As a land lubber from land-locked Colorado, I know one of the things I was looking forward to most was being so close to and near the ocean. Both my lovely wife and I were both excited to see the ocean from the plane as we got close to landing at Logan International Airport. As we traveled to Salem we would nudge each other on our way to Salem as we would catch glimpses of Atlantic. On that first Tuesday morning before we traveled into Boston and the Massachusetts Historical Society, we took a run with Matt, Tony, Rick, Christy, and Andrea where we were excited to take a run by the Ocean. As I was left behind, my wife and I walked back along the water and had the need to touch the water. As we both sauntered down to the water we both slipped on the rocks and touched more of the water than we wanted (I landed on my knee and did a lot of limping the rest of the week). I learned and experienced the rest of the week the water is powerful. The ocean beckons us and repels, it can be beautiful and fill you with fright, it can be the refreshing drink of life or in the form of rain can chill you to the bone, it can be your source of income and it could destroy your livelihood. Water is a powerful and it was evident in our whole week.
At the Massachusetts Historical Society we learned about the importance of the water as a vital resource of fish as the early colonists depended on the Cod Fish trade. The Cod fish was so important to the Massachusetts (Maine) economy that a "scared Cod fish" continues rule over the Massachusetts State Assembly still today (replica seen at the Old State House). Boston would become a center for the Atlantic trade and through trade and those scared waters, Boston would rise as a center of banking, insurance, and finance.
We saw the power of the water when we visited the Mayflower II and Plymouth Plantation as well. One of the things that struck me was that after a long voyage at sea to the new World, the women and children aboard the ship did not step on land until the men found a desirable place to plant their colony. For the women and children, the Atlantic Ocean was their safe base. Clean drinking was vital to their existence as well and we learned that the water in Massachusetts was so much better than in Virginia and helped lead to their success.
We also saw the power of water at Lowell's textile mills, Saugus iron works, and Old Sturbridge Village mills to the economy. The ingenuity and determination to use water power to create new industries for Massachusetts was impressive and memorable. I was fascinated at how simple some of the machines were and found myself taking lots of pictures of how these machines worked, and all were dependant on the power of water.
I was also fascinated by the dangerous and wild aspects of the Ocean which can be unpredictable and deadly. As we were going back to Salem by ferry on Sunday, Rick retold a story about meeting a woman in Boston who, when learning that we were from Colorado and returning to Salem by ferry remarked, "Oh honey you are going to puke! Have you evva been on a ferry?" When she was told he had been to the Pacific she remarked, "Honey this is the Atlantic, there is nothing peaceful about it!" As we shipped off we left a breathtaking sight of Boston as the sun was setting, but not long into our ride our ferry was called to an emergency as another boat was in distress and taking on water. As we pulled alongside and helped the crew prepare for a potential rescue, you could see and feel the fear that the wild Atlantic Ocean could cause. We also appreciated the quick response of the coast guard and harbor patrol, something that 17th and 18th Century did not have the luxury of having.
We could also see the oceans power and mystery when we traveled to Maine. As we looked out into the fog banks of Maine as saw the powerful waves crashing on the cold, black rocks, we stood in wonder and fear of the oceans mysterious power. We heard about the continued search for the 17th century ship Angel Gabriel which was wrecked along the shores of the Pemaquid. We were also warned numerous times about venturing on the rocks as various accounts of tourists being killed were retold repeatedly. One could imagine the fear and mystery that colonists must have felt when thinking that out of that fog bank, an enemy fleet, an Atlantic storm, or a life saving supply ship might arrive at any time.
In many ways, history shares much of those qualities that the water shares. Its' life lessons inspire me and my students and provides life, understanding, and refreshment during my saunters through life. It is endlessly mysterious, powerful, and dangerous (especially in a politician's hands). But is also something that beckons me to want more. As we left Boston I have been inspired to discover more truths about this time period that I hadn't known before. After getting home I have ordered several books from the Library including Ratification by Stephanie Maier and a fictional book called The Fort by Bernard Cornwell (suggested by Dr. Tad Baker). History has so many surprise twists and turns and can be seen through so many perspectives that it often changes ones experience with history much like the wild ocean. As a teacher I will continue to pass on the passion, mystery, and fun that is history to my students and inspire others with the passion I received from this trip.
Though this comment according to Dr. Matt doesn't count, I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you and I love you. There is no one I would have rather shared this experience with. What better way for two geeky history teachers to spend their 11th anniversary than in Boston, surrounded by the history we both are so passionate about. I love that this is one of the myriad of traits we have in common. And together I think we bring a unique and balanced perspective to the events we study. You have a gift of seeing the bigger picture, connecting events, locations and larger concepts. I tend to delve into the pyschological and sociological aspects of said events. Your writing is insightful and concise, mine is a little more verbose. And though our teaching styles are widely different, I flatter myself that our students benefit from the love that we model for history, each other, our family and our God. So thank you. For being you.


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needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
We also have special events and Theme Nights were the clubbers gets to dress up for that evenings theme.
Awana meets Sunday evenings during the school year.


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/*
 * This file is released under terms of BSD license
 * See LICENSE file for more information
 */
package claw.tatsu.xcodeml.abstraction;

import claw.tatsu.xcodeml.xnode.common.Xcode;
import claw.tatsu.xcodeml.xnode.common.Xnode;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

/**
 * Abstraction of assignment statement to be able to categorize them and easily
 * extract some information.
 *
 * @author clementval
 */
public class AssignStatement extends Xnode
{

    /**
     * Constructs an Xnode object from an element in the AST.
     *
     * @param element Base element for the Xnode object.
     */
    public AssignStatement(Element element)
    {
        super(element);
    }

    /**
     * Get the variable name on the left hand-side of the assignment.
     *
     * @return Left hand-side variable name.
     */
    public String getLhsName()
    {
        Xnode lhs = getLhs();
        if (lhs != null)
        {
            return lhs.is(Xcode.VAR) ? lhs.value() : lhs.matchSeq(Xcode.VAR_REF, Xcode.VAR).value();
        }
        return "";
    }

    /**
     * Get the left hand-side node of the assignment.
     *
     * @return Left hans-side node.
     */
    public Xnode getLhs()
    {
        return child(Xnode.LHS);
    }

    /**
     * Get the right hand-side node of the assignment.
     *
     * @return Right hans-side node.
     */
    public Xnode getRhs()
    {
        return child(Xnode.RHS);
    }

    /**
     * Check if the current assignment statement is a child of a give type of node.
     *
     * @param opcode Opcode of the ancestor to check for.
     * @return True if on of the ancestor is of the given kind. Search is contained
     *         in the function definition itself.
     */
    public boolean isChildOf(Xcode opcode)
    {
        Xnode crt = this;
        while (crt != null)
        {
            if (Xnode.isOfCode(crt.ancestor(), opcode))
            {
                return true;
            }
            // Stop searching when FfunctionDefinition is reached
            if (Xnode.isOfCode(crt.ancestor(), Xcode.F_FUNCTION_DEFINITION))
            {
                return false;
            }
            crt = crt.ancestor();
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Get list of array variable names used in assignment statement.
     *
     * @return List of variables.
     */
    public Set<String> getVarNames()
    {
        return filterVars(matchAll(Xcode.VAR));
    }

    /**
     * Get all variables names on the RHS.
     *
     * @return Set of variables names used on the RHS.
     */
    public Set<String> getReadNames()
    {
        return filterVars(getRhs().matchAll(Xcode.VAR));
    }

    /**
     * Filter a list of Var nodes to keep only the real var and exclude the array
     * index variables.
     *
     * @param vars List of Var node to filter.
     * @return Set of variable names.
     */
    private Set<String> filterVars(List<Xnode> vars)
    {
        return vars.stream().filter(Xnode::isNotArrayIndex).map(Xnode::value).collect(Collectors.toSet());
    }

    /**
     * Check whether the assignment is made with constant only.
     *
     * @return True of the assignment is constant only. False otherwise.
     */
    public boolean isConstantAssignement()
    {
        Set<String> usedVars = getReadNames();
        usedVars.remove(getLhsName());
        return Xnode.isOfCode(getRhs(), Xcode.F_INT_CONSTANT) || Xnode.isOfCode(getLhs(), Xcode.F_REAL_CONSTANT)
                || usedVars.isEmpty();
    }
}

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Galesburg police incident reports for Monday
By Matt KoesterThe Register-Mail
Man evades police after traffic stop
GALESBURG — At 9:03 a.m. Sunday, officers performed a traffic stop on a white Buick with no rear plates just north of the intersection of South Pearl and East Knox streets. The driver was not identified.
As the officer left his patrol vehicle, the listed suspect departed in the Buick, failing to obey the stop sign at South Pearl and East Knox Streets. It then continued south down South Pearl.
A pursuit followed, with the car continuing to run stop signs until police decided to stop the pursuit. Officers believe the subject may have left the car and fled on foot. There are currently no suspects.
Overnight burglar took tech, left trash and cigarette butts
GALESBURG — Officers responded to the 600 block of East Berien Street on Sunday in reference to a residential burglary complaint. The resident said he had arrived home in the morning after spending the night elsewhere to find it had been burglarized some time after he left his home at 8 p.m. the night before.
The man arrived home to find the exterior and interior front doors slightly ajar, as well as the rear screen door. Upon entering his residence, he noted it was untidy and his 55-inch smart TV and HP Chromebook laptop computer were missing. The value of both added up to roughly $1,000.
A bunch of cigarette butts were also on the stereo stand. Newport cigarette wrappers and a plastic water bottle cap and liquor bottle cap were the floor. A black beanie was under the kitchen table, and the sink faucet was running.
Police seize cannabis, meth after traffic stop
GALESBURG — At 1:29 a.m. Sunday, police saw a silver GMC turning from Seminary Street east onto Main Street. Running the plates, officers found the driver had a suspended license.
Police performed a traffic stop on the vehicle in a parking lot in the 200 block of East Ferris Street. The driver's suspended license was confirmed, and he was placed into custody. Police found a glass jar containing marijuana in the front passenger seat. A search yielded 10 grams of cannabis, a metal pipe, and rolling papers. An oven mitt was then found which contained a plastic bag with approximately 60 grams of cannabis, more than the legal limit. The man's medical card had been revoked in 2019, but he said he had purchased the marijuana at a medical dispensary that did not check for his card's validity.
Another small plastic container found in the car contained several small crystal-like rocks consistent with crystal meth. The man denied knowledge of this substance being in his car. Police reports say the substance later tested positive. Jonathan Brady McGarry, 38, Galesburg, was charged for unlawful possession of cannabis, meth possession under 5 grams, and driving on a suspended license.
Domestic battery case reported on Baird
GALESBURG — At approximately 11:49 p.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched to the 1700 block of Baird Avenue in reference to a physical domestic.
At the home, police spoke with a woman who had red marks around her neck and face. She said an argument over a discovered pack of cigarettes had led to her boyfriend battering her.
The woman's son said he had been awoken by the incident and had seen it before calling police.
The man already had one warrant for domestic battery in the county. He was arrested for domestic battery and the warrant.
The man denied engaging in the battery and said he had attempted to push the woman to make room so he could go to bed, after she refused to make room. He said she had kicked him.
Two neighboring homes burglarized
GALESBURG — A ladder, a sink, a desk and a lawnmower were reported stolen after two reported residential burglaries in the 1200 block of Day Street. The owner of the two neighboring properties said both were burglarized at some point before Saturday morning.
Bicyclist's arrest yields controlled substance
GALESBURG — At about 11:53 p.m. Friday, officers observed two bicyclists ride through a stop sign on South Whitesboro Street. They did not have lights on their bicycles.
A police stop of the bikes led to the two being identified. They said they did have lights on their bicycles, although they were not on. One of the men was on the police's pending list for domestic battery and criminal damage to motor vehicle, and he was arrested and searched. A pack of cigarettes on his person was found to contain a bag with seven white pills labeled "M367." Police identified the pills as hydrocodone, a class 2 controlled substance.
Joseph Allan Bayless, 44, Galesburg, was charged with possession of the pills.
Police pursue, tase and arrest man standing in the middle of road
GALESBURG — At about 3:45 a.m. Friday, officers were patrolling the 100 block of North Academy Street when they observed a male subject in a black coat and a red sweatshirt walking in the middle of the road on North West Street and West Ferris Street. Officers tried to make contact with the man when he started running down North West Street. The man was found entangled with barbed wire in a fence on the west side of North West Street.
Police attempted to pull the man out of the barbed wire fence, but he was resisting the officer and pulling away. The man took his coat off, lifted his left foot over the fence and broke free, running from the officer.
The officer climbed the fence but was unable to find the man. He was eventually founding lying on the ground against a retaining wall in the Cedar Creek area. He was told to lay face down on the ground, but he continued running.
The officer deployed his taser on the man's right shoulder and right side. The man continued running into the Cedar Creek ravine, where he slipped and fell, leading to his apprehension. The man continued to resist officers, leading to the taser being deployed again, in the center of his back. He was handcuffed.
The man was found to have a no bond warrant for his arrest, and a syringe in his coat pocket. He is awaiting his first court appearance at the Knox County jail.

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Andrew Gilmour – Generations of Connection
Brigid Magner
On 4th January 2021, the day after the birthday tea, I interviewed Andrew Gilmour about his memories of Lake View and its restoration. Andrew's family has lived in Chiltern for seven generations so he has much wisdom to share. He believes that his grandparents, who owned the mill next to Lake View, actually bought the house when the Richardsons left town.
'At the clearing sale, my grandmother bought the drawing room tea set and tray and the famous new patent lamp that he refers to so many times in the book – she bought both of them…The lamp Mum loaned to some people in the town who didn't have the electricity on and it never came back.' Andrew remembers that he played with the tea set in his playhouse with his sister as a child, not knowing it belonged to the family of a famous writer. His grandparents' bed was up at Lake View for a long time till he took it back.
When asked if there were any memories of Doctor Richardson around the town, when he was growing up, Andrew remarked:
'The only recollection from my childhood would have been about the doctor who went mad – nobody said he had syphilis – and that he was interested in Spiritualism and in vaccinations. You can imagine, amongst ignorant miners and uneducated people, they thought he was the doctor from hell! And nobody would go near him. It was a tragic situation. But I always love to think of – when von Mueller would come on one of his country tours – the two of them would sit up all night in Lake View – and the doctor played the piano and von Mueller played the flute and I've often thought – what an oasis it must've been for both of them…It must've been a great high point in both of their lives. To find a likeminded person. There would have been hardly anybody, except my grandparents, that they had much in common with – I think that's a lovely story.'
According to Andrew, there was a big divide between the closing down of the mines and the Great War. 'I grew up in a hopeless town full of hopeless defeated poor people' he says.
But, perhaps the only benefit of the poverty of the town for that period was that so little was changed because people didn't have the money to do anything with their houses. He doesn't remember anybody mentioning HHR when he was a child and doesn't think that her books were easily available, perhaps due to the Tall Poppy syndrome.
Andrew is fairly certain that the idea of having the birthday party for HHR originally came from local priest, Father John Stockdale: 'It was he who always had the cake made…He would come across from Beechworth with the birthday cake and he had a magnificent Baccarat candelabra with candles on it and he would put that on the piano and in the very early days he would play and I seem to remember, sing (because he had quite a good voice) some of her music.'
By the time Father Stockdale left, it was an established tradition. The house had a manager who organised the birthday tea and the event was on everybody's calendar.
'It has always been delightful, you know, after the celebrations of Christmas and New Year which can be a bit formal and so forth. Just to sit out under the trees with likeminded people and talk and people share their food and their drinks and it's absolutely charming.'
Andrew says that a garden designer named Ellis Stones planned the garden but it didn't match the period of the house: 'He's made a charming garden but it's not a strictly period garden but he did some good things like planting the mulberry tree for example, they were obligatory in houses of that age and a couple of other things like that but it's not the sort of garden that would have been planted when the house was first built.'
He is full of praise for the local people who have devotedly looked after Lake View for so many years, saying that 'the auxiliary ladies have been absolutely marvellous'. The members of the committee over the years have been strong minded ladies and they keep the money they raise and pay for things as they come up. 'I don't know what would've happened to the house if it hadn't been for them.'


Soprano Patrice Michaels and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang offer a collection of songs saluting U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her completion of 25 years on the high court on Notorious RBG in Song, a new album from Cedille Records. A longtime crusader for equal rights, Ginsburg has become a pop-culture icon known to her fans as "Notorious RBG," a wry nod to the late rap artist The Notorious B.I.G.
Notorious RBG in Song features works by five contemporary American composers celebrating Justice Ginsburg's family and professional life. These include Michaels' THE LONG VIEW: A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Nine Songs; Lori Laitman's "Wider than the Sky"; Vivian Fung's "Pot Roast à La RBG"; Stacy Garrop's "My Dearest Ruth"; and Derrick Wang's "You Are Searching in Vain for a Bright-Line Solution." All but two of the songs - "Anita's Story," now incorporated into Michaels' song cycle, and "Wider than the Sky" - are world-premiere recordings.
89.7WCPE: Wake Forest NC, Classical Host Jonny Pierce sat down with Patrice Michaels and her husband, Justice Ginsburg's son - James Ginsburg, who also happens to be president of Cedille Records. Listen to the attached interview.
Notorious RBG in Song, available June 8, 2018, features works by five contemporary American composers celebrating Justice Ginsburg's family and professional life. These include Michaels' THE LONG VIEW: A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Nine Songs; Lori Laitman's "Wider than the Sky"; Vivian Fung's "Pot Roast à La RBG"; Stacy Garrop's "My Dearest Ruth"; and Derrick Wang's "You Are Searching in Vain for a Bright-Line Solution." All but two of the songs - "Anita's Story," now incorporated into Michaels' song cycle, and "Wider than the Sky" - are world-premiere recordings (Cedille Records CDR 90000 178).


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Sinn Féin Party President Mary Lou McDonald is in Mayo today to fulfil a number of engagements in Claremorris and Castlebar.
She will meet with businesses, organisations, campaign groups and families to discuss challenges they are facing and propose solutions.
Mary Lou McDonald has being telling Midwest News that today they will setting out their stall for the local and European Elections.


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The featured map is from the excellent Q2 website showing their estimates of rainfall for the past 24 hours. While some isolated locations in Iowa picked up over two inches of rain, the heaviest totals fell just outside the state in Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas. More rain is in the forecast this week.


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Eat, Pray, Loathe
Since Grace and I have a relationship vaguely based on a shared hatred for a film that neither of us had actually seen, we thought it might be a good idea to finally sit down and watch Eat Pray Love to ensure that it really was as bad as all that. So in a sense it's reassuring to report that, yes, it was. The following is a necessarily condensed summary of the film's most glaring failings, although the cumulative effect of awful scene piled on top of awful scene can only really be appreciated through your own personal viewing of what can be, perversely, a rather enjoyable collection of failure.
Warning: contains spoilers, if it is at all possible to 'spoil' Eat Pray Love.
Let's begin with a plot description nicked from Wikipedia:
Elizabeth Gilbert (Julia Roberts) had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband (Billy Crudup), a house, a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.
…except this is all a massive lie. For a start, Elizabeth does not have 'everything a modern women is supposed to dream of having'. High on the list of things which she conspicuously lacks are intelligence, charm, forethought or – critically – any interests whatsoever. She is also prone to the strange delusion that she is the first person ever in the history of mankind to get divorced or take a holiday. Because that, incidentally, is the second great lie of this synopsis: the idea that Liz 'risks everything'.
She goes on holiday.
That's it: a holiday. Don't get me wrong – I'm all in favour of holidays – but someone who claims to be going 'out of her comfort zone' in order to eat in restaurants deserves instant and lifelong social ostracism. Weirdly, Liz receives the opposite, being instantly befriended by just about everyone she encounters despite, as previously noted, a distinct personality deficit. And oh, how she is mollycoddled beyond all belief, at one point receiving a round of applause for managing to order spaghetti carbonara from a menu. (Although apparently carbonara is a bit of an unknown quantity in Hollywood, illustrated as it is with a shot of red sauce.) And when she isn't being indulged like a dying child, Liz nods vacuously at various pieces of empty and contradictory life advice thrown at her by a motley collection of Americans with dodgy accents: let go of love, love again, give up control, take control, strive for balance, forget about balance.
In fact, when you think about it, one of the most offensive implications of the film is that the world is staffed by such a loving network of wise Americans that during your life-changing travels around the world you barely have to speak to anyone local at all. But then the world as presented by Eat Pray Love totters on the brink of being a surreal parody of real life, partly when it comes to poor old Italy. Rome (fucking Rome!) has apparently been subject to a freak distortion in the fabric of space-time, flung back to an era with no running water, no advertising, little traffic and the lurking threat of malaria. Still, at least there she deigns to walk the streets: her time in India and Bali largely consists of 'risking everything' by staying in luxurious compounds. And praying.
Yes, let's come to the prayer. It is extraordinary, really, because this is a film which manages to insult the intelligence of both believers and non-believers alike. On the one hand, the assumption that Liz needs constant sprinklings of 'spiritual enlightenment' goes entirely unquestioned, and (naturally) it proves just as astonishingly effective as the carrot juice ("better than antibiotics") used at one point to treat what basically amounts to a bruised knee but is treated by a hysterical Liz as a near-death experience. (Note: if your doctor is commenting on the state of your cartilage whilst treating a graze, something somewhere is going badly wrong.) But whilst generic spirituality is served up on demand, it is never presented as anything other than a glorified therapeutic tool. Liz doesn't actually believe in anything, or – if she does – we don't learn about it, because Liz doesn't ever actually talk about anything other than her self-help programme. Even when she bores her friends into donating money so that the Cute Poor People in Bali can build a house, she's still talking about herself.
Oh, and since she dons a new outfit for each and every scene, we can only conclude that her tiny bag is bigger on the inside.
There is so much more I could mention: the ultra-lazy visual shorthand (career men can't hold babies, enlightened people light candles), the all-pervading Orientalism, the concept of liberation through eating pizza, the concept of liberation through eating pizza which you can't get in New York, the most confused discussion of feminism since the English Defence League went on Newsnight, some terrible dialogue (most notably when we suddenly learn that her plane leaves "in two hours") and the implication that almost killing your own child is just about comparable in the calamity stakes to divorce, and that's not to mention the fact that this whole disaster of film-making takes nearly two and a half hours to unfold.
But maybe I should be grateful. If you showed this film en masse to young children in schools and taught them all to never, ever live their lives like Elizabeth Gilbert, you might just transform the world into a better place.
And on a totally different note, after all this we went off to Caroline's for a very lovely evening of drinks, dips, pizza and cake. Delicious cake, in fact, and what with Saoirse's baking masterpiece I feel I'm on a bit of a roll with cake at the moment. If only I could crack whatever accidental system has arisen for encouraging my friends to bake I could be set for life…
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Sounds like another film Emily and I must watch "for the lols"…
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Given increasing levels of instability and scrutiny in the world, the location of family offices has taken on new significance in recent years, with families understandably concerned about finding the most secure environment for the governance of their assets, says Guernsey Finance Chief Executive�Dominic Wheatley.
Families debating whether to set up their own single family office or use the services of an existing multi family office are narrowing their search to those jurisdictions renowned for their stability and security in financial services, particularly in the face of ever-changing global legislation such as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standard (CRS), and pressure from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on beneficial ownership and reporting.
The publication of the Panama Papers in April 2016, which subjected certain jurisdictions to unwelcome attention has only exacerbated the situation and narrowed the choice further, according to leading trust and fiduciary lawyer Russell Clark, Partner at Carey Olsen. He told me Guernsey� had already been seeing a steady flow of migrations of companies and foundations into the island from certain Caribbean and other jurisdictions, but that the flow had notably increased post-Panama Papers.
"Not only did the leak raise questions regarding the level of regulatory oversight in some jurisdictions but the media furore that followed has adversely affected public perceptions of them," says Clark.
"We are aware that some financial institutions have boycotted some jurisdictions, simply refusing to deal with structures established in them. In the new environment having effective regulators and a proven regulatory regime is seen in a far more positive light than used to be the case."
Building on Russell's experiences, it makes sense that those who have worked hard to build their fortune will understandably wish to protect and preserve their wealth, and not just for their immediate family but also for future generations. Properly advised structures with good corporate governance are an essential tool to helping preserve the family wealth for multiple generations.
Guernsey, as one of the very few jurisdictions in the world to regulate trust and company service providers, is one of those reputable finance centres they can choose from.
The island, which is on the OECD 'white list', is reported by MONEYVAL as being compliant or largely compliant with 48 out of 49 of the Financial Action Task Force recommendations on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism � the highest standard of any jurisdiction assessed.
Family offices are equally put at ease because Guernsey has its own elected parliament, a stable system of government and a mature and sophisticated legal system that, through a combination of statute and common law, provides certainty and predictability in terms of the ownership and operation of its wealth structures and investment vehicles. Guernsey's close proximity to the City of London and mainland Europe, as well as a convenient time zone, also add to the island's appeal.
The island's 150 licensed fiduciaries range from multinational organisations to independent, boutique operations, all specialising in the preservation of individual and family wealth. These fiduciaries are complemented by Guernsey's broader financial services industry as well as a strong network of professional support services, including multi-jurisdictional law firms and global accountancy practices.
Those in the Far East are among those recognising Guernsey's reputation for strong yet practical regulatory regime. For example, at the end of 2015 Guernsey Finance, on behalf of Guernsey's financial services sector, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Shanghai Family Office Union. To have a partner in Shanghai with whom Guernsey can work to develop ties and increase business exchanges in the private wealth space is a positive position to be in and further evidence of our growing popularity in the family office space.
With all the pressures and challenges facing families in the modern world, Guernsey's secure and stable environment and the experience and expertise of its private wealth industry deliver real peace of mind about the governance of family assets.


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Apple competes with its own ad agency – and loses
Posted by Bruce Goldman on Monday, July 7, 2014 Under: 848FINACE
It's been a little over a year since Apple Computer started creating its own, in-house advertising agency to compete with Media Arts Lab, the unit that award-winning advertising agency TBWA/Chiat/Day had created specifically to serve Apple. "Whilst the Californian tech giants have worked on expanding their 1000 person in-house ad team in an effort to have greater control on their advertising strategies," says UK blog Creativepool in a July 4 post, "it is still actively collaborating with TBWA, even though since April, reports have stated that Apple is trying to distance itself from the agency."
So how are Apple's do-it-yourself advertising efforts working out? According to Ace Metrix research data compiled by Bloomberg, not so hot.
Of eight Apple television commercials tested on consumers, the three that scored most effective came from TBWA/MAL. The lowest-scoring of these scored 611 on the Ace Metrix 900-point scale, while the highest scorer of the in-house spots failed to break 600 and the group as a whole averaged 533.
Rob Siltanen, who wrote the copy for Apple's 1997 "Here's to the crazy ones" campaign, quotes an old adage by way of explanation. "There's a truism out there that applies," he says, "'The lawyer who represents himself in court has an idiot for a client.' It's very hard to have the necessary perspective to do the job right."
And perspective is what makes the difference between the TBWA spots and the in-house ones. The former were created from the consumers' perspective, the latter from the perspective of manufacturers who have fallen so in love with their collection of no doubt self-evidently ingenious product features that they're convinced the rest of the world will become instantly and completely enamored too.
TBWA's most effective commercial shows how a band can perform a cover of the Pixies' "Gigantic," an audio engineer can mix it, people can shoot home and professional videos, take stills, monitor exercise heart rates, and fire off and track backyard rockets, all with their iPhones.
Another, titled "Misunderstood," shows a teenager spending a holiday visit with his iPhone instead of his family, only to reveal that instead of shunning them he was shooting and editing a heart-warming video of them all.
The least effective of the three TBWA videos – which still outscored the best of the in-house offering – shows how the iPhone5s helps owners monitor all kinds of exercise from swimming to serious strength training to golf swings to biking to work.
The end super, "You're more powerful than you think," is what you'd expect to hear from someone who cares more about you than himself.
On their high horse
The same can't be said of the in-house spots. One shows people from different countries saying hello in different languages and idioms over their iPhones (Gee, who'd ever guess you could talk over an iPhone?), to make the point that – ready for this? – the iPhone 5c comes in different colors.
Another, the first of an iPad Air campaign, has Robin Williams' voice reciting a pretentiously erudite speech about poetry from the "Dead Poets Society" movie over B-roll of showing people using iPads for Serious Things, like tracking wind currents and writing screenplays in their spare time. The purpose here, as in companion spots featuring travel writer Cherie King and conductor/composer Esa-Pekka Salonen using Apple devices in their work, is to show that Apple products are for tasks more high-falutin' and less frivolous than selfies and sexting. To make sure everyone knows what a high pedestal Apple's in-house team puts the company on, the tag line is "Find Your Verse." (Funny, I didn't know it was lost.)
Cleaning their clocks
While Apple's advertising civil war is being fought, rival Samsung – who leaves their advertising work to agency 72andsunny – has been cleaning their clocks. One commercial, which doesn't have a single spoken word in it, shows Galaxy S5 phones working perfectly after kids drench them while having fun playing water games. That scored a 739 on the Ace Metrix scale. An earlier Galaxy spot scored 700 – a score no Apple commercial, in-house or from TBWA, has managed to even tie in at least four years.
(72andsunny, incidentally, is the agency that creative director Scott Trattner, who created the "I'm a Mac" campaign joined when he quit TBWA/MAL in 2012, reportedly in disgust over having been forced to execute the condescending and universally hated Apple "Genius" campaign.)
Google has displaced Apple as the world's most valuable corporation, and its Android operating system dominates the smartphone market.
Both of which indicate that while Apple's concentrating on do-it-yourself ads, advertising isn't their problem. Product is, and this July 5 review of the latest new iMac shows just how bad a problem it is:
Let's get this out of the way first: the low-cost iMac is externally identical to the model released in late 2013, which is itself identical to the redesigned model from late 2012. It has the same 21.5-inch, glare-resistant, 1080p IPS display panel and the same port layout (one audio jack, one SD card slot, four USB 3.0 ports, two Thunderbolt ports, and one gigabit Ethernet port). Its other networking features are also unchanged—it's got a three-stream 802.11ac implementation capable of up to 1.3Gbps connection speeds and Bluetooth 4.0. We're not even taking new pictures of the thing. There's nothing new to see.[emphasis added]
Since Apple's so big on dead poets these days, maybe they should take some guidance from this mangled Shakespeare: The fault, dear Apple, lies not in your ads, but in yourselves.
Maybe it's time to stop trying to get creative – badly – with your advertising and return to getting creative with your products.
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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's NDP government is allowing oil companies to increase production in February and March, easing up on limits that were imposed in December to prevent job losses.
Notley's government announced that the government would allow an increase of about 75,000 barrels a day up to a total 3.63 million barrels of oil production per day in February and March.
The original cuts were imposed to ease a growing gap between the price of Alberta oil on the market in 2018, versus the price that the market was paying for oil from other jurisdictions. Several small and mid-sized companies said that the gap in the market price was pushing them into dangerous territory that would lead to thousands of job losses.
Some companies have openly supported the production cuts, while integrated companies, which owned refineries, were benefiting from the lower prices.
The government said it made the decision to ease the production limits based on new data showing that the amount of Alberta oil in storage was decreasing faster than expected.
The government said there had been a five million barrel drop of oil in storage, bringing the total amount to 30 million barrels. The government also said its analysis of independent data was showing that the oil in storage was decreasing by about one million barrels per week in 2019.
Notley has argued that new pipelines are the best long-term solution to addressing the situation, as part of her government's climate change plan. Anti-pipeline opponents have argued that Alberta should stop expanding its oil and gas industry as part of a larger plan to transition its economy to renewable energy and do more to fight the pollution that causes climate change.
Perhaps it might be wise to encourage Oil companies to become Energy companies and strive to generate energy from renewable resources like wind, water and sun while decreasing the combustion of oil as a source of energy. Oil workers become energy workers and we all profit from a cleaner environment.
All provinces should allow citizens to generate power from renewable resources and sell excess energy back to the grid. All provinces should subsidize citizens for costs incurred to become generators of energy as well as consumers of energy. All provinces should give tax breaks to citizens who convert to hybrid or some other form of electric vehicle.
All provinces, as well as the federal government, should stop subsidizing fossil fuel research and development and spend those dollars in conversion to renewable energy sources. The reasons are compelling and very, very real. Those who scoff at this reality should take the time to actually read material published by the UN relating to the IPCC.
I wonder how many banks will be willing to fund the fracking that is predicted to increase, now that, as receivers, they will have to clean up the mess when the companies go bankrupt??


So delicious. Not quite as healthy as our usual fare, but worthy of a birthday celebration.
Enjoy the scent of fresh ground nutmeg. This hand grinder from Oxo is perfectly sized for kids hands.
Make ginger pulp with a Chinese box grater, then squeeze the juice out of the pulp.
Grease the muffin pan with coconut oil.
Mix together pumpkin, evaporated milk, egg, ginger juice, and vanilla.
Blend together really well with a whisk and set aside.
Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, coconut sugar and salt. We didn't have a sifter so we used this sieve and it worked great.
I love her strong sifting stance!
Crumble butter into flour mixture and add raisins and wet ingredients to dry.
Very gently combine the wet and dry ingredients until just mixed. Then spoon into prepared muffin pan.
Combine a little coconut sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on top of the muffins before cooking for a delicious crunch on top.
Then bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees. Allow to cool, then top with frosting below if desired.
This took a little muscle to mix by hand so you might want to ask an older sibling for help. It was worth the work as the kids were DELIGHTED to have frosting!
We decorated our own birthday hats!
We planted 'Scarlet Nantes' carrot seeds and learned how to make tiny holes in the soil to tuck the baby seeds in.
We also dug holes and planted some Asian greens, Tat soi and Mizuna. A big thanks to the Zilker Mama that donated all the awesome vegetable and herb transplants from Johnson's Backyard Garden!
The kids love to gently pat the soil after planting, so sweet and loving.
We loved playing with oil pastels! We blended blue and green to create beautiful hues of turquoise using our fingers and sea sponges. It's fascinating how each child's picture was so unique!
We made cloud dough! So simple: mix 8 cups of flour with 1 cup of baby oil (other cooking oil will work too). First make a mountain with the flour and add the oil in a pool on top, then blend for 5 minutes with your hands.
We really enjoyed "making it snow!".
Once the oil is blended the dough can make shapes, here's some "turtles"! The cloud dough is so lovely and soft, this is definitely a sensory experience that we will repeat!
We set out some pictures of birds and collage materials for the kids to create freely with. As the kids noticed all the beautiful colors in the birds they began to match them to the colors of the feathers. This was an excellent example of child-directed learning!
We made pumpkin cupcakes and celebrated birthdays again!
A very creative choo choo train!
These magnet tiles are awesome! They are educational in so many ways: kids learn about geometry, patterning, magnetic principles... imaginative and innovative to build with too. If you don't already have some, put them on your Christmas list!
The kids did an amazing job cooperating to play our parachute games!
These guys played with this car park for a long time! They even made each car a member of the family and included "grandma".
We planted lettuce seeds and watered them in with rain water collected by our wagon.
What a busy week, indoors and out!
Happy Birthday to Marianna again!
Those cupcakes look amazing! Thanks so much for sharing, I have been cooking and doing more fun activities with my daughter since reading your blog. We really loved making the kale chips!


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Q: Android Pixel Art Rendering On Canvas I am making an app that mimic a classic game. Therefore I need to render some pixel art.
I have a 100x100 Bitmap as a buffer and I draw everything on the buffer without any difficulties.
When I try to render it on a 480x480 Canvas, here comes the problem.
Bitmap.createScaledBitmap will give me a blurred bitmap, so I use the following code for a clear cut between "blocks (scaled up pixels)".
float scale = getWidth() / 100f;
for(int y = 0 ; y < getHeight() ; y++){
    for(int x = 0 ; x < getWidth() ; x++){
        buffer2.setPixel(x, y, buffer.getPixel((int)(x / scale), (int)(y / scale)));
    }
}

The code works quite well and did exactly what I want. But the performance is pretty bad(takes 300+ ms). So I am writing to ask if there is a better way out. Thank you.

A: I would do a few things:

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*Break your getHeight() and getWidth() into local variables so that it isn't called every iteration of the loop. (e.g. int height = getHeight(); for(int y = 0; y < height; y++);)

*Use an intermediate array to store the pixels, then when the loop has completed, use setPixels() method instead of setPixel() to set the pixels all at once -- it is significantly more efficient than setting the pixels one at a time.

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Luraco is the first massage chair company that makes massage chairs that are investigated, created, and made in USA.
The Luraco iRobotics i7 is Lucaro's seventh era massage chair. While the value point may appear somewhat high with regards to massage chairs, you will love every one of the alternatives that accompany this specific chair. There are 9 massage points that you can make to get the ideal massage every last time. Rather than managing a remote that can undoubtedly get lost, you can utilize the touch screen or even your own particular voice to tell the chair how to begin. For more to know about Luraco massage chairs read full review.
In this massage chair, you won't need to stress over monitoring the remote. This massage chair has a touch screen build-in it. The chair even converses with you in light of your orders so you generally realize what it's doing. Work done by the plan group. Presently you can simply drive a few catches to get everything set up and you can pick from all the distinctive massage decisions with only a push of the screen, or notwithstanding utilizing your own particular voice in whatever dialect you pick.
Another innovation included to improve the general involvement; this sees you lean back to a position that presses a large portion of your body's weight down and against the rollers, bringing about a more profound, more helpful massage. You won't get an ordeal like this setting off to an expert! Just a massage chair can provide you with the zero gravity position.
The roller framework for the iRobotics have 3D functions and double rollers, not quad rollers. This innovation changes and upgrades the essential experience by taking a sweep of your body before your massage starts, and altering the rollers and the width of the massage field. Doing both of these things guarantees a world-class involvement with each utilisation. The rollers are very firm and strong so you get the sentiment of value workmanship when they are running all over your back. There are 5 settings of speed for the rollers, which gives you the adaptability to have an extremely exceptional massage or a more delicate massage. Regardless of whether the most minimal setting is still excessively for you, the back cushion.
This chair has mechanical foot rollers alongside foot airbags that move your feet side to side over the rollers, in a shearing-like movement. Two rollers are set in every footrest. They permit simple kneading for the bottoms of your feet. This function is ideal for individuals who are on their feet throughout the day at work. With three-layered airbag and warmth will give an extremely intensive massage to your legs (foot massager). Strangely, none of the Japanese models we convey have foot rollers. The foot rollers on the iRobotics 7 accompany foot cushions that enable you to change the force of the foot roller massage.
Most developed and True 3D automated framework with most recent control innovation that gives unrivaled lower back, neck, and shoulder massage systems. This l-track massage course implies that you can massage your whole spine. You can set the rollers at five separate settings. You can likewise switch up the speed with regards to your neck and shoulder massage. You can pick distinctive settings for various zones in the body.The airbags likewise have five separate settings, with the goal that you can get the correct measure of pressure that you like. Pressure massage is connected to the client's shoulders and neck zone by means of the horseshoe-formed headpiece and shoulder airbags.
There are 5 heating components incorporated with the unit. They will heat your back, feet, and your seat. Heat level additionally can be modified autonomously in various parts. have finish control over this. It is extraordinary compared to other heating frameworks available at the present time. You will feel more good than any other time in recent memory.You can enhance the general happiness regarding your massage involvement by exchanging on the heating component.
The MP3 Music System can be controlled with the versatile cell phone like controller. You should simply to put music on your SD card and hear it out through the build-in speakers. There are two speakers on the back of the chair. You can utilize preloaded music or your most loved rundown of tunes. Ultra clean MP3 player for upgraded mind unwinding with worked in stereo speakers.
Since Luraco is the principal enlisted with FDA medicinal massage chairs, you have a choice to include heart rate screen and blood estimating hardware. You approach the heart rate screen and blood pressure screen on the off chance that you are in the chair. Integrated wellbeing observing highlights to quantify Blood Pressure and Heart Rates (discretionary) – patent pending. It means tying yourself into a sleeve and connecting that to, however it is a helpful accouterment.
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In case you're searching for a standout amongst other massage chairs available today, and cash truly isn't an issue, at that point the iRobotics 7 by Luraco Technologies might be precisely what you are searching for. With top of the line highlights, not very many downsides, and a trustworthy organization that completely remains behind its item, you can't go off to some far away place with this restoratively solid recuperating seat. Clients insistently concur that this seat is justified regardless of each penny spent!


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E3 2019: GAEMS Guardian Pro XP PC Concept — Hands-On
GAEMS hopes to make life easier for traveling livestreamers and content creators with their briefcase-style gaming PC prototype.
Written by: Herman Exum | June 18, 2019
One of the bigger surprises of this year's E3 — if you're willing to venture off the beaten paths of the LA convention center — is GAEMS and their Guardian Pro XP case. This is a WIP that I saw during CES 2019 and if you weren't paying attention then you'd think it's the same prototype, however, the company announced its intention to break into the PC market.
This is quite a shift from what we usually get from GAEMS as they began with portable console cases and USB monitors, and they're serious about this endeavor, just not in the way you'd expect. More accurately, their target crowd is for content creators and studio livestreamers on the go.
For the sake of simplicity and this article, I'm going to call this the Guardian Pro PC from here on, and man, this is a doozy of a gaming travel case. The Guardian shell itself remain large sporting a briefcase-like aesthetic that houses a 24-inch 1080p 60Hz monitor, with enough connectivity like an HDMI output, USB passthrough for webcams and peripherals, and device charging that'll work as miniature workstation for Twitch or YouTube. There's also active cable management and 9-watt stereo drivers for dynamic audio, with optional dual headphone jacks. The entire case measures in at exactly 23.56 x 16.91 x 4.87 inches and weighing 18 lbs, before dropping in your console or PC.
That's the basic package and already tailor-made for whatever PlayStation 4, Xbox One model or Nintendo Switch you have. Of course, if you're trying to compare this against a full-size laptop like an MSI GT75 Titan, Alienware Area-51m, or the gargantuan Acer Predator 21 X then there's a lot more potential to the Guardian PC with necessary installed components.
I was given the backstory on how this project was done away from prying eyes and with the assistance of a passionate PC builder who is well-known among specific enthusiast circles, who went beyond the levels of bespoke to make this a reality for GAEMS. Yes, there are real desktop component in this concept and everything humanly possible was done to make it all work, despite them being tight-lipped on how much of it had to be Frankenstein'd to actually fit.
For curious modders though, I was told that this example was equipped like a desktop incorporating a mini-ITX motherboard and a GeForce RTX 2070 GPU. They said that getting the pieces was easy compared to keeping the machine running cool during extended sessions, with a vented shell, multiple discreet fans, and exhaust expelling heat underneath then immediately absorbed by a thick rubberized insert, so as to not burn your hands when using a keyboard.
"The primary goal of this Guardian Pro concept is to provide livestreamers or eSport competitors the freedom to do their job without the hassle of compromise away from home." That alone makes sense as aspiring or professional live gamers must often adhere to both frenzied broadcast schedules, and the ever-growing demand of constant audience engagement. This is a volatile segment that can potentially cost online personalities thousands of dollars in just a single day, and not fully addressed until now. GAEMS also touted the ability of being able to support dual ultra HD/4K camera streaming/recording and graphic output to an external monitor, which sounds like a hefty claim but couldn't be tested during my meeting at their suite — it's enticing but we'll just have to wait and see on that one.
With no base configuration, cost, or launch date finalized, it will certainly be interesting to see how GAEMS gets this monstrosity to market in realized form, and they did promise a lot while I was there. With the Guardian Pro PC variant, GAEMS plan on undercutting the competition by over a thousand bucks (they're aiming for $900-$1200 starting price), not just for gaming laptops but full-fledged desktops built by Origin, IBUYPOWER and MAINGEAR. Those sound like fighting words, but the company is adamant that this briefcase PC is a substitute for content creators and jet-setting gamers alike. Who knows? This could be the machine to kick off that streaming career you've dreamt about.
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Propagandist Muhammad Shehada Continues to Promote False Claims
By: Karen Bekker February 19, 2021
For over a year, CAMERA has been documenting the false statements of Muhammad Shehada, a Gaza-based columnist who is connected to Richard Falk's NGO, Euro-Med Monitor for Human Rights.
Writing in the Forward, Shehada has:
Called the Palestinian Authority's payments to convicted terrorists a "canard" that was debunked by the Washington Post, when the Post article he referenced actually confirmed that the payments were being made;
Claimed that he could not buy fruit for his dying father due to Israeli restrictions, then subsequently backtracked on the claim after being called out by CAMERA;
Claimed that sewage ran through the streets of Gaza due to Israel's bombing of Gaza's power plant, when in fact the cause of the sewage problem was a tax dispute between Hamas and the PA;
And falsely claimed, at the start of the pandemic, that Israel banned chemicals necessary to make disinfectants from reaching Gaza.
Other than the claims about disinfectant, the Forward failed to correct Shehada's false claims.
Shehada has now found a new venue from which to spread his falsehoods. On February 11, Shehada wrote in Newsweek:
In June 2016, Issa [Amro] was indicted on eighteen counts by the Israeli military, on charges—some of them over six years old—that ranged from insulting a soldier to incitement to resisting arrest to participating in an assembly without a permit. In other words, he was indicted for nonviolent resistance. And this week, he was convicted of six of the charges, receiving a suspended sentence.
In fact, Issa Amro, co-founder of the group Youth Against Settlements, was convicted on January 6, among other things, of assault. According to the Jerusalem Post, the conviction was for "shoving Israeli security forces."
When contacted by CAMERA, editors at Newsweek amended the text to note that the February proceeding was a sentencing hearing, but declined to correct the omission of the fact that Amro was in fact convicted on one violent charge.
Notably, Shehada has a pattern of creating misleading narratives about Israel by omitting important facts and even employing complete fabrications in service of his defamations. Now he has found a more mainstream platform from which to broadcast them.
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Karen Bekker Karen Bekker is the Assistant Director of CAMERA's Media Response Team. Prior to joining CAMERA, she practiced law for nine years as a commercial litigator.
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