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Civil Appeal 83 of 2014
Stephen Onyango Oloo v Nelson Makokha Kaburu & 4 others [2015] eKLR
Stephen Onyango Oloo v Nelson Makokha Kaburu,Silvester Opiyo,Charles Owino,Timothy Onyango & Gilbert Okello
Court of Appeal at Busia
David Kenani Maraga, Daniel Kiio Musinga, Agnes Kalekye Murgor
Case History:
(Appeal from the judgment and decree of the High Court of Kenya at Busia (Kibunja, J.) dated 24th September, 2014 in E.L.C. NO. 150 of 2013 (formally HCCC No. 23 of 2006))
History Docket No:
Environment and Land Case 150 of 2013
History Judges:
Stephen Murigi Kibunja
History County:
Case Outcome:
Appeal Dismissed with Costs to the Respondents.
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT BUSIA
(CORAM: MARAGA, MUSINGA, MURGOR JJ. A)
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 83 OF 2014
STEPHEN ONYANGO OLOO…………..............................……….……………. APPELLANT
NELSON MAKOKHA KABURU…………………..................................….1ST RESPONDENT
SILVESTER OPIYO………….………………………............................… 2ND RESPONDENT
CHARLES OWINO……………..…………………...........................……. 3RD RESPONDENT
TIMOTHY ONYANGO…………………………..…...............................….. 4TH RESPONDENT
GILBERT OKELLO…………….…………………….............................…. 5TH RESPONDENT
(Appeal from the judgment and decree of the High Court of Kenya at Busia (Kibunja, J.) dated 24th September, 2014
E.L.C. NO. 150 of 2013
(formally HCCC No. 23 of 2006))
This appeal concerns a boundary dispute where, the appellant, Stephen Onyango Oloo (Stephen) seeks orders for the setting aside of a decision of the High Court which found that he had interfered with the boundaries between the appellant's Land Parcel No. Samia/Bukangala 'B'/59, ("parcel 59") and the respondents' Land Parcel No. Samia/Bukangala 'B'/ 62 ("parcel "62) and Land Parcel No. Samia/Bukangala 'B'/ 63 ("parcel 63").
The origins of the dispute dates back to 1965 when parcel 59 belonging to the appellant's father, Thomas Oloo Osolo, was allegedly unlawfully invaded by his neighbours, William Kaburu and Onyango Achola. Following determination of the dispute by the Funyula African Court in Land case No. 31 0f 1965, the land was returned to Thomas Oloo, and William Kaburu was evicted from the land in question. William Kaburu appealed to the Bungoma African Appeal Court in Appeal No. 68 of 1965, but the appeal was dismissed.
In 1971, land adjudication was carried out in the area, and Thomas Oloo's parcel 59 was registered as comprising 3.8 hectares. His neighbor's parcel 62 registered in the name of Onyango Ogono comprised 1.8 hectares, while William Kaburu's parcel 63 comprised 5.3 hectares.
This remained the position until 1988 when Thomas Oloo embarked on the subdivision of parcel 59 into three portions that is, Land Parcel No. Samia/Bukangala 'B'/249 ("parcel 249"), Land Parcel No. Samia/Bukangala 'B'/250 ("parcel 250") and Land Parcel No. Samia/Bukangala 'B'/251 ("parcel 251") all of which totaled 6.43 hectares. The subdivision process was concluded on 11th December 1991 when the mutation form signed by Thomas Oloo and the Land Registrar, Busia was registered.
William Kaburu died in 1997, and his sons, Nelson Makokha Kaburu (Nelson) the 1st respondent, and Silvester Opiyo (deceased), being the beneficiaries entitled, became the absolute proprietors of parcel 63. Since their uncle Onyango Ogono died without heirs, his parcel 62 was registered in the names of the 3rd, 4th and 5th respondents absolutely, who were also William Kaburu's sons.
It was during the distribution of the estate of their late father and uncle that the respondents' realised that the acreage of parcels 62 and 63 on the ground did not conform to the acreage in the Land Register, and that the boundaries in the Land Register had been interfered with, to the extent that, the acreage in the Land Register and Survey Maps of parcels 62 and 63 were substantially reduced in size.
On account of this, the respondents filed suit against the appellant as the administrator of the estate of the late Thomas Oloo and Siprina Apiyo Oloo (deceased), the District Land Registrar, Busia, the District Land Surveyor, Busia, and Director of Surveys, Nairobi, and prayed for the eviction of the appellant, cancellation of the new map and rectification of the boundaries between parcel 59, and the respondents' parcels 62 and 63.
In his defence, the appellant merely denied the contentions as set out by the respondents in their plaint.
The District Land Registrar, Busia, the District Land Surveyor, Busia, and Director of Surveys, Nairobi, who were the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants, stated that, at the core of the case was the implementation of the decisions of the Funyula and Bungoma courts, a matter which was long overdue; that the Survey Map showed that portions of parcels 62 and 63 had encroached into parcel 59 and that this required to be rectified; that the consent of the respondents in the rectification process was unnecessary as the Funyula and Bungoma courts had already determined the issue; and that the correction on the Survey Map was a mere formality, as the status on the ground did not change.
When he testified, Nelson stated that, parcel 59 initially comprised 3.8 hectares. Following registration of the mutation form on 11th September 1991, it was subdivided into parcel 251 comprising 2.55 hectares, parcel 250 comprising 2.55 hectares and parcel 249 comprising 1.33 hectares all totaling 6.43 hectares; that the size of the three new parcels grew by an additional 2.63 hectares, hence encroaching on most of the respondents' parcel 63 and almost all of parcel 62. The encroachment was only discovered on 10th April 1997 when the respondents filed for Letters of Administration in the name of their late father, and sought to subdivide the properties amongst the beneficiaries of the estate.
According to Nelson, the original Survey Map of parcel 59 did not border parcel 63, as parcel 62 lay in between those parcels. But, the Mutation form showed that parcel 63 shared a border with parcels 249 and 250, yet parcel 59 had not at any time shared a boundary with parcel 63. Nelson testified that he later obtained copies of the Land Adjudication Register for parcel 63 dated 10th December 1969 which showed the acreage as 5.2 hectares, while the acreage of parcel 62 was stated to comprise of 1.8 hectares.
On cross examination, Nelson pointed out that the last page of the Mutation form registered on 11th December 1991 indicated that the boundaries marked in black were to be deleted, as they were not supported on the ground. He concluded by stating that it was when he discovered that the acreages of parcels 62 and 63 were significantly more in the documents in the Land Registry than on the ground that he filed the suit.
On 10th December 2013, the court visited the disputed land, where the features marking the boundaries of parcel 59 and the subdivisions of parcels 249, 250, and 251 were pointed out. The boundaries were found to be clearly visible marked with growing trees. Also pointed out were the intersections where the respondents believed that parcel 59 had encroached into parcels 62 and 63. The court also noted the houses captured on the Land surveyors report.
On his part, Stephen's case was that there had been a boundary dispute between the parties that was determined by the two land cases in 1965. His father had two wives, and the younger wife lived close to parcels 106 and 107, but the home was later relocated to the current site on parcel 250. Thomas Oloo also constructed a permanent building next to parcel 63 in 1971, to which the proprietors of parcels 63, 106 and 107 did not raise any objections. That it was in 1997 when the respondents' claimed that the appellant had encroached on their land.
Stephen asserted that parcel 59 was at all times between parcels 106 and 107 on the lower side. Parcel 59 was subdivided into parcels 249, 250 and 251 all measuring 6.43 hectares, and which belonged to his family. He went on to state that in 1988, it was realised that the title documents were not reflective of the position on the ground, and following requests made to the Survey Department, measurements were taken to effect the adjustments.
According to him, no changes were made on the ground, as what was measured was the status on the ground, and that their land was clearly marked by old trees and tree stumps going back 40 years. He further testified that in 1991, when it was realised that the changes in the register had not been effected, he notified the Survey Department which took up the matter and amended the Land Register and the Survey Maps. It was his contention that the respondents only sought to take advantage of the mistakes and errors on the Land Register, which differed from the ground position, but that the errors had since been corrected, and as a consequence, the claim by the respondents had no basis.
Stephen agreed in cross examination that the Funyula and Bungoma land cases were finalized in 1965 about 6 years before the land adjudication exercise of 1971, and that the green cards of 23rd March 1971, indicated that parcels 62 and 63 were 1.8 and 5.3 hectares respectively, while parcel 59 was indicated as 3.8 hectares, which was subsequent to land adjudication. He confirmed that no complaints were raised by his father following land adjudication. It was also conceded that before the subdivision of parcel 59, parcels 62 and 63 shared a boundary while the amendments on the sketch of the mutation form showed that parcels 62 and 63 were no longer bordering each other as parcels 249 and 250 now lay in between.
The next witness for the defence was Jared Ouma Okoth, (Jared), the land surveyor. He stated that he visited the land on 16th June 2010 and prepared a report following the orders of the court. He testified that after measuring the ground position, he compared this with the sizes indicated in the surveyor's diagram of 1988 which was attached to the mutation form registered in 1991. He thereafter sketched a summary diagram of the parcels which he annexed to his report of 1st July 2010.
His findings showed that, the shapes of parcels 62 and 63 varied from the original Survey Maps, and that the mutation form of 11th September 1997 was for parcels 249 and 251 which had been subdivided from parcel 59, and was signed by Thomas Oloo the owner of parcel 59, the surveyor and the District Land Registrar. The subdivisions were captured in the second edition Survey Map No. 6 produced in court. He said that he had checked with the first registration documents and found that they agreed with the areas he had marked, and that no boundaries were uprooted or changed during the amendment exercise.
When cross-examined he agreed that the mutation form indicated the size for parcel 59 as 3.8 hectares which acreage was cancelled in red, and replaced with 6.43 hectares. He conceded that the subdivisions carried out on parcel 59 affected the original sizes of parcels 59, 62 and 63, but stated that the Mutation form did not affect the ground sizes for parcels 62 and 63, as it confined itself to the ground position occupied by parcel 59.
Also supporting Stephen's case were witnesses, Benjamin Onyango Ezekiel and Washingtone Osaso Odakala who emphasized that the boundaries that existed between the parties had not been changed.
Upon hearing both parties, the learned trial judge concluded that there was sufficient evidence to show that the registration of parcels 249, 250 and 251 resulted in an injustice to the owner of parcels 62 and 63 through encroachment into their boundaries and reducing the acreage, and ordered that the subdivision undertaken by way of the mutation form registered on 11th December 1991 be cancelled so that the parcels 59, 62 and 63 revert back to the position that existed subsequent to 23rd March 1971 following the land adjudication exercise.
Being aggrieved by the decision of the High Court, the appellant has filed this appeal whose grounds in the main are that the learned judge erred in holding that the decision in the Funyula and Bungoma courts had been implemented, and formed part of the Land Adjudication process; that the subdivision of parcel 59 resulted in the encroachment of parcels 62 and 63; and that the order of rectification of the maps and registers under section 148 (1) and (2) of the Registered Land Act by the court was erroneous despite there having been no complaint by the parties in respect of the existing boundaries on the ground.
Mr. Manwari, learned counsel for the appellant, informed us that he would canvass ground 1 separately, and grounds 2 to 12 together. On the issue that the court found that the appellant ought to have raised an objection following the land adjudication exercise, counsel contended that since the two court decisions had corrected the position on the ground, the necessity to file an objection was unwarranted.
On the contention that the judgment of the learned judge was against the weight of the evidence on record, counsel submitted that the challenge through the mutation form of 11th September 1991 was not because the adjudication exercise had long passed; that when the subdivision of parcel 59 was carried out through the mutation form registered on 11th September 1991, there was no evidence of encroachment onto the respondents' parcels 62 and 63, and so to hold that the mutation form resulted in a growth in size by 2.63 hectares was incorrect; there was no such increase. What took place was within parcel 59 and it did not extend to the other parcels. Following the subdivision exercise of 1991 no objection was raised by the owners of 62 and 63. The boundaries had never changed from the date they were demarcated. It was when the respondents filed their succession cause, and demarcated the internal boundaries that the discrepancies in the acreage of the parcels 62 and 63 were realised. Following this discovery, the respondents had filed suit claiming that their land had been encroached upon by the appellant.
Mr. Onsongo, learned counsel for the respondents submitted that the learned judge was correct in finding that the appellant had failed to raise an objection following land adjudication. Section 26 of the Land Adjudication Act specifies that this requires to be carried out within 60 days. No objection was filed by Thomas Oloo, following the land adjudication exercise, and neither were there any appeals pending against the decision of the Funyula or Bungoma courts' earlier decisions. Even after the survey no one has been moved on the ground. Counsel argued that if indeed it was the case that the subdivision was with respect to the appellant's parcel 59 on the ground, then, such alterations ought not to have affected the respondents' parcels 62 and 63 as shown by the second edition Survey Map and the Land Register for the area.
We have considered the record, and the submissions canvassed for the parties and take the view that in order to reach a justice determination of this appeal we must arrive at a finding of the following issues:
Whether the Land Adjudication Act was applicable to the circumstances of the case.
Whether the subdivision of parcel 59 into parcels 249, 250, and 251 affected the boundaries and acreage of parcels 62 and 63.
Whether alteration of maps and boundaries carried out on account of the subdivision of parcel 59 conformed to the stipulated requirements of the Registered Land Act.
Whether section 148 (1) and (2) of the repealed Registered Land Act was applicable to the mutation form of 11th September 1991.
This is a first appeal, and as stated in Kenya Ports Authority vs Kuston (Kenya) Limited (2009) 2 EA 212;
"On a first appeal from the High Court , the Court of Appeal shall reconsider the evidence, evaluate it itself and draw its own conclusions though it should always bear in mind that it has never seen or heard the witnesses and should make due allowance in that respect. Secondly that the responsibility of the court is to rule on the evidence on the record and not to introduce extraneous matters not dealt with by the parties in evidence."
We begin by considering whether the learned judge rightly applied the provisions of the Land Adjudication Act to the circumstances of the case. In this regard the High Court had this to say,
"… The adjudication register for the area was completed in 1969 which was three years after the decision of the court cases. The copies of the adjudication register dated 10th December 1969 for Samia/Bukangala B/62 and 63 indicates their acreages as 1.8 and 5.2 hectares respectively which is the same acreages in their registers. Thomas Oloo did not file any objection proceedings as required under section 26 of the Land Adjudication Act Cap 284 of Laws of Kenya..."
The learned judge concluded;
In view of the finding in 4 above, and considering that there were no objection proceedings to the adjudication exercise results for Samia/Bukangala B/62 and 63 by the registered owner of Samia/Bukangala B/59 there was therefore no basis for altering the acreage of that parcel from the registered size of 3.8 hectares to 6.43 hectares during the subdivision into parcels 249, 250 and 251 on 11th September 1991."
It was the appellant's argument that since the position on the ground had been finalized by the 1965 Funyula and Bungoma courts, the adjudication process was not applicable to the circumstances of the case.
As we understand it, the suit in the Funyula and Bungoma courts was concerned with a dispute between Thomas Oloo and his neighbours, William Kaburu and Onyango Achola, over the ownership of parcel 59. It was not a dispute over the parcel's acreage. Indeed, those courts found that Thomas Oloo was the actual owner of parcel 59. Subsequent to determination of the suit, land adjudication for the area was carried out, and with the registration of parcel 59, the acreage was confirmed as 3.8 hectares as at 23rd March 1971.
We can find nothing to show that in accordance with section 26 of the Land Adjudication Act Thomas Oloo lodged any objection to dispute the acreage for parcel 59 captured in the Land Adjudication Register. Without any such objection, the terms of section 27 of the Land Adjudication Act, were applicable, and the Adjudication Register was at that point deemed to have been duly finalized.
Accordingly, we find that the learned judge rightly concluded that since no objection was raised within the stipulated period following the land adjudication exercise, the appellant was estopped from seeking to adjust the acreage on the Land Register on the basis that the acreage on the ground differed from the acreage specified on the Land Register.
This leads into the next issue of whether the subdivision of parcel 59 into parcels 249, 250, and 251 affected the boundaries and acreage of parcels 62 and 63.
The appellant's case was that, since the subdivisions were solely with respect to parcel 59, they did not in any way interfere with parcels 62 and 63, and Thomas Oloo was entitled to carry out the subdivision in such manner as he deemed fit.
Our analysis of the evidence clearly shows that it was the subdivision of parcel 59 by Thomas Oloo that led to the boundary dispute between the appellant and the respondents. We say this because, following Land adjudication, the Land Adjudication Registers of 10th December 1969, the Land Register and Survey Map for the area indicated that the acreage of parcel 59 was 3.8 hectares. Similarly, the Land Register for parcels 62 and 63 which was opened on 23rd March 1971 indicated the acreages as 1.8 and 5.2 hectares respectively. The same acreages were also specified in the Adjudication Register.
In addition to this, the second edition Survey Map of Bukangala Section "B" No. 6 with amendments upto 1992, indicated that parcels 62 and 63 were situated adjacent to each other, and Parcel 62 and was clearly mapped as being situated in between parcel 59 and 63.
Then in 1988, Thomas Oloo commenced the process of subdividing parcel 59 which was completed in 1991 with the registration of the mutation form. It was at this point that, the changes in Survey Map No. 6 could be observed.
What is significant is that another second edition Survey Map No. 6 for the same area, this time as amended in 2003, took into account the subdivisions captured in the impugned mutation form, with the result that parcel 62 and 63 were shown to have been separated by parcels 249, 250 and 251 (supposedly the former parcel 59). Parcel 62 was subsumed into the newly created subdivided portions, and was no longer situated between parcel 63 and what was previously parcel 59.
These changes were confirmed by the findings in Jared's Survey report of 1st July 2010 which showed that following subdivision of parcel 59, the acreages recorded for parcels 249, 250 and 251 increased, to the detriment of parcels 62 and 63.
There can be no doubt that the subdivision of parcel 59, resulted in a change in the shape and acreage of parcel 63, and a distinct alteration of the boundaries between parcel 59, 62 and 63, where parcel 62 ceased to exist altogether. It is apparent that the total acreage of the subdivided parcels grew from 3.8 hectares to a total 6.43 hectares, and gave rise to a disproportional decrease in acreage of the respondents' parcels 62 and 63.
From this analysis, we find that, the subdivision of parcel 59 affected the shape, acreage and positions of parcels 62 and 63, and in order to give effect the amendments in the mutation form, the boundaries of the second edition Survey Map for Bukangala Section "B" Map No. 6 of 1992 were significantly altered. This resulted in another second edition Survey Map this time of 2003 which showed the changes in the positions and acreages of parcels 249, 250 and 251 (the purported subdivisions of parcel 59) in relation to parcels 62 and 63.
Having found that the boundaries of the Survey Maps were altered to reflect the boundary alterations, we now address the question of whether the procedures adopted for the alteration of the boundaries in Survey Map No. 6 conformed to the stipulated requirements of the Registered Land Act.
Section 22 of the repealed Registered Land Act stipulated;
"(1) If the Registrar in his discretion considers it desirable to indicate on a filed plan, or otherwise to define in the register, the precise position of the boundaries of a parcel or any parts thereof, or if any interested person makes application to the Registrar, the Registrar shall give notice to the owners and occupiers of the land adjoining the boundaries in question of the intention to ascertain and fix the boundaries.
(2) The Registrar shall, after giving all persons appearing by the register to be affected an opportunity of being heard, cause to be defined by survey the precise position of the boundaries in question, file a plan containing the necessary particulars and make a note in the register that the boundaries have been fixed, and thereupon the plan shall be deemed to define accurately the boundaries of the parcel."
In this case, Thomas Oloo set out to subdivide his parcel 59. The procedure he adopted was by way of a mutation form registered on 11th September 1991, signed by himself and the District Land Registrar. From the sketches annexed to the mutation form, it is clear that the boundaries and acreages of parcels 62 and 63 were altered to accommodate parcels 249, 250 and 251, which alterations translated into amendments of the Survey Map and the Land Register.
Given that any proposed changes in the boundaries inevitably affected the parties herein, the Land Registrar ought to have notified the respondents of the impending boundary alteration or adjustment, so as to provide them with an opportunity to defend or interrogate the proposed changes to the boundary positions. There is no evidence to show that the respondents were consulted as interested parties, owners or occupiers for the purposes of fixing or adjusting the boundaries of the concerned parcels. The respondents were not accorded any opportunity to be heard prior to adjustment of the boundaries affecting their parcels 62 and 63.
In the circumstances, we are satisfied that, the Survey Map for Bukangala Section "B" was unilaterally and unlawfully altered without consultation with the respondents, by Thomas Oloo and the Land Registrar, Busia, resulting in the purported second edition Survey Map No. 6 for the same area, mapping out the new boundaries and adjusting the position and acreages for parcels 63, 249, 250, and 251.
In effect, since the procedure for amending maps and altering or adjusting boundaries specified by section 22 of the Act was disregarded, we find that the second edition Survey Map No. 6 for Bukangala Section "B" which sought to alter the boundaries, positions and acreages of parcels 62 and 63, was irregularly and unlawfully contrived, and as a consequence it is null and void, and of no effect.
We might add here that, it mattered not that the existing boundaries on the ground were not affected. Provided the boundary, whether on the Survey maps or on the ground is likely to be affected, then, the position is that the provisions of section 22 of the Act were applicable, and all concerned parties required to be consulted.
The final issue is whether the court was entitled to order the rectification of the Land Register under section 148 (1) and (2) of the Registered Land Act, following the registration of the ill-fated mutation form registered on 11th September 1991. In ordering its revocation, the learned judge found that even though there was no evidence of fraud presented by the respondents, the process through which parcel 59 increased from 3.8 hectares to 6.43 hectares was through a mistake which was irregular and unlawful.
In our view, the learned judge rightly invoked the provisions of section 148 (1) and (2) of the Registered Land Act. We would go further to add that, this was not a claim arising solely from an error in the acreage of the respondents' land, but a claim arising from the wrongful and unlawful alteration of the boundaries and Survey Map contrary to the requirements of sections 22 and 143 of the Registered Land Act. Accordingly, we find no reason to interfere with the decision so reached.
For the aforegoing reasons, the appeal lacks merit and is hereby dismissed with costs to the respondent.
Dated and delivered at Kisumu this 17TH day of NOVEMBER. 2015.
D. K. MARAGA
JUDGE OF APPEAL
D. K. MUSINGA
A. K. MURGOR
I certify that this is a true
copy of the original
DEPUTY REGISTRAR


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This was not the Saskatoon Alex Trauzzi remembered.
A few years ago, Trauzzi, 24, had been drawn to the Prairie town for work and grew to love it. He met his fiancée there. And he vowed that after finishing college in his hometown of Winnipeg, the couple would return and buy their first home there. "We saw it as a great place for fresh starts," he says.
But when the couple moved back to Saskatoon earlier this year, Trauzzi scarcely recognized the place. The housing market was ablaze with bidding wars, double-digit monthly price gains and frenzied speculation. Modest bungalows that had sold for $187,000 in the fall of 2006 were by spring changing hands again for $280,000, without so much as a fresh coat of paint. It was insane. Trauzzi, a service technician, felt there was no way he could afford those kinds of prices for a starter home. So after just nine months, he fled back to Winnipeg where he bought a home earlier this month for slightly more than $120,000. Not a moment too soon. Even the Peg is quickly becoming unrecognizable thanks to real estate fervour. "I could easily turn around and sell my house for five or 10 grand more than I paid for it," he says, with a note of astonishment in his voice. "I don't know if there's a bubble that's going to burst or not, but if there is something that's going to happen, it's going to happen right across the country."
Trauzzi isn't alone in feeling anxious about the housing market. Across the country, the B-word is on the lips of Canadians.
You can find the entire text of the online version of this interesting story here. Whatever you might choose to call Alex, you certainly can't call him a liar, or even a bluffer. He told us several months ago that he'd be out of here if the market didn't smarten up. Now, he's gone and it really is a shame that this educated young man and his fiancée felt that they had little chance of making a start here. Is Alex's moving a sign of things to come? Have changes in the Saskatoon real estate market frustrated our young citizens to the point that they feel Saskatoon no longer offers them a future? Is it a bubble? Is it about to burst? Let's talk. I'll start. First, let me say that I think this is a timely, well written story. It's a story that we should all be interested in talking about. The answers to the questions posed will impact us all regardless of whether or not a bubble exists. Having said all of that, I'll point out my complaint about the story, only because complaints seem to be better discussion starters than compliments. J MacLean's directs us to the Demographia Housing Affordability survey to make the case that "house prices, even in some of Canada's hottest markets, almost look like a bargain."The report's cover page tells us that the data used in the study is from Q3/2006. I wrote about the release of the study way back in January. Since then, U.S. housing prices have tumbled in some areas, the average selling price of a home in Canada is up at least 10%, and prices have increased 40-60% in some prairie cities. How is this study even relevant some 15 months later?
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Licensed in 1993, Norm brings a wealth of experience to TeamFisher. He has worked in every imaginable capacity including sales agent, office manager, team leader, broker and now, broker/owner. Norm has written a weekly review of the Saskatoon real estate market for more than 650 consecutive weeks which may make him the most consistent industry blogger in the world.
Norm is known for his passion for technology and can most often be found exploring and experimenting with the next big thing in real estate marketing. He was the first Saskatoon real estate agent to promote a home online and has been an early adopter of new technologies ever since. "Everything about this business has changed over the past 20 years, and it will happen again in the next ten. An open mind and a curious attitude are all that's needed to continue to find new ways to serve our clients by delivering a faster, smoother, worry-free transaction," says Norm.
In his spare time, Norm enjoys Crossfit and cycling, some years accumulating over 2,000 kilometres on the road. He's a strong supporter of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation and enjoys raising funds by joining fun, fitness-related initiatives like the Grouse Grind for Shelter. In 2015, he trekked the Peruvian Andes to Machu Picchu. In 2017 he walked the southern highlands of Iceland across mountains, sand, snow, ice, lava fields and forest for seven days. Collectively those initiatives raised over a million dollars for Canadian women's shelters.
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In very good condition, never displayed, never framed.
It comes straight out of the box which is not included in the sale.
Wonderful artwork by the greatest artist of the 20th century.
'Las Meninas' (The Bridesmaids) is a series of 58 paintings which Pablo Picasso painted in 1957 by reinterpreting the work of Diego Velasquez, 'Las Meninas' (1656).
The series is kept at the Picasso museum in Barcelona and is the only complete set of the artist kept in one place. It is a very vast study consisting of 45 interpretations of the work, 9 scenes representing a dove, 3 landscapes, and a portrait of Jaqueline.


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by Gerry Fall January 11, 2021 0 comment
Charles "C.J." Berry has been hired as Lompoc's new utility director.
The city of Lompoc has appointed Charles "C.J." Berry as its new utility director.
Berry, who most recently served as the manager of distribution services and maintenance operations for the Imperial Irrigation District, started in the role on Monday, Jan. 4 following a nationwide recruitment. Berry's appointment follows the retirement of Utility Director Brad Wilkie in December 2019, and the subsequent service of Interim Utility Director George Morrow through December 2020.
The utility director oversees Lompoc utilities including water, wastewater, electricity, refuse and recycling, the Lompoc Landfill, and a broadband network with Wi-Fi connections for internet access.
Berry said he is excited to join a dedicated group of Lompoc professionals who take pride in providing excellent service to the Lompoc community, even during a trying time.
"Where there are challenges ahead for the City of Lompoc, there are opportunities for success and innovation," Berry said in a statement. "Under the guidance of the Lompoc City Council and the leadership of the city manager, Lompoc is poised to meet these challenges head-on. I am looking forward to working with the city council and city administrators to position our utilities to enhance rate stability, foster and support a culture of safety, optimize operations, and leverage opportunities that enhance the quality of life for our community."
Lompoc City Manager Jim Throop said of Berry, "We are pleased to welcome C.J. Berry to this important role managing our city of Lompoc utilities. His extensive experience and education, combined with his passion for public service, will be tremendous assets to Lompoc."
Berry brings a wealth of experience to the position, having managed public utilities in Truckee and Lodi in addition to Imperial, as well as having been a utility designer and utility engineering designer in Sacramento and Washington State.
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MONROE - Wisconsin's 2017-2018 legislative session began Tuesday, and state representatives are working to achieve their goals. "We're already very busy," said Sen. Howard Marklein, representing District 17. Marklein said on Thursday afternoon that his biggest priority in the coming months is working on the state's budget for the next two years.


The All Souls Orchestra bring their flagship event – Prom Praise – for the annual visit to the Royal Albert Hall with a very special partnership of classical and contemporary musicians.
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Q: How to convert Visual Studio 2005/2008 project to Visual Studio 6 Is there any tool to convert Visual Studio 2005/2008 project to Visual Studio 6? Thanks.

A: Doubtful. I am pretty sure Microsoft does not have anything like that.
I assume this is a C/C++ project? VS 6 was before .NET.
I guess your best option is to start with a blank VS 6 project and manually add the source files.
After adding the source files, attempting a compile should quickly tell you what library/include folders you need to reference.

A: Microsoft does not support that conversion. But there is some tool to convert from vc7 to vc6 projects. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/prjconverter.aspx

A: I do not know of such a tool. Instead, import the individual source files into a new VS6 project.

A: This make be a long shot here, but on Codeproject, there's an article on converting a solution to a Linux Makefile, and use that make file under VC6...Would this be useful?
Hope this helps,
Best regards,
Tom.

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MASTER CLARINETIST & SAXOPHONIST EDDIE DANIELS PAYS TRIBUTE TO EARLY 1970s RECORDINGS OF BRAZILIAN LEGEND EGBERTO GISMONTI on HEART OF BRAZIL
with arrangements by Ted Nash,
Kuno Schmid, and Josh Nelson
featuring Eddie Daniels (clarinet, tenor saxophone)
Josh Nelson (piano) • Kevin Axt (bass) •
Mauricio Zottarelli (drums) • Harlem Quartet:
Ilmar Gavilán (violin) • Melissa White (violin) • Jamey Amador (viola) • Felix Umansky (cello)
(Resonance Records)
CD Release Performances: June 1 & 2
Jazz at Lincoln Center (Appel Room)
with Eddie Daniels, Ted Nash and the
Harlem Quartet featuring pianist Helen Sung
and bassist Scott Colley
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For nearly fifty years, Eddie Daniels has continued to be one of the leading voices of modern jazz clarinet. Just as Buddy DeFranco made the transition from Benny Goodman to Charlie Parker, Daniels helped bring the clarinet from the post-bop era into the modern age. For this exciting project, Daniels focuses on the work of one of Brazil's most important modern composers, Egberto Gismonti, with arrangements by Ted Nash, Kuno Schmid, and Josh Nelson.
Daniels' producer George Klabin has been a fan of Gismonti for decades. "For a long time, I wanted to produce a tribute to this extraordinary musical genius, but could not find anyone who wanted to take on arranging these complex masterpieces. They said it was like trying to repaint a Picasso!"
It finally happened in 2016 while speaking about Brazilian music to his old friend and clarinetist Eddie Daniels. Klabin told Daniels all about Gismonti and explained that his works were quite different from typical Brazilian music, such as samba or bossa nova, but embrace a wide world of sound, joining elements from afro-Brazilian folklore, to contemporary classical music, to modern jazz and beyond. Daniels came on board immediately after hearing the music for himself.
"I freaked out on several levels, one of them being, how was I ever going to express how ridiculously beautiful this music is?" Daniels says. "George threw me into it and I fell in love with the originals, while still wondering, how can I pull this off?"
Heart of Brazil was recorded in 2017, the year of Gismonti's seventieth birthday. Klabin selected the material and personnel. He chose twelve originals by Gismonti, and Daniels also wrote a new tune, "Tango Nova."
Gismonti's response: "When I heard the record I felt immense joy. The arrangements and playing maintain the Brazilian flavor of the originals; at the same time, they add cadences that are improvised, that are a clear variation of Brazilian music. I very much like the album's use of strings; they give the group a high-level polyphonic concept and capture the tone color of an orchestra. The repertoire spans a rich period of my composing. What a great present for my seventy years of life."
Edberto Gismonti
In his half-century as a professional composer and musician, Egberto Gismonti has shown the world an incomparably broad panorama of his native Brazil. His songs, which have filled over seventy albums, are windows to the culture: its Indian, European, and African cross-breeding; its connections with nature, rhythm, and melody; its relation to the rest of mankind. He even trekked into the Amazon forest and lived with an indigenous tribe in order to play their music with them.
Gismonti's writing is exceptionally refined, yet full of adventure. He dips into French impressionist harmonies and post-bop jazz, and loves sudden changes of tempo and rhythm. When he discovered that the standard six-string guitar couldn't contain his pianistic conceptions, he designed guitars with ten, twelve, and fourteen strings. With or without lyrics, his music is so atmospheric that it tells its own stories. "I want to represent the entire human experience," he says. "I don't want to write the kind of music that only Brazilian musicians born in Rio de Janeiro would know how to play; I never wanted that in my life."
"As a composer, what matters most to me is knowing that my music is being heard or played by musicians," Gismonti says. "Sometimes they are Japanese, German, English, Brazilian or French, and sometimes they are musicians who are independent of nationality because of their uniqueness and musical qualities."
In America, Eddie Daniels is nearing a kind of legendary status in his own right. His technique, expressiveness, and radiant tone have been hailed by authorities ranging from Leonard Feather to Leonard Bernstein. Since making his first album for Prestige in 1966, the Manhattan-born Daniels has aced every challenge. In the '70s he was a first-call studio musician, working alongside Billy Joel, Angela Bofill, and Sister Sledge. He has played Brahms and Satie, Benny Goodman, and Charlie Parker. His third-stream album on GRP, Memos from Paradise (1988), won a Grammy.
Unparalleled in his ability to fly around the clarinet at dizzying speeds, Daniels has inspired a new generation of clarinetists by bringing a new sonic concept to the jazz clarinet world. His sound combines the smoothness and evenness of the western European tradition but with the accents and articulation from the African American tradition. In the tradition of western European or "classical" finger technique, his level of mastery is unparalleled and equivalent to someone like Michael Brecker or Brad Mehldau.
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VOCALIST AMY CERVINI OFFERS A BLUESY, HARD-BITTEN APPROACH TO A BROAD SPAN OF POPULAR MUSIC


As a commuter school AJR works to establish an intimate feeling of community and support. Administration and faculty are readily available for consultation and advice. A very detailed student handbook outlines expectations, requirements, policies, and courtesy codes.
Our pluralistic setting and philosophy invite ongoing discussions and personal reflection regarding kashrut policies, tefillah and other religious practices as experienced within the school environment. Daily Minhah and weekly Tuesday Shaharit Minyanim are student led, in a variety of styles from traditional to meditative. Our Beit Midrash shelves are stocked with ample numbers of siddurim that represent the liturgy of each movement. Our Birkonim (Grace after Meals books) contain pluralistic choices in the way we offer thanks for our food.
Our students are encouraged to stretch and engage in ways that expand their spiritual growth. One way is learning by example. Our Spiritual Spelunking lunchtime programs, organized by our Director of Spiritual Education, feature faculty and other personalities who share their personal journeys and struggles in forming their religious practices and philosophies.
Lunchtime programs offer opportunities to embellish classroom learning by offering master classes, professional skill development, cantorial practica, and outside speakers for brief presentations. (A period referred to as sacred lunch ensures that there is ample time to actually eat.) Community Time is a featured program when the school comes together to discuss issues of significance to our students, our community and to the Jewish world at large.
The AJR community feeling is reinforced in mirth-filled celebrations at Chanukah and Purim, and ceremonies at Sukkot, Thanksgiving, and Pesach. We also recognize that an important ingredient to the success of our students is the support of family, and we welcome family members and friends to our learning community, whether by sampling a class session or attending the retreat.
We view each student as a critical piece of the tapestry that is our school community, and our student life reflects the effort of students, faculty, administration to make the fit a comfortable one.
From their entry into the school, new students are matched with peer mentors in the Madrikh/a Program, where veteran students are able to help students integrate into the school environment and culture, and navigate systems in a personal way.
Our students are encouraged to take advantage of outside opportunities for leadership and growth as clergy. Various inter-seminary experiences are promoted in retreats, dialogues, training and travel programs offered by the Clal, Rabbis Without Borders, American Jewish World Service, Center for Christian Jewish Understanding, Muslim Jewish Dialogue, among others.
Our alumni, especially those in the AJR affiliated Association of Rabbis and Cantors (ARC) play an active supportive role through their offers of mentoring and tutoring through the Yesh list, through their recognition of student achievements in liturgy in formal annual awards, and through their presence at Fall Retreats, Spring Intensives, and the Staying Connected classes offered on site.


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Belvedere is a 2010 Bosnian drama film, directed by Ahmed Imamović. The film was selected as the Bosnian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

Cast
Sadžida Šetić - Ruvejda
Nermin Tulić - Alija
Minka Muftić - Zejna

See also
List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of Bosnian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

2010 films
Bosnian-language films
2010 drama films
Bosnia and Herzegovina drama films

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We're approaching the time of year when our holiday basket weaving can fulfill a variety of uses.
For our family, Christmas decorating with baskets began 30+ years ago with our Christmas Ornament Basket, a super easy basket that was our second basket weaving kit.
This Christmas Ornament basket is also a fun and easy project for the November meeting of your craft group. We have a Christmas Ornament Teacher Special that makes it especially inexpensive to weave. Less than a dollar per person for a pattern and enough reed to weave TWO Christmas Ornaments baskets!
After being introduced to flat reed basket weaving with our Original Beginner's Basket Weaving Kit, students asked for a round reed basket. Since Christmas was coming, I laid out a simple base and finished the top edge with a border that looks like a complicated braid. In actuality, it's super easy because it's woven in more than one round. It's not braided. I wove a tree full and filled them with handmade calico birds.
Gift-giving with baskets is a fun tradition. When our sons were young, we baked a zillion Christmas cookies and bagged up assortments in the freezer. Then we wove a dozen or more Cape Cod Blueberry baskets or Melon baskets and always had a handy gift basket for teachers and support staff.
This was also really handy for last minute hostess gifts—for occasions like last minutes invitations.


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"29 mass shootings have been committed by concealed carriers since 2007, while during this period only one (1) licensed civilian meaningfully intervened in a mass shooting."
— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, November 23rd, 2015
Lions and tigers and martial law
Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, June 19th, 2015
Money now or money later
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Greg Abbott has benefitted from "payday lenders who have given him $300,000 and then received a ruling from him that they can operate in a loophole in the law that allows them to charge unlimited rates and fees."
— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
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"Weeks after accepting a quarter-million-dollar campaign contribution" from a hospital board chairman, Greg Abbott went to court against victims of a drug-taking neurosurgeon.
"Greg Abbott and his surrogates have referred to women who have been the victims of rape or incest as though somehow what they are confronting is a minor issue."
— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, September 25th, 2014
Errors in state data were the problem
"Turns out the critics of the Texas maternal mortality rate were just lying. It's less than half of what the critics said. It's about 1/10 of 1%."
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Bonuses play a big role
Says he met a teacher in Dallas "who was only in his third year of teaching and already making more than $90,000 a year in salary."
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Population size matters
"On a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America."
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Measured since 1996
Says Texas "high school graduation rates are at all-time highs."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, September 7th, 2018
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Says Winston Churchill said, "The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists."
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Portland's Inaugural "South Asian American Arts Festival"
This event is an an all-age, multi-cultural celebration that showcases and highlights South Asian arts and artists. Poets, musicians, story-tellers, dancers, and multi-media artists will present performances, demonstrations, and workshops. The Festival will also host community conversations and panel discussions on topics of social justice, the immigrant life, cross-cultural community and friendship, and youth initiatives.
NOTE: Events are Free unless noted. To purchase a highly subsidized Festival Pass - $35 (saves $40 if you attend all events) for all events purchase them above.
2:00pm - 4:00pm - OFFSITE at Multnomah County Library.
- Chitra Ganesh's Superhero series - an all-age interactive installation and space.
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In a historic but politically contentious move, the Modi government used its big majority in the Lok Sabha to pass a bill criminalising triple talaq among Muslims even as sections of the opposition demanded changes in the proposed law and a small minority rejected the legislation.
Though no opposition party demanded a vote in the Lok Sabha due to NDA numbers as well as reluctance to openly oppose the proposed law, the government is bracing for a tougher numbers game in the Rajya Sabha where it lacks a majority and the opposition could insist on vetting by a parliamentary panel.
The Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill amid a demand from the opposition that the "criminalisation" clause be scrutinised by a parliamentary panel and law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's vociferous defence that the House needed to choose between procedures and the cries of justice from Muslim women.


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AI and data science for social good
There's clear potential for AI and data science to positively impact the world. But there are also risks that AI will exaggerate society's existing biases, prejudices and inequities. At Monash Data Futures, we firmly believe that AI should be a force for social good. This philosophy underpins everything we do, from the projects we support to the way we interact with end-users and other stakeholders.
As technology advances at an exponential rate, industries are looking for new skill sets from university graduates. What are the professions of the future going to be?
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AI and data science changing governance and policy
The rapid evolution of AI and data science means that governance and policy must also adapt quickly. By working across the humanities and social sciences, as well as STEM subjects, we're pioneering principles for ensuring AI has a positive influence.
This, combined with our industry and research relationships, international reach, and ability to scale at the micro and macro levels, enables us to support governments, enterprises and communities in building better policy and governance practices.
From the future of teaching and the responsible integration of AI technologies into classrooms to support personalised, learner-driven education, to partnering with the Australian Federal Police on the use of AI in monitoring criminal activity on the dark web, Monash Data Futures is creating change that will be felt around the world.
Monash and Federal Police launch lab to tackle abhorrent material
Monash University and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have joined forces to launch Artificial Intelligence for Law Enforcement and Community Safety (AiLECS) Lab, an initiative designed to help officers scan through thousands of confronting images and files faster with lower levels of emotional distress.
Six reasons why AI will never rule in the classroom
Technology is threatening the role of the highly trained teacher, but the lack of human connection means machines will never replace them.
Reframing our future technology fears
Don't worry, your self-driving car won't kill you – as long as research focuses on people and society, too.
AI and data science changing health sciences
Monash has a long history of excellence in the health sciences, with our research breakthroughs changing millions of lives for the better.
With the application of AI and data science, we're shaping the future of health in Australia and around the world.
From partnering with Google to establish the world's first suicide monitoring system using AI-coded ambulance data, to exploring artificial consciousness as a key to healthy brain functioning, Monash Data Futures is tackling critical problems in our community health and healthcare systems to deliver better outcomes for all.
A breakthrough project, led by Professor Dan Lubman, is the sole recipient in Australia of a A$1.21 million grant from Google to establish a world-first suicide monitoring system.
A higher state of consciousness
An interdisciplinary project aims to unlock one of the world's greatest mysteries, and potentially advance our understanding of machine learning.
Reassessing epilepsy
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AI and data science changing sustainable development
We're harnessing AI and data science to deliver practical solutions at scale and with immediacy to current and future global challenges.
We're using AI to model the behaviour of bees to optimise greenhouses for sustainable crop production, and informing legal policy and practice regarding the use of AI face-swapping technology to create fake pornography as a form of gendered image-based abuse.
The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals are an essential part of Monash's identity and the critical work that we do. Through Monash Data Futures, we're using AI and data science as an accelerant for achieving these goals through direct and responsible action.
Australia's first high-resolution vegetation map
Monash University researchers have developed Australia's first high-resolution vegetation map to help Victoria manage bushfires and floods.
Faking it, for real
The popularity of face-swapping software has resulted in the disturbing trend of 'deep fakes' that can be used for nefarious purposes.
AI fighting social injustice - Monash Tech Talks
Moderated by Professor Jon Whittle with world-renowned AI experts Professor Milind Tambe and Professor Ann Nicholson, this eye-opening panel discussion explores how AI is helping to fight social injustices such as terrorism, child exploitation and more.
Monash Data Futures is underpinned by the University's network of world-class research infrastructure, including the new dedicated AI and data analytics research platform.
These platforms are the catalyst for accelerating change – for translating discoveries into life-changing, industry-changing, world-changing solutions.
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Keep the laws that assess climate impacts of coal
At a time of unprecedented drought and fire events throughout New South Wales, when our farmers, scientists and firies are calling for urgent action on climate change, the NSW Liberal National government is trying to introduce legislation to water down the environmental requirements for approving new coal and gas mines.
Burning coal is the biggest contributor to human-made climate change. It makes fires, heatwaves and drought worse. But the Minerals Council wants to weaken laws that require the climate change impacts of new coal and gas mines in NSW to be assessed as part of the planning approval process.
Coal mined here in NSW has led to around 500 million tonnes of carbon emissions - greater than total emissions from the UK or France.
Sign this petition to keep our environmental laws strong to stop our coal making global climate change worse.
Weakening the laws that require the full climate change impacts to be considered in the assessment of new coal mines is a dangerous backward step that will make climate change worse.
If NSW is genuine about its own goal of net zero emissions by 2050, this legislation should be abandoned.
Help us protect the laws that protect our environment.


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Q: cycle inside a thread I created 100 threads
int i;
pthread_t threads[100];

for(i=0; i<100; i++)
        pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, analisa, (void*)vetor_local[i]);

but when I do this cycle inside the function used by the threads
void* analisa(void* arg)
{
  int i;

  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
  {
    char *local1 = (char*) arg;
    passa_automovel((void*) local1);
  }

  pthread_exit(NULL);
}

It only calls the function passa_automovel 100 times instead of 300. I put a counter in passa_automoveland it only counted 100 calls.
This is the full code:
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <semaphore.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <string.h>

#define POSTOS_CONTROLO 100
#define CARROS 300

typedef struct
{
  int velocidade;
  char matricula[20];
  char local[50];
} controlo;

controlo postos_controlo[CARROS];
controlo infracoes[CARROS];
char vetor_local[POSTOS_CONTROLO][50];
pthread_mutex_t mux;
int cont_controlo = 0, cont_infracoes = 0, multas_processadas = 0;
pthread_cond_t cond_multa;

void* passa_multa(void* arg)
{

  /*garantir exclusao mutua no acesso a variavel de condiçao e ao contador*/
  pthread_mutex_lock(&mux);
  while (cont_controlo != cont_infracoes)
    pthread_cond_wait(&cond_multa, &mux);

  infracoes[cont_infracoes] = postos_controlo[cont_controlo];
  multas_processadas++;

  /*liberta zona de exclusao mutua*/
  pthread_mutex_unlock(&mux);

  pthread_exit(NULL );
}

void* passa_automovel(void* arg)
{

  char *local1 = (char*) arg;
  time_t t;
  srand((unsigned) time(&t));
  int i_matricula, velocidade;

  i_matricula = rand() % 900;
  char matricula[15];
  sprintf(matricula, "%d", i_matricula);

  velocidade = rand() % 120;

  /*garantir exclusao mutua no acesso a variavel de condiçao e ao contador*/
  pthread_mutex_lock(&mux);

  postos_controlo[cont_controlo].velocidade = velocidade;
  strcpy(postos_controlo[cont_controlo].matricula, matricula);
  strcpy(postos_controlo[cont_controlo].local, local1);

  if (velocidade > 70)
  {
    cont_infracoes++;
    pthread_cond_signal(&cond_multa);

  }

  cont_controlo++;

  pthread_mutex_unlock(&mux);

  pthread_exit(NULL );
}

void* analisa(void* arg)
{
  int i;
  //char *local1=(char*)arg;

  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
  {
    char *local1 = (char*) arg;
    passa_automovel((void*) local1);
  }

  pthread_exit(NULL );
}

int main()
{

  int i;
  pthread_t threads[POSTOS_CONTROLO], multa_thread;

  /*preencher o vetor de locais*/
  for (i = 0; i < POSTOS_CONTROLO; i++)
  {
    char str[15];
    sprintf(str, "%d", i);
    strcpy(vetor_local[i], str);
  }

  pthread_cond_init(&cond_multa, NULL );

  /*lancar postos de controlo (threads)*/
  for (i = 0; i < POSTOS_CONTROLO; i++)
    pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, analisa, (void*) vetor_local[i]);

  /*criar thread passa multa*/
  pthread_create(&multa_thread, NULL, passa_multa, NULL );

  /*esperar que threads terminem execucao*/
  for (i = 0; i < POSTOS_CONTROLO; i++)
    pthread_join(threads[i], NULL );

  for (i = 0; i < CARROS; i++)
  {
    printf("%d velocidade: %d   matricula: %s      local: %s    \n", i,
        postos_controlo[i].velocidade, postos_controlo[i].matricula,
        postos_controlo[i].local);

    //printf("multas: %d \n", infracoes[i].velocidade);

  }

  printf("multas passadas: %d \n", cont_infracoes);

  return 0;
}

A: Got it. You are calling pthread_exit inside passa_automovel.
In this way you are killing the thread at the first cycle.
Remove it and it works.


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Otilia Lux de Cotí (Santa Cruz del Quiché, 1949) es una educadora y política maya-quiché guatemalteca. Activista a favor de los derechos humanos y de los derechos de las mujeres, está considerada como una de las figuras más importantes en Latinoamérica en la esfera política y el movimiento civil.  De 2000 a 2004 fue Ministra de Cultura y Deportes de Guatemala (2000-2004) durante el periodo de gobierno del Presidente Alfonso Portillo.  También fue miembro del Foro permanente sobre cuestiones indígenas de las Naciones Unidas (2002-2004).  Ha sido diputada al Congreso de la República por WINAQ y representante de Guatemala ante el Consejo Ejecutivo de la UNESCO. Fue Directora Ejecutiva del Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indígenas y experta indígena del Foro Permanente de los Pueblos Indígenas de Naciones Unidas.

Trayectoria
Su madre la animó a estudiar y fue una de las pocas niñas indígenas que pudieron asistir a la escuela al ser la sexta de siete hermanas. A los 19 años se trasladó a la zona rural para impartir clases. Logró llegar a la facultad donde se involucró en organizaciones político-estudiantiles. Licenciada en Administración de la Educación, de 1997 a 1999 fue comisionada de la Comisión del Esclarecimiento Histórico sobre la violación de los Derechos Humanos y Hechos de violencia en Guatemala.

De 2000 a 2004 fue Ministra de Cultura y Deportes y posteriormente miembro del Congreso de la República como líder del Movimiento Político Winaq participando en las comisiones de la Mujer, Extraordinaria Nacional por la Transparencia, y Pueblos Indígenas. Fue vicepresidenta del Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas de la ONU, entre 2001 a 2007, y ocupó el cargo de representante de Guatemala ante la Junta Ejecutiva de la UNESCO entre 2004 y 2007.

De 1997 a 1999 fue representante de la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico sobre la Violación de los Derechos Humanos y los Hechos de Violencia en Guatemala.

En 2006 se le otorgó el Premio Bartolomé de las Casas por su destacada trayectoria en el ámbito educativo y cultural de Guatemala destacando su trabajo también como miembro de la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico del Conflicto Armado en Guatemala.

Derechos de las mujeres indígenas
Lux Denuncia las dificultades de las niñas y las mujeres indígenas para poder acceder a la educación y también para ser propietarias de las tierras, algo que las sitúa en condiciones especialmente desfavorables.

Maestra en los niveles primario, secundario y universitario, es además catedrática en diplomados para mujeres indígenas y conferencista nacional e internacional.Mostramos que nosotras, las mujeres indígenas, además de ser capaces, también somos muy honestas. Hasta mi mandato, la "cultura" era algo sagrado, y las bellas artes, intocables. Sin embargo, yo promoví un cambio radical en esa visión elitista. Solicitamos, por ejemplo, a la sinfónica nacional, reconocida como patrimonio nacional, que tocara en algún parque de la ciudad, de tal manera de llegar a una audiencia amplia y popular incluyendo escolares y estudiantes que no pueden acceder a otros espacios. Entonces todas nuestras políticas, incluyendo las de alcance nacional tuvieron como aspecto fundamental el ser inclusivas. Pudimos así ejercer una forma de liderazgo nuevo.Lux participó en la creación en el parlamento de una "bancada de mujeres" en el Congreso de la República conformada por una veintena de mujeres, mayas y mestizas. Se logró la aprobación de la Ley contra el feminicidio en abril de 2008.

Se declara partidaria de las cuotas y de la paridad.

En 2012 defendió la iniciativa de ley sobre "consulta de pueblos indígenas" referida al derecho de los pueblos a ser consultados para que autoricen o no que de desarrollen actividades de explotación de recursos naturales en sus territorios.

En 2016 el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Guatemala presentó la nominación de Lux de Cotí al Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas de la ONU en el periodo 2017-2019.

Vida personal
Se casó a los 29 años con un ingeniero agrónomo. Decidió aplazar su maternidad hasta graduarse. Tiene tres hijos, uno de ellos es médico y otra arquitecta.

Premios
 2006 Premio Bartolomé de las Casas (España)
 Legión de Honor (Francia)
 Francisco Marroquín (Guatemala).

Véase también
 Rigoberta Menchú
 Genocidio guatemalteco

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Entrevista de Otilia Lux de Coti sobre Derecho a la identidad y Registro Universal de Nacimiento - UNICEF 2011

Nacidos en Santa Cruz del Quiché
Feministas de Guatemala
Ministros de Guatemala
Políticas de Guatemala
Activistas de los derechos indígenas
Activistas por los derechos de las mujeres de Guatemala


A lot has changed there since the book was published in 2009. Below is a quick update on the locations listed, and when I have some more time (probably not till tomorrow) I'll try to post a newer more inclusive list per my notes.
Hanford -- Cargill, Mighy Cow GP9. Integrated Grain and Milling ex Santa Fe GP9. Penny Newman ex A&C GP20. Mighty Cow is long gone. Integrated Grain and Milling has the GP9 (sometimes) and an SD20. There are two SD40T-2s at another grain/milling place in Kings Park. Penney Newman still has the GP20, but believe it is OOS. They also have an SD9 which they are currently using.
Tulare -- J.D. Heiskell hybrid loco. Land O'Lakes industrial loco. The Heiskell loco was scrapped. It was not a hybrid, but some rebuilt thing. No idea about the Land O' Lakes loco.
Traver -- Foster Farms, two locos, one a CF7. The CF7 is long gone. They have an SD38AC and some Genset.
Wasco -- Savage Coal, GP7. Long gone. This operation has closed up as I recall.
Goshen -- Western Milling, GP9. This is an ex-ATSF GP7. I dont believe they ever had a GP9. Believe this one is slated to be replaced with a Genset.
Pixley -- J.D. Heiskell, two GPs and one SD9. These two GP9s and SD9 are shared with their operation at Tulare as I recall. Typically one GP is at Tulare.


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Q: Please help explain this long sentence
It bore an engraved escutcheon, a herald's wording of which may serve for a motto
  and brief description of our now concluded legend; so sombre is it,
  and relieved only by one ever-glowing point of light gloomier than the
  shadow: "ON A FIELD, SABLE, THE LETTER A, GULES"

I looked them up (the words in bold) in online dictionary websites but I could not pick up the most correct meaning they have to fit into the above sentence.
Could you explain the meaning in the sentence in italic ? Thank you.

A: Peter Shor is right, this is from heraldry.

sable means the color black
gules means the color red

The field in question is just the background.
What it means is that Hester Prynne was required, because of her adulterous ways, to wear a scarlet letter A (for adultery or adultress) with a black background (which may have been her dress, I don't remember).

A: "sable" means black and "gules" means dark red or scarlet... so the contrast between the A and the rest of the world displays that the scarlet letter will always stand out and be a part of Hester, even after she is gone.


Director of Marketing & Business Development for Peoples Mortgage Company Smart Branch, growing purchase business and relationships.
Have you ever taken the time to analyze how you are spending your work-related time and the business results that come from what you do?
Many people forget to think about networking as work-related, scheduled time. They often go to a networking event if, and only if, it fits into their schedule or what's left of their open time. They attend, socialize and walk away with no results. In the end, they may have had fun; however, they might believe that these events are not worth going to if they are expecting business from them. Have you ever felt this way?
Change your thinking to change your results!
Let's have a paradigm shift. What if you planned your networking into your work hours? What if you went to the event with a work-related mindset, looking to make new relationships and build on old ones that could formulate into business growth? What if you were crystal clear with your goals and desired outcomes for the event? For example, you may want to meet two new people and set three one-on-one (kneecap-to-kneecap) appointments with people who you speak to at the event. Would you have different results?
1. Be clear about your goals and desired outcomes.
Start with the end in mind. Know what you want to get out of the event before you walk into the room. Set a goal for how many people you will meet, how many appointments you will set, how many business cards you will collect and/or who you will reconnect with.
Be there with a purpose in mind. Just like in life, if you know what you want, you can achieve it.
2. Talk to people and meet new people.
It can be dangerous to go to a networking event with someone you already know. It is easy to only talk to the people you came with. Break away from the comfort zone of the people you know. Meet someone new, and start a new relationship. Grow your network. Your income is directly related to the size of your network.
• What brought you here? Why did you decide to attend tonight?
• What do you do? How long have you been doing that? What made you decide to be in your line of work?
• What keeps you doing what you do? What do you love about it?
• If you could alter or change anything about what you're doing or how you are choosing to do it, what would you change?
• Do you work on a team or alone?
• What business goals or projects are you currently working on?
• What do you like to do when you're not working?
• If they mention anything about being married, you can ask about their spouse or how long they have been married.
• Find out if they have someone in your field who they already work with.
When you ask questions, make sure you listen to the answers. You may find similarities that you can talk about. You may also find out that they have a need or a problem that you can help solve. If you connect well with them, you may be able to set your one-on-one appointment before the event is over.
It all starts with building the relationship. People will do business with people they know, like and trust.
3. Become a card collector rather than a card giver.
How many times have you been given a card and then thrown it away or lost it? No one wants a card that they didn't ask for, so don't get in the habit of pushing your card into other people's hands. By getting their card, it puts you in control of the follow-up. Now, the key is to actually follow up.
4. Have a structured follow-up plan that works.
This should be a plan that you can replicate over and over again after the event is over. You may want to consider things like connecting on social media, adding them to a customer relationship manager (CRM) drip email campaign, sending a card and texting them.
Ask for an appointment. At the appointment, ask for their business.
5. Have fun and be yourself!
Always be authentic. Find the people who like you for who you are instead of trying to be someone you're not. You can only fake it for so long, so just start out being authentically you.
By following these steps, I have grown my business exponentially. I meet lots of new people and it has gone from being scary to network to being fun. I used to dread networking events and now I look forward to them. I challenge you to go into your next networking event with a purpose. Follow these five steps and see what happens. Please reach out to me and share your results. I'd love to hear from you.


This Houston hotel is a 5-minute drive to the famed Galleria shopping mall and business district. The hotel features in-room microwaves and refrigerators, an outdoor pool, and free WiFi. Rooms at the Hampton Inn Houston are spacious and equipped with 42-inch flat-screen cable TVs, in-room movies and video games. A large work desk and coffee maker are provided for guests convenience. A hot breakfast is provided every morning. Guests can use the 24-hour fitness centre and the fully equipped business centre. Safety deposit boxes are available at the front desk and laundry services are also provided. The 24-hour Suite Shop is stocked with snacks, drinks, and frozen food items for purchase. Brown Convention Center and NRG Stadium are 20 minutes from the Hampton Inn Houston. The Houston Zoo is also a 20-minute drive from the hotel and the NASA Space Center is within an hour's drive.
Please note carrying a weapon on hotel premises is prohibited and violators may be subject to arrest for criminal trespass under applicable law. Rollaway beds are not available for all room types. Please contact the property for more information. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
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Hotel DNA in the Digital Age – Can we evolve?
While most traditional marketers, media gurus and public relations experts grapple with just how to leverage the power of digital media and social networks…real emerging trends sometimes go unnoticed. Sometimes all it takes is to tap into the world…and particularly the people around us to realize just how life as we know it is changing.
I read this story from The Times with great interest (and would recommend it!) – "Twitter is for old people, work experience whiz-kid tells bankers" . While digital marketers are busy grappling with the opportunities and problems posed by the likes of Facebook and Twitter, it seems that the media consumers of the future are adopting new routes to interacting with each other.
It boggles the mind to think just what we could learn by just talking to the Digital Native of today…not only is adoption of new tech & trends a lot quicker with those born into the digital age, but the perspectives refreshingly different…not to mention the low tolerance for digital failure. "FREE" is a word that most netizens take for granted… FREE is fast becoming the rule with online content…not the exception.
Here's another comforting thought…the teenagers of today are the customers of tomorrow. With change coming hard and fast, are we changing fast enough to keep up? And just what does all this mean for hotels?
Perhaps the biggest challenge for us as an industry in the years ahead will not be how best to tweak our marketing campaigns or what gadgets to roll out…but our own image and how we perceive and understand our customers. The 'Old Jeeves' image has worked well for a long long time… but then again, the world just hasn't changed as radically as it has in the past 2 decades. The message is clear…the most successful hotels and hotel marketers of tomorrow will be the ones who can break the mold and REALLY get to know their customers-t0-be and anticipate what they want…and that goes right down to Brand DNA and the personality of your business.