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As Thanksgiving approaches comedian Kevin James comes to mind when he said, "Turkey Day, not a good day to be my pants" Or as Louis C.K. said, "The meal isn't over when I am full, it is over when I hate myself." Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Here are 5 Things The Sports Whisperer learned about Week 11 in the NFL.
5) Is Russell Wilson the MVP? Despite being injured the first half of the season, Wilson and the Seahawks are 7-2-1. One could argue that Wilson is the most important player on his team. The Patriots went 3-1 without Tom Brady, I don't think Seattle could do that without the former Wisconsin Badger QB. On the season he's completing 66% of his passes and has only two interceptions. I like the way this team is evolving right before our eyes. As the season continues, Wilson will be asked to make more and more plays and that is a scary thought for the rest of the NFC.
4) I don't believe in the AFC West: The Raiders won on Monday Night 27-20 over the Houston Texans. The Kansas Chiefs lost at home to the Tampa Bay Bucs 19-17. The Raiders are 8-2, the Chiefs are 7-3 and the Broncos are 7-3. Both Denver and KC have no legitimate quarterback so,they will be exposed in the playoffs. The Raiders have a young, talented team but they are first in the league in penalties with 98. You can't win round after round in the post-season when you keep shooting yourself in the foot. They are talented but undisciplined and that will come back to haunt them.
3) The NFC East is getting interesting: As expected the Eagles are starting to fall by the wayside. After starting 3-0 they are now 5-5. The Cowboys are 9-1, the Giants are 7-3 and the Redskins are 6-3-1. These teams will all play each other once, so it will be survival of the fittest. The Skins play Dallas on Thursday in what will be a must-win situation for Washington. The schedule does not get any easier for the Giants. They play the Browns (Easy win) but then play @Pittsburgh, home against Dallas, home against the Lions, @Eagles, and @Washington. Dallas should win the division with the Giants making the wildcard.
2) It is time for Mike McCarthy to be fired: The Packers lost to the Redskins 42-27 on Sunday night. Green Bay has given up 146 points in the last 4 games. That is the most they have given up in a four-game span since 1958. Their secondary is the worst in the league. They have had a ton of injuries and part of their incompetence is the game plan. McCarthy has a weak defense yet his play calling continues to be conservative. At least three times in the first half on Sunday, the Packers ran the ball (with no success, on 1st and 2nd down). They were giving Aaron Rodgers one passing play every three downs. With the defense struggling, Rodgers should throw the ball 40 times per game. And for all the media members like Colin Cowherd or Shannon Sharpe calling out Rodgers… you are clueless. With no running game and no offensive line, he is 2nd in TD passes with 25, only Drew Brees has more with 26.
1) Tom Brady has sold his soul to the devil: The Patriots looked sluggish on Sunday against the 1-9 49ers but still put up 30 points. Brady had 4 touchdown passes. Despite missing four games he hasn't missed a beat. He is completing 70.4 % of his passes with 16 touchdowns, 1 interception and has a passing rating of 123.3. Under Brady, NE will go its 11th AFC Championship game.
Bonus Coverage:
The last time the Miami Dolphins and Miami Hurricanes had a 3 or game win streak each, going into thanksgiving, was in 1989. The city of Miami is rocking right now and they should be because the Miami Heat will be a lottery team.
Stop talking about the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings, the NFC North is terrible. Neither will do anything in the playoffs.
The Brown are 0-11 and they are overachieving with that record.
Top 5 Power Rankings
- New England Patriots
- Dallas Cowboys
- Seattle Seahawks
- Oakland Raiders
- New York Giants
MVP Race:
- Tom Brady
- Ezekiel Elliot
- Russel Wilson
- Derek Carr
- Marcus Mariota
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A special thank you to Debbie & Paul at Strictly Business, who have, on a number of occasions, supported me and now support the exciting and dynamic Indie Group, Famous Five Plus.
As most of you know, I set up the Indie Author group, Famous Five Plus so that authors could share their writing experience and feel part of a group that has many things in common. So far it has been an exciting journey, bringing amazing and talented writers together from all over the world, but one thing I had not expected was that other people who were not writers, but offered services in marketing, publishing, designing etc, would be interested to offer support to the group.
Famous Five Plus. One of these Friends runs an e-magazine, Strictly Business and their February edition, out today, includes a page highlighting six book covers from some of FFP authors, plus a link back to our FFP site. And there will be a new page next month showing more of FFP authors' publications. Now how kind and supportive is that?
To see the magazine and our page, click here
I will no doubt be sharing more of these stories with you, but please feel free to share your story too in the comments and I just might do a new post with all of them included!

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Fort Stanwix, NY (photo by NPS)
The Tax Day Tea Party is a national collaborative grassroots effort of conservatives, and an event will be held on April 15, at Fort Stanwix, New York. The reconstructed Revolutionary War fort is one of the three National Park Service sites along the entire length of the trail.
The Tea Party plan is for an apolitical event with speakers from the left, right and center. Politicians can attend, but organizer, Don Jeror said, "they won't be allowed to speak because we've heard everything they've had to say. We want them to hear what the people have to say."
Jeror's challenge: Fort Stanwix was "the only American fort never to be taken by the British during our war for independence (over taxes) and the first place the American flag flew in battle. Help us symbolically protect it from another over-taxing and over-spending government."
Jeror said that he has obtained permission for the event. The group will assemble on the west lawn, which can hold over 3,000 people. There is plenty of parking.
Other Tax Day Tea Party events have been organized around the country.
For more information on this event, contact Don Jeror
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Susan Boyle's Britain's Got Talent performance could reportedly snatch the title as the most viewed YouTube video ever.
More than 100 million people have already seen the 47-year-old spinster's version of 'I Dreamed A Dream' from Les Miserable, which wowed judges on the first episode of the ITV show's new series.
According to Sky, web statistics firm Visible Measures calculated that 200 videos of Boyle's song were viewed nearly 50 million times by Friday. This figure doubled over the weekend, surpassing the 18.5 million hits notched up for Barack Obama's victory speech and the 33.2 million who watched the video of George W. Bush dodging a shoe in Iraq.
Boyle, who said that she looked like a "garage" on the show, could soon match the hits tallied by Evolution Of Dance from comedian Judson Laipply, which has been viewed more than 118 million times since 2006.


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DemoPad was established in 1999, and they have been offering bespoke software solutions & hardware integration services since that time. One of their early solutions allowed users to demonstrate their products on their electronic 'pads', hence the name DemoPad.
DemoPad is now recognised throughout the world as one of the most highly qualified home automation control companies. Backed by their experience in system integration and their technical expertise as Microsoft Certified Solution Developers, certified installers using DemoPad can provide the very best services & solutions.
Many aspects of 'home automation' can be integrated with DemoPad. DemoPad control systems can be orientated by simple infra red control, serial control and also IP control with a host of devices.Projects can utilise existing drivers developed by them, or they can be completely custom built.
Although the CentroControl App can be used a stand alone App with 3rd party IP devices, DemoPad have a range of custom control hardware and integration devices that work to form a DemoPad control ecosystem. Their product line is designed entirely to enable flexible and reliable control for any 'smart home' project.
The DemoPad solution communicates via wifi from your iPad / iPhone to anything with an IP address, to send commands, request feedback status etc. Anything can be controlled via Infra-Red / RS232 / Contact Closure (using an IP gateway)
You can also control anything which can be sent commands directly through your local area network, such as XBMC, Insteon, Z-Wave, KNX etc. DemoPad installers around the world have interfaced with almost any manufacturer's equipment, including Sony, Panasonic, LG, Sharp, Epson, Onkyo, Yamaha, etc.
With DemoPad, your user experience can be completely customised to look and operate exactly as you want it to. You can use any graphics you wish, including those available from DemoPad, 3rd party graphics companies, or any standard graphic file you wish. The only limitation is your imagination when it comes to designing your control system screens.
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Halfway through this Saturday at the May Classic, and it's been an interesting day to say the least. Among the noteworthy occurrences:
* Brebuef and Spiece point guard PJ Thompson (2014) got tangled up with an opponent this morning, drawing a double technical foul. When he asked what he did, he received a second technical foul and was ejected. That got the coach, PJ's father, going, and he ultimately opted to pull his team off the court and walk away at the 10-minute mark of the first half.
* 2015 point guard Hyron Edwards, who took an unofficial visit to Indiana Friday, tweaked his ankle this morning, although it seemed to do little to hamper his game, and Indiana Elite remained unbeaten this summer.
* 2013 IU commit Collin Hartman of Cathedral was back on the court with the Eric Gordon 17s team after sitting out the last few weeks with a concussion.
* Louisville Magic coach Ellis Myles, a former Louisville player, saw three players foul out in a 68-64 loss to St. Louis Gateway, then proceeded to share his displeasure with the assembled media, saying that his team would not return to Bloomington again. Apparently, they also had a bad experience last year as well. And a side note, Kentucky commit Derek Willis went scoreless in that game.
* And finally, in a game that just finished a few minutes ago, Cathedral point guard and IU target Jalen Coleman brought new meaning to the term free-throw line jumper when he left his feet on a free throw attempt in a loss to Thompson's Spiece squad.
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Let's just get into the challenge because it is going to be a fun one. Welcome to my Masquerade Halloween Party! In order to attend this party, you need to take an item and dress it up in costume. It can be Halloween theme, but if you're not into Halloween, you are more than welcome to use an Autumn theme or whatever you choose. And for your inspiration and viewing pleasure, let's see what the design team did to share with you.
Up first we have Joni's band-aid tin dressed up in Inktegrity's very adorable Frankenstein costume. As Joni said, she knows band-aid tins very well - with 6 children in the house, I'm sure she can take stock in Johnson & Johnson.
Here's Theresa's coffee tin all decked out in a pretty dress of alcohol inks that's been accessorized with fun ribbon and witchy pendant. Fill this happy little box with tricks or treats and yummy sweets. The adorable witch image is from CTMH.
Tammy brought another tin to the party. Is this super cute or what!? She created a memory match game and dressed up a card tin to match. Her images are from The Greeting Farm.
Shelly brought two guests the party. First up her mini clip board is ready to add decor to anyplace it sits. It's full of texture, oooey-goooey touches and lots of sentiments. Her other friend is a really cute Frankie goodie box. This is also Shelly's last week for her Guest Designer spot - I want to say THANK YOU for being so wonderful and I look forward to having you still play along!
And my guest is a mosaic tile tray ($1.99 at Michaels) that is all dressed up for a fun Halloween themed picture frame. This is for my mom that I'll give her after Halloween when I have pictures of the kids in their costumes. The images are from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff.
So go pull out your treasures that have been waiting for you to alter! Post them and then come right back here to link them up directly in Mr. Linky. Again, you do not have to use a Halloween theme to enter. It must be an altered item though. Have fun doing this - we can't wait to see what you do with this challenge.
Also, the call is still open for a Guest Designer for December. If you're interested, put DGD behind your name when you link up in Mr. Linky. I'll be making a decision very soon.


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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
June 18, 2013
Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Begich, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require specific evidence for access to business records and other tangible things, and provide appropriate transition procedures, and for other purposes.
Specific evidence for court orders to produce records and other items in intelligence investigations
Factual basis for requested order
Section 501(b)(2) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1861(b)(2) ) is amended to read as follows:
shall include—
a statement of facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the records or other things sought—
are relevant to an authorized investigation (other than a threat assessment) conducted in accordance with subsection (a)(2) to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a United States person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities; and
pertain to a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power;
are relevant to the activities of a suspected agent of a foreign power who is the subject of such authorized investigation; or
pertain to an individual in contact with, or known to, a suspected agent of a foreign power; and
an enumeration of the minimization procedures adopted by the Attorney General under subsection (g) that are applicable to the retention and dissemination by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of any tangible things to be made available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation based on the order requested in such application.
Notwithstanding the amendment made by subsection (a), an order issued by a court established under section 103(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803) for access to business records under title V of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.) in effect on, and issued prior to, the effective date set out in subsection (c), shall remain in effect under the provisions of such title V in effect on the day before such effective date, until the date of expiration of such order. Any renewal or extension of such order shall be subject to the provisions of such title V in effect on the date of such renewal or extension.
Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.


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Click on the organisations below to access their websites/ further information. Please note that Llanbadoc Community Council is not responsible for the accuracy of any information on these web sites!
Community Services
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Pretty Efficient Parallel Coulomb Solver
Scientific area
N-body simulations (Coulomb, gravitational, …), beam-plasma interaction, vortex dynamics, gravitational interaction, molecular dynamics simulations.
Short description
PEPC is a tree code for solving the N-body problem. It is not restricted to Coulomb systems but also handles gravitation and hydrodynamics using the vortex method as well as smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH). PEPC is a non-recursive version of the Barnes-Hut algorithm with a level-by-level approach to both tree construction and traversals. The parallel version is a hybrid MPI/PThreads implementation of the Warren-Salmon 'Hashed Oct-Tree' scheme. The long range interactions are computed using multipole groupings of distant particles to reduce computational effort. The Barnes-Hut algorithm is well suited to dynamic, nonlinear problems and can be combined with multiple-timestep integrators.
- 458,752 cores (1,668,196 parallel threads) on BlueGene/Q
- 294,912 cores on BlueGene/P
Programming language and model
- Fortran2003 & C
- MPI, pthreads, OpenMP, StarSs
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- x86
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Simulation Laboratory Plasma Physics
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EPSRC Reference:
ALPACA: Axial-Lateral Pile Analysis for Chalk Applying multi-scale field and laboratory testing
Principal Investigator:
Jardine, Professor R
Other Investigators:
McAdam, Professor R
Kontoe, Dr S
Byrne, Professor BW
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Fugro (UK)
Fugro Geoconsulting SAS (France)
Geotechnical Consulting
RWE (Innogy/Npower)
Scottish Power
University of Western Australia
Wood Thilsted Partners
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Imperial College London
Standard Research
01 October 2017
31 March 2020
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Ground Engineering
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06 Jun 2017
Engineering Prioritisation Panel Meeting 6 and 7 June 2017
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Chalk is a highly variable soft rock that covers much of Northern Europe and is widespread under the North and Baltic Seas. It poses significant problems for the designers of large foundations for port, bridge and offshore wind turbine structures that have to sustain severe environmental loading over their many decades in service. Particular difficulties are faced when employing large driven steel piles to secure the structures in place. While driven pile foundation solutions have many potential advantages, chalk is highly sensitive to pile driving and to service loading conditions, such as the repeated cyclic buffeting applied to bridge, harbour and offshore structures by storm winds and wave impacts. Current guidance regarding how to allow for difficult pile driving conditions or predict the piles' vertical and lateral response to loads is notoriously unreliable in chalk. There is also no current industrial guidance regarding the potentially positive effects of time (after driving) on pile behaviour or the generally negative impact of the cyclic loading that the structures and their piled foundations will inevitably experience. These shortfalls in knowledge are introducing great uncertainty into the assessment and design of a range of projects around the UK and Northern Europe. Particularly affected are a series of planned and existing major offshore wind farm developments. The uncertainty regarding foundation design and performance poses a threat to the economic and safe harnessing of vital renewable, low carbon, offshore energy supplies. Better design guidelines will reduce offshore wind energy costs and also help harbour and transport projects to progress and function effectively, so delivering additional benefits to both individual consumers and UK Industry.
The research proposed will generate new driven pile design guidance for chalk sites through a comprehensive programme of high quality field tests, involving multiple loading scenarios, on 21 specially instrumented driven tubular steel test piles, at an onshore test site in Kent. This will form a benchmark set of results that will be complemented by comprehensive advanced drilling, sampling, in-situ testing and laboratory experiments, supported by rigorous analysis and close analysis of other case history data. The key aim is to develop design procedures that overcome, for chalk, the current shortfalls in knowledge regarding pile driving, ageing, static and cyclic response under axial and lateral loading. The main deliverable will be new guidelines for practical design that will be suitable for both onshore and offshore applications.
Key Findings
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I like to document all our network shares. I have bought Network Scanner and have a couple of questions.
I login to a workstation on the LAN with the credentials of the user group I like to check. I have a portable SoftPerfect Net Scanner on a USB.
What is the best settings for the scanner if I only like to show what resources on the LAN this user can access?
Most important is to find out what network shares are accessible.
What does the tick box "Enable security and user permission scan" actually do?
It would be nice to be able to show what shares:
- are on the network
- this user can access
Is it a better option to logon to the workstation as LAN administrator and use the Authentication option in Shares to set the user I like to check?


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I got results from this site
You know how they give the results of the questionaire you take in the beginning. The results didnt surprise me. I am glad though I had all ready taken appropriate steps to ward some this depression off. Just recently, I found I was grieving. Didnt realize I was doing it. It comes and goes. Am I the only one that is going through that right now?
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I can identify with the grieving even after nearly two years. I look forward to the times when she is calm and "normal" and seems to know what is going on and just as I am finding joy in talking with her.....she's gone and the grieving is back.....Sometimes I think it would be better without those occasional moments......but.....I look forward to her coming back because that's what keeps me going. It is hard to not think in plural, the history of our lives have been "us" and "we", sometimes that included some or all of our six children but all times it included her and me. The only time without her was when I was serving in the military. Now I find myself looking at her in her own world, a world that I can not enter nor understand. She is on her first journey without me.....I miss her and she is sitting right in front of me......sometimes I resent it and then I am thankful that I still have her. I believe in God from whom I receive my strength and perserverence. I pray for her,for my children,some who cannot spend time with her because it's too painful and then I pray for continued health,strength and perserverence........but then I find my eyes full of tears because I look at old pictures and my thoughts go back to "us". This is not a good time of the year, yesterday was our anniversary, Sunday is Mother's day, Memorial Day "we" visited the graves and placed flowers, June is the anniversaries for four of our children...etc. I saw a movie a few years ago called "The story of Us".....I understand it much better today....I've tried exercising....some help. I've tried planning the future....some help. I've tried getting out of the house with friends....some help. But then comes the nights and early mornings that were always a time for "us".......All of this will not help anyone including me...except all of us,the ones left behind, know we're not alone......we are the spectators having to endure this horrible disease...
It is so hard, isn't it, to have the loss drag on and on. We don't generally want it to end (unless our loved ones are clearly in great pain), but enduring it day to day is hard. When I look at old pictures I am able more and more to focus on "I'm so glad we had that experience," than on "we'll never have that experience again." If your wife is still having periods of clarity when she is "with it" you have a chance to tell her things -- a chance you wouldn't have had if the loss had been sudden and final. That is a small consolation, but a real one. You can look at an old picture with her and tell her how glad you were to have that life together when you were both well, and how glad you are to be with her through this rough time. And you'll have the chance to listen to her thoughts about the picture.My heart goes out to you, pauleff.
Thanks JeanneG, I do that, it is wonderful for those few moments...but...then she's gone again. Those times are getting fewer and farther apart and I know that one of these times she will not be back....but you're correct, the memories were well worth it and the pictures,thank God for the pictures, will keep her alive and with me. Our six children and our fourteen grandchildren are a big help when the're here. My one daughter, thank God for her, has the ability to listen to me,for a while, then make me come back to the present. She's got my wife's talent for listening and she's the only one who'd dare to yell at me like my wife could and did yet keep me smiling.
I've also found that doing some kind of exercise each day really helps...even if it's 10 minutes of walking or some yoga to relieve stress. Staying positive is difficult, but it does help.
DonnaG, you are so right. I do not have a great attitude all the time. My LO has Lewy Body Dementia. I believe there are greater fluctuations In Lewy Bodies compared to the some of the other dementias. We can have several days in a row when its hard to tell he has dementia. Just when I get that feeling of being normal, things change and he gets confused. Its kind of like taking a bad roller coaster ride. I try to stay calm all the time because if I am calm, he is calm. Last week we celebrated our 53 anniversary but going out to eat at Red Lobster. We had a good time and he seemed to enjoy himself, but when we got home he started getting agitated. I really dont know what brought that on but I said, "lets take a walk" and we went outside and looked at some Christmas decorations. When we got back to our house, he was just fine. It seems like he doesn't like visitors in our house. Thats when I get lonesome but then theres always the telephone and internet. When this terrible disease first came on him, I couldn't even talk on the phone. He was just like a little kid and needed my attention at that time. In fact, it seems to me that he is so much like a little kid. When I am counting my blessings, I think "this is how he was as a child" and I feel lucky to be able to share that part of his life, as well as his adult part of his life.
I found your posting very uplifting, Mary. You have such a great attitude. I know you probably don't have it every moment of every day (and if you do, let us know your secret), but it's the attitude I aspire to have as much as possible. I am still torn between asking that family gatherings be here in mom and dad's house and taking mom to the gatherings, as that can be quite the effort. But she is still able to get out, and I do think that it is good for her to do so, so maybe we'll stick with that plan for now. But I included in Christmas cards a plea for people to call and come over in the coming year. If only folks could realize what a lift it is to have a visit from someone. I would live my life much differently (I hope) if I realized earlier what a hope-bringer I could be to the homebound."Things are different, but not bad."Exactly. Sometimes they ARE a little bad, or sad, or whatever, but so much of the time Mom is still fun to be with, and there are those brief moments of recognition and love. They are worth everything, eh?
I think many of us care givers are grieving. I know I am. It has been two years now since my LO was diagnosed. I grieve the loss of the man I married. I grieve the things we are no longer able to do. Then I count my blessings because it could be so much worse. We have had to change our way of doing things, and it has been hard. We no longer can have our family Christmas celebrations as it brings on an agitation in him. So we changed our celebrations. Instead of me fixing food in the kitchen for hours and hours, the kids all bring something. Instead of them staying half the day, they stay a couple of hours. Things are different but not bad. I would rather have him this way than not have him at all. I am trying to look at the positive things this has brought to our life. Mary
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AMSCO 2K16 report
"AMSCO2k16" is the First On-line International Conference on Ancient Mathematics and Science. Here, in the word 'amsco2k16', amsco is stand for Ancient Mathematics and Science for Computing and 2k16 for the year 2016. The dimensions of the conference are "Old Is Gold" and "Mathematics is the Mother of All Sciences" adjoin by Computing.
The aim of amsco2k16 is to provide the techniques of ancient mathematics and science through computing to solve maximum problems of the society. Following this theme amsco2k16 bagged high quality of research papers in good numbers, which were published in the form of 'Proceeding of the Conference AMSCO2K16'. This volume is intended to introduce researchers and technocrats, especially for whose area of interest is digging the innovative, interdisciplinary ideas from ancient knowledge. The technical papers in this proceeding will help in all teaching-learning process and research levels. It also motivates and inspires to work in the field of ancient technology. Using on-line technique, it is possible to reduce expenses and valuable time. Moreover, it is defined as an eco-friendly system, which cares our environment system in many ways.
In the seam of the conference a unique event, "AMSCO Online Global Researcher Meet' is organized to motivate researchers. It has provided a platform for effective in enhancing our knowledge. These two World Level On-line Events are hosted by 'Gyandhara International Academic Publication (GIAP), Oman,' also 'Global Institute for IT Management, New York, U.S.A.' provide his loyal support to the Conference and Researcher Meet.
These specific events are the outcome of the joint collaboration between the faculties from reputed institutions like IIT (ISM), Dhanbad; IIT, Roorkee; Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag; Ranchi University, Ranchi; SLIET, Longowal; NIT, Rourkela; BHU, Varanasi; Medicaps University, Indore from India and from abroad Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman; Sohar University, Oman; Aalto University, Finland; University of Veracruz and many more.


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Uh Oh: World Food Prices Spike As Soy Harvest Collapses
April 29, 2012
Among the things we watch here at Via Meadia are trends in world food prices. Middle class Americans grumble when prices go up at the supermarket ($5 bucks for a box of cornflakes? Are these people insane?) but for billions of people all over the world rising food prices can mean the difference between happy kids and hungry ones, between having a little money for extras at the end of the week and skipping meals.
The news on that front is suddenly not good: as the FT reports, the soybean harvest in Latin America has been badly hit by La Niña caused droughts. That doesn't just mean a sharp increase in edamame prices at the local sushi spot and a sharp spike in tofu down at Whole Foods. For much of the world, soybeans are a primary source of protein and because they are used to feed animals, soybean price increases affect many other foods. Soybean is also an important source of cooking oil in baked goods (like bread), and this year's spike in soy prices is made worse by rising prices for other edible oils.
The US Department of Agriculture believes that soybean production is headed for its biggest global drop ever — or at least since 1965 which is when the US started tracking global soybean production. Prices are now higher than they have been in four years, and could reach record levels later in the year.
This is particularly bad news in China, where food inflation already worries a government facing social unrest and economic instability. Soybeans generally, and Latin American soybeans in particular, play a major role in the Chinese diet.
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I didn't get much chance with the Pavlov's dogs challenge : not even a single attempt at an explanation. Maybe it was too weird a problem (or more embarrassing it did not interest anyone! ).
A quick reminder about the challenge: netstat shows almost no activity on an otherwise loaded interconnect (500Mb/s to 1Gb/s inbound and similar values going outbound as seen on the Infiniband switches and calculated as the product of PX remote messages recv'd/send x parallel_execution_message_size).
Well, anyway, here is what I think is the answer: the key information I gave was that the clusterware was running RDS over Infiniband. Infiniband HCAs have an inherent advantage over standard Ethernet network interfaces: they embed RDMA, which means that all operations are handled without interrupting the CPUs. That's because the sending nodes read and write to the receiving node using user space memory, without going through the usual I/O channel. TCP/IP NICs also cause a number of interrupts the CPUs have to process because TCP segments have to be reconstructed while other threads are running.
The most likely cause of the netstat blindness is just that it cannot see the packets because the CPUs are unaware of them.
To quote the Wikipedia Pavlov's dogs article, "the phrase "Pavlov's dog" is often used to describe someone who merely reacts to a situation rather than use critical thinking". That's exactly what I thought of myself when I was trying to put the blame on the setup instead of thinking twice about the "obvious" way of measuring a network packet throughput.


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I think i have the holo billboards thing solved. I took those "Join the empire" artwork with the female troopers, and printed them on Transparency film.I added some navi-screen linework from the general riken deluxe pack. I'll take pics tonight or tomorrow and post. But they look good,And you can see them from either side.
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The Modern Books and Manuscripts department is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo collection, comprising over 50,000 books, manuscripts, works of art, audio recordings and films, placed on long-term deposit at Harvard by the collector's son, Julio Mario Santo Domingo III. The Santo Domingo Collection enriches and greatly expands the University's research materials on psychoactive drugs and their physical and social effects—from cultivation and synthesis to the myriad cultural and counter-cultural products linked to altered states of mind. Rich in scientific and medical works, it documents in depth both the benefits of controlled use and the horrors of addiction. The bulk of the collection, however, explores drug use by individuals and the influence such use and users had on their society, with emphasis on the 1800s and 1900s in America and France. Other areas in which the collection is particularly rich include erotica, French pulp publications, and materials documenting countercultural movements.
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Swiss bibliophile Gérard Nordmann (1930-1992) made a lifelong avocation of collecting rare and obscure erotic works. Many of these are clandestine or anonymous publications, printed with false authors and imprints or none at all and often distributed to a private society of subscribers. Nordmann prided himself on collecting works, or versions of works, so rare that they didn't appear in the catalog of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. His extraordinary collection went to auction in 2006, and Julio Santo Domingo purchased a number of its volumes; they are now at Harvard.
Tableaux des mœurs du temps dans les différents âges de la vie (1867), one such clandestine imprint, is attributed to the author Claude-Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon and to the publisher Auguste Poulet-Malassis. While this copy may not have the most lavish binding among those in Nordmann's collection, the gilt-stamped satyrs on its cover (see top left) helpfully apprise the reader of its contents. The interior, though, is rather more interesting. In addition to the printed engravings originally illustrating the volume, a matching set of hand-colored engravings is included; better still, six engravings are accompanied by a hand-painted impression of the illustration, making for three versions total. The three renditions of one illustration are pictured above for comparison.
This extravagant extra-illustration continues with twelve aquarelles painted directly onto the text (left). Illustrations like these are likely to have been commissioned for the book by one of its former owners, rendering the copy genuinely unique.
Tableaux des mœurs du temps dans les différents âges de la vie. PQ1971.C6 A77 1867.
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Decks with benches – As we are practically spring and the outdoor spaces begin to gain prominence, today we wanted to bring ideas to make a bench for the garden yourself. As you will see, almost all ideas are relatively simple to do since the materials that are needed are materials that either we can buy them for very little money, or we can directly find them in any trash container (for example), and recycle it to give it a second use. The most important thing to carry out some of these DIY jobs for the garden is to have the right tool.
With wooden boards cut to a certain extent and placed on an old bed base we can make original and decorative decks with benches in a rather simple way. Old tires that have been inserted firm wooden legs and have been filled with earth and grass serve as perfect seats to decorate our garden. 3 old chairs in this case and an old wooden plank have been enough to create a beautiful vintage looking bench. The material is easy to find, but to do this work you have to make sure you have the right tool.
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A simple wooden bench that has been added pieces of wood belonging to a fence and then painted an attractive purple. A very simple and very decorative idea. If you want a simple idea, look at this one. Only one trunk of a tree has been needed. Two pieces make the base to place the seat. A few concrete blocks cost very little money and if we get a few lumber of firm wood that fit the gaps of the concrete bricks we can create in a few minutes practical and original decks with benches. Another example of how with recycled materials can be created a bench, both for the exterior and for the interior. In this case plastic boxes where bottles were supposed to serve as a base for comfortable cushions.


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Congress president Sonia Gandhi was hospitalised on Monday evening as reports said that she may be suffering from a viral fever. This is the second time this year the Congress president has been hospitalised.
According to ANI, Sonia has been admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi. Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala confirmed and said that Sonia will be in hospital for two days.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to hospital on account of viral fever. She will be in hospital for 2 days: RS Surjewala pic.twitter.com/TESzeqt4BY
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Sources said that 69-year-old Gandhi was down with viral fever and was brought to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital around 8 pm on Monday. Doctors who are treating her said she was feeling much better today.
She will also undergo some tests at Sir Gangaram hospital, they said.
"Sonia Gandhi has been admitted under the care of Dr Arun Kumar Basu, senior consultant in Department of Chest and Pulmonology Medicine and his team of consultants. Gandhi's routine tests are being conducted and is better today (Tuesday). She is likely to be discharged in a day or two," Chairman of the hospital's Board of Management D S Rana said. Gandhi's daughter Priyanka has been with her while son Rahul visited her on Tuesday.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said there was no cause for worry and the party president will resume Parliament duty soon.
On 3 August, the Congress chief had to cut her visit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi short, as she was unwell and had to be hospitalised. She had been taken to the Army's Research and Referral Hospital at that time but was soon shifted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
PTI had then reported that she had undergone a surgery on her left shoulder and doctors had said that she had recovered from the injury. She had been discharged from the hospital on 14 August after 11 days of hospitalisation.
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Michigan coach Brady Hoke says Vincent Smith 'has earned' right to be lead tailback
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com
The Michigan football team's ever-revolving tailback position has taken another turn.
Michigan coach Brady Hoke said Monday at his weekly news conference that Vincent Smith is the leader to be the Wolverines' lead back for this week's game against San Diego State.
"I think Vince probably right now has earned that right with his performance and production," Hoke said.
Smith ran nine times for 118 yards in Michigan's 31-3 win Saturday against Eastern Michigan, and was the team's only consistent tailback. All of the other backs combined for 60 yards.
If Smith starts Saturday, he will become the third starting tailback in four games for Michigan (3-0). Sophomore Fitz Toussaint got the call in Week 1 after a fierce competition that lasted until the night before the opener, then senior Michael Shaw earned the start in Week 2 with Toussaint hurt (although Stephen Hopkins got more carries and snaps).
Toussaint started against Eastern Michigan.
Hoke and offensive coordinator Al Borges have been reluctant to use a tailback-by-committee approach, yet Michigan still has considerable fluidity at that position as the conference season approaches.
"Neither one of us wants it that way, but I think we're there at this point in time," Hoke said.
Hoke said he was pleased with Smith's vision against Eastern Michigan, and he is considered the team's best blocking back — despite his diminutive stature. He stands 5-foot-6, 172 pounds.
"A lot of times, you'll see running backs take a short cut and go at the knees, but he'll actually get down, pop up and hit a guy on the chin," senior center David Molk said. "You don't see it until you watch the film, but when you see that on film with a guy that's so undersized, manning up and taking on anything that comes, it's really great to see."
Is Hoke concerned about Smith's lack of size in a lead-back role?
"He might be smaller, but he's put together," Hoke said. "He's a rock. His mentality is that of a tough guy."
Smith has 12 carries for 132 yards this year, and also two catches for 26 yards and one touchdown — a score that gave Michigan its first lead in its comeback win against Notre Dame in Week 2.
He had 136 carries for 601 yards and five touchdowns last year.
Smith also has been the team's primary kick returner this year, averaging 18.4 yards per attempt. Hoke said he likely would continue to return kicks, even if he becomes the long-term starter at tailback.
"At the end of the day, you have to make sure your best players are on the field, and he's one of our best players," Hoke said.
Hoke said he also was pleased with Toussaint, who had 11 carries for 46 yards and one touchdown as the starter against Eastern Michigan. The sophomore also started against Western Michigan, but hurt his shoulder in that game and did not play the following week against Notre Dame.
Shaw was introduced as the starter against the Irish, although it was Hopkins who led the team in carries (five) and yards (8).
The only constant in the running game has been junior quarterback Denard Robinson. He had 26 carries for 198 yards against Eastern Michigan and leads the team in rushes (50) and yards (352).
Hoke said he wanted to use a tailback more this year to take some pressure and wear and tear off Robinson, and that remains the case.
"We still don't want to run Denard 26 times a game," Hoke said. "That's a good way to get him beat up and hurt. We've got to keep plugging away. I thought Vince's production, Fitz gave us some good runs in there and took a little bit of the load off him. We have to make sure we're a healthy football team as we continue forward."
Kyle Meinke covers Michigan football for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2588, by email at email@example.com and followed on Twitter @kmeinke.
Wed, Sep 21, 2011 : 2:25 a.m.
I like Smith a lot and I'm very happy with how he's progressed from the knee injury. The kid is tough as nails and you can tell he just loves to play football. But I agree with GoBlueinNE_PA that Toussaint is the best weapon in the backfield besides Denard. We need power and speed and he has both
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 : 4:06 p.m.
I know I'm in the minority here, but I still think Toussaint is our best option as a lead tail back. I like Smith and think he's exactly what we want in a 3rd down back, but there are reasons that small backs don't carry the load for major programs. Their bodies just can't stand up to the pounding. Even a guy like Jaquiz Rogers split time. I know I know "What about Mike Hart?". Does anyone really think Vince Smith is the next Mike Hart? I didn't think so. And it's not like Hart didn't get beat up himself over the course of the season's he was here. How many times did he go into the OSU game really healthy? Once? In order to take the load off of DRob, we need to line up in the pro set and make a real effort to run the ball. We have NOT done that so far this year, despite what we were told would happen. We've run a spread for 90%+ of time and the results look practically identical to last year's. We've actually had some success running from a power formation, heck we had success with it during it's limited use under RichRod. Hoke needs to make a commitment and stick to it, if not this week against SDSU then against Minnesota. Start running some play action passes out of that look once the defense puts the 8 and 9 men in the box. DRob won't last the season if we continue down our current path.
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 : 4:01 p.m.
I also agree with this move. Smith is just so much better at hitting the hole. I cannot understand why Fitz and shaw seem to hesitate when a hole opens up in the O-line. Smith can also make a guy miss in space. No, he isn't going to run through contact all that often, but if you can avoid it in the first place... I just worry about him repeatedly getting guys nearly twice his size landing on him when B1G season starts.
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 : 2:17 p.m.
Vince should be given the chance to start after his performances agains ND and Eastern.
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 : 10:45 p.m.
I agree with Rensational, I too thought that VSmith would be the starter at the beginning of the year. Smith is a good well rounded running back ( vision, hitting the hole, acceleration, making defenders miss, blocking/pass protection and receiver ), I think his size did not match up to what the coaches were looking for in a back, but it's not 3 more inches and 20 more pounds that makes a good running back, it's the fore mentioned attributes. Last year in the read option, DR would read the backers and keep the ball himself, so that limited the touches Smith had, and when he did receive the ball he did fairly well. With more designed runs ( not options ) for him, I think he'll be very productive. UM have the pieces; a play maker at QB, an all purpose back ( Smith ), power back ( Toussaint ), two good receivers ( Hemmingway and Roundtree ) and a decent OL. The coaches just have to put it together, and they will. The offensive personnel is different than what they wanted, but that doesn't mean that their not good. It's not often a team have an athlete like DR, we have to play to his and the teams' strength and not look at this as a rebuilding year but adjusting. Borges is a good OC, he'll put it together.
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 : 9:04 p.m.
It seemed for awhile that smith was getting buried on the depth chart. But this goes to show that Hoke isnt going to be stubborn and avoid smith despite his size and spread offense skill set. He looked good against Eastern, and it would be great to see him move forward and keep playing well. I dont care who the lead back is anymore, someone just needs to step up and consistently pick up yards from the RB position.
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 : 8:23 p.m.
I have absolutely thought Smith should be the starting tailback since at least last year. He has really been the only productive back since Minor and Brown left (as much as he could be with Denard expected to run under RR's system and RBs being de-emphasized until now), and we need a running game something awful--especially when we get into conference play. I see Michigan being alright with Smith as the main back, Toussant on short yardage and goal line situations, Denard carrying SOME, and the coaching staff trying to help Denard with his pass accuracy, reads and such. We have to be able to run the ball with someone other than Denard, and the only time I feel like that's a possibility is when Smith is out there. He's got a bit of that SEC speed, being from Florida. And he can catch, too? Just a no-brainer all along. The Big Ten is down this year, and Michigan is currently thought to be the 3rd or 4th best team in the conference with MSU and OSU BENEATH us--gotta take advantage and find ways to beat these teams, FINALLY. Clearly, we can't win with Denard doing it all.
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 : 8:09 p.m.
I for one am very glad to read this. Vincent Smith has been one of the better players this short season and he has impressed me with his ability, team attitude and perseverance. Yes, we know this is a rebuilding year(s) but he still has the capability of breaking plays and using his speed and elusiveness to make gains. He has talent in both the running and passing game. I am glad Coach Hoke realized it and is doing the right thing Go Blue
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 : 7:40 p.m.
It's a darn good thing this is not year 3 on Brady's contract. I for one have always believed this process Brady has started, to restructure our Wolverines will take 2-4 years a minimum of 3 years. I came to the conclusion of 3 years minimum after looking at the 2012 schedule. I'm fine with that but I do feel bad for the Mich. faithful in poor health or senior citizens of old age that have suffered through the many humiliating defeats at the hands of the notorius Jim Tressel. Some of those folks will never enjoy another great Mich. wolverine team again if this thing doesn't get turned around sooner rather than later. It sounds to me like Brady is just settling for position players rather than those players actually being great at their positions. I have a mind set this year to just consider this year the foundation of a 2-4 year process probably 3 years. I fly my Mich. flag, I barbecu and after that debacle of a game Mich and Notre Dame I don't allow any anxiety=stress over our poor play. I think if people realize that this 2011 team is a spread conditioned team both physically and mentally then I think fans will appreciate the uphill climb Brady has trying to change Everything.
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 : 8:53 p.m.
"It sounds to me like Brady is just settling for position players rather than those players actually being great at their positions." By that do you mean he's "settling" in his recruiting for the future? Or "settling" with whatever talent he has presently?
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 : 8:05 p.m.
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 : 7:10 p.m.
I wish him well. But PLEASE protect the ball better than it appears you are in that photo! :-)
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 : 10 p.m.
I would venture to say that the photographer captured the picture immediately after the KO was received.


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· 1a Centre for Dairy Excellence , Vetlife, Wilson Street, Geraldine , Canterbury , New Zealand.
· 2b Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science , University of Nottingham , Sutton Bonington , UK.
· 3c Vetlife Administration Support Office , 82, Sophia Street, Timaru , New Zealand.
To assess the attitude of dairy farm consultants to the role of veterinarians on dairy farms and whether they viewed veterinary advice as impartial, free from commercial bias and central to farm productivity and profitability.
A telephone survey was commissioned in September 2014 of 36 full-time farm consultants in the Canterbury and Otago region of New Zealand using a pre-prepared questionnaire to explore their attitudes towards the veterinary profession. Of those approached, 25 completed the survey.
The consultants surveyed agreed or strongly agreed (21/23) that they were the custodians of animal health expenditure on farms, which was seen as an expense to be controlled (19/25 agreed or strongly agreed). This view was held more strongly (9/9 agreed or strongly agreed) by consultants with >5 years' professional experience, compared to 10/16 consultants with ≤5 years' experience. Most consultants (24/25) disagreed that they did not respect veterinary advice, but agreed (24/25) that veterinarians almost always had a vested interest in the advice that they gave. The role of veterinarians was seen by respondents to be mainly treatment of sick animals (22/25) and provision of animal health products (24/25), but not in maximising farm profitability (selected by 8/25 respondents). Consultants viewed their own roles as providing advice on the influence of animal health on farm profitability (21/25), nutrition (22/25) and reproduction (20/25). Most respondents (21/25) stated that reducing disease and animal health issues was important, but they (21/25) also identified a reduction in farm animal health expenditure as a measure of success. Only 7/25 consultants felt that they should work in partnership with veterinarians.
This was a small scale study from one region of New Zealand but it indicates that consultants are ambivalent about the role and value of working more closely with veterinarians, and about the benefit that veterinary intervention may bring to a farm's profitability.
More successful veterinary involvement on dairy farms will follow from a better understanding of how other rural professionals are involved in the farm's management and in meeting the individual farmer's goals and motivations.
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Issues relevant to trust protectors have become a relatively hot topic offshore and entire books have, and no doubt will, be written on protectors. In light of an increasing number of protector disputes, Appleby's Adam Cole takes a high-level look at the nature of a protector's role and the relevant factors to consider should relations with a protector become strained.
In essence the appointment of a protector provides a means of monitoring the actions of a trustee and checking that appropriate action is taken to preserve the trust fund. In order to carry out such functions, protectors may commonly be given "positive" powers such as the power to appoint and remove trustees and "negative" powers such as the right to withhold consent to capital distributions to beneficiaries.
The role of a protector can, therefore, be a significant one in the context of the administration of a trust. Protectors may be appointed to act in a fiduciary or non-fiduciary capacity. Where the settlor's intention in this regard is not clear, one will need to look at the nature of the particular powers given. As a rule of thumb, protectors will commonly have fiduciary obligations even if this is not expressly stated in the trust documentation.
This is not always the case, however, and where, for example, the protector is also a beneficiary that expectation may be reversed. In any event we have seen a number of cases where the elements that may or may not point to a fiduciary role are in contradiction to one another and the position can very easily become one of nuance.
Protectors can play an important role in ensuring dialogue between the parties that are interested in a trust. When the office works well, it can be a successful channel for maintaining harmony in the midst of competing interests or views. This can be particularly important, albeit potentially more difficult, following the death of a settlor.
Protectors' powers mean that they can hold a large degree of influence over structures. Whilst this can undoubtedly be a positive factor, where the limitations of the role are not fully appreciated by those in office this can lead to significant problems for the administration of the trust. Such problems have been seen to materialise where, for example, a non-professional confidante of the settlor has been appointed and believes they are entitled to act in a quasi-trustee capacity.
Resolving problems
There are obvious reasons why it would not be appropriate for a trustee or beneficiaries to be able to remove a protector simply because a dispute has arisen. Where a protector has started to act in a matter that leads to a breakdown in trust and confidence, an extremely difficult position can, however, arise. Where such problems affect the ability of the trustee to act in the best interests of the beneficiaries there are steps that can be taken.
Parties should be mindful of the factors that the Court would consider in the context of an application to remove a protector. The threshold for removing a protector will naturally be a high one. It is a significant step to take and caution will be exercised by the Court before any order is made. Mutual hostility or distrust between the relevant parties will not suffice. A protector may quickly become unpopular as a result of decisions that do not find favour with beneficiaries or trustees and this would be no reason for a protector to step down or face forced removal.
The Courts will ultimately be guided by considerations over the welfare of the beneficiaries and the competent administration of the trust in their favour. Where a breakdown in relations has a significantly detrimental effect on the execution of the trusts and is likely to continue to do so, that would be a sufficient basis for the Court to exercise its discretion. It is not necessary that the protector bears the bulk of the responsibility for the breakdown in relations and the consequent difficulties caused for the trust, but such a situation will serve to fortify the conclusion that it is right for the protector to be removed.
Where circumstances of this nature arise, a protector would be well advised to walk before pushed. Where this does not happen, there is clarity on the circumstances in which the Court will exercise its jurisdiction to forcibly remove a protector. Whilst issues relevant to a protector's indemnities can serve to temporarily cloud matters, in our experience the desired result can be achieved without recourse to the Court.
In the majority of cases it should, therefore, be possible to limit legal costs through an early dialogue with a protector's legal advisers.
An original version of this article was published in the eprivateclient Special Review – Guernsey 2016 report, January 2016.
For more information about Guernsey's finance industry please visit www.guernseyfinance.com.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (保護區) (ANWR) to help secure America's energy future ? President Bush certainly thinks so. He has argued that tapping ANWR's oil would help ease California's electricity crisis and provide a major boost to the country's energy independence. But no one knows for sure how much crude oil lies buried beneath the frozen earth with the last government survey, conducted in 1998, projecting output anywhere from 3 billion to 16 billion barrels.
The oil industry goes with the high end of the range, which could equal as much as 10% of U.S. consumption for as long as six years. By pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve for the next two three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to all shipments to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia. Sounds good. An oil boom would also mean a multibillion-dollar windfall(意外之財)in tax revenues, royalties(開采權使用費) and leasing fees for Alaska and the Federal Government. Best of all, advocates of drilling say , damage to the environment would be insignificant . "We've never had a document case of oil rig chasing deer out onto the pack ice." says Alaska State Representative Scott Ogan .
Not so far , say environmentalists . Sticking to the low end of government estimates, the National Resources Defense Council be no more than 3.2 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil in the coastal plain of ANWR, a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease America's energy problems. And consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits, because drilling could begin only after much bargaining over leases, environmental permits and regulatory review. As for ANWR's impact on the California power crisis, environmentalists point out that oil is responsible for only 1% of the Golden State's electricity output -and just 3% of the nation's.
21. What does President Bush think of tapping oil in ANWR?
A) It will exhaust the nation's oil reserves.
B) It will help secure the future of ANWR.
C) It will help reduce the nation's oil imports
D) It will increase America's energy consumption
22. We learn from the second paragraph that the American oil industry _______
A) believes that drilling for oil in ANWR will produce high yields
B) tends to exaggerate America's reliance on foreign oil
C) shows little interest in tapping oil in ANWR
D) expects to stop oil imports from Saudi Arabia
23. Those against oil drilling in ANWR argue that _________
A) it can cause serious damage to the environment
B) it can do little to solve U.S. energy problems
C) it will drain the oil reserves in the Alaskan region
D) it will not have much commercial value
24. What do the environmentalists mean by saying "Not so fast" (Line 1, Para .3) ?
A) Oil exploitation takes a long time
B) The oil drilling should be delayed
C) Don't be too optimistic
D) Don't expect fast returns
25. It can be learned from the passage that oil exploitation beneath ANWR's frozen earth ________.
A) remains a controversial issue
B) is expected to get under way soon
C) involves a lot of technological problems
D) will enable the U.S. to be oil independent
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I am soooo excited to show off this session of my gorgeous sister and my adorable niece, Payton. My sister is the owner and amazing hairstylist of Backwoods Beauty Salon in Richland, NY. I always feature her headbands, hair styles and makeup in a lot of my sessions, so you have probably heard about her. She also does my hair for free (what a perk!) so I told her I would give her a spot in the Mother's Day mini sessions I did this past weekend at Behling's Orchards in Mexico, NY.
Of course, with only one day of planning, my talented sister pulled together their outfits and made their AWESOME headbands, which I now want and NEED haha. Since she is family, and I usually edit family photos last, I made a point to finish these or else she would probably refuse to do my hair anymore. If you have ever seen me with my roots grown in, then you KNOW this is a bad bad thing and must never, ever happen.
On a side note - when you style yourself for a photoshoot... it comes out 100 times better! It makes the session unique, creative and totally your own! Not everyone has the same style, which is understandable, but I encourage everyone who books a session to try to come up with a theme that suits their family best, and to really go all out with hair, makeup, outfits, etc... These are memories that will be hung on your walls for years so it is totally worth it to put a little effort into it! Obviously you can see for yourself how amazing these colors worked with the location, and how different it would have been if they showed up in jeans and t-shirts. So just keep that in mind when getting ready for your photo sessions!
On another side note - my sister refused to spit her gum out. Please for the love of all that is holy, DO NOT CHEW GUM DURING A SESSION! I had to toss about 30 photos because she was chewing!! So my apologies for my mess of a sister and her gum showing in half of the photos haha.
Enough rambling... onto this amazing session!!
Alycia & Payton
Mother's Day Orchard Session
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FREEPORT, Grand Bahama – Minister of State for Grand Bahama, Senator Kwasi Thompson gave a preliminary assessment of how hurricane relief funds were spent on the island of Grand Bahama, submitting that the manner in which those funds were instructed to be spent "were quite disturbing."
During a media briefing at the Office of The Prime Minister on Thursday evening (May 25, 2017), Minister Thompson told the media that his report was an effort to keep the public informed on matters that pertain to them and the public's purse.
Upon preliminary appraisal, he questioned what seemed instances of irregular practice in relief fund disbursement.
"It was alarming that funds to the tune of well over one million dollars was paid to one particular person for clean up without any scope of works on file, no bids submitted and no written verification from the Ministry of Works, that the work was performed for the money spent," said Minister Thompson.
"It is troubling that persons were provided contracts of employment for $18,000 per year and received salaries to be liaisons with Family Island Administrators and the persons never reported to the administrators.
"Also troubling what I found to be troubling and what may be in violation of the law, is the fact that contracts in the amount of up to $200,000 were issued to persons to repair public buildings without Cabinet approval, without the required public bid process and little documentary evidence that the proper verifications were done before these monies were paid out."
Minister Thompson said that an audit of these and other matters will be undertaken to ensure that the public received value for money spent. He added that his office has instructed that proper protocols be reinstated to prevent abuse.
"This is a preliminary assessment. Further audit needs to be done and once that is completed, whatever action is appropriate, that action will be taken."
The Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of The Prime Minister noted that although Hurricane Matthew hit The Bahamas in October 2016, residents in Grand Bahama continued to face challenges caused by the devastating storm; however efforts willl be made to ensure that residents of Grand Bahama who have been severely impacted by the storm would receive the help necessary to assist them in the recovery efforts.
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