Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) issued list of selected candidates for Veterinary Asst. Surgeon (VAS) Posts. The list of candidates declared successful is displayed in the link below.
Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) issued list of selected candidates for Veterinary Asst. Surgeon (VAS) Posts. A total of 190 candidates are declared successful in the interview.


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ocaml-menhir 20181113-alt1 19 ноября 2018, 07:25 22.6 http://gallium.inria.fr/~fp… LR(1) parser generator for the OCaml programming language.
ocaml-ppxlib 0.5.0-alt2 13 марта 2019, 11:51 6.3 https://github.com/ocaml-ppx… Base library and tools for ppx rewriters.
openttd 1.9.1-alt1 10 апреля 2019, 16:36 2.2 https://www.openttd.org/ An open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe".
php7-fpm-fcgi 7.2.17-alt1.1 9 апреля 2019, 19:23 2.4 http://www.php.net/ The PHP7 HTML-embedded scripting language as a php-fpm (FastCGI) binary.
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America's Oldest Veteran Lives in Austin. What Happened to Him Yesterday Will Make You Smile
By Mark Gwin • Oct 4, 2013
107-year-old Richard Overton relaxes on his front lawn. Yesterday, dozens of volunteers fixed the East Austin home Overton's lived in since 1945.
Mark Gwin for KUT News
Several dozen volunteers turned up to overhaul Mr. Overton's house Thursday. It's the third of five homes to be fixed up for veterans in the Austin area.
A diverse group of volunteers braved the heat Thursday to upgrade the residence of 107-year-old World War II veteran Richard Overton – the country's oldest living World War II veteran.
The East Austin house has been Overton's home since he built it in 1945, when he returned from war. And though he's done some upgrades over the years, it was beginning to have some serious issues: broken windows, a failing refrigerator and more.
But then a team of several dozen volunteers came to fix it all.
Josh Mayou, a Home Depot manager and leader of the project, said the project was the third of five in the area being renovated for veterans. Funding was provided by the Home Depot Foundation, and volunteers for the one-day work sessions came from a variety of sources.
"We're out here partnering with the City of Austin and we got people helping from UT ROTC, other organizations, the fire department, and Home Depot volunteers," Mayou said.
Volunteers have a long list of projects, Mayou said, so workers hoped to finish it all Thursday. Besides the refrigerator and the windows, the team fixed the bathroom, painted the walls, rebuilt a fence and repaired the porch where Mr. Overton likes to pass his days.
Mr. Overton spent the duration of the war in the Pacific Theater, and he has stories to share as he watches the volunteers work and visits with them when they come to grab a drink or a bite to eat.
"I appreciate it, every bit of it," he says with a thankful smile. "They're doing a nice job."
These 'Affordable' Apartments Operate Tax Free. Too Bad They Have the Most Code Violations in Austin
By Joy Diaz • Sep 23, 2013
Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon, KUT News
Oak Hollow is a community of 429 apartments in northwest Austin. It's operated as affordable housing by a group called American Opportunity for Housing.
Built in 1972, keeping up a property like Oak Hollow can be expensive. The main source of income for American Opportunity for Housing is rent. And as a nonprofit, the community has a 100 percent tax exemption. The City of Austin estimates, over the last decade, that it has foregone upwards of $1 million in taxes from Oak Hollow.
But it's a property with a reputation among renters' advocates.
Honor Flight Austin Departs Today With Texas' Oldest Living Vet Aboard
By Marissa Barnett • May 17, 2013
Marissa Barnett, KUT News
35 Central Texas World War II veterans, including Texas' oldest living veteran, are flying to Washington D.C. today as part of the Honor Flight program.
The flight leaves Austin Bergstrom International Airport at 12:30 p.m. after a ceremonial send off from Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell. Honor Flight Austin Chairman Allen Bergeron, a flight nurse and one guardian per veteran will also be on the flight. The trip is just one day, but the itinerary is packed with memorial visits and a trip to Arlington National Cemetery.
Learn More About Austin's $65 Million Affordable Housing Vote Tonight
By KUT Staff • Oct 3, 2013
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A year after voters narrowly rejected the proposal, the Austin City Council is once again asking voters to approve tens of millions of dollars for affordable housing.
The City of Austin will host the first of four community information sessions today about this November's $65 million affordable housing bond.

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Henry Normal: The Escape Plan
https://www.komedia.co.uk/brighton/spoken-word/henry-normal-the-escape-plan/
Date: Mon 27 April
Price:Concession Ticket: £14.00
Standard Ticket: £16.00
Henry is a writer, poet and TV and Film producer and founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival.
In June 2017 he was honoured with a special BAFTA for services to Television.
He co-wrote and script edited the multi-award winning Mrs Merton show and the spin off series Mrs Merton and Malcolm. He also co-created and co-wrote the first series of The Royle Family.
With Steve Coogan he co-wrote the BAFTA winning Paul and Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's Run, Tony Ferrino, Doctor Terrible and all three of Steve's live tours and the film The Parole Officer.
Setting up Baby Cow Productions Ltd in 1999 Henry Executive Produced all, and script edited many of the shows of its seventeen and a half year output during his tenure as MD. Highlights of the Baby Cow output during this time include Philomena, I believe in Miracles, Gavin and Stacey, Moone Boy, Uncle , Marion and Geof, Nighty Night, The Mighty Boosh, Red Dwarf, Hunderby and Camping and Alan Partridge.
Since retiring in April 2016 Henry has written and performed five BBC Radio 4 shows "a normal family', 'a normal life', 'a normal love', 'a normal creativity' and 'a normal nature' combining comedy, poetry and stories about bringing up his autistic son.
In 2018 Henry recorded an episode of 'Poetry Please' which he curated and co-presented with Roger McGough. Henry as also appeared as a guest on 'Quote Unquote', 'The Verb' and many other Radio shows.
Born in St Annes, Nottingham in 1956. Now lives in Brighton with his wife, the screenwriter Angela Pell, and their son, Johnny.
In April 2018 Two Roads publishers released his latest book 'A Normal Family' written with his wife Angela Pell drawing on his family experience. It immediately became a best seller on Amazon and as already been re-printed. The paperback is was released 21st March 2019.
Although only 20 years of age and an outsider artist Johnny was given his own month long art exhibition in April 2018 at Phoenix entitled Art By Johnny. The exhibition was an acclaimed success and broke attendance records.
Henry performs poetry at Literature Festival's around the UK and has seven recent poetry books out 'Staring Directly at the Eclipse' ,'Travelling Second Class Through Hope', 'Raining Upwards, 'This Phantom Breath', The Department of Lost Wishes' , ' Swallowing the Entire Ocean' and 'Strikingly Invisible'
He was recently given a honorary doctorate of letters by Nottingham Trent University, another by Nottingham University, and has had a beer and a bus named after him in Nottingham !
His new BBC Radio show is entitled 'A Normal Universe' and will be transmitted 17th March 2020
His new collection is a selected works entitled 'The Escape Plan' and is released 16th March 2020
WEBSITE / FACEBOOK / ART BY JOHNNY
THIS SHOW WILL TAKE PLACE IN OUR INTIMATE SPACE – KOMEDIA STUDIO
AGES 14+ (UNDER 16s MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT)
Harry Baker: I am 10,000
Wed 4 Mar
HOLLIE MCNISH + MICHAEL PEDERSEN
HAMMER & TONGUE
Next: Wed 29 Jan
ANATOMY NIGHTS – MATTERS OF THE HEART
A GAY AND A NONGAY
AEG PRESENTS: DARCY OAKE
Only Fools and Boycie
EARTH, MOON, SKY AND PSYCHOSIS AT 60!
Next: Sun 3 May
THE RABBIT HOLE WITH IAIN LEE & KATHERINE BOYLE
Sun 14 Jun
Two Mr Ps in a Podcast - Live
Kae Kurd: Spoken Kurd
Sat 3 Oct


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Adrienne Christian
Joined03/24/2020
Adrienne Christian is a poet, writer and fine art photographer. Her work has appeared in Hayden's Ferry, CALYX, phoebe, Prairie Schooner, The Los Angeles Review (as The Editor's Choice) and others. Adrienne is the author of two poetry collections: 12023 Woodmont Avenue (Willow Books, 2013) and A Proper Lover (Main Street Rag, 2017). She is a fellow of both Cave Canem and Callaloo Writing Residencies. In 2007, she won the University of Michigan's Five Under Ten Young Alumni Award. In 2016, Adrienne was a finalist for the Rita Dove International Poetry Award. She earned her PhD in English/Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska.
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The Professor Takes His Lunch


Written and directed by Jason Branagan, Shoebox Memories is an offbeat, musical, romcom. The indie feature tells the story of disillusioned musician and music teacher, Chris, who desperately wants to reconcile with his first love and long time girlfriend, Deb. Wallowing in self-pity after discovering she's soon-to-be-married, his best friends, Mikey and Al, decide it's time that Chris gets over her once and for all.
The film's narrative is written around an album of music, which is also written by Jason, who spoke to Anthony Assad ahead of the film's screening at the upcoming Dingle International Film Festival.
In terms of the film's structure, it's arranged episodically with chapter headings in the guise of mix-tape music tracks pre-recorded by the protagonist. What came first – the story or the songs?
Mainly the songs. There was an old song from way back when I wanted to be a singer/songwriter that was a dialogue between 2 people. I always wanted to use that idea to maybe write a musical or a stage play. When the idea for the film came around and we were looking at ideas for what we could shoot I had the idea of using a bunch of old songs and structuring a story around them. 6 of the songs were written long before the film and then there's 3 of them that were written specifically for it. The reason the female lead is Emma Jane was because the song was called Emma Jane. The reason they're broken up 3 years is because the song is called 3 years. It was an interesting way to approach trying to write a script because you have so much context and content in the songs that you are trying to work out how to fit them into a narrative.
It's interesting – it's almost like an adaptation of an album.
As it stands the film has a very linear narrative but initially in my head the idea was much more experimental. It was a film built around an album – which is still more or less what it is – but we just found a way of making it very linear.
Did the actors have access to the songs in relation to each scene before shooting?
We spent longer recording the album than making the film. We recorded before we shot. Myself, Colm Gavin [who plays Chris] and a sound engineer friend of mine spent about 4 or 5 weeks in my living room recording the album. So Colm was well aware of all the music. Colm had never acted before. I wanted a musician in the role and I knew Colm through my brother who had gone to school with him. Having come from that musical background myself I felt that a singer/songwriter would hopefully be able to connect to the material and that would probably help them in scenes.
Outside of that, the rest of the actors experienced the music as we shot. Obviously, we would do multiple takes but some of the reaction in terms of when Colm plays was the first time they heard the songs. So there were very honest reactions in those moments.
You managed to deliver the film under a microbudget of €2,500. Some filmmakers would consider it a constraint and others believe it pushes them to succeed and think outside of the box. Where would you align yourself?
I believe that constraint leads to creativity. Of course, it's not always the best – it can be nice to have money to fix problems. But I think it's good to undertake something like this, even if you never do it again and you only work with bigger budgets. You're forced to become adaptable and you have to deal with issues as they arise and to deal with them creatively because there isn't money to throw at them. You've got to figure things out on the spot. I think as a director that is half your battle. Still though, I would like to do it with money!


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Q: uitableview inside uiscrollview storyboard So I have a UIScrollView in storyboard and a UITableView in storyboard as well. The point is that I want to put inside the scrollview several instances of that UITableView. But I get an error
unable to dequeue a cell with identifier Cell - must register a nib or a class for the identifier or connect a prototype cell in a storyboard
So how to solve this problem?
Thanks in advance!
Ok! Here's my code:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"DayCell";
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];

    [self configerCell:cell atIndexPath:indexPath];

    return cell;
}

And I gave a cell an identifier in storyboard...
That's how I add UITableView to UIScrollView:
UITableViewController *tableView = [[UITableViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
[self.mainScroll addSubview:tableView.view];

A: I think your tableview cell needs an identifier. Try'n click on the table view cell and under the attributes inspector there is a field named Identifier. Check That!

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Q: Range Slider - how to style on IE/Edge? I'm trying to style this range slider on IE. It's been quite a nightmare. Anyone knows why fill color for the track doesn't work?
It's also not quite applying border-radius on the track.
   &::-ms-track {
        box-sizing: border-box;
        border: none;
        width: 12.5em;
        height: 8px;
        background: $beige-yellow;
        border-radius: 12px;
    }

    &::-ms-fill-lower {
        height: 8px;
        background: $army-green;
    }

    &::-ms-fill-upper {
        background: $beige-yellow;
    }

See full code here: https://codepen.io/anon/pen/PMQKdp

A: First, we should use input[type="range"] before the IE proprietary pseudo-elements to style the range slider in IE and Edge. So we should delete the .slider::-ms-track, .slider::-ms-fill-lower, .slider::-ms-thumb, .slider::-ms-tooltip part in CSS and write like below instead:
    input[type="range"]::-ms-fill-lower {
        ...
    }
    input[type="range"]::-ms-fill-upper {
        ...
    }
    input[type="range"]::-ms-track {
        ...
    }
    input[type="range"]::-ms-thumb {
        ...
    }
    input[type="range"]::-ms-tooltip {
        ...
    }

Second, the => arrow function in JavaScript is not supported in IE. You could use the Babel's translation to make it compatible with IE.
So the final code is like this:

var _R = document.querySelector('[type=range]');

_R.style.setProperty('--val', +_R.value);

_R.style.setProperty('--max', +_R.max);

_R.style.setProperty('--min', +_R.min);

document.documentElement.classList.add('js');

_R.addEventListener('input', function(e) {
  _R.style.setProperty('--val', +_R.value);
}, false);
input:focus {
  outline: none;
}

.slider {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  --range: calc(var(--max) - var(--min));
  --ratio: calc((var(--val) - var(--min))/var(--range));
  --sx: calc(.5*1.5em + var(--ratio)*(100% - 1.5em));
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 1.5em;
  background: transparent;
  font: 1em/1 arial, sans-serif;
  border: none;
}

.slider,
.slider::-webkit-slider-thumb {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}

.slider::-webkit-slider-runnable-track {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  border: none;
  width: 12.5em;
  height: 0.5em;
  background: #ccc;
}

.js .slider::-webkit-slider-runnable-track {
  background: linear-gradient(#7b1c1a, #7b1c1a) 0/var(--sx) 100% no-repeat #ccc;
}

.slider::-moz-range-track {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  border: none;
  height: 0.5em;
  background: #ccc;
}

.slider::-moz-range-progress {
  height: 0.5em;
  background: #7b1c1a;
}

.slider::-webkit-slider-thumb {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 99;
  margin-top: -0.550em;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  border: none;
  width: 1.5em;
  height: 1.5em;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #7b1c1a;
}

.slider::-moz-range-thumb {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 99;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  border: none;
  width: 1.5em;
  height: 1.5em;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #7b1c1a;
}

#tickmarks {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  padding: 0 10px;
}

#tickmarks p {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center;
  width: 4px;
  height: 4px;
  background: green;
  color: green;
  border-radius: 100%;
  line-height: 54px;
  top: -34px;
  left: 3px;
  z-index: 0;
}

input[type="range"]::-ms-fill-lower {
  background: #7b1c1a;
}

input[type="range"]::-ms-fill-upper {
  background: transparent;
}

input[type="range"]::-ms-track {
  height: 7px;
  border: 1px solid #bdc3c7;
  background-color: #ccc;
}

input[type="range"]::-ms-thumb {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 99;
  margin-top: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  border: none;
  width: 1.5em;
  height: 1.5em;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #7b1c1a;
}

input[type="range"]::-ms-tooltip {
  display: none;
}

  <input type="range" min="5" max="20" value="10" step='2.5' class="slider" id="myRange" list='tickmarks'>

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Besides, here's a very useful article about styling range slider across multiple browsers, you could also check it.


Moving to a different country is never easy. Getting used to a different kind of culture, weather, system, language and food can be a little daunting. If you have successfully made the move to this tropical paradise, then congratulations on the wise move. If you are still deciding if you should move here, then it's best you read this article, as we have compiled a list of the top 10 reasons why you should move to Malaysia.
As a country, Malaysia has experienced many years of economic and political stability. Despite the current global economic conditions, Malaysia is not expected to suffer an extreme downturn.
Malaysia has a good infrastructure which is continuously being improved. There is a world-class airport, modern capital city, and excellent road network. Malaysia has a strong commitment to become a leading IT hub for the region.
Foreigners can buy any number of residential homes, even freehold, over RM500,000. It is possible to obtain a loan locally, and some companies can arrange short-term rentals and care for your home while you are away.
Malaysia's crime rate is lower than most Western countries. Health services are efficient and private hospitals offer world-class treatment at a substantially lower cost than many other countries.
Malaysia is one of the lowest populated countries in Asia, with plenty of unspoiled countryside to explore: jungles, hill stations, and tropical islands, or just relax on the many beaches. There is a wealth of flora and fauna, as well as wildlife.
Most foreigners enjoy the local cuisine –Malay, Chinese, and Indian. There are also numerous restaurants offering food from around the world.
The Malaysian people are warm and friendly and most speak English. There is no need to set yourself up in an expatriate enclave; wherever you live you are sure to find no problems settling in and making friends.
Malaysia is hot, but not the hottest of countries and since most homes, cars and shopping areas are air-conditioned, it's easy to escape the worst of it.
If you are on a pension from a developed country, you will find Malaysia offers a better standard of living than in your own country. Remittances from abroad aren't taxed, making settling in Malaysia even more attractive.
From low-priced products in open markets or designer labels in boutiques, Malaysia has it all. There has been a huge increase in shopping malls around the country, particularly in Kuala Lumpur. Newer supermarkets also import food products from all 0ver the world.
Modern movie theatres, bars, and clubs can be found in all major cities. Satellite TV is available nationwide and overseas newspapers and magazines are sold at newsstands.
Was Moving to Malaysia right for you?


The Athletic Program at St. Justin Martyr School strives to provide opportunities for students to participate in extracurricular sports activities. Through participation on a team, we hope to provide a rewarding experience that promotes personal growth, positive self-esteem, and rewarding peer relations.
St. Justin Martyr School students in Grades 5-8 can participate in Football, Volleyball, Basketball, and Softball. Our teams compete against other local Catholic schools, through the Parochial Athletic League of The Diocese of Orange. The league teaches students to recognize their strengths and limitations, the lessons of winning and losing, and respect for all involved: fellow players, opponents, coaches and officials. These life values aid boys and girls in their development toward adulthood.


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Home Advice Why the whiplash claims law is impacting on injured people now
March 23rd 2021
Why the whiplash claims law is impacting on injured people now
If you've ever been involved in a road traffic accident and suffered whiplash as a result, you will know it is a genuine injury which can cause severe pain and potentially have a long-term impact on your health.
However, whilst there has quite rightly been a clampdown on a minority of cases in which injuries are exaggerated, negative media has sadly created an unfair stigma around seeking damages in such cases.
It is also anticipated that new Government reforms, which are set to launch 31st May 2021.
What changes are happening?
The Government is committed to increasing the Small Claims Court threshold from £1,000 to £5,000 for Road Traffic Accident claims – including whiplash – as part of its Civil Liability Act reforms.
From 31st May 2021, anyone injured in an RTA will not be able to instruct a lawyer to make a claim of £5,000 or less. For other personal injuries, the threshold will rise to £2,000 from £1,000.
We believe these changes are likely to impede access to justice as people genuinely injured may feel the process is to complicated or daunting, resulting in them battling on without medical assessment and appropriate treatment, and without financial recompense.
These are changes we have campaigned against at Hudgell Solicitors, and it is why we are urging people genuinely injured as a result of road traffic accidents to come forward immediately.
This will ensure claims can be submitted by experienced lawyers ahead of the law changes on May 31st 2021.
Having helped thousands of people to successfully secure damages for their pain and suffering over the past two decades, we know it can help cover the cost of crucial physiotherapy to aid recovery, recover loss of earnings from time taken off work and compensate for injuries suffered.
What will be the impact on genuine whiplash victims?
The Government believe that increasing the threshold will help to confine more low-value claims to the Small Claims Court, where solicitors' costs are not recoverable.
In theory, this has been done to help reduce the number of potentially fraudulent claims being made for whiplash-type injuries.
As things currently stand, there will be two claims 'portals' for people to use from May 2021 – one for whiplash claims below £5,000 and one for all other claims.
People injured in an RTA will have to instigate and navigate the complex claims process on their own WITHOUT a legal representative – through no choice of their own.
Whiplash claims are unlikely to be accepted without medical evidence, so from May 2021, a whiplash victim may have to:
Submit the initial case proceedings using an online portal
Instruct their own medical expert to diagnose their injuries
Pay £180 for a medical report if the other party denies liability
Accept or reject (and possibly appeal) their compensation offer
What are the main concerns about the system?
At Hudgell Solicitors, we'd like to see the Government put safeguarding measures in place to prevent people being bewildered by the new portal system.
How can it be justified if a situation arises where those who qualify for smaller sums do not bother because the process puts them off making a claim?
The issue of who will pay the fixed £180 cost for a medical report also needs clarity.
If someone is injured in a road traffic accident, they may not have the finances to pay this fee up front and may choose simply not to pursue a claim.
This would only prevent justice being served, and could also lead to any physical injuries which need treatment worsening over subsequent years – at a greater collective cost to the NHS over time!
Under the current proposals, an insurer simply needs to deny liability to put the claimant under financial pressure, increasing the chances of them giving up on making a claim.
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has called for medical reports to be free for all injured people, regardless of whether liability is admitted.
Proposals have also been put forward for the wrongdoer to pay the upfront cost of the medical report when liability is admitted or partially admitted.
Unfortunately, unrepresented claimants are unlikely to feel confident in the justice system when faced with experienced defendant lawyers, bankrolled by large insurance companies.
Should a situation arise where insurers put pressure on a claimant to under-settle, if they agree to do so before a thorough injury assessment has been conducted, the whole process could also begin to feel rather unethical.
Sadly, this could be a situation faced by many in less than a year.
Who will fill the void left by solicitors?
When the new reforms are implemented in April 2020, it is predicted that a new wave of claims management companies (CMC) could be established to deal with what is essentially low-value legal work.
Should a claimant put their faith in the hands of a CMC or any other representative without legal qualifications, they may end up paying to receive advice which is not as legally sound as it would have been from a qualified solicitor.
Will the rules be the same for under-18s?
'Vulnerable' road users have already been excluded from the new laws, but there is a lack of detail about whether children will be too.
Unfortunately, this uncertainty means it's still not known how a claim will be brought on behalf of a minor and who would be expected to do it.
What does it mean for people with whiplash injuries now?
If you've suffered a whiplash-type injury in the last three years, we would urge you to take legal action immediately to avoid getting caught up in the new whiplash claims law change.
It is now less than a year before these proposed changes will be implemented.
During this time, the Government could still make changes to the proposals – and bring more clarity about how the regime will work.
But make no mistake, the changes are likely to complicate the whiplash claims procedure – and could make it harder to get compensation.
For advice about the best way to claim, please get in touch – our expert RTA team will be happy to assess the strength of your case for free.


Ratsaway Online Game. Someone nibbled your new shoes? In the basement is a mess again? Stocks for winter spoiled? So, it means that rats bred in your basement – but it does not matter if you have a cat. Otherwise, you will have to fight with a horde of rats yourself. Here you will have to apply your skills and to make any tricks because rats are not the most stupid opponent.


Foregoing the political correctness of trading and the lessons it provides us – a trader needs to simply strip out the Alpha aspect of his (or her) personality. Rather than taking on the market and the universe itself, accept that every trader, be it on his personal account or in the skyscrapers of New York, London and Tokyo, make losses and (they hope) cut them.
Take a moment to re-read the title of this tip for it deserves the time to be read not just now but every time that you are not only in front of your trading terminal but in the market.
No matter how we chose to dress it and transcribe it, a loss is a loss and we all have them.
Accepting from the outset that the trade may go against you, either your too early or just wrong, and knowing exactly when and how to exit the trade (as per your plan), will allow you to stop a loss turning into a large loss.
Experience has shown that the market forgives a trader that accepts a loss, and learns from his mistakes, but in turn it punishes with all of its might the trader that holds onto a loser. Accepting loses can actually be the life blood of a successful trader as it not only allows him to reassess his analysis but also to restructure his financing so as to finance winning rather than losing traders.
In short, don't spend the profits before you make them and forget that a loss is only loss when realized. Keep you losses to a minimum and count the profits when they are realized and in your Free Equity balance.
As with every industry from manufacturing through to the service industry, losses are part and parcel of doing business. If you're never making a loss, then you are either in the midst of a trading honeymoon or not trading properly and kidding yourself with some creative accounting paper trading.


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Derrick Rose's first Garden trip didn't go as planned, but everyone noticed his talent
By Kevin Armstrong
Simeon's Derrick Rose drives against Rice star Kemba Walker at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 14, 2007. (Ken Goldfield/For The New York Daily News)
"I learned a lot from this trip," says Derrick Rose, the starting point guard for Simeon Career Academy of Chicago. He sits on a folding table inside an empty Madison Square Garden as a trainer cuts thick tape from his ankles and maintenance workers take apart hardwood floorboards in preparation for the next day's event. It is January 14, 2007. Rose is 18 and draped in black, from under shirt to game shorts. Above, a scoreboard glows: Rice 53, Simeon 51. Rose's first trip to the arena at the corner of 33rd St. and 7th Ave. ended in a Sunday defeat to Harlem's best shakers an hour before. Rice High rushed at Rose, met him at the rim and outlasted his flourish. John Calipari, the head coach at the University of Memphis, stands a few feet away — behind a black curtain — inside the Willis Reed tunnel. Rose takes in the building's banners, looking beyond the scoreboard. He alights. "I wish this atmosphere was what we had all the time. Chicago doesn't support its players like New York does."
Rose sighs. He speaks softly. There is much to consider. He is committed to Calipari, the prospector who views Rose as the Rolls-Royce capable of motoring his Tigers to the NCAA championship game en route to the 2008 NBA Draft stage. That event is scheduled to be held inside the Garden's theatre, up a freight elevator, but Rose finds it difficult to move forward now. His first game-action shot at a Garden rim rotated end over end. It was an air ball. A defender drew a charge on him a few possessions later. Kemba Walker, a Rice junior gaining interest along the recruiting trail, was one of three attack guards assigned to rotate on Rose by coach Moe Hicks. The Raiders controlled the tempo and tempted Rose into miscues, holding him without a point in the opening quarter. Rose managed 22 points in the end. His legs dangle from the table as he rubs his arms and tries to reconstruct the game's events.
"There are two things that are important about Derrick right now," Calipari says, leaning against a wall as he waits for Rose by the locker room. "He's physically gifted and he has skill sets with ball handling that allow him to be exceptional."
Calipari looks haggard. There is good reason. He is 47 years old and in his sixth season at Memphis, a Conference USA program that he signed on to coach after a failed stretch with the New Jersey Nets. His current team is ranked No. 20 in the country, and gaining strength on a five-game win streak. The latest victory came in Hattiesburg, Miss. the night before. Referees ejected Southern Mississippi coach Larry Eustachy for arguing foul calls, but Calipari shrugs when passersby pat him on the right shoulder. He thumps his Dribble-Drive bible in gyms throughout southern parishes, and knows the faithful covet the likes of a Rose — a prep star nearing full bloom. Calipari eyes the hallways and recounts his trip north to Manhattan from Mississippi. He returned to Memphis with his team following the victory, hopped on another flight Sunday morning and cruised toward New York until fog conditions in the city area forced his plane to land in Baltimore. Calipari and his assistant coaches gained access to a car and drove the remaining 200 miles to make the 5 p.m. tipoff.
"Derrick's also the nicest great player I've come across," Calipari says. "He doesn't act like some of these guys who think they can poop ice cream."
Rose squeezes off shots when he breaks free to open spots on the floor. Calipari commends Rose for passing all mettle tests, namely a second-half surge. Walker, a product of the Sack Wern Houses in the South Bronx and a former Apollo dancer, was the thorn in Rose's side, going hip-to-hip with the elder Rose. Hicks showed his players grainy footage of Rose from Webcasts of previous games.
Durand Scott uses the face of Derrick Rose to get to the hoop. (Ken Goldfield, For The New York Daily News)
"What we saw today in full color was what we expected," Hicks says. "He's gonna be a good one."
The book on the nation's best guard grows. He runs the court full speed, hesitating only to switch gears before blistering into the lane. He absorbs blows from defenders before finishing at the rim, his chest strong enough to take on the most physical challenges from Raiders. During one sequence, he gains enough separation from Walker to drop a pull-up jumper. On another possession, he grabs a rebound, powers up, converts a layup and draws a foul. He finishes the three-point play to claim a 47-46 lead with 1:34 remaining in the game. It is Simeon's first lead since the opening basket of the night and as close as Simeon will come to victory.
"I see now how I have to make an impact on the game earlier and let my teammates feed off me," Rose says. "I needed to push, get involved from the start."
Rose recognizes the space's history. He mentions old Knicks-Bulls battles, and he notes that being part of that theatre is what he wants most down the line. He does not know his future: the win over No. 1 Oak Hill Academy on ESPN that comes the next week, the return trip to the Garden three months later for the Jordan Brand All-American Game or the NCAA title game loss he will suffer to Kansas the next March. He walks unaware that 38 wins collected while at Memphis will be vacated by the NCAA due to a sham SAT score that is later linked to Rose. He does not yet know that he will be selected No. 1 overall by his hometown Bulls in 2008, earn NBA MVP honors in his third season and be traded to the Knicks after multiple surgeries and seven seasons in Chicago. Rose reaches for his bags and pulls one over his shoulder. He does not know that he will be accused of raping a woman in Los Angeles and have to stand trial in a civil case in 2016, five years after Rice High shutters its school and basketball program because it will go broke.
Little seems permanent, save for tattoos. Rose wears one on his right biceps. It reads, "Only God Can Judge Me," in cursive over a cross. On his left shoulder is an inking of a magician with one hand holding a cane and the other on a basketball. The word "Poohdini" — a combination of Winnie the Pooh and Houdini — is also needled in, and he rubs it. They are visible when he wears No. 25 on the court for Simeon, but he will soon switch to No. 23 at Memphis and No. 1 with the Bulls. He will slip on No. 25 again when he reaches the Knicks, and look out a window to see his image on the Garden marquee. The digits are dear to him. He wears No. 25 to honor Ben Wilson, a one-time wunderkind at Simeon who was shot and killed while on a school lunch break. On a summer Friday in 2016, when he is introduced at the Garden, Rose will explain to a roomful of New Yorkers that what he remembers most from his first trip to the Garden nearly a decade ago remains fresh: "Losing, f---ing losing."


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Weekly Newsletter 5/9/2017
by Seft Hunter
Happy Tuesday! We hope you are well. CCO is looking to build our social media following, and we could use your help. If you're on social media, please "like" our Facebook and Twitter pages, and then post a tweet or status encouraging your friends to do the same. There is even an "Invite Your Friends To Like This Page" button on CCO's Facebook page. Thank you for helping CCO grow!
Live in Johnson County? Our next JoCo CCO meeting is this Thursday, May 11 at 6 pm. We are gathering in the Debby Sullivan Room at the Health Service Building (11875 S. Sunset Drive, Olathe, KS 66061). We will be discussing early childhood education, a key to positive social change. Please RSVP.
See another episode of "The Raising of America." Visitation Church will be viewing another part of the documentary series that examines how social conditions and government policies impact childhood development. This event will take place on Tuesday, May 16 at 7 pm in Visitation's Tighe Hall (5141 Main Street, KCMO, 64112).
The episode, "Wounded Places," looks at how violence and trauma affect children. A panel discussion of experts will follow the film. RSVP today.
Help millions of Americans keep their healthcare! CCO opposes the new American Health Care Act that just passed the U.S. House and is working its way toward the U.S. Senate.
The bill slashes subsidies for poor Americans that helped them afford healthcare, defunds Medicaid, allows large businesses to opt out of insuring workers, removes minimum coverage requirements, and allows insurance giants to overcharge the elderly and people with pre-existing conditions (states will be required to help cover these higher prices, but details are still murky). All this while giving a massive tax cut to the wealthy.
This bill is immoral, an affront to human dignity that hurts the most vulnerable. We encourage you to call your Missouri or Kansas senators and tell them to vote NO.


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ANU#42 — New SDK Version and Improved Purchase Flow
AppCoins News Update, or ANU for short, is a regular bi-weekly update by the AppCoins team. As usual, we are going to cover dev updates, market reports, team members and upcoming events. This week, our main focus is on the AppCoins Wallet's new features, an improved version of the AppCoins SDK and a soon to be released Referral Program.
Dev Update
APPC Markets Report
Featured Team Member
Since the last ANU, our team has been working on a new SDK version:
AppCoins SDK
In the last months, we have worked in many improvements in the APK Migrator. From a more visual related point of view, we have the new wallet installation suggestion dialog (shown every time a user tries to make a purchase when the AppCoins Wallet is not installed), and a more undercover one which includes making sure that the installation dialog is only shown when it is in fact needed.
These kinds of improvements are the result of our SDK evolution.
In the beginning, it was the way to enable the User Incentives Program on the applications and to integrate our billing system. Since then the project has evolved and many changes were done on the billing system integration, allowing us to have a feature similar to the one used by Google. It allowed us to provide new payment methods.
We are happy to announce that we've reached a new stage. Although going through a thorough testing phase, the new SDK version is already available and provides an easier way to integrate our billing system manually.
This version, which will include all the features from the current one, gives access to all the payment methods available and offers an easier integration, demanding less effort from developers.
In the coming days, we will be updating our demo application project to allow users to check how much simpler the process will be from now on.
AppCoins Wallet's New Features
From visual improvements to a new small feature with great impact, we have done some cool updates in our wallet:
Gamification Screen
In order to allow users to have quicker access to the data that is most important to them, we kept on improving the quality of the application screens and its visual information. That said, improvements were done on the Gamification screen which is now in the final testing phases. We'll have them available on our next release.
Improved Purchase Flow
On the AppCoins Wallet's next release, we'll be introducing two new features, aiming to enrich the user's experience in the purchase flow:
First, we will show AppCoins and AppCoins Credits as a single option in the payment method's list. When the user selects this option, they'll be able to choose which of them he prefers. We believe that this will result in a cleaner payment method screen giving a more instinctive way to pick the payment method.
We are also enabling the Pre-selected Payment Method. By taking into account the user's last successful payment, there will be fewer actions on the payment flow. We will then show it as a current option, still allowing the user to pick other payment methods if they intends to.
We are happy to announce we are working on a new program that will help you spread your love for the project and get something in return for it. For now, let's say it's a referral program that will make it easier for users to have our AppCoins Wallet installed. Our goal is to improve the adoption of our billing system and, therefore, our user base.
At the time of writing, the current market cap is close to $4.11 M USD, with $341.06 K USD in volume in the last 24 hours across these exchanges: Binance (83,72%) and Huobi (16,28%).
Since the last ANU, APPC value has witnessed a high of $0.050 USD on Jul 31st, and a low of $0.036 USD on Aug 10th. You can see more info about APPC markets at Coinmarketcap.
Name: Ahmed Etefy
Role: Python Backend Engineer
Bio: Ahmed joined Aptoide almost a year ago as a remote python developer back in Egypt, Cairo, his hometown. Two months later, he moved to Lisbon and has been working as a full-time on-site developer since.
Just a reminder that Tiago Alves, our Asia Pacific VP, will be speaking on the 15th at 9.25am at the panel discussion entitled 'Economy Evolution to Decentralized Technology' at Bloconomic.
The event will take place during the 15th and 16th of August at Le Meridien Hotel, in Putrajaya, Malaysia. More about the event: www.bloconomic.com. Stop by and come meet Tiago if you are around!
Missed one of our previous publications? Not to worry. You can read them right here:
ANU#41 — Wallet Stability, Bloconomic, and Upcoming Features
ANU#40 — Local Payments, User Experience, and Half-Year Highlights
The difference between AppCoins and AppCoins Credits
Appcoin
Pranit Sood
New Lamps for Old!
HuskyHacks
We Put A C2 In Your Notetaking App: OffensiveNotion
Cardacity
Cardacity Development Update #1
sexycode
Flutter: Pass data by Constructor
kuliahProgrammerPemula
Programmer Learn English
Tomasz Dobrowolski
How to Use Good Naming Conventions in Your Code and Become a Better PHP Programmer
Fred Brunel
Mission.dev
An Engineering Day That Works
Okeke Victor
My HNG 8 /I4G Zuri Internship Expectations


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Crisis calls us to step out of our status quo mindset and meet the needs of the moment with compassion, courage and forward thinking. The communities devastated by September 2017's monster hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria are among the latest examples of this call. One of the most significant responses comes in the form of Tesla's solar energy.
Hurricane Irma edged past the tiny American island territory of Puerto Rico, leaving a million people without power, but leaving the island functional enough to serve as a base for relief efforts to other harder-hit islands in the vicinity. Then, two weeks later, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico directly at just below Category 5 intensity, destroying much of the island's infrastructure and leaving the entire population without electricity.
The effect has been catastrophic and is still unfolding, as relief efforts scramble to get food, water, fuel and supplies to people cut off by washed-out roads. Hospitals and nursing homes barely manage to keep the lights on with gas-powered generators to deliver the most essential care. Many lives are at risk from the heat, and from waterborne diseases such as cholera. The situation is dire.
Rebuilding the electrical grid will take months. Until roads are rebuilt, many areas will not even be accessible for electrical workers. Conventional solutions are too slow to address the urgent need.
That's where Tesla has stepped in. In the short term, this maker of electric cars, batteries and solar panels is bringing in hundreds of its Powerwall batteries to the island. These batteries are built to store solar power for homes. Tesla also has workers on the island to repair or install solar panels. With this, people do not need to wait for the electrical grid to be rebuilt. They can start immediately to regain power to their homes.
There can be no minimizing the devastation that Puerto Rico faces or its urgent need for assistance. The situation is simply so dire that "leapfrog" solutions such as a total solar rebuild become even more feasible than any attempt to restore the status quo.
Similarly, our global situation is dire. Natural disasters are on the rise. As the polar ice melts, the oceans are heating up, fueling hurricanes. Monstrous storms like Irma and Maria will become increasingly common and leave devastation in their wake, until we take action. That is why Parvati.org is committed to the realization of the Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary (MAPS). MAPS establishes all ocean waters north of the Arctic Circle as a marine protected area, free from oil drilling and all other exploitation. It safeguards the polar ice, that keeps our weather patterns balanced, and compels a shift to sustainable energy.
As The Ice Melts, Disasters Are On The Rise. We Need MAPS Now.


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Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård (Vällingby, 1990. augusztus 9. –) svéd színész, producer, rendező, író, szinkronszínész és modell. Legismertebb alakításait az Az és a Beavatott-sorozat: A hűséges című filmekben, illetve a Hemlock Grove című televíziós sorozatban nyújtotta.

Élete és pályafutása
1990. augusztus 9-én született a svédországi Vällingbyben, Stellan Skarsgård színész és My Skarsgård orvos fiaként. Hét testvére van: Alexander, Gustaf, Valter (mind színészek), valamint Sam, Eija, Ossian és Kolbjörn. Ossian és Kolbjörn féltestvérek Stellan Skarsgård és Megan Everett újraházasodásából.

2011-ben Guldbagge-díjra jelölték Simon szerepéért a Simple Simon című filmben, és Young Artist Awardra a Csajvadászat című filmben nyújtott alakításáért. 21 évesen, 2012-ben elnyerte az Európai Filmakadémia Shooting Stars-díját. 2013-tól kezdve ő játszotta Roman Godfrey szerepét a Netflix Hemlock Grove című sorozatában.

Magánélete
Alida Morberg színésznővel él párkapcsolatban. 2018 októberében született meg a kislányuk.

Filmográfia

Film

Televízió

Jegyzetek

További információk

Svéd színészek
1990-ben született személyek
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system. Show video, what is BitClub, network all about? Created in 2012, Bytecoin bCN ) was meant to serve as a peer-to-peer payments system similar. The team is working hard to solve these issues. Full access to the exclusive Bitcoin Mining pools.
Bytecoin mentions that the massive transaction traffic to its network was a result of the coin being listed on Binance. " found on their website, what is a Ponzi scheme? The next logical thing to do would be for the devs to work towards fixing and restoring the network. The Bytecoin wallet has crashed, bowing under pressure from massive traffic. BCN is run from a number of different websites ( m/ the "company" hides behind statements like: ".BitClub is not owned by any single person or entity, we are a team of experts, entrepreneurs, professionals, network marketers, and programming geeks who have all come to together.


Well, we went back. I have just one thing to say about this trip. Oh yeah, don't you wish.
Actually, I enjoyed this trip as much as any other trip to the Orlando area. It began with a reunion with a friend from high school and college. I had thought about the possibility of meeting ever since we got our seasonal passes to Disney delight, but I hadn't done anything beyond thinking about it until a couple of weeks ago. Cheryl had been planning this particular trip for a couple of months now and I had been looking forward to the opportunity to stay on the Disney property. Hey, what the heck, I hadn't stayed on the property before and I was game for a new experience. Anyway, I was daydreaming about my upcoming trip when it occurred to me that I could put the two together. After trading messages for a week, we met at Epcot on the day of our arrival. The meeting was everything I hoped it would be. We reminisced and we caught up. The only problem was it was too short. As night fell on that first day the temperature dropped considerably. It didn't climb significantly for the entire trip. And do you know what? It was great. A blast of extremely cold weather (for Florida) was just what I needed. No matter how long we spent at the park, I had a spring in my step. Beth kept right on going until she just about fell unconscious in her tracks each night. Each day we hopped from park to park, hitting the attractions that we had missed on prior trips. The first two days we ended up at Epcot for dinner, and we went all out. As a child, meals at an amusement park consisted of hot dogs, hamburgers and pizza. This time we ate at the fancy restaurants, and it was very good. And oh was it expensive. Now I know why we ate hot dogs, hamburgers, and pizza as kids. Having done it, I have no regrets. It was a great trip.
Snuggling up with my self-righteousness.


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Die Kuchler bzw. die Herren von Kuchl sind als eine rittermäßige Familie seit dem 12. Jahrhundert im Erzstift Salzburg und im oberösterreichischen Mattiggau nachweisbar. Die Kuchler hatten im Erzbistum Salzburg hohe Ämter inne, u. a. waren sie Stadtrichter in Salzburg oder auch Burggrafen von Hohenwerfen. 1369 wurden die Kuchler mit dem Amt des Erbmarschalls von Salzburg betraut.

Burg Kuchl im Salzachtal
In dem namensgebenden Ort Kuchl hatten sie eine Turmburg namens Kuchl inne. Diese dürfte um 1000 datieren, 997 hatte der Kuchler Dienstmann Gezo einen Tauschvertrag mit dem Erzbischof von Salzburg geschlossen, und in Folge entstand hier eine Grafschaft mit Landgericht. Die Herren von Kuchl sind hier namentlich um 1160/70 urkundlich genannt.

Besitzungen und Ämter im Mattiggau

Auf Hochkuchl bei Lohnsburg am Kobernaußerwald wird der erste weitere feste Sitz der Kuchler vermutet. 1146 wird ein Eppo de Hohenchuchin genannt, 1165 ein Heinrich, 1179 ein Eberhard, 1200 ein nobilis Otto de Hochhuch, 1204 ein Gottschalchus de Chiuchil und 1228 ein Heinricus Chuocheler.  Diese traten als Zeugen bei diversen Grundgeschäften der Klöster Vornbach, Reichersberg und Admont auf. Die Kuchler werden auch als Teilnehmer bei den Turnieren in Köln (1179) und Zürich (1165) genannt. 1403 erhielt Hohenkuchl die Gerichtsbarkeit durch Herzog Heinrich V.

Die Burg Attersee wird 1332 dem Hans Kuchler, Hauptmann zu Salzburg, als Pfand ausgegeben. 1359 schlossen Werner und seine Söhne Ulrich und Heinrich von Schaunburg mit dem Bamberger Bischof Lupold von Bebenburg einen Darlehensvertrag, um Attersee als Pfandherrschaft zu bekommen. Aber 1377 kaufte Herzog Albrecht III. von Österreich die Herrschaft Attersee von Fürstbischof Lamprecht von Brunn.

Auch auf der Burg Kogl im Attergau schien ein Chunrad Kuchler nach 1342 als Besitzer auf. Noch 1363 verweist das Friedburger Urbar auf den Besitz der Kuchler bei Lohnsburg hin. Die Brüder Kontrad III. und Hartneid II. konnten 1377 Burg Friedburg und Mattighofen vom Bistum Bamberg erwerben, welche sie bereits  seit 1358 pfandweise innehatten.

Besitzungen und Ämter im Hochstift Salzburg
Ende des 13. Jahrhunderts waren unter den Kuchlern hohe Beamte des Erzbistums Salzburg. Konrad II. war Hauptmann während der bayerisch-österreichischen Bauernaufstandes. 1298 wird der Salzburger Vitztum Konrad von Kuchl mit dem Weiherhaus zu Triebenbach belehnt. Dessen Söhne Hartneid und Konrad tauschen 1344 das Pabenlehen und ihren Hof in Teisendorf gegen Triebenbach, das in der Folge freieigener Besitz der Kuchler wurde. Hartneid der Kuchler konnte auch die Belehnung mit der Vogtei über Triebenbach von Erzbischof Ortolf erlangen und erhielt 1355 von diesem die Erlaubnis, auf seinem Besitz zu Triebenbach ein Vesst erbauen zu dürfen. Dies war vermutlich der Anfang der Burg Triebenbach. Hartneid von Kuchl, ein gleichnamiger Sohn oder gar Enkel des 1355 genannten Hartneids, verkaufte 1390 den Besitz an seinen Schwager Wolfhart von Albm.

1305/06 mussten die Staufenecker ihre Burg Staufeneck an Salzburg verkaufen. Sie konnten zwar ein Wohnrecht auf der Burg behalten, die Burg und Herrschaft bekamen aber die Herren von Kuchl als Lehen. 1325 konnten die Herren von Kuchl die Burg vom Erzbischof Friedrich III. erwerben. 1436 fällt die Burg zurück an das Erzbistum Salzburg.

Im Zuge der Niederlage in der Schlacht von Mühldorf (1322), die der Salzburger Erzbischof Friedrich III. auf Seiten Friedrich des Schönen erlitt, musste der Erzbischof hohe Lösegelder an Ludwig dem Bayern zahlen. Ein Teil der Lösegeldsumme musste sich der Erzbischof von Salzburger Adeligen, darunter auch von Kuchlern leihen. Diese wurden im Gegenzug zu den Burggrafen von Hohenwerfen gemacht. Von 1325 stammt die Nachricht, dass Erzbischof Friedrich III. der Witwe Margarete und ihren Söhnen Konrad und Hartneid von Kuchl auch die Veste Golling auf Lebenszeit übergeben musste. Die Rückgabe trat 1375 ein, infolge verschiedener Differenzen konnte aber erst Erzbischof Pilgrim Ende des 14. Jahrhunderts wieder in den Besitz dieser Rechte kommen.

Der Erzbischof verlieh auch den Turm zu Felben bis 1351 an die Kuchler, dann kam er wieder an Heinrich von Velben.

1355 wurde den Kuchlern der Bau einer Burg im Abtsdorfer See durch den Salzburger Erzbischof Ortolph erlaubt, diese blieb aber nur kurz im Besitz dieser Familie und musste dann an Bayern abgegeben werden. Im Ort Kuchl hatten sie einen Turm bei der Kirche inne.

Ein Kuchler, der Burg Obernberg um 1427 verwaltete, führte hier eine Maut ein. Einer der letzten Kuchler dürfte Konrad IV. gewesen sein, der 1436 verstorben ist. Der Besitz der Kuchler ging an die Herren von Albm, die Burg in Kuchl erhielten die Panicher von Volkersdorf.

Erinnerungen an die Kuchler
Das Wappen der Kuchler ist ein in Blau auf grünem Boden nach rechts springender Hirsch; es wird heute als Gemeindewappen von Kuchl und Lohnsburg am Kobernaußerwald, sowie in abgewandelter Form (Hirschkopf) von Lengau geführt. Diese Gemeindewappen sind aber in Reminiszenz gewählt, nicht historisch tradiert (Kuchl 1930, Lohnsburg 1969, Lengau 1979).

Zwei rotmarmorne Grabsteine der Kuchler liegen in Kuchl vor dem Bauerngut Doserbauer (Georgenberg 58), von denen einer an den Tod der Diemudis von Kuchl (1299) und der andere an die Herren von Kuchl erinnert.

Literatur
 Walter Brugger, Heinz Dopsch: Die Kuchler – ein bedeutendes Ministerialiengeschlecht im 12. – 15. Jahrhundert. In: Museumsverein Kuchl (Hrsg.): Der Georgenberg. Kuchl 2014, , S. 103ff.

Nachweise

Salzburger Adelsgeschlecht
Oberösterreichisches Adelsgeschlecht
Bistum Salzburg bis 1328
Erzstift Salzburg
Kuchl
Habsburgermonarchie vor 1804
Österreich ob der Enns (1490–1784)
Person (Lohnsburg am Kobernaußerwald)
Lengau


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Q: Why can't queries be starred from the queries list? I was wondering why do I have to navigate to a query in order to star it, in Data Explorer. I can imagine an answer like "how do you know you like it, if you haven't run it or even looked at it?", but:

*

*How do you know I haven't navigated to the query before?

*Why is that important, after all? How is it bad if I want to star a query just after reading its title?

In case there are good reasons not to eliminate this restriction, I believe the star icon (which screams CLICK ME, in my opinion) should be avoided on query list pages, e.g. in favor of some text like "stars" or "favorited".


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Q: Django 2.0 Retrieve data from model with field array I have a model having name, branch, section.
class Student(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
    branch= models.CharField(max_length=20)
    section  = models.CharField(max_length=5)

I can retrieve data from the model using 2 option, tuple and list.
model.objects.values_list('name', 'branch')
model.objects.values('name', 'branch')

But If I have an array of fields it doesn't work.
a = ['name', 'branch']
model.objects.values_list(a)
model.objects.values(a)

I need some way if I have an array of fields then I need to retrieve the data.

A: These methods expect a series of arguments, not a single iterable. You can use the * syntax to expand your list:
model.objects.values_list(*a)


The Uminonakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka is holding its 'Uminonakamichi Flower Picnic 2018' event starting from March 24th to May 6th this Spring.
As part of the program, this coming weekend April 14th and 15th marks its 'Uminaka Picnic Day' and Monocircus will be a part of this event!
The red dot marked on the map, near the Children's play area will be the site of the Picnic Day. There will be stores selling accessories and handmade knick knacks as well as tents and hammocks set up around the area for visitors to rest and have picnics!
There will also be violin, saxophone and ukulele performances, story telling sessions, coffee and snacks as well as workshops that can be enjoyed by the whole family!
We will be bringing along our children and letting them enjoy the event while we tend to our booth in our tent. We hope you will drop by and have fun!


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I have many MOV videos and I want to backup them to DVD disk and watch on my TV with DVD players. How can I convert MOV to DVD and edit it ? I am a Mac Snow Leopard user.
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Arne Larsen Økland (ur. 31 maja 1954 w Bømlo) – norweski piłkarz występujący na pozycji napastnika. Trener piłkarski.

Kariera klubowa
Økland karierę rozpoczynał w 1972 roku w drugoligowym zespole SK Vard Haugesund. W sezonie 1975 awansował z nim do pierwszej ligi. W tamtym sezonie dotarł też do finału Pucharu Norwegii. W 1977 roku przeszedł do innego pierwszoligowca, Bryne FK. W sezonie 1979 zajął z nim 4. miejsce w lidze.

W 1980 roku Økland odszedł do niemieckiego Bayeru 04 Leverkusen. W Bundeslidze zadebiutował 15 sierpnia 1980 w przegranym 0:1 meczu z 1. FC Kaiserslautern. 20 sierpnia 1980 w zremisowanym 1:1 pojedynku z 1. FC Köln strzelił pierwszego gola w Bundeslidze. Przez trzy sezony w barwach Bayeru rozegrał 101 spotkań i zdobył 43 bramki.

W 1983 roku został graczem francuskiego Racing Club de France. W sezonie 1983/1984 awansował z nim z Ligue 2 do Ligue 1. W rozgrywkach tych zadebiutował 17 sierpnia 1984 w przegranym 0:2 spotkaniu z FC Metz. Po spadku do Ligue 2 w sezonie 1984/1985, Økland odszedł z klubu. Wrócił wówczas do Bryne FK. W 1987 roku zdobył z nim Puchar Norwegii. W tym samym roku zakończył karierę.

Kariera reprezentacyjna
W reprezentacji Norwegii Økland zadebiutował 29 marca 1978 przegranym 0:3 towarzyskim meczu z Hiszpanią. 20 września 1978 w zremisowanym 1:1 pojedynku eliminacji Mistrzostw Europy 1980 z Belgią strzelił pierwszego gola w kadrze. W latach 1978-1987 w drużynie narodowej rozegrał 47 spotkań i zdobył 11 bramek.

Bibliografia
 Arne Larsen Økland w bazie EU.FOOTBALL
 Arne Larsen Økland w bazie Weltfussball

Reprezentanci Norwegii w piłce nożnej
Norwescy trenerzy piłkarscy
Piłkarze Bryne FK
Piłkarze Bayeru 04 Leverkusen
Piłkarze Racing Club de France
Trenerzy piłkarzy Viking FK
Urodzeni w 1954


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Ги́ллиан Уэ́лч (Gillian Welch; 2 октября 1967) — американская певица, автор-исполнитель, чей музыкальный стиль сочетает в себе блюграсс, кантри и фолк. Она выступает со своим спутником жизни, гитаристом Дэвидом Ролингзом.

Уэлч выпустила пять альбомов, высоко оценённых критиками. Дебютная пластинка 1996 года Revival и Time (The Revelator) 2001 года были номинированы на «Грэмми». Альбом 2003 года Soul Journey привнёс в её наследие более жизнерадостное звучание с электрогитарами и ударными. В 2011 году после 8-летнего перерыва она выпустила пятый студийный альбом The Harrow & The Harvest.

Уэлч была помощником музыкального продюсера и исполнила две песни для саундтрека к фильму «О, где же ты, брат?»; на родине певицы альбом с этой музыкой получил дважды платиновый сертификат и премию «Грэмми» в номинации «Альбом года». Она сотрудничала с такими музыкантами, как Элисон Краусс, Райан Адамс, Джей Фаррар, Эммилу Харрис, The Decemberists и Ани Дифранко.

Дискография
 1996 — Revival
 1998 — Hell Among the Yearlings
 2001 — Time (The Revelator)
 2003 — Soul Journey
 2011 — The Harrow & The Harvest

Примечания

Ссылки

Авторы-исполнители США
Певцы и певицы США
Гитаристы США
Кантри-музыканты США
Фолк-музыканты США
Лауреаты премии «Грэмми»
Персоналии по алфавиту
Музыканты по алфавиту
Родившиеся 2 октября
Родившиеся в 1967 году
Родившиеся в Нью-Йорке
Википедия:Биографии современников
Фолк-вокалисты США
Американа (музыка)
Выпускники Музыкального колледжа Беркли


What lousy reporting. The impact?
This announcement has more impact on the Calgary and Alberta economy (real lives) than anything in the last 90 days. The artsy trained press 'just doesn't get it'. Clueless as to what this means for individual contractors, drillers, small towns, etc. A few hundred small oilfield companies just went 'yikes'…and are deciding whether or not up close up shop for good in Alberta. They are holding on by their finger tips with little hope.
Cenovus Energy Inc. said Thursday it is planning to cut between 500 and 700 employees and contractors as it looks to reduce costs next year.
The Calgary-based oil producer (TSX:CVE) said it expects to find savings in areas such as drilling performance, development planning and optimized scheduling of oilsands well start-ups.
The cuts come as Cenovus said it plans between $1.5 billion and $1.7 billion in capital spending next year, mostly in the oilsands. That compared with its guidance for capital spending this year of $1.55 billion to $1.65 billion.
"The sooner we can achieve our long-term debt ratio goal, the sooner we can move to balance returning cash to shareholders with disciplined investments in high-return growth," Pourbaix said in a statement.
Cenovus expects to reduce its per-barrel oilsands operating costs by eight per cent next year and per-barrel oil sands sustaining capital costs by 12 per cent compared with its 2017 forecast.
The company's stock price rose one per cent to $11.98 in early trading Thursday.
The move was criticized by analysts who said Cenovus lacked the experience to operate ConocoPhillips' northern Alberta and B.C. Deep Basin conventional assets included in the deal.
Since then, Cenovus has struck deals to sell four major asset packages for a total of $3.7 billion to help pay for the purchase.
It said the combined net proceeds from the asset sales will be used to fully retire the outstanding amount on its asset-sale bridge facility.
Cenovus Energy Inc. said Thursday it is planning to cut about 15 per cent of its workforce as it looks to reduce costs next year.
The company said it expects to find savings in areas such as drilling performance, development planning and optimized scheduling of oilsands well start-ups.
The cuts come as Cenvous said it plans between $1.5 billion and $1.7 billion in capital spending next year, mostly in the oilsands. That compared with its guidance for capital spending this year of $1.55 billion to $1.65 billion.
Cenovus chief executive Alex Pourbaix said the company's priorities for 2018 are to reduce costs and deleverage its balance sheet while maintaining capital discipline.
The company expects to reduce its per-barrel oilsands operating costs by eight per cent next year and per-barrel oilsands sustaining capital costs by 12 per cent compared with its 2017 forecast.


Campaigners fighting for a 50 metre "pool for the whole community" in Reading have been given a huge boost as the sport's national governing body supported their plan.
Swim England has submitted an independent report which supports the idea of a single, 50 metre pool at Rivermead Leisure Centre in Richfield Avenue.
The report backs up the campaign from the RG50 group which wants a single Olympic-sized pool in Reading, Berkshire.
The campaign, which is also supported by a number of Olympians, launched after Reading Borough Council announced in 2017 it was looking at providing two, 25-metre pools at opposite ends of Reading - Palmer Park in Wokingham Road, and on land at Rivermead.
An eight lane, 50 metre swimming pool, with a depth of two metres, a bulkhead which can allow it to be split in two, and a movable floor.
A 20 metre deep pool with a moveable floor and diving platform with 10m, 7m, 5m, 3m and 1m boards - the movable floor would allow it to be changed to a learner/fitness swimming pool.
A dry dive area - these often feature trampolines which allow divers to practice their twists and somersaults.
Additional dry side facilities including a fitness suit and exercise studio.
Jerry Muscroft from RG50 was delighted with the report's findings.
He said: "The report backs up what we've been saying - Reading needs a 50m pool.
"What we really want to stress is that this pool would be for everyone in the community - not just swimming clubs.
"The bulkhead option means it can be split into two smaller pools, as well as being used for competitions."
He added if the pool was to be built, it would be a boost to Reading's economy.
He explained: "If there was a competition pool it would mean people taking part coming to Reading, staying in local hotels and B & Bs and using local shops.
"This pool would bring people into Reading."
Mr Muscroft added the council should consider the impact of another new pool which is set to open just over Reading's border in the Wokingham borough.
He said: "The council needs to recognise that a new pool is to open at Bulmershe in Woodley, which is very close to the site at Palmer Park.
"The danger is that the two pools would negate each other.
"With our plan, people in areas like Caversham can use the new 50m pool at Rivermead and people in East Reading can either use that or go to the new one at Bulmershe."
The council has not ruled out having one pool in Reading, but no decisions will be made until it completes a tendering process for a new provider for the new pools.
That's not expected to be done until 2019, and then that provider will have to decide what it wants to do in Reading.
Council bosses have previously stated the project would be dependent on funding.
The plan for the two new pools came after the controversial closures of the aged Arthur Hill Pool in Kings Road and Reading Central Pool in Battle Street.
Plans to demolish Reading Central Pool have been submitted to the council.


This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The International Housewares Association . All opinions are 100% mine.
I've mentioned before, especially on Instagram, that the water were we live is very hard. So incredibly hard! It also, in my opinion, has a funny taste to it. I know that sounds so silly, but I have lived it this state for over 4 years and I am barely getting used to the taste of water here! And I will even admit that I often drink bottled but it is at least always filtered water. After four years of this, I have learned that filtering your own water is a lot cheaper then buying bottled water! Plus now there are so many options for filtering water in your home and on the go!
So for those of you who like yummy tasting water, today I have partnered with Inspired Home to share a few things that will make it easy for you to filter your own water: at home or on the go!
Stop on by here at Inspired Home to check out my blog post to learn how to filter your own water!


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We all have a restful place somewhere in the mind's eye and mine is the Nimitz Way off Wildcat Canyon Road in Tilden Regional Park. I have been coming here since age four, made out with girls in high school in the dry grass, trained up for several marathons on the ancient cracked blacktop, and Sonnet and I visited inside one week of knowing each other. I can rely on it.
Madeleine sets new school records in the 100 and 200 m dash for Hill Form (under 11s) during Emmanuel's sports day. We are thrilled for our gal.
The Forecast Is Sunshine
Moe this morning
Moe is all about the routine, which is up at 4AM to hit the Berkeley Y by 5AM where he is part of a crew of the fit and the young at heart. This morning I meet Willis, a former Navy SEAL, who tells me his 200 missions in the '70s left his knees shot and we joke about push ups : his qualification was 1000, which he did in increments of 100 straight, with 15 minutes in between. The next day, 1000 pull ups.
From there I go to Peet's coffee and observe three guys playing Frisbee in the intersection. Why not? A suburban pulls up with a dog in the front seat, the wife and kid in back. Another wears a Chinese hat I've seen only on the rice paddies and always there is talk talk talk. These hippies don't go away though now their homes make them millionaires.
Industry Ventures
Justin works a deal
I arrive in California on a beautiful day, blue skies and 80 degree temperatures. It even smells good, like home. On the way to 1530 I pick up flowers for my parents and think how it might feel to be them, waiting for their kid to arrive. It is a nice feeling.
In London : At a Hampton School competition Eitan runs the 1500m in 4:59 setting a new course record for the Under-12s (Sonnet says he is not impressed though we are). Otherwise Eitan off to Kew Gardens on a biology field trip and Madeleine practicing with the Brass Band for Monday's summer concert. It rains.
"The State Capital"
I write from Tallahasee, Florida, where Thierry and I stay at Hotel Duval, one of three four-star hotels and billed as the city's best. It was formerly a Howard Johnson's. Before our meeting with the Florida State Administration, a potential LP in Astorg's next fund, I bone up on my local knowledge : The Seminoles won the Orange Bowl last season. Disclosing this as important as anything else we discuss. And so it goes.
The friendly young women at the hotel front desk looks at me like I have grown horns when she hears me talk in French. Every now and then the dog has his day.
Southernmost Tip
A jogger in Battery Park.
I am still not used to being downtown without the WTC towers; it is a strange feeling not to have them.
One WTC is nearly complete yet its 105 stories hardly leave an impression, so like any Midtown or modern skyscraper anywhere. Sure, the WTC website tells us, it is America's tallest building - and an indelible New York landmark. But it also lacks any kind of magnificence.
"We remember, we rebuild, we come back stronger."
--Barack Obama, on a steel beem hoisted to the top of the tower.
Cafe Flesh
Along with the usual sunbathers, some gay dudes strike yoga poses, a couple practise martial arts, the entrepreneur makes the rounds ("Ice cold water! Mohitos!") with his ten year old son carrying the load.
We watch a comedy troupe including some of NY's best who have a hard time keeping it PG for the Sunday afternoon. On another patch, we see a sword fight with maybe 12 participants dressed in medieval costume. It lasts maybe three minutes. Bikers, joggers, power walkers and roller bladers whizz by navigating the pedestrians. A skinny black dude with over-sized headphones stands in the middle tarmac singing full volume. Nobody cares.
Cafe Con Leche @ 81st and Amsterdam
I arrive Manhattan Saturday afternoon and it is a proper summer's day: hot. I drop my bags at Katie's flat and, since she returns from South Africa Sunday morning, head to 22nd St and 7th Ave to drink champagne cocktails and a 2009 cru with Kelly and Christine, who recently had twins, and I am impressed by the peace & quiet.
Katie arrives around 8AM and we go for a morning run in Central Park and coffee at neighbourhood bakery Silver Moon, which has created a special corner on B'way and 106th. From there it is a walk southward via Riverside Park and the Riverside Walk then across midtown to Central Park.
The Red House, on the corner of York Ave, designed by architect Arthur Young and built in 1904 when there was surely nothing else around. Since we are on a hilltop, the views of the river (now not visible) would have been superb. It remains a convenient several hundred yards into Richmond Park. Yours for £7M.
Tomato Stalks
The tomatoes about half mast or behind pace for this time of year since there has been little sun this summer so far. I still have hope that this will be a vintage year. For all of us.
I am off to America in an hour.
Toothy Grin
Eitan will have braces
The kids and I to The Plough - burgers and chips for them, salad for me as I (barely hang on) to Sonnet's low carb diet.
The kids have swim practise, 5:30AM, so up at 5 to ensure a 5:20 pick up. Then a 45 minute nap and to the pool to facilitate the transfer to their respective school buses (Sonnet's egg-bacon sandwiches devoured). Sonnet and I stumble through the rest of the day. TGIF.
London On My Birthday
Justin and I have lunch at Sotheby's then walk about Mayfair taking a few photos. He wonders if one has permission to post pictures of strangers on the Internet (blog). A bit of research and I am home free : In the UK it is perfectly legal to take and also to post pictures of members of the public if they are taken in a public place.
Rusty gets in on the summer
People talk about the weather all the time in Britain, I observe, sitting in a cafe eavesdropping. It is like Seinfeld in the 90s or baseball maybe. If sunny, nod knowingly : "Let's hope summer lasts longer than today." If rain, nod knowingly: "Well, summer has finally arrived." And so on and so be it.
The protests in Brazil remind me of Brad Pitt's movie "World War Z" where zombies climb over each other to mount a wall. I would be pissed, too, knowing that the Brazilian government has spent billions in preparation of the 2014 World Cup and little or nothing on education or the banlieues. Won't be going there any time soon.
Any Given Monday
At Madeleine's school
Our week begins with the usual news about Syria (US to arm the rebels, the Russians support Assad); the NSA (who wire tapped world leaders at the G20 Summit in 2009 ); a week end massacre in Omaha, Nebraska. And so on and so forth.
What to tell one's kids these days ? The cost of education soaring, jobless ness in the Eurozone is 24% for the U25s (20% in the UK), cities and living un affordable and then there is the debt for the their generation . Global warming, too. Me, I say : go to work.
At a cocktail party I meet fair skinned Rose, who sings at St Martin's On The Field. In confidence, she informs me, she and her choir have recorded the gospel for Nelson Mandela's passing. They did this four years ago so it is 'off the shelf.'
Madeleine: "Who's been searching for 'making out' and 'how to kiss better' on the computer?"
Me: "Huh?"
Madeleine: "Right here, see in the search history, 'making out.'"
Me: "When was it?"
Madeleine: "Um, last Sunday. At 8 o'clock."
Me: "It could have been me, so I know how to kiss your mother" (I kiss Sonnet)
Sonnet: "Mmm"
Me: "How do we know it wasn't you?"
Madeleine: "Yeah, right Dad. It must have been Eitan."
Me: "Well you are the problem child."
Madeleine: "Whatever."
Madeleine at school
An example of a morning discussion, on the walk to the train , which Madeleine now takes to school.
Madeleine: "What would Rusty do if he caught a cat?"
Me: "Grab it by the neck and shake it to death, probably."
Madeleine: "Yeah, probably so."
Me: "All creatures great and small. How about that snail there, would you kill it?"
Madeleine: "No. It is still a creature."
Me: "What about a swarm of veg destroying locusts? "
Madeleine: "So?"
Me: "Without crops, people will die."
Madeleine:
Me: "Death is never an easy subject."
Madeleine: "Of course I wouldn't want people to die. So I guess I would kill the locusts."
Me: "A wise decision."
A Play
Madeleine is Dandini
Madeleine in play "Cinders," a spin on Cinderella, which the drama class has been working since winter. I rush to join from .. Amsterdam and meet Sonnet and the other parents who mingle over luke warm white wine and nibbles. Madeleine is Dandini (male character), the confident to the princw (played by the dreamy Jack) who is looking for a bride at the ball and the glass slipper and all that. It goes down well and afterwards the three of us have sushi. Nice way to end the week.
Exams In
Madeleine reviews her report card
Sonnet and I have a date to catch ourselves up on work, the Italian exhibition, neighbourhood gossips - usual stuff. We consider strategies for the kids' school work - the Shakespeares are committed yet we are rarely together evenings as they swim etc. This makes it difficult to help with their studies, something we would wish to change, in these important next several years.
Me: "How was your trumpet lesson?"
Madeleine: "Fine. I'm learning 'The Star Spangled Banner.'"
Me: "Excellent. I used to sing that to you when I was changing your diapers."
Madeleine: "TMI, dad."
I always think of Star Trek at the abandoned Eurostar platform, Waterloo Station
I visit Stuttgart for lunch with Armin. New airport, new city. Unfortunately the weather kills any charm : I arrive, it is sticky hot, then it rains. Buckets. I go for a concrete jog dotted by sun fading 1970s objets d'art and graffiti here and there. A palpable sense of : nothing going on, as young people hang by the tramway smoking fags or drinking coffee at sidewalk cafes. It is 2:30PM. Otherwise there's "Das Broadway Musical: Sister Act!" postered everywhere. Robbie Williams visiting in September. I avoid the Mercedes and Porsche museums - both have mfr plants outside Stuttgard , employing ca. 37,000. I am sure there is Hanzel und Gretyl but today I do not have the time to find it.
"Worlds are conquered, galaxies destroyed...but a woman is always a woman. "
-- Captain James T Kirk in 'Conscience of the King'
Queen's Guard
St James's Palace, entrance from Pall Mall
Our beloved backyard Scots Pine, which reminds me of Northern California, is toast. She took a heavy hit when the crown hived off, losing 30% of its volume and becoming unbalanced. Despite the violence, we clung to the tree but no more. Jamie, the doe eyed arborist, took one climb then dashed all hope, giving us two options: take the tree down or leave the stem, which is what we choose to do. Perhaps, as he suggests, we will install a climbing pulley for the kids. Or the story.
Ian M Banks, 1954-2013 RIP
Ian M Banks passes from cancer. Banks a prolific British author who is celebrated for his fiction but I know him best for his science fiction, specifically "The Culture", an evilly benign utopian world :
"The Culture is characterised by being a post-scarcity society (meaning that its advanced technologies provide practically limitless material wealth and comforts for everyone for free, having all but abolished the concept of possessions), by having overcome almost all physical constraints on life (including disease and death) and by being an almost totally egalitarian, stable society without the use of any form of force or compulsion, except where necessary to protect others." Wiki
"Law abiding citizens have nothing to fear".
--Foreign Secretary William Hague responds to the NSA's clandestine recording and analysing of global communications
At NYC hospital w/ Katie's friend, a neurosurgeon
Me: "How was the film? " [Dad's note: Madeleine and Molly sees the movie 'After Earth'; the girls otherwise by themselves]
Madeleine: "It was so scary. And you're never going to guess what Molly did."
Madeleine: "They, like, asked me my age and I said 12." [Dad's note: 'After Earth' an 12A, meaning a film-gover must be over 12 or accompanied by a parent. Madeleine is 11]
Madeleine: "And Molly said ten. Can you believe it?"
Me: "So how did you get in?"
Madeleine: "The ticket guy was quiting and so he didn't care about being fired."
Me: "Well done". I give Madeleine the Obama rock.
Me: "So how is my reputation around the house these days?"
Madeleine: "Um OK I guess. It could be better. "
Madeleine: "Like when you tell me to clean the front yard because I haven't talked to Eitan or something. "
Me: "Don't you realise it's part of a bigger plan?"
Madeleine: "How is sweeping the front yard a plan? None of the other kids have to do chores like we do. "
Me: "I have two words to say to you. "
Me: "Karate Kid."
Me: "Miyagi-san knew what he was doing. "
Stamen & Stigma
Eitan and I check out a flower being pollinated by a bee. Since he does not know the mechanics, I ask him to investigate plant-reproduction on the web and report back to me. When he asks if he has a choice I tell him, sure, he can do the research or the backyard. He goes for the research.
Later, we sit around the living room and Eitan describes what he has learned to Madeleine (under threat of punishment). Who said learning isn't fun ?
I prepare to kill an insect in the kitchen. Madeleine: "All creatures great and small."
Me: "All creatures small and dead."
Madeleine: "Nice, dad."
Me: "It's a bug."
Brilliant Green
Spring Celmatis, pre flower
Silver would exclaim, when visiting London, early summer, "The Green, Jeff, oh the green!" and so I look around with an extra appreciation, pointing out to Eitan how fabulously brilliant it all is. Tree crowns at maximum, grasses long and vines and bushes flush. Yeah, sure, I try to explain for the umpteenth time photosynthesis (collective groan from the Shakespeares) but even this does not spoil the joy.
Carpenteria californica (I think)
Eitan thoughtfully munches on a custard filled, chocolate sprinkled, croissant : "You can get anything at Tesco." [Dad's note: Tesco is the third largest retailer in the world with ca $100bn of turnover from 6,351 stores]
Eitan: "Nutella. Pancake mix. Doritos. .."
Me: "Can you imagine the day when you aren't driven by your next sugar hit ?"
Eitan: "No."
Me: "Probably not."
Les flics
Cops on mopeds strap on their helmets, gun their small engines, and blitz into Place du Madeleine. Why is this amusing ?
Lights, Camera
Film crew, Gare du Nord
My day starts in Paris where I navigate the metro to Gare du Nord and the fast train to Brussels. The metro stressful, since rush hour, while my station (Gare du Nord) is marked (for some crazy reason) Magenta. But I digress. I am in Brussels to entice a serious investor into a serious fund and, as I tell Sonnet, it is not every day one asks for 50M bucks.
Duty & Booze
Madeleine plays it cool (Auntie Katie's sunglasses)
David an entrepreneur in the drinks business, introducing the UK's benighted and blinkered boozers to exotic imports like "Poison Brew" from Sweden. We have a case of "Carnaby Brown" coolers in the pantry.
Since cheer a big business here not surprisingly government wants a piece of the action. The duty on beer, for instance, is £19.51 per hectolitre per alcohol content. So 15 beers or 7.5 litres at 5.3% would raise a tax of £7.75 (.1971 * 7.5 * 5.3). The tax per bottle , then, is 51p - interesting as I see a case of Becks (20 bottles) at Tesco going for £12, or 60p a bottle. Loss making and also cheaper than water.
Last year a movement towards a minimum price on liquor snuffed out by both parties afraid of losing, well, the entire voting public. Britain enjoys its bender.
This cool kid reminds me of Daft Punk.
I lunch with T, who is in town to attend Hg Capital's AGM and to meet with some venture funds and tech guys, which is where his interests are since he is a "recycled entrepreneur", as he once liked to say. Since 2000, his tech portfolio, which includes Benchmark, Index, Apax, BlueRun, Correlation and Industry Ventures, is 30% net IRR based, in part, on several early exits. We agree : the timing of cashflows has a mighty effect on performance - obvious, but nice to see it confirmed in real numbers (the median vc industry performance over this period 3%).
Sonnet and Madeleine make it home in one piece. Back to work and school tomorrow.
Bounce And SAT
Eitan takes a break from revisioning - tomorrow begins his exams, which last one-two hours per discipline, all day, all week. Today he puts in six hours compared to six hours over the last seven days. I try to stay out of it as, his teachers' tell us, part of the learning is learning how to learn. This year for practice, a goof, but from year eight, it is a mark on the boy's permanent record.
US universities, unlike England, look for the fuller picture : grades, teacher recommendations, extra curriculars and, of course, test scores. My second SAT exam, for instance, in '84 and I had the flu and did not want to go - Grace got me fed and into the car, which broke down four blocks from our house. She raced up Euclid, in the rain, and swapped for Moe's difficult-to-drive 544 and off we went to the test center, me arriving late but allowed access to the exam hall. I improved and got into college but, if this were the only data point, I would have been f***ed.
The tree out front that we hope won't fall on the house. It has grown, like, 20% since we moved in.
Eitan and I have dinner at The Plough (fabulous local gastropub converted from the neighbourhood boozer for the over 50s) and discuss the usual stuff : school, sports, goals and expectations .. girls, though nothing new or on the horizon here - or that he would wish to share, anyway. He's never around the opposite sex as Hampton School all boys but (I learn) Joe and Shaheen have gone on a movie double date, while the counter parties unidentified. It still kinda counts.
Crazy Frankensteins
The backyard in first bloom and it is payback for the long winter, particularly hard this year as we adjust to the kids' early morning schedule. Can I take another? But for now the sunrise is 4:30AM and sunset at 9PM. Amazing what a little extra light does.
Another reason to appreciate this time of year: Roland Garros. And soon, Wimbledon.