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The media is invited to an informational forum on the launch of the new Virgin Islands Partners for Early Success (VIPES), a study of the early childhood system in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The launch event will take place 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, in the first-floor conference room of the University of the Virgin Islands Administration and Conference Center (ACC) on St. Thomas. The session will be video conferenced to St. Croix and can be viewed in the Great Hall at the UVI Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix.
The Virgin Islands Partners for Early Success is a childcare research partnership between the Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (DHS), the Eastern Caribbean Center of the University of the Virgin Islands, the Virgin Islands Department of Education, and the Virgin Islands Early Childhood Advisory Committee.
The study will help public and private agencies determine which indicators best predict if children are ready for school and prepared for early success. The kick-off event will include remarks from Dr. David Hall, president of the University of the Virgin Islands, and Vivian I. Ebbesen-Flood, commissioner of the Department of Human Services, as well as other guests. Lt. Gov. Osbert Potter and Sen. Kurt Vialet will also be in attendance.
Dr. Frank Mills, the vice provost of Research and Community Service at UVI, will provide welcoming remarks. Dr. Elizabeth Jaeger, director of Quality Services at DHS, will also speak.
What: Virgin Islands Partners for Early Success
When: Thursday, Sept. 24
Time: 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
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I challenged myself to a doodle a day for the month of October. It's harder than it sounds. After only a couple of days, I had to resort to my old standbys. This pierced heart with initials, 'G' for Greg and 'R' for Richelle, is something I doodle a lot. The two droplets represent our two kids. Awwww…
My London tattoo story…
In 2001, British airways kicked off new non-stop service from San Diego to Heathrow by offering a deal that was too good to be true; round trip tickets for two for $750. Neither of us had ever even thought about visiting London, but how could we pass it up? We imagined friendly, charming pubs on every corner, lots of beer, and jolly patrons having a party every night. Maybe some sing-alongs. You know, like in the movies. There were pubs everywhere, that's for sure, but most were full of yuppies drinking Bud Light and Smirnoff Ice, and they weren't particularly jolly or friendly.
During the days, we visited some of the best museums in the world, which was super cool because we are big time museum nerds. Each night we'd try a different pub hoping for a party and end up sipping pints of stout by ourselves while everyone else enjoyed a Corona with a lime or Mike's Hard Lemonade. Were we were in London or Pacific Beach? On our last day, we decided to go all out, starting with tattoos, then our own self guided pub crawl. We were getting pretty good at taking public transportation so we just rode around on the bus, hopping off when we saw an interesting looking place to stop for a beer.
The tattoo place we found took cash only, so we hit the ATM but due to some sort of glitch, no money came out. We tried again, but since (in theory anyway) we had just taken out our daily limit, it wouldn't give us any more. We found a tattoo parlor that took credit, and since I knew what I wanted (see above doodle), I got in the chair right away. The tattoo artist was offended when I offered to draw my design. I ended up with a tattoo that only vaguely resembled my drawing. Then for no apparent reason the manager decided he wanted to close an hour early, so no more tattoos after me, meaning Greg wasn't going to get one. Bummer. Our pub crawl was not going that great either, and it had started to rain, so we decided to grab one last pint and call it a night.
The pub wasn't yet crowded when we got there so we sat alone and sipped our beers as the place filled up.
Eventually, a couple asked if they could share our table, and of course we welcomed them. After an awkward minute, I broke the ice with that old pick-up line, "So do you come here often?" As it turned out, they did not, in fact it was their first time. They were going to a play and stopped of for a drink before the theater. We chatted for a bit before they had to leave to make their show, and immediately two young ladies asked if they could take the empty seats. I tried out a different line this time, "Are you from around here?" No, actually, they were from Canada, in London on a work exchange program. We drank several rounds with them, joined by a girl from Holland who had just returned from a trip to LA where she attended a taping of the Jay Leno show, and a group of guys from Nottingham whose accents were so thick, I could barely understand them. We partied with our new friends until closing time (not that impressive since the pubs close at midnight) then rode the bus back to our room, very pleased that we were able to end our trip on a fantastic note.
The next day was a little rough, I must say. Fortunately we were able to sleep on the long flight. We returned home, safe and sound, with wonderful memories of an amazing night, and a super cool souvenir. It's not how I pictured it, but I love it.
By the way, I have abandoned my doodle challenge, and that is ok. Sometimes you need to know what is not working and cut it loose.
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QuickBooks POS Error 1706: During Installation or Update Point of Sale
QuickBooks Point of Sale has grown over the years as one of the best retail accounting software across the globe. It is powerful platforms that allows you to follow sales, customers and inventory easily and efficiently. QuickBooks POS includes a variety of features that helps you in managing your day-to-day transactions. However, sometimes it can fall into some errors and issues that can create hindrance in your work. QuickBooks Error 1706 is one such error that is considered as an installation error.
If you are facing QuickBooks POS Error 1706 as well then this article can be very helpful for you. We will be providing you a complete resolution for the error code 1706. In case if you want an instant solution for your QB Point of Sale issues, you can contact us at our QuickBooks POS Support Phone Number +1866-644-7717 toll-free.
What Causes QuickBooks Error Code 1706?
It is a common installation error that can occur due to multiple reasons and some of them are as follow:
- The source you are using to install QuickBooks POS is damaged.
- You are not following appropriate guidelines to install QuickBooks POS.
- The CD you are using to install QuickBooks is probably damaged.
- Firewall settings are not allowing the installation process of QuickBooks Point of Sale application.
- There is a Beta version of Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 is installed on your system.
- The Microsoft .NET Framework was not properly installed.
These are some of the errors that occurs during the installation process. The ongoing installation process gets abandoned and you get the following error message:
Error Code 1706: "A valid authorization not found while opening the POS."
This error can also be a result of slow response of your system. If so many processes are running in the background or your RAM or hard disk doesn't have enough space then you can also face this error.
How To Fix QuickBooks POS Error 1706?
There are three different solutions that can be implemented to resolve the error code 1706. We recommend you to perform the solutions in the shown order and try to install QuickBooks after you complete a method. If the first solution resolves your issue then you don't have to go to other solutions but if not then you need to keep on trying. Solution steps that you need to perform to resolve QuickBooks Error 1706 are as given below:
Solution 1: Download the Microsoft Fixit or System File Checker Tool
SFC basically is a tool provided my Microsoft which is used to scan and fix the damaged Windows files.
- Download System File Checker tool and then install it on your system.
- The tool will scan and repair all the damaged Windows system file that are associated with the Microsoft .NET framework.
If you are not able to resolve the error by following these steps then you need to go to the next solution or you can contact Microsoft support as well.
Solution 2: Install the QuickBooks Point Of Sale Software Again
- From the Start menu of QuickBooks, locate and open the Control Panel.
- From the Programs and Features section locate and select QuickBooks POS.
- Click on Uninstall and then follow the onscreen prompts to uninstall it properly.
- Now, use a fresh installation source and preform a clean installation of QuickBooks POS
Solution 3: Update the QuickBooks POS for Desktop to the recent release
You may also get this error if you try to install an outdated version of QuickBooks which is no more compatible with your current version. Updating it to the latest release can resolve the issue for you.
- Open the product update section of your system.
- Make sure that the Point of Sale application is marked as a product.
- Follow the onscreen prompts to install updates manually.
- Once the process finishes, restart your system and then try to use QuickBooks POS to check if the error is resolved or not.
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Performing above mentioned steps will surely allow you to resolve the QuickBooks POS Error 1706 easily. If you are having any kind of trouble while performing the solution steps then feel free to contact the QuickBooks Support department. If you could not resolve the error code 1706 with the steps provided in this article then you can directly contact us at our toll-free QuickBooks Support Phone Number +1866-644-7717 and get an instant solution for all your errors related to the QuickBooks software and its related components.


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Wow, I can't believe the last article I wrote is about to be a year old. It's crazy how time flies when you're having fun. So, coming close to wrapping up year 2 in business (3 more months to go), I thought it would be good to do a continuation of my year 1 article. Just re-read it and man, how things have changed, luckily for the better.
There are many things I thought I knew about business, but what works for one company, was definitely not working for mine. I always pictured having an office space, and now I can't fathom having to sit at a desk or a cubby for 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week, or making anyone else do the same. I truly enjoy the freedom of picking up and working at a coffee shop (@Lady & the Mug in Coral Springs is one of my fav's!), working later in the day, or working earlier and getting my workout in before the day is over. Taking off a Friday to go to the beach and working on a rainy Saturday? Bring it on! Of course, these perks were NON-EXISTANT year 1. Definitely, something to keep in mind.
Though I have now slowed down, year 1 I was putting in at least 60 hours a week on my company. But dealing with the new pressure is a challenge. Every new client is a raise, every client that leaves is a pay cut, it's definitely not for the weak of heart. In the beginning, losing a client sent me into a tailspin of depression. They weren't leaving because of the service or my abilities, they were leaving for many reasons. Some made a new hire take over their needs, some had budget cuts, but no matter the reason I was taking it personally and it was really taking a toll on me.
So how did I fix this? Well, I didn't. What I do try to do is focus on the positive – every client that moves on is a new opportunity to get an even more fruitful client in return. Once I started realizing a lost client is not the end of the world, it doesn't hurt so much anymore. It is part of the company growing pains.
Putting myself out there and being vulnerable, sharing these difficult experiences, I have met with a couple of business owners/mentors who have taken me under their wing and shared their beginning struggles and stories with me. I had one share that he used to sleep in his office in the first couple of years because he put all his money into the business and didn't have money for rent. His employees had no idea he was sleeping on the sofa and would shower in the bathroom before they came into work. First one in, last one out is an understatement. Today, he is a thriving business owner, and those days of sleeping on the sofa are done. He said if not for those tough times, he wouldn't be where he is today. It makes me thank god, every day, for everything that I am, and everything that I have.
Has it been easy? No.
Have I gone on LinkedIn and looked at job opportunities? Yes.
Is it still scary? Everyday.
Has it been worth it? It will be.


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Mini Mushroom Draft Beer Tower - Glycol Cooled - 3 to 4 Faucets
$951.99 - $1,028.99
This durable metal draft beer tower is equipped for use with a glycol cooling system and comes with either three or four faucet taps for your dispensing needs.
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Effortlessly and stylishly dispense three or four beers at once with this mini mushroom-shaped draft tower. Perfectly built for maximum glycol cooling, this is a stylish and functional addition to any home or commercial bar.
The column is insulated for use with a premium glycol chiller system that ensures optimal temperature control of your brew.
For the majority of long draw or commercial draft beer systems, especially those running 6 or more beer lines or draft systems running over 15 feet, a glycol chiller system is recommended. This system implements a separate chiller that uses the power of glycol to move beer further distances, while still keeping it cold from keg to tap. Propylene glycol, a non-toxic, food-grade antifreeze, is the main component that's been used for many years in food-processing systems.
For your convenience, your draft beer tower comes fully assembled. It includes 3/16" beer lines for each faucet chosen. All necessary mounting screws, gaskets, and hex nuts are included.
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- Copper glycol loops (pre-installed) come in direct contact with the shanks (top and bottom)
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- Can be mounted on bar or counter top
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- Comes with beer lines and installation hardware
- Tap handles not included
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East Coast Wooden Folding Highchair (Natural)
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The East Coast Folding Highchair is a classically shaped wooden highchair in a natural finish, that will complement your home.
It folds easily for storage, and the tray can be lifted back, so your baby can be pulled close to the table to join in with family meals. It's suitable from around 6 months, and includes a safety harness and a footrest.
Features Include:
* Suitable from 6 months
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* Includes a full safety harness
* Features a fold-over tray and a footrest
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Facts for dream interpretation, dreamology & more..
Sites I like to use when my books are not helpful with current items seen in dreams:
Dream Moods
Curious Dreamer
Now, I will try and help you interpret the meaning of your dreams. But keep in mind, some things are not meant for me to understand and see. Your dreams are a way of your subconscious telling things that are meant for you, the dreamer to see and understand; hidden secrets, paths to take, etc.


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Superimpose pictures Effects is an advance Photo Blender app to mix multiple pictures together & create a perfect double exposure effects. Make your photos look creative within minutes without using a professional editor, Just select two or more pictures and blend them together with the help of Photo Mixer, Photo Blender and Photo Eraser to get double & multi exposure pictures. You use Photo Editor tools like Enhancer, Effects, Overlays, Crop, Orientation, Border, Sticker, Frames, Text and more to make pictures look like a vintage card or retro film every time.
– artistic filters to turn your photos into elegant drawings or paintings – background effects to change surrounding of your photo into a dreamlike scenery.
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The garment shown in the accompanying sketch was captured in the Solomons
area. A number of similar garments were found packed in bales, and in at
least one instance, one was found on a Japanese sniper shot out of a palm
tree by U.S. marines.
It is made from the shaggy, reddish-brown fiber that grows at the base of
the fronds of the coconut palm tree. Sheets of this fiber are sewed together
to form the garment.
It can serve as a camouflage garment to be used in areas where there are
quantities of coconut palms. It has been used by snipers strapped in
among the fronds of palm trees, and it could also be used effectively
on the ground under suitable color conditions.
Comment: This type of garment is widely used in Japan as a raincoat. Those
made of coconut palm fiber are used by Japanese fishermen, while the
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Experience for yourself, God's love flowing through God's people.
Victory Worship Center is a sovereign church within the Assemblies of God. It was started in the early 1950's under the name "Springhead Assembly of God". Many people have been blessed through this ministry since its beginning.
Today VWC remains a place of restoration, healing and promise. Our motto, "Loving God, Loving People!", is at the heart of all we do. There are many ministries within the church to help bring the body of Christ to maturity and that will provide opportunity for each person to experience God's love.
Our church is comprised of all generations, a true community of believers- ranging from newborn babies to great grandparents. The music style is contemporary and the dress code is casual. We welcome you to join us for a service and experience for yourself God's love flowing through God's people.
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226 11/42
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|Last Known Retail Price - $15,500
SORRY... but most likely this watch is NOT IN STOCK.
This watch is also known as: 226-11.42, 226-11-42, 226/11-42 .
Ulysse Nardin Michelangelo Gigante UTC Rose Gold Wristwatch.
This magnificent watch Ulysse Nardin Michelangelo Gigante UTC Ref No:226-11/42 features a 18kt Rose Gold Case.Crocodile Leather Black Bracelet.Deployant Clasp.
Scratch Resistant Sapphire crystal.Black Dial with large Gold Tone Roman Numerals. Luminous Hands & Hour Markers. Automatic Movement with Large Double Window Date Display at the 2 o'clock Hour Position, Second Time Zone (UTC) located at the 9 o'clock position with quick adjust buttons on the left side of case, Luminous Hands. Aprox. 42 Hour Power Reserve.Water Resistant to 50m.
These Ulysse Nardin Michelangelo Gigante UTC timepieces embodied force and style and revealed the unique personality of the man behind the revival.
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American Apparel Heads to Bankruptcy Again:
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It's not uncommon for businesses who file bankruptcy to fall back into it again. That's precisely what has happened to the Los Angeles based clothing manufacturer, designer and distributor as they file Chapter 11 bankruptcy for a second time. This marks the second time that American Apparel has filed for Chapter 11 within just one year. The shortfall in revenue due to increased online competition and a lengthy legal battle to oust their CEO in 2014.
Normally when an individual files bankruptcy they must wait at least 7 years until they file again, but this is not the same for businesses filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. American Apparel just filed bankruptcy in October of 2015 and exited that bankruptcy plan in early 2016. The company quickly ran into financial woes again, listing liabilities that are 5 times higher than assets.
Another large reason that American Apparel has struggled is their target demographic: teens. This demographic of spenders has been notoriously absent from shopping malls in the last few years as other teen retailers who cater to the trends of young shoppers have found out. Wet Seal, Aeropostale, Nasty Gal, and Pacific Sunwear have also been forced to file for Chapter 11 reorganization within the past two years as well.
What lies in store for the retail stores for American Apparel is uncertain. The Canadian Company Gildan Activewear Inc. has agreed to buy the intellectual rights to the brand, but is not planning on buying any of the retail assets.


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Tony Benedict
Swing Singer
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Tony Benedict has been singing the great standards or 'swing music' since before it regained its popularity, with the likes of Michael Buble, Robbie Williams et al. His big break into the professional world of Big Band singing came in 2001, when he was heard by Greg Francis, resident Musical Director of the Blackpool Tower Ballroom, who promptly signed him up to front the Blackpool Tower Big Band.
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MAA request for change form
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The MAA may still request a completed MAA RFC form, depending on the nature of the enquiry.
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The MAA RFC form can be submitted via email to the MAA regulatory publications team (MRPT) at dsa-maa-mrp enquires. If clarification is required regarding the need for submission of an MAA RFC form, then the regulated community can contact the MRPT.
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CHERISH…..what a lovely word. Our children need to be cherished. Society says that children are our national treasure, but our actions say otherwise. The recent balloon boy incident is clearly a demonstration of using children for the parents' own self-interest. … Continue reading
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Teach your pet all the best tricks with this Kokoba dog clicker.
What it's for
This clicker helps get your dog into great behaviour habits. While it's best to train your dog when they're still a puppy, they can respond to the right kind of training at most ages. Certain breeds or rescue animals might be a bit nervous in their new home, perhaps unsure of how to behave. You can help them feel more comfortable and stop any unwanted habits by rewarding them when they do well.
The Kokoba dog clicker reinforces good behaviour with a click and a treat, showing your pet they've done a great job. This is called 'positive association', and makes for the perfect method to teach your dog all sorts of tricks. If you want any more advice on training your dog, have a chat with your vet.
Key benefits
- uses positive reinforcement to train your pet
- ideal if your dog is new to the family
- fits on a keychain
- features added whistle
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So, it seems Twitter is the only platform where you can't get flagged for showing a nude human body.
I'm part of two different groups on Facebook that discuss human sexuality. 18+, and set to secret. According to FB's up and coming policy on sexuality, those two groups are likely to be shuttered.
The internet is growing more and more puritanical by the day.


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Välkommen till den sjätte Jörgen Westerståhl Lecture på temat "Homo politicus and the "problem of agency": the missing subject of modern political science" med professor Colin Hay. Föreläsningen kommer att hållas på engelska. Du behöver inte registrera dig.
There are growing or recurrent cleavages within political science in terms of what drives agency and contending explanations to political and social behavior. For a couple of decades now we have witnessed a sustained argument between advocates of rational choice on the one hand and proponents of various institutional approaches on the other. There is also a growing group of scholars with a constructivist approach to political science issues. These conceptual and theoretical choices dovetail to some degree with methodological and research strategical choices. The question is whether contemporary political science is a "discipline divided" or whether what we in fact have is a healthy pluralism in terms of theoretical approaches and empirical research strategies.
Föreläsare: Colin Hay is one of the top European political scientists of our time, sharing his time between Sheffield University, Sciences Po in Paris and the EUI in Florence. His work covers a broad range of political science, including political economy, political ideology and globalization studies. He has also published extensively on the political science discipline as such, reflecting on the quality and relevance of contemporary political science analyses. He is a prolific writer; his most recent (post-2012) publications include 11 books and about as many articles. He has received major research grants from the ESRC and from the Leverhulme Trust in Britain. He is also the recipient of numerous awards, including The Richard Rose Prize, the WJM MacKenzie Award and the Philip Abrams Memorial Award.
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CNN Can Start Flying Drones Over People
The FAA gives CNN the all clear.
Scoring some birds-eye landscape footage thanks to unmanned aerial systems, or drones in the popular vernacular, is cool and all, but how much better would it be to hover those remote-controlled technological marvels (or horrors, depending on how you feel about this) over people?
We'll find out soon enough, now that CNN has received a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration that allows them to fly drones over people.
"The use of UAS has huge promise for newsgatherers and consumers of news. The ability to fly over people is a huge step forward, and a necessary one as we cover the news where it happens. We look forward to continue to work in partnership with the FAA to move UAS policy boundaries forward for the industry," said David Vigilante, CNN svp of legal, in a statement.
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iTunes: Getting familiar with the interface and importing the library
iTunes is a comprehensive multimedia player that has a built-in store with songs and podcasts. The application has an interesting interface and a vast number of features. Learning about all the program can do takes time, so we have begun a series of articles that will let you get familiar with iTunes.
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iTunes is not only an audio player, but rather a whole multimedia management centre, available for PCs and Macs. Although its main function is playing and tagging your music collection, you can also find features allowing you to play films, radio stations, and podcasts. There is also a built-in iTunes Store where you can purchase new tracks as well as subscribe free channels offering interesting podcasts. iTunes allows also to edit information about your albums, add cover images, and share your music in a local network.
Importing your music collection
When you turn on the program for the first time, it will ask you to import your music collection. To start using the program for playing your favourite songs you have to show where do you store your library. This can be accomplished in a few ways.
The first method is simply clicking on Search for Multimedia Files; your Windows Music Library will be browsed and all the songs will be added to iTunes Library. This is a fast solution for users who store their music in My Music folder on their system drive. However, not all of us go for system libraries and often users store their music on another partition.
Therefore there is another method that allows to add music from any place on your hard drive. Left-click on the icon in the upper left corner of the program. From the menu's list choose Add File to Library and select the folders that contain music.
You can also drag whole folders (including their subfolders) to the program's window by using drag-and-drop method. All the songs you drag to the program's window will be added to the library.
The interface of the program
After you have added your music collection to iTunes Library, the time has come for you to get a bit more familiar with the rudimentary features of the program. iTunes has a well-designed interface with a touch of typical Apple style. However, if until now you have used simple programs, such as Winamp or foobar2000, you may feel a bit lost; but don't panic yet.
In the upper part of the window you can find navigation buttons and volume adjustion slide. There is also a bar displaying the information about the currently played track, such as the title, the artist, the album, along with the progress bar and interactive icons that allow you to repeat a song (on the left) and shuffle the tracks (randomly choose the next song - on the right).
However, one of the most important components of the interface is a horizontal bar that allows you to switch between various tabs. Each of them displays your collection in a different way by focusing on a certain element.
Songs tab
The easiest way of displaying your music library among all available; this tab shows all the tracks of your collection in a simple list. Songs can be sorted by their names or performing artists (you just have to click on the header of a column), and you can add new columns by right-clicking on a column and choosing from the list the positions you are interested in.
Albums tab
This is definitely the best way of displaying your music collection. iTunes shows the library in a form of a grid list with icons made of albums' covers.
By clicking on an album you can display a list of songs it contains. The list is automatically displayed in colours matching the cover so it all looks very orderly and originally. From the list level you can play songs and rate them in the 1 - 5 stars scale.
Artists and Genres tab
These both tabs look alike and you handle them in a similar way. Just as the names suggest, the first one displays your music collection by sorting according to the artists, while the other places them in order of their genre.
In both tabs you can find a side bar on the left - the list of either artists or genres is displayed here. After choosing one of them iTunes displays a list of matching albums on the right, either all of the CDs of a certain artist or all albums that fit into a chosen genre.
Playlists tab
Here you can find simply displayed lists of tracks, along with a side bar which allows you to create and save your own playlists.
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This lesson shows you how to stack thirds and create harmony on that old war horse
– the major scale.
A major scale is a series of notes with a very particular pattern of spaces, you only have to glance at the picture accompanying this post to see it clearly constructed with Lego bricks. Try playing that pattern across the A string starting on C. Note the pattern of space and no-space otherwise know as intervals.
Each one of the seven notes within the major scale can be built up into a chord, thus creating harmony.
How are chords are constructed? With the cycle of thirds.
What the hell is that, you ask?
Well take any starting note, lets say a C; count up and miss one, add the next note and continue in a cycle of three or triads. An alternative way to think of this is take your starting note and then use every note in an odd number sequence as you count up – 1 3 5 7 etc.
A basic chord only has a root, third and fifth however it is possible to continue stacking thirds thus creating more interesting chords; going from Jazz to Scriabin in seconds.
Now try playing that first one string C major scale again, up one string, and now add in the rest of the triad to create full chord shapes.
Notice that you only use three shapes on the fretboard, major, minor and half diminished.
As a side note: Its worth remembering that the major scale contains 3 major chords, 3 minor chords and only one half diminished; hence the Roman numerals underneath the scale, which are saying the same thing – just much more concisely.This knowledge will come in handy when creating your own pieces or arrangements or if you wish to tackle, say our Christmas Carol lesson.
As an alternative try playing that one string scale an octave up, so across the B string; find the triad notes above it now. They should look like the below example. Here the chords are inverted – no longer on the root note.
Below is a short excerpt, from an etude by Mauro Giuliani, to show how triads are used musically and idiomatically across the guitar.
It illustrates how he takes a chord up the fretboard, across strings 2, 3 & 4 and how he juxtaposes them against the open E string. I have left the right hand pattern in bar one but stripped it away from the rest to make his chords clearer. This idea is recognizable in many pieces, but most especially the middle section of Villa-Lobos's Prelude No. 4.


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The last chance to enjoy racing action at York in 2018 comes on Friday and Saturday (12 and 13 October). With record prize money approaching £500,000 on offer, it is the most valuable October finale ever held on the Knavesmire. Since 2014, the prize money for these two days has almost doubled in value, with all races seeing a boost in that time.
The feature of Friday, a handicap for three year old stayers backed by new sponsor at York, RaceBets, is the twenty-first race of the York season to have a six figure prize pot, offering £100,000. Only in its fourth year, this race is intended to provide an autumn opportunity for the highly rated horses that may well have competed in the Sky Bet Melrose Stakes at the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival. Last year's winner, Brimham Rocks, for trainer Ralph Beckett, is now competing in Group One contests in Australia for his new connections.
The feature race of the Saturday meeting is also worth £100,000, the Coral Sprint Trophy, an ultra-competitive sprint handicap. Last year's victor, Teruntum Star, has represented Kevin Ryan's yard in feature handicaps this season.
The Listed Coral Rockingham Stakes, which showcased smart juvenile, Rebel Assault for the record breaking Mark Johnston yard last season, once again offers £50,000.
The ITV cameras will be at the track for both days, covering two races on Friday, including the £30,000 RaceBets Money Back 2nd 3rd 4th Stakes Handicap over a mile.
Friday will see the seventh staging of 'Countryside Raceday' with its biggest ever Countryside Market.
Looking to combine the delights of the rural life with the excitement of a raceday, the 'Countryside Raceday' on Friday will mean seven races being complemented by rural activity and products; including a sheepdog display. For those wishing to start their Christmas shopping early, there is a Countryside Market of local produce and crafts.
Friday's card begins at 2.05pm and blends competitive handicaps with contests to develop the two year olds, as well as honing the talents of apprentice jockeys. Regular race sponsors on this day include TSG, the IT provider that supports the racecourse team. Regulars at York and visitors to the city will recognise The Parsonage Country House Hotel & Cloisters Spa at Escrick who return in support of a race on this day. The European Breeders' Fund continue their backing of York with support of the contest for maiden two-year-olds that acknowledges their links to the Racing to School organisation. Completing a day of returning sponsors are Irish Thoroughbred Marketing and The Elevator Company.
Saturday's quality seven race programme also begins at 2.05pm with the first of six races backed by Coral, a brand that first supported this day back in 1979. The last day of the season will be accompanied by the sound of the Corps of Drums in support of the Coldstream Guards Cup, a middle-distance handicap that will bring the curtain down on 2018.
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The leaderboard of the Charles Clinkard Top Trainer at York is headed by Richard Fahey, with the Malton based handler the long-time leader, having already sent out sixteen winners from his Musley Bank base. Comfortably on track to record a ninth York title, being seven clear of Newmarket's John Gosden.
As well as the sound of fife and drum, racegoers will be able to enjoy the Chris Brown quartet or an upbeat Steel Band.
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'Cakes' in the Bible
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house. And he made them a repast, and baked unleavened cakes; and they ate.
Take nothing which has leaven in it; wherever you are living let your food be unleavened cakes.
And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
For seven days let your food be unleavened cakes; and on the seventh day there is to be a feast to the Lord.
Unleavened cakes are to be your food through all the seven days; let no leavened bread be seen among you, or any leaven, in any part of your land.
And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.
And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
What is left of it Aaron and his sons are to eat. It shall be eaten as unleavened cakes in a holy place; they are to eat it in the court of the tent of meeting.
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
From the cakes he must present one portion of each offering as a contribution to the Lord. It will belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the fellowship offering; it is his.
Take from your houses two cakes of bread, made of a fifth part of an ephah of the best meal, cooked with leaven, to be waved for first-fruits to the Lord.
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
And on the lines of cakes put clean sweet-smelling spices, for a sign on the bread, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.
He shall also offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, together with the basket of unleavened cakes; the priest shall likewise offer its grain offering and its drink offering.
And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
On the fifteenth day of this month there is to be a feast; for seven days let your food be unleavened cakes.
And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
and he saith to the men of Succoth, 'Give, I pray you, cakes of bread to the people who are at my feet, for they are wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian.'
'And thou hast passed on thence, and beyond, and hast come in unto the oak of Tabor, and found thee there have three men going up unto God to Beth-El, one bearing three kids, and one bearing three cakes of bread, and one bearing a bottle of wine,
They will say, Peace be with you, and will give you two cakes of bread, which you are to take from them.
And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.
And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dry grain and these ten cakes of bread, and go quickly with them to the tents to your brothers;
So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
They gave him a slice of fig cake and two raisin cakes; he ate and {this revived him}, because he had not eaten food or drunk water [for] three days and three nights.
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
And she took the cooking-pot, and put the cakes before him, but he would not take them. And Amnon said, Let everyone go away from me. So they all went out.
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
And when David was a little past the summit, behold, Ziba, Mephibosheth's servant, met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and a hundred cakes of summer fruits, and a flask of wine.
Take with you 10 loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy."
Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food.
(Now the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened cakes among their fellow priests.)
Mattithiah, a descendant of Levi and firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of making the offering cakes.
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I'm weak with love.
Therefore let Moab wail;let every one of them wail for Moab.Mourn, you who are completely devastated,for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
Judah and the land of Israel were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee wheat of Minnith, and sweet cakes, and honey, and oil, and balm.
Then the Lord said to me, "Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the Lord loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes."
And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.
And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.
And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.
And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.
And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.
And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.
When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.
But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.
And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.
And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;
There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?
Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of.
So they took them up: twelve baskets full of broken bits of the five cakes which were over after the people had had enough.
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The Beginner's Guide to Online Poker
Getting Started
Poker is a card game enjoyed by millions of people throughout the world. Nowadays, internet sites offer an opportunity to play in the comfort of your own home.
Poker is easy to understand, taking only a small amount of time to learn how to play. Yet it is complex enough that many books and articles have been written that instruct you how to improve. Is it a game that you would enjoy? Quite likely, yes.
Do you have what it takes to be a successful poker player? Good players come in so many varieties that it would be hard to predict failure or success by looking at someone's resume. A shoe salesperson could easily be a better poker player than the company president. Even though there is some mathematics connected with poker, one very seldom has to do math while playing. Since a hand's chance of winning is based partly on the odds, a feel for the odds is needed, but it is based a lot more on memory than doing arithmetic.
One trait strongly associated with poker success is discipline. The essence of poker is betting that your cards are better than the opponent's, but if you play many hands and the opponent plays only a few, the one's he selects figure to be better on the average than the one's you select. You want to play only the hands that have a high prospect of success. Frankly, quite a few people who are good at poker are not disciplined in eating, drinking, or tobacco use, but have learned to be fussy in their choice of which poker hands to play. So you cannot just look at someone and know if they have sufficient discipline to be a good poker player.
Integral to enjoying the game is a reward for winning and a penalty for losing. Often this is monetary, which has led poker to frequently being a gambling game. Yet an incentive such as getting points toward a goal will have the same general effect, causing the player to aim at a net win rather than playing every hand, good or bad.
In playing poker for money, one must be careful to put at risk only what one can afford. Although poker is an enjoyable activity for a great many people, it also can bring misery to a person who loses money that should have been spent on necessities. There are organizations that help people who have a gambling problem, but don't let things go that far. If you play for money, manage your money responsibly.
Here is how poker is played. Your goal is to win chips. A few chips are put into the pot before the cards are dealt, so the players have an incentive to stay in. Some cards are dealt for a starting hand; then there is a betting round. If someone bets, you must match that bet to continue contending for the pot. If you like your hand–or wish to bluff–you can increase the amount of chips the others must put into the pot to stay. This is called "raising." The players keep receiving new cards and betting afterward, until all the cards for that poker form have been dealt. When the betting is over, the players show their hands, with the highest-ranking one winning the pot. You can also win a pot by making a bet that no one wants to match. If they all fold their cards, you win.
A poker hand is always made up of your best five cards after all the betting is over. (In most poker forms, you select the best five cards out of a greater number.) The first step in playing poker is learning the relative value of the different hands. That way, you will know if you have a good hand or a bad one, and who wins at the end. Here is the scale of values, from highest to lowest. They are ranked in a manner that the harder the hand type is to get, the more it is worth.
Poker Hand Rankings
- Straight flush – This is five cards of the same suit in sequential rank, such as Ks Qs Js Ts 9s. Aces can be either high or low in most poker forms. Five cards of the same suit ace through ten are called a "royal flush," which is the best possible poker hand.
- Four of a kind – All four cards of a certain rank (plus any other card).
Example: 9s 9h 9d 9c 2h
- Full house – Three cards of one rank and two of another rank.
Example: 7s 7h 7d 3c 3s
- Flush – Five cards of the same suit. Example: Ah, Qh, Jh, 9h, 2h.
- Straight – Five cards in sequence. Example: Ks Qd Jd Tc 9h
- Three of a kind – Three cards of the same rank (plus any two other cards).
Example: 2h 2s 2d As Kh
- Two pair – Two cards of the same rank and two other cards of the same rank (plus any other card).
Example: Q Q 8 8 4
- One pair – Two cards of the same rank (plus any three other cards).
Example: K-K-6-4-2 beats Q-Q-A-J-9
- No pair – The highest card in the hand wins.
Example: A-6-4-3-2 beats K-Q-9-8-7
Ties are broken, if possible. When two players have the same type of hand, the one with the higher-ranking cards wins the pot. For example, a jack-high straight beats a nine-high straight. Aces and sevens beats kings and deuces. When two players tie for the top card, we keep measuring until the tie is broken. So a flush with cards that rank A-K-Q-J-9 is a better hand than A-K-Q-J-2. With two pair, the higher pair is compared first. Kings and deuces beats queens and jacks. Cards not used to make a pair are also used to break a tie if all else fails, so A-A-K-K-4 beats A-A-K-K-3, because each hand has aces and kings, but the four beats the three. We do not compare any cards not used in the final hand, so only the five best cards are ever compared, and if they are the same, the outcome is a tie. All suits are of the same value, so identical flushes tie.
Types of Poker
There are many types of poker. In most forms, the highest-ranking hand wins the pot. In low poker, the lowest-ranking hand wins the pot. At high-low split, there are two winners, the highest and lowest hands, each winning half the pot.
Betting can be structured, where the amount of a bet or raise is specified. This is called "limit poker." Betting can be "no-limit," where you can bet any amount that you have in chips on the table. If a bet is made that turns out to be larger than the opponent has in play, the bettor is refunded the excess amount. (A pot is never lost because you do not have enough money to cover the full amount wagered.) There are also "pot-limit" betting rules, where you can bet any amount up to the size of the pot.
The poker form most often seen on television is hold'em. Each player receives a starting hand of two cards. There are five more cards dealt, but instead of being personal cards for only a particular player, they are common cards, meaning any player may use them. These cards are dealt faceup in the center of the table, which is called "the board." Sometimes these cards are referred to as board-cards. They are dealt at three points during a deal. The first time is after the players have bet on their starting hands. Three cards are then placed faceup on the board. This is called "the flop." The players bet for the second time. Another card, called the "turn card," is placed on the board. The players bet for the third time. Then the last card, called "the river card," is placed on the board. There is a final betting round, after which the players show their cards to see who wins he pot. This is called "the showdown." At the showdown, a player may use any combination of personal cards and board-cards for his final hand. On rare occasions, his best hand may actually be the five board-cards, where he is said to be "playing the board." He cannot win the whole pot that way, since the other players can do the same thing, but he can still get part of the pot if no one else can beat the board.
Hold'em, when played with limit betting, normally uses the lower limit on the initial and flop betting rounds and the upper limit on the turn and river betting rounds. For example, if the game is "$2-$4 limit," All wagers are in $2 increments on the first two betting rounds and $4 increments on the last two betting rounds.
The game played for huge sums in televised tournaments is almost always "no-limit hold'em," where a player can bet all his money at any time. This poker form uses to the fullest extent poker skills such as bluffing, reading the opponent, and having the courage to bet all your chips (running the risk being eliminated from the tournament if you lose that hand) when the occasion calls for it. No-limit hold'em is riding a wave of popularity now, both for tournament play and casual games, as more and more people find being able to bet all your money at once to be much more exciting than when the amount you can bet is restricted.
A poker tournament may charge an entry fee, or be a "freeroll," where prizes are given away without any obligation to pay for playing. Here is how a tournament is run. You are issued a fixed amount of starting chips. If you lose all your chips, you are eliminated from play. (Some tournaments, called "rebuy tournaments," allow you to re-enter during the early part, such as the first hour of play.) The stakes are continually raised at specified points, as the event transitions from many players with few chips to a few players with many chips. The tournament runs until one player has won by acquiring all the chips. Multiple prizes are usually distributed, based on the number of entrants.


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"Dozens" dead as massive section of motorway bridge collapses during "violent cloudburst" in Genoa, Italy
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:30 UTC
Italian Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said it was likely to be "an immense tragedy".
Local emergency officials have been quoted as saying "dozens" died.
Video footage appears to show one of the towers holding up the suspension bridge collapsing in stormy weather.
The police linked the disaster to what they called a violent cloudburst.
The collapsed section had mostly fallen on to rail tracks below, officials told AFP news agency, adding that cars and trucks had also fallen.
The Morandi Bridge, built in the 1960s, stands on the A10 toll motorway. The missing section was dozens of metres in length, and ran across the span of the Polcevera river.
Italian newspaper La Repubblica described that part of the city as "densely inhabited".
The structure collapsed around 11:30 local time (09:30 GMT) during heavy rain.
"It was just after 11:30 when we saw lightning strike the bridge," eyewitness Pietro M all'Asa was quoted as saying by Italy's Ansa news agency. "And we saw the bridge going down."
Traffic was queuing on the bridge at the time, an eyewitness told Italian public television.
Initial reports indicate there may be people trapped in the rubble.
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Italy Tuesday, sending cars plunging nearly 300 feet to the ground and killing at least 11 people, officials said."
A section of a towering highway bridge collapsed in Italy Tuesday, sending cars plunging nearly 300 feet to the ground and killing at least 11 people, officials said.
The collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa occurred during strong storms moving through the area of northwest Italy, according to authorities.
At least 20 vehicles were on the bridge in a port section of the city when the span gave way, Amalia Tedeschi, a firefighter, told the Italian news agency ANSA. Tedeschi said two people were pulled from the rubble alive and taken to a hospital by helicopter.
Danilo Toninelli, Italy's transport minister, described the collapse as "an enormous tragedy."
Several witnesses posted videos of the collapse on social media. In one video, someone can be heard screaming "oh God!" and a flash could be seen as the concrete structure crumbled.
The collapse happened on part of the viaduct on the A10 highway, the country's national police, Polizia di Stato, said.
Witnesses said the bridge toppled after it was struck by lightning.
Italian authorities said that at the time of the collapse construction was occurring on the bridge and a crane was being used on the span, but it was too early to pinpoint what caused the bridge to fail.
The A10 highway, the main route between northern Italy and France, was closed in both directions as search-and-rescue teams searched for survivors of the horrific incident.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said about 200 firefighters were on scene searching for survivors.
Part of the bridge fell on top of the Genoa Garbage Collection Depot, raising fears that the death toll will climb.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was traveling to the scene, officials said.
The Morandi Bridge, which opened in 1967, is about a half-mile long.


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15 November 2017
I am angry today. I have woken up angry, frustrated, and not at all happy. Firstly I just don't want to wake up, I want to stay in bed, for a very long time, keep my eyes tightly shut and not think about anything.
I'm feeling stuck, I need help; everything finds its way back to me. I have to deal with every little thing and I'm not doing anything very well at all.
I've lost order, I've lost control, and I've lost the ability to make anything happen. If I keep my eyes closed will it all go away?
I could scream. People used to say that to me all the time, in the early days after Kevin died, 'Don't you just want to scream!' and the answer was always no, I've never felt that need to scream.
Now I want to scream, but I just can't be bothered, I haven't got the energy and it'll probably hurt my throat and then I'd have something else to add to my list of woes, including painful elbow and lower back.
I twisted my lower back whilst playing tennis in icy conditions, as you do. Now I can't even bend over to put on my shoe. I can get about, but when I stop at the end of the day, I am in agony and I can't move. As a consequence the house gets messy and then I can't think clearly and then I have a go at my children, as you do.
In this case it was my oldest as my youngest is sick in bed. She'd arranged a sleepover for the Friday, except I find out that agreed sleepover is actually at our house. I flip.
'The whole point of the sleepover,' I state, a little too loudly, emphatically, bordering on angrily, (I woke up feeling angry, remember), 'is for you two to give me a break, let me have some downtime.'
I've started now; it's hard to stop… 'You've not even tidied your room; leave alone the rest of the house. The house is a tip and you invite someone over – expecting me to clean and vacuum and cook and clean up after you!'
I am angry, fuming, overwhelmed, in pain and quite simply fed up.
My poor daughter has, I think, got the message.
I apologise for my frustration, explain my anger and it culminates in her agreeing to cook dinner that night, to give me a chance to work and complete a project deadline. She's lost her confidence in the kitchen as her sister, my youngest is an amazing and very volatile budding chef who demands complete autonomy and domination of the kitchen when she is cooking, and dishes out constant advice and criticism when her sister has a go. Consequently, her sister never has a go.
For a long time now, all my two girls seem to want to do, especially my youngest, is to stay home and watch television. It is a source of constant frustration for me. I have tried all the ideas I can summon up to get them up, enthused and out the house. Parties, dog walks, visits to castles, cinema, cultural visits, bike rides, swimming pool, jogs around the park. I'm all out of ideas and these days I have to leave them at home while I attend to aforementioned activities.
I have a sense that if I don't keep busy, I will sink, sink and not be able to find my way to the surface again.
During the half term – two weeks of it – I gave in to them. I didn't have the energy to persuade them to go away for a few days, gave up on trying to do fun things unless they suggested it. We mostly just stayed in.
My youngest was unwell so we were confined to home and I just went with it. It's very difficult for me to be still, I don't watch much television, hardly ever sit down, but I sunk to their level and actually it was quite good.
I accomplished a whole load of mundane and annoying jobs and we took the slow lane for two weeks. I think I'll have to go with this pace a little longer as now I can't seem to shake off the torpor.
I am entertaining the idea that perhaps as winter is approaching, we could enter a state of inertia, of impending hibernation and reach dormancy by Christmas, that way I would be numb and not have to deal with any of the impending certainty of pain.
I wonder if this is my children's way of dealing with their loss. Perhaps, instead of constantly fighting it, of being the sole source of energy, activity and sustenance that I too could sink into a dormant state, let my body recover from the stress, pain, adrenal shock and complete overload.
I might try it.
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With 283mpg and just 22g/km of CO2 – the new Prius Plug-in promises the best figures yet achieved by any PHEV writes Geraldine Herbert
What is it? A plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) is essentially a regular hybrid that uses a combination of a petrol or diesel engine and an electric motor to increase fuel economy. Unlike a regular hybrid it can be plugged in and recharged when not in use but also can charge up its battery on the go.
With the Prius Plug-in you effectively have an electric car for the city with all the zero emission benefits and a hybrid for motorways and long distance.
First impressions of the new Toyota Prius plug-in? The new Plug-in is certainly an eye catching car and while it looks almost identical to the regular Prius look closely and you will spot the distinguishing LED adaptive headlights to the front along with a different grille and bumper. In the back a reshaped bumper and horizontal rear light signature are the most striking distinctions.
What about the interior? Inside it's all very familiar Prius and feels modern with a clean and minimalist dash that includes a large, 8" infotainment screen, a head-up display and a rear-view parking camera. Space is good in the front but due to the larger batter the Plug in is a strictly four seater only plus the boot space is smaller at only 360 litres compared to 500 litres in the regular version.
Engine choice? Powering the Plug-in version is the same 1.8-litre petrol engine from the regular Prius so it can be driven over long distances as a hybrid. There are also two electric motors so you can also drive it in pure electric mode for about 50km which for many people means you could get to work or collect the kids from school without using any fuel. If you want to charge it, it takes about two hours with a fast charge connector and a little over 3 hours using a regular household socket.
Toyota Prius plug-in on road? On the road the new Prius Plug-in certainly rewards gentle relaxing driving and there is barely a hint of noise inside the cabin as you cruise along gently. There is also very good cabin insulation that keeps you cocooned nicely. The downside is when you accelerate harshly, overtaking for example, there is a very coarse whine to contend with. As you would expect from a hybrid, there are many ways to drive Normal, Eco and Power and regardless of how you drive it and what mode you select it is impressively economical.
How much? Prices are not yet confirmed but the new car is expected to start around €37,000 when it arrives in Ireland later in the year so it will be more expensive than the regular Prius but you will save quite a bit at the fuel pump. They are now available as PCO cars ready to hire in the UK
How safe? The new Prius Plug-in Hybrid features a host of active and passive safety including Full-Speed Adaptive Cruise Control which can detect a change in distance to the car in front and causes the Prius Plug-in Hybrid to either slow, come to a complete standstill or accelerate smoothly back to its pre-selected cruising speed, once traffic speed increases. Other features include automatic emergency braking (AEB) with pedestrian detection, lane departure warning with steering control. Optional safety features include blind spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert.
What are my options? There is the option of a solar panel roof that not only powers the electronics in the cabin – such as the lights and multimedia system while on the move – it will also recharge the battery when it's parked but unfortunately you will need sun to gain the most from it so that could prove a little challenging in Ireland.
3 words to describe the Toyota Prius plug-in? Flexible; Economical; Relaxing
For more information check out Toyota.ie , the Toyota Ireland Facebook page or follow Toyota Ireland on twitter
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Activist Arbitrage: A Study of Open-Ending Attempts of Closed-End Funds
Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 1-19, 2008
43 Pages Posted: 22 Oct 2011
Date Written: 2010
This paper documents frequent attempts by activist arbitrageurs to open-end discounted closed-end funds, particularly after the 1992 proxy reform which reduced the costs of communication among shareholders. Open-ending attempts have a substantial effect on discounts, reducing them, on average, to half of their original level. The size of the discount is a major determinant of whether a fund gets attacked. Other important factors include the costs of communication among shareholders and the governance structure of the targeted fund. Our study contributes to the understanding of the actions undertaken by arbitrageurs in financial markets beyond just pure trading.
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