It was nearing starting time, and the conference room where the Main Street Business Grant Forum was being held was still completely empty, and it was becoming doubtful if many if any people would attend at all. As the Mains Street Coordinator, I'd spent the last hour setting out chairs, organizing a table of drinks and snacks, and rehearsing the program I was going to present. On top of this, I'd spent the last two weeks canvassing the city with fliers, hand delivering them to business owners when possible, in an effort to make my first real event as a participant in AmeriCorps' Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) program a success. And now, just minutes before the forum's six o'clock kickoff, it appeared that effort had been in vain.
However, just as six rolled around, a growing trickle of business owners and community members began to congregate in the conference room. Before long a crowd of just u nder 30 persons had assembled, a high number not even hoped for optimistically. Buoyed by this turnout, I launched into my prepared remarks, explaining to the gathered people how our Main Street Program worked, how it could help them find and complete grants, and how, ultimately, it would make Reedsport a better place to live and do business. The pinnacle of the evening was when I detailed surprise changes to the Reedsport Main Street's flagship program, the Façade Improvement Grant. This grant had been around for a few years, and we'd done many very successful renovations under its guidelines, and because of this it was very popular amongst local business owners. However, it just wasn't giving us the amount of impact we knew was needed in order to revitalize Main Street. This forum, and the feedback we received from business owners, would form the backbone of an entirely new type of program, the Business Improvement Grant.
The Business Improvement Grant was a reflection of the conditions and needs of Main Street in Reedsport. The catalyst revealing this need had been generated during the latest Façade Improvement Grant's cycle. We had completed our most successful project to date, investing over $8,000 into a local business right on our Main Street, and the façade looked great. The problem? The owners could still not utilize the building for commercial activity because of the dilapidated state of the roof, an item considered too structurally and financially prohibitive for the Façade Grant. Knowing this fact, and that many other downtown buildings appeared to be in a similar predicament, Main Street decided to host the Business Grant Forum to not only educate local business on the resources available but to gather input from them in order to improve the efficacy of our operations. And, indeed, many of the businesses found the Façade Grant to be unable to fully achieve their business improvements. We heard about the need for repaired roofs, for rewired electrical systems, for better parking and lighting, and other idiosyncratic but equally pressing concerns. The Business Improvement Grant worked by taking the Façade Grant framework and expanding it to cover these diverse projects.
Originally concerned that it would be too short of an event, I was delightfully surprised to find the enthusiasm of the group to ask questions and engage in conversation eventually forced me to end the occasion for fear that it would run too long. It was heartening to see the passion these business owners had for their trade and their community. Even more fulfilling to me was the way that I was able to help both their trade and community through the information and programs that I was talking about. Even months after the event I am still receiving phone calls and visits from business and property owners asking me questions about opportunities and grants that Main Street could help them get.
While the success of this forum may appear posturing and limited in overall impact, it illustrated to me the core of what AmeriCorps and RARE service is all about. This was not just about storefronts or filled vacancies. This was about people and the buildings and businesses that constituted their lives. It became apparent that one couldn't separate the members of a community from its businesses because these things were one and the same. The hours of these stores were in reality not 9-5, five days a week, but 24/7, actual full time, and jobs for the owners. For me to be able to bring something tangible to these people, to offer them real hope for much need business improvements, was the apex of community service to me.
When I was little I had decided that I was going to be a veterinarian. I was so set on the idea that even by the time I had finished high school I still hadn't done any real thinking about what career path would be best for me. It was so systematic. One day I graduated high school and two months later I packed up all my belongings and drove to a town I had never been too simply because I had heard through the grapevine that it was a good college for pre veterinary classes.
Little did I know that I would loathe the town itself. Little did I know that a veterinarian's lifestyle was not one I would find appealing. Little did I know that I had made the mistake of laying out a path for myself without putting any real logical or emotional thought into my career goals aside from what my 5-year-old self had decided for me.
The never-ending journey to a destination that kept on changing. First it was biology, then anthropology, psychology, social services, and then finally environmental science. As you probably can imagine, my poor mother was getting whiplash from the number of times I had called her to announce my new found passion. Nothing had felt better than finally walking across that stage and receiving my bachelor's degree. And nothing felt worse than getting home and realizing that I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do with it.
I decided I was going to spend a couple of years doing things that were going to help me decide what my real passions were outside a classroom. I had spent so many years absorbing knowledge I wanted an opportunity to give it back for once. I wasn't sure how, I just knew I needed to stop planning and start doing.
Soon after I pursued a year of teaching through AmeriCorps. While I thoroughly enjoyed my role in the school, I knew it wasn't right for me. About this time a year ago I was trying to decide what I wanted to do the following year. As most people know, life is in constant motion, there are hardly moments when you're not trying to do something while also calculating your next step.
Jump ahead to the present and here I am, a RARE AmeriCorps member. Per usual, I didn't know what to expect. I had about a million ideas as to how it might turn out, and not one of those turned out to be accurate.
I could tell you about my position in every formal detail but it wouldn't be an accurate description. Instead I want to tell you about the single occurrence that illustrates nearly every aspect outside of what you can find posted on the job description part of my organizations website.
A couple of months into my position I was told about a new non-profit organization, Animal Aid Inc.. Having had worked for a non-profit before I knew that there is never really enough help to go around and so I decided to reach out to the organizations director. Shortly after I visited the organization to see what it was all about. Natasha, the director, had told me about how the organization was formed to help provide shelter for animals had been seized by law enforcement from their owners. Each animal had a different story with a different background as to how they got there. I was moved by the work they were doing, and even more amazed when I found out they were fueled completely by volunteers and Natasha herself. The challenge they were facing was that there simply were not enough volunteers and they didn't have the funds to hire anyone. Natasha had spent endless overtime hours at the organization reassuring that each animal received the care it needed. Everyone knows that working over 40 hours a week is a challenge, but also having a child in grade school makes it that much more difficult.
I spent hours at Animal Aid Inc. that afternoon. I couldn't seem to step away. I felt deeply for Animal Aid Inc. and the work they were doing just to reassure that these animals weren't left to fend for themselves. I knew I wanted to do what I could to assure that the organization to continue the work it was doing and there was nothing more satisfying than realizing my organization had the resources to help give Natasha the much needed break she deserved and Animal Aid Inc. the assistance it earned.
I discussed the organization with associates and together we figured out a way we could help contribute. Within the month Northwest Oregon Works in partnership with Community Service Consortium was able to connect with a youth, Alana, who happen to be looking for a position working with animals. Alana was an outstanding youth who had just graduated high school and had the desire to work but did not have the resources to make it happen. It was in that instance that I realized how many privileges I had taken for granted in my own life, such as a vehicle to get me to job interviews or a parent who was able to provide me with the tools such as work ready clothing. It's easy to forget about the challenges other people have to accomplish just to get to the same finish line.
Luckily CSC and NOW had the tools that not only assisted her in getting the right clothing but also supplied her with a bus pass that would enable her to get to work every day. Soon after Alana interviewed with Natasha and it turned out to be a match. After we confirmed it would work we were able to enroll Alana in a work experience program that then allowed us to pay her wages so that Natasha wouldn't have to.
At that point I had never went home feeling as satisfied with an work related outcome as I had that day. Alana was more than thrilled to start her job and I had the joy of getting to help her get there. As if that weren't enough Natasha was so thankful for the pair of extra hands at Animal Aid Inc. With Alana's help she now had more time to spend at home with her child and I got to be a part of that.
If I were to tell you that I have now discovered what I want to do for the rest of my life because of this experience then I would be lying to you. But what I can tell you is that I am about 5 times closer to understanding what kind of work makes me happy, and that is helping people. This realization in itself may not be a big deal for some people but it felt like a big deal to me. For those of us in this world that are indecisive about what we want to dedicate our entire being to understand that finding a little piece of something that clicks, lets us breathe, if only for a second; is amazing.
Currently serving as a Youth Development Success Coach for the Northwest Oregon Works.


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Q: Issue when trying to use a hosted SVG as a mask for a video Trying to use an SVG as a mask-image for a video. I have no problem when references an SVG hosted on Wikipedia, but when I try to reference a custom SVG hosted on S3, I get nothing.
Here's a pen that illustrates what I'm talking about: https://codepen.io/nandanimal/pen/poONWMX
I suspect it's an issue with the SVG itself, but can't seem to figure it out.
For reference, here's the SVG in question
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At first I thought it was a permissions issue, but still can't get anything to show even when read access is set to public; plus, the SVG works fine as an image, just not as a mask.
I've tried using a PNG instead, but no luck.
UPDATE: Was able to get it working by setting up CORS configuration in S3. Thanks ccprog for pointing me in the right direction.

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An artist's struggle
A father reflects on his son's creative magnificence – and his heartbreaking mental illness.
July 17, 2012 | By W.J.T. Mitchell
In the fall of 1991 I received a disturbing call from my son Gabriel, who was a freshman at New York University at the time. He informed me that he had experienced a revelation. "Dad," he said, "it's obvious to me that the only authentic path forward for me is to give up everything and become homeless."
I suggested to him that if he wanted to do something for the homeless, I was sure NYU had programs that would prepare him for that kind of work. But he assured me that the only authentic way to help the homeless was to join them. He had already given away his winter coat to a homeless man and he was spending his book money taking the panhandlers in Washington Square to lunch.
My alarm over these developments was somewhat eased, however, by the conclusion of our conversation. "Dad," he said, "do you suppose I could get a new CD player for Christmas?" Thank heaven, I thought, for the irresistible lure of good old-fashioned American consumerism. "Absolutely," I said, and we finished the conversation with a discussion of what brand would be best.
Two years later, Gabe had to be committed to a psychiatric ward with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. In the interim he went through alternating periods of rage and depression, delusion and visionary insight, destructive violence and the creation of poems and wild hieroglyphic drawings.
Then, miraculously, a long, slow rebirth process began – a 20-year odyssey of return, adventure, setbacks and triumph. Gabe emerged from the hospital after two weeks, calmed by a powerful sedative that made him like a sleepwalker. "Dad," he told me, "they tell me I have a thought disorder. But I don't have any thoughts. I feel as if I'm living under water." But Gabe never had to return to the hospital. And on the advice of our doctors, he did not return home to live with us. Instead he moved into a facility in Humboldt Park operated by the Thresholds agency where he joined the community of mental illness and addiction, living amid the world of street gangs, alcoholics and prostitutes. Slowly he found his way out of this labyrinth, partly through therapy, partly through work and friendships with what are called "prosumers" in the world of mental illness – people who have crossed the threshold into some form of health: work, service to others, a measure of calm and optimism.
In 2004, Gabe made a decisive step forward, taking real initiatives toward independence. He landed a regular job as a produce clerk at the Jewel food store, where he repeatedly won awards for customer relations (he was especially solicitous with elderly women) and found a lovely rental apartment in Marina City. He began to blossom as an artist, particularly as a filmmaker. He wrote visionary scripts complete with story boards, graphic novels and poems, and began to work on cubic grid sculptures based in speculative cosmologies. He began to move beyond the mental health community as well, developing friendships within Chicago's artistic and activist communities, and returning to Columbia College in the fall of 2011 to study documentary filmmaking.
But even as he moved on, he continued to look back. His film scripts combined autobiographical reflections on the dark passages of his life with larger narratives of the history of philosophy ("A Brief History of Light") and the struggle of rationality and chaos ("Philosomentary"). "Desolation Row Revisited" is a music video with lyrics illustrated with cartoons narrating the ordeal of Humboldt House. His film, "Crazy Talk," is a documentary composed of interviews with psychiatrists and the mentally ill, ordinary folks and the homeless. But it is also an attempt to re-create the experience of mental illness from the inside with all the tools of cinematic sounds and sights – the worlds of visual and auditory hallucination that are so characteristic of schizophrenia, and so suited to the specific medium of film. Many of these films are available on his website, philmworx.com.
All the while that Gabe was making such steady progress, gaining increased mastery and recognition as a filmmaker, he was accompanied by the dark forces of his illness, which often burst out in episodes of anger and frustration. We knew that right alongside his rebirth as an incredibly charming young man – handsome, smart, honest, kind and gentle – he was still fighting with (and protecting his parents from) the dark world of auditory hallucination in which all the passing thoughts anyone might have about their own shortcomings are amplified into a cacophony of sneering, self-destructive voices.
On June 24, I received a text message from my wife: "Problem with Gabe. Come home." When I reached home a few minutes later, my worst nightmare became a horrible reality. Gabe had jumped from the balcony of his apartment on the 59th floor of Marina City. Our beautiful, loving son was lost to us forever. When we entered his apartment we expected to find chaos. Instead, everything was in order, the bed made, his projects neatly assembled on his drafting table, his laptop laden with recently sent emails to fellow filmmakers who wanted to work with him. It seemed obvious to us that he did not plan his suicide. An obsessive communicator, he did not leave a note. He was driven over the edge, like the falling men and women of 9/11, by the intolerable flames inside his head, fleeing a tsunami of voices.
Gabe was not "a schizophrenic." In fact, there is no such thing. People with mental illnesses are people first in all their singularity and complexity. The label of schizophrenia is just another burden, a terrible stigma that has to be endured by the mentally ill. It is the psychological equivalent of a racist stereotype, and yet there is no getting away from it, especially in the clinical world that attempts to heal its symptoms.
People always say that the death of a child is unimaginably painful, and they are right, except that we no longer have to imagine it. We feel it in every moment and every part of our lives that he touched, which is to say, everywhere and in everything. But his life was also a comedy and a triumph in which he gave us 20 years of joy and sorrow, love and tears, and a legacy of creativity that can now be shared with the whole world. We mourn and celebrate him at the same time. We hope that his example and his work will give courage to the many families who struggle every day with the affliction of mental illness and dispel the ignorance of a society that often fails to see that all of us are part of a world in which madness and human magnificence are inextricably mingled.
W.J.T. Mitchell, the author of "Seeing Through Race," is a professor of English and art history at the University of Chicago. Visit philmworx.com to view Gabriel Mitchell's work.

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UWSP sports action from Saturday, including men's hockey and basketball postseason results.
At Collegeville, Minn., the Pointers dismantled the Vikings in a NCAA Division III second round matchup.
UW-Stevens Point advances to the third round, where it will face Whitman for the second time this season. The Pointers dropped a 77-64 final to Whitman back on Dec. 29. The third round matchup will take place on Friday, but a location and game time have not been announced.
UWSP tallied 46 points in the paint, 26 points off turnovers and 14 second chance points in the contest. The Pointers also made 21-of-29 free throw attempts.
Canon O'Heron posted a career-high 30 points to lead the way for Stevens Point. O'Heron shot 13-of-19 from the floor and 4-of-5 at the free throw line. He also finished with seven rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Garrett Nelson was the only other Pointer in double figures with 10 points. MJ Delmore added eight points while Brett Tauber and Brandon Spray each had seven.
Spray also secured six rebounds and had three assists while Nelson had a team-leading five assists and four steals.
UWSP (82): Canon O'Heron 30, Garrett Nelson 10, MJ Delmore 8, Brett Tauber 7, Brandon Spray 7, Nate Dodge 6, Drew Fredrickson 5, Blake Ehrke 4, Mark Nelson 3, Jontrell Robinson 2.
Bethany Lutheran (44): Jake Dale 10, Brady Rose 8, Austin Bauer 7, Trenton Krueger 7, Neil Eichten 6, Bradley Rose 4, Daniel Gutzmer 2.
3-pointers: UWSP 5 (Dodge 2, Fredrickson, Spray, M. Nelson); Bethany Lutheran 4 (B. Rose 2, Bauer 2).
Records: UWSP 21-8; Bethany Lutheran 20-9.
At Stevens Point, the Blugolds stunned the Pointers in the WIAC Commissioner's Cup championship game at K.B. Willett Arena.
UW-Eau Claire netted a power play goal in the first period to take the lead. UW-Stevens Point tied things up on a Carter Roo score in the second period.
UWEC scored the first two goals in the third period before UWSP's Luke McElhenie capped the scoring with a power play goal at the 12:43 mark.
The Pointers outshot the visitors 26-22, but UWEC goalie Zach Dyment made 24 saves. Dyment made 12 saves in the third period. UWSP goalie Max Milosek stopped 19 shots.
UWSP, which owns a 20-5-3 record this season, will learn its NCAA Tournament fate during the NCAA DIII Men's Ice Hockey selection show at 9:30 a.m. on Monday.
Goalie saves: UWEC 24 (Zach Dyment 7-5-12); UWSP 19 (Max Milosek 6-11-2).
Records: UWEC 17-10-1; UWSP 20-5-3.
Men's events (UWSP divers only): 3-meter diving: 11. Owen Gluck 412.6; 14. Evan Plummer 403.3.
Women's events (UWSP divers only): 1-meter diving: 14. Jackie Braun 361.55.
Women's events (UWSP top finisher): 60: 7. Adrienne Lewis 7.85; 200: 11. Caitlin Falk 28.05; 400: 13. Falk 1:02.28; 1-mile: 9. Sam Ritter 5:38.66; 3,000: 4. Erinn Olmsted 11:12.39; 1,600 relay: 1. UWSP (Leah Trempe, Rebecca Alter, Brooke Wellhausen, Hannah Mertens), 3:57.24; distance medley: 1. UWSP (Bailey Wolf, Wellhausen, Michelle Petkovsek, Emily Schlebecker), 12:12.97; pole vault: T2. Angela Breunig 3.45 meters; long jump: 5. Lewis 5.37 meters; triple jump: 13. Anna Hogan 10.33 meters; shot put: 15. Larkin Hoepner 10.8 meters; weight throw: 8. Karen Wethal 14.87 meters.
Men's events (UWSP Top finisher): 200: 14. Vince Jolliffe 23.28; 400: 2. Evan Torgerson 49.03; 800: 16. Trey Hess 2:02.63; 1-mile: 3. Matt Stelmasek 4:20.24; 3,000: 6. Bret Hilliard 9:02.14; 60 hurdles: 6. Jared Schrang 8.51; 1,600 relay: 9. UWSP (Sam Welch, Noah Scheer, Matt Cieslak, Travis Wollenberg), 3:26.31; distance medley: 2. UWSP (Nico LaBracke, Calden Wojt, Nick Lawson, Alex Egbert), 10:05.42; long jump: 9. Se'Kon Stephens 6.28 meters; triple jump: 2. Brayden Bernhagen 12.91 meters; shot put: 2. Brent Reierson 16.78 meters; weight throw: 9. Reierson 16.85 meters.


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The Mystery of Me
A wonderfully warm and wise story about identity, fresh starts and coming face-to-face with yourself, from top notch tween writer Karen McCombie. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+
Author Karen McCombie
Ketty was technically dead for two minutes and thirty-nine seconds according to the doctors who saved her. She's on the mend yet can't remember anything about her life before the accident. But people are treating her really weirdly and Ketty just can't shake the feeling that something is terribly wrong. When her new friend Otis reveals that pre-crash Ketty was a spiteful bully, she faces a tough decision. What kind of person can she be now? Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+


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Q: Передать из списка listview название rss ленты во второй listview, в котором будут получены заголовок, дата и текст ленты Нужно передать данные, которые вводятся в edittext и передаются в список Listview. То есть вводится название rss ленты, оно передается в список. По нажатию на элемент списка (название ленты) открывается второе активити, в котором нужно получить данные rss канала.
В активити сделал ввод в listview из edittext'a
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_postlist);

ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.postListView);
final EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edit);
Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);

final ArrayList<String> rssNames = new ArrayList<>();

final ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;
adapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, rssNames);

    listView.setAdapter(adapter);

    button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        rssNames.add(0, editText.getText().toString());
        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
        editText.setText("");
    }
});

}
}
Сделал метод и класс для получения данных для rss ленты
public List<RssFeedModel> parseFeed(InputStream inputStream) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
    String title = null;
    String link = null;
    String description = null;
    boolean isItem = false;
    List<RssFeedModel> items = new ArrayList<>();

    try {
        XmlPullParser xmlPullParser = Xml.newPullParser();
        xmlPullParser.setFeature(XmlPullParser.FEATURE_PROCESS_NAMESPACES, false);
        xmlPullParser.setInput(inputStream, null);

        xmlPullParser.nextTag();
        while (xmlPullParser.next() != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
            int eventType = xmlPullParser.getEventType();

            String name = xmlPullParser.getName();
            if(name == null)
                continue;

            if(eventType == XmlPullParser.END_TAG) {
                if(name.equalsIgnoreCase("item")) {
                    isItem = false;
                }
                continue;
            }

            if (eventType == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                if(name.equalsIgnoreCase("item")) {
                    isItem = true;
                    continue;
                }
            }

            Log.d("MainActivity", "Parsing name ==> " + name);
            String result = "";
            if (xmlPullParser.next() == XmlPullParser.TEXT) {
                result = xmlPullParser.getText();
                xmlPullParser.nextTag();
            }

            if (name.equalsIgnoreCase("title")) {
                title = result;
            } else if (name.equalsIgnoreCase("link")) {
                link = result;
            } else if (name.equalsIgnoreCase("description")) {
                description = result;
            }

            if (title != null && link != null && description != null) {
                if(isItem) {
                    RssFeedModel item = new RssFeedModel(title, link, description);
                    items.add(item);
                }
                else {
                    mFeedTitle = title;
                    mFeedLink = link;
                    mFeedDescription = description;
                }

                title = null;
                link = null;
                description = null;
                isItem = false;
            }
        }

        return items;
    } finally {
        inputStream.close();
    }
}

private class FetchFeedTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Boolean> {

    private String urlLink;

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        mSwipeLayout.setRefreshing(true);
        mFeedTitle = null;
        mFeedLink = null;
        mFeedDescription = null;

        mFeedDescriptionTextView.setText("Feed Description: " + mFeedDescription);
        mFeedLinkTextView.setText("Feed Link: " + mFeedLink);
        urlLink = mEditText.getText().toString();
        mFeedTitleTextView.setText(urlLink);
    }

    @Override
    protected Boolean doInBackground(Void... voids) {
        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(urlLink))
            return false;

        try {
            if(!urlLink.startsWith("http://") && !urlLink.startsWith("https://"))
                urlLink = "http://" + urlLink;

            URL url = new URL(urlLink);
            InputStream inputStream = url.openConnection().getInputStream();
            mFeedModelList = parseFeed(inputStream);
            return true;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Error", e);
        } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Error", e);
        }
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Boolean success) {
        mSwipeLayout.setRefreshing(false);

        if (success) {
           mFeedTitleTextView.setText("Feed Title: " + mFeedTitle);
           mFeedDescriptionTextView.setText("Feed Description: " + mFeedDescription);
           mFeedLinkTextView.setText("Feed Link: " + mFeedLink);
            // Fill RecyclerView
            mRecyclerView.setAdapter(new RssFeedListAdapter(mFeedModelList));
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
                    "Enter a valid Rss feed url",
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }
}

}
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<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/titleText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textStyle="bold" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/descriptionText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/linkText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

<View
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="1dp"
    android:background="@color/colorAccent" />

Не знаю, как передать название rss ленты во второе активити, и используя название ленты, во втором активити получить заголовок, ссылку и тело ленты

A: Добавьте обработчик нажатия на элементы списка. А оттуда передавайте данные в другую активити.
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
  public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
      int position, long id) {
    String rrsName = rssNames.get(position);
    //метод отправки данных в другое активити
  }
});


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Countesswells Primary School
Closed 7 Jun 2019
Opened 22 Apr 2019
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Your input is needed as Aberdeen City Council continues to review its School Estate provision and establish clear priorities to effectively manage the Estate, in line with Scottish Government guidance.
Why We Are Consulting
In compliance with the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 as amended, Aberdeen City Council (ACC) has a duty to carry out a statutory consultation when it proposes changes to its Education Estate. ACC is proposing to establish a new primary school on the identified site - N7 (see appendix 1 in the proposal document for site location) within the Countesswells development, Aberdeen; and: To relocate pupils zoned to Countesswells School from their current temporary accommodation to the newly constructed school building at Countesswells following its completion; and: These proposals to take effect from August 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter. A public consultation launched on 22 April 2019, in order to gather the views of members of the public who may be affected by this proposal.
A Consultation Report, summarising the submissions received and the Council's response to those submissions, will be presented to a future meeting of the Education Operational Delivery Committee in Autumn 2019.
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DNH 2021 · 10/07/2021
· Special Hungary
Budapest Zoo is outstanding in international comparison with its diversity!
animals Budapest Zoo China environment Hungary nature zoo
The Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden has joined the European Commission's Together for biodiversity international coalition set up with the goal of raising awareness of nature protection, the zoo said on Friday.
The coalition already has some 300 members including nature parks, research institutes, universities, museums, zoos, aqua parks and botanical gardens in 51 countries, it said in a statement. "Adolf Lendl, the director of the Budapest Zoo hundred years ago, already set presenting biodiversity to the public as a goal," the statement said.
Among Hungary's zoos, the Budapest City Park facility
shows the most types of animal species and groups and has a rich botanical garden.
With its diversity it is outstanding in international comparison, the zoo said.
Beside the Budapest Zoo, the other five Hungarian facilities that have joined the EC biodiversity coalition include the Botanical Garden of Debrecen University, the Ecological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Hungarian Natural Science Museum, the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Food Sciences and the National Botanical Garden.
The international coalition will hold a major conference in China in October with the goal to take key decisions on saving the world's wildlife.
The best zoos in Hungary — PHOTOS
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Diversity? Don't say that or Fidesz will shut it down
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Animals caged! There's diversity….NOT!


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Hardee's® and Carl's Jr.® Kick-off Annual Stars for Heroes Campaign
By: Hardee's | 10 Shares 87 Reads
Fundraiser Names USA Cares™ and Stand Up and Play Foundation as 2019 National Beneficiaries
FRANKLIN, Tenn. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - May 22, 2019 - CKE Restaurants Inc., parent company of Hardee's® and Carl's Jr.®, today announced the launch of its eighth annual Stars for Heroes program. The in-store fundraising initiative harnesses the compassion and generosity of its customers, franchisees and employees to rally behind the nation's military veterans and families. Since its inception, the fundraiser has raised over $9 million for veteran-focused organizations including USA Cares and the Stand Up and Play Foundation, as well as regional charities in Hardee's and Carl's Jr. restaurant communities.
The Stars for Heroes fundraising campaign begins in both Hardee's and Carl's Jr. locations today and will run through June 18, 2019. To participate, restaurant guests are invited to donate $1 in support of military charities. For each $1 donation, guests receive a commemorative "I am supporting military veterans and families" patriotic star-shaped cut out to personalize and place on display in the restaurant. Guests who donate are given coupons valued at more than $10 for future visits.
"Stars for Heroes is one of the most important ways we connect with customers, employees and the local communities we serve," said Ned Lyerly, CEO of CKE Restaurants. "It's an honor for us to be able to thank those who selflessly fight for our country, and we are grateful for a team of franchisees and restaurant employees who work to bring our communities together through these efforts."
"The Stars for Heroes program has helped USA Cares touch more lives and make a bigger impact than we ever imagined possible," said Hank Patton, President and CEO of USA Cares. "Thanks in large part to Stars for Heroes, we have helped hundreds of veterans and their families overcome some of life's biggest challenges - from supplying basic needs, such as food, water, and electricity, to preventing evictions and home foreclosures. USA Cares exists to provide immediate assistance to the brave men and women of our Armed Forces, as well as their families, and this program makes that support possible. An incredible effort by folks who truly care!"
"Thanks to the efforts put forth through Stars for Heroes, the Stand Up and Play Foundation has given a newfound sense of purpose and way of experiencing life to so many of our wounded veterans," said Anthony Netto, Founder of the Stand Up and Play Foundation. "Our continued partnerships with Hardee's and Carl's Jr. allow us to give back to those who served our country in a truly priceless way, and we're eager to see what this year's program holds."
Driven by the efforts of CKE's Star Franchise Association and Independent Hardee's® Franchise Association, Stars for Heroes raised over $9M across nearly 3,000 participating restaurants throughout the US since 2011, benefitting 84 local charities in various areas in addition to USA Cares and the Stand Up and Play Foundation. To make a donation online to one of our national partners online, visit the Stand Up and Play Foundation and USA Cares websites.
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About CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc.
CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. ("CKE"), a privately held company based in Franklin, Tennessee, runs and operates Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, two beloved regional brands, known for one-of-a-kind premium and innovative menu items such as 100 percent Black Angus Thickburgers®, Made from Scratch™ Biscuits and Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™. With both a US and international footprint, Carl's Jr. Restaurants LLC and Hardee's Restaurants LLC have over 3,800 franchised or company-operated restaurants in 44 states and 43 foreign countries and U.S. territories. For more information about CKE, please visit www.ckr.com or its brand sites at www.carlsjr.com and www.hardees.com.
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Suing for Strata Building Defects
Written on the 23 July 2021
What is the Problem with Most Strata Buildings?
Strata buildings often do not have home building insurance, and therefore, they have to ask the builder to get the building defects fixed. But another problem is, the builder can not get all the building defects fixed. Hence, strata buildings have to sue the builder or send them into insolvency to claim rights from the building insurance, if there is any.
It is important to note that running these cases demand a high amount of time and energy. With the builders vigorously trying to defend themselves and with the High Court narrowing the law in this area, it is harder for strata buildings to win the case. That being said, running these cases in the superior courts is more time-consuming, more costly, and harder to win.
The problems presented above make us realize that we need to go back to the basics on how to claim such rights. Thus, we have listed down some non-insurance claim legal actions for strata building defects.
What is Considered a Defect?
In general terms, a building defect is a part of the building that is not functioning adequately as it should or as it is supposed to satisfy the legal requirements applied. An example involves when a fire door in a strata building does not meet the required fire resistance level.
On the other hand, in legal actions, what is considered a defect varies widely depending on the legal basis for the claim. For instance, claiming legal actions differ under contract claims, statutory warranty claims, and negligence claims.
Contract law recognises a defect as a failure to comply with the standards laid out in the contract.
Statutory warranty recognises a defect as a failure to meet the Australian Standards, but not limited to the required standards in the contract.
Negligence law recognises a defect as a failure to comply with the standard duty of the strata building or owners.
Overview of Contract Claims
The contract between the developer and the builder doesn't involve strata building as a party. It is due to the fact that strata building does not exist at the time the contract was made, and only comes into existence upon completion. Therefore, strata buildings are not able to sue the developers or builders directly under the contract since they are not legally bound.
Nevertheless, some legal principles can permit claim legal actions by strata buildings under construction contracts. It is vital for strata buildings to understand the applicable construction standards and terms in the contract when they want to pursue the strata building defects litigation.
The losses claimed for a breach of contract can cover a broader range of losses than just the cost of rectifying the building defects. However, contract laws are not the primary basis for strata building defects litigation, but the statutory warranty is (which will be discussed later on).
Overview of Statutory Warranty Claims
There are home building laws undertaking warranties in each state to ensure the basic level of construction, regardless of the contract terms. The statutory warranty is the most common basis for strata building defects claims. Below are the examples taken under the Victorian Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995:
- All work should be done according to the plan specified in the contract.
- All work needs to comply with the legal requirements, such as the Building Act 1993.
- All work has to be performed appropriately.
- All work needs to be completed in the period specified in the contract.
Under the statutory warranties, legal actions can be taken in the Tribunals or civil courts. The losses claimed for breaches of statutory warranties are different from contract claims. It is generally more limited to just the cost of rectifying the building defects.
Overview of Negligence Claims
Strata buildings or owners have standard duties that they have to satisfy, and often in doing so, failure to comply can cause injury or loss to another person, making them liable for that failure.
The idea of negligence claims is to make claims for strata building defects against developers, architects, engineers involved in the construction of the building. Negligence claims have been favorable in the past, the Water's case and Woolcock case are some of the examples. These cases have opened up building defect cases for building owners. However, the previous court decision has been contradicted by the Brookfield case in 2014, ruling that the builder does not owe a duty of care to the strata building.
Despite the Brookfield case, negligence claims for building defects are still worth pursuing because of the offer that claimants get. Here are some of the abilities that claimants receive:
- Make claims against any parties associated with the construction of the building.
- Rely on a broader range of duty breaches aside from just contract and statutory warranty-based failures.
- Demand damages claims beyond the cost of rectifying the defects.
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Dawn: CONVERSION STORY TWO CHILDREN AND A MIRACLE
James CONVERSION STORY
Bob Gardner: CONVERSION STORY
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I was raised Episcopalian in a family with seven children. I married into the Roman Catholic faith in 1969 at the age of 20. My wife, Jacci, was 18. At 12, Jacci had made a promise to the Blessed Virgin that she would not kiss until she was 16 if Mother Mary would find her a good husband. Around the same time, when I was about 14, I found a medal of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the woods behind my house. I think now that my finding that medal, and keeping it to this day, has played a role in the relationship Mother Mary has nurtured with me. I think Our Lady found Jacci a good cross and that Mother Mary has been trying patiently for decades to turn me into a good husband.
I actually knew little about the role of Mother Mary in the Catholic church until about twenty years after our marriage in 1969. I believe it was 1989 when Our Lady of Medjugorje got my attention. I read the book "The Message" by Wayne Weible and had a major conversion experience. This was the beginning of a series of conversion experiences in my family all brought about by Our Lady of Medjugorje. Shortly after my conversion experience I sent a copy of "The Message" to my brother Steve in San Francisco. Steve had been an alcoholic and drug addict for years. He had taken so many drugs that he was incoherant much of the time and had been unemployed for a long time. I was not certain he could still read when I mailed him the book.
Steve wrote me the first letter he had ever written me. He told me that I would never know how much that book had done for him spiritually and in his fight against his addictions. He told me that he went to an A.A. meeting and told a woman about the book. She was familiar with Medjugorje and invited Steve to a prayer group meeting at St. Mary's church. Steve went and heard a guest speaker who had been healed of his drug addiction in Medjugorje. Steve has stayed off drugs to this very day by praying the rosary. Praise God!
I grew up in the 60's playing drums in rock and roll bands. Rock and roll "runs in my veins". A few years ago, this old, "retired" rock drummer started hearing original songs in his head, songs about Our Lady of Medjugorje and her messages. Nothing like this had ever happened to me befor. I worked with a friend, Steve Borst, to do a musicians' practice tape of the songs. I felt driven to professionally record them. I told Steve and God that I wanted confirmation that I was to procede with this endeavour. I also told them that I wanted this confirmation from my brother-in-law Jim.
This is the story about conversion experience number 3. Jim played in a band with my younger sister Mary Anne. Neither Jim nor Mary were Roman Catholics. He was raised a Lutheran and had a mother praying for him but was not practicing his religion. I respected him as a musician and felt I could get an honest answer from him about the music for the CD. I had already I had already sent him a copy of the musicians' practice tape Steve Borst and I had recorded. This rough tape was just the songs being sung to guitar accompaniment.
Jim had a major conversion experience listening to that practice tape. He noted that the hairs on his body stould on end and that he knew that the story of Our Lady of Medjugorje was true. He also clearly heard in his head what he was supposed to add to the music. This was critical since Jim plays keyboards, sax and flute. I got my confirmation loud and clear.
Conversion experience: Jim, who was now on fire with the Lord, approached the lead guitar player in his band about his need to bring God into his life. The lead guitar player was Jewish but was not practicing the Jewish faith. While we were recording the "Gospa" CD Jim's friend got baptised. Jim and Mary no longer have a secular rock band, they have a music ministry. Jim has also taught several of his Lutheran relatives to pray the rosary. Meanwhile, I have given away over 700 "Gospa" CDs to people in 35 countries so that Our Lady of Medjugorje can touch souls with the music she has inspired me with. Who knows what other conversion experiences are in the works?
God bless the IIPG,
Bob Gardner
24 Birch St
Saranac Lk, NY
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'Daddy's Home' Trailer: Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell Wage War
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New 'Transformers 4' Photos Roll Out
We're just a little over a week away from the release of 'Transformers: Age of Extinction,' the latest in Michael Bay's action-packed robot saga, and we've got a whole set of new photos and TV spots to hold you over until then -- featuring your favorite Transformers, some pu…
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'Transformers 4' Reveals First TV Spot and New Pics
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'Transformers 4' has been busy filming in Detroit, setting up car chases, explosions and the like. Aside from the numerous photos of the newly designed autobots and decepticons -- the various leaked set videos -- director Michael Bay and team Paramount have yet to reveal any official looks…
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They had to fight for the name, but actors Mark and Donnie Wahlberg are about to become restauranteurs once again when they open the excellently named Wahlburgers in Boston.


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Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Taiwan
Xi reviews China's biggest naval parade 'in 600 years'
Chinese Navy assembles virtually all its modern warships and nuclear subs for a big show of force in the South China Sea
by Frank Chen April 13, 2018 February 18, 2020
The Chinese carrier Liaoning, escorted by destroyers, frigates and other warships, is seen in a parade off Hainan on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
More than 10,000 People's Liberation Army airmen, marines and sailors boarded 48 naval vessels and 76 aircraft for a major show of force with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the South China Sea on Thursday.
During his rallying cry for loyalty and devotion, the Communist Party leader was greeted by a resounding chorus of platitudes from soldiers in front of the TV cameras.
Xi Jinping addresses PLA Navy personnel from the Changsha. Photo: Xinhua
Xi has displayed a strong penchant for military fanfare. So, when rumors of a giant sea parade started to swirl on the sidelines of the Boao Forum in the southern resort island of Hainan earlier this week, observers noted that the event would be orchestrated for a mostly domestic audience to showcase what the Chinese navy has achieved since Xi took power in 2012.
Yet the scale of the parade, held after a three-day drill in waters off the port city of Sanya, was beyond expectations, with the best of the Chinese Navy on show, including many vessels commissioned within the past six years.
Chinese papers said the number of vessels assembled was "the largest of its kind in 600 years", following fleet admiral Zheng He's expeditions to Southeast Asia and further afield during the Ming dynasty era.
Xi is seen with seamen on the Changsha. Photo: Xinhua
Xi did not set foot on the aircraft carrier Liaoning, a refurbished vessel originally from Ukraine (and a relative minnow compared to US nuclear carriers). But he boarded the 7,623-ton Changsha, a guided missile destroyer commissioned in 2015, which is a Chinese version of the Aegis loaded with "next-generation" sea-land-air attack capabilities like vertical missile launchpads, plus data link and command systems.
Five destroyers of this class have joined the PLA surface force and eight more are in the pipeline.
Xinhua said Xi, on a dais on the Changsha's bridge, reviewed seven naval battle groups tasked with amphibious offensives, anti-carrier and anti-submarine strikes, underwater assaults, offshore defense and logistic supply. Ten PLA Air Force groups also few past the Changsha while displaying reconnaissance, early-warning, air-sea strike capacity.
The Chinese and PLA flags are raised on top of an 094A submarine. Photo: China Central Television screen grab
Nuclear subs grab limelight
Modern nuclear submarines stole much of the limelight from the Liaoning when they led the big line-up of vessels to start the parade.
This was the media debut for the 094A strategic subs, which are armed with 12 intercontinental ballistic missiles, each with an estimated range of 7,400 kilometers, giving the PLA "its first credible sea-based nuclear strike capability".
There were also Type 093B attack submarines, equipped with vertical missile launchpads, which are much quieter than their predecessors. (A 093B sub was spotted by the Japanese Navy near the disputed Senkaku or Diaoyu Island in January).
Macau-based military commentator Antony Wong told Hong Kong's Ming Pao Daily the Chinese admirals had scrambled all of their cutting-edge ships and wares for Xi to review, other than the second carrier still being built and the 10,000-ton Type 055 destroyers yet to be fitted-out.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is scheduled to inspect troops at a naval base in the northeast county of Yilan today. She is expected to board a warship to preside over a passing-out ceremony and have a cruise in nearby waters. A Defense Ministry spokesperson denied that Tsai's inspection had anything to do with the PLA parade.
The PLA also announced a live-fire exercise will be conducted in the Taiwan Strait from 8am to midnight next Wednesday, in a zone 20km from the coast of Quanzhou in Fujian Province, and 40km from the Taiwan-controlled island of Kinmen.
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24 replies on "Xi reviews China's biggest naval parade 'in 600 years'"
Ken Nguyen says:
Pretty sure that China has much more than 76 naval vessels!
Wood Wu says:
Generally all the Chinese people and soldiers believe that the waters within their 9 dash line in the South China Sea is a Chinese territory. The soldiers are expected to defend such a territory. It is a national policy of China not to lose one inch of Chinese territory. I wonder such a policy might have violated China's own internal law, Law of the People's Republic of China on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, promulgated on February 25, 1992. Article 3 of the law says that China's territorial sea is only 12 nautical mile wide, while the Chinese territory defined by their 9 dash line might reach to about 1000 nautical miles. 12 vs 1000. It is a big violation of China's own law.
Brad Lena says:
The issue is not how large or modern China's nay has become but how it will be employed (global or territorial, defence or offence, support or restrict freedom of the seas). China's lack of experience as a global maritime power would suggest caution but time will tell
Javier Saez says:
All that to intiminated little Taiwan?
Where did you go to school?
Perry Kamath says:
Javier Saez : Wu has been employed as a surrogate by China. Good paying job!
Michael David Ombao Molina says:
China said, south china sea is for china because the name china is in south china sea????????????????how about the indian ocean is that for indians because the is in thier?????????
Dana Peck says:
Someone's been reading Roosevelt and Mahan in translation.
Karl R. Huber says:
China's answer to Trump's parade. Whose is bigger?
Subhash Nanda says:
I am glad to see dialogue is alive and well. Churchill said "jaw jaw is better than war war", keep it up guys we are on this great planet Earth together.
Gary Jacoub says:
They had bigger ones. . ghengis khan hired chinese mercs to attack japan in the 1660s and the ships got tossed in the wind killing all 150,000 people. they tried again a few years later and the same thing happened. they landed at hakata bay and found a 6 foot wall aroound the perimeter of the bay. There is a tomb with 6 of kahns ambassadors buried there in japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan 1274 and 1281 sorry had the date wrong
Jeff Creighton says:
Correcting one's self; sign of integrity.
KS Chin says:
Javier Saez go to https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/navy.f9/ and u will get a more sober analysis. The key contributor there is from US. In a global war, of course China cannot compete but then China is only interested in the region. This month they will start sea trials for the 2nd aircraft carrier. Their biggest warship (type 55) will also go on sea trials soon with 4 others being built.Now with land based defenses nearby and the more advanced anti-ship missiles, cramming the US Navy in that little space, would negate their advantage. In the same way, US cannot afford to concentrate their navy in one area, dont forget the world domination needs. I think in the long term, US could be bankrupted to keep up with the Chinese Navy just like US bankrupted the Russians. Its the economy really.
Y'all sound like children!
Joe Parayno says:
You war mongerers, you've think war is a toy for the big boy's. In case of a nuclear holocaust your country will be wipe out, even the birds and the bees will not survive.
Kier Valdez says:
DONT JUST SPEAK AND SPEAK! IF CHINA REALLY STRONG, FACE THE U.S., TAKE TAIWAN! YOU ALL PEOPLE ARE ALL TALKATIVE, GOOD ONLY IN SPEAKING BUT DONRT HAVE BALLS! YOU ALL LIKE WOMEN! CHINA HAS NO MATCH AGAINTS AMERICA
Lee Choon Hoe David says:
Javier Saez And you like an old shrivelled and jealous old woman
Rajen Chetri says:
How about friends if India claims that part of the sea near to it as Indian ocean
Zheng He's maritime expidition or voyage is a hoax, period. According to Chinese believers, Zheng had more than a 1000 huge ships, which existed only when Zheng went to sea, and which disappeared when Zheng stopped going to sea. Disappeared with Zheng's huge ships is China's shipbuilding industry and technology. After Zheng, China only could build tiny ships for almost 600 hundred years until the 2000s.
Jeff Creighton i confused that invasion with the Japanese expeditions into korea in the late 16th century. I think Kublai Khan sent the Chinese and korean mercenaries in the giant fleet over turned by the KamiKaze winds. You can't blame the Chinese govt for wanting to exert it's naval forces after years of abuse by colonial powers. The UK forced trade into China at gunpoint including thousands of chests of opium. The UK forced 18 m pounds in war reparations after the 2 opium wars and created millions of addicts in china. The UK then took colonies like Hong Kong until the year 1997 as part of the treaty to settle the loss of the opium wars.
Muktijodda MD Azimuddin Azim says:
china is not as yet capable to fight with USA. better to leave the rivalty now and prepare themselves to alone fight with the counterpart. have you seen the role of russia in syria the best friend. They are not true friend in need. self help is the best strategy. Thanks.
Keshav Prasad Bhattarai says:
Yes, it helped me remember the event of February 2, 1421 — the Chinese New Years day , when China launched a massive demonastration of China's naval power- that was rare in those days.
Paul Ceria says:
Should the Chinese Navy opt to take on the USN, the former will live a very exciting short life.


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 Do finału awansował Anglik Jimmy White, dla którego był to szósty udział w finale mistrzostw świata, a zarazem piąty z rzędu.
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U.S. Citizen Children of Undocumented Parents: The Link Between State Immigration Policy and the Health of Latino Children
Edward D. Vargas, Vickie D. Ybarra
We examine Latino citizen children in mixed-status families and how their physical health status compares to their U.S. citizen, co-ethnic counterparts. We also examine Latino parents' perceptions of state immigration policy and its implications for child health status. Using the 2015 Latino National Health and Immigration Survey (n = 1493), we estimate a series of multivariate ordered logistic regression models with mixed-status family and perceptions of state immigration policy as primary predictors. We find that mixed-status families report worse physical health for their children as compared to their U.S. citizen co-ethnics. We also find that parental perceptions of their states' immigration status further exacerbate health disparities between families. These findings have implications for scholars and policy makers interested in immigrant health, family wellbeing, and health disparities in complex family structures. They contribute to the scholarship on Latino child health and on the erosion of the Latino immigrant health advantage.
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Vargas, E. D., & Ybarra, V. D. (2017). U.S. Citizen Children of Undocumented Parents: The Link Between State Immigration Policy and the Health of Latino Children. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 19(4), 913-920. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0463-6
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In 1984, a new Constitution was introduced and it established representation for the Coloured and Indian populations in separate houses. It retained the existing House of Assembly for whites, and established a House of Representatives to represent the Coloureds, and a House of Delegates for the Indians, making Parliament a tricameral legislature. Blacks continued to be excluded.
In 1994, with the end of Apartheid and the election of a new Government, a new interim Constitution was introduced. The interim Constitution introduced non-racial democracy and represented all men and women of all races on equal terms. Parliament was reconstituted to consist of a Senate and a National Assembly. The Senate consisted of 90 senators, ten nominated by each of the nine provinces. It was chaired by a President of the Senate elected by the senators from amongst themselves. The National Assembly consists of 400 Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by voters on a proportional representation/party list system. Each political party is allocated a number of seats proportionate to the percentage of the votes it receives across the country during the general elections. Parliament is chaired by a Speaker elected by the MPs from among themselves. In 1997, the revised, final Constitution of South Africa came into effect, in which the Senate was replaced by a 90-member National Council of Provinces (NCOP), made up of a 10-member delegation from each province (six delegates elected by the provincial legislature, the Premier, and three other members of the provincial legislature). The NCOP is chaired by a Chairperson elected by the members from among themselves.
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Making sure that the work that government promises to do is indeed being done.
Parliament's role further includes promoting the values of human dignity, non-racialism, equality, the supremacy of the Constitution, non-sexism, multi-party democracy and universal adult suffrage. The Parliament promulgates legislation that prohibits unfair discrimination, upholds citizens' political rights and the basic values and principles governing public administration, and oversees the implementation of constitutional imperatives. It also facilitates public involvement in legislative and other processes as it has the responsibility to promote the principle of co-operative government and intergovernmental relations. It is required, by the Constitution, to assist and protect the courts and state institutions, to ensure fairness, dignity, independence, accessibility and the effectiveness of these.
At its first sitting after a general election, the Parliament elects the Speaker, the principal office bearer of the Assembly. The Speaker's responsibilities include constitutional, statutory, procedural and administrative powers and functions. The Speaker is equivalent in rank to a Cabinet Minister. Though the Speaker is a member of a political party, he or she is required to act fairly and protect the rights of all parties. The duties of the Speaker fall broadly into three categories, namely: presiding over sittings of the House, maintaining order and applying its rules; acting as representative and spokesperson for the Assembly and (with the Chairperson of the Council) for Parliament; and acting as chief executive officer for Parliament, in conjunction with the Chairperson of the Council.
Speakers of Parliament since 1994 include: Dr. Frene Noshir Ginwala who was the first democratic Speaker of Parliament from 1994 to 2004. Baleka Mbete became the second Speaker of Parliament (2004 to 2008). She was re-elected the Speaker of the National Assembly in 2014, the position she currently holds (2015).
Gwen Lindiwe Mahlangu-Nkabinde became the third Speaker of Parliament from 2008 to 2009. In 2009, she served as deputy minister of Treasury and in 2010 she was appointed Minister of Public Works. Vuyisile Max Sisulu became the fourth Speaker of Parliament. He succeeded Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde from 2009 to 2014. He became the first post-apartheid male Speaker of the National Assembly as well as the first black male to hold this position. Sisulu, a member of ANC, is the son of ANC stalwarts Albertina Sisulu and Walter Sisulu. He is a member of the Finance Committee, the National Working Committee and head of the ANC Economic Transformation unit.
South Africa's Parliament has various committees which are proportionally representative of the political parties in Parliament. Committee meetings are open to the public; however, they may be closed if there is reason to do so. The different committees have one or more of the following functions:(a) they monitor and oversee the work and budgets of national government departments and hold them accountable; (b) they consider and amend Bills, and may initiate Bills; (c) they consider private members' and provincial legislative proposals and special petitions; (d) they consider international treaties and agreements; (e) they examine specific areas of public life or matters of public interest; (f) they take care of domestic parliamentary issues, having the power to call upon any person to appear before them to give evidence or produce documents; and (g) they may require any person or institution to report to them. Committees may also receive petitions, representations or submissions from the public. Each Committee is headed by a Chairperson.
The African National Congress (ANC) is the dominant party and the majority party in Parliament since it came to power after winning the first Democratic election held on 27 April 1994. The party won the elections with 62.6%, securing 252 of the 400 seats in the National Assembly (Parliament). Nelson Mandela became the first black head of state, the President. Mandela retired as the head of state when his term ended and was succeeded by Thabo Mbeki. The second democratic elections took place in 1999 and the ANC won the general elections with 65.85% of the vote, securing 266 seats in the National Assembly.
The ANC won the third general elections which were held in 2004, led by Thabo Mbeki. The ANC won 69.69% of the vote with 279 seats in the National Assembly. In 2007, President Mbeki lost the presidency of the ANC and was succeeded by his former deputy president Jacob Zuma. The following September 2008, Mbeki was recalled as the country's president and was replaced by ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe. These events led to the formation of the Congress of the People (COPE), a breakaway by a number of ANC leaders who were close to Mbeki.
In the 2009 general elections, the ANC won with 65.9%, securing 264 seats in the National Assembly. Jacob Zuma became the President of the country. In the 2014 general elections, the ANC's votes decreased when the party secured 62.1% and got 249 seats in the National Assembly.
The current political parties represented in Parliament are the African National Congress (ANC) with 249 seats, the Democratic Alliance (DA) with 89 seats, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) with 25 seats, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) with 10 seats, the National Freedom Party (NFP) with 6 seats, the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) with 4 seats, the United Democratic Movement (UDM) with 4 seats, the African Independent Congress (AIC) with 3 seats, the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) with 3 seats, the Congress of the People (COPE) with 3 seats, Agang South Africa (Agang) with 2 seats, and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and African People's Convention each with 1 seat.


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