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Vasiliy Lomachenko acted bored by the assignment of his mandatory challenger Anthony Crolla, so he responded by thrilling his fans in an all-action showcase of his power punching prowess.
The three-division champion from Ukraine overwhelmed Crolla with blistering blows Friday night at Staples Center, battering him with damage that culminated with a chopping right hand to the head that brought a fourth-round knockout.
“I want to say thank you to my doctor [Southland-based Neal ElAttrache], now I have come back 100%,” Lomachenko said in reference to the 2018 right shoulder surgery that allowed him to complement his left-handed power punches with formidable jabs and the closing punch against Crolla.
Lomachenko (13-1, 10 knockouts) retains his World Boxing Assn. and World Boxing Organization belts, and his furious work in the ring was punctuated by a bold message for the neighbor near his Ventura County training home, Oxnard’s World Boxing Council lightweight champion Mikey Garcia.
“I want Mikey Garcia,” Lomachenko said after he too drew more than 10,000 fans to Staples Center (10,101 to be specific), just as Garcia did last year in his title-unification victory over Robert Easter.
Against mandatory WBA challenger Crolla (34-7-3), Lomachenko opened the bout with a three-punch combination to the challenger’s head. Hard left hands to the body allowed Lomachenko to cruise through the third, immediately discouraging Crolla’s plans for an upset at 18-1 odds.
Lomachenko scanned for openings, and instead of merely toying with jabs, he nailed Crolla with crushing punches to the face.
In the third round, the punishment was so relentless, referee Jack Reiss stepped in to pause Crolla for a rare standing knockdown. Lomachenko wrongly believed the fight was over, rushing to a top rope to celebrate as his manager barged into the ring.
Instead, Reiss let the action resume.
It was only for a brief time, because Lomachenko let the beating continue, sending Crolla crumbling to the canvas 58 seconds into the fourth round to end the fight.
Lomachenko’s veteran promoter Bob Arum said, most of all, he wants Lomachenko to fight Garcia next, but Garcia might inform WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman next week that he’s vacating the lightweight title after fighting as a welterweight last month.
If Garcia leaves the lightweight division, the WBC will move top-ranked contender Luke Campbell into a title fight that Arum said he’d want Lomachenko to take, in England.
Arum added he wants his top prospect, unbeaten lightweight Teofimo Lopez, to meet the other lightweight champion, Richard Commey, later this year to set up a Lomachenko-Lopez meeting for all four belts in early 2020.
In the co-main event, current World Boxing Organization super-middleweight champion Gilberto Ramirez of Mexico made his light-heavyweight debut a convincing triumph, stopping Pennsylvania’s Tommy Karpency (29-7-1) at the end of four rounds.
Ramirez (40-0, 26 KOs) was landing his powerful left hands nearly at will as the fourth round closed, and a hard punch to the ribs — one of 83 body punches landed by Ramirez — caused too much pain for Karpency to continue.
Karpency added that Ramirez is “equal … no better, no worse,” than some of the elite 175-pounders he’s fought, including current champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk and former champion Adonis Stevenson.
Unbeaten two-belt super-middleweight Callum Smith (25-0, 18 KOs) sat ringside to watch Ramirez fight, and said following his own June 1 bout in New York, that he hopes to meet Ramirez in a September unification in England.
But Ramirez weighed 196 pounds on the pre-fight scale, and Top Rank executive Carl Moretti indicated Ramirez will stay at 175.
South El Monte’s unbeaten super-lightweight Arnold Barboza Jr. impressively moved to 21-0 by gaining his eighth knockout, a third-round stoppage of former 140-pound title contender Mike Alvarado of Denver.
Arum said before the fight that a victory could propel the Southland fighter to a title shot against Fresno’s unbeaten World Boxing Council champion Jose Ramirez.
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2019-04-20T13:16:16Z
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https://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-sp-vasiliy-lomachenko-anthony-crolla-20190412-story.html
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Claire whips up an incredible make-ahead feast served easily straight from the fridge. Her aromatic Pale Broccoli Soup begins the meal, and her scrumptious Ginger Poached Salmon with Lime Basil Cream pairs beautifully with flavor-packed Chilled Peanut Soba Noodles. For a great light dessert, Claire creates Frozen Lemon Whip with Blueberry Sauce.
The recipe for Claire's broccoli soup is not yet available.
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2019-04-19T12:00:15Z
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https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/5-ingredient-fix/episodes/dinners-in-the-fridge
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apple
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A string that represents the contents of the receiving class.
The debugger’s print-object command invokes this method to produce a textual description of an object.
NSObject's implementation of this method simply prints the name of the class.
Returns a string that describes the contents of the receiver.
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sxu
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With the fun and relaxation that come from summer weather, it is easy to forget that kids can get sick; however, Saint Xavier University's (SXU) Health Center is already planning for the beginning of the school year with vaccinations for children. With preventable diseases such as pertussis (whopping cough) and measles resurfacing, it is important to protect children and keep them healthy with vaccines. Local families are welcome to receive their immunizations at the Health Center on SXU's Chicago campus, 3700 West 103rd Street.
There are mandatory vaccines for students to attend kindergarten through grade 12, all of which are included in the Health Center's services. For students entering sixth and grade 12, it is necessary they show proof of the meningitis vaccine. The SXU Health Center also carries recommended vaccines such as shingles, pneumonia, Gardasil (HPV) and influenza.
While same day appointments are available, reserving an appointment will reduce waiting time. Most health insurances cover the cost of preventative vaccines at 100 percent. For carriers that do not fully cover services, SXU's Health Center has the option of low, self-pay rates, with the acceptance of cash, credit or check. All community members are welcome to use the Health Center.
Information about the importance of vaccines can be found online.
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2019-04-21T01:21:50Z
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https://www.sxu.edu/news/articles/2017/health-center-offers-immunizations.php
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Description A portrait of a young girl around the age of four or five. It is possibly Anne or Lera Thomas. The photographer was Schreiber and Bannon in Dallas, Texas.
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2019-04-23T00:46:55Z
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http://digital.sfasu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/Millards/id/2167
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edp24
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Fitness chain The Gym Group has posted another year of rapid growth, and is looking to expand how many sites it has.
The group already has a strong foothold in Norwich, with two 24-hour gyms in Norwich’s Hall Road and in Little London Street.
However, the group has said it wants to open another 20 gyms this year alone, to take advantage of the rapidly growing budget fitness sector.
And according to PwC research commissioned by the company, the low-cost gym market is set to double in size during the next seven years.
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2019-04-20T02:43:23Z
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https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/the-gym-expansion-plans-more-sites-could-be-coming-to-norfolk-1-5947877
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112. Handbook of educational associations and foundations in U.S.
126. Survey of schools of Alexandria, Va.
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2019-04-25T19:56:29Z
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https://search.library.wisc.edu/search/system/browse?filter%5Bfacets%5D%5Bnames_facet~United+States.+Office+of+Education%5D=yes&filter%5Bfacets%5D%5Bsubjects_facet~Education%5D=yes&page=3&per=50
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We ask everyone to wear red to support stroke awareness.
Save a life. Learn about the signs and symptoms of a stroke.
To learn more, visit http://ow.ly/Suzh30bOrzj.
Next Next post: WinWin! With You Applauds Tracy Goodman, Camie Mills, Michael A. Quinones, M.D. and staff, and Michael Hartman, M.D.
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2019-04-26T11:44:27Z
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https://dekalbmedicalireach.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/wear-red-in-support-of-stroke-awareness/
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cox
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What happens if you set up a forward to forward the email from your wifes email to yours? Trying to see if it's a Cox>Gmail issue or a any provider>Gmail issue.
Thanks Wider, that's a good troubleshooting idea. I still think it's a Cox > Gmail issue however.
Probably. Do you notice if the email address has any dots, hyphens or special characters? I know Gmail has a hard time with those and/or ignore them. Also, can you email yourself the file sent in the email? Just in case it's a client issue.
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2019-04-25T10:56:07Z
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http://forums.cox.com/forum_home/phone_forum/f/phone-forum/20764/email-transcript-delayed-nearly-12-hours/77898
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The hardest part about moving to another continent for 4 months should be fitting my entire life into one suitcase (well one plus a rolling carry on and a backpack), right? Wrong. It’s all of the annoying hoops that you have to jump through to be registered for classes and put in to the BU system.
Freshman year I was cleared to go to school without a second chicken pox shot, and now 2 years later because I was accepted into my study abroad program they decide to check my medical records. Low and behold I had to redo my shots, getting 2 within 4 weeks of each other, with only 5 weeks before I left for London.
Significantly more stressful than that, but also admittedly far more my fault, we forgot to fill out the FAFSA this year so when I was finally put into the system my bill was missing the Stafford Loan. Time crunch. We raced to the FAFSA website, filled out that god awful application, sent it off, then had to make corrections and send those off. 5 days later, 1 day before I get on my plane and it’s still not there. I’m scanning the student link bill what feels like every hour in the hope that this time maybe it’ll be there even though it wasn’t when I checked 5 minutes ago – writing that sentence actually made me feel the need to go check it again. *Update as of 7pm my bill is all paid and I’m going to London!
I keep having this sinking feeling like I’m forgetting something major and when I get off the plane I’ll remember. The world won’t come to an end because I’ve forgotten my toothbrush; but it might if I lose my passport (which I’ve been known to do).
Tonight I’ll be driving up to Newark to pick up Devon, one of my 3 roommates and a good friend, who is flying with me to London. At first I wasn’t bothered by the though of flying to London all by my lonesome but now that Devon is going over with me I’m relieved I’m not going alone.
Now that I have waded through the financial and medical bureaucracy swamp and made it through alive I can actually let myself be 100% genuinely excited about moving to London without the fear that something is going to go terribly wrong in the next 24 hours. I have my boarding pass in hand and my adventure is just beginning.
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2019-04-21T18:13:07Z
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https://meghanmccormick1.wordpress.com/2013/08/
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wrat
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Apparently, a southern man and Weezer don’t need Neil Young around anyhow.
Weezer Pays Animated Homage to a-ha in Video for "Take on Me"
It’s official (and to quote a YouTube commenter): Weezer has ascended to living meme status.
Weezer Drops Surprise Covers LP "The Teal Album"
Weezer surprised their fans very early this morning with the announcement of “The Teal Album,” an LP made up of 10 cover songs.
Is Weezer still a good band or did they peak years ago? That debate was front-and-center during a very funny (and delightfully unexpected) skit on last night's episode of Saturday Night Live.
Count Weezer among the featured musical performances at the 2019 NHL Winter Classic, the annual New Year’s Day outdoor game.
This dance between Toto and Weezer, which started because of fan campaign for Weezer to cover the Toto classic “Africa,” continues and will now see Toto putting a spin on a Weezer track.
Matt Heafy Of Trivium Tries Out Toto's "Africa"
And the meme continues, this time through Trivium.
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2019-04-23T00:42:12Z
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https://wrat.com/tag/weezer/
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cdbaby
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The debut album featuring 6 new and contemporary Jewish songs and prayer settings, and the popular hit "Hallelujah" - Richly sung, lush and heartfelt.
Cantor David Reinwald is spreading his music from coast to coast with the debut recording Here I Stand. The recording features five favorites written over the past five years that have become celebrated melodies in congregations throughout the country. Also featured is a new dramatic composition by Josh Friedman--"Hineini." Reinwald is a native of Chicago, and is the cantor of Temple Beth Sholom of Orange County in Santa Ana, CA. This music is richly sung, lush, and heartfelt. The cantor writes, "To everyone who listens to this album, every note I sing is an extension of my soul to you. I hope they find you."
Portions of the proceeds from this album benefit organizations in need. Thank you for your support.
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2019-04-21T07:36:41Z
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https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/cantordavidreinwald
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wordpress
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ABOUT FORGETTING… | Jots from a Small Apt.
1 January – take down Christmas tree. Pack. Store.
26 December – Christmas tree down. Packed. Stored.
Five-day head start on usual Christmas tree take-down.
Thirty-one plus five extra days of forgetful bliss.
Thirty-one plus five shades of Joseph Campbell.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. i’ve tried and tried and tried to nudge, kick and then HURL a comment in your direction! now i’ve forgotten what i wanted to say!
1. i love the black and white and touch of yellow and the oh so lovely way that you paint… you definitely have your own stye.. love the header image too.. it’s like sitting cross the table from you!
2. when i first read the title to your post, i thought of this song: i hope it’s david gray’s song by that name.. the page wouldn’t load!
message received (embraced) and thank you so much, especially from your comment from a few days ago which i have not answered yet. i don’t want to resort to sleeping in a chair like i once did 20 years ago.. time to get answers, which could not be found back then.. technology’s come a long way since.. it willl be my luck that im allergic to acrylic paints! ha!
Love the black and white of it and that yellow glow, but the perspective is the most fun about this. Skipping February? Great idea!
L. I’ve had this one sketched for about 6 months!. It’s a photograph I took…but with a new camera and the image was blurry because I didn’t focus the lens properly. It was, however. simple but eye catching….and most fun to paint.
Love the black and white checked table cloth on a tilt. The glasses, candle, salt shaker…perfect!
don’t put up a Christmas tree…no room in the apt.
Love the new header. Poem brilliant too!
Thank you, Anne, for dropping in. Too wet for gardening where you are…more time to paint! Love your work and your words. R.
You coming to Round-Up this year?
Image from a photo I took without focusing and obviously the shutter snapped too soon, when living abroad….yrs. ago. Have had this sketched for at least 6 months. It was a fun one! Thank you for your comment.
I’ve been here 4 times already last night and today to marvel at this luscious painting. The first 3 times, I was grabbed by the blackband white checkers, and today it’s the yellow – that indescribable yellow. Not quite mustard, too deep for butterscotch or daffodil. Love it!
Appropriate title that…ABOUT FORGETTING…I’m lost in the morass of WP changing how we comment to each other. It would be easier if I hopped a plane and delivered a verbal message. Thank you Sammy for your comment(s)…always smile makers!!! You got sun? R.
Oh, I hear you on the WP morass. Honestly it’s not writing block that keeps me from posting; it’s knowing I’ve got to wrestle with the damn formatting and Beep Beep Boop BUGS which takes all the fun out of it. I need to hire a Personal Happiness Engineer !!
We have lovely warm sunshine here – golfing weather. I feel SO guilty, but lucky. How about you?
I love that drawing! I’m a sucker for black-and-white checkered patterns. Love it in floor tiling, too. Wish I had it in my house.
Geez…I think I’m lost. I just hate the way WP has revamped the comment section. Hmmmmm…anyway….anything checkered, striped, circled, vertical or horizontal…or not….would be favourites in my eyes. But yes….black and white…!!
I’m with you on the new comment format. Not sure what WordPress was thinking with that one, but it’s easy to miss comments. I hope they change it back.
Ah ha … three glasses … must be Dale & I with the executioner in Siena … and I know that’s my glass because I favor red wine … then again, it’s not empty, and I only leave glasses empty. i also favor pepper over salt, so my fingerprints probably aren’t on that salt shaker. Meanwhile, a special someone has a February birthday. … now I await Dale’s response.
Whose having a birthday? Dale? Really?
Nope.. not me! I’m an April baby… I only leave glasses empty as well so we can fight over who’s glass belongs to whom. The important thing is we’re together, so we can hash it all out face-to-face!
“Superficial Procrastinating”?? I love it! Have a great February!
What’s one month in the year? Must we always be on the ball ALL the time? I think not. New month, new slate, more things to come and go and be forgotten!
Perfect way to look at each day! Only noticed the pepper because Calvin noticed it first!
Let me know what time is good for you. What about in the evening…at the end of our day(s)? Say 9p (you)? What works??
At least you didn’t talk about me this time!
Not sure if I should plead the Fifth, open a fifth, or simply admit guilt.
All of the above….just to be on the safe side!
Wondering if I should Skype with bloggers?
Well … no doubt you’ll snitch again … maybe even make something up!
Hmmm…I dunno; have you given me reason, lately?
Gone but not forgotten. Oh, to be able to forget.
But, it is only 28 days….Happy Valentines Day in advance. I love your extra five days you found in December.
Sheldon…GREAT good morning! Yes, to Joseph Campbell and his profound wisdom.
First thought……so it really is 2015, As for the brush strokes, why no pepper. You made me smile, even amidst influenza eh. Thanks for the medicine.
I took this photo a while ago…liking the simple composition. Funny…even though you are ill…noticing no pepper. Geez…what was I thinking????
In any event…hoping you are on the mend!
For the first time, no tree this year, no decorations other than outside wreaths, took all of 10 minutes to store away. Something to be said for minimalism in our older years.
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2019-04-19T10:32:05Z
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https://jotsfromasmallapt.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/about-forgetting/
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Arts
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fool
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The voice and language specialist is working in a number of promising directions in search of growth.
Nuance Communications (NASDAQ:NUAN) has built up considerable expertise in turning voice commands into recognizable actions, and the company is working hard at expanding the breadth of applications for its cutting-edge technology. Increasingly, Nuance has sought to make many different tasks easier, whether it's transcribing doctors' notes into electronic medical records or having automobile entertainment systems understand commands from drivers. Coming into Tuesday's fiscal first-quarter financial report, Nuance investors were prepared for slight declines in revenue and earnings per share, but the company managed to score a slight sales gain on big gains in new bookings.
Let's take a closer look at Nuance Communications to see how it did and what it sees ahead for its business in 2017 and beyond.
Nuance's fiscal first-quarter results were relatively close to what most of those following the stock had expected. Adjusted revenue climbed by less than 1% to $496 million, but that was still better than the consensus forecast for a decline to $490 million. On a GAAP basis, Nuance's net loss nearly doubled from year-ago levels, but after accounting for various extraordinary items, adjusted earnings of $0.35 per share matched up exactly with what most investors were looking to see.
Taking a closer look at Nuance's numbers, the figure that stands out the most was the 23% growth in net new bookings, which hit $380.3 million. Nuance attributed the increase to healthcare and mobile, and it specifically called out the Dragon Medical One platform and integrated clinical documentation solutions as driving the growth.
From a segment perspective, the enterprise segment was the key driver of revenue growth, posting a 15% rise in organic sales for the segment. However, the rest of the company didn't share that success. The smaller imaging business had the worst results, seeing organic sales fall 15%. The key healthcare segment saw organic revenue decline 6% from year-ago levels, and the mobile division suffered a 5% drop.
Segment profits showed similar patterns. Enterprise was the only division to post growth in its segment bottom line, while minimal declines in profitability for healthcare and mobile paled in comparison to a one-third plunge in the imaging segment's adjusted profit.
Nuance has worked hard to boost recurring revenue, and its slow growth continued during the quarter. Recurring revenue made up 73% of adjusted sales during the quarter, up six percentage points from the fiscal first quarter of 2016. By contrast, perpetual product and licensing revenue saw its decrease accelerate, falling by nearly a third from the year-ago quarter.
CFO Dan Tempesta was straightforward in his description of the company's success. "Nuance delivered strong performance against our guidance in the first quarter," Tempesta said, "as we continued our execution and momentum across the business." The CFO pointed to "solid results" in bookings, sales, profit, and cash flow as signs of the progress that Nuance has made.
Nuance now thinks that it should be able to start seeing more impressive revenue gains. In Tempesta's words, "Last quarter's groundwork and a robust outlook for the second quarter place the company on track for our FY17 non-GAAP guidance with a return to organic revenue growth and continued strong cost discipline and profitability."
In particular, Nuance reiterated its guidance for the full 2017 fiscal year. Bookings should sustain growth of 2% to 6% compared to fiscal 2016, and organic growth in sales should amount to about 1% for the year. Recurring revenue should stay at its current level of around 72% to 73% of total revenue, which will be between $2.02 billion to $2.07 billion and produce adjusted earnings of $1.53 to $1.63 per share.
Fiscal second-quarter predictions from Nuance were very much in line with investor expectations. The company sees adjusted sales of $493 million to $507 million, producing adjusted earnings of $0.36 to $0.40 per share. The consensus forecast among those following the stock is at the midpoint of both ranges.
Perhaps as a result, Nuance investors didn't have a huge response to the news, with only the smallest of gains in after-hours trading following the announcement. If Nuance can continue to find its way into more breakthrough technologies going forward, then it will have a better chance at producing the growth that investors really want to see in the months and years to come.
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2019-04-26T01:40:42Z
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https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/07/nuance-boosts-bookings-on-healthcare-automotive-de.aspx
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wisconsin
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Representative Summerfield asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of his mother-in-law, Nancy Ustruck, on the occasion of her birthday today. Granted.
Representative Felzkowski asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Skylar Witte, Miss Wisconsin USA, who is currently in Las Vegas preparing to compete for Miss USA this Sunday, May 14. Granted.
Representative Hebl asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Richard and Margie Ramker of Stoughton, on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary on May 6. Granted.
Representative Hebl asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Kari Reiser, a fourth grade teacher from Stoughton, for receiving the 2017 Kohl Fellowship Award for excellence and innovation in teaching. Granted.
Representative Hebl asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Peg Kershner of Sun Prairie, who retired after 22 years working for the Sun Prairie Police Department’s record bureau. Granted.
Representative Hebl asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Mike and Lori Grob of Cottage Grove, who have contributed their time and talents to young men in Scouting over the past 17 years. Granted.
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2019-04-24T13:48:40Z
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https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/related/journals/assembly/20170510/_577
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If you are old enough, you may recall the old Sierra adventure games that were wildly popular during the 80s and early 90s. In recent years this fine genre has effectively died, but it is kept alive by hobbyists and ameteur programmers who remember these games with nostalgia from their childhoods. The Garry Church Chronicles is my first attempt at creating a true Sierra-style adventure game.
Garry Church is a retired widowed detective. He is taking the oppertunity to travel to the colony on Thorat II where his first grandchild has just been born.
Trouble is never far away though, and it enter’s Garry’s world in the form of a message from an old friend.
During the long space flight, Garry will encounter mystery, murder, hijacking and strange life-forms.
The game is plot-driven with the kind of puzzles that you have come to expect from an adventure game.
The game features a familiar mouse-driven interface as popularised by Sierra’s SCI games.
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2019-04-18T23:01:42Z
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https://collingszone.wordpress.com/software/garry-church-chronicles/
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Arts
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Games
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indiatimes
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Bangalore: Panasonic India, one of the leading electronics and consumer appliance manufacturer today announced its first India Innovation Centre (IIC).
The Centre of Excellence (CoE) in association with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is under the aegis of IIC will be act as innovation hub based in Bangalore. The platform will bring the best minds from the country together to develop transformative solutions on Panasonic’s five key focus areas – Connected/ Community, Mobility, Energy, Industrial and Finance Solutions. This state of the art facility will be located at TCS campus in Bengaluru.
The CoE will focus on open innovation in the consumer electronic space and leverage the technology already available with Panasonic India, and create geography centric USPs to develop innovative solutions. TCS will bring in industry know-how, best and global Innovation practices to create an ecosystem for Panasonic to shape the future product strategy and enable digital transformation.
“Centre of Excellence is the first leg for India Innovation Centre and will be based in Bangalore. The key focus of this enterprise will be to bring together the Panasonic’s research and development efforts under one cohesive umbrella. This will also strengthen India’s position as a critical region for the corporation to lead innovations in the ISAMEA (India, South Asia, Middle East and Africa) market. It will work as a hub that will be central to developing new age technology driven range of products that will emerge from India for both domestic and global consumption,” said Daizo Ito, Managing Executive Officer, Regional Head for ISAMEA, SVP - Eco Solutions Company in charge of Overseas Business.
“Our association with TCS, a credible and global name in engineering R&D and information technology space, will open up new dimensions and modernize technological thinking. Our aim is to build a strong and dynamic platform where technology meets innovation, young minds meet opportunity and industry meets solutions. The India Innovation Centre will provide an environment to reimagine and incubate ideas across the key focus areas for Panasonic i.e., connected home/community, mobility, energy, industrial and finance solutions”, said Manish Sharma, President and CEO, Panasonic India and South Asia and VP - Appliances Company Panasonic Corporation.
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2019-04-19T18:51:51Z
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https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/panasonic-india-to-set-up-coe-in-collaboration-with-tcs/58734043
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Business
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cdbaby
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American Retro, Arena, Space Rock. "We Are Rockstars" was produced by Niles Thomas. "Turn up the HI-FI"
HI-FI Radio is an American retro/arena/melodic rock band from Connecticut, USA. Founded by lead singer, guitarist and songwriter Chris Quiriconi in 2016, HI-FI Radio draws influences from 70s, 80s, 90s arena rock bands such as Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan and Van Halen. HI-FI Radio celebrates the days of LPs, eight tracks and cassettes cranked through a HI-FI stereo receiver letting the sonic aura of High Fidelity rock and roll take over the body and mind.
HI-FI Radio’s debut full length album will be released in August 2017. Their first single “We Are Rockstars” is a retro induced, space rock anthem produced by Niles Thomas (LFM, Niles Thomas).
“Turn up the HI-FI!! HI-FI Radio is here, and has taken what we love about classic rock and reincarnated it to present day. HI-FI Radio will transport you on a timeless, emotion-filled Tour De Force of EPIC ROCK MUSIC that will have you reaching for sky shouting WE ARE ROCKSTARS!” – Ryan Tallisman, Rock Voice Magazine.
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2019-04-18T18:59:13Z
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https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/hifiradio
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Enjoy and Discover on your own Puerto Rico’s History thru the Old San Juan City.
Visit our local shops for souvenirs and enjoy an exquisite lunch at our restaurants.
Available: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday; Tour Starts at 8:45am. Tour time pick up are assigned based on the property the guest are staying.
All tours depart from the hotel main lobby.
Hotel pick-up and drop-off from the following areas: El Conquistador, Las Casitas & St. Regis; Wyndham Rio Mar & Gran Melia.
What to Bring/Wear: Comfortable walking shoes, hat, sunscreen, and camera.
This tour require a minimum of 2 guests to operate. Not available for 1 guest traveling alone.
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2019-04-22T06:54:27Z
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https://traveloffers.independent.co.uk/holiday/old-san-juan-shopping-shuttle-40fe8b250da0bc8b7df24f98f1f04179/overview
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It is the general policy of the NIH that postdoctoral trainees should not remain at NIH for more than five years.
There is an overall limitation of not more than eight years at NIH (with time in excess of five years requiring a Full-Time Equivalent Employment (FTE) appointment), regardless of appointment mechanism, unless a scientist is approved for tenure-track, tenure, staff scientist, staff clinician, or other continuing staff appointment.
The operative principle is that a postdoctoral scientist should not be retained for an excessively long period in NIH facilities (with NIH funds possibly inappropriately funneled through a contract or via the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) mechanism) in a temporary status (except for appointees to tenure-track). Excessively long appointments in temporary positions can undermine both the career of the individual and the vitality and excellence of intramural research programs.
Gives the FTE appointment mechanism selected to retain the scientist.
A copy of the above justification will be provided to the employee and archived with the IC.
The accommodation of foreign scientists within the above policy will depend on their visa status. Please consult the NIH Division of International Services (DIS), Office of Research Services (ORS) for additional information.
This policy applies to all temporary, non-tenure-track, postdoctoral level individuals at NIH, including Special Volunteers. If such a person returns to NIH after being away for a period, the clock will resume ticking and not be reset to zero. The 5-year/8-year rule applies to postdoctoral trainees, so any time spent working at NIH before receipt of a doctorate does not count.
The 5-year/8-year rule does not apply to Adjunct Investigators who have a permanent position outside of the NIH intramural program. It also does not apply to a company employee, (i.e., someone paid by company funds) who may happen to be a Guest Researcher at NIH, or to a university professor, who typically is a more senior scientist on sabbatical at NIH, or to outside Research Collaborators.
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2019-04-20T05:36:07Z
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https://oir.nih.gov/sourcebook/personnel/recruitment-processes-policies-checklists/5-year-8-year-duration-rule
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The report is available in the Planning and Community Development Department, the Dover Public Library, and online at: www.dover.nh.gov/government/city-operations/planning/. Those with further questions about the report may contact Assistant City Planner Elena Piekut at e.piekut@dover.nh.gov or 516-6008. For more information on SIMAP, see www.unhsimap.org.
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2019-04-20T18:13:38Z
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http://dover.nh.gov/services/online-services/news-events/news-2019/report-shows-greenhouse-gas-and-nitrogen-inventory.html
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Join us for a concert featuring the renowned Canadian group “Orchid Ensemble,” who will join conScience: Michigan Tech Chamber singers, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (April 1) in the McArdle Theatre, on the second floor of the Walker Arts and Humanities Center.
Established in 1997, the JUNO-nominated Orchid Ensemble is comprised of Lan Tung on the erhu/Chinese violin, Yu-Chen Wang on the zheng/Chinese zither and Jonathan Bernard on percussion.
The ensemble blends ancient musical instruments and traditions from China and beyond, creating a beautiful new sound. They have embraced a variety of musical styles to thier repertoire, ranging from the traditional and contemporary music of China, world music, new music to jazz and creative improvisation.
The energetic yet endearing performance style of the ensemble consistently intrigues and delights its audiences. Acclaimed as “One of the brightest blossoms on the world music scene” (Georgia Straight), the Orchid Ensemble has been tirelessly developing an innovative musical genre based on the cultural exchange between Western and Asian musicians.
Students from conScience: Michigan Tech Chamber Singers will join the ensemble for three selections in the concert.
Tickets are on sale now, $22 for adults, $6 for youth and no charge for Michigan Tech students with the Experience Tech fee. Tickets are available by phone at 7-2073, online, in person at the Central Ticketing Office in the Student Development Complex or at the Calumet Theatre Box Office.
Why do we love amusement parks? From side-shows to ferris wheels, we’re drawn to the excitement of the buzz, the sounds, the bright colors, the sensory extravaganza.
The Department of Visual and Performing Arts and the Rozsa Center announce “Amusement Park Avenue: The 2017 VPA Faculty & Staff Exhibit.“ Faculty and staff of VPA will exhibit a variety of works of many different media and concepts, touching upon all five senses and inspiring curiosity, as if walking through an amusement park avenue.
Fifteen artists will be represented: Jared Anderson, Anne Beffel, Mary Cyr, Kent Cyr, M.C. Friedrich, Terri Frew, Lisa Gordillo, Roger Held, Bethany Jones, Susie Kilpela, Jeremy Littlefield, Josh Loar, Elizabeth Meyer, Christopher Plummer, and Jess Portfleet.
The opening reception is at 4 p.m. Friday, March 31 in the Rozsa Gallery A-Space. The exhibit will run until April 28 and is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Anne Beffel is asking for volunteer participants in her “Every Color of Eyes” art project. This project makes visible our differences and our common humanity through the metaphor of eye color. Beffel, along with assistants Rebekka Guyon, Alex Pohl, J.P. Rewer and Phillip Wildner, are gathering eye color samples as the basis of a long scroll painting of color-filled circles.
Beffel’s “Every Color of Eyes” will become part of the faculty and staff gallery exhibition, “Amusement Park Avenue,” from March 31 to April 31 in the Rozsa Gallery A-Space. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 31. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, contact Beffel at 7-1732.
Celebrate “50 Years of Great Jazz at Michigan Tech — The Gold Standard” at the annual Don Keranen Memorial Concert, the final jazz concert of the performance season, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (March 25) at the Rozsa Center. There will be a reception following the concert in the Rozsa Lobby.
Tickets for the Don Keranen Memorial Jazz Concert are on sale now, $22 for adults, $6 for youth and no charge for Michigan Tech students with the Experience Tech Fee.
Tickets are available by phone at 7-2073, online, in person at the Central Ticketing Office in the Student Development Complex or at the Rozsa Box Office the evening of the performance. The Rozsa Box Office only opens two hours prior to performances.
What is a Marimba? Think of a very large wooden xylophone, the national instrument of Guatemala.
The Rozsa Center and Department of Visual and Performing Arts presents Guatemalan writer Hugo Gordillo, and collaborator Zach l’Italian, who will read selections of Gordillo’s new poems (in Spanish and English) in a “Marimba Concert and Poetry Night” at 6 p.m. Thursday (March 23) in the Rozsa lobby.
This event was developed in collaboration with Michigan Tech music students and conducted by Mike Christiansen, Michigan Tech’s Director of Bands. The Marimba Concert and Poetry event are free and all are welcome.
The Michigan Tech Marimbist Band will play several marimba selections, arranged by Christianson. This event is the closing reception for “ChickenBus: a U.S. Guatemalan Experience,” a Rozsa gallery exhibit by Lisa Gordillo.
Several poems in Hugo Gordillo’s collection inspired the art in this exhibit. The exhibit will be open before and after the concert.
Join the Michigan Tech Choirs for an evening of sacred choral music presented in its natural habitat, the local treasure that is the magnificent space of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lake Linden. The concert will feature music of many different countries and cultures, with devotional music ranging from South Africa, Germany, England, Canada and 19th-century America.
The Michigan Tech Concert Choir and conScience: Michigan Tech Chamber Singers, Jared Anderson, conductor, present “Music for a Sacred Space” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 19th, St. Joseph’s Church, Lake Linden.
Free-will donations in any amount are welcomed.
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2019-04-18T19:11:25Z
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https://blogs.mtu.edu/vpa/2017/03/
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This entry was posted on Dimarts, 28 de/d' Juliol de 2015 at 7:56 am and is filed under Actualitat, Presentació. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
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2019-04-21T04:34:34Z
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https://cecotpersonaitreball.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/observatori-de-lactualitat-laboral-15-2n-trimestre-2015/
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We report flexible piezoelectric polyurethane foams with d33 piezocoefficients up to 244 ± 30 pC/N. Polymer foams have large volume changes under applied force, and dipole-doped polymers can have large polarizations even when poled at fields two orders of magnitude lower than space-charge electrets. Combining these features results in piezocoefficients an order of magnitude higher than conventional polymer piezomaterials, and independent selection of matrix and dopant should permit easy processing and tailorable properties. We further motivate the use of mesostructured materials by noting that the theoretical piezocoefficient limit is much higher for such materials than for conventional ceramics or polymers.
This entry was posted in Piezoelectrics by Geoff Hutchison. Bookmark the permalink.
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2019-04-18T23:23:54Z
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http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2016/04/molecularly-doped-polyurethane-foams-with-massive-piezoelectric-response/
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Arts
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Science
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keenspot
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I’m surprised that I haven’t made a Mario & Luigi comic yet, but I found myself thinking of the recently-revealed “Dream Team” game for the 3DS, and the somewhat-underrated Bowser’s Inside Story came to mind. For those that may not have played these games yet, they’re quite enjoyable and have a decidedly insane sense of humor that’s kind of refreshing. Fans of Paper Mario in particular should give its cousin series a shot.
And yes, this comic is pretty accurate–you basically smack glowing nodes inside Bowser around and force him to do all sorts of remarkable things.
Thanks to everyone for their feedback on the podcast! I’m aware that some readers will not get the same value out of it that others do (i.e. a lot of people enjoy listening to podcasts while working at home, driving, etc), so I’m keeping that in mind. I’ll let you know how we plan on handling it very soon.
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2019-04-25T17:41:51Z
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http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/470-amostunusualspeech/
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I ran into a new issue that isn’t well documented publicly earlier this week. I installed two new Exchange 2013 CU8 servers as “Hybrid” servers for an Office 365 integration deployment. After configuring the servers, I noticed that none of the web based services on one of the servers was functioning properly and the following Application Event Log entry was reported for all web services (EWS, ActiveSync, MAPI, RPC, OWA, etc…).
Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.Exchange.Security, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Based upon this event as well as the error shown in the browser when attempting to use one of these services.
After checking the web.config files on each web service directory and not finding any issue, we opened a PSS case and found an undocumented issue with installation of the server. For an unknown reason, the SharedWebConfig.Config file was missing on the server altogether. It should be located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\ClientAccess, but in this case the file was not there. This file contains a listing of all DDL Assembly locations including the Microsoft.Exchange.Security DLL that was in the error.
The solution was to simply copy this config file from a working server with the same install path and restart IIS. Hopefully, this will assist anyone else facing this issue.
I ran through the same issue with a different assembly and this post pointed me onto the right direction.
Hey Gary…I’ve been working on issue that came up after building a new Exchange CAS/MBX to replace an older on-prem server. I used latest build, Exchange 2013 CU9. After clean install the event viewer continued to receive 1310 events every couple of mins. FInding this was the exact fix I needed. Thanks a ton for documenting your issue and fix found through MS PSS, and I am not sure how MS will leave the same bug from CU8 when releasing CU9. Thanks again!
Thanks for the post… this happened to me on Exchange 2016 when you do not install Exchange to the default directory. Copy “%ExchangeInstallDir%\FrontEnd\HttpProxy\SharedWebConfig.config” to “%ExchangeInstallDir%\ClientAcess” and OWA and ECP worked like a charm.
That’s what worked for me, thank you for your post, its what lead me to that somehow. Appreciate your time!
Thanks for this post, It did the trick on a new 2016 install.
Same to me with 2013 cu 14.
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2019-04-26T14:10:43Z
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https://exchangeranger.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/exchange-2013-cu8-application-event-warning-1310-microsoft-exchange-security-assembly/
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"…I always smile when Tuesday and I sit on the stoop of my apartment building on West 112th Street, enjoying the warmth of the sun. I smile because even more than his training, it was Tuesday's personality that broke my shell and set me free."
Two tours of duty in Iraq left Captain Montalvan more traumatized than he ever would've thought possible. Physically a wreck and suffering from PTSD, he needed to recover from the heavy toll the war had exacted from him. Back home, he felt out of place, yet he could no longer serve in active duty. Unless he fortified himself with copious amounts of rum, social situations left him anxious and panicky. Even walking along the streets during the midday bustle made him extremely nervous. And just the thought of taking public transportation could send him into a downward spiral with hours, possibly days, of crippling headaches. Until Tuesday.
Through his years in Iraq, Montalvan grew frustrated with the military's lack of support. His unit needed more troops, better equipment, and the army standing resolutely behind them. Instead, they fought bad strategy, senseless regulations and an astonishing lack of honesty in addition to an enemy with highly unconventional battle techniques. Finally, disillusioned and wrung out, Montalvan filed his discharge papers. As a civilian once again, he found things no better. Not only did the American people view his disability with undisguised skepticism, the VA seemed to be everything but helpful. The final crushing blow, however, was his parents' lack of understanding. He hit bottom.
This wounded vet's turning point came when he learned of East Coast Assistance Dogs, or ECAD. They train dogs for many types of service, including soldiers who have lost limbs, have sensory disabilities, or need help coping. It is rigorous training, for both the dog and the veteran. In the end, though, it pays off with huge rewards.
Tuesday, a smiling Golden Retriever, had been through his own traumas. He bonded deeply with a prisoner in the Puppies Behind Bars program, but when his companion was transferred, Tuesday stayed behind. It was like tearing two brothers apart, but that was the way the system worked. For Tuesday, it was almost unbearable. His next couple of pairings didn't produce any better results.
So when Montalvan and Tuesday found each other, they cautiously let go of their doubts. It hasn't been an easy relationship, but the joy it has brought both man and dog is truly wonderful. Today they are inseparable. If you think you love your pet, just imagine that he is absolutely essential to your survival. That's how it is with Tuesday and Luis Carlos Montalvan.
Anyone who has ever run his hands through a dog's fur, felt the big sloppy kiss on his cheek, or gazed into the depths of their eyes will appreciate UNTIL TUESDAY. It is a heartwarming story of courage, immense bravery, companionship and, yes, love.
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2019-04-20T00:58:43Z
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https://www.teenreads.com/reviews/until-tuesday-a-wounded-warrior-and-the-golden-retriever-who-saved-him
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Removed clunky autopromoteOnceHook function and added $wgAutopromoteOnce. It currently supports edit or view based triggering. This makes configuration much simpler.
Spacing tweaks and typo fixes.
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2019-04-23T06:53:27Z
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https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/rSVN90755
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Welcome to the Reserve O5 Staff Corps Promotion Selection Board page.
Ready Reserve officers use board id #250.
Supply Corps FTS officers only use board id #251.
are staff corps designated LDO officers (65xx).
are FTS Supply Corps (formerly called TAR). The FTS eligible officers have a separate board id # as their records are active duty and cannot be loaded into the same board as selected reserve records.
Reservists in the IRR are eligible and will be considered by this board.
Eligible lieutenant commander reservists serving on active duty on mobilization orders, ADSW, or extended ADT orders will be considered on this board, not the active duty O5 board.
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https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/boards/reserveofficer/05staff/Pages/default.aspx
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All photography on Moonmooring Grub is the work of myself, S. Denton, UNLESS noted otherwise. Please ask for permission before using any photography or images that belong to me. Thank you!
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2019-04-20T18:58:54Z
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https://mymoonmooring.wordpress.com/2012/05/
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soane
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London: printed for William Miller; and James Carpenter, 1811.
The novels only. Printed by James Moyes. Frontispiece portrait in vol. I engraved by Edward Scriven from an original by Mason Chamberlin. Four leaves of publishers' advertisements at the end of vol. XIX. Contents: I--IV: Pamela; V--XI: Clarissa; XIII--XIX: Sir Charles Grandison.
Binding C19th diced calf, thick-thin gilt-ruled borders with small floral corner-pieces, gilt-panelled spines, black morocco spine-labels, marbled edges to match the endpapers.
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2019-04-23T05:53:20Z
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http://collections.soane.org/b10163
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ehow
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Working with a professional tailor to add width to a formal dress will ensure a perfect finish as well as avoid damage to delicate fabrics, but making do-it-yourself adjustments to unlined knit dresses will save money. Measurements such as the bust, chest, and waist will act as guidelines for the expanded pattern. By adding a side-seam insert panel and adjusting the underarm, the size 16 dress is transformed into a size 20. Certain dresses do not include excess fabric at the hemline and a similar or complementary fabric will have to be used for the insert panel.
Measure your shoulder width, chest and waist with a flexible tape measure. You will be using these specifications as your guide for your side-seam insert panel pattern. Although one inch generally is added all around for each increased dress size, not all body shapes increase in the same proportion.
Turn your garment inside out and look at the added seam allowance at the side-seam and bottom hem. Side-seams generally have an added 1/2 inch allowance which is not enough fabric to increase the dress. Certain dresses will have a three-inch hem border for hem adjustments. Open the hem with a seam ripper and cut 2 1/2 inches around the hem with your fabric scissors. You will use this extra fabric to construct the side-seam insert panel.
If your hem is a ½ inch hem, you will need to locate similar or complementary fabric to increase the dress at each sideseam.
Lay your dress flat on your pattern paper. Carefully trace around the area you want to increase with tailor’s chalk avoiding any chalk lines on the dress. For instance, if you are increasing the bodice and leaving the full skirt intact, make sure to outline the shoulder, side-seams, armhole and waistline seam.
Remove the dress and define the lines with a dark felt-tip marker using a ruler or French-curve ruler.
Place a clear graph ruler over the front side-seam area and increase the pattern by one inch on each side. Mark the inch with your drafting pencil on your pattern paper and shape with your rulers. Add an extra 1/2-inch seam allowance. Repeat with the back pattern.
You will have a two-inch increase at the front and a two-inch increase at the back for a total four-inch increase altering the size-16 dress to a size 20. Keep in mind that you will have to make adjustments to these specifications according to your body type and dimensions taken in Step 1.
Shape the top of the side-seam pattern according to your sleeve’s underarm with your French-curve ruler. Keep in mind that the added side-seam will be inserted and stitched into the underarm armhole. You will need to seam-rip open the underarm panel to stitch the side-seam insert. This will naturally give more room at the armhole.
Cut out your pattern with your scissors.
Pin the patterns to your dress fabric with straight pins. Make sure to pin in the seam allowance area for delicate fabrics to avoid pin-holes. Cut out with your fabric scissors.
Machine stitch or serge the front and back side-seams together. The type of machine used will depend on the inner construction used in your garment. “Choose the 3-thread overlock for loosely fitted or nonstressed seams…” according to “The Complete Photo Guide to Sewing.” Tailoring includes duplicating the dress’ inner construction for a clean and professional finish. You will have two side-seam inserts, one for each side.
Pin the side-seam inserts to the dress, with the wrong sides facing out. Turn your dress inside out and carefully try on. As an alternative, baste the side-seam panel inserts with your hand-sewing needle and thread. Make any necessary adjustments. Often times the added four inches will be too big at the natural waistline curve. Re-pin or baste until you are satisfied with the shape.
If the skirt’s waist seam has fullness gathers and bunches up at the side-seam, you will have to carefully seam-rip open the gathers to spread the fabric evenly with the side-seam inserts on each side.
Machine stitch or serge the inserts. Make sure you switch your stitch selector to the same type of stitch used for the dress.
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2019-04-19T06:39:59Z
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https://www.ehow.com/how_6968174_do-dress-size-16-20_.html
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tdsb
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The TDSB pays all invoices once the good and/or services are received. Please be advised that the TDSB requires all suppliers to participate in a direct deposit system as the only acceptable method of payment. Only original invoices will be processed for payment.
Please refer to the Accounts Payable Staff Directory for payment related inquiries.
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2019-04-21T20:41:35Z
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https://www.tdsb.on.ca/About-Us/Business-Services/Purchasing-and-Distribution-Services/Invoicing
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Business
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musicfromthemovies
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'Sea Suites' is a CD containing music from two documentary films about the sea and seafarers. The link between these films is the glorious lyrical and moving music commission for their score from Belgian composer, Guy Cuyvers.
Sea Power was commissioned by the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia and is about the spiritual influence the sea has upon all that encounter its awesome power. The music has a raw majesty that could only be describing the sea. The highly lyrical themes, combined with dominant orchestral arrangements that create an astounding piece of music that lies somewhere between John Barry and Richard Wagner. The music, like the sea, is always busy, moving from one level to another, even the gentle movements are tinged with a hint of another impending maelstrom. It is only with the final cue that the score settles into a grandiose reflective mood, ending with a glorious regal salute.
The second film, Sea Fever, is a contrast between the fever felt by many mariners, which creates a bond that dominates their lives and the fever that is felt by many parts of the world's seas as a result of man's abuse and neglect. Guy Culver's music for this film is far more brooding than the majesty of Sea Power, but is no less a moving piece of music. The haunting flute is offset by sweeping strings framed by the echoes of kettle drums. The gentle, almost sad, passages are truly contemplative, but still etched with the power of the sea.
These two scores, although short, are filled with magnificent and very emotional music, which is almost classical in style. For those interested in more serious film music this must be a highly recommended purchase.
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2019-04-20T16:24:23Z
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http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/index5.php?option=com_content&view=article&id='%20.%204024%20.%20'guy%20cuyvers
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zdnet
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Unlimited Classes, Share All Classes, Backup All Classes and Advertiser Free.Use this class organizer to store, sort, share and search your class notes. Share your notes with your classmates allow them to merge their notes and send them back to you. Or share a read only version of your notes.Quickly search lectures and class notes specific to the class to filter out irrelevant information from other subjects.
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2019-04-22T23:29:04Z
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https://downloads.zdnet.com/product/20415-77101491/
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ucl
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The Bidirectional Texture Function (BTF) is a data-driven solution to render materials with complex appearance. A typical capture contains tens of thousands of images of a material sample under varying viewing and lighting conditions. While capable of faithfully recording complex light interactions in the material, the main drawback is the massive memory requirement, both for storing and rendering, making effective compression of BTF data a critical component in practical applications. Common compression schemes used in practice are based on matrix factorization techniques, which preserve the discrete format of the original dataset. While this approach generalizes well to different materials, rendering with the compressed dataset still relies on interpolating between the closest samples. Depending on the material and the angular resolution of the BTF, this can lead to blurring and ghosting artefacts. An alternative approach uses analytic model fitting to approximate the BTF data, using continuous functions that naturally interpolate well, but whose expressive range is often not wide enough to faithfully recreate materials with complex non-local lighting effects (subsurface scattering, inter-reflections, shadowing and masking...). In light of these observations, we propose a neural network-based BTF representation inspired by autoencoders: our encoder compresses each texel to a small set of latent coefficients, while our decoder additionally takes in a light and view direction and outputs a single RGB vector at a time. This allows us to continuously query reflectance values in the light and view hemispheres, eliminating the need for linear interpolation between discrete samples. We train our architecture on fabric BTFs with a challenging appearance and compare to standard PCA as a baseline. We achieve competitive compression ratios and high-quality interpolation/extrapolation without blurring or ghosting artifacts.
To appear in Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. Eurographics), 38(2), 10 pages, 2019.Gilles Rainer, Wenzel Jakob, Abhijeet Ghosh, and Tim Weyrich. Neural BTF compression and interpolation. Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. Eurographics), 38(2):1–10, 2019.Rainer, G., Jakob, W., Ghosh, A., and Weyrich, T. 2019. Neural BTF compression and interpolation. Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. Eurographics) 38, 2, 1–10.G. Rainer, W. Jakob, A. Ghosh, and T. Weyrich, “Neural BTF compression and interpolation,” Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. Eurographics), vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 1–10, 2019.
We would like to thank Change of Paradigm Ltd. for supporting this work, and Reinhard Klein and his team for providing data and helping with comparisons. We would also like to acknowledge the EPSRC Early Career Fellowship EP/N006259/1, and the EPSRC grant EP/K023578/1.
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2019-04-24T12:37:35Z
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http://reality.cs.ucl.ac.uk/projects/btf/rainer19neural.html
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Science
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ewa
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But at a workshop held at EWA’s 67th National Seminar in Nashville, Jon Marcus of The Hechinger Report and Holly Hacker of The Dallas Morning News made the case that institutions are doing “exactly the opposite” of what their leaders promised at that summit. As tuitions climb, Marcus and Hacker said, colleges and universities are effectively sticking low-income students with a disproportionate share of the burden.
Hacker and Marcus spoke at a session promoting the use of Tuition Tracker, a new online tool created by the EWA, The Hechinger Report and The Dallas Morning News. Tuition Tracker uses data from the U.S. Department of Education to show how the net price of college — that is, what students and their families have to pay after federal, state, and institutional scholarships and grants — has changed for students from various income groups over several years. Figures on the site go back to the 2008-2009 school year, thanks to a 2008 law requiring colleges to report the average net price for students who received at least some federal financial aid.
At Columbia University, a particularly dramatic example, the 90 students from the lowest income group paid a net price of $4,870 in 2008-2009. Just a few years later, the 72 students from that group paid $12,018 in 2011-2012. Meanwhile, the 153 students in the highest income group paid a net price of $39,860 in 2008-2009 — but the 212 students in that group in 2011-2012 actually paid less: $36,551. Tuition Tracker also shows how many students were in each group every year, so users can also see whether institutions are, say, enrolling more high-income students but fewer low-income students over time.
Public institutions are no exception to the trend. At the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the 281 students in the wealthiest group paid significantly more in 2011-2012 ($17,318) than did the 181 students from that group in 2008-2009 ($13,847) — but the price increase was much more pronounced for the poorest students, who paid just $1,609 in 2008-2009 (383 students), but $7,781 in 2011-2012 (536 students).
The proportionally greater jump in tuition for poorer families “is happening just as much at public universities,” Marcus said, “which you’d think would have some sort of obligation” to remain accessible to low-income students.
Tuition Tracker isn’t perfect. Perhaps its biggest flaw is that colleges are only required to report the net price for first-time, full-time students receiving federal financial aid. At many institutions, such students make up only a fraction of the total undergraduate population — typically the poorest fraction. Tuition Tracker does note what percentage of an institution’s students receive federal aid and are therefore counted in the tool’s data: 22 percent at Harvard University, for example, compared with 65 percent at nearby Bunker Hill Community College.
Still, the site is a useful tool for reporters needing “a couple of quick facts that you can jump right into,” Marcus said. He and Hacker both encouraged reporters at regional news outlets to use Tuition Tracker as a starting point for stories on the institutions in their area. “It’s a really good story to localize,” Hacker said. As the EWA’s Tuition Tracker page shows, a number of journalists have already done so. The tool’s creators hope many more will follow.
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Twilight falls at Cox Bay, which attracts surfers for the waves and beach walkers for the white crescent of sand and piles of driftwood.
Three hours into it, and we've already hooked -- and lost -- so many coho salmon that I have stopped counting.
Our guide, Lochie MacKenzie, has piloted us through the stunning beauty of Clayoquot Sound, to a promising spot a bumpy, half-hour journey from our base in Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, B.C. MacKenzie, a ruddy-cheeked adventurer with Jay's Clayoquot Ventures, at 29 has traveled the world.He's been surfing in Sumatra, paddling in Patagonia.
Having seen a bit of everything, he doesn't blanch as my son, David, 12, and I engage in a series of losing skirmishes. The coho are snapping off lines and slipping from barbless hooks, but he remains patient, offering observations and advice punctuated by the obligatory Canadian "eh? "
A fighter shreds the 40-pound test line because I didn't yield slack.
"You really need to concentrate on keeping your rod tip up, eh?"
A silver streak breaks the ocean's surface, spinning out of the water and off the hook in a flash.
After a steady and (we're finally catching on) competent struggle, my son lands our fourth and last coho -- all about 15-pounders.
"Tough work, eh?" MacKenzie says.
Tofino's unspoiled greenery led an arm of the United Nations to designate more than 860,000 acres of Clayoquot Sound as a biosphere reserve in 2000. The area offers a beguiling mixture of peaceful quiet and as much as adrenaline as you can handle -- fishing, surfing, whale watching and more.
For decades, residents relied on the fishing industry to support them. But the decline of West Coast fisheries has pushed tourism to the forefront in this still-sleepy town.
Ryan Cameron's father was a trawler. The younger Cameron's generation remains tied to the sea, but instead of hauling in net he is standing on broad Chesterman Beach, explaining to a half-dozen wetsuit-clad, would-be surfers how to avoid a trip to the emergency room.
Rule No. 1: Cover your head. Cameron demonstrates, clasping hands behind head, elbows wrapped on either side of his face. A 30-pound surfboard, whipped by a crashing wave, can be lethal.
Cameron, an instructor for Westside Surf School, coaches us on more dangers: rip currents, other surfers, hidden rocks.
Then we plant our boards flat in the sand and work on technique. We lay flat on our stomachs, pantomime deep strokes with our arms to work up speed, press our hands flat beneath our chests. In one smooth motion -- at least this is the goal -- we press against the board with our hands in an exaggerated push-up, slide our feet forward and stand up.
Popping up, Cameron warns us, is the hardest part. He's right.
What appeared relatively easy on the sand becomes the seemingly impossible in the surf, we discover. As near as I can tell, only one member of our group -- the only woman, if you must know -- actually reaches a standing position for any length of time.
I find to my surprise that I have no upper-body strength whatsoever. I will myself to push up and slide my feet, but invariably they stop a third of the way up the board, leading to a series of crashes, from the mundane to spectacular.
More than once, Cameron stands behind my board and pushes me forward with a wave so I don't even have to paddle. On his last noble attempt, he leans into my ear and whispers: "This time I want you to really focus on getting that front foot up in the middle of the board."
I sense the wave building behind me. I strain against the board. Focus. Focus.
We measure these adventures by our successes, and I must say, without bragging, that my ultimate attempt resulted in my best crash of the day. And for what it's worth, the day's experience made me exceedingly adept at covering my head.
I had hoped to learn to surf, and while I can't say that I actually did learn, I had a blast trying.
My son had hounded me nonstop all morning about the frigid surf we would encounter. Can't we just learn in Hawaii? he whined. Even ensconced in wetsuit and booties from toe to neck, he made it abundantly clear that he wanted no part of surfing in 55-degree Canadian waters.
I had told him we were going anyway, figuring I'd most likely hear him complain about being abused for the remainder of the trip, and maybe longer.
"This is awesome, Dad," he said, grinning. "Thanks for bringing me."
When we weren't chasing salmon, waves or whales, we enjoyed some great but simple meals at SOBO and Wildside Grill (see accompanying story).
Our beachfront hotel, Long Beach Lodge Resort, proved to be an exceptional value and convenient base for exploring the sound and Pacific Ocean.
One afternoon, I walked along the crescent beach of Cox Bay neighboring the lodge with my wife, son and youngest daughter, Sophia, 3.
David and Sophia clambered on some rocks, which had trapped an enormous piece of driftwood in the shape of a gooseneck. The kids ran their fingers through a thick carpet of broken shells.
On the walk back, David, who normally requires an electronic device to engage him for periods of more than five minutes, pushed a 2-foot-long driftwood log into the surf with his sneaker. The surf rolled it back.
Sophia joined him, and they rolled the log back in, giggling. The surf shoved it back. Repeat. Over and over.
I pulled my camera from my pocket, but the light wouldn't cooperate. The afternoon sun hung over the Pacific behind them, casting their faces in shadow.
They ran toward me, laughing, and my finger froze. I slipped the camera back in my pocket and watched them, preserving a picture that remains all my own.
Getting there: Seasonal (June to mid-September) round-trip airfare from Seattle to Tofino is $500-plus with Kenmore Air (kenmoreair.
cohoferry.com) or Vancouver to Nanaimo (BC Ferries: 888-223-3779, bcferries.com), then drive north and west to Tofino (200 miles from Victoria, 129 miles from Nanaimo).
longbeachlodgeresort.com. Rates start at $169 (all prices Canadian) in winter. A great value, filled with comfortable touches throughout, like the Helly Hansen raincoats and umbrella waiting on a rack by the door. Free DVDs available for checkout. A sumptuous continental breakfast in the Great Room is included.
Where to eat: SOBO, 250-725-2341, sobo.ca. Enjoy the home-cooked flavors of cream of roasted chanterelle mushroom soup, cornbread, tacos and burritos. Try the triple-berry pie and homemade vanilla ice cream. Wildside Grill, 250-725-9453. Basically a shack with some wooden tables. Sit under the trees, close your eyes and savor the moist, fresh, lightly breaded halibut and chips. Long Beach Lodge Resort (see above) for a sunset drink in the stunning and comfortable Great Room or a romantic dinner.
school.com. Gear is also available across the driveway at Live to Surf (250-725-4464; livetosurf.com), a full-service surf shop. Expect to pay $20 for a wetsuit with boots and $25 for a board.
Fishing: Jay's Clayoquot Ventures, 888-534-7422, tofinofishing.com. Vessels seat three, four or five passengers. Rates start at $90 per hour (five-hour minimum) and vary depending on season and type of fish.
Whale watching: Jamie's Whaling Station, 800-667-9913, jamies.com; Two- to three-hour trips aboard a 65-foot vessel cost $99 for adults, $65 for ages 4-12.
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This week, Kim Kardashian West snapped a scene that had the Internet buzzing. Also, Guy Fieri recorded the cutest birthday message, Miley Cyrus styled her spaghetti and Ina Garten kept her poker face. Keep reading to catch up on all the news you may have missed. Happy Friday!
Melissa D’Arabian took her daughter, Charlotte, on a surprise cruise for her 13th birthday. Her second birthday surprise? A video from Guy Fieri, who instructed her to eat at least three Guy’s Burger Joint’s burgers per day. What a way to celebrate!
Two meals are better than one.
Michael B. Jordan feasted on chicken legs and sushi — at the same time. That certainly takes some coordination!
The Internet was buzzing after Kim Kardashian West posted photos from Kid Cudi’s intimate birthday dinner, which included Kanye West, Pete Davidson and Timothée Chalamet as guests. Kim, can you please photograph our next birthday party?
Miley Cyrus slurped up a heaping forkful of tagliatelle while posing for the camera. Miley, we’d give you a penne for your thoughts!
Sophie Turner enjoyed a glass of wine while out to dinner with her fiancé, Joe Jonas. What can we say? She drinks and she knows things.
Ina Garten threw a fabulous poker party, complete with cosmos and roasted red pepper hummus. But really, what else would you expect from the party-planning queen?
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2019-04-24T01:14:28Z
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I am quite impressed on this story that China is building a solar plant in 敦煌 (DunHuang). The chinese government is taking energy strategy and environment protection seriously and it’s a good thing.
敦煌 is a historic city famous as a junction of the Silk Roads and the painting murals in the 莫高窟 (Mogao Caves).
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"Raajneeti" is the story of one man's struggle to keep away from his family's business – politics. But having been sucked in, he must fight to master the game and unwillingly descend into the moral hell that is Indian democracy. The rivalry of two sets of cousins escalates into an all-out war and draws the protagonist into the dark side of dealing with his enemies, thus completing his own journey into corruption. At the heart of this drama is political gamesmanship, unstoppable ambition, a blind lust for power and those who wield it at will.
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Your heart is the most important muscle in your body, says the American Heart Association, and regular exercise can strengthen it just like your other muscles. And just as your other muscles will adjust to higher levels of work, so will your heart. Moderate to intense physical activity, which includes aerobic activities such as walking and running as well as exercises such as situps, will increase your heart rate, an indication of how hard your heart is working. The stronger your heart, the better your cardiovascular endurance, which is a measure of how well your heart and lungs supply your muscles and organs with oxygen.
When you’re at rest, your heart works just hard enough to send blood to sustain your basic life functions, such as breathing. This is called your resting heart rate. Your heart also has a maximum, which is how fast it can safely beat. To estimate your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from the number 220, says the American Heart Association. Somewhere between your resting and maximum heart rates is your target heart rate zone, which is the ideal range for your aerobic activity. Getting your heart rate up into this target zone -- between 50 and 85 percent of your maximum heart rate -- will help your heart get the most from its workout.
You’ll maximize the benefits of including situps in your workout routine the more precise you make the exercise. Begin lying on your back, bending your knees at a 90-degree angle. Keep your feet firmly planted on the floor at all times. Place your hands behind your neck or head or across your chest. You can also keep your hands at your sides, though this position may not work for everyone. Now slowly curl your body up, bringing your chest as close to your knees as possible. Don’t keep your back straight on your ascent or descent. The slower you rise and return to a lying position, the harder your heart, lungs and abdominal muscles work. Exhale with the exertion, as you lift, and inhale as you return to the starting position.
Situps shouldn’t be easy, since you’re working the majority of your abdominal muscles hard. You’re also asking your heart to pump more blood and oxygen through your body to support your activity, according to the American Heart Association. The longer you incorporate situps into your routine, the more used to the exercise your heart and lungs will get. And situps don’t just benefit thoe organs; the more precise the situp, the better it will target and strengthen your abdominal muscles.
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Goldwater Nephew to Run for Arizona Gov.
SUN CITY WEST, Ariz. – Republican Party activist Don Goldwater (search) announced his candidacy Tuesday for governor of Arizona in 2006, sounding some of the same conservative themes once heard from his uncle, 1964 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater (search).
"The state is headed in the wrong direction," said the 50-year-old candidate. "We must return to the basic principles of limited government, individual liberty and economic freedom."
He said he would push for tax cuts and school choice and combat illegal immigration. He said he would fully enforce a voter-approved immigration law, including its requirement that voters produce identification at polling places.
He is seeking to unseat first-term Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano (search).
Goldwater's family name could be a big asset in a crowded GOP primary field with no clear front-runner. Barry Goldwater was a five-term senator who lost to President Lyndon B. Johnson in a landslide in 1964. He retired from the Senate in 1987 and died in 1998.
The younger Goldwater has served as party chairman for a legislative district on the outskirts of Phoenix. He resigned Friday from a state Department of Administration job.
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Man, I can barely cross off a handful of my to-do list items in a year and here goes J.J. Abrams executive producing Lost, producing and directing both Cloverfield and Star Trek, and now directing a new show, Anatomy of Hope, and writing a new sci-fi pilot for Fox.
Illness. The show will look at the lives of cancer patients (hello Debbie Downer). The latter is Fringe, a series that sounds a lot like The X-Files – a hot female FBI agent who investigates paranormal activity and teams up with a hot dude (Joshua Jackson from Dawson's Creek) to help with her "research".
takes the world that we all live in and says, 'All right, so what you know about this cup you don't actually know, because if you look at it from over here, it's something entirely different.' And that will be the thrust of the show: that the physical world that we live in, without the addition of any magic or any supernatural, is far more than we all see it as being."
The two-hour, $10,000,000 pilot (roughly the same amount J.J. used to make the pilot of Lost) is almost done according to Jackson, but no premiere date has been set. I have a lot of faith in J.J., so I'm betting this isn't going to be a bust, but what are your thoughts?
Will J.J. Abrams Give in to the Power of Klingon?
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2019-04-24T06:22:37Z
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Belgium struck early against England today as Theresa May let her defences down at the European Council summit.
The Prime Minister was ambushed by her Belgian counterpart Charles Michel as he handed her a Belgium football shirt just hours before the two countries meet in the World Cup.
Mrs May looked taken aback as Mr Michel pulled the bright red garment out of a presentation box, but laughed as he held it up and she realised what it was.
The shirt had the Number 10 on it - Mrs May’s address in Downing Street - but it also had the word “hazard” on the back as it is the shirt worn by midfielder Eden Hazard, though it could also be interpreted as a hidden warning of what lies ahead in the talks.
Mr Michel enlisted the French president Emmanuel Macron as an accomplice to carry out the carefully-planned stunt at the start of the two-day meeting in Brussels.
As the leaders mingled in the European Council meeting room, Mr Michel opened the box to show Mr Macron what was inside, prompting mischievous laughter from both men.
Mr Macron then went to find Mrs May and brought her over to Mr Michel, who opened the box with a flourish to surprise the Prime Minister.
Mrs May had failed to prepare a counter-attack, and looked a little embarrassed to have nothing to offer Mr Michel in return, such as an England shirt perhaps.
Having been presented with an open goal, Mr Michel soon made it 2-0 to Belgium as he gave football scarves to the EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Together with the Netherlands and Luxembourg - Mr Juncker’s home country - the three countries form the Benelux bloc, and with the Dutch and Luxembourg failing to qualify for the World Cup, Belgium will have plenty of local support tonight.
Mr Juncker put the scarf around his neck and held his fists aloft before putting the scarf around the neck of the Irish premier Leo Varadkar, who has been a constant thorn in the side of the UK during Brexit negotiations with the EU.
Moments earlier, Mr Varadkar and Mr Juncker had lectured Mrs May as they arrived for the summit, with Mr Varadkar saying Europe had 500 million citizens to Britain’s 60 million, meaning Britain would be a junior partner in future arrangements.
Mr Juncker said Mrs May “cannot go on…with a split Cabinet”.
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Thomas Edward Ogden was born, raised and currently resides in Great Torrington, Devon. He studied Creative Writing at Bath Spa University for three years between 2008-11, primarily writing short-stories, but also dabbling in poetry, biographical non-fiction and flash fiction. His work encompassed comedy, romance, horror and surrealism. Open to Get Inside is almost an amalgamation of these themes and is his first published piece of work – Askance are delighted to include it in Positional Vertigo. He’s currently focusing on writing more short stories but hopes to write novels in the future.
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2019-04-21T13:08:40Z
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https://askancepublishing.wordpress.com/authors/thomas-ogden/
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The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, in Dartmouth, N.S., is shown on June 3, 2005. The number of assaults at Nova Scotia's largest jail nearly doubled in the first six months of last year compared to the same period in 2013 as inmates injured guards and fought each other after small frustrations turned into flashpoints of escalating violence.
The number of assaults at Nova Scotia's largest jail nearly doubled in the first six months of last year compared to the same period in 2013 as inmates injured guards and fought each other after small frustrations turned into flashpoints of escalating violence.
Incident reports released to The Canadian Press through freedom of information legislation detail one case where feces was thrown, others where guards were spat on and brawls that included the use of handmade weapons at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Halifax.
There were 70 assaults between offenders, 32 assaults on staff and three fights in the first six months of 2014. In 2013 during the same period, there were 35 offender assaults, six assaults on staff and 16 fights documented.
The reports show how moments of frustration quickly spiralled last year.
Five officers were assaulted in an outbreak of violence that began when an offender threw a juice jug in a day room because he was frustrated by the telephones, says a report dated Feb. 5.
Injuries requiring hospitalization are noted throughout the reports, such as an Oct. 26, 2013, assault where an inmate suffers "massive face wounds" in a fight. In another case on Feb. 9, 2014, a female correctional officer was repeatedly punched by an inmate.
The records also document a continuing effort to halt the flow of smuggled drugs. Between Jan. 1, 2013, and July 1 2014, 43 Dilaudid pills, bags of marijuana and painkillers, such as hydromorphine and Percocets, were seized.
The April 7 death of 23-year-old Clayton Cromwell is also contained in the reports, but they don't explain what occurred beyond the fact that his body was found in his cell. A spokesman for the province's Justice Department said an internal investigation has been provided to police.
Ron Joiner, a correctional officer instructor at the Nova Scotia Community College, said the records reflect tensions shared by Canadian provincial prisons that hold people awaiting trial or for short sentences.
"Rehabilitation is I think a secondary consideration … because they are basically warehouses for offenders," he said, noting that between 65 and 70 per cent of prisoners at the Halifax jail are on remand.
Sean Kelly, the province's director of correctional services, said he expects violence to decrease with the completion of a new prison expected to open this winter in northern Nova Scotia, adding it could lead to the transfer of up to about 100 inmates.
When violent incidents break out, he said staff are normally nearby and respond within seconds.
"You never totally eliminate acts of violence in a correctional facility," he said.
The prison was originally built in the mid-1990s to house 272 prisoners, but Kelly said demand for space has led to double bunking in the units for men. Justice Department records say there were up to 389 people in the prison last winter.
On March 25, 2014, tensions reached the point where correctional officers declined to conduct a search after a brawl, citing concerns over a lack of Taser operators. After talks between the union and management, a search was eventually carried out but nothing was found.
Paulette MacKinnon, the jail's superintendent, said work refusals are rare.
"Normally we're very good at handling those situations," she said. "Very seldom do we have any kind of situation where staff hesitates in taking on their role in any given incident."
She said the prison, with 126 full-time and about 60 part-time staff, has a sufficient number of officers.
As for the increase in the number of assaults, MacKinnon said that may be because staff have been encouraged to report more incidents.
But prisoner rights advocates say overcrowded conditions have resulted in restrictions on fresh air, programming, phone calls and visits, thereby contributing to tension inside the jail.
"At some point if you continue to allow frustration to build up it's going to boil over," said John Peach, director of the John Howard Society in Nova Scotia.
Inmates describe their frustrations in 684 prisoner complaint records also received under freedom of information for 2013 and the first half of this year.
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2019-04-23T18:21:30Z
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Many of the most useful alpha-substitution reactions of ketones proceeded by way of enolate anion conjugate bases. Since simple ketones are weaker acids than water, their enolate anions are necessarily prepared by reaction with exceptionally strong bases in non-hydroxylic solvents. Esters and nitriles are even weaker alpha-carbon acids than ketones (by over ten thousand times), nevertheless their enolate anions may be prepared and used in a similar fashion. The presence of additional activating carbonyl functions increases the acidity of the alpha-hydrogens substantially, so that less stringent conditions may be used for enolate anion formation. The influence of various carbonyl and related functional groups on the equilibrium acidity of alpha-hydrogen atoms (colored red) is summarized in the following table. For common reference, these acidity values have all been extrapolated to water solution, even though the conjugate bases of those compounds having pKas greater than 18 will not have a significant concentration in water solution.
To illustrate the general nucleophilic reactivity of di-activated enolate anions, two examples of SN2 alkylation reactions are shown below. Malonic acid esters and acetoacetic acid esters are commonly used starting materials, and their usefulness in synthesis will be demonstrated later in this chapter. Note that each of these compounds has two acidic alpha-hydrogen atoms (colored red). In the equations written here only one of these hydrogens is substituted; however, the second is also acidic and a second alkyl substitution may be carried out in a similar fashion.
1. The carbon atom framework or skeleton that is found in the desired compound (the target) must be assembled.
2. The functional groups that characterize the target compound must be introduced or transformed from other groups at appropriate locations.
3. If centers of stereoisomerism are present, they must be fixed in a proper manner.
Recognition of these tasks does not imply that they are independent of each other, or should be approached and solved separately. A successful plan or strategy for a synthesis must correlate each step with all these goals, so that an efficient and practical solution to making the target molecule is achieved. Nevertheless, it is useful to classify the various reactions we have studied with respect to their ability to (i) enlarge or expand a given structure, (ii) transform or relocate existing functional groups, and (iii) do both of these in a stereoselective fashion. The organization of this text by functional group behavior partially satisfies the second point, and the following discussion focuses on the first.
(1) Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation.
(3) addition of organometallic reagents to aldehydes, ketones & carboxylic acid derivatives.
(4) alkylation of acetylide anions.
(5) alkylation of enolate anions.
(6) Claisen and aldol condensations.
With the exception of Friedel-Crafts alkylation these reactions all give products having one or more functional groups at or adjacent to the bonding sites. As a result, subsequent functional group introduction or modification may be carried out in a relatively straightforward manner. This will be illustrated for aldol and Claisen condensations in the following section.
The aldol reaction produces beta-hydroxyaldehydes or ketones, and a number of subsequent reactions may be carried out with these products. As shown in the following diagram, they may be (i) reduced to 1,3-diols, (ii) a 2º-hydroxyl group may be oxidized to a carbonyl group, (iii) acid or base catalyzed beta-dehydration may produce an unsaturated aldehyde or ketone, and (iv) organometallic reagents may be added to the carbonyl group (assuming the hydroxyl group is protected as an ether or a second equivalent of reagent is used).
The Claisen condensation produces beta-ketoesters. These products may then be modified or enhanced by further reactions. Among these, the following diagram illustrates (i) partial reduction of the ketone with NaBH4, (ii) complete reduction to a 1,3-diol by LiAlH4, (iii) enolate anion alkylation, and (iv) ester hydrolysis followed by thermal decarboxylation of the resulting beta-ketoacid.
To illustrate how the reaction sequences described above may be used to prepare a variety of different compounds, five examples are provided here. The first is a typical aldol reaction followed by reduction to a 1,3-diol (2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol). In the second example, the absence of alpha-hydrogens on the aldehyde favors the mixed condensation, and conjugation of the double bond facilitates dehydration. The doubly-activated methylene group of malonic and acetoacetic acids or esters makes them good donors in any condensation, as is demonstrated by the third aldol-like reaction. A concerted dehydrative-decarboxylation (shown by the magenta arrows) leads to the unsaturated carboxylic acid product. Amine bases are often used as catalysts for aldol reactions, as in equations #2 & 3. The fourth reaction demonstrates that the conjugate base of the beta-ketoester products from Claisen or Dieckmann condensation may be alkylated directly. Thermal decarboxylation of the resulting beta-ketoacid gives a mono-alkylated cyclic ketone. Finally, both acidic methylene hydrogens in malonic ester or ethyl acetoacetate may be substituted, and the irreversible nature of such alkylations permits strained rings to be formed. In this case thermal decarboxylation of a substituted malonic acid generates a carboxylic acid. In all these examples the remaining functional groups could be used for additional synthetic operations.
If you understand the previous discussion of reactions useful in synthesis you should try the following problems. Some of them are complex so don't be concerned if you don't solve them all immediately. Analyze each problem carefully, and try to learn from it. The solutions will be displayed by clicking the answer button under the diagram.
The following problems ask you to devise a synthesis for a given target molecule. The first two problems make use of the common starting materials, diethyl malonate and ethyl acetoacetate. The third problem leaves the choice of materials open. The nature of the target molecule suggests that an aldol condensation might be useful. The fourth problem must be solved by using diethyl succinate as the only reagent. Finally, other reactants composed of no more than five carbon atoms may be used in the last problem.
The following problems review many aspects of the chemistry of carboxylic acids and their derivatives. The first question explores the relative acidity of various functional derivatives. The second tests your understanding of the Claisen condensation. The third is an introduction to multistep syntheses. The fourth and fifth questions ask you to draw the product structures for a number of multistep syntheses, involving other classes of compounds as well as carboxylic acids. The last two questions allow you to choose reagents for a multistep synthesis.
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The parents of the man who killed six people inside a Quebec City mosque say the Crown 'demonized' Alexandre Bissonnette in sentencing arguments and failed to take into account how bullying had left their son with severe mental health problems.
The parents of Alexandre Bissonnette say they didn't realize until it was too late how years of intimidation and bullying had affected their son's mental health.
Raymond Bissonnette and Manon Marchand spoke publicly for the first time Thursday, on the final day of sentencing arguments for their 28-year-old son in Quebec Superior Court.
Alexandre Bissonnette pleaded guilty last March 28 to the first-degree murders of six people and the attempted murders of 40 others, five of whom were seriously injured in the mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque on Jan. 29, 2017.
"Alexandre is not a monster," said Raymond Bissonnette, reading to reporters outside the court from a statement in French and in English, as his wife stood beside him, silent.
Bissonnette's parents were present for nearly every step of the sentencing hearing, which began in April, and listened to the testimony of dozens of survivors of the shooting.
They heard the heartbreaking statements from the families of the six dead men, detailing how their lives have been shattered by their loss and how the Muslim community's sense of security has been fractured.
"I realize how much this community feels isolated and misunderstood," said Raymond Bissonnette, offering "all our compassion and sympathy for them in this terrible, terrible ordeal."
However, Raymond Bissonnette said the Crown prosecutor has "demonized" their son, by seeking to have him live out the rest of his days behind bars.
The Crown is requesting that Alexandre Bissonnette serves six back-to-back life sentences, which would mean he would not be eligible for parole for 150 years. That amounts to what's essentially "a death sentence in disguise," said Raymond Bissonnette.
"I fear that in my son's case, the Crown is seeking a political, not a judicial sentence," he said, criticizing how prosecutor Thomas Jacques had trivialized his son's mental health issues when he argued that many people are bullied during their childhood but don't turn to violence later on.
"I do not think this does justice to the serious damage and suffering caused by bullying and intimidation," said Bissonnette, who admitted even he had not detected how severely that had affected his son's mental condition.
Only moments before his parents spoke outside the Quebec City courtroom, Alexandre Bissonnette addressed Quebec Superior Court Justice François Huot one final time.
Dressed in a black sweatshirt, Bissonnette said he "regretted dreadfully" what he did on Jan. 29.
Bissonnette cried, taking several pauses, expressing remorse "that my life has caused so much suffering for so many people."
He asked Huot to offer him a "glimmer of hope in the long black tunnel I've been in since Jan. 29," in the hope the judge will grant him the right to seek parole in 25 years, as his defence team pleaded this week.
Defence lawyer Charles-Olivier Gosselin argued earlier this week that his client's charter rights would be violated if he were to be sentenced to spend the rest of his days in prison, which he said could be viewed as a "grossly disproportionate" sentence.
He said such a harsh sentence would do little to deter anyone from committing a similar crime, and it would deny Bissonnette any chance of being rehabilitated.
Prior to Bissonnette's remarks, the Quebec Attorney General's Office made arguments Thursday, asking Huot to throw out the defence's constitutional challenge of Article 745.51 of the Criminal Code.
The controversial 2011 amendment allows for consecutive sentences for multiple murders.
Jean-François Paré had argued it was entirely up to the judge to determine parole eligibility, contrary to what the defence had pleaded on Wednesday.
Paré insisted that the judge has full discretionary power to apply consecutive sentences.
"It is up to you to decide what is fair," he told Huot.
Article 745.51 was adopted with the specific intention of addressing the colossal impact of multiple murders on victims and on society, Paré said.
He argued parliamentarians also wanted to avoid making victims relive the pain and trauma of their loss by having to testify in front of the Parole Board of Canada every two years, once a criminal is eligible for release.
Huot had informed Bissonnette on Tuesday that "it's probable" that he will use his discretionary power to hand down a sentence of more than 25 years.
Before adjourning the hearing for the summer, he informed Bissonnette he would not have an answer before Oct. 29.
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2019-04-18T14:01:48Z
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/alexandre-is-not-a-monster-mosque-shooter-s-parents-speak-publicly-for-1st-time-1.4715773?cmp=rss
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SensusAccess is a self-service solution that automates the conversion of documents into a range of alternative formats including Braille, mp3, Daisy and e-books for the visually and reading impaired. The service can also be used to convert otherwise inaccessible documents such as image-only pdf files or scanned images into more accessible formats. This no-cost web service is always available to UCSC faculty, staff and students.
This software is a built-in web application that works on most devices and platforms, (PC/Windows, Macs, Tablets and Smartphones) and is accessible via major web browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer).
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2019-04-18T18:36:19Z
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https://its.ucsc.edu/accessibility/content-creation-tools/sensusaccess/index.html
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nist
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This project will address upcoming needs and take advantage of new resources associated with the completion of National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL). The project will develop (1) the measurement science to fully characterize, deliver, and measure repeatable structurally significant fires for use in large-scale structural fire experiments in the NFRL and (2) a performance-based design framework linking fire intensity measures with structural performance objectives. The project uses detailed fire dynamics simulations, thermal analyses, and structural response calculations to design fires for the safe and effective conduct of fire-structural experiments. The results of these analyses will also help develop robust fire intensity measures that can be used to assess damage to the structural system and identify corresponding performance levels. The project will result in a standard test protocol for characterization and delivery of fires for structural experiments.
Objective: By 2016 to develop (1) the measurement science to fully characterize, deliver, and measure repeatable structurally significant fires for use in large-scale structural fire experiments and (2) a performance-based design framework linking fire intensity measures with expected structural performance objectives.
The development of the measurement science to fully characterize, deliver, and measure repeatable structurally significant fires for use in large-scale structural fire experiments.
The development of the measurement science to establish a performance-based design framework linking fire intensity measures with structural performance objectives.
What is the research plan? This project will be separated into two research tasks with the completion of each task being critical to meeting the overall project's objective.
Task 1 is the characterization, delivery, and measurement of repeatable structurally significant fires for use in large-scale structural fire experiments in the NFRL. This task seeks to establish for a given occupancy, realistic and credible fires with a quantifiable intensity measure and probability of occurrence, which stresses a test assembly to quantifiable damage states. This task will also develop the means to deliver and control the fire for a given experiment. To conduct high-quality and repeatable fire experiments requires the design of the fuel delivery system (e.g., natural gas burners) to produce the desired heat release within an acceptable level of uncertainty. The research conducted in this task will support the development of a standard test protocol to ensure that results from a variety of tests can be compared and evaluated on a consistent basis. Commissioning of NFRL will take place mainly during FY14 with the inaugural experimental test series planned for FY15. This task will design the fire environment for both the Phase III commissioning tests and the inaugural test series based on detailed fire dynamics simulations, thermal analyses, and structural response calculations.
Task 2 is establishing a performance-based design framework that links fire intensity measures with expected structural performance objectives for a variety of risk categories. This task will develop a robust fire intensity measures in buildings that can be used to assess the damage to the structural system for a variety of structurally significant fire conditions. To achieve this purpose, the task will consider localized fire, single compartment fires, multiple compartment fires, and multi-story uncontrolled fires. Additionally, this task will consider various levels of performance ranging from no damage (fully operational) to incipient collapse for a range of building and occupancy types. This task will be tightly integrated with the Performance-based Design Methodologies for Structures in Fire project.
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2019-04-24T09:32:11Z
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https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/design-fires-structures-project
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uconn
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This paper explores the trajectory of the political thought of Chen Duxiu (1879-1942) through the 1930s. Chen’s ideas changed dramatically over his lifetime but a utopian vision of true democracy was central to his thought. He is best known as a co-founder and first general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, and he dismissed democracy as regressive “bourgeois democracy” during the time of his membership in the Party from 1921 to 1929. However, Chen was a leading advocate of democracy both before the 1911 Revolution and especially in its wake in the 1910s. And again he returned to the theme of democracy in the 1930s. This paper focuses on how Chen “returned” to democratic thinking over the course of the 1930s. I argue that Chen’s conversion to Trotskyism allowed him to make sense of the CCP’s defeat (1927-1928) and stimulated him to rethink revolutionary goals as well as strategies. Though he eventually abandoned Trotskyism, he did not precisely return to either the liberal or communitarian democracy he had earlier advocated, but rather developed the notion of proletarian democracy. In Chen’s understanding, democracy was a kind of universal force unfolding through history and realized through class struggle.
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2019-04-21T11:16:33Z
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https://humanities.uconn.edu/2016/10/15/october-18-peter-zarrow-uconn-political-theory-workshop/
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Pentax A30 review at Steves Digicams : Our good friends at Steves Digicams have published their review of the Pentax Optio A30 digital compact camera. The Pentax A30, a compact digital camera featuring 10.0 effective Megapixels, enabling for photography of fine, high-quality images. The Digital SR mode of the Pentax Optio A30 automatically changes sensitivity according to the brightness of the subject, and effectively reduces camera shakes and subject blurring. For the Pentax Optio A30, the maximum sensitivity has been improved to ISO 3200. With faster shutter speeds, photography with reduced blurring is now possible. The image recording size is fixed to 5m. (2592 x 1944 pixels) when the Digital SR mode is selected.
According to Steve Digicams: "This is definitely an "ultra-compact" camera that's about the size of a deck of playing cards. This will allow you to tuck it away in the smallest of pockets, and the durable metal body ensures it will survive the active users lifestyle. Although very small, it fit quite well in my hands, and the controls are placed just within reach of my fingertips. The Menu system is logically organized, making changing camera settings quick and easy. The large 2.5-inch LCD is the only viewfinder on this model, and is used for image composition, review, and menu navigation."
Steve continues: "Since the A30 already features Pentax' shake reduction technology to help reduce the effects of camera shake, I feel you'd be better off Not using the Digital SR mode. Like the A10, the A30 captures nice portraits both indoors and out. Pentax claims the flash has a range of 23 feet at wide angle (ISO Auto.) I found it worked well indoors, producing very nice exposures with natural skin tones, when shooting from about 6 or 7 feet away, using the telephoto end of the zoom range. Our outdoor portraits are also pleasing, with sharp facial features and good exposure, mainly due to its new Face Recognition AF & AE technology." You want to learn more about the Pentax Optio digital camera? Continue to read the Pentax A30 review at Steve's Digicams!
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2019-04-24T04:51:09Z
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http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/14609/pentax-a30/
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Polish writer and translator. Born on the 20th of October 1955 in Warsaw. Nominated three times for Poland's Nike literary prize and the 2012 Best Translated Book Award in the US.
Polish writer and translator. Born on the 20th of October 1955 in Warsaw. Nominated three times for Poland's Nike literary prize and the 2012 Best Translated Book Award in the US. Winner of the 2012 Gdynia Literary Award.
Magdalena Tulli is one of Poland's most interesting contemporary writers of fiction. Her rather difficult prose has been termed by some as post-modern (her influences include Italo Calvino) and she isn't among the most widely read authors, however she remains highly respected by critics. This is corroborated by the three nominations to Polish biggest literary prize Nike Book Award.
Tulli is not part of the literary mainstream in Poland. In addition, she’s a very private character and has no interest in promoting herself through PR machines—she expresses herself first and foremost through her writing.
The list of possible influences on the writing of Tulli was observed by W.S Merwin, who remarked that "the originality of Tulli's writing is not lessened by representing a family tree that includes Michaux, Kafka, Calvino, and Saramago".
Magdalena Tulli debuted in 1995 with Dreams and Stones (Sny i kamienie), a novel or rather prose poem, featuring practically no characters. As Bill Johnson remarks, "It’s a novel about objects and about ways of seeing and explaining. The only actual character is the narrator, whose rather pedantic voice is our only clue to his existence".
In her next books, such as In Red and Moving Parts, she tends to meander between several plot strands or different ways of telling a story. Johnson finds that 'Tulli gradually introduces narrative, though she does so in a very tentative and self-aware way (this is why she’s sometimes accused, wrongly, of writing 'meta-fiction')'.
In Red (Polsh title W czerwieni) was nominated for the NIKE Prize in 1999 and the following year the German and French translations were released, while the English translation came out in 2011. In 2012 it was nominated for the Best Translated Book of the Year Award sponsored by the University of Rochester and Amazon.com. Moving Parts (Tryby) came out in 2003 and was nominated for the Nike award in 2004.
Tulli's fourth book Flaw can be seen as a universal parable, however the treatment of the Jews in the Second World War is a clear point of reference (Tulli is of Italian-Jewish-Polish descent). Still, throughout the book the refugees are persistently called "the Others".
Tulli's complicated family background (born to a Polish-Jewish mother in Warsaw, she spent much of her childhood in Italy, at her father's) comes to the surface in her last book Włoskie szpilki (Italian High Heels), published in 2011. This largely autobiographical book also marks a certain turn in her rather meta-fictional and anti-biographical oeuvre. In June 2012 the book received the prestigious Gdynia literary award, along with Marian Sworzeń, Mieczysław Porębski, Marta Podgórnik.
Critics have remarked that ever since her debut in 1995 Tulli appeared as a entirely new and distinct phenomenon in Polish literature as an author of a certain anti-prose, dedicated to breaking the laws of traditional fiction.
Tulli is also an accomplished translator from the French and Italian. In 2001 she translated Marcel Proust's La Fugitive (volume six of Remembrance of Things Past). For her translation of a book of short stories by Fleur Jaeggy La paura del cielo she was awarded the Literatura na Świecie (Literature in the World) Prize, the most important Polish award for translators. She's also translated La giornata d'uno scrutatore (Polish title Długi dzień Ameriga) by Italo Calvino.
Dreams and Stones (Sny i kamienie), Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Open, 1995.
In Red (W czerwieni), Warsaw: W.A.B., 1998.
Moving Parts (Tryby), Warsaw: W.A.B., 2003.
Flaw (Skaza), Warsaw: W.A.B., 2006.
Sny i kamienie, trans.Wiktor Dmitryk, Lwów: Calvaria 2010.
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2019-04-19T19:04:07Z
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https://culture.pl/en/artist/magdalena-tulli
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premierguitar
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Recently a client brought an older Fender Telecaster into the shop for a setup. The action was really high, but the saddles had run out of adjustment and couldn’t drop any lower. After careful inspection, I determined that the neck needed a shim to fix the problem. Fortunately, shimming a bolt-on neck isn’t too hard. In fact, if you’re handy with basic tools you can do this yourself, but you need to understand the process and know what mistakes to avoid. Let’s investigate.
Understanding neck angle. Our journey begins with neck angle, which is the pitch of the neck relative to the guitar’s body and bridge. When the neck angle is set correctly, an electric guitar’s saddles can be raised or lowered to create comfortable playing action and optimum tone and sustain.
Fig. 1. This neck angle is too low, so even dropping the saddles flush to the bridge plate won’t bring the strings close enough to the fretboard to play comfortably.
But when the neck angle is too low (Fig. 1), the saddles can’t be moved down enough to bring the strings close to the frets. The guitar is hard to play and the intonation suffers. Conversely, when the neck angle is too high (Fig. 2), you can’t raise the strings enough to prevent fretting out or buzzing—even when the saddles are adjusted to their maximum height.
Fig. 2. This neck angle is too high. The guitar is unplayable even with the saddles raised to their maximum height.
In this column, we’ll learn how to fix a neck angle that’s too low. Typically, this problem can be resolved using a shim (Fig. 3).
Fig. 3. A full-pocket neck shim can correct a neck angle that’s too low.
What causes a neck angle that’s too low? Most players don’t realize that an electric guitar can compress over time. As an instrument ages, constant string tension can cause the body to become slightly concave, and this changes the neck angle. This doesn’t occur with every guitar, but it is common.
Many experts say that the angle for a bolt-on neck should be between zero and five degrees. From my experience, this is correct in most cases. But what I find even more important is how you adjust the neck to its optimal angle. When this is done properly, your guitar will play and sound at its best. When the neck angle is adjusted improperly, it can ruin a perfectly good neck.
If your guitar plays well and the saddles offer enough adjustment range for you to set the action correctly, you don’t need to change anything. However, if the angle is too low and you can’t move the saddles down any further, the neck needs a shim.
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2019-04-23T06:02:29Z
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https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19686-guitar-shop-101-how-to-shim-a-bolt-on-neck
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Spoiler Alert! Sophie Webster lands herself in intensive care after falling off church roof... but will she survive?
She survived the tram crash in Coronation street, learned Molly's baby was her half-brother, renounced her faith and watched her parents split up in recent weeks so it hasn’t been a great time for the troubled teen.
But while Sophie Webster was going through a series of traumatic events she always had her girlfriend Sian Powers to lean on, until now.
The 16-year-old lesbian ends up in intensive care after a drink fuelled jealous rage sees her fall several feet from a church roof landing on the hard surface of a parked car.
Sophie, played by Brooke Vincent, was at the church looking for comfort from her Church pastor after feeling neglected by Sian, who has been spending time with another girl.
Depressed that her girlfriend, played by Sacha Parkinson, is getting close to someone she met on holiday, she turns to drink before heading to the church to seek reassurance.
But Sophie, who renounced her faith after realising her sexuality, arrives at the church where she comes face-to-face with her old Church friends.
As she is confronted by a wall of silence from her former friends she becomes defensive and launches into a cider-fuelled rant about being a lesbian, which goes against Christian beliefs.
Her monologue is met with merciless laughter and she races up the stairs in horror.
While the pastor sets off after her he is too late and Sophie falls off the edge of the roof and onto the car.
The teenager will be rushed to hospital and placed in intensive care where her status will be critical and it is not yet known if she will pull through.
Brooke, 18, has been with Coronation since 2004 and these dramatic scenes signal a year of exciting storylines for the young actress.
The teenager and Sian became the first lesbian couple on the cobbles after a close friendship between their characters develops into a sexual relationship.
The on-screen couple have faced mixed responses to their sexuality and Sophie’s mum Sally kicked the couple out of their house after she caught them in bed together on New Year’s Day.
Despite the gripping lesbian storyline and the live episode pulling in more than 14 million viewers celebrating the 50th anniversary of the show, Coronation Street failed to beat EastEnders at the National Television Awards.
The London based soap bagged the award for the Best Serial Drama leaving Corrie stars disappointed.
But while EastEnders beat their Northern rivals in three categories seeing the cobbles stars head home empty handed the female stars of Coronation Street certainly came out on top in the fashion stakes.
Both girls opted for the Grecian look with Brooke stepping out onto the red carpet in a cream draped floor-length gown. Sacha also chose a draped maxi number and both girls sported thigh high splits upping the ante in the glamour stakes.
Things were slightly different for Coronation Street stars Brooke Vincent and Sacha Parkinson as they arrived back in Manchester yesterday looking tired and scruffy... and perhaps feeling the effects of a bit too much alcohol the night before.
The pair looked downcast and glum as they walked through the train station to head home, failing to muster a smile for photographers.
While Sacha, 18, at least kept up something of a glamorous appearance in a pair of tight jeans and leather jacket with boots, Brooke, also 18, opted for an an entirely-casual outfit in a oversized cricket jumper with leggings and white plimsolls.
Both the girls appeared to have forgotten their hairbrushes as they got off the train with their hair messily pulled up into top knots.
Sophie Webster lands herself in intensive care after falling off church roof... but will she survive?
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2019-04-20T21:20:54Z
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1351489/Sophie-Webster-lands-intensive-care-falling-church-roof--survive.html
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wired
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Pavegen's V3 tiles neatly interlock to form a surface CEO Laurence Kemball-Cook compares to a springy mesh.
The triangular design isn't just sleek, it makes sure that the tiles edges don't become wasted space.
The new tile design accommodates three separate generators to maximize the power of your steps.
Each generator captures the springing force of your steps and stores them in a flywheel.
As Fitbit users like to point out, walking burns a lot of calories. But the energy you expend doing it ceases to be useful after your sneakers hit pavement. That's where Pavegen CEO and Founder Laurence Kemball-Cook saw room to create a new kind of sustainable energy technology. His company's Pavegen floor tiles generate electricity by harnessing the power of footsteps.
The tiles are a kind of kinetic energy recovery system. We've seen these before in race cars and buses—but where recovery systems in automobiles convert the kinetic energy normally lost in braking to electrical energy, Pavegen tiles are all about capturing the spring in your step. Tread on a tile and the surface depresses up to one centimeter (Kemball-Cook compares the sensation to walking in a children's play-area). The downward force drives an energy-storing flywheel inside the tile, which spins to convert kinetic energy into electrical energy through electromagnetic induction. It's like a generator—only instead of spinning a turbine with wind, water, or coal, it's spinning a flywheel with footsteps.
The beauty of these tiles is that they can conceivably go anywhere there's floorspace and foot traffic—think airport terminals, sidewalks, and playing fields. That idea has attracted support from companies as big as Shell and celebrities as diverse as Al Gore and Akon (yes, that Akon)—but backers were hard to come by when Kemball-Cook started out. He began developing the technology while studying design at Loughborough University, and developed the first prototype in all of 15 hours. "I just hacked it together. There was wood in it, and it was held together by duct tape. I went to 150 venture capitalists, and they all said no. The government said, 'It would never work, we can’t help you.'"
That was seven years ago. Pavegen tiles have since been used to help light soccer pitches in Brazil and Nigeria, a hallway in Heathrow Airport, and offices and shopping centers in London. And that was all with less-efficient technology. Earlier versions of tiles were rectangular, and only produced power when someone's foot fell in the center of a tile. The latest generation of Pavegen tile, V3, is triangular, which allows them to include a generator in each corner. That means the whole tile pivots toward a generator no matter where you step. The V3 generates 5 continuous watts of power as you walk across it—that's more than 200 times more efficient than Kemball-Cook's first prototype.
Granted, five watts isn’t a ton, and not everyone is convinced that the world will ever run on Pavegen. For the 2013 Paris Marathon, Pavegen laid down a 25-meter strip of the last generation of tiles, and they ended up generating 4.7 kilowatt hours of energy—enough to keep an LED bulb burning for over a month, but nowhere near enough to power your home. "The very basic physics of it is pressure times the deformation of the material," says David Horsley, a mechanical and aerospace engineer at UC Davis. "You're not going to get very much for a step, considering you can get 100 watts from a square meter of solar paneling. But for small wearable electronics like watches, or maybe even your phone, this kind of energy harvesting makes sense."
So it's not going to put big oil out of business, and you may need to take a lot of steps to make them worth it. Good thing they're durable as hell. "The floor is one of the harshest environments known to man," Kemball-Cook says. "You have to be able to withstand environment challenges, water, vandalism. You need good test equipment. We have a footfall rig with four pneumatic drivers that's being going nonstop for four years, running analytics and just trying to destroy the product."
With the V3, Kemball-Cook thinks he's finally reached the point where lower costs and higher efficiency will allow him to scale. Other people think so, too, with installations slated for locations like Oxford Street, London's bustling shopping thoroughfare, and walkways outside the White House. Tribal Planet, a mobile analytics and activism company, thinks the V3's new data-tracking abilities could help people forge more personal conceptual models of energy production and consumption. “Energy hasn’t really been a consumer product. Even utilities are a very abstract idea," says Tribal Planet CEO Jeff Martin, a former Apple executive. "Is my utility getting this energy from nuclear power plant or a wind farm or a coal mine? I have no idea. It’s probably a combination of all that."
If Pavegen tiles were constantly underfoot—and connected to your phone—you could track how much energy you produced personally. Kemball-Cook likes to think you could even be rewarded for it. "Imagine if you go to get sneakers and you get money off, because you’ve been generating energy for the store," he says. There's altruistic potential as well; Kemball-Cook envisions users donating the energy produced by their footsteps to any Pavegen-powered community in the world.
That's not going to happen over night, and it’s highly unlikely that Pavegen’s technology will outshine the promise of solar or wind power. But its unique ability to make the road toward greener energy tangible is what makes it exciting. With Pavegen, whether you can wrap your head around the nuances of wind turbines or carbon accounting or not, doing your part for sustainable energy can literally be your next step.
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2019-04-22T20:27:34Z
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https://www.wired.com/2016/06/best-new-gren-energy-tech-right-underfoot/
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Recreation
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hard-light
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The GVB Bakha is an Allied Vasudan-designed medium bomber. It was made to be as fast and agile as possible, while still being able to deliver a punch to larger ships. It is also the only known bomber in the Terran and Vasudan fleets (as of the Second Shivan Incursion) to have two secondary banks. All other Terran and Vasudan bombers have three secondary banks.
Learning a lesson from the bomber losses of the Great War, Vasudan defense contractor Akheton designed the GVB Bakha, a fast, agile bomber that could still deliver a warship-shattering payload. The Bakha's dual Akh-12 engines are baffled and masked, giving it a small profile for heat-seeking missiles. The bomber's speed and maneuverability make it the craft of choice for taking out destroyers and corvettes with multiple flak, AAA, and anti-ship beam turrets. Over 6,000 Bakhas have been produced in the orbiting shipyards around Vasuda Prime.
Bakha was the manifestation of the god of power Ka and the war of god Menthu. He was said to be a wild bull.
The Bakha is a Vasudan version of the Artemis, pretty much. Like most Vasudan equivalents it maneuvers better and is somewhat tougher. Unlike the Artemis, the Bakha has two gun banks, much better positioned for dogfighting than those of the Artemis.
The Bakha is truly a bomber with pretensions of the wild life, and can dogfight fairly well against any heavy or space superiority fighters you may encounter. Don't let it go to your head, though, as the interceptors can still outmaneuver you easily. Also keep in mind that you have only two secondary banks (the bomber-issue third is missing) and that diverting power to your engines does not increase your speed, only the rate at which your afterburners recharge.
Never quite understood the Bakha. The Vasudans had a superb bomber in the form of the Sekhmet, which can do everything the Bakha can do, if not better. What I'm wondering is why they're wasting production capacity on the Bakha when they could simply run only Sekhmets through the lines. The Bakha is a good bomber but it simply doesn't hold up to the Sekhmet. Maybe it's the slightly better maneuverability and the secondary gunpoint, but those are not nearly big enough advantages in my view.
It could be noted that the Sekhmet is much easier to intercept due to its huge profile, while the Bakha can be somewhat harder to kill due to its small size. It's easy to hit a Sekhmet with a Tempest volley, it's a bit harder to do so to a Bakha. However, you never have a chance to fight a Bakha in the main campaign.
The Bakha just doesn't know what it wants to be. Like most other Vasudan ships, it's severely deficient in shields. Fighters seem to latch on to you, and in any situation where a Bahka would be used (eliminating hostile destroyers and corvettes before they can damage friendly forces, strategic strikes on large capital ships) the fighter defenses alone on the hostile ship spell death, especially on higher difficulty levels. Making matters worse, the Bahka can't carry Maxims, defeating one of the few good purposes of dividing the firepower. This also means that a Bahka can't snipe off enemy turrets from afar, thus clearing an area for an attack run.
Strangely, the table file for the Bakha has it as being able to carry Helios as a primary weapon. This is likely an error on the part of whoever tabled the Bakha though, and as a result, the Bakha is technically incapable of carrying Helios warheads. It does mount Helios in Bearbaiting and High Noon, but the loadout is forced by the Scramble setting for the mission.
It may be a bomber, but the Bakha is quite comparable to the Herc II in overall firepower, having the same ordnance capacity and four guns in an average placement for anti-fighter work. Being a bomber, the Bakha is less maneuverable than the Herc II but also has more armor and shielding. The Bakha also has a higher average speed but lower afterburner speed than the Herc II. Fly the Bakha like it's the Freespace Blue version of the Myrmidon - a heavy fighter capable of fitting anti-cruiser ordnance.
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2019-04-25T10:40:02Z
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https://wiki.hard-light.net/index.php/GVB_Bakha
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Business
| 0.259356 |
berkeley
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One of the most important philosophical works of the twentieth century, Being and Time is both a systematization of the existential insights of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche and a radicalization of Husserl’s phenomenological account of intentionality. What results is an original interpretation of being-in-the-world that describes skill in a way that undermines the subject/object distinction, and, in so doing, offers a convincing account of the nature and limitations of philosophical and scientific theory. This account has important implications for all those disciplines that study human beings.
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2019-04-25T10:35:50Z
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https://philosophy.berkeley.edu/courses/detail/125
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Arts
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Reference
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westnet
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The Morawa Cemetery was opened on the 2nd April 1931 on Reserve No. 20650 Morawa Lot 155. The cemetery is divided into sections by denomination. These are Anglican (Church of England), Roman Catholic, Methodist (including Presbyterian and Uniting), Church of Christ and Lutheran. There is also a Babies section and a Niche Wall for cremations.
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http://members.iinet.net.au/~caladenia_new@westnet.com.au/cemeteryindex.html
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March 8, 1982–February/March 1983 [unknown closing date]. Photographic Archive. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. IN1330.8. Photograph by Mali Olatunji.
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2019-04-26T13:59:24Z
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https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1921/installation_images/24095?work_id=79347
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Let the noble deeds of human kind begin!
Learn humble words that soothe chagrin!
Lets stand tall and shine from within!
Leave the Mark of our virtues like a Levin!
Let the closed doors of our mind open!
Let it sail in the ocean of wisdom!
Fiercely Through hail and the storms of ocean!
Let the burning flame lead us to propugn!
Previous Post Jingle Written and Composed by me For Folger’s Coffee!!!
Next Post Ratna Shah- School Anthem- When the Heart and Mind Unite!!!
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2019-04-25T16:20:54Z
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https://ratnatrivedicomposer.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/flame-of-knowledge-school-anthem-written-and-composer-by-mecopyrights-reserved/?share=google-plus-1
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This entry was posted on Montag, 25. März 2013 at 1:10 am and is filed under Filmkritiken. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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2019-04-25T18:47:27Z
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https://kriminalakte.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/tv-tipp-fur-den-25-marz-the-getaway/?shared=email&msg=fail
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Although I know what you mean, music should be make you Feel Something.
The tunes mentioned in this thread are notable because, for each of the posters (from their own perspective), the tracks make them feel like spitting, or screaming. I reckon that's healthy, meself, otherwise everyone agrees with everything in a kind of soporific, blando-world of warm glows and general fuzziness. No - music should transport you somewhere, or make you want to dance, or cry, or smile. It shouldn't make you want to jam rusty corkscrews in your ears. It's got to be a good thing that the people who post on here won't settle for any old tosh, they want better. They may not agree on what "better" actually is, but the need is there. We should celebrate that, in my opinion.
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https://www.headheritage.co.uk/headtohead/unsung/topic/69632/threaded/883341
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© Heta Helakari, 2017. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited.
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2019-04-22T07:58:29Z
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http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/nbnfioulu-201704131502
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Crystal Arc puts the best of this city at your fingertips. Kick off your weekend with a coffee and croissant from the Bakery & Chapel Café. Browse through the expensive boutiques in OAP Tower, then stroll along the river to one of the largest private art collections in the region at the Fujita Art Museum. In the afternoon, curl up with a good book among the blossoms at Osaka Castle Park or watch a performance at Theater Brava! Later, meet up with friends at Sotsuki Teppanyaki or for something different, try Sfida Italian, just a short stroll from your student accommodation.
From your new home at Crystal Arc, you can walk to the Broadcasting Academy of Fine Arts or Yoyogi Animation School in under 10 minutes. You’re a short stroll from the nearest subway station and from there you can reach Osaka University’s Vantan Game Academy and Venus Academy in 30 minutes, or the Toyonaka, Minoh or Suita campuses in just over an hour.
Outside of class, you’ll be perfectly positioned to explore this interesting city. Jump on the subway to Den Den Town and stock up on electrical gadgets at highly discounted prices. Head across to Namba Parks, a unique shopping mall built to resemble a natural canyon. Or if the weather’s nice, simply unwind by the pool in Ogimachi Park, just a short stroll from home.
On your way back to Crystal Arc, stop by Hankyu Oasis Doshin supermarket to pick up ingredients for dinner. Wander through the security entrance of your new home and catch the elevator up to your studio apartment. Test out your Japanese recipes with friends in your separate kitchen fitted with an electric hob stove and fridge, and open the balcony door to catch the fresh evening breeze or sit in the air-conditioned comfort of your apartment and watch TV.
We couldn't find a room that matches your preferencesView all Entire Place in Crystal Arc.
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2019-04-22T15:55:15Z
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https://www.student.com/jp/osaka/p/crystal-arc
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We study the problem of deterministic factorization of sparse polynomials.
Multidimensional packing problems find numerous applications in robotics, cloud computing, smart-grids and many other scheduling and resource allocation problems.
Switched systems find wide applications in power systems and power electronics, automotive control, aircraft and air traffic control, network and congestion control, etc.
Many real-world networks such as the ones arising out of facebook and twitter, webpages and hyperlinks etc. evolve with the passage of time.
This talk will outline standard issues and results related to small noise limits in noise-perturbed dynamics and two important reasonsfor studying these, and illustrate the same by examples from the work ofthe speaker and his collaborators.
In Shannon's classical rate distortion problem, an encoder compresses data from a source into a message and sends it losslessly to the decoder.
Scheduling problems in queueing systems have been long studied under the assumption that the service rates are known a priori.
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2019-04-20T22:11:18Z
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http://brahma.tcs.tifr.res.in/event/stcs-seminar?page=3
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Ziad Rahbani (also Ziyad al-Rahbany Arabic: زياد رحباني, born 1956) is a Lebanese composer, pianist, performer, playwright, and political commentator. His compositions are well-known throughout the Arab world. Many of his musicals satirize Lebanese politics both during and after the civil war, and are often strongly critical of the traditional political establishment.
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2019-04-22T01:21:57Z
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https://www.last.fm/music/Ziad+Rahbani
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Motel 6 Los Angeles - Arcadia/Pasadena Area is located off I-210 in beautiful Arcadia. Enjoy our outdoor pool, open all year. Our modern rooms include a 32 inch LCD TV with extended cable, HBO and ESPN. Wi-Fi is available in all rooms for free.
All of my stays at Motel 6 have been consistently good and this one was about the same. The room was a tad bit smaller than most I have stayed in before. However the bedding was washed and clean as ... More All of my stays at Motel 6 have been consistently good and this one was about the same. The room was a tad bit smaller than most I have stayed in before. However the bedding was washed and clean as was the room. The property is well maintained, the shower and hot water were good and the heat/air worked fine. I was just disappointed that there was no laundry facilities.
For a relatively inexpensive motel in the greater Los Angeles area, this was a very nice place to stay. It is located in a very quiet but convenient residential area just off the 210. As the Motel 6 ... More For a relatively inexpensive motel in the greater Los Angeles area, this was a very nice place to stay. It is located in a very quiet but convenient residential area just off the 210. As the Motel 6 ads promised, our room was very clean and had very comfortable beds. It was small, of course, and not fancy, but Motel 6 has never pretended to be a luxury inn. The office staff were also very friendly & helpful. And the icing on the cake was that Motel 6 is pet-friendly! We enjoyed our 5-night stay here, and would definitely stay here again.
I was impressed. I checked in after 10 pm and the night clerk saw that I have a working record with you. the process was the fastest yet. The room was as good as ever. Clean & everything worked.
This had to be the best Motel 6 I have ever been too. Very clean and quiet. Tucked away from main streets and very nice views of the mountains! Cannot beat the price!! Close to a big park and close to ... More This had to be the best Motel 6 I have ever been too. Very clean and quiet. Tucked away from main streets and very nice views of the mountains! Cannot beat the price!! Close to a big park and close to mall and many restaurants within a couple of miles on old route 66. We WILL be back!!
The stay was very good as it always is there. The last night someone with noisy children were in the room next to us. I went to the front desk and was given a different room without any problems. T ... More The stay was very good as it always is there. The last night someone with noisy children were in the room next to us. I went to the front desk and was given a different room without any problems. The same good service we have received there every time we have stayed.
Check- in time is 3:00 pm. Check-out time is at 11:00 am. Additional $0.15 Tourism Tax per night per room. Check-in age is 18 years or older.
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2019-04-20T11:05:34Z
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https://www.motel6.com/en/motels.ca.arcadia.10.html?lid=X_PMG_NaturalSearch_Local_Yext_10&utm_source=local&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=yextlocal-10
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Alas, the poor kitty, now age 16, started showing some bad behavior around the kitty litter box (and rugs!) so of course this happens on a holiday weekend, and we took him to the vet as soon as they were re-open. Alas, it was as I feared. His kidneys aren't doing well :( His BUN level was 48, when it should be no more than 36, and his WBC (white blood cell count) was up to 22.68, pretty high. He also has some pancreatitis. He spent two days at the vet, on an IV to flush his system plus now he's on Baytril, Pepcid, senior cat vitamins, and oh yes, the Lactated Ringer's drip which we must administer as a SubQ injection/whatever, twice a week, I suspect, for as long as he lets us do it, or rest of his life. The vet said he could, if he does well, last for a few more years, or.... we'll know in a month when he goes back to rerun the numbers.
Here's the little guy at the vet, with the IV things in his arm. Not a happy camper. He's lost a bit of weight over the last half year, which we thought was due to being a picky eater and well, just being an older cat. We hope to get some weight back on him. We can give him cream cheese, to help with the pilling, which was sheer hell the first couple days. He bit me. We think we have now perfected the 'burrito cat' roll: swaddle him up in the big thick blanket, wrap twice, pin to chest, quickly (that was the secret) pop open mouth without shedding my blood, and have pill tossed in, then clamp mouth shut. Afterwards, I gave him some cream cheese to make him happy.
So now he's back home, and once the antibiotic runs out in a week, he'll be down to two vitamins a day plus the Pepcid, every single day for the rest of his life (oh god, I hope he relaxes and lets us pill him with less stress) plus the bi-weekly SubQ things, which he did well with at the vet but tomorrow night we'll find out and I guess, I'm going to have to be the one to stick him. Euuuuu.
Here he is going, sigh, back home!
Don't even ask me what it cost. Guess I'm not going on vacation anywhere anytime soon!!
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2019-04-20T01:03:06Z
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https://wraithfodder.livejournal.com/490594.html
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Experts say the state’s anemic economy is partly to blame.
Ulzheimer said Georgia’s depressed home values can also strain people.
The state’s residents filed more than 11,000 identity theft complaints with federal agencies, Better Business Bureaus and other agencies in 2011, a 20 percent increase from the year before. Nine metro areas – from Gainesville and Macon to Savannah and Albany – are among the worst areas in the nation.
Almost half of the complaints in Georgia involved government documents and benefits: using stolen identities to get fraudulent tax refunds, fake driver’s licenses or government benefits like unemployment or food stamps.
Ulzheimer said the growth is good news in a small way, however, because it indicates more people are discovering and reporting the fraud. He said you can’t completely eliminate the risks.
“There are certainly things we can do to reduce our exposure: being smart with our personal information, shredding documents that have sensitive information on them, watching what comes in the mail to us and getting it out of the mailbox ASAP versus letting it sit there and accumulate for a couple of days,” Ulzheimer said.
Ulzheimer, and Liz Coyle from consumer group Georgia Watch suggested consumers also consider using credit freezes available from Experian, Equifax and TransUnion, the three credit reporting agencies.
“To really effectively stop [fraud], getting a credit freeze will stop new account fraud, which is the most damaging form of identity theft because they can then open up a new credit card account in your name,” Coyle said.
Georgia Watch spearheaded legislation in the General Assembly a few years ago to make the freezes available. They can be set up online at each of the three agencies for $3 apiece. Victims of identity theft can freeze their credit for free.
The FTC reported identity theft cases in Georgia last year cost at least $30 million and probably much more.
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2019-04-23T12:43:48Z
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http://www.gpb.org/news/2012/03/14/georgia-2nd-in-id-theft
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Excerpted from: Race, Marriage, and the Law of Freedom: Alabama and Virginia, 1860's - 1960's, 70 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 371- 437, 415-419 (1994).
As late as the 1950s, miscegenation cases continued to come before the Alabama Court of Appeals, and they demonstrated the continuing impossibility of securing change in the courts. A black woman named Linnie Jackson was convicted for her miscegenous relationship with a white man named A. C. Burcham. E. B. Haltom, Jr., her lawyer, relying on a long train of twentieth-century civil rights decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, challenged the proceeding on Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment grounds. Nonetheless, the Alabama Court of Appeals surveyed the history of decisions in miscegenation cases in the Alabama courts, declared that the nation's high court had affirmed the Pace decision, and noted that "the decisions of the [Alabama] Supreme Court shall govern the holdings and decisions of this court." It upheld her conviction.
Jackson did not give up. She took her case to the Alabama Supreme Court, which rebuffed her as well, and then to the U.S. Supreme Court. There she found that the justices were by no means eager to push an equal- rights agenda on the matter of miscegenation. Focused as they were on the school segregation cases that had been decided in 1954, they recognized that, were they to take on miscegenation, they might only get in their own way. The first decision announced in Brown v. Board of Education came in May 1954; the second, implementing decision came in May 1955. Linnie Jackson's case came to the Court in between those two dates.
Early writers surmised that, as one put it, though "[t]here is no doubt that these statutes are unconstitutional," "the Court, or at least some of its Justices, did not believe that airing this inflammatory subject, of little practical significance, would be in the public interest while strident opposition is being voiced to less controversial desegregation because it allegedly leads to intermarriage." The papers of various Supreme Court justices now make it clear that such speculations were exactly right.
review at the present time would probably increase the tensions growing out of the school segregation cases and perhaps impede solution to that problem, and therefore the Court may wish to defer action until a future time. Nevertheless, I believe that[,] since the deprivation of rights involved here has such serious consequences to the petitioner and others similarly situated [,] review is probably warranted even though action might be postponed until the school segregation problem is solved.
Later that month, the Supreme Court dodged the bullet. With no indication of dissent, it denied certiorari. Seven decades had elapsed from one miscegenation case to another before the Court, and nothing, it seemed, had changed. The precedent, such as it was, in Pace remained intact. Linnie Jackson went to the penitentiary. And the next year, the Court dodged another such case, one that came from Virginia.
On June 26, 1952, Ham Say Naim, a Chinese sailor, married a white woman from Virginia in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. That state, unlike Virginia, permitted marriages between Caucasians and Asians, though not between whites and blacks. For some months the Naims made their home in Norfolk, Virginia. Then they separated. On September 30, 1953, Ruby Elaine Naim filed a petition seeking annulment on grounds of adultery, and if that effort failed, she asked that an annulment be granted on the basis of Virginia's ban on interracial marriages.
Judge Floyd E. Kellam of the Portsmouth Circuit Court knew an easy case when he saw one. Here was a marriage between a white person and a nonwhite. The couple had gone to North Carolina in order to evade the Virginia law. Of course, the marriage was void and he granted the annulment.
Now it was Mr. Naim's turn to go to court. On the basis of his marriage to an American citizen, he had applied for an immigrant visa, and unless he remained married he could not hope to be successful. His immigration attorney, David Carliner, had his own reasons for challenging the constitutionality of Virginia's antimiscegenation statute. He and Naim mounted a test case. They challenged the circuit court's decision on the grounds that the Fourteenth Amendment overrode the Virginia statute.
Speaking for a unanimous Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, Justice Archibald Chapman Buchanan relied on the Tenth Amendment to fend off the Fourteenth. "Regulation of the marriage relation," he insisted, "is . . . distinctly one of the rights guaranteed to the States and safeguarded by that bastion of States' rights, somewhat battered perhaps but still a sturdy fortress in our fundamental law, the tenth section of the Bill of Rights."
What about Brown v. Board of Education and its incantation of the Equal Protection Clause? No problem, Justice Buchanan assured Virginia authorities. "No such claim for the intermarriage of the races could be supported; by no sort of valid reasoning could it be found to be a foundation of good citizenship or a right which must be made available to all on equal terms." He could find nothing in the U.S. Constitution, he wrote, that would "prohibit the State from enacting legislation to preserve the racial integrity of its citizens, or which denies the power of the State to regulate the marriage relation so that it shall not have a mongrel breed of citizens." Rather than promote good citizenship, he suggested, "the obliteration of racial pride" and "the corruption of blood" would "weaken or destroy the quality of its citizenship."
Refusing to give up, Naim appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Unfortunately for Naim, his case came to the Supreme Court only one year after Jackson, and the Court was no more eager to confront the issue then than it had been the year before. John Marshall Harlan, a recent appointee to the nation's high bench, brought a tormented mind and a tortured prose to the task of writing a formal statement that he wished to read in conference on November 5, 1955, regarding the case from Virginia. He spoke of "moral considerations," which he proceeded to identify as "of course, those raised by the bearing of adjudicating this question to the Court's responsibility in not thwarting or seriously handicapping the enforcement of its decision in the segregation cases." He felt certain, he said, that every member of the Court agreed with him that "to throw a decision of this Court other than validating this legislation into the vortex of the present disquietude would . . . seriously, I believe very seriously, embarrass the carrying out of the Court's decree of last May."
the record before the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth was adequate for a decision of the issues presented to it. The record before this court was adequate for deciding the issues on review. . . . The decree of the trial court and the decree of this court affirming it have become final so far as these courts are concerned.
The Virginia statutes were sound, the Naims' marriage was void, and the Virginia courts' decisions were final, said the court.
We have no provision either under the rules of practice of this court or under the statute law of this Commonwealth by which this court may send the cause back to the Circuit Court with directions to reopen the cause so decided, gather additional evidence and render a new decision. Indeed, such action would be contrary to our fixed rules of practice and procedure and our statute law.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch published an editorial about the standoff. While acknowledging that the Virginia court had "used some rather tart language in refusing to comply," it insisted nonetheless that "the Virginia court has not defied the nation's highest tribunal." Rather, the paper noted that the state court had simply declared that "it had no legal means of conniving with the Federal court's order." Noting many Virginians' displeasure with the Supreme Court's recent rulings on segregation, the editorial observed that those "[m]any Virginians . . . also applaud the Virginia court in rebuffing the Federal court's attempt to operate in an area of State affairs over which it has no jurisdiction."
Naim took his case back to the Supreme Court, but there it died. The Court simply noted that the response of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals "leaves the case devoid of a properly presented Federal question." The Virginia court had helped take the U.S. Supreme Court off the hook. No judicial reconsideration took place in the 1950s regarding Alabama's or Virginia's antimiscegenation laws.
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2019-04-22T12:10:40Z
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http://academic.udayton.edu/race/04needs/sex03.htm
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Sons of Anarchy fondo de pantalla. . HD Wallpaper and background images in the sons of anarchy club tagged: sons of anarchy charlie hunnam jax teller clay morrow.
This sons of anarchy fan art might contain animado, cómic, manga, historieta, anime, and dibujos animados.
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2019-04-19T04:46:10Z
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http://es.fanpop.com/clubs/sons-of-anarchy/images/26032561/title/sons-anarchy-wallpaper-fanart
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This year, consumer virtual reality became an actual thing thanks to the launch of HTC’s Vive, the Oculus Rift, Sony’s PlayStation VR, and Google’s Daydream. Add that to Samsung’s Gear VR, released last year, and you have the makings of an actual industry. But how are all those systems actually selling?
It’s hard to know for sure, since most of the manufacturers aren’t saying. But SuperData Research thinks it has the answer. The industry analyst concluded that Sony’s PSVR will be the best-selling VR platform this year (most likely thanks to the fact that it pairs with the big-time hit seller PlayStation 4), with an expected 2.6 million units sold by December 31. The Gear VR should come in second, with 2.3 million sold by year’s end, followed by the Daydream View, at 450,000, the Vive at 420,000, and finally, the Rift, with an expected 355,000 in consumers’ hands.
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2019-04-24T08:17:17Z
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https://www.fastcompany.com/4024971/analyst-says-playstation-vr-will-be-top-selling-vr-system-in-2016
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Back-in angle parking is a safe alternative to parallel and front-in angle parking. Instead of pulling forward into an angled parking space, motorists would back-in to the space.
Back-In Angle Parking has been installed for the south side of Stanford Avenue between Junipero Serra Boulevard and Raimundo Way.
Allows the addition of the multi-use trail on the north side of Stanford Avenue, a new sidewalk on the south side, bike lanes on the roadway and retain 45 parking spaces between JSB and Raimundo Way.
As motorists exit their parking space, they are able to see cyclists traveling in the adjacent bike lane.
Car doors open in a manner that does not interfere with bicyclists and directs car passengers towards the sidewalk, away from traffic.
Car trunks are adjacent to the sidewalk, outside the traveled roadway.
Car doors do not open onto roadway.
Motorists will not be required to blindly back-out of their parking space when exiting.
Cyclists and other motorists will clearly be able to see automobile signals as vehicles prepare to back into a parking space.
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2019-04-24T02:21:39Z
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https://perimetertrail.stanford.edu/about/back-angle-parking
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For the love of all things good; there is two things I don’t like: (1) unnecessary convoluted setups and (2) redoing work I’ve done earlier. SSL Certificates seem to combine both into one beautifully painful mess.
Create a folder (e.g. ./certs) and place the below config file (named config.cfg) into it.
That’s it. It will drop a `private.key` and `certificate.crt` into the previously created folder. It will also print the properties of the certificate into console so you can make sure the SANs are actually added.
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2019-04-26T08:40:20Z
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https://sebastianwallkoetter.wordpress.com/tag/ssl-san/
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Hansen, Bert: "True-Adventure Comic Books and American Popular Culture in the 1940s. An Annotated Research Bibliography of the Medical Heroes." In: International Journal of Comic Art 6.1 (2004), S. 117–147.
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http://www.bobc.uni-bonn.de/index.php?action=resource_RESOURCEVIEW_CORE&id=3226
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lt responsibilities but no pioneer society can afford to allow its offspring to so waste its time."
Plekhanov nodded ponderously. "For a while. But then comes the reaction against these nonconformists, these crackpots who, by spending time at books, fail to carry their share of the load. One day they wake up to find themselves expelled from the group--if not knocked over the head."
Some of the writing is clunky and the dozen or so characters become hard to distinguish from one another, that's the author's doing; the many typos aren't his fault.
Considering the novella covered 50 years, it moved along well and held my interest. The rabbit(s) out of the hat ending was a little too tidy. It is workmanlike, but not sophisticated science fiction: the stuff I ate up as an early teenager.
For a while this appeared to be simply an attempt to show capitalism is better than socialism. Later, though, it became clear the systems were being compared fairly. Eventually the author presents mankind as rising above simple systems, and taking the best of both. Would that it could be. A well written story.
Set far in the future where social experiments need to bring long-lost space colonies to contemporary levels of technology. Written during the Cold War, this is ultimately an argument over which is better: capitalism or communism?
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2019-04-26T04:36:57Z
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https://manybooks.net/titles/reynoldsd2474924749-8.html
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Imi Sde-Or (formerly, Imrich Lichtenfeld), founder of Krav Maga, was born in 1910 in Hungary and grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Imi became active in a wide range of sports including gymnastics, wrestling, and boxing. In 1928, Imi won the Slovakian Youth Wrestling Championship, and in 1929 the adult championship (in the light and middle weight division). That year he also won the national boxing championship and an international gymnastics championship. During the ensuing decade, Imi's athletic activities focused mainly on wrestling, both as a contestant and a trainer.
Imi’s greatest influence was his father, Samuel, a police officer and self defense instructor. Samuel started his career as a circus acrobat and wrestler, but later entered the police department and served for 3 decades as Chief Detective Inspector. He became well known for his considerable arrest record, particularly of dangerous criminals.
When not on the trail of violent felons, Samuel taught various self defense techniques to the local policemen at “Hercules,” the first gym in Bratislava, which he owned.
In the mid thirties conditions began to change in Bratislava and Imi felt he had to take his fighting skills to the streets to protect Jewish neighborhoods from the growing numbers of fascist and anti-Semitic thugs who swarmed in Bratislava at the time. Imi quickly found however that although boxing and wrestling were good sports they weren't always practical for the aggressive and brutal nature of street fighting and he learnt the hard way that real life fighting was very different to competition fighting. It was then that he started to re-evaluate his ideas about fighting and started developing the skills and techniques that would eventually become Krav Maga. Imi left his home, family and friends in 1940 on the last refugee ship to escape Europe and the tightening Nazi noose. Imi reached Palestine where he began his tryst with the pre state Israeli military organizations which later became the Israeli Defense Forces in 1948 with the creation of the state of Israel. This association lasted more than 2 decades.
In 1964 Imi retired from the IDF and continued teaching Krav Maga to civilians, as well as law enforcement units and military applications. Upon his retirement Imi opened a school to teach a civilian form of Krav Maga, including a version suitable for youth. The first students to receive a black belt 1st Dan were Eli Avikzar, Rafi Elgarisi, Haim Zut (Haim Gidon was a student of Eli Avikzar), Shmuel Kurzviel, Haim Hakani, Shlomo Avisira, Vicktor Bracha, Yaron Lichtenstein, Avner Hazan and Miki Asulin.
In 1978, Lichtenfeld founded the non-profit Israeli Krav Maga Association (IKMA) with several senior instructors. Eli Avikzar was elected to the head of rank committee and Colonel David Ben Asher was elected to the Executive Director while Imi Lichtenfeld was elected as president 10th Dan. Since Imi at his old age was giving black belts to foreign students without Eli Avikzar's approval, Eli resigned from the association and created Krav Maga Israeli. Thereafter various civilian krav Maga associations were created. Lichtenfeld died in January 1998 in Netanya, Israel.
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http://kravmagamumbai.tripod.com/id28.html
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Communication: Demonstrate a solid understanding of core concepts in anthropology and sociology through effective communication, including scholarly writing and public presentations.
Inquiry: Demonstrate and apply cross-cultural perspectives, rooted in inquiry-based knowledge, in the analysis of social, economic, and political issues.
Critical Thinking: Demonstrate effective skills in critical thinking, analytical and reflective writing, and appropriate discourse within the core disciplines.
Civic Engagement: Identify, analyze, and address real world problems through scholarly and structured civic engagement.
Integrated Learning: Learning involves making connections between one are or concept and another, or from one level to another.
Successful completion of required and elective course work (appropriate for each concentration), with at least a C- in every graded course counted toward the major, and a 2.00 GPA for all courses counted toward the major.
Successful completion of the University Writing Requirement, in addition to writing-intensive courses in the major.
Successful completion of a statistics course utilizing computers and of writing projects requiring the use of computer and word processing, demonstrating computer literacy.
Successful completion of an appropriate senior paper, project, or practicum within one of the three concentrations, demonstrating the ability to research, practice, and/or analyze various topics within anthropology and/or sociology.
Successful completion of the ANTH/SOC Senior Seminar demonstrating an understanding of anthropological and sociological concepts, and the ability to display and apply this understanding in a public setting of one’s peers.
To ensure that students meet the above program outcomes, they demonstrate proficiency by means of the following (depending on the course): research papers, essays, in-class exams (essays, short answers, objective questions), take-home exams, map quizzes, group projects, individual and group presentations, library skills assignments, critical autobiographies and oral histories, production and analysis of surveys, development of formal research proposals, ethnographic observations and field-based research, reaction papers, summaries/ analysis papers based on readings, quizzes, formal debates, book reviews, literature reviews, and class participation and preparedness. Each assignment is assessed by means of specific evaluative criteria.
A “C-” grade or better is required in all graded Anthropology and Sociology courses that are used to meet program requirements. A 2.00 GPA or better in all transcripted Anthropology or Sociology courses, including both transferred courses and those taken at Eastern, is required for good standing within the program.
Students in all concentrations will be required to take a college-level statistics course of at least 4 credits with a grade of C- or better. Students must also complete a mathematics course at the 100-level or above, with a grade of “C-” or better. Each student must demonstrate computer literacy in a way appropriate to his or her individual plans and approved by the student’s adviser.
At least 35 upper division hours in Anthropology are required, including: ANTH 356 Language & Culture (5), ANTH 360 Intro to Archaeology & Prehistory (5), ANTH 454 Anthropological History & Theory (5), and either ANTH 391 Applied Ethnographic Research (5) or ANTH 395 Archaeological Research Methods (5).
A 5 credit faculty-approved capstone such as: ANTH 401 Research and/or ANTH 405 Reading and Conference and/or ANTH 409 Practicum.
An additional 9 upper division elective credits in Anthropology to reach the minimum 35 credits.
At least 20 hours in Sociology, including SOC 204 or SOC 205.
Sociology emphasis: Students must complete a minimum of five credit hours in: SOC 455 Practice of Social Research (3); and SOC 403 Senior Capstone (5); or, with consent of faculty adviser, SOC 401 Research (minimum 5 credits). These courses count in the 35 upper-division credit hours requirement.
Social Welfare emphasis: Students must complete: SOC 315 (Foundations of Social Welfare, now a requirement for the program), SOC 420 Social Welfare Practices, SOC 403 (Social Welfare Senior Capstone, requiring a minimum of five credit hours (or the equivalent experience) in a pre-professional setting with a social welfare/public services provider in the area). These courses count in the 35 upper-division credit hours requirement.
NOTE: 100 and 200 level courses in Anthropology and Sociology may be taken whenever offered in the freshman or sophomore years. These courses need not be taken in order, for example, SOC 205 may be taken before or after SOC 204.
NOTE: 300 and 400 level courses in Anthropology and Sociology may be taken whenever offered in junior or senior years. A total of 35 upper-division hours are required for the Anthropology, Sociology, and Sociology/Social Welfare concentrations. For further advice on related topics such as General Education, University Writing Requirement or the Diversity Requirement, see the University’s Advising Page or the Anth/Soc Advising page.
This minor is also available via through on-line/on-site courses.
A minimum of 30 graded credits at the “C-” level or better in Anthropology and Sociology. Student must maintain a “C” (2.00) or better cumulative GPA in courses required for the major.
a. At least 10 graded credits in each of the two disciplines.
b. At least 20 graded credits in upper division.
NOTE: It is recommended that a senior year integrating project be included in each minor. That project might, for example, be a paper completed as part of the regular requirements of an Anthropology or Sociology course but focusing upon some topic related to the student’s major.
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ShroomDoom Studios Development Blog | All the latest updates on projects from ShroomDoom Studios.
Time for my obligatory biannual update post! I need to do these way more often.
My YouTube channel just passed 10,000 lifetime views! Wow! Thanks to everyone who’s watched.
The channel’s also about to hit 100 subscribers – we’ve got 7 to go!
Dungeon Mage turned 2 years old! I finished coding it in July 2013, and got it published in August – Where has the time gone?!
SpeakEasy, Infinite Parallax, and Easy Mobile Controls are all on the front page of the GameMaker Marketplace!
Other than that, not much has changed, because I have not spent much time programming! (At least not games.) Life has just been way too busy.
I’ve also had some emotional ups and downs along with a few reflective moments that have made me start to reevaluate whether or not game development is a hobby I really want to pursue any more.
In addition to being busier, as a person I’ve started to burn out a bit, and my life priorities have shifted. I’m not yet sure how or even if game development fits into them.
Most recently I’ve been working in web app development using a platform called Meteor; it’s pretty nifty (and also reactive). But even webdev I haven’t touched in over a month, and I’m not sure when I’ll go back to it. I’m kind of taking a break from computers.
I’m currently doing an internship in New York City working with refugees; it’s turning out pretty great, and I’m enjoying spending comparatively less time in front of screens.
What I’ve slowly been coming to realize is that time is a very limited commodity: I don’t have a lot of it, and it’s most important for me to spend the little that I do have on things that really matter to me. And right now, I’m not sure gamedev is one of those things.
But honestly, I have no real plans for anything specific, or even anything technology-related. I’m just going with the flow. If that flow leads me back to computers, great. If not, great.
Thanks to everyone who’s followed my sporadic progress over all these years. I appreciate you and the support you’ve given me. You guys are great!
I’ll probably come back to gamedev, maybe when I have a little more time on my hands.
But for now, I’m putting the game-development side of ShroomDoom Studios on hiatus.
Easy Mobile Controls hits 500 downloads on the GameMaker Marketplace!
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2019-04-21T20:16:16Z
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The Burke Institute has endowed fellowships for distinguished postdoctoral scholars in theoretical physics.
The support offered by these fellowships enables theorists to pursue innovative research. The success of the fellowship program is exemplified by the fact that over 95 percent of the more than 120 former fellows are holding distinguished academic positions, as shown here.
In February 2015, some of former fellows gathered at Caltech for the Inaugural Celebration and Symposium of the Burke Institute.
We are soliciting applications for the 2018 - 2021 Fellows of the Burke Institute at this webpage.
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2019-04-26T14:42:23Z
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http://burkeinstitute.caltech.edu/CurrentFellows
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Handmade Beaded Crochet Bracelets set of 3 by GMaEllenCrochetGifts.
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Feeling Purple Love . . .
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2019-04-24T12:00:21Z
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https://gmaellenscraftycorner.wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/
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2019-04-24T20:50:19Z
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https://www.abc15.com/lifestyle/sonoran-living/sl-sponsors/get-rid-of-stubborn-fat-at-advanced-image-med-spa-for-sexy-results
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Somehow the Bitcoin roller coaster just keeps climbing, leaving many people wondering when it will finally crest the top of the hill and tumble down the other side or if it may just climb right out of the atmosphere.
On Saturday the price of a single Bitcoin briefly crossed $19,700 on Coinbase, which is remarkable for the cryptocurrency that was trading for under $1,000 a this time last year and under $8,000 only a month ago. In just the past seven days, Bitcoin is up nearly 35 percent.
All along the way there has been talk of a Bitcoin bubble about to burst, and as the price approaches another psychological milestone at $20,000 the question of whether we've finally reached the peak is top of mind once again.
Bitcoin is notoriously volatile and it may not be well known that its price has actually crashed a handful of times in the past, when it was less on the mainstream radar.
According to Dr. Daniele Bianchi, Assistant Professor of Finance at the Warwick Business School in the U.K., those crashes were essentially due to a few types of events: hacking, regulatory interventions, technology updates and subsequent competition from other crypto-currencies.
Blockchain watchers surely remember the drama generated by the hacking of leading exchange Mt. Gox, which was subsequently shutdown a few years later: both events caused the price of Bitcoin to crash at the time. China's chilly regulatory approach towards Bitcoin has also taken a chunk out of its value on at least two occasions. Most recently, the failed fork (explained here) contributed to a price dip, although it didn't last for long.
"This tells one simple story; the main risk for Bitcoin comes from external factors such as regulatory intervention and security breaches which might hit the credibility of the entire protocol and its effective usefulness as a method of payment/store of value," Bianchi explained to me.
He also expects that competing currencies like Bitcoin Cash could impact the original Bitcoin currently generating all the attention.
"The very open source nature of Bitcoin makes it vulnerable to competition, although the “first-mover” advantage had so far gave a gap with other competitors which is hard to close," he says.
The recent introduction of Bitcoin futures contracts also opens up new possibilities and scenarios that could cloud the future of the asset/currency even further, but Bianchi notes that it "will inevitably lead to further attention of regulators and specialized investors."
So what does all this mean for the talk of a Bitcoin bubble?
While Bianchi says much of the risk comes from external factors, he thinks current enthusiasm for Bitcoin comes not just from speculation but also from what he calls an "accelerating professionalization of cryptocurrency trading" and a belief in the Blockchain technology that underlies it.
Bottom line: neither Bianchi nor I offer investment advice and Bitcoin's price has dipped in the past due to largely unforeseen events, but he still sees the increasing legitimacy of cryptocurrencies pushing prices up over the short to medium term.
But just be sure to watch out for those unforeseen events that tend to pop up eventually.
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2019-04-19T16:28:26Z
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2017/12/16/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-crash-cash-price-fork-futures/
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Yesterday a Tyler jury in Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell's court found that Apple willfully infringed a patent by a Nokia engineer on wireless communication technology. The patent, which was acquired and asserted in the case by plaintiff Cellular Communications Equipment, a subsidiary of Acacia Research, dealt with managing the resources used to send data over a communications network, and the accused devices were Apple's iPads and iPhones.
The jury found all five asserted claims infringed, that none of the five had been shown to be obvious, and rejected a claim of improper inventorship. The jury further found that the infringement was willful and awarded $22.11 million in damages.
The suit had previous included claims against the mobile carriers that sell Apple's devices (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Boost and T-Mobile) but Judge Mitchell severed and stayed the claims against the resellers, noting that the plaintiff couldn't get damages from both Apple and the resellers anyway.
"What about post-grant proceedings?" I hear you asking. Yes, Apple filed a petition for IPR under the AIA, and the PTAB declined to institute review, finding that Apple hadn't established a reasonable likelihood of prevailing. The PTAB had also denied IPR reviews by HTC, Dell, Amazon and other companies on the patent.
For a little context on Apple's recent trials in the district, my notes show that a prior verdict against Apple in Tyler this year (VirnetX II and damages trial on VirnetX I) was set aside by Judge Schroeder, and the retrial in that case starts later this month. Going back a little further, last year Apple tried three patent cases in the EDTX, all before Judge Gilstrap. It won two and lost the third, but Judge Gilstrap later set aside that verdict. Incidentally, the CCC case was originally assigned to Judge Gilstrap, but the parties agreed to trial before Magistrate Judge Mitchell, so Apple's immaculate record at trial with Judge Gilstrap continues.
To find a patent verdict against Apple that wasn't later set aside by the EDTX trial judge you have to go back to Mirror Worlds, which ... no, wait, Judge Davis set that one aside as well. Hmm. Okay, here we go - there is one for $9 million in 2011, and another for $19 million in 2009. To my knowledge neither resulted in a change on appeal (appeals may have been filed, but didn't result in a decision as best I can tell). There was also the original VirnetX verdict in 2012, which the Federal Circuit affirmed on liability and reversed on damages, and that is the Sisyphean ball that is going up and down the stairs on the old side of the Tyler courthouse again this year.
Running the numbers on those results, and assuming CCC doesn't change at trial or on appeal, it looks like Apple has won two at trial, lost three (totalling $42 million), and gotten three (for $208 million, $532 million and $624 million respectively) set aside by EDTX judges at the JMOL stage, and a fourth for $368 million set aside at the Federal Circuit (subject to the aforementioned retrial on damages). That's a 62% win rate at the district court, rising to 66% counting the appeal.
But I really don't think that takes fully into account Apple's success in getting $1.36 billion in verdicts set aside at the JMOL stage. To better evaluate this, perhaps a useful way to look at that is this. Apple has been successful in setting aside 98.5% of the damages assessed against it by Eastern District of Texas juries at the district court level. Including the appellate success, its set-aside rate rises to 98.8%. Even assuming Judge Mitchell denies any JMOLs in the CCC case (Apple has only lost three of eight JMOL rulings, but let's assume they lose this one), the success rate would only drop to 97%.
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2019-04-24T10:16:11Z
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https://mcsmith.blogs.com/eastern_district_of_texas/2016/09/tyler-jury-renders-22-million-verdict-against-apple-on-patent-by-nokia-engineer-apple-trial-outcomes.html
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THE federal government will make a formal apology to parents and children separated by forced adoption.
Between the 1950s and 1970s, about 150,000 unwed mothers had their babies taken against their will by churches and adoption agencies.
A national apology was one of the recommendations made by the Senate Community Affairs Committee following an inquiry on forced adoption practices which concluded in February.
Attorney-General Nicola Roxon will today announce the establishment of a reference group to advise the government on the timing and nature of the apology.
Ms Roxon said the apology would be delivered on behalf of the nation and would be a ''significant step in the healing process for those affected''.
''The government recognises the pain and suffering of parents whose children were forcibly removed, and children separated from their parents,'' she said.
Ms Roxon said the reference group would include birth parents and adoptees affected by forced adoption and would be chaired by Nahum Mushin, a former Family Court Judge and Adjunct Professor of Law at Monash University.
Christine Cole, the convener of the Apology Alliance, which represents people affected by forced adoption, said last night she was ''extremely pleased'' to learn of the apology.
Ms Cole, who has been campaigning for an apology for almost 20 years, had her daughter taken from her immediately after giving birth as a 16-year-old at Crown Street Women's Hospital in Sydney in 1969. They were not reunited until 18 years later.
''I know many, many women will be absolutely thrilled because they didn't expect to see this happening in their lifetime,'' she said.
The Senate Community Affairs Committee argued the Commonwealth should apologise partly because its denial of social security benefits to unmarried women increased pressure on single women to have their children adopted. It also argued the Commonwealth was the only institution capable of apologising to everyone who was affected.
''It was a national phenomenon, and calls for a national response,'' the committee wrote.
The West Australian government apologised for its role in forced adoptions in 2010, and the South Australian government will apologise next month. The Catholic Church and Uniting Church and Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital have also apologised.
Ms Roxon said the government was still considering the Senate committee's other recommendations, which included calls for more counselling, assistance for families to reunite, and an exhibition to tell the story of the practices.
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2019-04-26T15:15:25Z
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When engaging a threat with fire you are shooting to stop the threat-not kill them. Due to the areas we must shoot to stop the threat effectively-the center mass and head, the threat may die. But that isn’t the desired effect. Our job is to stop the threat as quickly as possible-or we hurt them enough that they decide to leave.
I entirely understand WHY we are taught this way…because of litigation. “So officer you are saying that you INTENDED TO KILL MY CLIENT?!?!” And to combat the television educated critics that demand to know why we don’t just “shoot him in the leg” or knee.
There’s also the (IMO) silly argument that “shooting to kill” means that we execute incapacitated subjects or surrendering offenders.
However, I have always thought that this meme has some holes in it (so to speak).
If you draw your firearm and shoot someone in self defense, you are intending to use lethal force against them with legal justification. It’s called the “Use of DEADLY force” for a reason. It’s not called the “use of STOPPING force”. Death is not merely a side-effect of your actions, it is most likely going to be the natural consequence of them.
A lack of intent does nothing to establish the justification of self defense, yet somehow people have gotten the idea that they have to pretend that they had no intent when they pull the trigger.
“Stopping” is not a legal term in this context, but firearms trainers are determined to give it legal significance. I would bet an attorney would say that it has none and never has. You can try to dress up the use of lethal force anyway you want, but the bottom line is if you use it you had better be justified in intending to kill. “Shooting to stop” could easily include shooting the handgun out of their hand or shooting their leg. That’s a dangerous road to go down. If you could defend yourself by using less-than-lethal force, then you probably weren’t justified in using lethal force.
If some crook shoots me in an attempt to escape and I survive he is going to be charged with attempted MURDER not an illegal STOP with a firearm.
I will refer you to another post of mine where I addressed this. It was in reference to the tragic death of Police Officer Jonathan Schmidt.
The event transpired when Schmidt tried to remove the BG from the back seat.
It’s a difficult topic. On one hand I understand the reasoning behind the “shoot to stop” mentality, but on the other it seems more about semantics than tactics.
How many skills have you let rest as “good enough”?
What skills are worth the time and effort..to the detriment of what others? Is perfection in “everything” possible to even attempt?
Is “perfection” ultimately a display of skill or a frame of mind? I think of the Zen tea ceremony. Is it really about perfection of every movement? Or is it about the “perfect mindfulness” in anything you do?
How far do you take this idea before it has no real useful meaning? Like Kyudo…is the “perfect shot” one that can miss the target? From a practical manner (as in life or death) isn’t a hit all that really matters? But are practical matters all that there really is when we discuss “perfection”?
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2019-04-21T20:32:46Z
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LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. consumer group sued McDonald’s Corp to stop the world’s largest hamburger chain from using Happy Meal toys to lure children into its restaurants.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is representing a Sacramento mother of two in the lawsuit, which alleges unfair marketing and other violations of California’s consumer protection law. It does not seek monetary damages.
“The lawsuit is about the change, not the money,” CSPI litigation director Stephen Gardner said.
Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and tort reform advocate, said he thinks that McDonald’s will ultimately prevail but that it will likely have to go through multiple rounds of legal wrangling, which would suit CSPI.
“In the meantime, they’ve got their step toward a national debate, which is what they want,” Olson said.
McDonald’s debuted the Happy Meal in the United States in 1979. Modern offerings have included themed items from popular films like “Shrek” or sought-after toys like Ty Beanie Babies.
The Happy Meal has been a huge hit for McDonald’s — making the company one of the world’s largest toy distributors — and spawning me-too offerings at most other fast-food chains.
But lately it also has come under fire from public health officials, parents and lawmakers who are frustrated with rising childhood obesity rates and weak anti-obesity efforts from restaurant operators, which are largely self-regulated.
Those critics say poorly funded education campaigns don’t have a chance against fast-food companies, which according to a recent report spent more than $4.2 billion in 2009 on marketing and advertising.
Such frustrations recently prompted lawmakers in San Francisco and nearby Santa Clara County to pass laws that will require restaurant kids’ meals to meet nutritional standards before they can be sold with toys.
CSPI in June alerted McDonald’s of its intent to sue and Gardner said the group had hoped to reach an accord out of court. [ID:nN22234354] In 2007, Kellogg Co agreed to stop marketing unhealthy food to young children after a similar warning from CSPI.
Timothy Sandefur, principal attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, argues that it is the responsibility of parents to regulate what their children eat.
“Not a child on earth has forced his parent to buy him a McDonald’s Happy Meal,” Sandefur said.
McDonald’s gives consumers the option to swap milk for soda and “apple dippers” — apple slices with caramel dip — for fries; but critics say most Happy Meals are still too high in calories, saturated fat and sodium to be suitable for very young children.
Plaintiff Monet Parham, who has two young daughters and works as a health educator for the state of California, said she takes her children to McDonald’s about once a month.
Nevertheless, she said, her children constantly ask her to take them to get the latest advertised Happy Meal toy.
CSPI attorney Gardner said the Happy Meal lawsuit will use the same laws that resulted in a clampdown on cigarette advertising to children.
Gardner said McDonald’s is a bigger offender than tobacco companies when it comes to unfair marketing because it targets very young children with tantalizing toys and ads, while the tobacco companies only had Joe Camel, who was less appealing.
He added that parents do not have the responsibility to offset unfair marketing from McDonald’s.
“Under the law, you don’t blame the victim of deceptive practices,” Gardner said.
The class-action suit was filed Wednesday in California Superior Court for the district of San Francisco. The case is Monet Parham et al v. McDonald’s Corp, No. 10-506178.
Parham is also being represented by private attorney Richard Baker of Baker Law PC in Birmingham, Alabama.
Shares in McDonald’s were down 11 cents, or 0.1 percent, at $77.00 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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2019-04-24T10:53:51Z
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https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/msc-advanced-professional-practice-health-and-social-care-professions/career-opportunities
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Diana Bishop recounts growing up in the shadow of her famous grandfather, Canadian First World War flying ace Billy Bishop.
As a child, Diana Bishop showed up one day at school with a brown paper bag. Inside was a large breastplate of some of the most precious war medals on the planet, including the Victoria Cross. They belonged to Canada’s most celebrated First World War pilot, Billy Bishop, and until her family donated them to the Canadian War Museum, they had been kept in her father’s underwear drawer. That day at school was the first time Diana realized she was not growing up in an ordinary family.
Now, after more than two decades in Canadian media, Diana Bishop looks back on her grandfather’s legacy and its profound influence over her life, and also her father’s — the only son of Billy Bishop, who had so much to live up to. Living Up to a Legend is a unique memoir that covers Billy Bishop’s legacy through the eyes of one of the people who it affected the most.
Diana Bishop has spent twenty years as a TV news correspondent and independent film producer for CBC, CTV, Global Television, and NBC News, telling stories of some of the biggest newsmakers of the day. In 2002, she co-produced a documentary about her famous grandfather, First World War flying ace Billy Bishop, entitled A Hero to Me. Diana now runs a communications and personal branding business called The Success Story Program.
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2019-04-20T20:15:32Z
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Why wasn't Catelyn and Tullys at the great Tourney of Harrenhal?
I have read three books now and in each book one or more characters makes reference to the Great Harrenhal Tourney, but in none of the recollections is it noted that Catelyn and her family are there. If she was she would have danced with Brandon Stark and would have seen Ned and Lyanna and Benjen. Catelyn made note she never saw Ned before their wedding and was expecting a younger version of Brandon. I am asking why do you think she and the rest of her family were not there..? Do you think that is significant? She would have seen the Starks, Ashara etc.. and could have put things together later or is there more to them being absent at this Great tourney? In all the recollections the Lord of Harrenhal invited everyone and you would think his liege lord would come right?
Yeah, it's puzzling. Especially since Catelyn's mother was a Whent.
Martin probably thought it would be more thematic if Cat hadn't met Ned before. It may have been too late when he realized the Tullys should have been at Harrenhall because of where they were situated. All guesses.
This thread is old, but this question still bother me..
Tully's absence at the Tourney doesn't make sense..
Hoster was the Liege Lord of Riverlands, Lysa, Edmure and Cat are children of Minisa Whent. Brynden Tully was a great warrior, he should like to participate to the competition.
None of them attended the biggest and most important tourney of this period.
The tourney had as well a big political importance, and Hoster was a really politically savvy. He had to be at harrenhal, but he wasn't. Why?
Has anybody found any believable answer at that mystery?
I'm just making some wild guesses here, but maybe there was some bad blood between the Whents and the Tullys at that time? Or they wanted to boast that they didn't need their liege lord and could be very well independent. But that's pure speculation, just wanted to share my thoughts.
Probably CosimaistheHottest is right and GRRM simply forgot like he forgets what eye color his protagonists have..
We know she wasn't there but is it ever outright stated that no other Tullys were there?
Well, no Tully is ever mentioned to have attended the tourney at Harrenhal as far as I know. And it seems a bit odd that no one would recognise the overlord house of the Riverlands. I mean they're one of the major Houses so everyone should know their sigil. And they should be at the center of the tourney alongside the other great houses of Westeros.
Would this have been around the time of Lysa's little problem?
You mean her pregnancy? That would be possible..
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Does anyone ever claim there were no Tullys in attendance?
Maybe it was just Cat who wasn't there. Or maybe Cat was there, but didn't see Ned. Or, maybe Cat saw Ned, but never saw him without his armour on and couldn't gauge how old he was. Or, maybe she saw his face and all, but never realised / couldn't remember him being there / paid no attention to him. Is the only piece of evidence that she didn't know what he looked like before she married, and was expecting a younger Brandon?
Of course it's no evidence of absence, but it's just peculiar that no one recognised them if they would have been there.
Not sure when Hosters wife died, maybe they were in mourning.
I didn't think of that one.
Minisa didn't die giving birth to Edmure.
Lady Minisa Tully had died in childbed, trying to give Lord Hoster a second son. The baby had perished with her, and afterward some of the life had gone out of Father.
I also don't know why the wiki puts Edmure's date of birth possibly as late as 277. He squired for Brandon at the duel with Littlefinger. I don't think he was five.
Could be that Hoster was mad at the Aerys for accepting Jaime to the KG, since Tywin and him were working on a betrothal between Jaime and Lysa.
Prior engagement? Hawk killed the Invitation Raven? GRRM forgot about them?
No Tully is mentioned to have been present at the tourney. Minisa was a Whent by birth, but it would seem she was at least one generation older than Oswell/Walter. Not definitly, but possibly.
No. The tourney took place halfway through 281 AC, Lysa's problem would have been after the tourney, some months into 282 AC.
The wiki states 277 AC as Edmure's last possible year of birth because he was squire to Brandon. The youngest squire we've seen in asoiaf was 5 years old, which is why, in calculations, being a squire in a certain year means the character was at least 5 years old in that specific year.
The wiki only gives the most outer years (absolute minimum and absolute maximum).
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2019-04-19T10:57:13Z
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https://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/93674-why-wasnt-catelyn-and-tullys-at-the-great-tourney-of-harrenhal/&do=findComment&comment=6663985
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• Compare and contrast promotional and display trends used by a number of TCF retailers via field trips, group discussion, and practical exercises.
1 7/2/11 Assessment Overview/ Introduction to course.
Students will have to provide materials for displays.
Create a promotional calendar outlining seasonal changes in merchandising and display within on TCF retail store. This is to be presented using a spreadsheet application and computer generated images.
Choose a promotion from the calendar and construct the window display in the cabinets (full-time students) or in class (part-time students). Including a breakdown of cost, time and maintenance checklist.
Students will work on an industry project that will allow them to develop a window concept communicated through a storyboard to an industry brief.
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2019-04-23T03:55:01Z
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http://www1.rmit.edu.au/courses/C4219mktg5776c1105
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The Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center (JCC) is inviting people of all faiths to celebrate Hanukkah with them next week.
WHITEFISH BAY – The Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center (JCC) is inviting people of all faiths to celebrate Hanukkah with it next week.
“We believe that Hanukkah is such a great holiday and it’s a holiday where we can be very inclusive and allow our community to come together and celebrate,” said Jewish family specialist Rabbi Shari Shamah.
The JCC will host its communitywide celebration from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at the center, 6225 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Whitefish Bay. The evening will consist of food, music and a magic show.
The event is not only celebration, but also giving back to the community.
“We’re going to be doing a number of mitzvah projects, which is a good deed. So, even as children come to make their own menorahs, they get a chance to give back to the greater Milwaukee community,” Shamah said.
Some of those good deeds include packing sandwiches and treats that will be handed out on Christmas Eve as well as making blankets and also putting together packages for the homeless.
Hanukkah is a lesser Jewish festival that falls during December. Hanukkah lasts eight days, celebrating the victory of the Maccabeean army over the Syrians and commemorating the rededication of the temple after its desecration by the Syrians. According to tradition, during the purification of the temple, the menorah miraculously burned for eight days, even though there was only enough oil for one day. This year, Hanukkah is celebrated Dec. 2-10.
Shamah noted that all are welcome to join the JCC celebration, regardless of their faith.
In addition to the primary celebration Dec. 3, the JCC will also take part in nightly menorah lightings both at the center and in downtown Whitefish Bay on Silver Spring Drive. The JCC lighting takes place at about 4 p.m. while the Silver Spring kindling is at around 5:30 p.m.
For more information on the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center and its Hanukkah celebrations, go to www.JCCMilwaukee.org or call 414-964-4444.
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2019-04-22T21:54:29Z
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https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/northshore/things-to-do/2018/11/29/all-faiths-invited-celebrate-hanukkah-whitefish-bay-jcc/2142232002/
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Free food, first meeting- what more could you ask for?
We'd like to take a moment and appreciate all the old and new members that are a part of ISCOM. This Involvement Fest we were able to break records and have 105 new signups! ISCOM is an organization that brings together students across multiple fields and the wide diversity of our new members (from CMPE to Psych, EMT to pre-nursing majors) just goes to show the interest people have including a strong showing of IS/BTA/CompSci students.
We'll also be introducing our new E-Board members for the Spring '19 semester and field your questions about events, how things run and anything else you need answered.
Always remember- Internships. Events. ISCOM.
We kick off our first industry month with Cybersecurity Month on Wednesday of this week (Feb. 13th, 12-1pm, ITE 241). There, Dr. Richard Forno will give a presentation and lead audience members through a Crash Course into the field of Cybersecurity. It's a session you don't want to miss!
And last, but not least... here is the Spring '19 Events Calendar!
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2019-04-20T14:38:59Z
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https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/iscom/posts/81889
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wordpress
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This originally went out on February 27, 2014.
Here in Maine, in particular, we are fortunate to have our own salt supply from Maine Sea Salt. Each year, as awareness grows, demand threatens to outstrip supply. Each year Sharon and Steve produce a little more to meet the demand. This year their stockpile was reduced by the end of January, they shipped the last few big orders and closed shop for the month of February for a much needed break. Sea salt, as you may know, is solar-evaporated. Sharon & Steve pump seawater into greenhouses and with the help of the returning sun, have pillars of salt that dry over time, are ground, smoked, flavored, and packed.
For most modern cooks, running out of salt is simply inconceivable. For pioneers and homesteaders throughout time and across the world, salt has been key to food preservation and even survival. As we finish out the winter this month, supplies of many of our favorite Maine foods run low. Salt, and its seasonality, remind me that even with all of our efforts to create a seamless supply chain, even the most simple of foods are at their essence, products of nature, subject to the weather and the tides.
An unsalted meal humbles, reminds us of our true place in the food chain, neither at the top, or the bottom. In all our efforts we ultimately play second fiddle to the sea and the sun, the seasons, supplies.
That being said, there is plenty to chose from on the list this week…and we are not totally out of salt in all shapes, forms, and flavors.
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2019-04-18T21:15:21Z
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https://crownofmainecoop.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/dispatches-from-the-past-maines-cupboards-are-far-from-bare-although-a-bit-more-room-in-the-pantry-leaves-space-for-experimentation-%E2%80%8F/
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NEW YORK — The legal fight between DraftKings and FanDuel and New York’s attorney general goes on.
Early Friday, a judge ordered the companies to stop operating in New York state, handing a victory to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
But a few hours later, an appellate court granted the companies an emergency stay of the ruling — meaning they can continue operating in New York while the legal fight continues.
Schneiderman is trying to permanently bar the companies from operating in New York. He says their daily fantasy sports games constitute illegal gaming.
The two sites had asked New York State Judge Manuel Mendez to block Schneiderman. They argued it would be unfair to shut down their businesses while their case plays out in court.
But Mendez said they cannot accept bets from New Yorkers until the case is concluded.
“The protection of the general public outweighs any potential loss of business,” Mendez wrote in his decision. He pointed out that the sites can continue to operate in other states. FanDuel said earlier that it gets about 10% of its business from New York residents.
David Boies, attorney for DraftKings, said in a statement that his client is ready to continue its fight.
“We look forward to a full and fair hearing and are confident we will demonstrate clearly … why we should be able to continue to offer our DFS games in New York permanently,” Boies said in a statement.
FanDuel said it is confident the fantasy sports sites will eventually prevail in court, and that there is support in the New York state legislature to change the law to explicitly allow fantasy sports in the state. Four separate bills have been introduced to legalize and regulate the games.
Last month Schneiderman issued cease-and-desist letters to both sites. Both filed court actions objecting to Schneiderman’s order, arguing that fantasy sports is a game of skill specifically allowed under the federal law that prohibits other forms of online gambling.
FanDuel had already stopped accepting New York bets because of the earlier developments in the case. But DraftKings continued to accept New York players, arguing it was allowed to do so until the judge took action on Schneiderman’s motion. FanDuel did not have an immediate comment on the ruling.
The decision is not a final word on whether daily fantasy sports constitute illegal gambling under the state’s laws and constitution. But in his decision, the judge says that Schneiderman has a better chance of winning than the fantasy sites do.
FanDuel’s statement said there are many issues that weren’t considered by the judge when he made this ruling, and that the court will look at them as the case progresses.
“This is only the beginning of the legal process,” FanDuel said.
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2019-04-21T22:02:00Z
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https://wtvr.com/2015/12/11/draftkings-and-fanduel-suffer-setback/
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wordpress
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Here is what my today looked like. I would say it is a typical day I have here, however, there is no such thing as a typical day here. Everything is unpredictable and you have to be willing to roll with the punches.
7:30 Wake up to the sunrise over the ocean. Make Austin coffee and enjoy some quiet time reading the Bible and journaling.
8:30 Check emails, facebook and any blogs I like keeping up with. Map out a schedule for the day so that I make sure I stay on track.
9:00 Jackie, our wonderful houseworker, arrives. Today she brought her son Kevin because we invited all of our Tanzanian friends over for dinner, and she is included of course.
9:30 Head to HOPAC to give Austin his lunch that he forgot, and do some various odds and ends at HOPAC.
9:45 Hail a bajaj driver to take me to White Sands. Today the Bajaj driver I used, I have used before. Unfortunately because my Kiswahili is getting better I can understand a lot more of what they are saying. He told me he loved me and wanted to marry me repeatedly, even though I told him multiple times that I have a husband. This made for a very awkward ride. Needless to say, I will not use him again as a driver.
9:55 Arrive at Larmey’s house. Say hello to Len and have a nice chat. Grab a good book, and a crock pot that we got for free and left there on accident. Say hello to Opas, our friend and driver.
10:00 Attempt to leave with car, however Opas informs me that one of the tires needs air. I say no problem I can get it filled. Off I go to run a few errands.
10:15 Arrive at Engen, a local gas station/supermarket/pharmacy/cooking gas/power/car repair shop/ATM/ Movie Shop/ and Fast food stop all wrapped into one, it really is convenient. I tell the car fundis (experts) about my tire problem but they tell me sorry we cannot fix because we do not have any air pressure in our machines.
10:30 I make a last minute decision to stop at the pharmacy to get our second dose of deworming medication. (Yes, I know you are all jealous. You are strongly encouraged to deworm every 6 months here.) Super helpful pharmacist. I also buy Umeme (power). No monthly bills here just give your meter number and they give you a receipt with a ridiculously long set of numbers you enter into the meter to give you credit.
10:40 I went to the super market grabbed a few things sugar, milk, bread and phone credit. I so badly wanted to buy Austin a magazine but they are really expensive here. While paying one of the tire guys approaches me and tries to tell me something about changing a tire. My Kiswahili is still limited, especially when it comes to car talk so I tell him to wait and that I will come.
10:50 Tire fundi shows me that there are two nails in the tire and it needs to be changed. I had no choice but to stop my future errands and get the tire changed. I called Opas who is an expert and knows how much it should cost. Got myself a fair price. They told me it would take 20 minutes. Being in Tanzania I knew this meant longer, my guess was 45 because as they were not busy.
11:00 I walked down the street a bit in search of some new furniture for some of the new Young Life people who are coming to work at HOPAC. The first place I stopped gave me an outrageous price, so I proceeded to the next store. The second place was very friendly, appreciated that I knew some Kiswahili (it seems as everyone appreciates when a mzumgu, or foreigner, knows enough kiswahili to have a bit of a conversation), and gave me pretty fair prices. I jotted them down and told them I would come back another day. I walked back to Engen to see if my car was ready.
11:20 Car not ready of course but no big deal. I had worked up a sweat so I bought some cold water to quench my thirst. Although it is winter here, it is still a bit humid and walking in the sun can be tiring. However, I am not complaining as the weather is generally between 75 and 80 with nice breezes all day. I sat down on a bench and began reading my book. I always carry a book with me here as you never know when you will have to wait for something.
11:30- Car is ready! Pretty good guess 40 mins and it was ready. I paid they men and was on my way.
11:40 On the way back I stopped at a local store. Not really sure what to call it. They sell toilets, showers, glass bowls, plates and cups, wrapping paper, paint and a few other things. I needed a shower curtain rod and they had one for a decent price. Whoo hoo! It is always a good day when they have what you need for a decent price. The vendor asked me if I was married, and if he could have my number, always awkward. I really like doing things with Austin better here. It alleviates a lot of the awkward moments.
11:45 Headed back to the house. Here I find Jackie working away and Kevin, who is 2 and cute as a button, wanting to play with me. He and I eat a piece of bread with blue band and begin our work. We cleaned together, and cut vegetables together and much more. He was a great help. Jackie and I realized we did not have enough garlic for the main dish, pilau, so off I went to the store again.
1:00 On the road again. Thankfully these dukas are very close to us. I stopped and got a few more sodas from the soda vendor. His name was Peter, and he asked if I would be willing to teach his children English. I told him I would love to but that I was leaving soon. He was very nice. Then I went to one of my favorite veggie dukas. Bought a bunch of garlic and decided last minute to get things to make my own pili pili sauce (hot sauce). On the way back I decided to stop and see our favorite banana vendor. I bought a bunch of bananas for our evening guests.
1:30 I returned. Back to work. Chopping. Peeling. Cutting. And lots of it! We made a huge heap of kachumbali salad (a cabbage salad) and pilau (meat, rice and potatoes dish). I purposely made lots of extras so that I could give it away to our friends.
4:45 After much work the food was ready and, the house picked up. Now it was time to get freshened up. At this time Austin came home from work, and helped a bit with the preparations.
5:30 Guests arrive. So fun to see our Tanzanian friends with the families. There were many kids and wives to. I finally feel as if my Kiswahili is decent enough that they can understand me and I can understand them a bit as well which is so very nice.
6:00 We all enjoy sodas, and homemade chips that Austin made. One of the babies who was about 1 and a half cried pretty much the whole time. He was scared of Austin and I . Apparently many Tanzanian children can be scared of wazungu (foreigners) because they are not used to having white people around. It was pretty funny seeing him cry dramatically the whole night. Poor baby.
6:30 We eat! I put out silverware, but I am not sure why. Austin and I were the only ones that used it. Definitely not cultural to use silverware. Making small talk and asking questions. Thanking them for all of their hard work and for all they have done for us. In turn they told us tutakumbuka, which means we will remember or miss you. This warmed my heart and made me wish I could have more time with them.
7:00 Austin began playing cards with our friends. Super fun as Austin’s Kiswahili is limited, but they all understood the game. It was called last card.
8:00 Guests are full tired and ready to leave, but very grateful for the food and party.
8:15 Austin and I clean up the mess. Apparently eating with your hands gets a lot more food on the floor.
9:00 We did it! Now time to relax, decompress and get ready for bed.
right. I am so thankful for days like these where I just get experience Tanzanian culture. I am grateful for our house worker Jackie. She is such a blessing! Not as a worker at all but as a friend. She teaches me so much. I am thankful for all of our Tanzanian friends and pray God’s blessing on them and their families always.
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2019-04-25T00:27:01Z
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https://baumers.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/todays-adventures/
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The fourth full length record from New York City's FRANK is a typically multifaceted affair, with big rock moments, great grooves and hearfelt, honest lyrics. Earnest as always, this is FRANK's best and most representative record to date.
Frank's fourth record, “Music and Other Bad Habits” (“MaOBH”), does the best job yet of capturing the band’s natural energy. The record deals with themes of self-acceptance, wrestling with maturity and aging, reconciling passions with responsibilities, and the inevitability of outward anger and frustration turning inward. MaOBH spans a wide spectrum of the band's musical sensibilities, from the lush longing of “Blindside”, to the self-conscious soul rock of the title track. From the upbeat improvisation of “Echo Warm” to the melodic arc of “Negative Vibe”, and finally to the knowing resignation of closer “Don’t Look Now”. MaOBH tells a story you’ve heard before, provided you’ve been listening.
MaOBH is the second record to feature Christian Linsey (drums and percussion) and Seth Glickman (keys) alongside founding members Billy Ziff (bass) and Scott Porter (guitar, vox). However, frank has always been a family affair, as Scott and Seth have been playing music together for over 20 years (having shared the stage with the Goo Goo Dolls, Live and God Street Wine) and Christian has played music with frank and related projects as long as the band has existed.
MaOBH came from the first sessions ever recorded at Bushwick’s Room 17, a vibrant recording studio co-founded by frank’s Scott Porter alongside fellow producer/engineer/musicians and longtime friends Joe Rogers (The Shivers, Kelli Scarr, Noah & the Megafauna) and Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Ben Harper, Varnaline). Adam Lasus recorded and co-produced frank’s first two records, and Joe recorded and co-produced the next two (including MAOBH). Joe used to play in a band with Christian, and frank played it’s first show with that band. All in the family.
MaOBH was produced by frank and Joe Rogers, recorded by Joe Rogers at Room 17 and mastered by Joe Lambert.
We are four decent guys who write, record, and play rock and roll music in new york city. We all share a passion for creating the kind of music we want to hear. In turn, this passion drives us to enjoy working hard at what we do. It has never been about making money (though we’ll take it if it’s offered) or being famous (though we want as many people who might like the music to get a chance to hear it). frank is the writing, the improvisation, the music and the people. We’ve been together for 13 years. frank is family.
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2019-04-20T23:30:06Z
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https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/frank6
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Arts
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Arts
| 0.122753 |
duke
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Fish is food--the FAO's fish price index.
World food prices hit an all-time high in February 2011 and are still almost two and a half times those of 2000. Although three billion people worldwide use seafood as a key source of animal protein, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations-which compiles prices for other major food categories-has not tracked seafood prices. We fill this gap by developing an index of global seafood prices that can help to understand food crises and may assist in averting them. The fish price index (FPI) relies on trade statistics because seafood is heavily traded internationally, exposing non-traded seafood to price competition from imports and exports. Easily updated trade data can thus proxy for domestic seafood prices that are difficult to observe in many regions and costly to update with global coverage. Calculations of the extent of price competition in different countries support the plausibility of reliance on trade data. Overall, the FPI shows less volatility and fewer price spikes than other food price indices including oils, cereals, and dairy. The FPI generally reflects seafood scarcity, but it can also be separated into indices by production technology, fish species, or region. Splitting FPI into capture fisheries and aquaculture suggests increased scarcity of capture fishery resources in recent years, but also growth in aquaculture that is keeping pace with demand. Regionally, seafood price volatility varies, and some prices are negatively correlated. These patterns hint that regional supply shocks are consequential for seafood prices in spite of the high degree of seafood tradability.
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2019-04-18T17:00:11Z
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https://scholars.duke.edu/display/pub760253
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Arts
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Science
| 0.620941 |
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