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Reith's Cultural Walking Trail, with ten stops of interest along the way, leads from Reith bei Seefeld to Leithen and back again. Along the cultural trail you can find a wealth of information about Reith's historical monuments and about the village's cultural highlights.
Station 1: Reith Information Office
Designed by the Innsbruck-born engineer Josef Riehl, the Karwendel railway, with its magnificent bridges and tunnels, is still today considered a masterpiece of engineering. Our village enjoys a unique location on the so-called 'Sunnroan' – a sun-drenched slope. Savour the wonderful view across the Inn Valley…
Station 2: Music pavilion
Between 1914 and 1918, all men fit for military service were sent to the front line. Thirteen men from Reith never returned home from World War I. During the Second World War (1939-1945), at least 15 men from the village were killed in action. Towards the end of the war, the village was completely destroyed. Six heavy bombing raids were carried out over the area with the aim of destroying the iron bridge over the Gurgelbach stream.
Station 3: Sunnroan path
Twenty-two houses were completely destroyed, and a further 12 houses, the church and the school were badly damaged. The reconstruction work carried out significantly altered the villagescape, as some people resettled elsewhere to avoid the cramped conditions in the village.
Station 4: The parish church
The patron saint of our church, Saint Nicholas, has always been highly venerated by the village inhabitants. A statue of St. Nicholas was erected beside the wayside.
Station 5: The milestone
In 1703, Bavarian soldiers plundered the village, toppling the statue of St. Nicholas from its pedestal and smashing it. Since then, the milestone has remained here as a memorial. The milestone is located on the main village road in the direction of Leithen where the road forks to the right towards Meilerhof.
Station 6: Our Lady
Since time immemorial a votive shrine, with a beautiful carved statue of Our Lady, has stood at the uppermost point where the two municipalities of Zirl and Leithen meet. After 1900, the wood of the wayside shrine began to rot, and so volunteers from the local Young Farmers' Association erected the brick column that still stands today. It is said that when someone once tried to examine the carved statue with a knife, blood flowed from the wood, so he immediately stopped. Sadly, the statue of the Madonna with Child was stolen in 1972.
Station 7: St. Magnus Chapel
The St. Magnus Chapel in Leithen used to be in the middle of the village next to a milestone and, according to local lore, is even older than the church in Reith. The chapel was dismantled in 1980 and re-built in its original form just 50 metres further north, on a small hill. St. Magnus's Day, 6th September, has always been the day of Leithen's parish fair.
Station 8: Gasthof Hirschen
There are several traditional taverns and inns in the village of Reith. One of them is Gasthof Hirschen in Leithen – a genuine Tyrolean tavern serving dishes prepared using products from the landlord's own farm.
Station 9: 'Riesenhaus' – the house of the giant
According to legend, the giant Thyrsus became gravely ill during the time of the plague. In order not to pass the infection on to the other villagers, he allegedly hid in the vaulted cellar of his house. (When the road was widened after the Second World War, such a cellar belonging to the 'Riesenhaus' on the main road was exposed). It is said that food brought to the giant was passed to him through a cellar window. He recovered and thus, so the legend goes, Leithen was spared from the plague.
Station 10: The plague column
At the edge of the village of Leithen, in the direction of Reith, stands a column on which you can see images depicting the pain of the crucifixion as well as plague saints. The column serves as a memorial to the time of the Thirty Years' War, when troops passing through brought the plague that scoured the region for three long years. A prosperous businessman from Innsbruck fled the city with his family to Leithen. He too became gravely ill and feared he had been infected with the plague. He swore that should he recover, he would erect a shrine.
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Brantley whips Demons, 41-7
Published 2:53 pm Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Holding on to their record scoring, the Brantley Bulldogs put a stop to the McIntosh Demons, sending them home after a whopping 41-7 trouncing.
Brantley was the first to put any points on the board as quarterback Chase Hall ran the ball in on a five-yard run around right end; Adam Hill's PAT was good, and with 3:25 left in the first quarter, the Bulldogs led 7-0.
The Demons couldn't muster any offensive attack, allowing the Bulldogs to add another TD within four minutes into the second quarter. Devonte Porter scored on an 8-yard run with 8:40 left in the second. Hill's kick added the extra point putting the Bulldogs up 14-0.
However, on the Demons' next possession, they began an 8-play, 63-yard drive leading to their first and only points for the night. Rodney Hill scored on a one-yard run as he dove over a host of Bulldogs for the TD; Everett Horn added the PAT with 5:01 left in the first half, but the Bulldogs were still ahead by 7, and they never gave up that lead.
Brantley's Teven Daniels recovered a fumble at the McIntosh 28 yard line. On the first play of the drive, Hall hit Porter with a short pass who then scored on a 28-yard run; the PAT was missed, and McIntosh headed into the locker rooms trailing the Bulldogs 20-7 at the half.
The second half was even better for the Bulldogs as McIntosh's offense just couldn't muster any yardage as the Brantley defense continued to stop their advances.
With 5:42 left in the third quarter, Brantley drove 57 yards in a 12-play drive as Tory Upshaw scored on a four-yard, fourth down pass from Hall. Adam Hill's PAT split the uprights, and the Bulldogs added to their lead, 27-7.
The next Bulldog TD came on a 45-yard, 7 play drive as Hall threw an 18-yard pass to Devonte Porter with 29 seconds left in the third. Hill's kick was good, and Brantley held a comfortable 34-7 lead.
Tevin Daniels grabbed a Jerome Haley pass and then ran 50 yards for a touchdown with 3 seconds left in the third quarter. Hill's PAT was true, ending the scoring for the Bulldogs Friday night as they came away with a big 41-7 victory.
"Our kids came ready to play, and they played hard last week," head coach David Lowery said.
On offense, Devonte Porter had 8 carries for 40 yards and one TD, Derek Holley had 13 carries for 49 yards, and Chase Hall had 14 carries for 37 yards and one TD. Receiving, Tory Upshaw had 6 catches for 61 yards and one TD; Devonte Porter had 3 catches for 58 yards and 2 TDs, and Adam Hill was 5 of 6 for PATs. Jared Hall had 3 punts for an average of 45 yards.
Tory Upshaw led the defense with 10 tackles, while Freeman Walker had 7 tackles, and Teven Daniels had 6 tackles, one fumble recovery and one interception for a touchdown. Michael Walker and Cameron Wright had 6 tackles each.
This week, Brantley travels to Linden (12-0) in the AHSAA Class 1A quarterfinals.
"They've had 8 shutouts and have only given up 42 points all year, so we've got to figure out a way to get points on the board," Lowery said. "They are extremely athletic and run the football real well, so we've got to make sure we stay on our blocks."
Brantley School will have a bonfire and pep rally Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at the baseball field. Game time is 7 p.m. Friday night at Linden.
CCA holds off Coosa Valley, 14-12
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Q: How do I get Parse data as a String out of PFUser? I am currently trying to get a value called "loot" out of the current user. I need the value as a String, but Swift is being stubborn and says it "cannot convert Anyobject to String". The Parse documentation for iOS says to use something like:
let score = gameScore["score"] as String

and so, I try this :
let lootAmount = user["loot"] as String

BTW 'user' is referring to the current user. When I try that, it gives error saying it's not convertible. I tried placing '!'s and '?'s wherever Xcode suggested, but it just crashed the app with no error.
So, how do I get the user value called "loot" as a String?

A: Loot is an NSNumber not an NSString or String.
You could convert it to a String like this:
if let loot = user["loot"] as? NSNumber {
    let lootString = "\(loot)"
}

If you're not sure of an object's type, you can ask it using dynamicType:
print(user["loot"]!.dynamicType)

//prints `__NSCFNumber.Type`

A: You may need to downcast AnyObject. Try this: let lootAmount = user["loot"] as? String or unwrap your optional user if you haven't done so:
let currentUser = PFUser.currentUser()
if let user = currentUser {
    let lootAmount = user["loot"] as String
}

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3 special safety features on school buses
by josh.collins@thomsonreuters.com | Nov 14, 2019 | Personal Injury
School bus accidents are something everyone wants to avoid. After all, these buses carry the most precious cargo of any vehicle in New York. Because of the importance of protecting the passengers inside, school bus designs have specific safety features that make them one of the most secure and safest vehicles on the road.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration explains the design of a school bus is precise. Every detail about a massive vehicle is well-thought-out and serves a specific purpose for the overall safety of the vehicle. There are three particular aspects worth noting that make buses incredibly safe vehicles.
It is pretty difficult to miss a school bus coming down the road due to its size and color. It also has flashing lights and a stop sign arm that comes out when it stops. All these details are to ensure other drivers see the bus and can easily notice the bus regardless of weather conditions.
High crush standards
A bus also has a design that makes it solid and difficult to crush, with rollover protection built into the frame. It is also more stable than other vehicles, making it tough to upend in the first place. It acts like a metal cage to protect riders in a way and to an extent that other vehicles do not.
Protective seats
There are always people who ask why school buses do not have seat belts. After all, the general message is always to wear your seat belt in a vehicle. Yet, here is a vehicle that carries children every day and does not even offer this safety device. There is an excellent reason for this, and it goes back to the design of the bus, the bus seats, to be exact. The seats have energy-absorbing backs and sit close together to protect the rider, which is much better than a seat belt.
When all the safety features of a bus combine, it makes for an incredibly safe vehicle. This design is something that every parent with a child who rides the school bus can appreciate.


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Thornley was highly active in the countercultural publishing scene, writing for a number of underground magazines and newspapers, and self-publishing many one-page (or broadsheet) newsletters of his own. One such newsletter called [[Zenarchy]] was published in the 1960s under the pen name Ho Chi Zen. "Zenarchy" is described in the introduction of the collected volume as "the social order which springs from meditation," and "A noncombative, nonparticipatory, no-politics approach to anarchy intended to get the serious student thinking."
Raised [[Mormon]], in adulthood Kerry shifted his ideological focus frequently, in rivalry with any serious countercultural figure of the 1960s. Atheism, anarchism, objectivism, neo-paganism (a term he invented), Buddhism, and the memetic inheritor of Discordianism, [[The Church of the Subgenius]], were all subject to close conceptual scrutiny throughout his life.
==Military life==
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''Decadent Worker was a publication of Kerry Wendell Thornley (d. 1998) back in the late 1980s. We were commissioned to ressurrect this historical collection of one-page documents, issued every few days, which he referred to as "Wall Newspapers." It may appear as if we have done a hack scanning job, but in reality, many of these issues were photocopied at a slant. The party who commissioned the republication of these documents requested that we do so in their original form rather than retyping their content, however, making them content-searchable has been left open as a future option.'' Here are the [http://www.rehistory.com/modules.php?name=Projects%252526amp%25253Bfunc%25253Dview%252526amp%25253Bpid%25253D1%252526amp%25253Bpname%25253DDecadent%25252520Worker Decadent Worker publications]
''Decadent Worker was a publication of Kerry Wendell Thornley (d. 1998) back in the late 1980s. We were commissioned to ressurrect this historical collection of one-page documents, issued every few days, which he referred to as "Wall Newspapers." It may appear as if we have done a hack scanning job, but in reality, many of these issues were photocopied at a slant. The party who commissioned the republication of these documents requested that we do so in their original form rather than retyping their content, however, making them content-searchable has been left open as a future option.'' Here are the [http://www.rehistory.com/modules.php?name=Projects%25252526amp%2525253Bfunc%2525253Dview%25252526amp%2525253Bpid%2525253D1%25252526amp%2525253Bpname%2525253DDecadent%2525252520Worker Decadent Worker publications]
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Did you know they accused him to be connected to the [[JFK]] assassination?
Kerry Wendell Thornley (April 17, 1938 - November 28, 1998), more often called Kerry Thornley, is perhaps best-known as the co-founder (along with childhood friend Greg Hill) of Discordianism. He is usually known in Discordian circles as Lord Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst or simply Lord Omar. He and Hill authored the religion's seminal text Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess, And What I Did To Her When I Found Her.
Thornley was highly active in the countercultural publishing scene, writing for a number of underground magazines and newspapers, and self-publishing many one-page (or broadsheet) newsletters of his own. One such newsletter called Zenarchy was published in the 1960s under the pen name Ho Chi Zen. "Zenarchy" is described in the introduction of the collected volume as "the social order which springs from meditation," and "A noncombative, nonparticipatory, no-politics approach to anarchy intended to get the serious student thinking."
Raised Mormon, in adulthood Kerry shifted his ideological focus frequently, in rivalry with any serious countercultural figure of the 1960s. Atheism, anarchism, objectivism, neo-paganism (a term he invented), Buddhism, and the memetic inheritor of Discordianism, The Church of the SubGenius, were all subject to close conceptual scrutiny throughout his life.
1 Military life
3 Later life and death
4 List of pen names and titles
Having already been a US Marine Corps reservist for about two years, Thornley had been summoned to active duty in 1958 at age 20, soon after completing his freshman year at the University of Southern California. According to Principia Discordia, it was around this time that he and Greg Hill—alias Malaclypse the Younger or Mal-2—shared their first Eristic vision in a bowling alley in their hometown of Whittier, California. (Thornley biographer Adam Gorightly contends there wasn't one such bowling alley, and early Erisian Richard Marshall claims the joke religion actually began in the Bay Area of northern California).
In the spring of 1959, Thornley served for a short time in the same radar operator unit as Lee Harvey Oswald at MCAS El Toro in Santa Ana, California. Both men had shared a common interest in society, culture, literature and politics, and whenever duty placed them together, had discussed such topics as George Orwell's famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and the philosophy of Marxism, particularly Oswald's interest in the latter.
While aboard a troopship returning to the United States from duty in Japan (some time after the two men parted ways as a result of routine reassignment), Thornley read of Oswald's autumn 1959 defection to the Soviet Union in the US military newspaper Stars and Stripes.
In February 1962, Thornley completed The Idle Warriors, which has the historical distinction of being the only book written about Lee Harvey Oswald before Kennedy's assassination in 1963. Due to the serendipitous nature of Thornley's choice of literary subject matter, he was called to testify before the Warren Commission in Washington DC on May 18, 1964. The Commission subpoenaed a copy of the book and stored it in the National Archives. In 1965, Thornley published another book titled Oswald, generally defending the "Oswald-as-lone-assassin" conclusion of the Warren Commission, which met with dismal sales. In his later years, Thornley became convinced that Oswald had in truth been a CIA asset whose purpose was to ferret out suspected Communist sympathizers serving in the Corps.
In January 1968, New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison, certain there had been a New Orleans-based conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy, subpoenaed Thornley to appear before a grand jury once again, questioning him about his relationship with Oswald and his knowledge of other figures Garrison believed to be connected to the assassination. Garrison charged Thornley with perjury after Thornley denied that he had been in contact with Oswald in any manner since 1959. The perjury charge was eventually dropped by Garrison's successor Harry Connick, Sr.
Thornley claimed that, during his initial two-year sojourn in New Orleans, he'd had numerous meetings with two mysterious middle-aged men named "Gary Kirstein" and "Slim Brooks". According to his account, they had detailed discussions on numerous subjects ranging from the mundane to the exotic, and bordering sometimes on bizarre. Among these was the subject of how one might assassinate President Kennedy, whose beliefs and policies the aspiring novelist deeply disliked at the time. Later, the former Marine came to believe that "Gary Kirstein" had in reality been senior CIA officer and future Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt, and "Slim Brooks" to have been Jerry Milton Brooks, a member of the 1960s right-wing activist group, "The Minutemen". Thornley also claimed that "Kirstein" and Brooks had accurately predicted Richard M. Nixon's accession to the presidency six years before it happened, as well as anticipating the rise of the 1960s counterculture and the subsequent emergence of Charles Manson and what became his cult following. This led Thornley to believe that the US government had somehow been involved, directly or indirectly, in creating and/or supporting these events, personages and phenomena.
In the wake of this period, Thornley came to believe (among many other things) that he had been a subject of the CIA's notorious LSD-soaked MK-ULTRA mind-control research program. While skeptics may dismiss as flimsy conspiracy theory some of his later notions—such as having been a product of occult-based Nazi Vril selective breeding programs—his claims regarding participation in such highly-classified US government mind-control programs and foreknowledge of the John F. Kennedy assassination are somewhat more plausible, as they are consistent with the time period, his residences, and the nature and locations of his military service.
Later life and death
For the next 30 years, Thornley traveled and lived all over the United States and was involved in a variety of activities, ranging from editing underground newspapers to attending graduate school. Spending most of the remainder of his life in the Little Five Points neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, During this time he maintained a free series of fliers titled "Out of Order." This single page, double sided Xeroxed periodical was distributed in the Little Five Points area. Thornley became increasingly paranoid and distrustful in the wake of his experiences during the 1960s, both by his own accounts and those of personal acquaintances. For a time Thornley wrote a regular column in the zine Factsheet Five, until editor Mike Gunderloy stopped publishing the magazine. Struggling with illness in his final days, Kerry Thornley died of cardiac arrest in Atlanta on November 28, 1998, a Saturday, at the age of 60. The following morning, 23 people attended a Buddhist memorial service in his honor. His body had been cremated and the ashes scattered over the Pacific Ocean. Shortly before his death, Thornley reportedly said he'd felt "like a tired child home from a very wild circus," a reference to a passage by Greg Hill from Principia Discordia:
"And so it is that we, as men, do not exist until we do; and then it is that we play with our world of existent things, and order and disorder them, and so it shall be that Non-existence shall take us back from Existence, and that nameless Spirituality shall return to Void, like a tired child home from a very wild circus."
List of pen names and titles
List of pen names and self-awarded titles provided by Kerry himself on the role of Pope of the Discordian Society in an affidavit to the California School Employees Association (CSEA), on a legal case concerning a member of the society that refused to join the CSEA alleging that the Discordian religion forbade him from doing so[4]:
co-founder of the Discordian Society and the Legion of Dynamic Discord thereof and co-author of Principia Discordia Grand Ballyhoo of Egypt of the Orthodox Discordian Society Kerry Wendell Thornley, JFK Assassin Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst, President of the Fair-Play-for-Switzerland Committee Reverend Doctor Jesse Sump, Ancient Abbreviated Calif. of California and Sinister Minister of the First Evangelical and Unrepentant Church of No Faith Ho Chi Zen (the Fifth Dealy Lama) Purple Sage, Pope "I further declare that there is no truth whatsoever to the charge that Kerry Wendell Thornley is a ficiticious (sic) identity created by the Warren Commission for its own mysterious purposes (Vol. XI, pp. 80+, Commission Exhibits and Testimony)" "I, Kerry Wendell Thornley, KSC, JFK Assassin, Bull Goose of Limbo, Recreational Director of the Wilhelm Reich Athletic Club, Assistant Philosopher, President of the Universal Successionist Association (USA), Chairperson of the Kronstadt Vengeance Committee, Poet Laureate of the Randolph Bourne Association for Revolutionary Violets, Minister in the Church of Universal Life, Trustee for the Center for Mythographic Arts, Correspondent for the Desperate Imperialist News Service (DIN), Vice President of the Generic Graffiti Council of the Americas, CEO of the Umbrella Corporation and of the Spare Change Investment Corporation, Treasurer of the Commercial Erisian Orthodox Tabernacle, Assistant Treasurer of the John-Dillinger-Died-For-You Society, Public Relations Director of Precision Psychedelics, Managing Editor of The Decadent Worker, Public Security Committee Chief of the Revolutionary Surrealist Vandal Party (RSVP), Advisor to the Niccolo Machiavelli University of Jesuit Ethics, Instructor of the Mullah Nasrudin Sufi Mime Troupe, Dean of Bodhisattvas of the 12 Famous Buddha Mind School, Mail Clerk of Junk Mail Associates, Chaplaim of the Erotic Terrorism Committee of the Fucking Communist Conspiracy (FCC, etc.), Deputy Counsel of the International Brotherhood of Doom Prophets, Local 666, Alleged Founder of the Zenarchist Affinity Group (ZAG) and the Zenarchist Insurgency Group (ZIG), Co-Founder of the Discordian Society, Grand Master of the Legion of Dynamic Discord, Saint 2nd Class in the Industrial Church of the SubGenius, CEO of the Brooklyn Bridge Holding Company, Executive Vice President of the Bank of Hell, Chief Engineer of the Southern Fascist Railway ("Our Trains Run On Time!"), Inspector for the Political Correctness Division of the Marta Batista Cola Company, and Satanist Quaker of 3388 Homera Place, Decatur, Georgia do hereby swear (or affirm) on this day of 13 October 1993 under penalty of perjury that to the best of my knowledge, all of the above and much of the below is true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense, as the Discordian Church (or Synagogue) holds as a central tradition (borrowed from Buddhism and, thus, older than Christianity) tenet of its faith is true of all affirmations."
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So, was browsing alt.fan.rawilson and found refference to this: Decadent Worker was a publication of Kerry Wendell Thornley (d. 1998) back in the late 1980s. We were commissioned to ressurrect this historical collection of one-page documents, issued every few days, which he referred to as "Wall Newspapers." It may appear as if we have done a hack scanning job, but in reality, many of these issues were photocopied at a slant. The party who commissioned the republication of these documents requested that we do so in their original form rather than retyping their content, however, making them content-searchable has been left open as a future option. Here are the Decadent Worker publications
Another publication:
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Did you know they accused him to be connected to the JFK assassination?
Gotta find "The Prankster and the Conspiracy: The Story of Kerry Thornley and How He Met Oswald and Inspired the Counterculture, by Adam Gorightly"
Is Jim Garrison Out of His Mind? by Kerry Thornley
Historica Discordia: Meet Kerry Thornley, the second Oswald
Kerry Thornley Biography
"Kerry Wendell Thornley met Lee Harvey Oswald while in the United States Marines in 1959. Later that year Thornley was transferred to Atsugi in Japan."
"Jim Garrison later claimed that Thornley and Lee Harvey Oswald were involved together in covert CIA operations. He also argued that Thornley had impersonated Oswald between the years 1961 and 1963. In his book On the Trail of the Assassins (1988) Garrison insists that Thornley was friends with another possible conspirator, Johnny Roselli.
In 1992 Thornley appeared on a television programme, A Current Affair. He confessed that he had been part of a conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy. However, he did not give the names of his fellow conspirators. "
Friend of Robert Anton Wilson
Confession to Conspiracy to Assassinate JFK
23 Offerings of Prime Erisiana
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package eu.motogymkhana.competition.test;

import android.content.Context;

import junit.framework.Assert;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.robolectric.RobolectricGradleTestRunner;
import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
import org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowLooper;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

import javax.inject.Inject;

import eu.motogymkhana.competition.BuildConfig;
import eu.motogymkhana.competition.Constants;
import eu.motogymkhana.competition.api.ResponseHandler;
import eu.motogymkhana.competition.api.response.ListRidersResult;
import eu.motogymkhana.competition.http.FakeHttp;
import eu.motogymkhana.competition.model.Rider;
import eu.motogymkhana.competition.rider.RiderManager;
import toothpick.Scope;
import toothpick.Toothpick;

/**
 * Created by christine on 26-3-17.
 */
@RunWith(RobolectricGradleTestRunner.class)
@Config(packageName = "eu.motogymkhana.competition", constants = BuildConfig.class, sdk = 21)
public class AddRiderTest {

    @Inject
    protected RiderManager riderManager;

    @Inject
    protected Context context;

    @Inject
    protected FakeHttp fakeHttp;

    private Collection<Rider> allRiders;
    private boolean done  = false;

    private String ridersUrlString = "https://pengo.christine.nl:9005/motogymkhana/getAllRiders/";
    private String ridersJsonFile = "test/all_riders_result.json";

    private ResponseHandler responseHandler = new ResponseHandler() {

        @Override
        public void onSuccess(Object object) {
            ListRidersResult result = (ListRidersResult)object;
            allRiders = result.getRiders();
            done = true;
        }

        @Override
        public void onException(Exception e) {
            done = true;
       }

        @Override
        public void onError(int statusCode, String string) {
            done = true;
       }
    };

    @Test
    public void addRiderTest() throws InterruptedException {

        Scope scope = Toothpick.openScope(Constants.TEST_SCOPE);
        Toothpick.inject(this, scope);
        Assert.assertNotNull(context);

        fakeHttp.put(ridersUrlString, 200, "", ridersJsonFile);

        riderManager.getAllRiders(responseHandler);

        while (!done) {
            Thread.sleep(100);
            ShadowLooper.runUiThreadTasksIncludingDelayedTasks();
        }

        Assert.assertEquals(105, allRiders.size());
    }
}

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Стрілянина в іжевській школі № 88 — масове вбивство, яке відбулося 26 вересня 2022 року в місті Іжевськ, Республіка Удмуртія, Росія. Внаслідок стрілянини за даними СК РФ загинули 18 осіб (з них, 11 – діти), 24 (серед них 22 – діти) постраждали.

Хід подій
Перші повідомлення про стрілянину надійшли ще о 11:14.

За повідомленнями учнів, було чути постріли.

Вже об 11:00 підозрюваний скоїв самогубство.

Особа підозрюваного

 За попередніми даними, стрілець наклав на себе руки. Ймовірно був одягнений у майку з нацисткою символікою та у балаклаву.
 За даними СК РФ, нападник Артем Казанцев, 1988 року народження, є випускником цього навчального закладу та, ймовірно, знаходився на обліку в психоневрологічному диспансері з діагнозом «уповільнена шизофренія».

Загиблі та поранені
В результаті теракту 18 людей убито і ще 24 постраждали.

Примітки

Див. також
Список масових убивств у Росії
Масові вбивства в Росії
2022 у Росії
Вересень 2022
Події 26 вересня
Іжевськ

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In a move that the American Diabetes Association is calling "a historic victory," President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act into law on September 25. This amendment to the original 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act is meant to restore its broad protection of people from unfair treatment because of their disabilities—which can include diabetes.
Since the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990, decisions made by the Supreme Court have narrowed its reach, declaring people with partial physical disabilities or conditions that can be treated with drugs or medical devices to be beyond the antidiscrimination protection of the act. But this new amendment will restore protection to people who use medicine, prosthetics, or technological devices to help control their conditions. It will also protect workers whose employers discriminate against them because they believe that the worker has a disability, regardless of whether the worker is actually disabled.
In a statement, the American Diabetes Association's Chair of the Board, R. Stewart Perry, said, "This is a historic victory for Americans with chronic illnesses like diabetes, who will once again be covered by this law, and is a triumph for all individuals with disabilities who want to work and will now be able to fulfill their potential." You can read the American Diabetes Association's full press release here.
Have you ever faced discrimination because of your diabetes? Do you consider your diabetes to be a disability? Share your thoughts on these issues with a comment below.


Parental Diet Before Conception Affects Child's Health – A child's health can be compromised not only by a mother who smokes or drinks during pregnancy, but by the obesity and poor diet of both parents well before the act of procreation, researchers said Tuesday. What a mother and father eat, and whether they are seriously overweight, in other words, can have "profound implications for the growth, development and long-term health of their children before conception," they warned in a trio of studies. The findings, reported in The Lancet, a leading medical journal, should heighten awareness of "preconception risk factors," the researchers said. "Evidence for preconceptional effect on lifetime health is now so compelling that it calls for new guidance on parental preparation for pregnancy, beginning before conception," they concluded. The studies — combining a review of earlier literature and new research — showed that the lifestyle habits of fathers, not just mothers, can have a direct impact on the well-being of offspring.


From studying abroad to celebrating with your classmates, Sandburg offers a wide array of activities and organizations for all students. Blow off some steam during our Fall Festival, October Bash and Spring Fest events, and be sure to get involved in one of our many campus clubs such as Student Ambassadors, Student Government Association, Art Club, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Men of Distinction/Women of Character and more. You can even expand your worldview in places like England, Ireland, Austria, Spain and France as part of our study abroad opportunities.
Students can get involved in a variety activities from the very start of their Sandburg experience. Each semester, we have a full calendar of events that range from campus-wide festivals, to guest speakers and workshops, to finals week stress relief activities, and much more in between.
For the beginning of the year, we have the Fall Fest and October Bash. And the student ambassadors help organize all those events that go on.
Just being involved in so many facets of student life out here, being able to participate in the student ambassador program, as well as student government, and just my roles on campus, being on the giving end of the academic advising is extremely rewarding. I've had my students come up to me, and they're very grateful. And they really express that. I really feel like I'm making a difference.
The reason I like these events is because all the clubs and organizations, they kind of set up their own table. New students can come, check them out, and see what stuff they've done, see if they want to get involved. There are a lot of study abroad opportunities for students here at Sandburg. They do a trip every year for spring break. A recent group went to Italy.
And students can choose how involved they want to be, either by going to monthly meetings, or going to a couple lunch-time events, or even running for an officer position with Student Government Association.


Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attend Jennifer Lopez's MTV VMA's Vanguard Award Celebration at Beauty & Essex on August 21, 2018 in New York City.
NEW YORK CITY: After she collected her Michael Jackson Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, Jennifer Lopez grabbed her man, Yankee's retiree Alex Rodriguez and her best friend and fellow Bronx alum Cardi B and headed downtown in New York.
Aptly, the performer opened her VMA medley performance with her mega track Waiting For Tonight – and it really could be said that the 49-year-old had been dreaming of this for so long. Flanked by her friends like Olivia Munn, Liam Payne and Tiffany Haddish, Lopez's long-time manager Benny Medina (whom she thanked in her Vanguard acceptance speech), toasted her incredible 20-year career in the music industry.
The location was Beauty & Essex on New York's Lower East Side. On any given night, a huge, two-storey chandelier greets guests as they walk upstairs and into the early-sixties glam, peacock-themed grand dining room. Inside this space Lopez's team had decorated it as a mini museum with pieces of the singer's career; chart-topping records, magazine covers, bejewelled microphones and costumes from her shows. A huge moon man-shaped cake was brought out before the woman who-barely-drinks-but-can-definitely-dance tore up the dancefloor with her friends.
Lopez this week told MTV the key to success is never actually feeling like you've arrived. She says she's constantly evolving to ensure she never stays stagnant or stale and will always work harder than anybody else.
The chandelier when you walk in.


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July 29, 2008 Arts & Culture » Music
Groovin' Highmount
By Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson
David Fathead Newman plays the Bellearyre Music Festival on August 16.
The noted critic Gerald Early said, "I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball." His is truly an epochal prediction (Early served as a consultant to Ken Burns on his documentaries Baseball and Jazz). Jazz keeps its stock value high by releasing diamonds from its inner core periodically, strewn on the Earth for all to see. One sparkler will be on view at this year's Belleayre Music Festival on August 16: saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman.
Newman's appearance at the festival coincides with other worldwide events centered on his 75th birthday (February 24) this year. His brazen Texas tenor tone has given body and soul to works by Aretha Franklin, Queen Latifah, B. B. King, Eric Clapton, and, most notably, Ray Charles. His 12 years with Charles gave Newman enough cachet for steady employment in jazz, R&B, and pop.
While on tour with saxophonist Buster Smith (a mentor to bebop icon Charlie Parker), Newman, whose main horn is alto saxophone, initially joined Charles in 1954 on baritone but later switched to tenor and doubled on flute. Newman gave Charles's bands swagger and reams of energetic solos to riff behind. His debut album as a leader is Fathead: Ray Charles Presents David Newman (Atlantic) in 1958. In 2004, the life of Charles was put upon the big screen in the biopic Ray, which the singer did not live to see. Newman continues to refute his portrayal as someone who got Charles hooked on drugs. "I was bothered by it," Newman lamented in a 2005 interview. "I understand that's what sells movies. I could've done with more music and less sex and drugs. I actually would have liked to have seen more of Ray Charles and what he brought to the table." A year after Ray's 2004 premier, Newman honored Charles on his HighNote Records release I Remember Brother Ray.
Another lengthy stay was with flutist Herbie Mann—10 years. Newman also recorded for Mann's label, Kokopelli, and released Mr. Gentle Mr. Cool in 1994 and Under a Woodstock Moon in 1996. Both recordings reflect the spiritual shift in Newman's life from New York City to the Hudson Valley.
Newman has had a stable home life at HighNote since 1999's Chillin'. His ninth release for the label is Diamondhead, on which two of his band mates for the Belleayre gig, pianist Cedar Walton and trombonist Curtis Fuller, appear. The other sidemen for the Belleayre show are also superb—bassist Rufus Reid, drummer Jimmy Cobb, and just added, saxophonists Joe Lovano and Jimmy Heath.
The Belleayre festival offers an appetizing plate of folk, rock, opera, classical, Broadway, dance, and "America's classical music"—jazz. "Jazz has always been a major part of the festival, with four to five concerts each season," comments Litoff. "We've been privileged to hear the greatest musicians in the world play—and Newman and Fuller are certainly among them."
David "Fathead" Newman will perform at the Belleayre Music Festival in Highmount on August 16 at 8pm. (845) 254-5600; www.belleayremusic.org.
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Samsung Galaxy M31 review: A complete package in the budget segment
Heena Gupta
, TOI Contributor Last Updated: Apr 24, 2020, 05:19 PM IST
The smartphone is powered by Samsung's own Exynos 9611 processor, paired with 6GB of RAM.
The highlights of Samsung Galaxy M31 include quad-camera setup and the massive 6,000 mAh battery.
Get it for: Starts at Rs 16,999
Key highlight: Impressive battery life
Samsung's M series of smartphones, launched first in 2019, aimed at taking on the offerings from the likes of Xiaomi and Realme.
The price-to-specs ratio was something that Samsung wanted to address and its latest smartphone in the series aims to do the same. The Samsung Galaxy M31 is the first smartphone in the M series to launch this year. It boasts of an impressive design and display and looks a lot like its predecessor, the Galaxy M30.
The M31 sports a 6.4-inch full HD+ AMOLED display with 2340x1080 pixel resolution. In order to protect the display from scratches, the company has also added a coating of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on the device. The display is bright enough and also offers good visibility under direct sunlight. Along with this, the large display makes watching movies and playing games an enjoyable experience.
The smartphone is powered by Samsung's own Exynos 9611 processor, paired with 6GB of RAM. This combination manages to offer a smooth and lag-free performance. The smartphone is not designed for hardcore gaming but it can handle casual gaming very well. Multitasking was a cakewalk and the user interface is also pretty simple and clean. The smartphone comes in two storage options — 64GB and 128GB. Users can also install a microSD card to further expand the storage.
The highlights of Samsung Galaxy M31 include quad-camera setup and the massive 6,000 mAh battery. We were quite impressed with the battery performance of the smartphone as it manages to take us through one and a half days on a single charge. On the other hand, the camera also performs quite well and we were satisfied with the output of images. Our personal favourite is the macro camera. The macro camera captures images really well and also offers an ample amount of details.
At the starting price of Rs 16,999, the Samsung Galaxy M31 comes with all the essential features needed in a budget smartphone. If you are looking for a complete package in the budget segment, then the device won't disappoint you.
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Kevin Richardson is "The Lion Whisperer" and you are about to see how he earned that title. His way with animals is nothing short of amazing. Here we have a poor lion named Aslan who desperately needed saving. Richardson to the rescue!
Aslan desperately needed his teeth fixed. Richardson and his team were there to help. After the fix, they then released Aslan back into the wild and it is quite the sight to see! The other lions were happy to see him back, and Aslan was clearly happy to be back home.
Check out this wonderful video and be sure to share it with friends and family to spread the good work that Richardson and his team are doing.
WHY I AM SO POOR ?
Adorable baby interrupts his dad's concert!


Stephane Bruylant introducing Maumm Bistro Inauguration in Nueva Andalucia Marbella a International Kitchen with Belgian Touches and R&B vibes all day long he has More than 30 years of experience, having studied in one of the best hotel schools in Europe. Currently residing in Marbella having worked for the prestigious Ocean Club Marbella for over 9 years as executive chef and kitchen manager, and one year as director of a new project here in Marbella. I have also done consulting and training for many business's over the years. come a dine with us we wont let you down !


Instead of eating peanut butter from the jar with a spoon, satisfy your craving with this recipe. These muffins are rich and fudgy with a hint of peanut butter cookie.
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, combine melted butter and brown sugar. Mix thoroughly. Add in the egg and vanilla extract.
3. Mix in the peanut butter and combine thoroughly.
4. Add salt and flour.
5. Use an ice cream scoop to distribute batter to each muffin cup.
6. Spread batter evenly with the back of a spoon (optional).
7. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
8. Allow muffins to cool completely before removing to a wire cooling rack.
OK gluten-free lovers, here's to satisfying your sweet tooth!
These are the fluffiest, most moist baked products on the global gluten-free menu. The texture is reminiscent of peanut butter fudge. They are more cakey than the usual muffin. The peanut butter does not overwhelm, and the banana flavor is barely detected, albeit the riper the banana the sweeter the muffin. The melty chocolate chips complement the peanut butter in every bite.
Let's talk all the things these muffins are not. They are gluten-free, grain-free, soy-free, dairy-free, oil-free, and refined sugar-free. So how could they be good?
With the help of a blender, the batter is transformed in minutes into the best excuse for eating chocolate for breakfast.
1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease muffin pan with cooking spray.
2. To the canister of a blender, add bananas, eggs, peanut butter, honey, vanilla extract, baking soda, and salt. Blend on high speed until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute.
3. Transfer batter to a mixing bowl. Fold in heaping cup of chocolate chips and stir.
4. Use an ice cream scoop to distribute batter into muffin cups to ¾ full.
5. Sprinkle each muffin cup with mini chocolate chips.
6. Bake for 13 to 18 minutes*, or until the tops are set, domed, springy to the touch, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter.
*Watch muffins closely and bake until done.
**These muffins will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 4 months.


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North Carolina Robbery Laws
Created by FindLaw's team of legal writers and editors | Last updated February 06, 2018
Robbery is a crime that's similar to theft, but it's committed in the presence of the victim. For this reason, it's classified as a more serious crime than theft, usually a felony. North Carolina robbery laws distinguish between robbery with a dangerous weapon (such as a firearm), train robbery, and robbery at common law, all of which are classified as felonies. While the statutes define robbery with a dangerous weapon and train robbery, they don't define robbery at common law. Instead, that form of robbery is generally defined by courts as the taking of someone else's personal property from his or her person or in his or her presence through the use of violence, intimidation, or threat of force.
North Carolina Robbery Laws Overview
Below you'll find key provisions of robbery laws in North Carolina.
North Carolina General Statutes
Section 14-87 (Robbery with Firearms or Other Dangerous Weapons)
Section 14-88 (Train Robbery)
What's Prohibited?
Robbery with Firearms or Other Dangerous Weapons: Unlawfully taking (or attempting to take) personal property from another person, a business, or home while there are people present and while possessing, using, or threatening to use a dangerous weapon. It's also prohibited for a person to aid or abet in the commission of this crime.
Train Robbery: Showing or discharging a gun in or near a locomotive engine or car in order to compel a person to give up something of value.
Charges Robbery with a Firearm or Other Dangerous Weapon and Train Robbery are both class D felonies. Any other type of robbery as defined at common law, is a class G felony.
Felonies are punished based on the provisions provided by Section 15A-1340.13, et seq. While there are various factors that influence the penalties for a felony conviction, an offender who doesn't have previous convictions can be punished as follows:
Active punishment* between 51 and 64 months for a class D felony.
Intermediate or active punishment between 10 to 13 months for a class G felony.
*In North Carolina penalties are separated into active, intermediate, and community punishment. As a general guideline:
Active punishment requires a prison sentence.
Intermediate punishment requires supervised probation.
Community punishment doesn't include imprisonment or special probation.
North Carolina General Statutes Section 14-89.1 (Safecracking)
North Carolina Robbery Laws: Related Resources
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Charged with Robbery in North Carolina? Talk to an Attorney
Conviction under North Carolina's robbery laws can result in imprisonment, and a mark on your permanent record. With such serious consequences, it's in your best interests to contact a skilled criminal defense attorney in North Carolina to discuss your case and learn about your options.
Get tailored advice and ask your legal questions. Many North Carolina attorneys offer free consultations.


In 2019, all major publishers and most independents have a website portal. What 95% don't have is a web magazine. However, those who do are flourishing.
What makes a web magazine a web magazine instead of a free portal?
A magazine on any platform is, most importantly, linear and finite just a like a print magazine—but do users know the difference between your portal and your premium membership website that features a web magazine? It certainly gets confusing for some sites that mix the content in one place, typically news outlets, where premium and paid content can be found in the same place.
I was talking to one of our publishing partners about this recently, and I told him that of all the characteristics of a magazine, the thing the user likes most about a magazine is that there is a package of content that can be consumed and allow users to experience the zen of completeness.
You can never say that you have finished exploring the Forbes website. There are millions of pages of content, and even indie publishers have thousands. Web portals are designed so that consumers never feel like they've finished.
Human beings have a desire to finish things, and books, magazines, and movies give them that sense of completion. When you receive a magazine, there's a table of contents, a cover, the first page, and the last page. It's familiar, and there's a human intellectual principle that humans are uncomfortable with things that are infinite, which web portals are.
Thus, if you're wondering why people come to your web portal and only spend 1 or 2 minutes per visit, that's why. It's normal. People don't spend a lot of time on your site because they don't try to. There's no "end" or goal to reach, so they come and then leave.
However, according to MPA's Magazine Media Factbook 2017/18, readers of a magazine's digital edition spent 49.2 minutes on each issue (and 51.7 minutes with the print issue), so if that isn't a reason to create a digital edition, I don't know what is, especially now that you can offer advertisers more advanced analytics on usage, which is what they're craving.
The relationship users have with a web portal is as visitors, and they may spend just two minutes on your site reading free content, or they may stay longer. The fidelity of a portal is low, but the convenience is high. Users do not retain any ownership of the content, but they are actively engaged and are paying attention.
The relationship users have with a web magazine is as subscribers. They may spend up to sixty minutes with a magazine and read it to completion. The fidelity is moderate, and so is the convenience. Subscribers feel like they own the content, so they may sit back to read and enjoy the material in a more leisurely way.
The relationship users have with a web bookstore is as buyers. They may spend 300 minutes or more in a web bookstore or with a book. The fidelity is moderate, and so is the convenience, but buyers feel like they own the content, so just like the magazine, they can kick back to read.
The regional New England magazine Yankee is one great example of a publisher getting this right, after unleashing its old magazine archives and bringing them online through recycled content in the web portal with paid content in a new online magazine library. Yankee has added value to its subscription by including an all-access pass to its web edition and archive, which has dramatically improved conversion rates.
Another is Pottery Making Illustrated, which offers a free portal with web magazine archives with issues going back to 1998. By adding a web magazine, the publisher can now upsell print subscribers from a price of $2.49 per month to $3.97 per month for an all-access subscription.
A final example is Prime Publishing, which was a 100% advertising-driven business before it launched I Like Crochet. Now, its business model includes a significant amount of subscription revenue that is generated by its premium subscription web magazine and is branded entirely independently of its advertising-driven website portals.
Having two or all three business models completes a multi-sensory experience for consumers. The modern multiplatform publisher uses a website portal to create an initial low-friction relationship with the customer. From there, the publisher will upsell customers to premium content like a web magazine or a book in a bookstore.
The best part? Having multiple digital products to sell allows you to be creative with pricing and bundling, which almost always increases profits.
The digital upgrade process is reasonably seamless as links from free content, searches, and social media can lead to a real-time purchasing experience that grants the user immediate access and gratification when compared to a process that requires a physical magazine or book to be shipped or uses the more complicated process of selling premium access to a web magazine or book that requires a separate application.
The simple truth is that a browser-based website portal creates the perfect path to a browser-based online magazine or book that can be read on any device, including tablets and mobile phones.
Consider the power of your existing free web portal and how it may be able to create new revenue streams that are subscription-based and utterly independent of advertisers and sponsors. A web magazine offers publishers who have a web portal the opportunity to diversify their revenue mix, leverage their brand, and create a highly profitable continuity revenue stream. If you want to learn how we can help you do that (as we did for Yankee, Pottery Making Illustrated, and I Like Crochet), schedule a FREE consultation with a member of our executive team.
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Acclaimed musician and composer Harvey Brough participates in Business in the Community's 'Give and Gain Day' with a performance of Requiem in Blue.
Brough performs and directs the piece on 9th July 2010 at 7pm at the spectacular East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf, London.
The event forms an integral part of Business in the Community's Give and Gain Day 2010 and features massed choirs from companies in Canary Wharf and the City of London, together with children from Hackney Schools and Harvey Brough's band with soloists Clara Sanabras, Caitriona O'Leary, Mike Outram, James Pearson, Andy Hamill and Roy Dodds. As part of Give & Gain Day, employee volunteers take part in a series of singing and choral workshops during the day.
'Requiem in Blue' was written in 1998 as a highly personal response to the untimely death several years earlier of Brough's older brother, Lester. It was commissioned by East England Arts and premiered that same year. It has since enjoyed over 30 public performances. 'Requiem in Blue' is based on the traditional Latin mass and incorporates folksong, blues, jazz, gospel and improvised elements. The final movement, 'Lux Aeterna', features words from the inspirational play 'Spoonface Steinberg', written by Lee Hall. The work is scored for small ensemble (percussion, bass, keyboards, chamber organ, theorbo, Celtic harp & flugelhorn) with 3 vocal soloists, SATB choir and children's choir.
Hailed as one of the UK's most accomplished and diverse musicians, Harvey Brough's career has covered an extraordinary range of musical styles including early music, classical, pop, soul and jazz. Brough founded the famous 1980s pop group 'Harvey and the Wallbangers'. He started his musical life aged 6 as a choirboy at Coventry Cathedral. Then, aged 17, he studied oboe with Lady Barbirolli at the Royal Academy of Music followed by a scholarship to Clare College Cambridge. For the past thirty years, Brough has worked professionally in music as a performer, arranger, conductor, producer and composer, moving easily between the worlds of theatre, film, TV and radio.
The East Wintergarden event announces the release of the long awaited CD of Requiem in Blue. The CD is available from 21st June 2010 at all good record stores on Smudged Discs, catalogue number SMU 603.
Tickets will be sold at the door at £10.00 (£5.00 concessions). Proceeds from the event will go to Children and the Arts (www.childrenandarts.org.uk).
Business in the Community (BITC) mobilises business for good. Our members commit to take action on the key issues of today, be they people or planet, and create a unique platform for collaborative action.
Our members recognise the relationship between responsible business practice, addressing social and environmental need, and the role this plays in building confidence and creating wealth. Our approach to responsible business provides a clear framework to address new challenges, improve business performance and benefit society.
We work across four areas of expertise in the workplace, marketplace, environment and community. By sharing knowledge and experience, and developing innovative solutions, we are a catalyst for change and demonstrate the positive impact business can have in society.
Business in the Community is proud to have United Utilities as our Company of the Year 2009.
Give & Gain Day is the only national day of action for employee volunteers, organised by Business in the Community. Give & Gain Day is taking place on 9 July 2010.
Give & Gain Day 2010 is sponsored nationally by Eversheds LLP.
Give & Gain Day 2010 aims to get more than 6,000 employee volunteers helping over 75,000 people in communities across the UK.
The Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts is an educational charity committed to helping children experience the arts in a high quality and sustained way.
The East Wintergarden is Canary Wharf's premier events venue in the heart of the famous business and shopping district. Opened in 2003, the modern and stylish venue designed by Cesar Pelli and based on the Wintergarden in New York is instantly recognisable due to its arched glass atrium which measures 27m at the highest point. The venue boasts 682 sq meters of coloured marble floor and steamed beech wood panelling and accommodates 500 for banqueting and 800-1000 for receptions.
East Wintergarden is owned by Canary Wharf Group plc, an integrated property development, investment and management group of companies.


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Alexander Schlosser
Clayton Utz Partner , Sydney Work T +61 2 9353 4872 cell [email protected] https://www.claytonutz.com
Alex Schlosser is the National Practice Group Leader of Banking & Financial Services at Clayton Utz.
Alex is a specialist in:
acquisition finance and leveraged buyouts
IPO financings
large-scale corporate syndicated lending
mezzanine financing and complex intercreditor arrangements
subscription financing and lending to funds, managed investment schemes and financial institutions
complex secured lending transactions
distressed loans, debt trading and corporate restructures.
Having worked at a Magic Circle firm in London and Frankfurt for a number of years, Alex has gained invaluable offshore experience advising clients on complex cross-border transactions, often spanning multiple jurisdictions.
Alex is described by clients as "fantastic, pragmatic and approachable" (Chambers Global) and clients say "he understands the banking market very well, which adds a huge amount of value to the process" (Chambers Global).
Chambers Asia-Pacific: ranked as a leading individual for
- Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance (2011-2022)
- Banking & Finance: Corporate Finance (2018-2022)
The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific: recognised as a recommended lawyer for Banking & Finance (2016-2017, 2019-2021)
IFLR 1000:
- Highly regarded Banking practitioner (2019-2022)
- Recognised as one of Australia's notable Banking practitioners (2018)
Who's Who Legal of Banking Lawyers: recognised as a Most Highly Regarded practitioner in Banking (2019)
Best Lawyers Australia: voted by peers as one of Australia's Best Lawyers in
- Banking and Finance (2012-2022)
- Leveraged Buyouts (2016-2022)
Master of Laws (magna cum laude) (1999)
Bachelor of Laws (1998)
Bachelor of Arts (1996)
admitted to practice
England & Wales (2004)
New South Wales (2009)
Law Society of New South Wales
Law Society of England & Wales
Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL)
Asia and Pacific Loan Markets Association Documentation Sub-Committee
Presenter for APLMA's Documentation Seminars
Acquisition Finance, Mezzanine Lending and IPOs
Biostime/Swisse: Alex acted on the Australian elements of the acquisition finance package used to fund the A$1.67 billion acquisition by Biostime International Holdings of Swisse Wellness Group Pty Ltd. (2015)
Proprium Capital Partners: Alex advised offshore private equity firm Proprium Capital Partners on the financing of its acquisition of one of Australia's premier land development businesses, Investa Land. (2015)
Gateway Group IPO: Alex acted as bank counsel on the financing arrangements for the listing of the Gateway Group on the ASX in June 2015.
Crown Castle: Alex acted for one of the bidders on the financing aspects of its proposed acquisition of Crown Castle Australia (sold for A$2 billion). (2015)
Stork/Giovenco: Alex advised the lenders funding the acquisition by Stork Technical Services BV of Giovenco Industries (Aust) Pty Ltd. (2015)
NMSG: Alex acted for Crescent Capital in relation to its financing arrangements for the National Medical Services Group. (2015)
Southern Cross Dental Laboratories: Alex advised Ironbridge Capital on the financing arrangements in relation to its sale of Southern Cross Dental Laboratories to Modern Dental Group. (2015)
Canberra Data Centres: Alex acts as Lenders' counsel to Canberra Data Centres, including in relation to the acquisition of a significant stake by Quadrant Private Equity. (2014)
Invensys: Alex acted as Australian counsel on the financing related to the acquisition by Schneider Electric of Invensys plc, a global automation player with a large installed base and a strong software presence. (2014)
Monash Group IPO: Alex assisted Monash IVF, which achieved the world's first in-vitro fertilisation pregnancy in 1973, with its IPO-facilities in relation to its initial public offering on the ASX on 25 June 2014.
iSentia IPO: Alex acted as bank counsel in relation to the IPO-facilities for the iSentia Group which listed on the ASX on 5 June 2014.
APN News & Media: Alex acted as counsel to the subordinated bridge financier in relation to the A$132 million entitlement offer by APN News & Media Limited used to fund the $246.5 million acquisition of Clear Channel's 50% stake in its radio assets, as announced to the market on 19 February 2014.
Covermore IPO: Alex acted as Lender's counsel on the debt facilities for the Covermore Group in relation to its initial public offering on the ASX.
Braiform MBO: Alex acted as borrower's counsel in relation to the financing aspects of the MBO of Braiform out of the Spotless Group.
Blackstone / Pactera: Alex acted as Australian counsel in relation to the financing aspects of Blackstone's acquisition of Pactera, including the issue of a $275 million high-yield bond, Asia's first high-yield note used to fund a LBO since 2011.
CKF / Competitive Foods: Alex advised the Collins Foods Group in relation to itsacquisition facilities for the acquisition of Competitive Foods in 2014.
Power: Alex advised the mezzanine financier on the limited recourse funding of a generation and electricity transmission project in Western Australia.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co / Wesfarmers: Alex acted for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in relation to financing arrangements in connection with the $1.01bn acquisition of Wesfarmers' insurance broking and premium funding operations.
Transpacific Waste Management New Zealand: Alex acted for one of the bidders on the senior secured financing for the proposed $800m+ acquisition of Transpacific Waste Management New Zealand.
Cura Day Hospitals: Alex acted for Intermediate Capital Group in relation to the financing aspects of the MBO of the Cura Day Hospitals Group.
Trinseo: Alex acted as Australian counsel in relation to the financing aspects of Bain Capital's acquisition of Styron/Trinseo and Trinseo's subsequent $1.325bn high-yield bond, offered on 24 January 2013.
Singapore Stock Exchange: Alex acted for the Singapore Stock Exchange in relation to an approximately $3.6 billion financing package for its proposed acquisition (by way of scheme of arrangement under section 411 of the Corporations Act) of the ASX.
Australian Offshore Solutions: Alex advised on the financing aspects and subsequent refinancing of the acquisition of Australian Offshore Solutions Pty Ltd.
Xtralis: Alex advised the mezzanine finance parties on the re-financing of the Xtralis Group (a Pacific Equity Partners investment).
Collins Foods Group IPO: Alex acted for the Collins Foods Group in relation to its $145 million banking facilities to cater for the Group's ongoing debt funding needs as part of the initial public offering of Collins Foods Limited.
Jurlique International: Alex acted for Jurlique in relation to its financing arrangements and subsequent acquisition by Pola Orbis Holdings.
iNova Pharmaceuticals: Alex acted for iNova Pharmaceuticals in relation to its senior and mezzanine financing arrangements and subsequent sale to Valeant Pharmaceuticals.
MYOB Limited: Alex acted for the underwriters in connection with the acquisition of MYOB Limited by Archer Capital and Harbourvest Partners LLC.
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company: Alex acted on the senior and mezzanine financing of the approximately US$1 billion acquisition of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
Steadfast Limited: Alex acts as Lenders' counsel on the financing arrangements for the Steadfast Group. (2015)
Bright Food Australia: Alex acted for the lenders to Bright Food in relation to the re-financing of its Manassen Foods acquisition facilities and its general corporate debt.
Alesco Limited: Alex acted for the financiers to Alesco Limited in relation to its corporate debt facilities and the hostile Dulux takeover in 2012.
Transpacific Limited: Alex acted for Transpacific on its $1,525 million syndicated bank facility, funded in conjunction with a fully underwritten $309 million entitlement offer and subordinated convertible notes buy back.
Smarte Carte: Alex acted as Australian Lenders' counsel on the financing arrangements for the Smarte Carte Group.
Cabcharge: Alex acted as Lenders' counsel on the syndicated financing of the Cabcharge Group.
Golder Group: Alex acted as Australian counsel on the financing arrangements for the Golder Group.
Financial Institutions, Funds and Managed Investment Schemes
Private Equity Funds: Alex has acted both as borrower's counsel and as Lender's counsel in relation to subscription finance facilities for four of Australia's major private equity funds.
Debt Funds: Alex has acted as Lender's counsel in relation to the subscription finance facilities for various funds, including a major Senior Debt Fund.
HFA Holdings Limited: Alex acted for HFA Holdings Limited in relation to its corporate debt funding arrangements.
SFG Australia Limited: Alex acted for SFG Australia Limited in relation to its inaugural syndicated financing arrangements and its subsequent acquisition by IOOF Holdings Limited.
Workouts and restructurings
Mining Services: Alex has advised various mining services companies and lenders to mining services companies in relation to complex corporate debt restructure programs and turn-arounds.
Financial Services: Alex has advised borrowers and lenders on the restructure of a number of financial services and investment funds businesses.
Distressed Loans: Alex has acted for lenders and borrowers in tense negotiations involving the trading of distressed sub-investment grade loans or loan participations, including in connection with portfolio sales.
Transactions in the public domain: Some of the public matters that Alex has worked on include Nine Entertainment, RedGroup Retail, the Geon Group and APB Britco.
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Best Immigration Law Firm Award for Harvey Law Group
Bangkok (Thailand) – March 17, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Harvey Law Group (HLG), the leading investment & immigration law firm won the IAIR Awards 2016 in the category of the best Immigration Law Firm of the year. IAIR organizers told the audience in Hong Kong last week during the award ceremony that HLG won the prize "For being a pioneer and industry trend setter. Thanks to its global credibility and reputation and its dedication to excellence and high caliber services, Harvey Law Group was able to become the first law firm to develop investment immigration programs in the Caribbean islands. By organizing the successful Investment Immigration Summit in Asia and the Middle East, HLG represents an authentic landmark and forerunner of the sector."
This award came after the ALB Hong Kong Award for the best immigration law firm awarded in 2014 to HLG, confirming the firm's excellence of practice in Asia.
Harvey Law Group is a leading legal firm specializing in corporate law and investment immigration with a worldwide reputation for representing individuals to high-profile clients and corporation, founded in 1992. Our offices are in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Ha Noi, Beijing, Yangon, Singapore, Montreal and the Caribbean.
Thank you for your support and your trust in the firm all over the year.
Please do not hesitate to contact HLG Managing Partner Mr. Bastien Trelcat for any questions you may have.
Bastien Trelcat
Harvey Law Group
btrelcat@harveylawcorporation.com


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Valley lawmakers ask Gov. Abbott to endorse push for Level I Comprehensive Trauma Center and improved statewide trauma preparedness
by Legislative Media | Oct 24, 2018 | Politics
Featured, from left: Robert D. Martínez, MD, Chief Medical Officer/Chief Physician Executive, DHR Health; Carlos Cárdenas, MD, Chairman, Board of Directors, DHR Health; Raúl Barreda, Jr., MD, Trauma Medical Director, Level III Trauma Center, DHR Health; Joe M. Flores, Precinct 3 Hidalgo County Commissioner; Ramón García, County Judge, Hidalgo County; Eduardo "Eddie" Cantú, Precinct 2 Hidalgo County Commissioner; and David L. Fuentes, Precinct 1 Hidalgo County Commissioner. On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court endorsed efforts by DHR Health leaders, the region's state legislative delegation, and a growing list of other elected governing bodies and private organizations, for a Level I Comprehensive Trauma Center(s) for the Rio Grande Valley, and for improved statewide trauma preparedness.
Photograph By EVANA VLECK
By DAVID A. DÍAZ
When Gov. Greg Abbott was recently in Pharr for the grand opening of the South Texas College Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence, area state lawmakers formally requested his support for another vital resource to help protect the lives and health of an estimated 1.5 million Rio Grande Valley residents.
In a letter signed by the area's state legislative delegation, and presented to Abbott by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, South Texas legislators urged Abbott to help secure state money for a Level I Comprehensive Trauma Center(s) in the Rio Grande Valley, and for improved statewide trauma preparedness.
In general, a trauma center is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. A trauma center may also refer to an emergency department without the presence of specialized services to care for victims of major trauma.
A Level I Comprehensive Trauma Center is a comprehensive regional resource that is a tertiary care facility central to the trauma system. A Level I Trauma Center is capable of providing total care for every aspect of injury.
"Injuries and traumas are the leading cause of death for Texans from 1 to 44 years old. In fact, approximately 40 Texans, more than 14,600 annually, die every day because of traumatic injuries, and for every Texan who dies from a traumatic injury, at least six more are seriously injured (and saved)," Canales stated. "A robust trauma network is especially important in times of disaster, when existing facilities can be forced offline or quickly overwhelmed."
In addition to Canales, the other Valley state lawmakers who emphasized in the letter to Abbott the need for a Level I Comprehensive Trauma Center(s) for deep South Texas were (in alphabetical order):
• Rep. Ryan Guillén, D-Rio Grande City;
• Rep. R.D. "Bobby" Guerra, D-McAllen;
• Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen;
• Rep. Óscar Longoria, D-La Joya;
• Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., D-Brownville;
• Rep. Eddie Lucio III, D-Brownsville;
• Rep. Armando "Mando" Martínez, D-Weslaco
• Rep. René Oliveira; D-Brownsville; and
• Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo.
Abbott, who was in Pharr on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, is running for reelection to a second four-year term in office and will face Democrat Lupe Valdéz, the former Sheriff of Dallas County, as well as Libertarian candidate Mark Tippetts, a former member of the Lago Vista City Council, in the Tuesday, November 6, 2018 statewide election.
SOUTHERN TEXAS GULF COAST POPULATIONS JUSTIFY LEVEL I COMPREHENSIVE TRAUMA CENTERS
There is no Level I Comprehensive Trauma Center in the Rio Grande Valley, which is a major metropolitan area, even though much smaller population centers in Texas have such life-saving resources, according to Raúl Barreda, Jr., MD, Trauma Medical Director for the Level III Trauma Center at DHR Health.
"Tyler, with a 300,000 population, has a Level I and Level II trauma center. Killeen-Temple, with a combined population of 400,000, has a Level I and Level II trauma center. Lubbock, with 300,000 residents, has a Level I and Level II trauma center, and an additional Level II center. We (Hidalgo County) have a population of 900,000 people."
According to the most figures by the U.S. Census Bureau, as of July 2017 – more than one year ago – the estimated population of the Rio Grande Valley was 1,370,424 (Hidalgo County: 860,661; Cameron County: 423,725; Starr County: 64,454; and Willacy County: 21,584).
Like the Houston region, the four-county Rio Grande Valley and the counties along or near the Gulf Coast north of the Valley and north and west of Corpus Christi, each year face the real possibility of significant threats to life and property due to tropical storms, hurricanes, and other inclement weather events.
"Tyler, Killeen-Temple and Lubbock are not along the Texas Gulf Coast," he continued. "Why do we not have a Level I center in Hidalgo County?"
Barreda's observations came on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, when he, Robert D. Martínez, MD, Chief Medical Officer/Chief Physician Executive, DHR Health, and Carlos Cárdenas, MD, Chairman, Board of Directors, DHR Health, addressed the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court during its public meeting in Edinburg.
In response to Barreda's, Martínez' and Cárdenas' appearance and presentations, the county judge and county commissioners approved a Hidalgo County resolution endorsing efforts by DHR Health leaders, by the region's state legislative delegation, and a growing list of other elected governing bodies and private organizations, for a Level I Comprehensive Trauma Center(s) for the Rio Grande Valley, and for improved statewide trauma preparedness.
"WE ARE A SEA OF LIGHTS FROM BROWNSVILLE TO RIO GRANDE CITY"
Cárdenas thanked the county leadership for their united support, noting how deep South Texas over the years has been transformed from a predominantly rural agricultural area into the most populous Texas region along the border with Mexico.
"I stand before you – the three of us, local physicians born and raised here – and can remember a time when you could see spots between communities because of lack of lights when I was growing up," Cárdenas recalled. "Today, we are a sea of lights from Brownsville all the way to Rio Grande City. We are 1.5 (one point five) million people. We are 240 miles away from the nearest Level I trauma center in San Antonio. The next one after that is in Houston – 350 miles away to a Level I trauma center. One and a half million people (in the Rio Grande Valley) deserve a Level I trauma center, and we thank you for passing the resolution today."
DHR Health's push for state funding also would benefit the Trauma Network in the State of Texas, which is made up of 288 designated trauma hospitals, first responders, and emergency medical service providers.
The Trauma Network in the State of Texas is comprised of 22 regions and includes 18 Level I Comprehensive Trauma Centers, 21 Level II Major Trauma Centers, 56 Level III Advanced Trauma Centers, and 193 Level IV Basic Trauma Centers.
Barreda noted that the need for a Level I Comprehensive Trauma Center(s) for the Rio Grande Valley is based on high and unbiased standards set by the American College of Surgeons, a prestigious nationwide institution that, among its many duties, verifies the resources available at a hospital trauma center.
"The American College of Surgeons recommends a Level I and Level II trauma center for every million people in population. Trauma centers become verified by the American College of Surgeons to make sure they are filling out criteria, protocol, and that they save lives," Barreda explained. "Nothing there is political, everything is merit-based. If you are good and you do a good enough job, and you have the facilities, then you earn it."
HURRICANE HARVEY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING PACKAGE EYED AS KEY SOURCE FOR PROPOSED LRGV LEVEL I COMPREHENSIVE TRAUMA CENTER
Money is proposed to come from the Hurricane Harvey Supplemental Funding Package to create a grant program, administered by the Texas Department of State Health Services, that would provide trauma centers with the needed resources to invest in strengthening the trauma network statewide.
Last year, on Friday, September 8, 2018, President Trump signed federal legislation to provide billions of dollars to help communities, including those in Texas hard-hit in late August 2017 by Hurricane Harvey, which narrowly missed the Rio Grande Valley.
"With that (near-strike by Hurricane Harvey), we must be more aggressive in obtaining our funds," Barreda said. "These funds are to make the trauma centers in Texas unified and equal. That way, if one goes down, the other ones can pick up the slack, and it is like fingers acting on a hand. We need that so they all work together."
It is the threat of weather disasters such as Hurricane Harvey that also justifies the need for a Level I Comprehensive Trauma Center(s), and not just for the benefit of the Rio Grande Valley.
"The Trauma Network identified glaring holes after Hurricane Ike (in September 2008) hit the Houston area. They said, 'You need to do this, you need to do this, you need to do this.' They shored everything up," Barreda reported. "When (Hurricane) Harvey hit (in 2017), there were four Level I trauma centers between Galveston and Houston, and two of those went down. The Level I trauma center at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston were flooded. The other two were overwhelmed and they could not care for the people that needed it done."
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston are the two other Level I Comprehensive Trauma Centers in Houston.
"For those reasons, the American College of Surgeons and the Trauma Network is recommending these actions take place preventively before the next disaster hits, especially shoring up the Gulf Coast – the Rio Grande Valley and the Corpus Christi area," Barreda said. "If we are hit in these areas, we are cut off from everything else, with no help."
"OUR CAUSE IS RIGHT AND JUST"
DHR Health's Martínez praised the growing list of elected governing bodies in deep South Texas which already have thrown their support behind the legislative effort that would lead to a Level I Comprehensive Trauma Center(s) in the Rio Grande Valley.
"The Cameron County Commissioners Court, the Starr County Commissioners Court, and the Willacy County Commissioners Court, in addition to the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court, have approved respective resolutions in support of this undertaking, which has become one of the major state priorities for deep South Texas for the upcoming regular session of the 86th Texas Legislature," said Martínez.
Also – as of late October 2018 – the cities of Alamo, Edinburg, Elsa, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, San Juan, and Weslaco have publicly endorsed the call for a Level I Comprehensive Center(s) for the Rio Grande Valley.
"We are in an excellent position to succeed, not only because we have an outstanding state legislative delegation and because all of Texas stands to benefit, but because our cause is right and just," Martínez said.
Martínez said the region's state lawmakers understand the importance of upgrading the state's trauma center capabilities.
"This issue is especially of interest to the Rio Grande Valley delegation given our location along the Gulf Coast. Of the top nine most populated regions in the state, only the Rio Grande Valley lacks a Level I trauma center," Martínez quoted the lawmakers' letter to the governor. "While the Rio Grande Valley was spared the worst of Hurricane Harvey, the next big storm could hit our area. We owe it to our constituents to be ready and make the necessary investments in our trauma system before disaster strikes. Strengthening our network by providing funding for critical infrastructure and increased capacity would save many additional lives."
Cárdenas and Barreda shared Martínez' determination for bringing a Level I Comprehensive Trauma Center(s) to deep South Texas.
"Will a local hospital become Level I? Yes. We will move forward for Level I with or without funding from the state," Barreda predicted. "But if the Rio Grande Valley can have a voice and obtain funding to become EMS (Emergency Medical Services) and trauma centers equal to the rest of the state, then that is what we are asking for you to aggressively support."
For more information, please contact Roberto Haddad, Vice President and Counsel for Government Affairs and Policy at DHR Health, or Jesse Ozuna, Government Affairs Officer at DHR Health, at 956/362-7165. For more on this and other Texas legislative news stories which affect the Rio Grande Valley metropolitan region, please log on to Titans of the Texas Legislature.
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The noise of the machine and the steam coming out of it. Pouring it little by little until creating a little crema, cream, on top and here we are: il caffe' e' servito (coffee is served)!
Every morning a strong scent can be smelt in the streets of Italian cafés where coffee pops up. This is not simply a drink but a ritual that Italians cannot miss. Every morning must start with an espresso or macchiato for most of the Italians, otherwise it would not start with the right foot.
Totally different from other types of coffee drunk abroad, Italians find it sometimes very difficult to swallow foreign coffee not because they want to be choosy but simply because they are used to something different. This is also the reason why famous international coffee chains such as Starbucks could not be found in the country until recently. Italian young generations often claim their opening and wait for their arrival after spending their holiday or some time abroad drinking American coffee or frappuccinoes but old generations probably would hardly go inside them: they love drinking their tazzina di caffe', little cup of coffee, and they would unlikely renounce to it.
Naples is renowned all over Italy for its coffee and this is why you will often find traditional cafés crowded with tourists tasting 'na tazzulell e' caffe' as they would say in Neapolitan dialect.
The length of coffee is not the only thing that makes it different; the blend but especially the water gives it a different touch- some Neapolitans would say this, boasting the coffee made in their town .
Apart from cafés, this drink is served in almost every house and some of them still follow the tradition of "caffettiera napoletana"; though being a coffee machine it is different from the moka (Bialetti-style coffee maker) everybody knows abroad and to which we are generally used to seeing.
The old caffettiera napoletana is still used by some families keeping ancient methods taught by their grandparents and passed from generations to generations. It is made up of two metal containers one over the other and separated from a filter containing coffee. When water is boiling in the lower container, the machine is taken out of the fire and then turned so that water passes through ground coffee and takes all the savour and essences. Moka uses the same process but as the process of filtering is faster the blend and aroma of coffee is more easily altered by overheated water.
There are many theories turning around this drink. Some say they cannot avoid drinking coffee because it is an unavoidable habit after meals, a kind of daily ritual, while university students would say that thanks to it they manage to stay awake and study, especially at night. However, one of the most widespread reasons for drinking a cup of coffee in Italy is certainly socialization. "Andiamo a prenderci un caffe'", let's have a coffee, or "ti offro un caffe' ", I'll offer you a cup of coffee, are sentences you will often hear uttering from Italian people. No matter the time no matter the day it is always the right pretext to spend some time together with friends and drink something.
For all those who do not like authentic Italian coffee there are also alternatives such as the several types of shakerato or coffee with nutella and other types of chocolate, which at the end totally conceal the flavour of coffee, or the ginseng coffee.
Coffee is not simply a drink in Italy. It is a ritual and it often becomes the drink witnessing friendship or long chats at cafes to which most Italians are not willing to renounce.