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Odd thing I've noticed before, though closing and opening Construct solved it, is a couple random objects in my layout having invisible borders. These are walls and platforms I haven't moved at all since I made the little test area to hop around in.
Oddly enough it's displaced the wall to the left of where you start, and the first platform up and to the right.
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Oklahoma Football: Landry Jones Will Fail in NFLDecember 9, 2011
Although Landry Jones has set numerous records at Oklahoma and touts impressive career statistics, he does not have the tools to succeed in the NFL.
Sure, Jones has a very strong arm and is capable of fitting the ball into tight spaces, but his overall ineptitude when pressured and shaky decision-making will doom any chance he has to do well at the next level.
Let's return to the issue of statics once more. Considering the overall success of the OU offensive system, Jones' statistics can be misleading. His high passing yards and touchdown totals in large part are a tribute to the athletes and the system he has worked with.
This is not to say that Jones doesn't have talent, rather that one must not forget he has been surrounded by talent (Ryan Broyles, Kenny Stills, DeMarco Murray, etc.) and works in a high-octane offense that can thrive with many different players.
Not all of Jones' statistics cast him in a favorable light, however. His completion percentage has not been great (58.1% in 2009, 65.6% in 2010, 63.1% this season) and reflects his struggles at times to read defenses and make quick decisions. He also has thrown a fairly high amount of interceptions (30 in three seasons).
Jones' recent touchdown-to-interception ratio also is not favorable. In the last three games, he has thrown zero touchdowns and five interceptions. Since the Sooners lost Broyles, an incredibly gifted receiver who can make many quarterbacks look good, Jones has struggled mightily. If not for Broyles, Jones' career at Oklahoma could have been much less impressive.
The real problem, however, is Jones' inability to deal with pressure. This trend has persisted throughout his career, and OU fans will know what I'm talking about, but it was glaringly apparent against Oklahoma State this season; his fumbles in the second and third quarters were game-changing. Although the second one was mostly a matter of bad luck, a quarterback simply can't make these kinds of mistakes.
Another example that comes to mind is the near-catastrophe against Texas last season. With little time left and OU simply needing to take care of the ball and kill the clock, Jones, under duress, rolled out, looking utterly confused and laid the ball on the turf. Luckily, the ball rolled out of bounds and Texas let the Sooners off the hook by fumbling on their next possession, but this ineptitude when the game is on the line is unacceptable.
These examples are merely the first two that come to mind. Throughout his career, Jones has struggled substantially when under pressure; he seems to break down and lose, almost entirely, his ability to make plays when he doesn't have time to throw. That fact alone is enough to say he will not be a success in the pros. All good NFL quarterbacks are able either to make plays with their feet to escape pressure or have the wherewithal to make a clutch throw even when facing the heat.
Essentially, what Landry Jones lacks is the intangible quality of delivering in the clutch. By clutch, I mean under pressure and when the offense needs a big play. He has physical skills, but defenses can have a field day if they are simply ably to apply sustained pressure. And this will only get worse in the NFL.
If a quarterback can't deal with and thrive under pressure, he cannot succeed.

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The Fresh Skin and Lived-In Makeup at Helmut Lang Spring 2013
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The inspiration:
"An off-duty '90s girl on a Sunday morning with slept-in, smudged eyes and scrubbed, polished skin—a cool, effortless beauty."—designers Michael and Nicole Colovos.
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New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The information and broadcasting ministry Wednesday again issued a show cause notice to Colors channel, this time for depicting excessive violence against women in the "Rishton Se Badi Paratha" show, based on honour killings.
A ministry official said the show denigrates the image of women and the channel has been given seven days to reply.
"The channel has been issued a show cause notice for showing explicit torture and violence against women. It is denigrating their image and lowering their integrity," a ministry official told IANS.
"The evaluation has been done on the basis of the episodes telecast on Dec 21-22 and the channel has been given seven days to reply," the official added.
However, the channel officials denied receiving any notice so far and said they will comment only when they receive it.
Earlier, the the ministry had issued notice to the channel Nov 16, directing it to shift the reality show "Bigg Boss" away from prime time as the show offended "good taste and decency".


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It's the time of year when we all see and post pics on Facebook of kids going back to school. Or in some cases going to school for the very first time. Exciting, right?
Yes…in the morning, at least. What about after that first day, though? How do kids feel then?
Parents don't usually post those pics to Facebook. Nobody wants to see…complete and utter brokenness.
First Day of Kindergarten (Morning)
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CONSERVATIVES have called on Leigh MP Andy Burnham to help cash-strapped council taxpayers by waiving a discount on his constituency office.
Mr Burnham currently receives a rent reduction of £2,584 from Wigan Council on his Leigh town centre office under a long-standing arrangement.
But Wigan Conservative Federation chairman Richard Short has now called for this cost to be distributed across the country under the national parliamentary expenses system to ease the financial strain on the austerity-hit local authority and residents.
Mr Short said: "What irks me is this reduction comes from a pot which only tens of thousands of us contribute to, and being an MP Mr Burnham should not be using money raised by the council taxpayer.
"It should come from the much bigger pot of the UK tax payer as a whole through the national allowances for MPs. Rather than hard-pressed people in Leigh and the surrounding areas paying it there's an opportunity for people in leafy, well-off boroughs to chip in as well through the parliamentary expenses."
Mr Short is urging Mr Burnham to turn down any rent reduction on the Market Street office offered by the town hall for the financial year ending in 2015.
However, a spokesman for the MP strongly denied the arrangement meant residents in the borough suffered, saying the reduction was a reflection of the value of the services provided by the MP and his staff to the constituency's residents.
He added: "If the office was not there, it would most likely be vacant like other shops in the town centre and deny much needed income to Wigan Council. We note with interest Mr Short's suggestion that Mr Burnham should claim more expenses from the taxpayer, but we will keep this win-win approach which is good for taxpayers and the people of Leigh."
Candidates for the Wigan Council election 2014, Leigh South ward: C. Rigby (Lab), R. Short (Cons).


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Rx discounts now in Rensselaer County
Agreement with ProAct Inc. secures reduced rates for residents
Published 9:01 pm, Monday, January 16, 2012
TROY — Rensselaer County residents will receive a prescription discount card in the mail within the next week as the county embarks on a new program, County Executive Kathleen Jimino announced Monday.
"It's a program for those who don't have insurance or are underinsured," Jimino said.
The county has reached a new agreement with ProAct Inc. of Syracuse to provide the prescription discounts. ProAct supplies the same program in Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington, Columbia and Greene counties. In all, 47 of the state's counties take part.
The program provides discounts of up to 20 percent on brand-name prescription drugs and up to 70 percent generic prescription drugs.
The new program is sponsored by Jimino's office and the County Legislature.
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"In this economy, everyone is struggling to make ends meet. We want to be there for them," Jimino said.
The 33 pharmacies in the county are participating, according to Erison Rodriguez, discount card program manager for ProAct. More than 56,000 pharmacies nationwide take the card. County residents can use their card at any of these pharmacies.
"Giving county residents the opportunity to save on prescription drug costs is a priority during these difficult economic times, and legislators encourage residents to check out the ProAct program," County Legislature Chairman Martin Reid, R-Sand Lake, said.
The program does not cost the county any money, Jimino said. The money to cover the program comes through the participating pharmacies, Rodriguez said.
The county previously used a program under contract with CVS/Caremark for discount prescription services. A request for proposals determined that a three-year contract with ProAct was better for residents, according to county officials.
About 80,000 cards will be mailed out. Any household that does not receive a card can call the county executive's office at 270-2900 to request a card or obtain one at the county office building at 1600 Seventh Ave. The cards also are available at the county's senior centers in Troy, Rensselaer, Cropseyville, Hoosick Falls and Schodack and participating pharmacies.
Additional information about the prescription discount program is available at the company website at www.NYRxDiscountCard.com.
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An Alfa Romeo T33TT/3 practices for the 1972 Targa Florio. Still image from video.
Michael Keyser was a racer before he was a film producer, and perhaps his inside knowledge of the sport is what makes Keyser's 1972 documentary The Speed Merchants so gripping. Using star drivers like Mario Andretti and Vic Elford as narrators, the film tells the story of the 1972 World Sportscar Championship, a season that saw Ferrari's utter domination of the sport and Jo Bonnier's tragic death at Le Mans. On Tuesday, July 8, Keyser will be at the Simeone Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to present a special screening of the film for museum visitors.
Inspired by The Hard Chargers, a 1971 ABC television documentary on stock car racing, The Speed Merchants was Keyser's first attempt at film making, and its production reportedly cost Keyser more than $1.5 million of his own money. While the 1972 World Sportscar Championship consisted of 11 races, the film concentrates on six events, including Daytona, Sebring, the Targa Florio, Le Mans, the Nürburgring and Watkins Glen, giving viewers a sense for what it was like to compete at these legendary tracks (or on these legendary courses) in the day.
Vic Elford talks about Jo Bonnier's death in a segement from The Speed Merchants.
Far less graphic than other films about racing (a fact that may have hurt the film's popularity and marketability), The Speed Merchants still manages to drive home the point that professional racing in 1972 was a very dangerous sport. Those with enough on-track experience will likely cringe at the hazards of racing events like the Targa Florio, which required teams to post orientation and practice laps on public roads, occasionally filled with livestock, slow moving vehicles, and pedestrians. Even dedicated circuits like the Nürburgring and Watkins Glen were hardly safe by modern standards, but driving them at speed was just considered part of the job for professional drivers.
In addition to narration by Andretti (who competed in a Ferrari 312P during the 1972 season) and Elford (who drove an Alfa Romeo T33TT/3), the film features interviews with drivers like Brian Redman, Jacky Ickx and Helmut Marko. While there's enough period footage to satisfy the most hardcore racing fan, the movie is primarily centered on the human drama behind the sport, and those who consider the early 1970s to be the pinnacle of sports car racing likely won't be disappointed.
The Speed Merchants will screen at 6:30 p.m. on July 8. Admission is free with a paid entry to the museum, but reservations are required in advance; to book a seat, visit Eventbrite.com or SimeoneMuseum.org.
I recall seeing this at one of those little "art house" theaters that sprung up in the early 70's. I do not recall much, however, as at the time, a death happened at least once every season. It was an equal opportunity killer, as being on the best team or the worst didn't matter. To wit: Mark Donohue. Hard to understand the pushback Jackie Stewart encountered when initiating standardized safety regs.
David, I think it was part of the last Era of "rugged individualism", ordinary drivers on the street in America didn't want to wear seat belts, either, despite the safety statistics, as they didn't want Big Brother telling them what to do.
Perhaps too many racers were imbued with Hemingway's dictum that mountain climbing, bullfighting, and auto racing were the only "true" sports as the possibility of dying was part of it. i dunno, people sometimes have strange attitudes.
Anyway, if the Simeone puts it on, it's got to be good!
Morning Kurt
Interesting follow up to yesterdays 917K blog and the LeMans Movie!
Having seen this many years ago, I remember that I enjoyed it due to it's aspect of displaying the drivers side of the sport and the everyday lives as such, which is almost non existent in this day and age, due to sponsor commitments and marketing "savvy" controlling most activities.
Also seeing the awesome "street cars" ( i.e. the Daytona Spyder's [ one of my all time "fav's" ] ) parked on the side @ the different venues is wonderful "eye candy".
Yes, the sport has become safer in the decades since and of course was more dangerous in the decades prior as we continue to see and have seen before (as shown in this film as well), so "Kid's …. don't try this at home" should be observed.
Not being one of those who is always "looking for" crashes but rather watching for brilliant driving technique and always enjoying vintage footage makes this an enjoyable film, although for most who may be hoping for coverage as we know of it today may be a little disappointed.
There is no heavy human drama as we see in LeMans and Grand Prix but all the same the "on track" drama is Great !
I recall the Targa Florio footage was excellent seeing the race cars really pushing under full power!
Very little makes this competition any more exciting and to see it there in a place like the Simeone Museum should be a Great Experience.
I live for being able to see old footage of these races. The LeMans and CanAm stores raves of the time are fantastic. I'd love to be able to get a copy of The Speed Merchants movie if it's available. Would anyone know if it had been produced on a dvd format?
Al, here you go: http://www.amazon.com/The-Speed-Merchants-Mario-Andretti/dp/0976039230
To the moderator. My last submission was supposed to read, The LeMans and CanAm series races of the time are fantastic. Thanks Al Carley.


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My car cranks(engine turns), but wont start. Fuel pump, ignition coils, camshaft position sensor, battery etc. Are fine. After trying many things, found out that no voltage(on power circuit) on electrical connector of ignition coil. Also no voltage on power circuit of crankshaft position sensor electrical connector. One online article suggested that Repairing the cause of this missing voltage will solve the problem. I don't know where to start to repair no voltage problem.
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THEY Know What's in Your Medicine Cabinet!
That prescription you just picked up at the drugstore could hurt your chances of getting health insurance. An untold number of people have been rejected for medical coverage for a reason they never could have guessed: Insurance companies are using huge, commercially available prescription databases to screen out applicants based on their drug purchases.
Privacy and consumer advocates warn that the information can easily be misinterpreted or knowingly misused. At a minimum, the practice is adding another layer of anxiety to a marketplace that many consumers already find baffling. "It's making it harder to find insurance for people," says Jay Horowitz, an independent insurance agent in Overland Park, Kan.
The obstacle primarily confronts people seeking individual health insurance, not those covered under an employer's plan. Walter and Paula Shelton of Gilbert, La., applied to Humana (HUM) in February. They were rejected by the large Louisville insurer after a company representative pulled their drug profiles and questioned them over the telephone about prescriptions from Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) and Randalls, part of the Safeway grocery chain, for blood-pressure and anti-depressant medications.
Mental Health Is a Red Flag
Walter Shelton, a 57-year-old safety consultant in the oil and gas industry, says he tried to explain that the medications weren't for serious ailments. The blood-pressure prescription related to a minor problem his wife, Paula, had with swelling of her ankles. The antidepressant was prescribed to help her sleep—a common "off-label" treatment doctors advise for some menopausal women. But drugs for depression and other mental health conditions are often red flags to insurers.
Despite his efforts to reassure Humana, the phone interview with the company representative "just went south," Walter recounts. He and his wife remain uninsured.
"I want to know what's in there if there's a black mark against us," Walter says. Paula, 51, adds: "We can't get health insurance because we're taking medications that were prescribed by our doctors. I don't think that's right."
A spokesman for Humana says the company uses "data regarding pharmacy history as part of our assessment process." But he adds that the insurer has a policy of not commenting on particular cases, such as the Sheltons' failed application.
FTC Investigation
Traditionally, applicants have been asked to provide insurers with a description of past illnesses. About 30% are deemed uninsurable because of their histories, according to industry veterans. Prescription profiles could add another hurdle, making it especially difficult for the 47 million Americans who lack insurance to acquire coverage. Some 18 million people are now covered by individual policies.
Most consumers and even many insurance agents are unaware that Humana, UnitedHealth Group , Aetna (AET), Blue Cross plans, and other insurance giants have ready access to applicants' prescription histories. These online reports, available in seconds from a pair of little-known intermediary companies at a cost of only about $15 per search, typically include voluminous information going back five years on dosage, refills, and possible medical conditions. The reports also provide a numerical score predicting what a person may cost an insurer in the future.
An investigation last year by the Federal Trade Commission found that the two companies supplying these pharmacy profiles—MedPoint and IntelliScript—violated federal law for years by keeping the system hidden from consumers. But the FTC has merely required disclosure if prescription information causes denial of coverage or some other adverse action; the agency imposed no penalties. MedPoint and IntelliScript say they are now fully complying with the FTC's order.
Two-thirds of all health insurers are using prescription data—not only to deny coverage to individuals and families but also to charge some customers higher premiums or exclude certain medical conditions from policies, according to agents and others in the industry. Some carriers are also using the data to charge small employers higher group rates. Separately, some 20% of life insurance companies are relying on prescription histories when reviewing applications, according to experts in that business.
Designed for Emergency Use
"The fundamental breakthrough is that this is the first time ever we have had near-instantaneous access to objective, third-party information," says Tia Goss Sawhney, an actuary and consultant to the health insurance industry. She says she tested the prescription profiles last year while designing a new insurance policy for American Community Mutual Insurance in Livonia, Mich.
IntelliScript says it sells prescription data to more than 75 health, life, and long-term-care insurance companies. Milliman, a large Seattle consulting firm, acquired the company in 2005. A rival service, MedPoint, has been offered by UnitedHealth's Ingenix data-mining unit since 2002. MedPoint says it has access to more than 5 billion pharmacy claims.
The data were originally sought to help inform doctors treating patients, especially in emergencies. But that use hasn't widely caught on, and today the information is primarily employed by insurance companies.
MedPoint and IntelliScript buy the data they disseminate mostly from another group of middleman companies known as pharmacy-benefit managers (PBMs). Large PBMs, such as Medco Health Solutions, provide services to insurers and employers. In playing that role, the PBMs gain broad access to prescription information from drugstores. Some retail chains operate their own PBMs. No privacy laws or other regulations prevent the gathering of this data, according to the FTC.
Fodder for Denials
In its marketing to the insurance industry, MedPoint says prescription histories help "identify high-risk individuals, reduce costs, lower loss ratios, and increase revenue." Despite that pitch, John Stenson, an Ingenix executive who helps oversee MedPoint, says he doubts that his company's information causes insurers systematically to reject more people for coverage. "This is about insurance companies getting at the information quickly and clearly," he says.
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, the state's biggest insurer, has used MedPoint since April 2007, ordering prescription profiles for about 75% of individual applicants. Since February, when the federal disclosure requirement went into effect, BlueCross says it has notified 1.5% of applicants that their prescription reports have resulted in denial or other negative action. But the company acknowledges that it doesn't alert consumers if the profiles lead to requests for more medical information that result in subsequent denial. "This doesn't make it any harder for consumers," Kevin Ashpole, director of individual products at Tennessee BCBS, maintains. "It ensures the right decision is made."
But skeptics worry that more people inevitably will be turned down for coverage as a result of growing reliance on prescription histories. Most consumers would be shocked to learn that information about their past prescriptions is being bought and sold—and could come back to haunt them, says Gary Claxton, director of the Health Care Marketplace Project, a research organization run by the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, D.C. Rejection by one insurer commonly becomes grounds for denial by others, and the industry has ready access to who has been turned down through a separate database.
Is Disclosure Enough?
When applying for insurance, individuals routinely sign paperwork allowing providers to review their medical history. To comply with the privacy provisions of the federal Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act, most insurers have now added a reference to prescription history in the lengthy fine print consumers are instructed to read.
The FTC forced the industry to begin disclosing the use of prescription information under a different federal statute, the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Insurers now are required to tell applicants the address of the company that assembled the data. Copies of prescription reports are supposed to be available to consumers at no charge under federal law.
"As soon as we were alerted by the FTC, we cooperated fully, and we began sending out notices to [insurance industry] clients of their obligations" under federal law, says Mark Franzen, managing director of IntelliScript. "This wasn't the result of a consumer complaint or privacy being violated." The FTC confirms that its investigation didn't stem from consumer concern but won't say what did spark the inquiry.
Insurance companies say that they use prescription data responsibly and that it isn't the sole basis of decisions to deny coverage. A spokesman for UnitedHealth (UNH) adds that when there are discrepancies between the data and information provided directly by applicants, "the applicant is contacted and given the opportunity to provide additional information."
But privacy watchdogs and some insurance agents question how insurance carriers can guarantee that they are obtaining accurate prescription histories, especially for people with highly common names. The skeptics also worry about whether legitimate off-label use of prescription drugs by patients such as Paula Shelton could hurt some applicants unfairly.
IntelliScript's Franzen says it's the responsibility of the insurance company to deal with issues such as off-label use. He says IntelliScript has reported the wrong person's drug file in several instances but that mistakes occur in fewer than 1 in 10,000 cases. MedPoint says it has had only "two cases of matching errors in more than 2 million queries." Most searches include full name, date of birth, Social Security number, and address.
"Is it perfect? No," Franzen says. "But it's pretty darn good."
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It's 7 a.m., 43° and headed to 55°. Details for the next 10 days are here.
In Food News, the project at the old Andalu spot at 16th and Guerrero has had a small set back with the chosen chef, Brandon Jew, pulling out, according to Eater SF. Joe Hargrave and Telmo Faria are sticking with their plan for Chino, an Asian-centric restaurant. You can read more here.
Meanwhile SF Weekly gives you a list of the upcoming pop-up food events, some of which require a ticket.
And in the ongoing tech bus debate, SF Streetsblog reports that Cal researchers are looking for your videos of the buses at shuttle stops.
By amassing videos of shuttle stops, Cal researchers Mark Dreger and Dan Howard think they can demonstrate the costs of Muni delays due to shuttles blocking stops while loading.
"We would like to find out what it really costs to provide this service, and no data exists to set a precedent for a fair market price for the use of these stops," Dreger and Howard wrote on a Facebook page about the study, which includes instructions on submitting a video. READ MORE HERE.
10:30 a.m. Budget and Finance, City Hall, Room 250. A hearing on the city's 10-year plan to abolish homelessness is on the agenda. Also under considerations, a $2.5 million plus appropriation for the Rent Stabilization Board. The full agenda is here.
Here are your nightlife listings from SF Weekly.


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- Manufacturing and distribution
- Establish efficient ecommerce site
- Create distinct B2C and B2B processes
- Integrate into existing Fabrix ERP solution
- Integrate with courier company systems
- Solutionists ecommerce platform development and integration
- Rapid, efficient online order processing
- Visibility of order status and improved customer service
- Accurate picking, packing and dispatch
- Scalable to match fluctuating demand
W: www.solutionists.co.nz/
When manufacturer Argyle Schoolwear Limited sought to expand its operations from a primarily business-to-business operation to provide sales directly to consumers on behalf of schools, it engaged retail ecommerce specialist Solutionists to engineer an appropriate solution. As a result, parents can today order their children's uniforms directly from ArgyleOnLine with ease.
With a history of operations in the schoolwear market which stretches back over three decades, Argyle today supplies direct to primary, intermediate and secondary schools throughout New Zealand, to retail shops, and now through its ecommerce website, direct to parents. The company's garments are made both locally in its Penrose factory and produced by offshore manufacturing partners.
As an organisation with a strong B2B sales channel, moving into the business to consumer (B2C) space presented new challenges for Argyle, explains managing director David Flynn. "Our company has a relationship with the school and also with the community in which any given school is located," he relates. "As we moved into direct online sales, around four years ago, that represented something of a shift for the company as we now also had parents as direct customers."
This shift was necessary, he explains, owing to competitive pressure, demand from customers who increasingly expect to enjoy the convenience of buying direct online, and also to future-proof the business which has always led the market with investment in technology.
What this meant for the company was a move from dealing with a lower number of large orders to schools, to a much higher number of small orders delivered directly to families. "That had an impact on customer service that we needed to address. It also meant we had to sort out how we process a significant increase in orders, so, logistically, it required a different approach," Flynn explains.
While Argyle wasn't exactly a newcomer to online commerce, Flynn says growing demand for the ecommerce aspect of its business meant it had to scale its presence up and redesign the back end business processes to ensure logistics, fulfilment and the handling of returns was appropriately catered for. "That's what we looked to Solutionists to provide. We wanted to make our processes more efficient and, because the handling of orders, deliveries and returns is quite different in the B2C space, we wanted to separate that out from the B2B channel."
He says a collaborative approach to the initiative was taken, with a high degree of focus on designing the processes that Argyle wanted built into its site. "We did a large overhaul and rebuild, with particular attention paid to our customer service management processes and logistical processes."
It is ongoing work, Flynn adds, with continuing efforts to refine and improve processes as the company continues to grow.
He also notes that variances in demand require a system which is capable of scaling up rapidly: "Our business is very seasonal, with orders ramping up rapidly at 'back to school' times. At the height of the peak season daily order volumes can be greater than ten times that of volumes experience in mid-term."
Structuring the B2C component of its business to meet the specifics of direct to customer sales has delivered immediate results in that Argyle is able to handle the seasonally high volumes of small orders that flood in. These are processed directly on the website, then transaction records are sent into Argyle's ERP system for stock control, forecasting and financial reconciliation.
There is a further level of integration, adds Flynn, as the ecommerce system also communicates directly with the courier company's systems to track and trace parcels as they are dispatched.
With the business processes designed for the web and tailored to match Argyle's operational activities, Flynn says the company is equipped to accurately process and fulfil the online orders. "Thanks to Solutionists, our picking and dispatching is accurate and efficient; but probably the biggest advantage is that we have visibility to see the status of any given order and can provide customer service information with immediacy."
"Thanks to Solutionists, our picking and dispatching is accurate and efficient; we have visibility to see the status of any given order and can provide customer service information with immediacy."
This is important, Flynn notes, as the ability to communicate accurate information rapidly to customers is the difference between satisfaction and annoyance. "With this system in place, we're able to keep everyone happy; if a customer contacts us and wants to know the status of their order, or to make a change to their order, we're able to respond immediately."
Summing up the value of its engagement with Solutionists, he says a collaborative and professional approach to ecommerce has enabled a successful transition into direct online sales, while easily reconciling with the existing business systems of the wholesale operation. "This was a large investment as we have designed and built a lot of integration into the website, and our business processes, but it has delivered excellent value as we have achieved what we set out to do. The system works just as we wanted it to."


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Video Basics – An Overview of Tools and Resources – In this workshop, Donna Jones will discuss the basics of video, starting with a discussion of cameras, and what features to look for, and then using Windows Movie Maker to edit a short video. While working on editing the video, the process of shooting a movie will be discussed, including setting up lighting, getting good quality audio, and setting up good shots. Donna will also discuss some simple ways to make your production look more professional.
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Newly minted Super Bowl champion Terrell Suggs joined the Jim Rome Show on Friday to recap the game, discuss his new film, and his newfound respect for 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Suggs, who is legendary for his hatred of quarterbacks, came away very impressed by the second-year player.
"That kid's the truth," said Suggs.
Suggs admitted that while he believes that now, it wasn't always the case. In fact, it was quite the opposite as he was preparing to facehim.
"Going into the game, I thought it was all hype," Suggs said. "He's only had nine starts and then I'm going down the line at the teams he's playing and I'm like 'OK, alright, he's got some good stats, but we will see.'"
Kaepernick got off to a slow start, but ended up with 302 passing yards and 62 rushing yards. He may have lost the game, but he gained an admirer.
"When you go in there and you're playing a guy like that, I hate quarterbacks, but that kid is the truth and I have the upmost respect for him," said Suggs, the 2011 defensive player of the year.
Kaepernick took the blame for the loss and was understandably down, but Suggs doesn't believe he should be too depressed.
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Furious Hornets chief Aidy Boothroyd has insisted he`ll "punish" the players who "didn`t do their job properly" after seeing his side throw away a 2-1 half time lead to lose at Burnley.
The Watford boss blasted that his players will learn the harsh lessons of life outside of football AND he promises to make changes to his side.
After watching Wade Elliott nick the points for Burnley at Turf Moor, Boothroyd fumed "Changes must be made and there will be changes within the camp, that`s for sure."
He further ranted "Like any other walk of life, if you don`t do your job properly then you get punished for it - We didn`t do what was instructed for 90 minutes…If you don`t do that you get punished"
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Dr. Ballard thinks that rogue waves ' and all waves ' are getting larger and more frequent on the seas. In Ocean's Fury, Ballard travels the world in search of the forces behind the motion of the ocean, meeting with scientists and practitioners along the way. He talks to oceanographers, climatologists, river boat pilots, surfers, fishers, and more ' all to prove a single point: the ocean is growing more dangerous by the day.


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Robert Redford, actor, director and activist, is almost 70 and still going strong. But do we really know him, asks Tom Ryan.
Robert Redford is approaching 70. Seventy! And in most of the films he's made in the past decade, including his new one, The Clearing, age has clearly left its mark. The guy still looks good, but now there's always the qualifier, and it's a killer: "for his age".
For those of us who've grown up with the smiling, smooth-faced Sundance raising a bemused eyebrow and exchanging crackerjack quips with Paul Newman's Butch fixed in our brains, this is a jolting reminder of mortality.
In my pantheon of male screen idols, he rates somewhere between Cary Grant and Daffy Duck, exuding the former's urbane glamour and rising far above the latter's manic befuddlement. I've never met him, or even seen him in person, but he's been part of my life.
I've seen all but a couple of the films he's made as an actor since his debut in War Hunt (1962), and the six he's made as a director, starting with Ordinary People, for which he won the best director Oscar in 1981. I've read most of the rare interviews he's granted and I've watched him on TV chat shows, most notably Parkinson in the 1980s to which he brought a healthy dose of modesty that only enhanced the golden boy aura that has built up around him over the years.
But who is Robert Redford? Is there any connection between the man born Charles Robert Redford jnr in Santa Monica in 1937 and the kinds of characters he's played? Is it possible to probe the screen persona and find anything more than a mirage? Is he the mysteriously aloof stranger, the outlaw type, the hollow man, or the world-weary lover? And what is the key to his unquestionable charisma?
Can we learn something about him from the cheeky grin he wears in Barefoot in the Park (1967), a role which he carried from an 11-month stint on Broadway opposite Elizabeth Ashley to the screen with Jane Fonda? Or from the malaise that underscores his characterisation of the kidnapped business magnate in The Clearing?
I never aimed to be a sex symbol, a classical actor, a box-office draw, or any of those things.
It's impossible to know. All such a survey can do is sketch the parameters of the persona - an object of desire who generally turns out to be unattainable, a man of action who's always equally at home with reflection, a figure simultaneously mythic and human, heroic and vulnerable, impossibly good-looking and surprisingly flawed. In short, a distinctive collection of potentially fascinating contradictions that filmmakers can use however they wish.
Some of Redford's most rewarding parts have been the ones that have turned the golden boy persona against itself. There are several examples, including The Candidate (1972), The Way We Were (1973), The Great Gatsby (1974) and All the President's Men (1976) - each of which transforms the agent of the American dream into a site of anxiety. In a 1980 interview in Rolling Stone, he says: "I'm interested in what's wrong in what appears to be perfect."
Redford's acting method, which David Downing memorably describes, in his 1982 book about Redford, as "over-understatement", places him in the tradition of actors whose performances have less to do with their emotive flexibility than with a dramatic minimalism. The silent, melancholy look he gives to Helen Mirren before he heads off to work at the start of The Clearing says more about the state of their marriage than any extended scenes of exposition could ever have revealed.
Redford is a veteran of the less-is-more school. He's not like Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro or Al Pacino, who have their own ways of doing things. Redford will never chew the scenery. Never. He prefers to quietly exist within it, to gently nudge us towards an appreciation of his characters rather than allowing them to loudly declare themselves.
For some this has always been a sign of his uncertainty as an actor. For others, such as director Sydney Pollack, who was cast alongside Redford in War Hunt and who has directed him seven times, it's an indication of his strength.
"In my opinion, he's one of the best movie actors we've ever had in America. He's never doing nothing, but he does often hold something back, which, for me, only makes him more interesting."
Pollack's description of Redford as an actor might well also apply to his performances as a public figure outside the films in which he appears. There's absolutely no reason to presume that the Robert Redford who occasionally steps away from his privacy and into the public eye is any less of a character than the ones he plays on screen. The difference is that he's played here by someone who shares his name (whereas Cary Grant, for example, was played by Archibald Leach).
There's much that's consistent in the picture he constructs of himself and his world in interviews. This Robert Redford is thoughtful, but distant. He values his privacy, and would much rather be off alone in the Utah wilderness than attending some Hollywood premiere or giving an interview.
Both are situations in which he's required to perform: to play Robert Redford.
"I never aimed to be a sex symbol, a classical actor, a box-office draw, or any of those things," he says in Downing's book. "I just did my job, went home and put myself as far away from the movie-star thing as I could."
Nevertheless, he's been prepared to speak up, to make himself available when the occasion demands, whether it's on behalf of his beloved Sundance Institute, which he established as a haven for independent filmmakers in 1981, or for the environmental causes for which he's long been a spokesman. He's always worn his liberal principles on his sleeve, but laughed at the idea that he might go into politics.
Bringing a sense of humour to his public persona, he's also proclaimed a disinterest in examining his motivations, describing himself as the antithesis of Woody Allen. "Some people have psychoanalysis. I have Utah." His guardedness has always been at odds with the tell-all impulse - or at least the make-it-all-up one - of those celebrities who thrive on tabloid attention. And, inasmuch as it's been possible for him to do so, he's kept his personal life a secret.
Still, it hasn't been an entirely private one. His marriage at 21 to Lola Van Wagenen ended in 1985. The couple had four children, one of whom died of sudden infant death syndrome. They're now also grandparents. Since the divorce, Redford's name has been romantically linked (as they say) with Debra Winger, Sonia Braga and costume designer Kathy O'Rear. Newspaper reports suggest that, although he's in a "happy relationship" with German artist Sibylle Szaggars, the pair - after the style of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir - continue to live apart.
Some of what emerges about him he's able to control. Most of it he's not. And he would seem to be at least partially responsible for a number of the revealing contradictions that have emerged.
Redford has always said that he hates the way he's treated as a walking photo opportunity. "The bad part is that you become an object," he told Esquire in 1988. "And there are three dangerous stages to that: one, people start treating you like an object; two, you start behaving like an object; and three, you become one. That's terminal."
Yet he's usually been prepared to take time out to pose for Annie Leibowitz's admiring camera, or for the covers of the publications in which interviews have appeared. Clad in smart executive suits or designer leisure gear, he's at least arrived at stage two.
He's also long been talking about abandoning acting. Downing quotes him as planning to call a halt to this part of his career soon after The Way We Were. "I am retiring from films, definitely," he announced.
It's also curious to see someone who's been such a champion of independent filmmakers remain so close to the mainstream as an actor but also as a director. Only The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) and A River Runs Through It (1992), both of which he directed, can be described as even vaguely independent.
While he may be a political liberal, he otherwise appears to be extremely reserved in his tastes, leading Downing to dub him a "conservative rebel". Few of the films he's directed reflect a risk-taking personality. Perhaps his latest project, Aloft, the story of two men tracking the flight path of the North American peregrine falcon, which is scheduled to go into production this year, will open up new directions.
What he's been unable to control have been the increasingly personal, sometimes ageist putdowns of his work on-screen and as a director. Equally hurtful must be the sneers at his life away from the camera. In the book, Hollywood Interrupted - Insanity Chic in Babylon, co-authored by Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner and published this year, he's described - along with Susan Sarandon - as "a bloviating bleeding heart".
And the view of him that emerges through Down and Dirty Pictures, Peter Biskind's fascinating tell-all history of the rise and fall of the American independent film movement during the 1980s and '90s, is of a man who is not only "cautious by nature and almost paralysed by perfectionism" but occasionally duplicitous. In the book, Sundance becomes a dream destroyed by Redford's prevarications and by its movement ever closer to the values that hold sway in Hollywood.
There's a considerable irony in the fact that while Redford has gone to considerable lengths to shun media attention, his image has acquired a life of its own. The criticism of his achievements over the past 40 years - as an actor, a director, the force behind Sundance, an environmental activist, a liberal spokesman on behalf of a better America - is starting to seem over the top. Few can match his contributions to American film on camera and behind the scenes. Maybe it's time to give the guy a break.
The Clearing opens on November 25.


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Civil cases are vastly different than criminal ones, and might not involve a violation of the law. Civil cases might simply involve one neighbor suing another neighbor in court over some minor difference over where one's property ends and the other's begins. In such cases, there is no prosecutor and, hence, no role for the government other than as adjudicator, in other words, the judge. And not all civil cases are necessarily resolved in a court. The parties to the dispute might decide it is less expensive to use an arbitrator to decide which side is in the right.
The government does, on occasion, involve itself in civil cases. With the advent of "hate crimes," for example, the government might file suit against the perpetrator for violating another person's civil rights. The federal government has filed such suits against racists on behalf of the victims of racially-motivated hostile acts.


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The lorry was parked in Willowburn Industrial Estate, in Alnwick, when fuel was syphoned from the tank. The theft happened between 8.20pm on Wednesday February 12, and 9.35pm on Friday, February 14.
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Newt Gingrich said the country's distrust of Washington and fear of centralized medicine would create pressure to repeal the health care act during Thursday's Republican presidential debate in South Carolina.
The statement: "The American people are frightened of bureaucratic, centralized medicine. They deeply distrust Washington. The pressure will be to repeal it." -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, on the Obama administration's signature health-care law.
The facts:
Americans generally "distrust Washington," according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted in September. Only 2% of Americans said they could "just about always" trust the federal government, while 77% said they could only trust it some of the time. Another poll earlier this month found President Barack Obama's approval rating at 49%, while approval of Congress had plunged to 11%.
By comparison, in 1958 -- before the war in Vietnam, Watergate and the revelations that spilled out of Washington in their aftermath -- 73% of Americans said they could trust the federal government all or most of the time.
But Gingrich is off when he characterizes public opinion as building up pressure behind a promised repeal of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the law Republicans call "Obamacare." A CNN/ORC poll in November found that while the bill remains unpopular, some of the opposition comes from people who don't think it went far enough toward establishing universal health insurance.
Asked whether they approved or disapproved of the health-care law, much of which has yet to take effect, only 38% said they favored it; 56% said they were opposed. But only 37% said they opposed it because it went too far; an additional 14% said they opposed it because it wasn't liberal enough.
And while the public remains divided over the idea of requiring all Americans to buy health insurance -- the cornerstone of the law -- opposition has softened over the past year. Another November poll by CNN found 52% favored mandatory health insurance, up from 44% in June; opposition dropped from 54% in June to 47% in November.
The verdict: Misleading. Gingrich is right that there is a widespread distrust of Washington, but that doesn't appear to be translating into more support for repealing one of the most controversial acts of the Obama administration to date.


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$ans = something ? 'true' : 'false' is ... a single sentence. Each sentence in the deeds should be easy to understand.
Agreed (with caveats*). So, then the question becomes: do you (we; perl programmers in general) find the ternary operator -- used correctly -- easy to understand?
Given that I found multiple uses of the ternary operator in each of 4 (out of 5 chosen at random) of your distributions that I looked into, I'd assume that you do. So do I. And so do (on the basis of anecdotal evidence) a substantive majority of Perl programmers.
(*)Caveats: Deeds, like many other legal documents, contain many terms and 'set phrases' that do not crop up in any other circumstance. A few examples drawn from the deeds of my house:
Any easement or quasi easement right or privilege whatsoever over or against the Transferor's adjoining or adjacent property or any part or parts thereof other than any rights herebye granted
(but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing)
not to use or occupy any such dwellinghouses for any purpose other than the occupation of each dwellinghouse by one family at one time.
The phrases, despite their wordiness, are actually shorthand, that convey far more extensive and more precisely defined meaning than is apparent from the sum of their words. That meaning is conveyed not by their wording, but rather by the years -- in some cases, centuries -- of use and reuse, and of trial and retrial in the courts; and so are proven to constitute their precise meaning through case law. (Update: Think idioms.)
That is nothing more than an (I hope, interesting) aside, but it makes a specific case for the general point that technical documents, whatever their type, will contain nomenclature the meaning of which will not be immediately (at a glance), obvious to those unfamiliar with it.
To the unknowing outsider or beginner in the field, these nomenclatures may seem complex and unclear, but they are usually quite the opposite once you understand their purpose. And understanding their purpose is nothing more than a matter of becoming familiar with them, and practice. Ie. You have to learn them.
These nomenclatures crop up in every professional field; but only in programming is there a generally pervading notion that they should be avoided to lessen the learning curve for beginners and those less willing to extend themselves.
Lawyers are required to do 4(?) years of advanced, specialist education before they can practice; and then accumulate many more years of both learning and experience before they can progress to barrister; more years still before they can become QCs; and more after that before becoming judges.
There is similar requirement for both practical experience and ongoing learning for doctors; engineers; surveyors; physicists; chemists etc.
Of the professions, only programmers can start to practice after a 12-week course in some archaic teaching language at college; and only programmers seem happy to devalue their skills and learning, by advocating the output of their years of experience should "understandable at a glance" by any oik that knows how to load the source code into an editor to view it.
With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Mainly sunny and a tad warmer
Clouds begin to increase by evening as a warm front will be approaching the region and high pressure moves offshore. Some light precipitation in the form of snow and sleet will move in late tonight and during the overnight hours for areas well north and west of the city. Winter Weather Advisories are already posted for these counties in PA.
Though the precipitation will be light, we'll see a wintry mess tomorrow as the warm front moves through the region, first bringing snow, then ice, with an eventual changeover to rain as the warm air takes over.
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What does outpoint mean?
Definitions for outpointˌaʊtˈpɔɪnt
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word outpoint.
Princeton's WordNet
sail closer to the wind than
outpoint, outscore(verb)
score more points than one's opponents
To score more points than (especially, in boxing, to achieve victory by scoring more points that one's opponent).
To sail closer to the wind than (another ship).
Outpoint is a term frequently used in boxing to describe a situation in which one boxer is awarded more points than his or her opponent by the judges, but does not knock out that opponent.
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Q For several years, we have intermittently had a leak coming through our ceiling above the living room on our first floor. The water doesn't drip though the ceiling; we just have a spreading brown stain that appears on the ceiling inward from the front wall of the house.
We have a cape-style house, and directly above the leak is a second-floor crawl space. We've checked the crawl space many times, and there is no sign of a leak there: The insulation below the roof is dry as is the floor of the crawl space.
We first noticed the leak several months after we had covered rain gutters installed along the edges of the roof. The year before we had the gutters installed, we had a new shingled roof put on. The leak first appeared during the winter.
I spoke with the contractor who put on the roof, and he suggested it was due to ice dams forming. He told us to be sure to remove excess snow to prevent further problems. Later on, we found the problem occurred year-round after heavy rains. We checked and found the gutter near the water-stained ceiling side of the house was filled with debris.
After cleaning the gutter, the stain seemed to be contained for a while but would periodically reappear. When it does, we then clean the gutter with similar results.
We have gutters on other parts of the house that also sometimes fill with debris that must be flushed out, but we do not have any signs of a leak near where they are located.
Do you think the gutter could be the source of the problem? If so, is there some way to reorient the gutter after it has been installed so that it will not allow water to get into the first floor ceiling area?
A Yes, your problem is the gutter, which is misplaced. Water runs into the gutter near its back, resulting in water overflowing, running down the fascia, flowing along the soffit (under side of the roof overhang), then into the house, staining the ceiling near the wall and extending further along the ceiling, probably under the insulation.
If water runs into the gutter near its front, it will overflow the front, resulting in the same stain on the ceiling.
You simply need a competent person to relocate the gutter or the drip edge to make sure water runs into the very middle of the gutter along its full length. The stain has nothing to do with ice dams.
If the stain is dry to the touch, paint it with two coats of clear shellac and then repaint the ceiling.
Q My screened porch, is framed with wood and has a wood handrail and balusters. It has nonremovable screening using the Screen Tight system.
There is green mold on the wood framing, primarily where the horizontal wood pieces meet the wood floor and balusters. I would like to clean this mold with bleach but am concerned about ruining the screen.
What's the best way to get rid of the mold?
A The green "mold" is algae. Try this: Spray it heavily with vinegar to kill it. When it turns brown, scrub it off with a brush, wet or dry. The vinegar will not hurt anything but the algae.
Q My wallpaper is 26 years old, nice looking and I want to keep it. It is coming loose at the seams and along the top. The paper at the top is rather tightly curled, making it a sort of spring that might make it harder to repaste. How can I put it back and keep it back?
A There are several kinds of paste to reattach the seams. One is a seam adhesive sold in wallpaper shops. Another is Zinsser Sure Grip Seam and Repair Adhesive. I have used an adhesive caulk, such as Phenoseal or PolySeamSeal.
For the larger areas at top, I suggest you use a vinyl paste to hold against the springiness of the curled paper.
In all cases, apply the paste or seam repair, and rub over it with a wallpaper brush, or seam roller, until the paste holds.
One idea for the paper at top is to apply the paste, roll or sweep it with a brush, then apply a few staples to hold it until the paste holds. Later you can pull the staples, or leave them in because they are virtually invisible.
Q What do you recommend for the best hardwood floor protection furniture pads?
We use felt pads cut to the size of the furniture leg and then stick them on. After a while, they fall off or get clogged with dirt and dog fur. I'd love to find something that works better.
A You can find good foot pads at any hardware store. The best are round or square plastic rubberized cups.
Good for tapered round legs are crutch ends that fit tightly on any round leg, tapered or not.


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This project proves that it's possible to use a playful approach to meet the business and commercial needs of the client. The project was an office fit-out for Citta Property Group in the Rialto tower. Set in the midst of numerous, cookie-cutter corporate offices, Citta wanted to set themselves apart.
The main impetus was to provide a way for Citta to present to prospective clients in an innovative, exciting way. This was done through the design of a series of pivoting screens that dynamically 'bounce' you down to the path from reception to boardroom. Citta use the screens to pin up customized presentations appropriate to each individual client.
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Discussion in 'Drum & Bass' started by Marc Lawrence, Jun 9, 2016.
does anybody know the tune at 18.50 been searching for years cheers
I'd put money on it being a Sonic & Silver track. Not sure what it's called though.
Some kind of remix of this
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Hey there! I'm thinking about starting a priest as an alt.. and i was just wondering how priests are doing these days? Been a while since i've played this game so if someone could give me just a quick intro on how they're doing that would be great! Are SPriests any good in pvp? PvP is mostly what i do so..
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Friday 6 – Sunday 22 October 2017
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The programme for this year's Manchester Literature Festival has been revealed with tickets now on sale.
Its many events touch on the increasingly important topics of activism, protest, citizenship, race, class, feminism, identity and our place in the world. Maxine Peake hosts Protest: Stories of Resistance, featuring writers Michelle Green, Courttia Newland and Kit de Waal; journalist, blogger and author Reni Eddo-Lodge talks about her book Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race; Michael Rosen discusses his childhood adventures with his communist parents and his first forays into political theatre and activism; Howard Jacobson talks about the art of satire and writing as resistance to Trump; George Monbiot launches his new book Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics in an Age of Crisis; and Paddy Armstrong, one of The Guildford Four, talks about his new memoir Life After Life and how he rebuilt his life after the appalling miscarriage of justice.
Other highlights include Nigella Lawson and Jeanette Winterson muse on food, literature and pleasure, and Jon Savage talking Burgess, Punk and The Sex Pistols.
Manchester Literature Festival takes place in a variety of venues from Central Library and Manchester Cathedral to Gorilla and the city's many public squares.


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Originally posted by BlueNose
What about the stories about masons who kill a kid with their car and get away with it purely because they are a mason? Or do you lot do a good job covering those ones up?
Originally posted by BacknTime
So your saying that if i put on a Mason T-shirt I will unlock new quest when interacting with different characters.. Like in the Elder scrolls
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No source, these things tend not to make the news and the event in question happened way before the internet came along
MB: That's all you have to do. And be a good person with no criminal record.
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Does your tshirt also say "No god but Allah?".
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Sheffield robot swarm exhibits Turing Learning
Researchers from the University of Sheffield have created a robot swarm capable of learning how other systems work, and whose learned behaviour can pass a Turing Test. (Credit: University of Sheffield) The study, published in the journal Swarm Intelligence, could enable machines to analyse and predict both artificial and natural systems, including human behaviour. Known as Turing Learning, the approach requires no prior machine knowledge, and simply involves rewarding behaviour that is analogous to that desired, and which can fool the 'interrogator' in a Turing Test. "Our study uses the Turing test to reveal how a given system – not necessarily a human – works," said Sheffield University's Dr Roderich Gross. "In our case, we put a swarm of robots under surveillance and wanted to find out which rules caused their…
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Atlantic League back on the agenda
The possibility of the Old Firm being invited to join a north Atlantic league could be resurrected after the president of the Dutch Football Association revealed he plans to lobby UEFA on the issue.
The idea for Celtic and Rangers to compete against clubs from Holland, Belgium, Portugal and Scandinavia was first mooted at the end of the 1990s but never took off.
Dutch FA supremo Michael van Praag - a leading member of UEFA's executive committee - believes that while the timing was flawed, the concept was not, and said: "There was no way we could push that through because UEFA at that time were conservative and full of fear. Now I am part of UEFA myself and, for this course, I can begin the lobby. It makes sense to start the lobbying now."
Both Old Firm clubs are open to quitting the Scottish Premier League, preferably for its English counterpart.
But this latest proposal could divide the rivals, with Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell last week branding the concept "Frankenstein", while Rangers counterpart Martin Bain on Tuesday welcomed Van Praag's intervention.
He told the Daily Record: "I find what Michael van Praag has to say of great interest.
"I mentioned last week it was time for a wind of change in the European game and that there are many other like-minded clubs.
"UEFA themselves realise something has to be done to help the growth of clubs from smaller nations and, in turn, to protect the competitive nature of the Champions League.
"To hear someone of the stature of the president of the Dutch FA saying the time is right to begin serious discussions merely confirms what we ourselves believe.
"We welcome it and would hope these talks begin soon."


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The most expensive apartment in New York has passed from the hands of a retired American banker to the family of a Russian billionaire, setting some new milestones in the Manhattan real-estate market.
The sale for a penthouse with a wraparound terrace at 15 Central Park West owned by Sanford I. Weill, the former head of Citigroup Inc., closed on Wednesday, brokers said.
[More from WSJ.com: Living Very Large]
The price paid, as expected, was $88 million, 66% above that the previous record sale.
The purchase was made in the name of a trust for Ekatarina Rybolovleva, a 22-year-old college student and daughter of Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian now based in Monaco who made a fortune in potash fertilizer.
Hall F. Willkie, the president of Brown Harris Stevens, confirmed that the sale had closed at the full asking price. He said that he understood that the buyers would keep the custom-designed space as is, including an oval bedroom, and a study paneled in Brazilian rosewood.
[More from WSJ.com: The Most Generous Rich People You've Never Heard Of]
The sale generated close to $2.5 million in city and state taxes, and produced what brokers said was a record commission on a residential sale of about $3.5 million for two brokers at Mr. Willkie's firm. Kyle W. Blackmon represented Mr. Weill, while Maria Torresy represented the Rybolovlevs, brokers said.
The marquee sale shows the growing footprint of international buyers in New York in the past few years. Many of the units at One57, a new 1,004-foot tower under construction on West 57th Street, have gone to Russian and Chinese buyers, brokers said.
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The previous record residential sale in Manhattan was the 2006 purchase of a townhouse on East 75th Street by J. Christopher Flowers, a private-equity investor. The largest condo deal was the $51.5 million purchase of a series of apartments at the Plaza Hotel by developer Harry Macklowe in 2007.
[More from WSJ.com: Renovation Chronicle: It's Done, Take a Look]
Mr. Weill has said he planned to donate the proceeds of the sale to charity, likely to one of a number of groups he already supports. A spokesman for Mr. Weill didn't return a call requesting comment.
The most expensive apartment in New York has passed from the hands of a retired American banker to the family of a Russian billionaire, setting some new milestones in the Manhattan real-estate market.


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My friend is leaving the country.
She saw me off at the train station and I did not say all those things that need to get said.
Have a safe trip.
I am happy for you.
Call me if you need anything!
I am going to miss you sooooooo much.
I love you
You better stay in touch or I'm gonna fly out there and kick ya.
and a million other things that don't even come to mind at this moment.
I didn't say them because I didn't want to start crying. And I didn't want her to start crying. She is not a cryer by nature (me, I cry at split milk.)
And I didn't want to start crying because I am really happy for her and I think this trip will bring her what she has been looking for. It is a cause for celebration not sadness. My loss is small compared to the net gains.
I didn't even get her a farewell gift or a card. Because in my current rootless state gifts look like a bunch of other crap that I need to store or cart around from place to place. Because I don't think a card exists that could express what it means to me to have her as a friend.
Used to be that nothing that happened in my life was real until we sat down and had a chat about it.
Even though our lives have changed and we have changed, I want to know this person until the day I die. And maybe I didn't say or do all of those things because I have an unshakeable faith that this a fact not merely something I want. That these things don't need to be said. There will be many occassions in the future to say them and so much more.


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A Spring of excesses
- Blog Post by: Jim Williams
- May 22, 2013 - 9:40 PM
This is a spring of excesses. Too much weather. Too much cold. Too much rain. Birds in unusual numbers. Harris's Sparrows seen eight at a time, more in one yard I visited than all my previous sightings together. Scarlet Tanagers in multiples. Buntings of all sorts reported from all parts of the state. Warblers feeding at obersvers' feet. Duluth birders report Park Point sightings unlike any other year. We have passed the mark of normal.
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-I am currently using this theme on my blog.
-For my main menu I would like to have each link set to a category, which I am able to do.
-The theme option allows a new dashboard tab called "reviews", similar to post but instead of categories it allows you to create "genres" in a box that look similar to the category box when writing a post.
I would like to replace the "genres" menu with the regular categories menu but I can not seem to find this in the editor.
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