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We are a new environmental charity established in September 2016.
CPN Directors
Maggie Fyffe, MBE
Maggie has lived on the Isle of Eigg for over 40 years and currently works as the administration secretary for the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust. She was a key player in the community buyout of the island in 1997 and was awarded an MBE in 2009 for her services to community and rural development. She comes from a generation for whom "reduce, recycle, re-use" comes as second nature.
Jennifer Leiper
Jennifer formerly worked for the corporate sector as a business administrator, but re-trained in Community Education having grown uncomfortable with mainstream lifestyle and ethics. This led to 10 years of working in the voluntary and public sectors, and she now works as a business administrator for the charity, Camphill Scotland and also as a support worker (learning disabilities). She has recently completed a Carbon Literacies training course and an Intro to Permaculture course. She looks forward to contributing this eclectic mix of experience, skills and perspectives to Clean Planet Now.
Rose Acock, MBE
Rose is a Human Ecologist and has a Masters in Development Studies. She lived and worked in China for over 10 years, setting up the charity Development Organisation of Rural Sichuan (DORS), which implements small-scale village-based projects that promote sustainable rural development, for which she received her MBE. She now lives back in England, and works as the fundraising manager for APT Action on Poverty, an international development agency working in Sierra leone, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, and Sri Lanka.
Bob Wallace
Bob has two degrees in Human Ecology, as well as being a qualified marine engineer. He has worked for Greenpeace for over 20 years as chief engineer on their campaign boats, and is currently working for Medicine San Frontiers, as technical manager for their refugee, ship rescue operations. His vast experience of environmental and peace campaigning, and seeing first hand environmental pollution, gave him the motivation to set up Clean Planet Now.
Norah Barnes
Norah studied environmental sciences and human ecology, working in outdoor and environmenatl education field for over 20 years as a countryside ranger, field studies teacher and outdoor leader. She likes to enthuse people about the natural world and make connections. Norah and Bob moved to Eigg in 2004 and set up the Earth Connections Eco Centre, which runs residential courses on sustainable living. Norah organises courses, facilitates classes and manages the volunteer programme.
Our heartfelt thanks go to our fantastic team of volunteers this year, who have helped us set up Clean Planet Now.
Jie-Siang Lin, Taiwan
Jess MacKenzie, New Zealand
Jenny Liberty, England
Rebecca Crawford, Scotland
Dani Sanchez, Spain
Clean Planet Now has its headquarters on the Isle of Eigg, off the West Coast of Scotland. Our island is owned by its community, and we're very interested in sustainable living. You can find out more about Eigg in the below video - which also features Norah talking about how plastic pollution is impacting our community and how we respond.
Eigg - Our Island from Eigg - Our Island on Vimeo.


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Francis Thompson (* 18. Dezember 1859 in Preston, Lancashire; † 13. November 1907 in London) war ein britischer Dichter und Mystiker.

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Thompson studierte zunächst am Ushaw College (Durham) katholische Theologie, später Medizin in Manchester. Beide Studiengänge blieben ohne Abschluss. 1885 ging er nach London. Sein Leben war geprägt von Armut, tiefer Religiosität und seiner Opiumsucht.
Betreut und als Dichter entdeckt wurde er in den frühen 1890er Jahren von dem Publizistenehepaar Wilfred und Alice Meynell, als er als Opiumsüchtiger obdachlos auf der Straße lebte. Über zwanzig Jahre lang lebte er bei den Meynells, wenn er nicht zum Entzug in einer Drogenklinik war. In seinen späteren Lebensjahren lebte er im Kloster Storrington in Sussex. Die Meynells waren ihm beim Veröffentlichen seiner Werke behilflich, bzw. fungierten als Herausgeber.
Im Kloster Storrington (Sussex) schrieb er den größten Teil seiner Gedichte. Sein bekanntestes Gedicht ist The Hound of Heaven (dt. Der Jagdhund des Himmels). Thompson starb im Alter von 48 Jahren an Tuberkulose.

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"Das Leben äußerster Entbehrung und Einsamkeit war aber auch gezeichnet von erstaunlicher Innerlichkeit, Empfindsamkeit und tiefer religiöser Erlebniskraft. Er gewann Rückhalt und Hoffnung im Glauben und fand in der Dichtung eine schöpferische Antwort auf die seelischen Nöte." (Franz Wöhrer)

"Francis Thompson ist ein Dichter so oder so, allein durch die Macht der Sprache, aber dieser Zeit größter und unvergänglichster ist er, sowohl deshalb, weil er nicht nur Dichter war der Rückkehr zur Natur, sondern der Dichter der Rückkehr zu Gott, wie auch darum, weil er der Dichter war der Rückkehr zu Gott, ohne aufzuhören, Dichter zu sein der Rückkehr zur Natur. Das ist es." (Theodor Haecker)

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 "The Hound of Heaven" wird in einem Text über den Suizid des Genetikers George R. Price erwähnt.
Daphne du Maurier zitiert in ihrem Roman Rebecca die ersten Verse aus seinem Gedicht The Hound of Heaven –  "I Fled Him, down the nights, and down the days."

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 The Life and Labours of Saint John Baptist de la Salle. 1891.
 Health and Holiness. A Study of the Relation between Brother Ass, the Body, his Rider, the Soul. Eingel. von G. Tyrell. London: Burns u. Oates 1905.
 Ode to English Martyrs. London: Burns u. Oates 1906.
 Selected Poems. Hrsg. von Wilfrid Meynell. 1908
 Shelley. Eingel. von G. Wyndham. 1909
 Saint Ignatius Loyola. Hrsg. von J. Pollen 1909. Vorwort von Wilfrid Meynell. 1951
 A Renegade and Other Essays. 1910
 Poems. Portland, Maine: Mosher 1911.
Neuausgabe: Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2009. ISBN 1-44329381-4
 The Works of Francis Thompson. Hrsg. von Wilfrid Meynell. 3 Bde. 1913
 Collected Poetry. 1913
 Essays of Today and Yesterday. Eingel. von Wilfrid Meynell. 1927
 Selected Poems and Prose. 1929
 Poems. Hrsg. von T. L. Connolly. 1932, überarb. 1941
 Poems. Hrsg. von Wilfrid Meynell. 1937
 Poems. Collected Edition with a Bibliography of First Printings. 1946
 Literary Criticisms. Hrsg. von T. L. Connolly. 1948. Neuausg. 1976
 The Letters of Francis Thompson. Hrsg. von John Walsh. New York: Hawthorn books 1969. [Erstausgabe]
 Deutsche Übersetzungen
 Shelley. Ein Korymbos für den Herbst. Der Jagdhund des Himmels. Übertragen und mit einem Essay "Über Francis Thompson und Sprachkunst" von Theodor Haecker. Innsbruck: Brenner 1925.
 Der Himmelhund und andere Gedichte. Übersetzt nach einer Interlinearübersetzung von Holger Klein aus dem Englischen von Paul Wühr. München: Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett 2009. (Lyrik Kabinett. 2.) ISBN 3-93877621-8
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Literatur
 Konrad W. Kraemer: Francis Thompson. Der Dichter der Rückkehr zu Gott. Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster 1956

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 The Hound of Heaven (Originaltext)

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Q: How to include an automatic download in my custome python package? I've created a python package and built it with the help of python packaging instructions. Now I'm trying to add all the dependencies and extra packages that need to be downloaded and used in this package, such as tqdm, termcolor, and spacy. As I saw in a sample project here, I have to include these packages in the install_requires in the setup.py file, Although, because I use one of SpaCy pipelines in my package, I need to run the following command too:
!python -m spacy download en_core_web_lg

I tried adding this command to entry_point in the setup.py, though I couldn't rebuild the package after
entry_points={
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Here is the Github code. Any suggestions?

A: In this case, you can provide the model package as one of the requirements like this, but note that this points to one particular version of the model:
https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download/en_core_web_sm-3.0.0/en_core_web_sm-3.0.0.tar.gz#egg=en_core_web_sm

See: https://spacy.io/usage/models#production

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MOEEN ALI claims an Australian cricketer called him 'Osama' during the 2015 Ashes.
The England all-rounder, a devout Muslim, alleges the remark was made during the First Test in Cardiff.
In his autobiography Moeen, serialised in The Times, he said: "An Australian player had turned to me on the field and said, 'Take that, Osama'.
"I must say I was amused when I heard that, obviously I had to take the player's word for it, though for the rest of the match I was angry."
Scandal-hit Cricket Australia have revealed they will investigate the allegations – insisting they took 31-year-old Moeen's claims very seriously.
A spokesman said: "Remarks of this nature are unacceptable and have no place in our sport, or in society.
"We have a clear set of values and behaviours that comes with representing our country.
"We take this matter very seriously, and are following up with the ECB [England and Wales Cricket Board] as a matter of urgency to seek further clarification around the alleged incident."


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This video is a step-by-step guide to posting news of a conference, course or other meeting as an event on the SMI website. All of the major parts of the site (e.g. news, events, jobs and photo galleries etc.) can be posted to by members of the website, this video shows you how to post an event, including adding text to the headline, title, venue and description field as well as pick the start and end date of the meeting. There is also the facility to upload a brochure or flyer as a pdf attachment than can be downloaded by visitors to the site.


Introductory information for new members of the department (and not only), biased towards computing and networking support material.
The University's information and communication technology (ICT) resources provide a rich array of services to our community. Ensuring the continuing utility and availability of these resources is the responsibility of service providers and consumers. These guidelines are intended to provide a framework for the protection and effective utilisation of these resources.


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Archive. / October 27, 2014
Penguin 3.0, Facebook Vs Google+ & My Last Rolo
Was Penguin 3.0 Worth the Wait?
In its fight against piracy and spam, Google has released the latest update to its spam filter algorithm known as Penguin. The result is that sites Google deem to be spam appear lower in search results. Although it has been a year in the waiting, many websites waiting in the hope over a year of content writing will pay off and improve their ranking in the search results and increase traffic to their sites. From results so far, the update is expected to affect only a small number of sites.
At the centre of a new content marketing campaign by the UK's VisitBritain tourism agency is a "Discover Great Britain" Tumblr page. The one year campaign aims to promote Britain as a destination across a number of digital platforms. Renewing their partnership with Yahoo, using their content marketing solution will see the new Tumblr page being circulated across Yahoo platforms including its digital travel magazine in the US.
With the announcement on its latest version of Android, Google have decided to go up against Facebook by announcing that it is launching a text-messenger app called Messenger, set to rival both Facebook Messenger and recently acquired WhatsApp. We can't image Facebook is best pleased with the name choice.
Happy Birthday GOV.UK
Launched on 17th October 2012, GOV.UK is the UK Government's official website. Now two years old, the website has seen over a billion visitors and is now the place to go to for all Government online services. Not only is the user-centric site simpler, clearer and faster, it has changed the way that government works internally.
Would you share your last Rolo?
Over the years many have enjoyed the Rolo brand. It has brought us that well known question:
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Part of a wider social media campaign, Nestle have decided to bring it back for a whole new generation. They have released a number of short videos, each featuring someone having to decide whether or not to share their last Rolo with a loved one. Aimed at a number of different target groups, the videos all appear on the brand's YouTube channel. Will we start to see old adverts making a comeback?
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LG Display Co. plans to supply 700,000 units of liquid crystal display panels for TVs to Samsung Electronics Co. this year, industry tracker IHS Markit said Sunday.
It will be the first such deal between the two South Korean firms, which are competing in the global tech industry.
Samsung earlier sought to receive panels from Sharp Corp., but the Japanese player earlier announced it would end the supply after being purchased by Taiwanese Hon Hai Precision. Industry watchers said the decision was intended to promote sales of its own TVs instead of lending support to Samsung.
In 2016, Sharp is estimated to have supplied 5 million units of panels to the South Korean tech manufacturer, which takes up 10 percent of Samsung's annual demand for LCD panels.
LG Display said last month that the company is under discussion with Samsung on the LCD panels, with the supply anticipated to begin in the second half of 2017.


Turtlenecks used to have the reputation of being a conservative garment. Nowadays, turtlenecks are considered not only as a foundational piece but also a great piece to add edge and fun to layered looks.
Every Fall or Winter, I re-stock with one or two new turtlenecks because the ones from the previous cold season are pretty worn out from so much use. Having a small wardrobe, I have to consider versatile pieces such a turtleneck in order to mix and match with the rest of my clothes.
Today, I'm showing you eight outfits with my favorite turtleneck. I find all turtleneck tops to be versatile, but for some reason, the striped ones seem to get more use. I like striped turtlenecks because, besides adding a classy French-esque touch, they are perfect to break up the layers.
There are so many ways that you can wear a striped turtleneck. For example, you wear it under a vibrant printed dress like the picture above in order to create an unexpected combination.
You also can make the stripes complement a colorful garment, such as a coat or jacket.
The striped turtleneck can be worn as the focus point of your look by pairing it with simple and classic pieces. See, in this picture below, how the turtleneck made a classic puffer vest and coat to stand out.
Sporty? Of course, you can use your striped turtleneck for a sporty look. As a matter, of fact in order to keep your neck warm when wearing sporty looks around chilly weather, consider a turtleneck, because it's more practical than a scarf.
Stripes look terrific paired with leopard! You will be combining two classic prints to create an of-the-moment look.
You can also use your striped turtleneck to achieve the obvious, such as a French-esque look or even nautical, like the outfit in the very first picture of this post.
If you are looking to elevate your denim, a striped turtleneck will do the job. See how these overalls look so stylish when paired with a classic striped turtleneck and heels.


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The Russian ruble fell to a new low in Moscow as sanctions tightened
Russian ruble coins are seen in front of US dollar banknotes in this illustration taken on February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Files
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(Reuters) – The Russian ruble fell to a record low in Moscow on Wednesday at $110 per dollar and the stock exchange remained closed as the Russian financial system faltered under the weight of Western sanctions imposed over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The ruble fell 4.7 percent to 106.02 against the dollar in Moscow trading, recording 110.0 earlier, a record low. It has lost about a third of its value against the dollar since the beginning of the year.
It fell 2.6 percent to end the day at 115.40 against the euro.
"The volatility of the ruble remains very high which may be caused by the instability of foreign exchange sales by exporters combined with the increasing levels of stress for market players and households in particular," Raiffeisen said in a note.
For the third day in a row, the ruble was weaker outside Russia, trading at 112 against the dollar on electronic trading platform EBS, but still far from its all-time low of 120 hit on Monday.
Russia responded by doubling interest rates to 20% and telling companies to transfer 80% of their foreign exchange earnings into the domestic market, as the central bank, or CBR, now subject to Western sanctions, halted foreign exchange interventions.
A weaker ruble will affect living standards in Russia and encourage already high inflation, while Western sanctions are expected to lead to shortages of basic goods and services such as cars or flights. Read more
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Several global companies have announced plans to exit Russia, while the country's credit ratings are under pressure as a result of the crisis.
Credit rating agency Moody's said: "Russia's sovereign ratings placement under review for rating downgrade was launched due to Russia's additional military operation in Ukraine which began on February 24, 2022, and the negative credit effects on Russia's credit position reflect additional and more stringent sanctions being imposed." .
JP Morgan said a deep recession was in the making for Russia, and the bank was reassessing its regional macro outlook.
"The latest actions targeting CBR have completely changed the picture," JPMorgan said.
"Russia's large current account surplus could have accommodated large capital outflows, but with the accompanying CBR and SWIFT sanctions, on top of existing restrictions, Russian export earnings are likely to be disrupted, and capital outflows are likely to be immediate."
Several Russian banks have been banned from the global financial network SWIFT, which facilitates interbank transfers.
As households and businesses in Russia rush to convert the plunging ruble into foreign currency, banks have raised interest rates on foreign currency deposits.
Russia's largest lender Sberbank (SBER.MM) It offers to pay 4% on deposits up to $1,000, while the largest private bank Alfa Bank is offering 8% on dollar deposits for a period of three months. For ruble deposits, Sberbank offers an annual return of 20%.
Sberbank said on Wednesday it had pulled out of almost all European markets, blaming large cash outflows and threats to its employees and property, after the European Central Bank ordered the shutdown of its European arm. Read more
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Moscow describes its actions in Ukraine as a "special operation" that it says is designed not to occupy territory but to destroy its southern neighbor's military capabilities and arrest what it considers dangerous nationalists.
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Actor Kirk Bailey has died at the age of 59
IAEA says Ukraine has asked for help in protecting nuclear plants


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This presents special challenges for consultants when working to help leaders of these organizations to solve problems and learn at the same time. However, this also presents opportunities for the consultants who understand the nature of small organizations and how to work with them. Thus, consultants might be both proactive in promoting themselves to these organizations, yet judicious and tactful in how they inform the leaders of their potential value.
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Putin and Erdogan rapprochement - what happens to Syria?
Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin
To say that many changes have happened in Turkey over the last year would be an understatement.
Without going into great detail, the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian plane for a minor incursion into Turkish airspace, Russia retaliated with sanctions, the Turks have allowed U.S.-led coalition aircraft to operate from southern Turkish airfields, Turkey actively joined the coalition to fight ISIS (although their focus was Kurdish separatist groups), the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has mounted multiple mass casualty attacks in several Turkish cities (including Ankara and Istanbul), and a coup attempt against the government failed. You get the idea.
The failed coup attempt of July 15 has paradoxically increased the power of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In addition to the purge of the armed forces, intelligence and security services, the judiciary, and academia, Erdogan has reassessed his relationships with NATO, the United States and, somewhat surprisingly, with Russia.
Although Russia and Turkey had enjoyed good relations and mutually beneficial economic ties, the downing of Russian Air Force fighter-bomber last November 24 completely soured ties between the two countries. When Erdogan refused to apologize for the incident, Russia levied sanctions against Turkey's tourist industry, agricultural exports and other businesses.
The resulting animosity between the two countries severely impacted Erdogan's vision of being a key power broker in largely Muslim Central Asia, a role that requires Russian cooperation, or at the least, acquiescence. Both countries have mutual and complementary interests in the region - Turkey wants to wield influence, and the Russians want to kip a lid on Islamic fundamentalism.
The two presidents met this week in St. Petersburg to mend fences, of course beginning with Erdogan's apology for the shootdown of the Russian aircraft and regrets over the loss of the pilot. One if the outcomes of the was a commitment from both leaders to cooperate in fight against ISIS. Where have we heard this before? The U.S.-led coalition and the Russians are nominally cooperating in their air operations in Syria, mostly limited to deconfliction of operations areas to ensure flight safety.
Another significant, and a bit surprising, outcome of the meetings was a concession by Erdogan that the current Syrian regime will have a place at the table when the political settlement for the country is discussed. Erdogan has been adamant in the past that the Ba'ath regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad must be removed as a basic requirement for any cooperation on Syria.
The Russians are the principal supporters of the al-Asad regime. It was the imminent failure of Syrian forces in the northern part of the country that catalyzed Putin's decision to deploy Russian combat aircraft and supporting forces to Syria last September.
It was not only the loss of the major population center of Aleppo, but rebel forces were pushing the Syrian army out of the province of Idlib and forcing them to retreat south toward the city of Hamah. The situation was so dire that President al-Asad announced that the armed forces were going to "redeploy" to defend strategically important areas of the country.
Russian military intervention was critical - the al-Asad regime, on the verge of collapse in 2012, had been saved by the intervention of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force and their surrogate fighters from the Lebanese Shi'a group Hizballah. More firepower and competent military leadership was needed to save Bashar al-Asad this time. Enter the Russians, bringing both.
So, the unanswered, and possible unanswerable question, is just what role will Syria play in future relations between Russia and Turkey, or more accurately, future relations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Erdogan. The positions of the two leaders and their countries remain diametrically opposed.
The Bashar al-Asad regime stays in power, and will stay in power, only through the continued support of the deployed Russian contingent, Iranian IRGC fighters, regular Iranian Army troops, Lebanese Hizballah, Iraqi Shi'a militias, and Aghan Shi'a volunteers. Without these external supporters, the regime will collapse.
That said, the Russians are in this for the long haul. They have signed an agreement that allows them access to Humaymim air base just south of Latakia for an indefinite period of time free of charge. They have made major improvements to the base, and have announced plans to enlarge the support areas to handle more of their heavy transport aircraft in support their expanding operations in the country.
Just 35 miles south on the coastal highway is the port of Tartus, which includes a Russian Navy support facility, the only such facility outside the territory of the Russian Federation.
Syria has become Putin's base of operations in the Middle East. He hopes to return Russia to what he believes is its rightful position - a major player in the region. Given his alliance with Iran and Syria, his good (and profitable) relationship with Iraq, and now his rapprochement with Turkey, he may be on the way to achieving that goal.
Up until now, Erdogan has been adamant that the future of Syria cannot include Bashar al-Asad. Will the recent meetings cause a change in his position? Do improved ties with Russia threaten Turkey's continued role in NATO? Will Turkey withdraw its permission for the U.S.-led coalition to use its air bases to conduct operations over Syria?
I suspect relations between Turkey and Russia will return to something similar to what they were prior to the shootdown of the Russian fighter-bomber.
Although both presidents have committed to cooperate against ISIS, I suspect they will continue to use this as cover for their own narrow interests.
The Russians will continue to strike anti-regime rebels - including medical facilities - to prop up Bashar al-Asad, and the Turks will continue their operations against Kurdish separatists, especially the PKK.
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Q: How difficult was that decision to make vs How difficult was it to make that decision?

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*How difficult was that decision to make?

*How difficult was it to make that decision?

*How difficult was that decision to be made?

Are there any differences among the above-mentioned sentences?

A: People are more likely to ask:

How difficult was that decision?

without adding to make, although it's possible if slightly unusual, as in:

How difficult was that house to build?

It's NOT correct to add to be made. Example 3 is wrong.
Example 2:

How difficult was it to make that decision

is perfectly correct and idiomatic.

A: Well, these are questions that have been done things to, so let's unwind them first.
First, for convenience' sake, let's just say the answer to all the questions is difficult.
Then

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*How difficult was that decision to make?
  is the question form of
That decision was difficult to make.

*How difficult was it to make that decision?
  is the question form of
It was difficult to make that decision.
  -- in which the rule of Extraposition has transformed
        this sentence from something like
(For P) to make that decision was difficult (for P)
        with all the agents deleted, a dummy it subject,
        and the infinitive at the end of the sentence.
Both of those are grammatical, and they mean the same thing, but they have different grammar.
The third question is a different matter altogether. It's ungrammatical.

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**How difficult was that decision to be made?
  is the question form of
*That decision was difficult to be made, which is also ungrammatical.
     Difficult is a predicate that governs Tough-Movement, which extracts a direct object.
     In this sentence Passive has applied, so decision is the subject of to be made, not its object.