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I suggest you post these questions in BI forum not here. You get better answers and more attention there.
The concept of dead lock is as similar as in Oracle. If Process P1 is using resource A (locked by P1)) and waiting for B and Process P2is using resouce B(locked by P2) and waiting for resouceA. This creates dead lock as both can not proceed further.
In BW deadlock usually occur in delta load. As, far as my observance deadlock usually occurs during processing of update rules. This may be because more than one package will be processing same record as in delta load, data moves from changelog of below level to next level.


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99% Of Pinoys Support Senate Invitation To Bong Go In Connection With Philippine Warships Deal Hearing
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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Senate is set to investigate the P15.5-billion Philippine warships deal, amid allegations that Special Assistant to the President Bong Go intervened in the project.
The minority bloc filed Senate Resolution 584 on January 16, directing the Senate committee on national defense and security and the congressional oversight committee on the Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Act to conduct an inquiry on the status of its implementation, including the acquisition of the two Philippine Navy frigates.
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, and Senators Francis Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Antonio Trillanes IV, and Leila de Lima signed the resolution.
An Adobo Chronicles nationwide survey shows that almost all Filipinos — a whoppping 99% — support the appearance of Go in the Senate Inquiry.
While none of those surveyed think that Go had anything to do with the questionable warships deal, the survey respondents said that they would very much like to hear the voice of Duterte's "right-hand man."
While Go is always seen in public with the President, very few Filipinos have even heard him speak.
'This will perhaps be our only chance to hear him speak," the respondents said.
The big question: is Bong Go a tenor or a baritone?
Meanwhile, it has been reported that Trillanes is GOing abroad and won't be back until February.
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Even Famous Blondes Can't Lie to the FBI
Bernie Sanders may be tired of hearing about Hillary's email scandal butt after yesterday's revelation that "22 documents covering 37 pages" from seven email chains were Top Secret and will not be released, he may be the only one who is.
Despite Hilz insistence that this is all part of the vast right-wing conspiracy it should be noted that the FBI falls under the juristiction of the Obama Department of Justice. If I were advising Hillary I might suggest she pack away some of the smugness and attempt faking a little more remorsefulness for a change.
"OK, I'm sorry you found them."
California Congressman Darrell Issa, who previously led an investigation into Benghazi as former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, says the FBI "would like to indict both Huma [Abedin] and Hillary Clinton" for conducting sensitive government business on an unsecure, private email server. – Washington Examiner
And remember: just being a powerful, strong, blonde woman and your moniker is a household name does not make you bullet proof.
Just ask Martha – you can't lie to the FBI
Butt let's keep this upbeat: Give them hell in the Iowa primary Hill! And in the unlikely event that you actually do get indicted and convicted there's even an upside to that: when you get out you can get a couple new French bull dogs and a complete machine grooming and just get on with your life like Martha did.
Martha, post-incarceration makeover with her adorable French bulldogs, Francesca and Sharkey
Depending on the sentence you could be good to go again by the '24 or '28 election. It will be just like the '90's again.
Hillary, post-incarceration makeover with Socks II and Buddy II
The Republican Debate: A Swell Job Was Done By All
Did you watch the Republican debate last night? Neither did I. I did tune in to their after-show selfie analysis long enough to note that Fox thinks they did a very fine job, indeed. With The Donald off the set the show really was all about the moderators, the way it's supposed to be.
And I must say in the clips I saw Ms. Megyn looked fabulous. Although those furry eyelashes were a bit distracting in the same way Lady M's are from time to time
Anyway, they think they did such a swell job that they even managed to breathe a little life back into well financed policy wonk Jeb! and to give a little boost to everybody's new favorite homeboy, Marco.
"Man, he's good!"
So hat's off to Fox, it could have been a very difficult situation butt they handled it like the pro's they are. I'd say they did a swell job.
They just seem to be getting bigger and bigger don't they?
Caution: continuous batting of those furry lashes may be hazardous to your health.
P.S. Preliminary numbers indicate that viewership of last night's debate were not as yuge as the previous ones.
Submission Thy Name is Islam
What happens when America stops expecting its immigrants to assimilate to our culture and instead assimilates to theirs? Well, you begin by installing footbaths at universities so Muslims will stop washing their feet in the bathroom sinks and you take it from there. Eventually the rights and rituals of the minority Muslims take presedence over the rights and rituals of the country's majority Christians.
For a closer look at how the world's most advanced civilization submits to the will of the world's most retrograde civilization we need only look to Europe. In the past week two stories exemplify the death spiral the West has embraced.
First from Britain, where polygamy is illegal butt perfectly acceptable under Sharia law, men with more than one wife will now qualify for extra benefits under the State's universal credit welfare system.
Hassan with his 3 wives and some of his kids
Because British citizens who outlawed polygamy should pay for refugees who don't acknowledge their law. And want to replace it with their own.
Next we have Italy, where Iranian president Hassan Rouhani's visit caused Italian officials to cover ancient statues with white boards so as not to offend his sensibilites with their nudity.
The statues, in a corridor leading to a grand hall in Rome's renowned Capitoline Museums, were encased in tall white boxes ahead of a news conference that Mr. Rouhani held on Monday with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy. One of the statues was the "Capitoline Venus," a Roman copy of a legendary fourth century B.C. work by Praxiteles; some of the other sculptures were of ancient Greek and Roman gods, dressed minimally, if at all.
Many Italians were offended, butt that didn't seem to matter.
"The problem is that those statues — yes, those icons of classicism and models of humanism — are the foundation of European and Mediterranean culture and civilization," the columnist Michele Serra wrote in La Repubblica. To conceal them, he wrote, "is to conceal ourselves."
And even horse statues were not immune:
One newspaper even reported that in the grand hall at the Capitoline where the two leaders spoke, the lectern was placed to the side — not the front — of an equestrian statue of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, apparently to avoid having images of the horse's genitals appear in news photographs.
"Look ma no genitals!" The horse I mean.
So again I ask, what happens when you stop expecting your guests, invited or otherwise, to assimilate? Answer: you are the one who will be assimilated.
So you may as well submit as resistance is futile.
Or is it?
The original Homeland Security
I will not submit, how about you?
You've Been Trumped
Fox News, you've just been Trumped
Love him or hate him you've got to admire The Donald's style. It's not like he hasn't made it perfectly clear: if you eff with him he will eff with you.
So when Fox put out a pre-debate snarky comment about Trump yesterday:
"We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president. A nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings."
he pulled out of the debate. Well played: who needs to hear from all these guys again anyway when there's only 3 real contenders and what new do they have to say anyway? The debates are now more for the benefit of the media than the voters. And Fox gave The Donald the perfect excuse to decline to participate by making it more about Fox News in general rather than Megyn Kelly in particular.
Plus he'll be holding a competing event that will benefit veterans and wounded warriors. Maybe Fox can cover that too, to make up for the ratings they'll be losing on the debate.
The crew at Fox probably should have read The Art of the Deal, they would have discovered how Trump likes to use leverage. Or at least they should have watched a few episodes of The Apprentice where they would have discovered that he loves to fire people.
The Trump haters will be relishing what they consider Trump's latest childish tantrum butt they just don't get it. The Donald just demonstrated how you make America great again: you simply don't take crap from anybody. So pay attention Putin, Xi Jinping, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; payback is hell,
- and President Trump likes nothing better than payback.
I'll be totally out of pocket today so consider this an open thread.
Bad Water and Wedgies
It's hard to get the truth on anything from anybody anymore. Take the Flint, Michigan water crisis: now we know the rest of the story.
Here is the Cliff notes version:
The Flint water crisis is the result of a Keynesian stimulus project gone wrong.
Who could have figured that switching to a parallel water pipeline being built by a private company might actually cost more than staying with the Detroit water system?
Documents that have just resurfaced show that the then DWSD Director Susan McCormick presented two alternatives to Emergency Manager Ed Kurtz that slashed rates for Flint by nearly 50 percent, something that made Detroit far more competitive compared to the KWA deal. "The cliff notes version," she said in an internal e-mail to her staff, is that the "proposal offers a today rate of water for Flint/Genesee of $10.46 as compared to $20.00 paid currently per Mcf—48% less that could be realized nearly immediately and even more when compared to the increases coming with KWA." In fact, when compared over the 30-year horizon, the DWSD proposal saves $800 million or 20% over the KWA proposal, she pointed out.
And that was before the quantum ineptitude of local government resulted in a water supply that looked like this:
Butt our government overlords always know what's better for them us. And you know - INFRASTRUCTURE! We need more of that. Seriously, read the whole thing.
All of which demonstrates why the only cure for this governmental quagmire is Bernie Sanders – the only candidate advocating for more government than Dear Leader.
And since I'm handing out reading assignments you might enjoy the Z Man's take on The Donald phenom Jocks & Nerds:
The public is looking for the candidate that can fix the issues of greatest concern to them. They look around and feel like guests in their own country. The two parties want to spend all of their time debating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, while millions of foreigners pour over the border. I suspect most Trump supporters would like a better candidate, but they will go with Trump if that means addressing their top concerns.
…I see two camps. In one camp are those having fun watching their guy give wedgies to the nerds. For the first time in a long time, they feel like the guy running for office knows something about their life. The other camp is in shock, believing that if they just huddle closer together, the storm will pass. (h/t: Larwyn's Linx)
That's all for today, carry on troops.
Snowzilla: That's Mighty White of You
Snowzilla took the entire eastern seaboard down.
Les Nessman reported the breaking news:
(H/T: Jonah Goldberg.)
Barry used the anthropogenic climate disaster to take a little time off from his usual Sunday work day to appear on CBS' "Sunday Morning" where he revealed that - rumors to the contrary - he didn't plan on running for a third term.
Because A) he's tired:
President Barack Obama says he wouldn't run for a third term even if he could. He says the presidency takes a toll on family life, and the office "should be continually renewed by new energy and new ideas."
B) he's already done everything:
Obama tells CBS' "Sunday Morning" that he's not yearning for a third term is because he's confident that things are lot better in the United States than when he came into office.
C) it's cramping his style.
"I just want to eat my waffle"
Obama says the thing that makes him happiest about his presidency ending next January is a chance to get out of what he calls the "the bubble." That's what he calls the tight security controls over his travels outside the White House.
He said dealing with the bubble is "the hardest thing about the presidency."
Then he lamented the increased polarization in the country:
The one thing that gnaws on me, is the degree of continued polarization. It's gotten worse over the last several years…
I wonder how that happened.
And now back to 24/7 coverage of the whitest storm to ever hit the east coast.
In Obama Land, The Future Is Certain, It's History That Changes. FORWARD.
It's official: the blizzard of '16 is historic. Like so many other things in the age of Obama.
Of course history isn't what it used to be. Historical revisionism, also known as "negationism" and "historiography" in the old USSR, makes it easier to get your message out. For example, who could forget BHO's "bio-bombing" of presidential history:
In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule. – Reason.com
Butt as long as we do it with good intentions what differencve at this point does it make? Hence we will shortly eliminate the Confederacy from the Civil War and the Constituiton from the founding of the United States.
Because as the old joke goes "In the Soviet Union, the future is always certain; it is the past that is always changing."
And don't think it's just history; art is subject to revisionism too, as James Lileks discovered while attending the Art of Rebellion exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art Museum. The show's catalog asks "How can we bring equality to history?"
The sentiments behind the thought were so self-evidently correct that no one stopped to think how bizarre that sounds. At the most facile reading, it suggests that history should be rearranged to reflect not what happened, but what should have happened if modern values were transposed on the past.
Ha ha! Modern "values" – surely a top contender for oxymoron of the decade - so far. Any hoo, once you start asking how we can "bring equality to history" you've pretty much validated Francis Fukuyama's premise that hisory is dead. Along with the rest of Western Civilization. And if you don't believe me, check out this newest hipster hair trend for men: man braids. Although to be fair some people attribute this not to the end of Western Civilization butt rather "too much estrogen in the drinking water." Which when you think about it might be the same thing.
You probably can't rely on this new breed to clear the snow from the walks, so you might as well get out there and do it yourself.
In Obama Land, The Future Is Certain, It's History...


As originally built, Deltics had a straight-air brake system for the locomotive brakes, plus vacuum for the rolling stock. Air for the brakes and auxiliaries was supplied by a single compressor (Worthington-Simpson) in no.2 nose end. During 1967/68, the Deltic fleet was converted to dual-braking for handling air-braked coaching stock. Therefore, a pair of air-compressors (Davies & Metcalfe Ltd.) replaced the original unit. Vacuum is supplied by a pair of exhausters in no.1 nose end.
Application of the loco's straight-air brakes is a simple matter of supplying air to the cylinders (1 for each wheel) from the straight-air reservoirs. This is controlled by the driver's straight-air brake valve. When hauling coaching stock, the original system had a vacuum brake valve for the driver to control. This admitted air into the vacuum pipework, reducing the vacuum, and applying the rolling stock brakes. A proportional valve on the loco also applied the straight-air brakes at the same time.
After conversion to dual-braking, an air-brake distributor helped to look after the issue of applying vacuum or air-brakes for the coaching stock, along with the loco's own brakes.
Air was used for the horns (not surpringly!), windscreen-wipers, water pick-up scoop and sanding gear. The last 2 of those items were subsequently removed from the fleet. Vacuum was used, originally, for the Automatic Warning System (AWS) and Deadman's Safety Devices (DSD), but these changed to air operation (not much difference in practice) after the dual-braking modifications.
"Traction Equipment" maintenance manual (English Electric).
"Dual Brake Conversion Schematic" drawing no. SL/DN/Y-2615 (27th Feb. 1967).


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Q: Mysql - Avoid Cross Join to not get multiple duplicate data I have two tables that I would like to get results from without cross-joining to get duplicate data.
Table 1: booksCheckedOut
row    |   userID   |      book    |  date
-------------------------------------------------
1      |    3       |      book1   |  Jan-26
2      |    3       |      book2   |  Jan-27
3      |    3       |      book3   |  Jan-28
4      |    3       |      book4   |  Jan-29

Table2: numberOfPagesRead
row     |    userID   |     name        |   date       |   pagesRead
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1       |    3        |     John        |   Jan-26     |   4
2       |    3        |     John        |   Jan-27     |   7
3       |    3        |     John        |   Jan-28     |   8

I'm doing a sql query that looks like this:
select booksCheckedOut.book, numberOfPagesRead.pagesRead

from booksCheckedOut, numberOfPagesRead

where booksCheckedOut.userID='3' and numberOfPagesRead.userID='3'

But I get results that look like this: The rows are being multiplied (4 x 3 = 12 results)
book       |  pagesRead |
-------------------------
book1      |    4       |
book1      |    7       |
book1      |    8       |
book2      |    4       |
book2      |    7       |
book2      |    8       |
book3      |    4       |
book3      |    7       |
book3      |    8       |
book4      |    4       |
book4      |    7       |
book4      |    8       |

This is what I want:
book       |  pagesRead |
-------------------------
book1      |    4       |
book2      |    7       |
book3      |    8       |
book4      |            |

How do I prevent results from getting multiplied (cross joined)?
I know it makes no sense, butI don't want to associate the number of pages read to a particular book, it's just the way the current database is already set up.
Thanks in advance!

A: It would appear the UserId and date are the keys joining these tables:
select co.book, nopr.pagesRead
from booksCheckedOut co join
     numberOfPagesRead nopr
     on co.userId = nopr.UserId and co.date = nopr.date
where co.userID = '3';

You should learn proper join syntax.  A simple rule:  Never use commas in the from clause.
I added table aliases; the make queries easier to write and to read.

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This really was quite a difficult entry for me to place. Eventually I've settled for its inclusion within the Packaging section, primarily because it's made of cardboard, though, in reality, it is 'packaging for the home', rather than the more conventional usage.
Simplistically this is a deeper version of the usual post-war set # 3 box, with not dissimilar style internal fittings, plus supports for the Trays.
The box [above] includes a rectangular card section, without a bottom piece, which helps both partition the box and support the Trays.
I hesitate to call this a Tray, though, with four deep sides and a base, that is effectively what it is. This also helps support the Trays.
The Small Tray has seven sections, one of which is more than twice the size of the others.
This Tray sits inside the box, to one side, on supports provided.
The Large Tray has three rows, each of seven sections, one section again being a little larger than the others.
Uniquely, this tray is fitted with cloth lifting tabs.
This tray is designed to sit inside the box, resting on top of the internal partitions.
The method of manufacture is essentially the same as that used for both the standard set boxes and the cardboard Retail Display Cabinets, producing a box which was strong enough to cope with careful, rather than vigorous, handling by the young BAYKO collector.
Click here for more information on Retail Display Cabinets.
Firstly, and the most obvious difference, is that the style [left] was manufactured with the standard 1950s set box label. The second style [right] clearly does not include this label.
Secondly, there is a more subtle difference in the size of the tabs fitted to the Large internal Trays, as described above. The label-less version has broad, cloth tabs to lift out the Tray, whereas the labelled version has much thinner [less robust] cloth tabs.
If you forced me to choose, I would suggest that the label-free, chunky cloth tab version was the later of the two, cost saving and weakness elimination, respectively, being the most likely driving factors.
The purpose of the BAYKO Storage Box is self-explanatory, but, of course, individual BAYKO collections are different. As the letter [left] says, none of the sections are labelled [unlike the Retail Display Cabinets] leaving the young modeller free to plan his or her own storage strategy!
BAYKO Storage Boxes can easily absorb a set #4 and more, making it aspirational rather that essential, though you can't really aspire to something you don't know about can you?
I've been collecting BAYKO, on and off, for over sixty years, and, until relatively recently, I'd never heard of these Storage Boxes. Of course I've come across lots of wooden 'Dad boxes', parental carpentry projects for housing those treasured collections, and it's easy to conclude that most of these wouldn't have existed if the availability of 'official' BAYKO Storage Boxes had been more widely known!
…a zero charge may help explain the marketeers acceptance of the 'debranding' of the label-free version.
A real point of frustration is that the letter is undated, so we don't know exactly when it, and the Storage Box, were in use. We can pin the date down a little as the address is given as Gibraltar Row, where Plimpton lived between 1938 and 1955, though the Storage Box colour scheme is very much post-war. I can't see this sort of item existing in the post-war austerity years, so I suspect 1950 to 1955 to be the most likely dates.
Thanks to Robin Throp for first bringing this to my attention and to Stan Curran who provided many of the images here.
MEMO RE USE OF STORAGE BOX.
As this container is intended for use with varying collections of Bayko, we have not included a specific layout of parts.
For completeness, it has also been suggested, though with no concrete evidence, that these BAYKO Storage Boxes could have doubled as Salesmen's Sample Boxes. The [later?] label-free version, with no BAYKO branding, perhaps gives the lie to this.


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Piero De Benedetto Dei Franceschi  (Sansepolcro, Toscana, 1416-1492) va ser un pintor del Quattrocento italià, conegut pel seu àlies Piero della Francesca. També fou geòmetra i matemàtic. És un dels principals i fonamentals personatges del Renaixement, tot i que mai va treballar pels Mèdici i, a més, només passà un any a Florència.

Biografia
Piero della Francesca és un personatge itinerant: és una figura que trobarem a Ferrara entre el 1447 i el 1448 treballant amb Lionello d'Este, a Rímini treballant per a Sigismundo Malatesta a l'entorn del 1450, a Roma per ordre del papa Pius II entre 1458 i 1459 i a Urbino treballant per a Frederic III de Montefeltro en diverses ocasions. La seva actitud itinerant se sol comparar amb la de Leon Battista Alberti.

L'autor neix a Borgo del Santo Sepolcro (nord de Florència, a la zona de la Umbria) l'any 1416. Aquest és un territori que en la 1a meitat del  va canviar en diverses ocasions de sobirania: en un principi estava en mans de Rímini, després va ser de la república florentina i després passà a la possessió del papat. Això és degut al fet que era un territori fronterer.

L'autor prové d'una família de mercaders, i degut a això sabia aritmètica, càlcul, àlgebra, geometria i comptar amb l'àbac. Després de la formació que tingué per portar el negoci familiar, es formà amb un mestre local que s'anomenava Antonio di Anghiari, per ser pintor. En un inici, del 1432 al 1436, va treballar com a col·laborador amb el seu mestre.

L'any 1438-39 treballa a Florència, quan tot just Masaccio havia mort. En aquells moments, hi havia molts estils: encara era vigent el linealisme i el lirisme de Fra Angelico, Panozzo Gonzolo o Filippo Lippi, i per altra banda hi havia el realisme geomètric de Paolo Uccello. En la vida de Piero, és difícil lligar la seva vida com a pintor amb la seva vida com a teòric. Segons Vasari, Piero, en els seus últims 30 anys, es va quedar cec, i per això va abandonar la pintura en aquell període, per dedicar-se exclusivament a l'escriptura de tractats, mitjançant la tècnica del dictat.

Piero va escriure tres textos molt importants (dels més científics del s.  i que seran la font bàsica per a Da Vinci): l'un sobre el càlcul amb l'àbac, un altre sobre perspectiva pictòrica, titulat De perspectiva pingendi, i encara un altre sobre geometria.

Estil
La seva obra es caracteritza per una dignitat clàssica, similar a la de Masaccio. El tractament de les figures és molt volumètric i es percep un estudi anatòmic, i una certa monumentalitat. Destaca la inexpressivitat i fredor dels personatges, amb figures que semblen estar molt estàtiques, com congelades i suspeses en els seus propis moviments. Es percep també la voluntat de construcció d'un espai racional i coherent. Piero es va interessar molt pels problemes del clarobscur i la perspectiva, com el seu contemporani Melozzo da Forli.

La llum en els seus quadres és molt diàfana, amb un tractament uniforme, sense intensitats ni gradació lluminosa (lleugerament arcaica, similar a la de Fra Angelico). Els seus assajos en aquest sentit arriben a donar la sensació que les figures estan modelades en material dotat de llum pròpia, íntima, radiant. Els frescos com la Llegenda de la Vera Creu, a l'absis de l'església de San Francesc, Arezzo, són una obra d'art en lluminositat.

La perspectiva lineal era la seva característica principal a l'hora de pintar, cosa que es pot apreciar en tots els seus quadres, que es distingeixen bàsicament pels seus colorits lluminosos i un suau però ferm traç en les figures.

Té un estil pictòric molt particular i, per tant, és fàcil d'identificar. Fa servir una llum molt diürna i uns colors molt brillants, que li provenen del seu contacte amb Domenico de Venezziano. En la seva obra, sempre està present el pes de la geometria, que implica, per una banda utilitzar la perspectiva lineal i reduir les figures a l'essència.

Les figures de Piero della Francesca són molt estàtiques, poc nervioses, cosa que va al revés que en la resta de pintures renaixentistes de Florència, que a mesura que avancem en el temps cada cop són més dinàmiques. També veiem que les seves figures són poc expressives i monolítiques.

Longhi, quan parla de Piero, diu que les seves figures són columnes. Piero conviu amb la renovació del Renaixement i amb l'evolució de la pintura flamenca (realisme fragmentari). Piero della Francesca no viatja a Flandes, però el viu i el té proper, i per tant, l'influencia: fa una espècie de simbiosi entre el Renaixement italià i la pintura flamenca.

Obra

Les primeres obres conservades són El Baptisme de Crist (~1440-45, National Gallery, Londres) i el Políptic de la Misericòdia (1445-62, Pinacoteca Communale, Sansepolcro), on és palès el protagonisme de la figura humana en paritat amb la natura, segons la línia marcada per Masaccio. Vers el 1450 hom situa un primer viatge a Urbino ( La Flagel·lació de Crist —Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino—, Sant Jeroni i un donant —Galleria dell'Accademia, Venècia—); una estada a Ferrara, on entrà en contacte amb R.van der Weyden i influí en l'escola local, i un altre viatge, a Rímini, el 1451, on pintà el fresc de Sigimondo Malatesta i san Sigimondo al Temple Malatestià. Entre el 1452 i el 1459 treballà amb intermitències al cor de l'església de San Francesco a Arezzo, en els frescs de la Llegenda de la Creu, obra cabdal del Quattrocento; l'escena del Somni de Constantí , en particular, constitueix un dels primers nocturns de la història de la pintura. Hom situa la seva activitat a Roma entre el 1459 i el 1460; desconeguda en gran part, és incontestable, però, que la humanitas del seu art monumental influí artistes com Melozzo da Forlì. Després del 1460 estigué a Sansepolcro ( La Resurrecció de Crist —1465, Pinacoteca Communale—) i a la cort d'Urbino, on féu els retrats dels ducs Frederico i Battista Sforza (~1465-66, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florència), la Nativitat (1474-78, National Gallery, Londres), la Mare de Déu de Sinigallia (~1474, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche) i la Pala Brera (~1475-80, Pinacoteca Brera, Milà), obres que constitueixen, en la relació entre figura i ambient arquitectònic, el fonament històric del classicisme universal de la centúria subsegüent des de Bramante a Rafael, segons paraules de G.C. Argan.

Obres rellevants
 El baptisme de Crist, 1450, National Gallery de Londres.
 La flagel·lació de Crist.
 Llegenda de la Creu. Església de sant Francesc, Arezzo.

Referències

Enllaços externs

 Piero de la Francesca. Biografia de Giorgio Vasari, edició de 1550 .
 Piero della Francesca  .
 Piero della Francesca en Artcyclopedia .

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Introduced in 1992, the Rolex Yacht-Master is a sports watch, which falls into the 'Professional' series and which has added to the manufacturer's long-standing association with yachting and sea adventure. Despite its relative youth, it has emerged as one of the most important and popular Rolex collections.
Originally made available in 18k yellow gold alone, the Yacht-Master line has since seen the addition of new materials, as well as mid-size and women's models. Here, we take a more detailed look at the evolution of the Rolex Yacht-Master and the most significant changes and upgrades throughout its history.
The First Rolex Yacht-Master Timepiece
The first ever Yacht-Master model was the Reference 16628, which was released in yellow gold alone, with a 40mm case diameter and a white dial. This particular model was powered by the in-house calibre 3135 movement, which had previously been associated with watches like the Submariner and Sea-Dweller.
Approximately two years later, in 1994, Rolex introduced two new Yacht-Master models. The first of these, Reference 68628, was a mid-size option with a 35mm case diameter, while the second, Reference 69628, was a 29mm model, which was primarily aimed at women. Both of these models were powered by the calibre 2135 movement.
The collection received an update in 1996, as both the mid-size and ladies' models became available in a two-tone combination of yellow gold and stainless steel, known as 'Rolesor' Then, in 1999, a new version of the Yacht-Master was unveiled in Basel, and this featured a two-tone combination of steel and platinum, dubbed 'Rolesium'.
Yacht Master Innovations
One of the biggest expansions of the Rolex Yacht-Master collection came after the turn of the millennium, in the year 2005. It was in this year that the full-size model first became available in the two-tone Rolesor combination of yellow gold and stainless steel, with that particular model going by the name Reference 16623.
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Lisbon MEO Arena – 29th November 2014
Posted on 29th November 2014 Posted in Live Performance
Lose Control / Oh My Heart / Walk Like You / Frozen Britain / Seven / Curse Curse / Laid / What's The World / I Wanna Go Home / All Good Boys / Quicken The Dead / Just Like Fred Astaire / Jam J / Dream Thrum / PS / All I'm Saying / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Moving On / Gone Baby Gone / Sound / Born Of Frustration / Interrogation / Sometimes
(Even The Stars)
James concluded their touring for the year with a twenty-three song set in the cavernous surroundings of the MEO Arena in Lisbon. Urged on by a fanatical Portuguese crowd they made the hall feel intimate as they ran through eight tracks from their recent La Petite Mort album as well as classic singles and rarities from their back catalogue.
The La Petite Mort tour came to a conclusion in Lisbon, scene of James' unforgettable performance at Rock In Rio a couple of years ago and this was their first visit since then. The 20,000 MEO Arena was an ambitious choice of venue, but they still pulled in a crowd in excess of what they get in most British cities, testament to their undying appeal here.
They start with Tim walking through the crowd with Andy singing Lose Control. Immediately you feel the enthusiasm and vigour of the Portuguese audience, the noise almost drowning out the music as they cheer and clap along. It's a theme of the evening, as it was in Guimaraes the previous night, none of the incessant chatter from the wings that you get in Britain. The Portuguese don't get bands coming here as if on a conveyor belt and they make sure they enjoy every minute of it when they do.
Oh My Heart is the first of two tracks from 2008's reunion album Hey Ma, which has generally been ignored throughout this tour, and it's an unusual choice for the first full band song of the evening as opposed to a more obvious crowd pleaser, but its soaring chorus where Tim Booth implores his heart to "come break me in two" is sung back by 10,000 voices with arms and camera phones raised in salute of one of Portugal's more unlikely musical heroes.
The band are on good form tonight. Tim thanks the crowd with the only Portuguese word he claims to know before Saul Davies, once a resident of Porto, speaks to the crowd. Tim jokes that Saul's probably talking dirty in Portuguese. It's reassuring to note how well they are interacting up on stage this year as it's that which drives their creativity and their instinctive ability to jam new ideas into songs and get themselves out of trouble when things start to go wrong technically.
Walk Like You and Frozen Britain are two of the high points of a series of peaks on this year's La Petite Mort album. As the gig is being filmed we're treated to eight of the ten songs from the record. The former clocks in at over eight minutes and feels like three songs rolled into once as it muses on the parent / child relationship whilst musically it's a song that opens up so many possibilities and never quite sounds the same every night. Frozen Britain was the first focus track (single) from the album and has been (in my view wrongly) somewhat overshadowed by the big guns of Moving On and Curse Curse, but live that guitar hook is an invitation to dance and throw off the shackles. It's a joyful exclamation of finding love after a series of let downs, there's sexual overtones mixed in there as there are in many of the lyrics which the crowd around us sing back to him word for word.
Seven is the first of the songs from the album of the same name that broke them here and it turns the already feverish atmosphere up a notch further. Probably exhausted from all his exertions over the past three weeks, and he tells us later he's getting by on sticky tape and ibuprofen, Tim goes down on to the barrier to sing and crouches down as the song reaches its "love can mean anything" conclusion. Tonight love means James, the adulation the band have here is unlike anything I've seen with them anywhere else.
Curse Curse and Laid are like a match made in heaven together in the set, their central themes, their joie-de-vivre making them blood relatives and they both induce the whole hall to bounce along to their rampant hedonism and slightly cheeky slightly disconcerting lyrics about sex and desire. Tim takes to the crowd, surfing over a sea of arms, many ignoring his request to put the camera phones down and live for the present and not save it for later. It takes a brave man in his fifties (he calls himself an "antique") to put himself in that vulnerable position, but you see the joy on his face and the people he goes out and connects with and James make ultimate perfect sense in those moments, a group of outsiders coming together and celebrating that very fact.
They go right back to their early days for first single What's The World, which sounds as fresh and vibrant thirty one years after its release as it did back then. It's been adapted for the times, no more so than in Dave Baynton-Power's opening drum salvo, and toughened up to allow it to fight with the better-known big hitters around it. The Portuguese crowd probably don't know it, but they don't care, they're here to party and dance and they love it. Next up is I Wanna Go Home, not played in the UK, but tonight it's a real show-stopper despite Tim's claims to not remember the lyrics, building, brooding, hovering over the red-hot atmosphere until the key change where everything comes crashing in, guitars, violins, bass, keys and drums in a crescendo of noise that departs as suddenly as it arrives leaving Tim's voice on its own for the conclusion "I am dying".
All Good Boys has been the revelation of the tour, a discarded b-side the band admit to have forgotten about until recently (and guitarist Larry Gott, who wasn't in the band when it was released, never having even heard it until tour rehearsals), but which fills rooms like this perfectly. The group vocals approach to the refrain is something James don't do very often and Saul gets to sing a whole verse as a contrast to Tim. It's powerful and testament to the quality and depth of their back catalogue that they can pull a gem like this out of the hat.
Quicken The Dead hasn't seen much time on this tour, but it's clearly one of Tim's favourites and he explains that it's a summation of the themes of La Petite Mort, that it's important to live with death at your shoulder and to kiss those that you love. It's a curious almost-waltz in parts, not what you'd expect from a James song, but it fits ideally into the set tonight.
Just Like Fred Astaire is one of James' most popular and most requested songs and one that they've shied away from playing regularly until this tour. It's a song that connects with their audience in a different way to most James songs – it's not fighting self-doubt, relationship issues, death, it's a pure unadultered declaration and love and not surprising that so many James fans have got married to this song. Lisbon is united in one big expression of its own love.
Tim jokes that the next song is one that no one gets married to unless they're dark. The front rows gesticulate wildly to Tim that the second microphone he uses to sing this song (the same one that's failed a couple of times on Greenpeace) isn't working so we're treated a wild instrumental section of Jam J, complete with a show-stopping light extravaganza. Tim tells us it's not how you fuck up that matters, it's how you handle it, before they kick it up again and Tim grabs the megaphone and goes with that and rescues the song and without the distortion it feels different to the other nights on the tour, an accident resulting in something unique. It's not the type of thing you'd associate with James, but hidden away on Wah Wah there's a few pieces of this industrialist jam-fuelled material that will shock and delight you if you've never investigated it (see also Honest Joe).
They take the mood back down for two tracks from Laid, James' most popular album here. Dream Thrum showcases a different side to James, the almost heraldic nature of the lyrics being suppressed by understated guitar that makes it feel like a beautiful musical interlude in the midst of what's going on around it. We're further soothed by PS, the dark spite of the lyrics being enveloped by James' mastery at these lower volumes, evidenced by both Jim Glennie's spine-tingling bass and then when Saul takes centre stage with his violin. This is the James that makes people fall in love with them, the flip side to the big hits, the songs with a different gamut of musical excellence, improvisational genius and the desire to take risks and play these type of songs whilst other bands churn out album tracks that are mere imposters and weaker siblings of their singles. The Portuguese crowd respect this in a way that would shame some of the louder UK crowds this year. This continues for recent single All I'm Saying, a eulogy to his close friend Gabrielle Roth. As they play it, a guy stood near us closes his eyes, looks up and sings every word with his eyes closed.
Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) sees Tim back out in the crowd surfing, the song being another favourite in Portugal. Whilst it's James theme tune, it translate to mean something to everyone in the hall, it's a big two fingers to convention and fitting in and very apt for the traditional Portuguese approach to life where they're proud to be different and proud of their culture and history. It's why this band are so loved by the people here. They then kick into Moving On, Tim dedicating it to anyone who's lost anyone, but something goes awry at the start of it so Saul leads the audience in a chant of the punchline of the previous song. Moving On feels like as much like a song of union and communion as Sit Down does – it's a collective arm round everyone else's shoulder and that's why James are so special to so many people.
Tim handpicks people out of the audience as the rumbling bass intro of Gone Baby Gone echoes around the room, giving them strict instructions that they're there to dance. He bravely suggests people should make a run to get on stage, and fortunately no one takes him up on it otherwise the stage might not have held the weight of people. The song itself has been one of the unexpected revelations of the tour. It's been cut loose, given a new life of its own, it's a bit ragged around the edges compared to the studio version, it gets extended out to allow Tim to dance with each of those pulled up on stage (as well as Larry joining in and spinning one of the dancers round) making it unpredictable, Tim plays with the lyrics, but it's got everything that's core to what makes James special.
After the night before's events in Guimaraes when they invited thirty local Nicolinos drummers on stage for Sound, it's a hard act to follow, but what they do is to simply follow their own commands in the song, taking up the invitation to leave themselves behind, do something out of character and show us something they've never done before. It's another song that's benefited from a rest because they're now still playing around with it, keeping its freshness and vibrancy and never resting on their laurels. It's accompanied by a light show that's every bit as wild and improvised in parts as the music.
Born Of Frustration and Interrogation open the encore proceedings. The former is another song with particular resonance here, the song that started to open doors for them in 1992 when they first came to Lisbon, the latter evidence that with La Petite Mort that they haven't lost the ability to create songs that transcend the usual verse / chorus routine of so many bands' complete works. Live, the dramatic twists and turns of the song are multiplied as it builds to the judgement section and then is taken away from us as it soars to its instrumental conclusion.
Sometimes is really the only fitting end to the gig and the tour. It's the song here that is most identified with them, the one that gets local pulses raising the most. As it drops down the crowd take over, Tim goes surfing again, putting not just himself but the song in the hands of the audience, but it's a safe pair. The seated area are all on their feet, the band exchange elated glances as they take control back from the crowd and improvise the song to its conclusion. There's nothing you can do to follow this, not even one of the many big hitters that are conspicuous by their absence tonight (Sit Down, Ring The Bells, Tomorrow, Come Home, Say Something, Waltzing Along et al). It feels like it's never going to end until people lose their voices.
Whilst the tour has had celebratory moments like this throughout and seen some unusual revelations (All Good Boys, Go To The Bank, Greenpeace), it's fitting that the songs from La Petite Mort have nested themselves in the setlist and steadfastly refused to budge and be muscled aside. The crowd reactions throughout, both in the UK and Portugal, showed that it's cemented its place as a favourite already and they still have that same ability to connect and touch with their audience as they had when people first heard them.
« Multiusos de Guimaraes – 28th November 2014


Took Tuesday off work to visit the London Book Fair. Had no idea what to expect but was looking forward to lots of books. I remembered that the last time I had been to Earl's Court was as a teenager to see Pink Floyd perform The Wall.
The train from the south coast was scheduled to take 50 minutes, so I planned my journey to allow plenty of time to explore before lunch. But, somewhere between stations in Surrey, the train stopped. An unspecified delay was announced due to an unspecified incident ahead at Purley. I sat there gazing through my limited window space at a red jeep parked on a bend on a suburban road. Nothing moved. Then a car drove around the jeep and the bend. Then it was still again. We stayed there for half an hour. To muted cheers, the train trundled on a few hundred yards and then, to muted misery, stopped again. I had a different view. Trees, bushes, a fence, some abandoned railway equipment. After another ten minutes or so it trundled another few hundred yards and gave me a newly different view. This happened several times. I wondered if we would ever get to London. The hope was that once the train reached Purley, there would be a clear run to Victoria. This hope was realised. As the train rolled through Purley station, I saw on the platform men in reflective clothing zipping up a long white bag.
We reached London after two hours and 10 minutes. The Fair was awful.
Steve - just out of interest, what were you expecting?
As I said on the second line, I didn't know what to expect. But I remember seeing a snap of Mark Sarvas' luggage when he visited BEA in NYC and assumed there'd be book promotion going on rather than people sitting around having meetings.


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Our older son is absolutely enamored with all things LEGO, as are most boys his age. We are working on updating some of the decor in his room, and I thought I would try my hand at making him a DIY LEGO Minifigure lamp with a LEGO Brick Lampshade.
Simple Lego Race Game Sensory Search, Find, and Build! This Lego race game is so easy to set up. Perfect for a couple kids or as an independent play activity.
This how-to video shows the process of creating a massive Lego minifig costume out of cardboard. DIY Lego minifigure costumes aren't new. There have been quite a few videos and tutorials over the years.


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Daily Deadline: Multiple Choice Mitt on Taxes
[with contributions from Matt O'Brien and Darius Tahir]
Health care reform wasn't the only issue Mitt Romney dodged last night. As Greg Sargent and Sam Stein point out today, Romney also refused to take a clear position on whether to extend a payroll tax break set to expire at year's end. Here's what Romney said when moderator John Harwood first posed the question:
I don't want to raise taxes on people in the middle of a recession. Of course not. That's one of the reasons why we fought so hard to make sure the Bush tax cuts were not taken away by President Obama...We cannot continue to pass on massive debts to the next generation.
Harwood, who asked tough, but substantive, questions all night, pressed Romney to address the issue directly: Did he favor extending the payroll tax cut or not? Again, Romney refused to answer, saying only that he didn't want to raise taxes.
I want to keep our taxes down. I don't want to raise any taxes anywhere. I'm not looking to raise taxes. What I'm looking to do is to cut spending.
This is not the first time Romney got this question in a debate. Nor is the first time he refused to take a clear position. It also happened in October, during a debate in New Hampshire, when Romney said he opposed "band-aids" but wouldn't indicate, clearly, whether that included the payroll tax extension.
He sounded a bit more dismissive that time than he did on Tuesday night, although, in both instances, he was so evasive that it's impossible to pin down what he thought when.
For what it's worth, I'm willing to believe that Romney sincerely prefers across-the-board, permanent tax cuts to temporary one like the payroll tax break. Of course, I also think that's lousy economic policy, insofar as it adds long-term pressure to the budget when what we need is short-term relief.
The shame of my state. Have you heard about the anti-bullying law that the Michigan state Senate just passed? It includes an exception for statements by teachers, staff, and school officials that reflect "a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction." The exception's chief supporter is a conservative activist that has criticized bullying legislation because it is "a trojan horse for the homosexual agenda." Oh, did I mention that the inspiration for the law was the suicide of a gay teenager who'd suffered relentless harassment in high school? I hope to say more on this later. For now, I'd recommend the analysis by Time's Amy Sullivan, who is both an expert on religion and politics as well as a native Michigander.
What conservatives used to think about the law. Writing for Slate, Simon Lazarus has a really smart analysis of Judge Silberman's majority opinion in Tuesday's decision upholding the Affordable Care Act.
Inside Rick Perry's brain: James Fallows has argued for a while that running for president is a lot harder than it seems and that, as a result, campaign experience is more important than even many seasoned political observers seem to realize. He points to Perry's "oops" moment last night as a case in point. I think he's absolutely right.
The Daley Show: Speaking of Sam Stein, he has the best account I've seen of why why Bill Daley is handing over day-to-day operation of the White House to Pete Rouse.
Borderline trouble: Steve Coll of New Yorker ponders the future of the Mexican drug war and the risk of a "Putinization" of Mexico. Meanwhile, James Poulos in Foreign Policy contemplates the possibility that the U.S. might intervene more forcefully in Mexico.
It's always good to share: An article by Derek Thompson in The Atlantic profiles Steve Case, former AOL CEO and current venture capitalist, who's pushing the idea that the next big wave in internet entrepreneurialism is enabling a sharing economy. (If you don't know what "sharing economy" means, read the article to find out.)
Line of the Day: From Jonathan Chait: "Rick Perry is going to be remembered as the man too stupid to win this Republican nomination. That is a remarkable feat."
Video of the day: So who's really foolin' who in the Republican primaries? I have no idea. Maybe Def Leppard does.
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How to be a human being in the comments: A refresher
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YouTube challenged TV in the second presidential debate (updated)
Google's video service had almost twice as many views.
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Reuters/Shannon Stapleton
Did you choose to watch coverage of the second US presidential debate on your computer or phone instead of your TV? You're not alone... in fact, you might have plenty of good company. YouTube reports that round two of Clinton versus Trump racked up 124 million worldwide views across live streams and on-demand videos, compared to 'just' 63 million TV viewers. That's a roughly 40 percent jump over what YouTube saw in the last debate, although it's notable that there were fewer concurrent viewers -- the town hall debate saw a peak of 1.5 million versus 2 million the last time.
YouTube hasn't explained what prompted the surge, although it's easy to point to a few factors. For a start, the incendiary nature of the debate helped -- people around the planet wanted to catch more of those outrageous statements, especially knowing what happened in the first debate. The 9PM Eastern timing also likely drove some viewers to YouTube recaps instead of watching live TV. The rise of cord-cutting may have played a part as well, although that would be difficult to quantify.
It's important to add that this is only YouTube's data, for that matter. Twitter says that the second debate saw over 17 million tweets, the most it had ever seen for a debate -- and you know that some of those users watched the showdown on Twitter itself or other internet services, such as Facebook and news websites. TV is still a force to be reckoned with in debate coverage, and might still have an overall edge in contiguous viewing (the average YouTube viewer tuned in for nearly 25 minutes, or less than a third of the debate). Still, it's doubtful that there's any going back.
Update: We should add (thanks to reader Hussain) that internet and TV views are typically counted differently, so this isn't quite a perfect one-for-one comparison on top of factors like viewing time and on-demand programming. YouTube counts a view if you've been watching for as little as 30 seconds, while Nielsen is focused on the average viewership strung out across the length of a program. One person can register multiple views, as well. Not that TV ratings are flawless (they don't count public viewing, and sometimes rely on imperfect voluntary data), but there's a distinct chance that TV viewers were more engaged than their YouTube counterparts. The numbers are still very significant, mind you -- it shows that internet viewing is now a major component of election coverage.
Via: Wired
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Coverage: Associated Press, Digiday
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Thalictrum minus é uma espécie de planta com flor pertencente à família Ranunculaceae.

A autoridade científica da espécie é L., tendo sido publicada em Species Plantarum 1: 546. 1753.

Portugal

Trata-se de uma espécie presente no território português, nomeadamente os seguintes táxones infraespecíficos:

 Thalictrum minus subsp. matritense - presente em Portugal Continental. Em termos de naturalidade é endémica da Península Ibérica. Não se encontra protegida por legislação portuguesa ou da Comunidade Europeia.
 Thalictrum minus subsp. minus - presente em Portugal Continental. Em termos de naturalidade é nativa da região atrás referida. Não se encontra protegida por legislação portuguesa ou da Comunidade Europeia.

Bibliografia
 Checklist da Flora do Arquipélago da Madeira (Madeira, Porto Santo, Desertas e Selvagens) - Grupo de Botânica da Madeira
 Thalictrum minus - Portal da Biodiversidade dos Açores
 Thalictrum minus - The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (consultado em 29 de setembro de 2014).
 Thalictrum minus - International Plant Names Index
 Castroviejo, S. (coord. gen.). 1986-2012. Flora iberica 1-8, 10-15, 17-18, 21. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.

 Ligações externas

 Thalictrum minus - Flora Digital de Portugal. jb.utad.pt/flora.
 Thalictrum minus - Flora-on
 Thalictrum minus - The Euro+Med PlantBase
 Thalictrum minus - Flora Vascular
 Thalictrum minus - Biodiversity Heritage Library - Bibliografia
 Thalictrum minus - JSTOR Global Plants
 Thalictrum minus - Flora Europaea Thalictrum minus - NCBI Taxonomy Database
 Thalictrum minus - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
 Thalictrum minus'' - Encyclopedia of Life

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Entrepreneurs from schools across Shropshire will be heading to Telford Shopping Centre on Saturday 8th February 2014 to display their innovations as part of the 2014 Young Enterprise Exhibition.
The event is part of an international competition, organised by education and business charity, Young Enterprise. It encourages teenagers from schools and colleges to gain first-hand experience in the business world by creating a business from scratch and making it profitable.
This year marks the 51st year the event is taking place and it is the biggest year to date for the Shropshire region with 48 businesses being created by school groups – proving there are a lot of talented youngsters in the West Midlands.
Chris Jones, Centre Director for Telford Shopping Centre, said: "Young Enterprise is a remarkable organisation. We all know how challenging it can be for young people to find a job in the current economic climate but projects like this stimulate youthful creativity and promote fresh new talent. Active participation should contribute greatly to their CVs and their future employment applications.
Young Enterprise is an education and business charity that runs a suite of programmes designed to initiate young people into the world of business. Programmes cover the age range from 5 to 25+ and give people an insight into all aspects of enterprise while they are still at school or college.
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My Car Has Been Written Off – What Happens Next?
My car has been written off – what next?
If you've been involved in an accident or some other event that has resulted in your car being written off, you may be wondering where to go from here. And what happens if you've taken out finance to help pay for your car? How will a write off affect your finance plan and what are the next steps?
Thankfully, there are several options for your damaged car that could even see you making some money. Read on to find out more about write offs and how you can turn one into a positive, even when you've got car finance.
A write off is the term most commonly used when a car has received enough damage in an accident to make repairing it more expensive than the value of the car. This can include any kind of damage, internal or external, and even minor damage, since it only has to be more expensive than the car itself in order for it to be written off.
When a vehicle is written off, it falls under one of four categories. These categories can affect what happens to a car once it's been written off, so it's important to understand what they mean. The categories below are slightly different to what you might be familiar with due to the fact that the categorisation changed in October 2017.
Category A is the first of the categories, also referred to as the scrap category. A vehicle that falls into this category is too damaged to repair and the parts of the car are, for all intents and purpose, useless and unable to be sold second-hand.
Category B is the next category for a written off car – it can also be referred to as the break category. Like Category A, the car is too damaged – specifically in terms of major structural damage that means the car isn't safe for the road – to be repaired. However, the difference between the two is that, with an expert hand, some of the parts in a Category B write off vehicle could be removed and sold or reused.
Category S write offs stand for Structurally Damaged Repairable, which means that cars in this denomination are able to be repaired, due to there only being damage on the chassis and not anything more major.
Category N is the final category of write offs, standing for Non-Structurally Damaged Repairable. These vehicles also need to be repaired, just like those in Category S, but in this instance, the damage is only superficial and the car does not need to be re-registered once it is repaired.
Can a write off affect your car finance?
When a car is determined a write off, you will most likely receive a settlement price from your insurance company, depending on how your car was damaged. This price is how much they are prepared to pay you for the car.
If the amount they offer you is the same amount as you borrowed on finance to pay for the car, then you can simply pay off your finance plan with the money you receive. However, sometimes the amount offered isn't quite enough to cover the finance borrowed, putting you in a shortfall situation.
For example, say you bought a car for £4,000 on finance and have already paid back £1,000 of that finance plan. When your car is written off, the insurance company offers you £2,000 as payment for the car, meaning that you still need to find £1,000 to pay your finance company after giving them the £2,000.
Additionally, until the car is officially written off, you will need to continue to make your monthly finance payments on the payment plan. If you don't continue to make these payments, as per your contract, you could seriously damage your credit score, meaning that you may find it more of a struggle to get finance in the future.
What is the future for your finance plan?
The future beyond your write off depends entirely on the finance company you're using and their approach to the situation. Some companies may be happy for you to use the money from the insurance company to buy a new car and continue the monthly payback payments as before.
Other companies may allow you to buy back your car from them, even if it has been written off, so that you can undertake the repairs yourself. However, this can only be done if the car is either Category S or Category N. If your car has been considered a complete write off – either Category A or B – then this option will not be available.
It is key to note that a finance company will want to continue the finance plan with you, so will most likely try to do what they can to help you. Make sure to approach them with suggestions for solutions and they may take you up on them.
You should also check whether you have GAP insurance. This is often offered as an add on to a finance plan and stands for Guaranteed Asset Protection. It's designed to cover the shortfall between the amount your insurance company pays you and how much you have left to pay on your finance plan, so you're not left out of pocket.
What should you do with your car once it's written off?
After a write off, there are a number of different options available for your damaged vehicle depending on its write off category.
Category N and Category S cars can be repaired and resold to new drivers, as long as they are re-registered with the DVLA if necessary. Find out more about how to sell your Cat N or Cat S car.
If your car has been categorised as either A or B, you will not be able to repair or resell your car. Instead, the best option would be for you to scrap your car and reclaim/sell any parts that can be salvaged.
At Scrap Car Comparison, we can help you find the best-selling solution for your damaged car, no matter where in the UK you're located. Simply click here to enter your Registration Number and find out how much you could earn from your damaged or written off car.


When you're a kid, you spend most of your time wishing you could grow the heck up and enjoy some of those sweet, sweet grownup privileges. But once you do finally reach adulthood, it's actually super disappointing. You barely ever get to eat ice cream for dinner or play giant pianos by jumping on them.
We asked our adult readers to tell us the absolute worst parts of growing up. The winner is below, but first, the runners-up.
It's really easy to get excited about household products, especially if you live in a small apartment and think you don't have room for much -- have you considered a miniature dishwasher?
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Influenced by sophisticated glamour, the Bianca Club Chair in Coal elicits a luxurious vibe that makes it a must-have. In total the low profile and deep seating club chair create a piece that's approachable and luxurious. Use alongside its respective counterparts or in a group of multiples that can be arranged around a coffee table.
The striking and dramatic woven fabric is soft and expresses a dramatic aspect within a space. The frame is made of powder-coated aluminum giving it that strong presence yet has a weight that is easy to move around. The Bianca Club Chair has the feeling of a nostalgic indulgence, borrowing inspiration from the past to create something modern and new. Visit our showroom in Parnell to experience this amazing chair!


Learn how to make some pretty origami earrings using origami pinwheel squares! They are easy and quick to make! Great as birthday gifts, or sell them!
These origami earrings are pretty easy to make. You can make origami earrings from a lot of different origami models, just make small versions and attach to some earrings..!  But I thought a video of the process might be helpful to some.
This method doesn't work for all origami models without glue, but in this case, no glue is required – but to make them sturdier or to varnish them, it's useful to have.
The paper I used for these little origami earrings is similar to this one on Amazon, it's rice paper, it's delicate but stiff and folds well. It would look great varnished, but also looks lovely without as it has a pretty texture.
Maybe I should sell these? I'd just need to get higher quality silver plated findings, these would probably tarnish quite quickly.
Paper used in the video is this one from Tuttle.
Final size of square: about 1 x 1 inch.
Me gustó , algo diferente . Fácil para que lo realicen las niñas. Felicitaciones.
Brilliant tip with the little hanger, thanks! P.S. Your nails always look so pretty!


Utile, along with transportation consultant Nelson\Nygaard, recently kicked off a new transit-oriented development planning study for the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. The study aims to guide the City in planning for an anticipated future development of approximately 1,500 new housing units, and will make recommendations for the redesign of streets for better connectivity, ways to best promote walking and cycling, and redevelopment options for underutilized properties. A well-attended working session in mid-July encouraged community and steering committee members to pitch ideas for area improvements and upgrades. Aliyya Swaby of the New Haven Independent covered the first community meeting in her article, Neighbors Envision Wooster Square 2.0. Swaby noted the wide-range of suggestions from attendees, including a cobblestone-lined pedestrian walkway, and diversifying commercial businesses in the neighborhood's predominantly-Italian Wooster Street.
Wooster Square was transformed by Ed Logue, development administrator of New Haven from 1954 to 1960. He served the same role at the Boston Redevelopment Authority from 1961 until 1967. Logue's work in both cities combined selective demolition with the insertion of new housing and civic buildings. Notable mid-century works of architecture in Wooster Square include the New Haven Fire Headquarters (Earl Carlin, 1961-62) and the Conte School (Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, 1962). The Utile team will explore strategies that encourage the better integration of these and other mid-century modern buildings into the fabric of the neighborhood.


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Q: Deserializing XML to an Auto-Generated Proxy Class I'm trying to deserialize a parameter being passed into a web service call using XML Serialization.  I am targeting the type of the proxy class that is generated by Visual Studio when referencing the web service.  The deserialization appears to work except(no exceptions) yet none of the xml fields are mapped to their corresponding properties in the proxy class.  What's even stranger is that I can deserialize to the actual class hidden behind the web service that is being proxied into objects by the referencing application.  What am I missing????

A: The problem was that the proxy class defines an XML namespace via the namespace attribute generated by the proxy class generator.  Removing that namespace allows me to deserialize into that class from XML that doesn't have that namespace specified.  Problem solved.