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Papoose Nacirema Dream
Published Apr 12, 2013At one point in time, armed with a record deal worth over a million dollars, Brooklyn, NY MC Papoose was heralded as the future of NYC street rap. But then industry red tape meant the momentum he built with a mountainous slew of mixtapes dried up, and then his wife, fellow MC Remy Ma, was incarcerated. Papoose's profile virtually slipped into the ether. Now, seven years after it was first supposed to surface The Nacirema Dream is finally here, putting Papoose in an unenviable position. Without listening to a beat, you already know the record cannot meet the initial hype due to the long delay. Once you do start to listen, it's evident that some of the tracks, presumably recorded a while back, haven't aged well. That said, there's definitely some worthwhile material. "Cure" features Papoose assuming the character of various diseases, detailing their devastating effects on vulnerable and poor communities. "Law Library Pt.8" continues a series Papoose began on his popular mixtapes, dispensing legal advice on NYC's stop-and-frisk laws, a current hot button topic in the city. But "Alphabetical Slaughter Pt. II (Z to A)," another attempt to revisit a past Papoose concept, unfortunately falls short. Featuring Papoose delivering alliterative rhymes in reverse alphabetical order, as a sequel to the original that went from A to Z, the decision to use the sound of a record spinning in reverse as the main accompaniment might have sounded good on paper, but is extremely tiresome in execution. Papoose gamely battles on, delivering some of his trademark punch lines, and you can tell he genuinely attempted to deliver a well-rounded record. However, there's not enough innovation to interest casual fans in the project. (Fontana North)


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FEATURED JOB OPENING: Excursion Manager and Masseur/Masseuse - Republic of Panama
FEATURED JOB OPENING: Excursion Manager and Masseur/Masseuse - Republic of Panama
Posted: 11/17/2017 - 7:57 pm
On the tropical shores of the Republic of Panama, we are seeking a stable couple to run our excursions and activities who love the great outdoors.
**IMPORTANT: Please do not contact the hotel directly by phone or email. The only valid way to contact us is via the contact details on WorkingCouples.com
The hotel has 18 rooms, an awesome location and is one of the best-rated small hotels in Central America according to TripAdvisor. The international guests come mainly from North America and Europe and have exacting standards. We have a reputation for quality service and giving a warm welcome. We are current holders of the Best Small Hotel in Panama and Best Customer Service in Panama awards. The friendly, professional management team come from Europe and Panama.
One member of the couple will be responsible for looking after the trips and activities program, including excursions around the area. The other member will run our masage treatment program and support the trip program as needed.
Please see our website and read more details of the activities and trips we currently offer. For the excursion manager role, a lot of the time you could be guiding on the trips, sometimes greeting guests on site or at the airport, sometimes planning trips with other agencies or providers, sometimes explaining and taking trip reservations. Many of our excursions are in our hotel boats to the beautiful islands of the Gulf of Chiriquí but we also do activities on land on ATVs and other vehicles. You will be responsible for making sure guests have a great time and could find yourself turning your hand at anything.
You therefore need to be highly flexible, very presentable, incredibly outgoing and love being active. You will need to prove your experience. If you don't like getting involved with guests' needs and making things happen for them this is not the job for you.
We are also looking for in the second member of the couple an experienced ( minimum 6 months) masseur/masseuse, ideally with knowledge of all treatments, although some training can be offered if required.
We are searching for a couple to work with a high level of autonomy reporting to our hotel managers (also a couple from Working Couples!), so you must also be organised.
An initial contract of 2 years is offered with attractive accommodations and some meals included.
This is an amazing and challenging opportunity for a hardworking, stable couple, who love rural, non-city environments, enjoy hosting guests (and have experience to prove it) and can speak both English & Spanish well.
THESE ARE THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POST. Please only apply if you meet these:-
- One person fluent to a very good level in English and Spanish (spoken): this is essential for the person doing the guiding. The second person can be fluent in spoken English or Spanish with good understanding of the other language.
- Proven success in a hotel, tourism or leisure activity environment, dealing directly with customers in the type of situations described above - minimum 1 year. Six months experience is acceptable for the masseues/masseur.
- Established couple who have lived and worked together in the past, ideally away from their home country.
- Driving license and used to driving often
- Not suitable for people traveling with children.
- Non smokers prefered
- Love outdoors, back country life and a rural environment. This is not for city or town dwellers.
HOW TO APPLY - please register/log in and follow the instructions carefully. A full length photograph/s and CVs will be required. IMPORTANT: Do not contact the hotel directly via its website. Please follow the instructions below.


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Free Concert\Fundraiser To Help Fund Legalizing Cannabis In Berkeley California This Weekend.
Though I wish this event was taking place here in Fresno or somewhere in the Central Valley. Don't worry too much, there are some dedicated activists and people in Fresno and the surrounding cities working really hard to make an event just like this happen in Fresno and the central valley very soon. (So keep your eyes and ears open.) But the beautiful drive up to Berkeley is totally worth all the FREE music, educational speakers, and entertainment you will all enjoy at the, A DAY IN THE PARK event in Berkeley Ca, May 3, 2015 @ (Peace Park) Cesar Chavez Park Berkeley Marina – FROM – 12:00 pm – (Noon) TO – 8:00 pm. It also helps fund and support a truly great cause. This is a Political fundraiser for the Jack Herer Initiative, The California Cannabis and Hemp Initiative 2016. Entry to the Event is 100% free for every one of all ages. The only thing they ask is you please DONATE whatever you can spare, or can afford to give, to help them register the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative on the 2016 ballot in California. You can donate or volunteer for the CCHI right now by going to the website.—–> http://www.cchi2016.org.
They are still looking for vendors for the May 3, 2015 rally in Berkeley , Ca in support of Jack Herer's California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2016. We need all conscious Cannabis clubs , businesses , Media and etc to support this event by getting a booth and showing support for the CCHI2016 campaign. Please call Ronald L Wesley, CCHI 2016 Event Promoter at (510) 677-9425 to secure a booth, volunteer , sponsor , or for more info!
Smoking or partaking in medicinal cannabis will be permitted in the park for all valid medicinal patients. There will be no Vending or the exchange of funds in regards to medicinal Cannabis in any way. This was requested by the City of Berkeley and we should respect their wishes. Especially considering they are allowing us to host this amazing event in one of their many beautiful parks. Plan an unexpected road trip this weekend and come out and enjoy a FREE concert with some really good people working really hard to legalize Cannabis for the entire cannabis community and all of California. I Hope to see you all there !
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Chapter Five:
Household Size
Housing Starts
Home Ownership
Machines in the Home
Automobiles and TVs
Mobility and Migration
Machines in the Home
The typical American home of 1900 did not use much more mechanical energy than the home of 1800 or even 1700. The occupants cooked and heated with iron stoves instead of open fireplaces. They read by the light of kerosene mantles or gas jets rather than candles or whale oil lamps. They used foot-powered sewing machines, which augmented the handheld needle and thread. The domestic lives of most Americans had changed very little by 1900.
In their landmark study of Middletown (Muncie, Indiana), a community whose residents enjoyed better-than-average household amenities, Robert and Helen Lynd noted that in 1890, "only about one family in six or eight had even the crudest running water—a hydrant in the yard or a faucet at the iron kitchen sink…. By 1890, there were not two dozen complete bathrooms in the city." Central heating was virtually unknown.
Between 1900 and 1950, however, a variety of conveniences brought spectacular improvements to the nation's private homes. During this time, the occupants of nearly all private homes acquired electrical service, complete bathrooms, refrigerators, central heating, and washing machines, along with vacuum cleaners, toasters, phonographs, telephones, and radios. Mechanization continued apace during the second half of the century as water heaters, color televisions, microwave ovens, and clothes dryers became standard household equipment. Tens of millions of families installed swimming pools, home freezers, personal computers, water softeners, whirlpool baths, and other technologically advanced conveniences. Air conditioning became standard, particularly in the South and Southwest, where it fostered both population and economic growth. Among its many effects, domestic mechanization greatly lightened the routines of housework, thereby enabling married women to seek work outside of their homes.
SA 1959, tables 1110 and 1134; SA 1997, tables 1197 and 1207; and SA 1999, table 1428. See also Middletown I, pages 96–98.
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A semi-autonomous mobile robot/teleoperator with applications as an aid for severely handicapped people
Regalbuto, Michael Anthony
Cheatham, John B., Jr.
Doctor of Philosophy
A framework for a practical, easy-to-use system which can allow severely handicapped people to control and interact with their home and work environments is presented. Software written for a personal computer allows the user to command a robot to move about a structured indoor environment as well as control household appliances. Underlying these functions is a user-generated computer model of the environment which maintains spatial and relational information about household items. The model represents a data base which is accessed by a variety of procedures in commanding the robot to perform specific tasks, such as localization and navigation. Developed incrementally, a model can take on as much detail as necessary to command the robot to perform a given task. Beyond its use as a domestic aid, the system can serve as an inexpensive testbed for research in intelligent mobile robotics and can ultimately be targeted for use by the general population. The system is composed of relatively inexpensive equipment designed for in-home use. Software is written in object-oriented Allegro Common LISP and runs on a Macintosh SE having 4Mb of RAM. A HERO 2000 robot was assembled from a kit and modified to extend its workspace to cover desks and tabletops. Control of lamps and household appliances is via an X-10 Powerhouse computer interface module, which is connected to the SE. An Esteem 9600 baud wireless modem augments the 600 baud radio frequency communications link provided with the robot, allowing untethered operation. A custom Machine Control Interface has been developed for interfacing severely physically handicapped users to the system.
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VPT: As We Make It- Traverse Theatre
We've got something cooking. Village Pub Theatre make our way up town to The Traverse Theatre to present a bunch of rehearsed readings of new plays by four playwrights from our writing collective. Each night will be completely different with fresh ideas still in the making.
From Rosanna Hall's dramatic exploration of how the war in Iraq war haunts the pavements of Leith Walk, Giles Conisbee's tender story of one man's quest to find his purpose, Sylvia Dow's playful exploration of belief and Grace Cleary's vivid account of a criminal justice rehabilitation hostel, these are plays coming close to the boil and we're ready to share them with you.
Enjoy some quality fresh new work, as we make it.
Village Pub Theatre (VPT) is a new writing theatre company based in a pub in Leith, Edinburgh.
What was the inspiration for this performance?
Village Pub Theatre has always been a small space for writers to connect with an audience and to take risks through short, sharp and direct plays. This project is the start of us exploring what it might be like to do that on a slightly larger scale.
We have four bigger plays, each about 40 to 60 minutes in length, each involving characters and situations that will be easy to identify with but that also take on some of the biggest questions facing us today.
Is performance still a good space for the public discussion of ideas?
I think performance allows us to step into another person's shoes in a really meaningful way, as artists and as audience, and it feels important for us to do that right now to be able to discuss ideas.
At the Village Pub Theatre we try to create events that have an informality and social nature to them to encourage that connection with each other before, after and in-between the plays. Although the content of the plays is often contributing to the discussion of ideas, VPT also takes on the responsibility for creating an environment where it is that little bit easier for audiences to talk to each other too.
How did you become interested in making performance?
I grew up in a really small village where everyone chipped in to help out with the gala day and the playgroup, bonfire night etc and when I was 11 me and my friend decided to set up a dance company in the village hall. That gave me this feeling that all you needed was a bunch of like minded people who were into the same things that you were into and as long as you had that you could make anything happen. That was the bug I caught and I've been doing that ever since.
Is there any particular approach to the making of the show?
This project is really about us exploring what a bigger Village Pub Theatre play might be and that has to be led by the playwrights who make up the collective. So the focus is on supporting the writers in making bold work that can really communicate with an audience.
It's a bit of an experiment as to how we do that. Each piece is on a different journey so we've been exploring various ways of opening up the plays, discovering what is in them already, and supporting the writers in making those big choices.
Does the show fit with your usual productions?
It was an interesting process in deciding which plays to do as we had to ask ourselves what a Village Pub Theatre play is for the first time. These works are different in that they are longer and in that we hope at some point, in some form or another, these will be fully produced, were as our usual work is mostly script in hand, staged readings.
We will perform these as readings but we will be thinking more about what the finished production will be like. So that's an interesting departure but I think the style of the work will feel familiar to regular VPT goers. It think like much of our work there is an edginess to the plays, an irreverence and a playfulness.
Two of the plays are set in Leith, one in Edinburgh and a couple of them are playing with direct audience address, something that works very well in the pub. I think they have a VPT feel about them but the whole project is also about trying to discover more about what that is so perhaps we will need to wait and see.
What do you hope that the audience will experience?
I hope they will experience stories and ideas that they can relate to and that they think are important. I hope they will experience the energy of these fresh new voices and enjoy the ways in which these plays explore new territories. I also think the evening's will feel relaxed, warm and have the same community feel that all VPT events have. We really want to know what people think about these plays and their future so hopefully it will be a good night out that you feel a part of.
What strategies did you consider towards shaping this audience experience?
We always host our nights, by that I mean there is always someone introducing the plays and the artists involved so that audiences feel like they can start up a conversation with us. Its part theatre, part clubhouse and everyone's a member! The readings at the Traverse will have that feeling.
Each night will probably engage with the audience in slightly different ways because we genuinely want to have a conversation about these plays and they all need something different. Some will feel really informal, some might have full discussions as part of the evening and we will try to find some other creative ways to get people involved too.
7th June 8pm
Tiny by Rosanna Hall
Leith shore to North Bridge. It's 10 years since Iraq and for ten years Iraqi ex-veteran Scott has tried to make the last, remaining steps back home to his old life, partner and daughter. However 'back to normal' whatever that means becomes increasingly difficult as trauma infects his sense of self, alienating his family during blackouts that leave him back at the top of North Bridge ready to jump with unaccounted-for blood on his shoes.
This modern reworking of the Odyssey looks at vicarious trauma, victory, connection and how lives can be shaped by both small and huge political acts.
8th June 8pm
By Giles Conisbee
Sean can't believe how good he feels performing random acts of kindness.
Now that he's found his calling in life, and fallen in love in a most unexpected way,
not even his Mother can stop him. A touching, funny and surprising story of love,
letting-go and the power of purpose - not to mention bananas and bongos!
By Giles Conisbee
Sean can't believe how good he feels performing random acts of kindness.
Now that he's found his calling in life, and fallen in love in a most unexpected way,
not even his Mother can stop him. A touching, funny and surprising story of love,
letting-go and the power of purpose - not to mention bananas and bongos!
15th June 8pm
Maven by Sylvia Dow
Maven is about belief - what we believe, why we believe. In a world of fake news and false prophets how can we tell what and who is true? Thomas the Guardian and his followers must decide which path to take when a new member joins their group and shakes their faith in their beliefs and in themselves.
16th June 8pm
Safe House by Grace Cleary
How do we feel when we lose control of our lives or our situation? Safe House examines the issues of power and control through an often darkly comic lens. Grace Cleary's fascinating play presents a motley crew of characters: Conflicted staff members, a student, a sinister resident and a paedophile, thrown together and trapped within a rehabilitation care hostel, fighting for their survival.
Performed script-in-hand by a stellar cast, this is a powerful first play. Prepare to experience a medley of emotions.


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adidas Brings Back the UltraBOOST "Multicolor 2.0"
Releasing next week.
With the return of three OG colorways and rumors of an upcoming BAPE 2019 edition, adidas's UltraBOOST model continues to draw the crowds by bringing back the UltraBOOST "Multicolor 2.0."
This colorway features a predominantly white Primeknit upper with multicolors threads weaved throughout the toe and quarter panel. Crisp white Three Stripes caging and a bright red lateral heel clip give the palette some sharp contrast, while a white full-length BOOST midsole offers the support and cushioning we all know and love.
The adidas UltraBOOST "Multicolor 2.0" is slated to release on August 23 for $180 USD at adidas's web store and select retailers. Let us know your thoughts on this rerelease and for more upcoming sneakers, see the official store list for the Pharrell x adidas SOLARHU collection.


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Obama's message to Netanyahu: Palestine for Iran
President's persistent juxtaposition of nuclear issue and peace process shows he's willing to be tough on Tehran — but insists, too, on progress with the Palestinians
Raphael Ahren is the diplomatic correspondent at The Times of Israel.
Iran for Palestine — those three words sum up the key message Barack Obama directed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his speech Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly.
The American president's 42-minute address provided analysts and pundits with plenty of fodder for dissection: He discussed at length the civil war in Syria, the nuclear standoff with Iran, and the future of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. (He also took a swipe or two at Russia, but made no mention of Japan, India, the Koreas or Myanmar, while citing Israel 15 times, Palestine 11 times, and Iran 25 times.)
There was nothing deeply surprising for Israeli ears in what the president said. He had made his position on Syria abundantly clear in recent weeks, and it was expected that he would cautiously embrace Iran's current charm offensive. Even the stark assertion that Israelis increasingly recognize that "the occupation of the West Bank is tearing at the democratic fabric of the Jewish state" was familiar; he had said much the same during his visit here in March.
But what might have raised eyebrows in Jerusalem was Obama's not-so subtle linkage of the Iranian nuclear threat with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
"In the near term, America's diplomatic efforts will focus on two particular issues: Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, and the Arab-Israeli conflict," Obama said, opening the central, major section of his speech. "While these issues are not the cause of all the region's problems, they have been a major source of instability for far too long, and resolving them can help serve as a foundation for a broader peace."
The president went on to talk about the mistrust that exists between Tehran and Washington, and while acknowledging that he doesn't believe "this difficult history can be overcome overnight," stressed an emphatic preference for solving the nuclear standoff through diplomacy.
Obama warmly welcomed the "more moderate course" Iran's new president Hasan Rouhani wants to pursue, mentioning that the new, friendlier face of the Islamic Republic recently endorsed a longstanding fatwa against nuclear arms. While reiterating that the US is "determined to prevent" Tehran from acquiring such weapons, he refrained from issuing an explicit direct threat of military force. Only in an earlier, more general of his speech, did he say that "The United States of America is prepared to use all elements of our power, including military force," to secure its "core interests in the region."
In the Iranian context, the president eschewed the usual "all options are on the table," and also abstained from warning of further sanctions. Rather, Obama emphasized "mutual interests and mutual respect" and highlighted Iranians' right "to access peaceful nuclear energy."
For diplomacy to succeed, he said, Iran's "conciliatory words will have to be matched by actions that are transparent and verifiable." He did not say what would happen if this did not transpire.
And then, immediately after talking about Tehran's nuclear program, the leader of the free world turned to "a conflict that goes back even further than our differences with Iran: the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis."
The obvious juxtaposition of the two, not directly related issues, suggested that Obama seeks to revive a venerable formula known in Hebrew as "Gar'in tmurat Falestin" — the nuclear issue in exchange for Palestine.
Knowing that Netanyahu sees the prevention of a nuclear armed Iran as an absolute imperative — it's his life's mission, one that he's absolutely obsessed with, people close to the prime minister intimate — the linkage offered the interpretation that Obama remained determined to thwart Iran's nuclear quest, but also to ensure that Jerusalem show itself increasingly forthcoming on the Palestinian quest for statehood.
While both the White House and the Prime Minister's Office categorically deny any such connection between the two issues, analysts have long assumed that Obama has in the past suggested just such an equation.
In a recent interview with Haaretz's Ari Shavit, outgoing Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren implicitly confirmed that the "Gar'in tmurat Falestin" had been tried, unsuccessfully.
"Would you agree that the right deal was an obvious deal: Palestine for Iran. But this deal was not brought to fruition. Obama did not stop Iran and Netanyahu did not take historic action on Palestine," Shavit asked Oren.
"That's correct," Oren replied. "And it is disappointing. But we haven't reached the end of the story yet. Look where we were in the spring of 2009 and look where we are now. Today there's no talk of containment of a nuclear Iran and they're not demanding a settlement freeze from us. There's been a dynamic in US policy and the dynamic was in our direction."
With Obama having specified Tuesday that the Iranian nuclear issue and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are the two current key focuses of his foreign policy, Netanyahu will likely hear from the president, at their meeting in the White House scheduled for next Monday, the promise of a firm American stance on the nuclear issue and the expectation of a generous Israeli position regarding Palestinian peace negotiations.
"Real breakthroughs on these two issues — Iran's nuclear program, and Israeli-Palestinian peace — would have a profound and positive impact on the entire Middle East and North Africa," Obama promised on Tuesday, linking the two again.


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The small town of Aurora, Illinois – best known for being Wayne's hometown in Wayne's World – has another peculiar appeal to its location: it is one of the closest places that high frequency traders can get to the $63 billion CME Group exchange, where futures and derivatives on commodities and US treasuries trade making it a mecca for HFTs seeking to frontrun slower orderflow. That makes local real-estate extremely coveted, as detailed in a recent Bloomberg follow up to Michael Lewis' "Flash Boys".
The story is familiar to anyone who has been reading this website for the past decade, or leafed through Michael Lewis' HFT thriller: the closer traders can collocate to the CME, the more likely they are to shave off milliseconds from their trades, resulting in frontrunning of slower orderflow that can net them millions. For instance, this small brick hut is owned by New Line Networks a joint venture of HFT giants Jump Trading and Virtu Financial: the two paid $14 million for the land just to be close to the CME Group.
Not happy with the arrangement, Chicago HFT titan DRW Holdings wishes to be even "faster" than Jump and Vitru, and plans to move just a few yards closer to the exchange, having recently put an antenna on a light pole. Next to that is yet another light pole that has been rigged with antennas owned by McKay Brothers, an Oakland-based company. Meanwhile, on nearly all the roads in the area, trading companies have erected antennas or rented space on towers and poles, all of them littered with white circular dishes to try and get closer to the CME data center, all for the purpose of frontrunning slower traders, even if there are still no lasers to be seen, unlike what a visitor to the NYSE in Mahwah, NJ can observe.
As Michael Lewis first hinted in 2014, the real-estate scramble around the exchange had become a turf war between rival HFT corporations until one company decided it was going to do something about the constant jostling back-and-forth between high frequency traders. Dallas-based CyrusOne, which owns the CME center, decided last year that it would finally end the scramble for real-estate by putting up a 350 foot tall wireless tower that would allow anybody to rent space on it. It's closer than any trading firm could get to the center and targeted putting everybody "on equal footing"... in exchange for a very generous fee to CyrusOne, of course.
And although the tower has room for about 35 satellite dishes but, to this day, remains unused.
Why? Because yet another smaller company, Scientel Solutions LLC, has announced plans to build its own tower about 1000 feet east of CyrusOne's tower, which CyrusOne says would block its own "line of sight" to downstream microwave dishes, and interfere with its communication to and from the CME data center. To prevent this potentially catastrophic development, CyrusOne sued to block Scientel's tower.
And with the litigation ongoing, Scientel's development site remains 2.6 mostly vacant acres that house only a trailer, a portable toilet, and a pile of metal poles.
Amid the legal fray, elected officials in Aurora find themselves confused, trying to figure out which projects should be approved and which projects should be rejected. It appears that the elected officials didn't initially understand the weight of the decisions that they were making in approving and rejecting these towers. For instance, Alderman Bill Donnell described his technological know-how by saying: "I came from being a guy who didn't know where the cloud was to realizing speed matters. I didn't realize being a millisecond faster was all that important."
Actually being a nanosecond faster is just as important, hence the litigation: microwave networks rely on line-of-sight transmissions as microwaves need to be able to "see" the dish they are communicating with. Because of the Earth's curvature, the signal must be relayed from towers that are spaced apart generally every couple of miles. Companies like McKay say that they can process a trade from Aurora to Carteret, location of the Nasdaq data center, or Carteret to Aurora, in 4 milliseconds.
Back in March 2016, when it appeared that HFTs are starting to cannibalize one another, the CME sold its data center building for $131 million. The local government thought it had the issue squared away when it required CyrusOne to lease space to traders on its tower at "fair market rates". The intention was to "equalize wireless access to the CME."
But when mayor Richard Irving took office, Scientel caught his attention with the company's proposal. They said that they wanted to move their headquarters from another Illinois town to a patch of land near the CME data center. They claimed they would bring 50 jobs at a $100,000/year average salary if the city allowed it to erect a 195 foot tall communication tower on the site. At the time, they pitched it to the city as a way to get more value from the fiber optic ring Aurora had built over the past decade.
They didn't mention doing business with traders at all.
What they also didn't mention is that by erecting a tower blocking the CME's own microwave "line of sight", it would instantly crush the value of the tower that CyrusOne had built in hopes of collecting millions in rental fees from HFT traders. Instead, should Scientel end up building its own "mega tower" (one which makes the CME's own frontrunning contraption obsolete), it would be the recipient of all those millions in HFT squatting fees.
To this day, the case is still ongoing.
You can red Bloomberg's full long-form write up on the story here.


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Thanks to Kenneth Gentry's Facebook page I was able to grab some rare pictures of some of my favorite 20th-21th century theologians.
Some of my favorite pictures are Dr. Gentry with Dr. Greg Bahnsen, firstly because there are only 2 pictures of Bahnsen online, secondly for his theological expertise which has tremendously helped me to discern truth from error, and lastly because Gentry and Bahnsen were best friends who saw eye to eye on pretty much everything and seeing old pictures of them really brings joy to me as I see two scholars standing side by side untied on the firm foundation of the Word of God.
Other favorites include Dr. Van Til who has revolutionized Reformed epistemological and philosophical thought, Dr. Lee who was a fervent Presbyterian and a theonomist in his own right, Dr. Rushdoony whose acumen on numerous subject ranging from history to theology to education will (in my opinion) remain for a very long time as a guide for Conservative Christianity in the West.
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About fifteen minutes before The Play That Goes Wrong was scheduled to begin, there was a commotion at the front of the stage involving several members of the crew. Concerned, I got close to hear what was going on. A woman who appeared to be the stage manager saw me and approached, a worried look on her face. "Have you seen Winston?" she asked me. "Winston?" I replied. "Yes, our dog. He's missing and we need to find him," she said, beginning a search through the aisles as the audience wandered in. Aha! The show had already started. In order for The Play That Goes Wrong to be successful, a whole lot of very intricate details and prearranged problems have to go completely right. Fortunately, they do, resulting in one of the funniest plays to hit Broadway in many a season. The Olivier Award–winning British import channels Noises Off, Fawlty Towers, Buster Keaton, and One Man, Two Guvnahs in an uproarious madcap farce that leaves no stone unturned in its wildly inventive quest to celebrate the unpredictability of live theater with superbly choreographed ineptitude. Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of the Mischief Theatre Company and gleefully directed by Mark Bell, their former teacher at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, The Play That Goes Wrong portrays the opening night of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society's ill-begotten production of the fictional Susan H. K. Bridewell's The Murder at Haversham Manor, a traditional British mystery set in the winter of 1922. In the play within a play, Charles Haversham (Greg Tannahill as Jonathan Harris) has been murdered, and the wily Inspector Carter (Shields as director Chris Bean) has arrived on the scene to interview the suspects, who include Charles's brother, Cecil (Dave Hearn as Max Bennett); Charles's fiancée and Cecil's lover, Florence Colleymoore (Charlie Russell as Sandra Wilkinson); Florence's brother, Thomas (Lewis as Robert Grove); Charles's gardener, Arthur (Bennett); and Charles's butler, Perkins (Sayer as Dennis Tyde). As the play, well, goes very wrong, the crew gets involved too, including sound engineer Trevor (Rob Falconer) and stage manager Annie (usually played by Nancy Zamit, but we saw the excellent Bryony Corrigan in her debut in the role).
One of the keys to the success of The Play That Goes Wrong, which boasts J. J. Abrams as one of its producers — he saw the show in London on a lark and became immediately enamored of it — is that the script is extremely tight and specific; the stage notes explain that "the actors of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are not bad actors but the victims of unfortunate circumstances. . . . In essence, it is vital everyone works to present 'the play that goes wrong,' not 'the play that's being done badly.' As the intrigue builds, so do the company's never-ending troubles, as doors won't open or close, cues are missed, props are mixed up or break, words are mispronounced, pieces of Nigel Hook's set fall apart, and characters keep getting knocked out. The humor even extends to the Playbill itself, with fake ads and bios. In addition, there is occasional audience participation — it just so happens that Bennett appreciates midscene applause, and keep a look-out for that ledger. Part of the joyous fun is trying to anticipate what might get screwed up next — as well as wondering if there are any real mistakes, made by the cast, sound designer Andy Johnson, or lighting designer Ric Mountjoy. But the immensely talented troupe, clearly game for anything, are expert improvisers and marvelously adept at physical comedy, so you might never know, but the raised platform that serves as Charles's study is particularly precarious, apparently destined to cause some major damage. (Members of the cast have indeed suffered injuries over the years performing The Play That Goes Wrong as well as its sequel, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, and The Comedy about a Bank Robbery, also by Mischief.) And as far as injuries go, you might laugh so hard you'll hurt yourself, which is not necessarily such a bad thing.
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Removing signals 'would make roads safer'
The key to improving safety at road junctions could be to strip them of traffic lights and other road control measures and reduce speed limits to 20mph.
The system is based on no-one having right of way, forcing motorists, pedestrians and other road users to make eye contact and decide among themselves when it is safe to proceed.
The principle flies in the face of 50 years of traffic safety engineering, which has seen the installation of increasingly more sophisticated road safety features, from pedestrian crossings to traffic lights and speed cameras.
Urban design consultant Ben Hamilton-Bailey suggested a plan to abandon the rules.
Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme, he said: "The more you add regulation control systems in towns, strangely, the less safe it becomes because then drivers don't engage with their surroundings and don't think.
"It's premised on the notion that it's more sensible to treat drivers as if they were intelligent, rather than to treat them as if they were idiots."
The Dutch model is combined with a 20mph speed limit at junctions.
In many Dutch cities all traffic lights are switched off at night, forcing drivers to behave as at a normal junction.
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Mr Hamilton-Bailey said: "Slower speeds and more intelligent driving appear to provide better capacity on our roads."
"At speeds below 20mph, two things happen.
"Firstly, it's much easier for pedestrians, cyclists and cars to mix together and secondly, we tend not to get killed in collisions at less than that speed.
"But more importantly, we make eye contact and humans are remarkably good at sending messages through eye contact, but we can't do that at speeds of more than 20mph."
But the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (Rospa) is cautious about the idea.
Rospa spokesman Roger Vincent said: "The 20mph restrictions are self-policing and to take people on trust to do that is taking a risk which may lead to an increase in the number of accidents.
Rospa would like to see more emphasis on developing motorists' awareness and judgement skills while they are learning to drive.
Mr Vincent said: "We see drivers ignoring road signs all the time."
Mr Hamilton-Bailey will present his revolutionary proposals to the Institute of Civil Engineers on Monday.
Ten people are killed every day in road accidents in the UK.
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Thomas C. Froehle, Jr., chief operating partner of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, was inducted as a Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation during the group's annual dinner and meeting on July 20, 2012, in French Lick, Ind.
Membership in the Fellows is by recommendation and approval of the foundation in honor of outstanding legal ability, commitment to the community and advancement of the legal profession. Many recognized leaders of the Indiana Bar are Fellows, including several trial and appellate court judges, as well as Indiana Supreme Court Justices.
Froehle, a partner in Faegre Baker Daniels' Indianapolis office, practices public finance law and has served as bond counsel for a variety of government entities, as well as underwriter's counsel for national and regional investment banking firms. He also assists corporate clients with economic development incentive, public/private partnership and riverboat gaming transactions. As the firm's chief operating partner and a member of the management board and executive committee, Froehle provides strategic operational direction for the firm. He also serves on the board of the Indiana Sports Corporation, Indiana Repertory Theatre and Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School and volunteers at Indianapolis Public School 39.
Joseph H. Hogsett, United States attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, gave remarks at the Fellows induction ceremony.
The Indiana Bar Foundation is a charitable foundation dedicated to strengthening access to justice and appreciation for the rule of law in Indiana by providing law-related educational opportunities for all ages, assisting people who have difficult accessing the justice system, and improving Indiana's judicial system and the legal profession. For more information, visit www.inbf.org.


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The mission of the Educational Leadership Research Collaborative is to support doctoral students, doctoral faculty, and school/community college colleagues with research and related scholarly initiatives. The focus of the activities of the Collaborative is on research that is centered on problems of educational practice with primary emphasis on inquiry which addresses our program vision: "effecting profound change in teaching and learning that leads to improved student achievement." The research of the Collaborative is undertaken by a network of individuals committed to educational change based on evidence of improved student learning.
Increase the research opportunities of doctoral faculty, students and school/community college colleagues
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- Support research regarding problems of educational practice and policy
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Carnival Splendor Adrift after Engine Room Fire
Posted by thetraveldoctor on November 9, 2010
Early in the morning of Monday November 8, the Carnival Splendor experienced an engine room fire. The ship had left the port of Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon headed for a 7 night Mexico cruise.
The fire was contained to the engine room and extinguished and no passenger or crew members were hurt. But the Splendor lost all power and was adrift in the Pacific about 200 miles south of San Diego off the northern Baja California coast. Currently the ship is running on auxiliary power which allowed the toilets and cold running water to be restored but there is no air conditioning or hot water on the ship.
Two Mexican seagoing tugboats contracted out of the port of Ensenada are expected to reach the cruise ship some time on Tuesday November 9th. The tugs, which will be escorted by a Coast Guard Cutter will tow the ship to the Port of Ensenada Mexico. The tugs have to move slowly because the Splendor is so large.
Passengers will be taken by bus back to the Port of Los Angeles. Carnival will be offering the passengers a full refund and a voucher for a free future cruise according to a Carnival spokes person.
UPDATE! The Splendor is being towed to the Port Of San Diego in California instead of the Port of Ensenada in Mexico. The ship is expected to arrive in San Diego late afternoon on Thursday, November 11. This will make it easier for the passengers to leave the ship due to custom regulations.
The Carnival Splendor is now docked in San Diego California. The ship was pulled and pushed into the Port of San Diego by six tugboats and escorted by US Coast Guard Cutters. The Splendor reached the dock at approximately 8:30AM PST on Thursday November 11. The first passenger were able to leave the ship at 9:30AM.
The Splendor cruise director, John Heald, posted in his Carnival Blog "While still a day from port, I don't smell of roses at the best of times but as the laundry is not working and I only have two pairs of underpants left, I smell like Paris on a hot summer's day. That's Paris the city not Paris the person." Well said John!
And then there is always someone that knows how to make a quick buck. Lissa Letts of Overland, Kansas drove to San Diego to meet the ship to sell passengers T-Shirt that said "I Survived The 2010 Carnival Cruise Spamcation." Passengers paid $20 for each shirt, and they went like " A Ship on Fire!"


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On a beautiful sunny afternoon Ryder were crowned champions of the Years 10 and 11 netball house matches. With all three teams winning one and losing one game it came down to goal difference, with Ryder just edging ahead. Fry and Austen were awarded joint second with a +1 goal difference.
Player of the tournament was awarded to Amy for a fantastic performance at GA. Amy has made significant progress since the start of the term and can be very proud of her shooting efforts for Fry. At the end of this term's netball and football house matches the house points are as follow
1st AUSTEN 360 points
Joint 2nd FRY & RYDER 330 points
As we look forward to the summer term there is everything still to play for!
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Okay, so I know that a lot of people despise these films because of the obsession some girls (and boys) have developed. I enjoy both the films and the books, but I'm not obsessed and I don't think that Edward Cullen is at all real.
Anyway, the film New Moon does the book a lot of justice. Unlike the first one, Twilight, this film keeps to the book rather well, despite skimming over some sections, but it is difficult to squash a whole book into one little film. There were a couple of things that were added in, but I didn't think that this mattered as it seemed to work for the film and wouldn't have worked if they had used the ideas in the book.
One thing that I would say about it, though, is the scene where Edward breaks up with Bella I felt should have brought a tear to my eye, but it didn't. In the book it was beautifully written, but for me the scene in the movie just wasn't intense enough. I know that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are both fabulous actors and very suited to the parts, but I just didn't feel much chemistry in this scene.
I have grown a dislike for the character Bella when reading and watching New Moon because she uses Jacob for her own benefit and to make her feel better, but he gets nothing but a broken heart in return. This, I think is ingenious as it shows that nobody is perfect and you can have a heroine that people don't particularly like.
Definitely a good film, but if you don't like the saga because of screaming girls, don't go see it. Enjoy 🙂


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My Wife Is a Beautiful CEO - Chapter 709
I Beg You
Back then when Wang Ma narrated the story, there were a few key parts to the story that even she was unsure about—things like how the Old CEO had discovered Xue Zijing.
Those were dark times for members of any major clans. And so, it was kept a secret deep underground by both the Ning and Luo clans.
Yang Chen took a deep breath as he smiled bitterly. Slowly but surely, decades upon decades of events started to reveal themselves, leaving him in a constant dumbfounded state.
Xue Minghe was filled with fury and hatred as he clenched his teeth. "I guess you finally found out that Yu Lei International belongs to us! It belongs to the Xue clan! It was that betraying woman that cost us our clan, Yu Lei, and everything else! Your clan chose not to step up when we needed you the most. Not to mention that the Lin clan was adding fuel to the fire with that daylight robbery. I will bring this strife to my grave! Lin Ruoxi is a bitch like her mother. Even hell would be too merciful for them!"
Yang Chen raised his eyebrows, as he stoically replied, "There is still one thing, however, that confuses me. You're aware that it was the Ning and Luo clans that forced your clan to a dead-end along with all the misery that came along with it, and yet you're here loyal to this woman to plot against your own cousin."
Xue Minghe was instantly left speechless as he turned away from Yang Chen, only replying with a snort.
Luo Cuishan meanwhile chuckled and replied, "Well I can safely say that I was not involved in the desperate plottings and schemes but it was instead the elders within our clans. Blame me if you wish. Besides, if it wasn't for me, this idiot would have already been dead in a prison cell over at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a long time ago."
Yang Chen quickly took a glance at Xue Minghe, which at the mention reminded him of the documents he had read through. It did mention about Xue Minghe's felony past, but it was shrouded with plot holes. Ever since his release, Xue Minghe's life took a complete U-turn, from his name change to Li Minghe and his transfer into Muyun Group in Hong Kong.
Xue Minghe upon hearing the mention of the prison instantly went pale as he was sweltering in cold sweat, seemingly recalling dark times in distant memory.
Luo Cuishan saw that Yang Chen appeared slightly disjointed as she boastfully taunted, "Well it looks like I did a pretty great job keeping these events secret all these years. Speaking of which, aren't you curious about what happened that year?"
Before Yang Chen could speak, Luo Cuishan put her finger by her lips as she taunted, "Shh… let me explain."
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Upon their expulsion from the country, due to insufficient funds within the Xue clan, in addition to the series of unfortunate events, the clan was led to its inevitable fragmentation.
Distant relatives parted ways to chart their own path. Ultimately, only a few loyal members stayed by the clan leader's side.
In a foreign land with extremely limited funds, they decided to settle down on the suburbs of Philadelphia's Chinatown. With the little savings they had, they started small businesses, modest eateries, and in hard labor.
A clan once amassing wealth and assets aplenty, had to settle for scraps to survive amongst the trenches of society!
Xue Minghe was still young and immature when they went from riches to rags, which caused him to build and fester on the hatred that he had carried on all these years.
A few years went by before they finally found their place in society, but it was nowhere near where they once were.
Many within the Xue clan soon lost contact with one another, and their settlement in America solidified their presence in one's mind only as a forgotten past.
Xue Minghe was brought up in that environment as his urge for revenge grew.
During his high school years, he was surrounded by people who were mostly uninterested in studies, spending most of their time loitering, drug dealing, and involving in robbery and prostitution.
However, Xue Minghe knew that for him to make his way back to the upper class, education was an important stepping stone to take back everything that was rightfully his.
However, during his time in high school, he was accused as a drug dealer by a lot of his schoolmates at once!
That had ruined Xue Minghe's entire life! He was subsequently arrested, and due to the modest financial condition of his family, they could only watch as he was innocently sent to a juvenile rehabilitation center.
Those months in prison were constant torture to Xue Minghe's mind, body, and soul!
His earnest and nerdy appearance did not help him against the violent criminals who resided with him.
In a prison without a female presence, a young and fresh adolescent was easily the target of choice as their preferred pastime.
Xue Minghe's life was flipped upside down as he lived in what could be referred to as 'hell on earth'.
And after months of physical and mental abuse, someone was willing to pay his ransom in full. That person was none other than Luo Cuishan!
Luo Cuishan was thorough and always a few steps ahead. All these years she followed the Xue clan closely, in part to make sure they could never bounce back, while at the same time carefully monitoring as they stumbled in the trenches of society.
When she was assured that the Xue clan's chapter in her life was put to an end, she discovered that her husband Ning Guangyao had been assisting Lin Ruoxi in all her drawbacks right under her nose!
That unexpected discovery added to her unfathomable hatred towards Xue Zijing's daughter!
It was then that Luo Cuishan recalled Xue Minghe was in a cell, which prompted her to wonder, what if she decided to pick a youth from the dirt and offer him a chance to fulfill his vengeance. How far would he go for revenge?
As he was also blood-related to Lin Ruoxi as cousins, if they were to be in deep confrontation, Lin Ruoxi would suffer mentally regardless if she won or lost!
As a result, Xue Minghe was subsequently freed, and under the assistance and funding of Luo Cuishan, cleared his accusations, enrolled in an elite school and was officially lifted back into the fringes of nobility. He adopted a new last name as he made his return to China by his recruitment into Muyun Group in Hong Kong.
What Luo Cuishan initially had in mind was for Xue Minghe to progress through the ranks within Muyun Group before competing with Lin Ruoxi as business competitors. Never would she have thought that a golden opportunity would fall right into her hands—Muyun Group had put in a request to send an employee to Yu Lei International!
With her role as the clanswoman of the Ning clan and a member the Luo clan, she played her cards under the table to allow for Xue Minghe's transfer to Yu Lei. Li Muhua, Muyun Group's chairman, was not too concerned about that. After all, it was not a transfer of significant importance.
As Luo Cuishan blissfully narrated Xue Minghe's backstory, Yang Chen was focused, keeping his silence.
Luo Cuishan might have hidden most of her true intentions from the narration, but Yang Chen figured out that she was on a certain degree acting in retaliation to her husband's actions, the target, however, unfortunately, was Xue Zijing and her clan.
Xue Minghe was still engulfed by the harrowing flashbacks induced by Luo Cuishan's narration, notably his time served in prison, as he was visibly pale and petrified.
For a decent man, that was undoubtedly a suicidal experience that would traumatize one for a lifetime. If not for the burning hatred fueling his fire, Xue Minghe would not have lasted until this day.
He knew clear and well that Luo Cuishan was using him as a tool for her master plan. He was also aware that her family spearheaded the downfall of his family. But now that he was gifted with a quick exit from that living hell, he could only obey as she wished, and to first retrieve Yu Lei International.
The schemes ultimately went sideways when Lin Ruoxi used him as a jump board from the events that he initiated.
"What a pity, I was expecting a family feud with the result of them ending each other off." Luo Cuishan sighed as she stood up. "Alright, I told you everything I need to say. It was my fault to have even the slightest expectations for this dimwit. Now that the cat is out of the bag, I'm going to take my leave. As for that idiot, you can do whatever you want with him. He has served his only purpose in life."
Luo Cuishan ended with a smirk and headed towards the door.
Yang Chen that was quiet all this while, stretched out his leg and tapped ever so slightly on the plywood right in front of Luo Cuishan.
Crick! Crack!
A chain of loud shattering sounds were heard as the pinewood tiles appeared to be blown from within, a crack of a meter wide emerged out of thin air!
Luo Cuishan abruptly halted her footsteps as her expressions changed ever so slightly. "What? You aren't actually thinking of killing me, are you? Need I remind you, I am the clanswoman of the Ning clan and the first lady of the coutry? Our clan alone is leagues ahead of the Zeng clan that you decimated. If you so much as touch me, I will make sure the entire China would be on for your head!"
Yang Chen stoically emphasized, "What I am contemplating right now is not if whether you'll die, but how you die. As for the consequences, well I do believe you will have a hard time communicating it from six feet under."
Luo Cuishan felt a crippling chill as she was aware then, that Yang Chen was in no way joking!
And right that moment, she instantly drew out her handgun and aimed right at Yang Chen's brains. Despite being just inches away from him, her hands were trembling in terror!
"Do you think I'm afraid of you? Do you really think I have not thought this through? I warn you, you'd best be double checking with that little bitch Lin Ruoxi." Luo Cuishan gave a sinister laugh.
Yang Chen felt an unsettling premonition. "What did you do to her?"
Before he could finish, his phone started vibrating.
Yang Chen ignored the gun pointed at his face as he checked his phone, only to see that it was indeed Lin Ruoxi!
Luo Cuishan's smirk grew broader as she knew she had the upper hand.
"Is everything alright?" Yang Chen picked up the call.
On the opposite side of the line was Lin Ruoxi in a faint and stuttering tone, with hints indicating that she had been crying. "Yang Chen… please… don't hurt her."
Yang Chen was confused as he lowered his voice. "I've got no idea what you're talking about, I know exactly how to handle this."
"No!" Lin Ruoxi was at the verge of breaking down as she pleaded, "I know who you're facing right now, she's sent me all of it. All of the documents… just… I beg you, please don't hurt her…"
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I can remember the last time I called anything or anyone retarded. It was in 2006, during my first year at Queen's. I never thought anything of it but my floormate (who would later become my housemate and now bridesmaid) let me know in no uncertain terms that it wasn't OK. I originally brushed it off, but her repeated (light) smacks across my arm whenever I used it served as a deterrence.
As someone who frequently volunteered with the developmentally, intellectually and physically disabled, I thought I had a pass, so to speak. I respected those people and I wasn't using the term in a way that was meant to be derogatory towards them. I now know how wrong that was and continues to be.
Even when your use of the word is not meant to be an affront to those with intellectual disabilities, it can bring back painful memories for those affected. From playground taunts to adult discrimination, the use of the R word can make the intellectually disabled – and their families, friends and allies – feel unwelcome. Swap out this word for something that accurately describes what you're feeling instead of leaning on a word that will only make others feel bad.
Take the pledge along with thousands of other Canadians today for the launch of the YELLOWCARD campaign in support of motionball and the Special Olympics. Because there's #nogoodway to say the R-word.


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Really? I have a blog? I SEEMED TO HAVE COMPLETELY FORGOT! Or was it the absence of morning runs thanks to 4 a.m. flight line, lack of baby-free me time, southern temperatures, first trimester icky-ness, or lists of excuses that have simply kept me away?
Either/or I am totally back and ready to not only start running again, blogging again, and most importantly motivating others to get active AGAIN.
Let me start by saying it is a Friday night at 10:15 and I would not, could not, choose to be doing anything else at this moment other than sitting by myself in a quiet home reading/writing and of course preparing for a beautiful Saturday morning run.
A quick re-cap. I am currently 9 weeks pregnant with baby #2. We are absolutely thrilled and slightly shocked that it is all going as planned. Having our only 2 children 18 months apart and both during the deployment free flight school is like a godsend! What was NOT so heavenly were the dizzy spells, nausea, exhaustion, and lack of human functioning that took over my body for the past 3 weeks. I managed to squeeze in probably a handful of jogging stroller strides ( meaning jog-walk jog-walk until my body said STOP PLEASE GO HOME!) along with a couple 30 minute cycling workouts and 400m pool swims. FINALLY this week I broke ground and was able to skip my naps and even complete a 3 mile run at a 9min pace… not terrible. But being unable to actually run, foot to pavement, really took a number on me mentally. It makes me wonder if every inactive Mom feels this "blaahhh"? And if so, do they all realize how easy it is to just go for a walk ? Small changes in activity level can make HUGE changes in your mental state I PROMISE, try it I dare you to prove me wrong!
In the midst of my non-running mental breakdown, I ordered the book that began one of my favorite blogs anothermotherrunner.com
Run like a mother by Dimity Mcdowell and Sarah Bowen Shea is basically the bible. I wanted to actually read the book because I need to remember how to be a Mom/ pregnant and run ALL at the same time. I have friends that are runners. I have friends that are Moms. I don't think I have a single friend that is a Mother Runner which is why this book is my golden ticket . This needs to change by the way, either my running friends need to have babies or my Mom friends need to start running PRONTO!
A few pages in and I found myself with belly butterflies and tears in my eyes, ridiculous I know 100%. But when you realize that there is a whole world or "tribe" as Dimity and Sarah call it, out there of women that are JUST LIKE YOU it is almost as exciting as finishing 13.1 ! I can't say that I am very far into the book yet but I will be. You can hold me to it that I will discuss topics and ideas from it in the near future as well.
Running throughout pregnancy is a challenge, but a challenge with HUGE payoff in the end. When people ask advice about pregnancy the only thing I can ever say is to stay active. You don't have to log miles and miles each week, just go out and walk. Not only will you feel better physically and mentally, birth and recovery can be a complete breeze.
If you are a Mom , Runner, or Both and looking for some good fit lit to read pick up ….


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If you're a beginner out to play online casinos games, you will probably be confused with the different variants around. So, how do you choose the game where you can win?
How to Win Pokies Australia?
If you're looking to play poker, you need to look at minimizing the risks and improving the chances of a favorable outcome. It all depends on quick and smart decisions on your end, and the ability to play by the ground rules. To make life little easier for beginners, here are few tips for video poker games.
1. Know The Probabilities
It is important to understand the risks involved while playing video poker. For instance, the odds of hitting royal flush are about 1/40000. With 600 hands an hour and 8 hours per day, you can expect to get a royal flush. This does gives you picture how huge the risk is. Similarly, a full house has 8.5 percent, straight has 17 percent, and flush has 19.1 percent.
2. Training Is All That's Needed
Make sure that you keep practicing to get better at judging the odds and winning with strategies. There are several software which gives you a practice of proper video pokers. Test your skills and keep improving on them.
3. Understand the risks
Cash out your earnings as soon as you can. Risk investment is not an unusual phenomenon in this world. Investing in shares is one of many such examples where people from all parts of the globe risk their hard earned money in shares expecting better returns. But, there is a sense of fear in this activity as there is a scope for people incurring huge losses.
4. Take part in tournaments
There is a wide variety of Poker Tournaments available online and each tournament has got its own set of rules. This enables the player to choose the kind of games he wants or is comfortable with and can get back heavily rewarded. This kind of assortment of games has made online Poker Tournaments popular overnight. The new generation game software offers a wide range of Cash Games online which generally cater to the long term players who are ready to invest huge money.
Kings Poker is such a game which has the flexibility of inviting players with high stakes and also players with very low stakes. Nevertheless, players from both these categories generally go back more than satisfied for being generously rewarded at the end of the game. These cash games also provide unlimited enjoyment with minimal investments and maximum rewards.
No matter how many tips you use, unless you do not play the game, you won't gain experience. Get as much as real game experience to get better. Video poker is quite easy to play and with experience, you'll get better. You might want to practice online at first without playing in a real game that involves money – this will give you sufficient hindsight as to how things work and prepare you for the big stage.
When I was going to Sydney for some office work and my flight was around 4 to five hour late due to heavy snowfall. So we all were waiting in the airport, so for time pass I started playing some board games on my android phone, but I was watching a man which was sitting near my chair and playing some money games or online casino and was very happy while playing it. So I could not resist myself and I asked him what is he playing? So we all went to the café area and had some coffee there while having it he told me about betting slots which will give the money as well.
He was playing Avalon pokies which were recently launched by the microgaming company and he played most of the machine so he was very good in this. He asked me to should I try it one, I will be enjoy it and he gave me the link where I could play and find reviews, tips and tricks which will help me to win cash.
I searched and watched some forums where I found good gaming website preferred by the many players. I really enjoyed it but in the starting playing it, basically it was an extreme popular twenty payline and 5 reels poker machine which is based on the historical theme. you can bet 1 to 10 coins per spin and the max range is 50 dollar and min is one dollar, and the max jackpot range of this slot are 15000$ and the min is 3000 coins.
The symbols and the features of this event was pretty good and it will give every new gamer 12 free spins with these free spins you can practice before playing with real money so this was my first experience with this and hope you will also like it when you will play it, and I must say this is the best pokie machine I played till now.


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The Architectural Section undertakes the review and approval of the architectural aspects of all submissions to the Permit Section, with the aim of ensuring that the building design meets with the minimum requirements stipulated in the "Building Regulations and Design Guideline" code. The Section also ensures through its review that any proposed design is in line with the accepted "Master Plan" and the "Design Control Regulations" as set by the relevant Business Unit.
The expertise of the Architectural Section's staff span the full spectrum needed in their work. With a mandate of responsiveness and customer focus, they enjoy professional relations with clients. Professional Development is a key activity through which the staff upgrades their technical, communication and people's skills.
The AS handles the review and approval of Preliminary Design Submittal and the architectural aspects of Building Permit Submittal. It also handles the architectural aspects of Revision Submittal, comprising architectural changes. The Section also works in conjunction with various Business Units to help them in developing their Master Plans and Development Control Regulations.
Members of the staff take almost full responsibility for the delivery of Accreditation Sessions for both the Blue Code (Building Regulations and Design Requirements) and the Turquoise Code (Design Provision for People with Disability) which adds a vital communication channel with the engineering community and helps in improving submittal quality and their level of regulatory compliance.
The Section was a major contributor to the Blue Code (Building Regulations and Design Requirements) and was the contributor to the Turquoise Code (Design Provision for People with Disability). The Section also developed and continually refines a set of checklists and forms that help streamline processes within the Section and for its clients.
The Section celebrated the Accreditation of the 50th Batch in the Blue Code on June 10th, 2008 and the launch of the Turquoise Code on June 15th, 2008.
Section's staff members facilitating the Blue Code Accreditation were acknowledged on June 10th 2008, when celebrating the conclusion of the 50th Batch of Blue Code. The Manager of the Section was honored on June 15th 2008 for taking the time and effort to develop the Turquoise Code.
The Section's staff is always prepared to answer enquiries, be it by telephone, e-mail or by drop-in visitors. Enquiries can also be sent to the following general e-mail address:
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There's a man that makes me happy and sad.
Happy to have him near me, loving me and taking care of me. Sad, like the saddest love song that relentlessly playing through my head, useless even if I would try to stop the music from spinning about my consciousness. We would part all the time, and all those times that I could see him go away, he's taking a part of me with him. and I need to see him back so I could be whole again.
Whenever I see John, my blood curls to the top of my head and my hands would feel stiff and numb. And I soften up when he starts to smile at me. I feel made of wax, I could melt any minute.
"Hey love" he would say, and he keeps me in trance like Edward Cullen dazzles Bella Swan. My heart pounds out of my chest, bursting with intense thrill at the sight of him. I want to grab him and kiss him, kiss him more like time does not exist and the world owns nobody else but him and I. Thousands and millions of throbbing electricity rapidly flux unto my head to the tips of my toes.
I feel weightless and sore. And the hurt is piercing me. Needles raining on the surface of my skin, each prick sleeps and dies when his hand begins to travel about my arms and he gently hugs me. I could stay that way forever.
I could see him caressing me and kissing me in my dreams. Until my eyes pry open and this god like rockstar is still in front of me. He's not a dream. He's real and I could feel him. I could feel his face, his lips against my fingertips. His hands, that's too cool and hot when I hold them back. He's real. I could feel his body and the heat that ignites. he's real, way too real. Even better than a sweet dream. His lips sweeter even than a love song.
He is my love song and he is a lot of words. Words that's easy to comprehend, nonetheless, the hardest melody to sing and to memorize. But it wouldn't be good to memorize as I want to keep him to me unread, unopened and unsung. And I will forever sing him the way I know how.
I am writing, and all I have in my head is his face, the sound of his voice, the bolts of his scream. And thinking about him makes me shiver. Makes me weak. Makes me dead. The sound of his voice brings me to life. Brings me home. Takes me to the wind, cradles me to the wide vermilion skies by the grace of the clouds. and when I fall back to earth, I would know for sure, he will catch me and hug me and kiss me and love me again.
Dear John…


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So your going to visit the local Temple and impress the natives, first off the word "Temple" in Thai is of course "Wat", so now your going to need to learn to wai and find your lowly position in life, and it is low, barely scraping past Soi dog, it hasn't yet been decided if farangs are above pedigree dogs, but we could well be, perhaps not the dogs with black fur though as they are highly sort after and supposedly the best dog meat money can buy, where as we are just kee nok.
With the high temperatures in Thailand and the heat in the local markets the flowers are kept on ice to keep them fresh, wouldn't take long for them to start wilting in this heat and you can't just give Buddha any old tatty flowers.
These small bunches of flowers cost between 10 baht and 20 baht each, when you consider the labour, the transport costs etc they are quite a bargain. Probably worth buying one for your car also, you will find sellers at many of Thailands main roads at intersections with traffic lights, these will protect you from accidents, supposedly, just hang it on the rear view mirror and hope it doesn't obscure your vision too much
Pink roses for King Rama V, supposedly his favourite flower, although he generally would be offered pink roses by themselves rather than a mixed garland, I doubt he minds too much though.
Carnations add some nice colour to these garlands, the jasmine of course adds the lovely smell, but beware, these flowers are for Buddha, it is said if you sniff Buddhas flowers something bad will happen to your nose in the next life, so show his flowers the respect they deserve big nose, or would it be little snubbed nose Isaan-ite?
So it's time to offer Buddha your flowers, it is probably a good idea for you to practise this in front of a mirror before embarking on the Wai Buddha and present garland quest, really isn't anything more ridiculous looking than some gawky farang trying to look gracious whilst scrunched up on the floor, his legs bent into un-natural positions, worrying where his feet are pointing, trying to keep balance whilst bowing down with the flowers clasped between his hands and wondering how stupid he really does look in front of the locals who have been doing this all their lives, so get the mirror out and practise first, because we will laugh at you if we see you and your doing it all wrong.
First off, your feet, you don't want these pointing at Buddha nor anybody else, yep, an almost impossible task, so ignore everything behind you and just make sure about Buddha, he has the bolts of lightening, on your knees and crawl towards the Buddha image you will be hanging your garland from, clasp the garland between your 2 hands with them in a praying position, now the fun bit, bow down 3 times, yep show Buddha those wai's you have been practising, just make sure you don't look like a right twat doing it, 3 wai's then gracefully hang the garland on Buddha, now slowly edge away from him, at this stage you can do another wai, up to you as they say, odds are your sweating like a pig, your knees hurt and you just want to get out of there, anyway, congratulations on your Wai Phra (Making a Buddhist Offering) and we hope your prays are answered.
Forgot the most important bit, when wai ing him you can ask for favours, better sex life, more money, win the lottery, anything like that, he seems pretty open minded and avarice isn't a bad thing to his mind.
Next weeks lesson on Thailand and Buddhism will concentrate on the Thai lotus, the water plant, not the car or supermarket.
Wai Phra or Making a Buddhist Offering
The Thai Lotus
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Bourbon Street New Orleans
New Orleans has a long history of being the place with the best nightlife in the U.S. This comes from its long history as a port city where the pirates would come to hang out after a long voyage and continues to this day. The abundance of 24 hour live entertainment at clubs and bars adds to the excitement. There is also the famous open container laws, which allow you to carry alcohol on the street, lending the streets of New Orleans a party town atmosphere. There is no better place to enjoy this action than on the infamous Bourbon Street New Orleans.
Bourbon Street New Orleans is named after the House of Bourbon, the ruling family at the time New Orleans was founded. Today it's the place to see and be seen with plenty of tourist attractions, clubs, bar and restaurants. Bourbon Street New Orleans runs the length of the French Quarter, but the upper portion of the street is the most popular section and often packed with people sipping on Hurricane cocktails and celebrating the open container laws in New Orleans. In the center of Bourbon Street you can find some popular bars like Pat O"Briens, Razoo, the Cat's Meow and The Famous Door. When you get to Canal Street on the upper end of Bourbon Street, there are plenty of strip clubs and a section of gay bars including one of the oldest gay bars in the country, Café-Lafitte-In-Exile.
There are plenty of restaurants to be found on Bourbon Street as well. For traditional Louisiana Creole and Cajun food try Tricou House Restaurant, casual dining with live music. For a famous New Orleans po-boy sandwich (like the barbeque shrimp, yum!), try the fancy upscale Red Fish Grill or the more causal dining of Bourbon House. Or the Clover Grill is a good bet for typical American food with a Louisiana flair. This Bourbon Street grill offers delicious burgers, and waffles for breakfast!
Bourbon Street hotels are a great place to stay if you want to be in the middle of the action. The Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street is a great way to soak up the history and languish over the wrought iron balconies while watching the action below. Famous for its gorgeous courtyard and pool area, as with most Bourbon Street hotels, if you want to get any sleep get an inside room to avoid the noise. There is also the more affordable lodging at the Ramada Plaza Inn on Bourbon Street. This hotel is in the middle of the action, and can be noisy, especially on weekends. Some Bourbon Street Hotels stretch on one side of Bourbon Street and the other a quieter street like the Wyndham Hotel, which seems to be big on location and boasts the flair of old Louisiana. If you are looking for a party, try the Bourbon Street hotels. If you want quiet, try another French Quarter location so you can rest in peace after a nightlong session of drinking and dancing.Bourbon Street is largely quiet during the day, coming alive after the sun goes down. If you want a quiet stay in New Orleans, be careful which hotel you use, as Bourbon Street can be pretty noisy at night, especially during festivals. Bourbon Street is also the main location to experience one of the many events and festivals New Orleans offers. Since Bourbon Street is the epicenter of the famous Mardi Gras, the Mardi Gras Bourbon Street parade snakes down the street with interesting entertainers in lavish costumes. Another Bourbon Street parade is the Irish-Italian parade and the Southern Decadence parade which is a gay festival. The Food and Wine Festival also hosts a small Bourbon Street parade, but what you are most likely to see is a parade of people milling about and drinking to the wee hours of the morning.
A note to the more conservative traveler, there are often displays of public nudity and debauchery during the Mardi Gras and Southern Decadence parades. The New Orleans police has been cracking down on it lately, due to complaints. To be safe, leave the kids at home if you want to experience the nightlife action on Bourbon Street.
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How to Create a Realistic Space Nebula In After Effects Tutorial
Creating a Realistic Space Nebula in After Effects gives a very nice and clean result. In this tutorial we will be using several different plugins including third party plugins to render this result. First we start out with trapcode form to create our starfield. Then we ad Red Giants starglow to the starfield. This ads tha nice staring outward that we see in NASA Photographs. Next we use fractal noise and invert to make our nubulas. We duplicate these and place them onto our composition in z space. We use hue an saturation to colorize them but you can use curves or any other method to do this. After this we Use Video Copilots optical flares to add a nice tough of sun and light to our scene by applying it to a track lighting system with a purple haze.
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On Fri Apr 6 14:03:22 PDT 2012, Philip J?genstedt <philipj at opera.com> wrote: > So, <http://people.opera.com/philipj/2012/04/06/big5-foolip.txt> is the > mapping I suggest, with 18594 defined mappings and 1188 U+FFFD. (Second byte 0xA1 appears as 0x7F in the mapping file.) Your table is very similar to my idea of an ideal Big5-HKSCS decoder, which follows Unihan, official Big5-HKSCS mappings and real implementations closely. My version is documented in detail at <http://coq.no/character-tables/chinese-traditional/en> and summarised at <http://coq.no/character-tables/charset5/en>. Only 2 mappings differ, viz, C6CD (U+2F33 v. U+5E7A) and F9FE (U+FFED v. U+2593), which is quite reassuring given that we have worked independently and used somewhat different approaches. The two divergent mappings and related issues are discussed below. *** > [in summary:] > C6CF => U+5EF4 ? [v.] U+2F35 ? > C6D3 => U+65E0 ? [v.] U+2F46 ? > C6D5 => U+7676 ? [v.] U+2F68 ? > C6D7 => U+96B6 ? [v.] U+2FAA ? > C6DE => U+3003 ?[v.] U+F6EE [PUA] > C6DF => U+4EDD ? [v.] U+F6EF [PUA] To this list can be added: C6CD => U+5E7A v. U+2F33 These seven characters are all part of the E-Ten 1 extension [1] to Big5, which is included in all implementations of Big5 (with or without HK extensions) that I have come across in browsers . The official Big5-HKSCS table includes the E-Ten 1 extension as well, but the seven characters listed above appear elsewhere in the HKSCS extensions and are handled specially to avoid encoding the same character more than once. [1] <http://coq.no/character-tables/eten1.pdf> <http://coq.no/character-tables/eten1.js> Five are Kangxi radicals and encoded twice in Unicode (once as radicals, once as normal Han characters). The official Big5-HKSCS table maps C6CD to the Unicode Kangxi radical U+2F33 and does not list the remaining four codepoints at all. U+2F33 is the only Unicode Kangxi radical included in the official Big5-HKSCS table. As you have noticed, some Big5-HKSCS implementations follow this idea for the remaining four as well. It seems better to follow non-HK Big5 implementations here and map all five to normal Unicode Han characters. For the last two characters, U+3003 and U+4EDD, there is only one possible Unicode mapping, so duplicates are impossible to avoid (without using PUA characters). The official Big5-HKSCS table does not map C6DE and C6DF to anything. Suggested change: map C6CD to U+5E7A. *** On Fri Apr 6 06:42:26 PDT 2012, Philip J?genstedt <philipj at opera.com> wrote: > Also, a single mapping fails the Big5-contra[di]ction test: > > F9FE => > opera-hk: U+FFED ? > firefox: U+2593 ? > chrome: U+2593 ? > firefox-hk: U+2593 ? > opera: U+2593 ? > chrome-hk: U+FFED ? > internetexplorer: U+2593 ? > hkscs-2008: <U+FFED> ? > > I'd say that we should go with U+FFED here, since that's what the [HKSCS-2008] spec > says and it's visually close anyway. Given that the goal is to define a unified Big5 (non-HK) and Big5-HKSCS encoding and that this seems to be a case of the HK standard going against everything and everyone else, perhaps more weight should be given to existing specifications and (non-HK-specific) implementations. Suggested change: map F9FE to U+2593 *** Duplicates and reverse mappings: big5-foolip.txt currently provides two different codepoints for 100 Unicode characters. 6 are mentioned above. 84 result from compatibility mappings defined in the official HKSCS-2008 specification, cf. [2]. This leaves 10: [2] <http://coq.no/character-tables/o-h-comp.pdf> <http://coq.no/character-tables/o-h-comp.js> U+5341 (?, 'ten') and U+5345 (? 'thirty') are encoded twice in Big5, once as numerals and once as standard Han characters. (U+5344 ? 'twenty' is only encoded once in Big5, but was added to HKSCS and is now one of the 84 compatibility mappings.) According to Lunde, the four codepoints F9FA--F9FD (ETen-2 extension) are supposed to encode double-stroked circle segments which appear to be missing from Unicode (I am not sure whether they have ever been proposed for inclusion). They are currently mapped to single-stroked circle segments instead, but those are already encoded at A2E7, A2A1--A2A3 (original Big5). The four codepoints F9F9, F9E9, F9EB, F9EA (ETen-2 extension) encode line-drawing characters with a double horizontal line. These appear to be encoded at A2A4--A2A7 (original Big5) already, and it is not clear to me whether the characters at A2A4--A2A7 are supposed to be different or whether ETen chose to encode them again to have a full set of line-drawing characters in one location. Suggested reverse mappings: C6CF <= U+5EF4 C6D3 <= U+65E0 C6D5 <= U+7676 C6D7 <= U+96B6 C6DE <= U+3003 C6DF <= U+4EDD C6CD <= 5E7A (if the mapping of C6CD is changed) Rationale: Only these mappings will work for non-HK Big5 implementations, and these characters appear to be important not only in Hong Kong. A451 <= U+5341 A4CA <= U+5345 A27E <= U+256D A2A1<= U+256E A2A3 <= U+256F A2A2 <= U+2570 F9F9 <= U+2550 F9E9 <= U+255E F9EB <= U+2561 F9EA <= U+256A (The 84 compatibility mappings should obviously only be used to decode and never as reverse mappings.) *** On Fri Apr 6 14:03:22 PDT 2012, Philip J?genstedt <philipj at opera.com> wrote: > There are 29 mappings to U+003F (?) in IE that no other browser has. Are you referring to the ones at A3E2--A3FE? IE decodes (or used to decode) the control pictures at A3C0--A3E0 as C0 control characters in plain text, but replace(s) them with question marks in HTML. It looks like this treatment has been extended to the the remaining A3xx codepoints (after the euro), perhaps without a good reason. > The remaining mappings are to PUA or U+FFFD in all browsers [...]. Mapping > these to U+FFFD unless anyone finds pages using these byte sequences seems > the only sane option. Agreed. Do any of these ever render in a meaningful way (e.g., in IE on a Windows machine with HK locale and appropriate HKSCS PUA fonts)? The following 22 codepoints are 'reserved for backwards compatibility' in the HKSCS-2008 standard, but no Unicode mappings are provided: 9EAC 9EC4 9EF4 9F4E 9FAD 9FB1 9FC0 9FC8 9FDA 9FE6 9FEA 9FEF A054 A057 A05A A062 A072 A0A5 A0AD A0AF A0D3 A0E1 I assume some systems will render at least these as potentially meaningful Han characters. -- ?istein E. AndersenReceived on Saturday, 7 April 2012 07:04:55 UTC
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THIS, adumbration of glim which turns out to be winsome. THIS, cajoling. THIS, I can censure in detail by conditioning. THIS, an amassment of quiet novelties which often interest me.
ELSE, a fascination with a pillowcase of marbles left by the open door. ELSE, a pulpit split in half, not an easy thing to accomplish. ELSE, a severed tongue and a pillowcase of marbles left by the door to throw at whores in the street howling past midnight.
KNOW, when I'm even, paying proper attention to sanity. KNOW, a diffidence about things that can be done to the body. KNOW, oh you're so nasty.
With an icy finger pointed at my head, she recites me this paean. I roll onto my back, pawing the ball of yarn.


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|Jeff Crump
|Thu Dec 4 06:35:55 2008
|[greenstone-users] Microsoft Office 2007 revisited
|Hi, We're on Greenstone 2.52. We are considering an upgrade to 2.8x but our main requirement is that Microsoft Office 2007 documents build properly.
I was told on this list to try 2.8, but we can't find any documentation anywhere saying that Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.) is supported in 2.8.
Can anyone point me to this documentation? Or can anyone verify from experience that Office 2007 documents are supported in Greenstone 2.8 or 2.81?
If all we need is the right plugin, rather than the full upgrade, that would be great to know, too.
Thanks again,