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Regarded as one of the world's foremost electronic music artists, The Multi Award winning dj / producer / label owner / promoter and industry figure is known and loved for his effervescent personality, supreme deck skills and confidence as a selector. His ability to rock any club or festival with energy, vibrancy and moving people with unforgettable house and techno is undoubted.
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Regularly Playing at highly-respected party brands such as Circo Loco, ANTS, Elrow, Warehouse Project and countless more, he has appeared at many of the world's most iconic clubs including fabric (London), Space, DC-10 and Amnesia in Ibiza, Watergate (Berlin), Shine (Belfast), Harry Klien (Munich) and festivals like EDC, Exit, Ultra, Parklife, Creamfields and many more
Yousef's released the first ever EDC festival mix compilation, recorded live in Mexico City, playing to 25000 people, recording the full set live which topped the Itunes dance chart. Yousef sites this as his best ever dj gig in 20 years on the road…
Yousef masterminded the globally-recognised Circus party brand and Circus Recordings record label, both of which have set the benchmark for quality electronic music from Liverpool to the rest of the world. As an accomplished and prolific producer whose discography is comprised over a hundred solo tracks & remixes and a plethora of collaborations on many of the scene's best-known labels – Desolat, Cocoon, BPitch Control, Crosstown Rebels, Defected, Moon Harbour and FFRR among them. With his fourth and most recent, full-length album 9 Moor Drive he has ascended to a new level of artistry, employing his studio know-how to present an extremely personal insight into his difficult childhood.
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Wolfenstein 2 Nintendo Switch version being ported by Panic Button!
Posted by James Romero | Dec 19, 2017 | News | 0
It has been confirmed that the Wolfenstein 2 Nintendo Switch port is being handled by Panic Button the same team that did amazing jobs with Rocket League and DOOM – two of the best games this year on the Nintendo Switch.
Speaking at the Fun & Serious Game Festival in Bilbao, Machine Games' narrative designer Tommy Tordsson Bjork the narrative designer from Machine Games along with senior game designer Andreas Öjerfors confirmed the news whilst at the Fun & Serious Games festival in Bilbao.
"That's a collaboration with a different studio that we're working together with," said Öjerfors. "It's the same as the Doom studio," added Bjork.
Öjerfors said: "They're experts at the Switch and now they're experts with the [id Tech 6] engine so we work with them, and the Doom version turned out to be really kick-ass on the Switch so I think Wolfenstein will be the same." Bjork then stated that "it's going to be as good".
Unsurprisingly after such great work the developers of Wolfenstein 2 are happy with Panic Button and they have confirmed the port will be coming to the Nintendo Switch in early 2018 – Another game we are looking forward to in the burgeoning games list!
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import collections
import csv
import datetime
import json
from operator import itemgetter

import six

from bandit.core import constants

def report_csv(result_store, file_list, scores, excluded_files):
    '''Prints/returns warnings in JSON format

    :param files_list: Which files were inspected
    :param scores: The scores awarded to each file in the scope
    :param excluded_files: Which files were excluded from the scope
    :return: A collection containing the CSV data
    '''

    results = result_store._get_issue_list()

    # Remove the code from all the issues in the list, as we will not
    # be including it in the CSV data.
    def del_code(issue):
        del issue['code']
    map(del_code, results)

    if result_store.out_file is None:
        result_store.out_file = 'bandit_results.csv'

    with open(result_store.out_file, 'w') as fout:
        fieldnames = ['filename',
                      'test_name',
                      'issue_severity',
                      'issue_confidence',
                      'issue_text',
                      'line_number',
                      'line_range']

        writer = csv.DictWriter(fout, fieldnames=fieldnames,
                                extrasaction='ignore')
        writer.writeheader()
        for result in results:
            writer.writerow(result)

    print("CSV output written to file: %s" % result_store.out_file)

def report_json(result_store, file_list, scores, excluded_files):
    '''Prints/returns warnings in JSON format

    :param files_list: Which files were inspected
    :param scores: The scores awarded to each file in the scope
    :param excluded_files: Which files were excluded from the scope
    :return: JSON string
    '''

    stats = dict(zip(file_list, scores))

    machine_output = dict({'results': [], 'errors': [], 'stats': []})
    collector = list()
    for (fname, reason) in result_store.skipped:
        machine_output['errors'].append({'filename': fname,
                                        'reason': reason})

    for filer, score in six.iteritems(stats):
        totals = {}
        for i in range(result_store.level, len(constants.RANKING)):
            severity = constants.RANKING[i]
            severity_value = constants.RANKING_VALUES[severity]
            try:
                sc = score['SEVERITY'][i] / severity_value
            except ZeroDivisionError:
                sc = 0
            totals[severity] = sc

        machine_output['stats'].append({
            'filename': filer,
            'score': result_store._sum_scores(score),
            'issue totals': totals})

    collector = result_store._get_issue_list()

    if result_store.agg_type == 'vuln':
        machine_output['results'] = sorted(collector,
                                           key=itemgetter('error_type'))
    else:
        machine_output['results'] = sorted(collector,
                                           key=itemgetter('filename'))

    result = json.dumps(machine_output, sort_keys=True,
                        indent=2, separators=(',', ': '))

    if result_store.out_file:
        with open(result_store.out_file, 'w') as fout:
            fout.write(result)
            # XXX: Should this be log output? (ukbelch)
        print("JSON output written to file: %s" % result_store.out_file)
    else:
        print(result)

def report_text(result_store, files_list, scores, excluded_files):
    '''Prints the contents of the result store

    :param files_list: Which files were inspected
    :param scores: The scores awarded to each file in the scope
    :param excluded_files: List of files excluded from the scope
    :return: TXT string with appropriate TTY coloring for terminals
    '''

    tmpstr_list = []

    # use a defaultdict to default to an empty string
    color = collections.defaultdict(str)

    if result_store.format == 'txt':
        # get text colors from settings for TTY output
        get_setting = result_store.config.get_setting
        color = {'HEADER': get_setting('color_HEADER'),
                 'DEFAULT': get_setting('color_DEFAULT'),
                 'LOW': get_setting('color_LOW'),
                 'MEDIUM': get_setting('color_MEDIUM'),
                 'HIGH': get_setting('color_HIGH')
                 }

    # print header
    tmpstr_list.append("%sRun started:%s\n\t%s\n" % (
        color['HEADER'],
        color['DEFAULT'],
        datetime.datetime.utcnow()
    ))

    if result_store.verbose:
        # print which files were inspected
        tmpstr_list.append("\n%sFiles in scope (%s):%s\n" % (
            color['HEADER'], len(files_list),
            color['DEFAULT']
        ))

        for item in zip(files_list, map(result_store._sum_scores, scores)):
            tmpstr_list.append("\t%s (score: %i)\n" % item)

        # print which files were excluded and why
        tmpstr_list.append("\n%sFiles excluded (%s):%s\n" %
                           (color['HEADER'], len(excluded_files),
                            color['DEFAULT']))
        for fname in excluded_files:
            tmpstr_list.append("\t%s\n" % fname)

    # print which files were skipped and why
    tmpstr_list.append("\n%sFiles skipped (%s):%s\n" % (
        color['HEADER'], len(result_store.skipped),
        color['DEFAULT']
    ))

    for (fname, reason) in result_store.skipped:
        tmpstr_list.append("\t%s (%s)\n" % (fname, reason))

    # print the results
    tmpstr_list.append("\n%sTest results:%s\n" % (
        color['HEADER'], color['DEFAULT']
    ))

    if result_store.count == 0:
        tmpstr_list.append("\tNo issues identified.\n")

    for filename, issues in result_store.resstore.items():
        for issue in issues:

            # if the result isn't filtered out by severity
            if result_store._check_severity(issue['issue_severity']):
                tmpstr_list.append("\n%s>> Issue: %s\n" % (
                    color.get(issue['issue_severity'], color['DEFAULT']),
                    issue['issue_text']
                ))
                tmpstr_list.append("   Severity: %s   Confidence: %s\n" % (
                    issue['issue_severity'].capitalize(),
                    issue['issue_confidence'].capitalize()
                ))
                tmpstr_list.append("   Location: %s:%s\n" % (
                    issue['fname'],
                    issue['lineno']
                ))
                tmpstr_list.append(color['DEFAULT'])

                tmpstr_list.append(
                    result_store._get_code(issue, True))

    result = ''.join(tmpstr_list)

    if result_store.out_file:
        with open(result_store.out_file, 'w') as fout:
            fout.write(result)
        result_store.logger.info("Text output written to file: %s",
                                 result_store.out_file)
    else:
        print(result)

def report_xml(result_store, file_list, scores, excluded_files):
    '''Prints/returns warnings in XML format (Xunit compatible)

    :param files_list: Which files were inspected
    :param scores: The scores awarded to each file in the scope
    :param excluded_files: Which files were excluded from the scope
    :return: A collection containing the XML data
    '''

    import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET

    if result_store.out_file is None:
        result_store.out_file = 'bandit_results.xml'

    items = result_store.resstore.items()
    root = ET.Element('testsuite', name='bandit', tests=str(len(items)))
    for filename, issues in items:
        for issue in issues:
            test = issue['test']
            testcase = ET.SubElement(root, 'testcase',
                                     classname=filename, name=test)
            if result_store._check_severity(issue['issue_severity']):
                text = 'Severity: %s Confidence: %s\n%s\nLocation %s:%s'
                text = text % (
                    issue['issue_severity'], issue['issue_confidence'],
                    issue['issue_text'], issue['fname'], issue['lineno'])
                ET.SubElement(testcase, 'error',
                              type=issue['issue_severity'],
                              message=issue['issue_text']).text = text

    tree = ET.ElementTree(root)
    tree.write(result_store.out_file, encoding='utf-8', xml_declaration=True)

    print("XML output written to file: %s" % result_store.out_file)

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What about the "Muslim God"?
According to the Bible, there is only one God, the One worshiped by Abraham. Other gods do not exist. Satan and his associates are imposters, God's rivals in name only. Jews, Christians and Muslims agree on this.
This one creator God is known by various names in different languages and those who worship him in all these languages and cultures have very different ideas of who He is. So while we disagree about his nature, the fact remains that there is only one God, whom we all (Muslims, Jews and Christians) worship with greater or lesser insight into his true character and mission.
Are Muslims worshiping a "different god," meaning a different spiritual entity? No, that is not even possible; because we do not believe a different god exists, unless we are prepared to believe that Muslims worship Satan unknowingly.
Jesus' example towards the Samaritan woman is instructive here. He did not tell her, "you worship the wrong God." Instead He told her: "You Samaritans worship what you do not know, we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews." And then he led her into a full understanding of who he was in comparison with that which she did not know. This is what I mean when I say that we move from common ground to higher ground.
This entry was posted in Current Events and tagged Gaby Phillips, God of Islam, interpreting the Qur'an, Islam, Phillips on March 9, 2016 by Jon Paulien.


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La pallavolo maschile ai XXX Giochi del Sud-est asiatico si è svolta dal 2 al 10 dicembre 2019 a Pasig, nella Filippine, durante i XXX Giochi del Sud-est asiatico: al torneo hanno partecipato sette squadre nazionali del Sud-est asiatico e la vittoria finale è andata per la decima volta all'.

Impianti

Regolamento

Formula
Le squadre hanno disputato una prima fase a gironi con formula del girone all'italiana; al termine della prima fase:
 Le prime due classificate di ogni girone hanno acceduto alla fase finale per il primo posto strutturata in semifinali, finale per il terzo posto e finale.
 L'ultima classificata del girone A e le ultime due classificate del girone B hanno acceduto alla finale per il quinto posto strutturata in semifinale (a cui hanno partecipato le ultime classificate dei ogni girone) e finale per il quinto posto.

Criteri di classifica
Se il risultato finale è stato di 3-0 o 3-1 sono stati assegnati 3 punti alla squadra vincente e 0 a quella sconfitta, se il risultato finale è stato di 3-2 sono stati assegnati 2 punti alla squadra vincente e 1 a quella sconfitta.

L'ordine del posizionamento in classifica è stato definito in base a:
Punti;
Ratio dei set vinti/persi;
Ratio dei punti realizzati/subiti.

Squadre partecipanti

Formazioni

Torneo

Fase a gironi

Girone A

Risultati

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Legenda:
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Girone B

Risultati

Classifica

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Finale 5º posto

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A very flexible Nicecast configuration.
Have you ever wanted to be able to broadcast music with Nicecast while also talking to callers on Skype both on- and off-air (who can even hear your broadcast over Skype) and be able to easily switch to broadcasting sound from a webpage or Quicktime? No problem! Ok, it's not exactly trivial to setup, but here is how I have it setup on my system.
First, you must install Soundflower (comes with Nicecast, Nicecast -> Install Extras...). In Skype, select the input device to be Soundflower (2ch). That device will be used to mixed your voice and your broadcast sound going out over Skype. You'll also want to install Audio Hijack while you are at it although it's not strictly required.
Voice Over; select your input device, crossfade to full Voice, Gain IN to 0%, Gain OUT to 50%. Don't forget to click [start] every time you start up Nicecast.
Application Mixer; select Skype, crossfade to 50/50 (note: you can squelch Skype-talkers with bypass on), Gain OUT to 0%. Don't forget to check [hijack] and [ ] Monitor Output.
Gain; db -inf, input gain to zero, output gain to zero (this kills all output sound)... click bypass to start broadcasting Skype + mic sound.
Voice Over; select your input device, crossfade to 50/50, Gain IN around 10%, Gain OUT at 50%. Don't forget to click [start] every time you start up Nicecast.
Auxilliary Device Output; select Soundflower (2ch), Gain IN at 50%, Gain OUT at 0%. This is used to send music over Skype, input gain controls level to listener on Skype, I find that input gain about 5-10% works best; bypass if you don't want Skype to hear the broadcast.
From there, all I generally have to do is bypass the Gain control in the upper-right corner if I want to talk to my Skype guests while the music is playing (rather than us talking over the music).
If I'm not on Skype I'll leave all the buttons alone and just use my mic mute.
Nicecast can be fairly CPU intensive. Skype can be fairly CPU intensive. iTunes uses a bit of CPU as well. Instant Messaging software can use a small bit of CPU also. Keep piling up tasks for your computer to do and pretty soon you will start skipping on your broadcast. Use Activity Monitor to watch CPU load.


See also the newer post about cycling with babies and toddlers!
My video shows Dutch parents carrying their babies on their bicycles.
I haven't found any Dutch expert advising against this common practice. The only warnings I found were against carrying your baby on your body in a baby carrier bag on either front or back. Because in case of a fall you would then land on top of your baby. However, even though experts advise against this, in the streets of the Netherlands you will find a lot of parents who do carry their baby on their bodies while cycling.
No wonder that in the US people are warned that if they decide to transport their children on their bikes they "will be judged". And it is not much different in Australia.
The Dutch advice couldn't be more different. To parents worrying if they can transport their baby safely on a bicycle, the response is: "Sure! Just cycle away!" So what are the tips Dutch experts give?
In what ever way you transport your baby on a bicycle, don't take them too long! When seated on a bicycle a baby can't move much, so the blood flow might suffer. One hour is safe but then there should be some other physical activity to get the blood flow going again. If your baby cries or shows in any other way that it doesn't like being in the seat on the bicycle, the tour has to stop right away.
If your baby is not able to sit upright on its own yet, it can be transported in a so-called baby mee (baby-along) on which you can mount a maxi-cosi to the rear luggage carrier. The manufacturer advises it for use with babies from 2 months old.
Disadvantage: your baby is in a very high position, there is no weather protection and even with the suspension it could still be shaky. (For that reason the Dutch Cyclists' Union advises to also cycle with slightly deflated tyres.) But the all around seat and the carrier handle put in an upright position do protect the baby in case of a fall.
A baby trailer is much lower and better protected from weather conditions (with a cover on the trailer) but your baby is not in view behind you. On the other hand a trailer seats more than one child.
That is also true for a bakfiets: there are also adaptors to mount a maxi-cosi to a bakfiets. In which case you can then see your baby in front of you. But not everybody wants to have a bakfiets of course. They are larger than an ordinary bicycle and that could be a problem when you need to store it.
Typical Dutch dad transporting kids on a bike. You can just see his young baby in the box of his bakfiets in a mounted maxi-cosi. His older son sits in the rear seat. Clearly visible are the black straps with which this child is strapped to the seat.
Dutch parents are encouraged to carry their babies from about 6 to 9 months, who are able to sit upright themselves, in a front seat mounted on the handle bars. These front mounted seats can be used until the child weighs about 15 kg which is at the age of about 3 years old. In good seats you are able to strap your child securely to the seat. And it is also very important that the feet are protected. To further increase the comfort of your child a transparent wind shield can be mounted to the seat as well.
Bigger children can only be carried on the back. The back seats can transport children up to about 22kg, generally the equivalent of a 6 year-old. For rear seats it is even more important that the feet are protected, as the child's feet are right next to the fast-moving spokes. In the past, many Dutch children suffered awful wounds to their heels when they got caught in the spokes. Modern seats prevent that from happening. It may also be important to cover the springs of the saddle. So children will not get caught in these springs with their fingers.
The main reason the Dutch can safely transport their babies on their bicycles is of course because there is a dense network of safe cycle routes. Not only are there protected cycle paths away from traffic (29,000 kilometres) but also many 30km/h zones (over 30,000 kilometres). If you come from a country where that is different, you may look at the Dutch and their kids on their bikes with surprise. Already in 2006 a foreign observer published an account on the internet of how the Dutch transport their children. Under the heading "multiple riders", Brian from the Bay area in California keeps referring to the front seat as the "suicide position". I think almost nobody in the Netherlands would agree with that term.
Other Americans are more informed and transport their own children on Dutch bikes in Amsterdam. On his blog, Ryan Cooper, who is originally from Detroit, first described how he rediscovered freedom when his daughter was finally old enough to be in the front seat on his bike. And then he published a lovely video about an outing to an Amsterdam Park.
There is also a wonderful post by Henry from WorkCycles about taking his kids on a trip in a bakfiets.
He also wrote about carrying newborns on a bicycle. Recommended reading!
I had this post lined up for a later date but I pushed it forward because this week my attention was drawn to a magnificent video by a band from Groningen that I just have to share here. They do a far better job than I do in portraying Dutch parents cycling with their children and it works especially well because they never meant to do that. This unintentionally underlines the normalcy of this type of transport!
Anthony's Putsch – King of the world – Beautiful parents with their beautiful children!
Isn't it amazing how completely unaware the average Dutch person is about how special the cycling culture of the Netherlands is! It is a strong point that cycling and everything connected to it is so normal, but at the same time there is a risk the Dutch might lose it, because why would you fight to keep something you don't even notice is special. But that may be a topic for an entirely different blog post some day!
Hi there. Where is your evidence that it is "very dangerous to ride without a helmet"? Isn't this something of a rash statement given the amount of debate on the topic? L'll be honest: I stopped reading your article there because I don't feel that anything you write after that can be trusted.
I don't know what you are referring to. Who claims that it is "very dangerous to ride without a helmet"? I certainly don't!
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I wonder if you taken any children cycling in any of the ways like this.
Happy babies are cute. Sad or angry ones, not that much. Interesting that you have memories from 1966, given that you were about a year old, maybe less, most people have no idea what they did as infants from their memory. When listening to your dad or mom or other people who were grown up then, or reviewing pictures, then you have a clue what happened. I imagine you were less happy in the car, on the times you did ride as a passenger or drive yourself, possibly because you don't get the feeling of the wind through what's left of your hair (I hope you interpret this as a compliment, as age usually breeds wisdom).
Great article; just a slight disagreeance with the comment about Australia. We bike with our babies in our beautiful weather all the time! I've never ever heard anyone 'judging' another for exercising with their children?!? And I've been 'dinking' my children (3) since 2008.
Thanks for your post. I live in Toronto where you don't always see people biking with younger babies and this info helped me buy a front seat for my now 15 month old baby. She loves it so much! When we get to where we are going she cries when she comes off because she wants to be back on the bike. Thanks for the blog.
Meagan, can you help me find bike part suppliers in Saskatchewan – or where I can order parts from? I have a 3.5 year-old and have been carrying her right behind me on a cargo-type seat but without the wheel guard, foot rest, mini handle bar etc and almost got reported to Social Services yesterday.
Thanks for that. I'll certainly bare it in mind when our baby comes along which should be a couple of months away now. Hoping to take the little fellow out on the bike. Might get a trailer instead though. They look safer.
Nice and very useful info! We sell child seats and Dutch Bikes every day in Brooklyn @Rolling Orange Bikes and it gets better every day. Safer bike lanes and CitiBike help a lot.
Currently using a bobike mini with a windscreen for our 13mo girl. She loves it, but only short trips (she does ok on an hour long ride, but not more).
We also have a trailer, but she's a bit small for that right now.
we cycled with our baby, but with @tagabikes Dutch made, love it. cycled with baby on three wheels) oh, and we got a Christiana cargobike too.
Sigh, this is a very smart mechanical engineer making this comment. Of course this sparked a lot of emails back and forth. How can she think the US is more safety conscious, when we design roads with very little safety in mind? It is sad when people here in my area think all you need is a helmet and magically you are safe, when the real safety issue is poor infrastructure, drunk, distracted and sleeping drivers (as how many here in SoCal have met their fate this year).
OK, I need to watch the video again to get back to my happy place…and excellent post as always.
Margaret, your reasoning is off-track–it may be true that U.S. road engineers can do better, but the inference made was that the Dutch children would be better served if their parents put helmets on them. Europeans pride themselves on being "advanced" societies, yet they can be slackers when it comes to safety on bikes, as well as in cars. How do I know? I've traveled extensively in Europe and have European relatives and friends and we discuss this issue. Let me tell you from personal experience; those Dutch cobblestone roads can be treacherous to ride on and helmets would be a good idea for both baby and parent.
To each his own, of course. Don't be a slacker then and stay wherever you live/are and leave us Dutchies in helmettless peace.
I live in the Netherlands for the last 10 months and I have seen at least one accident happening every month. In the UK I might have seen the aftermaths of many, but I never saw a single accident happening in the last years. The Dutch are no superhumans when it comes to driving and cycling either and I will keep my helmet on no matter how much any Dutch self proclaimed road safety expert advises against one.
My sister and I were carried to nursery school on the back of a Pashley Trike in Kent. I don't remember it, but my mum speaks of it very fondly.
Cycling around with my daughter in the frontseat belongs to the best memories I have of their childhood. It also prepares them for their own cycling in city traffic. When you only take the safety argument into account you're not acting in their best interest. Unless the only thing you want is to prepare them for a future with cars, which is -so to speak- a dead end street.
I tried to put my son in a front seat on a 'white bike' in the Hoge Veluwe park last year but he was only 3.5 months at the time so couldn't sit up straight! Since then, back in the UK, I've bought a rear seat (a Co-Pilot Taxi – highly recommended) which he loves. Interestingly, I find car drivers are a lot more considerate when I've got the child seat on the back of my bike – regardless of whether my son's actually in it!
Not just in The Netherlands! Here is a fascinating video of Japanese mothers carrying their little children on the Japanese "Mamachari" bicycles.
Note: I recommend skipping the first 1:15 of the presenter yapping about the Mamachari (which is essentially identical to a Moederfiets except it is made in Japan) and go straight to the video.
Cycling with one and sometimes even two children on a bicycle is also popular in Japan. Not only popular, but essential as the bicycle is the primary means of transport for millions. I have fond memories of cycling around with my daughters when they were younger. The forward seating position allows you to easily hold a conversation with your child and point out interesting things along the way.
I can not understand why so many foreigners living in Japan continue to insist that cycling with children is dangerous. For Japanese cycling is as natural as walking.
I just got one Bobike baby seat for my 19months old son. He loves it! Last year we had an adventure. I carried him in mei tai on my back. He also loved it, but I didn't felt safe as you said in your text.
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Sinn Féin to lobby Dublin bin workers
Dublin City Manager John Fitzgerald's threat, that bin workers will be ordered to leave behind the domestic waste of those who have refused to pay the service charges, is due to begin tomorrow (Monday). The Campaign Against the Bin Tax will lobby bin workers tomorrow morning. Residents will lobby bin workers at the Rathmines depot tomorrow morning at 7am.
Speaking ahead of tomorrow's action Sinn Féin spokesperson Daithí Doolan said the lobbying was aimed at supporting the City Council workers in their stance of refusing to implement dictates from City Hall.
"Communities are in full support of the worker's attempt to collect everyone's rubbish regardless of payment or non-payment. It is vital that workers and communities stand together in their opposition to the imposition of this bin tax. Neither bin workers nor residents benefit from this double taxation. We all understand that the introduction of this tax has nothing to do with an environmental strategy and everything to do with double taxation and privatisation of our public services."
"I have every confidence that both workers and residents will continue to support each other during this campaign.
"Tomorrow's actions are just the start of us stepping up our campaign against this tax.
"Sinn Féin remain committed to this campaign and to ensuring a real strategy for the environment is implemented. This strategy must be based on reducing, reducing and recycling our waste."ENDS


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Q: How to debug why enabling mod_proxy_html results in a blank page? Background
I have four Windows servers, running Server 2012 R2, running Apache 2.4 on each. These are arranged into two pairs of load-balanced web servers, with the first pair facing the internet, and the second pair inside the LAN. There is an incoming firewall rule to allow port 80 traffic from the first to the second for API requests.
I am also running the Tableau Server visualisation software in the LAN, and my current task is to proxy traffic through the two sets of web servers to Tableau. I am using these rules on the outer web server:
/tableau-proxy/* : proxy to the inner web server
/*               : run a web app that carries Tableau content

On the inner web server, I am using these rules:
/tableau-proxy/* : proxy to Tableau and strip off the /tableau-proxy prefix
/*               : run an API app

For both sets of rules, I am using mod_proxy, mod_proxy_http, and mod_rewrite. The proxying itself is working; for example, a image request can be carried all the way from the internet, bounce off the two web servers, land on Tableau, and then be carried back to the user as PNG data.
Content rewriting problem
The last 5% of this problem is to rewrite HTML links coming back from Tableau so that the proxy subdir prefix is restored. This is on the LAN-side/inner web servers. The rule I am using is this:
/ -> /tableau-proxy

I am trying to use mod_proxy_html for this, but with the configuration I am using, I am getting a blank page. Interestingly, it is served with a response code of 200, so it is a bit harder to debug.
Configuration
The config I am using is this:
LoadModule proxy_html_module modules/mod_proxy_html.so
LoadModule xml2enc_module modules/mod_xml2enc.so
Include conf/extra/proxy-html.conf

<Directory "C:\Apache24\htdocs\public\tableau-proxy">
    LogLevel alert rewrite:trace2 proxy_html:trace2

    # Proxy requests to the Tableau LB
    RewriteEngine on

    # Here is a test Tableau server
    RewriteRule (.*) http://tabtest/$1 [P]

    # Don't make the x-forwarded-for header a list of proxy hops!
    # That will break redirects in Tableau
    ProxyAddHeaders Off

    ProxyHTMLExtended Off
    xml2EncDefault utf-8
    LogLevel debug

    ProxyHTMLEnable On
    ProxyHTMLURLMap / /tableau-proxy
</Directory>

I have also tried preserving the charset of the document as it comes back down the proxy path:
ProxyHTMLCharsetOut *

That does not seem to make a difference, and results in:

Info: Got charset utf-8 from HTTP headers
Error: Invalid argument: [client: IP] AH01427: xml2enc: Charset utf-8 not supported

(What, it doesn't support UTF-8?)
I have tried experimenting with different HTML doctypes, again with no change:
ProxyHTMLDoctype XHTML Legacy

I've tried adding the proxy HTML module as a filter, in case this does something more than ProxyHTMLEnable On, again to no avail:
SetOutputFilter proxy-html

I have seen some sporadic reports around the web of other folks experiencing this issue, and some of the extra items above represent my trying some suggested solutions, but the blank page persists. What can I try next?

A: I have discovered a solution. The Tableau package makes use of Apache to serve content, so it is able to benefit from detecting what encoding formats are acceptable to the client. A colleague suggested that perhaps the HTML link rewriting was choking on compressed content, and this turned out to be correct.
I therefore used mod_headers to turn compression off, thus:
RequestHeader set Accept-Encoding identity

My sense is that this is not a problem with Tableau; I think the problem is in the Apache proxy and it is choking on the compressed content. I saw elsewhere on the web that some folks are adding decompress-modify-recompress filters into their proxy configuration, presumably to handle this exact issue, but that did not work for me (admittedly, I did not persist with this line of enquiry for long).
So, this is a workaround, though a very acceptable one for us. I will perhaps try to revisit this to get compression working again.

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Kolkali o kolkkali es una danza y arte marcial proveniente del sur de India, en el estado de Kerala. Los intérpretes o bailarines, armados con pares de varillas cortas de metal, se desplazan en círculos alrededor de un nilavilakku, mientras cantan y bailan haciendo chocar rítmicamente sus varillas con las de sus compañeros. En la zona de Malabar, al norte de Kerala, es más popular entre los hombres musulmanes.

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Roger's Music
Okay, So I Got 'Motional'
What's "Motional?" Why, it's my second album of original music — and the first since 2008, back when I thought I'd finally retired from newspapers. In 2009, it turned out I was wrong about that. But now, after a extra bonus decade of fact-ferreting and word-wrestling and a more recent transition to video production, I've been able to return to my first love: music.
"Motional" is a play on "emotional," of course, and the concept — of emotion and movement as one — is inspired by combining my first love with the work of my lasting love, Charmaine Lee. Long before consenting to be my wife nearly 30 years ago, Charmaine, a lifelong professional dancer and the founder of SynergyDance, had built a process for unifying energetic healing, movement, dance, nature, life, the universe and everything. You're thinking, surely I exaggerate. I'm thinking, not.
Click on the album art to listen on Bandcamp.com.
The 15 tracks on this release are about 50 percent "inner," as Charmaine would say, and 50 percent "outer." I tend toward the cinematic (and I've been using some of these compositions in the videos that Luke Christopher and I made over the last couple of years).
If you're like me, music just makes you happy — or makes you feel like dancing, or dreaming, or hits the notes that put you at peace with the world. For me, it almost always starts with piano. Sometimes the whole band (or virtual orchestra) shows up, sometimes not. (Sometimes it turns out there's not even a piano.) A lot of these tracks — especially those with a beat — have their roots and inspiration in SynergyDance. And I owe much of what I know of percussion and rhythm to the wonderful Washington, D.C.-based percussionist Steve Bloom.
Please visit my Bandcamp page (or, yeah, Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon Music), and if you like what you hear, click that Follow button — or, if I can continue dreaming, even the Download button.
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Cindi Hall | July 27, 2020 at 10:49 am | Reply
Beautiful, Roger! Can't wait to hear more. Captures the emotion of our many chapters!
Anthony Michael Sanzo | July 27, 2020 at 11:12 am | Reply
Lovely. I will look forward to hearing more, "Anthony."
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Where do I sign? And…when do we get to do one together??
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Daniel Paulus Published: August 6, 2021
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A Zinger from Singer
My favourite ethicist, Peter Albert David Singer (above), is at it again. He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at at Princeton University and a Laureate Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne. Singer is among a handful of the most intelligent humans, ever.
Singer is a frequent burr under the saddle of conventional thinking. He is most renowned for his views on our ethical obligation to respect animal life; animals feel pain, he says. He modestly refers to press coverage of him as the "world's most influential living philosopher."
• What's unthinkable?
Singer recently published an essay, as one of fifteen contributors to a challenge question, posed by Vox Media. To wit: "What do we do now that will be considered unthinkable in 50 years?" Other contributors dealt with issues such as the self-driving car, how it won't be around; bosses, how they'll be obsolete, and eating meat, which we won't.
Singer contributed an essay on conspicuous consumption, a term first used by sociologist and economist, Thorstein Veblen, in his book, Theory of the Leisure Class. Veblen was referring spending for items that aren't essential, just because you can and it provides a kick, of some sort. Who needs a solid gold toilet? Singer argues conspicuous consumption will be passé and finished in fifty years.
He uses, as his example, the $60,000 Patek Philippe watch. Why would anyone want to own one, when an equally reliable timepiece at one thousandth of the cost, except as an ostentatious display of wealth? He argues that such expenditures will become socially unacceptable in a world faced with hunger, poverty and climate change.
The prediction, by Singer, rests on his belief we are slowly making moral progress. Over the long term, he says our "circle of concern" has expanded from the tribe to the nation. Why shouldn't it extend further?
On top of that, he believes the altruistic lifestyle is more rewarding than the selfish mode. Thus, rich people, although perhaps shamed into altruism, will stick with it because it is spiritually rewarding.
Singer is not just going after the rich for choosing to spend their money on environmentally immodest items such as "oceangoing yachts, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars and use more fuel in an hour than a small car would use in ten years." He's picking on the luxury Swiss watch, which has a relatively small carbon footprint. He believes, that in fifty years, you'll spend your first $60 on a purely functional timepiece, perhaps a Timex, and the remaining $59,400 on the well-being of your fellow planeteers.
• Jenner gets half a million.
The optimist views of Dr Singer face a challenge. To show that conspicuous consumption is thriving, a writer for the Sydney Morning Herald offered an example. Specifically, the reporter wrote of the recent grand opening of a Tiffany jewellery store, in Sydney; for the opening, a diamond, worth $40 million, from the main store in New York City, went on display. Social media phenome, Kendall Jenner, was paid $500,000, reportedly, anyway, to attend and gush over the scene. She tweeted that it had been an "honour" to be in the presence of the diamond.
It's easy to dismiss the viewpoint, taken by Singer, as naive. I think he has a point: you don't have to stretch that far to envision some event, such as Kendall Jenner receiving half a million dollars for showing up at a high end jewellery store, sparking widespread revulsion and precipitating more cautious consumption by the rich. Change can build up slowly and then come about fast.
The Singer essay raises some interesting questions. Can action truly be altruistic if one engages in it by virtue of social pressure? Haven't poverty and hunger always been with us? Why hasn't altruistic behaviour stepped up to the plate already?
Are we really making moral progress and expanding our circle of concern? Who decides who is rich, and how much the rich should contribute to the common good? Don't taxes delineate the extent of the moral obligations of the rich? Is the desire, to spend ostentatiously, a deep human characteristic that no amount of social pressure can extinguish?
I would be willing to run an experiment to test that last question. I would offer to sell rich people $60 watches, but charge them $60,000. That way, they could have the satisfaction of having spent a lot of money just because they could and the knowledge that they have not shown their wealth ostentatiously.
• Shifting the burden.
Of course, that would merely put the burden onto my shoulders. Do I spend my earnings on a $60.000 watch or redistribute them? Am I a conspicuous consumer or an altruist? Too bad these moral dilemmas come home to roost so quickly.
Some readers seem intent on nullifying the authority of David Simmonds. The critics are so intense; Simmonds is cast as more scoundrel than scamp. He is, in fact, a Canadian writer of much wit and wisdom. Simmonds writes strong prose, not infrequently laced with savage humour. He dissects, in a cheeky way, what some think sacrosanct. His wit refuses to allow the absurdities of life to move along, nicely, without comment. What Simmonds writes frightens some readers. He doesn't court the ineffectual. Those he scares off are the same ones that will not understand his writing. Satire is not for sissies. The wit of David Simmonds skewers societal vanities, the self-important and their follies as well as the madness of tyrants. He never targets the outcasts or the marginalised; when he goes for a jugular, its blood is blue. David Simmonds, by nurture, is a lawyer. By nature, he is a perceptive writer, with a gimlet eye, a superb folk singer, lyricist and composer. He believes quirkiness is universal; this is his focus and the base of his creativity. "If my humour hurts," says Simmonds,"it's after the stiletto comes out." He's an urban satirist on par with Pete Hamill and Mike Barnacle; the late Jimmy Breslin and Mike Rokyo and, increasingly, Dorothy Parker. He writes from and often about the village of Wellington, Ontario. Simmonds also writes for the Wellington "Times," in Wellington, Ontario.
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13/2/20: Civil Services Effectiveness Index 2019 and Ireland
Analysis of public sector efficiencies and effectiveness is a hard and empirically imprecise exercise, with severe risks of running against the very powerful interest groups. Nonetheless, with governments and public sector taking an ever expanding role in management of our society, economy and geopolitical spheres, this task is hugely important.
2019 International Civil Services Effectiveness Index is trying to do exactly that. The index can be accessed via https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/about/partnerships/international-civil-service-effectiveness-index-2019.
Ireland (score 0.62) ranks overall respectably above the 38 countries average, in the 14th place, below Switzerland (score 0.65), tied with France and Austria, and just ahead of Spain (score of 0.60). Chart below maps Ireland against Finland (ranked 4th with score of 0.88) in terms of overall index:
In terms of civil service Capabilities metric, Ireland (0.72 score) is closer to the average (0.61) than to Finland (0.85).
In Crisis and Risk Management, Ireland (0.65) significantly underperforms Finland (0.98), ranking close to average (0.63).
In Digital Services, Ireland (0.52) ranks well below average (0.61) and miles behind Finland (0.83).
In Fiscal and Financial Management, Ireland scores on the average (0.59) and below Finland (0.73).
Surprisingly, Ireland performs strongly (score of 0.99) in terms of HR Management in the civil service. Or maybe not, given the strength of the unions in Irish civil service.
In Inclusiveness and Openness, Irish Civil Service is at or below the group average, and well below Finland.
In Integrity, Ireland scores 0.68, which is closer (somewhat) to Finland's 0.79 and well ahead of the average (0.54).
In Policy Making, not surprisingly, Irish civil service score is mediocre 0.67, closer to the average of 0.56 than to Finland's 1.0.
Procurement systems are stronger in Ireland (0.69) than in Finland (0.57) and above average (0.54).
Regulation scores are one area where Ireland substantially underperforms the group average (see chart below).
Finally, Ireland performs well in Tax Administration.
Focusing on just the areas of major underperformance, here are summary charts for the five categories in which Ireland's civil service falls close to or below the group averages:
Ireland's underperformance in Digital Services, Openness and Regulation are especially worrying, as these categories should be closely tied to the presence of major ICT leaders in Ireland. This presence has commonly been cited by the Irish officials as a source of technological modernisation of the Irish economy, giving Ireland an alleged competitive edge over the more traditionally-focused economies in terms of adoption, deployment and utilisation of digital services, data analytics, data intensification of decision making etc. If these claims are genuinely descriptive of the Irish reality (a massive 'if'), there is a puzzling lack of transmission of the technological capital intensification of the Irish economy to the civil service in the country.
For all it caveats, the data presented by the study is interesting and points to a number of areas where Irish civil service and public sector can deliver some gains in efficiency and quality of services delivery.
21/7/17: What Irish Civil Service is Good For?..
Recently released data on 2011-2016 Irish Government financial metrics shows that despite all the reports concerning the adverse impact of austerity on Irish Government employees, there is hardly any evidence of such an effect at the pay level data.
Specifically, in 2011, total compensation bill for the Irish Government employees stood at EUR 19.389 billion. This 5.39% between 2011 and the lowest point in the cycle (2014 at EUR18.344 billion), before rising once again by 2016 to EUR 19.354 billion. Total savings achieved during 2012-2016 period compared to 2011 levels of expenditure amounted to EUR2.759 billion on the aggregate, or 2.85% (annualized rate of savings averaged less than 0.57% per annum.
Statistically, there simply is no evidence of any material savings delivered by the 'austerity' measures relating to Government compensation bills.
But, statistically, there is a clear evidence of Irish public sector employment poor performance. Oxford University's 2017 International Civil Service Effectiveness Index, http://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/international-civil-service-effectiveness-index, ranked Ireland's Civil Service effectiveness below average when compared across 31 countries covered in the report.
Spider chart below shows clearly two 'outlier' areas of competencies and KPIs in which Irish Civil Service excels: Tax Administration and Human Resource Management. Rest of the metrics: mediocre, to poor, to outright awful.
In fact, Ireland ranks 20th in terms of overall Civil Service Effectiveness assessment, just below Mexico and a notch above Poland. Within index components, Ireland ranked:
16th out of 31 countries in terms of Civil Service Integrity and Policy Making
26th in terms of Openness (bottom 10)
20th in terms of Capabilities, and Fiscal and Financial Management
13th in terms of Inclusiveness
22nd in terms of Attributes (bottom 10)
28th in terms of Regulation (bottom 5)
8th in terms of Crisis Risk Management
1st in terms of Human Resource Management (aka, working conditions and practices)
4th in terms of Tax Administration
31st in terms of Social Security Administration (dead last)
21st in Digital Services and in terms of Functions (bottom 10)
So while managing to score at the top of the league of countries surveyed in terms of pay, perks, hiring and promotion, Irish Civil Service ranked within bottom 10 countries in terms of areas of key performance indicators, relevant to actual service delivery, with exception of one: Tax Collection. May be we shall call it Pay, perks & Tax Collection Service?
But, hey, know the meme: it's all because of severe austerity-driven underfunding... right?..
In response to my post, the Press Office at Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform posted the following, quite insightful comments on the LinkedIn, that I am reproducing verbatim here:
Secretary General Robert Watt: I was interested in reading this comment – and in particular the data on civil service performance. There are methodological issues with the Study quoted. Nevertheless readers might be interested in other data about the effectiveness of the Irish civil and public service which might give a more balanced assessment of performance. Important to consider the evidence before we reach conclusions. Also, important to note difference between Civil Service (36,000 staff) and wider public service (320,000 staff)
Public Service performance
Over a range of international rankings, the IPA's annual public service trends publication shows the Irish public service performing above average on many indicators.
The IPA's Public Sector Trends, 2016
Ireland is ranked 1st in the EU as the most professional and least politicised public administration in the Europe;
Ireland is ranked 5th for quality of public administration in the EU;
Ireland is ranked 6th in the EU for maintenance of traditional public service values (integrity);
Ireland is ranked 4th in the EU for perception of the effectiveness of government decisions;
Ireland is ranked 2nd in the EU for encouraging competition and a supportive regulatory environment;
Ireland is ranked 4th in the EU for regulatory quality;
Ireland is ranked 3rd in the EU in comparison of how bureaucracy can hinder business;
Business update of eGovernment services is higher than most of Europe with Ireland ranked 1st for highest update of electronic procurement in Europe;
According to the World Bank, Ireland is ranked well above average for Government Effectiveness (although individual rankings are not available);
Ireland is ranked 5th in Europe in the competitive advantage provided by the education system;
Ireland ranks 10th for life expectancy at birth and 8th for consumer health outcomes, but slightly below average for the cost-effectiveness of health spending;
The OECD's Government at a Glance, published in July 2017 shows Ireland ranking strongly across a range of metrics although healthcare is a notable exception:
Ireland is ranked 2nd in terms of citizen satisfaction with the education system and schools;
Ireland is ranked 6th for citizen satisfaction with the judicial system and the courts and is also in the top 4 best improved countries in the last decade;
Ireland is ranked 26th for citizen satisfaction with the healthcare system (slightly below average).
Recent customer satisfaction surveys of the Irish civil service show it delivering its highest customer satisfaction ratings to date. Satisfaction with both the outcome and the service delivered was rated over 80% which is close to the credible maximum.
General Public Civil Service Satisfaction Survey, conducted Q1 2017:
83% are satisfied with the service they received (up from 77% in 2015);
82% are satisfied with the outcome of their customer service experience (up from 76% in 2015);
46% would speak highly of the civil service (up from 39% in 2015);
87% of customers claim that service levels received either met or exceeded expectations (up from 83% in 2015).
Business Customers Civil Service Satisfaction Survey, conducted, Q4 2016:
82% are satisfied with the outcome of the service received (up from 70% in 2009);
61% felt that the service provided has improved in the last 5 years.
Lots done but more to do!
My reply to the Department comment:
Thanks for the comments on this, Press Office at Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform. I got similar methodological comments regarding the robustness of the Oxford study via Facebook as well and, as I noted, in the technical analysis part of the paper, Oxford centre does show improved metrics for Irish civil service performance in the later data, which is heartening. Also, noted the apparent dispersion of scores and ranks across countries, with what we might expect as potentially stronger performers being ranked extremely low. Also, noted the issue of data on Social Welfare for Ireland being skewed out of OECD range and impacted by 2011 legacy issues (although it is unclear to me how spending via health budget on social welfare is treated in the OECD and Oxford data). I will post your comments on the blog to make sure these are not lost to the readers.
I agree: lots done and certainly more to do, still.


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Highway 3 Assoc. would like to see study start soon
Posted on July 12, 2016 by 40 Mile Commentator
Submitted photo- The Highway Three Twinning committee would, comprised of municipal leaders from throughout the Highway Three corridor area are pleased the Alberta government has stepped up with some funding to update a 2002 Van Horne Institute study on the thoroughfare.
By Stan Ashbee
Southern Alberta Newspapers
Back in June, it was announced, the Alberta government was investing nearly $10,000 on an updated cost-benefit study related to twinning Highway 3, which runs from the British Columbia border to Medicine Hat. Alberta Transportation stated in a media release, it will provide funding to the Highway 3 Twinning Development Association to update a 2002 Van Horne Institute study. The Van Horne Institute is through the University of Calgary, it was reported.
According to the media release, the previous study examined the estimated cost of the twinning project and the economic benefits to the southeastern region if Highway 3 were twinned from the B.C. border to the Hat.
Currently, there is approximately 115 of the 325 kilometres of Highway 3 twinned between Fort Macleod and Taber, the media release stated. The recent investment announcement will go towards updating the data in the previous study to reflect today's costs and economic benefits.
"As an association, we're really delighted to receive this funding. It will really help move this project forward. The studies are a critical and important part of the whole focus on twinning. Both for the association and for member municipalities and also for the Government of Alberta to understand the studies are focused on the cost-benefit analysis of twinning," said association President Bill Chapman, who is also a Town of Coaldale councillor.
After the study is completed, Chapman said, the association would ultimately like to present it to Alberta Transportation for consideration. "We would obviously like the government to accept that study as a vital reality twinning is important," Chapman said, adding the Van Horne Institute would like to conduct the study once again.
Chapman said the association would like to see the study started right away and completed before the fall. "And/or whenever Van Horne is able to complete it."
According to Chapman, the Van Horne study will offer an academic view of the cost-benefit analysis and the study's findings will be used to update the study completed in 2002.
Obviously, the appetite for twinning wasn't really as critical in the years past, Chapman said.
"We've seen the approach the provincial government has taken with either studies and other twinning projects including Highway 63, which in recent years has been a real focus of the previous government and this current government and the needs part of that reality up in Fort McMurray. Those kinds of projects take priority," Chapman said.
Chapman noted the association was disappointed Highway 3 or any part of it were not included in the budget for this current government and the 2016 Budget did not include any part of Highway 3.
"The City of Medicine Hat and the City of Lethbridge have all contributed towards the membership of Highway 3, including all the municipalities along Highway 3 both urban and rural municipalities including municipal districts and counties have shown their participation through membership. They all recognize there is a cost-benefit to twinning Highway 3, not just for safety reasons but for economic reasons and for tourism, recreation, for transport of goods and services and agricultural needs along Highway 3," he explained. He added southern Albertans travelling through the area have had a chance to see firsthand the economic development along Highway 3 as it grows, expands and increases.
Chapman also believes it will be a difficult task for the government to twin Highway 3 with all the businesses encroaching on the highway, if it acts later than sooner to twin.
In the meantime, as the study gets underway, Chapman said the association will continue with traffic counts for Highway 3.
"We want to continue with some of the safety collision stats ongoing on Highway 3. We want to build those numbers and I think we can do that more on our own than through a study with Van Horne. Alberta Transportation has a number of those stats already and we just want to compile them and make them presentable in addition to this study," Chapman said.
Association Administrator Gloria Roth said the association is pleased the Alberta Transportation Minister Brian Mason feels Highway 3 twinning is important enough to update the cost-benefit analysis. "We're pretty confident it's going to show today as it did in 2001, it would be feasible and a benefit to our community to twin Highway 3," Roth said.
Right now, Roth added, the association realizes funds aren't available but what the association would like to see are funds to go into the design of the project.
"It takes quite awhile for the pavement to happen. There's a lot of behind the scenes through the design process. What we're looking for now is more of a commitment towards the design, so when the funds do become available we're ready to hit the ground running," said Roth.
Roth said the association would like to have designs ready for the high priority areas, which the association believes should include the Crowsnest Pass and the Lamb Weston area by Taber to the Bow Island area. "We're thrilled to be able to move forward with this," she added.


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Lincoln Freemasons give £500 to mental health support group
Crowle Freemasons' donation boosts care home coffers by £1,000
Freemasonry's huge support in the fight against Covid highlights our value to the community, says PGM
Charity Steward Barry Merrison representing Freemasons of Excalibur Lodge in Lincoln has presented a cheque for £500 to David Jackson and Lydia Gibbs, administrators for mental health support group A Platform to Talk.
The group was set up by the late Bro. Philip Merrison of St Peter Lodge to help and encourage people suffering with mental problems to come out and talk and seek help.
Said Barry; "He suffered with depression and anxiety and but with all the help he gave to many people it beat him in the end. His professional friends asked if they could carry on his good work so A Platform to Talk was created.
"It carries on his name, offering help counselling and advice to anyone, of any age who may be suffering. Anybody needing help can contact them through their Facebook page – wherever they are and no matter what their age."
The money comes from Lincolnshire Freemasons' New Provincial Benevolent Fund, which offers £500 to every one of its 75 Lodges to pass on to the charity of their choice.


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On the 10th (Wed), take in nature's colorful creations at International Rose Test Garden.
For maps, traveler tips, where to stay, and tourist information, read our Portland travel planner .
Denver to Portland is an approximately 5-hour flight. You can also drive; or take a bus. Due to the time zone difference, you'll gain 1 hour traveling from Denver to Portland. In July in Portland, expect temperatures between 83°F during the day and 59°F at night. Cap off your sightseeing on the 11th (Thu) early enough to go by car to Seaside.
Seaside is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Kick off your visit on the 11th (Thu): kick back and relax at Cannon Beach, then kick back and relax at Haystack Rock, and then immerse yourself in nature at Hug Point State Park.
Find out how to plan Seaside trip without stress by asking Inspirock to help create an itinerary.
You can drive from Portland to Seaside in 2 hours. Another option is to take a bus. Traveling from Portland in July, you will find days in Seaside are slightly colder (69°F), and nights are about the same (55°F). Finish your sightseeing early on the 12th (Fri) so you can drive to Astoria.
Start off your visit on the 12th (Fri): pause for some photo ops at Astoria Column, then admire the majestic nature at Fort Stevens State Park, and then steep yourself in history at Clark's Dismal Nitch.
For traveler tips, photos, reviews, and tourist information, go to the Astoria trip tool .
Astoria is just a stone's throw from Seaside. July in Astoria sees daily highs of 69°F and lows of 55°F at night. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 12th (Fri) to allow time to drive to Seaside.
Start off your visit on the 12th (Fri): don't miss a visit to Turnaround at Seaside.
For reviews, traveler tips, maps, and other tourist information, go to the Seaside trip planner .
Seaside is just a short distance from Astoria. You will have some time to spend on the 13th (Sat) before leaving for Tillamook.
The city of Tillamook is the county seat of Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. Kick off your visit on the 13th (Sat): identify plant and animal life at Nevor Shellfish Farm and then immerse yourself in nature at Cape Lookout State Park.
For more things to do, traveler tips, photos, and more tourist information, you can read our Tillamook route planner.
Getting from Seaside to Tillamook by car takes about 1.5 hours. Other options: take a bus. The time zone difference when traveling from Seaside to Tillamook is 1 hour. Expect a daytime high around 69°F in July, and nighttime lows around 52°F. Finish your sightseeing early on the 13th (Sat) so you can drive to Lincoln City.
Lincoln City is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. To see traveler tips, photos, ratings, and other tourist information, use the Lincoln City travel route website .
Traveling by car from Tillamook to Lincoln City takes 1.5 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus. The time zone difference moving from Mountain Standard Time (MST) to Pacific Standard Time (PST) is minus 1 hour. Expect little chillier weather when traveling from Tillamook in July: highs in Lincoln City hover around 63°F, while lows dip to 50°F. On the 14th (Sun), you're off toEugene.
Eugene is a city of the Pacific Northwest located in the U.S. You'll visit kid-friendly attractions like Sandland Adventures and Sand Master Park. Explore Eugene's surroundings by going to Florence (Sea Lion Caves, Siuslaw River Bridge, & more). There's still lots to do: explore the landscape on two wheels at Willamette River bike trail and look for all kinds of wild species at Cascades Raptor Center.
Start your trip to Eugene by creating a personalized itinerary on Inspirock.
Traveling by car from Lincoln City to Eugene takes 2.5 hours. Alternatively, you can do a combination of bus and train; or take a bus. While traveling from Lincoln City, expect much warmer days and about the same nights in Eugene, ranging from highs of 86°F to lows of 53°F. Finish your sightseeing early on the 17th (Wed) so you can drive to Portland.
Kick off your visit on the 17th (Wed): tour the pleasant surroundings at Oregon Zoo, then take in the dramatic scenery at Multnomah Falls, and then see the interesting displays at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. On the 18th (Thu), you'll have a packed day of sightseeing: savor the flavors at Food & Drink.
To see where to stay, ratings, maps, and tourist information, use the Portland tour itinerary maker tool .
Traveling by car from Eugene to Portland takes 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus; or fly. Traveling from Eugene in July, expect somewhat warmer with lows of 59°F in Portland. On the 19th (Fri), wrap the sightseeing up by early afternoon so you can travel back home.


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419 Sablewood Dr
419 Sablewood Dr,
Huger, SC 29450
419 Sablewood Dr is a single family home in Huger, SC. This home was built in 2011 and includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and 1,305 square feet of living space. Additional features include a parking garage. Today, the estimated home value is around $176,500. Frequently asked questions about 419 Sablewood Dr and the surrounding community.
How is the neighborhood? 419 Sablewood Dr is located in a community that is home to 2,918 residents, which has decreased by -11.4% since 2000. 79.2% of the residents are families with children. The largest age group is between 45 to 54 (17.1%), while the second-largest age group is between 35 to 44 (12.4%).
What is the cost of living? The average family living near 419 Sablewood Dr has a median household income of $42,689 and spends about $38,809 annually.
What is the crime rate? The neighborhood surrounding 419 Sablewood Dr is relatively unsafe since the personal crime risk (including both violent and non-violent crimes) is 19.8%, which is higher than the state average of 13.6%. Property crime risk is 15.2%, which is higher than the state average of 11.1%.
How are the schools? The schools closest to 419 Sablewood Dr include Berkeley County Middle College High, and Cainhoy Elementary. The average SAT score for this area is about 956 (477 for Math and 479 for English), which is higher than the state average SAT score of 945.
How's the job market? About 63.7% of the residents near 419 Sablewood Dr have blue-collar jobs, while the remaining 36.3% have white-collar jobs. The unemployment rate is about 5.3%, which is higher than the state unemployment rate of 4.0%.
What is the weather like year-round? The average temperature for 419 Sablewood Dr is about 47.2 degrees in January and 80.8 degrees in July. The average rainfall is around 51.0 inches per year. The average snowfall is around 0.6 inches per year.
Is there a risk of a natural disaster? 419 Sablewood Dr resides in an area with low flood risk, high tornado risk, and high earthquake risk.
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102 Berkshire Drive,
Wando, SC 29492
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Median Family Income
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Median Homeowner Age
Households with Children
Berkeley County Middle College High 11-12 98 4 24.5 14.47 mi
Hanahan High 9-12 1,004 65 15.4 12.56 mi
Cainhoy Elementary PK-5 194 15 12.9 1.31 mi
Earthquake Risk Earthquake High Risk Earthquake Risk Grade: D
Tornado Risk Tornado High Risk Tornado Risk DPI: 9.99
Flood Risk Flood Low Risk This property is located in a minimal flood risk area, falling outside of the 1% and 0.2% annual chance of flooding. A flood event is still possible due to severe rainfall and inadequate local drainage. Flood insurance is recommended but not required by federal regulation.


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We Are Messengers Brooklyn Concert At Historic Opera House At Emmaus Center
Sep 28, 2022 | Books, Business
Compassion International and Kaya Life Events Present Wrapped in Grace Conference: Headliner: WE ARE MESSENGERS on Wholehearted Tour with SPECIAL GUESTS JORDAN ST. CYR & RYAN ELLIS. THURSDAY OCTOBER 6th at Opera House at Emmaus Center, Brooklyn NY
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Sept. 26, 2022 – PRLog — Prophet Archer Segur, of The Jesus Nation Church in Queens, NY will ignite a wave of grace and healing to New York City with a transformative three-day conference called Wrapped in Grace. Chart-topping band We Are Messengers will kick off the conference on Thursday, October 6, as a stop on their nationwide Wholehearted Tour at Historic Opera House at The Emmaus Center in Brooklyn, NY. They are joined by special guests Jordan St. Cyr and Ryan Ellis. Friday afternoon October 7th, Wrapped in Grace includes a "Grace in Music" workshop to inspire and inform artists how to navigate the music industry with grace and wisdom as singer-songwriters, musicians, producers, and creatives. Wrapped in Grace is also proud to host South African Music Award winning gospel artist Thee Swazi Friday night. The conference concludes Saturday October 8th with a retreat at Perfection Mountain in Forestburg, NY for an exciting time of worship and a word in season ministered by Prophet Archer.
Wrapped in Grace will provide a metaphorical blanket around the hearts and minds of attendees, reminding them they are safe and secure in the faithful arms of the Lord. As an assurance of God's presence still being with His people, Wrapped in Grace will uplift and challenge the spirit while healing and restoring the soul. It will be a time of refreshing and solace through the Holy Spirit where the weary walks in and the winner walks out.
"We can't wait to be with our people again and see God move in extraordinary ways," says We Are Messengers front man Darren Mulligan. "Come ready to dance, to sing and to praise God with His people. We need that more than ever!"
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ABOUT PROPHET ARCHER:
Prophet Archer Segur leads The Jesus Nation Church in Queens, New York. A dynamic prophetic intercessor, he is a man of faith with a gift of healing that is very prominent in his ministry. Prophet Archer co-produced United Praise NYC at Barclays Center in 2017 featuring CCM artists Jeremy Camp, Planet shakers, and Fred Hammond, just to name a few. The Wrapped in Grace Concert and Conference, is another culturally diverse Christian experience born from Prophet Archer's vision and commitment to community. For more information, visit @ecgqueensny on Instagram.
ABOUT WE ARE MESSENGERS:
We Are Messengers has 350 million on-demand global streams and boasts six Top 5 and ten Top 10 Christian Airplay hits with "Image of God," "Power," "Maybe It's Ok," "Magnify," "Point To You," "Love," "Everything Comes Alive," "God With Us," "This Is Jesus" and "From Heaven To Earth (Joy To The World)." The band's last album, Power +, features the award-winning self-acceptance anthem, "Maybe It's Ok," which was hailed as "air to a drowning man" by Rawckus Magazine, and "potent, effective and liberating" by Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global.
We Are Messengers' brand new album, Wholehearted, released Oct. 15, 2021, featuring the band's brand new No. 1 radio single, "Come What May." The band has played for a live audience of over 2 million people across 40 states and 5 countries, including selling out shows in the Netherlands, England, and lead vocalist Darren Mulligan's native Ireland. The Dove-nominated and K-LOVE Award winning group joined TobyMac's Hits Deep Tour in early 2021 and followed by hitting the road with Casting Crowns' Healer Tour earlier this year. For more information, visit wearemessengersmusic.com (http://www.wearemessengersmusic.com/).
ABOUT JORDAN ST. CYR:
Jordan St. Cyr is a husband and a father of two boys and two girls. St. Cyr began 2022 by being named the No. 2 Top New Christian Artist of 2021, according to Billboard, which also listed "Fires" in four of the top year-end Christian songs charts. He also performed at the annual March For Life in Washington, D.C. in front of thousands and completed a tour with Anne Wilson before he joined Jeremy Camp's "I Still Believe Tour." Fall and Christmas tour plans are now underway while he is spending the summer on the festival circuit. For more information, go to jordanstcyr.com (http://www.jordanstcyr.com/).
ABOUT RYAN ELLIS:
With songwriting talents that have allowed him to pen songs for Matt Redman, Natalie Grant, Meredith Andrews, Steven Malcolm, Housefires, and more, California-based worship artist and songwriter Ryan Ellis also wrote Chris Tomlin's "Resurrection Power," earning him a GMA Dove Award nomination and ASCAP's "Most Performed Song" award in 2018. His debut radio single, "Heart Of The Father," reached No. 2 at Media base and has received more than 34M streams to date. Currently touring with Maverick City and Kirk Franklin as a member of Housefires, Ellis' Find out more by visiting RyanEllisMusic.com (http://www.ryanellismusic.com/).
ABOUT THEE SWAZI:
With a very rich gospel background that was honed in the Assemblies of God, Kwamashu Christian Center, and the all-girl gospel ensemble Joyous Celebration, South African artist Thee Swazi is an illustrious jazz artist, gospel singer, pastor and worship leader at ECG The Jesus Nation Church under Prophet Shepherd Bushiri.
Seamlessly fusing sounds of jazz and gospel, Swazi's "Worship Enlightened" album went gold. She has toured extensively as a global worship leader throughout Malawi, Australia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Nigeria. Her current album "The Victory Album" is enjoying radio airplay and being played on commercial television with songs like "Heavens Worship" and "We Call You Holy. "For more information, visit @theeswazi on Instagram.


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Kimbel Gerald "Kim" Clackson (* 13. Februar 1955 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) ist ein ehemaliger kanadischer Eishockeyspieler, der im Verlauf seiner aktiven Karriere zwischen 1972 und 1981 unter anderem 298 Spiele für die Indianapolis Racers und Winnipeg Jets in der World Hockey Association (WHA) sowie 114 weitere für die Pittsburgh Penguins und Nordiques de Québec in der National Hockey League (NHL) auf der Position des Verteidigers bestritten hat. Die größten Karriereerfolge feierte Clackson, der den Spielertyp des Enforcers verkörperte, im Trikot der Winnipeg Jets mit dem Gewinn der Avco World Trophy der WHA in den Jahren 1978 und 1979. Seine beiden Söhne Matt und Chris waren ebenfalls professionelle Eishockeyspieler und in der American Hockey League (AHL) aktiv.

Karriere
Clackson verbrachte seine dreijährige Zeit bei den Junioren zwischen 1972 und 1975 bei den Victoria Cougars und Flin Flon Bombers in der Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). Zunächst lief der Verteidiger in der Saison 1972/73 für die Cougars auf, begann dort auch die folgende Spielzeit und wechselte daraufhin zu den Bombers. Nachdem er dort die Spielzeit 1973/74 beendet hatte, kehrte er zum Spieljahr 1974/75 wieder nach Victoria zurück und beendete dort seine Juniorenkarriere. Zu deren Ende wurde Clackson sowohl im NHL Amateur Draft 1975 in der fünften Runde an 85. Stelle von den Pittsburgh Penguins aus der National Hockey League (NHL) als auch im WHA Amateur Draft 1975 in der zweiten Runde an 25. Position von den Minnesota Fighting Saints aus der zu dieser Zeit mit der NHL konkurrierenden World Hockey Association (WHA) ausgewählt.

Beim Wechsel in den Profibereich sah Clackson für sich größere Chancen in der WHA und so wechselte er zur Saison 1975/76 dorthin. Allerdings verbrachte er die Spielzeit nicht bei den Minnesota Fighting Saints, die ihn gedraftet hatten, sondern beim Ligakonkurrenten Indianapolis Racers. Die Racers nahmen ihn Ende Februar 1976 schließlich als Free Agent unter Vertrag, nachdem die Fighting Saints den Spielbetrieb eingestellt hatten. In seiner Rookiesaison sammelte Clackson, der in der Rolle eines Enforcers agierte, insgesamt 351 Strafminuten, womit er WHA-Rekorde in dieser Kategorie für Verteidiger und Liganeulinge aufstellte. Nach einer weiteren Saison in Indianapolis wurde der Abwehrspieler im September 1978 im Tausch für ein Zweitrunden- und zwei Drittrunden-Wahlrechte im später nicht abgehaltenen WHA Amateur Draft 1978 zu den Winnipeg Jets transferiert. In den beiden letzten Spielzeiten der WHA bis zu ihrer Auflösung nach der Saison 1978/79 gewann Clackson mit den Jets zweimal die Avco World Trophy. Mit 932 Strafminuten sammelte er die zweitmeisten der WHA-Geschichte.

Im Sommer 1979 gehörten die Winnipeg Jets zu den vier WHA-Franchises, die zur Spielzeit 1979/80 in die NHL aufgenommen wurden. Mit der Auflösung der WHA und der Übernahme der Franchises gingen Clacksons Transferrechte im Rahmen des NHL Reclaim Draft 1979 zurück an die Pittsburgh Penguins, die seine NHL-Rechte eigentlich bereits 1975 über den Draft erworben hatten. Da sie ihn im weiteren Verlauf im NHL Expansion Draft 1979 zwar zunächst nicht schützten, durch die Wahl von Colin Campbell durch die Edmonton Oilers aber schließlich halten konnten, verbrachte der Kanadier die Saison bei den Penguins und nicht in Winnipeg. Nach nur einer Spielzeit musste sich Pittsburgh aber von dem Defensivspieler trennen. Da Pittsburgh den Free Agent Paul Baxter von den Nordiques de Québec im August 1980 unter Vertrag genommen hatte, musste sie die Franko-Kanadier mit dem Transfer Clacksons entschädigen. Nach der Saison 1980/81 beendete der 26-Jährige seine aktive Spielerlaufbahn.

Erfolge und Auszeichnungen
 1978 Avco-World-Trophy-Gewinn mit den Winnipeg Jets
 1979 Avco-World-Trophy-Gewinn mit den Winnipeg Jets

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Eishockeyspieler (Victoria Cougars, WHL)
Eishockeyspieler (Flin Flon Bombers)
Eishockeyspieler (Indianapolis Racers)
Eishockeyspieler (Winnipeg Jets, WHA)
Eishockeyspieler (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Eishockeyspieler (Nordiques de Québec)
Avco-World-Trophy-Sieger
Kanadier
Geboren 1955
Mann