richard Witney 1601.50
Congratulations to the winner, Tim, who was presented at the tea with the Snowman Trophy, and commiserations to Richard, who was the first person in the afternoon to find any station, but then missed the footpath leading to station A. He then made a detour, leading to an extra half a mile run down another footpath to reach the station.
An excellent tea was enjoyed at Pat & Mikes, starting with Pat's legendary home-made soup, where the events of the afternoon were recalled. The organisers are particularly pleased, with all competitors finding both stations, we hope you all enjoyed the afternoon.
Andrew, G4KQE
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Situated in the tropical belt of West Africa, Ghana lies between Togo and the Ivory Coast on the Gulf of Guinea. It is a land of lush tropical beaches and rocky lagoons, with grasslands and forest bush in the Central and Northern Regions. Beginning about 1500, when European settlers first began exporting slaves and gold, the area became known as the Gold Coast, famed for the rich deposits of gold found mixed with the sand of its riverbeds. Only when granted its independence from the British Empire in 1957 was the new nation renamed after the ancient Ghana Empire, an advanced civilization that flourished over a large part of West Africa from 300 A.D. until 1240.
In Ghana, as in most of sub-Saharan Africa, music is an essential way of life. The numerous traditional ceremonies include music for dance and entertainment, along with dynamic percussive invocations and historical songs. The popularity of music as a way of passing time has produced a great variety of forms and styles as well as highly adept professional players; there is also great musical proficiency on the part of the general public. African musicians feel that they bring their instruments to life when they play them, just as God gives life to the musicians. Thus, individual instruments are believed to possess consciousness and are treated with much the same respect as that given to a living person.
There is a class of professional musicians known as griots who are indispensable to ceremonies and rites, indeed, to daily life. Among their many roles in the life of the community is that of historian, and they are famed for their infallible memories. In addition to recalling the significant events and people of a community's past, griots also preserve and espouse the philosophical awareness and code of conduct of their community through proverbs and songs. Many griots lead a rather nomadic life, wandering freely, in total devotion to their art.
Originally released in 1979 as Africa: Ancient Ceremonies / Dance Music & Songs of Ghana (H-72082).
The class of professional musicians known as griots is indispensable to Ghanaian rites and passages, as well as daily life. Through proverbs and songs, heard here, they preserve their local philosophy, code of conduct, and the events and people of a community's past.