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Indian Super League Winner Prize Money 2023
Indian Super League Winner Prize Money Distribution and Breakdown 2023/24? What is the 2023 Prize Money Distribution & Breakdown 2023/24? ISL Winner Prize money for winners? How much will Mohun Bagan, Mumbai City, Kerala Blasters and East Bengal get in prize money? Watch & Bet Here =>
Have you ever wanted to find out how much the Indian Super League Winner Prize Money 2023 is? If you have, then worry not because we have prepared a list of the Indian Super League 2023 Prize Money Breakdown and Distribution!
List of Indian Super League (ISL) Prize Money Distribution 2023/24 Season
Any idea how much is the Indian Super League Winner Prize Money Distribution & Breakdown 2023/24? Previously I-League was the only existing football league and ISL was born in 2014. The ISL was won by Mohun Bagan last season after a brilliant season for the Kolkata club. They ran out with a good lead ahead of Bengaluru FC, no one could catch them.
How Indian Super League TV Rights Money Distribution Among 12 Clubs
Since the inaugural edition of the tournament, Viacom is the official broadcaster of the Indian Super League. Last season, previous broadcast, Star earned around $20 million from the ad services.
ISL has a different distribution unlike Europe as the money is not shared with the teams of the league.
Indian Super League Teams (Current)
Indian Super League 2023/24 has 12 teams participating in tournaments. Punjab FC joined the ISL this year. They came from winning the I-League.
Earlier, they were playing in the I-League. ATK Kolkata who became ATK Mohun Bagan, changed their name one more time as they became Mohun Bagan Supergiant. East Bengal was the previous team that joined through the I-league. Two famous Kolkata clubs are now part of ISL.
Here’s the list of all clubs participating in ISL 2023:
- ATK Mohun Bagan
2. Mumbai City FC
3. NorthEast United FC
4. Bengaluru FC
5. FC Goa
7. Jamshedpur FC
8. Chennaiyin FC
9. SC East Bengal
10. Kerala Blasters FC
11. Odisha FC
- 12. Punjab FC
Indian Super League Live Stream And Telecast
All matches in ISL are held at two timings 3:30 IST and 7:30 PM IST. It has double-headers on weekends and one game on weekdays. Watch & Bet Sports Live Here =>
Here’s the list of broadcasters of the Indian Super League:
India: Sports18, Jio Cinema
USA, Canada: ESPN+
Australia: Fox Sports
Singapore, Malayasia: Facebook
UK: Hotstar UK
Other European regions: One Football
Indian Super League Winner Prize Money Pool For 2023-24 Season
Organisers made some changes in the Indian Super League prize money for season 2023/24. They increased 3 Cr (Indian currency) in the prize money of ‘Shield Winners’. They also reduced the amount to the ISL champions.
The concept of Shield Winners was introduced in 2019/20. This trophy was given to the table-toppers like Jamshedpur FC are the shield winners of the current season as they topped the table after playing full 20 games. They won Rs 50 lakh as Shield Winners.
Football Sports Development (FSDL) has now allocated Rs 3.5 crore to the League Winners. The ISL champions (who wins the final) will now get Rs 6 crore. Previously it was Rs 8 crore.
The runners-up will get Rs 3 crore which was earlier RS 4 Cr. The other two semi-finalists will receive Rs 1.5 crore each.
The League Winners will also get a chance to represent India in the AFC Champions League. Only FC Goa and Mumbai City won the League to earn the qualification for the mega event. Watch & Bet Sports Live Here =>
Indian Super League Winner Prize Money Breakdown 2023/24
ISL winner prize money (A)
Shield Winners – $464064.65 (3.5 Cr)
Winners/Champions – $795539.40 (Rs.6 crores)
Runner ups – $397769.70 ( Rs. 3 crores )
Semi-Finalists – $198884 (Rs.1.5 crores)
ISL winner prize money (B)
Let us check other awards players and teams get in Indian Super League:
- Best Pitch Award: $13,500 (INR 10 Lakhs)
- Hero of the League Award: $6,800 (INR 5 Lakhs)
- Golden Boot Winner: $4,500 (INR 3 Lakhs)
- Golden Glove Winner: $4,500 (INR 3 Lakhs)
- Emerging Player of the League: $3,400 (INR 2.5 Lakhs)
- Fittest Player of the League: $3,400 (INR 2.5 Lakhs)
- Winning Pass of the League: $1,380 (INR 1 Lakh)
- Winning Team Match Bonus: $680 (INR 50,000)
- Man of the Match: $680 (INR 50,000)
Indian Super League Winner Prize Money 2022-23 (Last Season)
ISL winners/Champions: Mohun Bagan, $1.01 Million (Rs.8 crores)
ISL Runner ups: Bengaluru FC, $540,650 ( Rs.4 crores )
ISL Semi-Finalists: Mumbai City And Hyderabad FC $202,500 (Rs.1.5 crores)
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Since the 1980s, the U.S. averaged around eight major weather events per year that caused at least $1 billion in damage. In the past five years, that shot up to 18—and 2023 has seen 23 of them already. That means the housing market has a $23 billion problem, at least, and it’s only set to grow as the climate continues to change. (Remember: this summer was the hottest daily temperature in at least 100,000 years, scientists estimate.)
But federal and local governments, as well as private companies, are working on ways to mitigate those risks and their financial impacts. Climate change can come across as abstract and over-politicized, causing many homeowners to tune out and ignore climate concerns, says John Rogers, chief innovation officer at CoreLogic, an information, analytics, and data-enabled services provider. And he agrees that it is just going to get worse. “The severity and frequency of major weather events, unfortunately, is likely to go up,” says Rogers.
Homeowners end up paying the price—in more ways than one. In fact, insurers are already fleeing what they call “challenging” markets. There are no better examples than Florida and California, where insurance companies are either pulling out of the states completely or reducing their presence, as Fortune previously reported.
There are several factors at play, but the increasing frequency and intensity of hurricanes is a big one in Florida, Rogers says. California’s not too far off, with some insurance companies putting a cap on new policies or no longer writing new policies in the state.
That’s exacerbating housing-related crises in the states, both of which saw their home prices rise substantially in the pandemic-driven housing boom, pricing out many buyers. In fact, buyers’ concerns over insurance availability and costs are somewhat slowing new home sales in Florida and California.
Still, Rogers says what he’s seeing in terms of investment by federal and local governments, along with private companies is “really encouraging,” particularly when given a financial metric to encompass the real impact of climate change on the housing market. At the time of our interview, Rogers had just come back from a conference in New York. He says things have changed, and there’s movement from “talking about climate change to real action across the supply chain of building homes, and also making homes more resilient.”
How insurance can come back to Florida and California
The changes afoot include, for example, a new ordinance requires homeowners in certain areas of Florida to build a five-foot seawall to protect the home, for one. “Incentives from the government and investment from the government will help change the dynamics of this market and bring insurance back into Florida,” Rogers says.
In California, where wildfires are a major concern, there are 12 prerequisites to reduce premiums—everything from taking brush out from underneath a deck, to having a fence 12 feet away from the house, Rogers notes.
Nevertheless, the issues extend far beyond California and Florida. Think about winter storms across the country, Roger says. Their frequency might be fairly low, but their impact is definitely becoming more severe.
The case of Texas
And they’re affecting regions that weren’t built to be resilient in the face of catastrophic storms. Take Texas. In February 2021, the state faced record-low temperatures, roads were impossible to travel along because of snow and ice, and the state’s electric grid operator lost control of the power supply, resulting in blackouts that lasted days. Countless homes were damaged, causing an estimated $80 billion to $130 billion in damage. “From a homeowner’s perspective, we need to be aware and understand that we need to protect our home,” says Rogers.
That’s where the government and private companies come in. The U.S. government and federal agencies are already taking steps to reduce carbon emissions and improve the resiliency of homes—think the Inflation Reduction Act and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) recently announced $3 billion mitigation project.
Making homes resilient
Businesses like CoreLogic are also jumping on board. CoreLogic developed a climate risk analytics model which helps companies measure, model, and mitigate the financial impacts of climate change on every single property in the United States. Providing a simple financial metric can help provide a focus for private companies and federal agencies, while changing the behavior and mindset surrounding climate change, to shape policy, he says. Rogers hopes it helps spur companies with an ear for anything involving lost money to step up.
“As soon as you can financially measure something, it’s amazing how the industry leans in,” he says, stressing his goal of protecting homeownership and the financial stability of the asset class. CoreLogic’s climate risk analytics is already supporting the Federal Reserve Board in assessing the climate risks facing the top six banks in the country.
Every $1 invested in making a home more resilient is the equivalent of a $6 disaster recovery investment after a weather event, says Rogers. Economically, it makes sense to invest in making homes more resilient. That can mean verifying your home is built in compliance with local building safety codes, checking with your local building safety department before beginning home repairs or improvement projects, elevating and anchoring utilities (like electrical panels), or reducing basement flooding risks by installing a water alarm or a working pump, according to FEMA.
Aside from physically making your home resilient, you can, and likely should, get flood insurance whether you’re in a high-risk flood zone or not.
Doing so has never been more critical. Seven of the top 10 counties in the country that are most vulnerable to climate risk are appreciating in value, according to CoreLogic’s calculations. Miami-Dade County is one of the hottest housing markets, and it’s also the riskiest, due to hurricanes and floods. Residents need solutions, and that could start with funding—from the government, private companies, and even venture capitalists—to ensure homes are built to withstand natural disasters.
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refuse the golden offers of Shaddai, and trust to the lies and falsehoods of Diabolus? Think you when Shaddai should have conquered you, that the remembrance of these your carriages towards him, will yield you peace and comfort; or that, by ruffling language, you can make him afraid as a grasshopper? Doth he entreat you, for fear of you? Do you think that you are stronger than he? Look to the heavens, and behold, and consider the stars, how high are they? Can you stop the sun from running his course, and hinder the moon from giving her light? Can you count the number of the stars, or stay the bottles of heaven? Can you call for the waters of the sea, and cause them to cover the face of the ground? Can you behold every one that is proud, and abase him, and bind their faces in secret ?1 Yet these are some of the works of our King, in whose name, this day, we come up unto you, that you may be brought under his authority. In his name, therefore, I summon you again, to yield up yourselves to his captains.'
The town at a stand.
town; and endeavours to terrify it with the greatness
At this summons the Mansoulians seemed to be at a stand, and knew not what answer to make; wherefore Diabolus forthwith appeared, and took upon him to do it himself, and thus he begins, but turns his speech to them of Mansoul:'Gentlemen,' quoth he, and my faithful subjects, if it is true that this summoner hath a speech to the said concerning the greatness of their King, by his terror you will always be kept in bondage, and so be made of God. to sneak. Yea, how can you now, though he is at a distance, endure to think of such a mighty one? And if not to think of him, while at a distance, how can you endure to be in his presence? I, your prince, am familiar with you, and you may play with me as you would with a grasshopper. Consider, therefore, what is for your profit, and remember the immunities that I have granted you. Farther, if all be true that this man hath said, how comes it to pass that the subjects of Shaddai are so enslaved in all places where they come? None in the universe so unhappy as they, none so trampled upon as they.2 Consider, my Mausoul. Would thou wert as loth to leave me, as I am loth to leave thee! But consider, I say, the ball is yet at thy foot; liberty you have, if you know how to use it; yea, a king you have too, if you can tell how to love and obey him.'
Most of this language is from the book of Job.-(Ed.) 2 This old slander of the father of lies was well answered by the poor boy, while sweeping a chimney, who sung
'The sorrow of the mind, Be banish'd from this place, Religion never was designed,
To make our pleasures less.'
Upon this speech, the town of Mansoul did again harden their hearts yet more against He drives Manthe captains of Shaddai. The thoughts soul into deof his greatness did quite quash them, and the thoughts of his holiness sunk them in despair.3 Wherefore, after a short consultation, they, of the Diabolonian party they were, sent back this word by the trumpeter, That, for their parts, they were resolved to stick to Mansoul grows their king; but never to yield to Shaddai.' So it was but in vain to give them any further summons, for they had rather die upon the place than yield. And now things seemed to be gone quite back, and Mansoul to be out of reach or call; yet the captains, who knew what their Lord could do, would not yet be beat out of heart. They therefore send them another summons, more sharp and severe than the last; but the oftener they were sent to, to be reconciled to Shaddai, the further off they were. 'As they called them, so they went from them: ' yea, though they called them to the most High.' Ho. xi. 2, 7.
selves to prayer.
So they ceased that way to deal with them any more, and inclined to think of an- The captains other way. The captains, therefore, leave off summons, and did gather themselves together, to betake themhave free conference among themselves, to know what was yet to be done to gain the town, and to deliver it from the tyranny of Diabolus. And one said after this manner, and another after that. Then stood up the right noble, the Captain Conviction, and said, My brethren, mine opinion is this:
First. That we continually play our slings into the town, and keep it in a continual alarm, molesting of them day and night; by thus doing we shall stop the growth of their rampant spirit. For a lion may be tamed by continual molestations.*
'Second. This done, I advise that, in the next place, we, with one consent, draw up a petition to our Lord Shaddai; by which, after we have showed our King the condition of Mansoul, and of affairs here, and have begged his pardon for our no better success, we will earnestly implore his Majesty's help, and that he will please to send us more force and power; and some gallant and well-spoken commander to head them; that so his Majesty may not lose the benefit of these his good beginnings, but may complete his conquest upon the town of Mansoul.'5
and unusual assaults of the tempter was my soul like a broken vessel, driven as with the wind, and tossed sometimes headlong into despair.'-Grace Abounding, No. 185.—(ED.)
This is exemplified in Grace Abounding, No. 139 and 140. -(ED.)
Paul may plant and Apollos water, but God alone can give the increase. To him, therefore, they wisely apply for further
3This is exemplified in Bunyan's experience. By the strong assistance.-(Burder.)
To this speech of the noble Captain Conviction, | it and read it, and because the contents of it pleased they, as one man, consented; and agreed that a petition should forthwith be drawn up, and sent by a fit man, away to Shaddai with speed. The contents of the petition were thus:—
Most gracious and glorious King, the Lord of the best world, and the builder of the town of Mansoul: We have, dread Sovereign, at thy commandment, put our lives in jeopardy, and at thy bidding made a war upon the famous town of Mansoul. When we went up against it, we did, according to our commission, first offer conditions of peace unto it. But they, great King, set light by our counsel, and would none of our reproof. They were for shutting of their gates, and for keeping us out of the town. They also mounted their guns, they sallied out upon us, and have done us what damage they could; but we pursued them, with alarm upon alarm, requiting of them with such retribution as was meet, and have done some execution upon the town. Diabolus, Incredulity, and Will-be-will are the great doers against us; now we are in our winter quarters, but so as that we do yet with an high hand molest and distress the town. Once, as we think, had we had but one substantial friend in the town, such as would but have seconded the sound of our summons as they ought, the people might have yielded themselves. But there were none but enemies there, nor any to speak in behalf of our Lord to the town; wherefore, though we have done as we could, yet Mansoul abides in a state of rebellion against thee. Now, King of kings, let it please thee to pardon the unsuccessfulness of thy servants, who have been no more advantageous in so desirable a work as the conquering of Mansoul is; and send, Lord, as we now desire, more forces to Mansoul, that it may be subdued; and a man to head them, that the town may both love and fear. We do not thus speak because we are willing to relinquish the wars-for we are for laying of our bones against the placebut that the town of Mansoul may be won for thy Majesty. We also pray thy Majesty for expedition in this matter, that, after their conquest, we may be at liberty to be sent about other thy gracious designs. Amen."
Mat. xxii. 5. Pr. i. 25-30. Zec. x. 11, 12.
ceives it with gladness.
him well, he mended, and also in some things, added to the petition himself. So after he had made such amendments and additions as he thought convenient, with his own hand, he carried it in to the King; to whom when he had The King rewith obeisance delivered it, he put on authority, and spake to it himself.2 Now the King, at the sight of the petition, was glad; but how much more think you, when it was seconded by his Son? It pleased him also to hear that his servants that camped against Mansoul were so hearty in the work, and so steadfast in their resolves, and that they had already got some ground upon the famous town of Mansoul. Wherefore the King called to him Emmanuel his Son, who said, Here am I, my The King calls Father. Then said the King, Thou knowest, as I do myself, the condition of the town of Mansoul, and what we have purposed, and what thou hast soul, and he is done to redeem it. Come now, there- pleased at it. fore, my Son, and prepare thyself for the war, for thou shalt go to my camp at Mansoul. Thou shalt also there prosper, and prevail, and conquer the town of Mansoul.
his Son, and
tells him that he shall go to conquer the town of Man
self with the thoughts of this work.
Then said the King's Son, Thy law is within my heart. I delight to do thy will. He. x. This is the day that I have longed for, and the work that I have waited for all this while. Grant me, therefore, what force thou shalt in thy wisdom think meet, and I will go, and will deliver from Diabolus, and from his power, thy perishing town of Mansoul. My heart has been often pained within me for the miserable town of Mansoul; but now it is rejoiced, but now it is glad. And with that he leaped over the mountains for joy; saying, I have not, in my heart, thought anything too dear for Mansoul; the day of vengeance is in mine heart for thee, my Mansoul; and glad am I that thou, my Father, hast made me the Captain of their salvation. He. ii. 10. And I will now begin to plague all those that have been a plague to my town of Mansoul, and will deliver it from their hand.
When the King's Son had said thus to his Father, it presently flew like lightning round about at court; yea, it there became the only talk what Emmanuel was to go to do for the famous town of Mansoul. But you cannot think how The highest peer the courtiers too were taken with this design of the Prince. Yea, so affected this design.
in the kingdom covets to go on
rather the sea, that feeds them, is our corrupted nature.'(Mason.)
2 Jesus Christ is our great advocate above. He receives, amends, and presents our prayers; and those petitions which have the glory of God for their object, cannot but be acceptable to him.-(Burder.)
were they with this work, and with the justness of | him, for his power, five noble captains and their the war, that the highest lord and greatest peer of the kingdom did covet to have commissions under Emmanuel, to go to help to recover again to Shaddai the miserable town of Mansoul.1
Then was it concluded that some should go and carry tidings to the camp that Emmanuel was to come to recover Mansoul, and that he would bring along with him so mighty, so impregnable a force, that he could not be resisted. But O, how ready were the high ones at court to run like lackeys to carry these tidings to the camp that was at Mansoul! Now when the captains perceived that the King would send Emmanuel his Son, and that it also delighted the Son to be sent on this errand by the great Shaddai, his Father, they also, to The camp shouts show how they were pleased at the they hear the thoughts of his coming, gave a shout that made the earth rend at the sound thereof. Yea, the mountains did answer again by echo, and Diabolus himself did totter and shake.
for joy when
For you must know, that though the town of Mansoul itself was not much, if at all, concerned with the project-for, alas for them, they were wofully besotted, for they chiefly regarded their Diabolus afraid pleasure and their lusts-yet Diaboat the news of lus their governor was; for he had his his coming. spies continually abroad, who brought him intelligence of all things, and they told him what was doing at court against him, and that Emmanuel would shortly certainly come with a power to invade him. Nor was there any man at court, nor peer of the kingdom, that Diabolus so feared as he feared this Prince.
The first was that famous captain, the noble Captain Credence. His were the red colours, and Mr. Promise bore them, and for a scutcheon he had the holy lamb and golden shield. And he had ten thousand men at his feet. Jn. i. 29. Ep. vi. 16.
The second was that famous captain, the Captain Goodhope. His were the blue colours, his standard-bearer was Mr. Expectation, and for a scutcheon he had the three golden anchors. And he had ten thousand men at his feet. He. vi. 19.
The third captain was that valiant captain, the Captain Charity. His standard-bearer was Mr. Pitiful, his were the green colours, and for his scutcheon he had three naked orphans embraced in the bosom. And he had ten thousand men at his feet. 1 Co. xiii.
The fourth was that gallant commander, the Captain Innocent. His standard-bearer was Mr. Harmless, his were the white colours, and for his scutcheon he had the three golden doves. He. x. 16.
The fifth was the truly loyal and well-beloved captain, the Captain Patience. His standardbearer was Mr. Suffer-long, his were the black colours, and for a scutcheon he had three arrows through the golden heart. He. vi. 12.
These were Emmanuel's captains, these their standard-bearers, their colours, and their scutcheons, and these the men under their command. So, as was said, the brave Prince took his march to go to the town of Mansoul. Cap- Faith and Patience tain Credence led the van, and CapFor if you re-tain Patience brought up the rear.
member, I showed you before that Diabolus had felt the weight of his hand already. So that, since it was he that was to come, this made him the more afraid. Well, you see how I have told you that the King's Son was engaged to come from the court to save Mansoul, and that his Father had made him the Captain of the forces. The The Prince ad- time, therefore, of his setting forth for his your being now expired, he addressed himself for his march, and taketh with
1 How honourable a work is it to make known the gospel! Every saint is thus honoured, if by his walk and converse he wins souls to Christ; all disciples are priests under the new covenant; they are made Kings and priests unto God.' The angels desire to look into these things. The highest peer in heaven covets to go on this design.' How does God honour his saints! The pious mother, nurse, or servant, the godly artizan or mechanic, the humble Christian merchant or nobleman 'that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the stars for ever and ever?' Can we wonder that some proud men should vainly boast themselves as possessing a monopoly of this glory?(ED.)
2 The powerful influences, gifts and graces, of the Holy Spirit, Faith, Hope, Charity, Innocence, and Patience, under the immediate command of Christ, lead on the new covenant forces to conquer Mansoul, after it had been convinced and alarmed by the terrors of the laws.-(ED.)
do the work.
So the other three, with their men, made up the main body; the Prince himself riding in his chariot at the head of them.5
But when they set out for their march, O how the trumpets sounded, their armour glittered, and how the colours waved in the wind! The Prince's
armour was all of gold, and it shone Their march. like the sun in the firmament. The captains' armour was of proof, and was in appearance like the glittering stars. There were also
3The three golden anchors.' When Christiana was at the house of the Interpreter, she had a golden anchor given to her, for, said they, you shall have it with you, for it is of absolute necessity that you may lay hold of that within the veil, and stand steadfast in turbulent weather. Joel iii. 16; He. vi. 19. Here we find two golden anchors, but where is the third?—(ED.) * These standards are all scriptural: Faith in the holy Lamb that was slain; Hope, the anchor of the soul, He. vi. 9; Charity and the orphan Innocent with the doves; Patience and his arrows in the heart. Ps. xxxviii. 2. Bunyan had seen the use of standards in the civil war.—(ED.)
When Jesus comes to effect the conquest of the human soul, he is gloriously attended with these heavenly graces, faith, hope, love, innocence, and patience. Faith leads the van; patience brings up the rear; Jesus, the Captain of salvation, heads the noble army. Ride prosperously, gracious Majesty, conquering and to conquer.-(Burder.)
some from the court that rode reformades,1 for | colours, they were forced to shift and shift, and
Emmanuel also, when he had thus set forward to go to recover the town of Mansoul, took with him, at the commandment of his FaThe Holy Bible, containing 66 ther, forty-four battering rams, and books. twelve slings, to whirl stones withal. Every one of these was made of pure gold; and these they carried with them in the heart and body of their army, all along as they went to Mansoul. So they marched till they came within less than a league of the town. And there they lay till the first four captains came thither, to acquaint him with matters. Then they took their journey to go to the town of Mansoul, and unto Mansoul they But when the old soldiers that were in the camp saw that they had new forces to joined with join with, they again gave such a shout rejoicing. before the walls of the town of Mansoul, that it put Diabolus into another fright. So they sat down before the town, not now as the other four captains did, to wit, against the gates of Mansoul only; but they environed it round on every side, and beset it behind and before; so that now, let Mansoul look which way it will, it saw force and power lie in siege against it. Besides, there were mounts cast up against it.
Mansoul beleaguered round.
The Mount Gracious was on the one side, and Mounts cast Mount Justice was on the other; furagainst it. ther, there were several small banks and advance-ground—as Plaintruth Hill, and Nosin Banks-where many of the slings were placed against the town. Upon Mount Gracious were planted four, and upon Mount Justice were planted as many; and the rest were conveniently placed in several parts round about the town. Five of the best battering rams-that is, of the biggest of them were placed upon Mount Hearken; a mount cast up hard by Eargate, with intent to break that open.*
Now, when the men of the town saw the multitude of the soldiers that were come up against the place, and the rams and slings, and the mounts on which they were planted, together with the glittering of the armour and the waving of their
1 'Reformades,' angel volunteer officers, not attached to any troop or company.-(ED.)
2 No sigh, no murmur, his elect shall hear,
The text states forty-four battering-rams and twelve slings, which the margin interprets to mean the sırty-six books of the Holy Bible. It would be a task for Aquinus to discover which are rams and which the slings. The whole of this paragraph is omitted in the second edition, 1684, but is re-inserted in
The heart of
again to shift their thoughts, but they hardly changed for thoughts more stout, but rather for thoughts more faint. For though before they thought themselves sufficiently guarded, yet now they began to think that no man knew what would be their hap or lot.
When the good Prince Emmanuel had thus beleaguered Mansoul; in the first place he hangs out the white flag, which he caused to The white flag be set up among the golden slings that were planted upon Mount Gracious. And this he did for two reasons: 1. To give notice to Mansoul that he could and would yet be gracious if they turned to him. 2. And that he might leave them the more without excuse, should he destroy them, they continuing in their rebellion.
So the white flag, with the three golden doves on it, was hanged out for two days together, to give them time and space to consider. But they, as was hinted before, as if they were unconcerned, made no reply to the favourable signal of the Prince. Then he commanded, and The red flag they set the red flag upon that mount hung out. called Mount Justice. It was the red flag of Captain Judgment, whose scutcheon was the burning fiery furnace, and this also stood waving before them in the wind for several days together. But look how they carried it under the white flag when that was hanged out, so did they also when the red one was, and yet he took no advantage of them.
Then he commanded again that his servants would hang out the black flag of defi- The black flag ance against them, whose scutcheon hung out. was the three burning thunder-bolts. But as unconcerned was Mansoul at this as at those that went before. But when the Prince saw that neither mercy, nor judgment, nor execution of judgment, would or could come near the heart of Mansoul, he was touched with much compunction, and said, Surely this strange carriage of the town of Mansoul doth rather arise from ignorance of the manner and feats of war, than from a secret defiance of us, and abhorrence of their own lives; or, if they know the manner of the war of their own, yet not the rites and cere monies of the wars in which we are concerned, when I make wars upon mine enemy Diabolus.'
Christ makes not war as the world does.
later copies. In one printed at Edinburgh, 1742, the text is altered to fifty-four battering-rams,' and this emendation is contained in all the modern editions. Perhaps the error was in the printer mistaking Mr. Bunyan's figures, 22 for 12. This would make the 39 books of the Old Testament, with the Gospels and Acts, the 44 battering-rams, and the 22 Epistles and Revelations the slings. Mighty weapons for pulling down the strong holds of the devil.—(ED.)
The Lord, the eternal Spirit, must first give the hearing ear, and the understanding heart, cre any saving work can be begun.—(Mason.)
Therefore, he sent to the town of Mansoul, to let | This town of Mansoul is mine also by their subjecthem know what he meant by those signs and tion. They have opened the gates of their town unto He sends to ceremonies of the flag, and also to me, they have sworn fidelity to me, and have openly know if they know of them which of the things chosen me to be their king. They have also given mercy or justice. they would choose, whether grace and their castle into my hands; yea, they mercy, or judgment and the execution of judg- have put the whole strength of Manment. All this while they kept their gates shut soul under me. with locks, bolts, and bars, as fast as they could; their guards, also, were doubled, and their watch made as strong as they could. Diabolus also did pluck up what heart he could to encourage the town to make resistance.
The townsmen also made answer to the Prince's messenger, in substance, according to that which follows:
'Great Sir, as to what by your messenger you The townsfolk's have signified to us, whether we will accept of your mercy or fall by your justice, we are bound by the law and custom of this place, and can give you no positive answer. For it is against the law, government, and the prerogative royal of our king, to make either peace or war without him. But this we will do, we will petition that our prince will come down to the wall, and there give you such treatment as he shall think fit, and profitable for us.'
When the good Prince Emmanuel heard this answer, and saw the slavery and bondage of the people, and how much content they were to abide Emmanuel grieved in the chains of the tyrant Diabolus, at the folly of it grieved him at the heart. And, indeed, when at any time he perceived that any were contented under the slavery of the giant, he would be affected with it.
But to return again to our purpose. After the town had carried this news to Diabolus, and had told him, moreover, that the Prince that lay in the leaguer1 without the wall, waited upon them for an answer, he refused, and huffed as well as he could, but in heart he was afraid. Then, said he, I will go down to the gates myself, and give him such an answer as I think fit.
So he went down to Mouthgate, and there addressed himself to speak to Emmanuel, but in such language as the town understood not, the contents whereof were as follows:
O thou great Emmanuel, Lord of all the world, Ilis speech to I know thee that thou art the Son of the Prince. the great Shaddai ! Wherefore art thou come to torment me, and to cast me out of my possession? This town of Mansoul, as thou very well knowest, is mine, and that by twofold right. 1. It is mine by right of conquest, I won it in the open field. And shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive be delivered? 2.
Moreover, this town of Mansoul hath disavowed thee; yea, they have cast thy law, thy name, thy image, and all that is thine, behind their back, and have accepted, and set up in their room, my law, my name, mine image, and all that ever is mine. Ask else thy captains, and they will tell thee that Mansoul hath, in answer to all their summons, shown love and loyalty to me; but always disdain, despite, contempt, and scorn to thee and thine. Now thou art the Just One, and the Holy, and shouldest do no iniquity; depart then, I pray thee, therefore, from me, and leave me to my just inheritance, peaceably.'
This oration was made in the language of Diabolus himself. For although he can, to every man, speak in their own language-else he could not tempt them all as he does-yet he has a language proper to himself, and it is the language of the infernal cave, or black pit.
Wherefore the town of Mansoul, poor hearts, understood him not, nor did they see how he crouched and 'cringed, while he stood before Emmanuel their prince. Yea, they all this while took him to be one of that power and force that by no means could be resisted. Wherefore, while he was thus intreating that he might yet have his residence there, and that Emmanuel would not take it from him by force, the inhabitants boasted even of his valour, saying, 'Who is able to make war with him?'
Well, when this pretended king had made an end of what he would say, Emmanuel, the golden Prince, stood up and spake, the contents of whose words follow:
[Emmanuel's answer to Diabol
Thou deceiving one,' said he, 'I have in my Father's name, in mine own name, and on the behalf and for the good of this wretched town of Mansoul, somewhat to say unto thee. Thou pretendest a right, a lawful right, to the deplorable town of Mansoul, when it is most apparent to all my Father's court, that the entrance which thou hast obtained in at the gates of Mansoul was through thy lies and falsehood. Thou beliedst my Father, thou beliedst his law, and so deceivedst the people of Mansoul. Thou pretendest that the people have accepted thee for their king, their captain, and right liege-lord, but that also was by the exercise of deceit and guile. Now, if lying wiliness, sinful craft, and all manner of horrible hypocrisy, will go in my Father's court for equity and right, in which court thou must be
1 Leaguer,' the camp and trenches in which a besieging tried, then will I confess unto thee that thou hast army are sheltered.-(ED.)
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Apparel Merchandising and Product Development
Why should I major in Apparel Merchandising and Product Development?
A degree in Apparel Merchandising and Product Development opens the door for a career in fashion merchandising, product development, brand management, quality assurance and general clothing and textiles. The Apparel Merchandising and Product Development faculty routinely schedule guest lecturers from the apparel and textile industries providing industry based projects and experiential opportunities to give students professional insight into today's career fields. These components supplement a dynamic academic program that includes coursework in science, social science and liberal arts.
What can I do with a degree in Apparel Merchandising and Product Development?
There are multiple career options for an Apparel Merchandising and Product Development graduate. Depending on the coursework completed and interests of the student, graduates can be employed in any facet of the fashion industry.
- Buying & Merchandising
- Brand Management
- Technical Design
- Quality Assurance
- Retail or Wholesale Manager
- Product Development
- CAD Specialization
- More Career Options
What does an Apparel Merchandising and Product Development major study?
The course of study for Apparel Merchandising and Product Development majors offers flexibility for students to customize a degree plan that helps them meet their academic and professional goals.
Students also have the opportunity to study abroad through the Rome Center, which partners with the U of A and other schools to offer several programs of study, including Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising. Learn more about the Rome Center.
Course requirements for Apparel Merchandising and Product Development can be found in the UA Course Catalog. View the printable 2023-2024 checksheet and 2023-2024 nine-semester degree plan. An archive of past checksheets and semester-by-semester degree plans is available in Box.
How can an Apparel Merchandising and Product Development student be involved?
The School of Human Environmental Sciences and the University offer a variety of outlets for students to gain professional development experiences.
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) student chapter is located in the School of Human Enviromental Sciences at the University of Arkansas. The group is open to all Apparel Merchandising and Product Development majors and anyone who is interested in merchandising, product development, or textile science.
AATCC meets once a month during the school year in the Home Economics Building. For more information, please contact one of the club faculty sponsors: Dr. Laurie Apple ([email protected]) or Dr. Leigh Southward ([email protected]).
Fashion and Apparel Board (FAB-UA) is a new club for Apparel Merchandising and Product Development majors who are interested in specialty workshops, networking events, community service projects and more.
FAB-UA activities are designed to inform members of the dynamic apparel and textiles industry and to actively engage with the public. Membership provides an excellent opportunity to interact with guest speakers and a chance to work with the community. For more information, please contact one of the club faculty sponsors: Dr. Lance Cheramie ([email protected]) or Stephanie Hubert ([email protected]).
Walmart Mentoring Circle (WMC) - In partnership with Walmart executives, WMC helps students develop professional and leadership skills and to learn about career opportunities. Members are chosen by a selection committee of Walmart executives based on written applications and grade point averages. It is open to sophomore and junior AMPD students with business minors who have an interest in Walmart, the apparel industry and business operations.
The organization meets monthly throughout the academic year. Session topics include resume and portfolio building, interviewing skills, executive presence and presentation skills, transitioning from college to corporate environments and introductions to Walmart culture such as an overview of the company focused on apparel and roles within the company.
Students have opportunities for job shadowing, store tours and walk-throughs, shopping the competition and visits with special guests.
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What is 403?
To deny access:
1) When attempting to access a forbidden webpage
2) When attempting to perform a physical action
1) Yeah, I tried to FTP that file, but got 403'ed
2) Yeah, I tried to have anal sex with Meagan last night but got 403'ed.
The area code for Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Before dialing a phone number long distance to Calgary be sure to add 403 in front of it or else you'll get some other damn place...
area code of metro-calgary and southern alberta, but primarily metro-calgary.
yohz man! i'mz gonna go club it up in dez four oh three club district!
This is the network term for "Access Denied".
Similar terms are 404, 500, 000 & 613.
area code for southern alberta, frequently used by calgarians to describe their turf
'yoh! lets go hit it up at the 403 club district!'
HTTP error code meaning "forbidden".
Sometimes used in conversation to mean the same thing.
"You don't mind if I grab one of your Red Bulls, do you?"
"Access Denied" or "Fuck off you nosy parker!"
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How to Make Acoustic Guitar Lessons Easier For Adults
Now is the time to break the spell that has kept you frozen since forever. ‘One of these days, I’ll learn how to play the guitar’. Yes, you’ve heard that little voice inside you say it many moons ago. Now is the time you to take heed, get into action, and sign-up for acoustic guitar lessons.
Age is but a number, in learning to play the acoustic guitar. Passion, creativity, feeling good, and having fun are what count the most. Here are tips on how to get started:
Start Now. Guitar playing requires an investment of time and effort. There is no easy-street that could provide you with a short cut.
Know your motivation. As an adult, it may be clearer to you now the reasons why you want to play the guitar. Unlike kids who may be heavily influenced by their parents. Your purpose or motivation will be the fuel that will fire your passion.
Be realistic. You’ve held on to your rock star fantasies all these years. But rock and roll success does not come overnight, right? Start with basic and easy pieces until you work your way up to the “Stairway To Heaven”.
No pain, no gain. Acoustic guitar strings are usually made of steel. Expect to feel pain. Unlike kids, your tolerance for pain is definitely much higher. You’ll get blisters, sores, or your fingertips might bleed a little. But you can handle it.
Maturity. Your acoustic guitar lessons are not always a walk in the park. There will be challenging moments that will get you frustrated. Your patience will always be tested. You may often find yourself on the verge of quitting. You’ve been through and are going through life. Channel all these into your playing. Going through these and overcoming them could bring you to an amazing level of progress.
Connect and socialize with other guitar players. Positive energy is contagious. When you share the same vibe with the people around you, things get easier. Guitar playing is more enjoyable. Aside from learning guitar playing techniques from each other, you also get a boost of confidence.
It’s not a race. There’s no use in sulking in regret of not learning to play the guitar earlier in life. Run at your own pace, but push yourself as well. Don’t think of it as a competition, but set your sights on your goal. Fix your eyes on the prize of fulfilling your passion and enjoying the moment.
Be consistent. You may have your moments of procrastination, but you can fight it, right? Consistency in playing and practicing are essential keys in unlocking your potential as a guitar player. The need to consistently practice could not be stressed enough. Your fingers need to have muscle memory in chord fingering. And yes, build those calluses.
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I see that Biden is demanding that President Trump reveal what he was doing while his supporters and FBI agents and informers were invading the Capital Building. President Trump is holding firm on Executive Privilege. Biden insists that we have a right to know. Well, on that subject Joe, just what exactly was Obama doing when Al Quida was massacring our Ambassador and consular people in Benghazi and screaming for help and even getting some from the military before somebody told them to stand down. Who was that Biden? Where was our Secretary of State the mouth-breathing moron Clinton when that attack was going on? These questions having to do with the whereabouts and activities of the National Command Authority have never been answered. Let's hear and see what really happened when America's enemies attacked.
And on that note.....just why have we let China off the hook for inflicting a massive world-wide epidemic on us? Why have we taken no action against China and all their works and kicked them out of civilized society for practicing germ warfare (using a weapon of mass destruction) against the United States et al?
On on that note, why the mandate forcing the unwilling to take a vaccine that NOBODY stands behind with an offer of restitution if the side-effects kill or injure people who suffered themselves to be treated like lab rats for the likes of that foolish imbecile, Fauci?
It goes without saying that I get an enormous kick out of the Southwest Airlines Pilots deciding enough was enough with the crippling mandates and fake labor dictats of the left and simply refusing to fly anymore until the company takes the jab off the table as a condition of continued employment. Control over what one puts into one's body is the very soul of our democracy and way of life. | <urn:uuid:f3f22400-7e3c-48b6-b708-a763870a0a06> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://hmstypicallydefiant.blogspot.com/2021/10/why-do-they-never-see-it-coming.html | 2023-11-30T13:16:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100227.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130130218-20231130160218-00353.warc.gz | en | 0.974564 | 357 | [
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Many countries consider the visit of EU High Representative Josep Borrell to Russia last week a failure. Head of the International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS) Indrek Kannik said that while Russia put Borrell in his place, it should not be overemphasized.
"The Russians definitely put him in his place. That much is clear. Whether we can call it degrading or not is a matter of taste. At the same time, I believe we are overemphasizing this entire matter to some extent. Looking at Europe as whole, it was not a matter of historical significance for most countries. I believe that the visit was watched much more closely in our corner of Europe. That is one part of the background here," Kannik said on the "Välisilm" program.
He said that the outcome could end up benefiting the EU in future Russia debates.
"I agree with those who say it might end up benefiting us in the long run. Estonia and several other countries clearly said that trying to negotiate with Russia with this level of preparation and in the current situation is rather foolish. I believe that Borrell's visit proved that. We would do well not to continue rubbing it in, while it has given us a relatively good starting position for future Russia debates inside the European Union," Kannik explained.
Kannik does not believe the visit has portrayed the EU as weak and given Estonia reason to fear for its security.
"The Russians know full well that the EU is the weaker side when it comes to security, while they also do not see it as their number one adversary in these matters. Russia's main opponents in terms of security are USA and NATO, which is where I believe their eyes are turned during times like these. They have considered the European Union's foreign and security policy capacity to be modest all along, whereas they are right in many respects," the ICDS director said.
Paet: High time for the EU to leave behind naive Russia treatments
Estonian MEP Urmas Paet (Reform) told "Välisilm" that Borrell's visit to Russia was not a solo act but was instead sought by most member states and was prepared for over a long time.
"Countries like Germany felt that the high representative needs to go to Russia after four years because relations are deteriorating and a rescue effort is in order. The few voices that said the timing was not right – voices also from the European Parliament – were not heeded," Paet said.
He said that Russia demonstrated it is not interested in improving relations with the EU and rather the opposite is true. "All the steps taken by Russia that day were highly provocative," the MEP remarked.
"That is why I very much hope we will once against see a serious Russia debate in the EU and that the share of naivety in this debate is nearing zero," he added.
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Service Title: Struggle & Lament: We Are Not Afraid
Scripture: Matthew 28:5-10
Rev. Leonina Arismendi, La Iglesia del Pueblo
“Pray for the dead, fight like hell for the living.” -Mother Jones
The most dangerous woman in America of her time was a grieving mother, scorned by the conditions that took her family’s life such as a pandemic and constant worker exploitation.
(from wikipedia) A school teacher, born in Ireland, she changed her name to Mother Jones after her husband and four children died of yellow fever in 1867, and her dress shop was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, she became an organizer for the Knights of Labor and the United Mine Workers union. In 1902, she was called “the most dangerous woman in America” for her success in organizing mine workers and their families against the mine owners. In 1903, to protest the lax enforcement of the child labor laws in the Pennsylvania mines and silk mills, she organized a children’s march from Philadelphia to the home of President Theodore Roosevelt in New York.
Her words, filled with raw pain touches the heart of all that have felt the premature loss of a loved one to capitalism–be it because of racism, militarism, police abuse, ecological devastation that create health problems to those in the population that cannot afford hospitalization and all the costs associated with grave illnesses or accidents and all the other evils that prey on poor people everywhere that we fight against.
I think of my comrade Callie Greer, who tears our hearts when we hear her lament as she testified her lament over the premature loss of her daughter Venus. And the fight that she continues fighting as a mother, not only honoring her daughter but also fighting so that no other parent feels this pain that she carries. And the way we collectively grieve and resolve to continue fighting every time we think of Miss Pam, she is present with us, as an Ancestor in the Movement. Her spirit along with others, even Dr. King himself rests within our campaign. As the Bible says, crowds of Saints cheer us on our way. I created this piece [art from the FCOP flier] with the idea of giving them their flowers, in line with the Latinx tradition of laying marigolds for the dead.
Something that touched me this week about Ukraine was seeing a captured young man, a kid, a Russian soldier with a group of Ukrainian moms, calling his mom, explained through an interpreter to the Russian mom that her son would be sent home unharmed. The mom weeping called her son, “Come home son, come home.” Can you imagine what it would look like if the mothers of the world would call their sons home. In the campaign not only imagine it, but we live it.
As Erica Williams writes in We Cry Justice, “May we all be ignited with holy fire to fight like hell until the poor and dispossessed all over the globe have the dignity and basic necessities they deserve. I am committed to fighting until I give my last breath. Even then, I plan to leave this world declaring, “Give them hell until justice runs down like a mighty stream.”
I pray Erica’s prayer: Creator, mold us in the mindset of “Mother” Jones, who professed, “I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please. Let us fight for justice until it rolls down like a mighty stream.
Ashe and amen.
Shailly Barnes, policy director at the Kairos Center
It’s really powerful to think of how these struggles continue through generations. As a Hindu, it makes me think that maybe reincarnation isn’t just about my own soul returning over and over again in this world to realize my own individual potential, but maybe it’s actually about these struggles for justice, equality, equity, dignity, and the lessons from those struggles, being carried forward, generation after generation, until we realize our true potential as a society.
What was born out of the fight more than 50 years ago in Selma reminds us that we cannot give up, not only because of the blood that we carry forward, but because we know we can win.
There are all of these attacks going on right now on democracy and the right to vote. In 2021 alone, 19 states passed voter suppression laws that make it harder for 55 million people, disproportionately brown, black, and poor people, from participating in this democracy. This is a trend that’s been unfolding for more than a decade, since 2008, when an historic coalition of black, white, latino and poor and low-income voters turned out in record numbers to change the political maps of this country.
Seeing these current assaults from that perspective opens us up to seeing how we can actually confront these attacks. That is, if it was a coalition of poor and low-income people, coming together across race, that precipitated these attacks, then maybe we need to build that coalition again, stronger, deeper, broader, than it was before to push back against them today.
The solution lies in the struggle itself. Since 2008, the ranks of the poor have only grown. We are 140 million strong. Every race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, living in every part of the nation. And within these 140 million, there is a powerful political force waiting to transform society.
In 2020, poor and low-income voters accounted for one-third of the votes that were cast nationally, even higher percentages in some of the battleground states, and millions of eligible poor and low income voters didn’t vote. I’m not saying all of them voted the same way, we know they didn’t. But consider the political potential of bringing those voters together around an agenda that they share in common: for democracy, health care, living wages, decent housing, clean water, debt relief, for safe, equitable, and high quality education, and more.
King said in 1957, give us the ballot and we will no longer have to worry the federal govt about our basic rights. Now, he said that before the victories and gains of the CRM, before Bloody Sunday. And after those wins, he also saw how important it was to organize poor and dispossessed people, to amass their power – their political power, their economic power – in a way that the government could not but implement these demands.
We have the benefits today of learning from all of that, from the CRM, from Selma, from the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, and from the struggles that have been waging every since – around housing, wages, welfare, health care, policing, peace and climate – to build the power of the 140 million to change what is possible.
Returning to my own belief, not only do we have the benefits of those lessons, but it’s our responsibility to carry them forward. I call this our dharma, or duty: once we know our path, we must follow it, to the best of our abilities. So on this anniversary, let’s all commit to carrying forward the struggles of Selma, to mobilize across the country, to head to DC on June 18, and to keep building the power of the 140 million poor and dispossessed people in this country, to change what is politically possible.
As we say in the Poor People’s Campaign: Forward together, Not one step back!
Communion service by Alex Zane and Charito Calvachi-Mateyko
(Adapted from by Katherine HawkerSelf. Use freely, adapting to your setting and noting source (K. HawkerSelf, http://liturgyoutside.net). “Liturgy from Below,” by Dr. Claudio Calvalhares & from Joe Paparone’s communion liturgy at Freedom Church Sept, 2021)
Charito: Hoy nos reunimos en esta mesa en el espíritu de las comunidades cristianas del primer siglo: Ninguna de ellas afirmó que sus posesiones eran suyas, y compartían todo lo que tenían entre sí, la comunidad/comunión era, si se quiere, su “proyecto de supervivencia,” una forma de organizarse contra el imperio, satisfaciendo las necesidades de la comunidad, y en el proceso, mostrando una nueva forma de amor y justicia.
Alex: Today we gather at this table in the spirit of the first century Christian communities: None of them claimed that their possessions were their own, and they shared everything they had with each other, community/communion was, if you will, their “project of survival.” Their way of organizing against the empire by meeting the needs of the community and in the process showing a new way of love and Justice.
Charito: Hoy llegamos a esta mesa de compañerismo de libertad y liberación con la esperanza y la determinación de que el empobrecimiento se puede terminar, no sólo aliviar, con la esperanza y la determinación de que cada persona sin hogar pueda ser alojada, que aquellos que tienen hambre puedan ser alimentados. Testificamos que el empobrecimiento no es causada por el fracaso moral de los pobres, sino por un sistema que crea, por diseño, con violencia económica, pobreza para muchos y riqueza para unos pocos. Empobrecimiento quiere decir, hacer a un ser humano, o an un pueblo, pobre.
Alex: Today we come to this table of freedom and liberation fellowship with the hope and determination that impoverishment can be ended, not just alleviated, with the hope and determination that every homeless person can be housed, that those who are hungry they can be fed. We testify that impoverishment is not caused by the moral failure of the poor, but by a system that creates, by design, with economic violence, poverty for the many and wealth for the few. Impoverishment means to make a human being, or even a people, poor.
Charito: Esta es la mesa del recuerdo; recordamos que Dios elige a los pobres y condena a los ricos una y otra vez. Recordamos las historias de pan partido y compartido, multitudes alimentadas, historias de encuentros entre, enemigos y amigos, rechazados y marginados, juntos alrededor de mesas.
Alex: This is the table of remembrance; We remember that God chooses the poor and condemns the rich over and over again. We remember the stories of bread broken and shared, feeding a multitude. Stories of being gathered, enemy and friend, outcast and marginalized, together around tables.
Charito: Nos unimos para tomar y compartir el pan y el agua de vida. Dios nos recuerda que estas fuentes de vida no pertenecen a ninguno de nosotros de manera particular, sino que nos mantenemos unidos y somos bendecidos cuando llegan a todos. Este es el pan y el agua que nos permite a todos sobrevivir y prosperar.
Alex: We join in taking and sharing the bread and water of life. God reminds us that these sources of life do not belong to any one of us, but are held together by all of us and become blessed when they reach everyone. This is the bread and water that allows us all to survive and thrive.
Charito: Independientemente de cómo hayas elegido participar esta noche, te invitamos a renovar tu compromiso con este movimiento que nos sostiene a todos, y con nuestra lucha colectiva por el mundo que necesitamos y merecemos, un mundo basado en la justicia, la verdad y el amor.
Alex: However you’ve chosen to partake this evening, we invite you in this time we’ve shared to recommit to that which holds us all, and to our collective struggle for the world we need and deserve, a world grounded in justice, truth, and love.
Prayer after communion: Alex y Charito
(from Ramona C Daily – Welcome to the Hungry Feast (Ray Mckeever)
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Norte, sur, oeste y este
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¿Por qué mi vientre siempre está vacío?
Llegamos a la fiesta del hambre.
Venimos a la fiesta del hambre
Activado con los más pequeños de Dios
Guiándonos a la libertad
Dios es nuestro destino
Bienvenido, bienvenido a la fiesta del hambre
Welcome to the hungry feast
North, south, west, and east
In a land of plenty, plenty
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We come to the hungry feast
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Salisbury Bank And Trust Company Mortgage Rates, Fees & InfoLakeville, CT
Tax ID: 06-0521260
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Review & OverviewSalisbury Bank And Trust Company is a smaller bank specializing in Home Purchase and Cash Out Refi loans. Salisbury Bank And Trust Company has a high proportion of conventional loans. Their top markets by origination volume include: Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Torrington, Pittsfield, and New York among others. We have data for 17 markets. (Some data included below & more in-depth data is available with an active subscription.)
Salisbury Bank And Trust Company has an above average approval rate when compared to the average across all lenders. They have a below average pick rate when compared to similar lenders.
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Origination Dollar Volume (All Markets)$212,165,000
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|POUGHKEEPSIE-NEWBURGH-MIDDLETOWN, NY (FHA|USDA|VA)||91||$67,375,000||$740,385||$0||0.00%|
|KINGSTON, NY (FHA|USDA|VA)||20||$52,210,000||$2,610,500||$0||0.00%|
|Torrington, CT (FHA|USDA|VA)||96||$49,310,000||$513,646||$0||0.00%|
|PITTSFIELD, MA (FHA|USDA|VA)||39||$18,555,000||$475,769||$0||0.00%|
|New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (FHA|USDA|VA)||7||$9,675,000||$1,382,143||$0||0.00%|
|Hudson, NY (FHA|USDA|VA)||21||$9,015,000||$429,286||$0||0.00%|
|Outside of Metro Areas||6||$1,470,000||$245,000||$0||0.00%|
|BRIDGEPORT-STAMFORD-NORWALK, CT (FHA|USDA|VA)||3||$1,055,000||$351,667||$0||0.00%|
|HARTFORD-EAST HARTFORD-MIDDLETOWN, CT (FHA|USDA|VA)||3||$1,015,000||$338,333||$0||0.00%|
|NAPLES-MARCO ISLAND, FL (FHA|USDA|VA)||1||$1,005,000||$1,005,000||$0||0.00%|
|NEW HAVEN-MILFORD, CT (FHA|USDA|VA)||2||$380,000||$190,000||$0||0.00%|
|TUCSON, AZ (FHA|USDA|VA)||1||$325,000||$325,000||$0||0.00%|
|UTICA-ROME, NY (FHA|USDA|VA)||1||$165,000||$165,000||$0||0.00%|
|Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (FHA|USDA|VA)||1||$165,000||$165,000||$0||0.00%|
|MYRTLE BEACH-CONWAY-NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC-NC (FHA|USDA|VA)||1||$155,000||$155,000||$0||0.00%|
|ALBANY-SCHENECTADY-TROY, NY (FHA|USDA|VA)||1||$145,000||$145,000||$0||0.00%|
|SPRINGFIELD, MA (FHA|USDA|VA)||1||$145,000||$145,000||$0||0.00%|
|Loan Type||Originations||Total Value||Avg. Loan||Avg. Fees||Avg. Rate|
For 2022, Salisbury Bank And Trust Company's most frequently originated type of loan was Conventional, with 295 originations.
For 2022, Salisbury Bank And Trust Company's most frequently cited loan purpose was Home Purchase, with 163 originations. The 2nd most popular reason was Cash Out Refi, with 78 originations.
|Loan Length||Originations||Total Value||Average Loan||Average Fees||Average Rate|
For 2022, Salisbury Bank And Trust Company's most frequently cited loan duration was Other, with 295 originations.
2022 saw Salisbury Bank And Trust Company place emphasis on $200k-400k loans with 133 originations, totaling $38,435,000 in origination value.
Salisbury Bank And Trust Company lent most frequently to those with incomes in the $250k+ range, with 74 originations. The second most popular income band? $150k-250k, with 57 originations.
Applicant Debt to Income Ratio
|DTI Ratio||Originations||Total Value||Average Loan||Average Fees||Average Rate|
Salisbury Bank And Trust Company lent most frequently to those with DTI ratios of Exempt%, with 295 originations.
Approval RatesTotal approvals of all applications
Salisbury Bank And Trust Company has an average approval rate.
Pick RateApprovals leading to origination
Salisbury Bank And Trust Company has a below average pick rate.
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Volume 509, January 2010
|Number of page(s)||12|
|Section||Stellar structure and evolution|
|Published online||21 January 2010|
Thermonuclear explosions of rapidly rotating white dwarfs
Lehrstuhl für Astronomie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany e-mail: [email protected]
2 Institut für Astrophysik, Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany e-mail: [niemeyer;schmidt]@astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de
3 Institut für Angewandte Mathematik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany e-mail: [email protected]
Accepted: 27 October 2009
Context. Turbulent deflagrations of Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs are commonly used to model type Ia supernova explosions. In this context, rapid rotation of the progenitor star is plausible but has so far been neglected.
Aims. The aim of this work is to explore the influence of rapid rotation on the deflagration scenario.
Methods. We use three dimensional hydrodynamical simulations to model turbulent deflagrations ignited within a variety of rapidly rotating CO WDs obeying rotation laws suggested by accretion studies.
Results. We find that rotation has a significant impact on the explosion. The flame develops a strong anisotropy with a preferred direction towards the stellar poles, leaving great amounts of unburnt matter along the equatorial plane.
Conclusions. The large amount of unburnt matter is contrary to observed spectral features of SNe Ia. Thus, rapid rotation of the progenitor star and the deflagration scenario are incompatible in order to explain SNe Ia.
Key words: supernovae: general / hydrodynamics / methods: numerical
© ESO, 2010
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We didn’t have a whole lot of time on Saturday, and because this is only a 24 hour contest we only managed to be active for about 4 hours. But KN5S was active again, for sure:
Immediately after the end of the Melee the 10 meter contest started; but the band was as good as dead at that time. K5WW managed to log one QSO that evening…
But on Sunday morning Jason got an early start, and logged another 189 QSOs before the end of the contest.
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With the clang of bells and the clatter of hooves on brick -- that's how firefighting began in Albany's Pine Hills neighborhood.
The Steamer 10 firehouse, along West Lawrence Street on the point of land where Madison and Western avenues meet, started with a steam-powered engine pulled by a pair of horses.
When a call came in, a 24-foot brass sliding pole gave the firemen a running start. Then they rushed to hitch up their teams and get out to meet the danger. They were helped by an apparatus called a quick-hitch harness, which can be seen hanging from the ceiling in the picture below.
The American Museum of Natural History explains how it worked:
With a quick-hitch harness, a fire horse could be ready to go in less than a minute. This network of leather straps hung from the firehouse ceiling. When the alarm rang, the horse rushed into place underneath. A firefighter released a switch, and the harness dropped down around the horse's body. With three snaps, the collar was closed and the reins were attached to the bit.
During an 1897 firehouse inspection by Mayor John Boyd Thacher, the boys at Steamer 10 hitched up their horses in 5.25 seconds.
Once hitched, they were off, picking up speed as they bolted down the sloped brick driveway and onto West Lawrence Street.
A Pine Hills fire station was needed by the 1890s, as public transportation allowed people to live farther from their workplaces and families looked to move out of the crowded city center. Designed by prominent Albany architect Albert Fuller, the Steamer 10 firehouse became part of the Albany Fire Department in September of 1892.Steamer 10 became Engine 10 with the switch to motorized trucks in the teens. The last of the Albany Fire Department's horses retired in 1921.
As growth continued in the 1920s, Pine Hills neighborhood groups pressed the city to install a police presence in the area. At that time, patrols of the Pine Hills were done by members of the 4th Precinct, headquartered on Madison below Lark Street. In 1928, the 6th Precinct station house, constructed on the back side of the Steamer 10 firehouse, opened with a captain, four sergeants and 28 patrolmen.
For most of the twentieth century, firefighters and police officers both answered the call from their Pine Hills station houses. Then, in 1988, Engine 10 moved west, to Brevator Street at Washington Avenue.
City officials made plans to convert the old firehouse into a neighborhood library. But renovation costs were prohibitive, and parking would have been a problem -- a plan was even advanced to close West Lawrence Street between Madison and Western and turn it into a parking lot. Instead, the city purchased the former New York Telephone Co. building on Western Avenue, across the street from the firehouse, for use as the Pine Hills branch library.
The question remained: What to do with the firehouse?City officials offered it to The College of Saint Rose for use as an arts center, but they didn't bite. Someone else, however, did come forward with a plan for the old Steamer 10.
Ric Chesser was executive director of Washington Park Theatre Inc., a dramatics arts group that had played in spaces around Albany since the mid-1970s. He felt there was a market for children's theatre in Albany, and had seen first-hand what a great tool live performances could be for reaching young audiences. After extensive renovations, Steamer 10 Theatre opened in 1991.
Today, the not-for-profit theatre offers upwards of 150 performances per year to children and their families, as well as arts education programs for kids and shows geared to adults. An ongoing construction project will add a lobby to the theatre, building on the firehouse's form to suggest a fairy-tale castle with a drawbridge.Steamer 10's firefighters might have moved out in the late '80s, but the police stayed put. The 6th Precinct is now called Center Station, one of the two geographic divisions in the modern Albany Police Department. The building hasn't changed all that much; the original front doors feature the 6th Precinct logo, and the station still has its original cellblock area, though the cells are now used for storage.
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This crystal is 10cm (H) x 9cm (W) x 1cm (D)
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MANITOBA — After purging themselves of bottled-up ignorance on a website that allows any morally bankrupt person to have a platform, two women were charged with uttering threats over “shoot an indian” posts. The RCMP swiftly responded to the complaints and administered justice in a timely manner.
“We have to send a strong message that this behaviour on social media can’t be tolerated, unless they actually carry out the murder, then that’s a different story,” said spokesperson Sgt. Paul Manaigre.
“Lord knows what these women would have done if we hadn’t acted quickly,” he said. “They could have followed through with the threats, claimed it was self-defense, and got away with it. The RCMP has been directed to try our best to keep these incidents away from an all-white jury calling the shots. We all know what happened last time that fucking happened.”
Sources confirmed that Facebook has complied with authorities, and will be assigning anybody who makes these kinds of threats to a neo-nazi group on its website.
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This oral history with Antonio "Tony" Nadal, musician and co-founder of the Department of Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (BC), is filled with personal stories, anecdotes, and singing about his work within the field of Puerto Rican Studies. Professor Nadal shared his experiences as first, a student-activist in the late 1960s at BC, and then as a faculty member in the department for over four decades eventually retiring as Professor Emeritus.
This item is part of the Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (PRSBC) Collection, which covers the largely Puerto Rican-led student movement at Brooklyn College (CUNY) during the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought for the creation of the Puerto Rican Studies Department at the college. The collection includes oral history interviews with pioneering student activists, photographs of participants and their struggles, and other archival materials on the fight to create the Puerto Rican Studies Department drawn from the Archives and Special Collections library at Brooklyn College.
Source | Alliance for Puerto Rican Education and Empowerment Creators | Sporn, Pam ; Gold, Tami Date Created | October 19, 2019 Interviewer | Pam Sporn and Tami Gold Interviewee | Antonio Nadal Rights | Copyright Alliance for Puerto Rican Education and Empowerment Item Type | Oral History (Digital) Cite This document | Sporn, Pam and Gold, Tami, “Oral History Interview with Antonio "Tony" Nadal,” CUNY Digital History Archive, accessed December 8, 2023, https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/14092. | <urn:uuid:840ba358-95b1-4986-880d-04fd9374b920> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/14092 | 2023-12-09T03:30:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100781.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209004202-20231209034202-00553.warc.gz | en | 0.934026 | 330 | [
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Stateside: Sen. Peters on stimulus; post-pandemic work life; the rise of Biden Republicans
Today on Stateside, a chat with Senator Gary Peters. Plus, how the pandemic changed the workplace and what it will look like if and when we get back in the office. And, Michigan’s history as a stronghold of the so-called “Reagan Democrat” and the new swing voters taking their place. And to top it all off, a St. Patrick’s Day cocktail. And no, it isn’t green.
Listen to the full show above or find individual segments below.
Sen. Peters on Michigan's stimulus payout, and bipartisanship in a divided era
- Gary Peters is a United States Senator from Michigan
What will the office look like after the pandemic?
- Sandy Baruah is the CEO and president of the Detroit Regional Chamber
- Dustin Walsh is a reporter with Crains Detroit Business
In Michigan, "Reagan Democrats" give way to "Biden Republicans"
- Zack Stanton is a reporter for Politico
- Lester Graham is a reporter for Michigan Radio
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Skitzo, the founder/owner of KIDZO CIRCUS, has been in the circus entertainment since 2005—that’s over 13 years! He has been trained at the age of 15 years old at the circus and performed for Few well known Great Circus such as Royal London Circus ,Great British Circus , The Russian Circus , Big Kid Circus and few others .
He and his Talents have performed for countless indoor & outdoor parties , corporate events , huge carnivals , fun fair , roadshows , resorts , circus shows, theme park and even for the Prime Minister & Deputy Prime Minister.
Skitzo experience and expertise makes KIDZO CIRCUS one of the best circus shows , Live Act Performance & clown providers in Malaysia. Once his clowns put on their make-up and costumes, they strive to bring a smile to their audiences. They always aim to be more than ordinary men and women in clown outfits. At KIDZO CIRCUS , there are different categories and types of clowns who are taught different skills based on their talents, which you will find below.
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Yes, space heaters can be safe for cats if used properly. However, it’s important to take certain precautions to avoid any accidents or injuries.
Space heaters are a popular way to keep warm during cold weather, but pet owners may wonder if it’s safe to use them around their furry companions. While a space heater can be safe for cats, it’s essential to take safety measures to ensure their wellbeing.
The first step is to choose a space heater that has safety features such as tip-over and overheat protection. Place the heater in a safe location away from your cat’s reach, and always supervise their interactions with the appliance. Additionally, keep any cords out of reach and never leave the heater unattended. Taking these measures will ensure that both you and your cat stay safely warm during the colder months.
Understanding The Potential Risks For Your Cat
Are Space Heaters Safe For Cats
As a cat owner, you know how important it is to keep your furry friend safe and comfortable at all times. With colder weather approaching, you might be wondering if it’s safe to use space heaters around your cat. While space heaters can certainly help keep your home warm and cozy during the winter months, it’s important to understand their potential risks to your feline friend.
The Importance Of Safety Precautions For Cat Owners
Cats are curious creatures, and they could accidentally get hurt while exploring their environment. That’s why it’s critical to keep your cat’s safety in mind when using space heaters. Some of the potential risks of using space heaters around your cat include:
- Burns from coming into direct contact with the heater
- Fires caused by space heaters that are knocked over or are too close to flammable materials
- Smoke inhalation from fires caused by space heaters
To keep your cat safe, you should take specific safety precautions when using space heaters in your home.
Overview Of Space Heaters And Their Risks To Cats
Space heaters are portable devices that provide heat to a specific area of your home. They work by heating up elements inside the device, which then radiate heat into the surrounding area. While space heaters can be efficient at heating up small spaces, they can also pose a risk to cats if not used correctly.
Some of the risks of using space heaters that could harm your cat include:
- Burning themselves on the heating elements
- Getting too close to the heater and causing it to fall over
- Chewing or clawing the electrical cords, causing electrocution
- Inhaling toxic fumes from materials that are too close to the heater
- Accidentally starting a fire from knocking over or placing objects too close to the heater
Identifying Environmental Factors That Increase The Risks
Several environmental factors could increase the risks of using space heaters around your cat. To keep your feline friend safe, you should be aware of and mitigate these risks as much as possible. Some of the environmental factors to consider include:
- Crowded living spaces: If you have limited space, it’s essential to make sure that your space heater is placed in an area where your cat can’t get too close to it.
- Flammable materials: Keep your space heater away from flammable materials such as curtains, carpets, and blankets.
- Electrical cords: Ensure that your space heater’s electrical cord is out of your cat’s reach to avoid getting chewed, causing electrocution.
- Poor ventilation: When using space heaters, make sure the area where it’s being used is well ventilated. Blocked or unventilated areas can cause a buildup of toxic fumes that could harm your cat.
Keeping your feline friend safe around space heaters requires careful consideration of the potential risks and environmental factors. By taking proper safety precautions, you can keep your cat warm and cozy while avoiding the potential hazards of space heaters.
Safety Measures To Ensure The Safe Use Of Space Heaters With Cats
Cats are curious creatures that love to get close to warm spaces, including space heaters. While these gadgets can be a godsend during winter, they pose a danger to our feline friends. Here are some essential safety measures to ensure your cat’s safety while using space heaters:
Tips For Safe Use Of Space Heaters Around Your Cat
Here are some tips to keep your furry companion safe when using a space heater:
- Keep the heater out of reach: It is vital to ensure that your cat does not come in contact with the heater, especially when it is in use. Place the heater in an area your cat cannot access.
- Supervise your cat: Ensure you supervise your cat, especially when the heater is in operation. Cats may jump or accidentally knock over the heater, causing burns or fire.
- Use space heaters with automatic shut-off: Purchase space heaters with automatic shut-off in case of overheating or tipping over.
- Regularly check the heater for damages: Before use, inspect the heater’s wires, cords and the plug to ensure they are in excellent condition. Damaged heaters and cords can cause a fire hazard.
Understanding And Correcting The Risks Of Overheating Your Cat
Cats are delicate, and overheating can cause health problems ranging from dehydration to heatstroke. Here’s what you should know about the risks of overheating your cat and how to minimise them:
- Know the signs of overheating: Cats are prone to overheating when in warm areas, and it is essential to know the signs to identify when to take action. Some signs to look out for include panting, dry mouth, weakness, and vomiting.
- Monitor the temperature: Keep the temperature around your cat comfortable by adjusting the heater’s heat output. Cats feel comfortable at temperatures around 20 to 28°c, so keep your thermostat at a maximum of 28°c.
- Hydrate: Ensure that your cat has enough water, and if the air inside is dry, you can consider using a humidifier to keep the air moist.
Responding To An Emergency Situation Involving Your Cat And A Space Heater
In case of an emergency, it is crucial to be prepared and take appropriate steps to avoid catastrophic consequences. Here’s what to do if your cat gets into an emergency involving a space heater:
- Stay calm: It is essential not to panic and remain calm. Cats can feel your anxiety and become distressed, causing more issues.
- Turn off the heater: Turn off the space heater immediately to prevent the incident from getting worse.
- Examine your cat for injuries: Carefully examine your cat for injuries, if any. If you notice any signs of distress, contact your vet or emergency medical services immediately.
- Keep your cat warm: If your cat is wet, dry them with a towel and keep them warm with a blanket or towel.
By following these safety measures, you can help your cat enjoy the warmth of your space heater without any accidents. Stay safe, and keep your furry friend warm this winter!
As pet owners, it’s our responsibility to ensure the safety and well-being of our furry companions. After researching the topic of space heaters and cats, we’ve come to the conclusion that while they can be a good source of heat, there are certainly risks involved.
It’s important to always supervise your pets while a space heater is in use, keep it away from areas where they can knock it over, and invest in heaters with safety features like automatic shut-off switches. It’s also worth considering alternatives like electric blankets or heated cat beds, which can provide warmth without the risk of burns or fire.
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Frame takes social, environmental and economic responsibility into account in its operations. We are working towards more sustainable and equitable contemporary arts field.
Our social responsibility measures are based on our strategy, in which equity, respect for freedom of expression and sustainability are defined as the guiding principles for Frame’s operations.
On this page, you will find information about social responsibility at Frame.
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We are committed to identifying, highlighting and avoiding conflicts of interest that could endanger our credibility and operations.
The Foundations Act and Frame’s grant regulations provide for the disqualification of members of the Board of Directors, members of the grant committee and the Foundation’s staff if they apply for a grant or participate in the decision-making on a grant application in which the grant applicant is close to the person in question.
Read more about conflict of interest and related parties in the Grant Directive.
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Frame aims to create more sustainable operating environments in the field of contemporary art. We are committed to long-term environmental efforts and to reduce the environmental load generated by our operations. As an organisation that promotes international collaboration and interaction between operators in the field of contemporary art, we recognise the importance of both travelling and reducing travel. Our international networking activities are systematic, and we also use digital channels to maintain the networks and to introduce artists to contemporary art professionals outside Finland.
Frame was granted the EcoCompass certificate in 2022.
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We have committed to
- Continuously integrate ecological operating models into daily workflow.
- Reduce fossil fuel emissions. Identify areas of our work where we can use renewable energy.
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- Advocate for environmental responsibility with our peers and partners.
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Read more about Frame’s carbon footprint in 2019–2021
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- Creative Green, British environmental certification designed specifically to arts and cultural organisations, run by industry pioneer Julie’s Bicycle
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- Ilmatar -wind energy: Ilmatar only produces wind power by building more wind turbines
Information on carbon footprint and climate action in the arts
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- Sitra: 1,5-degree lifestyles
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We will not accept any inappropriate behaviour, discrimination or harassment. These principles apply to all Frame employees, members of the Board of Directors as well as members of committees and expert panels. They also apply to other partners and experts participating in Frame’s activities either on a temporary or full-time basis, as well as persons working and participating in events organised by Frame.
Frame promotes equity and equality in all its activities.
Equity means that all people are treated equally, regardless of their sex, gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, language, religion or belief, opinion, disability, health, sexual orientation or any other personal attribute.
In the Finnish Constitution, the principle of equality refers to both the prohibition of discrimination and the equality of people before the law. The Non-discrimination Act, the Criminal Code, the Act on Equality between Women and Men and labour legislation specify the prohibition of discrimination in different areas of life.
Frame is currently preparing an equity and equality plan. It is estimated to be completed on 30 June 2023.
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Frame cooperates with a wide range of parties, organisations, persons and sponsors.
Frame’s Director will assess from an ethical point of view all partners and sponsors who support the Foundation’s operations The assessments are also in place to ensure the organisation receives continuing support from Frame’s stakeholders and that the partnerships or funding received do not undermine Frame’s work, reputation or autonomy, or pose danger to the ethical, ecological, economic or social sustainability of Frame’s operations. We aim to guarantee that the partners and the sources of funding do not conflict with Frame’s values. Frame does not accept funding gained from illegal activities.
Frame’s operations are transparent: Frame’s stakeholders have the right to know who Frame’s partners and sponsors are, and the nature of the collaboration.
Frame’s financial management is systematic as required by the Foundations Act. The Foundation’s capital has been invested responsibly in a way that supports Frame as an environmentally and socially responsible organisation. Frame’s assets are mainly invested in impact funds aimed at generating social and environmental benefits, such as funds and bonds that support renewable energy, micro-loans funds and the green transition. We adhere to the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment in all our investment activities and our investment decisions take into account factors related to the environment, social responsibility and good administration.
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A pitch deck is probably one of the most critical aspects of your startup. It contains everything, from company profiles to business plans. And the future of your company depends heavily on this small presentation. You and your team poured everything into creating the perfect pitch deck.
However, as you present, you noticed that investors are not interested. And as you tried multiple times, you never get a callback and secure any investors. A lousy pitch deck can sometimes cause this, as daunting as this sounds.
In a world filled with uncertainty and competition, your pitch deck should not just wow investors but also be precise and correct. It needs to have the right elements, information, and look. You need to be mindful and avoid common pitch deck mistakes.
Don’t fret, however, as we will discuss in this article the top 5 pitch deck mistakes and how to avoid them.
What is a Pitch Deck?
A pitch deck is a presentation that includes a company’s past performance, its status, and future goals. It is also used to describe and present the company’s product or service and how it will benefit the potential customer.
Likewise, a perfect startup pitch deck usually contains the following slides:.
- Executive Summary
- Company Overview and current status
- Problem and Solution
- Summary of the business idea
- Market Size and Growth Rate
- Financial projections
- Competitive Landscape
- Management Team and Advisors
Why Do You Need a Pitch Deck?
A pitch deck is one of the most critical startup business needs. A pitch deck is a presentation outlining a startup’s business plan. It will typically include the company’s mission statement, target market, competitive advantage, and financial projections.
You can use a pitch deck to show investors when you are trying to raise capital or sell your product or service to potential customers. In addition, you can use pitch decks when pitching their ideas to investors to get funding for their business idea or startup.
5 Common Pitch Deck Mistakes You Should Avoid
As mentioned earlier, many startup founders find themselves creating what they thought was the perfect pitch deck but ultimately would cause their downfall. It’s important that when building a pitch deck, you follow the critical rules and format and avoid pitch deck mistakes.
So, if you are creating a pitch deck soon, the following are some of the mistakes you should avoid when making your startup pitch deck:
1. Not having a company overview
A startup pitch deck is a presentation to convince investors to invest in the company. The deck should contain all the information an investor needs to decide.
And company overview is one of them. The company overview is a presentation slide introducing the company and its mission. This slide should summarize your business, objectives, mission, and what you are trying to solve by creating this company.
Likewise, the company overview should be designed to answer the following questions:
- What does the company do?
- Where are you located?
- Who are the key people?
- What are your relevant experiences?
- How did the idea start?
2. Having irrelevant information
A startup pitch deck should be concise, clear, and relevant. It should be easy to read and understand. However, it is a one of the standard pitch deck mistakes to add irrelevant information.
Sometimes, you want to impress investors. Thus, you add other information that you thought may impress your viewers. However, from others’ perspectives, it is irrelevant and unnecessary.
So before pitching your startup, you should constantly review and re-read your pitch deck. You can also ask your colleagues, family members, or potential customers for comments about your pitch deck.
3. Saying you don’t have a competitor
All businesses face competition. No company has not a single competitor out there. Telling an investor that you have no match is unrealistic. They can always go look at google to check credible competitors.
As such, a startup pitch deck should have a competitor. You can add a competitor or a company with the most similar idea to yours.
In addition, not having a competitor is not always a good thing. Businesses need competitors for various reasons, such as enhancing their current service and highlighting aspects of your service. It is vital to show your audience that you are not the only one with this idea. This way, you can show them how better your product or service is.
4. Providing unrealistic projections
Adding financial and company projections in a startup pitch deck is essential. Most investors want to see the future of your company. They want to ensure your company’s future and growth before investing.
However, it’s one of the most typical pitch deck mistakes of adding unrealistic projections. If you show an investor that your company will gain millions of revenues for the next two years, then that’s unrealistic. Especially if your revenue today is close to nothing.
Investors are looking for companies with realistic projections. If they see that your company does not have this, it might not be as attractive for them.
Likewise, make sure not to make assumptions about your project and idea. Always research your market, competitors’ revenue, and market costs.
5. Not showing traction the company has obtained
Indicating progress in your deck is essential. It shows that your company is slowly gaining traction, and your idea is well thought out and analyzed. It also shows that your company someone can build revenue. Moreover, it can demonstrate your company’s journey. You can show your beginners how you made traction.
Avoiding these common pitch deck mistakes will enhance your likelihood of getting financing from any investors. We hope these five tips will help you create a more robust and better pitch deck for your startup.
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Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the 10th day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, following Rosh Hashanah – the Biblical Feast of Trumpets. This year it begins on the evening of the 4th October.
Prayers for forgiveness commence in the month of Elul and increase in intensity, particularly during the Days of Awe, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This period is marked by soul searching and seeking forgiveness from the people one has offended in any way, before asking forgiveness from God. Note Mark 11: 25,26 “and when you stand praying, forgive, if you have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
On the solemn day of Yom Kippur, the nation comes collectively before God. During the 5 prayer services the readings cover: Leviticus 16:1-34; Numbers 29:7-11, about Yom Kippur. Leviticus 18:1-30, laws of purity. Isaiah 57:14-58:14; Micah 7:18-20. Also, the Book of Jonah which demonstrates God’s mercy. The prayers emphasise the holiness of God, the helplessness of the sinner, and the need of God’s mercy following confessions and repentance. Worshippers are dressed mainly in white and undertake a 25 hour fast of both food and water. The day ends with the blast of the shofar.
Let Revelation 20:12 remind us of a solemn event to come. “Books opened….And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.” And may you be among those of whom Jesus commended when he said,“… rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” Luke 10:20
Thank you for your support that has enabled ICEJ to be part of the regathering of the Jewish people. The following report is cause for rejoicing as we see prophecy continuing to be fulfilled: Israel absorbed 60,000 new immigrants over the past Jewish year 5782 and expects to reach 64,000 by the end of the secular year 2022, the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration reported on Monday ahead of Rosh Hashanah. That’s more immigrants in one year than any year in the last two decades and close to a 130% increase compared to 2021, when 28,500 Jews immigrated to the country. “It is amazing to see the rising aliyah figures for 2022 and over recent years,” David Parsons, vice president and senior spokesman for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) – which has heavily supported aliyah for the past several decades – told ALL ISRAEL NEWS.
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At one gas station in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, this week, a large crowd gathered around pumps, hoping for fuel delivery.
Some people sat and waited, holding empty yellow jugs. It was hot and humid and tense.
Haiti is running out of gas — which is being called “liquid gold.”
Gangs are blockading fuel supplies at the ports, which are located in areas they control. It’s a display of force in a country still reeling from the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse in July. The shortages are testing life at many levels.
This past week, Jimmy Cherizier, leader of the G9 gang coalition based in Port-au-Prince tweeted he would only release his grip on fuel deliveries if Haiti’s interim prime minister resigns.
So far, Haitian officials are saying little about how they will resolve this crisis.
Fuel truck drivers — and bus and taxi drivers — are fed up and have gone on strike in recent days. They say they refuse to venture through gang territory and risk getting hijacked or kidnapped by groups like the one that took the US and Canadian missionaries hostage this past month.
At a gas station in Les Cayes, in Haiti's southern peninsula, an armed security guard, Jérémie, stood watch.
He asked to use his first name only because he didn’t have permission to speak to The World.
Jérémie said he feels overwhelmed. Once, the police came to help, and fired some shots in the air when the crowd got too big, he said. That didn’t solve anything, he added.
“My dad is a taxi driver and is stuck at home. He can’t get gas so he can’t work.”
The fuel shortages are testing his own family, he said. “My dad is a taxi driver and is stuck at home. He can’t get gas so he can’t work.”
Jérémie said he wants the government to do more but he also thinks officials are outmatched by the gangs.
“Haiti should ask another country for help,” he said.
Irlene Devereux took advantage of the crowds and the heat to sell shaved ice drenched with cherry and passionfruit syrup, but she too was depending on gas.
Monica Campbell/The World
Devereux had to take a cab there to haul her heavy cooler of ice and was not sure if she would be able to get around and keep doing business. At stake is one of her family’s main sources of income.
The shortages are also putting people's lives at risk. Many Haitian hospitals depend on power generators to keep the lights on and oxygen tanks running. Now, some hospitals may have to close entirely. Insecurity and the fuel crisis have also hampered efforts to provide humanitarian aid to southwestern Haiti, where a massive and deadly earthquake struck on Aug. 14.
“It’s impossible to plan at this moment because we are planning day by day.”
“It’s impossible to plan at this moment because we are planning day by day,” said Susanna Balbo, chief of child protection at UNICEF, the UN’s child agency.
UNICEF has been trying to secure contracts with local supplies in order to get fuel to hospitals. One provider backed out of the agreement, however, citing security concerns. Balbo worries about the people who are not getting medical care.
“All the people that are sick who may need to go to the hospitals, all the children that are in pain. So, this is really affecting everyone,” she said.
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Haiku writing 2.0 competition series
Registration Deadline (Extended): 8thJune 2020
Submission Deadline (Extended): 8thJune 2020
'Haiku' Writing Competition Series 2.0 is the sixth initiative of the Architectural Journalism & Criticism Organization, India founded by architect Pappal Suneja to spread awareness about this subject and sow the seeds of inspiration to explore and write about Architecture and allied fields. As per the curator, Journalism & Critical Appreciation in Architecture should reciprocate to the trending techniques. Our prenominal existence in the moment of time is not merely enough to amount for the utterance of spoken or written of the present. The architectural writings serve as reflections at a future day and it needs to be taken ahead at the forefront.
Themes for the Competition are as follows:
1. Cultural Thing
What is it that you possess and is at your side in these tough times of Global Pandemic Crisis? An unnoticed ‘thing’ being a part of your culture, tradition or life style does exist. The meaning of which has changed all together due to the recent social distancing measures. If ‘things’ can speak, what message shall it convey to you?
2. Time Travel to an architectural era
Dive into the journey of nostalgia to the gothic gargoyles of the city. In the romanticism of coffered domes, spires, buttresses, ornamented windows, arches; in short travel to the timeless architectural styles- making the quieter times louder than before. What is it, which we will wish evermore again?
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The Rules of Netball
Netball is a fast, skilful team game based on running, jumping, throwing and catching. Teams may include up to 12 players but only 7 may take the court at any one time.
Each player has a playing position determined by the areas on the court where they may move. The playing positions are shown by identification letters worn above the waist positioned on both the front and the back of the player. Those positions are GS, GA, WA, C, WD, GD and GK - we have prepared a table giving more details on each of the positions.
The major aim of the game is to score as many goals as is possible from within an area called the Goal Circle, which is a semi-circle centred on the goal line and measuring 4.9 metres in radius. Only two players from each team may score goals, these being the Goal Attack and Goal Shooter.
The omnipotent Match Officials are the two umpires, two scorers and two timekeepers.
The Ball is made of rubber, leather or similar material, weighs 400 - 450g, and measures 690 - 710mm in circumference.
The Court is 30.5 metres long and 15.25 metres wide; it is divided into thirds. The Center circle has a diameter of 0.9 metres and the two goal circles are both semi-circles measuring 4.9 metres in radius.
All lines are part of the court (i.e. a bounce on the line is "in") and measure 50mm in width.
The Goal Posts are placed mid point of each goal line and measure 3.05 metres (10 feet) in height. The goal rings have an internal diameter of 380mm (15 inches). The goal ring projects horizontally from the post on a single attachment measuring 150mm (6 inches) in length.
A game consists of 4 x 15 minute quarters with an interval of 3 minutes between the first and second, and the third and fourth quarters and a 5 minute half time interval. Up to 2 minutes of additional time are allowed for each injury.
The Rules of Play
The Rules may be placed into two generic groups, those which infringe only a rule of play and are called minor rules. Those which infringe the rights of an opponent are called major rules.
The minor rules, such as "stepping",
"breaking", "over a third", "held ball" and "offside" are all penalised
with a free pass to the opposing team. The major rules, consistign mainly
of intimidation, contact, obstruction and discipline are all penalised
with a penalty pass or penalty pass or shot to the opposing team. On infringing
a major rule, the guilty offender must stand out of play until the ball
has left the thrower's hands.
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Today I’m sharing the top 10 thriller books you cant put down! These are some of my favorite thriller books to recommend because they are so fast-paced, exciting, and fun!
(Count how many times I say “so fun” in this video lol.)
COMMENT and let me know if you have any more thriller book recommendations that you can’t put down because they’re so good!
1:15 No Exit by Taylor Adams
2:23 The Guest List by Lucy Foley
3:17 The One by John Marrs
4:35 Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
6:27 Layla by Colleen Hoover
8:08 Verity by Colleen Hoover
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FARMINGDALE -- On Aug. 29, 1963, in Saginaw, Mich., a son was born to the union of William Houston and Alma Cooper Houston. They named him Terrance Brion. He was one of three children. Terrance was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Jerry Wayne.Terrance passed away on Aug. 9, 2009, in Farmingdale.Terrance served as a sergeant in the Army from 1982 to 1992. Early in his military career, a sergeant he highly admired told him that, when he stopped having fun, then he should get out. He did just that. He was a chemical operations specialist when he was discharged.Terrance loved bowling and golf and was an avid New York Yankees fan. He enjoyed the fun of the rivalry with all the Red Sox fans here in Maine.Terrance was a member of Kennebec Community Church in Augusta and was employed as a manager at TD Bank in Lewiston.Left to cherish his precious memories are Davina (Marston) Houston, his wife and best friend; his six children, who will miss him more than words can say, Ashley Houston, 21, Brion Houston, 18, and Caleb Houston, 16, of St. Albans, Vt., Marcques Houston, 13, of Monmouth, and Dominiq Houston, 8, and Dakota Mitchell, 17, of Farmingdale; grandson Terrell Houston, 1, of St. Albans, Vt.; sister Deidrea (Faye) Carr; Justin (Tonya) Naranjo, a nephew he adored; niece Ashley Houston and great-nephew Tarvez Beebee of Alexandria, La.; three uncles, Sherman (Delores) Cooper, of Saginaw, Nemire (Mary) Cooper, of Chicago, and Earl (Mattie) Cooper, of Alexandria, La.; and a host of nieces and nephews.Visiting hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at Staples Funeral Home, 53 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner. A celebration of his life will take place at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Kennebec Community Church, 6 Glenridge Drive, Augusta. | <urn:uuid:8fe12ab9-763c-441e-b287-2150be508e99> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://staplesfuneralhome.com/obituaries/terrance-houston | 2023-12-06T17:40:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100602.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206162528-20231206192528-00853.warc.gz | en | 0.97229 | 465 | [
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Settlement of $34 Million Reached in Massive, Multi-State Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Case
In the first week of July, federal officials announced that 55 hospitals, spanning 21 states, have agreed to pay $34 million to settle a medicare fraud whistleblower lawsuit.
According to reports, the medicare fraud allegations claim that several hospitals overbilled Medicare for a type of back surgery called “kyphoplasty.” The settlement resulted in the federal government’s investigation into kyphoplasty procedures nationwide. So far, the investigation into the medicare fraud resulted in the government recovering $74 million, including the $34 million settlement from this month.
“This isn’t a case of simple paperwork errors or innocent misunderstanding of Medicare rules,” said Tim McCormack, a Washington, DC, lawyer with Phillips & Cohen. “Hospitals across the country misrepresented the type of treatment they provided to patients so they could bill Medicare for expensive inpatient stays.”
The government became aware of the medicare fraud allegations after a qui tam, or whistleblower, lawsuit was filed in a federal court in Buffalo, NY in 2008. Two former Kyphon employees, Craig Patrick and Chuck Bates, filed the lawsuit.
The two former employees allege that Kyphon, the company that sells the equipment and materials needed for kyphoplastic surgery, persuaded hospitals to bill the surgery as inpatient in order to get more money from Medicare. However, most kyphoplasties are routine, scheduled, outpatient surgeries, and generally take no more than a few hours. The surgery is used to treat spinal compression fractures in the vertebrae which are often associated with osteoporosis. A balloon pumps up the compressed vertebrae to assume some of their original shape, then medical cement is used to fill in the gaps and stabilize the spine.
The hospitals that are settling are located in Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. The settlements range from $374,814 (New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, Mass.) to $7.14 million (23 hospitals in California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas).
“Those who are complicit in causing the Medicare program to pay out unnecessary dollars will be pursued by OIG and our law enforcement partners,” Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson said at the time. “This $75 million settlement restores much-needed funding to the Medicare Trust Fund, as well as protecting the integrity of the program and its beneficiaries.”
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Introducing Lesia Zgharda Snail House Clear Stamp! This captivating design showcases a lovable snail carrying a cozy little house on its back. With its intricate details and interesting design, this stamp becomes the ideal choice for adding a touch of wonder to various cardmaking projects.
The rest of the paragraph continues: Crafters can create delightful scenes and breathe life into their cards with this unique and versatile stamp. Whether the purpose is to craft a nature-themed card or infuse charming elements into their designs, the Snail House stamp promises to make a whimsical statement. As creativity takes the stage, this delightful stamp opens up a cardmaking adventure full of possibilities, bringing smiles to both the creator and recipient alike.
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Merry Blogmas! I have decided to join the blogmas insanity and post a short blog post everyday until Christmas. Other than the regular weekly blog posts, the blogmas post will all be off-the-top-of-my-head brain dumps without citations.
It’s one of the coolest minerals going:
- It’s mercuric sulfide.
- Its mineral form is called cinnabar.
- It has a mineral formula of HgS.
- It’s the main ore mineral for mercury.
- The mercury mines of Almaden, Spain are the largest in the world and have been in production for two and a half millennia.
The best collectable cinnabar minerals are brilliant crimson red. If you grind them up to make vermilion pigment for paint, that crimson mineral turns into a screaming scarlet powder.
Cinnabar is not water nor lipid soluble. Most folks could eat a small amount and it would just pass out the other end…not that I’m recommending that to anyone. Cinnabar is an inhalation hazard because it is always off-gassing mercury vapor – and mercury vapor will kill you with a nasty lead-up of neurological symptoms before you croak. It doesn’t pose much danger if you have a specimen or two in your mineral collection but it does nasty things to miners. Even with modern safety equipment, mercury miners in Spain only have a working career of about 15 years before neurological symptoms force them to retire.
The Name of Cinnabar
Cinnabar is one of the oldest minerals names and words still in use. To my knowledge, the first recording of cinnabar was in the ancient Greek book On Stones, by Theophrastus, a student of both Plato and Aristotle. The ancient Greeks pronounced the first letter as a hard “c” and not the soft “c” that sounds like an “s” which we use in modern English.
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Generally, Manchester United incomings are frantic and towards the end of the window. This year, major targets are secured but there’s drama yet in the outgoings department.
Just minutes after a report that said David Moyes and West Ham United were waiting on Harry Maguire’s decision after agreeing a fee with United, another twist has arrived to stamp the fast-moving uncertainty of this transfer window.
Fabrizio Romano reports that the delay in the progress of Maguire’s sale is at United’s end, not West Ham.
He says that the club is in the process of picking the right replacement and starting talks with that player before signing off on the English defender’s departure.
Man United accepted £30m proposal from West Ham for Harry Maguire three days ago. 🔴🏴 #MUFC
Understand deal’s not done yet because Man United want to start talks and pick favorite candidate as replacement before letting Harry go. pic.twitter.com/2y4tBQ8Sny
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 11, 2023
United have a four-man shortlist to replace their former captain, with the most noise being around OGC Nice’s Jean-Clair Todibo.
The People’s Person recently dove into detail about the suitability of the move in Jean-Clair Todibo’s scout report.
However, rumours around World Cup winner Benjamin Pavard have picked up pace too. Manager Erik ten Hag reportedly values his versatility greatly as he can also play as a right-back.
However, with centre-back being his preferred destination, he has entered the frame for his big-club pedigree and experience.
The other two names under consideration are Edmond Tapsoba of Bayer Leverkusen and Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi.
Having already accepted a proposal for Maguire, the club is confident of sealing this sale and want to be sensible in the market.
West Ham are seeing the effect of selling before buying firsthand, as teams are quoting exorbitant prices to them knowing that they have money to spend from the Declan Rice sale.
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Today in this new tutorial I will show and tell you how to draw a leaf on a tree in just nine easy steps. This instruction is very simple.
In this lesson, I will tell and show you how to draw a leaf on a tree. The new knowledge and skills that you will acquire while completing this lesson will definitely help you in the future.
If you want to draw any tree, forest, bush or landscape, then you can easily complete your drawing with this beautiful image of a leaf on a tree. In this drawing lesson, you will first draw a tree branch, and then draw a leaf on it.
- Coloring supplies
Time needed: 25 minutes
How to Draw a Leaf on a Tree
- Start drawing the tree branch.
To complete this simple step, you only need to depict one curved line.
- Add the top part of the tree branch.
Above the previously drawn curved line, add a few more lines to depict the forks.
- Start drawing the sheet.
At the bottom of the branch you drew earlier, depict a single curved line.
- Add the top of the sheet.
On both sides of the previously drawn curved line, draw two symmetrical curved lines.
- Depict the bottom of the sheet.
Connect the ends of the two previously drawn lines at one point using two curved lines.
- Sketch out the veins.
Inside the leaf you’ve drawn, add some thin, broken, curved lines.
- Color the drawing.
To color a leaf on a tree, you should use green and brown.
This drawing lesson has come to an end. I hope it was very helpful to you. I recommend that you practice drawing a leaf on a tree several times to make this drawing even better for you.
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Common terminal plating type with distinction
Blog | Sep 13,2021
Connector terminals are generally made of brass or phosphor bronze, but copper is easy to oxidize in the air, and it is easy to react with sulfide in the air to generate black copper sulfide, which increases the contact resistance or causes contact failure in wet environment.
So in the production process through high-speed punch molding after rolling and then to electroplating, according to the performance requirements of the surface coating material and thickness are different, different plating material and coating thickness also directly affect the cost of the connector terminal. Common electroplating types are gold plated, nickel plated, silver plated, tin plated, etc
Gold-plated cost is more expensive, generally on the power supply and signal transmission requirements of higher products will be selected, its contact stability wear resistance
Nickel plating is optional, high hardness, good chemical stability and high utilization rate, but the weldability is slightly poor
Silver plating can improve conductive contact impedance and signal transmission (silver is better, easy to oxidize, and also conductive after oxidation)
Taking into account the advantages of weldability, anti-sulfide and anti-oxidation, it can not change color for a long time in the air, and the electroplating cost is relatively low, so it is widely used.
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This chapter discusses the issues surrounding livestock production. Livestock is produced for high-value protein, but the justification of intense production of livestock on the grounds of carbon raises ethical and product quality issues, as well as water and air pollution, soil erosion, and reduced fertility. Livestock is in competition with human edible food and waste. Ruminant animals have a higher carbon cost than monogastrics, as they produce methane, but they produce more energy per kilogram of human edible livestock products than do monogastrics, who are in direct competition with humans. We need to find ways to lessen reliance on imports of proteins like soybean to feed livestock, such as green waste, which is food production waste that is not edible for humans, and insects. We must waste less from disease and illness of livestock, as well as in the consumption part of the value chain. Mixed or integrated farming is common worldwide, but has lower yields of single products. The system must be matched to the environment, and this increases resilience of the livestock. A farmer needs to provide for the social, economic, and environmental needs of the system; exemplified in two examples of the beef system and China’s thirst for milk.
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You’ve probably heard it all before, but when it comes to taking control of your financial future, you might want to look at setting yourself some goals so you can hold yourself accountable and help stay on track to achieving them.
After all, saying you’re going to save more money is all well and good — but how are you going to stay motivated if you don’t know what you’re aiming for?
This is why it can be helpful to ask yourself the following questions: what do you want to achieve; how long will it take; and how will you get there?
And once you have these answers, then it should be easy enough, right? Well, kind of.
Because, whilst having goals is essential, it’s not necessarily enough. You need to set goals that are right and actually achievable for you.
With that in mind, here’s a few things to consider when setting goals for your future.
Good financial goals are like any goals you set yourself, in that they need to be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound.
Here’s a breakdown of what that actually means:
The clearer your goals are, the better — otherwise it’ll be far too easy to veer off track. So, instead of saying "I want to retire comfortably in the future", try to break it down and add details.
For example, you could work out how much you might need to live on by referring to sources, such as the Pension and Lifetime Saving Association’s Retirement Living Standards (which considers things like how often you want to go on holiday or replace your car), and our very own pension calculator, too. After all, what does it mean to retire ‘comfortably’ anyway? Ask multiple people, and you’ll likely get very different answers.
So, the key is to know what this means to you and attach a monetary value to it.
Additionally, you might want to look at how much you have saved already (here’s a guide on how to track down a lost pension in case you need it), and how much you could comfortably afford to pay in each month going forward. This will help you to choose a realistic retirement age to aim for.
Once you know this, you could go with a more specific goal like: “I’m going to pay £300 a month in a personal pension so that by the age of 65, I can have the retirement I want.”
By setting specific goals you should be able to measure your progress and check you’re making headway with them. If you’re not, then you can make adjustments so they become more achievable.
Say your goal is to keep back £200 a month to build up your emergency savings fund. After a year – and without taking into account any interest you might gain on your savings – you should have £2,400 in your rainy day fund. And, after two years, this should go up to £4,800.
Now that’s an easy thing to track, because you simply need to check how much you’ve got in your pot — and whether it’s in line with your goal. And, if after 12 months, you’ve only got £2,000 tucked away, then you know you’re £400 short and may want to find other ways to get there.
The aim here is to try to set goals you can act upon and have a good crack at; otherwise, what’s the point of having targets if you can’t achieve them? This will only make you feel bad, and it could discourage you from setting additional goals in the future as you’ll tell yourself it’s pointless doing so in the first place.
One thing you might want to do is have an action for each goal you set.
So, say you want to buy a new car and need to put away £600 a month for it.
You’ll first need to work out if you can realistically afford to put this money aside; if you can live comfortably without that extra £600 and still pay your bills, then you’re good to go. But if your budget is a bit tight, then perhaps your target is too high.
And, although it’s not a nice thing to think about, it isn’t just about whether you can afford this right now. Think about all the potential roadblocks that could undermine your financial journey, such as a life-changing event that meant you had to dip into your savings, or the potential for prices to go up quicker than you can save.
This might sound obvious to many, but your financial goals should be as realistic as possible. By this, we mean that you can’t aim to be a millionaire in 10 years if you take home £2,000 a month. Sure, we all want to reach for the stars, and maybe you will win the lottery or launch your own successful business one day, but this also might not happen.
If your goals are unrealistic, then they’re more like wishes. And, whilst it’s great to have big dreams, it’s better to think smaller and focus on what you can achieve.
Basically, what we’re saying, is to consider your personal circumstances and current financial situation when setting goals. Obviously, these aren’t fixed and may change over time, but you’ll be able to adjust them when they do. They don’t have to be set in stone if they’re not working for you.
When thinking about your financial goals, consider what your deadline might be, as this could have a big impact on how you go about achieving them. Are they short-term goals which can be achieved in less than five years, medium-term goals which could take between 5 and 10 years, and long-term goals, which is for anything above 10 years?
In practice, saving for a car or a wedding would be seen as a short or medium-term goal, depending on your financial situation; whilst saving for your retirement may be seen a long-term goal as it can take decades before you reach your target.
Once you know your timeframe, you’ll be able to decide whether you want to save or invest your money to help you reach these money goals.
Investing vs saving – which is right for me?
For short-term goals , putting your money in an easy-access savings account could make the most sense, as there isn’t the risk of getting back less than you put in like there is with investing (though you might not gain much in the way of interest).
However, for medium and long-term goals, you might want to consider it.
Sure, investing does come with a risk: as we said, it is possible to get back less than you put in. But the longer you invest for, the more time you’ll have to ride out dips in the market (which are normal to experience). Plus, unlike putting your money into a savings account, the profit you generate from your investments isn’t tied to fix interest rates set by your bank — meaning your cash could have more potential to grow.
If you’ve never invested before, then don’t worry because, at Wealthify, we have a team of experts who’ll invest your money for you and keep an eye on how your Investment Plan is performing (so they can make changes to help keep everything on track). And, if you take advantage of our Stocks and Shares ISA, you won’t have to pay tax on any returns generated by your investments either.
Ways to achieve your goals
Setting SMART goals might only be the first step in your financial journey, so here are some tips to help you turn them into reality.
Write them down
Writing down your goals might seem a bit silly (seeing as you already know what they are), but studies suggest that it could help you achieve your targets.1
Having your goals written down – whether on paper in a journal, a list on your phone, or on a board on your kitchen wall – will act as a constant reminder. As human beings, we often need visual cues to remember things, and the same can apply to your goals.
What’s more, writing them down could be a great way to organise your thoughts and stop them blurring into one — especially if you have multiple ones you want to achieve.
Make a plan
A good way to reach your goals is to create a plan of action. Say your goal is to put £50 a month in a personal pension – you need to think about the ‘how’ and ‘when’.
For example: will you put the money in at the start or end of the month? Will you automate the process or make top-ups manually? These are the kinds of questions you’ll need to ask yourself when drawing up your plan.
Just get started
If you never start working towards your goals, you’ll never achieve them — it’s as simple as that. So, once you have a plan, put it into action, try to stick with it, and don’t forget to track your progress.
In the case of financial goals, if the savings strategy you’ve chosen to use isn’t quite right, then don’t hesitate to adjust your target until you find the right formula that works for you. The key to success is often to keep up the effort over time; it’s all about consistency and patience at the end of the day.
And remember: when you’re setting goals, think SMART!
The tax treatment depends on your individual circumstances and may be subject to change in the future.
Please remember the value of your investments can go down as well as up, and you could get back less than invested.
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Guardado, 39, was 3-3 with a 3.65 ERA in 55 games for the Rangers in 2008 before being traded to the Twins on Aug. 25. He spent the first four months as a setup reliever before taking over as the closer at the beginning of August when C.J. Wilson went down with an elbow injury."Last year, toward the end of the year, I was thinking about retiring and staying home with the family and kids," Guardado said. "When I got home, me and my wife talked about it. Some days you want to hang it up, some days you don't. But as you get closer, you get the feeling again. I love competing, I love going to the clubhouse, I love playing baseball. I don't think you ever get that out of your system. So I told myself I would give it another shot."
Guardado had four saves for the Rangers and has 187 for his career, 14th most among active pitchers. He had 152 saves for the Twins and Mariners in 2001-05 and was selected to the American League All-Star team in 2002 and 2003."We like Eddie's ability, he's left-handed and what he brings to a team," general manager Jon Daniels said. "The way he pitched last year, he wasn't just a specialist, he pitched well against both left-handers and right-handers." Guardado, who agreed to a contract worth $1 million plus incentive bonuses, is entering his 17th Major League season and has appeared in 860 games. That's 10th among active pitchers and 29th all-time. He will move into the top 20 if he pitches in 40 games this season. "I think with C.J. and Frankie, they can use a nice calming effect down there like Eddie," Washington said. "They need a guy who can talk to them about situations and help them get ready. All the things that Eddie brings, those guys can really use."
Right-hander Derrick Turnbow, signed earlier in the winter to a non-roster contract, is another possibility for the back end of the bullpen. He had 39 saves for the Brewers in 2005 and was an All-Star in 2006 before running into physical issues and control problems.The Rangers have been trying to reinforce their bullpen all winter, especially after Joaquin Benoit went down with a torn rotator cuff. He had surgery last week and is likely out for the season. The Rangers have also signed veteran reliever Bryan Corey to a Minor League contract, although not with an invitation to Spring Training. Corey has appeared in 91 Major League games over the past 11 seasons, posting a 5.13 ERA.
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There I was, in my blue dress printed with white flowers, the short flowing sleeves a bit reminiscent of fairy wings, the cinched waist that perhaps evoked a corset. I hadn’t been sure about the length of the skirt, but it fell just right with the twenties-style black heels that were starting to slowly torture my feet. My accessories had been chosen carefully: a necklace of chunky white beads, and a black fabric flower perched in the hair that fell over my left temple.
Madame, the woman I'd lived with when I first came to Paris, was wearing a tan-colored two-piece pantsuit and black patent-leather sandals with a band in a geometric design that ran up the tops of her lilywhite feet. She was using a lace fan, which reminded me that I have one, too, and made me remember a time not long ago when I'd always brought it with me. Nowadays I'm more likely to just sit miserably somewhere and sweat. Building up endurance.
We chatted for a while and then made our way into the Opéra Bastille’s cavernous theater. Our seats were good, near the stage, yet not so close as to be spat on by the singers. They performed “The Barber of Seville”. This production was notable for its set design: The story had been transported to an exotic country – perhaps, some suggested, a subversive version of present-day Afghanistan. There was so much lushness of color in the first scene’s dunes and pre-dawn sky, and in the later scenes’ false interiors, that we gasped as one setting changed to another.
After the show, we went to have coffee at a nearby café. I hadn’t seen Madame in more than two years, and there’s no excuse for it. She told me about her life now. She has a new roommate – not a student this time – or at least, she wasn’t a student when she first started living there. But this new girl, my replacement, is full of ambition and plans.
“She’s studying to become a nurse’s aid,” Madame tells me. “She says it’s not an important job, and that she won’t be wealthy like her sister. But I told her, ‘Look at your sister. It’s not her money, but her husband’s. Never, never depend on a man.'”
We both nod knowingly.
Madame has a right to nod: a single mother at a time when that wasn’t common or favorably looked upon, she struggled and sacrificed and took on many jobs before becoming an English teacher. She never had any handouts or help.
I think that in Madame’s eyes, I seem to be doing pretty well, too: a very busy business English teacher with too many projects to enumerate, who’s gone to operas several times over the years, and has on a dress that Madame deems “elegant”.
When I’d sat down next to her at the start of the evening, she’d reached out to touch one of the diaphanous sleeves, and exclaimed, “Oh, it’s synthetic!”
“Yes,” I’d told her openly, “I got this dress for ten euros at a market.”
But there were other things I didn’t say.
I didn’t tell her, for example, that if I'd ceded after little arguing and let her pay for our coffees, it was because my bank account is so low I’m counting centimes. I didn’t tell her I’m living with a sort of slow-burning terror in my gut; my boyfriend is out of town until Sunday night, and fairly cut off from the world, and if any emergency were to come up, and I needed cash immediately, I would have no way to get my hands on it without delay. He would have left some money for me, but I haven’t told him what’s going on, either.
I’ve never hidden my financial situation from the world before. It’s much easier, after all, to let people know you’re not working with a huge budget – and I have to admit, I feel a sort of pride that I’m able to live well with little money. But this time, for some reason, I can’t bring myself to say anything, not even to the boyfriend, who probably wouldn’t be bothered by it. Still, I feel like I don’t want to let him down. Or maybe it’s myself I don’t want to let down. And I know that soon I’m going to have to give him some disappointing news: he’ll probably have to take care of most of our expenses during the upcoming trip we’re going on with my family to Tuscany.
I’m ashamed, especially because this financial issue is completely my fault. Why can't I work harder, why I can't I go out and get a better job, or take on more hours? A lot of it has to do with my IBS, but years ago, I was braver, more motivated. I feel like, as I've grown up, I’ve gotten worse in many ways, instead of better.
I nervously touch my necklace, which comes from one of the more expensive stores you’d find in any American shopping mall, and which couldn’t have been bought by me; it's a recent birthday present from a childhood friend (who once told me supportively, “You’re good at being poor.”). The shoes I have on aren’t a vintage shop find, but could have been; they look like they’re from a century or so ago, and are about that age in contemporary shoe-years -- I wore them to my Junior prom, and they’ve been with me through some other formal occasions, as well as job interviews, funerals, and the occasional costume party, for a decade and a half. The opera tickets themselves were an unexpected gift from a student, who found out she couldn’t make it, and offered them to me.
“I’m having a great time,” I tell Madame, “but I’m really sorry – I think we might need to start heading home. The Metro’s going to close soon.”
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DAMASCUS, Syria -- Rebels freed 48 Iranians on Wednesday in exchange for more than 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, held by Syrian authorities -- a deal struck after rare negotiations involving regional powers Turkey, Qatar and Iran.
It was the first major prisoner swap since the uprising began against President Bashar Assad nearly 22 months ago.
Iran is one of Assad's main allies, and the Iranians, who were seized outside Damascus in August, were a major bargaining chip for factions trying to bring down his regime in the civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people.
The exchange also highlighted the plight of tens of thousands of detainees languishing in Syrian prisons, many of whom were picked up at street protests and have not been heard of since.
The group of 48 Iranians arrived Wednesday at the Sheraton hotel in several vans escorted by Syrian security forces. Looking disheveled but healthy, they were greeted by Iran's ambassador in Damascus, Mohammad Riza Shibani, and several Iranian clerics who distributed a white flower to each of the men, some of whom broke down in tears.
"The conditions placed (by the captives) were difficult, but with much work . . . we succeeded in securing this release," Shibani told reporters. "I hope such tragedies will not be repeated."
He said their release was a result of elaborate and "tough" negotiations, but did not elaborate. The Syrian government, which rarely gives details on security-related matters, had no official comment and it was not clear what prompted the exchange.
Rebels claimed the captives were linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, but Tehran has denied that, saying the men were pilgrims visiting Shiite religious sites in Syria.
But U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland described most of the Iranians as "members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard," calling it "just another example of how Iran continues to provide guidance, expertise, personnel, technical capabilities to the Syrian regime."
The rebels had threatened to kill the captives unless the Assad regime halted military operations against the opposition.
It was not clear what prompted the government to negotiate the exchange, but opposition leaders said the Assad regime felt obligated to please its Iranian backers.
"The Iranian hostages had become an embarrassment to the regime," said Bassam al-Dada, a Turkey-based coordinator with the rebel Free Syrian Army. "Iran was pushing for a solution and Assad could not afford to cross his Iranian master," he said.
Kamer Kasim, an analyst at the Ankara-based International Strategic Research Organization, linked Assad's agreement to the swap to Damascus' desire not to be seen as the intransigent party, after it rejected U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's peace deal. He said Iran has long been pressing for the release, and Syria was eager to maintain good relations with Tehran.
A spokesman for a Turkish Islamic aid group that helped coordinate the release said the regime had agreed to release 2,130 people in exchange for the Iranians.
As of Wednesday evening, it was not clear how many of those had been freed.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised the swap, but expressed regret that many remain locked up by the Syrian government.
"Let's hope that they may be released as well and let's hope that the process is beneficial for all," Erdogan said during a visit to Niger.
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From the road, Mammoth Car Wash & Detail Salon’s red-brick building looks like an independent coffee shop, complete with a charming outdoor patio. Guests lounge at wrought-iron tables, shaded from the midday sun by deck umbrellas and a copse of trees, but it’s their cars that are getting pampered. In the garage, detailers specializing in hand washes battle dirt with soap, wax additives, and war cries before drying vehicles off with a gentle chamois. For more in-depth details, the team waxes exteriors to lend glimmer to paint jobs and revitalizes interiors, extracting crumbs and grime with a vacuuming and shampoo. With convenience as one of its pillars, Mammoth takes appointments online so that customers can avoid long waits. Free WiFi fills an onsite café where customers can enjoy refreshments or host their vehicle's next birthday party.
On the Spot Hand Car Wash and Auto Detail dispenses its thorough detailing services within state-of-the-art bays as well as from a mobile unit van, which carts car-wash supplies such as waxes and soaps to customers? locations. The technicians meticulously polish every inch of vehicles of all sizes to create a lustrous shine that attracts envious glances and vain inchworms.
This cheery washery offers superior sudsing services, cleaning crud-encrusted chariots with fast, friendly service. Opt for the fully automated Best Wash for a rapid four-minute eviction of dirt, mud, and grime from the exterior, underbody, and wheels of any vehicle, regardless of make or model. After touch-free dryers evaporate lingering water droplets from a rinse, the on-line tire shine and tri-color wax leave your hood reflective enough to captivate vain birds overhead. The Ultimate Detail follows a Best Wash with a rig-pampering hand waxing, hand wheel clean, and the application of bug and tar remover. Sanitation-savvy techs then move inside the car for a full-service vacuum, leather and vinyl restoration, and compressed air cleaning. Detail packages are completed with a carpet shampoo to minimize underfoot split-ends, granting motorized manes a fresh new life.
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The technicians at Elite Auto Spa of Atlanta bring 20 years of combined experience to every smudge and speck of dirt they encounter. It seems like nothing is beyond their talents; when they aren't keeping high-end luxury rides shiny and spotless, they're given new life to mud-crusted pickups.
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Though its blue and pink neon lights and retro decor speak to times past, Surf's Up Carwash scrubs cars clean in a quick, modern-day automated wash house that subscribes to eco-friendly practices. Drivers pull up to an automated teller, follow a few touchscreen prompts, and, in about three minutes, drive off in a vehicle that sparkles from top to tire. During the wash, performed by power-minimizing machines, grime flows off of finishes with the help of biodegradable soap. Surf's Up also recycles 80% of its water and uses only 17 gallons of fresh water per wash, a process that’s more efficient than the typical at-home wash and easier than pouring soap down a waterfall and driving through it. All car washes also include complimentary access to Surf's Up's high-powered vacuums. | <urn:uuid:926d5aef-50d1-49ab-8e2c-79de4ba8f2f1> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.groupon.com/local/east-brainerd-tn/auto-detailing | 2014-12-18T03:28:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802765584.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075245-00050-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931824 | 914 | [
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ACE, a Web-based Code Editor, Reaches 1.0
The embeddable open source web-based code editor ACE has reached version 1.0, coming with support for editing very large files, syntax highlighting for 45 languages, TextMate themes, Emacs and Vi key bindings, and other features.
After several years of active development and being used in production, ACE Editor has finally reached version 1.0 including a number of features such as:
- Editing documents with millions of lines as fast as small docs
- Emacs, Vi key bindings
- Support for TextMate themes
- Code folding
- Search/replace using regular expressions
- Multiple cursors
The ACE developers intend to extend the reach of the editor to mobile devices, currently 4 related issues being open: Performance, Native Copy&Paste, Keyboard, Gesture Support for Scrolling.
This InfoQ post provides more information on ACE’s history and internal workings.
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Heather Hassebroek and Kent McDonald on Positive Politics, Organisational Change, Leadership Engagement and Sharing Experiences through Stories
Heather Hassebroek and Kent McDonald Dec 17, 2014
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FINAL CLEARANCE! These two bisque boy and girl figurines are absolutely charming. In excellent condition, they are unmarked but they do show the 'patina' of age. The colors are clear but subdued in tone and the facial expressions are expressive and nicely done. Each figure is 8 inches in length.
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That is a pitty. ZFS is a revolution in the filesystem world. It should be a piece of cake for a company such as Apple to integrate it in the OS. I don't understand why Apple and Microsoft bother to build their own filesystem. That is not their core business. They should rather focus on the user experience. In the meantime people have to live with crap filesystems such as HFS+ and NTFS. I have had to reinstall both Mac OS X and Windows several times, just because it is possible their filesystems can get corrupted. Not only servers contain valuable data. | <urn:uuid:2f4e81e2-bcfe-4a15-867f-27b62451ba3b> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://forums.theregister.co.uk/user/35766/ | 2014-12-21T05:59:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802770718.139/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075250-00034-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978618 | 122 | [
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First Name: Shoyokaze
Last name: Shapu
Age: Appears to be in his early 20s
Height: 5" 11
Favorite place: Captains Quarters
Desire: To bring honor to his family's name and uphold their values
Bad habit: Shoyokaze cares so much about making his family name return to glory that it often brings him to near death
Appearance: Shoyokaze has an average body with small amounts of muscle tone and long shaggy dark green hair that splits at his eyes leaving them open to be seen and a slightly altered Haori with shoulder pads added on to give him a more royal feel to his appearance.
Personality: Shoyokaze is a kind and loving person but upholds strong moral codes choosing to not speak to anyone if they choose to not abide by his code no matter how minor the infraction was. This leads him to be a very good leader in the stealth force giving them all a code of honor and willingness to succeed in their mission
History: Shoyokaze was born into a once great Shinigami family that slowly began to lose its fame as the Shinigami that came from the family slowly became less and less impressive until eventually they were unable to even produce Shinigami fit to be above the 7th seat in any squad. Shoyokaze raised since a child with his sister vowed that he would become a powerful Shinigami and restore order to the soul society by resurrecting a once great family. He graduated becoming one of the fastest Shinigami and quickly took control of the stealth force and captain of squad 2.
Occupation: Shinigami, Division 2 Captain, Leader of Onmitsukidō
Team: Division 2
Partner : WIP
Base of operations: Seireitei
Education: Shapu Tutors
Name: Hebi Hiko (Winged Serpent)
Spirit: A Cobra snake headed man in an feudal japan armor with giant wings on his back.
Appearance: When sealed it appears as a basic Katana
Carried on: Right side
Sword Guard: Appears as a circle
Shikai command: Form Hebi Hiko
Shikai appearance: It appears as a staff with a scythe blade on either side facing opposite directions.
Shikai special ability: The blades can launch off and stick towards the enemy as well as separate into two weapons.
Bankai name: Hebi Hiko (Hidden Strike)No translation yet
Bankai appearance: It appears to be a basic katana with half cirlces taken out at the beginning and center of the blade
Bankai special ability: Shoyokaze's zanpaktou converts spiritual energy into a physical strike allowing him to cut and opponent without actually striking them making his attacks only able to be dodged not blocked.
Reiatsu color: Teal
Inner world appearance: It appears to be an old Fuedal Japan castle
Powers and abilities
Sword handling: Above Average
Shunpo: Incapable instead moves really quickly
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See Dick Clark's Flintstone House
Dick Clark's Flintstone House
Dick Clark has listed his unique, one-bedroom Malibu home for $3.5 million, according to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.
Whoever buys the place from the "world's oldest teenager" will likely feel as if they are channeling another celebrity: Fred Flintstone.
The architect, Phillip Jon Brown, said the prehistoric design was dictated by circumstance. The 23-acre site is next to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area, which originally objected to Clark building a home on the property.
"[Clark] dug in his heels and said he was going to build a house there," said Brown, "I came up with the idea that if the house looked like a rock formation, the park conservancy would let us build on top. They liked the concept."
It was worth holding out for the hilltop location. The living room commands expansive views of the Pacific Ocean through rough arched windows.
In fact, there are few straight lines in the house. "The curvilinear architecture has an emotional appeal," said Brown.
The dining room features a free form counter and a rough, undulating ceiling. The interior walls were built of wood and steel beams and are covered in concrete, which is used throughout the house, said Brown.
Wilma Flintstone would feel right at home cooking up a succulent Brontosaurus burger in this whimsical kitchen. Especially attractive are the cave-hole windows that look out onto the surrounding mountains.
The cabinets stay true to the design theme with their irregular door- and drawer-fronts. And could those be granite countertops?
The house has two big bathrooms. This one features outside windows, curving walls, and indirect lighting.
Shelves are molded out of the poured concrete giving it a prehistoric look, but the appliances are all the height of modernity.
The free-form fireplace and vaulted ceiling give the single bedroom a cozy and romantic look.
The South facing window looks out on the landscaped garden of aloe and other succulent plants and, beyond that, the Pacific.
"Dick Clark built the property so he could have 360-degree views," said architect Brown.
The Channel Islands, Boney Mountains and the lights of Los Angeles can all be seen from this home.
Outside at Night
The exterior of the home is comprised of heavy stucco with lots of rocks thrown into the mix.
"When it was still wet, we scrubbed in to expose some of the stones," said Brown. "That made it look like decomposed granite."
At night, light glows through the irregular openings as if it were a well-lit cave.
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Depression and Weight Issues - Wacky Wednesday June 4
06-04-2003, 10:42 AM
Well good morning chickadees!
I'm at work today, doing payroll and all sorts of fun stuff so that I can get out of here this afternoon with not too much that my boss has to tends to while I'm gone for a week.
After work I need to get some groceries for the guys, so that they don't starve to death while I'm gone, and then try to get my stuff for 8 days into a suitcase. I think I'm gonna need a bigger suitcase! lol We are pulling out at 8 tomorrow morning and will plan to be in Branson around noon on Friday, because my mom really takes her time driving and we will probably make a 100 stops. lol
I hope everybody has a great week! and I hope that ya'll keep the board up and running while I'm gone. ;-) I will miss checking in on my internet buddies every day and seeing what you are up to, but I will get back to the computer next Thursday night (6/12) and try to catch up.
take care and be good! ;-)
06-04-2003, 12:09 PM
Good morning everyone!
Cathy have a good trip it won't be the same around here without your cheery posts.....have a safe trip and we will look forward to hearing from you when you get back!:wave:
Well my housekeeper is due through the door any moment so I can't stay long.....my husband thinks that I am ready for the looney bin as I went non stop here for two days! The place looks great but she will still find lots to do for 4 hours...poor gal:lol: What a difficult job!
It is a beautiful sunny day.....the skies are clear and there is a nice fresh breeze.
I started on some medication for my skin....I have more acne now then I did as a child and so I am doing a one month trial of a medication hoping to get rid of all the bacteria and back to the healthy face I once had...anyhow the medication is making me feels terrible......along with the fact that it is that time of the month....I could crawl back into bed....but I won't.
Kids are home early today and housekeeper should be gone by 1 pm and then I can kick up and maybe do some scrapping or lay in the sun and close my eyes!
Hope everyone checks in.........would sure like to hear from everyone!
Eliz:flow2: :flow2: :flow2: :flow2: :flow2: :flow2: :flow2: :flow2:
06-04-2003, 12:41 PM
I FINALLY found my password. DH cleaned out the computer and knocked everything goofy!
Cathy, have a great vacation. Have a good time and relax. The boys will be fine.
Liz, my DH has had skin problems most of his life and I finally found someting that helps him considerably. It's plain ol' vitamin E oil spread on the skin. If he has a break out, he will put it on his skin in the evening and, by the time we retire, it's soaked in. I use it on any skin condition. I had an area on my leg that was not healing because of poor circulation and no muscle tone. I put that oil on it and it healed wonderfully. Just pierce the capsule and squeeze it out.
Well, I got to get going. That kitchen isn't going to clean itself.
06-04-2003, 01:41 PM
Thanks Tippy! I was given a cream by the doctor as well and I believe it contains Vit E...but why not just use the Vit E itself....I will pick some up!
Nice to hear from you. How have you been...no more heart flutters? I had a night of A Fib and Flutter the other night at work.....one patient after another.....must have been something in the air...some got the drugs and some got zapped.....it is a great feeling to see people get better.
Talk to you soon I hope!
06-04-2003, 03:17 PM
Hey there Liz & Tip! So nice to read your posts!!!
Tippy, we sure have been missing you girlie! I will do my very very best to relax and have a good time! I promise! You are right - the boys will be fine - just hope my house survives! ;-) lol
Liz, I hope the medicine helps and that your face clears up. I vote for laying in the sun and closing your eyes - that sounds really nice!
I hope everybody else is doing good!
06-04-2003, 04:29 PM
Nice to see you all, sorry I haven't read up on everything so I hope all is okay and dandy.
SOSDD here....bambino's been sick so have we. Just found out its Fifths' OY!
CATHY HAVE A SAFE TRIP !! WE LOVE YOU !!
Lizzy feel better, stay out of the sun (if you guys have any, I know we don't).
Tippy !!! ^^^^^^^^^^
Hugs ladies :)
06-04-2003, 05:52 PM
Hey there Leenie!
good to see you!
luv ya too girlie!
ok it's 4:00 and I'm fixing to close up everything and go get groceries so my guys won't starve to death while I'm gone, and then I'm gonna go home, cook some supper, and stuff everything in my suitcase and see if I can zip it up! lol
I wonder if I will have withdrawals from my computer? lol
hugs, hugs & hugs
06-05-2003, 01:27 AM
Hi everyone....I just wanted to check in....it has been a beautiful day here....sunny & warm.
I went for coffee with friends this morning then went to have a haircut & color.
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Cardiff City 0 West Ham 2 match report: Mark Noble effort wraps up points for Big Sam Allardyce
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s coronation as manager turns into a wake for timid Cardiff as West Ham lift themselves out of the relegation zone and celebrate the return of Andy Carroll
Cardiff City Stadium
Saturday 11 January 2014
The end justified the means. Sam Allardyce celebrated with a gusto befitting the oldest swinger in town, Andy Carroll sauntered his way through a cameo role as a matinée idol, and the travelling supporters burbled about bubbles until they were hoarse. West Ham took on the world, and won.
Truth be told, the Cardiff team who have replaced them in the Premier League relegation zone were timid and threadbare. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s coronation as manager fell flat, and those who turned up to gloat at Allardyce’s crucifixion were similarly disappointed.
This was a pivotal victory, hewn from fighting qualities notable by their absence during a debilitating week in which 11 goals were conceded. Defiance often strayed over into indiscipline – James Tomkins, George McCartney and Roger Johnson were booked for agricultural tackles – and there was an inevitability about West Ham being reduced to 10 men.
The miscreant was Tomkins, sent off with 19 minutes remaining for volleying the long-suffering Fraizer Campbell on the chin as West Ham held on with increasing desperation to the 42nd-minute lead given to them by Carlton Cole’s sweeping 12-yard shot.
Cardiff, buoyed by the familiar urgency of half-time substitute Craig Bellamy, laid siege to the visitors’ goal before Mark Noble, played in by substitute Carroll, placed a right- foot shot under David Marshall in added time. Allardyce danced unashamedly on the touchline, hugging anyone within reach, but, in a pointed gesture, decided not to bother with post-match media chores.
Modern football elevates the importance of the manager to unrealistic and inappropriate levels. They are feted and fawned over in the good times; pilloried and pursued when the pendulum swings against them. Ultimately, however, they are expendable.
The effortless manner in which Malky Mackay has been cauterised from Cardiff’s collective consciousness was a reminder of the realities of their trade. The locals were too busy buying Norwegian flags from roadside traders and parroting the supposed virtues of Solskjaer to spare their former hero a thought.
In football, undying love lasts a matter of days. It doesn’t matter how messily, or inhumanely, the king is overthrown. The king is dead, long live the king, even if he has the wide eyes and slight stature of a boy prince. The kingmaker, in this case the incomparable Vincent Tan, can behave as if he has been licking hallucinogenic puffer fish so long as he throws his money at the problem.
Allardyce would have been forgiven a wry smile at the unseemly haste in paying homage to his opposite number, who took to the microphone before kick-off with the aplomb of an X Factor judge. West Ham’s manager wears his scars with perverse pride and proved remarkably resistant to the criticism generated by his extraordinary self-regard in the build-up to the game.
He positions himself as a pioneer of old-school virtues, but comes across as a grotesque fusion of Victor Meldrew and David Brent. Yet West Ham’s owners appear to have reached the conclusion they have no option to buy further into the Big Sam myth.
Allardyce has never been relegated from the Premier League, and is the patron saint of pragmatism. Fate proved especially cruel yesterday, when Johnson, a classic panic signing, was involved in the sickening early collision which resulted in Guy Demel being taken to hospital with facial injuries and a suspected broken elbow.
West Ham had started with a greater sense of purpose. Stewart Downing’s cross from the right was allowed to travel diagonally across the penalty area before bouncing off the far post into the path of Tomkins, whose shot was smothered by David Marshall.
But it appeared to the naked eye that Cardiff had taken a 32nd-minute lead. Kim Bo-Kyung’s shot deflected off Johnson and seemed to go over the line off the crossbar, yet technology decreed otherwise. The follow-up effort, which involved bundling goalkeeper Adrian into the goal, was inevitably punished.
West Ham took advantage of a favourable bounce off referee Lee Mason 10 minutes later. Matt Taylor found Matt Jarvis, whose first-time side-footed cross was met by Cole, who had stolen inside full back Kévin Théophile-Catherine. That was his fourth goal in eight games, and he has done enough to earn a contract extension despite the looming presence of Carroll, who came on with 20 minutes remaining.
Solskjaer responded to the defeat by unveiling his latest signing, the £2 million teenaged midfield player Mats Moller Daehli from Molde. “There’s no panic,” he insisted. “I didn’t expect it to be all singing and dancing. This is the Premier League.” Try telling that to Sam the survivor.
Cardiff (4-1-3-2): Marshall; Théophile-Catherine. Caulker, Hudson (Cornelius, 77), John; Medel (Eikrem, 64); Noone, Kim, Whittingham; Odemwingie (Bellamy, h-t), Campbell.
West Ham (4-1-4-1): Adrian; Demel (McCartney, 16), Tomkins, Johnson, Rat; Noble; Downing, Collison (Diarra, 75), Taylor, Jarvis; C Cole (Carroll, 70).
Referee: Lee Mason.
Man of the match: Noone (Cardiff)
Match rating: 5/10
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England have sealed an historic Ashes triumph against Australia, after the final Test was drawn at the Oval.
Kevin Pietersen was the hero for England, scoring a brilliant 158 for the home side, helping his side bat almost all day to save the match.
Australian legend Shane Warne took six wickets on his final Test in England, finishing the series with 40 victims.
The drawn final Test meant England's 2-1 lead going into the final match sealed a first Ashes win for 18 years.
England were all out for 335 giving them a huge lead of 342, and more importantly, leaving Australia not enough time to score enough runs.
The match also saw the final Test appearances of Warne and pace bowler Glenn McGrath in England.
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Your Adventure in Italy Begins Here
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By Elaine Liner
By Jim Schutze
By Rachel Watts
By Lauren Drewes Daniels
By Anna Merlan
By Lee Escobedo
"We've got some pretty good players," Rob says, stubble already shadowing his face. "Lawyers and stockbrokers. Pretty high-class guys..."
Roy waves his hand dismissively, interrupting before Rob can finish: "Yeah, and they cheat just as much as the scumbags under the bridge."
Going up on paper and actually collecting what they're owed are two entirely different matters. Roy hands over a yellow legal pad. To the left is a column of "good players" distinguished by digits (all clients are identified by their account numbers). The list takes up a quarter of a page. Maybe. To the right of that is a group at least three times longer. They're listed under the headline, "creeps"--slow-pays or no-pays. They're not necessarily the same guys who call in bets from church or while their kids are in the room.
"It's not like what you'd think," Rob concedes. "It's not like what you see on The Sopranos. The mob doesn't really get into it because you have to be patient. If you threaten somebody, the cops come down on you. But if you go about your business and nurse the slow-pays, they pretty much leave you alone. We still have guys working off debts from football season. So it's not like what you see on TV. We don't collect as much as we're supposed to collect."
Theoretically speaking, then, they just made more money. Missouri was getting pounded, but the Tigers managed to cover, much to the delight of Rob and Roy, who exchange grins as the television, through bouncing lines, grudgingly reveals the final score.
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When Target and Rufus were wounded in the suicide bomb attack, it was Young, a medic, who nursed them back to health. He adopted Target when she came to the United States. “She was getting used to our house and to our little male Pomeranian,” Young recalls. But on Veterans Day, November 11, 2010, Target, accustomed to ranging around the desert of Afghanistan, wandered off from Young’s backyard in San Tan Valley, Arizona.
Target was picked up by animal control. Young found her picture on the shelter’s website and paid the fee online to claim her. But when Young went to pick her up, he discovered that Target had been mistaken for another dog and euthanized. “I was an absolute wreck,” Young says.
Young heard from people all over the world who had followed Target’s progress on her Facebook page. Her death became a focus of the No Kill Advocacy Center’s attempt to raise awareness about the millions of dogs and cats annually put to death in this country. The Puppy Rescue Mission, which had brought Target to the United States, now encourages owners to fit their pets with microchips so they can be traced if missing.
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Signed and dated by artist Fred Curtis!
This is an incredible find! A set of Waterford Crystal Toasting Flute Champagne Glasses from Limited Edition 2000 Millennium Collection, now discontinued. The base of each flute is engraved by Fred Curtis, the legendary Waterford Designer, with his signature and date of purchase (9/5/98). We no longer have the original box, but these will be shipped safely and quickly.This was the second in a special edition series of 5 toasting flutes, "Love". Approx size 9" tall. They are in perfect (unused) condition. These beautiful Champagne Flutes are perfect for use or display | <urn:uuid:9561c63f-d208-4d35-a2f1-1997735c5d90> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/millenium-collection-waterford-champagne-flutes | 2014-12-22T15:03:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802775392.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075255-00114-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938467 | 137 | [
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When Helene Gaither’s girl-boy twins, Cole and Isabella, were 21-months old, the Stockton, Calif. mom received some shocking news from her obstetrician. She was pregnant yet again with twins. Since Gaither and her husband had struggled initially with infertility, finally conceiving Cole and Isabella on their third IVF cycle, the idea that she was pregnant without any medical assistance, let alone being pregnant with twins, was a miracle. “We were definitely more surprised when we found out we were expecting another set of twins,” she says. “I walked out of the doctor’s office in a daze, just completely stunned. It took us a few weeks to really wrap our brains around the whole idea!” Yet nine months later, fraternal twin boys, Garrett and Landon, proved that a family can be doubly blessed—twice!
Jenny Walkowiak has a similar story. After a year and a half of dealing with infertility she tried IVF and got pregnant with fraternal twin girls, Audrey and Amelia, on her first round. But not more than three months after their birth, this West Allis, Wiscon. mom was expecting for a second time. “Just to find out I was pregnant again was a shock,” she says. But that was only half her surprise. When she went in for her initial ultrasound, she laid anxiously on the examining table as her husband Andrew watched the monitor. “His jaw dropped slightly and I heard the doctor say, ‘Uh-oh. They’re mono,’” she says. “Andrew started laughing. I was crying.” Not long after, identical twin girls, Alice and Abigail, were welcomed into the family.
“Everyone, the ultrasound technician included, assured me it was just one,” says Destany Dueweke of Davisburg, Mich. of the day she learned she was pregnant with her second set of fraternal twins, Gabriel and Sophia. (Big sisters, Adeline and Emelia, are just 15 months older.) “Everyone kept saying, ‘What are the odds?’”
How Common are Multiple Multiples?
Although many factors influence twinning (family history, the age of the mother, medical intervention, and even race), your chances of having twins overall is about 1 in 33 pregnancies, or about 3 percent. (The odds are higher for spontaneous twins.) But what about the likelihood of having a second set of twins? We know that women who naturally conceive fraternal twins are about four times more likely to have another set in subsequent pregnancies than mothers who give birth to singletons, but what about women who have identical twins? And what about women who conceive multiples after Assisted Reproductive Technology like in-vitro fertilization? What are their chances?
It’s a little trickier to estimate these situations as many published statistics are anecdotal. Some reports, for instance, say that a mother of identical twins has a 1 in 70,000 chance of having identical twins again. If a woman undergoes IVF she also increases her chances of twinning especially if more than one embryo is transferred regardless of the number of past pregnancies. On the other hand, some couples who dealt with infertility in the past may become lenient with contraception after the birth of their twins thinking that it’s nearly impossible to get pregnant on their own. Yet many find that they spontaneously conceive twins just a few months later.
That’s exactly what happened to Kat Whiteley of Seattle, Wash. Her fraternal twin sons, Brenden and Trevin, were the result of IVF. “With the boys, it wasn’t a surprise we were pregnant with twins,” she says. “We had so much trouble getting pregnant the first time, that we didn’t take any precautions after that to prevent pregnancy.” But when her boys were just 18 months old, Whiteley found out she was pregnant with identical twin girls, Samantha and Jessica. “When I came home from the doctor’s office, my husband thought something was wrong with the pregnancy because, he said, I was white as a ghost.”
Is it Easier the Second Time Around?
Once the shock of expecting a second set of twins sinks in and the reality that two more are once again on their way, there’s no time to sit around. Parents of multiple multiples spring into action making plans. All used the lessons learned from the first go-around to better manage their growing families and hectic lives.
“We had a schedule ready before my second set even came home from the hospital,” explains Lisa Sain of Houston, Tex. and mother to four-year-old Jake and Emily, and 19-month-old Nate and Audrey. “We had everything planned out from how we’d get the laundry done to grocery shopping, what the feeding schedule would be, and who would do which feedings so we could both get enough sleep at night.” She says that all the planning was worth the effort as the critical first six months at home were more relaxed. To keep her household running smoothly, Jenny Walkowiak devised a message center. “We have part of our hallway dedicated to two dry erase boards, two dry erase calendars, and two corkboards,” she says. All her girls are color coded so Walkowiak can easily keep up with their appointments, school work, parties, and after-school activities. “In this hall we also have hooks for their back packs so that I can go through them and put stuff on the board right away.”
When her second set of twins came along, Nancy Behe of Ebensburg, Penn. still had her first set in diapers! She kept sane by maintaining a daily diary noting what and when her children ate, how long they slept, whose diaper was changed and when, and anything else that was important to each child. She also kept her kids on a consistent routine of eating, sleeping, and playing. “Now everyone is pretty much self-sufficient,” she says of four-year-old identical twin boys, Luke and Logan, and two-year-old identical twin girls, Lauren and Leah. “The children can dress themselves, feed themselves, get around on their own and play without being entertained by an adult. They also all sleep through the night!”
Teaching each child to be independent is a priority for Kat Whiteley, too. “I’ve learned to have the kids do as much as they can for themselves as soon as they are able,” she says. For instance, she has her children pick out their own clothes and dress themselves, eliminating the chore (not to mention many an argument) of doing it for them. She also has her kids pack their own lunches for school, a huge boon to anyone tired of making countless peanut butter and jelly sandwiches each week.
Keeping organized is a top priority for Susan Everingham, too. With five children including 17-year-old Eileen, 13-year-old fraternal twin girls, Emily and Natalie, and 10-year-old fraternal twin boys, Quinn and Blake, this Chesapeake, Virginia mom is a meticulous note taker, a huge help when dealing with school issues. “I keep files on each child and take notes at every meeting. I date the notes and write who was attending,” she says. “I write my questions before the meeting and write down their answers. This has saved me so many headaches as I often need to refer back to something.”
But these moms also recognize what the stress of twins, let alone two sets of them, can put on them personally, and that it’s important to take one day at a time or even, as one mom put it, one hour at a time.
“I knew multiples can be hard on a marriage,” Susan Everingham says, “and we’d have to work extra hard to be patient with each other and to communicate nicely.”
Helene Gaither plays on a local soccer league and takes evening walks with friends to reduce her stress and rejuvenate physically, mentally, and emotionally. “I also put reasonable expectations on myself, and for that reason, I don’t feel like I fail each day,” she adds.
Many of these moms reach out to others through online groups such as the one that Jenny Walkowiak started. (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MultipleMultiples) “We have different issues that arise from those parents with one set of twins,” she explains. “It’s been nice to vent with others who have been there.”
Multiple Money Matters
Although a second set of twins hasn’t put a crimp in these families’ lifestyles, it sure has cost a pretty penny. Their number one monthly expense? Groceries and diapers.
“When the youngest twins were born we had four kids in diapers,” says Lisa Swain. “That’s about $250 a week for diapers alone! At the peak of the babies’ formula consumption (I breastfed for four months) we spent an estimated $150 a week. Add to that number $100 a week in solid baby food and we were spending $2,000 a month on diapers and infant food.” Fortunately, she says, it was a short-term problem as kids got bigger and graduated to the potty and table food.
Many parents say that school supplies add up quickly as do after-school clubs, music lessons, and sports. Traveling and staying at hotels take careful planning, too, as families with more than one set of twins usually need two hotel rooms or a suite. But many moms employ savvy cost-cutting techniques such as learning to cut their kids’ hair, buying clothes at consignment shops or their twins’ clubs semi-annual clothing sales, buying food and cooking in bulk, and searching for all kinds of discount coupons online.
“We save a lot on baby expenses because I’m breastfeeding and using cloth diapers,” says Heather Eckstein of Augusta, Georgia. The mom to six-year-old Matthew, four-year-old Joshua, three-year-old identical twins Leila and Sarah, and eight-month-old identical twins Nathan and Ryan estimates that she’s saved $10,000 since having six kids in five years.
Instant Twin Celebrities
Parents of twins everywhere draw a lot of attention from curious strangers. So you can just imagine what it’s like for these families to go out in public. Even a simple trip to the supermarket can turn into star-stalking pandemonium. Many moms try to be polite only to find that it takes twice as long to get their errands done forcing them to employ other techniques such as avoiding eye contact, offering short and sweet answers, and leaving the quad stroller at home (apparently a dead give-away).
“We have had people take pictures of us everywhere from Niagara Falls to our local zoo and even in the produce section of the supermarket,” says Heather Eckstein. On a recent trip to Washington D.C., her family was stopped two dozen times while strolling along the National Mall. “It was very surreal,” she laughs.
For some families like Amy Rea’s of Atlanta, Georgia, having fraternal twins (four-year-old Jack and Nate, and three-year-old Ashley and Blake) helps to keep the comments at bay especially now that they are older. “They’re all different heights and I don’t dress them alike,” she says. “So we don’t get too many comments anymore.”
Yet as twins get older, many younger sets actually catch up in size to their older twin siblings setting off a whole host of different questions from onlookers.
Just ask Karen Lackey. On a recent outing, she took a child from each set of twins to mix things up a bit. Although a year-and-a-half apart, both children are close in size. “Someone asked me if they were twins, and I had to think about my answer,” she says. “I said that they both were but no to each other. The woman just looked at me like, ‘Huh?’”
Aside from the obvious inconveniences, all this celebrity status can be especially hard on singleton siblings. “My singleton, the oldest, is acutely aware of the attention her siblings get and our family as a whole. I know it has caused a lot of jealousy and a skewed view of her world,” explains Kris Powell. This Indianapolis, Ind. mother to five including seven-year-old Karen, five-year-old fraternal twin girls Brynne and Marissa, and three-year-old identical twin boys, Erik and Trent, encourages her single-born daughter to join social groups where she can shine on her own but sometimes it’s not easy. “She has expressed to me several times that she wishes she had a twin, so she would have a playmate and not feel so alone or different from her brothers and sisters,” she says. | <urn:uuid:859b3ca2-cba6-4e7a-bfe7-711342644c5b> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://christinabaglivitinglof.com/toddler-twins/whats-it-like-parenting-two-sets-of-twins/ | 2014-12-20T00:05:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802769121.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075249-00074-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980539 | 2,810 | [
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For thirty years, the research community has expended a tremendous amount of effort designing effective, scalable analysis for higher-order programming languages. These past approaches, however, call for whole-program analyses, demand polynomial (or worse!) resources, and require complex constructions and correctness arguments. In this talk I will describe how these limitations can be overcome and provide new insights into the potential of higher-order program analysis. These ideas enable a new approach to analysis that meets the scalability challenge of modern systems. I will sketch how to leverage these new ideas in order to create a straightforward derivation process, thereby lowering verification costs, accommodating sophisticated language features and program properties, and reasoning about modular, i.e., incomplete, programs. In the long run, my foundational results should open several new directions for program analysis and its applications, and I will conclude my talk with a sketch of these possibilities. | <urn:uuid:2b4a4f11-81f0-4286-847e-10fa42051415> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://compsci.rice.edu/events.cfm?EventRecord=15243 | 2014-12-20T00:03:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802769121.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075249-00074-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903878 | 180 | [
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‘Forbidden Planet,’ remixed
There’s a short announcement story in the Hollywood Reporter that the prolific and increasingly appreciated writer J. Michael Straczynski will be writing a “Forbidden Planet” remake for Warner Bros. and Joel Silver. Straczynski (the creator and executive producer of “Babylon 5” but a guy with a resume in radio, comics and the stage as well) is the latest name to be attached to a remake effort that has bopped around to different corners of Hollywood without much traction (James Cameron was even involved at one point, I believe). But now that “War of the Worlds” did so well and “The Day the Earth Stood Still” is stirring advance interest, it’s not surprising to see another classic gem of sci-fi cinema get a 21st century redux.
The 1956 original took Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” into outer space, so there is certainly a core story there that can be retrofitted. It was directed by Fred Wilcox (who also did “Lassie Come Home”), starred a mysterious Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and a straight-faced Leslie Nielsen as well as that truly iconic sci-fi persona, Robby the Robot. He would go on to appear in a long list of television shows: “Lost in Space,” of course, but also “The Twilight Zone,” “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “”The Addams Family,” “Mork & Mindy,” “Wonder Woman,” “Columbo” and on and on…
Here’s a pretty great YouTube revisitation of the original film’s trailer that has been edited and reworked with some music that amps up the drama. Good stuff.
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Zywicki Discusses Automaker Bailout on the Air
Professor Todd Zywicki was a guest on the nationally syndicated John Batchelor radio show, where he discussed key issues surrounding the government's bailout of General Motors and Chrysler, saying he believed the bailouts were unnecessary and that the automakers would ultimately be weaker than competitors because of the government's intervention.
Explaining that the purpose of bankruptcy was to determine whether a company was "worth more alive than dead," Zywicki explained that Chapter 11 bankruptcy typically allows a company that has been affected by bad decisions, poor management, or other problems, to reorganize and emerge from bankruptcy competitive again. But the government's entanglement in the auto bailouts created a hybrid form of Chapter 11/bailout that will probably leave the automakers worse off than they were before.
Zywicki challenged the legality of the automaker bailouts, saying that by diverting TARP funds intended for financial institutions to the automakers, the government ignored the limitations of TARP. Further, he cited a government disparity in treatment of secured creditors under the bankruptcies, saying Chrysler's unsecured creditors received a greater percentage per dollar than its secured creditors, while General Motors' secured creditors received preference in that corporation's bankruptcy. In addition, he said, auto dealerships slated for closure were in some cases kept open through the intervention of legislators with special interests. | <urn:uuid:40dba1f7-2767-49c4-bee6-1e50def0f9d4> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.law.gmu.edu/news/2011/zywicki_on_air | 2014-12-21T10:04:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802770829.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075250-00154-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967874 | 287 | [
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Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes (1984)
FILM: 'GREYSOKE,' TARZAN IN AFRICA AND ENGLAND
FROM the most unlikely source material comes the season's most unexpected, most invigorating surprise, ''Greystoke: the Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes,'' a huge, lavishly produced period film that is part adventure, part comedy of manners and part somber melodrama.
Hugh Hudson, director of the Oscar-winning ''Chariots of Fire,'' and his associates have made something much more than a good fantasy. They have discovered reserves of feeling and beauty in the old Edgar Rice Burroughs tales that remained unexplored by Burroughs himself and by the dozens of journeymen who have been cranking out Tarzan movies and television serials over the years.
''Greystoke,'' which opens today at the Criterion and other theaters, is also a little weird, at least as far as Tarzan movies go. It's a highly romantic, Pop variation on the ''wolf boy'' story considered in such austere fashion by Francois Truffaut in ''The Wild Child.'' At the same time, it's an unusually intelligent and serious entertainment for the mass market.
The sheer physical scope of the film, as well as the abrupt, rough, explicit bloodiness of some of the jungle material, have little to do with the ''me Tarzan, you Jane'' fantasies that have been with us virtually since Burroughs published ''Tarzan of the Apes'' in 1914. Burroughs went on to write a couple of dozen sequels that, in turn, served as the inspiration for any number of Tarzan movies featuring everyone from Elmo Lincoln (1918) to Miles O'Keefe (1981), though the late Johnny Weissmuller is the Tarzan most of us remember most vividly.
''Greystoke'' isn't in competition with its predecessors. It's a different order of fiction entirely. Among other things, it doesn't leave much room for sequels.
The fine screenplay, credited to P. H. Vazak, said to be the pseudonym for Robert Towne, who conceived the project, and Michael Austin, is nothing if not comprehensive. It opens in 1885 in Britain, at the great country house - a palace, really - of the sixth Earl of Greystoke (Sir Ralph Richardson), as his son, Lord Jack Clayton, is preparing to leave for Africa, taking with him his pregnant, young wife, Lady Alice.
In the leisurely fashion of 19th-century fiction, the film thus recounts the background of Tarzan, whose parents, the Claytons, are subsequently shipwrecked on the Ivory Coast. There, six months later, Tarzan is born and, on the death of his parents, adopted by a large family of carefully characterized chimpanzees who are loving, short-tempered, extremely protective and given to practical jokes.
In some of its most remarkable footage, ''Greystoke'' shows us Tarzan's growing up from infancy to childhood, adolescence and manhood. Shortly after his adoptive mother is killed by pygmies, Tarzan comes upon a wounded Belgian explorer, Capt. Phillippe D'Arnot (Ian Holm), and nurses him back to health. It is D'Arnot who finally identifies Tarzan and takes him to England, where approximately one-third of the film is set.
People who think of Tarzan movies as being synonymous with the Dark Continent of B-fiction, with playful chimpanzees as comic relief, with lost cities of gold and elephants' graveyards, may not be pleased by the long sojourn of ''Greystoke'' in Edwardian England.
They may also be shocked that the name ''Tarzan'' is never spoken in the movie. Until D'Arnot identifies him, he is not called anything by the apes, who communicate in a series of grunts, growls, beeps and whinnies not translated by English subtitles. Not until he is home at Greystoke does he receive a name, Lord John Clayton, heir to his grandfather's title.
The most inspired invention of Mr. Hudson and the writers is the creation of the character of the old earl who, as played by Sir Ralph in one of his most moving and wise performances, dominates the film. That this was to be Sir Ralph's last film performance before his death makes it all the more moving, though it would have been one of the highlights of his film career in any case.
Almost as good is Mr. Holm, nominated for an Oscar for his work in ''Chariots of Fire,'' as the man who, with patience, humor and understanding, introduces Tarzan to the spoken language - first French, then English - and the ways of civilized society.
This Tarzan's Jane is the old earl's American ward, charmingly played by Andie MacDowell, who abandons her elegant English suitor (James Fox) to fall into a discreet affair with Tarzan at Greystoke. One of the film's most offbeat and funny moments is when Tarzan - apelike, on all fours - sneaks into Jane's bedroom late one night to consummate his courtship. Will he tear her clothes off, chew her neck or indulge in some other mating practice frowned upon by upper-crust Edwardians? The audience has a right to be genuinely concerned.
A new actor named Christopher Lambert, born of French parents in New York and raised in Switzerland, is very good as the long-lost heir, of whom it can be asked, ''You can take the English lord out of the jungle, but can you take the jungle out of the English lord?''
Mr. Lambert, a handsome young man with strong, brooding features, is remarkably believable and affecting both as the naked ape of Africa and then as the uncomfortable aristocrat, who tries desperately to fit in with his new family. That this Tarzan is supposed to be a great mimic provides the movie with some of its comedy as well as with its very real pathos.
The film's penultimate sequence, in which Tarzan goes berserk after an unfortunate encounter with an old African friend at London's Natural History Museum, packs an emotional wallop rare even in far more sober- sided movies.
The African sequences, shot in Cameroon, are of stunning, steamy beauty, but no more effective than the British locations, including the old earl's vast estate, which is made up of three of Britain's greatest houses, including Blenheim. John Alcott's photography provides a visual equivalent to the film's stately narrative style, full of majestic camera movements that suggest something of what we take to have been the pace of the Edwardian era.
Mention should also be made of the work of Rick Baker, who designed the ape makeup; Peter Elliot, who is listed as ''primate choreographer,'' and Roger Fouts, ''primate consultant.'' Real chimpanzees and small human actors in champanzee suits are so effectively integrated that, I suspect, only a sharp-eyed, fault-finding chimp could tell which is which.
''Greystoke'' runs for something more than two hours, but there's not a dull moment in the film. However, there are indications at times that the original footage has been truncated, which sometimes results in major scenes being played without a proper buildup.
These aren't reservations, but observations. ''Greystoke'' is one of the most thoroughly enjoyable films of its kind I've ever seen.
''Greystoke,'' which has been rated PG (''parental guidance suggested''), contains some brutally effective scenes that may disturb parents as much as children.
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September is Food Safety Month
Although September is National Food Safety Education Month, every month our Food and Drug Protection Division is focused on food safety. It is responsible for routine inspections of grocery stores, food manufacturers and warehouses to ensure a safe food supply for the citizens of North Carolina.
To celebrate the month, staff members have put together some handy “Food for Thought” tips, facts and links. Earlier this year, they also put together English and Spanish videos on important food safety reminders like the one below. You can find more of these videos on our YouTube page.
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Today’s review will be surprise, surprise! BB Cream! Well before Nurul packed up and left me in Singapore all alone ( sob sob), we went out on a nice shopping expedition and she so kindly with her good gracious heart (& pay!) bought me something which i have really needed for quite sometime now especially for my dark dry skin. I present to you THE FACE SHOP THE SKIN EXTRA BB CREAM SPF20 PA++
It has been a long week for me. Things have been kinda hectic with Nurul being overseas and my uncle just recently being warded into ICU for kidney failure. Do hope our kind readers will have him in their prayers for a quick recovery. Let’s get on with this review.
Firstly, we were walking around at Plaza Singapura when we were approached by the friendly staff of THE FACE SHOP. I have to commend their patience and service in explaining to us every product that we enquired. I have been looking for a Sunblock these past few months but honestly, I didn’t like those lotion formulas with moisturising effect. Why you ask? It’s cause I tend to perspire a lot and by 2 in the afternoon all the sunblock has disappeared and to make matters worst, my perspiration will carry the sunblock all the way to my eyes. Often, am left with a burning sensation that will require lots of eye washing. Haha. Talk about a stinging sensation.
Well as Nurul points out, it is important for me to wear proper Sunblock to protect my skin from skin cancer & more importantly ageing and wrinkly & dry skin. The BB cream fits the bill! I have been applying for already 2 weeks and I have to say, I am in love with this sunblock cream. It’s easy to use, cooling on the skin and frankly no more burning sensations! Basically, it seems like make up liquid foundation and all I have to do is apply it evenly over my face after my usual face wash regime. Trust me, it took me sometime to figure out how much to apply (thanks to Nurul here for the proper techniques). Also, another low for me is that it’s a shade brighter than my skin colour so it does look like I am wearing make up until it oxidises and finally blends naturally with my skin colour. But overall, am happy with it’s effects!
- Easy to use
- Evens out skin tones
- Suitable for all skin types
- Advantage of both make-up & skin care
- Hides eye circles, acne scars & gives a radiant glow
It is currently availabe at all THE FACE SHOP outlets and is retailed at $42.90 per 45ml bottle.
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Ps : I did some Googleing on what it meant to be a BB cream. Here’s some interesting facts that i found out about it. Basically, the BB cream or rather blemish balm originated from Germany. It is actually used by dermatologists to aid their patients whom underwent laser skin surgery to help soothe & regenerate their skin. Thanks to makeupforlife.net for the info bit. | <urn:uuid:f4b0b385-439d-4682-8f04-25f0c7276385> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.ilovelookinggood.com/2008/12/18/the-face-shop-the-skin-extra-bb-cream-spf20-pa/ | 2014-12-22T19:25:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802776528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075256-00058-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957666 | 681 | [
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Which animal have you eaten every single part of?
- ipsedixit Jul 7, 2011 09:53 PM
Obviously, only counting the edible parts. But I suppose "edible" is open to interpretation.
But I digress.
Which animals have you eaten every single section, part, sector and region of?
For me, I think the list would be the following:
- Sea Cucumbers
I want to say cows (or bulls) and pigs, but I don't think I've had cow or pig eyeballs, or bull testicles or cow bladder.
Quine, every thing on that list is in kingdom animalia, and also generally considered as food. Mushrooms not so much. Have you eaten every category of plankton, or just some? Did you like them?
Having eaten a whole fried sweetfish, I guess that is the only animal I've eaten every part of. I just can't bring myself to eat brains most of the time, so I am missing that part on my list of fowl and livestock. Also haven't felt a great need to chew on bull pizzle. There are parts of the animal that are technically edible that I just don't feel wasteful not consuming. I will eat most but not all.
well since I said, mushrooms/fungus: I have one word for you, yeast. I am sure everyone has eaten this and many consider it a part of their basic diet.
Be that as it may, I now exit this cute, but definitively ipsedxit thread. Ips..I swear times I see your thread topics and I wonder, does this person stay up all night thinking of these...and look at me posting in reply at 1:30 AM! But I always read them and sometimes think you're crazy, but hey, me too!
I think I've eaten every part of the chicken you can buy to cook, including gizzards, hearts, feet, livers and testicles. Definitely for fish, because I've eaten whole fish.
I think it'd be fish/seafood (that's an easy one), chicken and rabbit.
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|Crepe-making. That's the balsamic glaze going on.|
The little town just across the railroad tracks in Carroll County is a terrific excursion, especially as a side trip on the way home from picking some fruit Larriland Farm. It's half an hour from most of Howard County, and it's a cool place to explore and get some good food.
Jeff from Southern Skies Coffee turned me on to Sykesville -- and specifically emailed last month to tout the French Twist Cafe:
I wanted you to know about a really special place that just opened. It's a coffee shop just over the Carroll County line in downtown Sykesville. Hélène, the owner, grew up in France and makes authentic crepes (both sweet and savory) and ridiculously good coffee drinks. She trained at the American Barista & Coffee School in Portland and obviously took the training to heart, as evidenced by her perfect cappuccinos.
The crepes are made with buckwheat flour, which in spite of its name, contains no wheat and is gluten free. I've had the ham and cheese crepe and the nutella and banana crepe and both were stellar.
The shop itself is located in a charming house with a big front porch that's perfect for lingering. If you make it up this way, please let me know and we can have coffee.Everything that Jeff said was true, which is why we need to roll into town and annex the place. Once Ulman is lieutenant government, Carroll County won't be able to stop us.
|Crepe folded to eat|
Crepe made to order. The chef working two special griddles with a bottle of crepe batter and a long metal tool. The crepes are impossibly pliable, yet crisp. For savory one, they cover half the circle with a mix of cheese and vegetables. Warm it through with the perfect amount of oil and balsamic glaze to dress the greens.
I lost a bet on that dressing. The crepes come folded into fourths -- a really portable sandwich. That made it way more fun to eat than a fussy knife and fork. We got a Greek one -- a generous serving of greens, olives, and feta. A light flavor from the buckwheat crepe. The rich payoff of really good ingredients and crunch from some onion and green peppers.
Mrs. HowChow figured out that they'd added dressing. That really brought the sandwich together, and the whole meal was light and exciting. Crepes are exotic fun worth the drive, but the menu is completely accessible -- ranging from breakfast versions with eggs to savory items like basic ham, our Greek or a fancy crab meat. And, of course, there are sweet crepes hyped up by butter, chocolate, Nutella, fruit and more.
|Jeff's coffee shot|
Overall, French Twist is a cool place to check out. I was impressed with the quality of the ingredients. It makes all the difference, and it means you could get all kinds of fun. Coffee and breakfast. A relaxed lunch. A break on a bike ride. A chocolate crepe to entertain some kids on an afternoon.
Notice that they start with breakfast service and cook into the late afternoon or early evening most days. Check their hours. Remember they're making the crepes to order. Expect to wait a bit. We lounged at a porch table in perfect weather, so we were content.
Up tomorrow: The chocolate, wine and food store around the corner on Main Street that lets you turn a Sykesville trip into a full food excursion.
Can anyone tell me about the model train museum in Sykesville? There is an old railroad car parked across from the French Twist. As far as I can tell from the Web, it's a model train display run by a volunteer club and open on the first Sunday afternoon of every month.
French Twist Cafe
732 Oklahoma Avenue
Sykesville, MD 21784
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DIY Recycled Jar Vases
Yasmine sent over this creative and very eco-friendly vase idea for romantic centerpieces. Perfect for a bridal shower, it can be put together in a few minutes by anyone – and I mean, anyone can help you out on this project!
What you’ll need:
- Recycled Jars, Tubs, Cans
- Wrapping Paper
- Wax Paper
- White Floral Mesh
- Left over twine
- Left over ribbon
- Scotch Tape
- $40.00 Worth of flowers: Hydrangeas, Amaryllis Belladonna, & Lambs Ear
Step 1: Gather your materials, wash out your “vases” to make sure they’re clean, and dry them!
Step 2: Wrap your vases with the different materials, layering it. Attach to the vases using the tape or rubber bands, depending on the container and the look you want. Tie on ribbons, twine or whatever to complete the look.
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Ukraine hangs at a precarious moment, twisting in an uncertain wind. Russian troops are still massed along the eastern border, and President Vladimir Putin seems intent on keeping his options open: Will he choose invasion, destabilization, or negotiation? The most likely path forward seems to be a Russian attempt to destabilize Ukraine through a covert campaign. The United States and its NATO allies should lean in to help the Kiev regime prepare to conduct counterinsurgency operations, given what appears to be obvious Russian support to violent separatists.
Step one should be assessing the potential for an effective insurgency and understanding the historical and cultural pressures that create it. The good news about the Russian annexation of Crimea is that it effectively reduces the remaining Russian ethnic population in the rest of Ukraine. While exact numbers are hard to define precisely, most observers believe the remaining pro-Russian ethnic population is around 15 percent: hardly a critical mass, let alone an oppressed majority. The bad news about the annexation — in addition to losing a significant chunk of territory and the Ukrainian Navy — is that Crimea will become a base and staging area for insurgent operations throughout eastern Ukraine.
Counterinsurgency 101 has a few basic ingredients, and many Western nations have recent first-hand experience in this complex activity in Afghanistan and Iraq. Clearly, the new regime in Kiev will need sound advice, political support, economic assistance, security equipment, logistical support, and intelligence analysis. Here are the seven specific lessons for Ukraine's Counterinsurgency 101:
1. Undercut the insurgency by all political and economic means.
In practical terms, this means a powerful campaign of strategic communications that makes the case — a strong one — that a unified, cohesive Ukraine is a home to all Ukrainians, whatever first language they speak and from wherever their ancestors hailed. A sincere and inclusive message will win over some number of ethnic Russians (but fistfights in parliament don't help). A significant part of the message is that Ukraine's best future lies not in policies that are pro-Russian or pro-NATO, but pro-Ukrainian — meaning the freedom to evaluate where the best opportunities for the nation lie. This can be a powerful force in undermining an insurgency's message of hate, separatism, and total alignment under Russian domination.
2. Provide an economic future that makes sense.
The West must offer healthy economic inducements in the form of International Monetary Fund grants, EU assistance, and U.S. funding — all of which appears to be on track and in the pipeline. Much of counterinsurgency is in providing alternatives to the "employment options" offered by insurgent leaders; fortunately, most young people would rather have a job or an education than be out planting car bombs. Providing funding to allow Kiev to offer those kind of job inducements is key.
3. Protect the population of Ukraine from the effects of the insurgents.
This means strong military and police presence where necessary, controlling violence in demonstrations (which must be allowed in a democratic nation), using sensible strategies to keep government services flowing, retaking government buildings with a minimum of force, and continuing to deliver government services — from marriage licenses to courts of justice — in order to undercut counterinsurgent strategy.
4. Get control of the borders.
This is a lesson painfully learned in Afghanistan and Vietnam, but crucial to a successful counterinsurgency strategy. This will be challenging, given Russian resources and geographic position — especially now that they have annexed Crimea. This is where Western military support in intelligence, surveillance, information sharing, logistics, basic equipment (such as night-vision devices and communications gear), and advice and training could be very valuable without escalating the situation.
5. Defend and protect from cyberattacks.
In this emerging 21st century of conflict, a fifth element of must be understanding the plans and strategy of the opposition in this medium, and working to counter it. There is a role for traditional information sharing using signals intelligence, overhead sensors, and technical assistance here, but the fundamental activity is occurring in the cyber-world. Ukraine is under constant cyberattack from Russia and needs help and protection in order to operate effectively in countering a violent opposition.
6. Legitimize the new government in Kiev.
Popular elections, due to be held in early May, are crucial to countering the insurgent narrative of an "illegal putsch" that has taken the capital by force. Thus far, the elections are on track and demographics favor a strongly pro-Kiev vote.
7. Provide military capability to counter insurgents.
Russia has and will continue to supply intelligence, weapons and ammunition, and probably troops (in the form of Spetznaz) to guide their insurgency to destabilize and delegitimize Kiev. This pressure will only ramp up after the upcoming elections. The West should consider military-to-military assistance (short of boots on the ground), including intelligence, information, advice and mentorship, defensive weapons systems, tactical signals intelligence capability, small arms, light sensors, canine assistance, and other classic counterinsurgency tools for the Ukrainian military. This could be done easily through NATO channels given the alliance's excellent military-to-military partnership with Ukraine.
Fighting insurgencies is hard work, as we have learned all too clearly in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. But we have learned lessons that can and should be applied in these early days. Hopefully, Russia will choose neither an invasion, nor an active role in supporting an insurgency. And there is still hope for negotiations and a course of action that leaves the future in the hands of the people of Ukraine, not those pulling levers in Moscow.
But if Ukraine faces a Russian-sponsored insurgency, we have tools that can be applied. And we should be ready.
James Stavridis is a retired four-star Navy admiral and the current dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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Yorkshire Dales Bed & Breakfast (B&B) Accommodation...
...at Fair View Guest House, Hawes
For those visiting the Yorkshire Dales, Fair View offers comfortable, centrally heated accommodation in an elegant setting, only 2 minutes' walk from the centre of Hawes in Upper Wensleydale.
The sunny Breakfast Room overlooks the patio and garden and is a very pleasant place to start your day with your choice of Breakfast from our varied Breakfast Menu, including vegetarian choices.
We offer En-suite Double, Twin and Family rooms, and Single rooms with Wash Basin and Bath Robes. All our rooms are double glazed for warmth and comfort, are individually furnished and decorated, and offer the following facilities:
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- Central heating
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- Beverage tray with a good selection of teas, coffees etc.
- Clock / radio alarm clock
- Complimentary toiletries
- Free WiFi is available in every room.
- Sockets for free Internet access for your own laptop.
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Something happens during the adolescent years, and suddenly dress and grooming take on a new importance. Most teenagers quickly become fashion “experts,” dismissing their parents’ suggestions. They develop their own sense of style, which identifies them socially amongst their peers. What often happens to special needs kids, however, is that they have no idea how to fit in fashion-wise. They wear whatever Mom dresses them in, and don’t know any better. They stand out as odd-balls, “rejects,” and “losers.”
Calling All Parents!
Parents, this is where you come in. Now pay attention, please! If you send your disabled son to school with high-waisted pants that reach up to his armpits, or your daughter with mismatched clothes and messy hair, you are failing him or her. (Okay, I’m exaggerating, but at least I’ve got your attention.) Your teen has no chance, whatsoever, of being accepted by his peers if he stands out so miserably. Looking “right” can help your child avoid bullying.
Now I’m not suggesting that you spend two thousand dollars on a new wardrobe for your kid. I’m on a budget, just like you are. But if you save up and buy just a couple of “cool” outfits, you would be making an amazing investment in your child’s social future. And if you do a little research, you can find reasonably priced stores.
But I don’t know the current teen styles!
Clothing – Get a teen fashion advisor. In fact, I think you should do this even if you think you know the trends. (It’s likely you’re wrong.) Do some looking around and find a teenager who has good fashion-sense. A teen who attends your child’s school would be ideal. If your child doesn’t have a fashion-conscious sibling, contact a niece or nephew, family friend, or peer tutor recommended by the school, etc. (But make sure it’s a socially-accepted teen.) Invite him or her to go out on a shopping trip. Bring your son or daughter along, and have the teen assist you in outfitting him properly. The goal is not to make your child stand out as an over-dressed choir boy, but to “fit in” with what the other kids are wearing.
Haircut – Is your child’s haircut up-to-date with current trends? Or are you putting a bowl over his head and getting out the family razor? Take your child to a trendy salon, and ask a hairdresser for advice. The younger the hairdresser, the more likely it is she’ll know the standard teen hairstyles. You can also watch a few teen T.V. shows, or buy a couple teen magazines and pay close attention to the styles you see.
Hygiene – If your child has dirty ears, greasy hair, or a strange “odor,” she is going to be a target of ridicule. Make sure you teach your child to bathe or shower daily, brush his teeth, use deodorant, use q-tips, and change his underwear. It sounds obvious, but I have observed over the years that some of the students in my son’s special needs classes have looked very unkempt. I have wondered how those kids’ parents could let them face the world that way.
Fortunately for me, my autistic son attends a junior high where uniforms are worn. Phew! That takes a load off. However, I still have to check his zipper, his collar, and remind him about brushing his teeth.
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Like potato salad? Sweet, colorful and rich in beta-carotene, sweet potatoes take center stage in this easy version. With "canned food" convenience, this tasty side dish provides two fruit and vegetable servings with little effort, yet lots of flavor! [ Get the recipe for Gingered Sweet Potato-Apple Salad here ]
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Final Grayling 35 - Kingsford 18
1st drive of the game - Kingsford drove down the field and scored in 5 plays. PAT no good.
On Grayling's first possession, they drove the length of the field as well, PAT good. 7-6 Grayling
Grayling attempted an onside kick; Kingsford recovered and drove for a touchdown. 2pt Attempt NG. 12-7 Kingsford
Grayling Vikings stopped on downs & punted; roughing the kicker penalty on Flivvers; Grayling scored. PAT good. 14-12 Grayling
Flivvers stopped and punt blocked with 1:40 left in the first half. Vikings pushed it in. PAT good. 21-12 Grayling
Vikings stopped on their first drive of the 2nd half; Fivvers push it in on a 50+ yd. run. PAT no good. 21-18 Grayling
Grayling drives and turns it over with a fumble in the Kingsford 10 yd. line. 9:30 left in game. Still 21-18 Grayling
Grayling intercepts Kingsford at mid-field, drives and scores on a 4th & goal at the 5 yd line on a quarterback sprint-out option pass. PAT good. 28-18 Grayling
On Kingsford next posession, Grayling intercepts and runs it in for a TD with 4 min. left. PT good. 35-18 Grayling
[Several stops & punts omitted from above]
Foolish & preventable things happened on both sides of the ball...Grayling's offense called offside 4or 5 times during the game, stalling a couple of drives. Turnovers by both teams. Grayling was able to burn up a fair amount of clock.
The Grayling TD's off the blocked punt late in the first half and Grayling's 4th TD [intercepting after the Flivvers got the ball on Grayling 10-yd line fumble] were big plays.
Good Game Flivvers! Congratulations on a good season. Thanks for good sportsmanship displayed by players and fans in Grayling tonight.
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New Dimension Switch-Barrel Rifle from Thompson/Center
At Media Day right before SHOT Show, Thompson/Center Arms unveiled an innovative hunting rifle that features interchangeable barrels and multiple bolts. This allows a single gun to shoot a wide range of chamberings — from .204 Ruger all the way up to the large, belted magnums. The gun employs some unusual engineering, with an AR-type barrel nut on a barrel extension which contains the bolt-lug recesses. There is no conventional recoil lug. Instead a slot on the underside of the barrel extension mates to a metal bar molded into the stock. With the supplied tools, the entire gun can be assembled or disassembled in under one minute (in the Video, a T/C rep assembles the gun in 55 seconds.)
T/C’s Dimension rifle is definitely innovative; there is nothing like it on the market anywhere near its price range (MSRP is $648.00 with tools). For a walking-around deer hunter who is satisfied with factory barrels, and who doesn’t shoot with a rear bag, the gun will probably have appeal. On the other hand, varminters won’t be impressed — the stock won’t work well with a bipod or rear bag, and T/C will be the only source for barrels. The nature of the design, for practical purposes, precludes the use of affordable 3rd-party barrels. You won’t be able to buy a Shilen or PacNor prefit barrel, as you can for a Savage.
Factory Promo Video (Loud Soundtrack — turn down speakers before playback!)
Pro: One size fits all — single hard-anodized aluminum action can be used to shoot multiple chamberings from .204 Ruger to .300 Win Mag with bolt, barrel, and magazine swap. For all chamberings, T/C guarantees 3-shot accuracy of one MOA with premium ammo.
Con: You have to replace complete bolt assembly to go from one family of cartridges to another (e.g. from .308 Win to Magnum). This is much more expensive than swapping a bolt head on a Savage.
Pro: Barrels can be quickly exchanged using provided tools.
Con: Bolt recesses are machined into barrel extension section, so barrels must be supplied by T/C. We were told that both bolts and barrels “absolutely have to come from Thompson/Center”.
Pro: Stock is lightweight with rubberized surface texture — good for wet climates.
Con: Stock is ugly. Forearm too flexy to use with bipod. Concave arc on underside of buttstock is terrible for use with rear bag. Stock finish tends to retain dust and grit.
Pro: T/C offers a bridge scope base that mounts to the barrel (like on Blasers). This allows an optic to stay with a barrel — so you could have a low-power close-range scope mounted and zeroed on one barrel, with a higher-power variable scope on another barrel.
Con: If you keep optics on the barrels, you need to buy a separate bridge for each barrel. That’s an added expense, plus many hunters can’t afford multiple scopes anyway. Thankfully, conventional Weaver bases can be fitted on top of the action.
Commentary: On viewing and handling the rifle, and watching the assembly process, it was obvious that some intelligent, clever engineering went into the gun. The AR-style barrel engagement system functions very well — the whole gun can be disassembled in under one minute. T/C provides some fairly sophisticated assembly tools with the gun, including wrenches that automatically set correct torque values. That’s cool. The gun is relatively light and balances well. On the other hand, the stock design fails in many ways. The fore-arm is short and too flexy for serious use with bipod. The curving underside of the buttstock is a odd-looking, but what is worse, the curve is just about the worst possible profile for use with a rear sandbag. Most observers thought the gun was ugly.
T/C Dimension Caliber Groups
The T/C Dimension LOC™ System has 7 parts — a universal stock and receiver that accept multiple barrels, magazine groups (magazine and housing), bolts and bridge scope mounts. Dimension hand tools work with all Dimension rifles. Interchangeable parts are stamped with letters: A, B, C or D. Match the letter on the barrel with the one on the bolt and magazine group.
A Family: .204 Ruger, .223 Rem
B Family: 22-250 Rem, .243 Win, 7mm-08 Rem, .308 Win
C Family: .270 Win, .30-06 Sprg
D Family: 7mm Rem Mag, .300 Win Mag
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Clue: "Sherlock" and "EastEnders" network
We have 1 answer for the clue "Sherlock" and "EastEnders" network. See the results below.
- English channel
- Overseas network
- PBS supplier
- ___ World Service (radio provider)
- Telly option
- Telly initials
- "Fawlty Towers" airer
- World Service provider
- "I, Claudius" network
- London TV inits.
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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) primarily prepares persons for vocations of teaching and research in college or universities and seminaries, or holding positions of leadership in churches or social service and social justice agencies. The program also includes work for the intermediate degree of Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), which also must be earned at the Seminary.
Learn more about admission to the Doctor of Philosophy program.
Union's Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree has five programs, some of which are divided into different disciplines:
- History (Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Medieval and Reformation Studies, Modern and U.S. Christianities)
- Bible (Old Testament and New Testament)
- Theology (Systematics, Ethics and Ecumenics/Interreligious)
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Actor Sricharan continues to be a fixture in director Radhamohan's films. He was seen as a terrorist and civilian in the acclaimed Payanam. Now, he is part of Radhamohan's Gauravam which marks the acting debut of Allu Sirish, brother of Telugu star Allu Arjun.
Sricharan has returned after a shooting schedule in Mysore and was apparently happy with the way things are going. Also, he is glad that the director had shown a lot of faith in him and has given him another opportunity to showcase his acting skills.
The actor said the very fact that Radhamohan had confidence in his ability to don two characters in Payanam was a huge boost for him.
It may be noted that Sricharan was also part of Ajith's Billa-2 and he is excited about getting a chance to not only dance but also fight in Gauravam.
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Damian Lillard Interview
The NBA Rookie Of The Year Talks Gaming
The Oakland, California, native fell under the radar coming out of high school. But consistently putting up big numbers and slaying the competition at Weber State was enough to make him an NBA lottery pick in the 2012 draft.
Branden Peters: At E3, EA Sports said that NBA Live 2014 would feature several signature moves from star players. What moves of yours did they capture today with motion-capture technology?
Damien Lillard: It was a lot of my signature moves. Basically me doing everything I do on the floor, basically making it look as realistic as possible in the game. [Also] my facial expressions and stuff like that.
BP: How was the experience for you?
DL: That was my first time doing it. It was fun, because every time I play the game with myself, I always say, "I don't do that." I always wanted the game to be as close to me as possible. The last game I was playing [NBA] 2K didn't even have my tattoos on the game, and I got a bunch of tattoos. I think this game is going to be real on point as far as movements and everything that comes with me.
BP: When was the last time you played a version of NBA Live?
DL: The last time I played Live was in 2009.
BP: As you said, you've played 2K since then, so what are your expectations for the relaunch of the NBA Live franchise?
DL: I think it's gonna be big, just because everybody played Live as kid before 2K even came around. Just the fact that it's the original NBA basketball coming back with some nice new features, I think, at least, people will give it a try. I know people are hooked on 2K, but based on what I'm seeing [at the EA Sports Orlando offices], I think it'll be a big hit.
BP: EA has been hyping up the all-new BounceTek dribbling technology in the game a lot. Your game as a point guard is largely predicated on the dribble, so what is your opinion of the technology?
DL: It's different. With the games now, they get into so much detail, where something like that will make a huge difference. I'm interested and intrigued to see what the [final] game is going to be like.
BP: What do you want to see out of your virtual player in Live 14?
DL: I want to see more moves and I want to see my personality. You'll see on games now, where once you get to a certain level or when a player is so good, that they all do the same celebration. They say the same things in interviews [too]. I want it to be specific to what I do, what I say off the court, when I'm in interviews, how I act on the court, and my body language on the court. I want it to be on point as far as me, so its not like we're all the same. | <urn:uuid:9d9595b5-781c-4084-913e-cc7483754bb5> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.askmen.com/sports/fanatic/damien-lillard-interview.html | 2014-12-21T14:32:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802771374.156/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075251-00098-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983521 | 644 | [
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Transcript for Dash-Cam Captures Police Officer Saving Choking Victim
Our "Instant index" tonight and this may be the most grateful person ever pulled over by a police officer, the dash cam video showing the driver stopped for a red light in Michigan last weekend, the officer finds the woman choking on food. He uses the Heimlich to clear her throat. Look at this, she immediately turns around and gives him a hug. No word on the ticket. A new study tonight finding sending your children to school with hand sanitizer may not cut down the risk of becoming sick. The report out of the new Zealand saying having sanitizer in the classroom is no better than teaching your kids to wash their hands with soap and water. China celebrating the birth of panda tripplets. No names yet. It's traditional to wait until they're 100 days old.
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I didn't miss any point anywhere I was just being a D**K about unqualified statements like 8 stops of overexposure is fine. Well if it really is over exposure (like 8 stops over the point where you have optimum shadow detail) and your scene is not one tone, it actually has a pretty good range to start with - then 8 stops is not "fine". Black and white film is fantastic in it's ability to put a huge range of EV on the negative but it does have a DMAX and a significant amount of typical scenes you might be shooting will reach that point easily if you really truly overexpose by 8 stops. Translation for the non-technical - if you really truly "overexpose" by 8 stops you will more likely than not actually block a significant amount of highlight values.
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The story of this game changed quite a bit in the final eight minutes. Through much of the affair, I lamented how Tristan Thompson, and even more so, Dion Waiters, were not establishing themselves in Kyrie’s absence. The two previous games were golden opportunities, against Orlando’s front line of Jason Maxiell, Glen Davis, and Andrew Nicholson, and the Nets’ fearsome injury riddled front line of Reggie Evans, Paul Pierce, Mirza Teletovic and Shaun Livingston, for both Tristan and Dion to attack and flash some dominance. For the most part, they had not. Tristan had flashes, and Dion’s jumper was at least on against the Nets, but neither had anything remotely approaching a signature performance during those games. It was a big bummer. Of course, then tonight Dion scored nine points and dished two assists in about four minutes and the Cavs almost knocked off the 26-win, 6-loss Indiana Pacers. Now, the overall performance of those two moves to “note” status.
Cleveland was missing Kyrie (knee contusion) and Jarrett Jack (bask spasms) tonight, and came out firing on one cylinder…CJ Miles. He exploded out of the gate, tallying 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in the first quarter. Everyone else shot 4 of 19, as the Cavs headed to the break trailing 22 to 18.
The start of the second was equally sad, as Bennett and Zeller were each called for offensive fouls; through the first 19 minutes, the Cavs were whistled for 14 infractions compared to the Pacers five. Bennett made up for it with a huge follow-up slam dunk, and otherwise CJ Miles kept on trucking, rolling to 15 points on 6 of 7 shooting. At one point, the Cavs had 29 points, and Miles had 15 of those. Unfortunately, the Pacers forged a 16 to 6 run, as the Cavs could not match the Pacers size and strength. Dion was guarding Paul George, and Zeller defend Roy Hibbert. That is trouble. It could have been worse than the 44 to 35 halftime score, as Varejao and Dellavedova both made ridiculous shot clock bailouts. The Wine & Gold shot 34% from the field and 25% from three, with 8 assists and 10 turnovers for the half. Besides CJ, the rest of the team combined for 8 of 34, with none scoring more than five points.
Early in the second half, Miles kept scoring off of cuts & drives. Four minutes in, he tallied 21 points, as the Cavs pulled to within 48 to 45. Sometimes it looks like he and Varejao are the only two Cavs that know how to play within a team construct. Finally though, Tristan started putting it together, scoring nine points in a five minute stretch, as the Pacers called timeout leading 60 to 55. Then BOOM!! Delly with the long range bomb off the Miles assist, 60 to 58! What comes next though? Of course, a Pacers 7 to 0 run, to take a 67 to 58 lead to the fourth.
Then it got worse, with Indiana scoring another seven unanswered, forging a 74 to 58 lead early in the fourth. Game over, or so it seemed, actually fairly reminiscent of last week, when Cleveland played the Pacers tight for three quarters only to then realize that Indiana had another gear. But what do you know? Anthony Bennett scored four straight points (Anthony Bennett?!?), then Dion stroked a three. 74 to 65. Eight minutes to go. The Pacers kept missing, and Dion kept canning jumpers. One, two, three more, and suddenly it was 75 to 74 with three minutes remaining. When Dion gets a hot hand outside, watch out. Both teams tightened up, and with 1:30 to go, it was 77 to 76, when the Pacers missed! Three Cavs in position for the rebound!
They fight over it and knock it out of bounds.
On back to back possessions, Dion drove and found a cutting Andy for dunks. The Pacers hit one of two freebies, and it is 80 to 78 with 43 seconds to go. Dion checked his hot hand from long range, but alas, after a few bounces around the rim, it bounced out…but falls into CJ Miles hands! Timeout Cavs. 20 second to go.
The entire world awaits, what will Mike Brown draw up? Would you have guessed Dion iso? If so, you were correct. Paul George funneled Waiters into Roy Hibbert, forcing a ridiculously difficult shot. It missed, and the Pacers grabbed the board.
At a second critical juncture, Indiana again only hit one of two freebies though. Cavs timeout again. What will they come up with this time? If you guessed a near five-second violation, before inbounding the ball to a guy that had one foot out-of-bounds, well, you are amazing, and also correct.
The Pacers made one final free throw, ending the game with an 82 to 78 victory.
- Miles finished with 21 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. The Cavs were +10 when he played. For the season, the Cavs have played their opponents to a standstill when he is on the court.
- Dion finished with 14 points, but on only 6 of 17 shooting, with 5 assists and 3 turnovers. He was huge in the fourth quarter, but struggled for much of the game. More on that below.
- Andy grabbed 13 boards and the Cavs were +14 when he played.
- Tristan finished with 13 & 10, on 52% true shooting.
- Matthew Dellavedova forced a jump ball. Are there league leaders for that stat? I think he averages at least one per game. Also, he drew Paul George into a technical foul. Delly is awesome.
- Alonzo Gee and Earl Clark combined to shoot zero for eleven. Production like that from small forward makes it tough to win.
- The defense was really solid, holding the Pacers to 36% shooting and only 2 fast break points and 22 points in the paint. The Pacers also only grabbed 10 of 43 available offensive rebounds. The Cavs defense definitely kept them in this game through some offensive struggles.
- I really wanted to see more from Tristan and Dion in these three most recent games. I touched on it briefly in the intro. This stretch has been a rude wake-up call for myself. I had high hopes for each. Finishing at the rim (or the lack thereof) has been the story of the Cavs season. During his last 30 games in 2012 – 2013, Dion shot 58% from 0 to 3 feet. Tristan shot 62% from the same range. I thought they were figuring “it” out; the game was getting easier. Surely their career would continue trending upward, but this year, both are struggling mightily at the rim. Also in most other regards, neither is better than they were from January through April of 2013. Instead of the continually improving career arc that I was counting on, they appear to be settling in as relatively inconsistent, non-star players. This is pretty damaging to the rebuild. One of the most troubling aspects of the three most recent games has been Dion’s shot charts…take a look, it’s almost all jumpers. Surely some will think, “well, they can’t make shots at the rim anyways”, but if Dion isn’t getting to the rim, he certainly can’t finish there. And if he isn’t doing that with regularity, his ceiling will always be as an inconsistent, non-star. And as mentioned in the intro, the Orlando and Brooklyn games were completely ideal games for attacking the basket. It was somewhat disheartening to just see a perpetual parade of jumpers. Finally, I am not opposed to Waiters having the ball in his hands a decent amount, but he must get better off the ball; maybe talk to and watch what CJ does. Miles creates a lot opportunities for himself cutting to the basket when his opponent falls asleep. I swear that scouting reports on Dion must say “Don’t worry about him when he is off the ball”…he never exploits an opportunity to get an easy bucket via cutting. A couple of easy buckets could certainly help his finishing rate. He also needs to figure out how to get to the free throw line. Tonight he shot zero free throws on his seventeen field goals. Much of this is on him, as only four of those seventeen came inside the paint. Also, many times he tries really hard to go around the defender in mid-air, avoiding contact and hence creating way too difficult of a shot. This is something he needs to get better at. Finally, the referees are mean to Dion. They could give him another call or two every once in a while. | <urn:uuid:f655778e-e5e8-4c8e-9364-b0974d8d5122> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.cavstheblog.com/?p=23869&cpage=1 | 2014-12-20T08:00:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802769596.116/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075249-00138-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975939 | 1,843 | [
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Bethesda Blog has posted the first in a series of blog posts by David Hodgson about the making of the Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide, which is to be published by Prima Games, along with two new screenshots.
But Training still isn’t over; there’s information on Damage Threshold (a new way the game calculates strikes on armor), weapon types, and a tutorial on modified your weapons. There’s a deluge of information on scavenging, plant life in the Mojave, and most importantly, Crafting. Whether you’re cooking up a juicy Gecko Steak, or skinning the Gecko’s hide to tan and sell, you’ll need to know how to use a Campfire, Reloading Bench, and Workbench effectively, what Skills are needed, and just how many ammunition types you can modify to pierce armor. Now, this wouldn’t be a guide on New Vegas without a mention of gambling. Fortunately, this is much more than a mention; there’s effective ways to win at Blackjack, and more importantly, a crash-course in the game of Caravan, which includes sample decks created after months of playtesting. Note these decks work both in-game, and in real-life Caravan games, too! Oh, and we also break down the rules of Lucky Horseshoe, in which you challenge a robot cowboy with a wandering eye to a game similar to Blackjack, but with one important difference: You usually lose.” | <urn:uuid:ceb76ee6-3c7e-420e-a5c5-44255f96f613> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Ausir/New_Vegas_strategy_guide_blog | 2014-12-21T18:40:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802772134.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075252-00042-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93965 | 318 | [
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Unfortunately, the game Splat! isn't made anymore. It's a Milton Bradley game from 1990, and I got mine at a garage sale. It can be found online, though, so check it out if this sounds fun.
The game's central, gross-out theme is that the playing pieces are bugs that get squished. They are made with modeling dough using a press. If your bug gets squished, you start again with another bug. As more squished bugs fill the board, game play speeds up because you skip any occupied space.
The game forces you to think a little differently because each player uses two playing-piece bugs at a time. Make sure you play with two dice or play goes too slowly, especially with only two players. We have replaced the original dough with Play-Doh, and it works fine.
Sensitive children might not be able to handle the disappointment of having their playing pieces get squished. But young children enjoy making bugs and squishing them, rolling the dice and pretending to play.
Splat! is a good game for kinetic learners because molding the playing pieces and splatting them adds a lot of action to a game that otherwise centers on counting and colors.
For ages 5 and older (younger if you don't worry about rules), 2-4 players. Cost: At this writing, there are four listed on ebay with bids starting at $10, plus about $10 shipping.
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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) -
Investors are just saying no to Nokia.
The Finnish phone giant announced Tuesday morning in its mid-quarter update for the third quarter that while profits should be a little better than expected, sales of cell phones will likely be flat to down from a year ago.
Investors had been hoping that Nokia would increase its cell phone sales outlook, especially since chip company RF Micro Devices, one of Nokia's top suppliers, issued a rosy fiscal second quarter forecast on Monday. As a result, Nokia's stock fell more than 5 percent Tuesday morning.
Nokia has been a laggard during this year's big tech rally as well. Despite a nearly 20 percent rally in the past month, shares are up just 7 percent year-to-date compared to a more than 40 percent run for the Nasdaq.
On the surface, this seems a bit odd since Nokia (NOK: Research, Estimates) is by far the leader in the cell phone business. Figures from tech research firm Gartner released last week showed that Nokia's market share was 35.9 percent in the second quarter while second-place Motorola had a market share of 14.6 percent.
Can't make it up on volume
Look closer and Nokia's underperfomance makes sense. For one, Nokia warned in July that sales for the third quarter would be lower than expected due to the weak dollar -- Nokia gets hurt by a weak dollar since phones sold in the U.S. then have to be translated back into euro for revenue recognition purposes.
But with the dollar strengthening in recent weeks, there were growing hopes that Nokia's sales would be better than forecast in July and that helped fuel the stock's rise since early August.
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"Analysts, me included, had left the door wide open for Nokia to raise the revenue outlook given how the dollar has strengthened," said John Bucher, an analyst with Harris Nesbitt Gerard. "That expectation had been built into the stock."
So what went wrong? Nokia said Tuesday that it is still seeing heavy price competition and that average selling prices (ASPs) for its phones will probably decrease in the third quarter from both last year's levels as well as from this year's second quarter.
Part of the problem is that higher-end phones with features such as built-in cameras have not sold as well, indicating that consumers are not willing to pay a much higher price to replace an older phone.
"You can't sell a phone for more than $150. I don't care if it can vacuum your house. Consumers are very price sensitive," said Casey Ryan, an analyst with Wells Fargo Securities.
No longer a high-growth stock
In addition, despite all the marketing hype, let's be honest: there is no urgent need to replace phones. For example, I have been using a Nokia 3390 phone for more than two years and I'm perfectly happy with it. Maybe I'm just cheap but unless I drop the phone down a flight of stairs and break it, I don't think I'll be buying a new one soon. And I'm probably not alone.
"Nokia may be a victim of its own success," said Greg Teets, an analyst with A.G. Edwards. "They have some nice low-end phones and are not giving people an excuse to shop up in the food chain."
Sure, the absolute number of cell phones sold may increase during the next few years as companies target newer markets. Tech research firm IDC said last week that handset shipments should increase by 8 percent in 2004. But Nokia will need to sell more of their pricier models in order for revenues and profits to increase substantially.
To that end, overall revenues for Nokia are expected to increase 10.5 percent this year and 6.2 percent in 2004 while analysts are predicting a slight earnings decline this year, a 14 percent increase next year and an average of 11 percent over the next three to five years.
And that's Nokia's biggest problem. It may be a great company but some analysts say its days of being treated as a growth stock are behind it.
"A lot of people want to be bullish about Nokia because it's easy. Nokia is a market share leader and the best operator but people are buying it as a growth stock and it's not," said Ryan, who has a "sell" rating on Nokia.
Bucher, who likes the stock, says his target price is only $18, just a little more than 10 percent higher than current levels. "What you have in Nokia is a company that is in the process of transitioning from a high double-digit earnings grower to becoming more of a value stock," he said.
And at more than 20 times 2003 earnings estimates, that looks like an expensive value stock to boot.
A.G. Edwards' Teets owns shares of Nokia but his firm has no investment banking relationship with the company. Other analysts quoted in this piece do not own Nokia and their firms have no investment banking relationship with the company.
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Health leaders have called for action in reforming primary health care to tackle the 'juggernaut' of chronic disease issues about to hit the health system at a meeting in Melbourne.
The meeting, More strategic use of the health dollar?, explored approaches to improve primary health care in Australia with a view to getting a better return for health spending, the Director of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APCHRI) at ANU, Professor Nicholas Glasgow, said.
"Primary health care professionals are aware of a large number of public health issues on the horizon - childhood obesity, diabetes and the illnesses associated with aging are just some of these," Professor Glasgow said.
"These, combined with serious workforce problems, mean we have to examine new ways of organising and funding primary health care so Australians have a healthy future."
Health profession leaders joined their policy colleagues, consumers and health academics from Australia and New Zealand to discuss ways of improving health care in Australia, including exploring alternative funding models to serve the needs of local populations.
Consensus was reached that reform was needed through careful definition of problems and tailoring appropriate solutions.
Better community engagement, more multidisciplinary team working and flexibility to respond to local needs were considered important components of any future models of primary health care, the meeting found.
Peak health bodies will now explore innovative approaches to organising and funding quality health care for patients and community, while APHCRI will undertake research to build a knowledge base for reform.
"This was a meeting that brought a number of perspectives to the table, all with the ultimate aim of tackling the pressing health issues that Australia is facing, and we look forward to progressing this work further," Professor Glasgow said.
Source: Eurekalert & othersLast reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 21 Feb 2009
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