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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 18 Jan 2012
Vol. 752 No. 1
Leaders' Questions
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Deputy Micheál Martin
On behalf of my party I also welcome the Speaker of the Knesset and our guests from Israel, and I commend the Ceann Comhairle and the Speaker for initiating an important dialogue between our two Parliaments.
It was reported this morning on RTE that the Taoiseach, on behalf of the Government, is expected to convey to the European Union leaders at the end of this month, that is, within 12 days, whether Ireland will need to hold a referendum to ratify the new intergovernmental treaty which is intended to lead to fiscal stability in the Union. It is ironic that it was from RTE that we learned this. I ask the Taoiseach to give the Dáil and the people the courtesy of a briefing on the content of the treaty and its implications, and to confirm whether a referendum is required. All of the leaks we have had to date on this have proven accurate. Last week I held up a copy of the EU draft treaty, which the Taoiseach dismissed. We are now into the fifth draft.
We asked at some stage before Christmas whether an EU committee could be set up specifically to deal with the treaty so we could have updates and inputs from Members of the House on a regular basis. It is extremely important that the people of Ireland and Dáil Éireann are informed of the Government's position. The Government should not feed into anti-EU cynicism, which is growing in this country, and anti-EU sentiment. So far the only European policy the Government has revealed is a desperate attempt to do anything to avoid a referendum. We know what it is against but not what it is for.
Deputy Bernard J. Durkan
There were a couple of attempts at referendums by the previous Government.
People are saying the treaty will be signed in March. The Taoiseach yesterday admitted in the House that the interdepartmental committee on EU affairs has not met even once in the last 12 months and has had no impact on this treaty.
Twice for Nice and twice for Lisbon.
The treaty should not be a simple case of "we are in or we are out". I ask the Taoiseach the conditionality that is being attached to this treaty in terms of our participation in the permanent European stability mechanism and our capacity to draw funds from the bailout programme.
The Taoiseach's silence to date has been deafening. Can he outline to the House the exact position of the Irish Government on the proposed treaty? Will it affect the existing bailout programme? Can he indicate whether it will be possible to enshrine the new EU treaty in national legislation, or is a referendum required?
The Taoiseach
I join with the Ceann Comhairle in welcoming the Speaker of the Knesset to our Parliament. I had the opportunity a number of years ago to visit the Knesset myself, and from conversation with the Ceann Comhairle I know the value of his recent visit there.
I can tell Deputy Martin what we are for. The Government fully supports the potential of the European Union to realise economic growth within the Union and, as a consequence, provide opportunities for continued strengthening of exports, deepening of trade links and jobs and career opportunities for our people here and throughout the EU. I heard the report this morning on RTE. I have admired the work of Tony Connolly for many years; he is a good reporter. This report, however, is not accurate, and I will tell the Deputy why. Tomorrow I expect a final draft of the discussions about the intergovernmental treaty. If that is the final draft from the technical people who are meeting to discuss this, that is the draft that will be presented at the European Council meeting on 30 January. That does not mean the draft concluded tomorrow will be the draft that will be concluded at the European Council meeting, nor does it mean that the discussions on 30 January at a political level will conclude on whatever draft is before them. As Taoiseach, I am not in a position to ask for formal legal advice from the Attorney General until the politicians and the political process at Heads of Government level have dealt with the draft that comes before them.
Tomorrow, I expect a draft text will be concluded at the technical level. That text will go before the political process, that is, the Heads of Government, on 30 January. It is only when that process has been decided that I will be in a position to ask the Attorney General for formal legal advice. I hope that clears up the matter for Deputy Martin and that he now understands the process we must go through before the Government can ask the Attorney General for formal legal advice. The Deputy should also understand that if there is a requirement on this country to have a referendum, that will happen. If it is not necessary to have a referendum, that speaks for itself.
The Taoiseach is talking in riddles. He has been very passive, politically, on this issue from the beginning.
The Deputy has been passive for a long time too.
He has only met one eurozone leader since the Government took office. He has been very dismissive of this House on these issues. This is a familiar refrain from the Taoiseach. Every time the House meets the Taoiseach dismisses all reports and draft treaties. If a draft treat is online, for the fifth time, why in the name of God can it not be laid before the House?
It is a draft.
Why can a committee of this House not examine it?
Deputy Alan Shatter
This is political game playing.
I have the opportunity, as leader of my party, to raise some very important and fundamental questions so I ask Members to have the decency to stay quiet to allow me to do that.
An Ceann Comhairle
I will deal with them. The Deputy should continue.
Why has a committee of the House not had an opportunity to have a decent input into the treaty and its implications? Make no mistake, this treaty will have a significant impact on how the country is organised in years to come in terms of the fiscal situation and so forth.
The Deputy should ask a question.
I do not believe the Taoiseach's statement that he does not have any idea of the legal implications of this treaty. I am aware of the process that leads to an amendment of a treaty and so forth. The Attorney General would be acquainted with all of the drafts-----
Can I have a question from the Deputy?
-----and would be giving advice. Please do not try to separate the process up to now from the summit meeting. The Taoiseach's officials and those at COREPER act, and should act, on political instructions from the Taoiseach and the Government. There is no demarcation line whereby they are working in splendid isolation and the Heads of Government meet on 30 January and make a dramatic new impact. The treaties that have been published today will be significantly similar to what will emerge on Thursday. The Taoiseach is treating the House with contempt in terms of the preparations for this treaty.
That contribution is beneath the Deputy, as somebody who served as a Minister for Foreign Affairs. I will repeat what I said. Of course, the drafts of the text have been online, but they are not the final draft. That is being decided by the negotiators from all the member states.
What is the role of the Dáil?
We could have a debate in the House about the evolution of each draft if the Deputy wishes, but that is irrelevant.
It is not irrelevant.
The draft that must be decided on is the draft that is eventually agreed. The personnel from each country who have been involved in intensive negotiations about the wording and the meaning of the wording will finalise the work tomorrow from their perspective-----
What does the Taoiseach mean by their perspective? They are working on his behalf.
Yes, they are.
The Taoiseach, without interruption.
They will conclude their draft tomorrow. That draft will go before the Heads of Government. The relationship between the countries of the European Union and of the eurozone might well bring about changes to the text that is put before them on 30 January. I hope the Deputy understands that. I did not refer to legal implications.
The Taoiseach did.
The Deputy's statement about an indepartmental committee not having dealt with this is spurious. I explained to the Deputy yesterday that the interdepartmental committee, chaired by the Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs, will deal with a range of issues about the European Parliament, the EU Commission, the involvement of the Oireachtas and preparation for the European Parliament-----
This is the most important issue and it is not even on the agenda.
The Economic Management Council, which I chair and which is attended by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and any other Minister necessary, has regularly discussed the question before us and which is now being debated by officials from the different countries.
It is true that personnel are available from the Office of the Attorney General to give advice as those texts evolve, but I am not in a position, as the Deputy well understands but does not wish to say, to ask the Attorney General for formal legal advice until I have a final draft to present to the Attorney General.
Deputy Michael McGrath
It was confirmed that the Taoiseach had legal advice.
The Taoiseach has legal advice.
I do not. That final draft will not be available until the political process at Heads of Government level decides how it should be presented on or after 30 January. I hope I have made that clear. At that point-----
What is the role of Parliament?
-----the Attorney General is asked for formal legal advice on the text as concluded.
It is afait accompli.
The text today and tomorrow is not concluded. It is when the political process deals with it on or after 30 January that I will be in a position to ask for formal legal advice. I hope the Deputy understands that.
Deputy Gerry Adams
I join in giving a céad míle fáilte to the Speaker of the Knesset, a man with Belfast roots. The big interest of the people on this island is in securing a working peace accord in the Middle East which upholds the rights of the people of Israel and the rights of the people of Palestine. Hopefully, this visit will assist that process.
Deputy Martin says the Taoiseach is very passive on this issue. I disagree. The Taoiseach is very active on the issue. He supports this treaty and has made that clear. It is an austerity treaty and will institutionalise current Government policy. Yesterday, the Taoiseach waxed lyrical about the need to involve the Oireachtas and the public in European affairs. Invariably, however, and I agree with Deputy Martin in this regard, no respect is shown to the Oireachtas. We pick up tittle tattle, leaks, spin and media speculation. The Taoiseach has said it is his objective to be the Taoiseach who retrieves Ireland's economic sovereignty. This treaty is totally at odds with that objective. The Government must respect the Dáil and the people. I ask the Taoiseach to commit to ensuring that the Minister for Finance reports to the House on his discussions today in Germany and to holding a debate on this issue before he signs off on the final draft of the treaty.
On the referendum issue, this is not about giving legal advice. There is a matter of democratic principle here. Regardless of whether this is a constitutional or legal change, it is about enshrining austerity and the Taoiseach, as a democrat, must give the people their say.
Deputy Adams deliberately confuses the issue.
You are not so bad at that yourself.
Since this Government took office, it has been its policy to have discussions in the House before and after any meetings of the European Council. In fact, I intend to have the pre-Council meeting discussion in the House next Tuesday because I must attend an economic forum on Wednesday and Thursday. The Deputy will have an opportunity to have his say on Tuesday before the Council meeting. He will also have the text that will be concluded, in so far as the officials are concerned. It should be available tomorrow.
Obviously the Deputy has a very different view on Europe from that of the Government and most parties in the House. He has opposed everything about Europe, except when it suits. In this case, when the text is eventually decided on by the political process, I will, as Head of Government, ask for formal legal advice from the Attorney General. If that advice indicates that a referendum is necessary, a referendum will be held. If the advice is that a referendum is not necessary, a referendum will not be needed.
On the contrary, I am very pro-European Union. Republicanism is a European concept in its first formation.
(Interruptions).
Deputy Adams has had a late conversion.
I am, however, against the type of European Union which has the Taoiseach handing over authority to super-states or would have German and French presidents and leaders running our affairs. I am also against austerity.
Sinn Féin has put forward progressive policies and is asking the Taoiseach to reconsider his support for the proposed treaty. What is very clear - no one should miss this point - is that the Taoiseach was not cajoled, fooled, tricked or beaten into accepting the treaty. He favours it as much as any German or French leader favours it. Why does he not reconsider his support for the treaty and argue instead for investment in jobs and growth? Why does he not ask for a debt restructuring agreement? This issue is essentially about economic sovereignty which the Taoiseach is giving away. I have no doubt he will come to the House seeking support for a treaty which will do the very opposite of achieving the objective he has outlined and instead of retrieving Ireland's economic sovereignty, he will give it away. Why does he not argue for investment in jobs and growth and a debt restructuring agreement?
I already made the point that it would be much more preferable if all 27 countries of the European Union were involved in the process of having a demonstration of fiscal discipline and that when countries sign up to programmes they adhere to them in order that every economy can make its way towards prosperity and expansion and, as a consequence, jobs. I have listened to the Deputy's party's proposals on many occasions. What Sinn Féin essentially wants to do is raid the National Pensions Reserve Fund and add on to that-----
Deputy Mary Lou McDonald
The Government has already done that.
It gave it to the banks.
-----what is available from the European Investment Bank.
I heard the Sinn Féin spokesman on finance say it was the Government which put forward the proposition in respect of the European Stability Mechanism. Deputy Adams is aware of the efforts we have made to have sufficient firewalls built up to prevent contagion, return to relying on thecommunautaire method which was always used and ensure the founding principles of the European Union, namely, solidarity, trust and co-operation, are inherent in what we do.
Will the Taoiseach answer my question?
I have made the point that in respect of arguing for jobs and growth, I agreed with the British Prime Minister in our discussions the other day that, because of our shared view of the importance and potential of the Single Market - a view that is also shared by many other countries - the two countries would make a series of propositions to the Commission and all our colleagues in the European Union-----
It should be put in the treaty.
-----that the process whereby decisions are made and legislation is drawn up from a European perspective have at its core the possibility of creating growths and jobs. Far from the Deputy's view that I never argue for these things, my Government is bringing the issue right to the centre of every action that will be taken as part of the European Union.
That is not the case. The Taoiseach would be better staying at home.
Deputy Shane Ross
I too welcome the Speaker of the Knesset although I believe he has departed the Chamber.
Is the Taoiseach aware of disturbing figures which are emerging about the growth rate for the economy for 2012? Davy Stockbrokers has downgraded its figure on projected growth for 2012 from 1.7% to 0.4%, while Goodbodys has produced a figure of 0.7%, down from 1.2%. Prior to the budget the ESRI downgraded its figure to 0.9%. While this is disturbing, the most disturbing figure is the 1.3% forecast produced by the Department of Finance which is way out of line with the projections provided by all the independent commentators. It is even more disturbing because the budget was based on the Department's figures.
There is a long and slightly unwelcome tradition of the Department puffing the prospects for the economy. One must ask whether these guys are number-crunching on crack at the moment. What are they doing producing and sticking to figures with which no independent commentators agree and on which the budget is now based? As the Taoiseach knows, lower growth, as anticipated by independent commentators, means lower taxation revenue and a wider deficit. Given that the Government has declared the objective of chasing the deficit a primary target, if we have a wider deficit, as is forecast, we will miss the targets on which we gave a commitment to the troika. Does the Taoiseach stand by the 1.3% growth projection, which is way out of line with the figures provided by everyone else? If the Department of Finance is forced to revise its figure, does he anticipate introducing new, sudden and unexpected austerity measures in pursuit of his declared goal of reducing the deficit?
Deputy Ross is well aware of all of the factors that influence growth rates. The growth rate set out by the Department of Finance on behalf of the Government is an average, medium-term rate which we expect to be able to meet. When the troika came here at the start of its ten day visit it outlined very clearly that the period ahead would be the most challenging in respect of three areas, namely, meeting the budgetary targets that were set out, dealing with State assets and dealing with continued movement in respect of banks.
Yields, which stood at 14% last year, have fallen below 8%. This is an indication of volatility and, in our case, some degree of rising confidence, although we obviously have a long way to go. There is probably not an economist in Europe - and Deputy Ross is a respected economist - who can give a definitive verdict on the growth rate for any country because of global volatility and the fact that changes can occur instantly. We believe the targets we have set out will be achieved in 2012 and the Minister for Finance has been consistent on that issue. It is my belief that if the political process at European level is able to deal with the eurozone crisis, both in terms of the scale of the firewall to prevent contagion and in finding an approach to fiscal responsibility and conditions that apply to countries which are able to meet their demands, we have 1,000 engines in this country to help us achieve the growth rates that have been set out. The figures are medium term and we believe they can and will be achieved. We live and operate in a period of great volatility and uncertainty in Europe and the world. It is very difficult, given all of the factors involved, to give a precise definition of what growth rate will be achieved at the end of 2012. I am sure Deputy Ross understands that clearly.
I would be grateful if the Taoiseach would answer the question as to whether he stands by the 1.3% figure. If he does not, it would have serious implications for the budgetary arithmetic and the prospects for the introduction of a mini-budget, sudden taxation measures and future budgets. Will the Taoiseach anticipate or respond to one of the independent commentators, namely, Goodbodys, which states we will no longer be able to meet our deficit target of 3% of GDP in 2015, not through the fault of the Government but as a result of the recession in Europe?
What contingency plan do we have to deal with a situation such as that? Is it to impose further austerity, to look for a deal on the debt or simply to live in hope that something will go right and the recession will end?
I stand by the growth figures and I do not agree with Goodbody's assertion. We have already made it plain at the technical discussions on the fiscal circumstances in which we find ourselves, having borrowed more than €60 billion at excessive interest rates before the facilities of the EFSF and ESM came on stream, that it would be very beneficial for Ireland in dealing with our deficit and, as a consequence, our debt repayments were we to have the capacity to move from where we are now to having those facilities available in regard to the moneys borrowed for recapitalisation of the banks which, as the Deputy knows, had an impact on European banks as well. That is a matter which is being discussed intensively at a technical level. It would be beneficial for Ireland as a separate matter entirely from the inter-governmental agreement discussions were that to happen.
We stand by the figure we have set out. I do not agree with Goodbody's assertion. The discussions taking place in regard to the fiscal circumstances of the country are continuing with some intensity.
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Q: NetLogo: how to update "(p)label" every tick? I would like to track the behavior of my turtle. One of the turtles-own variable is [energy]. I would like to observe how this variable changes over time. If I ask
ask turtle 0 [set label energy]
in code or by observer, I reach just actual energy value. Using go once button the label stay the same, even if my energy value changes.
Please, how can I update label of [energy] value each tick? The same question for changing plabel values. Thank you !

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I tried boot-repair using a bootable USB but with no success. Here is boot-repair log after so many tries (updated): https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/kCbx2zXHmw/
Previous log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/ndfhCWrYNC/
I read many posts in some forums about recovering grub but none helped. I compared it to another similar installation (notebook, same OS setup) and it seems to me that grub is not mounting/recognizing the correct partitions. Is there any solution without reinstalling any OS. Is it possible just to fix grub?
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Living Libations continually celebrates relationships with artisan growers, wild-crafters and distillers that are the gatherers of plant material from the Morphogenic-fields of beauty and bliss (like the Valley of Roses in Bulgaria, or the ever fresh fir forest of Canada). Skilled and caring distillers create long-low-slow distillations – capturing the mysterious intra-species messaging molecules of plant-metabolites: which reflect the intention of the plant, communicate the strength of the plant, and share the secret endocrine system of the plant – all the joy-juice, all the subtle aspects of the plant alchemized into essence. These are the only exudates and engagements we are interested in – bewildered in wonder we mingle with the gentle ethers of this botanical beauty.


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Ahmed Ruslanovich Dudarov (ur. 6 lipca 1992) – niemiecki zapaśnik walczący w stylu wolnym. Zajął siódme miejsce na mistrzostwach świata w 2019. Piąty na mistrzostwach Europy w 2018. Brązowy medalista igrzysk europejskich w 2019. Wicemistrz igrzysk wojskowych w 2019 i świata juniorów w 2012 roku.

Mistrz Niemiec w 2012 i 2019; trzeci w 2014 roku.

Przypisy

Niemieccy zapaśnicy
Urodzeni w 1992
Medaliści Igrzysk Europejskich, Mińsk 2019
Ludzie urodzeni w Groznym

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£80,000 investment in Centre for Translation Studies' innovative interpreting suite
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies news Thursday 22 November 2018
The University of Leeds' Centre for Translation Studies has launched its conference interpreting suite, which has been upgraded to the very latest professional and digital technology.
Students will now have access to two interpreting labs that are fitted with the latest interpreting training equipment. The priority was to deliver the best quality equipment for staff and students alike. Additionally, the system needed to represent the technology which our graduates will find when starting their careers as conference interpreters and translations, ensuring they are already familiar with the systems used in conferences by the likes of: NATO, G20, Heads of Commonwealth, IOC, etc.
We're very excited by this key investment. The new equipment will enhance the offering of a number of our existing courses, including MA Conference Interpreting and Translation Studies, which is included in the directory of good interpreting programmes by the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC).
Dr Alina Secară, Lecturer in Translation Studies
After winning a competitive tender, conference technology provider buk Solutions (formerly Brähler ICS UK), and language teaching software provider Sanako UK have integrated their products to design a hi-tech solution which provides our students with sophisticated learning resources and a setting that reflects that of real-life multi-lingual conferences and seminars.
Professional sound proof interpreting booths offer a spacious and welcoming environment in which students can work either as a group or independently as required. The Sanako Conference Interpreting System also allows students to use the software remotely and complete exercises set by the tutor while remote from the suite or on the move.
The interpreting suites offer a valuable showcase for our outstanding activities in interpreting and translation. Because the facilities also support partnerships with international organisations such as the UN and the EU institutions, they help strengthen the University's links with those partners overall, and therefore can help drive collaboration across a wide range of disciplines.
Professor Matthew Treherne, Head of the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
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Professor Stuart Taberner discusses Holocaust Memorial Day on BBC Radio 3 'Arts and Ideas'
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies - Friday 27 January 2023
Professor Martin Seeger receives Honorary Insignia
Celebration of World Arabic Language Day 2022
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The currency of Serbia. It was introduced in 2003 when Yugoslavia formally separated into Serbia and Montenegro. It replaced the Yugoslav dinar at par. Montenegro had already abandoned the Yugoslav dinar in 2000.
Profits were also hit by the depreciation of the Serbian dinar and by an increase of VAT in Croatia.
War and sanctions in the early 1990s hit Montenegro hard, and recovery only really began after the end of the Kosovo crisis in 1999 and the adoption of the deutschmark (DM) in November 1999, which largely disconnected Montenegro's economy from Serbia and the Serbian dinar.
Stylish restaurants serve up diverse menus that Gordon Ramsay would be proud of - and with the generous exchange rate of the Serbian dinar, they're a bargain.
Furthermore, the Serbian dinar has depreciated markedly since late-2008, and any further downside would put additional pressure on households that took out loans in foreign currencies such as the euro and the Swiss franc during boom years.
From a strategy perspective, we like the Serbian dinar.
The decrease in sales is the result of the terminated cooperation with the major buyer of the private label in the Sports and Functional Food segment and, to a lesser extent, of the depreciation of the Russian ruble and the Serbian dinar.
He sold photos he had taken and 20 scanned copies of his drawings to raise 34,000 Serbian dinars (about $335) for a boy from Belgrade, Nemanja Damcevic, who was recovering after having surgery to remove a brain tumour.
All payments made to a Serbian contractor under this contract shall be in Serbian Dinars (RSD) at the median exchange rate of the National Bank of Serbia on the day that the payment voucher is prepared.
8billion Serbian dinars (e1/423m), according to the Serbian news-site.
The first call for public bidding was held in September last year at an initial price of 396 million Serbian dinars.
With tickets priced at a modest 150 Serbian dinars (about 2 Canadian dollars), Cinema City is one of the world's more accessible film festivals.
CALCULATING THE NET OPERATING PROFIT AFTER TAX (NOPAT) IN THOUSAND OF SERBIAN DINARS Year Elements 2004 2005 2006 1.
Serbian Orthodox Welfare Association, Inc.


When I was a kid we didn't go out for dinner very often. Maybe on our birthdays we'd get to pick our favorite restaurant (about three choices) and usually ended up at our local Chinese restaurant. But there was this one time my dad took us to a restaurant called The Emerson Hotel Restaurant in Emerson, NJ.
I lived in Emerson, NJ for all of about one year so I'm sure that's how my dad knew of this place. According to their web site, "The Emerson Hotel, originally called Etna House, then Block's Hall, has stood on Emerson Plaza East since 1872 and was one of several along the railroad tracks to feed and shelter travelers. " So this place has some history.
What they were and still are famous for is their Slice Steak Platter which consisted of "Thinly sliced steak layered over toast points with sizzling hot butter and fries." Funny, I always thought this dish included caramelized onions but according to their menu, they are available as an extra. Doesn't matter, I added them to my version.
I can't tell you what an impression this sliced steak sandwich had on me. To this day, when I make it at home with leftover steak, I am instantly transported back to The Emerson Hotel. It's true that certain foods have the ability to bring back memories so powerful you would think you were back in time.
I'm sure The Emerson Hotel has changed since I was there as a kid, but I can still recreate this dish at home and let my kids get a taste of a dish from my past. Better yet, one day we should jump in the car and drive up to Emerson, see if the house I spent a year in is still there and enjoy dinner at the hotel.
Slice the onions into rings and separate the rings. Heat a fry pan large enough to hold the onions over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons of butter the onions and slowly cook (sweat) over medium-low heat until honey colored. For more elaborate instructions, please read my post on How to Caramelize Onions.
When the onions are done, make the Toast Points. You can toast the bread in a toaster, in a frying pan or in the oven. To toast in the oven, pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the crusts off the bread and discard unless you can use them for something else. Cut each slice of bread into 4 triangles and place on a baking sheet.
Melt the other two tablespoons of butter and brush some on one side of each piece of bread. Reserve the rest of the melted butter for assembly. Toast the bread points in the oven for a couple of minutes until golden brown. Flip and toast the other side for another minute. Do Not Burn!
To assemble, plate four bread points on each plate. Top with a slice of steak, then drizzle a little of the reserved melted butter over the top of each piece. Top with a forkful of caramelized onions, season with salt and pepper and serve. We served the sandwiches with couscous and steamed broccoli but if you prefer, French Fries go well with this meal. That's it. Simple but delicious.
I must confess, I had some leftover mushroom demi glace sauce from the previous night that I substituted with the melted butter but you're still going to love it with the melted butter alone.
Sounds like a great idea for cooking with kids! Thanks for sharing! I'd like to invite you to our party, Fantastic Thursday. Hope to see you there!
Yummmm. We have enjoyed our steak like this as well. After pan frying in butter, I butter a slice of bread to capture the delicious juices left over from the steak and sauteed onions. Thanks for sharing.
This sounds like something I do with slap meat. After I grill the meat, I toast french rolls with butter and garlic under the broiler, then I add the thinly sliced meat. It is an easy, quick dinner and my family loves it. Next time I will try it with the mushroom demi-glace sauce. It sounds very yummy!
I grew up in oradell in the 50s and 60s. The Emerson Hotel was a major part of my childhood and young adulthood. My parents took me there regularly as I learned proper restaurant etiquette. I lived their food. Especially the steak sandwiches. Glad to know they're still going strong. Hope to get back up there soon.
Sorry to report we were just at the hotel after 30 years and we're disappointed. Especially since the steak was nuked. Can't go home again?
That is terrible news especially the part about nuked steaks. Blasphemy!


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Man sentenced for showing porn to girl
Published 10:21 am EDT, Thursday, June 26, 2014
A judge sent a former Ansonia man to prison for three years and a day Wednesday on charges he showed pornography to a child at a Shelton Walmart and secretly recorded a 15-year-old girl whose house he was staying at, the Valley Indy is reporting.
Ryan Davies, 22, had pleaded guilty April 3 to charges of second-degree possession of child pornography and risk of injury to a minor. He faced between two and five years behind bars at his sentencing Wednesday.
See more of the report from the Valley Indy by clicking here.
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'The Void' Looks to Be One of 2017's Bizarre Horror Films
6 years ago in LifestyleWords By Jonathan Sawyer
This year is shaping up to be a good one in terms of horror flicks, and we can add another one to the ever-expanding list with The Void. The Void is a John Carpenter tribute project centering around a small-town sheriff that finds himself trapped in a hospital with people who are all victims of the plot of a death-obsessed madman.
With a group of otherworldly beings waiting just outside of the hospital, those inside begin to panic as they attempt to escape the inexplicable wrath that lay outside those doors.
For now, you can get an early taste of what to expect from The Void via an official trailer above. The horror flick is due in theaters stateside on April 7.


This up-to-date theorybook explains the Dutch traffic rules. It is designed for English-speaking people who wish to learn for obtaining a Dutch driving license B.
This edition is updated with the most recent changes in Dutch traffic regulations. It is a direct translation of the Dutch books. After finishing this book, you will be able to pass for the theory-exam given by the Dutch CBR authority.
The book contains full-color photographs and illustrations for optical support. Besides the specific rules of traffic, it also focuses on insights into traffic situations and potential danger recognition.


Sir Chris Hoy, the 4 times Olympic champ, is asking people to hit to the roads to welcome the 2012 London Torch Relay, the time when it reaches the town. The flame is being handed to Britain at an event in Athens. Former English football captain David Beckham will be handed the flame before it is sent to Cornwall for the relay's start.
On Saturday, starting in Land's end, the Torch Relay will go to Poole, Bournemouth, Purbeck and Christchurch. Approximately, 8,000 runners will hold the torch on their historic travel to London Olympic Stadium for 27th July's opening ceremony.
While speaking to Echo, Sir Chris said that the Torch Relay 2012 is going to be a great event. The games is not only about London but also about the whole nation. This is a scope for each community to experience the games and cheer their torchbearers.
All of them have worked quite hard. Now that the whole world will be looking at them as they hold the torch they will really want to assure that they are quite confident in their power to deliver.
Among the people who will holding the Olympic torch in Bournemouth will be Nathan Bailey (18), a young gymnast who left out on Team GB but has fixed his eyes on 2016 Rio. Watch when and where the torch will be going through Dorset along with the interactive map. If you are a torchbearer along with a Facebook acc, you tag yourself in our snap.


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Society of the Spectacle (Charles Radcliffe's copy) [1970]
Debord, Guy. The Society of the Spectacle. Detroit: Black & Red, 1970. First English edition, first printing (1970). n.p. [120p.].; 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; B&W ill. wrappers. Charles Radcliffe's copy, with his ownership signature to title page and brief pencilled notes to last page.
Charles Radcliffe was a member of the English section of the Situationist International from December 1966 to November 1967. Guy Debord did not view Radcliffe's contributions to the SI in a favorable light. In a letter to Robert Chasse dated 23 December 1967, he writes that "Radcliffe n'avait rigoureusement rien fait en dix-huit mois, et finalement avait amicalement formule sa démission a Chris…" (English: Radcliffe had done literally nothing in eighteen months, and had eventually handed his resignation to Chris [Gray] (Corrrespondance vol. 0, p. 338). Prior to joining the SI, Radcliffe had edited the short-lived but influential magazine Heatwave (1966-1967). The publication is lauded in the pamphlet De la Misère en Milieu Etudiant (On the Poverty of Student Life) in 1966: "One thinks here of the excellent journal Heatwave, which seems to be evolving toward an increasingly rigorous radicality"
Radcliffe maintains a website, which includes a short biographical sketch and links to his writings (http://charlieradcliffe.com/biography/).Radcliffe authored a (now sold-out) autobiography: Don't Start Me Talkin'" – The Story of a Sixties Scapegrace.
Provenance: Charles Radcliffe, through the trade
La Societe du Spectacle [1967] – Raoul Vaneigem's copy
Debord, Guy. La Société du Spectacle. Paris: Buchet-Chastel, 1967. First edition, first printing (4eme trimestre 1967). 176 p.; 20.5 x 14 cm; White cover with text in black. Housed in a half-morocco slipcase black-lined with suede (Devauchelle), gilt-lettered spine.
Raoul Vaneigem's copy, as evidenced by his signature on the half-title page. Laid-in is a small index card where Vaneigem writes: "D[ebord] – Ns avons tjrs progressé parallèlement, sans contact réel, sans affinité. Que mon indifférence à son égard ressemble désormais à un mépris amusé ne devrait pas changer le
processus." In English: "D[ebord] – we have always followed parallel paths, without any true connection, without any intimacy. That my indifference towards him has now morphed into amused contempt should not change much". On the back of the same index card is a short note by Jeppesen Martin, confirming the place and time of a meeting with Vaneigem.
Provenance: Raoul Vaneigem, through the trade.
Dans le décor spectaculaire…[Typescript]
[INTERNATIONALE SITUATIONNISTE]. Dans le décor spectaculaire ou le regard ne contre que les choses et leur prix. n.p.: n.p., n.d. [1967]. 3 loose sheets; 21.5 x 27.5 cm.; black ink on white stock.
Original typescript of the scenario for Andre Bertrand and Gerard Joannes' detourned comics (see below), which served to announce the release of Internationale Situationniste #11. The unsigned text is attributed to Raoul Vaneigem.
As noted by Raspaud (120-21), two different versions of this poster were released in December 1967, each with a similar text but illustrated with different comics. The other version is the work of Gerard Johannes, and is reproduced by Gonzalvez (136).
Aux Poubelles de l'Histoire [1963]
INTERNATIONALE SITUATIONNISTE. Aux Poubelles de l'Histoire. Paris: Internationale Situationniste, 21 February 1963. Broadside, 94 x 64 cm. (folded to 47 x 32 cm.); black ink on white stock.
Large broadside issued by the Situationist International, collectively signed by the members of the Central Council (Michèle Bernstein, Guy Debord, Attila Kotanyl, Uwe Lausen, J. V. Martin, Jan Strijbosch, Alexander Trocchi, Raoul Vaneigem). It is comprised of two texts: 1) "Sur la commune″ (in English: "Theses on the Commune"), from 18 March 1962, signed by signed by Debord, Kotanyi et Vaneigem; and 2) "La signification de la commune″ (in English: "The Meaning of the Commune") by Henri Lefebvre, published in the last issue of the Marxist periodical Arguments in late 1962 / early 1963. The two texts are shown next to one another, showcasing Lefebvre's plagiarism of Situationist ideas. "Aux Poubelles de l'Histoire" is later reprinted in Internationale Situationniste 12, pp. 108-111.
This was not the first time the Situationist International had written against Arguments. In 1960, in Internationale Situationniste 5, the Council of the SI states that anyone who is found collaborating with Arguments from January 1, 1961 onwards is ineligible to join the group (see http://juralibertaire.over-blog.com/article-aux-poubelles-de-l-histoire-42294891.html). Likewise, Henri Lefebvre had been attacked by the SI numerous times before.
Raspaud 115. We locate 3 copies on OCLC (BnF, Jacques Doucet, Yale).
Theses on the Commune (Typescript) [1971?]
[DEBORD, Guy; KOTANYI, Attila; VANEIGEM, Raoul] GRAY, Christopher (trans.). [Sur la Commune] Theses on the Commune. n.p. [United Kingdom?]: n.p., n.d. [ca. 1971?]. n.p. [14 p. single-sided stapled sheets]; blue ink on thin white stock and black ink on thicker white stock.
Much of the bibliographical description below is directly borrowed from Andrew Sclanders' excellent cataloguing work, as found here. We extend him our sincere thanks.
The original typescript (6 pages) of Christopher Gray's English translation of Debord, Kotanyi and Vaneigem's "Sur la Commune" (written March 1962, reproduced in the tract "Aux poubelles de l'histoire" in February 1963, and reprinted in Internationale Situationniste 12 in September 1969) with his pencilled note and ink correction to the first page and humorous byline to the last page: "The Occult International of Hermetic Terrorists" (a reference to a critic's description of Raoul Vaneigem's "Banalités de base" as "a rather irritating form of hermetic terrorism", later quoted approvingly by Vaneigem). The translation predates and differs significantly from the version published in Gray's book, 'Leaving the 20th Century' (Free Fall, 1974).
This is accompanied by a second translation (4 pages), also by Gray, of the same text ('Comments on the Paris Commune, 1871') which differs from both the first typescript translation and from that found in "Leaving the 20th Century"
A third typescript (4 pages) is also included. Titled "Le Temps des Cerises: The Paris Commune (March 18 – May 28, 1871)", it was made by Gray in preparation for the publication (though it possibly never was published) and features extracts from Louise Michel's contemporary account of the Paris Commune. Michel, also known as "the red virgin of Montmartre", was a revolutionary hero of the Commune who mobilised women in support of it and participated as an ambulance nurse and soldier.
Contre le Cinema – Typescript [1964?]
[DEBORD, Guy] JORN, Asger. [Contre le Cinéma] L'Institut Scandinave de Vandalisme Comparé présente… n.p. [Denmark?]: n.p., n.d. [ca. 1964?]. 48 p.; 21 x 29.5 cm.; black ink on single-sided stapled yellow and white sheets.
Typescript of Debord's Contre le Cinéma, published by Asger Jorn in Denmark under the auspices of the Institut Scandinave de Vandalisme Comparé (Scandinavian Institute for Comparative Vandalism) in 1964. It reproduces the scripts of Debord's first three films (Hurlements en faveur de Sade, Sur le passage de quelques personnes a travers une assez courte unité de temps, and Critique de la séparation) as well as a preface by Asger Jorn ("Guy Debord et le problème du maudit").
The text's layout and typography are not the same as in Contre le Cinéma, no photographs are included, and the order in which the film scripts are presented also differs from the final version.
We are led to believe that this typescript originally belonged to Asger Jorn. It then made its way to Raphael Sorin at Editions Champ Libre, and was used to assist with the preparation of Guy Debord's Oeuvres cinématographiques complètes (1978)
In Our Spectacular Society Where All You Can See…[1968]
[INTERNATIONALE SITUATIONNISTE]. [Dans le décor spectaculaire où le regard ne rencontre que les choses et leur prix…] In Our Spectacular Society Where All You Can See… n.p. [London, United Kingdom]: n.p. [King Mob], n.d. [1968]. Poster. Ill.; 49.5 x 34 cm. Offset, printed in black on white semi-gloss stock.
English language translation by King Mob of the original poster by Andre Bertrand, announcing the upcoming publication of Internationale Situationniste no.11. The unsigned text is by Raoul Vaneigem.
According to Andrew Sclanders from BeatBooks, "the poster was reproduced on the front cover of International Times #26 (February 16th, 1968) after numerous copies were found flyposted outside their office building on Betterton Street by "some Lone Anarchist Nite Marauder?" (Dick Pountain later claimed responsibility), and sections of it were published over three pages in Oz #10 (March 1968)."
We would like to add that the other version of the poster (as Raspaud notes, there were two version with the same text but different detourned comics) was reproduced in Berkeley Barb issue 140, vol.6, no.16, April 19-25, 1968.
We do not locate any copy in the trade or on OCLC. Not in Raspaud.
If You Believe You Have Genius [1955]
[Debord, Guy]. If you believe you have genius…Paris: Internationale Lettriste, n.d. [December 1955]. 8.7 x 13.5 cm.; black ink on yellow stock.
This small, bilingual (a French version also exists) leaflet was used by the Internationale Lettriste to recruit prospective new members. "If you believe you have GENIUS or if you think you have a BRILLANT INTELLIGENCE write the letterist Internationale"
Gonzalvez 98, Correspondance 0.56, Quarto 217. We do not locate another copy on OCLC
Interlude: British 68 at the Tate Britain
I had the opportunity to visit the pop-up exhibit on the British 68 at the Tate Britain. Significant material from King Mob and related groups. See below. Hat tip to Tanya Loi for telling me about this.


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IL2 Maddox General Discussion
Why are some people so interested in flying the "best" aircraft?
Thread: Why are some people so interested in flying the "best" aircraft? | Forums
Yellonet
Or planes that never actually flew?
Or in a WW2 simulation flying an aircraft that was not used in said war? E.g. Bearcat.
Personally I can't see what's so appealing about these planes.. you can't really pretend that you're in a WW2 battle, because the plane you're flying wasn't available... so, why?
Is it only people who want an "edge" in a non-historical game of air-quake who wants these planes so badly?
Or is it serious simmers that want to experience a certain what-if scenario?
Personally I don't see any need for such aircraft at all, I want to fly historical missions/dogfights with planes that actually made a difference in the PTO.
Planes that wasn't in the PTO shouldn't be in a PTO-sim.
- Yellonet
[This message was edited by Yellonet on Sat July 10 2004 at 09:15 AM.]
FRAGAL
i'm not mate i'll fly nething, if i happen to like a certain plane i'll usually fly that one or if i get bored with it i'll move onto something else thats more of a challenge.
Penguin_PFF
All kidding aside, I've been wondering that myself. I get a lot more pleasure out of flying things like the 109E/F, the I-16, or the older planes than I do the only-four-hundred-built, last-two-weeks-of-the-war hot rods. I've never understood the fascination with überplanes. It's the same like with cars... 650K+ Ferraris are interesting as a curiosity, but they are by no means the reality.
In real life, though, obviously if I'm standing on a carrier deck and there are forty Kamikaze A6M5's coming in, and I've got the choice between an F8F and an F6F, it's the Bearcat every time. No brainer.
"Or is it serious simmers that want to experience a certain what-if scenario?"
Hopefully, yes. Air Quake sucks. :P
I do really want to fly the Bearcat and Hellcat both. Mainly because they were both extraordinary designs, and Grumman products. But if I look at, say, the F4U line... I'm much more interested in a birdcage F4U-1 than a U-4 or an FG-whatever überCorsair.
Yellonet - Personally I am happy to fly whatever the good people behind this project are willing to make... after all - we can select planesets ourselves.
As Penguin and planeater are often saying.. these planes take a preponderance of work to create and make flyable so it seems that the least I can do is appreciate the efforts - besides as I have often said - if they make it, I will fly it. Happily - with a big ol' grin - thank-you modelers and devs.
"Check your guns"
owlwatcher
It is not about the best,at least for me. Take the Bearcat, it was heading to the combat zone.
Recreating what if,s and seeing how they might perform in combat.
The Bearcat was meant for small decks. Might be fun if a CVE is included in the game.
Ilya-Mourometz
Yellonet, I share your opinion, if you want to fly better aircraft, you just have to buy another Sim
The flying Dutchman

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I do really want to fly the Bearcat and Hellcat both. Mainly because they were both extraordinary designs, and Grumman products. But if I look at, say, the F4U line... I'm much more interested in a birdcage F4U-1 than a U-4 or an FG-whatever überCorsair.

I would fly the Bearcat a few times just to feel the power and speed, just as I have with the Me-163, but if I had to choose which plane would be in PF on release between the F8F and ANY other plane that saw action in the pacific, it would have to be the latter, no hesitation.
The F8F and other wasn't-in-the-war and only-flew-three-missions along with late '45 planes could be in the payable addon "ÃÅ"berplanes of the Pacific" that wouldn't update the version (you could choose not to buy and still play online). Then the historically correct addon could be developed at the same time as the other and we wouldn't have to hear the "I want my überplane now"-whine all the time as each addon would get it's own forum... Man do I have some great ideas!

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The Bearcat was meant for small decks. Might be fun if a CVE is included in the game.

But think also of the problem of gameplay balance... And before you do, forget Il-2 and FB, because this is not the Il-2/FB/AEP series we're talking about, its a different game. What do you counter the late-'45 Grumman stuff with? You'd have people playing F8F against... What? The Shiden-Kai? There wasn't really anything there to counter the American fighters in a real way (which is good, in real life!). Imagine how much it would suck to be tooling around online in a Shiden-Kai or A6M5 and get bushwacked by a fast twin-engine plane with four cannons that practically climbs like an F-86.
Add to that the whole "never saw combat" thing, and when you've got less than one year to develop the game from concept to boxed product, then you can see why the focus would be on planes that were the meat of the opposing air forces, for most of the conflict. Absurd fantasies about anti-American bias notwithstanding, of course.
What I'm saying is, the reasons planes are there or not there initially, or even later, are not light reasons. No one factor determines these kinds of things. It's lovely to paint things in black and white (BIAS! ANTI-AMERICAN/LUFTWAFFLE SCUM!!!) but that's not the real world.
"Yellonet, I share your opinion, if you want to fly better aircraft, you just have to buy another Sim"
In keeping with my policy of Strategic Ambiguity, how do you know that?
Well... maybe I'm being a little hard on people who want's to fly the "late planes", everyone should be able to enjoy the sim..
But I get so annoyed when people nags about adding the planes that wasn't major contributors to the war effort before we even have the one's that was. Worry about the "common" planes first and add the "beasts" later.
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'We are giving people the chance to get their care from someone in the local community' - new scheme making a difference in Somerset villages
PUBLISHED: 12:00 20 May 2017
Sheridan Robins
The scheme helps people give back to their local community by helping those in need at home.
A scheme in Somerset which enables local people to look after those in need is proving to be a huge success, and continues to grow - something organisers say is 'very rewarding'.
Community Catalysts is a small social enterprise and community interest company which works closely with Somerset County Council to design and manage workshops and programmes for people who are keen to give something back to the community, in terms of health and social care.
One of the villages where the scheme has enjoyed most success is Cheddar, where a number of people have been interested in moving into health and social care and helping someone at home, rather than in a hospital or at a doctor's surgery.
Rhys Davies is the Somerset project co-ordinator for health and social care and told the Mercury this all started with Somerset County Council struggling with the uptake in direct payments.
Direct payments are handed to people so they can choose exactly what care they want in their own home, or elsewhere.
However, there were limited options in the county and so this is where community catalysts decided to try to help.
Mr Davies said: "The sort of care which would work for me may not work for someone else and that is what this is about.
"We want to keep people independent while also allowing local people to do something they may not be able to do.
"We also make sure the legal side of all health and social care is sorted for people as you have to be so careful.
"But we are not saying it is for everyone, we are saying it gives people the chance to get their care from someone in the local community.
"It is really rewarding and I have met some great people who have found something they want to do.
"I would say more than 50 per cent of them are over 50 years old, but it is a great thing for anyone to do and we are there to try to change the way health and social care is in the local area."


Davis brings an interesting approach to the job. Just as the 49ers did during their glory days, he's been boxing with players such as Tom Brady and Matt Cassel to improve their hand speed, holding small pads like trainer Teddy Atlas.
For some reason, I have this visual of Brady and Cassel sporting Bike shorts, tube socks, and bare chests ... and pillow fighting. All while giggling uncontrollably.
Seriously, Davis must be a pretty smart guy -- Belichick doesn't seem like someone who suffers fools well -- and he's got to really love football. His playing career just ended, and instead of doing whatever it is most football players do in the years following their retirement (opening restaurants, appearing on "Dancing with the Stars," developing a drug habit), he jumped right into coaching.


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So when's that new k-rino album coming out? You know I gots to have it.
I made the Discogs release page. For detailed information about this release please see below..
So I just met up with Murder One Sat in his car for 45 minutes listening to music.
I got to listen to unreleased K-Rino, Murder One, and Victor Slick music from 1986! Maybe 1987?
(K was 17 years old?) M1 gave Def Jam Blaster? his old cassettes and Blaster transferred them to digital..
Murder One was going by Ronnie Luv at the time!! Original 1980's SPC..
Recorded in somebody's closet in Hiram Clarke..
or at least at the local Sonic?
Cl Che was on M1's new song coming out. Of course I got to preview it..
Paul Wall, Big Pokey, Lil Keke, B-1, Cl Che, etc. etc.
That feel when you get a CD that the artist gives you in confidence. "Don't post about that on social media.."
"Why is it that K and I are so political?"
Dude ever goes broke he can sell one for several hundred.. Make that payment deadline..
Q&A: How much would YOU pay for a SPC longbox? $100?, $200?, $300?
do u have any Rich Latimer longboxes?


When Forest Grove Community chose an area for the church's second ministry site, they didn't shy away from a challenge. They decided to locate the new plant in Broadway, an artsy, secular, urban neighborhood, near the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
The Gathering pursues an organic, almost house church approach to ministry. Worship lyrics are passed out on printed sheets rather than projected onto a screen and 'the band' is usually extremely simple: a guitar, perhaps a hand drum, and a vocalist or two.
So far, the two-and-a-half year history of the church plant has surprised and encouraged Froese. "Our original vision really was to reach out to the unchurched as much as we [could]," he says, "but we've ended up in our initial phase attracting a lot of dechurched people [who left the church earlier in life]." The Gathering offers a new beginning for many who have been hurt or become cynical following earlier experiences with Christianity.
These new beginnings are evident through the number of people Froese baptizes following a recommitment to Christ. The Gathering has already held five baptism Sundays, including a summer baptism at the South Saskatchewan River in which more than 10 people shared their testimony and were baptized.
Groups from The Gathering are also involved in inner-city ministry, community gardening, and small group ministries.
Further connections with the high school where The Gathering meets. Oskayak High School resources primarily First Nations and its student population represents 51 different aboriginal groups.
Visit The Gathering online at: www.forestgrovecc.com.


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Q: Using a MySQL trigger to replace input Is it possible to create a trigger that, upon inserting or updating a row, can use the REPLACE function to replace characters with their escaped equivalents (specifically, making input html safe) for all the columns in the table without having to know all the field names (so that this function can be applied to multiple tables). I agree 115% that this sort of thing should always be done at the application level, but due to unique circumstances I'd like to add this as a failsafe at the database level.
I'm very new to triggers, so take it easy on me, but I want to do something to the effect of:
create trigger if not exists makeHTMLsafe after insert on tablename
begin
  loop over all columns in tablename
    new.value = REPLACE(old.value,"<","<")
end

A: Escaping is complicated and error-prone.
You should never try to roll your own escaping function, it is just to risky.
Instead of making things more secure you will make then far less secure.
Use the specialized html escaping functions in your front-end.
When using php, htmlentities is your best bet:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php
See also: What are the best practices for avoiding xss attacks in a PHP site


While the war has reached stalemate, it still smoulders, the publication wrote.
So while the war has reached stalemate, it still smoulders. Bound by the terms of the 2015 Minsk ceasefire agreements, both sides are barred from using air strikes, tanks and heavy weaponry. This has created the conditions for an attritional land war which marks a throwback to another age, where soldiers fight in trenches with shells, grenades and sniper fire. Consequently, the death toll continues to rise. The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which monitors the conflict, in August said that a total of 30 civilians had been killed on both sides so far this year. The Ukrainian army says 80 of its soldiers have died over the same period.
There are no signs of a resolution in sight. The war was barely on the agenda at the Helsinki summit between US president Donald Trump and Mr Putin in July. And despite attempts by the US and its allies to modernise and arm Ukraine's 200,000-strong military forces, people in Avdiivka feel abandoned by the west.
Ukraine's highway 20 cuts through seemingly endless fields of sunflowers, making it feel more like the south of France than Europe's borderlands with Russia. Before the war, this road was one of the symbols of Ukrainian economic progress, built primarily for the 2012 European football championships. Now it forms part of the front line. As the highway nears Avdiivka, about 20km from the separatist stronghold of Donetsk, it becomes too treacherous to continue. Access to the city can only be made via bumpy back roads.
His account backs claims — denied by Moscow — that Ukraine's army is facing a hybrid force of Russian soldiers and local separatist militants under command from the Kremlin. "They created the military forces . . . [do] not make any mistake about it, the forces in the east are 100 per cent commanded by Russia," says Kurt Volker, the US special envoy to Ukraine.
Getting a clear picture of life on the other side of the war is difficult. Officials from the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic — which is not internationally recognised — declined access to the Financial Times to report from the territory, but people from the "DPR" regularly cross the front line.
At a civilian crossing point at Maiorska near the militant-held city of Horlivka, a dozen cars are queueing to cross into the DPR. The International Committee of the Red Cross said 1m crossings take place at points like this every month, which close periodically when fighting flares up. Waiting in her car, Horlivka resident Svetlana explained that she often makes the journey to the Ukrainian-controlled side with her father, Nikolay, to collect his pension and buy produce, some of which is cheaper there.
Underscoring dangers in the region that extend far from the front lines, Alexander Zakharchenko, self-declared leader of the DPR-based separatist militants, was last week killed by an improvised explosive at a Donetsk cafe.
Alexander Hug, deputy chief monitor of the OSCE mission to Ukraine, who visited Donetsk in early August, says: "If you go to districts in Donetsk, close to the contact line or the destroyed airport, life is very difficult. Living standards are bad, infrastructure is heavily damaged. Gas, electricity and water are hard to come by." For his part, Mr Basurin, the militant commander, blames a Ukrainian blockade for these economic woes. "We are trying to revive the economy," he says.
In the opening phases of the war, Ukrainian forces were hampered by a lack of combat training and rusting Soviet equipment. They were also paralysed by another throwback to the cold war era: a top down command structure which caused the army's middle ranks to freeze when their opponents used electronic warfare to jam communications. Since then, the US and other western powers have been working to modernise Ukraine's forces — including more than $1bn in financial support and the Trump administration's move in March to provide 210 tank-busting Javelin missiles.
The weapons are seen by military analysts as a game-changer in the event of an all-out assault by Russian-backed forces. Lt Gen Nayev says western backing is necessary if Ukraine is to resist the Russian threat on Europe's doorstep, but added that his own troops have already been transformed. He says Ukraine's forces are now "not only capable but ready" to repel Russian-backed separatists, which he claims have [over] 400 tanks — more than the UK.
Before testing the Stugnas, troops launched a series of Soviet-era weapons including Shturm and Fagot missiles, demonstrating clearly the handicaps they faced in the initial stages of the conflict.
Some rockets failed to launch. One fell off the side of an armoured vehicle while another misfired, smashing into the ground and leaving a training trench in flames. The Stugnas, meanwhile, hit the target four times out of four, prompting a howl of delight from Lt Gen Nayev.
"Yes! You see . . . Ukraine made," he shouted.
Newer equipment is filtering through, but some on the front line still complain of having to fight with Kalashnikovs older than themselves. One soldier revealed he and his fellow fighters had made a Javelin copy out of wood to fool the enemy. For Ukraine's western partners, the hope is that such improvisation will soon be a thing of the past, with its armed forces set to meet Nato standards on everything from governance to training and equipment.
To help Kyiv achieve this, a group of more than 200 U.S. trainers is based at Yavoriv, a vast military complex near Ukraine's border with Poland. Here senior U.S. soldiers instruct Ukrainian officers on how to train their troops.
"The U.S. army was [used to] operating in contingencies like Iraq and Afghanistan," he says, referring to offensive wars in which the US dominated the airspace. "[It's] nothing similar to what the Ukrainians are facing, this [trench warfare] is like a more near-peer fight they are fighting.
The U.S. has stepped up sanctions and the UK is pushing for more diplomatic action. Still, Lt Gen Nayev urges the west to wake up to the threat from Russia and even draws comparisons with 1930s appeasement. "We saw how this shameful appeasement brought upon world war two," he says.


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Q: Callback after all functions done This is just such a task, challenge, literally, everything that I have outlined is all information
We can add another argument for callback 'all is done'.
Important, console.log('all is done') need to be displayed only after all
'timer' functions have completed their execution, regardless of their call order.
I can't figure out which way to approach the task, I need to output using callback, but I need to wait for all calls to be completed
What we have:

//Write a "timer" function which takes a function and timeout, after all executions fire a callback ('all is done'):

const timer = // your code

timer( () => {
 console.log(500)
}, 500 )

timer( () => {
 console.log(3000)
}, 3000 )

timer( () => {
 console.log(1500)
}, 1500 )

timer( () => {
 console.log(2500)
}, 2500 )

A: If it is a promise related question, your constance returns a function with promise:
const timer = (timeout) =>  {
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
  setTimeout(function(timeout) {
    resolve(() => { console.log(timeout)});
  }, timeout);
});
}

Promise.all().then( () => { alert("All is done") })

A: This is how I solved the problem.
It would be cool to solve it without using a global variable.

//Write a "timer" function which takes a function and timeout, after all executions fire a callback ('all is done'):
let maxTimer = 0;
const timer = async (toRun, timeout) => {
  ++maxTimer
  const done = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      toRun()
      resolve()
    }, timeout)
  } )

  if (maxTimer === 0){
    console.log('all is done')
  }
}// your code

timer( () => {
  console.log(6000)
  --maxTimer
}, 6000 )

timer( () => {
  console.log(500)
  --maxTimer
}, 500 )

timer( () => {
  console.log(1500)
  --maxTimer
}, 1500 )

timer( () => {
  console.log(7000)
  --maxTimer
}, 7000 )

timer( () => {
  console.log(2500)
  --maxTimer
}, 2500 )


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Q: What is the difference between samba and sssd? In my ubuntu workstation I use /etc/samba/smb.conf and /etc/sssd/sssd.conf with /etc/krb5.conf in order to join active directory on a corporate network.
sudo service samba-ad-dc status
# inactive

sudo service sssd status
# active (running)

However I cannot yet tell what is the difference between samba and sssd.
Can someone explain what are the differences between these two services and where do they overlap?

*

*Can sssd work even without samba. Does it directly read smb.conf?

*How do they depend to each other?

I have read the documentation, but I need a simpler explanation.

A: Samba is Windows servers and clients for UNIX. Provides SMB file and print services, domain controller functions. And Winbind, an emulation of a Windows client for ID and auth.
SSSD is an authentication stack for Linux that knows LDAP, Kerberos, and Active Directory.
Either can provide names to NSS, and auth via PAM. Only Samba does the file and print SMB stuff.

Discuss with whomever documented this scheme what they intended to do. These identity, auth, and file share components can be configured in several combinations.


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Durbin Questions FAA Safety Approval Process For Boeing 737 Max Series Planes
WASHINGTON—In the wake of the two recent Boeing 737 Max series plane crashes, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today pressed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for answers following a New York Times report yesterday that detailed how a previously optional safety feature will now be added as a standard feature on all 737 Max series planes. In a letter to FAA Acting Administrator Daniel Elwell, Durbin asked why such safety features were not originally required by the FAA to be included on all Max series aircraft, and pushed the agency to provide greater transparency about their safety certification process in order to ensure accountability to the flying public.
"Although safety upgrades in response to these deadly crashes are a welcome first step, the fact that this change is being made now raises questions about why this important safety feature was not required by the FAA to be standard on the Boeing 737 Max series to begin with," Durbin wrote. "The fact that President Trump only nominated a new FAA Administrator this week after leaving the position open for the past 14 months also calls into question this Administration's commitment to safety."
The two accidents involving Boeing's new 737 Max 8 series killed all those onboard, resulting in the loss of 346 lives. Eight American citizens were among those who tragically lost their lives in this month's Ethiopian Airlines crash, including an Army captain from Matteson, Illinois.
Full text of the letter is available here and below:
Dear Acting Administrator Elwell:
I write to request answers to growing questions surrounding the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) safety certification process and the agency's oversight role in Boeing's decision to make important safety features optional on their 737 Max 8 series aircraft. The flying public rely on the FAA to certify the planes they fly in as safe. In the wake of the two recent crashes involving the same aircraft model, the public deserve more transparency about how the FAA makes those determinations.
While the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the FAA continue to investigate the cause of the recent crashes involving Boeing 737 Max 8 series aircraft, a previously optional safety feature will now reportedly be added as a standard feature on all 737 Max 8 series planes. Boeing will make this change as part of upgrades to the aircraft's automated-control system that were called for in a FAA air safety directive following the recent Ethiopian Air crash that killed all 157 onboard, including eight Americans. Investigators of the Lion Air crash in October involving the same aircraft model say that faulty data from sensors on the plane may have caused the plane's new software system to malfunction before the crash. The previously optional safety feature that Boeing is now adding helps pilots recognize false readings from the system's sensors.
Although safety upgrades in response to these deadly crashes are a welcome first step, the fact that this change is being made now raises questions about why this important safety feature was not required by the FAA to be standard on the Boeing 737 Max 8 series to begin with. To provide the public with greater transparency, please provide answers to the following questions about the FAA's safety certification process:
Can you confirm that the FAA will require Boeing to add an additional safety feature to the 737 Max 8 series that the FAA previously determined was not required to be standard on the aircraft?
If so, why was this safety features not originally required by the FAA to be included on all Max series aircraft?
What process was used by the FAA to determine that certain safety features on the aircraft were not required to be standard?
What additional safety features of the Max 8 series aircraft will the FAA allow to remain optional?
What testing and data from the manufacturer is required by the FAA to justify a manufacturer's decision to qualify a safety feature as merely optional?
To what extent does the FAA allow manufacturers to self-certify the safety features on their aircraft including those considered optional?
What information does the FAA require manufacturers, who design and build the plants, and airlines, who purchase and fly them, to disclose to the public about the safety features on their aircraft including which features are only available as additional options and the price associated with adding optional safety features to the aircraft?
Growing questions about the FAA's certification of the Max 8 series have led European and Canadian regulators that normally rely on the FAA's safety determinations to conduct their own reviews of the safety of these Boeing planes. To ensure accountability for the flying public and to guarantee that the FAA remains the world leader in aircraft safety, increased transparency about the FAA's safety determinations is needed.
I look forward to your prompt response to my preliminary questions about the FAA's current safety certification process. Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter, and for your commitment to maintaining the safety of aviation in the United States.


Local History Online — Conversation between Pat Neville, Selwyn, Gordon and Neville Exler and Jack Diamond at Exler Potteries site, 1973.
Conversation between Pat Neville, Selwyn, Gordon and Neville Exler and Jack Diamond at Exler Potteries site, 1973.
A conversation and tour with historian Jack Diamond and Pat Neville, who worked at the Exler Potteries in the early 1900's, and Gordon and Selwyn Exler. Recorded by Neville Exler, son of Selwyn and nephew of Gordon, at a meeting at the former Exler Potteries site.


Hyatt, appearing at the Meetings Show at London's Olympia, offered attendees the chance to wirelessly charge their electronic devices at its stand, partnering up with CHARGit to provide its pioneering wireless technology.
The Meetings Show is the premier UK event for the meetings industry and features exhibitors such as hotels, venues and technology providers. Hyatt, as a leading hotel brand, was looking to showcase its capabilities at hosting business events. By utilising CHARGit's wireless offering it was able to demonstrate its willingness to embrace the latest technological developments, while also helping to improve both footfall and dwell time at its stand.
CHARGit installed three of its CHARGhub units at the event, which were fitted into a high table that blended in with the Hyatt stand design. The CHARGhubs allowed visitors to the stand to take a break and wirelessly charge electronic devices low on battery, while affording the Hyatt staff time to engage with them.
CHARGit, which was launched in March this year, allows for multiple devices, such as smartphones, tablets and laptops to charge simultaneously through a surface, without the need for plug cables, offering ease of use for consumers, and a new service offering for businesses.
CHARGit's technology works by fitting a unit under a table or counter surface to create a charging zone, known as a CHARGzone. This zone can then charge multiple devices at once, simply by placing them within it. Compatible devices need only be placed within the CHARGzone to charge, while non-compatible devices can have a CHARGkey added, providing them with the same function. No precise alignment is needed for charging to begin.
The fitted unit, known as a CHARGhub, is a 'through surface transmitter' that can be installed to the bottom of any non-metallic surface (a wooden table or counter for example). There is no need for core-drilling, which can potentially damage aesthetics/décor, with the unit only needing to be screwed in place.
For devices that don't have wireless charging capability already installed, a CHARGkey is necessary, which acts in a similar fashion to a key fob. Having a CHARGkey plugged into a smartphone, tablet or laptop's USB/charging port allows it to charge wirelessly.


When you move into a new home it is always a good idea to rekey or replace the locks as soon as you move in. You never know who might have a key for your house, a neighbor, the previous occupant or a contractor. A new security risk has recently surfaced called bumping, which is a method to open pin tumbler locks similar to using a pick gun.
Bump keys can be made by cutting or filing down a key blank or cut key to the deepest depth for every pin. The bump key is then tapped into the lock and opens the lock. If I can't pick a lock open I can usually bump the lock open.
What is alarming about bump keys is how easy they are to make and use. Another problem is there is no forced entry so it's hard to tell how someone got in. You might think the door wasn't locked or someone had a key to enter. Bump proof locks are available and they are also pick proof.
Your insurance company may not cover your loss if there is no forced entry.
If you are home when someone is bumping open your lock it would sound like someone knocking on your door.
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