Since the 1950s, suburbia has been enticing people away from cities with the promise of green and uncluttered space. As eager new suburbanites began experiencing their unspoiled lifestyle, they found that they were required to compartmentalize the components of their lives: work, shop, dine and play, In the process, they inadvertently disassembled a wholeness of being that city life offered by providing for all these pursuits as a part of the walkable community to which everyone belonged.
Today, commercial real estate developers have a unique opportunity to do something transformative. Rather than perpetuate the separation mania of the past 50 years by rushing to create retail "lifestyle centers" — which insidiously imitate real cities by constructing faux second-floor offices or residences above stores in what's really just a shopping center — we now have the opportunity to create a healthier society. We can build real mixed-use environments based on high ideals and a sense of social responsibility; to do something profoundly restorative for society by creating holistic mixed-use neighborhoods.
True mixed-use density that creates walkable, multi-level, live-work-play neighborhoods loaded with stimulating and engaging pedestrian-level detail creates "experience," the core of exciting urban living.
Mixed-use density creates the dynamics of a neighborhood that is constantly in use. It fosters the natural interaction of business people going to work, people recreating, people shopping, people watching other people and people just being themselves. There is magic in mixing different kinds of people in the same place for different reasons.
At Stark Enterprises, our appreciation for the urban experience and mixed-use density emerged over seven years of conceptualizing and executing Crocker Park in Westlake, Ohio. Crocker Park, which is 50 percent residential space, 30 percent shopping and 20 percent office and almost 2 million square feet in total, integrates office use and residential space above a retail streetscape that defines city blocks and is part of a classic grid of streets. This is the kind of street grid, with every component competing and harmonizing, that great cities have developed over time and that generates a collective consciousness of being part of something great.
When a city is not pedestrian centered — when cars on the streets are more important than people on the streets — the blended, urbane environment that excites people is lost. We're so pedestrian-oriented at Crocker Park that we gave serious thought to posting signs that would read "Jaywalking encouraged".
Great cities such as New York and Boston are built for pedestrians. And the key to creating that pedestrian environment is mixed-use density — vertical integration of residential, office and retail space that drives activity around the clock, seven days a week. It activates the streetscape as the layers of offices, residences and hotels above provide the diverse mix of people who sustain the shops and street life below.
Successful old cities grew up over time. The fabric of their blocks and streets resonate with a sense of familiarity. People feel at ease in this kind of space. To create the urban feel the street spaces must be designed as outdoor rooms — meaning that scale is critical. The faces of buildings across the street from each other should recreate the feeling you might have in a comfortable room. At Stark Enterprises, we think of this as community feng shui.
Great places are sensual, emotional. They have spirit, an essence and a story to tell. To create these places is not without challenges. It requires a commitment to thinking in terms of psychodynamics, the human emotion, conscious or otherwise, that affects behavior and choices.
You can't foster pedestrianism effortlessly: You must discover what works for people, advocate for authenticity, be fearless about eclecticism. The more unusual and mixed an environment, the more inviting, entrancing, intriguing it is, the more livable it is.
In an area full of beautiful homes spread far apart with no main street and no downtown, Crocker Park now supplies Westlake with a sophisticated center, a point of reference, a strengthened identity and an additional source of pride.
Architecture is a natural medium for celebrating details. Close attention to masonry, metal cladding and other high quality materials and to windows, dormers, balustrades and other architectural details makes all the difference in how people feel about a place. Rooflines, mostly neglected in the United States, have great potential for drama and inspiration — like the rooflines in London with all those chimneys, and like the spires of a Gaudi Cathedral.
Everywhere — in signage, in plantings, on banners, in special touches like outdoor hearths and decorative espaliers — we invite beauty through the details at Crocker Park. We infuse art into the context of the place; the point being that buying the overstuffed sofa or the designer purse or the elegant gardening tool is part of the visitor's full experience. Aesthetics have tangible economic value as well as intangible artistic value.
Our retailers are also discovering that bustling streetscapes in the context of mixed-use density greatly enhances impulse shopping as does the revival of the lost art of window shopping that takes place there.
Mixed-use density is hot. In a market, like many, where most of the rental housing stock and office supply in the suburban metropolitan area is on average more than 30 years old, obsolete and not relevant to today's lifestyle, new state-of-the-art mixed-use density/urban fabric has a competitive advantage. The cultural pendulum has swung back to fuel a demand for a working and living lifestyle that can only be found on "vibrant" city streets. The infrastructure capacity of the suburbs and the essence of what they are cannot possibly satisfy the magnitude of the demand. Crocker Park's ratio of mixed-use upper floors to streetscape retail is only 3-to-1.
As fast as we can finish them, our apartments above retail are pre-leasing with paid deposits, sight unseen, at the highest rents per square foot in the state of Ohio. Our office space in Phase I is 60 percent committed to after only four months of marketing. It's all about the quasi-urban experience we've created and the lack of supply/competition.
This is the great hope for America's true urban centers, like downtown Cleveland. Finally, after 50 years of humiliation and defeat at the hands of suburban sprawl, urban centers can provide something that the suburbs cannot: true mixed-use density in more authentic and compelling ratios of mixed-use (apartments and offices) over retail — ratios of 10-to-1, 15-to-1, 20-to-1 and beyond. This level of density generates even more diversityand volume of population and creates the opportunity for even greater vibrancy and neighborhood dynamics.
Identifying a large enough strategically located development site to put at least 1 million square feet of retail and a corresponding ratio of mixed-use density above it allows us to build new American cities on the original street grids of our beloved hometowns and in many cases, to eliminate the blight of surface parking lots at the same time.
The investment in such developments (well over $1 billion) and their critical mass are large enough to change the image of a city in decline and to positively impact the self-esteem of the 3 million to 4 million residents in the region surrounding that city.
My high school basketball coach exhorted us to not stand there waiting for the ball; "go to where you think the ball is coming." At Crocker Park we're not simply focusing on foot-candles and numbers of parking spaces. We're changing life in the community. We're innovating instead of preserving the status quo — we're creating the places where people want to be.
Developers have the power to change things that need changing. When we build from scratch we can design for activities, interaction or whatever is needed to strengthen community.
As we design, we hold great power for good — the power to create vibrant places and experiences that immerse us in the excitement of the moment. At Stark Enterprises, making this holistic lifestyle accessible to as many people as possible is our mission.
Robert L. Stark is CEO of Stark Enterprises and developer of Crocker Park, a mixed-use project in Westfield, Ohio.


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Donald "Don" Hutchison (* 9. Mai 1971 in Gateshead) ist ein ehemaliger schottischer Fußballspieler. Während seiner fast zwei Jahrzehnte umfassender Profikarriere zwischen 1989 und 2008 war er für neun verschiedene Klubs aktiv, darunter in der Premier League für den FC Liverpool, West Ham United, den FC Everton und den AFC Sunderland. Dazu absolvierte der Mittelfeldspieler 26 Länderspiele für die schottische Nationalmannschaft, in denen er sechs Tore schoss.

Sportlicher Werdegang

Vereinskarriere
Hutchison, der als Sohn eines Schotten und einer Engländerin in Gateshead geboren worden war, begann seine Fußballerlaufbahn in der Jugend von Hartlepool United. Bei dem damaligen Viertligisten absolvierte er sein erstes Pflichtspiel am 7. Oktober 1989 gegen Scunthorpe United und zu Beginn der Saison 1990/91 leistete Hutchison einen erfolgreichen Beitrag zum Aufstieg in die dritte Liga. Jedoch deutlich vor der entscheidenden Phase war der junge Mittelfeldspieler in die höchste englische Spielklasse für die Ablösesumme von 175.000 Pfund zum FC Liverpool weitergezogen. Sein letztes Spiel für Hartlepool hatte er am 24. November 1990 gegen den FC Scarborough (2:0) bestritten.

In Liverpool, das zunächst von Kenny Dalglish und später von Graeme Souness betreut wurde, musste Hutchison trotz großer Verletzungssorgen im Verein bis März 1992 auf sein Ligadebüt warten. In der Saison 1992/93 war er dann Stammspieler mit 42 Pflichtspielauftritten und zehn Toren. Er zeigte ein gutes Passspiel, war zweikampfstark und zählte zu den Publikumslieblingen. Abseits des Platzes fiel er jedoch durch Undiszipliniertheiten auf und vor allem ein unvorteilhafter Schnappschuss in einer Gaststätte sorgte für Unmut im Verein und zu seinem letztlichen Abgang. Im August 1994 wechselte er für eine vereinsinterne Rekordablösesumme von 1,5 Millionen Pfund zum von Harry Redknapp trainierten West Ham United.

Bei den "Hammers" entwickelte er sich nach anfänglichen Anpassungsschwierigkeiten zu einem Schlüsselspieler im offensiven Mittelfeld und mit seinen neun Ligateffern in der Saison 1994/95 trug er im März 1995 zu zwei Auswärtssiegen gegen den FC Arsenal und Aston Villa bei. Eine späte Genugtuung war danach im Mai 1995 sein "Doppelpack" zum 3:0 gegen die Ex-Kollegen aus Liverpool. Dessen ungeachtet blieb er dem Klub nur bis Januar 1996 erhalten. Vor allem nach der Verpflichtung von Iain Dowie fand er sich häufiger auf der Ersatzbank wieder und der Klub ließ ihn für 1,2 Millionen Pfund zum Zweitligisten Sheffield United weiterziehen.

In Sheffield hatte Hutchison erneut seine Eingewöhnungsprobleme, vor allem in der ungewohnten vordersten Angriffslinie, bevor er zurück im Mittelfeld zu alter Stärke zurückfand und dort seine technischen Stärken in der Ballbehandlung und im Passspiel besser zum Ausdruck kamen; dazu galt er als Spezialist bei Standardsituationen Als problematisch galten stets seine Undiszipliniertheiten, die ihm immer wieder eine Reihe von Verwarnungskarten einbrachten. Auch waren seine Leistungen selten konstant, wie in der Saison 1996/97, als er gleichsam überzeugte, wenn er sich aus dem Mittelfeldzentrum in die Spitze einschaltete, dann aber Schwächen zeigte, wenn er bei Verletzungssorgen in der Mannschaft auf der rechten Seite aushelfen musste. Im Play-off-Finale zum Aufstieg in die Premier League, das mit 0:1 gegen Crystal Palace knapp verloren ging, fehlte Hutchison aufgrund einer Schulterverletzung. Ende Februar 1998 wechselte Hutchison zurück in die Premier League zum FC Everton im Rahmen eines Tauschgeschäfts, bei dem Jon O'Connor in die entgegengesetzte Richtung zog.

Hutchison war somit einer von nur wenigen Spielern, die für die beiden großen Liverpooler Vereine zum Einsatz kamen, und er übernahm auf Anhieb das Trikot des Spielgestalters mit der Nummer 10 des zu Newcastle United abgewanderten Gary Speed. Nach dem Trainerwechsel von Howard Kendall zu Walter Smith war er dann zu Beginn der Spielzeit 1998/99 nicht mehr erste Wahl, da Smith die Neuverpflichtungen Olivier Dacourt und John Collins bevorzugte. Erst als Collins für sechs Monate ausfiel, kehrte Hutchison in die Mannschaft zurück und half den "Toffees" dabei, den Abstieg ein zweites Mal in Serie nur knapp abzuwenden. In der Saison 1999/2000 vertrat er zeitweilig gar Dave Watson als Kapitän und nach guten Darbietungen sowohl im Mittelfeld als auch als Sturmspitze heuerte er für 2,5 Millionen Pfund im Juli 2000 beim Ligakonkurrenten AFC Sunderland an.

In der Saison 2000/01 erreichte Hutchison seinen sportlichen Zenit und bei den von Peter Reid trainierten "Black Cats", die unter anderem mit Kevin Phillips und Niall Quinn im Sturm, Julio Arca auf der Außenbahn, Gavin McCann und Stefan Schwarz im Mittelfeld, Michael Gray und Emerson Thome in der Abwehr sowie Thomas Sørensen im Tor spielten, belegte Hutchison im Januar 2001 zeitweise den zweiten Platz, bevor das Team noch auf den siebten Rang abrutschte. Ende August 2001 kehrte er schließlich nach West Ham zurück, wobei die Transfersumme von fünf Millionen Pfund erneut einen vereinsinternen Rekord markierte. Dort galt er als "Routinier" unter Trainer Glenn Roeder an der Seite von jungen Mitspielern wie Joe Cole, Michael Carrick, Jermain Defoe und Glen Johnson, aber trotz des Erfolgs mit siebten Platz in der Premier League, erlitt Hutchison einen schweren sportlichen Rückschlag, als er sich im Februar 2002 gegen den FC Middlesbrough einen Kreuzbandriss zuzog. Dadurch verpasste er auch den Großteil der Saison 2002/03, als West Ham in der Tabelle abrutschte und am Ende in die Zweitklassigkeit abstieg. Auch in der Folgezeit knüpfte Hutchison nicht mehr an seine alte Form an und nur noch sporadisch eingesetzt endete sein Engagement nach Ablauf der Saison 2004/05 mit dem Wiederaufstieg in die Premier League, wenngleich er erneut im Play-off-Finale nicht dabei war, das West Ham mit Spielern wie Anton Ferdinand, Jobi McAnuff, Marlon Harewood, Nigel Reo-Coker gegen Preston North End (1:0) gewann.

Im August 2005 wechselte Hutchison ablösefrei zum ebenfalls in London beheimateten FC Millwall und unterschrieb dort einen Halbjahresvertrag. Die Episode wurde bereits im November 2005 wieder beendet. Zunächst leihweise und im Januar 2006 fest wechselte er zu Coventry City, wobei er dort so zu überzeugen wusste, dass zum Ende der Spielzeit 2005/06 der Vertrag noch einmal um ein Jahr verlängert wurde. Nach Knöchelproblemen stand er nur noch dreimal für Coventry in der Startelf und in der Saison 2007/08 ließ er beim Drittligisten Luton Town seine aktive Profikarriere ausklingen. Mediale Aufmerksamkeit erlangte er zum Abschluss dadurch, dass er seinem unter finanziellen Schwierigkeiten leidenden Klub ausstehende Gehaltszahlungen erließ und mit den dadurch frei werdenden Mitteln zum Sponsor für zwei Talente im Verein avancierte.

Schottische Nationalmannschaft
Der im Nordosten Englands geborene und aufgewachsene Hutchison hatte zu seinem Vater bis zu dessen Tod ein sehr enges Verhältnis. Dieser stammte aus dem schottischen Nairn und so war es immer der Wunsch des Filius, für die schottische Auswahl aufzulaufen. Sein erster Einsatz war im Jahr 1994 im walisischen Wrexham für die B-Auswahl der Bravehearts, der jedoch enttäuschend verlief und fünf Jahre lang erhielt er keine weiteren Bewährungschancen mehr.

Am 31. März 1999 debütierte er unter dem damaligen Trainer Craig Brown in der A-Nationalmannschaft per Einwechslung gegen Tschechien in der Qualifikation für die Euro 2000. Die Partie endete mit einem 2:1-Sieg und bei seinem nächsten Einsatz schoss er den einzigen Treffer zum 1:0-Erfolg gegen Deutschland in Bremen. Nachhaltig in Erinnerung war im November 1999 sein Tor im Wembley-Stadion gegen den englischen Erzrivalen. Im Play-off-Rückspiel blieb dieser Kopfballtreffer jedoch das einzige Tor und somit konnte das 0:2 aus dem Hinspiel nicht wettgemacht werden.

Im Oktober 2000 gelang ihm gegen San Marino sein sechstes und schließlich letztes Länderspieltor. Ohne weitere nennenswerte Erfolge blieb Hutchison der schottischen Auswahl noch drei Jahre erhalten, bevor er am 15. November 2003 gegen die Niederlande seinen 26. und letzten Länderspielauftritt hatte.

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Fußballnationalspieler (Schottland)
Fußballspieler (Hartlepool United)
Fußballspieler (FC Liverpool)
Fußballspieler (West Ham United)
Fußballspieler (Sheffield United)
Fußballspieler (FC Everton)
Fußballspieler (AFC Sunderland)
Fußballspieler (FC Millwall)
Fußballspieler (Coventry City)
Fußballspieler (Luton Town)
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MLB free agency: Brandon Nimmo returns to Mets on eight-year, $162 million deal, per report
Nimmo was drawing strong interest as one of the top free agents but chose to go back to Flushing
By R.J. Anderson
Dec 8, 2022 at 8:54 pm ET • 1 min read
The New York Mets have reached an agreement with outfielder Brandon Nimmo on an eight-year deal worth $162 million that will see him return to the club, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post.
Nimmo, 29, enjoyed a short foray into free agency and drew interest from a variety of teams, including the Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, and Toronto Blue Jays. Nevertheless, he'll return to the only franchise he's played for as a professional. In parts of seven big-league seasons, he's batted .269/.385/.441 (130 OPS+) while amassing 17.2 Wins Above Replacement, per Baseball Reference's calculations.
Coming into the offseason, CBS Sports ranked Nimmo as the seventh best free agent on the market. Here's what we wrote at the time:
Juan Soto. Freddie Freeman. Bryce Harper. Aaron Judge. Paul Goldschmidt. What do those five players have in common? They're the only batters with at least 1,000 plate appearances during the Pandemic Era to reach base more frequently than Nimmo did. He's more than a pretty on-base: he's made improvements both as a center fielder and as a platoon-disadvantaged hitter, as the last two seasons have represented two of his three best single-season performances versus southpaws. If there is a stain on his T-shirt, it's his durability. Nimmo has appeared in more than 100 games just twice (thrice if you prorate his 2020 campaign over 162 games). The body doesn't tend to grow more durable as one ages, but Nimmo's top-of-the-order bat and middle-of-the-field glove should net him a lucrative long-term deal anyway.
Nimmo is the latest addition in what's been a busy week for the Mets. They've also added starting pitchers Justin Verlander and José Quintana to replace departing free-agent starters Jacob deGrom (Rangers) and Taijuan Walker (Phillies). The Mets completed a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday to net them lefty reliever Brooks Raley, too.
The Mets would not seem to be done yet. Rather, they would seemingly still be in the market for another starter, be it Chris Bassitt, Kodai Senga, or someone else. It's to be seen if those efforts prove fruitful.
Report: Mets sign Brandon Nimmo on eight-year deal

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16 August 2008: An historical study of mayors in US big cities finds that mayors who are popularly elected are more effective than those who come to office through other means. The study, by Andrew D. McNitt* of Eastern Illinois University, examined the performance in office of 846 mayors of 19 US cities -- including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Francisco, Boston, and Houston – between 1820 and 1995.
The McNitt study measures mayoral accomplishments in three public policy areas: (1) physical and organizational development of their cities, such as constructing public works, annexing land, instituting urban renewal programs, developing land use planning, and professionalizing their cities' bureaucracies; (2) conflict resolution and law enforcement, including all efforts to control riots, resolve community disputes, regulate public behavior, and modernize police forces; and, (3) provision of social services, including building hospitals and schools, providing housing, health care and public assistance, and intervening in the marketplace to reduce the costs to consumers of transportation and energy.
Measuring performance in these three policy areas provides a relatively simple and straightforward indication of what a mayor has done.
The author selected a long time range (1820-1995) to determine if there have been substantial behavioral changes in the kinds of activities in which mayors engage. Seeking information over such a long period of time, however, prevented the author from using budgetary indications of mayors' accomplishments. Instead, the author examined the historical record, including newspapers and local history collections.
The study notes that correlations between the three policy areas are weak. In other words, accomplishments in one area are generally unrelated to accomplishments in another area. This implies that there is more than one kind of successful mayor. There are those who specialize in making physical improvements; others who concentrate on providing human services; and others who focus on law enforcement. Very few American mayors are credited with success in all three areas.
There are also minor correlations between mayoral governance and political party affiliation, political style, religious orientation, and previous professions. For example, mayors who implement improvements in law enforcement are more likely to be lawyers and Republicans. Mayors who effectively promote the physical development of their cities are more likely to be Catholic, but not necessarily Democrats, the traditional party affiliation of American Catholics. They are also more likely to govern cities with relatively few foreign-born residents and relatively more African-American residents.
The strongest indicator of success – across all policy areas and all personal traits – is election to office. Mayors who are not initially elected by popular referendum are less likely to have accomplishments in any of the three policy areas.
In the US, the unelected mayor is often regarded as a caretaker, not a city executive. In other words, mayors who lack an initial electoral connection with their constituencies often begin their careers under a cloud. They are frequently considered ceremonial figures, and little is expected from this class of office holders.
Certainly, historical data cannot fully capture the underlying and unique political realities which each mayor faces. Accomplishments in office are closely related to mayoral preferences and skills, the public's demand for services, government structure, and the political and economic circumstances mayors encounter.
What this study illustrates is that a mayor's capacity to implement change – regardless of the underlying circumstances -- is greater when the mayor is directly elected by the people.


Pick a day. Any day. During that day Americans expect to encounter 2.4 acts of incivility from another person.
Rudeness is another term for the behavior.
That statistic is based on research released by global public relations firm Weber Shandwick and public affairs firm Powell Tate in partnership with KRC Research.
Civility in America continues to disintegrate and rude behavior is becoming the "new normal," the survey said.
Reports of personal infringements are on the rise, driving 70 percent of Americans to believe that incivility has reached crisis proportions. With Americans encountering incivility more than twice a day, on average, and 43 percent expecting to experience incivility in the next 24 hours, dealing with incivility has become a way of life for many.
"Incivility is turning into a national epidemic and becoming the new normal in behavior" said Pam Jenkins with Powell Tate. "With seven in ten citizens saying that incivility has reached crisis proportions, we need new solutions and greater leadership to reduce this discord in our daily lives."
Politicians, America's youth, the media and the Internet are assigned most responsibility for the problem.
While the public continues to cite politicians as the leading source of our nation's civility problems, the study shows that incivility goes well beyond political rancor, touching every aspect of American society.
For the first time since tracking began in 2010, the Internet/social media has risen into the top ranks of perceived causes of incivility. A large portion of people surveyed -- 70 percent -- continue to believe that the Internet encourages uncivil behavior.


Adriana & Daniel's Clontarf Beach Wedding was a well planned day with the Bride, herself, being in Events. Every detail was meticulously planned well in advance of the day.
Adriana was set on wearing her gorgeous heels despite getting married on the beach and so constructed a timber walkway for her arrival at the altar.
We at Circle of Love wish Adriana and Daniel a very happy marriage and life together.


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Polk Audio Unveils Its First Dolby Atmos Soundbar
Polk Audio has unveiled its first Dolby Atmos soundbar. The Signa S4 has seven drivers (including two upward-firing drivers) aimed at delivering 3D audio for movies, TV, music and games. A wireless subwoofer is included.
The company says that if the content isn't set up for Dolby Atmos, the soundbar can create a "virtual Atmos experience" by upmixing the height, surround and center channels. In addition, the Signa S4 uses Polk's VoiceAdjust technology, which aims to make dialogue more intelligible during noisy scenes and when watching something at a lower volume.
You can place the subwoofer anywhere in the room, as long as it is within 10 meters of the soundbar. The two devices will be paired automatically. A Bass Adjust function adjusts the low-end settings on both the soundbar and subwoofer. One-button presets are designed for movie and music playback. There's also a night mode that lowers the bass and puts more emphasis on dialogue.
You connect the Signa S4 to your TV via HDMI, optical cable or even aux-in. The device should be compatible with most modern TV remotes and there is also Bluetooth support.
The soundbar is available today through the Polk website and other retailers. The Signa S4 bundle, which includes HDMI and optical cables, costs $399.
All products recommended by Engadget have been selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories contain affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
DC Attorney General Sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers
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The Nicholas Sheran Leisure Centre was constructed on the West Side of Lethbridge in 1982 and it includes a swimming pool and one sheet of ice. In 2000, the Gyro Spray Park was built behind the Leisure Centre.
Newest of City-owned swimming pools, the pool is rectangular in shape, 25 meters long with two slides and a Tarzan rope. There is a separate wading pool, hot tub, sauna and fitness area equipped with appropriate equipment. The emphasis in this facility is on a total family leisure concept and it caters mostly to the young.


There is an interesting Q&A about the two types of data scientists on Quora written by Michael Hochster, the director of research at Pandora.
Type A – A stands for analysis. The analytical data expert primarily uses statistics to mine, explore, and extract insights from data. She is comfortable with code, enough to support the analytical work.
Type B – B stands for building. The type B data scientist is primarily a software engineer. She has some statistical background but is primarily best-suited for taking data insights and creating a product around it.
The dichotomy is a useful framework to think about radiology informatics as well.
It's a wonderful read for anyone interested in data.
Radiologists generally lean heavily towards Type A. We are diagnostic experts who use knowledge of statistics to assess the veracity of research articles, and they are also able to use Bayesian reasoning, where appropriate, to inform a diagnostic process. Many radiologists have a coding background, but almost no one has enough experience to build commercial level products.
This probably explains why radiologists tend to have thoroughly thought-out ideas, often backed with insight, data, and creativity. However, because the typical radiologist-turned-informatician is a Type A data scientist, creating a tangible tool can be incredibly difficult.
Thus, perfect becomes the enemy of good.
Software engineers working for radiology vendors lean towards Type B. They have a reasonable understanding of radiology and the data necessary to produce good clinical work, but their primary contribution to the field arises from the ability to translate an idea into a product. The focus in this group is practicality, feasibility, and scalability.
Meaningful collaboration often requires both types of experts. If you have an interest in radiology informatics, knowing where you stand in this spectrum can help you determine where you can add most value. So, which data scientist type are you?


I receive a great number of emails from readers asking if I know what ever happened to a favorite ship they sailed long ago. This newsletter is for the mariners and historians out there, and for anyone who has searched in vain for a beloved cruise ship that seems to have disappeared.
Cruise ships have a life cycle like anything else. They are generally at their peak relative to the competition on the day they are launched. If they are maintained at the highest standards, they can still be beautiful and immaculate after 20 or 30 years. But new cruise ships get better and better all the time, and sooner or later, older ships become non-competitive with newbuilds in terms of technology and design. Eventually, all ships become non-viable in the same way that a very nice, old house eventually becomes a tear-down.
During their life cycle, most ships move from one company to another, changing names and locations and even the type or nationality of passengers they are marketed to. They may be transferred among the top tier of cruise companies (those listed on our Web site) for a while, and later they may move from these companies to the second or third tier in terms of quality of food and service onboard. Even when these ships are no longer being marketed in North America, many continue to sail and service less demanding passengers from other parts of the world.
At the end of their useful lives, most cruise ships are sent to ship-breaking yards where they are dismantled and sold for scrap, while a handful have become floating hotels or restaurants.
Another of my newsletters listed all the prior incarnations of cruise ships we currently offer. Here, I've focused on cruise ships that we do not currently represent, either because they have been sent to the breakers or taken out of service or because they are no longer (or were never) marketed to North Americans. If you've been cruising for a while, I'm sure you'll see some names that you will recognize.
Click here for a list of inactive cruise ships and their fates. Click here for a list of ships still sailing but no longer being marketed in North America.
Unfortunately, information about these inactive ships is sketchy and the sources are not official, so I cannot guarantee the accuracy of what is reported.


Elafonisi which located in the southwest end of Crete, about 75 km from the city of Chania has definitely earned the 'wow factor' as it holds something special to that of the 'competitor' beaches. A place of an exceptional natural beauty with a beautiful thin sand that becomes pink in many places, the shallow waters making it ideal for families, the magical colour of the sea in so many different shades of blue that resembles the Caribbean, the island overlooking the beach, which is reachable by foot giving the added sense of discovery and seclusion for visitors who wish to break away from the crowds. Elafonisi gives the unique feeling of being in a faraway exotic paradise whilst having a Mediterranean holiday. A place that will certainly not disappoint you, from any point of view, as it holds equally balanced beauty both above and below the water.


The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) plans to develop collaborative strategies to ensure that operators in Nigeria's oil and gas industry do not compromise Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) in their operations.
Speaking on Monday to journalists in Lagos ahead of the agency's 17th International HSE Biennial Conference, DPR's Deputy Director in charge of HSE, Mrs. Sibeudu Onyebuchi said the agency planned to ensemble stakeholders that would proffer solutions on ways to drive HSE compliance in Nigeria's oil and gas sector.
She said that the biennial conference, which creates HSE awareness amongst stakeholders in the industry, has remains the biggest forum that brings NSE experts from both within and outside the country to share new ideals and experiences on HSE issues.
Onyebuchi said that the HSE conference provides a platform for HSE professionals in the Nigerian oil and gas industry and other interested participants to meet and share experiences relating to HSE issues arising from exploration and production.
She said that stakeholders would also share values on downstream and other related activities in the oil and gas sector.
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Onyebuchi said that the keynote address would be delivered by Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, adding that the three-days conference will present over 36 technical papers from various panel sessions.
She said the knowledge derived from the plenary and technical session would help provide further insight and approaches for tackling safety concerns as well as increase awareness on practical global safety and environmental issues.
She said that will attract over 3,000 participants and exhibitors both within and outside the country.


Last year, SolidariTee raised nearly £4,000 for Advocates Abroad selling slogan t-shirts in Cambridge. Now they're expanding their reach to universities across the UK.
The Solidaritee Campaign was started last year by Cambridge fresher Tiara Ataii who, having seen first-hand the escalation of the refugee crisis, decided to spend her entire student loan on 600 t-shirts, which she then sold to raise money for Advocates Abroad.
Advocates Abroad is an NGO which provides legal aid and representation for refugees in Greece and Turkey. It was founded by American human rights lawyer Ariel Ricker to "uphold fundamental rights and restore human dignity to all refugees and asylum seekers with the free and timely service of qualified asylum experts and attorneys".
This year, instead of slogans, the t-shirts will feature designs by children stranded in Greece, where Tiara is doing interpretation work this summer.
Tiara says, "We talk a lot about how divided society is becoming, so the idea of students from all around the country uniting around one message was a really exciting prospect."
Last year's campaign was a huge success, but now SolidariTee needs you. In order to expand their campaign, they're looking to recruit university students from across the country.
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Call of Duty Modern Warfare: Reflex
Modern Warfare for the Wii Gets Co-Op... Barely
News 8/22/2009 at 12:23 AM by Marc Allie 4
Poor, poor Wii gamers. There's much to love about Nintendo's system, but when it comes to multi-console franchises, the Wii just falls short (with a few notable exceptions). The fabled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is headed to the Wii this fall, and it will be quite different from its brothers on more powerful consoles. All is not lost, however; there will be co-op in Modern Warfare, which was lacking from the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. Great news, right?
Not so much. It appears the co-op being added is pretty much the same was we got in Call of Duty: World at War for the Wii last holiday season. A second player can join in any time throughout the campaign (good), but only controls a targeting reticle and an ammo bar (bad). We found this "co-op" in World at War very disappointing, to put it mildly, in our review. This kind of co-op is really best left to kid's games or situations where split-screen would be impossible. I wonder: is bad co-op better than no co-op at all?
Source: Kotaku.com
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Wii Side by Side with the PS3
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare's First Season Is Upon Us
Details Revealed for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's Spec Ops Mode
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's "Spec Ops" Survival Mode Will Be PS4 Exclusive For One Year
Modern Warfare Spec Ops Co-op Confirmed
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! Enters Early Access Later This Month


This is a copy of the agreement between Lena Kopelman and the Fargo Hebrew Congregation. It was scanned from page 174 of "And Prairie Dogs Weren't Kosher" by Linda Mack Schloff.
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Experts Ponder Tough Clinical Trial Challenges with Optimism
Blog April 15, 2019
David Burrow, Director, Office of Scientific Investigations, Office of Compliance, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Unbowed by a litany of obstacles, including the increasingly difficult path to finding new patients and an aversion to maximizing new technology, a quartet of industry thought-leaders exuded optimism about the future of the clinical trial industry during an engaging panel discussion Monday morning (April 15) at ACRP 2019 in Nashville.
"We're going to continue to raise the bar of awareness and understanding across industry, and I think it's a message of hope," said popular speaker David Burrow, PharmD, JD, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, where he is Director of the Office of Scientific Investigations within the Office of Compliance.
Panelists shared an optimism tempered by reality, though.
"We as an industry are notoriously bad at consuming advances in technology; we don't do them in a way that perhaps other industries [including banking and aviation] do," said Dalvir Gill, PhD, CEO of TransCelerate BioPharma, Inc. "Some of it is reluctance, but we're also hampered by the fact that there are laws that we've created [that] create barriers that we have to systematically chip away."
"You have to look at some of the new technology as an opportunity," said Jamie Macdonald, CEO of PAREXEL International. While championing many flavors of technology and the value of hybrid virtual trials, Macdonald was quick to add that "sites are still pivotal. I think what we're seeing is data doesn't enroll clinical trials."
In other words, data may tell us where patients are physically, but "it's a very human process to engage with a physician, to discuss clinical trials as an option for their care, to consider consenting and screening, and then staying involved with the clinical trial," Macdonald said.
And with more and more drug approvals considered to be precision medicine, finding and developing relationships with those patients is tough. "There is a more specific patient population [with] more inclusion/exclusion criteria, and therefore it's harder to find new patients, screen them, randomize them…we've tried a lot of different ways, but we're still stuck with old methodologies, intersecting with precision medicine and new technologies and digitalization," Macdonald said.
"Finding subjects or patients is the single biggest challenge in the industry, and it's going to get harder," agreed John Neal, Founder and Chairman of PCRS Network, LLC, and Chair of the Association Board of Trustees for ACRP.
"I think there's a lot of opportunity [and] a lot of hope as we continue to have these types of conversations with good folks from ACRP and all the individuals that come to this conference every year," Burrow said. "It's about learning, training, and growing. It's going to help us to shorten timeline approval for patients."
"The challenges are plenty, but I do believe there is light at the end of the tunnel," Gill said.
Author: Michael Causey
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This Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Fact Sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases resulting in probation in 2008. Probation supervision was the most severe disposition in 34 percent of all delinquency cases. The number of cases placed on probation increased 33 percent between 1985 and 2008. Property offense cases made up the greatest proportion of the probation caseload. This Fact Sheet is based on the report Juvenile Court Statistics 2008.
Presents statistics on delinquency cases handled in U.S. juvenile courts between 1985 and 2007. From 1985 through 1997, the number of delinquency cases handled climbed steadily (61 percent), and from 1997 through 2007, the delinquency caseload dropped 11 percent. Juvenile courts handled 44 percent more cases in 2007 than in 1985. This Fact Sheet is based on the report Juvenile Court Statistics 2006-2007.
Presents statistics on delinquency cases resulting in probation in 2007. This Fact Sheet is based on the report Juvenile Court Statistics 2006-2007.
Presents statistics on petitioned delinquency cases waived to criminal court between 1985 and 2007. The number of delinquency cases judicially waived peaked in 1994 at 13,100 cases, which represented an 81-percent increase over the number of cases waived in 1985 (7,200). Since 1994, the number of cases judicially waived declined 35 percent (8,500 cases in 2007). This Fact Sheet is based on the report Juvenile Court Statistics 2006-2007.


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Tag: Santa Fe
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:32 UTC
Three provinces concentrated 74% of Argentine US$ 78bn. exports in 2021
Three mainly agricultural provinces in Argentina, Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, and Córdoba accounted for 74% of the US$ 78 billion exported by the country in 2021, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec).
Friday, January 21st 2022 - 09:40 UTC
First case of flurona in Argentina spotted in Santa Fe
Health officials in the Argentine province of Santa Fe Thursday confirmed the first case of flurona (inFLUenza + coRONAvirus) had been detected in the country in a 3-year-old boy hospitalized in the provincial capital.
Thursday, December 16th 2021 - 09:01 UTC
Santa Fe-La Plata circuit added to export opportunities in Argentina
The first shipment from the port of Santa Fe bound for the Port of La Plata has departed, thus marking the commencement of a logistics circuit with the TecPlata container terminal that brings on a plethora of business opportunities, it was reported.
Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine sixth-graders supplied educational material reading "East and West Falkland" in English
Education authorities in the Argentine Province of Santa Fe were placed under investigation Tuesday after it was found that a booklet distributed among sixth-grade schoolchildren featured a map where the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands were depicted as British territory despite the country's claim otherwise.
Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 23:44 UTC
Federal forces to be deployed in violence-riddled Argentine city of Rosario
The Argentine Government Tuesday announced the sending of a 1.575-strong federal security team to the Rosario area in the province of Santa Fe within the next two to three weeks, as drug violence and crime are increasingly on the rise since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wednesday, September 1st 2021 - 11:50 UTC
Argentina extends cap on meat exports, producers may halt all activity
The Government of Argentina has extended the cap on meat exports until October 31, claiming it was because the measure had been effective in helping curb domestic prices.
Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 11:03 UTC
Argentine farmers accuse Kirchnerite goons of vandalizing silo bags
Argentine farmer association CRA has expressed its concern over a recent wave of vandalism on silo bags that store grain and oilseeds on-farm.
Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
What did the Mercosur's leaders say about Venezuela in Santa Fe?
The political and economic crisis in Venezuela was the center of the political debate among the heads of state that, this Wednesday, met in Santa Fe, Argentina in the Mercosur semi-annual summit, a block from which the Caribbean country is currently suspended. Neither Uruguay, Bolivia nor Chile addressed a word regarding the Venezuelan situation.
Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 10:47 UTC
Tabaré denies brokering meeting with Bolsonaro
Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez Tuesday denied having sought to meet privately with his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro during Wednesday's Mercosur summit in Santa Fe, Argentina.
Uruguayan State to manage Montevideo gas supply as Petrobras leaves country
Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez and Petrobras CEO Roberto Castello Branco met Tuesday in Santa Fe, Argentina, to discuss a possible solution to the crisis affecting Montevideo's two gas suppliers, which are both subsidiaries of the Brazilian consortium.


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Caught between Jerusalem and expanding settlements, uncertainty hangs over residents of Abu Nuwwar
Lydia Noon on August 28, 2015 2 Comments
Abu Nuwwar struggles to survive in the shadow of the massive Israeli settlement Ma'ale Adumim. (Photo: Lydia Noon)
The leafy city of Ma'ale Adumim lies 7 kilometres east of Jerusalem and is Israel's newest tourist attraction. Palm trees lining the sidewalk offer respite on a hot August afternoon, buses driving the well-maintained roads serve Tel Aviv and beyond and a Library of Peace meets residents' literary and moral needs.
The entrance to Ma'ale Adumim. (Photo: Lydia Noon)
Ma'ale Adumim is also the third largest illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, 4.5 kilometres east of the Green Line and next to the Palestinian town of Ezariya (Bethany). Dubbed the settlement that killed the two-state solution, it achieved city status in 1991. It lies at the heart of the Israeli government's E1 project that seeks to connect Ma'ale Adumim with Jerusalem by building a corridor of settlements enclosed by the separation wall. It will effectively divide the West Bank into two and will be achieved by destroying 23 Palestinian Bedouin villages and transferring some 2,300 men, women and children into forced townships.
Most of the 40,000 settlers who live in Ma'ale Adumim will never set foot in Abu Nuwwar – a village under threat of demolition as Israeli officials also plan to link Ma'ale Adumim with Qadar settlement, within the limits of the E1 plan. They will not walk towards the tents and tin structures blowing in the hot breeze 100 metres away from the settlement fence. Nor will they drink tea with the families that I had the privilege to meet: the five-month-old baby gurgling while making his way across colourful rugs on his belly, 13-year-old Zeinab* who wants to be a lawyer so she can help people and the young man announcing his arrival with the words "I have grapes!"
Sponge Bob and Israeli number plates
Homes in Abu Nuwwar may look shabby from the outside but they boast kitchens, bright interiors, televisions and the odd Sponge Bob poster. Many families keep donkeys and chickens but the harsh terrain and ever nearing settlements make subsistence difficult. Shepherds herding goats and sheep struggle to find edible shrubbery months after the last rainfall and are not able to roam far. They used to sell the milk from their flocks in Jerusalem before they were denied access to the city. Even driving to West Bank cities can be problematic.
"We have Israeli number plates on our cars so we can't go through checkpoints", explains Zeinab. "The soldiers look at our cars then when they see we have Palestinian IDs we can get arrested". Rather than shepherding, some men in the village now work in shops and construction in Ezariya and nearby towns. Women sew traditional Palestinian cushion covers to supplement their family's income. Noor, a 61-year-old resident of Abu Nuwwar, explains that the finished covers are sold to a non-governmental organization in Ezariya that sells them on in Hebron. Each cover takes her a week to complete.
Ezariya is a hub for the community. Families go to the town for medical treatment, water and groceries and children make the one-hour round trip to elementary school in al-Jabal and high school in Ezariya.
E1 – a project of displacement
Abu Nuwwar's EU-funded kindergarten is under threat of demolition. (Photo: Lydia Noon)
Abu Nuwwar residents are refugees, along with most of the Bedouin communities living near Ma'ale Adumim. Their tribe – the Jahalin – was expelled from the Negev in 1948 during the Nakba. After fleeing to the outskirts of the desert many families relocated to the West Bank where they registered with UNRWA and lived in villages near Jerusalem. They grazed and sold livestock in the busy trading route between Jerusalem and Jericho. The tribe's fortunes changed in 1967 with the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank, the annexation of East Jerusalem, settlement construction, 'closed military zones' and the resulting loss of freedom of movement.
The village that Noor was born in was demolished to make way for Ma'ale Adumim in 1975. "It was full of people and nice houses; there were no tents". Life was much better then, but despite everything she still hopes to stay in Abu Nuwwar. "This is my home", she says simply. Noor faces a second displacement and an imposed urban lifestyle – while the oldest members of the community will be forcibly removed from their homes for the third time.
Israel's E1 development project was approved in 1999 but due to international condemnation it was put on hold. Noor explains that from 2005 the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) has been telling the 600-strong community that they will demolish homes. Since Palestine's successful bid to become a non-member observer state in November 2012 and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu's retaliatory approval of 3,000 new settlement units in the E1 area, the project has gathered pace.
The Israeli army issued stop work orders in Abu Nuwwar on 6 August, a few days after Palestinian lawyer Tawfik Jabareen had begun representing the owners of 20 dwellings in the community. Members of the community were then invited to a 'supervision subcommittee' hearing to tell the Israeli Civil Authority why they shouldn't carry out the demolitions. Tawfik's request to postpone the hearing while he familiarized himself with the case was refused and the ICA handed out final demolition orders the following week.
"On 13 August they came and told us that they would demolish 30 structures here after three days", says Ahmed, caretaker for Abu Nuwwar's kindergarten. "But they didn't come; they went to other villages like a-Sa'idi and abu-Falah instead". Fourteen families were made homeless on 17 August in the E1 area.
Residents now have until 5 September to lodge an appeal with the Israeli Supreme Court. "We will go to court at the beginning of next week [commencing 31 August]", says Tawfik. "It will then take many months before the court decides to go forward with the demolitions". He will ask for a temporary injunction preventing demolitions being carried out on the homes of families he represents while the court deliberates. A second lawyer, Shlomo Lecker, is working on a small number of other cases in the village.
'They could destroy everything'
Abu Nuwwar in the foreground and Ezariya and al-Jabal in the background. (Photo: Lydia Noon)
In the midst of legal proceedings, uncertainty among the adults and children I meet is palpable.
"Soldiers often come to the entrance of the village, they look but they don't come in", says Fatima, a 45-year-young grandmother and sewing extraordinaire. "We don't know which homes are under theat. Sometimes the authorities go over there and sometimes they come here. Maybe they will destroy my home".
Noor lives in another part of the village – across from the access road leading to Qadar settlement and up a hill. She doesn't think the authorities want to demolish homes on this side of the road. "But we don't know exactly. Where do they want us to go?" asks the mother of eight, to nobody in particular.
Upon entering Abu Nuwwar's kindergarten, Ahmed proudly points to new chairs and tables, still in their plastic and stacked up neatly near the two classrooms. The new school year starts on 26 August but the resident caretaker is nervous. "There have been demolition orders on the school for the past five months", he says. In May European ambassadors visited the school, but this, along with the EU flag hanging from the roof, offers no protection.
"They [Israeli Civil Administration] first came in 1977 with demolition orders but they hardly ever carried out their threats", says Ahmed. "Now every time we build something they say we can't have it. They want us gone". He manages a half-laugh. "They could come anytime and destroy everything".
The ICA intends to relocate members of Abu Nuwwar to al-Jabal where 150 families, some 2,000 people, from nearby villages were evicted to in 1997 when Ma'ale Adumim began expanding. The Area B town is next to the biggest landfill in the West Bank and many residents suffer from respiratory problems. 'What do you think about maybe moving to al-Jabal?' I ask 13-year-old Zeinab who holds out her hand as I struggle up a hill. 'We can't go there', she says firmly. 'It's a big town and there's nowhere for us to put our animals. We want to stay here'.
According to a joint UNRWA-Bimkom report published in 2013, the relocation of Palestinian Bedouins to al-Jabal thus far has resulted in "loss of social cohesion and is destroying the social fabric and traditional economic base" of these communities. The forcible transfer of Abu Nuwwar residents into this township will exacerbate existing problems. Officials are coercing individual families into accepting their offer of a small piece of land in al-Jabal by saying that there is not enough space for everyone there.
"I'm not optimistic", says Tawfik Jabareen. "The Israeli Supreme Court rarely interferes with the ICA decisions on demolition orders. We know the final decision will not be in favour of the Palestinians. What we are doing is buying time while we wait for the political situation and Israeli policy on E1 to change. I don't elude myself. We need a solution. We need to stop the demolitions".
Turning away from curious children asking for my name I head back towards the entrance to Ma'ale Adumim where the sandy rock abruptly turns into lush, green grass and the unforgiving sun gives way to shade.
* The names of Abu Nuwwar residents have been changed for this article as they requested to remain anonymous.
Lydia Noon
Lydia Noon is a freelance journalist currently based in Bethlehem.
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CigarGod on August 28, 2015, 10:13 am
A picture is worth a thousand words.
A thousand pictures like the first one can change a billion minds.
Citizen on August 29, 2015, 5:10 am
Yes, cleverly change the title & spread juxtaposition image across social media. It speaks volumes.


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Whether to hit streets or not against HoR dissolution: NC in Hamletian dilemma
A Central Working Committee meeting of Nepali Congress (File photo)
KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress leaders have been divided over the issue of the House of Representatives (HoR) dissolution and the mid-term poll announed by the Oli-led government.
NC leaders in the Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting yesterday presented mixed views over the parliament dissolution.
NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba and senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel were divided over whether to hit the streets or not for the reinstatement of the dissolved parliament.
According to an NC leader privy to the meeting, Deuba is in favor of the mid-term poll announced by Prime Minister Oli while Poudel is for the reinstatement of the parliament.
Speaking at the CC meeting on Tuesday, senior leader Paudel called on all the party rank and file to stand united to hit the streets for the reinstatement of the parliament.
"We should not support the Oli's move to dissolve the parliament as it is unconstitutional, anti-democratic and against the mandate of the people," an NC leader privy to the meeting quoted Poudel as saying.
NP Saud who is considered close to Deuba opined that the NC should capitalize on the mid-term poll announced by the Oli-led government.
Saud suggested not to hit the streets demanding reinstatement of the dissolved parliament, according to the CWC member.
CWC member Mahesh Acharya stated that there is no option to hit the streets against the parliament dissolution as it attacked the Constitution brought by the NC. Similarly, Dr Narayan Khadka said the NC should wait for the virdict of the Supreme Court.
The NC's CWC meeting which began Tuesday is also taking place at 1 pm today.
EC gears up for mid-term polls; Rs 8 billion to be spent
KATHMANDU: With the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR), the


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Q: Adding xml nodes at a specific point using xslt I have the following xml and want to insert additional xml into it:
<root>
    <steps>
        <step name="step1" type="process">
            <steps>
                <step name="substep1">
                </step>
            </steps>
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        <step name="reference">
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As I've written in the xml sample, I wish to add an additional step element as the very last step within the outter most steps.  I have the xml snippet already hardcoded in my xsl so all I needed to do is to find the best logic to move to that particular point of the xml tree so I can call the template and have that snipet added in.
What is the recommended/best approach to do this?
Thanks.

A: This transformation:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
 exclude-result-prefixes="xsl">
 <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
 <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

 <xsl:param name="pAddition">
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     <XXX/>
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 </xsl:param>

 <xsl:template match="node()|@*" name="identity">
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    <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
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 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="/*/steps/step[position()=last()]">
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 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

when applied on this XML document:
<root>
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            </steps>
        </step>
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produces the wanted, correct result:
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Do note:

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***The identity rule is used to copy all nodes as is.

*The XML fragment to be inserted is specified (for convenience) as the body of a global xsl:param. In a realistic application it will be in a separate xml file and will be obtained using the xslt document() function.

*The template that matches the insertion point copies the matched node by calling the identity rule. then it copies the content of the xsl:param and thus the new conted is output exactly at the desired insertion point.

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Officials search in Wales Twp. in connection with April Millsap's slaying
Gannett Michigan
Officials are conducting a search in Wales Township as part of the investigation into the slaying of Armada teen April Millsap.
Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw would only say a "sealed search warrant" is being executed in connection with the investigation of April's death.
He said he could not comment as to when officials arrived on scene, exactly where the search is being done, if there was a person or persons of interest or give any other details on the manner.
April, 14, was found dead July 24 along the Macomb Orchard Trail after she didn't return home from walking her dog.
Investigators searched the home at 8744 Marquette Road in Wales Township on July 30.
James Donald VanCallis, 32, and James Bernard VanCallis, 66, were arrested on drug charges following the search.
Both men are set for preliminary examinations at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in front of St. Clair County District Judge Michael Hulewicz.
The Wales Township men are charged with delivery and manufacturing marijuana and maintaining a drug house.
James Bernard VanCallis has posted bond. James Donald VanCallis remains in the county jail.
This story originally appeared in the Port Huron Times Herald.