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9 Irresistible Restaurants That Define Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh's rightfully earned a reputation as a foodie town. Whatever you're craving, you're sure to find at one of the many restaurants in Pittsburgh. But, some of the restaurants just seem to define the city and Pittsburghers themselves, wouldn't you say? Here are nine irresistible restaurants that define Pittsburgh.
1. Altius – 1230 Grandview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15211
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Drink in spectacular sweeping views of the downtown Pittsburgh skyline from your table at Altius. The fine dining restaurant atop Mount Washington features an eclectic menu. Order such scrumptious dishes as Ora King Salmon, Cauliflower Steak, and Colossal Crab Ravioli. Altius welcomes diners Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
2. Grand Concourse – 100 West Station Square Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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Enjoy magnificent views of downtown Pittsburgh - from ground level - at the Grand Concourse. Formerly a majestic train station, the Grand Concourse boasts a menu of scallops, crab cakes, slow roasted prime rib, and filet mignon. The Grand Concourse is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday from 3:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday Brunch is served from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
3. The Original Oyster House – 20 Market Square, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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Experience a meal and a drink at the oldest restaurant and bar in Pittsburgh. The Original Oyster House, nestled in Market Square, is known for its famous huge fish sandwich. (Think so big the fish spills off of the bun.) Order a fish sandwich and fries. Or, opt for the fish boat, Maryland-style crab cakes, or a shrimp basket. Stop by The Original Oyster House Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
4. Joseph Tambellini Restaurant – 5701 Bryant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
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Indulge in a delicious, homemade Italian meal at Joseph Tambellini Restaurant. The quaint restaurant features a scrumptious menu with such appetizers as Tambellini's famous fried zucchini, stuffed banana peppers, and signature meatballs. Dinner entrees include handmade cheese ravioli, chicken Marsala, and grilled New York strip steak. Joseph Tambellini Restaurant begins serving dinner at 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
5. Butcher & The Rye – 212 6th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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Dine by the light of an oil lantern or by candlelight, depending on which sits on your table, at the Butcher and the Rye. Kick off your meal with a bowl of charred broccoli soup and rustic sourdough bread. Or, order an entree, such as the roasted chicken, scallops, or pan-seared rainbow trout. Butcher and the Rye welcomes guests from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and from 5 p.m. to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
6. DeLuca's Diner – 2015 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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Known for its famous breakfast, DeLuca's Diner has been a Pittsburgh favorite since 1950. Of course, the diner boasts a full array of breakfast dishes, including pancakes, French toast, omelettes, and burritos. Or, opt for a popular lunch entree, such as the cheeseburger platter, the BLT, or the chicken basket. DeLuca's Diner is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
7. Penn Avenue Fish Company – 2208 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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It's all about fresh fish at Penn Avenue Fish Company. Treat yourself to a classic fish sandwich like the swordfish, the North Atlantic Salmon, or the English-style cod. Other popular items include the fish tacos, crab cake sliders, and mussels. Visit Penn Avenue Fish Company Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday's hours run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
8. Piccolo Forno – 3801 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
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Indulge in "Rustic Italian Faire" at the charming Piccolo Forno. Bring Your Own Beer (BYOB) to pair with pizza, lasagna, tortelli, or spinach-filled ravioli. Then, cap off your meal with a delicious dessert: tiramisu, gelato, or sorbet. Piccolo Forno welcomes diners Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
9. Meat and Potatoes – 649 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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A hearty meal awaits at Meat and Potatoes. Start your meal with a delightfully delicious appetizer such as fried pickles, grilled bread, or poutine with gravy. Dig into a hearty steak for two for the entree. Or, order from a plethora of entrees, including pot roast, roast chicken, or salmon. Meat and Potatoes is open Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to midnight, and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday brunch runs from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reservations are encouraged.
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KINGDOM HEARTS Union χ
About the union leaders
Thread starter yuyayuzu
Guess who is the fake leader
Skuld
Lauriam
yuyayuzu
From this update, it seems like many people will exclude Brain and think Ventus is the killer of Strelitizia but I think Skuld is suspicious, just a hunch though. It may really be Ventus but I really hope that is not the case. Even if it is, I don't want the reason is Ventus = Vanitas. But this post is not about who is Strelitiza killer since fake leader not necessarliy = killer but who is not the leader that is assigned. This update shows that Ava shows the list of union leaders but after Brain has joined, he didn't say something about the fake union leader so this feels strange to me. How do you think about this? Who is the fake leader?
I'm going to die on the hill of Brain being the imposter.
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Yeah. It all seems to be building onto that. He calls himself the virus and Luxu talked about a virus that would try to ruin the MoM's plan. Plus, like you mentioned in another thread, it's possible that Ava killed Streritzia in order to have a proxy in the Union Leaders, with that proxy being Brain.
Other than that, I'd like to comment on the fact that Skuld's character hasn't necessarily been developed quite well for us to come to any conclusion on her, really. I honestly can't cast any suspicion on her because, like I said, she's been poorly developed. The only thing we know is that, possibly, she survived whatever the heck happened with the Union Leaders that made them jump a Worldline and could possibly end up being the Subject X that Luxu was looking for.
Which reminds me: Nomura really is a sloppy writer when it comes to group of characters. Brain, Epehemera and Lauriam have basically the spotlight in terms of Union Leaders. Ventus and Skuld? Not so much.
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Ballad of Caius said:
Yeah, it's a real shame. I consider the overall X/UX story to be one of the better ones, but some of these characters are terribly underdeveloped. Poor Skuld is the biggest offender. She has no self agency; her entire character revolves around Ephemer, Player or her duty as a Dandelion. And now she's contributing nothing by being relegated to Ven's babysitter and the token girl of the group.
Really makes you wonder if Nomura really is bad at writing female characters, or he's generally bad in dealing with various characters in a single group at the same time. Really, the man needs an editor.
Both probably. I guess three characters at once is his limit? Dunno why he doesn't want to involve anymore characters in the various subplots going on right now.
If he's not going to do anything with Skuld and Ven, at least let them hang out with Player or something lol
It's a shame. the KHUx is already better than Xehanort's Saga, but the character handling is poor. I wonder if this also has to do with the way the story is structured in KHUx and Nomura's scheduling.
Iustus
Hmmm. After the newest update... I don't know. It's so vague who could be the impostor.
But we know Ephemer, Skuld, Blaine and Strelitzia had a personal talk with Ava. If we take the fact there is an impostor - which could be simply just someone else and then there is the traitor - then it must be at least two persons.
There is no reason for Ephemer, Skuld and Strelitzia to betray Ava or their companions, which leaves Ventus, Lauriam and Luxu.
We know, Luxu told Ava before the war started who is the traitor. But there was never mentioned that the traitor = impostor.
The meaning of being someone else and betraying others are kinda... Two different things.
And there is Luxu, who is body snatching and giving his Keyblade to others. And we have MarLUXia, the graceful ASSASSIN.
But why would Lauriam take his sisters spot instead? He could have been afraid of the darkness, staying behind or the fear of her being alone. And Luxu told him, he could change that.
But there must be something else, I don't really remember all the UX cutscenes... But I started to believe there is something about Luxu, Darkness and accomplice no 3.
How about Invi for example? Why is she hiding her neck, by the way? There are so few facts, that most thoughts get lost somehow! :-/
Iustus said:
As far as I remember, it is not shown Skuld had a personal talk with Ava. Same with Ventus and Lauriam. Or there is a story that I missed?
Actually the long amount of time of her staying in background makes me suspicious. But who knows, maybe it is just as you say they are lazy to put any development of her. Well, the same could be said for Ventus
yuyayuzu said:
The same could be said for any other character that has been out of the spotlight, really. If we've gotten ten minute long cutscenes, then just another 60 seconds wouldn't hurt anyone for Nomura to expose other characters.
KeybladeLordSora
Motivation.
How long are UX's cutscenes again?
KeybladeLordSora said:
They don't have a standard duration. Some last a minute, some even more.
We saw Ephemer, Strelitzia and Brain being appointed Union leaders, although Brain's situation carries a whole lot of implications and doesn't absolve him from being the imposter. We only saw Skuld being invited to the Dandelions.
Anywhere from 1-8 minutes. These exposition-type cutscenes we've been getting lately tend to land around 6 minutes.
Eonstar890
After the recent updates, I have theorized that the union leader who wasn't chosen by the MoM is actually Ephemer. My reasoning behind this being that Ava clearly has shown through out the series how much she likes him. Out of all the new leaders he is the only one that she has a real rapport with and would make sense as being her choice not the MoM. My theory also goes along the lines that Ava is the "traitor" and she purposely sabotaged the MoM list meaning she is the one who took out Strelitzia. At this point I feel the signs most clearly point to her what with her shock at Luxu's reveal of the traitor and how suspiciously she appointed Brain. I also thought it was crucial that none of the five get the book till after the war but she clearly didn't wait on Brain. So essentially, Ava decided Ephemer would make a good Union leader and decided to replace who she considered the weakest link (Strelitzia) with him. Of course Ephemer would have no way of knowing this to be true making the new union leaders all innocent.
Alpha Baymax
I believe that Ventus is the fake Union leader but Brain is the character that eliminated Strelitzia. Here's my theory behind it all.
Brain got rid of Strelizia because she was going to recruit Player into the Dandelions despite the player not being a Dandelion. This would have revealed the secret of the Dandelion group to a non-Dandelion member so Brain did what he thought was logical (get it) so he removed Strelitzia.
Problem is, once Brain killed of Strelitzia, he saw that she had a copy of the Book of Prophecies. He killed off a fellow Dandelion Union Leader without realising until it was too late. You have to remember that none of the Dandelion Union Leaders was aware of who was part of the team before they met in The Keyblade Graveyard.
So, these new leaders are expected to meet after the Keyblade War. But there's a member missing? So what does Brain do? he does the very thing that he was against, recruit a non-Dandelion member to survive beyond the Keyblade War. And it just so happens that person is Ventus. Ventus gets to survive beyond the Keyblade War and make new friends, why wouldn't he take the offer? You have to wonder why Ventus is not as familiar with Master Ava's mannerisms as the other leaders and is timid with leadership tasks.
And to add insult to injury, Player survived beyond The Keyblade War because of Ephemer and Skuld. So Brain could have saved his skin if he wasn't eavesdropping on Strelitzia. But it's not entirely his fault because, in his eyes, all the Keyblade Wielders that were not going to survive beyond the Keyblade War were going to die in battle anyway. Why should Strelitzia give someone special treatment?
All you need to know.
At this point, I would say that it was all but confirmed.
Brain isn't supposed to be there, but was placed there by Ava.
That's motive enough to say she killed Stelitzia.
But I also like the idea of Ven being a plant to counteract Ava's meddling.
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Also, what has Ava been doing all this time?
Probably dicking around, copying Luxu and observing.
Genocide said:
...this just gave me the idea of: what if Ava impersonated Luxu and gave No Name to a successor of her choosing?


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package chav1961.purelib.fsys;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import java.nio.channels.FileLock;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.OpenOption;
import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

import chav1961.purelib.basic.PureLibSettings;
import chav1961.purelib.basic.URIUtils;
import chav1961.purelib.basic.Utils;
import chav1961.purelib.basic.exceptions.EnvironmentException;
import chav1961.purelib.basic.interfaces.LoggerFacade;
import chav1961.purelib.basic.interfaces.LoggerFacade.Severity;
import chav1961.purelib.fsys.interfaces.DataWrapperInterface;
import chav1961.purelib.fsys.interfaces.FileSystemInterface;
import chav1961.purelib.fsys.interfaces.FileSystemInterfaceDescriptor;
import chav1961.purelib.i18n.PureLibLocalizer;

/**
 *
This class implements the file system interface on the usual file system. The URI to use this class is
 * URI.create("file:file:path_to_root_directory"); (for example URI.create("file:file:./muRootDirectory");)

 *
 *
This class is not thread-safe.

 *
 * @see chav1961.purelib.fsys.interfaces.FileSystemInterface FileSystemInterface
 * @see chav1961.purelib.fsys JUnit tests
 * @author Alexander Chernomyrdin aka chav1961
 * @since 0.0.1
 * @lastUpdate 0.0.5
 */

public class FileSystemOnFile extends AbstractFileSystemWithLockService<FileChannel,FileLock> implements FileSystemInterfaceDescriptor {
	private static final URI	SERVE = URI.create(FileSystemInterface.FILESYSTEM_URI_SCHEME+":file:/");
	private static final String	DESCRIPTION = FileSystemFactory.FILESYSTEM_LOCALIZATION_PREFIX+'.'+FileSystemOnFile.class.getSimpleName()+'.'+FileSystemFactory.FILESYSTEM_DESCRIPTION_SUFFIX;
	private static final String	VENDOR = FileSystemFactory.FILESYSTEM_LOCALIZATION_PREFIX+'.'+FileSystemOnFile.class.getSimpleName()+'.'+FileSystemFactory.FILESYSTEM_VENDOR_SUFFIX;
	private static final String	LICENSE = FileSystemFactory.FILESYSTEM_LOCALIZATION_PREFIX+'.'+FileSystemOnFile.class.getSimpleName()+'.'+FileSystemFactory.FILESYSTEM_LICENSE_SUFFIX;
	private static final String	LICENSE_CONTENT = FileSystemFactory.FILESYSTEM_LOCALIZATION_PREFIX+'.'+FileSystemOnFile.class.getSimpleName()+'.'+FileSystemFactory.FILESYSTEM_LICENSE_CONTENT_SUFFIX;
	private static final String	HELP = FileSystemFactory.FILESYSTEM_LOCALIZATION_PREFIX+'.'+FileSystemOnFile.class.getSimpleName()+'.'+FileSystemFactory.FILESYSTEM_LICENSE_HELP_SUFFIX;
	private static final Icon	ICON = new ImageIcon(FileSystemOnFile.class.getResource("fileIcon.png"));
	private static final URI	ROOT_URI = URI.create("file:/");

	private	final URI					rootPath;
	private final boolean				multiRoot;

	/**
	 *
This constructor is an entry for the SPI service only. Don't use it in any purposes

	 */
	public FileSystemOnFile(){
		rootPath = null;
		multiRoot = false;
	}

	/**
	 *
Create the file system for the given directory.

	 * @param rootPath root directory for the file system. Need be absolute URI with the schema 'file', for example 'file://./c:/mydir'
	 * @throws IOException if any exception was thrown
	 */
	public FileSystemOnFile(final URI rootPath) throws IOException {
		super(rootPath);
		if (!rootPath.isAbsolute()) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Root path ["+rootPath+"] is not absolute URI or not contains scheme");
		}
		else if (!rootPath.getScheme().equals("file")) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Root path ["+rootPath+"] not contains 'file:' as scheme");
		}
		else {
			final File[]	roots = File.listRoots();

			if (roots.length > 1) {
				multiRoot = true;
			}
			else {
				multiRoot = roots[0].getPath().replace('\\','/').endsWith(":/");
			}

			if (rootPath.getAuthority() != null) {
				if (".".equals(rootPath.getAuthority())) {
					this.rootPath = URI.create(rootPath.getPath());
				}
				else {
					this.rootPath = rootPath.normalize();
				}
			}
			else {
				this.rootPath = rootPath.normalize();
			}
		}
	}

	protected FileSystemOnFile(final FileSystemOnFile another) {
		super(another);
		this.rootPath = another.rootPath;
		this.multiRoot = another.multiRoot;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean canServe(final URI resource) {
		return URIUtils.canServeURI(resource,SERVE);
	}

	@Override
	public FileSystemInterface newInstance(final URI resource) throws EnvironmentException {
		if (!canServe(resource)) {
			throw new EnvironmentException("Resource URI ["+resource+"] is not supported by the class. Valid URI must be ["+SERVE+"...]");
		}
		else {
			try{return new FileSystemOnFile(URI.create(resource.getRawSchemeSpecificPart()));
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new EnvironmentException("I/O error creatinf file system on file: "+e.getLocalizedMessage(),e);
			}
		}
	}

	@Override
	public FileSystemInterface clone() {
		return new FileSystemOnFile(this);
	}

	@Override
	public DataWrapperInterface createDataWrapper(final URI actualPath) throws IOException {
		return new FileDataWrapper(multiRoot,actualPath,rootPath);
	}

	@Override
	public String getClassName() {
		return this.getClass().getSimpleName();
	}

	@Override
	public String getVersion() {
		return PureLibSettings.CURRENT_VERSION;
	}

	@Override
	public URI getLocalizerAssociated() {
		return PureLibLocalizer.LOCALIZER_SCHEME_URI;
	}

	@Override
	public String getDescriptionId() {
		return DESCRIPTION;
	}

	@Override
	public Icon getIcon() {
		return ICON;
	}

	@Override
	public String getVendorId() {
		return VENDOR;
	}

	@Override
	public String getLicenseId() {
		return LICENSE;
	}

	@Override
	public String getLicenseContentId() {
		return LICENSE_CONTENT;
	}

	@Override
	public String getHelpId() {
		return HELP;
	}

	@Override
	public URI getUriTemplate() {
		return SERVE;
	}

	@Override
	public FileSystemInterface getInstance() throws EnvironmentException {
		return this;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean testConnection(final URI connection, final LoggerFacade logger) throws IOException {
		if (connection == null) {
			throw new NullPointerException("Connection to test can't be null");
		}
		else {
			try(final FileSystemInterface	inst  = newInstance(connection)) {

				return inst.exists();
			} catch (EnvironmentException e) {
				if (logger != null) {
					logger.message(Severity.error, e, "Error testing connection [%1$s]: %2$s",connection,e.getLocalizedMessage());
				}
				throw new IOException(e.getLocalizedMessage(),e);
			}
		}
	}

	@Override
	protected boolean sharedModeCheckRequired() {
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	protected FileChannel createLockerSource(final String path) throws IOException {
		final RootsAndWrapper	raw = new RootsAndWrapper(multiRoot, URI.create(path), rootPath);
		final File				f = new File(raw.wrapper.getSchemeSpecificPart());

		if (f.exists() && f.isDirectory()) {
			throw new IOException("Resource ["+raw.wrapper+"] is directory, not file!");
		} else if (!f.exists()) {
			Files.write(f.toPath(), new byte[] {0}, StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.WRITE);
		}
		return new FileOutputStream(f).getChannel();
	}

	@Override
	protected FileLock tryCreateLocker(final FileChannel source, final String path, final boolean sharedMode) throws IOException {
		return source.tryLock(0, 1, sharedMode);
	}

	@Override
	protected FileLock createLocker(FileChannel source, String path, boolean sharedMode) throws IOException {
		return source.lock(0, 1, sharedMode);
	}

	private static class FileDataWrapper implements DataWrapperInterface {
		private final boolean	atRoot;
		private final boolean	atRootItem;
		private final URI		wrapper;

		public FileDataWrapper(final boolean multiRoot, final URI wrapper, final URI rootPath) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
			final RootsAndWrapper	raw = new RootsAndWrapper(multiRoot, wrapper, rootPath);

			this.wrapper = raw.wrapper;
			this.atRoot = raw.atRoot;
			this.atRootItem = raw.atRootItem;
		}

		@Override
		public OutputStream getOutputStream(boolean append) throws IOException {
			return new FileOutputStream(getFile(),append);
		}

		@Override
		public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
			return new FileInputStream(getFile());
		}

		@Override
		public URI[] list(final Pattern pattern) throws IOException {
			if (atRoot) {
				final File[]	roots = File.listRoots();
				final URI[]		returned = new URI[roots.length];

				for (int index = 0; index < returned.length; index++) {
					returned[index] = roots[index].toURI();
				}
				return returned;
			}
			else {
				final List<URI>		result = new ArrayList<>();

				getFile().listFiles(new FileFilter(){
						@Override
						public boolean accept(final File pathname) {
							if (pattern.matcher(pathname.getName()).matches()) {
								final String uri = wrapper.relativize(pathname.toURI()).toString();

								result.add(URI.create(uri.endsWith("/") ? uri.substring(0,uri.length()-1) : uri));
							}
							return false;
						}
					}
				);

				final URI[]			returned = result.toArray(new URI[result.size()]);
				result.clear();
				return returned;
			}
		}

		@Override
		public void mkDir() throws IOException {
			if (!getFile().mkdirs()) {
				throw new IOException("Directory ["+wrapper+"] was not created");
			}
		}

		@Override
		public void create() throws IOException {
			try(final OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(getFile())) {
			}
		}

		@Override
		public void delete() throws IOException {
			if (!getFile().delete()) {
				throw new IOException("Directory/file ["+wrapper+"] was not deleted");
			}
		}

		@Override
		public Map<String, Object> getAttributes() throws IOException {
			final Map<String, Object>	result;

			if (atRoot) {
				result = Utils.mkMap(ATTR_SIZE, 0, ATTR_NAME, "/", ATTR_LASTMODIFIED, Long.valueOf(0), ATTR_DIR, true, ATTR_EXIST, true, ATTR_CANREAD, true, ATTR_CANWRITE, true);
			}
			else if (atRootItem) {
				final File	temp = getFile();

				result = Utils.mkMap(ATTR_SIZE, 0, ATTR_NAME, temp.getName(), ATTR_LASTMODIFIED, Long.valueOf(0), ATTR_DIR, true, ATTR_EXIST, true, ATTR_CANREAD, true, ATTR_CANWRITE, true);
			}
			else {
				final File	temp = getFile();

				result = Utils.mkMap(ATTR_SIZE, temp.length(), ATTR_NAME, temp.getName(), ATTR_LASTMODIFIED, temp.lastModified(), ATTR_DIR, temp.isDirectory(), ATTR_EXIST, temp.exists(), ATTR_CANREAD, temp.canRead(), ATTR_CANWRITE, temp.canWrite());
			}
			return result;
		}

		@Override public void linkAttributes(Map<String, Object> attributes) throws IOException {}

		@Override
		public void setName(final String name) throws IOException {
			final File	oldFile = getFile(), newFile = new File(oldFile.getParent(),name);

			if (!oldFile.renameTo(newFile)) {
				throw new IOException("Directory/file ["+wrapper+"] was not renamed");
			}
		}

		private File getFile() {
			return new File(wrapper.getSchemeSpecificPart());
		}

		@Override
		public boolean tryLock(final String path, final boolean sharedMode) throws IOException {
			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			return false;
		}

		@Override
		public void lock(final String path, final boolean sharedMode) throws IOException {
			// TODO Auto-generated method stub

		}

		@Override
		public void unlock(final String path, final boolean sharedMode) throws IOException {
			// TODO Auto-generated method stub

		}
	}

	private static class RootsAndWrapper {
		private final boolean	atRoot;
		private final boolean	atRootItem;
		private final URI		wrapper;

		public RootsAndWrapper(final boolean multiRoot, final URI wrapper, final URI rootPath) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
			final String	decodedWrapper = wrapper.isAbsolute() ? wrapper.getRawSchemeSpecificPart() : wrapper.toString();
			final String	relative = decodedWrapper.replace(File.pathSeparator,"/"), root = rootPath.toString().replace(File.pathSeparator,"/");

			if (ROOT_URI.equals(rootPath) && multiRoot) {
				if (decodedWrapper.isEmpty() || "/".equals(decodedWrapper)) {
					this.wrapper = rootPath;
					this.atRoot = true;
					this.atRootItem = false;
				}
				else if (decodedWrapper.endsWith(":/")) {
					this.wrapper = URI.create(rootPath+decodedWrapper.substring(1)).normalize();
					this.atRoot = false;
					this.atRootItem = true;
				}
				else if (decodedWrapper.endsWith(":")) {
					this.wrapper = URI.create(rootPath+decodedWrapper.substring(1)+'/').normalize();
					this.atRoot = false;
					this.atRootItem = true;
				}
				else {
					if (relative.startsWith("/") && root.endsWith("/")) {
						this.wrapper = URI.create(rootPath+relative.substring(1)).normalize();
						this.atRoot = false;
						this.atRootItem = false;
					}
					else {
						this.wrapper = URI.create(rootPath.toString()+wrapper.toString()).normalize();
						this.atRoot = false;
						this.atRootItem = false;
					}
				}
			}
			else if (relative.startsWith("/") && root.endsWith("/")) {
				this.wrapper = URI.create(rootPath+relative.substring(1)).normalize();
				this.atRoot = false;
				this.atRootItem = false;
			}
			else {
				this.wrapper = URI.create(rootPath.toString()+wrapper.toString()).normalize();
				this.atRoot = false;
				this.atRootItem = false;
			}
		}

		@Override
		public String toString() {
			return "RootsAndWrapper [atRoot=" + atRoot + ", atRootItem=" + atRootItem + ", wrapper=" + wrapper + "]";
		}
	}
}

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Benetas Awarded for Bringing Research to Life in National Innovation Awards
on the Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Leading not-for-profit aged care provider, Benetas, won the Wellness and Reenablement Category for putting research into action in the national InnovAGEING 2020 awards.
Designed by the sector's innovation network, InnovAGEING, and its Foundation Partners, the Commonwealth Banks and KPMG, the national awards program is designed to advocate for the transformation of aged care and seniors' living with innovative solutions that put older Australians first.
Awarded for its holistic solution to health and wellbeing, Benetas' holistic online Positive Ageing Tool (PAT), is a perfect example of this vision.
PAT builds off the outcomes of a federally funded research project that was conducted by Benetas' research team and Monash University to create a frailty scoring tool for older Australians to better identify early signs of frailty.
"Building off this research project, what we needed to do in the Customer Insights and Marketing Team was make the research outcomes accessible to older Australians in the most user-friendly and engaging way possible," said Benetas' Marketing and Brand Manager, Richard Barker.
The subsequent online Positive Ageing Tool provides an evidence-based health check for people over the age of 60 to better monitor their ageing journey, and be equipped with expert resources to stay healthy and active longer.
"Since we got the online Positive Ageing Tool up and running in January, it's been used by thousands of people across Australia to identify their frailty levels and access expert resources tailored to their frailty score," Barker said.
Benetas CEO Sandra Hills OAM said that innovative aged care solutions that empower older Australians to be at the driving seat of their ageing experience is exactly the direction that the sector needs to be headed.
"A key issue we face in our organisation and industry is the increasing resistance of older Australians and their families to reach out to aged care for preventive support before acute health declines occur," she said.
"Our job as providers is transform how we deliver our services and programs to break down this barrier and ensure older Australians are receiving the guidance and resources they need to feel confident and in control of their ageing journey.
"I couldn't be more proud of our experienced Research Team for working with Monash University to develop leading research to inform more consumer-centric aged care services, and of our Customer Insights and Marketing Team for then bringing these findings to life.
"Our team personified the tool, made the health-check user friendly, and developed an extensive online marketing and PR campaign to deliver it directly to those who need it most. And let me tell you, they often aren't those with aged care yet on their mind."
Since PAT was launched early this year, the tool has reached a non-traditional aged care market and had over 12,000 people draw on the resource and 7,000 people take the evidence-based health check. Plans to increase targeted digital marketing effort will only increase usage over the coming months.
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I remember once asking my new Christian friends why – if Jesus is The Way and his Good News is all we need to hear – then why bother with the Old Testament at all? Who needs to know all that old stuff if the Gospels and Epistles have all the information we really need? It seemed to my novice ears that this was precisely what the apostle Paul was saying. Besides, there are so many glaring inconsistencies between the Old and the New Testament's messages.
The typical response was that the Old Testament clearly predicted Jesus' coming as Messiah. This made the Hebrew Scriptures an important source of evidence for Christian apologetics. As far as any inconsistencies go, well they weren't really inconsistent. There was just a change in the way God related to us, now that Jesus had made everything right with his death and resurrection. And after all, the Old Testament was still the Word of God. Just incomplete.
Anyway, I don't struggle with that stuff anymore. I think the Hebrew Scriptures (the term "Old" Testament is so…condescending ) are very important for Christians to study. All of the Hebrew scriptures, not just those found in our Bibles. We totally screw up when we forget that Jesus was a Jew, living in Palestine with other Jews, and most of these scriptures (no Bible yet, remember) were the source of his theology and his cultural traditions. And it doesn't help when we exclude Jewish interpretations of their own scriptures, either.
I no longer struggle with trying to square the apparent inconsistencies between the angry, violent and vengeful Yahweh with the forgiving and merciful Father of Jesus (even though the Hebrew Prophets presented us with much the same portrait of God as Jesus did ). I simply no longer believe that any of the scriptures, old or new, are the Word of God. They are not inerrant nor are they infallible. They were written by men (and maybe women) who were certainly 'inspired' to come to some sort of understanding of God, but they were not God's secretaries taking divine dictation. And they do not always paint God in a favorable, or accurate light. It's when we try to take literally all the words found in the Christian canon, on face value and without any historical context, that our problems begin, whether we are orthodox, heretic or atheist.
I didn't realize it then, but in some ways I was a Marcionite. Marcion of Sinope (ca. 85-160) was an early Christian thinker who also had problems squaring the Hebrew Scriptures with the Gospels and especially with Paul's Epistles. He could not accept the idea that the loving "Father" that Jesus prayed to was also the angry Yahweh of Hebrew scriptures. So he came up with an alternative theology, one steeped in Greek philosophy and mythology, in which Yahweh is the flawed creator god, subordinate to the ultimate (and good) deity: God, the Father of Jesus.
According to Marcion, Jesus comes from the Father to redeem the walking dead from the clutches of Yahweh and the misery of this corrupt world. In this way Marcionism is similar to Gnosticism. (For a nice movie parable watch " The Matrix" trilogy.) Marcion composed what is probably the first Christian canon, the first compilation of Holy Scriptures, but they contained only a syncretized form of the Gospels and the letters of Paul. Paul's epistles were the primary source of his theology and it is Marcion who first placed them in an anthology.
Now, with all due respect to Rey (who got me to thinking about Marcionism) I do believe that, in this case, those church fathers who ended up as history's Christian victors were right to label Marcion a heretic. Of course, they were begging the question because there was no such thing as orthodoxy at the time– there was no Christian consensus on doctrine or dogmas – there were none of the creeds Christians recite today. In fact, the first creeds were likely written and imposed in response to Marcionism, which had a great following. Now, I don't think that the Church's surviving theology is altogether that faithful to the teachings of Jesus either. But there is little, I think, in Marcionism to commend it to someone who wants to follow Jesus. Because Jesus without Judaism is not Jesus at all. It is something completely different.
-To this day Paul has an inordinate amount of influence on the Church's doctrine.
-Throughout the Church's history there has been a tendency to place our focus on another, better realm that await us beyond this fallen and depraved world.
-Our fixation on a battle between good and evil, between God and Satan, is reminiscent of the dualism found in Marcion and Gnostic theologies.
-And, of course, the Church has tried it's best take the Jewishness out of Jesus (and make villains out of the Jews – some believe that it was the Church's repressed Marcionism that helped fuel the dogma of Hitler's 'Final Solution").
As outlandish as Marcion's theology may sound to us today, who have known nothing other than modern Christian 'orthodoxy' (the theology of the victors), does it really sound any more outlandish than the concept of a triune God? (Try asking your Jewish or Muslim friends that question.) Again, the problem seems to lie within the combined ideas of Biblical literalism and inerrancy. A more relaxed, though possibly just as devout, reading of scriptures can solve this problem and, in my experience, help immensely with one's understanding of God.
It was the cognitive dissonance caused by trying to believe contradictory ideas, ideas not just found in a literal reading of the Bible but ideas thought up by theologians in their attempts to square their own contradictory readings of scriptures, that had me doing the same thing that the 'orthodox' had already done and continue to do: embracing heresy to prove orthodoxy.
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Interesting. I had not heard of Marcion. So he was one of the first to elevate Paul's letters to the Word of God.
Yeah. I'd read about him before but Rey's website piqued my interest, do I did a little more digging. Interesting, and only one of many, many different Christianities that most of us don't know about.
Trinity—I've long ago given up any attempts to understand it—but it is curious, some Christians say this thing called "The Word" is God and Son of God ?—-but its not mentioned as part of the Trinity………Then, in the RC Church, there is also "Mother of God" ?(Mary(pbuh))…….but the development of Christianity is very fascinating. The Christological debates ("nature of Christ") around the 7th century are interestingly confusing too.
Right, and in Marcionism it is not man who is sinful but Yawheh. Now, we know that God is perfect and incapable of sin, right? Yet through out the Hebrew scriptures we get a somewhat different picture, a somewhat 'imperfect' god who does things that, if man were to do them, would be called sinful. This is only the case if you take all the scriptures as fact, not at times metaphorical and at other times man projecting his personality onto what earlier (primitive?) men thought was God's nature.
I just put up a post about Crypto-Marcionism in the Old Testament prophets, or at least something tending in the Marcionite direction sort of below the surface in parables in the OT that attack the view of God found in earlier parts of the OT.
Also, I just want to say here that Marcionism actually placed all the culpability for Jesus' death on Yahweh not the Jews. The 'orthodox' in order to combine the OT god and Jesus' Father into one had to remove that culpability from him, and so they invented the statement in Matthew "His blood be on us, and on our children" and moved the culpability from Yahweh to the Jews so they could make Yahweh merge with Jesus and then say not only that the Jews killed Christ but that they killed their own God. None of that foolishness would fly in Marcionism. In fact in the gospel of John there are a few Marcionite-like sections left in which a character is referenced several times called "ruler of this world" of whom Jesus says "now is the ruler of this world judged" and again when Judas is coming "the ruler of this world approaches" (Satan being in Judas at this point) and finally to Pilate when Pilate says "don't you know I have power to crucify you?" Jesus says "you would have no power to kill me unless it was given you from ABOVE and therefore HE that delievered me to you has the greater sin" obviously the ABOVE and HE here being not the Father but the "ruler of this world" character, for the very one who gives the authority to kill Jesus is the one on whom the culpability is said to rest.
Good point. Of course these prophets predate Marcion by a few centuries but I see what you mean, and agree. God was definitely evolving, becoming more moral, as time the centuries pass. But the prophets don't really see two Gods, rather they just seem to see a new nature in God. Of course that can't be, because God is immutable right? (Well, maybe). But perhaps it's not God who changed but the perspective of the people, who were evolving morally, who changed. Check out Robert Wright's book "The Evolution of God".
But of course he could easily be referring to Yahweh as well. Even though I think it is significant that Jesus refers to God as Father and not Yahweh. Certainly this no accident. IMHO, I think Jesus is making a point about the nature of God as he sees him/her (which the prophets were beginning to see) and the incomplete/incorrect/false nature of God/Yawheh as described in the Pentateuch.
And, I never wanted to suggest that the Nazi's were Marcionites. Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler et al were not Christians of any sort. But…the people who voted for them, the ones who turned a blind eye to the holocaust, or even assisted in this atrocity were Christians. At least that's what they called themselves. In fact, that's one of the main things that identified them as not-Jewish.
I think that the roots of anti-Semiticism (anti-Judaism) are firmly planted within the church. I think that the innocent attempt to separate the new faith from it's Jewish origins, which Marcion was certainly in tune with and perhaps the originator of, was the beginning of a general disdain for the Jews, a disdain that grew into contempt and hatred for many Christians.
See, the Jews (and most Christians) still see Yahweh as God, so to say that Yahweh is tantamount to Satan (who IMHO is a fiction) is on par with saying that Jews are worshipers of the Devil. Which is precisely the charge levied against Jews throughout much of Christian (and, I think, at times, Muslim) history, even up to very recently. So if good, law abiding Christian people can think this way, in the privacy of their homes and pubs (or beer stubes or cafes) then it certainly made Hitler's job easier.
First, saying someone worships the devil is not equivalent to saying they should be killed because assuming your religion doesn't also worship the devil then you wont go around killing people who disagree with you. Second, modern Jews don't really follow the Torah (except maybe the ultra-'orthodox') and most in ancient times didn't either. Really Judaism has become more a secular system of ethics with some metaphyisical jargon. It is only 'orthodox' Christians who really believe this stuff in the Torah. The true devil worshipers are Calvinists not Jews. Besides this, I think if you were to look at it from a historical perspective while believing that Yahweh really exists you'd have to come to the conclusion that when he had the Romans destroy the temple Yahweh essentially abolished his own connection with Judaism and went in search of creating a new religion, and he made two: Christian 'orthodoxy' and Islam. And these two religions are the ones that have been filling the world with violence ever since, just as Judaism had done before. Although it was commanded in Deuteronomy 13 that you kill your children if they try to leave the religion it isn't Jews who do this, but Muslims. And when it comes to stoning blasphemers in accordance with Moses' Law only Muslims and Calvinists really support that as far as I know.
My explanation for this is that 'orthodoxy' is an artificial construct built up around 'heresy'. This case has been made in the past not only by amateurs like me but by respected scholars. Walter Bauer's Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity is a good example. (It can be read online here.) Another example is the very modern book by Joseph B. Tyson, Marcion and Luke-Acts: A Defining Struggle which presents a good case for both canonical Luke and the book of Acts as being written in response to Marcion.
I can't really argue with that assessment. I don't think the Jews even started considering the concept of monotheism until Moses and then it took them many centuries to accept it. The scriptures point this out all the time.
I think that there is a tendency of all religions to evolve from polytheism to monotheism. Even the apparently polytheistic Hindu faiths are said by many to be actually manifestations of true monotheism. Couldn't that be said of Marcionism as well? That there is only one 'true' God, worthy of worship and that the other two subordinate beings, are, though powerful, not "god"?
Jesus told the Pharisees that they did, in fact, worship their father, the devil. And, to my understanding, in refuting thier understanding of Yahweh, Jesus claimed to be "I AM." And that was the blasphemy right there–that a man who redefined their laws claims to be the true "Yahweh" (as they say.) How many times does Jesus call the scriptures "their's"? And what of Paul claiming the law was mediated by angels? (Not God?) And that Jesus "disarmed" the god of this world?
I am just not sure which way to "lean" and this discussion brings to light the very 2 issues I am struggling with. I don't understand how to read the Bible anymore, or whether to "trust" Paul….
But, I will say, I follow alot of what is stated in the "Creed." Jesus is present among the least of these, He sides with the victims of all time (Renee Girard), He was the sacrifice to end sacrifice once for all…and yet we still shed blood over sin when it's been dealt with once for ALL. We are ministers of reconciliation, in that God overlooked sin. The gospel is that all are forgiven, right?
What resources do you have in helping me understand the textual criticisms of hell? Of "OT" vs "NT" and of the god of this world still working in the religious systems to enslave?
It is an interesting journey isn't it? Once you pull your boots out of the muck of fundamentalism? I'm still learning myself, more and more each day and fully never expect to stop.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you continue to do so.


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Man accused of trying to kidnap boy from grounds of Seattle apartment building
Posted 5:32 PM, June 25, 2018, by Q13 FOX News Staff, Updated at 10:17PM, June 25, 2018
SEATTLE --Seattle police arrested a 21-year-old man for attempted kidnapping after he allegedly tried to snatch a an 8-year-old boy from the grounds of an apartment building Saturday night in the First Hill neighborhood, the Seattle Police Department said Monday.
A man called 911 just before 10 p.m. Saturday to report a man had just attempted to kidnap his 8-year-old son, police said in probable cause documents. The father told officers that he was inside their apartment at 120 Boren Avenue and the boy was playing in the breezeway of their apartment building when one of his other sons screamed that a man was trying to take the 8-year-old.
The father said he ran outside and saw the suspect holding his son. At that point, the suspect dropped the boy and started to run south on Boren Avenue. The father gave chase but lost him. He then returned to the apartment and called police.
The 8-year-old boy told police he was playing in the breezeway when the man walked up to him and said, "I'm going to kidnap you." He said the man picked him up and tried the leave the apartment complex.
Police said the father provided officers with a description of the man and officers were able to find the suspect within three minutes, according to the police department.
He was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of kidnapping.
No other details were provided.
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Zec 14 | BSB | STEP | Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.
in summer and winter alike. 9 On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth— the LORD alone, and His name alone. 10 All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses. 11 People will live there, and never again will there be an [utter] destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely. 12 And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. 13 On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other. 14 Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected— gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance. 15 And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.
in the house of the LORD of Hosts.


Open drawing (DWG) file in AutoCAD.
Create a window with your screen to be saved as a tiff file.
From the Tools menu, choose "Display Image" and then "Save".
format that you would like to save it as.Choose TIFF.
Enter a desired size on the right-hand side of the dialog box.
Choose OK. Remember that what is on the screen is what will be saved to the TIFF file.
The Image File dialog box is displayed and you will be prompted to save the file.
TIFF files before sending them to print.
space to work from. It is usually simpler to create a new layout to work from, especially if a title block is needed and/or paper dimension need to be exact.
If working with a new layout, right click on the respective layout tap at the bottom of the drawing and click on Page Setup. If working still with model space, go to the File Menu at the top of the page and click on Page Setup.
applicable printing styles to the drawing.
Under the Plot Device tab, drag down the Plotter Configuration tab, and choose Adobe PDF or if not available Adobe PDF Writer.
A PDF file will be saved exactly as it has been setup and will not be allowed to be changed in the PDF format. All setups and changes are to be made in AutoCAD.
When all these types have been saved, go to the Plot under File Menu.
print, then make sure to check paper size and other printing options, and then click on the Full Preview tab at the bottom of the window.
If everything is satisfactory then right click on the screen and choose plot. If not, you may have to adjust settings in plot setup menu. Do so until all things are satisfactory and then select plot.
You will be asked to save the file (as a PDF). Do so wherever is necessary.
You now have a PDF file that is accessible to print.


Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as mediastinal soft tissue mass invading the tracheal wall.
Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a clinicopathologic entity of unknown cause characterised by a necrotising granulomatous vasculitis affecting multiple organs, especially the upper and lower respiratory tracts, lung and kidney. The lung is the most frequently, and sometimes the only involved organ. Single or multiple nodules, with or without cavitation, are the most common pulmonary manifestations in WG, but mediastinal involvement is atypical. The sole tracheal involvement is rare and hilar and mediastinal involvement has been thought not to be part of the clinical feature. We experienced a rare case of WG presenting as paratracheal mediastinal lesions with tracheal wall invasion, which responded dramatically to corticosteroid treatment. We present this case with a review of the literature.
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Posted tagged 'PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak'
PM on 5th gear towards general election
Prime Minister Datuk Najib Tun razak works as thought he is the president of Malaysia. All other ministers including DPM have become subdued in their media coverage as compared to Datuk Najib Tun Razak. The PM has taken upon himself the task of reviving the fortune of UMNO/BN after their worst election in March 2008. Soon after taking the premiership, he announced the ambitious political (GTP) and economic transformation programs (ETP). He bulldozed the implementation of these programs sidestepping the government departments by creating a new unit PEMANDU under the leadership of Datuk Idris jala. Billions have been poured into the projects. GTP primarily targets improvement in cost of living, crime rate, Preschool education, rural basic infrastructure, public transportation, uplifting low income household and corruption. ETP focused on enhancing competitiveness and economic growth.
3 years after implementation the programs, PM says the results and scorecards are encouraging. But many critics are not optimistic about its achievements. Since the launch of GTP, Crime index of Malaysia dropped to 60th ranking from 56th. Cost of living continues to go up. Public transportations are still in shambles. Even economic growth is far slower than initially projected. Private sector investment is lesser that envisaged. ETP projects are creating more jobs for low wage earning foreigners. ETP targets 6% growth from 2011 to 2020 each year. In 2011 economic growth was 4-5%. Government debt is still increasing and fast approaching the debt threshold of 55% of GDP. The divide between rich and poor are getting wider. BN government simply ran out of ideas to outgrow the external and internal challenges.
Institutionalized racialism and corruption is slowing down the transformation programs. PM and UMNO has no will and wish to bring about the structural transformation. DPM claims Malaysian education is better than UK, US and Germany yet every year thousands are send to these countries for further studies. All our neighboring countries are racing to overtake us in economic growth, political stability, corruption and good governance.
The prime minister nitiated civil liberal reforms by amending and abolishing rigid, restrictive and draconian laws like ISA, PPPA, UUCA and emergency ordinance. The emergency ordinance was replaced with peaceful assembly bill; ISA is replaced with security offences (special measures) bill. Amendments are being made to UUCA which still do not provide the freedom to students to participate in off campus politics. It's like old wine repacked into new bottles to appease voters.
Datuk Seri Najib is now rushing to implement the minimum wages to win over the workers support. 40% of our work forces are foreigners. 34% of Malaysian workers earn below RM700 which is below poverty line. Malaysian workers job security and income are regressing with more foreign workers imported and foreigners are now openly engaged in small trading in market places. UMNO/BN has lost the plot to lead the country. PM has tried all tricks in hand but nothing much to show. Now he is bribing the rural and poor voters with BRIM which is Beri Rasuah 1 Malaysia.
It's time to change the government for at least one term. Let UMNO/BN be in opposition and Datuk Najib be the opposition leader for one term. This is a must to eradicate institutionalized racism and corruption. Indians should be part of the change looming large in Malaysian politics. Let's raise up to the occasion. It's now or never.
Tags: General Election, PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, UMNO
After 54 years should Malaysian Indians still keep nambikai (faith) in BN government?
Each time the PM is hard pressed by some scandal or allegation by PR, some offers are promised for the Indian community. Last week PM Datuk Najib announced that Datuk Palanivel is now the lead minister. Datuk Palanivel the MIC president is already the ministerfor the socio-economic development of the Indian community in the PMO. I wonder what difference it makes now. At the same occasion in Puchong SRJK(T) kinrara, Datuk Najib called all Tamil educationist to come out with a blueprint on how to take Tamil schools forward. This clearly shows the government does not have any policy framework to improvise Tamil schools or for that matter Indian community after 54 years of rule. UMNO has robbed the future of one generation of Indian students who did not have proper facilities and support from government. Thanks to the other component parties of BN. The BN government allowed Tamil schools to continue this far because of Indian votes. They know that Tamil school is close to the heart of every Tamil and closing Tamil school will be political suicide. But they wanted Tamil schools to die on its own without them closing it. Fortunately the Indian community supported it till today.
PM also announced that government had allocated RM340 million for physical and infrastructure development for Tamil schools across the nation. He said, in terms of management and administration, the government had invested about RM2 billion for Tamil schools since 2009. If these monies were spent on Tamil schools, they will be better off than national type schools. I wish the lead minister or the prime minister gives a breakdown of the billions spent. All these monies were spent without a proper blue print. We hear from MIC ministers and PM that millions and now billions spent on the 524 Tamil schools, still 322 schools are in private land and get minimal support. I am puzzled how they spent so much money and yet physical and living conditions of the 322 schools are in dilapidated conditions.
The passing rate of in UPSR examination in Tamil schools is 50-53%. Which is low compared with national and Chinese schools. Many studies were made and presented but the government was not bothered to follow through it. Many UMNO leaders have said that they don't need Indian votes. They were winning big. Now that the Chinese voters want a political change and Malay voters too have realized that with all the bumiputra policies, Malays are still poor and vulnerable to economic changes. Educated Malays who form a large section in Malay society are thinking beyond the UMNO political propaganda.
Indian society should learn to remain politically relevant. We cannot afford to be on the wrong side of political changes. Malaysian Indians should not depend on the PM to offer goodies now and then. We need government policy changes that take us as citizens of this country and therefore entitled to equal treatment. Non Malays were disqualified in the offer of scholarships, job opportunities, government contracts and GLCs. Malaysian policies are worse than apartheid. UMNO comes out with policies that will deliberately disqualify the non Malays in securing contracts or anything from government. That racist, nefarious and hypocritical is UMNO. Yet they have no qualms in accepting sin tax from gambling and alcohol that are paid by non Malays.
It is timely now for a new blue print and development plan for Tamil schools to be submitted to both PR and BN. Tamil schools need to be transformed into a center where students also learn soft and social skills, positive attitude and become thinkers. Tamil school students must be successful in secondary school and beyond. Students should not end with Tamil education but make Tamil a global language for others to learn Tamil langauge. The negative influence of MIC must be wiped and removed from Tamil schools. A new blue print in the changing political and economic environment is urgently needed. It's now or never
Tags: Indian Community, Indian vote, malaysian indians, PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, tamil schools


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De deontologie  is een ethische stroming die uitgaat van absolute gedragsregels, vaak (maar niet altijd) gesteld als normen. Er wordt ook wel gesproken over plichtethiek. De term deontologie werd door Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) gebruikt voor het geheel van de ethiek. Later werd hij wel gebruikt om de leer van de absolute plicht of imperatief van Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) aan te duiden. Tegenwoordig bedoelt men met deontologie doorgaans de plichtenleer voor een bepaald beroep.

Iets wat slecht is, is volgens een deontoloog altijd slecht, ook als de uitkomst goed zou zijn, want er bestaat geen "goed" als zodanig; het enige wat goed zou kunnen zijn is de intentie, de goede wil, en die goede wil impliceert de aanvaarding van bepaalde morele wetten. Zo keuren deontologen bijvoorbeeld martelen af, ook als daar levens mee gered kunnen worden. De morele wet kan op vele manieren weergegeven worden, maar komt altijd op hetzelfde neer: een handeling is moreel als je tegelijkertijd kunt willen dat ieder ander op die manier zou handelen.

Tegenover de deontologie staat de teleologie, waarvan het utilitarisme (ook wel utilisme genoemd) een voorbeeld is. De teleologie stelt dat het goede datgene is dat het grootste voordeel oplevert en het utilisme stelt vervolgens dat dit het grootste goed voor het grootste aantal mensen moet zijn. Dit 'goed' is echter subjectief (hypothetisch) omdat niemand werkelijk weet wat 'goed' is. Dat hypothetische 'goed' kan dus net zo goed immoreel zijn.

De belangrijkste deontologische filosoof was Immanuel Kant. Zijn categorische imperatief is een duidelijk voorbeeld van deontologie. Zijn hypothetische imperatief is daarentegen meer vergelijkbaar met het utilisme en dus met de teleologische ethiek. Hoewel de categorische imperatief absoluut is, is het géén norm. Het is namelijk een imperatief voor het autonoom zedelijk bewustzijn, terwijl een norm een maatschappelijke regel is die voor de individuen geldig is. Voor het afzonderlijk individu is de norm dus een facet van een heteronoom moraalsysteem. Een andere bekende deontologische filosoof was John Rawls. Ook mensenrechtenorganisaties als Amnesty International zou men deontologisch kunnen noemen.

Categorische imperatief
De plichtethiek van de Duitse filosoof Kant geldt als een belangrijk leerstuk in de deontologie. De basisregel die Kant in dit verband formuleerde was de zogenoemde categorische imperatief, die als volgt luidt: "Handle nur nach derjenigen Maxime, durch die du zugleich wollen kannst, dass sie ein allgemeines Gesetz werde" ("Handel alleen naar die maxime waarvan je tegelijkertijd kunt willen dat zij een universele wet zou worden"). Met andere woorden: richt je in je doen en laten uitsluitend naar gedragsregels waarvan je zou kunnen willen dat iedereen zich ernaar richt.

Deontologie als (school)vak
In Vlaanderen maakt deontologie als vak deel uit van veel (hogere) opleidingen. Het doel daarvan is om bijvoorbeeld aankomende artsen, schoonheidsspecialisten, maatschappelijk werkers, juristen, leraren, verpleegkundigen en veiligheids-/bewakingsagenten vertrouwd te maken met de plichten die hun toekomstige beroep met zich meebrengt. Tijdens de lessen deontologie komen onder meer de volgende onderwerpen aan de orde: beroepsgeheim en privacy, zorgvuldigheid bij handelen en advies, informatieplicht tegenover ouders, en zwijgplicht en zwijgrecht.

Zie ook
 Gevolgenethiek

Ethiek
Filosofische stroming

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Here I shadowed events signage company Henson Franklyn as they worked at various events, Crufts, Bramham Horse Trials, the Royal Windsor Horse show. The purpose was to document their work from planning at headquarters to site delivery and construction. We were plagued with bad weather, the Royal Windsor was a literal washout, which made for challenging shooting conditions, but we got there in the end.


Raising money to get a new business off the ground is one of the most challenging obstacles an entrepreneur must overcome. Generally, initial capital is contributed from an entrepreneur's own resources or family and friends. However, additional funding is often required to help operate and develop the business. Further, a startup company's financing needs will inevitably change as its business matures, as will the startup's ability to secure investors and lenders to fund its business. Thus, a startup company should explore the various financing options and capital raising considerations discussed below at various stages in its life-cycle.
The following is a high-level summary of the material covered in Chapter 3 Capital Raising of a new book Startup Law 101: A Practical Guide edited by lawyer Catherine Lovrics, which was contributed by Wildeboer Dellelce LLP lawyers Rory Cattanach, Al Wiens, Davia Wang and Patricia Good. Startup Law 101: A Practical Guide was published by, and is available for purchase online here.
Startup companies typically have two main options to raise capital: debt or equity financing.
Debt financing allows startups to borrow money from a variety of lenders, including shareholders and financial institutions. Raising capital through debt financing does not result in the lender retaining any ownership interest in the business. Rather, the business becomes obligated to repay the borrowed funds plus any interest when the loan comes due.
Equity generally refers to an ownership interest in or a financial claim to the capital of a business or asset. Through equity financing, a corporation raises capital by selling shares to investors in exchange for money. The advantage of equity financing is that investors are not entitled to have their investment repaid. Instead, shareholders acquire an ownership interest in the business and may realize a return on their investment upon selling their shares. Shareholders can also profit in the success of the business if management declares and distributes dividends.
A private company may only issue equity by selling its shares to purchasers that meet specific criteria to qualify as a private transaction. However, a company may wish to raise greater amounts of capital by selling its shares more broadly to the public, in which case it will be exposed to disclosure obligations.
Businesses may also utilize hybrid instruments that have both debt and equity financing elements to raise capital. For example, corporations can issue preferred shares offering preferential treatment to their holders. Preferred shareholders often have a priority claim to any dividends and residual assets upon dissolution of the business over holders of common shares. However, similar to debtholders, preferred shareholders typically do not have voting rights. Alternatively, some entrepreneurs seek a middle ground between equity and debt financing through convertible debt. This is a debt obligation that can be turned into equity in the future.
Any trade in securities constituting a distribution requires the issuer to either file a disclosure document (referred to as a prospectus) with its applicable securities regulator or to rely on an exemption from the prospectus requirement. A prospectus is a legal document which discloses extensive information. A prospectus must contain full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts about the issuer, its business and the securities for sale for potential investors to be able to make a reasonably informed investment decision.
An initial public offering ("IPO") is the process by which a private company offers its securities to the public for the first time resulting in it becoming a public company. Going public can increase a company's access to capital and provide for improved liquidity as the business becomes increasingly more marketable. However, the going-public process and the reporting obligations and regulatory requirements associated with operating as a public company can be challenging, time-consuming and expensive.
Each time a reporting issuer intends to issue shares to the public, a prospectus must be filed; however, there are certain exemptions from such prospectus requirements. Given that the prospectus regime can be costly and time-consuming for small and mid-size issuers, the prospectus exemptions are especially useful. Among the various exemptions, the private issuer exemption and the family, friends and business associates exemption are particularly attractive to startups and small issuers.
Read a more robust summary on the practical considerations for raising capital as a startup company on Wildeboer Dellelce's website.
If you have any questions with respect to the matters discussed above, please contact Patricia Good, Rory Cattanach, Al Wiens, or Davia Wang.


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Buyers Do Want Electric Cars, But Don't Want To Pay More
Antony Ingram September 21, 2010 Comment Now!
Cost. The issue comes up time and time again with electric vehicles. New technology means new technology prices, and you can bet that after someone asks you what range a new EV has, they'll then ask how much it costs.
According to a recent poll by Nielsen conducted for the Financial Times, three quarters of U.S. and British consumers would consider buying an electric car. That's an impressive number, but the less impressive figure is the 65 percent who wouldn't pay more for an EV than they would for a regular gasoline one. In the U.K, that figure rose to 76 percent.
Even those consumers who did say they'd be willing to pay more would only be prepared to pay an extra $1,000 and $5,000 for the privelege.
Figures like these are much of the reason why government tax incentives are incredibly important for the immediate future of electric cars, since they can cut huge amounts of money off the list price and minimise the initial financial hit for buyers. The $7,500 tax credit available towards the purchase price of EVs and extended range EVs in the States brings a car like the 2011 Nissan Leaf within a few thousand dollars of high-spec Toyota Prius hybrids - an important psychological barrier for consumers.
It shouldn't all be doom and gloom though. The number of people willing to drive an electric car is encouraging. Indeed, this suggests an increase in consumer interest since the research suggesting 40 percent of U.S. adults were eager to test drive an EV. In that survey, respondants listed cost savings and environmental benefits as being one of the biggest draws, with the lack of any need for tune-ups and other mechanical attention also proving attractive.
Consumers from both the U.S. and U.K. say they are mainly willing to consider electric cars for the potential fuel savings. Environmental concerns were of lower priority
New York-based Nielsen researcher Sallie Hirsch adds "In general nobody wants to pay more for electric cars, but in the UK they're more hesitant, whether because of the higher cost of living or other reasons".
To see what financial incentives are available on EVs where you live, why not check out our Electric Vehicle Incentives Guide?
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The mythical Shangri-La isn't as mysterious as you think.
Shangri-La, or Zhongdian (Xiānggélǐlā, according to modern Chinese), is located in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan. Being so close to Tibet, there are a number of political arguments that have taken place over this region.
The relationship between Tibet and China is a touchy subject. As a foreigner, I was able to enter Shangri-La on a Chinese visa. Personally, out of respect for both parties, I take no public stance. I only want to show you my photos from this remarkably unique region.
The vast landscape of Shangri-La.
Before getting rocks thrown at our bikes and shot with BB guns!
On the outside, looking in: a harsh difference.
A raised Tibetan temple, looking out over the small township.
I'm getting such a bug to go to China! How interesting to see this part of the world must be.
It's such a bizarre place. I do hope you get to experience it one day!
These images are absolutely gorgeous! This is a part of the world that I have yet to see and so appreciate the opportunity to experience the landscape, architecture and people through your images!
It was definitely one of the more unique places I've been. It's quite a gem.
Probably. The town itself seemed quite touristy, but I still enjoyed it. I can't imagine it would have been like that 10 years ago!


Elizabeth from Gracefruit has launched her newest project, The European Directory of Soap and Cosmetic Makers. The directory offers an opportunity for makers of soaps and all cosmetic produts to meet with clients and for clients to be able to find artisan producers in their own countries. It isn't specifically just for soap and cosmetic products but includes candles, home fragrancing, hair care and all bath & body products. She hopes to make it the premier point for sellers and buyers.
I have signed up as a member of the directory and you will be able to find my details there. As soon as our shop is set up, I'll be linking it on the site.
So, whether you're a seller or a buyer, please check out http://www.soapmakers.eu/ for information!
What an opportunity for the leading authorities on bathing to gather and discuss all things bath and body!
Thank you Michaela and Nahana - I believe it could be a very powerful marketing and promotion opportunity for all cosmetic makers in the EU. Thanks for your comments.


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Minnesota deer hunter gets bang for buck with alligator haul
By Associated Press|2020-11-10T06:58:29-06:00November 10th, 2020|
A Minnesota man who was tracking a large buck on the opening weekend of deer hunting season wound up finding another prize for his collection when he came across a 3-foot alligator. Cory Klocek was hunting Saturday on farmland in East Bethel, about 40 miles north of Minneapolis when he took down with a shotgun what he described on Facebook as a "beautiful 10-point buck." The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that about that time he came around a pond and spotted the alligator. Klocek called the state Department of Natural of Resources and received approval to shoot the alligator. Klocek says he intends to pair the buck and the gator together for a "fun taxidermy piece."


We will be at ECCMID 2019 with a poster contribution and as an exhibitor. The poster is on a novel cUTI mouse model and the application of PK/PD modelling to derive the required effect in the mouse model that translates to clinical response. We used historical Levofloxacin data to establish this animal-human translation. Visit us at our booth to learn more how we can support your preclinical, translational and clinical program with PK/PD modelling.


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Home / The Ports / Origins and History / Chioggia
At the top end of the Adriatic sea. At the intersection of the main European transport corridors and of the Motorways of the Sea.
The Port of Venice is in a position to act as the European gateway for trade flows to and from Asia.
The two islands that make up Chioggia were a safe refuge for the Veneto population when they were subjected to barbarian invasions in the 5th century.
Chioggia and Sottomarina were not prominent in antiquity, although they are first mentioned in Pliny as the fossa Clodia. Local legend attributes this name to its founding by a Clodius, but the origin of this belief is not known. The name of the town has changed often, being Clodia, Cluza, Clugia, Chiozza and Chioggia
The port role explains the origin of the city and the reasons for its significant development between the 11th and 12th centuries when it had already assumed the role of an important port city, developed around the salt, trade salt, fishing and other economic activities related to its the sea.
Chioggia was recognized by the Serenissima Republic a specific level of managerial, administrative and legal autonomy. This role was punctually reflected in the Pactum Clugiae, a document which guaranteed the city by the government of the Republic also its own well-defined territory. Venice enhanced the port activities of the city, and especially its defensive structures facing the sea - the direction from which most threats would arrive.
But the aggression of the Serenissima against the Clodiense maritime trade, after a few centuries, forced Chioggia into an alliance with Genoa.
The economic rivalry between those two great medieval maritime republics was resolved by the Naval War of Chioggia (1378–81), and formally ended in 1381 with the Peace of Turin.
This maritime war, with the victory of Venice, for many centuries still bent the commercial vitality of Chioggia, reduced to a fishing port Salt producer and small traffic with the Istrian and Dalmatian shores.
The Venetians rebuilt the town immediately and they strengthened it with even more defensive works, many by Michele Sanmicheli (1484-1559), who built walls and fortifications. These include the 14th century Forte di San Felice.
Unlike Venice, Chioggia did not quickly recover its prosperous pre-war conditions and throughout the 15th century it was engaged to implement an economic-social and demographic recovery.
The rebirth of the city gradually became problematic, especially due to the negative economic situation that troubled the production of salt Clugie (produced at Chioggia).
The number and size of the salt pans of Chioggia, which previously occupied very large lagoon spaces, decreased.
In this period, lagoon fishing acquired a very important role in Chioggia and the city gradually developed an ever better propensity for maritime trade in the eastern Mediterranean. Thanks to the increase in a suitable and well-prepared flotilla, maritime traffic became increasingly intense and profitable, in the wake of the great traders of the Venetian Republic. The flourishing in Chioggia of traffic and maritime trade also corresponded to the birth of great navigators and traders, like Giovanni Caboto and Nicolò de'Conti. It should also be remembered that in Chioggia the construction of boats has an ancient and glorious tradition that has historically found a prestigious social and religious response in the Mariegola dei Calafati, a statute which, dating back to 1211, represents in Italy of the municipal period one of the most ancient and complete corporate systems of arts and crafts.
With the fall of Venice (to Napoleon) Chioggia was then subjected to French rule (1797) and after to Austrian, until 1866, when it entered in the Kingdom of Italy.
The beginning of Venice's decline as a powerful maritime Republic was the end of the Port of Chioggia.
Fishing is historically the livelihood of the port, but the Port of Chioggia, besides being the seat of one of the main fishing port of Italy (ranking second after Marzara del Vallo), with a lively wholesale market, has achieved good levels of productivity and competitiveness also in break bulk, project cargoes and in the passenger traffic with small-sized cruise ships.


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Jutanugarn survives implosion to capture US Open
June 4th, 2018 / Anthony Powter
Ariya Jutanugarn survived a back-nine implosion to eventually win the US Women's Open on Sunday and claim her second career major title in a playoff.
Jutanugarn let slip a seven-shot lead with nine holes remaining before parring the fourth playoff hole to defeat South Korea's Kim Hyo-joo to become the first player from Thailand to claim the US Open crown. She also won the Women's British Open in 2016.
Ariya Jutanugarn (Credit: USGA)
Jutanugarn finished with a one-over par 73 and a 72-hole total of 11-under-par.
"After you have a seven-shot lead and end up with you having to go to a playoff, I had no expectations," said Ariya.
"If I have a playoff then I'm going to make sure I do my best every shot because I felt like I didn't commit on the back nine. I felt like I had a last chance to make myself proud."
Jutanugarn started the day with a four-shot lead over Australia's Sarah Jane Smith and looked like she might win easily after opening with a 4-under on the front nine to stretch her lead to seven shots heading into the closing stages of the championship.
Smith had a three-shot lead going into the weekend after back-to-back 67s but finished the tournament with two straight disappointing rounds. She was in the final group with Jutanugarn but had a 78 on Sunday to finish in a tie for 5th alongside Lexi Thompson, Taiwan's Wei-Ling Su and amateur Patty Tavanakit.
"I didn't do a very good job of it today. I've got to figure out a way to putt a little better under pressure. I feel like I'm putting well. I holed a lot of really nice putts the first two days," said Smith.
"I just got a little tentative over the weekend. I left a lot of putts short. I hit a lot of really goods shots. There was a lot of opportunities, which I think that was the disappointing part. I did give myself some chances but never gave a putt a chance."
Smith was hunting for a first win in 222 starts on the LPGA tour since her debut in 2006.
Su Oh was the next-best Australian in a tie for 17th while Minjee Lee tied 34th.
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The global sourcing market in India continues to grow at a high pace. India is the leading sourcing destination across the world, accounting for approximately 55 per cent market share of the US$ 185-190 billion global services sourcing business in 2017-18. Indian IT & ITeS companies have set up over 1,000 global delivery centers in about 80 countries across the world.
More importantly, the industry has led the economic transformation of the country and altered the perception of India in the global economy. India's cost competitiveness in providing IT services, cost savings of 60–70 per cent over source countries, continues to be the mainstay of its Unique Selling Proposition (USP) in the global sourcing market. However, India is also gaining prominence in terms of intellectual capital with several global IT firms setting up their innovation centers in India.
Indian IT exports increased to US$ 126 billion in FY18 while domestic revenues (including hardware) advanced to US$ 41 billion.
Total spending on IT by banking and security firms in India is expected to grow 8.6 per cent year-on-year to US$ 7.8 billion by 2017!!.
India's Personal Computer (PC) shipment advanced 11.4 per cent year-on-year to 9.56 million units in 2017 on the back of rise in the quantum of large projects.
Revenue from digital segment is expected to comprise 38 per cent of the forecasted US$ 350 billion industry revenue by 2025.
Indian IT's core competencies and strengths have attracted significant investments from major countries. The computer software and hardware sector in India attracted cumulative Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows US$ 29.825 billion from April 2000 to December 2017, according to data released by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
Leading Indian IT firms like Infosys, Wipro, TCS and Tech Mahindra, are diversifying their offerings and showcasing leading ideas in block chain, artificial intelligence to clients using innovation hubs, research and development centers, in order to create differentiated offerings.
Nasscom has launched an online platform which is aimed at up-skilling over 2 million technology professionals and skilling another 2 million potential employees and students.
As of March 2018, there were over 1,140 GICs operating out of India.
Private Equity (PE)/Venture Capital (VC) investments in India's IT & ITeS sector reached US$ 7.6 billion during April-December 2017.
India is the topmost offshoring destination for IT companies across the world. Having proven its capabilities in delivering both on-shore and off-shore services to global clients, emerging technologies now offer an entire new gamut of opportunities for top IT firms in India. Export revenue of the industry is expected to grow 7-9 per cent year-on-year to US$ 135-137 billion in FY19.
Did you know that Whatsapp is a Facebook company? That Microsoft owns Linked-in and Yammer? That Verizon now owns Yahoo? Take a look.
70% of Indians access the internet through their mobile phones. This is the largest %ge in the world and shows how important the smartphone is for access to the internet in India. It means all application developers must factor in the phone access to be relevant. In developed countries like US and Germany most access the internet through their laptops or desktops.


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We hope to see you there on registration day!


One year ago I discovered Raising Vibrations Youtube channel. I was fascinated by the depth of the information that certainly resonated with me and I wanted to learn more. Since my first day of following, I enjoy Full Moon reports and various supportive learning materials. But more than that, I'm thankful for profound Solar Return Reading, Soul Alignment and Empowerment class, Retrogrades, Beginner and Intermediate Astrology courses. Also recently I joined the Metamorphosis program and going through the deep transformation and empowerment. All of this was a life changing experience, mind opening and soul liberation. Together with Simon and his careful and caring guidance I recognized my propose, I have learnt a lot about myself and my family. These experiences greatly improved my relationships and changed my perspective on life, people and situations in very positive way. Now I'm recognize and thus able to heal my karmic patterns on the physical, emotional and mental levels. I'm capable to see the deepest motivations beyond the mental ability. I always wanted to heal myself and also heal others, thanks to the Beginner and Intermediate Astrology courses now I can read and understand my astrology chart and make readings for others. I feel more empowered, inspired and confident as never before. I keep learning with Simon and I'm grateful for such opportunity in my life every day.


The first series continued on Friday. Polkowice had a big lead as they headed home and they took care of business with a 76-60 win stretching the final margin to 147-106. They will play in Group A of the main competition while Piestanske Cajky drops to Group D of EuroCup. The final team in Group B was decided on Tuesday. Szekszard had the better start, but BLMA controlled the last three quarters in Lattes with Courtney Hurt leading the way to win 86-71 and overturn the first game deficit and advance 165-151. The Hungarian side now heads to Group H in EuroCup.


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Q: Spring Boot accessing dao service from custom class I am trouble with accessing my service to save data in a class.
I have a class and wish to use my defined service that works well in my RestController by am struggling to access it in custom class.
I wish to do something like the following new MessageProcessor.processMessage(message) --> this should access service and save the data to database.
@Controller
public class MessageProcessor {

    @Autowired
    private IOTService iotService;

    public MessageProcessor() {

    }

    public void processMessage(String message) {
        iotService.addMessage(message);
    }
}

It is being called like this in a random class.
The Autowired annotion is not working as i expected.
new MessageProcessor().processMessage("test");

I am new to Spring so any suggestions would be appreciated

A: First of all, you need to understand how the framework work. I am giving an example, may be it clears some of your doubts and logic.
The autowiring works in a way like, you have to follow a standard :

*

*Make a domain class (Domain.class).

*Make a controller (DomainController.class)(if there is need), mark it with annotation @Controller.

*Make a service class,(DomainService.class), mark it with annotation @Service

In this way, you can use autowiring concept. If you want to use your service class method outside this class hierarchy, you have create its new instance with new keyword i.e. new DomainService()
The thing to be noted here autowiring works within a specific model not everywhere.

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