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The Division of Humanities and Social Sciences (DHSS) High Table Dinner took place on 28 November. Chair Professor of Geography and Dean of Social Sciences at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Prof Adrian J Bailey addressed the audience on 'Happy Cities/Sustainable Cities' as the High Table speaker.
Attendees of the high table dinner
Prof Adrian Bailey is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He holds a PhD in geography from Indiana University and his research interests include the study of transnationalism, with his work in this area exploring the diverse ways in which the state affects life outcomes among immigrants and refugees.
Honourable guests of the night: (from left) UIC's Associate Vice President Prof George Wei, President Prof Tang Tao, Prof Adrian Bailey, UIC's Vice President (Academic Affairs) Prof Chen Zhi, Vice President (Student and General Affairs) Prof Zhang Cong, and Associate Dean of DHSS Dr Charles Lowe
Souvenir Exchange. (From left) President Tang Tao, Prof Adrian Bailey, and Associate Dean of DHSS Prof Simon Zhao
The night began with the MC for the night, Associate Dean of DHSS Prof Simon Zhao welcoming everyone and introducing the honourable guests.
MC of the night Prof Simon Zhao welcoming all
Next, chairperson of the event was UIC's Vice President (Academic Affairs), Prof Chen Zhi, who gave a welcoming address. He explained that High table dinners are a tradition at UIC and they invite important guests such as Prof Adrian J Bailey, in order for students and faculty members to learn more and educate ourselves based on the guest's knowledge and experience.
Prof Chen Zhi introducing Prof Bailey
Prof Adrian J Bailey asked the audience during his speech, "Why are some people happier than others?"
He started off with a story about when he went to visit his parents he came across a bench that read: "I'm happy to chat bench". The purpose of this bench is that if you are out and want to strike up a conversation with a stranger, sit on the bench.
Prof Bailey giving his speech
He then asked, "What is the need for this bench?" He says, "In the cities we live in, there is a happy gap, meaning they are not as happy as they should be, and my argument today is that this happy gap matters and this is something we need to pay attention to."
"Health and wellbeing is key to achieving sustainable development goals (SDG). So the happy gap, happiness and wellbeing matter if we are worried about sustainability," he said. He then said he focuses on economic, social and planetary sustainability.
Attendees listening in on the speech
Prof Bailey added, "Learning how we can be one global society sharing a common planet with environmental challenges that we face, we need to think about the elements of sustainability and wellbeing in order to succeed."
He also touched on the case study that he did in Hong Kong before opening up the room to questions.
At the end of his lecture, there were many questions that were asked. One student asked, "How can we make our campus more sustainable?" Prof Bailey answered, "Nothing is too small when it comes to human nature, quality and meaning. One conversation and one step at a time is what changes the world."
Questions from the audience
Another question was asked, "How do college students improve their awareness of wellbeing to connect to society?" He responded, "I admire UIC because it has set up a division for humanities and social sciences and there are so many connections between the two. In addition, I recommend taking classes from as many different departments as you can. Sitting down and working with others who think differently is a great way to do so."
The musical performance from the night
After the Q&A session, beautiful musical performances were presented by Year 1 Environmental Science student Xu Junhui, Year 3 Applied Translation Studies student Ou Yuzhen as well as Year 2 Applied Translation Studies students Ma Qianqi and Li Weijun.
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Shots fired during a drive-by on Cleveland's west side has some residents questioning police policy when responding to calls.
Isaac Nelson said he heard at least six gunshots outside his home near West 135th Street and Bellaire Road at about 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
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Terrified, he hid under his bed because his bedroom window faces the street, and immediately called 911.
He sat and waited, and said no police officers came by to speak with him.
So half an hour later, Nelson called 911 again, once again requesting police to come out and investigate.
Cleveland Police told newsnet5.com that a zone car was sent out, and according to their radio logs, arrived at the location at 11:51 p.m.
They radioed back and said they were "unable to locate" and it appears they did not make contact with witnesses.
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Nelson and other neighbors, concerned about the lack of response, called police again Thursday morning, after finding two shell casings out in the street.
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In close consultation with the city of Maastricht, the health authorities, and MECC Maastricht, TEFAF has decided to shorten the fair and to close on March 11, 2020 at 7 pm.
When TEFAF comes to town, the whole of Maastricht seems to get into the artistic spirit. This feeling is most evident in the MECC, which hosts the exclusive and striking art fair each year. The phrase 'art fair' does not do the event justice, as what happens at and during TEFAF can scarcely be expressed in words. It seems as if the city is enchanted by the sense of extra elegance that TEFAF exudes, bringing together refined art connoisseurs and giving curious visitors the opportunity to admire and even purchase the impressive pieces on display. The city hosts many activities, exhibitions, and dinners that stay true to the TEFAF spirit. Pull up a chair, take part, and experience the international allure that TEFAF brings to Maastricht.
Once it was the place where Germanic and Roman cultures collided; today it is a melting pot of cultures, languages, and flavours that makes the city burst with creativity.
Today's Maastricht is a city that has the best of the past and present. There are historic buildings and trendy designer boutiques; majestic churches and thrilling cave adventures; inspired menus and inviting café terraces; lively festivals and sensational exhibitions; stately squares and vast vineyards. All this and more makes Maastricht a favourite destination for cultural travellers.
Maastricht is The Netherlands most European city at the heart of an area where The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium meet. It is one of the oldest cities in the country and has a unique energy and dynamism that is particular to the city.
If you plan on attending TEFAF this year, you've probably heard of The Royal Collection: a selection of art objects carefully curated by TEFAF as an ode to the 2020 King's Day celebrations in Maastricht. We're adding an extra touch this year by sharing a list of royal hotspots in and around the city that have an air of regality to them.
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There are a number of locations in Maastricht that you can't miss. You simply must experience them, either in person or when viewing from afar. We are more than happy to list the places of interest, ranging from historical locations to cultural highlights.View the highlights
The world over, the European Fine Art Fair Maastricht is seen as one of the most important exhibition for art, antiques, and design. With 275 prestigious art dealers from twenty countries, TEFAF Maastricht represents a showcase for the most impressive pieces of art available on the market. From Saturday 7 March until Sunday 15 March, TEFAF is open to the general public, with Thursday 5 and Friday 6 March being 'invitation only'.
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Wednesday, June 19 - Red Cross Happenings. Rod Hamer, Red Cross Volunteer (and Kiwanian), will tell us his stories of what it takes to assure care, shelter, and hope to those affected by natural disasters. It is always an exciting experience to hear Rod "tell his tales" about how he has helped facilitate bringing relief to flood victims throughout the country.
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16:36Forex Signals on GBP / USD pair on 03/14/2014
|Forex Signals on GBP / USD pair on 03/14/2014
Pair GBP / USD hourly chart is trading within a neutral trend . Rate is below the moving average with period 55 on the hourly chart , the level of 1.6639 , thereby reducing prices .
Signal for a long position will be breakdown up to an hour of resistance at 1.6597 in order to increase the resistance level at 1.6626 and in case of breakdown up to an hour to 1.6659 . Stoploss for this strategy can be placed at 1.6560 .
Signal for a short position would be the breakdown on the basis of hours of support at 1.6597 ( sell by date of publication of this article ) to reduce to the support at 1.6568 in case of breakdown up to an hour 1.6538 . Stoploss for this strategy can be placed at 1.6635 .
Given that the moving average and the location of the boundaries of technical figures over time, moves to the hourly chart to adjust their status. I also recommend the open position up to an hour to avoid false breakouts.
In the case of a strong movement in the breakout technical figures , I recommend to wait for the correction . That level, which was the resistance should be strongly supported and it was near this level should open position in the direction of the breakdown .
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ink to text conversion on ipad
Add ink to text conversion. It appears that some platforms support ink to text conversion, it is a must-have for iPad, too. It appears it was commented on in the digital ink/handwriting idea.4,315 votes
iPad and iPhone: Outlook integration - tasks, meeting minutes, export to OneNote
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Audio recording while typing
Let us record audio while we type simultaneously. Also highlight the sections we typed in sync with audio recording.1,039 votes
Mind map functionality in OneNote
Mind maps are great for note taking and structuring ideas. Having this ability in OneNote would make OneNote THE place to take notes be that in text paragraphs, picture, annotations or mind maps!932 votes
Bring ink math assistant to iPad
Please bring the Ink Math Assistant from the windows store edition to iPad. There are no real good math inking apps on iPad yet. Being able to graph handwritten functions or converting them to text would be super useful!715 votes
How about a page size option.
How about a page size option. It's crazy trying to print out hand written notes. At least allow for an a4 guide so we can keep our notes to a page size .687 votes
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iOS: Make tags searchable
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On screen ruler
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iOS 11 Full Drag and Drop Compatibility
Gives OneNote (and hopefully any other Office365 applications) the ability to drag and drop files, images, and text from other apps on iOS 11 for the iPad.570 votes
iOS: Compile all To Do tags into a summary page / sort by tags
Create a to-do list that pulls together all text marked with a to-do tag.549 votes
Sync hand writing notes with audio recording on iPad
I have used Onenote on the surface pro 4 and loved it. But the experience on the Ipad Pro is lacking a major feature: audio recording while taking notes + sync playback with the note taking. When you start the audio record in Onenote on the Ipad you can't do anything else... Is there something I'm missing? If not, Microsoft please address this! Otherwise this is a great app and I love being able to move from the Ipad to my Pc and find all of my notes.
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iPad: Add support for a Bluetooth active stylus for inking
Thank you for adding handwriting support to the iPad app (19 Feb 2015). Now could you please support one or more of the bluetooth-based active stylus's available for iPad (e.g. Adonit Jot Script, Wacom Bamboo Stylus Fineline)? This would improve precision.458 votes
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Automatically recognize Apple Pencil and switch to "draw" or "pen" mode.
OneNote's default method for entry is the keyboard. However, when using the Apple Pencil, OneNote treats it like a touch input. It's not until you click on the "Draw" menu and select a tool/pen/maker that it will start to ink.
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Let's see it for OneNote.418 votes
Please support pressure sensitivity and "Pencil" for Apple Pencil
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Also, there are only pen and highlighter in the iOS version, but the Windows version has an additional pencil option. Things written in pencil are displayed as pen on iOS.417 votes
iOS: Printing
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Upgrade the apple pencil experience.
I love everything about OneNote for iPad except for the main thing that I use it for, which is the apple pencil. PLEASE look at apps like Notability and recognize that the handwriting/drawing experience is so much more enjoyable/precise/better looking than OneNote. The OneNote handwriting is so clunky and handwriting looks so sloppy with the current pencil options.This should be such an easy thing to fix, please for everyone, do it!!!395 votes
paper size options
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Microsoft Mathematics capabilities to be built in (and equations displayed on iOS/Android apps)
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Record audio and write at the same time.
Much like the desktop version the iPad should be able to record audio while doing other tasks, this way you can record your lectures and take notes, on top of this it would be nice to be able to play back the lecture by selecting parts of your notes. Why is the iPad version so behind the desktop version.385 votes
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My beloved son this is the Trinity, God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Yes, you have been awake the last three hours for a reason, praying. Many things are happening in your world at this time. Satan always works the hardest from midnight till 4 am. He hates the three o'clock hour for that is when I died on the cross and he was defeated when he thought he got rid of Me, your God and his God, that he betrayed.
Your country and world are about to crumble. It will see a big collapse just before the Warning to wake My children up without killing them so they will take the Warning seriously. This will be the last chance that many of My children will have to save their souls. A short time after the Warning, satan and the antichrist will start forcing the chip into My children. You will be killed if you refuse it or made into a slave if you take it. I warn you again, do not take the chip or it will be the death of your soul. Go to the refuges because I your God will warn you before satan has time to get to you and My children. I will warn you from within your heart and soul and tell you where to go to be protected and you will have no doubt that it is I, your God.
It will be an interior Warning just like I gave St. Joseph to get My Mother Mary and me out of town so Herod would not kill Her little Jesus. The past always repeats itself. I, your God, never change. I am all love and mercy and I give My children every chance I can to save their souls. I will shake the whole world up first before the Warning without very many people dying to save most of My children if they listen. My children, these messages are real and you are living Revelations at this very moment. Believe and do not doubt like St. Thomas did for it could mean the life of your soul. Expect major changes in the whole world very soon and be ready to move to the refuges. Love, the Holy Trinity.
Yes, My son, the picture of the Holy Trinity that I asked you to have painted should go to as many refuges as possible. I will help you get them there. It has caused you much suffering. Pray, trust and believe; no doubting, like St. Thomas. And, yes, My son, many of My remnant souls are suffering for all the people being killed by satan's terrorists to help save their souls from hell. Love, the Trinity. 3:30 am.


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Exploring an area of design during London Craft Week that is entirely new to myself, metalworking live demonstration at Purdey.
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Touring London Craft Week 2017 with a collection of top luxury London based fashion, food and fragrance brands, giving an insight into this year's events.
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Meeting with Jonathan Harris at Asprey London to discuss his incredible engraved Four Seasons vase collection that has been etched from the inside.
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I have just started using Phidgets/Actionscript 3 and I have met into some problems when trying to get Flash to obtain values from Phidgets.
I am using 1018_2 and 1122/1135 as the sensors. I have read multiple documents on the website and they state that I will need to use the getSensorValue(index: int) function to obtain the value for the sensors. Can someone please help me write the code to capture the values for sensors 1 and 0?
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Here is how I tried to put the value at sensor 1 to var. What am I doing wrong?
Further more, when I use public var phid:com.phidgets.PhidgetInterfaceKit;, I will get the error "The public attribute can only be used inside a package."
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Lil Wayne is among the goats.
Things have been looking good for Lil Wayne over the past few months. The rapper released two incredible mixtapes that further solidified his position as a GOAT in the rap game. He's also been expanding in his business ventures as well. Young Money Sports agency has been signing on some incredible talent, he collaborated with high end retailer, Neiman Marcus, in February for their exclusive Young Money collaboration. In addition, he also announced a liquor deal with Bumbu Rum in October. The company has now tapped the rapper to star in their new commercial.
Lil Wayne turns up with a gang of goats for the new Bumbu Rum commercial. The rapper is seen at a house party with bottles of Bumbu everywhere before Weezy's seen on the couch, asking a goat for the Bumbu. Meanwhile the rapper's hit songs, "A Milli" and "Lollipop" are played in the background.
In addition to his latest commercial with Bumbu, the rapper also announced a new partnership with Sound Royalties last week. Due to his long-standing issues with his label, the new partnership is meant so the rapper could fund upcoming projects. Hopefully with this, we'll be getting more new music from the rapper this year. Tha Carter V still looks like it'll be locked up for a minute, despite the fact that Birdman said it'll drop in 2018.


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Pirtek Racing's young charger Jamie Caroline has his sights firmly fixed on the top step of the podium when the new F4 British Championship certified by FIA – powered by Ford season kicks off this weekend at Brands Hatch.
The 18-year-old heads into his second season of single-seater competition looking to build on an encouraging debut campaign, where he secured multiple podium finishes and a race win en-route to tenth in the championship standings.
Having agreed a deal to join Carlin – title winners for the past two seasons – Jamie heads into 2017 amongst the favourites for the championship crown.
Pre-season testing has seen the former Ginetta Junior champion running regularly towards the top of the times and he will now hope to repeat that front-running pace when he takes to the track on Brands Hatch's shorter Indy layout this weekend.
In fact, with the Carlin team having won two of the three races during the opening meeting of the year in each of the past two seasons, Jamie will hope for similar results to kick-start his championship challenge in style.
"My plan moving into British F4 was always to treat the first season as a learning year and then push forwards and go for the title in year two," he said. "It worked for me in Ginetta Juniors and I'm aiming for the same this time around.
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The back on this Bulova, in which Caravelle was a sister brand owned by Bulova, is dated "N2" which is 1972. Very little of Bulova watches were made in W. Germany using a workhorse automatic movement cal. 11OWACD/N3 17 Jewels.The watch is very solid 36mm diameter without including the original signed crown. In general, the watch is an excellent example of this watch, showing very little wear, some minor scratches on the left side of the case, and a perfect original dial. This dial indices should continue to patina to a nice cream color over time. The watch is presented on a brown leather strap as found (estate purchase). The watch has been inspected and serviced November 2018. Works great, keeps good time and is ready to wear or collect or both. This would also made an excellent gift.


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Friday, July 29, 2016
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Welcome to Socialism - Forced Labour for All
CARACAS -- A decree by the embattled Nicolas Maduro administration ordering civil servants and private sector workers alike to work in the fields for two to four months at a time is raising eyebrows in Caracas. And that is saying a lot these days.
"The will of the worker has been annulled," wrote analyst Angel Alayon in a post Wednesday.
This is the latest in a series of measures aimed at reducing food scarcity, this time through accelerated production of foodstuffs by increased manpower. The government of Maduro, which describes itself as socialist, already has vast control of the economy, including ownership of the company that provides the country with more than 90% of all its hard currency (state oil company PDVSA), price control and currency exchange controls.
It also nationalizes foreign and private owned companies regularly: just last week Maduro took control of the local subsidiary of U.S. paper-products maker Kimberly-Clark after it stopped production. Shortages have actually become more acute since they began in 2013, with analysts saying that price controls, the root cause of scarcity, are not being addressed properly.
The move to force people to work in the fields -- as was called for during the Allende term in Chile and is still in force in Cuba to this day -- has been denounced by labor and business owners alike. The text (see below) says it's "mandatory" to assist the government in growing crops and other agricultural activities.
Froilan Barrios, a workers' rights activist said that "actions such as this one represent a grave danger for everything we workers have won historically and culturally over the centuries. What little is left of the productive apparatus of the country is being completely dislocated and the Venezuelan economy loses its sense."
The President of Fedecamaras, the country's main guild of business owners, Francisco Martines, said the government was treating the workers as chattel and that, in growing crops, 60 days was not enough to see a result. Venezuela has typically a dry season of six months and a rainy season of similar length.
Venezuela has 3 million civil servants in a total population of about 30 million people and a severe shortage in key foodstuffs, some of which were, until very recently produced locally. Venezuela it April reported a high unemployment rate of more than 7%, but the government says it's "the lowest in 20 years," according to Planning Minister Ricardo Menendez.
Menendez also said last week that there was no hunger in Venezuela, and that more than 90% of the population was getting three meals a day, a figure the opposition says is false, pointing to the long lines at grocery stores and the "humanitarian corridors" of hundreds of thousands seeking food and medicine in Brazil and Colombia
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Maduro and FARC, Brothers from Another Mother
Two of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's nephews have confessed to attempting to traffic 800 kilograms of cocaine into New York from Venezuela, identifying the owners of the drugs as the Marxist terrorist group FARC.
According to documents, newly introduced in the trial of Efraín Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas – related to Maduro through his wife, first lady and legislator Cilia Flores – the two men admitted they had planned to make multiple cocaine deliveries from Venezuela through Honduras to the United States on behalf of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a half-century-old guerrilla terrorist group. Many of the revelations come from conversations Campo Flores and Flores de Freitas had with undercover DEA agents before their arrests flying into the United States from Haiti in November 2015. The DEA agents were posing as Mexican drug traffickers seeking to aid the transport of the merchandise in exchange for a cut of the profits.
The FARC remains active, despite its 50-year history, currently negotiating a deal with the government of Colombia for members to reintegrate into society without having to spend time in prison for their crimes. The group has long enjoyed friendly relations with socialist Venezuela, with Hugo Chávez lending them safe haven. The group is so accepted in Venezuela that, in 2014, they hosted a 50-year anniversary celebration in Caracas.
In addition to identifying the drugs as coming from the FARC, the nephews claimed that they were shipping drugs to generate funds for their aunt's legislative campaign. Campo Flores later admits to a DEA agent, however, that they lied about the use of the money. "Campo declared that friends in the drug business had told him to be careful not to get robbed and, to protect himself, he made his declaration regarding his aunt's campaign," the document notes. The declaration implies that any wrongdoing against Campo Flores would incur the wrath of the Venezuelan socialist government at large.
Campo made one other political statement to undercover agents: "We are at war with the United States."
The Flores nephews had previously told law enforcement officials that the true owners of the cocaine were Diosdado Cabello, then the nation's second-in-command and currently the Assembly minority Leader; and Tarek El Aissami, the socialist governor of Venezuela's Aragua state. The FARC claim is the third such ownership claim the nephews have made.
Witnesses who have defected from Venezuela's socialist government have identified Cabello as the drug lord behind the Cartel de los Soles, one of Latin America's biggest drug trafficking operations, believed to be run by the Venezuelan military. Cabello sued multiple media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, for publishing reports with evidence linking him to the cartel. While Maduro himself has not been linked to drug trafficking operations, he has been accused of accepting campaign donations from drug traffickers.
Both Cabello and Maduro have accused the United States of attempting to disparage their government through the arrest of the Flores nephews. Flores herself has decreed the arrest an example of "the crime of kidnapping" and demanded their release, accusing the DEA of "violating our sovereignty and committing crimes on our land."
In addition to members of his family actively participating in the drug trade, Maduro's tenure as president of Venezuela has seen drug activity skyrocket."Venezuela is the most efficient route for traffickers," a U.S. official told the Argentine news outlet Infobae shortly after the Flores nephews' arrests.
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Saturday, July 9, 2016
Venezuela, A Bond Holder's Dream?
It's been almost two years now since the renowned Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann caused a stir in his native Venezuela by posing an uncomfortable question.
Why does a country that's so starved for cash keep honoring its foreign debts? In other words, how does it justify shelling out precious hard currency to wealthy bondholders in New York when it can't pay for basic food and medicine imports desperately needed by millions of impoverished citizens? "I find the moral choice odd," Hausmann concluded.
He was, predictably, skewered by the administration back in Caracas -- President Nicolas Maduro labeled him a "financial hitman" and an "outlaw" on national television -- but today the question feels more urgent than ever. Prices for oil, Venezuela's lifeblood, have fallen almost by half since Hausmann first spoke out and the country's cash squeeze has deepened dramatically. The chaos has reached unprecedented levels -- food rationing, looting, mob lynchings, collapsing medical care -- yet through it all, bond traders have received every dime they were owed, billions and billions of dollars in all.
"There are two worlds," said Francisco Ghersi, a managing director of Knossos Asset Management in Caracas. "The world of the bondholders and the world of what's happening in Venezuela."
The 21st century has produced a slew of government defaults across the globe, from Argentina to Ecuador to Ukraine. In almost every instance, the country in crisis hit the default button long before the situation got as dire as it has in Venezuela. The only similar case that economists point to is Zimbabwe back in the early 2000s. But even that comparison is flawed, says American University professor Arturo Porzecanski, because Venezuela was significantly wealthier than Zimbabwe before crisis struck and so the South American country's collapse has been of a much greater magnitude.
What makes this pay-the-debt-at-any-cost approach all the more curious is that it comes in a country run by self-proclaimed socialists who have railed for the better part of two decades against foreign capitalist powers. There are endless theories, spawned in part by Hausmann's public pronouncement, as to why the Maduro administration has stuck so doggedly to this policy. The main ones fall into three rough categories.
Food Riots
The first of them is an argument that's been floated publicly by high-ranking government officials themselves. It states that Venezuela can wait it out till oil prices rebound. Why rock the boat, the thinking goes, if salvation is potentially just weeks away? (Prices have been rallying of late, climbing to near $50 a barrel.)
The next argument is something of a conspiracy theory born in part out of the opaque nature of the country's finances. It posits that close associates of the administration are major holders of the country's bonds and that the government fears it'd lose their much-needed support if the payments stopped coming in. Efforts to obtain comment from government press officials on this and other aspects of the story were unsuccessful.
The third theory, and it's one that ties back into the first idea, states that even though Venezuela lost access to international capital markets a long time ago, a default could still deepen the government's cash squeeze by triggering legal action from creditors that would undermine the country's ability to export. If fewer petro-dollars flow into the country, the savings from the default could be washed away, making the situation on the ground even worse.
It's frankly hard to imagine what a further deterioration would look like. After shrinking an estimated 7.5 percent in 2015, the economy is forecast to post an even bigger contraction this year. Food shortages are now so acute, and lines outside stores so long, that spontaneous protests are popping up everywhere. In one episode in the 500-year-old coastal city of Cumana, hundreds were arrested and a middle-aged man was shot to death, one of three fatalities at food-related demonstrations in June alone. There have been so many vigilante justice-style lynchings -- more than 70 in the first four months of this year -- that the supreme court has banned Venezuelans from sharing video recordings of the gruesome events on social media.
Default's Benefits
To Hausmann and to legal experts who have studied the country's oil operations, the risk of angry creditors blocking exports after a default is actually small. The way that PDVSA, as the state oil company is known, structured sales contracts makes it difficult for them to be interrupted by a legal challenge, according to Francesca Odell, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb in New York. What Hausmann and others see instead from a default is the opportunity to free up a big chunk of cash that could be re-directed toward imports.
The government is due to make $1.5 billion in foreign debt payments in the second half of this year. Include PDVSA's tab and the figure swells to $5.8 billion. It's a staggering sum of money in a nation that has bled its hard currency reserves down to just $12 billion. And while few, if any, bondholders would embrace a default, they certainly wouldn't be caught off-guard by it. For the better part of the past 18 months, the government's benchmark bonds have been trading under 50 cents on the dollar, a price that in essence signals to a debtor: "We're prepared for a restructuring, go ahead and do it if you must."
"It's fairly shocking that they have decided to service the debt over all else," said Risa Grais-Targow, an analyst at Eurasia Group in Washington. "But I do think the commitment is fairly strong."
Venezuela's bonds due in 2027 fell 0.37 cents to 48.48 cents on the dollar as of 2:24 p.m. today in New York.
Maduro, the man handpicked by the late Hugo Chavez to succeed him, has spoken frequently about his determination to keep paying the debt. In a speech back in May, he proudly explained how the country had doled out $36 billion to creditors -- "a huge amount of money" -- over the previous 20 months. The payments were made, he went on to say, "with dignity, without accepting preconditions from anyone, maintaining the country's independence despite the pain." These are references to multilateral lenders like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, institutions that are despised by the Latin American left.
As long as Maduro continues to pay, there will be investors willing to own the debt. Venezuela's bonds are among the highest-paying investments in emerging markets, offering today an average yield of 26 percent. That's in dollars -- in a world where many developed-nation bonds are yielding close to zero (or even less). And since Chavez swept into office 17 years ago, the country's bonds have handed investors a total return of 517 percent.
"It is one of the most miserable, mismanaged, hopeless countries on the planet," said Jan Dehn, head of research at Ashmore Group Plc, which manages $50 billion of emerging-market assets. "But that doesn't mean you can't make money."
Hausmann, meanwhile, is more incensed than ever.
In a recent interview, he called the government's insistence on paying the debt, coupled with a church's claim that it rejected offers of international aid, "a crime against humanity." There's a history here, it should be noted, between the professor and the Chavistas. Some two decades ago, he served in the business-friendly government that Chavez tried to overthrow in a coup attempt that effectively launched his political career. Perhaps that explains some of the enmity between the two sides. Regardless, this is what Hausmann wants to ask the folks on the other side: How can they sleep at night? "It's beyond belief."
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Friday, July 8, 2016
Oxymoron of the Day - Democratic Socialist
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — When Venezuela's opposition lawmakers took over the congress in January, they vowed it was the beginning of the end for President Nicolas Maduro.
But Maduro has since managed to almost completely sideline the legislature with the help of the Supreme Court, and now the ruling socialist party is talking about shutting congress down altogether.
"What has congress done these past six months? Wreak destruction. Prepare to say goodbye to history, because your time is coming," Maduro said in a televised address last week.
Dealing with a legislature filled with political opponents has been an irritation for the socialist Maduro, whose approval numbers languish in the low 20 percent range. Congress President Henry Ramos, meanwhile, enjoys 60 percent approval, making him the most popular politician in Venezuela.
Opinion polls say a majority of Venezuelans want Maduro out of office this year. The head of the Organization of American States accuses the country of acting autocratically and has moved to suspend it from the regional body. President Barack Obama joined several other world leaders last week in criticizing Maduro for stalling a voter recall referendum that could throw him out of power.
Maduro seems willing to take the risks of domestic anger and international condemnation that would be associated with closing congress, an idea that many Venezuelans have already called an attempted "self-coup."
Javier Corrales, who teaches Latin American politics at Amherst College in Massachusetts, said Maduro and other Venezuelan leaders might think they can afford the international backlash.
"Others might label them as anti-democratic," he said. "They simply respond by saying that they are at war against oligarchs who are blocking the people from governing, and that's the end of that."
Such a move would surely inflame Venezuelans already on edge after weeks of daily food riots that have led to deaths and hundreds of arrests.
The millions of Venezuelans who want the socialists out of power are growing frustrated. With the congress blocked from legislating and Maduro saying he will not allow a recall referendum to proceed this year, the opposition feels increasingly shut out of the political arena.
"This means that the main catalyst for regime change this year remains a social explosion," Risa Grais-Targow, an analyst at the Washington-based Eurasia Group, said, referring to the Maduro recall effort.
The Maduro administration controls Venezuela's courts, electoral officials, much of the national press and the police. But the congress still enjoys great public support, even though it's functionally weak.
"Congress has become not just a space for ideas to be aired, but also it has become a very popular political institution," Corrales said.
Opponents of Maduro's government took control of the legislature for the first time in 17 years in January after winning a landslide victory. They tore down the oversized portraits of late President Hugo Chavez hanging in the neoclassical capitol and distributed videos of them being carted away. For Venezuelans, that jubilant moment has come to feel like the 2003 toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad — a victory celebration that turned out to be premature.
Since then, the Supreme Court has issued at least 16 decisions chipping away at lawmakers' power. The court blocked the opposition's central pieces of legislation, including a bill that would have freed imprisoned opposition activists, and even more neutral-seeming bills, such as a proposal that would have given the elderly more access to food stamps.
Now, other leaders in the bloc of parties that supports Maduro say they are talking with the court about how to abolish the legislature.
"Congress is acting against the constitution, and should be dissolved; the mechanisms exist," said Didalco Bolivar, who heads a party in the socialist coalition.
As Venezuela saw a new round of supermarket looting Monday and hospitals around the country complained that patients were going hungry, congress started the week with one item on its agenda — a symbolic resolution celebrating the nation's Independence day.
On Tuesday, Maduro managed to make even that into a polarizing issue. He declined to attend the congressional independence day celebration. Instead, he held his own festivities. Lawmakers were not invited.
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Overview... a young man finally growing up emotionally. Having spent much of his youth skirt-chasing and womanizing – and treating women without the least bit of respect – Paul falls in love with his best friend's sister, Noel, and becomes determined to be a good man for her. He might not have much real direction in his life, but for once he's sure of one thing: he's sure of his love.
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The West Side Garage Store continues to offer great bargains to those looking for just about anything under the sun- household items, clothing, baby items, collectibles, building materials, appliances, TV's, bedding, and more clothing! The store now has new hours, open on Tuesdays- Fridays, from noon-5:30p.m.and Saturdays from noon-4:00p.m. Proceeds from the West Side Garage Store are used to support the youth working there and other youth initiatives of Steepletown.
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returning ends the function, and so I miss out on including the javascript that will ultimately insert my correct time value (the javascript is necessary to retrieve the user's local time).
I'm wondering if there is a way to have two functions in the shortcode, or nest them somehow... change my approach, etc?
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Two Right Wing Terrorists Sentenced to Death in Oregon
Gee, you'd think the "liberal media" would be all over this:
Marion County jurors on Wednesday condemned Woodburn bank bombers Bruce and Joshua Turnidge to die by lethal injection for the 2008 murders of two police officers. The decision will send father and son to nearby Oregon State Penitentiary, the only cop killers on death row.[…]
More than 100 witnesses testified at the trials, which stretched from the first days of fall to the beginning of winter. Jurors heard a tale of two sad, dispirited men who were vocal in their contempt of government and police and thought the Obama administration would put increased restrictions on their right to bear arms.
The Turnidges were perpetually strapped for cash, facing yet another business failure as their biodiesel company bled money.
Prosecutors said the pressure they felt was enough to prompt the Turnidges to put in place a long-held bank-robbery fantasy. On Dec. 12, 2008, they planted a bomb in bushes outside the bank. But the plot went awry when police officers, thinking the bomb was a hoax, moved the device inside the bank and tried to take it apart.
The blast tore through the bank, killing Oregon State Police Senior Trooper William Hakim and Woodburn Police Capt. Tom Tennant. The blast critically injured Russell and wounded bank employee Laurie Perkett.
Again, seriously, if the media was so "liberal" it would be jumping up and down about this. Instead, there has been no cable news coverage as far as I know.


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CATS CRADLE and FOUNDATION to be Films
This is sort of good news. Columbia Pictures has purchased the rights to The Foundation trilogy, which is on my list of five science fiction and fantasy novels I wish would be filmed and probably never will be. I would be more enthusiastic were it not for the news that Roland Emmerlich (he of 10,000 B.C. and 2012) will probably be directing. OK, he has been doing films with dates in the title which might allow him to relate to a film about psychohistorians, but I'm stretching to be optimistic.
Cat's Cradle is actually being done by Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way, and is supposed to be out later this year. I am much more encouraged by this.
Here is my aforementioned list of five SF books that I would like to see on film:
- The Stainless Steel Rat – Harry Harrison
- Cats Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut
- The Dancers at the End of Time – Michael Moorcock
- 2018 A.D. or the King Kong Blues – Sam Lundwall
- Foundation – Isaac Asimov
There was some discussion around the turn of the century about a Stainless Steel Rat film but nothing ever came of it. I don't know why no one has ever tried Cats Cradle, or King Kong Blues (unless it's been done in Sweden). The Dancers at the End of Time would have been difficult until recently, but advances in CGI should make such a film possible.
Two out of five ain't bad.


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Accident Number: ERA17LA267
Date & Time: 08/05/2017, 2230 EDT
Registration: N56884
Aircraft: PIPER PA28
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Defining Event: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
Injuries: 2 Serious, 1 Minor
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Personal
The student pilot owned the airplane and intended to conduct a 20-minute night, cross-country flight to a nearby airport for avionics installation. During a circling descent to the destination airport, the airplane collided with trees and terrain, which resulted in a postcrash fire.
Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The student had a total flight experience of 105 hours, of which 5 hours were at night. He had not flown during the 90-day period preceding the accident.
Probable Cause and Findings
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The student pilot's improper decision to conduct a night flight and his failure to maintain adequate altitude during the approach, which resulted in controlled flight into trees and terrain. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's lack of total and recent night flight experience.
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Personnel issues
Identification/recognition - Pilot (Cause)
Decision making/judgment - Student pilot (Cause)
Total experience - Student pilot (Factor)
Recent experience - Student pilot (Factor)
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Tree(s) - Effect on operation (Cause)
Dark - Effect on personnel
Due to his injuries, the student pilot did not recall the accident sequence. He reported a total flight experience of 105 hours, of which, 5 hours were at night. The student pilot had not flown during the 90-day period preceding the accident. The front seat passenger stated that he and the student pilot previously spoke several times about flying the airplane to N40 for required equipment (avionics) installation. The front seat passenger was also seriously injured and remembered only some of the accident sequence. He recalled the student pilot saying, "we are losing altitude, this is not good."
The rear seat passenger sustained minor injuries and recalled that the student pilot stated they had to complete a 360° turn before landing. The student pilot then adjusted the wing flaps and the rear seat passenger saw a red blinking light, powerlines, and trees. The student pilot then stated that they needed to climb, but they were not climbing. The student pilot subsequently remarked that he thought he saw the problem and adjusted the wing flaps again. The rear seat passenger did not recall the impact.
Review of radar data and air traffic control (ATC) communications provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), revealed that the airplane was at 3,500 feet mean sea level (msl) when the student pilot reported beginning a descent to ATC at 2224. The airplane flew a track consistent with an approximate 3-mile left base leg to final leg of the airport traffic pattern for runway 7, at N40. While on final approach, the airplane descended from about 2,300 feet msl to 1,300 feet msl as it neared the runway threshold (which was at 548 feet msl). The airplane then completed a right 360° turn and the last radar target was recorded over the airport about 2230, indicating a groundspeed of 70 knots and an altitude of 1,000 feet msl.
The wreckage was located about 1/2-mile beyond the departure end of runway 7 and had been partially consumed by a postcrash fire. Examination of the wreckage by an FAA inspector did not reveal any preimpact mechanical malfunctions. The inspector was able to rotate the crankshaft by hand and confirm camshaft, crankshaft, and valve train continuity to the rear accessory section of the engine. He also attained thumb compression on all four cylinders. The inspector added that the passengers were not certificated pilots.
The student pilot's flight instructor reported that the student pilot attempted to schedule a lesson for August 4, 2017, to gain proficiency; however, the flight instructor already had a commitment. The student pilot then scheduled the flight instructor for August 10, 2017. The flight instructor added that he last provided ground instruction to the student pilot on February 18, 2017, and the student pilot subsequently completed a solo cross-country flight uneventfully during the same day.
The recorded weather at an airport located about 12 miles east of the accident site, at 2253, included calm wind, clear sky and visibility 10 miles.
Pilot Information
Certificate: Student
Age: 34, Male
Airplane Rating(s): None
Seat Occupied: Left
Other Aircraft Rating(s): None
Restraint Used: 3-point
Instrument Rating(s): None
Second Pilot Present: No
Instructor Rating(s): None
Toxicology Performed: No
Medical Certification: Class 3 With Waivers/Limitations
Last FAA Medical Exam: 03/29/2016
Occupational Pilot: No
Last Flight Review or Equivalent:
Flight Time: 105 hours (Total, all aircraft), 105 hours (Total, this make and model), 35 hours (Pilot In Command, all aircraft), 0 hours (Last 90 days, all aircraft), 0 hours (Last 30 days, all aircraft), 0 hours (Last 24 hours, all aircraft)
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Registration: N56884
Model/Series: PA28 140
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Year of Manufacture:
Amateur Built: No
Airworthiness Certificate: Normal
Serial Number: 28-7425057
Landing Gear Type: Tricycle
Seats: 4
Date/Type of Last Inspection: 10/17/2016, Annual
Certified Max Gross Wt.: 2150 lbs
Time Since Last Inspection:
Engines: 1 Reciprocating
Airframe Total Time: 3791 Hours as of last inspection
Engine Manufacturer: LYCOMING
ELT: Installed, activated, did not aid in locating accident
Engine Model/Series: O-320
Registered Owner: On file
Rated Power: 150 hp
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: Visual Conditions
Condition of Light: Night
Observation Facility, Elevation: SMQ, 106 ft msl
Distance from Accident Site: 12 Nautical Miles
Observation Time: 2253 EDT
Direction from Accident Site: 90°
Lowest Cloud Condition: Clear
Visibility: 10 Miles
Lowest Ceiling: None
Visibility (RVR):
Wind Speed/Gusts: Calm /
Turbulence Type Forecast/Actual: / None
Wind Direction:
Turbulence Severity Forecast/Actual: / N/A
Altimeter Setting: 29.98 inches Hg
Temperature/Dew Point: 17°C / 15°C
Precipitation and Obscuration: No Obscuration; No Precipitation
Departure Point: Blairstown, NJ (1N7)
Type of Flight Plan Filed: VFR
Destination: Pittstown, NJ (N40)
Type of Clearance: VFR Flight Following
Departure Time: 2210 EDT
Type of Airspace:
Airport Information
Airport: Sky Manor (N40)
Runway Surface Type: Asphalt
Airport Elevation: 560 ft
Runway Surface Condition: Dry
Runway Used: 7
IFR Approach: None
Runway Length/Width: 2900 ft / 50 ft
VFR Approach/Landing: None
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 Serious
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries: 1 Serious, 1 Minor
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 2 Serious, 1 Minor
Latitude, Longitude: 40.407500, -74.966111
NTSB Identification: ERA17LA267
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, August 05, 2017 in Pittstown, NJ
Aircraft: PIPER PA 28-140, registration: N56884
Injuries: 2 Serious, 1 Minor.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On August 5, 2017, about 2242 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N56884 was substantially damaged during a collision with trees and terrain, while on approach to Sky Manor (N40), Pittstown, New Jersey. The student pilot and one passenger were seriously injured, while the other passenger received minor injuries. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the flight that departed Blairstown Airport (1N7), Blairstown, New Jersey, about 2215.
The student pilot and front seat passenger had been in an intensive care unit and unable to initially provide a statement. According to preliminary information from a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the three occupants were related, but neither of the passengers held a pilot certificate. According to the rear seat passenger, family members, and the student pilot's flight instructor, the student pilot had planned to ferry his airplane to N40 the following week with his flight instructor to have avionics installed. However, the three occupants had been at a family picnic during the day of the accident and the student pilot decided to ferry the airplane with them that night, instead of the following week with his instructor. Another family member drove to N40 to provide ground transportation back to the student pilot's home once the airplane had landed.
The rear seat passenger further stated that the airplane was in a circling descent near N40 when the student pilot noted red obstruction lights related to utility wires and indicated that something was not correct. The airplane then collided with trees and impacted the ground. The three occupants were able to egress before a postcrash fire consumed a portion of the cockpit.
The recorded weather at an airport located about 12 miles east of the accident site, at 2253, included calm wind, clear sky and visibility 10 miles.
The wreckage was retained for further examination.


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I love so many things right now!
I am choosing to only focus on happy things these days and removing all of the crazy negativity from this world from my peripheral view!
Let's start with last Friday! Last Friday (10/14/16) was our October Ladies Night Out Event! It was so much fun. We had about a dozen featured businesses that the crowd seemed to really enjoy! Not to mention some pretty awesome Swag Bags that we gave away! One of my favorite things in life is to help people grow their businesses and find new, creative ways to find success! Our fun monthly Ladies Night Out events are the perfect platform to network yourself and your business, see new faces and make new friends!
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Now, let's talk about this Indian Summer we are having here in Colorado! 86 degrees this past weekend!
We drove through Greenwood Village and along the Dam Road next to Cherry Creek Reservoir on Sunday. There were dozens of water skiers, boaters and people playing in the sun and water. It felt like July! However, with the red, gold and yellow leaves everywhere... we were quickly reminded that Fall is truly on our heels.
Along with Fall... comes Pumpkin EVERYTHING, Halloween, Football, Tailgating, BBQ's and a whole new fun wardrobe to keep warm (if we ever cool down... tick tock Mother Nature!).
I found some fun recipes online for Double Pumpkin Dark Chocolate Energy Balls and for Mississippi Pot Roast in the Corck pot and cannot wait to make them this week!
Here they are for you to enjoy as well!
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You can skip the browning step if you are in a rush, or just don't feel like it. If you prefer, you can cut up the peppers and stir those into the meat mixture for an extra kick of flavor.
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Now... I am off to make a cup of my favorite Mountain Chai tea and get some more work done.
Happy Monday, Everyone! Hope to see you on 11/9/16!
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Feral software and the application orphanage – application management
DevOps & The Death of the Product Owner
Give it a name
You know the feeling. You've got some kind of medical condition that you can't pin down. And it's worrying you. If you're male, you'll probably wait for a couple of months before you go to your general practitioner and get it checked. After assessing the symptoms, the GP gives your condition a name. And in so doing, more often than not, most of your concerns evaporate. The act of naming is reassuring.
I hope to provide you with the same kind of reassurance by introducing the term 'application orphanage'. If you've worked in a decent-sized IT department for a while, you probably already know what I'm talking about. I'm referring to the phenomenon of somebody from outside corporate IT acquiring or building an application and either neglecting it or leaving it behind when they leave the enterprise, or move on to another division. Due to neglect, the application goes feral. This is nature's way, as clearly stated by Lehman in his eight laws of software evolution. Paraphrasing professor Lehman's first two laws, when software is used it is subject to change, and this change increases the software's complexity unless work is done to maintain or reduce it. It's sometimes referred to as 'software entropy': the inevitable and steady deterioration of software.
Applications gone wild
Feral applications are domestic applications that have returned to the wild. They have no owners to care for them. They hiss and growl at maintenance programmers as if their intent was spaying or neutering. Yet it has to be done, and it's usually up to the corporate IT department to do it. To domesticate them again. To find an adoptive owner with a good heart who'll take on the responsibility for application lifecycle management. Until they have become rehabilitated into society, the application orphanage will care for them without discrimination against programming language, development methodology or user interface.
So the next time you see a down and out application, don't turn a blind eye. Be a good Samaritan and show some compassion. Even if it's just a lowly spreadsheet. It's the right thing to do. And it's got a name. You're running an application orphanage.
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Who runs the world? Girls!
In celebration of International Women's Day, some of our favorite stars took to social media yesterday to share inspiring messages, the girl power icons who empower them the most, and reminders that anyone, anywhere can do anything! We are so here for girls supporting girls!
From Maddie and Mackenzie Ziegler to Sofia Carson to Jacob Sartorius and everyone in between: keep scrolling to see what these actors, activists, influencers, musicians and more posted!
2. Sofia Wylie
Women have always been strong, but social media is giving us a new kind of strength, and it's amazing to be a part of this movement. The fact that I get to be a part of it in any way, shape, or form, is a huge responsibility and it makes me proud that I get this opportunity. Happy #InternationalWomensDay
4. Baby Ariel
6. The boys of PRETTYMUCH
Today we celebrate strong women all around us, rising up and supporting each other, pushing for change and empowering this world!! Today I'm so blessed and thankful for all the strong women that surround me❤💪🏽🙏🏽 We are stronger together✊🏽#happyinternationalwomansday #womenarethefuture #Empower #internationalwomensday
10. Lexi Jayde
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Happy International Women's Day ✨ Not only to the tribes that have uplifted and inspired me, but to my peers and mentors whose presence defines/ redefines and expands the concept of womanhood/ what we can achieve to that which is inclusive and not only makes room, but celebrates our diversity✨#internationalwomensday
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13. Jacob Sartorius
14. Brec Bassinger
15. Coco Quinn
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Grateful for all the strong and beautiful women that surround me, inspire me, and teach me to be free, to dream, express, create, and live my deepest heart's desires!! Girls with dreams become women with vision! ❤💪🏼#happyinternationalwomensday #girlsclub #befree #dream #create #express #live #inspire #sarynagarcia
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When you support change for equality, you weave your thread into HISTORY 💪🏽 how cool is it that the way our future sons and daughters will think, the way they will love, the way they will feel compassion and respect, is all built on our generation! I'm proud to be spreading love, compassion and positivity, so in turn i play a role to impact the future ❤🌈 The future is bright with the women of this generation! Happy #internationalwomensday
20. The women of Little Mix
In 2011 we started off as four young girls with a shared dream and we've grown together into four strong women! We wanna thank you all for helping us become who we are today and shout out to all the incredible women out there who continue to hustle. Keep chasing your dreams 💖 💖#InternationalWomensDay
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23. Lizzy Greene
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25. Jessie Paege
happy international women's day 💓 to all women: 1. You're not my competition 2. All your unique body types, hair colors, sexual identities, and more are BEAUTIFUL 3. Your femininity or lack of femininity doesn't make you any less of a women 4. Empower women. Spread love, give compliments, take pictures of each other, etc. 5. Don't let ANYONE treat you poorly or unfairly because of your gender ✨
28. Sofia Carson
29. Nia Sioux
In celebration of International Women's Day, I am joining the #ICANDOBOTH campaign to show that us girls can truly do it all! I am a normal teenage girl that has tons of schoolwork and homework to do, but I'm also performer that can get glammed up and put on a show! Let's celebrate how amazing women are today and spread the love. #internationalwomensday @musical.ly
30. Jenna Ortega
"When a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women." - Maya Angelou ——— 14 years of age and I'm growing up in a world full of powerful women. I look up to these women and many more for standing up for their rights, inspiring other girls/women and being themselves; showing not only the world, but society that you can be whoever you want. Some of these women I have had the honor of meeting and some I have not.. but in my daily life I thank my mum, sister, and nan❤ #internationalwomensday
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Some years ago, in my primary study Bible, I started crossing out the word "baptize" (and its cognates), writing instead the more literal "immerse." I figure it's about time that we get past the the hangups of ol' King James's transliterators. Around the same time, I began looking for ways to excuse those who rejected New Covenant baptism as a requisite for being in a continuing, relationship with God. (Odd, isn't it?)
At this point I'm a little more simple about it. It's crystal-clear to me that immersion in water is integral in conversion. And I'm overjoyed (to the point of tears on several occasions) upon hearing a country song that paints a beautiful picture of a New Covenant baptism:
The summer breeze made ripples on the pond
And rattled through the reeds and the willow trees beyond.
Daddy in his good hat, and Momma in her Sunday dress
Watched with pride as I stood there in the water up to my chest.
The preacher spoke about the cleansing blood
As I sank my toes into that cool East Texas mud.
It was down with the old man; up with the new
Raised to walk in the ways of light and truth.
I didn't see no angels — just a few saints on the shore.
But I felt like a newborn baby cradled up in the arms of the Lord.
There was glory in the air and dinner on the grounds,
And my sins, which were many, were washed away and gone
Along with a Buffalo nickel I forgot to leave at home
But that seemed like such a small price to pay
For the blessed peace of mind that came to me that day.
This road is long and dusty.
Sometimes the soul, it must be cleansed.
And I long to feel that water rushing over me again.
I didn't see no angels — just a few saints on the shore.
But I felt like a newborn baby cradled up in the arms of the Lord.
– "Baptism," by Mickey Cates. Sung by Randy Travis on the album Inspirational Journey.
I hope that, over time, I can present to my son that accurate, joyful, and poignant a picture of immersion into Jesus. Amen.
→ References (read larger contexts, too!)
- Rom. 6:1-4
- Col. 2:9-12
- Gal. 3:24-29
- 1 Peter 3:17-22
- plus, all the immersions peppered throughout the Acts of the Apostles


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Thursday, June 16, 2011
While scientists have debating for years about the cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs and their cretaceous cohorts, I think I can solve the riddle of my dead legs a bit more easily: poor planning and overtraining. I'm running the Philadelphia Marathon in late November. I have absolutely zero interest in long runs during the hottest part of the summer, but I've been trying to build my base up by increasing the length of my regular runs to improve my overall weekly mileage.
I've succeeded; my 38 miles last week was my 2nd best ever, eclipsed only by the week in late February where I did my 18-miler as a last-ditch attempt to "catch up" as much as possible on my long runs in my ITBS-hampered Shamrock marathon training. I'd only had one other week since March where I'd been over 30 miles, a week in April where we had beautiful weather and I got 2 10-milers in (and another the following week).
Those had been my only 10-mile runs since the marathon; I have 5 in the last two weeks. And, on the last three of those I'd adjusted my route to add some steep hills at the end, in hopes of being more prepared for the supposedly very tough Dreaded Druid Hills 10k on June 25, my thoughts being that since I normally run a hilly route, but probably not as hilly as the race course, I'd run a long enough distance, and add some rougher terrain to be as ready as possible.
My plan was to do today's route again on Saturday, and then next week (probably Monday and Wednesday), run two shorter routes consisting of just running up and down the two steepest hills over and over again. (This route would be like going up and down a half-pipe for several repitions.)
Given that I feel like my legs are fossilized, I think I'll re-evaluate. I'm going to take tomorrow off, run 6ish miles on these two hills on Saturday, and then do a mini taper for the rest of next week. I've also got fairly low expectations. If this course is as tough as I've heard, I don't think I'll really be racing it. Ok, I mean, it's a race and I'll be in it, but there's no thoughts of a PR here.
My 10K PR is 59:32, and it should be my easiest PR to break. I've only run one 10K race, in which I paced myself conservatively having never run six miles, and I routinely come in 2-5 minutes under that on my regular runs, and occasionally hit the 10k mark in the 52-minute range. At Druid Hills, though, I'm just going to have fun, keep a slow and steady pace that I can maintain up the inclines, and try to not get caught by the T-Rex.
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- AnonymousJune 16, 2011 at 4:35 PM
If next weeks 10k is a 'training race', then I'd skip the 'taper'. You need the miles, and the 10K would basically accomplish a good tempo run (which are usually run while in 'training' not 'taper' mode).
Good job on all those 10 milers! I trust you're doing 2 and 4 mile 'recovery' jogs in between those tens, right? :)
Danny, thanks for the help.ReplyDelete
This ties back into what I wrote a couple weeks ago in which I'm at a point where I (in some cases very clearly in others just figuring it out) know that my approach isn't well-thought-out enough.
I was thinking taper (except for 1 last hill type run), take only 2 nice, easy 3-mile runs next week to rest up for this 10k, like my last taper week before my marathon. (Normally, even if I was going to try to smash my PR, I'd train through a 10K and not think twice about it.)
Treating it as a training run, are you suggesting keeping more to my regular mileage? (I probably am due for what would be a step-down week if were actually on my marathon training program yet)
Like my complete lack of speedwork, I don't do a good enough distinguishing my long, slow runs from my tempo runs until I formally start back on my fall marathon training program. (When I was on my program for Shamrock, I was doing 3-4 or "regular" runs of 6-8 miles during the week, which probably served as my tempo runs, and then a longer, slower distance on Saturday or Sunday.)
I've done great (for me!) in grinding out the miles in June, but not as well in adding complexity to my routine. (Speedwork, more core, lifting, cross-training.)