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Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath (1997)
Houston and Amelia were great characters, both with tough exteriors and carrying around a world of hurt. I really dislike when character think they are worth little because of scars or other physical attributes (although I know it's not unrealistic) but it became clear there was much more to Houston's feelings of low self-worth than his looks. Amelia carried her own sort of scars from the war, just not ones that were visible. They understood each other so well that it was easy to see why they would be drawn to each other. I also appreciated that Dallas was also a perfectly good guy, because making the losing love interest a jerk would be an easy and cheap way out. (It would also make it impossible to write the sequels.) The third and youngest brother, Austin, was sweet and charming. They all made me want to read the other two books in the series.
Because the characters were well-drawn, the romance was also believable. It was a sticky situation, but nothing about it felt contrived. I could absolutely understand why both Houston and Amelia were drawn to each other, and also understood how torn they both felt because they wanted to do the right thing. Houston's internal issues almost seemed like a bit much, but considering that nobody in his family actually talked about what happened during the war it was easy to see why he thought and felt the way he did. It was all really quite well done compared to most of the romances I've read.
This is the closest I've come to reading a Western, and surprisingly I really liked those aspects of the story - the cowboys, the long dusty trip across the state, eating beans from a can next to a campfire. Plus the obstacles encountered as Amelia and Houston crossed the state by wagon, such as when they both almost drowned in a river, and when Amelia was bitten by a poisonous snake. Not to mention the entire prospect of traveling to a place where she would be the only woman around to marry a man she had never met. I even found the language endearing. Somehow exclamations like "Hot diggity damn!" which could have been totally hokey seemed appropriate.
This novel is older, but caught my attention after being featured on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. As I was just finishing up Wolf Hall, I pounced on this mainly because it was the opposite of Wolf Hall. It was exactly what I needed.


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From the Daily News:
In 2007, the agency issued 410 hours of permits for Highland Park's existing ballfields. That jumped to 753 hours last year, but included a two-week carnival that accounted for 195 hours.
Parks spokeswoman Patricia Bertuccio said the permit lists don't account for countless pickup games and practices on those fields that don't require prior approval from the agency.
The Parks Department's website displays this:
So, they are going to tear down a ready-made nature preserve to build ballfields for practices that are not supposed to be held on ballfields because there are too many people who want to play games on them, yet there was a documented lack of people playing games on the fields for the past few years. In Adrian's world, this makes sense.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Parks caught lying about Highland Park again
Posted by Queens Crapper at 1:29 AM
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You know they talk about crappy and all the anonymous postings.
There is someone who wants to get their hands on this and make some money and its all done behind closed doors.
Think people. You find that person and this effort will fall apart.
- Friday, July 24, 2009
it's amazing over here in juniper park the queens falcons are told they can't practice unless they have the proper permits. So what's the real deal, clearly states find an open space. the falcons have been at this park for close to twenty years and the commissioner of qns parks, is telling them they can't practice there.. really don't get this at all.
- Friday, July 24, 2009

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MECU 7 Adds New Activities and Expands to New Village
7 March 2017 - Medan, Sumatra. Under the status of a legalized NGO, Yayasan Peduli Orangutan Indonesia (YPOI) or Orangutan Caring Foundation of Indonesia, continues to expand the scope of the Mobile Education and Conservation Unit (MECU) in its 7th year by adding a new village and new activities to the program. OURF President Gary Shapiro was able to visit the field locations, including the new village of Kuta Gadja, for the MECU 7 programs during his site visit in early March.
The MECU program was formed in 2010 and supported by the US Fish and Wildlife program (2011) to assess the level of conflict in 16 villages with endangered wildlife such as Sumatran orangutans, gibbons and siamangs. The MECU team members were locally managed by Club Peduli Orangutan Indonesia, now YPOI under the local leadership of conservation educator Herman Syahputra.
Several high conflict villages were chosen in years 2-4 and local villagers and farmers were provided with conservation education programs as well as training in various sustainable and organic agricultural methods. In years 5 and 6, demonstration plots (DEMPLOTS) were added to the MECU program in two villages to provide an experimental plots of land and ponds to showcase permiculture and innovative organic agriculture methods. The logic of devoting time and resources to organic agriculture was to help the local people improve yields without toxic and polluting chemicals, thereby keeping them healthy and happy on their farm land. This would, by extension, build trust and mitigate situations where villagers might clear relict forest stands outside the national park or within the park in order to plant crops or oil palm trees.
To implement these programs, local villagers with leadership and farming skills were hired to be part of the MECU team and to enroll their farming peers to join the program. Over the past two years, the MECU teams have been successful in bringing an increased number of local farmers to adopt practices outlined within the MECU program. In MECU 6, a component of lending small, mechanized farming machines (hand tractor and hole boring) to MECU farmers was added as a way to help the farmers save time in preparing their soils for planting. That time would be exchanged without further compensation to listen to the MECU team messages.
MECU 7 continues and expands the conservation education programs as well as adds ecotourism and volunteer management to the program. The last two aspects are part of developing sustainable activities that could generate internal funds for the MECU program and YPOI. Additionally, forest restoration and community patrols are being added as the village of Kuta Gadja is added to the villages that are part of the MECU program. Three additional staff have been added to support the increased scope of the program. Kuta Gadja is a region where wild Sumatran orangutans and Sumatran tigers can move from the nearby forests within Gunung Leuser National Park and come into conflict with local farmers. In late 2016, a tiger was interupted in the act of attacking a cow within the herd of a local villager. It is vital that the MECU program address this conflict with humane solutions and to work with other NGOs who have experience in rescuing and relocating orangutans and other wildlife.
In addition, Kuta Gadja will be the entry point into the National Park where YPOI is obtaining permission to conduct forest restoration with a 10 hectare area within the park. Thousands of small indigenous trees, including those wood trees that have been clear cut previously, will be planted to help the forest return to a state similar to its original thereby providing habitat and food sources for local animals.
The MECU 7 program in Kuta Gadja will include a Community Patrol component to assess the biodiversity and to insure rogue villagers are not incurring within the National Park. Such a program will require the involvement and cooperation of the Forestry Police. The details of this aspect of MECU 7 are still being worked out and the MECU 7 team will be trained in the skills needed to conduct the patrols effectively and safely.
Finally, the MECU 7 team will be creating an education structure called the "Creative House" in Kuta Gadja that will be used to educate students in the village. Sadly, the village is located so far from the formal government schools that many children do not receive education. This structure will provide a center for students to gather and learn about orangutans, environment, and other important subjects. MECU 7 will also launch the "Smart Car" program to bring education in a colorful vehicle to village, including Kuta Gadja, that will inspire and motivate villagers to care about orangutans and protecting the local forests.


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Welcome to Northcote's Design and Technology Page!
At Northcote Primary, we believe that D&T lessons can provide children with opportunities to develop lifelong skills. If you have any questions about D&T then ask your class teacher or see Mrs McMullen (the D&T coordinator). Design, Make, Evaluate is the teaching and learning process that we follow. It is our aim that children are fully engaged in DT lessons and make progress through a set of skills as they move through their primary school education.
On this page, you will find the D&T policy; a breakdown of the Whole School Plan; as well as a few examples of the fantastic D&T lessons across the school.
Our curriculum
Our Northcote Curriculum is designed with the intent to maximise the potential of all of our pupils; intellectually, socially, morally, emotionally and culturally. We take every opportunity to encourage a love for learning within all of our pupils, based around a resilience for learning and achieving greatness. Most importantly we allow our children to learn in a safe and stimulating environment, where their views are valued.
Implementation – D&T is delivered as part of our Citizens of the world Curriculum.
D&T is taught through discrete, meaningful lessons in which, children are taught through the three phases of designing, making and evaluating their own products. Each year group focuses on 3 topics throughout the year and each topic will focus on a separate set of skills. As children progress through the school, they are presented with opportunities to develop these skills, as similar topics are revisited and built upon. We follow the Projects on a Page scheme of work, which allows the teachers to be creative with their lessons, whilst still ensuring all aspects of the National Curriculum are covered. All staff have participated in training on delivering Projects on a Page and further D&T continued professional is always on offer for staff should they feel further support is needed. Our school works in collaboration with 6 other local schools; here the subject leaders meet and discuss aspects of the D&T curriculum, sharing good practice and ideas for purposeful teaching and learning.
At Northcote, we split the terms between D&T and Art, with subjects alternating each half term. The time dedicated to D&T ensures that each topic can be delivered to a high standard and children can create important and useful products. Resources are plentiful and allow children to be clever and creative when designing and making their products. Each class has a well-trained Learning Support Assistant (LSA) who is able to support children of all abilities during D&T lessons. All children are challenged during D&T lessons through continuous verbal feedback and through problems presented to them.
During D&T lessons, many cross-curricular links are observed. Maths links are easy to come across during any D&T lesson; children are continuously measuring during the 'design' and 'make' phases of lessons. During cooking topics, children are measuring out ingredients, as well as calculating the quantities of different recipes. Instructions are often created as part of the 'design' phase, which has a direct link to English. Through the children presenting their products confidently oracy skills are practiced. Science knowledge is practiced when children are creating products that contain electrical components, for example Year 4 children use their knowledge of electrical circuits to create nightlights/torches. Teachers also encourage children to consider the impact their product can have on the wider world, to ensure they realise the difference they may make in the future.
Impact –
Each topic ends with all children creating a final product; these products are a fantastic way for children to demonstrate the skills they have learnt. Throughout the school, children are given the opportunity to consolidate their skills by creating their final product independently. Each lesson builds on the previous and children's skills are improved upon throughout each topic. It is also clear to see the progression of skills throughout the school through the quality of products each year group creates. Subject and school leaders monitor the impact of our curriculum provision through completing regular monitoring, that includes listening to the voice of our children.
Northcote Design and Technology Policy:
Northcote Design and Technology Long-term plan:
Long term planning overview D&T
Here are some of the recipes we have enjoyed over the years:
Year 2: Flapjack
Year 4: Chicken noodle soup, Chow mein, Sweet and sour, Spring rolls
Chicken noodle soup Chow mein Spring rolls
Year 5: Coconut curry, Naan bread, Bhajis & Raita
Naan bread Onion bhajis Raita Coconut chicken curry
Year 6: Ramen, Spring rolls, Sushi & Takikomi gohan
Sushi Sweet and sour Takikomi Gohan – Japanese rice Japanese chicken ramen


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Kodak Zx1Pocket-sized HD Digital Video Camera
Kodak expanded its line of video cameras with the new Kodak Zx1 Digital Video Camera. The compact, weather-resistant Video Camera enables "go-anywhere" High Definition recording. The Kodak Zx1 allows users to shoot and share high-quality video quickly and simply, with 720p HD video capture – at 60 or 30 fps – a vibrant 2.0-inch LCD screen, and built-in software for easy editing and sharing of content to YouTube and other social media and networking websites.
The Kodak Zx1 offers expandable SD/SDHC Card slot for memory cards up to 32 GB that can record up to 10 hours of HD video. The Weather-resistant Kodak Zx1 Pocket Video Camera will be available in five colors: black, red, pink, blue and yellow from spring 2009, and retail for US$149.95 MSRP


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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
— John Milton
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
— Albert Schweitzer
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.
— James Herriot
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Breath is the finest gift of nature. Be grateful for this wonderful gift.
― Amit Ray
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.
― Thornton Wilder
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
― Friedrich Nietzsche
In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.
― Elizabeth Gilbert


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Robinson Animal Healthcare is a long established manufacturer of animal first aid woundcare and absorbents, including brands such as Animalintex.
These products have been tried and tested in the equine market and together offer a complete solution to everyday first aid requirements for horse owners and veterinary surgeons.
Horse & Rider First Aid Kit
Our Horse and Rider First Aid Kit provides all the essential items required to cope with that unexpected emergency.
Coming in a handy, wipe clean bag with carry straps, the bag functions as a ruck sack to keep both hands free and is easy to use both on the yard and while travelling away from home competing.
The kit contains all the necessary products to deal with minor cuts and grazes, including market leading products Animalintex® which is the only VMD licensed multi-layered absorbent poultice available in the UK.
Our kit also includes the legendary Veterinary Gamgee®.
Vetalintex® Wound Hydrogel
Vetalintex® Wound Hydrogel is a must for any first aid kit. It promotes wound healing by maintaining excellent hydration for moist wound healing. The clear, viscose starch based hydrogel has an excellent, gentle cleansing action and is easy to apply and use.
Vetalintex® is presented sterile in 15g tubes for optimum infection control and should be applied liberally before applying an appropriate secondary wound dressing.
Benefits of using Vetalintex®
- Promotes wound healing by maintaining optimum hydration for moist wound healing
- Excellent, gentle cleansing action
- Easy to apply and use, without mess
- Presented sterile for optimum infection control
Equiwrap® Cohesive Bandages
Add a splash of colour to your first aid kit with Equiwrap® Cohesive Bandages from Robinson Animal Healthcare.
Available in a wide range of colours including fluorescent green, orange and pink, Equiwrap® Cohesive Bandages are a powerful, flexible bandage that sticks to itself but not to skin or hair.
Easy to tear, Equiwrap® is made from elasticated crepe and comes in 10cm x 4.5m single rolls and is ideal for bandaging awkward contours of the legs such as the knee and hock, providing support and protection.
Once positioned Equiwrap® will not loosen but should be changed daily, and applied over a dressing or our legendary Veterinary Gamgee®.
Want to learn more about our animal healthcare range?
Come and talk to us.
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"I'd like to use this brilliant creation on more of our guitars... a gem"
- Thomas Nordegg (master guitar tech to Steve Vai)
"This is a stroke of genius... It's a boon for anyone who needs to quickly flick between alternate tunings, and means no more fumbling for Drop D too!"
- Total Guitar (#273 November 2015)
"Pitch-Key can be fitted and removed in seconds... Drop D tunings are a breeze and you can use several of them at once to give yourself even more pitch-changing options"
- Guitar Player Magazine (3rd Jan 2016)
"Pitch-Key allows me to quickly and accurately go from standard to dropped D on a single guitar. Many of my gigs are fly-dates and I can only bring a single guitar so Pitch-Key is a great help. It has become an indispensable tool in my gig arsenal" - Ron Charlton (producer, sessions and touring guitarist for Grammy Winner Billy Dorsey)
"I like the fact that Pitch-Key is more than just a 'drop D' device; once you grasp that you can raise as well as lower string pitch, then new tuning ideas quickly become accessible. Add in that Pitch-Key is non-permanent, and non-destructive, means that you've got a fantastic way of broadening what is achievable with any guitar. Please check out my video to see what I mean!"
- Philip Ockelford
"I just wanted to give you some feedback on the Pitch-Key... I have had time to work with it for a few weeks now and I am floored by how simple and elegant the device is!"
- Joe Leskovar
"Pitch-key is a great invention, I've been searching for this tool quite a while. Also works great for left-handed guitars (which is not (yet) mentioned). This is going to definitely change my song-writing in the future..."
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- Robin Feathers
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- Len Astle
"Pitch-key makes alternate tunings a breeze and adds a new creative edge to the writing process." (see linked video)
- Chris Harrington
"The ultimate device you need to drop anywhere, anytime!" (see linked video)
- Neogeofanatic
"The Pitch-Key is simple in design and installation, yet irreplaceable in function and use, giving new dimension to the concept of tuning stability and providing new outlets for creativity as a musician" (see linked page)
- Ben Copeman
"I used it for an acoustic gig. Worked perfectly and every time. Put it on my Les Paul tonight and again, perfection. This is a game changer, every single guitar player I know should have one of these. This product is AWESOME."
- Richie Bohr
"I'm amazed at how accurate it is. This would be a great tool to use in a performance to quickly change tunings. It's an incredibly clever design. Very easy to install adjust and use."
- Mark Heppler
"I used the Pitch-Key for the first time at a gig last night and it was perfect. Excellent product, well made and worked great on my Les Paul. Thank you, I will be recommending this to fellow musicians!!"
- Gary Gibbs
"These Pitch-Keys are working perfectly and have made quick drop tuning during a set lightning fast and accurate. I have waited my whole playing life (20 years) for a product that does what yours does as well as it does. No contest, I have tried many other drop tuning products over the years and yours is the best of the bunch. In fact there isn't a thing I would change on it".
- Myke Kurnell (Dark Mourning)
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"I bought your product more in hope than anything. It is absolutely brilliant in it's simplicity and effectiveness. Excellent value for money and far outweighed my expectations. The Pitch-Key has been brilliant for when we fly to a show and can only take one guitar."
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Elite Minds:How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success
Summarized November 2016
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In Elite Minds: How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success, award-winning sports psychologist Dr. Stan Beecham argues that the key to winning is 100% mental.
Why? Simply put, the mind is in control of the body. What you believe about yourself and your world is the primary determinant of what you do and, ultimately, how well you do it. Those who want success must turn their mind into an asset, not an obstruction.
The core message is "expectation dictates performance." All leaders "want to win," yet few "expect to win." Each section of Elite Minds is designed to help everyone in your organization create the winning mindset needed to deliver their best performance.


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Wikipedia Articles as part of Tech Support Scamming Campaigns?
Published: 2019-02-041 comment(s)
Last Updated: 2019-02-04 20:04:16 UTC
by Rob VandenBrink (Version: 1)
Last Updated: 2019-02-04 20:04:16 UTC
by Rob VandenBrink (Version: 1)
Caleb, one of our readers has reported that Wikipedia articles have been "primed" and are being used actively in the various fake tech support phone campaigns. For instance, the Wikipedia article for SpyEye (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpyEye#cite_note-trusteerzeus-5 ) now contains this paragraph:
Indicators that something is wrong?
- The grammar first and most obvious. While grammar seems to be getting better in phishing campaigns, it's a decent indicator that something might be wrong on this page.
- While the grammar might just as easily be an "English as a Second Language" speaker, the "Nobody can help you except 3 companies" verbage should be an alarm bell. This is the text that's being used by the scammer to tell their victim that "only we can help you fix this (fake of course) infection you have on your computer"
- The reference [6] goes to a parked page, and reference [5] refers to Zeus malware, which is a precursor to SpyEye. Reference [7] points to a decent reference, but it's not related to the text it's a reference for.
- The Wikipedia "View History" page shows that the editor for this text was "Techaddy15031989", this account is no longer an account: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Techaddy15031989 . Accounts that come and go during suspicious activities are a good indicator - just as DNS names changing frequently might be in a differnt style of attack.
Other edits by this account are shown here:
- Looking at the history on these other contributions, we see similar text on the "macro virus" page, which has since been corrected by other editors.
Given the editing model for Wikipedia, it's somewhat surprising that we don't see more malicious activity of this type on the platform. While Google doesn't show exact matches to this text elsewhere at the moment, has anyone seen text with similar intent in other articles? Maybe this is something we'll be seeing more of?
Rob VandenBrink
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We received a suspicious email that was reported as Phishing by the user. The email came from a Gmail account with subject "Computer network Info." The message as written strangely and came unexpectedly. The URLs below were embedded within the body of the message. Not sure if it is related, but thought I'd share.
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The 4 year old online gaming company, E-City Sky has been acquired by YY Inc. as announced Co-founder and CEO Clement Song.
E-City Sky is a 3D gaming company based in Beijing and its core product was Gamexiu.com, which claimed to be the world's first 3D social entertainment platform that integrates social elements and real time game play. It is a free to play browser based game that connects with online communities, social networks like or a branded site. Users create one avatar identity to play across multiple games. Users can create a 3D avatar of themselves using their real face to give them identity. Users can customize their look by changing its clothes and outfit. You can then interact with the world by walking, running, sleeping, talking to other friends in this virtual world
Clement said via email "YY is a very fast growing rich communication social platform company founded by David Li (CEO) and Lei Jun (Chairman) in 2005. They started by building a game portal Duowan.com, and it is now the #1 game portal in China. In 2008, they launched YY, a game team speak product, which has grown to over 300 million users in a little over 3 years, and it has become the largest real time social platform in China. We believe in a same vision to engage people through seamless rich communication. And our teams have great synergy to make it happen."
One of E-City Sky's Investors is Innovation Works Executive, Chris Evdemon. Details of the acquisition are undisclosed.


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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
11 people are interested
Volunteer companion
ORGANIZATION: AseraCare Hospice
Please visit the new page to apply.
- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
11 people are interested
Add life to days when days cannot be added to life-Be an AseraCare Volunteer Companion.
Want to have more meaning in your life, the only qualification you need is your desire to help out terminally ill patients and their family members in their homes, nursing facilities or assisted living facilities.
- Being a companion, you need to be dependable.
- If you can sit and talk, listen, sing, read, share stories, look at pictures, paint nails, laugh, or sometimes just sit quietly, this is for you.
- Training is provided.
- Visits 2x a month for at least a 1/2 hour. Schedule is flexible around your time. Please consider joining our team.
- Please contact, Cynthia Standiford at 219-462-6398 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
More opportunities with AseraCare Hospice
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About AseraCare Hospice
808 Vale Park Rd, Suite 200, Valparaiso, IN 46383, US
Mission Statement
We will focus our resources to serve the emotional, spiritual and physical needs of our associates, patients and families with a sense of compassion, urgency and customer service.
We will preserve the dignity of death for ourpatients and families so that no one will ever die in pain or alone.
We will create a culture that is dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering which finds expression through the ongoing gentle acts of kindness, sympathy and compassion.
We will serve, educate and support our local communities and referral sources as to the benefits, dignity and nobility of end of life care.
We will grow a vibrant business that delivers exceptional care, customer service and financial performance.
AseraCare Hospice provides hospice services to patients in NW and north-central Indiana.
251 Sturdy RdValparaiso, IN 46383
July 19, 2022
- Veteran Care
- Hospice Care
- Elder care
- People Skills
- Aromatherapy
- Animal Therapy
- People 55+
- Group
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Minimum of 2 hours a month for at least six months
- A Volunteer Companion must be kind, compassionate and dependable.


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January 11th 2006
Vancouver: January 11, 2006 - The Keg Royalties Income Fund (KEG.UN:TSX, the "Fund") and Keg Restaurants Ltd. today announced sales results for the 13 and 52-week periods ended January 1, 2006.
Keg Restaurants Ltd.'s total system sales for the 13 weeks ended January 1, 2006 were $93.4 million compared to $84.3 million for the 13 weeks ended January 2, 2005, an increase of $9.1 million or 10.8%. For the 52-week period ended January 1, 2006, The Keg's total system sales were $353.7 million compared to $321.8 million for the 52-week period ended January 2, 2005, an increase of $31.9 million or 9.9%.
The Keg's same store sales in Canada increased by 6.5% and 3.4% for the comparable 13 and 52-week periods respectively, while same store sales increased by 7.6% and 9.2% for the comparable 13 and 52-week periods in the United States. Total consolidated same store sales increased by 5.9% for the 13-week period and by 3.1% for the 52-week period, in spite of the continuing negative effect of the exchange rate between the Canadian and U.S. dollars on the translation of the U.S. sales into their Canadian dollar equivalent.
"We are thrilled with the continued strong sales growth experienced throughout the company. This growth is particularly encouraging when compared to the more modest growth expected in the casual dining segment overall," said David Aisenstat, Keg President & CEO. "These results confirm the effectiveness of new sales-building initiatives launched throughout 2005 in both Canada and the U.S. We are especially excited by the success these programs have demonstrated."
Vancouver-based Keg Restaurants Ltd. is the leading operator and franchisor of steakhouse restaurants in Canada and has a substantial presence in select regional markets in the United States. KRL continues to operate The Keg restaurant system and expand that system through the addition of both corporate and franchised Keg steakhouses. Keg Restaurants Ltd. has been named one of the "50 Best Employers in Canada" for the past four years by the Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine.
This press release may contain certain "forward looking" statements reflecting The Keg Royalties Income Fund's current expectations in the casual dining segment of the restaurant food industry. Investors are cautioned that all forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including changes in market and competition, competitive developments, and potential downturns in economic conditions generally. Additional information on these and other potential factors that could affect the Fund's financial results are detailed in documents filed from time to time with the provincial securities commissions in Canada.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, which may be made only by means of the prospectus, nor shall there be any sale of the Fund units in any state, province or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any state, province or jurisdiction. The Keg Royalties Income Fund units have not been, and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an application for exemption from the registration requirement under U.S. securities laws.
The Trustees of the Fund have approved the contents of this press release.
For further information:
Karyn Byrne, Investor Relations Manager
Tel: (416) 646-4960, firstname.lastname@example.com


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Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here- Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason
"You try following up Dark Side of the Moon. Go on, just try it!" playfully admonishes Pink Floyd guitarist/ singer David Gilmour."We've been trying to do it ever since!", laughs drummer Nick Mason. Gilmour and Mason are my guests, Roger Waters makes a cameo, and we include archive comments from the late keyboard player Richard Wright to round out the definitive classic rock interview regarding Wish You Were Here on its forty-fifth anniversary.


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NM's average number of confirmed cases drops
August 12, 2020
New Mexico saw the average number of confirmed coronavirus cases drop sharply in the past week, averaging below the 200 mark.
On Monday, the total number of cases was 132, bringing the total to 22,444 since the pandemic began. Five deaths were rep...
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Review: The Blue Kind
CenterStage with Kathryn Born
We have not had a guest on Center Stage for a while. The reason is quite simple. Sometimes I find that some writers send me their book to read, and I make my honest opinion of how I found the book. It me..me? remember not reading on behalf of millions but sharing my thoughts with hopefully a large section of humanity through the internet. That is where we all meet these days on a virtual world.
I was wary therefore when I was invited to read THE BLUE KIND by Kathryn Born. I communicated with Kathryn to get a sensing of the book but al I got was a sensing of a warm person. I did not even realize in time that Kathryn is such a pretty woman until she sent me her picture. But that was after she had replied my questions and I was bowled over by her answers.
It is my distinct pleasure therefore to invite another 'earned' friend and Author to Center Stage. But before we read from Kathryn, let me share with you my thoughts on her book ….The Blue Kind
The Blue Kind is a strange story for me. It's like reading about the damned and riding past your horror to see some humanity in a collection of wasted humanity. It is like moving sluggishly in a land where it is nightmarish to be alive and awake. It is like I just wrote, being a visitor to a type of hell. It is tough writing and something totally strange to me and to all that I have ever read. I would like to congratulate Ms Born for making a difficult subject readable. Allison's search for her lost soul in the fumes and degradation of her addiction is definitely admirable and I found myself reluctantly empathizing with her. I really could not put the book down because it scared, challenged me and I was half afraid of becoming addicted. It challenged me to see that not all books needed to be happily ever after and it took me on a terrifying dizzying ride on the really dark side of midnight.
Thank you Ms. Born for this opportunity, I am tempered by this book to accept that life is not black or white but whole shades of grey mixed in. Once again my heartfelt Congratulations and warm respects.
Congratulations on your book THE BLUE KIND!
Please tell us a bit about yourself and why you wrote the book
I started writing the first version of the novel in 1992, when I was around twenty. I guess I felt compelled to write a story like this because, at the time, my life was so strange and I wasn't seeing anything like it in the contemporary literature I was reading. Although the version from the 90's wasn't publishable, the book and its characters haunted me over a number of years. In 2007 I re-visited it. Having become a professional writer and editor I decided it needed a full line-by-line rewrite, and a complete restructuring. I've always been influenced by film structure, and the pacing of films. Reading read Syd Fields' Screenwriting and Maas' Writing the Breakout Novel helped me take my book to another level. My time away from the story also allowed me to look at it with fresh perspective.
You seem interested in death and the after life, is that correct?
I don't believe in the afterlife, but my life has been mixed with death from an early age. (My birth mother died in an accident when I was a toddler), and since then, I've lost others as well. But I also feel like our limited lifespan gives our lives a sense of urgency, and in the novel I play with the idea of immortality being tied in with listlessness – a total lack of motivation.
Your book is almost mind bending and you portray very skillfully how one can cross the thin line between reality and fantasy, what do you think?
Thank you for the kind words. Using fantastic elements is the core of my writing style because I love creating imaginary elements the characters have to respond to, it makes things more exciting than ordinary realities. In this book, lawlessness is a central theme – so even "the laws of physics" don't stand a chance in this place.
Have you ever worked with drug addicts?
I've been one. So I was squarely "in that community" of addicts. I personally struggled for over 10 years, and the first draft was written in the early stages of going down the rabbit hole. But I only when I quit did I have the mental strength and discipline to actually make the novel readable and "structurally sound". But to get back to your question, I've lived in that circle, but I've also built a lot of bonds with other people who've quit "the life" as well, and that is the community I'm connected to today.
Do you think immortality can be achieved?
My husband likes to think so, ha ha. "The Singularity" is a big topic in our home. I do think, for young people, our lifespan could average 120, I think there are some huge medical advances on the horizon.
What genre can we place this book?
I say "Magical Realism", although that's kind of 90's lingo. It's really just fiction with fantastic elements and lots of satire and metaphors, I really don't like most science fiction, so I really avoid that term.
What has been the reception since the book came out
The way it resonated with readers of the early versions definitely motivated me to get it published. Now that it's been released (a week ago) the book criticism jury is still out, but Booklist gave it a great review and people have been enjoying it on Goodreads. It would be great if the novel "takes off". Either way, I'm writing a new novel and working on it as an indie film.
We are bound sometimes by what we write, will you recommend those who might read the book?
I guess just to relax and not worry about things not making sense.
Share your typical writing day and format?
Well, I work a lot at day jobs, so I can't write every day. I have to clear my schedule
and write during chunks of time – so I often go a month without writing. Hopefully that will change and I won't be so swamped with life.
Thank you for coming on CenterStage.


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29 Mar 2008
1.1.0 Released
by fred, the rubygems robot
New features:
- RubyGems now uses persistent connections on index updates. Index updates are much faster now.
- RubyGems only updates from a latest index by default, cutting candidate gems
for updates to roughly 1/4 (at present). Index updates are even faster
gem list -rmay only show the latest version of a gem, add –all to see all gems.
gem specnow extracts specifications from .gem files.
gem query --installedto aid automation of checking for gems.
Bugs Fixed:
- RubyGems works with both Config and RbConfig now.
- Executables are now cleaned upon uninstall.
- You can now uninstall from a particular directory.
- Updating from non-default sources fixed.
- Executable stubs now use ruby install name in shebang.
gem unpackchecks every directory in Gem.path now.
gem installnow exits with non-zero exit code when appropriate.
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gem updatedoesn't force remote-only updates.
gem updatehandles dependencies properly when updating.
- Gems are now loaded in Gem.path order.
- Gem stub scripts on windows now work outside Gem.bindir.
gem sources -rnow works without network access.
Other Changes Include:
- RubyGems now requires Ruby > 1.8.3.
- Release notes are now printed upon installation.
gem env pathnow prints a usable path.
gem installreverts to local-only installation upon network error.
- Tar handling code refactoring and cleanup.
- Gem::DependencyInstaller's API has changed.
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Friday, February 16, 2018
Disrupting the Order of the Garter
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Thanks for the reference to the Doherty book. I'm going to check it out. Also, your cardigan looks great. How does it wear so far?ReplyDelete
Thank you, Janet! So far so good - this cardigan is weightless and very easy to wear, so I grab it every evening to protect myself from wind and mosquitoes. Can be worn next to skin - so soft! You can tell I am in love. And this book is really good - money well spent.ReplyDelete
Love the little Donegal top, does not have too much going on in my opinion. No point in saying humble!ReplyDelete
As for the grey cardigan, I adore it but am not skilled enough to attempt it. But do have a solution if it is not heresy for the dropping shoulders. Find the finest, narrowest grosgrain ribbon, grey if you must but lavender or turquoise would be stunning and carefully attach along the seam with fine silk thread, Britex Fabrics online store could help with both, now I'm thinking about it they have amazing silk cording in smoky colors. And down the rabbit hole I go... This may all be heresy but I'm never opposed to a bit of mixed media. Just my thoughts.
Never heard of Japanese Short Rows so now I'm in trouble.Replies
No, not heresy at all. I wish I was skilled enough in sewing to pull it off - I love mixed media!Delete
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Jacob Zuma painting, The Spear, removed from Goodman Gallery
Goodman Gallery in South Africa has agreed not to display the controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma after reaching a deal with the ANC.
The painting has sparked fierce debate about the balance between freedom of expression and the right to dignity.
Hundreds of ANC supporters protested outside the gallery on Tuesday.
The painting, The Spear, was defaced last week. It will also be removed from the Goodman Gallery's website.
Under the deal, the ANC has agreed to drop its legal action demanding that the gallery remove the painting from its exhibition and the website.
The red, yellow and black acrylic painting showing Jacob Zuma echoing Soviet images of Lenin was taken down after it was covered in red and black paint.
On Monday, South Africa's City Press newspaper said it was removing the image of the painting from its website following threats by the ANC.
In a joint news conference, ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said: "Maybe we should not have gone to through lawyers, we should have talked directly."
Goodman Gallery director Liza Essers said: "I believe in the right to freedom of expression and the South African constitution."
"Brett [Murray, the artist] is very saddened by the hurt that the painting has caused," she said.
The ruling party said the painting was "rude, crude and disrespectful" towards President Zuma and wants all images of the painting online and elsewhere taken down.
In an affidavit served on the City Press newspaper, Jacob Zuma said: "The portrait depicts me in a manner that suggests I am a philanderer, a womanizer and one with no respect."
President Jacob Zuma, who has four wives, has previously sued local media companies 11 times for defamation.


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Police seize journo's camera during Kasambara's arrest
Malawi Police officer on Monday morning seized a camera belonging to Nation Publications Limited (NPL) photo-journalist Thoko Chikondi in full view of the journalists who had come to the residence of former justice minister Ralphael Kasambara's in Area 10 residence in the capital, Lilongwe where he was being re-arrested.
Chikondi was capturing the photos of Kasambara donning a blue denims jeans, checked shirt and a dark blue jacket with sandals, and also the towing of his Mercedez Benz registration NB 4375, which police say used in the shooting of former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo.
Kasambara, who was on bail on conspiracy to murder former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo was being re-arrested on a fresh charge of money laundering.
Nyasa Times correspondent who was at the house said Chikondi identified herself clearly as a journalist and showed her press card from NPL.
Police however forced her to hand over the camera while taking pictures of the arrest scene.
Spokesperson of Police, Rhoda Manjolo confirmed the camera had been seized but was later given back.
Journalists at the scene were said to have been "incensed" by the actions of police.
Photographers have been having serious problems with the police when carrying out their duties
Chikondi was in the headlines on 30th May 2013 when she was attacked by Malawi's national assembly Chief Security Officer Youngson Chilinda as she was taking pictures of Consumer Association of Malawi Executive Director, John Kapito, after he presented a petition to the Speaker of Parliament.
Chilinda 47, who hails from George Chilinda Village, TA Chindi Village in Mzimba District was saved from jail sentence but was convicted.
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Rockport Men's Day Pass
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Price: 99.99
Not too bad. I don't know if i would wear it, but it is grown and sexy. Here is what the description on Eastbay says:
Blur the line between casual and dressy in the Day Pass shoe by The Rockport Company. The smooth leather/nubuck upper and detailed styling makes for a versatile, classy shoe that goes great with khakis for the workweek or jeans on the weekend. Durable rubber outsole with diagonal channel design has the look of leisure with the formality of a dress-up shoe.
You know what it is? I don;t like the bottom back of the shoe. That is what it is. It looks incredibly bulky. If that wasn't there, it would be great. I wonder if you would get away with wearing this in a club?


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This being a Friday, and a religious holiday for many of us, I'm bringing today's blogging to an early close after eleven posts. This step will also enable me to make my flight back home to California.
Here are some final items of the day:
* A new Harvard report suggests that the final combined U.S. price tag for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be between $4-6 trillion dollars.
* NPR cancelling mid-day Talk of the Nation call-in show after 21 years.
* Paul Waldman suggests complaints of conservatives that their tender sensitivities and fragile marriages will be impaired by marriage equality is comparable to George Constanza's famous break-up line: "It's not you; it's me."
* At Ten Miles Square, Jonathan Bernstein reminds us in comparing the different trajectories of gun control and marriage equality that "public opinion" is a political asset only when it's active and mobilized.
* At College Guide, Daniel Luzer discusses the debate in Texas over limiting the number of standardized tests required of students.
And in non-political news:
* American Airlines bribing passengers to check bags with priority boarding for those without carryons.
Kathleen Geier will be back for Weekend Blogging.
To close weekday blogging this Holy Week, here's the final chorus from the St. Matthew Passion.


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I wish to thank all the researchers for their help, without their expertise this blog would not exist.
So lets have a virtual cake along with Gramps.
Front Row: Maurice Leitheiser, Marie Kopoch, Bud Ergelnetsen, "Andy" Ergelnetsen
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Sis Olson may have had this photo in her collection. (Shirley Tovson Olson or Sis)
Might just be a Grandpa with some of his grandchildren…or the neighbor kids came to celebrate!
Thanks for stopping by!
Info from an obit from Sallysmom:
Toots, Arthur with Dick Tovson = Toots was Hazel Klomstad before she married Arthur Tovson.
Dick was born in 1930 so this photo is probably from 1932-1933
I have had some of these people before. I have the wedding photo of Dick and Dolly Tovson and two photographs of Toots/Hazel Klomstad's Mother and siblings. Photos 1589 and 1565
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That's Engebretsen. A common name here in Norway :)
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by Greg Shaw - Rolling Stone (20 December - 1973)
With everyone from the Band to Don McLean doing oldies albums, the Who revisiting the Mod era, and David Bowie's guitarist Mick Ronson's obvious brilliance in the genre (as evidenced by his one-man Yardbirdmania on "The Jean Genie"), the idea of an album re-creating mid-Sixties English rock classics seemed perfect. And every song included has been a personal favorite for years.
To Bowie they have been more - they are representative of a phase of the London scene he was very much a part of as leader of Davy Jones & the King Bees. He had the roots, perspective and proper motivation to make this album a success. Unfortunately, something went wrong in the execution.
Although many of the tracks are excellent, none stands up to the originals. That might be understandable when dealing with the Who (I doubt if they could equal their own "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere" today) or Pink Floyd. But even in 1965, any of a thousand bands could have done "Everything's Alright" as well as the Mojos, and even the McCoys did a better version of "Sorrow" than the Merseys or Bowie.
But comparison with the originals is unnecessary, since they will be unfamiliar to most who listen to the album. In that light, many of the cuts do rate somewhat higher. Ronson & Co. turn in good raving tracks for the Pretty Things' "Rosalyn," the Yardbirds' "I Wish You Would," and the Kinks' "Where Have All the Good Times Gone."
But all have been underproduced. The songs were originally conceived as trashy, instant pop fodder, and their simplicity demands a rough edge to give them the punch they need to be effective. That edge is missing, since the tracks are mixed down to make way for Bowie's voice. And therein lies Pinups' true failure.
In the past, the vocals in this genre would scream for attention from the very center of the tracks' blast of pure noise. But Bowie's vocals float carelessly above the music, and his excessively mannered voice is a ridiculously weak mismatch for the material.
I have always thought Bowie more than merely avant-garde, and credit him with the best of intentions. And while Pinups may be a failure, it is also a collection of great songs, most of which are given a more than adequate, and always loving, treatment. Maybe the fairest conclusion to draw is that Bowie can't sing any other way, did the best he could, and the result isn't all that bad.
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Welcome to WHAT NOW, a morning round-up of the news/fresh horrors that await you today.
In a heart wrenching op-ed published Tuesday night by The New York Times, a fourth-year student at Yale detailed how, by petitioning federal authorities to change her undocumented dad's immigration status, she unknowingly put him on the path to deportation.
Viviana Andazola Marquez wrote that she looked forward to her 21st birthday as the day she could finally petition the government to make her father Melecio a permanent legal resident, in hopes that he would no longer live in constant fear of "la migra."
Instead, when father and daughter went into a Colorado Citizenship and Immigration Services office for a routine visit earlier this month—which Marquez says he was told would be his final interview before being approved for legal residency—he was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. Marquez told ThinkProgress that ICE agents even shoved her father's lawyer and interpreter out of the room while they detained him. It's part of a disturbing pattern of ICE arrests at green card hearings.
The Times column captures the agony of a family that now caught in the immigration crackdown mandated by President Trump, which is "pulling families apart":
My dad wanted to follow the rules. He has been trying to adjust his status with the help of relatives since 2001. We filed the correct paperwork, paid the fees and lined up all his references, only for my dad to be dragged out of a little office and locked up. ICE could have chosen to grant my dad his residency, per the suggestion of our immigration officer. Instead, my father, a man who has filed his taxes every year, has no criminal record and is the sole provider for four children, wasn't even put out on monitor or bond.
Now Marquez's father, who raised four children on a construction worker's salary and been in the country since 1998, is in ICE custody at a detention center in Aurora, CO. Unless ICE cancels his removal order, he faces deportation.
I have reached out to ICE for comment and will update this story if I hear back.
- Former Senator Scott Brown, the triathlon enthusiast who's now the Trump administration's ambassador to New Zealand, confirmed he's under investigation by the State Department for culturally insensitive comments made during a recent trip to Samoa's capital city. According to The Guardian US, Brown told guests at a party that they were "beautiful" and that they could make hundreds of dollars working in the American hospitality industry.
- Hillary Clinton's campaign, along with the Democratic National Committee, funded research that resulted in the infamous pee tape dossier about President Donald Trump, The Washington Post reported. Money well spent!
- House Speaker Paul Ryan privately told a group of conservatives on Tuesday that he plans to tie a legislative fix to save Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients to a year-end spending bill.
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The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds women's basketball team fell to the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers women's team 66-41 in the first ever women's college basketball game held at the Barclays Center.
The loss drops the Blackbirds to 3-11 on the season and 0-3 against Northeast Conference opponents.
Kelly Robinson led the team with nine points in the game, and added four assists and a steal. Letava Whippy added seven points of her own and two assists. As a team the Blackbirds shot just 33.3 percent (17-51) from the field and did not hit a single three-pointer the entire game.
The Mountaineers shot 51.9 percent (27-52) from the field and 50 percent (7-14) from behind the arc.
The game started off as a back and fourth contest with the Blackbirds and Mountaineers trading baskets. At the 15:44 mark, the game was only 6-5 Mount St. Mary's. But they would go on a 7-0 run, highlighted by a three-pointer by Selina Mann and the Mountaineers would go up 16-7. The Blackbirds would answer back going on a run of their own to cut the lead to just three, 18-15.
However, the Blackbirds failed to score in the final five minutes of the first half and the Mountaineers went into halftime with a 27-15 lead.
Again the second half started off with both teams trading points, but Mount St. Mary's maintained a double-digit lead through the first five minutes of the game. LIU was able to knock it down to a nine-point lead. Two free throws by Genise Presley cut it a seven-point game.
The Blackbirds prevented the Mountaineers from running away with the game until 12:53 mark of the half when they extended their lead to 39-29. By the 9:10 mark a jumper by Kayla Grossett put them ahead 47-32 and four minutes later they had reached a 21-point lead off of a bucket by Mann.
The game would end in a 25-point, 66-41 win for the Mountaineers.
The Blackbirds next game is on Monday when they host Wagner at the Wellness Center and Saturday's game marked the only time this season that the women's basketball squad would play at the Barclays Center.
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Innovative Tableau: How to Add Vertical Lines to Connect Slope Graphs
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Innovative Tableau is now available for pre-order at Amazon! To celebrate, we're sharing a full-length chapter excerpt from the forthcoming book.
In the last tip of this chapter series, I'll share a couple of formatting hacks that allow you to draw vertical lines on the x-axis of a slope graph view. The approach is different depending on whether your x-axis is being drawn with a discrete or continuous field, so for the first example, we'll keep building onto the slope graphs used in the previous two chapters. Note that the Month of Order Date dimension in the last image is blue, indicating it is drawing discrete headers as columns for each month on the view.
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Approach 1: Dual-Axis Combination Charts
To create vertical lines, start by double-clicking on the Rows Shelf and typing MIN(1).
Next, remove all fields from the new row's Marks Cards, change the mark type of the second row to Bar, and convert the two rows into a dual-axis combination chart.
Now fix the axis range on the right by right-clicking on it, choosing "Edit Axis…", and update the range so it only goes from 0 to 1.
The bars are now your vertical lines! Format them to your liking by navigating to the Marks Shelf for MIN(1) and clicking on the Size Marks Card and/or changing their color on the Color Marks Card. If you would prefer the connecting lines be behind the slope graphs on the view, right-click on right axis and choose "Move marks to back". You should also hide the right axis by right-clicking on it and deselecting "Show Header". Here's my view after formatting:
Note that these lines will show up on every month. This is ideal when formatting slope graphs with only two months pictured, but if you are using the line graph/slope graph toggle shared in the last chapter, you will see excessive vertical lines when Line Graph is selected. For best results, you can also parameterize the vertical lines so they don't show up when Line Graph is selected in the toggle.
To do so, instead of hard-coding "MIN(1)" on the Rows Shelf, create a calculated field that results in "MIN(1)" when Slope Graph is selected in the toggle, but "MIN(0)" when Line Graph is selected. The code would be something like:
CASE [Line Graph / Slope Graph]
WHEN "Line Graph" THEN MIN(0)
WHEN "Slope Graph" THEN MIN(1)
This field would then be used to create the bars on the second axis.
Approach 2: Reference Lines
But what if I'm using a continuous field to create my slope graphs?
I mentioned earlier that discrete dates work slightly better than continuous dates with slope graphs. The reason is that discrete dates will draw just one header for the first date and one header for the second date. With continuous axes, you will see the first date, second date, and everything in between until you change the defaults.
On the plus side, continuous axes allow for more flexible formatting because you can add reference lines. To illustrate, here's how the slope graph from this chapter looks after changing the date on the Columns Shelf from discrete to continuous.
To alleviate some of the excessive tick marks and provide better padding on the sides of the chart, I will edit the axis and fix the axis range. This approach works well for creating slope graphs when the date range is consistent. However, note that if you are using this formatting trick with a date range filter that allows the user to select date ranges with varying months, you would have to edit the axis each time to get the tick marks to line up with the line ends of the slope graphs. Another option would be to hide the x-axis all together, but you would probably want to provide some visual indication of what date range has been selected.
From here, to add the vertical lines that connect the slope graphs, all you need to do is add reference lines which you can do by right-clicking on the x-axis and choosing "Add Reference Line". The trick is to make the reference lines equal the minimum month and maximum month. These are dynamic aggregations that will update every time the date range changes. Here's how it looks adding a reference line for the minimum date:
Next, add a second reference line for the maximum date:
Not only will these vertical lines automatically update based on the date range selected, but reference lines provide more formatting flexibility compared to our approach with discrete months.
Slope graphs are one of my favorite alternatives for visualizing time, and these two techniques for providing a nice aesthetic only make them better!
Thanks for reading,
– Ryan
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Bluesheet: MAKE MONEY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE BLUE - GREY SPREAD
The Bluesheet is your friend! If you are not already a regular subscriber, you should be, because the Bluesheet is like the Swiss Army knife of pricing tools. For start
The Bluesheet is your friend! If you are not already a regular subscriber, you should be, because the Bluesheet is like the Swiss Army knife of pricing tools. For starters, the Bluesheet offers you a baseline value for certified coin. While we cannot guarantee your downside in any purchase, the Bluesheet is representative of the lowest transacted value we've seen for a particular coin, or the highest sight-unseen bid in exchange trading (CCE or CDN Exchange). In other words, if you can buy a coin for less than Bluesheet, it's probably a great deal.
On the other hand, it's generaly impractical to try and buy your certified coins at Bluesheet. Unless a coin is really unattractive or overgraded, it should trade somewhere higher than Bluesheet. This is where the Greysheet comes in. Greysheet levels are the other end of the pricing spectrum. At CDN, we determine valuation based on high end coins for the grade deferring, where possible, to the highest sight-seen exchange bid.
One of the largest market-makers for sight-seen coins is the CAC company itself. The CAC business model is such that the firm places bids for CAC-approved coins, and these bids are often the highest posted for any item they set markets in. Interestingly, CAC will buy any of their coins sight-unseen, as long as it has the sticker of approval on it.
Of course, there are a majority of instances where coins sell in the marketplace for greater than Greysheet levels, as well. This is because our pricing is a guidance only. Scarcity, quality and demand will always trump our ability to set specific prices for coins.
So, how can you make money on this spread? The fact is, many of the coins represented here in the Bluesheet sell at a wide range of prices at shows, live auction, dealer web sites and eBay. We recently answered an inquiry on "Coin Dealers Helping Coin Dealers" Facebook page from Ailie Byers, of Scofield Auctions in North Conway, New Hampshire. Ms. Byers asked about the "hefty spread" of the 1925-S Peace dollar where the Greysheet is $23,500 but Bluesheet is only $9,400. Our detailed answer is provided on that forum (find a link to it at blog. greysheet.com), but as a buyer there's huge opportunity here for you to identify a nice, high end NGC coin in the low teens and sell it at a higher level in this spread. In fact, we know of one national dealer who is getting ready to start a specific trading fund for NGC coins alone. As editors of these sheets we are constantly scratching our heads wondering why this hasn't been done already. The Bluesheet is your tool to unlocking this value.
As you take these thoughts into consideration, keep in mind that, as pricing editors, we often find that "tail wagging the dog" come into play. In other words, a single low-end example can distort the value of the market for a specific coin. While dozens (or more) of the same coin exist at much higher quality, we have to lower the Bluesheet to reflect this new "low" number which is really unfair, but we report this way for consistency. As a buyer, you can exploit this new low number to your benefit.
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Good question. I'm sure you've seen lots of tricks on the internet. Epson salt, aspirin, jumping the battery, using baking soda??, rinsing out the acid and replacing with fresh acid, cutting open the batteries and re-welding in plates, using various battery chargers, etc.
If we could find something better than what we currently use we would! Because the faster we can recover dead batteries and sell them, the better it makes our business. But alas, we've not found anything even close to the effectiveness of what we use. So it is the best solution we know of at this time.
We also happen to be in a retail zoned area so anything industrial or hazardous wouldn't be permitted here. If the battery has caps, we will top it off with distilled water. But after that, we hook them up to our machines and they do all the work electrically. We don't cut open the batteries or add chemicals or rinse or any such thing.
"Really, some magic machine does this???" – yes. But of course, it's not magic. It was developed over the course of many years by reviving almost 10,000 car and truck batteries.
We have many commercial grade ReVolt battery machines that work on the dead or weak batteries that our customers bring us and simply tell us when the batteries are ready to test or if the battery cannot be fixed. If the batteries pass our tests then the batteries are graded and sold. Typically they can repair 65 to 80 percent of the batteries we feed them. For more information check here: revoltresearch.com


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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has advised the Federal Government to ban the use of power generating sets in Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, across the country.
The Executive Director, ERA/FoEN, Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, who gave this advice in Abuja while commenting on the need for the National Renewable Energy Policy and Legal Framework for implementation, said Nigeria should not be left behind in the global shift from from fossil fuel dependency to renewable energy sources as a response to curbing climate change and its devastating impacts.
The Environmental activist said, "The rising energy demand outstrips supply hovering around 5,000 MW. As a result of the heavy shortfall, about 70 percent of the 170 million people depend solely on fuel wood energy, representing one of the world's highest deforestation rate of 3.5 percent annually.
"The Federal Government and indeed other levels of governance in Nigeria lack a conscientious and holistic approach to addressing the energy shortfall through alternatives in solar powered lighting system".
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Hi, I'm talking about the unit circle definitions of sine and cosine and I want to do an exercise that will sort of help us get and idea for the relative size of sines and cosines of different values.
If you take a look at the problem it says fill in with less than, greater than or equal to and in parts a and b I'm dealing with 2 angles; 70 degrees and 60 degrees. In order to analyze these two I'm going to want to draw the two angles in standard position on the unit circle. Just to save time, I'm not going to draw the initial side. Usually the initial side goes across on positive x axis, I'm just going to draw the terminal side.
First, 60 degrees, I'm just approximating and then 70 degrees, about 10 degrees more. Now remember sine and cosine are defined by the coordinates of the point where the terminal side crosses the unit circle. For example, this point, the cosine of 60 degrees would be the x coordinate and the sine of 60 degrees would be the y coordinate. For this point, the cosine of 70 degrees would be the x coordinate and the sine of 70 degrees would be the y coordinate.
If you look at the relative position of these two points the x coordinate of these points to the left of this point, so this x coordinate is smaller. That means that the cosine of 70 degrees is smaller than the cosine of 60 degrees. This point's higher than this point so the sine value here will be bigger than the sine value here. The sine value of 70 is bigger than the sine value of 60.
Let's compare 165 degrees and 15 degrees. So going back over here, let me draw 15 degrees first. Now just to get an idea of what 15 degrees might be. If this is 90 degrees and you divided into thirds, each third would be 30 degrees and half of these could be, 15 so that's about 15 degrees. And 165 degrees is 180 degrees minus 15 so I go all the way through 180 degrees and subtract 15. So this is 15 degrees, this is 165. And that means that what's left over is also 15 degrees, so we have symmetry here and that means that when you compare the two, the coordinates of these points, the y coordinates are going to be the same, the x coordinates are going to be opposites.
So going back to our problem here, I'll do the cosines first. Cosine of 165 was on the negative side so cosine of 165 is less than cosine of 15. The y values were exactly the same. So the sine of 165 is exactly equal to the sine of 15.
Pi over 9 and negative pi over 9. Let's take a look at the unit circle. Pi over 9 is 20 degrees, I'll just approximate that, negative pi over 9 is going to be the opposite of this, so just a reflection across the x axis. If you're reflecting this terminal side across the x axis, you're also reflecting this point across the x axis which means the coordinates of this point become (x,-y). This coordinate is going to be positive here and negative here. And so when we compare the cosines of the two angles they'll be the same. But the sines will be opposite. The sine of pi over 9 is going to be the bigger one.
Let's go back here the cosines are the same, the sines are opposite and remember the sine of pi over 9 was the positive one, so this is greater.
Finally we're comparing 5 pi over 4 with -3 pi over 4. 5 pi over 4. Pi over 4 is 45 degrees so 5 pi over 4 is pi over 4 more than pi. 180 degrees plus 45 degrees. So here is 180 and then 45 more. So this angle here is 5 pi over 4.-3 pi over 4 is -135, it's actually this angle's the two angles arrive at the same terminal side so they're called co-terminal angles. But since they're co-terminal, they have exactly the same x and y coordinates at this point and that means that they have the same cosine and sine values exactly. So the cosines are the same and the sines are the same.
Co-terminal angles come in really handy when the you know some values of sine and cosine within the first zero to 2 pi you could just add 2 pi and find the sine and cosine values in the next period.
This is just an exercise that allows you to see the relative values of how they compare at different angles but remember that when you're evaluating sine and cosine make use of the symmetries that you see in the unit circle. Symmetries across the x axis or the y axis and also co-terminal angles.


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Women BD Desk: The United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar take all measures in its power to prevent genocide against the Rohingya, reports AP.
The court's president, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, said the International Court of Justice "is of the opinion that the Rohingya in Myanmar remain extremely vulnerable."
The court added that its order for so-called provisional measures intended to protect the Rohingya is binding "and creates international legal obligations" on Myanmar.
At the end of an hour-long sitting in the court's wood-paneled Great Hall of Justice, judges also ordered Myanmar to report to them in four months on what measures the country has taken to comply with the order and then to report every six months as the case moves slowly through the world court.
The United Nations' highest court is set to rule Thursday on whether to order Myanmar to halt what has been described as a genocidal campaign against the country's Rohingya Muslims.
The International Court of Justice heard a case brought by the African nation of Gambia on behalf of an organization of Muslim nations that accuses Myanmar of genocide in its crackdown on the Rohingya.
At public hearings last month, lawyers for Myanmar's accusers used maps, satellite images and graphic photos to detail what they call a campaign of murder, rape and destruction amounting to genocide perpetrated by Myanmar's military.
The hearings drew intense scrutiny as Myanmar's former pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi defended the campaign by military forces that once held her under house arrest for 15 years.
Suu Kyi, who as Myanmar's state counselor heads the government, was awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for championing democracy and human rights under Myanmar's then-ruling junta.
Buddhist-majority Myanmar has long considered the Rohingya to be "Bengalis" from Bangladesh even though their families have lived in the country for generations. Nearly all have been denied citizenship since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless. They are also denied freedom of movement and other basic rights.
In August 2017, Myanmar's military launched what it called a clearance campaign in northern Rakhine state in response to an attack by a Rohingya insurgent group. The campaign forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee to neighboring Bangladesh and led to accusations that security forces committed mass rapes, killings and burned thousands of homes.
Suu Kyi told world court judges in December that the exodus was a tragic consequence of the military's response to "coordinated and comprehensive armed attacks" by Rohingya insurgents.
She urged judges to drop the genocide case and allow Myanmar's military justice system to deal with any abuses.
Thursday's ruling comes two days after an independent commission established by Myanmar's government concluded there are reasons to believe security forces committed war crimes in counterinsurgency operations against the Rohingya, but that there is no evidence supporting charges that genocide was planned or carried out.
The report drew criticism from rights activists. Pending release of the full report, Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director of New York-based Human Rights Watch, said the panel's findings were "what would have been expected from a non-transparent investigation by a politically skewed set of commissioners working closely with the Myanmar government."
At December's public hearings, Paul Reichler, a lawyer for Gambia, cited a U.N. fact-finding mission report at hearings last month that said military "clearance operations" in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state spared nobody. "Mothers, infants, pregnant women, the old and infirm. They all fell victim to this ruthless campaign," he said.
Gambia's Justice Minister Aboubacarr Tambadou urged the world court to act immediately and "tell Myanmar to stop these senseless killings, to stop these acts of barbarity that continue to shock our collective conscience, to stop this genocide of its own people."
The world court's orders are legally binding but it relies on the United Nations to add political pressure, if necessary, to enforce them.
The court is expected to take years to issue a final ruling in the case.


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