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It doesn't look from your summary, that you have considered how religion acts to keep people from becoming violent in societies where there is a lot of poverty and not good law enforcement.
Yes, the religion might condone violence against some outside group. In that way, it might channel people's desire for revenge for injustices that have been done to them, into violence that doesn't disrupt the society around them.
I wrote more about this in another thread.
If you want a kind and non-delusional society, arrange for social justice! And good medical care.
Africa just had another crazed faction of islam? er'... whatever.. kill agriculture students!@ BBC
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ps Donald Barbera blogged recently about the book Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa, which tells of widespread political corruption, crime and violence in Africa.
It seems the widespread religiosity in Africa is probably related to this - that the religiosity seeks to control the corruption, crime and violence - in the absence of good law enforcement and a reasonably fair government, and in societies with a lot of poverty. And probably does control a lot of anger in individuals - as well as direct the anger towards outsiders.
Here's Nigel Barber on Why Atheism will Replace Religion (The triumph of earthly pleasures over pie in the sky):
Religion (however measured) is in sharp decline in the most developed countries that enjoy the highest standard of living for most of the people, namely social democracies such as Japan and Sweden. It persists in undeveloped regions like sub-Saharan Africa.
The perceived importance of religion (or religiosity) declines predictably with development (however measured), allowing one to predict how long it will take for religion to become unimportant for the majority of the global population. It will take approximately a quarter-century. This boils down to about a 1-percent decline of religiosity each year.
Why is the global population turning secular? To answer this question, it helps to understand the emotional function of religious beliefs and rituals. Religion calms distress and thus functions like the security blanket from which a child derives comfort when upset.
The market for religious comfort is strongest in the most miserable places in the world, where life is hard, life expectancy is short and life can be expunged at any moment by infectious diseases, violent criminals, starvation, brutal political leaders or natural disasters.
In the most advanced social democracies, the quality of life is much better, with expectations of good health and long life expectancy. There is less need of the security blanket of religion, and its emotional functions are supplanted by medication, psychotherapy, sport and entertainment.
So the answer to the question of whether atheism can replace religion is clearly "yes." It not only can replace religion but has done so in the most advanced social democracies, such as Sweden and Japan.
Here in the USA we are somewhere between Sweden and Africa: we're relatively affluent but citizens don't have as much security as in Sweden.
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Section 428J (20 U.S.C. 1078-10) is amended to read as follows:
`(a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE- It is the purpose of this section to encourage individuals to enter and continue in the teaching profession.
`(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED- The Secretary shall carry out a program, through the holder of the loan, of assuming the obligation to repay a qualified loan amount for a loan made under section 428 or 428H, in accordance with subsection (c), for any new borrower on or after October 1, 1998, who--
`(1) has been employed as a full-time teacher for 5 consecutive complete school years--
`(A) in a school that qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such schools;
`(B) if employed as a secondary school teacher, is teaching a subject area that is relevant to the borrower's academic major as certified by the chief administrative officer of the public or nonprofit private secondary school in which the borrower is employed; and
`(C) if employed as an elementary school teacher, has demonstrated, as certified by the chief administrative officer of the public or nonprofit private elementary school in which the borrower is employed, knowledge and teaching skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and other areas of the elementary school curriculum; and
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`(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall repay not more than $5,000 in the aggregate of the loan obligation on a loan made under section 428 or 428H that is outstanding after the completion of the fifth complete school year of teaching described in subsection (b)(1). No borrower may receive a reduction of loan obligations under both this section and section 460.
`(2) TREATMENT OF CONSOLIDATION LOANS- A loan amount for a loan made under section 428C may be a qualified loan amount for the purposes of this subsection only to the extent that such loan amount was used to repay a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or a loan made under section 428 or 428H for a borrower who meets the requirements of subsection (b), as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
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`(f) LIST- If the list of schools in which a teacher may perform service pursuant to subsection (b) is not available before May 1 of any year, the Secretary may use the list for the year preceding the year for which the determination is made to make such service determination.
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Frank Lampard has told Sky Sports News he will soon reveal where his future lies but hopes it will include further appearances for England.
- Transfer Talk: Cole to Roma and Negredo on the go?
The 36-year-old has left Chelsea after 13 years at Stamford Bridge and has been tipped to sign for New York City FC, who will join Major League Soccer in 2015.
But Chelsea's record goalscorer said he has a choice between several clubs as he weighs up where to go next.
"At the moment I have got a few options," he said. "There is no exclusive but I will be making a decision very shortly."
New York City FC have already signed David Villa from Atletico Madrid and the former Spain striker will go on loan to another club in Manchester City's global family, Melbourne City, before the MLS team play their first competitive game.
Lampard, who scored 211 goals in 648 games for Chelsea, captained England in their 0-0 draw against Costa Rica in their winless World Cup campaign.
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He added: "Of course I would like to play for England again. But maybe you cannot play for ever so again I've switched off for the moment. I have not made that decision either.
"I'm very aware that my England career cannot go on for ever and I have enjoyed every minute so we will see.
"It will be a difficult decision but at the end of the day I would not ever have dreamed of having such an England career so I can only be happy with whatever decision I make."
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KANSAS CITY -- The Twins bolstered their rotation before Thursday's 3 p.m. CT non-waiver Trade Deadline, acquiring left-hander Tommy Milone from the A's in exchange for outfielder Sam Fuld.
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KANSAS CITY -- The Twins bolstered their rotation before Thursday's 3 p.m. CT non-waiver Trade Deadline, acquiring left-hander Tommy Milone from the A's in exchange for outfielder Sam Fuld.
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Additionally, the Twins recalled first baseman/designated hitter Kennys Vargas from Double-A New Britain to join the team in Kansas City on Thursday. Vargas, ranked as the club's No. 11 prospect by MLB.com, was hitting .281/.360/.472 with 17 homers, 17 doubles and 63 RBIs in 97 games.
Milone, 27, has been a solid starter in parts of four seasons with the Nationals and A's, going 32-22 with a 3.84 ERA in 78 starts and two relief appearances. The left-hander was 6-3 with a 3.55 ERA this season with Oakland to go along with 61 strikeouts and 26 walks in 96 1/3 innings.
"This is a guy we've always liked," Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said. "He's won wherever he's been going back to USC. He was a winner with Washington and with Oakland. And even this year he was sent down to the Minors with numbers that were very good in most rotations. He's not an overpowering pitcher but he knows how to pitch and changes speeds. He's a fly-ball pitcher who should fit in well at Target Field."
Milone was at Triple-A Sacramento at the time of the trade, as the A's had plenty of pitching depth after acquiring Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel in early July. He'll report to Triple-A Rochester, as Vargas will take Fuld's spot on the roster.
But Milone isn't expected to be at Rochester for long, as the Twins have high hopes for the left-hander. Milone isn't overpowering, as his fastball averaged just 86.6 mph this season, and is also fly-ball prone given his 38.4 percent fly-ball percentage this season, but has still had good results in the Majors.
"It was tough to see Sammy go but we got a nice pitcher here," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He's a guy with Major League experience who can get people out. Suzuki played with him and said he's game on. He's a hard worker and a good teammate."
It's the second time Milone has been traded in his career. He was originally drafted by the Nationals in the 10th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Southern California, but was traded to the A's from Washington along with right-hander Brad Peacock, catcher Derek Norris and pitcher A.J. Cole for left-hander Gio Gonzalez and right-hander Rob Gilliam on Dec. 23, 2011.
He played with Suzuki for three seasons in Oakland, and the catcher was excited to hear Milone was heading to the Twins.
"He's a competitor," said Suzuki, who talked to Milone on Thursday after he heard the news. "He's not going to light up the radar gun but he knows how to pitch and get guys out even when he doesn't have his best stuff."
Fuld, 32, played in 53 games with the Twins after being acquired off waivers from the A's on April 20. The outfielder hit .274/.370/.354 with one homer, 10 doubles and 12 stolen bases for Minnesota.
"There was a lot of interest in Sam Fuld," Antony said. "There were multiple clubs that called on Fuld, but this was one that made sense for us. We liked the opportunity to get a pitcher who is still just 27 and under control for the next five years."
The Twins also had other potential trade candidates, including outfielder Josh Willingham and right-hander Kevin Correia, but only moved Fuld on Thursday. But the Twins could still make moves in August.
Now that the non-waiver Trade Deadline has passed, deals involving players on the 40-man roster cannot be made unless the players already have cleared waivers. In other words, the player must be offered to the other teams in reverse order of the standings, and if he is claimed by one of the teams, he cannot be traded. The club that placed the player on waivers can either withdraw the request and keep the player, or let the player go to the claiming team, which would then have the rights to the player.
Antony said he wouldn't rule out any other trades this season, as they've made a few notable August trades in recent seasons such as sending Jim Thome to Cleveland in 2011, dealing Delmon Young to Detroit that same year and trading Justin Morneau to Pittsburgh last season.
"If something makes sense," Antony said, "if we were able to make a move and get something in return, we'd consider that in August."
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Red-Light Camera Updates
Are those yellows too short? Are the license plate shields illegal? Will a class-action suit force the city to refund millions in fines?
Drivers have said it since they began racking up big bills from the red-light camera program in 2005: "Those yellow lights seem awfully short."
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The Busker Bill
Street-performer measure wouldn't address amplified music
"Buskers" is an unusual word in these parts, but it's cropping up with increasing frequency as a bill makes its way down the pike in the City Council. It means "street performers," and Mayor Martin Chavez was looking to institute a permitting process for them. AJ Carian, deputy director of the city's Cultural Services Department, worked with Councilor Isaac Benton on a measure that would require Albuquerque's street performers to purchase a $7 one-year permit.
Thin Line
"Sopranos" Debate—I'm not here to talk about whether you were satisfied with the ending to the long-running TV series. These days, that subject's reserved for the unending parade of columns and commentaries swarming newspapers and TV stations everywhere.
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The Big, Green Terror Genie
Can environmentalists ever recork the bottle?
Chelsea Gerlach liked burning things in defense of Mother Nature. She was part of "The Family," a cell of The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) responsible for 20 arsons in five states causing more than $40 million in damage.
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Dateline: Romania—An elderly man is racing against the clock to change his name, fearful God won't recognize him come Judgment Day. Scarlat Lila, 78, from Voloseni was adopted at a young age and now wants his birth name, Scarlat Pascal, restored. "It is well known God calls you by the name you were given when you were born, and when you are baptized, and when I die I will need that name," Lila said. "At my age, I have not got much time left, so I am hoping they do not take too long." Despite his insistence, local authorities have stated Mr. Lila needs to present more serious grounds for them to approv e the name change. "He needs to give a normal reason for his request," City Hall representative Teodor Zaharia said. "Saying that you do not want to have problems once you die is not enough for us to approve this."
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Thanks so much for the write up in last week's Alibi [On the Scene, "Hunab Hookah's Up All Night," June 14-20]. Generally speaking, free publicity is good publicity. Loved the headline, but ... the article didn't mention Hunab Hookah till the fifth paragraph, so came across more as a rant against the under-21 scene here in Albuquerque than a send up of the hookah lounge. In fact, Winning Coffee House, Blue Dragon, The Cell, Sol Arts, The Compound and even Denny's, Village Inn and IHOP were all mentioned before Hunab Hookah.


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With a boot up time at about 1 minute, the video shows the smooth operation of BlackBerry 6 with the new webkit browser running on the 9700. There were no details regarding the specific OS version or leftover memory after install, which is running through everyone's minds at this moment. Some rumors were thrown out that the device had 68 mb leftover, so I guess all we can do now is wait but hopefully not long for a leak of this bad boy. What do you guys think?


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Edit:My anger made me momentarily retarded, the title should be Manga that's been horribly adapted
As the title suggests, we post manga that's been ruined by anime adapations. I'll start.
I love this manga to death and I had really high expectations for the anime then it happened.
-Anime original end
-Changing the plot dramatically
-QUALITY shots where characters have really big teeth
-Alibaba looked like a pathetic beta (He was pretty beta in the manga as well but it was exaggerated in the anime)
-Bad animation for the most part. Does anybody remember Morgiannas dancing scene? yeah it was horrible
A-1 pictures (who was also responsible for the horrible adaption of the SAO and Blue exorcist anime) even had the audacity to announce season 2 after butchering it so bad. Being a Magi fan is suffering
There are only two types of people in this world; sadist and masochists!
The first Yozakura Quartet anime managed to take all the fun and interesting things out of the source material and threw them away.
Let's not
Rosario+Vampire was ruined with that god awful anime
Mahou Sensei Negima
The manga pushed the Harem aspect so far into the background after the 1st arc and became a damn fine action manga, but all the anime adaptions completely focus on the harem and the action(what little there is) is done absolutely horribly. Negima deserves a fantastic anime adaption and it will never get it
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Snake. We're not tools of the government, or anyone else
Manga is usually better than the anime adaptation, just quality-wise.
Such as Aku no Hana.
And even if it is, I want us to understand each other.
Berserk. Specially with the third movie
"reality sucks, anime rules!"
Ao no Exorcist
although I will admit the animation was pretty and the music was fabulous.
you wouldn't believe your pants, if ten million fire ants
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although I will admit the animation was pretty and the music was fabulous.
Agreed here. First few episodes had promise, then decided to go down a filler route later on for whatever reasons. *sigh*
Oh and I also agree with Magi. I've been reading the manga and it doesn't work out right at all especially in the second half. Well, luckily I did watch the anime before reading the manga so it wasn't as terrible as I had thought. After reading the manga though, the comedy is much better than its anime adaptation imo.
Animanga hunter extraordinaire
Hopefully The World Only God Knows doesn't get to ruin by season 3 because they skipped a lot of stuff....
A-1 picture ain't that bad, they are doing a good job with Space Brothers
Soul Eater: because they made up some freakingly childish ending. "Fist of courage" or whatever sucked as a final blow.
Pandora Hearts: after a certain point in the plot, the anime decided to take a different turn towards a different plot. Since I saw the anime first, this made it really difficult to continue the story on manga. (I guess that's just me? )
D. Gray Man: Reading the manga, I thought it to be quite dark during certain scenarios but the anime adaptation made the "grim" atmosphere consistent throughout the series that it made it look boring.
That's all I can think of the top of my head.
#yoloswag #sarcasm
I've always hated the anime-original ending of Beelzebub. Everything before that was pretty good for me.
Oh God, it's been a long time.
I thought the Magi anime was pretty good. An anime is rarely going to live up to the source material, especially a made for tv anime. That being said, Yumekui Merry had a shit anime original ending.
Yeah Beelzebub started out as a decent adaptation ,and while the manga becomes slightly less thuggish over the course of the series as people actually grow bonds, the anime goes overboard and just becomes silly.
I'd say the Umineko no naku koro ni anime drops the ball quite a bit, but to be fair the ball is fairly heavy. It was adapted from a Visual Novel originally but the manga adaptation is pretty darn good. The biggest problem is the story is too long, complex, and convoluted to actually condense it in to anything other than a long running anime, and its not the type of show that would do well as a long running show. So they tried to condense about half the series into like 24 episodes iirc, and it ended up a bit like swiss cheese. To put it into perspective the manga are highly condensed version of the Visual Novels, and the entire series in manga form will probably end up condensed in about the size of 16 manga omnibuses. Take that condensing even further into the anime and it ends up being even more wtf than the story is to begin with. This is especially true as the story is set up for you to figure out what happened and never truly fully spells it out for you, so with much missing it becomes rather confusing to someone not already familiar with it. Its a shame because some of the anime is done well its just missing, well, 90% of everything you need to know.


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Good point. But they've made amazing progress there. There are people (like me) who were waiting for Microsoft to get their act together in mobile. Microsoft's market share, small as it is, had to come from somewhere, and the cool kids certainly aren't the ones demanding windows phones.
And yes, we bought Android because it was by far the best product at the time. I'm not in the habit of shooting myself in the foot just to stay loyal to a software vendor. I had the original android dev phone as well as the G2.
I still love Android even though I'm on windows phone. I didn't leave Android for a single technical reason, I left because it bored me and I wanted to try something different. I've always told people if MS is still flailing in another year or two I will probably switch back. Now I'm not so sure as my opinion of google has dropped significantly.


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Following are the requirements: Good Communications Good Internet Speed Goal Oriented Mindset Team Following would be provided : CRM DATA Dialer VOIP Traning Support Minimum Five agents are must to login . Team has to adhere to timings for reporting , Meetings, login time .
1. Create multi-tabs and multiple options/drop-down survey page for opencart ecommerce website. 2. Social login/Email and payment integration is required as final steps of survey. 3. test all changes and integrate them into live website. Example of survey flow, design and functionalities will be shared with the right candidate who has experience in
I am about to do a research study on preservice and inservice teachers' perception on dyslexia in Jazan, saudi arabia
We created a survey that we sent out to our audeince. The surevey was intended to identify the attributes and demographics information of our core customers. We received roughly 460 response and each responce has roughly 60 peices of information. We want someone to process this data so that we make use of the information. We have a number of questions
I need you to write a survey paper
We are seeking services to develop social research surveys app to capture data of our beneficiaries regarding agriculture, livestock, non-timber forest produce, skill based enterprise and vocational skills
Compile survey results from January 2018 - October 7, 2018. Will need break down of categories, business unit and average 5 Star score rating. Would want to create a dashboard and a way to continue adding new ongoing data.
We require someone to cold call business clients from the list provided, and offer to provide them with a marketing plan for free. You will fill out a survey with the client taking there details so our team can provide the plan for the client. All scripts will be provided, call logs required (on a google sheet). This is to call AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES
I need help in writing a short survey and do a small research ( primary and secondary). Details will be given later. Thank you
...[login to view URL] the second task is: I have two servers vicidial, [login to view URL] that I use to survey/blaster with remote agents and [login to view URL] that I use for predictive dialing with normal agents. right now I transfer the affirmative calls from the survey 100.99 to the fiscal agents in 100.100 via PSTn so I want to pass them directly from one server
Do a survey of future trends in data analytics indicating what are the expected advances in the near 5 year future. Give examples of what leaders in this space are experimenting now. A total of 10 trends in data analytics. Output need not be detailed. It can be in crisp bullet points with references and citations. Emphasis on what FANG and BAT are
I need a writer to write survey in information security with correct way .
We are an E-Learning Company, developing a course for entry level freelancers to help them to understand the Digital Freelancing World. We would sincerely appreciate the professional and established freelancers to give feedback to the questionnaire posted by us. The freelancers who submit the feedback will given testimonials about their respective skills. A questionnaire has been attached below, k...
Hi guys, My team is looking to do a survey in a rating scale format, and is also looking for assessment results to be immediately churned out for the respondents' viewing upon completing the survey's questions. We were wondering if anyone is keen to take on this project? We have the survey questions ready and are looking to get this ready by 19 October
...looking for person with commitment to work on the talking to users (10) everyday 2. Project is planned to start from 8th Oct. So, we will need to start preparations with sharing the name of 10 users by 5th Oct. 3. Due to SW delays, there is chance for this project to run for 6 weeks too 4. This person have to work part-time (4 hours approx) on this
I am doing a research on mobil addiction I want an data entry expert. To put the survey questionnaire in excel
Hi there, Go to : [login to view URL] 1. Fill out survey with RANDOM ANSWERS. Just randomly choose each time. No pattern! 2. Make up email address. Text field= just write the name of a food. (or anything). 3. That's it! I need the task done now.
There is an online question on a website that I would like answering many thousands of times to help our cause. This is a simple news survey but I believe the website is distorting results in order to allow a beautiful piece of land to be developed and ruined...... I believe each survey response needs to come from a different computer or IP address
Please have a read of the uploaded file. Deadline for project is 3 days but I will prioritise proactive freelancer who can guarantee a quick turnover. I will only respond to Freelancer who recap what I am looking for and give me a timescale. Good English skills is a must
I have an ERM survey ( 12 questions) to be checked by a risk consultant, and to elaborate in some questions in the survey.
I have 4 lighting drawings need to be checked and start take-off
The Soft-MOS sales system works in the interaction of a web platform that registers and stores the information of products, inventories, invoices, orders etc, and a mobile application that receives and sends the data to the web platform as purchase orders, registration of payments, surveys, POP material installations, define vendor routes, etc. The
Need survey 2 papers. The main title is Wireless mesh networks. need to summarize and come up with examples or images regarding the each paper. Each paper needs to have a common goal regarding Wireless mesh network
we get daily 3000 to 4000 feedbacks from stores, i have to select winner everyday. Have to analyse feedbacks, and give ...should be weightages for every parameter and aggregate one final weightage. and then we decide rankings. top most will be awarded daily. so looking for statistical research, survey data analysis & weightages, and rankings in order.
I want to build a social network system that would serves a survey collation system which can give out an information about an individual. It will be used to tell the true character of a person. This is how the system should work. [login to view URL] would register for people to tell who they are. 2. Once registered you have an option to answer questions on
We need someone to translate an English language questionnaire related to marketing/branding into Portuguese
Candidate have to done a pole survey according to given map route
It's a survey that I have done recently. Basically I gone through different shops and compared what's type of furniture they used. And space will gets utilized.
I want to do a survey on household debt. How many credit cards does the household have, what is the limit and balance of each. How many personal loans, how many car loans, etc There is 7 or so questions. The info needs to go into a database. at the end the person doing the survey clicks submit and an auto report is created based on the answers.
Hello i Need someone to create a questionaire wordpress page on our site, i need you to type water1980 to show you have read this. Can you show me examples of survey/questionaire websites you have created.
telephone survey calling stores about inventory
telephone survey calling stores about inventory
Hi there, just need some redesign of the attached icons. Feel free to ... just need some redesign of the attached icons. Feel free to give them a complete new style, but keep them all together in one type of style. It's for a selection in a survey. Main colors are blue and yellow. Background will always be white, but let it transparent please.
I have data sets from the same survey given to four different samples of subjects. There are three groups of 140 respondents and one of only 100 respondents due to scarcity of respondents. Firstly, I would like advice on whether to trim all respondents to only 100 for simplicity. Data is recorded in excel by numbered categorical responses or raw values
Design three surveys in Survey Gizmo platform. Survey are confidential please reply for further details.
...date, inspector, zone, street, dates, etc .. on map -Filters by date, inspector, zone, street, dates, etc .. in graphics. -others Mobile Application (android + sqlite) -One survey form, with more than 40 and up to 100 fields (included get geolocation point and take 2 or 3 photos) -Some fields may have bifurcatios to other field (if-then-else) or jumps
Hi, Looking for freelancer for my startup whose role is to coordinate with educational institute and able to get google form filled . its mainly online survey ..


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lately we have been trying to repair a zPrinter 310+ in the shop and although we found a few problems we are still struggling!
Our goal is to print with sawdust just like you Scott, it would be amazing and cheap and we could use those parts for so many things!
We hope you have some input!
First, there was actual organic junk in the binder tubing which we cleared out, used some alcohol etc. disassembling everything and checking for flow problems. Now there is actually too much binder dripping out of the septum, but if the cartridge is inserted it stops and should provide more than enough flow to meet the requirements of purging and printing. So there should be no flow problems present at the moment.
We think the problem is inside the cartridges, but can't seem to resolve the issue. We always get the wonderful "head temperature too high" error and we have burned through around 7 HP10 cartridges by now, which we got cheap and have some left, they are amazingly old though, but it would be great if we could figure out a way of reactivating them reliably.
We have disassembled the carts, built a sucktion tool to be able to clean them out and then prime them (with water) but there always seems to be air bubbles inside the carts we cant get rid of, which is likely the cause for them burning out since the air can't escape through the printhead and stays trapped underneath the micromesh leading to no coolant on the heating element. We also tried soaking them in inkjet cleaning fluid before purging to no avail.
If we try to purge them in their freshly opened state, the zPrint application tries to purge them, sometimes gets the progressbar half full (sometimes just 1 bar) and then errors our on the temperature error . I guess they are useless after they have been overheated once, at least we have never managed to make one of them work again after this error.
So my questions really are:
How would you recommend to reactivate our old cartridges? Is pure water fine as a replacement binder?
I am reading about a console application that seems to be more reliable to changing the heads, but can't find it anywhere? Should it be in the zPrinter Application folder or is this some custom software? If so could someone provide a download for us?
How old are your printheads?
Could the overheating problem actually be an electrical connection problem?
The rest of the machine is working well, all the axis and pistons etc.
Really stumped here, thought we were close to getting it up and running after cleaning out the junk from the binder lines.
Any help appreciated.
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The Red Devils traveled to Blanding on Wednesday, Jan. 16 to face the San Juan Broncos. Grand had defeated San Juan previously in a dual match at Moab on Dec. 19. This time, the match ended in a tie for team points, but Grand was deemed the winner thanks to a tiebreaker.
The following day, Grand traveled to Nucla, Colo. to face two Colorado schools in back-to-back dual meets. Grand defeated host team Nucla by the score of 48-30, then took down Norwood, Colo., by the score of 51-6.
Against Nucla, GCHS senior Trenton White lost to his 152-pound opponent to start the match, but fellow Red Devils Austin Day, wrestling at 195 pounds, Edgar Gomez, competing in the heavyweight division, Dexter Sheets wrestling at 120 pounds, all pinned their respective opponents. Grand also picked up a few additional forfeit wins to claim victory in the overall match.
The Red Devils had an easier time against Norwood, winning all but one of their matches. White, Gomez, and Seth Holyoak all won by pins, and Gage Lindquist, wrestling at 113 pounds, defeated his opponent on points, 11-5. The remaining matches were all decided by forfeit, according to GCHS head coach Dennis Wells.
This week, Grand is scheduled to travel to Dove Creek, Colo., for a dual match on Wednesday, Jan. 23, followed by the two-day North Sanpete Invitational tournament at Mount Pleasant on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25 and 26.


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Kolkata: The unusual title of his maiden directorial venture "Gulaab Gang" has a got something to do with American hard rock band Aerosmith, Soumik Sen revealed here Friday.
"There is a song by Aerosmith called 'Pink' and it has lyrics 'Pink it's like red but not quite'. We associate pink with softness but it can also be angry and fierce and 'Gulaab' in 'Gulaab Gang' represents that," he told the media here during a promotional event.
"Gulaab Gang", produced by Anubhav Sinha, features Madhuri Dixit, Huma Qureshi and Juhi Chawla, bringing Juhi and Madhuri together for the first time.
Responding to questions on this, Madhuri said: "I wouldn't say (we were) competitors, I would say contemporaries... finally we got a film that was worthwhile and we had a great time doing it."
Sen also clarified that the film is not centred on Uttar Pradesh-based social activist Sampat Pal and her Gulabi Gang, which works towards liberation of women in the state.
Producer Sinha had earlier tweeted that it is fiction.
A documentary titled "Gulabi Gang" directed by Nishtha Jain released Friday


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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - MIT women's cross country, ranked first in the country for the fifth week in succession, wrapped up the 2012 season with a sixth place finish at the NCAA Division III championship on Saturday afternoon. With 291 points, the Engineers finished behind the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with 272 points and narrowly ahead of St. Lawrence with 297. Rival Williams came in fourth place with 266 points.
Going into the race on Saturday the team appeared more ready and relaxed than any team in memory, according to Halston Taylor, the director and head coach of the men's and women's cross country and track and field teams. "I would have bet anything that this team was ready to take care of business," he said.
Senior Brooke Johnson (Shoreham, N.Y.), who was named Athlete of the Year at last month's NEWMAC tournament, crossed the line first for the Engineers in 36th place with a time of 22:03.7. Sophomore Elaine McVay (San Ramon, Calif.) finished a few seconds later in 39th place with a 22:06.5.
Freshman Sarah Quinn (Watchung, N.J.) came in 79th with a time of 22:35.4, completing the course just two tenths before a Colby runner. She was followed less than ten seconds later by junior Martina de Geus (Los Altos, Calif.) in 22:44.2 in 93rd position. Junior Kaitlin Allen (Bedford, N.H.) closed out the scoring for MIT in 184th place at 23:20.4. Fellow junior Alexandra Taylor (Harbor Springs, Mich.) was 234th in 23:51.9.
Coach Taylor said that this was the best season in MIT cross country history and that the hopes of a national title in the near future remain very high.


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Academia has lots and lots and lots of systems in place for assuring that credit is always given where credit is due. If you're writing a paper, there are particular ways to cite internet sources-- even tweets and Facebook posts.
But what about on the internet? We know we're supposed to cite sources, but a standardized system hasn't developed, and in the meantime, you could face a lawsuit if you steal someone else's work, even by accident.
Does that mean you can't ever elaborate on someone else's ideas or repeat a little of what someone else said? Of course not. Just use some common sense and always err on the side of caution.
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As always, a couple of notes:
- Because of space/design limitations, I didn't include an important guideline: Never repost someone's article in its entirety. If you find yourself quoting more than a paragraph of a long post, or a few lines of a short one, contact the author for their preferences. When in doubt: less is more. (By the way, this also goes for infographics. Copying a whole post full of charts with a tiny link to the source at the end is uncool.)
- Remember that in addition to credits, citations are there to help others track down information they need. My English professor BFF suggested that links are like page numbers in academic citations. Taking two extra minutes to include them might save someone hours of searching, not to mention the help it will be if you need to retrace your steps someday.
- Media and academic sites have their own in-house rules, and so should you. Check out some examples, and consider whether yours fit within the general guidelines required of university students. Set a good example, and consider explaining your policy so that others will consider their own.
- I realize the hilarity of creating this infographic using pictures to which I don't own the copyright. I've used public domain images whenever possible, but sometimes it's hard to determine the real "owner" of an image, or whether it was a publicly-released promo photos, or whether it's a maniuplation and if so, who owns *that* incarnation...
It's a slippery subject, but in general, the reason the internet has images at all is because of "fair use." If I were making a profit on this project, JKR and Warner Brothers would sue the pants of me, but they *probably* won't because this is an educational project producing no profit and not causing them harm.
However. If I pretended to own them, or that JKR was behind this project, then goodbye pants, hello courtroom.
- Finally, if you're wondering what my qualifications are, I have a BA in History and Spanish and a smattering of grad classes. But I'm not trying to present myself as the ultimate authority on this topic (and feel free to make suggestions or corrections in the comments). In the end, no matter what your schooling, you should be fine if you just follow Wil Wheaton's law: Don't be a ... um, jerk.
ETA Again: Please read Roni Loren's experience with the fair use defense. (I would still argue this post is a tranformative work.)
- Most of the character pictures: Harry Potter wiki.
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Dear JKR, I think Hermione would be on board with this project. Please don't sue the pants off me.


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- 03-14-2013
- Series
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni
- Character
- Dlanor A. Knox
- Year Completed:
- 2012
- Construction Difficulty:
- Difficult
- Costume worn at:
- Anime Expo 2015
- FanimeCon 2012
- Katsucon 2012
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- Construction Details:
I used 4-way stretch velvet for the bodysuit and leg things. The gold is 2 way stretch vinyl from spandexworld. It's kind of frustrating to work with lol!
For the keys, I made a mold of a real key, and casted them in liquid plastic, and painted them~
The armor has a wonderflex base (first time working with the stuff, I'm not very good at it ^^;), then a layer of foamie on top with vinyl ironed on to it. Parts of it I like, parts of it I messed up on. I need to tweak the top part of the armor a little bit for next time.
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- Drill, baby, drill!
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- Fantasy Sheep
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- 120 cm Curly
- Styling Notes
- I did some chatting with Sonteen to get an idea of where to start with this wig, and also checked out classe wig's drill tutorial~ big thanks to her for that! The drills are 12 gauge wire, sandwiched between some clear packing tape, which was cut to size for the drill. I trimmed the lower layers of the wig, and used that hair for the underside of the drills. I glued it to the packing tape with fabritac glue. once that was one, I inserted it into the wefts of the wig, folded it over, and then shaped it into the spiral shape I needed. Then I used the upper layers of the wig and glued it to the outside of the drill with fabritac glue. I did use some watered down elmer's glue for smoothing out the inside of the drill a little and some got 2b glued for the outside. It's a pretty heavy wig but it's not uncomfortable for the most part!
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- I've never gotten so many comments on a wig before xD
I also LOVE this color *O*
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Cinderella 2 Dreams Come True a very good Disney film. The good thing about this movie that it shows that any girl can be princess and that dreams comes true if you keep believing. They put a few short stories along into one movie. It's not as original but still an entertaining film for kids, they will love it. Enjoy
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Company News
U.S. Cellular Announces Significant Investment in 4G LTE Network, Retail Stores and Communities in Maine for 2013
Portland, Maine (Feb. 18, 2014) – U.S. Cellular upgraded the wireless experience for its Maine customers in 2013 by investing $3.3 million in 4G LTE network enhancements across the state. Currently, nearly 90 percent of U.S. Cellular customers have access to 4G LTE speeds that are up to 10 times faster than 3G and similar to a cable Internet connection. The company also invested $1.6 million in upgrades to its existing high-speed network in Maine.
U.S. Cellular is dedicated to the local communities it serves, so in addition to network enhancements, U.S. Cellular invested $1.1 million in Maine to upgrade its in-store experience with a high-engagement design that makes shopping an easy and enjoyable experience. Updates include an expanded device discovery zone, a connected devices engagement counter and a lounge. In 2013, the company built or renovated nine of these hands-on, experiential store locations throughout the state, including in Auburn, Bangor and South Portland.
"These investments in our local communities allow us to provide the best wireless experience for our customers every time they use their phone or visit their local store," said Matt Kasper, director of sales for U.S. Cellular in New England. "Many people look at their smartphone as the one device they can't be without, and we want our customers to know that they are doing business with a wireless company that cares about them and their community."
U.S. Cellular is dedicated to supporting education and the pressing needs of schools, and through the Calling All Communities and Calling All Teachers campaigns, the company donated $1 million to schools across the country. In Maine, Fairview Elementary School in Auburn was a 2013 Calling All Communities champion and received $25,000 to enhance the learning experience for its students. In addition, 111 teachers received a total of $62,757 in funding from U.S. Cellular for their classroom projects they posted on DonorsChoose.org through the company's Calling All Teachers campaign.
U.S. Cellular has the highest call quality and network satisfaction of any national carrier, along with a valuable rewards program that recognizes customer loyalty. U.S. Cellular, in partnership with King Street Wireless, offers 4G LTE service to nearly 90 percent of its customers.
4G LTE not available in all areas. See uscellular.com/4G for detailed coverage info. 4G LTE service is provided in partnership with King Street Wireless. LTE is a trademark of ETSI.
About King Street Wireless, L.P.
King Street Wireless, L.P. currently holds 700 MHz wireless spectrum in 27 states and is partnering with Chicago-based U.S. Cellular to deliver high-speed 4G LTE service to U.S. Cellular's customers in several of the carrier's markets. King Street Wireless is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia where it is recognized for its involvement in its community both through its economic development and philanthropic efforts. To learn more about King Street Wireless, visit www.kingstreetwireless.com.
About U.S. Cellular
U.S. Cellular rewards its customers with unmatched benefits and industry-leading innovations designed to elevate the customer experience. The Chicago-based carrier has a strong line-up of cutting-edge devices that are all backed by its high-speed network that has the highest call quality of any national carrier. Currently, nearly 90 percent of customers have access to 4G LTE speeds. U.S. Cellular was named a J.D. Power and Associates Customer Service Champion in 2012 for the second year in a row. To learn more about U.S. Cellular, visit one of its retail stores or uscellular.com. To get the latest news, promos and videos, connect with U.S. Cellular on Facebook.com/uscellular, Twitter.com/uscellular and YouTube.com/uscellularcorp.
For more information, contact:
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#interior design colleges
The World's 25 Best Design Schools*
As we enter the golden age of design in startups, highly talented user-interface and product designers are becoming ever more important.
Some companies leading the charge are Apple, Path, Pinterest, Square, and Airbnb. What those companies have in common is that design is at the core of their businesses.
But which school is best suited to get you the design job you want?
Over the past couple of months, we conducted a survey to find the top 25 design schools in the world.
All of these schools are comparable in terms of academics, quality of staff, and amazing campuses. But what matters most is how valuable these schools really are.
Of our 633 respondents to the survey, 87.8% said they studied or participated in a college-level design program.
Most of the respondents were either art directors (26.9%) or product designers (30.3%). The vast majority of respondents (76.6%) said skills and knowledge were the most valuable asset their respective design programs offered.
We ranked the schools by a simple metric: What percentage of respondents ranked the schools somewhat valuable, valuable, or extremely valuable?
*We recently added Hong Kong Polytechnic University after one our readers pointed out that we had a duplicate listing.


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Known Issues in new skinsadobe-admin Jul 17, 2012 3:02 PM
Issues reported in the forums that are being worked on:
- Not showing count of user messages next to their names in a thread
- No "in response to" or item numbers/links in messages in a thread
- Status levels are not displaying an image (meatballs, sausages, red bars) or status level name, just saying Community Member
- Your Stuff lit link causes user bar items to wrap to a second line
- No "show most recent post" link at the top of each thread.(It ssays Latest Reply now)
- No "reply to original message" Link
- No "go to original post" link at the bottom of the page
- No link to last post at the top of the page (same as #5)
- Avatars in replies are resampled down and look fuzzy
- Concerns about the display font (1 vs l, etc.). Jive's editor uses a different font than the actual message posts.
- No navigation links at top of page for threads with multiple pages. If you click into a message that has 2 or 3 (or 100) pages of responses there is no indication that you've been plopped down in the middle of the conversation. This is compounded because the initial message is not differentiated (See #18) and all pages in the thread look alike.
- New/Updated threads in a list not as discoverable (still say Updated, though)
- Inconsistent placement of the Reply button in different locations between question and non-question threads (Was this Helpful link in the question threads in first position, Reply in first position in non-question threads). Was this helpful slow to load, so buttons move around as you try to click on them.
- Advanced Editor not available when replying to posts
- Code in messages (via Advanced editor) is very large:
- Replies posted by the person who created the thread are no longer highlighted in the thread.
- Initial message not styled different from replies. And all replies run together in the seamless gray background (related to #16)
- Adobe Employee status doesn't need to be bright orange. But should still be obvious.
- Your own posts are no longer styled different from other posts in a thread
- Keywords difficult to see (white on gray on gray)
- Too much wasted vertical white space on Discussions page (http://forums.adobe.com/message/4383393#4383393)
- User Names wrapping under Avatars
- The MORE link on the thread list on the Overview page takes you to the Disussions page which makes all the breadcrumb links point to Discussions. It isn't clear how to get back to the Overview page from there (click on the large forum name that doesn't look like a link).
- Trademark, Copyright, Registered Trademark symbols unreadable on main forum page
- Going back to the list of discussions takes you back to the latest in the list instead of taking you back where you were when you clicked to go into a discussion.
- Title of thread not displayed when thread grows to more than one page of messages
- If you reply to a message in the middle of a long multipage thread your are taken to the end of the thread instead of staying on the page you were on when replying and it is difficult to go back and pick up again where you were when you posted the reply.
PLEASE NOTE: You may need to clear your browser cache to see some of the updates/fixes as they are released in the forum.
The Forums team is planning reqular releases with new enhancements and fixes soon. Please report additional items and check back soon for updates on release timing and status.


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I know, I know, sea lions aren't big fish. OR ARE THEY? No, they're not. But, then again, they they can swim, so I'm gonna go with, yes they are fish. Now that that's settled, let's check out our friend from San Francisco. This little guy was rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to the sea to go limbo with Nemo and freak Ariel. The ocean is so magical, you guys. Magical, but fucking terrifying. And not for us, it's for sharks. Just as the woods are for serial killers, the ocean is for sharks. Write that down, I'll wait.
Now, check out the entire slideshow of the sea lion doing his awesome thing, nature is rad. Onward, brave lion of the sea!
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Amazing Avoidance of Ice Cube Making
When we had ice cube trays, I was the only one who could see that the empty ones should be refilled and put back into the freezer.
The other members of the family had a peculiar blindness to empty ice cube trays. Unless I pointed out an empty tray to them, they were unable to see it.
Nowadays we have an ice maker in the freezer. It's very easy to operate. It has a little lever. If you push the lever down, it makes ice, and if you push the lever up, it stops making ice.
Here is a curious fact. I am the only who can see that the lever should be moved in either direction. No one can see that he has just removed the last ice cubes from the bin and the ice maker should be started. Nor can they see that ice is spilling out of the bin and the ice maker should be stopped.
Amazing, but true. I can hardly believe it myself.
I know, I know. I could just let them suffer the consequences, but then I wouldn't have ice for my drinks.


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warriorsstepup wrote:All aboard the Monta Ellis band wagon, when 90 % of the so call fans hated on him last year and this year, making up all kind of BS on the Dude. Thank you Mr. Ellis for showing these haters the light.
Please. Stop dividing the Warriors fans with that talk. There are many valid concerns about Monta and I doubt anyone will be upset if he steps up and becomes the player we all hoped he would be.


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Jennifer and Nicole are still going at it at the square with Caroline eavesdropping. Brady interrupts. They continue to go back and forth and Caroline attempts to take Jenn back to the pub. "If you're a good girl I'll give you a shot of rum in the tea," she promises. Eventually things break up.
A Really Rotten Night.
Sami eavesdrops on EJ and Chad, Caroline eavesdrops on Jenn and Nicole, and Nicole eavesdrops on Brady and Daniel.
In his apartment, Daniel flashes to Jennifer berating him. Abigail turns up, upset that Melanie left town without saying goodbye. Daniel explains things. They talk about Jenn and Nicole's fight over him.
Chad barges into the pub threatening to hurt Gabi by turning her in. He complains he doesn't have a life because of her. He's about to call the cops when Nick steps up, threatening to turn Chad in for beating on him. He'd love to put a DiMera away and so would the public. Chad realizes there's nothing he can do. He'll keep his mouth shut. Nick demands Chad sign an affidavit tonight.
Rafe walks in on EJ and Sami at the cafe. He flashes to being blackmailed by EJ and says he never meant to hurt Sami. He wants to discuss it. EJ firmly asks if Rafe thinks that's a good idea. Rafe apologizes to Sami and wishes there was a way they could work things out. EJ grins slyly and heads outside to take a call. Rafe doesn't like EJ taking advantage of Sami. She's confused about his mixed signals. He's sorry and leaves.
Billie comes upon Bo who has finished interviewing suspects at the hospital. She doesn't miss the job. He says he's thinking of leaving SPD and tells her why. She's supportive.
Bo walks in on the tail end of Gabi, Nick and Chad's conversation at the pub. They make light of things and the guys take off to see Justin and sign the document. Caroline comes upon Bo. She's got a headache and mentions she took a wrong turn while driving and wound up in a traffic jam. He's surprised since she knows the Salem streets well. Bo talks about a 'crazy idea' he has and she admits she's always liked his sense of adventure.
Brady walks Jennifer home. Jenn finds Nicole's prenatal vitamins and asks Brady to bring them to her and spy on Nicole. He doesn't want to but agrees to it. He goes and Abby arrives. They discuss why it's been a 'really rotten night'. Jenn wishes she could talk to Jack about this. Abby stresses that she's not being disloyal to Jack because she cares for Daniel.
Nicole goes to Daniel's place where she begs him to let her stay with him until the baby's born. He'll only allow one night. Brady shows up with the vitamins and she runs off into the guest room to eavesdrop while the guys discuss Jennifer's feelings for Daniel and Brady warns that Nicole's not a girl who likes to come second. Daniel admits Jenn drives him nuts but he loves her. A part of him always will. He talks up his need to support Nicole who is going through a lot.
Rafe heads to the loft to drink beer and talk to Arianna's photo about this mess he's in. Will visits and happily reminisces about the day Rafe sprung the loft on them. Will says he told Sami not to give up on him. Rafe's marriage to Sami was some of the best days in his life but it's not going to work out. Will's not so sure. Rafe wishes Sami would see EJ for who he is.
EJ and Sami arrive home. Chad's on the floor outside EJ's door. Sami heads inside into her room and gives the guys time to talk. Chad updates EJ on the situation with Melanie. Chad's certain he has lost her. EJ doesn't want Sami to overhear so he takes Chad for a walk alone - "It's a boy thing," he tells her.
Nick and Gabi are at the Kiriakis mansion. She's thankful he helped her with Chad. It was above and beyond. Maybe that's how he feels about her he says, and kisses her.
EJ and Chad are outside in the dark in the woods arguing because Chad signed a legal document agreeing not to press charges against Gabi. EJ yells that they've nothing to bargain with now. Chad doesn't understand why he's so angry. EJ tells him to keep his mouth shut about what happened to Gabi and takes off. Chad leaves and Sami comes out of hiding. She has heard everything.
Sneak peek!
Sami finds Rafe and EJ watches as they kiss.
Maggie has advice for Jenn.
Jenn has an apology for Daniel.
Dr. Sedwick can't find Nicole's baby's heartbeat.
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text: The principal legal effects of Brexit on commercial contracts in Morocco Share this 26 JUL 2016 By: Christophe Bachelet Kamil Bennis Financial analysts remain uncertain about the potential effects on the global economy of the United Kingdom's anticipated exit from the European Union (Brexit). Although the effects are unclear, the announcement on Friday 24 June 2016 plunged some financial markets to levels not seen since 9/11. Brexit raises many legitimate questions and concerns for the UK's main economic partners which include the Kingdom of Morocco. Morocco is the UK's 7th-ranked customer and its 15th-ranked supplier. For the time being, Morocco's politicians and economists appear to be reacting pragmatically. They see in Brexit an opportunity to develop closer, more bespoke direct trading links with Great Britain without the involvement of the European Union. The impact of Brexit on the Moroccan economy would be negligible according to a press release from the Governor of Bank Al Maghrib on 24 June 2016. In terms of regulations, the separation from the European Union should not be overly difficult, either as regards its effective implementation (the exit negotiations phase will last two years, which will be difficult to stick to in practice for the negotiation of such a far-reaching exit agreement) or its scope, given how intertwined UK laws are with those of the European Union. Several European directives will continue to be applied or will be retranscribed by the UK. Furthermore, the UK will be able to draw inspiration from existing arrangements such as the Norwegian model (part of the European Economic Area, allowing it to benefit from the freedom of movement of persons), the Swiss model (bilateral free-trade agreements) and the Turkish model (a new customs union). If a deal of this sort cannot be reached and without an important part of its current legal system, it would be the World Trade Organization's rules that apply, with the introduction (or reintroduction) of trade and tariff barriers. In these scenarios, the UK would have to renegotiate trade agreements on a case-by-case basis (with each of the separate countries) using global WTO agreements. What about the legal impact of Brexit? DLA Piper Casablanca has set out below an outline of the main legal effects of Brexit on commercial contracts in Morocco. From the outset, we should like to emphasise that Brexit will only come into effect after a period of negotiations lasting two years, as set out in Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. The negotiation period may be extended by the European Council. Certain clauses often found in many commercial contracts and transnational investment partnership agreements (particularly those governed by English law and/or involving UK parties or assets) will have to be looked at again in detail and drafted with care in light of Brexit. From now on, practitioners will undoubtedly define Brexit with precision in contracts to avoid any margin for interpretation, given how significant its effects could be on contracts (exit by a partner, early termination of a contract, renegotiation, suspension, etc.). 1. Material adverse change or material adverse effect clauses (MAC or MAE clauses) These clauses allow one or all parties to exit a contract during the interim period between the date the contract is signed and the date the proposed transaction is fulfilled (subject to satisfaction of a certain number of conditions precedent such as obtaining regulatory authorisations or financing). This exit right is exercisable if a major, adverse political, financial or legal event occurs or is likely to occur, that would compromise fulfilment of the transaction. The recent financial crises have seen a revival of such clauses in M&A transactions and financing deals. They involve bitter negotiations. The effect of the unexpected Brexit on current contracts and its consequences for future contracts (such as changes in interest rates and significant currency fluctuations) could have all the characteristics of an adverse political and financial event for a party to a contract. We believe that MAC clauses should expressly set out those consequences of Brexit that constitute an MAC event for the parties. 2. Hardship clauses These are different from MAC clauses which only cover the period up to the granting of the financing and/or the transfer of the underlying asset. They apply throughout the period during which the contract is performed. Hardship clauses are found in commercial agreements or partnerships which are performed over a long period of time. They allow the signatories to require that new negotiations be entered into if an economic or technological event occurs that upsets the contract's original economic rationale. However, it should be noted that these clauses have a more limited effect than MAC clauses as they only implement an obligation to renegotiate which, if breached, results in damages, with no exit right for the party that suffers the economic imbalance. We feel that the unpredictable currency fluctuations caused by the fall in sterling mean that Brexit may be covered by such clauses. The same applies with the impact of Brexit on those free-trade agreements that form the basis of the economic rationale for numerous contracts. Of course, agreements that will terminate will inevitably be replaced by direct agreements, as the flow of trade cannot be interrupted. Uncertainty still remains, however, regarding such agreements coming into effect. Could we face a period during which no equivalent agreement is introduced to deal with trade and any significant differences between the new trade agreements and their European predecessors? Using Hardship clauses would be one way of adapting contracts to new regulatory constraints that were, until now, unforeseeable and unavoidable. 3. Force Majeure clauses Our comments above on MAC and Hardship clauses are also valid for all clauses used to manage the effects on the performance of parties' obligations, of events that are unforeseeable and beyond their control (such as suspension, delay and exemption from liability). Could the unexpected occurrence of Brexit constitute a Force Majeure event for current contracts? Whether or not it was unforeseeable would be seriously debatable given that the outcome of a referendum is only one of two possibilities. For future contracts, parties that take the view that certain consequences of Brexit could constitute economic and political Force Majeure events for them will have to specify this clearly in the contract in order to avoid any dispute regarding the legal impact when they occur. The wording of Force Majeure clauses (including MAC and Hardship clauses which are akin to Force Majeure clauses) will have to specify which party will bear the financial costs relating to their implementation and, if applicable, the financial costs relating to the renegotiation of the contract or the suspension or rescission that they entail. 4. Change of law clauses These clauses are commonly found in documentation for financing, large scale projects, public-private partnerships and, generally, transnational deals. They allow parties to be released from certain obligations under liabilities warranties or payment obligations or even to renegotiate certain clauses of the contract if a change occurs in the legislative framework during the term of the contract which changes the initial scope of their obligations. To mitigate the effects of Brexit, it may be advisable to insert these clauses in order to specify the obligations that will continue to apply between the parties even if a change of law occurs during performance of the contract as a result of Brexit. 5. Exchange rate risk clauses These clauses must also be scrutinised closely. Fluctuations in sterling are predicted and putting an exchange rate risk hedging instrument in place will have to be systematically considered before proceeding further with a deal, payment for which would be directly or indirectly influenced by the price of sterling. 6. Governing law clauses As regards the choice of English law as the governing law for contracts, there is every reason to question whether (i) it might be challenged in the courts on the grounds that the contracting parties had chosen English law for its complete integration with European law, (ii) using it is appropriate at the start of projects, in the face of the potential legal uncertainty that it could cause during this interim period of uncertainty until Brexit comes into force. That said, will economic players actually have any choice, given that English law is almost always used in international projects and financing and is required by the large financial institutions (including some, based in London, who nevertheless risk losing their precious "European passport" if Brexit occurs)? 7. Arbitration clauses As regards the applicability in Morocco of arbitration awards made in the UK and vice versa, Brexit will have no major impact as the two kingdoms are parties to the New York Convention of 7 June 1959 which provides that awards are enforceable between signatory countries. However, for the reasons given above, it is not out of the question that parties will seek to challenge English law as the governing law before a court of arbitration in London. The legal uncertainty factor relates to clauses that give jurisdiction to the British courts at first instance. Up until Brexit, the judgments of those courts could be appealed before the European Court of Justice under certain circumstances. Post-Brexit, this will no longer be possible. Clauses that submit disputes to arbitration using the International Chamber of Commerce should see a new lease of life. Lastly, all clauses that refer to the European Union as a reference territory in franchise, distribution and non-compete or exclusivity agreements will have to be reviewed to take account of Brexit, in order to include the United Kingdom.


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Friends and family gathered Monday to pay their respects to a one of the original members of the Coteau Volunteer Fire Department.
Friends and family gathered Monday to pay their respects to a one of the original members of the Coteau Volunteer Fire Department.
Robert A. Lee, 70, a Natchitoches native and Houma resident, died Friday at Terrebonne General Medical Center from heart complications.
Lee served in the Coteau Volunteer Fire Department for about 30 years. He served as the department's fire chief for 10 years.
He was a husband, father and grandfather. Before working for the fire department, Lee served in the U.S. Air Force. As a civilian, he was a mechanic.
Lee's son, Ricky Lee, deputy chief of the Coteau Volunteer Fire Department, said around the time the department first began, a lot of equipment was donated, and it needed assembling.
At the time, the elder Lee lived next door to the fire chief, who knew Lee was a mechanic, so he asked him if he would help assemble the equipment, Ricky Lee said.
"From that point on, my dad kept working for the department," he said.
To Ricky Lee, his father was an inspiration and an invaluable member of the community.
"He meant so much to me and to the people of this community," Ricky Lee said. "He was devoted to his family, the community and the fire department." To others, Robert Lee was a mentor.
Jayson Ray, Grand Caillou fire chief, said Robert Lee was his first chief when he began his service at Coteau.
"I learned a lot from him," Ray said.
Ray said Robert Lee motivated him to "follow through" with achieving his goals and taught him how to "accept constructive criticism."
Couteau Fire Chief Russell DiSalvo Jr. said Robert Lee is the reason the fire department is at the level it is today.
"(He) set the ground work," DiSalvo said. "He was a man of few words; but when he spoke, you listened. He will be sadly missed."
The funeral was held at the Falgout Funeral Home in Houma. Lee was buried at St. Francis de Sales Cemetery.
Besides his son, Robert Lee is survived by his wife, Velma Lee; his daughter, Dee Falgout; his four grandchildren, Shawnee Falgout, and Brianna, Cameron and Ashton Lee; his mother, Helen Lee; his four sisters, Barbara Mitchell, Patricia Baker, Betty Lee and Cathy King; and his two brothers Don Lee and Luther Lee.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Jun 2012 22:40 UTC
John Goerzen, Debian/GNU Linux developer, transitions his kids from bash to xmonad: "I'd been debating how to introduce GUIs for a very long time. It has not escaped my attention that children that used Commodores or TRS-80s or DOS knew a lot more about how their computers worked, on average, than those of the same age that use Windows or MacOS. I didn't want our boys to skip an entire phase of learning how their technology works." I decided long ago that my kids - if I ever have them, I'm undecided and way too young - will learn computing the way I learned it: with a CLI. I never realised an xmonad setup would form a good transition phase into GUIs.


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Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/MV Gemsbok
The dive site MV L M Gemsbok is an offshore deep recent wreck in the Sea Point area on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The 50m 313 tonne bouy tender "MV L M Gemsbok" capsized and sank about 4km from Green Point Light house on 2nd Seprember 1975 while transferring an anchor chain of a cargo vessel. The chain snagged and the weight of the chain caused the vessel to capsize and sink within minutes. The wreck lies on its starboard side.
Deep dive: Maximum depth on the wreck is reported to be about 60m.
The wreck is said to be substantially intact, with the mast still in place.
Get in[edit]
Access to this site is only possible by boat, usually from Oceana Power Boat Club slipway at Granger Bay.
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Marine life[edit]
Recent steel wreck of buoy and mooring tender vessel in substantially intact condition.
Stay safe[edit]
Cold water. Nitrogen narcosis. Decompression sickness, Breathing gas emergencies. Sea and wind conditions changing during a dive.
Competence in planning and performing technical dives to depths beyond the range of recreational diving. Skill in the use of appropriate equipment and gases for the planned dive. Dives on this site will be decompression dives
Dives on this site should make use of appropriate helium based gas mixes and equipment suitable for the planned profile. Redundancy of gas supply, decompression gases, Backup light, DSMB with reel, redundant buoyancy control, and adequate thermal protection for cold water (dry suits strongly recommended) are necessary. If penetrations are planned, the appropriate equipment must be used.
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Being that Wordcamp Israel was a bloggers conference in Tel Aviv, I'm sure there will be tons of people writing up their reviews in Hebrew. But maybe not quite as many in English, so here goes. This year's Wordcamp was in the ZOA house in the middle of Tel Aviv, a schlep for Jerusalemites, but a great location for everybody else.
The Shmoozing
And they're off, let the shmoozing begin. Instead of sitting in a corner, hoping someone would come talk to me, I started standing and sitting strategically next to people who looked friendly. The first guy I met was Eyal Sela, who plans to write about productivity on his brand new WordPress blog, still in its Kubrick diapers. Throughout the rest of the day, I met Itzik Edri of Wikimedia(trying to get more people to use Wikipedia), Eyal Gura, CEO of PicApp (a legal image solution for bloggers), Eyal Beit-On, of Suntrader (online marketing consultant), and Amir Uval(new Hebrew blogger at Geek in the Kitchen). Are you keeping track? So far, that's 3 Eyals. I also got to hang out with the founders of Nuconomy, Eran Kampf and Yossi Taguri. Toward the end, I sat with Ezra Butler, (of Twitter fame), Charlie Kalech, Debby Benstein, Eyal Gonen, Idan Gazit(new Twitter friend), and Ido Shacham. If you're counting, out of 13 people that I met, 4 happened to be named Eyal.
The Organizers
The conference officially started with co-organizers Tal Galili (who cut his hair) and Noa Danzig(who may or may not have cut her hair) welcoming everyone and telling us that they planned the conference in less than 2 months, and worked extra hard to include non-profits by creating an additional track of sessions.
The Sessions
I didn't get a chance to go to every session, so I would love if people added their comments about the sessions they went to. You can see the full schedule here.
Session: Blogs built on WordPress.com / Miriam Schwab
From what I heard, Miriam gave a great presentation on the features and limitations of WordPress.com, and its viability only in the short term. Presentation slides will be posted here shortly.
Session: 70 unusual uses for WordPress / Sarit Amar and Tomer Lichtish
While it was hard to decide which sessions to go to, I ventured for the "70 unusual uses for WordPress". But, according to my desktop scientific calculator, only 4 were mentioned:
- Contact Manager – Using a special template, you can enter each name as the link the a post which contains someone's contact details. You can also find people through the tag cloud.
- e-Commerce/store
- Portfolio – using thumbnails as links to each piece in the portfolio.
- Lifestreaming – updates from Twitter, facebook, flickr, youtube, etc. to represent your "online" life. A way to bring the focus back to the blog.
This session was a little basic for me and could have used specific links to themes and plugins that help you create these special WordPress sites. I'm hoping there's a link online to the other 66 interesting uses.
Session: Blogging with Video / Ron Yekuteal, Kaltura
Kaltura is the first open source video platform, and they have a plugin for WordPress. Ron said that Kaltura is free, flexible, and most importantly, open source. This plugin supposedly offers a lot of functionality and I'm looking forward to trying it out.
Session: Social Media Marketing / Miriam Schwab
Since I couldn't clone myself and be at Miriam's talk, even though I wanted to, I listened to other people's reviews. People said Miriam encouraged quality content on your blog, your home base, and to be a part of the conversation on social media sites by contributing and helping others, since that's where your audience is. She also listed WordPress plugins that can boost your 'social proof' on your website by displaying your activity around the web. Presentation slides will be posted here shortly.
Session: Statistics / Zvika Jervy of Statistics Web Control and Yosi Taguri of Nuconomy.
Zvika spoke about the basics of Google Analytics to check number of visitors, referrers, time spent on the site, and top content, Technorati to check incoming links/authority, and Feedburner to check feed count.
Yosi spoke about Nuconomy's plugin for WordPress which offers statistics beyond pages, such as clicks on video and Ajax. It also lets you see stats on commenters and compare lots of different data sets for a bigger picture of stats and user interaction with your site.
Session: Virtual Collaboration, Raanan Bar-Cohen, Automattic
Originally from Israel, Raanan now lives in California working for Automattic (the company who created WordPress), and playing Adam Sandler roles on the side (Miriam pointed this out, and I have to say, I agree, they do have a striking similarity). And, to my delight, Raanan delivered his presentation in English, a welcome treat for my Hebrew overloaded brain. Raanan was a really great speaker and offered some tips on running a virtual company, since Automattic has 30 employees scattered around the globe in every possible time zone.
- Empower your team – everyone should have ownerships of their projects, and set their own hours.
- Go real time – yay for searchable, storable group chats and boo to email
- Go semi real time – use internal blogs and Prologue (group twitter)
- Get together – coordinate conferences and meetups for real, in-person get togethers
- Open Source – more opportunities to get help and gain insights from others
- Metrics – compare many different tracking services and data points
- Go bite size – ticket tracking, break down a project into small pieces
He also gave a sneak peek into Prologue Groups, WordPress's project tracker, plus Twitter-like chat, which launchesin 2 weeks at Wordcamp Australia. And finally, he gave a heads up that BuddyPress, WordPress's Social Networking Platform will be available in December.
Session: Panel with Knesset Member Miki Eitan with host Jonathon Klinger
Set up like a late night talk show, Jonathon Klinger played host to Likud MK Miki Eitan and 3 other guys. I apologize, but I didn't see their names in the program or online. Please feel free to comment with their names and organizations. [Update: Other panelists were Yoav Lerman from a blog about the renewal of Tel Aviv, Zvika Bashur from CityDov blog, and Yochai Ilam from Black Labor blog.]
MK Eitan was invited to be on the panel because he started a blog built on WordPress. When asked why he chose WordPress, he said, "it was the cheapest option". Other memorable quotes (probably not exact) included "You don't need to be a Likudnik to believe in Miki Eitan", a subtle plug, and "As you can see by my ability to choose a low-cost solution for my blogging, I also know how to create a balanced budget for the country". As the wise Miriam pointed out, Miki is trying to take Obama's strategy by creating a trendy site and a new slogan that translates roughly to: "To prove that things can be different". What Mr. Eitan didn't cover exactly was what those changes would be and how he would implement them. Sheesh, people, who can be bothered with details?!
When asked if Mr. Eitan writes his own posts, he said yes! Can you believe it?! Haha, Just kidding. He's a politician who doesn't see the ROI in blogging himself and therefore asked his assistant, hiding in the corner, how much time he invests in the blog. The assistant responded by saying 1 hour a day.
I'm sorry, but a Likud MK showing up at a bloggers convention reminds me of a similar situation (((Twilight Zone music here))) when Bibi Netanyahu showed up at the JBloggers Convention. Why does every blogger convention end with a rally for Likud? Am I missing something here? Have we finally caught on to their sly little plan?
Session: Introduction to WordPress Plugins / Ziv Perry
This session was very high level, and I think should have been publicized as such. Ziv showed how to create a basic WordPress plugin, but If you don't already have a solid grasp of PHP or the guts of WordPress, then this session was probably way over your head.
Session: Home, sweet Jerusalem
Sorry to say, I didn't make it to the very last sessions, but Kol Hakavod to the organizers, and to meeting and seeing lots of fellow WordPress junkies, er.. people. My recommendation for next year's Wordcamp would be to have 2 tracks, one for beginners and one for advanced WordPress users.
And last, but not least, I got a hilarious sticker that says "Lo Nachon" (Not true), and the purpose being that if you ever see a bumper sticker you disagree with, you can discredit it by placing your "not true" sticker next to it. Oh, people, you are so witty, how did you know that is exactly my type of humor?!


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My Wannabe 18th Century Outfit
Added Jun 21, 2012
by angelical
Århus, Denmark
I'm going to a renaissance festival set in 1717 as part of a musical ensemble, and I needed to whip up a costume fast, while being somewhat authentic-looking. I think this was a nice compromise.
The shirt is thrifted. It appears to be handmade out of an old bedsheet and embroideres with flowers.
The vest is SImplicity 3618, made in red wool taken from a thrifted skirt. This was a pattern prototype, I made 6 months ago to wear at a pirate-themed birthday party. The vest is closed with hooks and eyes and have rigilene boning in the sides and side fronts, and is lined in brown linen.
I'm wearing 2 skirts, both being fairly authentic. One in limegreen linen and one in blue linen. Both skirts have slits in the sides, so I can access my pocket.
The pocket is not shown (im wearing it under both skirts), but it is a large, flat bag made of white linen, tied around my waist. It's quite handy.
Material Notes
Linen, wool, bias tape maker, thread, hooks and eyes, boning
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Jun 21, 2012, 08.48 PMby demetriartelier
I love it :)
Jun 21, 2012, 06.01 PMby supercalla
Wow, beautiful! You look stunning :)
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