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Their search for a better alternative to a traditional pension took three south Wales farmers to Lithuania, and from there to Sweden.
Now they are so certain they have found the key to a reliable, inflation-proof income that they have turned it into an investment business to sell to others.
Evanridge Properties is the latest of a number of residential property-related investments to be marketed at private investors. Its name derives from those of its founders, dairy farmers Nigel Evans and Bill Ridge, and their accountant Huw Evans.
By the early years of this century the three men had bought a number of buy-to-let properties between them, mainly in south Wales towns such as Port Talbot and Carmarthen.
Nigel Evans explained: "We sat around the kitchen table one day and agreed that traditional pensions and other investments weren't good value." They also invested together in commercial properties, but by 2005, with prices in Britain having risen strongly, they felt they needed to look for returns further afield. They were less interested in rapid capital growth than in a steady, inflation-beating income stream.
"We thought of eastern Europe and made some trips to Lithuania," said Mr Evans, pictured. "But it wasn't quite right."
Shortly afterwards they settled on Sweden where, like other northern European countries, most people rent their homes. Sweden's housing market is strictly regulated and, with most of the population living in large, multi-property blocks, investors cannot buy individual properties piecemeal. Rents are controlled, but are linked to inflation, and landlords have strict obligations to provide quality accommodation.
As in Germany, most property is valued below its rebuild cost – in Sweden by about 20pc, said Mr Evans. A spacious two-bedroom flat in Gothenburg with a new kitchen would cost £90,000, he said, and could be let for about £11,000 a year, or a yield before costs of 12pc. The after-cost yield is nearer 6pc.
"At first a very regulated market seems negative, but actually it brings stability and more certainty," he said.
Since 2006 the three men have bought 320 apartments, mainly in and around Gothenburg. Of the 200 active investors through Evanridge, 85pc are British farmers, Mr Evans said.
Evanridge is now widening its offer to any investors prepared to commit a minimum of £50,000. Their investments will buy them shares in a Swedish public limited company, whose sole purpose will be to buy further properties to generate a mix of income and capital growth.
The investment is not authorised in the UK and so shareholders would have no recourse to the authorities here, or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, if some or all of their money was lost.
Aside from that risk, most financial planners would caution against investing large proportions of total wealth into residential property – especially when for many families their home is already their most valuable asset.
Yet the surge in property values, and the craze for buy-to-let, which has created an army of 1.4 million private landlords, has led to a number of residential property funds being launched in recent years.
Last week, Money reported on the fourth property fund to be launched by London Central Portfolio (LCP), which focuses only on buying small flats in the ultra-central – and ultra-expensive – London postcodes around Hyde Park. The proposed £100m fund will buy and let scores of flats but seek to gain mainly from an increase in the properties' value, predicted to continue at its historic 9pc annual growth rate.
The aim is to sell the portfolio of properties to an institution in five to seven years, returning cash and profit to investors. A minimum £25,000 investment is required. The fund, not regulated on the mainland, will be listed in the Channel Islands, and qualifies as an Isa or pension holding. LCP has three other portfolios under management and oversees about £600m of property. A more comprehensive analysis can be read here.
The Hearthstone UK Residential Property fund is a fully regulated fund, also qualifying for inclusion within Isas and pensions, which aims to track returns delivered by the wider UK residential market. There is no minimum investment. Performance in the fund's first year has been mediocre. The £28m portfolio, which owns 111 properties nationwide, returned just under 5pc in the year to January 31, less than most measures of house price growth. The Halifax index, for instance, recorded annual growth to January of 7.3pc.
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At least three people were injured, and two horses are dead, following a post-parade collision just west of Casper.
According to Casper Police, just after noon on Tuesday, July 10th, a horse-drawn covered wagon was traveling west-bound on 1st Street, west of Poplar Street, when it was hit from behind by an SUV.
Two people (1 male and 1 female) who were riding in the covered wagon, were taken to the hospital and at last report, at least one of them is in the ICU.
The female driver of the SUV also went to the hospital, with unknown injuries.
Both horses that were pulling the wagon had to be put down...one at the scene, and the other a short time later, at an animal care facility.
A female teenager that was riding in the wagon was not hurt.
The covered wagon along with the horse and the riders inside, were participating in the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo parade, earlier in the day.
Casper Police Chief Chris Walsh says, this is one of the most unique things, that he's ever seen.
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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) — Playing their final game before the holiday break, the UW-Eau Claire men's hockey team was looking to finish on a high note. But UW-River Falls had other ideas, handing the Blugolds just their second loss of the season, a 2-1 final.
The Blugolds (11-2-1, 7-2-1 NCHA) peppered the Falcons (5-5-2, 1-5-2 NCHA) Friday night with five goals, but just a night later, they struggled to find the back of the net.
UW-River Falls started the scoring at 7:19 of the first period with a power-play goal. That was the only tally of the period and in the second period, the Blugolds would tie the game up with a power-play goal of their own.
Isaiah Bennis (Sr.-Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial) scored his ninth goal of the season with an assist to Jack Callahan (So.-Red Bank, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) to tie the game 1-1.
In the third period, it was the Falcons who broke the tie on a goal at 7:46. That goal stood to be the game-winner as the Blugolds were not able to solve Falcons goalie Scott Lewan.
The Blugolds pulled goalie Brandon Stephenson (Sr.-Saline, Mich./Saline) with 0:47 to play, but the Falcons held on for the win. Stephenson finished with 25 saves and the Falcons outshot the Blugolds 27-26. The Blugolds were 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Falcons capitalized on their lone man-advantage, finishing 1-for-1.
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Tinnitus is the perception of abnormal ear or head noises without any external sound. Noises may be high pitched, ringing, clicking, or buzzing. Pulsatile tinnitus is caused by the flow of blood that accompanies each heartbeat.
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Tinnitus may be caused by:
- Cochlear damage from exposure to loud sounds
- Hearing loss
- Damage to the auditory system, including the ear drum and nerves
Occasional episodes of tinnitus lasting at most a few minutes are quite common in most people, especially after exposure to loud noises.
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chances of tinnitus:
- Occupations or activities that expose you to loud noises
- Wax or a foreign body in the ear canal
- Stress
- Fatigue
- Certain medications, such as aspirin, antibiotics, or diuretics
- Toxins, such as heavy metals, carbon monoxide, or alcohol
Certain health conditions, such as:
- Ear infection
- Meniere disease
- Allergies
- High or low blood pressure
- Diabetes
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Tumors
- Thyroid problems
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Blood vessel disorders, such as an aneurysm, fistula, or hardening of the arteries are associated with pulsatile tinnitus
- Fluid in the ear
- Ruptured membrane in the ear
- Injury to the head or neck
The sensations of tinnitus may have the following characteristics:
- Ringing, roaring, buzzing, whistling, or hissing sounds
- Intermittent, continuous, or pulsatile quality
- Same or varying intensity
- Single or multiple tones
- More annoying symptoms at night or when there are fewer distractions
- Sensation of normal internal events, such as blood pulsing or muscles contracting
Sometimes tinnitus is accompanied by hearing loss and vertigo , a sensation of spinning while standing still.
When Should I Call My Doctor?
Call your doctor if you have tinnitus, especially if it:
- Is associated with hearing loss, vertigo, change in personality, speech, or weakness in any body area
- Starts after head or neck injury
- Is associated with new medication
- Is pulsatile
- Is associated with pain in the ear, fever, nausea, or vomiting
- Is interfering with your activities
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Special attention will be paid to your head, neck, and ears.
You will be asked questions about:
- The sensations that you have
- The factors that may increase or decrease the sensation
- The medications that you take
- History of trauma
The doctor will look at your ear canal and eardrum using an instrument with a light that is held at the external opening of the ear. A tuning fork can help evaluate hearing. You should receive a complete hearing test. Imaging tests, such as a CT or MRI scan, may be ordered to rule out serious conditions.
In addition to hearing the test may include:
- Tympanogram
- Auditory brain response
- Electrocochleoraphy—to test for Meniere disease
Tinnitus treatment depends on what is causing the symptoms. This may mean:
- Wearing a specially made splint to help manage temporomandibular joint disorder
- Taking antibiotics for a sinus or ear infection
- Having the wax removed from your ear canal
- Stopping or changing medications to see if tinnitus goes away
Therapy aims to eliminate or reduce bothersome sensations. Treatment may include:
No medication has been shown to be very effective in treating tinnitus. Your doctor may still try to use some medications to ease your symptoms. These may include antidepressants and sedatives.
If you have Meniere disease, your doctor may prescribe medication to treat that condition.
Mechanical Devices
Devices include:
- Hearing aid —sometimes relieves tinnitus and improves hearing in some people with hearing loss
- Tinnitus masker—a device that emits a low level of white noise to help cover up the internal sensations and block out external noises
Lifestyle and Self-care Measures
Measures to discuss with your doctor if no cure or specific treatment is available include:
- Stress management and relaxation techniques
- Biofeedback
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Joining a support group .
- Avoid anything that makes tinnitus sensations worse such as:
- Exercise regularly to improve circulation
- Make time to relax and get enough sleep
- Playing a radio or a white-noise machine for about 30 minutes at bedtime may help relieve the ringing sensations at night
Surgery may help relieve certain causes of tinnitus. These include:
- Tinnitus caused by a tumor frequently subsides after the growth is removed
- Abnormalities in blood vessels that lead to tinnitus can sometimes be corrected with surgery
- Surgery may also be an option for people with Meniere's disease, but it is usually done only for disabling vertigo
To help reduce your chances of tinnitus:
- Avoid exposure to excessively loud noise.
- Wear earplugs in noisy situations.
- Wear earmuffs when mowing the grass or using any other loud machinery.
- Learn and practice stress management and relaxation techniques.
- Limit use of medications that damage hearing.
American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org
American Tinnitus Association https://www.ata.org
Canadian Hearing Society http://www.chs.ca
Canadian Society of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entcanada.org
Acute otitis media (AOM). EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: https://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T116345/Acute-otitis-media-AOM . Updated May 16, 2017. Accessed September 27, 2017.
Tinnitus. American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery website. Available at: http://www.entnet.org/?q=node/1324. Accessed September 27, 2017.
Tinnitus. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association website. Available at: http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Tinnitus. Accessed September 27, 2017.
Tinnitus. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: https://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T116486/Tinnitus . Updated June 1, 2017. Accessed September 27, 2017.
Understanding the facts. American Tinnitus Association website. Available at: https://www.ata.org/understanding-facts. Accessed September 27, 2017.
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That Dame. She was all about the romantic drama, right up until she died…and Colin Farrell was her last boyfriend! Remember when he spoke at her memorial service? Remember when we were all like, huh, how did that happen? Well, Colin's promoting Saving Mr Banks right now and, during an interview with Ellen that airs this week, reveals how they met. Full Story
Elizabeth Taylor's dirty fingers?
They've released a few stills from Lindsay Lohan's Elizabeth Taylor Lifetime movie including a recreation of Ms Taylor and Richard Burton's first wedding in Montreal in 1964. Look at her fingers. They always look dirty to me. In what world would Elizabeth Taylor get married with dirty fingers wearing all those crazy diamonds? She would NEVER disrespect the diamonds, are you mad??? Also. Full Story
Elizabeth Taylor & Lindsay Lohan
I'm sure you've heard...Deadline reported yesterday that Lindsay Lohan is negotiating to star in a Lifetime movie about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. I know your first inclination is to punch yourself in the face from disgust. I get it. Full Story
Please DO NOT DO THIS
Last summer I read and reviewed a book called Furious Love. Original post is here. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton – obsessing over their relationship is not so much a phase thing as it is a constant. They were of a time, of an age of movie star that we will simply never see again. Full Story
Begging for Movie Stars
Written by Sarah If you follow this site regularly, you've probably heard Lainey and the rest of us lamenting the death of the Movie Star. And it's true—Movie Stars, in capital letters, are a dying breed. They're few and far between these days. Full Story
Angelina, Brad...and Javier
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Publications: Lach, Lori
Journal Article
Lach, L., Hobbs, R.J. and Majer, J.D. (2009) Herbivory-induced extrafloral nectar increases native and invasive ant worker survival. Population Ecolog, 51 (2). pp. 237-243.
Lach, L. (2008) Floral visitation patterns of two invasive ant species and their effects on other hymenopteran visitors. Ecological Entomology, 33 (1). pp. 155-160.
Lach, L. and Thomas, M.L. (2008) Invasive ants in Australia: Documented and potential ecological consequences. Australian Journal of Entomology, 47 (4). pp. 275-288.
Lach, L. (2007) A mutualism with a native membracid facilitates pollinator displacement by Argentine ants. Ecology, 88 (8). pp. 1994-2004.
Lach, L. (2007) Argentine ants displace floral arthropods in a biodiversity hotspot. Diversity and Distributions, 14 (2). pp. 281-290.
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Kennedy, P., Craig, M. and Lach, L. (2009) Synthesis of knowledge on faunal recolonization following vegetative restoration. In: 19th Conference of the Society of Ecological Restoration International, 24 - 26 August, Perth, Western Australia.


text: Where will the spirit of Mercy take you? The locations are as varied as the people who make up the Mount Mercy community. Want in on the fun? Visit www.mtmercy.edu/flat-catherine and download your own Flat Catherine. Travel with her and snap a picture! You can email your photos to email@example.com.


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They're not old, they're classics
Beecham House is a nursing home with a twist. Billed as a community for retired musicians, Beecham is a haven for symphony and opera stars awaiting their final curtain call. Instead of bingo, they perform arias and celebrate the birth of Verdi with an annual gala performance that brings them back to the stage.
The former governor of California gets serious about border control
Sheriff Ray Owens (Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Expendables 2) left a life of action as a Los Angeles cop to police a small border town in Arizona.
Small town life gets a lot more exciting when Mexican cartel kingpin Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega: Una Pistola en Cada Mano) escapes from FBI custody. He jumps in a souped-up Corvette, takes a hostage and speeds toward freedom. The only thing standing in his way are the local yokels of Sommerton....
How far would you go to catch a terrorist?
After the September 11, 2001, attacks that murdered 3,000 Americans, Osama bin Laden became the world's most-hunted man. Ten years later, the search continued.
For CIA agent Mya (Jessica Chastain: Lawless), the search for bin Laden is an obsession. She takes a position in the Pakistan bureau and spends every waking hour tracking obscure leads and interrogating detainees.
Matt Damon teaches the simple folk about the environment
Slick salesman Steve Butler (Matt Damon: We Bought a Zoo) rolls into a Pennsylvania farming town with a plan. The agricultural community is dying, and Steve has the solution: Lease your land to a natural gas company. Global Natural Gas wants to frack for gas pockets beneath the land, and the desperately poor community will get a percentage of the take.
White people's problems
A British family's 2004 Christmas on a Thai beach paradise is spoiled when a massive tsunami devastates Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.
An epic musical with a few sour notes
Life hasn't turned out well for Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman: Rise of the Guardians). After stealing bread to feed his nephew and sister, he's arrested and given 20 years hard labor. Branded a dangerous man, Valjean must wander the countryside looking for work and finding nothing but cruelty.
Getting old isn't for sissies.
From the outside, Debbie (Leslie Mann: ParaNorman) and Pete (Paul Rudd: The Perks of Being a Wallflower) have it made. A big house, two adorable kids and lots of luxury playthings. But look a little closer and you see the cracks.
A fantastic concept gone horribly awry, Hyde Park on Hudson tells the story of the first time an English king visited America. It wasn't a social call. In 1939, England was in grave danger from Nazi Germany and needed help.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray: Moonrise Kingdom) invited the king and queen to his New York estate, Hyde Park.
The Master of Suspense would have made a better movie …
Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins: 360) was a great filmmaker with a lot of issues. He ate too much. He was pathetically dependent on his wife, Alma (Helen Mirren: The Door). Though their marriage was devoid of passion, he obsessed over the nubile blondes he directed. And, if Hitchcock is to be believed, he identified fully and had imaginary conversations with serial killer Ed Gein (Michael Wincott: A Lonely Place for Dying).
Thank your lucky stars that your friends and family don't resemble the people in
Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper: Hit and Run) is going through a rough patch. An undiagnosed manic-depressive most of his life, Pat got his diagnosis when he nearly beat the life out of his cheating wife's lover.
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text: Ted Lesinsky, a one-year newcomer to Astute Networks, is no stranger to the industry. Serving the midmarket IT business for 10 years, Lesinsky now drives midmarket sales for Astute -- a performance storage appliance company known for its VISX family of flash-based technology. Lesinsky is highlighted for his continued vision, performance and exemplary dedication to the midmarket.


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text: Lisa Ko is the author of THE LEAVERS, a novel that won the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Set in New York and China, THE LEAVERS follows one young man's search for his mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant who disappears when he's 11 years old, after which he is adopted by a white family. It's the story of one mother and her son: what brings them together and takes them apart.


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I currently have an OSM "stack" server (Postgres/PostGIS, Mapnik, OpensLayers) working in a development environment, with almost all the South America countries loaded on the database. Since the applications I'm targeting uses geocoding extensively, I made a test deployment of Nominatim.
While testing, I discovered that almost all searches on Buenos Aires (where my company resides) didn't return a "house number" or something like the "between numbers" of Google Maps. The official Nominatim site didn't return that data neither. But, using the Nominatim service of MapQuest, there is always a house number on the returned XML.
Since MapQuest theoretically use the same data and tools, why they can show that information? Are they using another source of spatial data?


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So what does App actually refer to? If you change your app class name why does App.
still refer to the right method that you wrote on your class called "TestApp"?
This is a long standing area of confusion. When the runtime starts your program, it creates 1 instance of your app class. But, at runtime how do you access that instance? You can't use TestApp as that's the name of the class and not a reference to the one instance. So how do you, the end user, get access to this one instance?
When the IDE compiles your program it actually inserts a function called App that, if you wrote it, would look something like:
Function App() As TestApp
return mAppSingleton
When the runtime starts, it creates an instance of your app class and saves that reference so it can return it later when needed.
So the App function always returns an instance of your app class - regardless of what it's called.
And you can always use App.whatever to refer to methods, properties, constants etc. that you put on your app class.


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The syntax looks like this:
BEGIN TRY "Your code goes here" END TRY BEGIN CATCH "Your error condition code goes here" END CATCH
What happens when TRY/CATCH block implemented. Let's go into the details. Whatever code you are writing inside the try block will get executed by default. When an error occurred for the code which is inside the try block it will stop execution and jump to catch block and run the code which you had written for handling the error, just like the traditional method of error handling. One thing we need to notice here is that there are different error level types. 0 - 10 are Warnings, 11 - 19 are Trappable Errors and 20 - 25 are Terminal Errors.
SQL Server 2005 had dished out some additional functions also to make our job easy. Let's check out some of the important functions among them and what they returns.
- ERROR_NUMBER() – Show you the error number. You can find all error numbers and descriptions in sysmessages table.
- ERROR_MESSAGE() – Shows the readable description of the error.
- ERROR_LINE() – Returns the line number from where error thrown.
- ERROR_SEVERITY() – Will show up error levels.
- ERROR_STATE() – Shows what kind of error it's. Example 1 for system errors
- ERROR_PROCEDURE() – This gives you the procedure name which causes the error.
With all these I hope error handling got much easier. Enjoy implementing these.


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Inspired by their venue's English countryside vibe, Shirley Liu and Geoffrey Lawson threw a sophisticated waterfront garden party with loose organic florals and a classic color palette of ivory and soft shades of green. "We wanted to embrace the beautiful garden setting and its history," Shirley says. Leading up to the wedding, the couple hunted down books about Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain—famous former residents of Wave Hill—to use as guest books. Shirley and Geoffrey kicked off the event with an intimate tea ceremony with their families and wedding party. "Getting ready in the morning was nerve-racking, but to have the tea ceremony first gave me a moment to step back and remember the importance of the whole day, to be with our families and celebrate our union," Shirley says. The pair then joined the rest of their guests for a ceremony overlooking the Hudson River. Shirley and Geoffrey exchanged vows under a stately stone pergola draped in lush vines. As they made their exit from the ceremony as husband and wife, guests waved festive pennant flags monogrammed with the newlyweds' last initial. Heading into Willow Hall House for the reception, guests were greeted by crisp white linens, rustic cross-back chairs with Provençale flair and tall, airy arrangements of white wildflowers, vines and greenery. "When Geoff and I first met, we shared a love for indie music and going to concerts, which is how we first spent time bonding. So for us, the music at our wedding had to represent us," Shirley says. The couple created their own playlist for cocktail hour to show off their diverse and eclectic music taste and get guests in the mood to dance the night away.
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Swedish furniture retailer IKEA is looking to fill about 350 job openings when it opens its first store in Miami-Dade County later this year.
IKEA has begun its recruitment process for the store, which is set to open near the Dolphin Mall in Sweetwater this summer, the company said Tuesday.
Job openings include: home furnishings sales, interior design, customer service, safety and security, cashier, facility management, receiving, stock replenishment and warehouse.
About 60 positions are also open in the store's restaurant, foodmarket, bistro and employee cafeteria.
"We are thrilled to offer interested jobseekers diverse positions with limitless opportunity at a global company," Selwyn Crittendon, store manager of the future IKEA Miami, said in a statement. "At IKEA, we recognize that our coworkers appreciate being able to do the things in life that bring success and happiness. It also is as fun to work at IKEA as it is to shop at IKEA."
The 416,000-square-foot store will be the second in South Florida and the largest in the state. It will feature about 1,500 parking spaces and nearly 10,000 items.
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LOVE Whitney. Totally amped that Whitney's about to be BACK. Thrilled she's kicked the Bobby. Hopefully she's kicked the blow. But let this be a lesson about the effects of the blow.
Because her face… it just isn't the same. And Whitney was once a world class beauty. At only 44, she should still be a world class beauty. Instead, Whitney is wearing a little bit of Tara Reid's stroke face and rockin' some of Tara's ghetto tits too.
Having said that… now that Clive loves her again… hopefully the damage stops here.
And save it with the "Lainey you're so mean" messages. Crack is wack. She said it herself.
Remember that interview? That interview made my life:
"First of all let's get one thing straight (waves fingers in Diane's face). Crack is cheap. I make too much money to smoke crack. (more finger waving). OK? Crack is wack!"
You need a refresher? Click here for the clip. Funniest sh*t ever.
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It doesn't seem like six years since Aki Kaurismaki's last film, "Le Havre", but he's finally back with the second part of his proposed trilogy of films about the lives of refugees.
I won't outline the plot, maybe it's enough to say that it follows the feel of many of his previous films: displaced outsiders struggling against the odds and getting knock back after knock back often right up to the very last scene; weird characters in parallel stories; boozing, smoking and loooong faces (is Finland truly so laconic, Kari?); hilarious comedy at unexpected moments; and, above all else, people helping each other for no other reason than that they want to.
The group of friends I went with had seen none of his previous films, and one felt that the subject matter (the life of a young man who had managed to escape the hell of Aleppo) should have been treated more seriously. I couldn't have agreed less. People get through life, even if it's a day at a time, and humour can help you survive.
As in most of Kaurismaki's films, music figures prominently. Often as a background, but usually played live. The older, seedy-looking country and blues bands are all here again, their performances are almost all complete. The main character - the Syrian refugee, and cook Khaled - plays his mate's stringed instrument (a buzuq?) in one scene, a tune as hard as any blues.
I've been thinking on the film's ending for a few days now. No spoilers, but it is a heartbreaker. It reminded me of Chaplin's very last scene in his "City Lights". It turns out that Chaplin first thought of this scene, and then constructed his masterpiece to lead up to it. I do wonder if Kaurasmaki has done the same.


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The primary objective of the Department of Management is to provide students with the skills required to manage business and public organizations effectively.
To accomplish this objective, the faculty of the Department of Management will strive
(1) to increase the student's ability to reason analytically and critically and enhance information literacy;
(2) to increase the student's awareness of the concepts and terms used in current managerial practice;
(3) to increase the student's awareness of the international dimension of business;
(4) to increase the student's skills in written and verbal communication;
(5) to increase the student's ability to use quantitative methods and technology to analyze a business problem;
(6) to give the student experience in working productively as part of a team; and
(7) to increase the student's ability to analyze ethical issues in business.
The Department of Management offers a B.S. in business management.
All freshmen and those transfer students who have not completed the required courses will be admitted to the pre-business program.
120 semester hours
A minimum of 30 credits in business courses must be completed at West Chester University, with a minimum of 15 of these credits in 300-400 level MGT, MIS, or INB courses.
To apply for their business major, students must (1) complete ACC 201; ECO 111, 112, and 251; and MGT 200 with a C or better in each course; (2) pass and complete both MAT 107* and MAT 108† with a C or better required in at least one of them. If a student is placed directly into MAT 108 and receives a C or higher or has completed MAT 161 or MAT 162 with a C or better, then the student does not have to take MAT 107 (replaced as a free elective); (3) have a minimum overall GPA of 2.50; (4) pass an Excel basic skills exam with an 88% or better; and (5) have at least 45 credit hours. These requirements must be met to be eligible to register for 300 and 400 level business courses. The same rules apply to all transfer students – both internal (those from within the University) and external (those from a non-WCU institution).
To graduate, students must have a 2.50 overall GPA and a 2.50 GPA in their major course work (as defined by each program).
*Course substitutions for MAT 107 are MAT 105 or MAT 110.
† Course substitutions for MAT 108 are MAT 161 or MAT 162.
**A minimum grade of C must be attained in these courses.
100 Introduction to Business (3) Survey of the structure and function of the American business system. Topics covered include forms of business organization, fundamentals of management, fundamentals of marketing, basic accounting principles and practices, elements of finance, money and banking, business and government, and careers in business. Open to nonbusiness majors.
200 Principles of Management (3) Introduction to the principles and functions of management. Examines the management process, organizational theory, planning, decision making, motivation, and leadership in supervisory contexts. PREREQ: ECO 111.
287 Operations and Supply Chain Management in China (3) The course objectives are to learn the latest approaches to operations and supply chain management in China. A combination of course work and company site visits in China will enable students to gain a first-hand understanding of Chinese business practices and culture.
313 Business and Society (3) An analysis of the social, political, legal, environmental, and ethical problems faced by business firms. PREREQ: MGT 200. Writing Emphasis Course
321 Organization Theory and Behavior (3) Study of the theoretical foundations of organization and management. The system of roles and functional relationships. Practical application of the theory through case analysis. PREREQ: MGT 200.
341 Production and Operations Management (3) Methods analysis, work measurement, and wage incentives. Production process and system design. Plant location, layout, sales forecasting, inventory, production, and quality control; to include statistical aspects of tolerances, acceptance sampling, development of control charts, PERT, and cost factors. PREREQ: ECO 252 and MGT 200.
431 Human Resource Management (3) Study of the effective management of an organization's human resources. Topics include recruitment, selection, compensation, performance appraisal, labor relations, and enforcement of equal opportunity laws. PREREQ: MGT 200 or 300 or permission of instructor and 2.50 cumulative GPA.
441 Introduction to Management Science (3) Business problems in production, inventory, finance, marketing, and transportation translated into application of scientific methods, techniques, and tools to provide those in control of the system with optimum solutions. PREREQ: MGT 341 or permission of instructor.
451 Systems Management (3) Application of systems theory and principles to the operation of contemporary organizations with emphasis on nonquantitative methods of analysis. PREREQ: MGT 321.
471 Entrepreneurship (3) Organization of a business venture with emphasis on risk, requirements, roles, and rewards. Students develop a simulated venture, with oral and written report. PREREQ: ACC 201 and 202, FIN 325, MGT 200, MKT 325, or permission of instructor.
483 Management Internship (3) The management internship is designed to enhance the student's educational experience by providing a substantive work experience in the business world. PREREQ: Internship program coordinator's approval.
This course may be taken again for credit.
486 Management Internship (6) The management internship is designed to enhance the student's educational experience by providing a substantive work experience in the business world. PREREQ: Internship program coordinator's approval.
487 Special Topics in Management (3) This course deals with current concepts in management not covered by existing courses. The course content is determined at the beginning of each semester. PREREQ: MGT 200.
This course may be taken again for credit.
488 Independent Studies in Management (1-3) Special research projects, reports, and readings in management. Open to seniors only. PREREQ: Instructor's approval.
This course may be taken again for credit.
498 Seminar in Management (3) Students are engaged in reading and research on current developments in management. Research project is required to help expand and deepen the horizons of the participants. PREREQ: MGT 313, 321, 341, 431, and MIS 300. Writing emphasis course.
499 Business Policy and Strategy (3) A capstone course for all business majors, requiring students to integrate and apply multidisciplinary knowledge and skills in actively formulating improved business strategies and plans. Case method predominates. Written reports. PREREQ: BLA 201, FIN 325, MGT 200, and MKT 325. Writing emphasis course.
300 Introduction to Management Information Systems (3) A comprehensive introduction to the role of information systems in an organizational environment. This course focuses on transforming manual and automated data into useful information for managerial decision making. PREREQ: MGT 200.
301 Introduction to Business Software (3) The goal of this course is to teach business majors the uses of standard business software for solving standard business problems. The focus is on spreadsheets and presentation software systems.
453 Decision Support Systems (3) This course is an advanced presentation of the role of management information systems in the special support needs of managers for aiding decision making. PREREQ: MIS 300 and 451.
300 Introduction to International Business (3) Analysis of international business transactions in large and small businesses, multinational and domestic. Functional emphasis on multinational environment, managerial processes, and business strategies. PREREQ: MGT 200.
469 International Management Seminar (3) Study of issues confronting executives as they plan, organize, staff, and control a multinational organization. Lectures, case analyses, and outside projects with local firms engaged in, or entering, international business will be utilized. PREREQ: INB 300 and MGT 200.


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We compare every sound that we hear against the sounds that we have already heard and are stored in our memory.
Our neural signal processing research is looking at answers to these questions: How are sounds stored? How are sounds retrieved? How are sounds compared to the sound now present at the person's ear? We can not simply store the sound wave (like a CD), because if we did, we would fill all our usable memory in a few weeks after birth. We extract a template of information from a sound, store it and are later able to compare it, along with millions of other templates, with the new incoming sounds. This explains why we can pick up the telephone and immediately recognize who is calling, and be able to say "Oh hello Jack or Jill" We have searched through the templates of the voices of people we know in the half second it takes us to hear the voice and reply. Once we have identified a sound, or several sounds, we keep the "match" in local memory for a few seconds. We then test each new sound against it before trying a new full search of possibilities.
Our studies look at the processes the brain uses in constructing a template to be stored in memory. We introduce many repetitions of the same sound into a subject's ear over a period of about 15 minutes. Intermixed with these repetitions are occasional deviant sounds in which some attribute has been changed. The sound used is a computer generated synthetic wave similar to that produced by a stringed musical instrument. Such a sound consists of an onset period in which the body of the instrument first vibrates freely, followed by a sustained period as the string forces the vibration of the instrument soundboard or other resonator. During the onset period, we present a combination of five waves with non-harmonically related pitches. Occasionally one of the intermediate waves of this combination is omitted, the remainder of the sound being unaltered. The resultant brain processing implies that the template analysis is very dependant on extracting each wave from the overall sound.
Using a superconducting magnetometer array, we have been able to locate when the brain cells that hold the brain's "mismatch" processor are active and their location. The processor is shown on as a white dot superimposed on an MRI scan of a subjects head. We can locate the active cells within about 1/8 of an inch in all three directions and the time of activation to 2/100 of a second. We now know where and when the brain compares auditory templates. Our next research steps are to determine HOW the brain compares auditory templates. This research will help determine if a hearing problem is physical or physiological, and will help in producing synthetic sound alerts which .we can instantly recognize.
This work being done by Professor J.H Broadhurst and K. Ghanbeigi will be presented at the international conference on Biomagnetism held in Sapporo Japan in August 2008.


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Hello everyone
I have been trying to loop an image using the for loop within graphics 2D which consists of 17 images on the x axis and 17 images (across) on the y axis (down), creating a 'L' shape. When I compile and run the program however it prints 17 images on the y axis and none on the x. I have no idea what fault I have made as whatever I do it seems to ignore the x axis (or at least the way i interpret it to be printed.) How do I make it print along the x-axis? What exactly am I doing wrong? Here is my code:
private void drawMaze(Graphics2D g){ Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g; int width = 17; //number of images drawn along the x-axis (none) int height = 17; //number of images drawn along the y axis int xOffset = 21; //width of image int yOffset = 21; //height of image int currentX = 10; //initial x coordinate of image int currentY = 10; //initial y coordinate of image for(int i = 0; i < width; i++) { for(int j = 0; j < height; j++) { g2.drawImage(cobblestone.getImage(), currentX, currentY,this); currentY += yOffset; } currentX += xOffset; currentY = 0;
Any help would greatly be appreciated, thanks!


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.- The No. 7 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos won their third straight game, defeating equally matched No. 6 Long Beach State in four tightly contested sets (30-28, 23-25, 25-21, 25-20). With the win, and Pepperdine's concurrent loss at UC Irvine, the Gauchos now move into third place in the MPSF conference standings with a record of 8-3 overall, 7-3 in conference.
Despite a slow start to the first set, the Gauchos displayed the intensity that has become commonplace over the past few games to pull out the win. Initially down 13-6, UCSB scratched back to tie the set at 19 behind the eight kills of senior outside hitter Matt Hanley. Additionally, Austin Kingi and Evan Licht tacked on four additional kills each. Licht hit for a .667 clip, recorded a block, and finished the set off with the winning service ace.
Long Beach rebounded strongly, winning the second set by capitalizing on a dominant net presence and strong swings from Taylor Crabb. Crabb finished the night with 16 kills, two service aces, and assisted in two blocks.
The Gauchos developed a rhythm in their third set win that carried over into the fourth set. Kingi, Hanley, and Licht powered through the Long Beach net presence that was able to tally 15 team blocks. Kingi's seven kills for the fourth set gave him a total for 20 on the night, while Licht and Hanley finished with 17 kills each. Neither Kingi nor Licht hit less than four kills per set. Defensively, senior libero Austin Kingi bested his previous performance with a new season high for digs (14). Setter Jonah Seif also had an impressive performance with 52 assists and was one dig away from a double-double with nine.
When asked about UCSB's ability to pull out the close win, assistant Coach Tyson Norton noted, "We did a good job of taking advantage of our opportunities tonight against a team that's right next to us in the rankings."
The Gauchos look forward to a rematch against former No. 1 Stanford in Palo Alto next Friday, February 21. UCSB bested the Cardinal in five sets in front of an electric Rob Gym in their last meeting. After a four game road trip, the Gauchos return home to play UCLA in March at the Thunder Dome.