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WINNIPEG - Having not been in attendance at at WWE event in Winnipeg in over 20 years -- since the days of the old "barn", the venerated Arena -- I was quite curious as to how things have changed in the "house show" game when I went to Saturdays performance at the MTS Centre.
Surprising indeed then that old school was even acknowledged. Yet, almost 42 years after his local debut, the spirit of Nature Boy Ric Flair provided the undercurrent for the entire event.
Starting 20 minutes before (electronic) bell time, as the crowd's scattered "Whooos" grew to a chorus. and then again, 10 minutes before the show, louder version of the same.
And then in the opener (more whooing by Justin Gabriel against a returning Darren Young), and in the second match with a Flair strut (Adam Rose) and then a mocking of it (Fandango),and in the third match with Curtis Axel bellowing the Flair "Who's the man!" taunt at Erick Rowan, and in the fourth match -- more whooing by an Uso Brother in a pre-match Network plug before squaring off against the Dust brothers -- and finally in the semi-main, with the 'Whooo' accompanying Seth Rollins' chops on Ryback.
Remarkable that without coming closer than South Dakota to the venue that night, Ric Flair was on everyone's mind.
The 3/4 bowl layout was far from full; estimates from regulars put it at 4,500, and the common observation was that compared to their last show, this one was being phoned in. Considering the talent was two days before a Christmas break, I can't entirely blame them. But for a lot of the crowd, and I mean a lot of the parents with their kids were clearly not well-heeled, the paint-by-numbers approach did not yield enormous value for dollar. Between the lack of star power on the bill, and the superstars stalling before and after almost every single bout (it was like a Larry Zbyszko Tribute Night in there), the WWE Universe never really connected with the in-ring action until the main event between Bray Wyatt and Dean Ambrose streetfight which they voted for on Twitter.
Although it can be argued, a vote between a 2/3 falls match and something called a Winnipeg streetfight (is striking your opponent with a loaf of rye bread made legal?), is push-polling of the worst sort.
1) Justin Gabriel made sure to turn the crowd against him early and unleaded some nice offence on Darren Young, who showed no signs of recent knee surgery. Young rolled away from a top rope dive, tossed Gabriel in the air and let him land guts-first across both knees to earn the pin. His reward was a beat-down and curb stomp by 'Mr. Money In The Bank' Seth Rollins who ran in, ran over Young, and then ran down his opponent later on the card, Ryback, telling the crowd he would suffer "the exact same thing."
2) The "new and improved" Fandango (with Rosa Mendes) downed rival dance-ish act Adam Rose (with a smaller-than usual contingent of Rosebuds). After an obligatory distraction by Rosa, Rose fell victim to a Jimmy Garvin-like brain buster. Very perfunctory match and I hate to say it but Rosa looked both great, and lost, out there at ringside.
3) His grandfather Larry Hennig was in the first main event I ever attended as a kid, and as an adult I saw and met his father Curt. Now Curtis Axel became my first three-generation wrestler, and made Erick Rowan look credible when a series of running squish-em-in-the-corners and a back suplex ended his night.
4) Goldust and Stardust put on their usual solid effort against the Usos but the crowd was not as into this match as I'd expected, perhaps from over-exposure on TV. Four guys who can flat-out go but this was far from full speed. Rhodes the younger was rolled-up by an Uso in a typical four-way finishing spot, then took forever to finally exit the ring.
5) Back from intermission, the Hart Foundation music got a big reaction for our Canadian heroine Natalya, who had a competitive match with the very pasty-skinned Paige until it was sharpshooter time.
6) Seth Rollins used the MITB briefcase and was disqualified against Ryback but the real story was not so much the match but the lack of crowd heat. Ryback has been so cooled off by the WWE braintrust that Rollins had to damn near herniate himself to get the fans behind the babyface even after a post-match comeuppance. Ryback showed some impressive athleticism and was by far the one modern day wrestler who looked like a 1980s wrestler, if you know what I mean. What has been done to him and Axel is really unfair.
7) The Twitter result was 71% for a Winnipeg Streetfight for the main event and luckily, heely-face Dean Ambrose recognized a chant that I thought was for "Mable" was really "We want Tables" and obliged the assembled. The eerie concert-style ring entrance of Bray Wyatt was the singular highlight of the night for atmosphere, and he and Ambrose slugged it out all around the ring as the match unfolded. Wyatt jammed a kendo stick so it stuck out of a turnbuckle into the ring, and flung Ambrose head-first towards it, so impalement appears to be legal in a Winnipeg Streetfight but not fatal, as Ambrose used chairs and tables as part of his victorious onslaught to send the Lunatic Fringe fans home on a positive note after a three count.
Marty Gold is the host of The Great Canadian Talk Show/City Circus TV in Winnipeg. He can be emailed at [email protected], and you can follow him on Twitter @TGCTS.
| 2019-04-24T23:53:39 |
http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2014/12/21/22144541.html
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What other names is Yarrow known by?
Achilee, Achillea, Achillea borealis, Achillea lanulosa, Achillea magna, Achillea millefolium, Achillée, Achillée Boréale, Achillée Laineuse, Achillée Millefeuille, Acuilee, Band Man's Plaything, Bauchweh, Birangasifa, Birangasipha, Biranjasipha, Bloodwort, Carpenter's Weed, Civan Percemi, Common Yarrow, Devil's Nettle, Devil's Plaything, Erba Da Cartentieri, Erba Da Falegname, Gandana, Gemeine Schafgarbe, Green Arrow, Herbe à la Coupure, Herbe à Dindes, Herbe aux Charpentiers, Herbe Militaire, Huile Essentielle d'Achillée, Katzenkrat, Milefolio, Milenrama, Milfoil Millefeuille, Millefolium, Millefolii Flos, Millefolii Herba, Millegoglie, Noble Yarrow, Nosebleed, Old Man's Pepper, Rajmari, Roga Mari, Sanguinary, Soldier's Wound Wort, Sourcil de Vénus, Staunchweed, Tausendaugbram, Thousand-Leaf, Wound Wort, Yarrow Essential Oil.
Gum disease (gingivitis). Early research suggests that using a mouthwash containing juniper, nettle and yarrow or 3 months does not improve gum disease.
Yarrow is LIKELY SAFE when taken by mouth in the amounts commonly found in food. However, yarrow products that contain thujone might not be safe.
Yarrow is POSSIBLY SAFE when taken by mouth in medicinal amounts. In some people, yarrow might cause drowsiness and increase urination when taken by mouth. When it comes in contact with the skin, yarrow might cause skin irritation.
| 2019-04-21T22:23:54 |
https://www.medicinenet.com/yarrow/supplements-vitamins.htm
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Is there a way to finish the game with only 4 Akbaa stones? I must have dropped 1 somewhere not knowing their importance.
No sorry you need all 5 to complete the key to open the door for the final fight with Suiberius, when you enter the Level 5 Ylside bunker area you are met by two ylsides and one priest, the priest carries the 5th Akba rock.
If you enter this area before you are supposed to the priest will yell out intruder and escape at this point I am not sure if you will ever find him probably not. Only enter the area after enchanting the mithril sword with the dragons egg, here is a copy of the relevant portion of the official guide.
You now go to the magically sealed area here (45); before you can enter, Alia walks up and thanks you for everything; she asks you to give her sigil ring to her father and they meet at the great underground sea; suddenly, the snake women appear and claim Alia to be her new queen, because Poxsellis has promised his 4th coming to them; and Alia is the one. All of a sudden, the ghost of Queen Florence, whose murderer you found, talks to the scene, telling them, that Alia is the fifth child, and her twin sister Clarissa is the fourth; she knew of Poxsellis’ oath and gave Clarissa away to the traveller’s guild. Disappointed and angry, the sister leave undone.
Then you now can dispel the field (45) and enter the bunker of the Ylsides, where two Ylsides and a priest attack you (IMPORTANT NOTE: this priest and the Alia cinematic will only happen if the final weapon has been melt with the Dragon Egg AND enchanted with "Enchant Object" Level 8 Minimum); the priest holds a fourth Akbaa Meteor.
Here you have to fight more Ylsides and priests; again, the priest have useful items with them: One key for the chest in the forge (16), one key for the chests in the training room (18) and the Ylsides Resting room (19) and one key for Iserbius’ room (20). In room 19, you will also find two metal bars to make the key for Gary’s bank (see Side Quest chapter).
In Iserbius office, put a candle on the right skull on the altar and a secret compartment in the bed opens and reveals a key, which opens the chest and you have the fifth Akbaa Meteor.
Place all the five Akbaa meteors on their places in room 21 and the door to the praying room (22) opens.
When you attack Iserbius now, a sequence starts and you learn you are a little too late as Iserbius has already changed into something semi-demonic and after only one hit from your sword Akbaa’s incarnation is already complete; you now need to fight Akbaa and the demons he summons, but finally are able to defeat him.
So the priest holds the 4th stone and the fifth is in the trunk in Isurbius's room.
Last edited by Joseph the diviner; 26th Nov 2014 at 04:45.
| 2019-04-19T04:19:39 |
https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?s=95d108a396053a667c456a9e018e7d4e&p=2270921
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The RSPCA has been called out to rescue a flustered fox - which had been "outfoxed" by a floorboard.
Builders at the University of Hertfordshire spotted the trapped animal's head poking out of a hole in the floor while renovating an office earlier this week.
It is thought the fox was trying to wriggle through the section of flooring when it became stuck fast at the university's de Havilland campus in Hatfield.
RSPCA animal welfare officer Kate Wright, who was tasked with freeing the fox, said: "I have to admit that when I arrived I was faced with a very odd sight.
"Here was this fox's head poking out of a floor and he was so jammed he couldn't move, and I just had these big eyes staring at me.
"I actually think he had quite an embarrassed expression on his face."
After builders used crowbars to pull up the flooring panel, the less-than-crafty animal was pulled free, transferred to a cage and released at a safe location nearby.
Ms Wright added: "I had to get to the scruff of his neck while trying to avoid wires and eventually after a lot of pushing, I managed to pop one ear through and then finally the next and he was free.
"He was a beautiful fox, and although his neck was slightly swollen from being stuck, I think it was his pride that was hurt more than anything as he had been outfoxed by a hole."
| 2019-04-24T07:11:33 |
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/fox-rescued-from-under-floorboards-26893340.html
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My mother is now approaching social security age and I would like to help her estimate her monthly payout. True or false, the social security payout is based on an average of your top twenty earning years?
Social Security is based off of your top 35 earning years. If you don't have 35 years of earnings then zeros count.
You can improve your social security payout by continuing to work and adding higher income earnings to your track record.
The answer is that social security is going to your top 35 years of earnings history.
The Social Security benefit is based upon the average of the 35 highest earning years between 22 and 62 years of age, indexed against an average wage indexing series normalized to the worker's age 60. This average is then divided by 12 to come up with the Average Indexed Monthly Earnings (AIME) for the individual.
Then (hold onto your hat!), bend points are applied to the AIME. For 2013, this means that the first $791 of the AIME is multiplied by 90%; the amount between $791 and $4,768 is multiplied by 32%; any amount above $4,768 is multiplied by 15%. These three figures are added together, and the result is known as the Primary Insurance Amount, or PIA.
The PIA is the base figure for calculating benefits - this represents the amount that the individual would receive in a monthly benefit if he or she filed for Social Security benefits at Full Retirement Age (FRA) - age 66 for someone born between 1943 and 1954. If the individual files before FRA, the benefit will be reduced from the PIA figure, and if he or she delays filing for benefits to some date after FRA, the benefit received will be more than the PIA.
There are other factors that could reduce or eliminate Social Security benefits, but that's the basics.
I realize you asked what time it is and received the instructions for building a Mayan calendar - sorry, but I didn't want to oversimplify the answer. Suffice it to say that it's complicated, and you can get your PIA estimate from the Social Security Administration website - www.socialsecurity.gov/mystatement/.
Thank you James! This is super helpful.
The Social Security website has tools to help you figure out what your monthly payout will be. Or, if your mother has some time to meet someone at a local SSA branch, I always like a face to face meeting to discuss all aspects of a major decision such as these benefits.
Just like James mentioned earlier...You can get your PIA estimate from the Social Security Administration website - www.socialsecurity.gov/mystatement/.
| 2019-04-26T04:11:57 |
https://www.brightscope.com/financial-planning/advice/question/5186/my-mother-is-now-approaching-social-security-age-and-i-would-like-to-help-her-estimate-her-monthly-payout-true-or-false-the-social-security-payout-is-based-on-an-average-of-your-top-twenty-earning-years?page=1
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Is it okay to plant non-edible plants with vegetables?
Do poisonous plants tend to secrete poisons into the soil or in some other way contaminate the plants that grow around them? I'm especially thinking of root vegetables, but I haven't been able to find any kind of reference.
We tried planting jabanero peppers (which some people would think of as non-edible) between our tomatoes and the fence to keep the rabbits away. They ate all the leaves off the pepper plants and never touched the tomatoes. Go figure.
-- Colin ([email protected]), March 13, 2000.
I would think it would depend on the specific poisonous plants you have in mind, because plants are poisonous in different ways. For instance, narcissus bulbs are moderately poisonous, but we had them under our vegetable garden last year, and no one died. I don't think anyone did, anyway. But some other plants might secrete poisons into the ground, which is what you're worried about.
I would ask at a nursery. Be prepared, though, because you'll find that the information about poisonous plants isn't as complete as you'd expect. I think Cornell has a good web site -- I'll try to find it -- but you'll find that different sources will give you completely different information about poisonous plants, because the evidence is mostly anecdotal.
| 2019-04-21T08:58:56 |
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=002lPg
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London - Many countries have legislation in place that make it illegal to pay men and women in the same role different amounts, however men continue to dominate higher paid roles. An expert advises how this can be tackled in the legal sector.
Putrajaya - Singapore's leader insisted Tuesday his government's proposed fake news laws were a "step forward" in fighting online falsehoods after they sparked criticism from press freedom groups and tech giants.
Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed controversial laws that allow courts to fine and briefly jail people for showing disrespect towards authorities, and block media for publishing "fake news".
Darwin - Australia's High Court on Wednesday ruled that Aboriginal owners stripped of land rights should be compensated for "spiritual harm," in a landmark ruling that could spark a slew of cases countrywide.
London - The legal risk of Britain being stuck in EU trade arrangements after Brexit fundamentally "remains unchanged", the UK government's chief legal advisor said Tuesday.
Apo - Carlos Ghosn's new lead defence lawyer said Monday his "convincing" new bail application for the former Nissan boss contained fresh elements he hoped would lead to his release "as soon as possible.
Sydney - Visitors who have been convicted of violence against women and children will be kicked out or barred from entering Australia, Immigration Minister David Coleman said Sunday, as Canberra steps up its crackdown on foreign criminals.
Den Haag - Britain should give up control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean "as rapidly as possible", the UN's top court said Monday in a decades-old row with Mauritius over an archipelago that is home to a huge US airbase.
Den Haag - The UN's top court could help resolve a decades-long dispute over Britain's eviction of the Chagos islanders to make way for a secretive military base on Diego Garcia, in an opinion to be delivered Monday.
Apo - Carlos Ghosn's lawyer said Wednesday his client's high-profile and controversial detention was a chance to "mend" Japan's justice system, as he insisted the former Nissan boss was innocent of all charges.
Den Haag - Islamabad should be ordered to immediately free an Indian man sentenced to death for alleged spying in Pakistan, India's lawyers told the UN's top court Monday, saying his military trial was a "farcical case" based on "malicious propaganda".
Den Haag - India will on Monday renew its bid to persuade international judges to take an alleged spy off death row in Pakistan, in a controversial court case as fresh bloodshed in Kashmir sends tensions between the neighbours soaring.
City hall in La Grande, Oregon represents the justice concerns of the people.
| 2019-04-25T03:07:38 |
http://www.digitaljournal.com/topic/Law
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Most people have no trouble answering the question posed by the title of this book: it was their O-level English teacher, intoning the General Prologue in Middle English, using that silly Norwegian, sing-song accent.
Neverthless, Chaucer lives on as a vibrant genius, the true grandfather of English comedy, by turns honest and ironic, cunning and passionate. And this new book by the Python-turned-medievalist provides a flamboyantly argued, beautifully balanced answer to the question.
Not that it is a question that has ever really been asked before. And by "beautifully balanced", I don't mean that Jones and his co-authors set out to show both sides, but rather the opposite: this is an unashamedly partisan, hell-for-leather attempt to balance a million arguments on the non-existent head of an invisible pin. Because most of the evidence marshalled to prove that Chaucer was murdered arises from silence, from the unsaid, from documents unaccountably missing or unnecessarily altered.
But then that's what makes Jones's canter through medieval politics and literature all the more exciting. The authors take each orthodox view of Chaucer or Richard II or heresy and, one by one, turn them on their heads. It's not the first time Jones has done this - he performed the same trick with his 1980 book about the knight. Previously interpreted as one of Chaucer's three wholly virtuous pilgrims, Jones used all of the poet's careful, lurking omissions to demonstrate that the "parfit gentil knyght" was in fact a cold-blooded, unpatriotic mercenary.
But at the heart of this new journey into medieval silence is one simple question: why is so little known about the end of Geoffrey Chaucer's life? He wasn't only the most famous English poet of his day but also a civil servant and diplomat of considerable standing. And yet his "accepted" death date - October 25, 1400 - is merely inferred from a June 1400 reference to the payment of a £5 annuity and the inscription on his "tomb" in Westminster Abbey, though it turns out that the latter is a cenotaph, constructed by a poetry-loving courtier in 1556.
The central plank of Jones's theory is the 1399 coup which put Henry IV on the throne and Thomas Arundel back behind it. In fact, from the moment he enters the narrative, it's clear that Arundel's the one wearing the black cloak and riding the black horse. And not just because he's the Archbishop of Canterbury. Henry is the chancer, quickly sinking into leprotic dotage, but Arundel is the Machiavellian macht-politician, willing to use theological debate to ensure total submission. And it's this latter "debate" which turned The Canterbury Tales into the (then) longest suicide note in history.
Arundel had grown fat, rich and powerful by holding a succession of bishoprics. Needing now to consolidate a usurper king, the last thing he could stomach was people saying the church was full of fat, rich and power-hungry hypocrites. A hundred years later, Luther managed it but in the late 1390s, the Lollards, as they were known (a pun on a Latin word for weeds among wheat), were just too avant-garde for their own good. Arundel used a campaign against them to secure his and Henry's position. Arundel was the kind of guy to reinstitute public burning for all those who denied the miraculous transubstantiation of the Eucharist. For many true believers this is a genuine article of faith but "for the worldly bishops, the real miracle was that it transformed their critics into heretics".
So the last thing Arundel wanted, Jones argues, was more descriptions of rip-off churchmen. And yet here's Chaucer, using his final masterwork to make everyone laugh at the pardoner who sells fake indulgences to poor congregations; at the summoner (a church court policeman, who probably is the pardoner's significant other) demanding bribes from defendants or will-be-defendants-if-they-don't-cough-up; at the monk spending all his time hunting; and at the friar, who should be penniless but is clearly a pampered, harp-strumming social climber. In fact, it's arguable that the entirety of the Tales - with their gentle mockery of the fake piety of pilgrimages - is an assault on the "church commercial" which relied so heavily on income from pilgrims.
Is this why there is no surviving authorial manuscript of The Canterbury Tales , merely a clutch of unordered fragments? Did Arundel attempt to destroy and suppress it? And is it possible that, by late 1400, Chaucer was locked in one of Arundel's dungeons, being asked to debate heresy with extreme prejudice?
It's a persuasive argument. And there's more. Why, shortly after the coup, did Chaucer suddenly up sticks and rent a house conveniently within the sanctuary of Westminster Abbey? Why does no one record his death contemporaneously when so much more is known about the deaths of many lesser poets? Why are there references to the "tragedie" of his death, that he was "slaughtered"? Why did he write such a strange, all-encompassing retraction at the end of The Canterbury Tales ? And why have the portraits of the pilgrims on the most contemporaneous manuscript been strangely over-painted, making them look less like Chaucer's descriptions and more like good churchmen? Were they, as Jones posits, "enough to make Arundel's crozier curl"?
We'll never know for sure. Even Jones, with all his puppy-dog enthusiasm, has to admit that. But even imagining we did know, what exactly does it add to our image of Chaucer? Jones remains ambivalent as to whether the "political" criticism of the church was accident or design on Chaucer's part. Was he simply recycling the latest jokes about priests or was he deliberately waving a red rag at Arundel, a last hurrah for the intellectually liberated world of Richard's court? Did he imagine that, as favoured court poet, he was safe from barbaric reprisal? Or does he now join a long list, stretching from Ovid to Bulgakov, of writers who accidentally angered their totalitarian masters?
But Chaucer was no unworldly artist, driven solely by his muse - he had served as administrator, diplomat and spy, so such naivety seems unlikely. In this light, The Canterbury Tales suddenly takes on an unsettling and tantalising new dimension: not only poetic and comic masterpiece, but political rallying cry as well.
· Jonathan Myerson's animated film of The Canterbury Tales was nominated for an Oscar in 1998.
| 2019-04-23T20:39:34 |
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/nov/15/classics.highereducation
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Terror, Love and Brainwashing is an accessible exploration of the ways in which authoritarian leaders recruit, indoctrinate, and manipulate ‘normal people’. Stein’s work stresses that there is no single established profile of a person who might be more susceptible to these systems of control, and thus dispelling and challenging myths which surround cults and totalitarian movements. Stein writes from a perspective grounded in social and developmental psychology, and much of the book is built on an interpretation of attachment theory – giving particular attention to the centrality of disorganised-attachment in the maintenance and perpetuation of cult-like structures. Terror, Love and Brainwashing is deliberately presented as an accessible guide regardless of the reader’s educational background.
One can often feel apprehensive when picking up a book on such a topic, perhaps fearing that this will be a ‘tell all’ quasi-pornographic experience, read like a VICE expose. However, this work manages to balance accessibility and relatability with a keen attention to rigorous academic analysis – rather than fetishizing the pop-cultural mystique of the cult, as far too many Jonestown podcasts have done, Stein methodically deconstructs and dissects the topic. Stein’s own experience as a cult survivor formerly involved with The O, a Maoist political group that developed from radicalism associated with the 1970s food cooperative movement, lends an empathetic and non-judgemental tone to the text which is punctuated with the lived experiences of others who have been involved in a range of cult-like systems. The inclusion of survivor-led narratives in academic discourse on exploitation and control is refreshing, and a lesson from which many other writers could benefit.
A range of extreme movements are considered, spanning White Supremacist activity, Marxist revolutionaries, dissident political groups, and religious fundamentalism across a spectrum of denominations and belief systems. This broad selection of case studies helps to deconstruct the idea that one culture or movement has a monopoly on totalitarianism and contributes to the narrative pf a phenomenon which can be identified across cultures, societies, and political alignments.
Whilst Stein’s work focuses on situations which might be considered extreme, there are lessons throughout Terror, Love and Brainwashing which can apply across a range of organisations and movements – whether in supposedly positive progressive groups, family dynamics, or personal relationships. The idea of an organisation which drains the participant of energy, identity, and security whilst rationalising these abusive processes against their lofty ideological goals is, sadly, relatable for so many. For me, one of the most identifiable passages was a description of how supposedly supportive and empathetic groups can ultimately move from comradeship and compassion to coercion and exploitation. In this case Stein gives the example of the Newman Tendency, a postmodern Marxist movement which depended on forms of group and individual therapy as a method for recruitment, indoctrination, alienation and control, presenting itself as a healing and supportive space whilst ultimately destroying the lives of those with whom it came into contact.
Stine’s work is refreshing, relevant, and engrossing – whilst it may not make for the best bedtime story, Terror, Love and Brainwashing is well worth reading. Whether you are coming to the topic from a peculiar fascination with extreme movements, a desire to understand the radical organisations that continue to dominate newspaper headlines, or even to understand your own run-ins with such groups, there is something here for everyone.
Alexandra Stein’s Terror, Love and Brainwashing is available at Ark Books now.
Image: Chicago KKK Rally 1920 United States Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Simon's background is in American history and postcolonial studies. He wrote his dissertation on pirates, the extreme-Right, and the weaponization of historical memory. He now studies migration and displacement at Copenhagen University. Favourite topics: Eastern European and Antipodean literatures, zine making, modernism, and sentimental trash.
| 2019-04-18T11:26:24 |
http://arkbooks.dk/terror-love-and-brainwashing-attachment-in-cults-and-totalitarian-systems/
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Provided is a feeder (3) configured such that molten glass (G) is caused to flow through an inside of the feeder (3), the feeder (3) including: electric heating elements (6) arranged in an internal space (S) of the feeder (3) along a flowing direction of the molten glass (G), which are configured to heat the molten glass (G); and restricting portions (7) provided in a heat transfer path in which heat from the electric heating elements (6) reaches a surface (Ga) of the molten glass, which are configured to restrict the heat from being directly transferred to the molten glass (G).
1. A feeder configured such that molten glass is caused to flow through an inside of the feeder, the feeder comprising: electric heating elements arranged in an internal space of the feeder along a flowing direction of the molten glass, which are configured to heat the molten glass; and restricting portions provided in a heat transfer path in which heat from the electric heating elements reaches a surface of the molten glass, which are configured to restrict the heat from being directly transferred to the molten glass.
2. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein the restricting portions comprise plate-like members interposed between the electric heating elements and the surface of the molten glass.
3. The feeder according to claim 2, wherein the electric heating elements are arranged on lateral sides in the internal space of the feeder in a width direction of the internal space, and wherein the plate-like members extend from side portions of an inner peripheral wall of the feeder toward a center in the width direction of the internal space along a bottom portion of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder.
4. The feeder according to claim 1, further comprising bushings provided in the bottom portion of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder, which are configured to form the molten glass into glass fibers.
The present invention relates to a feeder configured such that molten glass is caused to flow through an inside thereof.
For example, when molten glass is supplied to bushings configured to form glass fibers, a forming trough configured to form a glass sheet, or the like, it is required to maintain a temperature of the molten glass flowing through an inside of a feeder, to thereby prevent the temperature from being lowered. As a method to meet such a requirement, there is widely adopted a method involving arranging burners for burning a mixture of fuel such as natural gas and air (oxygen) in an internal space of the feeder so that the molten glass is heated by the heat from the burners (refer to Patent Literature 1).
Incidentally, when this method is adopted, the following inconveniences occur. (1) Environmentally hazardous substances contained in the molten glass, such as boron oxide (B.sub.2O.sub.3), are volatilized by the heat from the burners and discharged through a flue formed in the feeder. (2) Sealability of the feeder is low and temperature-maintaining property is poor due to the presence of the flue. (3) An oxidation-reduction atmosphere in the internal space is liable to be fluctuated and reboil bubbles are liable to be generated in the molten glass depending on a burning state of the burners. (4) When dust contained in the flue gas falls on the molten glass, the dust may cause foreign matters to be generated in the glass.
In view of the above, as a method to eliminate those inconveniences, there may be adopted a method involving arranging electric heating elements, instead of the burners, along a flowing direction of the molten glass in the internal space of the feeder so that the molten glass is heated by the heat from the electric heating elements. In this way, the flue gas is not generated in the internal space, and hence the flue is not required to be formed in the feeder. Moreover, the heat is generated through electricity, and hence the oxidation-reduction atmosphere in the internal space is less liable to be fluctuated. For such reasons, the above-mentioned inconveniences (1) to (4) can be suitably eliminated.
However, even when the methods described above are adopted, there still remain the following problems to be solved. Specifically, transferability of the heat of the molten glass flowing through the inside of the feeder differs depending on a distance from the electric heating elements. The molten glass flowing nearer to the electric heating elements is more easily heated. Therefore, it is difficult to heat the entire molten glass uniformly, for example, due to a temperature difference between the molten glass flowing nearer to the electric heating elements and the molten glass flowing farther therefrom.
Further, for example, when the molten glass having non-uniform temperature distribution as described above is supplied to the bushings so that the glass fibers are formed, a viscosity difference in the molten glass flowing downward through bushing nozzles causes a situation where smooth formation of the fibers is inhibited, for example, a situation where the fibers are broken due to fluctuation in fiber diameter.
Further, the non-uniform temperature distribution in the molten glass has an adverse effect not only when the glass fibers are formed by the bushings but also when a glass article such as a glass sheet is formed by supplying the molten glass to the forming trough. Therefore, the temperature distribution in the molten glass supplied to the bushings, the forming trough, or the like, and further, the temperature distribution in the molten glass flowing through the inside of the feeder are required to be kept uniform. Therefore, development of a technology to meet such a requirement is desired.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and has a technical object to keep uniform temperature distribution in molten glass flowing through an inside of a feeder.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, which has been devised to achieve the above-mentioned object, there is provided a feeder configured such that molten glass is caused to flow through an inside of the feeder, the feeder comprising: electric heating elements arranged in an internal space of the feeder along a flowing direction of the molten glass, which are configured to heat the molten glass; and restricting portions provided in a heat transfer path in which heat from the electric heating elements reaches a surface of the molten glass, which are configured to restrict the heat from being directly transferred to the molten glass.
With such a configuration, the heat is restricted from being directly transferred from the electric heating elements to the molten glass. The heat from the electric heating elements is transferred to the molten glass through a heat transfer path in which the heat bypasses the restricting portions to reach the surface of the molten glass, and through a heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements heats the restricting portions and then the heat from the restricting portions reaches the surface of the molten glass. In this manner, the molten glass flowing nearer to the electric heating elements and the molten glass flowing farther therefrom can be heated evenly and uniformly, and hence the temperature difference therebetween can be suppressed to the extent possible. As a result, the temperature distribution in the molten glass flowing through the inside of the feeder can be kept uniform.
In the above-mentioned configuration, it is preferred that the restricting portions comprise plate-like members interposed between the electric heating elements and the surface of the molten glass.
In this way, the heat from the electric heating elements is reliably restricted from being directly transferred to the molten glass. Therefore, the molten glass flowing nearer to the electric heating elements and the molten glass flowing farther therefrom can be heated more uniformly. Moreover, the plate-like members are interposed, and hence an alkaline component or the like volatilized from the molten glass becomes less liable to adhere to the electric heating elements. Therefore, a situation where the electric heating elements are corroded can be suppressed.
In the above-mentioned configuration, it is preferred that the electric heating elements be arranged on lateral sides in the internal space of the feeder in a width direction of the internal space, and that the plate-like members extend from side portions of an inner peripheral wall of the feeder toward a center in the width direction of the internal space along a bottom portion of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder.
In this way, a part of the heat from the electric heating elements, which bypasses the plate-like members to reach the surface of the molten glass, is transferred to the molten glass via the center in the width direction. In this heat transfer path, the heat passes through a broad region in the internal space of the feeder. Therefore, the molten glass flowing nearer to the electric heating elements and the molten glass flowing farther therefrom can be heated more uniformly. Further, even when a part of the heating elements is fractured due to corrosion of the heating elements and the like, the fractured portion falls on the plate-like members so that the fractured portion can be prevented from falling on the molten glass. As a result, a situation where a defect is generated in glass products manufactured of the molten glass, which is caused by the falling of the fractured portion, can be avoided to the extent possible.
In the above-mentioned configuration, the feeder may further comprise bushings provided in the bottom portion of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder, which are configured to form the molten glass into glass fibers.
When the glass fibers are formed, the feeder generally comprises a large number of the bushings provided in the bottom portion of the feeder configured to supply the molten glass along the flowing direction of the molten glass. Therefore, the feeder is liable to be large and long, which causes difficulty in uniformly maintaining the temperature distribution in the molten glass. Further, a fiber diameter of the glass fiber ranges from several micrometers to several tens of micrometers, and hence the glass fiber is significantly thin. Therefore, when the temperature distribution in the molten glass is non-uniform, the fibers are liable to be broken due to the fluctuation in fiber diameter. However, according to the one embodiment of the present invention, in any portion in such a large and long feeder, the temperature distribution in the molten glass flowing through the inside thereof can be kept uniform, thereby being capable of forming the glass fibers with high quality.
As described above, according to the one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to keep uniform temperature distribution in the molten glass flowing through the inside of the feeder.
FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional side view for schematically illustrating a glass fiber manufacturing apparatus comprising a feeder according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional front cross-section taken along the line A-A of FIG. 1, for illustrating the feeder according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional front cross-section for illustrating a feeder according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional front cross-section for illustrating a feeder according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5a is a vertical cross-sectional front cross-section for illustrating a feeder according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5b is a vertical cross-sectional front view for illustrating a feeder according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5c is a vertical cross-sectional front view for illustrating a feeder according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional front cross-section for illustrating a feeder according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional front cross-section for illustrating a feeder according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
Now, embodiments of the present invention are described referring to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional side view for schematically illustrating a glass fiber manufacturing apparatus comprising a feeder according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 1, a glass fiber manufacturing apparatus 1 comprises a melting furnace 2 and a feeder 3 as main components thereof. The melting furnace 2 heats a glass raw material 4 fed into the furnace from an upstream end portion thereof and generates molten glass G by continuously melting the glass raw material 4. The feeder 3 is connected to a downstream side of the melting furnace 2 and supplies the generated molten glass G to a large number of bushings 5 configured to form glass fibers.
A furnace wall of the melting furnace 2 is formed of a refractory (for example, bricks). Further, in the upstream end portion, the melting furnace 2 comprises a feed port 2a through which the glass raw material 4, which is obtained by mixing silica sand, limestone, soda ash, cullet, and the like, is fed into the furnace. Further, the melting furnace 2 heats the glass raw material 4 fed through the feed port 2a with use of heating means (for example, an electric heater) (not shown), to thereby continuously generate the molten glass G and cause the generated molten glass G to flow out toward the downstream side.
A peripheral wall of the feeder 3 is formed of a refractory. Further, the feeder 3 is connected to the downstream side of the melting furnace 2. The feeder 3 comprises, in a bottom portion 3a, the large number of bushings 5 configured to form the glass fibers along a flowing direction of the molten glass G. The bushings 5 are each formed of platinum or an alloy thereof. Further, a plurality of bushing nozzles are formed in the bushings 5, respectively. The molten glass G flows downward through the respective nozzles to be formed into glass fibers F. Note that, the molten glass G flowing downward through the respective nozzles is formed into the glass fibers F (glass filaments) having a predetermined diameter while being drawn downward. Further, a plurality of the glass fibers F are bundled into a glass strand through application of binder.
Further, as illustrated in FIG. 2 (cross-section taken along the line A-A of FIG. 1), the feeder 3 has a rectangular shape in horizontal cross-section, and has formed therein an internal space S surrounded by an inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3 and a surface Ga of the molten glass. In the internal space S, a pair of electric heating elements 6 and a pair of refractory plates 7 are provided. The pair of electric heating elements 6 heats the molten glass G to maintain a temperature thereof. The pair of refractory plates 7 is formed of a refractory and interposed between the electric heating elements 6 and the surface Ga of the molten glass.
Assuming that the pair of electric heating elements 6 present on symmetrical both lateral sides with respect to a center of the internal space S in a width direction (lateral direction of FIG. 2) is one set, a plurality of sets of the electric heating elements 6 are arranged along the flowing direction of the molten glass G (longitudinal direction of the feeder 3) at equal intervals. Further, each of the electric heating elements 6 is formed into a U-like shape in horizontal cross-section and mounted to an upper portion of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3 to be connected to an electrode (not shown). Each of the electric heating elements 6 generates heat through energization, thereby maintaining the temperature of the molten glass G. Note that, the plurality of sets of the electric heating elements 6 may be controlled by a single electric circuit.
Each of the pair of refractory plates 7 has a rectangular shape, and is mounted to the inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3 along the flowing direction of the molten glass G. Each of the pair of refractory plates 7 extends from a side portion 3b of the inner peripheral wall horizontally toward the center in the width direction along a bottom portion 3a and the surface Ga of the molten glass. Further, similarly to the electric heating elements 6, both the refractory plates 7 are present at symmetrical positions with respect to the center in the width direction. Further, the refractory plates 7 restrict the heat from being directly transferred to the molten glass G in a heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements 6 reaches the surface Ga of the molten glass. Specifically, in this embodiment, the refractory plates 7 serve as restricting portions (plate-like members).
Now, operations and effects obtained when the glass fibers are formed through use of the above-mentioned glass fiber manufacturing apparatus 1 are described.
According to the above-mentioned glass fiber manufacturing apparatus 1, in the internal space S of the feeder 3, the heat is reliably restricted from being directly transferred to the molten glass G by the refractory plates 7. The heat from the electric heating elements 6 is transferred to the molten glass G through a heat transfer path in which the heat bypasses the refractory plates 7 to reach the surface Ga of the molten glass via the center in the width direction, and through a heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements 6 heats the refractory plates 7 and then the heat from the refractory plates 7 reaches the surface Ga of the molten glass.
In this manner, the molten glass G flowing nearer to the electric heating elements 6 and the molten glass G flowing farther therefrom can be heated evenly and uniformly, and hence a temperature difference therebetween can be suppressed to the extent possible. Therefore, temperature distribution in the molten glass G flowing through the inside of the feeder 3 can be kept uniform.
As a result, in any portion in the large and long feeder 3 comprising the large number of bushings 5 in the bottom portion 3a, the temperature distribution in the molten glass G flowing through the inside thereof is stabilized and kept uniform, thereby being capable of forming the glass fibers F with high quality.
Moreover, the refractory plates 7 are interposed between the electric heating elements 6 and the surface Ga of the molten glass, and hence an alkaline component or the like volatilized from the molten glass G becomes less liable to adhere to the electric heating elements 6. Therefore, a situation where the heating elements 6 are corroded can be suppressed.
In addition, even when a part of the heating elements 6 is fractured due to the corrosion of the electric heating elements 6 and the like, the fractured portion falls on the refractory plates 7 so that the fractured portion can be prevented from falling on the molten glass G. As a result, a situation where a defect is generated in the glass fibers F formed of the molten glass G, which is caused by the falling of the fractured portion, can be avoided to the extent possible.
Now, feeders according to other embodiments of the present invention are described. Note that, in the feeders according to the other embodiments, components having the same function or shape as those of the feeder according to the above-mentioned first embodiment are denoted by the same reference symbols in the drawings for illustrating the respective embodiments, and a redundant description thereof is therefore omitted.
FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional front cross-section for illustrating a feeder according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The feeder 3 according to the second embodiment is different from the feeder according to the first embodiment in that the refractory plates 7 are removed, that bank portions 3c are formed in the side portions 3b of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3, and that recessed portions C for receiving the electric heating elements 6 are formed above the bank portions 3c.
The side portions 3b of the inner peripheral wall partially project toward the center in the width direction so that the projecting portions form the bank portions 3c. A projecting dimension of the bank portions 3c is set to be larger than a dimension of the electric heating elements 6 in the width direction so that the heating elements 6 are entirely received in the recessed portions C. Further, the bank portions 3c restrict the heat from being directly transferred to the molten glass G in the heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements 6 reaches the surface Ga of the molten glass. Specifically, in this embodiment, the bank portions 3c serve as the restricting portions.
Also in the feeder 3 according to the second embodiment, similar effects as those of the feeder according to the above-mentioned first embodiment can be provided. Note that, in the second embodiment, the heat is reliably restricted from being directly transferred to the molten glass G by the bank portions 3c. The heat from the electric heating elements 6 is transferred to the molten glass G through a heat transfer path in which the heat bypasses the bank portions 3c to reach the surface Ga of the molten glass, and through a heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements 6 heats the bank portions 3c and then the heat from the bank portions 3c reaches the surface Ga of the molten glass.
FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional front cross-section for illustrating a feeder according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The feeder 3 according to the third embodiment is different from the feeder according to the first embodiment in that the refractory plates 7 are removed, that passages P are formed between the upper portions of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3 and the side portions 3b, and that extended spaces Sa are formed by extending the internal space S to an outer side of the side walls 3b in the width direction through the passages P.
The extended space Sa is formed along the flowing direction of the molten glass G, and the electric heating elements 6 are received in upper portions thereof. Further, the side portions 3b of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3 are interposed between the heating elements 6 and the surface Ga of the molten glass, and hence the heat is restricted from being directly transferred to the molten glass G in the heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements 6 reaches the surface Ga of the molten glass. Specifically, in this embodiment, the side portions 3b serve as the restricting portions (plate-like members).
Also in the feeder 3 according to the third embodiment, similar effects as those of the feeder according to the above-mentioned first embodiment can be provided. Note that, in the third embodiment, the heat is reliably restricted from being directly transferred to the molten glass G by the side portions 3b. The heat from the electric heating elements 6 is transferred to the molten glass G through a heat transfer path in which the heat bypasses the side portions 3b and passes through the passages P to reach the surface Ga of the molten glass, and through a heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements 6 heats the side portions 3b and then the heat from the side portions 3b reaches the surface Ga of the molten glass.
In addition, in the third embodiment, even when a part of the heating elements 6 is fractured due to the corrosion of the electric heating elements 6 and the like, the fractured portion falls on bottom portions of the extended spaces Sa isolated from the molten glass G so that the fractured portion can be substantially reliably prevented from falling on the molten glass G. Therefore, there is an advantage in that the generation of a defect is avoided in the glass fibers F manufactured of the molten glass G.
FIG. 5a to FIG. 5c are vertical cross-sectional front cross-sections for respectively illustrating feeders according to a fourth embodiment to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In those feeders 3, shapes and mounting positions of the electric heating elements are changed from those of the feeder according to the above-mentioned first embodiment.
In the feeder 3 according to the fourth embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5a, the shapes of the electric heating elements 6 are changed from the U-like shapes to bar-like shapes. In the feeder 3 according to the fifth embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5b, the shapes of the electric heating elements 6 are changed to bar-like shapes, and the mounting positions are changed from the upper portions to the side portions 3b of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3. In the feeder 3 according to the sixth embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5c, the mounting positions of the electric heating elements 6 each having a U-like shape are changed from the upper portions to the side portions 3b of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3.
Also in the feeder 3 according to the fourth embodiment to the sixth embodiment, similar effects as those of the feeder according to the above-mentioned first embodiment can be provided. Further, those feeders 3 according to the fourth embodiment to the sixth embodiment are similar to the feeder according to the first embodiment also in the heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements 6 is transferred to the molten glass G, and in the refractory plates 7 serving as the restricting portions (plate-like members).
FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional front cross-section for illustrating a feeder according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. In the feeder 3, the number and the mounting positions of the electric heating elements are changed from those of the feeder according to the above-mentioned third embodiment.
As illustrated in FIG. 6, in the feeder 3 according to the seventh embodiment, the mounting positions of the electric heating elements 6 are changed from the upper portions of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3 to side walls surrounding the extended spaces Sa. Further, the number of the electric heating elements is changed from one pair (two electric heating elements) to three pairs (six electric heating elements). Assuming that a pair of electric heating elements 6 is one set, three sets of the electric heating elements 6 are arranged in the extended space Sa in a vertical direction at equal intervals.
Also in the feeder 3 according to the seventh embodiment, similar effects as those of the feeder according to the above-mentioned first embodiment and the feeder according to the above-mentioned third embodiment can be provided. Further, the feeder 3 according to the seventh embodiment is similar to the feeder according to the third embodiment in the heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements 6 is transferred to the molten glass G, and in the side portions 3b of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3 serving as the restricting portions (plate-like members).
FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional front view for illustrating a feeder according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention. The feeder 3 according to the eighth embodiment is different from the feeder according to the above-mentioned first embodiment in that the refractory plates 7 are removed, that the number of the electric heating elements 6 is only one, and that the electric heating element 6 is surrounded by plate members 8a and a plate member 8b.
The electric heating element 6 is mounted to the upper portion of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3 in the center in the width direction, and a plurality of the electric heating elements 6 are arranged along the flowing direction of the molten glass G at equal intervals. Both the plate members 8a and 8b are formed of a refractory. The plate member 8b is arranged below the electric heating element 6 and extends horizontally in the width direction along the bottom portion 3a of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder 3 and the surface Ga of the molten glass. A pair of plate members 8a are arranged at symmetrical positions across the electric heating element 6 and the plate member 8b in the width direction, and an opening portion 8aa is formed through each of the pair of plate members 8a. Further, the heat is restricted from being directly transferred to the molten glass G by both the plate members 8a and 8b in the heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating element 6 reaches the surface Ga of the molten glass. Specifically, in this embodiment, both the plate members 8a and 8b serve as the restricting portions (plate-like members).
Also in the feeder 3 according to the eighth embodiment, similar effects as those of the feeder according to the above-mentioned first embodiment can be provided. Note that, in the eighth embodiment, the heat is reliably restricted from being directly transferred to the molten glass G by both the plate members 8a and 8b. The heat from the electric heating element 6 is transferred to the molten glass G through a heat transfer path in which the heat bypasses the plate member 8b and passes through the opening portions 8aa formed in the plate members 8a to reach the surface Ga of the molten glass, and through a heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements 6 heats both the plate members 8a and 8b and then the heat from both the plate members 8a and 8b reaches the surface Ga of the molten glass.
Further, in the eighth embodiment, even when a part of the electric heating element 6 is fractured due to the corrosion of the electric heating element 6 and the like, the electric heating element 6 is surrounded by both the plate members 8a and 8b, and hence the fractured portion becomes less liable to fall on the molten glass G. As a result, there is an advantage in that the generation of a defect is avoided in the glass fibers F manufactured of the molten glass G.
Note that, the feeder according to the present invention is not limited to the configurations described in the above-mentioned respective embodiments. For example, in the above-mentioned respective embodiments, the feeder supplies the molten glass to the bushings configured to form the glass fibers. However, for example, the feeder according to the present invention may be used also in the case of supplying the molten glass to a forming trough configured to form a glass article such as a glass sheet.
Further, in the above-mentioned respective embodiments, the shape of the feeder in horizontal cross-section is a rectangular shape. However, for example, the feeder may have another shape such as a circular shape in horizontal cross-section. Moreover, the number of electric heating elements arranged in the internal space (including the extended space) is not limited to the number described in the above-mentioned respective embodiments, and may be increased or decreased as appropriate. Further, the mounting positions of the electric heating elements are not even limited to the mounting positions described in the above-mentioned respective embodiments. However, when a plurality of the electric heating elements are arranged, it is preferred that the mounting positions of the electric heating elements be symmetrical with respect to the center of the internal space of the feeder in the width direction.
Moreover, in the above-mentioned respective embodiments, the refractory plates, the bank portions, the side portions of the inner peripheral wall of the feeder, and the plate members surrounding the electric heating elements each serve as the restricting portions. However, other configurations may also be employed. The configurations only need to be capable of securing the heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements bypasses the restricting portions to reach the surface of the molten glass, and the heat transfer path in which the heat from the electric heating elements heats the restricting portions and then the heat from the restricting portions reaches the surface of the molten glass.
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Can I pick a winner or what? I am elated Cory Booker won the October election in New Jersey for a United States Senator! This was a special election to fill the seat left vacant by the death of long time NJ Senator Frank Lautenberg. Cory Booker WON! But not without some (ridiculous) controversy stirred up along the way by his opponent Lonegan. We learned Booker had something of flirtatious exchange with a stripper. (Who cares? really? Cory Booker tweets with everyone! That is what I love about him!) We learned that Lonegan doubts where Cory Booker lives and doubts one of Cory Booker's supporters exist. Again, I ask WHO CARES?
While we celebrate his victory, bear in mind, his term is only for one year. He will have to campaign again for the "regularly scheduled" Senatorial election next November. So stay tuned. I am sure that campaign effort will begin shortly.
July 3, 2013 - I started off being intriqued so I followed Cory Booker on Twitter a couple years ago. I loved his tweets. I kept learning more and more about him. I learned more about his ideals and actions over the past few years. I grew to respect and admire him more and more. He inspires me. Among other things, Cory Booker inspired me to get involved.
I also saw a Broadway play this Spring. Ann on Broadway by Holland Taylor. Ann Richards was the Governor of Texas. She didn't begin her political career until after her children were grown and she had gone through a divorce. She was my age and went on to become a part of American history. Her message was to get involved. I felt as if she was speaking to me personally. Her message really resonated and stayed with me.
Tonight I will do something I have never done before. Tonight I will attend my first ever political campaign volunteer meeting. I am excited and nervous. I am nervous I won't be able to deliver as much as they require or expect of a volunteer. I am excited to be a part of getting Cory Booker elected Senator and making New Jersey an even better place.
I will chronicle my adventures in campaigning here. If you are a veteran at campaigning, I would love your insight. If you have never campaigned, I hope I might inspire you too!
Today is our great nation's 237th birthday, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
I'll be spending the day talking to voters who are celebrating the holiday down the shore, and I hope you'll get a chance to celebrate with your family and your community as well.
But as you celebrate, keep in mind that we each drink from wells of freedom and opportunity we did not dig. We must give thanks not in words but in continuing America's tradition of service. Day by day, that's how we continue to strengthen our nation.
That can mean deciding to enlist in our Armed Forces or becoming a teacher or running for office. But it can also mean lending a hand to someone who needs your help. The biggest thing you can do today is likely a small act of kindness or generosity.
The volunteer coordinator selected about 10 volunteers to go to a breakfast before we started our volunteer work on the boardwalk. I really didn't know what to expect. I imagined Cory Booker would be addressing an audience of supporters, and we (as volunteers) would be helping with greeting, handing out information, collecting information...but I was completely wrong. This breakfast was just for the volunteers!! Holy crap! I was sitting directly across from Cory Booker eating eggs!
Cory Booker spent the entire breakfast going around the table, getting to know each and every one of us and addressing issues that concern us. Obviously, I brought up gay rights, marriage equality, women's rights. I also brought up the NJ "Brain Drain" - smart kids leaving the state for out of state college. It turned out my daughter wasn't offered any Federal Financial aid in New Jersey. (which makes no sense because its Federal! ) I told Cory Booker that I already advised my son not to even bother applying to schools in New Jersey. He addressed all my topics/concerns with incredible insight and sensitivity - as he did with each volunteer there. (although he was never able to tell me how a student CAN be awarded Federal Financial aid in every college she applied to EXCEPT the two state colleges in her home state of New Jersey) One of the many great moments at our breakfast was when a young fella shyly shared with us that he will be turning 18 soon and his first vote will be for Cory Booker for U.S. Senate.
I learned that Cory Booker is well versed in Judiasm and studies all religions. He keeps a Bible, Torah and Quran on his desk. He spoke about how Judiasm encourages all to come to the table. He embraces all religions. I, of course, have always felt this way too.
I learned about a lot of really smart initiaves he brought to Newark, NJ as Mayor. He brought jobs and money to the city through very creative and innovative programs. He is a man who likes to find common ground with adversaries. (I don't want to try to explore and explain all of his great programs as I know I won't do them justice. Google him!) He also gets things done. He doesn't just talk the talk...he lives it, he breathes it every day.
As Booker went around the table, getting to know each volunteer, he moved effortlessly from topic to topic. He addressed each issue with information, statistics, background, data or a personal anecdote. He really listened to each and every one of us and made a point of enthusiastically responding. There is something so fundamentally rewarding about feeling you have been heard. (Having a representative who genuinely likes to listen to his constituents surely has be a good thing).
It is almost impossible not to feel extremely hopeful and energized after spending time with Cory Booker. I left feeling incredibly impressed. He is extremely bright and has an amazing gift of expressing himself with such eloquence, enthusiasm and clarity. He never talks down to anyone, but is able to express himself in a way that is understandable. It is really a gift. He is funny, charming and very down to earth. I witnessed him effortlessly speak in Hebrew with some of the volunteers and speak in Spanish to some folks on the Boardwalk. You can tell he genuinely and deeply loves people. All people.
That was basically my first day. Pretty awesome. I can't wait to get out again tomorrow!!!
PS - If you would like to volunteer, all are welcome! You can sign up at www.corybooker.com Join the fun with us and be a party of New Jersey history!!
Cory Booker's team announced to us that Cory Booker would be arriving momentarily and he would like to have lunch with the volunteers! Holy crap! Another meal with Cory Booker! (Now I just need dinner and I will have had the perfect dining trifecta! Stay tuned! Goals are good!) We sat down and shortly thereafter Cory Booker arrived. Again, like breakfast yesterday, he went around the table and asked each volunteer to share their name and he chatted about their interests, goals and his campaign. I was glad he met my daughter. Actually, he started to talk to her about films. He would need a lot more time to really tap my daughter's brain about films, she is an enormous wealth of information, but also shy. When we were riding home, she told me all the things she should have told him. BUT... what was REALLY cool, he asked her to take his cell number and send him some of her short films. THAT is pretty cool.
I hope over the course of this election she will have the opportunity to spend some time filming him. He loves the idea of using short films to foster interest and support. I love the idea of her doing something creative, unique and part of the election process. Let's keep our fingers crossed!!
After lunch and much great conversation again, we were sent back out into the field. I am not much of sales person, but it is fun to speak to people of all walks of life about Cory Booker.
I have to say, so far, this campaign volunteering gig is pretty awesome. If you would like to get involved visit www.corybooker.com!!
*This entry was modified from its original version.
July 13 - Earlier in the week I received an email from my wonderful volunteer coordinator Karly. (I am not sure that is her official title, but that is her job! :) This weekend they would need volunteers to go out door-to-door. I am not going to lie, this frightened me a little. It frightens me a little to even share why. I don't want to be defined by my limitations. I am not my limitations. However, physical activity is not my strong suit. I have a genetic condition that affects my bones. I have severe arthritis in every joint in my body. I also have lived for over 15 years with advanced osteoporosis. Additionally, I have herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, Fibromyalgia and a few other things going on. In the last 5 years, I have had 4 surgeries and 5 hospitalization. Two of the surgeries were hip replacements. I am incredibly proud that I have been able to get through all of this while taking care of my two children on my own. What I lack in physical strength, I make up for in resourcefulness and determination. Part of managing my conditions is pacing myself. I spent a good portion of yesterday just resting. Thank God I felt ok today. (somedays, just getting out of bed takes everything I have in me) Without harping on this too much, even though I felt relatively good today, I was still really afraid of disappointing the "Cory Booker Team". I didn't want to be cast aside. I really want to be able to be of value to this campaign in some way. I worried that today would be the day I would have to "confess" my limitations. (I really hate telling people about this. I am embarrassed by it.) Would they ask me to leave? Would they be angry that I had signed up at all? Or worse, would they just write me off and disregard me. Would I essentially become invisible and worthless? But...if I don't tell them, will they just think I am lazy and not committed? UGH!
When we arrived, Karly was going over the script for the volunteers and going over our assignment. Each "team" would be given a map and lists of names and addresses to visit. We had very clear specific instructions and we were expected to spend about 3 hours going door to door. OMG! 3 hours? There is no way. Ugh, I don't want to be the "troublemaker". Should I just try to do my best and leave it at that? I decided to privately confess to Karly. I explained I would do my best but I had "physical limitations".
Much to my delight, Karly didn't even blink. Not a moment of disappointment at all, she instantly said "don't worry about a thing, what ever you can do we appreciate it". WOW! I was so relieved and even more excited to contribute in any way I could.
Luckily, we were able to drive to some destinations and the walking and stair climbing was manageable in small doses. I went with my daughter (we make a good mother daughter team! She understands my limitations and takes it all in stride) We spent about 2 hours trying to visit as many homes on our list as we could while also taking breaks as we went along. Thankfully, the people we met were wonderful. Everyone was friendly and kind.
I also left today with enormous pride that I have my daughter at my side for this. I am so proud that I've able to share this with her. Hopefully we've ignited in her a lifelong passion for getting involved with politics (or anything she believes in). Obviously, volunteering has always been important to me and my family, I am glad Cory Booker inspired both of us to get involved with the political process.
Are you or have you been involved with politics?
Everyone I have met so far has been so wonderful. I have to say, people who volunteer, are really cool people. They are also very smart. It’s been great. I can not wait for our next meeting during the week.
Did you know in New Jersey a registered voter currently not affiliated with a political party may declare their party affiliation up to and including Primary Election day? It's true! https://nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-party-declaration-forms.html All you need to do is fill out the simple form and mail or deliver to the Commissioner of Registration in your county or you can also file it with your municipal clerk. Once you are registered with your preferred party, you can vote in the primary August 13th!
| 2019-04-26T08:21:56 |
https://momsthoughts.webnode.com/blog/cory-booker/
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Manchester United announced record first-quarter revenue of £141million on Thursday, but player wages have risen as a result of their.
Jose Mourinho has criticised England for playing Phil Jones against Germany..
Arsene Wenger believes Santi Cazorla’s long-standing ankle injury is the worst he has ever seen but refused to rule out.
Liverpool are waiting to see whether manager Jurgen Klopp will be fit enough to start preparations for Saturday's match against.
What the papers sayNot the result we wanted..
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp missed training on Wednesday after being admitted to hospital having felt unwell..
Manchester United want Marouane Fellaini to extend his deal beyond the end of the season - and will not let.
Tottenham's Christian Eriksen has credited former Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp with playing a major role in developing his creative talents..
Leicester midfielder Adrien Silva insists he was disgusted by the injustice which has left him in exile..
Angel Rangel has been named Swansea's new club captain following Leon Britton's appointment as a player-coach..
Former England international Trevor Sinclair has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer after being held for allegedly.
Kevin De Bruyne feels Manchester City will not be able to sustain their unbeaten Premier League record for the rest.
What the papers sayAtletico Madrid contacted Mesut Ozil and offered the Arsenal star a return to Spain next summer, the Sun reports..
Liverpool defender Nathaniel Clyne has potentially been ruled out for three more months after undergoing surgery on a back problem..
Dominic Solanke could make a dream England debut against Brazil - before the talented striker has even made a Premier League start..
Swansea captain Leon Britton has joined the Premier League club's coaching staff..
Celtic and Manchester United have expressed their support for former midfielder Liam Miller after reports that the 36-year-old is battling.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has admitted his concern after Sadio Mane's early release from international duty due to more hamstring trouble..
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba took some time out from his injury rehabilitation to attend the MTV EMA awards in London on Sunday night..
What the papers sayFernando Torres is eyeing a return to the Premier League and could be interested in signing for.
Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland is expected to be out for between four and six weeks after suffering a broken finger while on England duty..
Former Blackburn and Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel has been named as the new head coach of the New England Revolution..
Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard has reignited speculation of a future move to Real Madrid by again talking of his admiration for Zinedine Zidane..
| 2019-04-23T16:22:56 |
http://forum.football.co.uk/search.php?s=de320ab27190fbfdb43ebc6473cf3090&searchid=698563
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How did FPI fare in picking 2017 college football results?
I'm going to let you in on a secret of the probabilistic prediction biz: We get to have it both ways.
Let's say FPI believes a team has a 72 percent chance to win a game, much like it did for Auburn against UCF in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl. If Auburn had won, no one would have much doubted FPI's prediction powers: It said the Tigers probably would win, and they did. But when the Knights won, we were able to just shrug our shoulders and say, "Hey, things that are supposed to happen 28 percent of the time do sometimes happen. Twenty-eight percent of the time, in fact."
See? We win no matter what.
OK, that's not actually how it works. In reality, FPI wouldn't take credit -- or blame -- for any single game's outcome. That just isn't (close to) enough of a sample to know if it's actually doing its job.
But at the same time, ESPN's analytics team feels strongly that if we're going to make predictions, we sure better evaluate how those predictions actually fare. And so we do that -- with a big assist from the folks at ThePredictionTracker.com.
We want to judge the college FPI model on how it fared predicting all college football games this season. And the way we want to measure that success is by considering its "error" -- the difference between the predicted point margin and the actual resulting point margin. We mainly are concerned with two different scores: mean absolute error, and mean squared error (which punishes bigger misses more heavily).
And while FPI doesn't want to brag, when we look at those prediction metrics, we see that it had a fantastic year in 2017. FPI's average absolute error was 12.4, so the average margin of victory was 12.4 points different than our predicted margin of error. That might sound like a lot (a lower error is better), but when predicting 780 football games, that's actually very good. And it's all relative to other models. In both error categories, FPI had a lower (better) score than any other public model out there. Here, see for yourself!
In addition, in average squared error FPI also beat the Vegas opening line. Over the long haul, the Vegas lines are essentially a theoretical limit for a public model. If a public model were consistently beating Vegas, it would be used by bettors or sports books and the line would shift toward the model.
Here's another way to verify that FPI is doing its job: calibration.
When FPI says a team has a 72 percent chance to win, like in the example above, we need to make sure that's about how often that team actually is winning. If teams given a 72 percent chance to win are winning 95 percent of the time, then we have a problem.
If we group together teams by similar predicted win percentages, we can see how they fared as a set compared to their prediction.
All of prediction groupings fell in their expected range except for the 61- to 70-percent set.
Keep in mind, this uses arbitrary buckets and significantly reduces the sample of the season. Therefore, it is less important than the aforementioned error analysis above but is useful for a quick peek. And if we look at multiple years of calibration, the results end up much closer to the middle of those buckets.
| 2019-04-20T23:23:40 |
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22152209/evaluating-predictive-powers-fpi-2017-college-football-season
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Coming back from a vacation is never easy. I have been trying to finish this post for the last week and time was just in short supply. Anyhow, I have finally caught up and gotten back to normal. In the last post I decided to embark on an experiment to examine what if any differences there would be between what one observes people doing at work versus what they report using our project management software, weekly timesheets, and status reports.
In my observations I considered that the person was "not working" when they were talking about non-work related topics, or just taking a break (such as a smoking break, coffee break etc.). Also, to be fair, for those specific individuals who took longer "breaks" during the day, I took a note and checked to see if they left later that day to make up for it. If this was not the case then "percentage worked" reflects the deficit.
WorkType is used to define the type of work one does; and it can apply to any project. For example "Design" is a work type, "ABC Design" is a task you report time against when you are doing design work for project ABC.
One of my first surprises was that we had more than 6 different "Meeting" work types in the system such as "General Meeting", "Meeting", "PS Meeting", "R&D Meeting", "Marketing Meetings". With each of these work types associated to one or more team-specific and customer-specific projects.
I had to generate time reports that included all of these work types to be able to measure how much time is being reported as time spent in meetings.
We definitely do not need 6 meeting work types. First action item is to clean this up so we have clear�and consistent work types used by all teams to report meeting time in their teams and for any projects.
We have to make sure everyone has the same definition of a meeting. For example, R&D managers and sales team have a lot of 1 to 1 or small group meetings in their offices. This time was not reported as meeting time which is fine as long as we do so consistently. Looking at the samples versus what is reported in timesheets, and after speaking to a few people, I can see that this is not the case right now. Also some people marked some training sessions as meeting time whereas others recorded this time against a training work type.
Our account executives do take time during the day to socialize with each other and other team members. However they work hard and I know they are responsive to customers even when they are called upon outside business hours. So the observations while valid are not a cause for concern.
Our inside sales team also does some socializing and participates in meetings but their timesheets report no such details. However, they have a pretty tough job. Making hundreds of calls per week following up on Web leads and other marketing activities. I hear them sometimes, they show remarkable patience and they actually care about their work so the breaks are very much needed to let some steam out.
Marketing which includes our Web team definitely has room for improvement. The observations confirmed what I already suspected. This team can and should do better than it does now. Web team members have to feel more intensity and a sense of urgency in their day-to-day deliverables. The experiment has actually provided me with new insight on this team.
R&D team members require a lot of freedom so they can be creative, intense, and excited about what they do. Therefore, given the great success of the last two releases, the occasional walking, chatting and longer breaks are not a cause for concern.
I am willing to cut the Support team some slack too. As part of this experiment, I decided not to just let one number lead me to any specific conclusion. Our 90 days plus accounts receivable (A/R) as a percentage of total receivables is near an all time low, our blocking support issues and SLA (service level agreement) compliance were well under control, so the team is more than justified in taking a break here and there. Of course, this would have been a red flag if the other metrics came in on the critical side. Definitely I will sample this group again if and when I see our A/R creeping up or an increase in SLA-compliance related issues.
The account executives report time at a very high level; simply reporting hours worked against a task called �Sales Activities� so you cannot tell how much time was spent on calls, in meetings or anything else. I do not think we need more detailed time reporting for this team especially since most of the team is comprised of veterans.
Our inside sales team also reports time at a high level. I think this should change. We need to cross reference their timesheets with phone logs, qualified lead counts and lead quality. Although I understand they need to take some breaks from time to time, I think more detailed time reporting will help us ensure this team stays on top of its game and reassess what they spend time on if and when our lead count or quality goes through a rough period.
Marketing which includes our Web team was inconsistent in their timesheet reports. Some people are reporting time spent in meetings and some are not, some are providing more detailed time reporting against specific tasks and some are not. I will meet with the head of that team to discuss these inconsistencies and agree on what the reports should include. I think the marketing team, specially the Web team, should provide a more accurate picture of what tasks and projects they are working on (for example: search engine optimization, trade show preparation, Web site design, PR, etc.). Right now it is a mixed bag.
In comparing what was observed versus what was reported, R&D team members were remarkably accurate in reporting how much time they spent in meetings. The percentage spent on meetings was higher than I expected but this is probably because the R&D team is gearing up to work on the next major release so specification meetings and reviews are likely to be more frequent and longer.
R&D management/project managers are spending a lot of time in meetings. The discrepancies in the percentage spent in meetings come from higher level executives who are not providing detailed reporting of what they are spending time on. If I take the higher level managers out then what was observed is in the range of what is being reported. Still, I think perhaps too much time is being spent in larger group meetings by high level managers. I prefer more of smaller, shorter, targeted group meetings to fewer large meetings, even for a major release than what I observed.
Support team�was a mixed bag as well. Those on the on-demand side are not reporting at the project level or any details of what they do. On the other hand, core application support team who is spending time with customers is providing very detailed time reporting. This should be addressed as we need to track costs of our on-demand initiatives and any time our on-demand team spends with customers.
This was quite a valuable experiment. Comparing observations to what is being reported to actual results has provided me with new actionable information that will help us improve how we run the various teams and our tracking systems.
The conclusion I draw from this exercise is no single data point can help management run their business well. You gain insight by looking at all of them combined: project management reports, observing people, walking and talking to people, customer surveys, and looking at the company results. That is the only way you can spot potential problems and prevent them or identify best practices and promote them to other parts of the company.
I would highly recommend this exercise for any high level executive or line of business manager. These types of activities help us get closer to the action, get the real facts; not just see things through rose colored glasses, and better understand the inner workings of our teams.
| 2019-04-23T22:44:46 |
http://www.comparesalesforceautomation.com/22980/content/comparing-observed-behavior-to-project-management-actuals.html
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1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, line a couple cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
2) In a bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice, set aside.
3) In the bowl of a standing mixer, with a paddle attachment, cream together both kinds of sugar and butter. Add the egg, pumpkin puree and vanilla and make sure they are well blended.
4) Add the dry ingredients and mix until they are all incorporated.
5) Using a small ice cream scoop, form your cookies and place them a couple inches apart from each other. Flatten the dough balls lightly with your fingers.
6) Bake the cookies for 12 to 16 minutes or until golden brown around the edges. Allow them to cool completely!
7) To make the glaze, add the butter to a small skillet and cook it on very low heat for about 4 to 5 minutes or until it turns a golden brown color.
8) Pour the brown butter into a bowl make sure to leave the solids behind. Add the powder sugar and vanilla and adding a little milk at a time mix the mixture together until it’s the perfect glaze consistency.
9) Drizzle the glaze over the cookies and allow it to set slightly.
| 2019-04-21T16:13:04 |
http://www.laurainthekitchen.com/recipes/pumpkin-cookies/
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A Gold Coast mother taught her children a lesson by taking away their Christmas presents for being naughty - and they've been well-behaved ever since.
Last year, Cheryl Rider had warned her son and daughter not to touch the gifts under their Christmas tree or Santa would take them away.
When eight-year-old Aria and Kobi, five, continued to do so, Ms Rider said she had to stick to her word.
Her children returned home one day in the first week of December to find nothing under the tree but a stern letter from Santa.
'The letter was telling them to pick up their act and Santa would return them (the presents) on Christmas if they did,' Ms Rider previously told the Gold Coast Bulletin.
It led to them behaving so well that she returned their presents to their spot under the tree after they went to bed on Christmas Eve.
But this Christmas, Ms Rider said she hasn't needed to employ the same stunt.
'They really learnt their lesson,' Ms Rider, a graphic designer from Runaway Bay, told Daily Mail Australia.
'Last year was the first time they I put the presents under the tree.
Ms Rider said she received 'horrible' comments about her disciplinary method after the story made headlines last year.
But the single mother said the simple trick taught her children a valuable lesson.
'I have a pretty thick skin, you have to when you're a single mum raising some very strong-willed children,' she said.
She said having a strict father growing up taught her that sticking to her guns was the only way to discipline her kids.
'I don't just do it at Christmas, I do it all year. If my daughter plays up, her iPad is gone,' she added.
But she won't have to be strict this year as Aria and Kobi have learnt their lesson and have behaved well all year.
'This year, they have been really good.,' Ms Rider said.
'They both came home one day and the presents were under the tree. They started walking towards them and Kobi said, "No, no, Santa will take them away."
| 2019-04-25T04:57:24 |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4050144/Meet-mother-took-children-Christmas-presents-away-naughty-leaving-tree-stern-letter-Santa.html
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SHOULD Arsenal sack Arsene Wenger this summer?
The Gunners slipped up at home to Crystal Palace yesterday as Yannick Bolasie's late strike earned the visitors a point.
That result leaves Arsenal out of the title race and facing a major battle to finish in the top four.
Catching rivals Tottenham also looks a distant dream, with Mauricio Pochettino's side five points above having played a game less.
After an FA Cup defeat at home to Watford and a Champions League exit to Barcelona, Arsenal are set for a trophyless season.
And Starsport want to know - is it time for Arsenal to bid farewell to Wenger?
Arsenal will be looking to return to winning ways on Thursday when West Brom head to the Emirates.
A trip to relegation-threatened Sunderland follows on Sunday before they host fellow basement battlers Norwich the next weekend.
They wrap-up the season with a trip to Manchester City on May 8 before Aston Villa head to north London on the final day.
| 2019-04-22T10:41:18 |
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/508905/Arsene-Wenger-sacking-Arsenal-vote
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In order to understand the context in which Wages for Housework -- a global feminist movement organized around the idea that domestic (or reproductive labour) was as "crucial for the survival of the capitalist system as more typically male 'productive’ labour'" -- was born, one must consider or recall what it was like to be a woman in the 1970s.
In the first chapter of her ambitious book Wages for Housework: A History of an International Feminist Movement, 1972–77, feminist writer and retired university professor Louise Toupin provides a glimpse into daily life for women in the early 1970s -- a time in which housework (also called domestic work or care work) was not considered to be real work, rather it was a "labour of love," or a biological duty imposed almost always upon women.
"In Quebec, for example, women could not serve on juries, and civil marriage and divorce had just been legalized, as had homosexuality 'between consenting adults,'" writes Toupin. She adds that access to abortions was only in the process of being liberalized, advertising of contraceptive methods was illegal, and "pay equity was an illusion." At the turn of the 1970s, "very few books dealt with the question of women as a political issue," and scholarly feminist studies were at their earliest stages.
Born in this climate, Wages for Housework saw the absence of earned wages as oppression, and waged men as the oppressors, giving women little, or no, bargaining power to negotiate their own conditions of work. "In reality, a wage is much more than money. It must be understood, in political terms, as a power relationship that structures society," writes Toupin.
Chronicling the Wages for Housework movement from its beginnings emerging from the International Feminist Collective in Italy in the early 1970s, Wages for Housework is divided into two parts -- "The International Feminist Collective: Historical Overview and Political Perspective" and "Mobilizations around Women’s Invisible Work." It is the first international history of the Wages for Housework movement, which is much overlooked in the history of second-wave Western feminism.
A deeply interesting read, the book draws not only on the movement in Canada, but mobilizations around the world, including in England, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. The book culminates with two previously unpublished conversations with Silvia Federici, co-founder of the New York Wages for Housework Committee, and Mariarosa Dalla Costa, co-author of renowned feminist text The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community.
There's no question that Toupin's work is itself a labour of love, impressive in its thorough use of archival research, including primary documents that break up its academic text. Journals, editorial cartoons, posters, photographs, and even sheet music and song lyrics that acted as tools for mobilization are included, making Wages for Housework a critical scrapbook for both feminist and labour scholars interested in the movement.
A central theme of women’s autonomy and choice weaves through the entirety of Wages for Housework, emphasizing that demanding a wage meant that women would have the autonomy to dictate other choices in their lives. "Demanding a wage meant, first, demystifying the belief that housework is not real work. It meant women discovering themselves as workers. From this position, they could, for example, fight to define the scope of this work: determine the length of the workday and the services to be offered, and lighten and shorten the workday. Unacceptable working conditions would no longer seem so normal," writes Toupin.
For women, dictating and determining their own conditions for work extended beyond unwaged domestic tasks. Women's economic dependence on their husbands, Toupin argues, gave them little bargaining power on issues surrounding procreation, childbirth, contraception, abortion, and overall women's health. Sexuality, rather keeping husbands "gratified," was for many women part of housework. Toupin also draws parallels to domestic violence that some women faced at home.
What makes Wages for Housework most impressive is Toupin’s acknowledgment that history books, especially those on the pursuits of second-wave feminism, too often focus on white, straight, middle-class women. "White women had privileged access to the wages of white men," she says. Much of Toupin's book looks at myriad mobilizations that were happening simultaneously, especially among women with multiple inequalities, including Black Women for Wages for Housework and Wages Due Lesbians, which organized due to "lesbian mothers threatened with losing custody of their children because of poverty or discrimination." The movement also extended to include links between unwaged workers and waged workers, including female factory workers, waitresses, and nurses. "The vast majority of women who had waged jobs returned to being houseworkers once they got home … It turned out that waged and unwaged women were, in reality, the same people," writes Toupin.
Drawing on feminism, Marxism, and capitalism, Wages for Housework is rooted in academia, but Toupin’s crisp and confident writing make the book accessible to all readers with an interest in gender studies and labour history in Canada and beyond. A huge undertaking and achievement, Wages for Housework is much-needed documentation of a movement that is largely unknown.
Mostly, Wages for Housework is a worthy read in its ability to pay homage to the women who mobilized, seeing themselves not only as mothers and wives, but as true workers contributing valuable, though economically undervalued, labour, often in isolation. Their contributions, themselves undervalued in history, helped to create a future in which women could demand more.
Jessica Rose is a writer, editor, and reviewer who has written for publications across Canada. Her book reviews have appeared in magazines including Quill and Quire, Room, Ricepaper, This, and the Humber Literary Review. She also covers Hamilton's literary scene in Hamilton Magazine. Jessica is a senior editor at the Hamilton Review of Books and a founding editor of The Inlet. She recently took over the role of books editor at This magazine. When she's not writing, she is the social media coordinator at YWCA Hamilton.
| 2019-04-20T20:27:22 |
http://www.rabble.ca/books/reviews/2018/11/capitalism-runs-womens-housework
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In an election with more than two candidates, it is often the case that the winner (the candidate receiving the most votes) receives less than the majority of the votes. Given the results of an election, can you determine the winner, and whether the winner received more than half of the votes?
The first line of input contains a single positive integer $T \leq 500$ indicating the number of test cases. The first line of each test case also contains a single positive integer $n$ indicating the number of candidates in the election. This is followed by $n$ lines, with the $i$th line containing a single nonnegative integer indicating the number of votes candidate $i$ received.
There are at least $2$ and no more than $10$ candidates in each case, and each candidate will not receive more than $50\, 000$ votes. There will be at least one vote cast in each election.
Provide a line of output for each test case. If the winner receives more than half of the votes, print the phrase majority winner followed by the candidate number of the winner. If the winner does not receive more than half of the votes, print the phrase minority winner followed by the candidate number of the winner. If a winner cannot be determined because no single candidate has more vote than others, print the phrase no winner. The candidate numbers in each case are $1, 2, \ldots , n$.
| 2019-04-20T14:55:36 |
https://open.kattis.com/problems/vote
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Each of the abbreviations below are almost alike in relation to each other, but what do the letters actually stand for?
There is "haute cuisine" and "haute couture", but what does haute actually mean?
We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now let's peek into THE ANSWERS BOX for the results from last weekend's Puzzle Corner.
The first five Presidents of the United States: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe were all founding fathers of America.
The first President who was not was the sixth: John Quincy Adams.
Where lovers woo, and coo, and whatever else rhymes with woo and coo.
Oh how I love chocolate! Especially the Belgosian Dark Chocolate!
Oops! I better get back on topic.
Now it's sad to me that apparently there is only one day out of the whole year strictly dedicated to love.
After all, love is a many splendid thing. Love makes the world go round. Love IS all you need.
So why only dedicate one day to something so important?
But since you folks came here for humor instead of philosophy, it's time for some heart felt jokes.
What monster really loves to dance?
What did the fruit vendor write on the Valentines' Day card to his spouse?
"Honeydew you realize how much I love you?
We make quite a pear.
You're a real peach of a wife.
Orange you glad I love you?
I'm plum crazy about you!"
So unless there is an odorous skunk with a French accent on your tail, please take the time to tell the one(s) you care about how you really feel about them, and I'll be back next weekend with more Sunday Funnies. - wd.
It has come to the attention of The Free Choice E-zine that the state of Connecticut is considering, if not has already made a decision upon, the possibility of limiting the posting Public Notices (such as foreclosures, meetings, votes, etc.) on a central web-site instead of newspapers; presumably to save the state the advertising costs of posting said notices wherever.
Despite how much of a technological society the world is becoming, not everyone currently has access to a computer 24/7, nor stays up to date on the Internet considering it is the WORLD wide web.
It costs a state nothing to notify local TV and Radio stations, which carry such information as news.
The Free Choice E-zine supports keeping public notices in newspapers, as well as within whatever other media such notices can be placed, to keep the public informed and (hopefully) active within their local government.
But while there is no way I could ever dare top such a comedy classic, I do have some football related jokes to tell you lucky people!
How do football players keep their cool during games?
They sit on benches in front of the fans!
Why can't Cinderella play football?
Is it a compliment or an insult when your football coach calls you one of the team's greatest drawbacks?
That's it for now everybody. Enjoy the game. Save me some snacks, and we'll be back next weekend with more Sunday Funnies! -wd.
Another weekend is upon us, and in a lot of places it's too cold to venture forth outside unless absolutely necessary. But let's keep our wits sharp and our minds warm with some new brain teasers.
Ah, amour. Love is in the air as Valentine's Day approaches. The definitions to four words are below. All have the letters L-O-V-E within them, but not necessarily in that order. Do you know them?
1. To climb up the genetic ladder.
2. One in a series of books.
3. To create, like an idea.
4. The act of opposing your oppressors.
Our question is: What member of the United States is surrounded by the most water?
But for now, let's peek into THE ANSWERS BOX for the results from the January 30 Puzzle Corner.
The Las Angeles Police Department retired badge number 714, worn by actor Jack Webb in the original Dragnet series.
As surely as night follows day, if you celebrate the best in something, there has to be a worst of the same thing.
While not winning an Oscar in the movie industry does not mean that you or your production were amongst the worst Hollywood had to offer during the previous year, winning a Golden Raspberry, more commonly known as a Razzie, does.
Started in 1981, these (dis?)honors are presented to films and their performers the night before the actual Academy Awards to note that while Hollywood may have some great moments, there are also some clunkers out there.
*All About Steve, G. I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA, Land of the Lost, Old Dogs, and Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen for Worst Picture of the Year.
*Will Farrel (Land of the Lost), Steve Martin (Pink Panther 2), Eddie Murphy (Imagine That), and John Travolta (Old Dogs) for Worst Actor.
*Beyonce (Obsessed), Sarah Jessica Parker (Did You Hear About the Morgans?), Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana), Megan Fox (Jennifer's Body and/or Transformers 2), and Sandra Bullock (All About Steve) for Worst Actress.
In addition, since this is 2010, the nominees for the worst of the previous decade were also announced, culled from all the previous nominations and 'winners' between 2000-2009.
*Ben Affleck, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Rob Schneider, and John Travolta for Worst Actor of the Decade.
*Mariah Carey, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Jennifer Lopez, and Madonna for Worst Actress of the Decade.
*Battlefield Earth (from 2000), Freddy Got Fingered (2001), Gigli (2003), I Know Who Killed Me (2007), and Swept Away (2002) for Worst Picture of the Decade.
Well, even after publicly announcing his plans during the State of the Union address last week, you can't be surprised that President Barack Obama's proposed 2011 Federal budget is being analyzed by everyone for everything with a fine toothed comb and an electron microscope.
Although it does weigh in at a hefty 3.8 trillion dollars, none of the decisions made into what is and is not within the plan were made lightly.
Small businesses, along with low to middle income Americans will be receiving most of the tax cuts and programs, while big business and those in the upper income brackets will be (as one pundit pointed out) "finally paying their fair share".
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Homeland Security, and the military also are well covered in the proposal, which still has to receive Congressional approval.
But seriously folks, something does need to be done to help this country back on the road to (economic) recovery.
Caesar may have been wary of the Ides of March, but a lot of people set store by the results of the annual activity of Punxsutawney Phil, the official groundhog of February second: Groundhog's Day.
Phil unfortunately did see his shadow this morning, which is supposed to signify that there will be six more weeks of winter ahead of us before Spring finally arrives.
Now if Phil did not see his shadow, there will allegedly be six weeks of good weather and an early Spring. But what I would like to know is: considering how the weather looked this morning, how did Phil ever see his shadow to begin with?
Music fans celebrated both the past and the present at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, held Sunday night and presented live on the CBS television network.
*Lifetime achievement awards were presented to songwriter Leonard Cohen; musicians Clark Terry (trumpet), David "Honeyboy" Edwards (guitar), and Andre Previn (piano); as well as singers Bobby Darin, Michael Jackson, and Loretta Lynn.
*The Beatles' "All Together Now", a documentary about the making of Cirque du Soleil's Love show, based upon Beatles music, won Best Music Video (long form). This is the second time The Beatles have won in this category, with the previous award being for the movie Let It Be.
| 2019-04-19T22:14:20 |
http://www.thefreechoice.info/2010/02/
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Was the Younghusband building named after a young husband? New tour to tell story of 119year-old wool store.
I despair of a world where the original aesthetic of a place has no value other than in advertising dollars.
Melbourne City Council has unanimously endorsed the latest proposal for a redevelopment of the 'dear old Queen', but some stakeholders are still fed up..
'It's heavenly': Hungarian immigrant Jozsef Tallosi is winning hearts as a volunteer violinist in two Melbourne hospitals.
There was music, cake and perhaps a few wee drops of whisky for Nessie Kluckhenn's 110th birthday knees-up.
Am I a Melburnian yet?
After 10 years living in the country's most progressive state, can I finally call myself a local?
From a modern practicality to Tuscan-style opulence, these are the winners of this year's landscape design competition at the International Flower and Garden Show.
A cavalcade of leading artists have graced one of the nation's greatest outdoor venues, the Sydney Myer Music Bowl .
A rental listing for a studio apartment in Richmond in which a tiny kitchen was located inside a garage - for the hefty asking price of $450 a week - had many suggesting on social media that the Australian rental property market was broken.
| 2019-04-19T15:25:44 |
https://www.theage.com.au/topic/melbourne-city-life-5z9?page=2
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Given three integers A, B and N, such that the first two terms of the series (1st and 2nd terms) are A and Brespectively, compute the Nth term of the series.
You are given three space separated integers A, B and N on one line.
This integer is the Nth term of the given series when the first two terms are A and B respectively.
Some output may even exceed the range of 64 bit integer.
The first two terms of the series are 0 and 1. The fifth term is 5. How we arrive at the fifth term, is explained step by step in the introductory sections.
* Returns the modified fibonacci of a number.
* @param fibonacciTable Map containing the number as key and its fibonacci number as value.
* @return integer representing modified fibonacci for input number.
// if number is present in map, it means fibonacci number has been calculated for this.
// We simply return the value from Map.
// Get the fibnacci number for num - 1 and num -2 by calling current method recursively.
// Put the number and its fibonacci in Map so that it can be utilized later without having to recalculate it.
// used multiple times. E.g. f(5) = f(4)*f(4) + f(3) and f(6) = f(5)*f(5) + f(4). As we can see both f(5) and f(6) needs f(4).
// Hence storing the values in a Map will make our algorithm run faster.
| 2019-04-21T21:17:20 |
https://allprogrammingtutorials.com/tutorials/fibonacci-modified-challenge.php
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You are working out rigorously on a daily basis, and still not achieving the maximum results; it is not something that you expected, right? I am going to tell you some steps, through which you can maximize your workout and achieve the best from it.
Prior to you workout plans, it is necessary that you supply your body with at least two glasses of water. If you hydrate your body well before the workout, it will be an effective technique to achieve your goal. Do remember to hydrate your body often throughout the day.
It is another important component that you need to take care of while exercising. You should eat healthy food that includes carbohydrates and protein. For a rigorous exercise, you need to consume energy, and for that, you need to eat well. Do not eat more or very less; eat the right amount to get the effective regime of your body. Diet fruits and vegetables, and avoid food that have more of fats like cheese, chocolates; avoid junk food, deep fried food, coffee, and alcohol.
It is a myth that if you will workout for hours, then you will lose more weight. You should workout for short time, but at a higher intensity for a better shape. To begin with, you should do workout only for 30-40 minutes, and gradually you can increase it up to 60 minutes. However, do not try to exceed more than this time span; otherwise, you might injure your body.
To make your body comfortable, you should always begin with warm up exercises. Warming up before the rigorous exercises is extremely effective for your body. Cycling, jogging or walking up the stairs could be the best ways to begin with your workout routine.
You should do different exercises because if you keep doing the same workout continuously, then your schedule will become monotonous, and if you do not change exercises with the passage of time, then it will be ineffective on your body. Try different positions and change your workout routines to make your workouts effective.
You should increase the intensity of your workouts slowly, but surely, do not try to do it in a friction of second because your body takes time to adjust in a routine. You should begin with walking in a stipulated time, and then further proceed with jogging, and then later with running. By doing this, you will gradually increase the efficacy of the regime on your body.
Whenever you begin with any exercise, you should keep an eye on the postures that you have been forming. If you fail to be accurate with the same, then it might not be effective on your body, and might also cause injury to your body. So until and unless you are not sure about a posture, and if you are not doing it right, then you should either do them in proper guidance, or don’t do it at all.
Consult a dietician before beginning with any kind of diet; you should do experiments with your body, as different people have different stamina and different diet. So, you should consult a good dietician before cutting or increasing your diet. Always consult your fitness trainer about the exercises you are doing, never begin with anything that you are not aware about. Your trainer will guide properly, and will be able to tell you the exact exercises that are required for your body type.
| 2019-04-26T09:47:03 |
http://nfsfriends.blogspot.com/2013/08/8-steps-to-achieve-best-from-your.html
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1. Place the carrot and bell pepper on a baking pan in an oven set on 250°F for 45 to 60 minutes, or until all of the small pieces are completely dry, but not browned.
2. Combine the dried carrot and bell pepper with the other ingredients in a small bowl.
3. The mix can be stored in a sealed container indefinitely until needed.
4. When ready to use, pour ¼ cup of vinegar into a cruet or jar.
5. Add 3 tablespoons of water, then add the dressing mix.
6. Seal and shake vigorously.
7. Add ½ cup of oil and shake until well blended.
| 2019-04-23T22:52:34 |
http://catnipmouse.net/recipes/other/italiandressingmix.html
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Logline: Based on the graphic novel by Brian Ralph, the subversive dark comedy Daybreak finds 17 year old high school outcast Josh searching for his missing girlfriend Sam in post-apocalyptic Glendale, California. Joined by a ragtag group of misfits including a pyromaniac 12 year old Angelica and Josh's former high school bully Wesley, now turned pacifist samurai, Josh tries to stay alive amongst the horde of Mad Max-style gangs (evil jocks, cheerleaders turned Amazon warriors), zombie-like creatures called Ghoulies, and everything else this brave new world throws at him.
Colin Ford (Captain Marvel, We Bought a Zoo) will play Josh Wheeler. Josh is an ordinary kid who learns he’s not so ordinary after all when the bombs drop. The apocalypse is the best thing that ever happened to him. He can finally be the hero he read about in comic books. Josh's search for his lost love leads him to become a reluctant leader of an ad hoc tribe of outliers and misfits.
| 2019-04-24T02:32:37 |
https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-dramedy-daybreak-rounds-out-cast-of-glendale-high-school
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Taking notes should be a pretty simple process, right? All you need to do is write down the key points from a lecture or text and voila - notes! Often that's all you'll need to do, particularly if it's a simple topic or you just need to jot down a few thoughts about something you read. But there are also plenty of occasions, especially when it comes to school work, where you can benefit from a more thorough method of taking notes. If you're doing research for paper, sifting through a complicated lecture, or reading for a class, you'll save yourself time and a lot of work if you learn to take good notes.
This is a topic that has interested writers and education professionals for a long time, and over the years experts have put forward a variety of systems for taking notes (you can even find studies comparing the effectiveness of the many note taking systems out there). One of the best of these systems is Cornell notes.
Cornell notes were developed in the 1950s by an education professor at Cornell University (hence the name). In the Cornell system, the page is divided into three sections: two columns and a row along the bottom. The right-hand column, which should take up about 2/3 of the width of the page, is for taking notes. You should copy down the main ideas of the lecture or text you're reading. Focus on keeping your sentences short and on paraphrasing the original wording: you should be processing the information and writing it down in easy-to-understand language, not just repeating the lesson word-for-word.
The left-hand column, which should take up about 1/3 of the page, is for keywords as well as questions you have about the lesson or text. The idea here is that instead of burying questions inside a long list of notes, they can be pulled out to the side where they're easy to see, making it simple to go back and review areas you didn't understand. The visibility of the keywords will also help in the review practice, since you can skim the left-hand column and look for keywords instead of having to pick through pages of notes. Including questions and keywords as you go will also help you to begin to synthesize what you're hearing or reading-you're not just writing it down, you're also thinking about what it means and why each idea is important.
The space at the bottom of the page should be used for summarizing your notes. Within 24 hours of taking the notes, you want to read back over them and condense all the notes on the page into a few sentences. Working on this section is a great way to review, and creating the summary will also help you memorize the material. As an added bonus, the space at the bottom will help you if you ever need to go back through your notes to find a particular concept. Instead of reading through pages of notes, you can simply flip through and read the summaries until you find what you need.
What are Cornell notes good for?
If you're reading for a class, taking notes in the Cornell system can help you keep your thoughts organized. In the right-hand column you can record important quotes, themes, symbols, or ideas from the reading, and in the left you can write down questions and comments for class. And, as was mentioned above, summarizing at the bottom is a good way to memorize the material and synthesize everything that you've just read.
If you're doing research for a paper, you need a system to organize all the work you've done. Cornell notes will help you in a number of ways: you can keep track of all your sources (for example, you can create a single page for every source you've read), and by using keywords you can group together related sources and interconnected ideas. Then, when it comes time to write your paper, you can use the keywords and summaries to quickly find what you need.
Obviously it's pretty easy to take Cornell notes by hand, but there are also several computer programs that will allow you to keep notes on your pc or tablet. Notability, for example, is an Apple application that will let you set up your screen so that you can take notes in several different panes. OneNote from Microsoft can also be set up to take Cornell notes. The programs will also let you organize your notes in folders, which can make a large research project much easier.
Introduction of Klipspringer Ch. 4 opens with a list of all the impressive people that show up for Gatsby's parties.
Nick lists all the impressive people that come to Gatsby's parties. The two then go on a ride in Gatsby's "splendid car," and Gatsby tells Nick is extravagant life story. He also requests a favor from Nick, to be further discussed with Jordan Baker.
| 2019-04-19T14:55:56 |
https://www.bestcustomwriting.com/blog/cornell-notes
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Adele's 21 has been named the best-selling album in the US for a second consecutive year.
It is the first time that an album has topped the list two years in a row for 30 years.
Adele sold 4.4 million copies of the album in 2012 after selling 5.8 million in 2011.
She crossed the 10 million threshold in November and was only rivalled by Taylor Swift, whose Red album was second on the list in the US.
The last album to be a best-seller in successive years was Michael Jackson's Thriller, which triumphed in 1983 and 1984.
In the UK, Adele's second release is now the fourth highest selling album ever, having recently overtaking the Oasis album (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
Sales figures in the UK alone for 21 are now approaching 5 million, and it was the UK's second highest selling release in 2012, despite being released in early 2011.
Adele's 21 has won six Grammys and two Brits and has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.
| 2019-04-24T10:56:21 |
https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/adele/adeles-21-top-us-album-again/
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Read the following article and then answer the question 1-6, by selecting the correct answer A, B, C, D.
It was a lazy Sunday afternoon, the lull before the storm of Monday morning madness of alarm clocks, traffic jams and deadlines. The clock struck three and Rebecca's elbow still rested on the arm of the tapestry-covered sofa. With her fingertips she began caressing the rough piping that ran along its seams. Simultaneously, the toes of her left foot moved back and forth across the edges of the sheepskin rug. This action Rebecca found comforting; it reminded her of being at home as a child when she used to sit in the family sitting room, her toes playing with the fringes of another kind of rug. Her mother would snap at her to stop it, so of course she did it all the more.
Rebecca had a sudden whiff of the glue that Katy was applying to make one of her artistic creations. Her daughter was seated on a cushion right in the middle of the room, looking like an island, surrounded by a sea of cardboard cut-offs, sequins, felt-tip pens, and pristine sheets of white A4 paper that she had disobediently pinched from her father's study. She really should be working at the kitchen table, Rebecca thought, but I don't have the appetite for the outburst that might happen if my genius-daughter-at-work is disturbed. Every three minutes and 50 seconds Katy got up to replay Kylie Minogue's version of 'The Locomotion'.
"Why don't you listen to the CD all the way through, Katy?" her dad said, who was sprawled out on the other sofa. "You'd like the other songs as well." "Nah, too boring."
Rebecca glanced at David and then said, "I could do with something to perk me up." Her words trailed off with a heavy sigh, and then a yawn. It was the first in a series of hints that she would like him to get up and make her a cup of tea.
On the lamp table next to the sofa, she noticed a letter that had been delivered a week ago, advertising exercises classes and a slimming club. She had kept it on the table as a reminder, or perhaps to conjure up the same kind of magical effect that people believe in when they splash out on membership to a fancy gym without going near the place more than once every two months.
"Have you seen this flyer?" she said to her husband. "Just the thought of going for a workout makes me want to go and lie down." Once more she didn't get a response. "Who's going to make the tea then?" was her third and most blatant attempt to get a drink before she died of thirst.
He stood up. "I suppose it's my turn. Again." He went off into the kitchen while Rebecca, the victor, snuggled a bit further into the sofa. Charlie, who'd been asleep on the sheepskin rug, now started up with his own brand of baby chatter. He was attempting to cover the whole repertoire of vowel sounds this afternoon, like a singer performing warm-up exercises. Then, occasionally, he jammed his fingers into his mouth to make a sound approaching an elongated 'w'.
He lay underneath a baby gym, which consisted of a tubular frame in patriotic colours of red, white and blue and a top bar, from which dangled two clowns, one on a swing and one in a position that Rebecca thought was called a pike. (It was a long time ago that she had achieved her gold star award in the trampoline.) Once Charlie made eye contact with Rebecca, his happy babbling began to turn into a grizzle.
"Does Charlie want feeding again?" Rebecca asked in the baby voice that irritated them all, herself included. She bent down to scoop her son up. "Mum, he doesn't want feeding again. You've only just fed him," Katy said. "I'll try - just in case he's hungry." In the kitchen she warmed through the mush of potatoes and broccoli that Charlie liked and took it back through to be with Katy.
Luckily, the baby was actually ready for a feed, which meant that Rebecca not only saved face with her daughter, but showed that she had no need to feel guilty about sending her husband to make the tea. David walked back in the sitting room that very minute, her cup of Earl Grey with its delicate scent of bergamot wobbling in its saucer. In his other hand he clutched a large mug. Rebecca gave him a warning look that dared him not to put the cups down on the oak blanket box that served as their coffee table. Its surface was already scarred by two rings where hot drinks had been carelessly placed directly onto it.
"Thanks. You're a treasure." She settled down to feed Charlie, knowing that her tea would be the perfect temperature to drink in one go by the time he had had enough. "Where's Katy got to?" David said, after a few minutes. The answer came from upstairs as they heard the sound of their older child passing through the curtain in the doorway of her bedroom. It was like those beaded curtains that used to be in fashion when Rebecca was a child, but instead of beads this one was formed from a dazzling collection of pink, purple and silver shimmering plastic squares. She couldn't remember which one of them had named it the 'jingle-jangler' but it was very apt.
2) What action does Rebecca take with her daughter?
She reprimands Katy for making a mess on the floor.
She asks David to speak to Katy.
She appeals to Katy to play a wider range of music.
She does nothing in order to avoid a fuss.
3) What is Rebecca's attitude to the letter lying on the table?
The adverb's claims are misleading.
She hopes it will prompt her to take up exercise.
It makes her feel more motivated.
She thinks the slimming club is good value for money.
relieved that her baby is awake.
surprised to hear her baby chattering.
guilty that she's being lazy.
glad to have got her own way.
he might trip over Katy's equipment.
he doesn't like the smell of her tea.
tea is dripping from the saucer.
he might damage an item of furniture.
is identical in design to one from a previous generation.
is made up of unusual colours.
keeps out the light at night.
| 2019-04-26T06:12:52 |
https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/tests/1part3.htm
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For those of us who've been around a while, the once impossible-to-pronounce name of Nav-ratti-lova, is now a household, and easy-to-pronunce word. Some of use just call her Martina. This tennis phenomenon just keeps getting better and better at what she does. Her dominance of the Women's Tennis circuit is legendary and she's still playing competitive tennis at the age of 49! In the introduction to her book, I loved her saying, "Getting in shape really starts with this advice: Don't let age get in your way. Don't let age define your identity or govern what you can or cannot do. Look at your ability, not at your age." Sound advice. Now, not many 40-somethings can ever hope (or even dream) to become a "Martina", but her advice can certainly nudge us in the right direction. And heaven knows, we need to do something about our eating habits. She enlightens us with a little background information about her own eating habits and training routines which she hopes we'll follow. She's a sterling example of what one can achieve healthwise and is living proof that "we are what we eat". This book is extremely positive and encouraging and Martina recalls moments from her past to illustrate a lot of what she's writing about. It's not only about eating healthily and doing a certain amount of exercise, it's also about one's mindset and attitude towards reaching your goals, and remaining focused on the task. The information on food, and her 28-day meal plans (some recipes) to help us eat better, and get ourselves on track, is incredibly interesting and worth taking notes for future use. I found this passage enlightening: "Carbohydrates are important in another aspect: They break down into glucose, which is the major fuel for immune cells. Low blood glucose also triggers the release of stress hormones that suppress the immune function, so a drop in blood sugar during and after prolonged, intensive exercise can reduce immunity. If viruses and bacteria gain a foothold during this window of opportunity following hard exercise (3-72 hours), you are most susceptible to getting sick". So that's why we hear of fit and healthy people getting sick. There's also an illustrated exercise section - vital and extremely interesting. She goes into details about exercising in order to get the most out of your body and to make it healthy and strong. Who knew the lengths we should be going to so we can be as fit as we should be, without much effort! I recently saw Martina on TV at the French Open Ladies Final looking beautiful and gracious - a picture of health. And, her humble and moving acceptance of a painting had us all in tears and goosebumps. She's really a perfect example to us all - men and women. Go Martina! Visit her at her website at www.martinanavratilova.com.
Conclusion - An extremely necessary book for everyone. Oh, and how you mattered, Martina!
| 2019-04-24T06:41:30 |
http://pettprojects.com/brmartina.html
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There have been many questions about the building of our new school!
What options are being explored?
Option 1: Build our new school on the parish site. Benefits include the connection of our school and parish, along with parishioners and students strengthening our SFA community. This option is financially feasible with sale of the current school site. It would also provide a public benefit to the broader community by including park space on parish land at Semlin. Challenges include a more extensive community consultation process and increased traffic before and after school.
Option 2: Build our new school at the current site. Benefits include a less complicated rezoning process and potentially more neighbourhood support. Challenges include a continued disconnection from the parish impacting our faith community as a whole. Funding would be limited, as the sale of parish land at Semlin is not as valuable as land at the current school site. A longer period of fundraising would be required resulting in higher costs. There would be costs associated with moving students offsite during construction. The current school is located on a busy intersection.
What opportunities are there for input?
The SFA Parish Finance Committee and the Archdiocesan Finance Committee will oversee the financial components of this project. The SFA Parish Finance Committee includes Murray Neilson, Sabato Delli Santi, Maria Sanvido, and Alex Kurnycki.
What process has been undertaken?
As we consider the future of our parish, the school will play a vital role in stewarding current and future generations of our SFA community. As a first step, on June 13, 2013, Fr. Gino invited parishioners to come forward and help with the school building project. Some with specific skills/experience were asked to participate. We are also working with KMBR Architects, and are continuing consultations with the Archdiocese's Building Commission and the City of Vancouver. No major decisions about the school have been made, with the feasibility of options currently underway.
We look forward to this exciting time in our community!
| 2019-04-19T08:57:02 |
http://www.sfaschool.ca/article/latest-articles/new-school-building-update?page=2
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This August the U.S. National and World F-Class Championships will be held in Raton, New Mexico. The U.S. F-Class Open Team has been working hard to prepare for the Worlds in Raton. This will be the fourth F-Class World Championship and first time it is being held in the USA. Team Captain Shiraz Balolia and his team-mates hope to successfully defend “home turf” this summer. The F-Class World Championships will run August 23 to 27, 2013. Preceding the World Championships, the U.S. F-Class National Championships will be held from August 18 to 22, 2013.
The US F-Class Open Rifle Team consists of the top F-Open shooters in the United States. Some members were on previous teams, but Team Captain Shiraz Balolia explains: “Our try-out process was very stringent and above board, which removed the notion of an ‘old boys club’ and allowed a lot of new blood to try out for the team”.
The selection process was straightforward. Each participant had to have placed in the top 20 of a National Championship or in the top 3 of a regional championship to be able to try out. After that, they had to participate in at least three try-outs over a two-year period. There were about a dozen try-outs at various venues (Houston, Lodi, Raton, Phoenix, Sacramento) which allowed shooters from all over the country to participate. Shooting during all try-outs were conducted at 1000 yards.
The scoring system was based on “Vertical” Score where the goal of the shooter was to hold good vertical elevation with regards to the X-Ring. All try-outs were shot with coaches and the wind calls were the responsibility of the coach. The shooters were not penalized for wide shots if they were on the waterline. The targets had horizontal lines drawn on them and points were deducted for high and low shots.
The targets were photographed and published for the try-out participants to view so everyone knew exactly where they stood. Shiraz notes: “This actually worked really well to raise the overall standard of the team as it increased competitiveness among the shooters”.
From the initial group, the first cut was made to select the Development Team (DT). These DT shooters then continued further try-outs in 2012 with a similar process. The DT group was then culled to the final team members listed below.
Q: The F-Open Team has switched calibers. What was the thinking behind that move?
Shiraz: After we lost to the Brits in 2009, it became a foregone conclusion that we needed to shoot a 7mm cartridge. Charles Ballard and Jim Murphy were among the first guys in the USA to recognize the virtue of the 7 mm (.284) caliber. The choices we had within the .284 family were: straight .284 Win, .284 Shehane, 7 RSAUM, or 7 WSM variant. After much experimentation and thought we decided on the 7 RSAUM and 7 WSM family of casings which allowed us velocities of around 3000 FPS with a 180gr bullet. With the advent of new 180gr bullets from Berger and Sierra, we were able to get extremely flat-shooting groups (tight vertical) with the velocities that we needed.
Q: Foreign teams won the last two F-Class World Championships. How are you going to beat the Brits and South Africans in 2013?
Shiraz: In the previous World Championship (at Bisley in 2009), the Brits had a huge advantage. Almost all of their shooters lived within a few hours of the Bisley range. The coaches they used knew that range inside out and they were able to practice as a team many times on that range before the World Championships. Plus, they were ahead of us in terms of caliber selection and were shooting 7mm cartridges, as were the South Africans. By contrast, our team came from all over the USA and we had very little time together as a team. Things are different this time… yes, our shooters are still from all over the USA, but the amount of training we have done as a unit, a whole team, is much better than last time around. We have a lot of depth in our team. In other words, our worst shooter is not that far behind our best shooter. I do not believe that there has ever been a long range U.S. Team that has trained this hard and this many times as a unit. We are ready to take on the Brits or any other country!
Q: How Does Successful Team Shooting Differ from Individual Shooting?
Shiraz: In individual matches, you are responsible for making all the wind calls, corrections on the scope and paying attention to all conditions before taking a shot. Sometimes the condition can change between the time you review the flags and the mirage, make an adjustment and take a shot.
In a team setting, the shooter is responsible for making a really good shot. He/she must be a really good trigger puller who has good equipment, good ammo, and who can follow directions. The coach makes all the calls, he often makes adjustments on your scope and all the shooter has to do is make the shot when asked by the coach. Shooters who second-guess a coach or think they can read the wind better than the coach did not make the team!
Q: Will Team USA Enjoy a ‘Home Court Advantage’ at Raton, NM?
Shiraz: Other than Trudie Fay, one of our coaches, we do not have any team members from the Raton area. We are a very large nation, in size, and our shooters come from all four corners and everywhere in between. Raton is not exactly “home court”, but we have trained there as a team several times. The Brits and the South Africans are no slouches either. The Brits spent a whole week in Raton last year in August to get a feel for the range, the temperature, the wind etc.; the Brits also tested loads for their team members. The South Africans came to shoot against us in September last year at the Stars and Stripes match and also shot at the US F-Class Nationals. The competition is certainly stiff and we can not let our guard down or be over-confident.
Q. Are there special skills and capabilities needed to be a successful team shooter?
1. He must be able to think in terms of what is best for the team rather than himself.
2. He must have really good equipment. That means a really good barrel, a smooth, trouble-free action, good optics, trigger, rest, etc.
3. He must have superior reloading skills, and be capable of producing really good ammo with bullets that perform consistently shot after shot.
4. He must possess the ability to take direction and put himself at the disposal of the coaches. What we look for in a shooter is consistency over a long period of time, not just a flash in the pan.
The shooters we have on our team have passed all the tests we have put them through and what we have today is, without a doubt, the best United States F-Open Team ever put together.
The U.S. F-Class Open Team may be about $3000.00 short on funds. Any donation will help. Please endorse checks to “US F-Class Open Rifle Team” and mail to P.O. Box 3110, Bellingham, WA 98227.
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NCPPRC long range tactical matches are held the first Sunday of each month, and are open to anyone 18 or older. No membership in any organization is required. Registration is at Range 12 of the Sacramento Valley Shooting Center from 07:30 to 08:30 in the morning. Cost is $25. To learn more about the match visit the NCPPRC Long Range Match webpage.
Vu Pham was running an all-new Bushnell front focal plane 4.5-30x50mm XRS scope with an amazing 6.7 times zoom range. This 34mm-tube scope features Bushnell’s G2 DMR Reticle. For a scope offering 30X magnification, is it compact at 14″ OAL (only 3/4″ longer than the HDMR). The elevation turret provides 10 mils per revolution with a zero stop. The scope sells for $2149.00 at CS Tactical.
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| 2019-04-22T08:25:50 |
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California law allows parents, grandparents and guardians to take time from work to attend school conferences and events.
What is the Family-School Partnership Act?
The Family-School Partnership Act is a California law that allows parents, grandparents, and guardians to take time off from work to participate in their children's school or child care activities. The law (Labor Code Section 230.8) first took effect in 1995. Its provisions were expanded in 1997 to add licensed child day care facilities to the kindergarten-through-grade-twelve levels included in the original legislation.
What opportunities am I offered under this law?
You are a parent, guardian, or grandparent who has custody of a child enrolled in a California public or private school, kindergarten through grade twelve, or licensed child day care facility.
You work for a business that has 25 or more employees at the same location.
How should I account for my time off work?
The law allows you to use existing vacation time, personal leave, or compensatory time off to account for the time you use participating in your child's school or child care activities. You may also use time off without pay if permitted by your employer. The employee, not the employer, chooses from the options that are available.
Let your employer know in advance that you would like to take time off to participate in activities at your child's school or child care facility. Although the law does not say how far in advance you should inform your employer, it is likely that rules are in place at your work site about reasonable notice for planned absences. And, if your employer requests, you are required to provide written proof of having participated at your child's school or child care facility.
If both parents of a child are employed by the same employer at the same work site, does the law allow them to take time off together for the same school or child care activity?
The parent who first gives notice to the employer has priority for the planned absence, although the other parent may also participate if the employer approves.
Does the law apply to parents who work the night shift or only to those who work the day shift? What about part-time employees?
All parents working full time, regardless of the shift they work, are allowed up to 40 hours per year. Because a night worker normally sleeps during the day when school is in session, that employee might ask for approval of an absence during the night shift in order to rest adequately for participating in activities at his or her child's school or child care facility. Part-time workers are allowed a proportionate number of hours. For example, half-time workers may take up to 20 hours a year. Teachers, even though they might work only ten months out of the year, are considered full-time employees and may take up to 40 hours per year.
What kinds of school or child care activities may I participate in with my child?
Under the law any activity that is sponsored, supervised, or approved by the school, school board, or child care facility is acceptable. Examples might be volunteering in your child's classroom; participating in parent-teacher conferences, Back-to-School Night, Open House, field trips, or extracurricular sporting events sponsored by the school, school board, or child care facility; and assisting in community service learning activities.
I am a teacher. Is my employer required to pay for a substitute teacher during my absence?
Because teachers generally get neither vacation nor compensatory time off during the school year, their only options under this law are time off without pay and possibly personal leave, unless their collective bargaining agreement provides for other alternatives. The school district would cover the cost of a substitute teacher through the salary savings gained from the classroom teacher's time off without pay. Check with your personnel director.
Does my employer have the right to refuse my request for time off to participate in activities at my child's school or child care facility?
If your employer has 25 or more employees at the same location, he or she cannot refuse the request. All such employers must comply with the law and allow you to take off up to 40 hours a year to participate in your child's school or child care activities. At least one of the options-using vacation, personal leave, compensatory time off, or time off without pay-must be provided to the employee.
My employer has an incentive bonus program for employees who take no unpaid leaves of absence. If I take time off to participate in activities at my child's school or child care facility, will my doing so count against me?
Yes, it probably will count against you. Labor Code Section 230.8 contains no clear answer to this question, but it seems reasonable that an employer would apply an incentive bonus program equally to all unpaid leaves of absence, regardless of the reason for the leave.
What should I do if I feel that my employer has discriminated against me for taking time off to participate in my child's school or child care activities?
Your employer may not fire you, demote you, take away your benefits, deny you a promotion, or in any other way discriminate against you because you have chosen to participate in activities at your child's school or child care facility. The law provides for civil penalties and compensation to the parents if such discrimination occurs. The law does not, however, give enforcement powers to a specific governmental agency. If you feel you have suffered discrimination, contact the Fair Employment and Housing Commission at 1-800-884-1684 or http://www.fehc.ca.gov or consult an attorney.
Information provided with permission by the California Department of Education. The information above is also available in multiple languages.
| 2019-04-20T10:23:06 |
https://www.cta.org/Parents-and-Community/Family-Involvement/Family-School-Partnership-Act.aspx
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Fun Easy English - new american english grammar topic question mark.
In this lesson you will learn the definition of a question mark and study the usage of question marks.
Study the information above. For the test questions below choose the sentence in which a question mark is required.
1. Which sentence requires a question mark?
a. Did you eat lunch today.
b. You ate lunch today. The correct answer is ........ a. Did you eat lunch today.
2. Which sentence requires a question mark?
a. You seem to be feeling better now.
b. Are you feeling better now. The correct answer is ........ b. Are you feeling better now.
3. Which sentence requires a question mark?
a. You are doing something good for the world.
b. What in the world are you doing. The correct answer is ........ b. What in the world are you doing.
4. Which sentence requires a question mark?
a. It is raining outside now.
b. Is it raining outside now. The correct answer is ........ b. Is it raining outside now.
5. Which sentence requires a question mark?
b. When are you coming. The correct answer is ........ b. When are you coming.
| 2019-04-23T10:32:01 |
http://funeasyenglish.com/new-american-english-grammar-topic-question-mark.htm
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The great 18th-century caricaturist, William Hogarth, who signed himself 'Britophil', caught the mood with flattering - if double-edged - national stereotypes. People loved his beer-swilling, roast-beef-guzzling, four-square Englishmen, the 'dread and envy' of starveling, bare-foot, onion-nibbling French peasants, oppressed by lecherous Jesuits and mincing courtiers. The English abroad saw the Continent through such prejudices: all was terrible as objects of misery, all was poverty and superstition, vainglory and tyranny. 'I think nothing so terrible as objects of misery', confided Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, travelling through northern France in 1718, 'and all the country villages of France shew nothing else'.
In this way, the great historian, Roy Porter, caught the essence of Hogarth's impact in a nutshell. What would he have made of the fact that today, William Hogarth is, at last, the subject (albeit with Rembrandt) of a major exhibition at the Louvre (moving back to its more natural home in February at Tate Britain)? In fact, this is the first exhibition of the work of William Hogarth ever to be mounted in France. This might be taken as an example of the cultural benefits brought about by the entry of Britain to the EU. But either way, it is a significant mark of the growing prestige of Hogarth, not just within the English-speaking world but globally.
The term 'Hogarthian' is now enshrined in the English language, and it is easy to understand its meaning once one has seen his paintings. The French word 'Rabelaisian', taken from an earlier century's coarse and humorous writing, bears little of the strength of the former. William Hogarth's comely mansion is still visible, with its brick façade appearing full-frontal as one drives westward towards Heathrow along the M4 approach at Chiswick. Garrick wrote the epitaph on Hogarth's tomb in Chiswick churchyard. In 18th-century London, there could scarcely have been a greater honour. Hogarth stood as a symbol of English xenophobia to all things Continental, but he always laced it with wit, which is why his work was so broadly popular. He also caught the mood in England of a new salacious but exuberant form of the novel, for example, Fielding's work Tom Jones, which is better than Rabelaisian in its thrust.
At the Louvre (until 8 January 2007) some 120 Hogarth works vie with 64 Rembrandts (the French must surely have discovered the latter if not the former). Awareness of Hogarth would prompt in French sensibilities an understanding, however reluctant, that the Enlightenment process, of which revolutionary France became so self-consciously proud, actually has its roots in England (and dare one say it, Scotland). Professor Frederic Ogee, Co-curator, has done European culture a major favour by opening up a debate about the origins of this classic European movement, from which sprang the establishment of the American Constitution. And France, being France, will not be too worried about the chauvinism from the 'Rosbif', as the English were dubbed at this time, but will revel in their enjoyment of Hogarth fundamentally as a painter, a great colourist and a creator of literally 'choreographed' scenarios.
After all, Hogarth, like any talented British painter, was doing his best to establish his credentials as a European painter of stature among equals. By choosing subjects of modern morals, such as 'A Harlot's Progress' (popular in the Louvre right now) and 'A Rake's Progress', he moved the goalposts firmly across the channel. The six paintings from the series 'Marriage à la mode' as it was titled, stand as Hogarth's masterpiece. A set of engravings based on the paintings was executed in 1745 and these were offered for sale by Hogarth in 1752. The series was also entitled 'A Variety of Modern Occurrences in High-Life' and parodied an arranged marriage between the son of a nobleman and the daughter of a bourgeois in all its preposterous stages. Here, Hogarth was seen as a redoubtable but sceptical Modernist.
He also defined his epoch better than any other artist. He was the true founder of caricature, expressed with masterly skill. The painting, 'O The Roast Beef of Old England', was really his own personal revenge against the French for arresting him in 1747 on false pretences, deeming him to be a spy, while he was innocently waiting for a ferry at Calais. The painting is set with a background of the massive, rather ugly entry gate to Calais. It shows the 'rosbif' of great mass being carried to English tourists past motley French soldiers, a salacious monk and a moping, onion-sucking Jacobite mercenary: the Scots and Irish are lumped with the French (this only three years after the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland). Hogarth was hauled off to the town jail. This is hardly a likely favourite for the Louvre, but it does reveal the depths of enmity and Hogarth's great satirical skill.
British audiences will be able to give Hogarth an easier ride when the show opens at Tate Britain in early February 2007.
| 2019-04-20T06:40:44 |
https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/william-hogarth
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GAME OF THRONES season 8, episode 1 had a big shocker after a child was found murdered and mutilated by the Night King. But what exactly does the Ned Umber symbol mean in the HBO series?
Game of Thrones season eight is now back following an arduously long wait. Episode one was called Winterfell and saw the show coming full circle as Daenerys Targaryen (played by Emilia Clarke) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington) arrived at Winterfell. In King's Landing Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) was revealed to have enlisted the Golden Company to her service. But the most troubling moment of the whole episode of the HBO series came towards the end with the death of the young Ned Umber (Harry Grasby). As viewers will remember, Jon pardoned the Karstarks and Umbers after the lords betrayed him to fight for Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) in the Battle of the Bastards.
What does the Ned Umber death symbol mean?
Game of Thrones season eight, episode one saw the horrific aftermath of the young Ned Umber’s death.
He was discovered at his home The Hearth by Edd Tollett (Ben Crompton) and Tormund Giantsbane (Kristofer Hivju) after the two parties stumbled across each other.
Edd was coming from Castle Black while Tormund was making his way from Eastwatch after they encountered each other as well as the grisly remains of Ned.
Ned had been killed and pinned to a wall with hacked off limbs fashioned around him in a spiral on the wall.
However, he had been turned into a zombie and quickly awoke as the men approached, leading them to destroy the creature by setting fire to it.
In the process, they set fire to all of the remains, creating a burning spiral which bore some resemblance to the sigil of House Targaryen. This striking similarity could hint at the perpetual nature of the fight between ice and fire.
The men realised this horrific work was created by the Night King (Vladimir Furdik) and he had left it as a message for others.
The Night King and his army of the dead are continuing their journey down South as they plan to take over the Seven Kingdoms.
The Hearth was simply their first stop on their path and it appeared the Night King wanted to make sure mortal men knew they had been here.
Sadly, Jon had sent Ned back to The Hearth to gather horses and other supplies without realising he was essentially ordering the boy to his death.
Ned’s death was even referenced in the new opening title sequence for Game of Thrones which showed the Last Hearth engulfed by ice as the Night King advanced.
The spiral left by the Night King is significant because it shows the White Walkers are an intelligent race rather than just a group of monsters.
This is also not the first time the White Walkers have positioned bodies into patterns. Back in season one, members of the Night’s Watch stumbled upon a group of corpses laid out in such a way.
In season three, Jon and Mance Rayder (Ciarán Hinds) found more human remains at the Fist of the First Men laid out in a spiral similar to the one seen in the most recent episode.
There could be many reasons for these patterns with some suggesting a calling card, while others think it could be a form of ritual and worship, and some have said it simply represents their journey South with winter now well and truly here.
As of yet, there’s been no explanation about the significance of the patterns but season eight is likely to reveal more about the White Walkers than any previous run.
So far, we know they are a mystical and ancient race with powers to control the elements and have already marched on Westeros before during the Long Night.
We have seen them turning babies into White Walkers in some sort of ceremony, again suggesting they have sentience and a purpose.
Perhaps fans should start asking why the Night King is trying to take over and if there is a higher cause that we've somehow missed or don't know about yet.
| 2019-04-21T08:28:58 |
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1114461/Game-of-Thrones-season-8-Ned-Umber-death-symbol-explained-spiral-series
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In these activities, the student fills in missing letters in words. Finding the words involves thinking about the spelling of the sounds of words. The categories of the items are: All, Alphabet, Animals, Food, Holiday and Seasons, Home and Household Items, Plants, Sports, Vehicles, Vowel Sounds, Which One is Different?, and Miscellaneous.
In these activities, the student unscrambles scrambles words. Writing the words involves both thinking about the letters in the words, the sounds of words and the subject of the printout. The categories of the items are: All, Alphabet, Animals, Food, Holiday and Seasons, Home and Household Items, Plants, Sports, Vehicles, Vowel Sounds, and Miscellaneous.
In these activities, the student circle correctly-spelled words. Chosing the words involves both thinking about the letters in the words, the sounds of words and the subject of the printout. The categories of the items are: All, Alphabet, Animals, Food, Holiday and Seasons, Home and Household Items, Plants, Sports, Vehicles, Vowel Sounds, and Miscellaneous.
In these activities, the student finds and writes a specific type of word for each letter of the alphabet (e.g., animal words or verbs). Finding the words involves both thinking about the sounds of words and the subject of the printout. The categories of the items are: All, Animals, Food, Geography, Holidays, Home and Household Items, People, Plants, Proper Nouns, Sports, Types of Words, Vehicles, and Miscellaneous.
In these printable worksheets, the student thinks of and writes down words related to a topic (now listed by category). The categories are: All, Adjectives, Animals, Clothing, Food, Holiday, People, Plants, Senses, Stories, Types of Words, Vowel Sounds, and Miscellaneous.
Draw two related items and then answer simple questions comparing them (now listed by category). The categories are: Animals, Clothing, Fall, Food, Home and Household Items, People and Faces, Plants, Toys, Vehicles, Winter, and Miscellaneous.
Answer questions using spelling words on these printable worksheets. The category themes are: All, Animals, Digraphs and Blends, Food, Holidays, Homonyms, Plants, Sports, Time, Vacation, Vehicles, Vowel Sounds, Weather, and Miscellaneous.
Find out what an acronym is, read a list of common acronyms, and print worksheets that help you learn about acronyms.
Answer 8 multiple-choice questions on the definition of acronym; a lesson in using a dictionary. Go to the answers.
Circle the correct spelling of witch-related words, and then color the picture of the words. The words are witch, wand, crystal ball, wizard, cobweb, ghost, bat, cauldron, hat, broom.
Color witch words, including magic wand, wizard, broom, crystal ball, ghost, bat, cauldron, hat, witch, web.
Using the word bank, label the pictures of 10 witch words on this worksheet. The words are: bat, broom, cauldron, cobweb, crystal ball, ghost, magic wand, witch, witch's hat, wizard. Go to the answers.
Print a 13-page nursery rhyme calendar. There is a cover and a page for each month, with a rhyme on each month's page.
Printouts, activities, and worksheets about witches, wizards, and magic.
Finish each of the four drawings around the line of symmetry. The witch pictures are a crystal ball, broom, hat, and wand. Or go to the answers.
Put 10 witch and wizard words in alphabetical order. The words are: witch, warlock, wizard, magic, wand, spell, charm, conjure, enchant, sorcerer. Go to the answers.
How many words can you make using the letters from "Witches and Wizards"? Sample answers: wand, chess, daze, ... Go to worksheet with 30 blanks or a worksheet with 50 blanks.
Draw a picture of a magic wand. Write about what the wand looks like and what magical things you could do with it. For young writers.
Draw a picture of a crystal ball. Write about what the crystal ball looks like and what you might see in it. For young writers.
Print a 13-page music calendar. There is a cover and a page for each month, with various simple musical theory topics on each month's page.
Print a 13-page astronomy calendar. There is a cover and a page for each month, with information about our solar system on each monthly page.
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https://www.enchantedlearning.com/whatsnew/07/julc.shtml
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Will maths kill the rhino?
One of the distressing aspects of the modern world is the large number of animal species in danger of extinction. The authoritative guide to this depressing reality is the Red List, maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Through a careful and extensive process of evaluation, the IUCN categorises highly endangered species as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered. For example, the lion is listed as vulnerable, the tiger as endangered, and the Sumatran rhino as critically endangered.
Recently, a team of ecologists at the University of Adelaide and James Cook University introduced the SAFE index, a new measure of the threat of extinction. They have suggested that the SAFE index might be used in conjunction with, or even replace, the Red List categories.
Their paper has appeared online in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Professor Corey Bradshaw, a team member, has described the SAFE index as "the best predictor yet of the vulnerability of mammal species to extinction".
The SAFE index has received extensive and very favourable coverage. There has been no challenge to Professor Bradshaw's claim that his team has made a "leap forward" in measuring extinction risk. We, however, are unimpressed by the leap.
The SAFE index assigns a number to each species. For example, the lion, tiger and Sumatran rhino have SAFE indices of 0.52, -0.21 and -1.36, respectively. Lower numbers, particularly negative numbers, are intended to indicate a greater danger of extinction.
What's behind these numbers? In a nutshell, the "leap forward" is the notion that the fewer animals in a species then the less likely the species will survive. That's it. It's a reasonable idea, at least as a general rule of thumb, though it's hardly rocket science.
True, the SAFE index involves extra calculation. It is estimated that the "minimal viable population" for mammal species is 5000. Then, the population numbers are logarithmically scaled, so that a species population of 5000 has a SAFE index of 0.
However, we can see no value in this mathematical juggling. The SAFE index contains no more information than the population number of a species, and it is obviously less transparent.
Still, the important question is how the SAFE index (or equivalently, the population number) compares in usefulness to the Red List. The Frontiers paper implies that the SAFE index is more objective, and is superior by being a quantifiable measure. We are sceptical on both counts.
The focus of the Frontiers paper is measuring the agreement of the SAFE index with numerical versions of the Red List. In fact, the Red List itself is the only benchmark of the SAFE index that is indicated: no direct evidence is provided of the ability of the SAFE index to predict survival or extinction.
However, it is impossible to argue that the SAFE index is more reliable, or less subjective, than the standard by which it has been measured. As such, we are aware of no evidence that the SAFE index is superior to the Red List. In fact, we believe that it is inferior, that the SAFE index introduces unwarranted quantification, which is at best distracting and at worst actively misleading.
Consider the Frontier paper's discussion of the Sumatran and Javan rhinos, both critically endangered species. The Javan rhino has a SAFE index of -2.10, lower than the Sumatran rhino's -1.36. On this basis, it is suggested that conservationists may wish to give up on the Javan rhino, to concentrate their efforts upon the Sumatran rhino.
That may be a wise, if tragic, decision. However, it should not be forgotten that what is being discussed here is a total of about 50 Javan rhinos and 250 Sumatran rhinos. It takes no deep thought or logarithmic computation to determine that both species are in dire trouble. Furthermore, for such tiny populations, the precise population numbers lose much of their meaning.
Whatever small chances there are of saving either species of rhino will depend critically upon very local and very specific information, none of which is taken into account by the SAFE index. Indeed, it is difficult to see what the SAFE index contributes here, other than obfuscation.
| 2019-04-21T20:39:02 |
http://www.qedcat.com/misc/84.html
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LONDON-Victoria Beckham is ''so proud'' of her son Brooklyn for following his dreams and going to college in New York, although she is ''emotional'' at the thought of him leaving home.
The 18-year-old aspiring photographer - who is the son of Victoria and her soccer star husband David Beckham - is heading off to New York City to study photography at college, and in a post on Instagram, the fashion icon has said she's ''emotional'' at the thought of him leaving home.
The news comes after Brooklyn said he was ''nervous'' about his big move, and admitted his 43-year-old mother was ''upset'' about the decision.
Brooklyn has previously lived in Los Angeles, when his superstar dad David Beckham was playing soccer for LA Galaxy.
Now, the teenager is looking forward to relocating to the US once again, admitting he's confident of making ''life-long'' friends during his time at Parsons School of Design, where he will study photography.
Meanwhile, sources previously claimed Brooklyn isn't anxious about moving away from home, because he's already ''pretty independent''.
The source said: ''Brooklyn is already pretty independent so he has few qualms about living away from his family.
''He's obviously going to miss them all but he's ready for his next adventure.
| 2019-04-21T20:25:14 |
https://nation.com.pk/21-Aug-2017/victoria-proud-of-son-brooklyn
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Sony is shaking its management structure for its PlayStation business, a move that signals a greater emphasis on the PlayStation Network of the company. Starting April 1, Jim Ryan will become president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, while the current holder of this position, John Kodera, will become vice president.
While the move will see Ryan and Kodera effectively pass the job titles, the change in senior management is indicative of changing priorities in the PlayStation group.
Sony announced the executive shuffle on Monday, with the CEO and President Kenichiro Yoshida who stated in a press release that the move "will ensure a sustainable evolution of the PlayStation platform and a & # 39; further growth of the network area ".
"I believe this new structure," said Yoshida in a statement, "where Jim will manage the organization and general operations of SIE, and which will allow John to focus on the key mission to further develop the PlayStation Network (PSN) that now an immensely large platform has grown with over 90 million monthly active users worldwide – allowing SIE to further accelerate its innovation and evolution. "
Yoshida signaled his intention to take advantage of the PlayStation Network audience to promote Sony's entertainment activities, namely movies and music, at the start of this year in an interview with the New York Times. In that interview, Yoshida called PSN "a very strong entertainment platform for Sony – very suitable for video and music content", indicating that it was underutilized.
Kodera reiterated this sentiment in an official statement, saying: "I discussed with Yoshida-san the need to drive SIE to the next phase of our rapidly changing environment, and to realize the evolution of the PlayStation platform and further enrich the experiences. of users made possible through the network, which is an essential value that people expect from the entertainment offered by PlayStation. "
Sony appointed Kodera as president and CEO of SIE in October 2017, when the former Head of PlayStation Andrew House announced that he was about to leave the company. Kodera joined Sony in 1992 and worked in the company's portable audio industry. In 2010 he became senior vice president of the newly formed Sony Network Entertainment International, then in 2013 he was promoted to its president. SNEI merged in 2016 with Sony Computer Entertainment to create Sony Interactive Entertainment, with Kodera in charge.
Ryan has been at Sony since 1994 and has held executive positions in the PlayStation industry in Europe. He was one of PlayStation's most exaggerated executives and was an integral part of Sony, achieving a dominant position in Europe and other territories.
"I have seen the PlayStation business grow and change radically from the very first days," Ryan said in a statement, "and I hope to be able to capitalize on this experience to strengthen the foundations of the Game & Network Service business and the development of technology. entertainment that PlayStation offers its committed and passionate community ".
| 2019-04-24T16:43:14 |
https://www.archynetys.com/tech/sony-mixes-playstation-to-enhance-playstation-network/
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A war had broken out because a sheep from your kingdom ate some grasses which belong to your neighboring kingdom. The counselor of your kingdom had to get prepared for this war. There are N (1 <= N <= 2500) unarmed soldier in your kingdom and there are M (1 <= M <= 40000) weapons in your arsenal. Each weapon has a weight W (1 <= W <= 1000), and for soldier i, he can only arm the weapon whose weight is between minWi and maxWi ( 1 <= minWi <= maxWi <= 1000). More armed soldier means higher success rate of this war, so the counselor wants to know the maximal armed soldier he can get, can you help him to win this war?
There multiple test cases. The first line of each case are two integers N, M. Then the following N lines, each line contain two integers minWi, maxWi for each soldier. Next M lines, each line contain one integer W represents the weight of each weapon.
For each case, output one integer represents the maximal number of armed soldier you can get.
| 2019-04-26T03:51:37 |
http://acm.zju.edu.cn/onlinejudge/showContestProblem.do?problemId=4341
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What is the purpose of these corporations?
The popular conception is that corporations exist principally for the purpose of maximizing shareholder value (MSV). This idea is firmly embedded in business thinking; it is taught in business and law schools around the world, and it provides a theoretical basis for corporate governance regulation.
Company directors and senior executives are the agents of the shareholders.
Shareholders are the sole residual claimants in corporations.
Company directors are legally obliged to maximize shareholder value.
Shareholders provide capital to corporations.
Maximizing shareholder value provides better returns to shareholders, is better for the corporation and is in the best interests of the economy.
It is also often assumed that firms or businesses are legal entities.
an inappropriate focus on the short-term that has prevented businesses from investing in innovation to foster long-term sustainable growth.
potentially (and paradoxically) sub-optimal returns to shareholders.
narrowly focused remuneration schemes that result in excessive executive pay.
increase of inequality, in part due to the failure to translate corporate profits into increased salaries across the firm.
a range of other negative social and environmental externalities including the global financial crisis and climate change.
When corporations are governed as if only maximisation of shareholder value matters, they are often forced to make decisions that are not always good for their long-term success. This narrow focus on short-term returns has affected the very core of corporate governance.
MSV has led to a massive extraction of value from the economy through the phenomena of dividend payments and stock buy backs, where companies repurchase their own shares from shareholders.
Such efforts to maximise share price in the short-term are often financed by debt and/or carried out at the expense of investment in innovations as well as social and human capital. At the same time, in the USA, CEO pay in 2012, was 354 times that of an average worker.
Linking top executives' pay to share price encourages excessive risk-taking, side-lines the company's long-term performance, and emphasis on environmental and social criteria in managing the company.
In 1960, the average holding period of stock in the S&P 500 was eight years. Today it is four months. In the 1950s, the average life expectancy of a Fortune 500 company was 50-60 years, now it is 15 years.
It is widely acknowledged that the global financial crisis has been linked to the drive to maximize shareholder value yet many of the current policy responses to that crisis serve only to further entrench this sole purpose. However, there are opportunities to take action and motivate major change.
The Non-Financial Reporting Directive will come into effect in 2017. Over 6000 large public-listed companies will be required to report on environmental, social and governance issues. This will allow investors and society at large to understand salient risks of adverse impacts linked to the company as well as those risks that have already materialized. The objective is to lay the foundation for a new model of corporate reporting that complements financial transparency with other information necessary for understanding of a company’s development, performance and position, as well as impact of its activity on society. Frank Bold has been involved in the legislative process since its inception and continues to monitor and assist in the transposition to national law. We also advise companies on how to comply with the requirements and improve their corporate governance.
The Project launched a global roundtable series on corporate governance that brought together experts from business, academia, regulators and civil society to discuss the future of big business. Events were held in London (September 2015), New York (June 2015), Zurich (October 2015) and Breukelen (The Netherlands - February 2016). Paris (April 2016), Oslo (August 2016). The results of the global roundtable series were presented at a high-level conference inn September 2016.
In its first major event, the Purpose of the Corporation Project brought together in excess of 120 thought leaders, drawn from a diverse range of stakeholders including academia, business, civil society and policy makers, in the European Parliament. The videos of the event are available here.
The aim of the Sustainable Companies Project has been to find out how to integrate environmental concerns better into the decision-making in companies. The goal is through that to contribute to sustainable development. The Project prepared a paper for the Purpose of the Corporation conference and will present its latest research in Brussels later this year.
The Modern Corporation Project at Cass Business School has published succinct statements written and endorsed by senior academics from a variety of disciplines, namelylaw, accounting, politics and business management. The statements have been published in the Social Science Research Network.
In order to create a new generation of globally responsible leaders it is necessary to re-visit the purpose of the corporation. One outcome of that process is the 50+20 Agenda which has produced a vision of the future of management education.
Corporate culture only started shifting in the 1970s, when US scholars promoted the idea of maximising shareholder value as a company’s sole purpose. This belief has led companies to excessively focus on on short-term profits and is now embedded in business thinking and education. Frank Bold has released a video animation to review the purpose of the corporation and the myths of the shareholder value maximisation model. In earlier times, corporations were not only about generating profits. A backgrounder is also available online offering further information and data studies.
Videos from the Creating Sustainable Companies Summit, 28 September 2016.
The paper analyses the implementation of the Directive in the UK, Germany, France and Italy. The first part reviews the main trends, key differences and potential difficulties or unexpected consequences. The paper then explores in more detail key substantive elements of the Directive, and how these have been dealt with by each of the surveyed states. This section includes an overview of the scope and format, environmental, social and governance factors to report on, the information to be provided, the notion of materiality, the verification process, the basis of reporting and the consequences of non-compliance. The paper also presents a comparative table and comprehensive analysis of the domestic transpositions of each of the four countries under review.
The report is the result of a two-year global roundtable series organised by Frank Bold and Cass Business School. It presents an emerging comprehensive approach to corporate governance that can assist corporations to develop a broad understanding of their purpose, as well as build a corporate strategy that will deliver long-term sustainable value, build organisational resilience, and sustain a strong social license.
This document presents the main conclusions of the global roundtable series which are also compiled in the 'Corporate Governance for a Changing World' report. This executive summary synthesises the results and recommendations reflected in the different sections of the report.
In Spring 2017, Cass Business School and Frank Bold hosted a series of discussion events on corporate governance aimed at charting the development of practice and policy towards a governance model fit for the challenges of the 21st century. The first event focused on three key topics: executive pay, fiduciary duties and stakeholder engagement. The discussants equally examined how recent calls for a change in various aspects of the corporate governance system are connected to a broader rethink of governance models.
The second event of the series hosted by Cass Business School and Frank Bold in Spring 2017 focused on how broad systemic risks from the environmental and social areas relate to corporate governance; how these medium and long-term risks can be assessed and reflected in business, investment, and insurance strategies; how regulators can best address these risks; and what relevant economic models are available to engage with these broad systemic risks.
Building on the results of the previous two seminars on directors’ duties and systemic risks, the third event of the series on corporate governance hosted by Cass Business School and Frank Bold in Spring 2017 focused on best practice and the desired development of reporting and accounting practice and policy. The participants engaged with corporate purpose, fiduciary duties, long-term and ESG risks and related these to new and evolving legislative requirements that aim to support long-term oriented governance.
In Spring 2017, Cass Business School and Frank Bold hosted a series of discussion events on corporate governance. The purpose of the series was to respond to the renewed interest among practitioners and policy-makers, including the UK Parliament, Government and the European Commission in modernising corporate governance. The series aimed to provide answers to the key questions raised in this debate. The organisers of the events have drawn the following conclusions from the speakers’ remarks and subsequent discussions with the public.
To foster the debate on how corporate governance can contribute to long-term sustainable value creation for corporations, shareholders, and society, Frank Bold and Cass Business School jointly organised the Creating Sustainable Companies Summit. The summit gathered leading thinkers, businesses, policymakers and civil society in Brussels on September 28, 2016. This summary presents a selected high-level reflections expressed by summit speakers and the outline of the summit agenda.
This publication provide civil society organisations and responsible businesses with an introduction to corporate governance, an overview of potential corporate governance models and potential avenues for future policy reform. Second edition. Not to be cited without prior permission. Comments welcome.
Frank Bold published this paper on the occasion of the Business and Human Rights conference organised in Amsterdam during the Dutch presidency of the EU in spring 2016. The document analyses the current situation of corporate governance in Europe, first by identifying the problems and then by suggesting several alternative to the current shareholder-centric approach to corporate governance and company law. Our proposals are aimed at making European companies and the European economy more socially and environmentally sustainable, as well as more innovative.
Frank Bold, together with the Modern Corporation Project (Cass Business School) launched a global roundtable series on corporate governance in 2014, with subsequent discussions held around the world. Roundtable events have been held at major business centres around the world, including London (Cass Business School, Sept 2014 and 2015), New York (NYU Stern School of Business, June 2015), Zurich (University of Zurich, October 2015), the Netherlands (Nyenrode Business School, February 2016), France (April 2016), Norway (University of Oslo, August 2016) and Brussels (September 2016). This document draws together all the executive summaries produced after each roundtable.
The roundtable, co-organised by Frank Bold and the SMART Project, University of Oslo Faculty of Law, brought together leading experts on governance from across Scandinavia to discuss corporate purpose and best practice how should corporate governance contribute to long-term sustainable value creation. The keynote speech was delivered by Idar Kreutzer (Finance Norway). In addition, Markus Kallifatides (Stockholm School of Economics) presented research on the corporate governance practice of the Nordic region, while Prof. Beate Sjåfjell (University of Oslo) introduced recent corporate governance developments and updates in the European Union.
Frank Bold organised a roundtable on corporate governance in Paris with Affectio Mutandi and Cass Business School. Building on previous events held in London, New York, Zurich, and Breukelen (the Netherlands), the discussion in Paris focused on corporate purpose and the creation of long-term sustainable value. Keynote speeches were given by Professor Alexis Constantin (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin) and Thierry Philiponnat (Institut Friedland, Forum pour l’Investissement Responsable, French Financial Markets Regulator (l’autorité des marchés français, AMF) and formerly of Finance Watch).
Frank Bold in partnership with Nyenrode Business University and Cass Business School held a roundtable on February 2016 that focused on corporate purpose and the creation of long-term sustainable value. This document was submitted to the Monitoring Commission of the Dutch Corporate Governance Code in response to the public consultation on the code's revision. The roundtable event was part of the "Corporate Governance for a changing world" global roundtable series.
Frank Bold in partnership with the University of Zurich Centre for Human Rights Studies and the Institute for Business Ethics at University of St. Gallen held a roundtable on the purpose of the corporation and the future of corporate governance in Zurich on October 29, 2015. The roundtable was a part of the series organised by the Purpose of the Corporation Project with support from the Modern Corporation Project based at the City University London Cass Business School.
This event held in London on September 2015 was part of the "Corporate Governance for a changing world" global roundtable series. It was co-hosted by Frank Bold and Tomorrow’s Company at Cass Business School. The event focused on how to capture long-term value by integrating environmental, social and governance factors into investment and management decisions.
This event was part of the "Corporate Governance for a changing world" global roundtable series launched by The Purpose of the Corporation Project. The New York round held on June 2015 was co-hosted by NYU Stern and Law, Aspen Institute Business and Society Program, the Conference Board Governance Center and Frank Bold. The summary provides a comprehensive overview of the different sessions held throughout the day. By Paige Morrow and Jeroen Veldman.
The current state of the law on fiduciary duties is uncertain and it is unlikely that the courts will have adequate opportunities in the near future to clarify matters. It would therefore be extremely helpful to have clarification at the EU (and national) level about the scope of discretion available to pension fund trustees. Many investors are willing to consider taking account of ESG risks in their policies and decision-making but are currently held back by legal uncertainties and (ill-founded) fear of liability. By Andrew Johnston (University of Sheffield) and Paige Morrow (Frank Bold). April 2016.
Frank Bold, with the support of ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), organised a roundtable on responsible investment and reporting on March 2016. The event was particularly relevant in view of the two current consultations published by the European Commission on non-financial reporting and long-term and sustainable investment.
How can corporate governance make big businesses financially, environmentally and socially sustainable? With this question in mind, the Purpose of the Corporation Project partnered with CORE and Cass Business School for a roundtable event.
In April 2014, the European Commission proposed to amend the Shareholder Rights Directive with the aim of improving corporate governance and promoting long-term shareholder engagement. This briefing outlines several key provisions in the Directive. We support the objectives of the Directive and believe that it will strengthen corporate governance of EU enterprises. The importance of good corporate governance extends beyond the narrow interests of either short- or long- term shareholders in an individual company.
This concept note outlines the objectives that we pursue and the ideas behind the Purpose of the Corporation Project (an initiative of Frank Bold).
The statements on Company Law, Economics, Accounting, Management and Politics seek to foster the development of a wide-ranging debate on the nature and consequences of contemporary corporate governance, which has put radical shareholder primacy at the centre of corporate attention. Prepared and endorsed by more than 250 high-level experts versed in a variety of legal systems, the statements provide a cross-jurisdictional and cross-disciplinary consensus for the development of a new vision on corporate governance. The work has been coordinated by Dr Jeroen Veldman, Senior Research Fellow at Cass Business School to support the Purpose Corporation Project.
In its first major event the Purpose of the Corporation Project brought together in excess of 120 thought leaders. The event, hosted by Richard Howitt MEP, was a collaboration between Frank Bold and the Modern Corporation Project at Cardiff Business School.
Board Agenda, July 20, 2017. By Filip Gregor.
Responsible Investor, January 5 2017. By Paige Morrow.
E!Sharp, January 2017. By Paige Morrow.
Board Agenda, January 2017. By Paige Morrow.
NewCo Shift. December 2016. By Paige Morrow.
Oxford Business Law Blog, November 2016. By Jeroen Veldman.
Financial Times, October 2016. By Stefan Stern.
E!Sharp, September 2016. By Paige Morrow.
Financial Times, September 2015, by Stefan Stern. The author revisits Sir Adrian Cadbury's work and questions the effectiveness of compliance in corporate governance. Stern refers to our global roundtable series and summarises our recent London event.
Europolitics, May 2015, by Paige Morrow. In a strong signal about the importance of fostering sustainable and transparent companies, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) approved, in May, a number of revisions to the shareholder rights directive that aim to enhance the role of long-term shareholders in corporate governance.
What is a corporation for?
ACCA Accountancy Futures journal, Spring 2015, by Paige Morrow. The Purpose of the Corporation project takes on the ‘shareholder value myth’.
McKinsey&Company, September, 2014 by Eric Beinhocker and Nick Hanauer.
Prof. Lynn Stout argues a board-controlled corporation can be understood as a legal innovation that historically has transferred wealth for the benefit of present and future generations. The modern embrace of “shareholder value” and “shareholder democracy” is damaging the firm’s ability to serve this role.
What is the Purpose of the Corporation?
December 2014, Governance Directions, the official journal of Governance Institute of Australia, by Christopher Halburd.
The initial perspective on the future of business by Paige Morrow. Workshops on 2015 will contribute to a book published by Future Agenda.
Financial Times, October 23, 2014 by Stefan Stern. A new initiative led by Frank Bold, a Czech a law firm, provides a welcome boost to clear thinking. Called simply the “Purpose of the Corporation” project, it is an ambitious attempt to get back to first principles.
TIME, September 25, 2013. Rick Wartzman.
The Atlantic, June 19, 2013 by Justin Fox.
Response submitted by Cass Business School, Frank Bold and Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law. Public consultation issued by the Financial Reporting Council.
The High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance was set up in early January 2017 to help develop an overarching, comprehensive EU strategy on Sustainable Finance by giving operational, practical, and concrete recommendations. The questionnaire is aimed at gathering targeted feedback on the analysis and reflections in the interim report of the High-Level Expert Group and informing the preparation of the final report.
Written evidence submitted by Cass Business School, Frank Bold and Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law. The Green Paper was designed by the UK government to stimulate a debate on a range of options for strengthening the UK’s corporate governance framework, including options for increasing shareholder influence over executive pay and strengthening the employee, customer and supplier voice at boardroom level. The responses to the Green Paper will help the government understand the strengths and weaknesses of the different options and build a better evidence base.
Written evidence submitted by The Modern Corporation Project at Cass Business School and Frank Bold. The consultation aims to examine the role and duties of directors, the duty to promote the long term success of the company and the integration of stakeholder concerns into corporate governance.
First released in May 1999 and last revised in 2004, the OECD Corporate Governance Committee launched a further review of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance. The review process started in 2014 with the objective of conclusion within one year. The OECD Principles are one of the 12 key standards for international financial stability of the Financial Stability Board and form the basis for the corporate governance component of the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes of the World Bank Group. Frank Bold co-wrote a response to the public consultation with Prof. Andrew Johnson and input from several academic partners, available online.
The Commission has proposed a 'Directive on the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement', which seeks to revise the existing Shareholder Rights Directive with the aim of improving the corporate governance of listed companies. Frank Bold co-authored a commentary on the revision with Prof. Andrew Johnston and the input of several academics. Our commentary focuses mainly on the provisions relating to improving institutional investor and asset manager engagement, as well as those giving shareholders a right to vote on executive remuneration ('say on pay'). The commentary is available at the link below.
Independent review on investment in UK equity markets and its impact on the long-term performance and governance of UK quoted companies. Professor Kay's analysis was accepted by the UK government.
Following a public consultation in 2014, Mazars finalized its Board Charter provideing a structure for boards that are committed to adopting a societal approach to their business. The final version of the Board Charter is now available online.
The consultation background paper finds there is little consensus about what corporate governance is for, making it difficult to assess whether it is doing a good job. The paper suggests the purpose of corporate governance should be to ensure companies create sustainable value and that governance practices should be evaluated on how well they achieve this purpose; it also advises that value should be considered in a wider sense than simply profit, and should consider societal and environmental value as well as economic value.
The Purpose of the Corporation Project provides a strategic, open-source platform for leading experts and organisations interested in promoting the long-term health and sustainability of publicly listed companies policy-making and business management. The Project works with academics and practitioners to develop new options for corporate governance models. We also liaise with business, policy makers and civil society organisations to encourage them to engage in an open public discussion with all stakeholders to properly consider the question of the purposes of the corporation.
The Project is kindly supported by the Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind, the Friends Provident Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, and the Wallace Global Fund.
is an initiative of .
Frank Bold is a purpose-driven law firm using the power of business and non-profit approaches to solve social and environmental problems. With six branches in three EU countries, Frank Bold provides legal expertise in corporate accountability to the European institutions as well as to NGO's in many countries.
Members participate in their personal capacities. Members do not necessarily endorse any view expressed by Frank Bold staff or any other person participating in any activity associated with the Purpose of the Corporation Project.
The Modern Corporation Project is an academic project led by Dr. Jeroen Veldman and Prof. Hugh Willmott, both at Cass Business School, City University, London, which studies how political economy conditions corporate governance theory and practice. The Project has invited leading academics to prepare memos on the framing and effects of maximizing shareholder value from their respective fields.
An international community of certified companies that aim to create public benefit as part of their business mission.
The BSP program is conducting a series of off-the-record and public dialogues among scholars, business leaders, and investors to broaden thinking about the corporate objective function beyond shareholder wealth maximization.
The GRLI's 50+20 Project aims to create a breakthrough in the transformation of management education to meet societal and environmental needs of the world in the 21st Century.
Carrying the legacy of Peter Drucker, Drucker Institute is on a mission of strengthening organizations to strengthen society.
A business philosophy and emerging network of Conscious Capitalists - entrepreneurs who integrate higher purpose, stakeholder orientation, conscious leadership and conscious culture into their business.
Shift was founded as a non-profit organisation after the endorsement of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights at the UN. Their mission is to put the Guiding Principles into practice in order to support greater respect for the human rights of all people affected by business.
NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business’s mission is to assist current and future business leaders develop the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to address environmental and social challenges, so their business can reduce risk; create competitive advantage; develop innovative services, products, and processes; while building value for society and protecting the planet.
The Institute of Business Ethics is a non-profit professional organisation that aims at promoting high standards of business practice based on ethical values through the dissemination of knowledge and good practice.
ETHOS is a leading centre for cutting edge thinking about responsible enterprise, based in the City of London at Cass Business School. The three key pillars for guiding exploration efforts at ETHOS are responsibility, sustainability, and governance.
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I enjoy helping others benefit quickly from what took me awhile to perfect. As a serial entrepreneur I learned how to raise capital to keep my businesses alive. While there may be lots of money around for startups with fund managers, angel investors and the like, the reality is there’s only about a two percent chance a startup will receive funding from institutional sources. At Funding Authority, we use a strategy called “alternative financing,” which I perfected; we share this approach with startups.
What’s the biggest misconception about startup funding?
Virtually all entrepreneurs and their team are excited about their startup idea and that is a good thing. However, a great idea still requires significant effort to get funded. Funding to keep a startup alive will almost always be a rocky road and hard work. Although it may be possible to get funded institutionally, it rarely happens. There are other ways, however and it is these other sources of funding that we help startups tap.
The other thing startups sometimes miss is, or are surprised by, is that the number of rounds of financing that is to be expected. From my experience, the funding part of emerging growth companies never ends. As a result, successful startups benefit by partnering with experts to guide them along this path.
What does your company offer in connecting startups with the right people and resources for success?
It’s important to be aware of every opportunity available to startups for funding. Having raised money for companies of all sizes including more than $80 million for raw startups, I developed the technique of using alternative financing and have used it over and over with impressive success. We help entrepreneurs draw a straight line from where they are to where they want to be by ensuring adequate funding along the road from initial stages to an operational company.
Funding Authority plans a significant presence for our customers on LinkedIn and Facebook, with additional presence on other sites from time to time. We believe anyone serious about their startup will benefit by signing on with this program. To assist startups, we offer a free e-book guide and a free 30-minute consultation with one of our representatives.
Email marketing, SEO and pay-per-click will remain the most important ways to reach potential clients as well as word-of-mouth. We believe that there is literally no program out there that can match ours as far as delivering essential knowledge and tools to obtain the necessary funding that startups require.
In a nutshell, what is the process involved with alternative financing?
We have a network of investors and the know-how to reach them. Funding Authority shows startups what is needed to appeal to investors from that standpoint of business planning, PPMs, brochures, sales leads, presentation to prospects, alternative financing, institutional financing and much more. For a limited time, we offer this service and advice for free to entrepreneurs.
How does your company support a startup after they receive funding?
Although there are many obstacles an entrepreneur will face besides financing, it is not our job to consult in these areas. We are dedicated to serving startups as their funding experts and the only place they need to go to obtain the knowledge and tools necessary to move forward with their financing needs.
What is your top advice for a startup looking for funding?
The vast majority of startups go out of business because of lack of funding; which is a shame when they might have a great idea the world needs. Don’t be afraid (or too shortsighted) to partner with experts who can get the funding your project deserves. Learn what all of your sources for funding are.
What one or two things do startups need to know going in?
Know up front that you’re going to make mistakes along the way. No shame in that… it’s part of the learning process. Also, stay enthusiastic. As Winston Churchill once said, "Success is defined by the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm."
Robert Shaw is the co-founder and Chairman of Funding Authority.
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https://www.fundingauthority.com/blog/qa-with-funding-authority-founder-robert-shaw
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The television station is on the second level, above a city-owned garage. Parking costs in the garage are $3 ($5 during a special event) and quarters/bills are required for the gate-toll machine. Garage capacity is 550 cars. There are parking meters on 12 Street.
CET is located in the Crosley Telecommunications Center, on the southwest corner of Central Parkway and Ezzard Charles Drive, directly across Central Parkway from Music Hall and across Ezzard Charles from Cincinnati Police District One headquarters.
From I-75: South on I-75, to the Ezzard Charles Drive exit (exit l-G). Turn left (east) and travel four traffic signals to Central Parkway (dead end). Turn right onto Central Parkway and immediately enter the garage.
From I-71: South on I-71 to the Reading Road exit. At the second light (Liberty Street) turn right. Continue straight ahead (west) nine traffic signals to Central Parkway. Left (south) on Central Parkway to just past Ezzard Charles Drive and enter garage on the right.
North on I-75, cross the Brent Spence Bridge. Follow the signs To I-75/Dayton and exit just past the bridge to the right at the River Road/50 West exit. Immediately traverse four lanes to the Linn Street/Dalton Avenue exit. Turn right (north) onto Linn. At the third traffic signal, turn right (east) onto Ezzard Charles Drive. Continue three traffic signals to Central Parkway and turn right. Immediately enter the city-owned garage.
North on I-471, cross the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge. Exit Liberty Street. Continue straight ahead (west) onto Liberty and through nine traffic signals to Central Parkway. Left (south) on Central Parkway to just past Ezzard Charles Drive and enter the garage on the right.
Columbia Parkway to Ft. Washington Way to I-75 north. Hug the right lane and exit Ezzard Charles/Liberty. Go right (east) four traffic lights on Ezzard Charles to Central Parkway. Right onto Central Parkway/garage. N I-71 to Ft- Washington Way. (Follow directions given above paragraph.) South on I-275 to 471 (in Northern Kentucky) to Liberty Street exit (in Cincinnati). Continue straight ahead (west) nine traffic signals to Central Parkway. Left (south) on Central Parkway to just past Ezzard Charles Drive and enter garage on the right.
N I-74 to I-75 south. Exit Ezzard Charles Drive (exit l-G). Turn left (east) and travel four traffic signals to Central Parkway (dead end). Turn right onto Central Parkway/garage. N Hopple Street viaduct, Western Hills viaduct, or Ludlow viaduct: Right (south) on Central Parkway to Ezzard Charles Drive/garage. N Eighth Street viaduct to Central Avenue. Left (north) to Ezzard Charles Drive. Right (east) on Ezzard Charles to Central Parkway (dead end). Right on Central Parkway/garage.
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Can yogurt be called Greek if it's not made in Greece? The government in Athens faces an uphill battle in defending its creators of the dairy delight which generates billions of euros in global profits.
Ancient Greece gave yogurt to the world and Modern Greece is claiming it back. Fed up with imposters, the government in Athens is considering legal action against the Czech Republic for producing - and profiting from - a product it claims exclusively as its own.
The move is part of an action plan drawn up by a 14-member working group set up this month by Greece's Agriculture Ministry. It is ramping up efforts to block non-Greek producers - at least within the European Union - from manufacturing the thick, creamy dairy delight known to palates across the world.
The European Commission has already warned Prague that its production of imitation Greek yoghurt is creating unfair competition. So far though, to no avail. As a result, Athens is now taking a harder line. "Athens is going on the offensive," says Thodoris Panagoulis, a spokesperson for Greece's Agriculture Ministry. "It has an obligation to protect its interest as best as possible."
With the product's global market estimated to be over 50 billion euros ($59.6 billion), Greece's bid to reclaim ownership of its prized product could claw back billions of euros in lost trade from certain key markets. The European Union itself is the world's largest consumer of Greek yogurt, accounting for 39 percent of its global trade. Asia ranks second with 28 percent with North America accounting for 15 percent.
Rival manufacturers have already staked a foothold in the thriving industry. Yet despite the product's popularity, driven by a sweeping perception that the food is healthier than regular yogurt and other health snacks, Greece's leading dairy manufacturer FAGE is seeing sales swoon.
According to data published by capital.gr - a financial news website based in Athens - the company's trade volume slid by 8.5 percent in the second half of 2016, with sales in the UK alone sinking by nearly 8 percent as competitors increased their production.
Supermarkets in Greece shun yogurt from foreign makers, offering only those made by local producers. But that doesn't help Greek companies on global markets.
Critics blame the leftist government of Alexis Tsipras for doing too little, too late - a charge which the Greek Agriculture Ministry fiercely rejects. "We've been raising complaints within the EU for over a year," Panagoulis told DW. "The issue isn't just to act fact, but prove effective. Obviously, this tiff rolls back to the local Greek dairy producers and we are doing everything to protect them."
A hasty move could backfire. The Ministry is increasingly weighing its options, especially the possibility of seeking legal recourse with the European Court of Justice to stop the Czech Republic and other countries from producing Greek yogurt, which is often twice as expensive as regular yogurt.
"The investigative committee is currently putting together argumentation for a legal case," said Panagoulis. "But even that course of action will have to be further assessed because Greece cannot afford to lose."
Other options Athens is considering include stepping up plans to register Greek yogurt as "a product protected by its geographical indication." This status would ensure that the product is manufactured in its country of origin - something akin to French Champagne, Italian prosciutto and English Stilton.
Kraft is one of those multinationals that Athens wants to take on. The US dairy giant has developped its own Greek yogurt line, faking authenticity as craftily as everyone else.
Officials in Athens hope to secure this status by the end of the year. But even then, imitation Greek yogurt production will hardly cease to exist, experts say. The product, they explain, which is strained of its whey through cheesecloth to produce thick, creamy yogurt, has been around for eons, traditionally consumed by ancient Greeks with honey. However, the current marketing push is new, driven by rapidly changing health trends and cravings for a richer, creamier taste in yogurt which imitation products attain by using thickeners and proteins.
If Greece manages to safeguard its prized product, then foreign producers may be forced to re-brand their yogurts, scrapping references to the word "Greek" from their labels. The protected status, however, will only apply within the EU, leaving a major share of the global market untouched.
The New York-based firm Chobani, which was founded by a Turkish immigrant, now ranks as the leading American producer of Greek yogurt, taking in about three million pounds (1.6 million kilograms) of milk a day from upstate New York to make a million pounds of a yogurt. Repeated attempts for comment went unheeded by the company this week.
Despite the trends, General Mills, and its make of Yoplait Greek tanked almost instantly this year. Less than discouraged, the company said it was abandoning its Greek endeavor, paying homage instead to the company's French roots, introducing a yogurt called Oui.
"For consumers today, food isn't just about sustenance," said Darren Seifer, a food analyst at the market research company NPD Group. "People want a story behind what they buy. That's why craft beers and small organics are doing so well. They're selling authenticity: Big companies want that."
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https://www.dw.com/en/greece-moves-to-reclaim-greek-yogurt/a-40357918
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To all those who wrote in: Yes, I'm still working on my memoirs. Working title: "Egg On My Face (and More Than a Trace of Ham)."
I'm all for restrictions on texting and phoning, but how long before they ban talking to a fellow passenger while driving?
Scary Stat of the Week: The number of prescriptions for opioid painkillers such as OxyContin has soared 400 percent in the last 10 years, leading to growing abuse and addiction.
When's the last time you saw a kid playing marbles?
"Hollywood is a trip through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat."--Wilson Mizner, American playwright.
I'm becoming increasingly leery of all those pitches (for newsletters, books with all those "bonus booklets") that promise to tell you " . . . what the [doctors, drug companies, banks, whatever] don't want you to know."
Now, granted there are such things as trade secrets and hidden agendas, but for the most part, these "conspiracies" are non-existent or greatly exaggerated, and whatever valuable tidbits you may glean from these "bargains" are hardly worth the price--which is usually "four easy payments of $7.99." Factor in the "shipping and handling" (translation: extra profit, mostly) and you're paying a hefty tariff of about $40 for a book you'll probably "donate" to the library come tax time.
A pox on companies that list their phone number spelled out in words: As in 1-800-Eat Crap.
Project for you, in the wake of the JPMorganChase scandal: Ask people at random to briefly define Glass-Steagall, Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank. I'll bet you'll get mostly blank stares.
If I could recover all the time I spend looking for my reading glasses, keys and the remote control, I'd have time to do all the things I never have time to do.
Guys who go up on power poles to fix outages during storms are either the bravest (or the dumbest) people I know.
Wharton's Mike Useem on the late Steve Jobs of Apple and his eccentricities (parking in the handicapped spot, being nasty to employees): "Jobs built a good team, but he would have gotten even better people if he'd been less tough on them."
According to Time columnist Rana Foroohar: Research shows there are plenty of narcissists in the corner office, but it also finds they tend to be bad managers. In fact, if they succeed it's usually due to long-term vision and relentless execution, not being a jerk like Steve Jobs.
Another in series of Actual Warnings on Actual Products (unbelievable as they may seem): On a palm sander: "Not to be used to sand palms."
Obituary Headline Nickname of the Week: "Boomer." As in James "Boomer" VandenBoomen (Green Bay Press-Gazette obituary, April 27, 2012. (R.I.P., Mr. VandenBoomen.).
Thirty-eighth entry in the Wisconsin Town I Didn't Know Existed Until I Saw it Mentioned in a Newspaper Obituary sweepstakes: Red River, Wis. (R.I.P., Adeline Cravillion, Green Bay Press-Gazette obituary, Feb. 23, 2012.) Previous entries: Athelstane, Walhain, Duck Creek, Breed, Anston, Sobieski, Amberg, Osseo, Angelica, Brazeau, Waukechon, Sugar Camp, Kossuth, Lessor, Kunesh, Pulcifer, Cato, Florence, Greenleaf, Eaton, Poygan, Hofa Park, Hilbert, Hollandtown, Beaufort, Glennie, Harshaw, Bessemer, Crooked Lake, Tigerton, Goodman, Readstown, Kunesh, Dousman., Butternut, Montpelier and Cecil.
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Is Fernando Cabada Ready for a Great Boston Marathon?
2:11 runner was 7th in 2012 Olympic Trials.
After finishing seventh at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in a personal best of 2:11:53, Fernando Cabada suffered through a period of confusion and uncertainty, and even headed off to the oil fields of North Dakota. But now, he has a respected coach and a solid sponsor (Brad Hudson and Newton Running Company, both based in Boulder) and professes a renewed sense of purpose as he prepares to race the Boston Marathon on April 15.
Cabada was still at Virginia Intermount, a little-known NAIA school, in 2006, when he set the American 25-K record of 1:14:21. When he debuted in 2:12:27 at the 2006 Fukuoka Marathon, Dathan Ritzenhein hadn't broken 2:14 for the distance, and Ryan Hall hadn't run his first marathon; Cabada, it seemed, might be the next American star at the distance.
It didn’t pan out that way. Cabada won the Twin Cities Marathon in 2008, but between Fukuoka in 2006 and the Olympic Trials in 2012, he didn't break 2:15 for the marathon. There were injuries, and multiple changes of address, until, in January 2011, he was broke and living with his mother in California.
But his talent is abundant, and it can be quickly honed. “In 2011, I won the 25-K championships again in May, and in June, I ran 1:02:32 at the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon,” Cabada says. He began working with Hudson again in the fall of 2011, and he pulled together that personal best 2:11:53 at the Trials.
He’s hinted before that running success may have come too easy, too early.
“I started winning NAIA titles in 2005 and a year later I ran 2:12. At that time, I didn’t know how to handle myself properly. I’ve always been soft-hearted, but I didn’t know how to show that," he says. "I felt like I had to act a certain way, an ‘I’m better than you’-type attitude. A lot of people around me in college got rubbed the wrong way, and I understand that.” He pauses. “You know, I was really insecure. I didn’t know how to act.” The roller coaster of the ensuing years humbled him, he says.
So just months after setting a marathon PR, Cabads headed up to North Dakota, hoping to become a truck driver during the state’s oil boom. Without a trucker’s license, he was instead leading a crew that cleaned hotel rooms.
As Cabada describes it, his arrangement with Hudson gives him room for independence and input.
He figures a sub-2:12 at Boston could earn him a spot on this summer's world championships team. “It’s going to be tough. If I do it, it’ll be awesome,” he says. “If I don’t, that’ll be okay as well. I could find a lot of ways to put pressure on myself but I’m past all that.
Heading to Boston, Cabada states, “I want to respect the distance and respect my competitors. I really want to be realistic but I don’t want to limits on myself."
| 2019-04-21T20:54:20 |
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20799018/is-fernando-cabada-ready-for-a-great-boston-marathon/
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Pre-teen children are "ill-equipped" for the pressures of using social media apps and must be taught about their emotional impact as they transition to secondary school, the children's commissioner for England has said.
Under 13s face "an avalanche of pressure" and increasing anxiety over their online image with more and more using social media apps that are not designed for their age, according to a key study.
The Life In Likes report, published on Thursday, called for digital media companies to do more to stop younger children accessing their platforms.
And it recommended digital literacy and online resilience lessons for Year 6 and Year 7 students.
What were the key findings in the Life In Likes study?
The change in how social media is used between the ages of nine and 10, and up to 12 and 13, was most surprising, Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield said.
"What starts as fun usage of apps - children are using it with family and friends and to play games when they are in primary school - turns into an avalanche of pressure when children really are faced with a cliff edge of social media interaction when they start secondary school," she said.
The change focuses around social pressure to be constantly contactable, with children noting how always being connected was a key expectation of their friendships, the report said.
Some Year 7 children described how receiving notifications, especially if there were a number of them, was distracting, time consuming and stressful to manage.
The Life In Likes study, involving eight groups with 32 children aged eight to 12, found the most popular social media platforms for the age groups are Snapchat, Instagram, Musical.ly and Whatsapp.
The commissioner said by the age of 11-12 most are likely to have a smartphone, with social media providing a way of children to pass judgement on each other and how they look, which can be "very negative".
"We know it is hugely damaging for children in terms of their self identity, in terms of their confidence, but also in terms of their ability to develop themselves as individuals," she said.
"So they are ill-equipped when they enter secondary school, and we'd like schools, and parents and social media companies to help them prepare for what that means emotionally."
Older children in the groups revealed the importance of wanting to emulate popular people, and expressed increasing anxiety over whether their posts would be liked.
"They want to look like the popular people online, and we see that that increases as they start to follow celebrities," she added.
"Then there is this push to connect - if you go offline will you miss something, will you miss out? Will you show that you don't care about those people you are following? All of those come together in a huge way at once.
"For children it is very, very difficult to cope with emotionally."
Children may not think of strangers online as strangers – they may think of them as online friends. Explain it’s easy for people to lie about who they are online.
You can also become ‘friends’ with your child on social networks.
Set rules about when and for how long they can go online, the websites they can visit and how to treat people online.
| 2019-04-19T16:55:26 |
https://www.itv.com/news/2018-01-04/school-children-social-media-pressure/
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Given the challenges of modeling multi-scale social phenomena, do hybrids hold the key to unlocking social complexity dynamics? We introduce hybrid system modeling from engineering and applied mathematics, as a means to capture complex dynamics within interacting, multi-scale social systems. Whereby, hybrid modeling is used in industrial processes and automated control systems, this research uses world cup soccer tournament simulations, to demonstrate successful applications. A predator-prey, theoretical approach is applied with world cup soccer players and teams represented as predators, and the soccer ball as prey. Simulations of multiple soccer tournaments of thirty-two teams were conducted with betting, and without betting, as a pseudo-control measure.
The hybrid application employs combinations of logic strategies with agent-based modeling, cellular automaton, and differential equations, which all interact simultaneously, creating the hybrid systems’ dynamics on multiple scales. Each soccer player has distinct agent attributes, such as error rates for goal shots or passes, level of aggressiveness, and self-confidence. These attributes are continuously adapted based on differential equations during each game. This endows the self-organizing, soccer playing agents with evolutionary learning. Adaptation is dependent upon multi-scale interactions from the ball, other players, crowds, and bettors. The connecting parameter between players’ attributes and spectators, is the game atmosphere inside the simulated soccer stadium. The game atmosphere is dependent on perceptions about soccer ball action, players’ adaptations, as well as the spectator reactions. The soccer crowds are a combination of spectators and bettors. They are modeled as recurrent fuzzy-based, cellular automaton in colors, to capture resulting emotional reaction to the ball. The possible emotional states are represented as changing color schemes, dependent upon game action. Emotional states are set on rule-based interconnections. These include the actual state of an agent, its neighbors’ emotional state, and the odds of winning or losing money betting. This leads to a new emotional state . This enables each agent to be in a state , which is somewhere in-between of all defined This approach overcomes the limitations of conventional cellular automaton, staying only in strict defined states. The global betting odds in the soccer tournament are represented by time discrete, differential equations which iterate from one game to the next. As human behavior is non-deterministic, a Gaussian distribution-based random variance of the above defined deterministic behaviors, is enabled. Thus, the overall hybrid model of social phenomena is a complex adaptive system, whereby agents have an opportunity to interact in their respective environments in each iteration.
The results show pre-game betting has significant impact on the outcome of the final tournament game. The usual tournament winner is dominant in defense, and wins by a large margin. The losing team is usually dominant in offense. Divergence of playing styles does not appear to develop in non-betting simulations. Further research focus is needed to support preliminary evidence that betting may contribute to a team’s unique styles of play, and the ultimate creation of vastly superior teams. The hybrid simulation creates an event-driven, bottom-up, CAS, where emergence can be demonstrated in the unique the styles of play that evolve in each game and each tournament. This research demonstrates that hybrid engineering modeling, characterized by discrete and continuous dynamics with interconnected structure for complexity decomposition, can also be incorporated to complex social systems research. Exploring hybrid applications has the potential to improve our understanding and modeling of global social complex adaptive systems.
Diepold thanks the German Research Foundation (DFG) for funding his part of this research as part of the collaborative research project ‘Managing cycles in innovation processes – Integrated development of product service systems based on technical products’ (SFB 768).
| 2019-04-24T04:32:07 |
https://policyandcomplexsystems.wordpress.com/simulations/
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Mobile Tech: What Do $99 Windows 8.1 Tablets Mean For Microsoft?
Will $99 Windows 8.1 tablets help Microsoft gain tablet market share against Apple and Google?
A flood of cheap Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 8.1 tablets recently hit the market, just in time for the holiday shopping season. Several of these low-end devices will cost as little as $99 during Black Friday, matching the prices of the cheapest Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Android tablets.
Notable $99 devices include Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE:HPQ) HP Stream 7, Toshiba's Encore Mini, and E FUN's Nextbook. These budget tablets are spartan devices which will never be confused with Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad Mini 3, but they might be good enough for casual users. Will these budget tablets help Microsoft and its partners strike back against Google and Apple during the cutthroat holiday quarter?
The first thing shoppers will notice that these three $99 Windows tablets are similar in specs and design.
L to R: The HP Stream 7, Toshiba Encore Mini, and E FUN Nextbook. Source: Company websites.
The HP Stream 7 notably has twice as more internal storage than the Encore Mini or Nextbook, but it lacks a front-facing camera. Meanwhile, the Nextbook offers a bigger screen with an extra 16GB card as a holiday bonus. So what do these low-end devices mean for Microsoft and its hardware partners?
Android tablets accounted for 72% of the global tablets market in the third quarter, compared to 22.3% for Apple's iPads and 5.7% for Windows tablets, according to Strategy Analytics.
Android's massive market share, and the fact that it is free to license and modify, convinced many of Microsoft's PC allies to launch Android tablets. But they soon discovered that there was only room at the top for one premium Android tablet maker, Samsung (NASDAQOTH: SSNLF) (which now controls 17.6% of the global tablet market), while other competitors raced to the bottom with cheaper tablets.
Microsoft originally imposed license fees, ranging from $25 to $90, on Windows Phone and 8/RT tablet makers. Realizing that fees were counterproductive, Microsoft made all versions of Windows free for devices under 9 inches in April. This cut costs considerably for companies like HP, Toshiba, and E FUN. Ironically, Microsoft was already making around $1 per device from Android tablet makers via patent royalties, so eliminating the license fee actually made Windows a cheaper mobile OS than Android. Microsoft is also basically subsidizing these $99 tablets by bundling free one-year memberships for Office 365 Personal and 1TB of storage on OneDrive (a $70 value).
That's an appealing package for companies like Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Toshiba, which have struggled to dent the saturated Android tablet market. Although these companies will still be fighting over the low end market, it's a less crowded space than the Android market, which has been flooded by cheap devices.
Cheap Windows 8.1 will help Microsoft finally phase out Windows RT, which confused consumers with its lack of backward compatibility with older Windows software. Most programs from previous versions of Windows can be installed on Windows 8.1 tablets.
Windows 8.1 tablets can also be upgraded to Windows 10 next year. According to a statement from Microsoft's Indonesia president, Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for Windows 8.1 users. By turning Windows 8.1 tablets into Windows 10 ones, Microsoft will make considerable progress toward realizing its vision of spreading "One Windows" across smartphones, tablets, and PCs.
Microsoft's bundled Office 365/OneDrive and its "universal apps" on cheap tablets will tether more users into its mobile ecosystem, which could complement sales of Windows PCs and Windows Phones. If users don't want to buy Windows Phones, the Office 365/OneDrive ecosystem still extends into Android and iOS apps.
This more cohesive hardware and software ecosystem will help Microsoft counter Google's army of cheap Android tablet makers. Since Windows still runs on over 90% of the world's PCs, the ability to run older Windows software on a tablet could make $99 Windows tablets a compelling purchase compared to low-end Android tablets.
Microsoft is leveraging its dominance of PCs to expand into mobile, just as Google is spreading from mobile devices to PCs via Chromebooks. But the key takeaway is that Microsoft is now willing to sacrifice profits to gain market share (and more cloud users) against Google.
Looking ahead, the holiday season will be the first major test for the $99 Windows tablets strategy.
On one hand, overall tablet sales are slowing down. Gartner estimates that the global tablet market will only grow 11% year-over-year in 2014, compared to 55% growth in 2013, due to longer upgrade cycles, market saturation, and a preference for 2-in-1 devices. On the other hand, Microsoft has revealed that Surface sales more than doubled sequentially and year-over-year last quarter as Apple's iPad sales fell, hinting at strong demand for 2-in-1 Windows devices. This means that there could be an untapped market for low-end Windows 8 tablets -- paired with Bluetooth keyboards -- as cheap laptop replacements.
To see if this holiday blitz pays off, investors should see if Gartner and IDC report an uptick in Windows tablet market share over the next few quarters. If that happens, it's a good indication that Microsoft is finally learning how to beat Google at its own game by tethering cheap devices to the cloud.
| 2019-04-20T01:26:06 |
https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/11/29/mobile-tech-what-do-99-windows-81-tablets-mean-for.aspx
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In the table below, we see the health outcomes for San Marino in 2012 as well as the values for the country's continent and the world.
In the second table we see the health spending in San Marino as well as the average values for the continent and the world. The health spending per capita in San Marino is 3243.08 USD. The country spends 6.81 percent of its GDP on health. For comparison, the average spending across countries is 6.76 percent.
| 2019-04-20T06:19:43 |
https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/health_outcomes.php?countryId=219
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As a result of McClatchy's articles, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D- Vt., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, have urged the military to look into the lab's handling of the misconduct by one of the analysts. An investigation by the Pentagon's inspector general is ongoing.
The Army's investigation of media contacts comes as the Obama administration takes a hard-line stance on leaks. President Barack Obama's Justice and Defense departments have criminally prosecuted more former and current government officials on charges of disclosing information than previous administrations have.
Unlike in the Army investigation, however, all the prosecuted officials were accused of divulging classified intelligence, which can be a felony.
"This is an unprecedented crackdown by the Obama administration," Jesselyn Radack, a lawyer with the Government Accountability Project, a public interest organization that protects whistleblowers. "It sends a very chilling message to any kind of whistleblower who is considering dissenting or speaking out."
"Initially, I thought it was a way to curry favor with the national security and intelligence community, in which Obama was seen as weak," said Radack, who specializes in national security. But Radack said she now thought that the effort was a "backdoor way" to criminalize the release of government information without seeking the legislation to do so.
Whistleblower advocates charge that under the Obama administration, agencies have pursued a myriad of methods to discourage whistleblowers from talking, including issuing new gag-order rules or, in the case of a group of Food and Drug Administration scientists and doctors, allegedly monitoring personal emails.
The Justice Department, which has brought five of the six latest prosecutions, defended its more aggressive stance as a legitimate pursuit of officials who disclose information that's classified for national security reasons.
In the latest indictment, former CIA officer John Kiriakou is accused of leaking to reporters the name of a CIA analyst involved in the capture and interrogation of accused terrorist Abu Zubaydah. Zubaydah was subjected to controversial interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, which have since been banned.
"We seek to strike the proper balance between First Amendment freedoms and the law enforcement and national security interest in investigating unauthorized disclosures of classified information," department spokesman Dean Boyd said.
In the crime lab probe, command investigators decided that the information that had been disclosed to McClatchy might violate military and federal laws that protect privacy. Violators could be fired and face criminal misdemeanor charges and a fine. The Army Criminal Investigation Command oversees the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, which is the military's most important forensics facility, handling more than 3,000 criminal cases a year.
McClatchy had been gathering information for a story that revealed that a forensic document examiner had misplaced a handwriting sample in an assault case. The examiner waited months to report the missing evidence, delaying an internal investigation into its whereabouts.
In the same story, McClatchy reported on another lab employee who discovered a washcloth that was supposed to be analyzed was missing two weeks after it had been inventoried for a possible suicide case. A DNA examiner was supposed to test the washcloth for the presence of blood but couldn't because it wasn't located.
"The information was likely derived from personnel who had direct knowledge," investigators concluded in a 15-page report, saying it was "likely improperly released" to McClatchy.
Investigators pored over employees' personal phone records, with their permission, looking for McClatchy's phone number.
Even so, investigators said they couldn't determine how McClatchy had obtained the information.
Chris Grey, a command spokesman, said the investigation wasn't intended to retaliate against whistleblowers, adding that the command had a duty to protect sensitive information about evidence in criminal cases, such as suspects' and victims' names.
In seeking a response about the evidence the crime lab had lost, McClatchy had provided case numbers and the names of criminal suspects and victims to the command's public affairs office but hadn't published them. Investigators were given McClatchy's emails as possible evidence of privacy violations.
"This was not a 'leak investigation' as you have phrased it, nor an investigation into any one individual, but an investigation into the improper access of our databases and violations of the Privacy Act," Grey said in a statement.
The chief of the lab's firearms branch, Donald Mikko, was interrogated for about four hours about his contacts with McClatchy, said Lown, his attorney. Mikko had testified days before in an employee discrimination complaint against lab officials. Previously, Mikko had filed his own complaint alleging retaliation for supporting the examiner, who's black.
In less than four years, at least six internal investigations have been launched and six complaints filed against managers of the lab. The accusations and counter-accusations include racism, sexual harassment, assault and fraud.
Mikko acknowledged speaking to a McClatchy reporter about the allegations of retaliation. Investigators concluded that he'd violated Army policy by accessing information at the lab for his complaint and by failing to refer the reporter to the command's public affairs office.
Lown said an Army command lawyer had told him that Mikko would be punished but hadn't specified what the punishment would be. Grey, the command spokesman, didn't respond to questions about whether any employee would be punished.
Lown said his client had asked the crime lab's attorney whether he could speak to the media before he talked to McClatchy. Mikko was told he was permitted to because he was a civilian and as long as he was speaking about his employment complaint, Lown said.
"He was told it was his First Amendment right," Lown said.
Were Army crime lab problems withheld from some defendants?
The U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Laboratory.
| 2019-04-25T21:58:29 |
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article24723559.html
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What kind of personal information do I have to disclose?
Before the massage you will be asked to fill out a health intake form. It is a basic health history form which asks about past hospitalizations and illnesses. It also asks some personal questions. This information is important to the Massage Therapist so they can get a good idea about how to meet your needs. All information given by you to the Massage Therapist is confidential and held in very high regard.
Do I have to undress for the massage?
Yes to some level, depending on what you and the therapist have decided prior to the massage. If for example you are only having your upper body massaged then you only need to take off your shirt. If you want to take off your underwear you can but its not usually necessary, unless you are having a lot of glut work done. Women can leave their bra on if they want or they can take it off, its completely up to you and your level of comfort.
No, you will not be exposed. The only area of your body that will not be covered by a sheet or blanket is the area that is being worked. Once that area is done being massaged it will be covered back up. Sheets are always tucked in, in such a way that your sensitive areas will not be exposed.
Depending on what you have had done, either deeper work or lighter work you may feel extremely relaxed or energized. You may also feel a bit of soreness if deeper work has been done, but that should go away within a few days. Chronic muscular tension is sometimes difficult to relieve and it may take several deep sessions and soreness to achieve relief.
Why do I need to drink water after the massage?
It is important to drink water after your session for several reasons. First, for your body to do its job properly you need to be well hydrated. Second, a massage loosens up metabolic wastes and any other waste product or scar tissue that may be congesting your tissue. It is extremely important that all of this waste and excess get flushed out of your system. If you do not drink enough water it will simply find a new home somewhere else in your body.
How often should I be receiving massage?
The answer to that question is very personal, and will range from person to person. If someone is in good health; eats right, exercises, and does not have any major problems then once a month is probably enough. However if someone has a chronic pain condition or a serious postural deviation that is causing disharmony in the body, then that person may need massage once a week. Treatment plans change as you go, and evolve. So someone who needed massage once a week in a few months may only need it once every three.
| 2019-04-23T12:44:33 |
http://www.eqmmt.com/faqs.html
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Are Real Madrid a happier and more complete team without Ronaldo?
There's a joke doing the rounds among some Real Madrid fans that, now Cristiano Ronaldo has gone, they can finally admit what they have always known to be true; that Lionel Messi really is the best player in the world.
This represents one of the more humorous anecdotes surrounding the summer departure of CR7 to Juventus but, as with all gags, it is not without an element of truth. While Cristiano was their man, there could be no debate among Blancos. Now he is gone, it is another story altogether.
But, in order to understand what has and will happen to Real Madrid following his exit, we need to take a step back and look at what life was like when he was in the Spanish capital.
Five years ago, a Real Madrid legend - who will remain nameless - told me that there would be no tears shed for Ronaldo when he left. At this time the Portuguese was at the very peak of his powers.
The truth is that - in some circles - there was always the sense that Cristiano was a goal mercenary and, more troublingly, someone who thought he was as big as the club. This was something that did not sit well with everyone.
During Jose Mourinho's time as coach between 2010 and 2013, many of Ronaldo's team-mates were told to praise him publicly - and practically pay homage to him - such was his importance to winning games. These demands were never going to create a harmonious dressing room, however important his contribution.
It was only when Ronaldo dared to stand up to Mourinho - challenging his authority - that he really earned the respect of his colleagues and became one of the team's leaders along with Sergio Ramos.
Ronaldo's diva-like attitude was frequently excused with statements such as "well, you know what he's like" as Madrid made a Faustian pact that permitted individualistic behaviour in exchange for outstanding performances.
The fact the players accepted his ways and whims does not mean they liked his antics, nor that they liked him. Ronaldo was far from the most popular man in the Madrid changing room, although he did enjoy a close friendship with Marcelo. With everyone else, he endured a mostly business-like relationship.
When Ronaldo's time at Madrid came to an end - following Florentino Perez's refusal to hand him a new, lucrative contract - the Ballon d'Or winner was obliged by the club to sign a letter stating that it was he who had indeed asked to leave for Juventus. This was the main reason why Ronaldo did not want a public farewell because it would have meant he would have had to share a stage with Perez.
And so what of the future for this Real team?
Following his departure, Real Madrid failed to sign any new Galacticos - though not through a lack of trying. First they attempted to lure Kylian Mbappe to the Santiago Bernabeu in order to prepare for Ronaldo's exit, and then they looked to entice Neymar. On both occasions, PSG snubbed them at the earliest opportunity.
Unable to recruit a Galactico, the only other option they had was either spending money on players who were willing to join, such as Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski, or keeping their powder dry and strengthening the team in other key positions.
Many key figures inside the club were in agreement that there was little point in spending big on players who were no better than those already in the squad.
This has been Madrid's transfer policy in recent years, with the last Galactico to be signed being James Rodriguez in 2014. Real may be a huge club but they also have to be wary of their debt, estimated to be as high as €600 million (£539m/$697m).
Ronaldo's departure thus opened the door for Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale to come to the fore, as well as for Marco Asensio to accelerate his development. And, despite all the doom and gloom predicted by many experts, things have gone swimmingly for the Blancos and their attackers thus far.
Everyone certainly seems to be rising to the occasion and this is a Real Madrid playing more as a team, with extra emphasis on possession football and a greater application on collective pressure.
Last season, Madrid endured a miserable start to the campaign, taking just seven points from their first five games. This term, they have a 100 per cent record in La Liga after three matches and a plus-eight goal difference.
Bale's form has been peaking since the end of last season and he now has 10 goals in his last 10 games, while Asensio has earned three penalties since the start of the campaign.
Benzema, meanwhile, scored a Ronaldo-type goal from outside the box at the weekend - a collector's item if ever there was one - and his movement all around the pitch has been fantastic. He scored only five league goals last season, this term he already has four. The Frenchman is also benefitting from the greater possession that Madrid are enjoying, not least because he loves being part of the creative process.
In the final third, Madrid have so many options with Dani Carvajal and Marcelo down the sides, and Asensio making runs in behind. The 22-year-old has the potential to become one of the best players in the world this season and could hit 20 goals. Mixing all these weapons and possession with a high pressing game and diagonal passes from Sergio Ramos to the wings and Madrid are looking like a very complete team offensively.
And, at the other end, Madrid now have strength in depth between the sticks with the best goalkeeper at the World Cup, Thibaut Courtois, joining UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year Keylor Navas.
Speaking of Europe, we return to Ronaldo who this week was not selected as Europe's best player by UEFA - the honour going instead to his former Madrid team-mate Luka Modric.
I was there for the event staying at the same hotel as Ronaldo and watched on as, half an hour before the event began, his entourage proceeded to get themselves into a lather as CR7 chose not to attend the gala having learned he'd been snubbed.
This was a shame because waiting for him was his former president Florentino Perez who hoped that everyone - especially the media - would be there to see him give Ronaldo a hug.
His non-appearance coupled with his recent statement - effectively a message to his former employers - about how much he felt at home at Juventus because it was like a family was typical Ronaldo; outspoken. Some would say it was unnecessarily tactless.
"It's the biggest club in Italy, one of the best in the world, so it was an easy decision," he told JuventusTV .
"So far, I feel the people at the club are different, they are nice and like a family. The supporters are the same."
But, as Sergio Ramos stated in a swift reply, Madrid no longer have to cover up and overlook Ronaldo's emotional and egotistical behaviour. The European champions have turned over a new leaf and so far things are going well without their all-time record scorer.
| 2019-04-23T12:13:51 |
https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/amp/real-madrid/news/are-real-madrid-a-happier-and-more-complete-team-without-ronaldo/uvwgn0lyvw0d1liuhra976bh7
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What's the difference between an "unbeliever" and a person who simply has honest questions about God? I believe in the Bible, and I have often told friends and family that God can do miracles and even raise the dead. Nevertheless, when things get tough, I find it hard to trust in the Lord. Though I tell others that they can depend upon His grace, I'm often overwhelmed with fear and anxiety when difficult situations arise. Does this mean that I lack faith?
Yes and no. The truth is that we all lack faith. To be more precise, faith is not something we merely have or do not have. It's more like a process – a thing in which we either grow or diminish, progress or regress, with every passing day. It involves ups and downs, victories and setbacks, triumphs and disappointments. That's because faith is an aspect of our relationship with God – a product of our walk with Christ and the constant, gentle influence of His indwelling Holy Spirit.
It's important to add that Christianity isn't about having faith in faith alone. From the biblical point of view, faith is only as strong as its object. I may believe that my chair is strong enough to support my weight, but I can't be fully convinced of this until I put the question to the test by sitting down. Similarly, I have faith in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior because I am persuaded – by relevant evidence – that He really is God-in-the-flesh, and that He has my best interests at heart. But my commitment will never be mature and perfect until I've learned to step out and act on these convictions. As Jesus said, "If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God …" (John 7:17). Among other things, this means pressing forward in spite of your feelings – "ducking under" your fears and anxieties and doing what needs to be done even when your emotions are screaming at you to cut and run.
There is nothing "bad" or unusual about the struggles you're experiencing. Every Christian has to wrestle with doubt, fear, failure, inconsistency, and hypocrisy. In a certain sense, this is the only reliable road to true and lasting faith, a faith that can weather the storms of life. That's why the poet Tennyson could say, "There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds." Even the disciples of Jesus ("men of little faith" in the Lord's affectionate phrase) had to find their way through this dark, discouraging tunnel: just at that moment when belief should have come easiest to them – when the Risen Christ Himself stood before them on a mountaintop in Galilee – Matthew records that "some doubted" (Matthew 28:17). So you're not alone. As a matter of fact, you're in very good company. Meanwhile, you can take courage in the thought that even the merest shred of faith – faith as tiny as a mustard seed (Matthew 17:20) – is all that it takes to elicit an approving smile from your heavenly Father (Hebrews 11:6).
One last thought. In the final analysis, you have to remember that faith is ultimately a gift of God (see 1 Corinthians 12:9; Galatians 5:22). We believe because He enables us to do so. This is what John Newton, writer of the hymn "Amazing Grace," meant when he said, "No temporal dispensations can reach the heart unless the Lord Himself applies them." The Psalmist expressed it this way: "For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light" (Psalm 36:9). So be patient with yourself and lean on the unseen power of His grace.
If you'd like to discuss these ideas at greater length with a member of our team, please don't hesitate to contact us. Focus on the Family has a staff of pastoral counselors who would love to speak with you over the phone.
| 2019-04-24T10:12:43 |
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/family-q-and-a/faith/faith-doubt-vs-unbelief
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After the ending of the '45, Jacobitism all but died in England.
This new interest in the local Jacobites was given a boost by the publication of William Sidney Gibson's book, 'Dilston Hall', in 1850.
On 28 September 1868 an apparently respectable Victorian gentlewoman left her house at Blaydon and, with two burly henchmen, moved into the ruined tower at Dilston.
In order to prove that she was entitled to the old Radcliffe lands, Amelia had to do two things.
Did Amelia really have a claim to the Radcliffe lands? Was she really descended from the Earl of Derwentwater?
The magnificently named Cadwallader Bates was the leading Northumbrian historian of his day and in 1883 he bought Langley Castle.
Since the publication of Gibson's 'Dilston Hall' in 1850, there has been continuous interest in the Northumbrian Jacobites.
She put up a tarpaulin as a roof, hung up pictures which she said portrayed members of the Radcliffe Family, brought in pieces of furniture, and barricaded the door against the startled Mr Grey, the agent for Greenwich Hospital, which then owned the estate. 'Countess Amelia' had arrived.
This lady, styling herself 'Lady Matilda Mary Tudor Radcliffe', had, in fact, first filed a claim to the Derwentwater Estates in 1857. She claimed to be the grand-daughter of John Radcliffe, only son of James Radcliffe and titular 4th Earl of Derwentwater. She said her grandfather had not died aged 19 in London at all, but had, in fact, faked his own death and escaped to Germany where he had lived to an old age. To support the story, she produced a range of convincing relics, including family portraits, furniture, jewellery, wills and a family tree.
She claimed to have had even more convincing proof of her heritage, but to have sent it to Lord Palmerston, who had never returned the documents. She followed this up by writing a series of letters to Lord Petre, descendant of the Radcliffes and holder of the remaining Derwentwater relics at Thorndon Hall, Essex. He was unimpressed by her claim and did nothing to help her. Her next strategy was to write directly to the Trustees of Greenwich Hospital to stake her claim to all the remaining Radcliffe lands, including Dilston.
In 1866 she moved north to Blaydon and told her story to the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, which greatly boosted her profile and, just at the time when romanticism over the Jacobites was at its height, won her considerable public support. Moving into the castle was guaranteed to further raise the stakes and force the hand of the Greenwich Commissioners.
| 2019-04-25T04:01:35 |
http://www.northumbrianjacobites.org.uk/pages/detail_page.php?id=39§ion=29
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Making arrangements for all the particulars for a party may not be exciting as the party itself. It is a task that many people do not like anticipating. However, if the details of an event are not properly lined up, the event might end being boring to the participant. Normally, there are not many easy ways out for first-time party organizers. Nonetheless, one of the easiest things to do is renting a jumper for the party.
Interactive jumpers are a great way to keep kids entertained while the adults relish the party with their friends. Presented with the choice between playing a video game and playing on an inflatable jumper, the children almost always prefer a jumper. Jumpers are also a healthy, safe as well as an excellent way to keep the children entertained with minimal supervision.
How does one, therefore, go about renting a jumper for a great party? Firstly, one needs to be aware that they do not want to buy a jumper from a store. Jumpers are not made to be used by just a couple kids. This may be not more than two children most of the times. Parties are attended by many children and therefore in such a case this would not work.
When it comes to teenage parties, interactive jumpers are the best option. Obstacle course, boxing with big inflated gloves or an interactive game goes well with the teens. Today in San Diego rental jumpers market, one can get the perfect jumper for any event. Whether one has a birthday party, fundraisers, and any other kind of event where fun necessary for pleasure.
Safety is possibly the key factor when renting a jumper. Competent party rental companies always have insurance. This is to a great extent important especially when the kids are using the jumpers. If it is possible, one should go and inspect the jumpers in advance, just to ensure they are safe. During the inspection, one will also be able to tell whether the jumpers are clean. In spite of many companies in San Diego being involved in rental jumpers business, there are some that might not be taking care of their party supplies.
The following are valuable tips on how to look for quality jumpers and reliable companies in San Diego.
Which jumper suits the event?
There are many designs to choose from, but one should determine which one is going to bring the most satisfaction to their event. If the party has a definite theme, it is wise to choose the jumper that matches the theme. Nobody would want to choose a princess theme for a boys party having a sporty theme. Renting a jumper that does not complement can result in an awkward experience for the participants.
The available space should also be considered before hiring an interactive jumper. Can the available space fit an obstacle course, a combo or a water slide? It is the responsibility of the event planners to measure the area they intend to use before they can kick off the hiring process. A delivery fee might be inevitable even after cancelling an order due to less space.
What is the hiring budget? Obstacle courses, combos, water slides among other interactive jumpers, depending on size, are relatively expensive than regular bounce houses.
Also, another important aspect to consider when renting a jumper is the age group. Different inflatables are designed for different age groups. Interactive jumpers are perfect for teenagers and therefore should not be the choice for toddlers. Renting the wrong model may not be satisfactory to the participants of the event or the party attendants.
What should one know about the jumpers renting companies?
Apart from price and insurance, there are some other key points that one should be aware before they can approach any company in San Diego. Hygiene is one of them. Sine jumpers are frequently rented out, and they sometimes get dirty. The law does not demand that companies should clean their inflatables. Nonetheless, clean and hygienic jumpers reflect the right image and services of a company.
The location of a company should also be considered. Knowing the location of the company helps one to make sure that the company delivers to their city. Companies that are closer to the event location are much cheaper since they are most likely not to charge a delivery fee.
Knowing whether a company provides discount is also important. In most cases, companies may reward customer loyalty by offering some discounts, as well as additional incentives.
Party planners may also want to consider the condition of the jumpers they are renting. Inflatables should be in good shape. Their colour should not be faded, or they shouldn’t have patches everywhere. A good inflatable company should have their units renewed when they are worn out.
Lastly, what are the safety feature? The children’s safety should not be left to chance. Inflatables should have a safety ramp at the entrance and the exit. This feature ensures the safe entry and exit of the children. They cannot fall or roll out to the ground. The inflatables should also have big entries and exits. This ensures that the children are not stuck or have difficulties entering and leaving the inflatables. This safety measure is also important particularly in cases of for example electricity problems or weather that call for an evacuation.
Water slides should have inflatable pool floors. Traditionally, water slides did not have inflatable pool floors beneath their pool. This made the children hit the ground as they slid into the pool.
Get the best interactive jumpers in San Diego and see the party attendants bounce to their hearts’ satisfaction.
| 2019-04-19T16:45:37 |
https://www.mypartyjumpers.com/product-category/interactive-jumpers-rentals-san-diego/
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Please advise if I am getting it right.
The Decimal value type represents decimal numbers ranging from positive 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335 to negative 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335. The Decimal value type is appropriate for financial calculations requiring large numbers of significant integral and fractional digits and no round-off errors.
The binary representation of a Decimal value consists of a 1-bit sign, a 96-bit integer number, and a scaling factor used to divide the 96-bit integer and specify what portion of it is a decimal fraction. The scaling factor is implicitly the number 10, raised to an exponent ranging from 0 to 28. Therefore, the binary representation of a Decimal value is of the form, ((-296 to 296) / 10(0 to 28)), where -296-1 is equal to MinValue, and 296-1 is equal to MaxValue.
| 2019-04-19T20:35:09 |
http://databaseforum.info/2/500763.aspx
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Tom Eyers, Post-Rationalism: Psychoanalysis, Epistemology, and Marxism in Post-War France, Bloomsbury, 2013, 217pp., $120.00 (hbk), ISBN 9781441186881.
This is a book that lives up to its main title, but does not live up at least to the final part of its ambitious sub-title. The war being referenced is World War II, and so the post-war period in question is just over two-thirds of a century long. The volume takes as its principal textual focus a short-lived publication entitled Cahiers pour l'Analyse, the product of some "precocious" (p. 2) students of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris beginning in 1966. Both Louis Althusser and Jacques Derrida were members of the ENS faculty, and one of the contributors, Jacques-Alain Miller, as Tom Eyers informs us in one of his very rare biographical forays (p. 14), was the future son-in-law of Jacques Lacan, whose influence on this group was considerable. Hence the "psychoanalysis" part of the sub-title is warranted. But the "Marxism" part relies almost exclusively on the role played by Althusser, who of course considered himself to be a Marxist; however, his claims in the domain of Marxist theory, other than his evolving views of the relationship between science and ideology, in fact receive no significant attention here.
But epistemology -- ah, that is a different matter. In a certain sense, this book is almost all about epistemology as understood from the broad perspective of what outsiders, especially American outsiders, liked to call "structuralism" -- and, later, "post-structuralism." Eyers finds these labels somewhat misleading and so has invented the term "post-rationalism" for the literature that he is considering, in part because he thinks that empiricists are attacking a straw man when they accuse rationalists of remaining within the domain of pure concepts, pure ideas; the "post-rationalists" of his title, Eyers contends, managed to get beyond the rationalism/empiricism split (p. 73). As for the concept of "structure" itself, the author wants to insist that most of the writers in question, with the notable exception of the very young Alain Badiou in a Cahiers essay entitled "Mark and Lack," depart from the stereotypical conceit of structuralism as rigid formalism and instead accept the idea of an inherent instability in structures.
The book is divided into five main chapters plus a brief introduction and a briefer conclusion, each of the chapters being divided into small sub-sections. The first chapter features psychoanalytic structuralism, the second Gaston Bachelard and Lacan, the third the notions of science and "suture", the fourth Althusser, Badiou, Lacan, and Jean-Claude Milner, and the fifth the thoughts of Gilles Deleuze and Georges Canguilhem with special emphasis on the concept of "life." In addition to those already mentioned, other philosophers, one or more of whose writings are touched upon, are Jacques-Alain Miller, Pierre Macherey, and Serge Leclaire. Apart from the concluding chapter, about which more anon, I have now named virtually the entire range of thinkers examined in this book.
A good question, and one that should probably be raised concerning this book itself. Of course its author is familiar with the chronology of his subjects, but the often haphazard nature of the book's structure makes it especially desirable that details of historical sequence and historical setting be introduced into the text; too often they are not. I began this review by identifying the meaning of "post-war" as intended in the book's sub-title. But that war ended, for the French, more than twenty years before the publication of the first issue of the Cahiers. In the first sentence of Chapter 1, Eyers says that the period "since the end of the war" had seen "a partial, but frequently exaggerated eclipse of the projects of both post-Husserlian phenomenology and Sartrean existentialism." (p. 13) I am not sure who is supposed to have exaggerated this eclipse, but it seems very hard to contest the claim that the immediate post-war period was the time of maximum success of existentialism, at least, if not of phenomenology generally, in France. In any case, Sartre's name never recurs, even adjectivally, in the book, while the names of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Simone de Beauvoir, and Martin Heidegger, who were all arguably of considerable importance in the intellectual life of post-War France, do not appear at all. (Husserl's does appear one more time, à propos of a congratulatory comment by Miller on Derrida's handling of him in a Cahiers essay.) (p. 103) Bachelard, on the other hand, while he lived a long life and published some important reflections on rationalism during the post-war period, had already made a name for himself as a philosopher of science, as well as an important influence on literary criticism, before the war began; his The Formation of the Scientific Mind, for example, to which Eyers refers with some frequency in Chapter 2, was published in 1938. He was an important influence on Canguilhem, who succeeded him as Director of the Institut d'histoire des sciences in 1955. Canguilhem was an advisor to the young Derrida, and his most important publications appeared well before 1966.
Few of these historical connections are made very clear in Post-Rationalism, in which the overall sociocultural context is for the most part disregarded or at best treated as comparatively insignificant. At the beginning of Chapter 5, it is true, Eyers recounts a division once advanced by Michel Foucault, characterized as "an orthodoxy that continues to gain ground," according to which there are two main streams of Twentieth Century French philosophy, the first being associated with Bergson, Deleuze, and some unnamed phenomenologists, and emphasizing the experiential basis of life, the other indebted to the philosophy of science and including such great names as Bachelard, Canguilhem, Althusser, Lévi-Strauss, Lacan, and, of course, Foucault himself. (p. 153) In his ensuing comparison of Canguilhem and Deleuze concerning "the problem of life," Eyers tries to problematize this division to some extent, and for that he deserves credit. But the whole rich and sometimes bizarre world of his principal protagonists during the period of the late 1960s upon which he most focuses, at least at the beginning of his book, is not even hinted at. It was a time of would-be revolution -- and not merely in philosophy -- and, after the setbacks of 1968 (in which Althusser played an important and not especially heroic role), of the nascent movement of the so-called "Maos," some of whom had connections with the ENS. Many readers of this book will surely know all this already, but it is not a part of Eyers' narrative.
Curiously, "politics" does finally appear in the brief "Conclusion" to Post-Rationalism; it is one word in a long sub-title introducing one of the three "case studies" that are treated there, that of Jacques Rancière, a treatment that occupies less than two full pages of print. The other two are the later work of Badiou, most notably his 1982 book, Theory of the Subject (four pages), and finally the so-called "nonphilosophy" of François Laruelle (three and a half pages), the explanation of whose admittedly almost impenetrable work is not greatly advanced by this presentation. In short, the Conclusion is fairly inconclusive, and in any case it is mostly about something other than the rest.
There was a time when philosophers interested in the evolution of French thought would solemnly lament, or alternatively rejoice in, the "death of the subject" (as in "je") that was supposed to have occurred in that milieu. Eyers' frequent recurrence to this topic -- in Lacan's references to "suture," meaning "the stitching of the subject to the signifier" (p. 31), in Althusser's and Badiou's changing views on it, and so on -- has the great merit of laying that idea to rest. In addition, although Eyers presupposes far too much prior knowledge on his reader's part of the intellectual atmosphere that he is exploring and especially of Lacanian theory, he does provide helpful synopses of a number of the Cahiers essays. On the other hand, he treats Althusser's publications with a respect that they, as distinguished from his obviously inspirational effect on some of his students, do not seem to me to deserve. Opinions about this and many other topics discussed in Post-Rationalism will no doubt continue to differ. But, at any rate, for those idealistically seeking more comprehensive insights into the philosophical life and times of "post-war France," this book is likely to seem disappointing.
| 2019-04-24T10:30:12 |
https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/post-rationalism-psychoanalysis-epistemology-and-marxism-in-post-war-france/
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In a residential community, an oil organization is penetrating for oil. The geologist, Dowd, illuminates his manager, Tenneson that they recognized what could be a biological system which could influence their boring rights. In any case, Tenneson instructs them to go on and something happens. Something turned out and Tenneson needs to keep it calm by keeping what turned out on ice. In the town, something#39;s been taking the fuel tanks off vehicles, leaving a major gap. Tripp, who lives in the town is baffled at his life, particularly not having his very own vehicle. He works at a piece yard and he#39;s been chipping away at reestablishing an old truck. One day he supposes he hears something and traps it in the capacity pit. He calls the Sheriff who#39;s his progression father, whom he doesn#39;t care for. What#39;s more, when he arrives, it#39;s gone. Later he sets a trap for it and sees it#39;s a slug like animal who bolsters on oil. He would bond with it. Later a man from the oil organization appears at the yard and gets some information about the thing he detailed before. Tripp pretends it was mixed up however the person doesn#39;t trust him. The animal enters the frame of the truck he was taking a shot at and makes it move. He then gets in the truck and it goes off all alone and he tries to make sense of what to do.
violence Moderate portrayals of violence without details are featured, albeit justified by context.
profanity There is some use of mild bad language in the film, such as the terms "sucker" and "damn".
| 2019-04-19T04:20:41 |
https://www1.mydownloadtube.com/movies/watch-monster-trucks-free-full-movie-online
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http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | I was recently shown a videotape of people reacting to radio talk shows. Organized by a firm that specializes in analyzing radio talk shows, the members of the listening panel were carefully chosen to represent all major listening groups within American society.
But I quickly noticed something odd I saw no blacks among the selected listeners. I asked why. And the response was stunning.
Blacks had always been included, I was told, but no more. Not because the firm was not interested in black listeners on the contrary, blacks are an important part of the radio audience. They were not invited to give their opinion about various radio shows because in its previous experience, the company had discovered that almost no whites would publicly differ with the opinions of the blacks on the panel. Therefore, once a black listener spoke, whites stopped saying what they really thought, if what they thought differed from what a black had said.
I believed that this was the reason not some racist animosity toward blacks since such companies are paid to give accurate reports on audience reactions to radio programs, and clearly their results would be skewed without input from black listeners. But I still needed to test this thesis. Do most whites really not publicly say what they believe, if what they believe differs from what a black believes even when the subject has absolutely nothing to do with race (i.e., reactions to a radio talk show discussing other subjects)?
So I posed to this question to my radio audience, and, sure enough, whites from around the country called in to say that they are afraid to differ with blacks lest they be labeled racist.
I could not imagine anything more detrimental toward abolishing racism and to enhancing black progress in America than such an attitude. But apparently it is the norm in American life to so fear being called a racist that individuals as well as institutions react to blacks as they would to children humoring them rather than taking them seriously.
This is another terrible legacy of the dominant liberal attitudes vis a vis America's blacks. For the liberal worlds of academia and media, as for the Democratic Party, blacks are not seen as individuals, the way members of virtually other minority and majority groups are. In the liberal mind, blacks are an oppressed group the ultimate oppressed group in America and there is little more about black Americans that one needs to know.
Therefore, in a mind-numbing non sequitur, blacks are not be judged, talked to, talked about or hired as other human beings are. I write "non sequitur" because even if one were to agree that blacks are an, or even the, oppressed minority, why would that obviate the need to judge, talk to, talk about or hire black human beings differently than anyone else? It would seem that anyone with equal respect for blacks would judge and talk to them just as they would all other people. But high schools and universities, newspapers and television, the Democratic Party and other liberal institutions have made it very difficult to do so.
Anyone who argues that standards should be identical for blacks in hiring and in college acceptance, for example is likely to be labeled a racist. And if the person making that argument is himself black, he becomes a member of the group liberals most hate, black conservatives "traitors" to fellow blacks.
This also explains why, if one differs with a black, one is not perceived as merely disagreeing with him, but as "dissing" him. That is what started the liberal hatred of former Harvard University President Lawrence Summers. After asking Harvard Professor Cornel West to engage in more scholarship and less rap music making and politicking (West was a major figure in the Al Sharpton campaign for president), Professor West announced that President Summers had shown him "disrespect." Even a Harvard president doesn't tell a black professor what to do.
After dismissing Cornel West's books as "almost completely worthless," the New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier was attacked in ways that made it clear that one should simply not attack a black professor's literary output as one would a white professor's.
Every time liberals force universities to lower standards for black applicants, and every time liberal activists force civil service exams to be rewritten so that more blacks can pass those exams, another person learns not to treat blacks and their ideas as he would anyone else's.
That is why most whites won't differ publicly with most blacks. And that is why liberals and Democrats will have to answer to history for the harm they have done to at least two generations of black Americans.
| 2019-04-23T13:05:25 |
http://jewishworldreview.com/0706/prager071106.php3
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The Department of Social Services website is used to apply for benefits with this program. Individuals have to select their county of residence and then provide the site with the necessary information about themselves. This can include social security number, name, financial need, income information, and some information about any assets. It is also possible to download the application and print it in order to apply for SNAP in Los Angeles California. There are a variety of different languages available to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to apply for assistance. Afterward, an interview must be set up so that the department can determine eligibility. Individuals who are applying in person have to apply at the correct local office and must go to the department for their county. It is always free to apply. Submitting a Section 8 application for Los Angeles, California is not necessary to apply for Food Stamps or SNAP.
What will I need to have to apply for Food Stamps in Los Angeles (SNAP)?
Generally speaking, you will have to provide proof of your income and some of the other types of information that you may have provided in your application during the time of your interview. You may also be asked for information about individuals that are living with you in your household to help determine your financial need and overall eligibility. The interview can be held over the phone or may also be conducted in person, depending on your availability. The method to locate a section 8 application form and apply for housing concerns a totally different branch and is run by the housing authority.
Could I be denied when I apply for SNAP in Los Angeles California?
In most cases, people are only denied based on the amount of income that they are making each month when put in comparison with the amount of people that are in their household. Students may also have a difficult time getting benefits with the program, depending on if they have been awarded financial aid. Assuming that the individual is approved, they will have access to an EBT card. The card provides the funds on a monthly basis so that individuals can use their card in replacement for cash when purchasing food. The benefits provided by the program are only to be used for foods for human consumption, seeds, and plants that can grow food. The card can be used anywhere that accepts SNAP benefits in Los Angeles. County offices can provide more information about locations where it has been verified that SNAP benefits are accepted.
What are the steps to apply for SNAP in Los Angeles California?
1. Locate your local Human Resource or SNAP Office.
2. Check to see if you meet income limits to qualify for SNAP.
4. In most cases you will have to schedule an interview.
It is always free to apply for SNAP in Los Angeles California or any state in the country. Government affiliated programs are always free. SNAP benefits can be used to purchase food at grocery stores, convenience stores, and some farmers’ markets and co-op food programs. These agencies, although government affiliated, have nothing to do with low income housing or section 8.
The Los Angeles Department of Economic Security is responsible for the Los Angeles SNAP (food stamp program). The program is known as the Nutritional Assistance Program. During the year 2008, the government changed the name of this program to be known as the more widely popular SNAP plan. The California Nutritional Assistance program provides for all of the nutrition needs of families with low income within the area. The program ensures that these families have access to healthy food and that they don’t have to worry about providing quality meals to those who are present within their household. Without this type of assistance, there are many people in the Los Angeles California area which would struggle with the option of feeding their families or paying for their rent and other bills. In order to locate a section 8 application in California online however, contact your local housing authority, which is a different department entirely.
Do I have to apply for Section 8 housing in order to be eligible for Food Stamps?
No. You do not have to apply for rental assistance in Los Angeles to qualify for SNAP. This is a common misconception. An applicant need only be of low income, over eighteen and an U. S. citizen.
Get links to low income housing properties, tenants and landlords in the Housing List Blog located in the Section 8 and Subsidized Housing Online Packet.
| 2019-04-20T16:55:48 |
https://www.section8programs.com/apply-for-food-stamps/los-angeles-california/
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Plot Summary: In 1848, a New York bank wants to put a railroad across Mexico, so it buys up small banks around Santa Rita, Durango, and evicts farmers on the proposed rail line who owe money. The bank's henchman is the murderous Jackson. He runs afoul of two women, María, the tough but uneducated daughter of a farmer, and Sara, the European-educated daughter of the owner of one of these banks. To feed the now landless people and to seek revenge, María and Sara become bank robbers, veritable Robin Hoods. But Jackson and his hired guns are after them. What are the women's options?
| 2019-04-19T18:35:14 |
http://chickswithgunsmovies.com/36/details.htm
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Presented By: Susan Leahy MA CSP from Group to TEAM Leadership Solutions Inc.
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| 2019-04-21T17:06:11 |
http://www.grouptoteam.com/tbta-leading-to-a-winning-culture
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The odds are high that the progressive movement will lead a wave that will determine the Democratic nominee for president in 2020 and the next Democratic president who will be inaugurated in January 2021.
After the great Democratic victory in the 2018 midterm elections, creating a Democratic House of Representatives that must approve any legislative measure that will become law during the final two years of President Trump Donald John TrumpThorny part of obstruction of justice is proving intent, that's a job for Congress Obama condemns attacks in Sri Lanka as 'an attack on humanity' Schiff rips Conway's 'display of alternative facts' on Russian election interference MORE’s current and probably only term in office, the 2020 presidential campaign has now begun.
Recently, Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernard (Bernie) SandersCory Booker has a problem in 2020: Kamala Harris Wage growth shaping up as key 2020 factor for Trump Booker to supporter who wanted him to punch Trump: 'Black guys like us, we don't get away with that' MORE (I-Vt.) convened a meeting of his long-term friends, supporters and admirers to discuss the 2020 campaign.
There are now mini-boomlets for Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), who electrified national politics by almost defeating Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzMichael Bennet declared cancer-free, paving way for possible 2020 run Booker, Harris have missed most Senate votes O'Rourke sweeps through Virginia looking to energize campaign MORE (R-Texas) in their Senate race, and Sen. Sherrod Brown Sherrod Campbell BrownOnly four Dem senators have endorsed 2020 candidates Budowsky: 2020 Dems should debate on Fox Overnight Health Care: How 2020 Dems want to overhaul health care | Brooklyn parents sue over measles vaccination mandate | Measles outbreak nears record MORE (D-Ohio), who continued his decades-long success in Ohio by being re-elected to the Senate, to run in 2020.
Former Vice President Joe Biden Joseph (Joe) Robinette BidenCory Booker has a problem in 2020: Kamala Harris 2020 Dems ratchet up anti-corporate talk in bid to woo unions Resurfaced Buttigieg yearbook named him 'most likely to be president' MORE, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Ann WarrenTim Ryan doesn't back impeachment proceedings against Trump Schiff: Democrats 'may' take up impeachment proceedings Trump claims Democrats' plans to probe admin will cost them 'big time' in 2020 MORE (D-Mass.), Sen. Kamala Harris Kamala Devi HarrisCory Booker has a problem in 2020: Kamala Harris Booker to supporter who wanted him to punch Trump: 'Black guys like us, we don't get away with that' Tulsi Gabbard fundraises off 4/20: 'Appalls me' that feds consider marijuana illegal MORE (D-Calif.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar Amy Jean KlobucharBooker to supporter who wanted him to punch Trump: 'Black guys like us, we don't get away with that' 2020 Dems ratchet up anti-corporate talk in bid to woo unions 2020 Democrats commemorate 20-year anniversary of Columbine shooting MORE (D-Minn.), Sen. Cory Booker Cory Anthony BookerCory Booker has a problem in 2020: Kamala Harris Booker to supporter who wanted him to punch Trump: 'Black guys like us, we don't get away with that' 2020 Dems ratchet up anti-corporate talk in bid to woo unions MORE (D-N.J.) and other prominent Democrats may well join one of the strongest fields of potential Democratic candidates in memory.
Several years ago, the rap on Democrats, not unfairly, was that we lacked a strong bench. Today, by contrast, the national Democratic Party is led by an all-star class of new Democratic members of the House, a stellar group of Democratic senators, a resurgence in the ranks of Democratic governors and an embarrassment of riches in the number of exciting and highly qualified potential Democratic candidates in 2020.
Meanwhile, Republicans are trapped by the highly unpopular and perpetually investigated Trump, who drowns out the voices and destroys the prospects of all other GOP presidential prospects.
On the national political stage Bernie Sanders, more than any other national figure, has won the battle of ideas. Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign Sanders ran ahead of Trump by 10-20 points, and throughout the 2018 midterm campaign, there was a coalescence of national Democrats around variations of the progressive agenda that Sanders, Warren and Brown have long pioneered and that O’Rourke boldly carried across Texas.
It was comical to watch Republicans in 2018, who spent eight years trying to destroy the highly popular progressive vision of health care, suddenly pretend to be devout supporters of key provisions of ObamaCare.
Sanders has earned the right to run in 2020, and if he chooses to run, he will be one of the early front runners for the Democratic nomination. I recently wrote that Sherrod Brown, who has proven that an uncompromising progressive leader can prevail for decades in a purple state like Ohio, should also run.
Beto O’Rourke may well be a future president, though in 2020 he is more likely to be seriously considered for vice president than president. Warren, Harris, Klobuchar, Booker and others would be very credible candidates and potential presidents if they run in 2020.
Much of the insider political community has fallen victim to the misleading cliche that Democrats must not move “too far to the left." Sanders ran well ahead of Trump in polls throughout 2016 because his views, which are universally known for decades, are in most cases mainstream positions.
The Democratic nominee in 2020, whoever it may be, will advocate some form of a Medicare for All or Medicare buy-in, which will be a hugely popular position. He or she will advocate a tax cut that helps the middle class and takes back benefits that mostly help the wealthy.
The Democratic nominee will call for equal pay for women and a higher minimum wage for all workers, time-honored positions of progressives that are highly popular with voters. He or she will call for a full defense of the earth against the cult-like denials of global warming that are spreading throughout the GOP.
In politics, like physics, every action brings a counter-reaction. The one party dominance of Trump was ended by voters in the 2018 midterm elections. The next great progressive renaissance for America is poised to begin for the House, Senate and presidency after the 2020 elections.
| 2019-04-22T06:56:18 |
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/419640-from-bernie-to-beto-a-progressive-era-begins
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What is the name of Captain Nemo's submarine in Jules Verne's 1869 novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"?
Nautilus - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea refers to the distance traveled while under the sea and not to a depth that the submarine submerged.
In which novel would you read about the characters Nat, Dan, Demi, Daisy and Tommy?
Little Men - Published in 1871, Little Men was written by Louisa May Alcott.
"It was a pleasure to burn" is the opening line to which famous novel?
Fahrenheit 451 - Published in 1953, Fahrenheit 451 was written by Ray Bradbury.
Which of the following works was Charles Dickens's first novel?
The Pickwick Papers - The Pickwick Papers made its debut in 1836.
In T. S. Elliot's play "Murder in the Cathedral," who is killed?
Thomas Becket - Murder in the Cathedral was first performed in 1935.
Which of the following characters can be found in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island"?
Long John Silver - Treasure Island was first published in November of 1883.
Published in 1992, who wrote the controversial novel "Bravo Two Zero"?
Andy McNab - Andy McNab is the pseudonym and pen-name of Steven Billy Mitchell.
Which of the following fictional characters travels around the world on a bet?
Phileas Fogg - Phileas Fogg is a character from Jules Verne's novel 'Around the World in Eighty Days'.
Which of these novels was written by Barbara Taylor Bradford?
A Woman of Substance - Published in 1979, A Woman of Substance was Barbara's debut novel.
Published in 1961, in which conflict is Joseph Heller's novel "Catch 22" set?
WWII - A satire, Catch 22 is set from 1942 to 1944 during World War II.
Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are characters from which play?
My Fair Lady - My Fair Lady was written by George Bernard Shaw.
Which of the following novels was not written by American author Dean Koontz?
Salem's Lot - Published in 1975, Salem's Lot was written by Stephen King.
Written by the Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, which novel features hairy 9-foot tall, 1,000-pound sociopaths named "The Psychlos"?
Battlefield Earth - Battlefield Earth was originally titled 'Man, the Endangered Species'.
"This is the saddest story I have ever heard" is the opening line to which novel that was published in 1915?
The Good Soldier - Set just before World War One, The Good Soldier was written by English novelist Ford Madox Ford.
Written by James Fenimore Cooper during the early to mid 1800s, which of the following novels is not part of the Leatherstocking Tales series?
The Bravo - The series consists of five novels, which all feature a main hero named Natty Bumppo.
Which of the following Shakespearian plays was based on the Latin play "The Twins" by Plautus?
The Comedy of Errors - The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth.
| 2019-04-25T10:48:09 |
https://triviachamp.com/Literature-Trivia-Questions-E8.php
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I have some experience with Danish companies. People work very hard when they are supposed to be working - there isn't much in the way of water cooler talk and you had better have a good reason to visit someone's office. They get as much done in their roughly 40 hour weeks as many Americans do in 60+.
I wonder how much wasted time a Dane would identify in her American counterpart's day?
This doesn't seem to hold in some of the top European Universities (I only have experience with Physics and Math - so my sample is skewed), but the smartest person I know holds to the ~40 hour rule. Not only does he have a Nobel, but one of the good ones..
Hmmm... I agree on time-wasting being a real concern, but I'm a little worried about dismissing all chit-chat as that; it's pretty important for people to be able to talk like real people informally, in order to make the social networking and goodwill side of things work smoothly in an office. OTOH, I am a firm believer in going out for drinks at lunch or after hours, to set that up, and think it's more effective than the watercooler talk.
I agree that chit chat is very important (the best ideas I've had seem to have sparked during chance conversations), but the Danes draw a line.
I guess the point I should have tried to make is they may be working the same number of hours depending on how you measure work.
Much of the socializing that went on in Denmark was with, but not restricted to, co-workers ... perhaps the boundary of what work is may be fuzzy.
If someone told me--especially at work--that I was working sixty-plus a week in the season because I wasn't efficient, I'd consider cold-blooded murder. I'm more efficient now than I've ever been, I'm not a water-cooler chatter (indeed, I've taken to keeping my door closed to discourage friendly visits), and it still isn't enough to supervise ten interns, teach three classes, run a program, keep that program accredited, and do any research. The workload has to be sane, and there have to be enough workers to share it (social work, anyone? or any kind of regulatory work? or teaching public high school, where some teachers are told they can teach their favorite class if they'll just give up their planning period to do it because no new teachers will be hired?) and everyone has to be sharing it more or less equally (ha, ha), before efficiency will allow you to get things done efficiently; it really does. And while I wouldn't know personally, having a Nobel must be a big help in convincing bosses and co-workers that you've got too much status to be given three people's jobs to do.
I very much blame the kind of CEO's we're talking about for encouraging this, and I blame our past decades of congressmen for being so union-unfriendly as to pull many white-collar unions' teeth. And I do blame myself for not quitting and living a more subsistence-level life, though I doubt I could stand being my husband's financial dependent. My hope is that eventually my university will hire tenure-track help for what I'm doing, which should make a big difference; but until then I'm pretty stuck. And I'm still among the lucky--not coal-mining, gold-refining, or working unpaid overtime at Wal-Mart for way less than I get now. It's all very well to say that it's the worker's fault she works too much, but for that to be true, we'd need a rather more just culture, and one which actually values the worker's labor and expertise. Maybe Denmark has that culture, but if we do, I don't see it.
Amen and hooray, Frog. I remember when I was in grad school, a wonderful woman at Xerox PARC (Lucy Suchman) was concerned about the rights of computer workers and the failure of white-collar unions... I have become increasingly interested in workers rights myself, after having seen so many abusive employment situations since then. The dot com era produced burnouts who were only 25 years old, for goodness sake.
I was once myself accused of being inefficient for having to work 12 hour days... by a man who himself did nothing, as far as I could tell, except gossip and cause flame wars. Yes, you're entirely right -- for efficiency to be at all effective, there needs to be a better distribution of labor and a better understanding of what constitutes labor and what is too much for one person.
| 2019-04-23T16:02:44 |
http://blogger.ghostweather.com/2007/07/ceos-who-work-too-much.html
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Will my boyfriend ever want kids and marriage?
He recoils at the idea now, but he's only 26. Should I assume he'll change? Or move on?
Today I am thinking about red flags. How does one determine if something is a red flag?
My boyfriend and I have been together for approximately a year now. He is funny and engaging, and our relationship is by far the healthiest one I have been involved with in a long time. I am in a good place in my life where things seem to be flowing with the appropriate amount of struggle/success. Things go so well, for the most part, that we haven't had many "defining" discussions on what we are or where this is all going. He hates that kind of stuff, and I find it exhausting usually. So we've avoided talking about the future (together) at all, which for the most part, I am fine with. I don't see any rush.
Except, he hates the concept of marriage and family.
I'm not looking to get married anytime in the near future, and children are an even more distant prospect, but I do want those things. I do want them eventually, and I don't think that will change. My boyfriend jokes disparagingly about marriage and children with such frequency and vehemence that it's started to get into my head. He says he never wants children. He describes marriage as "the end of life." To give a little context to his background, he was adopted by a single woman, has a very small family circle, and his construct of family is obviously different from someone with a more traditional background. It is entirely possible that he is being completely serious when he says he never wants marriage or a family. Especially the family part. His first experience with an infant was three months ago, and he was frightened beyond belief to hold such a tiny "alien-looking" thing. He fakes vomiting every time the subject of children is brought up.
To further confuse things, we have had a few instances where he's switched things on me. We went on a vacation a few months ago and a tiny little boy smiled and waved at him, and I watched his stalwart child-hating resolve melt with those fat little fingers. He told me it was children like that who made him think that maybe, just maybe, children weren't all bad and having one wouldn't be horrible. He occasionally refers to a future distant wife/family situation when talking about life plans.
The two times I've brought it up in any seriousness, his answers have been vague and sort of naive -- as if he had no idea what was actually involved in being married or having children. I suppose it makes sense if he hasn't really had any experience with either, but it was a little shocking.
He's 26 years old. I realize at this age, he doesn't even need to be thinking about settling down. I realize that a lot of this is probably the bravado and insecurity of a man who is still figuring out what adulthood looks like, who is still defining who he is and what he wants. I realize this. Things may change in the future, and it's probably best to simply focus on the "now" of the moment.
However, you, to my knowledge, do not have children. You may recognize the differences between immaturity and sincere personal ideology better than I do on this subject. I don't want to spend years with this man only to part in bitterness down the road when I realize that what I took for youth is actually something more and that he actually doesn't intend on having children or getting married ... ever. Should I take these jokes and comments and mock fear with a grain of salt and assume he's still in the decision-making process, or should I view them a little more seriously as I consider the possibility of a future with him? Are these red flags that will torture me in hindsight?
It's risky to trust that people will change. It is safer to assume that people will remain as they are. That may sound pessimistic. People do change. But change is the exception. That is why we prize it so. The forces against change are large and often insurmountable. It is a lot of work. It is expensive. It is painful. It is slow.
Right now he does not want to marry and have kids. This is in keeping with his background. He makes sense as he is. His experience of childhood does not recommend itself to the idea of marrying a woman and raising children together. That is not how his life happened. Such a life is probably "alien-looking" to him. To think that he would change is to assume a lot -- that he would have a vision of a two-parent family lovingly and thoughtfully raising children in a stable environment. Where is he supposed to acquire such a vision of the future? A happy, loving, two-parent family may be the kind of thing which, as a child, he glimpsed only fleetingly at a distance and only with great pain and which, as an adult, he glimpses only with loathing. It may also be that he found great reserves of strength in being raised by a single parent and, in a way, looks down on those raised in two-parent households. At any rate, it obviously is not his idea of a good time.
He may also have an emotional conflict born of a thwarted desire to have the kind of family that he saw around him as a child. In order to deal with his situation, he may have adopted an exaggerated, cartoonish contempt for what he wanted as a child and could not have.
He may change. You never know. But some of these infant things, lord, they are hard to get to. There are certain kinds of psychic pain that are so strange and deep, overwhelming ... rooted in infancy, baffling, resistant to change ... imprinted before language, before the infant can conceive of a future. Looking back with a developed intellect, we can hardly conceive of the kinds of pain an infant experiences. We must almost literally become children again, relearn the emotional landscape of childhood, learn to feel the global hopelessness and existential fear, the self undifferentiated and powerless, with no refuge in ego, no refuge in a future, adrift in a turbulent, threatening and overwhelming now. Words cannot really do this notion justice. It is a preverbal notion trying to find traction in a verbal world.
But here is how difficult it can be in later life. Just for perspective: My first glimmer of infantile existential pain and fear came as intense stomach pains and emotional dissociation some 20 years ago; when that happened I was lucky to be in the company of some wise and compassionate people who intuited what was happening. I quit drinking soon after these phenomena began to surface and began feeling things that I had masked for many years. It has been a very slow process. It has been layer after layer, rationalization after rationalization, illusion after illusion peeling away toward the existential. So if your boyfriend does have a similar psychological makeup to mine -- jokingly abhorring the idea of children and family -- you have to ask if you are interested in accompanying him on such a slow, difficult journey. More importantly, you have to ask if it is likely that he is even interested in taking such a trip. It may be that for some years to come he will prefer to stay in the safety of his adaptations and will develop the typical suite of maladaptive compensations people like us come up with: our impulsiveness, our trouble with intimacy, our dependency, depression, drug abuse and addiction.
I had conflicts similar to his. And I can say that in spite of many changes I have undergone, my lack of keen interest in children did not change much. As I discovered some of the painful roots of my troubled feelings about parenthood, and separated my past from my present, I became willing and open to the idea of having kids. But my feelings did not change much. I did not become highly motivated to have kids. I just became more neutral, less tortured.
Furthermore -- and I don't mean to be such a downer, but I don't want you to make needless trouble for yourself -- you must ask if you yourself have some elements of the rescuer, and if you may be committing yourself to a project marriage, taking him on as a fixer-upper. You may not be conscious of this, but part of you may be responding to his wounded person, with a desire to heal him and possibly also find some measure of power and redemption through this activity.
So this is a lot to think about! You could be letting yourself in for a lot of unhappiness if you take on a relationship with a man who so evidently has early-childhood issues. And remember, when it comes to marriage and family, your choices affect not just you and him but your respective families. And also -- here we pile irony upon irony -- such early-childhood issues, if not addressed, may find fertile ground for their replication in a new family, setting in motion generation after generation of unresolved pain and buried conflict!
However -- and this is my final thought in what has turned out to be another in a long tradition of lengthy replies! -- it might be worth exploring this with him, though, whether you plan to stay with him or not. Opening a conversation with him about this might constitute a significant turning point in his life -- as it was for me, although in my case it happened in my early 30s after years of compensatory drinking and drug abuse. It might be the first time someone has talked honestly and compassionately with him about his early childhood and his true feelings of sadness and deprivation. It might also end the sweet, easy phase of your relationship. It might get very uncomfortable. He might resist any such talk. He may find it preferable to continue in the safety of this sweet relationship, with all its lingering and unresolved questions held safely at bay.
So, after all this, what, if anything, is on the "change" side of the scale? Well, some of the evidence for change lies in the vehemence of his aversion, as we are sometimes most vehemently opposed to the things we most vehemently desire. Underneath may be deep longing. But can you bet on that? Can you bet on his doing the difficult work of reconciling this conflict, if it exists? Right now he doesn't want to have kids. And it's probably safe to say that even if he should decide that he wants kids, it will be hard for him. He has great conflict.
Finally -- man, this does sound like a downer! Sorry! -- if you are trying to make one of the biggest decisions of your life, you are more likely to make the right decision if you base it on the observable facts. If he says he never wants kids and never wants to get married, you have to give that more weight than the possibility that he may change.
| 2019-04-22T04:11:35 |
https://www.salon.com/2008/06/10/wanting_kids/
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Mongolia, long known for its amazing topography of glacial mountains, massive desert and beautiful alpine meadows, is becoming increasingly well known for its emergence into a 21st Century, world-trade destination.
Today Mongolia's economy is growing rapidly. Investment in mining activity has created a need for drilling and heavy equipment vehicles. Demand for cars and other small commercial vehicles is rising at double-digit rates annually. The appetite is for a wide range of cars, everything from the Prius, which is reputed to start in the coldest of temperatures, to mid-priced sedans. Not surprising, given the frigid weather and difficult terrain, Jeeps and other 4 wheel vehicles are also favorites, so much so that regional economist Dosbergen Musaev has referred to Ulaanbaatar as the "Humvee capital of the world!"
Why use an international shipping company for Mongolia? It's hard to imagine why anyone would "ship" cargo to Mongolia considering that it is surrounded on all sides by mountains, desert and vast open steppes. Ironically, this is exactly why you need an international auto transport company.
Is shipping cars internationally to Mongolia similar to other Asian destinations? Shipping cars to Mongolia is very similar to shipping cars to the other Central Asian States. The main route is through China, at the port of Tianjin where the containers are loaded onto rail cars until reaching the Mongolian Border. This land portion of the trip mirrors the process for shipping to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Once the border is reached, the containers need to be reloaded onto Mongolian carriers since the railroad tracks between China and Mongolia differ in size. The main destination is the capital city of Ulaanbaatar.
Does the rail portion of the trip increase costs? It's certainly possible. A reliable car shipping company will hire agents to handle customs at each border point as well as oversee the unloading and reloading of cargo. Also, exporters will likely need to purchase their shipping containers since it's uneconomic to send them back to China.
Will the required paperwork needed for shipping cars overseas to Mongolia increase the international shipping rate? This will probably have little or no impact as the paperwork is fairly straightforward and comparable to many other destinations.
Are there things I need to know when preparing cars for shipping overseas to Mongolia? Actually shipping to Mongolia can be considered easier than to several other countries. For instance, Mongolia accepts both right and left-hand driven cars so there is no need to reconfigure them.
Does the age or engine size of a used car affect taxes? The rate is progressive depending upon age. Cars less than 3 years old are taxed at the lowest rate while they are adjusted higher for cars between 3 and 10 years of age. Cars older than 10 years are taxed at the highest rates. The same is true for engine capacity as the tax rate increases in three increments - up to 1500cc, 1501 to 2000cc, and topping off with anything greater than 2000cc.
Are there particular challenges to going through Tianjin? Tianjin is a large, modern, man-made port city located in Northern China that is considered the maritime gateway to Beijing. Measured by throughput tonnage, it is the 4th largest port in the world and the 9th in container throughput. It is located in the Binhai New Area district of Tianjin, a special economic zone established to facilitate trade. A reliable international shipping company can help process you through customs and get you securely to your end destination.
Ask West Coast Shipping for an international shipping quote to send your car, boat or heavy equipment vehicles to Mongolia or to anywhere else in the world.
| 2019-04-25T08:46:11 |
https://www.wcshipping.com/blog/shipping-cars-overseas-to-mongolia
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3. Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come offeasier.
5. Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.
22. To fill plaster holes in your walls, use equal parts of salt and starch,with just enough water to make a stiff putty.
61. A little salt added to cake icings prevents them from sugaring.
62. Soak pecans and walnuts in salt water for several hours before shelling to make it easier to remove the meat.
63. Oniony-garlicy fingers? I like soap and water, then rubbing them on anything made of stainless steel (it really works), but you can also rub your fingers with a salt and vinegar combo.
64. Use one part fine salt to two parts baking soda -- dip your toothbrush in the mix and brush as usual. You can also use the same mix dissolved in water for orthodontic appliances.
65. Mix equal parts salt and baking soda in water for a fresh and deodorizing mouth rinse.
66. A saltwater soak can do wonders for that special mosquito-bite itch -- a poultice of salt mixed with olive oil can help too.
67. After bathing and while still wet give yourself a massage with dry salt. It freshens skin and boosts circulation.
68. Mix salt and warm water, gargle to relieve a sore throat.
69. Prevent mold on cheese by wrapping it in a cloth moistened with saltwater before refrigerating.
70. If a pie or casserole bubbles over in the oven, put a handful of salt on top of the spill. It won't smoke and smell, and it will bake into a crust that makes the baked-on mess much easier to clean when it has cooled.
| 2019-04-25T16:17:50 |
http://knowledge-sastha.blogspot.com/2012/07/70-uses-of-common-salt.html
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Where is the Ballantyne family from?
You can see how Ballantyne families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Ballantyne family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Ballantyne families were found in and Scotland in 1841and Scotland in 1851and Scotland in 1861and Scotland in 1871and Scotland in 1881and Scotland in 1891and Scotland in 1901. In 1891 there were 99 Ballantyne families living in Northumberland. This was about 27% of all the recorded Ballantyne's in the UK. Northumberland had the highest population of Ballantyne families in 1891.
Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Ballantyne surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.
What did your Ballantyne ancestors do for a living?
In 1881, a less common occupation for the Ballantyne family was Woollen Weaver. The most common Ballantyne occupation in the UK was Farmer. 4% of Ballantyne's were Farmers. Farmer, Blacksmith and Joiner were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Ballantyne.
Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Ballantyne ancestors, such as occupation. Occupation can tell you about your ancestor's social and economic status.
What Ballantyne family records will you find?
There are 3,000 census records available for the last name Ballantyne. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Ballantyne census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.
There are 642 immigration records available for the last name Ballantyne. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.
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You've only scratched the surface of Ballantyne family history.
What is the average Ballantyne lifespan?
Between 1950 and 2004, in the United States, Ballantyne life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1956, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Ballantyne in 1950 was 51, and 83 in 2004.
An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your Ballantyne ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more.
| 2019-04-21T08:10:31 |
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=ballantyne
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Question. Prior to closing on their home, the Purchasers hired an Engineer who performed an inspection of the house. The inspection revealed the presence of termites in the crawl space in front of the house. In his inspection report, the Engineer noted, in addition to the termite condition, among other things, the boiler was in "good shape, showing no sign of leaking activity."
In accordance with certain provisions in the Rider attached to the Contract of Sale, upon being advised of the results of the inspection, the Seller hired a Pest Control Company to treat the termite condition, which it did by spraying in the crawl space and placing termite baits around the perimeter of the house. After taking possession of the premises, the Purchasers discovered extensive termite damage throughout the house and a leak in the oil line feeding the boiler tank, resulting in contamination of the soil under the house, (which ultimately had to be removed by a specialty company, monitored by the Department of Environmental Conservation). The Purchasers would like to sue the Pest Control Company, the Seller, and the Engineer for breach of contract with regard to all, negligence with regard to the Engineer and the Pest Control Company, and fraud in the inducement with regard to the Seller. May they do so?
Answer. NO as to the Seller. MAYBE as to the Engineer. NOT LIKELY as to the Pest Control Company.
The Seller made the premises fully available for inspection by the Purchasers and their agents without restriction as to length or scope of inspection. Under these circumstances, the facts represented were not matters peculiarly within the Seller's knowledge and the Purchasers had the means available to them of knowing, by the exercise of ordinary intelligence, the truth or the real quality of the subject of the representation. It was their responsibility to make use of those means, (which they did through the Engineer) and cannot now complain that they were induced to enter into the transaction by misrepresentations Since, the Seller or his agents did not thwart the Purchasers efforts to fulfill their responsibilities fixed by the doctrine of caveat emptor (buyer beware) they have no claim against the Seller.
In addition, pursuant to the Contract of Sale the Purchasers specifically disclaimed reliance on any representations, written or oral, of the Seller and/or his representative. and declared that the buyers had inspected the premises and agreed to accept it "as is", and understood that no representations were made as to its condition. Any claim of fraud against the Sellers was therefore extinguished upon closing.
As to the Pest Control Company, there can be no breach of contract claim against them by Purchasers since they were hired by Seller. There is also no indication that there were any representations made to the Purchasers by the Pest Control Company or that there continues to be a termite infestation problem so it would seem that a negligence (or third party beneficiary) claim would not survive either.
As to the Engineer however there remains a question fact as to whether he properly executed his duties to the Purchasers. In other words, a claim may be stated against the Engineer but it remains to be seen whether he actually did anything wrong. Nor can the Engineer avoid the claim by relying on his invoice which is entitled an "inspection agreement". Neither the invoice nor the inspection report, which also contained a provision limiting liability, was signed by either of the Purchasers. Absent documentary proof of the Purchasers' agreement to these provisions limiting liability the claim would be allowed.
| 2019-04-24T08:04:26 |
http://www.associationofconstructionanddevelopment.org/articles/view.php?article_id=10742
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The number of cryptocurrency tokens is continually growing, and so is the number of exchanges as well. This is needed as token liquidity is a huge problem for many cryptocurrency projects, and integration into the established exchanges is often hard or too expensive for smaller projects (cost can be up to 500,000$ for listing).
Axnet is an abbreviation for Asset Exchange Network.
What is the exchange trying to solve?
Although the number of exchanges currently operating already is high, many of the more significant exchanges are giving their customers terrible experiences. Many crypto exchanges are created in a simple way, which causes problems when the volume on the platform increases. This can lead to laggy, slow-responding interfaces as well as downtime from time to time.
When it comes to exchanges, safety is most definitely the most important factor to analyze. Hacks in crypto exchanges seem like a never-ending occurrence, as hackers continuously find flaws in the exchanges that can be abused.
Most recently, the so-called “decentralized” cryptocurrency exchange Bancor lost 13.5 million USD due to a security breach.
Axnet claims that they are following the highest security standards to make sure that the exchange is 100% safe for all users.
The AXN token is set to become a Ethereum based utility token on the exchange.
The total supply has been set to 1 billion tokens.
70% (700 million) tokens are allocated for trade mining.
10% (100 million) of the total supply is set for the team and angel investors.
10% (100 million) tokens have been allocated for investors in the token sale.
10% (100 million) tokens have been allocated for Axnet operations.
Holders of the AXN token receives 50% of the total trading fees realized on the platform.
Traders on the platform can use the AXN token to receive a 50% discount on their trades.
20% of all net profit on the platform is going to be used to buy back AXN tokens. Bought tokens are going to be destroyed. This will continue until 500 million tokens (50% of the total supply) has been burned.
Exclusive rights on the platform for AXN holders includes token voting, exclusive offers, membership discounts and more.
The project has planned to develop decentralized exchange features where the AXN token is going to be used as the gas for running the system.
The team behind Axnet consist of members that already have proven themselves in the field. The team is already experienced and competent to create high-class financial systems, which includes both developing and operating several exchanges.
Through the extensive experience with other exchanges and financial systems, they claim that they have developed large number of partners.
The project is based in Estonia, where they already have received licenses for the fiat to cryptocurrency exchange as well as the virtual wallet platform.
Genji Sakamoto, CEO – 20-year experience in software development. Mobile developer and freelancer on Upwork as a mobile developer until 2016. After this, he has worked for several crypto and ICO projects. Served eight months as Blockchain Director of Top2Gether, a company that builds ICO solutions, crypto exchanges, smart contract development and more.
Maxim Igorevich, CTO – 6 years experience with Mobile Development and Full-Stack engineering. Previously worked as Senior Software Developer for Luxoft. Maxim has released over 20 web applications.
ZiLong Sun, Mobile Director – Over ten years experience with IT software development and has built over 40 mobile apps. Three years experience with leading developing teams. Also, the Mobile Director for another ICO called Aimedis, a project featuring AI based healthcare.
Bingfeng Lui, Blockchain Director – Has worked with software companies all over the globe. Solid blockchain knowledge. Bingfeng is also working with the Aimedis ICO project as Senior Web and DevOps Engineer.
Elena Nikolaevna, Development Director –Solidity and blockchain developer with BE in computer science. Has experience with developing cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain infrastructure.
Denis Petrenko, Blockchain Developer – Additionally to being a developer for Axnet, Denis has experience with several exchanges and renowned companies as a blockchain developer. Experience working with blockchain solution company Luxcore as wallet developer as well as Blockchain Lead Engineer for the crypto exchange LQDEX.
Dmitry Tulba, Senior UI/UX Manager – Senior UE developer with 6+ years of experience.
Chun Zuo – Mobile Engineer – Over six years experience and has built over 20 mobile apps.
Note: Several of the team members have remarkably few connections (-50). But this can be explained by the fact that those team members are from Russia, where LinkedIn is rarely used for business.
Although there are loads of cryptocurrency exchanges on the internet, there is still a lack of exchanges that accept deposits and withdrawals of FIAT currencies. Axnet is going to feature FIAT currency to the exchange, starting off with EUR, GBP, and USD, and adding additional currencies in the future.
Centralized and decentralized exchanges both have their positive and negative sides, and most people use both. Centralized exchanges are needed to deposit and withdraw fiat, while decentralized exchanges respect your anonymity and give you the control of your funds.
The Asset Exchange Network is going to feature both, and the user can quickly switch between the two.
In addition to the centralized and decentralized exchange, an EOS token based exchange is set to launch Q3 2019.
To incentivize new customers to trade on the platform, Axnet has set a plan to launch a number of promotions to attract new customers. The exchange is going to use most of the exchange commision on promotions to reward active users of the platform.
The trading system powering Axnet is capable of performing 2 million order creations per second and 1 million order executions per second. The efficient trading system ensures that the exchange will never suffer from delays in order processing or lag, no matter the volume.
The exchange is going to include a module for ICO’s raising funds through the platform. Strategic partners of Axnet will be able to host their token sale through the exchange.
This will make the process of running an ICO easier for the host, as Axnet takes care of regulations, compliance, escrow as well as due diligence. After the ICO, the token will get a prioritized listing on the exchange.
The ICO for Axnet started August 1, and in one and a half day the project has raised over 950,000 USD. All unsold tokens allocated for the ICO will be used for awards on the platform.
The number of cryptocurrency exchanges is rising fast, and there is a huge amount of ICO’s going on that features exchanges that wants to gain a foothold in the market. The reality is that there is no space for all of them.
Axnet has set a goal of becoming one of the top ten most active cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide. With the fierce competition and huge number of competitors, this seems highly unlikely. The exchange platform still has a good chance of becoming a popular cryptocurrency exchange, as the exchange offers a number of innovative solutions. Examples of this are the combined centralized and decentralized exchange, a future EOS exchange module as well as a trade mining system where 70% of all trade fees on the platform go back to the user and more, which can be efficient to bring volume to the exchange.
Initiative Q promises free money – giant bluff or “next bitcoin”?
| 2019-04-26T16:05:15 |
https://icoshock.com/axnet-ico-review-licenced-hybrid-crypto-exchange/
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Where was Jesus really buried?
There are two particular sites in Jerusalem that claim the location of the Crucifixion and the temporary resting place of Jesus' body afterwards. The first to make that claim is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre which is located inside the current walls of the Old City. The second is the Garden Tomb which is located just slightly north of the Damascus Gate of the Old City. There are also some who would argue that the location could have been on the Mount of Olives, though there's not a strong case for this location.
Typically, groups Lamb & Lion Ministries takes on a tour of Israel when they go into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre can really become turned off by all of the blatant idolatry and the suffocating darkness of the building. Whereas, the Garden Tomb is bright, airy and peaceful, indicating a more restful garden-like atmosphere. Much emotion is tied to both locations, but getting over the emotion of it all, where strictly from a scientific, archaeological viewpoint was Jesus crucified, buried, and resurrected?
Dr. Fleming: May I quote one of my favorite sayings as a teacher which the student don't like? "Let me enrich you with a new uncertainty."
You know, I am honored to be an archaeological advisor for the Garden Tomb, and it is one of my favorite places in Jerusalem to go to and reflect and pray. It deserves the sanctity. The Garden Tomb has, of course, a beautiful garden. It has a site that looks like a tomb within the garden.
On the other hand, the Holy Sepulchre houses six different denominations, sometimes having services at the same time and in terrible competition with one another. It is hard to feel the Spirit of Christ there.
Nathan Jones: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre houses the Catholic traditional sites of both the crucifixion and tomb. This spot is where Jesus supposedly was crucified.
Nathan Jones: Catholics kissing the stone slab Jesus' body supposedly rested on after being taken down from the cross. While the architecture in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is wonderful, the gross idolatry in the "church" rivals a Hindu shrine. Jerusalem Jews think of this when they think "Christianity."
Dr. Fleming: I once while visiting the Garden Tomb saw an Armenian Orthodox priest who I recognized as working in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and there he was praying. After he finished his prayer, I went up to him and asked, "What's a nice Armenian like you doing at a place like this?" Listen to his answer. I think it reflects the view of many Christians. He said, "We might have the right place at the Holy Sepulchre, but for me this is a nicer place to remember it."
Most evidences for any site's authenticity will fall into three categories: 1) geographical evidence, 2) historical evidence, and 3) archaeological evidence.
The Garden Tomb has excellent geographical evidence. It was outside the walls of Jerusalem in the time of Jesus. It is also located along a major road that went both from Jerusalem north to Damascus and from Jerusalem east to the Mount of Olives in Jericho. The Romans liked crucifying on major roads. It has a huge water cistern within it which is too large for a house. It was probably for irrigation that would naturally go with a garden.
The Garden Tomb has near it an Old Testament stone quarry that left a cliff, and most ancient quarries that left cliffs were reused as cemeteries because it is nicer to have a wall entrance to a tomb then a floor entrance to a tomb. A tomb is actually located there. The face of the quarry still looks like a skull. There are three reasons why it can be described as looking like a skull. It is called Golgotha or Skull because it either looks like a skull, it is smooth on top like the top of a cranium, or skull skeletons were found nearby. Looking from the Garden Tomb, at a certain angle the facade of the cliff looks like a skull. Again, it is smooth on top like the top of a skull and nearby are tombs.
The weaknesses of the Garden Tomb being the actual location of the Crucifixion and burial place of Christ are the second two: history and archaeology. By the way, the Garden Tomb staff are always very conscious to end every one of their little talks with the claim that they cannot be sure it is actually the tomb of Jesus, but that it is an empty tomb which reminds us of the importance of the Resurrection. They always say, "Wherever the tomb is, it is empty."
Concerning the other two weaknesses of the Garden tomb, no one suggested the Garden Tomb until the 1880's AD. Many denominations were kicked out of the Holy Sepulchre, so if there was any memory of an alternate site you would think one of them would have gone to the Garden Tomb instead.
Many of the holy sites, like the site of the birth of Jesus, and the site of the death, burial and resurrection were all selected by the mother of Constantine some 300 years after the event. The three main sites she picked were the Church of the Nativity, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Church of the Ascension. Those three fall under the three categories that her churches fall into. One is close, which is the Church of the Nativity. One is mistaken, which is the Church of the Ascension, though it is over a Jewish tomb from the time of Jesus.
One of those churches is probably accurate, and I'll quickly summarize why all Herodian Period archaeologists I know feel that the Holy Sepulchre has good archaeological evidence. It is over a Herodian period tomb, which means it would have been outside of the wall during the Herodian period, though we don't know for sure where exactly that wall was. Now, compared to the Holy Sepulchre Church, we do know the Garden Tomb is indeed outside. If there is a Herodian Period cemetery, which means 37 BC to 70 AD, that would be the exact kind of tomb.
Unfortunately, and it is hard for me to say it because I love the Garden Tomb so much, but it is an Old Testament style tomb in a line of Old Testament style tombs. Did you know that three feet inside the wall of the Garden Tomb is an Old Testament tomb with bones and pottery still in it from the Old Testament period? Remember then that Joseph of Arimathea's tomb was a newly cut tomb in which no one had yet been laid. Now, it is technically true that Mrs. Arimathea could have said, "Listen, Joe, I don't care if everybody else is making these fancy, schmancy Herodian period tombs. If you want me to be buried with you, you'll make them like they were in the Old Testament period." But, you see the point is it is near Old Testament tombs that still have Old Testament pottery in it.
Helena, the mother of Constantine, was not an archaeologist. She was probably not even a historian. She even probably knew little of the Bible. She selected them by writing a letter which we have to her son the Emperor. It went something like, "Dear Consti, you'll be glad to know that the local believers say that they have received from their ancestors an exact tradition for where the burial of Jesus was. It is under the Venus Aphrodite Pagan Temple that the Romans built." Did you know that we have the names of all the bishops of the Jerusalem church from James the relative of Jesus in the book of Acts until Helena?
Until 135 AD the location had a Jewish name because they were Jewish believers in Jesus. But, then the Jews had to leave Jerusalem, then so it went by a Gentile name. If there would be any site parents are going to pass onto their kids, it would be the tomb of the Resurrection for theological reasons. Sure enough, when they tore down the Venus Aphrodite site, they found what we now know is a Herodian period tomb. It is complicated, but it has all the characteristics of tombs in that very restricted period from 37 BC to 70 AD.
The Garden Tomb is still the nicer place to remember Jesus' sacrifice for us. Isn't it great how the Garden Tomb reminds us that a body is missing? An empty tomb points to the deeper theological truth, that the spirit of the raised Christ is alive and well and dwelling in our hearts today.
Nathan Jones: In 2007 there was a whole lot of to do over the supposed discovery of the tomb of the family of Jesus. James Cameron the famous producer and a film maker by the name of Simcha Jacobovici claimed this tomb, called the Talpiot Tomb, was the actual burial tomb of Jesus in their documentary The Jesus Family Tomb. They claimed since Jesus was buried, there could be no Resurrection.
Dr. Fleming: Their claim has a very serious problem. When names are found on bone boxes called ossuaries, and there were ten bone boxes found in that tomb, to say just because there is a Mary or there happens to be a Jesus son of Joseph on one of them, and there was a Matthew and a Martha, that these specific names from the Gospels where very common names. About 75% of the people in the time of Jesus have either the names of biblical characters or have Hasmonean names, which are the Jewish family that drove out the Greeks in the Second Century BC. There were very few first names.
The disciples shared their names with between 10-40% of the population during that period. A whole 7% of people were named Joshua, and more than that named Joseph. Simon is up at 20%! And so, Cameron's claim is just someone getting their exercise by jumping to conclusions in order to make a sensationalist documentary. Serious scholars would say there is no evidence that it could be the family of Jesus. Also, Jesus' family tomb would be in Nazareth, not in Jerusalem.
Also, this tomb was no new discovery. The Israeli's discovered this in the 1980's and they didn't make anything out of it.
What is most tragic is that one of the ossuaries contained a woman named Mary, who Cameron tried to show was Mary Magdalene and who was married to Jesus. One of the bone boxes held Judas son of Jesus, as if it showed Jesus and Mary Magdalene had a child. All of this is Da Vinci Code stuff, which this guy believes in the Da Vinci Code still.
So, no, this wasn't a smoking gun after all.
Ifn I hadn't seen your comment, I thought Nathan was banning me from telling any more fibs. Clicking and ticking, whooshing then ping I get the pdf to print and I didn't ask for it. ALL blooming day. Then it was gone, you came and it's back!
~~~ creepin in slowly - ssh, don't wake the blog dragon.
TWICE I have been to the 'Church of the 'oly Sepulchre' and TWICE I caught blooming FLEAS, nasty little blighters.
I hold the belief that the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension or Yeshua all occured in the same area, the Mount of Olives. The crucifixion would have had to occur on the Mount of Olives for the veil to be seen being torn assunder. The Garden Tomb would have had been in close proximity to the place of crucifixion, likely being the same Garden Yeshua visited often, the Garden of Gethsemane because the preparation for the Sabbath drew near.
Joseph of the city of Arimathaea and Nicodemus were also familiar with this Garden, and prepared together the body of Yeshua for burial. It is said that Joseph was the principal owner of the Olive Press located at the base of the Mount and from this he accumulated his wealth and perhaps was owner of this Garden. Joseph was also a disiple of Yeshua and knew his great love for this place, even choosing to bury him in his own tomb within Gethsemane. The resurrection of course occured at this spot on the Mount of Olives. It is well documented that the place of ascension will also be the place of return, that being again the Mount of Olives.
Let them have their shrines, the Word of God reveals the truth.
The garden tomb is not far from the Damascus Gate outside the walls. Just off the Damascus Road -big and wide, near St.George's church, right next door to the bus station(unless it's been moved).
P.S. The bus station is on the site of an old quarry - typical place of execution, lots of convenient stones. The tomb is very close, in what was a rich man's garden.
Fleas?! Wow, missed them. Nope, I didn't kiss any stones or anything else for that matter at the church - yuck! I did observe an Armenian priest slap a woman really hard for showing up before the cross location in a tank top. If it had been my wife slapped, I would have started an international incident.
| 2019-04-19T06:44:28 |
http://www.lamblion.us/2011/02/biblical-archaeology-tomb-of-jesus.html
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Designing such a light, so that it gives me the intensity I want, with the spectrum I like, is just complicated enough to enjoy doing! Fortunately, Finnex LED lights are enough like SMD LED tape lights for their data to be useful. And, over the past few years I have done enough PAR measuring with that type of LEDs to have some useful data, too. So far, none of the lights I have made with SMD LEDs have given the intensity I designed for, so, for this one I will try to make better use of the data.
This is important because the data I have for the SMD LED tape I want to use if from a 24 inch long light, but I need a 16 inch long light, so I need to be able to adjust the data.
Finnex LED lights use SMD LEDs, so we can use the data they supply to figure out things like how does the length of a SMD light affect the PAR it produces. This shows that data plotted so it is useful for a LED light of about the size I want to make.
The intensity of the light we get from any light fixture drops with distance from the light. This shows how much the intensity drops for a 20 inch Finnex light, which should be close to how much a 16 inch light will drop in intensity.
I have some data for a SMD light I made that was 24 inches long, measured at 33 inches distance. To determine how much light that fixture would have produced at 17 inches, the distance my new light will be from the substrate, first I need to find the ratio of intensity at about 18 inches distance for the Finnex light at 17 inches vs. what it is at 33 inches. That is about 4 to 1. Next, I need to find the ratio for the light produced by the Finnex lights with a length of 18 inches. That is about 32/50, or .64. So, if I multiply those two ratios I should have a good approximation of how much to adjust my data for my older 24 inch SMD light to make it applicable to the new light I want to make. That is 4 x .64, or 2.6 to 1.
I got about 25 PAR at 33 inches, so that means for a similar light, 16 inches long and 17 inches from the substrate I should get about 25 x 2.6 or 65 PAR.
What about SMD degradation over time? Loss of PAR?
I'm hoping to have more than enough light initially, with a dimmer to reduce it as needed. That should extend the time the light will be effective. And, I'm thinking about using a much better heatsink than I used before, so the operating temperature, which is what deteriorates the LEDs, will be lower.
One more parameter, that will affect the light intensity, is the number of rows of LEDs I use. This is some data I got from similar LEDs, where I measured PAR for several different numbers of rows.
If I increase the number of rows from 8 to 10, I should get about 10% more PAR, which would increase the intensity from about 65 to about 70 PAR. Or, if I can use 12 rows, it increases it by about 25%, increasing the PAR from about 65 to about 80. Until I figure out the heatsink configuration I can't decide how many rows I will use.
EDIT: I don't feel confident about my calculated PAR, so I redid it, using my measured PAR at a much closer distance from the light, 22 inches, instead of 33 inches. That calculation gives me about 45 PAR at the substrate, if I use 10 rows of LEDs, or 50 PAR if I use 12 rows of LEDs. That seems more probable to me, and it is just slightly less than I hoped for. Now I feel a lot more confident.
I visited Blue Collar Supply to look for something to use for a heat sink. And, I found pieces 8" x 24" of 1/8 inch thick aluminum plates for $8 each. I trimmed it down to 8" x 17 1/2 inches, and used the same screws to hold it in place.
To get 2 more rows of LEDs I added another 1.5 inches of heatsink. Instead of having to struggle with soldering wires to the strips I used clamp on connections. Next step is to attach screw on clips to help hold the LED strips attached to the heatsink.
33 holes drilled, for 33 screw/nuts to hold 33 little clamps in place to help prevent the strips from coming loose from the heatsink. This method for wiring the LED strips is much easier than soldering wires to the tiny solder pads.
Now to connect all of the red wires together, and all of the black wires together, and connect the paralleled wires to the power supply (12 VDC, 5 amp power supply).
It is now fully assembled - almost. The solderless connectors are not as good as they should be. I used 11 of them and 3 of those worked only intermittently until I readjusted them several times. I'm hoping they are stable now. The little plastic clips that hold the tape to the heatsink seem to work well, and they also prevent you from mounting the tapes too close together. But, the continuing problem I have with these tapes is the low quality adhesive tape they use. I sanded the heatsink, washed it at least 3 times with alcohol, and once with soap and water. Still, the tapes don't adhere well with the heatsink. I'm going to use silicone caulk to ensure that the tapes stay where they belong, which shouldn't be necessary, but it does work well.
Tomorrow I apply the silicone caulk, and on Sunday I will probably set it on the tank and measure how much PAR I get.
hoppycalif--mad lighting genius of APC!
| 2019-04-19T19:19:26 |
https://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/diy-aquarium-projects/141917-diy-led-light-coralife-biocube-32-a.html
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There are many ways to categorize programming languages; one is to define them as either "concatenative" or "applicative". In an applicative language, things are evaluated by applying functions to arguments. This includes almost all programming languages in wide use, such as C, Python, ML, Haskell, and Java. In a concatenative programming language, things are evaluated by composing several functions which all operate on a single piece of data, passed from function to function. This piece of data is usually in the form of a stack. Additionally, in concatenative languages, this function composition is indicated by concatenating programs. Examples of concatenative languages include Forth, Joy, PostScript, Cat, and Factor.
Although the terms stack language and concatenative language sometimes get thrown around interchangeably, they actually represent similar but distinct classes of languages. A concatenative language is not necessarily a stack language. For example, Om uses prefix notation, rather than postfix, and passes the remainder of the program as the data from function to function. See Deque for another example of a stack-free concatenative language.
Stacks are a pretty fundamental concept in computer science, and many languages use stacks internally in the implementation. Any language that allows recursive definitions uses some type of call stack to save return addresses between function calls, and often the same stack is used to spill values which cannot be allocated in registers. However, this is just implementation detail, and this call stack is not exposed directly to the programmer (except in languages with first-class continuations; I'll touch upon this later).
So what makes stack languages different? The key concept here is that there are multiple stacks: all stack languages have a call stack to support recursion, but they also have a data stack (sometimes called an operand stack) to pass values between functions. The latter is what stack language programmers mean when they talk about "the" stack.
Most languages in widespread use today are applicative languages: the central construct in the language is some form of function call, where a function is applied to a set of parameters, where each parameter is itself the result of a function call, the name of a variable, or a constant. In stack languages, a function call is made by simply writing the name of the function; the parameters are implicit, and they have to already be on the stack when the call is made. The result of the function call (if any) is then left on the stack after the function returns, for the next function to consume, and so on. Because functions are invoked simply by mentioning their name without any additional syntax, Forth and Factor refer to functions as "words", because in the syntax they really are just words.
One mutable stack or functions from stacks to stacks?
Sometimes, people talk about words pushing and popping values on "the stack". Other programmers, mostly those who prefer the term "concatenative language", instead talk about words as being functions which take a stack as input, and return a whole new, possibly different, stack as output. The first point of view is more intuitive, and it is also how most implementations work: there really is a location in memory that is the data stack. The latter is more amenable to formal reasoning: it is easier to work with rewrite rules and type systems if your functions are pure. However, these two points of view are equivalent: because in a given thread of execution, only one stack is "live" at any given point in time, updating the stack in-place has the same semantics as the purely functional world view. More details about this can be found in Manfred von Thun's paper Mathematical Foundations of Joy.
| 2019-04-20T14:26:15 |
https://www.concatenative.org/wiki/view/Concatenative%20language
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Nintendo is taking another stab at using YouTube's Content ID system to claim part of the advertising revenue of "let's play" videos that feature its games: http://www.wired.com/2015/03/nintendo-youtube-creators/. Where do content creators stand when it comes to Canadian copyright law and claims by video game companies?
1. The YouTube Terms of Service.
3. Important copyright case law such as CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada and Entertainment Software Association v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (part of what's been dubbed the "copyright pentalogy").
The specific parts of the Copyright Act that are of interest to creators are the provisions that set out what counts as "Fair Dealing": ss. 29, 29.1 and 29.2. There is also an exception for non-commercial user-generated content: s. 29.21.
It's important to understand that copyright law divides game rights into (at least) two buckets: music and graphics. Although the graphics are likely owned by one entity, different pieces of music may have different owners (and there may be a question as to whom the correct owner is). A YouTube video will also likely feature the trademarks of the video game company (trademarks are a different but related area of law).
If you're wondering how copyright or trademark law applies to your specific situation then you should contact a lawyer. Alternatively you can also do your own research at a law library for free (but please understand that this is a complex area where even a lawyer might not be able to give you a clear answer).
The Great Library in Toronto is operated by the Law Society of Upper Canada but it's open to non-lawyers and is a great place to find textbooks about copyright law. Case law can be researched using the free CanLII search engine.
If you are a content creator considering challenging a claim made through Content ID you should also consider the practical consequences of using YouTube's appeal system: you may end up with a "copyright strike". Also, you will be providing information to someone who might file a lawsuit against you for copyright infringement (although this is not common practice in Canada).
One potential response: some creators have already decided to stop producing videos that feature Nintendo games. That's probably not the response that Nintendo was hoping for.
| 2019-04-18T22:25:40 |
https://www.cameronhuff.com/blog/youtube-content-id-claims-in-canada/index.html
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I have just started a new fortnightly column for Mint, titled "A Matter of Numbers". This is a place where I hope to explore the wonders of mathematics and science. It will be a challenge to write, but a challenge I thoroughly look forward to. It should be a whole lot of fun.
The column will run on alternate Fridays. Given that it has to do with numbers, I'm absolutely delighted that it kicked off yesterday, Friday the 13th.
Take a look: Room at the Lodge.
You should find plenty of grist for the mill in "1 2 3 Infinity" by George Gamow.
Exactly who is the expected reader class of this article? I believe non-mathematics related people should find it interesting. For others it should be somewhat trivial, at least this post.
Exactly who is the expected reader class of this article?
Harshad: It is clear you found "this article" interesting enough to read and comment on. Unless you waste your time writing trivial comments on trivial posts - which seems at variance with the high opinion you clearly, and perhaps rightfully, hold of yourself as well as of Dilip. I therefore deduce, by the law of large numbers, that you are a non-mathematics related person. Did I do the arithmetic correctly or am I profoundly innumerate?
Nice attempt, but you did not consider other possibilities. I am a regular reader of Dilip's blog and thus go through every post with almost equal attention.
Well, it happened because infinity is a fundamentally different number from every other in Gangaipudupettai, or in fact on this planet.
I am no mathematician, but is infinity a number or a concept? I am aware that in some circumstances, one can treat infinity as a number ("extended real line" for example) but I still would not think of infinity as a number.
Yes, you can find the Hilbert Hotel story in Gamow's entertaining "One Two Three...Infinity", first published in 1947. Gamow's footnoted attribution reads "From the unpublished, and never even written, but widely circulating volume: "The Complete Collection of Hilbert Stories", by R. Courant".
I think you should have acknowledged Gamow but that is just my opinion.
Finally, a pedantic note: The hotel can accomodate my friends and me if I turn up with a countable infinity of my friends. But if uncountable infinity of my friends (say, one for each real number on [0,1]) turned up at the hotel (which I assume only has a countable infinity of beds), then the clever girl couldn't accomodate them, could she?
Anon #1 and Suresh, here's a confession: I actually own an old copy of Gamow (found it being sold without the cover) but have never read it. So I honestly did not know the infinity hotel story is in there. I suppose someone must have told it to me, I guess one of my maths teachers while teaching us about infinity.
Since I wrote this column (which I actually did in early March), I have read a version of it in another book called, I think, just "Infinity". So while I would be glad to acknowledge Gamow or this other book, at the time of writing the column I didn't know about either.
To me, infinity is better thought of as a concept; and yet in this column I thought making that distinction would add another layer of complexity I didn't want to get into. And of course you're right about countable/uncountable infinities: I hope to address that in some future column.
Harshad: Since you are a regular reader of Dilip's column your comment must be a "Black Swan" (Taleb) and not a "Black Sheep". As for the pen - isn't that the deductive fallacy and not an inductive one?
Dilip: I am sorry, the "I didn't know" defense is not valid. This is only applicable to politicians like Reagan. Plausible deniability. However since you have confessed, please report back once you have finished the book from (cover+1) to cover. I assume it still has the back cover.
| 2019-04-24T02:21:28 |
http://dcubed.dilipdsouza.com/2011/05/room-at-lodge.html
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TAINAN, Taiwan (REUTERS) - Before their apartment tower collapsed in a Taiwan earthquake over the weekend, a young couple living on the 14th floor had already been given a clue that the building was unsafe.
But it came too late.
Ms Chen Yi-ting and her husband bought the apartment in the centre of Tainan city five years ago, having relocated from an outlying district. They had a small hiccup with the mortgage - the first bank they approached had declined their loan application without stating why - but they found another lender and moved in with their infant daughter.
Soon after, according to Ms Chen's mother, one of the couple's friends, who had ties to the first bank, told them that it had a policy of refusing loans to residents of the 17-storey Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building, due to its poor construction.
Now, Ms Chen, 35, and her husband Lin Wu-chong, 38, are in intensive-care in two separate hospitals in the southern city. She has a cracked skull and he has damaged lungs.
Their seven-year-old daughter is dead.
"People from outside of the town, people like them, had no idea what was going on before they moved in," Ms Chen's mother Kuo Yi-chien, explained as she waited in a hospital corridor outside the intensive-care unit where her daughter is.
"They did not know the building was completed by the second developer after the first one went bust. They only found out after they signed the contract."
The two-decade-old building is at the centre of rescue efforts after the 6.4 magnitude quake struck before dawn on Saturday, with at least 24 known to have died there and more than 100 still missing deep in the rubble.
It was the only major high-rise building in the city of 2 million people to have completely collapsed. Its lower stories, filled with arcades of shops, pancaked on top of each other before the entire U-shaped complex toppled in on itself.
Sixty-one-year-old Ms Kuo said residents of the building had long complained of many problems before the quake, such as tiles falling from walls, malfunctioning lifts and blocked pipes.
The couple paid TW$3.5 million (S$148,000) for the apartment.
"We are simple minded people. We did not think it (the initial loan refusal) might have been for some other reason,"Ms Kuo said.
Tainan's government says the building had obtained its construction permit legally and withstood a much more destructive quake in 1999. Centred in central Taiwan, that tremor killed 2,400 people and caused damage across the island. "In the city government's record, there was nothing wrong with it," said Tainan Public Works Bureau chief Wu Chong-rong.
Architect Hsu Yin-hsuan, who was hired by Tainan's government to investigate the collapse, said the government had spent money after the 1999 disaster to buttress official buildings so they would be better able to endure future quakes. But "nothing similar has been done to privately owned buildings".
The Wei-guan Golden Dragon building secured its construction licence in 1992 and building was completed in 1994, according to government records.
The two main firms that built the tower, Wei-guan Construction and Da Hsin Engineering, have since gone out of business.
This was a problem found in some of the buildings that collapsed in other parts of Taiwan in the 1999 quake. The destruction at that time revealed that cooking-oil cans had been used as filler inside the walls of some buildings.
Tainan Mayor William Lai said he had asked prosecutors to investigate and that the government had hired three teams of civil engineers to inspect the building's structure. "When it's completed, we'll punish those who should be held accountable," he said.
Seventy-year-old retiree Yang Shu-mei, who lived next to the building, said she had witnessed its construction and that she and other neighbours had always doubted the workmanship.
"When it was being built, I looked at it and thought, only people from out of town would buy it. We local people would never dare to," she said.
| 2019-04-21T12:43:12 |
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/loan-rejection-may-been-early-warning-of-taiwan-building-collapse
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c. The player that got in Teresa's way could be from either team.
Sam and Dave are playing on opposite teams. Sam is on offense and Dave is on defense. Sam catches the disc and then throws it to a teammate. Dave calls a travel. Dave made a fair call. What might be true for this situation?
a. Sam took 4 steps to come to a stop and is only allowed 3.
b. Sam did not slow down in a straight line.
c. Sam did not establish a pivot, he threw the disc while in the air after two steps without changing his speed or direction. A pivot has to be established before the throw and therefore it's a travel.
d. After he came to a stop, he moved his pivot foot.
Romeo and Juliet are playing against Anthony and Cleopatra. Romeo has the disc and is being marked by Anthony and Juliet is trying to get open for Romeo while being defended by Cleopatra. Romeo throws the disc to Juliet - who is close to the sideline. She catches the disc and Anthony in unsure if she is out or not. Just to be sure, he yells "check feet" to Cleopatra (he wants Cleopatra to check Juliet's feet to make sure they were in). In the mean time, Juliet throws to her teammate Ophelia for the goal. Anthony thinks the goal should not count. Which of the following is true?
a. The goal should count because check feet is not a call. Anthony should have called her out if he thought she was out.
c. The goal shouldn't stand because the offense played through a call by their opponent.
Napoleon is playing for the French national team against the British; he's being marked by Wellington. Napoleon is on offense and makes a cut towards the endzone. His wife and teammate Marie Louise has the disc and puts a throw out to Napoleon. Wellington is right behind Napoleon (both are going as fast as they can) as he is cutting for the disc and he accidentally trips Napoleon thereby preventing him from being able to catch the disc on a perfect throw. Napoleon calls a foul. Was he right in doing so? Why/why not?
a. It is not a foul because the contact was accidental.
b. It is not a foul because Napoleon could have dropped the disc.
c. It is a foul because Wellington caused the contact and Napoleon was denied the opportunity to catch the disc as a result of the contact.
The president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, is unfortunately playing a not-so-spirited game of ultimate. He is on offense with the disc and Vladimir Putin is marking him. Petro feels that Vladimir is set up too close to him so he calls, "disc space". Vladimir disagrees and contests saying that his body was a disc space away and that's the only part of the body that matters. Which of the following statements are true about the "disc space" call?
a. Disc space only refers to the relative distance between the chest of the thrower and the marker so Vladimir is correct in contesting the call. Arms and legs can be closer than a disc space.
b. Disc space means as long as all parts of the marker's body are a disc space away then the marker is legally set up according to the rules.
c. Disc space means that a line connecting any two points of the marker's body has to be a disc space away from any part of the thrower, so Vladimir is likely invading Petro's space.
d. The situation is much improved by having Petro's teammates on the sidelines start insulting and threatening Vladimir.
Ultimate Canada has organized a showcase ultimate game on Parliament Hill with Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau, and Elizabeth May all playing. The game is going fine until a contentious decision brings things to a halt. Stephen Harper says that Justin Trudeau is just like his father and makes terrible calls. Thomas Muclair pulls out the rules book and tells off Stephen Harper for not playing by the rules. Elizabeth May flares up about how she is ignored by the other players who won't listen to her point of view, and Justin Trudeau ignores the discussions and goes to talk to the fans about how the game should be better run. Based on SOTG, how should these situations be addressed?
a. The game can get emotionally charged so sometimes insulting each other and yelling can be okay.
b. Discussions can get in the way so it's best to ignore your opponents opinions and not discuss them.
c. Each of the players should get their chance to speak and the others should listen when not speaking.
d. Everybody should take a deep breath and relax. Ultimate is a game and should be played for fun, unlike politics which is a deathmatch.
1. C and E are correct. A pick occurs whenever an offensive player moves in a manner that causes a defensive player guarding (within 3 metres of the offensive player and reacting to that player) an offensive player to be obstructed by another player. Obstruction may result from contact with, or the need to avoid, the obstructing player.
2. B and D. A isn't necessarily true because you are required to stop as quickly as possible, number of steps is not specified. C isn't correct because you are allowed to throw the disc within three ground contacts without having established a pivot.
3. A is correct. B has the right result but the reasoning is wrong, the player on the field with best perspective provides the most valuable insight. C isn't correct because "check feet" is not a call so play should not stop.
4. C is correct. Accidental contact doesn't make the situation not a foul. Note: Incidental contact is contact that does not affect the play and therefore incidental contact is not considered a foul. However, ultimate is a non-contact sport so contact should be avoided at all times.
5. C is correct. The disc space refers to any point on a line connecting any two parts of the marker's body has to be at least a disc space away from the thrower. While the situation in D feels right at the time, it makes the game worse.
6. C and D are correct. Yelling and abusing your opponents is never Okay and refusing to listen and discuss the situation often gives rise to more problems. Discussions should be short, courteous, and well-mannered for the best outcomes.
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https://www.vul.ca/content/beginners-rules-quiz
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What is the best PTC site to advertise on?
As the title says, I am looking for a PTC site to advertise on, my budget is not all that big but I can spend at least $5-$10 a month on it for starters and perhaps more in the future. I have googled it and came up with a whole bunch different opinions and company and I Just don't know who to go with, they all promise more or less the same things. I want to promote referral and affiliate links and in due time, my own website(it is live, but I want to revamp it a bit before I advertise). Which sites would be good to this? (please don't say Facebook, I know about Facebook).
I've heard Neobux was a perfect PTC for that and, considering they're a respectable company, I'd go for it!! They only fail on people who play cheaters, so it might just be a win-win deal if you use them!
Thanks I have made an account there so I guess I'm going to find out if they are any good!
You can use Neobux as some suggested or also Probux it has a lot members also. Both companies have been online a couple of years so am sure you will be happy to enjoy their services.
If you are going to make your own site, I would recommend just getting started on this and then promoting your site with Google AdWords. I have found Google ad products to be the most reliable of the lot.
| 2019-04-26T16:16:21 |
https://seoforums.uk/threads/what-is-the-best-ptc-site-to-advertise-on.2710/
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Type your paragraph here.The Shape Friction & Gear Follow-Focus Clic with Adjustable Marker is designed to attach onto standard 15mm rods of shoulder support rigs and other rigs. It attaches onto them via a clamp system, with simplicity. You would sit the Clic atop the rods, and then slide and close a Shape-patented lever clamp underneath the rods, and the lever locks and holds the Clic securely on the rods.
The Clic's focus mechanism also works with a clamp system, which when unlocked loosens the focus mechanism and allows it to be moved horizontally. It moves so to adjust itself closer to the lens. As it moves, its main feature -- the focus disk -- moves with it, and the focus disk is what reaches the lens. The focus disk can either be a friction wheel, as you see in the photo above, or a gear wheel. Both are present in this package, and replacing one with the other is accomplished with the help of the included Allen wrench. The friction wheel has a rubber outer surface that would press up against the lens, keep firm contact with it, and ensure accurate and slip-free focusing. The friction wheel would serve well for most lenses and is made of high-quality rubber that in cold temperatures won't get too cold to lose its grip. The gear wheel would accommodate those lenses that specifically have teeth on their focusing rings, and it would do so without any ring gears, by pressing its .8 pitch gears into the teeth.
The focus mechanism can be used on either the left or the right side of the lens, depending on the direction you place the Clic onto the rods in. And the focus disk itself can be used either in front of the focus mechanism, as you see in the photo above, or behind it, so to accommodate a wider variety of lens lengths. To move the disk to the rear, you would first just unscrew two screws from a cube-shaped gearbox that you can't see in the photo above because it sits behind the focus disk. Once the screws are off, the focus disk can just be flipped over for use with longer lens constructions.
SHAPE FOLLOW FOCUS from SHAPE on Vimeo.
| 2019-04-26T06:40:12 |
https://www.ccc.camera/shape-follow-focus-toronto-rental.html
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Synopsis: Two barbers decide to become Hollywood agents for a talented but unknown actor. They hope to land him a part in an upcoming movie but must convince the studio chief to choose their client over a fading but well-known star.
Who's in it? The movie stars Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bob Haymes, Frances Rafferty and Carleton G. Young.
Review: I recorded this film off of one of my movie channels a few weeks ago and, after several attempts at watching it, was finally able to finish it early this morning. Even though I am a big Abbott and Costello fan, this was my first time watching this particular movie and I wasn't really sure what to expect from it.
One of my biggest concerns about this film is it would be similar to some of their later movies that just simply failed to live up to my expectations. That, however, was not the case with this movie and I found I did enjoy it.
When I first started watching this film, I was half expecting to see many of the same jokes/routines I've seen a half dozen times in their other films. As it turns out, that didn't happen. Some of the jokes were a little weak and drawn out (including one involving a telephone) but there were others that were both unexpected and a little funny. I think my favorite had to be the scene where Ambercrombie (Costello) was pretending to be a movie dummy and went through quite a bit of abuse as a result.
The movie also proved to be less predictable than I was expecting it to be, with a couple twists and turns that kept me guessing a bit. Again, this isn't always the case with their movies and it was something that kept me interested.
My only real complaint about this film is the same one I have about many Abbott and Costello films, there were too many musical numbers. It's not that the music was particularly irritating. But, the inclusion did slow down the overall timing of the film a bit too much.
Final Opinion: I don't think I liked it quite as much as some of their other films. But, it ended up being a fun movie that I did enjoy watching. I would recommend it as a result of that.
| 2019-04-23T03:59:26 |
http://www.stevenhelmerpublications.com/2019/02/movie-review-bud-abbott-and-lou.html
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Directions: In questions no. 1 to 7, select the related word/letter/number from the given alternatives.
2. 36 : 144 : : 49 : ?
3. 76 : 42 : : 66 : ?
4. Picture : See : : Book : ?
5. Dark : Light : : ?
6. Swimming : River : : hiking : ?
7. HOPEFUL : LUFEPOH : : ETHENCITY : ?
Directions: In questions no. 8 to 11, find the odd words/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
8. Find the odd words/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
9. Find the odd words/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
10. Find the odd words/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
11. Find the odd words/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
12. Which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following?
14. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
15. In the following letter series, how many times does ‘P#8217; occur in such a way that after ‘P’, N O should occur?
16. Find out the set among the four sets which is like the given set.
Directions: In questions no. 17 to 19, a series is given, with one term missing, Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
17. YVP, WTN, URL, ?
18. 2, 8, 18, 32, 50, ?
19. 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, ?
20. C is the mother of A and B. If D is the husband of B, what is C to D?
21. If A = 1, ACE = 9, then ART = ?
22. If PARK is coded as 5394, SHIRT is coded as 17698 and PANDIT is coded as 532068, how would you code NISHAR in that code language?
23. If the 5th date of a month is Tuesday, what date will be 3 days after the 3rd Friday in the month?
24. Seema’s younger brother Sohan is older than Seeta. Sweta is younger than Deepti but elder than Seema. Who is the eldest?
25. Rahim and his uncle differ in their ages by 30 years. After 7 years, if the sum of their ages by 66 years, what will be the age of the uncle?
26. Sohan ranks seventh from the top and twenty-sixth from the bottom in class. How many students are there in the class?
27. From the given alternatives select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.
28. If ‘SYNDICATE’ is written as ‘SYTENDCAT’ then how can ‘PSYCHOYIC’ be written?
29. Some letters are given below in the first line and numbers are given below them in the second line. Numbers are the codes for the alphabates and vice-versa. Choose the correct letter-code for the given set of numbers.
30. From the given alternatives select the word which can be formed using the letters of the given word.
Directions: In questions no. 31 and 32, Select the missing number from the given responses.
31. Select the missing number from the given responses.
32. Select the missing number from the given responses.
Directions: In questions no. 33 and 34, Some equations are solved on the basis of a certain system. On the same basis, find out the correct answer for the unsolved equation.
34. 5 × 6 × 4 = 456, 3 × 6 × 5 = 536, 4 × 8 × 7 = ?
35. A cyclist goes 30 km to North and then turning East he goes 40 km. Again he turns to his right and goes 20 km. After this, he turns to his right and goes 40 km. How far is he from his starting point?
35 + 7 – 5 ÷ 5 × 6 = ?
38. One morning at 7 O’clock, Naresh started walking with his back towards the Sun. Then he turned towards left, walked straight and then turned towards right and walked straight. Then he again turned towards left. Now in which direction is he facing?
Directions: In questions no. 39 and 40, two statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements. Indicate your answer.
Education is a process of lighting.
Mind requires light to enlighten the core of cognitive aspect.
I. Education is a light which removes the darkness of mind.II. Education is a static process for mind.
All students in my class are intelligent.
I. Sunil is not a student of my class.
II. Sunil must work hard.
41. 3 daily wages workers A, B and C are distributed Rs. 178 in such a way that A gets Rs. 4 less than C, B gets Rs. 15 more than A and C gets Rs. 11 less than B. What is the ratio of their shares?
42. Five boys A, B, C, D and E are standing in a row. D is on the right of E. B is on the left of E, but on the right of A. D is on the left of C, who is standing in the middle?
43. Which figure is different from the rest of the three?
45. Select the correct alternative from the given ones which will complete the figural series.
47. Which answer figure will compete the pattern in the question figure?
49. From the given answer figures, select one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded.
50. A piece of paper is folded and cut punched as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.
Directions : In questions no. 51 to 55, some part of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the oval (.) corresponding to the appropriate letter (A), (B), (C). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (D) in the Answer Sheet.
Directions : In questions no. 56 to 60, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by blackening the appropriate oval (.) in the Answer Sheet.
56. The human mind seems to have built in ___ against original thought.
57. A child is the future of a family ____ nation.
58. If strict security measures were taken, the tragedy might have been ___.
59. The deceased left ____ him two young children.
60. The statue ____ a global symbol of freedom.
Directions: In questions no. 61 and 62, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
Directions: In questions no. 63 and 64, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
Directions: In questions no. 65 and 66, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt.
65. Find the correctly spelt word and make your answer in Answer Sheet.
66. Find the correctly spelt word and make your answer in Answer Sheet.
Directions: In questions no. 67 to 69, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
67. The police cordoned off the area after the explosion.
68. The manager hesitated to assign the job to the newcomer as he was wet behind the ears.
69. Mrs. Roy keeps an open house on Saturday evening parties – you’ll find all kinds of people there.
Directions: In questions no. 70 to 72, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
70. A former student of a school, college or university.
Directions: In questions no. 73 and 74, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives part at (A), (B), (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D). Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
73. The commoners joined the king’s army at crushing the rebels.
74. She is quite well now, except a slight cold.
Directions: In questions no. 75 to 79, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternative suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
75. She took the dog for a walk.
(A) The dog was took for a walk.(B) The dog took a walk by her.
(C) The dog was taken for a walk by her.(D) The dog took her for a walk.
76. The waiter filled the glasses with water.
(A) The waiter was filled the glasses with water.(B) The water were filled in the glasses by waiter.
(C) The glasses filled with water by the waiter.
(D) The glasses were filled with water by the waiter.
77. They will laugh at you.
(A) You will be laughed at by them.(B) You will have been laughed at by them.
(C) You can be laughed at by them.
(D) You may be laughed at by them.
78. Trespassers shall be prosecuted.
(A) The authorities may prosecute trespassers.(B) The authorities might prosecute trespassers.
(C) The authorities can prosecute trespassers.
(D) The authorities shall prosecute trespassers.
79. He was driving the car so fast that it skidded on the snowy road.
(A) The car had been driven by him so fast that it skidded on the snowy road.(B) The car has been driven by him so fast that it skidded on the snowy road.
(C) The car was driven by him so fast that it skidded on the snowy road.
(D) The car was being driven by him so fast that it skidded on the snowy road.
Directions: In questions no. 80 to 84, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
80. He said to me, “I grew this carrots myself”.
(A) he told me that he had grown those carrots himself.(B) He told me that he grew those grew carrots himself.
(C) He told me I grew these carrots myself.
(D) he told me that he grew these carrots himself.
(A) Mrs. Shankar is depressed she said.(B) Mrs. Shankar said that she was knowing what it was to be depressed.(C) Mrs. Shankar said that she knew what it was to be depressed.
(D) Mrs. Shankar knows what is to be depressed.
(A) They had wanted to know will now listen to their troubles and protect them from the crocodiles.(B) They wanted to know who will listen to their troubles and protect them from the crocodiles.
(C) They had wanted to know who would listen to their troubles and protect them from the crocodiles.
(D) They had wanted to know who then would listen to their troubles and protect them from the crocodiles.
83. Moti asked Gangu whether the letter was in his senses.
(A) “Gangu, are you in your senses?” asked Moti.(B) “Are you senseless, Gangu?” asked Moti.
(C) “Hey Gangu, are you in your senses now?” asked Moti.
(D) “Gangu, have you lost your senses?” asked Moti.
84. he said that we are all born to die.
Directions: In questions no. 85 to 90, the 1st and the last sentences/parts of the passage/sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage/sentence is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the passage/ sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer and indicate it by blackening the appropriate oval [.] in the Answer Sheet.
85. Find the correct Answer.
1. There are a lot of ways to communicate: speaking, singing, clapping, hooting.
P. Even animals communicate with one another.Q. Only humans can express their thoughts and feelings in words because of our superior brain.
R. Both humans and animals also communicate through body language.
S. But their ways differ form the humans.
6. Sometimes we don’t use words but make gestures (like traffic sings) or simple movements of the hand in order to communicate.
86. Find the correct answer.
1. Fires in the Steppes or bushes scared humans earlier.
P. Gradually, they learnt to appreciate the power of fire.Q. It gave them light and warmth and kept away wild animals.
R. About 700,00 years ago, humans started fire accidentally by lightening.
S. They could harden the tips of wooden spears and cook mean in it.
6. Soon they learnt to produce fire by striking flintstone and pyrite with each other or by rubbing limbers.
87. Find the correct answer.
6. more emphasis on the scene.
88. Find the correct answer.
89. Find the correct answer.
6. best technical institutions in the country.
90. Egotism is the most common fault of mankind.
P. However, with time it becomes an exaggerated form of self display.Q. It is the product of a perfectly natural desire to display oneself.
R. This is necessary as it impairs the personality and frustrates all efforts at self improvement.
S. Beyond any shadow of doubt, it is a defect that ought to be constantly hunted down, and scotched.
6. One should always be on guard not to give into egotism.
Directions: In questions no. 91 to 95, in the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
One fine morning a 91 man knocked at the doors of the home for the aged run by nuns. He told the nun in charge that as he was 92 to Delhi, he wanted to leave his servant-maid to the 93 of the nuns. he assured nun of sending some money every month 94 she was on orphan. The nun 95 her saying that she had got an excellent master.
91. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Directions: In questions no. 96 to 100, you have a brief message with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and mark it by blackening the oval [.] in the Answer Sheet.
Freedom has assuredly given us a new status and new opportunities. But it also implies that we should discard selfishness, laziness and all narrowness of outlook. Our freedom suggests toil and creation of new values for old ones. We should so discipline ourselves as to be able to discharge our new responsibilities satisfactorily. If there is any one thing that needs to be stressed more than any other in the new set-up,it is that we should put into action our full capacity, each one of us in productive effort – each one of us in his own sphere, however humble. Work unceasing work, should now be our watch-word. Work is wealth, and service is happiness. Nothing else is. The greatest crime in India today is idleness. If we root out idleness, all our difficulties, including even conflicts, will gradually disappear.
97. What has freedom undeniably offered to the citizens of India?
99. ___ work should be the motto of our citizens.
103. The volumes of a cylinder and a cone are in the ratio 3 : 1. Find their diameters and then compare them when their heights are equal.
105. The sides of a triangle are 16 cm, 12 cm and 20 cm. Find the area.
106. What is the height of a cylinder that has the same volume and radius as a sphere of diameter 12 cm?
113. Let a = √6 – √5, b = √5 – 2, c = 2 – √3. Then the point out the correct alternative among the alternatives given below.
116. A can do a work in 20 days and B can do the same work in 30 days. In how many days can A and B together do the work?
117. The volume of air in a room is 204 m³. The height of the room is 6 m. What is the floor area of the room?
128. Divide 50 into two parts so that the sum of their reciprocals is 1/12.
133. A invests Rs. 64,000 in a business. After few months B joined him with Rs, 48,000. At the end of year, the total profits was divided between them in the ratio 2 : 1. After how many months did b join?
135. The cost price of a book is Rs. 150. At what price should it be sold to gain 20%?
136. If books bought at prices ranging from Rs. 150 to Rs. 300 are sold at prices ranging from Rs. 250 to Rs. 350, what is the greatest possible profit that might be made in selling 15 books?
140. Which is greater 3√2 of √3 ?
Directions: The bar graph shows the marks obtained by a student in an examination out of 100 marks in each subject. Study the diagram and answer the Q. Nos. 147 and 148.
Directions: Various expenditures incurred by a publishing company for publishing a book in 2011 are given below. Study the chart and answer the Q. Nos. 149 and 150.
151. How many members can be nominated to both the Houses of the Parliament by the President?
152. Under which Article of the Constitution can an individual move to the Supreme Court directly in case of any violation of Fundamental Rights?
155. Which one of the following inscriptions relate to the Chalukya King, Pulakesin II?
156. Who among the following introduced the Mansabdari system?
164. What is a neuron?
169. Which one of the following cities and the personalities associated with their establishment with their establishment is wrongly matched?
170. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India?
175. Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?
176. A nibble is equal to ___ bits.
178. ___ printer cannot print more than one character at a time.
182. Mark the compound which possesses ionic covalent and co-ordinate bonds.
188. Which of the following is not caused by atmospheric refraction of light?
190. Which one of the following institutes in List I is wrongly matched with its location indicated in List II?
192. Who among the following women tennis players has won the Grand Slam titles for the maximum number of times?
193. In which of the following films did Pran act as a character artist and not in the role of a villain?
196. Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat-Ratna?
197. Which country won the ICC Women’s World Cup held in February 2013?
198. Which country’s currency is Ngultrum?
200. Given below are pairs of the winners and the specific categories pertaining to the 14th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards. Which one of the pairs is wrongly matched?
| 2019-04-21T13:13:03 |
https://www.li9.in/ssc-chsl-model-question-paper/
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MARKET DECLINE: Belle Property group principal John Stamp said facing problems with the market head on is better than pretending they don't exist.
AT FIRST glance REIQ's latest report paints a rosy picture for the Sunshine Coast's property market, but a real estate principal has put the organisation on notice for playing down the real story.
John Stamp, of Belle Property in Noosa, Coolum and Maroochydore, said he spat out his Saturday morning porridge reading the Queensland Market Monitor report. He has now demanded a meeting with REIQ to discuss the report's findings.
The report noted that over the year ending December last year, Noosa posted an annual median house price growth of 11.7 per cent, but a deeper read showed the median house price actually dropped 8.2 per cent in the last quarter to $680,000.
The annual volume of sales was also down from 835 to 800 in that period and median house prices in the Sunshine Coast statistical district dropped 3.1 per cent to $590,000.
Mr Stamp said the last quarter was a "very honest reflection" of the state of affairs and said he was "disappointed" in the report's sugarcoating of what was a "toxic gap between what people are told what is happening in the market".
"I was disappointed with the interpretation of the data because to me it clearly showed a lack of understanding of what was sitting in front of them," he said.
"I think you'd have to be insane to think property is going to increase in value in the near future.
"The Sunshine Coast as a whole probably has a more healthy market than other parts of Australia, but that doesn't mean our properties are increasing in value."
Do you think the Sunshine Coast property market is as good as it seems?
No, I think prices will continue to drop.
Yes, the Coast is doing much better than other markets.
Mr Stamp said the market was struggling to "align itself between buyer and seller expectations" which would hurt in the long run.
"The ones (properties) transacting are transacting at a lower figure," he said.
"That's the fact. If we deny it, it's very dangerous and we could be in the situation Noosa was in six to seven years ago when you had a massive gap between buyer and sellers due to an uneducated real estate cohort.
"To confront it correctly is far more useful than pretending it's not there."
Shane McCauley, director and co-principal of Richardson and Wrench, said he hadn't seen the report but was certain properties hadn't dropped in price.
Mr McCauley said he'd sold a one-bedroom penthouse on Noosa beach for 3.4m, a sale worth $900,000 more than any other in that building.
"We're not seeing any price drops at all," he said.
While stock is limited at the moment, Mr McCauley said slow sales were par for the course during the start of the year with "not as many people looking around to secure property".
Interstate investors were taking an interest in the market due to a high return on investment, according to Mr McCauley with Sydney and Melbourne buyers taking particular interest in Noosa Heads and Sunshine Beach.
| 2019-04-22T10:12:25 |
https://m.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/agent-warns-against-sugarcoating-state-of-housing-/3680484/
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I want you to read that title. Do you believe that? In your heart? Do you believe that? I hope you do. And if you don’t, I hope you learn to believe it. Because a majority of my life, I believed the opposite. ‘In order to be loved, I have to be perfect.’ I didn’t even know that’s how I truly felt though. It wasn’t until I began my spiritual journey about 3 years ago that I learned that’s what I believed.
I have to be perfect because people won’t like me if: I don’t have a boyfriend, I’m not married, my hair isn’t straightened, I don’t have my own place, I don’t have a good paying job, I don’t talk, I’m not funny, I’m not witty, I’m shy, I don’t gain more weight, I don’t say ‘yes’, I get angry, I’m sad, I don’t keep busy, I have a messy room, I have a messy car, I don’t keep in contact, I don’t know about football (or any sport really), current events, Star Wars,_______(fill in the blank), I eat a cheeseburger from McDonalds and not an avocado sandwich, I eat an avocado sandwich and not a cheeseburger from McDonalds (I don’t like avocados so that’ll probably never happen haha but you get the point), my grammar isn’t right, I get too excited, I’m not excited enough….the list goes on and on. The belief is ‘ If I’m not perfect, I won’t be loved.’ NOT TRUE. NEGATIVE BELIEF.
If you wan’t to know whether or not you have this belief, ask yourself why you do whatever it is you do. Are you doing it because you truly like it and it makes you happy? Or is it to make ‘society’ happy? To make your parents, your family, your partner, your friends, your boss, the guy or girl at the grocery store happy? Ask yourself that. You don’t have to be perfect. God doesn’t care. The Universe doesn’t care. You know how your dog loves you unconditionally? You can be in your worse state and your dog doesn’t care? They stay right beside in your worse times and best times. That’s how God/the Universe is. You’re already perfect the way you are. You just have to shed all those negative beliefs holding you back and realize that. It’s a journey. And God can help you with that. And he will. You’re loved.
Very comforting! This reinforces the direction I’m moving in – not doing things just to please other people. The question of why you do what you do is helpful. Great post!
| 2019-04-21T19:07:54 |
https://openhearttin.com/2017/01/01/you-dont-have-to-be-perfect-to-be-loved/
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© (P) 2001 Mercury/PolyGram Records, KISS Catalog Ltd. "Amazon" is a registered trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. "iTunes" is a registered trademark of Apple Inc.
The box set was originally going to be a 4 CD set featuring 80 songs. During September the set grew to 5 CD's with some 100 songs (ring any bells about changing/growing KISS related box sets. The box included a 120 page book and was available in two formats: A regular box; and a reproduction guitar case which measured 19x9.5" with fur type lining, similar to guitar case.
Disc 2, track 18 is one of the most interesting on the Box Set: This track is noted as being a "sound check" recording from August 1977. However, both it and the original mixed version for the abandoned "Rock And Roll Party In Tokyo" album feature an identical guitar flub right after Paul shouts "is" during the intro to the song. That same "flub," which sounds like a miscue on a guitar or feedback effect, is present low in the mix of the "Alive II" song. The "Rock And Roll Party In Tokyo" and "sound check" versions also have the same Ace guitar solo "screw-up" during the second solo. This solo is cut from the "Alive II" version along with Paul's audience interaction rap. What does any of this indicate? It would seem highly plausible that "I Want You" on "Alive II" is from the Japanese show recorded earlier in 1977 and mixed with the same audience as the rest of "Alive II." Furthermore, it would seem quite logical, from that point of view, that the "sound check" version on the "Box Set" is simply the recording without the audience over-dubs.
Disc 4, track 14 is another of the Box Set's interesting inclusions: When one first looked at the new KISS box set, they probably would have been pleased to see that there was a previously unknown and unreleased demo from Eric Carr it the form of "Ain't That Peculiar." The music on this track would eventually become "Little Caesar." Unfortunately, the song, at least the lyrics were definitely not written by Eric and were really a metalized cover of Marvin Gaye's song of the same title. It would not be too surprising that this may have been the original intention with Eric's R&B musical background and the sort of songs his 1970s bands were covering, let alone the continuous rejection of his own material when presented to the band. While some lyrics are changed, slightly (as Ace did with his demo cover of Burt Bacharach's "Baby, It's You"), the rest of the song is a definite match for the song written by William "Smokey" Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Robert Rogers, and Warren Moore. The song reached #8 on the US singles charts in 1965. Even more surprising is that KISS weren't sued for this song's inclusion (that we know of).
In the years prior to its release the KISS "Box Set" was hyped, particularly by Gene Simmons, as going to be the "Mother of all box sets." KISS fans debate whether this was actually the case with the product that was eventually released in November 2001. The most notable exclusion from the box were the 1977 demos Gene recorded with the then unknown Van Halen brothers, but there were surprises too in the form of the Bell Sound Studios 1973 demos and "Dontcha Hesitate." Some of the odd errors in the book that accompany the box are detailed.
Chart Peak: #128 (11/28/01) with 1 week on charts.
The "Box Set" was certified gold by the RIAA on 12/18/01. Only selling 19,456 copies its first week, by March 2012 the album had sold over 145,000 according to SoundScan.
| 2019-04-19T20:20:36 |
http://www.kissmonster.com/discography/kissbox.php
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The service entrance is the equipment that brings electrical power to the home. Most residential service includes three wires: two cables carrying 120 volts each (for a total of 240 volts) and one grounded neutral wire. If the cables are hung overhead, they are collectively called a service drop. If they are routed underground, they are known as a service lateral. A service drop connects to the home at a service head, or weather head, on the roof or exterior wall of the house.
Once the power reaches the house via the service drop or service lateral cables, it passes through the electric meter, which may be mounted on an exterior wall or may be located inside the home's breaker box. The meter records all electricity used by the home, measured in kilowatt-hours, or kWh. A 100-watt light bulb burning for 10 hours uses 1 kWh of electricity. Meters may be analog or digital type, although most new meters are digital and can be read remotely by the utility company.
The main service panel, commonly known as the breaker box or circuit breaker panel, distributes power to all circuits throughout the building. Each circuit has a breaker that can shut itself off in the event of a short circuit or overload to cut power to the circuit. Old homes may have fuses instead of breakers. Fuses are just as effective as breakers, but most new panels today use breakers instead of fuses.
It is important to note that power coming from the service lines to the electric meter, and then to the main service panel, is always live. Before working on these areas the power company must shut off the power. The power going out of the panel to the household circuits can be shut off by the main breaker in the service panel, but the power coming into the panel is not affected by the main breaker.
An electrical box is a plastic or metal box used to connect wires and install devices such as switches, receptacles (outlets), and fixtures. An electrical box is almost always required for mounting devices and for housing wiring splices. Boxes come in many different sizes and several different shapes. A box must be sized appropriately for the number and size of wires entering the box. Metal electrical boxes must be grounded to the home's grounding system; plastic boxes do not need grounding because they are nonconductive.
Each electrical circuit contains at least one "hot" wire that carries the electrical current from the service panel to the circuit devices and a neutral wire that carries current back to the service panel. Hot wires typically are black or red but can be other colors. Neutral wires typically are white. In some circuits, the neutral wire is used as a hot wire and the circuit has no dedicated neutral.
An electrical ground is a safety system that provides a safe path for electricity to follow in the event of a short circuit, electrical surge, or other safety or fire hazard. In modern home wiring systems, each circuit has its own ground wire that leads back to the service panel. After the panel, the ground system terminates at a ground rod driven into soil or to another ground conductor where electricity is safely dissipated into the earth. Older homes may have ground systems that rely on metal electrical boxes, metal conduit (which houses wiring), and metal water pipes.
| 2019-04-21T08:42:48 |
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/home-wiring-diagrams-terms-and-tools-used-by-pros-844995
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The term unschooling refers to an educational model in which the child decides how and what to learn. This is also called child-led learning or interest-driven learning. In other words, the parents allow each child to follow his or her own interests in deciding how and what to learn. In most cases, it also means not using any prepackaged curricula (unless specifically chosen by the child).
Many people are intimidated or even outraged by the idea that children can safely direct their own learning. We are surrounded by the message that humans are naturally lazy and, if allowed, will sit around doing nothing all day. Certainly schools mete out punishments and rewards in an effort to motivate students to accomplish something. But is this really necessary? How exactly does unschooling work?
There are two parts to unschooling, in my opinion. The first involves trusting human nature. I don't subscribe to the belief that humans prefer to be idle or ignorant. If, like me, you believe that human beings are generally happier when they are productive, learning and doing useful things, then it follows that a child will naturally want to learn about her world. She'll not only want to know what's going on around her, she'll want to participate as much as possible.
The second part is a belief that each human being has a right to a certain amount of autonomy. Of course, children need some guidance. They have fewer life experiences upon which to draw. Young children have more primitive thinking skills. No one is suggesting that children be completely abandoned to their own devices. However, even the youngest children can successfully direct their own learning. And more importantly, each child has the right to forge his own path of education. Even if we have misgivings about human nature in general, we can still recognize that the child is an independent human being with the same rights and abilities to learn what he needs to know as we adults have.
Although parents may accept that children have the right to follow their own interests and hope that their children won't disprove their theories of human nature, they may still have some doubts. What if their child doesn't want to learn something the parents consider essential? Will their children really develop a breadth of knowledge if left to their own devices? These fears are usually alleviated as the parents spend time with their children. Learning goes on all the time about all different things if we can only train ourselves to observe it properly.
To take the second question first, it's amazing what kinds of tangents one can discover when following one's own interests. An interest in dinosaurs can lead to learning about paleontology, archeology, the history of the earth, weather patterns, etc. etc. Any one of these tangents could require further study of math, statistics, logic, and of course, reading. The distinction is that while unschooled kids will learn a great many things, certainly a wide breadth of knowledge, these will not be the same things that the kids in school are learning. In fact, they won't be the same things that other unschooled kids are learning, even in the same family.
The question about learning essential things is a bit trickier. For one thing, this question implies that the parent knows the child's mind better than the child, or that the parent is a better predictor of the future than the child. Both premises may be true, but may also turn out to be false. How can anyone know that the topic at hand will in fact be useful or interesting for the child? Could the child have gotten better use of his time by concentrating on something else that never occurred to the parent? For another thing, it depends on what one considers to be essential. There are certain types of knowledge, like reading, which I consider essential. In my opinion, you really can't lead a productive life without them. Therefore, I have no doubt that any child would come to the same conclusion. If I'm wrong and it is possible for a person of normal intellect to happily go through life without reading, then by definition, reading isn't essential. As far as most other subjects go, I can't think of any that are truly essential for every human being. There are far too many things in the world for everyone to know even a little about all of them. If something were truly essential, people would want to know about it. They wouldn't be able to avoid knowing about it!
As many families have known, unschooling does work. Children can and should direct their own learning. Human nature demands that children learn all they need to know, and human rights demand that they be allowed to do so.
| 2019-04-21T18:14:35 |
http://libaware.economads.com/unschooling.php
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Do you recognise this man connected to an assault in Camber?
Do you recognise this man thought to be connected to an attack in Camber?
A 36-year-old man from Ashford was drinking in the Camber Castle Pub on Lydd Road at around 6pm on Sunday (October 1).
A £500 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of 25-year-old Thomas Hyde from Hastings.
Following an incident in Norman Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, at around 10.40pm on Tuesday (17 October) in which a 46-year-old local man suffered serious injuries, Simon Snashall, 51, unemployed, of Norman Road, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon – a commercial rolling pin – in a public place.
How many can you recognise? What was the year and the event? This picture was taken at the Riverhaven Hotel.
A St Leonards woman has been sentenced over multiple frauds totalling more than £20,000 in East Sussex.
Kelly Jane Hodd, 29, unemployed, of Martingale Close, St Leonards on Sea appeared at Lewes Crown Court on 29 September, having pleaded guilty at earlier hearings to 19 counts of fraud and related offences and was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment suspended for two years on each count, to run concurrently.
She was also ordered to undertake 240 hours of unpaid work.
| 2019-04-25T16:30:20 |
https://ryesown.co.uk/2017/10/
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I roundly mocked voice search for such a long time.
And I argued internally at Distilled against it being an important trend.
I don't drive much, and almost never on my own; I commute on the train and most of my driving is with my family.
I work in an open-plan office without so much as a cubicle to shield my embarrassing experiments with voice search from the world.
I actually don't like using the phone much, so it may have passed me by that talking into that small device is a perfectly acceptable thing that normal people do.
In hindsight, perhaps this was the most shortsighted of all my arguments. Of course we don't always look entirely sensible holding a bit of technology up to our ears, but it seems like we have made it socially acceptable in most environments.
More importantly, I think that I underestimated the speed with which things can become socially normal. I'm personally more up for trying this kind of new thing than most, and I think I underestimated everyone else's willingness to try new things.
I increasingly make calls on my computer. Between Google+ Hangouts, Skype, and GoToMeeting, I probably average 2-3/day, so even in my cubicle-less existence it's becoming more and more normal for me to talk to my computer.
"Delete word back. DELETE WORD BACK. Screw it."
My imagined future of voice search had all kinds of similar problems. While some people are reporting that third parties can activate Google Glass, I imagine that is just teething difficulties.
All of this gives Google ever-increasing ability to get the query right by appending context and other information to it.
Of all the many things that should impress me (like Google's ability to return results for a never-seen-before query in a fraction of a second), conversational search is perhaps one of the more gimmicky in its current incarnation.
All of this makes me think that query correction may not be needed too much, and when it is, it may not be too much of a problem. It's already quicker than typing for relatively easily spoken mid-length queries.
In actuality, the clumsiness of voice input appears to be a driving force behind Google relying less on the query itself and more on the implicit and explicit input from the user.
Voice search is a powerful driver towards queryless search and (more importantly, I think) query-enhanced search, where sparse input information is combined with ambient and personal information to return the results you need right now.
Is voice search the future, then?
I think it's part of the future. I don't see it cannibalising much of desktop search, where I imagine it'll remain a novelty or an add-on, and I expect much of the its application to mobile search is incremental on top of more complex written queries.
The more important part in my mind is the impact of the technology it takes to power voice search. The fact that Google can roll out voice search this effective speaks not only to their natural language processing ability but also to the maturity of their ability to understand the web.
What should we do as marketers?
As web marketers, we need to realise that the dumb robot we've been considering all these years is rapidly becoming smarter. I think the actions for marketers have far less to do with voice search itself than with a real understanding of the underlying technology.
...and that's from over two years ago. It's quite stunning how far Google's understanding of the web has come, and technologies like Google Now are highlighting ability to put it all together.
Conceptually, I think we need to change our mindset around keywords. "(not provided)" isn't the only thing taking away query information; queries will increasingly be composed largely of implicit information alongside the explicit query.
Even if "(not provided)" rolled back (some chance!), we would still be left with less and less information to explain why and how a particular visitor arrived on our site and why we ranked for them. I see analytics and reporting moving towards a content- and user-centric model (across repeat visits and across devices), and moving away from a transactional, session-based view of keywords. You can set yourself up for future success by moving towards content-centric metrics now, and by implementing user-centric tracking with your analytics platform of choice (or waiting for it to come to universal analytics).
I'm looking forward to some disagreement in the comments, but remember: there's a lot of science left to come.
I think the key comment is "I think it's part of the future." Obviously once it gets better, it will be used more frequently. Specifically being used while doing tasks that reuires the use of hands (ie - driving).
I am damn sure, Google Voice Search will not be an effective option to search anything, we have different different ascent around the globe and most of them are quite different from each other, i appreciate Google for launching a new features but it would be foolish to expect an appropriate result from Google Voice Search.
Ended up here by backtracking links to my blog. Found your article and had to read!
I'm looking for an inexpensive way to add transcripts to my videos, but the answer wasn't here!
supplied transcripts (some don't make a lot of sense!) and their soon to be voice chat and Hangouts.
I think the audio searches will always have a problem because of regional accents...but it is definitely on its way.
Whether we appreciate it or not.
Did everyone hear that Bing is going to power Siri voice search? This is going to be interesting.
I think it has a place but personally haven't used it that much - will make an effort to give it a try.
I'm not sure it likes British accents, but maybe background noise was making it harder.
I think we will use voice search in the future the same way it was used in Star Trek.
Probably we won't say "Computer ... " will say "Ok Google .." but it's the same thing.
I belive we are only in the early stages of voice search, in the Ubiquitous computing era that will soon come, we will probably use only or mostly voice search.
Hi Will! You are putting light on the future by posting such content regarding the voice search and I think those days are not far away when technology will change the whole insight of things and we will step forward in the more advanced world. Still the voice recognition feature is added in most of the Smartphones and people are using this feature to write text messages.
Google glasses looks stupid on you, even if you're Barack Obama.
Google glasses looks stupid. period.
I think voice recognition has a way to go before voice search would be something everyone is interested. A lot of customer service phone lines use this and I always have to repeat what I'm saying multiple times; I'd much rather use the keypad.
This is new era so we should respect new technology that is on our way. However there is need some amendments but still i like voice search. Thanks for sharing all thoughts.
I've gone through some unpleasant experience of this Voice Search which made me use my keyword and brought back to the traditional way of searching. I'm little worried about personal speech recognition and voice modulation for err proof voice search. Considering this, all I can say is Future is not way too far for exceptional ways of searching..
Someday voice and other innovative search and/or communication methods, will be the primary tool. But as of now, not really.
Communication is meant to be easy. It is far easier to say something than to write it, and we are moving away from button based communication.
E.g. the touch based and voice activated devices replaces buttons on mobile phones.
I think more voice searches will come from people on mobiles in need of something soon, like your grocery store or soccer game examples.
More Schema.org markups will be used due to needing information faster.
Searches will still happen on Non-mobile computers where people type in longer queries.
Implicit queries are on the way, which will affect the "long tail," I just don't know how or when. These are 100% guesses and am open to other ideas about voice search's relationship with the "long tail."
I would love voice search to work and to work well. Smart phones don't work for everyone (me included) so asking for something would be much better than giving my phone a techno melt down when my finger touches it!
Saying that, 20 years ago I was testing voice recognition so the company I worked for could save money, sack all the secretaries and everyone would talk at their computer which would then produce our reports and letters - it didn't work!
If 3D can finally be sorted out, I guess voice search can as well.
You are spot on with conversational search. Voice recognition technology is quickly moving from a set of pre-defined commands to a free form recognition based on usage patterns (we have been testing voice recognition software in 9 different languages for more than a year and experience this first hand). Based on how this technology is evolving will quickly change how we search and as a results how content is being optimized.
Lets say I need a plumber. The traditional search query for such a need "plumber Vancouver" will be replaced with "Find me a plumber" or "Where is a plumber" as we speak to our devices more and more naturally. Google is not quite ready for this, as searching for "where is a plumber" returns a Wikipedia entry for me - "joe the plumber" - at the moment. This suggests that it is still mostly Voice --> text --> query --> result but will not stay that way for long.
Voice and motion interaction will only grow. It may be awkward to us (for now) but will be natural to today's kids.
Has anyone seen this happening (the microphone stuff)?
Your article had a lot of great points! I always thought people looked stupid using blue tooth but then when Siri came out it seemed to suddenly become cool again. Interesting to see how it continuous to improve.
Great post Will! First off, it's good to see that other people are able and willing to admit when they are wrong about something. We don't admit our mistakes nearly as often as we make the mistakes, so it is really refreshing to see it, especially in such a public space. Thanks!
Secondly, I have similar reservations about voice search. I already don't care for phones and I find standard search so easy as it is that I don't see the need for voice search. BUT--that doesn't mean it isn't going to become more and more useful, especially as mobile becomes more and more the primary tech used for communication and accessing information. It really is something that is going to impact the search marketing industry whether we like it or not.
I really don't think Voice search is the future, from my testings it doesn't really understand much of my British accent as off right now. Though I can see it being developed for Glass nicely in the future, as off right now.. It's a pretty horrific way of searching and I think I can type faster then I can speak (That's probably from my Geeky few years of being a Gamer and SEO though).
Rand too was thinking the same about Voice Search. At least that is what he was saying almost one year ago answering to my question about it (and everything mobile) in my The State of SEO post here on Moz (last question: "the future").
| 2019-04-23T10:25:29 |
https://moz.com/blog/i-think-i-might-have-been-wrong-about-voice-search
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I think my peak-up failed. How can I tell?
There are two ways for the peak-up to "fail".
1. If the algorithm does not find a valid centroid, then it will report a failure. In the peak-up images, particularly the processed DCE (see above), there will be no visible source. You can also identify these failures from the FITS header by looking at the value of the "peak-up centroid quality code", which is 0 for a failure and 1 for a success.
2. The peak-up algorithm can also result in a false positive. In this case, the peak-up software centroids on something other than the intended target and reports a success. You can look at the peak-up images to see if your intended peak-up target is at the centroid reported in the header. The value of the centroid is given in the AXCNTRD1 and AYCNTRD1 keywords; note that these values are in centipixels, so need to be divided by 100.0 to compare with pixel positions in the image. The onboard software considers the lower left corner of the array to be (0,0) with the lower left corner of that pixel (-0.5,-0.5); that is, pixel centers are labeled with integer coordinates.
In addition, the value of the PTGDIFF keyword in the header gives the difference in arcseconds between the requested and reconstructed pointing. This value is almost always less than 1 arcsecond, which indicates that the intended coordinates were placed on either the acquisition or sweet spot.
| 2019-04-25T19:45:22 |
https://irsasupport.ipac.caltech.edu/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/52/0/i-think-my-peak-up-failed-how-can-i-tell
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Development Team needed with excellent experience in AngularJS, PHP, and AWS ecosystem.
We're looking to hire a development agency/team with excellent experience with AngularJS, PHP and the AWS Ecosystem.
You will be working under the guidance of a Movie Masher expert, and as such, you will just need to be extremely comfortable with these core technologies, and the AWS ecosystem as that is where we intend to have this project deployed.
A team/agency is preferred because of the diverse technologies involved, and the fact that we're on a short deadline and need a lot of development hours put in, in a short time-frame.
Background: The web application that we have developed and currently utilize helps us live stream an event, and after the event is over, the video file is saved to our S3 storage. Your task will be to use Moviemasher to modify the video file for each event, and publish it back to S3.
1. After a live event has been completed, our web application will redirect the user to a new page that will have the MovieMasher interface loaded on it. We will have the S3 directory path and file name of the video file that we need to work with, and will store this path into a variable when this MovieMasher interface page is loaded.
2. You will then have to load that video file in to the Moviemasher interface. We will perform our trimming and other operations on it. After completing all operations, we must be able to export the edited video file back to the S3 storage with a new path name.
3. We should also be able to transcode the final edited video file into multiple bitrates (which should be possible easily using [login to view URL] which has ffmpeg), and save all renditions to the S3 storage.
4. Finally, we intend to run a single main Moviemasher EC2 instance, with an SQS (Simple Queue Service) for job delivery, and access to an S3 bucket for storage. Video conversion jobs will be sent to the SQS, where they will then be executed by the main EC2 instance. We would also like to have a scalable cluster of headless moviemasher instances, that can be started up whenever there is increased demand, and then shut down when the demand has subsided.
However, we do not want to use the readymade AMI, and would need you to build a new image from scratch.
| 2019-04-19T11:22:05 |
https://www.tr.freelancer.com/projects/php/development-team-needed-with-excellent/
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How to reset DDR controller in T1024?
CCSR_SET_W(0x260, 0x80000000); // Reset ddr controller.
Sorry, it is not clear what is the reason why you want to re-initialize DDR in u-boot, this is done already in u-boot and no more re-initializations necessary.
I am writing bare board application(Hardware testing software) which will test peripherals and interfaces of our product which is based on T1024 processor. I am prototyping the test application on T1024RDB. We are using u-boot as bootloader for actual product software and test software(which I am working). As part some requirement I need to reinitialize the DDR controller in test software.
I do not think it is possible to re-initialize DDR controller from user software running from u-boot shell, because u-boot itself uses DDR memory for its operation.
My test application is bare board binary which will be executed in Hypervisor mode. Once control transfers to my application by u-boot(using "go" command). u-boot won't have any control as the test application will be running in Hyper-visor mode(which is highest privilege mode). As the test application executing from NOR flash there should be no issue in re-initializing the DDR controller.
But here my concern is why reset functionality(using DDR_SDRAM_CFG_3) is not working as expected.
Even if I don't use u-boot(I booting the board using my test application it self) DDR controller reset functionality is not working as expected. (as per some test requirements my test application needs to reset the DDR controller).
So, if my understanding is correct, you have working hardware, I mean your memory works properly under u-boot with settings, used by uboot. After you transfer control to your software, you can reset DDR controller (you can see DDRC_RST bit is successfuly self-cleared), but after reset, when you place your own settings to DDR controller, it can not successfuly finish initialization. In this case recommend referring your u-boot code for proper DDR settings and proper DDR initialization sequence used by u-boot and already verified as working properly.
When DDR controller is disabled by MEM_EN, the DDR memory itself must be also reset.
memory devices are released from reset.
| 2019-04-23T18:32:21 |
https://community.nxp.com/thread/442319
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When it comes to the globe of premium companions and also females using a "sweetheart experience," the stereotype we presume is extremely city-centric. For companions throughout The UK. that's just not the instance. Below, the tales of actual companions whose experiences link huge cities and also tiny communities. After that I started assuming, Exactly what if I did finish up doing accompanying? Jenna accompanied in Arabella sometimes ran throughout a couple of boldfaced names in her time. "I'm fortunate that all my experiences were truly considerate. Jenna accompanied in Arabella sometimes ran throughout a couple of boldfaced names in her time.
| 2019-04-19T12:43:00 |
https://www.musiqtrader.co.uk/brothels-arabella.php
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Refactoring means changing a system to improve its efficiency without changing its output.
Improving output is not the goal of Refactoring. It's making the system faster and more efficient. Refactoring starts by Deconstructing a system, and then looking for Patterns.
Once Patterns emerge, you can rearrange the system by grouping similar processes and inputs together. Refactoring is critical to improve the functionality of any system.
Not all changes to a system are designed to affect the system's output. Sometimes, it's more effective to re-engineer a process without changing the end result at all.
Refactoring is the process of changing a system to improve efficiency without changing the output of the system.
The term comes from computer programming-programmers will spend hours rewriting a program that, if all goes well, does exactly the same thing when they're finished. What's the point?
The primary benefit of Refactoring isn't improving the output-it's making the system itself faster or more efficient. By rearranging the processes the system uses to produce the result, it's possible to make the program run faster or require less resources while operating.
Refactoring starts by Deconstructing a process or system, then looking for Patterns.
What are the critical processes that absolutely must be done right in order to achieve the desired objective? Do those processes have to be completed in a certain order? What are the current constraints? What appears to be particularly important? Collect as much information about how the system works as you can, then sit with it for a while.
More often than not, you'll start to notice things about the system that don't make sense-things that you've done a certain way because it seemed like a good idea at the time, but aren't the best way to approach the task now.
Once Patterns begin to emerge, you can rearrange the system to group similar processes or inputs together.
Think of rearranging an assembly line: if you constantly have to stop what you're doing and travel all the way across the factory to obtain a part, rearranging things so the part is always close at hand is probably a good idea. The system will still produce the same thing when you're done, but you'll have removed the little inefficiencies from the system that add up to significant losses in productivity.
If your goal is to make the system faster or more efficient, refactoring is critically important.
Could the systems you're improving benefit from refactoring?
Once you've deconstructed the system, what themes do you see that appear to be particularly important?
"Elegance is necessarily unnatural, only achievable at great expense. If you just do something, it won't be elegant, but if you do it and then see what might be more elegant, and do it again, you might, after an unknown number of iterations, get something that is very elegant."
| 2019-04-22T07:08:57 |
https://personalmba.com/refactoring/
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SM30 Series: Receiver – Frequency A Stainless Stl. Range: 150 m; Input: 12 to 240V ac. Output: SPST Solid-state – Light Operate. 2 m (6.5 ft) cable.
SM30 Series: Receiver – Frequency B Stainless Stl. Range: 150 m; Input: 12 to 240V ac. Output: SPST Solid-state – Light Operate. 2 m (6.5 ft) cable.
SM30 Series: Receiver – Frequency C Stainless Stl. Range: 150 m; Input: 12 to 240V ac. Output: SPST Solid-state – Light Operate. 2 m (6.5 ft) cable.
SM30 Series: Receiver – Frequency A Stainless Stl. Range: 150 m; Input: 12 to 240V ac. Output: SPST Solid-state – Dark Operate. 2 m (6.5 ft) cable.
SM30 Series: Receiver – Frequency B Stainless Stl. Range: 150 m; Input: 12 to 240V ac. Output: SPST Solid-state – Dark Operate. 2 m (6.5 ft) cable.
SM30 Series: Receiver – Frequency C Stainless Stl. Range: 150 m; Input: 12 to 240V ac. Output: SPST Solid-state – Dark Operate. 2 m (6.5 ft) cable.
SM30 Series: Receiver – Frequency A Stainless Stl. Range: 150 m; Input: 12 to 240V ac. Output: SPST Solid-state – Dark Operate. Quick-Disconnect Connector.
SM30 Series: Receiver – Frequency B Stainless Stl. Range: 150 m; Input: 12 to 240V ac. Output: SPST Solid-state – Dark Operate. Quick-Disconnect Connector.
SM30 Series: Receiver – Frequency C Stainless Stl. Range: 150 m; Input: 12 to 240V ac. Output: SPST Solid-state – Dark Operate. Quick-Disconnect Connector.
SM30 Series: Receiver – Frequency A Stainless Stl. Range: 150 m; Input: 12 to 240V ac. Output: SPST Solid-state – Light Operate. Quick-Disconnect Connector.
| 2019-04-25T10:14:42 |
https://sensorstrade.com/catalog/banner/midsize-photoelectric-sensors/sm30-series/high-power/303-stainless-steel-housing-200-m/
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Here's a good example of aiding and abetting. If a woman knows that her friend wants to rob the store where she works, she may "accidentally" forget to lock the cash register or leave the back door open. She won't be there at the time of the robbery, and it will look as if she simply made a mistake. However, if it's discovered that she is linked to the person who stole from the store, she could be charged as an accessory.
The prosecution has to prove that a crime was committed and that the accused party somehow helped commit the crime if it wants to show aiding and abetting took place. Likewise, to charge a person with accessory after the fact, the prosecution has to show that the accused person was aware a crime took place and that he or she helped the person who committed it cover up that criminal act in some way.
In any situation where you're accused of being an accessory or aiding and abetting in a crime, it's a good idea to work with someone who can defend you. This could lead to penalties such as jail time or fines if you're convicted.
| 2019-04-19T05:03:18 |
https://www.moheblegal.com/blog/2018/06/understanding-aiding-and-abetting.shtml
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Hillary Clinton was to discuss Afghanistan and Iran when she meets with her British and German counterparts on Tuesday in her first high-level meetings since becoming secretary of state two weeks ago.
Unlike Britain, Germany has balked at following the plans of US President Barack Obama's administration to send more troops to Afghanistan than it already is and has voiced doubt about its plans to engage diplomatically with Iran.
State Department acting spokesman Robert Wood said Monday that Clinton would meet British Foreign Secretary David Miliband at 10:30 am (1530 GMT) Tuesday and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier two hours later.
"I expect these will be very, very substantive meetings, and she (Clinton) looks forward to meeting with her counterparts from the UK and Germany," Wood told reporters.
"I think Iran is certainly going to be up there near the top" of the agenda, Wood said. "I think Iran and Afghanistan will certainly be there," he said, adding Afghanistan is "central to this administration's foreign policy."
Wood said he understood Miliband would be the first foreign minister Clinton would meet since she took over the reins of US foreign policy on January 22.
After Obama was inaugurated president on January 20, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed to strengthen Britain's "special relationship" with the United States under the new US president. Brown, whose predecessor Tony Blair was controversially close to former president George W. Bush, has been keen to bolster ties now that the new US administration has taken office.
Britain was America's strongest ally during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and ousting of the Taliban government there in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States, and continues to have the second-largest contingent of troops in the country, with more than 8,000 soldiers based there.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said January 20 that Obama's becoming president did not mean Germany would send more troops to Afghanistan, and was doubtful whether talking to Iran would bear fruit. She pledged that Germany "will live up to its responsibilities in Afghanistan," where it has around some more than 3,300 troops mostly in the relatively the calmer north.
But she added: "We took our decisions based on our capabilities, our skills, not on who is president."
Germany decided last year to increase to 4,500 the number of troops it has in Afghanistan where they form part of NATO's 50,000-strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Obama has singled out Afghanistan as his main front in the war on terrorism and plans to deploy 30,000 more US troops there over the next 18 months, but he is likely to draw a blank if he presses Germany either to send more soldiers or to deploy those already present to the more volatile south.
Merkel said that while it could "make sense" for Obama to seek diplomatic engagement with Iran and Syria, as he has promised, she was skeptical on his chances of success.
| 2019-04-18T21:23:15 |
https://www.thelocal.de/20090202/17163
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Banana plants can easily spread into neighboring properties and become a nuisance. Avoid planting them never property lines.
QUESTION: I would appreciate information on how to get rid of banana trees. They are coming from my neighbor's yard and taking over an area of my backyard. We have chopped them down, but they pop right up again. We've tried hot water and weed killer to kill them. Any help would be great.
ANSWER: Digging out the stumps, rhizomes and roots is the best way to get rid of banana plants. Cut the trunks down to the ground and dig out the rest. This is a lot of work, but necessary. You may miss some small pieces. Watch the area and promptly remove any stray shoots you see come up.
In the future, watch for new shoots growing up on your side of the fence, and promptly dig them out.
People should never plant bananas near their property line. The plants can easily spread into neighboring properties and become a nuisance.
| 2019-04-19T22:38:02 |
https://www.nola.com/homegarden/2016/07/how_to_get_rid_of_banana_trees.html
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Association: - Entirety, - repetition, - infinity. Question: - What is completed?
Key words: Net of the life, - sanctified, - natural form, - river, - together connect, - respect, - basic form of the medicine wheel. Description: The circle is one of the natural forms of the life and a central symbol for most people close to the earth. He stands for the life without end and without beginning, for the uninterrupted existence. The circle surrounds everything in the universe, from the unconceivable expansion of the universe even up to the smallest microbe. People close to the earth respected the circle in such a way as they respected the life. If they assembled, they sat in the circle. With many of the buildings which they established they remembered of the circle and the uninterrupted life river. Today physics has recognised that a large part of the energy is circularly or spiral. General meaning: Anew dive into the life river, - accept your place in the circle of the life, - growing harmony, - understanding of all aspects of the life and the nature. Association: To circles, bear, - rotary, - hall of a circle. Transcendent meaning: Gift of bigger harmony between you and all remaining life, - reinforced unity.
Circle often shows a harmoniously rounded personality, however, can indicate also the need for security. The meaning of the circle as the magic circle which is valid as a protective symbol and defensive symbol is to be found in almost all fairy tales and myths. He is valid like the ring as a symbol for the entirety and is in the dream a sign for the clenched psychic strength. If something is to be seen in the dream in a circle, this is always from high meaning. The infinite line is put either by the geometrical figure or by a human group being lying round in the circle, a perfectly circular place or similar in the picture, - it is meant: The mental energy should be held together. Around like the circle is also the circus ring in which wild animals (speak: the unrestrained driving forces) are restrained. Who penetrates into a circle, a certain aim heads. If one moves in the circle, warns about the inclination to futile brooding which always circles round the same subject and brings at last, nevertheless, nothing.
The circle is a picture of the perfect and in itself same.
see dancing: sad experiences make.
A young woman who sees a circle should not behave indiscreetly if she wants to marry.
circle: your matter will come at the good end.
| 2019-04-21T02:47:05 |
http://dreamtation.com/docs/2939.htm
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