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Patreon Removed Creator who Engaged in Hate Speech
The New York Times reported that Patreon removed the Patreon account of Carl Benjamin for using racist language on YouTube. Carl Benjamin (who also goes by Sargon of Akkad) is a YouTuber.
According to The New York Times, the removal of Carl Benjamin's Patreon account influenced Dave Rubin, host of The Rubin Report, and Jordan Peterson, host of Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, to leave Patreon as a protest. Sam Harris, host of Waking Up, chose to depart from Patreon.
Patreon, as you might expect, has Patreon Community Guidelines. A portion focuses on Hate Speech. Part of that section reads:
Patreon connects creators to their platform all over the world. We are a global platform built on promoting creativity, which makes us a very inclusive group. Therefore, there is no room on Patreon for hate speech such as calling for violence, exclusion, or segregation. Hate speech includes serious attacks, or even negative generalizations, of people based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or serious medical conditions.
The New York Times reported that Patreon has taken a "highly personal approach" to policing speech. Their Trust and Safety team has human moderators who investigate complaints about any content posted on Patreon and other sites like YouTube or Facebook that violate Patreon's Community guidelines.
If a Patreon creator has broken the Community Guidelines, the Trust and Safety team reaches out to them with a specific plan. That plan usually involves asking for the content to be removed and for a public apology. In short, Patreon doesn't use an algorithm that automatically removes the accounts of creators who break the rules.
Jacqueline Hart is the head of Patreon's Trust and Safety team. She wrote a post on Medium that explains more details about what Carl Benjamin said on YouTube that led to his removal from Patreon.
As you may expect, the medium post includes a quote from Carl Benjamin, and contains inflammatory language. She provides a clear explanation of how Carl Benjamin's words broke the Patreon Community guidelines.
As a reminder, freedom of speech means that the government cannot throw you in jail because you said something it disagreed with, or because you criticized the government. Private businesses, including websites like Patreon, are not part of the government. They have the right to create community guidelines and to enforce them.
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I have a query regarding opaque parsing for repeating elements in a XML message. I am using XMLNSC domain to split a large XML message by record sequence. Inside each record there are lot of repeating elements which I do not need to parse when doing thew split and trying to use opaque parsing.
If I just add the element as //XXXYYY and if it has multiple occurrences, all will be treated as opaque?
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More cities are recognizing the need to build resiliency into smart city planning.
Video and transit upgrades top the list for future IoT spending and that means updating municipal systems that have been neglected for decades.
According to market analysis from IDC, investment in smart city use cases is poised to reach $158 billion by 2022, with the fastest overall growth in the Americas and the most spending on fixed visual surveillance and public transit.
An innovative P3 in Las Vegas could show the way forward.
Many cities and states embraced the Internet of Things (IoT) early by launching pilot projects and looking at data such as adoption rates to determine success. But as IoT technology improves and expands, policymakers are finding that they must now replace first generation devices, as well as consider how to create a more resilient, comprehensive network.
According to market analysis from IDC, investment in smart city use cases is poised to reach $158 billion by 2022. The market intelligence and advisory firm noted that the fastest overall growth in the Americas and the most spending on fixed visual surveillance and public transit.
Notably, these areas are part of most cities' critical infrastructure and, in many cases, haven't been updated in years.
Alison Brooks, research director for smart city strategies and public safety at IDC, told Icons of Infrastructure that cities are now more focused on creating ultra-reliable networks. As a result, there is more emphasis on replacement and updates.
"From a public safety standpoint, cities are now focused on creating ultra-reliable networks so we're starting to see more of a focus on replacement and updates," Brooks said. She added that, as standards move forward for both 5G and IoT, planners will be able to refresh networks in a smarter way, as well as consider more efficient upgrade cycles.
"I don't think that we're going to make the same mistakes that we have in the past," she said.
"We're starting to see more of a focus on replacement and updates," Alison Brooks, Research Director for Smart City Strategies and Public Safety, IDC.
One example is the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. The city last week announced that AT&T will be working with Ubicquia to replace existing photocells in streetlights with the latter's Ubicell streetlight routers. The routers will create a smart lighting network that extends throughout the city and down the Strip. The lights will operate on secure wireless LTE and LTE-M networks, and adjust lighting conditions based on real-time traffic data.
Las Vegas has embarked on a public-private partnership with NTT and Dell to build on the city's "smart infrastructure", the focus of the P3 will be to improve public safety and transportation using high-definition video cameras, sound and motion sensors, and an array of IoT devices to create a multi-channel solution. By moving away from single-issue pilots and toward infrastructure solutions the city has placed resiliency at the center of its IoT plan.
The project expands a 2016 initiative to a develop vehicle-to-anything (V2X) communications platform. The platform developed by AT&T, Delphi and Ford enables vehicles to "talk" with each other and with smart cities infrastructure to improve safety and vehicle security.
Kansas City, Missouri is another example. The city, last summer issued an RFP for a private sector partner to help expand its current 54 block smart district from to include most of the surrounding neighborhoods along the two-mile Kansas City Streetcar corridor.
The first phase of the project will include the installation of new wi-fi access points, 600 traffic sensors and extend connectivity for nine-miles along Prospect Avenue. The second phase of the expansion would include the UMKC campus.
Kansas City in 2016 launched its smart cities plan. City documents show that roughly 5 million residents and visitors have used the Free KC Public WiFi network over the first twenty-four months of the initiative. Moreover, Smart Kiosk usage across the network of 26 machines during the first two years of the program included over 350,000 interactions. Notably, the kiosks were also used for "get out the vote" campaigns in November 2016 and April 2017.
"Expansion of the initiatives beyond the heart of downtown is required if Kansas City is going to transform from a cool city with a smart district into a smart city," the documents noted.
Bailey McCann is a business writer and author.


Hermes with caduceus in Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick's Myths of Old Greece, (Boston, Massachusetts: Educational Publishing Company, 1896), p. 46.
In the ancient Greek city of Pharai, in Achaia, there was a busy market, enclosed by a high stone wall. At the very center of the market, among the press of grain merchants and fish sellers, was a rough-hewn statue of the god Hermes, the divine messenger. The Greeks called Hermes "The friendliest of gods to men." He is the herald and interpreter for more remote Olympians, speeding back and forth between the surface world and the spirit worlds in his winged sandals. He presides over chance encounters and happy coincidences. He is lord of journeys, the special patron of travelers, including merchants, gamblers, and thieves. You will often encounter him in border areas, places of transition: at crossroads, gateways, and on the road itself. He also presides over the border zone between sleep and waking—he frequently communicates with humans through dreams and dreamlike states—and over the liminal zone between the living and the dead.
Around dusk, when business is winding down and the last vendors are closing up shop, you bring your question to the statues of Hermes. Your question might range from "Will I be healed?" to "Is my husband cheating on me?" or "What will be the price of olive oil next season?"—perfectly appropriate, since Hermes is also the patron of commerce. All that matters is that your question reflect what is truly important to you at this time.
You will want to bring some oil for the lamps, to show respect for the god. You might burn a little incense. But there are no dues to pay, and no priests to collect them. What is going on here is between you and the god, one to one, and between the two of you and the world.
You have made your modest offerings. You are ready to approach the statue. You will speak your question directly into the right ear of the god. This should be shared with no one else.
Your next step is to stuff your hands over your ears, blocking out external sounds. You will walk like this all the way to the gate through which you entered the walled market.
As soon as you have stepped outside the market, you will unblock your ears. The first words of human speech you overhear will give you the answer to your question. The words might be a simple yes or no, or an enigmatic phrase that will set you scrabbling for associations, as you might do with a fragment from a dream. Whatever you pick up will relate to your question. You have made sure of that by evoking the Hermes energy, the power of synchronicity.
— Robert Moss in his book Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life, (New York: Three Rivers Press, 1996), p. 167.
 Karl Kerenyi, Hermes, Guide of Souls (Dallas: Spring Publications, 1987), honors the god in his many guises.
 My account of the oracle at Pharai is based on a tantalizing paragraph in Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2 vols., trans. Arthur Shilleto (London: Bohn's Classical Library, 1886), 2:46.
"AND Pharos, a town in Achaia"
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Until this stage, Bangladeshi team ranked top in the Group A by winning all the three matches. On the other hand, Nepal too played well but it ended up #2 in the Group D as it lost against India in its previous game.
Then, in the second game, Bangladesh won with ease over Scotland by a huge score of 142 runs with the help of Shanto. He made 113 runs and bowlers also did a very good job. In total, the team made 256 runs.
Then, in the third match, they played against Namibia. The former proved to be very dominant over the latter as they won by eight wickets.
Coming to Nepal record, they won the first match against New Zealand by 32 runs which boosted their confidence to a large extent. Then in the next game, they defeated Ireland by scoring a big total. Sandeep Lamichhane made a hat-trick and took 5 wickets in total for just 27 runs. In the third and final leg match, Nepali team faced India in which the former got defeated.
Talking about this quarterfinal match, then both the teams are eager to defeat each other to put themselves in the semifinals. Both look very confident of it.
Overall, it is expected that the upcoming match will be a great fun to watch.
Mehedi Hasan (C), Abdul Halim, Ariful Islam, Joyraz Shek, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Mohammad Safi Uddin, Mosabbbek Hossain, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Pinak Ghosh, Saeed Sarker, Saif Hasan, Saleh Ahmed Shawon, Shafiul Hayet, Zakir Hasan (W).
Raju Rijal (C & W), Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Sunil Dhamala, Himanshu Dutta, Kushal Bhurtel, Sushil Kandel, Yogendra Singh Karki, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ishnan Pandey, Rajbir Singh, Shankar Rana, Dipesh Shrestha, Sandeep Sunar, Prem Tamang.


The physicians and staff of Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute are dedicated to providing the best heart and vascular care to our communities through experienced physicians, compassionate care, and access to the newest technology.
Experienced physicians, nurses, technicians, and staff who patients can identify as their physician, their nurse, their technician, or their liaison. An environment in which patients are proud to be our patients, and staff is proud to work for us.
Access to the highest quality and cutting edge technology modern that medicine has to offer.
It began with one man, and one vision. In 1971, Dr. G. William Cotts had a dream of bringing cardiac care at a university level to the suburban hospital setting.
With the vision of Dr. Cotts, LaGrange Memorial Hospital was the first hospital in the western suburbs to have a catheterization laboratory. The lab has grown from diagnostic procedures to a lab with heightened level of detection, prevention and interventional treatment in cardiology. In 1972, Dr. Cotts and his team performed the first coronary angiogram in the hospital. In 1990 Dr. Jerome Hines revolutionized cardiac care in the western suburbs by performing a PTCA procedure to clear blocked coronary arteries and restore blood flow to the heart, and again in 1994 by performing the areas first procedure to insert a stent for a blocked coronary artery. In 2005, we were the first in Chicago with GE's 64 slice CT scanning machine.
Today, we continue to practice as the leaders of cardiovascular medicine in our communities. As our practice has grown we realized the need to change our name to better fit the values, image, and expansion of the practice. And with that, the name Illinois Heart and Vascular was born. President Jerome Hines, M.D. says, "The compassionate care that built West Suburban Cardiologists grew to our communities in LaGrange, Hinsdale and Westchester. Illinois Heart and Vascular embodies who we are. We have the areas most experienced physicians and access to the newest technology for treating all heart and vascular disease."
For over 30 years, Illinois Heart and Vascular have been specializing in the detection, treatment and rehabilitation of cardiac diseases. Our breadth of specialties includes blood pressure and cholesterol management, diagnostic testing, and our Clinics-Coumadin, Heart Failure, Lipid, Arrhythmia, and Vascular. From one man and one vision, to one practice and one vision - built on compassionate care, experienced physicians, and access to the newest technology.


The Handmade-Worldtour will be the special guest at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
With over 800 exhibitors and 35.000 trade visitors from around the world, the ICFF represents the most renowned commercial platform for contemporary design in North America: a true hub for trade, trend spotting and a magnet for hundreds of thousands of design aficionados. For its 30th anniversary the ICFF organizers invited the German design exhibition "Handmade in Germany" as a highlight for its New York audience.


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Review: INVASION OF THE ASTRO-MONSTER (1965)
We're still doing well, and today's film is the smooth '60s classic Invasion of Astro-Monster (aka Monster Zero; 1965).
I'll type my bit first:
After the monster rally fun of Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, I was expecting more of that this time. Contrary to my memory, that's not really what we got.
Ghidorah had tedious subplots that seemed to drag before the kaiju fights. Astro-Monster also has lengthy subplots, but they don't seem as tedious to me. I think that's likely due to the Xiliens themselves.
Are we not men? We are Devo!
Alien influence on kaiju is a new element to these films and the slick coolness of these bad guys helps push the human side of things along.
That's a good thing because there's barely fifteen minutes of monster fighting in this ninety minute film in about three or four sequences. 1. Ghidorah performs a quick solo strike on Planet X: looks good. 2. Godzilla and Rodan fight Ghidorah on Planet X: looks really good. There's a scale to the mountain ranges that makes it seem like the set is huge. 3. Godzilla, Rodan and Ghidorah attack Earth. Great effects, as usual, but with a few reused shots from earlier Toho films. 4. Godzilla and Rodan versus Ghidorah. Brief but effective as the "good guys" perform a "Fastball Special" to knock KG into the ocean.
To me, the fun of the Shōwa films is encapsulated by any scene wherein a model rocket truck launches fireworks against a man in a monster suit. This movie has a few of those moments. Very fun.
The creeping goofiness that we all know is coming with these movies (I'm looking at you, Godzilla's Revenge) is on display here, somewhat. Not as many puppet shots as there were in Ghidorah, but there are still a few wacky moments to play to the kids. Most famously, of course, is Godzilla's "shie dance" (a mid-'60s Japanese fad):
Also of note is the suit. I looked it up. This one is called "DaisensoGoji" and has friendlier features, including bigger eyes, smaller claws, etc. A strong departure from one of my favorite suits, the KingGoji, which was used in King Kong vs. Godzilla.
I'm sad to say this may be the last film with the Toho Triple Threat in effect. Director Ishiro Honda, special effects producer Eiji Tsubaraya and composer Akira Ifukube begin to go their separate ways to other films and jobs beginning with the next Godzilla film.
No "Spot Serizawa" this time ... but Jun Tazaki is back, as is Akira Takarada, who was in the first Godzilla film and will be in five more ahead ... including 2014's Godzilla.
Invasion of Astro-Monster, little monster fun but cool aliens. 3.5 out of five atomic breath blasts.
Now for my ten-year-old son, James:
Welllll.....it was 1/3 cheesy, 1/3 awesomeness!!!!, 1/3 talkie talkie .
At least Rodan, Godzilla, King Ghidorah is in it! There is a fight move where Rodan pick up Godzilla and slams him in Ghidorah's face! and Rodan and Godzilla stays down in the ocean for an ocean battle and when Ghidorah leaves, they stay down there.
i'll give it ...... 3.2 Atomic Breaths of awesomeness!
Next, ... hey! We believe in Gamera! Turtle meat! Yay!
Review: GAMERA (1965)
Review: FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD (1965)
Review: GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (1964)
Review: DOGORA (1964)
Review: MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA (1964)
Review: ATRAGON (1963)
Review: GORATH (1962)
Review: KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1962)
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Review: KONGA (1961)
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Review: BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE (1959)
Review: VARAN (1958)
Review: THE MYSTERIANS (1957)
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Review: GOJIRA (1954)

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Another Chicago weed company acquired—this time, for $850 million
John Pletz, Crain's Chicago Business
The land grab in the cannabis business continues with another Chicago-area company getting acquired.
Phoenix-based Harvest Health & Recreation, which went public on the Canadian Stock Exchange, is buying Chicago-based Verano Holdings for $850 million in stock. Like Verano, Harvest has licenses to operate growing and distribution facilities in multiple states. The deal gives Harvest a foothold in Illinois, the nation's sixth-largest state, where new Gov. J.B. Pritzker favors legalizing recreational use of marijuana.
Verano also has a strong retail brand with 150 products that are sold in 150 retail locations, according to analysts at Cannacord Genuity.
The two companies combined will have 200 licenses in 16 states. Verano has 44 licenses in 11 states. It has 350 employees, including 140 in Illinois. Its executive offices are in Chicago, but it has a growing facility in downstate Albion.
The companies say that Verano's management team, including CEO George Archos, is expected to remain with Harvest, running their combined operations east of the Mississippi, while those in the Western U.S. are run from Phoenix.
It's the second major acquisition of a Chicago-area cannabis company in recent months. Los Angeles-based Medmen bought Pharmacann for $682 million in stock in a deal announced last fall.
Chicago has been a major player in the cannabis industry, with several companies that quickly won licenses in multiple states as legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational use took off in the past few years.
Consolidation started fast and gathered steam, favoring companies that could pull in large amounts of capital. But because marijuana remains a scheduled narcotic under U.S. federal law, companies generally had to go to Canada to access public markets. Green Thumb Industries raised $67 million last summer on the Canadian Securities Exchange. through a reverse takeover of a shell company that already was public. Today, it is valued at $3.5 billion.
Companies were faced with the choice of trying to go public on their own or being acquired by others who had. Cresco Labs went public on the market in Canada in December after raising $100 million. It's valued at about $2.4 billion. Pharmacann and Verano decided to sell.
What's driving the surge in acquisitions now? Hopes that federal legislation could clarify states' authority to legalize cannabis and to allow banks to freely provide services to cannabis companies, including allowing access to the U.S. stock market. Last year, the Farm Bill legalized hemp products.
"There's a huge land grab, and people are racing to bulk up," said Michael Gruber, managing partner at Salveo Capital, a Chicago-based cannabis investment fund. "People are trying to get a big enough footprint in the belief some of the legislation happens and provides them an incredible position."
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Jahnu Barua (born 1952) is an Indian film director. He has written and directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films. Some of his notable films are Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987), Firingoti (1992), Xagoroloi Bohu Door (1995), Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara (2005), Konikar Ramdhenu (2003), Baandhon (2012), and Ajeyo (2014).

Jahnu Barua has been conferred Padma Shri (2003) and Padma Bhushan (2015). He served as chairman of the Indian Film Directors' Association in 1993.

Filmography

Television
 Adhikar (Right, 1988)
 Ek Kahani (One Story, 1986)

Politics

The Raijor Dal officially announced that Jahnu Baruah had extended his support along with Assamese film actress Zerifa Wahid and lawyer Arup Borbora.

Awards
Jahnu Baruah has received the following awards:

 Padma Shri in 2003
 Padma Bhushan in 2015

National Film Awards
 2013:  Best Feature Film in Assamese: Ajeyo
 2012:  Best Feature Film in Assamese: Baandhon
2003: Best Regional Film for Konikar Ramdhenu
2003: National Film Award for Best Children's Film for Tora
1999: Best Regional Film for Pokhi
1998: Best Regional Film for Kuhkhal
1995: Best Director for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door
1995: Best Regional Film for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door
1992: Second Best Feature Film for Firingoti
1990: Best film on Environment for Bonani
1987: Best Film for Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
1983: Best Regional Film for Aparoopa

Chicago International Film Festival
2005: Getz World Peace Prize for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

Brussels International Independent Film Festival
1996: Best Director for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

Fukuoka International Film Festival
2006 Kodak Vision Award for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

Fribourg International Film Festival
1996: Audience Award for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door
1996: Award of the Pestalozzi Children's Village Foundation for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

Locarno International Film Festival
1988: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention for Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
1988: Silver Leopard for Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai

Singapore International Film Festival
1996: International Fipresci Award for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

Mumbai International Film Festival
2005: International Fipresci Award for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

Sarhad (NGO)
2012: 1st Bhupen Hazarika National award

References

External links

 Jahnu Barua at
 Jahnu Barua at Kinopoisk
rediff.com interview
Gandhism is Serious Business

1952 births
Living people
Film and Television Institute of India alumni
Film directors from Assam
Hindi-language film directors
Assamese-language film directors
People from Sivasagar
Best Director National Film Award winners
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
20th-century Indian film directors
Screenwriters from Assam
21st-century Indian film directors
Film producers from Assam
Producers who won the Best Feature Film National Film Award
Directors who won the Best Feature Film National Film Award
Directors who won the Best Children's Film National Film Award
Directors who won the Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation National Film Award

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Justice Legislation Amendment (Drug Court and Other Matters) Bill 2020
Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (18:01): I am pleased to rise to speak to the Justice Legislation Amendment (Drug Court and Other Matters) Bill 2020. Yet again this is another omnibus bill. It amends numerous pieces of legislation, and I think the one that we have heard most of today is the amendment to the County Court Act 1958 and the Sentencing Act 1991 to establish a Drug Court division in the County Court. But the bill also makes amendments to the Charities Act 1978, the Limitation of Actions Act 1958, the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 and the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017. But principally this bill is about the expansion of the Drug Court as an available sentencing option for our County Court.
Now, we know, and many of the other speakers have spoken about the fact, that we have had the Drug Court operating in the Magistrates Court, and it has been operating in Dandenong and also in Melbourne. It really did demonstrate, in evaluations in 2005 and 2014, that doing something different to locking someone up did reduce reoffending. When they did reoffend, it reduced the seriousness of that reoffending.
I just think of one quick story that I heard. When I was first elected, I had never been to a prison. I had never understood what it was like. So when I was first elected, I did go and visit the prisons to get an understanding about making laws that were going to send people to jail. What did that actually mean? I was at Dame Phyllis Frost, and I was allowed to go in and watch a very intense drug treatment session. These were relatively young women all with a significant history of trauma, but also in jail effectively because of their drug use. That was why they were there; that was why they offended. I spoke to one woman there, and actually, Minister, she was from your region, and she was a hairdresser. She had become addicted to methamphetamine. It was a self-medication, her addiction, and this led her into a series of offending and reoffending, and she ended up in Dame Phyllis Frost. And she said, 'I will never use drugs again. This has been quite life changing'—the sessions and this intense drug treatment program that she was undertaking at Dame Phyllis Frost. But she said, 'When I get out of jail, I won't be able to get a job, because I just got out of jail. And when I come back to my community, I won't really feel like I can go back to my community, because I'm an ex-con—and that's how I'm seen. If I had gone to drug treatment, I would've been seen as a hero—someone who broke the back of that addiction, someone who picked themselves up and did the hard work to not be addicted, did the hard work to go into recovery'. That is what Drug Courts enable. They enable people to go into treatment. They enable people to get that without the stigma of being imprisoned.
We know that the result of that is that it reduces recidivism. It reduces the probability of rearrest. It means better treatment retention. People stay in those treatments longer—you know, it is a good point; they will go to jail if they do not—and it also increases the opportunities and increases the likelihood of employment.
And we know that employment is one of the biggest protectors against reoffending. If you have a job, you are far less likely to reoffend, you are far more likely to have a house, you are far more likely to be back connected with your family—and we know that these are the protectors. Certainly as someone waiting anxiously and somewhat disappointed that the spent convictions legislation will not make it to this house probably before the end of this year, I know that the stigma of offending and the stigma of having gone to prison has such a negative impact on people getting employment and getting jobs. That creates that vicious circle—no job, you might end up reoffending and you end up in prison, and the cycle and the spiral down continue.
Again, the Drug Court model, as we know, addresses the underlying causes of offending by providing intensive drug treatment services to those offenders. It is intensive and it is integrated. You speak to the justices, the judges who are involved in this, and they are passionate about this. They become personally interested and involved with those offenders, with the people who are coming before them. They understand their lives. They very often understand exactly what brought them to that court, and they see that person in a much more three-dimensional way and a much deeper level than they would if they were going before another court and not having the opportunity of this integrated drug treatment program that is judicially supervised. It teaches people about accountability. It teaches people that they can take responsibility, that they can accept a level of trust, that they can accept a level of help, that it is okay to accept assistance and that it is okay to accept help. We know that it has been successful, so it makes good sense to extend this scheme to the County Court and capture a wider range of offenders who can benefit from this therapeutic model. So that has my full support.
I suppose I would question why we are not expanding it further. It was good to see in the budget some expansion of drug treatment, and I wonder if it is a chicken-and-egg problem—that we cannot expand Drug Court proceedings into more Magistrates Courts around the state because we do not have the treatment facilities for them? If we had more treatment, then could we expand the Magistrates Court? It is something that over the next year or two I will certainly be advocating for. We know that the Magistrates Court is by far the busiest court in Victoria, handling about 90 per cent of the cases that come before Victoria's courts, so in fact expanding the Drug Court further around the Magistrates Courts may have had greater benefit. As I say and as I repeat, you will hear more from me in the coming months and years about that. Victoria has 3500 towns and suburbs, of which our existing Drug Courts only really service about 10 per cent. Obviously I will accept that it is probably more than that because they are densely populated areas, but again I would argue that I would like to see greater expansion of this.
Before I turn to other parts of the bill I would just like to briefly turn to Mr O'Donohue's amendments. I think to exclude people who have engaged in low-level trafficking from this program is really cutting off nose to spite face in many ways. We know conduct like sourcing drugs for peers or trying to offset the expense of your own habit is a symptom, not a cause, and we should be treating it as such. I heard Mr Ondarchie's contribution talking about North Richmond. I have personally spoken to a number of the people in the streets in North Richmond. I know why they are supplying substances and drugs. They are supplying substances and drugs so they can maintain their supply of substances and drugs, because they have an addiction and this is a way to feed their addiction.
So to be saying that those who are addicted, those who would benefit from drug treatment, cannot because they are being prosecuted or they have been charged with low-level trafficking I do not think is useful, and I do not think it really reflects the nature of the people that would benefit from drug courts.
Now, the bill also makes an important amendment to VCAT, and this is around, remarkably, protecting the privacy of parties to the Victorian Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017. I suppose we did spend quite a lot of hours debating this bill, so it is maybe not surprising that we missed this point—protecting the confidentiality of people using VCAT as part of the voluntary assisted dying process. We want to ensure that their information is confidential. Of course it is highly personal and it is highly sensitive, and I am pleased to see that we have picked this up.
Going to the amendments to the children's legislation, this means a lot. It means a lot to probably a relatively small number of people, but they are people I know personally. These were people who entered into unfair historical compensation agreements before 2015. It was a mistake that we excluded them when we amended the legislation last year, and I am very pleased to see that this mistake is being amended today. I know I raised it last year when we debated that bill. I think Mr O'Donohue also raised that fact as well, that people were being excluded when they should not have been. So I am glad that we have acted on this issue and there has been change, because survivors of institutional child abuse should not be left worse off as a result of their involvement in that internal and hugely flawed redress scheme that was established by the Catholic Church and other institutions. It is important to me and the Reason Party, as evidenced by bills that I have introduced in this house, that we need to ensure that those survivors of that abuse are respected, understood, believed and given the compensation that they absolutely deserve.
And in speaking of the redress scheme, I would certainly say that it is beyond time for the Attorney-General to strip those organisations who have refused to participate in that scheme. They should be stripped of their charitable status, and I really would refer specifically to the cesspit that is the Jehovah's Witnesses—1800 victims and they refuse to sign up to the redress scheme. They refused to take responsibility for the hurt, the pain, the anguish that they have caused not only the victims and the victim-survivors but the families of those people. It is possible for the Victorian government to do this; they do not have to wait for Canberra.
I simply think that we cannot allow this intolerable conduct to go unchecked, so I will continue fighting for redress, for the compensation for the survivors of this vile institutional conduct. I will continue to advocate for the expansion of drug courts in Victoria, because as I talked about that woman, if she had had treatment, not jail, she would be in a very different place at the end of that. Her opportunities for work and her opportunities to reconnect with family would be far more promising. I commend the bill to the house.
Fiona Patten MP
Leader of Reason
Member for Northern Metropolitan Region
Second reading speech 26/11/20
Rooming House Operators Bill 2015
Tabling of final report – Inquiry into a Legislated Spent Convictions Scheme
Housing Amendment (Victorian Housing Register and Other Matters) Bill 2016


The students of FS36 Television Production have been hard a work writing and producing the pilot episode of a new TV Series: The Colonial Club. The premiere will be held in the Loew Theater of the Black Family Visual Arts Center at 7 PM. This screening will be preceded by a reception that will begin at 6:30 in the BFVAC atrium. Immediately following the screening, the class will be available for a Q&A session.
The Colonial Club will be broadcast at 8:00 PM on DarTV on channel Overflow 5 HD.


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Only You Can Start Forest Fires: Reduction as Resilience
by Joel Kiekintveld
In 1935 the United States Forest Service (USFS) instituted a policy called the "10 a.m. policy." Already using fire suppression as the way of dealing with devastating wildfires for two decades, the 10 a.m. policy was instituted in response to particularly bad fire seasons in the early 1930s. This order mandated that " every fire should be suppressed by 10 a.m. the day following its initial report."¹ The results of this policy, and other no-tolerance approaches to fire management, were forests that were overgrown, not in healthy balance, and contained more fuel, which contributed to the more devastating mega fires we have seen in recent years.²
The USFS fire suppression policies in the Western United States during the early 20th century stood in sharp contrast to the traditional practices employed by indigenous peoples for thousands of years. In an effort to suppress fires, the state of California established laws prohibiting the indigenous practice of burning, known now as cultural burning. The anti-fire sentiment was so strong that in 1918 a forest ranger suggested shooting anyone caught setting an intentional fire.³ However, regularly burning the forests the way the indigenous folks did was good for the forests, while fire suppression caused more issues than it solved. Burning the land clears out underbrush, promotes the health and vitality of the land, and supported California's rich biodiversity.⁴
Today, far too many churches operate like the USFS in the early 20th century. They are overgrown with programs, projects, legacies of all kinds, traditions, and the burden of maintaining staff, buildings, and property. In the current environment, there is a tendency for leaders is to be: 1) concerned about maintaining existing programs, etc. for fear of losing current members, and 2) obsessed with adding new members (in particular youth)⁵ which often means adding more programs (and sometimes staff) to the forest. This reality leads to unhealthy, overgrown churches experiencing a long slow death or dreading the spark that will start a fire that will quickly burn them to the ground. I propose that a purposely set fire—a cultural burn—is needed for churches to be resilient in our contemporary moment.
In late 1998, the church I was serving as the youth pastor had a physical fire. As a result, the congregation had to adapt to meeting and ministering without a building for a number of months. I suggested to our leadership that it might be good to get rid of all the programs that the 45-year old congregation had accumulated and see what grew back—a cultural burn of sorts. The idea was rejected, as it would be in most churches.
Fast forward to late 2018, a spark started a metaphorical fire in the overgrown church where I was the teaching pastor. After years of successful ministry as an attractional model congregation, the church was in a long period of membership decline. It struggled to maintain programs, staffing, and its building. Well intentioned decisions to keep doing things as we always had made the conditions ripe for a fire that could burn the whole thing down. At the time, we shared our building with another church, and the spark that lit the fire was their announcement that they were buying their own building and moving out. That spark started a fire, but there was a choice to be made:
Would the fire be a wildfire that burned everything to the ground or a controlled burn that could create the environment for something new to grow?
A small group of members saw the potential for something new. They set about administering a controlled burn. The parameters of this burn were around community and sustainability. Leadership continually heard from members that the community of the church itself was most important to them. It was also clear that what we were doing was no longer sustainable and that anything new would need to be much more sustainable and resilient. With these two tools—community and sustainability—a new vision was forged over the next couple of years. The building that had been held so tightly for years was let go. The staff was reduced while those remaining transitioned into roles that were less than part-time (volunteer with a stipend). Programs ended. Even the word "church" in the name was allowed to disappear. In a sense, everything burned to make way for new growth. What could have been a destructive blaze was cultivated into a cultural burn.
What grew back is a small spiritual community. We lost members along the way, but in a controlled burn loss is an inevitable part of the process. The community that remains has no building, meeting in parks over the summer and in a historic building owned by the city in the winter. The community leans heavily into the concept of "the priesthood of all believers." They see worship, not as something led by pastors and special leaders, but rather as a "work of the people", the very definition of the word liturgy. Sermons are also gone as the group explores scripture in a discussion format instead. Children's programming has also been eliminated in favor of incorporating children into the life of the body. Decisions are no longer made by traditional or historical thinking. Unencumbered by bureaucracy and the burden of huge overhead expenses, our spiritual community is freed up to nimbly respond to needs in our group, the city we live in, and the world. We are currently advocating for better mental health care in the city, seeking to sponsor Ukrainian refugees, and meeting physical needs within our group and the larger community.
It is not my goal to promote a particular format of church. I'm not writing to encourage everyone to consider becoming like our faith community. However, I am proposing that a cultural burn might be necessary for a community (church communities in particular) to be resilient and sustainable. The alternative is to create the conditions for a disaster down the road. Perhaps Smokey The Bear was wrong, and the way forward is to think, "Only YOU Can Start Forest Fires."
Joel Kiekintveld is the Co-Director of the Anchorage Urban Training Collaborative. a Street Psalms Senior Fellow, and an adjunct professor at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. For 17 years he served Parachutes Teen Club and Resource Center (Anchorage, AK), which he helped found in 2003, as Executive Director and Founding Director. Parachutes serves teens ages thirteen to eighteen years old. Many of the active members of the drop-in center were high-risk and street involved. Joel has served as a pastor and youth pastor in both Michigan and Alaska.
Joel holds a PhD in Practical Theology from the University of Pretoria (South Africa), a Master of Arts in Global Urban Ministry degree from Bakke Graduate University, a Bachelor of Religious Education degree from Reformed Bible College (now Kuyper College), and a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from The Foraker Group/ University of Alaska Fairbanks. He was ordained as a Commissioned Pastor by the Christian Reformed Church in 2008.
Joel lives, works, and plays in Anchorage, AK, with his wife Stacey and has three daughters Naomi, Emma (and wife Kelsy), and Sydney. Joel lives in intentional community in the Dimond Estates trailer park.
Cited sources:
1 – https://foresthistory.org/research-explore/us-forest-service-history/policy-and-law/fire-u-s-forest-service/u-s-forest-service-fire-suppression/
2 – https://www.npr.org/2020/10/13/923377261/fire-expert-on-how-indigenous-land-management-could-help-with-fires-in-californi
3 – https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/new-california-law-affirms-indigenous-right-to-controlled-burns
4 – https://www.npr.org/2020/08/24/899422710/to-manage-wildfire-california-looks-to-what-tribes-have-known-all-along & https://www.npr.org/2020/10/13/923377261/fire-expert-on-how-indigenous-land-management-could-help-with-fires-in-californi
5 – See Andrew Root's Faith Formation in a Secular Age (Baker Academic, 2017).


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Q: Brand part of navbar highlights with black when I mouse over, can't find any options in CSS I've got a rails app with a navbar-top with a brand element.  When I mouse over it the back of it turns black.  I don't see anything on the browser console that helps here.  Does anybody have some experience with this?  Here's what it looks like:

Here's all the CSS that is displayed in the inspect element portion of the console:
media="all"
.navbar .brand {
float: left;
padding: 20px 5px 5px 0px;
margin-left: -20px;
font-size: 35px;
font-weight: 200;
color: white;
text-shadow: 0 0px 0;
}
localhostmedia="all"
.navbar .brand {
float: left;
display: block;
padding: 10px 20px 10px;
margin-left: -20px;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: 200;
color: #777777;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #ffffff;
}
localhostmedia="all"
a:visited {
color: #666;
}
localhostmedia="all"
a {
color: #000;
}
localhostmedia="all"
a {
color: #0088cc;
text-decoration: none;
}
user agent stylesheeta:-webkit-any-link {
color: -webkit-link;
text-decoration: underline;
cursor: auto;
}
Inherited from div.navbar-inner
localhostmedia="all"
.navbar-inner {
color: #fff !important;
text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
}
Inherited from body.main
localhostmedia="all"
body {
color: #333;
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
line-height: 18px;
}
localhostmedia="all"
body {
font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 20px;
color: #333333;
}
Inherited from html
localhostmedia="all"
html {
font-size: 100%;

Here's the partial view that the navbar is part of:

     <a class="brand" href=<%= root_path %>>Visual Haggard (beta)

<a href= <%= illustrations_path %>>Illustrations

<a href= <%= novels_path %>>Novels

          <% if current_user %>

<a href= <%= editions_path %>>Editions

          <% end %>

        <%= form_tag search_path, :method => 'get', :class => "form-search", :style => "height:24px;" do %>

            <%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search], :class=>"span3 watermark search-query", :placeholder => "novel, illustration, or tag..."%>
            <button class="btn" type="submit"></button>

        <% end %>

A: Most browsers (At least Safari and Chrome on mac) have an "Inspect element" option when you right click. From there, you can see all the css styles that are applying to the particular element, then overwrite it in your custom stylesheet. Posting the view and the css would allow a more specific response.
There's this bit in the css:
a {
color: #000;
}

It's probably overridden, but maybe it's taking precedence on :hover? I'd try specifying the a color to be transparent and see if that makes a difference. Possibly using:
.navbar .brand:hover {
  color: transparent;
}

Sorry if it's not correct, I'm by no means a CSS expert.

A: I would suggest to create a stylesheet file to overwrite the brand class. In the Bootstrap's documentation you can find the defaults for all the classes .

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This device is used to prevent cats from climbing trees and reaching birds' nests.
The individual links are inserted into one another to match the circumference of the tree trunk.
Always install well above head height to ensure there is no risk to children or others playing around the tree. Please check from time to time the correct position of the device.


Sept. 27 was a big day for Raymore-Peculiar High School field biology students as they experienced the peak of the monarch migration. Working with Teacher Mike Roberts, they observed about 100 monarchs, and tagged and released 18 monarchs. Students also released three that were raised in the classroom.
This action put Ray-Pec High School on the MAP -- literally. Follow link to see map.
Earlier this month, students worked to establish habitat to attract monarchs.
Increasing science opportunities and incorporating real-world, hands-on learning opportunities are both important parts of the District's Strategic Plan, under the focus area of Success Ready Students.


You see them every time you wait in line to order coffee at Starbucks; they are never missing behind the glass case at your local bakery shop. These delectable, little things come in any flavor--from double chocolate chip to maple spice. Their puffy tops may be garnished with pecans, almonds, cinnamon sugar, or blueberries. And yes, I am talking about muffins. Whether they are baked to perfection or topped with sweet honey, you can never go wrong by starting your morning with a fresh-out-of-the-oven muffin. Whenever I get a whiff of the cherry-almond muffins at Espresso Royale, I instantly curse the day I decided to maintain a low carb diet Mondays through Fridays. Why shouldn't we enjoy muffins everyday? A muffin a day keeps the doctor away, doesn't it? Sadly, it doesn't. We would probably gain some unwanted weight if we devoured them whenever we wanted.
But wait fellow muffin lovers, I found a solution! Now you can eat a muffin top without gaining one. All it takes is a little bit of time in the kitchen and a healthy recipe. The recipes below are two different flavors. The first one is a scrumptious chocolate-zucchini muffin--don't be skeptical about the combination, trust me. And at just 90 calories per muffin, they are pretty amazing. The second recipe is an oatmeal-blueberry muffin. This one is just under 130 calories and also delicious.
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease muffin pan and set aside. If using paper liners, lightly spray the inside with cooking spray to prevent sticking.
In a medium bowl whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together. In another bowl, cream mashed banana with applesauce and sugar--use extra 1/2 cup for a very sweet, dessert-like muffin. Add in soy milk, vanilla, zucchini and any other optional add-ins you might like such as vegan chocolate chips or chopped raw walnuts. Stir until evenly combined.
Add flour mix to wet mix in three batches and stir until just combined.
Spoon batter into greased pan and bake for 18-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Preheat oven 350 F. Grease or spray a muffin tin or paper liners if using.
In a large bowl, whisk flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices together until well combined. Add applesauce, sugars and maple then stir until almost combined. Add blueberries, stirring until just combined.
Spoon into muffin cups 3/4 full. Sprinkle additional oats and brown sugar on top if desired. Bake 18 to 25 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Both of these muffins are a great way to get proper nutrients in your body. They are great as a snack for anytime of the day; they also make a great breakfast combined with fresh fruits or greek yogurt. One of the best ways to control your calorie intake is by cooking your own meals. That said, put your aprons on and go bake some healthy muffins.


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Study: Teens losing interest in traditional games, prefer social/mobile experiences
April 4, 2012 | By Eric Caoili
More: Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Social/Online, Business/Marketing
Teens are losing interest in playing traditional video games on consoles, and prefer to play social or online games instead, according to a new survey of high school students by analyst firm Piper Jaffray.
The group's report says participants in the survey stressed the importance of feeling connected to their friends. Many respondents believe traditional games lack social features that keep them connected with friends and thus are "a waste of time," while social and mobile titles feel more productive to them.
In its survey, 65.9 percent out of 5,600 respondents said they are losing interest in playing video games, compared to 63.5 percent a year ago. Meanwhile a growing share of teens said they are willing to play games on their mobile phones, 66.2 percent now versus 34.4 percent in Spring 2011.
And 25.3 percent said they play social games on sites like Facebook, which is a little less than the 25.9 percent recorded a year ago but still more than the 18.3 percent recorded last fall. Notably, 92.8 percent of social game playing teens are not willing to buy virtual goods, which is more than the 80.5 percent that said they weren't willing six months ago.
As a result, Piper Jaffray cautions investors against betting on traditional console gaming: "We expect traditional packaged goods game sales to continue a decline during the next two years as gamers shift to digital offerings.
"While a console refresh in 2013 or 2014 will breathe new life into the industry, the new systems will face unprecedented competition from tablets, smartphones, and connected TVs. We expect growing middle classes and rising Internet penetration rates in emerging markets, particularly Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia-Pacific to partially offset competition from tablets and smartphones."
Piper Jaffray also found that 53 percent of teens would be receptive to downloading full games on their consoles, which is up from 45.8 percent a year ago and from 25.9 percent 18 months ago. 36.1 percent of teens said they're willing to pay a flat monthly fee for an on-demand gaming service like OnLive, too, an increase from 34.3 percent a year ago and 20.9 percent 18 months ago.
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New Microsoft Job Posting Confirms Work Is Underway On Windows 9
Mike Johnson March 13, 2013 Microsoft, Windows 9 No Comments
Or in other words, this is as close as you will get right now, short of an official confirmation from Redmond. But as recent rumors have suggested, work on Windows 9 is already underway.
The next major version upgrade to the Windows OS is said to be released sometimes in November 2014, and a new job posting from Microsoft affirms that things are in progress.
Folks over at MSFTKitchen.com were the first to spot the ad that says Microsoft is looking for a Bing Software Engineer to work on the upcoming Windows 9. The ad reads something like:
"We utilize cutting edge technologies across the stack from Bing metro application development using WinJS and HTML5, innovative features in IE10 such as flip ahead and much more! The team will be constantly delivering great products in areas including Windows 9, IE11 services integration, touch friendly devices including iPad and more."
Additionally, a profile of a Microsoft employee has also just surfaced, which confirms the fact that Windows 9 is now under active development. Not just that, work is also underway on Windows 9 — the next major upgrade to the company's mobile operating platform:
"Working as a software test engineer in the Windows Phone Test Services team currently testing Windows 9 OS on Nokia, HTC and Qualcomm devices."
What exactly is the focus on this next version of Windows is still mostly under wraps. Most insiders suggest that Windows 9 will continue the UI design philosophy of Windows 8 and expand upon it.
And as for some important milestones, Microsoft is said to launch the first beta version of Windows 9 sometimes in January 2014. The RTM version of the operating system is set for release in October next year, meaning there is time enough for the software giant to make some impressive improvements.
Tags:Job Posting, Microsoft, Rumors, Windows 8 News, Windows 9, Windows Phone 9


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Q: How to decrease the value/ quantity of something using a button in mongodb and website together I am trying to decrease the quantity of something by 1 in both mongodb and website together. I have already used an update option to change the quantity. Now I need to only decrease it by 1.
const handleRestockItems = (event) => {
event.preventDefault();
const quantity = event.target.quantity.value;

const RestockItem = { quantity };

// send data to the server
const url = `http://localhost:5000/item/${itemId}`;
fetch(url, {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "content-type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(RestockItem),
})
  .then((res) => res.json())
  .then((data) => {
    console.log("success", data);
    alert("Restock Items successfully!!!");
    event.target.reset();
    // Adding reload button to show updated items on UI
    window.location.reload(false);
  });

};
MongoDB code:
app.put("/item/:id", async (req, res) => {
  const id = req.params.id;
  const updatedUser = req.body;
  const filter = { _id: ObjectId(id) };
  const options = { upsert: true };
  const updatedDoc = {
    $set: {
      quantity: updatedUser.quantity,
    },
  };
  const result = await iCollection.updateOne(filter, updatedDoc, options);
  res.send(result);
});


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South West Trains announces introduction of 17,000 new spaces for customers
The spaces will be provided through more than 250 additional carriages which will be up and running by 2018
South West Trains' (SWT) customers will have more than 17,000 news spaces on the rail providers trains after a £65m roll-out of additional carriages.
SWT secured the extra carriages as part of a government programme which will introduce more than 250 new carriages by 2018.
So far 81 extra carriages are running already with a further 108 carriages due early next year.
The company claims that this will provide 30% more space for passengers during peak times, with the new carriages featuring wider doors, improved seating, full CCTV and new flooring.
Christian Roth, SWT engineering director, said: "It is excellent news that the vitally important roll out of 108 additional carriages to our network is now 75% complete. These new carriages are not only providing much more space for passengers on many of our busiest services, they also include significantly improved facilities too.
"On average, we are introducing one new carriage every week and by early next year all 108 carriages will be in service for passengers.
"This is a significant step towards the biggest improvements this network has seen for decades and is a major part of our promise to increase space for passengers by 30%."
The investment to increase capacity for commuters includes work to lengthen platforms at London Waterloo in 2017 to allow for longer trains.
Rail Minister Claire Perry said: "We want to see better journeys on a railway fit for the 21st century.
"That is why we are investing in new, more comfortable carriages for thousands of South West Trains' customers. Passengers will benefit from more space, more seats and better facilities.
"It's all part of our long-term economic plan to make the biggest investment in our railways since the Victorian era."
The government scheme supporting the investment is called the High Level Output Specification Programme.
We want to hear YOUR views and experiences of rail travel in Surrey and north-east Hampshire in our survey.
Please take a few minutes to complete our survey, telling us about the postives and the negatives, and we'll report back soon.
Aldi's proposed Thames Ditton store 'will stop us using our garden' as trees threatened for concrete wall
Thames DittonAldi hopes to build the store on the site of the former Guy Salmon Jaguar Land Rover showroom in Portsmouth Road


We also got some movies this year. We got Star Wars Episode I, II, and III, Pirates #2, and Superman Returns. We have Harry Potter 1-4 on their way, as well as Barbie Fariytopia. I don't know if they'll make it before we leave on our trip. Too bad. That's why we wanted to get them. Should have ordered it earlier. A few of these were from Aunt Madi and Uncle Joe. Thanks guys!!!!!!


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"""Parse tree, find EML files, and move them info a new mbox"""

import KmdCmd
import KmdFiles
import KmdMbox
import os
import re
import logging
import mailbox
import email

class KmdFilesMove(KmdCmd.KmdCommand):
    def extendParser(self):
        super(KmdFilesMove, self).extendParser()
        #Extend parser
        self.parser.add_argument('tree', metavar='</path/to/tree>', nargs=1, help='The source tree')
        self.parser.add_argument('mbox', metavar='</path/to/dest>', nargs=1, help='Mbox File to store eml')

    def run(self):
        mboxpath = self.args.mbox[0]
        doit = self.args.doit

        if not os.path.isfile(mboxpath) :
            logging.info("Create new MBOX in %s", mboxpath)
        if doit :
            tombox = mailbox.mbox(mboxpath)

        c = 0

        logging.info("Parsing %s", self.args.tree[0])
        for root, _, files in os.walk(self.args.tree[0]):
            logging.debug("Walking in %s", root)
            for name in files:
                pname = os.path.join(root, name)
                try :
                    fp = open(pname, 'r')
                    msg = email.message_from_file(fp)
                    fp.close()
                except :
                    continue
                c += 1
                if doit :
                    KmdMbox.messageAddToMbox(tombox, msg)

        logging.info("%d Messages imported", c)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    cmd = KmdFilesMove(__doc__)
    cmd.run()

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Change of Fortune
Autor: Jana DeLeon
Sprecher: Cassandra Campbell
Serie: Miss Fortune Mysteries, Titel 11
Kategorien: Krimis & Thriller, Krimis
4,8 out of 5 stars 4,8 (13 Bewertungen)
Sinful, Louisiana, is always a hotbed of activity, and despite the steamy heat, August is no exception. Godzilla is terrorizing the town, looking for a home-cooked meal, and Gertie is worried someone will take the gator out before she can get him under control. Francine has a situation of her own at the café, where food is missing from inventory. And Celia is always up to no good.
But summer is almost over, which could mean huge changes for Fortune Redding. Her undercover time in Sinful has always been limited to three months, and that time is almost up. With Ahmad still on the loose, Fortune is forced to remain in hiding, but soon she'll have to move to another town and start all over with a new identity. And that's the last thing she wants to do. Determined to get her life back, Fortune decides to draw Ahmad out and end this once and for all. Can Fortune take down one of the most dangerous men in the world? And if she can, does she have a future in Sinful?
©2018 Jana DeLeon (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
A Miss Fortune Mystery, Book 1
It was a hell of a long shot.... CIA assassin Fortune Redding is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever - in Sinful, Louisiana. With a leak at the CIA and a price placed on her head by one of the world's largest arms dealers, Fortune has to go off-grid, but she never expected to be this far out of her element.
Gators and Garters
Miss Fortune Mysteries, Book 18
Ida Belle, Fortune, and Gertie are gearing up for the big day - Ida Belle's wedding to Walter - but when the caterer goes missing just a week before the big day, it puts a huge black mark on the joyous celebration. Molly Broussard is no stranger to being in the limelight, so when the former cage fighter turned in her boxing gloves for pots and pans, everyone who knew her was surprised...until they ate her food.
Trouble in Mudbug
Sprecher: Johanna Parker
Scientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her mother-in-law's death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth to run herd over the entire town of Mudbug, Louisiana. Unfortunately, death doesn't slow down Helena one bit. DEA Agent Luc LeJeune is wondering what his undercover assignment investigating the sexy scientist has gotten him into - especially as it seems someone wants her dead.
Wrong Side of Forty
Marina at Midlife, Book 1
Sprecher: Hollis McCarthy
It was a day like any other day for Marina Trahan...until she caught her husband in bed with another woman. Before that eye-opening wake-up call, Marina would have described her life as average or uneventful, maybe even boring. But now, chaos and confusion reign supreme. She'd expected to slide through midlife with her unwanted extra pounds, chin hair, and hot flashes and move somewhat gracefully into elastic-waist pants and having no verbal filter.
Mallory Devereaux is known throughout the town of Royal Flush, Louisiana, as a walking disaster, and her luck just got worse. She needs to raise $10,000 in one week to keep the IRS from seizing her adoptive father's business, where she works as the demolition foreman. When the opportunity to cool cards at her uncle's casino comes up, Mallory hopes her luck is changing. But when she realizes her uncle has assembled a tournament of criminals, she wonders what she's stepped in the middle of.
Brimstone Bound
Firebrand, Book 1
Autor: Helen Harper
Sprecher: Ruth Urquhart
I'm one placement away from becoming a fully fledged London detective. It's bad enough that my last assignment before I qualify is with Supernatural Squad. But that's nothing compared to what happens next. Brutally murdered by an unknown assailant, I wake up 12 hours later in the morgue - and I'm very much alive. I don't know how or why it happened. I don't know who killed me. All I know is that they might try again.
Rumble on the Bayou
Deputy Dorie Berenger knew the day would go from bad to worse when she found a stoned alligator in the town drunk's swimming pool. Then DEA agent Richard Starke shows up in Gator Bait, Louisiana, giving out orders and insults faster than you can cast a fishing line. Dorie knows the residents of Gator Bait aren't going to talk to a stranger, but she stuck with Richard until he catches his bad guy. With no other alternative to restore peace to the town, Dorie agrees to help Richard and in the process, uncovers decades of secrets that have been hiding deep in the Louisiana bayou.
Dead Man Talking: A Cozy Paranormal Mystery
The Happily Everlasting Series, Book 1
Sprecher: B.J. Harrison
Meteorologist Zoe Parker put Everlasting in her rearview mirror as soon as she had her college degree in hand. But when Sapphire, her eccentric great-aunt, takes a tumble down the stairs in her lighthouse home, Zoe returns to the tiny fishing hamlet to look after her. Zoe has barely crossed the county line when strange things start happening with the weather, and she discovers Sapphire's fall was no accident. Someone is searching the lighthouse, but Sapphire has no idea what they're looking for.
The Trouble with Witches
Shadowvale, Book 1
Autor: Kristen Painter
Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 5 Min.
Shadowvale isn't typical small-town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse. No one knows this as well as raven shifter Deacon Evermore, who, like everyone in his family, has a curse. While his position as Shadowvale's peacekeeper lets him use that curse for good, he'd rather live anywhere else. He stays for his family but doubts he can last much longer.
Lexi Graves Mysteries, Book 1
Autor: Camilla Chafer
Sprecher: Vanessa Daniels
All Lexi wants to do is get through the day at her boring temp job with Green Hand Insurance. That's until she discovers the vice president, Martin Dean, in a pool of blood and herself at the center of an investigation into insurance fraud.
Sucks to Be Me
First Fangs Club
When 49-year-old Belladonna Barrone's mobbed-up husband does her the favor of dying in a car accident, she thinks she's finally free of the crime family she unwittingly married into. Then the boss tells her that she has to complete her husband's last job before that freedom is truly hers. No big deal, she figures. Until things go south in ways she never imagined. Suddenly she's thrust into a whole new world that makes the mob look like kindergarten. Vampires and werewolves are real? How is that freaking possible?
Von Blue_loops Am hilfreichsten 16.04.2020
The Oxford Tearoom Mysteries Box Set Collection I
Prequel + Books 1 & 2
Autor: H.Y. Hanna
Sprecher: Pearl Hewitt
"Scones, a tea shop in England, a kitty and a murder...yes, please!" Enjoy the first three books in the Oxford Tearoom Mysteries, in one handy collection! Join tearoom sleuth Gemma Rose, her mischievous feline Muesli, and the nosy Old Biddies as they tackle murder and mystery in the beautiful city of Oxford - not to forget the delights of delicious baking and afternoon tea in a quaint English village!
All time favorite ....
Von Harper A. Am hilfreichsten 12.02.2019
A Very English Murder
A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 1
Autor: Verity Bright
Sprecher: Karen Cass
England, 1920. Eleanor Swift has spent the last few years travelling the world: taking tea in China, tasting alligators in Peru, escaping bandits in Persia and she has just arrived in England after a chaotic 45-day flight from South Africa. Chipstone is about the sleepiest town you could have the misfortune to meet. But then, from the edge of a quarry, through the driving rain, Eleanor is shocked to see a man shot and killed in the distance. Before she can climb down to the spot, the villain is gone and the body has vanished.
Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case
Jayne Frost, Book 1
Jayne Frost is a winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne, and now private investigator. Needing someone he can trust, her father sends her to Nocturne Falls to find out why employees at a toy store are going missing. Doing that requires getting to know the town, which leads to interesting encounters with a sexy vampire, an old flame, and an elevator that's strictly off-limits. The more Jayne finds out, the more questions she has, but the answers lead her deeper into danger.
Don't Stop Bewitching
A Happily Everlasting World Novel (Bewitchingly Ever After, Book 1)
Autor: Mandy M. Roth
Cat-shifter Curt Warrick doesn't want to take a road trip with five other guys, but when his best friend leaves him no choice, he finds himself in a van headed to Louisiana. There is a bright side: The trip will give him a chance to expand his enterprise. Missi (Mississippi) Peugeot hates rich men who think they can throw money around to get what they want. When a flashy, yet fetching, stranger shows up in a van announcing he's looking to buy property and begin developing the town, she speaks out of anger and accidentally puts a curse on Curt.
The Vampire's Mail Order Bride
Nocturne Falls, Book 1
After seeing her maybe-mobster boss murder a guy, Delaney James assumes a new identity and pretends to be a mail order bride. She finds her groom-to-be living in a town that celebrates Halloween every day. Weird. But not as weird as what she doesn't know. Her groom-to-be is a 400-year-old vampire.
Von Sherbet Lemon Am hilfreichsten 23.06.2016
Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs
Half-Moon Hollow, Book 1
Autor: Molly Harper
Sprecher: Amanda Ronconi
Maybe it was the Shenanigans gift certificate that put her over the edge. When children's librarian and self-professed nice girl Jane Jameson is fired by her beastly boss and handed $25 in potato skins instead of a severance check, she goes on a bender that's sure to become Half Moon Hollow legend. On her way home, she's mistaken for a deer, shot, and left for dead.
Masked Ball at Broxley Manor
A Royal Spyness Novella
Autor: Rhys Bowen
Sprecher: Katherine Kellgren
At the end of her first unsuccessful season out in society, Lady Georgiana has all but given up on attracting a suitable man - until she receives an invitation to a masked Halloween ball at Broxley Manor. Georgie is uncertain why she was invited, until she learns that the royal family intends to marry her off to a foreign prince, one reputed to be mad.
Very cute entry story...
Von Elena Am hilfreichsten 30.10.2019
Fortune Furlough
Lethal Bayou Beauty
Swamp Santa
How Emotions Are Made
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Press conference of International Kolkata Short Film Festival
Kolkata , India. 4th December , 2023
The 3rd edition of IKSFF 2023 organized by Eventizer is all set to kick start on 10th 2023 with a myriad of short films from the best of creative minds across the globe. The festival will be flagged off with an online screening on Kolkata's First short film platform eFilmzone www.efilmzone.evenizer.co.in from 10th January to 14th January , 2023.


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New construction projects also must show energy efficiency compliance through the Home Energy Rating System (HERS). The required HERS index varies according to the size of the dwelling.
Multi-family residential units are also included, and each dwelling in a multi-unit dwelling is required to meet the green point requirements separately.
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Buildings larger than 20,000 square feet must demonstrate compliance through third party performance modeling that is approved by the city manager.