Been watching AMC's latest triumph, Better Call Saul? If not, you're probably alone, and YOU WILL ATONE!
The Breaking Bad spin-off's first three episodes have broken cable records all over the place, and episodes are available to stream on AMC's website and Amazon Instant Video. The show stars Bob Odenkirk and is helmed by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. The duo has not shied away from showering Saul viewers with familiar shots, moments, and locations from their favorite (and dearly departed) meth kingpin drama. Every week, we'll break down the latest action and the biggest Breaking Bad Easter eggs hidden in each episode.
The pilot episode of the show brings us back to Albuquerque in 2002, 6 years prior to Saul and Walter White's fateful meeting. In it, Saul is not Saul yet – he's still James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill, a struggling attorney with a mentally ill brother who makes a living by taking two-bit public defender cases. Jimmy's brother Chuck (Michael McKean), was once a successful attorney who now believes he suffers from "electromagnetic hypersensitivity" and spends his days in a dark, powerless house, where Jimmy returns to him each night with food and news of the goings-on at his law firm. Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) is introduced to us as a merciless parking attendant who won't cut Jimmy any slack. Just when Jimmy thinks he might have a big break defending the Kettlemans, a couple being investigated for the disappearance of about $1 million in county funds, he loses his shot at that case, too. Jimmy inevitably ends up turning back to his old "slip and fall" antics, employing two brothers who like to skateboard in front of cars for fast cash. Though he tells them to target Betsy Kettleman, they mistakenly jump in front of the wrong car – a car driven by an elderly Hispanic woman, which leads us to one of our favorite Bad villains, Tuco Salamanca (Raymond Cruz).
So that's all fine and good, but why did the show supposedly about my favorite sleazy lawyer start with a depressing black and white Cinnabon commercial?
What do we have? A seemingly mundane black and white Cinnabon sequence set to The Ink Spots' "Address Unknown" was probably not the Better Call Saul opening we all expected, but every Breaking Bad fan smiled knowingly when it dawned on them who they were looking at.
So in "Uno", the series premiere of Better Call Saul, when a bespectacled, mustachioed 'Gene' somberly kneads dough and cleans up in an Omaha Cinnabon, we know better. It's our favorite criminal attorney, exactly where he thought he'd be, still looking over his shoulder.
Also, recognize Loyola's, the diner where Jimmy meets with the Kettlemans? That's because we've been here before – with Jesse and Mike, in Season 4, Episode 6, "Cornered".
Jimmy parks his shabby Suzuki Esteem next to a Cadillac Deville, the car that Saul later drives on Breaking Bad. Jimmy also appears to live on the same street (Juan Tabo Blvd) as Gale Boetticher, and his temporary office setup is in the back of a nail salon, which he later suggests to Walt and Skyler as a front for laundering money in Season 4, Episode 3, "Open House". There's also a nice bit of parallel imagery between Jimmy's kicking of the metal trashcan at his brother's law office and Walt's pounding of the metal paper towel dispenser in Season 2, Episode 9, "4 Days Out". A Reddit user also pointed out that the red key fob that Jimmy puts in his mailbox seems to be the same one used by Walt to trigger his car gun in the series finale, "Felina".
"Mijo" thrusts Jimmy straight into Tuco's world of trigger-happy cronies, and Jimmy's skills as a lawyer are put to the test when Tuco threatens to kill him and the skateboarding brothers for "trash-talking" his abuela. Evidently, the brothers get out of it with a couple of broken legs each. Jimmy, proud of his argument skills, attracts the attention of Nacho (Michael Mando), Tuco's lieutenant, who approaches him and tells him he wants to steal the $1.5 million from the Kettlemans, and he's willing to give Jimmy a cut if he wants in. Jimmy, still attempting to preserve his integrity, insists he's a "lawyer, not a criminal," but Nacho leaves a phone number anyway.
This episode isn't so subtle in its callbacks to Breaking Bad, with references to Tuco's love of cooking, use of the famous stretch of desert seen in multiple episodes of the series (the crew has even referred to it as their 'backlot'), and a glimpse into the early stages of Tuco's tumultuous relationship with No-Doze, which ends with Tuco beating him to death in Season 2, Episode 1, "Seven Thirty-Seven". Nacho, as a character, though not seen on Breaking Bad, was referenced – in Season 2, Episode 8, "Better Call Saul". When Walt and Jesse take Saul out to the desert to interrogate him, he pleads with them: "it wasn't me, it was Ignacio!" ('Nacho' is a nickname for Ignacio, noted by AMC).
In "Nacho", we again jump into a flashback, this time, with a visit to Jimmy in Cook County Jail. His brother Chuck bails him out, but only if he vows to do better – which he inevitably does later, while trying to be something of a 'clean' lawyer. At present, Jimmy becomes overwhelmed with anxiety about Nacho's plot to rob the Kettlemans, and drunkenly calls them one night to warn them that they're in danger. Though Nacho is initially implicated in kidnapping the Kettlemans and warns Jimmy that he's in for a world of trouble if things don't go his way, Jimmy eventually finds the Kettlemans in the wilderness behind their home – they've 'kidnapped themselves' to avoid prosecution.
What do we have? Jimmy shouts "I've got bad knees!" when the police tackle him to the ground.
Seem familiar? Jimmy tells Walt and Jesse the same thing in Season 2, Episode 8, "Better Call Saul" – and it can be attributed to his con-man 'Slippin' Jimmy' days in Chicago.
Additionally, the expansive area behind the Kettleman home is the same area where Walt kills Mike in Season 5, Episode 7, "Say My Name". Gilligan also seems to have a love for car stickers, seen on the Kettleman station wagon and on the Pinkman car (which sadly excludes Jesse) in Breaking Bad Season 3, Episode 2, "Caballo Sin Nombre".
…like these shots, already seen on Better Call Saul at least twice, on Breaking Bad many times, though most notably in Season 5, Episode 14, "Ozymandias", and Season 4, Episode 8, "Hermanos".
There are indeed a plethora of similar moments in cinematography and imagery, among other things, already present on Better Call Saul, but these are just the most obvious ones we've picked up so far. Tune in next week, lawbreakers!


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Q: pick up number and name from contact list In my app i have two EditText and one Button. If i press button i want to pick contact name and number in those two editbox.
    <EditText android:textSize="16.0dip"
        android:gravity="left"
        android:id="@+id/contact_numbersub"
        android:layout_width="160.0dip"
        android:layout_height="36.0dip"
        android:text="Mobile"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:layout_below="@+id/contact_number"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true">
        <requestFocus />
    </EditText>

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/contact_number"
        android:textSize="16.0dip"
        android:gravity="left"
        android:layout_width="160.0dip"
        android:layout_height="36.0dip"
        android:text="Unknown Caller"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />

              <Button
        android:gravity="center"
        android:id="@+id/contactbutton"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/contactlist"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/contact_label"
        android:layout_alignTop="@id/contactimage"
        android:onClick="onClickSelectContact"/>

And I have defined onActivityResult method for pickup image from gallery. So I got difficulty here to retrieve contact name and number. Image retrieves successfully but i have no solution for contacts retrieval
Grateful to anyone that can help.

A: This is not complete solution, but I hope it'll be some what useful.
Suppose my button clicks are as below
   btncontact.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        Intent i=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI);
        startActivityForResult(i,1);//Request_code is 1
    }
});

findViewById(R.id.button5).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        Intent i=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
            i.setType("image/*");
        startActivityForResult(i,2);//Request_code is 2
    }
});

Now, for onActivityResult,
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        if(data!=null && data.getData()!=null){
        Uri _uri=data.getData();
            Log.d("Nzm", ""+_uri);

        switch(requestCode){
                    case 1:
                           // you have _uri in your hand which have contact id. Do necessary steps for contact as you want here.
                          break;
                    case 2:// Action for your image
                           Intent i=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
                           i.setData(_uri);
                           startActivity(i);
                           break;
                    }
              }
       }

A: Have you seen Accessing Contacts Data?  Pay particular attention to Retrieving Details for a Contact.

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by Chris St. John | Nov 6, 2020 | Five Minutes for Families
The Great News – Before We Talk Elections and Politics
The great news coming out of Arizona has less to do with this week's election and likely more to do with the make up of the U.S. Supreme Court. Planned Parenthood dropped its lawsuit against Arizona challenging a slew of commonsense abortion regulations. This means all of the targeted CAP-supported laws will stand.
The abortion giant filed the lawsuit in April of last year asking the courts to nullify a series of regulations designed to protect women seeking an abortion. Those included a requirement to give women information on the risks and alternatives to abortion, a 24-hour waiting period to think about that information, and the requirement ensuring a doctor perform any abortion. Read about the lawsuit here.
In addition, Justice Amy Coney Barrett was on the U.S. Supreme Court bench just in time to participate in Wednesday's oral arguments in a key religious freedom case. The Court will decide in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia if Philadelphia can demand Catholic Social Services either place foster children with same-sex couples or cease its foster-care services. A city law would force the Catholic agency to violate its long-held religious beliefs in order to continue its social services. What a joy it was to hear Justice Barrett asking questions! Listen to the oral arguments here. Read analysis of the hearing here.
Election Wins and Losses
As of Friday morning, President Trump is within less than 45,000 votes of defeating former Vice President Joe Biden in Arizona. Just over 200,000 votes remain to be counted in Arizona. For the most up-to-date information on Arizona results, follow Data Orbital on Twitter @Data_Orbital. Data Orbital's George Khalaf continues to be bullish on President Trump's chances in Arizona.
Nationally, the race remains too close to call. I have no way of knowing the truth about allegations of voter fraud, integrity of elected officials, etc. I do know that it is a time to continue to be in prayer for our nation and for a peaceful resolution of the presidential race. Remember to pray for those in authority over us and to trust in God as we are commanded to do in God's Word.
President Trump filed lawsuits in a number of states challenging questionable election practices enacted due to COVID-19. One challenge asks the U.S. Supreme Court to rule null and void on all ballots received in Pennsylvania after Election Day. No word yet if the Court will hear the case.
All this means, it could be a while before we know who will be the next President of the United States.
Let's take a look at what we do know today.
The U.S. Senate appears poised to retain a conservative Republican majority though we may not know until January the final numbers. The U.S. House has picked up more pro-life Republican women and may have 7-12 more Republicans when the count is final.
Arizona State Legislature is more conservative and likely more pro-life than the past two years. The final count looks to be:
AZ Senate: 16 Republicans and 14 Democrats. Senator Karen Fann will remain Senate President. With Representative Nancy Barto's defeat of Senator Heather Carter in the Legislative District (LD) 15 Primary Election, we should have a strong pro-life majority in the AZ Senate. At this writing, it's still possible that Kate Brophy McGee eeks out a victory in LD 28 over Christine Marsh but that doesn't appear likely.
AZ House: 31 Republicans and 29 Democrats. Republicans have re-elected Representative Rusty Bowers as House Speaker and chosen Representative Ben Toma as Majority Leader and Representative Leo Biasiucci as House Majority Whip. The newly elected Republicans appear to be somewhat more conservative than the House of the last two years.
Optimism abounds for opportunities to promote and see enacted pro-life, pro-family policies this next legislative session.
Despite projections of huge Democrat pickups in the U.S. House, Republicans actually gained at least six seats, if not closer to twelve when the counts are final. The House will have more pro-life women than previously – a very positive sign. Further, the U.S. Senate appears poised to retain a conservative Republican majority, though we may not know until January when one or two races from Georgia are finalized. Control of the Senate is key to confirmation of judges and keeping a potential President Biden agenda in check.
The Bad News
Martha McSally's apparent loss to Mark Kelly means both U.S. Senators from Arizona are now Democrats. Just over four years ago, they were both Republicans.
Both of the CAP Action endorsed mayoral candidates lost their races: Matt Nielson in Gilbert and Lisa Borowsky in Scottsdale.
Despite great effort, both Proposition 207 and 208 passed, legalizing recreational marijuana and raising taxes on small businesses.
These losses are largely due to millions of dollars of outside money and influence coming into Arizona in a concerted effort to flip our state blue, along with Texas, and other states. Big marijuana locally and nationally spent millions to get legalization on the ballot. National education establishment groups spent millions to get the Invest in Ed measure on the ballot and for the campaign. Mark Kelly had millions from out of state.
Liberal activists outspent supporters in many local races, often by a 3-1 margin. Over $3 million dollars in independent expenditures went into the effort to defeat Republican Wendy Rogers in LD 6, J.D. Mesnard in LD 17, and Paul Boyer in LD 20. Millions more were spent in an effort to defeat other Republican candidates throughout the state. Despite the millions of dollars spent to flip the Arizona Legislature from red to blue, conservatives have prevailed.
It's apparent that the population influx is changing the state's largest county, Maricopa County. The county has grown by upwards of 300,000 over the last several years with about 100,000 expected in 2020 alone. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appears poised to change from 4-1 Republican margin to 3-2 Republican. Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel appears likely to win over Democrat Julie Gunnigle but the race has been close.
Some Good News
Out of the seven U.S. Congressional candidates endorsed by CAP Action, it appears four will be re-elected: Paul Gosar in CD 4, Andy Biggs in CD 5, David Schweikert in CD 6, and Debbie Lesko in CD 8. Although behind in the initial election results, Schweikert has pulled sufficiently into the lead and retained his seat. A slight chance remains for Tiffany Shedd to defeat Congressman Tom O'Halleran in CD 1 but it's a longshot.
A Final Word
In 2022, Arizonans will again vote on the U.S. Senate seat likely to be held by Mark Kelly. Arizonans also will vote in a new Governor and Attorney General as well as elect state senators and representatives. Those statewide races began Wednesday. CAP Action made a difference this election cycle and we're already setting plans for 2022. We're not going anywhere.
Funding for Center for Arizona Policy is separate from CAP Action's work to elect candidates sharing your views. Even though donations to CAP Action are not tax-deductible, I hope you will consider a gift today.
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Yin und Yang () sind zwei Begriffe der chinesischen Philosophie, insbesondere des Daoismus. Sie stehen für polar einander entgegengesetzte und dennoch aufeinander bezogene duale Kräfte oder Prinzipien, die sich nicht bekämpfen, sondern ergänzen. Ein weit verbreitetes Symbol des kosmischen Prinzips ist das Taijitu, in dem das weiße Yang (hell, hoch, hart, heiß, positiv, aktiv, bewegt, männlich) und das schwarze Yin (dunkel, weich, feucht, kalt, negativ, passiv, ruhig, weiblich) gegenüberstehend dargestellt werden.

Wortbedeutung und früheste Belege

Die ursprüngliche Bedeutung der beiden Zeichen ist nicht gesichert. Im Shuowen jiezi bedeutet  (yīn) "dunkel", "Südufer eines Flusses" bzw. "Südseite der Täler" und "Nordhang eines Berges" (Das Schriftzeichen setzt sich aus den Zeichen für "Hügel" und "Schatten" zusammen); alle Verwendungen deuten auf die Grundbedeutung "schattig, schattiger Ort".  (yáng) bedeutet "sonnige Anhöhe", "Südseite der Berge" oder "Nordseite der Täler" (Das Schriftzeichen setzt sich aus den Zeichen für "Hügel" und "Strahlen der Sonne" zusammen). Diese Bedeutungen sind auch für die ältesten bekannten Vorkommnisse der Zeichen Yin und Yang auf Orakelknochen (etwa 16.–11. Jh. v. Chr.) anzusetzen.

Die Zeichen finden sich auch im Yijing ("Buch der Wandlungen"), das in die Zeit der westlichen Zhou-Dynastie (etwa 1045–770 v. Chr.) datiert wird. Sie haben dort nur die alltägliche Bedeutung. Die Interpretation des "Buches der Wandlungen" mithilfe einer ausgebildeten Yin-Yang-Lehre ist wesentlich jünger als das Yijing. Im daoistischen Zhuangzi ist die Entwicklung der beiden Worte vom alltäglichen Gebrauch über ein umfassenderes Verständnis als polare Naturkräfte bis hin zu Yin und Yang als dem Ursprung aller Dinge ablesbar.

Daneben gibt es auch Versuche, die Grundbedeutung der Zeichen als "das Männliche" und "das Weibliche" zu verstehen. Für den volkstümlichen, nichtphilosophischen Zeichengebrauch bietet das Shijing ("Buch der Lieder") Belege.

Philosophische Bedeutung

Einfache Umschreibungsversuche

Die beiden Begriffe des Yin und des Yang genau zu definieren, gestaltet sich schwierig, da sie in der klassischen Literatur für unterschiedlichste Dinge verwendet werden und auch dort keine genaue Definition existiert.

Eine allgemeine Definition bietet Roger T. Ames.

Am einfachsten werden die beiden Begriffe noch bei ihrer frühesten historischen Erwähnung umschrieben, im I Ging (Buch der Wandlungen). Darin werden Yang und Yin mit den Adjektiven stark und schwach, gleich und ungleich sowie männlich und weiblich in Verbindung gebracht. Dieses verallgemeinerte sich später zur Vorstellung, Yin und Yang wären die Begriffe für das Weibliche und Männliche und danach noch allgemeiner für Polarität an sich.

Sich allein auf den Bedeutungsaspekt von Weiblichkeit und Männlichkeit zu beschränken, greift zu kurz, da Yin und Yang für weitaus mehr Begriffspaare verwendet werden können. Vielmehr stehen beide Begriffe für ein Gegensatzpaar, das den Begriffen "gebend" (auch "produktiv" und "konvex") und "empfangend" (auch "konkav") bzw. "aktiv" und "passiv" entspricht. Dabei steht dann Yin für passiv und Yang für aktiv.

Das Verhältnis von Yin und Yang ist nicht mit dem Gegensatz von Gut und Böse im Sinne eines Kampfes des Lichts gegen die Finsternis zu vergleichen: "Es ist vielmehr ein relativer Gegensatz rhythmischer Art, der zwischen zwei rivalisierenden, doch zusammengehörigen Gruppen besteht, die ebenso wie Geschlechterverbände komplementär sind und die sich wie diese bei der Arbeit ablösen und wechselweise in den Vordergrund treten."

Yin und Yang als Prinzipien der Wandlung und der Korrelation

Yin und Yang bezeichnen "Gegensätze" in ihrer wechselseitigen Bezogenheit als eine Gesamtheit, einen ewigen Kreislauf. Daher können sie zur Erklärung von Wandlungsvorgängen und Prozessen und zur Darstellung der gegenseitigen Begrenzung und Wiederkehr von Dingen benutzt werden.

Yin und Yang steigen und sinken immer abwechselnd. Nach einer Hochphase des Yang folgt zwingend ein Absinken von Yang und ein Ansteigen von Yin und umgekehrt.

Diese Vorstellung gehört zu einer volkstümlichen beziehungsweise für das Volk bestimmten Ethik des mittleren Maßes: So sollte das Volk in guten Zeiten nicht überschwänglich agieren und z. B. eine gute Ernte für schlechte Zeiten lagern. In schlechten Zeiten sollte im Volk Hoffnung erweckt werden, dass nach der Yin-Yang-Lehre nach diesen schlechten Zeiten auch zwingend wieder gute folgen werden.

Die Wandlung von Yin und Yang stellt neben diesen Handlungsweisungen nach den altertümlichen Astronomen auch noch den Grund dar, warum Naturereignisse so ablaufen, wie sie ablaufen, aber auch warum diese Naturereignisse zu einem bestimmten Sozialverhalten führen. So sind Yin und Yang und deren Wandlung sowohl der Grund für den Wandel der Jahreszeiten wie für das Verhalten der Menschen, die sich an dem Wechsel der Jahreszeiten ausrichten.

Yin und Yang können nicht gleichzeitig ansteigen oder absinken. Wenn Yang sich vergrößert, verringert sich Yin und umgekehrt.

Yin und Yang in der chinesischen Philosophie
In der chinesischen Philosophie waren Yin und Yang zwar von Anfang an bekannt, spielten aber zunächst keine bedeutende Rolle. Bei den konfuzianischen Klassikern finden sich die beiden Zeichen nur bei Xunzi (Kapitel 9 und 17). In späterer Zeit gewannen sie in einzelnen philosophischen Schulen die zentrale Rolle eines universalen Prinzipienpaars, zuerst im 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bei Zou Yan, der als Begründer der Schule der Naturalisten bzw. der Yin-Yang-Schule (Yinyangjia – , vgl. jap. Onmyōdō – ) gilt, und dann besonders im Neokonfuzianismus.

Zou Yan

Über die Schriften von Zou Yan (305–240 v. Chr.), der während der Zeit der Hundert Schulen lebte, gibt es lediglich einen kurzen Überblick im Shiji (Historische Annalen) von Sima Qian, dem ersten großen Universalgeschichtswerk Chinas. Darin beschreibt Sima den Einfluss Zou Yans auf den ersten Kaiser Chinas Qin Shihuangdi, der die Streitenden Reiche wiedervereinigte.

Zou Yan hat die bereits vorhandenen, aber noch wenig ausgearbeiteten Vorstellungen von Yin und Yang und den Fünf Elementen miteinander verknüpft und sie auf unterschiedlichste Wissensgebiete wie Astronomie, Astrologie, Geographie, Geschichte und Politik angewendet.

In der Geographie versuchte Zou Yan ein vollständiges Modell der Welt zu entwerfen. Nach seinen Ideen besteht die Welt aus neun von Wasser umgebenen Kontinenten, sodass weder Menschen noch Tiere sich zwischen den Kontinenten bewegen können. Diese neun Kontinente sind wiederum jeweils in neun kleinere Kontinente unterteilt, von denen einer dem "Reich der Mitte", China, entspricht.

Dong Zhongshu

Dong Zhongshu ist ein bedeutender Denker der frühen Han-Zeit, der das Yin und Yang als kosmologische Prinzipien verstand und sie in sein neukonfuzianisches Denkgebäude zu integrieren versuchte. Sein Wirken ist sehr viel besser dokumentiert als das von Zou Yan, da sein Buch Chunqiu fanlu (Üppiger Tau der Frühlings- und Herbstannalen) erhalten ist. Dieses Werk stellt sowohl eine Auslegung der Frühlings- und Herbstannalen und des dazugehörigen Gongyang-Kommentars, wie auch eine Niederschrift der eigenen Theorien Dong Zhongshus dar.

Auch Dong Zhongshu gebraucht die Yin-Yang-Lehre als kosmologisches Erklärungsprinzip. Im Chunqiu fanlu arbeitet er seine Lehre der Beziehung zwischen Himmel, Erde und Mensch aus. Seine Bemühung, möglichst viele Elemente der damaligen philosophischen Richtungen in seiner Lehre zu vereinigen, zeigt sich in seiner Aussage, das All gründe auf zehn Bestandteile: Himmel, Erde, Yin, Yang, die Fünf Elemente und den Menschen.

Der Mensch ist in Dong Zhongshus Vorstellung ein Partner des Himmels und reagiert auf diesen, ebenso wie der Himmel seinerseits auf gute und schlechte Taten des Menschen reagiert. Besonders der jeweilige Herrscher des chinesischen Reiches hat starken Einfluss auf die Reaktionen des Himmels. Diese können sich als Katastrophen und Unwetter äußern, wenn der Herrscher sich nicht richtig verhält, aber sich auch positiv z. B. in Form einer guten Ernte auswirken, falls er die richtigen Entscheidungen trifft.

Yin und Yang in der Traditionellen Chinesischen Medizin

Yin und Yang spielen auch in der traditionellen chinesischen Medizin (TCM) eine wichtige Rolle. Der Begriff Bagang () bezeichnet dort acht diagnostische Kategorien, zu welchen auch Yin und Yang gehören.

Yin-Yang-Symbol

Das Yin-Yang-Symbol, chinesisch Taijitu (), ist in China erst seit dem 11. Jahrhundert bezeugt. In den ersten Jahrhunderten seiner Verwendung hatte es unterschiedliche Formen; oft waren es konzentrische Kreise. Die verbreitete Form () entstand erst in der Zeit der Ming-Dynastie. In den beiden Schriftzeichen von Yin und Yang sind eine sich zusammenballende Wolke sowie eine aufgehende Sonne zu erkennen.

Äußerlich ähnliche Symbole wurden in Europa schon in der Spätantike im römischen Heer verwendet, doch besteht keinerlei historischer oder inhaltlicher Zusammenhang mit dem chinesischen Symbol und dessen Bedeutung und Verwendung.

Im Zeichencodierungsstandard Unicode ist dem Yin-und-Yang-Symbol der Code U+262F (dezimal 9775, UTF 8 e298af) im Unicode-Block Verschiedene Symbole zugewiesen. In HTML wird es mit ☯ codiert. Das Zeichen erscheint als ☯.

Siehe auch

 Wuji
 Taiji
 Pangu
 Qi
 Taijiquan
 Yab-Yum
 Dialektik
 Ommyōdō (japanische Yin-Yang-Lehre)
 Chang'e (Chang'e und Houyi repräsentieren das Yin und Yang)

Literatur
 Marcel Granet: Das chinesische Denken. Inhalt – Form – Charakter. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 1980, S. 86–109, ISBN 3-423-04362-8 (klassische Darstellung, erstmals 1934 veröffentlicht)
 Fung Yu-Lan: History of Chinese Philosophy. Volume 1: The Period of the Philosophers (from the Beginnings to Circa 100 B.C.). Princeton Univ. Pr., Princeton, N.J., 1983, S. 159–169. (zur Yin-Yang-Schule)
 Wing-Tsit Chan: Sourcebook in Chinese Philosophy. Princeton Univ. Pr., Princeton, N.J., 1963, S. 244–250.
 Gudula Linck: Yin und Yang: Die Suche nach der Ganzheit im chinesischen Denken. C.H. Beck, 3. Auflage 21. Februar 2006

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Anmerkungen

Chinesische Philosophie
Daoismus
Symbol (Religion)
Dualismus
Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin

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"Imago Relationship Theory and Therapy: Insights and Techniques For Thriving in a Relational Cosmos, Part 3"
In the final session of his presentation, Roddy shared more information about Imago Relationship Therapy, provided examples of that therapy, and demonstrated how it offers couples an alternative to being stuck in the unconscious power struggle.
Roddy demonstrated a technique which allows people to cooperate with the intention of their unconscious by creating a conscious/committed relationship in which they meet each other's unmet childhood needs. Roddy explained that the three part Intentional Couples Dialogue, consisting of the Mirror, the Validation, and Empathy was designed such that couples could engage in a dialogue promotes mutual healing and growth. An outline of the Intentional Couples Dialogue can be found at the link below.
Roddy and class member Susan Hulbert demonstrated how the dialogue works. In a humorous and yet clearly understandable fashion, Roddy and Susan engaged in a Power Struggle dialogue with one another, a dialogue that seemed to resonate with at least a few Ordinarly Life members in attendance. Nobody got what they wanted.
They then repeated the same scenario, only this time they used the elements of the Intentional Couples Dialogue to guide their conversation away from the power struggle and into transforming the relationship. The example showed how mirroring a partner's words, validating those words and feelings, and then empathizing with your partner, even if not in agreement with all the sentiments, is a way to move a relationship away from two inwardly focused individuals determined on getting their own way, to one of equality, with two separate points of view in communion with each other.
In closing, Roddy noted that the Imago Therapy approach works for any kind of relationship, not just the primary love relationship in one's life. And for future thought and contemplation about relationships, Roddy handed out a piece entitled, "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", a short list of behaviors in a relationship which just about guarantee that the relationship will be destroyed, and as a counterpoint, a list of things an Imago therapist might say in guiding couples forward into growth.
Links to the "Four Horsemen" and "Things You Might Hear an Imago Therapist Say", as well as last week's handout, are found below.
Roddy spoke extemporaneously; hence, there is no accompanying text this week. However, the presentation slides and audio version of the talk can be found on the Ordinary Life website.
Finally, I offer Roddy my own special round of thanks for stepping up to the podium (literally!) and speaking to you over the last three Sundays. Thank you, Roddy.
To view the Intentional Couples Dialogue, click here.
To view Things You Might Hear an Imago Therapist Say", click here.
To view, "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", click here.
To view last week's handout and worksheet, click here.
To listen to the audio of the talk, click on the link below.


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Christensen blev verdensmester tre gange i 82kg-klassen, 1907, 1908 og 1911 vandt desuden EM-guld i både 1909 og 1911, i mange år blev han betragtet som Danmark s bedste bryder nogensinde! Han deltog i OL 1908 i London og 1912 i Stockholm, hvor han med en 17. og en 7.plads blev uden større succes.
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Located on the opposite bank of the Potomac river and six miles from the nation's capital, Alexandria combines the most modern infrastructures with the charms of colonial era architecture.
The city's economy is inextricably intertwined with that of Washington D.C. Most residents work for the Federal government or some other business linked to governmental business. In addition, a thriving retail business is supported by these workers.
The top government employers within the city are the U.S. Patent Office and the Department of Defense. Private firms include Inova Hospital as well as a number of renowned think tanks. Alexandria is also home to the headquarters of dozens of major charities including the United Way, Catholic Charities and the Salvation Army.
The atmosphere of Alexandria's downtown, or "Old Town" as it is known to locals is distinctly colonial. There is wide variety of options for dining, shopping and entertaining. In addition, a thriving cultural community can be found there with dozens of museums and art galleries. While the city is relatively well-heeled, it offers plenty of opportunity for people from all walks of life.


Part Two: is there a doctor in the house?
In the first of this two-part series (Incorporating Medi into Spas, Part One: the bad and the ugly, Spa Inc., Spring 2014), we evaluated the potential drawbacks of incorporating laser treatments into non-medical spas. In this second part, we will now examine the incorporation of injectible cosmetic treatments which have rapidly gained in popularity in the past few years. Unfortunately, these medical treatments are now being trivialized and are no longer conducted only in medical clinics but are offered in many spas and salons. It is regrettable that with the commoditization of these prescription drugs and without the proper enforcement of regulations, the risks of these treatments will certainly increase.
Furthermore, the public no longer perceives the risk of these medical treatments as potentially serious and have lost their "healthy fear." Hence, they are no longer doing their due diligence to educate themselves prior to having cosmetic injections. Recklessly, they are ignoring the potential risks involved, preferring to chase a deal or just go to a place which is more convenient. They may also rely on a friend's referral alone as adequate assurance of a quality treatment.
What are Common Injectible Aesthetic Treatments?
The most common injectible cosmetic treatment in Canada is Botox Cosmetic. There are other brands of neurotoxins available in Canada now, namely Dysport and Xeomin. Throughout the rest of the article, the word "botox" will be used when discussing the neurotoxins. Botox is used cosmetically to relax facial muscles and Health Canada approved uses include treatment of frown lines between the brows, horizontal forehead lines and crow's feet around the eyes. Clients enjoy the results of a more relaxed, well-rested appearance with relaxation of the dynamic muscles treated. It is also beneficial for preventing the development of lines and wrinkles in treated areas.
The next most common type of injectible treatment is hyaluronic acid (HLA) dermal fillers. This article will only discuss temporary HLA fillers as they are the most widely used. There are many different brands available such as Juvederm, Voluma, Restylane, Perlane, Teosyal, etc. Dermal fillers are used to fill lost volume, often resulting in a lifting effect when used in the cheeks. It can augment and enhance tissues such as in the lips. Static lines and wrinkles, both superficial and deep, can also be softened with these fillers. Nasolabial lines, marionette lines, and laugh lines are common areas to fill.
What are the Benefits of Offering Injectible Treatments at Spas?
Injectible treatments are in high demand and likely many existing spa clients are having these treatments done or are considering them. It is convenient and comfortable for existing clients, who have already developed a trust in their service provider, to broach this sensitive subject and then to get more information from the spa. They may even feel comfortable enough to have a treatment done at the spa given the proper recommendation.
Why is it Imperative to Achieve High Client Satisfaction with Injectible Treatments?
If you do not have the best injectors or injectible products, you will not be providing the best service to your clients. Although your original spa services may maintain their top quality, the reputation of your spa may suffer as a consequence of the new services if they do not meet or exceed industry standards.
You need to ask yourself, "is it truly worth it?" High client demands and expectations with injectible treatments are universal. If your existing clients express dissatisfaction with medical treatments in your spa, you must decide if you are adequately meeting the needs of this discerning clientele.
What are the Risks of Injectible Treatments?
Injectible treatments such as botox and fillers can lead to significant side effects and complications. Over-treating or under-treating with botox or other neuromodulators in certain areas can create unpleasant aesthetic results and an unhappy client. Hyper or hypo-activity of muscles can give an unnatural appearance (eg. "Spock brows," dropped heavy brows, or heavy eyelids called ptosis). There are also rare complications to consider with neuromodulators, such as impairment of swallowing, respiratory compromise and even death.
Complications with dermal fillers range from mild to severe. Mild problems include bruising, swelling, pain, under-filling, over-filling, and temporary lumps. Inaccurate depth of injections can create discolouration of the tissue. Even with temporary fillers, the permanency and the severity of complications can be high and sometimes even devastating. Significant complications with fillers include: granulomas, infection, necrosis (death of the tissue), permanent scarring and blindness. Of note, there have been dozens of cases of blindness due to vascular occlusion recently and the numbers are on the rise. It is imperative that the injector be able to recognize and treat complications immediately to alleviate patient distress and to minimize negative outcomes. Most of the remedies available to treat complications are prescription drugs and require physician evaluation and diagnosis prior to treatment.
What Are The Costs of Incorporating Injectible Treatments?
Product cost is high, in addition to the cost of the physician and possibly also a nurse injector. In general, the more experienced and qualified the injector, the higher their rate. Pay structure for injectors vary widely. In considering an appropriate pay structure, the spa must first know the rules and regulations to allow for adequate insurance coverage and accountability. In Ontario, for example, a responsible physician who has established a physician-patient relationship is mandatory in this equation even if that physician is not the injector. Often times, this crucial requirement is consciously being omitted by spas as a means of cutting costs. You cannot hire a "contract nurse" to assess and inject clients at a spa without the patient first seeing a physician. This is illegal. You don't want to have to add legal bills into your cost assessment.
What are the Rules and Regulations of Injectible Treatments?
In Canada, rules and regulations regarding medical aesthetic devices, drugs, and procedures are in place but are seldom being enforced within the cosmetic industry. This laxity may change in the future and should not influence a spa to "turn a blind eye" in order to save on cost. Injectible medications such as Botox Cosmetic, Dysport, and Xeomin as well as topical treatments such as Latisse (for eyelashes) are prescription drugs. Prescribing drugs is a Controlled Act as set out in the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 and is also governed by a complex legislative framework. Each province has its own set of regulations. Dermal fillers are not prescription drugs but are usually sold to physicians only and are regulated as medical devices.
Unbelievably, some physicians are actually selling injectible products such as botox and dermal fillers to others, such as nurses or spas, but the physicians are not seeing the patient or taking responsibility for the patient. Selling these products to another person to use elsewhere is against the regulations of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Who Can Perform Cosmetic Injections? What is Delegation?
There are several conditions that must be met prior to delegation of a Controlled Act. The physician must be satisfied that the individual to whom the act will be delegated has the appropriate knowledge, skill and judgement to perform the delegated act. A physician must not delegate the performance of an act that he or she is not competent to perform personally. Physicians must ensure that any adverse events that occur will be managed appropriately, either by the delegate or by the delegating physician and the physician must be informed of any actions taken to manage the adverse event. Furthermore, prior to delegating an act, the physician should have already established a physician-patient relationship, i.e. the physician has interviewed the patient, performed an appropriate assessment, made recommendations, obtained an informed consent to proceed, and ordered a course of therapy.
At present, it seems that some physicians are establishing this physician-patient relationship via Skype or other means of remote video conferencing and they are not actually physically present. It remains to be seen if this is an acceptable practice as it is not addressed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, in Policy Statement #5-12, Delegation of Controlled Acts.
In Ontario, the College of Nurses practice standards state that a general class registered nurse cannot diagnose a disease or disorder or prescribe drugs. He/she cannot administer a drug, such as botox, by injection, without a physician's order. The responsibility for a delegated Controlled Act always remains with the delegating physician.
What Should a Spa Know About Liability of Medical Spa Treatments?
Liability is a huge issue and one that a spa should consider before getting involved with medical treatments. Each practicing physician has the option of buying their own insurance. In Canada, that is usually from the CMPA (Canadian Medical Protective Association). That insurance covers the physician and his/her own employees only, based on certain strict qualifications. The physician must be approved by the CMPA in writing to be able to conduct these treatments under their scope of practice.
The spa and its employees or contract workers (including contract nurses) are not covered by the physician's insurance unless the spa is owned by that physician and he/she regularly does clinical professional work at that spa/clinic (CMPA Assistance to Clinics and Facilities: General Principles, 2008). If there is a nurse injector, the spa and nurse therefore need to check with their own insurance providers and with their provincial College of Nurses to ensure they have adequate coverage before initiating any injectible treatments.
What Should a Spa Check Prior to Incorporating a Doctor or Nurse?
At minimum, the spa should check the credentialing of the doctor and/or nurse with their respective professional college. It is simple to check their valid registration online as this information is readily available to the public. For example, in Ontario, all valid physician registrations are listed on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario website at www.CPSO.ca and all nurses' registrations are available on the College of Nurses of Ontario website at www.CNO.org. As previously mentioned, another priority is to ensure that all parties have adequate insurance coverage.
Perhaps it may be just as valuable to you and your clients to have them referred to a qualified medical spa for their treatments instead of providing these medical treatments in your existing spa. You can develop a trusting, mutually beneficial relationship with a local physician who will see and treat your clients under optimal medical conditions. They will take full responsibility of the treatments without involving your spa in all the potential risks. Having a meeting with the physician prior to referring your clients may enhance the working relationship. That physician will then be aware of the services that you provide and ensure your client will follow up with you to continue their aesthetic program after they have their injectible treatments. Your clients will likely respect that you have made a well-informed referral and trust your advice.
In summary, there are many factors to consider prior to incorporating medical cosmetic, injectible treatments into a spa. Risk and liability, and rules and regulations, should be assessed as well as the long-term implications to the rest of the spa. Educating yourself and developing a trusting working relationship with an experienced, qualified physician are the best starting points in this endeavour.
Dr. Diane Wong, MD, is a cosmetic physician, and owner and founder of Glow Medi Spa in Toronto. Her focus is on non-surgical cosmetic treatments and enhancements such as cosmetic injections, lasers, and skin treatments.


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How to Make Sitting on a Train More Like Sitting at a Bar
Author: Margaret RhodesMargaret Rhodes
British design firm PriestmanGoode has created two new seating options for railway cars. Both intend to create more room for more seats, to help alleviate overcrowding on commuter trains.
This design, called Horizon, has benches that sit slightly higher than a typical train car seat, creating less need for leg room and more space underneath for luggage.
PriestmanGoode says these seats could increase commuter car capacity by 20 to 30 percent.
Island Bay offers a mix of seating options. The seats fold up and down, and while up, they function as perch seats.
Same goes for the additional end bay seating, which looks like a legless folding chair glued to the aisle-facing portions of the seats.
Island Bay also offers a traditional, full sit-down option, making its projected capacity increase slightly smaller than Horizon, at 15 to 20 percent.
The more populated a city gets, the more crowded its trains become. Commuter rails can get particularly bad; they carry more passengers greater distances than typical lines, and are often standing room only. To give just one example, the UK's Department of Transport recently observed that many of its commuter lines routinely carry around twice their intended capacity.
One of the biggest contributors to overcrowding, apart from all the people, is chairs. "If you have people sort of sitting in the old traditional way with legs sitting out in front, it takes up a lot of space," says Paul Priestman, a head designer and cofounder of design firm PriestmanGoode. Granted, you can't just do away with seats. So Priestman and his team decided to redesign them—and in the image of the humble bar stool, no less.
Priestman calls its two new seat designs the Horizon and the Island Bay. Both require riders to perch their butts a little higher than they're used to, positioning them somewhere between standing and a full-on sit. Raising the seat encourages a more upright posture that frees up space for peak commute hours and long rides.
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The UK's Rail Safety and Standards Board funded PriestmanGoode's work on the seats, which are now for sale, after the firm won a design competition aimed at addressing overcrowding. (The firm does a lot of work on aircraft interiors, so was well equipped to address problems like passenger distribution and seat economy.) Priestman says trends in office design—like standing desks—informed his team's design process, but the real inspiration was bar seating. The perched stools found in many bars encourage a more active, upright posture, but are still associated with leisure, relaxation, and good times.
Horizon benches sit slightly higher than your typical train car seat, creating more space underneath for luggage. A slight zig-zag shape offsets the riders on each bench by a few inches, to keep their shoulders from bumping. PriestmanGoode says these seats could increase commuter car capacity by 20 to 30 percent.
By comparison, PriestmanGoode projects the Island Bay will increase car capacity by just 15—20 percent. But the seats are adaptable, folding up and down like seats in a movie theatre. In the upright position, they encourage passengers to perch, like the Horizon. Folded down, they function like traditional seats. Affixed to the aisle-facing side of each bench is another elevated seat that looks a bit like a folding chair, minus the legs. On the wall of the car, between facing seats, is a surface that can serve as either a chair or a table, as the situation warrants.
The central paradox of seating, be it on a train, plane, or in a restaurant, is that you need more seats to do more business—but too many seats crams your customers and can make them unhappy. The airline industry, obviously, is on the More Seats plan. Train cars have the option to let travelers stand, but they shouldn't have to. "In some networks they take seats out, so it's like cattle trucks," Priestman says. "Someone could be on these for three hours, so you need seats." He believes these new designs offer a middle ground. Plus, anything that makes a commuter train feel more like a bar is worth a shot, in our book.
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A mental health trust in Birmingham has developed a new model for patient assessment and discharge that helps address the full spectrum of patient needs in one assessment. Professor George Tadros explains how this award-winning service works - and the difference it makes to mental health awareness.
The Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust Rapid Assessment, Interface and Discharge (RAID) model, the first of its kind in the UK, ensures patients get help for mental and physical health at the same time – delivering all the care that people need, when they need it – in one of Birmingham's busiest acute hospitals.
The government's mental health strategy, No Health Without Mental Health, recognises that mental wellbeing is closely linked to physical health – and the need for mental health awareness to be raised in primary care and acute hospital settings.
Recent research and guidance highlights how important it is for acute hospitals to address the needs of patients who self harm or misuse substances, recognise the impact of conditions like depression and dementia, and those who present as complex cases with both physical and mental illness, which often result in repeat admissions to acute care.
RAID is a great example of how this new strategy works in Birmingham. The RAID team assesses and treats patients aged over 16, who present at A&E or are already inpatients at Birmingham's City Hospital, getting them the help they need, regardless of age, locality, complaint, severity or time of presentation.
This award-winning service – which was launched at City Hospital in December 2009 and receives around 250 referrals a month – is accredited the Royal College of Psychiatry's Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network.
In November 2010, less than a year after the service was launched, the RAID team won the HSJ Award for Innovation in Mental Health.
The key to RAID's model is to see everyone referred from A&E within an hour, and all others within 24 hours. This means care for people with mental health problems is initiated early and problems are dealt with swiftly.
Staff in the RAID team provide tailored interventions, signposting, follow-up clinic appointments and onward referrals to GPs, Aquarius and third sector organisations that have been set up to provide on-going help in the community.
Staff at City Hospital also received training on mental health awareness and interventions. Staff reported this was highly relevant and has led to improvements in their practice, which in turn improves patient experience, with better detection, diagnosis and therefore earlier treatment.
In the ten months between December 2009 and September 2010, the team received more than 2,500 referrals. The most common reasons for referral were deliberate self harm, depression, confusion/dementia, alcohol misuse, suicidal thoughts, and psychosis.
Before RAID was introduced at City Hospital, patients who presented to A&E or on one of their inpatient wards with a mental health difficulty had to wait to be referred to the trust for assessment, before they could be put on the appropriate care pathway. This created delays and the patient experience could become disjointed and frustrating.
Now when a patient arrives at the hospital, the RAID team are alerted to provide an assessment prior to admission. The model has shown clear benefits in service delivery, increasing staff and patient satisfaction, rapid response times and delivering high cost savings while improving the overall quality of care.
RAID's primary aim was to streamline the patient journey. In achieving this aim, RAID has also had a beneficial effect on traditional winter pressures, by reducing length of stay and the number of readmissions.
A sample study conducted by the RAID team revealed that patients seen by our service were discharged quicker than those who were not seen by a member of the team – with 75 per cent discharged within a week, and 65 per cent within three days, of seeing RAID. This prevented unnecessary long stays in hospital, enabling safe and early discharge.
The number of older adults seen by RAID, who had come from their own home and returned there, almost doubled with 80 per cent returning home compared to 47 per cent pre-RAID.
The team specialists in working with older people with mental health problems, who are embedded in the acute hospital through RAID, can support other professionals to jointly manage the potential risks of discharge and facilitate rapid access to specialist community support.
To assess the financial impact of our RAID model at City Hospital, data on three key areas was independently collected and analysed to identify cost savings. This information focused on reduced length of stay, reduced readmissions and admission avoidance at the medical assessment unit (MAU).
Length of stay: RAID saved 21,509 bed days over 12 months (58.9 beds per day), with an associated cost saving of around £4.5m.
Reduced readmissions: RAID saved 1,800 admissions over 12 months, saving approximately £5.4m. This amounts to 8,100 saved bed days (22 beds per day).
Admission avoidance: By avoiding admissions at the point of MAU, RAID saved £454,500 through 202 patients receiving a reduced tariff of £750, rather than the £3,000 an admission would have cost.
In total, the combined savings are estimated at £10m (ranging between £7m and £12m).
RAID's innovative model has shown it is possible to improve patient experience and quality of care while delivering significant cost savings within the service.
Training acute staff at City Hospital to improve mental health awareness was well received and reported to have a beneficial impact on practice. The presence of RAID within the hospital has also resulted in more patients being diagnosed with mental health difficulties, compared to pre-RAID levels of diagnosis.
Referrals received reflect a wide range of mental health issues and ages. By combining specialities, the RAID team were able to respond to complex cases providing skilled assessment, intervention and onward referral for patients. The number of referrals made to home treatment teams fell, to show that RAID can handle some patients who previously would have been referred on to these services.
An audit of mental health related four hour breaches revealed these have been reduced since RAID was introduced. The team were also to meet one hour response targets in A&E and 24-hour targets for inpatient wards in most cases.
A large percentage (80 per cent) of older adults who came from their home, and were seen by RAID, went back there compared to pre-RAID levels, which highlights benefits in terms of service usage and patient experience.
The close working relationship between staff at City Hospital's A&E, the RAID team and the trust's community-based teams, ensures the patient's journey from assessment to treatment is a smooth, straight-forward one.
Finally, the savings our RAID service has made during its pilot phase – and the projections for what it can save the NHS over longer periods, cannot be ignored. Investing in the RAID model can reduce bed days and readmissions, as well as avoiding admissions at point of care, usually within an MAU.


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Death of Mary McShain, Landowner & Benefactor
December 2, 2020 by Jim Doyle	Leave a comment
Mary McShain, Irish American landowner and benefactor, dies at Killarney House in Killarney, County Kerry on December 2, 1998.
McShain is born Mary Horstmann in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 27, 1907. Her parents are Ignatius J. Horstmann and his wife Pauline. She is the fifth of six children. She attends St. Leonard's Academy in Philadelphia and Rosemont College in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. In 1927 she marries John McShain, building contractor who works on the reconstruction of the White House and the building of the Jefferson Memorial, the Pentagon, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. They are both interested in horse breeding and racing, establishing a stable of racehorses in 1952. They expand this stable to Ireland in 1955, hiring first Vincent O'Brien and then John Oxx as trainers. Their greatest success is the horse Ballymoss.
The McShains move to Ireland in 1960, buying Killarney House in County Kerry and a large portion of the Kenmare estate, which had been owned by the Earls of Kenmare since the 16th century. They gift Innisfallen Island and the ruins of an abbey to the Irish state in 1973, bestowing guardianship of Ross Island and its castle to the state. For a nominal fee, they turn over the entire estate to the state in 1979, stipulating a life tenancy of the house and some land, with the rest of the land being incorporated into Killarney National Park.
McShain is a Dame of Malta and a Lady of the Grand Cross of the Holy Sepulchre. She receives the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice cross in 1976. She is awarded two honorary doctorates in 1977, one from La Salle University in Philadelphia and one from her alma mater, Rosemont College.
McShain dies at Killarney House on December 2, 1998. She is buried beside her husband in Holy Cross Cemetery, Philadelphia. Her daughter, Pauline McShain, is a sister of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus and dies on March 8, 2019 due to complications of pneumonia.
(Pictured: John and Mary McShain with Lakes of Killarney in the background sometime in the late 1950s)
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There appears to be at least a temporary cease fire in the battle over the Iowa Juvenile Home. A senate subcommittee has voted for a plan that no longer calls for reopening the facility, but does call for having a state run facility somewhere to serve delinquent teenage girls.
Staff at a new facility for about 20 delinquent girls would have to meet new training standards and the facility would be scrutinized by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals which inspects nursing homes, group homes and other facilities in the state. The components of this new plan are being drafted in bill form and will be considered by the Senate Human Resources Committee next week.


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Little Wheels Big Hearts
17 February, 2019 | Dale Grant
People use social media for many different things. For some people, it's a way to stay connected with friends and family. For others, it's an endless source of puppy pictures and silly memes. I happened to find my social media niche around the time my twins turned one.
I found myself with many a silly parenting observation and nowhere to express myself. Of course, I had Facebook, but with the rate that I was pumping out dad jokes and what I thought were humorous quips about parenting, it just didn't seem like the right format. Then I discovered Twitter and more specifically Parenting Twitter. Finally, the unbridled validation from strangers on the internet that I so desperately craved.
It's now two years later and my account, @TwinzerDad, has over 6000 followers. I strive to create content every day. Honestly, it's mostly just me looking at my toddlers each morning and saying "What you got?" I honestly love doing it, but back in October, I began to wonder if I could do something more with social media. I wanted to come up with a way to channel the power of Parenting Twitter into some sort of tangible positive impact. I wanted to come up with some sort of charitable initiative.
I figured the best idea was to come up with a way for us Twitter parents to support an existing charity in a big way. The idea that I eventually came up with was to collect Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars for Toys for Tots.
For those of you unfamiliar with Toys for Tots, it is a charity run by the United States Marine Corp Reserves. They collect and distribute toys to children whose parents can't afford to purchase gifts at the holidays. The organization was founded in 1947, and according to their website, they have distributed over 548 million toys to date. They seemed like the perfect group for us to donate to. Now we just needed the perfect item to donate.
I settled on Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars. I loved this option because these toys are not only iconic, but they also inspire creativity in children. A child with a single Hot Wheels car create an adventure for themselves almost anywhere. These toys had another particular advantage. They average just around $1.00. This affordable price gives the opportunity for people to participate as much or as little as possible.
I recruited a handful of popular Twitter dads to assist me with the initiative. The idea was pretty simple. We would lay the idea out to our followers and encourage them to donate cars directly to their local Toys for Tots drop-off. After they dropped them off, we had hoped that they would just let us know how many that they had donated by using our newly created hashtag #LittleWheelsBigHearts. We set the goal at a daunting, but hopefully obtainable, 2000 cars donated between November 1st and December 7th.
The response was significantly more than we expected. People seemed genuinely excited about the initiative. However, we had forgotten about our international followers. We have followers all over the world and they were eager for a chance to help out. After taking a suggestion from a follower, I set up an Amazon Wishlist.
We hit our goal before the end of the second week. In fact during the duration of the program, there was not a single day that I did not have at least one package waiting for me from a generous follower somewhere across the world.
Things only grew from there. We had small businesses reaching out to us looking for ways to get involved. Companies like @Wohven_Tees and @Snarky_Sisters charitably donated items that we used as raffle prizes to entice people to donate. People were setting up donation boxes in their churches and school. The donations continued to pour in, well past the official end date of the campaign.
When it was all said and done and the totals were calculated, we had more than tripled our original goal. On a cold night in early December, myself and another Twitter dad delivered more than 6600 toy cars to the Toys for Tots warehouse in Chester Springs, PA.
What has this experience taught me? I think first and most importantly that amazing things can happen when good people come together with a purpose. I learned that social media can be a powerful medium when used for positive endeavors. Finally, I learned that we will definitely have to set a much bigger goal for this year's campaign.
If you are looking to support the #LittleWheelsBigHearts campaign this year, please don't hesitate to contact us at LittleWheelsBigHearts@gmail.com
*The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author/writer and do not express the views/opinions of Daddy's Digest.
Dale was born in Pittsburgh, PA but currently lives outside of Reading, PA. He graduated with a BA in photojournalism from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA in 2007. He has worked as a Marketing Brand Representative in the optical industry for five years. Dale lives in a quiet suburb with his beautiful wife and twin three-year-old boys. He enjoys Pittsburgh sports, comic books and bad action movies from the 80's and 90's. Dale also runs a comedic twitter account under the handle @TwinzerDad.


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All Black great believes NRL has the best model for Pasifika talent
10:36pm, 05 July 2021
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The disparity between the All Blacks-Tonga clash has put the spotlight once again on the issue of eligibility at the international level after Tonga were outmatched in a 102-0 thumping at Mt Smart Stadium last weekend.
Discussing the issue on Sky Sport's The Breakdown, former All Black great John Kirwan highlighted the central contracting system in New Zealand creates a disincentive for Pacific Island players from representing their home nations.
He compared New Zealand Rugby's [NZR] contracting system to that of the NRL, which has removed conflict of interest from the equation with a separation of club and national control.
John Kirwan on international eligibility | The Breakdown
Kirwan suggested that if Super Rugby clubs could fund the majority of a player's wages, they may be in a position to represent their home nation, such as Tonga.
New Zealand Super Rugby clubs can sign a maximum of three internationally-capped foreign players, and at least one of those players must be from a Pacific Island nation.
However, those players aren't eligible for NZR top-up funding to boost their pay to their normal market value.
"Central contracting probably doesn't help," Kirwan explained to the panel. "If you are playing for an NRL side, and the majority of your money is coming from your club, then you can play for your country.
"So, maybe there is a need to look at that central contracting because, what Toutai Kefu said, New Zealand have the system that brings players through, and no one begrudges anyone of that, good on them, but if the majority of the money is coming from the national body, you want them to stay and play for you.
"But, if you are actually born in Tonga and you are getting the lion's share of your money from your Super side, then maybe that changes stuff."
Ex-All Blacks star Mils Muliana explained the decision for young players is almost made for them as he said the financial rewards of playing for a foreign club pushes them towards a path that means representing another nation at test level.
"When you talk about the national body not really having that funding to allow you the ability to play for your home country and somewhere else does, well of course you are going to go down that track," he said.
"We've spoken about the eligibility rules for years and years, this isn't just a 12-month conversation.
"When you are getting paid more to go somewhere else, like Japan or to Europe, then you are to play for your national team, you have to consider that. For a lot of these guys, what they are getting from the Island nations is peanuts.
"It becomes an easy decision, no matter how much you want to come back. These guys want to come back, but they have to support their families, they have to make a living and they have to do it in a short period of time."
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The Australian share market is continuing to live up to January's bull trend and hit a new two month high (5,856 points) earlier in the session.
The local bourse rose at the open, pushed higher and is now maintaining momentum with most sectors in profit territory with Energy leading the rally, after the oil price is pushing up to a one month high.
Overnight in the US, we had positive Wall Street leads after Goldman Sachs shares hit a 10-year high on quarterly earnings, while the Bank of America charged up on its record quarterly profit.
The S&P/ASX 200 index is 0.3 per cent or 18 points higher at 5,853. On the futures market the SPI is 11 points higher.
Michael Hill (ASX:MHJ) has been upgraded from a sell to a neutral/hold by Citi, with the multinational bank giving a 12-month price target of $0.63, down from its prior target of $0.65. It comes after it posed a Christmas boost to its sales, after they rose 1.3 per cent rise in November and December.
Asset manager, Janus Henderson (ASX:JHG) is trading over 3.1 per cent higher today, despite Citi cutting its FY18, FY19 and FY20 earnings forecasts.
Coal mining major, Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC) reported a record report card for the December quarter with the producer also saying its on track to meet full-year production guidance of 22.0Mt to 23Mt of saleable coal. It hit record sales in December and quarterly ROM coal production of 7.4 Mt (Megatones). Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC) shares are trading 4.6 per cent higher at $4.75 at noon.
Lithium play, Orocobre (ASX:ORE) reported production soared 65 per cent quarter on quarter (to 3,782 tonnes of lithium carbonate) in the December quarter and also achieved its second-best quarter of production at Olaroz. It comes after it also achieved a 41 per cent rise in sales in December. Shares in Orocobre (ASX:ORE) are trading 0.2 per cent lower at $3.25 at noon.
The best performing sector is Energy adding 0.9 per cent, while the worst performing sector is Utilities, shedding 1 per cent.
The best performing stock in the S&P/ASX 200 is Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC), rising 4.6 per cent to $4.75, followed by shares in Alumina Limited (ASX:AWC) are following after reporting Alcoa increased its EBIT forecast on the back higher production, while Afterpay Touch Group (ASX:APT) follows.
The worst performing stock in the S&P/ASX 200 is Western Areas (ASX:WSA), dropping per 3.2 cent to $2.11, followed by shares in Syrah Resources (ASX:SYR) and AGL Energy (ASX:AGL).
Gold is trading at US$1,294 an ounce.


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Ceppaloni is een gemeente in de Italiaanse provincie Benevento (regio Campanië) en telt 3422 inwoners (31-12-2004). De oppervlakte bedraagt 23,7 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 148 inwoners per km².

De volgende frazioni maken deel uit van de gemeente: Arpaise, Beltiglio di Ceppaloni, Ripabianca Tressanti, San Giovanni di Ceppaloni, Terranova d'Arpaise.

Demografie
Ceppaloni telt ongeveer 1434 huishoudens. Het aantal inwoners daalde in de periode 1991-2001 met 1,0% volgens cijfers uit de tienjaarlijkse volkstellingen van ISTAT.

Geografie
Ceppaloni grenst aan de volgende gemeenten: Altavilla Irpina (AV), Apollosa, Arpaise, Chianche (AV), Montesarchio, Roccabascerana (AV), San Leucio del Sannio, San Nicola Manfredi, Sant'Angelo a Cupolo.

Geboren
 Clemente Mastella] (1947), politicus

Externe link
 https://web.archive.org/web/20090430105348/http://www.ceppaloni.net/

Gemeente in Benevento


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package org.lcmmun.kiosk.gui;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;

import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileNameExtensionFilter;

import org.lcmmun.kiosk.Crisis;
import org.lcmmun.kiosk.Messages;

import tools.customizable.FileProperty;
import tools.customizable.PropertyPanel;
import tools.customizable.PropertySet;
import tools.customizable.TextProperty;
import tools.customizable.Time;
import tools.customizable.TimeProperty;
import tools.customizable.TrueFalseProperty;

/**
 * A panel allowing editing of a {@link Crisis}.
 *
 * @author William Chargin
 *
 */
public class CrisisEditor extends JPanel {

	/**
	 *
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	/**
	 * The crisis being edited.
	 */
	private final Crisis crisis;

	/**
	 * The runnable to apply changes. We use a runnable so that it can use
	 * enclosing class local variables instead of creating a whole bunch of
	 * fields.
	 */
	private final Runnable rApply;

	/**
	 * Creates the editor for the given crisis.
	 *
	 * @param c
	 *            the crisis to edit
	 */
	public CrisisEditor(Crisis c) {
		super(new BorderLayout());
		if (c == null) {
			c = new Crisis();
		}
		crisis = c;

		PropertySet ps = new PropertySet();

		final TextProperty tpName = new TextProperty(
				Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyName"), crisis.getName()); //$NON-NLS-1$
		ps.add(tpName);

		final TrueFalseProperty tfpDeployed = new TrueFalseProperty(
				Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyAlreadyDeployed"), crisis.isDeployed(), Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyValueAlreadyDeployedYes"), //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
				Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyValueAlreadyDeployedNo")); //$NON-NLS-1$
		tfpDeployed.setEnabled(false);
		ps.add(tfpDeployed);

		ps.add(null);

		final FileProperty fpBriefing = new FileProperty(
				Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyBriefing"), //$NON-NLS-1$
				crisis.getFile());
		ps.add(fpBriefing);
		fpBriefing.setFilter(new FileNameExtensionFilter(Messages
				.getString("CrisisEditor.PDFFileFilter"), "PDF")); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$

		final TextProperty tpGoogleDocs = new TextProperty(
				Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.GoogleDocsID"), //$NON-NLS-1$
				crisis.getGoogleDocsId());
		ps.add(tpGoogleDocs);

		ps.add(null);

		final TrueFalseProperty tfpGuestSpeaker = new TrueFalseProperty(
				Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyGuestSpeaker"), crisis.isGuestSpeaker(), Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyValueGuestSpeakerYes"), Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyValueGuestSpeakerNo")); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
		ps.add(tfpGuestSpeaker);

		final TextProperty tpGuestSpeakerName = new TextProperty(
				Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyGuestSpeakerName"), crisis.getGuestSpeakerName()); //$NON-NLS-1$
		ps.add(tpGuestSpeakerName);

		final TextProperty tpGuestSpeakerOccupation = new TextProperty(
				Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyGuestSpeakerOccupation"), crisis.getGuestSpeakerOccupation()); //$NON-NLS-1$
		ps.add(tpGuestSpeakerOccupation);

		ps.add(null);

		final Time qaTime = crisis.getQaTime();
		final TrueFalseProperty tfpQaSession = new TrueFalseProperty(
				Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyQASession"), qaTime != null, Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyValueQASessionYes"), Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyValueQASessionNo")); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
		ps.add(tfpQaSession);

		final TimeProperty tpQaTime = new TimeProperty(
				Messages.getString("CrisisEditor.PropertyQALength"), //$NON-NLS-1$
				qaTime == null ? new Time(0, 5, 0) : qaTime);
		ps.add(tpQaTime);

		tfpGuestSpeaker.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
			@Override
			public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent ce) {
				boolean guestSpeaker = tfpGuestSpeaker.getValue();
				tpGuestSpeakerName.setEnabled(guestSpeaker);
				tpGuestSpeakerOccupation.setEnabled(guestSpeaker);
				tfpQaSession.setEnabled(guestSpeaker);
				boolean qaSession = guestSpeaker && tfpQaSession.getValue();
				tpQaTime.setEnabled(qaSession);
			}
		});

		tfpQaSession.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
			@Override
			public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent ce) {
				tpQaTime.setEnabled(tfpGuestSpeaker.getValue()
						&& tfpQaSession.getValue());
			}
		});

		boolean guestSpeaker = tfpGuestSpeaker.getValue();
		tpGuestSpeakerName.setEnabled(guestSpeaker);
		tpGuestSpeakerOccupation.setEnabled(guestSpeaker);
		tfpQaSession.setEnabled(guestSpeaker);
		boolean qaSession = guestSpeaker && tfpQaSession.getValue();
		tpQaTime.setEnabled(qaSession);

		add(new PropertyPanel(ps, true, false), BorderLayout.CENTER);

		rApply = new Runnable() {
			@Override
			public void run() {
				crisis.setName(tpName.getValue());
				crisis.setDeployed(tfpDeployed.getValue());
				crisis.setFile(fpBriefing.getValue());
				crisis.setGoogleDocsId(tpGoogleDocs.getValue());
				crisis.setGuestSpeaker(tfpGuestSpeaker.getValue());
				crisis.setGuestSpeakerName(tpGuestSpeakerName.getValue());
				crisis.setGuestSpeakerOccupation(tpGuestSpeakerOccupation
						.getValue());
				crisis.setQaTime(tfpQaSession.getValue() ? tpQaTime.getValue()
						: null);
			}
		};
	}

	/**
	 * Applies the changes in the editor.
	 */
	public void applyChanges() {
		rApply.run();
	}

}


We have consultants located throughout the United States, as well as in three Canadian provinces and now the Netherlands. We can work with your organization remotely or send one of our local consultants to your office. While we are headquartered in Asheville, NC, maintaining a virtual workforce helps Cloud for Good have an impact on and work with more nonprofits.


When I visited Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, Manchester before Christmas, we were lucky enough to catch the Puppet Masters Return with Aardman Studios exhibit. The even better news is that it's there until 1st April 2017, and it's FREE.
Part of the Manchester Animation Festival, Puppet Masters Return with Aardman Studios lets members of the public get up close and personal with the characters from some of those well-known family favourites including Wallace and Gromit, Timmy Time and The Pirates, An Adventure With Scientists!
The boys even got their photos taken by the photographer for the play we were reviewing.
There was a sneaky peek at how the models and their props and accessories are designed and made. This is the part that really fascinates me. So tiny, and so 'realistic', how do you even begin to decide how to make your vision a reality?
This is a FREE to enter exhibit which is open to the public until 1st April 2017. and is housed at Waterside Arts Centre, 1 Waterside Plaza, Sale, M33 7ZF, UK. Waterside Arts also show some amazing theatre. Find out more information, including opening times, on the Waterside Arts Centre website. Well worth a visit.


Eric Nadel, broadcaster with Texas Rangers baseball for 40 years, will speak to the club about how professional baseball broadcasting has changed during this period.
Visitors are welcome. For more information, call Terry Swan at 426-9549.


2009 will be first year that the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta is part of the ISAF Sailing World Cup, but it is the fourth running of the regatta which is held at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Dorset, Great Britain.
In 2008 the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta welcomed a record 240 boats from 11 countries and the event is expected to go from strength to strength in the lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games with organizers expecting entries to double to around 500 boats in 2009.
Whilst Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta is a relatively new event, many people will remember the hugely successful and popular Weymouth Olympic Week which ran from 1972 until 1988. Based from Weymouth Beach there was sailing for all the Olympic sailing events. The present Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, however, is being run on a totally different scale from WPNSA.
In 2009, Skandia Sail for Gold will start three days after the RS:X World Championships finish with racing scheduled to start on Monday 14 September with Medal Racing on Saturday 19 September. Registration will be on Saturday and Sunday 12-13 September with entry through http://www.ryaracingevents.org.uk/ - competitors are asked to enter in good time as there will be no late entries allowed.
There will be a tented village to add to the atmosphere and a 'spectator day' on Saturday 19 September, with large screens transmitting live pictures and tracking of the racing, with commentary from the water and on the shore for the Medal Races.
Skandia have become a renowned supporter of sailing events in Great Britain. As well as being title sponsor for the Sail for Gold Regatta since its inception in 2006, they also sponsored Cowes Week for 14 years.
UK Sport is the other major contributor to the Regatta with money coming from UK National Lottery funding.
The Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta is held at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA), the venue for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition.
WPNSA will be the host venue for the sailing at the London 2012 Olympics. Currently undergoing a major refurbishment the Academy is scheduled for completion in November 2008 and will provide a magnificent facility for hosting major sailing regattas.
Racing will take place on six different course areas both inside Portland Harbour and in Weymouth Bay. There will be racing for all the Olympic sailing events. Alongside will be racing for the Paralympic sailing events.
Recently WPNSA was the host venue for the 2006 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, the 2006 49er European Championship and the 2006 29er World Championship.
The curtain has come down on the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta - the biggest Olympic and Paralympic classes regatta that Great Britain has seen.
The last four events of the 2009 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta saw The Netherlands win two golds, and both Finland and Australia take one apiece, whilst World Cup titles went to Denmark, the USA, and twice to Great Britain.
ISAF Sailing World Cup titles went to France, Great Britain, Portugal and Spain as the first medals were awarded in the Olympic events at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth and Portland.
The cream of crews from around the world will battle it out for medals when the 2009 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta and the inaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup series reaches its climax at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy on Saturday.


Putin 'to pardon Khodorkovsky' Jump to media player Vladimir Putin has said Russia's most famous prisoner and the president's biggest political enemy, could soon be freed.
'Optimism' over Khodorkovsky release Jump to media player The son of former oil company chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky says he is optimistic his father will be released from jail in August next year.
A mother's 'contempt' for Kremlin Jump to media player The BBC's Daniel Sandford travels with Marina Khodorkovskaya to the prison where her son Mikhail - once Russia's richest man - is being held on what he says are politically-motivated charges.
Khodorkovsky ruling 'a victory' Jump to media player The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia violated the rights of the jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, but that there was insufficient evidence to show that his prosecution was politically motivated.
The Khodorkovsky trial - the investors' view Jump to media player How worried are foreign investors about the rule of law in Russia? Malcolm Borthwick reports from London.
Former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is due to be released from jail following a pardon from Russian President Vladimir Putin, officials say.
Critics of President Putin saw it as a political trial, a consequence of challenging his unwritten rule that oligarchs should stay out of politics.
People on the streets of Moscow gave their reaction to the news.


TEL-AVIV, Israel, Oct. 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gazit-Globe (TASE:GZT) (NYSE:GZT), one of the world's leading multi-national real estate companies focused on acquisition, development and redevelopment of supermarket-anchored shopping centers in major urban markets, announced today that it had completed an offering of a new series of unsecured CPI-adjusted debentures, Series 12, for total gross proceeds of approximately NIS 451 million (approx. US $128 million).
The debentures bear an annual interest rate of 4.0%, CPI-adjusted, payable semi-annually, with a duration of 9.8 years and a final maturity date of June 2027.
The debentures have a domestic credit rating of ilAA- with a stable outlook from S&P Maalot and a domestic credit rating of Aa3 with a stable outlook from Midroog (Moody's domestic subsidiary).
The underwriters syndicate was led by Leader Capital Markets and Clal Finance and included Barak Capital, Excellence Investments, APEX Investment, Discount Capital Markets & Investments, Leumi Partners, Poalim IBI, and Inbar Finance.
The Company will use the net proceeds from the offering to reduce the outstanding balance under its revolving credit facilities and for general corporate purposes.
Gazit-Globe is one of the largest owners, developers and operators of supermarket-anchored shopping centers in major urban markets around the world. In addition, the Company is active in North America in the healthcare real estate sector. Gazit-Globe is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:GZT), the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:GZT) and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE:GZT) and is included in the TA-25 and Real-Estate 15 indices in Israel. Gazit-Globe owns and operates 592 properties in more than 20 countries, with a gross leasable area of approximately 6.7 million square meters and a total value of more than US$20 billion.


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This feature is still in experimental mode and implementation details may change in future release.
" %}

As name suggests, non-persist topic does not persist messages into any durable storage disk unlike persistent topic where messages are durably persisted on multiple disks.

Therefore, if you are using persistent delivery, messages are persisted to disk/database so that they will survive a broker restart or subscriber failover. While using non-persistent delivery, if you kill a broker or subscriber is disconnected then subscriber will lose all in-transit messages. So, client may see message loss with non-persistent topic.

- In non-persistent topic, as soon as broker receives published message, it immediately delivers this message to all connected subscribers without persisting them into any storage. So, if subscriber gets disconnected with broker then broker will not be able to deliver those in-transit messages and subscribers will never be able to receive those messages again. Broker also drops a message for the consumer, if consumer does not have enough permit to consume message, or consumer TCP channel is not writable. Therefore, consumer receiver queue size (to accommodate enough permits) and TCP-receiver window size (to keep channel writable) should be configured properly to avoid message drop for that consumer.
- Broker only allows configured number of in-flight messages per client connection. So, if producer tries to publish messages higher than this rate, then broker silently drops those new incoming messages without processing and delivering them to the subscribers. However, broker acknowledges with special message-id (`msg-id: -1:-1`) for those dropped messages to signal producer about the message drop.

#### Performance

Non-persistent messaging is usually faster than persistent messaging because broker does not persist messages and immediately sends ack back to producer as soon as that message deliver to all connected subscribers. Therefore, producer sees comparatively low publish latency with non-persistent topic.

#### Client API

A topic name will look like:

```
non-persistent://my-property/us-west/my-namespace/my-topic
```

Producer and consumer can connect to non-persistent topic in a similar way, as persistent topic except topic name must start with `non-persistent`.

Non-persistent topic supports all 3 different subscription-modes: **Exclusive**, **Shared**, **Failover** which are already explained in details at [GettingStarted](../../getting-started/ConceptsAndArchitecture).

##### Consumer API

```java
PulsarClient client = PulsarClient.create("pulsar://localhost:6650");

Consumer consumer = client.subscribe(
            "non-persistent://sample/standalone/ns1/my-topic",
            "my-subscribtion-name");
```

##### Producer API

```java
PulsarClient client = PulsarClient.create("pulsar://localhost:6650");

Producer producer = client.createProducer(
            "non-persistent://sample/standalone/ns1/my-topic");
```

#### Broker configuration

Sometimes, there would be a need to configure few dedicated brokers in a cluster, to just serve non-persistent topics.

Broker configuration for enabling broker to own only configured type of topics

```
# It disables broker to load persistent topics
enablePersistentTopics=false
# It enables broker to load non-persistent topics
enableNonPersistentTopics=true
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Despite all the frills there are to living in Southern California, one issue that cannot be denied is the state government's apathy toward pedestrians who are outside of its most metropolitan areas. Some parts of the state only have buses that arrive every few hours, with little else serving Californians in terms of public transit. The Metrolink and Amtrak services are helpful, but leave much of the state uncovered. For these reasons, any measure taken to improve public transportation could not only improve the paths that the average California pedestrian takes, but also open up entirely new ones. In other words, voters should vote yes on Proposition 1A.
The proposition will set into motion the construction of a high-speed train system. By asking for just under $10 billion in bonds, voters would set the foundation for a bullet train that could travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco at speeds as fast as 220 mph. This could transform a non-automobile owner's agonizing journey from Southern California to Northern California to a mere two and a half hour trip. For car owners, this could also benefit you, as gas prices have never completely stabilized. Thus, in the long run voting yes on the proposition could essentially put fuel in your gas tank and money in your pocket.
Opponents of the proposition may trumpet two points, which are its cost and its completion date.
In regard to this first point, while $10 billion seems like a vast sum on paper for such an ambitious project, Californians will be getting this futuristic project at a steal. For example, alternative ways to improve California's transportation system have included proposals to modify the state's highways.
However, estimations show that simply to expand Central Valley Highway 99, the cost would be $25 billion. Furthermore, the proposition will draw funding from federal and private sources in addition to state assistance, which places less pressure on California's economy.
Even the most adamant proponents of the high-speed train system estimate that the endeavor will not be completed for many years to come, with projections generally showing a finish date of 2030. While this is admittedly less than desirable, construction on the project could begin as early as 2011 as the funds gained from this proposition would be geared toward a route between Anaheim and San Francisco. Although individuals may not be able to take that two and a half hour ride to San Francisco in the next few years, once built, such sections could potentially be used long before 2030.
With California's massive economy and progressive population, the state has all the tools needed to be a frontrunner in developing revolutionary policies. Although the state has at times stood up to this challenge, in terms of public transportation, California has fallen behind — way behind.
Yet, with three of the five most congested urban areas in the nation, it is not just pedestrians who will benefit from the construction of a high-speed train system. Highways and byways will only become increasingly crowded as time goes on.
Rather than looking into expensive highway projects that will not reduce congestion issues when taking population increase into account, Californians need a solution. And the first step to that solution is voting yes on Proposition 1A.