How much is the Lucky Dragon worth? That depends on whom you ask.
The Lucky Dragon, 300 W. Sahara Ave., was the first hotel-casino built from the ground up in Las Vegas since the recession and had a brutal start, marked by layoffs, foreclosure proceedings and the temporary closure of its casino and restaurants. The developers want to sell it through bankruptcy court, and prospective buyers have shown interest, but questions remain.
Among them: Would someone buy the Lucky Dragon? And if it sells, would the developers fetch enough money to pay their creditors and investors?
Lucky Dragon developer Andrew Fonfa said in a phone interview Monday that there is "a lot of interest in the property at this time" from prospective buyers domestically and internationally.
A few people have even contacted a Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter to say they are interested in the boutique Chinese-themed hotel.
Snow, a company linked to San Francisco real estate investor Enrique Landa, was owed almost $50 million when the off-Strip hotel-casino went bankrupt in February.
As of March, its numerous other creditors included internet provider CenturyLink, slot machine maker International Game Technology, accounting firm Ernst &Young and Clark County, for unpaid taxes, court records show.
Ernst &Young did not respond to requests for comment, and IGT spokeswoman Angela Wiczek said its business transactions with customers are confidential.
As of May 1, the Lucky Dragon owed Clark County $308,103 in property taxes, county spokesman Dan Kulin said.
Snow attorneys Bob Olson and Nathan Kanute, of law firm Snell &Wilmer, did not respond to requests for comment.
Meanwhile, 179 investors each put $550,000 into the Lucky Dragon through the federal EB-5 visa program, which offers the possibility of U.S. residency to foreign investors, according to court records.
Attorney Ryan Works of law firm McDonald Carano, which represents 118 of the EB-5 investors, said Monday that he'd rather see a new investor pump money into the resort, as opposed to someone buying it outright, for fear that a sale could wipe out his clients' ownership stakes.
He also said the EB-5 investors collectively spent the most on the project "by far," and that none has received permanent residency.
The Lucky Dragon, with a nine-story hotel and a 27,500-square-foot casino in separate buildings, opened in November 2016.
But it struggled to draw big crowds, management shed staff, and Fonfa pushed the resort into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Feb. 16, just days before a rescheduled foreclosure auction. The hotel building is open, but the casino is still closed.


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Wardha  is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The administrative headquarter of Wardha district is situated here. Wardha gets its name from Wardha River which flows on the northern, western and southern boundaries of the district. Founded in 1866, the town is now an important centre for cotton trade. Wardha was an important part of the Gandhian era.

History
Wardha was included in the empire of the Mauryas, Shungas, Satavahanas and Vakatakas. Pravarapura, modern Pavnar, was once the capital of the Vakataka dynasty. Vakatakas were contemporaries of the Imperial Guptas. Prabhavatigupta, the daughter of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya), was married to the Vakataka ruler Rudrasena. The period of the Vakatakas was from the 2nd to the 5th century CE. The empire stretched from the Arabian Sea in the west to the Bay of Bengal in the east, and from the Narmada River in the north to the Krishna-Godavari delta in the south.

Later on, Wardha was ruled by the Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Yadavas, the Delhi Sultanate, the Bahamani Sultanate, the Muslim ruler of Berar, Gonds and Marathas. Raja Bakht Buland Shah of Gond Dynasty, Raghuji of Bhonsale were the prominent rulers in the Medieval period.

During the 1850s Wardha district, (then a part of Nagpur district) fell into the hands of the British who included Wardha in the Central Province. In 1862, it was separated for convenient administrative purposes, and Kawatha near Pulgaon became the district headquarters. In 1866, the district headquarters was moved to Palakwadi village. The huts in the village were destroyed and a new city was constructed by English town-planner Sir Bachelor and Sir Reginald Craddock. This new city was named Wardha after the river Wardha which flows through the district.

Wardha has an adjacent city, Sevagram, and both were major centers for the Indian Independence Movement, especially as the location for an annual meeting of the Indian National Congress in 1934, and Mahatma Gandhi's Ashram.

Wardha was one of the pre-planned cities of British India. The town-planners were Sir Reginald Craddock and Sir Bachelor. In Craddock's memory, his name was given to the district's biggest school and an important road was named after Sir Bachelor in the British period. The Craddock School was renamed Mahatma Gandhi School. The District Hospital was named King George Hospital, but was renamed later on. The stone in which the old name was carved was at the main gate for more than a century. It was hidden by a new name board reading District Hospital. There are many buildings from the British period in the city, including the Z.P. old building, the Central Jail, the Church at Bajajwadi, and the Christian cemetery.
The owners of Powale group and Dhandre group come from Wardha.

Geography and climate
Wardha is located at . It has an average elevation of .

Demographics
Wardha city is governed by a municipal council (category-A). According to the 2011 census, there are about 105,543 citizens within the municipal boundaries. Urbanisation has helped develop neighboring villages including Sindi, Sawangi, Borgaon, Pipri, Mhasala, Nalwadi and Chitoda.

As of the 2011 Indian census, Wardha district had a population of 1,296,157 Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Wardha has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 76%. In Wardha, 11% of the population is under six years of age.
Wardha is the largest city in the Wardha distric.

Religion

The population of Wardha city constitutes Hindus and Buddhists with a small percentage of Muslims, Christians, Jains and Sikhs. The main spoken language is Marathi and other languages include: Hindi, Marwari, Gujarati, Sindhi and Punjabi.

There are many temples, viharas, gurdwaras, Jain temples, mosques and churches of which Laxminarayan Temple (Bachchhraj Road), Lingi Mandir (Mahadeo Mandir) near Dr. Raosaheb Gade Bhavan, Vitthal Mandir (Hawaldwarpura), Ganesh Mandir (Main Road), Gajanan Maharaj Mandir, Sai mandir (M.G. Road), Digambar and Shwetambar Jain temples (Mahadeopura), Shanti Stupa (Gopuri), Gurudwara (Samtanagar) are important. There is a church named St. Thomas Church in Wardha which was built by the British in 1874, and it was a part of the Church of England in India earlier, and later after the Indian Church Act of 1927 was passed it became part of the Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon. It is the Anglican church where Sir Bachelor and Sir Reginald Craddock used to worship. It was a civil church, transferred to the Church of North India in 1970. CNI Church in Wardha was the main Presbyterian church before the formation of the Church of North India in 1970. CNI later established Christ Church in Sewagram.

Culture
In 1969, Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, the conference on Marathi Literature, was held in Wardha city. It was presided over by the president of the Conference Purushottam Shivram Rege.

Transport

Wardha city is well-connected by roads to the other cities of Maharashtra. National Highway No.361 (Nagpur-Wardha-Yavatmal-Nanded-Latur-Tuljapur) passes through the city. Nagpur-Aurangabad-Mumbai Express Highway also passes through it. Former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' dream project Samruddhi Mahamarg or Nagpur-Mumbai Communication Super Expressway will also pass from the outskirts of the city.

Wardha city is well-connected to most of the parts of India by railways. Wardha railway station is an important rail junction on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line. The town is also connected to the southern part of the country through Sevagram railway station. Traffic on the Mumbai-Kolkata route is mainly dealt with at Wardha Station, and traffic on the Delhi-Chennai route is dealt with at Sewagram Station (formerly Wardha East station). A new Wardha–Nanded line via Yavatmal, Pusad, and Deoli is being constructed. Both the Delhi-Chennai and the Mumbai-Kolkata railway routes are already carrying heavy traffic and both routes are actually one between Sewagram and Nagpur stations. A new third and fourth line is under construction between Sewagram and Nagpur stations to cater to the heavy traffic.

The Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport at Nagpur is the nearest airport with scheduled air services.

Economy
Cotton farming and soybean cultivation in Kharif is quite common. The government has provided canals to irrigate during Rabi season when bengal gram (chickpea) becomes a popular choice to sow.

Many institutions are encouraging farmers to go natural or organic, but the lack of support systems either with the availability of techniques or the marketability of this produce is preventing the spread of this movement.

Wardha is becoming the second industrial hub of the Vidarbha area. This is due to its geographical location and good rail and road connectivity. In the last few decades, many companies and industrial plants were established there. Some of the major industrial plants include steel and powerplant factories.

Wardha IT park of C. Dass group is under construction at the IT park in the city. It is the second in the Vidarbha region after Nagpur. It is located at MIDC area on the Wardha-Sevagram road.

Education

The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences is the major medical college in the city. Bapurao Deshmukh College of Engineering founded by the trust in the name of freedom fighter Shri Bapurao Deshmukh is the oldest engineering college in the city. The Ramkrishna Bajaj College Of Agriculture is an agriculture college in the city. The Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya is an international lingual college in the city.
There are many other private as well as government institutions in Wardha. In short, some of the notable institutions in Wardha are given below.

 Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
 Acharya Shrimannarayan Polytechnic
 Alphonsa Senior Secondary School
 Bhavan's Lloyds Vidya Niketan
 Kasturba Vidya Mandir
 Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences
 Govindram Seksaria College of Commerce
 Bajaj institute of technology
 Agragami High School
 Jankidevi Bajaj College of Science
 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Wardha

Important Places

Gitai Mandir
This temple is in Gopuri near Vishwa Shanti Stupa. It is a unique temple in India as it has no deity or roof. It has only walls made of granite slabs on which 18 chapters of Gitai (Shrimad-bhagwad-gita in Marathi) are inscribed. The walls enclose a beautiful little park. The temple was inaugurated by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1980. Besides it are two exhibitions about the lives of Acharya Vinoba Bhave and Jamnalal Bajaj.

Vishwa Shanti Stupa

Vishwa Shanti Stupa was a dream of Nichidatsu Fujii or Fujii guruji as he was called by Gandhi. It is beside Gitai Mandir. It is a large white stupa. Statues of Buddha are mounted on stupa in four directions. It also has a small Japanese Buddhist temple with a large park. There is a temple near the stupa where prayers are said for universal peace. It is one of many Peace Pagodas that have been built around the world.

Magan Sangrahalaya

This museum was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1938. It is in Maganwadi near the village's center of Science. The purpose of the museum is to spread awareness about the research and development of rural industries, agriculture, dairy, various types of charkhas, khadi, handicrafts by rural artisans, methods to promote the Swadeshi movement, magandeep khadi bhandar, sele khadi gramodyog khadi cloth and gramodyog products, and gandhi charkha sample, for example.

Sevagram Ashram

Sevagram Ashram was the residence of Mahatma Gandhi from 1936 to 1948. After his 1930 Dandi salt march, he decided not to return to his ashram at Sabarmati. After spending two years in jail, he travelled around India and, at the invitation of the Gandhian industrialist Jamnalal Bajaj, stayed for some time in Wardha City at Jamnalal's bungalow. In 1936, at the age of 67, Gandhiji moved to a village (which he subsequently called Sewagram - (Hindi for village of service) at the outskirts of Wardha and started to live here in a group of huts with his wife Kasturba and other disciples. This slowly grew into an ashram, where Gandhi lived with his followers for the next twelve years, until his death. The premises are very calming. Many personal items used by Gandhi and his contemporaries are preserved here including his spectacles, telephone, notebook, tables, mats, etc...

Paramdham Ashram/ "Brahma Vidya Mandir"
This ashram was established by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1934 at Pawnar on the bank of the river Dham with a spiritual purpose. He also established Brahma Vidya Mandir ashram within it. He started the Bhoodan Movement. It was also the starting point of Bharat Chhodo Andolan. Pawnar is an ancient city dating back to Mahabharata. During the Bhonsle reign Pawnar was the Vidarbha Kingdom's most important military station. During excavation for the construction of the ashram, many sculptures and idols were found which are kept at the ashram which is open to visitors.

Kelzar Ganpati Mandir
The Kelzar Ganpati Mandir is about  from Wardha on the Nagpur Road. This temple is on a hill and is surrounded by the scenic beauty of forests and hills near the Bor National Tiger Reserve and Bird Sanctuary. It is a historical place and its history goes back to Vashishtha Purana.

The place is also mentioned in Mahabharata as Ekchakranagari. According to myth, Pandavas lived here during . Bhima killed Bakasura at this place and threw him down this hill. An ancient cave where Bakasura lived is at foot of the hill and his famous well is also nearby. This well has sculptured stones on its inner wall and stairs. Remains of an old fort are also seen here. Finding sculptures during digging for any purpose is common. Sculptures relating to Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism have been found,  the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is not paying attention to this. Many sculptures have been ruined due to lack of proper care. Some sculptures can be seen in this temple, on a nearby hillock, the gram panchayat office, the Buddha Vihar.

Dahegaonaa (Gosavi) is 5 km away from Kelzar where Tuljapur railway station connects to Nagpur and Wardha.

Shree Sant Kejaji Maharaj Mandir
The Shree sant kejaji Maharaj Mandir is about  from Wardha on the Nagpur Road. This temple is surrounded by the natural beauty of the Bor river. The Bor National Tiger Reserve and bird sanctuary are 16 km away from the temple.

In the twelfth century, the movement of saints started in Maharashtra. From the twelfth century onwards, Saint Dnyaneshwar started the work of spiritual and social reform through Bhakti Marg. It has been said that Tukaram Maharaj had completed his life till the 16th century.
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Janardan Eknath Bhagwat raises the flag. Hymn slower Tuka Hallelsey Summon ..
The legacy of this devotion has been undertaken by many saints in Maharashtra. This is the supernatural father-son Sant Kijaji and Sant Namdev Maharaj who came to Vidarbha 183 years ago.  Ghorad became a Pandari in Vidarbha town. Kejaji was a spiritual person. He always used to worship Lord Vitthal for his devotion.
As Kejaji Maharaj gradually became popular, Raje used to come to see Raghuji Bhosale Maharaj. Hand-made artwork is visible in Shiv Mandir temple

Notable people

 Mahatma Gandhi
 Vinoba Bhave
 Baba Amte
 Sindhutai Sapkal
 Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje
 Jamnalal Bajaj
 Jwala Gutta

See also
 Make In Maharashtra

References

External links
  of Wardha district
  of Kelzar Ganpati Temple

Cities and towns in Wardha district
Talukas in Maharashtra
Cities in Maharashtra

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The International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual gathering of around 3,000 scholars interested in medieval studies. The congress features around 575 sessions of papers, panel discussions, roundtables, workshops and performances. There are also some 100 business meetings and receptions sponsored by learned societies, associations and institutions. The exhibits hall boasts nearly 70 exhibitors, including publishers, used book dealers and purveyors of medieval sundries. The congress lasts three and a half days, extending from Thursday morning, with sessions beginning at 10 a.m., until Sunday at noon.
For the sessions that I want to attend, I thought I would post the schedule so you could follow along. You can also see the full schedule here and follow the conference as a whole with the hashtag #Kzoo2017.
I'll try to live-tweet what I can. If you don't hear anything from me at these times, it could be that the presenters have asked us not to share their papers through social media.
Organizer: Felicia Nimue Ackerman, Brown Univ.
Presider: Louis J. Boyle, Carlow Univ.
Kevin T. Grimm, Oakland Univ.
Sarah B. Rude, Baylor Univ.
At this session, I wasn't yet sure if I had permission to post anything on social media. I loved what Grimm had to say about a narrative continuing past despairing moments being a sign of hope, and I thought Rude's application of trauma studies to mystical moments in the grail quest was refreshing and insightful.
Sponsor: Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis and Friends, Taylor Univ.
Organizer: Joe Ricke, Taylor Univ.
Presider: Joe Stephenson, Abilene Christian Univ.
Robert Moore-Jumonville, Spring Arbor Univ.
Marsha Daigle-Williamson, Spring Arbor Univ.
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A Harlan County coal miner has died from injuries he sustained weeks ago in a surface mining accident. Twenty-eight-year-old David Middleton died in a hospital yesterday.Middleton of Baxter was injured two weeks ago when a bulldozer he was driving overturned on a Harlan County surface mine. Middleton was working to reclaim the Mill Branch Mine, which is owned by Nally and Hamilton.Middleton's death is the eighth coal mine-related fatality in Kentucky this year. Half of those deaths have happened during the past three weeks. The Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing plans to conduct enhanced on-site training this week to increase awareness of the issues that have contributed to the recent accidents.
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DFW has a Fast Pass & pre-made gates. Plus: Pendleton Round-Up returns.
September 17, 2021 SecurityAirport Terminals, DFW Airport, DFW Fast Pass, Pendleton Round-Up, Whiskey
Cut the TSA line AND get loose meals at DFW
A new amenity that can soon turn out to be an airport staple is a program that allows vacationers to order a time to pass thru the TSA checkpoint.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) gives this carrier – known as SEA Spot Saver – from 4 am to noon – at several checkpoints.
Now Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is piloting a similar application.
Launched this week, the DFW Fast Pass software lets in tourists who don't have TSA Precheck or Clear to make a reservation to visit the front of the checkpoint line at the Terminal D checkpoint D18. There isn't any value to use the provider and reservations can be made up to 7 days in advance.
And, as a pleasant bonus, DFW is giving passengers who use the service a complementary food or retail offering (whilst supplies final).
Today, our Fast Pass provider pilot program launches on the 📍D18 TSA checkpoint!
It lets in tourists to reserve the time they may arrive for screening, and offers an escort to the front of the normal (non-Pre-Check or Clear) TSA line.
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— DFW Airport (@DFWAirport) September 16, 2021
DFW plug-in gates
As part of DFW's Terminal C renovation, the airport shared a timelapse video of its "High C" gates being moved onto piers at the terminal. Take a look – this could be the manner all airport terminals get built inside the destiny.
We're celebrating an notable milestone in our maintenance of Terminal C!
Construction on the six modules with a purpose to make up our High C gates is complete and that they've been carefully moved to their new home at the terminal! The undertaking is scheduled to be finished in Summer 2022. percent.twitter.com/idLiaEE8ga
Where We'd Go: The Pendleton Round-Up
Incorporating many community traditions and the determination of masses of volunteers, the 111-yr-old Pendleton Round-Up – one of the united states of america's oldest rodeos – is again this yr and ready to roll in a tiny town in jap Oregon that is so very Old West.
The festivities consist of Main Street Cowboy shows, an out of doors cowboy breakfast, and the Westward Ho! Parade, which can be the most important non-motorized parade within the U.S. The real movement though is within the ancient Pendleton Round-Up Arena, in which the traditional greeting isn't 'howdy' or even 'hi there,' but 'Let'er Buck!" Events consist of Bareback Bronc Riding, Saddle Bronc Riding, Bull Riding, and Steer Roping, amongst others.
This rodeo even has its own whiskey. The multi-million-dollar annual licensing charge helps enhance the rodeo's operating price range and contributes to the economic nicely-being of Pendleton. The city has a year-round population of about sixteen,000 however welcomes more than 50,000 traffic at some point of the Round-Up.
DFW Airport pops open a brand new Coca-Cola themed front room
November five, 2020 Exhibitsairport front room, Coca-Cola, DFW Airport
Coca-Cola's new 'Around the World Experience' front room at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is now open to tourists in Terminal D.
The 2, 106-foot-square living room has seating and energy charging stations and plenty of Coca-Cola themed well-knownshows and sights.
In addition to Coca-Cola merchandising machines, the front room area has show cases full of vintage artifacts and memorabilia from the Coca-Cola Archives. The mini-museum has an 1896 syrup urn and pieces from ad campaigns proposing Run DMC, Max Headroom, and the Coca-Cola Polar Bear.
The Coca-Cola Around the World Experience also features an interactive photo booth, folks art Coca-Cola bottles, a virtual coke keep, and a virtual display with interactive timelines, memories, minutiae, and digitized pix from around the sector.
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DFW: 5 Things We Love About Dallas Fort Worth Int'l Airport
June nine, 2020 Airport publications5 Things We Love About, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, DFW Airport, Gameway
The "five Things We Love About…" collection on StuckatTheAirport.com celebrates capabilities and amenities at airports round the sector.
This installment of "five Things We Love About…" lands at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), which sprawls out over nearly 27 acres, with 7 runways and 164 gates.
1. The DFW Skylink
Skylink is the increased train that connects all 5 terminals at DFW airport. Tracks run above and outside of the terminals, with a educate pulling into terminal stations each 2-to-three mins. An 18-minute round-ride offers first-rate perspectives of the airfield at some stage in the airport.
Here are some greater details about the Skylink gadget, shared when the gadget celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2015.
2. Founders' Plaza
Dedicated in 1995, DFW's Founders' Plaza is an Observation Area and park near the airport imparting excellent perspectives of aircraft starting off and touchdown.
The park plaza has parking, picnic tables, telescopes, historical information, a commemorative monument and a radio broadcasting air visitors manage communications from the FAA tower. Hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day.
three. Gameway
Yes, DFW has a yoga studio. And a team of therapy puppies (DFW's K9 Crew). But many people locate rest in gambling video video games.
Luckily, DFW is domestic to two Gameway facilities (at Gates E16 & B32) with a complete of 36 gaming stations. Each station has a Playstation 4 Pro pre-loaded with games, a leather-based chair, 43″ 4K TV, noise-cancelling headphones, charging ports on your electronic gadgets and area to save your bags.
Pricing consists of an choice for unlimited play, which for some will be a perfect healthy for long layovers and delays.
4. Shopping at DFW
Big airports have plenty of shopping options and DFW is no exception.
In December 2017, DFW Airport opened the biggest obligation-loose save within the Americas. Over the years, we've scored masses of charming and quirky Texas-themed souvenirs in stores at some point of DFW as well.
5. Art at DFW Airport
DFW's has a notable art series with greater than 30 portions of commissioned work together with sculpture, art work, mosaics and more. Many of the pieces are in International Terminal D and within the Skylink stations.
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Now open at DFW Airport: Gameway gaming zones
July 2, 2018 Loungesairport entertainment, DFW Airport, games, video gaming
Today is the grand beginning of the Gameway online game amusement front room at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
There are places: E16 with 22 stations and B42 with 14 stations. Each station has it's own Xbox with 19 video games predownloaded, a 4K TV, noise cancelling headphones and an area to charge your cellphone and pill.
It isn't always unfastened: the fee is $.forty two/minute or, for this summer time, $20 for unlimited gaming, which looks like a splendid deal in case you're a gamer and you've got a long layover. Or don't thoughts in case you pass over a flight….
If you're in DFW Monday July 2 from 10-11:30am, swing through Terminal E, Gate sixteen in which Gameway may be celebrating its commencing with several gaming characters dressed up like the iconic Halo, the 8 foot steel large "Reinhardt" and extra.
DFW gets first submit-protection 7-Eleven
November 12, 2015 Food7-Eleven, airport amenities, DFW Airport
The first 7‑Eleven save placed put up-security in a U.S. airport terminal opened in past due October at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport (DFW).
Open from five a.m. to 9 p.m. in Terminal A, close to Gate 25, the shop has all the usual 7-Eleven offerings in addition to a unique value-priced "snack p.c." specific to the store containing a small bag of multi-grain pita chips, white cheddar cheese and salami sticks, a pouch of pitted inexperienced olives, a dried-fruit mixture, thin chocolate cookies, Gummi bears and a butter mint.
While this is the first submit-protection 7-Eleven at a U.S. airport, it isn't always the first 7-Eleven comfort shop in an airport.
There are pre-safety 7-Eleven shops at Vancouver International Airport, Hong Kong International Airport and one at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX Airport.
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One of the main themes of the Residency is Memories. For the Future Publishing and Printing, the act of printing ink on paper is one of the best means of creating and preserving memories in a form that can be shared between people.
During the Residency period, RISO Kagaku will sponsor two Goccopro 100s allowing for a series of 6 print making workshops. These workshops will be held in the dedicated print room.
The focus of these workshops is combining contemporary methods (the Goccopro) with traditional Japanese washi.
August 22: Making screens – workshop making files and setting up screens.
August 23: Printing on T-Shirts.
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Parreira favours Brazilian to coach South Africa – report
SoccerNews in World Cup 19 Apr 2008
Carlos Alberto Parreira wants fellow Brazilian Joel Santana to succeed him as coach of 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa, public broadcaster SABC reported on Saturday.
Parreira is expected to officially resign as coach of Bafana Bafana (The Boys) on Monday after an emergency meeting of the South African Football Association in Johannesburg.
His wife Leila told the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo on Friday that he would quit South Africa next month to help her recover from major surgery and spend time with his grandchildren.
Flamengo coach Santana, 60, played top-class football in Brazil but was never capped at senior level and his 27-year coaching career included spells with clubs in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Japan.
Parreira took charge of struggling South Africa 15 months ago and after a tame first round exit from the 2008 African Nations Cup, was praised for a 3-0 friendly victory over Paraguay in Pretoria last month.
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Sir John Hope, Lord Craighall (1605?–1654) was a Scottish judge.

Life
Born about 1605, he was eldest son of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, 1st Baronet, by Elizabeth, daughter of John Bennet of Wallyford in Haddingtonshire; Sir James Hope (1614–1661) of Hopetoun, was his younger brother. In 1619 the family acquired and moved to Granton Castle just north-west of Edinburgh.

He was educated for the law, and having been admitted advocate acquired a practice, and in 1632 was knighted and appointed an ordinary lord of session. He assumed the title of Lord Craighall, and took his seat on 27 July.

In September 1638 Hope refused to subscribe the king's covenant until it had been approved by the General Assembly. In 1640 he was placed on the committee of estates appointed to provide for the defence of the kingdom against Charles I; was reappointed ordinary lord of session in the following year; and in 1644 was made one of the commissioners for the visitation of St. Andrews, the plantation of kirks, the administration of the exchequer and the excise.

In 1646 his father died and he inherited Granton Castle and its estates.

In 1651 his brother, Sir Alexander Hope, underwent examination by the committee of estates for advising the king to surrender Scotland and Ireland to Oliver Cromwell, and quoted Lord Craighall to the effect that it would be wise in the king to "treat with Cromwell for one-half of his coat before he lost the whole". In May 1652 Craighall was appointed one of Cromwell's committee, consisting of five English and three Scottish judges, for the administration of justice.

Hope died at Edinburgh on 28 April 1654.

Family
Hope firstly married Margaret, daughter of Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony, Bart.,  After her death in childbirth on 3 October 1641, Hope married Dame Rachel Speir, Lady Currichill, on 7 December 1643.

By his first wife, Hope had two sons and six daughters.  The elder son, Thomas, born on 11 February 1633, was grandfather of Sir John Hope Bruce, 7th baronet, with whom his line became extinct. The second son, Archibald Hope (1639–1706), was Lord of Session in 1689, and Lord of Justiciary in 1690. He took the title of Lord Rankeillor, and was M.P. for Fifeshire from 25 April 1706 till his death on 10 October that year.  The baronetcy continued through his line when Sir Thomas Hope, 8th Baronet assumed the baronetcy on the death of his cousin, Sir John Hope Bruce, 7th Baronet.

John Hope the botanist was his grandson.

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Home Article War on Many Fronts
War on Many Fronts
by Alyssa Rayman-Read
Asia | Europe and Russia | Middle East and Africa | The Americas
The World Responds Column Archive
The PR Campaign Heats Up
In the Middle East region, the spin is all the buzz. Or the buzz is all the spin. As public opinion in favor of the Afghan invasion wavers, especially in key partner nations like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the U.K., international leaders, both in the Gulf states and elsewhere, are realizing that PR, not military operations, may be the key to winning the "war on terrorism."
The papers this week note that the diplomacy troops are now the ones being deployed for combat, seeking to keep wary partners in the game. U.S. President Bush beamed his pep talk on Tuesday to leaders of Central Europe meeting in Poland. Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld have also given interviews to Al Jazeera, the Arab television station broadcast by satellite out of Afghanistan, and Powell has been chatting with Arab-language papers published around the world. Trying to shore up Arab and Islamic support, which many papers this week note the U.S. is quickly losing, Tony Blair and President Bush have both made public statements supporting a Palestinian state to various degrees.
For leaders in the Gulf region, the PR campaigns might be even more pressing. Pressure is high now for leaders in the Gulf States, which are attempting to maintain favorable relations with allies -- and even increase their international influence -- while avoiding civic unrest. This balancing act is only becoming harder as it becomes clear that the war in Afghanistan may be a long one, perhaps continuing during the Holy month of Ramadan, and as the crisis in Israel keeps its toes in the front page. All the papers in the region report on the questions that arise when PR becomes the central tool for action and resolution. Many in the media argue that leaders in the Middle East must take strong, proactive positions to quell possible uprisings, and to respond to the negative backlash against Islam. Agreeing on what course those strong, proactive positions should take continues to be the problem.
Arab leaders must unite in their media and diplomatic campaigns to help break the Israel-Palestine deadlock, editorializes The Jordan Times, rather than continue playing a reactive and permissive role. "It is imperative that the ministers articulate an Arab position in favor of the global campaign against terror but that also guarantees that such a campaign is not diverted towards unrelated targets, particularly Arab countries."
Both the Arab News and Gulf-News networks, which publish editorial and opinion pieces from Arab and Muslim countries worldwide, focus this week on the growing importance of media campaigning. Yousef Al Yousef argues in The Gulf-News that President Bush's PR effort to shore up Muslim support "is a victim of his father's legacy in Iraq." Because of the U.S. action in the Gulf War under former President George Bush, the U.S. faces extremely negative sentiment from most of the Muslim population, which regards the present administration as continuing an anti-Muslim campaign.
"Sadly, what fogs the moral clarity of the American campaign for justice is not their undeniable right to seek justice; it is some of the people associated with this campaign," argues Yousef, "The catastrophic loss of life in Iraq has been cast aside by U.S. policy makers and blamed on Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. This may sound smart in U.S. foreign policy circles and to some of their allies; but it sounds cynical and inhumane to everyone else."
Citing two major faults with the current U.S. strategy, The Arab News editorializes first that "History will probably show that in the wake of Sept. 11, President Bush missed a unique opportunity to strengthen the system of international justice," and, second, that "[t]he fundamental and glaring weakness behind the matrix of international support that the United States has put together for its aggressive drive against terrorism is that there is as yet no clear definition of what constitutes terrorism."
Gulf News columnist Daoud Kuttab writes that "[British Prime Minister] Blair's public support for a viable Palestinian state has failed to win the imagination of highly suspicious Palestinians" because of the failure of the British-inspired Balfour Declaration, which was supposed to protect the Palestinian people from Israeli mistreatment. Also pointing scathingly at rushed attempts by Western leaders to impress the Arab public, Kuttab argues, "The timing and the main motivation behind this important announcement didn't escape the Palestinians. Namely, the British and U.S. attempts to forge an Arab and Muslim alliance against the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's Al Qaida movement."
Another Gulf News column on the Balfour Declaration also noted that although President Bush's qualified support for a Palestinian state, "does not have any meat . . .U.S. President George W. Bush, whose naiveté in foreign affairs was the butt of jokes during the presidential election campaign, received overwhelming praise. . .from Arab leaders for having endorsed Palestinian statehood, the first Republican President to do so."
Hassan Tahsin's opinion piece, "US media dancing to Zionist tune," blames Jews for the recent negative publicity on Egypt and Saudi Arabia that "runs counter" to the official U.S. position. "Then why this media onslaught?" asks Tahsin. "A study would reveal their motives. . .Zionism convinced the Western world that communism was their enemy No. 1 with Islam occupying the second position. As communism is no longer a threat, Islam is the No. 1 enemy and such a canard is unfortunately believed by many Westerners. . .The enmity between the West and Islam is growing due to the lies spread by Zionism."
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid argues, in an opinion piece published in Arab News, that religious leaders are spinning the September 11 events, which threw open debates about fundamentalism, modern secularism, and the Islamic faith, to support particular political and social goals. Al-Rashid explains:
The Muslim community has been thrown into a state of confusion after the terror attacks in the United States in September. The confusion has, apparently, been further compounded by the contradictory fatwas (religious opinions) issued by various muftis (religious scholars who issue fatwas). Every politician has a religious scholar to support him while each issue is interpreted by different muftis in different ways. Certain muftis have also changed their earlier published fatwa under pressure from others.
From the November 7 edition of The Jerusalem Report magazine, Netty Gross also comments on issues of theology raised by September 11th, attempting to solve the religious conundrum -- "Where God Was" -- that seems always to stagger the faithful in the hardest times. Gross attacks the Ultra-Orthodox response to the September 11 attacks, which included a comparison of the fall of the twin towers to the fall of the biblical tower (when "'God himself descended' to destroy the Tower of Babel and all the vainglory it represented").
In Turkishpress.com's "Daily Review," columnist Oktay Eksi praised the Turkish Government's decision to deploy troops in Afghanistan to help the international anti-terror coalition as a strong PR move. Eksi hopes the decision "will show that the reaction of a secular nation which is predominantly Muslim to terrorism is no different than that of other nations."
-- By Alyssa Rayman-Read
Multiple Perils
The papers in the Asian regions this week are still struggling to predict the fallout of the Afghan invasion. Although their perspectives vary on the correct levels of support due to the U.S. anti-terror campaign, almost all of the papers show increasing concern about regional and civil unrest and forecast growing violence. Featured prominently for the second week in a row is the overshadowing fear that the West will disengage from the war region as soon as the Taliban falls, leaving an insecure and war-stricken situation in the hands of unstable governments. According to both doomsayers and idealists, apart from this possible disengagement by the West, the potential for danger seems endless: the battle between religious fundamentalism and modern secularism, tension between nations with nukes, leaders in countries with protesting Muslims holding on to power by a hair. From apocalyptic fears of nuclear holocaust to smaller anxieties over domestic political battles, the editorial and opinion pages of Asian media sources are expressing their apprehension about the future.
The Japanese Times wonders what will happen as China "enter[s] a period of great uncertainty, and tensions with neighbors and trade partners are likely." Because of the U.S. recession, China will be forced to reduce support for state owned enterprises that fuel the Chinese economy and provide employment and social services for many citizens. "All this will occur during the transition period," notes the paper, which might "create friction between China and other concerned nations."
In Eurasianet.org, which publishes Asia-related opinion pieces from a variety of noted authors and officials, National Defense Council Foundation research fellow Artie McConnell opines that the September 11 events will result in a flare-up of the Kashmir conflict even if the U.S. attempts to aid in peace negotiations. McConnell explains: "While Kashmir is inextricably linked to American objectives in Afghanistan, neither India nor Pakistan perceives the Americans to be honest brokers on the issue." At the same time she maintains that the potential for a peaceful resolution in Kashmir is weak, McConnell warns readers that such a crisis "would have disastrous implications for the current military campaign -- and for the formation of Afghanistan's future government."
And in the Pakistani paper Dawn, M.H. Askari writes in his piece titled "As Afghanistan Bleeds and Burns" that the fear of fragmentation of Afghanistan is a strong possibility -- a Pushtun south under the Taliban and a non-Pushtun north divided by the Hindukush mountains."
In The Times of India, Ritu Menon writes about the dangerous consequences of war, on feminism and women's rights in Central Asia and elsewhere. Menon explains: "Women know that for them, the weapons of war are not too different from weapons in peace, that they form part of a continuum of violence that is deeply entrenched and more or less universally sanctioned."
The Pakistani paper The Nation, editorializes against the "Crackdown in US" against Pakistanis and others of Middle Eastern and Asian descent, calling the current investigative activities a witch hunt that is fueling anti-American antagonism, and analogizing to both the political and ethnic roundups of the McCarthy and post-Pearl Harbor eras.
The Nation also expresses concern about recent press attention given to nuclear war scenarios. The paper argues that nuclear war talk is generated by groups that have something to gain by drumming up fear and paranoia. On more than one occasion, the paper contends, officials have shown such fears to be groundless. "That it still crops up regularly at every US defense and foreign policy briefing, raises the suspicion that the campaign is motivated by regional and global vested interests, working to the detriment of Pakistan."
And Huck Gutman argues in the Pakistani paper Dawn: "Much as Americans may bemoan their loss of innocence, something has been gained[:] public discussion of the significant role played by American imperial hegemony in forming the social conditions that afford terrorism widespread legitimacy." Simultaneously, although Gutman "personally distrust[s] apocalyptic thinking," he worries that "[t]he horrific aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre is that an anxiety over nuclear destruction has returned, and with good reason. . .The world is, for the first time in the almost forty years since President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev played nuclear brinkmanship over the Soviet Union's installation of nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba ninety miles from the United States, a place in which nuclear war could erupt."
A War on Two Fronts: At Home and Away
As European leaders struggle to define and maintain their foreign policies, many find they are fighting similar battles at home. Though several European countries have officially pledged military and diplomatic support for the U.S.-led war effort, public opinion within these countries is by no means united behind them.
The opinion section of the British national newspaper, The Guardian, this week exemplifies the public's splintered convictions, publishing conflicting columns, and editorials critiquing British Prime Minister Tony Blair. While the newspaper's lead editorial praises Mr. Blair for his unflinching support for the U.S. and his phenomenal diplomatic energy (both globally and at home with his own uneasy citizens), columnist Andrew Tyrie condemns Mr. Blair for his contradictory rhetoric and his handling of the current crisis. He accuses the Prime Minister of, on one hand, trying to play a crucial role in galvanizing European support against terrorism, and on the other, calling for a new international order based on Western values -- many of which conflict directly with those of the very states he courts.
Another British paper, The Observer takes its criticism a step further: "Blair has turned himself from British Prime Minister to American ambassador and willingly accepted exhaustion and humiliation as he tours the world on the [U.S.] President's behalf…." As a result, the columnist continues, "he has…pinned a large target sign on [the U.K.]."
Britain's Independent, however, aligns itself more closely with the Guardian's editorial staff. In a lead editorial this week, it not only praises Mr. Blair's brave pledges, but it criticizes America's hesitance to use the support offered by European nations. "The solidarity shown by America's European allies in the wake of 11 September was impressive; the Europeans' desire to have a stake in the anti-terrorist campaign and subsequently in Afghanistan and the region should not be passed up. America may not need to share the burden now but it will need to share it, if not delegate it, in the future."
Voices From The European Union
Although Tony Blair has been acting as a self-appointed emissary of Europe, striving for anti-terrorist solidarity among its many nations, other European countries have continued to show their support for the U.S.-led war effort. This past week, both Germany and Italy pledged military support, joining Britain, France, and Turkey (the only Muslim country to give military aid) in an answer to the U.S. call for an international coalition against terror. Yet despite this expression of solidarity, many nations on the main continent fear a polarization of power within the European Union, questioning the reasons behind, and the validity of, Britain's overshadowing geopolitical role.
In a column for The Japan Times, former editor-in-chief of the French national paper, Le Monde, Andre Fontaine, examines France's lackluster war role in comparison with Britain's. Fontaine lightly criticizes Blair's "special relationship" with America, but also condemns his own nation's resistance to committing their troops. "This might change if the anthrax incidents extended to their soil," he wrote. In addition, the presidential election due to take place next May has made coexistence between President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin extremely tense. "Under such conditions, it would be a miracle if France could play a major role in Europe, let alone the world, for months to come," he writes.
A Swiss newspaper, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, praises German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder for making "effective use of the shock generated by the events [of September 11] to consolidate his party's hold on power and raise his own profile." Not only does his pledge of 3,900 troops to support U.S. military action in Afghanistan situate Germany as a major player on the global political front by moving him closer to the center in internal politics, it assures the Social Democrats a strong hold on national power as well. Schroeder's main political difficulty has thus far lain within his own governing coalition of Social Democrats and Greens. Editorials in nearly every German national paper have commented on the tensions among the different political parties, either praising or criticizing their effect on German solidarity.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine agrees with its Swiss neighbor, congratulating Mr. Schröder for "quickly [understanding] the importance of making this show of solidarity with the West's leading power -- as well as the consequences of withholding it."
In Italy, several newspaper editorials echoed this same sentiment. "We can't be a country which lives under threats and fear," said Senator Gavio Angius, an opposition leader in Italy, after the country, in solidarity with Germany, pledged 2,700 troops to be deployed in Afghanistan. Another senator, Former President Francesco Cossiga, called terrorism the "Nazism of the 21st century and said the world must "contain, confront and defeat it."
-- By Cara Feinberg
A Modern Quagmire? Canada Gives the U.S. a History Lesson
Although Canada has been cooperative with and supportive of American anti-terrorist measures, as the weeks wear on, more and more journalists are beginning to scrutinize the actual methods of warfare in Afghanistan. Inextricably tied to the U.S. economically, politically, and geographically, Canada has plenty of cause for worry -- the aftershocks from the terrorist attacks have rapidly crossed the border. Two opinion columns this week in the Canadian national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, compare the bombing in Afghanistan to the hapless U.S. war efforts in Vietnam. John R. Macarthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine, criticizes the media's near complete acceptance of the "war on terrorism" and compares this "group-think" to the widespread condemnation of communism in the '50s and '60s. "I fear we haven't learned anything from the old Cold War that will serve us in the new," he writes. "Were we in the media not so besotted by antiterrorism rhetoric, we might question the prevailing orthodoxies of the moment."
Similarly, a lead editorial in The Globe and Mail suggests a modified strategy to convince Afghans and others that Washington is doing all it can to alleviate civilian misery. The article begins with a description of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson in 1968, realizing that the Vietnam War was unwinnable by looking out of a White House window to see the building surrounded by hundreds of thousands of protesters. "Thus far, the current administration has little concern about any such domestic groundswell over its campaign in Afghanistan," the article states, ". . .But the same is less true elsewhere. Inevitably, international shock over Sept. 11 is receding, while concern mounts over a massive U.S. bombing campaign that seems to be claiming more and more civilians, while yielding few strategic gains."
Meanwhile, another Canadian national newspaper, The National Post, takes a more moderate stance. Though it acknowledges widespread discomfort with the progress of war, it also states that, "objectively speaking, the war isn't going badly: The Americans are hitting most of their targets and haven't lost a pilot." Yet the American efforts do not escape criticism on its editorial page. "Even the most uninterested members of the public can sense the lack of an end game. And no wonder: With the principal leaders battling among themselves, there hasn't been one."
Cuba's Role: Is It, Or Isn't It, A Threat To U.S. Security?
Months before the September 11 attack, the U.S. State Department issued a list of state sponsors of terrorism, which ranked Cuba alongside countries like Iraq, Syria, and North Korea (and a list which, prior to September 11, curiously lacked Afghanistan.) Although the world has turned its attention to other, more immediate security threats, Cuba remains a thorn in America's side -- a role which, as the Canadian newspaper, The National Post points out, Fidel Castro seems to relish. Though he expressed deep sorrow to the U.S. and its civilian victims of terrorism, he tacked on a harsh condemnation of U.S. foreign policy, and then organized a Soviet-style propaganda rally to underline his message.
According to a September article in The Washington Post,, an official statement from the Cuban mission to the United Nations after the September 11 attacks described the U.S. response as "fascist and terrorist," and accused Washington of using this "war on terrorism" as a pretext to establish "unrestricted tyranny over all people on Earth." Nonetheless, editorialists continue to battle over whether Cuba deserves its space on the U.S. State Department's terrorist list. Frank Calzón, executive director of the Center for a Free Cuba in Washington, D.C., argues it absolutely should not be removed, as "biological weapons are of no minor concern for Americans today. Castro's bankrupt regime has spent more than $1 billion to set up a scientific infrastructure that, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen said in 1998, could support an offensive biological-warfare program." Yet ironically, in Canada, The National Post ran an editorial this week stating the opposite. "The fact the State Department continues to include Cuba alongside countries like Iraq, Syria, and North Korea on its list of state sponsors of terrorism only undermines the legitimacy of that document and misleads the American people as to the origin and seriousness of the international threat."
Inside Cuba itself, commentary is limited -- a product of government censorship and withheld information. As independent Cuban journalist Manuel Vazquez Portal writes for CubaNet, a nonprofit organization located in Florida that fosters free press:
In Cuba, information is a prerogative, a state secret. Not even the government's own journalists have all the information, and those that may, by hook or by crook, come by it, are barred from divulging it until given orders to do so. . .The right to know of every citizen on earth is reduced in Cuba to knowing what the government wants people to know. Since all media belong to the government, only that which is to their interest or convenience gets published.
The Land of Silver? The Specter of Debt Default Looms Over Argentina
After years in which Argentina's economy teetered on the brink of economic disaster, September 11th's hit to the world economy has thrown Argentina into chaos. Argentine papers focused on their country's proposed debt swap, a plan which will allow the country to delay full payment on its obligations ($132 billion in foreign debt) while it extricates itself from years of government borrowing and public overspending. From the outside looking in, U.S. editorialists were skeptical of the action: "It's hard to believe that Argentina will sacrifice not just its economy but its credit rating on the altar of a discredited monetary theology," Paul Krugman wrote in a New York Times editorial, "But as you read this, Argentine officials are crucifying their long-suffering nation on a cross of dollars." Similarly, The Dallas Morning News suggested we "cry for Argentina…[It] has no quick fixes. The debt restructuring might buy it time. Free trade and flexible labor would put it on a sounder footing in the longer term. No one should be indifferent to its plight." Nonetheless, according to the Argentinian press agency, Telam, President Fernando de la Rua asserted that the recent economic and social measures "are the plan of Argentina. I am convinced that we are making what the Argentines were claiming, that is to say, coherent initiatives dedicated to the reactivation and the growth."
The Mexican Border: A Paradigm For New U.S. Attitudes Toward Heightened Security
Americans' insecurity about travel, and the clampdown at border crossings are sending bottom lines plummeting and buckling already fragile economies, The Christian Science Monitor reports. Mexican newspapers headline with President Vicente Fox's trip to the United Nations in New York this week. According to The News, Mexico, Mexico's national English-language newspaper, Mexican Foreign Relations Undersecretary Enrique Berruga said the meetings could revive stalled migration talks if officials can figure a way to include any new program as a part of a "security bubble" along the border. Some Mexican lawmakers have expressed concern such a plan would jeopardize national sovereignty by linking Mexico too closely with the United States and Canada.
--By Cara Feinberg


You must make bookings at least 5 minutes in advance of the time at Roux at Parliament Square.
Our private dining rooms are perfect for confidential meetings, corporate entertainment or celebrations with friends and family. Our 6 private dining rooms can hold various sizes of parties from 10 to 90 guests. Menus start from £65 and full dining experience packages start from £125 per person.
It was excellent. The staff were friendly, but not obtrusive. The food was all beautifully presented and nicely seasoned. We had a bottle of house white which was just right. Will definitely go back.
Excellent. I went for my daughter's birthday and it made it a special day for her.
Nicely presented food. Nice setting inside at table.
Absolutely fantastic meal in a beautiful environment. The service was excellent. The chef was very accommodating as we had the tasting menu, but I wanted to try something off the a la carte.
Would highly recommend and will definitely be going back.
Spectacular food. Beautiful presentation. Perfect service. Had the tasting menu with wine pairing... Very special meal. Also catered to my guest wish to replace a red meat dish.
Amazing restaurant with fabulous food, friendly & helpful staff and great atmosphere, couldn't fault our lunch and would definitely return very soon!
The setting for the restaurant is stunning, the dining room is spacious and very elegant but not intimidating or pretentious. The staff were fabulous - polite, very efficient and appropriately attentive without being overbearing. The food was the let down. Each course of the tasting menu was nice. But that was it. Just nice. Presentation was lovely, but there was no punch in the food and it was all slightly lacking in flavour and rather disappointing. From the celeriac through to the chicken and cod risotto, it was a little tasteless and lacked seasoning. The desserts were better, but far from what I was expecting. For this tier of establishment I expect something memorable. This simply wasn't.
Every aspect of the evening was sensational. The warm greeting to all my advanced requests for the occasion such as bubbly was catered for.
The quality of the food from flavour combination to presentation was top class.
The meal was served promptly and the servers were organized and tended to our needs. The soufflé was phenomenal.
Consistently outstanding and surely the best food in London at every level. Don't change a thing.
Lovely, relaxed atmosphere with charming staff.
Food and wine were exquisite! Have the beef dish for your main, it is sensational.
Excellent food as expected from this level of restaurant. However only two WOW dishes out of the seven in the Tasting Menu.
AMAZING. This sums up our experience at Roux at Parliament Square. The beauty of this place is that it is more a beautiful and moderately sized dining room than a restaurant. It's decorated beautifully and has a very elegant and unpretentious atmosphere while maintaining the high standards of a Michelin restaurant. The food is EXQUISITE. The service was exemplary. We felt welcome and we had absolutely glorious food and wine. Roux at PS is now one of our favourite places ever. Thank you for an amazing birthday meal.
Everything you'd expect from a restaurant of this reputation. The food is a work of art, visually and taste. The wine was beautifully chilled, served and poured in just the right amounts. Well-trained attentive staff, with a wonderful warm attitude. Great stuff.
We have been here several times and this time was not up to the usual standard. The service was incredibly slow, despite the restaurant not being full, and the menu was a bit uninspiring.
Lovely salted cod with lemon risotto but a heavy ganache in the chocolate desert.
We will go again but perhaps Michel Roux needs to keep his finger a bit closer on the button.
Fantastic food and service. The mackerel starter a particular highlight.
The only downside was an abnoxious drunk pair onnthe next table who had come straight from the pro-Brexit march.
Hopefully they enjoyed the French cuisine and friendly European staff as much as we did.
Food was excellent, but let down by poor / slow service.
A truly wonderful meal. The food was exceptional. Looking forward to returning again soon.
It's our second time at the restaurant and it was excellent the second time around.
Amazing value for money for our tasing menu and wine.
I would definitely go back again!
Have been to Roux at Parliament Square several times. Always a very positive experience and we look forward to enjoying a leisurely luncheon with impeccable service and a tempting menu. Wine by the glass is always excellent. Lovely dining room with good atmosphere. Staff excellent. Ideal for special occasions or just for a treat!
Excellent friendly service , food outstanding and a lovely atmosphere .
Another pleasant evening spent here with my wife.
As always the food was superb and the staff are so attentive.
I took my mum here for her birthday and couldn't fault the amazing level of customer service, the food was sublime and we felt very welcome, we even met the head chef Steve who was so welcoming and friendly, can't recommend Roux enough! Fantastic!
Went for lunch - great menu at a very reasonable set price. Food was great. The restaurant was full but still felt roomy and quiet.
the service at roux is first class. the manager and his team are equally so.
We had time out offer .
Fantastic lunch for my mum's birthday. Can't thank the staff enough as they made it very special for us. Food beautiful and the little extras set it apart. Every course too good and service excellent. Lovely atmosphere and not rushed at all. Thank you all for the autographed gifts and happy birthday plate.
We have been looking forward to visiting this restaurant for a long time & we were not disappointed. The food was out of this world and we could not rate it highly enough. The service was excellent & there was a lovely ambiance. We will definitely be back.
Very friendly and attentive staff with good knowledge of the menu. Beautifully decorated restaurant in a good location. Food delicious and well presented.
Being surprised with an extra dessert to celebrate our special occasion was lovely.
I was very much looking forward to the food but was left underwhelmed. The food and tastes were average at best and very disappointed. I was expecting a lot more from a "Roux Restraunt".
I went there for lunch with a friend. The lunch menu is sensibly short - 4 starters & 4 mains. Food was excellent and the service was not irritating as it can be in some upmarket restaurants. Comfortable dining room.
Incredible, amazing, delicious .. the superlatives could keep coming. I highly recommend this experience and the cost was very reasonable for the quality of the food & service. If you live in London and haven't experienced Roux's, you need to treat yourself asap. Enjoy.
It was okay. The chef at our hotel recommended it so we had high expectations. Extremely expensive and the service was just okay. It's a small restaurant which is nice, and the food was good but very rich and certainly not worth the price. They need to step up their game.
Excellent food, great service and a lovely atmosphere.
Great service and the food was very good, with plenty of interesting touches. Ambience was fine although the building was a strange mix of panelled drawing room and 1980s office block.
Superb food and service in a friendly atmosphere. Staff went the extra mile to ensure satisfaction. Highly recommended.


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Deadly Clash Between Security Forces, Militants In Southeastern Iran
Three Iranian security personnel and three militants have been killed in a clash in the southeast of the country near the border with Pakistan, Iran's state media report.
Reports said the fighting took place in the border city of Mirjaveh in Sistan-Baluchistan Province late on June 25.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said its ground forces killed a "terrorist group" as it tried to enter Iran.
A Sunni militant group called Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice) claimed that its fighters killed 11 Iranian security personnel.
None of the casualty figures could be independently verified.
Iranian security forces frequently clash with militants and drug traffickers in Sistan-Baluchistan. The province lies on a major smuggling route for Afghan opium and heroin.
The population of the province is predominantly Sunni, while the majority of Iranians are Shi'a.
Based on reporting by AP and Reuters
Copyright (c) 2010-2020. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.
Provinz Sistan-Belutschistan: Bei Zusammenstößen in Mirjaveh 3 Mitglieder der Sicherheitskräfte und 3 bewaffnete Kämpfer getötet
https://www.rferl.org/a/deadly-clash-between-security-forces-militants-in-southeastern-iran/29321855.html
Medienbericht


I would like to share me experience so far with 3DHubs and how this has helped me to create a custom watch mount for my much loved Garmin Forerunner 610.
Having an idea and materializing it into a finished product is what I feel is the most exciting aspect of 3D printing. Until recently, the only way to obtain a high quality product was to pay for an expensive 3D printing website to print a design and then charge a large sum of money to ship it to you. I am located in Australia so this has been the biggest hurdle, until now. Welcome 3DHubs.com. I discovered 3DHubs sometime in early 2014 and I printed a very basic design as a proof of concept but mainly because I was very fascinated with the process of 3D printing. The exciting part was being able to choose between several different printers, print quality and materials within several km of my home. Postage was still an option of course but to reduce costs, I simply knocked on the door and collected my items.
I have used Google Sketchup for several years purely as a design tool to visualize backyard renovations, so the design process was easy to begin with and I quickly expanded my modeling skills to build more and more complex components.
I started with a very straight, simple component for my RC helicopter, and now I have created a watch mount that is not only balanced to support the watch but has multiple curved surfaces offering functionality and a cool design to compliment my Garmin watch.
I wasn't happy with plugging in the magnetic charging cable each time and simply leaving it on the bench. I wanted to place the watch onto the stand, have the time visible and have it sit there on display waiting for its chance to be worn again.
Step 2: Start With a Drawing, Then Model It.
First of all, Sketchup can consume your life. The time spent drawing can be extensive and sometimes frustrating. So, the key is to draw your design first, measure everything as accurately as possible so when you start building your object on the computer, you already know what you are trying to achieve.
Keep it simple, don't expect perfection on the first design, I made six other versions before I got to this final design so be flexible. When making changes to your model, copy and paste and make a new version. I found that after an hour of tweaking I hated the design and wanted to go back, but couldn't. Make different groups so you can move and adjust individual aspects of your design and then at the end, right before you are ready to print, explode all the items, form an outer shell, then combine it into a single group. Before you print, make sure it is watertight - it wont be. Fix up any little problems and then you are ready to export your item into an STL. You will need to download the STL exporter for sketchup to do this and it works really well. I work in mm and I recently read that Sketchup wasn't designed for mm, so I work at mm(x10) and then at the end of the build scale down by 0.1 and this will then print out correctly and the features/build options of Sketchup will work more accurately. Once you have the STL, upload it into 3DHubs, select your town, choose a Hub, material and colour. Pay attention to the quality of print (low medium high or Ultra) My Watch mount was printed in Ultra and you can barely see any of the print layers, it is amazing. The print materials all have different characteristics so search online for form information. I find the hardest part is to pick a colour, I usually have something in mind but you can email the hub owner and ask for a link to the manufacturers page and that will give you an excellent idea of what your print will look like. For example there are lots of different blues and greens available but some hubs simply list light green. Look online so you are not disappointed when your print arrives. Also some hubs charge less per print so shop around and you may find a slightly cheaper start-up cost or print per cm*3 which can save you a few dollars at the end of the print process. Once you submit the order you will be amazed at how simple the process it, the communication from 3DHubs is excellent and you know exactly how the print process is going. I got a SMS to say the job was accepted, the print had commenced, the order was ready for pickup all in the space of a few hours! I walked down the road and picked up my order. If you are lucky enough to own a 3D printer - register it with 3DHubs, but if you can't afford to buy one, then this is the best and only website you should consider when you need to print an item. If you can't design but want to print something out, thingiverse.com has a huge collection of models you can download and now print direct from 3DHubs. If you can think of it, somebody has most likely designed and 3D printed it.
Step 3: 3D Printing Is for Everybody!
So far I have printed a part for my RC helicopter, a replacement battery case for my robot mop, a marvin the martian that glows in the dark, an iPhone4S phone case, a GoPro 3 case with anti-vibration mount for my quadcopter, a stand for my FPV LCD screen that clicks onto my RC controller, a watch mount for my Garmin and just the other day 2x replacement hooks for my lawnmowers grass catcher. 3DHubs isnt just used for RC components which is what most people think, it is used to bring everyday ideas into reality. There are some amazing printers and very beautiful materials available today. What are you waiting for - give it a go.
Don't forget to vote for my design, hopefully enough people like what I have created and I can score an amazing 3D printer thanks to 3Dhubs and Instructables.


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News » Metro
Community forum addresses mass incarceration rates
by Laura Eastes
Garett Fisbeck
Collin Walke sings the Yes on 780 and 781 petition as Abby Luna helps and Terry Fife looks on at Ralph Ellison Library, Friday, April 22, 2016.
In front of a crowd of Oklahomans with different backgrounds, ages and ethnicities, Rev. Jesse Jackson held up his hand and tucked fingers into his palm.
His thumb and index finger formed a "C" shape no larger than 2 inches. With the crowds' eyes on the hollow space, Jackson (unrelated to the '60s-era civil rights activist and reverend of the same name) explained Oklahomans caught with marijuana fitting in such a minuscule area spend years behind bars.
"I'm not an advocate of marijuana, but I am an advocate for the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana," Jackson told the crowd at an April 19 panel discussion called Mass Incarceration in Oklahoma: When Will It End? "We have too many people in prison right now for very, very small amounts of marijuana."
The crowd replied with a loud round of applause. Earlier, many in the audience raised their hands when asked if a family member was currently or formerly incarcerated.
The public discussion, held at First Christian Church of Oklahoma City, was hosted by a number of faith organizations and peace advocacy groups.
Jackson, the pastor of East 6th Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), joined former Oklahoma House of Representatives Speaker Kris Steele and Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater for the event, moderated by Rev. Don Health, pastor of Edmond Trinity Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Prater challenged Jackson's analysis of sentences for possession of marijuana, doubting that anyone with small amounts of marijuana serves serious jail time.
Instead, Prater cited past studies supporting his assertion that most prisoners serve time for third, fourth or fifth nonviolent felony offenses, which can include drug charges.
"My job is about public safety," Prater said. "My job is not about incarceration. If incarceration is part of making this community safe and it is necessary, that's exactly what I'll do."
"We don't have a lot of options these days," Prater said. "Frankly, the lack of options is what I believe causes a lot of people to be incarcerated who would otherwise not need to be locked up."
The district attorney said he supports the use of more diversion programs, which are designed to help offenders avoid charges and criminal records through working a specific court-approved program. Such programs focus on individuals with substance use and mental health issues.
Prater described an intimate relationship between the rise in extreme poverty, lack of educational opportunities, generational cycles of gang activity, the breakdown of the nuclear family and crime.
Mass incarceration and criminal justice reform are community problems not expressly limited to law enforcement, the judicial system or lawmakers, Prater argued.
"It is not a one-stop shop," Prater said. "You can't just point to the DA or a legislator. … We have an incarceration problem in Oklahoma. … We all own it, every one of us."
In 2014, Oklahoma had the second-highest incarceration rate in the nation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
This spring, the state's prison system operated at 120 percent capacity, according to Oklahoma Department of Corrections officials.
The numbers are well-known to Steele. During his time at the Capitol, he worked to pass the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, which listed recommendations for enhancing public safety, addiction treatment and mental health as well as strengthening post-release supervision programs.
Despite passage in 2012, the plan was never fully implemented.
Initiative petitions
The call for change continues as Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform, a group chaired by Steele, pushes for similar measures through an initiative petition. If successful, State Question 780 could go to a public vote in November.
SQ 780 reclassifies certain low-level offenses such as drug and simple property crimes.
If approved by state voters, a person found with methamphetamine would face a misdemeanor charge with up to one year in jail and a fine up to $1,000. Currently, a person caught with methamphetamine for the first time faces a felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $5,000.
Additionally, another initiative petition, State Question 781, creates the County Community Safety Investment Fund, which would allow county leaders to implement criminal justice reforms in their own communities. Savings created from implementing the reforms of State Question 780 would be sent to the counties to fund treatment services, mental health services and diversion programs.
Similar sentencing measures are in place in other states, but Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform looks to address the root causes of criminal behavior and push more low-level offenders into treatment or programs instead of prison.
"Just because a person battles mental health or has an addiction does not make that person a criminal," Steele said. "It does not make them a bad person. We need to get to a point where we help those who are sick in our society."
Circulators will collect signatures for the state questions through June 7. If more than 66,000 valid signatures are collected, the questions will appear on the November ballot.
When prompted by the crowd, the panel briefly debated racial discrimination in the criminal justice system. The link between poverty and crime was also discussed. All panelists and many members of the crowd agreed on one thing: The system needs to be changed.
Print headline: Reform talks, A recent community forum targets the criminal justice system and discusses a need for change.
Metro County Community Safety Investment Fund criminal justice David Prater Don Health East 6th Street Christian Church Edmond Trinity Christian Church First Christian Church of Oklahoma City Jesse Jackson Justice Reinvestment Initiative Kris Steele mass incarceration Mass Incarceration in Oklahoma: When Will It End? Oklahoma Department of Corrections Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform panel discussion State Question 780 State Question 781 U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Children: Stacey R. Poston, special projects director, City of Durham, N.C. Graduate of Manatee High School, Stetson University, B.S. in Political Science; and David E. Poston, Poston Communications, Inc. Atlanta, Ga. Graduate of Manatee High School, Emory University, Tulane Law School.
Worked on newspapers in Ohio, Indiana and Alabama as reporter and editor.


With its positioning in the mid-category of the American's producer range, the X7 groupset takes on Shimano's SLX components. If SRAM did a good job with the set and if it manages to surpass its opponent, you can find out in this review.
First off we have the X7 rear derailleur, with an interesting design given its nice paintjob, but with a slightly outdated appereance. As far as compatibilty goes, the manufacturer is offering it in a 9 or 10 speed version, with a long or medium cage, and for our test we found out what the 9-speed, long cage model was capable of. Shifting isn't exactly at its fastest, some delay occuring between the moment you push the shifter's lever until the derailleur executes your command. Although this is not something that the SLX manages to avoid, in Shimano's case the delay is shorter, and gives you the feeling that the derailleur's spring is stiffer. Also, on rough trails, the chain slaps without any obstacle, and the Type II technology isn't there to help the X7 derailleur do better, like Shimano did with Shadow Plus, which is present on the SLX. Another design flaw is the fact that the X7 rear derailleur outgrows the frame, thus being exposed to hits or scratching. Yet, it does manage to excel in terms of weight, with a 20 gram difference compared to the SLX.
As far as the front derailleur is concerned, actuating it is very easy and simple, the chain behaves as expected, but it does not achieve a higher speed than SLX in doing so. Weight is once again the ace up the sleeve of this derailleur, the aluminum clamp and steel cage construction besting SLX by 20 grams.
Lastly, the shifters of the X7 drivetrain confirm our opinion so far, which states that quality materials have been used, with fine finishes, but not good enough to overshadow the SLX groupset. If you add the lack of a corresponding technology of the 2-Way-Relese system, Shimano's gain grows. All in all, SRAM X7 is a decent groupset for cross-country or all-mountain mountain bikes, yet it's behind Shimano's SLX in most terms, except for weight.


Water Softeners contain a Resin That Removes the Magnesium and calcium deposits that cause water to be hard Periodically the Resin needs to be Regenerated by flushing with salt water. This is done automatically all you have to do is add inexpensive tablet one a month. The Salt does not enter the water supply . of course it is simply Flushed away by the softener automatically once it has finishing job of regenerating the resin . softener system outfitted with automatically controller and Progressive Flow Technology contribute to initial cost saving and long-term maintaining cost reduction . The Technology constantly Measures water Demand and brings softener online or offline. As flow demand fluctuated. this is appropriately sized for you process need saving you cost up-front and in Maintenance.


After the successfull masterplan proposed, Studio Marco Piva has been commissioned to defined the development of three plots of the central area of Fengtai district, that will be the new financial district of the city.
The project involves the development of three towers, that will house a variety of activities , from shopping malls to hotels, from convention centers to meeting spaces . The lower part is characterized by a positive dynamic in fact , host of bars and restaurants , while the heart will host the convention center which will have a very strong relationship. A radical new proposal for a city center which works within existing urban parameters but creates a new type of living and working environment.


In this video we will demonstrate how ZAPTEST can interact with PDF forms. Here we have a PDF form opened in Acrobat Reader. We'll do the following: we will interact with the drop-down list, with the radio buttons, with a checkbox, with the list box, with the table and with both numeric field and text field. Afterwards, we will try and print the form verify that the print page shows up and then reset the form. So, let's go to the script. I'm going to run this and notice we're going to interact with all the objects. So, as you can see we're able to interact with all the objects in the PDF form: we have no problem clicking, we have no problem typing and we have no problem identifying any of the objects. and even when we have a pop-up window, we're able to verify objects in it dismiss it and then reset the form. Now once the script is done we can go into the results, then we can see, first of all, let's make sure everything shows up, then once we expand the objects you can see that we have a screenshot of each and every object that we've interacted with and for any verifications that we've done for instance for the CutePDF Writer which is my default printer or the choose paper source we have high precision, and, of course, at the end we were able to reset the form.


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The international, Emirati Nashid singer Ahmad Bukhatir " Ambassador of Scientific Creativity" welcomed the blessing month of Ramadan with a new Nashid entitled " Ramadan 2018″, through his own channel on Youtube. In the outset of this Nashid he says:
Ramadan's breezes blew and pleased the hearts
and its light colored all paths
Its brightness touched our sorrows
Carrying good news that our torments have been ended
Bukhatir expressed his pleasure to always welcome Ramadan with an artistic work carrying supplications and meanings of good and humanity. He also emphasized his keenness on always keeping in touch with his audience and followers of his formal pages on the social media, as well as presenting distinctive works in conformance with the latest sound, direction and creativity specifications; due to his keen interest in presenting works suitable for the audience and his respect for them.
The lyrics of " Ramadan 2018″ Nashid was written by poet\ Omar Al Sakaf, melodies by Bukhatir and the sound engineering by Hossam Saleh. It was filmed in a humanitarian, charitable theme in accordance with his permanent message in his works and activities, in cooperation with the director\ Adbul Rahman Kendo and under the management and supervision of Fadi Tolbi.
On the other hand, regarding the new children Nashid, Bukhair is still preparing this work in conformity with the largest audio and video capabilities. He asserted that this works will be a captivating surprise to everyone, he added that he considers it as a new challenge for him.
Remark: the attached photo is for the singer Ahmed Bukhatir.
Ahmed Bukhatir is one of the few artistes whose every album has made waves upon its release. Be it his commercially successful and critically acclaimed album, "Entasaf Al-Lail which became the bestselling album in UAE and GCC countries or his "Al Quds Tunadeena", "Fartaqi", "Samtan", were all major bestsellers.
TagsAhmed Bukhatir welcomes Ramadan with a video clip
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Q: How to find first two digits in C Hello I have code to find out the first two digits of a number and save them to a variable in C and the code only works for even length numbers.  I need something that will work for both even and odd length numbers.  The number I need for first2 is the first two numbers.
        long long int input = 6789466321
        first2 = input;
        while(first2 >= 100)
        {
            first2 = first2 / 100;
        }

A: Divide by 10 at a time instead of 100 so that you are only removing one digit each iteration.

A: A function to return the first 2 digits of a long given an input that is a positive number and at least 2 digits (e.g. 10 or above).
int getFirst2Digits(long input)
{
    long local = input;

    while (local >= 100)
    {
        local /= 10;
    }

    return local;
}

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Set an agenda in order to hold effective meetings with employees.
Being a manager can be tough, especially when you are accustomed to working with the colleagues you manage on an equal basis. Setting an agenda and motivating colleagues to accomplish the task is more complex than many people realize, according to Linda Hill, author of "Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership." Once you're promoted to management, however, you can get things done while still maintaining a positive relationship with previous co-workers. Holding a meeting can be an easy task, providing you are organized and set the appropriate boundaries.
Send a memo to your employees informing them of the meeting's time and where it will be held. Attach an agenda. Make the agenda as short as is feasible.
Bring a sign-in sheet to the meeting. Ask your former co-workers to sign in indicating that they attended the meeting. In addition to providing documentation that employees attended the meeting, it sets a professional tone.
Let your employees know how long you expect the meeting to last. Reassure them that you intend to stick to the agenda so that their work won't be disrupted by a lengthy meeting. Check the time periodically during the meeting to ensure you are meeting this goal.
Announce the first topic on the agenda and provide the information that you need to about that topic in a concise manner. Do not ramble. Ask for your colleagues' feedback about the topic. Take notes as necessary or designate someone else as note-taker.
Listen carefully to colleagues' ideas and concerns. When you consult employees, the result is that they feel ownership of the problem, according to Hill. If the meeting starts to get off-track, remind people that the goal is to stick to the agenda and get back to work.
Bring extra copies of the agenda to the meeting and pass them out. This can help people to focus on the topic at hand during a meeting.
Put items that require supplementary materials, such as reports, at the end of the agenda so that people don't focus on the reading the material during other agenda items.
Do not take a laid-back approach to meeting for fear of appearing overbearing. As a manager, your responsibility is to provide information and facilitate problem-solving. Your colleagues will respect you if you meet those goals.
Wile, Elise. "How to Have a Meeting With Co-Workers as a Manager." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/meeting-coworkers-manager-15954.html. Accessed 22 April 2019.


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Q: Extend sphinx search output with index names I have 2 sphinx indexes: index1 and index2.
When I search in index1: I've got two matches:
{ error: '',
  warning: '',
  status: [ 0 ],
  fields: [ 'name' ],
  attrs: [],
  matches:
   [ { id: 5731, weight: 2, attrs: {} },
     { id: 17236, weight: 2, attrs: {} } ],
  total: 2,
  total_found: 2,
  time: 0,
  words: [ { word: '*foo*', docs: 2, hits: 4 } ] }

Now I can fetch those 2 records from database and return to client.
When I search same term in index2: I've got three matches:
{ error: '',
  warning: '',
  status: [ 0 ],
  fields: [ 'name' ],
  attrs: [],
  matches:
   [ { id: 28, weight: 1, attrs: {} },
     { id: 41, weight: 1, attrs: {} },
     { id: 42, weight: 1, attrs: {} } ],
  total: 3,
  total_found: 3,
  time: 0,
  words: [ { word: '*foo*', docs: 3, hits: 3 } ] }

Now I can fetch those 3 records from database and return to client.
When I search in all indexes I've got five records:
{ error: '',
  warning: '',
  status: [ 0 ],
  fields: [ 'name' ],
  attrs: [],
  matches:
   [ { id: 5731, weight: 2, attrs: {} },
     { id: 17236, weight: 2, attrs: {} },
     { id: 28, weight: 1, attrs: {} },
     { id: 41, weight: 1, attrs: {} },
     { id: 42, weight: 1, attrs: {} } ],
  total: 5,
  total_found: 5,
  time: 0,
  words: [ { word: '*foo*', docs: 5, hits: 7 } ] }

The problem is indexes build on different database tables. So I don't know actually what to do with matches cause ids reference to different tables.
How can I get index names with search results or sources or something to know what exactly have been found?
I'm using sphinxapi node.js client if it matters.

A: Add an explicit attribute to the indexes :)
source index1 {
  sql_query = SELECT id, title, 1 as idx FROM ...
  sql_attr_uint = idx:2

source index2 {
  sql_query = SELECT id, title, 2 as idx FROM ...
  sql_attr_uint = idx:2

(the number in sql_attr_uint is the number of bits for the attribute)


I worked til 5- it felt like such a long day to me, I was training so I find those days go super slow.
Hubby got pizza for dinner and we went home, my back was aching from sitting in a different chair at work... so I laid down to rest. Hubby and I went to clean the Pastor's house while they are away on vacation, we painted the house thru, did a facelift to the bathroom, I should have taken before and after pictures. I hope they like the surprise when they get home.
I have not been around the blog much this week because I am so exhausted having a head cold and a very sore throat doesn't help my energy level.
Hubby was away at a developer conference for the day, we were gonna hang out at home, clean and do laundry..
well laundry got done but that is about it.
One of the girls from Brooke's class and her grandma invited us to hang out for the day, we went to the mall because they wanted a new bathing suit. We went to Jungle Jims for dinner- it is a mexican kinda place, it was good food.
It was our Pastor's last service - I was so emotional- it is gonna be hard to have them leave us.
Glad you had such a good weekend filled with faith, fun, and iced coffee!
Sounds like a good weekend. Hope your cold is all gone, and you feel better.
That coffee looks super yummy right now! Hope you are feeling better!


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(14124) Kamil ist ein Asteroid des Hauptgürtels, der am 28. August 1998 von der tschechischen Astronomin Lenka Šarounová an der Sternwarte Ondřejov (IAU-Code 557) auf dem Berg Manda in Ondřejov u Prahy entdeckt wurde.

Der Himmelskörper wurde am 9. Januar 2001 nach dem tschechischen Astronomen Kamil Hornoch (* 1972) benannt, dessen Schwerpunkt die Beobachtung von Kometen und veränderlichen Sternen ist.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Asteroiden

Weblinks
 Asteroid Kamil: Discovery Circumstances gemäß dem Minor Planet Center der Internationalen Astronomischen Union bei dem Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA

Hauptgürtelasteroid unter 50 km Durchmesser


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package io.leopard.data4j.cache;

import io.leopard.data4j.cache.api.IGet;

import org.junit.Test;

public class CacheUpdaterTest {
	public static class User {
		private String username;

		public User() {

		}

		public User(String username) {
			this.username = username;
		}

		public String getUsername() {
			return username;
		}

		public void setUsername(String username) {
			this.username = username;
		}

	}

	public static class UserDaoMysqlImpl implements IGet<User, String> {
		@Override
		public boolean add(User bean) {

			return false;
		}

		@Override
		public User get(String key) {

			return null;
		}
	}

	public static class UserDaoMemcachedImpl implements IGet<User, String> {
		@Override
		public boolean add(User bean) {

			return false;
		}

		@Override
		public User get(String key) {

			return null;
		}
	}

	public static class UserDaoMemoryImpl implements IGet<User, String> {
		@Override
		public boolean add(User bean) {

			return false;
		}

		@Override
		public User get(String key) {

			return null;
		}
	}

	@Test
	public void CacheUpdater() {
		new CacheUpdater();
	}

	@Test
	public void add() {
		UserDaoMysqlImpl userDaoMysqlImpl = new UserDaoMysqlImpl();
		UserDaoMemcachedImpl userDaoMemcachedImpl = new UserDaoMemcachedImpl();
		UserDaoMemoryImpl userDaoMemoryImpl = new UserDaoMemoryImpl();
		CacheUpdater.add(userDaoMysqlImpl, userDaoMemcachedImpl, new User("hctan"));
		CacheUpdater.add(userDaoMysqlImpl, userDaoMemcachedImpl, userDaoMemoryImpl, new User("hctan"));
	}

	@Test
	public void update() {

	}

}