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Sunday, October 31, 2010
There are tolls. Campbell promised them to his big business buddies. And we're paying them. But what you may not know is that at least one journalist reported back in the early days of the Sea to Sky project that the BC Ministry of Transportation was spending money, ($166 million), gained from the sale of BC Rail to fund phase 1 of the highway project.
Think about that for a minute.
Campbell promises that he won't sell BC Rail, then, suddenly, while falsely claiming that BC Rail was a money-losing proposition, puts it on the chopping block. Ideology of a fanatic bottom-liner or was there something more sinister at work here?
Here's some meat to chew on. The Vancouver/Whistler Olympic bid was not a sure thing. In the first round Pyeongchang, South Korea led the short list with 51 votes to Vancouver's 40. Salzberg, Austria received only 16 votes which effectively eliminated that city. What that meant was that virtually all of those who had voted for Salzberg would have to shift their votes to Vancouver if the Vancouver bid was to succeed in the second round of voting.
Problem. Money. Campbell, who had a bevy of pals wrapped up in the Olympic bid process, was made fully aware that the greatest stumbling block to a successful bid was a highway between Vancouver and Whistler that was too long, too dangerous and subject to road-blocking slides. The only way to overcome that massive obstacle would be to commit to IOC officials that the thoroughfare would be totally rebuilt in time to host an Olympic party. But where would the money come from?
Sell an asset... and sell it fast. BC Rail.
On 28 August, 2002, Vancouver makes the short list of four cities bidding on the 2010 Winter Olympics. The IOC cites the Sea to Sky Highway as a problem. The Vancouver Olympic bid committee has until 10 January, 2003 to submit a bid book, complete with the proposed plan to solve the one problem cited by the IOC. *
On 13 May, 2003, Gordon Campbell broke an election promise and announced that BC Rail would be sold.
On 2 July, 2003, the IOC announced that Vancouver would host the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
On 25 November, 2003, Campbell announced that the government had accepted the bid from CN to purchase BC Rail. (OK... a 990 year lease.) More than one of the other bidders complained that the deal had been rigged in favour of CN.
On 10 January, 2004, flush with money from the sale of BC Rail, the Campbell government releases a Capital Project Plan known as the Sea to Sky highway improvement project.
If you don't smell something there your nose isn't working.
Over to Laila Yule.
* Paragraph added as update.
From Ian Welsh:
Others have covered this more than I have, but to me the initial charges were always absurd. He killed a soldier in a firefight in a country that the US invaded. The idea that doing so qualifies as murder is ridiculous, unless we also want to charge everyone who kills an invading soldier with murder? And, I suppose, charge every American soldier in Iraq (a clear case of pre-emptive war, illegal under the Geneva conventions and exactly what Americans hung Germans for at Nuremburg) with murder?Kangaroo court justice, the victors punishing the losers, for “crimes” far more minor than those the victors have committed. Get back to me when George Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Colin Powell are in the dock, and we’ll talk.
And don't expect a Khadr to be repatriated to Canada to serve out his sentence (after his initial year in solitary confinement). The Harper hillbillies are deep into punishment of anyone they don't like and happy to ignore the rule of law where such things are inconvenient to the pursuit of their rigid and thoughtless ideology.
even in colonial times, "there was either a declared war or a conflict for 79 of the 179 years from just before the founding of Jamestown until 1785, nominally the end of the Revolution."
Second, the end of the Draft and the removal of ROTC from most American colleges has caused a shift in the make-up of the officer core over time.
With the partial exception of Bacevich's Washington Rules, however, all of them neglect or underplay the importance of two critical Vietnam-era decisions: the replacement of the draft-based army with the All-Volunteer Force (AVF) and the roughly simultaneous expulsion of Reserve Officer Training Corps units from many elite campuses. Taken together, those decisions have made the nation's inclination to war and other military action greater than at any time in its already war-saturated history.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
People are still scratching their heads as to where this thing came from, after being discovered on the Malahat, just south of Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island.
Hint: These things don't have serial numbers, but they do have batch numbers. And the sights are ancient compared to later versions.
Perhaps future posts will include pictures of an infantryman swinging a chainsaw or an engine room artificer running a wood chipper he found in the bush.
...Although it may be reasonable to be somewhat skeptical about climate change models, some corporate sponsored participants in the climate change disinformation campaign have been spreading deeply misleading distortions about the science of climate change. These untruths are not based upon reasonable skepticism but outright falsification and distortions of climate change science. These claims have included assertions that that the science of climate change that is the foundation for calls to action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have been completely "debunked" and that there is no evidence of human causation of recent observed warming. Reasonable skepticism cannot make these claims or others frequently being made by the well-financed climate change disinformation campaign...
...that the oil, coal and utility industries have collectively spent $500 million just since the beginning of 2009 to lobby against legislation to address climate change and to defeat candidates who support actions to reduce the threat of climate change. It would be one thing for an American corporation to act irresponsibly in a way that leads to harm to Americans, but because of climate change's global scope, American corporation's have been involved in behavior that likely will harm tens of millions of people around the world. Clearly this is a new type of crime against humanity. Skepticism in science is not bad, but skeptics must play by the rules of science including publishing their conclusions in peer-reviewed scientific journals and not make claims that are not substantiated by the peer-reviewed literature. The need for responsible skepticism is particularly urgent if misinformation from skeptics could lead to great harm. For this reason, this disinformation campaign being funded by some American corporations is some kind of new crime against humanity.
The international community does not have a word for this type of crime yet, but the international community should find a way of classifying extraordinarily irresponsible scientific claims that could lead to mass suffering as some type of crime against humanity.
And Jymn (via Antonia) floors us with the 41 per cent reported rape rate in the US military.
I might gently suggest that it isn't ideas social conservatism, it isn't free markets or fiscal restraint, or some other intellectual fancy that drive this thing we call [contemporary] conservatism. It is a latent preference for misanthropic and misecological violence.
In its more sophisticated form, it manifests as policies that punish the poor for being poor, builds prisons, and makes a hobby out of war. Or thinks little of leaving gaping sores on the Earth to feed the want of machines and trinkets.
It its distilled form it is a tyrant of the lizard brain that lynches, rapes and kerb-stomps. It cuts down forests, kills oceans, and consumes a billion years of ancient sun and life to drive four blocks for a hamburger.
Immune systems in complex organisms have the capacity to 'wall off' pathogens, toxins, and compromised tissue within the organism. Our social and political systems can do the same...
That was the message from the leader of a provincial government awash in the sewage of scandal. I will give you $136 if you just shut up and go away. Unless you're one of those higher-priced types. Here's even more. Just don't call me at home.
I didn't see Campbell's speech. I've read it several times. It is no more or less than the condescending offer of a "John" attempting to buy cover for actions he didn't expect to be discovered. The reaction to a direct threat of exposure.
While we're all infuriated with the way the HST was simply foisted on us, not only without warning, but after being assured that it wasn't going to happen, Campbell's little offer of a few bucks to keep our fingers off the phone buttons is a blatant insult. He's trying to buy his survival.
The BC Rail scandal won't go away. As one newspaper put it, the trial which lasted longer than the 2nd World War was a disgrace. There is distinct stench of corruption which extends much further than the two convicted criminals in the BC Rail case. From the beginning, there has been government interference, including that of Campbell and his cabinet, in an attempt to obstruct and camouflage. Given the energy politicians expended to cover things up any reasonable person would speculate that Campbell and his closest caporegimes had something very dirty to hide. And what's worse, after seven years, 18 million bucks and suggestions of a buy off, one of the fall guys can't even live with the kiss he was given as a sentence.
But that speech.
Campbell trotted out his deprived childhood. See, I was a poor kid, so I know what it's like. Except that Campbell doesn't know. His mother shielded him from that, and a 21st Century single mother is only too happy to point that out. Not to mention that if, when Campbell was a kid, there had a been a premier and a government like that which Campbell runs today, it would have been working furiously to eliminate her taxpayer funded position and reduce her to a near-minimum-wage job.
If anything says "desperation" however, it is the announcement itself. The premier of a province announces a something usually left to the finance minister at budget time. That would be February 2011. So, five months before his finance minister can produce the annual economic plan for government, the premier takes money from the chest and offers it up... if you'll just keep quiet about.... everything. Please don't ruin my life by phoning my house.
It was the concluding statement, however, which sealed it. Campbell is scrambling for one reason and he made it clear as he faded to black. When he said he had "learned a lot" and described the power of British Columbians working together and and focusing on an objective, he didn't mention that the initiative campaign to repeal the HST was the ultimate demonstration of that resolute power. No, he said it was the 2010 winter Olympics.
He doesn't want you to phone his house. If you do, you'll upset the legacy he thinks he's built for himself. He wants to be remembered as the premier who brought the Olympic games to BC; not the one who was surrounded by corruption scandals, angry grass roots initiative campaigns and voter-led recall rebellions.
Call him. And rip his chosen legacy to shreds. Because Campbell clearly doesn't care about you, about the economy of the province or grade 4 students. He cares only about his red-mittened self.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
First, Juan Cole compares video of the Taliban with Tea Party supporters beating women in public. Failed state, and failing state.
Next, Jymn at Sister Sage draws attention to the sexual assault of Lauren Valle by Tea Party supporter Mike Pezzano during her head-stomping by Tim Profitt.
I don't think I can finish my breakfast.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Even still, I think I might be wading into something messy with this post, but here goes...
A few years ago I was sitting around in a neutral space having drinks with about half a dozen women, median age maybe near 32. I was the only male. The women were a mix of lesbian, bisexual and straight. Somewhere over the course of a few hours they all decided they were going to to go the lesbian bar. I was informed in no uncertain terms that even though I was really nice for a male, I was not welcome to join them, and that they would hope I would understand. 'Heh,' I thought, 'now isn't this an awkward bit of interesting.'
A bit of a focus group followed because, being curious and relatively unfamiliar with the nuances of the politics of orientation sexuality, I wanted to know how my exclusion was rationalised. It transpired that some of the women felt there were degrees of welcome at the bar based on sexual orientation and anatomy. I, as a straight male, was most unwelcome and it would not go over well were I to tag along. Gay males were permitted, but not wholly welcome and shouldn't make a habit of it. Straight women were more welcome, although some of the gay women felt uncomfortable with the idea that straight women should go to lesbian bars and that they shouldn't make a habit of it either. Bisexual women were more welcome, but also not entirely as welcome as lesbians.
The rationale for these degrees of discrimination seemed to revolve around two related themes. First, in broader terms the women and especially the lesbians felt their bar was a safe space and men were something of a violation of that space. Second, the discrimination based on sexual preference seemed to come from a desire by the lesbians to feel it was safe to approach other women in the bar. I recall the word 'safe' emerging quite a bit in the discussion. Ah.
I more recently had a conversation with a friend who considers herself queer and doesn't like sexual identity labels, but usually ends up dating women and her closer circle of friends are lesbian. She informed me that she finds it troublesome to openly have male friends or partners because of the gossip and judgement that she feels from her peer group. "Ouch" me thinks.
Now while I'm sympathetic to the rationales around safe spaces for oppressed and marginalised groups, I ultimately don't really have a lot of time for anyone who uses discrimination to fight discrimination. Although aspects of power might shift favourably for the oppressed group now asserting itself, ultimately it emphasises and perpetuates lines of difference. This appears counter to the broader goal of equality. I understand why typologies like LGBTQQI matter now as society progresses and starts to set aside its rigid constructions of sexuality. will we reach a point where those labels no longer matter, or the typology expands to the point where it becomes unwieldy?
All things being equal (yes, with climate change and the like, this is a huge caveat), I like to think the world of 2050 might look back on sexual and gender politics of 2010 as uh, just a little complicated compared to the future where variation is simply accepted...without the politics of today's boundaries.
So a few questions for readers - some of you are perhaps much more versed in the nuances of this than I am - arise:
- Is it OK to discriminate based on gender and sexual orientation in some circumstances? Was I right to be excluded?
- If so, why? How is this different from discrimination based on say ethnicity or religion?
- Have I got it all wrong? Did I miss something key in the politics here?
- In broader terms, how useful are labels for non-straight sexuality in the long term? Do they help perpetuate lines of division and/or discrimination between the straight and the non-straight cohorts?
- Should there be/is there a need for division between LGBTQQI and straight communities?
The Pope leaned towards Mr. McGuinty and said, "Do you know that with one little movement of my hand I can make every person in this crowd go wild with joy? This joy will not be a momentary display, but go deep into their hearts and they'll forever speak of this day and rejoice!"
McGuinty replied, "I seriously doubt that. With one little wave of your hand? Show me."
So the Pope backhanded McGuinty.
"This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hate to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in it's words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion or joint of your body" -- Walt Whitman
From The Guardian this morning:
A Fox News contributor and former state department adviser has accused WikiLeaks of conducting "political warfare against the US" and called for those behind the whistleblowing website to be declared "enemy combatants" so they can be subjected to "non-judicial actions".
Whiton ends with the following plea: "How much will our information-collection capabilities have to be diminished, and how many of our friends and collaborators around the world must die, (Ed: Never mind that there has been no evidence of that.) before President Obama and his friends on Capitol Hill start caring more about national security?"
Oh sure, call Julian Assange and his tribe of transparency troops "enemy combatants" so they can get the same kind of "deal" Omar Khadr got.
Compare the FoxNoise response with that of Britain's deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, who backs an investigation into the torture allegations.
An ocean away and worlds apart . . . .
Monday, October 25, 2010
Rob Ford isn't old Toronto. He isn't of Kensington or the Beaches. Or the mansions of Wychwood, or the rainbows on Church. He isn't a rainy autumn ferry to a folk festival on the Island. He isn't hidden cafes and dark pubs, theatres and concert halls. He isn't sticky summer nights roaming the city bathed in drink, neon and streetlamps, searching, laughing with friend. You won't find him haunting the stone around the U of T. Ford is alien to all these things.
This man represents the new Toronto I don't recognise. Aside from his ruddy face, he is colourless. He's like the vast suburbs that now extract spirit from of the city core. Bloated, layer upon bloated layer of uniform tissue that now surrounds Toronto and draws the lifeblood from the old core, draining it with the repetitive entropy of mediocrity and outrage. He's part of the new Toronto that so recently pimped out the sacred citizenry to the violence of the visiting state.
The city's gone wobbly in the head, and lost its bearing. Ford is the product of this and for all his lunacy about bikes, taxes, and the like, he's made promises that as Chet points out, are impossible to deliver on successfully if at all. That this new Toronto elected him shows they suffer from the same dementia that produced Ford. Maybe deep down the new mayor realises some of this, but likely not. Either way, he's about to find out what it takes to run a city and the limits of the mayor's office.
So my flash of anger passed. It is plain to the watchers that Ford, despite the views of much of the electorate, hasn't got the wherewhithal to handle the pressures office or understand the needs of a city. It's also bleeding obvious that enough of Toronto has bought into his bloviating populism and doesn't 'get it' either. Scandals and other disaster await him and it won't be easy for anyone, including his worship - but it might be entertaining in places. But this is how the Toronto of this generation is meant to learn.
So I say good luck, because they're all going to need if they want to find the next election without too much harm done, but enough for them to learn who not to re-elect.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
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A seaside city in Italy is planning to ban miniskirts and other provocative clothing to improve what the mayor calls standards of public decency.Apparently Bobbio missed the several decades during which mini-skirts became very much a normal form of apparel for many women. But, whoa! It gets even more bizaare.
Castellammare di Stabia is trying to be the latest location in Italy to make use of new powers to crack down on what is deemed to be anti-social behaviour.
Mayor Luigi Bobbio said the regulations would help "restore urban decorum and facilitate better civil co-existence".Offenders would face fines of between 25 ($35) and 500 euros ($696).
There will also be a ban on sunbathing, playing football in public places, and blasphemy, if the proposals are approved at a council meeting on Monday.Oh! Worse...
In other places they have banned sandcastles, kissing in cars, feeding stray cats, wooden clogs and the use of lawn mowers at weekends.And soon, the whole of Italy will return to its past days of glory as a fragmented feudal kingdom ripe for the picking by Norman knights.
Strike the whole country off my vacation list.
Oh yes... there was this.
"I think it's the right decision," a local parish priest, Don Paulo Cecere, told the Cronache di Napoli newspaper. "It's also a way of combating the rise in sexual harassment."Of course the local papal vicar would have something to say. Combat sexual harassment? Ohhhh.... vicar, you are in deep shit now. Mini-skirts don't cause sexual harassment - men with the wrong attitude do however. So, now sexual harassment is the fault of women wearing mini-skirts. Hmmm.
Take it away lasses:
The United States Chamber of Commerce is running an unprecedented $75 million campaign to unseat progressives from Congress, in defense of a big-oil agenda. As a ThinkProgress investigation has learned Chamber’s donors — who send their checks to the same account from which the political campaign is run — include multinational oil corporations, and even oil companies owned by the Kingdom of Bahrain. The oil-fueled Chamber has hammered candidates who voted to limit our dependence on oil, falsely claiming they supported a “job-killing energy tax”Which puts a Canadian company amongst those actively funding a US political campaign intentionally attempting to unseat Democrats.
Interesting. SNC Lavalin is contributing to a U.S. election on a scale they are prevented from doing in Canada.
And, if you think the above isn't linked to this, well then go read Dowd and keep your eyes open for this part:
The 5-to-4 Citizens United decision last January gave corporations, foreign contributors, unions, Big Energy, Big Oil and superrich conservatives a green light to surreptitiously funnel in as much money as they want, whenever they want to elect or unelect candidates. As if that weren’t enough to breed corruption, Thomas was the only justice — in a rare case of detaching his hip from Antonin Scalia’s — to write a separate opinion calling for an end to donor disclosures.Which should lead you to look up at the ceiling and ask, "What other Canadian corporations are contributing to US political campaigns?"
Yeah. I'd be looking for a massive scar on the earth's surface. And I wouldn't look further than northern Alberta.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Dr. Lunney was aboard the frigate taking part in the Canadian Forces Parliamentary Program, where MPs and Senators are embedded with their choice of Navy, Army or Air Force units, most often during major exercises. A key aspect of the program is that they be given the opportunity to experience the “real” CF through hands-on experience; not as VIPs but as ordinary Canadians.
His first time aboard a Canadian warship, Dr. Lunney spent five days in Calgary as the ship was conducting fleet navigation officers’ training off the coast of British Columbia. Despite some initial challenges – stepping over the anchor cable and enduring a high speed encounter between his head and the top of the rack above – he quickly settled into shipboard routine.
To be clear, Opposition MPs did participate in this year's program. However, it still looks a little like Con propaganda to have the action story of their MP front and centre on the DND website. Indeed it seems to be a bit of a trend, given the earlier Nijmegen coverage with our discomfortably happy defence minister.
As The Gazetteer points out, with the sham over and the judicial gag order ended, we can start asking questions again and we can start pointing at facts and timelines which were hitherto subject to a publication ban.
One of the mysteries of the whole BC Rail sale scandal was the sudden and unexpected departure of BC Rail point man and then BC Finance Minister, Gary Collins. There is speculation that Collins was about to be interviewed by the RCMP regarding certain cabinet documents. Indeed, Collins was to be next into the witness box when the defendants of the corruption trial suddenly changed their pleas to "guilty" and prevented the defence examination of Collins.
Convenient. And it remains just as mysterious. The question now centers around whether certain lawyers and deputy ministers were involved in an obstruction of justice and whether there was a violation of the Dhom Protocol, a court ordered procedure to allow police access to cabinet documents. If there was such a violation then the parties involved were in contempt of court.
A further question exists: Was Gary Collins warned in advance that he was to be questioned by the RCMP? And if so, who warned him?
Back to that 27 October, 7 pm address by Campbell on Global TV. You can make book that the BC Rail sale and the corruption which surrounded it won't be mentioned. This will be Campbell pleading for his political life over the fiasco created by the introduction of Harmonized Sales Tax. While that event has cut the residents of BC to the quick, it is nothing to compared to the waste laid to the province by a bunch of right-wing ideologues who regularly demonstrate that they hate all but the wealthiest of BC's citizens.
Well it’s over now. So where’s the investigation into obstruction of justice and other violations of the Criminal Code with respect to the Premier’s office handling of documents at the heart of the investigation?
What we really need to know is this. Could Dobell have warned Gary Collins that he was about to be interviewed by the RCMP regarding key documents in the case? After all he met him in cabinet at least once a week. And doesn’t that constitute contempt of Justice Dohm’s order? Or maybe even obstruction of justice?Gary Collins was supposed to be next up. Wouldn’t those be questions the defence might have wanted to ask? How convenient for the Premier’s office that that won’t take place now.
For a list you have to read Laila Yuile. And we should all read Laila Yuile.
PZ Myers reminds us that today is... Creation Day! The world, (which did not wear out in 1997 as forecast) was created on this date in 4004 BC according to the Ussher chronology. As PZ points out, this is an occasion for heavy drinking. (Not that I personally ever needed such a reason).
It also makes people do weird things. Like create enormous complex graphs of the history of the world, the likes of which you can't possibly fathom, especially since the first 2200 years of Earth "history" is condensed into one small book written by an anonymous individual who would have you believe that people lived for hundreds of years... back then.
So... it's party time! Or not. In this century if you continue to believe in such rubbish you shouldn't be in a position to govern anything more than a chicken coop.
I'm investigating articles of impeachment against Justice Roberts for perjuring during his Senate hearings
But that doesn't even touch what Clarence Thomas is facing.
The ex-girlfriend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he was "obsessed" with pornography and made lewd sexual references to the women he worked with.That's so cool. Especially since Thomas' wife made an early morning (couldn't have been drunk) phone call to Anita Hill demanding she apologize for her testimony at Thomas' confirmation hearings.
Nearly two decades after Anita Hill testified that Thomas had sexually harassed her, Lillian McEwen, who dated Thomas in the 1980s, says Hill's allegations are not unfounded.
Tea Partiers have a habit of doing stupid things. And they are pretty good at finding their way around a law. You see, the decision which John Roberts handed down, in a case that was not before the Supreme Court, has a direct impact on Ginni Thomas, whose paycheque comes from anonymous financial donors now permitted to remain anonymous thanks to Roberts and his activist interference in a case the Supreme Court should never have heard.
Liberty Central, the organization founded by Virginia Thomas, has accepted a great deal of money from secret donors, all of which is legal under the Supreme Court's 2010 decision striking down many of the previous limits on campaign spending. But Gillers notes Virginia Thomas is CEO and president of the group and that an opportunistic donor, by giving money to an organization that pays Virginia Thomas' salary, is in fact giving a financial benefit to Justice Thomas, too. And that could constitute a financial conflict.Divorce will occur, of course, only if the rules of the spouse swapping party are violated. Even conservatives have their limits.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Hell, I did it. Vanity may be some kind of Christian sin, but it is pretty human. Most of us don't do this for money so there has to be some kind of reward. Most of us are pretty happy with an increased traffic count.
If I write, it would be nice if I'm not writing to myself and yelling at a mirror.
A lot of you are writing some pretty fine stuff. And not getting enough notice for it.
If somebody wants to manufacture an award program, that's just dandy. Personally, I know that most of us don't seek an award. We'd just like to have our views, ideas and reach as many interested readers as possible.
So, tell us what you've got. As I told Simon, I'd much rather open this small place to a larger audience and be able to add you to our blogroll.
So put your latest, your best, your favourite into comments with a link.
The best way to find you is if you give us a marker. Go for it.
Reuters: (Lead paragraph.) The Pentagon said on Friday it does not expect big surprises from an imminent release of up to 500,000 Iraq war files by WikiLeaks, but warned that U.S. troops and Iraqis could be endangered by the file dump.
CBC: (Hillary Clinton) "We should condemn in the most clear terms the disclosure of any classified information by individuals and organizations which puts the lives of United States and partner service members and civilians at risk," she said in Washington, D.C.
CNN: "This is all classified secret information never designed to be exposed to the public," Morrell told CNN. "Our greatest fear is that it puts our troops in even greater danger than they inherently are on these battlefields. "
Didn't we hear the same dire warnings back when Wikileaks released the 70,000+ documents on the Afghan war?
Yes, we did.
How'd that come out, you may ask?
Well, to CNN and FoxNoise's (fer krise sake!) credit, buried down in their stories we read this:
CNN: Friday, Lapan said they know of no case where anyone in Afghanistan had been harmed because their name was in the leaked documents, but he made clear that doesn't mean such people couldn't be killed in the future.
FoxNoise: Lapan said that so far no Afghans have been killed as a direct result of WikiLeaks releasing the same type of information over the summer, but he characterized the leak as deplorable.
The Pentagon and State Department crowd might start stocking up on wolf spray and protective gear. Perhaps one day their dire warnings will go unheeded and ignored.
We'll probably have to clue the MSM in, though. It appears they're still drinking the Kool-aid and asking for refills . . . .
The Royal Navy's newest and largest attack submarine HMS Astute has run aground off Skye, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed...
Uh oh. I bet there's some interesting conversations in interesting places regarding this bit of information.
Mr McKerlich said HMS Astute was in an area of shallow water where he would not risk taking his yacht. The submarine has run aground outwith the safe sea lane marked on Admiralty charts. The channel that runs underneath the Skye Bridge has red and green buoys known as lateral markers to ensure vessels do not run aground. HMS Astute appeared to be lying in shallow water several hundred metres beyond that safe route. The Admiralty charts show submerged rocks in the area where the submarine has got into difficulty.
So says Stephen Harper. I didn't insert that "pause" for no reason. On the tape it exists and it suggests, to Harper, that the direct victims of Williams' crimes were secondary to the effect on the Canadian Forces as a whole.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
This is a political blog, so WTF? Well, politics are all about culture(s), and this man and his partner have had a major, all-pervasive influence on our music and our culture. Buy a new copy of "Exile on Main St." Listen carefully. "Loving Cup": caught the attention of every recording studio weenie on the planet in the late 60's and early 70's.
Why? Because say for example you're a member of the Karen ethnic group living in Mah Sot refugee camp, Thailand. You cannot go back to Burma because the disgusting bunch of military fetishists running the show over routinely send the army after you and friends. You are effectively stateless and cannot claim citizenship in Burma or Thailand because neither country really wants much to do with you. Canada comes along and grants you refugee status and you come here to live, leaving many of your family and friends behind. When you are processed and formally recognised as a refugee by Canada, you are granted permanent residency.
In August, QMI Agency reported on a secret government survey that showed that many Tamils who came to Canada claiming that their lives were in danger in their native Sri Lanka subsequently returned safely to that country. They would then come back to Canada and wait out their refugee claim.In legislation to be tabled Thursday, the government will make it easier to revoke someone's refugee status immediately if a refugee claimant heads home for holidays, birthdays or to sponsor other family members."It's a serious problem," said one government source.
After a number of years, you can apply citizenship and thus a Canadian passport. However, before that you can do that you may apply for a Travel Document because you can't actually get a passport from your home country, or the country you fled to. This travel document legally protects you because it says to foreign governments 'I'm now under the protection of Canada, do not mess with me'. If you want to travel to see family and friends still stuck eating sandy rice in a dusty camp, this travel document allows that to happen. You are free now, and can live, play and travel with more security than you've ever had in your life.
What the Conservatives now want to do it seems is take that security away and punish refugee claimants for being refugee claimants. While your claim is being processed, they want you to effectively remain a prisoner within Canada. Don't go home, don't visit your dying mother, don't got back to celebrate the wedding of your sister. Not only that, but the Conservatives also seem to want to be able to revoke your claim should you ever leave the country.
Will the very act of applying for a travel document be grounds for revoking your status? Will the Conservatives seek to revoke citizenship and residency of Canadians from refugee backgrounds who happen to use that protection to safely go home (opposed to say wealthy migrants who arrive through something like business or skilled worker channels...)? If you're poor and desperate, the Cons want to be able to track, monitor and restrict you until such a time as you satisfy their wicked little "principle" that you've behaved like a good little sepoy for long enough.
How many tiers of people does our mollycoddled little gang want to create in this country?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Somewhere out there Con supporters are softly whimpering "Adscam" into tear-stained pillows, their soft and tender principles sore from lashings by the spirit of Liberals' past.
Uncertainty about the programme. Driving up costs for "other governments?" How can our government credibly maintain, with all these developments, that our costs would be under control? We have no contract now, it's hard to see the basis for their claims. (The U.K. government ordering fewer also reported here.)Aviation Week commenter and former Jane's Defence editor Bill Sweetman agrees:
That Star-Telegram report goes on to suggest that the move away from the F-35B (aircraft carrier version) by Britain could put the U.S. Navy's buy of that F-35 version in doubt too, opening the door to increased purchases of the Boeing Super Hornet. One analyst describes the UK's move away from the F-35B as "...disruptive to all aspects of the program schedule and costs."
There's not a lot of good news for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in the UK review. A requirement for 138 F-35Bs has been wiped out and replaced by a smaller - possibly much smaller - number of F-35Cs. The UK's baseline plan is to retain only one carrier with a normal air wing comprising only 12 F-35Cs, while keeping the option to expand the wing to 36 jets - presumably by borrowing aircraft from the land-based units that replace the Tornado GR.4...
...That requirement could be met by a 50-aircraft order. But there is lots of time to make that decision because the catapult-modified Prince of Wales will not be operational for another ten years.
Meanwhile, competitors are starting to talk more boldly about taking on JSF. At Defense IQ's Fighter Conference in London today, Boeing vice-president for international business development Rick McCrary briefed predictions for the next ten years that included a start on technology development for a new Navy strike fighter in 2013 and EMD in 2016-17, as well as the extension of the Super Hornet as a "bridge" to the new program.
Neither Lockheed Martin or the countries involved in the project anticipated an enduring global recession and massive government deficits. But this is the reality now. LM might have thought that by spreading its bet by distributing interest in the platform around the world it ensured that project would remain viable. Governments would see the benefit of everyone buying and there would be incentive (coercion?) not to abandon participation. In effect however, Lockheed Martin built a house of cards, failing to realise that no country absolutely needs luxury platform like JSF and there would be tremendous political and economic counter-incentive for governments not sign if push came to shove.
I think it's now anyone's guess as to whether the program remains viable cost- or even production-wise. Canada really ought to start looking at other options.
And a tangential bet: The UK is retiring its Harrier force. These are the only fixed wing fast jets flying from the Royal Navy's carriers. As it stands the RN has a 9 year wait before the JSF is meant to come online for its two new carriers, one of which will be mothballed from the get-go. Carriers which HM government acknowledges it would have axed too if it were cost effective. I think there's a good chance the Harrier will be known as the last jet flown from UK carriers.
It is something to ponder that if 9/11 happened in the current economic climate, the US, UK and allies might not have so readily prosecuted small and costly wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
It is also interesting to note that a great deal of the present economic mess began with some prospective home buyers and a loans officer in the United States.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Sigh. Back in that long ago day when Canada's "principles" the Middle-east involved encouraging rapproachment and peace in as neutral a way as possible this really wouldn't be a problem. And we might find ourselves sitting on the Security Council at the UN.
I suppose we could send everyone pallets of beer and maple syrup.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Oh, the humanities!
He also explains to the "War on Drugs" guys why they look like the coaches of the San Diego Chargers when they work out of the same worn out playbook.
It's tough to get that message out. Sometimes you just have to say, "To hell with it," and take on the thankless job of training Basset Hounds instead.
How many times have you been in an argument with your spouse, partner or the like and heard the words, "Yeah. Whatever?"
How many times have your been bent over on an issue and heard the word from a parent or an acquaintance. "Who cares?"
Your mother. When you've left her with no place to go; totally out-argued her, she says, "Who cares?"
You care, of course. That's why you're arguing your point. Her answer actually means, "You know so much more about this than I can even fathom that I must invoke my superior parental position and indicate that I have much more important things to do, and this discussion is over."
That's what Rex Murphy has just tried to pull off.
Coming from a knob who thinks that if it snows in Vancouver that global warming is a hoax, he's in about the same league as my mother.
Here's one for Murphy.
Murphy would have spent three weeks scripting his most eloquent praises of a Harper government if Canada had actually assumed its traditional seat on the UN Security Council. He would have lavished imaginary and undeserved accolades on the Alberta separatist as though the little boy had pulled off some magnificent feat of diplomatic prowess.
Instead we get: Who cares?
I dislike to this day the only argument my mother could pull out in a discussion that was clearly beyond her depth, knowing the only reason she did it is because she didn't want the other party, (me) to be held out as the winner.
So, Murphy, accept your new position. Nothing but a loud, half-neutered steer in the middle of the field making loud noises that do nothing more than irritate those within earshot.
Hard to believe you fought to have your education paid for by the public. If we had known what it might produce there might have been second thoughts by your supporters.
And if you need to know more, Sister Sage has summed it up very nicely.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
In one example, the police in Plainfield, New Jersey reported a raid upon a sex slave house described as a “19th-Century slave ship, with rancid, doorless bathrooms; bare, putrid mattresses; and a stash of penicillin, morning-after pills, and misoprostol, an antiulcer medication that can induce abortion.”4 Women are placed into such brothels on both sides of the border and subjected to multiple sexual acts a day, living in fear that if they do not comply with their captor’s demands they, or their family, will be killed. Women and girls trafficked into the United States are thus dispersed across the country, making this an issue that is much more than just a border problem.
Elsewhere, on the other side of the pond, the NYTimes has an article by Suzanne Daley, "Rescuing Young Women From Traffickers’ Hands", that reads like Ringo's Kildar.
Doug Saunders places the Harper government in the same box. All paint; no prep. No matter how many times they try to cover up the rust, corrosion and corruption, it keeps bleeding through and eventually the whole shiny facade falls off. (Emphasis mine)
And right at the lead of Saunders' column he reminds us of this:
But UN members, including influential ones such as Britain and France and the United States, did ask themselves what Canada was actually doing: What was Ottawa contributing to the progress they desired in these areas; what clout could it add to the table?
And here they came up blank. On the Middle East, Mr. Harper’s ministers cut themselves out of the game. They didn’t help the interests of Israel; instead, for short-term political gain, they gave almost lone backing to the partisan views and extreme actions of the coalition government that happened to hold power there at the moment – a coalition containing the most fringe religious fundamentalist parties and opposed by a large majority of Israelis. To satisfy one faction, Canada lost any future role in helping the country or its region.On aid, our stated principles were solid but our shift of funds out of the eight poorest African states – right in the midst of the Security Council bid – infuriated not just Africa’s 47 states but also Europeans, who are struggling with their own African development goals. The same happened in climate change and financial reform (where we were, remember, the spoilers at the G20 summit): Canada said things, but just wasn’t there.
“Our engagement internationally is based on the principles that this country holds dear,” Mr. Harper said. “It is not based on popularity.”Of the hundreds of ways that statement could be torn to shreds, two come immediately to mind:
1. Harper said it right there. His "principles" are not popular. He formed government with less than 22 percent of the eligible vote. He and his "principles" have no real traction among voters in Canada nor among the diplomatic departments of the world's most influential governments. Harper puts on a good party but it leads to nothing.
2. It's a lie. What Harper is peddling as a "principle" is nothing more than a "Hollywood paint job". What he is calling a "principle" is a short-term theatrical production, complete with editing, intended to entertain. With a paltry story and a weak cast he's hoping the expensive art direction and set design will hold up long enough to gather the sufficient "academy votes" to give him a box-office success. | <urn:uuid:d6a31f61-203e-4eb1-9dbc-7ec115e157ae> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | http://thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/ | 2019-11-17T15:23:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496669183.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20191117142350-20191117170350-00036.warc.gz | en | 0.972007 | 9,959 |
TAM SAM SOM: Your Revenuebase.ai Blueprint for Success
In order to understand the potential of a business idea, it’s important that you understand the local market so that you can see whether your product or service is likely to be a success. This includes gaining a deep understanding of the potential market size; to put it simply, without people or organizations to buy your product or service, it will fail at the first hurdle.
The business world is full of uncertainty, but in order to see growth, it is necessary to make some assumptions and take a few risks. The impact and nature of those risks will depend on the organization and individuals involved, but the actions taken will usually be supported by relevant metrics and industry knowledge. One of the most popular and impactful ways of measuring market size is to use TAM, SAM, and SOM. Far from being just another series of acronyms that is tossed around by people in the know, TAM SAM SOM are a key part of the foundation of your sales and marketing efforts and lead generation strategies.
By gaining an in-depth understanding of these metrics, what they mean, and how they could impact your business plan and organization, you can add value and gain quality leads because they don’t just tell you how many people you should be reaching in order to achieve success; they tell you who those people are. In this article, we will go through the basics, from TAM SOM SAM meaning in business to how you can access that data and intelligence from RevenueBase, and how you can use that data to your advantage.
The importance of understanding TAM SAM SOM
When it comes to making the most of data, a little knowledge can sometimes be a dangerous thing. While the concept of TAM SAM SOM is relatively simple, it is often misinterpreted, which can lead to false data and incorrectly influence investments and activities. A well-known example of miscalculated TAM SAM SOM is NYU Professor Aswath Damodaran’s low valuation of investor Bill Gurley’s investment in Uber. Gurley considered it to be a golden business opportunity, and claimed Damodaran had miscalculated the TAM by defining the product as a limo/taxi service, instead of Gurley’s definition of it as a worldwide transportation business. Organizations that take the time to develop an true understanding of their potential market will gain the ability to map out their future market potential and gain insights that will allow them to compete in the most crowded markets.
TAM SAM SOM meaning
Let’s start at the beginning. TAM SAM SOM is a set of metrics used by organizations to determine the viability of a new product or service by market share, and to help marketing and sales teams to identify realistic audiences and KPIs based on those.
- TAM –Total Addressable Market;
- SAM – Serviceable Addressable Market or Serviceable Available market;
- SOM – Serviceable Obtainable Market.
TAM in business
We know that TAM stands for Total Addressable Market, or Total Available Market but what does that mean for you as a business? Your total available market is the industry’s profit potential for a product or service: the number of customers –organizations, groups, or individuals- who utilize a particular product or service and could therefore buy your product or service, multiplied by the annual contract value or anticipated revenue of that product or service.
This gives organizations a good idea of the opportunities available for a specific new venture, product or service, and helps them to decide how much to invest in terms of resources and funding. TAM is also valuable in demonstrating the longer term potential of a product or service by helping to outline the product’s capacity of expansion.
However, any Go-to-Market team knows that you can’t realistically service everyone who could buy your product, especially in earlier growth stages. It’s important to target certain segments and offer a personalized service: a winning growth strategy for lead generation.
SAM in business
You know your total market share in the form of total addressable market– everyone who could, theoretically, buy your product or service. Now you need to narrow that vast number potential customers down to who you can actually service with your existing business model; your go-to-market strategy likely focuses on specific segments such as particular industries, geographical locations or niche product or service needs. This is your SAM – your serviceable addressable market; the number of organizations who could buy your product or service and fall into the segments you particularly service, making them more likely to choose you. But even your best sales and marketing teams can’t capture your entire serviceable addressable market; you do have competitors after all! Which is where your SOM comes in.
SOM in business
While it can certainly be beneficial to target your serviceable addressable market, it’s critical for Go-to-Market teams to understand which customers they can serve the best in the short-term – those who are most likely to purchase their product or service. Your serviceable obtainable market clearly defines your achievable market share: the fraction of the total market demand that is most viable for your product or service right now, and which you can reasonably expect to service based on your business model and your particular competitive landscape.
Calculating your TAM
Your total revenue opportunity as defined by your total addressable market can be broadly calculated as revenue per customer x number of customers. However, the source of that data that you use to determine your market size and calculate TAM can – and will – impact the resulting figures, potentially giving you an unrealistically huge market size, or a deceptively small one.
Number of Customers in a Market X Annual Value of Customer
Top down approach
This approach takes a macro view, assessing the economy on the broadest possible scale and can, therefore, lead to extremely high TAM, only a fraction of which will be your SAM and SOM.
The bottom-ups approach takes a more market specific approach, and counts the number of customers in a specific market (from market research) and multiples that by the annual contract value (from your historical organization data). This is often the most accurate methodology; RevenueBase customers can access such information to high levels of accuracy, providing a robust starting point for the calculation of TAM followed by SAM and SOM.
The value theory approach bases the TAM calculation upon an estimation of what clients would be willing to pay for a product or service. This method is often not accurate for new products or a newly developed business idea, but can be a useful market research tool for discovering the TAM for product upgrades, as calculations can be based on an estimated uplift of current expenditure.
Both bottom-up and top-down theories have pros and cons. For the most robust results, it can be helpful to use a range of datasets and estimate your TAM in the middle.
Any business knows that markets can fluctuate sometimes from day to day. While daily data isn’t necessary to determine your TAM, if you are relying on those figures long term, be aware of data decay and ensure that you review your TAM with updated data as appropriate.
Calculating SAM – your window of opportunity
With the entire market in your sights, it is necessary to narrow down your market to the organizations that you can realistically service. In a nutshell, SAM is the percentage potential market revenue that an organization could generate revenue from, based on particular segments they serve. For example, if you service the New York City area, you’d want to understand the number of customers in that particular segment who may purchase your product. Similar to TAM calculations, SAM can be determined using either top-down, bottom-up or value theory, but combining the three vantage points will mitigate the risk of inaccurate calculations thanks to outdated data or overestimation of the global market.
Target Segment of TAM X Annual Value of Customer
Calculating SOM – identifying your short-term target market
Armed with market research and the knowledge of who you could realistically serve, it is time to identify who you will serve. Your SOM is a tailored niche of the market that you are confident you can capture and serve successfully at the current stage of your organizational growth. SOM can even help you to identify untapped customer segments that may yield better ROI thanks to their niche requirements.
Last Year’s Market Share X This Year’s SAM
As your company grows and your business model evolves, it’s important to review your evolving TAM SAM SOM, as well as answer important questions about your target audience, growth aspirations, and current capacity.
At RevenueBase, we are proud to be pioneering the concept of a ‘Revenue Database as a Service’. Utilizing generative AI, we obtain data on a granular level that empowers you to identify your TAM SAM SOM at the click of a few buttons. A RevenueBase Subscription will also allow you to instantly access highly accurate information that you can use to determine your market size and potential, including number of accounts that fit your ICP (Ideal Customer Profile) and total market value. In addition to understanding your market size, you can also assess and segment your target accounts and buyer personas by industry, region or sales territory, safe in the knowledge that data is appropriately cleansed and constantly updated to give you the most accurate, and therefore most impactful, data.
Investing time and money into elaborate processes to determine your TAM SAM and SOM without ensuring the validity and accuracy of the data is a bit like buying yesterday’s news because it is being sold at a knock-down price: it may have been accurate and valuable at some point, but does not give you the data that you need to meet your market segment with what they want or determine the current climate, making it practically worthless. Utilizing inaccurate or out of date data is more than a bad investment choice, it could actually cost you money as it can cause damage by skewing results from which important strategic decisions may be made.
To achieve success in your go to market strategy, it is important that you take tried and tested frameworks and adjust them to meet your own needs. Get in touch if you want to try a free data sample and see how many customers and how many market opportunities you can gain from a targeted approach.
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Welcome to LUAS!
The Llano Uplift Archeological Society (LUAS) was organized by people who are interested in the protection, conservation, and study of historic and prehistoric materials and sites in the Llano Uplift and adjacent areas of the Texas Hill Country. The Llano Uplift, also known as the “Central Mineral Region,” is a unique geological area of the state composed of primarily granite, gneiss, and schist.
The organization’s primary goals include educating membership, students, and the public, and supporting other groups, researchers, and educators with similar interests. Stewardship of the Lower Colorado River Authority’s (LCRA) Nightengale Archaeological Center (NAC) is a major responsibility of LUAS.
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Best (and worst!) music for studying
September 27, 2017
Stuck in a space filled with talkers, sneezers, or traffic, and yet dying to get work done? Arm yourself with a set of headphones and press play to drown out all that ambient noise so that you can get your revision done in no time.
But wait! If the playlist you have on hand is a set of songs from your favourite artists, you might want to rethink your strategy. Is playing your favourite songs helping or hurting your performance?
The answer: It depends.
Task dependent: Some tasks require you to engage all your focus on what you are trying to understand. These tasks might be hindered by any kind of background music should be done in complete silence. For example, the solving of complex mathematical formulas…
Personality dependent: Some people benefit from listening to their favourite tunes when studying while others don’t. Introverts are less productive than extroverts when listening to background music; People who are bad at multi-tasking test worse when listening to background music; Students who feel the pressure at exams can have their anxiety reduced with the help of calming music.
What many research studies can agree on is that music with lyrics can be more distracting than those without, leading to a difficult study session. Playing music with lyrics will make it seem as though someone is speaking at you. Because you are automatically inclined to listen, you become distracted, leading to an ineffective study session.
Let’s be honest with ourselves: How many of us have found ourselves mouthing the lyrics or bobbing along to our favourite songs while studying?
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We understand the need to make the time spent on homework more bearable.
So if you’re wondering, What songs can I play in the background while studying then? Here’s a suggestion: Video game music.
There are some people who argue that one of the best music genres for concentration is the video game soundtrack. This makes sense, when you think about how video game music is meant to help create an immersive environment for the player. The music should facilitate but not distract a player from a task that requires constant attention and focus.
In view of this, why not give video game soundtracks a go?
Some are uplifting,
Above all, all of them have been executed so well that they can rival that of movie soundtracks! While video game music in the past was simple and repetitive (think of the Mario theme), technology has improved over the years, and with it, music in video games.
Music of video games have been refined over decades to be even more pleasant, entertaining, and yet not distracting. This only means more variety of great quality for all of us.
At the end of the day, what matters is not choosing the best music in the world but that your study is productive. You will know if you’ve made the right music choices if the music fades into the background and your study takes center stage. As soon as the music starts to cloud your study, you need to change you study music choices…
Metal next, perhaps?
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The director of Port Kembla’s community-based Tender Funerals pleaded with Wollongong councillors to find a way to keep the city’s crematorium in public hands.
The organisation’s general manager Jenny Briscoe-Hough said she feared shutting-down the Berkeley cremator and leaving two privately-run operations to service Wollongong would lead to rising costs for funerals and cremations.
However, at Monday night’s council meeting, a majority of councillors rejected this appeal, voting against a motion from the Greens’ Mithra Cox to call for expressions of interest from organisations wishing to operate the public facility.
The council announced in early May that it would stop operating the ageing cremator by mid-year, saying it had become a drain on the public purse since a new crematorium operated by Parsons Funerals opened in February.
Speaking at the council meeting, Ms Briscoe-Hough said she worried services like Tender Funerals, or people unable to pay for private funeral services, may end up travelling to Nowra or Sydney to access public cremations.
Cr Cox said she, as well as Labor MP Paul Scully, had been contacted by “a huge number” of residents concerned over the closure of the crematorium.
“I hope we vote down this motion. I hope it’s dead, buried and cremated.”Cameron Walters
“I was really surprised by the breadth of people who were contacting me, who felt very strongly about it,” Cr Cox said.
She hoped the council would “explore all avenues” before deciding if it would close the crematorium.
But Liberal councillor Cameron Walters said Cr Cox’s motion was “reckless, irresponsible, dangerous and misleading”.
He said privately-run funeral homes had been offended by the suggestion their services would be more costly.
“One of the providers in the area has dropped their fee $180 lower than our council facility,” he said.
“We have a crematorium that is aged, that is out of date, we have been briefed by council staff many times that this crematorium would need significant upgrades and if there’s anyone who would have thought of [running] this, they would have already approached us.”
“I hope we vote down this motion. I hope it’s dead, buried and cremated.”
His colleague Leigh Colacino said residents wanting to use the council’s chapel for their funeral service would still be able to do so when the cremator closes.
“After a service has been held, the recently departed can be respectfully moved to another site for the cremation to occur,” he said.
“So the service can still occur there, but the body can go on to another facility.”
He also said councillors should not “be bagging out funeral directors” who would set their prices according to a competitive market.
Dom Figliomeni said he was “incensed” to hear the not-for-profit sector “denigrating” businesses and would vote against Cr Cox’s motion.
“If there is a business case somebody would like to put forward, an unsolicited offer, there is an opportunity for them to do so,” he said.
“But I do not believe it is up to council to subsidise what will be a commercial operation, regardless of who provides it. If somebody is interested in looking at acquiring the crematorium, I would be the first one to look at it as an unsolicited proposal.”
The council’s general manager David Farmer said he did not believe it would be possible to call for expressions of interest on the cremator in its current state, as it breached a range of work health and safety rules.
“You would need somebody who was willing to completely rebuild a facility on that site,” Mr Farmer said.
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Aviation Human Factors And Safety
Human factors refer to the field of study that attempts to identify the principles of human-machine interaction and applies those principles to the design and operation of engineered systems. Safety, generally considered a subset of human factors, is arguably the most important aspect of engineered systems that the study of human factors strives to improve. Although the range of engineered systems of interest in human factors is very wide, the human factors programs through the College of Aeronautics concentrate on human factors in aviation.
Human factors and safety are paramount in all aspects of the modern aviation industry. Human factors in aviation examines the various characteristics of users and the systems in which they work. Aviation-related human factors studies range from aircraft cockpit design and maintenance methods and procedures to complex ground-based entities such as the National Airspace System. Human factors is now recognized as an indispensable component of systems design and evaluation, accident investigation and prevention, simulation, training, procedures development and system performance testing. Considerable research is being conducted in this field by government and private entities around the world.
Human factors and safety covers a broad array of topics from psychology to engineering, the College of Aeronautics has developed a few degree programs in an effort to increase the importance human factors and safety in aviation. Degrees focused on human factors in aviation as well as aviation safety are available at both the graduate and undergraduate levels at Florida Tech.
Human Factors & Safety B.S.
The Bachelor of Science in Human Factors & Safety from Florida Tech is designed to give students from all disciplines an introduction to core concepts of human factors and safety. This degree program prepares students to pursue an advanced human factors or safety degree or seek entry level positions in a variety of fields including safety analysis, human centered design, and accident investigation.
Human Factors & Safety with Flight Option B.S.
The Bachelor of Science in Human Factors & Safety with Flight from Florida Tech prepares students for a career as a professional pilot. In addition to earning at least their commercial, multi-engine, and instrument ratings students are provided with a strong foundation for a professional career in aviation human factors and safety. Students of the Human Factors & Safety degree program with flight are afforded increased flexibility in their career path.
Aviation Human Factors M.S.
The Master of Science in Aviation Human Factors further examines the study of human factors in aviation. The program focuses on the study and application of principles and theories of human centered design, engineering, and psychology and how they can be applied to improve the complex aviation environment.
Applied Aviation Safety M.S.A.
The Applied Aviation Safety degree is designed to help meet the professional growth needs of persons interested in a wide range of aviation careers. The degree is especially relevant for those who have earned baccalaureate degrees in aviation and those who have worked in the aviation field and now require more specialized knowledge. This degree prepares students for careers in aviation safety, accident investigation, technical consulting and educational, and regulatory or investigative positions in organizations around the world.
The College of Aeronautics also offers the following programs online:
Students of human factors and safety learn how human performance plays a factor in aviation systems. Students examine how stress, fatigue, anxiety, and error, have an effect on human performance. Information processing models, human error, language, and signal-detection theory are all key concepts in the study of human performance. A thorough understanding of factors affecting human performance and how individuals identify, and process information helps students of human factors in aviation to develop processes and systems with improved efficiency, ease of use, and safety.
Situational Awareness and Decision Making
Situational awareness and decision making are very important aspects of human factors in general and even more so of human factors in aviation. In the cockpit of a commercial aircraft, the awareness and decision making of the pilots and crew can decide the safety of the flight. Students of human factors and safety examine individual, distributed and collaborative awareness, and decision making and available flight deck information to understand and improve situational awareness and decision making in the complex cockpit environment.
Students of human factors and safety in aviation study a variety material and methods that are key to analyzing aviation safety. Students explore safety databases, team performance analysis, and safety management systems in order to develop a strong foundation for aviation safety management. Students of human factors and safety in aviation also have the opportunity to expand their knowledge of aviation accident investigation by using some of the same tools and techniques used by the NTSB, FAA, and ICAO. Students learn investigation techniques and lab methods for reconstructing accidents and how to analyze flight mishaps using the resources available to them.
Aviation safety jobs abound in the modern aviation industry as media outlets focus more and more on the safety systems in place at airlines and other commercial aviation organizations. Aviation human factors and safety degree programs through the College of Aeronautics prepare students for aviation safety jobs as well as positions focusing on human factors in design and product development. As airways become busier and technologies and systems more complex the need for more, and more qualified, candidates in aviation human factors and safety jobs is increasingly apparent. Students pursuing human factors and safety degrees today are absolutely critical to the success of the aviation industry.
Classes get you theories. The only place to get experience is in the workplace. That is why the College of Aeronautics challenges its students to take advantage of the opportunities available to them. Over the years the College of Aeronautics has worked to foster relationships at nearby airports and local aviation businesses as well as airports and organizations in the industry that lead to student internships. Students have the opportunity to pursue aviation human factors jobs and internships at local airports and other organizations to exercise the concepts they learn in the classroom. Oftentimes these internships and part-time position lead to desirable full-time job offers after graduation.
Positions in Human Factors and Safety
Graduates are prepared for various aviation safety jobs and a range of human factors roles in a myriad of industries. Upon graduation students move on to pursue advanced degrees or start their careers in positions and industries such as...
- Product Development Team Lead
- Integration Specialist
- Safety Scientist
- Technical Specialist
- Human Factors Research Scientist
- Usability Expert
- Avionics Technician
- Airport manager
- Systems Management
- Airport Security Manager
- Freight and Cargo Management
- Air Traffic Controller
- Federal Department of Transportation
- National Transportation Safety Board
- Department of Homeland Security
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KARACHI: Customs Intelligence and Investigation Karachi has lodged an FIR against several persons including senior Customs officers in a case of fiscal fraud through submission of false and fabricated import/export documents and gross mis-declaration of the impugned goods causing unauthorized transfer of foreign exchange from Pakistan.
The accused including Zubair of M/s Zubair Steel, owners of M/s Raja Shakeel Traders, owners of M/s Royal Steel, Muhammad Abdullah of M/s Cosmos Trading Development and Customs officers/officials of MCC Appraisement West, MCC Exports Port Qasim and EPZ smuggled Pakistan owned goods to KEPZ, caused evasion of government’s legitimate revenue and illegal filing of Goods Declarations on the basis of false and fabricated signatures of the concerned clearing agent.
Information was received in the Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Karachi that M/s Zubair Steel committed fiscal fraud and evaded government revenue against Custom clearance of a consignment of iron and steel sheets.
Directorate procured relevant record from the concerned quarters for scrutiny. It was found M/s Zubair Steel imported the impugned consignment of Brazil origin ‘electrolytic tin plates in coils (secondary quality)’ at a declared cost of $450/MT. They filed Into-Bond GD. The goods were assessed by MCC Appraisement West at $765/MT on the basis of relevant LME prices. The importers then filed 15 ex-bond GDs and cleared half of the goods.
Subsequently, they filed an application with Deputy Collector One Customs MCC Appraisement West requesting permission to export the remaining quantity to KEPZ. The permission was granted.
M/s Raja Shakeel Traders through their agent M/s Cosmos Trading filed KEPZ import GDs. The goods were cleared by KEPZ Customs allowing entry into KEPZ unit of M/s Raja Shakeel Traders free of duty and taxes.
However, on contrary and with their mutual conspiracy with M/s Raja Shakeel Traders and M/s Cosmos Trading Development, they wrongly mis-declared description of goods as iron and steel sheets in coils coated sheets instead of actual electrolytic tin plates in coils (secondary quality), while requesting for permission to re-export the balance quantity of the goods to KEPZ. They also grossly under-declared the value of the goods.
Later on, M/s Raja Shakeel Traders with the nexus of M/s Zubair Steel, M/s Royal Steel and their agent M/s Cosmos Trading Development exported back the impugned goods into tariff area of Karachi in the name of M/s Royal Steel.
Moreover, M/s Royal Steel reportedly transferred from Pakistan an amount of $439,300 to KEPZ under the garb of import of the goods into Pakistan, prima facie, for money laundering as foreign exchange for import of the same goods had already been paid to the foreign suppliers.
On the directives of Director General Customs Intelligence and Investigation Abdul Rasheed Shaikh, an FIR has been lodged against the above mentioned accused, while a team comprising Additional Collector Sheeraz Ahmed and Principal Appraiser Dost Muhammad to investigate the case.
Zubair, owner of M/s Zubair Steel is arrested and sent to jail custody while Muhammad Abdullah of M/s Cosmos Trading managed to escape.
I&I Karachi had sought a remand for 14 days but the court only granted one-day remand and then the accused was sent to jail.
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Jordan Cove chooses contractor to engineer & build LNG export terminal
NORTH BEND, Ore. -- Jordan Cove has chosen a contractor to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the project.
KBJ is comprised of Kiewit Energy Group, Black & Veatch Construction, and JGC U.S. Projects.
The venture will engineer and build the LNG export terminal in Coos County.
Kiewet says construction is expected to take nearly four and a half years and require almost 2,000 construction workers.
According to the company, the proposed Jordan Cove LNG terminal is the first and most advanced LNG export terminal project on the west coast.
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For Hulu’s murder-mystery comedy Only Murders in the Building, costume designer Dana Covarrubias was gifted an arguably impossible task: Make an audience forget Selena Gomez is Selena Gomez. The pop icon, who had not appeared as a series regular on a television show since her time on Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place almost a decade ago, would be playing Mabel, a young, vaguely unknowable woman with a biting wit and a penchant for true crime. She would, of course, be Gomez, but she couldn’t look like Gomez, lest viewers be pulled from the show’s universe.
Most importantly, Mabel would need to mesh well with her troupe of amateur criminologists, rounded out by two older white men: The affable Steve Martin (playing veteran actor Charles Haden-Savage) and kooky Martin Short (playing theater director Oliver Putman). “The main concern when looking at the costumes would be, ‘How do we bring Selena Gomez, this icon, into this world and have her physically standing next to Steve and Marty and not look super weird?’” Covarrubias says.
The solution might have seemed straightforward: Ease back on Gomez’s signature style, perhaps drape her in dull hues or pedestrian basics. Slap her in a baseball cap and a tote bag and call it good. But such an approach wouldn’t have been true to Mabel, either. The character shoulders a heavy burden, a sense of secrecy that screams for anyone approaching to watch out. That trauma motivates her search for victim Tim Kono’s killer throughout the season.
“Her whole concept was basically that her costumes were a type of armor,” Covarrubias says. “So she’s using these really bright colors in the same way as an animal with a brightly colored coat: ‘Beware. Danger. Leave me alone. Back off.’” Balancing these two competing motivations—settling Gomez in reality, while elevating Mabel’s own mien—gave the designer an intriguing challenge. She decided Mabel’s style would be immediately eye-catching, enough that it would draw a double-take on the streets of Manhattan, but not so dramatic that it’d invite further inquiry. This way, the character could be both intriguing and safely anonymous.
Covarrubias achieved this look with a parade of flashy colors imbued in soft textures: yellow faux fur, paint-splattered denim, rainbow knits, pink feathers, crimson vinyl, and white shearling. She frequently drew upon the color palate of The Hardy Boys books that Mabel grew up reading, keeping an eye out for bright blues, teals, reds and golds as she thrifted in her home borough of Brooklyn.
As a result, Gomez’s fashion is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the wacky Hulu series. To get a better idea of how each fit came together—and where one might find decent dupes—ELLE.com asked Covarrubias for a rundown of each ensemble. As new episodes drop in the coming weeks, we’ll update this post with more inspiration from the designer’s (and, of course, Mabel’s) closet.
For Gomez’s first appearance in episode 1, Covarrubias wanted to make a quick and powerful impression: “We wanted the first thought to be, Who is she?” The designer, who has previously worked on shows including Ramy and Master of None, dressed Gomez in the yellow faux fur jacket, matching sweater and plaid pants that immediately lured paparazzi while the actress was on set in December 2020.
Covarrubias chose the bold yellow as a symbolic nod to the Mexican heritage she shares with Gomez. “Marigolds are very important in Mexican iconography and culture,” she explains. “They can represent grief and resurrection, passion and creativity. So it just fit very perfectly for [Mabel’s] character, because she’s held back by this thing that happened in her past, and she’s also an artist. So we knew we wanted to use those color tones, the reds and the golds and yellows, for her character a lot.” The sweater and pants were both thrifted, while the coat is Michael Kors and the boots Kurt Geiger.
For a more relaxed look during Mabel’s downtime, Covarrubias selected a black camisole, sweatpants and a beige cardigan. It was essential that Gomez never looked too overdressed, especially when she was spending time alone in her apartment sketching portraits or researching Tim Kono.
“My background is mostly doing comedies,” Covarrubias says. “And I think why I have continued to work in that world is because the best thing to do in comedy is to not go too over the top with costumes. You want to keep it grounded in reality—because that can make the comedy really pop.”
For Gomez’s third look in the first episode, she donned a pair of vibrant coveralls, chunky Chelsea boots, and a shearling coat. The heavy shoes are a recurring staple in Mabel’s wardrobe, Covarrubias explains, as a way to accentuate her spiky exterior.
These subtle but important choices helped Gomez get into character every time she tried a new outfit. “In the very first [fitting], after one or two looks she tried on, [Gomez] was already like, ‘Oh yeah, I get it. I get who she is. I feel it,’” Covarrubias says. “It’s not a silhouette that you see her personally wearing all the time. It was able to push her into the character, I feel like.”
Out of Mabel’s extensive sweater collection, it’s this colorful confetti sweater that earned a spot as Covarrubias’s favorite. She found the piece while poking around Brooklyn for vintage clothes; she makes regular trips to Beacon’s Closet, a beloved NYC thrift shop, and also frequents luxury resale site TheRealReal.com for inexpensive costuming treasures (“It’s amazing for film because we’re on a tight budget.”)
Throughout the series, Mabel often wears thick wool while Martin and Short opt for silk, satin or cotton. “Her character is a knitter,” Covarrubias explains. “So we wanted to find some really wonderful chunky, loose knits that looked like she could have made them.”
Later in the episode, Mabel changes into a darker ensemble—a black turtleneck and taupe mini skirt combo—as she eases into investigative mode. It’s one of her more subdued looks throughout the show, which Covarrubias says was a counterintuitive choice to make.
“The thing that you really want to do with someone like Selena, because she has such amazing style herself, is to up the style, up up up up up,” she says. “Do it super fashionable. But that’s just not true to the script, and it’s not true to Mabel.
In a particularly important flashback scene during Mabel’s Hardy Boys days, she’s at a party, where she shimmers in a sequin dress and zebra-print coat—arguably Gomez’s most arresting look of the season so far. The coat was a gorgeous set piece, but it was also a practical choice: “It was really freezing outside when we were shooting,” Covarrubias says, laughing. “So we were also looking for something that would keep our actors really cozy and warm.”
When Mabel is out sleuthing with her podcast team, which includes Martin’s Charles and Short’s Oliver, it’s easy to forget she’s also a talented artist, currently in the process of remodeling the apartment she’s staying in. To point audiences back to this key personality trait, Covarrubias dressed Gomez in quintessential artist’s garb, including this paint-splattered denim look. Finding an exact replica will be tricky, but it’s easy enough to create your own with some fabric paints and a trusty pair of coveralls.
Although Covarrubias often attempted to separate Mabel’s style from Gomez’s own, there were certain staples from the pop superstar’s wardrobe that she couldn’t bear to part with, including Gomez’s favorite hoop earrings. “That actually is one of the things that I saw Selena doing in her personal style that I love on her. Every time I see her in a photo, and she has those big hoops on, I just love it,” she says.
Mabel wears hoops of all shapes in sizes throughout the show, most of them from jeweler Jennifer Fisher, but for this particular outfit she dons a pair of big gold tubes. For a slightly less expensive dupe, try the recommendations below.
This post will be updated as new episodes are released.
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Every healthy duck is greedy and every old duck is greedy.
On a particular farm, some ducks are greedy and some ducks are not.
Which of the following statements about the ducks on that farm must be true?
This problem is taken from "Sums for Smart Kids" by Laurie
Buxton, published by BEAM Education.
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Over the last week, a number of updates have been made by people other than me contributing code to Tildes through its open-source repository. I wanted to make a post to highlight some of these...
Over the last week, a number of updates have been made by people other than me contributing code to Tildes through its open-source repository. I wanted to make a post to highlight some of these changes and let everyone know about them, since there are some great updates and fixes in here:
@deing made it possible to create links that will pre-fill the subject and message for private messages. For example: https://tildes.net/user/Deimos/new_message?subject=Test+Message&message=Please+don't+actually+send+this+to+me
@blitz saw me make an offhand comment about a rare bug when someone submits a link to an IP address, and got a development environment set up and fixed it right away.
@Bauke has been on a tear, fixing a lot of long-outstanding issues and adding features. So far:
- Added a way for users to view their two-factor authentication backup codes (previously you could only see them at the time you activated 2FA).
- Added "View Markdown" for comments and text topics. This is inside a new "More" dropdown menu, and will show you the markdown that the poster used, so that you can check how they did some formatting or copy-paste if you want to use someone else's post as a template of sorts.
- Added new settings (under "Site behavior settings" on the Settings page) to always open links to Tildes groups and users in new tabs.
- Fixed a few issues with inconsistent interface elements and styling.
There are multiple more merge requests still waiting for me to review, and I'll probably be making some other posts soon once some of those get merged in as well. Thanks, the contributions are greatly appreciated! If anyone else is interested in looking into contributing, the CONTRIBUTING file in the repo is probably the best place to start.
And as usual, I've topped everyone back up to 10 invites, accessible on the invite page. | <urn:uuid:8fe4491a-93bb-4bf4-995a-3993d3517059> | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | https://tildes.net/~tildes.official | 2020-02-19T06:40:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875144058.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20200219061325-20200219091325-00053.warc.gz | en | 0.934789 | 469 |
Lucky Brand Bridgette Jeans
Choose Bridgette jeans from Lucky Brand for that perfect modern high rise look, set apart with a slim fit that's fitted through the hip and thigh. Browse a range of Bridgette women's jeans in many different fits, washes and finishes. Every pair is perfectly designed and expertly crafted for unbelievable longevity and authenticity. Get a streamlined yet comfortable fit with materials such as luxe denim sourced from the renowned Orta Mill, Lycra to lift and shape, and Tencel for silky softness. Get a pair made with advanced Sculpt-Ed technology to sculpt your figure, enhance your curves, and allow for endless movement. Pick out a pair in a great wash from white to black, classic to acid, or in a fun pattern or color like camo and more. Original detailing such as raw edges, embroidery, distressing and other touches add even more individuality for you and your personal style. Get the Bridgette skinny from Lucky Brand today. | <urn:uuid:e8b29fbd-8ea5-45fc-a9de-97b8499fe29f> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://www.luckybrand.com/products/bridgette-jeans.html | 2019-04-25T07:46:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578711882.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20190425074144-20190425100144-00532.warc.gz | en | 0.93567 | 208 |
Cool iPhone 7 Wallpapers with 800x1280 Resolution
Cool iPhone 7 Wallpapers is free Best HD iPhone wallpaper image 2018. This wallpaper was upload at October 1, 2017 upload by Admin in Black.
Cool iPhone 7 Wallpapers is best high definition iPhone wallpaper and file resolution this wallpaper is 800x1280 with file Size 50.20 KB. You can make Cool iPhone 7 Wallpapers for your iPhone 5, 6, 7, 8, X backgrounds, Mobile Screensaver, or iPad Lock Screen and another Smartphones device for free. To get file this wallpaper HD and obtain the Cool iPhone 7 Wallpapers images by click the download button to get multiple high-resversions.
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[coreboot] How to best add new boards derived from existing board?
patrick at georgi-clan.de
Sun Sep 29 23:31:07 CEST 2013
Am 29.09.2013 23:16, schrieb Paul Menzel:
> With the current approach it is difficult to see the actual changes to
> the template board. Especially in Gerrit. Therefore these board support
> patches are hard to review.
By fixing the tools. My main gripe with git still is its lack of serious
file rename/copy tracking (though that can be worked around manually
While I can't speak for the git/gerrit communities, I'd guess they
As for what we can do with our own tools, and in particular on AMD
boards: cut down on the duplication. There's lots of stuff in mainboards
that - to me - looks it really belongs into chipset code. That should
simplify reviews even more than hacks to work around git's metadata
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Your suspension should be checked on a regular basis. But if your car isn’t soaking up the bumps in the road, come in sooner than later.
From foam cell to monotube shocks, we’ll help you pick the right one to restore your vehicle’s original handling and control capabilities.
Transform your road-bound cruiser into a monster with a lift kit. It’ll also add impressive handling and ground clearance capabilities.
+Your car may or may not need a tire pressure monitoring system. Pursuant to NHTSA, Les Schwab must install all tire and wheel combinations with functioning TPMS sensors; including tires and custom wheels or winter tires and wheels.
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The inspiration for Swell came from the fascination with the physical phenomena of materials expanding and contracting through the influence of environmental change.
The suspended bulb of Swell initially appears to be a solid coloured glass object, while actually containing a unique dyed liquid. Once the lamp is switched on, the liquid slowly warms up and expands, causing it to rise up through the tube like mercury in a thermometer.
This gradual, gentle process effectively uses heat, the inevitable by-product of the incandescent bulb, to produce an entrancing effect in an interior milieu.
Created from hand made glass, Swell is adaptable as any hue can be mixed into the contained liquid to harmonise with or complement any interior setting. It is illuminated by a W35 halogen bulb and projects white light. | <urn:uuid:d754b34e-aed6-4e2e-8cc9-685b22bcebc5> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | http://www.paulcocksedgestudio.com/new-gallery-56 | 2018-07-22T18:00:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676593438.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20180722174538-20180722194538-00515.warc.gz | en | 0.921812 | 162 |
Elephants, bears and needles, oh my! Does thinking about taking your kids to an acupuncturist conjure up your haunted house of needle experiences? Do you worry that acupuncture might turn into a shriek session, or be a cause of pain? Looking for a way to talk to your children about acupuncture? Maya & Friends Visit the Acupuncturist is a fanciful and informative adventure of a little girl’s trip to see Dr. Meow. The purrrfect kid’s acupuncturist.
Listen in as we get the story behind this delightful storybook, and how parents are using it to help their kids cozy up to the idea of needles. You’ll learn a thing or two about acupuncture, and why it is that kids sometimes understand this stuff better than us grown up’s.
4:18 Not just for kids, this book helps adults to understand Chinese medicine too.
5:34 The secret to making acupuncture work with kids
5:55 What kinds of health concerns you can bring your kids to the acupuncture for.
6:59 Helping kids to perceive what is happening with their bodies.
7:30 Medicine is not just drugs.
12:27 What kinds of issues do you see parents bringing their kids in for to be treated with acupuncture?
16:27 How do you get a kid to cozy up to being treated with an acupuncture needle?
18:11 How NOT to talk to your kids about acupuncture
21:21 One clever grandma uses the book to turn a visit into the acupuncturist into play.
In addition to practicing acupuncture and Chinese medicine Samara White also offers craniosacral sessions to adults, children and infants in Seattle, WA. Additionally, she teaches personalized yoga classes. She combines her love of music with a profound understanding of the body that has come from years of study both in yoga and craniosacral work to help her patients heal.
Along the way she discovered her story telling skills, when the challenge of a senior year project turned into a children’s book on acupuncture.
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CareFusion Corp. (NYSE: CFN) is scheduled to provide an update on Dec. 19 regarding progress toward filing its Form 10-K for fiscal year 2012 and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept. 30, the company announced Monday.
CareFusion, a San Diego-based health care product developer, reports it is in the process of modifying how it applies lease accounting principles to sales-type leases in its Pyxis medication and supply dispensing product lines, and assessing any impact on its financial statements. The modifications, the company said, will not affect CareFusion customers or the underlying fundamentals and cash flows of the company or its Pyxis business.
In a previous update Nov. 8, the company said it would provide its next update in approximately one month. The Dec. 19 update call is scheduled for 5 a.m., and will be available through the company's website. Investors are advised to log on at least 15 minutes before the call begins to register and download or install any necessary audio software.
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I thought they would end. Despite the many thousands of previous disappointments and all I know about the slime-dripping greediness of the modern ad weasel, I honestly thought they would stop.
I’m talking about the TV spots foe that car company, the ones with grainy flashbacks of kids driving Big Wheels and playing with Ataris, pleading desperately with their adult selves that the memory of those childhood triumphs trumps the bow-bearing gashound now parked in the driveway. You know the ones.
“If it sells product, keep running it up the flagpole to see who flings their wallet at it.”
I said to myself, these ads are Christmas-themed. Christmas is over, relegated back to the Land of Misfit Commercialized Holidays for another three hundred and sixty days or so. The commercials have nothing to connect with now; surely — surely, they have to stop. That’s what I said, anyway.
Until last night, when I saw four of those stupid spots in the space of an hour during some college bowl game or other. It was then that I remembered, violently, the First Rule of Mass Media Marketing:
If it sells product, keep running it up the flagpole to see who flings their wallet at it.
This is followed closely, of course, by the Compulsory Corollary to the First Rule of Mass Media Marketing:
If wallets are flung at it, run it up all the other flagpoles you can get your clammy paws on, and don’t take it down until the money’s all gone. And shoot anyone who gets too close to the poles.
I realized then what I should have known all along — if the relevant auto peddlers are seeing a sales boost from these ads, we’ll be seeing them for months. If there should be a tiny upturn conceivably attributable to this marketing campaign, you can expect to still be hearing, ‘It’s the bestest present… ever‘ at your 4th of July cookout. Maybe while you trick-or-treat.
I wouldn’t have a terrible problem with this, normally. For the most part, the ads are harmless — even cute — and only as annoying as any other pap the money-grubbing markwters might sling at our eyeballs.
Except that one spot that starts out with the girl. She’s standing there in her CindyLou Who curls and footie pajamas, in a vision from a Christmas long past, arguing with her present self that the present that year was the best ever. Behind her, in the living room, is a pony — an honest-to-god, living, breathing, feed-me-a-carrot-I’m-oh-so-cute pony. Some other little girl appears in the doorway, dropping her horsey action figure in disgust as she comes face-to-snout with the genuine article — much to CindyLou’s delight. Flash-forward to the present day, and the now-grown woman whispers, ‘Perfect.‘ when she sees the shiny new ride her S.O. has just gifted her.
That’s what we’re given to work with. For a chick like that, this car’s even better than My Pretty (Real) Pony from 1970-whatever. That’s their selling point. Instead, all I think when I see it is:
I can relate to Big Wheel Boy or the Atari kid. The latter’s a stretch, of course, because I was an Intellivision snob back in the day, but I can see where they’re going with it. Those are great gifts for a kid of the time, and a memory to cherish, but they’re also somewhat realistic. It makes the ads charming.
Meanwhile, here’s Little Rachel Rich laughing at her little friend because she has a fucking Clydesdale hanging out in her foyer, and they want to sell me the same brand of car this jackhole’s about to drive? Seriously? I’d rather drive to work on the horse.
Maybe it’s just me. I always tend to read too much into commercials. On the other hand, isn’t that what the things are there for? All I know is that if the adbags are trying to entice me into buying luxury shit because I’m supposed to identify with some budding Paris Hilton or Imelda Marcos clone, then one of us is doing something wrong here.
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Current and historical gross margin, operating margin and net profit margin for Northrop Grumman (NOC) over the last 10 years. Profit margin can be defined as the percentage of revenue that a company retains as income after the deduction of expenses. Northrop Grumman net profit margin as of June 30, 2022 is 16.23%.
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As their name implies, the technicians at Data Doctors see computers as patients, and look to cure CPU maladies rather than simply treating symptoms. In the span of a short wait, the team diagnoses the problem at hand and determines the best course of action, should it be repairs, upgrades, or complete replacements. The winner of a Spirit of Enterprise Award by the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and fluent in both Windows and Mac systems, the computer sleuths root out viruses and spyware, optimize drives with defragmentation and registry cleaning, and even delve into cases to drive out fan-choking dust and infestations of robotic ants. Once services are complete, they chat with each customer to explain how best to prevent a return visit.
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Zabbix custom monitoring
This is a collection of custom scripts developed over time to monitor the essential services of a LAMP stack:
- Web servers; Apache, Nginx
- Databases; MySQL
- Caching servers; Varnish, Memcached
- File system; iostat, vmstat, column-reader, log-match
All updates / forks / suggestions are more than welcome!
- ChinaNetCloud; they made me discover Zabbix and I developed a huge amount of custom scripts (so custom that it can't always be shared :)),
- Wiredcraft; they made me re-think, review and even entirely rewrite most of my scripts and jump to another level.
The closest we are from reality, the better we are. Real-time is strongly suggested in the development of those scripts.
Real-time might not always be the best approach due to latency to get data, cron jobs might be an alternative. But! most of the cronjobs behaviors can also be emulated through well thoughts scripts and temp files.
To make it simple, develop for real-time, do not worry about the amount of queries or commands required to get a result. If for whatever reason you hit an edge case where real-time is not an option, then work via temp files and finally cron jobs. And, I know, cron jobs and file parsing is usually easier to develop but think whenever you need to do mass deployment and perform changes on 200+ servers... Don't waste your time one deployment! Make you script platform agnostic and running with the least update you'd ever need!
(Almost) one liner install script, as root...
curl -k https://raw.github.com/zbal/zabbix/master/setup/setup.sh > zabbix_setup.sh && bash zabbix_setup.sh; rm -f zabbix_setup.sh
(And yes, rm -f the script 'cause any existing zabbix_setup.sh file you may had has been overridden and is worth nothing anyway!)
- Zabbix agent need to be installed,
- Sudo need to be installed,
- Web servers need to get their server-status equivalent set,
- Sysstat package need to be installed for iostat to work,
- probably more - please notify me if some requirements are missing...
Changes on the server
Since some files are unreadable to the zabbix user, some extra permissions are needed and require changes in the sudo configuration.
Zabbix need to be able to run via sudo:
- cat; to read some innodb status file (mysql),
- tail; to read some log files (log-match),
- test; perform .. some tests on files (log-match, column-reader),
- stat; to see some file status change (log-match).
More will probably be added as the needs appears (ex. iptables monitoring, etc.)
The script collection should be working for Ubuntu / Debian / CentOS / RedHat. (Debian-like system have not been thoroughly tested so far).
Custom scripts details
Get data from server-status, extract relevant data from the scoreboard (need to be set properly)
Get data from server-status (need to be set properly)
Get data from memcachetool
Get data from varnishstat
Allows you to read any file and any column from it. Extremely useful to get data from /proc, /sys, other files which are providing column-based data which are not world-readable.
Allows you to match data in logs and give you counts based on REGEX. For instance, allows you to get count of return codes for 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx in web-logs, or anything kind of logs (varnish, etc.).
Further improvement is definitely required, more log format need to be supported...
Allows you to get the data out of the apc.php file.
One known issue is that apc.php is taking a fair amount of time to run, and might disrupt your webserver (especially if running with a limited amount of php workers). Think twice before using it! It might be interesting to see if a cron job is preferred.
Allows you to get the data out of php-fpm status page. Mmmmh... I don't thnk I finished that script yet !
Allows you to read data out of iostat. The zabbix agent is supposed (in the latest versions) to read the data through an embedded set of items, but ... for whatever reason, it was not working (and I didn't had the time to investigate).
It is working through a cron job, make sure you have sysstat installed...
Medium term, either zabbix built-in will be used, or another version (available partially already, see zabbix_iostat3_check.sh) to read the data out of /proc/diskstat instead.
Allows you to read the data out of the vmstat command. Probably available shortly via zabbix built-in.
Requires cron job to get the data.
Still not having Zabbix-agentd installed ??
Really ? C'mon it ain't that hard to find good binaries!
Try the following repo (CentOS / RH 5 only!):
cat >> /etc/yum.repos.d/zabbix.repo << EOF [home_ericgearhart_zabbix] name=Zabbix (RedHat_RHEL-5) type=rpm-md baseurl=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ericgearhart:/zabbix/RedHat_RHEL-5/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ericgearhart:/zabbix/RedHat_RHEL-5/repodata/repomd.xml.key enabled=1 EOF
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Working on nasty little problems makes you stupid. One big company that understands what hackers need is Microsoft. Occasionally, of course, the charge is too powerful, and then it not only brings the coal out but brings the roof down as well.
In Queensland no fighting at all is allowed at night in camp; those who want to fight must go outside, and after a fight the victor must show to his comrades that he had a real grievance. There was a clanking noise, and then dead silence. Minutes seemed to pass.
When you crawl out at the bottom you are perhaps four hundred yards underground. I've seen occasional articles about how to manage programmers.
Generally that is left to the women and the men practice militarism. How should you decide what college to attend. If you have more energy you have been nourished. It is only very rarely, when I make a definite mental-effort, that I connect this coal with that far-off labour in the mines.
It is a very noteworthy feature that these people have no notion of rights. You can hardly tell by the look of them whether they are young or old. There was a time when I really did love books—loved the sight and smell and feel of them, I mean, at least if they were fifty or more years old.
He gave me another long look. I am aware that all those who wish to give anyone admonition commonly begin with precepts, and end with examples.
It does not deserve your loyalty. You have gone a mile and taken the best part of an hour; a miner would do it in not much more than twenty minutes.
All these things are the fancies of the poets, who have harrowed us with groundless terrors. Nobby and I set out for Croydon.
At last six o'clock did come, and the Tramp Major and his assistant arrived with supper. I didn't want to waste people's time telling them things they already knew. But it is very plain that this storm of disaster moves upon its round, lays waste everything without distinction, and drives everything before it as its prey.
For he had penetrated far into Germany, and had planted the Roman standards in a region where it was scarcely known that any Romans existed. Prayers and struggles are all in vain; each one will get just the amount that was placed to his credit on the first day of his existence.
We stuffed our ankles with contraband until anyone seeing us might have imagined an outbreak of elephantiasis. You don't have to think any faster; just use twice as many words to say everything.
What we see is that men have always quarreled. To this end were you born - to lose, to perish, to hope, to fear, to disquiet yourself and others, both to fear death and to long for it, and, worst of all, never to know the real terms of your existence.
As a designer, do we have less responsibility to our public than a butcher. In some of them brown silent men were squatting at the inner bars, with their blankets draped round them. How can a student avoid procrastinating.
Most of us here today are in the transmission business. One thing seems consistent, the greater the psychic distance the easier it is to persuade people to act against their own self-interest.
Your son is dead; that is, he has finished his course and reached that goal toward which all those whom you count more fortunate than your child are even now hastening. In such situations it's helpful to have a habit of questioning assumptions.
July (This essay is derived from a talk at Oscon ) A few months ago I finished a new book, and in reviews I keep noticing words like "provocative'' and "controversial.''To say nothing of "idiotic.'' I didn't mean to make the book controversial.
THE SPIKE. It was late-afternoon. Forty-nine of us, forty-eight men and one woman, lay on the green waiting for the spike to open. We were too tired to talk much.
INTRODUCTION. Inwhen the author of the essays here assembled was elected professor of political and social science in Yale College, he was, to use his own words, “a young and untried man.” He was selected for his position, not as a specialist, but because he was what he was.
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To celebrate Plastics News' 20th anniversary, we continue a weekly countdown of the Top 20 issues of lasting impact, as reported in our pages. The series ends this week.
This week: No. 1: Globalization changes North America's plastics industry
Plastics News was born into the rising trend of globalization of the plastics manufacturing industry. Our very first issue, published March 6, 1989, had ample coverage that reflected international angles and elements, from the U.S. embargo on Toshiba machines to South Korea's monomer resin demand, from a U.K. molder building an Illinois plant to DuPont expanding in Singapore.
Globalization, a term that just gained popularity in the latter half of the 1980s, wasn't deemed a top issue of the industry. But regional integration was quickly taking shape. Cross-border investment was increasing both within the industrialized world and into emerging economies.
The North American Free Trade Agreement was sealed in 1993, despite concerns about businesses moving to Mexico. Today, most economists agree that NAFTA encouraged the offshoring of U.S. manufacturing that sent goods back to America. Asian molders also took advantage of the trade policy by establishing production in Mexico and exporting to the U.S.
In 1995, a 40 percent devaluation of the peso caused inflation in Mexico, increased the local labor cost, hurt smaller molders, but also benefited U.S. firms that outsourced from their southern neighbor. History is an upward spiral: A similar situation happened in 2008 in Vietnam, another destination for American sourcing and investment.
As trade barriers fell and shipping became more efficient, global sourcing boomed. Meantime, larger corporations were rapidly spearheading a trend to establish and expand their presence in emerging economies in Asia, South America and central and Eastern Europe, to gain competitive advantages lower costs, better margins, faster growth and potentially local market share. The global positioning of major corporations accelerated the flow of goods, capital, technologies and skills across regions.
Plastics processors and suppliers quickly followed customers overseas, particularly in the automotive, electronics and appliances sectors. In 1993, injection molder Nypro Inc. opened its first factory in China.
During that time, the U.S. was attracting foreign investment. Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Corp., for instance, started producing resin and PVC pipe in the United States.
While some U.S. plastics companies reaped the rewards of globalization, others saw their businesses squeezed by outsourcing and offshore manufacturing. Plants shut, jobs were lost and supply chains hollowed out. These problems became more severe and more publicized in the new century.
Overheated foreign investment and globalization cooled down a bit in 1997, when the Asian financial crisis reminded the world that new markets offer a mix of opportunities and risk, and that an interconnected global economy is vulnerable to change in any one given country or region.
China walked away from that meltdown less affected than many of its competitors. The nation's currency devaluation since 1994 came to a halt. Instead, with a fixed currency, four years (1998-2002) of massive fiscal expansion revived China's economy and put it in a more central position on the world map of manufacturing. Economists suspect China is implementing similar measures today, in response to the global economic crisis.
China's dependence on exports increased only after the 1997 crisis, especially after it joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. In the plastics industry, we witnessed more U.S. businesses setting up local alliances or wholly owned subsidiaries there, and an aggressive influx of cheap Chinese products molds, machinery, parts, you name it. China also overtook the U.S. as the world's largest destination of foreign direct investment in 2003.
Quickly, China became a sore spot in international trade relations and was held culpable for driving the world into a bargain-based mode with its legendary ability to undercut prices. The world's factory processed imported raw materials, added value for razor-thin profits, and sent finished products back to every corner of the globe.
China's hunger for commodity materials and energy brought an unprecedented price drive for oil, feedstock, resin, metal (for molds and machinery) and shipping, fueling a resin-capacity race in the Middle East and hitting home for molders.
Before the U.S. financial meltdown dragged the world into the current crisis, foreign investors started to frown on China's rising costs and rushed to shift manufacturing to lower-cost countries like India and Vietnam. The ongoing crisis, however, has turned everything upside down. Commodity and energy prices plummeted, millions of jobless Chinese workers lowered labor costs the only missing element now is sustainable world demand. A rising wave of protectionism threatens a collaborative recovery.
After decades of battling foreign competition, North American plastics manufacturing has become more automated, efficient and diversified. Firms have survived and thrived on strengths like large parts, niche markets, vertical expansion, improved sales and marketing, and careful integration into the global business.
Love it and hate it, globalization will continue to direct our industry's future. A downturn usually is a good time to look at issues like the harmonization of international quality standards and enforcement. The message for the industry is to relentlessly sharpen core competencies, absorb changes and fight through these tough times. | <urn:uuid:4b479d42-94a3-4fa7-9e76-98083ca8a776> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20090316/NEWS/303169982/global-market-remakes-plastics-industry | 2021-10-18T21:28:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585209.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20211018190451-20211018220451-00104.warc.gz | en | 0.948168 | 1,079 |
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A record number of people have contacted the NSPCC Helpline with concerns about the wellbeing of children whose parent is drinking to excess or taking drugs.
- 30% increase in one year in people contacting the NSPCC Helpline with child safety worries due to parental substance misuse
- 2016/17 saw cases involving more than 15,000 children referred to local authorities or police
- Nearly 500 referrals made to local authorities and police after contacts to the NSPCC helpline in Wales about parental substance misuse
Of these contacts 8793 across the UK and 469 of these in Wales, involving more than 15,000 children, were deemed serious enough to be referred on to local authorities or the police.
A further 44 contacts from Wales were given advice by the NSPCC.
The majority of contacts to the NSPCC Helpline about substance misuse are from members of the public worried that a parent is drinking too much alcohol which in turn is affecting their ability to provide a safe and supportive environment for their children.
[miptheme_quote author=”Member of the public who called the Helpline” style=”text-left”]I’m really worried for the safety of a child living with his parents. There is always heavy smoke lingering around the family home and I regularly see the parents intoxicated with alcohol and drugs. Sometimes I can hear them shouting and screaming profanities at each other whilst the child is in the home. It’s really upsetting. [/miptheme_quote]
In many of these cases other concerns such as neglect and physical and emotional abuse against the child, parental domestic abuse and parental mental health issues are also raised.
More than a third of the children referred to police or local authorities were aged between one and five, with a further 581 being less than a year old (including unborn children).
John Cameron, who is the Head of Helplines at the NSPCC, said:
“Every child should be able to grow up in a home where they feel safe and supported. The sad fact is that many young people are being deprived of this simple right due to one or both of their parents abusing drink and drugs.
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: Using dialogue, write a 5 minute (1 to 2 page) essay that begins with something true but quickly becomes fictional.
As we walked down the first fairway, I was pondering my tee shot. Had I left all my skills on the driving range? Was it pointless to practice beforehand? It seemed so. As I lugged my clubs along, I was noticeably quiet, or at least my husband thought so.
“How’s your cold?” he asked.
“About the same, and not to blame for that lousy drive off the tee” I responded without glancing over at him. His drive was straight down the middle of the fairway and hundreds of yards further out than my short and wonky shot.
My yellow neon ball was off in the knee-high weeds somewhere to our left, and as I approached the general vicinity, I veered off to take a look. Figuring it was likely unfindable, I’d already put a spare ball in my pocket ready to drop and hit if need be. I grabbed my 7 iron and used it to bat the growth out of my way, while leaning down towards ground level to get a better look. It was not only tough to see below all this stuff, it was also very damp. With each step I took, I could feel the moisture seeping around the soles of my golf shoes. I took a few more steps in, carefully placing my feet so that I could avoid anything that looked obviously muddy.
“Let me help look” I heard him say.
“It’s a goner, I think. I’ll just hit another one.” But instead I continued to use my 7 iron to push weeds from side to side, looking for that wildly belligerent golf ball. I hate losing golf balls more than recording a double digit on a hole.
As I worked my way along, I finally stepped back out onto the edge of the fairway. I dug the spare out of my pocket.
“Found it!” I looked around me to see where my husband was. “Over here!” he yelled.
I looked back behind me and there in the middle of the weeds, he was bending over to retrieve my ball. But instead of coming up with it, he stood back up and looked at me. “It’s hittable,” he said.
“Huh? Isn’t it out of bounds there?”
“Of course, but since you don’t keep score anyhow, it’s hittable. These are the kinds of shots that are fun to practice…if you get yourself in trouble when you ARE keeping score, you’ll be more confident hitting the trickier shots if you’ve practiced on weird ones like this.”
I stared at him for a moment. Okay, fine. I pulled my pitching wedge, my 9 iron and my 8 iron from my bag, and I hung onto the 7 iron too. Until I was literally standing over that ball, I wasn’t sure which club I’d want to use.
I picked my way over to where he was, noticing that my socks were now absorbing the mud that was already seeping over onto my shoes. There was really no way to avoid it, no matter how carefully I placed my feet.
He backed off as I approached. When I got to the ball, I studied it a moment. He was right…it was hittable. There was just enough space around it to get a club head in there…but it was also very muddy so I’d have to be careful not to drive it in further…or just pop it up and land it a few inches away, maybe to be lost forever.
“Hold these.” I said, as I gave him three of my clubs. I kept the 7.
“The 7 isn’t steep enough to clear the weeds,” he said. “Use your pitch. It has to pop out high”
“The pitch will pop it up, but it’s gonna leave it well short. I’ll just bury it again in a new crappy spot”. He gave me that expression…the one I know so well. The one that says ‘I’ve played this game my entire life. Don’t be stupid.’
I gave him my own look. The one he knows so well. The one that says ‘I hear you, but I’m doing it my way.’
I carefully got into position, placing each foot so that the ball lay squarely in the middle of my stance. I took hold of my 7 iron, and glanced at my husband. “Heads up,” I said calmly.
I gently placed the club head into position. Deciding I might need to blast it with a launch normally reserved for rocket ships, I bent my right knee ever so slightly to give me more leverage in my swing. Without further ado, I worked that club as I’d never done before, driving the ball like a bullet out of the mud with a ceremonious spray for my cheering squad.
“JESUS!” I heard.
“Where’d it go?” I asked. I couldn’t see it, but because it wasn’t still sitting where I’d last seen it, I assumed it’d gotten airborne. My husband ran to watch the landing, having first to clamber through the weeds to get out to the fairway. By the time I got back out there myself, my feet were soaked, my shoes ruined. I squinted to see how far my ball had gone. I couldn’t see it. “Where’d it go?” I asked.
He was just shaking his head, with that other look I know so well. The one that hates to admit that occasionally I can do things my way, and it all turns out okay.
Walking along side by side once again, I soon spotted my ball. It was not only out of the crap, it was well down the fairway, coming to rest in a sliver of sunshine…and just a few feet short of his own stellar drive off the tee.
“Where’s the scorecard?” I asked.
That was a fun writing assignment. And, yes…it was fictional (well, except for the golf and the hubby part. Good thing my hubby has a sense of humor!) Writing fiction is a good challenge for me and forces me to use my imagination. Even more challenging is to come up with a fictional story QUICKLY. Now there’s a skill that remains elusive. I’m participating in a new writing group that meets a few times each month…primary focus is fiction. This has been a good thing for me, but beginning in January I will be pushing even harder on my memoir project with the goal to have it COMPLETED (and COMPLETELY completed) by June 2014. I’m so excited to be working with Brooke Warner and Linda Joy Myers, who will be coaching me throughout the next six months. Finally, the HOME STRETCH! It may never see the light of day for publication, but quite honestly that’s never been my objective in the first place (for background, you’ll need to read my post titled ‘About being a writer‘). Simply having my memoir completed will finally put the past back into the past, where I’d kept it emotionally locked up for decades. Until something unexpected happened that blew the lock wide open… | <urn:uuid:c13f506f-26e7-4edb-8230-25a278dcd364> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://lifeandotherturbulence.com/2013/12/01/flash-fiction-writing-homework/ | 2023-03-25T12:04:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945323.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325095252-20230325125252-00525.warc.gz | en | 0.973957 | 1,640 |
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Church of St. Francis Xavier, Kaunas
Church of St. Francis Xavier is located in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. The church dedicated to St. Francis Xavier was built at the Town Hall Square in the Old Town of Kaunas by Jesuits. They opened their first residence in Kaunas in 1642 and established a chapel in the House of Perkūnas in 1643. Later they also founded a first four-form school in the city in 1649. The construction of the church started in 1666, and it was consecrated in 1722.
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Stuff. Most of us have it.
In the interest of full disclosure, I will admit that I have more than my share — tools, toys, collections, files, papers, tech gadgets, appliances and more. What do we do with it all? We keep it, try to organize it, store it, or sometimes just let it pile up. Regardless, taking care of the stuff or even ignoring it requires money, time and energy.
All of this stuff often adds stress to our lives. Organizing and cleaning will make a big difference, but sometimes we fix a space only to have it fill up again. In order to get rid of things and to truly get rid of the clutter habit, it is helpful to understand why we keep what we do and how to deal with this cycle. Let’s look at some areas that may cause some problems.
Gifts are often difficult to part with because we feel like we should keep them out of obligation or respect, even if we don’t like the item. Ask yourself, does this bring me happiness or truly serve a purpose? If not, find someone else who would really like it, or donate or sell it.
What if we spent money on something and want to get our money’s worth, even if we don’t like it? Holding on to the item because of past costs already incurred is not helpful. Look at the other costs involved — what is that item costing you by keeping it? What happens every day when you see the item? How much time do you spend thinking about how much you don’t like it? You spend energy and time that takes away from other experiences. Is the frustration really worth it?
Then there are the things we save for when we are older or retire. We’re trying to capture and save memories to relive them at some later point. What is missing in the here and now by putting so much energy into our stuff? Think about future moments. Won’t we always want to live in the moment and keep on having new moments, instead of looking back through boxes?
My personal favorite excuse is “I might need this one day.” We hear messages daily to reuse or recycle items and to be less wasteful. We might be saving items for a future need, but we don’t really know what we will need.
These are some strategies for dealing with stuff that I am finding helpful:
— Set a limit for what you can keep and focus on using what you have, not buying more.
— Remind yourself that if you do need something in the future, you can figure it out. You do not have to keep everything.
— Ask yourself “Can I live without this,” and “If this thing were destroyed, would I replace it?” If the answer is no, then you do not need to keep it. These points are a starting place for dealing with stuff.
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The FBI is whining now that they didn't get more info from the Russians? Sorry, fellas, do your own surveillance and investigative work. They are obviously getting their whining cues from Obama.
They are not allowed to be lazy when it comes to protecting American lives on American soil. O's priorities.
Russia had wiretap on Boston suspect, discussing jihad with mom | The Associated Press
Washington • Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call.
In another conversation, the mother of now-dead bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was recorded talking to someone in southern Russia who is under FBI investigation in an unrelated case, officials said.
The conversations are significant because, had they been revealed earlier, they might have been enough evidence for the FBI to initiate a more thorough investigation of the Tsarnaev family.
As it was, Russian authorities told the FBI only that they had concerns that Tamerlan and his mother were religious extremists. With no additional information, the FBI conducted a limited inquiry and closed the case in June 2011.
Two years later, authorities say Tamerlan and his brother, Dzhohkar, detonated two homemade bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 260. Tamerlan was killed in a police shootout and Dzhohkar is under arrest.
In the past week, Russian authorities turned over to the United States information it had on Tamerlan and his mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva. The Tsarnaevs are ethnic Chechens who emigrated from southern Russia to the Boston area over the past 11 years.
Even had the FBI received the information from the Russian wiretaps earlier, it’s not clear that the government could have prevented the attack.
In early 2011, the Russian FSB internal security service intercepted a conversation between Tamerlan and his mother vaguely discussing jihad, according to U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation with reporters.
The two discussed the possibility of Tamerlan going to Palestine, but he told his mother he didn’t speak the language there, according to the officials, who reviewed the information Russia shared with the U.S.
In a second call, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva spoke with a man in the Caucasus region of Russia who was under FBI investigation. Jacqueline Maguire, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Washington Field Office, where that investigation was based, declined to comment.
There was no information in the conversation that suggested a plot inside the United States, officials said.
It was not immediately clear why Russian authorities didn’t share more information at the time. It is not unusual for countries, including the U.S., to be cagey with foreign authorities about what intelligence is being collected.
Nobody was available to discuss the matter early Sunday at FSB offices in Moscow.
Jim Treacy, the FBI’s legal attache in Moscow between 2007 and 2009, said the Russians long asked for U.S. assistance regarding Chechen activity in the United States that might be related to terrorism.
"On any given day, you can get some very good cooperation," Treacy said. "The next you might find yourself totally shut out."
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva has denied that she or her sons were involved in terrorism. She has said she believed her sons have been framed by U.S. authorities.
But Ruslan Tsarni, an uncle of the Tsarnaev brothers and Zubeidat’s former brother-in-law, said Saturday he believes the mother had a "big-time influence" as her older son increasingly embraced his Muslim faith and decided to quit boxing and school.
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The same: Rose bushes on the left. White railings. White shutters. Metal door. Air conditioner that I had installed.
However, things change.
Gone: Delapolated garage on the right behind the house, apparently. I can't see it clearly. Strawberry plants in the flower beds next to house. Raised stone flower bed with lamp post next to walkway. White mailbox next to walkway close to the house.
Added: Bushes in parking strip. Bushes in flower beds next to the house. Stone flower beds next to sidewalk with mulch and bushes, with a dark mailbox close to sidewalk. Two trees in front yard. Stones around the flower beds close to the house and along rose garden on the left. Politically liberal sign and a rainbow banner on the railing.
The front yard previously had a much simpler look that was all grass except for the rose garden on the left, the raised stone flower bed next to the walkway and the mailbox next to the walkway close to the house. The only picture I could find was this one:
I see weeds in the driveway and sidewalk that I used to spray all the time.
I can't tell, but it looks like along the right wall they may have covered that area with rocks. That would be a big improvement, because it was previously a dirt strip where nothing but weeds would grow, because if the sprinkler system can't reach it, nothing grows there. That's how Utah is. Without the sprinkler system, everything dies. You can see some brown grass next to the driveway, which means that they might not be getting full coverage with the sprinkler system. I got frustrated with the underground sprinkler system, because mine would break almost every year. I was constantly paying for repairs. | <urn:uuid:90e28494-83dc-4584-9891-41edf4032a8f> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://thatonemanfollowedhisstar.blogspot.com/2019/03/ | 2021-10-18T05:13:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585196.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20211018031901-20211018061901-00342.warc.gz | en | 0.967092 | 366 |
Harry Brown looks at the case of Gallacher v Abellio Scotrail Ltd where the EAT held that, in an unfair dismissal claim, where there has been an irretrievable breakdown in a working relationship, a complete lack of procedure will not necessarily render the dismissal unfair.
Ms Gallacher worked as a senior manager for Abellio Scotrail Ltd (the ‘employer’) from 2007 until her dismissal in 2017.
Over the years the relationship between Ms Gallacher and her employer deteriorated. Ms Gallacher had repeatedly been denied a salary increase; she refused to participate in the on-call rota policy; had numerous disagreements with other members of senior management over recruitment of more junior staff; and had indicated her desire to leave her current role. After several years of disagreements, the employer took the view that there had been a complete breakdown in trust between the two and that the situation was not recoverable.
Ms Gallacher was dismissed at her annual appraisal in 2017. Whilst the appraisal was pre-arranged, no warning had been given to Ms Gallacher that she might be dismissed, nor did the employer follow a proper procedure in doing so, or offer Ms Gallacher the right to appeal the decision.
Ms Gallacher brought a claim for unfair dismissal against her employer.
In the first instance, the ET held that there had clearly been an irretrievable breakdown in trust and confidence. On procedure, the ET found that dismissing Ms Gallacher without following a proper procedure was within the band of reasonable responses that the employer could be expected to take. Following a procedure would have risked worsening the situation between the two.
Ms Gallacher appealed to the EAT on the basis that the ET had erred in its decision, believing that the lack of procedure made the dismissal unfair.
The EAT dismissed the appeal. It noted that whilst in many cases the failure to carry out any procedure at all would be considered procedural unfairness, there are cases where procedures may be dispensed with if they can reasonably be considered by the employer to be futile. This was such a case, and the ET was correct in its decision.
Whilst there are rare cases where a complete lack of procedure will not render a dismissal unfair, this is very much the exception to the rule. In most cases, it is unlikely that the relationship between employer and employee will be considered to have broken down to such an extent that all proper procedures can be dispensed with. Before making any decision to dismiss without having followed a full process, or having curtailed normal procedures, we would encourage employers to at least consider the guidance set out by the ACAS Code of Practice and to seek legal advice. | <urn:uuid:f2d5b8d1-a29a-4f5e-91e9-38c80be28157> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://wslaw.co.uk/blog/eat-finds-that-lack-of-procedure-is-not-always-unfair/ | 2021-02-25T10:35:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178350942.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225095141-20210225125141-00305.warc.gz | en | 0.979794 | 547 |
Heavy period or early miscarrage, please help!
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Last post: 20/08/2015 at 8:08 pm
Firstly I want to apologies for the long essay that follows. I'm new to this and have never joined or posted on any forum but feel so sad and lost at the moment that I don't know where else to turn.
A bit of background information, I'm 36 and my partner's 50, we have been together for four years. I had a missed miscarriage 9 years ago, conceived in my previous relationship (blighted ovum requiring a surgical ERPC) and another missed miscarriage at 10 weeks August last year (2014) with my current partner again requiring a surgical procedure.
Since the miscarriage last year we have been TTC however my partner works away for work so although we've tried on the months we can we haven't been able to religiously every month since the m/c, regardless I've always been BBT and using OPK's throughout each cycle to get a good idea of my cycle and check I'm ovulating etc which all looks like I am.
Last month (June 2015) everything fitted into place, everything showed I ovulated, my partner was around and we were able to do the deed on all the fertile days. In the 2nd half of my cycle I started having incredibly sore and sensitive boobs (I do sometimes get this when af is due) however it felt on a different level, I also really felt different and really though maybe this was a sign I'd finally conceived, I've not mentally felt like this on any other cycle we were able to try and this may sound crazy but I just felt pregnant this time. On the 9th July this month however my hopes and dreams were smashed with af showing up and on time.
Last year when I conceived it wasn't planned in fact we only did the deed on two occasions that month, once in the fertile window and it happened. Since the m/c I've felt desperate to conceive again, I've spent hundreds of pounds on OPK's, early pregnancy test, BBT every single day, stressing if my partner will have to work away around the next time I'm due to ovulate, bla bla bla. When af started this month I said to myself ENOUGHT! stop putting yourself through this all the time and decided I was not going to stress myself BBT this month, stop stressing if my partner will even be around the next time I'm ovulating and all I was going to do was the OPK's and see what happens.
Apologies again if this is TMI and for the graphic description but af showed up as stated but was really different from anything I've experienced before. It was so heavy and really really bright red blood which I don't usually get, I also had really strong cramps which had me doubled over at points which did take me by surprise. Although completely different to usual it lasted and finished the same as my af usually does (5-6 days) so just put it down to a wacky cycle and forgot about it.
I didn't start bbt and just started the opks, I use clearblue digital with dual hormone indicator (smiley faces) and also just the standard clearblue digital (smiley faces) as once you get a fixed smile you can't test again on the hormone ones and I like to see how many solid smile days I get. Started testing as usual and something really strange has happened again. On day 8 (-), day 9 (Flash), day 10 (Flash), day 11 (flash) day 12 (flash), day 13 (flash). I decided at this point to stop testing as never ever usually get this amount of flash days, usually one or two days and then always get the fixed LH surge anything from day 9-11. On cycle day 14 in the morning I started having very light brown spotting only when wiping and not really even needing a panty liner, this continued until Sunday just gone (18th day of my cycle) however it then started like a proper full on period and has now continued how my af usually is.
This has completely freaked me out now! I've had very stressful times in my life but this has never messed or made my hormones act like this. The only time I have ever had odd OPK readings, mid cycle bleeding and an early period like this was on the two occasions I have been pregnant and miscarried, everything happening now is absolutely identical to what happened to me after the two miscarriages. I know its impossible to say however from how my last period was and from what I'm experiencing now I'm really thinking and wondering if I did in fact have a really early miscarriage last month and that's why this month has been so strange and exactly what I experienced after the last two m/c.
My GP has been of no use and said there would be no way to prove now if I was even pregnant before and if it was an early miscarriage and is unwilling to do any hormone tests etc unless I have three consecutive abnormal cycles, despite age not being on neither myself or my partner. I've been googling like crazy but freaking myself out even more so decided to break-up my relationship with Dr Google and see if anyone else may of experienced anything similar or could offer any further advise.
I apologies again for the long post and really appreciate anyone who reads or are able to respond to me.
Am I pregnant?
9 DPO Implantation or Early Period!?!
Am I pregnant?
HELP!!! Has anyone experienced heavy implantation bleeding?
Am I pregnant?
18days late no period or pregnancy signs all negative tests....
Am I pregnant?
Bleeding 12 DPO not sure if it's period or not
Am I pregnant?
No af, heavy cramping CD 35, BFN, cervix High + dry.
No I've not done a pregnancy test, I haven't got one here, vowed to myself I would never buy another until my AF is definitely late, maybe I'll buy one tomorrow but in my heart don't feel pregnant at all anymore, all the symptoms I experienced have gone and the bleeding I'm going through now does feel like a proper period. Both my previous miscarriages were missed miscarriages, although the pregnancies weren't viable my body held on to them, I didn't bleed or anything hence I needed the surgical procedures. As I've never naturally miscarried I can't say for certain that I did last month but know without a doubt it was a completely different type of period from any other I've ever experienced. I would of just put it down to a wacky cycle but now that the absolute identical thing is happening to me as it did after both previous miscarriages I am pretty sure I was pregnant and lost my baby. I'll never know for sure, I don't know if that's a blessing or not, all I can do now is wait and see when this bleeding ends and when a possible new period starts to try get back on track to hopefully start TTC again.
Thank you for responding and I'm truly wishing you have a happy outcome! I'm here if you need a chat or just want to have a rant and please keep me updated with hopefully so good news xxxx
I do feel a bit crazy at the moment, feel like I'm grieving over a baby that may not of even existed in the first place but just can't believe whats happening at the moment like you say it can completely throw you off track, I don't know just have to get on with it now. This is the first time I've ever joined or posted on a forum but thanks for the advise and I will definitely look at the positive August thread. Please keep me updated and once again hoping and keeping everything crossed for you xxx
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New to this just wanted to express how confused I am with my body.
My partner and I aren't "actively trying" but have said if it happens then great.
In June we had sex on my most fertile days so when I was two weeks late for AF I was convinced I was pregnant (considering I had all early symptoms)..... In the two weeks after my due date I did around 6 home tests ALL NEGATIVE! I started bleeding really heavily, bright red blood and cramping all through the night and was in agony with it, I passed large clots and guessed that I was in fact pregnant and had had a MC.
I went to the Dr's the day after for a blood test, which was then sent to the lab without my name on!!! So by the time I had found this out, It was too late to test for HCG levels.
My GP put on my notes that it was a suspected MC.
July's period was back to normal and on time to the day (as it used to be)
My partner and I then had sex a few times in my fertile week and I had all of the same pregnancy symptoms again and was due to start my period on 4th August..... My period didn't come on time and I "felt pregnant ".
I started bleeding on Saturday 15th August, which was light brown and quite watery. Then on Monday 17th I woke up and the flood gates opened very heavy bleeding thick and bright red but no clots. The bleeding them stopped on 18th. Sorry for the very long post but I am so confused! Yesterday (19th August) the bleeding started heavily around 6pm along with awful cramps and sharp pains on one side of my pelvis and continued to get worse until 10.30pm when I passed a clot in the toilet. I removed the clot to inspect and it was a very similar shape etc to that of images I have seen on Google of a miscarried foetus.
Been to see GP today and they won't refer me to see a gynecologist as it's only happened twice.
Really confused as to why Home pregnancy tests keep coming up negative and then this happens.
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Women of Afrikan descent have become the highest infected population of HIV/AIDS nationally.
When it was discovered that men of Afrikan descent were serious offenders, this made the situation incredulous. Many women aware of the down low syndrome and are extremely angry that their men would be so careless about spreading such a dangerous killing disease.
There are various elements that have led to this terrifying discovery. The classic study (HIV Risk Behaviors Among African American Men in Los Angeles County Who Self-Identify as Heterosexual, conducted by medical professionals: Amy Rock Wohl, Denise F. Johnson, Sharon Lu, Wilbert Jordan, Gildon Beall, Judith Currier, and Paul A. Simon 2002) have released alarming findings. The study states These data suggest that men who have sex with men and self-identify as heterosexual are at high risk for acquiring HIV to their female sexual partners.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that From 1994 through 2000, 27 percent of new HIV infections in the United States were acquired through heterosexual contact. The biggest growth was among black women, who accounted for about 50 percent of all cases of HIV infection acquired heterosexually.
To find out that many men of Afrikan descent are transmitting this disease to their women is one thing, but to find out how some of them are doing it is just downright disgusting. What one does and whom they do it with behind closed doors is ones own business. When it jeopardizes the health and life of ones partner, that is criminal. According to the Los Angeles study, High-risk unprotected anal sex with men by men who self-identify as heterosexual has implications for HIV transmission to any female partners who are likely to be unaware of their male partners risk behavior or HIV statusIn fact, of the heterosexual identified HIV-infected men in this study group, almost 40 percent did not always share their HIV status with their female sexual partners.
One theory is that heterosexual African American men are not reached by the more widespread prevention messages directed toward gay and bisexually identified communities. A second theory is that heterosexual men do not typically circulate in social networks that reinforce sexual norms of risk reduction, as has historically been the case for gay and bisexual men.
Among American Afrikan gay and bisexual men, according the study, the reasons of high infection are, Less frequent condom use, higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases, injection drug use, crack use, low socioeconomic status, the trade of sex for money or drugs, lack of trust of the health system, and multiple sexual partners. It would seem that many of the mentioned reasons also apply to heterosexual men.
No matter the reasons cited or excuses made, a man who willfully infects his partner with HIV/AIDS now faces serious consequences. According to a bill passed in the California legislature, which has some of the most stringent laws in the country states, It is a felony for an HIV-infected person to knowingly expose an uninfected person to the virus. The bill makes intentional HIV exposure punishable by up to eight years in prison. It also allows for the disclosure of HIV status if the subject is under criminal investigation for committing the crime. Existing laws in California already stipulate that it is illegal for infected people who are aware of their infection to donate blood, body organs, semen, breast milk or tissue. Laws vary from state to state. In certain cases, charges of attempted murder or murder can be considered. Globally, approximately 42 million people are infected with the virus. It is devastating parts of Afrika.
Any man married or not who infects his woman is an enemy to that woman and any potential children from that union. How could he love his partner and do such a thing? As hard as it could be, it is recommended that a person who is infected and does not seek treatment or precautions must be made to do so, one way or another. Some couples are getting tested prior to any intimate contact. Imagine an infected person bleeding, accidentally dropping blood on children and infecting them. Any person sensitive enough to understand what that implies, would have a difficult time living with that, not to mention the children. One woman, who was consciously infected by her man with AIDS, became insanely enraged and reacted violently. She shot and killed him.
HIV/AIDS are such devastating human tragedies it is inconceivable anyone could intentionally transmit one of them to another human being unless that persons heart was filled with malice. Whatever the case, doing what is right for life must be done. It is the greatest gift given to us by the Creator. Who knows, you could be next.
Review the study at: http://lapublichealth.org/wwwfiles/ph/hae/hiv/jaids2002.pdf.
- Dr. Kwakus class, Afrikan World Civilizations (Part II), is conducted on Friday evenings, 7-9 p.m. at Kaos Studios in Leimert Park. For details go to: www.drkwaku.com. | <urn:uuid:031831b1-007e-4bac-b122-4e62c6de690d> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | http://ourweekly.com/news/2008/apr/02/black-men-infecting-their-women/ | 2017-03-28T08:14:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189686.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00086-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968419 | 1,032 |
I Am Exodia
Every time there is a patch (even a little one) all my settings are reset to default. Also sometimes rebinding attack move click won't work until i reconnect.
Confirmed. Also experiencing this.
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In this video from the UK’s Cystic Fibrosis Trust, CF patient Emma Lake asks “what’s next in cystic fibrosis healthcare?”.
Dr. Janet Allen talks about the two types of factors that determine the care needed for a cystic fibrosis patient: internal and external factors. The internal factors refer to genetics and how they have affected each cystic fibrosis patient. The external factors are ways that the patient’s environment, lifestyle and economic background influence their condition. Addressing both the internal and external factors means that healthcare becomes more personalized.
In addition, Dr. Jeff Beeckman talks about clinical trials for cystic fibrosis medication and how new medications can be tested on patient’s cells in a lab to ensure it’s safe for patients to participate in the clinical trial.
Cystic Fibrosis News Today is strictly a news and information website about the disease. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. | <urn:uuid:2acf9f32-3cf4-4021-8b41-0fdb560da90d> | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | https://cysticfibrosisnewstoday.com/social-clips/2016/11/14/whats-next-in-cystic-fibrosis-healthcare/ | 2018-09-24T05:48:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267160145.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20180924050917-20180924071317-00313.warc.gz | en | 0.924911 | 264 |
Last Updated: 5/8/2020 - 10:15 PM
COVID-19 Resources for WFNHP Members
Dear WFNHP Member -
This is a running list of resources for our WFNHP members and all healthcare workers to help get through these trying times. If you have suggestions on things to add, email Jamie Lucas with your suggestion.
https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/childcare/essential - Since you are an essential employee as a healthcare worker, the State of Wisconsin has provided this resource if you are in need:
Your employer may offer childcare. This is the WFNHP list of employer responses to our requests for assistance and information. WFNHP requested assistance in creating safe, healthy childcare for our members.
https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/youngstar/parents - This site rates different childcare facilities and may be helpful in your search for safe care.
As Healthcare Professionals in the Workplace:
https://www.aft.org/covid19-hc - This is our national union’s comprehensive resource list for health professionals, often updated as guidelines and circumstances change. A great first place to look for COVID-19 information and its impact on you at your job.
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/covid19_hc-coronachecklist.pdf - What to do if you are asked to care for someone with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/covid19_hc-rights-ppe.pdf - NEW! PPE and patient care: The right to be safe at work
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/covid19_action-respirators.pdf - A call to action: Addressing the worldwide shortage of respirators and face protection for COVID-19 response. This includes an article from experts explaining aerosolization of the coronavirus and explaining other kinds of respirators that can be used.
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/covid19_hc-osharespiratoraccess.pdf - OSHA guidance on access to respirators.
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/covid19_evs_cleaningchecklist.pdf - COVID-19 cleaning checklist for Environmental Service (EVS) workers.
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/covid19-hc-facilitychecklist.pdf - Checklist for your facility’s procedures in dealing with the COVID crisis.
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/covid19_execorders-cba.pdf - Impact of emergency declarations on collective bargaining.
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/covid19-reference-healthcare.pdf - Preparing for conversations with managers about COVID plans.
https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/ - OSHA resource page for COVID-19.
Mental Health Resources for Healthcare Professionals:
The Wisconsin Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals, Local 5000, AFT, AFL-CIO (WFNHP) does not endorse, and is in no way responsible for the services of any of these resources. This is merely a compilation of available options based on recommendations of our community. WFNHP is in no way responsible or liable for anything related to anyone’s experience with a service listed here, nor do we hold any interest in any business linked here that is not expressly linked to membership in WFNHP.
https://www.coronavirusonlinetherapy.com - Free or low cost therapy options for healthcare workers dealing with the impact of COVID related stress.
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/covid19_hc-stress.pdf - Stress management help as a healthcare worker.
https://www.aft.org/benefits/trauma - Trauma counseling and services for union members only. If you pay dues, you qualify for this.
https://traumacoverage.com/aft/grief-counseling - NEW! AFT COVID-19 Grief Counseling: This benefit from our national union, AFT, is for union members or retired union members who have lost an immediate family member (spouse/partner, child, sibling, parent or grandparent) to COVID19, or for the immediate family member of a union member who has died from COVID-19. The program provides an assessment and two hours of grief counseling from Masters Level therapists.
List of local mental helath resources (coming soon)
Federal Legislation RE: COVID-19: |
http://wfnhp.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2020-04/coronavirus_federal_legislation_2020.pdf - Healthcare Provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (passed 3/27/20) & Healthcare-related Provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (passed 3/18/20)
http://wfnhp.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2020-04/evidence_of_aerolization.pdf - Factsheet - List of several studies demonstrating evidence of aerosolization of COVID-19. Here is evidence to help you make your case for respiratory protection for members caring for suspected and confirmed COVID-19. Use this resource if the employer claims that COVID-19 is primarily spread through droplet and contact transmission and is not aerosolized.
Where to Donate PPE's:
If you or anyone you know has PPE's to donate, they may drop them off between 7am - 7pm at the Wisconsin State Fair - Gate 5 (entrance on 84th Street & Schlinger Avenue).
Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Governor Tony Evers is asking us to come together to help those on the frontlines in communities that need PPE’s.You can now donate or sell large quantities of PPE’s to Wisconsin communities that need it the most. The state is currently seeking the following items: surgical gowns, face/surgical masks, gloves, N-95 Particulate Respirators, isolation gowns, face shields, Tyvek coveralls, thermometers and foot coverings.
NEW! Here is a comprehensive list of resources for workers affected by COVID-19 made by the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO - http://wfnhp.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2020-05/wi_state_afl-cio_resources_for_workers_affected_by_covid-19.pdf | <urn:uuid:7824d889-1c3d-4ae1-bce3-1957d5d5f68f> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | http://wfnhp.aft.org/resources/covid-19-resources-wfnhp-members | 2021-04-18T02:20:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038464146.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20210418013444-20210418043444-00634.warc.gz | en | 0.882949 | 1,484 |
Norway Maple Firewood - 50% Moisture - November 2022
I mentioned that I started to split some of the Norway Maple tree firewood that resulting from the removal of the large tree in our front yard. In a post a couple weeks ago, I talked about how I've started to split some of the larger rounds with my axe. I've taken a slow-but-steady approach to the project and will continue to split this wood over the next few months. The first splits resulted in pieces that I am putting up on a rack to season for the year. I did, however, want to begin to track the moisture content of this freshly cut, green wood. Here, below, is a photo of my moisture meter showing 50% moisture in this piece:
The moisture level that split, dry firewood needs to get to in order to be considered 'seasoned' is below 20% - so we have a long way to go. Norway Maple is known for 'drying quickly', so I'll test this theory by trying to track these freshly split pieces in the coming weeks/months. Will it be ready this season? I doubt it, but we'll figure that out together.
I have tracked some Oak limbs in terms of moisture content over the years, so this Maple tree moisture tracking project will show different data. | <urn:uuid:60c1229e-e9bc-4a00-bf69-638444089cfa> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://blog.jakeparrillo.com/2022/11/norway-maple-firewood-50-moisture.html | 2022-12-02T22:24:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710916.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20221202215443-20221203005443-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.956664 | 272 |
Believe it or not, I really struggle with baking cookies. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve made loads of them before, but they have always either come out too cakey, too hard or just lack that not too crunchy chewiness that I long for. This recipe was a labour of love because I was not going to stop until I got them absolutely perfect, with the crackly top and the soft, chewy middle. It took five batches to get there but boy is it worth it.
I was so happy with the result I celebrated by stuffing them with a generous dollop of matcha choc chip ice cream. The ice cream is smooth and rich with just a slight hint of creamy matcha. The ice cream is also refined sugar and dairy free, using only dates and maple syrup to sweeten it.
If you don’t have an ice cream maker, you can still make this by freezing and stirring every hour or so- instructions below!
The biscuits are also absolutely delicious on their own with a cup of coffee, as my boyfriend commented on his 63rd left over cookie from the failed batches.
These babes last really well in a cookie tin for up to a week too, so they’re great to bake in batches at the weekend. If you’re looking for a superior quality matcha – I swear by Organic Burst matcha, which is ethically traded, fairly sourced and 100% organic.
I’d love to see if you try this recipe! Please tag me in your pics so I can see!
Happy ice cream sandwiching, babes! xoxoxo
- ½ cup oil (rapeseed or avo)
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 1.5 tbsp molasses
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 chia egg
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 1 cup gf or plain all purpose flour
- 1.25 cup rolled oats
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 1 can quality full-fat coconut milk
- 1 cup almond or soya milk
- ½ cup soaked and drained cashews
- 2-3 tsp matcha green tea powder
- 5 pitted medjool dates
- ¼ cup maple or agave syrup
- ¼ tsp xanthin gum or cornflour
- ½ cup cacao nibs or dairy free choc chips
- To make the ice cream, add coconut milk, almond milk, soaked cashews, matcha powder, medjool dates, maple syrup and xanthan gum to a food processor or blender and blend until smooth.
- Leave to chill in the fridge for at least an hour.
- Add ice cream mix to your ice cream maker and churn for at least 20 minutes, then pour in the cacao nibs for the last few minutes. If you don't have an ice cream maker, simply transfer to a freezer safe container and stir well, cover then refreeze for an hour. Do this three times over.
- When it starts to resemble firm ice cream, transfer to a container and keep in the freezer.
- To make the cookies -Preheat oven to 180•c.
- In a large bowl, beat together oil, sugar and molasses with an electric mixer until smooth. Add chia egg, vanilla and water and beat for 2 mins until smooth.
- Add flour, oats, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda and salt and mix briefly again until combined. The dough should start to clump and stick together, if it is too crumbly and dry add a tbsp more water.
- Place dough in fridge to cool for at least 10 minutes- this will help give the crackle effect.
- Drop scoops of dough onto a lined baking sheet and press down slightly. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes to firm up. | <urn:uuid:72e4dbb0-f940-466e-8128-2fb748144de3> | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | https://www.boskitchen.com/matchaicecreamsandwiches/ | 2021-05-09T11:07:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988966.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20210509092814-20210509122814-00540.warc.gz | en | 0.920022 | 830 |
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For a chronological list of all the Torah Portions in each of the five books of Torah, click here.
Beha'alotchaRead / Listen to Portion
Manna was the perfect food provided directly from heaven. In actuality, there was nothing wrong with the manna except that it wasn’t fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. Because it was not what they desired, they spurned it, even though it was given of God.
The daily provision of the manna reminds us to be dependent upon God day by day. If a man could store up manna, hoarding it like money, he could be confident of his sustenance for many days to come. But the manna could not be hoarded. It required a daily dependence upon God.
Grumbling about things is a telltale sign of weak faith. A person of strong faith has confidence that God is in charge and is working all things out for the good. He is not given to complaining because he believes that everything is ultimately in God's hands.
Are you depressed? Depression is the enemy of faith. The next time you find yourself doubting God, ask yourself, "Has the hand of the LORD become shorter?" The next time you find yourself despondent and depressed, remind yourself of the great things God has done in the past.
How many times do we indulge in similar "private" conversations, forgetting that God is listening? A person should always remember that his words are heard and recorded in heaven: "But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment." (Matthew 12:36) | <urn:uuid:eaf6eb8b-7ef6-4f85-8f53-f616bd226b94> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://torahportions.ffoz.org/portions-library/behaalotcha/ | 2019-06-25T21:35:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999948.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20190625213113-20190625235113-00250.warc.gz | en | 0.96 | 349 |
The preview for Dennis Maruk’s upcoming book, Dennis Maruk: The Unforgettable Story of Hockey’s Forgotten 60-Goal Man says it all: Only 20 men in NHL history have scored 60 or more goals in a single season. That will probably be a big surprise for most, whether one is a longtime fan of hockey or not. In this interview, NoVa Caps’ Luke Adomanis sits down with the former Capitals forward to discuss his new book, as well as his thoughts on the current edition of the Capitals.
Dennis Maruk as only 1 of 20 players to ever hit 60+ goals? With no offense to Maruk, he probably isn’t often thought of among the greats, yet he did something that puts his name among the likes of Hall of Famers Wayne Gretzky, Brett Hull, Mario Lemieux, and even the Capitals’ own (future Hall of Famer) Alexander Ovechkin.
Obviously, there has to be a great story behind such a feat, which is why Maruk took pen to paper to finally tell his story in his book. When asked why he finally decided to write down these events he responded, “I wasn’t even thinking about writing a book.” Maruk admitted, “But I talked to some people in Toronto and they thought it would be worth it.” To him, the reason he decided to tell his story is because “People don’t know athletes and what they go through.” He continued, “Sometimes things don’t work out.” For how successful Maruk’s career was with the Capitals in the 1981-1982 season on the ice he wants people to know “not everything is peaches and cream”. As fans, we take a lot for granted, sometimes thinking the answer is easy during a game or career, but it never is, and that’s what Maruk’s book gives the hockey world a view of.
As stated, that 1981-1982 season was big statistically for Maruk, as he scored the aforementioned 60 goals and added 76 assists, the first player to reach 100 points in Capitals franchise history, however, he never hit 100 or more points before or after that season. When asked why he was so successful that season, Maruk responded, “Great teammates. I had Ryan Walter and Chris Valentine as my linemates.” Walter was the type of player that could win puck battles along the boards, while Valentine had the hands and skill to make plays. Maruk was sort of a combination of the two, as he could go to the net and knock in the loose change, while also dishing out a nice pass. Maruk finished, “We complimented each other and worked very hard.” Chemistry is always so important and that’s why the late Bryan Murray kept them together.
Another aspect that was really different about Maruk and his scoring tear was his size. During an era during which it was important to be a bigger player, Maruk came in at only 5’8” and 175 pounds. Even by today’s standards, that’s extremely small. When asked how he survived in the NHL he answered, “Exactly what you said, I survived. I was told I was too small to play hockey. I never backed down.” All he wanted to do was prove “the little guy can play a big man’s game.” But as he put it earlier, it wasn’t all peaches and cream, as he had to sacrifice his body to win. “Not a game went by that my arms and legs weren’t sore but I wanted to stay in the NHL. I worked hard not just on the ice, but off of it, both home and when on the road.” Everything Maruk did in his hockey career he had to pay for it dearly, both on and off the ice.
In his last season with the Capitals (1982-1983), Maruk was present for the most important trade in the franchise history: the addition of Rod Langway in a trade that is considered by many to have “saved the Capitals“. When asked what his first thoughts of the trade were at the time, Maruk responded, “We had to give up good players to get a good players.” The trade involved Ryan Walter, Maruk’s linemate that helped him hit 136 points (still a franchise record) the season prior. It wasn’t easy for Maruk to see him go, but bringing in Langway completely changed the organization. Without that trade taking place, it’s possible the Capitals wouldn’t even be located in Washington D.C. today. “The defense completely changed after that.” And from that strong defense came 11 straight playoff appearances.
Lastly, when asked what advice he would give to the Capitals with their lack of playoff success in the last decade, Maruk answered with a laugh, “They need me in the lineup”, eventually elaborating, “They need character players. They have the right players. But they need that second and third effort.” And even though he hasn’t been part of the organization in 30-plus years, he still feels for them. “I’ve been there and seen it, I’m also frustrated.” He continued, “People can’t really blame Ovi (Alex Ovechkin). Of course all the top players could be better.” Hopefully, the Capitals take that advice to heart as they battle through the season and hopefully the postseason.
You can pick up Maruk’s book October 17th on Amazon.
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European SIde or Asian Side? (Istanbul)
I just got back from visiting Istanbul and absolutely loved it! Im thinking of moving from the US to Istanbul for a year or so...
My friend (whom i stayed with in Istanbul) lived on the asian side (by kozyatagi) and i found that i gravitated to the European side as i found it more lively with alot more night life...
Are there any downsides to living on the European side vs the asian side? | <urn:uuid:9683b318-dcdc-4030-8f2a-4c636151f44a> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.internations.org/istanbul-expats/forum/european-side-or-asian-side-559622 | 2017-06-25T09:03:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320476.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625083108-20170625103108-00345.warc.gz | en | 0.920455 | 105 |
HANCOCK - Most people are aware of lung cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer, but the fourth most deadly cancer in both men and women - pancreatic cancer - not only receives the lowest amount of attention, but also has the lowest survival rate.
Pancreatic cancer survival rates have remained in the single digits for 40 years and the five-year survival rate is just 6 percent. In hopes of raising both awareness and survival rates, November was pancreatic cancer awareness month.
In 2008, 1,500 Michigan citizens were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and 1,300 died from the disease, according to Gov. Rick Snyder's proclamation of pancreatic cancer awareness month in Michigan.
Dr. Rifat Elkhatib, who is board-certified in oncology and internal medicine at Portage Health, is seen here at his desk in June. He helps treat pancreatic cancer — the fourth-most deadly cancer — locally. (Houghton Daily Mining Gazette photo by Stephen Anderson)
"We encourage citizens throughout the state to learn more about this disease and support efforts to develop effective treatments and a cure," added the proclamation.
The leading organization in the fight against pancreatic cancer is the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, which combines research, supports individuals and families living with the disease, raises awareness and builds and sustains federal support for fighting the disease.
"We have a vision to ... double the survival rate by the year 2020," Dr. Selwyn Vickers of the PCAN Scientific Advisory Board said in the organization's vision statement. "By accelerating the application of our proven comprehensive approach to fighting the disease ... the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network will turn this vision of progress into reality. Everyone must know, fight and end pancreatic cancer."
Every year 43,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and of those, 36,000 will die in the same year, according to Dr. Rifat Elkhatib, a board-certified oncologist from Portage Health who is fighting the debilitating disease locally.
"Pancreatic cancer is very, very bad,"?Elkhatib said. "The problem is it's inside the abdomen, so whenever you have a lump in the pancreas, you cannot feel it until it is unfortunately too late. This is why 75 to 80 percent of pancreatic cancer is diagnosed late, when it's really advanced in stage and is difficult to restrict."
While the survival rate is low, Elkhatib said increased awareness and recognition of risk factors - some of which may be surprising - and symptoms can help catch it earlier and increase survival chances.
"People should be aware that smoking is associated with pancreatic cancer. Most people think it's only associated with lung cancer, but it can influence a lot of cancers," said Elkhatib, who added that too much alcohol, pancreatitis and genetic disposition can be additional risk factors.
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Total War: Warhammer – Bretonnia
Truth be told, I was always of a fan-from-afar when it came to the tabletop game Warhammer Fantasy Battle. While visiting an RPG gaming store on one of my many geeky excursions, I’d usually end up mingling around the different books and boxed RPG gaming sets, but would eventually turn a envious eye at the Warhammer miniatures and their elaborate set pieces.
While the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay materials (the pen-and-paper equivalent of Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the board game) were certainly more affordable than the uber-pricy board game stuff, I was never really sold on it. My thinking at the time was: “Make your mind up—do you want to be a RPG game or a board game?”
At some point, I ran into a fellow RPG geek whom I hadn’t seen in a while, and he’d just recently purchased a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay gaming set (3rd Edition). He invited me to play in a campaign that he was running, and that was when I first got a glimpse into the whole Warhammer world.
In stark contrast to the shiny armor, waxed mustaches, and general more upbeat mood of Dungeons & Dragons’ Dragonlance saga, the Warhammer universe was much darker and foreboding. It’s main setting was within the decadent Empire of Man, where both opportunity and peril seemed to be around every corner, and corruption bubbled just beneath the fabric of society. Meanwhile, Beastmen and other horrors haunted the nearby forests, waiting in the darkness to fall upon anyone foolish enough to travel around while scantily protected. And I’ll never forget my fellow players giggling at my look of astonishment, when my character suffered a broken leg he received after engaging in a simple bar fight. Indeed, even WFRP’s combat system was much grimmer and more realistic than its more forgiving Dungeons & Dragons counterparts.
When Sega and Creative Assembly first announced that they were going to be releasing a computer strategy game based on the Warhammer universe, and utilizing the long-running Total War franchise’s mechanics, I was elated. A longtime fan of the Total War series, I was eager to see what the two companies could do with a fantasy-style setting, instead of the usual historical ones they’ve always featured. Oh, and I wouldn’t have to pay an arm and a leg for numerous fantasy miniatures—a slight side benefit.
When they finally released Total War: Warhammer last year on the heels of a well-oiled PR campaign that only a triple A gaming publisher could afford, many critics decried what they considered to be a less-than-honest DLC policy. This primarily sprung from the fact that one of the Warhammer universe’s main evil factions, the Warriors of Chaos, would be sold separately as a paid-for DLC instead of packaged within the base game. Since I understood this to mean that Creative Assembly, the game’s developers, wanted to take in more money in order to work on future content for the game, I more or less brushed it off. But legions of irate gamers didn’t.
Well, just last week, the game’s creators released its biggest update yet…and it’s (wait for it)…FREE. That’s right, Bretonnia, the other main human faction besides The Empire, is absolutely free, shutting many detractors of the DLC policy, right on up.
Indeed, I for one was extremely pleased to see another human faction, but was a little apprehensive at first since I hoped that it wouldn’t just be a bunch of re-skins of The Empire’s forces. Well, I’m here to tell you that the good news is that it isn’t at all. And, well, there isn’t any bad news since the faction is free.
Although Bretonnia may have many units that are similar to The Empire’s, there is really only so far you can deviate from the standard human forces formulae. For instance, instead of The Empire’s Swordsmen, with Bretonnia you have Swordsmen-at-Arms. Instead of Crossbowmen you have Peasant Bowmen. In fact, many of Bretonnia’s units seem like low-tech counterparts of The Empires, since they generally eschew technology in favor of anything its nobility considers to be more chivalrous and honorable.
Yes, Bretonnia is all about chivalry and honor, and these play a huge factor in the game. If your forces tend to flee from battles, watch as your chivalry plummets. Accomplish good deeds and stay aggressive during combat engagements, and you’ll enjoy the benefits of having a high chivalric rating—including the Blessing of the Lady. This is because Bretonnian culture is based around worshipping an ancient deity referred to as The Lady of the Lake (similar to Arthurian mythos), whom its nobles can call on in times of great need. Accumulate enough chivalry, and you can even call upon the legendary Green Knight for some serious butt-kicking backup.
Bretonnia’s forces are mainly based around a powerful knight class, and they have perhaps the best cavalry in the entire game. From intrepid skirmishers to heavy shock cavalry, these elite mounted troops are in turn supported by legions of men-at-arms, as well as the grimy and multitudinous throngs of its peasant class. In fact, Bretonnia’s rigid social structure places the poor, mud-shoveling peasantry directly at the opposite end of the social spectrum from the lofty and arrogant knightly class. Fortunately, apparently due to extensive brainwashing, these unwashed masses can be fielded as glorified meat-shields for the knights. At least until their rather shoddy morale breaks and they go running for the hills.
In all, I found Bretonnia to be a refreshing faction to play as. Their strict code of chivalry is an interesting new mechanic for players to come to grips with, and they also have some fantastic looking units. Now I’m wondering if CA and Sega are going to be fleshing them out more, just as they have with The Empire’s The Grim & the Grave booster pack. Only time will tell. | <urn:uuid:533d4ac8-e3bb-4a56-9fe8-541da35688ae> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://blog.cyberpowerpc.com/2017/03/02/total-war-warhammer-bretonnia-review-horsesgive-me-horses/ | 2023-06-07T06:47:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653608.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607042751-20230607072751-00050.warc.gz | en | 0.959002 | 1,353 |
WINNER Mino will make his first comeback performance on MBC 'Music Core' on October 31. iKON Bobby will also join him o...
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WINNER Mino will make his first comeback performance on MBC 'Music Core' on October 31. iKON Bobby will also join him on stage.
According to YG Entertainment, Mino has confirmed his appearance on MBC 'Music Core', which will air on October 31. He is scheduled to unveil the title track 'Run Away' and the song 'Ok man' from his second full-length solo album 'TAKE' for the first time in the show.
The title track 'Run Away' is an emotional hip-hop song that is different from the idol's previous solo songs. The song starts with a low recitation, but the intense rapping without breathing is impressive, drawing listeners' attentions.
Featuring Bobby, 'Ok man' is a hip-hop song with a fun mix of unique fx sounds over heavy bass and drum sounds. It is a song that gives a glimpse into the chemistry between Mino and Bobby, who have been working together for a long time, and it was also a main attraction for fans even before its release.
Their duet stage will take place in about four years after MOBB's activities. It will also the first time in eight months that Bobby appears on a music show, since iKON's 'Dive' earlier this year. Attention is focusing on what novelty and synergy the two, who swept the awards together as hip-hop duo MOBB (MINO & BOBBY) in 2016, will deliver this time.
Mino is listed as the lyricist and composer of all 12 songs in his second full-length solo album 'TAKE'. Having been acclaimed for producing his first solo full-length album 'XX' himself, he is expected to once again reveal his own color with various unique music. | <urn:uuid:ae0c95ea-1044-47f4-af96-4526c8d33ee2> | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | https://starbiz.net/k-pop/winner-mino-to-perform-with-ikon-bobby-on-mbc-music-core-on-october-31 | 2021-05-17T22:28:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991870.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20210517211550-20210518001550-00109.warc.gz | en | 0.96862 | 467 |
The Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK) gathers international musicians and performing artists and provides them with the opportunity to evolve in an open and innovative atmosphere as well as in a variety of study programmes.
The former „Konservatorium Wien“ was formally accredited as a university by decree of the Austrian ministry of education, research and culture in 2005. In 2015 the accreditation was prolonged until 2021.
The MUK offers more than 30 bachelor and master programmes, academic diploma programmes and preparatory courses. Central assignment of the MUK is the development and improvement of arts in conjunction with research and teaching. The encompassing education of individual student personalities – more than 860 per year – on the basis of exceptional talent and potential is of pivotal significance. | <urn:uuid:d9ab8aa8-a3fc-49de-aeea-609559197926> | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | http://www.muk.ac.at/en/programmes/study-at-the-muk.html | 2019-02-22T19:42:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247522457.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20190222180107-20190222202107-00435.warc.gz | en | 0.953831 | 158 |
Accounting students in Stephen F. Austin State University's chapter of Beta Alpha Psi recently won first place in the Best Practices Service Learning competition at the 2010 Beta Alpha Psi southwest regional meeting in San Antonio. Their presentation focused on work SFA accounting students accomplished with GODTEL Ministries, a Nacogdoches homeless shelter.
Making the award-winning presentation were Miranda Etkind, Vicki Tippit, Ashley Stilley and William Hawkins. The service learning project required students to help a small business or non-profit organization in their community improve its financial systems and operations. The students contacted GODTEL and learned that the organization's auditors had recommended converting their accounting systems to QuickBooks. While GODTEL had obtained QuickBooks software, the staff lacked information about how to install or use it.
"Imagine my delight when I received an email from a Beta Alpha Psi representative at SFA offering to train our office personnel in the use of Quickbooks," said GODTEL assistant director Nancy Gentry. "They were also willing to review our accounting procedures and make suggestions as to how we might improve our methods and internal controls.
"The Beta Alpha Psi students have been energetic, prompt and respectful, as well as being capable teachers," Gentry said.
In the following weeks, the Beta Alpha Psi chapter purchased and donated the Microsoft Office Suite and an online file back-up system and trained the GODTEL staff on their usage, as well. The students plan to continue working with GODTEL for the coming academic year to ensure their financial systems and operations function efficiently.
Accompanied by Dr. Treba Marsh, director of the Gerald W. Schlief School of Accountancy and chapter adviser, the winning service learning student team will advance to a competition held in conjunction with the national Beta Alpha Psi conference in San Jose, Calif., in August.
"Students who are part of the School of Accountancy are involved with hands-on learning as demonstrated by this project that provided assistance for a local not-for-profit organization," said Marsh. "These exemplary students went the extra mile to improve accounting practices in a local agency."
Service learning is one of three best practice areas of competition in which only the first-place winning school from each of the six regional competitions may compete. Placing third in the regional Beta Alpha Psi best practices competition focusing on ethics and integrity in business were SFA accounting students Jodi Henley and Eric Sparks. Beginning in the fall, Marsh will serve Beta Alpha Psi as faculty advocate for a five-state region that includes Texas. Kelly Noe, new assistant professor of accounting, will serve as faculty adviser for the local chapter for the coming year.
SFA accounting students place first in service learning project
Accounting students representing SFA's chapter of Beta Alpha Psi placed first in the recent Best Practices Service Learning competition held in San Antonio. Students on the presentation team included (from left) Ashley Stilley, William Hawkins, Miranda Etkind and Vicki Tippit. | <urn:uuid:6d92f96f-3f17-4ccc-8de2-60f001aed5b4> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://www.sfasu.edu/about-sfa/newsroom/2010/sfa-accounting-students-place-first-service-learning-project | 2023-05-28T02:29:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643462.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528015553-20230528045553-00753.warc.gz | en | 0.958701 | 624 |
Moominvalley in November
written and illustrated by Tove Jansson,
translated by Kingsley Hart.
Puffin 2019 (1971)
Set as autumn is on the turn towards winter in Moominvalley, this last of all the Moomin novels is, as expected, a bittersweet tale of friendship, absence, loss and hope. Six disparate individuals feel a yearning to visit the Moomins in their valley, but when they all get there they find the family gone and the house empty. How do they react when they realise that and how do they get on with each other while they wait for the Moomins’ return?
I loved this for so many reasons — the apparent whimsy hiding psychological insights, the individual quests the characters found themselves on, the autumnal atmosphere beautifully recreated with hints of hibernation and the faint promise of spring, and of course for the delicate line drawings that delight the eye.
While it’s common knowledge that the author wrote this after losing her 88-year-old mother Signe, and that a deep sense of loss pervades the novel, most readers will be intrigued by the interaction between the six characters in search of a meaning for the empty home they visit, and of their reasons for undertaking their quests. | <urn:uuid:5a933789-c35e-4786-8aa4-9b69a86d5a63> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | https://calmgrove.wordpress.com/tag/moominvalley-in-november/ | 2021-09-22T20:21:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057388.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20210922193630-20210922223630-00156.warc.gz | en | 0.949654 | 267 |
I want to be cute and comfy today (I think I say that every day!). So I decided to go with my cream stretchy cords. They are so soft and so warm, perfect for a cold winter day. I love pairing black and cream together- it’s an easy, classic combination.
My first look on the right I have on a large, baggy black top. It’s not doing much for me- too loose, too boring.
On the left I have replaced it with this slimmer, long sleeve V neck black t shirt- and then to add warmth (and some style) I added my faux fur vest. To finish it off, I added a long pendant necklace that ties all the colors together. For my shoes I chose my desert booties. I can wear socks with these- so my feet are nice and toasty and the subtle color doesn’t distract from the rest of the outfit.
Now, being that it is Three for Thursday, I’ve decided to show you some other ways I’ve worn this faux fur vest. It’s a fun piece to have in your closet- a great little way to dress up an otherwise plain or boring outfit. Plus, it makes me so warm!
I have collected a few plaid/ checked shirts over the past year.
I really love the way they are preppy, but can also be great layering pieces.
Just be careful, alone a checked shirt can look a little too cowgirl or too grunge. My faded, baggy mom jeans and sensible black shoes aren’t helping much either!
On the left I have replaced my red plaid shirt with a cute blue and white one. I then switched the mom jeans for these dark skinny ones. I then decided to throw on my fur vest- loving the contrast of the preppy shirt with the rocker vest. To finish it off, I chose my light brown boots from Target.
It’s cute, funky and fun!
Enjoy your day!
Again, I have skipped jewelry… probably should add a bracelet or a little dainty necklace… something small and understated.
Here is a review of all my outfits for the month! Click on any of them and it will take you to the slideshow (sorry mobile users- the slide show doesn’t work on phones- you have to actually go to my site!). Thanks! 🙂
Today I am showing my denim skirt worn 3 ways. Speaking of 3- I’ve mentioned this before but I like following the rule of 3. By this I mean I try to always have 3 items in the upper half of my outfit.
In my first look I’ve paired it with a black t shirt, silver necklace and my furry vest, affectionately named ‘the dog’ as seen here. I like this look because it’s edgy, yet doesn’t seem to far out of my comfort zone.
On the right is my next look- where I’ve paired the skirt with this brown sweater. To follow the rule of 3 I have a tank under the sweater and a necklace. This sweater has a lot of interest because of the pattern down the middle and the sleeves. Paired with brown boots- it’s a classic and safe outfit.
Lastly I’m showing a weekend look. I’ve paired it with a long sleeve pink t shirt over a white tank and then layered my white vest over for warmth. I’m wearing casual tennis like shoes- perfect for running errands or standing on the sidelines.
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Are you tired of driving to work or relying on a carpool? If you live in or near a city, there are several reasons why public transportation may be a great option for getting to work. Here are four good reasons to get out from behind the wheel:
Public transportation is a great way to get more hours in the day. The time spent sitting on a bus, subway or commuter train can be time spent reading, working and even napping. If you have a long commute and you’re able to work while doing so, try to convince your boss to build that time into your workday.
Save the Earth—and Some Cash
By taking public transit, you’ll know that you are doing your part to cut down on CO2 emissions and the dependence on foreign oil. According to the American Public Transportation Association, public transit use saves the U.S. 4.2 billion gallons of gas and 37 million metric tons of CO2 annually. Plus, households that use public transit save more than $8,000 a year.
Many employers partially (or even fully) reimburse for transit passes, or offer a pre-tax deduction for the cost of a transit pass. Some employers are also going green and finding additional ways to incentivize or celebrate using public transit to get to work. It may earn you some brownie points – or green ones!
One of the unique opportunities of taking public transit is the people watching. You may just find that the people milling around you on the platform or sitting next to you on the bus fit a demographic for something you are working on. Observe, take notes, perhaps even chat them up. You just may learn something.
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- Game 9 • #15/14 Florida State (9-1)
- Dec. 18, 2010 • 7 p.m. ET
- John J. Lee Amphitheater • New Haven, Conn.
- Live Stats: http://www.yalebulldogs.com/links/nk3o2k
- Video: http://www.yalebulldogs.com/links/wlfvyl
The Bulldogs play host to Atlantic Coast Conference power Florida State, which is ranked 15th in the nation in the Associated Press Top 25 and 14th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. It is the first-ever meeting between the two teams. Yale opened the season with five of the first six games on the road, but tonight's game represents the third of four straight games inside the friendly confines of John J. Lee Amphitheater.
Last Time Out
Yale held a six-point halftime lead only to see in-state rival Sacred Heart rally in the second half for a 70-69 victory at Yale. Mady Gobrecht matched her career-high with 18 points to lead Yale, while Megan Vasquez returned from injury to add 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the loss. Callan Taylor scored 20 points for Sacred Heart, including five straight points that put the Pioneers ahead for good with 2:10 left. Yale had a chance to tie the score on the final possession, but an Alisa Apo steal with five seconds left secured the win for Sacred Heart.
Home Sweet Home
Yale is playing just its fifth game at home this season tonight when it faces Florida State tonight. The Bulldogs opened the season with five of their first six games away from the friendly confines of John J. Lee Amphitheater. The Bulldogs are playing the third game of a a four-game homestand. The Bulldogs are looking for their second win in 10 attempts against an opponent from the ACC. Yale's first win against the ACC came against North Carolina State University on Nov. 22, 2008, in the first game of the Subway Classic played at the University of Minnesota. The December homestand will conclude against in-state rival Quinnipiac on Dec. 20.
Because of injuries and illness, Yale has yet to play a game this season with its lineup intact. Freshman forward Janna Graf missed the first three games of the season with mononucleosis. Starting guards Yoyo Greenfield and Megan Vasquez, as well as reserve forward Ericka von Kaeppler, all missed time due to concussion symptoms. Freshman forward Alexandra Osborn-Jones also missed time, sitting out the first six games of the season. Greenfield missed the last three games with her concussion, while Vasquez and von Kaeppler both returned to action against Sacred Heart. The Bulldogs are expecting the entire lineup to be available tonight against Florida State.
Just Around The Corner
Florida State is the ninth opponent on Yale's 2010-11 schedule. Following tonight's game, only five opponents remain on the non-conference portion of the schedule. The Bulldogs begin Ivy League play in four weeks when they play host to Brown on Jan. 14 at Yale at 7 p.m.
On The Holiday Horizon
Following this stretch of four consecutive home games, the Bulldogs will depart for the Bronx to take part in the Fordham Holiday Classic, joining the teams from Fordham, Villanova and Sienna. On Dec. 28, Villanova will meet Sienna and Yale will take on the tournament hosts at Rose Hill Gym on the Fordham campus. On Dec. 29, Yale will face Villanova, while Fordham will square off against Sienna. It will be the 16th meeting for Yale against Fordham, which leads the series 10-5. The tournament will also feature Yale's first-ever game against Villanova.
Time To Shine
Due to the injuries to Yoyo Greenfield and Megan Vasquez, the Bulldogs saw a pair of players earn their first starts of their collegiate careers at Providence. Aarica West certainly got her chance to shine. She played a game-high 33 minutes and made almost every one of those minutes count. She collected a career-high seven assists to go along with four points, five rebounds and three steals. Alicia Seelaus also earned the chance to start, playing 16 minutes. The pair of sophomores have played in all seven games this season. West also earned the start against Fairleigh Dickinson and Sacred Heart, while freshman forward Janna Graf earned the first starts of her college career against Fairleigh Dickinson and Sacred Heart. She scored 10 points in 34 minutes in her debut in the starting lineup against FDU and made a shot just after the final buzzer that would have forced overtime.
Dominating The Leaderboard
After leading the Bulldogs in scoring last season as a freshman, sophomore point guard Megan Vasquez is already making her mark on the Ivy League leaderboards. Counting all games through Dec. 12, Vasquez is fourth in the Ivy League in scoring (13.2 points per game), sixth in 3-pointers per game (1.7), and third in assists (3.2 apg). She is also 10th in 3-point shooting percentage (35.7 percent), fifth in free-throw percentage (78.1 percent), and 17th in rebounding (4.8 rpg).
Dish And Assist
Despite missing a pair of games, sophomore guard Megan Vasquez is leading the team in assists, which is third among Ivy League players, but she's not the only Bulldog making her mark with her passing skills. The Bulldogs have four players ranked in the top five among the Ivy League leaders. Junior forward Michelle Cashen is fourth in the Ivy League with 3.1 assists per game, while senior forward Mady Gobrecht and sophomore guard Aarica West are tied for fifth among league leaders with 2.6 per game.
Strength In Numbers
Despite allowing an Ivy League-worst 71.6 points per game through games from Dec. 12, the Bulldogs are still showing some positive signs on the defensive end. They are the top team in the Ivy League in steals with an average of 9.1 per game. They are also second in 3-point defensive shooting percentage, allowing a league-low 27 made threes on just 28.7 percent success. Yale is also second in turnover margin at +1.9 per game. Offensively, the signs are just as positive. The Bulldogs are third in the Ivy League in scoring (61.2 points per game) and third in free-throw percentage (71.2 percent). They are also third in the league in assists (14.1 apg).
Week To Forget
The Bulldogs dropped back to back losses during the first full week of the season, falling at Boston University, 83-64, and at home to Delaware, 79-61. It is the first time Yale has lost back to back games by 18 or more points apiece since the 2007-08 season when it opened the season with a 56-point home loss to Stanford (100-44) on Nov. 9, 2007, and a 46-point loss at Arizona State (84-38) on Nov. 19, 2007. Yale nearly matched the undesirable trend when it lost three Ivy League games in a row in 2008-09, falling at Penn (62-46), at Cornell (80-62) and at Columbia (77-61).
The Bulldogs' West Coast trip gave them a chance to face a pair of foes that they have met only once prior to the 2010-11 season. On Nov. 23, Yale met California for the first time since 1979, in Berkeley, where they fell 64-41. Last month's meeting was the sixth loss for the Bulldogs in six tries against a Pac-10 team. The Bulldogs then headed east to take on UC Davis, where they lost a hard-fought battle against the Aggies, 73-62. For Ericka von Kaeppler, the trip was a chance to play in front of friends and family. She grew up in Palo Alto, which is located just south of Berkeley. Two other Bulldogs also had the opportunity to play in their home state, but still hours away from home. Yoyo Greenfield is a Los Angeles native, while Aarica West is from Buena Park.
Thanksgiving Still A Family Affair
Although the players and coaches were away from their families for the Thanksgiving holiday, they still found a way to make the holiday feast a family affair. Following the Nov. 23 game against California, sophomore forward Ericka von Kaeppler and her family entertained her coaches teammates at their home just outside of Palo Alto, Calif., on the night before Thanksgiving for a home-cooked dinner. They traveled to the campus facility at UC Davis on Thanksgiving morning and staged an early morning practice in preparation for the Nov. 26 game against the Aggies. Following the practice, the players and coaches gathered together for a Thanksgiving feast with each other in the afternoon to celebrate the holiday as a team in Sacramento, a short 20-minute ride away from the UC Davis campus.
Yale was outrebounded in six of the first eight games of the season by a total of 354-275 and by an average of 9.8 rebounds per game. Yale outrebounded two opponents this season — in the 73-62 loss at UC Davis and the 70-69 loss at home to Sacred Heart. Opponents have outshot the Bulldogs in every game. In the eight games so far this season, Yale has allowed opponents to hit 231-496 shots overall, or 46.6 percent from the field, while the Bulldogs have only hit on 176-492 attempts, or 35.8 percent. In three of those games, Yale has allowed the opponent to make 30 or more field-goal attempts. The Bulldogs have also allowed the opponent to shoot 50 percent or better three times. The Bulldogs have led at halftime only twice, including the only victory of the year in the season-opener at Holy Cross.
Scouting Florida State
Florida State has won three straight games, including a 69-51 win over in-state rival Central Florida on Wednesday. The Seminoles won their first seven games of the season, including the championship game of the Junkanoo Jam tournament in the Bahamas, before falling at home to Michigan State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Dec. 1 in their only loss of the season. The Seminoles come into tonight's game ranked 15th in the nation in the Associated Press Top 25 and 14th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The Seminoles have outrebounded every opponent this season and hold a +146 rebounding advantage overall over their opponents. Junior forward Cierra Bravard leads the offense with an average of 14.3 points per game and is also the leading rebounder with 8.3 rebounds per game.
Yale and Florida State are meeting for the first time in their respective histories. Overall, Yale is 1-8 against opponents from the Atlantic Coast Conference, with the only victory coming against North Carolina State University on Nov. 22, 2008, in the first game of the Subway Classic played at the University of Minnesota.
Head Coach Sue Semrau is in her 14th season at Florida State after taking over for Yale Head Coach Chris Gobrecht, who went 5-22 in her only season at Florida State in 1996-97 before moving on to her alma mater at Southern California. Gobrecht took over at Florida State for Marynell Meadors, who is now the head coach of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.
Move Over UCLA?
If the University of Connecticut can beat Ohio State on Sunday, tying the Division I record of 88 straight wins set by the UCLA men's teams from 1971-74 coached by the legendary John Wooden, then Florida State would be the team that stands in the way of the Huskies breaking the record winning streak when the two teams meet on Tuesday in Hartford. The Huskies have not lost a game since the 2007 NCAA Tournament Regional Finals against LSU (73-50) on March 26, 2007.
Against The Ivy League
Florida State is playing an Ivy League opponent for just the second time in its history. The Seminoles played host to Harvard on Nov. 30, 2003 in the Seminole Classic Tournament and recorded a 96-82 victory. Today's game at Yale is the first time the Seminoles have faced an Ivy League opponent away from their home in Tallahassee.
Against The Ivy League
The Seminoles' starting five of forwards Cierra Bravard and Natasha Howard and guards Alexa Deluzio, Courtney Ward, and Christian Hunnicutt have started all 10 games this season. Bravard (14.3), Howard (12.4) and Deluzio (10.5) are all averaging double figures in points, while all five are averaging no more than 28.6 minutes per game.
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Date of Birth:
Daniel Dae Kim
4 August 1968
Daniel Dae Kim played in 14 movies in the Action, Music, Sci-Fi, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Music, Romance, Adventure, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Documentary genres.
Daniel Dae Kim got succeed with average imdb rating 6.5.
He holds an M.F.A. from the Graduate Acting program at New York University.
Son born in 1996.
He has said that playing "Jin" on "Lost" (2004) is a comfort to him because he's decisively playing someone of his own heritage (Korean), having been toss as characters of almost every other Asian heritage but his own.
Due to his teens in America, he knew terribly little Korean already he did "Mislaid" (2004). He has said that his co-name on that symbolize Yunjin Kim, who is easy in both English and Korean, has been invaluable in coaching him on his Korean, which has obviously improved. Ironically, to the audience's knowledge, Daniel's character knows nothing but Korean.
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|Definition||:||Name India is derived from Indus|
What does INDIA mean?
The name India is derived from Indus, which is derived from the Old Persian word Hindu, from Sanskrit Sindhu , the historic local appellation for the Indus River. The Greeks used to refer the country as the other side of river Indus( Indoi in greek), hence they referred Indians as Indoi, the people of the Indus. The Constitution of India and usage in many Indian languages also recognises Bharat as an official name of equal status. The name Bharat is derived from the name of the legendary king Bharata in Hindu scriptures. Hindustan , originally a Persian word for “Land of the Hindus” and referring to North India and Pakistan before 1947, is also occasionally used as a synonym for all of India. | <urn:uuid:9d16014d-f1e7-4b54-9653-38f1fbfcef5b> | CC-MAIN-2015-35 | http://fullforms.com/INDIA | 2015-09-03T21:22:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-35/segments/1440645328641.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20150827031528-00285-ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909229 | 175 |
A 62-year-old man has denied sexually abusing his grand-daughter.
The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the complainant, pleaded not guilty to a total of eight sex offences.
He denied sexual assault by penetration and causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity .
The 62-year-old also denied sexual activity with a child family member.
The defendant denies further charges of an adult causing a child to watch a sexual act and an adult inciting a child family member to engage in a sexual act. The offences were allegedly committed between May 1999 and October 2013.
Derry Crown Court heard the trial is likely to last between five and seven days.
The case was adjourned for a trial date to be fixed.
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Top beers in the world media30th April, 2014 by Lauren Eads
Lawnmower Lager, Baderbrau, Chicago, US
Jason Baldacci, writing at the Chicagoist.com, reviewed the newest release from Baderbrau which he said was their “most hop-forward brew yet.”
He said: “We caught a burst of citrus on the nose along with a nice whiff of floral perfume. On the palate, those citrus notes really pop in the form of juicy naval orange and lemon peel, but we also picked up a touch of bitter lemongrass which we found extremely pleasant, and those floral tones really linger on the backend. There’s a hint of biscuity malt to lend a backbone and a bit of creaminess to the mouthfeel, but overall this beer is bright, brisk and pretty vibrant. At 5.5% abv, Lawnmower Lager might be a bit stronger than it needs to be but we’re not complaining, especially if we’re drinking it after a day of manual labor.
“Lawnmower Beer” is a term that craft beer drinkers usually use to describe something light, yellow and fizzy. It typically refers to something that’s easy to drink or brainless to consume, a beer that you’d drink if you were out in the sun all day and found yourself in need of something quenching.”
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Treasurys drooped on the first day of spring, as data issued Wednesday showing brisk home construction supported a growing view the Federal Reserve will have to lift interest rates.
The long bond ended down more than a point, but short-term issues, which are more sensitive to interest-rate policy, were hit as well.
The Federal Reserve left a key short-term borrowing rate unchanged Tuesday but revisited its risk assessment of the economy, now saying risks are evenly balanced between inflation and continued weakness. The central bank had maintained for more than a year that prevailing risks in the economy were to the downside.
The Fed's view shift leaves the door open to higher interest rates in coming months, investors believe.
For now, the key fed funds target remains at the 1.75 percent level put in place in December -- the 11th rate cut in just over a year as the central bank used a string of aggressive rate cuts to revive the economy. Read related story.
At the 3 p.m. U.S. close, a 2-year Treasury note fell 7/32 at 98 25/32 to yield 3.65 percent or up 12 basis points from the previous session. A 5-year note fell 16/32 at 94 21/32 to yield 4.79 percent, also up 12 basis points.
Yields rise when prices fall because a less-expensive security affords the investor a higher fixed return.
A benchmark 10-year note fell 27/32 at 96 1/32 to yield TNX, +0.33% 5.40 percent or up 11 basis points, while a 30-year bond shed 1 point and 9/32 at 93 23/32 to yield TYX, +0.46% 5.83 percent, up 9 basis points from the previous session.
Still unknown is how soon the Fed will act. Short-term interest rate futures show traders see a near 70-percent chance for a 2-percent Fed target at the May 7 policy meeting and near certainty the fed funds target will be lifted to that level by the June 26 meeting. Odds for a May increase shrunk to around 60 percent after the Fed announcement Tuesday.
Some economists see stronger odds a rate increase might come a bit later. Certainly, a majority looks for the central bank to be fairly conservative with its rate hikes given the tenuous first steps toward economic recovery.
"Although less than crystal clear, the [Fed] statement does not hint of any tightening move in May but does leave the door open for increases thereafter," suggests Peter Hooper, chief economist with Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown. "The Fed has tried to quell expectations of a rate hike in May by its observation [about demand uncertainties]."
The central bank, while acknowledging the economy "is expanding at a significant pace" also said the "degree of the strengthening in final demand over coming quarters ... is still uncertain."
"The likelihood of rate hikes thereafter is signaled [when the Fed statement] juxtaposes the fact that 'monetary policy is currently accommodative' against the fact that the risks are now balanced between economic weakness and inflation," Hooper continued. "We interpret this as saying that rates will have to move back toward neutral -- i.e., substantially higher than they are currently -- and they can do so without the Fed first signaling that risks are tilted toward inflation."
In fact, analysts said the bearish news for Treasurys was limited in part because investors are confident the central bank will act to stay a step ahead of inflation, raising rates as needed.
Inflation is bond-bearish, particularly for longer-dated maturities, which see their fixed payments eaten up by inflation over a longer period of exposure.
Stronger-than-expected housing data issued Wednesday supported the Fed's shift to "neutral," bond traders said.
Housing starts rose 2.8 percent to a higher-than-expected 1.769 million-unit annualized rate last month, the Commerce Department reported. The level for the month was the highest since December 1998, led by a boom for the key single-family home sector.
Construction starts on single-family dwellings soared 7.4 percent to 1.459 million units or the highest level in more than 23 years, Commerce officials confirmed. Building permits, which can portend future home construction activity, rose 1.8 percent to a 1.752 million-unit rate last month. Get the full story.
"Even if poor weather pulls the March readings down, housing investment in the first quarter will still be very strong," said Melanie Jani, economist with Salomon Smith Barney. "Starts for the first quarter thus far are up by nearly 50-percent on an annualized basis -- the highest growth rate since January 1992."
Stocks sputtered Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.48% erased 136 points to 10,449. The blue-chip barometer closed at a nine-month high on Tuesday. The Nasdaq Composite $COMPQ erased 47 points to 1,833. See Market Snapshot.
In the currency arena, the dollar erased 0.5 percent to 131.46 yen while the euro edged up 0.4 percent to 88.49 cents. | <urn:uuid:61bb49e7-e3a5-42d0-b3bb-efcdd986a97b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.marketwatch.com/story/treasurys-smacked-by-data-rate-hike-odds | 2017-01-23T06:49:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00187-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954465 | 1,084 |
Madame Pouf's Hideout
|Madame Pouf's Hideout, 2012. |
Illustration from my sketchbook.
She was absent…
Oh dear, it has been weeks since we heard any news from her. Reason is, the onerous moving up and down of things and the most salient relocation of a wild soul one, Tomás, who now loosely dozes off after being subject to an arduous bumpy road.
Madame Pouf has moved out and she has turned into a sinous creature too. The area that surrounds her, depicts a palette of smoky blues and honey milk hues. She has decided to spiced it up with some foggy reds here and there. "This place must be", she says, "the most special stronghold I have ever lived in". Welcome madame, since it is from this tower, where you will reign.
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It helps to know how full or empty your battery is. In the same way that you wouldn’t drive without a fuel gauge, you shouldn’t use a battery without some form of monitoring.
Lead batteries last longest if they are always kept above 50% of their capacity. Lithium batteries last longest if they are kept above 30% of their capacity. Abusing batteries by discharging them too far seriously shortens their useful life. The cost of a battery monitor works out to be much less than the cost of a new battery.
There are lots of monitors out there. Several of them are great demonstrations of what happens when you let engineers specify the design. They do their job (some very well) but they look horrible and their interface is terrible to configure.
Some monitors do manage to be useful to regular humans. We chose to use a Victron BMV 700. It’s not super-pretty, but if you have a regular battery you only have to give it a couple of pieces of information one time and then it provides some very useful data back.
Like any serious battery monitor, the BMV 700 comes with a “shunt” – a measuring device that sits between the negative post of the battery and all the loads on your system. The shunt tracks the current in and out of the battery so that the monitor knows how empty or full it is.
A long thin communication cable runs from the shunt on the battery to wherever you put the monitor. Now, you can see state of charge and even moment-by-moment power loads. Now you can tell which of the devices you plug in is really stealing all that power.
We went a step further as well, and bought a Victron Color Control GX (CCGX). The CCGX is overkill. But, it gives us a visual representation of how the entire electrical system is working. Because all of our electrical equipment comes from Victron, the CCGX allows us to make changes to each component without crawling around in the back of the van to take the front panels off the equipment and plug it in to a laptop. It also connects via the internet to Victron’s VRM Portal where we can see how our system is performing. | <urn:uuid:8ebd8e2b-6b54-4d1d-9afb-c27e6c629ed6> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://sprintervanusa.com/2015/11/03/knowing-how-much-juice-your-battery-has/ | 2018-10-23T15:45:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583516480.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20181023153446-20181023174946-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.94823 | 465 |
Edi Rama became the first prime minister in the history of Albania to recognize and acknowledge the Greek community of Himara. Until recently, Albanian prime minister believed that the city’s population was considered bilingual.
During his speech at the latest meeting of the Albanian Parliament, he mentioned that a Greek minority lives in Himara.
After the confrontation between the prime minister and the president of political party Unity for Human Rights Party (KEAD), Vangjel Dule, the parliament approved a reform that divides the country in 61 administrative regions.
Vangjel Dule, who is also deputy president of the Albanian Parliament, voted against the new territorial reform, while Greek-Albanian Vangjel Tavo abstained and another Greek-Albanian MP Andrea Martos of the Socialist party voted in favor of the new territorial division. The Greek community has rejected the new reform, because Himara will be incorporated in a Muslim region with different economic interests, and diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. | <urn:uuid:25fc4f66-8a7b-44fc-a073-48703c743194> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://eu.greekreporter.com/2014/08/01/albania-edi-rama-acknowledges-greeks-of-himara/ | 2019-06-27T06:29:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560628000894.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20190627055431-20190627081431-00547.warc.gz | en | 0.943522 | 208 |
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Marcelle's Italian-accented grilled pork chops are divine.
Makes 4 servings
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons minced garlic
¼ cup olive oil
Salt and dried hot pepper flakes
4 boneless pork chops, each about ½-inch thick
Combine the lemon juice, garlic and olive oil in a small bowl and whisk to blend. Season the pork chops with salt and hot pepper flakes and arrange on a grill. Cook, covered, turning once until just cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes.
Remove the chops from the grill and brush liberally on both sides with the olive oil mixture. Serve immediately. | <urn:uuid:94034b91-bc92-4472-9279-58f6f1dc4b05> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | http://blog.nola.com/recipes/2008/10/grilled_pork_chops.html | 2016-05-05T14:28:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461860127496.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428161527-00205-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90157 | 132 |
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Swan lambasts Rudd - says former PM hasn't got the numbers
Prime Minister Gillard's staunchest supporter is deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan. Last night he released an extraordinary statement lambasting the former leader, saying Mr Rudd had put his own self interest ahead of the broader Labor movement and the country as a whole, and saying that as Prime Minister he was dysfunctional and demeaning to others and he delbierately sought to tear down Labor's 2010 election campaign.
TONY EASTLEY: Prime Minister Gillard's staunchest supporter is Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan.
Last night he released an extraordinary, excoriating statement lambasting the former leader, saying Mr Rudd had put his own self interest ahead of the broader Labor movement and the country as a whole.
As prime minister he was dysfunctional and demeaning to others, he said, and he deliberately sought to tear down Labor's 2010 election campaign.
Mr Swan has been speaking to our chief political correspondent Sabra Lane.
SABRA LANE: Wayne Swan, thanks for talking to AM.
WAYNE SWAN: Good morning Sabra.
SABRA LANE: Will there be a ballot on Monday?
WAYNE SWAN: Well that's for the Prime Minister to deal with today. But what I can do is to take you through my thinking, my genuine belief about why we must put an end to this stealth campaign from Mr Rudd against the Government, the Labor movement and the Prime Minister.
SABRA LANE: At the moment do you have the numbers?
WAYNE SWAN: Well certainly I believe there is very strong support for the Prime Minister. And I want to take a bit of time and explain why the Caucus is so strongly behind the Prime Minister because you know we've got enormous challenges at the moment and great opportunities for Australia. We've got a strong economy. We've got to spread the opportunities of the mining boom.
The Prime Minister and the Government have been fronting up to all of those big issues and putting in place the important, long term reforms to keep the economy strong, to reform the education system.
But the fact is that for some period of time now with increasing frequency Mr Rudd has been undermining the Government. And of course I watched his press conference from Washington where he said he would never be part of any stealth attack on a prime minister.
Well it's pretty clear now, particularly given events in recent days, that Mr Rudd has been directly involved in that sort of attack on the Government and the Prime Minister.
SABRA LANE: You issued an extraordinary statement last night. You said that the party had given Kevin Rudd all the opportunities in the world and he'd wasted them with his dysfunctional decision-making and his deeply demeaning attitude towards other people including his Caucus colleagues. He sought to tear down the 2010 campaign.
Where's your evidence?
WAYNE SWAN: There's no doubt that he sought to tear down the 2010 campaign.
But you know we're a Labor Government. Everything we do is about looking after the millions of Australians, particularly those on low and middle incomes and the most vulnerable.
And at every step where we've been putting in place important reforms Mr Rudd has been in the background undermining government decision-making.
And we've seen a couple of events in recent times. I mean we now know that he was with journalists during the last parliamentary sitting saying he was going to challenge. He publicly denied that.
And we've seen evidence in the last couple of days about his attempts to undermine reforms in the poker machine area.
These things indicate that we must deal with these issues because the people who rely on us, the low and middle income earners who work hard, get up every day, go to work, come home, cook the tea - they deserve better and we do need to deal with this behaviour from Mr Rudd.
SABRA LANE: Your statements about him being dysfunctional, how do you they measure against these statements: he had a great commitment to the country and a fantastic work ethic. He had a very good record to put to people at the next election, he was a terrific prime minister. He did a terrific job as a foreign minister, he was well motivated. These are all your words describing Kevin Rudd.
WAYNE SWAN: Yes they are. And I have been a team player all of my life. I've been in the Labor Party over 30 years. I have the privilege of serving in a government. I've worked with prime minister Rudd. I've worked with Prime Minister Gillard.
But the truth is that prime minister Rudd is deeply flawed.
Yes he does have some very significant achievements but on the flip side he has great weaknesses, great weaknesses which to date have not necessarily been seen in public. And the fact is that given his recent behaviour it is simply intolerable for this to go on in the way it has.
And that's why I issued the statement. I watched his words from Washington last night and the fact is that he has been deliberately, behind the scenes, undermining the important work of the Government which is there for the benefit of the people we represent - hard working low and middle income earners and the most vulnerable. And I felt that I had to tell it as it is.
SABRA LANE: Has Kevin Rudd now become a convenient scapegoat for Labor, especially for the 2010 campaign?
It was a pretty awful campaign by Labor wasn't it also harmed by Julia Gillard saying that she'd be now the real Julia?
WAYNE SWAN: I don't think many people doubt the fact that Mr Rudd, behind the scenes in the 2010 campaign was quite disloyal to the Labor cause, to the Labor movement, to that movement which put him into Parliament and expects better from him.
SABRA LANE: You were part of the Rudd government, you were part of that inner sanctum, the so-called kitchen cabinet. If things were so dysfunctional why didn't you speak up then or why didn't you quit from the cabinet?
WAYNE SWAN: Well I certainly did everything I could within that framework to ensure that we put in place very important and successful policy. But the truth of the matter is that his behaviour then became increasingly erratic and that is why the leadership changed.
SABRA LANE: Has Labor now basically assured itself of mutually assured destruction no matter what happens? You've basically pressed the nuclear war button?
WAYNE SWAN: No I don't believe so. I believe that this Government is doing very good work, doing very good work to keep the economy strong, putting in place really important reforms, not only to ensure prosperity but to make sure that people get a fair go in the education system, fronting up to the challenges of what's going on in our region.
All of this is very important work and what we've got to do is get on with it because that's what the people of Australia want us to do.
I believe we are a good Government that has a good record and we've put in place some very important Labor reforms. And what we've got to do is put an end to this destabilisation from Mr Rudd.
SABRA LANE: If Mr Rudd loses on Monday do you expect him to go quietly and sit on the backbench or will the destabilisation just continue?
WAYNE SWAN: Well I certainly expect the outcome of the ballot, when it is held, to be one which will favour the Prime Minister. There is strong Caucus support for the Prime Minister. And both candidates should respect that decision.
SABRA LANE: But a narrow victory for the Prime Minister may just ensure another challenge down the track?
WAYNE SWAN: Well I don't believe this is an ordinary type challenge. This is a challenge where there's a lot on the line. And of course the democratic processes of the Labor Party ought to be respected.
SABRA LANE: Wayne Swan thank you very much for your time this morning.
WAYNE SWAN: Thank you.
TONY EASTLEY: The Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan speaking with Sabra Lane.
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The following is a guest blog post from BIC, proud Enactus World Cup Event sponsor. Read on to learn more about their work strengthening communities and why we make such great partners.
BIC is proud to be a longstanding partner of Enactus and a sponsor of the upcoming Enactus World Cup in Toronto, Canada. Like Enactus, BIC is passionate about and dedicated to making the world a better place. That’s why BIC is committed to socially responsible business practices and strengthening its communities through charitable giving and community engagement.
As a global company with a presence in more than 160 countries around the world, BIC strives every day to meet its consumers’ wants and needs while responding to the world’s challenges. Specifically, BIC is leveraging the transformative power of sustainable development to create long-term value for all of its stakeholders. Click here to learn about BIC’s sustainable development efforts in 2015!
In addition to an ambitious sustainable development program, BIC is actively supporting other causes, such as empowering people through education, health and social services. Two initiatives that BIC is proud to highlight are:
- BIC Fight For Your Write, introduced in 2014, is a passionate crusade to celebrate handwriting and raise awareness about its importance to a child’s development among parents, students and teachers. We believe that handwriting should be fun and we’re proud to offer products that help promote kids’ creativity and confidence through self-expression. Through its Fight For Your Write mission in the United States, BIC has donated 350,000 writing instruments to classrooms in need throughout the country. In Canada, during August and September, BIC hosted its weekly handwriting challenge on BICFightForYourWrite.ca. For every submission received BIC donated $10 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, a leading provider of quality after school and out-of-school programs for children and youth.
- play safe! be safe!® is a fire safety education program designed to help educators, parents and caregivers teach fire safety skills to young children. The program was launched in 1994 and consists of in-person workshops facilitated by Fireproof Children (a national fire safety education and prevention organization in the U.S.), a robust kit of resources and tools, and an interactive website of educational games and activities at playsafebesafe.com. In partnership with Fireproof Children, BIC has distributed more than 114,000 kits across the U.S. and Canada and has delivered nearly 190 workshops to communities in all U.S. states, Puerto Rico and every Canadian province.
At BIC, our team members across the world live the BIC Values of Ethics, Teamwork, Responsibility, Ingenuity and Simplicity. Congratulations to all teams competing in the Enactus World Cup and thank you for your inspiring examples of these same values through your entrepreneurial projects that are driving social change.
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(PRWEB) June 24, 2014
Hiconn Electronics is one of the most reliable China electronics accessory manufacturers in the current market. The company is known to offer hundreds of great items. It is now a leading brand in the electronics field; most of its accessories have been highly praised and appreciated by the international clients.
Recently, the firm has added its latest collection of VGA with Audio to HDMI Converters to the VGA To HDMI Converter collection. What’s more, it has launched a big sale for these great products. According to the company’s sales manager, the special offer is launched to celebrate the coming of the football World Cup. Now, all the new VGA with Audio to HDMI Converters are offered at discounted rates, up to 30 percent off.
--Easy to use, installs in seconds, no settings and it is a resolution pass-through converter
--Purely for conversion between video formats but not convert the input/output video resolutions
--Compliant with HDMI 1.3
--VGA input: 640*480@60Hz, 800*600@60Hz, 1024*768@60Hz, 1280*720@60Hz, 1280*768@60Hz, 1280*800@60Hz, 1280*1024@60Hz, 1360*768@60Hz, 1600*1200@60Hz, 1920*1080@60Hz, 1920*1200@60Hz
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In addition, Hiconn Electronics has also introduced advanced IT technology and made it easy to place orders on its website. Among thousands of electronics suppliers in the current market, Hiconn Electronics can always stand out for its excellence in quality electronics accessories and amicable services.
About Hiconn Electronics
Hiconn Electronics (Shenzhen Hiconn Electronics Co. Ltd.) is devoted to designing and manufacturing a wide range of connection cables and customized cable assemblies, offering many HDMI cables, VGA cables, SATA cables, USB cables, 1394 cables, DVI cables, SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) and more. For more information, please visit http://www.hiconn.net/.
Contact Person: James Yin (Sales Director)
Company Name: Shenzhen Hiconn Electronics Co., Ltd.
Address: Shenghua Building., Xixiang Road., Baoan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Zip Code: 518102
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PREVIEW: WEEKEND SPANISH ACTION
Oguchi Onyewu and Malaga host seventh place Valencia in a match between two clubs who have qualified for the Champions League knockout stage, while Carlos Bocanegra sits out.
Malaga - Valencia
Malaga have gone winless in four straight games in all competitions and will look to crack back into the top four in La Liga this week at La Rosaleda Stadium. To do so, they'll have to knock off a Valencia squad that hasn't lost since late October.
Valencia is coming off a draw with Bayern Munich on Tuesday and are tied with the Bavarian giants for first in Group F.
Onyewu played 90 minutes in Malaga's match at Zenit St Petersburg in Champions League action, which saw them tie the Russians 2-2. With the draw, Malaga sealed first place in the group.
Seventh place Valencia gets back defender Aly Cissokho, who missed their last match serving a red card suspension and is expected to play.
The Anchoives will likely be without Sergio Sanchez and Nacho Monreal, who are both recovering from injury and are questionable.
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Earlier this year development giant Grocon and The Royal Society of Victoria floated plans for a "super slender" residential skyscraper in the heart of Melbourne.
If realised, the 60-story tower, named "Magic", would become the nation's and the southern hemisphere's tallest skyscraper at 330 metres high.
Australian architects and developers have long tested the limits in terms of height within the world of construction, regularly utilising the most innovative technology to prove architectural theories.
While Magic remains just a concept, we thought we would take a look at Australia's existing, tallest residential towers.
Circle on Cavill at The Gold Coast is a $551 million two-tower development built by the Sunland Group.
The northern tower reaches 219.5m and is bounded by the main Surfers Paradise Boulevard at the western end of the famous Cavill Mall.
568 Collins Street, developed by the Stamoulis Property Group, reaches 224 metres in height, making it one of the tallest buildings in Melbourne.
The $161 million tower includes 588 residential apartments spanning across 69 levels.
Vision Apartments is currently the second–tallest residential building in Melbourne.
The 1,030sq m site, which was previously occupied by a 150–year–old hotel, was bought at an auction for $11.8 million by property developers The Brady Group.
The $500 million project comprises 500 residential apartments spanning across 69 levels.
The Fender Katsalidis designed tower comprises 701 residential apartments spread across 75 levels.
The tower was developed and constructed by Meriton and has been the tallest residential building in Sydney since 2004.
Construction of Soul was completed on 2012, making it the second tallest building on the Gold Coast.
The 77 floor tower was designed by local architect DBI Design.
The GFC caused apartment sales to stagnate which resulted in Mantra Group taking over management rights in 2013.
Soleil officially opened in 2011 and was Brisbane's tallest building until 2013 when Infinity Tower overtook it.
The $900 million tower is situated on a relatively small 1,500sq m plot.
It contains 25 floors of serviced apartments, owned by Meriton, and 43 floors of private residential apartments.
Infinity is Brisbane’s tallest residential tower, with 549 residential apartments spread over 81 levels.
The site, which was formerly a ground level carpark, was purchased by Meriton for A$25 million.
The relatively small site that the tower was built on is part of the North Quarter district of the Brisbane CBD.
The Prima Pearl, located in Southbank, is the fourth–tallest building in Melbourne and the sixth–tallest building in Australia.
Developer PDG Corporation and Schiavello worked with construction giant Multiplex to build the $292 million skyscraper.
Eureka Tower is a residential skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne.
The building is named after the Eureka Stockade, a rebellion during the Victorian gold rush in 1854.
The project was designed by Melbourne architectural firm Fender Katsalidis Architects and was developed and built by Grocon.
The residential tower, developed by Sunland Group, lost its title as the world's tallest residential building to the 337m Marina Torch in Dubai on 29 April 2011.
It is now the sixth-tallest residential tower in the world and is the tallest building in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere, and the second-tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, behind the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand. | <urn:uuid:88889aa8-27d1-433d-95f8-1887af5d187a> | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/top-10-tallest-residential-buildings-in-australia | 2020-08-03T08:44:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439735792.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20200803083123-20200803113123-00586.warc.gz | en | 0.965688 | 729 |
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A living legend in the art of longform improvisation
One-half of the revered “TJ & Dave”
Appears as a “Sonic Guy” in the improvised commercials
Though the vast majority of the public may know TJ Jagodowski from the improvised Sonic commercials alongside Peter Grosz, he has a long history with comedy in Chicago. He’s been called “the best improviser in Chicago” by the Chicago Improv Festival and performs around the city non-stop. In the Chicago improv circuit, he is most notably known for his weekly “TJ and Dave” show alongside fellow Second City alum David Pasquesi.
With a double major in English and TV/radio/film from Syracuse University, Jagodowski moved to Chicago in 1992, looking to break into the producing world. After seeing the 77th Mainstage revue Take Me Out to the Balkans (which starred Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, and Amy Sedaris), he enrolled in an improv class at The Second City. Spending the next couple of years immersed in the improv world, Jagodowski eventually joined the Second City Touring Company in 1997.
In 1998, Jagodowski joined the Mainstage cast for the revue The Psychopath Not Taken. His cast members included Kevin Dorff, Stephnie Weir, and Tami Sagher, all prominent Chicago improvisers. Preferring improvisational comedy to sketch comedy, he focused on this until 2001, where he joined the e.t.c. stage for Holy War, Batman! Or The Yellow Cab of Courage. Where Jagodowski performed alongside Jack McBrayer and Keegan Michael-Key.
The roles he has had in films and TV shows tend to be improvised, such as his supporting role in Stranger Than Fiction. Films Jagodowski has been a part of include Soul Survivors, The Ice Harvest, Close Quarters, Oz the Great and Powerful, and Get Hard. He also made appearances in the television shows Prison Break, Chicago Fire, and Easy. However, he prefers to focus on perfecting the art of improvisation to any scripted work. Jagodowski, with his comedic talent, continues to inspire and influence young Chicago improvisers every week.
1998-1999: The Psychopath Not Taken, Mainstage Theater
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In 2015, e-commerce giant Amazon debuted the Dash button, a Wi-Fi-enabled, adhesive-mounted panel that allows users to reorder popular household items like Tide detergent or Glad trash bags simply by pressing it. Rather than risk forgetting items at the store, the company hoped the immediacy and convenience of the button would translate into more sales.
Perhaps it has—Amazon is shy about sharing those figures—but like any piece of technology, users have found plenty of alternative uses for the device. Check out 10 ways the Dash has been repurposed.
1. AN ACLU DONATION BUTTON
Washington native Nathan Pryor recently told NBC News that his frustrations over the current political landscape compelled him to rework his Dash button into a device that would allow him to donate $5 to the American Civil Liberties Union every time he pressed it. Pryor said he lunges for the button whenever he feels frustrated at policy changes in government.
2. FRESH COFFEE NOTIFICATION
Busy offices know they have some responsibility to make staff aware when a fresh pot of coffee is waiting for sleepy employees. While intra-office social media software makes for an easy method of updating employees, the Nelson Cash marketing firm in New York opted for an upgrade. When a worker finishes brewing a new batch of coffee, they can push a modified Dash button, which will then send an alert via Slack, notifying everyone that caffeine is now available.
3. A WIRELESS DOORBELL
Wireless doorbells are widely available, but few (if any) are as economical as the $4.99 sticker attached to the Dash button. (Amazon will even credit that amount to your account, making the hardware essentially free.) The clever people at Not Enough TECH have posted step-by-step instructions for making a wireless doorbell you can mount near your front door that will send an alert to your mobile device whenever someone pushes it.
4. INSTANT PIZZA DELIVERY
Beware: this hack is not for those lacking in self-discipline. Pizza aficionado Brody Berson wrote code for his Dash button that sends his delivery and payment instructions to his local Domino’s Pizza location’s online ordering form. In a split second, a hot pie is on its way to him. Berson speculates you could write code for Jimmy John’s or any of a number of other fast food delivery sources.
5. COOLING DOWN A TESLA S
Who wants to climb into a scorching hot electric car? Not Michael Donnelly, proud owner of a Tesla S, who tweaked his Dash button to pre-set his car's air conditioning preferences. By depressing the button, Donnelly can activate the AC in his car; another button press lowers the temperature to his preferred setting. Because the car is electric, the engine doesn’t need to be on in order to control its climate.
6. CONTROLLING HOUSEHOLD LIGHTS
Light switches are so 20th century. Blogger Dan at The GhostBit wrote a script for his Dash that allows him to power on his wireless LED Philips Hue light sources in his household. Cool? Very. But keep in mind that the Dash needs to find a network address every time it’s pressed, so there’s a three-second delay between button depression and illumination.
7. TRACK BABY POOP
Cloudstitch founder Ted Benson saw the Dash as an opportunity to better understand his newborn’s needs. Instead of investing in expensive baby tracking data software, Benson configured his Dash so it would create a spreadsheet entry every time he pressed it, which he did to log his baby’s nap times, awakenings, and poops.
8. CALL AN UBER
Coder Geoffrey Tesserand posted this script for the Dash, which allows him to push a button that activates a request for an Uber ride to meet him at his home. Tesserand thinks it’s particularly helpful for those who need to request a near-daily pick-up and don’t want to go through the hassle of unlocking their phone and using Uber’s app to repeat the same destination location every day.
9. SEND A TEXT
Yes, texting is already a very, very simple task. But if you’re prone to repeatedly sending brief messages like “I’m home” or “On my way,” you can use code that allows you to send these generic missives via SMS text messaging.
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After coming so close to the ultimate prize in last years Eastern Region Womens competition, Mt Evelyn are determined to come back and go one better in season 2019.
Last season was a great season for Mt Evelyn. Through the home and away season, they only lost once (to Chirnside Park) and finished two games clear or top of the Division One ladder. When finals came around, after losing to Vermont, they came back with vengeance and thrashed Bayswater in the preliminary final before ultimately losing to Vermont once again in the Grand Final.
This preseason has been one where Mt Evelyn have looked to improve their fitness and skills. One of the things a number of players mentioned that went wrong for them in the Grand final was their fitness, with Vermont out lasting them.
In terms of skills, coach Daniel Byrnes says ‘if you can’t execute a game plan then you can have all the strategy you want,”
“You need to be able to hit targets and do the basics right.”
When asked who they players to watch out for this season are, there were many names mentioned, so keep an eye out for Isabelle Urquhart, Georgia, Jess, Lauren (nickname Sully), ‘Chip’ and Demi (Byrnes remained coy and did not mention players surnames).
There seems to be a consensus as to who the toughest opponents will be this season. Their 2018 Grand Final opponents Vermont remain high on the list. They have been described as a tough team and after losing their last two matches to the Eagles, no doubt they will be wanting to get one back against their rivals.
The other team mentioned multiple times was Chirnside Park. After having a mixed bag of results against their seconds side, Mt Evelyn will have the challenge of battling their firsts after they transferred across from the South East in recent times.
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"If you want to change the system, build a new system which makes the old one obsolete" (Buckminster Fuller 1939)
Co-evolutionary is an adhoc platform for temporary ideas, current proposals, live discussions.
Each of these is a work in progress, a work in ‘co-evolution’, where something can transform and emerge as different to what came before.
‘Evolution’ in the biological sense brought us to here – the heights of civilization and the depths of self-destruction. Now is the time for co-evolution, where 8-10 billion humans might finally learn to live together.
PERI-CENE – (Peri-urbanization & climate-environment change)
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German cellist Daniel Muller-Schott delights with the new recordings. With the participation of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and pianist Herbert Schuch, an album with music by Richard Strauss was released.
Opens with Sonata CD for cello and piano in F Major where Herbert Schuch performed the piano part. The first – fast – part of the sonata (Allegro con brio) impresses with its bright colors and lively direct movement. The wide, sweeping performance of Muller-Schott is echoed by the same free play of Schuh. As if this is not a learned work, but improvisation on a given mood. The second part (Andante ma non troppo) plunges into the world of tenderness and refined sentimentality, due to the tiniest elaboration of dynamic nuances. In the sonata finale the elated mood of the major returns, but in a different presentation – more restrained and meaningful. Thus, Muller-Schott and Schuh managed to outline all three parts differently.
Muller-Schott himself makes arrangements of works seemingly not quite “convenient” for cello. On this disc, two songs are recorded arranged for cello and piano: Zueignung from the cycle Eight Poems from «The Last Leaves» by Hermann von Gilm op. 10 and Ich trage meine Minne from the cycle «Five Songs» op. 32. The amazing touch of the bow, marvelous vibrato, close attention to detail – all is in its place, creating a holistic view of the works. In the cello version, the songs became even more cantalized and their melodies seem to be even more appropriate than those performed by the vocalists.
The release ends with the symphonic poem Don Quixote. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andrew Davis helped Muller-Schott dive into the world created by Cervantes. The part of the viola was performed by Christopher Moore. This Strauss work for cello performed by Muller-Schott sounds more strict and restrained than the opening Sonata album, written by Strauss at nineteen. It is as if the burden of a lived life dominates not only the created image of Don Quixote, but also the composer himself. In Don Quixote by Muller-Schott and Sir Andrew Davis the expression and restraint flocked together. The poem was not like the versions presented by Rostropovich and Karajan, or by Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. With Muller-Schott, the cello part breathes freely against the background of the English clarity of the orchestra set by the conductor. This is what creates the image of the real Don Quixote – a romantic-freethinking-rebel, acting exclusively in the framework of decency and deep morality. | <urn:uuid:04d18f7f-a4f4-44fc-b879-6a3c13792e25> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://muzlifemagazine.ru/daniel-muller-schott-richard-strauss-don-quixote-herbert-schush-melbourne-symphony-orchestra-sir-andrew-davis-orfeo-naxos-2/ | 2022-08-11T20:25:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00676.warc.gz | en | 0.930077 | 580 |
Sioux Falls Canaries Fire Manager Chris Paterson
It hasn’t been a great year for the Sioux Falls Canaries and the axe has fallen on manager Chris Paterson.
The Sioux Falls Canaries announced on Tuesday that Chris Paterson has been dismissed from his manager position. Shelby Ford, who played as an infielder for the Canaries in the past, will be the interim manager for the rest of the season.
Paterson failed t0 meet the front office’s expectations according to a press release sent by the team.
“Chris worked hard to put good players on the field, but unfortunately we haven’t seen the results we would like,” said Canaries General Manager Duell Higbe. “We want to create a winning culture with our ball club and that starts right now as we focus on finishing the year strong and building towards next season. We will continue to work hard to find the right pieces and improve our team on the field.”
Sioux Falls has lost nine straight games and sit in last place of the North Division with a record of 17-38. They are currently the worst team in the American Association. | <urn:uuid:04e5e02d-ba9c-4963-b4ba-8ea91bb0499f> | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | http://b1027.com/sioux-falls-canaries-fire-manager-chris-paterson/ | 2018-02-22T19:03:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814249.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20180222180516-20180222200516-00330.warc.gz | en | 0.964339 | 241 |
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The agricultural and cereal prices were 2 per cent higher than two weeks ago
The agricultural and cereal price indices closed 2 per cent higher than two weeks ago, the World Bank's latest food security update showed.
The export price index closed 5 per cent higher, said the update, which was released on February 9.
Maize, wheat, and rice prices closed 1 per cent, 2 per cent, and 5 per cent higher, respectively.
Coffee, whose prices increased by 11 per cent during the last two weeks, drove the increase in the export price index.
On a year-on-year basis, maize and rice prices are 9 per cent and 16 per cent higher, respectively, and wheat prices are 3 per cent lower.
Maize and wheat prices are 31 per cent and 14 per cent higher than in January 2021, and rice prices are 2 per cent lower.
According to the Rome-based Agricultural Market Information System's February 2023 Update, fertiliser prices have decreased 40 per cent since hitting record nominal highs last spring, driven especially by recent drops in natural gas prices and the reopening of fertiliser plants in Europe. Despite this decrease, prices remain nearly twice their level of two years ago.
The International Food and Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) outlined eight major remaining concerns for global food security: historically high commodity prices, tight staple food markets, the impact of the war in Ukraine on spring planting, volatile fertiliser markets, adverse climatic conditions, global economic slowdowns, high food price inflation, and macroeconomic trends.
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Theft under the UAE laws is a crime and is regulated by Federal Decree-Law No. 31 of 2021 on the Issuance of the Crimes and Penalties (UAE Penal Code). Theft can only be committed on real movable property, which has value, monetary or otherwise, that belongs to another. Property is defined under Article 94 of the Civil Transactions Law of the UAE as anything that has a negotiable value. However, there are similar crimes to theft, but they can be committed on non-real movable properties, such as thoughts, ideas, and intellectual property. Such crimes are regulated by different articles of law.
Like all crimes, it requires the presence of mens rea and actus rea. For theft to occur under the laws of the UAE, it must involve an involuntary handover of the object. In cases where the owner of the object willingly hands over the object for safe keeping, and the keeper took it for himself then it is a crime of breach of trust since it does not satisfy the condition of an involuntary handover. In contrast, money handed over by mistake and kept by the accused in cases of money exchange houses is considered theft. Objects that are concealed inside other objects and are passed on by mistake give rise to the question of ’informed will’. However, in such cases also, theft might not be established, however, a breach of Trust under article 453 of the UAE Penal Code can be levied. Objects handed over-relying on deception from the accused shall be covered by Article 451 under Fraud. Hence the absence of a free and informed will is crucial to establishing theft. Mens rea for the crime should be present during or before the crime. A mens rea arising after the crime is not mens rea for that crime.
In cases where the owner releases the property from his ownership and custody and the same is taken by someone else, it shall not be theft. So items left near the trash to give up ownership means that if those items are taken by someone, it shall not be theft. Following the same example forward, if the trash company takes these items into their custody and someone commits theft of those items, that shall be theft since custody and ownership were re-established. In contrast, a property forgotten by someone, if taken, is a breach of trust since ownership is not established.
There is also an exception to the condition of the ‘property belonging to another. In cases where the property is a security against a debt, like a security cheque in cases of a mortgage, although that property belongs to the person, if he takes it, it shall be theft. The same rule applies to property kept with the police for investigation purposes or with a debtor for guardianship in his custody.
Situations involving temporary custody are also covered under the law. A sealed envelope intended for another person or a key given to view an apartment are all examples of temporary custody and in both cases, taking any object from inside the envelope or the property would be theft. If the custody changes to partial custody like a leased apartment, then the resulting crime in the case of theft in such cases is a breach of trust.
In the event where an agreement to purchase exists between two parties and custody is taken by one party without completing the payment terms, the courts have ruled it to be theft since the agreement is incomplete without receiving the full consideration.
Consuming inside supermarkets’ have long been the discussion of legal arguments on both sides, however, consuming inside a supermarket does not tantamount to the crime of theft since it has to have mens rea. If the intent to pay is there, it cannot be theft but if the mens rea for the crime is there and there is no intent to pay for the consumed food, it shall be theft.
Also, misuse of keeping for oneself something that was handed over for partial custody is a breach of trust and not theft. So handing over your car to the driver who keeps it for him is a breach of trust since the handover was by free will, or handing money to a servant to buy groceries from the supermarket, which he keeps for himself is a breach of trust.
The nature of the custody also determines the nature of the crime. If something is mutually owned it can only be theft in cases where one takes exclusive custody of the object and prevents the other from using the same.
Custody also plays an important role in differentiating between attempted theft and theft. According to the law, it is theft if the object is taken into the full custody of the accused. Any action to prepare for the theft is not considered an attempt however any acts towards executing the theft shall be attempted theft. Ruling on whether the custody was complete or partial is left up to the discretion of the court.
Acts that require licenses like fishing etc. are also not categorized as theft because the property or object of theft is a product of nature, for example, the fish in the sea and hence not strictly under the state’s control. Hence, such crimes are tried under different laws.
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Stock index futures weakened slightly ahead of the open Wednesday after news third-quarter GDP grew slightly more than reported previously, but less than expected.
Third-quarter gross domestic product was revised to an annualized rate of 2.6 percent from a previously estimated 2.5 percent, the Commerce Department said. Economists had expected GDP to be revised slightly higher, to 2.8 percent, according to Reuters.
While inventory accumulation rose faster than expected, consumer spending was revised down to a 2.4 percent rate from a 2.8 percent rate, the Commerce Department said. Consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity.
Also, the government said after-tax corporate profits were revised to show a 0.2 percent rise in the third quarter instead of 1 percent, after rising 3.9 percent in the second quarter. The result was the weakest reading since the end of 2008.
Elsewhere in economic news, existing home sales will be released at 10 a.m. Economists surveyed by Reuters expect home sales will have risen to 4.71 million in November, up from 4.43 million the month before.
Meanwhile, mortgage applications fell to the lowest level in nearly a yearas refinancings tumbled in the wake of rising interest rates, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday.
In stocks news,Nike shares tumbled after the bell Tuesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings but disappointing future orders.
Analysts had expected orders - a key measure of sales growth - to exceed the 11 percent reported by Nike.
Microsoft rose before the bell on media reports it is developing a new version of its widely used Windows operating system that targets low-power devices such as tablets.
Oil and resource-related stocks will also be in focus after oil prices crossed $90 a barrel for the first time since October 2008 late on Tuesday, supported by data showing a drop in U.S. oil and gasoline inventories and a cold snap in the United States and Europe.
Walgreen shares jumped after the drugstore chain reported better-than-expected profitsfor its fiscal first quarter thanks to higher margins. Walgreen's profits for the quarter ended Nov. 30 rose to $580 million, or 62 cents a share, up from $489 million, or 49 cents a share, a year earlier. Analysts had expected the drugstore chain to earn 54 cents a share.
Bed, Bath and Beyond and Micron report after Wednesday's close.
In addition, investors will keep an eye on geopolitical developments on Wednesday afterSouth Korea announced land and sea military exercises including its largest-ever live-fire drill near North Korea just as tension on the peninsula was beginning to ease.
European stocks edged higher in morning trade.
On the Calendar This Week:
WEDNESDAY: Existing home sales, oil inventories; after-the-bell earnings from Bed, Bath & Beyond, Micron.
THURSDAY: NYSE early close; durable goods orders, personal income and spending, weekly jobless claims, consumer sentiment, new home sales.
FRIDAY: Markets closed for Christmas.
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24.10. Külső alkalmazások konfigurálása
The processing framework can be extended using additional applications. Algorithms that rely on external applications are managed by their own algorithm providers. Additional providers can be found as separate plugins, and installed using the QGIS Plugin Manager.
This section will show you how to configure the Processing framework to include these additional applications, and it will explain some particular features of the algorithms based on them. Once you have correctly configured the system, you will be able to execute external algorithms from any component like the toolbox or the graphical modeler, just like you do with any other algorithm.
By default, algorithms that rely on an external application not shipped with QGIS are not enabled. You can enable them in the Processing settings dialog if they are installed on your system.
If you are not an advanced user and you are running QGIS on Windows, you might not be interested in reading the rest of this chapter. Make sure you install QGIS in your system using the standalone installer. That will automatically install SAGA and GRASS in your system and configure them so they can be run from QGIS. All the algorithms from these providers will be ready to be run without needing any further configuration. If installing with the OSGeo4W application, make sure that you also select SAGA and GRASS for installation.
When using external software, opening a file in QGIS does not mean that it can be opened and processed in that other software. In most cases, other software can read what you have opened in QGIS, but in some cases, that might not be true. When using databases or uncommon file formats, whether for raster or vector layers, problems might arise. If that happens, try to use well-known file formats that you are sure are understood by both programs, and check the console output (in the log panel) to find out what is going wrong.
You might for instance get trouble and not be able to complete your work if you call an external algorithm with a GRASS raster layers as input. For this reason, such layers will not appear as available to algorithms.
You should, however, not have problems with vector layers, since QGIS automatically converts from the original file format to one accepted by the external application before passing the layer to it. This adds extra processing time, which might be significant for large layers, so do not be surprised if it takes more time to process a layer from a DB connection than a layer from a Shapefile format dataset of similar size.
Providers not using external applications can process any layer that you can open in QGIS, since they open it for analysis through QGIS.
All raster and vector output formats produced by QGIS can be used as input layers. Some providers do not support certain formats, but all can export to common formats that can later be transformed by QGIS automatically. As for input layers, if a conversion is needed, that might increase the processing time.
External applications may also be made aware of the selections that exist in vector layers within QGIS. However, that requires rewriting all input vector layers, just as if they were originally in a format not supported by the external application. Only when no selection exists, or the Use only selected features option is not enabled in the processing general configuration, can a layer be directly passed to an external application.
In other cases, exporting only selected features is needed, which causes longer execution times.
SAGA algorithms can be run from QGIS if SAGA is included with the QGIS installation.
If you are running Windows, both the stand-alone installer and the OSGeo4W installer include SAGA.
Most SAGA algorithms that require several input raster layers require them to have the same grid system. That is, they must cover the same geographic area and have the same cell size, so their corresponding grids match. When calling SAGA algorithms from QGIS, you can use any layer, regardless of its cell size and extent. When multiple raster layers are used as input for a SAGA algorithm, QGIS resamples them to a common grid system and then passes them to SAGA (unless the SAGA algorithm can operate with layers from different grid systems).
The definition of that common grid system is controlled by the user, and you will find several parameters in the SAGA group of the settings window to do so. There are two ways of setting the target grid system:
Setting it manually. You define the extent by setting the values of the following parameters:
Resampling min X
Resampling max X
Resampling min Y
Resampling max Y
Notice that QGIS will resample input layers to that extent, even if they do not overlap with it.
Setting it automatically from input layers. To select this option, just check the Use min covering grid system for resampling option. All the other settings will be ignored and the minimum extent that covers all the input layers will be used. The cell size of the target layer is the maximum of all cell sizes of the input layers.
For algorithms that do not use multiple raster layers, or for those that do not need a unique input grid system, no resampling is performed before calling SAGA, and those parameters are not used.
Unlike QGIS, SAGA has no support for multi-band layers. If you want to use a multiband layer (such as an RGB or multispectral image), you first have to split it into single-banded images. To do so, you can use the «SAGA/Grid - Tools/Split RGB image» algorithm (which creates three images from an RGB image) or the «SAGA/Grid - Tools/Extract band» algorithm (to extract a single band).
SAGA assumes that raster layers have the same cell size in the X and Y axis. If you are working with a layer with different values for horizontal and vertical cell size, you might get unexpected results. In this case, a warning will be added to the processing log, indicating that an input layer might not be suitable to be processed by SAGA.
When QGIS calls SAGA, it does so using its command-line interface, thus passing a set of commands to perform all the required operations. SAGA shows its progress by writing information to the console, which includes the percentage of processing already done, along with additional content. This output is filtered and used to update the progress bar while the algorithm is running.
Both the commands sent by QGIS and the additional information printed by SAGA can be logged along with other processing log messages, and you might find them useful to track what is going on when QGIS runs a SAGA algorithm. You will find two settings, namely Log console output and Log execution commands, to activate that logging mechanism.
Most other providers that use external applications and call them through the command-line have similar options, so you will find them as well in other places in the processing settings list.
To enable R in Processing you need to install the Processing R Provider plugin and configure R for QGIS.
Configuration is done in Processing tab of .in the
Depending on your operating system, you may have to use R folder to specify where your R binaries are located.
On Windows the R executable file is normally in
a folder (
Specify the folder and NOT the binary!
On Linux you just have to make sure that the R folder is
in the PATH environment variable.
R in a terminal window starts R, then you are ready to go.
After installing the Processing R Provider plugin, you will find some example scripts in the Processing Toolbox:
Scatterplot runs an R function that produces a scatter plot from two numerical fields of the provided vector layer.
test_sf does some operations that depend on the
sfpackage and can be used to check if the R package
sfis installed. If the package is not installed, R will try to install it (and all the packages it depends on) for you, using the Package repository specified in in the Processing options. The default is https://cran.at.r-project.org/. Installing may take some time…
test_sp can be used to check if the R package
spis installed. If the package is not installed, R will try to install it for you.
If you have R configured correctly for QGIS, you should be able to run these scripts.
R integration in QGIS is different from that of SAGA in that there is not a predefined set of algorithms you can run (except for some example script that come with the Processing R Provider plugin).
A set of example R scripts is available in the QGIS Repository. Perform the following steps to load and enable them using the QGIS Resource Sharing plugin.
Add the QGIS Resource Sharing plugin (you may have to enable Show also experimental plugins in the Plugin Manager Settings)
Open it (Plugins –> Resource Sharing –> Resource Sharing)
Choose the Settings tab
Click Reload repositories
Choose the All tab
Select QGIS R script collection in the list and click on the Install button
The collection should now be listed in the Installed tab
Close the plugin
Open the Processing Toolbox, and if everything is OK, the example scripts will be present under R, in various groups (only some of the groups are expanded in the screenshot below).
The scripts at the top are the example scripts from the Processing R Provider plugin.
If, for some reason, the scripts are not available in the Processing Toolbox, you can try to:
Open the Processing settings (tab)
On Ubuntu, set the path to (or, better, include in the path):
On Windows, set the path to (or, better, include in the path):
To edit, double-click. You can then choose to just paste / type the path, or you can navigate to the directory by using the … button and press the Add button in the dialog that opens. It is possible to provide several directories here. They will be separated by a semicolon („;”).
If you would like to get all the R scrips from the QGIS 2 on-line collection, you can select QGIS R script collection (from QGIS 2) instead of QGIS R script collection. You will probably find that scripts that depend on vector data input or output will not work.
You can write scripts and call R commands, as you would do from R. This section shows you the syntax for using R commands in QGIS, and how to use QGIS objects (layers, tables) in them.
To add an algorithm that calls an R function (or a more complex R script that you have developed and you would like to have available from QGIS), you have to create a script file that performs the R commands.
R script files have the extension
.rsx, and creating them is
pretty easy if you just have a basic knowledge of R syntax and R
They should be stored in the R scripts folder.
You can specify the folder (R scripts folder) in the
R settings group in Processing settings dialog).
Let’s have a look at a very simple script file, which calls the R
spsample to create a random grid within the boundary of the
polygons in a given polygon layer.
This method belongs to the
Since almost all the algorithms that you might like to incorporate
into QGIS will use or generate spatial data, knowledge of spatial
sf, is very useful.
##Random points within layer extent=name ##Point pattern analysis=group ##Vector_layer=vector ##Number_of_points=number 10 ##Output=output vector library(sp) spatpoly = as(Vector_layer, "Spatial") pts=spsample(spatpoly,Number_of_points,type="random") spdf=SpatialPointsDataFrame(pts, as.data.frame(pts)) Output=st_as_sf(spdf)
The first lines, which start with a double Python comment sign
##), define the display name and group of the script, and
tell QGIS about its inputs and outputs.
When you declare an input parameter, QGIS uses that information for two things: creating the user interface to ask the user for the value of that parameter, and creating a corresponding R variable that can be used as R function input.
In the above example, we have declared an input of type
When executing the algorithm, QGIS will open the layer selected
by the user and store it in a variable named
So, the name of a parameter is the name of the variable that you
use in R for accessing the value of that parameter (you should
therefore avoid using reserved R words as parameter names).
Spatial parameters such as vector and raster layers are read using
commands (you do not have to worry about adding those commands to
your description file – QGIS will do it), and they are stored as
Table fields are stored as strings containing the name of the selected field.
Vector files can be read using the
readOGR() command instead
st_read() by specifying
This will produce a
Spatial*DataFrame object instead of an
Raster files can be read using the
readGDAL() command instead
brick() by specifying
If you are an advanced user and do not want QGIS to create the
object for the layer, you can use
##pass_filenames to indicate
that you prefer a string with the filename.
In this case, it is up to you to open the file before performing
any operation on the data it contains.
With the above information, it is possible to understand the first lines of the R script (the first line not starting with a Python comment character).
library(sp) spatpoly = as(Vector_layer, "Spatial") pts=spsample(polyg,numpoints,type="random")
spsample function is provided by the sp library, so
the first thing we do is to load that library.
Vector_layer contains an
Since we are going to use a function (
spsample) from the sp
library, we must convert the
sf object to a
SpatialPolygonsDataFrame object using the
Then we call the
spsample function with this object and
numpoints input parameter (which specifies the number of
points to generate).
Since we have declared a vector output named
Output, we have to
create a variable named
Output containing an
We do this in two steps.
First we create a
SpatialPolygonsDataFrame object from the
result of the function, using the SpatialPointsDataFrame function,
and then we convert that object to an
sf object using the
st_as_sf function (of the sf library).
You can use whatever names you like for your intermediate
Just make sure that the variable storing your final result has
the defined name (in this case
Output), and that it contains
a suitable value (an
sf object for vector layer output).
In this case, the result obtained from the
spsample method had
to be converted explicitly into an
sf object via a
SpatialPointsDataFrame object, since it is itself an object of
ppp, which can not be returned to QGIS.
If your algorithm generates raster layers, the way they are saved
will depend on whether or not you have used the
If you have used it, layers are saved using the
If not, the
writeRaster() method from the
will be used.
If you have used the
##pass_filenames option, outputs are
generated using the
raster package (with
If your algorithm does not generate a layer, but a text result in
the console instead, you have to indicate that you want the
console to be shown once the execution is finished.
To do so, just start the command lines that produce the results
you want to print with the
> («greater than») sign.
Only output from lines prefixed with
> are shown.
For instance, here is the description file of an algorithm that
performs a normality test on a given field (column) of the
attributes of a vector layer:
##layer=vector ##field=field layer ##nortest=group library(nortest) >lillie.test(layer[[field]])
The output of the last line is printed, but the output of the first is not (and neither are the outputs from other command lines added automatically by QGIS).
If your algorithm creates any kind of graphics (using the
method), add the following line (
output_plots_to_html used to be
This will cause QGIS to redirect all R graphical outputs to a temporary file, which will be opened once R execution has finished.
Both graphics and console results will be available through the processing results manager.
For more information, please check the R scripts in the official QGIS collection (you download and install them using the QGIS Resource Sharing plugin, as explained elsewhere). Most of them are rather simple and will greatly help you understand how to create your own scripts.
raster libraries are loaded by default,
so you do not have to add the corresponding
However, other libraries that you might need have to be
explicitly loaded by typing:
library(ggplot2) (to load the
If the package is not already installed on your machine, Processing
will try to download and install it.
In this way the package will also become available in R Standalone.
Be aware that if the package has to be downloaded, the script
may take a long time to run the first time.
The R script
sp_test tries to load the R packages
The R script sf_test tries to load
If these two packages are not installed, R may try to load and install
them (and all the libraries that they depend on).
The following R libraries end up in
sf_test has been run from the Processing Toolbox on Ubuntu with
version 2.0 of the Processing R Provider plugin and a fresh install of
R 3.4.4 (apt package
abind, askpass, assertthat, backports, base64enc, BH, bit, bit64, blob, brew, callr, classInt, cli, colorspace, covr, crayon, crosstalk, curl, DBI, deldir, desc, dichromat, digest, dplyr, e1071, ellipsis, evaluate, fansi, farver, fastmap, gdtools, ggplot2, glue, goftest, gridExtra, gtable, highr, hms, htmltools, htmlwidgets, httpuv, httr, jsonlite, knitr, labeling, later, lazyeval, leafem, leaflet, leaflet.providers, leafpop, leafsync, lifecycle, lwgeom, magrittr, maps, mapview, markdown, memoise, microbenchmark, mime, munsell, odbc, openssl, pillar, pkgbuild, pkgconfig, pkgload, plogr, plyr, png, polyclip, praise, prettyunits, processx, promises, ps, purrr, R6, raster, RColorBrewer, Rcpp, reshape2, rex, rgeos, rlang, rmarkdown, RPostgres, RPostgreSQL, rprojroot, RSQLite, rstudioapi, satellite, scales, sf, shiny, sourcetools, sp, spatstat, spatstat.data, spatstat.utils, stars, stringi, stringr, svglite, sys, systemfonts, tensor, testthat, tibble, tidyselect, tinytex, units, utf8, uuid, vctrs, viridis, viridisLite, webshot, withr, xfun, XML, xtable
Configuring GRASS is not much different from configuring SAGA. First, the path to the GRASS folder has to be defined, but only if you are running Windows.
By default, the Processing framework tries to configure its GRASS connector to use the GRASS distribution that ships along with QGIS. This should work without problems for most systems, but if you experience problems, you might have to configure the GRASS connector manually. Also, if you want to use a different GRASS installation, you can change the setting to point to the folder where the other version is installed. GRASS 7 is needed for algorithms to work correctly.
If you are running Linux, you just have to make sure that GRASS is correctly installed, and that it can be run without problem from a terminal window.
GRASS algorithms use a region for calculations. This region can be defined manually using values similar to the ones found in the SAGA configuration, or automatically, taking the minimum extent that covers all the input layers used to execute the algorithm each time. If the latter approach is the behavior you prefer, just check the Use min covering region option in the GRASS configuration parameters.
To use LAStools in QGIS, you need to download and install LAStools on your computer and install the LAStools plugin (available from the official repository) in QGIS.
On Linux platforms, you will need Wine to be able to run some of the tools.
LAStools is activated and configured in the Processing options
), where you can specify the
location of LAStools (LAStools folder) and Wine
On Ubuntu, the default Wine folder is
OTB applications are fully supported within the QGIS Processing framework.
OTB (Orfeo ToolBox) is an image processing library for remote sensing data. It also provides applications that provide image processing functionalities. The list of applications and their documentation are available in OTB CookBook
Note that OTB is not distributed with QGIS and needs to be installed separately. Binary packages for OTB can be found on the download page.
To configure QGIS processing to find the OTB library:
Open the processing settings:(left panel)*
You can see OTB under „Providers”:
Expand the OTB tab
Tick the Activate option
Set the OTB folder. This is the location of your OTB installation.
Set the OTB application folder. This is the location of your OTB applications (
Click „ok” to save the settings and close the dialog.
If settings are correct, OTB algorithms will be available in the Processing Toolbox.
Activate: This is a checkbox to activate or deactivate the OTB provider. An invalid OTB setting will uncheck this when saved.
OTB folder: This is the directory where OTB is available.
OTB application folder: This is the location(s) of OTB applications.
Multiple paths are allowed.
Logger level (optional): Level of logger to use by OTB applications.
The level of logging controls the amount of detail printed during algorithm execution. Possible values for logger level are
DEBUG. This value is
INFOby default. This is an advanced user configuration.
Maximum RAM to use (optional): by default, OTB applications use all available system RAM.
You can, however, instruct OTB to use a specific amount of RAM (in MB) using this option. A value of 256 is ignored by the OTB processing provider. This is an advanced user configuration.
Geoid file (optional): Path to the geoid file.
This option sets the value of the elev.dem.geoid and elev.geoid parameters in OTB applications. Setting this value globally enables users to share it across multiple processing algorithms. Empty by default.
SRTM tiles folder (optional): Directory where SRTM tiles are available.
SRTM data can be stored locally to avoid downloading of files during processing. This option sets the value of elev.dem.path and elev.dem parameters in OTB applications. Setting this value globally enables users to share it across multiple processing algorithms. Empty by default.
All OTB versions (from OTB 6.6.1) are compatible with the latest QGIS version.
If you have issues with OTB applications in QGIS Processing, please open an issue
on the OTB bug tracker,
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Check the indexing of your e-shop pages
Regularly checks the indexing of your e-shop pages on Google and Seznam. You have not only an overview of the number of indexed pages, but also about the correctness of indexing. This makes it easy to avoid inaccessible pages (error 404) that you can redirect. If the indexed pages decrease by more than 10%, you are then notified automatically.
On a daily basis, the tool also checks for new backlinks to your e-shop from external sites. This gives you an idea of whether the links from external websites are working or whether someone has removed them. Therefore, you do not have to use Ahrefs services.
The inspection also covers duplicate content, which in the eyes of search engines is harmful to your e-shop. Thanks to SEOwebmaster, you have duplicate titles or descriptions of up to 200 e-shop subpages under control. You also avoid broken internal web linking. As part of this tool function, 35 different tests are performed on each page. | <urn:uuid:cb3f4e62-112a-49c6-969b-666499083a3f> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | https://www.upgates.com/p/seowebmaster | 2021-04-18T23:46:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038862159.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20210418224306-20210419014306-00590.warc.gz | en | 0.896642 | 250 |
Nine West - Review in Footwear and Clothing category from North York, Ontario
Month ago I bought a purse for $115 plus tax in Promenade mall Nine West store. Yesterday we drop-in in mall and the same purse was $49 - it is more than 60% drop in price if you count after tax! Can you please do something about it, it was a huge disappointment for me like a customer, not able not only return but even do a price adjustment. It make me don't buy anything from Nine West because the price you can pay can drop and they will be smiling and name you "Love" and pointing on very bad policy where you just feel like was robbered and can nothing to do about it. What is the reason to drop price on 60% in one month or less? Why customer of Sears or Bay can price adjust and Nine West not?
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BBC: What YOU spent on our lawyers in Secret Climate 28 debacle
The only UK govt agency with a blanket FOIA exemption
The BBC has revealed the cost to the licence-fee payer of its surreal legal fight to keep a publicly available list from the public. Or at least a small part of the cost we all paid in the affair which became known as "28Gate".
Regular readers will no doubt recall that 28Gate saw the Beeb attempt to keep secret the names of 28 people whom - it said - had convinced Auntie corporately that there was no longer any need to include sceptical viewpoints in its coverage of climate change. These folk were said to include "some of the best scientific experts".
A hefty legal team was deployed to keep the "experts"' identities secret in the face of FOIA requests from blogger Tony Newbery (who represented himself) but in the end the names were discovered on the Wayback Machine, which had archived a webpage listing them all before their names and affiliations could be erased. (Curiously enough, the names had disappeared from the current version of that page - on the website of a green advocacy organisation - shortly after the FOI requests were received by the BBC.) As had been expected the secret 28 included few scientists of any repute, and plenty of green lobbyists and activists.
In response to two further FOI requests, the Corporation has now disclosed that the cost of hiring external help for the one-and-a-half day Information Tribunal hearing last October came to £22,746 including VAT. This breaks down to Kate Gallafent, of Blackstone Chambers who cost £13,875 (plus VAT) and Jonathan Scherbel-Ball, of One Brick Court who cost a paltry £4,780 (plus VAT).
However, it's merely the tip of the iceberg. The BBC says "the majority of Freedom of Information work is carried out in-house within the BBC" and "it does not hold information relating to the cost of in-house work". Four BBC legal staff were present at the Tribunal alongside Gallafent and Scherbel-Ball, in order to fight off a blogger who was representing himself.
The serried BBC lawyers used a derogation, or opt-out, under the Freedom of Information Act that permits the Corporation to withhold information if it is required "for the purposes of journalism" - a clause designed to protect journalists from having to reveal their sources.
It subsequently emerged that the derogation has been broadly applied by the BBC's legal team to withhold information from the public on a wide range of subjects, ranging from social media guidelines, to US income, to web site traffic. Even legal costs in previous FOI cases have been withheld using the "purposes of journalism" derogation. The latest misuse of the derogation sees the BBC refuse to name the judges of the Radio 2 Folk Awards.
This odd saga has another surreal twist.
After the identity of the 28 was unearthed, Newbery wrote to the BBC asking whether it would confirm the authenticity of the "Climate 28" list. The BBC's Caroline Hilditch sniffily replied: "the BBC is not required to disclose any information and will not be commenting on the list you have referred to."
A heroic performance by the BBC legal team, then, from start to finish. ®
The 2007 Bridcut Report for the BBC Trust contained a strong warning for the Corporation. "The BBC has many public purposes of both ambition and merit – but joining campaigns to save the planet is not one of them," wrote Bridcut. "Acceptance of a basic scientific consensus only sharpens the need for hawk-eyed scrutiny of the arguments surrounding both causation and solution."
Some thoughts on how the BBC can belatedly implement the advice can be found here.
It contains a short history of how Auntie's editorial policy developed in the mid-Noughties.
The Register's management sometimes wonder just why the Beeb is so keen to avoid disclosing how much overseas web traffic it gets and how much overseas money it makes. It's interesting to us, as we get a lot of US web traffic and we're keen to make money there too.
We sometimes suspect that if major US media organisations knew how well the Beeb was doing in their home market, they might perhaps bring up the issue of the enormous and (certainly in the context of US market competition) highly unfair British government subsidy enjoyed by the BBC. This could perhaps put something of a crimp in the Beeb's US commercial operations once the relevant US regulators got involved. Other US industries often raise such concerns regarding foreign competitors, after all.
On the other hand it seems entirely reasonable to keep secret the identities of the Folk Awards judges. The consequences of being publicly outed as an expert in folk music could be devastating. - Ed | <urn:uuid:40c71651-1334-4545-9489-c95a2fd6c3c7> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2013/01/31/bbc_28gate_legal_fees/ | 2016-04-30T12:44:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461860111838.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428161511-00063-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967555 | 988 |
Nearly half the mission showed up for the service project in Hualqui to move bails of hay to nearby farms.
|Nearly 100 of us on our way to serve|
Here are pictures from the mission blogsite.
|Mission President Catala and a special forces soldier|
But the severely affected areas are now in the process of recuperating, and this service project was to help those farmland communities. We had a fun time.
But we cleaned up pretty good for District meeting.
|with Elder Sowards, Elder Arismendiz, and Elder Baker|
Have a great week everyone! Adios,
Elder Connor Nef | <urn:uuid:78e6ec0a-446c-45f7-a32c-5e598c5980fc> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | http://elderconnornef.blogspot.com/2017/02/service-project-in-hualqui.html | 2017-12-13T12:49:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948523222.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20171213123757-20171213143757-00501.warc.gz | en | 0.906615 | 137 |
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.
|[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).|
[PK 1] Paddy Keenan. Paddy Keenan. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle). For this tune: with Paddy Glackin (fiddle).
[NHTL] Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony Linnane (fiddle).
[CR 1] Craobh Rua. The More That's Said the Less the Better. Mark Donnelly (pipes, whistle), Michael Cassidy (fiddle), Brian Connolly (banjo, mandolin, bodhrán), Jim Byrne (guitar, mandola, vocals).
[JCt 1] John Carty and Brian McGrath. The Cat that Ate the Candle. John Carty (banjo, fiddle), Brian McGrath (piano, banjo). For this tune: (banjo).
[KMKerry] Musique et Musiciens d'Irlande (Killorglin and Miltown, Co Kerry). Music and Musicians of Ireland. Musik und Musiker aus Irland. Donal Moroney (mandolin).
[Arc 2] Arcady. Many Happy Returns. Johnny McDonagh (bones, bodhrán, triangle), Nicholas Quemener (guitar, flute, whistle, vocals), Patsy Broderick (piano, keyboards), Conor Keane (accordion), Brendan Larrissey (fiddle), Niamh Parsons (vocals).
[Tri 2] Trian. Trian II. Liz Carroll (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Dáithí Sproule (guitar, vocals).
[GL20] Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. Trian.
[TCB 3] The Tulla Ceili Band. A Celebration of 50 Years. P. J. Hayes (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Francis Donnellan (fiddle), Mark Donnellan (fiddle), J. J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), Jim Corry (piano), Michael Flanigan (drums).
[JWh 8] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion).
[LLses 1] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Bernie Conneely (banjo), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Sharon Whelton (flute, whistle).
[SQGH] Séamus Quinn and Gary Hastings. Slán le Loch Eirne. Stories to Tell. Séamus Quinn (fiddle, melodeon, viola, piano), Gary Hastings (flute).
[CSmth] Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo. Chris Smith (banjo, mandola, mandolin, field organ), Roger Landes (bouzouki), Randal Bays (fiddle).
[CrnrHs 2] Corner House. The Friendly Visit. Davey Mathias (guitar), Andi Hearn (fiddle, vocals). For this tune: Andi (fiddle), Beanie Odell (fiddle).
[HB 4] Harry Bradley. The First of May. Harry Bradley (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute), with James Carty (fiddle). | <urn:uuid:8162874a-f107-42be-9102-3e901a2b8ede> | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | https://www.irishtune.info/tune/852/ | 2017-02-23T16:07:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171176.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00528-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.723341 | 818 |
Doctor insights on:
Wet Read Ct Scan
UltraSOUND: I think you mean cardiac ultrasound (also known as echocardiography). They look at different things. Echo sees over all function, wall thickness, chamber dimensions, valves, and can measure blood flow and pressure. Ct is for detecting calcium and looking at the coronary arteries. ...Read more
Ct uses xrays taken an 360 degrees combined with a computer to see"inside" the body. The table moves as the xray tube and detectors spin around the patient 10 times a second or more! the image shows excellent soft tissue detail, enhanced with injection of intravenous contrast or oral contrast. This way the body is shown in slices, in any plane, usually axially, but ...Read more
Whats better for diagnosing pancreatic cancer? Ct scan or mri? 34yr male. I've had normal ultrasound and CT scan with contrast. Still worried.
CT, ERCP, MRCP: Thin-slice (3 mm) ct abdomen yields fine detail of pancreatic structures... Blood tests including tumor markers: ca-19-9, ca-15-3, and cea can alert the clinician for ca. Also, ERCP w/ ductal brushings (though its endoscopy) can search for malignancy. Finally, mrcp may add to the clinical picture, but 64-bit ct is slowly encroaching on the former's superiority. ...Read more
Whats better for diagnosing pancreatic cancer.... Ct scan or mri? I've had normal ultrasound and CT scan with contrast. Still worried.
Can i relax about cancer?Urq disc.&occ floating stool.Normal blood/stool tests, CT scan, colonoscopy, ultrasound and hida scan, endoscopy=gerd/gastritis
I'd relax for now: Your pain and stool fat changes sound like gall bladder disease, though proven not present. Was the gerd region biopsied? If so and negative, your comprehensive and perhaps more than appropriate workup shows within the limits of present technology, you don't have a detectable cancer. Longstanding gerd can be a pre-cancerous change over the years however and may warrant future follow-up endoscopy. ...Read more
I was told a Ct 64 slice Ct angio, 3d,ultrasound, cardiac MRA MRI, Ct chest with contrast and stress test cannot detect soft plaques? True or not true
What can a hip/pelvic CT scan show that a MRI cannot? (dr ordered bilateral hip/pelvic CT scan 2x45min in machine-worried about radiation)
Can i relax about cancer?Urq disc.& floating stool.Normal blood/stool tests, CT scan, colonoscopy, ultrasound and hida scan, endoscopy(gerd/gastritis).
A recent CT head scan (no contrast) showed calcified carotid siphons, should I have further tests done?
Yes: If you have intracranial calcifIc arterial disease, you may also have extracranial calcific arterial disease. A carotid ultrasound would be a good idea. Also a cardiovascular calcium scan. If your brain arteries are looking bad, your heart arteries could also. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Sodium low&cortisol highi& fatigue&weight loss. Clear CT scan in Apr15. Symptoms persisted CT scan in Feb 16 clear. Could CT missed SCLC. Repeat scan?
Look outside lung: Yes CT scans can miss SCLC, especially if the scan is not a 'high resolution' scan with sufficient overlap. However, with 2 negative scans, you should look outside the lung. Head & neck cancers and esthesioneuroblastoma (tumor of nerves that sense smell) can cause this symptom pattern. Though rarer, SCLC can occur outside the lung, as well. A PET scan or whole body bone scan could help. TTYD. ...Read more
Quite different: Ct involves xray type radiation with cross sectional imaging in transaxial, sagittal, and coronal projections. Nuclear medicine, internal irradiation either injected intravenously, inhaled, ingested, injected subcutaneously.Ivp uses injection of contrast material for visualization of kidneys and bladder with x-ray. Mr imaging uses no ionizing radiation magnetic fields to generate x-sectional images. ...Read more
Looking at bone: The CT scan is better than MRI in detecting bone fractures or pathologies involving the bone. MRI is better at distinguishing between soft tissues. CT scan is also faster & quieter than MRI. However, the CT scan uses radiation & there has been an explosion of radiation-related conditions in recent years. Each modality measures different things. So ask your doctor if the test is needed or not. GL. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Depends on the need: A ct can be used in pregnancy when absolutely necessary and when other options are not appropriate. A ct scan has a higher level of radiation exposure than other imaging methods so it is not the first choice. Mri, sonograms and even x-ray would be chosen first. In some medical conditions a ct is the best option in spite of the exposure. Make sure you discuss the reason for the ct scan with doc. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Your doctor: Your doctor should help you understand your report. Unless you went to medical school or have other medical training, the vocabulary used in most reports will be very confusing, and even using a medical dictionary may not fully explain what the radiologist is trying to communicate. ...Read more
Would advanced colon cancer show up on a CT scan of my abdomen ? Reg CT scan not virtual colonoscopy.
Imaging/biopsy: The imaging modality of ct scan could show findings that would be concerning for cancer, mass around your colon, enlarged lymph nodes in the same area. However, the diagnosis is made at biopsy, a piece of the mass under the microscope of a pathologist. Often the ct scan leads to the biopsy. Good luck, it is important to get the evaluation completed. ...Read moreSee 3 more doctor answers
less accurate: While there is controversy about the liberal use of ct scans for the diagnosis of appendicits, it does increase accuracy of diagnosis. There are several parameters on ct scan that are used to diagnose or exclude appendicitis: visualization of the appendix, free fluid around the appendix, blurred fat or fat stranding around the base of the appendix and free air in the area of the appendix. ...Read more
CT W/O CONTRAST: This is a CT scan pf the body WITHOUT the need of intravenous (IV) contrast. This does not automatically mean that the study may be done without oral contrast (typically in the setting of a CT of the abdomen and pelvis). Depends on what specifically the doctor is trying to assess. ...Read more
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PANAJI: The State tourism department has advised tourists to respect the “privacy” of other tourists or strangers by avoiding taking selfies without permission, especially while someone is sunbathing or swimming.
The advisory comes days after photo of Indian tourists taking pictures with a female foreign tourist went viral on a beach in Goa.
“Do not take selfies and photographs, without permission of other tourists/ strangers, especially while sunbathing or sea swimming, so as to respect their privacy. Do not take selfies at dangerous locations like steep cliffs, sea rocks, etc., as this may lead to accidents,” the advisory states
The tourism department said that the board has established a practice of publishing periodic recommendations to foster and maintain patronage and confidence among travellers as a result of the rise in illicit activities, including touting, fraud, and phoney online booking agents.
“Consumption of alcohol in open areas like beaches etc. is prohibited and is a punishable offence. However, alcohol may be consumed responsibly inside legally licensed premises like shacks / restaurants, hotels etc,” it said
The advisory further states that tourists are cautioned against hiring private vehicles/renting cabs/bikes that are not legally registered with Transport Department and those that do not hold a valid permit.
Also, Tourists are advised not to entertain illegal touts or agents for booking watersports and river cruises and tourists must insist on a registration certificate issued by Tourism Department while booking such services and book such services only from registered travel agents or registered online portals.
“Begging of Alms in tourist places is prohibited, and Tourists are advised not to encourage begging in any tourist areas. And also Cooking food in open areas is prohibited and may lead to prosecution and seizure of cooking items and a penalty upto Rs 50,000,” it adds
Further littering of waste in any tourist area is prohibited and cleanliness should be maintained in all tourist places. • Driving of motor vehicles, including 2-wheelers on beaches, is strictly prohibited and will lead to severe action and seizure of the vehicle/arrest of the driver.
“Do not encourage drug peddlers or consume any narcotics substances, as such activities are banned by law and may lead to severe penalties and imprisonment,” the advisory states
The Tourism department has also urged the tourists not drive under the influence of alcohol and to not book services from online portals which are suspicious and unverified. | <urn:uuid:08b6ac46-3bdd-414b-86e9-8a207553692c> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://goemkarponn.com/avoid-clicking-selfies-without-permission-respect-privacy-of-tourists-strangers-goa-tourism/ | 2023-03-31T00:56:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949506.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20230330225648-20230331015648-00615.warc.gz | en | 0.95214 | 512 |
Please enjoy our favorite tangy pickled cucamelons recipe. Between their small pop-in-your-mouth size, prolific growing habits, and natural hint of tart lime flavor, cucamelons are just begging to be pickled! This recipe is for refrigerator cucuamelon pickles, so that means it is incredibly quick, easy, and cool to make. No canning necessary! (though you could if you desire) Finally, did I mention they’re delicious?
What are Cucamelons?
Cucamelons, mouse melons, cucamelo, Mexican miniature watermelons… Despite their many cute names and baby melon-like appearance, cucamelons aren’t melons at all! Well, they are technically in the same Cucurbitaceae family, which includes squashes, melons, and cucumbers. Yet cucamelons are the latter – a variety of cucumber! If you’re on the hunt for seeds to grow your own, look for their formal names: Mexican sour gherkins or Melothria scabra. (Here, I found seeds for you!)
Cucamelons are native to Mexico and grow on climbing, drought-tolerant vines. The mature fruit are about the size of a grape and have watermelon-like spotted green and white skin. The insides are full of tender seeds. Cucamelons taste much like a standard cucumber but with a little added sour pop, reminiscent of lemon or lime. If allowed to stay on the vine past their prime, their skin will become increasingly bitter and tough – so pick them soon after they reach the desired size.
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And now, on to the pickling!
This pickled cucuamelon recipe is per quart jar – scale up or down as needed.
- 3 to 4 cups of fresh cucamelons
- 1 and 1/3 cups distilled white vinegar
- 2/3 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 Tbsp cane sugar
- 2 tsp sea salt, kosher salt or pickling salt (not table salt)
- approximately 6 sprigs of fresh dill (a small handful)
- 2 large cloves of garlic
- 1 tsp peppercorns
- 1 tsp mustard seed
- one pinch of red chili flakes, based on personal preference (I use a scant half teaspoon)
- Optional: 1 or 2 grape leaves (or oak, black tea, or horseradish leaves). The tannins in these leaves help the cucamelon pickles maintain maximum crispness.
- In a pot on the stovetop, combine the called-for vinegars, salt, and sugar. Heat and stir the pickling brine until the sugar and salt completely dissolve, and then remove from the heat.
- Wash and sort the cucamelons. Avoid using any that are bruised, soft, or otherwise damaged.
- Add the washed dill and peeled garlic cloves to the bottom of a clean jar, along with the called-for remaining spices. Then, fill the jar with cucamelons.
- Once the brine has cooled to room temperature or lukewarm, pour it over the cucamelons until the jar is full and/or they’re completely submerged. Avoid using hot brine, as it will slightly cook and soften the cucamelons. If available, add a couple grape, oak, black tea, or horseradish leaves on top of the cucamelons, and push them down into the brine.
- Add an air-tight lid, and then move the jar to the refrigerator. (We like to use BPA-free plastic mason jar lids, since the high vinegar/acid content of pickled cucamelons can corrode rings of standard metal mason jar lids over time).
- Allow the pickled cucamelons to marinate in the refrigerator for at least one week to develop maximum pickle flavor. I admit I usually sneak a few early too; I can’t help myself!
- During the first three to four days in the refrigerator, gently tip or shake the jar to wet/rotate any cucamelons floating on top – ensuring even pickling and that no “floaters” become dry or moldy. Or, use a glass/ceramic fermenting weight to keep the cucamelons submerged instead.
- Consume within 2 to 3 months for the best quality and texture. Constant refrigeration required.
You probably don’t need much help figuring out how to enjoy your pickled cucamelons, right? If you don’t end up eating them all straight from the jar like I usually do, try pickled cucumelons on a cheese board or hors d’oeuvre platter, on salads or sandwiches, or even in a Bloody Mary or Dirty Martini!
I hope you enjoy this simple and delicious recipe as much we do! Please stop back by for a review once you try them! Feel free to ask questions or share this post, and thanks for tuning in.
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Pickled Cucamelons (Sour Gherkins): Easy Refrigerator Pickles
- 3-4 cups Cucamelons
- 1 1/3 cups White vinegar
- 2/3 cup Apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp Sea salt, kosher or pickling salt
- 2 Tbsp Sugar
- 6 sprigs Fresh dill (a small handful)
- 2-3 cloves Fresh garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 tsp Peppercorns, to taste (about a dozen per jar)
- 1 tsp Mustard seed
- 1 pinch Red chili flakes (scant 1/2 tsp), or 1 fresh hot chili pepper (optional)
- 2 whole Grape leaves – substitute with horseradish, oak, or black tea leaves (optional, for maximum crispness)
- Wash the cucamelons. Avoid using bruised or damaged ones.
- Add the fresh dill, garlic cloves, and other spices to the bottom of a clean quart jar.
- Pack the cucamelons into the jar until full.
- Prepare the pickling brine by combining the vinegar, sugar, and salt in a saucepan on the stove. Heat lightly until the sugar and salt dissolve, but then allow the brine to cool to lukewarm/room temperature before adding to the cucamelons.
- Pour the brine over the top of the cucamelons until they are completely submerged. If you happen to run out, top off with plain white vinegar if needed. Add optional grape leaves on top now. Place an air-tight lid on the jar.
- Refrigerate the jar. During the first 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator, gently tip or shake the jar to wet/rotate the top floating cucamelons – ensuring even pickling and that no "floaters" become dry or moldy. Or, use a glass/ceramic fermenting weight to keep the cucamelons submerged instead.
- For optimum flavor, allow the pickled cucamelons to marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 week before digging in.
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You are the manager of a monopolistically competitive firm. The inverse demand curve you face is P = 50 - 4Q. Your cost function is C(Q) = 10 + 2Q. a) What level of output should you produce to maximize profits? b) What is your profits and what will happen in your market in the long run? describe. | <urn:uuid:427c52b9-6901-4e09-94fc-bd9dae34312d> | CC-MAIN-2016-50 | http://www.mywordsolution.com/question/what-level-of-output-should-you-produce-to/938466 | 2016-12-09T17:26:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-50/segments/1480698542714.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20161202170902-00185-ip-10-31-129-80.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91962 | 72 |
This is a list of things frustrating about tinker sofar:
Having used the Tinkercad for a little while I am starting to see repetitive issues I am having :
1. Black objects on Linux machine .
See my other entry on this .
Below on microsoft machine
2.Right click shift -
brings up a windows menu which has to be cleared before resuming tinker .
3. customise -
I am used to the sketchup controls so it would be great if the controls could be cutomised to zoom and tilt etc .. or add a key like Z - zoom P pan and left click controls that ..as per SU.
Ipad seems ok but I cannot enter numbers in dimensions so frustrating ..
5.LOCK - SNAP
When I am mating two surfaces it seems I cannot easily couple edges together to know they are exactly attached. I have discoverd I need to use work plane every time and this seems quite slow workflow as opposed to sketchup style .
Thanks and please add to any positive constructive learning on these topics . | <urn:uuid:4e995d8a-611e-4c48-aa0e-6063684ca007> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://tinkercad.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115006982847-General-editing-and-right-shift-click- | 2019-04-25T19:56:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578733077.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20190425193912-20190425215912-00217.warc.gz | en | 0.928067 | 220 |
Recently, I spoke at a RCR Wireless seminar in Atlanta on trends in wireless broadband-using cellular data communications to provide uploading and downloading of rich media such as photos, music and movies with your mobile devices.
The wireless operators are facing a tsunami in the growing demand for wireless data. It’s like they are standing on the beach, holding an iPhone and iPad, and looking up to see a wall of white water moving toward shore and thinking, “I wonder what’s causing that?”
The operators have a number of very smart people who study network demand. They all know the tsunami is about to hit-and hit very hard. As a result, many of them are looking for creative ways to offload the demand until they can build more advanced 4G networks that can hopefully keep up with users’ appetite to send and receive videos, photos, animations and music.
The cause for the tsunami in wireless data demands is quite easy to understand. According to a forecast from Frost & Sullivan on the growth of share of smartphones (as a percentage of all phones shipped in North America from 2009 through 2015), the smartphone share of mobile handset subscribers is expected to rise from 23.9 percent in 2009 to 67.1 percent in 2015. Thus, there is going to be a complete reversal in the percentages, with the more basic feature phones plummeting, from 66.3 percent down to 22.9 percent of all mobile handset subscribers.
Todays Smartphones and Tablets
Today’s smartphones and tablets
Today, smartphones include wonderful still image capability, as well as high-definition movie capture and high-resolution displays that make it enjoyable to download all kinds of rich media-from e-mail messages to photos, music and videos. Thus, each new smartphone results in a 3x to 5x increase in the data communications demand.
But it doesn’t stop there. Tablets are being purchased in the millions and they are an incremental new market for mobile users. Plus, each tablet user wants to see the news, weather, sports, books, magazines, music and videos. Thus, the use of rich media in tablets is even greater than in smartphones. That results in even more demand. Plus, the demand is only going to keep rising over time.
The operators are dealing with this by making it easier for subscribers to obtain the rich media they need by encouraging the use of Wi-Fi (in-home and out), as well as time-shifting the demand to the evening and night time when the network is at a very low utilization. For example, AT&T is building out supplemental Wi-Fi networks in a number of major, dense downtown areas such as San Francisco and New York.
In the long term, the only real solution is going to come from allocating more wireless spectrum to mobile. President Obama called for just that in his recent State of the Union address. With some help from the FCC, operators will eventually be able to provide more 4G/5G services to hundreds of millions of subscribers who want to benefit from using their iPhones and iPads all day, every day.
That’s going to take many years. In the meantime, you’ll likely have to “plug into” hot spots to upload and download most of your rich media (such as videos).
J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D. is Principal Analyst of Mobile & Wireless at MobileTrax LLC. As a nationally recognized industry authority, Dr. Purdy focuses on monitoring and analyzing emerging trends, technologies and market behavior in the mobile computing and wireless data communications industry in North America. Dr. Purdy is an “edge of network” analyst looking at devices, applications and services, as well as wireless connectivity to those devices. Dr. Purdy provides critical insights regarding mobile and wireless devices, wireless data communications and connection to the infrastructure that powers the data in the wireless handheld. He is author of the column Inside Mobile & Wireless that provides industry insights and is read by over 100,000 people a month.
Dr. Purdy continues to be affiliated with the venture capital industry as well. He currently is Managing Director at Yosemite Ventures. And he spent five years as a Venture Advisor for Diamondhead Ventures in Menlo Park where he identified, attracted and recommended investments in emerging companies in mobile and wireless. He has had a prior affiliation with East Peak Advisors and, subsequently, following their acquisition, with FBR Capital Markets. For more than 16 years, Dr. Purdy has been consulting, speaking, researching, networking, writing and developing state-of-the-art concepts that challenge people’s mind-sets, as well as developing new ways of thinking and forecasting in the mobile computing and wireless data arenas. Often quoted, Dr. Purdy’s ideas and opinions are followed closely by thought leaders in the mobile and wireless industry. He is author of three books as well.
Dr. Purdy currently is a member of the Program Advisory Board of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) which produces CES, one of the largest trade shows in the world. He is a frequent moderator at CTIA conferences and GSM Mobile World Congress. He also is a member of the Board of the Atlanta Wireless Technology Forum. Dr. Purdy has a B.S. degree in Engineering Physics from University of Tennessee, a M.S. degree in Computer Science from UCLA, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Exercise Physiology from Stanford University. He can be reached at [email protected].
: From time to time, I may have a direct or indirect equity position in a company that is mentioned in this column. If that situation happens, then I’ll disclose it at that time. | <urn:uuid:eaded35a-f10d-40fb-ace3-c2c1bd374396> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | https://www.eweek.com/mobile/inside-mobile-why-the-demand-for-wireless-data-is-growing/ | 2021-09-21T00:25:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057119.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20210920221430-20210921011430-00343.warc.gz | en | 0.956375 | 1,177 |
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