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Union Carbide To Invest In Texas City Site
Union Carbide Corp. has announced plans for a multi-year spending program designed to make capital improvements in support of Dow's Solvents & Intermediates business.
Union Carbide Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Co., has announced plans for a multi-year spending program designed to make capital improvements in support of Dow's Solvents & Intermediates business. The modernization will improve the reliability of the Isopropanol and Oxo production facilities at the site and increase isopropanol capacity by 40 million pounds. "Our Solvents & Intermediates business is not only a significant supplier to the paints and coatings industry, it also supplies important raw materials used in the production of a variety of Dow products," says Ted Cosse, vice president for Acrylics, Solvents & Intermediates. "This investment represents a long-term commitment to our industry, our customers and Texas City."
For more information, visit http://www.dowsolvents.com.
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Q: How to simplify this LINQ WHERE query? I'm trying to select several rows from a table but would like the selection to stop if the first where clause comes back with results. Basically if there are results with language then I don't need to query for DevLanguage or FallbackLanguage, is this possible in a single query with || operator or with some other LINQ magic?

        var languageStrings = _presentationContext.LocalizationStrings
            .Where(x => x.Namespace.Namespace == @namespace &&
                        x.Namespace.Language == language);

        var devStrings = _presentationContext.LocalizationStrings
            .Where(x => x.Namespace.Namespace == @namespace &&
                        x.Namespace.Language == Constants.DevLanguage);

        var fallbackStrings = _presentationContext.LocalizationStrings
            .Where(x => x.Namespace.Namespace == @namespace &&
                        x.Namespace.Language == Constants.FallbackLanguage);

        var localizationStrings = languageStrings.Any() ? languageStrings : devStrings.Any() ? devStrings : fallbackStrings.Any() ? fallbackStrings

A: While there are probably more downsides to the code below than I know of, it's a one-liner (if you ignore the temp variable declaration) and only executes the LINQ queries if the previous one failed to return any results.
IEnumerable<dynamic> temp;
var localizationStrings =
        (temp = _presentationContext.LocalizationStrings.Where(x =>
                    x.Namespace.Namespace == @namespace &&
                    x.Namespace.Language == language)).Any() ? temp :
        (temp = _presentationContext.LocalizationStrings.Where(x =>
                    x.Namespace.Namespace == @namespace &&
                    x.Namespace.Language == Constants.DevLanguage)).Any() ? temp :
        (temp = _presentationContext.LocalizationStrings.Where(x =>
                    x.Namespace.Namespace == @namespace &&
                    x.Namespace.Language == Constants.FallbackLanguage)).Any() ? temp :
        Enumerable.Empty<string>();

One reason why I would either pick your original code or search for a different method is because assigning values in a chain like this is not performance friendly.

A: I would put the common part of these queries into a separate query.
var query = _presentationContext.LocalizationStrings.Where(x => x.Namespace.Namespace == @namespace);

var languageStrings = query.Where(x => x.Namespace.Language == language);
var devStrings = query.Where(x => x.Namespace.Language == Constants.DevLanguage);
var fallbackStrings = query.Where(x => x.Namespace.Language == Constants.FallbackLanguage);

The SQL is generated the same.

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The Buk missile system (Russian: "Бук"; "beech" (tree), /bʊk/) is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation, and designed to fight cruise missiles, smart bombs, fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Buk missile system is the successor to the NIIP/Vympel 2K12 Kub (NATO reporting name SA-6 "Gainful"). The first version of Buk adopted into service carried the GRAU designation 9K37 and was identified in the west with the NATO reporting name "Gadfly" as well as the US Department of Defense designation SA-11.
With the integration of a new missile the Buk-M1-2 and Buk-M2 systems also received a new NATO reporting name Grizzly and a new DoD designation SA-17. The latest incarnation "Buk-M3" is scheduled for production.
A naval version of the system, designed by MNIIRE Altair (currently part of GSKB Almaz-Antey) for the Russian Navy, according to Jane's Missiles & Rockets, received the GRAU designation 3S90M1 and will be identified with the NATO reporting name Gollum and a DoD designation SA-N-7C. The naval system is scheduled for delivery in 2014.
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The S4M (Russian: С4М) was a Soviet insurgency weapon pistol, designed to be used expressly for the purpose of assassination.
It was a simple break-open, two-shot derringer, but the unique features came from its specialized ammunition, designed around a cut-down version of the 7.62×39mm rounds used in the Soviet AK-47. The casings of the round contained a piston-like plunger between the bullet and the powder that would move forward inside the casing when fired. The piston would push the round down the barrel and plug the end of the casing, completely sealing off any explosive gases in the casing. This, combined with the inherently low-velocity round resulted in a truly silent pistol. The nature of the gun and ammunition led to it being wildly inaccurate outside of point-blank range. To add further confusion and throw possible suspicion away from the assassin, the barrel rifling was designed to affect the bullet in such a way that ballistics experts would not only conclude that the round was fired from an AK-47, but that the round was fired from several hundred feet away.
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The S1850M is a long range passive electronically scanned array radar for wide area search. The S1850M is produced by BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies (formerly AMS UK) and Thales. It is a modified version of the Thales Nederland SMART-L radar. The S1850M is advertised as being capable of fully automatic detection, track initiation and tracking of up to 1,000 targets at a range of 400 kilometres (250 mi). It is also claimed to be highly capable of detecting stealth targets, and is able to detect and track outer atmosphere objects at short range, making it capable of forming part of a Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence system.
The contract for initial production of the S1850M was signed in 2001; 2 for the UK, 1 for France and 1 for Italy, with a common prototype based in Toulon. In 2005 a follow-on contract was signed for 5 more for the UK, 1 more for France and 1 more for Italy. Even a stronger version of the S1850M is under testing, which is actually an updated version of the current SMART-L radar, which the Dutch Navy will call the SMART-L-EWC (Early Warning Capability) Radar, with even a greater search radius and capable of detecting ballistic missiles. It would have a tracking range of 2000km for ballistic missile defence and 480km for air defence . SMART-L EWC is an AESA programmable radar which is characterized by full flexibility. Additional capabilities can be introduced during lifetime according to customer needs. This makes the radar future proof in case of evolving requirements.
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Q: Using Methods from Object Maps I have taken advice from my previous post and integrated maps, sub-classes, and Boolean variables into my word generator. My issue is now getting the letter objects from the map. I can successfully do .get commands from my map, but I can't run class methods from this. Here are some code snippits.
This is my structure for my Hash Map.
    HashMap<String, Object> mapVowel = new HashMap<>();
    HashMap<String, Object> mapConsonant = new HashMap<>();
    mapVowel.put("a", a);
    mapConsonant.put("b", b);
    mapConsonant.put("c", c);
    mapConsonant.put("d", d);
    mapVowel.put("e", e);

I am trying to use a command to lookup the key for the letter objects, and then get the letter object, and use my superclass Letter to run the addChar method I have to add it to the string. As of now I have a get command.
    int firstConsonant = 0 + (int)(Math.random() * 19);
    mapConsonant.get(stringConsonantArray[firstConsonant]

So how do I get an object and call a method from it by a map command?

A: You should create an interface (or abstract class, see below the snippet), let's say Letter, then two classes Consonant and Vowel that implement/extend that. Now you can create a Map<String, Letter> and put all your elements in there. Depending on the use case, the Letter interface will have some methods that both classes must implement, so you can call that method from the derived interface
interface Letter {}
class Consonant implements Letter {}
class Vowel implements Letter {}

For example something like this
interface Letter {
    char getLetter();
}
class Consonant implements Letter {
    private char letter;
    @Override
    public char getLetter() {
        return letter;
    }
}
class Vowel implements Letter {
    private char letter;
    @Override
    public char getLetter() {
        return letter;
    }
}

Again, depending on the use case it might make sense to create an abstract class instead. This abstract class can be extended by the both other classes and can also provide common methods.
abstract class Letter {
    char letter;
    char getLetter() {
        return letter;
    }
}
class Consonant extends Letter {
}
class Vowel extends Letter {
}


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"Even now," declares the Lord, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning." Rend your heart and not your garments. (Joel 2:12-13 NIV) Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
In the book of Joel, the prophet calls the people of Judah to repentance. God wants His wayward people to return to Him, but He wants their whole hearts. He doesn't want mere external expression of repentance, such as tearing ones clothes as a sign of grief.
So He says, "rend your heart." In other words, be torn up on the inside. Fast, weep, and mourn, but do it for real. Enough of this fake stuff – fake religion and fake repentance.


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Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Religious Conservatives — and Governing Coalitions
July 20, 2006 by Jonathan
Here's the text of an email conversation that Lex and I had recently:
Me: Link
This argument isn't new but I think it's essentially valid, and it's presented well in this article.
Lex: Any successful party is a coalition. If it is successful long enough the members of the coalition start to grumble that they are not getting enough of what they want. I think there is a decent chance that the elements of the GOP coalition can fragment. The wishes of libertarians for a more libertarian approach will be dashed. The hopes of the Christian Right, which is actually what I am when you get down to it, for a more culturally conservative approach, will also be dashed. Neither group has enough numbers to get any of what it wants without being part of a coalition. The Religious Right is also generally for small government, so they are less likely to see anything at all to like about the Democrats. The libertarians may like the fact that the Democrats are for gay marriage, pornography and abortion and also drug legalization. Glenn Reynolds is very clear that he is against the GOP mainstream on these issues, for example, as one would expect of a professional academic. However, the core libertarian view has always been smaller government, and a key element of that has been gun rights. The Democrats have absolutely nothing to offer on these issues. However, libertarian voters are fickle and perfectionistic. So, they may vote for socialism to get pornography, for at least one election. I have never been a libertarian. Still, I am just not worried about the GOP coalition breaking up when (1) the Democrats seem not to have much to offer to anyone outside their current core constituencies, and (2) national security is a major issue and the Democrats are incoherent. The idea that the current Democrat leadership has the wit to "reach out" to libertarians is almost funny. Libertarian wishful thinking. If they do very badly in 2006 they may wake up and get their shit together in time for 2008. We'll see what happens.
Me: A successful coalition has the largest amount of both members and dissatisfaction.
I agree with you mostly. The Dems are in a bind, because they can't offer the libertarians or religious conservatives much of value without giving up their core socialism and control-freakiness.
There are lots of different value mixes among libertarians. I am pretty libertarian but I'm also opposed to gay marriage and favor substantial restrictions on abortion. The deal-killers for me with the Democrats are guns and, even more, the Democrats' class envy and hostility to small business. I suspect that the issue that best encapsulates the ideological divide here is the death tax.
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LotharBot
The article (well, the response section) makes a solid point, though — if Republicans continue to shift toward big government, one of the key issues that holds libertarians in this coalition will dissolve.
I think most libertarians will stick to the R side, but it doesn't take a whole lot staying home to swing a state or two.
Dan from Madison
I think about this a lot. Being a small business owner, gun nut, supporter of stong military and all around "leave me alone" type of guy the Dems obviously have nothing for me.
But the bigger issue is what have the Republicans done for me? From where I sit, I have seen them get pushed around with a majority in the Senate and House and holding the Presidency. They couldn't get the Estate Tax scuttled once and for all? Wha?
It only takes a good personality to start siphoning votes away from a lackey Republican candidate. In the last gubernatorial race here in Wisconsin the Libertarian candidate, Ed Thompson (Tommy's brother) garnered over 10% of the vote. I voted for him. Who do you think got killed because of that number? Of course, the Republican.
A third party candidate, while far from being able to win can certainly do damage if he pushes the right buttons. Thompson pounded the theme of "lets toss the corrupt s.o.b.'s out" and also the standard Libertarian themes on abortion (with which I don't happen to agree), guns, drugs, porn and other things.
My friends poo-poo me a lot on voting for third party candidates because they all know if Hillary runs, we will all crawl across broken glass to vote against her – and that is a good point as well.
Make that two Dan. I also voted for Ed. McCallum was such a corrupt and arrogant schmuck though. No way I was going to vote for him.
Lex forgot defense in his list.
"gay marriage, pornography and abortion and also drug legalization"
I'm a libertarian. I'm ok with the above 4 issues. Liberartarians are very much "do your own thing" so that takes out #1 and #2. I don't like seeing simple stupidity on the part of a 14 year old girl destroying her life so I'm ok with #3. #4 is just a pretense to take away liberty.
But! Guns and defense trump those 4. That's the part Lex missed. Issues have weight. I don't vote Dem. Period.
Dan from Madision,
From where I sit, I have seen them get pushed around with a majority in the Senate and House and holding the Presidency
One possible explanation maybe that while the Republicans control three of the four estates, the fourth estate, the press stands largely against them.
Bruce Chang
On a different site I post at, one Democratic partisan hack, sick of getting outreasoned, but unable to convincingly label others as "Republican", finally posted an entry saying that libertarians are clueless. (That's odd because that's not usually a Democratic position.) After some arguments in both directions, I noted the following:
There are essentially two views of government here, one active, one passive. The passive view argues that government should address problems not covered by the market after the problems arise; the active view argues that government should anticipate and prevent all problems not addressed by the market. Pete has most succinctly summed this up, and skooly runs a close second.
A problem arises, however, when the proponents of one side deny everything about the other side. For example, the "passivist" camp is unwilling to concede that sometimes intervention has been right, such as the forced desegregation of Little Rock HS; and the "activist" camp is unwilling to concede that government might not always know best.
It seems, however, that the "activist" camp is more willing to villify members of the "passivist" camp. Where the "passivists" are merely skeptical of government's ability to know what's best for individuals, "activists" have in at least one instance made the erroneous assumption that rejection of, for example, the FDA, would necessarily entail a return of all things to the way they were before the establishment of the FDA. (I won't mention names.)
Why is that erroneous? It is erroneous because it takes as its premise that the effects of the FDA exist in a vacuum. Another typicial example is the argument that racial quotas must be maintained, because without them, we will necessarily return to a societal state that tolerates, among other things, Jim Crow laws, lynchings, and the like. In both examples, the premise that the effects of a particular program or system of program exist in a vacuum must, by definition, deny that any societal progress has been made.
In a sense, it's the notion that humanity is, by default, horrid, but that it is perfectible. The clear question this presents is: Who will define "perfection"? Who will define the direction in which society must be forced to go?
The "passivist" camp, on the other hand, accepts humanity is flawed, but does not see humanity is either perfectible or contemptible. It is in a sense a more organic view, preferring to let individuals make their mistakes, even if those individuals pay the ultimate price, and letting society learn from those mistakes.
It is frankly impossible, in my view, to anticipate all the stupid things individuals and even societies can do. Ironically, "activists" tend to see the persistence of stupidity as proof that they don't have enough power, and/or that the "right people" aren't being allowed into power. And whether out of an idealistic desire to rectify the wrongs of society, or perhaps even out of a lust for power, "activists" continue to proffer more and more entitlement programs, made possible of course by giving more power to the government. But, of course, power corrupts. But "activists" (whether they're social liberals or social conservatives) insist that they'll get it right, that they're immune to such temptations. Scipios, unfortunately, are rare.
Tom Grey - Liberty Dad
How many Libs (Free Marketeers) does it take to change a light bulb?
None — the free market will take care of it.
Nice joke; I love it.
But what politician can win by claiming credit for the free market solving a problem?
Keynes gave politicians "something active to do". Too many voters, given any problem, want the government to "do something."
The Reps in office are trying to bribe the voters, just like the Dems do; but at least with tax cuts, too.
Libs, or Christians (which I've become much more), need to get active in the Rep Primaries.
Why was there nobody else on the CA-41 Jerry Lewis Rep Primary ballot? Because cutting pork wasn't important enough for any national org.
As long as the Reps keep looking for coalition mates, and the Dems keep looking to drive out any heretic … on abortion; on Iraq; on taxes (tax the rich! for more gov't cash for all); the Reps will be OK.
A. Scott Crawford
I think it's worth noting that the term "Libertarian" can be quite vague and misleading when broadly applied. There are almost as many definitions of what the LP stands for as there are individual Libertarians themselves, which is probably to be expected from those who organize around a rugged individualist political viewpoint. As Lex no doubt remembers, Hackett-Fischer assigns different political cultures in the US their own particular "type" of Libertarianism, and I think the result of this is that we Libertarians tend to hold positions that range across a wide chunk of the political spectrum in relation to Democrats and Republicans.
This said, because the current Democratic Party is led by unabashed "Progressives" (Yellow Dogs), it's been fairly easy for Libertarians to recognise there's not many within the Democratic leadership wooing us with open arms. On the other hand, the overwhelming success of Libertarian-Conservative projects, like The Federalist Society, has convinced a large number of Republican factions that Libertarians are valuable allies. The hard core religious right wing of the GOP coalition might not like Libertarians, but I think it's safe to claim that they've come to see us as "loyal opposition" rather than as the "anarchist libertine's" of the past.
So while any number of GOP coalition factions might not like Libertarians, they're usually willing to concede, in private at least, that they've benefitted from the cross-fertilization, even if only to patch up weaknesses in their own arguments that Libertarians exploit effectively. By identifying where the administration is vunerable to criticism from the center, the GOP has largely been able to adjust it's positions just enough to force the Democrats to attack them from the Left. Because any given policy is going to be exposed to at least two fronts of criticism, from either a Left/Right extreme AND from a Center position, the GOP has been able to seize the "high-ground" of many debates.
Additionally, because the Yellow Dog Democratic leadership is "Progressive", they're ability to hold onto the Party reigns depends on squashing up-start "Blue Dog" Democrats, who tend to represent fairly Libertarian leaning constituencies and to favor policy that's more Libertarian than Progressive. Thus when the GOP coalition adopts positions that are likely to appeal to Blue Dog Democrats and Libertarians alike, the GOP can be fairly certain that the Democrats will adopt a weaker overall position in reply rather than a stronger position that might give the Blue Dogs more authority within the internal Party balance of power. As these positions draw fire from the Libertarian Center independent of the GOP, it means the Democrats, rather than the GOP, find themselves fighting a two front battle from both the Center AND the Right. For a Libertarian, it doesn't matter that the GOP position on a given issue is open to attack from the Center… if the Democrat position is far enough to the Left, we'll allow the GOP a "free ride" merely because it's substantially more moderate than the Democrat alternative.
For those factions within the GOP coalition typically labelled, the "religious far right", there's a general understanding that the Democratic coalition is SOO hostile to religion that there's no place for them anywhere within the Democratic Party. It's the Republican coalition or nothing. For Libertarians, the willingness of the Republican coalition to shift traditionally "religious" policy away from the Federal level and down to the State level, is an acceptable solution for divisions that used to exclude us from the GOP by definition. The result is that whereas thirty years ago a Libertarian was more likely to be taken seriously be a Democrat, today it's Republicans who are more likely to engage in open debate with Libertarians, whilst the Democrats become deaf to anything that questions Party dogma.
Anyway… It might be helpful to think of "Libertarians" as falling into three camps: Purists, Republican-alligned libertarians, and Democrat-alligned libertarians. The balance between these three sub-sets is defined by the major Parties relations with Libertarians in general, and this is what I understood Lex and Jonathans exchange to be referring to.
The Democrat party loved limited government and states rights when it was in the wilderness between the Civil War and the Great Depression. After they seized the reigns of power, the loved powerful government. They still do.
The Republicans loved limited government and states rights when they were in the wilderness from the Great Depression, until 2001. Now they love powerful government.
The old Democrats will die off, and a new generation will arise and they will love limted government.
veryretired
One of the essential elements of politics that seems to be left out of this discussion is people.
This is a representative republic, not a democracy. We vote for people whom, I would hope, we believe represent us and our best interests, not just agree with everything we think about various issues.
Whether the person is a Dem or Rep, the quality of that vote seeker must be every bit as important in the decision process as which group he or she is affiliated with.
Many people, myself included, have been frequently dismayed at the lack of specific qualities which are more important than the opinion of a candidate on one or two issues.
I don't mind disagreeing with someone if I believe they are generally an honest and thoughtful person when they approach problems.
The difficulty I have with almost all the political types running around these days is the lack of both those qualities, regardless of party affiliation or campaign rhetoric.
Thanks, veryretired, for making that important point. I usually give Bush the benefit of the doubt despite my disagreement with many of his policies, because I think that he is essentially honest and is making sincere efforts to deal with the biggest issues of the day. I found Clinton much harder to support as a leader, even when I agreed with his policies, because I thought that he was essentially dishonest and often put his personal political interests ahead of the good of the country.
I never cared much for either Bush, and would have been very happy to see another candidate from the Reps as well as the Dems.
I frequently find myself asking a very basic question about most all of these politicos—how in the world does anyone feel that these disembodied cultural aristocrats actually represent them or their basic interests?
Clinton, although I didn't care for him or his policies, at least was a real person. Colin Powell was another figure who made his own way.
But Bush? or Gore? These rich kids, steeped in politics from the cradle, remind me of second and third generation actors. Talent doesn't pass down through the genes like athleticism.
I intensely dislike and distrust dynastic politics, whether the name is Bush, Kennedy, or Clinton, among many others.


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The principles of harm reduction accept that no matter the rigour of messaging around the individual risks and dangers of substance use, there will always be people who take or experiment with substances. Many people who use drugs recreationally do so only on occasions, and this use is often determined by the environment they are in. As such, it is important to ensure that individual harms associated with substance use are minimised wherever possible.
History has demonstrated that no matter the level of deterrence-based policy that is implemented around substance use at events, there will still be a proportion of people who consume substances. This results in an increased risk of harm, including potential overdose, at these events. Harm reduction strategies play a key role in reducing the adverse impacts of substance use at these events. Evidence based methods should be a focus of event organising and planning to reduce harm associated with substance use.
Harm reduction strategies
Harm reduction strategies at events are numerous and diverse. They range from the provision of water stations and free water bottles at events, to providing 'pass outs' or chill out and sanctuary spaces. They can also include engaging with expert organisations, who provide harm reduction information prior to the event, and even services for the duration of the event. The more that is done to address harm reduction at events, the more successful the outcomes are.
Chill out and sanctuary spaces
Environmental approaches to harm reduction focus on changing the social and physical environment and offer management and organisers an approach to harm reduction that is built into the design of events.
They focus on creating spaces (often called chill out or sanctuary spaces), which offer respite from the event, providing a quiet, calm, comfortable and shady space for patrons to relax. These might also be areas that provide hydration and food and can also be a good opportunity to provide health promotion information to patrons. This information can address a range of issues specific to the event environment, such as information on common substances taken at these events and information on how to care for friends who might be using substances.
Chill out spaces are also key areas in which to engage in peer education interventions. Peer education about substance use and harm at events is an effective way of reducing immediate harm, and potentially reducing future substance use. Peer-to-peer education teams are often the first point of call for patrons experiencing distress and are of critical importance to ensure that individuals seek and obtain the treatment needed.
Chill out spaces should be clearly signposted and marked on festival and event maps and information about them should be shared in programs and promotional material.
Peer education programs
DanceWize is a program of Harm Reduction Victoria, using a peer education model to reduce harm at Victorian dance parties, festivals, nightclubs and events. It is volunteer led and provides a judgement-free chill out space where patrons can access accurate and credible information about drug and alcohol related harm, through both face-to-face discussion and resources, and support services. Volunteers are first aid trained, though patrons that need medical attention are referred to onsite health providers, such as St John Ambulance.
Event organisers can contact Harm Reduction Victoria to request the presence of DanceWize at their events. (Contact details below)
save-a-mate is a health program run by Australian Red Cross, that provides peer-to-peer information services in urban, rural and remote areas. Trained volunteers utilise chill out spaces to identify and support people who are experiencing adverse reactions to substances.
Event organisers can contact save-a-mate (Contact details below)
Healthcare and first aid providers
St John Ambulance provide onsite healthcare and first aid services at events around Australia. St John team members are specifically trained to address issues that may arise from substance use at these events and can provide advice as well as medical treatment or assistance if needed.
Event organisers can contact St Johns Ambulance to request a service quote (Contact details below)
Illicit drug use
There is no safe level of drug use. Common recreational drugs carry risks that are specific to how they are taken, particularly at events. Drugs such as ecstasy and MDMA are commonly consumed recreationally, and carry the following common risks:
high body temperatures
irrational behaviour
visual and auditory hallucinations
Some of these effects can lead to behaviours such as excessive water consumption, which can be fatal – especially in first time users. The effects of these drugs can also be exacerbated by the environment at the event. People may take larger doses or over a longer period of time keep their energy levels up, and when coupled with elevated activity levels the effects may result in significant harm.
Environmental factors such as heat and sunstroke can lead to further overheating and dehydration.
Training & communication
Staff and security training
It is important for event staff and security to be trained appropriately when dealing with people who might be affected by alcohol and other drugs. When staff are appropriately trained, the potential for anti-social and aggressive behaviour due to alcohol and other drugs among patrons is reduced. Staff and security should be made aware of first aid procedures if a drug-related emergency takes place at events. First aid providers such as St John's Ambulance would be able to support staff and security in these situations.
By taking some simple steps to ensure basic harm reduction principles and practices are in place at events the risks associated with illicit drug use can be reduced.
Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Services Drug Info – 1300 85 85 84
Drug Facts – adf.org.au/drug-facts
Text the Effects – 0439 TELL ME (0439 835 563)
Harm Reduction Victoria
https://www.hrvic.org.au/
DanceWize
https://www.hrvic.org.au/dancewize
YoDAA
Yodaa.org.au
YSAS
Ysas.org.au
St John Ambulance
Stjohn.org.au
Australian Red Cross: save-a-mate
https://www.redcross.org.au/about-us/how-we-help/save-a-mate
Best Practice Guidelines For Live Music Venues
COVID-19 Information Update
1. Sound management
2. Building relationships with local authorities and residents
3. Handling noise complaints
4. Venue security and safety
5. Liquor licensing
6. Managing troublesome patrons
7. Sexual harassment
8. Making your venue accessible
9. Copyright compliance
10. Hosting live music events where minors may be present
11. Protecting our environment
12. Providing transport services and advice
13. Occupational health and safety
14. Performance agreements
15. Working with musicians
16. Harm Reduction
17. Transgender and Gender Diverse Inclusion
Appendix – Live show checklist and resources for musicians
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The group is committed to collaborating with all the necessary stakeholders for the development, restructuring, policy advocacy, mass mobilization and information dissemination on insurance business in the country.
"We as serve as a link between insurance companies and the consumers of insurance products", he added.
Many a times, insurance consumers have complained of delays in claims payment and in some cases non-payment of claims at all due to non-adherence to the exact process or requirement or missing evidence to support claims settlement by the insurance company.
INSCAG with its education of consumers on the right things to do and not to do, their rights and responsibilities, awareness creation on the right package of products available to specific consumers and the legal support services provides relief to insurance consumers in the country.
INSCAG is set to start its membership registration drive soon across the country collaborating with the drivers' unions including Ghana Private Road Transport Union, PROTOA, Co-operatives, Real Estate Developers Association and the Oil Marketing Association among others.


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Adolf Fredrik Brander, född 29 augusti 1830 i Kaland, död 12 april 1870 i Helsingfors, var en finländsk arkitekt.

Brander, som var son till kyrkoherden i Janakkala Otto Johan Brander och Fredrika Sofia Holmberg, blev elev vid Björneborgs trivialskola 1840 samt studerade vid Åbo högre elementarskola 1842–1848 och Åbo gymnasium 1848–1851. Han inskrevs vid Helsingfors universitet 1851, blev elev vid Intendentkontoret 1855, sekreterare där 1857, extra ordinarie arkitekt vid Överstyrelsen för allmänna byggnaderna 1865 och tredje arkitekt där 1869.

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Jonathan Pollard should remain in prison for life
Jonathan Pollard is more than just a spy who stole secrets from the United States that exposed America's spy network to benefit a foreign country, Israel. He represents the Israelis mindset that America is little more than a pawn that can be exploited to benefit their selfish interests. Pollard betrayed America, but he is an Israeli asset and Americans will be forced to pay for it
Jonathan Pollard spied on the United States at the direction of Israeli military personal to steal secret information in order to strengthen Israel's interests in the world.
Despite the sophisticated spin from the Israelis who have invested much to corrupt any fundamental research on the damage Pollard caused to Americans who risk their lives to protect this country, Pollard's actions exposed many Americans to danger in ways that Israel has fought hard to suppress.
Even a basic overview of Pollard's traitorous actions have been buried in lies and distortions on information sites like Wikipedia, where links supposedly justifying false claims that "Pollard is the only American ever to receive a life sentence for passing classified information to an ally of the U.S." are distortions of fact that have citations that do not exist and never existed.
The truth is that Pollard is the only American who spied for a foreign country "favored" by American foreign policy who received a life sentence. The fact is most spies have received life sentences, and worse. The fact is that Pollard actually was a spy for spied for a foreign country that is ostensibly "friendly," the only distinction and a distinction that Israel and Pollard's defenders exploit to cast him in a separate category. Israel is the ONLY foreign country that is considered "friendly" who has not only spied on
Jonathan Pollard, U.S. Navy I.D. picture. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Americans and put Americans in danger, but also has engaged in policies and actions that have killed Americans with impunity including the attack on the U.S.S. Liberty and the murder of American non-violent peace activist Rachel Corrie.
Many spies have been given life sentences for their traitorous actions. Many spies have been given death sentences. Only an Israeli spy is argued to be above the law and should not be sentenced so harshly.
Despite the fact that American taxpayers give Israel more than $5 billion a year in financial support to underwrite their destruction of the Christian identity in Israeli occupied areas like Bethlehem and Jerusalem — the Christian Church of the Nativity where Jesus was born is under Israeli military siege and Americans don't care — Israel wants more.
Israel's government believes it is entitled to more, and more without accountability or more importantly, without respect.
Many Americans who support Israel do not serve in the American military to defend this country, (although they use the Israeli lobby –AIPAC — to force America to provide weapons to Israel) do serve in the Israeli military.
That's something Israeli defenders like to keep hush-hush. Americans are allowed to have dual citizenship with Israel and they refuse to serve in the American military. But they will serve in the Israeli military.
It's a part of the Israeli mentality that America doesn't really count except as a pawn to get what Israel wants. Americans are exploited after being brainwashed by the pro-Israel influenced biased mainstream American news media to support Israel blindly. Israel can get away with crimes because Americans are numbed to Israel's crimes. Any American who challenges Israel's extremist policies is attacked and vilified and "slibeled" (slandered and libeled" by the pro-Israel Machine in America.
The media downplays Israel's crimes, exaggerates criticism of Israel as anti-Semitism, and uses American taxpayer dollars to underwrite huge Public Relations campaigns that are designed to make Israel look good, make Americans stupid, and make Israel's critics all "anti-Semitic terrorists."
The latest campaign is that Pollard was an innocent victim of anti-Semitism and that the secrets that he stole and gave to his Israeli handlers (who have never been prosecuted in this country because Israel refuses to allow them to be brought to trial in America, "a friendly" country) and has served a worse sentence than any other spy who betrayed this country is a high-financed lie.
But it is a lie that Americans accept and swallow without question because Israel manipulates the media in America from newspapers, radio, television and even the movies in Hollywood and the programs on television.
So many Americans just believe the lie because they have been brainwashed and they are bullied into accepting the lie of face the threat of being called "anti-Semitic," and worse, a "terrorist sympathizer."
Jonathan Pollard not only deserves to remain in prison for the rest of his life, but he even should have been considered for the death penalty. We will never know the extent of the damage that Pollard did to America, or the countless American lives that were put at risk or that were lost because Israel has used its power in Washington D.C. and in the Congress to prevent a full and complete accounting of Pollard's damages.
He pled guilty to avoid a trial that would have exposed Israel's government crimes.
Most Israelis do not support this kind of immoral behavior, but they go along with this Israeli government policy to protect Israel. And you can't blame them. Israel is more important to them than America is or ever will be.
But the real tragedy is how easily Americans can be manipulated by the sinister Israeli lobby. Americans are bullied into ignorance when it comes to Israel and its crimes in the Middle East. Americans have been conditioned to believe through years of media brainwashing that killing Christians and stealing Christian lands in the Holy Land is acceptable and permissible because the criminal destroying the Christian identity in the Holy Land is Israel.
Christians are dying at the hands of Israelis and losing their lands and possessions and their history and culture in the Holy Land and Christian Americans don't care.
The only author who has given us an honest account of Pollard's betrayal of America at the expense of the interests of the American people is by author and investigative journalist Seymour M. Hersh, who has been attacked, vilified and "slibeled" by the pro-Israel lobby. Click here to read his overview.
July 25, 2015 rayhanania
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3 comments on "Jonathan Pollard should remain in prison for life"
dale ruff says:
He has been locked up for 30 years. That's enough. This may be a gesture to soften Israeli opposition to the nuke deal. With Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al all free after lying to start a criminal war which has killed half million and cost trillions, 30 years is enough for spying.
Here is a list of others who were convicted of spying and how they cooperated with the US Government. Pollard, on the other hand, refused to cooperate.
Americans who spied for foreign countries
Aldrich Ames: convicted of espionage against his country in 1994. He is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in the high-security Allenwood U.S. Penitentiary. He cooperated with the US Investigation.
David Henry Barnett: In October 1980 Barnett pleaded guilty to espionage charges, admitting that he had sold CIA secrets to the Soviets. He was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment and was paroled in 1990. He cooperated with the US investigation.
Harold James Nicholson: a former Central Intelligence Agency officer and a twice-convicted spy forRussia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). Harold Nicholson is currently incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX, the federal supermax prison in Colorado, and is scheduled for release in 2024. He cooperated with the US Investigation. Cooperated with the US Government
Nathaniel Nicholson: Testified against his fatherand sentenced in December 2010 to five years on probation after making a deal with prosecutors to help build the case against his father.[3] Cooperated with the US Government.
Larry Wu-Tai Chin: In 1986, Chin was sentenced to a lengthy prison term for espionage and tax evasion. Chin admitted to the espionage, but he also claimed his deeds were intended to pursue reconciliation between China and the United States. Chin stated he would fully cooperate with debriefings in an effort to avoid further charges, but on the day of his sentencing, when prison guards arrived at Chin's cell to transport him to court, they found him lifeless with a garbage bag over his head. An autopsy concluded that Chin had committed suicide in his cell. Cooperated with the US Government
Sharon M. Scranage: Charged with spying, convicted after agreeing to cooperate to build evidence against her boyfriend, another spy Michael Soussoudis. Cooperated with the US Government
Michael Soussoudis: Ghanaian spy who used his American girlfriend to collect secrets for his government. Cooperated with the US Government
William Kampiles: Spied on the US, fled and then turned himself in. He was originally sentenced on November 17, 1978, to 40 years imprisonment; however, his prison sentence was later reduced to 19 years, and he was released on 16 December 1996, after serving 18 years as Federal Prison . Cooperated with the US Government
David Sheldon Boone: Boone was indicted on three counts: one for conspiracy to commit espionage and the other two related to his alleged passing of two Top Secret documents to his Soviet handler.[4] Boone pleaded guilty to conspiracy December 18, in a plea agreement, and was sentenced 26 February 1999, to 24 years and four months in prison.[5] Under a plea agreement, Boone was also required to forfeit $52,000 and a hand-held scanner he used to copy documents. He is scheduled release of December 20, 2019. He cooperated with the US Government.
Ronald Pelton: exposed by a captured soviet spy, he was tried and convicted of espionage in 1986 and sentenced to three concurrent life sentences. He cooperated with the US Government in exchange for a lighter sentence and will be released in Nov. 2015. He cooperated with the US Government
Earl Edwin Pitts: in 1996, was arrested at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Pitts was charged with several offenses, including spying for the Soviet Union. In February 1997, he pleaded guilty to conspiring and attempting to commit espionage in exchange for a reduced prison sentence. He provided information on super spy Robert Hanssen that helped convict Hanssen. He cooperated with the US Government.
Richard Miller: On October 9, 1990, Miller was convicted on all counts of espionage for the second time and on February 4, 1991, was sentenced to 20 years in Federal prison. On January 28, 1993, a Federal Appeals Court upheld his conviction. On May 6, 1994, Miller was released from prison following the reduction of his sentence to 13 years by a Federal judge after agreeing to cooperate with the US Government.
Robert Hanssen: The worst spy ever, On July 6, 2001, he pleaded guilty to fifteen counts of espionage in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.[4][5] On May 10, 2002 he was sentenced to fifteen consecutive sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole. He publicly apologized to the American people for spying on his own country. He cooperated with the US Government.
Clayton John Lonetree: In 2001, Lonetree testified as an expert witness at the trial of former United States Army Reserve Colonel George Trofimoff, who was charged with spying for the KGB. After remorsefully describing his own recruitment by the Soviet State, Lonetree publicly sobbed on the witness stand.[8] Colonel Trofimoff was subsequently convicted of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment. He cooperated with the US Government.
John Anthony Walker: n late 1985, Walker made a plea bargain with federal prosecutors, which required him to testify against his co-conspirator, former senior chief petty officer Jerry Whitworth, and provide full details of his espionage activities. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to a lesser sentence for Walker's son, former Seaman Michael Walker, who was also involved in the spy ring. Died in prison in 2014. Cooperated with the US Government to reduce the sentence of his son who also spied on the US>
Morris Cohen: Convicted of spying but sent to the Soviet Union in a prisoner exchange. He died in 1995.
Harry Dexter White: Died before he could be convicted.
Kendall Myers: a retired U.S. State Department Officer who, with his wife, Gwendolyn, was arrested and indicted on June 4, 2009, on charges of spying for Cuba for nearly 30 years.[2][3][4] He was sentenced to life imprisonment by a U.S. federal court in July 2010.
Samuel Dickstein: Died before his spying for the Soviet Union was discovered.
Whittaker Chambers: A journalist, spied for the Soviet Union but renounced his Communist ties and worked with the US Government until his death in 1938.
Andrew Daulton Lee: Spied for the Soviet Union. Was an American who was convicted of espionage for his involvement in the spying activities of his childhood friend, Christopher Boyce. Lee was the adopted eldest son of Dr. Daulton Lee, a wealthy California physician. His lifelong friendship with Boyce led him into espionage activities after Boyce, a code clerk employed with the large US defense contractor, TRW. He was sentenced to life in prison and moved to the federal penitentiary. He was paroled in 1998 after providing evidence against colleague Boyce.
Christopher John Boyce: Convicted May 14, 1977, of espionage and sentenced to 40 years in prison, initially at Terminal Island and then the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego. Released in 2002.
Jonathan Pollard: pleaded guilty in 1987 to selling classified information to Israel while working as a civilian intelligence analyst and was sentenced to life in prison. Eligible for parole in 2015. Refused to cooperate with the US Government and sought protection from the State of Israel where funds were raised and officials lobbied for his freedom. Pollard refused to apologize for his actions against his country, America and became an Israeli citizen while in prison.
Stewart Nozette: Spied for Israel, but was never able to turn over secrets he tried to steal for Israel. A convicted felon for attempted espionage and fraud against the United States. The FBI arrested him October 19, 2009,[3] charging him with attempted espionage. Cooperated with the US Government.


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JOSEPH AS TYPE OF CHRIST
THEIR FATHERS' BELOVED SONS.
JOSEPH had an exceptionally intimate relationship with Jacob, his father, and it was clear from his father's conduct that he intended to prefer him to the status of firstborn and heir, although he was his second youngest son (Gen 37:3).
JESUS as the only Son of God, was also his Father's beloved Son in Whom He was well pleased, and the only heir of all of His Kingdom (Math 3:17).
SEPARATED FROM THEIR FATHERS.
JOSEPH was separated from his father for 23 years while in Egypt as slave and then as ruler.
JESUS left heaven for 33 years during His incarnation and where He was hanging on the cross, He was also spiritually separated from His Father, causing Him to cry out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me!" (Math 27:46).
PROPHECIES CONCERNING THEIR LIVES.
Joseph and Jesus had both, early in their lives, received prophecies regarding their future ministries.
JOSEPH: The robe which Joseph's father gave him, was more than just a beautiful piece of clothing, it also carried a prophetical message, because it was a full length garment with long sleeves, made of expensive material like the robe of a king, whereas the common people and shepherds, wore a knee length garment made of cheaper material and having short sleeves or no sleeves at all. Then he also had two dreams that his parents and brothers would bow down to him as to a king.
JESUS also received prophecies regarding His role and status by the angels that appeared to the shepherds, as well as by the wise men who saw His star and concluded that an exceptional King had been born to the Jews and they brought Him presents and worshiped Him.
IMPECCABLE CHARACTERS.
JOSEPH'S flawless lifestyle is typical of, although not equal to that of Christ. Nowhere in all of his biography is any sin mentioned that he committed, even in the midst of severe trials and temptations (Gen 39:7, 8). This stirred up the aggression of his brothers.
JESUS was tempted by the devil in the desert for 40 days but never succumbed (Math 4:1). Later in His life He called out, "Which of you convicts Me of sin?" (John 8:46). Even during His trial before Pilot, no guilt could be found in Him (John 18:38). He was the spotless Lamb of God. If He had even only once said a wrong word, He would not have been able to deliver us from sin.
HATED BY THEIR BROTHERS.
JOSEPH: Not the heathen, but Joseph's own brothers, planned to kill him (Gen 37:4).
JESUS'S own people, the Jews and not the heathen, had Him crucified (Luk 23:10, 21). He came to His own, but His own people received Him not. (John 1:11).
SOLD FOR THE PRICE OF A SLAVE.
JOSEPH was sold to the Ishmaelite traders for 20 pieces of silver (Gen 37:28).
JESUS was betrayed by Judas and delivered into the hands of the Jewish leaders for 30 pieces of silver (Math 26:15).
SUFFERED SEVERE ANGUISH.
Joseph's brothers saw the fear in his eyes and heard the anguish in his voice when they cast him into the well and later sold him to the Ishmaelite's (Gen 42:21). In Egypt, in the jail, his body was bruised by iron shackles (Ps 105:17,18).
JESUS when pleading with His Father in Gethsemane that the cup of His crucifixion may pass Him by, His sweat became as drops of blood (Luk 22:44 and Heb 5:7).
CONVICTED AND PUNISHED YET HAVING NO GUILT.
JOSEPH was unjustly found guilty by Potiphar and locked up with criminals (Gen 39:12-20). In prison He had an exceptional good relationship with two convicts and to one of them he brought a joyous word that he would be reconciled to the king and re-instated in his earlier position (Gen 40:6 – 13).
JESUS was unjustly condemned to death and crucified with two convicts. To one of them He brought a pleasant word that He would on that very same day be re-admitted to Paradise (Luk 23:32).
THEIR REJECTION BY THEIR BROTHERS, BROUGHT ABOUT PRESERVATION/SALVATION FOR THE HEATHEN.
JOSEPH'S brothers' hatred for him, resulted in his becoming a great blessing to the heathen and their lives to be saved (Gen 47:25).
JESUS' rejection by his fellow Jews, lead to his becoming the Saviour for the whole heathen world (Matt 28:19).
THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS RESULTED IN THEIR EXALTATION.
JOSEPH'S unblemished life lead to his exaltation. As from childhood he walked with God and in the midst of severe temptation, he continued to be a worthy ambassador for the Lord, therefore He could appoint him as second in command of Egypt knowing that he would not fail Him.
JESUS: More so, was Jesus perfect in righteousness, "You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows." (Heb 1:9, WEB). His Father exalted Him way above every other being in His Kingdom: "Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name" (Phil 2:9, WEB; Eph 1:20 – 22).
AT THE AGE OF 30 THEY ENTERED THEIR PUBLIC MINISTRIES
JOSEPH was 17 years of age when sold as a slave and served as such for 13 years which adds up to 30 years, when he was appointed over Egypt (Gen 41:41).
JESUS commenced teaching the principles of the Kingdom at the age of 30 (Luk 3:23).
THEIR MINISTRIES SEEMED TO COME TO NOTHING.
JOSEPH's dreams that spelled a great future for him, that he would become a ruler, initially seemed to come to nothing. His life went downhill for 13 years, first as slave and then as prisoner. To the outside world, he was as good as dead. Then suddenly he was escalated to the highest place. He was removed from prison, appointed over all of Egypt, wore Pharaoh's signet ring on his finger, was clothed in fine linen, drove through the land in Pharaoh's second best chariot, one and all had to make way for him and his word was law (Gen 41:38 – 46).
JESUS'S ministry kicked off with great fanfare because of the miracles He performed. Thousands of people followed Him and even wanted to crown Him by force, but when He started addressing their sins, they turned against Him and his ministry ended where He died on a cross. Jesus's exaltation also was all at once and complete. His glorification started at His burial when, though He had been crucified like a criminal, was laid to rest in a rich man's grave, then raised from the dead by God, appeared to His followers in a glorified body, ascended to heaven and was seated at the right hand of the Father. The time will also come when every knee shall bow before Him and every tongue confess that He is the Christ, the anointed of the Father (Phil 2:9-11).
AFTER THEIR EXALTATION THEY WERE IN THE FORTUNATE POSITION TO BE ABLE TO GIVE GIFTS TO HUMANITY.
JOSEPH was able to give to his family food, clothes, wagons to transport them and a fruitful land in which to settle. He was also able to provide food to all of the known world (Gen 41:55).
JESUS: "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men." (Eph 4:8).
THEIR BROTHERS REAPED THE BITTER FOOD OF THEIR BETRAYAL.
JOSEPH: Joseph's brothers day of squaring off came when their betrayal was revealed and they had to bow before him in shame and fear (42:21; 45:3).
JESUS' "brothers" the Jews, have, during the past ages, suffered much; could their rejection of Him have played a role in this?
AT THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE, THEY WERE DISREGARDED BUT ACKNOWLEDGED AT THEIR SECOND APPEARANCE.
JOSEPH: At his first, "appearance" to his brothers, he was to them just another one of Jacob's sons, a brother in the family, and they paid no attention to the prophetic word which God had spoken over his life by the two dreams (Gen 37). It was only at his second, "appearance" to them in Egypt that they saw and accepted him as king and saviour (Gen 45:3).
JESUS: At his first appearance, his incarnation, was seen by the Jews as merely the son of Joseph, the carpenter, but at his second coming they will see and accept Him as their Messiah and King. "They said, 'Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'""(John 6:42, WEB). "I will pour on David's house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn". (Sag 12:10, WEB).
WERE RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD.
JOSEPH: After being sold as slave to Egypt, was as good as dead to relatives. His father was convinced that he had really died, with the result that when they saw him standing before their very eyes in Egypt, it was to them as if had been resurrected from the dead (Gen 45:3).
JESUS had, after His crucifixion, indeed risen from the dead and appeared to many of His disciples (Math 28:1-10).
BOTH TOOK FOR THEMSELVES HEATHEN WIVES.
JOSEPH married an Egyptian woman, Asenath, the daughter of Potiferah, the Priest of On (Gen46:20).
JESUS took for Himself a spiritual bride from the heathen nations. As Heavenly Bridegroom, He accepted none-Jews like Zacchaeus and millions of others as his spiritual bride (Luk 19:9).
FORGAVE THOSE THAT HAD WRONGED THEM.
JOSEPH said to his brothers: " … I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life."(Gen 45:5).
JESUS, while hanging on the cross, prayed for His persecutors saying, "Father, forgive them for the know not what they do." (Luk 23:34).
THEY HAD THE SAME WAY OF GOVERNING AFTER ASCENDING TO THE THRONE.
JOSEPH first took the Egyptians' money, livestock and other possessions, their fixed property and in the end themselves on behalf of the Pharaoh and they gladly gave up everything because he had saved their lives (Gen 47:23, 25).
JESUS: When Jesus saves some-one from eternal death, he, together with everything he has, becomes part of God's Kingdom (Gal 2:20). All of this, the Lord Jesus eventually submits to his Father.


Plato Karafelis, principal of Henry A. Wolcott Elementary School in West Hartford, is the author and founder of the Higher Order Thinking (HOT) School organization, which assists schools in effectively integrating the arts, academics, and democracy into their school culture. With 24 schools now formally engaged in school culture reform through the growing HOT schools program, the award-winning Wolcott Elementary School has become a model of team leadership. In 2001, the school was recognized by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as a National Distinguished School of the Arts. Dr. Karafelis is a member of the Advisory Board of the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut.


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Q: Special Characters in FPDF with PHP I have a web form that users can fill out and that content fills up a PDF with FPDF and PHP. When a user enters a word with an apostrophe, a slash appears before it on the PDF.
Similarly, special characters like trademark symbols are encoded wrong.
The FPDF FAQs say to use:
$str = utf8_decode($str);

But I'm just not sure how to apply that to the whole PDF. I'm trying to think about it as if it was an HTML page but that isn't helping.
Any ideas?

A: none of above solutions worked for me, so I solved the problem like this:
$this->AddFont('Arial','','arial.php');
$this->SetFont('Arial','',12);
$this->Cell(0,5,iconv("UTF-8", "CP1250//TRANSLIT", $string),0,1,'L');

Before trying the above lines, do the following:
Copy from c:/Windows/Fonts/Arial.ttf to the /tutorial folder of FPDF.
Edit the content of makefont.php
require('../makefont/makefont.php');
MakeFont('arial.ttf','cp1250');

Execute makefont.php
Copy the following files to the /font folder of FPDF:
    arial.php
    arial.ttf
    arial.z
Finally, define the "font folder". Open fpdf.php (main library file) and add:
define('FPDF_FONTPATH','font');

The PDF works for me with all special characters, I believe it was the problem in the Arial font itself, which FPDF originally uses. It should work with other fonts aswell, if they support your characters. Good luck!

A: Figured this out by doing the following (pagesubtitle is the name of the text field in the form):
$reportSubtitle = stripslashes($_POST['pagesubtitle']);
$reportSubtitle = iconv('UTF-8', 'windows-1252', $reportSubtitle);

Then print it out:
$pdf->Write (6, $reportSubtitle);

This will remove any unwanted slashes following apostrophes, as well as use the 'iconv' function to print special characters such as ™

A: None of above had solved my problem. I had solved it by the following way:
setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 'en_US');

$value = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $value);
$fpdf->Cell(140, 6, $value, 1);

Hope you will be helpful.
Reference: Link

A: All of the above did not work for me, but I did get it to work.
I managed to do it "the barbarian way" by just translating every weird character to its url value. Then simply decode the url and voila!
function em($word) {

    $word = str_replace("@","%40",$word);
    $word = str_replace("`","%60",$word);
    $word = str_replace("¢","%A2",$word);
    $word = str_replace("£","%A3",$word);
    $word = str_replace("¥","%A5",$word);
    $word = str_replace("|","%A6",$word);
    $word = str_replace("«","%AB",$word);
    $word = str_replace("¬","%AC",$word);
    $word = str_replace("¯","%AD",$word);
    $word = str_replace("º","%B0",$word);
    $word = str_replace("±","%B1",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ª","%B2",$word);
    $word = str_replace("µ","%B5",$word);
    $word = str_replace("»","%BB",$word);
    $word = str_replace("¼","%BC",$word);
    $word = str_replace("½","%BD",$word);
    $word = str_replace("¿","%BF",$word);
    $word = str_replace("À","%C0",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Á","%C1",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Â","%C2",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ã","%C3",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ä","%C4",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Å","%C5",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Æ","%C6",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ç","%C7",$word);
    $word = str_replace("È","%C8",$word);
    $word = str_replace("É","%C9",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ê","%CA",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ë","%CB",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ì","%CC",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Í","%CD",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Î","%CE",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ï","%CF",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ð","%D0",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ñ","%D1",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ò","%D2",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ó","%D3",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ô","%D4",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Õ","%D5",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ö","%D6",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ø","%D8",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ù","%D9",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ú","%DA",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Û","%DB",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ü","%DC",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Ý","%DD",$word);
    $word = str_replace("Þ","%DE",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ß","%DF",$word);
    $word = str_replace("à","%E0",$word);
    $word = str_replace("á","%E1",$word);
    $word = str_replace("â","%E2",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ã","%E3",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ä","%E4",$word);
    $word = str_replace("å","%E5",$word);
    $word = str_replace("æ","%E6",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ç","%E7",$word);
    $word = str_replace("è","%E8",$word);
    $word = str_replace("é","%E9",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ê","%EA",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ë","%EB",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ì","%EC",$word);
    $word = str_replace("í","%ED",$word);
    $word = str_replace("î","%EE",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ï","%EF",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ð","%F0",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ñ","%F1",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ò","%F2",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ó","%F3",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ô","%F4",$word);
    $word = str_replace("õ","%F5",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ö","%F6",$word);
    $word = str_replace("÷","%F7",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ø","%F8",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ù","%F9",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ú","%FA",$word);
    $word = str_replace("û","%FB",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ü","%FC",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ý","%FD",$word);
    $word = str_replace("þ","%FE",$word);
    $word = str_replace("ÿ","%FF",$word);
    return $word;
}

And of course me calling the function
$weirdword = "Días, Miércoles, Sábado,miércoles"; //Some spanish days
$weirdword = em($weirdword);
$weirdword = urldecode($weirdword);
echo $weirdword;

Giving output:
Días, Miércoles, Sábado,miércoles

A: Below works for me (Using FPDF):

function em_jaz($word) {
$word = str_replace('+', ' ', $word);
$word = str_replace("%C3%A9","%E9",$word);          /* é */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A8","%E8",$word);          /* è */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AE","%EE",$word);          /* î */
$word = str_replace("%26rsquo%3B","%27",$word);     /* ' */
$word = str_replace("%C3%89","%C9",$word);          /* É */
$word = str_replace("%C3%8A","%CA",$word);          /* Ê */
$word = str_replace("%C3%8B","%CB",$word);          /* Ë */
$word = str_replace("%C3%8C","%CC",$word);          /* Ì */
$word = str_replace("%C3%8D","%CD",$word);          /* Í */
$word = str_replace("%C3%8E","%CE",$word);          /* Î */
$word = str_replace("%C3%8F","%CF",$word);          /* Ï */
$word = str_replace("%C3%90","%D0",$word);          /* Ð */
$word = str_replace("%C3%91","%D1",$word);          /* Ñ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%92","%D2",$word);          /* Ò */
$word = str_replace("%C3%93","%D3",$word);          /* Ó */
$word = str_replace("%C3%94","%D4",$word);          /* Ô */
$word = str_replace("%C3%95","%D5",$word);          /* Õ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%96","%D6",$word);          /* Ö */
$word = str_replace("%C3%98","%D8",$word);          /* Ø */
$word = str_replace("%C3%99","%D9",$word);          /* Ù */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9A","%DA",$word);          /* Ú */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9B","%DB",$word);          /* Û */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9C","%DC",$word);          /* Ü */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9D","%DD",$word);          /* Ý */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9E","%DE",$word);          /* Þ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9F","%DF",$word);          /* ß */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A0","%E0",$word);          /* à */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A1","%E1",$word);          /* á */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A2","%E2",$word);          /* â */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A3","%E3",$word);          /* ã */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A4","%E4",$word);          /* ä */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A5","%E5",$word);          /* å */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A6","%E6",$word);          /* æ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A7","%E7",$word);          /* ç */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AA","%EA",$word);          /* ê */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AB","%EB",$word);          /* ë */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AC","%EC",$word);          /* ì */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AD","%ED",$word);          /* í */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AF","%EF",$word);          /* ï */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B0","%F0",$word);          /* ð */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B1","%F1",$word);          /* ñ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B2","%F2",$word);          /* ò */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B3","%F3",$word);          /* ó */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B4","%F4",$word);          /* ô */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B5","%F5",$word);          /* õ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B6","%F6",$word);          /* ö */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B7","%F7",$word);          /* ÷ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B8","%F8",$word);          /* ø */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B9","%F9",$word);          /* ù */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BA","%FA",$word);          /* ú */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BB","%FB",$word);          /* û */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BC","%FC",$word);          /* ü */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BD","%FD",$word);          /* ý */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BE","%FE",$word);          /* þ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BF","%FF",$word);          /* ÿ */
$word = str_replace("%40","%40",$word);             /* @ */
$word = str_replace("%60","%60",$word);             /* ` */
$word = str_replace("%C2%A2","%A2",$word);          /* ¢ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%A3","%A3",$word);          /* £ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%A5","%A5",$word);          /* ¥ */
$word = str_replace("%7C","%A6",$word);             /* | */
$word = str_replace("%C2%AB","%AB",$word);          /* « */
$word = str_replace("%C2%AC","%AC",$word);          /* ¬ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%AF","%AD",$word);          /* ¯ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%BA","%B0",$word);          /* º */
$word = str_replace("%C2%B1","%B1",$word);          /* ± */
$word = str_replace("%C2%AA","%B2",$word);          /* ª */
$word = str_replace("%C2%B5","%B5",$word);          /* µ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%BB","%BB",$word);          /* » */
$word = str_replace("%C2%BC","%BC",$word);          /* ¼ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%BD","%BD",$word);          /* ½ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%BF","%BF",$word);          /* ¿ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%80","%C0",$word);          /* À */
$word = str_replace("%C3%81","%C1",$word);          /* Á */
$word = str_replace("%C3%82","%C2",$word);          /* Â */
$word = str_replace("%C3%83","%C3",$word);          /* Ã */
$word = str_replace("%C3%84","%C4",$word);          /* Ä */
$word = str_replace("%C3%85","%C5",$word);          /* Å */
$word = str_replace("%C3%86","%C6",$word);          /* Æ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%87","%C7",$word);          /* Ç */
$word = str_replace("%C3%88","%C8",$word);          `/`* È */
return $word;
}

$content = urlencode($content);
$content = urldecode($pdf->em_jaz($content));

A: This did it for me:
iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1//TRANSLIT//IGNORE", your-text-var-here)

A:
This class is a modified version of FPDF that adds UTF-8 support.
  Moreover, it embeds only the necessary parts of the fonts that are
  used in the document, making the file size much smaller than if the
  whole fonts were embedded. These features were originally developed
  for the mPDF project.

http://fpdf.org/en/script/script92.php

A: I have used this as $str = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9_-]/','', $str); for me has been enough, I eliminate the not alphanumerical characters

A: Why not use the function PDF recommends?
$text = utf8_decode($text);

It works for me.

A: you have to encode it this way assuming your special character is "°C"
> $pdf->Cell(X(int),Y(int),iconv("UTF-8", "CP1250//TRANSLIT", '°C'));

A: Try this simple function: utf8_encode($txt). It works for me.


Once upon a time in the land of W there was a two-year old boy who folded tissues. He continued to create - fold after fold, year after year, until a coloured piece of paper floated down from the sky landing by his six-year old feet. He took the colourful paper and began to fold and fold, and into the fold and out of the fold emerged PAPEL (PAPER)– origami.
All that folding = Object Art all made by hand.
PAPEL (PAPER) is about taking one little boy and his mamá's love of paper and folding to craft something new –something spectacular… something that sparks wonder and amazement.
We can fold something for any occasion. No two pieces are ever the same because every fold is unique… folded with love just for you.
"PAPEL" means PAPER in Spanish. The name is a nod to our Latin American roots.
We predominantly work with fine and handmade paper. We also collaborate with graphic designers and printers when creating branded installations for corporate events.
The Boy has been folding since the age of two. At six-years of age he asked to start a business. La mamá has evolved from apprentice to business partner. This dynamic paper duo have the ultimate partnership.
The Boy is somewhat like Anna Wintour (Vogue Editor) and his mamá is somewhat like Grace Coddington (Creative Director).


Banana Republic and designer Trina Turk have partnered up for a fabulous limited edition capsule collection featuring uber-chic summer essentials inspired by the Southern California lifestyle, which debuts in Banana Republic stores June 2012.
Actress Selma Blair in Trina Turk for Banana Republic Shorts!
About the Collection:The Banana Republic Trina Turk collection embodies the aspirational Palm Springs lifestyle with a dash of tropical colors, combining flirty prints and must-have summer styles for effortless transition from deskside to poolside to evening that makes So. Cal summers so enviable and So. Cal fashion style a genuine lifestyle and not just a seasonal selection.
Yummy collection available in JUNE 2012 .. from Trina Turk for Banana Republic. It won't last long!


amazed by the beauty, elegance, detail and cuteness that many figures possess.
until I found out in 2010 how easy it was to order the figures I have grown to love.
Aqua (2 jaar geleden) #19425073Awwwwww thank you so much!!! I sadly didn't get Yuzuruha yet, she would've been such a great birthday present to myself. She was shipped out a couple days ago because I had her combined with Akari by Wing and she was delayed last minute, urgh I wish Wing notified earlier that she was going to be delayed. I could've already be taking photoshoots with Yuzuruha right now. :3 How did yours turn out, any problems? Do love her even after all this time we waited for her? I can't wait for her to arrive, it's so close!!!
Aqua (3 jaar geleden) #8699134Hey awaiting Yuzuruha buddy! Are you happy that we can finally order her. I know the price is unfairly really high for her; a result of the market, but it's nice to be one step closer.
We need to be awaiting Yuzuruha buddies!
Thank you for scoring my picture!
You have a really awesome collection!
All your nendos are so cute and your nendo playsets are cool too! Must be fun to pose them in the playsets!


Description When creating a new Jira issue (option "Create Issue") from a failed test case in TestLink 1.9.17, there is the possibility to add a link to the test case execution feature by selecting "Add Link in Issue to Test Case Execution Feature".
After checking the new bug created in Jira, just the Notes were added in the Description field, the link/URL to testLink is missing.
-Create Issue and make sure to select "Add Link in Issue Tracker to Test case Execution Feature"
Additional Information Same issue when selecting an existing Jira issue.
If we select "Add Link in Issue...", the link in not created in Jira.
issue verified when you add an issue on existent execution.
still not working when creating a new bug in JIRA.
If we select "Add Link in Issue Tracker...", the new bug in JIRA doesn't contain the link to the test case in TestLink.
Your change has just fixed the issue when we link an existing bug from JIRA.
Tested successfully. Thanks a lot!


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Cause you took this too far"
LIVE IT UP: DO IT BIG.
kid: mom, come on... im 16 now. cant i get a bra?
mom: i already told you. no justin!
[n]umber of siblings: I consider my bestfriends sisters but other then that, nopee.
[r]easons to scream: Scary Movies & rollercoasters..


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Chief Digital & Technology Officer, MD Anderson Cancer Centre
David Jaffray, PhD, ABMP
Dr. David Jaffray graduated from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with a B.Sc. in Physics (Hons.) in 1988 and completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario in 1994. Following graduation, he took a position as Staff Physicist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan where he instigated a direction of research that garnered funding from the NIH and from congressionally-directed funding programs. Dr. Jaffray became a Board Certified Medical Physicist (ABMP – Radiation Oncology) in 1999.
In 2002, Dr. Jaffray joined the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Ontario as Head of Radiation Physics and a Senior Scientist within the Ontario Cancer Institute. Dr. Jaffray holds the Fidani Chair in Radiation Physics and is a principal in the STTARR Innovation Centre of the University Health Network. He is appointed as a Professor in the Departments of Radiation Oncology, Medical Biophysics, and Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. His primary area of research over the past 10 years has been in the development and application of image-guided radiation therapy. He has over 5 patents issued and several licensed, including, kilovoltage cone-beam computed tomography for image-guided radiation therapy. Dr. Jaffray has in excess of 120 peer-reviewed publications in the field, in excess of 100 invited lectures, and holds numerous peer-review and industry sponsored research grants. He sits on numerous scientific and research boards and has contributed to the NIH and CIHR grant review process for several years. He is a member at large of the Science Council of the AAPM and has an active teaching role in workshops and annual meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). He has an active interest in commercialization and led the development of a variety of commercial products including software and hardware for QA and the development of small animal irradiator systems for basic research. He has successfully supervised over 20 graduate students and fellows.
Dr. Jaffray has won each of the major prizes in the field of the medical physics, including, the Sylvia Sorkin-Greenfield Award, The Farrington Daniels Award, and the Sylvia Fedoruk Award. In 2004, Dr. Jaffray was identified as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 and was recognized by The University of Western Ontario with their Young Alumni Award. His current research interests focus on the development of novel approaches of targeting and applying radiation therapy and translating these advances to clinical practice.
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A new wintery programme full of snow, frost and ice featuring new works by composers such as Tarik O'Regan, Emily Hall, Benjamin Tassie, Alison Willis and Chris Warner. It also features new juice arrangements of ancient carols such as Coventry Carol, Hollyberry Song and Down in Yon Forest, renaissance lute songs, folk songs and winter pop/rock classics such as Kate Bush's 'December will be Magic Again' and Judy Collins' 'Winter Sky'.
Previous venues for this programme have included the Red House in Aldeburgh, Shoreditch Church in London and performed for music societies such as the Clapham Chamber Concert Series and the Thames Concert Series.
An new album of this material has been recently recorded and is due for release in the Autumn of 2018. Watch this space for further details!