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Winter 'bomb' rattling busy U.S. travel season with cold, snow
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Workers deice an Alaska Airlines plane Tuesday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
The massive winter storm bearing down on the central and Midwest U.S. is threatening to rapidly strengthen into what meteorologists call a bomb cyclone that will dump blinding snow, throw holiday travel into chaos and send an arctic blast from northern Michigan as far south as Texas.
Wind chill watches and warnings include Michigan and stretch from Montana to Alabama, and blizzard conditions are possible in Chicago and West Michigan, which could see up to 2 feet of snow over several days, the National Weather Service said. Widespread power outages are possible.
"This storm means business," said Tom Kines, a meteorologist for AccuWeather Inc. "It is going to be a big slap in the face to a lot of people out in the Plains, the Midwest and the Great Lakes."
In Southeast Michigan, very strong winds are expected to develop Friday after the cold air surges in, generating a period of 50 mph or higher gusts through early Friday night. Potential exists for snowfall totals in excess of 6 inches for some areas from Thursday evening through Saturday evening, the NWS says..
Forecasters are saying travel will become difficult or impossible ahead of the holiday
weekend, especially midday Friday through Saturday morning, with wind chill values dropping to some 5-15 degrees below zero Friday and Saturday.
The wild weather and cold will then push east, bringing heavy snow to the eastern shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
A storm undergoes bombogenesis and becomes a bomb cyclone when its central pressure, a measure of its strength, plunges 24 millibars in 24 hours. The conditions are ripe for this system to fit that bill, said Tom Kines, a meteorologist for AccuWeather Inc.
An estimated 112.7 million people will travel 50 miles or more Dec. 23-Jan. 2, up by 3.6 million from last year and getting close to pre-pandemic levels, according to AAA. In Michigan, AAA estimates 3.5 million residents will journey 50 miles or more away from home during that time. That's an increase of more than 110,000 people from last year and is forecast to be the third busiest for the year-end holiday travel period in Michigan.
Airlines are already issuing travel waivers for a vast swath of the country ahead of the storm, allowing passengers to rebook their upcoming holiday travel with no fees.
In addition to the travel disruptions, arctic cold will sweep down as far as Texas and the Gulf Coast, boosting demand for electricity and natural gas as people crank their thermostats. The weather will be a test for the Texas electric grid, which buckled under an even more frigid snap in February 2021, though this time it's not expected to last as long.
In parts of Florida, meanwhile, temperatures could drop below freezing, Kines said. That poses a risk to Florida sugarcane — much of which is still in the ground, according to Drew Lerner at World Weather Inc.
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COCOA, Florida - A Brevard County man died as a result of injuries he sustained in a weather-related crash on State Road 524 on Wednesday, October 4, 2017.
Around 1:24 p.m., 32-year-old Aston Johnson of Orange City, Florida was driving a 2014 Dodge Ram pickup truck eastbound on State Road 524 near Cocoa, Florida.
Meanwhile, 43-year-old Christopher Agard was driving a 2000 Ford Explorer westbound on State Road 524.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the Dodge Ram began to hydroplane and traveled into the westbound lanes. The front, right side of the Dodge struck the front, left of the Ford.
Following the impact, the Ford traveled on the north shoulder and came to a final rest in a water-filled ditch located west of the intersection of State Road 524 and Precious Boulevard.
As a result of a lingering low pressure system, Brevard County has experienced heavy, cumulative rainfall amounts that has led to flash flooding of roads and localized flooding of roadside ditches
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The Life Of Elon Musk
The Journey of any entrepreneur is quite interesting and there are a lot and a lot of learning throughout their journey.
This series is going to discuss some serious common factors behind the entrepreneur, their vision, and most importantly the TRANSFORMATION.
In this blog, will see about Elon Musk and his entrepreneur journey.
Elon Musk, (born June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa), a South African-born American entrepreneur who cofounded the electronic-payment firm PayPal and formed SpaceX, a maker of launch vehicles and spacecraft. He was also one of the first significant investors in, as well as chief executive officer of, the electric car manufacturer Tesla.
Elon Musk is a highly successful entrepreneur and founder of many innovative companies in futuristic technologies. This South African born American businessman increased his net worth by more than $100 billion dollars in the year 2020.
He is the real inspiration for the 2008 "Iron Man" film and he made a big list for his innovations in the field of space rockets, electric cars, and solar batteries, etc.
Elon Musk was declared the world's second-richest person after he surpassed Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. He was ranked 35th in the month of January 2020 and became 2nd richest in November 2020 mostly due to a 795% increase in Tesla shares.
Also, In May 2012, SpaceX launched a rocket that would send the first commercial vehicle to the International Space Station and Musk in the headlines throughout the world.
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Musk was born to a Canadian mother (Maye Musk) and a South African father (Errol Musk) and raised in South Africa. He displayed an early talent for computers and entrepreneurship.
At age 12 he created a video game called Blastar to Spectravideo for $500 and sold it to a computer magazine.
He displayed an early talent for computers and entrepreneurship. At age 12 he created a video game called Blastar to Spectravideo for $500 and sold it to a computer magazine.
He has a younger brother who was an early business partner of his, Kimbal (born 1972), and a younger sister, Tosca (born 1974), the CEO of the video streaming site Passionflix.
In 1988, after obtaining a Canadian passport, Musk left South Africa because he was unwilling to support apartheid through compulsory military service and because he sought the greater economic opportunities available in the United States.
Bullied as a child
In grade school, Musk was short, introverted, and bookish. He was bullied until he was 15 and went through a growth spurt and learned how to defend himself with karate and wrestling.
Musk's intellectual aptitude did him few favors as a child. He found few friends in the tough-minded Afrikaner culture he encountered in school.
"I had a terrible upbringing. I had a lot of adversity growing up. One thing I worry about with my kids is they don't face enough adversity," he would later say in an interview.
Musk attended the English-speaking Waterkloof House Preparatory School, and later graduated from Pretoria Boys High School. The years were lonely and brutal, from his descriptions.
"They got my best friend to lure me out of hiding so they could beat me up. And that hurt," Musk said. "For some reason, they decided that I was it, and they were going to go after me nonstop. That's what made growing up difficult. For a number of years, there was no respite.
If there was a point of bright escape for Musk; it was technology. When he was only 10, he became acquainted with programming via the Commodore VIC-20, an inexpensive home computer.
Before long, he had become proficient enough to create Blastar – a video game in the style of Space-Invaders. He sold the BASIC code for the game to a magazine called PC and Office Technology for $500.
At age 17, in 1989, Musk moved to Canada to attend Queen's University and avoid mandatory service in the South African military. Musk obtained his Canadian citizenship that year, in part because he felt it would be easier to obtain American citizenship via that path.
In 1992, Musk left Canada to study business and physics at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with an undergraduate degree in economics and stayed for a second bachelor's degree in physics.
After leaving Penn, Musk headed to Stanford University in California to pursue a Ph.D. in energy physics. However, his move was timed perfectly with the Internet boom, and he dropped out of Stanford after just two days to become a part of it, launching his first company, Zip2 Corporation in 1995. Musk became a U.S. citizen in 2002.
In the next blog, will discover his business biography. This really going to be an interesting one! Stay excited 😃
Here, I just want to share the secret success formula that he used to say to his people and thought it may inspire you,
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Review of Child Car Occupant Fatalities in Sweden During Six Decades
The development of fatal outcome was reviewed based on crash data including all fatally injured 0–14 year old car occupants in Sweden during 1956–2011 and put in relation to general improvements in vehicle and road safety and implementation of restraint systems. The review revealed a substantial decrease in crash‐related fatalities among 0–14 year old car occupants during the past three decades, representing a significant drop of 83% compared to the highest scores in the 1960s–70s. During 1992–2011, a total of 194 crash‐related fatalities were registered; the majority occurred on high‐speed roads. Head injury was a primary cause of death, in a total of 54% of all cases. Two fifths of the crashes involved a single car, while three fifths involved other vehicles. In total, 24% of the children were unrestrained, and 59% of those were ejected during crashes. Among the restrained children, 56% were considered to be appropriately restrained according to Swedish recommendations. Crash severity, complex crash situation, fire and drowning were factors that contributed to the fatal outcome, even though the restraint usage was considered to be optimal.
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In the last post we talked about being loved by God. One of the biggest acts of love God has done for us is to forgive us. How is forgiveness really possible? What are we asking for when we ask to be forgiven? As we head to our topic of justification, we are going to discuss two main aspects of forgiveness; forgiveness between people and forgiveness before God. I believe the struggle with forgiving others often comes because we don't really understand the forgiveness we have received from God.
Much of this world tells us to "forgive and forget." Remnants of this saying have even appeared in how I have taught my own children. I'm sure I have said more than once, "He said sorry, please tell him you forgive him." This forgiveness is a lesson that we all need to learn. However, as we tell our children to forgive, if we don't also teach them over time how to forgive, we are telling them that it just becomes okay. By not communicating the how, we communicate that when the "sorry" was said the problem just goes away. Our silence on the how suggests that what the other person has done must just be forgotten and dropped. The desire is to move on, forget our grudges. Yes, forgive and forget. But what about when we can't forget? What if the hurt takes hold in our soul? What about when the pain doesn't go away? What about when our heart calls out for justice? In this post, we will talk about how do we forgive and how have we been forgiven?
I have personally struggled with true forgiveness. As I mentioned before, I have also struggled with seeing my need for forgiveness. This blindness has affected my ability to forgive others. Sometimes holding the hurt seems to be our way of holding people accountable. I didn't see that I was doing it at the time. However, I continued to hold on in unforgiveness. I felt like the person who hurt me must pay for what they have done and my unforgiveness was the only way I knew.
When I felt hurt and under-appreciated, I wanted justice. I may not have said it that way but I wanted what is fair and right. I didn't want the guilty to get away with it. I wanted retribution and repayment for the wrong that was done to me. At the very least I wanted an apology. I lived like that for too long. I allowed my hurts from others to dig deep and take residence in my heart. I cried out for justice to be served but I didn't know what I was asking for.
When this issue took the strongest hold in my heart, I still couldn't see the depth of my sin. I could feel the hurts from others but I was unable or unwilling to look at myself and my own sinfulness. I didn't see clearly that my sin is a debt. I still continued to think my sin wasn't that bad. Look at the beginning of Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death." When we sin against God and when we sin against one another we have a debt, we earn and fully deserve death. It is when we feel we are the one owed the debt that we long for justice. We were not made to carry this burden and in fact, we are not able to make this debt go away.
Can we just let the sin be put behind us or just go away? Is that what God did when He knew everything about us, He loved us and He forgave us? Can we live as a forgiven person but yet, by holding unforgiveness communicate that what another person did is too big to be forgiven? Can we demand justice for them but mercy for us?
Justice is making people pay their debt. It is taking action to make fair the wrong that occurred. Remember, child of God, that you were not given justice but grace and mercy. Let's take a look at what truly happens with our sin if we are in Jesus Christ. Understanding how we have been treated will also help us understand how we can forgive.
God took what we earned. He took justice and gave us a free gift instead. He gave us mercy, love and forgiveness. He gave us Jesus. Our forgiveness is made possible because of what God provided for us through His free gift.
When I say I'm sorry and try and change my actions to kindness, this action doesn't actually take away the debt. Only one thing does. Payment, judgment, and punishment- these are all words that describe justice. So forgiveness is actually at odds with justice because justice demands that wrongs will be paid for. Forgiveness as many of us know it "forgive and forget"- looks like it is withholding justice, however, justice was already fulfilled in God's free gift. Let's take a closer look at this God of justice and explore the depth of how He has served justice.
While looking at the following verses note God's characteristics.
As we look above at Psalm 37, we see the LORD, Yahweh, the I AM loves justice. This goes hand and hand in not forsaking the saints. If justice goes unserved, wrongs go unpunished someone else is "paying" for their wrong. The One that exists will not forsake His saints. He will not allow His children to suffer under the sins of others without justice. And He does not allow any sin to go unpunished. Whether it is committed by us or against us.
Look back at Deuteronomy 32:4, God is the one whose foundation is secure. It is He who is perfect and acts in justice. He is faithful, without sin and fair.
The truths found in the above verses bring us to the question- How could He be fair and not punish the wrongs that are committed against Him and against one another? This fairness, being just, has to include punishment.
So why doesn't He pour out His punishment on us when we lie and fight and turn our backs on Him? Why can He forgive us? Why does He look on us with love and grace?
This is the amazing love of our God! The wrath of God was satisfied on His Son! Grace abounds because Jesus satisfied our payment. Justice (using the law to punish crimes) was poured out on Jesus instead of me, instead of you.
In sending Jesus to pay for the sin that we commit, Yahweh, the one that exists and whose ways are justice, can remain just and be the one that justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
God's forgiveness was extended to us because justice was fulfilled in Jesus. When we rest in this reality, we can see that forgiving others is made possible because it is extending to others what Jesus Christ has already extended to us, justification. Justice has been withheld from us but not withheld. The payment for our sins that we deserved was paid for by another. Our peace with God and others is because it was purchased by Jesus.
With justice given to Jesus on my behalf, my standing before God is different. I am no longer required to fulfil justice but I become justified by His payment. My favorite definition of JUSTIFIED is Just as If I'd never sinned. It's so simple – no need for punishment because no record of wrong.
Where did our record of wrongs go?
Jesus, took our sin on the cross. He who knew no sin became sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Can our actions (works) justify us before God?
Why can't we be justified by the law?
Why was Jesus death sufficient?
Jesus' death accomplished a payment for a standard we could not keep.
These verses tell us that Jesus is the answer to how God can be just and the Justifier! Praise God, we can be justified before Him, the Almighty God. Though we sin and have a debt there is no condemnation for those that are in Jesus Christ (Romans 8:1). The need from all of us is the same. Will you accept the gift, the payment on your behalf (Romans 3:24)?
Can you claim this for yourself? I, _______________, am justified.
We can be forgiven because God is just and the justifier. God doesn't just make our sins go away but He holds Jesus accountable for them. When we accept His gift (Romans 6:23), He says your account is clear; there is no debt. We don't have to live under condemnation. We can receive grace and mercy instead of punishment.
Accepting this place of grace and mercy brings us value because Jesus has saved us from justified penalty (Romans 6:23). The One who has no sin became sin for you and me (2 Corinthians 5:21). Have you accepted this gift?
When we are searching for significance and identity, our confidence can only be found in God. We don't have to prove our value. We don't need the world to tell us for our importance. We can rest our value in Jesus, the one that is just and the justifier. If we trust in Jesus' payment on our behalf we are justified and have a clean slate before the I AM.
If we believe this is true how should it affect our lives?
What action should be spurred by this truth? Will you accept this gift of love and forgiveness?
How does this aspect of who God has made us play out in a role/position you hold?
We don't have to hold the burden of sin's debt. We don't have to live under the guilt of our failures nor under the hurt and disappointment of the failures of others. Knowing we are justified welcomes us into peace with God (Colossians 1:20). There is no record of wrongs that we must await punishment for (Colossians 2:14).
If we can see that God will forgive any sin that we confess (1 John 1:9), then we can see that this can be applied to those around us. When we can't seem to forgive what others have sinned against us, we must bring this to the cross as well. Jesus paid for that sin too (I John 2:2). Knowing that we are free from the requirement of the law can help us remember to have grace for others shortcomings.
This forgiveness may feel shocking. To think that even when we feel hurt or angry, God can and is willing to forgive that person's sin that seemed to cut deep. Can we then hold on to the anger and unforgiveness if God himself will separate that sin from them as far as the east is from the west? Alone, we cannot just forgive and forget but we can take the pain of the sin, the burden of the sin and lay it at the cross of Christ. We can rest in the fact that God "will not forsake his saints" (Psalm 37:28). His payment was for the "sins of the world" (I John 2:2).
Being justified should bring us to a place of humble thankfulness. We should live knowing that Jesus alone bore the weight of our debt, a debt that grows with each angry thought, each lie and each prideful action. May this knowledge grow our love for a Savior that died for us that we might be justified.
Father, Thank you for giving and accepting Jesus as a substitution for our debt. Thank you Father that any who believe in your son, Jesus, are justified through faith by His payment for our sin. Thank you that Jesus was willing to die that we might be justified before a just God. We praise you that we can be justified by His life and death. We praise you that Jesus paid for the sins of the world. Oh Father, may we be so forgiving! Help us to love with your love. May we not revisit the sins of others. Instead, may the fruit of your love be characterized in our lives. Thank you that we are justified. In Jesus name. Amen.
[ii] Comment above made my friend, Bethany Edget in a Discipleship with me. This statement, "the power of the cross is also for the sins done against us," has helped me to understand forgiving others.


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Bakchus je olejomalba italského barokního mistra Michelangela Merisi da Caravaggia (1571–1610) na objednávku kardinála Francesca Maria del Monte. Obraz byl namalovaný kolem roku 1595 a je na něm zobrazen Dionýsos, latinsky Dionysus či Bacchus, který je v řecké mytologii synem nejvyššího boha Dia a jeho milenky Semely jako mladík s hrozny a listy vinné révy ve vlasech neboť Bakchus je bohem vína a nespoutaného veselí. Na kamenném stole před ním je mísa ovoce a velká karafa červeného vína. Jeho pravá ruka nabízí divákovi pohár tohoto vína s gestem zvoucím diváka aby se k němu připojil. Levou rukou si cudně přidržuje volné roucho.

Bakchus jako alegorie
Bacchus, také známý jako Dionýsos, byl řecký bůh vína, opilství, plodnosti a divadla. Je radostný a laskavý k těm, kdo ho obdivují, ale krutý a trestající ty, kdo jeho pravidla překračují. Scény z řecké mytologie byly často vystavovány v soukromých prostorách aristokratů. Klasické obrazy byly použity k zobrazení zájmů nebo triumfů patronů. Patron možná oceňoval ty nejjemnější věci v životě a viděl Bakcha jako perfektní alegorii bohatství a přepychu.

Interpretace
Caravaggio se nepokouší namalovat Bakcha jako boha, ale maluje spíše chlapce oblečeného jako Bakchus. Je to smyslná scéna, která zve diváka, aby podlehl jeho tělesným touhám. Chlapec je mladistvý a hezký, kulatý, ale svalnatý. Sotva se pokouší udržet svou róbu, když nutí diváka, aby se k němu přidal s podivným pohledem do očí. V košíku je praskající granátové jablko i jablko hnijící. Caravaggio používá tyto prvky společně, aby naznačil téma Vanitas. Mládí a potěšení jsou prchavé. Všechno musí podlehnout smrti a hnilobě.

Homosexualitou, kterou cítíme v obraze mohl Caravaggio narážet na své vlastní romantické city k mladému modelu. V šestnáctém století nebyly homosexuální vztahy s mladými chlapci příliš odsuzovány. Mnoho Caravaggiových patronů i ostatních umělců zavíralo oči před jeho chováním a pokračovalo v podpoře jeho práce. Historik umění, Donald Posner, naopak cítil, že homosexualitou ukrytou v obraze Caravaggio spíše narážel na sexualitu kardinála Del Monte a jeho vztahy s mladými chlapci, kteří patřili k jeho blízkým přátelům.

Kardinál Del Monte-patron
Obraz Bakchus byl namalován krátce poté, co se Caravaggio připojil k domácnosti svého prvního důležitého patrona, kardinála Del Monte, a odráží humanistické zájmy kardinálova vzdělaných přátel. Caravaggio se přestěhoval do Palazzo Madama v roce 1596 a zůstal hostem kardinála po dobu pěti let. Del Monte měl vášeň pro umění a vyžádal si několik obrazů od Caravaggia včetně obrazu Medúza. Kardinál byl příznivcem klasické řecké mytologie a používal alegorické obrazy k zdůraznění svých znalostí umění, hudby a divadla. Oba obrazy Bacchus a Medúza byly darovány kardinálem rodině Medici a od té doby zůstávají ve Florencii. Del Monteova účinná podpora a vedení přinesly Caravaggiomu bohatství a uznání, díky čemuž se stal kardinál jedním z jeho nejdůležitějších patronů.

Model
Modelem pro Bakcha mohl být malířův žák a pravděpodobný milenec Mario Minniti, italský umělec působící na Sicílii po roce 1606. Caravaggio použil Maria také jako model pro obrazy Hudebníci, Chlapec s košíkem ovoce, Věštkyně, Loutnista a Povolání svatého Matouše. Objevily se spekulace, že vztah Caravaggia a Minnita byl sexuální povahy. Obrazy, pro které stál Mario modelem lze považovat za obrazy, které mají erotický podtón. Obzvláště v díle Bakchus, kde divák vidí mladého, lenošícího jinocha zvoucího jej na scénu sklenkou vína a košem zralého ovoce, zatímco jeho roucho pomalu sklouzává. Caravaggio byl známý režírováním scén včetně zobrazování modelů v kostýmu, čímž se zbavil nutnosti nejprve načrtnout scénu, jak si ji představoval, dříve než začal malovat na plátno.

Někteří kritici, například Giovanni Baglione, věřili, že Caravaggio používá jako model sám sebe. V roce 1595 by mu bylo čtyřiadvacet let a mohl tedy zobrazovat vlastní mladistvé rysy. Bakchus nabízí víno levou rukou, a to i přes zjevné úsilí, které mu to způsobuje. To vedlo ke spekulacím, že Caravaggio použil zrcadlo, aby si pomohl při práci a zbavil se nutnosti předkreslovat.Baglione tvrdil, že Caravaggio nebyl schopný namalovat lidskou postavu bez modelu stojícím před ním.

Kritik Giovanni Baglione
Giovanni Baglione, malíř a soupeř Caravaggia, věřil, že tento obraz Bakcha je vlastně autoportrétem. Tvrdí, že Caravaggio umístil před sebe a tak namaloval celou scénu. Baglione je považován za jednoho z Caravaggistů, barokních malířů kteří následovali Caravaggia a pokoušeli se dokonce napodobovat jeho styl. Ačkoli Baglione také napodoboval Caravaggioho styl, nenáviděl ho. Napsal dokonce i jízlivou biografii Caravaggia. Oba umělci se nenáviděli navzájem a neustále jeden druhého obviňovali z nevhodného chování. Má se za to, že Baglionesova nenávist byla produktem žárlivosti, což ho vedlo k obvinění Caravaggia, že není schopen malovat portréty bez modelu. Tvrdí, že Caravaggio neměl talent na vytvoření představy dokonalých bytostí ve své mysli a přenesení této vize na plátno.

Jiné verze
Mladý nemocný Bakchus, obraz namalovaný kolem roku 1593 je dalším obrazem Bakcha, tentokrát pro rodinu Borghesů. Za model pro tento portrét je také považován Mario Minniti, stejně jako pro obraz Bakchus z roku 1595. Na rozdíl od novější verze zde Bakchova pokožka má nádech žluté, a jeho postava je umístěna daleko od diváka. Opět není jasné, zda je modelem samotný Caravaggio nebo jeho žák Mario Minniti. Tato verze ukazuje Caravaggioho zájem o tenebrismus. Pozadí zůstává tmavé, zatímco objekt vypadá, jako by byl pod bodovým světlem, což vytváří dramatický efekt, který nutí diváka soustředit se na jediný aspekt scény. Na rozdíl od pozdějšího Bakcha se toto zobrazení zaměřuje spíše na rozpad Baccha než na rozpad dekadence.

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura
 McKinlay, Arthur Patch. "Bacchus as Inspirer of Literary Art." The Classical Journal, vol. 49, no. 3, 1953, str. 101–136. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3293362.
 Eager, Gerald. "BORN UNDER MARS: CARAVAGGIO'S SELF-PORTRAITS AND THE DADA SPIRIT IN ART." Source: Notes in the History of Art, vol. 5, no. 2, 1986, str. 22–27.
 Camiz, Franca Trinchieri. "Music and Painting in Cardinal Del Monte's Household." Metropolitan Museum Journal, vol. 26, 1991, str. 213–226. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1512913.
 Joost-Gaugier, Christiane L. The Sixteenth Century Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, 1997, str. 372–373.
 Christiansen, K. (1986). Caravaggio and "L'esempio davanti del naturale". The Art Bulletin, 68(3), 421–445. doi:10.2307/3050975
 https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/bacchus
 https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pape/hd_pape.htm
 Posner, Donald. "Caravaggio's Homo Erotic Early Works." Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, vol. 12, no.1, 2003, str. 160–163.
 Mancini, Giulio, Giovanni Baglione, and Giovanni Bellori. Lives of Caravaggio. London: Pallas Athene, 2005
 Chilvers, Ian (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Art (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. .

Externí odkazy

 Bacchus Analysis and Critical Reception
 Discussion of Hockney's Secret Knowledge (his suggestion that the Old Masters used optical devices) and Caravaggio
 Iconographic Themes in Art: Bacchus | Dionysos
 High resolution preview

Galleria degli Uffizi
Obrazy Caravaggia
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Q: Certain Opportunity Owners are hung up on VisualForce page I have a VF page that the user is directed too when they click on an opportunity and they are the opportunity owner. The page just asks the user simple compliance questions. It's working fine but on some opportunities, when the owner is on the VF page and they hit submit, instead of directing the user to the opportunity, it will just refresh the page and hang up and I have no clue why. It seems really random.
I'm having issues with the following code:
Controller:
public with sharing class ExportCheckPageController {

public boolean checkYes {get; set;}
public boolean checkNo{get; set;}

private static final String SGI_OPP = 'SGI Opportunity';
private static final String SGI_APAC_OPP = 'SGI APAC Opportunity';

public Export_Check__c exportCheck {get; set;}
public Opportunity opp {get;set;}
private Account acc;
private Id sgiRT;
private Id apacRT;
private Id oppId;
private List<Export_Check__c> exportList = new List<Export_Check__c>();
private List<Opportunity> oppList = new List<Opportunity>();
private ApexPages.standardController controller;

public ExportCheckPageController(ApexPages.StandardController stdController){
    controller = stdController;
    checkYes = false;
    checkNo = false;
    exportCheck = new Export_Check__c();
    opp =(Opportunity)stdController.getRecord();
    oppId =stdController.getid();
    system.debug(oppId);

    if((ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('oppId') != null) && (ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('oppId') != '')){
        oppId = ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('oppId');
        system.debug(oppId);
    }
    sgiRT = [SELECT Id FROM RecordType WHERE Name = 'SGI Opportunity'].Id;
    apacRT = [SELECT Id FROM RecordType WHERE Name = 'SGI APAC Opportunity'].Id;
    loadOppExports();
    system.debug(oppId);
}

public void loadOppExports(){
    if(oppId != null){
        //Add all other fields from opportunity i may need & from Opp Account
        //Gonna have to do a few more quries to get all info from acount and contacts
        opp = [Select Id, Name, OwnerId, Account.Id, isExportCompleted__c, (Select Id, Name, ExportStatus__c, CheckNO__c, CheckYes__c, OppExportCheck__c from Export_Checks__r) From Opportunity where id =: oppId];
        acc = [select Id, Owner.Id, Parent.Id, Parent.Name, Name, BillingStreet, BillingCity, BillingState, BillingPostalCode, BillingCountry,
               Street_Address__c, City__c, State_Province__c, Zip_Postal_Code__c, Country_Code__c, Account_Intergraph_Line_of_Business__c, Industry, Type,
               Phone, Account_Category__c, RecordTypeId,(select Id, account.id, Name, firstname, lastname, account.name, Account_Industry__c, Department,
                                                         MailingStreet, MailingCity, MailingPostalCode, MailingState, MailingCountry, Email, Phone from contacts)
               from Account where account.id in (Select Opportunity.AccountId From Opportunity where id =: opp.id)];
        system.debug(opp);
        system.debug(acc);
        //Check List size - but there should only be one- maybe need to revisit this later
        if(!opp.Export_Checks__r.isEmpty()){
            for(Export_Check__c ec: opp.Export_Checks__r){
                if(ec.Id != null){
                    //exportCheck = new Export_Check__c();
                    exportCheck = ec;
                    exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c = ec.OppExportCheck__c;
                    system.debug(exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c);
                }
                else{
                    //exportCheck = new Export_Check__c();
                    exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c = opp.Id;
                    system.debug(exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c);
                }
            }
        }
        else{
            //exportCheck = new Export_Check__c();
            exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c = opp.Id;
            system.debug(exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c);
        }
    }
}

public PageReference redirect(){
    PageReference pr;

   // System.debug( 'OPP RECORD TYPE: ' + opp.RecordTypeId );
  //    System.debug( 'PASS RECORD TYPE?: ' + (opp.RecordTypeId == sgiRT || opp.RecordTypeId == apacRT) );
  //    System.debug( 'OPP OWNER: ' + opp.OwnerId );
  //    System.debug( 'PASS OWNER?: ' + opp.OwnerId == UserInfo.getUserId() );
  //    System.debug( 'PASS BOTH?: ' + ((opp.RecordTypeId == sgiRT || opp.RecordTypeId == apacRT) && opp.OwnerId == UserInfo.getUserId()) );

    if((opp.RecordTypeId == sgiRT || opp.RecordTypeId == apacRT) && opp.OwnerId == UserInfo.getUserId() ){
        System.debug('Inside RTYPE and OWNER If Statement');
        if(!opp.isExportCompleted__c && exportCheck.Id == null){
            pr = new PageReference('/apex/ExportCheckPage1?oppId='+ opp.Id);
            pr.setRedirect(true);
        }
    }
    else{
        System.debug('Inside Else Statement');
        pr = new PageReference('/' + opp.id);
        pr.getParameters().put('nooverride', '1');
    }
    return pr;
}

public void setExportCheck(){
    if(checkYes){
        opp.isExportCompleted__c = false;
        exportCheck.Name = opp.Name;
        exportCheck.Company_Name__c = acc.Name;
        exportCheck.Country__c = acc.Country_Code__c;
        exportCheck.City__c = acc.City__c;
        exportCheck.State__c = acc.State_Province__c;
        exportCheck.Street_1__c = acc.Street_Address__c;
        exportCheck.Zip__c = acc.Zip_Postal_Code__c;
        exportCheck.CheckYes__c = checkYes;
        exportCheck.CheckNO__c = checkNo;
        exportCheck.ExportStatus__c = 'Under Review';
        //eventually we will want to set all of Export Yes/No questions here

    }
    else if(checkNo){
        opp.isExportCompleted__c = true;
        exportCheck.Name = opp.Name;
        exportCheck.Company_Name__c = acc.Name;
        exportCheck.Country__c = acc.Country_Code__c;
        exportCheck.City__c = acc.City__c;
        exportCheck.State__c = acc.State_Province__c;
        exportCheck.Street_1__c = acc.Street_Address__c;
        exportCheck.Zip__c = acc.Zip_Postal_Code__c;
        exportCheck.CheckNO__c = checkNo;
        exportCheck.CheckYes__c = checkYes;
        exportCheck.Export1__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export2__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export3__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export4__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export5__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export6__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export7__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.ExportStatus__c = 'Approved';

    }
    else{
        ApexPages.addMessage(new ApexPages.Message(ApexPages.Severity.ERROR, 'You must select one of the Yes or No options below. '));
    }
    if(!exportList.isEmpty()){
        exportList.clear();
        exportList.add(exportCheck);
        system.debug(checkNo);
        system.debug(checkYes);
        system.debug(exportCheck);
        system.debug(opp);

    }
    else{
        exportList.add(exportCheck);
        system.debug(checkNo);
        system.debug(checkYes);
        system.debug(exportCheck);
        system.debug(opp);

    }
}
public PageReference startApproval(){
    //This method will start he approval process - Do an insert of an record and kick off the approval process.
    //Phase 1 - Start he approval process, display info messages on page to tell the user what the next steps to take
    //Phase 2 - Add Steps for the rest of the attachments to be completed in Salesforce and then send to Compliance team for approval
    //Phase 3 - Do a web service call out to Tradebeam to do export screening and and store this informationon the object.
    Database.SaveResult[] insertEx;
    system.debug(exportList);
    system.debug(Limits.getHeapSize());
    system.debug(Limits.getLimitHeapSize());
    insertEx = database.insert(exportList, false);
    for (Database.SaveResult sr: insertEx){
        if(sr.isSuccess()){
            system.debug('Insert Succeeded. Export ID: '+ sr.getId());
        }
        else{
            for(database.Error err: sr.getErrors()){
                system.debug('The following error has occured. ');
                system.debug(err.getStatusCode() + ': ' + err.getMessage());
                system.debug('Error fields: ' + err.getFields());

            }
        }
    }
    try{
        system.debug(opp);
        update opp;
    }
    catch(DMLException ex){
        system.debug('Error+++ '+ ex);
    }

    PageReference redirect =  new PageReference('/apex/StandardOpportunity?id='+ opp.Id);
    redirect.setRedirect(true);
    return redirect;
    //return Page.StandardOpportunity;
}
}

VisualForce page:
 <apex:page standardController="Opportunity"        extensions="ExportCheckPageController" sidebar="false" showHeader="true" standardStylesheets="true" showChat="false">
<apex:sectionHeader title="Export Compliance Checklist Process" subtitle="{!opp.name}" description="Read through ALL of the following questions and select one of the options at the bottom of the page.
                                                                                For any question you can answer "Yes", complete the action required.
                                                                                Where a Supplemental Export Checklist is required, complete the indicated
                                                                                Supplemental Export Checklist and submit with this Standard Export Checklist. To download a copy of the
                                                                                Export Compliance Checklist please use the link below.
                                                                                Contact information for the Export Compliance Manager is also located below."/>
<apex:outputLabel value="Export Compliance Manager Contact Information" style="font-weight:bold" />

<apex:outputText value="Email: " style="font-weight:bold"/> <apex:outputText value="sgiexportcompliance@intergraph.com"/>

<apex:outputText value="Phone: " style="font-weight:bold"/> <apex:outputText value="1-256-730-1857" />

<apex:outputLink value="https://intergraph--testval--c.cs87.content.force.com/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=0158E000000LSgc" id="link" target="_blank">
    Export Compliance Checklist</apex:outputLink>

<apex:form id="exportForm" forceSSL="true" >
    <apex:pageBlock title="Export Checklist" mode="edit">
    <apex:inputHidden value="{!Opportunity.OwnerId}" id="theHiddenInput"/>
        <apex:inputHidden value="{!Opportunity.isExportCompleted__c}" id="theHiddenInput1"/>
        <apex:pageBlockButtons location="bottom">
            <apex:commandButton value="Submit" action="{!startApproval}" rendered="{!(checkYes || checkNo)}" immediate="true" reRender="exportForm" >

            </apex:commandButton>
        </apex:pageBlockButtons>
        <apex:outputPanel id="checklistPanel" >
            <apex:pageBlockSection collapsible="false" columns="1" showHeader="true" title="Questions" >
                <apex:pageBlockSectionItem id="exportQ1" rendered="true" >
                    <apex:outputLabel value="Q1 - EMBARGOED COUNTRY SCREEN:" for="export1"/>
                    <apex:outputText id="export1" value="Is any party to the transaction located in
                                                         an Embargoed Country(Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, North Sudan, or other country subject to a
                                                         current trade embargo), or is any Item(s) destined for an Embargoed Country?" >
                    </apex:outputText>
                </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>

                <apex:pageMessage detail="If yes, Contact the applicable Export Compliance Manager for further instructions." severity="warning" rendered="{!checkYes}" strength="3"/>

                <apex:pageBlockSectionItem id="exportQ2" rendered="true">
                    <apex:outputLabel value="Q2 - RESTRICTED PARTY SCREEN: " for="export2"/>
                    <apex:outputText id="export2" value="Do you have knowledge that the Customer/End User, or any other party to the transaction, is listed on any
                                                         country's Denied/Restricted Parties List, or is otherwise subject to sanctions?"/>
                </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
                <apex:pageMessage detail="If yes, Contact the applicable Export Compliance Manager for further instructions." severity="warning" rendered="{!checkYes}" strength="3"/>

                <apex:pageBlockSectionItem id="exportQ3" rendered="true" >
                    <apex:outputLabel value="Q3 - DIVERSION RISK, "RED FLAGS" SCREEN:" for="export3"/>
                    <apex:outputText id="export3"  value="Is there any indicator that the Item(s) could be diverted to a different
                                                          country or to a different End User, or are there any "Red Flags" present in
                                                          connection with this Order?  "/>
                </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
                <apex:pageMessage detail="If yes, Contact the applicable Export Compliance Manager for further instructions." severity="warning" rendered="{!checkYes}" strength="3"/>

                <apex:pageBlockSectionItem id="exportQ4" rendered="true" >
                    <apex:outputLabel value="Q4 - NUCLEAR SCREEN:" for="export4"/>
                    <apex:outputText id="export4"  value="Is the Customer/End User involved in any nuclear related industries or
                                                          activities, or will the Item(s) beused in any such activity?"/>
                </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
                <apex:pageMessage detail="If yes, Complete Nuclear Applicability Supplemental Export Checklist (Attachment D)" severity="warning" rendered="{!checkYes}" strength="3">
                    <apex:outputLink value="https://intergraph--testval--c.cs87.content.force.com/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=0158E000000LSgI" id="link" target="_blank">
                        Click to Download Attachment D</apex:outputLink>

                </apex:pageMessage>

                <apex:pageBlockSectionItem id="exportQ5" rendered="true" >
                    <apex:outputLabel value="Q5 - MISSILE SCREEN:" for="export5"/>
                    <apex:outputText id="export5" value="Is the Customer/End User involved in any missile-related activities (ex. design, development, or
                                                         production of Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile systems and space launch vehicles and sounding
                                                         rockets) and Unmanned Air Vehicles (including cruise missile systems, target drones and reconnaissance
                                                         drones), or will the Item(s) be used in any such activity? "/>
                </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>

                <apex:pageMessage detail="If yes, Complete Missile Technology Supplemental Export Checklist (Attachment E)" severity="warning" rendered="{!checkYes}" strength="3">
                    <apex:outputLink value="https://intergraph--testval--c.cs87.content.force.com/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=0158E000000LSgN" id="link" target="_blank">
                        Click to Download Attachment E</apex:outputLink>

                </apex:pageMessage>

                <apex:pageBlockSectionItem id="exportQ6" rendered="true" >
                    <apex:outputLabel value="Q6 - CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS SCREEN:" for="export6"/>
                    <apex:outputText id="export6" value="Is the Customer/End User involved in the design, development, production, stockpiling or use of chemical
                                                         or biological weapons, plants to make chemical weapons precursors, or will the Item(s) be used in any
                                                         such activity?"/>
                </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
                <apex:pageMessage detail="If yes, Complete Chemical or Biological Weapons Technology Supplemental Export Checklist (Attachment F)" severity="warning" rendered="{!checkYes}" strength="3">
                    <apex:outputLink value="https://intergraph--testval--c.cs87.content.force.com/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=0158E000000LSgS" id="link" target="_blank">
                        Click to Download Attachment F</apex:outputLink>

                </apex:pageMessage>

                <apex:pageBlockSectionItem id="exportQ7" rendered="true" >
                    <apex:outputLabel value="Q7 - RUSSIAN/UKRAINE SANCTIONS SCREEN:" for="export7"/>
                    <apex:outputText id="export7" value="Does the potential Order involve the supply of Item(s) or services intended to be used in, by, or for
                                                         the benefit of (a) Russia, Crimea, or Sevastopol; (b) any party therefrom; (c) any subsidiary of a party
                                                         listed in (b); or party acting on behalf of a party listed in (b)?  "/>
                </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
                <apex:pageMessage detail="If yes, Complete Ukraine-Related Sanctions Supplemental Export Checklist (Attachment G)" severity="warning" rendered="{!checkYes}" strength="3">
                    <apex:outputLink value="https://intergraph--testval--c.cs87.content.force.com/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=0158E000000LSgX" id="link" target="_blank">
                        Click to Download Attachment G</apex:outputLink>

                </apex:pageMessage>

                <apex:outputPanel id="check">
                    <apex:pageBlockSection collapsible="false" columns="2" title="Actions" >
                        <apex:outputLabel value="You must select one of these options:" style="font-weight:bold" />

                        <apex:pageBlockSectionItem id="y" rendered="true">
                            <apex:outputLabel value="Yes, One or more of the questions above apply: " for="checkYes" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center" />
                            <apex:inputCheckbox id="checkYes" required="false" value="{!checkYes}" disabled="{!IF(checkNo, true, false)}">
                                <apex:actionSupport event="onclick"  rerender="checklistPanel, exportForm" action="{!setExportCheck}"/>
                            </apex:inputCheckbox>
                        </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
                        <apex:pageBlockSectionItem id="n" rendered="true">
                            <apex:outputLabel value="No, None of the questions above apply:" for="checkNo" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center"/>
                            <apex:inputCheckbox id="checkNo" required="false" value="{!checkNo}" disabled="{!IF(checkYes, true, false)}">
                                <apex:actionSupport event="onclick"  rerender="checklistPanel, exportForm" action="{!setExportCheck}" />
                            </apex:inputCheckbox>
                        </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
                        <apex:pageMessage detail="You have a compliance issue!! Please complete the defined action that apply's to any question that you could answer Yes too.
                                                  Clicking Submit will notify a compliance manager to start the review process.
                                                  Please contact a Compliance Manager with the contact info above once you have submitted this checklist page." severity="warning" rendered="{!checkYes}" strength="3"/>
                        <apex:pageMessage detail="Please select Submit to continue. A compliance manager will be notified that you have completed this Export Checklist." severity="warning" rendered="{!checkNo}" strength="3"/>
                    </apex:pageBlockSection>
                </apex:outputPanel>
            </apex:pageBlockSection>
        </apex:outputPanel>
    </apex:pageBlock>
</apex:form>

A: I've had a similar issue. Try creating new instances/initializing your public attributes in the constructor,(specifically opplist or opp). This may not be the issue, but I had the same problem and this link:Page Will not redirect will show you how I fixed the problem.

A: I've made a couple of updates with some comments for you to review. I'm seeing more SOQL calls than needed and variables not marked as transient that might cause loading issues.
public with sharing class ExportCheckPageController {

public boolean checkYes {get; set;}
public boolean checkNo{get; set;}

private static final String SGI_OPP = 'SGI Opportunity';
private static final String SGI_APAC_OPP = 'SGI APAC Opportunity';

public transient Export_Check__c exportCheck {get; set;}
public transient Opportunity opp {get;set;}
private transient Account acc;
//private Id sgiRT;
//private Id apacRT;
private transient Map<Id, RecordType> recordTypes; // we don't need this in viewstate
private Id oppId;
private List<Export_Check__c> exportList = new List<Export_Check__c>(); // only variable needing to maintain viewstate for command button
private transient List<Opportunity> oppList = new List<Opportunity>();
private ApexPages.standardController controller;

public ExportCheckPageController(ApexPages.StandardController stdController){
    controller = stdController;
    checkYes = false;
    checkNo = false;
    exportCheck = new Export_Check__c();
    opp =(Opportunity)stdController.getRecord();
    oppId =stdController.getid();
    system.debug(oppId);

    if((ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('oppId') != null) && (ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('oppId') != '')){
        oppId = ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('oppId');
        system.debug(oppId);
    }
    //put these into one RT list as you're only using it for checks later on
    //sgiRT = [SELECT Id FROM RecordType WHERE Name = 'SGI Opportunity'].Id;
    //apacRT = [SELECT Id FROM RecordType WHERE Name = 'SGI APAC Opportunity'].Id;
    recordTypes = new Map<Id, RecordType>([SELECT Id FROM RecordType WHERE Name = 'SGI Opportunity' OR Name = 'SGI APAC Opportunity']);
    loadOppExports();
    system.debug(oppId);
}

public void loadOppExports(){
    if(oppId != null){
        //Add all other fields from opportunity i may need & from Opp Account
        //Gonna have to do a few more quries to get all info from acount and contacts
        opp = [Select Id, Name, OwnerId, AccountId, isExportCompleted__c, (Select Id, Name, ExportStatus__c, CheckNO__c, CheckYes__c, OppExportCheck__c from Export_Checks__r) From Opportunity where id =: oppId];
        if(opp != NULL)
        {
            acc = [select Id, Owner.Id, Parent.Id, Parent.Name, Name, BillingStreet, BillingCity, BillingState, BillingPostalCode, BillingCountry,
               Street_Address__c, City__c, State_Province__c, Zip_Postal_Code__c, Country_Code__c, Account_Intergraph_Line_of_Business__c, Industry, Type,
               Phone, Account_Category__c, RecordTypeId,(select Id, account.id, Name, firstname, lastname, account.name, Account_Industry__c, Department,
                                                         MailingStreet, MailingCity, MailingPostalCode, MailingState, MailingCountry, Email, Phone from contacts)
               from Account where account.id = opp.AccountId]; //you've already queried for this so don't need to query again
        }

        system.debug(opp);
        system.debug(acc);
        //Check List size - but there should only be one- maybe need to revisit this later
        // We can simplify this significantly, we know that we can't have a record in the database without an id
        // there for we can get rid of the id check. Also we know that if we have a Export Check, we are
        // assigning the export check to our public variable, if not we are setting our export check
        /*if(!opp.Export_Checks__r.isEmpty()){

            for(Export_Check__c ec: opp.Export_Checks__r){
                if(ec.Id != null){
                    //exportCheck = new Export_Check__c();
                    exportCheck = ec;
                    exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c = ec.OppExportCheck__c;
                    system.debug(exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c);
                }
                else{
                    //exportCheck = new Export_Check__c();
                    exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c = opp.Id;
                    system.debug(exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c);
                }
            }
        }
        else{
            //exportCheck = new Export_Check__c();
            exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c = opp.Id;
            system.debug(exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c);
        }*/

        if(opp.Export_Checks__r.size() == 1)
        {
            exportCheck = opp.Export_Checks__r[0];
            exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c = exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c;
        }
        else
        {
            exportCheck.OppExportCheck__c = opp.Id;
        }
    }
}

public PageReference redirect(){
    PageReference pr;

   // System.debug( 'OPP RECORD TYPE: ' + opp.RecordTypeId );
  //    System.debug( 'PASS RECORD TYPE?: ' + (opp.RecordTypeId == sgiRT || opp.RecordTypeId == apacRT) );
  //    System.debug( 'OPP OWNER: ' + opp.OwnerId );
  //    System.debug( 'PASS OWNER?: ' + opp.OwnerId == UserInfo.getUserId() );
  //    System.debug( 'PASS BOTH?: ' + ((opp.RecordTypeId == sgiRT || opp.RecordTypeId == apacRT) && opp.OwnerId == UserInfo.getUserId()) );

    //if((opp.RecordTypeId == sgiRT || opp.RecordTypeId == apacRT) && opp.OwnerId == UserInfo.getUserId() ){
    if((recordTyes.containsKey(opp.RecordTypeId)) && opp.OwnerId == UserInfo.getUserId() ){
        System.debug('Inside RTYPE and OWNER If Statement');
        if(!opp.isExportCompleted__c && exportCheck.Id == null){
            pr = new PageReference('/apex/ExportCheckPage1?oppId='+ opp.Id);
            pr.setRedirect(true);
        }
    }
    else{
        System.debug('Inside Else Statement');
        pr = new PageReference('/' + opp.id);
        pr.getParameters().put('nooverride', '1');
    }
    return pr;
}

public void setExportCheck(){
    if(checkYes){
        opp.isExportCompleted__c = false;
        exportCheck.Name = opp.Name;
        exportCheck.Company_Name__c = acc.Name;
        exportCheck.Country__c = acc.Country_Code__c;
        exportCheck.City__c = acc.City__c;
        exportCheck.State__c = acc.State_Province__c;
        exportCheck.Street_1__c = acc.Street_Address__c;
        exportCheck.Zip__c = acc.Zip_Postal_Code__c;
        exportCheck.CheckYes__c = checkYes;
        exportCheck.CheckNO__c = checkNo;
        exportCheck.ExportStatus__c = 'Under Review';
        //eventually we will want to set all of Export Yes/No questions here

    }
    else if(checkNo){
        opp.isExportCompleted__c = true;
        exportCheck.Name = opp.Name;
        exportCheck.Company_Name__c = acc.Name;
        exportCheck.Country__c = acc.Country_Code__c;
        exportCheck.City__c = acc.City__c;
        exportCheck.State__c = acc.State_Province__c;
        exportCheck.Street_1__c = acc.Street_Address__c;
        exportCheck.Zip__c = acc.Zip_Postal_Code__c;
        exportCheck.CheckNO__c = checkNo;
        exportCheck.CheckYes__c = checkYes;
        exportCheck.Export1__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export2__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export3__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export4__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export5__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export6__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.Export7__c = 'No';
        exportCheck.ExportStatus__c = 'Approved';

    }
    else{
        ApexPages.addMessage(new ApexPages.Message(ApexPages.Severity.ERROR, 'You must select one of the Yes or No options below. '));
    }
    if(!exportList.isEmpty()){
        exportList.clear();
        exportList.add(exportCheck);
        system.debug(checkNo);
        system.debug(checkYes);
        system.debug(exportCheck);
        system.debug(opp);

    }
    else{
        exportList.add(exportCheck);
        system.debug(checkNo);
        system.debug(checkYes);
        system.debug(exportCheck);
        system.debug(opp);

    }
}
public PageReference startApproval(){
    //This method will start he approval process - Do an insert of an record and kick off the approval process.
    //Phase 1 - Start he approval process, display info messages on page to tell the user what the next steps to take
    //Phase 2 - Add Steps for the rest of the attachments to be completed in Salesforce and then send to Compliance team for approval
    //Phase 3 - Do a web service call out to Tradebeam to do export screening and and store this informationon the object.
    Database.SaveResult[] insertEx;
    system.debug(exportList);
    system.debug(Limits.getHeapSize());
    system.debug(Limits.getLimitHeapSize());
    insertEx = database.insert(exportList, false);
    for (Database.SaveResult sr: insertEx){
        if(sr.isSuccess()){
            system.debug('Insert Succeeded. Export ID: '+ sr.getId());
        }
        else{
            for(database.Error err: sr.getErrors()){
                system.debug('The following error has occured. ');
                system.debug(err.getStatusCode() + ': ' + err.getMessage());
                system.debug('Error fields: ' + err.getFields());

            }
        }
    }
    try{
        system.debug(opp);
        update opp;
    }
    catch(DMLException ex){
        system.debug('Error+++ '+ ex);
    }

    PageReference redirect =  new PageReference('/apex/StandardOpportunity?id='+ opp.Id);
    redirect.setRedirect(true);
    return redirect;
    //return Page.StandardOpportunity;
}
}

A: I've figured out the issue after testing. It hangs up because there are required fields on the opportunity that are not filled in and there are some picklist values that are no longer available to the user. These are mainly old opportunities that haven't been updated in a while.

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The Cardinal Cross of 2010, July 31, 2010
Submitted by Roanman on Sat, 07/31/2010 - 07:10
The following was taken from a piece at globalphysics.com titled The Global Cross of Julya and August (evidently, the editing at globalphysics is exactly as lame as it is at JustThinking)
I think it offers some insight into that aspect of astrology that promotes the most skepticism, if not outright scorn.
Aspect ..... get it?
That being the tendency on the part of Astrology's practitioners and true believers to just flat out cram an interpretation for a particular chart into their own, personal world view ........... after the fact.
In fairness to Astrology, the same can be said of climate science.
Or at least that which passes for climate science as practiced at Penn State University, the University of East Anglia, and NASA.
Although in the instance of climate science, financial considerations must be recognized.
I think what it comes down to is simply people being people, and feeling a human's need to define down the universe in which we live in order to feel bigger, stronger and a maybe little less like a pinball.
Mars conjunct Saturn, exact July 31.
This happens every two years on average. Mars swinging past Saturn tends to lend a militant edge to Saturn's restrictive presence, quite often as a start/stop energetic that usually lasts only a couple of weeks during "normal" times. Mars will be within a five degree orb of influence to Saturn from July 21 to August 9 , effectively bracketing the most intense phase of the Cardinal Cross.
Mars' previous conjunction with Saturn happened in July 2008, right when US voters were making up their minds about who would be next to enter the White House. Mars' touch of militancy signaled a turn-off of McCain's overly debilitated Saturnian (war-mongering) persona, switching many over to Obama's more Uranian side, just a few short months before Saturn (McCain) and Uranus (Obama) reached their first precise opposition on Election Day.
Mars' subsequent opposition to Saturn (April 2009) represented Obama's attempts to wisely (Saturn) utilize troops (Mars) in Iraq and Afghanistan, a process necessarily involving extreme Saturnian patience. This is "why" it took him so long to come up with effective strategies, and why the jury is still out on the effectiveness of those moves.
And once again, at the risk of redundancy.
Summer of Doom
Just Thinking Chronology
Cardinal Cross


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MLBMLB
Morton 'excited' to return to Braves decade later
'Drawing Mike Trout every day until the lockout is over' -- How an MLB fan's tribute turned into an internet sensation
4dJoon Lee
One fun fact you (probably) did not know for all 30 MLB teams
1dDavid Schoenfield
Sources: MLBPA to make counteroffer Monday
15hJeff Passan
Robot umpires to be used in Triple-A in 2022
Rays owner: MLB nixing Montreal plan 'deflating'
21hAlden Gonzalez
Deaths in fall at Petco ruled suicide-homicide
2dElizabeth Merrill
Free agent Correa hires Boras to represent him
3dJeff Passan
Dodgers promote ex-pitcher Gomes to GM role
3dAlden Gonzalez
Death of Rays BP catcher Ramirez ruled a suicide
These former MLB players deserve more love from Hall of Fame voters
The best player not in the Baseball Hall of Fame at every position
14dDavid Schoenfield
Bolting Braves for Yankees or Dodgers? Five places Freddie Freeman might end up
Ranking MLB's top 10 teams: A Braves repeat? Are Mets N.Y.'s best? Who will own the AL?
7dBuster Olney
Sources: MLB proposal does little to sway players
8dJeff Passan and Jesse Rogers
Top 10 at each outfield spot: It's still Trout in center, but who leads in right -- baseball's most stacked position?
Ranking MLB's top 10 at each infield spot: Is Freeman No. 1 at 1B? Which SS is best?
10dBuster Olney
'Maybe the best playoff pitcher ever': What made Jon Lester an October legend and potential Hall of Famer
9dJesse Rogers
MLB free-agency tracker: Latest moves, grades and analysis
Joining buddy Bryce in Philly? A return to the Bay? Top 5 free-agency fits for All-Star Kris Bryant
35dAlden Gonzalez
A's add Ausmus as bench coach under Kotsay
Atlanta Braves' Charlie Morton has faint memories of previous stint with team
ATLANTA -- Charlie Morton is back with the team where his big league career started.
Not that he has a lot of memories from that rookie season with the Atlanta Braves.
"That was 11 years ago," Morton said Wednesday.
Actually, it was 12.
With Charlie Morton, Braves eye another run at Dodgers in 2021
1yDavid Schoenfield
"I don't remember a whole lot about it," he continued. "I was only with the Braves in the big leagues for about four months."
Morton returned to the Braves after agreeing to a $15 million, one-year contract, further bolstering the rotation of a team that came within one victory of reaching the World Series.
While only a handful of people Morton knows are still in the organization, he said he was impressed by what he saw from afar.
"This is as talented a group as you're going to find," he said. "I'm excited to get in that clubhouse, be around them and get to know them."
Morton, 37, lives in Bradenton, Florida, and had hoped to return to the Tampa Bay Rays for a third season. But the team declined his $15 million option, so he settled for the next best choice.
Returning to the Braves.
General manager Alex Anthopoulos made it clear right away that he was interested in Morton, especially after the Braves struggled throughout the shortened 2020 season to put together an effective rotation.
"They were aggressive early," Morton said. "They were one of the first teams to call. Alex was checking in frequently."
With four young children, Morton said proximity to home was the most important factor in his decision. Atlanta is a short flight from the Tampa Bay area. The Braves' spring training complex in North Port is less than an hour's drive away.
"My hope was that we could stay close to home," Morton said. "The situation in Tampa was awesome."
Morton was called up by the Braves in 2008. He made 15 starts on a team that lost 90 games, going 4-8 with a 6.15 ERA.
He was back in Triple-A the following year when the Braves dealt him to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a package of prospects for Nate McLouth.
Morton turned out to be quite the late bloomer, breaking through with the best years of his career well into his 30s. He went 29-10 over two seasons with the Houston Astros, making the All-Star Game for the first time at age 34. He moved on to the Rays in 2019, going 16-6 with a 3.05 ERA and making the Midsummer Classic for the second time.
Along the way, Morton has become one of baseball's greatest postseason pitchers. The right-hander is the first hurler in big league history to earn four victories in winner-take-all playoff games.
After going 2-2 with a 4.74 ERA in nine starts this past season, he burnished his clutch credentials by winning three more games in the playoffs. His streak of seven straight postseason wins finally ended with a Game 3 loss to the Dodgers in the World Series.
Morton certainly has a chance to get back to the playoffs with the Braves, who have captured three straight NL East titles. He joins another free-agent acquisition, Drew Smyly, in a rotation led by Cy Young contender Max Fried and rookie sensation Ian Anderson, who is only 22.
Atlanta is also counting on the recovery of another budding star, 23-year-old Mike Soroka, who went down this past season with a torn Achilles. When the rotation is at full strength, it should be one of the best groups in all of baseball.
"They've got some really good pitchers," Morton said. "I didn't realize how young they were were. I looked them up and I was like, 'Dang.'"
You'll have to excuse his lack of knowledge about the Braves.


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Greatest Movies of 2017
NUTS4R2s Best
Movies of 2017
Unlike many years, I won't make any apologies this time around for my top movies list being dominated by product made in the USA. Of my 26 favourite 2017 movies here, around 16 of them were made with American dollars and that's absolutely fine by me when their contribution to cinema this year has been so great. In my Christmas Day post (here) I touched on the fact that this year has seen the poorest cinema box office since the 1980s. And yet, I find I've been to the cinema way more than I have on many previous years. Admittedly, there were a fair amount of bad movies too but even this list has some really great films left out.
What we have here are films which got a UK cinema release (of some kind) in 2017 but I'm pretty sure a couple of those may not get a general release over here until next year (if at all). Similarly, some of the films on this year's list opened in some other countries in 2016 but this is the first time we've had a release of them over here. This does create the odd anomaly. For instance, Alice Lowe's brilliant Prevenge (reviewed by me here) was released earlier in the year but I already had it pretty high up in my best films of 2016 list because I'd seen an early screening at the London Film Festival. So... yeah... I'm not putting the same movie in a list two years running.
Anyway, that's enough of my caveats... here's the list in ascending order with number 26 being the least of my best picks and number one being the absolute bees knees. Enjoy!
26. War For The Planet Of The Apes USA
The latest and possibly last in a trilogy of rebooted Planet Of The Apes films had an emotional storyline, some good action and a fine score by Michael Giacchino. My review for this one is here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/war-for-planet-of-apes.html
25. Their Finest UK
Beautifully heart rending British movie about a lady screenwriter doing her bit for the propaganda of the Second World War on the home front. A real tear jerker, this is reviewed by me here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/their-finest.html
24. Wind River UK/Canada/USA
An FBI agent and a tracker try to solve a murder mystery on a snowy, Native American Indian Reservation. Harsh, bleak and somewhat beautiful with two of Marvel's The Avengers team as the main protagonists. My review for this one is here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/wind-river.html
23. Shin Godzilla Japan
Just like the latest Star Wars movie, this film is somewhat disappointing in places with long, dull stretches in between the good stuff. That being said, it's nice seeing The Big G back on screen with a new Japanese incarnation and with a surprise arsenal up its scaly sleeve. It also has one of the best scores of the year so, even during the boring bits, you can tap your toes along with the on screen shenanigans. My review for this one should be out sometime in the next week.
22. Elle France/Germany/Belgium
This tale of slow burn revenge by a somewhat questionable character who comes from a background of deviant violence is a far cry from some of the other films I've seen from Paul Verhoeven. Isabelle Huppert is exceptional, as she generally is, in this interesting study of a powerful, female cat playing with her cornered mice. My review of this one here... http://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/elle.html
21. The Handmaiden aka Ah-Ga-Ssi South Korea
This stylish and relocated adaptation of Sarah Walter's Fingersmith was sexy and suspenseful, with all of the elegance in shot composition that you would expect from a director like Chan-wook Park. My review can be found here... http://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/the-handmaiden-aka-ah-ga-ssi.html
20. Star Wars - Episode VIII - The Last Jedi USA
Much as I love the films of the director responsible for this, after viewing it a second time I can confirm, at least in my own mind, that this is a bit of a dull and disappointing misfire of a Star Wars movie. However, there is some really good stuff going on too and I enjoy watching this with an eye on what it might potentially have been, rather than what it is. It's enjoyable enough, though, to warrant inclusion in this list, I feel. My review of this one is here...
https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/star-wars-episode-viii-last-jedi.html
19. Colossal Spain/Canada
One of those films that changes tone drastically about half way through, Colossal starts off with a wonderful idea about waking up to find that you're manifesting as a giant monster in another part of the world before going into far more serious social commentary. My review of this little gem is here... http://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/colossal.html
18. Most Beautiful Island USA
Wonderful film about a twisted 'job offer' given to an immigrant trying to survive in modern America, inspired by the writer/director/star's own experiences. My review of this film, which I'm hoping will get a wider release sometime soon, is here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/most-beautiful-island.html
17. Kong - Skull Island USA
For once, a modern made King Kong movie which manages to look beyond the admittedly fantastic origins of the character and do something different with it. Stay past the credits to see exactly where this franchise is going and for a clue as to why the opening credits here looked very similar to another monster movie that was released a few years ago. Reviewed by me here... http://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/kong-skull-island.html
16. Daphne UK
Slice of life movie about a young woman dealing with the world around her, this is exactly the kind of film which British cinema does so well. I reviewed this one here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/daphne.html
15. Personal Shopper France/Germany/Czech Republic/Belgium
Oliver Assayas' take on ghosts with two mysteries at its heart - one a murder mystery and the other a metaphysical riddle, is definitely worth a look if you can do so without expecting the genre conventions of either of those kinds of movies to be given any play. I reviewed this quite recently here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/personal-shopper.html
14. Ghost In The Shell USA
I enjoyed this live action version of the famous Manga much more than the original Anime (when I eventually saw it... a review I wrote for that will see the light of day soon, I hope). Riveting but with something of a rushed ending, the film was much closer, for me, to the beauty of Ridley Scott's original Blade Runner than the film which actually was a sequel to that classic (and which I certainly hadn't expected to be absent from this list but... yeah, that one missed the mark for me). My review of this live action version is here... http://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/ghost-in-shell.html
13. Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool UK
Absolutely first rate look, from Bond movie production company EON Films, of the last years of the life of famous noir actress Gloria Grahame. Annette Bening and Jamie Bell positively shine. I reviewed this one here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool.html
12. Happy Death Day USA
This is basically a slasher movie remake of Groundhog Day, using the central idea of that film and grafting it onto the 'teenager in peril' genre. It even goes as far as to reference that film in its dialogue towards the end of this one. Way better than I thought it would be, the film is one of many this year to benefit from a score by Bear McCreary. My review can be found here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/happy-death-day.html
11. Blade Of The Immortal Japan/UK
Takashi Miike's 100th feature film is a bloody ronin flavoured tale of revenge based on a manga with the levels of extreme violence you would expect from this director... especially when he occasionally dips his toes into chanbara. You can read my review of this one here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/blade-of-immortal.html
10. Patti Cake$ USA
All I will say is about this one is that I certainly wasn't expecting to be inspired enough by a movie that I wrote my entire review as rap lyrics. My rap for this one can be vocalised by you here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/patti-cake.html
9. Ingrid Goes West USA
A funny but also concerning look at the lengths some people will go to, to be around those who are popular. If it isn't on instagram then... did it really even happen? Only Ingrid would know. My review is here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/ingrid-goes-west.html
8. The Love Witch USA
I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as Ana Biller's previous feature, VIVA but, it was still a pretty cool movie and aesthetically 'right up there' compared to many movies made this year with strong and colourful compositions to offset the near perfect levels of irony in the film. I reviewed this one here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/the-love-witch.html
7. The Villainess aka Ak-Nyeo South Korea
I only saw this a few days ago but it's pretty much this year's best action spectacle (even beating out Atomic Blonde in the hand to hand combat stakes, as far as I'm concerned). It's also a remake of Luc Besson's phenomenal Nikita but, it's certainly one of the more successful ones of that much remade classic. My review of this can be discovered here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/the-villainess-aka-ak-nyeo.html
6. La La Land USA
As my initial review would seem to indicate, I didn't react that well to this movie the first time I saw it. Then, when I heard the music again, it caught up with me with a bang (luckily while I was still able to get a few more screenings in at the cinema before it left town). This one is a great modern musical which I intend to watch a fair few times more in my lifetime. That initial, somewhat downbeat review, is here... http://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/la-la-land.html
5. Brigsby Bear USA
Well, there are two films in this list which starred Mark Hamill and, believe me, this is by far the better of the two. This film starts off a little like Dogtooth but then goes in its own, much different direction. Truly great movie which deserves to be seen more than it has so far... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/brigsby-bear.html
4. Miss Sloane USA
Wow. This is exactly the kind of movie that the Americans really know how to do right, It's somewhat predictable but that journey to the ending is absolutely fantastic and, frankly, I wouldn't have wanted it to end any other way. Jessica Chastain should have won an Oscar for this performance. Truly astonishing work in this one from everybody. I reviewed this in awe here... http://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/miss-sloane.html
3. A Ghost Story USA
This surprising movie about the afterlife of a silent ghost who is basically a walking sheet was truly entrancing, inventive and had an absolutely pitch perfect ending. My review of this one is here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/a-ghost-story.html
2. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women USA
The story of the creator of both Wonder Woman and the lie detector, this tells of a man and two women in the 1920s - 1940s, living in a fetishistic threesome lifestyle with their various children (by the same father). It has an absolutely brilliant script, three amazing central performances and was written by a director who really knows what she is doing. The dialogue practically sings. I wrote about this one here... https://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/professor-marston-and-wonder-women.html
1. Wonder Woman USA/China/Hong Kong
I can't say enough good things about Patty Jenkin's absolute masterpiece of modern super-hero cinema. This isn't just the greatest super-hero movie ever made (which it certainly is), it's also one of the 10 greatest films of the decade as far as I'm concerned. There's so much going on in this movie on every level that, when I think about the coordination that must have gone on for this to happen, my head hurts a bit trying to figure out how Jenkins could have held all those juggled balls in motion without dropping any. Every time I revisit this, my tear drenched eyeballs see something new and the nuances of the performance and direction/editing/scoring/costume/set design just leave me in awe of this cast and crew. Absolutely phenomenal and all involved deserve Oscars for this artistic triumph. I am so going to be watching this pretty much once every year for the rest of my life, I suspect. My initial, "what did I just see" review is here where, frankly, I don't gush enough... http://nuts4r2.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/wonder-woman.html
And so that's this years list. I realise there are some big omissions which people might get angry about (and which won't do much for my credibility) but I hope I've been as uncompromising in my choices here as I try to be with everything else on this blog. I'm also encouraged that over half of them are pretty much about strong women and wonder if this is a trend which will continue. I hope you enjoyed reading this (if you made it this far) and I hope next year's cinematic offerings are even half as rich as this years. Keep reading and watching.
Labels: 2017, Best Movies, Favourite Movies, Films, Greatest Movies, Top Movies
The Villainess (aka Ak-Nyeo)
Doctor Who - Twice Upon A Time
A Christmas Horror Story
Ghosts of Christmas Past
NUTS4R2's Cryptic Movie Quiz - Christmas 2017
Star Wars Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Cherry (aka About Cherry)
Der Fan (aka The Fan)
Filmish
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen


The Welch Group was founded in 1934 by brothers Gordon and Jim Welch with one three-tonne Morris, petrol-driven truck from a small village in South Cambridgeshire.
Today, the Welch Group of Companies employs 165 industry professionals with an annual turnover in excess of £12 million. The company has grown into a nationwide service provider, diversifying into many related industries including transport, warehousing, crane hire and truck centres.
Operating across various locations including Cambridge, Bedfordshire, Witham, Peterborough and St Ives in Cambridgeshire, The Welch Group delivers both nationally and into Europe.
"Within our industry, you have to jump through so many hoops in order to gain an operator's licence. It's positive to see that the haulage industry – in general – has become a safer one to work in.
General Manager Ian Lawton is responsible within The Welch Group for implementing safety standards, and Tony Welch is the board director who oversees standards. They hold quarterly health and safety meetings at each of the depots, and the emphasis has always been on practical implementation from apprentice all the way through the organisation. The company has gained its ISO9001 and ISO14001 standards, but wanted to take it to the next level – and thought the time had come to outsource.
Mike Bentham, sales and marketing director, added: "A business of our size should always look to refine what we do. Hosking Associates was recommended to us, and carried out a detailed review of how we actually manage our safety and health responsibilities. One of the outcomes from this was to coordinate management training programs. We had no hesitation in proceeding with this.
"We employ managers to run the business from each depot, and we are always keen for them to understand the risks and to properly engage staff across the company.
The initial review provided observations for The Welch Group to undertake over the first three to six months.
The IOSH Managing Safely Course, which was recommended and delivered by Hosking Associates, ran over four weeks during April and May 2016.
The main content of the course covered risk assessment, along with legal aspects of health and safety. Nine senior managers attended, covering eight modules.
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Established in 2005, Hosking Associates focuses on health and safety and the environment. Its consultants help companies and schools create a healthy and safe environment for their workforce and anyone who comes to the premises.
The company works with organisations as the health, safety and/or environmental manager – either within organisations that prefer to outsource, or where an internal resource is not necessary.
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