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Q: Displaying a DataTable in C# 'An unhandled exception of type 'MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException' occurred in MySql.Data.dll
Additional information: Unable to connect to any of the specified MySQL hosts.'
Even though I have no errors according to C#. My program will keep displaying this error message when I try to run the program. Can some help?

A: As is stated in a comment: The error is that the connection to the MySQL host cannot be created (could be wrong password, wrong username, wrong serverip, wrong port being used, .... or that the mysql server is not running at all, ... thus these are the things you should check first).
Another thing is that you sounded confused that the compilation did not show any errors. You can think of it this way: When you compile the syntax and the grammatics are checked if they are ok and appropriate errors shown. BUT what values are there during a run is NOT checked. That is what is done during a run and causes the error you asked about.
Thus compilation does only check if the syntax is correct not if you really manage to connect to soemthing or if the values you are storing in the variables are the ones you expect there to be.


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ANALYSIS OF OCTOBER 12, 2017 SUPREME COURT OPINIONS
(Posted October 12, 2017) After a two-week opinion drought, the Supreme Court of Virginia hands down two published decisions this morning.
A lawyer up in the State of Northern Virginia is kicking himself this morning after reading Justice McCullough's opinion for the court in Graham v. Community Management Corp.
Heather Graham served as CEO for Community Management, and had an employment contract. That contract contained a fee-shifting provision: In any litigation between the two over the contract, the loser had to pay the winner's attorneys.
Graham left the company, and the company sued her, claiming that she had breached a confidentiality agreement. That suit went all the way to a jury trial; the jury found in favor of Graham.
With a favorable judgment in her pocket, Graham filed this lawsuit, seeking an award of attorneys' fees under the fee-shifting clause. The trial court dismissed her claim, finding that she needed to raise it in the original litigation. The justices agreed to take a look at the case.
The Supreme Court unanimously affirms today, finding that Rule 3:25 required Graham to plead her fee claim in the first lawsuit. The court rejects her argument that her claim didn't accrue until she got the favorable judgment. When you think about it, this ruling makes perfect sense: Plaintiffs have to set out their fee claims in advance, even though they aren't entitled to an award of fees until they win, so the same rule should apply to defendants.
The lesson here is simple: If you think you have a fee claim, raise it in your opening or responsive pleading. If you leave it out, you can still get leave to amend to add it; Rule 3:25(C) states that expressly. But if you don't make the claim, and list the basis for it (contract, statute, fraud), then the same subsection provides that your claim is waived.
When a penal statute specifies a mandatory minimum sentence, but no maximum, what's the maximum? That's the issue in Graves v. Commonwealth.
To be fair, this situation doesn't occur often. In fact, according to the opinion released today, there's only one instance of it in the entire Code: §18.2-53.1, which sets a mandatory minimum sentence for use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. That mandatory minimum – which the sentencing judge may not suspend – is three years for a first offense and five years for second and subsequent offenses.
Graves pleaded guilty to various crimes, including a first-offense firearm count. The trial court assigned a five-year prison term for that count, and suspended two years. Graves later moved to vacate the sentence, claiming that the trial court wasn't authorized to assign a sentence greater than three years. The circuit court wouldn't budge, but today a divided Supreme Court reverses.
This appeal is rare in one respect: The Commonwealth, in the person of the Attorney General, agreed that in this situation, the mandatory minimum is also the maximum. In doing so, it evidently relied on a 2-1 panel decision from the Court of Appeals in 2012, holding that the minimum is also the maximum.
Justice McCullough, writing for four other justices, turns to legislative history to conclude that in this unique situation, the only permissible sentence is three years. He notes that the previous sentencing structure called for a unitary sentence, and this statute was amended as part of a set of corrective changes designed to make mandatory-minimum language uniform throughout the Code. He also observes that if the legislature had really intended to change the maximum penalty for use of a firearm from one year (the penalty back then, before the legislature made it three years) to life in prison, there would have been a budgetary analysis and at least some legislative discussion of such a major change.
Justice Kelsey, joined by Justice McClanahan, dissents. He feels that there's nothing at all anomalous about a statute that fixes a sentence with a minimum but no maximum. In that situation, it's up to the discretion of the court to fix an upper limit, which can reach all the way to life in prison. (A quick query: Why not death? But I digress.) That's the way it works in federal courts and elsewhere in America. The dissent goes on to chide the majority for utilizing legislative history to effectively amend the statute.
That brings us to the remedy. Graves sought remand for a new sentencing hearing, but the majority finds that unnecessary. Here, there's only one permissible sentence, and that's three years. The court thus enters final judgment accordingly. Careful readers will note that while Graves wins this appeal, it really does almost nothing to him other than remove a two-year suspended sentence. He still has the same number of years to serve for his crimes.
This ruling is only the latest in a string of rulings that will cause grammar geeks to cringe. The court has often interpreted statutes so that may means shall (and vice versa), and I'm aware of at least one decision in which the court unanimously held that above means above or below. Here, the court finds that the word minimum also means maximum.
One last point: Justice Kelsey must have found it easy to pen this dissent. In that 2-1 decision in the CAV five years ago, guess who the dissenting judge was?
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Nationalrådet (tysk: Der Nationalrat) er parlamentets førstekammer i Østrig, som er beliggende i hovedstaden Wien. Andetkammeret hedder Forbundsrådet, der er forbundslandenes føderative forsamling. Begge råd er indrettet som selvstændige organer. I særlige tilfælde træder de sammen som Forbundsforsamlingen.

Historie
Efter 1. verdenskrig trådte rigsdagens tysktalende repræsentanter fra det gamle østrigske område samme den 21. oktober 1918 under ledelse af Karl Seitz og dannede den Provisoriske Nationalforsamling for Tyskøstrig.

Imidlertid forbød Saint-Germain-traktaten endhver sammenslutning af Tyskland og Østrig, og i 1920 sammensattes derfor et selvstændigt parlament for Østrig. Dette fik navnet Nationalrådet, og havde som i dag 183 medlemmer. På grund af store modsætninger mellem den konservative regering og socialdemokratiet i parlamentet, besluttede man at ændre forfatningen, således at Forbundspræsidenten fik større beføjelser i forhold til Nationalrådet. Forbundspræsidenten skal således indsætte regeringen og kan opløse Nationalrådet efter indstilling fra regeringen.

Kompetence

Nationalrådet beslutter statens love ved simpelt flertal med tilstedeværelse af mindst en tredjedel af forsamlingens medlemmer. På samme måde kan Nationalrådet opløse sig selv og udskrive nyvalg, ligesom det kan afsætte regeringen eller enkelte ministre ved at udtale sin mistillid. Ved beslutninger, hvor Forbundsrådet har nedlagt veto, skal mindst halvdelen af medlemmerne være tilstede, men der gælder fortsat simpelt flertal ved afstemning. Ved forfatningsændringer kræves et totredjedeles flertal med tilstedeværelse af mindst halvdelen af de delegerede.

Lovforslag kan fremsættes af nationalrådets delegerede og udvalg, forbundsregeringen, Forbundsrådet eller borgere. Sidstnævnte kræver underskrifter fra mindst 100.000 borgere eller en sjettedel af stemmerne fra stemmeberettigede i 3 forbundslande. De fleste love fremsættes af regeringen.

Efter at et lovforslag er fremsat sendes det til behandling i udvalg. Derefter behandles forslaget to gange i Nationalrådet. Efter beslutning sendes loven til udtalelse i Forbundsrådet. Forbundsrådet kan nedlægge veto, men det har blot opsættende virkning. Gennem en ny beslutning kan Nationalrådet fastholde den første beslutning. Loven går siden videre til Forbundspræsidenten, der med sin underskrift bevidner, at lovgivningsprocessen er i overensstemmelse med forfatningen (præsidenten kan således ikke forholde sig til lovens indhold). Loven kontrasigneres af Forbundskansleren. Efter lovens kundgørelse træder den i kraft.

Nationalrådet har forskellige instrumenter til at påvirke regeringens arbejde, f.eks. gennem parlamentariske beslutninger, der er bindende for regeringen, retten til at godkende statsbudgettet samt deltagelse i hovedudvalgets arbejde. Hovedudvalget deltager i vigtige regeringsbeslutninger f.eks. udsendelse af østrigske tropper til udlandet, beslutninger om statsvirksomheder osv.

Nationalrådet deltager ikke i regeringsdannelsen, da regeringen udpeges af Forbundspræsidenten.

Valg til Nationalforsamlingen
Nationalrådet vælges ved almene, lige og direkte valg. Fordelingen af mandater sker efter et proportionalt valgsystem i 9 valgkredse svarende til forbundslandene. Disse valgkredse er yderligere opdelt i en række regionale valgkredse.

Forbundslandene har på forhånd et antal mandater til fordeling i Nationalforsamlingen:

Alle østrigske statborgere (også bosat i udlandet), der er fyldt 18 år, er stemmeberettigede. Valgbare er alle østrigske statsborgere, der er fyldt 19 år den 1. januar i valgåret. Der er en spærregrænse på 4 procent. Hvis et parti vinder et mandat i en af de overordnede valgkredse vil partiet dog være repræsenteret gennem dette mandat.

Nationalrådet vælges fra 2007 for fem år (var tidligere fire år), men der kan udskrives nyvalg tidligere, hvis enten Forbundspræsidenten efter indstilling fra regeringen opløser Nationalrådet eller hvis Nationalrådet opløser sig selv.

Nationalrådets organisering
Nationalrådet har en første formand (Erster Nationalretspräsident) og to viceformænd. Formanden leder på dene ene side Nationalrådets samlinger og forestår på den anden parlamentskanceliet, som står for parlamentets administration. Planlægningen af nationalrådsmøderne sket i formandskonferencen, som udover formændene også består af partigruppernes formænd og parlamentskanceliets direktør.

Partierne i Nationalrådet danner parlamentsgrupper (tysk: parlamentarische Klubs). Disse grupper har visse rettigheder, f.eks. at udpege medlemmer til parlamentsudvalgene. I visse udvalg, frem for alt undersøgelseskommissioner, skal alle parlamentsgrupper være repræsenteret.

Nationalrådet nedsætter forskellige udvalg til forberedelse af lovene. Der findes både obligatoriske og fakultative udvalg. I indeværende periode har Nationalrådet 36 udvalg.

Nationalrådets sammensætning
Mandatfordelingen var ved de seneste 4 valg således:

1 Et SPÖ-mandat gik til partiet Liberales Forum grundet et valgforbund.
² Den 4. april 2005 opsplittedes partiet FPÖ. En udbrydergruppe dannede et nyt parti (BZÖ). De fleste FPÖ-nationalrådsdelegerede (16 af 18) forlod FPÖ og gik til BZÖ. Men de delegerede fra begge partier dannede fortsat en parlamentsgruppe.
<small>3 I valgperioden 2008-2013 blev mandatfordeling ændret således: 1 mandat fra SPÖ blev løsgænger, og SPÖ reducerede mandattallet til 56 mandater. 3 mandater fra BZÖ gik over til FPK der i parlamentet arbejdede sammen med FPÖ, der opnåede 37 mandater. Yderligere 5 mandater gik fra BZÖ til det nydannede Team Stronach. BZÖ blev således sammenlagt reduceret med 8 mandater til i alt 13 mandater.</sup>

Valgresultater og mandater siden 1945
Valgresultat siden 1945 i procent og antal mandater:

1 1983 ALÖ (Alternative Liste Österreichs, 1,4%) og VGÖ (Vereinte Grüne Österreichs, 1,9%)
² 1949 og 1953 som VdU (Wahlpartei der Unabhängigen (WdU))
3 BZÖ er et udbryderparti fra FPÖ (2005) og opstillede for første gang 2006
4 Partiet Liberales Forum opstillede ikke 2006 men fik et mandat pga et valgforbund med SPÖ
5 1953 VO (Wahlgemeinschaft Österreichische Volksopposition) 1956 – 1966 KuL/KLS (Kommunisten und Linkssozialisten)

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Q: ArgumentOutOfRangeException when replacing items in an ObservableCollection I'm working on a Refresh() extension method for ObservableCollection which adds, removes or replaces items based on a matching key (this means when bound to a DataGrid the grid doesn't re-scroll and items don't change their position unless they were removed).
Problem is when I replace items in the ObservableCollection the last item throws an ArgumentOutOfRangeException, what am I missing here?
public static void Refresh<TItem, TKey>(this ObservableCollection<TItem> target, IEnumerable<TItem> source, Func<TItem, TKey> keySelector)
{
    var sourceDictionary = source.ToDictionary(keySelector);
    var targetDictionary = target.ToDictionary(keySelector);

    var newItems = sourceDictionary.Keys.Except(targetDictionary.Keys).Select(k => sourceDictionary[k]).ToList();
    var removedItems = targetDictionary.Keys.Except(sourceDictionary.Keys).Select(k => targetDictionary[k]).ToList();
    var updatedItems = (from eachKey in targetDictionary.Keys.Intersect(sourceDictionary.Keys)
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                            New = sourceDictionary[eachKey]
                        }).ToList();

    foreach (var updatedItem in updatedItems)
    {
        int index = target.IndexOf(updatedItem.Old);
        target[index] = updatedItem.New; // ArgumentOutOfRangeException is thrown here
    }

    foreach (var removedItem in removedItems)
    {
        target.Remove(removedItem);
    }

    foreach (var newItem in newItems)
    {
        target.Add(newItem);
    }
}

A: You've got Old and New the wrong way round. This:
var updatedItems = (from eachKey in targetDictionary.Keys
                                              .Intersect(sourceDictionary.Keys)
                    select new
                    {
                        Old = targetDictionary[eachKey],
                        New = sourceDictionary[eachKey]
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should be this:
var updatedItems = (from eachKey in targetDictionary.Keys
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                    select new
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Currently you're looking for the index of the new value, which will be -1...

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Home Politics Nurul Izzah's "ex dictator" comment irks many at Pakatan Harapan
Nurul Izzah's "ex dictator" comment irks many at Pakatan Harapan
In a recent interview with Singapore's The Straits Times, Nurul Izzah Anwar claimed that she was "broken hearted" having to work once again with Dr Mahathir who she claimed was an "ex dictator".
The response from her own team mates were furious. PPBM Supreme Council member Tariq Ismail, the grandson of former deputy prime minister Ismail Abdul Rahman and a staunch supporter of Mahathir, being clearly unaware of how Dr Mahathir worked, claimed "If Tun was still a dictator, he would have an entire Cabinet of PPBM ministers, a dictator would be the only voice."
"Nurul is entitled to her opinion, but her father did not break himself out of jail," he added, referring to Anwar Ibrahim's prison release following a royal pardon in the wake of Pakatan Harapan's victory at the polls.
A political observer said Tariq's comment doesn't make sense. "Mahathir had absolute control over Malaysian politics during his 22 year rule. It's a well known fact. What Nurul said is true. So why try to spin it ? Just because Mahathir became the prime minister again doesn't change history. For example he did jail Anwar Ibrahim on trumped up charges."
"The problem with Pakatan Harapan is filled with juvenile and mediocre rent-seeking politicians who are simply trying to please their bosses without thinking things through. For example they assume the public aren't aware of Mahathir's deeds. Tariq is insulting people's intelligence, especially those who had to endure the spectacular failures and bailouts." he added.
Mahathir as the previous prime minister of Malaysia was well known for his executive decisions bulldozing through any opposing comments earning the "dictator" title. Under the helm of Mahathir, he made decisions on KLIA, Petronas and multitude other projects that were rewarded to close allies, friends and family. The cabinet had no choice but to follow his orders.
Recently Azmin Ali and Anthony Loke confirmed that the final decision on the sale of Malaysian Airlines lies with Mahathir again confirming what many have observed that Mahathir decides everything while his ministers "are for show".
Pakatan Harapan criticism on Nurul Izzah's comment seems to be an irony when Mahathir himself admitted to The Straits Times that he was a dictator during his 22 year rule.
The Malaysian public has been impatient since promised reforms has been slow to progress. Many see the prime minister using his "1 trillion debt" and 1MDB as key excuse for the lack of progress. Last week Mahathir claimed that he could not provide aid to undergraduates as "Najib stole the money".
While many Malaysians has embraced the change in government from Barisan Nasional to Pakatan Harapan, many are now disillusioned with their "New Malaysia".
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Q: Use a shared vhdx as shared drive I have a Windows Cluster made up of two nodes connected via SAS to a storage array. I have two virtual machines configured with their hard disks (vhdx) on the shared storage. They are up and running correctly. Now I need to build a "shared volume" between these two vm, that is a disk with files and folders in, that can be accessed from both servers, like an smb share. I understood that it was possible creating a vhdx file on the shared storage and then attaching it to both vm flagging "enable virtual hard disk sharing" but I think I misunderstood something. Can you tell me if this is realizable or not, end eventually what's the best practice to reach my goal? I basically need a storage accessible simultaneously from two virtual machines, possibly without setup a separate file server to expose smb shares.

A: Before I answer your question, I want to add a little side note. It is possible to add a shared VHDX to two independent virtual machines and both can access the VHDX at the same time. However, it is not supported. TomTom already explained why.
So if you tried to do that out of curiosity and you found it working: don't use it!
To answer your question: If you need a highly available shared storage, create a Guest Failover Cluster and add a File Server cluster role that uses the shared VHDX as storage. Using little words, this is how you would do it:

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*Install a Windows Server 2012 R2 on each HV node. Those are the guest nodes.

*Create a new VHDX and add it to both guest cluster nodes as a shared VHDX.

*Install and configure the Failover Cluster feature on each guest node.

*In the guest cluster, add the new drive to the cluster storage.

*Add the File Server cluster role to your guest failover cluster.

*Configure your network shares.

More literature on that topic:

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*Virtual Hard Disk Sharing Overview

*SMB Transparent Failover – making file shares continuously available

A: Well, you can do it with the VHDX - but that will not work unless the partitions on the disc support sharing. Which is VERY limited in windows, and for a good reason. So, if you plan to put files there and "just share the disc" it will corrupt because both machines, not aware of file sharing, will cache reads and write to the disc file system overwriting each others changes.
Shared discs are only supported for clustered use: Clustered Quorum or Clustered Shared Storage. Of with a cluster aware file system (that windows does not have out of the box).


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40% of the things we worry about never happen in real life.
30% of the things we worry about have already happened.
22% of the things we worry about are trifling and unimportant.
4% of the things we worry about are things we have no power to fix.
4% of the things we worry about are things we have the power to fix.
So, in a nutshell, 100% of the things we worry about are completely useless.
So there you have it: an excuse to become a true, worry-free optimist.
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Home / Academics / Natural & Social Sciences / News & Events / Department News / Student Success / Student Success News Archive / Rob Dickerman '92, D.O., Ph.D., is making a difference in neurosurgery
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Rob Dickerman '92, D.O., Ph.D., is making a difference in neurosurgery
05.09.2018 | By: Texas Wesleyan University
Rob Dickerman '92, D.O., Ph.D., graduated from Texas Wesleyan with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. After graduating from TXWES, he got his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences - Biochemistry/Molecular Biology and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. Dickerman is now a fellowship trained and board certified neurosurgeon.
"I chose Texas Wesleyan because I liked that it was a broad-based university," Dickerman, said. "It gave me the opportunity and recommendations for liberal arts studies, with a long-standing history in science and medicine."
Dickerman is now the owner and physician at the North Texas Brain and Spine Institute in Plano, TX. He practices conservative (nonsurgical) and surgical options for treating patients with acute spinal conditions. When his patients need surgery, he's trained in minimally invasive spinal techniques which minimize damage to surrounding tissues and speed recovery time so patients can return to work or sports.
"Texas Wesleyan's education platform prepared me for my career because it's designed to make students well-rounded in their studies," said, Dickerman. "Different discussions with [my professors] gave me perspective and played a key role in my career path."
Next up for Dr. Dickerman? He's going to continue to build his practice in neurosurgery and expand the research he's doing in the field.
At Texas Wesleyan, we have a rich history and a Texas-sized reputation. As stewards of the University, it is our responsibility to build a future as bright as our past.


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1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the election of trustees or members of the board of education, and the vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures, in any common school district, union free school district, central school district or central high school district shall be held at the annual meeting and election on the third Tuesday in May, provided, however, that such election shall be held on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner at the request of a local school board certifies no later than March first that such election would conflict with religious observances. The sole trustee, board of trustees or board of education of every common, union free, central or central high school district and every city school district to which this article applies shall hold a budget hearing not less than seven nor more than fourteen days prior to the annual meeting and election or special district meeting at which a school budget vote will occur, and shall prepare and present to the voters at such budget hearing a proposed school district budget for the ensuing school year.
2. Except as provided in subdivision four of this section, nothing in this section shall preclude the trustees or board of education, in their discretion, from submitting additional items of expenditure to the voters for approval as separate propositions or the voters from submitting propositions pursuant to sections two thousand eight and two thousand thirty-five of this part; provided however that such propositions shall be subject to the requirements set forth in subdivision nine of section two thousand twenty-three-a of this part.
2-a. Every common, union free, central, central high school district and city school district to which this article applies shall mail a school budget notice to all qualified voters of the school district after the date of the budget hearing, but no later than six days prior to the annual meeting and election or special district meeting at which a school budget vote will occur. The school budget notice shall compare the percentage increase or decrease in total spending under the proposed budget over total spending under the school district budget adopted for the current school year, with the percentage increase or decrease in the consumer price index, from January first of the prior school year to January first of the current school year, and shall also include the information required by paragraphs a and b of this subdivision. The notice shall also set forth the date, time and place of the school budget vote, in the same manner as in the notice of annual meeting, and shall also include the district's tax levy limit pursuant to section two thousand twenty-three-a of this part, and the estimated school tax levy, excluding any levy necessary to support the expenditures pursuant to subparagraphs (i) through (iv) of paragraph i of subdivision two of section two thousand twenty-three-a of this part, that would result from adoption of the proposed budget. Such notice shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner.
a. Commencing with the proposed budget for the two thousand one--two thousand two school year, such notice shall also include a description of how total spending and the tax levy resulting from the proposed budget would compare with a projected contingency budget adopted pursuant to section two thousand twenty-three of this article, assuming that such contingency budget is adopted on the same day as the vote on the proposed budget. Such comparison shall be in total and by component (program, capital and administrative), and shall include a statement of the assumptions made in estimating the projected contingency budget.
b. Commencing with the proposed budget for the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, such notice shall also include, in a format prescribed by the commissioner, an estimate of the tax savings that would be available to an eligible homeowner under the basic school tax relief (STAR) exemption authorized by section four hundred twenty-five of the real property tax law if the proposed budget were adopted. Such estimate shall be made in the manner prescribed by the commissioner, in consultation with the office of real property services.
3. In all elections for trustees or members of boards of education or votes involving the expenditure of money, or authorizing the levy of taxes, the vote thereon shall be by ballot, or, in school districts that prior to nineteen hundred ninety-eight conducted their vote at the annual meeting, may be ascertained by taking and recording the ayes and noes of such qualified voters attending and voting at such district meetings.
4. The budget adoption process shall conform to the requirements set forth in section two thousand twenty-three-a of this part. In the event that the original proposed budget is not approved by the voters, the sole trustee, trustees or board of education may adopt a final budget pursuant to subdivision five of this section or resubmit to the voters the original or a revised budget pursuant to subdivision three of section two thousand seven of this part. Upon one defeat of such resubmitted budget, the sole trustee, trustees or board of education shall adopt a final budget pursuant to subdivision five of this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the school district budget for any school year, or any part of such budget or any propositions involving the expenditure of money for such school year shall not be submitted for a vote of the qualified voters more than twice.
5. If the qualified voters fail to approve the proposed school district budget upon resubmission or upon a determination not to resubmit for a second vote pursuant to subdivision four of this section, the sole trustee, trustees or board of education, after applying thereto the public school moneys and other moneys received or to be received for that purpose, shall levy a tax for the sum necessary for teachers' salaries and other ordinary contingent expenses in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision and sections two thousand twenty-three and two thousand twenty-three-a of this article.
6. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision four of section eighteen hundred four and subdivision five of section nineteen hundred six of this title, subdivision one of section two thousand two of this article, subdivision one of this section, subdivision two of section twenty-six hundred one-a of this title and any other provision of law to the contrary, the annual district meeting and election of every common, union free, central and central high school district and the annual meeting of every city school district in a city having a population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants that is scheduled to be held on the third Tuesday of May, two thousand three is hereby adjourned until the first Tuesday in June, two thousand three. The trustees or board of education of each such school district shall provide notice of such adjourned meeting to the qualified voters in the manner prescribed for notice of the annual meeting, and such notice shall provide for an adjourned budget hearing. The adjourned district meeting or district meeting and election shall be deemed the annual meeting or annual meeting and election of the district for all purposes under this title and the date of the adjourned meeting shall be deemed the statewide uniform voting day for all purposes under this title. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision seven of section sixteen hundred eight or subdivision seven of section seventeen hundred sixteen of this title or any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, in two thousand three the property tax report card shall be submitted to the department no later than twenty days prior to the date of the adjourned meeting and the department shall make its compilation available electronically at least seven days prior to such date.
7. Each school district shall post on its website, if any, a final annual budget and any multi-year financial plan adopted by the board of education or trustees.
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Saif Ali Khan is all set to star in Jay Shewakramani's next film is titled Jawani Janeman. Jay Shewakramani announced Saif Ali Khan's association with the film by sharing the news on social media on Wednesday. He shared a picture of himself along with Saif on his Instagarm account profile and wrote:" New venture partners." He accompanied the post along with hashtags such as "#Friendsforever" and "#jawanijaneman." Talking of casting Saif in his next project, Jay said in a statement,"Saif and I have always chatted about producing films together. We were on the lookout for the right script and with Jawani Janeman we found that," stated news agency PTI. The film will be directed by Nitin Kakkar.
Jawani Janeman will collaboratively be produced by Saif Ali Khan's production house Black Knight Films and Jay Shewakramani's Northern Lights Films. The film is expected to go on floors next year. The film will reportedly be a comedy-drama, in which Saif Ali Khan will be seen playing the role of a father. However, the actress who will be seen playing Saif's daughter in the film hasn't been finalized as of now.
Jawani Janeman will mark Saif Ali Khan's third collaboration with Jay Shewakramani. The duo have earlier worked together in films such as Race and Race 2.
On the work front, Saif Ali Khan was last seen Netflix's web-series Sacred Games. He currently awaits the release of his next film Gauravv K Chawla's Baazaar, in which he will be seen playing the role of a an ambitious business tycoon named Shakun Kothari.


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Senegal engineering students use robots and innovation to curb Covid-19
Senegalese engineering students are throwing themselves at the West African state's growing coronavirus problem with inventions such as automatic sanitiser dispensers and medical robots.
Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills towards easing pressure on wards — and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations.
One example is a small robot, dubbed "Dr Car", which will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to students from Dakar's École Supérieure Polytechnique (ESP).
The university is considered one of West Africa's best for engineering and technology, and is highly selective, with 28 nationalities represented among its 4,000 students.
Guided by a mounted camera and controlled via an app, doctors will also be able to communicate with patients through the robot, Kébé said, potentially allowing them to treat people isolated in hard-to-reach rural areas.
Senegal's coronavirus outbreak pales in comparison to the situation in virus-stricken Europe and the US. But after a slow start, confirmed cases in the nation of some 16-million people are increasing. And as with other poor countries in the region, there are fears that Senegal is ill equipped to handle a large outbreak.
Authorities have recorded more than 2,100 cases to date, including 21 fatalities. Hospital staff in Dakar are also beginning to contract Covid-19.
Faced with an increased threat, front-line Senegalese doctors are taking the young engineers seriously.
An initial prototype designed by the students was essentially a small mobile trolley, designed to carry equipment or meals to patients. But Abdoulaye Bousso, the head of an emergency ward in a Dakar hospital, asked to redesign it to include mechanical arms capable of conducting medical tests — an upgrade the students are working on now.
"It's a whole process," Bousso said, adding that the robot could cut down on their use of expensive bibs and gowns, which must be thrown away.
Focus on practicality
Ndiaga Ndiaye, an ESP professor in charge of marketing the inventions, said that the university has long emphasised practical projects and entrepreneurship, which meant students were poised to act when the virus broke out.
The robot is "far from being a gadget," Ndiaye said, and could be produced at a larger scale once ready. "We are a public institution. There is one concept that binds us all together, and that is service to the community."
Other students have devised simpler devices that they also hope will battle the disease in Senegal.
Gianna Andjembe, a masters student in electrical engineering, has designed an automatic hand-sanitiser dispenser that he said could reduce the need for staff in schools and hospitals to supervise hand-washing.
As scientists, as engineers, we have to meet the challenges and really take our destiny into our own hands
"It's very simple, it's basic," he said. "As scientists, as engineers, we have to meet the challenges and really take our destiny into our own hands."
The coronavirus has up-ended ESP students' lives. Lectures are now held via video and students who used to tinker in labs until late at night must now rush home owing to a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
But the crisis has also given the young engineers a sense of purpose. "What has changed is the responsibility," robot maker Kébé said, adding that the students also felt "much more patriotism". — AFP


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"I like old things," says Jeanne Focht. She enjoys hunting for items that deserve a second chance. She gives them a little spit and polish and features them at her shop, Dutch Lady Antiques in Nappanee. Jeanne has a gift for making something special something special out of the ordinary, worn out, the handed down or the discarded.
Jeanne enjoys antiques and says they remind her of her grandparents with whom she had a wonderful relationship.
Jeanne knows how special time with grandkids can be. She and husband Joe have nine of their own. Family is very important to them. Jeanne and Joe feel blessed they were able to raise their three daughters in a town like Nappanee where they have lived for over 30 years. Joe is a pastor at Nappanee Missionary Church, a position that often requires moving from place to place.
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Kabul, What a Capital!
September 25, 2011 | Mohd. Ahsan
Recent attacks by insurgents in capital Kabul are considered attacks on the minds, souls and hearts of government and its five million residents and the large number of foreigners living in this city. Two black Tuesdays – 13 and 20 September – give shocking reflection of the situation in Afghanistan years after US invasion. Taliban insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the U.S. embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in the heart of Kabul, the Afghan capital, on Tuesday, 13 September, while suicide bombers struck police buildings in a blitz that displayed the ability of militants to take their fight to the doorsteps of Western power in Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, 20 September, Burhan ud Din Rabbani, ex president of Afghanistan and head of the High Peace Council – established to facilitate talks with Taliban – was killed by an unknown messenger from the Quetta Shura of Taliban who had concealed explosive material in his turban.
For the first incident, the Haqqani Network has been hold responsible. For the second, although the Taliban have denied involvement, fingers are pointed at them. The killing of peace-maker clearly indicates that Taliban do not want peace in Afghanistan through table talks rather they now are more moralized and think reconciliation program is a weakness of government and the international community.
Taliban have been quite successful in reaching their targets in capital Kabul where security is the tightest – army, police, intelligence, private security guards on alert all time. The continuous terror raids on important government and private buildings establish the fact that Taliban are present everywhere and are potent enough to target key government and foreign offices and kill their target.
Previously, Taliban had launched attacks on guest houses accommodating foreigners, foreign embassies, government ministries, shopping centers used by foreigners, police stations, luxury hotels and several other important locations in Kabul. Yet, more assaults from Taliban in Kabul should be expected.
People in Kabul are living under the shadows of terror. The continuous incidents of terrorism have deep negative impacts on the normality of life in the capital. If the condition is so in the capital city, the condition in other provinces is easily predictable.
Last year, it was admitted by Ministry of Interior, that out of the total districts in Afghanistan only in nine security situation is satisfactory and in others Taliban have varying influence and control – weak to strong.
The situation has gone more deteriorated since the last year. It proves the fact that the Taliban have parallel government in Afghanistan. Taliban have their own governors and district governors. Knowing that the Afghan security forces fail to give a full proof security to the capital, one can not be optimistic regarding the future defense of the whole country that has already started falling in their hands.
Afghanistan is standing at a very important juncture i.e. growing power of Taliban and drawdown of international troops. The US plans to withdraw 33,000 of its soldiers from Afghanistan by the end of 2012 and completely withdraw in 2014.
According to many, withdrawal plans by international allies of Afghanistan have bolstered the moral and confidence of the Taliban and their supporters. They are now thinking of victory in Afghanistan. By launching attacks in Kabul, the Taliban want to give a message to the government and the international community that the game is not over yet and you have to continue to fight.
Kabul is targeted from time to time and therefore the government struggles to keep its forces on high alert. It is not because the government is concerned about safety of common people. A noteworthy portion of population living in this city is formed by foreign civilians and army, high ranking government officials and VIPs.
All of them work and reside by hiding themselves behind thick security walls and their safety is conceived the foremost reason for the comparatively tighter security in Kabul. Taliban's infiltration of what government considers tightest security in capital makes it clear that they are strong, consistent in their operations and government's calls for talks in the last two years or so have left no positive impact on their evil and deadly objectives. The government should rather stop deceiving itself and go to protect the life of people.
The infiltration of strictest security in Kabul by Taliban is failure and weakness of army, police and above all the intelligence. The Afghan police and army have set security check post at every few kilometers.
These check post are quite problematic of common people but have not stopped Taliban from turning the capital into a hell. Although Afghan intelligence (National Directorate of Security - NDS), has been arresting people having on mind to launch terror attacks, success of terrorist to plan and launch attacks in Kabul in a consistent way can be conceived its failure and incapability. There are also doubts that certain individuals are present in Afghan police who help insurgents in carrying attacks in Kabul and other provinces by providing them secret information.
Finally, the Afghan government's standing in front of terrorists is quite pathetic, although it has shown sympathy towards them. The opportunity our government had in the last ten years to put Afghanistan on the right track from security and economy point of views has been lost. But still, the government has chances to save the country from once going towards Taliban or civil war. Those chances need to be utilized before it is too late.
Mohd. Ahsan is permanent writer of the Daily Outlook Afghanistan. He can be reached at outlookafg hanistan@gmail.com


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Piggy March
Discipline: Eventing
Based In: Northamptonshire, UK
Piggy initially considered a career in art and photography but left her course after a term when she discovered she couldn't live without being competitive – and that involved horses. The decision quickly paid dividends and once in the senior ranks, she made her debut at Badminton Horse Trials in 2003 finishing 31st aboard Flintlock II.
Notable Results:
In 2018 Piggy represented Great Britain at the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, achieving a Team Gold medal
2019 was a hugely successful year for Piggy and her team, dubbed 'The Year of the Pig'. She won her first five-star title at the 2019 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials with Vanir Kamira which was followed by a second place at the Land Rover Burghley International Horse Trials
Piggy was part of the Gold medal winning team at the 2021 European Eventing Championships in Avenches, Switzerland riding John and Chloe Perry and Alison Swinburn's Brookfield Inocent and also took home Individual Silver
Piggy's latest results can be found here.
Most of my horses are fed D&H Classic Fibre Cubes and D&H Fibergy which gives them the nutrition they need for competing at the lower levels. For those in more work the D&H Staypower Muesli is a fantastic feed which all the horses love and gives them the extra energy to cope with an increased workload.


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Global Risks Landscape 2015
Global Risks 2015 Interconnections Map
Risks-Trends 2015 Interconnections Map
Executive Opinion Survey 2014
Regional Risks Preparedness
Shareable Infographics
Part 1 – Global Risks 2015
Fragile Societies under Pressure
Growing Worries about Conflict
Economic Risks: Out of the Spotlight?
Environment – High Concern, Little Progress
Technological Risks: Back to the Future
Preparedness at the Regional Level Is Different
Part 2: Risks in Focus
2.2 Global Risks Arising from the Accelerated Interplay between Geopolitics and Economics
2.3 City Limits: The Risks of Rapid and Unplanned Urbanization in Developing Countries
2.4 Engineering the Future: How Can the Risks and Rewards of Emerging Technologies Be Balanced?
Part 3: Good Practices on Risk Management and Risk Resilience
Practice 1: Interdisciplinary Science for Managing Water Resources and Improving Long-Term Water Security
Practice 2: Resilient America Roundtable
Practice 3: ZÜRS Public – Increasing Awareness of Flood Risk in Saxony
Appendix A: Description of Global Risks and Trends 2015
Appendix B: The Global Risks Perception Survey 2014 and Methodology
Appendix C: The Executive Opinion Survey and Views of the Business Community on the Impact of Global Risks on Their Business
Global Risks 2015 Home
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Energy News by Sudheer Singh
IOC to invest over Rs 1.5 lakh crore in project expansion, quality upgradation
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ETEnergyWorld / Mar 31, 2018
Approval for auction methodology for commercial coal mining a game changer: Experts
The move will have significant positive impact across multiple sectors including power generation, and manufacturing industries apart from ramifications for stressed power assets, merchant power prices and volume of coal imports, they said.
ETEnergyWorld / Feb 20, 2018
India, China to lead the emerging nations' green bonds market in 2018
Cumulative green bond issuance in India has more than doubled to $6.5 billion since the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued its green bond regulations in May 2017.
ETEnergyWorld / Feb 8, 2018
Slapping safeguard duty on solar imports may not work: Sanjay Aggarwal, Fortum India
In an exclusive interview with ETEnergyWorld, Sanjay Aggarwal, Managing Director of Fortum India shares a perspective on the company's growth plans and the challenges being faced by developers in the Indian renewable energy sector.
Budget 2018: Positive impact on power sector, Saubhagya to boost demand
The budget allocates Rs 3,800 crore for Deendayal Upadhayaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DUGJY) and Rs 4,900 crores for Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS).
Budget 2018: Focus on expanding energy access for all
The FM lauded the government's efforts for providing electricity to all households of the country through the Prime Minister Saubhagya Yojana under which poor households are given free electricity connections.
PFC sanctions Rs 1,350 crore loan assistance for Bihar power grid projects
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Reliance Infra moves regulator for transfer of Mumbai business to Adani
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New evacuation facility charge not arbitrary: Coal India executive
Industry body Indian Captive Power Producers Association (ICPPA) had last week alleged that the "arbitrary" Rs 50 per tonne charge has led to an increase in coal prices in a range between 4 per cent and 7 per cent over the notified price.
Captive power producers protest new evacuation facility charge by CIL
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Samsung Engineering bags $700 million petrochemical plant contract from SABIC
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ETEnergyWorld / Dec 7, 2017
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Listening to the reality of education in Indonesia is now very heartbreaking. Education sector as a pedestal base to empower the people of Indonesia in realizing the objectives of this nation, social justice actually very far from justice. Instead of realizing social welfare, the opportunity to access education is still very little.
The condition of education in Indonesia today, so in away from the substance of the purpose of education in the 1945 Constitution mandate that is, the intellectual life of the nation. It can be seen from all aspects relating to education, such as the commercialization of education, education as labor supply and labor-cheap labor, education submitted on free market mechanisms, and education as a field of industrialization. It can not be separated from the policies of the government in regulating the national education system that is not oriented to the interests of society.
The development of the National Education System now that has profanity, can not remove the entry from the history of education in the capitalization of the new order. Capital grip is so powerful in the world of education at the end of the Soeharto era, so it has to provide a basic education utilization to meet the needs of the owners of capital, both in labor issues, research and development, production, and even make educates students as a market good products related to the needs of teaching and learning activities, or that there is no relationship at all to the world of education.
Neoliberal policies for education in Indonesia appears in Education Autonomy in which there are Quality Improvement Management School-Based Education for primary and secondary education and the Autonomous State University (otherwise known as the Autonomous Student Campus).
As signed the Letter of Intentions (LoI) between the Indonesian government and the IMF, the IMF agreement and the Government is not separated from the Washington Consensus recipe to hand over education to the free market mechanism with the government is required to release all the social needs of the public subsidy programs, including education, and focus the use of funds for the payment of foreign debts. The government also dictated imperialism to liberalize the domestic market for investment and foreign products, especially from the imperialist countries.
With the process so that the policy is issued is autonomous campus, where the campus seemed to be independent to meet operasionalnnya. This is resulting in expensive education, by providing the widest lead college campus autonomy seeking funding from various aspects of the business entity resulting in the appearance of the campus such as hospitals, Villa, Field Sports, Campus Facilities at designated for the public in order to make a profit, and the saddest is burdensome high tuition on students and all of it is summarized in government policy, the constitution of Higher Education (constitution PT).
It all used to make profits for the campus, making it clear that only the rich can enjoy a decent education and producing millions of poor children were retarded and mass duping. In principle, the campus also stressed the autonomy of the intervention over the capitalists, both local, national, or international in accordance with an agreement with the IMF prescriptions through letter of intern (LoI) from countries capitalist great that independent campus.
In addition, graduates of higher education is what is called the labor aristocracy, the administrator of the company and government tasked to serve the interests of capital but by pressing other workers who are in the strata below them.
Wrack government in directing the education process in the interests of industrialization capital. More concern educated sector or students not to be free in the search for scientific knowledge but are directed at practical importance in the current industrialization prepared for technical personnel in order to accelerate the development of industrial capital factories. This concept in the model of true education system that cuts the learning objectives with the policy system existing curriculum, in which subjects were cut into pieces and only to immediately prepare skilled workers who serve the interests of capitalists, It's clear by the presence of the Credit System Semester (SKS).
SKS was indeed more favorable than the capitalists benefit students. By shortening the study period, the supply of skilled labor can be guaranteed. And when supply exceeds demand, the principles of the labor market for skilled labor may apply. The greater the number of college graduates, the higher the bargaining position of the owners of capital and the lower the bargaining position of the skilled workers. It gets worse with the release of the government agreement on the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 that one of the main frame liberalize labor.
On the other side of education intended to print a ready labor support company, is exacerbated by the liberalization of labor in competitiveness. The presence of AEC will free flow of labor from one country to another in about ASEAN, so it will turn off the power source of the working people of Indonesia. It caused our human resources is still a big question mark, when faced with the human resources of other countries.
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) already exists in front of us. Government policies impose AEC agreement generated a lot of pros and cons. Agreement or AEC more in the know with AEC (ASEAN Economic Community) is a result of an agreement blueprint members of ASEAN countries in the ASEAN summit since 1967 in Bangkok.
The objective is the implementation of AEC s containing framework, ASEAN as a single market and production base with an element of international free flow of goods, services, investment and labor learners and free capital flows. AEC will integrate the flow of goods free of non-tariff and administrative barriers. Investment liberalization became the main agenda, then create a climate conducive to the challenge in the AEC . AEC deal agreed at the meeting of ASEAN economic ministers in 2006 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Faced with AEC policy making big challenge for human resources in Indonesia.
The face of education we are still far from the education that the intellectual life of the nation and the state, it can be seen literacy rate of approximately 15.3% in 2013, while the unemployment rate of 7.3% according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of 2013. This figure is looking extent Indonesian education is still weak and must be confronted with the free competitiveness increasingly extending unemployment and the decline in the quality of education in Indonesia.
Commercialization of education and labor liberalization product is government policy that pro-imperialism, the more miserable people of Indonesia. Enforcement of AEC and the various international agreements oriented liberalization in all sectors, making further loss of national sovereignty. Government policies do not reflect the country's highest constitutional namely 1945.
Principles such as liberation liberalization, fiscal and other barriers, privatization, deregulation, and the free market has cornered the welfare of Indonesian society. So far AEC and contradictory policies of the mandate of the 1945 Constitution and Pancasila (five principal). Sector liberalization of trade in services, investment and labor contrary to Article 33 UUD1945 clear in Article 1, 2 and 3 states, first, "The economy is structured as a joint effort based on the principle of kinship". Second, the "branches of production that are important to the State and which dominate the life of the people controlled by the State". Third, "Earth, water and natural resources contained therein controlled by the State and used for the welfare of the people". It is clear that the government has betrayed the Constitution and submit education in the interests of free market mechanisms that harm the people of Indonesia.
Naufal Qushai, Regional Executive Secretary-National Student League for Democracy (EW-LMND) East Java.


Andrew Carlson (Pro 4): If anyone other than Johnny or CJ Greaves is going to win in the all-wheel drive class, it's going to be Carlson. He's the only driver other than Johnny to open the year with three straight podium finishes.
Daely Pentico (Pro 2): After knocking on the door in the first two races of the season, Pentico cracked the podium for the first time on Saturday at ERX. He's third in Pro 2 points, behind only veterans Chad Hord and Mike Vanden Heuvel, and is the top rookie in the class.
Cory Winner (Pro Lite): Winner lived up to his name for the first time this season in the second ERX round. Five drivers are all within nine points of one another in Pro Lite, but it's Winner who leads Cam Reimers by a single point atop the standings.
Ryan Mulder (Pro Stock SXS): CJ Greaves' struggles at ERX opened the door for Mulder, the third place finisher in both Crandon rounds, to sweep the weekend in Minnesota. He's now the points leader by 15 points over Jesse Klaus.
Rodney VanEperen (Pro Mod SXS): VanEperen has always been one of Pro Mod's top drivers, and the start of 2018 has been more of the same. Finishes of second and first at Crandon, and a pair of second place runs at ERX, have him atop the championship.
Kyle Greaves (Sportsman Stock SXS): Johnny's nephew and CJ's cousin, Kyle Greaves' torrid start to the 2018 season has included wins at both Crandon and ERX, and a worst finish of only fourth.
Michael Hester (Super Buggy): The first driver to end Michael Meister's dominance atop the Super Buggy class, Hester placed second and first in the two rounds at ERX. Because he skipped Crandon, Hester is only 10th in points, but it's nice to see someone else pose a challenge to the leader.
Jeff Bechinski (1600 Buggy): If anybody's going to defeat Tony Keepers and end his perfect four-for-four streak to start this season, it might be Bechinski. With three straight podiums to start the season, he was also a respectable fifth and eighth at Bark River last season.
Greg Stingle (1600 Light Buggy): Stingle ranked second in last year's 1600 Light Buggy points, and sits second now. He took a victory at ERX to put him just eight points out of the class lead, and goes into this weekend as one of last year's defending winners (Colin Schulz is the other).
Jaime Kleikamp (Super Stock Truck): He hasn't actually taken a podium yet this year, but Kleikamp's consistency has enabled him to hold the points lead through four races. With a win and four podiums last year, it's just a matter of time before he holds another trophy.
Diesel Shanak (Stock Truck): Defending class champion Shanak will pick up the fight with 2017 runner-up and current points leader Jordon Fellenz at Bark River after the class skipped ERX. Bark River hosted the only two races Shanak failed to win last year; can he reverse that this weekend?
Ben Passa (Formula 4×4): Passa won three of his six starts last year on the way to the title, and his first victory came in the first race at Bark River. Coming off of a sweep at ERX last month, he'll go for the hat trick as he tries to extend his 14-point lead over Nathan Hughes.
Fay Statezny (Classix): As they do whenever they hit the track, the Classix vehicles will compete alongside the Formula 4×4 trucks at Bark River this weekend. Statezny enters the weekend as the points leader after sweeping the class at Crandon.
Owen VanEperen (Mod Kart): The new Mod Kart class saw a lot of last year's top Short Course Kart drivers populate its first two weekends of action. VanEperen holds a 17-point lead coming into Bark River after taking finishes of first, second, and first in the opening three races.
Troy Johnson (Short Course Kart): Johnson's breakout year was foreshadowed by a podium in last year's season finale at ERX, and he backed it up with a sweep of both wins there last month. Combined with the season-opening victory at Crandon, and Johnson is a clear championship favorite.
#348 - Antron Brown, Sara Price, & Michael Meister On Air!


Entering Soviet service in 1984 in both Frontal Aviation and Troops of Air Defence units, the Su-27 Flanker was the product of the Soviet Union's programme to develop a new fourth-generation tactical fighter force. With development commencing in the 1970's the Flanker was to become the "heavy" fighter in a new light/heavy mix alongside the MiG-29 Fulcrum. This, of course, draws parallels to the US F-15 Eagle/F-16 Fighting Falcon hi-lo mix that also dates from the early 1970s. Unlike its Western equivalent, the Eagle, which has proven too expensive for most, the Flanker has been a winner in the export stakes for Russia. As recently as this month Venezuela signed a contract for advanced Su-30 variants, adding to a long list of recipients of the type. A quick scan of Chapter 9 indicates that at least 13 other countries count the Flanker in their inventories, not a bad record and one that inspires many interesting models.
Volume 42 of the Specialty Press Warbird Tech Series sees Yefim Gordon again working with Peter Davison to produce a useful reference work on the type. Having Gordon, who is a regular contributor to the Red Star Series and Aerofax imprints of Midland Counties, as one of the authors, it comes as no surprise to find the chapters broken down in a similar way to these series. Chapters on genesis, design, development and variants form the first half, whilst ones on the Su-27K (Su-33) Naval Flanker, service history and exports form a substantial bulk of the volume. As always Gordon includes contemporary photographs of the type in service and often comments on the camouflage and markings development of the respective users.
Amongst the final chapters are a detailed description of the operational Flanker in comparison with its Western contemporary the F-15 Eagle, a detailed examination of the airframe with many close-up photos and a look at the many foreign users of the type. The Flanker has proven to be a very versatile design, developing from long range interceptor to true multi-role platform and Gordon addresses in this volume the many branches in the family tree, something both modellers and enthusiasts will find useful. Concluding the book is a short appendix which addresses modelling the Su-27, which is of direct interest to those who will use the book as a reference for a scale replica. Richard Marmo looks at Flanker models from Trumpeter's 1/32 effort through Italeri's 1/72 kits to the small 1/350 Flanker D released by Trumpeter in conjunction with their Admiral Kuznetzov kit.


Thallus: foliose, forming medium-sized to large rosettes up to 3.5 cm wide or larger colonies, loosely adnate (to semi-erect), lobate lobes: dorsiventral, flattened to convex, 0.3-1.4 mm wide; tips: truncate to rotund, 0.3-0.9 mm wide upper surface: bright orange to orange, smooth to shiny, sorediate soredia: granular, blastidious, in marginal to submarginal or laminal soralia medulla: white, reticulate, with short hyphae lower surface: white, smooth to somewhat wrinkled, with abundant, white to yellow rhizines Apothecia: rare but sometimes abundant, laminal, stipitate, up to 3 mm in diam.; margin: smooth but often sorediate, with cilia; disc: orange; epihymenium: brown, c. 10 µm thick hymenium: hyaline below, 20-80 µm tall; paraphyses: simple or slightly branched, cylindrical, septate; hypothecium: hyaline to pale brown, 25-70 µm thick asci: clavate, 8-spored ascospores: ellipsoid, polarilocular, hyaline, 13-16.5 x 6.5-8 µm; septum: 3-5.5 µm wide Pycnidia: common, immersed or slightly protruding, darker than upper surface conidia: bacilliform, 2.5-4 x 1-1.5 µm Spot tests: upper surface K+ purple, C-, KC-, P- Secondary metabolites: parietin (major), fallacinal (major), emodin, teloschistin (major) and parietinic acid. Habitat and ecology: on bark or occasionally rock or detritus, often in humid microclimates World distribution: north temperate regions in America and Europe, Asia Sonoran distribution: scattered in Arizona and coastal, southern California. Notes: Xanthomendoza ulophyllodes may be confused with X. fallax and X. oregana in the region; see notes for those species.


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Songs by The All-American Rejects
Songs in album Kids in the Street by The All-American Rejects
Emo Songs
Rock Band Blitz songs
On-Disc Songs
Spin-off Songs
Kids in the Street
Genre Emo
Source Rock Band Blitz
Available August 28, 2012
"Kids in the Street" is a song by All-American Rejects
Songs in Rock Band Blitz
"A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me"" • "Always" • "Cult of Personality "
"Death on Two Legs (Dedicated To...)" • "Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)" • "Give It Away"
"I'm Still Standing" • "Jessie's Girl" • "Jungle Boogie" • "Kids in the Street" • "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)"
"Moves Like Jagger" • "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" • "One Week" • "Pumped Up Kicks" • "Raise Your Glass"
"Shine" • "Shout" • "Sing" • "So Far Away" • "Spoonman" • "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" • "These Days"
"We Are Young" • "The Wicker Man"
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Craig Forshey from Super Game Droid reviews DADIU' latest games.
This week Back to Bed Launches as a commercial title. The game was developed in DADIU in 2011. Now it is out for Steam, iOS, and Android, and is getting a lot of praise.
Thomas Vigild sees refererences to AHA's legendary Take on Me music video from 1985 in Cantrip's visual universe.
The Indie Games Magazine writes: 'Always attempting to push the boundaries of the medium, DADIU or the Danish National Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment presents the six graduate games from Fall 2011, all of which are definitely worth checking out for various reasons'. Read the article.


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For the Weekend: The Vicar of Bray
Tony Yates is unhappy with Mervyn King: Tony Yates: Why Mervyn King's Defence of Brexit "Isn't Worthy of a Bank of England Governor": "Mervyn King, Mark Carney's predecessor as the governor of the Bank of England, has burnished his Brexit credentials in an opinion piece for Bloomberg. King has made his pro-Brexit views known already. The trigger for reprising them was the publication of the Bank of England's assessment of different trajectories either through or without Brexit...
...In 2013 he is quoted as saying "you just cannot appear to do anything which potentially makes life difficult for your successor." Apparently, the dictum was so important that King would determine not even to think bad things about the next governor. "Even to talk about what is going on at a lunch or dinner in London, you don't want to do it. And from that follows a wish not to think about it." These scruples are spectacularly set aside in his latest op-ed....
He takes issue with the large negative impact on the economy (surpassing 10 per cent of GDP) estimated by the bank in the scenario it identifies with a disorderly exit to World Trade Organisation terms (otherwise known as "no deal"). But he doesn't really offer much of an explanation of why.... He does not mention that the projection is not the bank's guess at the expected outcome of "no deal", but a scenario designed to inform stress tests of the banks. This is, to put it mildly, rather flimsy evidence on which to build an accusation of a politically motivated conspiracy. A conspiracy that would require considerable sophistication, not to mention executive team and staff discipline to hold firm without leaks. And the outcome of which is a report in the spirit of the overwhelming consensus of economists who have looked at the matter.
Some readers may discern the irony in the charge King levels at the bank. They might recall how King allowed himself "to be drawn in" to expressing an opinion–prompting the objection of fellow MPC members–on the relative merits of the fiscal plans on offer, both before and after the 2010 election. Offering no more than his words at the time, his conclusions would have also appeared rather "black box". And they might have been taken to be designed to "scare the country into voting" for austerity....
King sketches the consequences of acceding to Theresa May's deal in the most graphic terms, as a "betrayal" and leading us to "this state of fiefdom". He thinks that ultimately the withdrawal would be cast off anyway: "vassal states do not go gently into that good night. They rage." It is not clear, but one might hope that "rage" in this misquoting of Dylan Thomas refers simply to not respecting a Treaty. As Dan Davies remarked, after a referendum campaign in which an MP was murdered, hysterical and ambiguous warnings like this are irresponsible.... In common with other Brexiters, King thinks that the government should and could have made "no deal" a credible fall-back position: "Preparations for Brexit based on trade under WTO terms should have started in 2016". But what preparations, short of vast investments in physical, IT, and administrative systems, would have helped? What use would they have been without reciprocal investments with EU countries bordering us? And in Ireland too? How could such preparations have born fruit in time? The former head of a public body that wilted under more mundane administrative challenges, and used to struggle fitfully to roll out updates of Microsoft Windows, many years post release, does not explain....
The class of which he speaks–he is not confining his ire to 10 Downing Street–is too divided to be treated like a single entity guilty of "incompetence on a monumental scale". But if there has been a failure, it was of the faction to which King wishes to lend his heft: in its dissembling about the economic consequences of Brexit and about the political choices and trade-offs facing the country. These failures seem most responsible for the current predicament of the UK and they are contained in microcosm in King's article....
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One of the biggest and best summer events kicks off today, The Galway International Arts Festival.
Galway International Arts Festival is the Festival of extraordinary experiences, a creative collision of performance, music, visual art, theatre and spectacle. Whether turning a small Irish city on its head for two weeks, taking work on an international tour, or being a forceful year-round presence, every experience of the Galway International Arts Festival is an unforgettable encounter.
Rooted in Galway, the Festival unlocks peoples' passions and inspires new ways of thinking and acting. We are creative collision makers, sparking connections between the arts, between audiences and performers, between Galway and the world. Every encounter with Galway International Arts Festival is an invitation to join our 21st cultural pilgrimage seeking new horizons, embracing creativity and the unexpected.
Strolling along the cobbled streets, every turn offers the possibility for new adventure; surreal giant puppets snaking through the streets, enchanting music, enthralling musicians and awe-inspiring street theatre.
From the all-out party atmosphere at the Festival Big Top to the quiet contemplation in the Festival galleries…the Festival transforms the city through the arts in an engaging, fun and authentic way. If you happen to visit Galway during the arts festival, expect to be transformed too.
The Festival is special. Worlds, cultures and dreams collide inspiring passion, creativity and new ways of thinking.
Check out the highlights of last years festival in the video below.