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After entire nations were shut down during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases rise again around the world, especially in Europe and the Americas.
New York's new round of virus shutdowns zeroes in on individual neighbourhoods, closing schools and businesses in hot spots measuring just a couple of square miles.
Spanish officials limited travel to and from some parts of Madrid before restrictions were widened throughout the capital and some suburbs.
Italian authorities have sometimes quarantined spots as small as a single building.
While countries including Israel and the Czech Republic have reinstated nationwide closures, other governments hope smaller-scale shutdowns can work this time, in conjunction with testing, contact tracing and other initiatives they've now built up.
The concept of containing hot spots isn't new, but it's being tested under new pressures as authorities try to avoid a dreaded resurgence of illness and deaths, this time with economies weakened from earlier lockdowns, populations chafing at the idea of renewed restrictions and some communities complaining of unequal treatment.
Some scientists say a localized approach, if well-tailored and explained to the public, can be a nimble response at a complex point in the pandemic.
"It is pragmatic in appreciation of `restriction fatigue' … but it is strategic, allowing for mobilization of substantial resources to where they are needed most," says Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, who is following New York City's efforts closely and is on some city advisory boards.
Other scientists are warier.
"If we're serious about wiping out COVID in an area, we need co-ordinated responses across" as wide a swath as possible, says Benjamin Althouse, a research scientist with the Institute for Disease Modeling in Washington state.
In a study that has been posted online but not published in a journal or reviewed by independent experts, Althouse and other scientists found that amid patchwork coronavirus-control measures in the U.S. this spring, some people travelled farther than usual for such activities as worship, suggesting they might have responded to closures by hopscotching to less-restricted areas.
Still, choosing between limited closures and widespread restrictions is "a very, very difficult decision," Althouse notes. "I'm glad I'm not the one making it."
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Early in the outbreak, countries tried to quell hot spots from Wuhan, China — where a stringent lockdown was seen as key in squelching transmission in the world's most populous nation — to Italy, where a decision to seal off 10 towns in the northern region of Lombardy evolved within weeks into a nationwide lockdown.
After the virus's first surge, officials fought flare-ups with city-sized closures in recent months in places from Barcelona, Spain, to Melbourne, Australia.
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In the English city of Leicester, nonessential shops were shut down and households banned from mixing in late June.
The infection rate fell, dropping from 135 cases per 100,000 to around 25 cases per 100,000 in about two months.
Proponents took that as evidence localized lockdowns work. Skeptics argued that summertime transmission rates were generally low anyway in the United Kingdom, where the official coronavirus death toll of over 43,000 stands as Europe's highest, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
With infection levels and deaths rising anew in Britain, scientists have advised officials to implement a national, two-week lockdown. Instead, the government on Monday carved England into three tiers of coronavirus risk, with restrictions ranging accordingly.
"As a general principle, the targeting of measures to specific groups or geographical areas is preferable to one-size-fits-all measures, because they allow us to minimize the damage that social distancing inevitably imposes on society and the economy," said Flavio Toxvaerd, who specializes in economic epidemiology at the University of Cambridge.
The damage doesn't feel so minimal to Steven Goldstein, who had to close his New York City men's hat shop last week.
The 72-year-old business, Bencraft Hatters, is in one of a handful of small areas around the state with new restrictions. Authorities hope they'll avert a wider crisis in a state that beat back the deadliest spike in the U.S. this spring, losing over 33,000 people to date.
Goldstein takes the virus seriously — he said he and his mother both had it early on — and he sees the economic rationale behind trying local restrictions instead of another citywide or statewide shutdown.
But he questions whether the zones are capturing all the trouble spots, and he's rankled that the restrictions are falling on his shop after, he says, he faithfully enforced mask-wearing and other rules.
"I did my part, and a lot of other people did our part, and yet we're being forced to close," said Goldstein, 53, who tapped into savings to sustain the third-generation business through the earlier shutdown.
In New York's most restricted "red zones," houses of worship can't admit more than 10 people at a time and schools and nonessential businesses have been closed. Those zones are ensconced in small orange and yellow zones with lighter restrictions.
Some researchers, however, say officials need to consider not just where people live, but where else they go. In New York City, people can escape restrictions entirely by taking the subway one or two stops.
"There's room for improvement by taking into account some spillovers across neighbourhoods," says John Birge, a University of Chicago Booth School of Business operations research professor. He, colleague Ozan Candogan and Northwestern University graduate student Yiding Feng have been modeling how localized restrictions in New York City could best minimize both infections and economic harm; the research hasn't yet been reviewed by other experts.
If hot spot measures can be strategic, they also have been criticized as unfairly selective.
In Brooklyn, Orthodox Jews have complained their communities are being singled out for criticism. In Madrid, residents of working-class areas under mobility restrictions said authorities were stigmatizing the poor. Restaurant and bar owners in Marseille, France, said the city was unfairly targeted last month for the nation's toughest virus rules at the time. As of Saturday, several French cities, including Paris and Marseille, were subject to restrictions including a 9 p.m. curfew.
When an apartment complex housing mostly Bulgarian migrant farm workers was locked down in late June in the Italian city of Mondragone, the workers protested, and about a dozen broke the quarantine.
Other denizens of Mondragone feared infection would spread and, at one point, surrounded the buildings and jeered at the residents, one of whom tossed down a chair. Eventually, authorities called in the army to maintain the quarantine and keep the peace.
For hot spot shutdowns to work, public health experts say, the message behind the measures is key.
"Lead with: `Here's a community in need. … We should be empathetic,"' said Rutgers University epidemiology and biostatistics professor Henry F. Raymond. "It's not a criticism of those people's behaviours. It's just saying, 'These communities might need more attention."'


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What is display advertising? A beginner's guide
Display ads are advertisements that are delivered online that combine copy, visual elements, and call to action messaging that link to a landing page. Display advertising can help brands market their brand and products to target audiences across various online platforms.
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The most successful advertising campaigns connect with customers through multiple channels, and display ads remain an integral component of any integrated marketing plan.
What are display ads?
Display advertisements are online ads that combine copy and visual elements with a call to action (CTA) message that links to a landing page. You typically see display ads along the top or sides of a website—or sometimes, in the middle of the content you're reading. Display ads are visually appealing, cost-effective, and a measurable way for a brand to reach their marketing goals. That's why display advertising is key to any modern media mix.
Display advertising has evolved into a channel that offers reach, scale, and performance, through targeted placements, diverse ad formats, creative, and measurement. But to make the most of your display ads, it's helpful to understand what makes them different from other digital advertising solutions.
What's the difference between display ads and banner ads?
Display ads fall under the umbrella of digital advertising. Some people use the terms "banner ads" and "display ads" interchangeably when considering display marketing. These days, however, most people consider banner ads a size of display ads—perhaps because in the early days of display advertising, it was common for a display ad to be a banner across the top of a website. Now, banner ads are more commonly called leaderboard ads.
What are common display ad sizes?
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) sets the standard for display ad sizes. The most common display ad sizes are:
- Medium rectangle: 300 x 250 px
- Leaderboard: 728 x 90 px
- Wide skyscraper: 160 x 600 px
- Large rectangle: 300 x 600 px
- Mobile leaderboard: 320 x 50 – 640 x 100 pixels @2X (required)
How does display advertising work?
Display advertising can seem complex, which is why we've broken down how to create a display advertising campaign from start to finish in six steps.
1. Begin with defining your audience
Start with defining where and to whom you want your ads displayed. This is an extremely important step in the campaign creation process. You can define your audience based on a variety of inputs, including demographics and shopping signals, to refine where your ads will populate. With remarketing, you can even serve ads to audiences who have already viewed your products. Choosing the right audience helps ensure you're showing your ads to the most relevant audience for your brand.
2. Select your campaign goals and settings
Next, define the goals for the campaign. Choose the key performance indicator (KPI) that best represents the business outcome that you are looking to drive, such as reach or return on ad spend (ROAS), and define the budget for the campaign. You can also configure additional settings, such as pacing, supply sources, device types, pre-bid traffic filtering, and more at this point.
3. Create attention-grabbing copy and design for your display ad
This is where a brand's creativity shows through, as copy and design come together to clearly and concisely communicate the key benefits of your product or unique value proposition of your brand. Read more about creative display ads.
4. Size display ads to spec
A single piece of creative is sized for all of the display ad formats a brand has selected. Ads will look slightly different depending on whether they are for mobile or desktop. Larger display ads might feature body copy under the headline, whereas the body copy might need to be omitted in smaller ads.
5. Traffic display ads in time
All sizes of the display ads are "trafficked" (or sent as a final, to-spec file) to the media according to the dates detailed in your media plan.
6. Monitor the metrics of your display ads
Pay close attention to how campaign settings and creative elements, including the headline, visuals, and CTAs, may be impacting the success of your digital marketing campaign. Think about how you might change these to improve your campaign metrics such as acquisition, ROAS, click-through rate (CTR).
Note learnings for future display ad campaigns
Optimize any display ad campaign by taking note of what worked and what didn't for next time. Spending time analyzing the insights gleaned from a campaign can save you time, money, and effort with future campaigns.
When considering KPIs and OKRs, the things you can control are the products you advertise, and your creative, which includes both copy and visual elements. Creative is important for determining how your ad performs, as are audiences and bidding. If you want to optimize, change one of those three things: creative, audiences, or bids.
Benefits of display advertising
Display advertising offers many benefits, but the most important are that it is measurable, is cost-effective, complements other channels, and is flexible and accessible.
1. Measurable
Depending on which CTA you use, you can measure the success of a display ad campaign against a plethora of marketing metrics. For example, you could choose a call to action such as "experience the brand" ad measure clicks on the display ad itself and corresponding cost per click (CPC). Other relevant metrics for measuring the success of this CTA include impressions, conversion rates, return on ad spend (ROAS), and much more.
And you can determine if the ad resonated with your intended audience, and understand what inspired shopping actions. For example, you can see which audiences purchased from your brand.
2. Cost-effective
Display ad costs vary, but what makes them one of the most cost-effective advertising methods is the flexibility. With some traditional advertising, brands can't change the visuals, CTA, or message, after an ad begins running. That means that if the ad isn't effective, the cost per action may be higher. Since display advertising is dynamic, allowing advertisers to change course during a campaign gives brands greater flexibility to optimize campaigns and maximize the efficiency of their budget.
3. Complements other channels
Display is complementary to other channels. When you combine it with another channel, like social media, display can boost ROAS or have a halo effect. In fact, according to our research, display can help reduce time-to-sales baseline by 21%.1 In addition, brands who have used a full-funnel strategy intermittently (e.g., on and off), drive 1.8x more ad-attributed sales on average when they take a modified full-funnel approach, and 2x more ad-attributed sales when they take a comprehensive full-funnel approach, compared to when they only use certain display ads.2
4. Flexible and accessible
Display ads allow brands to test different copy, visuals, and calls to action in order to achieve the desired results. For example, rather than choosing just one headline and hoping it will work, brands can launch several display ads with the same visuals and CTAs but different headlines in order to gauge which messages resonate best with their intended audiences. If a brand is also doing offline marketing like TV spots or billboards, testing headlines through display advertising is a good way to determine which messages will yield the best results when applied to less-flexible ad formats.
Display advertising is also one of the most widely used advertising formats today, and programmatic accounts for the majority of display ads used. It can be effective as both a standalone and complementary channel.
Display advertising with Amazon Ads
Sponsored Display
Sponsored Display is a self-service display advertising solution that helps advertisers increase awareness for their brand and products, engage with customers, and drive purchases to build your on-Amazon business. Our ad creative includes familiar Amazon shopping elements: star rating, product images, and badging, like Prime shipping or discounts. Sponsored Display is retail-aware, which means that ads will not serve if the advertised ASIN is out of stock or not the Featured Offer.
You can use Sponsored Display to reach shoppers who are browsing similar or complementary products and categories on Amazon that are relevant to your products, or use Sponsored Display audiences to access custom-built audiences that enable advertisers to introduce new products, engage new audiences, and remarket with scale.
Sponsored Display works together with other products like Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, and Amazon DSP campaigns to grow your business with Amazon.
Amazon DSP
Amazon DSP is a demand-side platform (DSP) that enables advertisers to programmatically buy display, video, and audio ads wherever they spend time. Advertisers are able to reach audiences on Amazon sites and apps, as well as through Amazon Publisher Services and third-party exchanges. You can use criteria like demographics and shopping signals to build look-alike or custom audiences.
Through Amazon DSP, advertisers can access Amazon Ads technology such as Amazon Ad Server, Amazon Marketing Cloud, and Amazon Publisher Services. Amazon DSP provides audience insights and robust performance analytics before and after campaigns, at no additional cost to our advertisers. Advertisers can view audience overlap reports and audience reach by channel and metrics, like viewability and cost per detail page view, so you can better assess your campaign performance and effectiveness.
6 effective display ad CTA examples
The CTA is a key component of any display ad and should be selected carefully to yield the best results. Sometimes, it makes sense to use a common call to action such as "shop now," though brands can be creative in their calls to action—just make sure your CTA supports your display ad campaign goals.
Here are six effective display ad CTA examples:
- Shop now: Encourage customers to shop for what you're advertising in the moment.
- Learn more: Link to more information about what you're highlighting for shoppers who may want more information but don't want to buy right now.
- Pre-order now: Allow your customers to get ahead of the game and take action if a product is not yet available for purchase.
- See details: Point customers to additional details about the product or offer you're advertising.
- Watch now: Spark customers' interest right away with this CTA and encourage them to watch your video content.
- Subscribe & Save: Link to Subscribe & Save information to enable your customers to sign up for recurring, scheduled deliveries of products that they use frequently.
Display advertising is a measurable, cost-effective, flexible, and accessible form of advertising that works well on its own or in combination with other channels. Amazon Ads offers a variety of display ad solutions to help you meet your goals.
Interested in kicking off your Amazon Ads Sponsored Display or Amazon DSP campaign? Get inspired by customer success stories or read about display ads examples and ideas for how you can leverage Amazon Ads solutions to help drive results
If you have limited experience, contact us to request services managed by Amazon Ads. Budget minimums apply.
1 Amazon internal 2019
2 Amazon Internal 2020 – results based on analysis of more than 50 brands June 2018 and July 2020

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I saw a while ago in a book by Clifford Pickover, that whether the Flint Hills series $\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac1{n^3\sin^2 n}$ converges is open.
I would think that the question of its convergence is really about the density in $\mathbb N$ of the sequence of numerators of the standard convergent approximations to $\pi$ (which, in itself, seems like an interesting question). Naively, the point is that if $n$ is "close" to a whole multiple of $\pi$, then $1/(n^3\sin^2n)$ is "close" to $\frac1{\pi^2 n}$.
[Numerically there is some evidence that only some of these values of $n$ affect the overall behavior of the series. For example, letting $S(k)=\sum_{n=1}^{k}\frac1{n^3\sin^2n}$, one sees that $S(k)$ does not change much in the interval, say, $[50,354]$, with $S(354)<5$. However, $S(355)$ is close to $30$, and note that $355$ is very close to $113\pi$. On the other hand, $S(k)$ does not change much from that point until $k=100000$, where I stopped looking.]
I imagine there is a large body of work within which the question of the convergence of this series would fall naturally, and I would be interested in knowing something about it. Sadly, I'm terribly ignorant in these matters. Even knowing where to look for some information on approximations of $\pi$ by rationals, or an ad hoc approach just tailored to this specific series would be interesting as well.


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NetSuite cloud financials and accounting software helps finance leaders design, transform and streamline their processes and operations. NetSuite seamlessly couples core finance and accounting functions with strong compliance management, which improves business performance and increases financial close efficiency while reducing back-office costs. With real-time access to live financial data, you can quickly drill into details to quickly resolve delays and generate statements and disclosures that comply multiple regulatory financial compliance requirements such as IFRS, GAAP, SOX and others.
NetSuite transforms General Ledger from a static, one-size-fits-all into a dynamic asset that enables companies to tailor General Ledger processes to meet their unique business needs and changing conditions. NetSuite's SuiteGL is a dynamic, 'disruption-ready general ledger' that gives finance professionals new flexibility and visibility, richer reporting functionality, enhanced audit trails and new support for multinational financial management.
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I'm building a WordPress widget and need this array do display a dropdown where the user will select the target site.
And with the selection value, the information will be built and displayed accordingly.
I'm not sure if there's an automated way of doing this, but having it hardcoded is much faster than doing any query.
I understand this is not a duplicate of Should there be a discovery API?, as the intention is a raw list. Also thought of the answers being language specific in Community Wiki mode so they can be maintained/updated as new sites are created.


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Friday's truncated it-never-snows-much-in-New-Jersey-in-February-so-why-are-we-worried-about-playing-a-Super-Bowl-there? edition of Pro Football Talk includes an interview with Ravens receiver Anquan Boldin.
And Ravens receiver Anquan Boldin says he'll always be Ravens receiver Anquan Boldin.
"For me that's not something that I worry about," Boldin told Erik Kuselias of Pro Football Talk. "I think you go out and let your play speak for itself. You deal with that if you have to, but, I think for m -- I know for me -- Baltimore is the only place I want to play. It's the last place that I will play. For me, I'll retire a Raven, I'm not putting on any other uniform."
Boldin then reiterated the point.
"I won't play in another uniform," Boldin said. "We have a saying, once a Raven, always a Raven, and I'll always be a Raven."
We respect the loyalty he's demonstrating to the team. We'll now see whether the team is willing to demonstrate its loyalty to him, especially with a $6 million base salary due for the 2013 season.
And you can see the full interview at 5:00 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. It can be found at channel 220 on DirecTV.


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Kerman Rayen Citadel
Rayen Citadel is an adobe castle situated in Kerman Province south-west of the city of Rayen and is considered the biggest earthen structure of Kerman province after Bam Citadel. Rayen displays all the architectural elements of a deserted citadel. Rayen Citadel was inhabited until 150 years ago and, although believed to be between 500 and 1,000 years old, may in fact have foundations from the pre-Islamic Sassanid era. It appears extremely well preserved, considering the numerous natural disasters that have been destroying similar structures nearby.
Rayen Citadel spans 20,000 square meters, remaining a symbol of the residential fortresses during the ancient times. It covers an almost perfect square area and consists of a number of towers on its perimeter. It is surrounded by a 10 meter wall and on its southern side an artificial moat had been dug to add to the Citadel's security. The Citadel has its main entrance located on its eastern side. After passing through this articulately designed entrance and after passing by a number of side alleys, there are four structures that in all likelihood were reserved for the wealthier inhabitants. Similar to other fortresses, it consists of the public quarter and the aristocratic zone. The essential sectors such as Zoorkhaneh, mosque, and stable can be seen in the Citadel.
According to historical records, during the reign of Yazdgerd III, while Arab attacks resulted in loss of many parts of Kerman and its vicinity, Rayen Citadel remained impenetrable. During the Zandiyeh era, in particular Nader Shah's reign, Rayen Citadel served as a strategically important base in addition to the living quarters of local rulers Mirza Hossein Khan and his son Mohammad Ali Khan. Following the ascending of Agha Mohammad Khan, Rayen Citadel continued housing Mirza Hossein Khan's bloodline, many of whom still live in Kerman, if not Rayen itself. Mirza Hossein Khan's popularity amongst the locals has prompted many to refer to the structure as Mirza Hossein Khan's Citadel.
Local residents believe that Rayen troops victories in wars was in part due to the quality of their handmade weaponry produced by locals. Two ancient industries practiced in Rayen city, weaponry and knife-making, are due to be revived there by establishing workshops in the area of Rayen Citadel.
The medieval mud-brick city is similar to the Bam Citadel which was destroyed in an earthquake in December 2003. Following the Bam earthquake and in 2004, the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization of Iran (ICHTO) announced the introduction of the Citadel as part of its main programs. Since then, the Citadel is gradually changing to a tourism destination.


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But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready.
And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.
And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there.
And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them:
And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?
He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying,
The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.
And his words came back into their minds,
And they went away from that place and gave an account of all these things to the eleven disciples and all the others.
Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James: and the other women with them said these things to the Apostles.
But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.
But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.
And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
And they were talking together about all those things which had taken place.
And while they were talking and questioning together, Jesus himself came near and went with them.
But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.
And he said to them, What are you talking about together while you go?
Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?
And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:
And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.
But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;
And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,
And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.
And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see.
And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.
Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?
And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.
And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;
But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.
And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.
And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge of him, but he went from their view.
And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?
And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.
And they said to them, The Lord has truly come back to life again, and Simon has seen him.
And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.
And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!
But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.
And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are your hearts full of doubt?
See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.
And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his feet.
And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here?
And they gave him a bit of cooked fish.
And before their eyes he took a meal.
And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.
Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.
And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;
And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.
You are witnesses of these things.
And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.
And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.
And while he was doing so, he went from them and was taken up into heaven.
And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy.
And they were in the Temple at all times, giving praise to God.
Luke chapter 23
John chapter 1
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The Executive Centre Community serves our more than 25,000 members in 14 countries across 32 cities and 135 locations through offering global events, Member benefits, B2B matchmaking and O2O engagement through the Community Forum and Mobile APP. In the first edition of our new quarterly report, the Global Community Team share highlights from recent happening in all markets, recap special initiatives and share some exciting news on what the future holds for our Community.
This workshop in Shanghai gave Members an insight into how to correct their posture at work and how to manage the risks of air pollution.
Launching the Global Wellness Series
At TEC, we are committed to supporting our Members in every aspect of their work, and we are proud to announce the launch of our global wellness series. We look forward to sharing the details of special monthly events designed to promote optimal wellbeing at work and beyond. We designed the wellness series to offer programs to Members according to a predetermined global monthly theme. The variety of themes will ensure we cover all areas of wellness in terms of mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.
- July & August – Self-care essentials
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- Shanghai -Workplace Wellness: Vertebra Health & Air Quality - This was an opportunity to discuss problems regarding spinal health and posture at work, as well as how to avoid and treat problems that occur with your vertebra. The event also covered details on how cleaner air can lead to greater workplace productivity, the primary factors that contribute to indoor air pollution and how to effectively improve the air quality in your office.
- Seoul - Wellness Wednesday: Chair Yoga Class - Yoga is an excellent way to stretch, reduce stress and help build strength and balance – all while supporting your productivity at work. This session was designed to help our Members find a moment of calm with light movement in what can otherwise be a stressful and sedentary work day.
- Melbourne - Joining Together For R U OK? Day - RUOK is a suicide prevention charity in Australia, reminding people that having meaningful conversations with mates and loved ones could save lives. This was an opportunity to connect with Members and remind them of the importance of having a solid support system at work.
- Hong Kong -Wellness Series: Chiropractic Workshop - This workshop explained how the body works based on modern medical science, what the correct posture is for sitting, standing and sleeping, and what exercises can help improve spinal health.
- Pune - Free Medical Check Up By Healthspring - This community event offered Members the chance to connect with physicians for complimentary tests to determined blood pressure, BMI, heart rate and oxygen saturation, a dental check up and more.
Chair yoga in Seoul was one of the events held as part of our Global Wellness initiative.
Event Highlights Between June and September
The Global and Community Teams continue to work with strategic partners that can deliver high-quality content and experiences to our Members. These are just some of the recent events that we've hosted, some with external partners and all of which are designed to deliver an elevated and exceptional experience for our Members.
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- Mumbai – TEC Community Blood Donation Drive - A chance for our community to give back and potentially save a life.
- Shanghai - Strategy Planning Workshop With LEGO® Serious Play® - A collaborative, hands-on play experience where participants co-created a shared strategic direction, identified opportunities and challenges, and developed practical implementation strategies, all in a theme of their choosing/
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- APAC Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrations - Seasonal holidays and local celebrations are always a chance for our Members to connect with one another and the recent Mid Autumn festival was celebrated in Beijing, Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Taipei, Tianjin, and Shenzhen.
- Hong Kong - Bloomberg Day at TEC - This introductory session was a chance learn why more than 320,000 of the world's leading players in the global financial and business community rely on Bloomberg Professional service for the best information possible
- Chennai - Happy 3rd Birthday PPC India -We're proud of the spaces we have developed and celebrating the anniversary of our Centres is always cause for a social gathering.
- Shenzhen - Microsoft PowerPoint Workshop - A special training on making the most of this important platform.
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Driving Community Development With Members and Partners
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- Faces of TEC, Shanghai Edition - The first in a new series, this was a chance to get to know some of the people that make our community such an impactful and robust part of our business.
- Faces of TEC, Hong Kong Edition - Continuing our profile series, we get to know some of the Members that make up our Hong Kong community.
- Member Event with Simmons & Simmons: Corporate Compliance Strategy for China's Cybersecurity Law
- Member Event with TMF: Important China Policy Changes in 2019
- Member Event with Hanabusa Women's Clinic: Women's Health
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The secretive U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Friday renewed the authority of U.S. intelligence agencies to collect data on millions of Americans' telephone calls in a program that has set off a legal battle over privacy rights. The court allowed the intelligence community to collect metadata from phone companies, the Office of Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said in a news release. The release offered almost no details about the ruling, but a U.S. official said the authority was renewed for three months, and that it applied to the entire metadata collection program. In the past, these orders were sometimes issued to individual telephone companies. But the official said the latest order covered all companies from which metadata had been collected under recent previous court authorizations. News the National Security Agency can track the telephone calls of Americans by collecting metadata of who they contact and when, was one of the main revelations by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden last year that set off public outcry about government spying.
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The NSA claims it only uses the metadata of Americans in limited circumstances and with great care.
A panel of outside experts appointed by President Barack Obama recently questioned whether the results produced by bulk metadata collection outweighed the intrusion into Americans' privacy. It suggested possible changes in the program, but not its cancellation.
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Looking forward to summer?
But it was round and I could not decide what I wanted to do with it. A couple of weekends ago, we left for Cranberry Cottage on Friday morning so I asked Jos if we could stop in at a shop I like in Staphorst. I knew this sampler was sitting in a stack waiting for attention but was not looking for anything for it. When you least expect it, there it is...the solution.
I found a round candle tray that I was thinking would be about the right size for this sampler. I cut a piece of poster board in a circle to fit inside the tray and glued a couple of layers of quilt batting to it. Then I stretched the sampler over the poster board and laced it after which I simply glued it into the tray. A piece of lace glued around the edge finished it off just right.
So far, I have finished 13 projects this year of which 6 were on my UFO list. I am really pleased with how many I am finishing so have been adding more UFOs to the list. I hope I can keep up the momentum.....
Anyone else working this year on UFOs?
33 comments:
- Nancy said...
Well, aren't you just very clever. I love that finish. I love that store too by the way, but you know that. Hope you aren't leaving it outside lol. Okay, I know you won't.
Very nice .
Love you, Mom
PS: I bought the book you suggested on my nook and the book did not work.
I had to get a credit by calling the help line. The guy tired to fix it but the book didn't work. It was Emily's Ghost. Weird huh. - March 31, 2012 at 11:45 AM
- Jackie's Stitches said...
I love, love, love the way you've finished this Heidi! I'm intimidated by circles - the slightest bit of wonkiness really shows. You've done a beautiful job!
- March 31, 2012 at 12:01 PM
- Deb said...
You found the perfect way to finish off your piece. I am going to have remember that you did this because I have a piece that I want to stitch and it's circular also. This will be the perfect way to finish it off.
- March 31, 2012 at 12:18 PM
- barbara said...
Oh that's gorgeous, Heidi!!!!
- March 31, 2012 at 12:52 PM
- Marsha said...
So, so pretty. That touch of lace really sets it off. You have a nice gift for decor Heidi.
- March 31, 2012 at 1:04 PM
- Anneke said...
what a great and creative way to finish this design. It turned out great, it sure is a way to remember.
- March 31, 2012 at 2:52 PM
- Catherine said...
Fantastic finish, Heidi! Love how your diplayed it for your picture ~ so pretty!
- March 31, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Way to go Heidi. I think you and Jos are in serious need of a trip to California. If you get bored I have UFO's for you...hehehe
blessings, jilly - March 31, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- Deborah said...
That is the best finish! You did a beautiful job.
- March 31, 2012 at 8:19 PM
- Jenny said...
I love this finish Heidi! It is really beautiful! Congratulations on all of your UFO finishes. That is a wonderful accomplishment. I too am working on a UFO and have a few more lined up. It feels good to finish something that has been waiting for awhile...grins...like Mary Poppins? Hugs from Ca. my dear friend.
- March 31, 2012 at 8:31 PM
- Christine said...
That was a lucky find, the finish is perfect for that design
- April 1, 2012 at 3:56 AM
- Chris said...
You are making great progress on all those UFOs. I love this sweet spring finish.
- April 1, 2012 at 5:29 AM
- Saskia said...
Another great finish! And have a great special week, this week! :-)
- April 1, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Prachtig, heel mooi
- April 1, 2012 at 10:42 AM
- Lida said...
Ja ik! Probeer ook wat dingen af te maken, ben druk met twee borduurwerken en heb ook 1 haas af, verder wordt er druk aan quilts gewerkt! Heerlijk toch als er weer iets af is! Groetjes
P.S. Staat geweldig! - April 1, 2012 at 12:03 PM
- Ginny said...
I am exhausted, so the only comment you'll get is "great job". Sorry I can't come up with anything more original!
- April 1, 2012 at 7:32 PM
- Pondside said...
All those finishes!...you put me to shame! Well done!
- April 2, 2012 at 12:10 AM
Wat een leuk idee Heidi, het borduurwerk komt zo mooi tot z'n'recht.
Liefs en huygies, Bep. - April 3, 2012 at 5:15 AM
- Julie said...
Beautiful stitched and so cleverly finished off
- April 3, 2012 at 6:43 AM
- Miss LindaLee said...
Looks like I'm your newest follower at this moment. What a fun, pleasant and heart warming time I had here, and I want to drop in often. Lovely blog.
- April 3, 2012 at 8:29 AM
- Susan in SC said...
You creative girl!! I LOVE this!!!
- April 3, 2012 at 9:10 AM
- DonnaTN said...
I love this sweet round piece. Your round frame and the lace are the perfect finish.
- April 3, 2012 at 7:19 PM
- GardenOfDaisies said...
This is lovely! and I really like the way you finished it with the lace.
- April 4, 2012 at 9:57 PM
- Brigitte said...
A really great solution that you found for this round design. So creative.
You have my full admiration for having already finished so many UFOs this year. I also want to finish some of mine but so far have only created some new ones, lol. - April 10, 2012 at 1:16 AM
- MarianneD said...
Congratulations Heidi!
Another beautiful " Affo"
I almost finished my 7th UFO,and it feels great isn't it?
Have a lovely weekend!
Marianne - April 12, 2012 at 9:36 AM
- Silver Thimble said...
Been away for a while but looking forward to catching up Heidi I love your crocheting!!!!!!! Have a blessed week-end Marie x
- April 13, 2012 at 12:53 AM
- Line @ WikkidWoman said...
such a beautiful finish. I still need to finish mine.
- April 14, 2012 at 3:41 PM
- Canadian Chickadee said...
What a great idea for the frame, and how beautiful it looks completed. Good for you!
- April 14, 2012 at 5:22 PM
- Canadian Chickadee said...
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- April 14, 2012 at 5:22 PM
- Canadian Chickadee said...
What a great idea for the frame, and how beautiful it looks completed. Good for you!
- April 14, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- Jantine said...
THis is a great solution! I am working on my UFO's, but since they are all quite big, I haven't finished a lot yet. I finished 3 quilts this year and one Hoooked Zpagetti project, not bad, is it?
- April 15, 2012 at 7:14 AM
I'm new to your blog.
Congrats on your lovely finish. The sampler itself is beautiful and the way you mounted into the tray and added the lace is just perfect. - April 19, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- solo.brode said...
c'est très joli , merci d'avoir brodé cette grille , je ferai un article sur mon blog
à bientôt
Sophie H. - July 27, 2019 at 12:25 AM


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Fortunately, 100+ degree weather isn't too strange to us around these parts. Truth be told, this year's heat wave came late, considering that we were breaking the century mark in May and early June over the past couple of years. So naturally we know what to do when it gets hot. The weather forecasters have given you their tips: Stay indoors, wear light colored clothing, limit exercise, stay hydrated, limit or avoid alcohol intake - these are all great tips. But I have a few more that I've picked up over the years that might not only help you keep cool, but keep those power bills from shooting up with the mercury in the thermemoter:
1. Keep your blinds/shades closed, and if you have curtains, close them. A lot of people raised their eyebrows at us when we put up dark colored panels in our master bedroom and the other front rooms in our house, until the next summer when they saw how good those dark panels are at keeping heat out and cool in.
2. Electronics and appliances put off a lot of heat, so you might want to limit use of them. The biggest culprits are ovens, dryers, and computers. Consider preparing meals that take a bit less time in the oven or on the stovetop. Only run full loads of laundry and dishes. Use cooling mats for laptops. Consider skipping the surround sound system when you watch television during the day at least.
3. Use fans, but only in rooms that you're in. Fans work to help evaporate moisture in your skin as well as to circulate air, which means they don't do much good if you aren't in the room with them. So only use fans in the rooms you're using.
4. Turn off the lights! Only turn on lights in rooms you're in, and try to use as few as possible. You might think a light bulb can't put off much heat, until you try to change one that was just on. Yea, those suckers can indeed get hot.
5. Those sun shades you see in cars might not look extremely fashionable, but they work. If you park outside for any length of time at all, get one and use it. Also, crack your windows or open your sun room to let air circulate and prevent your car from becoming a sauna (and potentially busting a window, which can happen if too much hot air gets trapped in there and can't get out).
6. Stick to indoor activities. I know it's tempting to head for the pool or the water park on extremely hot days, but that fun in the sun can wear you out. Consider seeing a movie or heading to an indoor shopping complex instead. Or better yet, just stay home. Read a book, do arts and craft projects, play a game, watch a DVD and make microwave popcorn, call a friend on the telephone - just stay in the AC.
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10. I know you've been told this, but PLEASE bring in your pets and make sure they have plenty of cool, fresh water. If you're hot, imagine how they feel with feather/fur coats on! And animals can't sweat to cool off, so they usually have to adapt in other ways like drinking more or immercing themselves in water. Come to think of it, Chloe wasn't as disagreeable about her shower tonight as she usually is and she isn't pouting as much either ...
So there are a few more tips from a native southerner on how to adapt to the heat. Because I don't care what they say - you can't really beat it. I've tried for almost 37 years anyway and I obviously haven't won that battle or we all wouldn't be cooking these days. But I've learned to adapt, and I hope sharing some of what I've learned can help you adapt as well.
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Welcome to the Carnival of MS Bloggers, a bi-weekly compendium of thoughts and experiences shared by those living with multiple sclerosis.
Synchronicity and Balance
by Lisa of Brass and Ivory: Life with MS and RA
Today's date is 10-11-12.
On its own that's pretty cool.
But knowing that it's only
9 days until our wedding is even better.
10.11.12 + 9 = 10.20.2012
by Mary of Travelogue for the Universe
on Steroids.
Another Concept
referred to by
Edgar Cayce
and other mystics
and dreamers.
Do you ever
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it is exactly where you wanted to be?
Do you ever get somewhere and find something
you needed and yet were not looking for it?
Do you ever paint a picture,
What is it that
you are trying to say,
and when you are done,
You see the results,
so obvious,
a perfect result,
then you show another person
and they are affected,
with the emotion you had,
brush in hand, struggling to find the right
colors, strokes, tempo,
and you see the message as a thread
between you and another person,
and you see how special it is
that this whole experience even happened
as it was meant to be,
The Timing felt so right,
That is
by Alison of Beauty and meaning in a broken world
7 things that I hate about putting my medications for the week into my pill box:
1. It takes a long time.
2. It reminds me that I have a lot of medical problems.
3. There are too many tablets and the lids hardly close.
4. There is a lot to remember and keep track of. Do I need a refill? Will I get it on time?
5. They are small and fiddly and I keep dropping them.
6. They make me dizzy, unfocussed and unable to have more than 1 glass of wine.
7. They remind me that I have MS.
5 things I love about my tablets:
1. They cheer me up.
2. They reduce my pain.
3. They make it managable to go out in public.
4. They let me sleep at night.
5. They help me survive.
This concludes the 125th edition of the Carnival. The next Carnival of MS Bloggers will be hosted here on October 25, 2012. Please remember to submit a post (via email) from your blog of which you are particularly proud, or which you simply want to share, by noon on Tuesday, October 23, 2012.
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Probably a little late to give a "send-off" to this year's class, but I wanted to write something that I wish someone had told me in the beginning. I can say that my second half of the hike was a lot more fun than the first half.
Not going into town as often and not finding people that I really connected with. Do your best to find that early. Having this discussion with a fellow thru-hiker Lightning, we came to the conclusion that the thing we missed the most was the people. The kind of motivated, stubborn, people with a mission are hard to come by in the workplace.
Getting a group of people together with a single mission, that won't let the others fail, is not found in a lot of places. Remember as you press on, that all your experiences out there are better shared. Each summit, every weird trail town, all the beers, are improved by having fellow hikers around. Shared suffering and the shared joys are what made this hike


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On February 26th, 2015, Australia joined the 'JPco-fuND' call for proposals.
Due to this late arrival, researchers from Australia can participate as external collaborators in proposals submitted to this call under specific conditions.
The specific conditions for researchers in Australia can be found on the "Specific regulations" page of the call.
Should a proposal involving a collaborator from Australia be recommended for funding, these collaborators are eligible for funding from the NHMRC National Institute of Dementia Research (NNIDR).
*Please Note: Under this call the NNIDR will only fund research that focusses primarily on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.


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9and the Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all your undertakings, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your soil. For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, just as he delighted in prospering your ancestors, 10when you obey the Lord your God by observing his commandments and decrees that are written in this book of the law, because you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 Surely, this commandment that I am commanding you today is not too hard for you, nor is it too far away. 12It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who will go up to heaven for us, and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it? 13Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who will cross to the other side of the sea for us, and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it? 14No, the word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe.
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Another Realm in Which Expertise Matters: GOTV Software Development
Saturday, November 24th, 2012Here are a couple of items I found interesting because they relate to what I do for my day job: web application development. It turns out that along with overpaying for advertising and buying a lot of polls that mispredicted the electoral outcome, the Romney campaign also hired a bunch of inexperienced technologists who made common mistakes on their way to under-delivering a custom get out the vote (GOTV) web application called Orca: Inside Team Romney's whale of an IT meltdown.
Jumping to the end of the article:
IT projects are easy scapegoats for organizational failures. There's no way to know if Romney could have made up the margins in Ohio if Orca had worked. But the catastrophic failure of the system, purchased at large expense, squandered the campaign's most valuable resource—people—and was symptomatic of a much bigger leadership problem.
"The end result," Ekdahl wrote, "was that 30,000+ of the most active and fired-up volunteers were wandering around confused and frustrated when they could have been doing anything else to help. The bitter irony of this entire endeavor was that a supposedly small government candidate gutted the local structure of [get out the vote] efforts in favor of a centralized, faceless organization in a far off place (in this case, their Boston headquarters). Wrap your head around that."
What made this especially interesting to me is that for the past several years I've been learning a lot about the DevOps movement, which solves exactly the kinds of problems the Romney campaign experienced with Orca. If you look around at which companies have done best at iterating their web applications quickly and scaling up successfully (well-known companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google, along with smaller start-ups like Etsy), they're all using a particular set of practices.
Those practices are the result of an explicitly scientific approach. It's the same process that Karl Popper described as conjectures and refutations. One can think of the old-school, non-agile, inadequately tested approach to software development that the Romney consultants used as the equivalent of a scientific conjecture. The failure modes that approach leads to are a refutation. If you're proceeding scientifically, and are treating your ideas as falsifiable, you junk that approach and replace it with one that the people using science have found to be superior. If you're the Romney campaign's consultants, though, you ignore what those poindexters are saying and proceed on the basis of your gut feeling.
Contrast this with the Obama campaign, which actually hired people who knew what they were doing: When the Nerds Go Marching In.
We now know what happened. The grand technology experiment worked. So little went wrong that Trammell and Reed even had time to cook up a little pin to celebrate. It said, "YOLO," short for "You Only Live Once," with the Obama Os.
When Obama campaign chief Jim Messina signed off on hiring Reed, he told him, "Welcome to the team. Don't fuck it up." As Election Day ended and the dust settled, it was clear: Reed had not fucked it up.
The campaign had turned out more volunteers and gotten more donors than in 2008. Sure, the field organization was more entrenched and experienced, but the difference stemmed in large part from better technology. The tech team's key products — Dashboard, the Call Tool, the Facebook Blaster, the PeopleMatcher, and Narwhal — made it simpler and easier for anyone to engage with the President's reelection effort.
GOTV software isn't very important in and of itself. In the rare case that it makes the difference in who gets elected, it would be hugely important (obviously), but that probably didn't happen here. Obama probably would have won this election without his superiority in GOTV software.
But as a reflection of a fundamental difference in how Romney and Obama (and, to some extent, the modern Republican and Democratic parties that they represent) approach the business of actually governing, I think this story actually is important. Reality matters. Conforming your mental model of the world to the best available scientific understanding is a much better way to get difficult things done than just squeezing your eyes shut and wishing very, very hard that the universe will conform itself to your desires.


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1959 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer
4dr Hardtop Sedan
8-cyl. 361cid/305hp 4bbl
Past sales
Protect your 1959 Dodge Custom Royal from the unexpected.
Model overview
Model description
Dodge's marquee 1957 Royal and Custom Royal models, like the rest of the Chrysler Corporation's product offering that year, adopted "Forward Look" styling, dubbed "swept wing" for the Dodge nameplate. Led by Virgil Exner, the Forward Look designs featured sweeping fins that set the car in motion before the accelerator was even pressed, and chrome trim everywhere. The cars were also long, low, and wide, with wraparound windshields and jet-exhaust-styled taillights. Modern engineering features matched the fresh looks, with front torsion bars.
The Royal and Custom Royal retained a full model range, with hardtops, sedans, convertibles, and station wagons all being built. The 315-cid "semi-hemi" V-8 from the 1956 model year was bored out further to 325 cid, with a 245-hp two-barrel setup being standard on the Royal and a four barrel carb good for 260 hp being installed on the base Custom Royal. The D-500 option was available again on both Royal and Custom Royal, generating either 285 hp or 310 hp depending on induction. Chrysler's advanced new three speed automatic, the Torqueflite, joined the two-speed Powerflite on the option list, and both transmissions utilized push-button selectors on the instrument panel.
The 1958 Dodges incorporated several exterior changes including new dual headlamps and dual hood ornaments. The largest changes were under the hood, though, as new short-stroke, big-block engines that featured a "Wedge" combustion chamber were added to the lineup. The new motors were available with displacements of 350 and 361 ci, with up to 333 hp. The small-block 325 continued to be the standard engine on the Royal, with a 295-hp big-block being standard on the Custom Royal.
The 1959 Dodges were slightly restyled again, as was standard procedure for Detroit in the late 1950s, with the largest change once again being under the hood. The big-block "Wedge"' V-8s grew to a choice of 361 or 383 ci and up to 345 hp, with the smaller being standard on the Royal and larger being standard on the Custom Royal. Inside the car was a new elliptical steering wheel and the option of swivel front bucket seats which aided entry and egress. The cheapest Royal of this year was a $2,934 four-door, while a Custom Royal convertible carried a price of $3,422.
The Dodge Royal was vastly outsold by the Coronet during this period, and it is seen less much often today. As such, parts and trim can sometimes be a challenge to source, depending. Two-door models and convertibles command the highest prices, with station wagons having a cult following. Sedans remain abundant and affordable, and represent a more affordable entry point to the hobby.


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Today is a very special day for quite a few of you out there; you know who you are. For those of you not fortunate enough to work for a certain leader in the travel industry with a certain brand that is a household name, allow me to explain what Merge Day is all about. Jim M got to live through it for nearly two years.
It all started a few years ago when the company -- whom I'll call ediabitzocity59line.com -- decided to undertake the biggest technology project they had ever done: create the end-all, be-all of ecommerce websites. It was to be built from scratch and be internationalized, service-oriented, and all-around enterprisey.
Although ediabitzocity59line.com employed some of the best developers in the industry, management wanted to bring in a technology partner -- a consulting company I'll call "Big Tech" -- to help with the undertaking. I'm sure their decision had nothing to do with the fact that Big Tech's Board of Directors shared quite a few members with ediabitzocity59line.com's.
Many of the developers bemoaned Big Tech's arrival. This had less to do with the fact that Big Tech's consultants bill more per day than most developers make per week, and more to do with the fact that Big Tech is known throughout the industry for making ... errr, how do I put this nicely ... marginally functional software products with user interfaces so absurdly bad that describing them as an amalgamation of the worst of the Pop-up Potpourri would actually be a compliment. Wait, that didn't come out right. Any way, to no one's surprise, the first thing that Big Tech recommended was the implementation of an Enterprise Source Control Management Solution. And talk about convenience: Big Tech just happened to sell an Enterprise Source Control Management Solution.
The major selling point of the ESCMS was its "branching" ability. That made it an instant sell. According to the sales presentation, branching was a brand new concept that would revolutionize the way they developed software by allowing concurrent development of an unlimited amount of features. I'm sure that, had a developer had been in the meeting, he might have brought up the fact that developers have been using "branching" with source control for the past fifteen years or so.
To management, this new concept of "branching" was fantastic. They could now model their source control after their development model: three functional groups, each divided into a front- and a back-end team. The source control would be set up with one trunk, three branches of the trunk (one for each group), and two sub-branches for each branch (one for front-end, one for back-end). According to the Big Tech salesman and management, this would allow everyone to work concurrently without interfering with each other's code.
I can almost hear all of you source control experts cringing, thinking that's the exact opposite of how it should be done: everyone should work in the trunk and branches should be created at the time of incremental releases. Perhaps. But if they did it your way, then there'd be no such thing as Merge Day.
Merge Day, a departmental holiday, is celebrated on the first Wednesday of every month. On this day, the front-end and back-end team leads of each functional group would sit together and "merge" the code into their parent functional branches. After a good four to six hours of testing and merging all the conflicts that popped up over the month, the leads would then get together with leads from the other functional groups and do it all over again. Sure, it may be a long and painful day for the leads, but for everyone else, it's a fun filled day without any check-outs, submissions, or other coding-pertinent activities allowed.
Some Merge Days are even more special than others. You see, if work was scheduled to be done on a particularly complex or fragile module, development would prepare for the upcoming Merge Day with a period of fasting known as "Code Freeze". This extended the "no development" rule for everyone except the most divine of developers who were working on that module. For the regular developers, it's like a Merge Day that lasts a whole week.
Not every one enjoyed Merge Day, though. One particular developer had a very tedious and frustrating job, and could not even begin his festivities until everyone else had finished theirs. I'll call this person Ant; the reason being, there is a software tool bearing the same name that does exactly what he does. Ant's job, specifically, was:
- wait until all the lead developers had finished merging the code
- check it all out from the trunk
- hand-edit the class paths whenever a new package was added
- manually compile the WARs, JARs, and EJBs
- manually deploy each of them via FTP to the testing environment
Jim actually prototyped and demonstrated a software package that could automate and accomplish the entire deployment process in a fraction of the time and eliminate the possibility of human error. Naturally, he was shot down by one of the lead developers; actually, the very same lead who designed the whole branching and Merge Day process in the first place. His reason: "I made a makefile once in college; they're more trouble than they're worth."
Jim is happy to report that he's since moved on and is enjoying his new position very much. His only complaint is that they won't let him take off the first Wednesday of every month in observance of Merge Day ...


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This interview was originally broadcast on Aug. 22, 2012.
Comedian Bill Hader is adept onstage and doing live TV. But he's scared to death of standup.
He remembers watching Chris Rock's 1996 HBO special, Bring the Pain, and thinking, "I don't know how people do that."
"I need a character," Hader tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "I need people out there with me."
So Hader has stuck with sketch comedy — where he's been wildly successful.
He joined the Saturday Night Live cast eight years ago, along with Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg, who've since left the show. And he's garnered quite a bit of attention — including a recent Emmy nomination — for his role as Stefon, an obsessive New York clubgoer and nightlife critic.
"The majority of people come up to me and say 'I'm a Stefon,' or 'I've been called a Stefon,' or 'I used to date someone like Stefon,' " Hader says.
He cites one person who approached him to say he "liked that Stefon was gay but it's not the joke that he's gay."
Hader and John Mulaney, the SNL writer who co-created the character of Stefon, appreciated that comment, because it meant the viewer got what they were going for.
The joke is "more about how [Stefon's] doing a bad job and on a lot of drugs," Hader says.
As a child, Hader loved watching old movies with his family — and he was always interested in what was going on behind the scenes. So when he moved to Los Angeles to begin a career in entertainment, he intended to direct films.
He found work as a production assistant on both low-budget and expensive Hollywood films for nearly four years before joining the sketch-comedy group Second City. Hader was eventually noticed by actress Megan Mullally (formerly of Will and Grace), who recommended him to SNL producer Lorne Michaels.
In 2012, Hader was nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. The last SNL cast member to be nominated in this category was Eddie Murphy in 1983.
Interview Highlights
On his SNL audition
"I remember getting in the elevator for my audition and there was a guy next to me who had a backpack full of props and wigs and things, and I went, 'Oh, my God, that guy is so prepared, I have nothing, I have no props.' And that was Andy Samberg. And Andy Samberg said he was looking at me going, 'Oh, that guy has no props. He doesn't need props.' And that was the first time we met, was in that elevator."
On his love of old movies
"We were a big movie family — even more so than television and books. My grandparents lived next door to us when we were growing up — my mom's parents — and they were the reading house, and our house was the movie house. And pretty much every night we would watch a movie, especially during the summer, and it was our way of relaxing. ...
"A very clear memory I have is watching The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Charles Laughton. Watching that movie and the scene where he swings down and saves Esmeralda [played by Maureen O'Hara]. ... And I just remember the way it's shot, you see him way in the background, and then he comes right into frame and picks her up. It's an amazing shot, and the music kicks in, and I just remember when that happened, my mom gasping behind me and her watching, going, 'I just love this, I love that moment.' ...
"That moment is one of my favorite moments because it's a great film moment, but I just think of my mom ... getting choked up ... so that feeling, you just become a junkie for it. I just want that feeling over and over again."
On moving to Los Angeles and being a production assistant
And you know what, I still wasn't doing anything creative. I was enjoying L.A. and being in my 20s. So my friend said, 'Hey, man, you wanna come see my Level 5 show at Second City?'
"I didn't do anything creative that entire time because I just was like, 'I need to pay the bills.' I think that happens to a lot of people, you get out and you kinda go, 'Oh, man, I came here for one purpose,' and then you get sidetracked with the realities of paying the bills. So I stopped doing that and said, 'I need a job where I get out at 6 p.m.' So I started a job as a post-production assistant on a Lifetime television show, and that led to me being an assistant editor. ...
"And you know what, I still wasn't doing anything creative. I was enjoying L.A. and being in my 20s. So my friend said, 'Hey, man, you wanna come see my Level 5 show at Second City?' ...
"And I went there, and that's when I realized there are people my age performing sketch comedy and performing improv theater, and I said, 'Oh, I need to be doing something creative. I've been here for almost five years and I've done nothing creative; I'm gonna do that."
On how SNL co-writer Mulaney started messing with Hader's cue cards
"We had a club promoter whose name was Amnesia Bernstein, which we thought was very funny and we did it at the dress [rehearsal], and ... it didn't work. And it was right before air — it's 10 minutes before we go on to air — and John [Mulaney] said, 'We need to change that club promoter's name.' And I said, 'I don't know,' and he said, 'I'll think of something, I'll think of something.'...
"So I run away ... and as I was walking out [on set], he said, 'I changed the club promoter's name.' And I said, 'Oh, great.' I went out and did it and he changed it to Gay Liotta, and I completely lost it. ...
"What I'm seeing is the camera guys are laughing, the cue cards are shaking because the cue card guys are laughing. Beyond that, I can see some of the writers, I can see Andy Samberg, people against the wall in 8H [the studio where SNL is filmed], they're all laughing, and then that kind of started it in John's mind."
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Listeria: 7 key questions answered
What do I need to know about Listeria? That's what people have wondered in light of recent outbreaks of Listeria infection (listeriosis), including a 2011 outbreak blamed on Colorado-grown cantaloupes that sickened 146 people across 28 states, and killed 30 people.
What are the symptoms of listeriosis? How is the infection treated? Keep reading for answers to seven common questions, as provided by the CDC...
What are the symptoms?
Common symptoms of listeriosis include fever and muscle aches, often preceded by diarrhea. Other symptoms include headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions. Pregnant women who contract listeriosis are at increased risk for premature birth and stillbirth.
How common is listeriosis?
Each year in the U.S., listeriosis sickens about 1,600 people and kills about 260. Certain people are at increased risk, including pregnant women, newborns, people with AIDS or other conditions that impair immunity, and people with cancer, diabetes, alcoholism or liver or kidney disease.
How does Listeria get into food?
Listeria germs occur naturally in soil and water and can be carried by animals, including those eaten by humans. Listeria is found in many raw foods, including meats and vegetables, soft cheese, hot dogs and other processed meats, and smoked seafood. The germs can be killed by cooking or pasteurization.
How does one contract listeriosis?
You get it by eating food that's tainted with Listeria gems. In addition, babies can get the disease if their mothers eat Listeria-contaminated food during pregnancy.
How can I reduce my risk?
Rinse raw vegetables thoroughly under running tap water before eating, and thorough cooking all beef, poultry, and other foods from animal sources. Keep kitchen surfaces clean, and keep uncooked meat and poultry separate from vegetables and from cooked and ready-to-eat foods. Be sure to keep your refrigerator clean - as listeria germs can grow even in refrigerated foods.
What if I eat a food that's been recalled?
Odds that you will get listeriosis is small even if you eat a food that has been recalled for listeria contamination. If you have no symptoms, don't worry. People who develop suspicious symptoms within two months of eating a recalled product should alert a doctor if they're in a high-risk group.
How is listerosis treated?
Given promptly, antibiotics can cure listerosis and prevent a fetus from becoming infected. But bear in mind that even with antibiotic therapy, some Listeria infections prove fatal - especially in older adults and people with serious medical problems.


text: Inelastic neutron scattering experiments have been conducted to investigate the spin dynamics and crystal-electric-field level scheme of the Ce 4f electrons in Ce3Co4Sn13 . This compound exhibits a large specific heat at low temperatures and anomalous semimetallic transport in the chiral crystallographic phase below 160 K. Distinctly observed magnetic excitations at approximately 6 and 29 meV are asymmetric in spectral shape and are reproduced by two inequivalent crystal-electric-field splitting schemes, which are deduced from the chiral structure. We have also observed the spin dynamics reflecting antiferromagnetic correlations below 1 meV, which is enhanced with an upturn in the electrical resistivity below 15 K and which yields a low-energy density of state relevant to the large specific heat. We discuss the possibility of a three-dimensional Weyl semimetal state, considering the chiral-lattice symmetry, electronic hybridization, and magnetic correlation.