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Rolls Royce and its Partners Want to Have Their Nuclear SMRs Running by 2029
Petition to Include Nuclear in the European Green Bond Taxonomy Closing Soon.
Nuclear Industry Disappointed by the Cancellation of Wylfa and Oldbury
New Industry Figures Show Nuclear Supports 63,816 Jobs Up And Down The Country
Abandoning Nuclear in Favour Mix of Wind and Gas to Cause Rising Costs and Tripling Emissions by 2030, Study Says.
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New cooperation for molten salt reactors
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Waldeck Consulting have teamed up to help Moltex Energy to develop their innovative technological solution for molten salt reactors. The companies believe that this can lead to safer, cheaper and cleaner nuclear power, which has the potential to transform the global nuclear industry.
UK-based Moltex Energy have combined a major scientific breakthrough with the latest technology to enable the construction of Stable Salt Reactors (SSR). One other significant benefit of Moltex's SSRs is that they can use low-grade spent uranium fuel cells to generate power; and this cleans up what was waste from old nuclear plants at the same time, removing the need for its deep geological disposal at immense cost. This means that, in theory, the cost of building an SSR to generate energy could be significantly less than that of the current programme for dealing with the UK's existing spent fuel rods.
Waldeck Consulting, also a UK company, which has developed digital project delivery and lifecycle management solutions for heavy industries (from concept through operation to decommissioning), including those in the nuclear sector. A digital project differs from the traditional project approach in that it comprises 3D models and all associated project data, being correlated, coordinated, configured and housed within a Common Data Environment (CDE). This CDE creates a 'single source of truth' which all parties can access permitting the project team in making more informed project based decisions.
Dr Ian Scott, former chief scientist of Unilever and founding partner of Moltex Energy said: "It was a great privilege to introduce Moltex Stable Salt Reactor Technology (SSR) to the Waldeck team and we are delighted to have their strategic and technical support in our UK SSR development project."
"Our reactors are a 'now' project: the SSR uses technology that has been perfected over the past 50 years by the nuclear industry, together with technology already deployed in solar power plants. Coupled with some clever adaptations and our own bespoke 21st Century intellectual property we are able to create a safer, cheaper and cleaner solution to help to meet current and future global energy requirements."
Waldeck organised a summit to bring together a group of experts and innovators who will work under the Waldeck umbrella to assist Moltex Energy. Waldeck founder and Managing Director, Paul Waldeck, told Nuclear Matters: "We were so pleased to have the opportunity to host the Waldeck and Moltex Energy Seminar which showcased Moltex Energy's major scientific breakthrough to a forum of such esteemed individuals. It was invaluable to combine this expertise with our own Digital Enterprise Lifecycle Management expertise and capabilities. Moving forward, this group of friends and associates have now been united under the Waldeck umbrella to help Moltex Energy; and they also represent a unified and complementary fit which will enable us to compete with the biggest global consultancies across the whole nuclear spectrum."
Paul explained: "We recognise that tried and tested experience coupled with 21st century tools for the digitalisation of the nuclear industry will be crucial to the successful construction of nuclear facilities safely, to the necessary standards, and that are delivered on time and on budget: but this is just the start. A nuclear facility is a long term asset, and effective maintenance ensures it remains safe, efficient and commercially viable. Enterprise Lifecycle Management brings a digital approach from the construction phase through to technology that is used throughout the asset's lifecycle. This ensures significant cost savings and is also vital for efficient and safe decommissioning."
Dr David Bradbury, ex-chairman of the Nuclear Industry Accociation's Decommissioning Working Group, who chaired the Summit, said "It has been a long time since I've seen such an incredible group of talent gathered in one place and, better still, all of us thoroughly enjoyed the event and really got something stimulating and thought-provoking out of it. It is extremely exciting for us all to be supporting great British innovators like Moltex and Waldeck in any way we can; and the fact that so many industry experts had assembled on their behalf, says an awful lot about those two firms, what they are trying to do, and the calibre of the people involved."
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Gallery panorama with Tim x2!
Linda is such a lovely lady; we spoke about how her father, a successful artist, had inspired her technique. Her exhibition 'Visions through Light' features a series of landscapes of Venice and Norfolk. I've always liked the impressionistic quality of her work, which stands alone without any reliance on detail. The viewer feels like they are there, present in the moment, underneath a vast expanse of sky or looking out from a Venetian bridge. There are remnants of the great impressionists Turner and Monet and like them she creates an atmospheric moment of time.
'Visions through Light' exhibition runs until 21 April.
..Is a marvel with colour, wit & whimsy.
Originally a professional photographer, Lizzy changed her focus from camera to canvas some 20 years ago. Since then her pictures, both family portraits and business & feature works, have become increasingly sought after.
Lizzy has a uniquely original perspective for people & place. Using watercolours she creates urban landscapes with detailed architecture & colourful characters. All are presented with passion, drama and in her own quirky style.
LIZZY'S SALES AT VISIT LEICESTER!
Postcards of Leicester, including Lizzy's painting of Leicester Town Hall Square entitled 'Red Shoes', are available from PRETTIEZ, Clarendon Park, Leicester.
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Lizzy's prints & originals, including 'A Right Royal Street Party', can be purchased from SAATCHI ONLINE.
New retailer, PRETTIEZ of Clarendon Park!
The Foxes win the League! Leicester City FC team heroes!
Leicester City FC back in the Premier League!
Lizzy & Leicester Open 25 art comp!
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Summer has ended in a series of thunderstorms and the parched land is already speckled with shoots of green. No hailstones as big as tennis balls, the locals with vineyards and olive groves murmur in relief, but both harvests are bad this year. That is because of the drought. No rain since April. We have been on longer walks in the fresher weather and I have been amazed at the number of shrines, usually where tracks cross in the hillside, or sadly where a child was hit by a cart or an older person tripped and slid down a steep terrace on to the next one and died of the injuries. Most have an image of the Virgin Mary, many of Santa Margherita, the local saint, and still more of Padre Pio, perhaps the strangest of all.
Santa Margherita is the saint of Cortona. She lived in the 13th century in a small village, Valiano that you go through on the way from Cortona to Montpulciano. Her story is so familiar. She was beautiful but poor. A young nobleman noticed her when passing through her village to go hunting. He fell in love, promised marriage and the rest. Well, one day he went hunting. His dog returned to Valiano to find Margherita and lead her to where he had fallen from his horse and lay dying. Devastated, she decided to leave her village and walked to Cortona where she entered the third Order of Saint Francis. Her son was born and then lost to history. She was the obvious patron saint for Cortona. The hospital she founded was still there until a few years ago when it was moved to modern premises. Her figure in the shrine, hands clasped and eyes raised to heaven. is always dressed in the brown garment of the Franciscan order.
Padre Pio was a priest from the Gargano, the 'spur' of Italy. A poor boy, he entered the church just before WW1 where he served before he was invalided out. Not long before he died in 1968 I visited the Gargano and decided to go to see him. The main street of San Giovanni Rotondo was lined with clinics and places for the afflicted to stay. The church was crowded, and when Padre Pio appeared on the balcony arms were raised. He held up his hands to bless the congregation – they were covered in mittens. The wounds Christ suffered nailed on the cross – the stigmata – appeared on St. Francis's body in the 13th century while he was praying on Mount Verna. Padre Pio was one of two or three others who have received the stigmata. A psychologist on one of my study tours had written a paper on the subject and gave me a copy. He said it was rare but possible for physical wounds to appear through intense thought, emotions or prayer. The church in San Giovanni Rotondo was filled with votive offerings from the grateful, often in the form of photographs attached to silver legs, hearts, arms, or whatever part of the body was healed through the help of Padre Pio. He has now been made a saint. The shrines have the same framed photo of him, and all of them have flowers, some sadly artificial, and a few have small holy water stoops.
Don Ferruccio, the local priest when we came to the area, is now 94. A few years ago he led a procession to all the shrines of the Virgin Nary in the valley. We joined the group of locals unaware of the large number of holy places in our valley, on 8 September, the Feast of the Birth of the Virgin. It was a pilgrimage that lasted long into the evening, ending with slices of salty ham taken down from the rafters and Tuscan bread with their rather raw red wine.
I love your blog – so polished! Do hope we can meet some time in London or here. You are always welcome.


Today's topics include Mozilla focusing on its Thunderbird email client, and Microsoft unveiling and updating SharePoint web parts for users.
Mozilla is renewing focus on its Thunderbird email client after pulling much of the focus and funding for the project back in July 2012.
According to Ryan Sipes, community manager for the Thunderbird project, there are currently eight full-time staff working on Thunderbird. However, over the course of 2019 the plan is to add up to six additional staff members, who will be engineering personnel working on making Thunderbird faster and easier to use.
Among the items that Mozilla's Thunderbird staff will work on in 2019 are efforts to improve the notification system to better integrate with native operating system notification systems.
Better support for integrating with Gmail is also part of the 2019 plan, as is improving the integration of email encryption technology.
Developers and users of Microsoft's SharePoint web-based collaboration and document management platform can now choose from a wide range of new and updated SharePoint web parts that can be used to communicate information within businesses and to customers and partners.
Mark Kashman, a senior product manager for the SharePoint team, said, "SharePoint web parts in Office 365 are the building blocks of your pages and sites."
New web parts include an interactive Yammer experience integrated within SharePoint, a My Recent Documents tool, a My Frequent Sites web part, Microsoft Stream now allowing sorting choices and mobile embedded playback capabilities, embedded Youtube videos, a countdown timer, a quick chart component, a code snippet web part and a markdown web part, which is a plain text formatting syntax.


I made a nice little vine maple bow for a young woman in Florida. She is interested in eventually bow hunting deer with the bow but she also wants to practice ambidextrous shooting. To accommodate this I left off the arrow rest and made a double sided leather arrow pass. The light brown stain on the middle section of the limbs was made from a steel wool/vinegar stain. I was expecting it to be more grey but I like how it turned out. I went with the brown theme. The light marks on the edge of the tips are made by lightly scraping away the stain with a small file. I got that idea from a trade bow I received from Badly Bent. I'm pleased with it's performance. It is quick shooting with no hand shock. More than enough to take a deer with. I was actually out in the woods behind my house to take some pictures of the bow the other day. As I was walking along in my jeans and noisy red rain coat carrying a bright orange backpack I looked up to see a nice fat fork buck browsing about 20 yards away from me. He hadn't even seen me yet. It's the late archery season for my area. I had half a mind to try and string up this bow that I was carrying and taking a shot with the stone point I had. After a minute or so, he saw me and walked off. I guess I'll let the owner of the bow take the first deer with it.
Re: Vine Maple Flatbow 40#@25"
I like the natural tips - no overlays.
Excellent, beautiful bow, Weylin. Very well done.
That's a handsome bow, Weylin. Going to FL? Where abouts?
I knew before I opened this post that it would be another beauty. Wasn't disappointed.
Everything you do is at the very top of the bar. Beautiful work!
very nice bow. love all the neutral colors that are on this one.
Real nice! The lady will like it! Glad to hear more ladies getting into the field to hunt. Good work blending the color tones!
Another beautiful bow with beautiful profiles Weylin. Top Shelf for sure.
Your an artist man! That is another exceptional bow as usual! Well done!!
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Rangers peedo scandal as Newco…
Rangers peedo scandal as Newco sweeps aside compensation
We have all heard the blue noses scream Peedo at us in reference to the Torbet scandal which they claim big Jock knew about, that was a shameful incident in our clubs history and one the club has been open and contrite about.
Across town, a man code-named David to protect his identity has had his life ruined by late Rangers youth coach Gordon Neely, a man who abused David when he was just 11 years old.
David has sought compensation from The Rangers who have conveniently said they are not the same company, or in reality the same club that existed when he was on the books.
It is typical of Sevco that all the titles and alleged World records belong to them whilst all the debts, lies and now abuse victims are the property of the liquidators.
That he has been sent to the liquidators means that there are now 277 creditors looking for recompense from the Oldco's sins, none more deserving than David.
Most interestingly he doesn't seem to be after a pot of gold, merely an apology so he can move on, speaking in the BBC David said:
"And I'd like them to sit there and listen to me and realise the impact that it's had and get an apology off them face-to-face. That's my real goal."
Instead, the Ibrox season ticket holder is being told the club he is watching is the same but since the owners are different the sins are not of its making.
If they are the same club then they should compensate David, sending him into the line with the face painter and taxi drivers is as low as it gets.
I wonder what they will write on their bonfires this July?
If it has anything to do with sweeping abuse under the rug on a tricolor then remember the 277th creditor.

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Bale talk 'ridiculous'
Real Madrid's Gareth Bale. Pic: Getty Images
Gareth Bale's agent has dismissed the "ridiculous" speculation suggesting he could leave Real Madrid this summer.
The 28-year-old is preparing for his fifth season at the Bernabeu, having won the Champions League three times during that spell, but reports have once again linked the Welshman with a move away.
However, Bale's representative Jonathan Barnett said: "The speculation is ridiculous. Stupid."
Bale signed a new six-year contract with Real last October but speculation was sparked by coach Zinedine Zidane's comments after this week's pre-season defeat to Manchester City in Los Angeles. The Frenchman said he could not guarantee Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo would all be at the club at the start of the season.
"I hope the BBC (Bale, Benzema and Cristiano) stay for this season. I hope everyone remains," he said after Wednesday's friendly.
"I want everyone who is here now to stay...but anything can happen right up until August 31."


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Daemon steht für:
 Dämon
 Daemon, ein Hintergrundprogramm unter Unix
 Daemon Tools, eine Disk-Emulationssoftware für Windows
 BSD-Daemon, das Maskottchen von BSD-Unix
 Daemon, ein Buch von Daniel Suarez (Schriftsteller)
 Daemon (Band), eine ehemalige dänische Death-Metal-Band

Siehe auch:
 Daimon
 Damon
 Demon
 Die Dämonen
 Dämon (Begriffsklärung)
 The Daemons

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Q: Why eclipse thinks something has changed in my local git repository? this is a issue I've been bumping into lately. Eclipse shows > on some of my project files marking them as changed even though they're actually not. Running git status in git bash shows no changes and comparing to a latest revision through eclipse shows no changes too.
What might be a cause for that?

A: You can see the list of changed files.
Right click on the project > Team > Commit...
In the files section you should see the list of changed files.

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Nenad Zivkovic (born 19 March 2002) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a forward for Luzern U21 in the Swiss 1. Liga.

Club career
Zivkovic made his professional debut with Luzern in a 2–1 Swiss Super League win over FC Zürich on 31 July 2020.

References

External links

 SFL Profile
 SFV U16 Profile
 SFV U18 Profile

2002 births
People from Cham, Switzerland
Sportspeople from the canton of Zug
Swiss people of Serbian descent
Living people
Swiss men's footballers
Switzerland youth international footballers
Association football forwards
FC Luzern players
Swiss Super League players
Swiss 1. Liga (football) players


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Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Keywords: rio grande do sul | santo Ângelo |
image by Ivan Sache, 4 March 2020
The municipality of Santo Ângelo (76,275 inhabitants in 2010; 68,050 ha) is located 460 km of Porto Alegre. The municipality is composed of the districts of Santo Ângelo (seat), Buriti (est. by Municipal Law No. 7 promulgated on 17 July 1956), Comandaí (est. by Municipal Law No. 410 promulgated on 19 December 1978), Colônia Municipal (est. by Municipal Law No. 410 promulgated on 19 December 1978), Rincão dos Mendes (est. by Municipal Law No. 688 promulgated on 20 May 1982), Restinga Seca (est. by Municipal Law No. 815 promulgated on 25 September 1984), Lajeado do Cerne (est. by Municipal Law No. 815 promulgated on 25 September 1984), Atafona (est. by Municipal Law No. 1,103 promulgated on 9 August 1988), Ressaca da Buriti (est. by Municipal Law No. 1,402 promulgated on 25 July 1991), Cristo Rei (est. by Municipal Law No. 1,466 promulgated on 26 December 1991), Sossego (est. by Municipal Law No. 1,636 promulgated on 12 April 1993), Rincão dos Rorattos (est. by Municipal Law No. 1,636 promulgated on 12 April 1993), União (est. by Municipal Law No. 1,636 promulgated on 12 April 1993), Lajeado Micium (est. by Municipal Law No. 1,785 promulgated on 29 March 1994), and Rincão dos Meotti (est. by Municipal Law No. 2,566 promulgated on 27 August 2002).
Santo Ângelo was established in 12 August 1706 by the Jesuit missionary Diogo de Haze as a reduction dedicated to the Missions' Custodian Angel (Santo Ângelo Custódio). The seventh of the Seven Missions' Settlements, it was originally established near the confluence of rivers Ijuí and Ijuizinho and transferred in 1707 to the today's historical downtown. A flourishing mission counting up to 8,000 inhabitants, the town was destroyed in 1756 during the War of the Seven Reductions.
The municipality of Santo Ângelo was established by Law no. 835 promulgated on 22 March 1873, separating from Cruz Alta.
https://pmsantoangelo.abase.com.br/
Divided vertically 1:2, the narrow stripe divided horizontally green-red-yellow, and the white field bearing the municipal arms.
Dirk Schönberger, 26 March 2012
The flag of Santo Ângelo is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 40 promulgated on 12 April 1972.
Article 1.
The municipal flag has for symbol the coat of arms of Santo Ângelo in its simplified version, located in the center of the 2/3 of the rectangle (argent), representing candor, the first rectangular third being made of the three stripes of the Ragamuffin flag.
a) 1st third, first stripe: vert (green), meaning abundance; second stripe, gules (red), meaning intrepidity; third stripe, golden yellow, meaning force.
b) the town's coat of arms in the center of the 2/3 white, meaning candor, in its simplified version, whose heraldic description is the following: A Portuguese shield, vert two wing stumps argent in chief a scallop of the same in base. A bordure per pale, 1. Red seven castles or masoned black, 2. Argent five blue escutcheons each charged with five bezants argent. The shield surmounted by a five-towered mural crown argent. A green scroll charged with the municipality's name argent surrounded by the dates "1707" and "1873" of the same.
The green field represents the municipality's natural resources and recalls that Santo Ângelo was the only reduction to have production of mate as its source of income. The wings and the scallop symbolize the missionary settlements established on the municipal territory, Santo Ângelo, São Miguel (the two angel's wings) and São João (the baptismal scallop). The municipal territory was located at the front of political expansion of Spain and Portugal, as recalled by the divided border charged dexter with seven castles and sinister with five "quinas", the heraldic symbols of the two peninsular kingdoms. The scroll is inscribed with the date of foundation of the missionary settlement and of municipal emancipation. The mural crown indicates the rank of "cidade" and municipal seat.
https://www2.leismunicipais.com.br/leismunicipais/originais/rs/santo-angelo/lei-ordinaria-40-1972.pdf
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Santo Ângelo is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 2 promulgated on 7 April 1965.
Portuguese shield, green two wing stumps argent in chief a scallop of the same in base. A bordure per pale, 1. Red seven castles or masoned black, 2. Argent five blue escutcheons each charged with five bezants argent. The shield surmounted by a five-towered mural crown argent. A green scroll charged with the municipality's name argent surrounded by the dates "1707" and "1873" of the same.
https://www2.leismunicipais.com.br/leismunicipais/originais/rs/santo-angelo/lei-ordinaria-2-1965.pdf
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Amanda Tien is a writer, creative professional, and strategist. She grew up on the move as the daughter of an U.S. Army officer and a teacher with a passion for community, storytelling, and adventure. She is currently an MFA candidate in Fiction at the University of Pittsburgh and was a 2020-2021 Dietrich Fellow. At the University of Pittsburgh, she was the Winner of the 2021 Jean Meyer Aloe Graduate Poetry Award and Third Place Winner of the 2021 Nordan-Kinder Award in Fiction. She presented at the 2021 Graduate Student Expo on her research paper, "Takeout and Uptake: An Analysis of Food as a Narrative and Cultural Device in Chinese American Novels."
During her time as a graduate student at Pitt, Amanda is finishing her first novel, teaching Seminar in Composition, and exploring multimedia projects. Her writing has been published in Columbia College Today, Poets.org, Public Books, and The Punished Backlog. Her work can be viewed at www.amandatien.com.


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Q: JavaFx Call another panel and transmits values My program is structured package and control on the interface as follows
**+ Browser          : BrowserController.class**
                     -@FXML
                      private SplitPane spHTMLParser;
                      @FXML
                      private TextField txtURL;
                      @FXML
                      private Button btnSearch;
                      @FXML
                      private WebView browser;

**+ Browser/Console  : ConsoleController.class**
                      @FXML
                      private Label lblURL;

In the browser page when the user clicks the btnSearch,I will show webview site with user input url. When the process is complete I want to show the Console.fxml in Browser.fxml with SplitPane and When the console is displayed, I'd label can get value url . Please help me!
 @FXML
    void btnSearch(ActionEvent event) {
        String url = txtURL.getText().trim();
        if (!url.isEmpty()) {
            WebEngine  webEngine = browser.getEngine();
            progressBar.progressProperty().bind(webEngine.getLoadWorker().progressProperty());
            webEngine.load(url);
            webEngine.getLoadWorker().stateProperty().addListener((ObservableValue<? extends Worker.State> observable, Worker.State oldValue, Worker.State newValue) -> {
                switch (newValue) {
                    case SUCCEEDED:
                        if (count++ != 0) {
                            btnNext.setDisable(false);
                        }
                        btnBack.setDisable(false);
                        progressBar.setVisible(false);
                        {
                            try {
                                FXMLLoader fxmlLoader = new FXMLLoader();
                                Pane pnConsole = fxmlLoader.load(getClass().getResource("console/Console.fxml").openStream());
                                spHTMLParser.getItems().add(pnConsole);
                                spHTMLParser.setDividerPositions(0.5);
                            } catch (IOException ex) {
                                Logger.getLogger(BrowserController.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
                            }
                        }
                        break;
                }
            });
        }
    }

Load events url successful work exactly but I got an error when trying to call the other pane via fxml
Its error messages with commands
Pane pnConsole = fxmlLoader.load(getClass().getResource("console/Console.fxml").openStream());

Exception in thread "JavaFX Application Thread" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at publishers.controllers.resources.browser.BrowserController.lambda$webView$4(BrowserController.java:144)
        at com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper$SingleChange.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:182)
        at com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:81)
        at javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyObjectPropertyBase.fireValueChangedEvent(ReadOnlyObjectPropertyBase.java:74)
        at javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyObjectWrapper.fireValueChangedEvent(ReadOnlyObjectWrapper.java:102)
        at javafx.beans.property.ObjectPropertyBase.markInvalid(ObjectPropertyBase.java:112)
        at javafx.beans.property.ObjectPropertyBase.set(ObjectPropertyBase.java:146)
        at javafx.scene.web.WebEngine$LoadWorker.updateState(WebEngine.java:1260)
        at javafx.scene.web.WebEngine$LoadWorker.dispatchLoadEvent(WebEngine.java:1371)
        at javafx.scene.web.WebEngine$LoadWorker.access$1200(WebEngine.java:1253)
        at javafx.scene.web.WebEngine$PageLoadListener.dispatchLoadEvent(WebEngine.java:1240)
        at com.sun.webkit.WebPage.fireLoadEvent(WebPage.java:2400)
        at com.sun.webkit.WebPage.fwkFireLoadEvent(WebPage.java:2244)
        at com.sun.webkit.network.URLLoader.twkDidFinishLoading(Native Method)
        at com.sun.webkit.network.URLLoader.notifyDidFinishLoading(URLLoader.java:838)
        at com.sun.webkit.network.URLLoader.lambda$didFinishLoading$96(URLLoader.java:829)
        at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$173(PlatformImpl.java:295)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$174(PlatformImpl.java:294)
        at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
        at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
        at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$148(WinApplication.java:191)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)


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The energy transition: charging ahead
Economy & FinanceEnvironment & Energy
On energy and responsibility
By Luigi Ferraris	 On Sep 17, 2018
Italy's power system is undergoing a major transition and the country needs investments, focused on innovation and digitalization. Terna is supporting a sustainable growth, ensuring security of supply for an efficient and resilient network.
The energy transformation under way has reached the point of no return and will inevitably bring radical change to the industry. Technological developments bring new challenges: renewable sources, energy efficiency, electric mobility, network digitalization, and storage are the most important elements of the new paradigm. The world is shifting from a traditional one-way energy system to a more complex integrated system, involving multidirectional energy flows featured by high volatility and low predictability.
Europe is strongly committed to decarbonization and the reduced use of fossil fuels. In particular, renewable energy growth targets show that by 2030 the overall proportion of renewables in final consumption will be at least 27%; it is clear that in the next few years further renewable growth is key. Acceleration on grid investments is the enabling factor for this rapid energy transition. Our greatest challenge now is renewables integration and security of supply, through efficient system management and a well-structured network development.
To this end, the International Energy Agency foresees more than $6,000 billion global investments in the energy industry between 2017 and 2025, mainly in renewable generation and grids: each euro invested in developing renewable sources entails about one euro invested in grids. These investments are indeed key to achieving an increasingly interconnected and technologically developed power system, reducing any environmental and social impact.
THE NEXT TEN YEARS. In its latest Ten-Year Network Development Plan, entso-e (the organization representing Europe's transmission operators) envisages the development of approximately 200 network and power storage projects. Eighty of these relate to projects already approved in the national development plans.The targeted investments will be crucial to the completion of Europe's electricity market, and Italy will gradually come to assume a key role as a natural hub in the Mediterranean region.
In Italy, Terna's Ten-Year Network Development Plan envisages investments amounting to 12 billion euros. Our commitment is strategically important for the country, particularly with regard to the sustainability and increased resilience of the grid – that is, its responsiveness, particularly in the event of extreme weather conditions.Moreover, Terna is concentrated on further developing interconnections with neighboring countries to guarantee the efficient integration of Europe's electricity markets and security of supply. In this respect, it is worthwhile mentioning the interconnections with France and Montenegro – which have already reached an advanced stage and are expected to be completed by the end of 2019. Terna's Plan also includes an interconnection with Tunisia and the development of the SACOI3 line (Sardinia-Corsica-Mainland) as well as further investments to strengthen the national transmission grid, aimed at reducing congestion in the power system. Furthermore, Terna has planned investments to improve reliability and continuity of the service, for the benefit of the system as a whole.
KEYWORD: SUSTAINABILITY. The cornerstone of the Terna Plan is sustainability: our growth strategy focuses on investments in grid development, maximizing sustainability in terms of minimum environmental impact and efficiency. More than 90% of investments in our current five-year plan are linked to four of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS). That is: Goal 7, to ensure affordable and reliable energy services and to increase the share of renewable energy; Goal 9, to build increasingly sustainable and resilient infrastructure; Goal 13, to strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards; and Goal 17, to strengthen public–private partnerships for the implementation of the SDGS.
Terna works on a daily basis to achieve sustainability based on three principles: systemic sustainability, providing both environmental and economic benefits; sustainability in execution, to build infrastructures with the utmost transparency and attention to all stakeholders; and innovation, involving the use of technologies that can support the growth of renewables. In particular, Terna constantly strives to find innovative solutions and technologies to develop the network, paying close attention to the environment and to local communities, ensuring their engagement at a very early stage of the planning process. Over the next five years, Terna intends to lay the foundations for integrating a large quantity of renewables into the system, while upgrading the network by demolishing obsolete power lines and building more than 1200km of new lines, with due consideration to the environment.
Terna is ready to meet the challenge of energy transition, using innovative methods and developing new skills and original technologies, while also generating value for stakeholders. As outlined in our 2018-2022 Strategic Plan (recently presented to the financial community), the enabling factors are innovation, digitalization, and human resources.
Terna plans to spend 600 million euros over the next five years on innovation and digitalization. Thanks to centralized data management, we will be able to carry out predictive maintenance on our assets, cutting costs and increasing the reliability of our network. Advanced analysis methodologies will exploit the potential for Big Data processing and thus the ability to manage considerably increased amounts of distributed resources, providing new scope for flexibility and innovation-based management of the system.
The digital transformation will not be limited to the adoption of new technologies but will also require a change of mentality as well as a new organizational approach. We aim to strengthen our technological expertise through global partnerships with academic institutions. In fact, Terna has joined the Bits & Watts research program at Stanford University, which was launched by the Precourt Institute of Energy, an important partner in meeting the world's energy challenges. Terna has also launched a training program with luiss Guido Carli University in Rome. This will bring industry and academia together to foster the development of the most adequate professional skills and thus to contribute to the country's growth. The project promotes two important initiatives: Future Project Leaders, for young talents already on board, and the International Training Program, for engineering and/or economics students from foreign universities. Such programs will not only benefit the development of the company and help to spread the culture of innovation, but will also create new professional skills in the energy industry, thereby adding value for the whole country.
Within this context of major transition, the system is calling for a new investment wave. Terna is rising to the challenge, ready to help make the country's network more secure, efficient and resilient. We believe that energy is our responsibility and responsibility is our energy.
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Virginia Schools In The Early 1900s May Shock You. They're So Different.
Virginia has long been known for excellent schools. From top-ranked public school systems to prestigious colleges and universities, Virginia schools enjoy a strong reputation around the country. Considering that we have the second oldest college in the nation at William and Mary and the first public school, founded in Hampton in 1634, it's easy to say that education has always been a priority in Virginia. Looking back at some of these school houses and classrooms from the past, we can be reminded of just how our schools have evolved.
1. First Schoolhouse in Vienna, 1910.
Library of Congress LC-USZ62-35589
Today, the Fairfax County Public School System includes more than 30 schools. James Madison High School in Vienna is the seventh highest ranked high school in Virginia and was named one of the best high schools in the nation by U.S. News.
2. African American students learn washing and ironing in a kindergarten class at Whittier Primary School in Hampton, c. 1899.
Frances Benjamin Johnston / Library of Congress LC-USZ62-120667
In 1868, the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (now Hampton University) opened, providing a place to train college-aged African American students in practical trades and industrial skills that would allow them to pay their way through school by working jobs on the growing campus. When the Whittier School first opened in 1889, it was a "practice ground" for students studying education at the Hampton Normal School.
3. Girls laughing and talking at the entrance of Randolph Henry High School in Keysville, 1943.
Philip Bonn / Library of Congress LC-USW3- 033300-E
This photo shows that, while society and even academic structures have changed over the last 70 years, teenage girls haven't. These girls seem to be having way more fun than they should be while "studying" outside of the school.
4. First graders go through their daily exercises at a public school in Norfolk, 1941.
John Vachon / Library of Congress LC-USF34- 062462-D
This first grade classroom doesn't look much different than one you might find at any modern elementary school in Virginia. The only difference is that, today, you're more likely to find students working on an Internet-powered "Smart Board" than a chalkboard.
5. An early Tuckahoe schoolhouse in Goochland County, 1936.
Frances Benjamin Johnston / Library of Congress LC-J7-VA- 1843
Given the growth that the last couple of decades have brought to Goochland County, it's hard to imagine that a schoolhouse this small ever existed. An historically rural county, Goochland Public Schools began in 1870. Goochland was the first school division in the state to offer transportation to its students in the form of a horse-drawn wagon. Today, the county offers three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, serving a collective student body of around 2,400 children.
6. The Central High School marching band practices on school grounds in Charlotte Courthouse, 1943.
Central High School was Charlotte Courthouse's African American high school prior to integration. Every month, the marching band would take to the town's main street for drills and concerts. All members of the band were responsible for purchasing their own instruments and uniforms and paying for lessons, although the lessons were provided during school hours.
7. Girls attend home economics classes in the "home ec cottage" at Central High School in Charlotte Courthouse, 1943.
Like many schools in Virginia, Central High School offered home economics classes where students would learn domestic arts like cooking, sewing and household management. The school provided a separate cottage, set up to replicate a functioning home, in which the students could learn these skills.
8. Randolph Henry High School home economics students serving a "guest" in Keysville, 1943.
Randolph Henry High School also provided a "home ec cottage" in which students learned to prepare and serve meals, often to a "guest" teacher or community member.
9. School buses line up behind Randolph Henry High School in Keysville to transport students to and from school, 1943.
While school buses have been available to students for quite some time, some logistics have most certainly changed. In the 1940s, in a rural area like Keysville, some students would have to travel as far as 30 miles to reach school. Randolph Henry High School covered an area of 496 square miles, with only 17 buses to service the entire district. But if the distances seem shocking, then brace yourself for this one – some of the buses would be driven by high school seniors.
10. A Leesburg schoolhouse in Loudoun County, 1930s.
Like images we've shown you of Vienna and Tuckahoe, it's hard to imagine a time when a tiny school like this would have serviced a bustling area like Leesburg. However, it was only in recent decades that Loudoun County saw the population explosion that made it one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. Today, Leesburg alone is home to as many as 11 elementary schools, four middle schools and two high schools.
11. Elementary age school children attend the "Kinleygarten" program outside of the Cotton Mill in Lynchburg, 1911.
Lewis Wickes Hine / Library of Congress LOT 7479, v. 3, no. 2167
Known as "The Kinleygarten" by the mill policeman, the "school" at the Lynchburg Cotton Mill served mill settlement children from the ages of 6 to 8 while their parents worked. The photographer, Lewis Wickes Hine, asked the headmistress, Miss Carrington, where older children attended school, only to be told that few of them did. The only available school was a long way away and many of the children were merely biding their time until they turned 14 and could work in the mill themselves.
12. The Kelley School in Floyd County at Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 149, date unknown.
David Haas / Library of Congress HAER NC,11-ASHV.V,2--63
Built c. 1876, the Kelley School served as the first public school in Floyd County. Named after the original owners of the land on which it was built, the one-room schoolhouse had no running water or electricity, and as late as 1917, no outhouse. At first, the school did not have designated grades, rather, students would complete a textbook, then pass it along to a younger sibling or sell it to another family. Over time, the school evolved and it remained an operational school until the 1930s, when the state began closing one- and two-room schoolhouses. In 1939, the schoolhouse was sold to Virgie Nolen Pate, a former pupil, who later turned the schoolhouse into a country store.
13. As can be seen from this photo taken in 2014, the Kelley Schoolhouse still stands along the Blue Ridge Parkway today and serves as a reminder of Floyd County's rich history.
Donnie Nunley / flickr
14. John Marshall High School in Richmond, c. 1910.
Detroit Publishing Co. / Library of Congress LC-D4-72500
According to Richmond City Public Schools, when John Marshall High School opened in 1909, it was heralded as the "grandest, most expensive schoolhouse ever erected in the South." Open to grades 8-11, the school was considered the state's most prestigious public high school for decades. Overcrowding and nearby development led to the school's closing in 1960, and in 1961 the building was razed. Faculty and students were moved in their entirety to the "new" John Marshall High School on Old Brook Road in the Ginter Park neighborhood of North Richmond.
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You have to fill in the competitor names not later than 10th of June 2007. After this date registration will be disabled. You can still switch between competitors and registered reserves until verification on 3rd of July. This will not be charged with fees.
All cancellations received before registration deadline (10th of May) will be refunded in full except refunding costs. Cancellations received after registration deadline will not be refunded.
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You can register up to 24 competitors (3 disciplines x 4 competitors x 2 genders). There is also possible to register fewer competitors and still get all 24 starts (a competitor can start in all 3 disciplines). Note that fees are paid per start and not per competitor.
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Q: Picasso not loading bitmap into imageview with target I'm trying to load an url into an ImageView but Target doesn't seem to work like what I found told me. Below is my code:
ImageView methodButton= (ImageView) View.inflate(context, R.layout.view_home_scroll_view_image, null);
setMethodPicture(sectionModel.getContent().get(0).getThumbnail(), methodButton);
methodsContainer.addView(methodButton);

and
private void setMethodPicture(final String methodPicture, final ImageView methodButton){
    methodButton.setBackgroundColor(0x000000);
    if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(methodPicture)) {
        Target target = new Target() {
            @Override
            public void onBitmapLoaded(Bitmap bitmap, Picasso.LoadedFrom from) {
                methodButton.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
            }

            @Override
            public void onBitmapFailed(Drawable errorDrawable) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onPrepareLoad(Drawable placeHolderDrawable) {

            }

            @Override
            public boolean equals(Object o) {
                return methodPicture.equals(o);
            }

            @Override
            public int hashCode() {
                return methodPicture.hashCode();
            }
        };
        Picasso.with(context).load(methodPicture).into(target);
    }
}

This doesn't load the picture to the imageView, but when i do this,
ImageView methodButton= (ImageView) View.inflate(context, R.layout.view_home_scroll_view_image, null);
methodButton.setBackgroundColor(0x000000);
Picasso.with(context).load(sectionModel.getContent().get(0).getThumbnail()).into(methodButton);
methodsContainer.addView(methodButton);

it loads the picture.
I want to do the first one so I can change the Bitmap I get before I put it in the ImageView, like changing the width and height, but basing on the original dimensions.

A: I found the issue, Picasso holds a Weak Reference to the Target. The correct answer can be found here: onBitmapLoaded of Target object not called on first load

A: Use Glide instead, it provide predefine constrain options which you can add with it
https://github.com/bumptech/glide


Applying for financial aid should be something that every student does, no matter what their family's ability to pay for college might be. Even affluent families can find shelling out $45-50,000 or more annually for tuition and related expenses to be quite a hit, especially if no aid is forthcoming.
1. Apply to School – Financial aid cannot be awarded until you apply and are accepted to a college in the first place. Only when you are fully accepted (not provisionally) will you be able to complete the steps which follow.
2. Apply for Financial Aid — Your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will determine financial aid eligibility, but before you can apply you must first obtain a personal identification number (PIN) from www.pin.ed.gov. Both the student and one parent must have a PIN in order to complete the FAFSA.
Your PIN is important, something that you will need throughout the financial aid process. In addition, you'll want to make sure that you follow all signature requirements which can delay your application if signatures are not completed. You'll be filling out a pre-application worksheet before you submit your FAFSA.
3. Submit the FAFSA – Visit http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ and submit your FAFSA. Double check your federal tax forms before applying. Make certain that you enter the school's correct Title IV institutional code onto the form, otherwise you could delay your application.
4. Receive your SAR – About one month after submitting your FAFSA, you'll receive a Student Aid Report (SAR) from the U.S. Department of Education. Review your SAR for accuracy; follow the instructions on how to make changes if mistakes are found. Your school will receive a copy of your SAR about the same time as you receive your information.
5. Obtain Your Financial Award Letter – Your college will review your SAR and send to you a financial award letter which will outline your complete financial aid package.
6. Apply For Stafford Loan – If your financial aid package sufficiently provides what you need to pay for college, then you're all set. Otherwise, if you fall short, you can apply for a federal Stafford loan, a type of student loan managed by the federal government. Visit http://www.hesaa.org/index.php?page=apply-now-for-federal-stafford-and-plus-loans to apply today. Also, consider various private student loan options to help you pay for college.
7. Set Up A Loan Entrance Review – Before starting school, your college will contact you to set up an appointment to review loan documentation. This conversation will discuss funds awarded, distribution, and review of other financing options you may want to consider.
Financial aid can spell the difference between attending college or going without a degree, therefore applying for assistance is critical to help you learn how much of your college costs will be covered by your school as well as discovering what your personal share of these costs will be.


chipmunk characters didn't even have names until their first meeting with Donald Duck, which came out ten months after the Gophers' first appearance, so obviously they didn't get their names from that source. And the idea of a pair of characters who look exactly alike couldn't have come from Chip 'n' Dale either, because the latter actually don't look all that similar. (Nor is the idea likely to have come from Heckle & Jeckle, who preceded the Gophers by only a few months, because of the amount of time it takes to produce an animated cartoon.) What's more, they didn't even have those individual names at first — "Mac" and "Tosh" were attached to them later, for the Bugs Bunny TV show.
And they were worlds apart in characterization. Disney's Chipmunks's main trait was just that they were annoying (tho cute). The Warner Bros. Gophers (which actually looked and acted more like squirrels) were also annoying (tho cute), but their most irritating trait was extreme politeness, whereas Chip 'n' Dale were just plain rude. The personalities of Mac 'n' Tosh harked back to cartoonist Frederick Burr Opper's Alphonse & Gaston, the overly polite Frenchmen who could never get anything done because neither would so much as walk through a door before the other.
The Goofy Gophers, which was the name of the cartoon that introduced the eponymous rodents, was released on January 25, 1947. It was written by Bob Clampett, who also designed the characters, and whose place in animation history was already assured by his having created Tweety Bird, Beaky Buzzard, Warner's version of the Gremlins and many other classic characters and concepts. But Clampett left the studio before the cartoon went into production, so it was directed by Art Davis (who later directed The Ant & the Aardvark, The Pink Panther and other series for the DePatie-Freleng Studio). Later entries in the series were directed by Bob McKimson (Foghorn Leghorn, Hippety Hopper) and Friz Freleng (Yosemite Sam, Speedy Gonzales). Mac's voice was done by Mel Blanc (Marvin Martian, Secret Squirrel and so many more) and Tosh's by Stan Freberg (Joonyer of The Three Bears, Bertie of Hubie & Bertie).
The Gophers were never superstars, but did appear in nine cartoons, eight in the 1940s and '50s with the last finally straggling to the screen halfway through the '60s. Three of the nine featured crossovers with other Warner characters. Bugs was in their first outing; they pestered Elmer Fudd in Pests for Guests (1955, directed by Freleng); and in their final appearance (Tease for Two, directed by McKimson and released August 28, 1965), they played against Daffy Duck.
They were never comic book stars, models for plush toys, or anything like that. They've made one or two appearances after the classic era, but never as headliners. Still, their nine cartoons are part of the Looney Tunes package, which have been enjoyed by generations of TV viewers.
Text ©2003-08 Donald D. Markstein. Art © Warner Bros.


A boned trotter, over mash, with sausages, and seasonal veg.
Teacup, Thomas Street, 55 Thomas Street, Northern Quarter, City, 0161 832 3233.
Isn't Teacup famous for cakes and er...tea?
It is and still is. On a birthday visit last week the family and I had a moist and gorgeous Victoria Sponge. There were some fruit filled meringues looking pretty in pink on display too. And this chocolate pudding....but I want to talk about the skill in delivering the glorious pigs feet.
Yes those indeed. Delicately boned and then reconstituted into a moist, rich bulb of flesh, that breaks as though the knife has been invited in when cut. It is just a tiny bit but perfectly so, sweet, when sampled, and the skin is almost clean in flavour. This is where chef John Farrer comes in. He cooks with great clarity and great finesse.
A man of great experience despite his tender looking years. He has worked with Pierre Koffman and Jeff Baker for many a season, learning to love food. Chefs with big names, chefs, particularly in the case of Koffman, with big reputations. Guess what he did with the trotter?
He blow-torched very delicately to remove the hairs of the flesh to soften it but not break it down or crack it. He cooked the trotter in sherry vinegar and sugar molasses to lend a sour and sweet effect. The result was heaven. Then there's the vegetables. He treated these as though they were best friends.
He took them out and bought them a drink?
In a manner of speaking. John Farrer may well be the best chef of vegetables in the city at the moment. The beetroot, the carrot had a yielding character to them but were firm too. They had a sort of belief in themselves.
I don't think vegetables can feel confident.
These did. This was the skill here: the vegetables were not a glib distraction to be forgotten about in the rush for the flesh, they were as much as part of the meal as the trotters, and the sausages. Confident see?
And the sausages and the mash?
Perfectly delivered, the mash a creamy joy, the sausages full of character and the gravy, rich and full: lovely all bunched together with the veg and the trotter. But I hadn't finished with describing the veg.
Sorry, will the confident veg now be angry?
That's the point. No they were happy. I asked Farrrer about his approach to the vegetables, and how come his were about the best in the city, and he said, "You have to love them a little. I tell the kitchen that there are two ways to cut wood, take an axe to it or saw it carefully. Which has the smoother finish, which should we be doing? It's the same with the vegetables, treat them with care and you'll have a finer result."
And all this for a tenner?
Yep a tenner. I'll be back for the full review soon. Teacup in its 'Suppa and Cuppa' (or wine) menu is providing value with top quality from the kitchen. John Farrer is one to watch, he's the real deal, a real talent. Not often are you surprised by the techniques in a kitchen, especially one that has no reputation for cooking savoury food and one you thought of as the engine room for a teashop, but John Farrer is a cut-above. Get down there and order those trotters soon.
Who are these people below?
They're the kitchen team JC, Adam, Lewis, Nicholas and Tim. John Farrer is third from the left. Good chefs - but I wouldn't want to meet them in a Northern Quarter alley late at night.


That she is, a personality!
Ex-circus elephant for approximately 30 years, confiscated, with nowhere to go, chained on the farm of circus lawyer for 5 years.
No known issues, good blood work, relatively healthy feet.
A bit of a chunker, but that's what happens when Guida gets extra food to put on weight- Maia 'shares'.
Will do almost anything for some treats and fruit loops.
Maia left the circus with the label of 'bad girl' only to show us she was anything but.
There is a gentle nature about Maia that is unmistakable, even if she isn't physically the most gentle elephant. Her movements are exuberant but her intention is to cooperate and help those around her. After her arrival at sanctuary, once she moved past her initial fear of something bad being done to her and started to believe she was actually a 'good girl' and worth the love that was being shown to her, Maia blossomed exponentially.
Physically she is a bit of a tank, and runs on three speeds throughout her day: fast, really fast and napping. She will come flying over to say hi or pick up a meal, but will also lazily lean into the fence, and squish her belly into it so you can rub on it. In the morning she will nap standing in her mud hole or next to a tree as she goes for a walk. If you talk to her softly during these moments, she will gladly flutter her gorgeous long eyelashes at you and fall asleep.
Maia's growth continues on in a positive direction. She is still a touch insecure in new or stressful situations, but we saw that shift as well with the last expansion. Although Guida has always been the explorer, a few weeks in the new space, it was Maia who first crossed the creek to see what was on the other side. Her self-confidence continues to grow.
Palms are a weakness of hers. She initially had quite the drive to knock them down and help herself, but thankfully that desire has decreased. Maia isn't a picky eater, although she doesn't like melons (which we still find hard to believe,) she is far from a dainty eater and has no problem shoving an entire trunkful of hay in her mouth at a time. Mango season is definitely her favorite time of the year. She loves food.
For all of Maia's big energy, she is one of the most cooperative elephants. She wants to give you what you need, she wants to help and she truly wants to be good. She is a peach who makes it impossible to not laugh when you spend time with her. She is one of those elephants who creates joy. We believe each new elephant will bring lessons for Maia to learn and that she will embrace them wholeheartedly and continue to grow and be the elephant she was always meant to be.
We understand our supporters find a special place in their heart for certain elephants. Whether you love Guida's happy flaps and are warmed by her forgiving nature or adore Maia's wacky ways and are taken aback by her ability to learn to trust again, you can show them some extra love and support. You can become their Ele-Guardian.


MDF launched the Copyright Initiative to support the development of a balanced approach to copyright that places the needs of artists and consumers above the profits of corporations.
The rights of artists and content creators are an essential component of 21st century culture and economic growth, but the present copyright regime privileges the profits of corporate owners over the wellbeing of creators. Existing copyright laws can be abused to stifle free speech online, and more draconian copyright-enforcement legislation has the potential to damage the fundamental infrastructure of the internet and block universal participation in a just, fair 21st century society. MDF launched the Copyright Initiative in 2011 to support the fight against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). In its first year, MDF grantees and allies conducted a range of campaigns that raised public awareness of these dangerous pieces of legislation, and organized a series of actions that snowballed into the massive Internet Blackout Day protest against SOPA and PIPA in January, 2012. These efforts successfully killed both bills in less than 24 hours, and have frozen further attempts to extend enforce copyright procedures for the last several years. Since 2012, the Copyright Initiative has worked to lay the groundwork for a national conversation about intellectual property laws and legal precedents that truly respects the needs of artists and consumers.