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315-Mile Tesla Model S P100D Now Available; GM Building Battery Pack Factory in China; Karma Automotive Moving into New Headquarters as its New Car Revero is near Launch
315-Mile Tesla Model S P100D Now Available
According to Tesla website, the company has made Model S P100D available. The car is loaded with a new larger 100kWh battery pack and can go 315 miles on a single charge. It marks the first 300-plus-mile electric car. Moreover, Model S P100D can do 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds, third fastest production car behind LaFerrari and Porsche 918 Spyder.
Model X P100D is available as well, with an electro-range of 289 miles.
Upgrading cost from P90D is $10,000 for customers who have not got the car, and $20,000 for owners with the car, respectively.
GM Building Battery Pack Factory in China
According to SAIC-GM website, the company is investing 1.72 billion yuan ($258 million) on a battery pack factory in Jinqiao, Shanghai. The factory will support local electric car production. Moreover, by year 2020, SAIC-GM plans to spend 26.5 billion yuan ($3.96 billion) on the development of electrification technologies.
Later this year, Cadillac CT6 plug-in hybrid model will be introduced in China. By 2019, Buick and Chevrolet will launch a new plug-in hybrid car respectively. Also by 2019, Buick will produce a new all-electric car.
Karma Automotive Moving into New Headquarters as its New Car Revero is near Launch
According to Fortune, Karma Automotive (previously the bankrupted Fisker Autmotive) is moving into new headquarters in Irvine as big as 262,000 sq ft, to accommodate its rapid expansion. In just 14 months, the company has roughly doubled its size to 625 employees and plans to expand to about 800 by 2017.
Karma Automotive is launching its first luxury plug-in hybrid Revero on September 8th. Revero is based on the previous Fisker Karma, but now uses technologies from BMW. The previous Fisker Karma car was sold to celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Justin Bieber and cost over $100,000. The company plans to build 3,000 Revero cars per year.
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CNN Promoted Antifa Group That Man Who Attacked ICE Center Belonged
Willem van Spronsen is the man who attacked the ICE center in Tacoma. The 69-year-old was shot dead by police after he threw Molotov cocktails at the building and nearby cars on Saturday morning.
According to his manifesto, a copy of which was obtained by Jack Posobiec, Van Spronsen was armed with an AR-15 and stated, “I am Antifa”.
Here he’s in a Facebook picture from the John Brown Gun Club and wearing their hat.
Looks like Willem Von Spronsen was also a member of the anti-fascist John Brown Gun Club of Pudget Sound. That’s him on the left, from their FB. pic.twitter.com/5cw9IV9CQM
— Jake Hanrahan (@Jake_Hanrahan) July 14, 2019
John Brown Gun Club appears to be synonymous with “Redneck Revolt” and was featured with a CNN promo:
What is the Redneck Revolt? Who is John Brown? What is @WKamauBell doing in Tacoma? Don’t be confused, all will be revealed an all-new #UnitedShades, Tonight at 10p ET/PT. Take notes, there will be a quiz later! pic.twitter.com/gxMTV3zD3l
— CNN (@CNN) May 5, 2019
You can see Van Spronsen in the video at about: 04.
CNN’s W. Kamau Bell actually asks people to “do what they can to support” the group pointing to what is now a protected tweet.
As you are watching the #UnitedShades episode about @PugetSoundJBGC & the good work they are doing to actively end white supremacy just understand that being on my show is bringing a lot more harassment their way. Do what you can to support them. 👇🏿 https://t.co/hJCEjTdXnh
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) May 13, 2019
This, of course, followed a lot of vilifying of ICE from people like the ‘Gang of Four.’
Antifa terrorist Willem Van Spronsen carried out this terrorist attack after weeks of Democrats claiming migrant shelters are “concentration camps” and whipping up hatred against ICE and CBP https://t.co/cluqAdgc4x
— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) July 14, 2019
5/ In his alleged “manifesto” found elsewhere online, van Spronsen specifically invokes AOC’s “concentration camps” rhetoric to describe ICE facilities where a tiny subset of people in our country without US permission, are detained..
— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) July 14, 2019
Showing that he was whipped up by the Democratic vilifying.
Other media also featured this group as somehow “heroic.” Newsweek claimed that they were far-left activists “protecting minorities” with guns.
It’s unknown how setting fire to a detention center full of illegal aliens (some of whom were likely minorities) would have helped them.
I wish people would stop calling them anti-fascist. They are the true fascists.
— Corbone (@coryhay) July 14, 2019
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ADUs are a huge endeavor! Thankfully, Miles had the perfect guide throughout the process.
“The most valuable aspect about working with Maxable are the professional, vetted references. That was huge. Having people who knew ADU laws and regulations was super helpful.
I love all the information on the website, too. The videos and articles explaining what is involved was really helpful. It’s great having a company like Maxable to hold your hand and walk you through everything.”
Miles was looking to use his property to accrue some additional income without sacrificing parking in the congested Los Angeles neighborhood of Del Rey. With the home price in the area averaging a staggering $1.1 million, renting out a space just made financial sense.
After stumbling across ADUs online, Miles decided they were the right move for him.
He attended a Maxable expo in San Diego where he got the entire ADU run-down and even met with several of Maxable’s vetted partners to explore options. Then, it was time to get to work.
A Floorplan That Redefined Resourcefulness
Miles’ Maxable consultant provided helpful feedback and information right from the start and matched him with an experienced team of designers at Levi Design & Build. After collaborating on design sketches, this project took off running.
Determining that a single-standing garage was not the best use of space, Miles knew that an above garage conversion was the best solution for maximizing space without minimizing parking. But the vision didn’t end there! Miles chose to expand behind the garage to provide future tenants with additional space and comfort.
This ADU took resourcefulness to a whole new level. The first floor features an open floor plan with a sizable kitchen and convenient half bath. Upstairs are two beds and two full baths with a washer/dryer unit in the hallway. Miles chose a sleek, contemporary interior design that provided a luxurious yet timeless feel to the space. Look at how much this ADU accomplished in just 1,000 sq feet!
From ADU to Game-Changing Investment
Something that often shocks homeowners is the steep cost of building an ADU. But it’s important to think about the potential return on investment, especially when renting.
For instance, Miles knew he wanted to rent out his ADU for many years to come. Therefore, he was willing to pay more to build a larger unit, knowing that it would generate a greater cash flow in the long run. Now that’s smart planning!
Hot tip: Plan your ADU around your long-term goals. For Miles, this meant building and designing the ADU as a rental space. By including two beds, two baths, and a second story, Miles can now fully maximize his rental income.
Let’s take a look at the cost breakdown.
Permits & Other Fees: $9,516
Grand Total: $401,957
At first glance, these numbers may be shocking. But while this project had a hefty price tag, Miles is more than reaping the benefits. Currently, he is renting his ADU for $4,500 a month! Given that average rental costs in the area are around $3,000, the scope of how financially advantageous this investment is becomes clear. Not only is his ROI higher than what he could’ve imagined, but the extra cash flow even covers his mortgage!
Plan, hire, and manage your ADU project with Maxable.
Although building an ADU is a huge undertaking, you don’t have to do it alone. Rather than muddling through the various rules, regulations, and vetting process involved, Miles let Maxable take the heavy-lifting off his shoulders.
Our team of ADU Pros will support you at the most important milestones, from scoping designs for costly construction blunders to reviewing your GC bids to make sure you pick the best match for your ADU project.
Our vetted network of designers, and builders are there to manage your project with the care and expertise you deserve. Get started today by partnering with a Maxable ADU Pro!
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The Challenge: In a crowded geographic market, a local university needed to differentiate itself and sought to learn both its competitive position and what students today (both traditional and non-traditional ages) want to hear and believe from a university they might consider. Once communications and messaging were developed, it was important to track the success of marketing efforts, both internally and externally.
The Process: Melior’s research contributed information to establish a baseline measure of awareness, perceptions, and the effectiveness of advertising. Over time, three waves of quantitative research has helped to determine where the university stood in the minds of prospective students, parents and adult learners. This was followed by measurements of how well marketing efforts were doing to attract these prospects.
The Outcomes: The university developed a clearly-articulated campaign around “leadership.” The university’s advertising messaging is now well-recalled and competitive. More people know more about the university – and it is now a greater part of the consideration set when it comes to university choice, especially among non-traditional adult students.
- 22 Jun 2017
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After Gemma and Arg had sex in a cupboard while dressed as slices of pizza, we didn't think anything on TOWIE could shock us.
But then we saw these pictures of Chloe and Mario SNOGGING outside Funky Buddha nightclub in London on Tuesday night, and our jaws dropped to the floor.
Chloe, who was dressed in a red mini dress and strappy heels, looked a little worse for wear as she ravaged her lil bro's BFF's face off.
Mario, who was wearing blue jeans and a checked tee, looked like he was loving life as he grabbed the brunette mum-of-one's face passionately.
What will Lucy think?
The pair then turned to stumble home, and Chloe was so unsteady on her stiletto-clad feet she flashed her pert little bottom.
Mazza then acted as a prop for his new squeeze, who clung to his neck as they vacated the area.
Earlier in the night, the reality-stars were seen enjoying dinner at Nobu with Chlo's bro, Charlie Sims, his former flame, Ferne McCann and Chlo's BFF Lauren Pope, who was dating Mario last season).
Incestuous or what?
We hope they're still mates when Lozza sees the pix this morning.
Mind you, they're probably all still in bed nursing very sore heads by the looks of these photos.
Before his snogfest, Italian stallion Mario, who undertook a 30-day vow of celibacy three weeks ago, tweeted a picture of himself holding a cocktail, under the caption: "Closest I am getting to a pornstar tonight #celibacy"
On Wednesday morning, middle man Charlie appeared unfazed by the hook up.
"Had a great night out with my favourite people," he tweeted, with a picture of himself with Ferne, Chloe and Mario.
We reckon they'll be double dating soon.
And we assume it's fair to say that celibacy vow is well and truly done with.
Ladies, watch out!
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This is eternal life, to know you, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
Jesus, in John 17:3
As it is written, “No eye has seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered
the heart of man the things God has prepared for those who love Him.”
But God has revealed them to us by His Spirit,
for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of man that is in him? And likewise, no one knows the things of God; just the Spirit of God.
Now, we have not received the spirit of the world
but the Spirit that is from God,
so that we might understand the things freely given to us by God.
There is a difference between knowing about God and knowing God. The whole world knows about God, but knowing God Himself is impossible without knowing His Son, Jesus. When Jesus said, “No one comes to the Father but by me,” he meant coming to the Father by any means, whether coming to Him spiritually by being born again, coming to know Him intellectually, or coming bodily to stand on the glassy sea in His holy presence. No one can by any means come to the Father except by the Son, who holds the key to entering into the Father’s presence.
Paul said that it is by the Spirit that we have access to the Father, and the Son is the one by whom we receive the Spirit. It is also by the Spirit that we may come to know God. Only the Spirit of God knows the things of God, Paul said. Even the Son came to know God by the Spirit.
We know God, then, only to the extent that we are filled with His Spirit, and the Spirit is given to us only in the name of God’s Son, Jesus. Most of the human race is content merely to know about God. Just a few, Jesus said, would ever find the way of life and truly come to know his Father. When he returns for those who are in the Way, which road will he find us on?
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PE & Sport
Pupils across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 take part in 1hr 40 min sessions of Physical Education each week.
At Key Stage 3 pupils are introduced to a broad and balanced curriculum through the key concepts of outwitting opponents, maximising performance, accurate replication of skills and identifying and solving problems.
At Key Stage 4 pupils are offered the BTEC level 2 in Sport and Health and Social Care. Pupils in Key Stage 4 are also offered the opportunity to study GCSE PE.
The Year 7 Curriculum is based on the development of key skills. When pupils first arrive to the Norwood School they will take part in a range of lessons to introduce them to a variety of sports and test their basic capabilities. Pupils will be introduced to new sports and sports in which they can represent the school in.
This will aid us in determining an accurate end of year target grade as well as those pupils who should be taking part in Team Sports
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Monday, August 24, 2009
When Our Racing Presidents officially called out and challenged The Milwaukee Racing Sausages for not posting up for official competition at Nationals Park again at the end of the mid-4th inning race, Our Washington Nationals held a slim 1-0 lead against The Brewers. Collin Balester was pitching well, having thrown shutout ball, allowing just two hits to that point.
Then, shortly after Our Racing Presidents finished posing for pictures at the end of the 5th frame with any fan desiring at The Exxon Kids Zone, Collin Balester was left wondering what exactly hit him, as did Jason Bergmann and finally--Ron Villone? No home game this season had gone from nail biter to romp so quickly--in the opposite direction.
Just like that, it was all over. Done.
Did The Brew Crew ever unload to get things started in the top of the 6th and whittle away before one single out was recorded by Washington. Six total runs plated by Milwaukee. A turnaround game winning rally that was started by--Ryan Braun. Yes, The Power Hitter, maybe looking for redemption after being ejected yesterday for arguing and throwing his helmet at the feet of Umpire Mike Muchlinski. Ryan absolutely BLASTED OFF a two run homer DEEP INTO SECTION 104--five rows from the Center Field Plaza Walkway. A tremendous tee shot (he does have the prettiest looping swing) off his powerful bat that scored Frank Catalonatto in front of Braun and set in motion one of the worst innings of the year for Our Washington Nationals.
Our Pitching just fell apart and no matter who Interim Manager Jim Riggleman brought to the mound, it didn't help. No Brewer this frame again crushed the baseball like Ryan Braun--but three singles, two walks (one intentionally) and a force out scored the distancing runs that made this one time entertaining game--just an quick afterthought. From then on out, this affair had the true feeling of a getaway game. Yeah, get it over with--pack the bags--get on the next flight. Because when Jorge Sosa allowed YET ANOTHER home run (his 5th in 17.1 innings pitched--pretty amazing actually), what was left of the 17,805 headed for the exits in droves.
All which left The African Queen and I just chatting, talking about things, and hoping for that miracle comeback. No, sorry, not to be, but became far more entertaining when The Brewers' Manager--Ken Macha--sent Hernan Iribarren to the plate. Now there is your household name. This Venezuelan had pinch hit in the previous three games of this four game set. And the lefty swinging batter was now being given a fourth chance late this afternoon.
Great for us because WE LOVE HIS NAME. Hernan Iribarren!! What a moniker. That Pen Name right up there with our other favorite baseball player name of ALL TIME--Jarrod Saltalamacchia. One time Atlanta Brave and now Texas Ranger. Famous in Our Hearts for showing up at RFK Stadium for The Brav-Os in 2007 with a jersey that displayed his last name from halfway down the leftside of the uniform back and looped above the numbers to halfway down the rightside of that very same jersey.
The longest last name in Major League History that was so big the small video board on East Capitol Street COULD NOT complete his entire given family name. The same which held true in 2008 at Nationals Park when Saltalamacchia played for The Texas Rangers.
Yes, this afternoon and early evening came down to the simple things. Enjoying a young man named Hernan Iribarren that now plays baseball for The Milwaukee Brewers. The very team that just defeated DC's team in three out of four games.
Love That Name!!
Final Score from Nationals Park after one the most exhausting weeks in franchise history--Strasburg, Rizzo, Introductory Press Conferences, Picnic In The Park, Blogger Day & Seven Home Games--The Milwaukee Brewers 7 and Our Washington Nationals 1. The 81st defeat of 2009 confirmed what so many had realized already. Yeah, we are not going to finish near .500 this season. But at least all was not lost this past week. Progress was made and Hernan Iribarren showed up on South Capitol Street helping to make a rather mundane loss far more entertaining.
Let's see now if Washington can re-group on the upcoming western swing to Chicago, St. Louis and Beautiful San Diego (Our Other Favorite City) and return home Labor Day weekend with some more Curly "W's" In The Book. What are the chances of avoiding 100 losses for a second straight year?
Game Notes & Highlights
Collin Balester really looked solid through five complete. He had faced just four above the minimum, but just as quickly as Catalonatto doubled leading off the 6th and Braun homered to left, our Number 40 just lost steam and command. The harbinger of things to come when neither Bergmann nor Villone could stop the Milwaukee rally before it was too late. The top of the 6th was the ball game and Our Washington Nationals let it get out of hand.
Jorge Sosa must throw one of the flatest fastballs in the game. How else can so many be teeing off on him?
Throwing in the low-90's, The Brewers Yovani Gallardo was all over the place. He walked four Nats Batters but gave up just four hits in five innings complete. But when a hard thrower tosses 108 pitches of which only 62 were strikes--it was a good sign that Our Washington Nationals were getting themselves out this day.
None probably did that more than Alberto Gonzalez.
Our Number 12, removed in a double switch during the pivotal 6th frame, did not help himself by striking out looking with the bases loaded to end the bottom of the 3rd (swinging at the very first two pitches thrown his way after Gallardo had just loaded the bases) and flying out to right to end the 5th--stranding Ryan Zimmerman at third base. Despite five free passes allowed by Milwaukee pitching and six base hits, not a lot of offense from Washington this day. In fact, DC's only run scored on a fielder's choice. A botched double play by The Brewers in the bottom of the second inning that plated Willie Harris. Wil Nieves hustling to first to break up the possible DP and getting his 18th RBI on the year.
The Fake Milwaukee Sausages came out running again early this evening but were eventually run down by Our Racing Presidents as all eight participants turned for the home stretch at the rightfield foul pole. Tom winning again going away before all four Rushmores displayed their challenge sign to The Real Milwaukee Sausages.
And finally, when Our Washington Nationals return in September for the final 15 Home Games of 2009, what in world should The African Queen and I do after the schedule is complete? It just all of sudden hit us today. The season is nearly over. We are not into The Washington Redskins or The Washington Wizards, although The Washington Capitals are usually entertaining for us two to three times per season.
Maybe, we will take a real vacation this fall? Something we haven't done since Our Washington Nationals arrived in Washington, D.C. in 2005. All our travel over these past years has been business or baseball related. In fact, the last time we really got away was Fall, 2004. And we were in Santa Barbara, California the very day Major League Baseball announced The Montreal Expos were moving to The Nation's Capital. The morning after in which I bought The USA Today & Washington Post Newspapers out west and paraded around the main streets of Santa Barbara--on the water there--and showed everybody that would listen to me that MY HOMETOWN WAS AGAIN A MAJOR LEAGUE TOWN!!
Californians thought I was crazy. Sohna knew better.
True story. Just ask The African Queen. We still have the newspapers with Mayor Anthony Williams and Council Chair Jack Evans sporting red Curly "W" Caps. One of the best Redemption Days Of My Life!!
Tonight's InGame Photos--Charles Dharapak (AP)
All Other Photos--Nats320--All Rights Reserved
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Does TagLib support Vorbis files on SMB or NFS shares?
wheeler at kde.org
Sun Apr 3 16:14:50 CEST 2005
On Friday 01 April 2005 10:48, Jeff Winters wrote:
> Does TagLib support the reading of tags in Ogg Vorbis files located on
> NFS or SMB shares?
Sure -- TagLib doesn't do anything special that's file system dependant when
reading stuff; it uses standard POSIX calls. I regularly use it for NFS and
presume that it should work fine with a mounted SMB share as well.
> An example of a problematic Vorbis file can be downloaded here (
> http://prune.da-shiz.net/misc/23-pixies-in_heaven-jwa.ogg )
Works just fine here:
-- TAG --
title - "In Heaven"
artist - "Pixies"
album - "Live in Chicago, IL -- 2004.11.14"
year - "2004"
comment - ""
track - "23"
genre - "Indie"
-- AUDIO --
bitrate - 256
sample rate - 44100
channels - 2
length - 4:24
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time:
premature optimization is the root of all evil.
More information about the taglib-devel
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BEAUTIFUL WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL TUBE MODEL WITH MICE BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR
The tube house is a popular design trend in urban areas, so more and more beautiful and modern tube houses have been launched to serve the needs of households.
Check out the 4-storey tube house with 3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, dining area, parking area, toilet and skylight behind the house, bringing flood light into the house.
Let's take a look at some super nice interior images of the house
The beautiful tube house is the space for the kitchen, dining area and bedroom of the daughter of the owner.
The work has just been built but there is no strange feeling, hard-dry by the appearance of old wooden features. The architect also cleverly selected curtains, elegant furniture, creating gentle strokes for every corner of the house.
The bedrooms on the 3rd and 4th floors are similarly designed with a unique feature of a hole in the wall that covers the entrance to the toilet and creates a decorative background for the reading area.
The bathroom is discreet but still full of natural light when taking advantage of slanted bricks to help the bathroom airy but not affected by natural factors such as sunshine and rain.
See detailed information about this pipe model at >>> Nice tube house with an area of 54m2
Author: Song Phat Construction
Song Phat Construction Architecture Joint Stock Company.
Address: 36/1 Bau Cat 1, Phường 14, Q.Tân Bình, Tp.HCM
Hotline: 0901.85.98.98 or 0901.83.98.98
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Bass Guitar Effects Cable A guitar pickup is essentially much like a powerful mike coil. For many years, active microphones have already been sent with the style coil attached to the principal of the microphone's transformer, and maybe not recommended to soil (‘floating'). The microphone's situation is normally connected to the cable guard, which will be linked to the microphone amplifier's ground (see Rane's website for more discussion).
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Therefore why don't you instruments? Instruments are notoriously affected by noise. Humbucking pickups are merely a partial (though crucial!) solution. Well-known answer is always to float your guitar collection to a balanced productivity, just like a microphone. A similar thought was printed this 2001 patent software such as Bass Guitar Effects Cable?
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Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit
Leucaena, koa haole (Hawai), ipil-ipil (Philippines), Acacia bella rosa, Aroma Blanco, Jumbie bean, Vaivai
Leucaena has long been grown for non-forage uses throughout the tropics (see below). It was developed as a forage in Hawaii (Takahashi and Ripperton 1949) and studied since the thirties. Increased interest and research in the pre-war period led to its development as a fodder in commercial farming in the Australian tropics and in many parts of tropical Asia. Although widespread in Africa the conditions which best suit its growth are also those which favour the tse tse fly. During the 1970s and early 1980s leucaena was known as the 'miracle tree' because of its worldwide success as a long-lived and highly nutritious forage, and its great variety of other uses. It was heavily touted by development agencies in the Asian tropics (Gutteridge and Shelton 1998; Shelton et al. 1995). Following the rapid movement of the leucaena psyllid Heteropsylla cubana westward from the Caribbean across the Pacific in 1985/86, however, large areas of previously productive leucaena in the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia have been affected (Shelton et al. 1998) but the pest now seems to be at least partially controlled by natural predation (see Improvement below). It is the best known species of Leucaena; there are at least 22 species in the genus. The taxonomy of Leucaena is reviewed by Hughes (1998). A Leucaena Genetic Resources Handbook is available from the Oxford Forestry Institute (Tropical Forestry Paper No. 37) .
Leucaena has long been used as shade in tropical plantation crops and as a live support for climbing crops; for this low seed producing types are preferred. It is also a useful source of poles, timber and firewood. Recently it has been recommended for contour planting in small scale tropical farming systems as a means of soil conservation and fertility maintenance. High seeding types are a nuisance because of the many seedlings that germinate and compete with the crop as well as invading elsewhere, sometimes ousting the indigenous vegetation. There is opportunity to produce seedless triploid hybrids by crossing self-incompatible diploid species such as L. diversifolia (2x) with tetraploid species such as L. leucocephala Leucaena hedges are useful as windbreaks and firebreaks, the latter due to the suppression of understorey grass growth.
Leucaena leucocephala is a thornless long-lived shrub or tree which may grow to heights of 7- 20 m. Leaves are bipinnate with 6-8 pairs of pinnae bearing 11-23 pairs of leaflets 8-16 mm long. The inflorescence is a cream coloured globular shape which produces a cluster of flat brown pods 13-18 mm long containing 15-30 seeds. Three morphological types are noted by Domergues et al. (1999) a small, bushy Hawaiian type under five metres; a tall Peruvian type with several stems to 15 meters; a Hawaiian giant type with a trunk and great size to 20 metres. The commonest form is the shrubby free-seeding one which tends to be weedy and low yielding (Jones 1979). It was this form which was transported around the world from the 16th to 19th centuries and is now pan-tropical. The true giants have better forage and wood production than the shorter varieties. Examples are K8 and K636.
Leucaena is a very free-seeding, colonizing plant which has spread to a very wide range of sites which are more or less frost-free, and has naturalized itself in many areas, some far outside the tropics. In East Africa it will grow up to about 1 900 meters with growth slowing as altitude increases. It is found as far north as the Punjab and the Himalayan foothills and occasionally in North Africa. It is also seen in many semi-arid areas provided that it can find some soil moisture. To be grown as a forage, however, it needs a long warm, moist growing season: its adaptation as a forage is described below.
Leucaena requires warm temperatures (25-30°C day temperatures) for optimum growth At higher latitudes and at elevated tropical latitudes growth is reduced. (Brewbaker et al. 1985) suggest that temperature limitations occur: above 1000 m elevation within 10° latitude of the equator, and above 500 m elevation within the 10-25° latitude zone.
It is not tolerant of even light frosts which cause leaf to be shed (Isarasenee et al. 1984). Heavy frosts will kill all aerial growth, although the crowns survive and regrow vigorously in the following summer with multiple branches. Shading reduces growth although it has moderate tolerance of reduced light when compared with other tree legumes (Benjamin et al. 1991). Seeds will germinate and establish satisfactorily under established leucaena hedgerows or other tree cover. It has been successfully grown under coconuts in Bali as a support for vanilla.
Leucaena can be found performing well in a wide range of rainfall environments from 650 to 3,000 mm. However, yields are low in dry environments and are believed to increase linearly from 800 to 1,500 mm, other factors being equal (Brewbaker et al. 1985).
Leucaena is not tolerant of poorly drained soils, especially during seedling growth, and production can be substantially reduced during periods of waterlogging but, once established, it can survive short periods of excess moisture. It does best on deep, well drained, neutral to calcareous soils; it is often found naturalized on the rocky coralline terraces of Pacific island countries. However, it grows on a wide variety of soil types including mildly acid soils (pH > 5.2). It is well adapted to clay soils and requires good levels of phosphorus and calcium for best growth.
Freshly harvested leucaena often has a high degree of hard seed due to an impermeable waxy coat which must be broken before the seed will imbibe water and germinate. Scarification to break this dormancy usually involves treatment with hot water; mechanical scarification is, however a very practical alternative and is recommended for farm use in Queensland by Larsen, (1998). Seed must be inoculated before planting with a suitable Rhizobium strain. TAL1145 is recommended. Lime pelleting will protect the Rhizobium in very acid soils. Leuucaena is partially dependent on endomycorrhizal fungi of the genera Glomus and Microspora.(Domergues et al. 1999)
Leucaena can be sown by seed or planted as 'bare root" seedlings. Large areas are best sown in rows into a fully prepared seed bed, or into cultivated strips in existing grasslands. Seeding rates of 1-2 kg/ha at depths of 2-3 cm are usually recommended in rows 3-10 m apart. Sowings is best done early in the growing season, but when rainfall is reliable using good weed control measures (cultivation and herbicides) to minimize competition; leucaena seedlings are very susceptible to competition in the root zone. Trifluralin (0.5 kg active ingredient (a.i.)/ha) for grass species and Dacthal (8-10 kg a.i./ha) or 2,4-D amine (6 kg a.i./ha) for broadleaf species are recommended for pre-emergence control of weeds (Brewbaker et al. 1985). Fusilade (2 kg a.i./ha) and Basagran (2 kg a.i./ha) are recommended for post-emergence grass and broadleaf weed control respectively. Hand weeding or mechanical cultivation are also effective.
Fertilisation at planting will be necessary on most soils to achieve vigorous seedling growth as many tropical soils are infertile following years of intensive cropping, leaching and erosion from high intensity rains. Leucaena is particularly susceptible to phosphorus deficiency and is dependent on vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae to extend the capacity of its root system to access immobile nutrients such as phosphorus. In soils low in phosphorus, or low in natural mycorrhizal activity, quite high rates of phosphorus (100 kg P/ha) should be applied. Leucaena is also sensitive to calcium deficiency as this will reduce nodulation. Other nutrients may be necessary if soil tests indicate a deficiency, to ensure vigorous early growth of seedlings. In very acid soils (pH < 5.0), liming is necessary.
Leucaena may be planted as single plants, single hedgerows or multiple hedgerows depending on its use. In the latter case, hedgerows may be closely spaced (75-100 cm) to achieve maximum yield per hectare for cut-and-carry feeding or more widely spaced (3-10 m) for alley cropping or grazing. Intra-row plant spacings of 25-50 cm are adequate. In widely spaced rows for grazing, grasses may be planted between leucaena rows to increase total fodder supply to animals. In Australia, Panicum maximum var. trichoglume, Setaria sphacelata, Digitaria decumbens and Cenchrus ciliaris have been successful companion grasses for leucaena.
Apart from Leucaena leucocephala very little definitive information is available on the seed production of forage tree legumes. Leucaena leucocephala is the only species for which seed has been produced in commercial quantities but production is declining in the wake of the psyllid problem. Flowering can occur at any time during the year whenever growing conditions are favourable but will increase under moisture stress and also with the onset of shorter days in the subtropics. It is largely self-fertilized and self-compatible and need only be separated from related species by a few metres to prevent contamination.
Areas with reliable and distinct wet and dry seasons, where the tree legume produces seed during the dry season, are ideal for seed production because of the favourable warm, dry conditions during flowering, pollination and seed development. A fertile, well drained soil will favour good seed production.
Seed yields of up to 3,000 kg/ha were recorded from a small seed production orchard in Hawaii (NFTA 1985). However, the actual yield is much lower due to harvesting problems; pods are often at an inaccessible height and ripen unevenly which means that only a small fraction of the potential seed yield is harvestable at any one time. Repeated hand harvesting can overcome this problem to some extent. In Australia it has been harvested mechanically using overhead booms supported on a frame which knocks ripe pods into a trailer. A mobile thresher and cleaner can be attached to take the seed from the collecting trailer. In 1986/87, over 5 tons of L. leucocephala seed were produced for sale in Queensland but this declined to less than 3 tons in 1987/88 following the arrival of the psyllid. Leucaena has a hard seed coat and, once properly dried, can be stored for reasonably long periods without special treatment.
Crop use and grazing management
Animal production on leucaena based pastures is excellent. In southeast Queensland, cattle on leucaena/setaria pastures gained between 310 and 430 kg liveweight per hectare annually, approximately twice that obtained from Macroptilium atropurpureum based pastures in the same environment. In low frost environments, leucaena can be held over for feeding in the cool or dry season providing valuable high protein feed during stress periods for grazing ruminants. Under ideal growing conditions under irrigation on the fertile alluvial plains of the Ord River valley, leucaena/Digitaria decumbens pastures produced annual liveweight gains of 273 kg/head or 1422 kg/ha at a stocking rate of 6 weaner steers/ha. In central Queensland, on fertile clay soils, cattle are gaining 300 kg liveweight per head per year on leucaena pastures.
The most suitable cutting or grazing intervals to promote high yields vary with environmental factors. In general, longer intervals between defoliation have increased total yield; however, the proportion of inedible wood may also increase leading to a decline in forage quality. At very productive sites, harvest intervals may be 6-8 weeks and up to 12 weeks at less productive locations. Harvest height has less influence on total yield than harvest frequency. Maintenance fertilizers are rarely applied to mature leucaena stands although nutrient deficiency can limit growth.
In Australia, it is recommended that regular heavy grazing of leucaena does not commence until plants are mature and well established. This may take 1-3 years depending on growing conditions. However, light grazing can occur in the first year when plants reach 1.5 m in height. Grazing promotes branching, results in a protective thickening of main stems and can remove flowers and pods which reduce growth rates.
Regular grazing of well established rows of leucaena leads to the development of quite uniform hedgerows. Taller plants or branches are readily broken and reduced in size by hungry animals. In Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea cattle graze in leucaena thickets which may be up to 10 m in height. Cattle graze lower branches and newly emerging seedlings and the upper canopy is kept as a drought reserve. The amount of material available for grazing is reduced in this system of management. Leucaena paddocks are normally rotationally grazed with cattle moved to new areas when most leaf and edible stem have been removed and before serious damage to the wooden framework of the plants has occurred. Appropriate stocking rates vary greatly from less than 1 beast to 1.5 ha in low rainfall environments (750 mm p.a.) up to six beasts/ha in fertile well watered or irrigated stands.
Whether the crop is managed as a hedge, bush, tree or coppice will depend on the system of management and grazing or harvesting which is to be applied. Under small farm conditions leucaena is frequently managed on a cut-and-carry system; this is very demanding in labour which is a constraint to its wider use in Asia (Moog et al. 1998).
Leucaena leaves can be dried for use in concentrate feeds. It can be chopped and made into dehydrated meals and in Hawaii a forage harvester and conventional lucerne dryer is used to harvest and dry the material. The crop must, of course, be planted and managed so as to suit the use of a forage harvester. Hand cutting and sun drying is possible in suitable climates where labour is readily available. Dried leucaena is purchased for incorporation into livestock feeds in the Philippines (Moog et al 1998).
Leucaena is well known for its high nutritional value and for the similarity of its chemical composition with that of alfalfa. Its forage can be low in sodium and iodine, but is high in b -carotene. Tannins in the leaves and especially the stems reduce the digestibility of dry matter and protein but enhance the 'bypass' value of protein.
Digestibility and intake values for leucaena range from 50 to 71% and from 58 to 85 g/kg0.75 liveweight respectively (Jones 1979): the lower values were suggested to-be associated with the effects of mimosine on intake when pure diets of leucaena were fed.
The foliage and pods of leucaena contain the toxic amino acid mimosine which may reach 12% of the dry matter in growing tips but is less in young leaves (3-5% of dry matter) (Jones 1979). Although quite toxic to non-ruminant animals, mimosine is broken down by microbes in the rumen to DHP (3 hydroxy-4-(1H)-pyridone) a goitrogen, which is normally broken down further by rumen micro-organisms to non-toxic compounds. (Jones and Jones, 1984) The microbes are naturally present in ruminants in Indonesia and Hawaii and probably other countries of southeast Asia and the Pacific where there has been a long history of ruminant animals grazing naturalized stands.
However, in some countries, notably Australia, Papua New Guinea and perhaps Africa, the appropriate rumen micro-organisms are absent leading to an accumulation of DHP which causes enlargement of the thyroid gland and results in listlessness, loss of appetite, excess saliva production, hair loss and loss of weight. This effect only occurs if leucaena constitutes a high proportion of the animal's diet (>30%) for an extended period. Procedures for the transfer of the appropriate rumen microbes among ruminants have been developed in Australia.
Botanically, leucaena belongs to the family Mimosaceae; it is the best known species of the Leucaena genus There are, however, at least 14 other species recognised in the genus. These are L. collinsii, L. cuspidata, L. diversifolia, L. esculenta, L. greggii, L. lanceolata, L. macrophylla, L. multicapitula, L. retusa, L. pallida, L. pulverulenta, L. salvadorensis, L. shannoni and L. trichodes. Leucaena leucocephala and L. pallida, and one subspecies of L. diversifolia, are polyploids (104 chromosomes) while all other species are diploid (52 or 56 chromosomes). (Brewbaker, et al 1972) Leucaena leucocephala and the tetraploid varieties of L. diversifolia are self-pollinating while the others are outcrossing. The species may be distinguished on the basis of their tree size, flower colour, leaflet size and pod size. Some authors consider the genus Leucaena to be an interbreeding complex capable of producing many interspecific hybrids. For instance, L. leucocephala crosses readily with L. diversifolia and L. pallida producing hybrids from which selection for improved growth form, psyllid resistance and cold tolerance is possible. Leucaena pallida, in particular, has excellent seedling vigour and hybridization of this species with L. leucocephala has the potential to produce a new highly productive and psyllid resistant Leucaena.
There is some scope for breeding frost tolerance into leucaena. Two- and three-way hybrids of L. leucocephala with frost tolerant L. retusa show promise (Brewbaker and Sorensson 1990). Kendall et al. (1989) suggested that populations of L. leucocephala originating from more elevated sites in north-eastern Mexico showed greater frost tolerance than those originating from lowland sites. Leucaena growth is strongly seasonal in the subtropics with low yields in the cool months and the majority of growth occurring in the summer months. For these reasons the best opportunities for developing cool tolerant cultivars lie with hybridization of L. leucocephala with L. diversifolia and L. pallida. These latter two species can be found in elevated sites in Mexico and demonstrate cool tolerance. Hybrids of L. diversifolia (4x) x L. leucocephala averaged 4.5 m per year height increase in a 2 year period at Waimea, Hawaii at 850 m elevation and mean annual temperature 17°C (Brewbaker and Sorensson 1990).
Pests & diseases
Until relatively recently, there were few pests of leucaena because of the insecticidal properties of mimosine. However, following the rapid movement of the leucaena psyllid Heteropsylla cubana westward from the Caribbean across the Pacific in 1985/86, large areas of previously productive leucaena in the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia have been affected. The psyllids or jumping lice are small aphid-like insects adapted to feeding on the young growing shoots of leucaena. Mild infestations cause distortion of leaves whilst heavy infestations result in loss of leaves and attack by secondary moulds which feed on the sticky exudate of psyllids. The psyllid is native to Central America. Bray and Woodroffe (1991) reported that psyllids reduced the production of edible material by 52% and that of stem by 79% in southeast Queensland. There is some scope for biological control from the beetle Curinus coeruleus, the parasitic wasp Psyllaephagus nr. rotundiformus and from resistance in the leucaena genus (see papers in Shelton et al. 1998).
The moth Ithome lassula which damages leucaena inflorescences and the seed beetle Araecerus levipennis reduce the production and viability of seed.
A serious disease of seedling leucaena in nurseries is damping-off in moist soils caused by the fungal species Pythium or Rhizoctonia spp. (Brewbaker et al. 1985). This is controlled by good nursery techniques (overwatering promotes the disease) and use of well-drained soil media. The use of fungicides such as Benlate or Captan are also an option.
Benjamin, A. et al. (1991); Bray, R.A. and Woodroffe, T.D. (1991); Brewbaker, J.L. and Sorensson, C.T. (1990); Brewbaker, J.L. et al. (1985); Brewbaker, J.L. et al.(1972); Dommergues, Y. E. et al. (1999); Gutteridge R. C. and M. Shelton (1998); Hughes C.E. (1998); Isarasenee, A. et al. (1984); Jones, R.J. (1979); Jones, R.M. and Jones, RJ. (1984) ; Kendall J. et al. (1989); Larsen, P.H. (1998); Moog F.A. et al. (1998); NFTA (1985); Shelton, H.M. et al.(1995); Shelton H.M. et al.(1998); Takahashi, M. and Ripperton, J. C. (1949)
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GreenWorks 27072 8 Amp 10-Inch Corded Tiller
This 8 amp GreenWorks 27072 is a 4-tine tiller with an adjustable tilling width from 8.25 to 10 inches and, an adjustable tilling depth up to 5 inches.
It has fold-down handles making it easy to store and transport.
- 8 amp motor offering more power than its lower amperage counterparts.
- The adjustable 8.25 to 10 inch tilling width makes this tiller ideal for weeding between rows and plants.
- Heavier than most electric tillers, at 29 pounds…so, it bucks less when it hits rocks and hard dirt clumps. It handles small rocks and roots fairly well without jamming up…tilling 4 to 5 inches deep.
- Adjustable wheels which control the tilling depth.
- Folding handles for easy storage and transport. This tiller has a very slim profile!
- The tilling depth of only 5 inches is a big disadvantage to me. I prefer 6 inches or more.
- Doesn’t work well when tilling sod. The grass layer should be removed or sprayed with grass killer first to enhance the tiller’s ground breaking ability.
- Can jam up easily when going through stringy crab grass roots and other vine-like weeds.
- There are reports that the pin holding the wheels can fall off and get lost in the dirt. A cap screw and jam nut can fix this issue.
Priced at rock bottom, the GreenWorks 27072 is an acceptable, affordable electric tiller…as long as you can live with the shallow (5 inches) cutting depth.
Since only the cutting depth puts me off, I have to say that, considering the extremely low price, this little tiller still deserves a 3 thumbs-up rating.
More information…and pricing…for the GreenWorks 27072 8 Amp 10-Inch Corded Tiller.
So, how do you view the GreenWorks 27072 8 Amp 10-Inch Corded Tiller?
Does this meet your garden, as well as your budget, needs? Or, maybe you would prefer one of the other electric tillers reviewed? Pass along your insight in the comments below or email me: email@example.com.
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NYSE Research Article on Closing Auction Order Impact
The NYSE has issued a new research article, Closing Auction Order Impact: Size Opportunities Late in the Day, examining the market impact of large orders in the NYSE Closing Auction. Some of the findings of the article include:
- Price Impact: On standard days, most large auction orders submitted in the last 5 minutes have a market impact of less than 1X the stock’s average spread, but on rebalance days the market price is more sensitive to increases in imbalance quantity.
- Liquidity: The largest orders entering the auction tend to be less than 60% of the displayed total imbalance and paired volume, except for rebalance days when they are above 70%.
- Trading Approach: Leverage flexibility and size capacity on standard days, and submit orders early on rebalances to allow offsetting interest to enter the market.
For further Data Insight articles, please see NYSE Data Insights.
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The first day of the Republican National Convention came with the confirmation of its antigay platform, a speech from one of its most prominent antigay voices, and then GOProud got stood up at its big gay pride party. A review:
(1) Antigay messenger Rick Santorum spent most of his time talking about welfare and hands — those of his grandfather, other Americans, and his disabled daughter. It was a refrain he decided to draw out after political pundits raved about a speech during the primary when Santorum first shared the personal recounting. He was struck as a boy by the hard work his late grandfather's hands represented as he lay in his casket. But Santorum also made sure to mention the importance of "traditional marriage" and connected its continuation to the very foundation of society. (Read more and watch the speech at The Advocate)
(2) MSNBC's Rachel Maddow really didn't like New Jersey governor Chris Christie's keynote speech. "This speech not only I think was a bad speech, I think that this was one of the most remarkable acts of political selfishness I have ever seen on a stage this big," she said immediately afterward. "This was a 2,600-word speech in which he used nearly 1,800 of those words before he first said the name Mitt Romney." Part of the problem cited by other observers is that Christie is full of contradictions. In his speech he said "respect" was more important than "love," right after Ann Romney had said it should be all about love. And earlier this week he criticized California governor Jerry Brown for saying a string of new tax proposals should be put up for a referendum. "Man, that's leadership, isn't it?" Christie said, according to Politico. Of course, Christie is famous among LGBT voters for having vetoed a marriage equality law and then suggesting it should be put up to voters. (Watch Maddow's reaction on MSNBC and check out Christie's smackdown of Jerry Brown via Politico)
(3) GOProud has called Ann Coulter the Judy Garland of its social set. And so GOProud was truly excited to report that the conservative political commentator would be attending its big Homocon party in Tampa's Ybor City. Well, she didn't show. The Tampa Bay Times reports on GOProud's disappointment at being stood up. (Read a story from the event via The Tampa Bay Times) Update: Jimmy LaSalvia of GOProud says they never expected Coulter to attend.
(4) In confusing news about discrimination, two people attending the RNC were apparently booted after throwing nuts at a black CNN camerawoman and saying, "This is how we feed the animals." CNN confirmed that the crazy incident really happened. But another story about seeming convention racism spreading online isn't as clear-cut. A speaker from Puerto Rico took the podium and attempted to address the crowd but appeared to be shouted down with chants of "USA, USA." Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus had to step in to quiet the crowd. News reports say the audience wasn't reacting to her thick Latino accent, as it seems in the video, but rather to hubbub created by Ron Paul supporters. (Read about the CNN incident and then watch the Puerto Rico video)
(5) The Onion's "coverage" of the RNC continues with its biting portrayals. This time, the headline is "Gay Marine Beaten to Bloody Pulp to Fire Up RNC Crowd." And the frightening photo (illustration) accompanying the satire shows Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Paul Ryan beating a bloodied Marine. "As the frothing crowd of more than 5,000 delegates, alternate delegates, and volunteers leapt to their feet, Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul charged out onto the stage with baseball bats," The Onion wrote to make its punch line. "According to sources, Rubio went to work on the gay man’s legs while Paul concentrated on his back and abdomen, sending attendees seated in the front row into fits of delight each time they were splattered with blood." (Check out what has to be one of The Onion's most biting satires ever)
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|New study investigates tomorrow’s LTE mobile broadband ecosystem|
Industry will be ready for LTE, says UMTS Forum report
A major new report from the UMTS Forum presents a positive picture of LTE’s transformation of the global market for mobile broadband.
The report – titled “LTE Mobile Broadband Ecosystem: the Global Opportunity” and produced by global consulting firm Ovum with inputs from UMTS Forum project team members – offers detailed analysis and insight into key issues shaping tomorrow’s mobile broadband ecosystem.
Available free of charge to UMTS Forum members, the report explores key success factors, enablers, challenges and risk factors that will determine the global market success of 3G LTE (Long Term Evolution).
The study is based on over 30 interviews by Ovum with operators, vendors, regulators and standards bodies, plus end user research with 550 respondents in the US, Korea, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, the UK and Spain. It considers both consumer and enterprise market segments, as well as vertical markets that will benefit from the deployment of LTE.
Gauging levels of readiness in the industry as a whole, the report also provides a series of recommendations to operators, vendors and regulators that will help promote successful LTE deployments. A significant first step in understanding the critical enablers for LTE, the report is intended to serve as the foundation for further studies by the UMTS Forum.
Offering major enhancements in speed, capacity and support for new services, LTE will dominate the global market for mobile broadband over the next few years. Designed for all-IP traffic, LTE supports a flatter, more efficient network architecture that allows operators to reduce their long term capex and opex. In parallel with this, LTE allows operators to deliver a more compelling, service-rich mobile broadband user experience for consumers and business customers alike.
LTE will enhance many existing services while enabling new ones. In this new environment, non-voice mobile services – including real-time video, P2P content sharing and social networking – will be increasingly important. This evolution from a ‘traditional’ mobile ecosystem to embrace new internet-based applications, devices and content delivery mechanisms will see the emergence of a broader ecosystem than for any previous mobile technology.
LTE will be characterised by a complex ecosystem that includes not only operators, infrastructure providers, terminal vendors, standard bodies and regulators, but also chipset manufacturers, application developers, content platform providers and consumer electronics vendors. Supported by a healthy ecosystem, LTE will also see the emergence of dynamic new business models not hitherto seen in the mobile space.
Cross-industry momentum gathers pace
Many major operators have already declared their intent to deploy LTE as the ultimate stage of 3G Evolution. This will allow them to take advantage of performance improvements in the radio access network and the service and operational benefits of an all-IP core network.
In the longer term, LTE – together with major business transformation by operators – will provide an environment that allows capital and operational cost reductions in an increasingly competitive market. All major systems vendors have LTE product roadmaps, and these companies are engaged in technology trials in line with their market and company strategies. LTE standards are already being implemented by chipset vendors, and early pre-standard chipsets and devices are being used in interoperability and performance trials. The report confirms that these initiatives are benefiting from strong cross industry support.
Key findings: New services & devices drive traffic growth
The lower latency and higher capacity access inherent in LTE will reduce functional delays and render a wide range of applications and services more accessible. According to Ovum’s survey of currently active 3G users undertaken for this report (28% of whom use mobile broadband as their exclusive means of consumer broadband access), LTE will stimulate the greatest growth in demand for video and media services (35%-40%).
However it is access to email, web browsing/search, online shopping and social networking that will be the most used consumer services, with usage growth of 15%-25%. This growth is expected within one to two years of users moving to LTE, as existing broadband contracts expire. It’s also to be expected that the base of mobile broadband users will increase as more consumers switch from 2G to LTE in line with standard adoption cycles.
Location-based (GPS-linked) and in-car services are also seen as major application areas that end users will find attractive. Broadband users are demanding increasingly higher bandwidths to access media-rich content. The primary demand for bandwidth is not just from music and video downloads. Newspapers, blogs and social networking sites are increasingly media-rich: all these benefit from being accessed through higher speed and lower latency connections.
Devices will become more complex, some with application-specific form factors which vendors will have to understand and develop. New devices will need greater processing capability to deal with video processing and applications. They will also need larger screens supporting a clean, intuitive, multi-touch interface. Other requisites include multi-standard and multi-frequency band operation to support roaming and increase coverage area; multiple antennas; and improved battery life.
Key findings: End user expectations and needs
The breadth of services which might develop is no easier to foresee than it was for the internet at its inception, from which a wide range of applications and services have emerged. Main conclusions drawn from Ovum’s end user survey include:
The UMTS Forum participates actively in the work of the ITU, ETSI, 3GPP and CEPT as well as other technical and commercial organisations globally. It also contributes to the timely licensing and deployment of mobile broadband globally through regular dialogue with regulators and responses to public consultations.
The UMTS Forum supports the interests of its membership with a range of studies, reports and other outputs. Principal focus areas include markets trends, mobile broadband services and applications, key growth markets, spectrum & regulation, technology & implementation. A strong promotional voice is maintained via a high-profile presence at conferences, seminars and workshops as well as regular briefings to the media, analysts and other stakeholders.
Membership of the UMTS Forum draws together everyone with an interest in mobile broadband, including network operators, regulators and the manufacturers of network infrastructure and terminal equipment.
Ovum has developed long-standing relationships with many of its corporate clients, which include major international blue-chip companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless, Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Telstra and Vodafone.
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What ghosts follow when you track
back so far? Stone foundations,
full of your words, crumble and roll,
and the pine pieces, marked by knots
of pain and despair, age away in
forgetfulness. Is this a blessing,
when the holes appear, let light and cold
pass, allow locked in grievances to leave?
Or does it all remain anyway, underneath
the rusted metal roof – the hurts
that can’t be released, circling around
the structure as time takes it down?
There’s still a place to let it go –
two squares and a circle.
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why i got this error??
Error: .Net SqlClient Data Provider: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error:26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified)
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2017-11-24T20:36:55Z
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The Music Explosion was an American garage rock band from Mansfield, Ohio, discovered and signed by record producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz. The quintet is best known for their number two hit, "Little Bit O' Soul", that received gold record status by the R.I.A.A.. Written by John Carter and Ken Lewis, who had previously written big hits for The Ivy League and Herman's Hermits, the song (Laurie Records No. 3380, subsequently reissued on Buddah Records) was the band's only top 40 hit. This single paved the way for tours with contemporaries like The Left Banke and The Easybeats.
The production by Kasenetz, Katz, and Elliot Chiprut paved the way for bubblegum pop bands like Ohio Express and 1910 Fruitgum Company. "Little Bit O' Soul" has been subsequently covered by several bands including The Ramones; Dodging Susan; and 2 Live Crew, who sampled the melody. On its own, the flip "I See The Light" (featuring a surf guitar bridge) was covered by The Fourth Amendment andЧитать далее в Википедии...
Альбомы и синглы:
- Little Bit O' Soul [08.1967, альбом]
|Little Bit O Soul||
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I have always been a huge sticker fan. Way back in the 80’s, I remember my precious sticker book filled with scratch-n-sniff and the beloved puffy stickers. As a kindergarten teacher, I give stickers for just about everything. Why not? They are cheap and kids love them.
As it turns out, toddlers love to stick and unstick stickers. My toddler enjoys peeling the stickers off of the paper just as much as putting them on the paper. For the trip, I have packed lots and lots of stickers that I found at the dollar store and local craft stores. It is WIN-WIN. The placing of the stickers and the eventual picking the stickers off. My plan is to let her place the stickers in a sticker book and when things get rough on the road, I will let her pick them off.
We have been busy decorating a shoebox as our book box for the road. Lots of coloring and lots of half torn stickers that have been through the toddler sticker process. I have a feeling that we will be decorating the book box again on the road.
Sara is a kindergarten teacher who enjoys playing with her toddler, cooking new recipes and scrapbooking her photo memories.
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2017-04-25T22:13:15Z
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Catholic schools tout values as enrollment grows
WILDWOOD – Students at Cape Trinity Catholic were surprised with a visit from Major League Baseball player Matt Szczur on Friday, but his appearance was more about service than sports.
Szczur was there for the final day of Catholic Schools Week to talk about a bone marrow donation he made while in college that helped save a toddler’s life.
South Jersey Catholic schools were celebrating Catholic Schools Week - a decades-old event to highlight the benefits of a parochial education.
“It’s all about how are we serving others, how are we leading, how are we being the best Christians we can be in this world,” said Julie Roche, director of development for Cape Trinity Catholic elementary and Wildwood Catholic High School.
Szczur, a Cape May native who graduated from Lower Cape May Regional, said that although he didn’t attend Catholic schools growing up, he is a devout Catholic. That connection to his faith led him to become a donor while attending college at Villanova, which could have put his baseball career in jeopardy. It didn’t, and now Szczur lives in San Diego where he plays for the Padres.
Szczur’s visit was part of a week of special activities including delivering candy buckets to local police departments Tuesday, a patriotic Rosary with local veterans Wednesday and a lunch for staff by the Parents Association Thursday.
Roche said that this visit was in line with the theme of this year’s Catholic Schools Week, “Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.”
Sponsored by the National Catholic Education Association, Catholic Schools Week events are intended to focus on the value of Catholic education and its role in the community.
“There’s a lot of fun activities, but there’s also service projects every day to try and help out the community,” said Cathryn Flammer, advancement director at Assumption Regional Catholic School in Galloway Township.
Assumption held a science fair, pep rally and had students attend Mass in school uniform.
Flammer said that an important part of Catholic education is the sense of community in the school.
“It’s great because as teachers, and administrators, I know every student in the school, I know them by name and I know who their parents are,” she said.
South Jersey Catholic Schools have undergone a big transformation over the last decade. About five years ago, the Camden Diocese began a massive downsizing effort in the area that included closing and merging several parishes and Catholic schools in South Jersey. Since then, Catholic Schools say they are thriving.
Flammer said that enrollment at Assumption, which serves preschool to eighth grade students, is about 380 and growing.
“We’re going strong. Our enrollment continues to go up. Yes, we do have smaller class sizes, however we’re not small,” she said.
Flammer said that families see Catholic education as a tradition.
“You do see a lot of the families that were alumni and they’re bringing their kids now,” she said.
There are 28 Catholic elementary schools and nine Catholic high schools in South Jersey, according to the Camden Diocese.
Roche said that Wildwood Catholic, which at one point faced closure, was able to stay afloat through a merger with Cape Trinity. The two schools now share one building and have a total enrollment of about 400 students.
“Enrollment is strong, but not just strong it’s continuing to grow,” Roche said.
They are also operating in the black financially, she said.
For Roche, a Catholic School education is more than academic excellence.
“We help shape the whole person for life after high school,” she said, through community service and modeling Jesus in the world.
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Two are dead and over 110 injured after an Amtrak train crashed into a CSX Freight Train in South Carolina; A drive-by shooting in Itlay left six injured; The Eagles face the Patriots at the Super Bowl; A dog parade in Rio de Janerio. AP
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In a statement, HUL said Srinandan Sundaram, currently vice-president, skin care, will take over as the new executive director, sales & customer development, and will join the HUL management committee with effect from September 1, this year.
Sanjiv Mehta, CEO & managing director, HUL, said, "I would like to welcome Srinandan to the HUL management committee and wish him success in his new role. Under Srinandan's leadership, the hair and skin care businesses have seen strong growth fuelled by innovations and brilliant marketing."
Sundaram, 41, joined the company as a management trainee in 1999. Over the past 17 years, he has had stints spanning CD and Marketing across a number of categories. Srinandan has held leadership roles in CD across General Trade and Modern Trade. Since 2009, Srinandan has led several categories in the personal care business including oral care, deodorants, hair care and most recently skin care.
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2018-12-17T01:31:32Z
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Mindtech have assembled a senior management team with a strong history in technology product development and productization, with many years’ experience in delivering disruptive solutions. They are backed by a board that have a broad knowledge base with which to advise Mindtech and help enable the company’s growth.
Management & Directors
Steve is CEO of Mindtech with over 30 years experience in the technology market sector. Steve has been instrumental in creating several start-up organisations in Europe and brings with him a track record of success in building strategic relationships and strong revenue streams with tier one companies worldwide. Prior to joining Mindtech Steve held senior positions in sales and business development in leading technology companies including Imagination Technologies, Gemstar, Liberate and Sun Microsystems. Steve holds a masters in Microprocessor Engineering from Manchester University.
Chris is VP Product Management at Mindtech. Chris has many years of experience in the semiconductor industry with companies such as LSI Logic, ATI and most recently, Imagination Technologies. Chris has focused throughout his career on visual technologies such as video, ISP, GPU and most recently, AI. At Imagination, Chris held roles with responsibilities for business development, product marketing and product management.
Peter is VP Engineering at Mindtech. Peter has many years experience in semiconductors, with expertise in AI, GPU and VR/AR. Working at companies including Highwai, Imagination Technologies and ST. Peter has also been highly active in Khronos, including chairing the NNEF working group.
Noman is VP of Sales. He has been involved in semiconductor and IP sales throughout his career. He led the Apical IP sales effort in vision and ISP technologies from start up through to the eventual acquisition by Arm. The sales achieved at Apical helping to ensure a very favourable valuation for the company. Prior to Apical, Noman led ASIC and consumer ASSP sales for LSI Logic.
Justin is VP AI Strategy. He is a veteran of Silicon Valley with 30 years coding algorithms and machine learning. Recently at Microsoft, he's been involved in both startups and enterprise software development and has spent the last 5 years on building deep learning models from CNNs to Reinforcement Learning.
Charles is CFO of Mindtech. He brings over 30 years’ experience in senior financial roles in global businesses including EMI and Thomson Reuters, as well as significant experience with start-ups. He has broad experience in helping organisations with their financial planning through business understanding and data analysis, implementing tactical and strategic plans.
Dave is VP Operations. He has over 30 years' experience in the semiconductor industry across a range of product, commercial and IT roles. He has spent the last 20 years implementing and integrating business systems and processes for a range of business and engineering needs including sales, purchasing, planning, manufacturing and product development. He has specialist expertise in enterprise and cloud based services such as Microsoft systems, Anaplan and SAP.
Sir Hossein Yassaie
Hossein is a recognised figure on the world technology stage and an entrepreneur with a deep belief in disruptive technologies. He was founder and CEO of Imagination Technologies Plc until Q1 2016, where he created a business powering billions of devices. He was also behind the iconic brand Pure. His work has deeply impacted many markets. In 2003 Hossein was knighted by the Queen in recognition of his services to technology and innovation. He is now chair/director/investor in several disruptive technology companies including Ultrahaptics, Atomos, Pure, Uniphy, Mindtrace and others. His interests include AI, next-gen UI, cloud platforms, health tech and IoT. He is passionate about helping start-ups achieve global success and scale.
Andrei is a serial entrepreneur focussing on investments in the semiconductor technology sector in which he has been active for more than 20 years. Andrei has worked in senior management positions at leading semiconductor companies, intel Corporation and Samsung Electronics and several technology start-ups. His most recent venture is an IP and ASIC services aggregator and supply chain management company servicing ASIC design houses and fabless semiconductor companies.
Alex is a private equity investor currently managing a portfolio of several technology companies. He is currently the Chairman of Tiscali SpA, Italian telecom operator and a board member of CTC Global Corp. in Irvine, Ca.
From 2004 until 2009, Alex served on the board of MegaFon, one of the largest Russian mobile operators. Following the Russian financial crisis of 1998, Alex successfully restructured CIBC Oppenheimer Global Investment Fund’s Russian portfolio of public equities.
A former US airspace executive based in Brussels, Alex during 1992-1997 served as a Director of Business Development for Hughes Space and Defense Corporation and was responsible for coordinating sales, marketing and strategy development in Europe.
Alex holds MS degree in Electrical Engineering from St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications.
Ashwin Kumaraswamy, is UK’s leading hard and deep tech focussed venture capitalist. He is an entrepreneurial investor and has been involved in all aspects of creating venture-backed businesses, including co-founding new hard and deep tech businesses, working with founders and management teams to build valuable propositions and enabling their growth. He was awarded a Chevening fellowship to take early stage technologies to market and has an electronics and communications undergraduate degree from Bangalore University and a masters degree in System Level Integration from University of Edinburgh
Mark joined Appen in July 2015 as CEO and is responsible for the company’s leadership, strategy and culture. Mark has over twenty-five years’ experience in technology and services. Prior to joining Appen, Mark was CEO of MST Global, a provider of technology solutions to the resources sector. Before that he was the CEO of Integrated Research Limited (ASX:IRI), an international software company listed on the Australian Stock exchange. Mark was also COO of the HR outsourcing company Talent2 (ASX:TWO) and CEO of Concept Systems (ASX:CSI) before its merger with Talent2.
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"If the Atlanta Thrashers do end up trading Ilya Kovalchuk over the course of the next month or so – and with every passing day it looks as though they will – it will set this franchise further back than ever.Is this a joke? Why not blame the lockout and the current CBA for cancer, WWII and all natural disasters as well?
It will also go a long way toward proving the collective bargaining agreement was a sham and that we missed a year of hockey for a whole lot of bupkis.
Think about it. Wasn’t the season-long lockout and subsequent CBA supposed to prevent this very thing from happening? Didn’t the league sit out the 2004-05 season so struggling non-traditional hockey markets wouldn’t be forced to trade their superstar players at the primes of their careers? Wasn’t the mere presence of a salary cap supposed to even the playing field for everyone?
Yes and yes. Has it turned out that way? No and no. The reality is there remains a huge division between the have and have-not teams in the NHL, which is a major reason why the Thrashers will almost certainly be forced to deal Kovalchuk prior to the March 3 trade deadline."
Consider that prior to the lockout, seven teams had a payroll of $60 million or more, led by Detroit's whopping $77.8 million expenditure. Conversely, five teams had payrolls of less than $30 million, bottomed out by Nashville's $23.2 million.
Of the high spending teams, all but the Rangers were made the playoffs. Of the low spending teams, only Nashville made it. The Predators actually had to play the "money is no object" Red Wings in round one and lost. Do you think that Nashville felt like they were in a fair fight being on the short end of a near $55 million payroll deficit?
The concept of the NHL's cap was to move the financial structure of the game away from the Yankees-Pirates model of MLB and move it towards the supremely profitable and viable example of the NFL. Was this successful? Without a doubt,YES!
Ask yourself this: Did anyone believe that the Oakland Raiders had the same chance to get to the Super Bowl as the Colts? No way! Did they have the same opportunities to become contenders? Yes they did! Can the same be said of teams in Major League Baseball? Negative. But is is the case in the post-lockout NHL! What would have been an impossibility in 2003/04, came to fruition the last two seasons: A Pittsburgh/Detroit Final.
The Atlanta Thrashers problem is exactly what Campbell does state, but completely ignores the rest of the way through the article:
"...there isn’t a financial system or enforced curbs on spending that can overcome incompetent management and ownership... Who knew? It turns out there’s no CBA in the world that can protect a team from bad drafting and developing, poor player personnel decisions and ownership wars that seem to keep the franchise in a constant state of chaos."With that statement, he invalidates the entire complaint!
The NHL's Best (And Worst) Fans" study. Based on Atlanta's NHL worst attendance, next to worst local TV ratings and lackluster merchandise sales, they "earned" 29th place of 30 teams!
Honestly, this study is less an indictment of the teams' fans than it is of their management. This club has done little to create a bond with their market. With a new arena, a history that has included megastars like Kovalchuk, Heatley and Hossa, in a town of more than 5 million residents, there has to be a way of interesting 18,000 people in your team, and THAT has been an abject failure.
The lockout and CBA gave them a fair playing field and they have squandered their opportunities.
With all apologies Ken, the lockout and new CBA saved the game. The NHL can't force all teams to be successful at their endeavours, just simply provide them with an environment to be successful.
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In the latest installment of the Indian next generation rifle procurement saga, the nation-subcontinent has decided to forgo their “Excalibur” rifle development program, which consisted of essentially a product-improved INSAS rifle, in favor of a new 7.62x51mm infantry rifle. The new larger-caliber weapon is reportedly going to be chosen after the country conducts a Request for Information (RFI), soliciting material from manufacturers around the world regarding their latest 7.62x51mm caliber rifle products. IHS Jane’s reports:
In order to plug a longstanding operational gap the Indian Army has re-launched its quest for an imported assault rifle after recently rejecting the locally designed option.
Military sources told IHS Jane’s that the army is readying a global request for information (RFI) for 7.62×51 mm assault rifles, instead of inducting the Excalibur 5.56×45 mm rifle designed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The Excalibur is an upgraded version of the DRDO’s Indian Small Arms System (INSAS) 5.56×45 mm rifle, which entered service with the Indian Army in the mid-1990s, but was rejected in 2010 after being found ‘operationally inadequate’.
The Indian Armed Forces have been trying to replace the troubled INSAS rifle for several years now. The INSAS has reportedly not performed up to expectations, due to problems both in build quality and inherent to the design. The Indian Armed Forces initially sought a foreign solution, but that program was cancelled for reasons that I can only speculate were political. In the meantime, the country decided to replace the INSAS rifle in all major combat zones with the aging AK pattern of rifles, so great were the problems with the domestic rifle type. Now, India is back on the international market, shopping for options, but this time the country is requesting larger-caliber guns, possibly joining both Pakistan and Turkey as nations using the 7.62mm NATO caliber as standard issue in lieu of a small-caliber, high-velocity round.
Interestingly, there is no more word on the indigenous Indian MCIWS rifle since the new requirements.
Thanks to Daniel for the tip!
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Are you passing by? I think it’s time for a cuppa!
From Tuesday 20th August the Tea Lounge is changing its range of teas to that most famous, independent tea merchant: Taylors of Harrogate.
On sale will be a variety of teas from the more traditional blends such as Earl Grey, to flavoured and fruit teas. On a lovely afternoon what’s better than a slice of cake and a pot of tea on our terrace?!
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The infamous terrorist, captured brilliantly for French TV...
For two decades, it’s been impossible to categorise French director Olivier Assayas. If there’s a British equivalent, it’s probably Michael Winterbottom. Themes, textures, moods and modes shift radically from movie to movie – sometimes, with Assayas, within a single movie. But underpinning everything is a restless fascination with what it means to be human, what it’s like to be in the world, and how the world is put together, at every level.
Certainly, few who saw Assayas’ last film, Summer Hours, an intimate, deceptive family drama staring Juliette Binoche, will be expecting him to follow it up with this: a harsh, forensically detailed, epically dimensioned biopic of the international leftist terrorist known as Carlos The Jackal, which, in its violence and scope, its coldness and heat, plays like a cross between The Baader Meinhof Complex, Mesrine and GoodFellas.
Made for French TV, Carlos is presented in two versions in this four-disc set. There’s the two-and-a-half hour theatrical cut, but the way to watch is to sink into the original three-part series, running over five hours. Covering 1973 – 1994, the year Carlos was captured and convicted, Assayas shows us a lot of the man born Ilich Ramirez Sánchez, but never really tries to explain him, or kid us that he can. An opening disclaimer makes clear the movie was based on rigorous research, but also that it must be taken as fiction.
In a brilliant performance, Edgar Ramirez makes Carlos both charismatic and repellent. You never know him. You’re never sure if there’s anything worth knowing. First encountered as an operative for the Popular Front For The Liberation Of Palestine, preparing a bombing campaign in London, Assayas presents Carlos as fully formed. No backstory, no passages about his childhood in Venezuela. All his ideas and ideals are already fixed, and remain unchanging until the end.
The question is, what are they? Is he, as his passionate, hectoring rhetoric insists, a true, committed revolutionary? Or a strutting mercenary thug, driven by ego? The character study boils down to two moments: the young Carlos, standing naked before a mirror, admiring his toned body; and the flabbier man of 20 years (and many radical chicks) later, refusing to accept he’s been discarded by history, checking into a clinic for liposuction on his love handles.
Around this Assayas, hopping the globe from bloody episode to bloody episode with little pause for reflection, offers a concise history in how radical political violence played out across Europe during the final Cold War years. Often, it was as the most horrendous kind of black comedy. Many of the terrorist’s schemes are stumbling, bungled failures; a sequence depicting a militant gang’s plan to take a rocket launcher to an airport and blow up planes on the runway could fit into Chris Morris’ satirical comedy Four Lions.
Each episode has its own internal rhythm, corresponding to where Carlos is in his career. The first, as he seeks to carve his reputation, is hectic, bitty. The second, as he hits full notoriety with the audacious 1975 raid on an OPEC conference in Vienna, is intensely thrilling. The final part, with Carlos a man without a country, washed up in Sudan following the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the shift in the geopolitical dynamic, is slow, fuzzy, burned-out, all talk.
Through it all, Assayas manages to get up close and yet keep his distance, puncturing the narrative with odd fades to black and flashes of music (New Order, The Feelies, Wire, even The Dead Boys’ “Sonic Reducer”.) Carlos is a flawed, knotty piece, but knows it can’t be anything else. Its ambition knocks you sideways. And it could leave you depressed. In the UK, we’ve come to accept that the best American TV drama has far outstripped British television. Now it turns out French TV has left us standing, too.
EXTRAS<.strong>: Making-of, interviews with Assayas and Ramirez. ***
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JCB adds Black JCB to dealer network
Posted By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle On January 20, 2011 @ 5:30 pm In Trade Show Coverage | No Comments
JCB’s North American dealer network expanded with the addition of Black JCB, a new division of Black Equipment Company. Black JCB will provide new and used equipment sales and rentals to the materials handling and construction industries, along with 24-hour parts and service.
In addition to the company’s headquarters in Evansville, Indiana, Black JCB also has locations in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Paducah, Kentucky.
Founded by the late M.J. Black in 1956, Black JCB now has 140 employees spread throughout its Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee locations.
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Politicizing the Crime Against Humanity: The French Example
Vivian Grosswald Curran
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 78, p. 677, 2003
U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper Series
The advantages of world adherence to universally acceptable standards of law and fundamental rights seemed apparent after the Second World War, as they had after the First. Their appeal seems ever greater and their advocates ever more persuasive today. The history of law provides evidence that caution may be in order, however, and that the human propensity to ignore what transpires under the surface of law threatens to dull and silence the ongoing self-examination and self-criticism required in perpetuity by the law if it is to be correlated with justice.
This Essay presents one side, the dark side, of the history of the crime against humanity. It discusses the undermining and subversion of legal concepts resulting from their politicization, as they become subject to juridical argument, legal procedure, and judicial decisionmaking. So much has been written to promote the adoption of universal legal standards and urge adherence to international tribunals that I do not undertake an overview of the crime against humanity in today's legal order that reflects those reasons and advantages, or that balances one side against the other. Rather, I undertake to highlight the role that politics and ideology inevitably play in law. That role is visible when one examines some aspects of the modern legal trajectory of the crime against humanity. It suggests the need for vigilance in safeguarding concepts and values ever subject to subversion as ideologies drift under the frozen surface of legal texts, of the immutable language that cloaks a mutable law, enabling the mutations to occur invisibly, and to escape examination.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 34
Date posted: November 16, 2008
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I don’t know why I research this topic. I am always overcome with a feeling of dread as I scroll through diagnoses and side-effects.
On that note: YAY LIVING IN CANADA AND HAVING PRIVILEGE!
ahem… I promise that I will not speak of privilege again.
The fact that Epilepsy is considered a disease according to the WHO is strange. It makes sense when you consider that some epileptics get a viral infection that readjusts the chemistry of the brain. Everyone I have met with epilepsy, however, has had physical brain damage. Maybe it’s just me, but calling that a disease is like saying someone with an amputation has a disease. Disease, to me, is acute.
So, as I was writing the “disease is acute” line, I started trying to define ‘acute’ in my head. Part of me doing that was identifying an acute disease. I noticed quickly how my definition was crap, but I still stand by my statement that epilepsy should be viewed less as a disease and more of a physical impairment.
I’m on a fucking role, I NOW HATE THE TERM PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT.
You know what I’m getting at.
Anyway, The thing that I really wanted to point out is that epilepsy goes hand-in-hand with a plethora of mental disabilities, including depression and anxiety. I know that I have noticed an uptick in depressive episodes since my first diagnosed seizure. I am using that as a marker because that is when I started tracking. I’m not saying that is when my depression set in, and I am well aware that I might just be depressed because I’m looking for signs of depression.
My point that I was trying to get to, is that over 50 million people worldwide suffer from some form of epilepsy. The article I was reading pointed out how 70% of people cannot get treatment, but I choose to look at the fact that only 30% of people have access to treatment. I, myself, have gone a very long time without a conscious seizure, probably due to the medications that I am on. I don’t even take the largest dose, and I have gone two consecutive days not taking it because I’m an idiot and forgot.
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Photo: Highland Mountain Playscape, Appalachian Mountain Club • Credit: Halvorson Design Partnership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Amanda Hawkins, Design Museum Foundation
firstname.lastname@example.org, 1-888-287-0167 x703
Jennifer Leckstrom, RoseComm for Playworld
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: EXTRAORDINARY PLAYSCAPES, A NEW EXHIBITION BY DESIGN MUSEUM FOUNDATION AND BSA SPACE PREMIERS IN SPRING 2016
Boston, MA — August 4, 2015 — Design Museum Foundation and BSA Space are pleased to announce a new national touring exhibition and education program called Extraordinary Playscapes. Sponsored by Playworld, a leading manufacturer of playground equipment, the exhibition will explore the importance of play in childhood development while showcasing how designers translate play objectives into innovative, extraordinary, and outdoor play environments. Extraordinary Playscapes will premier at BSA Space, Boston’s leading center for architecture, in Spring 2016 and travel to Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; and Chicago, IL over a two-year period.
“Our goal is to connect each city’s playgrounds with an exceptional public exhibition about the design of play,” says Sam Aquillano, Executive Director of Design Museum Foundation. “There are so many examples of extraordinary playscapes in the world, we’re hoping to inspire the next generation of play environments and playground designers.”
Tim Love AIA, 2015 BSA President, welcomes the partnership, “We’re excited about this opportunity to engage the public around the built environment with this fun and insightful exhibition.”
To curate Extraordinary Playscapes, Design Museum Foundation is seeking to connect with thought leaders in the history, science, and design of outdoor play environments. Ideas, research, and designs that may define the future of outdoor play are welcome. For more details on how to be part of this exhibition, please contact Amanda Hawkins at email@example.com. Deadline: October 9, 2015.
An extensive public program featuring playscape design experts will accompany the exhibition. Highlights include workshops for adults and children to experience the design of play and a Playground Passport that will highlight playgrounds in the neighborhoods of each city.
“We are thrilled about the possibilities this collaboration presents for cities and communities around the country,” said Greg Harrison, chief marketing officer for Playworld. “We are constantly pushing the boundaries of innovative play space design and believe this effort will move play sculpture into a prominent place in our collective cultural dialogue.”
About Design Museum Foundation designmuseumfoundation.org
At Design Museum Foundation we believe design can change the world. Done well, it can elevate our quality of life, make businesses more competitive, and protect our environment. Design awareness, education, and expertise are more important now than ever before as design continues to impact communities, organizations, and markets around the world. Design Museum Foundation is redefining what it means to be a museum in the 21st century — we’re online, nomadic, and accessible to all through a network of exhibitions, events, and content. Our mission: show the world the positive impact good design can have and create the most accessible museum imaginable. Design is everywhere. So are we.
About Playworld playworldsystems.com
Playworld believes The World Needs Play®. Play is vital to everyone’s health and well-being. It’s something you are never too young or too old to enjoy. We develop playground environments where creativity is king, belly laughs are welcome and children make the rules. Playworld’s equipment and surfacing are designed to unleash the transformational power of play so bodies grow stronger, children play safely and imagination can take flight. For more than 40 years, Playworld has created innovative, inclusive and meaningful outdoor play experiences for all ages and abilities. Come play with us.
About BSA Space architects.org/bsaspace
BSA Space (290 Congress Street, Boston)—Boston’s leading cultural institution on architecture and design—is home to the Boston Society of Architects/AIA and BSA Foundation. Admission is free and open to the public.
No sponsorship, affiliation, license or other business relationship exists between Design Museum Foundation and Ten-Nine Media, LLC, owner of the PLAYSCAPES blog, and Paige Johnson, author of the PLAYSCAPES blog
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Dexter Fowler, former center fielder for the 2016 champion Chicago Cubs, just received this exclusive championship pack of Air Jordans to celebrate his World Series victory.
The pack contains a pair of Air Jordan 11s and a pair of Air Jordan 12s, both of which flaunt special features that make them truly exclusive.
The 11s use a blue, red, and white color scheme that has Fowler’s number, 24, on the back heel instead of the usual 23. The 12s use a blue and reflective silver color scheme that features hits of metallic gold on the eyelets and lateral mid-foot overlay.
Despite coming in a year after the Cubs won the World Series, this pack is well worth the wait. However, we don’t recommend that Fowler wear these on the streets of St. Louis, which is where he’s currently playing, since the Cubs and Cardinals have been bitter rivals since the beginning of time.
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Published on October 6th, 2011 | by Tom Chu6
10 Ways to Recycle Vinyl Records Creatively
There is something about a vinyl record that presents a classic and timeless feel. Perhaps it is the nostalgia associated with it or even the crispness of the sound when it’s played. Whatever the case, the record will forever be a symbol of the golden ages of music.
But times have changes now, and the convenience of modern formats has trumped this feel – not to mention that not every record you might have lying around is a classic. Everyone has found themselves with more than one embarrassing addition in their collection that they will never listen to and just allow it to sit around, collecting dust.
Whether you want to lessen the load of your current record box or you have just decided to give in to digital music completely and get rid of all vinyl, you can do more than give them over to the local charity shop. Instead, why not try these cool upcyling ideas.
1. Cover Box
You can never have enough decorative boxes to help keep things organized around the house. In the past I have used plastic bins, but I love this idea. You take five covers and use a thick string to bind them. A standard hole punch will allow you to thread it through, and you can go around every side to make an attractive border. I would suggest using tape on the inside to help keep it steady while you put it together.
2. Record Bowls
This awesome idea from TLC Family shows how you can use your oven to mold the vinyl into useable (and very trendy) serving bowls. The trick is to be speedy in your reshaping, as they very quickly cool and harden. Make sure to hand-wash them, as they will melt in the dishwasher.
3. Vinyl Clock
Etsy user EyePopArt has an entire store full of brilliant pieces made from old records. But this one is really special: a psychedelic wall clock. You could make your own using a standard clock-making kit, which can often be found in craft stores.
This necklace is made from a single strip of vinyl that has been remolded into an interesting wavy design and then attached to what looks like a bamboo chain.
Do you like vintage fashion? Give it a new twist with this awesome hangbag design. The included original label is a nice touch, and I think it makes it a much more special piece than others I have seen that paint over it to match the color of the fabric used.
6. Painted Bowl
This is a great example of the bowl idea mentioned before. Instead of using the original black look of the vinyl, they have created an interesting retro design pattern to make it really unique. You would have to take care to use the proper paint so it wouldn’t fade with wash.
Avid Salvador Dali fans will melt when they see this homage to the surrealist style. The design itself is extremely simple, with the ridges made by heating and reshaping the record. The way it is able to hang on the mantle is brilliant.
8. Record Book
Forget those leather-bound books of the past – this is where it is really at! The hard and protective cover of the vinyl allows you to keep your pages safe from water damage while offering a unique style all your own.
Now that you have a record book, why not give yourself a way to keep it on the shelf? With the simple heating and bending of a couple of records, you can have functional book ends for their side of your shelf. You can also use hot water instead of direct heat for the task. This will give it a smoother bend.
10. Vinyl Jewelry
Random Prefect on Etsy makes these awesome-looking necklaces, cutting shapes out of records, smoothing them and putting them on chain. They are real works of art and a great example of the adaptability of vinyl.
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Joane Moran grew up on the North Shore of Vancouver British Columbia. She was inspired by her natural surroundings of the West Coast on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. She always had an interest in drawing and colours at an early age. When she was twelve she had the opportunity for private lessons in oil painting. It was then that Joane began to learn and appreciate art.
Strong strokes of colour and contrast are the qualities you will see in Joane’s oils. She defines her style as a realist with a contemporary edge.
What makes Joane’s work unique is her ability to capture a moment, the vibrant light through an abundance of flower blossoms, the crashing waves of the West Coast, a glimpse of sunset over the Cowichan Valley, or her highly praised work of cats and dogs in her pet portraiture collection.
Joane now resides in Cobble Hill on Vancouver Island. When she is not painting she is usually in her garden. This is a place that inspires her and it is obvious in her art. Joane’s garden has also hosted many art shows.
In 2016, Joane become an Associate Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and participates in numerous F.C.A. art shows and exhibits. She enjoys the time showing her work and meeting new people and has participated in regional charity benefits and invitational events. Joane’s work is held in many private and corporate collections.
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Here’s the First Radio Ad
Below is the first 60-second radio spot aired by “Jim Condit Jr. for Congress 2016” during the week of Feb 21, 2016. This 60 second radio spot advertised an hour radio program on WKRC Radio (550 AM) at 2 PM to 3 PM EST on February 28, 2016.
That Radio program will be up on YouTube soon.
Here is the Radio Ad, followed by the points I intend to bring to the general public in this 2016 campaign:
BY THE WAY, you can listen live from anywhere in the world to the next two Sunday programs at 2 PM EST on March 6, 2013 and at 2 PM EST on March 13, 2016 at www.55krc.com – (550 AM in and around Cincinnati, Ohio. This is the same 50,000 watt radio station that broadcasts Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Dave Ramsey, Mark Levin and Coast to Coast with George Noury on weekdays.)
All of these 60 second radio ads and 1-hr programs give the listener one or more websites, including LetFreedomRing2016.com, my congressional campaign website — each of which can open up a whole new world of information to the listener.
My congressional campaign is doing what no other campaign in the country is doing, including the Presidential Campaigns. (See OpenLetterToDonaldTrump.com – but as of now mine is the only campaign at any level blowing the whistle on the easily-rigged computerized election systems “counting” the votes in this 2016 Presidential campaign.) We are airing information that no other campaign is airing to the public. We are the only ones to have set up an organizational system at networkamerica.org that could form the framework to take back the nation via the Precinct Strategy, if enough Americans get involved.
I’m not good at “blowing my own horn”, or even regularly telling you all what I’m doing. This “reporting what I’m doing” will get much better in the months ahead during this 2016 campaign season.
At the end of this post (or ewire), you can see that we have EVERYTHING set up to peacefully take back the nation for the natural law principles in the Constitution, and for Christian civilization – if enough of our fellow Americans join the strategy.
In order to air these Radio Programs AND the 60-second radio spots to reach the general public who are STILL DEPENDING ON THE BIG MEDIA for their information, we need some money.
In order to help our fellow Americans learn how to organize in the Precinct System to takeover the Democratic and Republican Party at the county, state, and national level, we need some money. (The Dems and Repubs, or a combination thereof, control every county, every state, the US Congress and the White House.)
THERE ARE TWO MORE PERIODS OF OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THE PUBLIC WITH SUPPRESSED INFORMATION IN 2016:
— the two months before the the special election to fill the unexpired term of John Boehner’s seat (8th congressional district, Ohio), which special election takes place on June 7, 2016. That means I can start buying 1-hr radio shows AND 60-second radio ads on about April 7, 2016 — IF I have the money. Your donations = my ability to reach the public.
— the general election for the next two year congressional term for the 8th district of Ohio, which takes place on November 8, 2016. That means I can start buying 1-hr radio shows AND 60-second radio ads on about September 8, 2016 — IF I have the money from your generous donations.
In order to help liberate our country against the ruthless Cabal running so much of it, in order to help yourself and your family, and in order to help me get this information and organizing techniques to our fellow Americans, go to LetFreedomRing2016.com and on the right hand column at the top (near the thermometer) become a one time donor, or preferably a recurring monthly donor from now until December 2016.
So we can advertise EFFECTIVELY and ROBUSTLY we need to raise about $300,000 per year. Can you fit into one of these categories; a combination of these categories can reach the goal of $300,000:
— 125 donors x $2500
— 300 donors x $1000
— 3000 donors x $100
— 3000 Recurring Monthly donors at $10 per month until December 2016
You can now play a role of real influence from your home and computer — by joining with thousands of other Americans who are supporting the “Jim Condit Jr. for Congress” campaign, and our Radio Ads campaign.
Here are the issues I’ll be broadcasting during the 2016 election season, as far as I am able:
1.Informing Americans of the existence of the Talmudic Mentality. The Talmud is the main “spiritual” book used at 99% of the Synagogues in America. The Talmud says that non-Jews are not fully human; that it is OK to for Jews kill and cheat non-Jews if one can get away with it; the Talmud also says that Jesus Christ was justly “hung on a tree” and dies five horrible deaths in Hell every day, including one in boiling excrement. And there’s quite a bit more. Books by Israel Shahak (Jewish scientist), Michael A. Hoffman II, Elizabeth Dilling, Rev. Ted Pike, and Fr. Pranaitis are available in the documentation section at LetFreedomRing2016.com.
2. Talmudic Jews run the International banks, including the Federal Reserve Board (FED), Goldman-Sachs, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), etc. – The Talmudic mentality combined with issuing the money of the world in secret equals a magnet for Talented Sociopaths. – The YouTube videos “Money Masters”, “The Secret of OZ” by Bill Still are at the documentation Tab at LetFreedomRing2016.com.
3. Talmudic Jews Run the Five Big TV Networks and iHeart Radio. –
Thanks to Brother Nathaneal Kapner we have the proof of this:
– Robert Iger, ABC, Disney Website, 2016; Murray Rothstein (Sumner Redstone), CBS, CBS Website 2016; Brian Roberts, NBC, Bloomberg News, Feb 13, 2013; Aviv Nevo, Jeff Zucker Pres, CNN, NYT, July 28, 2008; Rupert Murdoch, FOX, Wikipedia. Joel Stein, “Who Runs Hollywood? C’mon” – See the documentation tab at LetFreedomRing2016.com.
4. The truth about 9-11, 2001 — perpetrated against the United States by Jewish spies in the USA and the worldwide, organized Talmudic Jewish shadow government behind the International Banks. – 9-11 is the predicate for Endless Wars in the mideast (the late Congressman Traficant said we were fighting Israel’s wars of expansion), for the encroaching Police State in the USA. See “9-11 Mysteries” by Sofia Smallstorm; hear my 2 hour talk: “9—11: Pulling Back the News Curtain”; and former Reagan aide Barbara Honigger’s YouTube Video, “Behind the Smoke Curtain”, including the last part which includes the makeup of PNAC (Project of the New American Century). – See the documentation tab at LetFreedomRing2016.com.
5. The reality and pervasiveness of Computerized Votescam brought to 100% of 49 states and half of New Hampshire by the Election Night Gatekeepers. – see OpenLetterToDonaldTrump.com, both the home page and at the menu tab: Election Nite Gatekeepers.
6. The all out war being waged by the worldwide Talmudic Jewish Shadow Government to make white people of European descent a persecuted minority in Europe and America. A related issue is how the US and Israel created ISIS to precipitate the refugee crisis, both real and contrived.
7. Teach everyday Americans the Precinct Strategy by which we can take over the Republican and Democratic parties in the counties and the states, which would lead to re-making of Congress,electing a constitutional President, and the impeaching of the Supreme Court Justices and federal judges who deserve to be impeach. See NetworkAmerica.org and the article “The Most Powerful Office In the Land”.
8. Money – Teach the nation about the principles of Social Credit, called American National Credit in the United States, by which money can be issued scientifically to bring back free enterprise with an even playing field as envisioned by the Founding Fathers, and as existed in large part for the first two centuries of the United States of America. We live in an Age of Plenty, but the International Banksters have imposed a cash famine on the people of the United States of America, and the world. The principles of American National Credit can fix that by issuing money scientifically to about equal the goods and services available for purchase. By these principles, all nations of the world can rise, in This Age of Plenty. We must quit being deceived by false choices, namely, Vulture Capitalism vs. Socialism/Communism, which both end up in the same place, a few super-rich lording their power and greed over tens of millions of everyday people. Find the book “This Age of Plenty” and the article “The Money Myth Exploded”, and more, found at the documentation tab of LetFreedomRing2016.com.
9. Health Freedom: People must be informed about GMO foods; the role of such companies as Monsanto; the dangerous pesticide Roundup, which leaves Glyphocate in vegetables and plants, which destroys and individual’s immune system by compromising one’s gut bacteria; the dangers of modern day vaccines to the health of newborn babies, including the strong evidence that the mercury and other poisons in the vaccines have caused 1 out of 58 babies in recent years to be autistic, as opposed to 1 out of 10,000 kids being autistic in 1960; and despite all the problems with modern-day food, how juicing and Green drinks can restore the body’s PH balance and help keep an individual on the right side of good health. See documentation tab at LetFreedomRing2016.com.
10. Restoration of the “well regulated Militia” as directed by the Founding Fathers in the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution.
11. The absolute necessity to defund Planned Parenthood AND pass a Human Life Amendment protecting every innocent life from the moment of conception until natural death.
12. Correcting the historical record on the reality of the Nazi-Zionist connection, whereby international Jewish Banksters basically hired Hitler and the Nazis to first incentivize Jews to go from Europe to Palestine, and then later to round up primarily Jews and put them in concentration camps with a goal of getting as many Jews as possible to Palestine for the Rothschild-Bankster directed takeover of Palestine by “Israel” in 1948, three years after World War II, three years after Hitler disappeared from the world stage; correcting the false number of 6 million Jews allegedly killed by the Nazis during WW II, and correcting the false ascertain that Jews were killed in homicidal gas chambers during WW II, which did not happen. The American soldiers found prisoners dead of starvation and typhus, and other prisoners emaciated, when they liberated the camps. The pictures of these dead and starving prisoners form the basis the false belief of Americans and people around the world that the Nazis killed Jews in homicidal gas chambers; refuting false charges of anti-Semitism hurled by the Big Media at anyone who challenges the crimes of the International Talmudic Jewish Banksters and the organized Jewish Shadow Government worldwide (the same force which fully supported the roundup of everyday Jews in Europe to put them in concentration camps on the way to forcing them down to Palestine after World War II.
There are many other issues, but these are the ones that, in my estimation, the American people most need to hear about.
If I am fighting your fight, don’t leave me strangling out here alone, with almost no funds to fight this battle. Go to LetFreedomRing2016.com and become a one time donor or a recurring monthly donor from now until 2016.
We can only help to set the stage for winning back the country with a little fuel in the tank.
Everyone into the Battle!
Jim Condit Jr.
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It’s something that I don’t have much of. And it’s not a secret, either — my family, my friends, my co-workers and certainly my wife would agree that I need to work on patience (often and comprehensively).
For now, I am just content to struggle with seeking patience. Consequently, I take a particular interest in anything that doesn’t require patience. I’d rather watch something vaguely interesting on Encore or IFC over something that I actually like showing on a network channel. Not only are there too many commercials per break; but they also occur way too frequently throughout the program.
Take The Office, for example — I’ve taken to watching it, but only by taping it on the DVR to watch later when I can fast forward through the commercials. I think the show ends up being about 20 minutes with 10 minutes of annoyance. That’s ridiculous.
My impatience drives another quirky habit — before I wil read a magazine I have to go through it completely and remove all the annoying inserts. I don’t like my reading to be interrupted by those kind of “magazine commercials” either. Too many of them, thicker, rougher paper and overly redundant. I mean, how many subscription cards does one issue really need?
So I was quite delighted when Erika showed me a copy of Cook’s Illustrated. She received a complementary copy for some reason. I read it cover to cover the other day and enjoyed it thoroughly. Here’s the top three things I like about this publication:
- First off – they don’t accept advertising, so there isn’t any in the magazine
- They test recipes and brands and cookware in the vein of Consumer Reports and share their findings with their readers
- There are a lot of illustrations and how-to diagrams for various cooking techniques
So, I will be buying a subscription to Cook’s Illustrated. And a word to the rest of the publishing world — I’d read more of what you spew forth if you’d lay off those stupid insert cards and advertising on every other page.
I’ll keep working on the virtue of patience, who knows maybe someday I’ll be content to read a regular magazine or watch a network show . . . maybe
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Ironman Barcelona - Penicillin Cream
Before we dwell into the Tuan Manifesto, I'd like to throw out some acknowledgments to the guys that I bike with every Sunday this entire season. Kevin D'Amanda and Richard Rappine have been pulling for a few years ... probably wouldn't be the cyclist that I am today without Kevin and his wheels over the past 7 years. Well, the past 5 years. The first 2 years I got dropped before even leaving the parking lot in GTown. Lots of suffering on the bike at the hands of that man over the years.
John Wasky is a new addition this year. John had been sand bagging the entire season until a late night infomercial introduced him a new anti-chafing cream (a.k.a. Penicillin Cream) that allowed him to pull Royalty a little bit by season's end. If he had only listened to me and just stood outside the Clarendon/Court House/Ballston metro station, he would have discovered this magical cream a lot earlier.
We also added a chick, Erin Bougie, to the crew this year. Not just any chick, a chick that doesn't have any testicles. It's a modern day miracle that such a thing exists in Arlington, proving once again that Siri is not always right. If you don't believe me, just pull out your iPhone and ask Siri. You'll just get, "LOL," as the response. You know your life sucks when Siri LOLs you.
I often refer to Erin as the testicle-less wonder. How anyone can ride that fast on a bike without testicles, I have no idea. Riding a bike without testicles ... I hadn't seen something like that since the day the Viet Cong rode into Saigon on their Schwinn bikes, with an AK47 on one hand and their first cousin lover on the other.
Erin would tell you why she thinks Magic Mike should be shown on an outdoor movie screen at Rossyln Park, while soft pedaling at 25+ mph down River Road. The only thing that I think about while going that fast down River Road is how I can convince John Wasky to lend me some of his Penicillin cream. Dude produced twins on that cream. He should patent that shit.
This race report is part of my race report manifesto. For those who have not read any of my previous race reports, but are aware of the flavor that I put in my writings, please visit the entire series to understand why, if you're not lubricating your crotch with Penicillin cream before every bike ride, you should move out of the Clarendon/Court House/Ballston area before the single women of that area get righteous with you.
I don't write race reports. I write manifestos. My manifestos have drama, intrigue, and a lot of CIA induced sexual overtones. It's a byproduct of the American imperial public school system. That, and a lot of free time during billable hours.
Chapter 1: Making Love to Buoys at the Luray Sprint
Chapter 2: Vietnamese Saigon Tango with a Naked Anna Kornakova at the IM Longhorn 70.3
Chapter 3: Plight of a Vertical Swimmer at the IM California 70.3
Chapter 4: Confessions of a Bike Pee-er at the IM Eagleman 70.3
Chapter 5: Ironman Florida - I Hear Voices (2009)
Chapter 6: Ironman Florida - Spirit of the Bricklayers (2010)
Chapter 7: Ironman Germany - What Happens When A Man's Nut Freezes?
Chapter 8: Marine Corps Marathon - The Orphans Shall Be Fed
Chapter 9: Challenge Copenhagen - The Nutcracker Does Europe
Chapter 10: Ironman Sweden - The Vietnamese Lesbian
Chapter 11: Ironman Chattanooga - OBGYN Coupons for Everyone
Chapter 12: Ironman Barcelona - Penicillin Cream
Who the heck came up with those titles. It's freaken brilliant!
If this race report seems long to you then it's likely that you need to refill your prescription of Penicillin cream ... or just contact one of your single female friends from the Clarendon/Court House/Ballston area. There should be some free samples in the candy dish at the entrance of their apartment building.
TRAINING AND RACE GOALS
I started the summer with the goal of putting in some serious swim volume this year. You kind of have to when you are coming off of a sub-1 IM swim. Then, I hit the pool and realized I hate swimming. Not a fan of drowning either.
1/3 way through IM training, I bought into Erin Bougie's propaganda about how we could easily ride from one end of Skyline Dr to the other and back, in one day ... hence, Ironman Vietnam Ultra was born. I think she promised me a loaf of bread if we did it. A freaken loaf of bread. What am I, Cambodian!? Plus, you're 1 for 100 at making an edible loaf of bread. How do I know that you're not feeding me one of your other 99?
To prep for IM Vietnam Ultra, I sacrificed my swim (not a hard choice) and run training as well as three of my favorite testicles for the sake of the bike. IM Vietnam Ultra got canceled due to the on-going ISIS threat. I was going to just go back to normal/balanced IM training, but I was really digging the bike training and how powerful it made me feel when I was on the bike. I just continued with the hard core bike mileages. You kind of have to when your girlish figure is getting a lot of catcalls from Roadies.
I really wanted to swim sub 1:30 for Barcelona, but my swim volume leading up to it was less than any of my prior IMs. The 1:30 goal, as Madonna once told me, was "like a prayer." In my mind, I'm a fish. In reality, I was on crack for pursuing that line of thought.
My bike training was solid ... best biking shape of my life. I knew that a 5:15-5:20 was a realistic goal. Chasing Erin Bougie and her relentless attacks on the hills of Poolsville all summer long gave me a lot of confidence on the bike. Between her, Kevin, and Richard killing me on the bike every Sunday, I knew that I could put down a 5:15-5:20 bike split and still be able to back it up with a solid run. Crackheads tend to live in this kind of alternate reality. Pass me the Penicillin sauce, please.
My run fitness, though not in the best running shape of my life, was still solid and legit. I believed that I was in 3:15-ish standalone marathon shape. With that, the goal was to put down a 3:40-3:45 run at Barcelona.
My number one goal for this race was to PR. I did a 10:44 at Chattanooga. If we took that illegit swim time out of the equation, my prior PR was 11:31 at IM Sweden. The second goal was to go sub-11. I knew all that was going to depend on my swim time.
Below are the cliff notes of version of my results.
Swim: 1:24 2:13/100m
Bike 5:20 21.0 mph
*Run: 3:51 (listed), 3:44 (actual)
*For whatever reason, IM Barcelona decided to put the T-2 exit timing matt at the entrance of the changing tent. This, of course, isn't how it every freaken other race on the planet is done. Every athlete had a T-2 time in the 1-3 minute range. This, of course, is as realistic as a virgin sighting in Clarendon. The 1-3 minutes T-2 time represented the time that you dismounted your bike, re-racked the bike, and entered the T-2 tent.
The run time included the time that you spent in the T-2 tent. My Garmin had my run time at 3:44, which meant that my real T-2 time was ~9 minutes, not ~2 minutes. ~9 minutes, in T2, isn't as bad as it sounds considering the self-service style of Euro transition areas. Plus, I like to treat T2 like a first class lounge at the airport. Free Vaseline? Pss, I'd be a fool not to spend an extra 5 minutes lubricating my entire body.
The day after I arrived in Barcelona, Heather H and I went out to the beach to do a practice swim. Below was what we saw. I'd be lying if I said that it didn't scared the Vietnamese out of me. My initial thought was, "the vertical swim stroke has zero chance to get past the first bubbles." We decided to be tourists on land instead. I was actually going to jump in, but you know how women are when the water gets rough.
A few days later we went to Calella, the race site, where we hooked up with Tobias. The three of us biked a little bit of the bike course to check out the biggest climb on the course and to make sure that TSA didn't withhold any of the screws to our bikes.
The evening before the race, I took the below video of the swim course, finish line, and expo area right outside of my hotel balcony. You can hear the strong wind whipping in the background. It was a deja vu of IM Sweden, definitely didn't give me the warm and fuzzies about race day. Why does God hate all good looking Vietnamese people?
The morning of the race, the wind calmed down, waves flatten out, and the temperature was perfect. It was as if the gods no longer held grudges against Vietnamese people. Or, it could be that I was still high on the pre-race ganja. Or, perhaps George Bush was right when he said that global warming was all hype. Thank God Al Gore invented the internet or I would have never been able to verify anything.
That Speedo wearing German, Tobias, had told me that the wind and waves would die down on race day. I thought at the time that his Speedo was too tight when he made that comment. My bad, dawg! Pass me the Penicillin cream, please.
I tried looking for Tobias, Adriana, Matt, and Heather in the start corral, but couldn't locate any of them. We had all agreed to meet at the 0.15 km marker. I'm a freaken Americanized Vietnamese. I don't do the metric system. WTF is 0.15 km? Why can't they speak American? Anyway, I did have a brief conversation with two of our sherpas, Pam and Kindy. Kindy could probably KQ at any IM race, but refuses to go long. Both of these ladies are American, so we obviously meet where we thought the 0.15 km marker ought to be.
After that studly sub-1 swim at IM Chattanooga last year, I decided that a fish, like me, doesn't really need to do that much swimming. My swim training this year consisted of a lot of 30-45 minutes swim sessions, 2-3x per week, starting in the first week of June. I think that I had a total of 2 sessions that lasted an hour during the entire training cycle.
I took the cautious approach to swim training because I didn't want to end up with an overuse swim muscle injury. I think Hillary OE described my swim training best when she said that I spend more time in the showers of the pool than the actual pool. Haters gonna hate, I supposed. Plus, I live on the wild side. I would have swam more, but chlorine makes my skin wrinkly. I didn't want my skin to be wrinkly.
The swim was a self-seeded rolling start. I seeded myself in the 1:25 corral, for no reason other than the fact that I averaged out my fastest and slowest IM swim to come to the conclusion that 1:25 was where I needed to be ... nevermind that my fastest swim was in white water rapids conditions. Average is average. You can't mess with American math. Besides, the spirits spoke to me on race morning. It said, "Tuan, today, you are a 1:25 swimmer. Believe in the force and don't drown, young grasshopper."
Had I used my pool swim time to come up with the proper/honest corral seeding ... let's just say that the corrals didn't go that deep. I didn't want to look like some weirdo lining up in the parking lot while the rest of the athletes were on the beach.
The swim was one loop rectangular swim, out in the Mediterranean ocean or whatever ocean it is that they have over there in Spain. All oceans taste the same to me. The layout was pretty simple, not like IM Frankfurt, where it looked like somebody's uterus. Well, most swim courses look like a uterus to me.
I was expecting Bahamas-like water clarity. I got clarity up to about 5 feet. It makes it a little bit more difficult to find feet when you can't find any until you are on top of them. You had an entire ocean to maneuver around, so overall contact for the entire swim was very limited ... pretty clean race and lots of clean water to play with. Like most races, the only real congestion/contact during this race occurred around turn buoys.
I would love to tell you how I hugged the buoy line during the entire swim, but I don't sight when I swim. I just don't. It makes my neck hurt and my eyes watery. My sighting technique is "like a little prayer." Madonna wrote that song after seeing me swim in her backyard pool.
During the first 200 meters out to sea, before the first turn buoy, I got a lovely kick in the face. It didn't do much harm. I have a hard head and a wonderful personality to absorb the physical contact. It did, however, cause my swim goggles to shift, thus opening a canal for fish pee to flow in. Muscle memory must have taken over because I swam directly toward a kayaker without even trying. As I was adjusting my goggles, while hanging onto the kayak, I heard a loud "HELP" scream. The freaken kayaker then told me to "get off" so that he could paddled toward the voice. Vietnamese lives matter, people!
If you are keeping score, it's 7 IMs running that the Freshest Prince of Saigon has to say "hi" to one of the kayakers. Sometime I do it because I want to stop and take a gel in the middle of the swim course. Sometime I do it because it would be rude not to stop and thank the volunteers.
The swim was 90% parallel to the beach. The problem with this is that I'm not bisexual. I only breathe on one side when I swim. That meant that I was subjected to CIA-style waterboarding during the first half of the swim. Every time that I went up for a breath, a freaken wave would decide that that was a good time to waterboard the shit out of Vietnamese #1. The waterboarding session off the coast of Spain lasted almost as long as the one that resulted from the time I peed into Master Quang's shoes at the Ho Chi Minh Daycare Center. Needless to say, I had underestimated Master Quang's sense of humor ... and his early morning routine with his favorite transvestite mistress.
The flip side to the one-sided Cambodian breathing maneuver was that, after the turn buoy, the back of my head got waterboarded. The return trip was one of the best swim experience that I've ever had during a swim. Being able to breathe air and pee in your wetsuit at the same time does nothing but enhance your swim experience. Well, that and a threesome with a mannequin on Master Quang's waterbed.
I try to avoid carrying extra weight that would cause me to drown faster when I swim, so I don't wear a watch when I swim. I had no idea what my swim time was when I left the water. Once my sister told me what my swim time was, 7 hours later while I was on the run course ... man, was I excited. My random corral placement came to fruitrition. At my next IM, I'm going to seed myself in the 1 hour corral. Playa gotta play.
European IMs are self-serviced IMs. There is no such thing as wetsuit strippers and people handling your bike before/after the bike ride. There are no volunteers in the changing tent to tie your shoes for you. There are no volunteers helping you find or stow away your transition bags. If you yell, "help!" They yell back, "no English!" That's the bad part.
The good part is that the changing tent, singular, is co-ed. It's one of the reasons why ISIS hate Europeans. My philosophy is to live and let live. We're all human beings under one tent. They sunbathe topless on the beach of the swim course, so why shouldn't they do it in the changing tent? They did have a small area in the transition tent for the modest to change. Apparently, there are either no modest people in Europe, they're all Cambodians, or no one got the memo that there is a modesty area.
What did I do? Well ... when in Rome, BABY! ;) That's right. I showed the international community my three different shades of tan lines. Each shade has its own unique story. All were earned, not given, over the hard summer training months. Not only that, I took out a bottle of Vietnamese Penicillin Cream (Vaseline) and went old school Clarendon with it. I wanted to give the Europeans an authentic ethnic cultural show that they paid 600 Euros for.
The bike course was a 2.5 loop course off the Spain coastline. Very scenic, especially on the climbs, since you can see the ocean and coastline all around you. The roads were completely closed to traffic. They deployed Tomahawk cruise missiles along the coastline to take out any cars or Vietnamese that accidentally wanders onto the course.
It's fast course, on pretty good roads. Total elevation was about 2,200 feet. All of the climbing were concentrated in one section that you traversed 3 times. The above picture is the highest point on the bike course. You bike from sea level to that point .. rinse, repeat 2 more times.
Being on a flat course along the beach, my main concern about this bike course was the possibility of bad wind. After enduring the anti-Vietnamese wind at IM Sweden, I had no testicles left to sacrifice to the wind gods. Luckily, the wind never became a problem. What headwind there were, was more of an annoyance than a hindrance. It was more like getting waterboarded by Master Quang's cute little niece as opposed to the man himself. The wind did, however, picked up on every loop on the bike. It was as if Master Quang's cute little niece was getting the hang of things.
The only bad part of the bike course was the first 3-4 km and last 3-4 km of the course (same out and back section). That section had very narrow and bumpy roads, with a bunch of 90 degree turns and speed bumps. You then top that off with lots of cyclists fighting for limited real-estate. They announced beforehand that drafting would not be enforced in that section for the stated reasons.
It was probably the most nerve wrecking section of any race that I've ever been in. Heather got her back wheel clipped on that section, causing her to slam into one of the barricades, damaging her derailleur, and fracturing her finger. That ended her day before it really began. I don't think that I was able to go faster than 15 mph on that section due to the congestion and quality of the road ... spent most of that time soft pedaling. Outside of those 3-4 km sections, the roads were probably the best IM roads that I've ridden on.
If you do IMs long enough, you will hear about blatant drafting stories at every IM that you will ever do, including Kona. Barcelona is no different. I've heard stories about peloton riding at IM races across the planet, but have never really witnessed it firsthand in the other 6 that I've done.
Barcelona is an out and back course the entire time, so I was finally able to witness what folks were talking about when it came to peloton riding. These folks were worse than the Sunday Bike crew. They weren't even pretending that they accidentally wandered into a draft zone. It was Tour De France style. On one hand, I want to say, "SHAMELESS CHATERS!" On the other hand, I was taking notes to see how we could improve the Sunday Bike ride peloton. I will note that I only saw this among the fast KQ types, males in particular. The regular age groupers were very clean. I didn't see any pelotons among them.
The bike leg of this race didn't start off well for me. I lost my aero bottle within the first km of the bike ride on the bumpy road that I mentioned. It flew right off my bike. First time that has happened to me in a race or training situation. Fortunately, it rolled to the feet of one of the spectator. He picked it up and lobbed it across the road to me, Peyton Manning style. Thank God it wasn't Kirk Cousin lobbing it or that bottle would have been intercepted, twice on the same throw.
Leaving the first 3-4 km danger zone, I was greeted with the first climb of the day. It was a steady climb, nothing much, 1/2 mile long. I was going at a pretty good click when my left quad just seized up ... never happened in any race or training ride before. I've chased Erin, Kevin, and Richard every freaken Sunday with harder efforts than what I was producing on that climb. I couldn't understand why it was seizing up.
[Toilet break. Excuse while I go to apply some Penicillin cream before continuing with this race report. One can never apply enough Penicillin cream while on billable hours]
Anyway, the cramps were painful enough that I couldn't pedal. I tried to unclip so that I could stop, stretch, and let the cramps pass, but the pain was too intense for even that simple task. During the cramping episode, I saw my entire summer of training flashed before my eyes. All I could think about was how painful it would be to complete the remaining 100+ miles on the bike and the marathon. The idea of soft pedaling the remaining 100 miles after all the work that I had put in on the bike over the summer months did depress me for those few brief moments.
To make matters worse, the freaken cramps occurred on an uphill section and I couldn't pedal. I had some momentum to roll up the hill, but I knew that I was on borrowed time. I was like, shit, I'm going to tip over like a non-domesticated cow in the middle of the Sahara. If a non-domestic cow tips over in the middle of the Sahara, does it make a sound? I don't freaken know, but that's what I was thinking.
Fortunately, the cramps disappeared before the awkward tipping over quagmire reared its ugly head. I soft pedaled for another minute or so to make sure that it wouldn't return. I steadily increased my power output to a point where I had convinced myself that it was a false positive-PMS cramp. I knew my cycle wasn't irregular. The cramps never returned.
Near the end of my 2nd loop, I saw a group of KQ types going out on their 2.5 loop. It looked like a TDF broadcast ... 20-30 cyclists just bunched up like they were in one of the stages of the TDF. I've never seen anything so blatant. Not long after that, I was swallowed up by the same peloton. I was clicking at about 22-23 mph beforehand and they just swallowed me up. The few brief few seconds that I was caught up in that, I was clicking at 25 mph with a soft pedaling effort. I just got up on the hood of my bike and let the peloton pass.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not really righteous about cheating like that. I'm sure if I had a legit shot at a KQ, I might have joined in on the kumbya lovefest. However, I had spent all summer training my ass off. I wanted to see real results of that training, untainted. It was more important to me to see the honest results of my training than to achieve some arbitrary fast race split that was tainted.
Anyway, not long after the first peloton, a 2nd and 3rd wave of pelotons flew by. I saw a motorcycle referee pulled up next to them, but all he did was tell them to spread out instead of issuing a red card. It's a funny sight seeing a 20 person peloton fly by and none of them would make eye contact with the other. It was as if they were all riding in denial.
Considering the issues that I had at the beginning of the bike ride, I was very pleased with my bike effort/split. Before the race, I had a secret plan in my head. I told myself that if my legs felt fresh and lively and the conditions were right, I would time trial the bike to see how fast I could really go. I would do this even if it meant a horrible death march on the run.
Barcelona wasn't my first rodeo. Although I love a good overall race split like everyone else, I don't place the same premium on it like I once did. My line of thought for my recent IMs have been, "how can I make this thing more interesting," as opposed to "how can I squeeze another 3 minutes out of my overall splits." The cramps that I experienced at the beginning of the ride made me a lot more conservative and disciplined on the bike ... something I always lack at this distance. I was so freaken conservative that I actually use a port-a-john, for once. It's such a freaky weird feeling to not pee on yourself while biking ... definitely takes some getting used to.
Co-ed changing tent deja vu ... got the GoPro out and just let it rolled. Facebook won't let me post it due to its content. I'll try posting it on the CIA's forum sometime tomorrow.
Freaken Spaniards had their T2 exit timing matt at the entrance of the changing tent. The 6-7 minutes that I spent in there to butter up my behind with Vietnamese Penicillin Cream was added to my run split time ... sons of bitches. The choice was to either get out of the tent quickly or butter up the little bundle of joy a little bit more. Needless to say, I chose the later. A soft buttery ass is a terrible thing to waste.
Anyway, I told my former DCTri NTP mentee, Andrea Lytle Peet, that I would do this race under her team banner to raise awareness for ALS and her fight against it. I was going to run for TeamDrea #179. I changed out of my bike jersey and into the above shirt for the run leg. It would serve as a constant reminder for me to not take anything for granted.
A. Not only are you emotionally dead on the inside, you're also emotionally dead on the outside
B. Stop visiting Amsterdam
On the first loop, I saw my mom and then my sister. I stopped for a little bit to chat and let my mother go all Asian with the camera. I was excited and looking forward to seeing them on each lap for the emotional support. Well, that first lap was the first and only time that I saw them on the run course. They said afterward that napping was more important to them than cheering on favorite son #1. I'm beginning to see that the "favorite son #1" banner that gets thrown around a lot in my house is all propaganda.
On my second loop, I ran into Tobias while he was on his first loop. We conversed a little bit before I left him. Dude was true to his German upbringing. He had a complete wardrobe change WHILE on the course. The only thing on that freaken run course was nature and you. There were no changing area, bushes, or special needs tent. It's open air nature. You. Period ... and the dude was able to do a complete wardrobe change. I kid you not. Just take a look at his race pics. I believe he said something along the line, "this is ain't America. This is how we roll in Europe!" Well bro, I take it back. Your Speedo IS too tight.
On my third loop, I saw the PeasantMan co-RDs Adriana and Matt Anderson running in the opposite direction. We literally stopped and chatted for about 60 seconds. She wanted me to pick up hers and Matt's bike boxes from a vendor before they close for the day since they would finish way after. Yup, in the middle of an Ironman, we stopped to chat about bike logistics.
Apparently I'm a wonderful conversationalist because it was deja vu on the next lap. This time, however, the middle of the run course conversation was about PeasantMan business. I told Adriana that I couldn't talk about PeasantMan business while low on Penicillin cream, but she kept wanting to converse.
My sister and mom eventually woke up from their 3 hour nap to make it down to the finish line to see me finish. They said something along the line, "we would have been down there for the other laps to see you, but, well, you know ... well, you know..." At least they were there at the finish line to take a picture (below) of Vertical Swim stroke in action at the finish line.
I was quite pleased to hit my run target. My final run time, on my Garmin, was 3:44. Without stopping for all the conversations and picture taking, I would probably have ended in the 3:41-3:42 range. Next time around, I might have to go after Kevin D'Amanda's ~3:31 IM run ;)
The best part for me was the finish. I'm not talking about the actual finish line chute. I'm talking about the entrance to it. Literally, one inch is what separates you on run course and the red finish carpet. You're so close it that you could lick it. We run past the red carpet entrance to the finish line chute 3 .. THREE TIMES! ... before we could turn into it. Each time you approach that section, you would hear loud music and the announcer saying "xxx YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!" Then, you would bow your head and continue with your run of shame for THREE MORE TIMES!
When I got to the finish line entrance for the last time, the athletes in front of me made the turn to continue with their run. The athletes behind me were getting ready to turn and continue with their loop. Me? I looked around, smiled, and ran into the entrance, solo, while others watched and wished that they could do the same, just like I had to do the previous THREE TIMES. Very rewarding and satisfying feeling. I wanted to go down and do a breakdance move, but at mile 140.5 of the Ironman, if you go down for breakdance move, you won't get up until the next day. If help does come, it would just say, "No English!"
The more IMs that I do, the more I love these loop runs where you have to run past the finish line a billion times. When others are turning into the finish line as you are continuing with your run, you just want to say, "oh, F** YOU!" When it's your turn ... all smiles and fist pumps. Earned, not given :)
I felt strong throughout the run. My IM runs usually have a lot Vietnamese curse words between miles 18-24, but not this time. The headwind made my run a little bit more difficult than it needed to be, but never once during the run did I tell myself that I needed to dig deeper to finish. First time in 7 IMs that that has happened. At Chattanooga last year, I was cursing up a storm after mile 6.
It was the same thing on the bike. I usually want to get off the bike at around mile 90, but not this time. Legs felt strong during the bike and after dismount even though my splits were faster than any race that I've ever done. Amazing how good my legs feel on a long bike ride when Erin, Kevin, and Richard aren't attacking the shit out of me.
It's a good feeling to see all the work I put in during the summer months paying back on race day. There's a still a little piece of me that still wishes that I had time trialed that bike course, but the early cramping just put the fear of god into me. Perhaps more Penicillin cream strategically placed in the right places will offer that opportunity next time. One can only hope.
See you guys out on the road ... and don't forget to share the Penicillin cream.
Below is a link to my race photo album. It includes pics of my visit to Calella, Barcelona, Lisbon, and Istanbul.
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Social Distancing…With Children
Posted March 26, 2020 by UVM Medical Center
Safe Kids Vermont is focused on keeping kids safe, and we know part of that is helping keep parents' sane!
If you are feeling overwhelmed, or at a loss as to what you can do to keep your children occupied while practicing social distancing, we are here to help. We have seen lots of lists of activities online, but so many of them cost money.
Here are our tips for free activities that will keep you safe, healthy and only require what you already have around your home.
Upgrade Your Screen Time
While it may be tempting to lounge on the couch and binge-watch Netflix, we recommend checking out ymca360.org. This website hosts on-demand videos for everything, from youth sports prepping to yoga and Tai Chi.
Set aside time each afternoon to run through a video (or two!). My spirit definitely felt lighter after running through the beginner yoga flow! Big thanks to Jess Lukas at the Greater Burlington YMCA for this recommendation.
You may not keep your house stocked with traditional craft materials (construction paper, pipe cleaners, glue), but your recycling container may be filled with enough supplies to keep your kids busy for days.
Remove any sharp or broken metal and glass containers, and help them clean any materials they find. For younger kids, challenge them to build a city, a dollhouse, or even their own bowling aisle. For older children, see if they can build a Rube Goldberg machine or upcycle products into something usable and cool. Hint: Upcycled products make great presents your kids can give family members for birthdays and holidays.
For older children and teens, you can supervise them as they make their own drinking glasses out of bottles or build cardboard boats and compete to see whose will float the longest in the bathtub.
Build New Skills
Not all education happens in a classroom. Remember, there's plenty of lessons to learn around the home!
Now is a great time to start building those skills in kids and teens. Engage your children with age-appropriate cleaning tasks around the house. Young children can help sort laundry by color or engage them in a sock matching race, while older teens can learn the important difference between hot and cold washing machine settings.
If you have time and tools, have your children help you fix that loose railing on the porch, or learn to repair window screens for summer. Make sure everyone is wearing protective equipment when necessary, such as gloves for handling rough wood and safety glasses around hammers. Years down the road, they will thank you for taking the time to prepare them with these skills. Bonus: When you keep your home in good repair you can remove trip hazards and limit falls.
Not sure if you have these skills yourself? YouTube has tons of DIY repair videos you can watch ahead of time or with your children.
Get Cooking and Baking
Nutritious meals are easier to cook when you have extra sous chefs in the kitchen. Kitchens can be dangerous rooms with sharp knives and hot stoves. Involving children in age appropriate kitchen tasks gets them more comfortable in the kitchen
The youngest of kitchen helpers can measure ingredients in measuring cups and can be very skilled at sprinkling spices or cheese over meals. Older kids can learn how to safely use a stove and you can review basic safety at the same time, like turning handles in on the stove and keeping towels and sleeves away from the burners.
If You Need Support
There are community resources still open for parents who are feeling isolated, worried about their families, or concerned about being home with children for days or weeks without breaks.
PCAVT has a parent phone line open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday at 1-800-CHILDREN or 1-800-229-5724.
Abby Beerman is the coalition coordinator for Safe Kids Vermont and is always impressed by the services offered by our coalition member organizations.
Make your health a priority.
Whether for illness or injury, get the care you need safely, online or in-person.
Sign up to receive health and wellness information from experts at the UVM Health Network.
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We have been really into all things 3D lately.
3D really takes art, especially drawing, to a whole new level. We have found and enjoyed artists Ramon Bruin and Fredo who create the most amazing 3D drawings that just jump right off of the page! They do so by using simple techniques found in airbrushing, perspective and other surprising things! As we were studying we came across Ramon Bruin who likes to include his own hand in a lot of his artwork, and Fredo will put objects into his drawings, like a pencil or a glass. The idea is that the object and the hand, interacting, serves to reinforce the illusion of three dimensions.
My son is determined to learn to draw like these artists by using some fun techniques which we have been working on and are now sharing with you!
In this case its almost completely about the shading. In most anything you draw if you shade in the area furthest from the light source, where light is to the object, you simply darken the areas that are furthest from the light. This gives the impression that the object is jumping off the page. Don’t forget about texture either – flowers, stones, water, leaves, etc. – where does the light land? Darken those areas furthest from the light to give it another dimension.
Can you see me waving at you? Once again, perspective is everything. Just like in the rearview mirror: objects that are closer appear larger, and objects that are further away appear smaller. Consider how a path can look narrower (your hallway perhaps?) the further it is from you. When we draw we need to consider how people will see our drawing -from above? Upside down? Perhaps sideways?
Remember the Far Side? I always enjoyed them myself – anyway, artist Gary Larson says “the single-panel format of his comic was a valuable teacher, because it forced him to branch out in terms of perspective”. Don’t limit yourself with what you can do. Go long, go side to side, or upside down even. Just have fun with it!
How about a quatrefoil (that’s a mouthful eh?). That is a geometric shape which is made up of interlinking circles.But these designs can also be made with a square or perhaps a triangle. The design builds upon more squares and circles thus creating these beautiful patterns and sequences which also seem to pop up off of the page.
Geometry can be tons of fun when it comes to 3D art – parallel lines with a pattern of lines ~ they look like they are curved; this is known as one of the Herring illusions. What a great way to encourage and grow a love of math, and science too, in our kids, unbeknownst to them of course.
There are so many things we can learn when we use 3D methods in our art. Sculpting, architecture, paper folding, etc. Think about it:
A company called Think 3D! teaches elementary-age kids STEM-related skills through nothing more than the folding and cutting of paper. It all starts with basic origami and advances to reverse-engineering skills, like taking apart a 3D model to rebuild it. There is what is known as single-sheet engineering — folding and cutting a piece of paper to create a model (I have always referred to this as making a mess, with my kids LOL). It all ends with applied paper engineering, basically gluing pieces of paper to a foundation page to make pop-up creations. It’s amazing to see how sophisticated these can be as students progress. I am actually trying to find a way for us to use this curriculum in our local homeschool co-op. If we do, I will be sure to report back to you on this one.
According to Professor Anne Bamford, of the University of the Arts, London, students remember more and behave better when 3D images are used in lessons. Research shows they are quicker to learn and absorb new concepts and also display higher levels of concentration. There are so many ways children (all ages actually) can enjoy and learn from using various forms of 3D. I can definitely see how this method can do that since it requires so much more attention and focus (need I say it is also much more engaging to kids?).
This is an excellent list of activities to enjoy: from paper folding (think origami) to making a dollhouse out of playing cards; grapes and toothpicks, paper mache, etc., the things that you can do are simply endless. So, enjoy these 3D Sculpture ideas and be sure to come back and share all the fun you had!
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Sony is looking to go the extra mile when it comes to rewarding its most loyal PlayStation customers by launching a new rewards program aimed at offering freebies and goodies to those who spend a lot of time and money on PlayStation-related activities. Playing games, exploring PlayStation Home, buying items from the PlayStation Store, joining PlayStation Plus, posting on the official PlayStation forums, and other such things will all add up to free PS3 avatars, dynamic themes, contest entries, and other unannounced incentives. Here's some of the official announcement from the PlayStation Blog:
In its initial launch tomorrow (Oct. 28th), PlayStation Rewards will be an invitation-only beta to all eligible PlayStation Plus and Gamer Advisory Panel (GAP) members. We’re kicking things off as a beta so that we can get feedback from our most loyal fans in order to make it the best possible rewards program it can be. It’s also worth noting that during the beta phase, the program will be focused on PlayStation 3 owners, but we hope to include PSP users as well not too far down the road. Oh, and one more thing: PlayStation Rewards will be free – there is no fee to join!
The more you play and participate, the more progress you’ll make through our three reward tiers — “Select,” “Pro,” and “Legendary.” As your status increases, so do the rewards. And if you want to check out your current status level, simply go to your private profile page and look at the reward progress meter. That’s just the start and our plan is to continually grow and improve the reward offering as the program itself evolves. Your feedback in this beta period will help make the program even better!! If you’re a GAP member or PlayStation Plus subscriber in the U.S., who is opted-in to marketing as of October 24th, be sure to look for your invitation and sign-up for PlayStation Rewards.
So, basically, Sony is turning the gaming experience into a real-life level grind. Whether or not that appeals to you probably depends on how much time you put into your PS3 (and, later, PSP). There will always be whining from malcontents who believe they deserve free stuff for nothing, but on the whole I hope that this turns out to be a good thing for both Sony and PlayStation fans alike. I know that I'm looking forward to checking it out if I'm invited to join. It's free and it offers free stuff back in return. What's not to like?
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Insurance Law in New Zealand [2nd. ed.]
Tarr, Julie-Anne & Tarr, A. (1992) Insurance Law in New Zealand [2nd. ed.]. The Law Book Co. Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
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|Keywords:||Insurance Law, New Zealand|
|Subjects:||Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES (180000)|
|Divisions:||Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > QUT Business School
Current > Schools > School of Accountancy
|Deposited On:||24 May 2012 22:29|
|Last Modified:||24 May 2012 22:29|
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Seven Species Yad / Torah Pointer Hand Painted Wood By Emanuel
EMANUEL TORAH POINTER - Seven Species design Beautiful brass yad with wooden handle and stand, handpainted by Israeli artist Yair Emanuel This unique special gift looks more expensive than it is Dimensions: 1.6 x 2 x 9
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Amazon to hire tech workers in Canada
Will grow workforce at all Canadian corporate locations, including Vancouver and Toronto Tech Hubs
Amazon today announced plans to hire 1,800 new corporate and technology employees at its Canadian offices in 2021, including its Vancouver and Toronto Tech Hubs. The new hires mark the latest milestone as the company continues to invest to meet customer demand and pursue a long-term mission to be Earth’s Best Employer.
The 1,800 new hires will support teams across Amazon, including AWS, Alexa, Amazon Advertising, and Retail and Operations Technology. More than 1,500 positions are currently open on amazon.jobs, including several within the software engineering category.
Education and skills training
“Amazon is proud to create good jobs that provide opportunities for employees to develop new skills and grow their careers while innovating on behalf of customers,” said Jesse Dougherty, Amazon VP and Vancouver site lead.
Full-time employees at Amazon receive competitive wages, as well as medical, vision, and dental coverage, a group RRSP plan, stock awards, and performance-based bonuses. Amazon is also committed to providing employees with access to the education and skills training they need to grow their careers, offering a variety of company-funded training opportunities to help them transition into higher-paying, in-demand careers within the company and beyond.
Amazon ranked #2 on Forbes World’s Best Employers list and was recognized as one of British Columbia’s Top Employers in 2021. Amazon has more than 1.3 million employees worldwide.
New recruiting program
Software development engineers applying to Amazon will benefit from Best Fit, a new way to find the job that best fits a candidate’s interests and skills. Amazon offers candidates choice and reverses the process: instead of having job applicants do their own research about which teams they would like to join, Amazon’s teams pitch future employees the roles that they have open.
Candidates interested in software engineering jobs at Amazon only have to apply once and are automatically considered for positions in this field across many teams within the company. Candidates describe their ideal job, including their tech stack (the set of technologies used to build a web or mobile application) and domains of interest, their preferred location, and the kind of team they are looking for. After passing an online assessment and interviews, they are presented with multiple matches—both in the fields they prefer, and in new areas where they could be successful.
“We are inventing new ways for candidates of all backgrounds to easily access the job that will help them grow,” said Alfonso Palacios, Vice President of Recruiting at Amazon.
Candidates looking for a one-stop resource for software development engineer jobs at AWS can visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/teams/aws-software-development-engineer.
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Distance from Udon Thani to Nha Trang
Distance is 895 kilometers or 556 miles or 483 nautical miles
The distance is the theoretical air distance (great circle distance). Flying between the two locations' airports can be a different distance, depending on airport location and actual route chosen.
Map – Shortest path between Udon Thani and Nha Trang
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|Udon Thani (Thailand)||Monday, October 5, 2015 at 11:41:52 AM|
|Nha Trang (Vietnam)||Monday, October 5, 2015 at 11:41:52 AM|
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Charon Coin Press Announces Open Call for Submission
Payment type: Royalty Split and contributor copy
Open Submission: October 1, 2014 – January 31, 2015 **EXTENDED**
As part of the State of Horror Anthologies, Charon Coin Press, with editor Jerry E. Benns, will begin accepting stories based in the state of California on October 1st. State of Horror: California was previously released under Rymfire Books as a creation of Dying Days author, Armand Rosamilia. This re-release will be revised and expanded to include a total of thirteen stories. State of Horror: California will also be released with new cover art. Submitted stories meeting the guidelines below will have an opportunity to be included into the upcoming release of this popular anthology series. Before we get to the guidelines, let’s take a look at the featured state for this release.
The Beach Boys and Katy Perry tout the appeal of California Girls, which is true, unless they are attempting to kill you. California has everything anyone could ever want for a really good horrifying story. With its mesh of people and cultures, California is like a unique world unto itself, vastly different depending on the region you happen to be in at the time.
In the northern, rugged region of California, you find a wilderness which can be daunting to even the most skilled survivalist. Mountains, animals with fangs and claws, wildfires and unpredictable weather can all contribute to the backdrop of a terrifying story. Or if an urban area is more to your liking, consider using San Francisco. San Francisco with its fog and chill, street cars, bay, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Alcatraz Island has so much to draw from for a horror story. Even the people of San Francisco share a culture unique onto themselves as they survive their daily lives—all rich material to pull from for a good story.
Other regions like Napa Valley with their picturesque vineyards or Silicon Valley with the creative technological where-with-all to change the world, could easily lend themselves to frightening stories. You could even pull in the political intrigue of Sacramento and the divisive decisions seemingly at odds with the rest of the state a scary thriller could be created just around the capital of California.
Then there is the southern part of California- Los Angeles, Malibu. The sun, the ocean, the celebrities, the decadence all abound in the southern regions of California. Who knows what is lurking out in the large waves the surfers crave? Sun-kissed and scared, the beaches can be the perfect combination of elements for a scary tale of terror. The city of Los Angles itself is at extremes with the haves and have-nots together. What is behind the glitz and glamour of Hollywood? What twisted lives hide behind the designer dresses and plastic surgeries? What happens if there is a power-vacuum in East LA?
Even the history of California could lead to a great terrifying tale. Having been owned and colonized by the Spanish, there may be haunted missions or treasure galleons off the coast. The Gold Rush of 1849 has many horrific legends associated with it as well as ghost towns scattered about. Broken dreams during the golden age of Hollywood still haunt the town as well as bright stars who burned out too quickly inside shady nightclubs. California has had its share of serial killers and cult leaders, so it is easy to pull from California’s history and create macabre twisted tales of terror.
As you can see, California offers a wide spectrum of potential ideas. Submissions of stories do not require living in the state or even having visited the state. The stories do, however, require the ability to weave a tale designed to give the readers a little glimpse into the essence of California. The submitted stories can draw upon any time-period. It is time to dust off your imagination, slip into the feel of this popular state, and explore the essence of California.
Charon Coin Press announces an open call for submissions for the States of Horror: California
Word count for this collection is a minimum of 4,000 words not to exceed 9,000 words. Preferred format for submission is: Times New Roman at 12 pt. font. Submission should include: title, author name, author email, and word count of completed story. File type accepted is .doc, .docx, and .rtf. Submission must be made via email@example.com. Subject line for submission email should contain: author’s name, State of Horror: California. Stories will not be accepted through snail mail.
Stories may contain characters and worlds created in other stories published by the author as long as it meets the requirement of the theme of State of Horror: California. If submission has been previously released, please include information about the previously released story publication and the release date. Stories may not be published in any other form for twelve (12) months prior to or after the release of State of Horror: California. NO multiple submissions allowed. NO simultaneous submissions.
Charon Coin Press understands that sexual content and violence may be included in the stories. However, before inclusion of this type of content, please make sure it is relevant to the story’s progression.
Submission is open between October 1, 2014 and January 31, 2015 ***EXTENDED***
The release of each book will have a promotional campaign. Authors who have had their submissions selected will be requested to participate in the marketing of the book in which they are included.
The State of Horror Anthologies are a royalty-only payment schedule plus a contributor paperback copy. The royalties are 50% of the sales per eBook and Print book divided between the authors, paid every six months. Each book will contain 13 stories.
Charon Coin Press will make every effort to announce selected stories within eight (8) weeks of the close date listed above.
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Les Morts Voodoo Doll with Coffin and Shroud
This Voodoo doll is made in the spirit of one of les Morts, who are the Dead. He lays in a bed of Spanish moss in a wooden coffin that closes completely while he lays inside. The doll is wrapped in a shroud that is completely removable. Although you can use this doll and coffin for whatever purpose you would like, the purpose of les Morts Voodoo dolls is to remind us of the sanctity of life, as well as the sanctity of death, and to remind us of the Ancestors that have come and gone before us.
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Figure It Out debuted on Nickelodeon in 1997, and became a big hit. Panelists included Amanda Bynes (What I Like About You, The Amanda Show, All That), Lori Beth Denberg (All That, The Steve Harvey Show), and many other popular celebrities. The way the show would work was there would be four panelists and they would ask yes or no questions and have three one minute rounds to figure out what was on Billy the Answer Head. Many of the All That Cast Members were regular panelists on the show! Broadcast History Figure It Out aired on Nickelodeon in the US. Although canceled, Figure It Out airs on Nickelodeon Games & Sports (Gas) Sundays-Fridays at 7:00pm and Saturdays at 9:30pm EST. Check the Nick Gas website for additional air times.
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Alaska is becoming a vacation destination due to its distinctive landscape and placement combined with an abundance of actions the entire family can take pleasure in. Swimming and diving these waters can also be a priceless experience that’s extensively accessible and always an unforgettable encounter on any Puerto Vallarta Mexico vacation. Nine is the magic number on Barbuda, a 20-minute flight from its more bustling sister island of Antigua: the all-inclusive Lighthouse Bay has simply nine suites facing a 9-mile-lengthy pink sand beach.
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This private island 50-acre resort makes life so sybaritic—cocktails on the deck at Hill House, bocce on the non-public seaside, hammock time just about all over the place—that you’re going to never need to depart. The only true approach to expertise the Turks and Caicos Islands is to island hop and luxuriate in each island in the chain. Her secret destination ended up including a four-evening, 5-day cruise to Key West and the Bahamas for $575.
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Single Lesbian Girls Interested In Tennis Players Dating
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January 24/03 7:21 am - Ukatak Raid, Tour Down Under, Dirt Jumpers Wanted!
Posted by Editoress on 01/24/03
Ukatak Raid International
While most of us here in the east are just trying to get through the cold snap, a group of hardy (the word insane comes to mind) individuals are competing in the Ukatak Raid International in the Charlevoix-Saguenay region of northern Quebec. The Ukatak is a 7 day, 400 km event that has teams of 4 members compete in a number of events that include: Mountain Biking, Snowshoeing, Cross-country skiing, Rope sections (Jumar, rappel and Tyrolean traverse) and Orienteering.
A total of 18 teams (Canadian, Canadian combo teams and International) are competing in one of 3 events - Extreme Course, Long Course and Short Course. The current leader in the Extreme are team High Coast from Sweden with a total time of 105:50 for 20 sections complete, team Auberge du Rage/Commençal Supervelo (Can) is 2nd with a time of 1:05:43 for 17 sections complete.
In the long course Ad Opt Technologies/Le Yeti/Novadry (Can/Fra) is in the lead over Olympia Cycle (Can). The Short course leaders are team ChiroTag.com (Can).
For more information check out the website.
Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under Stage 4: Unley to Goolwa, 144km
Victorian Baden Cooke, 24, (FDJeux.com) led the field home in today's fourth stage of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under narrowly beating Sydney's Graeme Brown, 24, (Ceramiche Panaria - Fiordo) and South Australian Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) in a furious sprint to the line.
Cooke, who was awarded the Stage One win after Brown was relegated to last place when officials ruled he did not hold his line and impeded the sprint of Robbie McEwen (AUS - Lotto Domo), this time made sure he was first over the line and a clear winner.
"It's the second win of the year with a bit of controversy surrounding the first one," said Cooke., "Today I saw Ashley Hutchinson (AUS - United Water) take the inside run (in the final metres) which was the shortest way round but after seeing what Brownie did on Tuesday I decided to go the long way around because otherwise I'm sure he would have stepped into me."
Cooke told media after the stage that the 40 degree plus heat had been draining for everyone.
"I think I drank 12 bidons (bottles of water) today and was even forcing it down just to keep my fluids up," said Cooke.
"85,000 fans braved the scorching heat and some even sprayed the grateful riders with garden hoses as they passed by," said Belinda Dewhirst, General Manager, Australian Major Events.
But while Cooke claimed the honours on the line it was 21 year old South Australian Adrian Laidler (UniSA) who was then hero of the day.
The race set off from the Adelaide suburb of Unley which was still celebrating after last night's fabulous Street Party where an estimated 15 thousand people enjoyed food, wine and dancing in the street.
"Unoley was absolutely a-buzz this morning," said Ms Dewhirst. "Fans enjoyed breakfast and the unique opportunity to grab autographs from and chat with their heroes."
The festive atmosphere was still in force as the 90 riders headed out under race neutral conditions.
The race proper began at the Old Toll Gate and Glen Osmond and almost immediately Laidler, the recently crowned Australian U/23 road time trial champion, launched a solo attack off the front.
Laidler, who began the day ranked last on the overall standings after sacrificing his rear wheel for team mate Patrick Jonker, and being forced to chase the field home, established an impressive leading margin as the main bunch let him go.
"I sort of regretted it the minute I got away but once you're out there you have to do it," said Laidler who at one stage was more than ten minutes clear of the race.
He cleaned up the maximum points at the Echunga sprint (26km ) and again in Langhorne Creek ( 64.8km) where McEwen led the field across for second place which gave him the lead in the SA Lotteries Sprint Classification plus a two second time bonus that moved him closer to Sacchi in the battle for the overall win.
After more than 100 kilometres on his own setting a driving pace in front Laidler began to fade. "I think Saeco (team of race leader Fabio Sacchi) controlled it really well and just left me out there to blow myself up."
But the bunch did not aggressively chase Laidler down. In fact several riders including O'Grady, McEwen and Sacchi said after the stage they thought the young rider deserved the win but Laidler did not have the energy to go on in front.
"At the end they just wound it up when I had no legs to bring it home," he said. "But it was definitely worth a shot."
His efforts were appreciated those who lined today's route and as Laidler went through Goolwa for the first time the fans who had flocked to the town gave him a rousing reception.
He was caught at the approach to the climb at Macfarlane Hill (132km) where Denmark's Lennie Kristensen (CSC) was first over the summit to increase his lead in the Laubman & Pank King of the Mountain classification.
The next time the field entered Goolwa it was fifty riders in a group speeding down Cadell Street.
At the end of the day Italian Fabio Sacchi held on to the Jacob's Creek Leader's jersey but his margin over McEwen is now eight seconds.
Tomorrow provides fans with the chance to view the action several times because of the design of the Fleurieu Peninsula course which covers 147km.
"The riders cover a circuit from Willunga, down to Aldinga Beach and back through McLaren Vale three times with the last lap taking them up the gruelling Willunga Hill climb before they sweep back to Willunga for the finish," said Ms Dewhirst. "This is a very popular route for fans and we expect thousands to head out for the action."
Jersey Wearers for Stage 5
Jacob's Creek General Classification - Fabio Sacchi (ITA - Saeco)
SA Lotteries Sprint Classification - Robbie McEwen (AUS - Lotto Domo)
Laubman & Pank King of the Mountains - Lennie Kristensen (DEN - CSC)
Share the Road Best Young Rider - Gene Bates (Aus - UniSA)
Century 21 Most Aggressive Rider - Adrian Laidler (AUS - UniSA)
Monroe Leading Team - Ag2R - Prevoyance
1. Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux:com 3:33:59
2. Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria Fiordo
3. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
4. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo
5. Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) United Water
6. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon
7. Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA
8. Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R
9. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R
10. Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE Eroski all s.t.
1. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 11:58:33
2. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo at 0:08
3. Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 0:17
4. Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 0:18
5. Mikel Astarloza (Esp) Ag2R 0:20
6. Lennie Kristensen (Den) CSC
7. Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 0:23
8. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 0:25
9. Xavier Florencio (Esp) ONCE Eroski 0:27
10. Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 0:28
Dirt Jumpers Wanted
The Burlington track is gearing up for 2003. A number of projects are planned, volunteers are being recruited and the website has never been busier.
Volunteers needed for 2003 season
As you may or not be aware of our track is completely run by volunteers - without volunteers we wouldn't be able to be open.We are always looking for more volunteers - either on out on the track during ride days, special events, maintenance days (we will need lots of help here in the spring once the white stuff leaves and the track has dried up a bit), executive/planning committee, promotion - (we have a flyer currently being designed and will need help distributing). So if you have a few hours to spare - or you need to do your 40 hours of volunteer work to graduate please keep us in mind and drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.org
We have had a fantastic response to the tech talks - both submitted questions to us as well as the great tech talks our very own Shaun has written. If you have any subjects/questions you would like us to answer / write up about please let us know.
First aid certification
We are planning on having another round of first aid certification - hopefully Gary MacDonald (a Burlington Fire Dept fireman) will be able to teach this course again. If not we will secure a new instructor. If you are interested in obtaining your general first aid certificate please send me an email. This is a very informal hands on course which is a ton of fun - and could help save someone's life. Per our requirements with the City of Burlington we at all times have to have at least two people at the track during ride days who are first aid certified.
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Chapter XI.—The Second Epistle to the Corinthians. The Creator the Father of Mercies. Shown to Be Such in the Old Testament, and Also in Christ. The Newness of the New Testament. The Veil of Obdurate Blindness Upon Israel, Not Reprehensible on Marcion’s Principles. The Jews Guilty in Rejecting the Christ of the Creator. Satan, the God of This World. The Treasure in Earthen Vessels Explained Against Marcion. The Creator’s Relation to These Vessels, I.e. Our Bodies.
If, owing to the fault of human error, the word God has become a common name (since in the world there are said and believed to be “gods many”56795679 1 Cor. viii. 5.), yet “the blessed God,” (who is “the Father) of our Lord Jesus Christ,”56805680 2 Cor. i. 3. will be understood to be no other God than the Creator, who both blessed all things (that He had made), as you find in Genesis,56815681 Gen. i. 22. and is Himself “blessed by all things,” as Daniel tells us.56825682 Dan. ii. 19, 20; iii. 28, 29; iv. 34, 37. Now, if the title of Father may be claimed for (Marcion’s) sterile god, how much more for the Creator? To none other than Him is it suitable, who is also “the Father of mercies,”56835683 2 Cor. i. 3. and (in the prophets) has been described as “full of compassion, and gracious, and plenteous in mercy.”56845684 Ps. lxxxvi. 15; cxii. 4; cxlv. 8; Jonah iv. 2. In Jonah you find the signal act of His mercy, which He showed to the praying Ninevites.56855685 Jonah iii. 8. How inflexible was He at the tears of Hezekiah!56865686 2 Kings xx. 3, 5. How ready to forgive Ahab, the husband of Jezebel, the blood of Naboth, when he deprecated His anger.56875687 1 Kings xxi. 27, 29. How prompt in pardoning David on his confession of his sin56885688 2 Sam. xii. 13.—preferring, indeed, the sinner’s repentance to his death, of course because of His gracious attribute of mercy.56895689 Ezek. xxxiii. 11. Now, if Marcion’s god has exhibited or proclaimed any such thing as this, I will allow him to be “the Father of mercies.” Since, however, he ascribes to him this title only from the time he has been revealed, as if he were the father of mercies from the time only when he began to liberate the human race, then we on our side, too,56905690 Atquin et nos. adopt the same precise date of his alleged revelation; but it is that we may deny him! It is then not competent to him to ascribe any quality to his god, whom indeed he only promulged by the fact of such an ascription; for only if it were previously evident that his god had an existence, could he be permitted to ascribe an attribute to him. The ascribed attribute is only an accident; but accidents56915691 The Contingent qualities in logic. are preceded by the statement of the thing itself of which they are predicated, especially when another claims the attribute which is ascribed to him who has not been previously shown to exist. Our denial of his existence will be all the more peremptory, because of the fact that the attribute which is alleged in proof of it belongs to that God who has been already revealed. Therefore “the New Testament” will appertain to none other than Him who promised it—if not “its letter, yet its spirit;”56925692 2 Cor. iii. 6. and herein will lie its newness. Indeed, He who had engraved its letter in stones is the same as He who had said of its spirit, “I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh.”56935693 Joel ii. 28. Even if “the letter killeth, yet the Spirit giveth life;”56945694 2 Cor. iii. 6. and both belong to Him who says: “I kill, and I make alive; I wound, 453and I heal.”56955695 Deut. xxxii. 39. We have already made good the Creator’s claim to this twofold character of judgment and goodness56965696 See above in book ii. [cap. xi. p. 306.]—“killing in the letter” through the law, and “quickening in the Spirit” through the Gospel. Now these attributes, however different they be, cannot possibly make two gods; for they have already (in the prevenient dispensation of the Old Testament) been found to meet in One.56975697 Apud unum recenseri prævenerunt. He alludes to Moses’ veil, covered with which “his face could not be stedfastly seen by the children of Israel.”56985698 2 Cor. iii. 7, 13. Since he did this to maintain the superiority of the glory of the New Testament, which is permanent in its glory, over that of the Old, “which was to be done away,”56995699 2 Cor. iii. 7, 8. this fact gives support to my belief which exalts the Gospel above the law and you must look well to it that it does not even more than this. For only there is superiority possible where was previously the thing over which superiority can be affirmed. But then he says, “But their minds were blinded”57005700 Obtunsi: “blunted,” 2 Cor. iii. 14.—of the world; certainly not the Creator’s mind, but the minds of the people which are in the world.57015701 He seems to have read the clause as applying to the world, but St. Paul certainly refers only to the obdurate Jews. The text is: “Sed obtunsi sunt sensus mundi. Of Israel he says, Even unto this day the same veil is upon their heart;”57025702 2 Cor. iii. 15. showing that the veil which was on the face of Moses was a figure of the veil which is on the heart of the nation still; because even now Moses is not seen by them in heart, just as he was not then seen by them in eye. But what concern has Paul with the veil which still obscures Moses from their view, if the Christ of the Creator, whom Moses predicted, is not yet come? How are the hearts of the Jews represented as still covered and veiled, if the predictions of Moses relating to Christ, in whom it was their duty to believe through him, are as yet unfulfilled? What had the apostle of a strange Christ to complain of, if the Jews failed in understanding the mysterious announcements of their own God, unless the veil which was upon their hearts had reference to that blindness which concealed from their eyes the Christ of Moses? Then, again, the words which follow, But when it shall turn to the Lord, the evil shall be taken away,”57035703 2 Cor. iii. 16. properly refer to the Jew, over whose gaze Moses’ veil is spread, to the effect that, when he is turned to the faith of Christ, he will understand how Moses spoke of Christ. But how shall the veil of the Creator be taken away by the Christ of another god, whose mysteries the Creator could not possibly have veiled—unknown mysteries, as they were of an unknown god? So he says that “we now with open face” (meaning the candour of the heart, which in the Jews had been covered with a veil), “beholding Christ, are changed into the same image, from that glory” (wherewith Moses was transfigured as by the glory of the Lord) “to another glory.”57045704 2 Cor. iii. 18. By thus setting forth the glory which illumined the person of Moses from his interview with God, and the veil which concealed the same from the infirmity of the people, and by superinducing thereupon the revelation and the glory of the Spirit in the person of Christ—“even as,” to use his words, “by the Spirit of the Lord”57055705 2 Cor. iii. 18, but T.’s reading is “tanquam a domino spirituum” (“even as by the Lord of the Spirits,” probably the sevenfold Spirit.). The original is, καθάπερ ἀπὸ Κυρίου Πνεύματος, “by the Lord the Spirit.”—he testifies that the whole Mosaic system57065706 Moysi ordinem totum. was a figure of Christ, of whom the Jews indeed were ignorant, but who is known to us Christians. We are quite aware that some passages are open to ambiguity, from the way in which they are read, or else from their punctuation, when there is room for these two causes of ambiguity. The latter method has been adopted by Marcion, by reading the passage which follows, “in whom the God of this world,”57075707 2 Cor. iv. 4. as if it described the Creator as the God of this world, in order that he may, by these words, imply that there is another God for the other world. We, however, say that the passage ought to be punctuated with a comma after God, to this effect: “In whom God hath blinded the eyes of the unbelievers of this world.”57085708 He would stop off the phrase τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου from ὁ Θεὸς, and remove it to the end of the sentence as a qualification of τῶν ἀπίστων. He adds another interpretation just afterwards, which, we need not say, is both more consistent with the sense of the passage and with the consensus of Christian writers of all ages, although “it is historically curious” (as Dean Alford has remarked) “that Irenæus [Hæres. iv. 48, Origen, Tertullian (v. 11, contra Marcion)], Chrysostom, Œcumenius, Theodoret, Theophylact, all repudiate, in their zeal against the Manichæans, the grammatical rendering, and take τῶν ἀπίστων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου together” (Greek Testament, in loc.). [I have corrected Alford’s reference to Tertullian which he makes B. iv. 11.] “In whom” means the Jewish unbelievers, from some of whom the gospel is still hidden under Moses’ veil. Now it is these whom God had threatened for “loving Him indeed with the lip, whilst their heart was far from Him,”57095709 Isa. xxix. 13. in these angry words: “Ye shall hear with your ears, and not understand; and see with your eyes, but not perceive;”57105710 Isa. vi. 10 (only adapted). and, “If ye will not believe, ye shall not understand;”57115711 Isa. vii. 9, Sept. and again, “I will take away the wisdom of their wise men, 454and bring to nought57125712 Sept. κρὐψω, “will hide.” the understanding of their prudent ones.” But these words, of course, He did not pronounce against them for concealing the gospel of the unknown God. At any rate, if there is a God of this world,57135713 Said concessively, in reference to M.’s position above mentioned. He blinds the heart of the unbelievers of this world, because they have not of their own accord recognised His Christ, who ought to be understood from His Scriptures.57145714 Marcion’s “God of this world” being the God of the Old Testament. Content with my advantage, I can willingly refrain from noticing to any greater length57155715 Hactenus: pro non amplius (Oehler) tractasse. this point of ambiguous punctuation, so as not to give my adversary any advantage,57165716 “A fuller criticism on this slight matter might give his opponent the advantage, as apparently betraying a penury of weightier and more certain arguments” (Oehler). indeed, I might have wholly omitted the discussion. A simpler answer I shall find ready to hand in interpreting “the god of this world” of the devil, who once said, as the prophet describes him: “I will be like the Most High; I will exalt my throne in the clouds.”57175717 Isa. xiv. 14. The whole superstition, indeed, of this world has got into his hands,57185718 Mancipata est illi. so that he blinds effectually the hearts of unbelievers, and of none more than the apostate Marcion’s. Now he did not observe how much this clause of the sentence made against him: “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to (give) the light of the knowledge (of His glory) in the face of (Jesus) Christ.”57195719 2 Cor. iv. 6. Now who was it that said; “Let there be light?”57205720 Gen. i. 3. And who was it that said to Christ concerning giving light to the world: “I have set Thee as a light to the Gentiles”57215721 Isa. xlix. 6 (Sept. quoted in Acts xiii. 47).—to them, that is, “who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death?”57225722 Isa. ix. 2 and Matt. iv. 16. (None else, surely, than He), to whom the Spirit in the Psalm answers, in His foresight of the future, saying, “The light of Thy countenance, O Lord, hath been displayed upon us.”57235723 Ps. iv. 7 (Sept.). Now the countenance (or person57245724 Persona: the πρόσωπον of the Septuagint.) of the Lord here is Christ. Wherefore the apostle said above: “Christ, who is the image of God.”57255725 2 Cor. iv. 4. Since Christ, then, is the person of the Creator, who said, “Let there be light,” it follows that Christ and the apostles, and the gospel, and the veil, and Moses—nay, the whole of the dispensations—belong to the God who is the Creator of this world, according to the testimony of the clause (above adverted to), and certainly not to him who never said, “Let there be light.” I here pass over discussion about another epistle, which we hold to have been written to the Ephesians, but the heretics to the Laodiceans. In it he tells57265726 Ait. them to remember, that at the time when they were Gentiles they were without Christ, aliens from (the commonwealth of) Israel, without intercourse, without the covenants and any hope of promise, nay, without God, even in his own world,57275727 Eph. ii. 12. as the Creator thereof. Since therefore he said, that the Gentiles were without God, whilst their god was the devil, not the Creator, it is clear that he must be understood to be the lord of this world, whom the Gentiles received as their god—not the Creator, of whom they were in ignorance. But how does it happen, that “the treasure which we have in these earthen vessels of ours”57285728 2 Cor. iv. 7. should not be regarded as belonging to the God who owns the vessels? Now since God’s glory is, that so great a treasure is contained in earthen vessels, and since these earthen vessels are of the Creator’s make, it follows that the glory is the Creator’s; nay, since these vessels of His smack so much of the excellency of the power of God, that power itself must be His also! Indeed, all these things have been consigned to the said “earthen vessels” for the very purpose that His excellence might be manifested forth. Henceforth, then, the rival god will have no claim to the glory, and consequently none to the power. Rather, dishonour and weakness will accrue to him, because the earthen vessels with which he had nothing to do have received all the excellency! Well, then, if it be in these very earthen vessels that he tells us we have to endure so great sufferings,57295729 2 Cor. iv. 8–12. in which we bear about with us the very dying of God,57305730 Oehler, after Fr. Junius, defends the reading “mortificationem dei,” instead of Domini, in reference to Marcion, who seems to have so corrupted the reading. (Marcion’s) god is really ungrateful and unjust, if he does not mean to restore this same substance of ours at the resurrection, wherein so much has been endured in loyalty to him, in which Christ’s very death is borne about, wherein too the excellency of his power is treasured.57315731 2 Cor. iv. 10. For he gives prominence to the statement, “That the life also of Christ may be manifested in our body,”57325732 2 Cor. iv. 10. as a contrast to the preceding, that His death is borne about in our body. Now of what life of Christ does he here speak? Of that which we are now living? Then how is it, that in the words which follow he exhorts us not to the things 455which are seen and are temporal, but to those which are not seen and are eternal57335733 2 Cor. iv. 16–18.—in other words, not to the present, but to the future? But if it be of the future life of Christ that he speaks, intimating that it is to be made manifest in our body,57345734 2 Cor. iv. 11. then he has clearly predicted the resurrection of the flesh.57355735 2 Cor. iv. 14. He says, too, that “our outward man perishes,”57365736 2 Cor. iv. 16. not meaning by an eternal perdition after death, but by labours and sufferings, in reference to which he previously said, “For which cause we will not faint.”57375737 2 Cor. iv. 16. Now, when he adds of “the inward man” also, that it “is renewed day by day,” he demonstrates both issues here—the wasting away of the body by the wear and tear57385738 Vexatione. of its trials, and the renewal of the soul57395739 Animi. by its contemplation of the promises.
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As the rescue efforts at the Fukushima plant continue to stumble and fumble along, the discussion about nuclear energy has been in full swing around the globe. The week after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the Swiss government suspended plans to replace and build new nuclear plants pending a safety review. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a three month moratorium on last year’s decision to extend the life of the country’s 17 nuclear power stations and ordered a temporary shutdown of several of its older plants. Even China, with some 26 nuclear reactors under construction a country far from skittish when it comes to generously placing its energy eggs into the nuclear basket, suspended approval for all new nuclear power plants until the government can issue revised safety rules.
Der Spiegel, 3/14/11: Fukushima, March, 12th 2011, 3.36 pm – The End of the Nuclear Age
To be sure, these decisions did not go unchallenged. In Germany’s case, Angela Merkel’s reversal was called an embarrassment, a ploy to placate voters, and was awarded the World Championship of Hysteria. Short of accusing her of a lack of those oft-cited oval testosterone-laden parts of the male anatomy, Merkel’s move to review safety procedures in German nuclear plants was being caricatured by much of the more manly international press as that of an “Angsthase,” a fear bunny. One article entitled Germany Cripples Itself with Nuclear Angst by Spiegel Online editor David Crossland, an Englishman born in Germany, accused Merkel of pandering to irrational fears and even went as far as psychoanalyzing Germans as an “inward-looking, shelter-seeking forest nation, with a tendency toward the parochial.”
Chancellor Merkel’s center right CDU party then got hammered at the polls last Sunday in the state of Baden-Württemberg, not for deciding to shut down 7 plants, but for the appearance of political opportunism. In conservative Baden-Württemberg, the Green Party, the only political party that has consistently and unequivocally favored a phase-out of nuclear power since its inception over 30 years ago, took 24.2% of the vote and knocked the CDU out of power for the first time in 58 years, making Winfried Kretschmann the first Green prime minister in the state.
So what is it about us Germans and our irrational fear of nukes? What makes us so wimpy that we would stage a 45 kilometer-long handholding protest of a perfectly well-functioning nuclear plant? Why are my people — heralded the world over for their impeccable engineering skills — so fickle when it comes to trusting our own ingenuity with nuclear power?
There are, of course, the usual explanations. The psychological scars of a devastating war, with its lingering lessons from our grandparents that if you play with fire you’ll get burned. Being at the epicenter of the Cold War, Cruise Missiles and Pershing II’s pointed at us, one false alarm or trigger-happy Superpower-leader away from annihilation. And yes, Chernobyl, the little accident that could have only happened to those negligent and tech-challenged Russians but sent a radioactive cloud our way nonetheless. I was 18 at the time, but it feels like it was just yesterday. Sure, walking off the field in the middle of your soccer game because of radioactive rain is memorable. And naturally, sitting in the basement with your teenage buddies, pondering a slow and creeping decay of your body, leaves a lasting impression. But that’s not the whole story.
Supporters of nuclear power often cite any number of things that kill many more people than nuclear plants as evidence of our irrationality: Smoking, air pollution, walking, eating greasy food, earthquakes, tsunamis, you name it. It’s the same line of reasoning that often comes up when someone is uneasy about getting on an airplane. We’ve all heard it before: “Don’t you know that you’re x times more likely to die in a car accident than a plane crash?” From a cut and dry Vegas-style odds-on perspective, this kind of statistical risk assessment makes sense, and one would think that we über-stoic Germans should be much more freaked out every time we get in our Porsches and BMWs than by our statistically safe reactors. But we’re not. Instead of quitting our deadly driving habit, we speed down the Autobahn at 180 km/h, and the only time we get a sinking feeling in our stomach is when we fly past the roadside reactors at Biblis or Neckarwestheim.
Nuclear Plant in Neckarwestheim
On a personal level it has to do with control. You obviously don’t have to be German to relate to the idea that there is something reassuring to have your own hands on the steering wheel, no matter how bad your odds are. It also helps to have a basic understanding of the technology you’re using, and the risks inherent in it. While the consequences of technical malfunction or human error in a car accident can be deadly, the impact, albeit tragic, is quick and local. In an airplane, the unknowns — at least from a layman’s perspective — are much greater, and the stakes much higher. Who among us has never wondered during turbulence how many flight hours the captain has logged and whether everyone on the plane maintenance crew did their job diligently? However, nothing seems as removed from our personal reach and knowledge with as broad of a potential threat on all of our lives as nuclear technology, whether it’s used for energy or weapons.
As the ongoing tragedy in Japan shows, when it comes to nuclear reactors and their potential dangers, we’re completely in the dark. With each passing day, the roofless buildings reveal themselves to be labyrinths of ever more tangled complexity. Explosions aren’t this disaster’s climax but conduits for potentially more worrisome chain reactions. Sizzling cocktails of Uranium, Cesium, Plutonium and other -ums are competing for most insidious element, until we learn about mixed oxides, or mox. Spent fuel rods, stored in pools outside the unbreakable (until it breaks) containment shell, turn out to be just as radioactive as the active ones. Experts know what’s happening until they don’t. Radiation levels are low until they’re higher. Japanese officials say 20 kilometers is safe, Americans say 50. One day the alert level is closer to Three Mile Island, the next it’s closer to Chernobyl. Did Chernobyl kill 56 or 985,000 people? A week into the disaster, authorities were anticipating months of radioactive releases. Or was it years? Wait, what’s the half-life of Cesium-137 and Strontium-90? You get the impression that being rational is not enough in order to grasp what’s actually going on at Fukushima Dai-ichi. You have to be a nuclear physicist, and even they seem to be making it up as they go.
The Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant – Bulgaria 2001, photo courtesy Ed Kashi / VII
So yes, my fear of nukes is irrational, because for it to be rational I would have to be able to calculate the exact outcome of a worst case scenario. Let’s say all of the 11,125 spent fuel rods stored at Fukushima Dai-ichi were to melt down. What consequences would that carry, rationally speaking? The truth seems to be that nobody really knows how all these different links in this highly convoluted and explosive chain are going to react. How long have the fuel rods been exposed? How big are the aftershocks? Are there cracks in the pools? Are the emergency workers stuffing the right holes? Which way is the wind blowing?
To be fair, nothing in life beside our impermanence is certain. But with nukes, to extrapolate from early 21st century philosopher Donald Rumsfeld, the unknown unknowns are on steroids. It is true, as many proponents of nuclear energy point out, that the same can be said about other sources of energy like coal and oil, with their creeping side effects of pollution and climate change. And I agree. With ice caps melting and sea levels rising, getting into an accident is increasingly looking like one of the more inconsequential risks of driving our cars. But rather than pitting one insanity against another, wouldn’t the most sensible thing be to call the bluff on our collectively adopted myth that we can keep borrowing ever more energy from our planet through increasingly complex methods to feed an economic system based on perpetual growth?
This is where the German teenager’s irrational fear of being invaded by an invisible, odorless radioactive cloud from distant Ukraine morphs into the sober realization that the cheap and easy energy emperor wears no clothes. What’s crazy is not my people’s atom phobia but the idea that our planet could sustain our irrational model of constant growth and consumption. There’s an understanding that the tears are shed for much more than one’s own little skin, that the roots of the pain go much deeper than mere self-preservation. For when examined, the fear of nukes bears a message that’s as straight and direct as it gets: The pursuit of unlimited energy, mobility and prosperity is the real illusion.
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The flurry if snow persisted on n off thought the events. It was time to start my turbo session at 1.30pm I could see Joe Atkins n Andrew Tamplin warming up near me with the snow coming down at the back of the car I got on with it using increased intervals set to me by the coach, leaving it as late as possible I then headed to the start area going for long bibs rather that kit shorts just too cold today.
I got gridded third next to Steve Knight , after 30sec wait after the seniors had gone we were off, I led the field for the first lap making quite an indent , then Steve passed me just before line, on the first the I just had to sit behind him as we started passing the seniors, the long steep decent on the second lap bumped my QR undone which knocked my brakes out but after stopping n fixing left a gap between us I then tried to make up. Thanks to Andrews wife I swapped bikes as brake was rubbing .
On the last lap of 7 a few of the seniors started to lag so I saw this as an
Opertunity to put the hammer down so I soon started passing a few seniors and with a sprint to the line taking three out and finishing .
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You can see that I'm present. I'm right here! It's a Flight of the Conchords t-shirt people, and if that's not enough to convince you into buying, then we don't know what will. Who hasn't enjoyed listening to music and having a good laugh?
All CharGrilled t shirts are exclusive and are original concepts and designs. If you see them available elsewhere they are rip-offs please contact us. Please note they are unofficial and not endorsed by the personalities.
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How Zikr Works: Where Do I Begin?
Saturday Sept. 18, 2021
10:30 AM to ~1 PM Pacific Time
“A human being is part of the whole…[but]
He experiences himself, his thought, and feeling as something separated from the rest,
A kind of optical delusion from his consciousness.” Albert Einstein
Remote attendance only (other than our audio-visual helper) is planned using Zoom, with video of Imam Bilal. Advance acknowledgment if you plan to attend is very much appreciated (shukran). Please contact Subhana at firstname.lastname@example.org to register and to arrange donations (suggested donation $50 to $100; available to regular contributors). Checks can be written to Nurani Institute as a donation (a religious 501(c)3 non-profit) or Bilal Hyde, or you can use Zelle or paypal to email@example.com. Recordings available afterwards, same price as attending (included with registration). In any class, there may need to be changes based on Bilal’s perceptions of the needs of the moment.
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George Plekhanov was born in Tambov, Russia on 26th November 1857. As a young man he joined the Land and Liberty and was the party's main speaker at the famous Kazan Square rally in St Petersburg on 6th December, 1876.
In October, 1879, Land and Liberty split into two factions. The majority of members, who favoured a policy of terrorism, established the People's Will. Plekhanov became the leader of the Black Repartition group that rejected terrorism and supported a socialist propaganda campaign among workers and peasants.
Forced into exile in January, 1880, he became Russia's leading Marxist and in 1883 joined with Pavel Axelrod to form the Liberation of Labour group. This group argued that it would be impossible to overthrow Russia's authoritarian government and replace it with peasant communes. They believed that a socialist revolution would only come with the development of a revolutionary industrial workers’ party. Peter Lavrov pointed out that almost 90% of the Russian population and that a revolutionary vanguard would create a dictatorship: "Whenever a dictatorship succeeded in establishing itself it had to spend more time and effort in retaining its power and defending it against its rivals than upon the realization of its programme, with the aid of that power. The abolition of dictatorship assumed by a party can only be dreamed about before the usurpation takes place. In the struggle of parties for power, in the class of open or concealed ambitions, every moment furnishes an added reason and necessity for maintaining the dictatorship, creates a new excuse for not relinquishing it. A dictatorship can be wrested from the dictators only by a new revolution."
In books such as Socialism and the Political Struggle (1883), Our Differences (1884) and On the Development of the Monist View of History (1895), Plekhanov argued that a successful Marxist revolution could only take place after the development of capitalism. According to Plekhanov, it was the industrial proletariat who would bring about a socialist revolution.
Plekhanov was strongly opposed to the political views of people such as Sergei Nechaev and Peter Tkachev, who argued that it would be possible for a small group of dedicated revolutionaries to seize power from the Tsar. Plekhanov warned that if this happened, you would replace one authoritarian regime with another. That a "socialist caste" would take control who impose a system of "patriarchal authoritarian communism".
In March, 1898, the various Marxist groups in Russia met in Minsk and decided to form the Social Democratic Labour Party (SDLP). The party was banned in Russia so most of its leaders were forced to live in exile. In 1900 the group began publishing a journal called Iskra. Edited by Plekhanov, Vladimir Lenin and Jules Martov, it was printed in several European cities and then smuggled into Russia by a network of SDLP agents.
At the Second Congress of the Social Democratic Labour Party in London in 1903, there was a dispute between Vladimir Lenin and Jules Martov, two of SDLP's leaders. Lenin argued for a small party of professional revolutionaries with a large fringe of non-party sympathizers and supporters. Martov disagreed believing it was better to have a large party of activists.
Jules Martov based his ideas on the socialist parties that existed in other European countries such as the British Labour Party. Lenin argued that the situation was different in Russia as it was illegal to form socialist political parties under the Tsar's autocratic government. At the end of the debate Martov won the vote 28-23 . Vladimir Lenin was unwilling to accept the result and formed a faction known as the Bolsheviks. Those who remained loyal to Martov became known as Mensheviks.
Plekhanov admired Vladimir Lenin but feared that his ideas were too close to those of Peter Tkachev. When Lenin made his speech at the s Plekhanov remarked that: "This is the stuff of which the Robespierres are made." He argued: "Imagine that the Central Committee possessed the still-debated right of liquidation. The Central Committee everywhere liquidates the elements with which it is dissatisfied, everywhere seats its own creatures and, filling all the committees with these creatures, without difficulty guarantees itself a fully submissive majority at the congress."
Alexander Shotman was one of those who had difficulty deciding whether to support Lenin or Plekhanov. He pointed out: "When Plekhanov spoke, I enjoyed the beauty of his speech, the remarkable incisiveness of his words. But when Lenin arose in opposition, I was always on Lenin's side. Why? I cannot explain it to myself. But so it was, and not only with me, but with my comrades and workers."
Along with Jules Martov, Pavel Axelrod, Leon Trotsky, Irakli Tsereteli, Lev Deich, Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko, Moisei Uritsky, Noi Zhordania and Fedor Dan, Plekhanov joined the Mensheviks. However, he had now lost the support of a large number of important figures in the Social Democratic Labour Party, including Gregory Zinoviev, Anatoli Lunacharsky, Joseph Stalin, Mikhail Lashevich, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Mikhail Frunze, Alexei Rykov, Yakov Sverdlov, Lev Kamenev, Maxim Litvinov, Vladimir Antonov, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Gregory Ordzhonikidze and Alexander Bogdanov.
Plekhanov retained control of Iskra and he used the journal to attack Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks. He predicted that if Lenin and his Central Committee ever gained power it would impose a communist dictatorship on the Russian people. In one article he wrote in May, 1904, Plekhanov claimed that Lenin's Central Committee would liquidate "the elements with which it is dissatisfied, everywhere seats its own creatures and, filling all the committees with these creatures, without difficulty guarantees itself a fully submissive majority at the congress."
As a result of his theories, Plekhanov was an unenthusiastic supporter of the 1905 Revolution. Described as a defeatist, Plekhanov gradually lost the loyalty of the Mensheviks. This problem increased when he supported Russia's participation in the First World War. The British ambassador, George Buchanan, reported back to London: "As regarded the war, both Mensheviks and SRs advocated the speedy conclusion of peace without annexations or contributions. There was, however, a small Menshevik group, led by Plekhanov, that called on the working classes to cooperate for the purpose of securing the victory over Germany, which would alone guarantee Russia's new freedom."
A split occurred in the Land and Freedom group in 1879, when an executive committee was set up to organize terrorist acts. A small faction, headed by George Plekhanov, rejected the policy of terrorism and became known as the Black Repartition.
The larger group called itself the People's Will. Both believed that the Russian peasant was by nature strongly inclined to Socialism. Contrary to the Marxist notion that only the industrial working class could bring Socialism, they believed that in Russia the peasant could play the same role as the industrial proletariat in other countries. But the People's Will believed that Socialism could not be realized for some time; the immediate goal was the expropriation of the estates in favour of the peasantry and the establishment of civil liberty.
On Sunday 13th March 1881, Tsar Alexander II was assassinated by members of the People's Will.
I recall a very stormy meeting about the printing press which Black Repartition held in one of its conspiratorial apartments. Maria Krylova, who had been serving as the proprietress of Land and Liberty's printing operation, emphatically refused to let the People's Will have the press - she was even prepared to use arms against them, if they took any aggressive actions to get it. George Plekhanov was also strongly opposed to giving up the press, but at the same time, in his characteristic manner, he wittily and venomously ridiculed Krylova's plan for "armed resistance".
When Plekhanov spoke, I enjoyed the beauty of his speech, the remarkable incisiveness of his words. But when Lenin arose in opposition, I was always on Lenin's side. Why? I cannot explain it to myself. But so it was, and not only with me, but with my comrades and workers.
Imagine that the Central Committee possessed the still-debated right of liquidation. The Central Committee everywhere liquidates the elements with which it is dissatisfied, everywhere seats its own creatures and, filling all the committees with these creatures, without difficulty guarantees itself a fully submissive majority at the congress. The congresses, constituted of the creatures of the Central Committee, amiably cries "Hurrah!", approves all its successful and unsuccessful actions, and applauds all its plans and initiatives.
As regarded the war, both Mensheviks and SRs advocated the speedy conclusion of peace without annexations or contributions. There was, however, a small Menshevik group, led by Plekhanov, that called on the working classes to cooperate for the purpose of securing the victory over Germany, which would alone guarantee Russia's new freedom. The Bolsheviks, on the other hand, were out and out 'Defeatists'. The war had to be brought to an end by any means and at any cost. The soldiers had to be induced by organized propaganda to turn their arms, not against their brothers in the enemy ranks, but against the reactionary bourgeois governments of their own and other countries. For a Bolshevik there was no such thing as country or patriotism.
The next morning, in my absence, Plekhanov paid a visit to the Executive Committee. This was apparently the first and last visit to leading Soviet circles. Against my expectations, illness prevented him from assuming a worthy place in the Soviet and the revolution. Perhaps it was not illness alone that hindered him: there was such a sharp dividing line between Plekhanov's position and that of the Soviet that Plekhanov may have thought he had to keep away from this alien institution.
Plekhanov's part in the events of 1917 was limited to his writings in the tiny, little-read and completely un-influential paper Yedinstvo (Unity). His adherents constituted a small group, not represented in the Soviet precisely because of their complete negligibility.
The reason the events of the last few days pain me so much is not because I do not wish to see the cause of the working class triumph, but, on the contrary, because with all the fibres of my being I wish for the triumph of the workers. The class-conscious elements of our proletariat must ask themselves the question: Is our proletariat ready to proclaim a dictatorship? Everyone who has even a partial understanding as to what economic conditions are necessary for the dictatorship of the proletariat will unhesitatingly answer no to this question.
No, our working class is far from ready to grasp political power with any advantage to itself and the country at large. To foist such a power upon it means to push it towards a great historical calamity which will prove the greatest tragedy for all Russia.
It is said that what the Russian worker will begin the German worker will finish. But it is a great mistake to think so. There is no doubt that in an economic sense Germany is much further developed than Russia. The social revolution is nearer in Germany than it is in Russia. But even among the Germans it is not yet a question of the day.
That means that the Germans will not finish what the Russians have started, nor can it be done by the French, the British, or the Americans. By seizing power at this moment, the Russian proletariat will not achieve a social revolution. It will only bring on civil war, which will in the end force a retreat from the positions won in February and March of this year.
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I’ve been struggling a bit with photo-envy lately – or maybe it’s more “experience-envy” – the feeling that everyone is doing interesting things and getting better photos than I am.
Even if you’re not a photographer, you may know what I’m taking about. Other people, not necessarily anyone specific but “people” in general, are leading more exciting lives.
If I think about the feeling, it’s not really based in fact. I do plenty of things and get good photos. Not all the time, but no one does all the time.
I’ve just returned from an epic trip to India and that’s probably not helping. My normal life seems so colorless.
I just feel that I’m never quite in the right place at the right time. If there’s a good sunset on, I have a family thing. If I’m one place, I should have been in another. If I get out to photograph sunrise, it’s cloudy. If I don’t get up, then the sky is on fire.
Mind games, all of it.
I had a day or two to do a little trip – not one of the great trips I have on my bucket list – just a little get away. I keep a list of potentially interesting photo places around where I live and I set off to see a couple of these. In all I was probably no more than 2-3 hours drive from home, so not a long trip by any means.
But the length of the trip wasn’t what it was about. It was getting in the tourist-mode and focusing on being where I am.
I dithered a bit about where to go, but once I made the decision I was determined to stick with it.
I set a couple of ground rules for myself:
1. Detour Freely
I was heading to a specific destination, but I was in no hurry. It didn’t even matter if I actually reached my destination. It was the journey that was important.
If I saw something interesting, I would take the opportunity. I would behave as if I would never be down this road again. And in fact, I wouldn’t be – not with this light with this weather with my particular outlook on life.
As the proverb goes – no man crosses the same river twice for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.
I did see quite a lot of water from the flooding we’ve been having around the Mississippi River. Fields of water create great reflections for the grove of cypress trees. I saw a small park on my map, so I detoured to investigate.
In many ways, it was enough to know that I was the only person seeing this particular scene in this particular light. It’s not an epic scene, but I had made the effort and it was just for me.
2. Find something Interested in Each Town
If I drove through a town, I had to find at least one interesting thing to photograph. Even if this meant getting off my route.
I’ve never traveled with this rule before and I’m glad I put it in place. It’s too easy to blow through a small place and get fixated on a destination.
I found interesting things in a couple of towns, and that one, and that one… now that I think about it, I found interesting things in nearly every town no matter the size.
This probably has more to do with my mindset than the actual photographic interest in the towns I was driving through. I was looking for something interesting so I found something interesting – some very interesting things indeed!
Rule 1 & 2 came into play to find Smith Mill – a place I didn’t know about but it was right up my alley. I would never have found the place had I not gotten off my route to find something of interest in a town of about 5000 people. I found a railroad museum and then I saw a sign pointing me 5 miles off my route to this mill.
5 miles – I could spare 5 miles!
The owner brought the mill back from Pennsylvania and built a museum around it. Now I know it’s here, I’ll have to come back in the autumn to see the colors around the mill.
3. Accept Where I Am
There was no sense in wishing I were elsewhere. I am where I am. Technology has yet to invent the transporter.
I encountered storm clouds and there was no sense in driving like a maniac over hills thinking the next scene would be perfect with the storm in the background. I was where I was. I could enjoy the weather unfolding even if I didn’t have that epic barn in front of the approaching storm.
Wishing I were elsewhere just takes up mental energy. If I accepted where I was and looked – really looked – maybe I’d see something I’d missed when I was imaging my perfect photo.
If I work the scene a bit in post-processing, I might have a nice little image. Maybe in hindsight, I was right where I needed to be.
Wishing just takes my energy away from looking at where I am and I can miss experiences and opportunities.
4. After I Arrive, Look Again
I generally stop to take a photo for some reason, something caught my eye, and I was heading towards a couple of specific destinations. But that’s not always the only thing there to be seen. The first thing that caught my attention doesn’t mean it’s the only thing of interest.
I fall into this trap a lot. I’m so focused on the interesting thing in front of me that I sometimes miss something interesting going on right behind me.
One place I’d been aiming for was this abandoned railroad bridge. A couple of locals helped me find the place where I could actually get out onto the bridge to take photos. Great! Success! I found my destination and it was pretty photogenic.
What I hadn’t realized is that I’d wandered into Amish country. I saw more horses and buggies in 10 minutes than I had in my entire life put together. I just had to park myself along a road and wait for a few minutes and another would come along.
Had I not looked around, I would have missed a great opportunity.
I’ll admit that I’m still working on these things myself, but my trip helped center my mental energies.
I found some of the things I was looking for on my trip, but some things weren’t what I expected. I found many things that I wasn’t expecting and that’s where the adventure begins.
It may not be that I’m standing in the wrong place to see rainbows, I may simply be looking in the wrong direction.
I’ll be talking more about Zen Photography at the Out of Chicago conference at the end of April, 2019. Join us!
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The IRS Special Agents represent the Criminal Investigations department of the IRS. If you've been contacted by Special Agents from the IRS, it means that the IRS may believe that you have committed a tax crime and are conducting a criminal investigation about you and/or your business. The IRS Special Agents are the individuals who will determine whether your case should be referred for criminal prosecution.
Your initial contact with the IRS is usually unexpected. Traditionally, the IRS Special Agents travel in pairs and try their best to catch you off guard when you are least ready, and more importantly least “prepared” to meet them. For example, the Special Agents may be waiting by your car on your return from the health club or leaving a restaurant after dinner. The IRS Special Agents may also be waiting for you outside of your workplace or home. In other words, your initial communication from the IRS will most likely not be a scheduled meeting.
That's simple. It is important to remember that the goal of the IRS Special Agents is to try to obtain information from you involving a criminal matter. The IRS knows that once you understand the ramifications of being criminally investigated by the IRS, you will most likely “lawyer up.” And, as any first-year law school student will tell you, it is almost never advisable to speak with the investigators during a criminal investigation unless an amnesty or immunity deal has already been reached.
They should, but whether or not they do will depend on the particular agents. When the IRS Special Agents are investigating you, you have not yet been formally detained or charged with a crime, and therefore, you do not technically have the right to be appointed counsel. That does not mean that you should not contact an attorney if you have been contacted by the IRS Special Agents. But unlike in the movies, the court is not going to appoint you an attorney simply because you're being investigated for possible tax crime. Learn more about Miranda Rights.
The IRS Special Agents do not charge people with a crime. Rather, the IRS Special Agents present their findings of the investigation to their supervisor. Then, the Special Agent and the supervisor will determine whether the matter should be referred for a subject criminal investigation or be discontinued. If the IRS recommends further investigation, then the case is evaluated by criminal tax attorneys within the IRS, and a determination will be made whether the case should be referred for prosecution to either the Department of Justice’s Tax Division or to the United States District Attorney if the investigation reveals additional nontax related crimes.
Yes, but there are some rules the IRS has to abide by. For example, during the civil audit, the moment an IRS Auditor believes that the taxpayer may have committed a crime, he or she must instantly cease the civil audit. That is because the government cannot use a civil audit to probe a criminal inquiry.
As a side note, generally the Auditor will not tell you that he or she believes a crime has been committed. Rather, when you try to follow up with the Auditor in order to obtain the tax assessment or obtain some additional information regarding the audit, you will find that the Auditor has gone radio silent.
It is important to remember that not every criminal investigation by the Special Agent results in criminal prosecution. It is not uncommon for a scorned ex-lover or spouse, former business partner, or even a competitor to contact the IRS Special Agents and provide information that is not entirely accurate. Once the IRS Special Agents determine that a crime was not committed, they drop the investigation.
Generally, you should not speak directly with the IRS Special Agents. While you may believe that you are not guilty of any crime, your actions may actually have constituted another crime that you were unaware of. Also, as you get nervous, you may say things you don't mean, or your sentences may become rambling and unclear and appear as if you are trying to “hide” something.
Remember, the IRS Special Agents are visiting you because they believe you may be guilty of a crime and will do everything they can to try to obtain information in order to substantiate these allegations. As such, it is usually best to obtain a tax attorney if you are faced with possible criminal charges.
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« AnteriorContinuar »
IS RESPECTFULLY AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED
MY BELOVED AND REVERED
THROUGH WHOSE EARLY INSTRUCTIONS AND PRAYERS,
I am indebted under God,
FOR MY FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH, AND FOR MANY OF MY
MATURER VIEWS OF,
THE GREAT TRUTHS, WHICH IT IS AN HUMBLE ATTEMPT
BY HER AFFECTIONATE AND DUTIFUL
The design of this series of works, with the reasons which weighed with his mind in prosecuting it, the Author has stated at length in the preface to the first volume, now before the public. * That the Lord should have honoured, to the extent which he has done, so lowly an attempt to present his truth in its experimental character and practical tendency, was but in harmony with the general principle of his procedure, which has ever been, to choose the foolish things, and the weak things, and the base things, and things which are despised, yea, and things which are not,' to accomplish the great purposes of his wisdom and love, “ that no flesh should glory in his presence.” The great importance of the principle pleaded for and discussed in these works,-the necessity of experimental religion,and the simplicity of their execution, more than ever commend themselves to the Author's conscience and judgement. And that the blessed Spirit should have spoken through his writings, winning to himself a glory so great through an instrumentality so feeble, fills the heart with brokenness, and the mind with tender, loving, and admiring thoughts of his condescension and grace. It has been the aim of the writer to adhere closely to his original plan, of presenting a gentle crush of scripture,' unconnected with any peculiarity of individual sentiment, unadorned by human ornament, and untrammelled by scholastic or theological technicalities.
* “The Inquirer Directed to an Experimental and Practical View of the Atonement.”
To the subject discussed in the following pages, he earnestly bespeaks the prayerful consideration of the Christian reader. It cannot occupy a position too prominent in our Christianity, nor can it be a theme presented too frequently for our contemplation. All that we spiritually know of ourselves,-all that we know of God, and of Jesus and his word, we owe to the teaching of the Holy Spirit. And all the real light, sanctification, strength, and comfort, we are made to possess on our way to glory, we must ascribe to him. To be richly anointed with the Spirit, is to be led into all truth, and to be filled with the Spirit, is to be filled with love to God and man. The gift of the Spirit he has not felt it his duty to plead for in these pages. It is already given. God has given the Spirit to the church, dwelling in, and for ever abiding with, her. “I will pray the Father,” says Christ to his disciples, "and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.” God has never revoked this gift. He has never removed his Spirit from the church. He is still her divine, personal, and abiding Resident. And, to plead for the bestowment of that which God has already so fully and graciously given, seems to mark an unbelief in, and an overlooking of, the mercy, as ungrateful to the Giver as it is dishonouring to the Gift.
But, for a larger degree of his reviving, anointing, and sanctifying influences, we do most earnestly plead. The Spirit, though the ever-blessed and abiding Occupant of
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Last week we discovered we had a leaky roof.
After realising the issue was from four different areas in the roof, we knew we had to repair the whole roof. The tiles are years old, and we had been riding our luck for a while with the house, just patching it up here and there. This time, the house had had quite enough, and was telling us about it.
The initial reaction was something I could hold with mindfulness: that shock, that annoyance at such a thing, during a lockdown, during a time when money was precious. I breathed and breathed, feeling my annoyance, smiling at it, knowing it was there and calming it. I went and made myself a cup of tea, and I sat with that, holding the mug gently, taking the time to drink it and really taste the tea. I paused in my condemnation at the universe and whatever else I wanted to blame.
I’ve learned from my practice of mindfulness. I’ve learned not to take things personally; that whatever comes our way is what comes. That every arrival to our door is a lesson – a gift just waiting to be unwrapped. At the time of the news, I had no idea what the gift of a leaky roof could be, but knowing I looked at it with curiosity rather than annoyance meant it wasn’t a threat to my well-being; I was comfortable with it.
After a few days, I sat and meditated and suddenly came up with an epiphany: one gift was shown to me. With excitement, I scribbled in my notebook, and came up with a plan to help with my income. It had been something I’d be toying with before, a change to my delivery of mindfulness courses with Zen Life Fife. Only, because I felt my needs were met, I chose not to pursue it at the time.
The leaky roof had shown me that my needs weren’t fully met; that I’d never put enough money aside to cope with things like sudden house improvements/repairs. It was always something I’d put off, not really expecting things to happen…but of course, things do happen. Also, I had noticed that I’d been offering the same things for a while in my business; in some way, I’d gotten complacent about it and wasn’t giving it my all. I realised as well that for things to improve, for things to become truly amazing, we have to give things our all. As Roald Dahl once famously said, ‘lukewarm isn’t enough’. We need to be passionate about our lives, about our service/purpose.
How fascinating, then, for a leaky roof – on the surface of it, a watery pit of gloom and doom -to be transformed into a kickstart for a new approach at some aspects of my business, and a rekindling of the passion that got me started in the first place!
Thank you, leaky roof. Welcome in, leaky roof. You are teaching and showing me so much.
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Principal Mark McGrath said: "This morning we have news that we have two confirmed cases of Covid–19 within our staff.
"After consultation with CCMS and our governors we have decided the safest course of action to protect the heath and safety of the whole school community is to CLOSE until we get advice from the PHA. This has not been forthcoming just yet.
"We will be in contact with you on how we will move forward as soon as we have it, this decision has been taken to allow you some time to organise child care and talk to your children.
"I sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused but know that you will want to support this decision in order to keep everyone safe and return to school as soon as we can."
Figures from the Department of Health on Monday showed an increase in positive Coronavirus cases by 220.
The total number of positive cases in Northern Ireland stands at 10,949.
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Optimal Dynamic Clustering Through Relegation and Promotion: How to Design a Competitive Sports League
This paper investigates how the structure of a relegation-promotion system impacts the competitiveness of a sports league. It proposes a rigorous mathematical model of a multi-division hierarchical sports league made up of teams with intrinsic skill levels (ISLs) that change from year to year. Since team skill changes over time, modification in division (or cluster) composition is necessary to optimize competitiveness. This is accomplished through promoting teams with the best records at the end of a season to a higher division and relegating teams with poor records to lower divisions. Such mechanisms are fundamental to the English football league system and the PGA Tour/Nationwide Tour. For reasons discussed in the paper, we use data from the National Basketball Association (in which there is no relegation system) to develop statistical models for year-to-year variability in ISLs and for match outcomes based on the ISLs of the two teams. We then develop a multiple season simulation model to investigate the effect of the number of teams relegated and promoted, the schedule, and the variability of year-to-year ISLs on competitiveness of the divisions. For the NBA data, we find that in a three-division league with ten teams in each division, relegating and promoting three teams at the end of the season results in the most competitive divisions as measured by the long run average within-division ISL standard deviation and the percentage of teams assigned to the correct division. The effect of schedule is minimal.
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Apparently TechCrunch hates community and it’s all over for us. Who knew?
According to Umair Haque, your friendly neighbourhood UK digital strategist, we’re all now tired of TechCrunch (apart from TCUK, thanks Umair, I owe you a pint now). His argument is that TechCrunch is “peaking”, it doesn’t invest in the “community” and instead gets its attention by creating division. He calls this “The TechCrunch Effect”. Ouch.
All this is therefore unsustainable since “love is more powerful than hate” (queue John Lennon’s “Imagine”).
I like Umair, have met him several times, and he’s considered something of a leading thinker, especially about ‘edge economics’. So here are my thoughts:
- Is TechCrunch peaking or is it just doing well in traffic? Or maybe January is just a slow month generally? TechCrunch.com is pretty damn big now at 684,000 readers on Feedburner (RSS/email). As for little old TCUK, subscriber numbers have only gone up since the re-launch last September and recently passed 5,000. Admittedly it competes in the same language (English) as the .com site – which is rather like launching a UK version of a US magazine, when the US magazine is the same price, has more pages and sits on the same shelf at the store. What the UK version has to do afterwards, however, is speak to its community.
- A blog is in fact quite a lot more about community than meets the eye, it’s just that a one person, or maybe a small handful people, is kicking off the discussion.
- In case you hadn’t noticed TechCrunch has recently re-launched CrunchBase. Now, this is a database of startups, globally. This would appear to be an “investment” in the community as a few people ought to find the data it provides quite useful.
- TechCrunch might appear divisive at times, but surely it is stimulating discussion about its industry? One of the problem’s the poorer trade publications seem to have is the sheer level of blandness. Industry sector blogs – if they are any good – don’t tend to have that issue.
- When a startup is reviewed on TechCrunch it might actually get a good review. I know that’s hard to believe, but I did it only the other day. Is this love or hate? Maybe it’s just (hopefully informed) opinion?
Or maybe we’re pissing in the pool?
(My apologies for the navel-gazing post. Normal service will now be resumed).
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When: Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons for the rest of the golf season.
Play either day or both days to increase your chances of winning. You may play anytime after 12:00 pm.
*First matches will be Tuesday September 28, 2021 and Wednesday September 29, 2021.
You do not have to sign up – just show up on a Tuesday
and/or Wednesday after 12:00 pm and turn a 9 hole score
into the pro shop. There is no obligation or commitments.
Format: Each day (Tuesday and Wednesday) will be its own match.
- The player with the lowest net score will win a $25.00 club credit.
- The player with the 5th lowest net score will win a $20.00 club credit.
- The player with the 10th lowest net score will win a $10.00 club credit.
Cost: There is no cost to join The Fall League, just show up and
play. Special greens fees and cart pricing.
9 holes walking: $16.00
9 holes w/shared cart: $23.00
9 holes w/single cart: $26.00
18 holes walking: $22.00
18 hole w/shared cart: $32.00
18 hole w/single cart: $37.00
9 hole shared cart: $7.00 (member)
9 hole single cart: $9.50 (member)
18 hole shared cart: $14.00 (member)
18 Hole single cart: $19.00 (member)
*Special pricing is for Fall League only (Tuesday and Wednesday after 12:00 pm)
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Books for an Advanced Reader in Kindergarten
My daughter is 5 and an advanced reader. We've blown through almost every book in our local library that is on her reading level.
She loves Fancy Nancy, Spider Man, Transformers, Legos, Eloise, and similar characters/books/series.
Can you recommend any Level 1 or Level 2 books she could try out? Or any more advanced books I can read to her? We read at least a half hour every day, so we're running out of ideas.
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found a new home!
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- Breed: Anatolian Shepherd/Husky Mix
- Color: Brindle
- Age: Puppy
- Size: Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg)
- Sex: Female
I am already spayed, in need of an experienced adopter, up to date with shots, not good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
April 26/13 9 week old pup WE actually have no idea what mix these pups are.
Hermione seems to be taking on the temperament of her namesake of the Harry Potter Series. She is a confident little puppy that is full of fun and mischief, but can also be a bit shy at times. Hermione gets along well with other dogs and good with cats. Hermione loves to go for walks and is especially good on leash for a puppy her age. She will trot along beside you, sometimes taking the leash in her mouth, but for now just wants to help hold onto it. She has not yet started with the “tug of war” game that most pups like to play. She is a friendly and outgoing when meeting and greeting people along the way! Hermione is going to need someone who is home most of the time so she can learn properly how to be on her own. She does not like to be separated from her human family and will cry, bark and howl when left, even with her sister to keep her company. Although she has not yet learned how to climb like her sister, she will try to wiggle her way through any opening she can find to aid in her escape plan! .Stuffed kongs, chew toys and soft things to cuddle up with will help to distract her from engaging in inappropriate behaviour due to separation anxiety! Hermione’s favourite activity though is to snuggle on your lap and she will happily snooze away the time as long as she has the company of her “human”! With the right guidance Hermione is going to grow up to be an awesome companion!
If you are interested in adopting Hermione, please send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.org for an application
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The solicitation here is the methods by which to pick the best website building programming. There is actually a few related programming on the web. Fundamentally visit a web crawler and go into the term website builder programming. You will get a lot of results. Going before you select which web site builder programming application is best for you read this article. It might enable you to discover what you genuinely require. When picking related programming application you need to concentrate on the components of the item. You need to guarantee this item program can do what you need it to do. Emphatically it will require some venture to discover to utilize it yet exists a sensation prompting you this is the item program you require. Moreover, before deciding to spend any money on it check whether there is a without cost test assortment that will decidedly allow you check the thing.
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Shimano have today announced the launch of a new groupset for electric bikes. It's called STEPS – Shimano Total Electric Power System – and it'll be launched at the Eurobike show in Germany in September before being available in December this year. It's a complete power and transmission solution that's basically everything you need, bar a frame and some wheels, to build your e-bike.
It's probably about time someone came up with a slightly more holistic set of bits and bobs for building e-bikes, and that's what Shimano are aiming to do here. The 250W pedelec (pedal-assisted) motor is powered by a Lithium Ion battery that also juices your lights and even your gears if you get the top of the range kit.
The groupset features a range of gear options. As mentioned above there's an electronic 8-speed hub gear that looks to be based on the current Alfine unit, and the system is compatible with the current Nexus hubs too. There's regenerative systems built in, so when you apply the brake levers (which also feature controls for the lights and gear shifting) the battery gets a boost from your braking.
There's a console-type display too, that not only displays all the usual e-bike functions but also acts as a fully-featured cycle computer. It has a backlight built in and can be removed easily to deter thieves.
We'll be going over to Friedrichshafen for the Eurobike show and we'll get the full lowdown when we're there. In the meantime, we've reproduced the press release below and you can feast your eyes on the shots Shimano have sent us of all the new kit...
First generation of Shimano e-bike components (STEPS)
Shimano is presenting a completely new component group for e-bikes named STEPS (Shimano Total Electric Power System). The development is based on our philosophy that an e-bike has to stay a bicycle and needs to have a smooth and natural handling with a well-balanced support while pedaling. The STEPS concept enables people to enjoy nature and to stay healthy.
Shimano’s first generation of e-bike components is based on four design principles:
Fun and Comfortable
E-bikes with STEPS technology have a similar riding feeling as a regular bicycle with a well-balanced support that continues until a maximum speed of 25 km/h. The 250W front motor drive system contributes to a good traction in various road conditions and can be used for recharging the battery when riding downhill, using the motor as an additional brake similar to engine-braking with a car.
STEPS can be combined with several shifting options. Most advanced is the SHIMANO SG-E500 8-speed internal geared hub that operates with electronic shift buttons. Options for V-brake and roller brake will be available. Furthermore, STEPS can also be combined with NEXUS internal geared V-brake and roller brake hubs and with existing rear derailleur systems.
Shimano introduces the E-Gain system that offers a multi-regenerative function to recharge the battery while riding. When riding in the E-Gain mode – for example when riding downhill as described above – energy is regained and stored in the battery. When operating the brake lever, the pedaling support stops immediately and starts supporting the brake power, regaining energy as well.
When using the battery charger, Shimano offers a super quick battery charge of 1 hour to load a completely empty battery. Charging is possible with the battery on the bike but the battery can also easily be removed for charging. The 24V / 4.0Ah lithium ion battery can be recharged over 3.000 times. This means that even when it is recharged every day it lasts over eight years! The battery is mounted at the rear carrier, with an integrated tail light. Also the front lamp is part of the concept, using a 6V / 2.4W super bright white LED lamp.
Smart and Clean
STEPS components have been exclusively designed for e-bikes. The functions to operate the system are fully integrated into the components, offering a clean design with great user friendliness.
The electric switch buttons for riding mode, display mode and a light switch are integrated into the 4-finger brake levers, offering a clean cock-pit and smart cable routing. Cables have been provided with 5mm slim cable plugs to allow easy internal frame routing. The cycle computer offers a clear and quick overview of all e-bike functions such as riding mode and battery power but also a gear indicator, speed, trip and odometer. It features also a back light function and it can easily be removed from the bike for anti-theft. Reliable STEPS is developed according to Shimano’s well know quality standards. This component group complies with all major European standards. STEPS is a multi condition system, allowing a storage temperature of -20 until +60 degrees Celsius. Usage temperature is from -10 until +50 degrees Celsius. All components are fully waterproof. STEPS has been provided with a diagnostic system that allows dealers and bike manufacturers to download data directly from the components to the PC. Consumers can rely on support from Shimano’s well organized and proven dealer network.
Dave is a founding father of road.cc and responsible for kicking the server when it breaks. In a previous life he was a graphic designer but he's also a three-time Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling world champion, and remains unbeaten through the bog. Dave rides all sorts of bikes but tends to prefer metal ones. He's getting old is why.
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This tried and tested wet room tanking kit allows safe installation of wet rooms to timber and concrete subfloors especially in upper floor situations. The tanking kit includes a hidden shower tray with built in falls that can be secured directly onto the joists, making sure the hidden tray is flush as possible. With the supplied 6mm waterproof tanking board, this secured using a good quality flexible tile adhesive to the rest of the bathroom. The next stage is for all the joints between the individual tanking boards, walls and hidden tray to be made watertight using the supplied industrial high grab tanking sealing tape. The floor is now ready to be tiled using a flexible tiling adhesive and normal tiling practices. Our wet room tanking system uses tried and tested commercial industry materials and therefore comes with a manufacturers 15 year guarantee. The wet room tanking system consists of a hidden flush shower tray, a large diameter drain waste with a great quality stainless steel grill, 5m2 or 9 m2 of waterproof tanking boards which has good thermal properties, tanking sealing tape, tanking putty and full fitting instructions. This wet room shower kit is relatively easy to install thus allowing quick installation. Contact 01722 415000 for technical.
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Almost every camper will name the Camp Laurel South Waterfront as one of the best parts of camp. Camp Laurel South is situated on a crystal-clear, spring-fed lake…measuring 9 miles around. Yes – 9 miles!!
The Camp Laurel South Waterfront plays a crucial role during the summer, not only as a place for swimming, sailing, kayaking, waterskiing, crew, fishing, bumper-tubing, and snorkeling, but as a gathering place and perfect backdrop for special event and outdoor evening activities. Learning to swim at camp is a rite of passage. Perfecting swim skills provides a great foundation for building camp memories of sunny days spent at the waterfront.
Of course, there are the much acclaimed physical and mental benefits of learning to swim that we all know. It’s a great low impact exercise suitable for almost everyone, which makes it an ideal part of a regular fitness regime. It’s also not age-restrictive. Rather, it’s an activity that can be enjoyed for a lifetime. The fact that muscle strength is also greatly improved as a result of pushing oneself through the water goes without saying.
Swimming also improves coordination and emotional well being. The relaxing atmosphere of a hard-bottom lake provides the perfect setting for children to let down their guard and enjoy the type of casual conversation that builds and strengthens friendships. When combined with the sheer fun of the activity, it’s the perfect setting for building memories.
Camp waterfront locations are extremely active and full of almost endless possibilities for camper experiences. Camp Laurel South has more than 60 boats: Mastercrafts Pro Start 197 Championship Ski Boats, Hobie Cats, Sunfish, Lasers, Fishing Pontoon Boats, Canoes, Kayaks, and more! The waterfront staff is well-trained with certified lifeguards who complete an extensive and rigorous training program prior to the start of camp.
Camps also incorporate their waterfront areas into their special event planning. Water games and pirate-themed treasure hunts are just a couple of ways that water play is used creatively in camp programs.
Swimming at camp takes on a new level of excitement when included in camp activities, such as Spirit Days, that give campers the opportunity to use their swimming skills to rise to a challenge. Camp Laurel South swimmers also compete in swim meets through inter-camp leagues. Whether racing against other campers or a time clock, being able to apply their swimming instruction in an engaging way and seeing firsthand how they’ve improved has been a moment of pride for many a camper.
So the next time your child regales you with tales of the waterfront at his or her summer camp, remember that it’s not just summer memories that they’re gaining from their swimming experiences, but lifelong skills.
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I don't watch the game itself and thanks to the internet I can now wait until the next day to get all the commercials with out wasting my time with that sport stuff.
One that stuck out for me was the Radio Shack 'The 80s Called' ad
Looks to be the beginnings of an amusing ad campaign by them (Check out Jason and the 3-D printer). Should be interesting to see where they take this. I've watched it a few times now and love all the 80s references that are there. That was the decade I grew up in and am really familiar with. There were a few I caught that I was surprised to see, like Slim Goodbody. And there were a few I didn't get at all.
Of course I am wondering what I have missed and plan to watch the ad a few more times and see what I can catch. Of course that is part of what makes this a good ad, since you want to watch it multiple times to see if you can find all that is in it.
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Ethylene glycol is a colorless, odorless, sweet-tasting chemical found in many household products, including antifreeze, deicing products, detergents, paints, and cosmetics. It is poisonous if swallowed.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Intoxication - ethylene glycol; Ethylene glycol poisoning
Ethylene glycol may be swallowed accidentally, or it may be taken deliberately in a suicide attempt or as a substitute for drinking alcohol (ethanol).
The first symptom of ethylene glycol ingestion is similar to the feeling caused by drinking alcohol (ethanol). Within a few hours, more toxic effects become apparent. Symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, convulsions, stupor, or even coma.
An overdose of ethylene glycol can damage the brain, lungs, liver, kidneys, and lungs. The poisoning causes disturbances in the body's chemistry, including metabolic acidosis. The disturbances may be severe enough to cause profound shock, organ failure, and death.
As little as 120 milliliters (approximately 4 fluid ounces) of ethylene glycol may be enough to kill an average-sized man.
Ethylene glycol toxicity should be suspected in anyone who is severely ill after drinking an unknown substance, especially if they at first appear drunk and do not have a smell of alcohol on their breath.
Diagnosis of ethylene glycol toxicity is usually made through a combination of blood, urine, and other tests such as:
Tests will show increased levels of ethylene glycol, blood chemical disturbances, and possible signs of kidney failure and muscle or liver damage.
The goal of treatment is to support the body's vital functions and remove the poison from the body.
Most people with ethylene glycol poisoning will need to be admitted to a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) for close monitoring, and may need a breathing machine (respirator).
Those who recently swallowed the ethylene glycol may have their stomach pumped (suctioned). This can help remove some of the poison.
Other treatments may include:
In severe cases, hemodialysis may be used to directly remove the ethylene glycol and other poisonous substances from the blood. Dialysis reduces the time needed for the body to clear the toxins. Dialysis is also needed by patients who develop severe kidney failure as a result of ethylene glycol poisoning. It may be needed for many months afterwards.
If treated promptly, patients with ethylene glycol poisoning can recover, even from renal failure or coma. However, with delayed or no treatment, ethylene glycol poisoning can be deadly.
Ethylene glycol ingestion is a medical emergency. If you suspect possible poisoning, seek emergency care immediately. Do not wait for poisoning symptoms to develop.
You may also want to contact the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222. The center can be called from anywhere in the United States. The national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.
Keep substances that contain ethylene glycol out of the reach of children, and counsel persons who may abuse it.
Ford MD, Clinical Toxicology. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2001.
Marx J. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 6th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2006.
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There are many articles out there suggesting questions that buyers should ask their real estate agent, but now it’s your turn!
Whether you’re an experienced REALTOR® or not, it’s important to always be crystal clear on a new client’s background information and preferences. Know where you stand before jumping into a relationship with a lead.
Here are 5 questions you should ask a new client:
Why are you buying and why is now the right time to move?
Learning WHY they are buying a new home at this specific time is very helpful in tailoring your real estate services to fit their needs. It will also help you determine how many hours you can expect to work. For instance, some may be looking for a REALTOR® way before they sell their current home, while others may wait until the last minute. Everyone’s timing is different.
How many houses have you already seen and what are your 3 favorite neighborhoods?
You’ll gain a better understanding of their recent real estate experience and at the same time, you’ll find out if they have already been working with another agent. Also, ask them to list their 3 favorite neighborhoods – this is an easy way to begin discussing the importance they place on schools, demographics, and where they want to live.
If we found your perfect home tomorrow, what would you do?
Ask this question so you can evaluate their readiness to actually move and better grasp their preferred timeline. If you’re speaking with a first-time home buyer, use this moment to go over the closing process and any other details they need to know about buying a new home.
Are you working with a lender?
Now you’ll can make an easy transition into a financial conversation. This is a great opportunity to learn whether or not they are pre-approved. If they have not been pre-approved, suggest a lender of your choosing.
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With every new technological development come changes which pose questions for the law. This is not new overall, not even to artificial intelligence. However, since AI is used in many different sectors it is challenging to apply the law correctly. Our experts provide insight into the current legal challenges and the developments we can expect in the future. Data protection, property rights in AI generated content, AI in healthcare or the regulation of new technologies are only a few topics that are highlighted in this PlugIn edition.
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Henry Cuellar signed on to a discharge petition in the U.S. House of Representatives to force a vote on HR 15, comprehensive immigration reform legislation that has over 200 cosponsors.
“Americans overwhelmingly agree that we need immigration reform, for our economy and for our families,” said Congressman Cuellar.
“The argument by House Republican Leadership that we can’t pass immigration reform holds no water – if the bill were put on the Floor, it would pass. That’s all we’re asking for – a vote on comprehensive immigration reform that will provide smart border security, fix the broken visa system, and provide legal status to the 11-12 million undocumented immigrants living in the shadows. That is why I signed on to the discharge petition today to demand a vote on HR 15.”
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Guns are tools. Nothing more, nothing less. While they’re potentially dangerous tools, they’re still just tools. They don’t possess a mind of their own, much less their own motives. While they can be used to do bad things, they’re also used to protect the innocent.
However, that fact doesn’t stop a handful of liberal state senators from Georgia who want to destroy guns in police custody rather than selling them to licensed dealers.
From The Truth About Guns:
In 2012, the Georgia Legislature passed a statute to forbidding the police to destroy valuable firearms. The statute requires that firearms in possession of police — whether confiscated, seized or otherwise acquired — be sold to legal dealers. Once administrative costs are covered, the money from the sale goes to the general fund of the administering political subdivision.
When the law went into effect, a number of Georgia political subdivisions violated the law with impunity. The chief amongst them: the City of Atlanta. Guns sold at auction by police usually bring between $100 and $200 each. Atlanta was sitting on at least 6,000 guns more than two years ago.
Atlanta has likely added two thousand more guns since then. Assuming $150 per gun, and eight thousand guns, that is $1.2 million dollars the city refuses to put in its general fund. The figure doesn’t include the cost of storing and securing the valuable property, or the cost of organizing a sale.
Three Democrat senators, Lester G Jackson from Savanna (top of post), Ed Harbison from Columbus (posing in front of the flag above), and Gail Davenport from Jonesboro (posiing in front of the flag below), have introduced legislation to allow police to destroy legal, valuable, guns. The legislation would repeal of the 2012 law.
As TTAG notes, this law has about as much chance of passing as a bill to issue a full-auto rifle to every man woman and child would have of passing in New York City. This is Georgia we’re talking about here.
That said, the Atlanta area has always been the more liberal part of Georgia, one that has often tested the state’s preemption laws regarding guns. They’re used to thinking the rules don’t apply to them. The legislature says no trying to keep guns out of public parks, Atlanta keeps trying to keep guns out of public parks. They simply don’t care what the state says when it comes to guns…and the Atlanta taxpayer is the one who foots the bill for these failed efforts time and time again.
Now, on top of their previous wastes in trying to test state law, they’re also refusing to put a million or so dollars into their bank account?
No, this is just pure, unadulterated stupid.
Guns are not the problem. Anyone with half a brain will know that the problem has nothing to do with guns, especially ones sold by licensed dealers.
No, all these antics do is deprive poor people of inexpensive firearms that they could then use to defend themselves. Low-income neighborhoods are the ones most likely to be inundated with crime, making those who live there the ones most in need of personal protection.
These senators aren’t helping these communities by trying to deny them arms, they’re trying to hurt them.
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Everyone knows that motor vehicle accidents happen for a variety of reasons, and crashes are often due to the negligence of one or more drivers. However, not wearing a seat belt is also linked with many fatalities and serious injuries each year.
The summer of 2017 has seen its share of catastrophic accidents in Missouri. In fact, the extra-long Independence Day holiday weekend saw fatalities more than triple over the number in 2016, and a number of the people who died were not wearing seat belts.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Missouri deaths by auto that involved not using restraints well exceeded the national average in recent years. In fact, vehicular collisions are a main cause of death for those aged 30 and under in the United States. In Missouri, those aged 21 to 34 are at the greatest risk of car crash death. The rate of fatalities among that age group in Missouri is approximately 142 percent of that of the national average.
The CDC also indicates that Missouri drivers' use of the seat restraints lags notably behind the national average. Only 79 percent of drivers in Missouri use seat belts, while nationally 86 percent buckle up. The CDC estimates that if drivers and passengers wore seat belts and likewise appropriately strapped children into boosters and car seats, it could cut fatalities and serious casualties by 50 percent.
The road is only as safe as drivers and passengers make it, and by wearing seat belts, people can increase their chances of avoiding injuries.
For more on obtaining full and fair compensation after an auto accident in the St. Louis area, please see Hullverson Law Firm's car accident overview.
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Polaroid PDC3350 Review
By Movable Type Admin
Record Screens & Menus
The AUTO shooting mode is the simple, point-n-shoot user mode. Icons for Auto flash,
SD means there is an optional SecureDigital memory card in the camera. There is space
remaining for 98 pictures. Image size is 2048 x 1536 Fine quality. The zoom lens gauge
on the left is displayed for a few seconds when changing the focal length.
After half-pressing the shutter release the auto focus is locked (green cross hairs in the
center) and the aperture and shutter speed is displayed on the bottom.
In AUTO mode the only menu options are for setting the image size and quality.
MANUAL mode, the camera selects both shutter speed and aperture automatically like
AUTO mode but the user has more menu options - see next frame.
Manual mode options:
Quality - Fine or Normal
Exposure Compensation - Override metering +/- 2.0EV in 0.5EV steps
White Balance - Auto, B&W, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent or Tungsten
ISO Speed - Auto or fixed at 100, 200, 400 equivalents
Slow Shutter - Off, 1, 2, 4, 8 seconds
Movie mode records 320 x 240 motion video at 15fps with audio. Movie clips are saved as Windows AVI format video files. The optical zoom cannot be used during movie recording, you can preset it before recording starts. The length of these movies is limited only by the amount of available memory.
Return To Steve's
Visitors of Steves can visit the stores below for real-time pricing and availability. You can also find hot, soon to expire online offers on a variety of cameras and accessories at our very own Camera Deals page.
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Ice cream sundae recipe
Ice cream sundaes are a big bowl of yum and you can make these to please everyone's taste. The secret is using good quality ice cream. Find more on Kidspot New Zealand.
- Good quality ice cream
- Chocolate sauce
- Fruit: fresh or tinned fruit salad, sliced bananas, fresh strawberries, mango cheeks.
- Chopped nuts or sprinkles
- Ice cream wafers
Layer ice cream, fruit and chocolate sauce in a bowl or cup.
Top with nuts or sprinkles.
Grab a spoon and enjoy!
- Use good quality ice cream when making these sundaes.
- It's a bit naughty but whipped cream is a great addition!
- This ice cream sundae was one of my pregnancy cravings.
- This recipe was created by Jennifer Cheung for Kidspot, New Zealand's best recipe finder.
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When Moses met the Lord "face to face" on the Mount of Horeb, he learned of the Lord's real name, "I AM WHO I AM". As you may recall, God had big plans for Moses. He was being asked to deliver the people of Israel from bondage. The people whose entire life, day to day, was this, "live, make bricks, die." Moses, whom had no Harvard degree, not a young warrior, but a frail man, and certainly Charlton Heston ...was being called to fulfill a divine purpose. Moses, an ordinary man - full of doubt and fear.
Fear and doubt...have you experienced it? I certainly have. People saw me as a strong woman, a warrior, when my husband was going through cancer. But I can assure you there was PLENTY of doubt and fear. Where were the miracles of today? The "divine special action" taking away the nightmare my family was catapulted in the midst of.
We did not have the miracle we were looking for, but I can assure you, God took that experience and turned this ordinary woman into someone extra-ordinary. God the Creator, the Healer, the Master of the Cosmos, was with me through that journey and continues to be so. And it is because of His presence, and my firm belief in purpose He has called me to, that I embrace each day with arms wide open. I have "seen" my burning bush...and although I had doubts as to my new path, it excites me to see God actively working in my life.
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." Phil. 4:6
I will be honest and vulnerable with you, my readers... I have come to a point in my life where I am open to another life partner. I feel in my heart that I am not to continue this journey alone. I am meeting people, and will not waiver on what I seek, first and foremost, a man after God's own heart. One who is humble and obedient and lives to please God. As I go through my new life, in obedience to His calling and my new ministry, I cannot help but wonder if God has a partner for me to share in this journey. I realize that I must be careful not to let me own desires take place of God's desires.
As a wise woman advised, "Listen for the Holy Spirit to make it clear." Will I have a "burning bush moment"? God gave Moses a helper in his new mission...his own brother Aaron. I know that it will take a very special man to share the journey I have been placed upon. Not a perfect man, for there is no such thing, as I am not a perfect woman. I realize that this chapter of my life will require patience, and prayer.
Doubt...sure. But I must remember that God is more powerful than we can ever imagine. More powerful than doubt, more powerful than fear. I hope you can draw on that knowledge in your time of need. God is the I AM of my life and it is because of Him that I am. He is in control of my direction, and the people who will cross my path. As as long as He remains at the core of my being, and at the core of the man whom He has already predestined for this journey, our hearts can unite in His purpose.
So as you look in the mirror, whom do you see? Do you see doubt, or fear? Or do you see the very very extra-ordinary person that God has called you to be? Do you feel inadequate? That's okay....because God is with you always...He is as much your I AM as He is mine. May you recognize your burning bush, your defining moment...
In His peace,
10"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; 11So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. 12"For you will go out with joy And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.…" Isaiah 55:10-12 New American Standard Bible
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Seller: Fit Me
Please Select Size
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ZKTECO TX628 Attendance Machine
08:41 Jul 10, 2020
I am very happy with farosh.pk because i have received same product which i was ordered.
7 Days; Return, Refund and Replacment only
Not eligible for return if the item is "No longer needed"
If your item arrived in defective / damaged or incorrect / incomplete condition, it is eligible for a free replacement, provided the exact item is available with the same seller. If the same item is not available from the same seller, a refund will be issued.
For device-related issues after usage please contact the brand warranty provider directly (if applicable).
To learn more about our Policies, please click here.
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It seems like the rumors of an iPhone 8 with an edge-to-edge screen, no Home Button and TouchID integrated into the display are getting to the point where that are looking less like rumors, and more like legitimate leaks. Apple has now been awarded a patent for technology covering a fingerprint sensor integrated into a screen for authentication.
See below for the technical jargon:
Where a fingerprint sensor is integrated into an electronic device or host device, for example, as noted above, it may be desirable to more quickly perform authentication, particularly while performing another task or an application on the electronic device. In other words, in some instances it may be undesirable to have a user perform an authentication in a separate authentication step, for example switching between tasks to perform the authentication.
You can check out the entire submission here.
Bear in mind that Apple has been known to patent every idea or feature that even gets considered, so not every one they are awarded ends up in a device that sees the light of day. If you ever want to kill some time going down a rabbit hole, head over to Patently Apple and take a look around. There are a LOT of interesting things from over the years that we will never see realized archived there.
On the other hand, in this case Apple has applied for at least three patents related to this same technology, so there is a little bit too much smoke here for there to be no fire. This is good, because for all the issues with Siri, Apple Maps, and iCloud at launch, TouchID has been a rock solid and reliable feature from day one on the iPhone 5S. As cool as having an integrated TouchID sensor sounds, it will only be so if it works as well or better than what we are used to. The trick is, what we are used to right now on the iPhone 6S and 7 is pretty hard to beat.
Are you looking forward to an integrated TouchID sensor (or better yet, the screen that will come along with it)? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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Birthplace: Packard, Ky.
Died: 8/8/2010 (Edgartown, Mass.)
Born Patsy Louise Neal, the actress made her stage debut at age 15, won a Tony for her performance in the Broadway production of Another Part of the Forest (1946), made her film debut in John Loves Mary (1949), and won a Best Actress Academy Award for Hud (1963). The buzz of Broadway and the glamour of Hollywood were tempered by a large measure of personal tragedy. In 1960, Neal's infant son suffered brain damage when his stroller was crushed between a bus and a taxi in New York City. Two years later, her oldest child, Olivia, died at age 7 of measles encephalitis. And one year after receiving her Oscar, Patricia Neal suffered a series of strokes that left her in a coma. When she emerged, she couldn't read, walk, or speak. She made a miraculous recovery, giving birth to a daughter six months after brain surgery. Neal returned to the screen in 1968 in The Subject Was Roses, a performance for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. Neal had been suffering from lung cancer and was 84 at the time of her death in Edgartown, Mass.
Neal was married to the former Royal Air Force fighter pilot turned children's book author Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach) for 30 years before their divorce in 1983. They had five children.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Charles will view progress on the new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft currently being assembled at Rosyth on the Firth of Forth on the first of a busy four-day itinerary.
The 65,000-tonne HMS Prince of Wales - the eighth ship named after the heir to the throne - is expected to be handed over to the Royal Navy in 2019 ready for sea trials.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Duke of Rothesay, as Charles is known in Scotland, will visit a sporran-maker in Perthshire and will be joined later in the day by wife Camilla at an exhibition celebrating Harris Tweed in Edinburgh.
Scotland’s textile heritage provides the theme of the week’s engagements, which will also see the royals hear about opportunities for young people and successful community projects.
Charles will open The Prince’s Trust’s youth employment and enterprise hub in Glasgow on Wednesday before he and the Duchess attend a sewing bee challenge hosted by Dumfries House in Ayrshire, the 18th-century stately home whose future was secured following intervention by the Prince in 2007.
He also visited sporran-maker Margaret Morrison in Perth.
A partnership between Dumfries House and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to promote the arts will be launched at the Cumnock attraction on Thursday, ahead of a trip by the royals to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute at the end of the week, where they will tour a textile mill and design studio and meet apprentice weavers.
Ahead of the launch, Charles said: “When I acquired Dumfries House for the nation nine years ago, it was my sincere hope that not only would we restore the magnificent house and its unique contents for future generations to enjoy, but it would also act as a catalyst to regenerate this part of Scotland and provide education, skills and training for local people.
“I now have the pleasure of seeing another of my patronages, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, join in partnership with Dumfries House to create an artistic hub for the young people of Ayrshire.
“The arts are integral to the education of our young people, they broaden our horizons and our humanity, and allow people to transcend their boundaries and connect with one another.
“I am delighted to see these two historic establishments join in a new partnership which will inspire and enable the young performing artists of Ayrshire to reach their full potential.”
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Sunway Lost World Of Tambun is an action packed, wholesome family adventure destination. This self-contained wonderland is cocooned by lush tropical jungle, natural hot springs, breathtaking limestone features of 400 million years of age and seven amazing attraction parks making it the ultimate day and night destination for a unique eco-adventure excursion for visitors of all ages. Just a stone’s throw away is the Lost World Hotel, a perfect snooze chamber after a long day of adventure.
Sunway Lost World Of Tambun offers not only a “lost paradise” that promises fun and wholesome experience for all ages but also a conducive learning environment with a range of fun educational elements around the park. We are also the only theme park in Southeast Asia with natural hot springs coupled with an array of attractions and rides.
Business entities and MICE groups can conduct their team building activities or meetings at any of the Hotel’s seven function rooms and at the park’s themed locations (including Kepura Cave) which offer a capacity ranging from 10 to 200 people.
We take pride in being able to restore the glory of a tin-mining wasteland to an iconic landmark that it is today putting Sunway Lost World Of Tambun on Malaysia’s tourist map. This is the reason we are “More Than Just A Theme Park!”
Sunway Lost World Water Park Sdn. Bhd.
No.1, Persiaran Lagun Sunway 1, Sunway City Ipoh,
31150 Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan,
Theme Park Tel: +605 542 8888
Theme Park Fax: +605- 542 8899
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UK to launch shale gas licencing
London, December 18, 2013
Britain will launch its latest licensing round to allow companies to explore for shale gas in early summer and it forecast high interest, showcasing Britain as one of Europe's main contenders in the race to exploit shale gas resources.
Geological studies show Britain to have large shale reserves that could reverse a rising dependency on energy imports, but more drilling is needed to see whether the deposits are economic as gas has not yet been proved to flow from the rocks.
Unveiling an environmental assessment on the impact of further shale drilling in Britain, Energy Minister Michael Fallon said yesterday he expected strong demand for the licensing round scheduled for mid-2014.
"We could be doubling the amount of onshore licences in this round," Fallon said, adding the government expects to issue 50-150 licences.
The round, Britain's 14th tender to open up onshore areas, has been delayed by around four years after the licensing process was suspended in 2010 following earth tremors caused by shale gas exploration in Lancashire, northwest England.
The government's support for shale development comes despite strong local and environmental opposition to the controversial extraction practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, used to develop shale and unconventional gas blocks.
Engineering consultancy AMEC, which published the environmental assessment for the government, estimated a maximum of 2,880 wells could be drilled under the new licensing round, each producing roughly 86 million cubic metres over a 20-year lifetime.
"Today marks the next step in unlocking the potential of shale gas in our energy mix," Fallon said, adding that in a high-activity scenario, Britain could produce more than three times the country's current gas demand in the 2020s, creating up to 32,000 jobs.
"But we must develop shale responsibly, both for local communities and for the environment, with robust regulation in place," he added. Before the licence round is given the green light, the government must consider responses to its environmental impact report as part of a consultation that will be open until March 28.-TradeArabia News Service
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Sky Ranch scholarships available for area youth
THORNDALE— Once again Star Creek Ranch in Thorndale, owned by the Sue Gove family, is offering 30 scholarships for Sky Ranch in Van.
“This is a non-denominational Christian camp that teaches leadership skills along with helping children to cope with everyday challenges,” said Richard Schneider, spokesman. Full Story
Cereal, toast, breakfast bar, jelly and milk offered daily.
Wednesday— Pancakes, turkey sausage patty.
Thursday—Egg and cheese burrito, salsa.
Friday— Banana muffin, vanilla yogurt.
Junior High Breakfast Full Story
BIKE WINNERS—Four lucky students at Milano Elementary School received new bicycles last week as the Milano PATCH Club’s honor roll bike giveaway. Full Story
TAKS exit level test for out-of-school examinees
Rockdale High School w ill offer the TAKS Exit Level Exams in March for out-of-school (OOS) examinees, district testing coordinator Lynnette Guerra announced.
Tests dates are March 5 (social studies), March 7 (ELA), March 8 (mat h) a nd Ma rch 9 ( science). Full Story
Avoid the senior slump
Now that college applications are wrapping up, the holidays are approaching, the school year is nearing the half-way point and financial aid deadlines are near, you may soon find you have a somewhat apathetic senior. Seniors have worked hard to make it to this point of the year, and the temptation will be to take it easy. Don’t let your teen give in to senior slump. Full Story
Copyright 2009-2016 Rockdale Reporter, All Rights Reserved.
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In a year when Republicans are operating in such an enviable political environment, why aren’t their U.S. Senate candidates holding big and impressive leads? Why does it look close? Why are party professionals getting worried?
The Democratic president is unpopular. What progress can be claimed in the economy is tentative, uneven, feels temporary. True unemployment is bad and people who have jobs feel stressed and hammered by costs. Americans are less optimistic than they’ve ever been in the modern era, with right-track/wrong-track numbers upside down. Scandals, war, uncertain leadership—all this has yielded a sense the whole enterprise of the past six years just did not work.
But Republicans aren’t achieving lift-off. The metaphor used most often is the wave. If Republicans can’t make, catch and ride a wave in an environment like this, they’ve gone from being the stupid party to the stupid loser party.
An accomplished establishment Republican this week shrugged and noted the obvious: Every race is state-by-state and has its own realities; some candidates prove good and some are disappointing. Another establishment figure, an elected officeholder, observed with satisfaction that Republicans in Washington have done a good job making sure local candidates weren’t nutty persons who said nutty things.
But is that enough? Kellyanne Conway of The Polling Co. says no: “It’s not enough for voters to have a candidate who doesn’t say something controversial. They need something compelling.”
The party’s consultants say it comes down to money: Republicans are raising less than Democrats and need more. But Ms. Conway notes that in 2012, well-funded Republicans George Allen, Connie Mack, Linda McMahon, Josh Mandel and Tommy Thompson all went down to defeat. It’s not all about money.
The question this week is whether the election should be nationalized, lifted beyond the local and given power by clear stands on some agreed-upon national issues. Those who resist say the election has already been nationalized by Barack Obama . His and his administration’s unpopularity are all the unifying force that’s needed.
But put aside the word “nationalized.” Shouldn’t the Republican Party make it clear right now exactly what it is for and what it intends to do?
Here the views of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and much of the Washington-based GOP election apparatus have held sway. If you are explicit in terms of larger policy ideas, you just give Democrats something to shoot at. Don’t give them a target. ObamaCare, the foreign-policy mess, the IRS—these are so unpopular they’re more than enough reason to vote Republican. Don’t give voters a reason not to!
This sounds like the hard practicality of big-time politics, and it has a certain logic. But it doesn’t take into account some underlying realities.
One is the rising air of public crisis. Many voters, especially in the Republican base, feel America is under threat and we are losing our country. They feel they are fighting to save it. In a time of alarm, vagueness doesn’t seem clever but oblivious—out of touch and unaware.
Asecond reality is the GOP’s brand problem. Everyone knows about it and is tired of saying it; the Democrats continue exploiting it because it’s almost all they have. Moreover, history suggests a political brand problem gets resolved only by a vivid figure like FDR or Reagan, who through their popularity and power changed how people saw their parties. Republican politicians can’t sit around waiting for a vivid figure to come along, so they don’t talk about the problem anymore.
The cliché is that Republicans are old, white, don’t like women or science, are narrow, numeric and oppose all modern ways. The cliché probably isn’t as powerful as it used to be because the president has made so many new Republicans, but it’s still there.
But Republicanism right now has a special duty to be dynamic and serious. It has to paint a world of the possible. It has to make people feel that things can be made better. The spirit animating the party should be “This way, we will take that hill and hold it. Together, now, let’s march.” To rouse people you have to tell them your plans.
And it would be especially welcome at this moment. The Democratic Party in the last years of Obama is running on empty, pushing old buttons. To judge by their current campaigns, their only bullets are mischief and malice. The mischief includes a wholly fictional Republican war on women and the malice involves class-mongering and “check your privilege” manipulation. Only the young seem idealistic; older Democrats seem like a sated force.
The Democrats’ reputation is suffering, but the point here is the Republicans’. When you have a poor brand, do you spend all your time saying the other guy is worse? Or do you start rebuilding your reputation? In politics that means saying what you are for, not what you are against, and what you will do, not what the other guy will do if the voters let him.
A third reason to go with the idea of avowed meaning is the suspicion some voters must have that while to vote Democratic this year is to vote for the potential of more trouble, to vote Republican may be a vote for nothing changing or improving very much.
Both parties in Washington use stasis as a strategy. I suspect there are Republicans on the ground who intuit the Republican version of this. Republican inertia was outlined to me this spring, ironically, by a GOP congressman:
The 2010 election, he explained, was about winning the House, don’t rock the boat. Twenty twelve was all about the presidential—again don’t rock the boat, don’t mess things up with anything controversial, win the presidency to effect change. In 2014, he said, it’s all about the Senate—win it, hold the House. Then in 2016 it’s going to be all about the presidential and holding the Senate. In 2018, he said, it will be all about holding Congress for a Republican president or against a Democratic one. Then in 2020 it will be all about the presidential.
After that, he said, we might do something!
His point was that party professionals think the party has to keep winning, so—wait. For what?
Republican political professionals need to get the meaning of things back. Otherwise, if Republicans do take the Senate, their new majority will arrive not having won on the basis of something shared. They will not be able to claim any mandate for anything. That will encourage them to become self-driven freelancers in a very pleasant and distinguished freelancer’s club, which is sort of what the Senate is.
It’s good to win, but winning without a declared governing purpose is a ticket to nowhere.
Some feel a vague list of general stands might solve the problem and do the trick. They think it’s probably too late to do more than that. But there are 6½ weeks before the election, and plenty of voters would be asking for more information and open to changing their minds. In such circumstances, explicit vows are more likely to be taken seriously than airy sentiments.
Republicans need to say what they’re for. They need to make it new and true—not something defensive but something equal to the moment.
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Porównanie z innymi grzejnikami płytowymi
RADIK RC represents a significant innovation in the segment of panel radiators, it is the first radiator with controlled flow.
The panel radiator RADIK RC enables a full closure of the heating water flow into the rear panel. For 87% of the heating season it is possible to take advantage of a higher radiant heat from the front panel, achieve the required thermal comfort at a lower air temperature in the room and thus save up to 15% of the annual heating costs.
Comparison with a conventional radiator
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|Temperature at the inlet into the radiator||75 °C||75 °C|
|Mass flow at the nominal output||138,5 kg/h||141,2 kg/h|
|Average temperature of the front panel||64 °C||66,7 °C|
|Average temperature of the rear panel||59,6 °C||30,3 °C|
|Temperature of the wall behind the radiator||41,9 °C||26,9 °C|
RADIK RC enables the full closure of the heating water flow into the rear panel. While maintaining the same heat output, as compared with the flow through both panels, the front panel has a higher average temperature.
And a higher average temperature means a further increase of the radiant component of the heat. Therefore the user has a more pleasant feeling of the radiant heat from the radiator.
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Black Magnet Sheet Mask
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