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Microsoft Now Selling Surface 3, Provides Surface, Surface 2 Trade-In Program
By Seth Colaner, Kevin Parrish
Back in March, Microsoft introduced the Surface 3 tablet, the company's "thinnest and lightest" Surface tablet to date. The big deal with this device is that it isn't based on Windows RT and an ARM-based chip, but rather the full-blown version of Windows 8.1 and Intel's Atom processor.
Customers can now purchase this tablet and its accessories through the online Microsoft Store (opens in new tab), Microsoft's brick-and-mortar stores, and select retailers such as Best Buy and Costco.
In addition to the Surface 3's availability, Microsoft also announced the launch of a trade-in program (opens in new tab). For a limited time only, customers with the Surface RT or Surface 2 can bring their tablet into a Microsoft Store and receive up to $150 towards the purchase of a Surface 3. You can also perform the trade-in online by heading here (opens in new tab).
Without reading too much into it, this trade-in deal makes it seem as though Microsoft is tacitly acknowledging that earlier Windows RT Surface devices need to be replaced. Windows RT was a colossal failure for Redmond, and although Surface devices themselves proved to be high-enough quality, Microsoft has clearly moved on from Windows RT/ARM. So much so, in fact, that it wants to get older Surface devices off the streets and put the hot new Surface 3 into as many willing hands as possible.
Here's how it works: First, customers select the tablet they currently own: the Surface RT (2012), the Surface 2 (2013) or the Surface 2 with 4G (2013). Next, customers must appraise their device. Is it working? Is the customer trading in accessories? Click the "working" choice, and customers will see a pop-up explaining what qualifies as "working." For example, the screen must not have cracks or dead pixels, and the cursor must respond normally to touch.
Once consumers answer all the questions, they click the calculate button. As an experiment, we chose "working," selected the power adapter and touch cover keyboard and selected 64 GB for the capacity. This produced a $100 redemption code that could be applied to the Surface 3 purchase. Of course, it's up to Microsoft to determine the exact condition and the final value, which they will do when the tablet is in their hands. Once the tablet has been evaluated, the company will send a promo code by email. Simply use this code when purchasing the Surface 3.
To celebrate the launch of the Surface 3, Microsoft is also offering a 10 percent discount to students who are looking to purchase the Surface 3 or other Microsoft products.
Microsoft is selling the Surface 3 in two configurations: 64 GB of internal storage with 2 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage with 4 GB of RAM. Both models include a 10.8-inch ClearType display with a 1920 x 1280 resolution and support for the Surface Pen. Backing this screen is an Intel quad-core Atom x7-Z8700 (Cherry Trail) processor (1.6 GHz, 2.4 GHz burst) and a battery promising up to 10 hours on a single charge. Other hardware details include an 8MP camera on the back, a 3.5MP camera on the front and Wireless AC connectivity.
To purchase the Surface 3, head here (opens in new tab). The Wi-Fi-based model with 64 GB of storage and 2 GB of RAM costs $499. For $100 more, customers can purchase the 128 GB / 4 GB RAM / Wi-Fi model. There's also two 4G LTE models that are listed as "coming soon."
The Surface 3 Type Cover (opens in new tab) costs an additional $129.99.
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Seth Colaner
bmwman91
Sign me up! Looks like I found a good use for my Surface RT. It has actually served me well over the years. Since MS makes a Remote Desktop application for the Surface RT, it actually proved to be mega useful for me when I was traveling since I could just RD into my home machine and use "real" Windows while carrying a nice, light machine around.
razor512
It seems like an overly high trade in requirement since the unless you have many (like 8+) dead pixels, they will not RMA the device. Thus their trade in requirement are more stringent than their quality guarantees for their devices.
15807648 said:
Perhaps so. Since mine is in perfect condition, and I would really like to be able to run x86 software, it seems like a pretty good deal. As far as dead pixels, I don't think that I have ever had one on a laptop (granted, I have never once bought a consumer-grade machine: they have all been Thinkpads and Elitebooks). The last screen I ran into with a dead pixel was a brand new 24" monitor back in 2007. Anyway, I am not saying that they don't exist, but QC for LCD screens has improved dramatically in the last decade and I almost never have to deal with warranty repairs for screens. The last time I needed to warranty a screen, it was a 2008 Thinkpad with an IPS/Flexview display which apparently had a known issue where dust could get between the pixels and screen filter causing black areas.
RedJaron
I highly recommend the 4GB RAM version. I've got a 2GB Win 8.1 tablet and running out of RAM is a regular problem when I've got more than a few browser tabs open.
rexter
I agree that more RAM is good specially when browsing with multiple tabs.
Indeed. It is a little weird that there still is 2 gig option. Why not 4 or 8 gig. The ssd size is quite good actually.
ubercake
I select any combo of Surface RT and either keyboard or no keyboard or both keyboards and still get $100.
Indeed. It is a Littellin weird that there still is 2gig option. Why not 4 or 8 gig. The ssd size is quite good actually.
I don't think it's weird. 2GB is fine for people that use it casually. Those who want to push the device more ( such as many folks on these forums, ) will be better served with 4GB, which is why I recommended it. Throwing in 8GB is overkill. It's a 32-bit OS anyway. Using a 64-bit OS eats up more storage space. And don't forget the CPU's limitation. If you're doing work that needs 8GB RAM, that's generally not a task a 2W CPU can keep up with. You'd need a laptop, ultrabook, or SP3 for that kind of horsepower.
Sure, it'd be nice to have a 4GB/64GB version, but that would mean very few people would want the 4GB/128GB version. Same reason you won't find an i3/128GB version of the SP3: it'd cannibalize sales of the i5 versions.
32bit version? Why? It maybe eats a little bit more memory, but still...
I love my Surface RT which I literally inherited, but I would not have bought it with my own cash. I really think MS needs to offer pricing on the Surface 3 at around $300 to compete with like products with like configurations.
It's really hard to take the Surface 3 seriously when there are things like the Asus T100 (comes with a keyboard/dock) for so much less money at around $350. When you consider what it really costs to even buy the low-end Surface 3 when you throw the $120 keyboard in the mix, you're talking about a $620+ entry point for a tablet. That's not good. Even with this discount, you're still looking at a near $500 device (with the keyboard) with only a 1-year warranty. If MS is going for a premium market, they need to offer a 3-year warrant and treat their customers like they're dealing with a premium product. If they won't back their product for more than a year, they need to drop the price down between $300-$400 with the keyboard.
Pricing on the Pro models is a different story, but the Surface 3 is the new entry point into their products. They need to compete price-wise or get out of that particular low-end market the Surface 3 sits in.
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SOLOS: A Mixed-Bag with a Must-See – Amazon Prime Review
Amazon Prime brings us a Pandemic show that has its ups and downs.
It's an anthology of sci-fi stories with each episode being composed (mostly) of a single character. They range from a time-traveler talking to herself, an older woman venturing alone into the edges of space, a man meeting his double, a woman who doesn't remember why she's in a waiting room, to a woman who hasn't left her home in twenty years because of a pandemic. The themes often involve death, time, or, weirdly, farting. The stars are: Anne Hathaway, Anthony Mackie, Helen Mirren, Uzo Aduba, Constance Wu, Nicole Beharie, Dan Stevens, and Morgan Freeman.
Naturally, Morgan Freeman narrates.
So, when this show started, I really liked the first episode. After all, it's Anne Hathaway talking to herself and Anne Hathaway is just so darn fun and charming that adding more of her is still a great time. The jokes can be a bit hackneyed, but, again, when Anne Hathaway is being hackneyed, she does it with such sincerity that you really believe it and you'll laugh even at jokes about 2019 pop culture. The second episode, though, blew me away. Not only is Anthony Mackie hilarious when talking to himself, when it comes time to do the dramatic moments, he makes you feel it. He feels like a man genuinely trying to convey how much he values his family and how much he regrets not doing it sooner. He's trying to tell himself about what made his life great and that it wasn't what he expected. It broke me a bit, to be honest.
The man has talent.
Unfortunately, while the rest of the episodes continue to bring great performers out, it seems like the scripts started running dry after that. A lot of jokes are kind of repeated (So. Many. Fart. Jokes.), a lot of the themes get run into the ground, and, honestly, the show starts relying too much on the settings rather than just using them to explore human emotions. Uzo Aduba's episode, which focuses on a woman who has been living in her house since a global pandemic mandated isolation, might have been funny but it really hit too close to home right now.
Hathaway wins the best set, though.
Overall, the show itself isn't the best thing out there, but you really should watch the first two episodes. The second one for sure.
Posted on May 30, 2021 May 30, 2021 Author jokeronthesofaCategories Amazon Prime ReviewTags Amazon Prime Review, Anne Hathaway, Anthony Mackie, Constance Wu, Dan Stevens, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Nicole Beharie, Solos, Uzo Aduba
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Farm to Feet, makers or 100% American socks, has teamed up with Great Outdoor Provision Co. in support of the retailer's 10th Annual Coat Swap that benefits local organizations that provide services to those in need. Customers who donate a gently used coat at any of the outdoor retailer's nine locations between October 29 and November 1, receive a 20% discount off the purchase of a new coat.
Over the past ten years, Great Outdoor Provision Co. and its customers have provided over 15,000 coats to local organizations including the Raleigh Rescue Mission (http://www.raleighrescue.org) that provides hope and life-changing help to area homeless and hurting individuals.
Those interested in donating a coat can do so during normal business hours at the Great Outdoor Provisions' Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Chapel-Hill, Raleigh, Greenville and Wilmington, NC and Charlottesville and Virginia Beach, VA locations.
The 20% discount is good towards the purchase of a pre-selected range of outerwear. For information on the specific jackets that qualify for the discount, store hours and directions visit http://www.greatoutdoorprovision.com.
Celebrating over 40 years of adventure, the Raleigh-based specialty retailer has shops located in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Chapel-Hill, Raleigh, Greenville and Wilmington, NC and Charlottesville and Virginia Beach, VA. The outfitter is known for their creaky wood floors, good-natured staff and the best outdoor equipment, such as kayaks, canoes, fly-fishing tackle, climbing gear and specialty outdoor clothing. Learn more at greatoutdoorprovision.com.


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package org.xtuml.bp.xtext.masl.ui.document;

import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.IDocument;
import org.eclipse.ui.IEditorInput;
import org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractDocumentProvider;
import org.eclipse.xtend2.lib.StringConcatenation;
import org.eclipse.xtext.ui.editor.model.XtextDocument;
import org.eclipse.xtext.ui.editor.model.XtextDocumentProvider;
import org.eclipse.xtext.util.StringInputStream;
import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.Exceptions;
import org.xtuml.bp.core.Ooaofooa;
import org.xtuml.bp.core.UserDataType_c;
import org.xtuml.bp.core.common.ModelRoot;
import org.xtuml.bp.core.common.NonRootModelElement;
import org.xtuml.bp.ui.text.AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput;

@SuppressWarnings("all")
public class MaslDocumentProvider extends XtextDocumentProvider {
  @Override
  public String getEncoding(final Object element) {
    try {
      String _xifexpression = null;
      if ((element instanceof AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput)) {
        IFile _file = ((AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput)element).getFile();
        _xifexpression = _file.getCharset();
      } else {
        _xifexpression = super.getEncoding(element);
      }
      return _xifexpression;
    } catch (Throwable _e) {
      throw Exceptions.sneakyThrow(_e);
    }
  }

  @Override
  protected boolean setDocumentContent(final IDocument document, final IEditorInput editorInput, final String encoding) throws CoreException {
    boolean _xifexpression = false;
    if ((editorInput instanceof AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput)) {
      boolean _xblockexpression = false;
      {
        StringInputStream _extendedInputStream = this.getExtendedInputStream(((AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput)editorInput));
        super.setDocumentContent(document, _extendedInputStream, encoding);
        this.setDocumentResource(((XtextDocument) document), editorInput, encoding);
        _xblockexpression = true;
      }
      _xifexpression = _xblockexpression;
    } else {
      _xifexpression = super.setDocumentContent(document, editorInput, encoding);
    }
    return _xifexpression;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isDeleted(final Object element) {
    boolean _xifexpression = false;
    if ((element instanceof AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput)) {
      return false;
    } else {
      _xifexpression = super.isDeleted(element);
    }
    return _xifexpression;
  }

  public StringInputStream getExtendedInputStream(final AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput editorInput) {
    StringConcatenation _builder = new StringConcatenation();
    String _prefix = this.getPrefix(editorInput);
    _builder.append(_prefix, "");
    _builder.newLineIfNotEmpty();
    String _editable = this.getEditable(editorInput);
    _builder.append(_editable, "");
    _builder.newLineIfNotEmpty();
    String _suffix = this.getSuffix(editorInput);
    _builder.append(_suffix, "");
    _builder.newLineIfNotEmpty();
    return new StringInputStream(_builder.toString());
  }

  private String getDomain(final NonRootModelElement context) {
    IFile _file = context.getFile();
    final IPath fullPath = _file.getFullPath();
    String _xifexpression = null;
    int _segmentCount = fullPath.segmentCount();
    boolean _greaterThan = (_segmentCount > 2);
    if (_greaterThan) {
      _xifexpression = fullPath.segment(2);
    } else {
      _xifexpression = fullPath.segment(0);
    }
    return _xifexpression;
  }

  public String getHeader(final AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput editorInput) {
    String _xblockexpression = null;
    {
      final NonRootModelElement modelElement = editorInput.getModelElement();
      String _switchResult = null;
      boolean _matched = false;
      if (!_matched) {
        if (modelElement instanceof UserDataType_c) {
          _matched=true;
          _switchResult = null;
        }
      }
      if (!_matched) {
        String _prefix = this.getPrefix(editorInput);
        _switchResult = _prefix.trim();
      }
      _xblockexpression = _switchResult;
    }
    return _xblockexpression;
  }

  public String getPrefix(final AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput editorInput) {
    String _xblockexpression = null;
    {
      final NonRootModelElement modelElement = editorInput.getModelElement();
      String _switchResult = null;
      boolean _matched = false;
      if (!_matched) {
        if (modelElement instanceof UserDataType_c) {
          _matched=true;
          StringConcatenation _builder = new StringConcatenation();
          _builder.append("domain ");
          NonRootModelElement _modelElement = editorInput.getModelElement();
          String _domain = this.getDomain(_modelElement);
          _builder.append(_domain, "");
          _builder.append(" is");
          _builder.newLineIfNotEmpty();
          _builder.append("\t");
          _builder.append("type ");
          String _name = ((UserDataType_c)modelElement).getName();
          _builder.append(_name, "\t");
          _builder.append(";");
          _builder.newLineIfNotEmpty();
          _builder.append("\t");
          _builder.append("type ");
          String _name_1 = ((UserDataType_c)modelElement).getName();
          _builder.append(_name_1, "\t");
          _builder.append(" is ");
          _builder.newLineIfNotEmpty();
          _switchResult = _builder.toString();
        }
      }
      if (!_matched) {
        StringConcatenation _builder = new StringConcatenation();
        ModelRoot _modelRoot = modelElement.getModelRoot();
        String _Get_formatted_body = Ooaofooa.Get_formatted_body(_modelRoot, modelElement, true);
        _builder.append(_Get_formatted_body, "");
        _builder.append(" ");
        _builder.newLineIfNotEmpty();
        _switchResult = _builder.toString();
      }
      _xblockexpression = _switchResult;
    }
    return _xblockexpression;
  }

  public String getEditable(final AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput editorInput) {
    try {
      return editorInput.getPropertyValue();
    } catch (Throwable _e) {
      throw Exceptions.sneakyThrow(_e);
    }
  }

  public String getSuffix(final AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput editorInput) {
    String _xblockexpression = null;
    {
      final NonRootModelElement modelElement = editorInput.getModelElement();
      String _switchResult = null;
      boolean _matched = false;
      if (!_matched) {
        if (modelElement instanceof UserDataType_c) {
          _matched=true;
          StringConcatenation _builder = new StringConcatenation();
          _builder.append(";");
          _builder.newLine();
          _builder.append("end;");
          _builder.newLine();
          _switchResult = _builder.toString();
        }
      }
      if (!_matched) {
        _switchResult = "";
      }
      _xblockexpression = _switchResult;
    }
    return _xblockexpression;
  }

  /**
   * The following 3 variables are used to assure the call into
   * BridgePoint to persist a MASL action body is not blocked on the
   * Workspace monitor lock. The boolean, bridgePointSave, is used to
   * flag that a documentSave was requested in the MASL editor. This
   * request comes to this class via a save operation handled in executeOperation().
   * executeOperation()'s default implementation is to create a workspace
   * lock and call doSaveDocument(). BridgePoint's save implementation
   * involves a BridgePoint transaction which creates a thread to complete the
   * transaction, it deadlocks if this thread already holds the workspace lock.
   * Therefore, we simply have this class's doSaveDcoument() flag that a save
   * has been requested, and allow the processing to occur back in
   * executeOperation() when there is no lock.
   *
   * @see https://support.onefact.net/issues/10161
   */
  private volatile boolean bridgePointSave;

  private AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput bridgePointSave_inputElement;

  private String bridgePointSave_elementDefinition;

  @Override
  protected void doSaveDocument(final IProgressMonitor monitor, final Object element, final IDocument document, final boolean overwrite) throws CoreException {
    try {
      this.bridgePointSave = false;
      if ((element instanceof AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput)) {
        String _prefix = this.getPrefix(((AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput)element));
        final int prefixLength = _prefix.length();
        int _length = document.getLength();
        String _suffix = this.getSuffix(((AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput)element));
        int _length_1 = _suffix.length();
        int _minus = (_length - _length_1);
        int _minus_1 = (_minus - prefixLength);
        String _get = document.get(prefixLength, _minus_1);
        final String editable = _get.trim();
        String _xifexpression = null;
        boolean _and = false;
        NonRootModelElement _modelElement = ((AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput)element).getModelElement();
        if (!(_modelElement instanceof UserDataType_c)) {
          _and = false;
        } else {
          boolean _endsWith = editable.endsWith(";");
          _and = _endsWith;
        }
        if (_and) {
          int _length_2 = editable.length();
          int _minus_2 = (_length_2 - 1);
          _xifexpression = editable.substring(0, _minus_2);
        } else {
          _xifexpression = editable;
        }
        final String newDefinition = _xifexpression;
        this.bridgePointSave_elementDefinition = newDefinition;
        this.bridgePointSave_inputElement = ((AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput) element);
        this.bridgePointSave = true;
      } else {
        super.doSaveDocument(monitor, element, document, overwrite);
      }
    } catch (Throwable _e) {
      throw Exceptions.sneakyThrow(_e);
    }
  }

  @Override
  protected void executeOperation(final AbstractDocumentProvider.DocumentProviderOperation operation, final IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException {
    this.bridgePointSave = false;
    super.executeOperation(operation, monitor);
    if (this.bridgePointSave) {
      ((AbstractModelElementPropertyEditorInput) this.bridgePointSave_inputElement).setPropertyValue(this.bridgePointSave_elementDefinition);
    }
  }

  @Override
  protected void doSynchronize(final Object element, final IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException {
    boolean _mustSaveDocument = this.mustSaveDocument(element);
    boolean _not = (!_mustSaveDocument);
    if (_not) {
      super.doSynchronize(element, monitor);
    }
  }
}

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The PowerBlock U32 Adjustable Dumbbells are an innovative product, allowing you to adjust the weight of your dumbbells between 2-15kg without the need of a full rack of separately weighted dumbbells. Part of the PowerBlock urethane-coated Pro series, these dumbbells can be quickly and easily adjusted during your strength workout using flex pin and flex plate technology. The weight can be changed in increments to give the following weight per hand: 2kg, 4kg, 6kg, 7kg, 9kg, 11kg, 13kg and 15kg. If you had a pair of traditional dumbbells for each of these weight increments, you would need 8 pairs of dumbbells weighing 134kg in total. The PowerBlock U32 adjustable dumbbells gives you all this in just one pair. The weight plates are extra durable, will not shatter if dropped and are perfect for home use, rehabilitation, group classes or by personal trainers.


Kevin is a young footballer who recently made a multimillion deal by transferring to FC Barcelona. Il réalise à peine ce qui lui arrive. Trop jeune, trop riche, trop belle. His girlfriend Elza knows how Kevin should spend his millions. Elle attend avec impatience son anniversaire où Kevin va lui poser la question la plus importante de toutes. Kevin's grandmother Karla observes it all from the sidelines with concern. Fortunately there is the down-to-earth event planner Lizzy who shows Kevin the meaning of true love.
Plot: A vacation to Ibiza with a lot of parties. A part of a family lives on the island and the rest is visiting and that causes a lot of drama.


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Installation of a neutral municipal fiber optic network that reaches all homes, shops and industry
City/Region : Ermua (Ayuntamiento de Ermua) , Spain
This is a strategic city project in accordance with the municipal innovation strategy of the City of Ermua, which is committed to the diversification of the economic fabric and sustainable development as well as an improvement in the efficiency of municipal public services. It is also in accordance with the strategy defined by Rist 3 in terms of advanced industry 4.0, digital economy and commitment to social services. Investment and commissioning has been carried out throughout the municipality and fiber optic cables have just been installed in Mallabia. Gotondo polygon and wifi off load are pending.
Urban mobilitySocial inclusion and integrationLocal economies and employment
Guarantee equal access to information & digital services
Ermua is an industrial municipality very dependent on the automotive sector, so in the strategy of innovation of the municipality of Ermua we have planned for innovation of this sector and for creating the conditions for the Rist line 3- Advanced industry 4.0 and innovation to be a reality in our municipality and environment, through optical fiber and the AIC (Automotive Intelligence Center) project. The IZARRA CENTER (a knowledge management building and business incubator) is also committed to attracting new companies and sectors such as digital economy, circular economy, big data, Internet of things, etc. Likewise, we are committed to entrepreneurship thanks to IZARRA CENTER and fiber optics.
Strategy Ermua
Http://www.ermua.es/pags/ayuntamiento/ca_strategia_acciongobierno.asp
IZARRA CENTER knowledge management building and nursery
Http://www.izarracentre.com/en/index.aspx
Neutral fiber optic network. FIBERMUA
http://www.fibermua.com/es/index.aspx
AIC (Automotive Intelligence Center).
Http://www.aicenter.eu/cas/index.aspx
In 2010, Ermua won the City of Science and Innovation award from the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain for its innovation strategy, which has enabled us to be in the network of innovative cities in Spain (Red innpulso) of which we form part of its governing council. In 2013 we obtained the renewal of this candidature whose document we also attach. In this strategy based on innovation, both organizational, economic, social and city, numerous agents participated and lent their support to our candidature. Among others were the following:
ASSOCIATION CLUSTER OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY, GAIA, AUTOMOTIVE CLUSTER ASSOCIATION, ACICAE, TECNALIA, UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL ENGINEERING OF EIBAR (UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY), SCHOOL OF ARMERIA OF EIBAR, ASSOCIATION OF ERMUA ENTREPRENEURS, ETC.
Several strategic projects were approved, among others the investment and implementation of a neutral fiber optic network that reaches all homes, shops and industries in Ermua and now also the municipality of Mallabia. All this is done through the public company of the City of Ermua Promosa for an approximate amount of 5 million Euros. The investments that will be carried out over the 2016-2017 period is about 400,000 Euros. The recovery of all this investment is expected through the acquisition of clients since the public company acts as a private investor. We already have 4 new operators, 1,000 residential customers, businesses and industries and rent dark fiber to companies like Vodafone and Orange. We have managed to attract 40 small businesses and 100 jobs to the Izarra Center building in sectors based on innovation, technology and circular economy.
The financing has been approximately 50% own resources, 50% long-term loans. In addition to the traditional operators that exist across Spain, in Ermua there are four other operators that operate through our network, thereby improving price, service and efficiency by having greater competition. Citizens, shops and businesses can choose from a greater number of operators offering different services. In addition, we will have a technological platform on which to support different smart projects that allow us to obtain more information to improve decision making (smart grids, security, social services, etc.)
In addition to the traditional operators that exist across Spain, in Ermua there are four other operators that operate through our network, thereby improving price, service and efficiency by having greater competition. Citizens, shops and businesses can choose from a greater number of operators offering different services. As for the internet service itself, there is a real fiber optic service which has increased the speed considerably and allowing services like videoconference, e-commerce, virtual stores (Orbea), services cloud, connectivity etc. The network is currently supporting internet services with 100 megabytes upload and 1000 megabytes download speeds, which is also scalable. Before this investment the services were operating at speeds of 1.5 mega upload and 20 megas download in the best case.
Currently we have 1,000 customers (homes, shops and companies) and rent dark fiber to Vodafone and Orange.
Both with this project and with the Izarra Center building we have attracted 40 small companies, 10 of which are entrepreneurs from sectors that otherwise Ermua would not have come with the corresponding jobs (approximately 100) and with the real possibilities of growth and future generation of jobs.
Technological infrastructure that will allow us from now on to promote smart projects (economy, socio-sanitary, smart grids, security) that allow the municipality to be more efficient and allow us to obtain contrasted and interrelated information to improve decision making. There have been improvements in competitiveness, productivity, generation of added value and impact on the economy of ICT (Strategic Lines of the Avanza Plan).
There are also reduced telecommunication bills with better service.
Attraction of 40 new small businesses and 100 new generation jobs in sectors based on innovation, digital economy, big data in IZARRA CENTER. Together with the industrial land promotion project (45,000 m2 building), it is committed to Industry 4.0 and generating 500-800 new jobs in Ermua and surroundings. Attraction of new industrial companies.
Improvement of the technology and telecommunications competitiveness of companies and businesses already located in Ermua and Mallabia.
Improved efficiency of public services with a greater reduction in the cost of telecommunications.
Deployment of a public technological platform on which we can implement sensors, technology, devices, etc. to improve decision making (transparency). All this is possible in different areas such as security, smart grids, monitoring of electricity services, social health services and monitoring and care of the elderly. Healthcare monitoring includes monitoring of chronic and pluripathological patients from their homes that allows the provision of socio-health services in a more efficient way, which is especially valuable in the context of an aging population.
All this is allowing us to define today the strategy of smart city Ermua 2020 that we attach and in which we identify different public projects of interaction of databases and of public-private collaboration that will be supported by the neutral network of optical fiber and that will enable integrated information services that will improve the decision making processes. All these decisions can be adopted from the technological independence by having the municipal fiber optic network infrastructure.
We have also attracted new customers, approximately 400 each year. 3000 new customers are expected by 2020. It would imply a market penetration share of approximately 50%.
It improves productivity and competitiveness as a consequence of the introduction of new technologies and public-private collaboration.
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Michael Cassidy (né le ) est un homme politique provincial et fédéral canadien de l'Ontario.

Biographie
Né à Victoria en Colombie-Britannique, Michael Cassidy a étudié au Trinity College de l'Université de Toronto et à la London School of Economics. Il travaille ensuite comme journaliste au Financial Times d'Ottawa. Son père,  (1900-1951), fut un membre fondateur du Parti social démocratique du Canada (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation).

Politique

Politique municipale
Cassidy entame sa carrière politique en servant brièvement comme conseiller municipal de la ville d'Ottawa de janvier 1970 à 1971.

Politique provinciale
Élu député du Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario dans Ottawa-Centre en 1971, il est réélu lors des élections de 1975 qui place le NPD en tant qu'opposition officielle d'un gouvernement minoritaire sous la direction de Stephen Lewis.

Réélu dans ça circonscription en 1977, mais son parti relégué en troisième place, Lewis démissionne alors de la chefferie. Cassidy tente alors sa chance lors de la course à la chefferie en  contre Ian Deans et Michael Breaugh. Élu chef, il eut de la difficulté à succéder à Lewis considéré comme un chef charismatique et dynamique, alors que Cassidy passait pour un chef au tempérament plus aride et n'ayant pas la pleine confiance de l'état-major du parti.

Après les élections de 1981, durant laquelle Cassidy est réélu difficilement dans sa circonscription alors que son parti passait de 33 à 21 siège à l'Assemblée législative, il démissionne de la chefferie et est remplacé par Bob Rae. L'ancien chef néo-démocrate, Donald C. MacDonald, décrivit le leadership de Cassidy comme un intermède malheureux pour lui et le parti.

Politique fédérale
Ayant démission de la politique provinciale en 1984, il est élu la même année député néo-démocrate de la circonscription fédérale d'Ottawa-Centre. Il est défait par le libéral  en 1988.

Après la politique
Durant le début des années 1990, il est nommé par le gouvernement Rae au conseil d'Ontario Hydro. Renvoyé sans préavis par le gouvernement Harris en , il est réembauché par décision de la court en peu après. Opposé au plan de restructuration des Conservateur de Harris, il demeure directeur jusqu'en 1997.

Résultats électoraux

Liens externes

Chef du Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario
Député du Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario
Député du Nouveau Parti démocratique
Député fédéral canadien provenant de l'Ontario
Conseillers municipaux d'Ottawa
Étudiant de la London School of Economics
Étudiant de l'Université de Trinity College (Canada)
Étudiant de l'Université de Toronto
Élève de l'Upper Canada College
Naissance en mai 1937
Naissance à Victoria (Colombie-Britannique)

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These types of solicitations are routine, but every once in a while you'll field an entreaty for something truly bizarre.
Everyone wants something from your boss: protecting your employer from too much "love"
This is a serious book, but there is plenty of visual humor--from the photo of the baby polar bear suspended mid-dive, to the kangaroo scratching its belly, to the saucer-eyed loris accompanied by the entreaty at the end, "and now it's up to you.
A disturbing silent entreaty evolved, only casually relating to the other material, channeling a host of issues without defining them.
IN appealing to councillor Goodway not to take inflation busting pay increases, Mr Bragg's entreaty (Viewpoints, May 3) will fall upon the deaf ears of the above and the rest of our overpaid councillors, one is certain.
Mitzna refused the entreaty, saying that he is not motivated by the good of his party, but rather the good of the country.
But the minister's entreaty omits one important point - motorists can't be expected to shell out as much as pounds 1,000 on an LPG conversion when skinflint Gordon Brown refuses to freeze duty beyond 2004.
The entreaty worked; Marseille was spared and the consecration set a critical precedent.
How can she refuse the team leader's entreaty to be more cooperative with her team members?
They would, in fact, do well to heed the entreaty of Shakespeare's Henry V, who opted to "imitate the action of the tiger, stiffen the sinews, conjure up the blood.
But the question ultimately does not arise because reparations talk is rooted in a different kind of politics, a politics of elite-brokerage and entreaty to the ruling class and its official conscience, the philanthropic foundations, for racial side-payments.
The dramatic segment ends with an entreaty to parents to talk with their children about drugs.
Annan's call to industry was little more than an entreaty, however, and like various international agreements and protocols, does not require companies to raise environmental performance standards.


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Q: PHP Notice: Array to string conversion in I cannot seem to figure this out. I wrote a PHP script and I keep getting a Array to string conversion in... Notice as an error when trying to execute the postgres query:
$tables = array(array('a','table1'),array('c','table2'));
$table = $tables[0][1];
$query = "SELECT * FROM " . $table . " WHERE id = :id LIMIT 1";
$select = $dbconn->prepare($query);
$id = $_GET['id'];
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I am using PostgreSQL version 9.2.1 and the latest PHP

A: PDOStatement::errorInfo() returns an array, but you are directly echoing it, which will always result in the string Array.  You must store its returned array, and access the components you wish to read:
$err = $select->errorInfo();
print_r($err);

// Example as lifted from PHP docs linked above:
PDO::errorInfo():
Array
(
    [0] => HY000
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)

Incidentally, the E_NOTICE for array to string conversion is new in PHP 5.4.  The same code in PHP 5.3 would output Array as a string but would not issue the E_NOTICE.
Since you are using PHP 5.4, you can dereference the message [2] directly if you wish:
// 5.4+ only...
echo $select->errorInfo()[2];

Now why you are getting an error:
As to why you are entering the else block to report the error in the first place, you have a place holder for :id, but you never bound the variable $id before executing the query.
You may use
$select->execute(array(':id', $id))

Or
$select->bindParam(':id', $id, PDO::PARAM_INT); // assuming an integer $id. Use PDO::PARAM_STR for strings

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Tag: CMS experiment
The Hype Machine Deflates After CERN Data Shows No New Particle
This summer in Chicago, from August 3rd until the 10th, theorists and experimental physicists from around the world will be participating in the International Conference of High Energy Physics (ICHEP). One of the highlights of this conference comes from CERN Laboratories, where particle physicists are showcasing the wealth of new data that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has produced so far this year.
But amidst all the excitement that comes from being able to peer into the more than 100 latest results, some bad news also had to be shared. Thanks to all the new data provided by the LHC, the chance that a new elementary particle was discovered – a possibility that had begun to appear likely eight months ago – has now faded. Too bad, because the existence of this new particle would have been groundbreaking!
The indications of this particle first appeared back in December of 2015, when teams of physicists using two of CERN's particle detectors (ATLAS and CMS) noted that the collisions performed by the LHC were producing more pairs of photons than expected, and with a combined energy of 750 gigaelectronvolts. While the most likely explanation was a statistical fluke, there was another tantalizing possibility – that they were seeing evidence of a new particle.
The ATLAS instrument, one of two general-purpose detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Credit: CERN
If this particle were in fact real, then it was likely to be a heavier version of the Higgs boson. This particle, which gives other elementary particles their mass, had been discovered in 2012 by researchers at CERN. But whereas the discover of the Higgs boson confirmed the Standard Model of Particle Physics (which has been the scientific convention for the past 50 years), the possible existence of this particle was inconsistent with it.
Another, perhaps even more exciting, theory was that the particle was the long-sought-after gravitron, the theoretical particle that acts as the "force carrier" for gravity. If indeed it was this particle, then scientists would finally have a way for explaining how General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics go together – something that has eluded them for decades and inhibited the development of a Theory of Everything (ToE).
For this reason, there has been a fair degree of excitement in the scientific community, with over 500 scientific papers produced on the subject. However, thanks to the massive amounts of data provided in the past few months, the CERN researchers were forced to announce on Friday at ICEP 2016 that there was no new evidence of a particle to be had.
The results were presented by representatives of the teams that first noticed the unusual data last December. Representing CERN's ATLAS detector, which first noted the photon pairs, was Bruno Lenzi. Meanwhile, Chiara Rovelli representing the competing team that uses the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), which confirmed the readings.
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is a general-purpose detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Credit: CERN
As they showed, the readings which indicated a bump in photon pairs last December have since gone into the flatline, removing any doubt as to whether or not it was a fluke. However, as Tiziano Campores – a spokesman for C.M.S. – was quoted by the New York Times as saying on the eve of the announcement, the teams had always been clear about this not being a likely possibility:
"We don't see anything. In fact, there is even a small deficit exactly at that point. It's disappointing because so much hype has been made about it. [But] we have always been very cool about it."
These results were also stated in a paper submitted to CERN by the C.M.S. team on the same day. And CERN Laboratories echoed these statement in a recent press release which addressed the latest data-haul being presented at ICEP 2016:
"In particular, the intriguing hint of a possible resonance at 750 GeV decaying into photon pairs, which caused considerable interest from the 2015 data, has not reappeared in the much larger 2016 data set and thus appears to be a statistical fluctuation."
This was all disappointing news, since the discovery of a new particle could have shed some light on the many questions arising out of the discovery of the Higgs boson. Ever since it was first observed in 2012, and later confirmed, scientists have been struggling to understand how it is that the very thing that gives other particles their mass could be so "light".
The Large Hadron Collider – which discovered the Higgs Boson in 2012 – appears to have confirmed the Standard Model yet again. Credit: CERN
Despite being the heaviest elementary particle – with a mass of 125 billion electron volts – quantum theory predicted that the Higgs boson had to be trillions of times heavier. In order to explain this, theoretical physicists have been wondering if in fact there are some other forces at work that keep the Higgs boson's mass at bay – i.e. some new particles. While no new exotic particles have been discovered just yet, the results so far have still been encouraging.
For instance, they showed that LHC experiments have already recorded about five times more data in the past eight months than they did in all of last year. They also offered scientists a glimpse of how subatomic particles behave at energies of 13 trillion electronvolts (13 TeV), a new level that was reached last year. This energy level has been made possible from the upgrades performed on the LHC during its two-year hiatus; prior to which, it was functioning at only half-power.
Another thing worth bragging about was the fact that the LHC surpassed all previous performance records this past June, reaching a peak luminosity of 1 billion collisions per second. Being able to conduct experiments at this energy level, and involving this many collisions, has provided LHC researchers with a large enough data set that they are able to conduct more precise measurements of Standard Model processes.
In particular, they will be able to look for anomalous particle interactions at high mass, which constitutes an indirect test for physics beyond the Standard Model – specifically new particles predicted by the theory of Supersymmetry and others. And while they have yet to discover any new exotic particles, the results so far have still been encouraging, mainly because they show that the LHC is producing more results than ever.
Data representation from the CMS experiment, showing the decay of protons into two photons (dashed yellow lines and green towers). Credit: CERN
And while discovering something that could explain the questions arising from the discovery of the Higgs bosons would have been a major breakthrough, many agree that it was simply too soon to get our hopes up. As Fabiola Gianotti, the Director-General at CERN, said:
"We're just at the beginning of the journey. The superb performance of the LHC accelerator, experiments and computing bodes extremely well for a detailed and comprehensive exploration of the several TeV energy scale, and significant progress in our understanding of fundamental physics."
For the time being, it seems we are all going to have to be patient and wait on more scientific results to be produced. And we can all take solace in the fact that, at least for now, the Standard Model still appears to be the correct one. Clearly, there are no short cuts when it comes to figuring out how the Universe works and how all its fundamental forces fit together.
Further Reading: CERN
Particle Physicists Put the Squeeze on the Higgs Boson; Look for Conclusive Results in 2012
With "freshly squeezed" plots from the latest data garnered by two particle physics experiments, teams of scientists from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, said Tuesday they had recorded "tantalizing hints" of the elusive subatomic particle known as the Higgs Boson, but cannot conclusively say it exists … yet. However, they predict that 2012 collider runs should bring enough data to make the determination.
"The very fact that we are able to show the results of very sophisticated analysis just one month after the last bit of data we used has been recorded is very reassuring," Dr. Greg Landsberg, physics coordinator for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at the LHC told Universe Today. "It tells you how quick the turnaround time is. This is truly unprecedented in the history of particle physics, with such large and complex experiments producing so much data, and it's very exciting."
For now, the main conclusion of over 6,000 scientists on the combined teams from CMS and the ATLAS particle detectors is that they were able to constrain the mass range of the Standard Model Higgs boson — if it exists — to be in the range of 116-130 GeV by the ATLAS experiment, and 115-127 GeV by CMS.
The Standard Model is the theory that explains the interactions of subatomic particles – which describes ordinary matter that the Universe is made of — and on the whole works very well. But it doesn't explain why some particles have mass and others don't, and it also doesn't describe the 96% of the Universe that is invisible.
In 1964, physicist Peter Higgs and colleagues proposed the existence of a mysterious energy field that interacts with some subatomic particles more than others, resulting in varying values for particle mass. That field is known as the Higgs field, and the Higgs Boson is the smallest particle of the Higgs field. But the Higgs Boson hasn't been discovered yet, and one of the main reasons the LHC was built was to try to find it.
To look for these tiny particles, the LHC smashes high-energy protons together, converting some energy to mass. This produces a spray of particles which are picked up by the detectors. However, the discovery of the Higgs relies on observing the particles these protons decay into rather than the Higgs itself. If they do exist, they are very short lived and can decay in many different ways. The problem is that many other processes can also produce the same results.
How can scientists tell the difference? A short answer is that if they can figure out all the other things that can produce a Higgs-like signal and the typical frequency at which they will occur, then if they see more of these signals than current theories suggest, that gives them a place to look for the Higgs.
The experiments have seen excesses in similar ranges. And as the CERN press release noted, "Taken individually, none of these excesses is any more statistically significant than rolling a die and coming up with two sixes in a row. What is interesting is that there are multiple independent measurements pointing to the region of 124 to 126 GeV."
"This is very promising," said Landsberg, who is also a professor at Brown University. "This shows that both experiments understand what is going on with their detectors very, very well. Both calibrations saw excesses at low masses. But unfortunately the nature of our process is statistical and statistics is known to play funny tricks once in a while. So we don't really know — we don't have enough evidence to know — if what we saw is a glimpse of the Higgs Boson or these are just statistical fluctuations of the Standand Model process which mimic the same type of signatures as would come if the Higgs Boson is produced."
Landsberg said the only way to cope with statistics is to get more data, and the scientists need to increase the size of the data samples considerably in order to definitely answer the question on whether the Higgs Boson exists at the mass of 125 GeV or any mass range which hasn't been excluded yet.
The good news is that loads of data are coming in 2012.
"We hope to quadruple the data sample collected this year," Landsberg said. "And that should give us enough statistical confidence to essentially solve this puzzle and tell the world whether we saw the first glimpses of the Higgs Boson. As the team showed today, we will keep increasing until we reach a level of statistical significance which is considered to be sufficient for discovery in our field."
Landsberg said that within this small range, there is not much room for the Higgs to hide. "This is very exciting, and it tells you that we are almost there. We have enough sensitivity and beautiful detectors; we need just a little bit more time and a little more data. I am very hopeful we should be able to say something definitive by sometime next year."
So the suspense is building and 2012 could be the year of the Higgs.
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Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): I congratulate the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) on securing the debate. I thank the hon. Member for Southend, West (Mr. Amess) for his concern for my career. I am not too worried about that. My career suffered long ago because I speak my mind. I propose to do the same in this debate. His difficulty was
his failure to speak his mind when the Conservatives were in power. He is still trying to draw a veil over their poor record on the NHS.
I am proud to be a vice-chairman of the Royal College of Midwives. Our midwives do a magnificent job and provide an outstanding service--perhaps the best in the world. They save many lives and I should like, as well as their wonderful service here, their skills to be exported worldwide. They provide terrific value for money, caring for two for the price of one. In more senses than one, that should be regarded as new labour.
Midwives should not be taken for granted as they are. In recent years, they have suffered a serious deterioration in pay and working conditions. The pay of midwives, nurses and health visitors has slipped behind that of comparable professions since the 1980s. As I pointed out to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on Monday, their pay has slipped over the past decade from 85 to 76 per cent. of average earnings.
There are two reasons why midwives' pay has not kept pace with other public sector pay. The first is the local pay arrangements set up by the previous Government. The trusts simply did not pay. They were prepared to pay for more managers and to become more business-oriented, but they ignored their staff and did not pay extra to nurses and midwives. The second factor is the "Changing Childbirth" report, with which I agree. It dealt with important issues that we must come back to. Greater flexibility and choice and more midwifery support are important. "Changing Childbirth" gave midwives more responsibility, but, instead of being paid more for it, many of them were paid less. They were cheated and did not even receive the minimum F grade that they were supposed to get. Some trusts paid the minimum F grade by lowering staff from G grade. That has resulted in shortages so serious that the Audit Commission questioned in its 1997 report whether there were enough midwives nationally to
"provide a safe service and adequate support to women".
The number of midwives registered with the United Kingdom Central Council has fallen by 2,500 over the past five years to the lowest figure this decade. Some 60 per cent. of qualified midwives are not practising and there is a 21 per cent. turnover rate of nurses and midwives according to the Nursing Times this month. That shows the extent of the shortages. Only one midwife in 10 is under 30. That shows the failure to recruit to midwifery. Up to 25 per cent. of midwives could retire in the next five to 10 years. That shows how serious the crisis is. Nearly 50 per cent. of midwives work part time--an increase of 13 per cent. over the past 10 years. I agree that more flexibility is needed in the service, but there is clearly a shortage.
I see that the Whip wants me to wind up within three minutes, so I shall keep my remarks brief. The shortages are serious. The increased pressures that they put on midwives have led to problems of stress in the workplace and an increase in staff sickness. Many are not staying in the profession because of that.
I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) that this is a defining moment for the Government. The NHS is vital to our society. It is much loved by the people and it is vital electorally. Getting it
right means putting all the pieces of the jigsaw in place. The Government have made a good start by putting in more cash--three times more than the Liberal Democrats asked for in their manifesto.
Mr. David Rendel (Newbury) rose--
Mr. Cohen: I am sorry, but I do not have the time.
Getting rid of the internal market and the business approach are good steps, but there are three other pieces of the jigsaw to be filled in: more beds, because they were cut too much; more training for nurses, midwives and doctors; and more pay. Proper pay is essential to attract and retain people. I repeat the call that I made earlier this week. We need a substantial pay rise above inflation for nurses and midwives.
Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon): I shall concentrate on the pay award for nurses and midwives, because that is what people will be expecting to hear about. Failing to invest in decent pay for nurses is a huge false economy. The issue is not whether the pay rise is affordable, but whether not giving a decent and fair pay rise is affordable. People do not understand why that cannot be done.
The hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mr. Purchase) talked about the loss of beds. He gave the impression that they were lost because people went around with screwdrivers dismantling them. They were lost because nurses were lost. The hardware is there, but the nurses to staff the beds are lacking. We shall not be able to increase the number of beds available in the NHS unless we bring nurses back. The beds crisis in the NHS that the Secretary of State speaks of is caused by a nursing staff crisis. We have to make the necessary investment.
It will not be acceptable for the Government to pull a stunt when the pay award is announced. Increasing pay for the lowest-paid nurses may be welcome, but it will not be enough. It will be a cheap option, because increasing the pay of the cheapest is not the same as dealing with the middle-ranking nurses, who are leaving in large numbers. Implementing the pay award in full will not be enough without some atonement for the staging of the pay award this year.
When the Conservatives staged the pay award in January 1997, the then shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the right hon. Member for Oxford, East (Mr. Smith)--the hon. Member for Southend, West (Mr. Amess) should be aware that I am the hon. Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon--roundly condemned the decision, saying that it was the price of economic failure. A year later, a Labour Government did the same. The gap between expectations and delivery demoralised nurses. Not only should the Government not stage this year's award--I do not think that they would dare--but they should return to each nurse the £250 that they lost because of the staging in 1997 and 1998 and call it a "debt of atonement". We have still not heard an apology from the Government to the nurses and to the patients who have suffered from the lack of nurses. Cash will mean more than just an apology.
The hon. Members for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) and for Leyton and Wanstead (Mr. Cohen) repeated like a broken record the arguments about the Government's generosity
in funding the NHS. There has been no such generosity over the past two years, which, added to the previous 18 years, have brought the NHS to its current state. Library figures, which the Government have never challenged, show that the Government's real-terms increase in funding for the NHS in England in 1997-98 and 1998-99 is around 2.4 per cent. per year, compared with the Conservative record over 18 years of 3.1 per cent.--a level of funding that brought the NHS to its knees. Even the generous increases to come in the next three years will produce a real-terms increase in funding over this Parliament of only 3.7 per cent. That extra 0.6 per cent. compared to the Tory record does not make the difference between saving the NHS and failing to do so. My local health service has told me that, next year, in the first year after the comprehensive spending review, it will have discretionary spending of only 1 per cent. in real terms with which to give nurses a decent pay awardabove inflation. The Government should give serious consideration to providing extra revenue from the forecast Treasury surplus to allow health authorities to fund a fair pay award for nurses and retain some extra funding for growth in services, particularly mental health services.
I conclude by urging the Government not only to be fair, but to recognise the wrongs that have been done both during their period in office and the Conservative party's period in office. They must recognise that we shall not have a decent health service unless we are prepared to pay for it. As my hon. Friend the Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey said, we must start the debate about how we are to raise the percentage of gross domestic product that we spend on the health service so that the service can meet the expectations of patients, users, relatives and carers in this country.
The Government must take urgent measures not only on pay but on the whole approach taken to nurses and midwives to ensure that the NHS is not stopped from developing by a short-sighted false economy and a shortage of the professionals upon whose hard work and dedication patients and those responsible for the running of the NHS all depend.
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): I congratulate the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) on ensuring that we have a chance to debate the staff of the NHS. I believe firmly that the Government were elected on pledges, and the backbone of our pledges was on the NHS. That is crucial, and we must never lose sight of that. In fairness to the Government, everyone should support and welcome the £21 billion that has gone towards saving the NHS. The NHS has been neglected over 18 years. It was not at the forefront of the previous Government's thinking, and their support for the NHS dropped year on year. We have seen a revival of the NHS, and we can all be proud of that £21 billion.


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Q: How to refer to model class (name) from html form to views.py with Django? I want users to be able to download a Django model which is being displayed in the app. There can be many types of models, therefore I want to generalize my code. Currently I let users download the model in excel by means of the following code in HTML:
<form id="downloadfile" method="post" action="{% url 'download_file' filename='Irrelevant.xlsx'%}">
    {% csrf_token %}
    <input type="hidden" value="Plant" name="database" />
    <input type="submit" name="downloadfile"  class="btn btn-success" value="Download Plant">
</form>

My views.py:
# Define function to download excel file using template
from database.models import Plant

def download_file(request, filename=''):
    if 'downloadfile' in request.POST:
        db_name = request.POST.get('database')
        #How to specify Plant database?
        response = xlsx_generator(Plant, db_name) #db_name is used to name the .xlsx file and is just a string.
        return response

    else:
        #some other things to do for other post requests

As you can see, I import the Plant model from database.models, and refer to it manually in the xlsx_generator. What I would like to do is refer to this imported model from the posted form so that I don't have to refer to it manually anymore. e.g.
db_model = request.POST.get('database') and then response = xlsx_generator(db_model, db_name) where db_model refers to Plant model. Can this be achieved? And if yes, how?

A: from django.conf import settings
from django.apps import apps

def get_all_models():
    model_name_list = []
    installed_apps = settings.INSTALLED_APPS[6:]
    # just exclude system app that is not installed by you
    for app in installed_apps:
        app_config = apps.get_app_config(app)
        for model in app_config.get_models():
            model_dict = dict()
            model_dict['name']: model.__name__
            model_dict['value']: model.__name__.lower()
            model_name_list.append(model_dict)
    return model_name_list

It's a kind of dynamic way to get all models from different apps in your Django project.

A: Thanks to input of @Md.Imam Hossain Roni, I now have an elegant solution to retrieve model of interest from hidden input in HTML form and pass back model information through response.
views.py
from django.apps import apps
from django.conf import settings
from database.utils import xlsx_generator
from django.http import HttpResponse

def get_all_models():
    installed_apps = settings.INSTALLED_APPS[6:]
    model_dict={}
    # just exclude system app that is not installed by you
    for app in installed_apps:
        app_config = apps.get_app_config(app)
        for model in app_config.get_models():
            model_dict[model.__name__] = model
    return model_dict

# Define function to download excel file using template
def download_file(request, filename=''):
    if 'downloadfile' in request.POST:
        db_name = request.POST.get('database')
        model_name_list=get_all_models()
        response = xlsx_generator(model_name_list[db_name], db_name)
        return response

For completeness settings.py:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'users',
    'database',
    'project_management',
]

I do wonder though, that if the model base gets very big, if this dictionary has same size of entire sqlite database, and if this will end up being problematic...


Niagara College's Canadian Food & Wine Institute (CFWI) Innovation Centre will have a strong presence at the food entrepreneur competition happening at SIAL Canada's largest North American food event April 30 – May 2 in Toronto.
The Food Scale-Up's Pitch Competition, by SIAL Canada, a leading name in the agri-food industry, offers eligible food entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their food product, or new technology related to the food manufacturing industry, to an expert jury. Food start-ups also receive one-on-one access to industry experts on business development, PR, branding, consumer trends and more.
Research & Innovation's senior food scientist, Dr. Ana Cristina Vega Lugo, will be part of the jury for the Food Scale-Up Pitch event, joining other industry leaders, retailers and technical advisors, and investors, media and other entrepreneurs from the food industry.
The CFWI Innovation Centre will also be offering a 20-hour consultation by its experts as a major prize to the winner.
Other prizes include international recognition through SIAL Canada and the global network to which it belongs, and a complimentary booth at SIAL Canada 2020.
SIAL Canada is now also the only event of its scale in Canada, with more than 1,000 national and international exhibitors from 50 countries hosting more than 18,500 buyers from Canada, the United States, and 60 other countries.
For more information about the Food Scale-Up Competition see the SIAL website.
The sugar-conscious dessert company Bald Baker has seen a rise in sales and interest in its product line this past year, says Dan Sennet, founder and industry partner for Niagara College. Last year, Bald Baker wanted to extend the shelf life, and optimize and scale-up their two cookie products, so they looked to the research team at the Canadian Food & Wine Institute (CFWI) Innovation Centre.
"We're scaling our production and our distribution and seeing lots of growth and lots of interest from larger, more national retailers," says Sennet, whose company's gmission is to offer delicious, low glycemic cookies and treats.
During the research project, the staff and student food science team at the CFWI Innovation Centre assisted Bald Baker with recipe optimization, which included: the addition of natural preservatives; identifying packaging options; exploring modified atmosphere packaging (MAP); conducting organoleptic shelf-life studies; monitoring critical variables towards optimization of organoleptic properties, while ensuring the inhibition of microbial growth; and providing labelling and regulatory guidance.
Not only vegan, but Bald Baker's treats are also baked with just 3 grams of sugar or less, making them a diabetic-friendly dessert company. They "deconstructed a normal cookie," and instead of high-calorie, nutrient-void ingredients, use nuts, healthy fats, and almond, coconut and quinoa flours, among some of the nutritious ingredients.
From this collaboration, made possible with funding by the Ontario Centres of Excellence, the company was also able to "significantly improve" their understanding of product development and production processes, and were able to commercialize two cookie products, now available through Toronto stores.
Since the project, Bald Baker is now on the shelves of Nature's Emporium, Ambrosia and are working on a possible partnership with Sobey's.
"We're also working on a fifth SKU, tentatively named the 'trail remix'," Sennet says of the fall launch.


Because most of your regular income goes to paying for living expenses, there's often no room in your budget to pay off debt. At least that's the way appears on the surface. Most of us can cut or eliminate various expenses that will provide the ability to pay off debt.
When you actually take a close look at how and where you spend your money, it can often become obvious that there's room to cut.
1. Put an immediate stop to all discretionary spending.
There isn't much you can do about your basic fixed expenses, such as your house payment, car payments, insurance premiums or even many utility bills. That forces you to focus on the spending areas that often give us the most pleasure. While we may not like cutting those either, they can be a major source of extra budget space to pay off debt.
Eating out is often a rich source of savings. It has become so normal to eat out – workday lunches, gatherings with friends, or even when you don't feel like cooking – that we may not realize that we have an option not to do it.
There are also certain recreational habits that we have, such as going to the movies and other pastimes. This isn't a pastime you have to give up for the rest of your life, but you do have to reduce or eliminate them until you get the upper hand on your debt.
2. If you don't absolutely need it, get rid of it.
One of the big problems with cable TV is that you pay for 200 channels even if you only watch 15 or 20 of them. Can you reduce the number of channels? Can you use alternative services? Could you do without TV for a few months to help you pay debt?
Cell phones are great, but they come with a lot of costly bells and whistles. For example, do you really need Internet access on your phone? Do you really need unlimited texting? Unless you need these services for business, they may be luxuries more than necessities.
Do you maintain a gym membership for a gym that you no longer attend? Do you subscribe to magazines that you don't read? Do you have memberships in organizations that you don't even participate in? If you need pay off debt, get rid of them all.
Look around your house – do you have items that you no longer need and can sell for money? This is an easy way to find extra money to pay off debt. If you haven't used the item in at least a year, it should be a candidate for sale. This includes cars that are not entirely necessary, boats and even vacation homes.
If this sounds like a lot of sacrifice, just keep in mind that a lot of extraneous spending is done in an effort to deal with stress. But if you concentrate your resources on paying off your debt, you will be removing a major source of stress. Once that stress is gone, you may not need all of the extras that you are now spending money on.
3. Stay away from your TV.
If you want to make room in your budget to knock out debt, you must eliminate or seriously reduce the amount of time you spend watching TV. In part, this will free up your time to find ways to make extra money (next section). But just as important, TV is primarily a marketing tool, that is designed to get us to buy products and services. The more time you spend watching TV, the more you'll be driven to consume.
You can save money simply by turning off your TV and doing something else. Speaking of which . . . .
4. Use your spare time to make extra money.
If you need to get out of debt, you may also need to increase your income. Blending spending cuts with increased income is the most effective way to supercharge your debt payoff.
Consider getting a part-time job or working overtime on your main job. If you have special skills, start your own side business or even offer yourself out on a contract basis. You can probably make a lot more money with either of these approaches, rather than with a part-time job. And it can often turn into a lucrative side business that will enable you to pay off your debts even faster, and then to begin building up savings.
If you need to pay off debt, you should think less about leisure time and more about productive time.
5. Stop funding your retirement plan.
Financial advisors often recoil at this recommendation, but if you are deep in debt it's a perfectly reasonable strategy. End your 401(k) contributions until your debts are paid, but be sure that you redirect the extra take-home pay into paying off your debts. Once they are paid, you can resume your contributions. This is far better than withdrawing money from your account (incurring tax liabilities) or taking a loan against it (replacing debt with debt).
6. No vacations until your debts are under control.
To many people, an annual vacation has become an expected part of life. But if you have substantial debt, you should let go of that notion until your debts are paid. Even a fairly simple week long beach vacation can cost several thousand dollars. That kind of money would be better spent paying down your debt and relieving long-term financial stress.
7. Cut your grocery bill to the bone.
Meat is expensive – cut down to eating it 3-4 times per week instead of seven.
Do at least some shopping at food warehouses (Costco and Sams), try Aldi (milk $2.49 a gallon), and even a dollar store (where the same bread at a grocery store at $3.29 goes for just $1).
Use coupons to the greatest extent possible.
Buy bulk items on sale.
Store brands are cheaper than name brands and many are just as good.
Make fewer, larger shopping trips so you can avoid running out for a few items every few days (you spend more doing that).
Remember, you don't have to do any of these forever – but just until you get your debts under control. Think of it as going on a diet until you lose as much weight as you need to.
Do you need to pay off debt? How are you going to make room in your budget? Leave a comment!
Hi Rebecca – If you used budget cutting to afford to pay cash for a vacation, you can use it for any purpose you need to.
Great list! Although, I confess that even with a slashed budget we made room for a modest family vacation this year, paid in cash and done on the cheap.


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EXETER CITY return to Sky Bet League 2 action with a trip to Morecambe this weekend.
A win could take City as high as sixth in the table if results go the Grecians' way, but boss Paul Tisdale will again have to make do without a number of key injury absentees. Manny Oyeleke and Tom McCready have returned to training and could be on the bench, while captain Matt Oakley is ready to be involved.
Exeter City supporters must pay on the day tomorrow at the Globe Arena.
Alex Nicholls equalised ten minutes from time after Aaron McGowan had given Morecambe an early lead at St James Park.
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In 2017 I graduated from the KU Leuven in medicine. After that I decided to continue my studies in as a General practitioner in training. Currently I am in my second and final year. I am originally from Brussels (Etterbeek, born in Jette) but decided to do my studies in Leuven. After this I decided to return because of my interest in multiculturality and diversity in Brussels. I myself am of Chinese-Belgian origin. Later, I hope to continue working as a general practitioner in or around Brussels. For me, general medicine remains a fascinating profession in which I can continue to learn, and in which I can encounter something new every day.
Born in 1991 in Ypres, I graduated as a doctor at the KUL in 2016 and as a general practitioner in 2018. At the end of my education, I had written two master theses: in 2016, a thesis on pre- and postoperative care in the elderly1 ; and in 2018 a thesis on prevention in general practice2.
I love variation in my work, so I chose to specialize as a general practitioner. The different age groups and pathologies fascinate me.
After a year of completing my education with Dr. Broeckaert, I am happy to be able to continue working here. Still, I can not stop studying and am currently pursuing a certificate in health law.
I enjoy living and working in Brussels, as I like to stay busy and there is always something to discover.
I graduated from the University of Antwerp in 2009.
Soon after I started a course in tropical diseases at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp and I moved to South Africa to work in a hospital for a year.
When I returned I started my training at the emergency department at the University Hospital UZ Brussel.
I like working in Brussels, a melting pot of cultures and languages, which reflects well our day to day work.
I dream of affordable and accessible care for every (both old and new) Belgian and try to do my part every day.
Furthermore, I am an avid cyclist and do all my trips in Brussels by bike.
I started a solo practice in 2011 in Saint-Gilles, in 2016 I moved to a new location with my colleagues. From then on, our group practice will be called Spectrum.
In 2016 I became a supervisor and trainer for the young general practitioners who have been finishing their training in our practice for the last few years. This is a very fascinating interaction, which keeps us up-to-date and dynamic.
I have always been a fan of Brussels. There is always something new to experience here, you can meet many different people, it is never boring! That is also true for general medicine, every day I come to the practice with pleasure and enthusiasm.


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Two held for violating quarantine conditions
QNA/Doha Published on December 23, 2020 | 10:19 PM
quarantine violation
The competent authorities arrested on Wednesday two people who violated the requirements of the home quarantine they committed to following, which they are legally accountable for, in accordance with the procedures of the health authorities in the country. It is in implementation of the precautionary measures in force in the country, approved by health authorities represented in the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), to ensure the achievement of public safety and to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The arrested persons being referred to the competent prosecution are:
1- Abdullah Sheer Mohamed
2- Mahdi Musaed Mahdi Mubarak al-Abdullah
The concerned authorities called on citizens and residents who are subject to quarantine to fully adhere to the requirements set by the Ministry of Public Health to ensure their safety and the safety of others. They warned that anyone who violates these conditions will be subject to the penalties stipulated in accordance with the provisions of Article 253 of the Penal Code No. 11 of 2004, and the provisions of Law No. 17 of 1990 regarding the prevention of infectious diseases, and Law No. 17 of 2002 on the protection of society.
In West Bank, Blinken presses for two-state solution
Padel championship kicks off Sunday


The last month of 2018 has started only recently, with a lot of excitement and variety at the live poker tournaments arena.
In December, all poker enthusiasts in the UK and Ireland will be able to enjoy a number of live poker events, featuring different buy-ins, structures and prize pools. A number of iconic locations across the UK, including The Poker Room, which was formerly known as The Vic, are to host the events and provide all players with excellent gaming experience.
After the Grosvenor 25/25 Series in Manchester was brought to an end yesterday, December will offer all fans of the series two more opportunities to take part in the exciting gameplay by the end of the year.
From December 5th to 9th, the Grosvenor 25/25 Series is to be held both in Reading and Edinburgh, at the Grosvenor G Casino and the Grosvenor Maybury Casino, respectively.
Both locations will offer the traditional £225 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event of the series, with four starting flights and a second game day. The event also offers a guaranteed prize pool which is worth £25,000.
The Dusk Till Dawn casino in Nottingham will host the partypoker Live Series, which is taking place as part of the PPL Season 2, from December 9th to 16th.
The Main Event of the series will offer two online day 1s, which are to be held on December 9th and 12th, respectively. The regular three starting flights of the Main Event will take place from December 14th to 16th, followed by the Final Day of the event. Players who decide to join the tournament, will be able to participate in a number of other live poker events, too, including the Pot Limit Omaha, the NLHE 6 Max, the NLHE High Roller, etc.
Leg 18 of this year's edition of the Genting Poker Series Main will also be held in December, with the Genting Casino Luton set to host the tournament from December 10th to 16th.
After a £46 satellite to the Main Event and a £90 NLHE Super Seventy event, the series will see its Main Event start on December 12th. The three starting flights will cost £440, and the event will offer two more game days and a massive £100,000 guarantee prize pool.
Apart from that, a £220 NLHE Luton Masters event will be held on December 16th.
Today is the last day of the 888poker LIVE London series which has been taking place at the Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford since November 22nd. The series, which has been offering a variety of live poker events, will see the Final Day of the £1,100 buy-in 888 London Main Event kick off at 2:00 PM on December 3rd. The £5,000 Super High Roller event will also have its Final Day today, starting at 4:00 PM.
The beginning of the month also witnessed the final two days of the 2018 GCOOP III, which took place at Walsall-based Grosvenor Casino from November 25th to December 2nd. All poker lovers were given the chance to try their skills and luck in a great variety of live poker events offering different buy-ins and guarantees.
The Manchester235 casino will become home to the Unibet UK Poker Tour 2018 in the period from December 7th and 9th. The Series offers poker enthusiasts to join a No Limit Hold'em event in return to a buy-in of £220. The guaranteed prize pool featured by the event amounts to £40,000.
Manchester-based Grosvenor Casino Bury New Road will host the APAT UK & Ireland Championship of Amateur Poker from December 14th to 16th. Several events will kick off in the period, providing amateur poker players with the chance to try their skills and luck in all-time favourites at affordable buy-ins.
The last days of December will see the iconic Poker Room in London become home to The London Deepstack. The NLHE event will begin with three day 1s, followed by a second day and will be held between December 20th and 23rd.


Star Wars and poetry, two great tastes that taste great togeth.... excuse me, what?
Thanks to LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment, there's a virtual Star Wars universe online where people spend time living out their Skywalker-inspired fantasies.
I sense a disturbance in the Force. This really can't be very healthy for some people.
The House of Poetry is open 24 hours a day and is a great place to meet new people (or aliens depending on your taste). Every first Friday of the month, the regulars of the location meet to talk about writing and poetry. If you're interested in gaining access to this place, you'll be pleased to know that admission is free.
If you're passionate about writing and play LucasArts' Star Wars Galaxies, you might want to drop by The House of Poetry to chat with some of the people there. Heck, you probably won't find any other place in the whole galaxy where you can openly post your thoughts without getting shot, cut, or trampled by a Bantha.
It's like the Art Bar open mic set for the weird and socially inept, just like the actual Art Bar open mic set, where I once had the misfortune of seeing two people dressed as Klingons (different brand of geekdom, I know) reciting something (verse?) in the make-believe Klingon language. It was both ridiculous and disturbing. It was disticulous.
Ron Slate has started up a new book reviewing blog, and he's chosen to review one of my very favourite books of the year, Lucia Perillo's collection of essays I've Heard the Vultures Singing.
Blunt, mordant, impatient, attentive: This is the tone throughout I Heard the Vultures Singing, a book of 16 essays shuttling between two main reference points – the non-human world of the Pacific Northwest, and the debilitation of the body. In "Knowledge Game" she says, "It takes courage to spend time considering nature when your life is circumscribed, because this means considering what you have lost." She isn't making a case for her bravery, but rather pointing out something she knows and we don't, namely that gazing at the beauty of nature may be trying. This book is largely intent on wrecking given standards for the appreciation of life, and replacing them with the chance to look intently at life itself. Perillo is greatly talented in situating us -- in a place where we may experience an impingement, life intruding on us. The function of the chastened view from her wheelchair is to disrupt our expectations while depriving us of opportunities to feel virtuous about it. The physically stricken person tells us that nature abhors a plenitude and achieves some of its greatest accomplishments while scrounging through the ruin and decay.
Last month I asked where all the present day war poets were and came up with Brian Turner.
Brian Turner discusses the origin of the poems in his book Here, Bullet today in the New York Times.
For anyone out there who might hear the word "poetry" and cringe, or having just read the word here, immediately look to click to some other article, silently cursing this guy Turner for not sticking with the Home Fires mission — don't worry: I am going to be writing about my time in Iraq, where I served as an infantry team leader. But Iraq is also the place where I wrote my first book of poetry — "Here, Bullet" — during my unit's deployment there. (It was published by Alice James Books.) So today I want to look back and talk about some of the things that went on in my head then, not only fighting, but observing, witnessing and writing. Poetry.
I believe in the saying, Poetry finishes in the reader. I can (and will) tell you about some of the things I wrote in-country, there in the sand, or what was going on in my head at the time (I use my journals from back then to help refresh my memory). But in the end, I truly believe you'll take it with a grain of salt and decide for yourself what the poem itself is all about.
Read the rest of Turner's piece here.


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Arizona high school students are nationally recognized 'Best Buddies'
By: KNXV Staff
GILBERT, Ariz. — For four years, in the halls of Higley High School in Gilbert, Aubrey Ewing and Mackenzie Hancock have been inseparable.
Ewing holds Hancock's hand, offering words of reassurance. Both girls lean on each other, weathering the awkward years of adolescence.
"She makes me laugh every time I see her, so it's amazing to have her," Hancock said. "She's one person I can go to for advice or everything to do with high school friends or anything like that."
Both girls are part of a club called Best Buddies. The club is a local chapter of a national organization that pairs students with kids who live with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
The club has grown by leaps and bounds in just a few short years, becoming the most popular club in the school, with more than 200 members.
"I feel like Best Buddies has definitely become a big thing because our generation likes to make everybody feel included and everyone feel loved," Ewing said.
Ewing and Hancock's friendship has even become an inspiration at the national level. The two students were invited to record a message for the national Best Buddies graduation, which will be held online and watched by hundreds of thousands of people across the country.
Club organizers say the program represents a real social shift toward acceptance and inclusion for people with disabilities — part of a generation that finds it unacceptable to tease or bully people because of their challenges.
"This generation knows what it's like to be the underdog a little bit. Just naturally they know it's a lot easier and a lot more fun to be nice to people," said Trevor Paxton the director of development for Best Buddies at Higley High School. "It's been a really special experience to watch students just say, 'it's not OK to pick on somebody and it is OK to be friends with them.'"
Ewing and Hancock are already making plans to remain friends, long after high school.
Ewing plans to attend Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, and Hancock is planning multiple visits next year. They say theirs is a lasting friendship that teaches valuable lessons about kindness and caring, regardless of ability.
This story was originally published by Steve Irvin on Scripps station KNXV in Phoenix.


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