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Aaaakkk! I have been so sick for 2 weeks and I am so behind on all my writing projects! I have articles due for clients next week, I have not published a hub in almost 2 weeks and forget my fiction.
Anyway-- I will be here all weekend. I will have the house to myself so I am going to chow down on fast food and junk and put on music and bang away, only stopping for sleep, showers & Walking Dead, lol.
It's always nice to have others to chat with about progress and goals and laugh at how loopy you get after a while and share silly memes and such.
So anyway-- I will be on this thread. I plan to start Friday morning and finish in the wee hours of the night on Sunday-- aw, hell. Maybe I'll go through Monday as well. I'll see how I feel.
If anyone wants to join me, even for a few hours this weekend at any time, meet me on this thread. )
This hubpages account was an experiment that is going well. What are we writing. Give me 5 topics I will put out 5 hubs. First one to have them all pas the quality assessment process wins. You care to try that? I think I am going to just make that a forum thread. Unless your in.
Good luck Wiccan Sage! I'll be out at work most of the weekend but I'll check in and see how you are doing when I can
Sorry to hear you've been sick! I'm hoping to get some writing done this weekend too! Will try to check up on you...write, write, write!!!
I'd love to ... except I'll forget
All the best for the weekend ... I'll probably rediscover this thread in 2 years' time as I get overwhelmed
2 yrs- that will be cool. LOL. Like a time capsule. Thanks!
Good morning fellow writers :-)
It is 9 AM in my neck of the woods, and an awesome beautiful day. I have the blinds open and the sun is shining in. I am going to have a very PRODUCTIVE DAY!
I had my toast and peanut butter-- breakfast of champions. I'm burning some incense for clarity of thought (mostly sandalwood, rosemary, and Dittany of Crete). This morning's meditation was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTic21Z0gZo
My first project today is knocking out some short articles for one of my clients. I got a bunch due next week for them.
I am off!
Cups of Coffee: 1
Current Word Count: 0
Mood: ambitious!
LOL---LOVE that 'button!' Describes me very well. The Internet is a mixed blessing/curse, for sure. It is so much easier and faster to do research than dragging oneself out to the library, but it is also awash in mindless distractions.
I wish you well on your writing binge. For myself, I write when the muse demands; I've recently put out 3 articles in a week; a lot for me, so I'm probably on hiatus for another week or so, unless some genius inspiration hits.
(On the incense: I can only burn it in the kitchen--at the other end of the house from the office--only safe spot is on top of the stove; but we have kitties, and I've read that some of the "fumes" from some scents can be harmful to kitties, so I'm leery of using it very often, as I cannot remember where I read that, or which scents...)
Hi there Ms Lizzy!
I am chugging along! Just finished a hub I'm going to publish and then i want to get a few more in various stages of progress done to put up next week.
As for incense-- it's no more worse than for cats than for humans, though some people and cats are more irritated by it than others. Too much incense isn't really good for any things that breathe, lol, so it's better to burn it somewhere well ventilated where you won't be directly huffing all that smoke and let the sent drift throughout the house.
Love the Badge. I might join you for a few hours over the weekend for your write-a-thon. I am in the process of getting my new blog ready. Your motivation might be a great help.
Hope it's still going well Wiccan Sage. Keep that incense burning!
Going good, thanks!
Cups of Coffee: 2
Current Word Count: 900 (3-300 word articles)
Mood: Positive and Focused!
Finished today's news commentary articles for one of my clients! Whew, they're always hard for me. I'm not much of a hardcore reporter. I have 10 more of these to do this weekend but that's okay.
I need to take a quick break, eat lunch & stretch my lets. i just put on Dr. Horrible to listen to as I tackle a few quick chores. I love the music:
Then it's back to the drawing board.
Cups of Coffee: Going to pour my 3rd.
Current Word Count: about 1,500
Mood: gotta pee!
Finished me a hub :0)
Pics and all. Now to get it up.
I got a little party of 1 going on here... it's 4:09 EST and I'm taking a break and starting dinner. Anyone writing tonight feel free to join me.
Cups of Coffee: 3
Current Word Count: about 2300
Mood: need a back rub but still in good spirits ;-)
Cups of Coffee: 3
Current Word Count: about 2700
Mood: had a rest & meal, ready to go
Listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xffdlGPqHF8
I am going to take a break and might even fall asleep or might be back tonight-- who knows?
Cups of Coffee: 5
Current Word Count: about 3500
Mood: Need a nap, lol.
Wow, you are doing great! I started a hub last night and hope to finish it tonight. Good going!
Hello, Sage! You're doing great and I love reading your progress reports! You're so fun Keep up the good work!
I love this, it's like a writing reality show. Excellent work!
Look at this ... it's me again... taking notice of my notifications
Popping in to see how it's going
Good morning! Thanks everyone for stopping by and cheering me on. I am determined to catch up some this weekend.
I had a really good night's sleep and I'm getting started today with finishing up some hubs.
Cups of Coffee: 6
Current Word Count: about 3500
Mood: ready to go
Cups of Coffee: 7
Current Word Count: about 5100
Mood: meh
Got to start on some of the boring stuff now. One of my client needs a bunch of advertisements. Slogans, images, etc. Not much writing but all part of the job.
If anyone else is writing today let me know how you're doing.
Don't know if I will write today or not; I am going to be doing a Waters of the World ritual at high noon.
It is a worldwide event, "Pagans Against Fracking." Both groups and solo practitioners are participating.
Whether or not my solo ceremony warrants a Hub remains to be seen....
Sounds very cool! Have a great time! I know it sounds like something I'd love to see a hub on.
Cups of Coffee: 8
Current Word Count: about 5100
Mood: determined!
Well, I'm done with my ads, which mostly were graphics and not writing so I'm not even going to throw it into the word count.
I just took a 45 minute break and nodded off on the couch with the dog. I am ready to go now for the rest of the night.
Probably work through dinner on some hubs and then get to my news articles and hopefully some fiction by morning.
It's odd how having something for progress accountability-- even if it's just a message board -- helps keep me on track with things. I used to belong to a writers group and we'd do this daily but it mostly disbanded, and we used to have virtual write-ins on the Nanowrimo boards to help us chug along.
I'd forgot how much it helped (even if I'm the only one here today into it!).
These help too, lol:
I did write a hub; e-mailed you the link, since we are not supposed to put links to our hubs in forums...
Cups of Coffee: 8
Current Word Count: about 6350~ish
Mood: I think I can I think I can I think I can
You're doing great! I finished and published a hub last night. Now need to work on some posts for my blogs!
You are outworking all of us...good job!
Thank you, and sounds like you're very busy too! Doing great!
Let's see... last night I feel asleep around 12 or 1 on my chair with my computer in my lap, lol. But I finished a couple more hubs.
Today I've got to get to one of my clients news articles and finish them up, and work on my fiction.
I am really tired... I lingered this morning. But feeling very productive and am determined to see the weekend through. I have done a lot of catching up.
I might do this every weekend for the rest of the month to fully catch up and get ahead again.
I'm also hungry because I've been living on things like corn dogs and Doritos and frozen pizza for 2 days. But my son is making corned beef & cabbage & Irish soda bread today. So at least I'll get a hot meal,
Anyone else writing today?
Cups of Coffee: 11
Current Word Count: about 8000~ish
Mood: I can go the distance!
This is for hub writing so guess I can't participate because my marathon writing this weekend is all for clients. I did pound out nine 600-800 word articles yesterday, did 40 product descriptions and still managed to get an hour workout in, so I'm feeling pretty proud of that. Unfortunately, I am still about 3 days worth of work behind after a computer meltdown 2 weeks ago. It took me a lot of time to restore and then reload almost 3 years worth of work from backup drives. Of course that happens in the middle of a major assignment LOL. I feel like I'm on a writing treadmill these days - writing all over the place and still not getting anywhere!
Good luck to you on your weekend Marathon - sounds like you're doing really well
Hi Christin-- no, actually most of my work I've been doing is for my private clients because of my deadlines next week. Writing is writing as far as I'm concerned!
Congrats one getting a lot of work done! 40 product descriptions is great.
I hear ya on the computer meltdowns-- uggh, they've slowed me down more than once. And of course when you write a lot and do a lot of research it makes you prone to finding more viruses.
Thanks so much for stopping by, and good luck to you on your goals as well!
Your regime, Wiccan, sounds a bit like an all-nighter in college. I don't necessarily recommend this type of schedule, but I do admire your desire to focus. I pray you find a happy, yet productive balance. All the best to you!
It does remind me of college, Marie, lol. But after 2 weeks of being sick I'm very behind. Plus I was very bored after 2 weeks and I had the house blissfully peaceful for the weekend because everyone else was out.
Sometimes after something unexpected (like being sick for 2/3 weeks) you have to shift your weight to one extreme for a bit to bring your balance back.
I like it when the pressure is on, I get very productive. But I do have balance-- normally my work does not consume my life. I have family, friends, creative hobbies, spiritual routines, domestic chores, etc. -- so I do feel quite balanced overall. Thanks for your concern, though.
Just to update: I just finished another round of news articles for one client and am about to get started on a weeks worth of blog entries for another client.
I can smell the corned beef and the soda bread... mmm. It's lifting my spirits to know a great home-made hot meal is coming.
I just took a quick break & a stretch. I plan to take one more quick break to eat and then again to watch Walking Dead at 9, but I expect to go to midnight/1 AM
Cups of Coffee: 13
Current Word Count: about 9500
Mood: mellow like jello
Flickr/egg on stilts
Yeah, baby. Hot home-cooked meal. My 15 yr old budding chef cooked us a veritable Irish American feast, traditional soda bread and all.
Not a typical meal for us at all, but nice after the not a typical weekend of junk for me. Tomorrow, it's back to hummus wraps, baked chicken, veggie stir fry and salads. And easing back to 3 cups of coffee per day, :-)
Anyway... back to the drawing board till 9 pm.
Cups of Coffee: 14
Current Word Count: about 9950~ish
Mood: stuffed and happy
Looks like your 15-year-old is going to be a very good cook!
I'm in the doghouse (sort of) because I lost track of where we were in the month, and forgot to buy hubby is St. Paddy's day feast...
But, I don't get much to eat when I do fix that for him, given that I'm a vegetarian. Freudian slip much?
I'm telling you, it's like having a personal chef, lol. He's been in an online high school cooking school for 2 years now, and he's about to start his first official certification class.
Ever meet someone who just seemed to have a calling? When he was a tot he insisted on "skirring" everything for me when I cooked. At 4 he announced he was going to be a chef~ and he has not once wavered from that decision. He loves to cook, he does about half the cooking now.
Best thing about waiting after the 17th, at least you hit the big corned beef sales! I'd forget too-- my husband brought home 3 big slabs of meat.
Progress Report:
You can be really proud of yourself! Good job.
That's great that your son loves to cook and wants to be a chef. I'm glad you got a good meal in!
Thanks everyone! Still at it-- must be all the coffee... but I'm almost caught up with everything due this week, and got a few hubs finished to boot.
Cups of Coffee: 16
Current Word Count: about 10600
Mood: running on fumes but determined to finish
Thanks for everyone's support this weekend!
Cups of Coffee: 16
Current Word Count: about 11450
Mood: victorious, relieved and ready to fall into bed!
Gosh I think I am weekend late I might try your idea for next weekend. Congratulations on writing 11450 words
by Mackenzie Sage Wright 9 years ago
Last weekend I got more than 11,000 words done - Woot! Caught up a bunch, but not enough.This weekend I'm going for 15,000...Join me if you will in this thread going for your own personal writing goals anytime Fri-Sat.Any kind of writing, Hubs or not. See you in the morning......
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That will get me to nice even 200 hubs. I'll think about it. I'll be starting next week though, this week has been thoroughly exhausting and like a rollercoaster ride without any brakes to slow down on the bends.And then after that I might do aim at a stretch of 60 in 60 days. Which won't be back...
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Will they still be allowed to continue writing for the niche sites or will this site be diluted as our best writers and their work leave for a better deal?
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Just wondering how many others on hubpages have been ask to submit articles for Linked. I just don't have the time. They don't pay, however they promote your articles on other social networks.
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The game of baseball is as American as apple pie and for ages has been regarded our country's national pastime. Baseball's popularity doesn't stop at our shores, though, as the sport has gained immense popularity in almost every corner of the world.
Despite baseball's ubiquity, the ever-evolving jargon used on the diamond can cause confusion among even the game's most passionate supporters. Thankfully, my experience as both a player and a fan has afforded me quite an expansive baseball vocabulary, and it is my great pleasure to share with you just a few terms that can help you enjoy the next game you watch.
No-no: a no-hitter.
I don't wanna jinx it or anything, but Jared Horn's got a no-no going through seven.
Warning-track power: an insult used to describe a player who doesn't hit home runs and can barely reach the warning track.
Hit the weight room, bro. That'll fix your warning-track power.
Go yard: to hit a home run.
Scouts are coming to the game today. I'm definitely trying to go yard.
Dinger: a home run.
Let's just walk this guy. He's already hit three dingers today.
Knock: a single.
We got on the board with an RBI knock in the first.
Rope: a hard-hit line drive.
I hate playing third base because I always get ropes hit at me.
Hose: a strong arm or a strong throw.
Did you see president Bush's first pitch? Dude has a hose!
Noodle: the exact opposite of a hose.
You can tag up on this left fielder all day. Dude's got a noodle.
Rake: to hit the ball well.
I don't wanna pitch to this dude — he's been raking lately.
Carve: When a pitcher strikes out a batter on just a few pitches.
That was a terrible at-bat, Johnny. The pitcher carved your ass up.
Blooper: a weak hit that barely leaves the infield, usually as a result of the ball hitting an awkward spot of the bat.
His curveball caught me out front, but I was able to pull it into left for a little blooper.
Snow cone: when a fielder barely catches a ball with the tip of his glove.
I almost went yard, but the center fielder stretched over the wall and snow coned it.
Heat: high velocity.
Yo, sit in the back of the box. This dude's throwing heat.
Blue: an umpire.
Get off your knees, blue! You're blowing the game!
Southpaw: a left-handed pitcher.
The manager will probably put all the righties in the lineup tonight because the other team's got a southpaw on the mound.
Pop: a batter's power.
Don't give this guy anything to hit. He's got a lot of pop.
Bush-league: amateur, subpar.
This catcher's bush-league. He doesn't know how to frame, and he's allowed like three passed balls.
Bean: to hit a batter with a pitch.
This is that guy that cleated Johnny earlier. I'm gonna bean him.
Junk: off-speed pitches.
Always expect junk when a pitcher's got you down 0-2.
Swinging out of one's shoes: when a batter is swinging as hard as they can in an attempt to hit a home run.
This dude's swinging out of his shoes. Throw him something off-speed, and you'll catch him out in front of it.
Cheddar: a very hittable fastball with minimal velocity.
C'mon, coach, let me hit. This pitcher's throwing cheddar!
Fan: to strike a batter out.
The pitcher fanned eight through seven innings.
Paint the corners: to throw a strike on the edge of the plate.
This pitcher doesn't throw too hard, but he's effective because he knows how to paint the corners.
Turn two: complete a double play.
We've already got one out. Let's try to turn two and get out of this inning.
Rups: formally called "stirrups," rups are an old-school pair of socks that hook onto the bottom of a player's foot and reveal a pair of white socks underneath.
Pull your pants up, bro. The crowd can't see your rups when they're down.
Dirty mids: Pants that hang to about shin level so that they are neither all the way up nor all the way down.
I hate wearing my pants up, but I've gotta rock the dirty mids to show off my rups.
Tail: movement on a fastball. Usually comes from left-handed pitchers.
His ball's got a good tail on it, so he might catch you chasing some stuff out of the zone.
Lip: a fat wad of chewing tobacco in a player's mouth.
Dude, check it out. The first baseman's packing the fattest lip I've ever seen.
Deuces wild: a situation in which there are two balls, two strikes, two outs and two runners on base at the same time.
Vaughn takes ball two, and the deuces are wild.
Chin music: a high, inside fastball that gets juuuust a little too close to the batter's head.
If this guy's bat flips on our field, I'm gonna have to give him some of that sweet chin music.

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|"Oh, yeah, Cam! And that whole 'coming when you're called' thing? You don't really have to do that!"
"Really, Zimmie?"
Monday, July 22, 2013
19 comments:
You stick with Zim and you'll be the best Sibe there ever was!ReplyDelete
Zim know all!ReplyDelete
Jack & moo
LLOLOLO>...yep sometimes i tell the two little gangsta's the same kind of things....lol...ReplyDelete
stella rose
ummm - now, we don't come when we are called cause we are cats (OK, unless there are treats) but we heard somewhere dogs come when they are called. is it a Sibe thing?? :)ReplyDelete
You are sure teaching Cammo the Zim-Way pal. Have a marvellous Monday and stay cool.ReplyDelete
Best wishes Molly
Yep Camo, I got lots of mentoring when I showed up too! Always listen to big brofurs, that's what I think,ReplyDelete
Zim is very wise, I would listen to every word. He has knowledge!ReplyDelete
Loveys Sasha
Hmmm better take what he says with a grain of saltReplyDelete
Stop on by for a visit
I think you do have to do that really.ReplyDelete
~Lickies, Ludo
I (Frankie Furter) did my bestest to teach stuffs LIKE THAT to my Pup Brother.. Ernie the Eeeeeeenormous.ReplyDelete
Way to Go ZIM!!!
(Dog Jokes are the BEST)
BOL!!!! You'd best listen to your mom and come when she calls.ReplyDelete
Wags, Noreen
That Zim sure knows the ropes Cammie.ReplyDelete
Millie & Walter
Wait until Zim mentors you on the sitzbank and beds and all kinds of cool stuff! He's a very smart brother!ReplyDelete
OMD! Bart told me the same thing, and here I was coming right away, like every time. What a fool I was!!ReplyDelete
Oh yes Cam-a-Roo Zim is correct. You don't have to. At least not right away. Of course if treats, especially salmon treats are involved, you just come running.ReplyDelete
hee hee! ok, our mom says Wriggley isn't allowed to see this post :D Camo, be careful Zim doesn't mentor you out of some sammin treats...ReplyDelete
Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, HOllie
It's like you lived there forever. You fit right in. We saw a real live wolf yesterday we thought it was you at first.ReplyDelete
Benny & Lily
Don't listen to him Camo! Make sure you go when you're called and you'll rack up ALL of the treats!ReplyDelete
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
It's so impawtant to have a mentor to teach you the really BIG stuff. Listen to Zim, he won't steer you wrong!ReplyDelete


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Okay so my boyfriend and I have been together for 9 months and about 4 months ago I found out he was talking to his ex girlfriend who lives a million miles away for work and they were saying stuff like " i miss you, can't wait to see you".
I confronted him about it and he immediatly stopped talking to her and broke off all contact with her and said he made a stupid mistake and I am the one he wants to be with and bla bla bla....
then right after that, I found out he had been emailing girls off of a website ,b>trying to hook up with them.
He said he never actually met up with anyone or physically cheated. We worked through all of that because he tried so hard to work things out with me and earn my trust back..
But now 4 months later I am suspicious he is cheating on me again. He used to always come over to my parents place on his lunch breaks to see me and then all of a sudden it stopped cold turkey(he doesn`t even call anymore).
And then he moved in with me at my parents and he would make his lunches in the morning but he would always come home and he would still have his full lunch in his backpack.
I thought it was weird but I didn`t think anything of it because i thought maybe he bought his lunch sometimes and didn;t want me to get mad for spending money.
Now we moved out together into our own place and he brings lunches to work and actually eats them on his lunch. But we bought two cartons of eggs the other day and there are three eggs missing.
The problem...we havn`t cooked any eggs here! so he had to have taken them to work and cooked them at someones house on his lunch or something.
I asked him if he used those eggs and he said yes but he doesn`t remember what he used them for.
Now everything that I was suspicious of before, makes so much more sense now that he has taken food that needs to be cooked on a stove to work with him.
I am positive he didn`t fry eggs at work. He works on a construction site. If he is cheating, It could only be on his lunch breaks because we are together literally 24.7 except the 8 hrs a day when he is at work.
So the only time we arent together when he is not working is on his lunch breaks.`He doesn`t go anywhere without me and when I go out, he always comes.
He doesn`t do what the normal guy would do when he is cheating..like trying to get out of the house or ``work Late`` or anything to get away from me to go see the other girl.
Thats why I am having a very hard time figuring it out. I don;t have enough proof to confront him! plz help.
Am I just paranoid
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'Saving our economy is a priority.'
'We have to save our people and save our country.'
Soon after the Union Cabinet took a decision to cancel the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme for two years to divert the funds towards fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the Congress party's Rajya Sabha member from Punjab Partap Singh Bajwa took to Twitter to say that the government should cancel the Central Vista redevelopment scheme (external link) that is projected to cost Rs 20,000 crores (Rs 200 billion).
'Maybe Govt would do better in not being penny smart & pound foolish,' Bajwa tweeted.
"They have taken Rs 8,000 crore from the MPLADS funds, so why not from the Parliament building fund?" Bajwa asks Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar.
Why do you want the government to cancel the Rs 20,000 crore project to build a new Parliament complex?
They have taken Rs 8,000 crore from the MPLADS funds, so why not from the Parliament building fund?
States were not prepared for such a big crisis. The hospitals lack facilities, there is a shortage of protective kits and other equipment. The world was not prepared for a fight against this virus and also for future battles against such pandemics.
You know more than 10 million people died during the Spanish Flu which happened after World War I. Our soldiers who fought for the British died because of this flu.
The whole world has spent money on defence and not enough on medicine.
The Central Vista can be redone later. Now the number one challenge is the virus. This fight will be for a long time.
Then saving our economy will be a priority. We have to save our people and save our country.
What do you think about the government suspending MPLADS funds?
We cannot go against government policy, it is for the best. The priority is to upgrade the hospitals till a vaccine is found.
Are you happy with how the government has handled the coronavirus pandemic so far?
They have taken wise decisions. Unlike America, Italy and Britain who were late in deciding. The British prime minister is ill.
Prime Minister Modi has taken the right decision about the lockdown. People have to stay at home.
Agricultural states have to open up to harvesting their wheat. I don't know what will happen then.
Our testing is low so we don't have right data. India is doing reasonably okay except for the hotspots.
Those are the biggest challenge as no vaccine is ready. The government is purchasing kits, masks and ventilators. In another couple of weeks, we will be better prepared.
Plasma therapy is being tried in Kerala. We will be able to find a solution as our best institutes are on the job.
Do you think the MPLADS funds should be diverted to the states from where the MPs hail?
That was exactly my suggestion to the prime minister. The money should go to the states to which the MPs belong.
The amount depends on the number of MPs the state has.
This fund should be used only for fighting COVID-19.
GST funds should also be distributed to the states. Punjab needs Rs 5,000 crore from its share of GST.
The Rs 15,000 crore they are distributing is very less. It should be equally distributed. Hotspots should be given more money.
Do you think the lockdown should be lifted after April 14?
The prime minister is in touch with the chief ministers and his cabinet ministers. He is the best judge of the situation.
Let it be at the discretion of the prime minister. We support the government completely.
In 1918, during the Spanish Flu, 12% of the population died. We have to be prepared to take hard decisions.
Daily wage-earners are suffering, we have to look after them.
Rich countries must contribute to poorer nations. The world has to fight as one.
How is the Punjab government handling the crisis?
They are doing a reasonably good job. All the states are doing their best in spite of difficulties. We need a couple of weeks to be reasonably prepared.
Lots of industries are helping to manufacture medical equipment that the hospitals need.
If we all work together we can pass through this crisis.


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A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by 15 minor league baseball teams against five insurance companies alleges that "action and inaction by federal and state governments" contributed to "catastrophic financial losses" for ballclubs.
The suit in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is over rejections and anticipated rejections by the insurers of the teams' coronavirus-related business interruption claims. It states teams incur more than $2 million in expenses to operate, "without regard to whether they suffer interruption of their operations."
"In the first few months of 2020," the suit says, "the federal government failed to recognize the severity of the pandemic and did not contain the virus." And it notes a "failure of the federal government to build an effective wall preventing the continued migration of the virus from states that were hit early to the rest of the country."
The complaint accuses the insurance companies of breach of contract and asserts that teams are not precluded from collecting on business interruption claims, despite policy provisions excluding losses "caused by or resulting from any virus" and "acts or decisions, including the failure to act or decide, of any person, group, organization or governmental body."
When contacted by ESPN, Andy Sandler, an attorney with one of the two law firms representing the plaintiffs, said, "We will prove in a court of law why the exclusions don't apply." He said he would not elaborate on how they will do that at this time.
The teams also contend that insurers are failing to recognize that being unable to use ballparks due to restrictions on gatherings and lack of access to players constitutes direct physical loss -- and should be covered under the policies.
Twelve of the teams have policies with subsidiaries of Nationwide Insurance.
"We are committed to doing all we can within the coverage our members have purchased," Nationwide said in a statement to ESPN on Tuesday night. "Business interruption coverage due to a virus outbreak has been excluded from standard policies issued to business owners across the insurance industry for quite some time. The risk for such an event is so vast, including it in standard coverage would make such coverage unaffordable or even unavailable."
Major League Baseball's 30 teams provide and pay the players for their 160 minor league affiliates, which in turn handle most operating expenses. It's widely assumed that the minor leagues won't be able to launch a season this year, and the suit says, "It is now clear that MLB teams will not provide players to MiLB teams for the entire 2020 season."
The lawsuit's 15 teams represent levels from short-season rookie ball to Triple-A, in towns and cities coast to coast with populations ranging from Binghamton, New York's 45,000 to San Antonio's 1.5 million. Three teams -- the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Chattanooga Lookouts and Idaho Falls Chukars -- were among 42 teams designated by MLB for elimination, in a proposal made last year at the start of negotiations with Minor League Baseball over their operating agreement that expires at the end of this season.
Sources close to those negotiations said Sandler, who owns a team in North Carolina that isn't a party to Tuesday's lawsuit, is the lead member of MiLB's seven-person committee for the talks with MLB. Sandler declined to comment about the committee, MLB's controversial contraction proposal or the negotiations, but others have told ESPN there have been no substantive discussions during the pandemic, as MLB's focus has been on a possible 2020 major league season and its contentious dealings with the MLB players' association.
The lawsuit against the insurers contains this characterization of the 15 teams' losses: "As a result of the virus, the governmental response, and Major League Baseball's failure to provide baseball players, the teams have been deprived of their primary source of revenue -- fans coming to the ballpark and paying for game tickets, merchandise, food and beverage, and partaking in other amenities."


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Flixster is an American social movie site for discovering new movies, learning about movies, and meeting others with similar tastes in movies. The site allows users to view movie trailers as well as learn about the new and upcoming movies in the box office. The site is based in San Francisco, California and was founded by Joe Greenstein and Saran Chari in 2007. Flixster has been the parent of website Rotten Tomatoes since January 2010. Flixster, including Rotten Tomatoes, was acquired by Warner Bros. on May 4, 2011.
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Between November 2006 and January 2007, the number of daily page views by Alexa Toolbar users rose from fewer than 20 million per day to around 50 million per day. Alexa no longer (June 2008) provides numbers of daily page views, but the number of page views as a percentage decreased by almost two thirds from mid-December 2007 to mid-June 2008.
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Flixster's growth has been described in the trade press as attributable to "its aggressive viral marketing practices", including "the automated selection of your email account's entire address book in order to send a Flixster invitation to all of your contacts." Although Flixster claims this procedure is an industry standard used by other services, Flixster differs in that their system automatically selects all contacts in the user's address book and requires the user to manually un-select each address individually to prevent email from being sent in the user's name. Co-Founder Joe Greenstein has described the difference between Flixster and other sites as: "We make it easy to invite your friends. Other sites don't provide good ways for people to spread the word."
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Flixster has developed applications for several social networking sites. These apps have many of the same features as the main Flixster site, such as ratings, reviews, and user-generated quizzes. Furthermore, all offered social media integation and mobile app is offered free-of-charge, allowing more users to download its application. The first of these applications was released in June 2007 on the Facebook platform. In March 2008, a MySpace app. followed, which had 3,923,506 users as of July 2008. This made it the second most popular application on the MySpace platform. In addition to the Facebook and MySpace apps, Flixster has also developed applications for Bebo and Orkut.
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In August 2008, Flixster released an iOS application, which allows users to access movie showtimes, reviews, and trailers. Furthermore, this iPhone and iPod app for Flixster is the number one movie application yet. Flixster has also released apps for Android mobile phones, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry phones.
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Within mathematics, there is a vast and ever expanding web of conjectures, theorems and ideas called the Langlands program. That program links seemingly disconnected subfields. It is such a force that some mathematicians say it—or some aspect of it—belongs in the esteemed ranks of the Millennium Prize Problems, a list of the top open questions in math. Edward Frenkel, a mathematician at the University of California, Berkeley, has even dubbed the Langlands program "a Grand Unified Theory of Mathematics."
The program is named after Robert Langlands, a mathematician at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. Four years ago, he was awarded the Abel Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, for his program, which was described as "visionary."
Langlands is retired, but in recent years the project has sprouted into "almost its own mathematical field, with many disparate parts," which are united by "a common wellspring of inspiration," says Steven Rayan, a mathematician and mathematical physicist at the University of Saskatchewan. It has "many avatars, some of which are still open, some of which have been resolved in beautiful ways."
Increasingly mathematicians are finding links between the original program—and its offshoot, geometric Langlands—and other fields of science. Researchers have already discovered strong links to physics, and Rayan and other scientists continue to explore new ones. He has a hunch that, with time, links will be found between these programs and other areas as well. "I think we're only at the tip of the iceberg there," he says. "I think that some of the most fascinating work that will come out of the next few decades is seeing consequences and manifestations of Langlands within parts of science where the interaction with this kind of pure mathematics may have been marginal up until now." Overall Langlands remains mysterious, Rayan adds, and to know where it is headed, he wants to "see an understanding emerge of where these programs really come from."
A Puzzling Web
The Langlands program has always been a tantalizing dance with the unexpected, according to James Arthur, a mathematician at the University of Toronto. Langlands was Arthur's adviser at Yale University, where Arthur earned his Ph.D. in 1970. (Langlands declined to be interviewed for this story.)
"I was essentially his first student, and I was very fortunate to have encountered him at that time," Arthur says. "He was unlike any mathematician I had ever met. Any question I had, especially about the broader side of mathematics, he would answer clearly, often in a way that was more inspiring than anything I could have imagined."
During that time, Langlands laid the foundation for what eventually became his namesake program. In 1969 Langlands famously handwrote a 17-page letter to French mathematician André Weil. In that letter, Langlands shared new ideas that later became known as the "Langlands conjectures."
In 1969 Langlands delivered conference lectures in which he shared the seven conjectures that ultimately grew into the Langlands program, Arthur notes. One day Arthur asked his adviser for a copy of a preprint paper based on those lectures.
"He willingly gave me one, no doubt knowing that it was beyond me," Arthur says. "But it was also beyond everybody else for many years. I could, however, tell that it was based on some truly extraordinary ideas, even if just about everything in it was unfamiliar to me."
The Conjectures at the Heart of It All
Two conjectures are central to the Langlands program. "Just about everything in the Langlands program comes in one way or another from those," Arthur says.
The reciprocity conjecture connects to the work of Alexander Grothendieck, famous for his research in algebraic geometry, including his prediction of "motives." "I think Grothendieck chose the word [motive] because he saw it as a mathematical analogue of motifs that you have in art, music or literature: hidden ideas that are not explicitly made clear in the art, but things that are behind it that somehow govern how it all fits together," Arthur says.
The reciprocity conjecture supposes these motives come from a different type of analytical mathematical object discovered by Langlands called automorphic representations, Arthur notes. "'Automorphic representation' is just a buzzword for the objects that satisfy analogues of the Schrödinger equation" from quantum physics, he adds. The Schrödinger equation predicts the likelihood of finding a particle in a certain state.
The second important conjecture is the functoriality conjecture, also simply called functoriality. It involves classifying number fields. Imagine starting with an equation of one variable whose coefficients are integers—such as x2 + 2x + 3 = 0—and looking for the roots of that equation. The conjecture predicts that the corresponding field will be "the smallest field that you get by taking sums, products and rational number multiples of these roots," Arthur says.
Exploring Different Mathematical "Worlds"
With the original program, Langlands "discovered a whole new world," Arthur says.
The offshoot, geometric Langlands, expanded the territory this mathematics covers. Rayan explains the different perspectives the original and geometric programs provide. "Ordinary Langlands is a package of ideas, correspondences, dualities and observations about the world at a point," he says. "Your world is going to be described by some sequence of relevant numbers. You can measure the temperature where you are; you could measure the strength of gravity at that point," he adds.
With the geometric program, however, your environment becomes more complex, with its own geometry. You are free to move about, collecting data at each point you visit. "You might not be so concerned with the individual numbers but more how they are varying as you move around in your world," Rayan says. The data you gather are "going to be influenced by the geometry," he says. Therefore, the geometric program "is essentially replacing numbers with functions."
Number theory and representation theory are connected by the geometric Langlands program. "Broadly speaking, representation theory is the study of symmetries in mathematics," says Chris Elliott, a mathematician at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Using geometric tools and ideas, geometric representation theory expands mathematicians' understanding of abstract notions connected to symmetry, Elliot notes. That area of representation theory is where the geometric Langlands program "lives," he says.
Intersections with Physics
The geometric program has already been linked to physics, foreshadowing possible connections to other scientific fields.
In 2018 Kazuki Ikeda, a postdoctoral researcher in Rayan's group, published a Journal of Mathematical Physics study that he says is connected to an electromagnetic duality that is "a long-known concept in physics" and that is seen in error-correcting codes in quantum computers, for instance. Ikeda says his results "were the first in the world to suggest that the Langlands program is an extremely important and powerful concept that can be applied not only to mathematics but also to condensed-matter physics"—the study of substances in their solid state—"and quantum computation."
Connections between condensed-matter physics and the geometric program have recently strengthened, according to Rayan. "In the last year the stage has been set with various kinds of investigations," he says, including his own work involving the use of algebraic geometry and number theory in the context of quantum matter.
Other work established links between the geometric program and high-energy physics. In 2007 Anton Kapustin, a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology, and Edward Witten, a mathematical and theoretical physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study, published what Rayan calls "a beautiful landmark paper" that "paved the way for an active life for geometric Langlands in theoretical high-energy physics." In the paper, Kapustin and Witten wrote that they aimed to "show how this program can be understood as a chapter in quantum field theory."
Elliott notes that viewing quantum field theory from a mathematical perspective can help glean new information about the structures that are foundational to it. For instance, Langlands may help physicists devise theories for worlds with different numbers of dimensions than our own.
Besides the geometric program, the original Langlands program is also thought to be fundamental to physics, Arthur says. But exploring that connection "may require first finding an overarching theory that links the original and geometric programs," he says.
The reaches of these programs may not stop at math and physics. "I believe, without a doubt, that [they] have interpretations across science," Rayan says. "The condensed-matter part of the story will lead naturally to forays into chemistry." Furthermore, he adds, "pure mathematics always makes its way into every other area of science. It's only a matter of time."


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This is a 1956 Lambretta 150 D scooter and it's in Waynesville, Ohio. It's listed on eBay with a bid price of just over $1,500 and the reserve isn't met. There are six days left on the auction, for you collectors of rare and unusual two-wheelers. And, I know that you're out there.
The 150 D was an upgrade from the previous 125 D giving a much-needed boost, especially when carrying a passenger. These bikes almost look unfinished to me, I'm so used to seeing the classic, streamlined Lambretta scooters, the ones that most of us probably relate back to Lambretta. In fact, they made two versions, the stripped-down version, the D, and they also made the more classic Lambretta 150 LD which had the aerodynamic cowling over the "guts", hiding all of the working bits and pieces.
There may be a reason that these look so unusual, they made just over 54,000 of these "economic" D models (1954-1956) compared to almost 220,000 of the "luxurious" LD covered Lambrettas (1954-1957), so they are a bit more unusual to see. I've never seen one in person. This one is supposedly all original, but the paint on the tank and engine cover sure looks new'ish to me? The seat sure looks original, right down to the rips. But, a NOS seat comes with it, and apparently the tires and tubes are also NOS.
As we all know, these bikes aren't for folks who are afraid to have fun riding what they dang well like to ride, no matter what anyone else thinks. I see an older gentleman riding his classic scooter down our street every day and he probably has bigger bikes if he wanted to ride those, and most likely even classic cars. These small bikes are great for bopping around at big car shows or flea markets and things like that. I would not be afraid to ride this thing in public and I'm 6′-5″ tall so I'd probably look ridiculous, but I don't care! Of course, they weren't made for freeway or cross-country duties, they never were. This is a 148 cc, single-cylinder, air-cooled engine with 6 hp. The 150 D model weighs about what I do, 165 pounds, so they aren't heavy. The LD models added 30 pounds in weight for the covers. I really like these unusual, old machines. Are you someone who would proudly ride something like this, or would you not want to be seen on anything smaller than a V-Twin?


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"If you want to help solve big problems in the world, seek out groups who have ambitious goals coupled with close-up experience".~ Dan Heath
Last month's Blueprint Bulletin began our series around Upstream thinking where our primary focus was around the three forces that push us downstream: 1) problem blindness, 2) lack of ownership, and 3) tunneling. We also made connections to the Blueprint Framework. To delve further into solving problems before they happen, Dan Heath, during a recent interview, talked into 4 Ways to Go Upstream to Solve Problems in Education where he also made connections to the forces that push us downstream.
Beginning with this edition, the focus will be on one of Heath's seven questions for Upstream leaders and where the Blueprint Connections, Leader's Corner, and Teacher's Corner sections may confirm your thinking and give you some additional food-for-thought and potential actions. Our focus this month . . . How to unite the right people? Heath suggests that you surround the problem AND use data for learning as opposed to using data for inspection.
According to Heath, "The lesson of the high-risk team's success seems to be: Surround the problem with the right people; give them early notice of that problem; and align their efforts toward preventing specific instances of that problem" (p 88). Surrounding the problem means working together from multiple perspectives and not one person having all the answers; aligning these efforts means collaboration and coordination. Students are more successful when a building or district is working together, which means that we need to meet. "Doctors prescribe, miners dig, teachers teach, and upstreamers meet. . . . When done right, upstream meetings can be energizing: creative and honest and improvisational, with the kind of camaraderie that emerges from the shared struggle to achieve something meaningful" (p 80). To do this, we must use data to inform and guide our work tomorrow, this and next week, this and next month, and year. Who from your internal and external school community might be your upstream thinkers? How might you unite them?
Blueprint Connections
"If we want to fix a big problem, we need to overhaul the system."~ Dan Heath
When thinking about surrounding the problem with the right people and using data for learning as opposed to using data for inspection, what Blueprint connections come to mind? Early Blueprint adopters might think about the district and building networks as well as the performance management and problem-solving drivers, high-quality walkthroughs, and competency data. Most recently, Blueprint-installing districts are focusing on Improvement Cycles (formerly referred to as small-system cycles) and the System Flow (Input Process Output Feedback [IPOF]) model where multiple people at multiple levels and roles work well together to achieve desired outcomes.
How might the IPOF model connect to MDE's Michigan Integrated Continuous Improvement Process (MICIP)? MICIP defines systems as a series of interdependent and aligned processes and people working together toward a common goal to bring desired results. When putting the IPOF model, systems thinking, and the MICIP pieces together, there is a continuous improvement process that utilizes systems, routines, and people where data is used for learning, guiding, and improving.
Let's bring this thinking full circle. When thinking about Heath's quote, "If we want to fix a big problem, we need to overhaul the system", how did Chicago Public Schools use continuous improvement, system thinking, uniting the right people, and using data to guide their actions to increase their graduation rates from 52.4% to 78%? Shifting to upstream thinking, eliminating problem blindness, taking ownership of the problem, and putting systems in place, by 2018, CPS' graduation rate increased.
Leader's Corner
" . . . groups do their best work when they are given a clear, compelling aim and a useful, real-time stream of data to measure their progress, and then . . . leave them alone".~ Joe McCannon
Creating a culture where upstream thinkers are curious about the data and not only want to get to the root cause of the success (to replicate) or the challenge (to close gaps), these collaborators believe that they can and will make a difference. We know that our beliefs lead to our actions and these upstream collaborators get beyond admiring the problem.
Part of upstream thinking is using data for learning as opposed to using data for inspection. What are examples of each that you have encountered in your life? What does it feel like when data is used for inspection? When using data for inspection, one might hear, "Mrs. Jones, I didn't observe high-quality reading instruction today, what happened?" When using data for learning, one might think of formative data . . . data that would be used to guide our next steps and may sound like, "What were some of the instructional strategies used that are aligned to high-quality reading instruction? How might you know that they were effective? What do you want to stay mindful of from now on?"
Many of the upstream successes shared in Heath's book involve the use of a "by-name list". Using CPS as an example, the Freshman OnTrack team focused on each student's metrics to prevent each student from dropping out. The thinking is that if you're engaged in a conversation about Joey, you care about Joey. "What are we going to do about Joey next week?" Why might such a hyper-focus yield different results? What's different between the abstract focus on "increasing all students' achievement" and the specific focus of "getting Joey Smith to graduate"?
These upstream collaborators use improvement cycles to determine their desired outcomes and think in ways to prevent problems from happening instead of remaining in reactionary mode. As we previously mentioned, "The lesson of the high-risk team's success seems to be: Surround the problem with the right people; give them early notice of that problem; and align their efforts toward preventing specific instances of that problem" (p 88). What might your upstream thinkers focus on? How might you build that upstream-thinking culture?
Teacher's Corner
"So the first step, as in many upstream efforts, was to surround the problem — to recruit a multifaceted group of people and organizations united by a common aim".~ Dan Heath
A multifaceted group of people united by a common aim. That sounds like teacher collaboration. If we want to succeed in meeting the learning needs of each and every student, then we must take advantage of every possible avenue that will increase our likelihood of success. Think of how much easier it will be to share this responsibility with other educators you work with every day. Research clearly indicates that teachers must regularly and frequently meet to discuss instruction and understand how students learn.
As mentioned in the Leader's Corner, part of upstream thinking is using data for learning as opposed to using data for inspection. You likely spend a lot of time looking at your own data. Based on your interpretation of the data, you make choices about what students have learned and how you'll move forward with your instruction. While this is important in day-to-day planning, there is an obvious benefit to having thought-partners in your data analysis. In Upstream, Heath lifts the primacy of data as being a theme that he observed repeatedly in his research. "I knew data would be important for generating insights and measuring progress, but I didn't anticipate that it would be the centerpiece of many upstream efforts" (p 88). Discussing your students' work and leveraging the expertise of your colleagues helps you arrive at sound data interpretations.
There is much to gain from your colleagues about student learning if you intentionally share your experiences, collective knowledge, and insights. Meaningful professional interactions focused on teaching and learning can significantly influence your own growth and the growth of each student. Maintaining focus on individual students, recognizing each by name and his/her strengths, helps to ensure that each student is seen. Teacher collaborative groups, organized by a common aim of improving student learning, demonstrates a collective approach where the expertise of peers is honored and valued. This is collective teacher efficacy . . . a collective belief that together what you do can and will make a difference in student achievement. Collective teacher efficacy provides the greatest chance of student success. What is your next step in either implementing or strengthening teacher collaborative routines? How will you ensure that your collaborative team is united by a common aim? How might you, as an upstream thinker, consider ways to move teacher collaboration into an online learning environment?
To deepen your understanding of these collaborative practices, consider participating in the online Teacher Collaborative Routines course. The next course is scheduled to begin on November 18, 2020. Information and registration can be found by clicking on this link.
Timely Topics
The focus for the Leadership Network for Building and Central Office Leaders on November 12, from 9 – 11 a.m. will be:
- making connections to upstream thinking . . . How might you support your district/school in addressing problem blindness, tunneling, and lack of ownership to move upstream?
- deepening understanding of observations and formative feedback and what that might look and sound like in a remote learning environment
- Networking with colleagues from around the state around a problem-of-practice
The Superintendent Network, scheduled for November 19, from 9 – 10 a.m., will focus on:
- Empowering principals around instructional improvement
- Learning Focused Partnerships focusing on instructional improvement
SWFT Online interactive courses, Winter I Term, are quickly approaching and begin on November 18.
Changing Minds to Address Poverty in the Classroom is a powerful course for instructional staff. Based on the work of Eric Jensen, this course provides background on the effect of living in poverty has on students' brains and their learning in the classroom. The course moves beyond the theory and provides practical classroom strategies that enrich the learning environment and increase the likelihood of success for students living in poverty. Participants will explore seven essential mindsets shown to positively impact student learning. This course provides strategies and tools to make changes in your classroom so students living in poverty have a greater chance of learning what they need to succeed in your classroom and in life.
Browse the professional learning calendar for courses that may interest you and/or your district's goals. To register, click Events Registration.
In Closing
Heath states, "To succeed in upstream efforts, you need to surround the problem. Meaning you need to attract people who can address all the key dimensions of the issue. . . . Once you've surrounded the problem, then you need to organize all those people's efforts. And you need an aim that's compelling and important – a shared goal that keeps them contributing even in stressful situations where . . . people's lives may depend on your work" (p 82). How will you support your school and district in uniting the right people?
Heath, D. (2020). Upstream: The quest to solve problems before they happen. New York: Avid Reader Press.
Heath, D. Interview by Vicki Davis. "4 Ways to Go Upstream to Solve Problems." 5 Mar. 2020. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_cd11TD_w.
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8-Sep-2017 Source: Leonardo
From 5-8 September, Leonardo and its Polish subsidiary PZL-Świdnik are exhibiting at the 25th edition of the International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO in Kielce, Poland. As part of the selection of products and technologies on display at the exhibition, the Italian Air Force's AW101 medium/heavy helicopter and the W-3PL Głuszec helicopter used by the Polish Army are featured.
At its stand, Leonardo is exhibiting a model of the M-346 advanced trainer aircraft, 12 units of which have already been ordered by the Polish Air Force, as well as products relating to land and naval avionic systems. Models of helicopters produced by PZL-Świdnik will also be on display.
The spotlight at MSPO will focus in particular on the AW101, one of the most successful medium/heavy helicopters on the market today with over 220 units ordered, and its features, which make it an ideal platform for special forces missions.
Leonardo has a significant presence in Poland through its subsidiary PZL-Świdnik, a Polish helicopter manufacturer with over 60 years of experience, which has produced more than 7,400 helicopters for customers in over 40 countries. Thanks to PZL-Świdnik, Poland is one the few countries with the capability to design, produce and develop helicopters. PZL-Świdnik has approximately 3,000 employees; cooperates with over 1,000 local enterprises; and is a core partner of the Polish Ministry for National Defence with almost 160 PZL-Świdnik-made helicopters are in service with the country's Armed Forces.


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Intelligent Sleep Aid Device
Round button design, one key to turn on, adjust power. Fall asleep easily every day
USB charging is convenient, can be connected to the computer's USB port, mobile power, power supply, and other charging methods, and the battery life is long.
The use of this product can stimulate the neurotransmitter of the cerebral cortex through microcurrent to regulate emotions, thereby promoting sleep.
Using this product, the hands can be properly stimulated, so that the same hand and brain frequencies can be used to relieve anxiety.
Small and convenient, you can take it with you.
Suitable for people with insomnia, overthinking, etc.
Product material: ABS + stainless steel
Battery capacity: 500mah
Input voltage: DC 5V / 1A
Working power: 0.5W
Micro: USB charging interface
Product Content:
1 x Help sleep
1 x USB data cable
1 x Chinese and English manual


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"Gate is the Cadillac of precasters in the market. Everyone is happy with the finished result." – Jim Williams, vice president/principal, LS3P Associates
"We will definitely use precast for more projects on campus – it has validated itself. We've learned how to use precast to achieve our client's goals and Gate is a trusted partner." − Sean Patrick Nohelty, David M. Schwarz Architects


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These super friendly cactuses from KAHINIWALLA are as adorable as they are interactive.
With layers of hand-knit details and a little smile to top it off, these rattles are sure to brighten up any day. Handmade with soft cotton yarn, the rattle inside makes a gentle sound when shaken, making it perfect for hours of pretend play.


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Over 3,500 Rental Cars Destroyed in Airport Fire
Over 3,500 rental cars were destroyed on Friday when a fire broke out in the grassy overflow area of Southwest Florida International Airport.
A Lee County Port Authority spokesperson told CNN that the fire originally only affected 20 cars that were parked in the rental car overflow area. Authorities were called around 5 p.m. By the time the fire was extinguished, it had spread through 15 acres.
"By the time we had units on the scene, we had 100 cars (on fire). We lost count after the hundreds," said Melinda Avni, Mitigation Specialist for Florida Forestry Service of Caloosahatchee.
Several fire departments and ground and aerial support from Florida Forestry Service arrived to put out the fire. At least 80 airdrops were made by the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office's aviation unit.
The fire was contained by 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, almost 18 hours after it began.
"We appreciate their courage and willingness to help our Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting Department. Together they were able to keep all our passengers and airport visitors safe," the airport said in a Facebook post.
No injuries had resulted from the fire. The airport remained open and continued service, though the inbound lanes of Terminal Access Road were closed. Passengers were bussed inside from the employee parking lot.
A total of 3,516 rental cars were destroyed or damaged. The cars were being stored at the time and were not in service.
The Avis Budget Group confirmed that some of the company's vehicles were caught in the blaze. The company is still evaluating the damage and does not have a final vehicle count at this time. Eight other companies were also affected by the fire.
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Apple has come up with an exciting iPhone contest, titled #iPhone challenge. Under this, worldwide users have to send their best shot pictures with their iPhone. Out of all of them, the top ten pictures would be selected and featured on billboards in selected cities, Apple retail stores and online. Winners will be announced on February 26, 2019. Note that if you are sending pictures on Twitter or Instagram, you need to put #ShotOniPhone. In case you are sending them via Weibo to Apple, then use the hashtag #ShotOniPhone#.
Also, people need to ensure that they specify the iPhone model in the caption, with which they have clicked their best shot. High-resolution images can be sent to Apple at [email protected] with the file format 'firstname_lastname_iphonemodel'. Users can send either edited photos or non-edited photos. Both are acceptable in the challenge. There are going to be eleven-number panel of judges including well-known photographers, visual artists from around the world. The submissions for the challenge will reportedly begin at 12:01 AM PST on January 22, 2019 and end on February 7, 2019 at 11:59PM PST.
The eligibility for this challenge is that participants should be at least 18 years of age. However, Apple employees and their immediate families cannot participate in the challenge. Another major information about Apple, that has surfaced lately, is that the Cupertino-based-tech giant is planning to get rid of LCD screen for the next line-up of iPhone models. Japan Display, that is Apple's supplier is very stressed with this decision. We can say that the decision made by Apple was rather unexpected, considering that it has been using LCD display for a long time. They will soon move to OLED displays.
To recall, since Apple introduced its iPhones back in 2007, it has been using Liquid Crystal Display on them. However, many including Apple have substituted LCD for OLED displays because they are cheaper. These models include Apple iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max.
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Richard FitzJohn Townsend (113)
|Date of Birth:
|ante 1692
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|dunm 21 Jul 1722?
|Castletownshend, Co Cork
|John Townsend [101]
|Barry, Lady Katherine
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|Table I ; Lineage ; Ancestors' Tree ; Descendents' Tree
Notes for Richard FitzJohn Townsend
Richard's father pre-deceased his grandfather thus when Colonel Richard Townesend [100] died in 1692 the greater part of Colonel Richard's estate passed to him: - "I give and bequeath unto my grandson Richard FitzJohn Townesend the house and lands of Bridgetown and my whole freehold in Coronea, the house and lands of Curromteige and Lorrogo ....(and 13 more)...to him my said grandson during his natural life and after his decease to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and for want of such issue to my son Bryan Townsend and his male heirs and for want of such the remainder to my son Francis.....Horatio.....Philip.....William and for want of such issue to my grandson John FitzCornelius and his heirs male....."
Thus on his death, having not married and had children, the Castletownshend estate passed to his uncle Bryan Townsend [200].
Colonel Richard's will will be found on page 134 of 'An Officer of the Long Parliament'


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A look at how the media responded to the biggest story of the week.
The message could not have been clearer: "The World Health Organization (WHO) today (March 17) called on member states in Southeast Asia region to urgently scale-up aggressive measures to combat COVID-19, as confirmed cases cross 480, and the disease claims eight lives," it announced.
The warning came amid a sharp rise in coronavirus deaths driven mainly by foreign nationals returning from abroad and a delay in data reporting from previous weeks. Here is how the region's media responded to the latest developments as Southeast Asia braces itself for another wave of the pandemic.
There are fears healthcare systems could be overcome…
Responding to WHO's announcement, Channel News Asia reported that healthcare systems in the region might not be able to cope with a steep rise in cases. It described the "drastic measures" nations have already put in place in a bid to control the spread of the virus but offered a gloomy prognosis. "There are concerns that weaker public health care systems in many Southeast Asian countries will be unable to cope with a major outbreak," it warned.
Meanwhile, Reuters stated that the Malaysian government fears a surge in new cases unless people do all they can to minimise contact with others. "We have a slim chance to break the chain of COVID-19 infections," it quoted Noor Hisham Abdullah, director-general of Health Malaysia, as saying. "Failure is not an option here. If not, we may face a third wave of this virus, which would be greater than a tsunami, if we maintain a 'so what' attitude."
The Reuter's article also highlighted criticism of Indonesia for not testing enough potential cases early on, masking the true extent of the problem. However, according to health ministry official Achmad Yurianto, the government hopes to contain the outbreak by the end of the month.
…and there could be consequences in other areas
Governments all over the world have scrambled to release emergency funding in a bid to keep their economies from sliding into recession, but it could be to no avail. According to ratings agency S & P Global, a recession is now "guaranteed".
David Hutt, writing in The Diplomat, argued that the current public health crisis will have continued knock-on effects on the region's economies and eventually on the political outlook. He predicted that autocratic governments—without strong economic growth figures to bolster their positions—will not hesitate to employ repressive mechanisms and clamp down on free speech.
"Worse may follow, however, if Southeast Asian economies tank, infection cases spike, and the all-in-it-together mentality that appears to be sustaining across much of the region, especially those that have been on lockdown for some weeks, starts to unravel," he concluded.
ASEAN's unity has come under scrutiny
It is worth clarifying that WHO Southeast Asia only includes Indonesia and Thailand; the other eight ASEAN nations come under WHO's West Pacific Regional Office (WPRO). The countries with the highest death rates in the region are split between the two offices (on March 20, Indonesia's was 8.4%, the Philippines' 7.5%). The global average is estimated to be 3.4%.
Writing in The Jakarta Post, Dian Septiari noted that the advice from the Southeast Asia Regional Office is more urgent than anything WPRO issued despite the numbers suggesting those countries should also to be putting more stringent measures in place.
Quoting Indonesian President Joko Widodo's confirmation of an investigation into whether hundreds of its citizens were exposed to the virus in Malaysia, she went on to highlight how ASEAN members have engaged in "unproductive quarrels" while fighting the outbreak. Further proof, if any were needed, that COVID-19 is a threat not just to global health, but to the very fabric of Southeast Asian society.
Indonesia and Singapore clashed over information sharing. Some countries moved quicker than others to lock down areas and close borders, causing additional inter-government friction. "These incidents, as well as the different policy decisions that ASEAN countries have made in response to the pandemic, have served to underline the discrepancy between neighbouring countries and cast doubt on the feasibility of a united regional response, despite the group already having several response mechanisms in place," she wrote.
A week is a long time in politics; it feels even longer in the grip of a global pandemic. Just ten days ago, the WHO praised Singapore's efforts in containing the initial phase of the outbreak, but even there they are now battling a spike in cases.
That suggests there is worse to come for the rest of Southeast Asia and illustrates why WHO Southeast Asia is so adamant about stepping up the fight. As the Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh put it, "Urgent and aggressive measures are the need of the hour. We need to act now." If it was not already, it is high time all nations—ASEAN or otherwise—heeded her advice.


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Turning a train at Matthie Wye
The following sequence of photos was taken 15 October 2005 when the annual BNSF 'Children's Train' special train ran from Peoria, Arizona to Wickenburg, Arizona and back. Matthie Wye, about 5 miles north of Wickenburg, was used to turn the train around. I was perched on top of a low hill to the east of the wye to record the rare movement.
BNSF 2445 leading the special train arrives after passing through Wickenburg Arizona. The train has already entered the leg of the wye leading to the Arizona & California RR. The BNSF 'Peavine' is visible in the foreground.
The special is entirely on Arizona & California track at this point and is preparing to reverse
onto the opposite leg of the wye in order to turn around.
In this view, the train has reversed almost entirely onto the opposite leg of the wye. The locomotives are now at the spot the end of the train was at in the previous photo.
Here the train has completely cleared the wye and is facing back toward Phoenix on the Peavine and ready to highball.
Matthie Wye is clearly visible in this view looking west.
Back to Railfanning the BNSF Peavine


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How to include shape in material selection
This session explains how components with different cross-section shapes, such as I-beams and solid rectangular sections, can be considered in material selection projects. This introduces the concept of 'Shape Factor' and how it varies with load condition and material, and includes a demonstration of how shape can be incorporated into Performance Indices and the systematic selection methodology. (Note: since this recording, the 'Performance Index Finder' has been extended to include indices that consider a variable cross-sectional shape)
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This was made for a friend, the first of many Piggies!
I have seen Piggy burners before but I took it one step further and added feet
It has a 4" flue and was fitted into an existing fireplace. In the last photo the holes drilled just behind the door stop embers dropping out when you open the door.
Once it was all painted it looked so good I wanted to keep it..


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Fashion Horoscopes: The Signs as Musical Frontwomen
Are you Janis, Beyoncé, or Whitney?
Aries: Diana Ross - The Supremes
An Aries is always the leader of the pack, and there was no doubt that Diana Ross was That Bitch in the Supremes from the start. She was a firecracker and a born diva destined to go solo from the moment the music industry took notice of her. Dreamgirls as fuck!! The whole gang draped in gold for their final TV performance? Honey, it's a fire sign!
Taurus: Cher - Sonny & Cher
Taurus is a Venus-ruled romantic, and they like a buddy! But still…Cher was totally the main hottie of Sonny & Cher, her duo with her husband at the time, Sonny Bono. Like a true Taurus, she has opinions out the ass that she is VERY vocal about on Twitter to this day! Taureans are also very conscious of aesthetics and beauty, and I'll just say: Kim K dressed up as her for Halloween this year.
Gemini: Stevie Nicks - Fleetwood Mac
Geminis stan a messy queen! Over the course of her time in Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks dated and broke up with her bandmate Lindsey Buckingham, only to go solo and date the producer of her album Bella Donna, Jimmy Iovine! At the height of her fame, she experienced an almost cult-like popularity, and went on to work with top talent, including Tom Petty. Geminis can't help but dabble in everything they're interested in, and now she's chilling on American Horror Story! Creative heartbreaker? Issa Gemini.
Cancer: Courtney Love - Hole
As one of the most romantic signs in the zodiac, it's no wonder that Cancerian Courtney Love's love life was on constant display and the subject of far more media speculation than her private sign would've liked (ahem, see: Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez???). Cancers are also known as the sign of the crab and have a strong protective streak! Love was known for being very forward about the causes dear to her heart, regularly performing at benefits for the LGBTQ community, AIDS research, mental health initiatives, and sexual assault victims. She's a true badass and a true Cancerian.
Leo: Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston was, of course, one of the most talented singers to walk this planet, but she was also known for her hilarious interviews and sparkling personality. Like a true Leo, she refused to be number two, so when Mariah Carey rose to fame, there was obvious (and amazing!!) beef. Leos rule the house of fun and pleasure, but they're also known for asserting themselves when they need to, and the combination led to some incredible one liners. People can't help but love a Leo, and even after her death, she remains one of the most beloved icons in music history.
Virgo: Beyoncé - Destiny's Child
Beyoncé is the definition of a Virgo, with her obsession with perfection, critical eye, and absolute attention to detail. Virgos are known for being workaholics, and she committed her life to music starting in her childhood! If there's anything a Virgo hates, it's an incompetent subordinate. So, like, bye Farrah! Wake up? Flawless. Just kidding—wake up and bust your ass for your entire life.
Libra: Gwen Stefani - No Doubt
As Venusians, Libras are known for their love of all things lovely and beautiful in this world. Gwen Stefani is a fashion designer and a red lipstick addict with a perfume line and so much more! They're also known for not being able to make up their minds (see: Gwen's style transformation over the years). As the sign of the scales, they're marked by a sense of fairness, tact, and good judgment. Um, anyone ever heard of The Voice?? Libras can also be very conflict avoidant: don't speak unless you're going to be nice to me! Don't tell me 'cause it hurts!
Scorpio: Kathleen Hanna - Bikini Kill
Kathleen Hanna has got some things to say. Scorpios don't shy from letting you know what they think of you, whether that's on stage, in badass interviews, or with a simple stare that lets you know that you are scum. As one of the OG riot grrls, she had no fear of rocking the boat or speaking her mind—ultimate Scorpio behavior.
Sagittarius: Tina Turner
Sagittarius is a fire sign known for its bursting energy and a natural optimism, and Tina Turner embodies this joyful attitude in her stage presence. Sagittarius is also recognized for their strong independent streak! They're self-reliant people with an occasional fear of being tied down. What's love got to do with it? Psh, secondhand emotion.
Capricorn: Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin started out as the lead singer of a psych rock band, but that alpha-ass cardinal quality took over pretty quickly and she went solo! Capricorns don't enjoy answering to other people's vision. Her easy command of the audience brought in fans as people fell in love with her bluesy vocals and amazing wails. You will listen to a Capricorn!!
Aquarius: Alicia Keys
The water bearer reveals the truth! Alicia Keys has always written soul-bearing music, and aired her opinion both lyrically and offstage. Aquarians are opinionated, individualistic people, and in the modern age, Alicia stands out amidst pop stars. Doesn't give a shit about makeup. Master of piano = independent Aquarius who doesn't need you to write her music.
Pisces: Karen Carpenter - The Carpenters
Pisces is a sweet, creative sign that is both soft-hearted and soft-spoken. As the lead singer of the Carpenters, Karen Carpenter brought a natural sensitivity to the group through her gentle, often swaying presence. Pisces can be very shy, and Karen had begun her career as the drummer of the band. She shied away from the limelight, but her beautiful voice and inherent lovability drew people to her. Trademark Pisces!