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Trial is over: Here's how to cancel your Apple Music subscription
Apple, whose iTunes revolutionised how disparate parts of the world buy music, designed its streaming music service with an eye to being the first truly global radio station.
Apple users who until now had the possibility to enjoy using this new service for free will no longer be able to access it without paying a subscription fee.
That's because when you signed up for the Apple Music free trial you also opted in to be billed automatically, and Apple isn't planning to ask you twice.
When a user signed up to the service 12 weeks ago, auto-renewal would have been selected and therefore will start charging when the trial expires unless you actively decide to halt your service at the end of the trial period. Apple TV is set to get the service in coming months, while an Android app is also in working, as confirmed by the company.
Apple has just sold a record 13 million iPhone units last weekend and China has been reported to account for 2 million units in sales.
So, I didn't expect to become an Apple Music subscriber.
With Apple Music, you can play song in the albums or download it for offline listening.
Apple's recently-launched Spotify competitor Apple Music is now expected to deliver way below initial projections, according to a pair of sources close to the numbers.
Among the changes Apple has made to the mobile operating system is a new setting that makes the device always stream music at the highest quality level, even when the music is being streamed via cellular data signals (as opposed to "free" wi-fi signals). However, an analyst said that Apple Music faces a tough audience in the country.
Moreover, the user does not need to acquire music permanently. "In fact, labels are pushing the streaming companies to go globally".
"I thought the ads and the marketing have been very clever", said Azoff, the veteran executive who manages the Eagles. The tactic has resulted in fast growth for Spotify, which is valued at more than $8 billion.
Consumers have shown a willingness to shell out for streaming services.
The service has faced criticism from a few users over its complicated interface and the way it handles music files.
He said App Store in China has become the largest market in the world for app downloads, but he did not give specific figures.
"Canadians are good early adopters", said MacFarlane.


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Another gorgeous floral stamp set! This gorgeous set is from the new artist, Melissa Baker-Nguyen!
This gorgeous set of blooms is so versatile and is perfectly designed for so many themes and reasons to send cards to the ones you love! There is a basket of blooms, a trio of single blooms and of course fantastically designed sentiments, which, just happen to fit inside the basket!!!
FANCY FLORALS stamp set! Be sure to hop around and leave lots of love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop! The winner will be announced at the LIVE Online Release Party on Sunday evening, so don't miss it!
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Videohive AE CS4 - Box Service Trailer After Effects Project
HD 1280x720 | Adobe After Effects CS3 CS4 CS5 | 291 mb
Perfect opening to present your company services headlines efficiently with 6 main sentence or keyword . The animation is based on a dynamic 3D Cube look movement & including a nice 3D Extrude text. It's meant to be dynamic, and corporate oriented.
Project Features
As usual Project is well organized with coloured layers, & Layer source folder. Timeline elements are commented for an easy hand over.
Important note
Trapcode Form & Optical Flare are required to use the project. For those who don't have the plugin, you will also find a prerendered version so you can use it without any problem. Also Sound music is not included it's only for demo purpose.


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Data Protection Server
Designed for enterprises, government agencies and MSPs that want to back up data using a cloud-based architecture, DPS empowers organizations to use their own cloud for data protection services, while meeting all security, legal, and compliance policies. It's the best of both worlds: cloud backup with in-house, compliant infrastructure.
With DPS, data and metadata never leave your premises while authentication, monitoring and other services are provided centrally by us.
DPS can be rolled out on a hardware server, or on a VM on any server or public cloud including GCP, Amazon cloud or Azure cloud.
Private clouds can be deployed using a single server. For the larger deployments, we separate the database server and the application/storage server. In either case, the system specifics for each machine are below.
Hardware configuration
Application server
|4-8 cores
|200 GB or more for OS
50-100 GB for uploads and request cache (Fast disk is recommended. Otherwise, system performance might be lower.)
Database server
|4-8 cores
|200 GB or more for OS
300 GB or more for the database (depends on the database load)
500 GB or more for the database backups (depends on the database size)
Additional disks for backup data may be attached later to accommodate for growth. We recommend adding storage in chunks of at least 2–4 TB at a time. Our software supports only disks, which were added directly to the server, or via SMB, or via iSCSI (not recommended).
If the server is a VM, time synchronization with host should be disabled.
Software configuration
Server operating system
We recommend using Windows Server 2012 R2 (English-US version only, language pack is not enough). Please don't add this or any other private cloud servers to your existing domain. We can't guarantee a stable experience if you do so. We do request that you place all the servers on the same workgroup. We may ask that you mount the OS installation media in the server.
Microsoft SQL server
DPS supports Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (English-US version only, language pack is not enough). If you're providing the license, please ensure the installation media is mounted on the server. Please don't install SQL server, we'll do this ourselves, because it's required to make specific configuration during installation.
Firewall settings
The following ports are required to be opened. This will guarantee better service for both you and your clients.
|Application server
|Any IP address
|Any IP address
|22.214.171.124, 22.214.171.124, 18.104.22.168, 126.96.36.199, 184.108.40.206
|22.214.171.124, 18.104.22.168, 188.8.131.52, 126.96.36.199, 22.214.171.124, 18.104.22.168
|Access the server via SSH protocol, and deploy software updates
|18.104.22.168, 220.127.116.11, 188.8.131.52
|ICMP (ping)
|Any IP address
|Database / Storage / Hypervisor server
|22.214.171.124, 126.96.36.199, 188.8.131.52, 22.214.171.124, 22.214.171.124
|184.108.40.206, 188.8.131.52, 126.96.36.199, 220.127.116.11, 220.127.116.11, 184.108.40.206
|Access the server via SSH protocol, and deploy software updates
|18.104.22.168, 18.104.22.168, 22.214.171.124
|ICMP (ping)
|Any IP address
SSL certificate
We require a certificate to be purchased and installed on the App server for the domain you have chosen. We also require the Private Key for the deployment. Please place it on the desktop or install it yourself. Certificate can be a single server certificate or a wildcard certificate.
DNS records
There need to be DNS record created and pointed to the public IP of the application server. Please create the DNS record using the following naming convention:
<Server name>BS001.<domain name>.
For example, if your company name is
UltraBackup Ltd, and you have the domain name
SomeDomain.com, and the server IP is
22.214.171.124, then the DNS record will be
UltraBackup BS001.SomeDomain.com 126.96.36.199.
To start the private cloud deployment, all these steps must be completed.
Please note that as soon as this process has been completed, you, the partner, will be locked out of the machine for the duration of the contract (to protect our proprietary software within. (Process of granting access for customer to server is under construction.)
Our entire system administration team will monitor and maintain the server and the solution on your behalf. If you need to request a server reboot or have maintenance done or are working on your server cluster and need the machine to be brought down for a time, please reach out to us and we'll assist you with this.


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I have been invited to cover the STYLO events for this week and last night was The Glass Slipper Gala. I chose a pleated drape skirt from Sevendays, Dorothy Perkins's top and Maysaa's kimono wrap (thanks Hana for the gift!). Finishing off the look with beautiful Pixie Heels from June + Julia, Diva necklaces and vintage belt.
The event was so bored up to my head. I couldn´t be attracted enough by one to be able to blog about it except for Jovian Mandagie's "Trapped Cinderella" collection. I was actually very pleasantly surprised... There was an audible collective gasp when the models came out in huge cages with hundreds of recycled shoe soles and laces wrap around it. Love love love!
I spotted Jovian Mandagie nearby and approached him - He is so sweet!
with Wirda... the Glam editor.
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The manufacturer of our ADULT sized arm board covers is no longer making the size needed to fit our plastic arm boards.
The cover is for comfort and sanitary purposes.   Can others share what they are using to stabilize the limb.  WE use it primarily for A-lines?
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[...] before FS critics jump up and down on this, and accuse FS folks of "whining," again, I'd like to highlight a couple of significant health consequences of this specific hardship assignment for the Gormans:
"In October, my previously healthy husband developed severe breathing troubles. A lifelong runner, he began wheezing as he climbed the stairs; at night, it sounded like he was drowning in his sleep. He was initially diagnosed with reactive airway disease and then a severe sinus infection. After an inhaler, steroid and some four to five courses of antibiotics, his condition improved. But only after a trip to Hong Kong, where the air is cleaner, did his symptoms subside.
"[…] I caught a mysterious virus that caused me to go deaf in one ear. The doctors in Beijing weren't equipped to handle the emergency, so I was medevaced to Hong Kong. There, doctors tried to restore my hearing, though warned that the odds were against me, given how much time had elapsed. Back home in the States, or at a post that was more medically advanced, I would have been able to get treatment at the ER within hours, improving my odds. Here, not so. I'm now permanently deaf in one ear. Then again, as a colleague pointed out, "I suppose that's one of the reasons you get hardship pay over there."
We pick hardship assignments (at least, I think most of us do) not to toughen our kids or to test if our spouses and partners love us enough to put up with the highs and lows of life overseas. We pick hardship assignments fully expecting, well, hardships, and the additional compensation of 5-35 percent over basic compensation to make up for those hardships. Why? Because like you and your neighbors, we are regular people with mortgage and bills to pay, kids to send to college, and retirements to plan for life after the Service. Perhaps the independently wealthy would not be too concerned with things like these, but there are not a whole lot of them in this Foreign Service.
We knock on wood, and we keep fingers crossed because we realized that picking a hardship assignment is always a roll of a dice. Dr. John Kellogg says that "health is wealth is a trite maxim, the truth of which everyone (only) appreciates best after having suffered a disease." After contracting various illnesses and collecting worldwide available parasites, I think we all certainly learn to appreciate the "health is wealth" maxim but we also often bet that we'd come out at least even, with all our loved ones' appendages and parts still working, as we survive another hardship assignment. Would anyone of us willingly go to a place if we know that we're going to get permanent deafness in exchange for it? How much does an ear cost, that is, if you still have it but it's no longer functional? I don't think there is a "numerical weight" for this, most especially for the unemployed trailing partner.


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Rescue excavations between 1969 and 1976 at the Breiddin hillfort, Powys, although covering only a small part of the site's 28 ha, showed that small-scale or sporadic activity in the Mesolithic and late Neolithic/early Bronze Age was followed by a substantial occupation towards the end of the Bronze Age, with a timber-framed rampart yielding radiocarbon dates centred around 800 bc. After a period during which the hilltop was probably used for little more than grazing, the rampart was rebuilt on a larger scale, probably in or about the 3rd century bc; an outer line of defence may date from about this period but a third rampart seems more likely to be later. There was nothing to demonstrate whether the Iron Age occupation persisted into the 1st century AD, and early Roman material was absent. Pottery and coins showed that occupation, perhaps of an essentially agricultural nature, began again in the 2nd or early 3rd century AD and continued until the end of the Roman period, if not later. The excavations produced an important collection of late Bronze Age pottery and metalwork, though few structures within the hillfort could be attributed to this period. By contrast, the Iron Age occupation left evidence for numerous circular and rectangular buildings, but there were relatively few associated finds. The hilltop's environmental history from the Late-Glacial to the beginning of the Iron Age occupation is described through the study of waterlogged deposits from a pond within the hillfort; also recovered from the pond is an important collection of wooden artefacts, the majority of them dating to about 300 bc.
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Extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nicaragua and Honduras
Attention Nicaragua and Honduras – Temporary Protected Status (TPS) has been extended for all Nicaraguans and Hondurans for 18 months, effective 7/6/16 through 1/5/18. The 60-day re-registration period runs through 7/15/16. Immigration is automatically extending current TPS Nicaragua EADs bearing a 7/5/16 expiration date for six months. For more information, call our Office at 800 797 6146 or go to https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-nicaragua or https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-honduras
Extensión de Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) para Nicaragua y Honduras
Atención Nicaragua y Honduras – El Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) ha sido extendido para todos los Nicaragüenses y Hondureños por 18 meses, efectivo el 6 de julio 2016 hasta el 5 de enero 2018. Los 60 días para registrarse corren hasta el 15 de julio 2016. Inmigración automáticamente está extendiendo los permisos de trabajo del TPS de Nicaragua que tienen la fecha de vencimiento del 5 de julio 2016 por síes meses. Para más información, llame a nuestra oficina al 800 797 6146 o vaya a https://www.uscis.gov/es/tps-nicaragua o https://www.uscis.gov/es/tps-honduras
Immigrant children fleeing their homes in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala
"Virtual cities of children are picking up and fleeing El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala—some of the most dangerous places in this hemisphere. In Washington, the story has stoked the longstanding debate over border policy. But U.S. immigration policy is just a small part of this story. Yes, the U.S. immigration system is now bottlenecked with the influx, prompting emergency response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. But changing U.S. border policy won't stem the root of the exodus".
Contrary to what some might say, these kids are not coming here because they want a free ride and they want to take advantage of our immigration laws. On the contrary. This is a humanitarian crisis. There is a growing number of people who are literally fleeing for their lives.
Why kids? The kids are vulnerable because they are children. And they are being targeted.
We liken the situation very much to the situation of the recruitment of child soldiers on other continents. Children are particularly vulnerable, they are susceptible to harm, they are easily terrorized, and the very fact that they are children is the single factor in the harm that they are experiencing. They are specifically being target to be recruited. They are the ones who are being bullied.
Are the children coming north on rumors that the United States will let them in, that the Obama administration has lax policies toward minors? The children are being asked the reasons why they left and what they expected. Out of 404 kids interviewed, only 9 mentioned any kind of possibility of the U.S treating kids well, from the perspective of a child. These children are also escaping to Mexico.
To find out why they are coming, what the situation is like for these kids, and what can be done, please follow this link. http://www.nationaljournal.com/domesticpolicy/why-90-000-children-flooding-our-border-is-not-an-immigration-story-20140616


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ST. LOUIS - You Paid For It investigator Elliott Davis caught up with Governor Mike Parson leaving Mayor Lyda Krewson's Office after a meeting on the city's high crime.
The governor did stop to answer Elliott's questions, saying the meeting was to make sure both he and the mayor were on the same page.
Parson is sending in about 25 state troopers to help with law enforcement and also funds for victim's services.
The governor told Elliott they also needed more job training and the like but he was noncommittal about sending in more funds to pay for those programs.
Elliott asked the governor about the new anti-crime program Cure Violence that the city agreed to spend between $5 million and $8 million on. The governor said everyone just has the be sure any such program actually puts a dent in crime.


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Berserk thread
Who is the biggest cuck and why is it Judeau?
>Guts cucks Casca
First page of the manga is Guts fucking an apostle
>Casca cucks Griffith
Choosing Guts over Griffith
>Griffith cucks Guts
Demon rape
Berserk is just a never ending cycle of cucking.
Will they ever get off the boat
It has to be next chapter right? The ride must end.
The boat. The fucking boat. It is hell. For real, a never ending monotnous mind freezing soul crushing existance, with no freedom to end it. There is no berserk, no guts, casca, griffith soap opera, no violence, no exilaration. Hell, there is fucking nothing at all. There is only the boat. The fucking never ending boat
Does anyone know when the adventures of the little witch Schierke will resume?
this thread reminded me to start watching this series. on episode 3. good so far.
Don't badmouth best girl
If the guy who's making berserk is tired of it, he should make a "old west" manga. By that I mean revolvers, bandit gangs, and sheriffs.
>will casca ever get well
Probably. She will be cured and then the manga will focus on developing her and Guts' characters. She obviously won't be the same exact person.
I think she is going to learn to have some self-respect. That was her biggest issue pre-eclipse, no self-respect. And seeing the only people that ever mattered to you be viciously slaughtered, only to be followed by being brutally raped by the one man you saw as a father-figure probably doesn't help with that.
maybe he's already read it?
Why would you post a shitty deviant art tier traced draw instead of the real draw you shitter?
I hope she doesn't kill herself or something once she regains her memory.
I want Guts to have at least just a shred of happiness for once, even if only for a little while. Before he goes blind, or dies..
>yfw they reach elfheim and there's only ruins
>there are people that unironically think that the eclipse was disturbing
One of my friends said he felt like shit for awhile after reading vol. 13. And I constantly see posts on here, /r/Berserk, and Skullknight than are similar to what he said.
Why? It's not even real. None of the characters are real people. It was written and drawn by some random gook in between sessions of jacking off to little girls. It's fiction. I mean, it was fucked up, but it's just a fucking manga. And as sad as that rape scene was supposed to be, I still fap to it occasionally because it's pretty hot. Fags seem to get all offended when I say that even when she's not even real. Why would I get upset about a drawing getting raped? Or other drawings getting impaled and eaten?
Is this some kind of advanced autism that I don't understand?
These same drawings stimulate you to the point that you masturbate to them yet you find weird that people get shocked by them. So no anon you're the autist
Don't worry anon, I've fapped to that scene too
Some people are just more emotional than ohers I guess
This isn't even funny bait, try harder
I guess me saying I fapped to it wasn't a great idea.
I get why it's fucked up and sad, but some people seem to get really torn up about it, to the point where it fucking depresses them IRL. I recall one post saying "You will feel a general sadness after reading the eclipse" on some website. I was just pointing out how stupid that is because it's not even fucking real. It's okay if you get a little shocked while reading it, but it shouldn't haunt your thoughts and ruin your day.
The reason why I brought up fapping is because it really pisses some people off, as if I was masturbating to footage of their mom or
gfbeing raped.
>it's almost been half a year since the last chapter
>no sign of anything new
And we're the ones with autism..
you might as well not have any emotions for any entertainment media ever, because it isn't real.
Maybe I'm not getting my point across good enough.
It's alright to feel shocked while reading or watching it. I did. But if you get to the point where you still feel like shit well after you finished it is a problem, because at the end of the day, while it was sad, it was also not real. There are plenty of things worth getting depressed about, a few pages in a manga is not.
your life is whats not real, so go get one nerd.
you for real just ruined this thread, thank you
The fact that this bothers you is astounding. There's plenty of things to get upset about, people on 4chan isn't one of them.


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A desk chair ought to be ergonomically correct so the computer screen is in the perfect position together with the arm height and wrists. There's another fantastic list on Buzzfeed on things you ought not do to your cubicle. See how your colleagues come to realize your cubicle only for candies!!
Fresh flowers are not going to last forever yet instant beautification is well worth the bother. A fast means to rid your house of paper clutter whilst protecting your personal information is to drop it off to a neighborhood shredding support. Not only are you going to keep in addition to your appointments, but you'll do so in a lovely way.
The simplest DIY ever, it'll have a massive effect on your cubicle decor. Possessing a few little desk plants can definitely liven up your workspace. A well decorated cubicle is able to make your workplace a cozy space that also will help increase your work productivity.
Christmas sticks form an essential part of decoration. When paper enters the home, you have to know precisely where it will go if you're going to manage it efficiently. Your cubicle states a great deal about you, particularly if someone visits for the very first time and you're not there.


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Wilbur D. Berry
On the morning of Jan. 29, 2018, Wilbur Dean Berry of Uvalde, Texas went to be with his Lord and Savior after a courageous battle with cancer.
He is survived by his love of his life, Mary Berry, son Webb Berry and wife Michalle of Uvalde; daughter Deborah Kistler and husband Neal of LaVernia; six grandchildren, Justin, Cheyenne, JD, Grace, Claire, and Zachary; siblings Wilma McGill of Victoria, Texas, Tommy and Millie Berry of Houston, Texas, Donald and Lois Berry of Dayton, Texas, Sue Thormeyer of New Braunfels, Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by daughters Angela Marie and Annette DeAnne Berry, and parents Elmo and Mildred Berry.
Born on Sept. 21, 1933, in Sinton, Texas, the second eldest of five, and raised during the Great Depression years, he learned a strong work ethic at a very young age helping support his family with jobs like running a newspaper route and milking cows before and after school. In his youth he also enjoyed running trap lines and adopting wild animals to raise.
He graduated from Sinton High School in 1951 as an outstanding athlete in football and basketball. He attended college at Southwest Texas University in San Marcos, Texas, served two years in the United States Army, and returned to finish his degree at Texas A&I University in Kingsville, Texas. He married his love, Mary, in 1959, and they were gifted with four children.
He began his career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Farmers Home Administration) and moved his family to Uvalde, Texas in 1970. He worked 30-plus years with FHA at various locations while the family permanently resided in Uvalde. Due to health problems he took an early retirement and began to pursue personal interests such as buying and reselling used cars and trucks, spending time with family, and continuing annual hunting trips to the mountains of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona.
His loves were his family, friends, hunting, humor, observing God's creations, telling stories with friends, playing his harmonica, dancing, and hearing good country music.
He was a loving husband, father, and PawPaw, a supportive provider for his family who loved to tease, joke, and laugh. A man of his word and honor and wisdom, a loyal friend to many, he could state the truth with ease and knew how and when to bring humor to any situation. He could be counted on to do the right thing and do it right. He loved to teach those who would listen and he loved to help those in need, at his wife's side. According to her he was the best dancer and the best looking guy on the face of the earth.
Funeral arrangements are through Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary in Uvalde, Texas. Visitation will be today, Feb. 1, during business hours at the funeral home with a rosary to be recited at 7 p.m. Services are scheduled for tomorrow, Feb. 2, 2018, at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Uvalde.
Pallbearers are Justin Berry, Rick Riedel, Vick Tucker, Sammy Gugliotti, Jeff Korus and Ben Elrod.
Honorary pallbearers are Buck Buchannan, Buddy Hopson, Glen Dyer, Bill Dragoo, Gordon Knight, Tony Schuchart, Ted Luce and the Coffee Crews at Julio's and Town House Restaurant.
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NSF ADVANCE Program Solicitation for Strategies to Promote Equity in STEM Workforce
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a solicitation for proposals to the ADVANCE program, which supports research-based strategies to promote gender, racial, and ethnic equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Through this solicitation, NSF intends to grant a total of $30,000,000 to universities and other organizations that propose systemic changes that promote equity for STEM faculty in academic workplaces.
Behavioral scientists can provide essential knowledge on differential treatment, implicit bias in hiring and promotion, and other topics relevant to potential proposals. Community colleges, minority-serving institutions, women's colleges, and institutions primarily serving persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
This two-year solicitation includes four funding tracks with different deadlines, amounts of funding, and lengths of funding:
- Institutional Transformation track: NSF seeks to fund the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative strategies to promote equity for STEM faculty within institutions of higher education. Approximately two projects will receive up to $3,000,000 for five years. The deadline for preliminary proposals is October 1, 2019.
- Adaptation track: This track will fund projects that adapt, implement, and evaluate strategies that have been shown to promote gender equity for STEM faculty in academic institutions or nonprofit, nonacademic organizations. NSF anticipates funding 12 Adaptation awards of $1,000,000 for three-year projects. Interested applicants should submit a letter of intent by May 15, 2019 for the 2019 competition or by November 1, 2019 for the 2020 competition.
- Partnership track: NSF plans to award 12 projects involving two or more partners focused on equity strategies with a broad reach and impact. Awardees will receive up to $1,000,000 for their project for three to five years. Letters of intent are due by May 15, 2019 for the 2019 competition and by November 1, 2019 for the 2020 competition.
- Catalyst track: This new track supports institutions of higher education to collect data and conduct self-assessments to identify STEM faculty inequities and develop a 5-year equity strategy for STEM faculty. NSF will select 12 projects to receive up to $300,000 for two years. The target date for proposal submissions is June 3, 2019. If interested, applicants should contact the program office before submitting a Catalyst proposal to determine if funding is available.
To read an overview of the NSF ADVANCE program and solicitation, click here. To read the full NSF ADVANCE solicitation, click here.


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Zebra p430i ID Printer
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When you need an ID card printer with stamina, the sturdy Zebra P430i prints double- or single-sided color cards rapidly and reliably. Designed for small or medium-sized organizations, the P430i is both sophisticated and easy to use. Whether you need to print hundreds of student ID cards at once or thousands of membership cards over an extended period of time, the P430i helps you infuse your organization with the professional image you require. Plus, its self-aligning printhead, ribbon image counter, Load-n-Go print cartridges and reject hopper for badly-encoded cards make the P430i one of the most self-sufficient, low-maintenance printers available.
If it's speed you need, the P430i generates 102 two-sided cards per hour. When you print double-sided ID cards, you can use the back of the card for secondary text, freeing up more space to enlarge photos, which will make it easier for your security staff to verify identities. And if you anticipate the need for extra-large print jobs, you may upgrade the 100-card capacity automatic feeder to a 220-card feeder.
Consider adding contact OR contactless smart card encoding or magnetic stripe encoding to your P430i so that you may make ID cards that unlock doors, store financial credit, contain vital security clearance information or track checked-out library books, simply by adding a magnetic stripe or smart card!
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Weekend Warrior
Kyle Frost was an Adventure Contest Finalist. Shortly after we announced the winner and finalists, he headed out to New Zealand, doing what we'd expect—leaving the digital world far behind.
Recently, we got an email from him. It was a welcome reunion. He put together a summary of his trip, worthy of an overdue recap. So, at long last wait, here's Kyle:
Some adventures don't need months of planning. No carefully crafted plans, maps, packing lists or requests for time off. Some adventures start with a text message, just hours before you leave work on Friday. This time, it was: "Hey dude, you want to hit up Portland this weekend?"
Just hours after that initial message, I threw my gear in the car and we were on the road by 8:00PM Friday evening. We hardly ever leave with more than a vague idea of how our weekend will pan out, and this was no exception.
7 hours and several cups of coffee later, we rolled into a pitch dark overlook at Crater Lake National Park and closed our eyes for a few precious hours of sleep.
Less than 12 hours after leaving San Francisco—now Saturday morning—the sun crested the rim of the mountains. The lake erupted in shades of pink and gold and the water offered a mirror to reflect the colors and clouds. There are few things that match a good sunrise. As beautiful as sunsets can be, they are endings, harbingers of the coming night. A sunrise brings with it the same incredible golden hour but with warmth, the promise of a new day, and new adventures.
A morning drive through central Oregon took us past a cloud-shrouded Mt. Hood to the Columbia River Gorge. Lunch was a well deserved beer and burger in Hood River. The afternoon was spent exploring waterfalls along the gorge and wandering around Portland.
I turned the wheel over to Julian, who booked it to the coast at questionable speeds. Luckily, we arrived in Cannon Beach and hit the ground at a full sprint to catch the clouds lighting up with hues of purple and gold; the evening mist added an otherworldly backdrop to an already fantastic sunset.
Following some night driving and a short and fitful night of sleep in a small state park on the Oregon coast, Sunday brought a leisurely drive down Highway 101, with stops to take in the picturesque shoreline and some wandering among the giants at Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
We caught the sunset and a view of the Golden Gate from Hawk Hill at 8:00PM on Sunday.
In 48 hours we'd driven 1500 miles, woken up to a spectacular sunrise at Crater Lake, enjoyed burgers and beers in Hood River, explored waterfalls, waded through streams, explored Portland, watched an incredible sunset at Cannon Beach, marveled at the scenery along the Oregon Coast, and felt tiny amongst groves of California redwoods. We both made it to work Monday morning.
There are no excuses. You can always make time for adventure.
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I wrote last week that Facebook can't be fixed, and though I was not alone in voicing that sentiment it looks like the brands feel otherwise. AdAge lays out the latest developments in a good summary here.
Bottom line is that brands are staying put:
Though marketers such as Mozilla and Pep Boys have said they're pulling spending on Facebook ads at least for now, advertisers across the board are more likely to keep buying there. They're giving the social network the benefit of the doubt, calculating that its problems won't taint them or both.
"We at Clorox stand by Facebook as an essential partner in building our brands," Clorox Co. Chief Marketing Officer Eric Reynolds said in a statement. "We feel good about the steps Facebook is taking to protect people's privacy and security and are confident it will continue to be aggressive in honoring its commitments to the Facebook community of advertisers and users above all else."
Maybe this explains why:
"Facebook is getting critiqued and criticized for not taking a level of action that quite frankly may have gone beyond what was normally expected," Jakeman says. "Rather than everybody pile on and demonize Facebook, can we all just as an industry say, if it happened to Facebook, it could happen to any platform. It could happen to any brand associated with that platform."
Some marketers are watching to see whether the "#deleteFacebook" movement gains steam or an Federal Trade Commission inquiry leads to anything. But for the foreseeable future, Facebook will remain so powerful that even marketers that might rather step away would be hard-pressed to find alternatives.
"As a marketer, when I'm weighing the downsides like this of working with Facebook versus the upsides, I can genuinely say the good far outweighs the bad," Jakeman says.
But some things are changing:
On Wednesday night, Facebook said it would remove ad targeting options that relied on consumer data from outside companies such as Acxiom, Oracle Data Cloud and Epsilon, a move that it cast as shoring up user privacy. "This product enables third-party data providers to offer their targeting directly on Facebook," a spokeswoman said. "While this is common industry practice, we believe this step, winding down over the next six months, will help improve people's privacy on Facebook."
While it may have been a necessary change, it won't dent Facebook's dominance, one agency executive said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss business partners. "Regarding advertising performance on FB, it will hurt a little in the short term as some advertiser ROIs may diminish and therefore their spends will too," the agency executive said in an email, referring to advertisers' return on their investment. "But longer term, FB will probably figure out how to replace it with their own data and find a way to not let third parties profit off of their audiences."
"It is still the second biggest media platform in the world and a very hard spend to replace in a digital media plan," the executive added.
But the jury is still out I guess:
Marketers are nonetheless keeping an eye out for further fallout: Some say they're watching the #deleteFacebook movement to see if it yields any meaningful drop in users. R/GA, using Crimson Hexagon, said this week it had seen about 450,000 #deleteFacebook posts on social media between March 17th and the 25th, primarily on Twitter. But those messages, of course, don't necessarily correspond to how many people have actually deactived their accounts. And the trend might be slowing down: Wednesday, March 21, saw 100,000 such posts; Sunday the 25th only had 28,000.


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I doubt you remember but I asked a question of you a while back when purchasing an O\U, you were very helpful and I settled on a Beretta Silver Pigeon II 12 ga which I love.
Anyhow I'm looking to get a SxS 20 ga next and I heard that the gun fitting for a SxS is not the same as an O/U. Apparently something to do with your hands being closer to the barrels. Is there any truth to this? I haven't been professionally fitted for the O/U I have now, but all the do it yourself tests, and a laser boresighter seem to have it pretty close to an excellent fit. I'll be attending the Orvis Sandanona 2 day shooting school in September and will have the opportunity for a free fitting with them. I'd like to know if there's a difference before I get up there.
Dear Brian,
I think that there is a difference in the way a DT (double trigger) SxS fits vs a single trigger O/U. At least there is for me. I tend to stock my DT SxS guns longer and higher. I'm assuming here that the SxS is an English stocked gun that allows more freedom of hand placement.
On any DT gun I like to measure the stock length from the rear trigger, not the front as is the convention. I want to extend my finger forward to engage the front rigger, not cramp it back to pull the rear. Maybe that's just personal preference. I've worked with a number of good British fitters and none have mentioned this approach, but the numbers always come out about 1/2″ or so more with the SxS than the O/U.
O/Us are tougher to measure length on because so much depends on the position and curvature of the pistol grip. Few fitter ever talk about this. An O/U with a tight competition grip, like many target model Beretta's and Perazzis, will take less length than a gun with relaxed Prince of Wales grip. This is because your hand is forced forward with the Italian grip. True gun stock length is not determined from trigger to butt, but from somewhere on your right hand to the butt. I use the web of skin between my second and ring finger as the starting point.
As to height, I always seem to end up with my SxS guns stocked higher than my O/Us. I like my guns to shoot pretty flat, maybe just touch high, but not much. Definitely not low. The SxS, especially with larger loads, will have a tendency to shoot lower due to downward barrel flip. The O/U's barrels don't flex that way. The result is that to get both types of guns to shoot to the same point of impact, the SxS is usually stocked higher.
This is all painting with a broad brush as gun fit is all in the details. Even guns of the same type can often benefit from subtle changes in gun fit. It's often best to have a particular gun fit, shoot it for a while and then go back for a re-fit if things aren't perfect a year later. Also remember that changes in your body weight and shooting style can have significant effect on gun fit. Gun fit can change as you age and gain experience.
Best regards,
Bruce Buck
The Technoid writing for Shotgun Report, LLC
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Verbier Ski Resort Guide
Slope Stats
- Acres of ski:2236
- Pistes:70
- Snowmaking:2%
- Halfpipes:1
- Terrain Parks:1
- X-Country:29 km
- beginner40%
- intermediate40%
- advanced20%
Verbier is Switzerland's number one resort with great skiing and snow-boarding. The terrain is fantastic, the views superb and the snow reliable. Unfortunately, Verbier is popular and the queues can reflect this. However, due to regular investments in the lift system, long lift queues occur only on peak holiday periods and only on the two Tortin lifts. Verbier caters for all abilities but experts will love the off-piste that is straight out of a magazine. Too good to be true? Well, Verbier is expensive and snobby to the extreme. There are ways to cut costs (a nice youth hostel in the valley if you can stand the commute) otherwise expect to pay through the nose for pretty much everything! There are plenty of places to eat and drink if you have the money, it is a party-town as well.
- Nearest Airport:Geneva
- Nearest Train Station:Le Chable
- Tourist Office Phone:+41277753888
- Tourist Office Website:www.verbier.ch
- Slopeside accommodation:yes
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The pistes with artificial snow are skiing well. The piste from the bottom of Mayentzet to Verbier is closed, though it's possible to get most of the way down. Off-piste is very limited. (December 24, 2015)
Latest Snow Reportview full snow report
- Issued:4 Apr
- Last Snowfall:30 March 2020
- Snow Depth (upper):385cm
- Snow Depth (lower):50cm
- Piste:No Info
- Off-piste:No Info
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Resorts close to Verbier include:
- Bruson 3km
- Le Chable 3km
- La Tzoumaz 5km
- Champex-Lac 11km
- Haute Nendaz 11km
Verbier Location Maps
(Also see our detailed Weather Map around Verbier, which will give you visual overview of current and future snow conditions)
Visitor Reviews of Verbier
Paul M from United Kingdom writes:
As you will see from my previous posts down the years........me and the lads are heading back again to Verbs on Feb 24th '18. Still enjoying it, still "Avin it Larry" on the slopes and in the bars. Can't wait, even after what is now our 25th time to this wonderful place! See you in the Farinet or on those slopes :-) (again)!!
January 02, 2013
Paul M from United Kingdom
Wow, can't believe I wrote the below 7 years ago now and it can still be found on the site reviews.
Since my last post here in 2006, the lads and I have been back to Verbier almost every year and are visiting again on 23rd Feb 2013 for the yearly bash. Let me say I just cannot wait, Verbier with its superb slopes and equally superb apres/nightlife just hits the spot like nowhere else. What a place, what a buzz. Look out Verbier here we come (again)!!
February 15, 2006
Paul M (Romford, UK) from United Kingdom
I've read all these reviews and believe me the people who slate the resort obviously are too stuck up and don't know how to have a good time on ski/board holiday. Me and my mates are going back (for the 9th time on Feb 25 '06) and we cannot wait. It is without doubt the best resort for everything....skiing & boarding, off-piste, apres, nightlife etc, etc that we've ever been too. Skied for 22 years and for the past 6 years, boarding, and I can honestly say I've been most places, Zermatt, Whistler, Saas Fee, Chamonix, Meribel, Mayrhoffen etc, etc and no where even comes close to Verbier. I cannot rate it highly enough and is the only place I've been back to more than once. Do not hesitate in taking your hols there if you're young (I'm 35 now though and still love it) and are looking for a great time both on the slopes and into the early hours!!
City Forecasts
Closest to Verbier
- Sion, Switzerland18km
- Aosta, Italy40km
- Thonon-les-Bains, France65km
- Lausanne, Switzerland66km
- Annemasse, France77km
Surf Breaks
Closest to Verbier
- Cogoleto, Italy220km
- Voltri, Italy220km
- Varazze, Italy222km
- Acque-Calde (Savona), Italy223km
- Multido (Genoa), Italy224km
Mountain Peaks
Closest to Verbier
- Pierre Avoi, Switzerland3km
- Mont Gele (3023), Switzerland4km
- Bec des Rosses, Switzerland6km
- Mont Gond (Nendaz), Switzerland6km
- Mont Fort, Switzerland7km


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4 to 5 Days Turkey Tours
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Discover all the highlights of Cappadocia and have enough time to join some local activities or spend more time at your hotel to relax. This program is a great choice if you don't have any time problem.
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The most relaxing Cappadocia tour package created for honeymoon couples, elderly people, the travellers who wants to savor their every second in Cappadocia and doesn't like rush programs.


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'Brain Dead' Play Costs McIlroy at Open
CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 7/18/2013, 12:16 p.m.
Unconscious. Brain dead. Rory Mcllroy was in a brutally reflective mood in the words he chose to describe his opening round in the British Open
The world no.2 carded an eight-over-par round of 79 as the world's golfing giants made their first forays on Scotland's testing Muirfield course.
All the golfers are contending with the rarities of a British heatwave but McIlroy said he was tortured by a long-term torpor.
"Sometimes I feel like I'm walking around out there and I'm unconscious," said McIlroy, a two-time major winner, told the media.
"I just need to try to think more. I'm trying to focus and trying to concentrate.
"But I can't really fathom it at the minute, and it's hard to stand up here and tell you what's really wrong
"It's just so brain dead. Seriously, I feel like I've been walking around out there like that for the last couple of months. I'm trying to get out of it."
McIlroy lost his top ranking to Tiger Woods in March and the Northern Ireland golfer is still searching for his first win in 2013, having only chosen to enter seven tournaments before the Open.
The 24-year-old's slump in form has also been linked to his switch to Nike equipment this year in a deal reported to be worth $250m.
McIlroy struggled to the turn at Muirfield in one over before two painful double-bogeys and four bogeys on the back nine left him searching for answers.
A comeback of epic proportions is required if McIlroy can make the cut for the third major of the year.
"I want to try to be here for the weekend," McIlroy said. "But the thing that I need to do tomorrow is just go out there and freewheel it and try and make birdies and try and play with that little bit of whatever it is I have usually."
McIlroy faced questions about his dubious form on the eve of the Open with suggestions his high-profile relationships with Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki was a distraction.
But he rebuffed that suggestion, saying: "No, not at all, no, no. It's not that at all. No, I'm fully focused on the golf out there."
McIlroy wasn't the only golfer mired at Muirfield, where temperatures nudging 80 degrees Fahrenheit (26 Celsius) had hardened the course and sped up the greens.
U.S Open winner Justin Rose finished on four over par after carding a 75 which included just a single birdie on the 17th hole.
Tiger Woods, on the hunt for his first major win since 2008, was one over at the turn while fellow American Zach Johnson, winner of the 2007 Masters, held the clubhouse lead with a five-under 66.


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In my first blog post, I asked you to stay tuned for some upcoming news about the ODB++ data model and I'm happy to report the recent announcement of ODB++ v8.1 specification release.
This release is significant in terms of the content it adds to the ODB++ data model. Among the enhancements are:
• Characterization of intentionally shorted nets
• Definition of build-up zones for rigid-flex designs
• Inclusion of virtual documentation data
Previously, there was no established way for a designer to communicate a designed short between two nets aside from a notation, often overlooked or ambiguous. As simple and common as that practice is, fabricators often put a job on hold to confirm the intentional shorts because of the criticality of the issue, thus causing unnecessary delays.
Regarding the rigid-flex build-up zones, this is a prime example of how a data modeling format needs to be inclusive of all technologies, not just the majority. ODB++ has supported the definition of flex and rigid-flex layer types since v8.0. Now the area, or zones, that constitute the various material buildup can be defined so that proper impedance calculations can be applied. This further reduces the manual and redundant effort currently required between design and fabrication.
Lastly, and most significantly, ODB++ now enables the inclusion of content previously conveyed through drawings, documents, and instructions. Think about all the information that needs to be communicated to, fabrication, assembly, and test that is not part of the PCB definition. This includes, but is not limited to, IPC process standards that are to be applied, soldermask finish color, and impedance constraint IDs. So, why do we continue to use multiple, disparate means to communicate what defines a single printed circuit board?
Take a look at the new ODB++ v8.1 overview and specification. You will see how the ODB++ data model continues to evolve to serve our evolving industry and how it can help you increase efficieny.
Also, check out this video, How to Export ODB++ Manufacturing Files.


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Customised solutions and personal consultation – we carry out planning and design assignments in the following areas :
- Process layouts
- Production plants
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- Conveying technology
Make use of the experience of our design department and take a look at the Worthmann automation services:
- Mechanical and electrical design
- Calculation
- Simulation
- Detail planning
- Compilation of drawings and circuit diagrams
- Documentation
- Concept studies
- Feasibility studies
- Research and development
Excellent planning requires the highest standard of technology. This means the consistent use of professional and networked tools:
- Inventor 2013
- AutoCAD 2013
- ePlan 5.70
- ePlan P8
- Siemens S7-300
- WinCC flexible
Process automation
Which aspects make the automation of manufacturing processes interesting for you? Rising personnel costs, increasingly stringent quality requirements and a higher awareness of the importance of ergonomic workplaces are sure to be of importance. Worthmann Automation offers you exciting innovations and individual solutions:
- Robot applications
- Plant automation
- Handling systems
- Conveying technology
Special machines from A to Z
Our specialist department for design, precision machining, circuit cabinet construction, assembly/installation, programming and commissioning of machines and robots are always in keeping with the state of the art. We have the manufacturing depth to carry out all work on our own premises.
The high quality demands, the many years of experience and the know-how of our employees form the basis for our on-going development to a specialist in the field of fuel tank processing lines, testing equipment and automation solutions for composite fibre materials.
We are a full service supplier in the special machine sector with global operations. We implement your demands and requirements along the entire process chain starting with planning and manufacturing through to assembly and commissioning as well as after-sales service – focused, individual, flexible and from one source.


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Motivation for a particular behaviour
Motivation for a particular behaviour may be attributed to the reasons which include basic needs (e.g., food, water, shelter) or an object, goal, state of being, desirable ideal, "positive" or "non-negative" states of being, altruism or morality.
Motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of human behaviour (Geen, 1995).
The self-control of motivation is a subset of emotional intelligence.
A goal's efficiency is affected by three features: proximity, difficulty and specificity. A goal should be moderate, objectively defined and intelligible. People want to feel they will succeed.
Counselling and Psychotherapy may be provided via Skype and FaceTime in the comfort of your home, office or any place of your choice.
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Then two things happened.
The first thing that happened was that someone I was dealing with was helpful. It's actually that simple. You wouldn't believe how many unhelpful dickheads I have to deal with on a regular basis, sometimes because they're, well, dickheads, sometimes because they're just normal people with busy lives. But I called someone up to ask them for a favour and they not only said yes but were sweet about it and made a bad situation easier.
The second thing that happened was that a friend of mine sent me a photo of a homeless guy curled up on a bench in the CBD wearing really really shitty shoes that were so old and worn through which you could see his feet through the soles. Like A LOT of his feet: he was practically barefoot. My friend took the photo because someone had bought a new pair of shoes (the tissue paper was still stuffed in the toes of the shoes) and put them beside the homeless guy for him to find when he wakes up. It's not a life changer. A pair of shoes isn't going to get the guy off the streets. They're not going to solve his problems, except for that problem he has with his current pair of shitty shoes. The shoes weren't even that amazing - they looked like pair of inexpensive Dunlop Volleys or something pretty basic.
But it was a sweet, kind, generous gesture that will hopefully make that guy's day a little bit easier. He might wake up a bit happier not just because he has a new pair of shoes but because he's had a little reminder that there are nice people in the world who will help others just for funsies. It also make me feel like, well, kind of a dick for whining about being sooooo busy with this job that pays my bills and sooooo frustrated at having to take an interstate trip to stay in a nice hotel. Quite possibly I've become a goddamn softie in my old age. No that's not a tear in my eye I've been cutting onions. Many onions.


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Agrostis muscosa
Agrostis: Greek name for a kind of grassmuscosa: moss-like
pincushion grass
2012 - Not Threatened
2009 - Not Threatened
2004 - Not Threatened
Agrostis muscosa Kirk
Vascular - Native
Agrostis aemula subsp. beta spathacea Berggr., A. parviflora var. perpusilla Hookf., A. canina var. gamma
Endemic. North Island from eastern Bay of Plenty south to the South Wellington coastline. South Island throughout except Westland. Stewart island
lowland in coastal turf and gravel, otherwise montane, subalpine to alpine on stone pavements, within tussock grassland, on tarn and lake margins and in fell field
Easy from fresh seed and rooted pieces. Does very well in pots, and can be grown in most situations. Does not like humidity
Not Threatened
2n = 42
Thorsen, M. J.; Dickinson, K. J. M.; Seddon, P. J. 2009. Seed dispersal systems in the New Zealand flora. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 2009 Vol. 11 No. 4 pp. 285-309


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The 2018 listing of leading Queensland Agribusiness Law Firms details firms practising in both commercial agribusiness matters in the Queensland legal market who have been identified by clients and peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas. Firms listed in our general Corporate & Commercial and/or Property rankings may also possess expertise in this area.
First Tier
Second Tier
K&L Gates
McCullough Robertson
Third Tier
Fox & Thomas
Talbot Sayer
Anderssen Lawyers
Clayton Utz
Clewett Lawyers
Cooper Grace Ward
Fox & Thomas
Murdoch Lawyers
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Williams Energy – AGI Dilley, Texas
Gas Liquids Engineering Ltd. (GLE) provided detailed engineering, procurement, construction packages, commissioning and startup services for an acid gas injection facility with two compressors and a pipeline to a wellhead for sequestration of acid gas produced at a 110 MMSCF/d gas processing plant. The project entailed a significant expansion of the site footprint, plot plan development, site civil preparations, structural work, and process and mechanical design to integrate the acid gas injection facilities during a major expansion of the gas processing capacity. The successful design and operation of the acid gas injection facility and the high level of activity throughout the Eagleford Shale area resulted in GLE being contracted to increase the acid gas injection capacity by 1 MMSCF/d. The new acid gas compression unit is a five stage compressor. Startup occured in December 2015. Design features of the plant include:
- 900 feet of 10" piping and pipe-rack that connects two amine unit reflux accumulators to the acid gas compression facilities
- Acid gas knock out drum
- Two 0.5 MMSCF/d, 5-stage, 200 hp acid gas compressors with design compression capability of 2850 psig maximum
- Four aerial coolers for inter-stage cooling
- 500 feet of above ground stainless steel pipeline to an on‑site acid gas wellhead. Pipeline design rating 4200 psig
- Additional compressed air receiver
- Methanol injection skid
- Multi-point FTIR analyzer package capable of monitoring H₂S, CO₂, and C1 to C6 components from compression inlet to the injection well-head
- MCC expansion – transformer, switchgear
- Instrumentation and control system that minimizes operator intervention and maximizes plant and personnel safety
- A 1 MMSCF/d, 5-stage 350 hp acid gas compressor. Startup occurred in December 2015.


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The beginning of an autocracy When Muhammadu Buhari won the 2015 presidential elections, the country was deeply divided between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). As I remarked then, the results of the elections showed that Buhari was not the will of all Nigerians. Give or take a couple of … Continue reading
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Last week, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria opined that social injustices and a disregard for the rule of law were much more damaging issues in Nigeria than the theft of public funds. Although this statement made headlines, this thinking is not novel. For example, back in the late 1980s, Dele Giwa once described Shehu … Continue reading
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One thing can be said about the Buhari administration: it does not shy away from explaining why the social and economic challenges of ordinary citizens are not its problem. Back in April 2016, Femi Adesina – the presidential spokesperson – glibly remarked that Nigerians who had been experiencing power failure should direct their complaints to … Continue reading
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It would be comical – if not scary – to think that, barely 20 years after Nigeria transited from military rule, our attempt at practicing the tenets of constitutional liberal democracy seems to be unravelling. Democracies ought to grow stronger as time passes. However, in Nigeria, it seems we have forgotten the foundational and settled … Continue reading
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The colonists designed Nigeria to be RULED with military help. The army perfected this idea. Anyone can rule Nigeria, no one can govern it. — AYO SOGUNRO (@ayosogunro) September 7, 2017 Seeking a 'good' president for Nigeria is like seeking a peace-loving 'Don' to head a violent gang. The system just isn't designed for … Continue reading
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Part A: Background In 2007, Wole Soyinka wrote the very scathing essay: "The Crimes of Buhari". In the essay, Soyinka reviewed General Buhari's 1985 regime, and highlighted the features of that era: Buhari's imperial attitude; repression of free speech, selective enforcement of decrees, and partisanship towards the core political elite. The most damaging accusation against … Continue reading
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I received with regret news that the Air Force,working to mop up BH insurgents, accidentally bombed a civilian community in Rann,Borno State — Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) January 17, 2017 I may have lost my sanity at some point this week. This is one explanation for why I think the "accidental" bombing of Nigerian citizens … Continue reading


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Nebraska Recruiting: Who Just Missed the Greg's Guys Cut?
Recruiting never stops and it's easy to miss the top stories day-to-day. Recruiting analyst Greg Smith recaps all things Nebraska recruiting news, analysis and more so you never miss a thing.
Earlier on Tuesday, we released the June edition of Greg's Guys (and you should check out the full list and updates on where the Huskers stand with each of them ahead of this weekend's big events on campus). A number of the prospects on the list have decisions coming up or are taking visits over the next couple weeks that could go a long way in deciding their college choices.
The list has 10 prospects on it but by no means will Nebraska only sign 10 more players this cycle, so who are some of the players who just missed the cut in my top 10 and where does Nebraska stand with them currently? Let's take a look.
Bryant-Strother is probably not a name most Husker fans following recruiting know much about but he is someone to watch. The Georgia native is among the top linebacker targets this cycle and has great size standing at 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds. The Huskers will get his first official visit this weekend.
RB Marvin Scott III
Scott III has been one of my favorite running backs this cycle. He has speed and power plus can catch the ball out of the backfield. He took an official visit this past weekend and has been pretty quiet about it. However, it sounds like the visit went well and Nebraska is squarely in the mix for him moving forward.
WR Ajou Ajou
Ajou (6-3, 210) has to be one of the most intriguing players Nebraska is after this cycle. He attends Clearwater Academy International in Florida and is originally from Canada. He is a tremendous athlete and has been doing well on the camp circuit this month. Ajou has picked up some notable offers including from Clemson recently. He will be on Nebraska's campus this weekend (June 21) for an official visit.
Recruit Watch
>> Alabama outside linebacker De'Rickey Wright has left the Alabama class. The Huskers were really early in offering him so it'll be interesting to see if they get involved again.
>> Arizona linebacker Malik Reed is taking a midweek official visit to Arizona before a scheduled trip to Nebraska.
>> We've updated the expected visitor list for this weekend's Big Red BBQ and the second Friday Night Lights camp. (Premium)
>> Don't forget the Hail Varsity 2019 Husker football yearbook is coming soon. Get a preview of what you'll find inside.


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text: On January 5th, Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) released a draft Healthcare Services Bill (HCS) for public consultation. If passed by the city-state's parliament, the HCS will replace the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (PHMCA), which was enacted in 1980 and last amended in 1999. The draft bill highlights the need for new care models and more co-ordination across the healthcare sector to take into account population ageing and the growing prevalence of chronic diseases. It aims to promote the development of new services, provide more regulatory clarity and strengthen governance over the healthcare system. The MOH intends to enact the HCS bill in the second half of 2018, to be implemented in three phases by December 2020. Under the HCS bill, the regulatory umbrella will be broadened to include allied health and nursing services, traditional medicine and alternative medicine. The licensing system will also be reformed so that in future healthcare providers will be licensed based on their services, grouped into six categories. Currently, under the PHMCA, providers are licensed based on their physical premises. The bill also provides for enhanced governance and oversight in healthcare services with the appointment of a Clinical Governance Officer, who will be responsible for oversight of complex services, and the establishment of bodies such as Quality Assurance Committees, or Service Ethics Committees. Healthcare service providers will also be required to maintain records in the National Electronic Health Record, a central database that will allow providers to access health records easily for faster diagnosis and treatment. Additional safeguards are suggested to ensure that patient records remain confidential. The HCS bill is open to feedback from stakeholders and the public until February 15th.Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit


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First of all…
Fate/Apocrypha was a MMO game project by Type-Moon which was dropped. In Fate/complete material IV some designs of the characters can be seen. Among the list of the heroic spirits and whatsover which were chosen were the following:
Sabers: Joan of Arc, Siegfried
Lancers: Karna, Vlad III, Saito Musashibo Benkei
Archers: David, Atalanta
Riders: Saint George, Aistulf
Casters: Shakespeare
Assassins: Jack the Ripper, Semiramis
Berserkers: Frankenstein's monster, Spartacus, Kintaro
(note: they were resized to create this gallery)
If the link goes dead, notice me and I'll re-upload it.
Jack The Ripper as a loli? lol Yuichiro Higashide.


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Michael Abramowitz
Michael Abramowitz is the Public Relations Manager for PGA Membership for the PGA of America in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He is responsible for promoting stories on the PGA's 28,000 men and women members to the worldwide media, while serving the member and growing the game of golf. He is responsible for writing corporate communications for the PGA's Board of Directors and Executive Staff for speeches, press conferences, media interviews and events. He also writes monthly stories on the golf industry for PGA Magazine. Several advertisements he has written, managed and produced have appeared on outlets that include CBS Sports, ESPN Radio, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, GOLF, Google Adwords and more. He was promoted from Senior Editor in March 2015.
His articles on sports, news, politics and finance have appeared on: AOL, Bankrate.com, Palm Beach Post, PGA.com, PGA Championship Journal, Senior PGA Championship Journal, PGA Professional's Guide to Travel, Play Florida Golf, Private Journey Magazine, Atlanta Now Magazine, Young Money Magazine, Your Money Report, Business to Business Magazine and Communication Daily.
Michael spent five years at CNN Headline News as an editor, where he: created both "Play of the Day" and "Sports Trivia" for Headline News and CNN Airport Network; served as coordinating producer of the organization's 1994 Winter Olympics coverage; and worked a video editor of the O.J. Simpson Trial.
In 1996, Michael served as swimming venue press chief for the Paralympic Games, handling the worldwide media's coverage of the event, while managing a staff of 20.
He was the first online journalist ever to receive a National Press Foundation Fellowship in Economic Modeling and Forecasting. Michael is also believed to be the first online journalist to have covered Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting, in 1999, while working for a division of Bankrate.com.
Michael is a 1990 Honors graduate and current member of the Alumni Board of Directors of the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism. He is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America, Golf Travel Writers of America, National Football Foundation, University of Georgia Redcoat Alumni Band and an active voter for the College Football Hall of Fame.


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Akdong Musician Allowed To Hold Concert In China
Akdong Musician will not be affected by the Hallyu Ban in China.
Akdong Musician (AKMU) has been given permission to hold a concert in Shanghai, China.
Akdong Musician is the first Hallyu artist to be able to promote in China since October when the ban was established in the country. The Hallyu ban was a direct way of protesting against the installment of THAAD in South Korea by the US.
The application to hold the concert was submitted more than a month ago. The complete information regarding the concert has not been revealed yet but for now, Chinese fans can rejoice over the approved application.
Akdong Musician has recently confirmed its comeback to the Korean industry in January 2017.


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Most of the Legal agreements and Planning decision notices can be viewed free of charge via the Planning decision register.
If you require Land Charges to provide copies of any of the documents there will be a charge. You will need to make request by emailing email@example.com giving the address of the property and the documents required. The Land charges team will contact you advising of costs and how to make payment.
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Welcome to the SMI High School Youth Ministry Page!
Weekly Life Teen Nights!
We meet every Sunday Night (except Holidays) from 7 pm – 9 pm in the Youth Room for our weekly Life Teen nights which include fellowship, formation, snacks, and prayer!
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I am a Ph.D. candidate in political science and researcher with the Jean Monnet European Union Center of Excellence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. I study ideas surrounding terrorism: how policymakers conceptualize threats from non-state actors, the assumptions underlying terrorism as a category of violence, and the consequences of those assumptions for both government and private actors on the ground. Regionally, I focus on Germany and the United States.
My dissertation project, The Idea of Terror: A Critical Approach to Consequences of the "Terrorist" Classifier, unpacks the intuition behind the idea that we "know terrorism when we see it" and develops a systematic logic shedding light on which organizations state actors call "terrorist" and the implications for national security policy. I also work on emotions as mechanisms in international relations, strategic choice by militant organizations, and text as data. My work has been published in The Washington Post and Political Violence at a Glance.
I am a devoted educator and a proud member of the Teaching Assistants' Association, UW–Madison's graduate labor union. As a queer, non-neurotypical academic, I am passionate about creating classrooms welcoming to and inclusive of all learners. As a white scholar, I am committed to amplifying the voices of scholars and students of color.
Prior to beginning my Ph.D., I worked on the Global Terrorism Database at the START Consortium at the University of Maryland, on communications and defense research at the Project On Government Oversight, and in coffee and wine sales. I hold an MA in political science from UW–Madison and bachelor's degrees in international relations and modern languages (summa cum laude, with honors) from Knox College.
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"Not All Who Wander Are Lost" — first hike, 7/15
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After visiting the geo-thermal plant, we continued toward Skaftafell National Park, but took what was supposed to be a short stop to satisfy European Mareike's obsession with outdoor bathing (with suit). Our short detour turned into a 3-hour, fly-infested hike to sulfurous Shangri-la. We were headed for bathing pools that were heated by geo-thermal vents, recommended by Meagen Pollock. The fata morgana that drew us into this adventure into the wild was the steaming fumeroles that appeared after every turn or hill on the trail. We stopped numerous times to question the sanity of our quest, but each time concluded that the pools were just around the bend. With some minor casualties along the way – Dale got excessively wet fording one stream – we reached the confluence of two streams, one extremely hot and the other extremely cold, which created warm bathing pools. Mareike was able to soak for a few minutes in the deep pools, and the rest of us soaked our feet, upstream from Mareike. On the way to and from these pools, we crossed the mid-Atlantic rift , saw several wild sheep, numerous bubbling pools of black, smelly stuff that Mark Wilson can help identify.


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Bobbi Collier-Morales, is an illustrator and designer for children's, educational, and mass-market books. She also does surface design for products. She has a great love for good picture books and for quality product art, and has several collections ready for licensing!
Bobbi started her career as an illustrator in New York City where she married and had two children (now adults) before moving back to her home state of Colorado. Bobbi loves nature and creatures of all kinds. She has two cats and two dogs, as well as two grandchildren who she adores.
Influenced by her own 'rainbow family', Bobbi specializes in creating art that is multicultural and that honors the people she illustrates. She does this by doing extensive research to make her representations as authentic as possible. She is also inclusive. "I am so grateful to have a career that allows me to use my talents, and hope that it touches people with the joy and love I feel for our planet and humanity."
Writing is another passion for Bobbie. Her goal is to write and illustrate stories that are uplifting, giving children of all ages hope for a bright future.
Bobbi is a PAL member of The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and a long standing member of a writing group called "The Word Heard".


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leaves on my potted hydrangea are turning brown on the edges.
what am I doing or not doing that is making my hydrangea look so bad. With winter just around the corner I want to plant it in the ground while I can. I live in southern Pa.
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VisiWeb TFT Monitor family
The Evo generation of VisiWeb TFT monitor modules has been developed with emphasis on an attractive design, functionality, modularity, and longevity. The design priorities included making it as light and easy to integrate as possible. These features enable customized solutions for all kinds of vehicles, even when retrofi tting. When used in conjunction with the VisiWeb software modules, they provide contemporary information concepts for passengers traveling on both urban and intercity networks.
Two designs are available for the monitors in terms of performance. Version 1: For mainly static displays. Version 2: For multimedia applications with moving images. The monitors are very light and extremely energy-effi cient. Despite their high performance, their power consumption is low, which helps keep heat build-up to a minimum. This means a longer service life than for conventional screens. These are all factors that considerably contribute to lowering operating costs for vehicle operators.
All monitors are offered with project-specific installation material for installation in the vehicle's interior paneling. All models of the VisiWeb TFT monitors fulfill the demanding requirements for operation in public transport.


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When you have been on the lookout for a gorgeous, tranquil setting for your fishing vacation in France, then you need look no farther.
Les Burons, set in nine acres of magnificent French countryside, is among the best places in France to fish for carp.
Blissfully quiet and breathtakingly beautiful surroundings make Les Burons a amazing place to spend your vacation carp fishing in France.
Our fully-equipped mobile home is located close to the main house, but is split for your privacy with a conifer hedge. The lakeside location offers a view of the lake and woodlandhome to our menagerie of geese and ducks.
The mobil-hone has a lounge/dining area, one large bedroom with double bed, a smaller, (two-singles) bedroom and bath with bath and shower.
The galley-style kitchen has a full stove and fridge with little ice-box. Cutlery, crockery and cooking utensils is supplied, but we ask you to bring your own linen and tea towels.
Outside is a furnished, private patio area
The lake is well-stocked with unbelievable carp around 50 pounds, pike, perch, roach, tench and sturgeon, catfish. This season sees the addition of new carp, who, if captured, may help a few of our regulars!
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Located in the beautiful French countryside, Les Burons provides a tranquil, relaxing area to enjoy carp fishing, while watching a calm world go by. Whatever the weather, we've made sure that it doesn't matter, with dry bivvies to store your stuff.


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Hey Guys! I am new to the Game Shakers Wikia and I do feel welcomed here. I want to tell you guys about my made up Nickelodeon television series that I have created called "Andrew & Heidi". This comedy series is about a high school Boyfriend and Girlfriend who are in love with each other and they go on interesting adventures and get into sticky situations. The characters is about a boy named Andrew Dalton, who is smart but kind of arrogant, and a girl named Heidi Makinney, a sweet girly-girl who's dimwitted. This series I created is known to be a real life comedy show for kids.
Okay, so we all know that Henry Danger and Game Shakers is in the format of Dan Schneider. My series Andrew & Heidi is definitely made in the same format of Dan Schneider produced shows, and plus similar to Kenan & Kel, Drake & Josh, Sam & Cat, etc.
If you guys want to know more about Andrew & Heidi, you guys can feel free to join the A&H Wikia on the link below. I am currently the founder and administrator on A&H wikia. I am also currently working on Season 3 right now. The series has 4 seasons. On that wikia, you'll find screenplays of each episodes, epiosde articles, character articles and a whole lot more. I'm sure you'll find my new series really enjoying to read. Feel free to join today and I'm looking forward to all of your positive feedback from you guys. Enjoy! :)
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It was their first Freestyle performance together and it turned out a winning debut. Isabell Werth and Emilio (Westf, Ehrenpreis) danced to victory in the VIAN WDM Grand Prix Freestyle presented by Jiva Hill Stables in Geneva on Saturday evening. The 10-year-old gelding made no mistakes and the test was awarded with 84.025%. Highlights in their Freestyle were the piaffe and passage. The enthusiastic crowd of 6000 spectators cheered the brilliant ride of the number 1 on the ranking list. Isabell said afterwards: "It was a great pleasure to be here in Geneva, the crowd is fantastic. We are not used to have such an atmosphere during the show. So this was a big challenge and I think I showed good sport to the public. Emilio was really calm and concentrated in the arena. I hope I can come back here next year."
Second place went to Switzerland's Marcela Krinke-Susmelj and her DWB gelding Smeyers Molberg (Michellino x Rambo). The combination scored 76.750% with a faultless and brilliant test. Spain's Beatriz Ferrer-Salat finished close in third place with Sir Radjah (Westf, Sir Donnerhall x Radjah Z) with 75.725%. The test was very energetic with highlights in the changes.
"The premiere of WDM Geneva was an emotional moment for many of the Swiss dressage fans. The house was packed with people that witnessed the extraordinary performance of one of their own, Swiss rider, Antonella Joannou who finished in 4th place in the Kur. After 15 years, dressage returned to CHI Geneva and we feel very proud and grateful to be part of that," Camil Smeulders of WDM said.
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Photo: Prizegiving ceremony for the VIAN WDM Grand Prix Freestyle presented by Jiva Hill Stables: Antonella Joannou, Isabelle Judet, President of the Jury, Sophie Mottu, Show President, Marcela Krinke-Susmelj, Isabell Werth, Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, Ian Lundin of Jiva Hill and John van de Laar, WDM. (photo Joseph Carlutti)


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In 2009-10, Hertha Berlin's head coach was sacked by the club only seven matches into the new campaign, in which each of the last six ended in a defeat for the capital side. A season earlier, against all odds, Hertha were in the hunt for the Bundesliga salad bowl until the penultimate matchday. Ultimately, Hertha earned a fourth-place finish, enough to see them join the Europa League in the end of a one of the most closely fought title races in recent years, with VfL Wolfsburg crowned the champions. But an awful start to the new campaign pushed Hertha officials to a desperate measure of following the footsteps of fellow slow starters Bochum, namely getting rid of the coach who had worked wonders at the club.
Now that very much resembles the current season's Borussia Mönchengladbach start, with the obvious difference being the manner of the coach's departure, as the person in question on both occasions was a certain Lucien Favre. The Swiss tactician followed the recent trend of Bundesliga coaches leaving themselves out from debacles, seemingly taking a lesson or two from Armin Veh (Stuttgart) and Jürgen Klopp's (Borussia Dortmund) decisions to depart last season, by saying he was not the right man to change the fortunes at Borussia-Park. Entering the German football circle in the wake of back-to-back Swiss Super League titles with FC Zürich, Favre's tenure at Hertha Berlin and Borussia Mönchengladbach followed a similar pattern of a rather sad end to remarkable journeys of accomplishment
Although it's difficult to compare last summer's transfers at Gladbach with Favre's last summer transfer market experience at Hertha, where the financially troubled club had to come to terms with star players' departure, Favre lost key players from last season's success story in the off-season in form of box-to-box midfielder Christoph Kramer and Max Kruse, whose movement never failed to be defenders' nightmare even when he was on a scoring drought. For a moment (or pretty much the whole pre-season), their replacements, Lars Stindl and Josip Drmić seemed more than capable of filling the voids, but before they know the surroundings well, the club was in dire state after losing each of the first five league matches.
All signs were leading to more of the same when Lucien Favre's side turned a feisty Pokal tie around in Millerntor-Stadion courtesy of four second-half goals, but it was rather the first half's inept performance against St. Pauli that persisted in league play. Stindl was instrumental in the Cup opener, but less than a week after his heroics, he was nowhere to be found when 'Gladbach were broke to pieces by a resurgent Borussia Dortmund. But it was the fiery baptism for the youthful pair of Andreas Christensen and Marvin Schulz at the heart of the defense that stole the headlines, of course next to Thomas Tuchel's scintillating start to life in Dortmund, in the season's first Topspiel.
Despite all his attempts to fill the side with a new blood, for years the backbone in Favre's 'Gladbach lineups has been his veterans. Starting with the one-time Brazilian defensive rock Dante, the services of Martin Stranzl and Roel Brouwers have been invaluable in the club's rise from relegation favorites to Champions League participants. But with the experienced guys struggling with injuries and retirement plans, Favre believed his instincts (and the early prospect following the Pokal win) to go with his untested defenders against one of the speediest attacking opponent they will ever going to face in the season. A home win against Mainz, who lost to newly-promoted Ingolstadt in the opening day, was taken for granted, but the carnival side deservedly took all the points before another narrow defeat at Werder Bremen left last season's sensations as the Bundesliga's cellar-dweller going into the first international break of the season.
With the Bundesliga's return to action, a Friday night home fixture against Hamburg, the Bundesliga's laughing stock for the past two seasons, sounded like a perfect chance for Favre and company to get their act together, but a heavy defeat suggested they instead were in for a season of the sort that Dortmund endured last term. Gladbach's first Rhein derby defeat in seven years, following a similar start to their Champions League campaign in Sevilla, were the final straws for Favre's stay at the club. A day after a loss to Köln, the highly regarded coach felt the right thing to do was to leave die Fohlen exactly where he find them four-and-a-half years ago; bottom of the table. It's became a totally different story once Favre saw the exit door, though, as André Schubert is having a contrasting time in the dugout with five straight wins in the league, along with some solid performances in Europe and a Pokal win over Schalke.
In addition to tightening up the defense, Schubert – still currently serving as an interim coach – is able to get the best out of his attacking options, which is reminiscent of 'Gladbach's rise under Lucien Favre. Nothing to take away from Schubert, but one could argue that much of the foundation to the team's recent form has been laid by the Swiss gaffer, who brought a new lease of life at 'Gladbach, a yo-yo club living in the shadow of the 70s' success stories. No one predicted Favre will not be on the touchline for Mönchengladbach's first home fixture in the group stage of Europe's elite tournament for nearly four decades – and the first of its sort in Borussia-Park – a scene which stole the limelight from what could have been a special occasion for everyone involved with the club.
Mahmoud Dahoud is certainly one of the emerging stars in the league right now, while Raffael is seemingly behind every Gladbach's attacking moves after a rather awful start to the season, but they are perfect examples for Favre's team building over the years. Favre certainly had high hopes for the 19-year-old Dahoud this season, whereas it is impossible to find a better Favre-type player than Raffael, having worked with the Brazilian wizard at three clubs. He was one of the two players Favre signed from his old club FC Zürich when he took the reigns at Hertha Berlin (the other is Swiss defender Steve von Bergen) before joining 'Gladbach's long-list of shrewd pieces of business in combination with Max Eberl.
Perhaps a solace for fans following Favre's departure was Eberl extending his contract at the club, despite Schalke lurking for a while to pursue the sought-after sporting director. Hertha finished rock bottom after Favre left them in 2009-10, apparently joined by Bochum – another club to sack their coach early in the campaign – in the second-tier, but Schubert's flawless start immediately shrugs off the talks of relegation at Borussia-Park. It was not the first time Favre struggled to chalk up the results, though it was a minor blip considering this season's five match losing streak right off the bat.
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The past two years have seen Gladbach grind out landmark victories on Favre's November 2nd birthday – a comfortable win against Hoffenheim to extend their unbeaten league start to ten matches last term, exactly one year after Max Kruse's brace at Hamburg sealed a first back-to-back league wins (an impressive run extended to six matches winning streak incidentally) for over a year and a half in this same season – the year the Swiss coach will celebrate his 58th birthday without a club.
There is not much to speculate on as far as to where Favre could head next on his managerial career, which leaves plenty of room for throwing some wild guesses. With Michael Frontzeck at Hannover under immense pressure from every front – even with the 96ers showing improvement of late – it would be interesting to see if Favre gains a place on Hannover's wish list, a move which could recall memories of his Borussia Mönchengladbach arrival.
Favre's stock is certainly damaged by Gladbach's ugly start to the 2015/2016 season, but a club even of Bayern Munchen's stature, with Pep Guardiola's future remaining vague, could still line up for his services, despite Favre's lack of European football experience that may put a real dent on his appeal to the Bavarians. In the mean time, though, Favre could use the hiatus to analyse what eventually went so wrong after exceeding expectations in his previous posts at Hertha Berlin and Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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