There's a big difference between: 1) applying logic to evidence in order to reach a reasonable conclusion, and; 2) trying to mash together some lame excuse for continuing to believe whatever bogus crap you were taught when you were younger. A prime example comes from those who try to deny that taxation is theft.
"Taxation" consists of one group of people demanding the property of another group of people under threat of force. And that's theft. Duh. But because statists have been taught that "taxation" is magically righteous (because of political rituals), they struggle in vain to distinguish it from other forms of theft. The best they can come up with is that after the theft (which they pretend isn't), the thieves sometimes give something back. "It's just how we pay for services!"
1) "I benefited from the sandwich, so I'm fine with what happened."
2) "How else would I get food?"
3) "This is how society as a whole has chosen to feed people."
4) "I can always vote for a different thief next time, so it's okay."
5) "If I don't like it, I can petition the thief to let me keep my money."
6) "I would be a freeloader and a criminal if I resisted!"
7) "The only sure things in life are death and a guy taking my money."
8) "I may not like it, but that's how our system works."
9) "I agreed to this by living in this neighborhood."
10) "So you want survival of the fittest, and every man for himself?"
Statism is not the result of logic. Every argument statists make is outcome-based, illogical gibberish designed to save them from the cognitive dissonance they feel when the authoritarian mythology they were taught clashes with basic logic and moral principles.


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In this way, the Power cart is from 1981 no matter what works. It is an uncommon adaptation of the substantial obligation of RAM 2500 truck. Since the organization reads an update for the following year, it is essentially for beyond any doubt that the was up and coming of the overwhelming obligation display unquestionably did not precede 2019. In this way, the Dodge Power truck 2019 will come essentially unaltered, while the new form due to the up-to-date model could in the long run come as a 2019 year show.
Dodge Power Truck 2019 looks that as of now we said, 2019 Dodge the power truck should come practically undisturbed. This model was revived last time about two years ago. In this way, you can assume that the organization is not willing to make changes to perfection before the contender update. This overwhelming obligation truck will maintain similar qualities. It is a truck that depends on RAM's 2500 disposition, which is an entry-level model with respect to trucks of overwhelming obligation.
Dodge Power Truck 2019 Even now will have some of the good points of interest contrasted with the 2500 base model. In any case, most parts are the same. When it comes to exceptional attributes, this truck is for the most part unique in terms of rough terrain capabilities. 2019 Power Truck will accompany one of a kind 17-inch wheels, unique rough terrain tyres, Bilstein monotube gas stuns, reinforced trorque conventer, reinforced guiding apparatus and things to be compared. The rest of the truck is essentially the same.
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The 'War On Drugs' is driving a global epidemic of HIV, TB and hepatitis
Major new study says jails hothouse infectious diseases, which are then passed on to the wider community.
By AFP Friday 15 Jul 2016, 6:15 AM
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Venezuelan army helicopters fly over the Sierra de Perija national park, west of Venezuelan capital Caracas, where poppy and marijuana plants are often discovered
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THE PRACTICE OF imprisoning drug users is driving huge epidemics of infectious diseases such as HIV, according to major new international research.
Levels of HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis B and C infection among prisoners are far higher than in the general population, globally, the study finds.
The authors say the The War on Drugs – where governments treat drug use as an issue for law enforcement rather than public health - and mass incarceration mean jails are hothousing infectious diseases.
Around 30 million people pass through prisons every year, often passing on diseases caught while behind bars, due to a lack of adequate treatment in prisons.
Around 10.2 million people are imprisoned worldwide at any given time – nearly 2.2 million in the USA alone.
Moreover, up to half of all new HIV infections over the next 15 years in eastern Europe will stem from inmates who inject drugs, according to the study, presented at the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa.
The study concluded that treatment like 'opioid substitution therapy (OST), in prisons and after release, could prevent over a quarter of new HIV infections among injecting drug users'.
A US prison watchtower. Source: Shutterstock/Joseph Sohm
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Professor Chris Beyrer, lead author of the study and president of the International AIDS Society, said:
"Prisons can act as incubators of tuberculosis, hepatitis C, and HIV and the high level of mobility between prison and the community means that the health of prisoners should be a major public-health concern.
"Yet, screening and treatment for infectious diseases are rarely made available to inmates, and only around 10% of people who use drugs worldwide are being reached by treatment programmes.
The most effective way of controlling infection in prisoners and the wider community is to reduce mass imprisonment of injecting drug users.
Worldwide, between 56% and 90% of people who inject drugs will be incarcerated at some point.
In parts of Europe, over a third of inmates inject drugs (38%), while in Australia it is more than half, or 55%.
This is in stark contrast with injecting drug use in the general population (0.3% in EU and 0.2% in Australia).
A prison officer holds heroin, pills and hashish along with some home made knives and mobile phones confiscated in prison from Mountjoy Prison. Source: Rollingnews.ie
The series of studies show that the prevalence of infectious diseases has grown in keeping with growing numbers of injecting drug users in prison.
Levels of HIV infection are 20 times higher among prisoners in western Europe than the civilian population (4.2% vs 0.2%).
HIV rates are around three times higher among prisoners in eastern and southern Africa (15.6% vs 4.7%) and north America (1.3% vs. 0.3%).
While most prisoners are men, women and girls are the fastest growing imprisoned group worldwide.
People queue outside Dublin's Amiens Street City Clini for methadone, a synthetic drug given to heroin addicts. Source: Rollingnews.ie
In most regions of the world, levels of HIV infection are higher in female inmates than male prisoners including eastern Europe and central Asia (22% vs 8.5%).
High rates of hepatitis C are also seen among prisoners, with one in six inmates in parts of Europe and the USA carrying the hepatitis C virus.
Prevalence of active tuberculosis is higher in prisons than the general population in all settings.
The prevalence was 40 times higher in one prison in Brazil than the general population.
Imprisonment could be responsible for three-quarters of new tuberculosis infections among people who inject drugs, and around 6% of all yearly tuberculosis infections.
High rates of injecting drug use in some settings, lack of access to condoms, unsanitary conditions, and gross overcrowding have made prisons and detention centers high risk environments for spread of these infections.
Almost half of countries in sub-Saharan Africa report that prisons are at 150% capacity or higher.
File photo. Source: Shutterstock
If a prisoner is locked up frequently and for longer periods, they are more likely to be infected with HIV and tuberculosis – and then export the problem to the world outside.
An estimated 30 million pass in and out of prison each year, meanwhile, bringing large numbers of undiagnosed and untreated prison infections to the community at large.
The research shows that countries can reduce and even reverse levels of infectious disease by scaling up opioid agonist therapy, antiretroviral therapy, hepatitis B vaccination, condom distribution, and sterile needle and syringe exchange.
Reducing mass incarceration of people who use drugs by a quarter could result in a 7–15% drop in new cases of HIV among injecting drug users in the wider community over five years.
European successes
Globally, only eight countries provide six key interventions recommended by the WHO for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in prisons – Portugal, Spain, Germany, Moldova, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.
In western Europe, only a third (10 of 29) of surveyed countries reported hepatitis C screening programmes for prisoners; and in 2012, and antiretroviral therapy was available to prisoners in just 43 countries worldwide.
Iranian reduction
Yet in Iran, where more than 60% of prisoners are incarcerated for drug-related crimes, HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in prisons dropped from 18.2% in 2003 to 2.3% in 2007.
This was down to a combination of voluntary HIV testing, OST, condoms, and needle and syringe exchange programmes.
Professor Beyrer added:
"The response to the HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis epidemics in prisons has been slow and piecemeal, and the majority of governments continue to ignore the strategic importance of prison health care to public health.
"Most strategies for dealing with infectious diseases in prisons focus on a zero-tolerance approach to drug users.
"The fact that infection rates are still climbing confirms that this approach does not work."
- © AFP, 2016
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VSL wins Property Industry Award for the tenth time
Commercial property consultants VSL & Partners has been named as Oxfordshire's best performing commercial property agency and most active dealmaker for the tenth time in 11 years.
Leading property publication, Estates Gazette Interactive (EGi) named VSL & Partners Oxfordshire's best performing commercial property agency and awarded the firm Most Active Agent and Dealmaker of the Year in its 2019 deals competition.
The EGi deals competition is an independent survey conducted by their research team, which covers commercial property transactions across all property types including industrial, office, retail and leisure. It is designed to establish the agents completing the largest volume of deals throughout the year.
Once again, it was VSL's dominance in the office and industrial markets, which helped it secure the Most Active Agent title for another year. Across Oxfordshire, VSL completed deals in the industrial, office, retail, land and investment sectors involving 80 deals and equating to 550,000 sq ft of property transactions from August 2018 to July 2019 for its clients. Duncan May gained the accolade of Dealmaker of the Year for completing the most transactions.
Tom Barton, director at VSL & Partners said: "We are once again delighted to have won this prestigious industry award which reflects the strength of the VSL agency team that continues to dominate the regional market. We are one of only a few independent firms in the area and pride ourselves on our detailed market knowledge, excellent client service and permanency of staff."
"Over the past three years, the A34 corridor has seen record levels of transactions and significant rental growth in both the office and industrial sectors driven by the science and technology market. Despite the political uncertainty Oxfordshire is still experiencing good levels of activity and rental growth."
VSL & Partners has won the EGi deals competition ten times in the last eleven years which underlines its continued strength and detailed knowledge in the Oxfordshire Market.
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Dachser the latest forwarder to add freighter flights
Dachser Air & Sea Logistics is the latest freight forwarder to announce an expanded charter operation as it looks to head off a coronavirus-related capacity crunch.
The company said that it would expand its existing Frankfurt-Shanghai freighter operation by adding flights to the US and Latin America.
Dachser explained that the service would begin on March 16 and continue until the end of the month.
The company added that it had also expanded services in Hong Kong, China and South Korea, although it did not specify further.
Hubs catered for in Latin America are: São Paulo/Guarulhos, Santiago, Lima, Ezeiza International and Mexico City.
In the US, a service to Chicago will begin on March 20.
The forwarder said that the move comes in response to the coronavirus related capacity crunch as airlines have cut passenger services.
"The new coronavirus is still having a serious impact on capacity in the airfreight market," the company said in a statement.
"Because the situation is so volatile, capacity planning is becoming a real challenge."
Timo Stroh, head of global air freight, explained further: "This programme puts us in a position to offer a robust and reliable premium air service to Asia for our customers in the Americas as well.
"We are ready for whatever happens on the airfreight market in the coming weeks, and fully appreciate being in a position to tackle the challenges of the future today."
He added: "With this new Chicago-Frankfurt-Chicago service, our Americas-based customers interested in efficiently connecting with Asia can leverage our expanded charter flight rotation that features additional routes in and out of China, Hong Kong and South Korea," said Stroh.
"For those customers looking to do business in Europe, we offer an unmatched European road network that essentially creates a connection to the entire continent when dispatching out of Frankfurt."
Yesterday, Air Cargo News revealed that Paris-headquartered Bolloré Logistics has launched a series of freighter flights from China to Europe in order to meet customer demand.
The freight forwarder said the B747F flights between Shanghai and Luxembourg started in early February and are due to end in early April.
The schedules are weekly, but every other week a second rotation is being operated.
In total, the forwarder will operate 11 flights, but it said it is likely that it will continue the programme in April.
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Five All-DeKalb Games Headline DCSD Football in Week 2
Stephenson's Cordell Andrews tightropes the sideline against Lithonia. Andrews and his Jagaur teammates host rival Southwest DeKalb on Friday at Hallford Stadium. (Photo by Mark Brock)
This weekend's DCSD football schedule features five All-DeKalb matchups on Friday night as the football season moves into Week 2 across Georgia.
Stephenson (1-0) plays host to the Southwest DeKalb Panthers (0-1) at 7:30 pm at Hallford Stadium in a rivalry led by the Jaguars 10-6. Many of the 16 games featured head-to-head clashes with two retired DeKalb legends in Buck Godfrey (SWD) and Ron Gartrell (Stephenson).
Stephenson won the last meeting in 2019 by a score 25-18 in a back-and-forth game under the direction of Gartrell. This year the Jaguars are coming off a 17-6 season opening win over the Lithonia Bulldogs giving Stephenson alum and new head coach Marcus Jelks his first win at Stephenson.
Southwest DeKalb is coming off a tough 9-7 loss to Stockbridge last week.
An all-DeKalb double-header is set for Adams Stadium as Druid Hills (0-1) looks to rebound from a season opening loss as the Red Devils host the Redan Raiders (0-0) seeing their first action of the year in the 5:15 opener. Redan holds a 2-0 edge over Druid Hills in head-to-head play having won the 2020 matchup.
The nightcap starts at 8:00 pm as a pair of Week 1 winners clash with the Lakeside Vikings (1-0) host the Miller Grove Wolverines (1-0). Lakeside was led by the big plays of AJ Hollman last week who had a 57-yard rushing touchdown, a 57-yard receiving touchdown and a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Berkmar. Miller Grove leads the series 7-2 and won the last matchup in 2017 18-16. The Wolverines are coming off a 24-7 road win over Walnut Grove last Friday.
Arabia Mountain's Soloman Rayton had 224 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns in Arabia Mountain's season opening 21-7 win over Rockdale County. (Photo by Mark Brock)
Avondale Stadium features the Martin Luther King Jr. Lions (0-1) looking for the first win of the season hosting the Arabia Mountain Rams (1-0) in a neighborhood rivalry. The rivals are tied at 3-3 in the series. The Rams are coming off a 21-7 road win over Rockdale County last Friday while the Lions fell 34-0 to McDonough. Arabia Mountain's Solomon Rayton rushed for 224 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries against Rockdale.
The Class 3A No. 1 ranked Cedar Grove Saints open their season hosting the Tucker Tigers (0-1) at 7:30 pm at Godfrey Stadium. Tucker fell 32-7 on the road at Dacula last Friday night. The Tigers hold a 10-1 advantage over the Saints in one of the most played rivalries in DeKalb. Tucker won the last meeting 51-12 in 2013.
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Plaintiffs can no longer base Missouri Merchandising Practices Act ("MMPA") claims on sales "puffery"—i.e., exaggerated statements upon which no reasonable consumer would rely, or vague or highly subjective claims of product superiority.
That's the message from Hurst v. Nissan N. Am., Inc., No. WD 78665, 2016 WL 1128297 (Mo. Ct. App. Mar. 22, 2016). In Hurst, Plaintiffs alleged that Nissan violated the MMPA by making representations that "tended to create a false impression" about the quality of its "FX" sport utility vehicles, some of which developed dashboard bubbling from heat and humidity. Id. at *3. In particular, the FX's marketing materials displayed FX dashboards and stated that the FX contained "premium automotive machinery" and "room for everything except compromise" and that the FX was "a superior product representing excellent value," "uncompromising," and "premium." Id. at *4.
The trial court certified a class of 326 Missourians who purchased Infiniti's FX35 and FX45 sport utility vehicles in Missouri, and the jury returned a verdict of $2,000 per class member. Id. at *1. The trial court then denied Nissan's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict based on the fact that the alleged statements were inactionable puffery. Id.
The Missouri Court of Appeals reversed. The Court held that, although the MMPA bars "assertion[s] not in accord with the facts" and deceptions in advertising that "create a false impression," "[t]o be actionable, [a] statement must be a 'specific and measurable claim, capable of being proved false or of being reasonably interpreted as a statement of objective fact.'" Id. at *9. In other words, what courts often call "puffery"—exaggerations, sales propaganda, and expressions of opinion—are not actionable misrepresentations under the MMPA. Id.
It is unnecessary for this court to declare that the puffery doctrine applies in all MMPA cases. We are confident that in this case the statements made by Nissan are not actionable under the MMPA. The Missouri Supreme Court has declared that "[p]uffing of wares, sales propaganda, and other expressions of opinion are common, are permitted and should be expected." Clark, 726 S.W.2d at 720. All of the statement made by Nissan in this case are vague and highly subjective claims of product superiority and are not representations that are not in accord with the facts regarding the quality of the vehicle and are not representations that tend to create a false impression regarding the quality of the vehicle. Indeed, to hold Nissan liable in this case under the MMPA would result in Nissan being liable to consumers because the consumers deemed their expectations unmet and would essentially obviate Nissan's limited warranty because basically everything would be guaranteed forever.
Hurst v. Nissan N. Am., Inc., No. WD 78665, 2016 WL 1128297, at *9 (Mo. Ct. App. Mar. 22, 2016) (emphasis added).
In sum, although the Court did not explicitly extend the puffery doctrine to all cases under the MMPA, going forward, plaintiffs will face significant if not insurmountable hurdles if they bring MMPA claims based on vague or subjective claims of product superiority.


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Stronghold Locksmiths Launches Fast and Affordable Locksmith services in Brisbane North, Southside & CBD
Stronghold Locksmiths is a comprehensive locksmith provider in Brisbane North. Their services include residential & commercial locksmiths, as well as car locksmiths.
Stronghold Locksmiths, a Brisbane locksmith specialist, has recently introduced new services to the community. Stronghold Locksmiths has been offering high quality locksmith services for more than 10 years at a reasonable price. It is especially known for its fast and reliable car lockout service and 24 hour emergency locksmith services. They also offer other services like commercial and residential lockouts, new lock installation, replacement of lost keys, security upgrades and repairs, file cabinet repair and installation, etc.
Trying to find a locksmith in Brisbane who doesn't charge an arm and a leg is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but now Stronghold Locksmiths offers fast, affordable, and one-time locksmith services that can be done within the hour. Their new services include car key replacement, ignition repair, key duplication, and lock repairs in Brisbane North and surrounding areas.
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Stronghold Locksmiths' master locksmiths are fully equipped with the knowledge and experience to handle any situation. Stronghold Locksmiths is known for offering quality services rendered by experienced professionals at affordable prices. It strives to provide an emergency 24-hour-a-day service that can be accessed anytime, anywhere. Their popular services include lock rekeying, lock installation, emergency door openings, and many more. The new services are aimed at providing customers with round-the-clock solutions for all. They will provide their clients with professional solutions for lock and key problems like jammed padlocks, sticky door knobs, and automotive ignition repair. They also have the capability to make new car keys from scratch or do key duplications for existing sets of keys. In addition, they can also unlock homes with multi-lock systems in less than five minutes! If you need a quick and trustworthy auto locksmith service in Brisbane North and surrounding areas, call Stronghold Locksmiths at 1300 20 55 12 or visit https://www.strongholdlocksmiths.com/.
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Getting the groom's wedding outfit right is almost as important as the bride's – after all he'll be right next to you in all the wedding photos! Check out our guide to grooms wedding outfits if you need a little inspiration.
Grooms are generally quite conservative when it comes to their shirts, and white, cream, and ivory are still the most popular shades. For those that dare to be different, the recent trend for soft greens is moving towards a brighter turquoise, and cherry reds, soft plums, and dark lilacs are all great options. For wedding suits grey is currently the most popular colour and this looks particularly good with shirts in colours such as pink, lilac and pale blue, which are also favourite choices for bridesmaids' dresses.
A tailored suit and shirt can allow your groom to create a truly unique outfit by selecting all the fine details from the style of the cuffs to the type of buttons and the colour of the stitching. It can also make a significant difference to how your groom looks and feels on your big day by resulting in a perfect fit. If you are having outfits made for the ushers as well as the groom, your fiancé may choose to alter certain details of his own outfit, to set him apart from the rest of the wedding group.
The morning suit is a wedding classic that consists of top hat, tails and a waistcoat, often worn with pinstripe trousers. A morning suit can be co-ordinated with the bridesmaids' dresses, or the colour of your flowers, by wearing a matching coloured waistcoat and a tie or cravat. This is still a popular look and gives your groom the chance to wear something completely different from his usual work clothes. Most grooms will decide to hire their morning suits, as it is unlikely they will need to wear them again soon.
Tuxedos are a great alternative to the morning suit, taking inspiration from the suave James Bond. A bow tie and cummerbund can be added to co-ordinate with the wedding colour theme. Tuxedos are particularly suitable for an evening wedding, and are available in a variety of colours, although black and white are still the favourites.
A frock coat is a third option for grooms that don't want to wear a morning suit, but still want to look smart on their wedding day. This is a three quarter length jacket that can be teamed up with a cravat or a tie.


Specializing in flamenco, classical and other world styles, Benjamin Barrile adds the kind of finesse you are seeking for your next corporate parties, weddings, birthdays and other social events.
Rooted in the traditions of flamenco guitarist Benjamin Barrile prefers to speak through his instrument, expressing emotion without words.
In recent years, Benjamin has recorded for many artists including The Café Olé, a multi-award winning group that incorporates a unique mix of traditional flamenco and jazz and rumba flamenca group Gustau & Puente del Diablo. In addition to leading his own group, El Mosaico, Benjamin is also a resident guitarist at Toronto based Carmen Romero's School of Flamenco Dance Arts and Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company. . Benjamin has appeared on numerous television and radio broadcasts.
A skilled guitarist, who has participated in experiences of flamenco,jazz and other genres, Benjamin Barrile presents a convincing case of integration of musical schemes, which has come to be known as fusion.His songs express universal and deeply personal sorrows and joys. He continues to sustain a creative open mindedness towards new and different kinds of music, thus creating a unique style and magical blend of tradition and modernity.


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package org.apache.poi.sl;

import java.awt.Color;

import org.apache.poi.sl.draw.DrawPaint;
import org.apache.poi.sl.usermodel.PaintStyle;
import org.apache.poi.sl.usermodel.PaintStyle.SolidPaint;
import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * Currently only contains helper methods
 */
@Ignore
public class TestCommonSL {

    public static boolean sameColor(Color colorExpected, PaintStyle paintActual) {
        if (!(paintActual instanceof SolidPaint)) return false;
        Color thisC = DrawPaint.applyColorTransform(((SolidPaint)paintActual).getSolidColor());
        return thisC.equals(colorExpected);
    }

}

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Q: Automatically zoom to feature which is edited in attribute table in QGIS I want to edit many features in the attribute table, for which I have to see imagery in the background of the features. To speed the process up, ideally I do not want to use the mouse to click somewhere.
Right now I can edit a field, tab to jump to next field, edit, ...
When finished with the last attribute of a feature using tab will jump to the first attribute of the next feature (which is nice), but then I would like to pan/zoom to that feature (Str + P/ Str + J) which is only possible if the entire line is selected.
So either I would like to know how to select a column in the attribute table with keyboard shortcut?
The question was asked in Keyboard shortcut to select entire column in attributes table QGIS already, but my use case is different and I wonder if there is a way for that.
Or alternatively I would like to zoom to that feature automatically.

A: You can use the script below to open your layer's attribute table with the behavior you describe temporarily implemented.
To run the script, open the Python console, open a new blank editor, paste in the script below, make sure the layer you are working on is the active layer in the TOC panel, then click the green 'Play' button to execute the script. The attribute table for your layer will be opened. Now, every time you tab from the last column of one row to the first cell of the next row, the canvas will zoom automatically to that feature.
lyr = iface.activeLayer()

att_tbl = iface.showAttributeTable(lyr)

tbl_view = att_tbl.findChildren(QTableView)[0]

sel_mod = tbl_view.selectionModel()

def row_changed(current, previous):
    feature_id = current.model().data(current, QgsAttributeTableModel.FeatureIdRole)
    iface.mapCanvas().zoomToFeatureIds(lyr, [feature_id])

sel_mod.currentRowChanged.connect(row_changed)

Quick & dirty demo which shows the expected behavior:

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package com.wx.android.common.util;

import android.content.Context;
import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;

/**
 * TelePhony, Requires Permission "READ_PHONE_STATE"
 *
 * @author venshine
 */
public class TelephonyUtils {

	/**
	 * Returns a constant indicating the call state (cellular) on the device, includes CALL_STATE_IDLE,
	 * CALL_STATE_OFFHOOK, CALL_STATE_RINGING.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static int getCallState(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getCallState();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a constant indicating the type of activity on a data connection.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static int getDataActivity(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getDataActivity();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a constant indicating the current data connection state.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static int getDataState(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getDataState();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the unique device ID, for example, the IMEI for GSM and the MEID or ESN for CDMA phones. Return null if
	 * device ID is not available.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String getIMEI(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getDeviceId();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the phone number string for line 1, for example, the MSISDN for a GSM phone. Return null if it is
	 * unavailable.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String getLine1Number(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getLine1Number();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the ISO country code equivalent of the current registered operator's MCC (Mobile Country Code).
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String getNetworkCountryIso(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getNetworkCountryIso();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the numeric name (MCC+MNC) of current registered operator.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String getNetworkOperator(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getNetworkOperator();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the alphabetic name of current registered operator.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String getNetworkOperatorName(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getNetworkOperatorName();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a constant indicating the radio technology (network type) currently in use on the device for data
	 * transmission.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static int getNetworkType(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getNetworkType();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the ISO country code equivalent for the SIM provider's country code.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String getSimCountryIso(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getSimCountryIso();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the MCC+MNC (mobile country code + mobile network code) of the provider of the SIM. 5 or 6 decimal
	 * digits.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String getSimOperator(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getSimOperator();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the Service Provider Name (SPN).
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String getSimOperatorName(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getSimOperatorName();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the serial number of the SIM, if applicable. Return null if it is unavailable.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String getSimSerialNumber(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getSimSerialNumber();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a constant indicating the state of the device SIM card.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static int getSimState(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getSimState();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the unique subscriber ID, for example, the IMSI for a GSM phone. Return null if it is unavailable.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String getIMSI(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.getSubscriberId();
	}

	/**
	 * Return true if a ICC card is present.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static boolean hasIccCard(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.hasIccCard();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns true if the device is considered roaming on the current network, for GSM purposes.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static boolean isNetworkRoaming(Context context) {
		TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
		return tm.isNetworkRoaming();
	}

}


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Thomas and Friends - Series 15, Episode 08 - Up, Up And Away!
Episode 08 - Up, Up And Away!
Thomas and Percy are given the special of delivering a giant balloon that Mr Bubbles has blown up for his Big Balloon Show.


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March 15, 2000 News & Features » News
A grab bag at the grocery?
Did city of Orlando mayoral aide Walter Hawkins use his influence in the mostly black Washington Shores community to depress sales at a city-subsidized grocery, so that a nonprofit group affiliated with Hawkins could buy the store more cheaply? That's the allegation that makes Hawkins the latest defendant in a lawsuit linked to the struggling Premier Foods market, and reported in the March 10 Orlando Business Journal.
The corporate parent for Premier Foods, which was lured to Washington Shores with the promise of about $100,000 in economic incentives, filed suit against the city as their business deal soured.
In exchange for its help, the city had called for Premier Foods to sell a 5 percent stake in the store to a neighborhood group. With that condition apparently unmet, the city moved to recover its waived fees. Residents meanwhile called a boycott of the store, and Premier Foods began looking for a buyer.
The amended complaint tries to link Hawkins to the continuing boycott, which presumably would decrease the sale price for potential buyers, including a community group in which Hawkins is an officer, according to OBJ. Hawkins is also alleged to have scared off a prospective Asian buyer. He denies all allegations.
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Christian Warriors learn to develop a powerful prayer life. This becomes the most productive activity in our day. Too often, the important things seem to disappear in the wake of the pressing. Prayer time becomes a hit or miss scheduling item rather than a paramount priority. It is wonderful to pray as we go through our daily routines. It is also important to give God our complete undivided attention.
In this passage, the psalmist reveals that he has so prioritized his schedule, that the Lord has been given the midnight hour. In a busy life, sleep becomes a precious commodity. It is more than difficult to operate from a shortened period of rest. The psalmist has chosen to interrupt his sleep to give quality time to God. This could be considered another method of fasting.
I have a friend who has the nickname "Three O'clock Ken." For a prolonged season he awoke every morning at three for a time of prayer with the Almighty. No matter when Ken went to sleep, he was awake at this hour for the express purpose of prayer. This became his special time with Jesus. Although others may have grumbled about a lack of sleep, this activity became a tremendous blessing in his life.
All of these things remind us to give God our very best rather than what is left over. He understands our need for rest and will not abuse what we have offered. Instead, our intimacy with God is further developed during these uninterrupted moments of communication. We need to check our priorities to ensure that we have not neglected the most important activities of our day.
Father, I surrender my most precious time to You for the explicit purpose of communion via prayer. I love You, Lord.
This entry was posted in Devotions/Blogs on September 29, 2016 by Judy Baumgartner.


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Palestino – Getting shirty in Chile
Posted by Pink | Apr 8, 2015 | Latest | 1 |
BY CHRIS ETCHINGHAM
"A win for Palestino is a joy for the suffering Palestinian people" so believes Maurice Khamis Massu president of Chilean football team Palestino, a club founded by the sizeable Chilean Palestinian community and are defined by the ties that they proudly share with their homeland. The club does not hold back when it comes to displaying its identity and is not afraid of a little controversy or diplomatic incidents when it comes to representing Palestinian people both at home and abroad.
Club Deportivo Palestino was found in August 1920 by Palestinian Arab Elias Deik Lamas, himself a tennis player, with the hope of giving the increasing Palestinian migrant community in Chile some kind of community figurehead and togetherness. This wasn't unusual within Chilean football; Audax Club Sportivo Italiano was founded ten years earlier by Italian migrants and prior to that Club Union Espanola was established in 1897 by Spanish migrants. Palestino's early years, however, were troubled as they came up against resistance from both opposition clubs and fans. They resigned their place in the Youth League of Honour based in Santiago, this despite never losing a game.
In the decades following Palestino's humble beginnings, they attracted a reputation for producing tennis players rather than footballers; attracted to the high society which it offered rather than the rough and tumble of football. This has been seen as a reflection upon Chile's wealthy Palestinian migrant community and helped ingratiate it within Chile's elite as well as give Palestino the much sought after status of a professional club which it achieved in 1952 when it was granted a place in Chile's Segunda Division and won the division at their first attempt.
The resentment from other clubs continued, however, and their financial resources seemed to be the root cause of such jealousies. There was controversy when Colo-Colo accused Palestino of trying to disrupt their transfer for George and Ted Robledo from Newcastle United and they gained the derogatory nickname "The Millionaires Club"
Only three years after Palestino gained professional status they won their first top flight title, beating the once mocking Colo-Colo into second place by nine points, scoring 91 goals and beating Ferrobadminton 9-3 along the way.
After winning the second division title again in 1972, Palestino had arguably their finest moment in 1978, when captained by Chilean defender and legend Elías Figueroa they won a domestic top flight league and cup double, setting a record for the number of games unbeaten. Throughout the 1980's Palestino meandered around the top flight, the closest they came to another title was in 1986, when after finishing level on points with Colo-Colo, they lost a play-off 2-0 and only two years later they finished bottom of the league on 24 points and unthinkably, were relegated.
Manchester City's Manuel Pellegrini managed Palestino in the early 1990's at the start of his managerial career – "one day a small club named Palestino called me. I don't want to reveal the salary, so let's say I was earning '10' working as an engineer and Palestino offered me '2'. I took the job anyway"
This century Palestino have regained their status in the Chilean top flight, though still with mixed results. 2006 saw them finish 18th and had to play off against Fernandez Vial to retain their position, but in 2008 they just missed out on a Copa Libertadores place following a two legged play off defeat to Colo-Colo (again!)
Perhaps Palestino's most infamous moment came in January 2014, when in a redesign of their club jersey, it was decided to add to the clubs traditional red, green and black colours (also the colour on the Palestinian flag) with an alteration to the design of the numbers on the back of the shirts. The number 1 on the back of the jersey was shaped like the outline of Palestine in 1948 before the creation of Israel. Jewish groups both in Chile and elsewhere were outraged and saw the act as deliberate provocation, but it is maybe worth looking at the context of Palestino within Chile's Palestinian community and the community as a whole before outright condemnation of their actions.
Palestinian migrants have been arriving in Chile since the 1850's, though the majority arrived in the years between 1900 and 1930. The overwhelming majority are Christians and many of members of the community can trace their origins back to just four villages in Palestine: Belen, Beit Jala, Beit Sahour and Beit Safafa.
Like many migrant communities the world over, Chilean Palestinians tried to integrate as much as possible in their adopted homeland whilst still retaining a fierce loyalty to and identity for where they came from. Gradually becoming more assimilated, Chilean Palestinians attained key positions within politics, sport and industry. Around 20% of seats in Chile's senate and lower chamber are occupied by politicians of Palestinian extraction. Estimates vary but it is widely recognised that the modern day Palestinian community within Chile is the largest outside the Middle East and there are up to 500,000 people living in Chile of Palestinian descent.
Chile's 17,000 strong Jewish community were greatly offended and worried by Palestino's jersey and with good reason too. A large influx of migrants from Iran and Lebanon – according to Shai Agosin a prominent member of Chile's Jewish community – into the Chilean coastal city of Iquique could bring in elements of Islamic extremism which could see Palestino's shirt design as an anti-Semitic rallying call. Agosin believes that in 2011 authorities found an Iranian rocket within the city and that the CIA and Mossad are taking a keen interest in events within Iquique.
This isn't just hyperbole and political points scoring either. In the early 1990's there was an orchestrated bombing campaign against Jewish and Israeli targets in Buenos Aries. The Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este close to Argentina is alleged to be a major South American focal point for Islamic fundamentalist activity and the cell which carried out the campaign in Buenos Aries is said to have originated here. In a short space of time, many Lebanese Shi'ites moved to the area in the 1970's and 80's and there was a worry about radicalisation and people like Agosin can see history repeating itself in Chile.
In 2011, the Chilean government recognised Palestine as a separate state and urged a two state solution. The statement the government released was a delicate balance between recognising Israel's right to exist and the Palestinian people's right to self-determination whilst "co-existing in peace with the state of Israel". The government had to draw a fine line in both an outward expression on a key point of foreign policy and maintaining harmony at home with its sizeable Jewish and Palestinian communities
The Chilean Jewish Community (CJC) was also outraged at Palestino's shirt design calling it an act of "smugness" offending Chilean Jews. There was further anger by the CJC at the highlighting of a divisive issue from outside of Chile's borders "we reject the import of the Middle East conflict in Chile" its President Gerardo Gorodischer tweeted.
Palestino's shirts even came to the attention of the Israeli government stating that the kit amounted to "provocation…with the evident intention of denying Israel's existence". Director General of the Latin American section of the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry, Itzhak Shoham, met with representatives from the Chilean embassy. At the meeting, Shoham expressed Israel's "surprise and concern" at the design and that where Israel was trying to positively advance towards a two state solution "it seems inappropriate to use sport for political ends" and hoped that local authorities within Chile could step in to resolve the issue.
The first formal complaint about the shirts was made by the Jewish owner of first division side Nublense, Patrick Kiblinsky. He believed that "we cannot accept the involvement of football with politics and religion".
Palestino, evidently feeling pressure at the strength of anger towards them, made their defence via the club's Facebook page – "Palestino and its symbols have existed in our country since 1920, 28 years before the establishment of a state of Israel in Palestine". The statement went on to deplore what they viewed as the hypocrisy of Jews discussing disputed territory whilst "endorsing illegal settlements and the wall of segregation in Palestine". Palestino concluded their Facebook post by reinforcing their beliefs that "for us, free Palestine will always be the historical Palestine, nothing less".
Palestino believed that this was not a deliberate act of provocation by a migrant community nostalgic for its ancient homeland. Christine Legrand writing for The Guardian visited the Patronato quarter of Santiago where many of Chile's Palestinians live and work. Whilst not the wealthiest of areas, it is close to the San Jorge, Chile's oldest Orthodox Church built by Palestinian migrants in 1917. One local café owner Legrand spoke to described himself as a "third generation Chilean" and that many of the elder members of the community still converse in Arabic and that Patronato is known locally as the Arab quarter.
There are real links to the Palestinian homeland for the migrant community and as such Palestino's shirts are representative of those people rather than anything more sinister aimed at either local Jews or Israel as a whole.
The Football Federation of Chile, maybe aware of Article 53 of FIFA's Disciplinary Code which outlaws public incitement by a player or official encouraging violence in others, fined Palestino $1300 following Kiblinsky's formal complaint. Despite protestations by Palestino that they had used the shirts in the previous season the fine stood. Palestino complied and paid the fine without appealing or taking the matter further, though according to Legrand some of the Palestino players tattooed the map of Palestine onto their forearms.
The club still maintains its proud Palestinian links, though the map has disappeared from the back of the shirt. There is a Palestinian flag on the club website as well as sponsorship deals with the Bank of Palestine and Palestino President Massu is a member of the Belen 2000 Foundation who award scholarships to children in Palestine and send doctors there to work. Whilst any future expressions of unity with Palestine may be a little more subtle, there is no doubt at all as to the passion the club and its fans hold towards Palestinians and their cause, both in Chile and abroad.
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Aali	on April 11, 2015 at 12:20 am
Shai Agosin is making up stories to try to justify the overreaction the israelis had regarding Palestino's jersey.
I'm chilean and I never heard about an Iranian rocket anywhere in Chile… so I looked it up and the only mention of it was another quote from Agosin. I cannot recall any public act of violence in Chile that could be traced back to any Arab country or community. He's fantasizing to try to justify the unjustifiable.
Palestino represent a community that has its roots in historical Palestine (the territory as it was before the Nakba in 1948), and therefore they have the right to hold on the symbols and colors that represent their origins. That is something that the team and the fans will never compromise; in fact, Palestino still has a map on their jersey -located on the left-hand sleeve-, Palestinian flags flutter each time they play and even the players dedicate their victories to the people who are suffering in Palestine.
¡Más que un club, todo un pueblo!
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A growing movement for Palestinian rights particularly active on US college campuses, appears to be challenging documented Israeli abuses and US complicity according to testimonies by students and those who have testified to legislatures across the country.
In response, Israel advocacy groups are reporting an intensifying effort to stifle Palestine advocacy.
In addition a stream of bills directed toward the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns for Palestinian freedom have been introduced in state legislatures across the country including in Colorado. As we have described in earlier reports, Colorado House Bill 1284 had been making its way through the legislature in some say with Fast Track speed. The bill moves the Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA) to divest from companies that have economic prohibitions against the state of Israel. The bill passed out of the Colorado legislature and was signed by Governor Hickenlooper on March 18, 2016.
The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: A Movement Under Attack in the US, a report released by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Palestine Legal in September of 2015 documents what is shown to be widespread and growing repression against human rights organizations that support Palestinian rights.
According to the groups US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Jewish Voice for Peace and Palestine Legal who wrote the report, 152 incidents were reported of censorship, punishment, or other threats to free advocacy for Palestinian right. Further 68 legal support requests were taken in 2014 in addition to the incidents. But the numbers are growing. In only six months the same requests for assistance grew to 140 incidents and 33 requests for legal assistance. These numbers though represent an under-reporting of incidents because of lack of knowledge of the legal system, or even fear. This repression has overwhelmingly been directed toward students and scholars, sometimes the locations most targeted by anti-BDS actions.
In the following audio piece compiled by the group Palestine Legal, students and scholars on US campuses discuss the backlash they have experienced for engaging in Palestine advocacy. These and hundreds of other cases are documented in the The Palestine Exception to Free Speech report. We hear from Ellis and Shafeka from New York University; Sheriff and Kristian from Stanford University, Shezza from Barnard College, Nashiha from Loyola University, Mohammed from the University of Texas, Nerdeen, Corey, and Sarah from City University of New York, Leila from DePaul University, Izzaddine from the University of New Mexico, Lisa from American Studies Association, Noran whose institution is unknown, and from Steven Salaita who was terminated from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.


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#pragma once

/**
 *  @file HeapAllocatorDX12.h
 *  @date February 29, 2016
 *  @author Jeremiah
 *
 *  @brief Dynamic heap allocator.
 */

#include "../../EngineDefines.h"

namespace Graphics
{
    class DeviceDX12;
    class DynamicBufferDX12;

    struct HeapAllocation
    {
        void* CpuPtr;
        D3D12_GPU_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS GpuAddress;
    };

    class HeapAllocatorDX12
    {
    public:
        HeapAllocatorDX12( std::shared_ptr<DeviceDX12> device,
                           D3D12_HEAP_TYPE d3d12HeapType,
                           uint64_t pageSize = _2MB,
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MRJ's delays are over, says Mitsubishi
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At Farnborough Airshow, Mitsubishi's MRJ aircraft made its flying display debut. The programme's Chief Development Officer tells FINN the schedule is back on track.
Alex Bellamy, Chief Development Officer, MRJ Program Management Office, explained: The MRJ is a 100-seat or below regional jet. It's a family of aircraft."
At Farnborough, Mitsubishi showed the MRJ90, one of its flight test aircraft.
Bellamy said coming next is a smaller aircraft, the MRJ70.
"That aircraft is fully optimised for the American market," he said. "It's a clean-sheet design with the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine.
"It is the only clean-sheet design which will fit within the scope clause restrictions of the United States," he commented.
Making space
In a market that has typically been dominated by Embraer and Bombardier, Bellamy shared why he thinks the MRJ stands out.
"First of all we have a clean-sheet design aircraft; we have aerodynamics which are advanced, as well as the geared turbofan engine. The most important feature for us, though, is its extremely spacious cabin. Because we have the bags at the back of the aircraft, we're able to optimise the shape of the fuselage to give maximum passenger comfort. We have 18.5-inch [wide] seats, we have lots of head space, more head space than the competition, which means flying on this aircraft will feel like you're flying on a much bigger aircraft."
Lowering emissions
Bellamy also highlighted the plane's environmental credentials.
"Certainly, here in Europe we know that noise, community noise in particular, and emissions are a very important topic. With the geared turbofan engine, combined with the advanced aerodynamics, we have the quietest aircraft in its class, as well as very low emissions," he explained.
However, despite all this, the MRJ has faced significant delays to date.
Bellamy told FINN: "We're on schedule for our mid-2020 delivery. There have been challenges in the past – we're over those now, we're very much focused on that delivery. We're building an industry here for Japan, as well as a product."
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Jethro Tull – Crest of a Knave – Classic Music Review
By altrockchick on June 10, 2013 | 7 Comments
Most of the commentary on Crest of the Knave focuses on the Great Grammy Upset of 1988. Tull's stunning victory over Metallica in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category that year outraged metal fans everywhere.
Hey, metal fans! Get over it! Even Homer Simpson had the brains to throw his Grammy into the trash! Grammies have been a joke ever since "Mrs. Robinson" beat out "Hey Jude" for Song of the Year!
The more important development was correctly identified by the anonymous author of the Wikipedia article on Crest of a Knave. "The album relied more heavily on Martin Barre's electric guitar than the band had since the 1970s."
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!
Even Ian Anderson's new post-throat-surgery voice and the use of programmed drums on the opening track couldn't detract from the blessed sound of Martin letting it rip. After a series of lesser albums ending with the devoid-of-excitement Under Wraps, the sound of Martin's clarion call over the crashing power chords and the tension-peaking synclavier pattern in the opening passage of "Steel Monkey" makes you wanna scream "Yeah!" out of sheer delight. This dramatic monologue of brainless machismo was the hottest thing they'd done since "Minstrel in the Gallery" over a decade before, as Martin shifts between those gut-punching power chords and dazzling runs in a tour-de-force display of lead guitar mastery.
"Steel Monkey" also marks another shift in Tull's approach to this album. Instead of the mystical and mystifying lyrics that had come to dominate the post-Songs from the Wood period, Ian Anderson keeps this one taut and chillingly direct:
I work in the thunder and I work in the rain
I work at my drinking and I feel no pain
I work on women, if they want me to
You can have me climb all over you.
I absolutely do not want this creepy loser working on me, and if he tries to climb all over me, he's gonna find himself one member short of a quorum!
In the period after Songs from the Wood, Tull albums featured more songs dealing with contemporary socio-political topics, like "North Sea Oil," "Fallen on Hard Times," and "Crossfire." Somehow those songs never worked for me, largely because Ian Anderson's lyrics lacked the common touch that Ray Davies manages to incorporate into his work. Tull's forays into this field sounded like op-ed pieces put to music. That flaw is corrected in "Farm on the Freeway," a first-person account of farmland handed down through generations destroyed by progress in the form of yet another superhighway. The words are simple, poignant and to the point:
Now they might give me compensation,
That's not what I'm chasing—
I was a rich man before yesterday.
Now all I've got is a cheque and a pickup truck
And I left my farm on the freeway.
The first appearance of Ian's flute is sensitive and restrained through the first verse, mirroring this simple man's puzzlement about what has happened. The flute changes with a classic, glorious trill in the opening passage of the second verse as the narrator gains more confidence that he has indeed been wronged. Martin's performance provides both power and irony at the right spots, and Doane Perry's drumming is deeply appreciated (the drum machine was fine on "Steel Monkey" but would have been entirely inappropriate in this very human song).
Gerry Conway, who was on his way out as Tull's drummer, handles the skins on the next track, the amazing "Jump Start." The opening passage with its syncopated acoustic guitar rhythm supporting the flute is a definite grabber. Joined by bass and drums in the second verse, the double-time lines "Hey, Mrs. Maggie/Jack the Ripper/Mr. Weatherman" provide exciting variation to the main rhythm. The instrumental passages are to die for, with Ian taking command on the first and Martin frigging flying on the second. "Jump Start" is another one of those "Tull Songs" that make the band so unique; here they're at their ass-kicking, freewheeling best.
The next two tracks describe unsuccessful encounters with the inaccessible and mysterious women behind the Iron Curtain: "Said She Was a Dancer" and "Budapest." "Dancer" is the gentler number, where the failure to mate is more of the "gave it a shot, came up empty, better luck next time" sort; Martin's unusually sweet solo near the end reinforces the wistfulness of the encounter. "Budapest" is another matter entirely—this bitch is fucking hot and Ian honors her with a 10-minute ode to her chilling beauty. She's the kind of woman who burns a lifelong impression into a man's (or woman's!) libido:
She was helping out at the back-stage,
Stopping hearts and chilling beer.
Yes, and her legs went on forever,
Like staring up at infinity.
Through a wisp of cotton panty,
Along a skin of satin sea . . .
Hot night in Budapest.
When Ian Anderson sings, "Yes, and her legs went on forever," we feel the pain in his soul and in his throbbing but useless member. Still, I don't think the song deserved to go on forever. Compared to the endlessly fascinating and even longer "Baker Street Muse" on Minstrel in the Gallery, "Budapest" falls short. While I can intellectually appreciate the technical aspects (the musical structure, the touches from Ric Sanders' violin and the twin acoustic guitars), the piece evokes admiration more than emotion.
This is not the case with "Mountain Men," a dramatic and well-structured number. Opening with a passage that begins quietly (reflecting the still darkness blanketing the poacher and his daughter as they lay their nets), the rhythm builds to take on the character of a grand processional, establishing the appropriate tone for a farewell to yet another young man going overseas to fight the nation's wars. More symbol than character, the young man represents the spirit of the Highlands and the love of one's homeland:
Did my tour, did my duty,
I did all they asked of me:
Died in the trenches and at Alamein,
Died in the Falklands on T.V.
Going back to the mountain kings,
Where the sound of the piper counts for everything.
The original album closes with "Raising Steam," a solid rocker about riding the rails. Martin gets another chance to show his command of the fretboard, whipping up several hot licks that send me into varying degrees of ecstasy.
The CD version of Crest of a Knave includes "Dogs in Midwinter" and "The Waking Edge." Both have their virtues and their weaknesses; the lyrics in both tend to drift into the opaque and therefore don't blend well with the lyrical clarity of the original seven songs. Whichever version you prefer, Crest of a Knave represented a return to excellence for Jethro Tull, and remains both powerful and relevant to this day.
And even if the Grammy voters couldn't get their fucking genres straight, it more than deserved the recognition.
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More than a third of consumers say that they take the sustainability of a product into consideration before deciding whether to buy it, according to a new survey from software provider Label Insight.
The same proportion – 37% – said that they considered the product's health or nutrition credentials, while another 33% of respondents said that sustainable packaging is an important factor in their choice of whether or not to pick up an item from the shelf.
In addition, 34% of people said that the farming techniques used in the cultivation of their food – such as organically grown and free from hormones or pesticides – as well as the way in which animals had been treated across the supply chain, as reflected in on pack marques like pasture-raised and cage-free, were important attributes for a sustainable product to have.
More than one third of consumers were concerned about how their food was grown, killed or caught.
Business principles, production methods and packaging materials were also among the most-cited criteria.
Label Insight, which makes cloud-based data solutions, spoke to 1,500 consumers as part of the research.
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Gabriel Ferrater i Soler (Reus, Tarragona, 1922 - San Cugat do Vallés, Barcelona, 1972), foi um poeta, tradutor, crítico e linguista espanhol do Século XX.

Biografia
Seu avô tinha uma empresa de exportação de vinho em Reus, que prosperou durante Primeira Guerra Mundial. Dela viveram seu pai e seus tios. Ele era primo irmão de Gabriel Ferraté Pascual e irmão de Joan Ferraté i Soler. Ferrater fez o serviço militar em Tarragona. Depois matriculou-se na Universidade de Barcelona para estudar álgebra, e seguir a carreira como matemático durante três anos.

Ferrater, que escrevia desde os vinte anos, procurou certa estabilidade profissional e pessoal já antes dos trinta anos. Para tanto, viajou a Londres para trabalhar em um editorial e, mais tarde, a Hamburgo, onde trabalhou como leitor da Editorial Rowohlt.

Finalmente regressou à Catalunha, e em 1963 aceitou o cargo de diretor literário de Seix Barral, conduzido pelo inventivo Carlos Barral, de quem fora amigo, bem como de Jaime Gil de Biedma e Carles Beira. Em 1964 casou-se com Jill Jarrell, uma jornalista norte-americana, de quem se separou dois anos mais tarde, fixando residência a San Cugat. Entre 1958 e 1968, escreveu e publicou toda sua obra poética.

Em 1968 Ferrater decidiu levar a cabo seus estudos de Filosofia e de Letras, em Barcelona. A seguir, trabalhou como professor na Universidade Autônoma dessa cidade, ensinando Linguística e Crítica Literária. Desde então, a sua atividade foi constante, como conferencista, colaborador em projetos e seminários, tradutor de textos da língua  alemã e da língua inglesa. Escreveu ensaios e artigos sobre a teoria linguística, na revista Serra d'Or, entre 1969 e 1972, com o título De causis linguae, incluindo uma original teoria métrica, fundada no elemento fonológico da gramática generativa chomskyana. Traduziu em língua catalã O Processo, de Kafka, e a Language, de Leonard Bloomfield, e Cartesian linguistics, de Noam Chomsky. Ao longo destes anos, recebeu diversos prêmios. No entanto, com menos de 50 anos, no dia 27 de abril de 1972, Gabriel Ferrater suicidou-se com uma mistura de barbitúricos. Ele dissera em seu grupo de amigos que se suicidaria ao cumprir meio século de idade.

Obra
A sua poesia tem contato com a obra de Thomas Hardy, W. H. Auden, Shakespeare, Brecht e Ausiàs March. Erotismo e nostalgia pelo tempo perdido são tópicos constantes em sua obra. Por outro lado, em suas produções poéticas, Ferrater representa a vontade de regenerar o sistema literário catalão durante o período da post guerra, que jazia em um obscurantismo. A sua poesia foi escrita ao longo da década de sessenta, na mudança de polarização estética entre a linha de tradição post simbolista e o emergente realismo histórico. Pouco interesse foi dado a sua poesia até o final dos anos setenta. Somente quando o realismo histórico começou a perder o seu protagonismo, suas obras ganharam o devido reconhecimento.

Ferrater escreveu três obras de poesia: Dá nuces pueris (1960), Menja't uma cama (1962), e Teoria dels cossos (1966). Mais tarde, ele fez algumas poesias novas, e recompilou 114 poemas na obra Does-lhes i els dies. O autor escreveu também uma novela policíaca intitulada  Um corpo, ou dois, com a parceria do escritor e pintor José María de Martín.

Posteriormente, Ferrater compôs somente alguns poemas novos, porém revisou os publicados anteriormente e preparou a edição da sua obra completa: Does-lhes i els dies (As mulheres e os dias), de 1968. O volume reúne 114 poemas breves, a exceção de "In memoriam" e "Poema inacabat".

Nas suas poesias se destacam, sobretudo, a métrica e a ironia, caracterizadas por uma poesia assai realista, na qual se encontram até mesmo coloquialismos. Do mesmo modo, nas suas poesias é frequente uso de temas quotidianos e o distanciamento das formas retóricas e das expressão artificiosas, próprio da lírica hispânica dos anos sessenta.

Em sua obra podemos distinguir três etapas: a primeira chamada poética, na qual o tema principal é a literatura; a segunda na qual o autor trata o tema da observação social; a terceira e última composta por várias subetapas. Em uma dessas subetapas o autor fala de suas experiências pessoais, fala sobre a morte e sobre a moral, e faz reflexões sobre o passo do tempo. Já em outra, Ferrater reflexiona sobre o amor e o erotismo (tema muito comum em suas poesias).

Ferrater é conhecido como poeta, e é na poesia que ele revela todo o seu potencial. Todavia ele fez também muitas traduções e muitas críticas de arte. Uma parte delas reunidas em Papers, cartes, paraules, 1986. A sua importância no ambiente intelectual catalão da segunda metade do século XX vem sendo cada vez mais reconhecida.

Livros
 Dá nuces pueris, 1960; reed.: Empúries, 1987.
 Menja't uma cama, 1962; reed.: Empúries, 1997.
 Teoria dels cossos, 1966; reed.: Empúries, 1989.
 Does-lhes i els dies, Edicions 62, 1968. Versão castelhana As mulheres e nos dias, Seix-Barral, 1979, por P. Gimferrer, J.A. Goytisolo e J.M. Valverde.

 A poesia de Carles Beira, 1979.
 Sobre literatura, 1979.
 Sobre pintura, 1981.
 Sobre o llenguatge, Quaderns creme, 1981.
 Papers, cartes, paraules, Quaderns creme, 1986. Tr. Notícias de livros, Península, 2000

Referências
 Arthur Terry, Prólogo às mulheres e nos dias, Seix-Barral, 1979, pg. IX-LIV.
 Joan Ferraté, Prefacio a Papers, cartes, paraules, Quaderns creme, 1986.
 Ignacio Echevarría: "Relatórios de um leitor", O País, 15-7-2000.
 Ramon Gomis, O Gabriel Ferrater de Reus. Barcelona: Proa, 1998.
 Xavier Macià i Núria Perpinyà. A poesia de Gabriel Ferrater. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1986.
 Justo Navarro: "F." Anagrama, Barcelona, 2003.

Enlaces externos
 Página dedicada a Gabriel Ferrater, em lletrA, o espaço de literatura catalã da Universitat Oberta de Cataluña, em castelhano.
Escritores da Catalunha
Mortos em 1972
Nascidos em 1922
Poetas da Catalunha
Suicidas da Espanha
Suicídios por overdose
Tradutores da Catalunha
Tradutores da língua alemã


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Heinz Keil (* 1932 in Erfurt; † unbekannt) war ein deutscher Radrennfahrer und nationaler Meister im Radsport.

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Keil wurde Anfang der 1950er Jahre Berufsfahrer in der DDR, bestritt ausschließlich Bahnrennen, da in der DDR keine Straßenrennen für Profis stattfanden. Er gehörte zu den letzten Berufsfahrern, ehe der Berufsradsport in der DDR dort 1956 offiziell verboten wurde. In seiner letzten Saison als Berufsfahrer gewann er drei Steherrennen. Im April 1954 ließ er sich reamateurisieren und schloss sich der BSG Post Berlin an.

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Q: How Can I Make generic Service Provider calls in C#? Imagine I Have a Provider that provides me with a number of methods I can call remotely.
MyProviderManager.Provider.CallMyFunction(int x, int y, int z);

I Have a class that is used by several ways that specific variables are created in another classes that extends it.
For Example
[DataContract, Serializable]
public class InfoStatusServices
{
        [DataMember]
        public int Id { get; set; }

        [DataMember]
        public char TypeService { get; set; }

        [DataMember]
        public string IdUser { get; set; }

        [DataMember]
        public bool ResultStatus { get; set; }
}

And One extending it
[DataContract, Serializable]
public class InfoStatusServicesXPTO : InfoStatusServices
{
    [DataMember]
    public decimal? Balance { get; set; }
}

My question is, assuming there are a couple of different types of methods that use the class InfoStatusServices
MyProviderManager.Provider.CallMyFunctionDark(InfoStatusServices info);
MyProviderManager.Provider.CallMyFunctionBlue(InfoStatusServices info);

Is there a proper way where I Can make a generic method for calling these instead of creating methods for all colours?

A: You can create Color enumeration:
public enum Color
{
      None = 0, Black = 1, ...
}

and then you can use this argument as second parameter. So methods with same signature depending on colors can be epxressed as single method:
.CallMyFunction(InfoStatusServices info, Color color)

So calling this method for black color will like this:
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