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BkiUecg4eIOjSc7LVKW0 | Outliers: Four Ways They Can Change Our Lives (Part 2)
By Richard Rosso | March 4, 2021
Outliers can change our lives.
The pesky outposts of statistical warriors are situated at the far reaches of normality. When they breach boundaries, lives change, sometimes forever. In Part 2, I examine the investment and portfolio outliers that can make the difference between retiring or working indefinitely (not that work during retirement is such a bad thing. I'm talking about working INSTEAD of moving on to the next iteration of YOU).
We want to be told stories, and there's nothing wrong with that – except that we should check more thoroughly whether the story provides consequential distortions of reality. Could it be that fiction reveals truth while nonfiction is a harbor for the liar?
Nassim Taleb, The Black Swan.
Yes, the outliers. Consider them unwanted houseguests, the nascent Fredo Corleones of the statistical world. Their impacts are minimized by the academics, social scientists, and Wall Street 'know-it-all' pundits who believe most American households have recovered from the Great Recession.
Outliers and most everything else in the investment world are 'storied' away. People often ask me how I can help people invest and yet write screenplays? Well, stocks are stories. Investments are stories. Do you think Robinhood traders put their money at risk using homework,, or do they scan the Reddit boards for the juiciest gambits?
Outliers just don't get any respect but they demand it! In the face of household financial fragility, we all must think differently about risk mitigation, break away from the financial tenets designed to keep us enslaved in debt, and understand that on occasion, Fredo Corleone could possibly get us killed! (figuratively of course). Except in Michael Corleone's case, it was literal… And close!
Watch for Black Swans!
Taleb touts 'Black Swans' as events outside the lines of normal expectations. Nothing in the past, especially the recent history, points to their emergence. Yet, when these pesky statistical nightmares decide to take over from the standard or bell curve of normal-probability territory, all hell breaks loose.
Although outliers are rare, they propel with enough flame and brimstone to turn our finances and, in some cases our lives, into cinders.
I spent the Texas winter apocalypse re-reading Taleb's classic work by the warm white light of a fully-charged Kindle. For those who haven't picked it up, The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section on robustness and fragility by Nassim Taleb, the paperback edition is worth every bit of $12 bucks. What you'll learn about our illusion of understanding (especially in a world littered with social media) is worth ten times the book's price.
You see, society (social media participants, especially) suffers from an incredible illusory gift. An electronic form of cerebral foreplay where most believe the world is understandable and more predictable than it is. In other words, users consider their opinions as gospel; they also overvalue factual information yet hold little regard for the 'gray' that clouds every fact.
I usually re-read my highlighted version of The Black Swan later in the year. This time, it kept me warm (my brain cells anyway) during one of the coldest Februarys on record for Texas. Re-reading Taleb keeps me grounded and humbled by uncommon events that seemingly occur every decade.
Most pundits discount the ongoing damage of outliers.
The pundits still stomp their feet and jump Evel Knievel canyon-leaps of defiance. They continue to tell us that outliers occur every 100, 1,000, 5,000 years (pick a number). Why people listen to these jokers is beyond me. The masses hope they're correct. That way, we never need to prepare because there's ZERO excitement in preparation. It's too long term, too nebulous, takes too much discipline. Blah, blah, blah.
So, with that, I share with readers the outliers, the frontier fighters you most likely believe never will breach your main personal, financial boundaries until they do.
Here are the next two outlier statements that can change your life:
I need to save as much in taxes TODAY!
It's all about deferring taxes until the tomorrow of retirement when supposedly, tax liabilities will fall. But will they? Probably not. Unfortunately, this is outdated advice still provided by the mainstream financial services industry.
At RIA, we believe growing household tax burdens will be a concern. The taxation of Social Security will not spare retirees from higher taxes. Due to the lingering effects of COVID, Medicare IRMAA charges will affect a larger population of lower-income Medicare recipients.
Either way, with massive fiscal stimulus imminent, taxes are inevitably headed higher for the majority. Therefore, a 'save taxes today mentality' will only lead to higher taxes later on in retirement when you can least afford to pay them.
Tax deferral benefits have lost some firepower.
The tax-deferred snowball story touted throughout the 80s, and early 1990s made sense as ten-year annualized returns on the S&P 500 ranged consistently between 10 to 15%. What a snowball, right? From the mid-90s to today, returns on the large company index have been half or less than half what investors previously realized.
Suppose we're correct at RIA about forward-looking nominal stock returns closer to 3%. In that case, the attractiveness of socking every dollar away in tax-deferred accounts based on the compounding story is as small as a snowball in Texas (until recently).
The blanket, irresponsible statement about how household incomes will drop to the lowest tax bracket in retirement is stubbornly alive and well. Please don't fall for it.
Consider the diversification of accounts!
Maintaining pre-tax, after-tax, and tax-free accounts allows for greater lifetime tax control. It's imperative throughout the retirement income distribution phase.
At RIA, we teach the importance of diversification of accounts. This way, retirees can maintain greater distribution flexibility and control over tax liabilities.
Recently, a client required $50,000 to pay off the mortgage on his primary residence. Thanks to account diversification, we withdrew $20,000 from his pre-tax rollover IRA, $10,000 from his Roth conversion IRA and the remainder from his after-tax brokerage account. This strategy helped reduce taxes he would have incurred if the entire $50,000 needed to be distributed solely from his pre-tax account.
Now is the time to give more respect for Roth IRAs, 401(ks), and conversions. We've been on the Roth bandwagon for close to four years. Currently, I'm hearing more mainstream financial pundits touting the benefits of Roth. As usual, they're late with the message.
Consider tax-deferred accounts such as traditional IRAs and company retirement plans as the fatted calves. Government officials salivate just thinking of their slaughter.
I am a firm believer that fiscal stimulus has just begun. In the future, it'll be 'sneakier.' The pandemic has encouraged lawmakers to realize how current social safety nets don't provide adequate protection therefore, I expect to see bolstering of unemployment benefits and possibly the emergence of new safety nets such as universal basic income and universal child and eldercare.
Taxes are headed higher. It's inevitable. Thus, less popular investing and saving methods, whether Roth or cash-value life insurance, will continue to grow in popularity.
Don't be left out by the fairytale story of tax-deferral. You may not like the ending.
The stock market always rebounds.
Markets move in cycles. As much as the Fed and their cheap money antics seek to ameliorate market cycles, the demand for stocks will eventually shift. Headwinds for returns will occur. The bears will roar awake from hibernation, and with teeth exposed, investors will understand how it's 'not different this time.'
Retirees must think differently.
Young accumulators of stocks with maximum earnings years ahead can weather a bear attack (although still not pleasant). Seemingly, older Americans who require their investment assets to deliver a predictable paycheck shoulder the risk of bleeding (financially) to death even in the face of seemingly minor money wounds.
In other words, a distribution mindset must differ from an accumulation one. Even a 10% correction could be detrimental for retirees who depend on their investment portfolios to provide a predictable income rate. See Lance's chart below. When taxes, fees, and withdrawal rates get considered, even a garden-variety correction turns into a lifestyle-changing episode!
Since 2018, our financial planning group (5 Certified Financial Planners® on staff) has been onboard with estimated lower future returns for every asset class. We adjusted our planning software accordingly as we believe investors are in for a long-term headwind for portfolio returns.
Thus, retirees in distribution mode must think creatively in the face of lower portfolio returns for longer. The steps to consider from year-to-year include: – A temporary reduction in the annual portfolio withdrawal rate, working a part-time job to maintain a retirement lifestyle, living smaller by downsizing, and tapping alternate sources for income, including reverse mortgages or cash value insurance policies.
Expect anemic long-term market returns.
I always look forward to the multiple series of the Crestmont Research year-end analysis. Crestmont steers away from short-term cyclical market moves based on sentiment and momentum. Their research focuses on long-term or secular market cycles. In other words, they're focused on decades, not days.
As a reminder, valuations are a lousy predictor of short-term returns. Eventually, however, valuations matter. Retirees with distribution portfolios must be acutely aware of valuations and their inevitable effect on their retirement lifestyles. Nosebleed stock values portend to lower future returns. Although frustrating to investment accumulators, investment distributors feel the adverse effects most of all.
Gazing at the future.
Using Crestmont's rolling 10-year market returns (as represented by the S&P 500), along with P/E 10, a dismal outlook of future returns emerges. As we at RIA also believe lower returns for variable assets are inevitable, in 2018, we made a team decision to adjust lower every forward-looking asset class return for the foreseeable future.
The job of our financial planners is to provide practical information to our clients. Using 8-10% annual rates of return for plan inputs is downright ignorant and, in most cases, highly irresponsible.
As the Crestmont research showcases, the starting P/E is the most significant driver of future long-term returns.
"The chart helps investors to understand the expected level of return for the next ten years. Investors should avoid the temptation to extrapolate the past year or decade into the longer-term horizon. It will never be more true that past performance is not an indicator of future results." – Advisor Perspectives.
Outliers aren't pleasant.
Outliers aren't fun. Take it from the people in Texas. Outliers don't get much respect until their upon us. Shining a light into the dark corners of extreme probabilities can be the difference between survival and disaster.
Do you know how to expose outliers? Showcase them front and center through holistic financial planning. A comprehensive financial plan outlines the risks one can absorb and risks to mitigate.
Richard Rosso, MS, CFP, CIMA is the Head of Financial Planning for RIA Advisors. He is also a contributing editor to the "Real Investment Advice" website and published author of "Random Thoughts Of A Money Muse." Follow Richard on Twitter | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUcc7xK7Tt52mM8bfs | Curtis Rogers is a Washington, DC-based poet and graphic designer. I first met Curtis when we were both at NYU and had a craft class together where, if I'm remembering correctly, we made some sort of human sound sculpture together. Curtis was then and is now whip-smart, sensitive, and an incredible writer. I hope you'll check out some of his poetry after reading this interview!
Who are you? I'm Curtis. Never Curt. Sometimes baristas write "Kurtis" on my coffees, although I've been off caffeine for a bit. My pharmacist calls me Rogers, my last name. I got a lot of Mr. Rogers jokes as a kid and still do. When I'm creating profiles online often I go by mrcurtz, a nod to Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now. I'm a book lover and a film lover. I'm a writer and self-taught graphic designer. More than anything, I'm a dog person.
Where can you be found online? I don't blog anymore, although it was definitely an important part of my life at one point (more on that below). I also don't have a personal website or any other central location online for my writing, yet. I've been working on one! Right now, you can find my writing online in journals such as Phantom Limb, ILK, Vinyl Poetry, and DIAGRAM. I also write frequently for my friend Jeff Berg's blog, and share my artwork there.
As for how I would describe my work: obsessive, finicky, potty humored, potty mouthed, repetitive, droning, childproof, once-a-day, probed, defensive, strenuous, tenuous at best. A classmate once said my work "hated the reader," which I think is true, for better or worse. Not that I hate for anyone to read my poems! But more that many of my poems follow a sort of embarrassed or evasive logic, with the reader playing Tom to the poem's Jerry or vice versa. They are very cartoonish, in fact, in my head, although often they are also rather dark. Of course, what readers get from the poem is more important to me than how I see them in my head. I hope my poems can take readers somewhere new, if not to a hot tub on a clear night.
What inspired you to start writing/blogging? When did it happen? When I was a teenager I was fanatic about blogging. I had a LiveJournal, GreatestJournal, DeadJournal...I'm sure I'm forgetting some. I wasn't so much inspired to blog as I was coerced by my friends at the time. When you're a teenager in the Florida exurbs, there isn't a lot for you to do offline, especially if you're as beach-phobic as I am. In fact, I first started writing poetry because of my involvement with certain communities on those sites. Now, my only blogging consists of guest posts for friends' sites. I still write poetry regularly, but the poems stay offline until they're published. I think both my blogging and my poetry started with a desire to connect with people similar to myself, because, like most teenagers, I felt misunderstood and isolated. As I've gotten older, my inspiration for writing has less to do with self-expression than it does with helping others misunderstand themselves.
Why do you write? I write because I feel compelled to write. Writing isn't fun for me, or pleasurable. Not really. Although I love to read, writing feels more like a hygienic practice, like peeling off a band-aid for hours at a time. I often get headaches when I write. My method involves consistent dead horse beating—a line must feel "just right" before I am willing to move on in a poem. And I have such a fascination with obsession and echo … it's a miracle I ever finish drafts. Perhaps the real reason I write is simply because it's how I feel best equipped to process my ideas and participate in greater conversations. I'm thinking of the O'Hara poem "Why I Am Not a Painter," although I'm not an O'Hara fanatic. The reasons are murky, but their influences feel instinctual.
Your writing inspires me. Who inspires you? You inspire me. To be a poet today requires enormous dedication and creativity, and there are so many poetic conversations going on at once, I get inspired left and right. A lot of the talented individuals I met through my MFA program inspired me greatly, and continue to do so. Ai, Richard Brautigan, Yusef Komunyakaa, Hart Crane, Gertrude Stein, and Rae Armantrout come to mind as poets who I can't stop re-reading, whose voices always stick in my head. I'm inspired by music of all kinds. When I'm writing a poem, I usually pick a unique song to listen to on repeat while working on that piece. Peggy Lee has been hugely influential. When I'm feeling down I like to listen to her version of "Is That All There Is?," and when I'm feeling up I like her "Fever." My MFA thesis was called "Is to a Fire," referencing the former, and my working manuscript title is "Fever's Mr.," playing off the latter. Graphic art and paintings have had a great influence on me. I've been a freelance graphic designer and low-grade graphic artist since high school. For a while, I used to google paintings by Yves Tanguy as part of my poetic editing ritual. I've written a number of ekphrastic pieces based his work. Film roles and directors, especially from iconic and cult films, have held a lot of my poetic and artistic real estate. TV characters. Video game characters. Drag queens. The list is always growing.
In keeping with the admittedly loose travel theme of Not Intent On Arriving, if you could have an all-expenses paid trip anywhere in the world, where would you go? For a few years, I've been wanting to go to Iceland. That would be at the top of my list. I'm attracted to cold environments, largely because I often feel like I have a mild fever (another source for "Fever's Mr."). When I was a kid, my family lived in Barbados, but I haven't been out of the country since we moved back. I'd like to fix that. My boyfriend has had considerable experience studying and traveling in the Middle East and parts of Africa. If this all-expenses paid trip included a guest, I would probably forgo Iceland to see Istanbul with him.
What is your favorite place on earth? Maybe CVS. Maybe Strand. Maybe Philly.
Anything else you'd like us to know? Speaking of Peggy Lee, I recently found out she inspired Miss Piggy. How cool is that! | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbkY5qoaAwnKZBk7r | You're about to play one of the finale levels of The Second Sky. You'll be needing to hone some lesser used skills here.
The first thing you'll probably do is wander round the whole level and marvel at the mini-map, and then wonder where to start.
The map embedded in the secret tag below indicates how difficult I found various rooms, and may give you a way in if you're stumped because you chose the really tough rooms first.
Babies on the run Queens do not spawn on the square they moved from: an importance consequence is that a queen in a cul-de-sac may be persuaded to turn round without spawning a roach, just at the 30 move point.
Monster movement order is predictable, but hidden to the casual observer. This is heavily exploited in this level and you will not defeat some rooms unless you take careful note of it (with the right click).
right in the middle of a room.
Which Order? You can see the order that the queens will move in my right clicking on them.
Symmetry | ytremmyS is important, or rather the lack of it. There are some rooms here that look symmetrical at first, but turn out not to be.
Parity Queens generally move diagonally, unless something blocks them, and when it does a queen may move from black squares to white squares. Keep an eye out for parity, several puzzles within rely on flipping it around.
CTRL-5 You'll be waiting around for queens to spawn; this key helps.
Brained queens it is beyond my wit to figure out exactly how this works, but there is a sequence of rooms in the middle of this level that take advantage of surprising consequences of the algorithm.
Unlimited Undo (UU) if you've survived this far without it: well done. Now might be the time to treat yourself to it; delicate manipulations of exactly when to spawn roachlings can benefit from the precision timing that UU affords.
Here's the annotated map: Green rooms are easy, Yellow medium and Red hard. A couple of rooms are tagged as warm up.
I used the amazing Caravel facility here that lets you see a medium sized map for any rooms you've visited.
Note1: I'm posting this before I'm done to see how it looks on the forum site. Feedback welcome, and I will revise the map and this post.
Note2: I've not seen a general level guide like this before, and I realize some folk might not like it, because it looks ahead too much. I took the view that this level makes no effort to hide any of the rooms themsleves, so it was ok to reveal the (rather beautiful) level map.
Well, I don't know how others feel, but I really appreciate what you did here. I only took a cursory glance because I don't want spoilers for the rooms I haven't completed yet, but I think having an overall strategy guide for certain levels like this would be nice. I would have certainly loved something like this for Experiment of Ages (I took me forever to "get" some of the basic ideas on that level, like trapping Gentryii by the tail, etc, which get used in one room after the next). It's also nice to have a large map like this to give you an idea of what rooms might be good ones to start out with and so on.
By the way, brained queen movement is one of the more confusing monster behaviors, (and I don't claim to be an expert with brained queen manipulation) but I understand it MUCH better after having played through the Advanced Concepts hold. If you haven't played Advanced Concepts, I highly recommend it. It's a great advanced tutorial which somehow pulls off the trick of being both a movement tutorial, and being extremely fun and challenging at the same time. The "Advanced Brain Movement" level from that hold (which is accessible right from the beginning) goes over in detail how brained roach queens work and has a few fun rooms for you to test your understanding in. I can't possibly recommend it enough!
Thanks for the feedback, Insoluble, and anonymous for the rank points (correlated with mrimer's presence on the board....).
I've now completed the level, and it was excellent: thank you Larry Murk, I believe.
I feel it would have benefited from a little guidance to the explorer as to which rooms to tackle first.
I updated the guide attached to the original post with my view of the difficulty level of the rooms.
Do you mean finding it or solving it?
If you mean finding it, there's a map of the level, secrets included, in the first post of this thread. | c4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdYM5qWTA5dUDkY5D | The Hill newspaper is reporting Wednesday that the FBI is investigating an illegal contribution scheme involving a Saudi family that backs Democrat Patrick Murphy in Florida's U.S. Senate race.
With Election Day nearing, Florida elected officials from both parties have found something to agree on: They want more money from the Obama administration.
A new Florida Atlantic University poll gives Democrat Hillary Clinton a within-the-margin-of-error lead over Donald Trump in Florida, rebounding from an earlier survey that showed him trailing by six percent. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUasvxK02iP15veAtf | Beautiful Barcelona
|In Spain
|By Andre & Elaine
Today is our 5th wedding anniversary and we've decided to celebrate this milestone in the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona. It's our first trip to mainland Spain (only been to Ibiza before which is under Spanish rule) and it kind of feels like we're back in South America where life is all about sun, sea, wine and football. The locals are friendly (and very loud) but don't seem to take life all that serious. It's the perfect setting for our long weekend away.
We started our day with a slow stroll down the Las Ramblas, a tree-lined pedestrian road in the heart of the city, famous for its street artists, pavement cafes and souvenir shops. The Las Ramblas stretches 1.2 kilometres wide and give tourists the best flavours of the local cuisine. Unfortunately, this is also the hotspot in Barcelona where pickpockets tend to have a field day with tourists and that's why you will see many people in the area wearing their backpacks to the front. Nonetheless, it gave us the opportunity to soak up the culture as we made our way from the beach all the way uptown.
Our aim was to walk from the Las Ramblas to the Sagrada Família in one go, but without warning, we found ourselves in the middle of a political protest, surrounded by thousands and thousands of people. But don't worry, it's not what you think. Coming from South Africa, we tend to associate political protests with people rioting in the streets, setting tyres on fire, throwing stones, burning down schools, homes or universities, even trashing cars and buses just to get their point across. On this side of the world, however, the protest went a little bit differently with people dressing up in bright colours, dancing in the streets and peacefully raising their banners and flags to make their case for Catalonia's independence from Spain. Whether you like the independence argument or not, it was amazing to see how people can be passionate about their argument and have fun all at the same time. In fact, for the first 30 minutes we were under the impression it's a parade or celebration of some sort, but we later figured out it's actually a protest against the national government.
Eventually, we made it to the Sagrada Família Basilica and this was the highlight of the day. If like Elaine, you love architecture, then a visit to the Basilica is a must when visiting Barcelona. Construction started a 136 years ago, in 1882, and is still under construction today. It was designed by the famous architect Antoni Gaudí who died in 1926 and construction is set to complete in 2026, marking the 100th anniversary of his death. Upon completion, the main tower, also known as The Jesus Tower, will be the highest church tower in the world and will rise 172.5 metres high. Gaudí believed that man should never create anything bigger than what God created and therefore the church tower is slightly lower than the nearest mountain peak of 173 metres. Weird fact, in 1984, the Sagrada Família was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site but the building was never granted a building permit by the Spanish government until 2018. After 136 years of "illegally" building on the site, the Basilica now faces a £30m fine (that is R540m) – ouch!
After spending around 3 hours at the Basilica, we made our way to Park Güell, another masterpiece of Antoni Gaudí but this time in the shape of a public park, gardens and architectonic elements, all located on Carmel Hill overlooking the city. The park was built between 1900 and 1914 but only opened to the public in the year of his death. The park not only reflects Gaudí's artistic nature but quickly became the global identity of the city as we know it today. We spent about 2 hours in the park, enjoying a spectacular city view at sunset before heading back to the beach for some wine and seafood.
Tomorrow we'll take the day slow, spend some time on the beach or head over to our hotel spa to get pampered into the next level of relaxation. Either way, we'll do what the locals do and just chill out.
From a beach next to the Balearic Sea, good night!
Andre & Elaine
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BkiUdPc5ixsDMVd4__f9 | Bahá'u'lláh – The Divine Educator
The Life of Bahá'u'lláh
April, 1863. Men and women, young and old, from all walks of life, gathered on the thoroughfare leading to the banks of the River Tigris in Baghdad to bid a tearful farewell to One Who had become their friend, their comforter and their guide.
Mirza Husayn-'Alí—known as Bahá'u'lláh—was being banished from their midst. As a prominent follower of the Báb, whose teachings had swept through Persia two decades before, Bahá'u'lláh had forfeited the privileged life into which He had been born, and instead embraced imprisonment and exile for the rest of His days.
But despair would soon be transformed into hope: Before leaving the environs of Baghdad, Bahá'u'lláh would announce to His companions what many of them had already suspected—that He was the great Divine Educator heralded by the Báb, the initiator of a new era in history in which the tyrannies and injustices of the past would give way to a world of peace and justice: an embodiment of the principle of the oneness of humankind.
The "Divine Springtime," He would unequivocally proclaim, had arrived.
Born in Tehran, Iran on 12 November, 1817, Mirza Husayn-'Alí enjoyed all the advantages conferred by noble birth. From a very early age, He displayed extraordinary knowledge and wisdom.
As a young man, rather than pursuing a career in government service as His father had done, Mirza Husayn-'Alí chose to devote His energies to the care of the poor. He showed no interest in seeking position or prominence.
With His acceptance of the religion of the Báb, life permanently changed for the young nobleman and His family. Although They never met in person, from the moment Mirza Husayn-'Alí heard of the Báb's message, He declared His wholehearted belief in it and put all of His energy and influence into promoting it.
In 1848, a significant gathering of the Báb's followers took place in a village in the northeast of Iran named Badasht. Mirza Husayn-'Alí played a central role in the proceedings, which affirmed the independent character of the new religion. From this time onwards, Mirza Husayn-'Alí was known as Bahá'u'lláh, meaning the "Glory of God" in Arabic.
As the community of the Báb's followers grew, so did the fierce opposition it provoked. Thousands upon thousands were subjected to the most cruel and barbaric treatment, and many were put to death. When three hundred Bábís sought refuge in a deserted shrine called Shaykh Tabarsi, Bahá'u'lláh set out to join them, but He was prevented from reaching His destination.
In 1850, the Báb was publicly executed. With the majority of the Báb's leading supporters killed, it soon became evident that Bahá'u'lláh was the only One to Whom the remaining Bábís could turn.
In 1852, Bahá'u'lláh was falsely charged with complicity in an attempt on the life of Nasiruddin Shah, the King of Iran. When the warrant was issued, He set out to face His accusers, much to the astonishment of those who were charged with arresting Him. They conducted Him, barefoot and in chains, through teeming streets to a notorious subterranean dungeon, known as the "Black Pit."
The dungeon had once been the reservoir for a public bath. Within its walls, prisoners languished in the cold and unhealthy air, clamped together by an unbearably heavy chain that left its mark on Bahá'u'lláh's body for the rest of His life.
It was in this grim setting that the rarest and most cherished of events was once again played out: a mortal man, outwardly human in every respect, was chosen by God to bring to humanity a new message.
This experience of Divine Revelation, touched on only indirectly in surviving accounts of the lives of Moses, Christ, and Muhammad, is illustrated in Bahá'u'lláh's own words: "During the days I lay in the prison of Tihran, though the galling weight of the chains and the stench-filled air allowed Me but little sleep, still in those infrequent moments of slumber I felt as if something flowed from the crown of My head over My breast, even as a mighty torrent that precipitateth itself upon the earth from the summit of a lofty mountain…At such moments My tongue recited what no man could bear to hear."
Exile to Baghdad
After four months of intense suffering, Bahá'u'lláh—now ill and utterly exhausted—was released and exiled forever from His native Iran. He and his family were sent to Baghdad. There, the remaining followers of the Báb increasingly turned to Bahá'u'lláh for moral and spiritual guidance. The nobility of His character, the wisdom of His counsel, the kindness that He showered upon all and the increasing evidences of superhuman greatness in Him, revived the downtrodden community.
Bahá'u'lláh's emergence as the leader of the community of the Báb's followers increasingly aroused the intense jealousy of Mirza Yahya, His ambitious, younger half-brother. Mirza Yahya made several shameless efforts to slander Bahá'u'lláh's character and sow seeds of suspicion and doubt among His companions. To remove Himself from being the cause of tension, Bahá'u'lláh retired to the mountains of Kurdistan, where He remained for two years, reflecting on His divine purpose. This period of His life was reminiscent of Moses' withdrawal to Mount Sinai, Christ's days in the wilderness, and Muhammad's retreat in the Arabian hills.
Yet even in this remote region, Bahá'u'lláh's fame spread. People heard that a man of extraordinary wisdom and eloquence was to be found there. When such stories reached Baghdad, the Bábís, guessing Bahá'u'lláh's identity, dispatched a mission to implore Him to return.
Residing once more in Baghdad, Bahá'u'lláh reinvigorated the Báb's followers; the stature of the community grew and His reputation spread ever further. He composed three of His most renowned works at this time—the Hidden Words, the Seven Valleys and the Book of Certitude (Kitáb-i-Íqán). While Bahá'u'lláh's writings alluded to His station, it was not yet the time for a public announcement.
As Bahá'u'lláh's fame spread, the envy and malice of some of the clergy was rekindled. Representations were made to the Shah of Iran to ask the Ottoman Sultan to remove Bahá'u'lláh further from the Iranian border. A second banishment was decreed.
At the end of April 1863, shortly before leaving the environs of Baghdad for Istanbul (known as Constantinople in the English language of the time), Bahá'u'lláh and His companions resided for twelve days in a garden which He named Ridván, meaning "Paradise". There, on the banks of the River Tigris, Bahá'u'lláh declared Himself to be the One heralded by the Báb—God's Messenger to the age of humanity's collective maturity, foretold in all the world's scriptures.
Further banishments
Three months after departing Baghdad, Bahá'u'lláh and His fellow exiles reached Constantinople. They remained there for just four months before a further banishment took them to Edirne (Adrianople), a gruelling journey undertaken during the coldest of winters. In Adrianople, their accommodation failed to protect them from the bitter temperatures.
Bahá'u'lláh referred to Adrianople as the "remote prison." Yet despite the inhospitable conditions under which the exiles were forced to live, inspired verses continued to flow from Bahá'u'lláh's pen, and His message reached as far away as Egypt and India.
During this period Mirza Yahya, the jealous half-brother of Bahá'u'lláh, contrived to poison Him. This tragic episode left Bahá'u'lláh with a tremor that showed in His handwriting to the end of His life.
Beginning in September 1867, Bahá'u'lláh wrote a series of letters to the leaders and rulers of various nations. In these prescient writings, He openly proclaimed His station, speaking of the dawn of a new age. But first, He warned, there would be catastrophic upheavals in the world's political and social order. He summoned the world's leaders to uphold justice and called upon them to convene an assembly where they would meet and put an end to war. Only by acting collectively, He said, could a lasting peace be established. His warnings fell upon deaf ears.
Continued agitation from Bahá'u'lláh's detractors caused the Ottoman government to banish Him one final time, to its most notorious penal colony. Arriving in the Mediterranean prison city of 'Akká on 31 August 1868, Bahá'u'lláh was to spend the rest of His life in the fortified city and its environs.
Confined to a prison for more than two years, He and His companions were later moved to a cramped house within the city's walls. Little by little, the moral character of the Bahá'ís—particularly Bahá'u'lláh's eldest son, 'Abdu'l-Bahá—softened the hearts of their jailers, and penetrated the bigotry and indifference of 'Akká's residents. As in Baghdad and Adrianople, the nobility of Bahá'u'lláh's character gradually won the admiration of the community at large, including some of its leaders.
In 'Akká, Bahá'u'lláh revealed His most important work, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (the Most Holy Book), in which He outlined the essential laws and principles of His Faith, and established the foundations for a global administrative order.
Final years
In the late 1870s, Bahá'u'lláh—while still a prisoner—was granted some freedom to move outside of the city's walls, allowing His followers to meet with Him in relative peace. In April 1890, Professor Edward Granville Browne of Cambridge University met Bahá'u'lláh at the mansion near 'Akká where He had taken up residence.
Browne wrote of their meeting: "The face of Him on Whom I gazed I can never forget, though I cannot describe it. Those piercing eyes seemed to read one's very soul; power and authority sat on that ample brow…No need to ask in whose presence I stood, as I bowed myself before one who is the object of a devotion and love which kings might envy and emperors sigh for in vain."
Bahá'u'lláh passed away on 29 May, 1892. In His will, He designated 'Abdu'l-Bahá as His successor and Head of the Bahá'í Faith — the first time in history that the Founder of a world religion had named his successor in a written irrefutable text. This choice of a successor is a central provision of what is known as the "Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh," enabling the Bahá'í community to remain united for all time. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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Turkey is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. East Thrace, the part of Turkey in Europe, is separated from Anatolia by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorous strait and the Dardanelles (collectively called the Turkish Straits). Turkey is bordered by Greece and Bulgaria to its northwest; Georgia to its northeast; Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south. Istanbul is the largest city while Ankara is the capital. Approximately 70 to 80 per cent of the country's citizens identify as Turkish. Kurds are the largest minority; the size of the Kurdish population is a subject of dispute with estimates placing the figure at anywhere from 12 to 25 per cent of the population.
At various points in its history, the region has been inhabited by diverse civilizations including the Assyrians, Greeks, Thracians, Phrygians, Urartians, and Armenians. Hellenization started during the era of Alexander the Great and continued into the Byzantine era. The Seljuk Turks began migrating into the area in the 11th century, and their victory over the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 symbolizes the start and foundation of Turkey. The Seljuk Sultanate of Rum ruled Anatolia until the Mongol invasion in 1243, when it disintegrated into small Turkish principalities.Beginning in the late 13th-century, the Ottomans started uniting these Turkish principalities. After Mehmed II conquered Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman expansion continued under Selim I. During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent the Ottoman Empire encompassed much of Southeast Europe, West Asia and North Africa and became a world power. In the following centuries the state entered a period of decline with a gradual loss of territories and wars. In an effort to consolidate the weakening social and political foundations of the empire, Mahmut II started a period of modernisation in the early 19th century, bringing reforms in all areas of the state including the military and bureaucracy along with the emancipation of all citizens.
In 1913, a coup d'etat effectively put the country under the control of the Three Pashas. During World War I, the Ottoman government committed genocides against its Armenian, Assyrian and Pontic Greek subjects. Following the war, the conglomeration of territories and peoples that formerly comprised the Ottoman Empire was partitioned into several new states. The Turkish War of Independence, initiated by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his colleagues against occupying Allied Powers, resulted in the abolition of monarchy in 1922 and the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, with Ataturk as its first president. Ataturk enacted numerous reforms, many of which incorporated various aspects of Western thought, philosophy, and customs into the new form of Turkish government. The Kurdish–Turkish conflict, an armed conflict between the Republic of Turkey and Kurdish insurgents, has been active since 1984 primarily in the southeast of the country. Various Kurdish groups demand separation from Turkey to create an independent Kurdistan or to have autonomy and greater political and cultural rights for Kurds in Turkey.
Turkey is a charter member of the UN, an early member of NATO, the IMF and the World Bank, and a founding member of the OECD, OSCE, BSEC, OIC and G-20. After becoming one of the first members of the Council of Europe in 1949, Turkey became an associate member of the EEC in 1963, joined the EU Customs Union in 1995 and started accession negotiations with the European Union in 2005 which have been effectively stopped by the EU in 2017 due to "Turkey's path toward autocratic rule". Turkey's economy and diplomatic initiatives led to its recognition as a regional power while its location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history. Turkey is a secular, unitary, formerly parliamentary republic which adopted a presidential system with a referendum in 2017; the new system came into effect with the presidential election in 2018. Turkey's current administration headed by president Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the AKP has enacted measures to increase the influence of Islam, and undermine Kemalist policies and freedom of the press.
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BkiUdL_xK3xgpbERDGiJ | 31 January 2019 Marianna 1 Comments
I am sitting in a crowded hall, at the Kenya/Tanzania border. I went through immigration pretty quickly, but some guys from my group are stuck because of some system issues.
It might be the right time to sum up the couple of days I spent in Kenya.
I landed in Africa for the first time in my life at the Jomo Kenyatta airport, in Nairobi, in the early morning of the 28th January.
I was lucky enough to enjoy a magnificent sunrise from the plane.
MY FIRST AFRICAN SUNRISE
I arranged transport with the agency I booked my trip with, but after 20 minutes of wait, I started to think that something was wrong. My Australian phone number was inactive, that means I could not make phone calls or use the internet. One taxi driver approached me a kindly asked if he could help. I explained him the situation, and he set up a hot spot with his phone to check my e-mail, and that's how I found out that the driver was going to pick me up at 8 pm and not 8 am. Shit happens, but fortunately, one thing that never lacks in airports are taxi drivers. That kind guy, his name is Nicholas, drove me to my first stop, the Wildebeest Eco-Campground.
During the ride, Nicholas gave me an insight into Nairobi's life and explained to me the history of the suburb I was going to stay, which is Karen.
The land was once a coffee plantation owned by a Danish family, and it is believed that the name comes from one of the owners, Karen Blixen. The suburb hosts a wealthy population of European ancestry.
The Wildebeest Eco-Camp was an oasis in the hustle and bustle of the city. A beautiful garden with permanent tents surrounded a bean-shaped swimming pool that faced a two storeys terrace, where guests would have their meals. That peaceful and zen atmosphere, together with the kindness of the local staff, made me fall in love instantly with that place.
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Wildebeest eco-camp
I love to wander and explore places by myself, but even if Nairobi is not the safest place in the world, I didn't have any issues. I asked the staff if it was safe for me to wander around by myself, and they assure me it was ok during the day but discourage to do so after dark.
Said so, I wandered around for the rest of the morning and spent the afternoon by the swimming pool. I felt in a sort of 5 stars resort.
DAVID SHELDRICK'S ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE
While having dinner on the beautiful terrace, I started a conversation with a guy who was camping there. It is unbelievable the amazing people you meet in this sort of travels: his name is JD, a middle-aged Canadian man full of energy and full of life. He owns a whale-watching company in Québec. He worked in Africa for several years in his early twenties for a tour company and has been coming back to travel around the continent with his Land Cruiser for six months a year.
I love Canadian people; they are all so polite, chilled and laid back.
We planned to visit together a couple of attractions nearby the day after, so after a good night sleep under the starts, we headed for breakfast first thing in the morning. He knows the neighbourhood pretty well and took me to a small deli where we had bread and cheese, and with a full belly, we drove to our first stop, the Elephant Orphanage.
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is an organisation founded in 1977, and although best known for its success in rescuing and rehabilitating orphaned elephants, the Trust works closely with Kenya WildlifeService and Kenya Forest service for environmental and wildlife conservation.
For $5 you can join the keepers for the orphans' feeding every day between 11 to noon.
The costs that the organisation faces are very high, but everyone can donate a small amount to the Trust and can also adopt an orphaned calf, for $50 a year. If you want more info on how to help a baby elephant, rhino or giraffe, visit their website.
SAFARI WALK
Our second stop was the Nairobi Safari Walk. Closest to a zoo than a national park, this site is popular amongst families with kids that do not want to engage in a proper safari. It is the closest you can get to wild animals. The raised boardwalk takes you through three different eco-system, wetland, savannah and forest, where you can encounter species like lion, cheetah, leopard, zebra, white rhino and so on.
The entrance was $25, which is a fair price, but JD and I went there during the hottest part of the day, that means the animals were eighter sleeping or hiding in the shade.
COLOBUS MONKEY
THE DRIVE TO TANZANIA
We went out for dinner in an Indian restaurant and said goodbye, given that I had to leave early the morning after.
At 6 am Nicholas picked me up from the camp and drove to a Hotel in the business district where I boarded a van with other people directed to Tanzania. We drove through Kibera, the largest slum in Africa, and the third in the world. The population is estimated to be between 500.000 and 1 million people. It is practically impossible to have an accurate census. People leave in extreme poverty; access to basic services like electricity and running water are scarce. It was heartbreaking to see that part of the city, and I felt small and impotent. When I travel to developing countries, I try to take a glimpse at the real life of locals, and every time I end up feeling like crap.
KIBERA SLUM
The drive continued, and Nicholas dropped me off at the hotel. The van picked me up shortly after, and in a couple of hours, we reached the border with Tanzania.
And here we are, waiting for the visa for two of the guys in our group.
In the meantime, I walk around and look at the pictures I took during these first two days. I enjoyed my time in Africa so far. The two hours drive from Nairobi to the Tanzanian border was quite pleasant, and I had the chance to see the Kenyan countryside.
Now I need to get ready for Kilimanjaro.
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said on 14 December 2019
La mia è solo e semplicissimamente invidia ! Nulla di oltre l'invidia….
Il mio è sentimento spiacevole e acrimonioso verso chi possiede un tempo per vivere così come vorrei ma non posso.
Non è una gelosia, rivalità (verso), un sentimento di malanimo, o astio, ma bile!
Ovvio che vi è anche un sentimento di ammirazione, apprezzamento, considerazione, rispetto….ma cavolo sopraggiunge poi maledettamente l'invidia.
Ma è un invidia con il sorriso…perchè le paludi intorno a Lagos, o le capanne nel Dahomey non le ho fotografate ma le porto sempre nell'anima. | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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In a season so far marked by ups and downs, Cornell men's lacrosse picked up its first conference win of the year on Saturday, defeating Penn, 20-13.
During halftime at Adams Field in Philadelphia, the scoreboard reflected a two-goal lead for the Quakers (5-4, 1-1 Ivy). But the Red (4-3, 1-1) came out strong in the second half, scoring nine of the game's last 11 goals to power itself to victory.
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5 Things We Know About The Upcoming Jeep Compass Facelift
Published On Nov 17, 2020 08:00 AM By Dhruv for Jeep Compass 2020
While the updated Compass only looks like a minor design update from the outside, Jeep has been busy adding features and making changes underneath its skin
Jeep's upcoming facelift of the Compass has been spotted many times and always tightly wrapped in camouflage, hiding the change to its design. Now however, undisguised spy shots of it have cropped up in China which confirm some of the information we already knew about the facelifted SUV. Here's 5 things we know about the upcoming Compass facelift:
Looks same, but also different
Don't be fooled if you find yourself unable to immediately notice what exactly the changes are on the new Compass. Jeep has mildly updated the design of the Compass' front end. The headlights are now sleeker, the grille has been tweaked slightly and the bumper also has been given new cuts and creases that refresh its fascia . These subtle changes won't be noticeable at first glance, but they definitely give the Compass a sharper look.
The facelifted Compass is expected to get Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' latest UConnect 5 Infotainment system. The central screen looks like it has grown to over 10 inches in size. It is expected to bring the latest features such as connected car technology to the Jeep Compass. Apart from that, the Compass facelift is also expected to be equipped with Level 2 autonomous tech, with features like highway assist, active blind spot detection and more. Whether this tech will be available on the India-spec model or not, still remains to be seen.
New interior colour scheme
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New alloy wheel design
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((Not on label) no#, 2018, LP / CD)
by Henry Schneider, Published 2018-05-02
His Name Is Stan and He's a Bad Motherf**ker is the debut album of a new progressive rock band from Austin, Crocodile. Band leader, composer, and guitarist Kevin Sims has created a progressive rock opera the likes of which we have not seen in decades. Drawing on influences from Gentle Giant, Genesis, Jethro Tull, and PFM, His Name Is Stan and He's a Bad Motherf**ker tells the story of Kevin's first job as a teenager doing high quality construction and remodeling work for Stan. Stan was a workaholic and perfectionist, something that Kevin could not relate to at that young age. He dreaded the start of each day and longed for the end. This feeling of dread is reflected in the opening track "(pre)Dawn of Stan." Here we first encounter Crocodile's powerful symphonic rock, propelled by Ted Thomas' (Thirteen of Everything and Virtual Noise DJ on KOOP) heavy bass, Philip Spann's keyboards (Mellotron and synths), and Greg Seale's drumming. They do not sound at all like their influences above, but there is something elusive that keeps making me think of Gormenghast. Kevin starts his work day on track two, "I Was a Worker," with its melodic and mechanical music-box-like intro into an upbeat and complex song, with Stan's refrain "Sure do need you to work… forever." Track three is the instrumental, "Sawhorse," with its fantastic interplay of progressive blues rock, European sound, synths, and a dash of Krautrock. "Stan" follows and emphasizes Stan's work ethic and attention to detail told as a hard rock / jazz fusion song with a bit of dissonance and a cool guitar solo. When we reach mid-day Kevin takes a short cheerful symphonic instrumental break "Interlude (Lunchtime)." Then it is back to work with the complex "Stir the Stain (F**k the Door)" that relates an incident when one day Kevin dropped an open gallon of dark brown stain in the living room of a beautiful white carpeted house. And this was the only time that he had ever heard Stan curse. To close the album, we fast forward 25 years to the present day where Kevin comes to the realization that "I Am Stan." This closing track combines western swing with intricate progressive rock, something completely new, that moves through numerous mood and tempo changes. His Name Is Stan and He's a Bad Motherf**ker is an impressive debut album, especially so since it is released on vinyl, and certainly one of the best from the Austin progressive rock scene.
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Kelsey Welcomes New Staff Member to Registry
Sebastián Encina experiencing a Mediterranean culture firsthand (in this case Morocco, the Sahara Desert at sunset) in preparation for his position at the Kelsey Museum.
The Kelsey Museum staff extends its warmest welcome to Sebastián Encina, our new Coordinator of Museum Collections. Among the primary responsibilities of Sebastián's new position is facilitating classroom use of Kelsey objects. In this capacity he has already enjoyed meeting with Curator Elaine Gazda's "Hellenistic and Roman Sculpture" class. He has also taken over management of the Museum's collections database and has begun restructuring and updating it. In addition, Sebastián is designing a study area—which will extend along the Kelsey's third-floor loft—equipped to allow students and researchers to access the collections database, burn CDs, and digitize images.
Before Sebastián's arrival, Curator of Slides and Photographs Robin Meador-Woodruff, recently assisted by Kate Carras, worked alone in the Kelsey registry, ably keeping track of every item in the Museum. Yet Robin has insisted for years that an additional registry position was mandatory to sustain the level of services the Museum is committed to offering. Needless to say, she, like all the other curators, was relieved when the appointment was finally authorized and delighted when Sebastián arrived to fill it.
Sebastián comes to his new position well prepared in both archaeology and collections management. Born in Chile, he grew up in Rochester, New York, where he received a BA from St. John Fisher College. He also holds an MA in Anthropology, with a concentration in Museum Training, from the George Washington University.
In 1997 Sebastián participated in archaeological fieldwork in Ukraine. He then took a job in Rochester at the George Eastman House—a historic home that also serves as a photography museum. There he catalogued precinematic equipment, including such curiosities as magic lanterns and megalethoscopes, before becoming assistant archivist in the Technology Department. Most recently, Sebastián worked at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, transforming archaeological records for a new database system and cataloguing artifacts of the Olmec, a pre-Columbian culture in Mexico and Central America.
When not at his computer in the Kelsey registry, Sebastián enjoys traveling and photography. Some of his photographs have been exhibited at a Washington Barnes & Noble bookstore.
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Anheuser-Busch InBev puts ale on the rails
It might not work for every city struggling with road congestion, but authorities in Belgium have come up with a unique approach to easing traffic on some of their busiest highways: establishing a train dedicated solely to beer.
The new "beer train" made its inaugural run in mid-June, delivering its frothy cargo—Jupiler beer—from the Anheuser-Busch InBev brewery in Jupille, Wallonia (near Liège), to a distribution center run by wholesaler Delhaize in Ninove, East Flanders (just outside Brussels). The service, which will run three times a week, is intended to replace daily trips by trucks between the two sites. Once fully under way, it is expected to take as many as 5,000 trucks off the road each year.
The service, which was set up with the help of the province of East Flanders, is a collaboration between Belgian rail operator Lineas and third-party logistics service specialist Remitrans. In addition to easing pressure on the roads (particularly the crowded ring road around Brussels), the switch to rail will help the supply chain partners meet sustainability goals like cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Giant brewer AB InBev, for instance, has a worldwide goal of cutting its carbon dioxide emissions at least 25 percent by the end of 2017.
Belgian authorities say the new service is part of a concerted effort to promote intermodalism. "The beer train deserves to be copied," Flemish Minister of Mobility Ben Weyts told RailFreight magazine. "Companies don't have to stare blindly at traffic jams at their front doors: there are often excellent alternatives ... at the back door, like waterways or railways. When partners work together and look at alternatives with an open mind, thousands of lorries can be removed from our roads."
Transportation Rail
KEYWORDS Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) Delhaize Lineas Remitrans
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Congress puts controversial driver re-start provision on life support | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdY84eILhQFSF1fs2 | Tikokino and OngaOnga residents will be receiving survey forms in their letterbox soon as the Hawke's Bay Regional and Central Hawke's Bay District Councils seek to better understand the community's current water supply situation and water quantity issues.
Some in the community have raised concerns about running out of domestic water in the dry summer months.
Central Hawke's Bay District Council Mayor, Alex Walker says both the regional and district councils want to get a fuller picture of the concerns to help inform the assistance provided by the two councils.
Residents will have until 30 November to complete the survey.
Meanwhile, a water quantity public information evening is being organised before Christmas to discuss water management challenges in Central Hawke's Bay.
The specially-formed Tukituki Taskforce Group continues to meet to develop solutions to manage water quantity in the short, medium and long term in Central Hawke's Bay. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbDk4ukPiES_fIc8J | Q: How To Associate Specific Product Item ID aka Name With An InApp Purchase? Imagine a world of widgets where each widget has a unique name / identifier. For example, ABC.
I need to deliver specific content (ABC content) that they bought based on that unique identifier after payment has been confirmed by Apple.
Here's an example: They purchased a Widget, but I need to know what the specific identifier aka name of the widget was that they bought in order to get them the right widget content. Each widget has a unique identifier / name that comes from the server. There are billions of uniquely named widgets.
Ideally, I would send supplemental information with the transaction to Apple so that when the transaction success notification comes back I know exactly which Widget (such as ABC) has been bought.
Is there a way to send supplemental information that is returned to me later or do I need to manage my own queue of product purchases where each purchase has the specific name / identifier of the product? If I have to manage my own collection of attempted Widget purchases, what is good practice on doing that? Do I store an NSMutableArray of SKPaymentTransaction objects to look up later?
(BTW, there are three different kinds of boxes. Each different kind of box has a different cost and thus productIdentifier.) However, only 1 kind of box requires the named Widget feature.
Thanks!
BTW, I studied this documentation and what it links to a lot:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/StoreKitGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008267
A: At this time, the answer is to track your own specific product information.
In the context of widgets, have your own queue (NSMutableArray) of specific widgets (or just widget names if that's all you need). This custom Widget queue is referred to after getting the green light (verified receipt) from apple.
In other words, put Widget on your own Widget queue, get green light from Apple, get Widget off of queue, and do what you need to do to deliver content.
All of this is much easier if the management of the custom queue and the interactions with Apple's Store Kit is done by a class called TransactionBroker (or whatever name you wish).
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BkiUfnzxK4sA-9F9mv9f | How can this be? London has been voted the best of British when it comes to their smiles.
In a national poll by the Oral Health Foundation the capital saw off competition from 44 of the most populated cities in the UK.
More than than 2,000 Brits were questioned as part of the National Smile Month initiative to try and provide an insight into smiles across the country.
The survey revealed that more than one in five (21 per cent) identified Londoners as having the greatest grins, beating those in York (18 per cent) and Liverpool (16 per cent) into second and third place.
The cities trailing behind in the smile stakes were Wolverhampton (ouch – too close for comfort), Salford and Lichfield who shared less than six per cent of the total vote between them.
We understand that Black Country heartland, Dudley, is not a city, so it does not qualify in this poll. But we would, however, just like to put on record a big thanks for your smile for every patient that brightens our day.
If you think our smiles can rival those in London visit our Facebook page and like us. Let's see how many 'likes' we can get and help make Dudley a smiley place to be.
Dr Nigel Carter OBE, CEO of the Oral Health Foundation discussed the poll in a news bulletin on the nationalsmilemonth.org website.
"London may have a reputation for being a place that is very short on smiles but this couldn't be further from the truth," he said.
National Smile Month, which runs until June 16 is UK's largest and longest running charity campaign initiative aimed at increasing awareness of importance of oral health, and this year celebrates its 40th year.
We all want to see more smiles and as a North Street Dental and Implant Clinic we also want them to be healthy. Too often we have seen first-hand how smiles become lost as oral health deteriorates, affecting confidence, self-esteem, relationships and overall health.
National Smile Month is a great opportunity to get your smile on with a dental health check-up.
Simple smile really the best aphrodisiac Is the Tooth Fairy real? | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdus4eIfiUSg2f95i | Q: Configurar cadena de conexión en proyecto de librería en .net 6 Buen día a todos, estoy iniciando en .net 6 vengo de .net framework y estoy tratando de configurar la cadena de conexión de mi entity (uso databse first).
Mi solución esta estructurada de la siguiente forma (3 proyectos):
-Acceso a Datos
*
*Carpeta con entity
*
*Context.cs
-Aplicación (Tiene la lógica y tiene referencia a acceso a datos)
-Proyecto web asp mvc (Referencia proyecto aplicación)
*
*appsettings.json (tiene la cadena de conexión que se quiere usar)
Cuando cree el entity se genero la configuración del context de la siguiente manera:
protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
{
if (!optionsBuilder.IsConfigured)
{
optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer("Server=.; Database=xxxxx; Trusted_Connection=True;");
}
}
agregue la siguiente configuración en el proyecto web (Program.cs) para que tome la cadena de conexión que esta en el archivo appsettings.json
builder.Services.AddDbContext<MiDBContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));
pero esta tomando la cadena de conexión que esta en el archivo context en el proyecto de acceso a datos.
Como puedo hacer para que tome la cadena de conexión que configuro en el proyecto web asp mvc?
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BkiUdxI4ubng3m-N5TmY | When you are finally ready to look at homes, here are some of the things to look deeply into. If the homes does not meet some basic need like too few bedrooms, a pool you don't want, a destroyed back yard or other cross-it-off-our-list consideration then you really don't need to look into the aspects below. Move on to the next home.
If you find one that meets your basic needs then look at these items. Feel free to walk around the inside and outside of the whole house. Look up and look down.
- What seems out of place?
The Jump – you must sometimes make a quick decision about a home or you will lose out on it. Here is how to bridge the gap in these two opposing needs we have discussed. You can put a house in contract very quickly. That doesn't mean you have to close on it. Now, I am not suggesting that you do this in a cavalier fashion. You are involved in the Sellers' life as much as your own and must play fairly. But the time that a home is in escrow is the time that commercial Realtors call "due diligence." That is the time for investigating every aspect of this very important decision you are making.
Feel free to have a physical inspector examine the home for possible defects. Remember you are most likely buying a USED home, not a new one. To expect a previously occupied home to be as perfect as a new one is unrealistic. The physical inspection is not supposed to be a club you use to bash the Seller into perfecting the home. What it IS for is to determine if there are any major, undisclosed items that could cost you plenty down the road. Don't ask the Seller to replace the electrical cover plates that are out of date; that is petty. Don't ask them to replace the roof; they can't afford that.
They want their price and their Realtor has probably already pounded on them to accept alower price because the carpet needs repair or the kitchen is outdated. You will not get the lower price and concessions for the outdated amenities, too. Late in the process you may need for the Seller to give something into the transaction, so don't back them into a corner too early in the process and jeopardize what you may need later.
SEE CHECKLIST 3 – FINALIST HOMES CHECKLIST, at the end of the book. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUbVTxK7Ehm9ic-xjD | Q: window.history.back() Tenho uma página que possui um formulário com alguns dados e uma outra página posterior que possui um botão de voltar, a ideia é que quando o usuário utilize esse botão ele não perca os dados que foram digitados no formulário.
O problema é que os dados que o usuário digitou estão sendo mantidos porém os dados que foram carregados via "gatilho" do javascript voltam em branco, por exemplo.
Tenho um campo do tipo select que possui um onchange:
select name="cnpj" onchange="getnome(this.value);"
nessa função getnome eu busco o nome numa lista e faço a troca do valor através do comando abaixo
document.getElementsByName('nome')[0].value = aNomes.substr(posCnpj + 15, 30);
o nome é alterado com sucesso porém quando o usuário utiliza o botão voltar esse campo fica em branco, como se não tivesse sido preenchido.
isso só acontece com os campos que foram carregados no javascript seja com alteração via .value ou setAttribute, já tentei das duas formas
para voltar estou usando o windows.history.back()
alguém sabe como posso ajustar isso?
muito obrigado!
segue os códigos completos abaixo:
index1.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" class="no-js">
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/js.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1" id="form1" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="index2.php">
<select name="cnpj" onchange="getnome(this.value);"><option value="0"></option><option value="1">Teste1</option><option value="2">Teste2</option></select>
<input type="text" name="nome" readonly="readonly" size="100">
<button id="calcular" type="submit" size="5%" class="btn btn-success">Calcular orçamento</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
index2.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" class="no-js">
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/js.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1" id="form1" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<button type="button" onclick="window.history.back()" class="btn btn-primary">Voltar</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
js.js
function getnome(valor) {
document.getElementsByName('nome')[0].value = "teste";
}
A: Aos que estiverem com o mesmo problema a solução foi retirar o readonly dos campos e fiz o bloqueio via css conforme abaixo:
input[name="nome"] {
pointer-events:none;
outline:none;
background:#eee;
border:1px solid #ccc;
}
Dessa maneira voltando para a página anterior os valores foram mantidos.
Obrigado!
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BkiUdbc5qsMAI4khRg0Q | The World's Strongest Man: 2018 Philippines
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Concepts, explorations & exercises
A collaboration between Wizards of the Coast (Hasbro), M1 Interactive and Sitelines. Wizards of the Coast came to Sitelines with a job proposal in early 2013. The task was to totally turnkey a Magic The Gathering exhibit booth for the 2013 PAX (Penny Arcade Expo). We were to design, build and manage the whole operation. After the initial meetings with the Magic The Gathering team, we learned that their goal was to create an attraction that the public could participate in and ultimately bring attention to the new products that were being released. After lengthy brainstorming sessions, we eventually came up with the idea of an interactive motion sensing game, that utilized the entire exhibit booth. Since that year's theme revolved around a character that had the power to create and control fire. We thought it would be awesome to give people the chance to have the same power. Sketching concepts and story boarding only got us so far. Since we did not have any experience with creating a fully customized, light projection based, video game using a motion sensor. We reached out to M1 Interactive to help us develop the game. Their technical know how was crucial to taking the game experience to the next level. Our flourishing partnership led to create an impressive exhibit booth, that both the client and the PAX attendees fell in love with. Credit: Wizards of the Coast. M1 Interactive. Siteline Productions Inc. | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdEHxK7Ehm4qs0StG | It's that time of year again folks when the Lodge brings the Melbourne Cup and all it's festivities to you.
This year, along with Zest styling, we're bringing you a luxe, festival styled event. Starting at 10.30am and winding up at 7pm (since no-one wanted to come home at 5.30 last year), don't delay in getting your tickets. They can sell out QUICK!
It includes the usual welcome drink, all food for the day (how much did you love your leaving kebab last year?!?) and some seriously good entertainment throughout the day.
Food, cocktail and champagne stations, music teepees and photo booths will keep you all amused once "the race that stops the nation" is over.
We have two TVs showing the main event, with a continuous racing channel playing throughout the day. In case you have a couple of shells on #7 in Race 6 at Ascot. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUeYbxK6Ot9WA5ipT4 | Visit Bahne in Field's, if you want to be inspired to create the perfect home. You can get good ideas about interior design by our shop assistants who are all interested in great design and beautiful solutions. Whether you are missing something special for the children's room, bedroom, kitchen, hallway, dining room or office, we can help you in Bahne. We have a large selection of fabrics, utensils- and machines, storage boxes and accessories, to name just a few popular items. Bahne makes your life more convenient, but beautiful design solutions are also in focus. In addition to the great selection for the home, you will also find a huge selection of children's clothing and women's fashion.
Bahne is for people who like good deals, events and advice about interior. Shopping in Bahne is more than just shopping. It is a way of life and a meeting place for all. In Bahne you will always find the perfect gift for someone you love or maybe for yourself. You can get input from the store's staff, whether you are looking for creative solutions or classic designs.
You will have the courage to create the interior design of your dreams, and you can always ask us for advice. We want to help you creating a design that you are proud of. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdDY5qsFAfoQ6Q6SU | Up to 9 letters each name.
Necklaces are a must have accessory for that complete dazzling look. This is why we have designed for you the 24ct gold plated Two Names Infinity Necklace. We have used the best quality of 24ct Gold Plated to ensure that this piece reaches you in great condition. The pendant of this stunning piece is the embodiment of what's classy.
The pendant consists of the infinity symbol that is enclosed by the two names that a client indicates in their order. This is a great feature because it allows you to personalise your style. Choose two names alongside the specific font that you would like. This creates ample room for additional jewellery personalisation as you get to decide exactly how your neck piece will look, bearing in mind the kind of wardrobe that you have.
The necklace has a great finish which makes it an ideal gift for a loved one. Go ahead and place your order for this fabulous piece. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfuk5qhDCuB568MgC | Michele Borba November 17, 2018 0
How can adults teach kids good character? Be a great example of character to a child!
Of course we want our children to become good, responsible, respectful and successful human beings! But in our quest to "do it all" we may forget that some of the most powerful ways to help our children aren't in the things we buy, but in the simple things we say.
Example is everything. In fact, the Greek philosopher, Aristotle, years ago said that the best way to teach character is by modeling good example. (I swear kids come with video recorders planted inside their heads and we know it when they play us back at the most inopportune moments–usually when the relatives arrive).
The bottom line is the kids are watching us and they are copying–the good, the bad, and the very ugly things we say and do. Just in case you need any proof here are a few things our children pick up from watching us:
Behavior. Prejudice. Stress management. How we cope with defeat. Organizational style. Driving safety. Drinking styles. Eating habits. Friendship making. Goal-setting. Values. Sleeping habits. Television viewing. Courtesy. Discourtesy. Punctuality. Religion. Love of reading. Lifestyle choices. Interests. Responsibility. Digital citizenship. If we bounce back. Self-talk. Pessimism. Optimism. Money Management. Procrastination. Frugality. Patriotism. Biases. Friendship keeping. Valuing education. Conflict resolution.
And the list goes on and on!
Here are just 50 things to say to boost our own example to our kids so we become the model we hope they copy. Our children desperately need role models. Let them look to us!
1. "Thank you! I really appreciate that!" (Courtesy)
2. "Excuse me, I need to walk away and get myself back in control." (Stress and anger management)
3. "I'm going to call Grandma and see how she's doing. She looked lonely." (Empathy, compassion)
4. "Mrs. Jones is sad. I'm baking her some cookies. Want to help?" (Charity)
5. "I don't want to watch this anymore. I don't like how they are portraying…(women, men, kids, a race, a culture, a religion…). (Values and stereotyping)
6. "Excuse me. I didn't mean to interrupt you." (Admitting mistakes. Manners)
7. "That's my two cents. I'd love to hear yours." (Communication style)
8. "I lost my temper there. I'm going to work on counting to 10 when I get so stressed." (Anger management)
9. "I blew it. Next time I'll…." (Handling mistakes)
10. "I'm going to set a goal for myself this year. I'm working on…." (Goal-setting)
11. "I'm so upset with my friend-remind me not to send her an email until I cool off." (Online behavior)
12. "Please repeat that. I don't understand." (Conflict and communication style).
13. "I'm so stressed lately…I'm going to (start walking, eat healthier, write in a journal, listen to soothing music, or whatever) to help me relax." (Stress management, coping)
14. "I want to listen. Let me turn off my cell phone." (Digital citizenship)
15. "I have so many things to do today. I'm going to make a list so I don't forget anything." (Organization)
16. "That woman looks like she's going to drop those packages. Let's ask if she needs help." (Kindness)
17. "Apologies…that was my fault. Hope you forgive me." (Forgiveness)
18. "I'm driving and need to keep my eyes on the road. Please turn off my phone for me." (Driving safety)
19. "I love watching the Oscars, but let's not focus on their dress designers but their talent. How do you think Sandra Bullock prepared for her role in space." (Valuing quality over materialism)
20. "She's my friend and doesn't want me to tell anyone. I'm honoring her request." (Friendship. Loyalty)
21. "I'm getting upset and need to take a time out. Let's talk in a few minutes." (Anger management)
22. "Great question-I don't that answer. But I'll try to find it for you." (Admitting shortcomings)
23. "They do look different than us, but they have the same feelings. Let's think about how we're the same." (Prejudice)
24. "Didn't she just move here? Let's go introduce ourselves and ask her to sit with us." (Courtesy. Kindness)
25. "If it's not respectful I'm not sending it." (Digital citizenship)
26. "But is that true for all elderly people? Aunt Harriet remembers everything and she's 87. Let's think of more examples." (Stopping prejudice and bias)
27. "Every month I'm going to set a new goal. You're going to help remind me to stick to it!" (Goal-setting)
28. "We hear so much about the "bad" stuff–let's look through the paper and find the good things people are doing for each other. We could start 'Good News' reports." (Optimism, attitude)
29. "I need to take care of myself and eat healthier." (Self-care)
30. "I'm going to walk around the block. Want to come? It always helps me relax." (Self-care)
31. "I taped 'No' on a card on the phone to remind me to not to take on so much. I'm prioritizing my family!" (Priorities)
32. "I've got to catch my words-I'm becoming too negative." (Attitude. Optimism)
33. "Let's set 'unplugged times' for our family. What about from 6 to 8 pm?" (Prioritizing family).
34. "I do like it, but I'm going to wait until it's on sale." (Frugality, delaying gratification).
35. "I always try to save half of my paycheck." (Money management)
36. "Those children lost everything in that fire. Let's go through our closets and find gently used clothes and toys to bring them." (charity)
37. "I'd love to eat that now, but I'm going to wait until after dinner." (Self-control)
38. "I know it sounds fun, but I need to finish my job. My motto is, "Work first, then play." (Responsibility)
39. "Thanks, but no thanks. I'm driving so I can't drink." (Drinking behavior)
40. "My favorite thing to do is read! Let's go to the library sale and find books to bring on our vacation." (Instilling a love of reading).
41. "Let's stay open-minded and give Daniel a turn. We didn't hear his side." (Non-judgmental)
42. "That's not fair. We agreed on the rules so let stick to them." (Fairness).
43. "I know we wanted to win, but we didn't. They were better than us, so let's go congratulate them." (Sportsmanship)
44. "I need to go write a thank you to Peter before I forget. He put a lot of thought into that present and I want to make sure he knows how much I appreciate it." (Gratitude)
45. "Thanks, but you don't need to give me any money. I did it because I wanted to help." (Charitableness)
46. "I'm going to stop talking about dress sizes and jumping on the scale, and start thinking about eating healthier instead." (Self-image)
47. "I've got to get to the polls before they close. Voting is something I take very seriously." (Citizenship)
48. "Let's stop and think about how she feels. She looks sad-let's get in her shoes for a minute." (Empathy)
49. "I'm not just going to stand by when someone could get hurt. I'm asking if he wants help." (Responsibility. No by standing!")
50. "Everyone can make a difference. Let's think of something we can do." (Personal responsibility. Empowerment)
What can you say to a child today to be the example he or she can use for tomorrow?
Beware, the children are copying!
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UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All About Me World is now in audio, e-book, and hardcopy after a decade of researching and writing. It has over 300 ways parents and educators can increase our children's empathy capacities from toddler to teen, describes the latest science that proves we can make a difference and stories in my journey to find those answers. (Just a hint: the best ideas were ones children around the world shared with me. They were always simple, right on, and matched the science!) Here's to a generation of UnSelfies!!!
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Kaila is not yet four, but the young girl from San Diego already has the makings of an empathetic child. When I banged my toe at a party, the three- year-old was the first to my side. I watched her size things up, look carefully at my "injury," and then empathize. Her face switched from inquisitiveness to concern, and then she looked up with the biggest eyes, and said, "I sorry '…
8 Practices That Raise Caring, Empathetic Kids | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUd7E4eIOjSEHJUPTt | Fernando Alonso's Interview to Martin Brundle, telecast on Sky F1 in the pre-race-build-up of the Chinese GP 2016.
No, no regrets. I never regret anything that I do. You learn with things, you grow up with things, and in the moment that I made all the choices and all the things, I thought in that moment that it was the right one. Once you are clear with yourself and happy with yourself in that moment, to see things later is a waste. Pointless, you know, there's nothing you can do. I am happy with everything. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUeF45i7PA9OlIFFuj | I recently sold this PCB but after a week I was told the board had developed a fault.
The fault showed up as "RAM NG 10" at boot-up and there was some issues with the sprites.
There is absolutely no logical meaning to the error message so using MAME I started corrupting different RAM values during it POST to see what RAM errors were flagged up during which memory writes.
Originally I couldn't understand how the awful V30 CPU worked. Without knowing how it worked I was unable to use the MAME debugger effectively. Charles MacDonald came to my rescue and told me how the V30 addresses were set. Thanks very much to Charles.
You can see the outcome of that exercise in THIS previous post.
So now I knew for sure that the fault was with the sprite RAM. Now the next challenge, which RAM chip is the sprite RAM?
I originally tried shorting some address/data lines on RAM chips to see if any other errors were flagged but strangely it didn't show anything else at all.
With nothing left to try I started making my own schematics up in the hope I could work out which RAM was responsible for the sprites.
Due to the complex nature of this board set, I was stuck for quite some time looking on the lower video PCB assuming (yes I know) that this is where the sprite RAM could be but was unable to find any problems at all.
Taking a step back I reversed the PAL chip XM_A-7D- into equations. Using these equations and the schematics I had drawn up I could take an educated guess as to what RAM chip was the sprite RAM.
Knowing that the sprite RAM lies at address 0xc0000, this means that address pins A19 & A18 would need to be active. Looking at the equations I could see that output pin 17 of the PAL chip would fit this address so I followed the signal which led to the /CE line of a 74LS245 of IC40 on the top CPU PCB.
The only chip that this chip goes to is a 2018 RAM chip at location IC52.
This was pretty good news. I removed the chip and it failed the tests so I replaced it and now all the POST tests pass.
The sprites are all back to how they should be too.
Ill be keeping hold of this board I think. It was one of the first games I ever bought since getting into this hobby so it will stay with me for good now. | c4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUdxk4eIXgu4C77jgu | This recipe is based on one from the 2015 Betty Crocker 24 Days of Cookies. The original calls for white chocolate chips, but I wanted something a little richer, but less sweet, so I went with semi-sweet chocolate chips. When I got everything home and started the recipe, I realized I had picked up evaporated milk instead of the condensed called for. Oops! So I replaced it with a substitute I found on Just a Pinch (I'm not going to include a link here because there is a script on that site that isn't functioning and crashed my browser…).
To my delightful surprise, they turned out amazing! Like ooey-gooey brownies, but gingerbread flavored. Enjoy.
An awesome ooey-gooey mix of gingerbread, brownies, and 7-layer bars.
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom of 13x9-inch pan.
In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, water and 2 Tbsp flour until soft dough forms. Press dough in bottom of pan. It will be sticky.
While the crust bakes, whisk brown sugar, remaining 2 Tbsp flour, baking powder and salt until smooth. Make sure to get any lumps from brown sugar into the mix.
Pour down sugar mix evenly over surface. Sprinkle chocolate chips, pecans, cranberries and coconut evenly over top. Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until bubbling along edges and coconut is lightly toasted. For my tiny gas oven in the RV, it took 18 minutes.
Cool completely on cooling rack, about 2 hours. Cut into 8 rows by 4 rows.
The original calls for sweetened flaked coconut, but a lot of the commenters talked about it being too sweet, so I tried it with unsweetened, and found it just right for my tastes. If you have trouble finding unsweetened, try the natural or organic food section of your grocery store, it's often there.
The substitute for condensed milk I used here is 1 cup brown sugar whisked with 2 eggs, 2 Tbsp flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, and 1/4 tsp salt. Omit these ingredients if using a 14 oz can of condensed milk. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdY45qWTD6hAatbo0 | Bridgeville (Delaware)
Bridgeville (Pensilvânia)
''Bridgeville — antigo nome de Elba (Alabama)
Desambiguações de topônimos | wikipedia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUbC84eIZijcNzWIey | I always share nail-related products from Born Pretty Store with you, so I decided to throw in something a little different this time. They have a huge variety of nail supplies, but they also carry cell phone cases and accessories, stationary items, and many other things.
Another product I have from them is a touch-screen stylus. This is currently on sale for .99 cents USD, which is a steal! It normally runs $2.50, though, and comes in four different colors: white, pink, black, and gold.
I especially love the convenient dust plug connector on it. It isn't long enough that you can have it attached to your phone and use it at the same time (for iPhone, anyway), but it is very small and compact. I personally love it to use when playing the game Draw Something on my phone because I am terrible at drawing with my finger.
If you need a stylus for your phone or another touchscreen device, I definitely recommend the Born Pretty Store one. It isn't too tiny to hold and control, but not so big it takes up a ton of room either. Plus, it connects to the headphone outlet on your phone for easy keeping, and I love that!
Screen shot from Born Pretty Store.
See something you like at BPS? Use my coupon code ANL91 and you'll get 10% off your order!
This product was provided for my honest review from bornprettystore.com. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUc2TxK7kjXIK5rOZ2 | Kobalt Signs Publishing Deal With The Other Songs
The Other Songs Announces Publishing Division Expansion in Partnership With Kobalt to Develop Songwriters & Artists
Kobalt today announced it has signed a worldwide agreement with The Other Songs. The partnership with the independent British music company includes publishing administration, creative services and synch for all of The Other Songs' catalogue/future works.
"Whenever our Creative team at Kobalt looks at partnering with outside A&R sources, it has to be with people who bring something unique to what we already have" said Kobalt UK Head of Creative Alison Donald, and added "Billy, Alastair & Sophia have a great passion for song craft and songwriters that is reflected in the diverse talent that is associated with The Other Songs - both as a live showcase and label and now as a publisher."
Sas Metcalfe, Kobalt Global Head of Creative added, "The Other Songs have developed a strong, distinctive brand over a relatively short time and we are looking forward to enhancing that through our global support and expertise."
The Other Songs is a live music event where artists, producers and top executives of the music industry come to hear available songs, performed by the artists and songwriters who wrote them. Since its inception, these events have seen more than 100 songwriters perform in the UK and US with some of the world's most successful songwriters performing their songs. In 2018, The Other Songs record label and management arm was established, which now holds a roster of 12 acts, including heavyweight songwriter RuthAnne. They are now venturing into Publishing too, in partnership with Kobalt, to develop songwriters and artists.
Alastair Webber, The Other Songs co-founder added "When Billy, Soph and I started The Other Songs, we made a promise to only partner with people who really understand our vision and our values within the songwriting community. We are passionate, if not slightly obsessed with great songs, wherever they may come from, and we are incredibly excited to partner with Alison, Sas and the Kobalt team who share the same beliefs." | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUfc05qhDCLLEX4AKz | Utopia è un brano musicale del gruppo musicale britannico Goldfrapp, pubblicato come secondo estratto dall'album Felt Mountain.
La canzone è stata scritta e prodotta da Alison Goldfrapp e Will Gregory.
Video Musicale
Nel video musicale prodotto per Utopia vede solo tante riprese sul tono del blu di Alison Goldfrapp dove, alla fine, vomita un liquido blu e si scopre che in quell'ambiente c'erano altri cloni della cantante.
Curiosità
Il brano fu usato per la pubblicità del profumo "Tendre Poison" di Dior, ormai fuori produzione.
Note
Collegamenti esterni | wikipedia | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfe84dbgg008TSy6n | LAYNE HINTON is a multi-disciplinary artist exploring installation, film/video, performance, sculpture, drawing, printmaking and collage. She was raised in a small family of artists in a converted church-house in the middle of nowhere surrounded by fields in rural Ontario; an upbringing which informs much of her work. Hinton holds a BFA from OCAD University in Integrated Media, with a minor in Printmaking. She has received awards including the InterAccess Media Arts Prize, OCADU Printmaking Award, OCADU Faculty Film/Video Scholarship, and O'Born Contemporary Best In Show for Romanticism Now. Hinton's work has been shown at the Art Gallery of Ontario, YYZ Artist's Outlet, O'Born Contemporary, Mono No Aware NYC, L'École des Beaux Arts Paris and the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Russia. She recently completed a solo exhibition at InterAccess Electronic and Media Arts Centre and is co-curator of Art Spin in Toronto. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUa-U5qhLACAkw_Nfu | Q: how to select jquery dom and if statement I'm new to jQuery.. can anyone tell me the right syntax for this.. it should check if those two input fields has a value.. if it has it says yes in the div called 'status'
$(document).ready(function() {
if($("one'").val()) &&($("two").val()){
$("status").text (Yes);
}
});
A: Some errors in your code:
*
*IDs and classes are used in jQuery as they are in CSS. Hence, you'll need # to select IDs and . to select classes.
*If you want to return a string you need to wrap it in quotes. If you just put Yes, jQuery will look for a variable that is called so.
*In an if-function, the whole thing is surrounded by parentheses, not the different requirements seperately.
$(document).ready(function () {
if ($("#one").val() && $("#two").val()) {
$("#status").text("Yes");
}
});
JSFiddle
Even though I would guess you want to check the inputs every time they change, so fire that function when the inputs change:
$(document).ready(function () {
$("input").change(function () {
if ($("#one").val() && $("#two").val()) {
$("#status").text("Yes");
}
else {
$("#status").text("");
}
});
});
JSFiddle
A: Please show your html, but lets say your selectors one, two and status are classes
$(document).ready(function() {
if($(".one").val() != '' && $(".two").val() != ''){
$(".status").text ("Yes");
}
});
| stackexchange | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdUs5qX_BnmUhNwcY | Dr John McDougall, M.D. has published a free picture book on how to avoid becoming sick and fat. The book incorporates traffic signals to describe what to do with a particular food or food group.
After viewing this book, his 3 grandsons easily understood why people are fat and sick, and how they become well by eating the "green light" foods and avoiding the "red light" ones.
This free picture book can be found at: https://www.drmcdougall.com/pdf/dr-mcdougalls-cpb-english.pdf. It is 66 pages but only takes about 5 minutes or less to read it through. Please share this book with your friends, family and co-workers.
*Examples of foods shown to cure food poisoning are made only of McDougall recommended ingredients. See free recipes and detailed instructions (no gimmicks).
Editor's Note: I, personally, can attest to this way of eating for making and keeping a person more healthy. That is why there are so many articles on this page about the different diseases that this way of eating cures. The standard American diet is very harmful to the health. That is why so many people are fat and sick and on multiple prescriptions. If you want to learn more, there is a lot of educational material at https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUa6o5qdmB6zNbhTy8 | package org.cloudfoundry.samples.music.config.root;
import org.cloudfoundry.samples.music.config.data.LocalJpaRepositoryConfig;
import org.cloudfoundry.samples.music.repositories.AlbumRepository;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@Configuration
@ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = {AlbumRepository.class, LocalJpaRepositoryConfig.class})
public class RepositoryConfig {
}
| github | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUd6M5qoYDgcJKZ_vu | Margaret Thatcher was respected abroad, archetypically British and entirely at odds with her times. The three together made her great.
Along with Ronald Reagan and John Paul II she helped turn the tide in the Cold War because she simply would not accept that the West was beaten, or deserved to be.
"I can't bear Britain in decline. I just can't," she told the BBC in 1979. And she felt the same way domestically.
Her infamous "there is no such thing as society" made her an emblem of individualism. But she was no neoconservative seeking to beat back the overgrown state to increase growth. Rather, she believed ordinary Britons deserved freedom and were ready for its burdens.
She did bring prosperity. GDP grew 23.3% on her watch. But she did not really cut the budget. Health spending rose 31.8% and employment and training programs 33.3%. True, she slowed the overall spending increase temporarily to 12.9%, but largely by cutting obsolete interventionist enthusiasms like trade and industry (down 38.2%) and especially public housing (down 67%).
Crucially, Thatcher privatized housing not to be cheap or heartless but to give people a stake in their own lives. In 1979 three in 10 Britons lived in a government-owned house, under six in 10 in their own. By 1990 an additional one in 10 owned homes. And her broader privatization program saw share ownership rise from just 7% of Britons to a quarter (in Canada today it's nearly 40%).
Her early enthusiasm for the free-market Institute of Economic Affairs helped convince a generation of wonks someone was listening. But her approach was primarily shaped by British values.
"My policies are based not on some economics theory," she said in 1981, "but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day's work for an honest day's pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police."
This faith in ordinary people did not make her a populist, shifting about opportunistically. As she told journalists in 1989: "If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything, wouldn't you, at any time? And you would achieve nothing!"
Conventional wisdom says the opposite. But the Iron Lady, and only she, won three terms as prime minister in the 20th century.
As she said of possible defeat in the Falklands: "Defeat — I do not recognize the meaning of the word!"
The same was true of her crucial showdown with the National Union of Mineworkers in 1984-85. Militant labour had broken the last Tory PM, Edward Health, in 1974, and the year Thatcher took office, more than 4,500 strikes cost the U.K. 29 million working days. By 1990, under 700 strikes took fewer than 2 million. Britain has never looked back.
Thatcher was as remarkable personally as politically. Growing up over her father's grocery store, she won a chemistry scholarship to Oxford, helped invent soft ice cream, married, became a lawyer, had twins and was elected MP for Finchley by her mid-30s.
Normally feminists would applaud this biography. Instead she was hated as only the compassionate left can hate. Venomous comments when she died, nearly 25 years after leaving 10 Downing St. and more than a decade after illness silenced her altogether, proves "Thatcherism" lives on.
True, her legacy can be hard to discern in Tony Blair's "Cool Britannia" or David Cameron's blundering. But, for that, blame Tory colleagues who found her embarrassing not inspiring and ultimately dumped her over her prophetic skepticism about European monetary union.
Her voice is now stilled. But her example of a stateswoman confident abroad, proud at home and devoted to principle over conventional wisdom still shines. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
BkiUdoA5qYVBTBbD_C8T | Europe faces an interesting set of immigration challenges and opportunities: Demographic pressures as many European societies age, a lively and at times tense policy and political debate over questions of identity and immigrant integration, and a unique policy environment that has knit many European countries together with regards to free movement, the management of outer borders, asylum, and other immigration-related topics. MPI has long conducted research and analysis of European policy on topics ranging from labor mobility and border security to immigrant integration, citizenship, and foreign qualifications recognition, which can be found below.
Promoting Evidence-Informed Immigrant Integration Policymaking
While many policy areas have seen a revolution in how information is gathered, shared, and used to inform new policies and improve existing ones, immigrant integration has not kept pace. This policy brief explores why integration policy in Europe has not yet seen the development of a robust evidence culture and offers recommendations for creating an environment in which evidence-informed policymaking can flourish.
Why the European Labor Market Integration of Displaced Ukrainians Is Defying Expectations
People displaced from Ukraine are finding work more rapidly in European countries than prior refugee cohorts. But uncertainty over how long they will stay, combined with hurdles such as language barriers, has meant many are prioritizing any job over the right job. This commentary examines how policymakers could address this waste of skills as they seek to fill pressing labor needs and facilitate deeper integration of the new arrivals.
Embedding Reintegration Assistance for Returning Migrants in the Local Context: The Role of Referrals
Although European programs to support returning migrants' reintegration into the communities where they settle have expanded and improved in recent years, returning—at times after years away—is never easy. This policy brief looks at how reintegration programs can adapt the assistance they provide to the local context and connect returnees with longer-term support through referrals, and what it takes to make these referrals successful.
The Election Results Are In: It Is Neither the End of Europe nor Its Rebirth
By Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan
"Merit-Based" Immigration: Designing Successful Selection Systems
Can Return Migration Revitalize the Baltics? Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania Engage Their Diasporas, with Mixed Results
By Ieva Birka
Migration in the Netherlands: Rhetoric and Perceived Reality Challenge Dutch Tolerance
By Joanne van Selm
Preparing for the Unknown: Designing Effective Predeparture Orientation for Resettling Refugees
By Susan Fratzke and Lena Kainz
"Us" or "Them"? How Policies, Public Opinion, and Political Rhetoric Affect Immigrants' Sense of Belonging
By Kristina Bakkær Simonsen
International vs. National Protection for Refugees: Diverging Trends?
Spain's Labor Migration Policies in the Aftermath of Economic Crisis
By Kate Hooper
Coordinating Immigrant Integration in Germany: Mainstreaming at the federal and local levels
By Petra Bendel
The Human-Capital Needs of Tech City, London
By Max Nathan
Advancing Outcomes for All Minorities: Experiences of Mainstreaming Immigrant Integration Policy in the United Kingdom
By Sundas Ali and Ben Gidley
Migration's Local Dividends: How Cities and Regions Can Make the Most of Immigration (Transatlantic Council Statement)
By Demetrios G. Papademetriou
Moving Up or Standing Still? Access to Middle-Skilled Work for Newly Arrived Migrants in the European Union
By Meghan Benton, Susan Fratzke and Madeleine Sumption
Strengthening Refugee Protection and Meeting Challenges: The European Union's Next Steps on Asylum
By Madeline Garlick
A Work in Progress: Prospects for Upward Mobility Among New Immigrants in Germany
By Nadia Granato
Future EU Policy Development on Immigration and Asylum: Understanding the Challenge
By Elizabeth Collett
Embracing Emigration: The Migration-Development Nexus in Albania
From ongoing emigration flows and a surge in asylum seekers, to more than 150,000 returnees, this country profile examines contemporary and historical migration trends in Albania. Driven by extreme poverty and unemployment, more than one-third of Albania's population has emigrated in the last 25 years. The government now seeks to capitalize on diaspora resources by linking migration and development policies.
Americans Abroad: A Disillusioned Diaspora?
While many countries are increasing engagement with their diasporas, U.S. policy has chiefly focused on U.S.-based diasporas from other countries, despite its own estimated overseas population of 7.6 million. This feature explores results from a survey of more than 1,400 U.S. citizens and 140 former citizens living abroad, many of whom are critical of limited U.S. government engagement with them even as restrictive financial reporting regulations have been imposed.
The EuroMaidan Protests, Corruption, and War in Ukraine: Migration Trends and Ambitions
Public frustration with decades of poor governance and pervasive corruption in Ukraine culminated in the EuroMaidan revolution in November 2013. Since then, violent conflict and Russia's annexation of Crimea have displaced an estimated 2 million people, both internally and internationally. This feature article explores migration ambitions among Ukrainians in the lead-up and aftermath of EuroMaidan, and the impact of war and economic crisis on traditional migration patterns.
Integration Key to Combating Radicalization: A Q&A with Solveig Horne, Norwegian Minister of Children, Equality, and Social Inclusion
With rising inflows of humanitarian and economic migrants, Norway faces a series of integration challenges. In conversation with the Migration Information Source, Solveig Horne, Norway's Minister of Children, Equality, and Social Inclusion discusses her work on integration policy, from the importance of language training and a feeling of belonging, to the protection of immigrant women and resettlement of asylum seekers.
EU Dublin Asylum System Faces Uncertain Future after Ruling in Afghan Family's Case
The European Court of Human Right's ruling on the transfer of a family of Afghan asylum seekers from Switzerland to Italy has struck a potentially fatal blow to the European Union's Dublin asylum system. Against a backdrop of pressures on EU Member States in the humanitarian protection realm, this article assesses the impact of the ruling and reevaluates the viability of the Dublin Regulation as a key tool in the Common European Asylum System.
Migration and Great Recession: The Transatlantic Experience
This Migration Policy Institute event was held to discuss the release of MPI's book, Migration and the Great Recession: The Transatlantic Experience, which reviews how the financial and economic crisis of the late 2000s marked a sudden and dramatic interruption in international migration trends.
Diasporas: New Partners in Global Development Policy
Over the past year, MPI has partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to examine how diasporas contribute to – or detract from - development efforts in their countries of origin. MPI and USAID have published an edited volume of the research. Please join us for the release of the book where speakers will discuss new thinking on the role of diaspora engagement in U.S. foreign and development policy.
Discussion on Possible Solutions for Refugees and IDPs
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees T. Alexander Aleinikoff offers remarks on durable solutions for the refugee protection system as part of MPI's Leadership Visions Series.
The Politics of Citizenship in Europe in an Era of Integration Challenges
This book discussion of Marc Morjé Howard's The Politics of Citizenship in Europe examined citizenship in various European countries and how policies impact immigrant integration efforts.
Talent, Competitiveness, and Migration
This book release and discussion focused on the accumulation of talent and its effects on economic growth and migration trends.
While nationalist and Euroskeptic parties emerged from the 2019 European Parliament elections controlling nearly one-quarter of seats, it would be wise to avoid reading too much into these results. Sweeping policy change is unlikely on the two key issues that have dominated these campaigns: immigration and revolutionizing the European Union from within.
With the U.S. administration calling for the United States to adopt a more "merit-based" immigrant selection system, this conversation focused on what policymakers should consider in designing—and managing—immigrant selection systems in a time of intense labor-market and demographic change.
Faced with high emigration rates and shrinking, aging populations, the Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—are exploring different ways to lure back nationals who have emigrated and establish or solidify ties with members of the diaspora. Of the three countries, Estonia is proving the most successful, while Latvia appears to be ignoring the looming demographic crisis and lacks an immigration plan.
The Netherlands has witnessed a rise in far-right populism, challenging its reputation as a humanitarian haven. Yet, public fears equating immigration with a rise in religious extremism do not necessarily reflect the facts. This profile explores historical and contemporary migration in a country where population growth relies largely on immigration, and analyzes to what extent policymaking has been shaped by rising populism.
Refugees encounter a range of challenges after resettlement—from adjusting to a new culture and language, to finding a job. Many resettlement countries invest in predeparture orientation to help refugees develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to face these challenges. This report explores the many forms these programs take, highlighting important design questions and key elements that effective programs share.
Citizenship and integration policies are often thought of as markers for whether a country is welcoming to immigrants. Yet research suggests that public opinion and political rhetoric play a bigger role in immigrants' sense of belonging. This article explores how boundaries between "us" and "them" are drawn through popular conceptions of nationhood and political rhetoric, and their impact on immigrants' belonging.
MPI's Kathleen Newland, Refugee Council USA's Mary Giovagnoli, and David Scott FitzGerald, author of Refuge beyond Reach, discuss how and why international and national responses to the rising challenge of refugee displacement are diverging. They examine what lies ahead for the Global Compact on Refugees and how adjustments to asylum policies in many high-income democracies are narrowing the paths to protection.
A relatively new destination for immigrants, Spain has developed a labor migration system that builds on longstanding relationships with countries outside the European Union and that actively involves employers, trade unions, and regional governments. This report examines how this legal framework has evolved in recent decades, and how it could serve as a model for EU policymakers in admitting non-EU workers.
Hanne Beirens
Meghan Benton
Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan
Susan Fratzke
Camille Le Coz
Admir Skodo
Jasmijn Slootjes
Samuel Davidoff-Gore
Lucía Salgado
Ravenna Sohst
Maria Belen Zanzuchi
All at Sea: The Policy Challenges of Rescue, Interception, and Long-Term Response to Maritime Migration
With maritime migration the subject of significant policy and public focus in Europe, Australia, and beyond, this timely volume reviews the policy responses to irregular maritime arrivals at regional, national, and international levels. The book includes case studies of the major global hotspots and examines trends and policy responses. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUc_g4eIZjjv6AEM03 | • Kellyville 41, Perry 21: Hayden Hutchins rushed for 206 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries with the Ponies being the only team to knock off a district champion in the first round. It was the Ponies' first playoff appearance since 2004 and postseason victory since 2002.
• Coalgate 57, Lexington 31: Austin Lambert completed 12 of 16 passes for 234 yards and three touchdowns to lead Coalgate, who hadn't advanced beyond the first round since 2010.
• Adair 44, Morris 20: Garrett Long had eight catches for 157 yards and two touchdowns for the Warriors, who have advanced to the quarterfinals every year 2011.
• Chisholm 48, Meeker 42: Braden Meek completed 19 of 24 passes for 274 yards and six touchdowns or the Longhorns, who had 492 yards of total offense.
• Millwood 48, Dickson 6: Falcons won their 39th straight game, moving them into a tie with Jenks for fifth all-time for winning streaks among 11-man teams.
• Vian 74, Hugo 21: Bodhi Vann rushed for 162 yards and four touchdowns on eight carries for the Wolverines, who improved to 57-39 all-time in the playoffs.
• Holland Hall 31, Valliant 0: Quarterback Drake Roush threw two touchdown passes and had a 50-yard touchdown run for the Dutch, who have reached the quarterfinals of the playoffs every year since 2016 -- the season Holland Hall moved from Southwestern Preparatory Conference play to OSSAA competition.
• Washington 49, Lindsay 7: The Warriors picked up a playoff victory for the seventh straight season.
• Jones 49, Newkirk 18: The Longhorns came up with five interceptions on defense, and kept Newkirk running back Laike Wilhelm in check. Tye Tucke also had five receptions for 116 yards and four touchdowns for Jones.
• Metro Christian 60, Victory Christian 19: Asher Link passed for 391 yards and three touchdowns and also scored a rushing touchdown for the Patriots, who are back in Class 2A, a class they hadn't played a playoff game in since 2003. Oh, and they last went to the quarterfinals in 2003.
• Kingston 49, Community Christian 13: Redskins moved closer to an all-time record of .500 in the playoffs, now 22-25. The game was also Community Christian's postseason debut.
• Antlers 29, Panama 18: Antlers won the playoffs for the third straight season.
• Beggs 56, Wyandotte 13: Demons rushed for 437 yards while picking up where they left off as last year's runner-up in 3A.
• Sperry at Kellyville: Ponies return home after upsetting Perry on the road. Sperry and Kellyville have met five times since 1999, and Sperry has won them all. The most recent was a 62-24 contest in 2015. The Pirates' defense against Kellyville's rushing attack and Hayden Hutchins will be front and center in this one.
• Coalgate at Eufaula: Only separated by about an hour on Highway 69, these two haven't met since …. wait for it ….. 1956! Coalgate is 2-0 against Eufaula, but that was a long long time ago.
• Chisholm at Adair: Only meeting between these two was 2015 at Sand Springs High School in what was a 44-14 victory for the Warriors on their way to the title.
• Vian at Millwood: A matchup most would have been content with the semifinals or finals, but here we are. River Simon, Bodhi Vann and the Wolverines will have their hands full with Marcus Majors and crew at Millwood. And it was Millwood who dispatched Vian from the playoffs last year, 44-0 in the quarterfinals.
• Washington at Holland Hall: First meeting between these two. If the game comes down a field goal, Holland Hall has a secret weapon in Alex Felkins.
• Metro Christian at Jones: First meeting between these two, too. The quarterback clash between Jones' Daniel Jackson and Metro Christian's Asher Link will be key, and the more successful one likely moves on to the quarterfinals. Then there's Jones' Korbin Cox and Metro Christian's Ryan Johnson. Bottom line: a lot of talent all over the field in this one.
• Antlers at Kingston: Kingston is 6-0 against Antlers all-time. The Redskins, though, have won only one second round game since … 1992.
• Okla. Christian School at Beggs: Rematch of last year's quarterfinal clash that the Demons won 32-26. OCS' Jaxon Canard has rushed for 474 yards in the last two weeks. Then there's Beggs' quarterback Dalton Spring, who leads a high-powered offense himself.
• Heritage Hall 42, Marlow 0: New class, same result for the Chargers. The reigning 4A champion improved to 14-1 in playoff games since 2014, thanks to limiting Marlow to 157 yards of offense. Billy Ross scored on TD runs of 38, 21 and 90 yards for Heritage Hall.
• Stigler 33, Locust Grove 7: Nate Bryant endured a heavy workload, rushing 48 times for 289 yards and four touchdowns while also throwing a touchdown pass in the Panthers' road victory. "Nate Bryant was the best player on the field," Stigler coach Chris Risenhoover said.
• Lincoln Christian 61, Verdigris 21: Bulldog quarterback Chase Ricke threw for 322 yards and three touchdowns, and he also ran for 124 yards and a touchdown.
• Sulphur 34, Perkins-Tryon 7: Trey Kiser rushed for 232 yards and two touchdowns, and he also recorded one sack and four tackles for loss. Tavius McDonald added 117 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries for Sulphur.
• Idabel 33, Cascia Hall 0: Warriors recorded their first shutout of the season, and LaQuan Wells rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns, and he also threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns for Idabel, who has now recorded a playoff victory in five straight seasons.
• Berryhill 33, Seminole 13: Daniel Rice rushed for 264 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries for the Chiefs.
• Kingfisher 48, Purcell 15: Trey Green scored in a variety of ways for the Yellowjackets -- on a 35-yard interception return, a 29-yard reverse and on a 12-yard catch. Kingfisher quarterback Jett Sternberger also added three touchdowns through the air and two on the ground.
• Stigler at Heritage Hall: Stigler's upset of Locust Grove in the first round was stunning, mostly because of the way the Panthers dominated the Pirates. Now Nate Bryant and Co. get to figure out how to take down the juggernaut that is Heritage Hall. It'll be the first matchup between these two schools.
• Plainview at Lincoln Christian: Another stout challenge in the works for the Plainview defense. The Indians have allowed only two opponents this season to score 20 or more points. Lincoln Christian has scored under 31 points only once this year. This is a rematch of a 2016 3A quarterfinal clash, a 35-34 win for Plainview.
• Idabel at Sulphur: There's no question what Sulphur will attempt to do in this game and that's run the ball. It'll be up to LaQuan Wells and the rest of the Idabel roster to find a way to slow down the Bulldogs' rushing attack. These two haven't met since 1956, and Sulphur is 2-0 in the all-time series.
• Kingfisher at Berryhill: There were some that thought Seminole and its running attack could upset Berryhill in the first round, but the Chiefs prevailed regardless. The Chiefs just wore down Seminole on both lines, and that'll be Berryhill's goal against Kingfisher, too. The Yellowjackets are a sneaky No. 2 seed out of District 3A-1, so watching Jett Sternberger against the Berryhill defense should be a treat. The last time these two met was 2004 in a 35-25 win for Berryhill in the 3A semifinals. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdJQ5qsBDFq2tB7rA | Would-be mums are leaving it later to have kids with average family size shrinking, figures reveal
Shaun Wooller
5 Dec 2019, 0:01
Updated: 5 Dec 2019, 0:05
WOMEN are leaving it later to have kids and the average family size has shrunk, figures show.
Women who turned 45 last year have an average of 1.89 children.
Would-be mums are leaving it later to have kids with the average family size shrinkingCredit: Getty - Contributor
That is the same as the year before but continues a downward trend from a high of 2.42 children for women in their 80s, born in 1935.
The Office for National Statistics found the proportion of women having just one child has been rising over the years.
It now stands at 18 per cent, the same as last year — up from 14 per cent for those women born in 1946.
Two-child families remain the most common size, at 37 per cent for women aged 45 in 2018.
Among this age group, 19 per cent were childless — similar to recent years but more than double the nine per cent for their mums' generation.
By the age of 30, 53 per cent of women born in 1973 had at least one child, compared with 82 per cent of their mums.
The ONS said a number of factors may be behind the rise in childlessness.
They include a decline in marriages, choosing work over having kids, greater social acceptability of a child-free lifestyle and putting off babies until it is too late.
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BkiUfLjxK6Ot9UjEDNlV | Figures show number of homeless people in Ireland hits record high of more than 10,000
That is a 277 increase since last February
Tents where homeless people are living in close to Mountjoy prison on the Royal Canal , Dublin (Image: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photo Agency)
The number of homeless has smashed the 10,000 barrier for the first time, with 10,264 in emergency accommodation last month.
There are now 6,480 adults forced to live in hotels and B&Bs, up 117 on January, while the number of children is up 160 to 3,784.
The shameful new record figure represents an overall increase of 277 people since January.
Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy described the latest figures as "hugely disappointing" but Inner City Helping Homeless described them as "shocking".
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The charity's chief executive Anthony Flynn said: "Any increase in people entering homeless is unacceptable, but we now have a repetitive narrative that government are not adequately responding to.
CEO of Inner City Helping Homeless Anthony Flynn (Image: ICHH)
"Month on month we are seeing more and more families and children becoming homeless. One hundred and 60 children becoming homeless in a single month is a result of complete systemic failure on the government and Minister Murphy's part.
"We now have 10,264 homeless people for the first since records have been kept. A full re-evaluation of homeless services is required, government policy has and is failing and it is now time for the Minister to consider his position and the Taoiseach to intervene in this crisis."
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The latest figures come as the UN accused the Government of allowing vulture funds buy up thousands of family homes to rent them out a sky-high rents and giving them tax breaks for doing so.
But Minister Murphy said tried to defend the Government's policies pointing to the number of houses being built.
He said: "The increase in homelessness in February is hugely disappointing. Our plans to fix the supply of both social and private housing are working and this is borne out by the most recent build figures.
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The latest RTB (Residential Tenancies Board) report also shows rent falling at the end of 2018. And yet still we see more people entering emergency accommodation."
Labour's housing spokeswoman Jan O'Sullivan said the figures show Fine Gael's policies have failed.
She said: "These figures are just another reminder of how unfit for purpose Rebuilding Ireland has become.
"The Government can push through emergency laws on fishing in a week but can't take the time to tackle this national crisis.
"The last two months have shown that the Government is not on top of this, and the problem is getting worse. | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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DEI Achieves Amazon Linux 2 Ready Designation
by Data Expedition, Inc. | Announcements | Jun 01, 2021
BOSTON, June 01, 2021 — Data Expedition, Inc.® (DEI®), creator of intelligent data transport software, announced today that it has achieved the Amazon Linux 2 Ready designation, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Service Ready Program. This designation recognizes that DEI's CloudDat has been validated to run on and support Amazon Linux 2.
Achieving the Amazon Linux 2 Ready designation differentiates DEI as an AWS Partner Network (APN) member with a generally available product that runs on Amazon Linux 2 and is fully supported for AWS customers. AWS Service Ready Partners have demonstrated success building products integrated with AWS services, helping AWS customers evaluate and use their technology productively, at scale and varying levels of complexity.
"Along with recently announcing support for the new AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative, DEI is pleased to have CloudDat achieve AWS Service Ready status," said DEI Founder and CEO Seth Noble, PhD. "Our team is dedicated to helping companies achieve their technology goals by leveraging the agility, breadth of services, and pace of innovation that AWS provides."
To support the seamless integration and deployment of these solutions, AWS established the AWS Service Ready Program to help customers identify products integrated with AWS services and spend less time evaluating new tools, and more time scaling their use of products that are integrated or run on select AWS Services.
DEI's CloudDat solution is an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) hosted accelerated file transfer gateway that lets users upload and download files and objects at several gigabits per second, per object, from anywhere in the world. Available through AWS Marketplace on an hourly, monthly, or annual basis, CloudDat's performance provides predictable, efficient, secure, and affordable usage for all data transfer activities like data migrations, ingest, and as an alternative to shipping hard drives. CloudDat is used by companies in a wide range of industries - including media & entertainment (M&E), healthcare and life sciences (HCLS), oil and gas (O&G), legal, and engineering - directly by end-users, through systems integrators (SI), and by using integrated solutions from DEI's growing partner network.
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BkiUb9zxK7FjYHGHyy9X | COVID Restrictions Lifted from Texas Daycares: What You Need to Know
Home → Dr G's Blog → COVID Restrictions Lifted from Texas Daycares: What You Need to Know
The coronavirus pandemic has changed how many of us live our day to day lives, but some of the biggest impacts have been felt by the youngest in age and those that care for them at childcare facilities. It was recently announced that emergency COVID restrictions are being lifted from Texas daycares, and the change is raising lots of questions about what this actually means and what families can come to expect.
We know that Texas daycares have had extra challenges throughout the duration of the pandemic; and, now that things are changing again, our goal is to provide you with the critical information you need to care for the children and families you serve.
About the Original Emergency Pandemic Guidelines for Daycares
Earlier in the pandemic, the Executive Commissioner of Texas Health and Human Services Commission temporarily adopted Title 26 Texas Administrative Code §745.10005. The goal of this emergency pandemic code was to ensure daycare operations were following specific health and safety guidelines designed to keep children, staff, and families as safe as possible during the coronavirus spread. At the time of its adoption, the rule was made to be in effect for no longer than 120 days, with a possibility to renew it for only sixty days.
The emergency code was created for adherence by:
Licensed childcare homes
Registered childcare homes
Requirements Listed in the Pandemic Emergency Code for Childcare Operations
The emergency guidelines were specific and detailed in what was expected of childcare operations. Some of the guidelines established for the duration of the order were:
Comply with current CDC Guidance for Child Care Programs that Remain Open (includes mask wearing, hand hygiene, and respiratory etiquette rules)
Ensure all caregivers and staff: a) take a specific online COVID training course, b) report their illnesses and symptoms, c) consult with local or state entities if they were in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, d) encourage personnel 65+ years of age or individuals at high risk to speak to a healthcare professional about the risks of continuing to work
Ensure all persons entering the facility: a) have their temperature taken and have a temperature under 100.4 degrees, b) do not show signs of a respiratory infection, c) have not had close contact with someone who has COVID-19, d) do not have a COVID diagnosis
Oversee pick-up and drop-off of children via: a) limiting in-person contact between caregivers and parents, b) creating an outdoor pick up and drop off process if possible
Follow strict diaper changing, bib, and clothing guidelines
Utilize signage encouraging proper hand washing
Require any suddenly ill staff member with symptoms of COVID-19 to exit the premises immediately
Follow strict food preparation guidelines
Guidance for Childcare Operations After Expiration of TAC §745.10005
The emergency rule of TAC §745.10005 explained in part above expired as of April 20, 2021 and was not extended. Upon its expiration, the Texas Health and Human Services website recommended providers continue to track changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidance for Operating Child Care Programs, which generally includes advice regarding:
Communal spaces
Mask use
Playgrounds and play spaces
What the Lifting of Restrictions from Texas Daycares Means
While the lifting of restrictions at daycares is a change, for many families it is a welcome one. In the early stages of the pandemic, these restrictions were put in place to help protect the wellbeing of staff, children, and parents; but, as vaccines become available and the state of Texas opens back up, there are many staff and families ready to make their way back toward normal again.
The expiration of restrictions at daycares may mean the following for childcare families:
Easing of some pandemic precautions. With the state's restrictions lifted, childcare operations will likely be implementing some eased pandemic guidelines as it relates to wearing a mask, maintaining social distancing, and temperature checks.
Allowing indoor pickup and drop off. While pick up and drop off procedures were limited to outdoors before, parents should now be allowed back into the building for both practices as appropriate.
Parents in the classroom. Parents of daycare families have missed the transparency that can come with being able to drop by their child's classroom and see them in their learning environment firsthand. The lifting of emergency pandemic restrictions allows them to make that return.
Although staff and families will see many adjustments as a return to normal life during a pandemic ensues, one thing that should not change is a childcare operation's dedication to excellent care of the children and families they serve.
By Dr G on June 24, 2021 / Dr G's Blog / Leave a comment
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BkiUeIe6NNjgB1scZUZE | Historically stocks and bonds have tracked each other with opposite correlation. The reason for this is because when investors sell stocks they typically allocate some or all of that money into bonds.
Stock prices will fall and bond prices will rise. The same happens when they sell bonds. Stocks will rise and bonds fall. You can think of it like a see-saw.
Whenever the two separate they always find a way to come back together. The separation between the two is called the spread.
You'll notice that in March of 2009 the stock market bottomed and took off upward. However, bond yields did not budge. They have since tracked sideways at a very low rate and have recently fallen even further.
This means that the bond market does not believe in the stock market rally.
One of the two markets must be right. One of the two is overpriced. Historically, the bond market has been correct because it is a much larger market than stocks and is less influenced on short term emotion.
The chart above also shows that based on current bond rates, stocks should be priced below the March 2009 low of 666.
So who do I believe?
I think they are both overpriced. I think stocks will fall and bonds will fall. I believe ultimately investors will move away from American stocks, bonds, real estate, and cash. They will all fall simultaneously.
In the meantime, I continue to accumulate real cash (precious metals) to have gun powder ready to buy when these assets finally reach an attractive purchase price. Real estate should be hit the hardest and will provide the greatest opportunity during the coming collapse. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUfK_xK0zjCxN_vFXA | The subject of this book is Complex Analysis in Several Variables. This text begins at an elementary level with standard local results, followed by a thorough discussion of the various fundamental concepts of "complex convexity" related to the remarkable extension properties of holomorphic functions in more than one variable. It then continues with a comprehensive introduction to integral representations, and concludes with complete proofs of substantial global results on domains of holomorphy and on strictly pseudoconvex domains inC", including, for example, C. Fefferman's famous Mapping Theorem. The most important new feature of this book is the systematic inclusion of many of the developments of the last 20 years which centered around integral representations and estimates for the Cauchy-Riemann equations. In particu lar, integral representations are the principal tool used to develop the global theory, in contrast to many earlier books on the subject which involved methods from commutative algebra and sheaf theory, and/or partial differ ential equations. I believe that this approach offers several advantages: (1) it uses the several variable version of tools familiar to the analyst in one complex variable, and therefore helps to bridge the often perceived gap between com plex analysis in one and in several variables; (2) it leads quite directly to deep global results without introducing a lot of new machinery; and (3) concrete integral representations lend themselves to estimations, therefore opening the door to applications not accessible by the earlier methods. | c4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUdXc4dbjiU9oEeR7Y | Home / 2019 / April / 25 / UBC Okanagan engineers make injectable tissues a reality
UBC Okanagan engineers make injectable tissues a reality
By Nathan Skolski on April 25, 2019
Doctoral student Mohamed Gamal uses a newly developed cell encapsulation device.
New device encases delicate cells into protective microgels
A simple injection that can help regrow damaged tissue has long been the dream of physicians and patients alike. A new study from researchers at UBC Okanagan takes a big step towards making that dream a reality with a device that makes encapsulating cells much faster, cheaper and more effective.
"The idea of injecting different kinds of tissue cells is not a new one," says Keekyoung Kim, assistant professor of engineering at UBC Okanagan and study co-author. "It's an enticing concept because by introducing cells into damaged tissue, we can supercharge the body's own processes to regrow and repair an injury."
Kim says everything from broken bones to torn ligaments could benefit from this kind of approach and suggests even whole organs could be repaired as the technology improves.
The problem, he says, is that cells on their own are delicate and tend not to survive when injected directly into the body.
"It turns out that to ensure cell survival, they need to be encased in a coating that protects them from physical damage and from the body's own immune system," says Mohamed Gamal, doctoral student in biomedical engineering and study lead author. "But it has been extremely difficult to do that kind of cell encapsulation, which has until now been done in a very costly, time consuming and wasteful process."
Kim and Gamal have solved that problem by developing an automated encapsulation device that encases many cells in a microgel using a specialized blue laser and purifies them to produce a clean useable sample in just a few minutes. The advantage of their system is that over 85 per cent of the cells survive and the process can be easily scaled up.
"Research in this area has been hampered by the cost and lack of availability of mass-produced cell encapsulated microgels," says Kim. "We've solved that problem and our system could provide thousands or even tens of thousands of cell-encapsulated microgels rapidly, supercharging this field of bioengineering."
In addition to developing a system that's quick and efficient, Gamal says the equipment is made up of readily available and inexpensive components.
"Any lab doing this kind of work could set up a similar system anywhere from a few hundred to a couple of thousand dollars, which is pretty affordable for lab equipment," says Gamal.
The team is already looking at the next step, which will be to embed different kinds of stem cells—cells that haven't yet differentiated into specific tissue types—into the microgels alongside specialized proteins or hormones called growth factors. The idea would be to help the stem cells transform into the appropriate tissue type once they're injected.
"I'm really excited to see where this technology goes next and what our encapsulated stem cells are capable of."
The study was published in the journal Lab on a Chip with funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation.
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BkiUdLQ4dbgg7Sw9wryH | creative soundtrack
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The soundtrack for life
Didn't you wish that life was more like in the movies? When there's a good turn of events, a happy, lively tune is played in the background. Everyone seems to sway and smile and dance their lives according to the music played, the sun shines brighter, the colors of the things around are popping out, the wind blows in the right direction making the hair flow not too crazy, but just right. Take the music out and it is not the same thing. Or try and match a sad or a loud and wacko tune to the whole picture described above. It doesn't work out well. I believe that for every moment of our lives there is a perfect tune out there that will enhance that moment and make it memorable.
The question explored today is this: What kind of soundtrack goes for creativity? It turns out that the sound of silence will not do. As maintained by the published research article from Ravi Mehta, a professor of business administration, ambient background noise proves to be an important factor influencing creativity and creative cognition among consumers.
"We found that ambient noise is an important antecedent for creative cognition," Mehta said. "A moderate level of noise not only enhances creative problem-solving but also leads to a greater adoption of innovative products in certain settings."
Noise, but not too much noise
Mehta and co-authors Rui (Juliet) Zhu, of the University of British Columbia, and Amar Cheema, of the University of Virginia, examine how a moderate-level of ambient noise (about 70 decibels, equivalent to a passenger car traveling on a highway) improves performance on creative tasks and amplifies the likelihood of consumers buying innovative products.
In parallel, the researchers also studied how a high level of noise (85 decibels, equivalent to traffic noise on a major road) hurts creativity by reducing information processing.
"What we found is that there's an inverted-U relationship between noise level and creativity," Mehta said. "It turns out that around 70 decibels is the sweet spot. If you go beyond that, it's too loud, and the noise starts to negatively affect creativity. It's the Goldilocks principle -- the middle is just right."
The researchers showed that a high level of noise is hindering creativity by diverting the attentional resources needed in the information processing.
So, too loud the music will make one pay attention to the "noise", it doesn't help in focusing that attention to the problem at hand that needs a creative solution.
"An increased level of distraction makes you think 'out-of-the-box' -- what we call abstract thinking or abstract processing, which is a hallmark of increased creativity," Mehta said. "But when you start to go beyond that moderate level of noise what happens is that distraction becomes so huge that it really starts affecting the thought process. You really can't process information because the distraction is so pronounced. And that is what inhibits creativity."
"So a moderate level of noise produces just enough distraction to lead to higher creativity, but a very high level of noise induces too much distraction, which actually reduces the amount of processing, thus leading to lower creativity."
The researchers, show the important practical implications of their study for inducing consumer behavior and increasing the purchasing new and innovative products.
"We studied this in a consumer environment because previous research has only considered white noise or pink noise" -- a variant of white noise, which sounds like the static buzz of an off-air TV station -- "which you don't really find in consumer environments," Mehta said. "So in this case we used everyday multi-talker noise to find out how it affects consumer behavior in a consumption environment. In order to encourage adoption of new and innovative products, marketers might consider equipping their showrooms with a moderate level of ambient noise."
The study is not only relevant to consumer research, but also to creative problem-solving in general. Even to logo design work, we might add. :)
"This is research that people can relate to almost immediately. Our findings imply that instead of burying oneself in a quiet room trying to figure out a solution, walking outside of one's comfort zone and getting into a relatively noisy environment like a cafe may actually trigger the brain to think abstractly, and thus generate creative ideas," Mehta said. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUbdk5qrqCyihwaMi8 | Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea: Blues' Top Four Challenge Stutters at Anfield
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Chelsea were dealt a huge blow in their fight for a Champions League place as two goals in five second-half minutes saw them lose 2-0 against Liverpool at Anfield.
Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah were both on the scoresheet while the visitors had chances of their own, most notably Eden Hazard hitting the post after those goals.
The Reds were always favourites for victory as they continue to chase their first ever Premier League title and they were keen to impose their fast-paced pressing game from the kick-off. Former Chelsea winger Salah could have got the scoring started inside six minutes but his volley at the back post was tame and easy for Kepa to collect.
The Egyptian wideman was then up to his usual tricks in the penalty area as he theatrically went down under no contact from David Luiz. Referee Michael Oliver didn't point to the spot nor did he caution Salah for simulation, leaving fans in confusion to what had happened.
The Blues' hopes of a shock victory were dented massively halfway through the first half as Antonio Rudiger tried, and failed, to continue the match after he was injured. If he is to be unavailable over the coming weeks, it could be detrimental to the hopes of a top-four finish.
The hosts' pressure increased as the game reached half time and although Chelsea were able to maintain the goalless scoreline in the opening 45 minutes, the hosts were getting ever closer to breaking the deadlock.
It took Liverpool just six minutes after the interval to do just that and unlock the previously tightly-sealed visiting backline. Jordan Henderson was at the heart of the move and he danced towards the byline before standing up a terrific ball towards the back stick where Mane had been waiting to aim his header into the back of the net.
A sigh of relief could be heard on Merseyside but that relief soon turned into ecstasy as the lead was doubled a matter of moments later and out of absolutely nothing it must be added. Salah picked the ball up on the right touchline 25 yards from goal before moving inside and arrowing a wonderful strike into the top corner, leaving Kepa with no chance whatsoever.
It gave Maurizio Sarri's men a mountain to climb and that could have been made much easier had Hazard put away his side's best chance of the game but his strike came back off the base of the post following a great first touch.
Within 60 seconds the Belgium international had another fantastic opportunity to bring Chelsea back into the game but after he was picked out brilliantly by Willian in the box, a smart save from Alisson denied him his 17th league goal of the campaign.
The away side continued to dominate the game for a period of about 10 minutes but after failing to make their pressure pay, the title challengers regained control of the contest. They were able to see out the victory to claim three points that took them back to the top of the table, leaving the South Londoners in 4th, clinging onto the final Champions League place by the skin of their teeth.
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BkiUdPg4c3aisMboHBxu | ATT Dream In Black Honorees and How You Can Be Honored
February 18, 2019 By Nickida
Last week we continued the conversation around the inaugural class of Dream In Black Honorees. We talked about the members revealed for the third week, and how we think they influence our communities.
At the start of Black History Month I shared a blog post about the Dream In Black honorees for the first week, and details about the Twitter Party we had to kick off the celebration. In case you didn't here are some details about the newly launched program.
What is Dream In Black 28 Black History Month?
For Black History Month 2019, AT&T will celebrate luminaries who have lifted the Black community and the world through their achievements and the future they have made possible. AT&T will offer a future-focused celebration of the Dream in Black 28 – a list of today's hottest artist, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, entertainers and activists, who are inspiring the community to Dream in Black.
When Can I See the Full List
Each week seven (7) future makers from the Dream In Black 28 list are released and their stories are shared on www.att.com/dreaminblack. At the end of the month, everyone will see all 27 people honored on the inaugural list. The newly added members for the third week include:
Al Sharpton, Reginae Carter, Quincy Brown, Prince Ea, Kimberly Bryant, Anderson Paak, and Don Lemon. The inaugural Dream in Black 28 list consists of 27 of the most influential creators who are currently shaping Black culture and the 28th spot is reserved for a consumer changing the future in their community.
Wondering how you can become the 28th member of the Dream In Black 2019 Class? Check out all the details before, you have less than two weeks left to enter.
How Can I Be Added to the Dream In Black List?
By joining the Dream In Black 28 contest on your Facebook, Twitter or Instagram account and posting a still photo or a :30 to :60 second video of yourself that displays how you are currently making history in your community and use the hashtag #DreamInBlack. The Contest is open only to legal residents of the fifty United States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years old, (19 in Alabama and Nebraska, and 21 in Mississippi). The contest will begin on February 1, 2019 and will end on February 28, 2019.
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What Is the Contest Prize?
One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded: The winner will be named an honoree on the inaugural Dream in Black 28 list and will win a flyaway trip for two (2) to Hollywood, CA to attend one of Black culture's biggest events in entertainment. The winner will be contacted during the second week in March.
Find out more information can be found at www.att.com/dreaminblack and follow the hashtag on all social channels.
2019 Dream In Black Week Three Honorees
Young, black and talented are apt descriptors for actor, singer and dreamer Quincy Brown. His social media savvy and diverse abilities have established him as a role model for young men in entertainment. Following the legacy of his musician father, Al B. Sure!, and his business savvy stepfather, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Quincy is already reaching across disciplines to build an empire that epitomizes black excellence. Making his acting debut in the 2015 film Dope, Quincy has since held starring roles in the film "Brotherly Love" alongside Keke Palmer, and Netflix original film The Holiday Calendar. He is currently a recurring face on the Fox series, Stars, where he plays the role of Derek Jones.
Anderson Paak
For Anderson Paak, Dreaming in Black means more than notoriety – it's a tool for the growth and enrichment of underserved communities. In 2014, Anderson Paak released his debut EP Venice and in 2016 he signed to Dr. Dre's notable Aftermath Entertainment label, where he later released follow up albums Malibu and Oxnard. A tirelessly community-minded spirit, Anderson Paak established the Brandon Anderson Foundation, which aims to uplift and create community safe spaces through cultural and musical programs. Last December, the foundation hosted its second annual Paak House event, a free community concert in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles.
Kimberly Bryant
For Kimberly Bryant, Dreaming in Black means being the architect of an inclusive future for young black girls interested in pursuing science, technology, engineering and math-centered careers. While Bryant was a student pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, she struggled to find other black women who could act as mentors in the space. In 2012, she founded Black Girls Code as a response to this issue; the non-profit has the singular aim of introducing pre-teen girls to in-demand computer technology skills with the long-term goal of creating more inclusivity within the tech space.
Prince EA
Richard Williams, better known by his stage name, Prince Ea, is a trailblazer in using his social platform to encourage the Black community to Dream in Black every day. Influenced by the conscious nature of the golden era of hip-hop, Prince Ea launched the "Make S.M.A.R.T. Cool" movement, contextualizing rap as an educational tool for black youth. In 2014, he again shifted focus, building a YouTube channel – with over two billion views – dedicated to delivering motivational and practical information on a variety of social issues. When Prince Ea isn't dropping spoken word gems, he speaks at schools and conferences across the country.
Seasoned reporter and cultural critic Don Lemon is telling black stories with the urgency, dignity, and nuance they deserve. Lemon is most-known as the first-on-the-ground reporter during watershed moments impacting the African American community, such as the tragic unarmed shooting of teen Michael Brown; as well as the Ferguson protests that were sparked by Brown's death. Though at times touted as controversial, Lemon's commentary seeks to center black narratives, even if it means introducing inconvenient truths.
Reginae Carter
Although her father, Lil Wayne, is arguably one of the most influential rappers of his generation, 20-year-old Reginae Carter has chosen to embark on her own Dream in Black journey. One that sees her taking the mantle of role-model to a new peer group of young women. An outspoken advocate for body positivity and the upliftment of women of color, Carter's forthcoming projects include a reboot of Jane Austen's enduring classic Pride and Prejudice. The film, which will premiere on Lifetime this year, features a majority black cast, firmly centering Austen's Regency sensibilities through a more diverse lens.
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BkiUd4Y5qhLBXQtDHoJt | Working with GPSDD to promote data interoperability
DataReady works closely with GPSDD and the UN Statistics Division to develop and promote data interoperability in the development sector. By coordinating and managing a data collaborative on interoperability, drafting specialised guidance and supporting its implementation in country, we are contributing to a development sector in which data is more timely, complete and seamlessly integratable across communities of practice.
Client: The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD)
The Collaborative on SDG Data Interoperability proves that through collaboration and dialogue across policy and technical communities, it is possible to overcome complex data governance challenges.
Tom has driven this work forward, expertly combining policy know-how with complex technical issues and an excellent ability to manage relationships.
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Our Director, Tom Orrell, has worked with GPSDD since 2016 to promote the importance and need for data interoperability to help achieve and monitor the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
DataReady manages the Collaborative on SDG Data Interoperability on behalf of GPSDD, in partnership with the UN Statistics Division. Together, they have produced detailed policy guidance on interoperability for sustainable development practitioners. We are now supporting GPSDD's efforts to test this guidance in Kenya and elsewhere, with the aim of improving how data is governed, shared and used in pursuit of development objectives.
To promote the interoperability of official statistics, Tom represents the Collaborative on the UN Statistical Commission's Friends of the Chair Group on the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics and Open Data, an intergovernmental process aimed at promoting greater openness in, and access to, official statistics.
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Such restrictions are not imposed on the husband in the event of the wife's bankruptcy.
The draft law was presented to the Parliament on 17/4/2007.
Noting that the "Committee for updating laws" at the ministry of Justice is currently reviewing the code of Commerce.
Pending follow-up at the Parliament. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdR45qdmC6Srl9Qtl | We are a team dedicated to keeping organizations safe through our integrated security model and helping them grow with our innovative digital strategies.
TriCorps has developed a robust electronic security program to stop crime in its tracks. Through our cameras, access control systems, alarms, and GPS trackers, TriCorps is able to provide digital security solutions to meet our client's needs. In addition the services we offer, TriCorps' Command Monitoring Center is a 3,800 square foot brick constructed building that contains a 2,100 square foot Security Operations Center. This hardened facility is staffed 24/7 by trained professional operators and technical specialists. TriCorps' Command Monitoring Center is equipped with the most advanced equipment and technology.
TriCorps offers world-class digital strategy development to help organizations thrive in an world that is constantly changing. These strategies focus on how to navigate the complexities of a software selection, enhance the consumer experience, and more. We have developed a framework that defines a digitally mature organization. Using this framework, we help you develop a strategy to lead your organization toward a bright and secure future. We are committed to teaching you the skills to implement this strategy on your own or we can be your partner and walk with you on your journey toward digital maturity. We offer these services through consulting, education and speaking.
Not only are we a comprehensive security and technology firm, able to be a true one-stop shop for our clients, we're also able to maintain close personal relationships with our clients and employees usually not found in larger firms. In an industry notorious for mergers and acquisitions, which means instability for employees and clients, TriCorps has broken the mold. For decades, TriCorps has remained privately held and operated by the same ownership and management. Our experienced leadership, proven track record and innovative strategy is more beneficial than any merger or acquisition and has allowed us to remain consistent.
When you compare the experience, education and careers of our leadership team, you will find them to be best in the industry. As a team we are dedicated to providing our clients with highly trained personnel, state of the art technology and world-class customer service. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUf9HxK0zjCxh758uO | As an intern, you have accomplished what many others dream about, but few attain. You have your M.D., and you have a job to boot! While you deserve to be proud of your position, you should also begin to appreciate how much you have to prove. To prove yourself you must work hard and smart. You need to be flexible and hungry for knowledge. Your team depends on you to gather data and contribute to the plan for your patients. You are wading through the frequently rough waters of the clinical environment. Most of the time this means working with other staff beyond your seniors and residency staff. Learning how to communicate and work effectively with nurses is a top priority during this time. Many interns treat nurses professionally but still end up stepping on their toes without knowing why. Sometimes there may be confusion about orders that were handed down from the attending. Sometimes difficulties arise when the intern is unfamiliar with how things work on the floor. Let's explore six ways to get off to a good start with nurses and other staff during your rotations.
1. Go over your attending's orders with your nurse.
Most nurses appreciate an intern going over orders from the attending with them, as opposed to chasing the intern down the hallway to try to make out their handwriting. If the nurse is available, make an effort to review the orders. This practice is not always feasible but advisable especially when there is a high level of complexity in the care plan.
2. Communicate with your nurses.
As with any critical undertaking, communication is vital to the care of patients. Having a good sense of humor helps. Speaking to the nurse as if she is a professional goes a long way. He or she may look at patient care in a much different way than that of an intern. That's a good thing.
Try using "I" messages instead of "you" messages.
Measure your tone to avoid the appearance of yelling at the nurse. Instead of saying "You never got those test results!" try saying, "I really need those test results if you could please check on it, Jennifer."
3. Bring food as an ice-breaker.
Now, this is tried and true for many professionals, not just nurses. One way to break the ice is to bring food and introduce yourself before just helping yourself to charts behind the desk or taking them off where the nurses don't know you have gone with them. Chocolate and sweets always work, but any food will do. It shows the medical intern appreciates the nurses. They are hungry and stressed up there on the seventh floor. OK, so it's a bribe. Still, it works.
When you introduce yourself to a nurse on the floor and say "Hello, I'm Dr. Kelly." , that tells your nursing colleagues next to nothing. With a revolving elevator door of specialists coming on and off the floor, nurses need to know what service you're representing. The intern might say instead, "Hello, I'm Dr. Kelly, a Family Medicine intern." Respect matters – your nurses are your eyes and ears. Nursing colleagues are glad to help an intern in any way they can, so ask politely and respect the nursing staff's opinions. After all, they are spending more time with the patient than the intern is. The nurses are your eyes and ears. They have the intern's back. A good nurse can save a medical intern from error more times than not.
That brings us back to the mention of food. Chocolates are great for an introduction. That's the number one thing nurses mention when asked how a medical intern can break the ice. They remember the interns that bring the food. If the intern wants to be memorable, bring the chocolate. Just making sure you're paying attention.
5. Do you have a stethoscope? Bring it.
That brings the discussion to carrying your stethoscope. Yes, you can usually borrow one from the nursing staff, but please return it before leaving the floor. The same goes for pens, charts, and important documents. Medical schools and nursing schools should be on board with teaching nurses and medical interns to get along by sharing resources and information from the start. Sadly, this is not always the case. Try to avoid stoking adversarial tendencies by putting supplies and documents back where you found them. I have certainly been guilty of this infraction.
6. Lean on your senior residents and attendings for guidance.
Your senior residents and attendings know the ropes much more than you do. Inquire about the culture and priorities of the floors you will be rounding on. Find out what is essential to the staff around you so that you can establish common ground. Doing this can help you become more efficient when the pressure is on and time is scarce. Nurses and medical interns can learn to get along through some simple courtesy and communication techniques.
The themes to remember here are collaboration and respect. It takes excellent collaboration between nurses, interns, and attendings to provide excellent patient care. More and more, physicians should see their nurses as a critical resource who should be listened to carefully and with concern. Conversely, nurses should also understand the stress and constraints that interns endure. Working as a team toward excellent patient care is a worthy goal needed in all areas of medicine.
Earning mutual respect in the field of medicine is worth pondering when beginning a relationship with nurses as a medical intern. If it were easy, it wouldn't be so exciting. Remember, you can do this! | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUaRfxK1yAgWt77l9s | Established in 1988. Increasing in 1998. Renamed in 2011. Upgraded in 2013.
One World Hanxing College of Journalism and Communication was founded in 1988, making it the oldest and the only communication college in Malaysia. The college has diploma programmes, along with 2+2 twinning programmes. To meet the needs of people who wish to continue their education, the college offers the lowest pay of education fees.
An overview of the college and departments: 1.Diploma in Journalism 2.Diploma in Broadcasting 3.Diploma in Public Relations In order to cultivate a broad worldview and up-to-date skills in students, the College is working hard to develop cooperative arrangements with international academic institutions. It has already established sister school relationships with more than 13 schools in Taiwan & China. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUgJI5qhDC0V1en60V | It was a long-held theory that the each of us was born with a certain amount of
brain cells. It was believed that the connections between the brain's neurons were all developed in just the first few years of life. Hence, the term "hardwired" was coined to refer to the brain after this point in time. However, after two decades of research to the contrary, it has been discovered and proven that the brain never stops growing and changing. The brain can and does have the ability for new neuronal growth. This process is called neurogenesis. It is the original "use-it-or-lose-it" organ. In fact, as stated in the July 2000 issue of "Brain Briefings" published by the Society of Neuro-science, it was noted that ". . .some research suggests that special brain exercises can tap into the brain's adaptive capacities and help people overcome certain language and reading problems." It goes on to say, "Individuals with the reading disability dyslexia, are one group that may benefit from these exercises. Studies show that different types of training techniques sometimes can improve dyslexics' poor reading skills. Many scientists believe that these techniques rework failing language processing networks."
These same exercises also make changes to the pathways in the brain enabling the student to develop focus and attention skills. It was reported on CBS Sunday Morning, "As science learns more about the brain's capacity to rewire itself, instead of using drugs, doctors may increasingly try teaching old brains new tricks."
The ability to exercise the brain and develop new pathways is the core of the program at Learning Pathways. The research and its findings in the last twenty years went into the development of the sensory-rich exercises which retrain the brain and create lasting solutions. As UCLA pediatric neurologist Dr. Donald Shields has said, "If there's a way to compensate, the developing brain will find it." Learning Pathways is dedicated to helping the brain find and implement what it needs.
These neuronal changes are critical for a student with dyslexia to develop new ways for the brain to process the information being presented. Once these neuronal pathways are developed, they never revert; hence, the permanent learning occurs. | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
BkiUcEDxK1Thg9qFcTU2 | The Diane Von Furstenberg Piper Day Bag is a stunning bag with toning gold coloured hardware and stud and feather embellishment, with sequins down the sides of the bag. The bag is available in taupe leather or blue green irridescent fabric. It has a flapover fastening. Inside, the bag is lined and there is an internal zipped pocket.
Measurements: Width: 30.5cm/ 12″, height: 20cm/ 8″, depth: 41cm/ 16″, short strap length: 16″/41cm, long strap 39″/97cm. All measurements are approximate.
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BkiUdrI241xg966rPHy9 | B.P. Litigation and Deepwater Horizon
Online newspaper The Daily refused to comply with a federal judge's order to remove from its website video clips of former BP CEO Tony Hayward's deposition in the ongoing litigation related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 2010. That decision may prove to be vindicated, as the judge indicated an intent to withdraw the order.
"We have not removed the clips . . . and have no intention of doing so until we've had the opportunity to present our case to the court," The Daily said in a statement, as reported on the organization's website. The Daily reported that it has published Hayward's deposition on its website and its iPad app.
"The Deepwater Horizon disaster is one of the worst environmental disasters in United States history and there is tremendous public interest in the complete disclosure of all of the surrounding facts," the statement continued.
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BkiUbZ45qhDACuHxCQTw | It dawned on me that drumming takes alot of time and commitment to perfect.Which i have no patience for. So as i am hitting the road in November(Off travelling) i will be selling my kit. Its in excellent condition and only been used a handfull of times.It has been stacked up for over a year now.And for those that know your drums will know its a good piece of equipment.
Also included is a drum stool,set of "dx" stagg symbols,a drum stool,two pairs of sticks,a pair of brushes and a double bass pedal.
I am free most nights after 8 if anyone would like a closer look. And please let me know if any of your friends are interested.
A great kit at a great price.
Don't hesitate to call - 07858759471.Im nice.
P.S - I have plenty more photos of the kit if you'd like a better look.
Just to let you know, your image link does not work.
im not quite sure how to fix it. Can you help?
You could put the picture on Photobucket and they provide you with links and codes etc.
did you not buy it for 750?
750? is that a typo?
I agree with this guy sorry to say. These kits go for 600-700 new with hardware so i don't reckon you will get that for it second hand mate! If you want my advise try selling it on ebay thats the best way. You could probally get 500 if your lucky. Ive sold lots of stuff over the years and the one thing ive leanred is that drums, unless special edition etc, have a high depresiation on them - my Special Edition Pearl Masters set-up in my pic with all the stands and cymbals etc cost over 7000 new a few years ago - i would be lucky to get 3000 for it now.
drummerboy dont suppose you have any kits for sale?
You are right. I have limited knowledge. And i also have no time! Im leaving to travel in two months and really need to shift this kit.
Yeah that's a more reasonable price!
drum kits are almost as bad as cars!! Depreciate like crazy. I remember when I bought my Mapex Pro M kit for about 1000 (and at the time it was on sale, RRP was up at like 1299.99 or something!) and now I don't think they fetch much more...500? Something like that? | c4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUdfo5qWTBJsoPRrY_ | The implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act, and its requirement that employers must make reasonable adjustments to enable disabled employees to attain to their full potential in the workplace, has made a major impact in recent years. Many employers now have a good understanding of the needs of a wide range of disabled people, and what they need to do to meet those needs.
However, understanding of the needs of people on the autistic spectrum, including those with Asperger syndrome (AS), is far less widespread. The fact is that people on the spectrum are hard-wired to interact differently in social situations, and problems can arise if the people around them - purely through ignorance or unfamiliarity - react badly to their non-standard behaviours.
Now, a short book has been written which helps to avoid this. The clear and simple illustrations show colleagues how the world can appear to the employee with AS, and demonstrate how small changes in approach can transform workplace relationships. The book gives colleagues a range of strategies to bridge the gap between the two perspectives; and in doing so, it will make the workplace a richer and more productive environment for everybody. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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Welsh singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Georgia Ruth releases her new album Fossil Scale, on October 7, 2016. The record is the follow up to 2013's Welsh Music Prize winning Week Of Pines – a feat Ruth never imagined she'd achieve for her critically acclaimed, bilingual debut album. The record prompted the Guardian to call her 'one of the British folk discoveries of the year' and Georgia went on to be twice nominated in the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, in addition to radio support across Radio 1 and 6 Music.
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Fossil Scale was written in Caernarfon, a port town in North Wales blessed with space, tranquillity and a scenic landscape that Ruth, at the time, called home. The surroundings were as much of an influence as the hours of Beck, Radiohead and Bowie she was putting in during that spell of writing. With her go-to writing tool switching from harp to piano and striving for a more expansive yet ambient sound, Georgia headed into the familiar setting of Snowdonia's Bryn Derwen Studio in January 2015 to lay down the foundations of what would become her second album.
However, 5 days into sessions, the studio was sold meaning recording time became split between studios in London and Cardiff – in the case of the latter, friends and collaborators Manic Street Preachers' Faster Studios. The album was finally pieced together in Mwnci Studios, co-produced with Italian producer Marta Salogni (Phil Selway, Eliot Sumner) and long-time collaborator David Wrench (Caribou, Bat For Lashes) some 11 months after those initial sessions began.
During that 11-month period of recording, Ruth relocated from Caernarfon to Cardiff. This is something she considers pivotal to the album's development: "I think I was almost too happy in Caernarfon", explains Ruth, "and happiness can drive you a little bit insane". The comparative clamour of city life prompted those songs written in the quiet of Caernarfon to take on a whole different life, mirroring Georgia's own move and shifting into very different beings themselves.
Thus, Fossil Scale is a marked progression in song-writing and style. Where the previous focus had been her trusty harp, the new LP heavily features keys, synths, guitars, layered recorders and, following an introduction to Hindustani classical music during time spent in India, the sarangi. Songs like Good Milk and the album's title track represent this increased instrumentation and layering, allowing them to veer away from the traditional folk stylings of tracks like Grand Tour and the songs that made up 2013 debut.
Ruth dips into her native Welsh language on a cover of her fellow countryman Meic Stevens' Sylvia, whilst her school-pal and fellow Nick Drake obsesser Meilyr Jones sings on the title track, The Doldrums and When I Was Blue. Both the Welsh language and the camaraderie amongst Welsh musicians are two of Ruth's principle values which she is able to deploy in her weekly 3-hour music show for BBC Cymru, the BBC's Welsh-speaking radio arm.
Fossil Scale is an album that captures Georgia's transition as a songwriter; her move from relative quiet to city bustle; her much valued Welsh heritage and her eagerness to experiment. Most exciting above all for Georgia Ruth is, after the success of her debut, it's an album that has a waiting audience.
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BkiUdpQ5qX_AY3RB4AW6 | How much does a Line Cook make in Jasper, AB?
The average salary for a Line Cook is $15.61 per hour in Jasper, AB, which is 6% above the national average. Salary estimates are based on 73 salaries submitted anonymously to Indeed by Line Cook employees, users, and collected from past and present job advertisements on Indeed in the past 36 months. The typical tenure for a Line Cook is less than 1 year. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUeE85qoTBFq8c9jYQ | Billy Bush's wife Sydney Davis files for divorce
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Billy Bush's wife, Sydney Davis, has filed for divorce. File Photo by David Becker/UPI
Sydney Davis has filed for divorce against her estranged husband, television personality Billy Bush, Los Angeles court records indicated.
[post_ads]TMZ said Davis cited irreconcilable differences as the cause for the split, and requested joint legal and primary physical custody of their children -- Lillie, 13, and Mary, 17. Their oldest child, Josie, is 19.
Davis asked for spousal support, as well.
The couple married in 1998 and separated last September.
"After almost 20 years of marriage, they have separated for the moment to evaluate their life together," Bush said at the time. "They love each other and their children deeply and are committed to a bright future."
Us Weekly, which also reported the divorce story this weekend, said Bush's publicist did not respond to its request for a comment on it.
NBC fired Bush from Today in 2016 after an Access Hollywood recording of a 2005 conversation between Bush and Donald Trump came to light. The pair can be heard making insulting remarks about women on the tape, which was leaked during Trump's campaign for the U.S. presidency.
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BkiUdas4uzki074fds1e | It's fall, which means plenty of us have one thing on the mind: I need to get out of here. But taking a vacation can really break a budget if you're not careful, and when you're struggling financially, any major getaway should probably take a backseat to your expenses. (After all, that is why staycations were invented, right?) But we understand that many people have a bad case of wanderlust—that unyielding desire to make an escape and see or do something different—and we totally get it! So here are five places to go that can get you out and about without pushing you further into debt.
If you're looking for a little heat but you can't do a one-week, all-inclusive trip to the Caribbean, one of my favourite spots to visit is Miami...specifically South Beach, Miami. Why do I love it? All you need are four days, the water is warm (almost too warm, depending on the season), the beaches are beautiful and accessible to everyone, there are lots of great neighbourhoods you can check out, and there are tons of yummy Latin places to grab a quick bite to eat. Now, most people hear South Beach and immediately think "cha-ching!" but you can make it as affordable (or expensive) as you want thanks to rental sites like Airbnb and reasonable roundtrip flights. Wanna save even more? Many Canadians drive to South Beach every year instead of hopping on a plane, so all you really need to do is pile into a rental with three of your besties and you've got a legitimate beach vacay. A word of caution though: Stay away from the cocktails. They'll break your budget fast.
Put your politics aside and visit one of the most dynamic cities in the US. Flights and hotels are reasonable, and once you've arrived, there is so much to see and do—and most of it is free! The city boasts 11 of the 19 Smithsonian Museums, including the National Air and Space Museum and the Museum of Natural History. The metro system is also excellent, so you can get around easily without having to rent a car or rely only on Uber.
Whenever I feel like I need a quick getaway, a new vibe in a different city with new feels, I think New York City. If you want to drive there you can, or you can take a Greyhound bus. But I live in Toronto and we have a little airline called Porter where you can fly to Newark, New Jersey for less than $200 roundtrip, all in. When you compare that to a one-way $59 Greyhound ticket (not including taxes), it can be a better option. And I LOVE Porter. They give you free goodies before the flight in their awesome lounge; check-in is quick (it's what you wish every airline check-in would be) and if you get there early, getting on the next earlier flight is a breeze. So you fly to Newark and take an $8.50 train to Penn Station (it's a 25-minute ride), and voila! You're in the middle of Manhattan.
You can also get great deals on NYC hotels, especially if you're rooming with a friend and you've got time to plan, and there is so much to do in New York for next to nothing. For example, you can take a stroll through Central Park, check out the weekend markets in Williamsburg, walk the Brooklyn Bridge, check out the art galleries in Chelsea and Soho, grab a drink and a bite in the Seaport District near Wall Street, and walk the High Line—an elevated park built on top of the former New York Central Railroad where they host tons of free, hipster events too.
Okay, there are definitely some mixed feelings about this place, but first a bit of background.
Curaçao is a very small island close to Aruba off the coast of Venezuela, and it's Dutch. Now, if you're going with the expectation of Aruba, you're going to be disappointed (so I've heard), but I've never been to Aruba, so I loved it. Curaçao is off the beaten path, it offers some ruggedness and adventure, great nightlife, great city life and restaurants, and it's an exotic beach vacation somewhere different and budget-friendly. The beaches are absolutely stunning—there are over 40!—and offer some of the best snorkeling ever. By far the best place for snorkeling was Cas Abao Beach; as soon as you put your head underwater it's like you're in the Little Mermaid. Renting snorkel gear is about $10-15 US a day, and if you're going with a friend you can share, as long as you don't care about cooties.
And how could we not include one of our own beautiful cities! Our country is so large, we often take it for granted. Many Canadians haven't explored their own backyard, and it's a shame! Canada is so beautiful. Last year I tagged along on a cross-Canada road trip with two of my friends for Canada's 150. I flew from Toronto to Calgary (they drove the whole way) and met them for the Alberta/British Columbia stretch of their road trip, and I must say, that trek through the mountains between Alberta and BC makes you proud to be Canadian. It's some of the most breath-taking views you will ever see, hands down. And if you haven't seen Calgary, you're missing a lot of free natural beauty and historical sites. The city is home to the Calgary Stampede, a 10-day rodeo featuring a parade, bull riding, and a 36-team derby. Tickets are less than $20, and in the evening there is free musical entertainment, fireworks, and inexpensive carnival rides for the kids (or the kid in you).
There you have it, the top five places to see on a budget. Over the years, Credit Canada has offered tons of great ideas and ways to save when getting out of town. So if you're planning ahead for next year's vacation, be sure to check out How to Take a Summer Vacation Without Breaking the Bank. Have some travel tips of your own, or do you know another great inexpensive city to visit? Let us know in the comments below! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdcg5qhLBXcibG5M0 | <?php
namespace com\realexpayments\remote\sdk\domain\threeDSecure;
/**
* <p>
* Domain object representing 3D Secure (realmpi) information passed back from Realex.
* Realmpi is a real time card holder verification system to assist a merchant with the
* identification of potentially fraudulent transactions.
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* @author vicpada
* @package com\realexpayments\remote\sdk\domain\threeDSecure
*
*/
class ThreeDSecure {
/**
* @var string The outcome of the authentication, required for the authorisation request.
*
*/
private $status;
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/**
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private $algorithm;
/**
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public function __construct() {
}
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* Getter for status
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public function getStatus() {
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}
/**
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public function setStatus( $status ) {
$this->status = $status;
}
/**
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public function getEci() {
return $this->eci;
}
/**
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*/
public function setEci( $eci ) {
$this->eci = $eci;
}
/**
* Getter for xid
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*/
public function getXid() {
return $this->xid;
}
/**
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* @param string $xid
*/
public function setXid( $xid ) {
$this->xid = $xid;
}
/**
* Getter for cavv
*
* @return string
*/
public function getCavv() {
return $this->cavv;
}
/**
* Setter for cavv
*
* @param string $cavv
*/
public function setCavv( $cavv ) {
$this->cavv = $cavv;
}
/**
* Getter for algorithm
*
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*/
public function getAlgorithm() {
return $this->algorithm;
}
/**
* Setter for algorithm
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public function setAlgorithm( $algorithm ) {
$this->algorithm = $algorithm;
}
/**
* Helper method for adding a status
*
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* @return ThreeDSecure
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public function addStatus( $status ) {
$this->status = $status;
return $this;
}
/**
* Helper method for adding a eci
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*
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public function addEci( $eci ) {
$this->eci = $eci;
return $this;
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public function addXid( $xid ) {
$this->xid = $xid;
return $this;
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public function addCavv( $cavv ) {
$this->cavv = $cavv;
return $this;
}
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$this->algorithm = $algorithm;
return $this;
}
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BkiUbtw5qsMAI0vkcJSu | Our 2016 Tree Walks were the most popular walks to date! People came out in record numbers to hear Dr. Matt Ritter tell the stories of behind the trees we walk under in Carmel.
Dr. Matt Ritter will lead two of our popular Tree Walks on Saturday, July 9 at 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM. The walks are approximately 1.5 hours and covers a few blocks within downtown Carmel.
To RSVP, email treewalk@carmelforest.org. Please send the names of attendees and your first and second time preference. Free to members, $20 for non-members. To become a member, click here. Reserve early for this popular event as space is limited!
A fascinating and entertaining speaker, Dr. Ritter is the author of A Californian's Guide to the Trees among Us. Dr. Ritter is a botany professor in the Biology Department at Cal Poly, SLO, Director of the Cal Poly Plant Conservatory, Chair of the City of San Luis Obispo Tree Committee, and editor-in-chief of California Botanical Society's Madroño. He holds a Ph.D. in plant developmental biology from UC San Diego.
The author of A Californian's Guide to the Trees among Us, Dr. Matt Ritter will be speaking on The BIG Trees Among Us on Wednesday, June 8 at 7 PM at Sunset Center's Carpenter Hall. A witty and engaging speaker, Dr. Ritter is a botany professor in the Biology Department at Cal Poly and leader of our popular Tree Walks.
Join us for #EarthDay at #MEarth this Saturday from 10-4. From bicycle-powered smoothies and organic food to eco-exhibitors and #Tesla, there's something for everyone!
The trees that collectively form our forest make Carmel a better place to live - both in terms of aesthetics and quality of life. Trees frame our views, are home to a variety of birds and animals, filter our air, and shelter us from the winds. Studies show that people are happier and healthier in a green environment. Our urban forest is the very thing that makes our village unique and welcoming to residents and visitors alike.
Each tree is unique and should be protected as if the entire forest depended on it, because it does. When permits are granted for development of homes, every tree on that property must be preserved or replaced. In 2014, 114 permits were granted to remove trees on private property, but only 49 were required to be replaced. There has also been no follow up to ensure those trees have been planted and are healthy.
Loss of tree canopy of Monte Verde between 7th & 8th.
The City Forester estimated over 170 public trees were lost in 2015, in addition to a 7-year back log. In 2014, 142 trees were removed with only 39 replaced. Simply put, Carmel's trees are in trouble. Development, disease, drought are the main culprits, but neglect, lack of resources for management and code enforcement are also to blame. Climate change will also have an impact, with higher temperatures affecting the moisture rich fog that our forest depends on.
Walk down any Carmel-by-the-Sea street and you will witness trees that are struggling to survive or are no longer there. Whole blocks that were once graced by towering pines and cypress are now just sparsely dotted with trees. Fortunately, there is now enthusiasm from the City Council to fully implement and fund the FMP. Will they move ahead and replenish and care for the forest in the very near future? It is getting late. Our forest is losing and we cannot afford to wait.
Our annual Tree Walk was a success! Led by Dr. Peter Shaw, Horitculture Program Chair & Arboriculture Instructor at Cabrillo College, participants learned about 30 different tree species in downtown Carmel. For more photos, visit our Facebook page.
Clayton and his good friend, Charles Schultz. Photo from Remembering a Good Friend, Charles M. Schultz Museum.
Our beloved founder, Clayton Anderson, passed peacefully on June 5, 2015. A 30-year resident, Clayton was known in Carmel for his civic enthusiasm and passion for the environment. His legacy endures through the community institutions he founded and nurtured—Friends of Carmel Forest, the Carmel Beach Cleanup, CRA Dines Out, Fiesta in the Forest and the annual Citizen of the Year Celebration.
A founding member of the Carmel Residents Association, he served as president and was named Citizen of the Year in 1993.
from public service to social activities."
Clayton's lifelong friendships brought joy to him as well as to his community. The late cartoonist Charles Schulz came to Carmel at Clayton's invitation to describe how he created his magic and to support the Carmel Public Library Foundation. Earlier, again as a favor to Clayton, the beloved Burl Ives came to sing to a capacity audience for Carmel's forest.
Born in Tacoma, Washington in 1923, Anderson earned bachelor and postgraduate degrees at the University of Puget Sound, where he was student body president, and the University of Oregon. He taught and lectured at those institutions as well as Oregon State College, University of Washington and Washington State. In the summertime, he was a guide and chief horse wrangler in Mount Rainier National Park. World War II inevitably found him volunteering for the famed 10th Mountain Division, training high in the Rockies of Colorado. Combat followed against German troops in Italy's mountains. Service as Oregon's director of outdoor recreation was followed as director of Washington State Parks. Then he went to Washington, D.C. with the Department of the Interior, where he received the Superior Service Award.
We are thrilled to announce that Steve Brooks was honored as Citizen of the Year by the Carmel Resident's Association. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdjw5qYVBgGxQ7820 | European plane lessors in race to get $5 billion worth of planes back from Russia
Izer 11 months ago 3 min read
European aircraft leasing companies are facing a major logistical challenge to take back hundreds of planes valued at about $5 billion from Russia by the end of March under sanctions imposed after the country's invasion of Ukraine.
Russian aviation is a major target of the sanctions imposed by the European Commission. These procedures prohibit the sale, transfer, import or export of aircraft or any of their components. The chartered planes were included because they fell under "supply," three people briefed on the situation confirmed. As such, no new contracts can be entered into and existing contracts must be terminated within 30 days.
"The 30 days are going to be really hard for the lessors to figure out how to terminate the service [contracts]said a person in the industry who asked not to be named. "The biggest problem is how do you get so many planes back at that time?"
The lease contracts contain provisions allowing the lessor to take back his aircraft in the event of penalties. However, the situation is rapidly developing, including Increasing restrictions on Russian airlines able to use European airspacemeans that the groups face a difficult task to get the two planes back, according to one person.
All aircraft should be removed from Russia by the end of March. The person said whether the airlines would comply or not.
The Russian aircraft market is dominated by lessors, including Russian state-backed banks and foreign companies. Non-Russian lessors own 515 aircraft in Russia, with a combined market value of close to $10 billion, according to data from aviation consultancy Cirium. One industry executive estimated that European lessors account for up to $5 billion of that amount.
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Among Western landlords, those based in Ireland are the most exposed. The Irish government on Sunday confirmed the March 28 deadline for ending Russian aircraft leases as part of European Union sanctions. It also said it would close its airspace to Russian aircraft.
There are 238 commercial aircraft, with a market value of $4.1 billion, leased to customers in Russia from 10 operating lessors based in Ireland, according to Cirium.
AerCap, the world's largest lessor, has 154 aircraft leased to Russian customers, with an estimated value of $2.2 billion, 5 percent of the value of its global fleet. The next two companies with the highest exposure are SMBC Aviation Capital and Avolon.
"If these lessors are given just one month to finalize the leases and get the aircraft back from customers to a storage location outside Russia, it will be a major logistical challenge that is perhaps even greater, if not impossible, due to the increasing restrictions on airspace," said Rob Morris, head of consulting at Ascend by Cirium.
SMBC Aviation said it is "carefully monitoring developments in Ukraine and working with all relevant authorities. The company will respond accordingly to ensure full compliance with any relevant sanctions as full details emerge."
AerCap and Avulon declined to comment.
Experts said leasing penalties were the industry's most pressing concern. Initial concerns focused on whether airlines would continue to be able to pay their rents after the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States imposed sanctions on several Russian banks. Lessors usually take their payments in US dollars or euros.
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Aeroflot, Russia's national carrier, has leased about 50 percent of its fleet by value from non-Russian lessors, according to industry consultancy Alton Aviation. The airline took delivery of several Airbus and Boeing aircraft last year. Aeroflot declined to comment.
Sanctions on the provision of spare parts – necessary to keep the planes in the air – are already taking their toll, with Dutch carrier KLM on Saturday ordering two flights bound for Russia to return.
Russian airlines may also have maintenance issues. The person close to Aeroflot said that Aeroflot's technical maintenance is mainly related to the German center, and any restrictions on the part of Germany will be of great importance. If maintenance and supply of spare parts is limited, this will be really critical, because the company will not be able to operate the aircraft. There is a lot of dependence there."
Rolls-Royce said it has "temporarily suspended all activities effective February 25, 2022" with respect to Aeroflot. UK Pneumatic Group is a major supplier of new engines, services and spare parts to the Russian carrier.
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On October 23, 1891, Miss Mary E. Beal and several partners established the Bangor Business College, which later became known as Beal College.
Located on the second floor of the YMCA building, Beal College's student body of less than 25 students followed a curriculum of banking, finance, accounting, business arithmetic, penmanship, business writing, commercial law, shorthand and typewriting.
By January 1892, the student body had grown to more than 100 students, necessitating the addition of space. To meet this requirement, the Shorthand and Typing Department was moved to the Exchange Street Block.
Miss Beal eventually became the sole owner of the Shorthand Department of the Bangor Business School. In 1903, Miss Beal's School of Shorthand and Typing became a separate entity of approximately 30 students. On July 14, 1922, Miss Beal sold the school to Francis G. Lee, at which time it was incorporated under the name of Beal College of Commerce.
In Maine–A History, published in 1928, Harris B. Coe described Beal College of Commerce as "not only the largest of its kind in Bangor, but also one of the largest in the State."
In 1929, the name was changed to Beal College School of Business, then after several administrations, became Beal Business College.
When the College's 50th anniversary was observed on September 14, 1941, it offered two-year degree programs in secretarial studies, business, administration, bookkeeping, and commercial and stenographic programs.
On April 28, 1968, Beal College was authorized by an act of the Legislature of the State of Maine to confer the Associate Degree of Science. Beal College was accredited as a junior college of business in 1970 by the Accreditation Commission for Business Schools in Washington, D. C.
As a result of community requests, the Evening Division of Beal College was established in January 1971 to meet the needs of adults in the community who wished to pursue their education while engaged in full-time employment. The year-round, eight-week modular system for both day and evening classes was introduced in 1985.
To accommodate the needs of an expanding student body, the campus was moved to 629 Main Street in November of 1972, then to its present location at 99 Farm Road in Bangor in May of 2004. In 2012, the College expanded by building a Fitness & Wellness Center for its students and employees, as well as an on-campus cafe.
Throughout 2016, Beal College celebrated its 125th anniversary. With more than a century of service to Maine citizens, Beal University is recognized today throughout our State for its excellence in education and continues to provide practical, hands-on training in a small, personal and friendly environment.
On December 28, 2020, Beal College received formal authorization from its accreditor to change its name to Beal University. Beal University has evolved into a comprehensive institution with diverse academic offerings that serve a wide range of students within the state of Maine and beyond its borders. Being known as a university is important because it more accurately describes the type of institution we have become and better reflects the success we have had expanding into graduate-level programs.
In 2021, Beal University is excited to celebrate 130 years of being a prominent institution of higher education in Maine. Beal's strong academic programs, experienced faculty, and commitment to experiential learning continues to be the strength of the university. Since founded in 1891, Beal has remained focused from the very beginning in providing programs to give students real-world skills for careers in high-demand fields. Today, Beal offers programs from diploma to graduate-level degrees facilitating all levels of academic pursuits to be achieved as well as enabling graduates to continue to complete advanced degrees.
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BkiUdkLxaKgTyeUb2FeY | Darla Sims has written the ultimate crochet pattern book for crocheters that are obsessed with the ripple stitch. Just as the tagline says, this crochet book is "A must-have reference book of fabulous ripple stitches!" Flipping through the book, I couldn't help but "ooooh" and "ahhh" at all the new ripple stitches. Each one seems even more exciting than the next and immediately my thoughts went to how I can use these stitches to create gorgeous afghans. Just imagine the royal ripple afghans made with the Gemstone Stitch or the happy holidays afghans crocheted with the Mistletoe Ripple. With patterns for just about every occasion you can think of, this crochet stitch book is great for the creative crocheter.
Each pattern is easily understandable for both beginners and advanced crocheters. Complete with pattern notes, special stitch explanations, and a standard stitch guide in the back, this book has it all. The ripple stitch is a versatile pattern that every crocheter shoudl learn at some point. My favorite afghan at home is a large ripple afghan that my great aunt crocheted for my family. We treasure it and use it often on chilly nights. Use this ripple crochet book to crochet an afghan that will be cherished by your family for years to come.
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BkiUa4Y5qhLACAkw_GqY | Hey chocolate lovers, this one's for you. Melt in your mouth, smooth chocolate with hints of coconut. Yum. These chocolates are fool-proof and are super easy to make. Sugar-free and dairy-free too. I made these in the spirit of Halloween – some clean, healthy treats! Try these, they only require three simple ingredients and three simple steps!
1. Add cacao, coconut oil and agave into a small pot. Heat over low-medium heat for a few minutes. Stir frequently. Heat until all ingredients are melted and mixture is smooth in texture.
2. Pour chocolate mix into a silicone chocolate mould. Freeze for about 30 minutes.
3. Remove chocolates from the mould and store in an airtight container in the freezer. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdAY4uzlhgyWvJNna | Meet the artist: Saturday, April 16, 2-5 p.m.
Groveland Gallery is pleased to introduce a new event series called POP-UP. These month-long, one-room shows will highlight work by local gallery and guest artists. This month's POP-UP features new Groveland artist Amy Rice.
Rice is a Minneapolis-based mixed-media artist whose work is defined by her Midwestern roots. Raised on a farm and inspired by local flora and fauna, Rice's paintings and prints express her determined appreciation for the simple beauties of everyday life. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbdU5qoYDgPtUprRd | Occurs in 20% to 50% of people travelling to a less developed country, due to contaminated food or water, usually within the first 2 weeks of exposure.
Prevention strategies include careful selection of food and beverages.
Treatment at the onset of diarrhoea with either quinolone antibiotics, azithromycin, or rifaximin, in addition to the use of loperamide, will quickly alleviate symptoms of bacterial traveller's diarrhoea.
Quinolone resistance is a growing problem, particularly in Campylobacter infections acquired in south and SE Asia, where azithromycin is a better treatment choice than ciprofloxacin.
Traveller's diarrhoea (TD) is defined as ≥3 unformed stools in 24 hours accompanied by at least 1 of the following: fever, nausea, vomiting, cramps, tenesmus, or bloody stools (dysentery), in a traveller from a developed country visiting a less developed country. It is usually a benign self-limited illness lasting 3 to 5 days (mean 3.6 days).
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BkiUdy025YjgKOD-ENkF | Rams Rumors: Jacob Harris Recovering From Core Muscle Injury
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The Los Angeles Rams opted to shore up some depth at tight end by taking Jacob Harris in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Harris caught the team's eye thanks to his rare blend of size and speed. Although he was listed as both a wide receiver and tight end coming out of UCF, he has since embraced the full-time switch to the latter throughout the offseason.
With training camp now in full swing, it is a crucial time for rookies to make some strides in their development. However, Harris was unable to take part in the first practice sessions.
According to Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic, Harris is reportedly still recovering from a core injury that required surgery in the spring:
Rookie tight end Jacob Harris, who flashed and impressed with the first team in the spring, did not practice but did go through some stretching and was fully dressed out. He suffered a minor core injury this spring, a source with knowledge of the injury told The Athletic, and had a procedure to get it fixed. He is expected to be fully cleared in a few weeks, and because nobody was put on the PUP list, it's clear the Rams are just being extra careful with Harris – likely in anticipation of the role he'll play down the stretch of the season.
The timing of the setback is hardly ideal for Harris as he looks to make an impression on both offense and special teams. Fortunately, the report indicates that the injury is not deemed to be too serious and his lack of participation is simply a precaution by the team.
Making the full-time switch to tight end will surely come with some growing pains for the rookie as he continues to get acclimated to head coach Sean McVay's offense. Regardless, his current status not being placed on the physically unable to perform list is certainly an encouraging sign that he will be back soon.
The departure of Gerald Everett in free agency left a notable void to fill for this crowded tight end group behind Tyler Higbee. Johnny Mundt and Brycen Hopkins already have the edge when it comes to experience in the system and will be looking to step up into Everett's complementary role.
Even if Harris is able to make his return in the coming weeks, it remains to be seen if the Rams are willing to risk any potential setbacks in the preseason. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUclLxK4sA-7sDeizB | Technological Advance or Workplace Setback?
Last month I discussed my concern regarding how often hospitalists are interrupted. In fact, I suspect frequent interruptions to our train of thought and workflow might lead to as many problems and errors as the sleep deprivation associated with long on-call shifts.
Every hospitalist group should think carefully about the effect their practice organization has on interruptions. Variables, such as the work schedule, the use of communication tools (or interruption tools) such as pagers, cell phones, and e-mail, and the use of clerical support staff, have an impact on the number of interruptions. This month, I will discuss the use of a "triage pager," which is one example of practice organization that can have a huge impact on physician interruptions.
Every hospitalist group should think carefully about the effect their practice organization has on interruptions. Variables, such as the work schedule, the use of communication tools (or interruption tools) such as pagers, cell phones, and e-mail, and the use of clerical support staff, have an impact on the number of interruptions.
Many large hospitalist groups have a pager to which all calls about new referrals go, and the pager is passed from one hospitalist to another each day or shift. This pager often is referred to as the "triage" or "hot" pager. It makes it easy for emergency room (ER) doctors and others to know how to reach the correct hospitalist about a new referral–they always call the same number. Typically, the hospitalist holding the pager calls the ER doctor back, learns about the patient, and then pages whichever hospitalist actually will care for the patient. The second hospitalist calls back and learns about the new patient from the "triage" hospitalist.
Although this is a valuable service for ER doctors and others referring patients to the hospitalists, it is terribly disruptive for the hospitalist carrying the pager. The unlucky person is interrupted constantly, and likely will have a very hard time providing patient care. Is there a better way to handle the triage function? Is there an alternative triage method, one that reduces hospitalist interruptions and switch tasking? There are three potential adjustments to the triage system you may want to consider (and remember, this is an issue only for larger groups–say more than 15 or 20 hospitalists).
This system preserves the easiest way to call referrals to the hospitalists, but decreases hospitalist interruptions and prevents the daisy chain of communication between the ER doctor, the triage doctor, and, finally, the hospitalist who actually will see the patient. Outside of regular business hours, these calls could go to another clerical person on duty in the hospital, or, perhaps, the ER secretary could field the calls and keep track of which hospitalist is up for referral.
If your group can't, or doesn't, want to have such calls funneled through a clerical person, the calls could go to an on-duty hospitalist. Rather than calling the ER to learn the details of a new patient who will be cared for by a different hospitalist, the "triage" hospitalist simply looks at a list to determine which hospitalist is up for the next new referral, then sends a page to the physician to call the ER. The triage doctor is interrupted, but immediately hands off the burden of communicating with the ER doctor to the hospitalist who actually will care for the patient.
"Until 2006, when our gen-med service admission numbers were lower (approximately24 a day), we had the triage hospitalist carry a 50% clinical load, so that they could dedicate 50% time to triage. As our volume increased, and after we expanded the triage service to the ICUs and specialty floors, we dedicated one doc 24-7 (two, 12-hours shifts, actually) to the sole task of triage.
"It initially sounded like a large amount of resources just to triage, but at our 330-bed hospital, it has increased ED capacity substantially. The effect has been not to just increase ED visits and department of medicine admissions, but to increase surgical admissions through the ED, as well. The effect has been to dramatically reduce ambulance diversion. So, now the hospital funds the 24/7 triage position without a second thought.
I'm skeptical a triage pager system, such as Dr. Howell describes above, is a good idea for most hospitalist practices. It is very expensive for a practice to devote physician manpower solely to non-billable services. The payoff, as measured in more productive or less-stressed hospitalists, would not justify the investment. Instead, as Dr. Howell did, you would have to look for a return on the investment outside the hospitalist practice itself, such as improvements in ED throughput.
Remember, Dr. Howell's study was done in a teaching setting, and I suspect the reason a dedicated triage doctor proved so beneficial was it kept interns from setting up camp in the ED to complete the time-consuming admission process and delaying the patients' transfer out of the ED. The triage doctor ensures nearly all ED admissions quickly move to the floor where the admitting team will make the time-consuming, initial (admitting) visit. In a non-teaching setting, that process isn't burdened with trainees who take so long to admit patients, therefore, a dedicated triage hospitalist system probably would not result in such dramatic improvements in ED throughput.
I'll finish by offering a summary and recommendations, based on my reasonably extensive experience, but almost no research data.
For practices smaller than 10 hospitalists, the decision to use a triage pager can be based on preference. It won't have significant impact on interruptions or work flow.
Larger practices, especially those with more than 20 hospitalists, should first try to use a clerical person to field incoming referral calls during weekday business hours. The clerical employee would then page the hospitalist due to get the next new patient, and that hospitalist would call the referring doctor to learn about the patient directly.
Dr. Nelson has been a practicing hospitalist since 1988 and is co-founder and past president of SHM. He is a principal in Nelson/Flores Associates, a national hospitalist practice management consulting firm. He is part of the faculty for SHM's "Best Practices in Managing a Hospital Medicine Program" course. This column represents his views and is not intended to reflect an official position of SHM.
1. Howell EE, Bessman ES, Rubin HR. Hospitalists and an innovative emergency department admission process. J Gen Intern Med. 2004.19(3):266-268. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUeVrxK3YB9m8SYYYC | A good spring break doesn't require a ton of cash: a place to go, a way to get there, somewhere to stay, cheap food, and – for those of proper age – perhaps a drink or two.
Knowing where you're going, how you're getting there, and what you'll need means less stress and less likelihood of extra expenses and last-minute rate hikes. Developing a budget now will help you save on staples so you can splurge where it counts.
2. Check with your school. Many colleges have on-campus travel agents who can help plan your vacation and find the best rates; your school might even get special discounts.
And campus organisations might be planning trips of their own, so you can get in on good deals there or find people to split costs with.
3. Look for deals everywhere.
Find Groupon and LivingSocial deals for areas you're heading to or through -- these sites serve travellers well, because deals frequently pop up for food and hotels.
When booking or buying anything, look for online promotional codes and discounts too. When you're in a hotel or all-night diner, grab one of those deal books from the corner stuffed with tourist brochures -- they've got maps and coupons.
When you're travelling, don't be shy about talking to the locals -- first, because meeting new people is what travel is all about, but just as important, locals can tell you what's worth checking out and what's an overpriced tourist trap. They'll save you time and money.
5. Don't buy stupid souvenirs. Most of us cut loose on vacation, including with our wallets. While it's fun to be impulsive about what you do and where you go, don't succumb to impulse buys of tourist junk. You can find that stuff cheaper online anyway.
6. Know the local laws. Speed limits are obvious, but some states -- and certainly foreign countries -- have different rules about driving and what could get you pulled over, including driving while on the phone. The last thing you need on a trip is a brush with the law, which could mean hefty fines or worse. There may also be noise ordinances, or restrictions on what you can have at the beach.
Cost sharing is a great way to cut car, hotel, and other travel expenses. Try to collect a group of friends with useful skills: your obsessive-compulsive roommate who's organised and can keep track of details, the cheapskate who can sniff out deals or knows the area, a sweet-talker who can score you discounts and smooth over ruffled feathers, and somebody who can cook so you don't eat sandwiches and potato chips all week.
If you're the type to have a little party the night before you go, you'll probably end up packing at the last minute. Make a list so you don't forget stuff like sunglasses, hat, clothes, sneakers and sandals, camera, and whatever else you need. That will keep you from having to buy them again at your destination.
If you're going to be drinking, bring your own. Alcohol isn't cheap, and you won't immediately know where the best prices and drink specials are on arrival.
So bring your own -- but only if you're old enough to legally have it. And be careful -- the quickest way to ruin any trip is to overindulge, and one place you don't want to save is with free lodging in the local jail.
11. Groceries. This is why you want a cook in the group -- so you don't have to eat out for every meal, but you don't have to subsist on your usual dorm fare of Ramen either.
Well, it's not like you're going to leave that behind, but WalletPop has 6 great apps for saving on spring break.
13. Go off the beaten path.
You already know the most popular places for spring break -- Vegas, South Beach, Key West, Cancun -- and so does everyone else. So pick somewhere less popular for a more interesting experience and cheaper air and hotel rates.
Here's nine of the Best Alternative Spring Break Locations from U.S. News and World Report, and check out our list of Top 2013 Vacation Hotspots.
If you're looking abroad, you might want to skip Europe; your dollars just won't stretch as far there. Instead, think south of the border and the Caribbean: Check out this list of cheap international destinations, also from U.S. News and World report.
15. Pedestrian-friendly. One more thing to factor into your destination decision -- if you're not going on a road trip, at least -- is how you'll get around.
Pick a destination where you won't have to rent a car: Look for places where everything worthwhile is in walking distance, or a place that has good, cheap public transit and bike rentals.
As we just mentioned, one way to save might be a road trip. Wherever you're going, you'll have a way to get around. If you listen to our earlier advice and decide to travel with your buddies, you can take the most fuel-efficient car you've got between you and split the cost of gas. travelling with friends can be almost as much fun as wherever you're going.
Here's an all-inclusive solution for spring break -- travel, place to stay, food, entertainment, and a destination for one low price.
To save on airfare, especially at this late stage in the game, you need to be flexible. Don't turn up your nose at midweek or middle-of-the-night flights -- they're the cheapest.
Use your frequent flier miles now, or ask your parents for theirs. And, as always, look for deals; booking flight and hotel together can save hundreds.
As Stacy mentioned in the video above, these are a cheap solution when you need a place to crash. And while it's true you can't party at many hostels, how much of your spring break will you be spending there anyway?
If you know anybody near your destination, maybe you can get a free room from someone you know and trust.
Just don't abuse your welcome, and throw them a few bucks for what you use in food and electricity -- it would've been far more expensive otherwise.
21. Other people's homes. If you're really adventurous, check out online listings for vacation rentals, spare bedrooms, or even apartment swapping.
You might be able to work out something cheap with someone cool, and maybe you can return the favour when they go on vacation. You might also try to find a free or cheap place to sleep at couchsurfing.org.
If you're going on a road trip and plan on slumming it, you could always stay in your vehicle -- but that's often illegal.
A better option is to find a nearby campground. Also a great place to make new friends and cook out.
Sometimes all-you-can-eat is all you can afford. Find out where the best happy hour and buffet places are in the area, from locals or online.
24. In the kitchen. If you've got a place with a kitchen, make use of it -- and not just the microwave.
Cooking is way cheaper than eating out every day, and if you make just one or two big meals, the leftovers can last all week.
If you get complimentary breakfast or any kind of on-site discounts, make use of them. Watch out for stuff in your room that costs you, though: That mini-bar is not your friend.
26. Somebody else's school. If the local college has spring break on a different week than you do, there are probably some events happening on campus -- which might include free food.
Now you're ready to party. Just don't do anything we wouldn't do: In other words, don't waste money. And if parties don't suit your style or your vacation, be productive and help others by Using Your Spring Break to Volunteer. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdSg5qhDBPRyD_AON | Норабац () — село в Араратской области Армении. Основано в 1897 году.
География
Село расположено в северо-западной части марза, к востоку реки Раздан, при автодороге , на расстоянии 25 километров к северо-западу от города Арташат, административного центра области. Абсолютная высота — 855 метров над уровнем моря.
Климат
Климат характеризуется как семиаридный (BSk в классификации климатов Кёппена). Среднегодовая температура воздуха составляет 12,5 °C. Средняя температура самого холодного месяца (января) составляет −2,7 °С, самого жаркого месяца (июля) — 26,1 °С. Расчётная многолетняя норма атмосферных осадков — 291 мм. Наибольшее количество осадков выпадает в мае (49 мм).
Население
Примечания
Населённые пункты Араратской области | wikipedia | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdxfxaL3Sui42XQRP | Bharat is also author of the book, AUM: The Melody of Love. He is a kriyacharya (authorized to give kriya initiation). Bharat and his wife, Nayaswami Anandi, live at Ananda Village. Bharat serves also as the head of the Nayaswami Order.
How can I establish a regular meditation routine?
How Can I Take the Pilgrim Vow of Intention? | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdVLxaKgQMdMtQCWj | Chris Kirkpatrick is credited as the founding member of *NSYNC, whose albums *NSYNC and No Strings Attached sold over 10 million copies each – earning them the prestigious RIAA Diamond Award for both CDs. He, along with his four other band members, achieved a music industry coup by selling over 56 million records worldwide. Chris has appeared on countless TV shows, magazine covers, won numerous music awards and performed during the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Since *NSYNC went on hiatus, Chris has gone on to pursue a solo career with his current project Nigels11. Additionally, since 2002, Chris has also lent his acting and vocal skills to the Nickelodeon cartoon, The Fairly Odd Parents, as the teeth-loving pop star, Chip Skylark.
Perhaps Chris' proudest achievement has little to do with music and everything to do with sharing his good fortune with those infinitely less fortune than he. The Chris Kirkpatrick Foundation was established with that very thought in mind.
Chris grew up much like the families that his Foundation now helps. He was raised by a single young mother, working as hard as she could to take care of 5 children. They relied on free school lunches, donated clothes and food stamps for him and his 4 siblings to get by. There were times the family was homeless. Chris wants to give children who grew up much like he, the hope and courage to follow their dreams.
The foundation allows him to share his successes and dreams with young people while making a contribution to change lives. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdBfxK7FjYHGHzzYF | class Profile;
namespace extensions {
// A service that is responsible for showing an extension warning badge on the
// wrench menu.
class ExtensionWarningBadgeService : public ExtensionWarningService::Observer,
public base::NonThreadSafe {
public:
explicit ExtensionWarningBadgeService(Profile* profile);
virtual ~ExtensionWarningBadgeService();
// Black lists all currently active extension warnings, so that they do not
// trigger a warning badge again for the life-time of the browsing session.
void SuppressCurrentWarnings();
protected:
// Virtual for testing.
virtual const std::set<ExtensionWarning>& GetCurrentWarnings() const;
private:
// Implementation of ExtensionWarningService::Observer.
virtual void ExtensionWarningsChanged() OVERRIDE;
void UpdateBadgeStatus();
virtual void ShowBadge(bool show);
Profile* profile_;
// Warnings that do not trigger a badge on the wrench menu.
ExtensionWarningSet suppressed_warnings_;
DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ExtensionWarningBadgeService);
};
} // namespace extensions
#endif // CHROME_BROWSER_EXTENSIONS_EXTENSION_WARNING_BADGE_SERVICE_H_
| github | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
BkiUayPxaJJQnMsbyB6Q | The Tasting Room Welcomes Adinah Dutton!
Adinah Dutton is a Finger Lakes native, raised in Cayuga NY. She holds a visual arts degree from Wells College 2012, where she received awards for her sculptures. Adinah has translated her artistic talent and education into the culinary arts, where her creative mind offers endless possibilities. She took the valuable opportunity to apprentice with Henry Paul Benveniste, a French born pastry chef known for pioneering the farm-to-table movement in the Finger Lakes, which began her career in fine dining in 1999. That forward thinking environment allowed her creativity to flourish, using the herb and vegetable gardens on the premises and from local farmers. Adinah learned the art of making classic French pastries and then expanded her range of skills in the kitchen by working in top notch restaurants on Florida's Gulf Coast and Flagstaff Arizona. Adinah has worked at locally regarded establishments such as Pascale Wine Bar, Dante Tapas Bar, The Aurora Inn and has spent the last several years as a Pastry Chef at Mirbeau Inn and Spa.
Adinah brings over 17 years of culinary experience and a vast expertise covering everything from garde manger (French for "keeper of the food"), grill, sauté, baking and pastry to White Birch Vineyards. Her focus is on pairing wine and food, she also enjoys teaching cooking classes, and creating specialty items for clients and catered events. Her outside interests are studying herbal medicine, and her artwork is sold in multiple galleries locally.
Adinah is putting her many talents to work creating new Tasting Room small plate and dessert offerings, wine pairing dinner menus and catering/amenities menus for our sister properties.
White Birch Vineyards is excited to welcome Adinah to our team and look forward to her creativity and culinary skills delighting our customers as much as they delight us.
Visit us today to welcome Adinah and to taste one of her delectable truffles, tortes or appetizers.
Mid April in the Vineyard!
Fortunately, the winter temperatures did not have much effect on our buds this season; resulting in a sigh of relief after three seasons of extensive damage from the cold.
The percentage of bud damage we sustained is normal for a seasonable winter. White Birch Vineyard's harvest should be normal this season, provided we do not experience a late frost, hail, or significant rain throughout the season.
Currently in the vineyard we are pruning out the old wood and putting it in piles to be burned, in order to destroy any overwintering fungus spores. The first picture is about four rows of canes. The second picture was taken about 20 minutes after the first. The canes burn very quickly with massive amount of heat and little smoke once the fire gets going.
The next blog entry will be moving dirt away from the vines to give us a level smooth surface to access the vines.
With the threat of below-zero temperatures behind us it's time to gather and check the buds for signs of cold damage. We gather between 100 to 200 buds depending on the size of the block and variety. Pictured to the left are bundles of ten bud sticks ready to be checked. Of the European varieties we grow, Riesling is the most cold hardy and Merlot is the most sensitive.
The buds we are currently checking are from canes which were exposed to the air temperatures not buds from the canes which were covered with a protective layer of soil for insulation. We will check the buds on the buried canes after we have assessed if or how many we may need to use, dependent on the damage to the air-exposed canes. On the vines where we do locate bud damage we will leave more than the usual number of buds on the vine during the pruning process, to hopefully offset the loss.
Happy St Patrick's day! Stop by this week and try our own Sparkling Mint Julep!
Using all local products: Chateau Frank Sparkling Riesling, McKenzie Bourbon, and a dash of Fee Brothers Bitters.
Muddled mint and lemon twist bring this beautiful cocktail together perfectly!
St. Valentine's Day at White Birch Vineyards!
White Birch Vineyard's Rosé will be on a 10% discount for Valentine's weekend only!!!
At the Tasting Room we will be serving a Valentine's Day Flight of 3 wines paired with truffles; Raspberry, White Chocolate & Chocolate for $15.
Come visit us this Valentine's weekend!
Fall Specials Back by Popular Demand!
Whats going on in the Tasting Room? | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdAs4ubngzlN4p5gb | Why did the US just ban TikTok from government-issued cellphones?
Trump tried to impose a total ban on the China-based app and some states have already prohibited its use on official devices
The US Congress banned the use of the TikTok app on government-issued devices. Photograph: Florence Lo/Reuters
Johana Bhuiyan in New York
Sat 31 Dec 2022 01.00 EST Last modified on Thu 5 Jan 2023 01.38 EST
The US government has approved an unprecedented ban on the use of TikTok on federal government devices. The restrictions – tucked into a spending bill just days before it was passed by Congress, and signed by Joe Biden on Thursday – add to growing uncertainty about the app's future in the US amid a crackdown from state and federal lawmakers.
Officials say the ban is necessary due to national security concerns about the China-based owner of the app, ByteDance. But it also leaves many questions unanswered. Here's what you need to know.
TikTok admits using its app to spy on reporters in effort to track leaks
Why did the ban happen?
The US government has banned TikTok on federal government-issued devices due to national security concerns over its China-based parent company, ByteDance. The US fears that the Chinese government may leverage TikTok to access those devices and US user data.
TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter said the company was "disappointed" that Congress moved forward with the proposal and that it was "a political gesture that will do nothing to advance national security interests".
The ban means that, in about two months, federal government employees will be required to remove TikTok from their government-issued devices unless they are using the app for national security or law enforcement activities.
The director of the US Office of Management and Budget and other offices have 60 days to come up with standards and processes for all government employees to remove the app from their phones. Several federal agencies such as the White House and the defense, homeland security and state departments have already banned TikTok, so it won't change anything for those employees. And earlier this week, Catherine Szpindor, the chief administrator of the House of Representatives, also instructed all staff and lawmakers to delete the app from their devices.
US security concerns about TikTok have existed for years. Donald Trump first attempted, unsuccessfully, to ban TikTok in 2020, but bipartisan efforts to regulate and rein in use of the app reached a fever pitch in 2022 after news outlets reported ByteDance employees were accessing US TikTok user information.
TikTok is a Trojan horse for the Chinese Communist party
Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri
National security concerns were reinforced by warnings from the FBI director, Christopher Wray, that the Chinese government could use the app to gain access to US users' devices. Several, predominantly Republican-led states – including Texas, South Dakota and Virginia – have also recently banned the use of TikTok on state government-issued devices.
In April, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri introduced a similar ban to the one now taking effect, calling TikTok a "Trojan horse for the Chinese Communist party". The measure, the contours of which were largely replicated in the ban that was passed on Friday, was unanimously approved by the Senate earlier in December.
Have other countries taken similar actions against TikTok?
While other countries such as Indonesia have imposed temporary bans on TikTok, the biggest country that continues to prohibit the use of the app is India. India permanently banned TikTok along with more than 50 other Chinese apps after a deadly border dispute with China, citing national security concerns. National bans in other countries have not lasted more than, at most, a few months.
Should we be more worried about TikTok than other apps?
It depends on whom you ask. Several digital privacy and civil advocacy groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Fight for the Future say while the potential for China to exploit access to TikTok is indeed concerning, other apps and services offer government entities, including in the US, similar access to user data.
Unless we're also going to ban Twitter and Facebook and YouTube and Uber and Grubhub, this is pointless
Evan Greer of Fight for the Future
"Unless we're also [going to] ban Twitter and Facebook and YouTube and Uber and Grubhub, this is pointless," said the Fight for the Future director, Evan Greer. "Yes, it's possibly a bit easier for the Chinese government to gain access to data through TikTok than other apps, but there's just so many ways governments can get data from apps."
But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have introduced bills and applauded efforts to limit the use of TikTok. In addition to Hawley's bill, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida introduced a bill to ban the company from operating in the US entirely. "This isn't about creative videos – this is about an app that is collecting data on tens of millions of American children and adults every day," Rubio said in a press release announcing the bipartisan bill.
The Democratic senator Mark Warner of Virginia has also encouraged efforts to ban TikTok on government devices and called for more states to "take action to keep our government technology out of the CCP's [Chinese Communist party's] reach".
Lawmakers in Washington have attempted to limit the use of TikTok, citing national security concerns. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
What are the geopolitical implications of this ban?
The US has ramped up its efforts to address potential national security concerns from China over the last few years, including adding more China-based companies and entities to a commerce department blacklist limiting exports to those firms. The focus on TikTok is part of this larger campaign, but some groups warn that a ban on TikTok would lead to similar moves from China.
Blanket bans on apps based on a company's foreign ownership will only hurt US businesses in the long run
Gillian Diebold of the Center for Data Innovation
"Blanket bans on apps based on a company's foreign ownership will only hurt US businesses in the long run because countries could seek to block US online services over similar national security concerns," said Gillian Diebold, a policy analyst at the Center for Data Innovation.
Like other privacy advocates, Diebold said that "policymakers should pursue more promising solutions that address the underlying risks.
"For example, to address data concerns, lawmakers should prioritize passing federal privacy legislation to protect consumer data that would explicitly require companies to disclose who they share data with and hold them accountable for those statements," Diebold said.
Could the US ever ban TikTok outright?
There have been several attempts at banning TikTok from operating in the US entirely. Rubio's bill, for instance, would block all of the company's commercial operations in the US.
But the viability of such bans have yet to be proved. Trump's previous attempt to ban new users from downloading TikTok was blocked in court in part due to free speech concerns. The EFF general counsel, Kurt Opsahl, said a total ban is a violation of free speech and while Rubio's bill and similar proposed laws to ban TikTok purportedly "protect America from China's authoritarian government", they actually adopt "one of the hallmarks of the Chinese internet strategy".
"A government is within its rights to set rules and restrictions on use of official devices it owns, but trying to ban TikTok from public use is something else entirely," Opsahl said.
"TikTok's security, privacy and its relationship with the Chinese government is indeed concerning, but a total ban is not the answer," he continued. "A total ban is not narrowly tailored to the least restrictive means to address the security and privacy concerns, and instead lays a censorial blow against the speech of millions of ordinary Americans." | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUdzE5qWTD6ix2jm7T | Saturday, 14 July, sees Hednesford Town playing their first home pre-season game of the summer when Football League side Mansfield Town visit Keys Park.
Anyone planning on attending the game by car should be advised that due to the ongoing building work around the ground there is a limited number of car parking spaces available at the club.
The club and contractors are working closely together to keep any access and parking disruption to a minimum with the groundwork contractors having informed us that they are working on completing the new car parking arrangements as soon as possible.
We look forward to supporters joining us on Saturday for the game which kicks off at the usual time of 3pm. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUfivxK02iP4WkBrjQ | In order to share our communication tips and tools with a wider audience, we have created this new page!
After our talks and seminars, Q&A always seems to end in the hallway as Eliza tries to fit in just one more question.
In order to keep the conversation going long after the seminar or talk has ended, we've created our new page: ASK ELIZA.
Click here to submit your "Ask Eliza" question.
How do I approach an interview if I'm right for the job but don't have the greatest credentials?
Play to your strengths, and how they best fit with the job. There's a reason you got this far. That said, you can't go in there feeling like your credentials aren't great. Go in there knowing you wouldn't be there if you didn't DESERVE to be there.
That said, there are several phases of on interview. My tips below should give you a bit of a leg up. This is a gross overview, and not nearly as detailed as I get in talks, seminars and one-on-one coaching, but it should help.
You have to walk in that room with complete and total confidence. The research shows that by the time you've hit the chair they have already subconsciously decided if they want to hire you. That means a warm entry, a strong handshake, , the way you sit in the chair… you are messaging with your physicality and your voice the entire time. Be sure it's positive and confident.
Find something light you really find interesting, and talk about it. Don't just sit down and wait for questions. Is there a nice painting in the hall? Is there a blizzard outside. My clients often ask me, "What happens if we do small talk the entire time and never get to the interview." Well, you win!
Think of 5 talking points that make you unique, then play in your sandbox. Answer every question, but be sure to bridge to those points whenever you can. Also, make sure to say how you FEEL about things, don't just provide a dry answer. People make decisions on their feelings, as much as we want to think we are fully logic based. If you can make them feel, you have a much better chance.
Exit like you NAILED IT, even if you didn't. I call this the Interview Jedi Mind Trick, and it works! Tell them you sucked, they will believe you. Tell them you rocked it, they will believe you. GOOD LUCK!
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BkiUf5c5qhDCuB568W7f | Troy alumni run in Chicago Marathon
Hollie Lewandowski and Tyler Tschida were two of the Troy Middle School track alumni who ran this year's Chicago Marathon.
Two Troy Community School District 30-C alumni who were involved in track and cross-country sports while at Troy successfully ran this year's Chicago Marathon.
Hollie Lewandowski was a track state qualifier in discus and shot put when she attended Troy Middle School, and Tyler Tschida ran track and cross country at Troy for two years when the team competed at state.
The Chicago Marathon is a USATF-certified course, home to four world records and several national records. Thousands of runners competed in the 29-neighborhood marathon this year, from more than 100 countries and all 50 states.
It was Lewandowski's first marathon, and she finished it at 5:59:41. The route ran right by her apartment. Tschidaran the Chicago Marathon in 3:29:44.
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BkiUfJLxK7IAHL_U9uEL | Сумлі́нне використа́ння, також добропоря́дне кори́стування — доктрина авторського права, що посилається на особливість законодавства про авторське право США, допускає вільне використання захищених авторським правом матеріалів за умови дотримання певних обмежень, встановлених законодавством. Термін «fair use» застосовується лише США, однак у деяких країнах із англосаксонською системою права використовується схожий термін «чесна поведінка» ().
Добропорядне користування допускається без отримання дозволу власника авторських прав до того часу, доки воно сприяє «прогресу науки та корисних мистецтв» (пункт 8, розділ 8, стаття 1 Конституції США), що відрізняється від видачі явної ліцензії на використання об'єкта авторських прав. Отже, ця доктрина намагається поєднувати інтереси власника авторських прав і соціальну та культурну цінність похідних від захищених авторським правом робіт для суспільства. Деякі обмеження авторських прав при добропорядному користуванні пояснюються необхідністю захисту свободи слова посиланнями на Першу поправку до Конституції США.
Сумлінне використання у праві США
Концепція «авторського права» і відповідний закон уперше були прийняті Британським Парламентом у 1709 році. Оскільки новий закон не дозволяв відтворення захищених авторським правом робіт, то як противагу суди використали доктрину «сумлінного цитування», а пізніше «сумлінного використання» в окремих випадках, що допускали корисність таких дій. У США ця доктрина застосовувалася лише як загальний принцип аж до включення її у Закон про Авторське право у 1976 році (17 U.S.C. § 107):
Незважаючи на положення секцій 106 та 106А Закону «сумлінне використання» захищених творів не є порушенням авторських прав, у тому числі не визнаються порушенням відтворення творів (у тому числі аудіозаписів) з метою критики, коментування, висвітлення новин, навчання (включаючи розмноження для використання в класах), викладання або наукових досліджень.
При визначенні того, чи є «сумлінне використання» твору припустимим у конкретному випадку враховуються такі фактори:
мета та характер такого використання, у тому числі чи є воно комерційним або некомерційним, зокрема, використанням у освітніх цілях;
природа твору;
величина та значимість використаної частини стосовно цілого твору;
вплив «сумлінного використання» на потенційний ринок поширення й ціну захищеної авторським з роботи.
«Сумлінне використання» неопублікованого добутку допускається також лише із урахуванням викладених вище факторів.
Перераховані фактори викладені у класичному прецеденті Фолсом проти Маршу (Folsom v. Marsh), що слухався 1841 року. У цій судовій справі відповідач скопіював 353 сторінки із дванадцятитомної біографії Джорджа Вашингтона, автором якої був позивач, з метою створення власної двотомної роботи. Суд відхилив доводи відповідача про «сумлінне використання» із таких мотивів:
рецензент може сумлінно цитувати оригінальну роботу у великому обсязі, якщо його завданням є використання цих цитат для справедливої та розумної критики. З іншого боку, як це видно, він цитує найважливіші частини роботи не з метою критики, а з метою заміни, використання та огляду первісної роботи. Таке використання вважається піратством… Одним словом, ми повинні весь час… ураховувати характер і мету зробленої вибірки, кількість та обсяг використаних матеріалів, а також ступінь, у якій це використання може завдавати шкоди продажам чи може служити причиною зниження прибутку, або заміняти цілі первісної роботи.
Важливо звернути увагу, що ці фактори були внесені як рекомендації в § 107 USC, а не представлені окремо. Цей розділ був призначений Конгресом для повторної заяви, а не для заміни попереднього прецедентного права. Суди усе ще мають право розглядати інші фактори.
Мета й характер
Перший фактор порушує питання про те, чи сприяє дане використання цілям закону про авторське право, що полягає в стимулюванні творчого збагачення суспільства, або ж має на меті тільки «заміну об'єктів» оригіналу для, скажімо, особистої вигоди. Щоб класифікувати використання як «сумлінне», варто продемонструвати, як воно сприяє розвитку знань або прогресу мистецтва, додаючи щось нове. Ключовим моментом у цьому розгляді є ступінь, у якому це використання є перетворенням, а не похідною роботою. Коли Том Форсиз використав ляльок Барбі у своєму фотопроєкті «Ланцюг Харчування Барбі», компанія Маттель програла справу про порушення своїх авторських прав і прав на торговельну марку, тому що робота Форсиза ефективно пародіює саму Барбі й цінності, які вона представляє («Mattel Inc. v. Walking Mountain Productions»). Однак, коли Джеф Кунс спробував виправдати запозичення фотографії Арта Роджерса «Щенята» для своєї скульптури «Низка щенят» за допомогою того ж захисту, заснованого на «пародії», він програв, оскільки його робота була представлена не як конкретно пародія фотографії Роджерса, а як пародія суспільства в цілому. Це запозичення було визнано недостатньо виправданим. Таким чином, навіть якщо вторинна робота є перетворенням, то це дійсно повинне бути так.
У наведеному вище законодавстві частина фактора, у якій сказано «у тому числі чи є воно комерційним або некомерційн освітнім», останнім часом була зменшена в значимості в деяких судових округах, «тому що багато хто, якщо не всі, вторинні роботи шукають хоча б деяку комерційну вигоду від їхнього використання» (American Geophysical Union, 60 °F.3d at 921). Важливішим є те, чи служить це використання хоч одній меті, згаданій в наведеному вище законодавстві, тому що саме це служить парадигмою «перетворення». Хоча й суддя Пьер Леваль оцінив перший фактор, як «душу сумлінного використання», він сам по собі не є визначальним. Наприклад, не кожне використання з метою освіти захищено «сумлінним використанням».
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For the Profession / News and Opinion / How to stay on the right side of insider trading law
How to stay on the right side of insider trading law
03 May 2019 — By Joanna Trezise and Andy Glenie
Auckland businessman Mark Stephen Talbot has pleaded guilty to a representative charge under the Securities Markets Act 1988.
While the plea related to his failure to disclose a relevant interest (sections 19T and 19ZD of the Act), Talbot also made a series of admissions in relation to insider trading.
After the Financial Markets Authority's (FMA) insider trading retrial of former eRoad manager Hamish Sansom last year, and the 2017 conviction of Jeffrey Honey, listed companies (and their advisers) should now be under no illusions about the importance of ensuring their employees' understanding of the relevant law is up to date.
Talbot, a former partner at Deloitte New Zealand, was the virtual CFO of VMob Ltd. VMob (later renamed Plexure) is a technology development company and a listed issuer.
Talbot was also the director and a shareholder of Blumau Finance Ltd, a private investment company.
In 2014, VMob entered into negotiations with McDonald's Japan to provide an app-based platform for its loyalty program. The contract was expected to generate a profit of $4.8 million over three years.
The previous year VMob had generated total revenue of $385,000 so the contract was a serious catch. Involvement in such a project was also expected to substantially increase the credibility and value of VMob's brand overall.
Talbot's role within the company meant he was well aware of the progress and significance of the negotiations. On 23 July 2014, McDonald's advised VMob it would be awarded the contract. Later that same day, VMob's COO conveyed the news to the other company directors and officers, including Talbot. The next day Talbot, through Blumau, purchased one million VMob shares.
The contract was formally confirmed on 7 August 2014. VMob announced it to the market on 11 August 2014.
After an FMA investigation, Talbot was charged with one count of insider trading and eight of failing to disclose a relevant interest.
By way of explanation, Talbot stated the shares had been purchased for the benefit of his father. In the absence of a personal benefit, he had not considered his knowledge of the impending McDonald's deal impacted upon his ability to make the trade.
Talbot ultimately entered a guilty plea to one representative charge for failure to disclose a relevant interest. He was required to pay a penalty to the FMA of $150,000 and has undertaken not to be a director, promotor or manager of a listed issuer for five years.
While the charge of insider trading appears to have been withdrawn by the FMA during the resolution process, Talbot nonetheless admitted a contravention of the Act's insider trading provision as part of his undertaking. He also accepted it was no defence that the shares were held for the benefit of his father.
There was no suggestion that VMob had been involved in Talbot's offending or had otherwise contravened the Act.
To the contrary, it appears to have had sound procedures in place in an attempt to prevent insider trading.
As a listed entity, it had a trading policy that applied to all staff and contractors. It also had several officers responsible for ensuring new employees and contractors were aware of the application of that policy (though, unfortunately, one of those officers was Talbot himself).
Where an employee breaches insider trading laws, a proportion of the burden will fall on even an entirely blameless company.
It will need to spend time and money engaging with the regulator during its investigation. It will need to produce documents and records, and consider the best means of preserving their confidentiality (particularly when some may ultimately be produced during court proceedings). It must also endure being associated with the employee's breach in media coverage of any prosecution, which may continue for months, even years.
To reduce, as much as possible, the risk of insider trading by an employee or contractor, it would be sensible for issuers to take the following steps:
Ensure the company has an internal trading policy which aligns with the law. When a new case is decided, take the opportunity to review the policy to ensure it continues to reflect the current position.
Ensure all staff are trained in the policy, the reasons behind it, and the ramifications if it and/or the law is breached.
Use the publicity which tends to surround insider trading cases as a prompt for refresher training. Be aware there may be a need to correct misperceptions of the law which have been encouraged by over-simplified media reporting. For example, last year's retrial of Hamish Sansom was heavily – but not always accurately – reported. If media coverage has left room for misunderstanding of the law, this should be actively addressed.
It is also important to ensure successive rounds of updates and refreshers do not obscure what should fundamentally be a straightforward concept. Whether under the previous Act or the current, an information insider must not trade. It's as easy as that.
Joanna Trezise and Andy Glenie are Auckland-based litigators specialising in competition and regulatory law. They can be reached at joanna.trezise@glegal.co.nz and andy.glenie@glegal.co.nz
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Do you support the construction of the new coal mine in Cumbria? This coalmine is expected to produce 2m to 3m tonnes of hard metallurgical coal a year for around 50 years. This means that the government will not meet its unambitious 2050 target and is a death sentence.
Will each candidate explain, if elected, how they would work to address the climate crisis with the urgency it deserves?
If elected, how will candidates advocate for the transition to renewable clean energy?
We know dirty vehicles powered by petrol and diesel are responsible for a serious chunk of the UK's emissions and lethal air pollution. How would candidates work to support the greener transport we need in order to combat the climate crisis and clean up our air?
Will you make the climate crisis a deal-breaker in how you vote in Parliament?
How do you plan to support doubling UK tree cover as part of efforts to transform the way we use our land to help stop climate breakdown?
Will you back the Women's Institute's & Friends of the Earth's "Plastic Pollution Bill", which would phase out non-essential single-use plastics and commit this and future governments to preventing any further plastic pollution from this country?
Shirley Rutter
I would like it to be asked of the Conservative candidate "Why hasn't the Government made it a legal requirement that all new buildings in the UK have solar panels fitted on them?"
richardgthomas01
...as well as charging points for electric vehicles.
Bringing everything above together I'd like to ask:
With the scientific consensus now telling us that the threat of a catastrophic climate tipping point is increasing and imminent, and that therefore radical global action to prevent it is beyond urgent, do the candidates agree that the 2050 target for net zero carbon emissions is far too little too late, that the target needs to be brought forward to no later than 2025, and that the next UK government therefore needs to put the country onto the equivalent of a 'wartime footing' to meet even that target to give our children and grandchildren any chance of surviving to see the year 2050 let alone 2100? | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
BkiUfOo25V5jLYeqltlU | PAULINE BAKES THE CAKE!: A Piggy In A "Choo Choo" Train for Christian!
A Piggy In A "Choo Choo" Train for Christian!
Commissioned by Chermayne for her son Christian's 4th birthday celebration. Chermayne requested for a sugar art figurine of a cute pig in a steam engine to be the cake topper for Christian's cake. Christian loves both "Thomas And Friends" and the "Chuggingtons" but his mom didn't want the sugar model to represent either. As the family was moving permanently back to Germany, she wanted to have the piggy waving goodbye as the train chugs along the tracks!
Christian's cake, complete with blue skies, pearly clouds, lime green hills and railway tracks!
Piggy in a red and gold locomotive!
Number "4" for four years old!
Piggy is wearing blue overalls to match his eyes!
Edible timber railway sleepers and steel tracks!
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Security Airmen getting new special ops-like helmets
Jessica Evans
Published October 27, 2020 15:05:17
Airman Alex Orquiza of the 71st Security Forces Squadron wears the next generation of ballistic helmet during a door breaching exercise at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma Sept. 15. The Air Force Security Forces Center is rolling out the new helmets to security forces units. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/Air Force)
The Air Force has been busy this summer. From providing the latest class of recruits to Space Force to issuing better fitting body armor to women airmen, it seems like the protectors of the sky are really looking to expand and develop on its commitment to its force. This comes after the push in 2018 for Air Force defenders to get updated weapons, along with revised training and fitness standards.
Now, security airmen are next in line to receive a uniform upgrade. Soon, they'll be issued new special ops-like helmets. This next generation of ballistic helmet is just the latest initiative that the Air Force is taking to ensure its personnel remains safe.
This new helmet is going to replace the older and far less-adaptable Advanced Combat Helmet. The ACH is what security forces currently wear, and many airmen have complained about its bulk and weight. Adding to the challenges is that the ACH is designed for ground units, so airmen have struggled with it, and in some cases, have had to outfit and modify it with bulky additions to accomplish different mission sets.
Not only will the new helmet come with better padding, built-in railings to easily attach accessories, but they'll also be lighter and cooler. The Air Force Security Forces Center is now sending out new ballistic helmets as it phases out the ACH.
The 71st Security Forces Squadron, located at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma, was the first squadron to receive the helmet. Soon airmen everywhere will receive the upgrade.
An Air Force press release said that the initial response to the new helmet has been positive. Master Sgt. Darryl Wright, 71st SFS logistics and readiness superintendent, said that the new version is the "most agile helmet" he's worn in 19 years.
The helmets are part of the Air Force Security Forces Control initiative to modernize not just weapon systems but also individual protective gear. Included in this refresh is contingency support equipment and deployable communications systems, both of which will be paramount to successfully defeating the enemy in future conflicts. In the future, the Air Force plans to roll out a newly revised M18 modular handgun system, M4A1 assault rifle, M110A1 semi-automatic precision engagement rifle, M320A1 grenade launcher, and modular, scalable bests.
"We're identifying salient characteristics of the best individual equipment industry has to offer at the best value to achieve standardization across the force," said Lt. Col. Barry Nichols, AFSFC director of Logistics. "This effort is instrumental in keeping Defenders throughout the security forces enterprise ready and lethal with procurement of the most cutting-edge and innovative equipment available in order to accomplish missions safely and effectively."
These changes all come after the Air Force's Year of the Defender 2019 exercises, where the service conducted a detailed and extensive review of all security forces. This review explored areas that could be improved upon, both in terms of equipment and gear to tactics, training, and general morale boosts. To date, the Air Force has successfully worked through over 900 specific items that needed to change and has spent almost 0 million to update their gear.
The Air Force currently field about 25,000 active-duty security forces airmen. There are an additional 13,000 in the Air National Guard and Reserve components. Of the forces 38,000 airmen, about 98 percent are enlisted. This aligns the entire branch of the Air Force with the Army's lightest light infantry unit.
Brig. Gen. Andrea Tullos, career security forces officer, said that the Air Force has "expeditionary roots," and that the branch is "a blend between light infantry and a military police company."
Collectively, these big changes are helping the service gain air superiority over the peer adversary that could potentially pose a big threat to the military. As the Air Force continues to look toward the future and the likelihood of conflicts with either Russia or China, the Air Force needs to be able to pick up the slack safeguarding forward-deployed squadrons instead of relying on ground forces. This new helmet upgrade is yet another step to making sure that can happen.
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