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An important part of this effort has been related to open science and reproducibility. Not only is PyGBe open source, but the figures in our papers are available through Figshare under a Creative Commons CC-BY license. In the Figshare repository, we also have scripts that call PyGBe with the correct input parameters to reproduce the results of our paper with a single command. In fact, Professor Barba’s research group has made a consistent effort for reproducibility and open science for a few years now.
After Kanye West’s infamous interruption of Taylor Swift’s VMA acceptance speech in 2009, the brothers made their first rap video. “They Reminisce Over ‘Ye” is basically a tongue-in-cheek latter day version of Puff Daddy’s “I’ll be Missing You,” but instead of mourning a recently deceased Biggie Smalls, the two lament the downfall of Kanye’s career.
She started forward, moving through the doorway without any delay, her teammates in close pursuit behind her. They ascended the damp, moss covered stairwell, Yang keeping a wary, annoyed eye on the walls around them, half waiting for another trap to spring forward on them. At the very top, they found a set of large, oaken double doors, almost identical to the set that had opened up into Shadow Richards's lair. With a grunt, Farran and Yang strained to push it open, the door creaking loudly as it swung open to allow them passage inside.
Talisman I finally got around to getting a talisman with 10% chance to gain an endurance charge on kill. It cost me an ex, but it's definitely not necessary for the build. It does (after I pick up the duelist endurance charge) give me 16 to all res and 16 physical damage reduction, which will be nice. but it's incredibly difficult to find a talisman with a decent life roll, damage and the endurance charges. Honestly, mine probably wasn't worth the ex, but I wanted it so yolo.
[xxiii] Engels brought to Marx the elements of a model which demonstrated the fluctuating and self-destabilizing nature of the operations of the capitalist economy – notably the outlines of a theory of economic crises[xxiv]– and empirical material about the rise of the British working-class movement and the revolutionary role it could play in Britain.
Marxism is unashamedly revolutionary, and violently revolutionary at that. The oppressed proletariat must overthrow the "present day state" of the "capitalist/imperialist" oppressors and establish an alternative form of a state, albeit "temporary", during the reign of which they become the oppressors of the previous oppressive class. During this time they expropriate the private property of the "capitalists" and turn it over to collective ownership.
A third reason Sandy was important is the high storm surge that caused unprecedented and deadly flooding in New York and New Jersey. This surge was made worse by significant global warming caused sea level rise. Sea level rise has been eating away at the coasts for years and has probably caused a lot of flooding that otherwise would not have happened, but this is the first time a major event widely noticed by the mainstream media (even FOX news) involving sea level rise killed a lot of people and did a lot of damage.
Beyond the chance to perform chiropractic adjustments on amazing bodies of work, however, something else happens on many of these tours. Partly, it happens because of less than perfect real bodies. The gods of rock have been through a lot by now — they've suffered serious health setbacks, negotiated scandal, had first and second and third wives and watch their kids have kids (and grankids and sometimes flourishing musical careers). They're facing death, not in the recklessly dramatic ways they did as not really immortal youth, but through the irritating daily struggles of bodies breaking down.
In ancient India, the society was classified into four distinct classes. The most respected class was that of Brahmins. The people belonging to this class were engaged in studies, teaching, and research work. The next class was that of Kshatriyas. They were the warriors. Most of the kings of that era belonged to this class. Next, in the social order were Vaishyas or the businessmen. And the last category of people were Shudras, who did all the lowly and menial jobs of the society.
While in prison on remand, Ağca was widely reported to have developed an obsession with Fatima and during the trial claimed that he was the second coming of Jesus Christ and called on the Vatican to release the Third Secret.
The Packers 2014 season opener was against the defending champion Seattle Seahawks where Lacy had 12 carries for 34 yards and three receptions for 11 yards. [69][70] Lacy sustained a concussion during the game and left the game in the second half. [69] During the game, Lacy wore the new SpeedFlex helmet by Riddell, which claims that the helmet absorbs impact force better due to the helmet's greater flexibility.
In a PCFG, each phrase structure rule X → Y1 … Yk is assigned a probability, viewed as the probability that a constituent of type X will be expanded into a sequence of (immediate) constituents of types Y1, …, Yk. At the lowest level, the expansion probabilities specify how frequently a given part of speech (such as Det, N, or V) will be realized as a particular word. Such a grammar provides not only a structural but also a distributional model of language, predicting the frequency of occurrence of various phrase sequences and, at the lowest level, word sequences.
This shows that the CIA-planned coups across the world, starting with the overthrow of an Iranian moderate named Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953, replacing him with the Shah, were not unprecedented since similar events had already happened in US history.
However, in July 2015 Neil Hadden, the chief executive of Genesis, declared: ‘We are not able, or being asked, to provide affordable and social rented accommodation to people who should be looking to the market to solve their own problems.’ The Berkeley Group, which has the highest profit margins of any builder in the UK, recorded a 34 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £392.7 million in the six months to the end of October 2016, up from £293.3 million over the same period the previous year.
The Atlanta museum was relocated to 121 Baker Street in Atlanta, just blocks away from where John Pemberton created the original Coca-Cola formula. [3] The 92,000-square-foot building was constructed at a cost of $97 million and opened in 2007. [6] It is located in Atlanta, Georgia (where the company's headquarters are located) at Pemberton Place (named in honor of John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola). The 20-acre (81,000 m2) complex is located across Baker Street from Centennial Olympic Park and is also home to the Georgia Aquarium and the Center for Civil & Human Rights.
In the last couple of months, the Britney Spears Twitter stream has become a model of transparency. Where the feed once seemed that it was all written personally by Ms. Spears — even the blatantly promotional items about a new album — lately it can read like a group blog, with some posts signed “Britney,” some signed by “Adam Leber, manager” and others by “Lauren.” That would be Lauren Kozak, social-media director of britneyspears.com . (Ms. Spears’s management team declined to be interviewed for this article.)
That may very likely be the case because, according to our calculations here of 2010 Census data, more half of the persons under 30 are also under 18. (To be precise, 58.9% of them are not yet officially adults.) So unless Governor Mitch is signing onto the N. Leroy Gingrich Custodial New Deal, his point is almost completely worthless as a metric, and he's pretty much as much of a dunce as the rest of them, whom he can join this summer at their pre-convention retreat in the new Bachmann-Cain Resort on the banks of...
Col. John Todd was the first civil governor of what was then Illinois County. Kaskaskia had been taken 04 Jul 1778 by Gen Clark. Patrick Henry choose Col Todd to head the new government. Col Todd was born in PA and educated in VA as a lawyer. In 1775, he moved to KY. He was one of the men who met in Boonesboro to set up the so called Colony of Transylvania. He was a land owner near Lexington, KY. In 1777, he was the Justice in the 1st KY court at Harrisburg.
Some antiviurses may block bittorent websites occasionally, but Dr. Web’s new feature is a strict implementation of blocking every possible website that may contain copyright infringing files, or torrent in the domain name. No more will users be restricted by their internet service provider, they will be restricted by a program installed to allegedly keep them safe. Dr. Web has not only joined the program for mass censorship, but the restriction to the free flow of information.
"The government has done everything it can to delay a meaningful hearing," she said. "It also indicates that despite public comments that it was co-operating, it has in fact not been co-operating." New Democrat foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar said he cannot believe the lengths the government has gone to in order to sabotage the commission's investigation. "All of this begs the question: What are they hiding?"
Indeed, by 2004, the surge in immigration led to the replacement for the first time in the nation’s history of black Americans as the nation’s largest minority group by Hispanics who now hold that distinction. Although black Americans were 13.5 percent of the nation’s native –born population, they were only 7.8 percent of the foreign-born population in 2000. Hispanics, on the other hand, were only 8.5 percent of the native-born population while being 45.2 percent of the foreign-born population.
During the 1800s, the need for local administration greatly increased, prompting piecemeal adjustments. The sanitary districts and parish councils had legal status, but were not part of the mechanism of government. They were run by volunteers; often no-one could be held responsible for the failure to undertake the required duties. Furthermore, the increased "county business" could not be handled by the Quarter Sessions, nor was this appropriate. Finally, there was a desire to see local administration performed by elected officials, as in the reformed municipal boroughs.
One of the more popular variations of the build opens up with a FFE and follows this with 4 Gateway pressure in order to prevent the Zerg opponent from droning up too heavily. Whilst the pressure is going on, the Protoss player starts to research Blink and +2 Attack ready for the eventual all-in. Many Zerg players are afraid of this build, including Scarlett[1]. This build depends heavily on the ability of the Protoss player to micro Blink Stalkers and this means that it is not a recommended strategy for lower-level players.
And that juxtaposition of this strange little hat and this real genuine feeling of loneliness — which is easy for me to tap into, because I’ve experienced it so many times in my life — that’s what I think is really fun and powerful drag. That was the number that I auditioned for Drag Race with, so this song played a role in helping me get on the show, showing my unique perspective.”
Although he committed numerous human rights abuses, Park is also widely credited with launching South Korea’s modern economic miracle and strengthening the country’s position against North Korea. As a result, contemporary public opinion on him is split—many, especially older generations, see him as a savior who lay the foundation for South Korea’s global prominence, while others condemn him for his authoritarianism. Thus, it’s fair to say that Park’s legacy looms large on Korean political stage: in fact, South Korea’s current president is his oldest daughter, Park Geun-hye.
I refuse to kill my own people and destroy my own country.” The process was complicated by regime security forces, which were keen to hinder him. Most Sunni pilots were immediately stopped from flying by the Jihaz al-Moukhabarat al-Jawiia' (Air Force Intelligence). When the protests grew, he and other Sunni pilots were placed under house arrest. The intelligence services were not entirely successful; Colonel Hassan Hamada would be the first to defect by jet to Jordan a month after Ayoub’s own defection in May of 2012.
Both of these systems need a dose of added strategy and excitement. Maybe instead of missionary spam, preachers and apostles could act like spies that you station in enemy cities to perform missions? If we’re going to keep theological combat, we could at least use some kind of rock-paper-scissors dynamic with a few new units, and maybe some support options (like a 'Grand Inquisitor' who gives an attack buff to all your inquisitors in a small radius). Culture-wise, I’d love to see some kind of endgame project or mission to secure victory, instead of just waiting for a number to tick up.
Davis concluded they understood the abstract principles of the locking mechanisms and their learning speed was equivalent to that of rhesus macaques. [121]
Many have also made the argument that Subban should accept the short term, low money, “bridge contract” coming out of his entry level contract as this appears to be the Montreal Canadiens policy in their dealings with Carey Price in 2010 and Max Paciroretty in 2011. This would allow Subban to cash-in two years from now. However, one must recognize that these three situations are extremely different. As shown above, Subban has already proven that he is capable of playing big minutes, against top opponents and succeeding in that role, while still leading his team in points.
What would be the purpose of bringing it up at all? By attacking the credibility of the eyewitnesses to the shooting, most, if not all, of whom had been publicly critical of Wilson, McCulloch gave the impression that he was acting as an advocate for Wilson.
species of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds) are simple alterations in size of certain aspects of their respective parahomologous structures.
We ended up writing a paper explaining why the Born Rule naturally emerges from EQM under some simple assumptions. Now I have graduated from being a casual adherent to a slightly more serious one.
The single bench, allowing the writ petition filed by the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India, had observed: “The customer does not enter a hotel or a restaurant to make a simple purchase of these commodities. It may well be that a client would order nothing beyond a bottle of water or a beverage, but his direct purpose in doing so would clearly travel to enjoying the ambience available therein and incidentally to the ordering of any article for consumption.
He answers himself: “You think the man sitting opposite you is Manolis but you are wrong. I am not him. And I am not him because I have not forgotten that every time someone was about to be executed, they said: ‘Don’t forget me. When you say good morning, think of me. When you raise a glass, say my name.’ And that is what I am doing talking to you, or doing any of this. The man you see before you is all those people. And all this is about not forgetting them.”
The only reason they’re fighting us is because we are occupying them."
This capped off an amazing G1 Climax 25 for one Hiroshi Tanahashi. He had numerous great matches in this tournament, but none greater than what was witnessed here. Tana continued what he had done the whole tournament by taking out the legs of his opponent and it worked to perfection with Nakamura as well. Nakamura had received much flack for many of his matches in the tournament, but he brought it here with an intensity, great selling, and making us think he could win.
By the mid 16th century Poland's university, the Academy of Kraków, entered a crisis stage, and by the early 17th century regressed into Counter-reformational conformism. The Jesuits took advantage of the infighting and established in 1579 a university college in Vilnius, but their efforts aimed at taking over the Academy were unsuccessful. Under the circumstances many elected to pursue their studies abroad. [21] Jan Brożek, a rector of the Kraków University, was a multidisciplinary scholar who worked on number theory and promoted Copernicus' work. He was banned by the Church in 1616 and his anti-Jesuit pamphlet was publicly burned.
Similar to Q&A, make a list of accounts that need passwords reset, laptops that need to be wiped, keys / secrets that need rotation, IP’s that need to be banned, etc. There will be tactical and strategic questions to ensure the bad guys are expelled all at once, but that will be dependent on your incident. You want to focus this section on total removal all at once so bad guys don’t persist. This is one of the hard parts requiring good technical consensus if there aren’t security folks to help advise you.
Did anyone stop to wonder whether she could look after herself?
"It's really - when we look for a WWE Superstars - one thing we look at first and foremost is the human being. Whenever they bring someone in to me to make the recommendation of who is coming in here - I'm the last call on everybody - one of the first things I ask them is what is their attitude like. I want them larger than life and to have personality. At the same time, I want to avoid those problems. The rest of everything else you can kind of teach."
Out of a sample of 590 cases in which allegations of torture were made, forced confessions were excluded in only 16 cases, with one leading to an acquittal and the rest ending in convictions on the basis of other evidence. These low number of cases in which evidence obtained through torture was excluded appears to corroborate lawyers’ claims that forced confessions continue to be presented as evidence in court, and that unlawfully obtained evidence is not excluded by judges.
AI research has exploited the increased power of computers and the access to huge amounts of data to write programs that can “learn”, “understand” and “anticipate”. This is why when you ask your phone “When did Michelangelo die?” certain brands will answer in synthesised speech “Michelangelo died the 8th of February 1564 aged 88”. It will also provide you with a screen full of additional information about the Italian genius and polymath. This kind of response is now accepted as normal and routine.
All these numbers don't even take into account Perry the bowler: in the 24 matches since the start of 2014, she has taken 33 wickets - sixth-highest during this period - at an average of 26.54. Six other women have achieved the double of 25 wickets and 500 runs during this period, but Perry's numbers stand out because the difference between her batting and bowling averages is a whopping 62.98; the next highest difference among this group is 21.32, for Suzie Bates.
Whilst the modern market is booming, you can pinpoint the 30’s and 50’s as being the best time for New Zealand wrestling and the 60’s and 70’s as the best time for Australian wrestling, and once the wrestling industry started to reach a mainstream audience, The appeal of wrestling in Australia withered.
Certain statements made in this news release, including, but not limited to, statements relating to the proposed acquisition by BCE Inc. (BCE) of Astral Media Inc. (Astral), the proposed sale by BCE to Corus Entertainment Inc. (Corus) of Astral's share of certain TV joint ventures and certain radio stations, the proposed auction process for the sale of certain TV assets and radio stations, certain benefits expected to result from the above-mentioned proposed transactions, BCE's plans and objectives, and other statements that are not historical facts, are forward-looking.
On the intervening night of January 1 and 2, six Jaish-e-Muhammed terrorists entered the DSC lines at the Pathankot airbase and opened indiscriminate fire, fatally injuring two of Chand's colleagues. "Showing presence of mind and conspicuous bravery, Chand ran after the closest terrorist and overpowered him. Chand snatched his weapon and shot him dead.
Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Image 1 of / 10 Caption Close Image 2 of 10 The barge under construction is docked at a pier on Treasure Island on October 30, 2013 in San Francisco. The barge under construction is docked at a pier on Treasure Island on October 30, 2013 in San Francisco. Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Image 3 of 10 The barge under construction is docked at a pier on Treasure Island on October 30, 2013 in San Francisco.
Approaching problems from new directions can be unusually productive, something I always think of in terms of Mason Peck’s ideas on using Jupiter as a vast accelerator to drive a stream of micro-spacecraft (Sprites) on an interstellar mission. Now Peck, working with Robert Shepherd (both are at Cornell University) is proposing a new kind of rover, one ideally suited for Europa. The idea, up for consideration at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, is once again to exploit a natural phenomenon in place of a more conventional technology.
On the other hand, there are people who make large amounts of money by doing good research to get ahead of the market. For example, many analysts may carefully study weather patterns to get an estimate of the size of the wheat crop and then either buy or sell wheat based on what they have learned about the about this year's crop relative to the generally held view. In principle, we can view the rewards for this activity as being warranted since they are effectively providing information to the market with the their trades.
As European leaders declare their determination to preserve the region’s way of life in the face of extremism, the risks of doing so are proving daunting. A record security operation is now under way in Copenhagen with units from all over the country sent to the capital. The shootings in Denmark may have been inspired by the January massacre in Paris at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, police said. About 10,500 soldiers have been deployed in France since that attack.
It is also possible that in the four years between the time the bones were discovered and when they were interred in the abbey some may have been sold off as relics and replaced with animal bones.
Target has been guests' go-to Nintendo destination for 30+ years. From scooping up the 1985 original NES to scoping out this spring's highly-coveted Nintendo Switch, Target is often fans' first stop before hitting start on a gaming adventure. So, we're out to make the shopping experience just as fun! "Experience counts—it's what keeps guests coming in and coming back to our stores," says Scott Nygaard, senior vice president, Merchandising, Target. "So we're delivering the fun like only Target can, giving generations of Mario fans a shopping trip they won't soon forget." Want a peek at what's in-store? Hold on tight—let's-a-go!
But when imperialism showed itself to be rule by right of conquest and when the printed word began to penetrate deeply into Indian society, the nationalists aroused a response, books became dangerous, and the Raj resorted to repression.”
Derrick Henry isn't on Fournette's otherworldly level, but he's not that far off. Alabama's run defense is even better than LSU's, too, and the Crimson Tide suddenly have a secondary better than the one the Tigers boast, having preyed on Kyle Allen while LSU failed to truly stop Florida's Treon Harris, who was playing his first meaningful snaps in a month. If LSU's built to hold leads on most teams, Alabama's constructed to do it against most teams — and also LSU.
The $5 million reported is 10.384608% of the amount he probably really earned. Here’s the first big conclusion: If the IRS believes Stephen Paddock earned $5 million in 2015 playing video poker, his gross earnings were probably more like $48,148,182.
If technology can automate some of these mundane tasks, it would free humans to focus on higher-value activities. This goal is becoming possible. Robots have not been considered for automating these tasks because they have been limited to highly engineered, limited-access environments in manufacturing. But robots are breaking free of their cages. Today they can explore and build a model of their world, make plans for achieving targeted goals based on that model, and deal with changes and exceptions so as to respond appropriately.
The PDCF would allow assets of declining and even inexistent value to be pledged as collateral, thus making sure that taxpayer cash was funneled into sham institutions holding predominantly toxic assets, and whose viability was and is limited, yet still is backed by the Fed, which to this day continues to pour our money into them.
Dexter's Diner is the area where the player chooses what level to enter, or they can enter the Parking Lot to view any vehicles whose parts they have found and pieced together. The parts to these vehicles are contained in 10 mini-kit canisters which are hidden throughout each level. Battles often take place in the Parking Lot between canon-good and canon-evil characters, such as Jedi and Sith, respectively. At the diner counter, the player may purchase, or enter codes, to unlock extras in exchange for Lego studs they have collected by playing through the levels.
Letta’s victory appeared complete. His diplomatic skills, honed in a Christian Democratic tradition, had played a key role in detaching Alfano and his followers from their leader. Fini had been an outsider. Alfano was a true insider, the heir apparent: his defection was the first real split in the party Berlusconi had built around himself. But Letta’s triumph proved brief. Within days, Renzi had swept the primaries for the PD leadership vacated by Bersani and cleaned out the old guard of the party, packing the directorate in charge of its apparatus with adepts and fans of his own generation.
He attempts to send a letter in the form of a dream to his girlfriend in the past, but fails ("From the End of the World"). [9]
However, they couldn't identify the little amount of the experiment Snake brought back with him (both due to the lack of anything to compare the pathogen with, and because the sample itself was almost completely burned off by the Man on Fire), nor could they connect anything regarding the radio transmissions barring that they couldn't find English among the transmissions.
William Hale Thompson was the Mayor of Chicago during the riot and a game of brinksmanship with Illinois Governor Frank Lowden may have exacerbated the riot since Thompson refused to ask Lowden to send in the National Guard for four days, despite Lowden ensuring that the guardsmen were in Chicago and ready to intervene. [9] Although future mayor Richard J. Daley never officially acknowledged being part of the violence, at age 17 he was an active member of the Irish Hamburg Athletic Club, which a post-riot investigation named as instigators in attacks on black Americans.
Though some in the industry still think ETC needs to find a legit use case or a value proposition other than the professed immutability to sustain its growth, Grayscale in its introductory paper describes Ethereum Classic as a “next generation blockchain platform for a new internet infrastructure – one that can dramatically enhance the ways that information and value are shared in the digital economy, unlocking trillions of dollars in untapped economic surplus in the process.” If this turns out good, it would mean that others who view ETC as an undervalued coin with strong fundamentals that is just starting to find its true value would take the day.
The Retaliator has been worked on this month to continue getting it ready for Flight – exciting times! Argo RUV is reaching Final art (excluding the pod which needs revisions for the cinematics), the Idris is looking very good in places, can’t wait to reveal some of it. Cutlass started its new greybox taking in to account design revisions, mining bot going to texture and material stage, Starfarer – going slower than we’d like, it’s a matter of resources, and we need more talented folk to help build this ship as its more complex than expected.
This nation needs a new Gettysburg Address; a short, succinct summation not of a roster of problems, but a list of solutions. The people need a leader that can not just spout a set of platitudes about small town values, while endorsing anti-union industries that are happily shipping jobs away from small communities. The people need a Commander in Chief that can show them why we are in Iraq and Afghanistan, and have the moral courage to keep us out of unnecessary wars and to lead us in those rare occasions when military force is legitimately required.
21-year-old Afro-hipster and artist Ayanda (Fulu Mugovhani) is the child of a Nigerian father and a South African mother. Since the death of her mechanic father, she’s been thrown into a world of greasy overalls, gender stereotypes and abandoned vintage cars as she struggles to keep his dwindling garage business afloat.
But he soon charted a new course when he launched a cartoon weekly 'Marmik' in 1960.The weekly contained satirical pieces that fired up the "Marathi manoos" to fight for their identity and existence in a city witnessing growing influx of migrants.Thackeray's pro-Marathi plank, that propounded 'Maharashtra for Maharashtrians', saw his party breaking ranks with his long-standing ideological ally BJP in 2007 presidential election when he chose to back UPA's presidential nominee, Pratibha Patil, who is a Maharashtrian.He even criticized cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar in 2009 for remarking that Mumbai belonged to the whole of India.Thackeray took to politics as fish to water as he launched Shiv Sena on June 19, 1966 to champion the cause of Marathi 'sons-of-the-soil', seeking job security for Maharashtrians, who were then facing stiff competition from Gujaratis and south Indians.The frail-looking Thackeray, through his fiery oratory skills, caught the imagination of young Maharashtrians which many felt bordered on jingoism and chauvinism.Born on January 23, 1926, he was the second of four children of Kesav Sitaram Thackeray, a writer who actively participated in the 'Samyukta Maharashtra Andolan' — the movement for creation of a separate state for Marathi-speaking people with Bombay as its capital.The self-confessed admirer of Adolf Hitler soon raised a veritable army of street fighters whom he would use to obtain jobs for the Maharashtrian youth in numerous textile and other industrial units dotting Bombay, earning the epithet of 'Hindu Hriday Samrat' (emperor of Hindu hearts), in the process.Though Thackeray never contested an election himself, he sowed the seeds of a full-fledged party when his Shiv Sainiks began controlling trade unions in a variety of industries, including Bollywood.Shiv Sena grew fast into a well-oiled political machine and gained control over the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in the 1980s, riding the pro-Marathi plank.Thackeray's biggest moment in politics came when he struck an alliance with BJP in 1995 and formed its government in the state for the first time after tempering his strident pro-Marathi ideology and embracing a broader Hindu nationalist agenda.
"First, that's not a true statement, or if it is true, it's true only if the group covered by "both sides" includes just those connected to the benefits side of the Democratic Party ecosystem; the people with a vested interests (career; income) in not shaking things up too much, the winners no matter which party is in office.Second, even though the statement is not true, its opposite — that some people argue strongly for a shake-upthe Party — is not presented.
I literally can not even with this person. The only time I have ever encountered him is on Facebook when I say something that he does not like. Each time, he has taken it upon himself to read two to four sentences I have said, he then uses them to bring hellfire and damnation upon me. I truly feel he is sent from God to punish me. To be here only once everything has already become so bad that there is nothing left but up.
A transparent budget process approach should be instituted now given the enormity of the budget challenge. It makes no sense to eviscerate safety-net supports when billions in unnecessary tax entitlements can be cut to preserve these important and socially responsible federal expenditures. Congress must face up to the cold hard fact that it’s time to make the tough choice to end tax entitlements—such as the one for “NASCAR racing facilities”—so federal funding for critical items such as child-nutrition programs are spared.
The consultancy arrives at this conclusion, firstly, by forecasting its cost curve (see separate story). It then breaks down the attraction of solar PV into five distinct customer markets. As the table below shows, four of these are likely to grow significantly in the next few years, because in these solar is already competitive with conventional fossil fuels (or soon will be), while the fifth (utility-scale solar), is likely to grow significantly from 2020 to 2030, which fits with predictions from what will be the three biggest energy markets in the word by then – the US, China and India.
The lead is deposited on the silicon at a temperature of between -173º and -133º C which, together with the nanometric thickness of the lead, allows its quantum properties to “come to the surface”, and, in an “astonishing and spontaneous” way, bumps on the surface become evened out and a super flat layer is created. “The extraordinary thing about this process is that when the material is heated to room temperature, it does not distort or break, but instead becomes even flatter, enhancing its reflection properties”, Miranda indicated.
The second level to understanding women’s involvement in radical movements is to look at the patriarchal social structure in Indonesia, particularly among conservative Muslim communities, which places women in a subordinate position to men. In fundamentalist movements, however, women feel equal. In groups such as ISIS there is an ideological recognition of their unique role in building an ideal state. Many women believe strongly that participation in jihad will ensure they become “angels” in the afterlife.
Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., said she hopes the momentum of the D.C. Council's vote, along with the recent changes in Iowa and Vermont, "will bring our country closer to recognizing the right of consenting individuals in monogamous, long-term relationships to marry." Tsongas added that she would strongly advocate for the D.C. law in Congress. The issue of same-sex relationships in D.C. has previously run into trouble on Capitol Hill. The district passed a law in 1992 recognizing domestic partnerships, which extended medical decision-making powers and other benefits to same-sex couples.
I also did some studies for the roof design — 1×1 tiles, 1×1 round plates, and “cheese” slopes were all options to achieve the patterned designs. I tried them all — alone and together — and found that all cheese was by far the best and also had the most color options. Ideally, it would have been nice if LEGO would have churned out a few thousand sand red, sand purple, and sand blue cheese for me, but at least I had a drawer full of sand green to pair with the dark green, dark red, dark blue, and tan cheese.
If the Supreme Court does take an abortion case this term, it is likely to be decided at the end of the court’s next term in June, when all the momentous opinions come down. That means a decision less than six months before the next presidential election. Whichever way it comes down, it is likely to help the candidates draw a sharp contrast between their positions on reproductive rights. It will also highlight the fact that the next president could appoint up to three Supreme Court justices.
The designers of World Cup Soccer didn’t make it to conjure in the player a soothing nostalgia. They did it to cash in on a world event. The manufacturers of the game likely expected to stop moving units once the World Cup had ended. It’s not as if there was a local Midway dealer you could take your machine to get serviced. Every blip and conk World Cup Soccer has bestowed upon the world since its release was a gift from a community that preserved and shared it.
It is therefore a good practice to de-silt a surface water body from time to time for restoring its storage and also from groundwater recharge point of view.
While some of these "seers" turn out to be frauds; others such as the seers of Outcast of Redwall, Loamhedge, The Taggerung and Lord Brocktree are quite real and play a key part in the turning of events in these books. Virtually all of the seers, both real and fraudulent, are vermin, who are generally considered more primitive and superstitious than woodlanders and other goodly creatures and are almost always the "bad guys". However, in the booklet Tribes of Redwall Mice, both Martin the Warrior and Abbess Germaine can foresee the future.
This, of course, is the basis of many bloggers’ contempt for the MSM—that it’s far too compliant and eager to serve power. Indeed, it’s hard to argue that any civic purpose was advanced by the Times’ scoop; the White House presumably got what it wanted while readers got, well, a fleeting Washington whodunit of dubious consequence. But even if others had been willing to play the White House’s game, they couldn’t have delivered The Times’ powerfully precise audience. There are tasks for which television’s mass is too indiscriminating and for which the Web’s niches are too confining.
The primary function of the EC is to ensure that specifications do not overlap or conflict with one another and that the specifications meet the needs of the industry segment for which they are being written.
As the wire that it comes with, is only about 30cms long, using it while plugged in is very impracticable. After having a mooch online, it appears that this none charging thing is a very common fault on this remote. From what I can tell, it seems to be about a 50/50 chance as to whether you get one that works or not. I was really disappointed with this purchase.
There was no history of previous substance addiction or abuse. The patient’s main complaint was that he could not give up “tianeptine” and he was hospitalized for “tianeptine addiction”. First, tianeptine was stopped and diazepam 20 mg/day was started in order to control anxiety and withdrawal symptoms. Patient’s lab results (Complete blood count, routine biochemical markers, and liver, kidney and thyroid function tests) were within the normal range. On the second day of patient’s hospitalization, patient showed symptoms of excessive hunger, xerostomia, nausea and hot flashes. In a week, those complaints subsided. Diazepam dosage was lowered and finally stopped.
For me one of the most striking – and moving – moments of the whole Forum came when a German businessman – an arch-typical owner of a Mittelstand business and certainly no radical – stood up at the end of one of the panels to demand an explanation of how the exercises could possibly be conducive to peace. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s now famous interview with Bild-Zeitung, in which he condemned the exercises as “warmongering”, followed directly after and reflect this alarm in Germany.
Early on, another New York developer, Gary Barnett, made a competing play for the railway yard. Barnett’s offer was, in many ways, superior to Ratner’s. He didn’t want the extra 14 acres, so no land would have to be expropriated from private owners. He wasn’t going to plunk a small city down in the middle of an already crowded neighborhood. And he tripled the value of Ratner’s offer. Barnett lost. He never had a chance. He wanted to build apartments. Ratner was restoring the sporting glory lost when the Dodgers fled for Los Angeles.
Then there is the arrow (–>) token which is part of the general syntax of Java 8 lambda expressions in their current form Then we have the body of the lambda (dbService.getPersonsByIdAsync(ids)) which is a method call that returns a ListenableFuture that in turn yields a List of Person objects. Note that we did not have to put a return statement, as this is a single expression and is evaluated and returned.
is one of the more intelligent members of the Rocket Boys, the one who does the most math. Quentin carries a suitcase stuffed with books wherever he goes and finds excuses to get out of gym class. He is excitable and often confounds the other members and townspeople with his advanced vocabulary. Jimmy "O'Dell" Carroll is small and excitable, the most emotional member of the group. His father drives the town garbage truck, allowing O'Dell access to many useful items, frequently scrounged to further the group's efforts.
“It gets worse every year,” said Captain Obvious, I mean Richard Camps, task force commander for the state attorney general’s Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement. Here’s hoping that the panel’s alarmist rhetoric doesn’t result in a tragedy. Frightened, sometimes intoxicated, heavily armed hunters may be ready to blow away anyone who remotely resembles a “drug smuggler” after hearing this stuff.
There's an additional layer of perversity here. The same GOP lawmakers who look down on Americans' penchant for "frivolous" lawsuits also oppose regulations of big financial firms and other industries. But this puts American consumers and workers in a no-win situation. Regulations and class-action lawsuits are basically two different tools for achieving the same thing: allowing the public to band together as a group, with enough economic or political resources to make powerful corporations pay a price for their misdeeds, and thus change their behavior.
As smoke pours from its body, it's gingerly handled by a brave employee clad in heavy-duty gloves, who drops it onto the floor before carrying it away from other paying customers.
Manta Ray, a track she wrote with J. Ralph for the documentary Racing Extinction, was nominated for an Oscar this year. There were five nominees in the Best Original Song category, but only Sam Smith, Lady Gaga and The Weeknd were asked to perform. In an open letter published on line, Anohni declined her invitation to sit with the Hollywood aristocracy.
The company also reviewed pricing in every country in which it operates. “A $50 purchase is a bigger deal in India or China or Brazil,” Kozlowski said. “We wanted the price to reflect a more reasonable purchase given the country’s economy and scale.” Growth of paid users in those countries has since spiked: Paid users in China rose 156 percent; in Brazil, 137 percent. And while the company declined to break out the precise mix of paid versus free users, Kozlowski said that globally the number of people paying for Evernote has grown by 60 percent year on year.
"The time is right for the category of Digital Medicines to be available to patients with serious mental illness," said Andrew Thompson, CEO of Proteus. "Consumers already manage important tasks like banking, shopping, and communicating with friends and family by using their smartphones, as they go about their daily lives. With this FDA approval, we can help enable individuals with serious mental illness to engage with their care team about their treatment plan in a new way."
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report on bank and credit union overdraft practices that raises concerns about whether the overdraft costs on consumer checking accounts can be anticipated and avoided. The report shows big differences across financial institutions when it comes to overdraft coverage on debit card transactions and ATM withdrawals, drawing into question how banks sell this account feature. The report also finds that consumers who opt in for overdraft coverage end up with more costs and more involuntary account closures.
That is, by far, the biggest release that it’s ever had.
Garet Lahvis was a 4th-year assistant professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison, when his department chair told him that his studies of social motivation and communication in mice--research with implications for autism and drug addiction--had moved too far from the department's focus on clinical plastic surgery and that the department would have to let him go. The news stung, he says, but "in some ways, it was kind of a relief because it was clear that I was going down a path that was not of interest to my colleagues."
Cisco, from his eyes, has been dead for centuries. In that moment though, all these complex themes run up against each other. Wells kills Cisco to protect his secret, because Wells is still selfish and, in many respects, evil. However, you feel as if Wells regrets what he has to do. It’s a very human portrayal, one that surpasses anything we get from Zoom in season two.
Obviously, I haven’t given you enough information to answer the question. You’ll almost certainly take public transit if driving would take 60 minutes instead. And you’ll almost certainly avoid it if driving would take 15 minutes. If it is relatively close between the two, it would come down to factors like cost, comfort and reliability. The point is simply that you have a choice, and questions about the utility of a public transit system make sense only in the context of that choice.
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Forest Walton, the project architect for Mr. Stroik, observes that “…the vision of the patron and client, Fr. Markey, as well as the thoughts and collaboration of architect and artist and consideration of the actual space within the church, all contributed to the final result—the aesthetic reality of Leonard’s painting.” He adds that to simply salvage and repurpose an existing work “would not allow for this truly dynamic collaboration between patron, artist, and architect to create a masterpiece fitting for the space it is in, while at the same time transcending these factors to lift minds and hearts to the eternal.”

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