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Calcutta, 1941. The Indian Air Force was being deployed in World War II to fight the Japanese in Burma. Warrant officer Harjinder Singh wondered out aloud: “Why should we fight this war for the British?” Being heavily influenced by the Congress-led Freedom Struggle, he wasn’t convinced that Indians should fight for the British.His Indian commanding officer, Squadron Leader Karun Krishna “Jumbo” Majumdar, reasoned with him: “Harjinder, if we do not fight in this war for the damned British, we shall be nothing better than a flying club when the war ends. We must fight, and we must aim to expand the IAF while the going is good. After the war is won, India will be a Dominion, and we shall have to run our own Air Force.”A little later, on February 1, 1942, Harjinder and Jumbo parked themselves with the whole 1st squadron of IAF at the Royal Air Force base in Toungoo, Burma. The next day, the base was hit by a Japanese bombing raid. The RAF was putting up a dispirited fight with talk about withdrawing from Burma further bringing down morale. But the IAF ignored all the defeatist talk. In fact, its unorthodox CO had the most audacious idea — bombing the Japanese air base with obsolete reconnaissance aircraft. Harjinder said aye.So, seven decades before India started talking about ‘Make in India’, this first engineer officer of IAF converted a whole squadron of 12 Lysander planes into bombers. The Indians bombed the hell out of the Japanese. Again and again. For his pioneering effort, Singh was made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire). It was a sweet revenge of sorts for him — as a lowly Hawai Sepoy in 1934, he had got the most disappointing welcome message from Air Marshal Sir John Steele, the first chief of the IAF. “Indians will not be able to fly or maintain military aeroplanes. That’s a man’s job,” Steele had said to the 200 Indians of the fledgling IAF.From being a Hawai Sepoy to retiring as an air vice marshal, Harjinder’s (or Harry to some) fascinating life story is the stuff of film scripts.
Sorry for the rant. This has been the struggle with SC2 from day 1.I don't understand why, but Blizzard erroneously believes that if people expand faster more action will result, and that will fix the three base turtle. That is only true ifAnd isn't expanding rapidly part of the problem? People spend all their money in economy going up to three bases, that is why there is no action early and the game is so boring. If we make them go up to more bases rapidly, then even more time will be spent developing economy, unless expanding isn't safe. And if expanding isn't safe, won't we just be back to square one here, WOL Beta?What really is the difference between Protoss not being able to take a 3rd due to Stephano's Roach max (which required big map changes) and Protoss not being able to take a Y base due to X LOTV strategy? If Y base is necessary, like a third was in WOL/HOTS then we'll end up with the same problems.And if Protoss can take Y base safely, then Zerg isn't going to bother attacking, and we'll have no action.People can expand quite rapidly in HOTS and go up to three bases quite often without any major losses because it is easy to expand safely. The reason for that is because Blizzard and map makers gave people the tools they needed to expand to two/three bases without much fear.Why not look at dialing back some of those tools so that expanding can be done, but it takes skill and resource commitment to defend? I don't think Whitera was talking about pressing F and clicking on the Nexus when he talked about defensing his expands and skill in general, it was a bit harder than that back in the day and that made it fun. No one should have any inherent right to an expansion, expansions should all be earned. And not just the 4th expansion, every expansion.More than just the economy needs to change to avoid these issues, and a higher level of thinking than just "if people expand more the game will be better" is necessary to fix SC2. We already tried that.Sorry for the rant.
Hence there is now a noticeable divergence in the total debt of student borrowers from nonstudent borrowers, as we might have expected all along.A second candidate explanation for the failure of these comparatively skilled student borrowers to consume more from debt is limited access to credit. Indeed, our previous post revealed a substantial recession-era divergence between the Equifax risk scores of student borrowers and nonstudent borrowers, favoring nonborrowers. The news for 2013, shown in the chart below, is that the average risk scores of student borrowers and nonstudent borrowers at ages twenty-five and thirty each increased by 2 or 3 points. The positive momentum in credit scores for all types of young borrowers, and the popular return to debt-funded auto purchases, represent perhaps the most promising green shoots to emerge from this analysis.However, the failure of young consumers, and particularly the comparatively skilled young consumers of our student loan group, to re-enter the housing market remains a puzzle. Many factors could be contributing to this phenomenon, including growing student debt balances, limited access to credit, lowered expectations for future earnings, and perhaps even a cultural shift by which young people—whether they went to college or not—are deferring home purchases. Whatever the cause of student borrowers’ reticence, the housing market rebound of 2013 appears to have proceeded without the help of this skilled set of young buyers.The views expressed in this post are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or the Federal Reserve System. Any errors or omissions are the responsibility of the authors. Meta Brown is a senior economist in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Research and Statistics Group.Sydnee Caldwell is a former senior research analyst in the Research and Statistics Group.Sarah Sutherland is a senior research analyst in the Research and Statistics Group.
Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: by 10.25.43.10 with SMTP id r10csp1669539lfr; Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:30:27 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.194.238.168 with SMTP id vl8mr74253112wjc.128.1436841027215; Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:30:27 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from mail-wg0-x22d.google.com (mail-wg0-x22d.google.com. [2a00:1450:400c:c00::22d]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id he1si43339wib.34.2015.07.13.19.30.27 for <[email protected]> (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:30:27 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 2a00:1450:400c:c00::22d as permitted sender) client-ip=2a00:1450:400c:c00::22d; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 2a00:1450:400c:c00::22d as permitted sender) [email protected]; dkim=pass [email protected]; dmarc=pass (p=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Received: by mail-wg0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id x7so308609278wgj.2 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:30:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=SVhrs4QOS5pvXCcQmMKDJBhjVVcBOMUirxo6M72uG/w=; b=euIgUj6wa3HHwjWw1xXvoMWIk0xLj8gFpXZlgYAqdV+P+ogY/yG7BUoc18ZPvxa4zw JlCTkI8FXqVdlMr4yV2fiyct0xnIxVP93fcKDAq0o2hIn25ZOZHD+d7IEWtyMe4Cl0S/ oA4jYFbuLE+2+7lc+HujSn2bbDnB923JDpZcv5ySw7+BXXFQxnbVE5VDKBCS3ZrbAzgA xsgrzpZ1DDXIBRyZivAEspkZi7i2v1gNlO6qqdJ8kcG/aIQTrAUu6wtsxviNko26CruI E1HwE4UZ5lS1xudtUr31q7jBdvLNfWkbw7URh68DdrldpTT8FGRBqsrqJpXREmsyKgqn gcsw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.171.129 with SMTP id au1mr76578375wjc.115.1436841025131; Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:30:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.138.11 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:30:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 22:30:25 -0400 Message-ID: <CAOjG6zCKAk-5wcC-2MNXEn3kcjqAfxdjreNun3FBQAMw5urJ4Q@mail.gmail.com> Subject: DNC comms director job From: Amanda Crumley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0122f1a0e6d97b051acc9e67 --089e0122f1a0e6d97b051acc9e67 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 John, I hope you are doing well and I hate to email you out of the blue, but as you know, I'm up for the DNC comms job. One week ago I was told I had the support of the campaign, but now I hear that I am being torpedoed by two people. I think it is unfair and I'd really like to talk to you if possible. One of the people blowing me up doesn't surprise me one bit, but the other one certainly does since we've never worked together. And that person has requested a phone call with DWS, which I find highly unusual. I've been advised to step up my efforts to get the support of high level people on the campaign. DWS and I really hit it off and I believe she wants to hire me. I certainly would love to do the job -- and I know I would do a great job. Most importantly, I want to help Hillary. I've observed the DNC communications operation for a while and have very specific ideas for how to improve the situation there. I would relish the opportunity to get in there and help ramp it up to the level it needs to for 2016 and for the eventual nominee. Bottom line, I want to fight for this job and I also want to prevent having my name drug through the mud unnecessarily in Brooklyn.
The upside is an eye popping corporate trajectory. “In 2014, on any given day, Dixie had over a half-million dollar backlog,” Keber says. “We just could not manufacture enough. Three plus years later, we are no longer a commercial kitchen. We’re really an industrial manufacturing facility.” He will not share revenue figures. Data from Arcview Market Research provides some hard number insights. In the first quarter of 2014, more than 70 per cent of Colorado cannabis sales came from flower sales. That dropped to 56 per cent by the third quarter of last year. Sales of edibles in the state grew to $190 million (U.S.) in 2016, a 50-per-cent increase from the previous year. Arcview now includes Canada in its North American forecasts, projecting legal cannabis sales to reach $21.6 billion in 2021 from $6.9 billion today. And here’s the benefit to the public purse: Colorado’s Department of Revenue reports that all marijuana taxes, licences and fees totalled $22.9 million in April of this year, versus $13.1 million in April 2016. (The first $40 million collected in marijuana retail taxes will be transferred to public school capital construction.) For entrepreneurs like Keber, there’s a catch. U.S. regulations are evolving state by state but do not allow for interstate commerce. (Marijuana is illegal under federal U.S. law.) Nor can he export internationally his product line, from Dixie’s bath soak — “it provides more of a body buzz and is designed to alleviate stress and anxiety” — to its cinnamon synergy dew drops. “Canada represents a massive opportunity,” he says, not only in marketing to Canadian consumers, but in establishing a manufacturing distribution platform here to connect to international markets. “Now I don’t have to go build a facility in Colombia or Mexico or Uruguay. I can build one in Canada and ostensibly through federal treaties serve those consumers and/or patients.” “Ostensibly” is the operative word, but Keber is convinced that the evolution of the Canadian market is inevitable. “We believe unequivocally, or as I like to say, with delusional confidence, that your government understands the importance of including infused products.
Through our Bank of Canada, which has been publicly owned since 1938, the federal government has the power to borrow money in huge quantities essentially interest-free, and to make such funds available not only for its own use, but also for provincial and municipal expenditures. Such borrowing helped Canada to get out of the Great Depression, and to finance its participation in World War II. Continuance of this practice until 1974 played a key role in creating Canada’s post-war prosperity and in making possible its cherished social programs. As federal governments, which control the Bank of Canada, increasingly catered to the private commercial banks, this practice greatly declined. Governments at all levels throughout Canada increasingly had to resort to borrowing from the private banks and other private money-lenders, including foreign sources. Moreover, the Bank of Canada in the late 1970s began raising interest rates as its primary tool for fighting inflation, driving the economy into recession in the early 1980s and again in the early 1990s. These changes from the original mandate of the Bank of Canada, combined with tax reductions for the wealthy, rapidly increased the debts of governments at all levels, justifying major cuts to social programs. Following some recent federal government economic stimulus following the 2008 global financial meltdown, the austerity agenda is bringing ever more devastating cuts to our valued public services. In line with policies pursued through the Bank of Canada between 1938 and 1974, our federal government could revive the powers of the Bank of Canada to replace gradually interest-bearing debt carried by governments at all levels with interest-free debt, and could make available interest-free loans for new projects. This change in monetary policy, combined with changes in tax policy, would make available each year tens of billions of dollars urgently needed for actions, which can only be taken by governments, to protect our environment from such dire threats as climate change, to rebuild and to improve our public infrastructure, and to strengthen social programs meeting human needs—notably medical care. Through such interest-free loans for infrastructure, for example, our governments, instead of paying for interest that could double or triple their investment expenses, could be paying only for the principal, thus freeing tax income for other programs. Moreover, government-funded construction would create jobs, stimulate additional economic activity, and significantly increase tax receipts.
A new University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll released with one full day remaining in campaign 2016 shows Democrat Hillary Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump in the Granite State and Democrats leading in the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial contests. Democrats also lead in the two U.S. House races. The Granite State Poll, conducted from Nov. 3-6 among 707 likely voters, shows: -- In the presidential race for New Hampshire’s four electoral votes, Clinton leads Trump, 48 percent to 38 percent, with 6 percent for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, 1 percent for Green Party Jill Stein and 7 percent are undecided. When undecided voters are asked which way they are leaning, Clinton receives 49 percent, Trump 38 percent, Johnson 6 percent and Stein 1 percent, with 4 percent remaining undecided. -- In the U.S. Senate race, Gov. Maggie Hassan leads incumbent Sen. Kelly Ayotte, 48 percent to 43 percent, with 1 percent preferring someone else and 8 percent undecided. When undecided voters are asked which way they are leaning, Hassan leads 49 percent to 45 percent, with 1 percent preferring someone else and 4 percent remaining undecided. -- In the race for governor between two executive councilors, Colin Van Ostern leads Chris Sununu 45 percent to 35 percent, while 2 percent prefer someone else and 19 percent are undecided. Including leaners, Van Ostern leads 48 percent to 37 percent, with 2 percent preferring someone else and 13 percent remain undecided. For the full poll results, click here. The survey center said the polling sample includes 43 percent self-identified Democrats, 40 percent self-identified Republicans and 16 percent self-described independents. Registered independents made up 39 percent of the polling sample, while 31 percent of those polls were registered Democrats and 30 percent were registered Republicans. The survey center said the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points. According to the poll, 85 percent of likely voters have now definitely decided who they will vote for in the presidential race, 76 percent have made a final decision in Senate race, and 63 percent have made a final decision on who they will support for governor. The survey center also issued results of its polling in the two congressional districts.
Accordingly, we call on the US State and Justice Departments to: • urge Indonesia, and other countries as appropriate, to halt executions for nonviolent offenses, and other countries as appropriate; • investigate whether US intelligence or other assistance – as provided by the DEA's Jakarta Country Office, established in 2011 , and other US agencies – has contributed to the incarceration of defendants on Indonesia's death row or that of other countries; • condition US assistance and cooperation on an agreement that the recipient government will not impose the death penalty for nonviolent offenses in cases in which US resources may have aided in the capture or prosecution of a defendant, with appropriate safeguards and verification procedures by both the US and recipient government; and • establish procedures to ensure not only that US law enforcement and intelligence agencies consistently respect international human rights norms in their operations, but that US assistance provided to other countries' agencies also do not support or foster human rights violations. We acknowledge the complexity of factors that involved in international relations, and we recognize that Indonesia is a strategic US partner in the region. Nevertheless, the US has an obligation to take the moral high ground on this issue, by leveraging its considerable influence as a partner to encourage Indonesia and other countries to move away from draconian punishments and toward a more humane justice system. At a minimum the US should address the role that our international law enforcement presence may contribute to disproportionate and rights-abusing criminal justice policies abroad. − END – US & Global NGOs: A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing)
HEK-293T cells or oMSCs were harvested and dispersed in a sterile bioink, which was kept at 37 °C prior to printing. The bioink contained serum-free defined cell culture medium, ultra-low-gelling-temperature (ULGT) agarose, fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) protected dipeptide gelators48 and routinely, type I collagen (Methods). The bioink was also compatible with other extracellular matrix proteins, and alternatively could be supplemented with fibronectin and laminin. In typical experiments, the cell-laden bioink (5 μL) was loaded into the glass bioprinter nozzle (Fig. 1a and d), which was subsequently immersed in a sterile blend (35:65 v:v) of undecane and silicone oil AR20 containing diphytanoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPhPC, Methods). The oil mixture had been optimized to allow aqueous droplets to descend by gravity within the oil phase, and to prevent freezing during the temperature-induced (4 °C) gelation performed in the gel encapsulation process (Supplementary Fig. 2). A programmed piezo-actuated impulse was used to eject cell-containing droplets (volume = 1 nL) from the nozzle into the oil (Fig. 1d). As the droplets sank (Fig. 1a), they acquired a DPhPC monolayer8, which allowed the subsequent formation of droplet-droplet interface bilayers (DIBs)49. Bilayer formation (Fig. 1b) conserved the print resolution by initially confining cells to limited volumes within the growing structure. Because the constructs were assembled in oil, the droplets packed in a hexagonal array. By contrast, when droplets are printed in air they flatten and the print resolution is reduced in the horizontal plane39. The constructs could be printed with high concentrations of cells without significant coalescence or loss of structural fidelity, which was attributed to the incorporation of Fmoc-dipeptides and the omission of fetal bovine serum (FBS) from the bioink (Supplementary Figs 3–5). To stabilise the constructs during gel encapsulation and phase transfer, the bioink was supplemented with agarose (1.0 to 1.2 w/v %), allowing the printed pattern to be preserved within solidified hydrogel (Supplementary Fig. 6). The presence of Fmoc-dipeptides also aided pattern retention by increasing the interfacial adhesion between printed droplets, and thereby producing a more cohesive structure (Supplementary Fig. 7).
<TwistedGears>: Just. Give him sort of cancer that grows, nix it being its own -b entity Item #: SCP-2910 Object Class: Keter Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2910 is contained in Site-42 in a Safe-class humanoid containment cell, and is to be kept alive through standard protocols for comatose patients. SCP-2910 must be connected to the DESCARTES Model 1 Virtual Reality Simulator (VR) at all times. The VR should be monitored at all times by at least one Level 3 technician trained to operate it, and must be connected to both the Area-2910 main reactor and an automatic backup generator that will activate in the event of power failure. A backup VR is to be maintained in case the primary VR malfunctions. The VR has been programmed to automatically store save files to dedicated onsite and offsite servers once every 24 hours and load the oldest stored save file if SCP-2910-A dies in the VR (whether through suicide or natural causes). For more information, see the DESCARTES Operational Manual. Description: SCP-2910 is the former Dr. N█████, a 27-year old Junior Researcher in the Site-54 Mental Hazards Division (2910-A). Aside from muscular atrophy brought on by its placement in the VR, it is physically identical to a human male of the same age. SCP-2910 has been connected to the DESCARTES Model 1 Virtual Reality Simulator for an indefinite period of time. + About DESCARTES - DESCARTES is a prototype virtual reality (VR) machine based off of research into [REDACTED] that was being developed by the late Dr. Samsonite. When a user connects to DESCARTES, it generates a virtual reality with realistic physics and NPC interaction, and stimulates the user's brain to perceive the virtual reality as real life, from simulated birth till death, without memories of their actual life. At the same time, it can parse, extract, erase, and/or rewrite the user's memories based on modifiable parameters . Upon locating pertinent information, DESCARTES will then erase the user's memory of their virtual experience.
Hey, Feudalists!We have promised many times on different occasions that we were going to tweak and boost one of our original game features - the Formation System. We’ve decided that now is a good a time as any, especially since we plan to test the Battle System this weekend!In today’s devblog, we would like to talk about our new vision for the Formation System and explain some details for you guys.First of all, we’ve decided to increase (x1.5) the area that members of the unit must step into in order to be ‘considered’ entered into the formation. We did this in order to ease the usage of formations for less organized/drilled players. Some of the ideas for future development we have considered implementing are ‘Spread Out!’ and the ‘Stay Close!’ commands, which will increase or decrease the size of formation with a more tight formation providing a bigger boost to the members of the unit, but those are distant plans.Secondly, we’re shaping formation type and formation command bonuses in such a manner as to get them closer to the golden game design balancing standard - rock, paper, scissors.Formation types:Formation commands:Lastly, but more importantly than the previous aspects - we’ve increased the bonus from the amount of unit members that enter the formation. The more organized your unit is - the more unit members that are inside the formation - the bigger the bonuses each of them receive!We are looking forward to the closed beta testers being able to test both Battles and the updated Formation system during this weekend test. We encourage everyone to take a part in these tests since there will be NO consequences and no results will be saved.P.S. In order to get as many battles fought as possible there will only be 1 hour between the Battle Challenge and the battle start itself. During normal gameplay you will have to wait approx. 24 hours.— The team
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However, I keep e-learning courses bookmarked on my iPad, and I listen to my favorite podcasts on my iPhone. These are great when you are unexpectedly waiting (like the doctor’s office) or during your commute (podcasts and audio books). Talk to Someone You Are With – It seems these days that during a wait people immediately go to their phones. Yet, a few minutes here or there can be a great time to actually communicate with the person you are with. This is especially important when you are with your spouse or kids. A five-minute conversation could make their (and your) day.
CRUZ: So I’ll tell you what… TRUMP: Excuse me. Excuse me, there are wonderful things having to do with women’s health. CRUZ: You see, you and I… TRUMP: But not when it comes to abortion. CRUZ: Don, the reasoned principle matters. The reasoned principle matters, sadly was illustrated by the first questions today. The next president is going to appoint one, two, three, four Supreme Court justices. If Donald Trump is president, he will appoint liberals. If Donald Trump is president, your Second Amendment will gone… (CROSSTALK) [. . .] DICKERSON: Senator Cruz, 30 seconds on this one. CRUZ: I did not nominate John Roberts. I would not have nominated John Roberts. TRUMP: You pushed him. You pushed him. CRUZ: I supported… TRUMP: You worked with him and you pushed him. Why do you lie? CRUZ: You need to learn to not interrupt people. TRUMP: Why do you lie? CRUZ: Donald, adults learn… TRUMP: You pushed him. CRUZ: Adults learn not to interrupt people. TRUMP: Yeah, yeah, I know, you’re an adult. CRUZ: I did not nominate him. I would not have nominated him. I would’ve nominated my former boss Liberman, who was Justice Scalia’s first law clerk. And you know how I know that Donald’s Supreme Court justices will be liberals? Because his entire life, he support liberals from Jimmy Carter, to Hillary Clinton, to John Kerry. In 2004, he contributed to John Kerry. Nobody who cares about judges would contribute to John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid. DICKERSON: We’re going to switch… CRUZ: That’s what Donald Trump does.
Giving them the advantage of hand selecting the “very best” cuts and grades for our Costco members.Whether it is to be enjoyed with your family, or a party with friends and colleagues, one thing is for certain, everyone will be talking about the “one of a kind” steak you just prepared them and dreaming of when they will be able to experience it again.
MUMBAI: The prodigal returned and it appears the proverbial fatted calf was served up.Former McKinsey boss Rajat Gupta , the dashing square jawed globetrotting management consultant and Wall Street insider, freed after serving time in the US on insider trading charges , was back in India last week for what one of those who met him described as a “soul-searching mission.” He received a warm welcome from friends, many of whom had stood staunchly by him during his darkest hours.One of them, Analjit Singh of Max India , threw a private bash at his Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Road home in the capital on November 9, said people who were there.Those who attended were a select set of the rich and the powerful—Sunil Mittal, Atul ‘Mickey’ Punj, Anand Burman, who took time out of his daughter Anisha's wedding later that same week, CK Birla, Gupta’s former McKinsey colleague Pramath Sinha, former Citi banker turned private equity boss Sanjay Nayyar of KKR, Singh's senior most lieutanant at Max Group Rahul Khosla and marketing and brand consultant Suhel Seth.“We welcome Rajat wholeheartedly. I don’t know of another PIO (people of Indian origin) who has done more for India. Fairly or otherwise he has served his term. We have to move on in life. Forgive, forget and let things go,” Singh told ET.Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal said Gupta brought to bear his position as the head of a global consultancy to focus on pressing issues like public health and education in India.“He has served time for an offence which he continues to challenge in courts. I am sure Rajat will find a renewed purpose to use his skills. He drew strength from Bhagwad Gita through his difficult time which,I hope, will shape his future,” said Mittal.So over glasses of Pinot Noir and the finest 21 year old malts and finger foods that only the best of Delhi hospitality can offer, the conversation ranged from Modi's bold demonitisation moves and its impact of the upcoming elections and economy to the latest boardroom coup at the House of Tatas that has polarised India Inc, guests were over eager to know what the man who blazed the trail for other Indians who joined the small club of MNC CEOs, like Vikram Pandit of Citigroup and Indira Nooyi of PepsiCo, has in store next. "He has a lot of goodwill. He has done a lot for Indian business and ISB.
The expedient which was employed to elude the prudence of the laws, affords a sufficient proof how effectually they disappointed the mischievous designs of private malice or superstitious zeal. In a large and tumultuous assembly, the restraints of fear and shame, so forcible on the minds of individuals, are deprived of the greatest part of their influence. The pious Christian, as he was desirous to obtain, or to escape, the glory of martyrdom, expected, either with impatience or with terror, the stated returns of the public games and festivals. On those occasions the inhabitants of the great cities of the empire were collected in the circus or the theatre, where every circumstance of the place, as well as of the ceremony, contributed to kindle their devotion, and to extinguish their humanity. Whilst the numerous spectators, crowned with garlands, perfumed with incense, purified with the blood of victims, and surrounded with the altars and statues of their tutelar deities, resigned themselves to the enjoyment of pleasures, which they considered as an essential part of their religious worship, they recollected, that the Christians alone abhorred the gods of mankind, and by their absence and melancholy on these solemn festivals, seemed to insult or to lament the public felicity. If the empire had been afflicted by any recent calamity, by a plague, a famine, or an unsuccessful war; if the Tyber had, or if the Nile had not, risen beyond its banks; if the earth had shaken, or if the temperate order of the seasons had been interrupted, the superstitious Pagans were convinced that the crimes and the impiety of the Christians, who were spared by the excessive lenity of the government, had at length provoked the divine justice. It was not among a licentious and exasperated populace, that the forms of legal proceedings could be observed; it was not in an amphitheatre, stained with the blood of wild beasts and gladiators, that the voice of compassion could be heard. The impatient clamors of the multitude denounced the Christians as the enemies of gods and men, doomed them to the severest tortures, and venturing to accuse by name some of the most distinguished of the new sectaries, required with irresistible vehemence that they should be instantly apprehended and cast to the lions.
But the latter view, which was that of Origen and Chrysostom, has been strongly advocated by Pfleiderer, and T. K. Abbott (International Critical Comm. ).
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The space station known as Skylab was designed as an orbiting workshop for research on scientific matters, such as the effects of prolonged weightlessness on the human body. Because the project represented the next step toward wider space exploration, NASA threw itself into successfully putting Skylab in orbit. Unfortunately, the agency spent far less time and energy planning how to gracefully bring the space station back to Earth at the end of its mission. Even though Skylab was devised for just a nine-year lifespan, NASA failed to build in any control or navigation mechanisms to return the orbiter to terra firma. Doing so would have “cost too much,” administrator Robert Frosch said at the time. This lack of preparation presented a problem in late 1978, when NASA engineers discovered the station’s orbit was decaying rapidly. Skylab had become a 77-ton loose cannon. As word spread of the impending uncontrolled crash of the space station, Congress and the public demanded to know how NASA intended to avoid human casualties from the potential disaster. NASA responded with a plan to rehabilitate the laboratory-in-the-sky. The agency would use a new tool in development—the space shuttle—to boost Skylab into a higher orbit, thereby extending the lab’s operational life by about five years. After that, the station would simply continue to orbit as a shell, like the millions of tons of floating detritus now known as space junk. Funding and other snafus delayed the shuttle project, however, so NASA had to come up with a new plan. On July 11, 1979, with Skylab rapidly descending from orbit, engineers fired the station’s booster rockets, sending it into a tumble they hoped would bring it down in the Indian Ocean. They were close. While large chunks did go into the ocean, parts of the space station also littered populated areas of western Australia. Fortunately, no one was injured.
WEBVTT THAT WAS SET UP.EXHIBITORS AT A WEEKENDCONVENTION ARE IN AN UPROAR.AFTER THEY SAY THEY WEREHARASSED TO PAY A TAX ON FREESAMPLES THEY WERE GIVING AWAY.THIS HAPPENED AT ONE OF THEBIGGEST VAPING EXPOS IN THECOUNTRY WHICH WAS BEING HELD INNEW ORLEANS.SCOTT: THOSE EXHIBITORS SAYOFFICERS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OFREVENUE CAME IN DEMANDING THEYPAY STATE TAXES OR FACEPENALTIES.WDSU'S CASEY FERRAND IS LIVE ATTHE CONVENTION CENTER.CASEY, WHAT'S THE POSSIBLEFALLOUT FROM THIS?CASEY: THE STATE ASSOCIATION OFE-CIGARETTE RETAILERS SAY THEYWORKED FOR A YEAR TO GET THISEXPO TO COME TO THE CITY.THEY SAY ORGANIZERS ARETHREATENING NOT TO RETURNBECAUSE OF HOW EXHIBITORS WEREHANDLED BY STATE OFFICIALS.I WAS EMBARRASSED, I WAS VERYEMBARRASSED.CASEY: AFTER WORKING FOR MONTHSTO BRING A NATIONAL VAPINGEXHIBIT TO THE CONVENTIONCENTER HEATHER HUTTON WAS LEFT, APOLOGIZING TO VENDORS ANDEXHIBITORS, WHO SHE SAYS WERESTRONG ARMED BY THE LOUISIANADEPARTMENT OF REVENUE INTOPAYING AN EXCISE TAX ON FREESAMPLES OF PRODUCTS.FREE SAMPLES?HOW CAN I PAY YOU FOR SOMETHINGI'M GIVING TO SOMEBODY FOR FREE?I'M EXHIBITING A NEW PRODUCT IHAVE.I'M GIVING A BUSINESS OWNER MYPRODUCT SO THAT HOPEFULLYTHEY'LL CARRY IT.THEY WERE TRYING TO GENERATEBUSINESS RELATIONSHIPSTHROUGHOUT NEW ORLEANS.SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE REVENUECOMING INTO THE CITY.CASEY: ALTHOUGH THE CONVENTIONHAD BEEN BOOKED FOR MONTHS, INAUGUST THE STATE ADDED AN EXCISETAX ON CONSUMABLE VAPORPRODUCTS.LOCAL AND NATIONAL EXPOORGANIZERS TRIED CONTACTING THEDEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO DISCUSSHOW THE VAPOR TAX WOULD AFFECTTHE CONVENTION.THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUREMAIL, WE COULDN'T GET THEM ONTHE PHONE AND ALL OF A SUDDENTHEY SHOWED UP FRIDAY WITHPAPERS.CASEY: SOME EXHIBITORS WERE TOLDTO PAY $600 TO $1000 BY SUNDAYBASED ON THE AMOUNT OF SAMPLESTHEY'D GIVEN AWAY.ALTHOUGH STATE TAX FORMS SAYPAYMENTS ARE DUE BY THE 20TH OFEACH MONTH.THEY WERE LIKE, NO YOU HAVETO PAY TODAY, OR WE'RE GOING TOPUT A LIEN ON YOUR BUSINESS.CASEY: E-CIGARETTES ARE A $2.5BILLION A YEAR BUSINESS.HUTTON SAYS EXHIBITORS WEREWILLING TO PAY TAXES, BUT ADDSTHE WAY THEY WERE HANDLED WASOUT OF LINE.WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE PEOPLEFEEL WELCOME IN OUR CITY AND WELOOK TO OUR GOVERNMENT TO MAKESURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, AND FORA GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO COME INAND ALMOST BULLY OUR VENDORS ANDEXHIBITORS THAT WERE IN THERE,IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE.CASEY: SHE SAYS MANY OF THEEXHIBITORS AND EVEN THECONVENTION ORGANIZERS THREATENEDNOT TO COME BACK.THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEYWOULD HAVE RECEIVED FROM WHATTHEY GOT WOULD HAVE BEEN MINUTECOMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEYTHEY'RE GOING TO GET FROM THESECONVENTIONS COMING IN TOWN.CASEY: SENATOR JP MORRELL HASREACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OFREVENUE TO HELP RESOLVE THISISSUE.HE SAID IN A STATEMENT, "NEWORLEANS' ECONOMY DEPENDS ONMAINTAINING OUR REPUTATION AS APREMIER HOST CITY FOR LARGECONVENTIONS.IT IS UNFORTUNATE, ANDEMBARRASSING, TO APPROACHVENDORS ON A CONVENTION FLOORWHEN THIS MATTER COULD HAVE BEENHANDLED VIA PHONE OR MAIL PRIORTO OR AFTER THE CONVENTION IFCOLLECTION WAS WARRANTED.
(Johnny Vegas): a small-time cannabis dealer who has been dealing for a number of years from his flat in Salford which he used to share with his girlfriend Nicki but now shares with his new girlfriend Jenny. He deals only in the many varieties of marijuana and sees himself as 'providing a crucial service to the community". Moz rarely sets foot outside the front door of his bedsit and seems to have no concept of keeping the flat tidy. Ideally he'd like a peaceful and easy-going life but always seems to end up getting entangled in the problems and crimes going on around him. Moz is not intentionally nasty but is sometimes shown to be brash and insensitive. He usually shows a very sardonic manner and is sometimes dismissive of others but generally hospitable; he is often juvenile but shows signs of intelligence in his street smarts and the way he conducts his business. As the series progresses, his life becomes complicated. At the end of the first series and throughout the second he suffers from guilt over his role in Craig's murder. At the climax of series two he falls off the roof of his flat and breaks his leg. At the beginning of the third series his leg is in plaster and during the series Moz is plagued by born again Christian builders renovating his flat after a fire; he pretends to share their faith but this backfires when they persuade him to propose to Nicki. In the finale of the third series Moz is attacked by Alan (one of the builders) who has discovered Moz's real occupation. In series four Moz engages in an affair with long-term customer Jenny and finds himself caught in the middle of a gang war. In the first episode of series five Moz says that he has gone straight and given up dealing but not using drugs. He is arrested for supplying heroin and then attempts to skip bail and leave for Portugal. In series 6, Moz is still not dealing drugs. Moz gets caught up in Psycho Paul's organ trading business and gets kidnapped by the Chinese mafia. In series 7, Moz goes back to dealing and starts falling for Tilly. Nicki (Nicola Reynolds): Moz's girlfriend for the first four series. She and Moz have a love/hate relationship, with Nicki constantly nagging Moz about the state of the flat.
Fightin’ Words Cruz has never gone easy on his fellow Republicans. On the debt ceiling vote: "Today's vote is yet another example that establishment politicians from both parties are simply not listening to the American people. … Some members of Congress care so much about being praised by the Washington media that they're willing to mortgage our children's future.” —Feb. 12, 2014 On his threatening to filibuster Democratic gun legislation: “We’ve had probably five or six lunches with a bunch of Republican senators standing up and looking at Rand [Paul] and Mike [Lee] and me and yelling at us at the top of their lungs … ‘Look, why did you do this? As a result of what you did, when I go home, my constituents are yelling at me that I’ve got to stand on principle.’ … There are a lot of people that don’t like to be held accountable. … They said: ‘Listen, before you did this, the politics of it were great. The Dems were the bad guys. The Republicans were the good guys. Now we all look like a bunch of squishes.’ Well there is an alternative. You could just not be a bunch of squishes.” —April 26, 2013 On whether Mitch McConnell should continue to be Senate Minority Leader: “That is ultimately a decision … for the voters of Kentucky to make. … Each senator, each representative makes a decision about how he or she will vote, and when those votes are clear to their constituents, democracy works far better.” —Feb. 12, 2014 On colleagues who didn’t join his filibuster of Obamacare: “Senators should not be asleep when the nation is undergoing a nightmare.” —Sept. 24, 2013 On the Republican plan to defund Obamacare: “My observations right now that there are some Republicans that would like a symbolic vote and would like to lose so that they don’t have any risk of it actually being defunded, I promise you those comments are not getting me invited to any cocktail parties in Washington anytime soon. And that’s perfectly fine. I don’t particularly enjoy cocktail parties anyway.” —Sept. 24, 2013
BENGALURU: The state labour department has imposed a monthly penalty of Rs 50,000 for five years on a senior manager of a software company who is facing charges of sexual harassment . The department also directed the company not to promote him or give him any hike for the next three years.The additional labour commissioner, who is the appellate authority, has held the company responsible for the violation and asked it to pay monetary compensation to the woman.The complainant, a former employee of I P Infusion Software India Private Limited in Mahadevapura, had said she was sexually harassed by Bharat Chandrashekhar , senior manager (HR), while she was in service. She appealed to the labour department after the company’s internal complaints committee quashed her petition.The woman complained Chandrashekhar had commented on the colour of her nail polish and tried touching her fingers inappropriately. Once, referring to a job applicant, Chandrashekhar had allegedly said the person was interested in joining the company because he had seen the complainant and got attracted to her.In his December 27, 2016 order, T Srinivas, additional labour commissioner, directed the company to hold back Chandrashekhar’s annual salary increment and other monetary benefits for three years from January 1, 2017. He directed the company to deduct Rs 50,000 from Chandrasekhar’s salary every month for 60 months, and pay the same to the complainant.In case Chandrashekhar leaves the company, then the amount should be deducted from the money payable by the company to him and the same should be paid to her. And if the company fails to do so, then it has to pay the amount to the petitioner on its own, said the order, a copy of which is with TOI.Holding the company guilty of creating an atmosphere conducive for sexual harassment, the appellate authority ruled that under the provision of Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013, the company management has to pay her Rs 4,80,000 towards her monthly salary between September 2015 and December 2016.The complainant was drawing a monthly salary of Rs 30,000 when she was relieved of her duties in 2015.The woman had filed a petition before the company’s internal complaints committee, which dismissed her petition on July 23, 2015. She then moved the appellate authority on October 16, 2016.
When I originally saw the first footage for Marvel’s Ant-Man, I have to admit I wasn’t exactly hyped to see the film on opening night. I always thought that Paul Rudd was a perfect casting choice to bring the larger than life character to the big screen, but the first few trailers just didn’t grab my attention and it seemed like the movie was having trouble finding its tone. Was this going to be an all-out comedy, or balance things out with a healthy dose of action and drama à la last year’s Guardians of the Galaxy? Thankfully, the finished product turned out to be one of Marvel’s most entertaining and original films to date, wrapping up Phase 2 nicely. Ant-Man is available now on Digital HD and will be coming to Blu-ray on December 8.Paul Rudd knocks it out of the park in this immensely enjoyable action/comedy superhero film from Marvel Studios. Scott Lang (Rudd), a master thief with a heart of gold, teams up with Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) to stop a powerful weapon from getting into the hands of the malevolent Darren Cross (Corey Stoll), Pym’s former protege. Armed with the amazing shrinking and strength-boosting abilities of Pym’s Ant-Man suit, Lang aims to right the wrongs of his past and become a hero in the eyes of his daughter. If he can succeed, The Avengers might just have a spot open for him on their team.It’s obvious from the outset of the film why Paul Rudd was chosen for the role – he’s one of few very actors who could make a criminal charming, and his spot-on comedic timing and chemistry with Michael Pena provide some of Ant-Man’s most memorable moments. Evangeline Lilly plays the part of Pym’s estranged daughter Hope quite well, offering up a few moments of badassery as she teaches Scott how to fight and use his newfound abilities. Michael Douglas plays the part of Dr. Hank Pym beautifully – you could feel the character’s sense of despair and regret about the events that caused both Hope and Darren Cross to distance themselves from him. And Corey Stoll plays Darren Cross with an intensity that really sells the character’s descent into madness, as he stops at nothing to recreate the Ant-Man technology just to sell it on the black market. The character may be a bit one-dimensional, but Stoll makes Cross both memorable and intimidating.
Then I packed the systems in a nice-looking body, which I had come across at a local market. It cost me $4 dollars and turned out to be ideal for my cutter.For more detailed information and pictures, please, click here Now a few words about the MACH3 control software. Instead of going into details, I’ll just give you a brief outline on how to get the motors to spin in the right direction and cover the needed distance. Download and install Mach3.Select “Port and Pins” in the “Config” menu and check the needed port. Choose 25000Hz in the Kernel Speed section of the dialogue to get the cutter to work at a normal speed. Set the drivers to Micro-Stepping divider 1:8.Choose the “Motor Outputs” tab and check Axis X, Axis Y, and Axis Z to activate them. See the ports of the opto-isolator board, to which our drivers are connected, and type the numbers in the fields “Step” and “Dir” (direction). The “Step low active” option, if checked, regulates motor step with positive or negative pulses. The “Dir low active” option regulates spin direction.Limit switches that are mounted on the axes are there to indicate the reaching of the desktop's end. Thus they prevent damage to the mechanism. Once a switch is activated, the device will stop working.In this case, the Z axis is connected to Port 13, the Y axix – to Port 12, and the Z axis – to Port 11 of the opto-isolation board. The “E stop” button is connected to Port 15 and is activated in case of short-circuit.Please, note the following: even if you do connect all drivers and control pins properly, none of the engines will work without a launch command. Open the “Output signal” tab and check the “Enable” boxes. Specify a port number, to which the EN contact is connected. Although it is possible to connect all of them to one port, I connected all three divers to Ports 14,16,17.
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And you're right. But the way these guys train is something to behold. Awrestler does an exercise called, which involves doing full horizontal splits, then bending forward and touching your head to the floor. If you can't do it, the trainer will help you -- by putting all their weight on your back, usually tearing muscles and tendons in the process. You gonna whine now?A neutralized human body is not something you can sling around like a pro wrestler. Despite the name, a stiff is anything but -- it's heavy, limp, and not easy to carry. You need to practice, and since it's not exactly ethical to practice with a real human body, a standard issue sand bag will have to suffice.This exercise is as simple as it gets: Pick the bag up, walk somewhere, and put it back down. Repeat until you feel like the bag.So there you have it -- your four-step guide to a new you. Now, I'm not making any Charles Atlas promises here -- odds are that bullies will still kick sand on you at the beach. But with a few weeks of training, you'll be able to counter with a swift and appropriate response.
While Khawaja continues to peacefully resist by whatever means in his power, the Bahraini regime continues to suppress with brute force the pro-democracy movement he helped spearhead. Despite its criminal abuse of a prominent human rights champion in the Arab world, and despite the documented instances of killings, torture, and indefinite imprisonment of countless other Bahraini citizens, the U.S. government continues to support the Al-Khalifa regime in the face of its democratic uprising and refuses to publicly call for the release of Alkhawaja and other pro-democracy activists. While the U.S. has consistently proclaimed its intention to champion the cause of democratic uprisings in the Middle East and around the world, there continues to be a policy of “business as usual” in its dealings with a Bahraini government which has moved aggressively to crush a peaceful citizens movement calling for democracy and respect for human rights. Indeed, while the regime was wrapping up a campaign of torture and murder directed at democracy activists, the U.S. lawmakers pursued a decision to resume arms sales to Bahrain, pushing forward a $53 million dollar sale of weaponry and other equipment to the country. In the midst of loud denunciations of the atrocities of Bashar Assad in Syria and coming on the heels of a military campaign ostensibly fought to protect the democratic uprising in Libya, the decision to not just support but to continue arming the Bahraini regime is one that flies in the face of stated U.S. priorities in the region. While several American officials are reported to have promised Bahraini activists that they would privately lobby for the rights of Khawaja and others who are suffering the abuses of the regime, the U.S. government has steadfastly declined to offer a public condemnation of the documented crimes of its Gulf ally, nor will it openly call on them to release Alkhawaja or any of the other detainees whom Amnesty International has designated to be prisoners of conscience.
On that very-much-not-answerable list is one of the working stiff developer’s most important questions: “will my code still work if I change to a different version of yours?” Despite these limitations, we use versions. Widely. The simple reason is due to one of those pieces of the FLOSS worldview: I know there is a limit beyond which I cannot possibly grok all code I pull in. If we had to completely grok code before using or updating it, we’d never get anything done. Sure, it might be A Software Engineering Best Practice™, but enforcing it would grind the software industry to a halt. That’s a far greater risk than having some software not work some times because some people used versions wrong. There’s a less obvious reason we rely on versions, though: there is no mechanical alternative. That is, according to our current knowledge of how computation works, a generic tool (even language-specific) capable of figuring out whether or not combinations of code will work as intended cannot exist. Sure, you can write tests, but let’s not forget Dijkstra: “Empirical testing can only prove the presence of bugs, never their absence.” Someone better than me at math, computer science and type theory could probably explain this properly. But you’re stuck with me for now, so here’s my glib summary: type systems and design by contract can go a long way towards determining compatibility, but if the language is Turing complete, they will never be sufficient. At most, they can prove code is not incompatible. Try for more, and you’ll end up in a recursive descent through new edge cases that just keep on popping out. A friend once referred to such endeavors as playing Gödelian whack-a-mole. (Pro tip: don’t play. Gödel’s winning streak runs 85 years.) This is not (just) abstruse theory. It confirms the simple intuition that, in the “does my code work correctly with yours?” decision, humans must be involved. Machines can help, potentially quite a lot, by doing parts of the work and reporting results, but they can’t make a precise final decision. Which is exactly why versions need to exist, and why systems around them work the way they do: to help humans make these decisions. Versions’ sole raison d’etre is as a crude signaling system from code’s authors to its users. You can also think of them as a curation system.
In fact the studies by Thomas Thiemann which really kicked this whole thing off were based on equipment worth >100,1000 Euro, requiring extremely high bandwidths and very complicated methods to trigger the correct behaviour and accurately measure the signal processing on its own. Other techniques which are being used since are not conducted by Thomas (he is a freelance writer) or based on this equipment or technique, and may also be subject to other errors or inaccuracies based on our conversations with him since. It's very hard as a result to produce a technique which will measure just the signal processing on its own unfortunately. Many measurement techniques are also not explained and so it is important to try and get a picture from various sources if possible to make an informed judgement about a display overall. For our tests we will continue to use the SMTT tool to measure the overall "display lag". From there we can use our oscilloscope system to measure the response time across a wide range of grey to grey (G2G) transitions as recorded in our response time tests. Since SMTT will not include the full response time within its measurements, after speaking with Thomas further about the situation we will subtract half of the average G2G response time from the total display lag. This should allow us to give a good estimation of how much of the overall lag is attributable to the signal processing element on its own. Lag Classification
Barry Lyndon (1975) would prove a turning point in both his professional and private lives. His unrelenting demands of commitment and perfection of cast and crew had by now become legendary. Actors would be required to perform dozens of takes with no breaks. Filming a story in Ireland involving military, Kubrick received reports that the IRA had declared him a possible target. Production was promptly moved out of the country, and Kubrick's desire for privacy and security have resulted in him being considered a recluse ever since.Having turned down directing a sequel to The Exorcist (1973), Kubrick made his own horror film: The Shining (1980). Again, rumors circulated of demands made upon actors and crew. Stephen King (whose novel the film was based upon) reportedly didn't like Kubrick's adaptation (indeed, he would later write his own screenplay which was filmed as "The Shining" (1997) (mini). )Kubrick's subsequent work has been well spaced: it was seven years before Full Metal Jacket (1987) was released. By this time, Kubrick was married with children and had extensively remodeled his house. Seen by one critic as the dark side to the humanist story of Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987) continued Kubrick's legacy of solid critical acclaim, and profit at the box office.In the 1990s, Kubrick began an on-again/off-again collaboration with Brian Aldiss on a new science fiction film called "Artificial Intelligence (AI)", but progress was very slow, and was backgrounded until special effects technology was up to the standard the Kubrick wanted.Kubrick returned to his in-development projects, but encountered a number of problems: "Napoleon" was completely dead, and "Wartime Lies" (now called "The Aryan Papers") was abandoned when Steven Spielberg announced he would direct Schindler's List (1993), which covered much of the same material.While pre-production work on "AI" crawled along, Kubrick combined "Rhapsody" and "Blue Movie" and officially announced his next project as Eyes Wide Shut (1999), starring the then-married Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
Hopefully, this appeal will overturn this misguided sentence and prevent the CFAA from becoming an even worse law, thanks to the precedent set by this decision.
Nowadays, a huge portion of a game's budget resides in marketing, in fact, for some games, 200% of the budget will go into marketing while the game itself will cost anywhere between $10 and $20 million to actually design and produce.Another downside to development costs -- something that plagues more studios than many companies let on -- is project waste. Project waste is probably one of the biggest viruses spreading throughout the gaming industry right now. RealTime Worlds was a prime example of how to blow $100 million over the course of five years on a project likeand the game wasn't even finished by the time the studio exhausted all their funds. What's worse is that the game wasn't even running on brand new tech...it was all mostly licensed ware from third-party sources. It's a bit of a far-cry from high-quality indie titles likeandwhich have proven to be both fun and popular, as well as keep the budget under $100,000.With Double Fine Productions' upcoming adventure title, they now have a budget of over $1.5 million dollars thanks to the Kickstarter program. Schafer also says that there will be complete transparency on the development process so gamers know exactly where their dollars are going and there won't be any of that project waste that was mentioned above.What's funny is that while no big publisher was willing to back them, even though they only needed $400k to get the game made, the game community was more than willing to chip in for the effort. Hopefully Schafer and crew uses the money wisely to produce a fun, iconic game for today's generation of gaming.You can learn more about the upcoming point-and-click adventure title by paying a visit to the Official Double Fine Productions Website Blended From Around The Web Facebook
The next day, they attended a talk by Dr. Robert Zubrin, a scientist whose name has become synonymous with Mars. In 1996, Zubrin, an aeronautics engineer who spent years developing space-exploration technology for Lockheed Martin, published The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle The Red Planet and Why We Must, the first in a series of manifestos. Zubrin launched into his stump speech on the imperative to reach Mars. “Fish who ventured up on land evolved into much more than being fish,” he said. “Those who stayed behind are still stuck in the oceans! Doing their fish things the way they always have.” In short: We should go to Mars. We can go to Mars. What is lacking is our will. After the talk, Tina approached Zubrin and started asking him her “typical explorer questions”: How long is the journey? What does it take to prepare for this? How much is it going to cost?
At the recent Occupy debate on "Socially Useful Banking", Andy Haldane argued strongly for culture change in banking, and particularly in retail banking - the sort of banking that ordinary people rely on for their payments, their short-term savings and their loans. And he claimed that structural separation of retail banking from what are viewed as "higher-risk" activities such as investment banking and trading would end cross-contamination of culture and enable retail banking to return to its roots in relationship management and judgement based on local knowledge. He said that the ring-fencing of retail banking as proposed in the Vickers report on reform of banking may not be enough and full separation would be considered if necessary.The roots of his remarks lie in the prevalent belief that the changes in retail banking in the 1980s/90s were a consequence of the liberalisation of investment banking in the so-called " Big Bang " of 1986. He comments that:".....financial and human resources were diverted away from retail banking services and non-bank activities towards investment banking. At the same time, the culture and practices of investment banking infiltrated retail banking - a sales culture which culminated in harmful cross-selling and unlawful mis-selling. "I don't agree. I think the changes in retail banking arose from introduction of American marketing and retail sales techniques, and from technological change that enabled economies of scale in back-office processing. Investment banking had very little to do with it: by the time of Big Bang, retail was already a low-margin, cut-throat business in which the weaker players found it very hard to make significant profits. I would suggest, rather than investment banking draining retail, that the significant move towards investment banking throughout the 1980s was driven to a considerable extent by the poor returns in retail banking. Nor is it true to say that investment banking drained resources from retail: yes, the people working in retail were reduced in number and de-skilled, but there was enormous investment in IT at the same time. The change in retail banking was exactly the same as the change happening in retail shopping at the time - the crowding-out of small high street shops with huge out-of-town shopping malls: the replacement of personal service with glitzy product displays and sales staff paid on commission; investment in IT for highly efficient, low-cost manufacture and delivery of "products" using largely automated "production line" technology.I have reason for saying this.
We’ll get to that in a minute.Emling has been selling plenty of “townie” style e-bikes. Even though he has received some interest from people wanting to rent e-mountain bikes, he’s chosen not to go that route.“I didn’t want to be culpable for having renters riding those bikes where they aren’t allowed to,” says Emling. “Plus, if I am renting an electric full-suspension mountain bike to someone who doesn’t know what they are doing on a bike, then all of a sudden they can get themselves into a situation on the trail where they are in way over their heads. Or, if they are not conscious of how the bikes work and they don’t power them down on descents they could have a real safety issue with someone riding a trail much faster than they even intended to or are capable of. I get the resistance on the mountain bike side, at least within our community, but in terms of recreational around-town use, I don’t get the opposition.”You mean jacking up another rider’s rig because you disagree with his choice of bike is just a dick move?“I’d put it this way: Vandalizing someone else’s property in an attempt to make some kind of a statement is just bullsh*t to me. E-bikes are here. They don’t need to be vilified. We need to have a rational dialogue about how and where these things make sense on road and off road.”Emling's final sentence strikes me as singularly important, because the one thing the bike industry is not having is a rational and honest discussion about e-bikes, at least when it comes to e-bikes on singletrack trails. And thata problem.On one hand, we have a lot of companies bum-rushing the show to sell these things. The cycling market is flat and brands are desperate to keep their lights on. If that means selling e-bikes, then slap a motor on it and move it out the door. On the other side of the divide, we have a lot of people who are enraged that e-bikes might be coming to their trails soon. A lot of those people hate e-bikes because the bikes are “lame,” “cheating,” and/or just “not really mountain biking.”A big part of cycling, for me, has always been about pushing my limits.
Especially interesting also is the first footnote on p. 102 in which Menger points out that there had been fairly general agreement on this among the liberal economists of the first half of the nineteenth century, while during the second half of that century, through the influence of the (presumably German) lawyers, the economists were led erroneously to regard legal tender as an attribute of perfect money. 2 Ibid., p. 47. 1 Cf. Nussbaum [50], pp. 586–92. 2 In Austria after 1922 the name "Schumpeter” had become almost a curse word among ordinary people, referring to the principle that "krone is krone," because the economist J.A. Schumpeter, during his short tenure as minister of finance, had put his name to an order of council, merely spelling out what was undoubtedly valid law, namely that debts incurred in crowns when they had a higher value could be repaid in depreciated crowns, ultimately worth only a fifteen-thousandth part of their original value.
33:56 Russ Roberts: So, before we get to the--I just have to make an historical remark. Which, you can respond to if you like. Of course, many, many, many times in the past we've been told that this company or that is going to have too much power over us. It used to be IBM [International Business Machines]. They're not important any more. Used to be Microsoft. They're not important any more. It used to Apple, with iTunes: 'They're going to control the music market.' And Spotify crushed--seems to be crushing--them; I don't know if they really are, but to my eye, ear, and the rest of my life, Spotify is dominating my iTunes experiences. So, why is this going to be different? Why is it that, in the past, when companies got too big or too powerful, they were destroyed by upstarts? Is that not going to happen this time, do you think? Matt Stoller: Well, let's talk about IBM and Microsoft. And before that, I think you could point out a bunch of them: AT&T [American Telephone and Telegraph]. You know, IBM was a dominant market player really until the late 1960s and early 1970s. And it controlled--there was no software market. Because, you bought IBM hardware; IBM gave you software for free; and IBM pursued a range of tactics to prevent people to prevent people from actually using other companies' computers. And, what happened is, the Department of Justice, I guess it was the last day of the Lyndon Johnson Administration, filed an antitrust suit against them. It was actually, I think, the third antitrust suit: There was one in the 1930s; there was one in the 1950s; and then there was one in 1969-1982. And, that suit caused IBM--I mean, it was a crazy long suit [?] -- Russ Roberts: Yeah-- Matt Stoller: but it caused--but one of the things that it did was it made IBM act on its best behavior. So that IBM was worried. It was a very capable company, and they were able to crush rivals very quickly. But once the suit started, they got really worried that they were engaging in anti-competitive behavior. And so, one of the things that they did was they unbundled their hardware and their software. So, they said, 'You can buy the software separately.' And what this did, is it opened up the market for other software players to sell into IBM Machines.
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Initiatives include a program by Customs and Excise to set up mobile detection units to trap heroin shipments into Kabul and efforts to encourage the Afghan army to play a greater role in destroying crops. DFID has also allocated £20m to schemes to encourage the growth of kitchen gardening and poultry farming to replace poppy fields. According to the Russians, they blame NATO. Sergei Ivanov said Afghanistan was now producing nine times the quantity of drugs it did under the Taliban. "It is understandable that by allowing drug peddling in Afghanistan, the [Nato] alliance ensures loyalty of warlords on the ground and of some Afghan leaders". At the Bonn Conference shortly after the fall of the Taliban regime, the British were given the task of stopping the supply. Their approach favors the burning of poppy fields and destroying the drug labs. The U.S. supports "slash and burn" tactics, but Berlin has a different approach. The German Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), proposes that the cultivation of wheat, wine, fruit or spices could well replace the production of heroin as a source of making a living for Afghans. "We have spoken with farmers. Many would stop growing opium if they could survive by producing other products". WOW what a deal! Common sense would conclude that simply giving a replacement income to the entire population would be cheaper than the counterfeit war to stop opium. Despite, the savings from importing poison, Western Europe would recoup the costs of the social destruction from the drug culture. Nevertheless, that graceful solution would displace the profit and leverage that the unholy alliance for fine tuning dependent addicts and keeping the masses docile and helpless. The elementary truth is that governments have no desire to eliminate drug usage. Anyone remember the lessons of the Opium War? Another fine example of British global benevolence, that the Chinese are not inclined to forgive easily. This time the targets are the domestic depressed. With the rewards of the welfare state, existence is an obligatory queue in the dole line. The ancillary joy of life means you need to serve the pusher or the ecstasy is withheld. Once again the essential question: Where is the benefit for native citizens from an interventionist international foreign policy? The farmer Ali says: "We’re forced to plant opium", in order for his wife and eleven children to survive the long bitter winter of Afghanistan.
When a production moves to a location, it’s temporary. It may be inconvenient for the director, producers and actors to be out of the country for some number of months, but they are coming back home when they are done. And the next movie they’re on won’t ship out for some time. Also, production usually covers the costs of housing when they travel. So they’re not paying double-rent when they travel with the production. A lot of above-the-line talent is well… rich. They can handle it. In VFX, unless you are one of the lucky few to be working directly for the production company and moving with the production, you are working for a VFX vendor company. You only work on a movie during post- production. And when you are done, you either move directly onto another movie that’s entering post-production, or you are let go (and need to get on another one ASAP). When this was all done in LA and NY, it wasn’t a big deal. You had already decided to move to the mecca of filmmaking. New Yorkers used to whine (myself included) about getting too little feature film VFX work, but things were stable for a good VFX worker. They could work year round and make a good middle class life. They could possibly get married and have kids. And those kids could go to school and grow up. The hours were ridiculous and overtime often was rarely paid. But that’s a different gripe. I myself was expecting to enter the NY commercial VFX market upon finishing my master’s degree (MS). Instead, I was “noticed” and brought to LA to do feature film work. They paid my airfare and for a while they put me up in a local hotel. Things were different back then. It was still a premium market. I eventually decided to move to LA permanently and stick with that company for a bit. Essentially, I moved to Hollywood (LA) because I was good enough to make real movies and they’d have me there. But it was my choice. I always knew from day one, that TV and movies were primarily in LA and NY. Every film student knew that going into film-school.
Bangladeshi police are investigating a madrassa (or Islamic theological school) established by a British charity where a cache of weapons was uncovered. The BBC's Abdullah al-Muyid has been to visit the madrassa at the centre of the story. I saw the poster on the wall of the ferry I caught to Bhola: "So bombing and killing people is not allowed in Islam". It referred to a hadith - the stories of the words and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad handed down by word of mouth. It was an expression of the deep concern over the rise of militant activities and bombing incidents across Bangladesh. Recently the country's elite anti-terror force, the Rapid Action Battalion, uncovered a huge stash of firearms, ammunition and explosives at a madrassa. It is not new to find this type of thing in madrassas, but for the first time a UK link has been found. Green Crescent Madrassa was established by a British citizen of Bangladeshi origin and the organisation which provides funds for it is registered as a charity in the UK. Well-defended After driving more than 230km (143 miles) and crossing over three big rivers, my 12-hour journey came to an end. The arms cache was in a separate building to the students' quarters I had reached the village of Rumkeshob in the island district of Bhola. The village does not look different from any other in the country, but an unusual pink-coloured single-storied building in a well-defended complex has pushed this place into the media spotlight. The Green Crescent Madrassa complex is in the rear side of the village and a narrow zigzagging driveway connects it to the main road. The four hectare (10 acre) site is cut off from the village by a 2.4m (8 ft) wide canal full of water. The entrance has a small bridge with a gap negotiated by an iron sheet which acts as a drawbridge. Two policemen were guarding the main entrance and they rolled the bridge to let us in. A canal acts as a moat between the madrassa and the village There are eight rooms in the first building around a courtyard in the middle which is not visible from outside, and this has an extension as well. In one of the rooms the police allowed me to enter, I saw benches and a blackboard on the wall.
I don’t know why, but Dieselnoi seems to have just taken a liking to Sylvie. There is a lot to like, she’s personable and respectful, but this is just some 100 lb American woman fighting in a sport which in many ways defines Thai masculinity. She is a blip in the magnificent history of the sport – decades and decades of man-proving in what some feel is the most violent of the fighting arts. Maybe some of it is the incredible size disparity. Dieselnoi is a Giant. He not only stands uncommonly tall for a Thai at 6’2”, he has a huge personality that is rolling with incessant humor, sarcasm, bemusement, but also has eyes that incandesce, carbon under heat, when he is talking about Muay Thai and fighting. His idle is 100 mph. She is quiet. Serious. Small. She’s trained with him twice and he has just taken to her. Maybe some of it is that he is the King of Knees, the man who lifted Muay Khao fighting to undefeatable reaches and changed the sport, and here is this western lady who has put every drop of her life into one day doing the same. But whatever it is, Dieselnoi is surrounded in a loose circle of other Masters who have gathered for the ceremony, casually shooting the shit, and he sees Sylvie 30 meters away, and I’m looking right at his face and I see it brighten. I see it completely change. I can’t really ever forget this moment. This is one of those unguarded, completely innocent split seconds that just IS what it is. In a beautiful land which is filled with joyfully performed smiles, and the deep importance of paid respect, the artifice of loyalties (all very important and sincere things), there was this moment for me I won’t forget. I don’t care how many belts there are in the world, how high a pedestal one could stack oneself on, they aren’t equal to this moment, this sliver of an unformed second, the moment of recognition when you instantly respond.
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ABSTRACT The Suttas indicate physical conditions for success in meditation, and also acceptance of a not-Self tile-principle (primarily vinnana) which is (usually) dependent on the mortal physical body. In the Abhidhamma and commentaries, the physical acts on the mental through the senses and through the 'basis' for mind-organ and mind-consciousness, which came to be seen as the 'heart-basis'. Mind acts on the body through two 'intimations': fleeting modulations in the primary physical elements. Various forms of rupa are also said to originate dependent on citta and other types of rupa. Meditation makes possible the development of a 'mind-made body' and control over physical elements through psychic powers. The formless rebirths and the state of cessation are anomalous states of mind-without-body, or body-without-mind, with the latter presenting the problem of how mental phenomena can arise after being completely absent. Does this twin-category process pluralism avoid the problems of substance-dualism? The Interaction of Body and Mind in Spiritual Development In the discourses of the Buddha (Suttas), a number of passages indicate that the state of the body can have an impact on spiritual development. For example, it is said that the Buddha could only attain the meditative state of jhana once he had given up harsh asceticism and built himself up by taking sustaining food (M.I. 238ff.). Similarly, it is said that health and a good digestion are among qualities which enable a person to make speedy progress towards enlightenment (M.I. 95). The crucial spiritual quality of mindfulness (sati), moreover, is first developed with processes of the physical body as object. This enables mindfulness to be strengthened, before being applied to more illusive mental states. It is also clearly stated that the attainment of jhana, meditative trance, has a marked effect on the body. Of the first of the four jhanas, it is said that the meditator, "drenches, saturates, permeates, suffuses this very body with joy and happiness" (M.I. 276f.). On the third jhana, Buddhaghosa also refers to "the exceedingly superior rupa [matter] originated by that happiness associated with the group of mental states (nama-kaya)" (Vism. 163). Physical and mental/spiritual states are thus seen as constantly interacting; they are not two totally separate spheres. As Winston King says: at any given moment of experience, body-mind represents an intimate organic unity.
explained that the real reason they had gone after the Quaids so aggressively was that their investigation had turned up other instances where the couple had run out on hotel bills in California. They reportedly had unpaid charges at the Bel-Air in Beverly Hills ($17,000), the Biltmore in Montecito ($500), and San Francisco’s Nob Hill Hotel ($55,243). “This isn’t just a hotel trying to screw these guys,” the source said. “This is a behavior. It’s a pattern.” Evi insisted, meanwhile, that they had paid all the bills in full. All About Evi
Jeff Mills was raised in northern Ohio on grandma’s cooking and the free school lunch program. He tended bar to pay for college in Boston, then after graduating, took his knack for business to New York, where he became a successful restaurateur. The nation’s biggest restaurant scene—full of what he describes as unreliable employees and business partners—was ultimately not for him, though. He still wanted to do something food-related, but with more social value. Enter the nation’s capital. D.C. has some of the country’s worst rates of food insecurity, hunger, and child obesity. For years, DCPS failed to provide nutritious meals to more than 45,000 students. In 2008, faced with losses of up to $7 million per year, then-DCPS Chancellor Michelle Rhee outsourced the school food operation, based on an internal study that said it would improve student health and save taxpayer money. School districts are fueled by federal reimbursements for every meal they serve. The more meals served, the more reimbursements. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, roughly 87 percent of large school districts nationwide run food services in-house. Mills had his staff do a district-by-district analysis and found that about 95 percent of all large districts break even or do this at a profit each year, but not D.C. Here, 76 percent of students qualify for the federal program, but year after year, the city subsidizes millions in costs that exceed federal reimbursements. Chartwells won a $28 million contract for the 2008-2009 school year and guaranteed it would serve 13 million meals and cut costs. DCPS officials spotted problems with quality from the outset: Chartwells could not provide reliable information to schools that were waiting to feed students; the vendor was late in delivering meals or failed to deliver them; it delivered frozen food to schools with no appliances to freeze or heat the food; it served Slim Jims for lunch. By the end of the first year, Chartwells had served two million fewer meals than projected, and DCPS’ losses doubled, as Chartwells raked in an additional $1 million in administrative fees and $.85 per meal in management fees. In spite of first-year losses and performance lapses, Rhee renewed Chartwells for 2009-2010. Then, from more than 100 applicants, she chose Mills as director of food services to come in and improve food quality and cut costs. Mills hit the ground running with the same energy that propelled him from Ohio to Boston to New York.
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The 76-mile shipping channel was built about 40 years ago as a shortcut to New Orleans. For years, environmentalists and emergency planners have blasted the channel as a destructive force because it has eroded enormous tracts of wetlands and increased the threat of flooding. The Corps of Engineers has acknowledged that the channel contributed to the region's flooding, and the agency is coming up with a plan to plug it. Associated Press writer Michael Kunzelman contributed to this report.
Once users have a hold of a new artist’s token, it is in their financial interest to start marketing that artist. In summary, the existence of the artist’s tokens means two birds with one stone for PeerTracks. Not only does it allow artists to engage their fans but it also allows for talent discovery and genre specific quality playlists. In other words, the curation problem is solved.The final big problem which, if solved, could be a business in itself, is the royalty tracking and payment system. Right now, it’s a segmented part of the music industry and it’s extremely difficult for people involved in the making of a song to get paid their dues. The tracking is archaic and the payment has to go through multiple layers of business, each charging a fee. You have no accurate way to know if the numbers are true either, you have to trust everyone in the chain standing between you and your money. This article is a great read on the subject. We want the BitShares Music blockchain to be the public and transparent ledger that solves this issue. Blockchains are perfect for the job and we just happen to be building one out that focuses on that industry!
An AP Mid such as Morgana or Anivia allows you to set up assassinations or lock down champions while offering incredible teamfight power. At the same time, an AD Carry choice such as Corki or Graves offers burst power for when someone is caught by Skarner. The Support choice is incredibly flexible here though, with most support choices offering important CC or utility that can strengthen teamfight control or further lock down targets for assassination.However the CLG.eu composition diverged in one important aspect. In the OGN tournament, when this strategy was used to great success the top lane was an AP Champion. The reason is because the second AP champion gives you the power to blow up the Skarner target as fast as possible while a typical bruiser does not. The problem with a bruiser here is that they lack the heavy front-loaded damage that an AP Caster provides. Bruisers and AD Casters scale off AD, which affects both their spellstheir auto-attacks. In contrast, an AP Caster does not naturally gain greater auto-attack damage from building AP. This means that the damage on the spells of AD Casters must therefore be lower in order to compensate. Furthermore, their threat range is often restricted to melee range. Even if they have gap closers to get in on the target, they lack the range many AP Casters have (due to skills or auto-attacks). By needing to get in close before unloading their damage and spreading the damage over auto-attacks and skill, these melee champions have reduced immediate burst and can be kited which reduces their effectiveness.Just how important is this difference? At the time of writing, the double AP strategy with Skarner in the current season of the Korean OGN Championship Tournament has a 100% win rate (3 wins, 0 losses) and has a 75% win rate in all OGN Championships (6 wins, 2 losses).And what about with a bruiser such as Irelia or Lee Sin? A measly 25% win rate this season (2 wins, 6 losses) and a 33% win rate overall (4 wins, 8 losses).The double AP composition is very potent against an unprepared team because this team composition not only provides clear paths for snowballs to occurs, but also offers recovery routes if you get snowballed against.
Shape Created with Sketch. Mayor of London 2016 - the candidates at a glance Show all 7 left Created with Sketch. right Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. Mayor of London 2016 - the candidates at a glance 1/7 Sadiq Khan - Labour The MP for Tooting, Sadiq Khan says the mayoral election will be a 'referendum on the Tory housing crisis'. He has also pledged to freeze fares until 2020. Son of a bus driver, and doesn't let anyone forget it. His Conservative opponent has made claims about people who he has previously associated with - but attacks so far have failed to stick 2/7 Zac Goldsmith - Conservative The MP for Richmond, Zac Goldsmith is a longstanding campaigner against the expansion of Heathrow airport. Despite his environment credentials - he once edited The Ecologist magazine - the Tory candidate has said he would 'rip out' Boris Johnson's cycle lanes if they don't work. A very wealthy man, his campaign has been dogged by accusations of racism against Sadiq Khan 3/7 Sian Berry - Green Party A councillor in the London Borough of Camden, Sian Berry is campaigning on improving homes for renters, cleaning up London's air pollution, and flattening fare zones to help Londoners. She previously ran as the party's mayoral candidate in 2008. In 2012, the Green Party came in third place 4/7 Caroline Pidgeon - Liberal Democrat A Liberal Democrat London Assembly member for eight years, Caroline Pidgeon has a strong record on the Assembly's transport committee standing up for commuters and cyclists alike. She wants to set up a £2 billion housing investment fund and make all the capital's buses zero emission 5/7 Peter Whittle - UKIP UKIP hasn't fared so well in London in previous elections, but is hoping for a breakthrough this time. Peter Whittle has been UKIP's culture spokesperson for two years. He tends to focus on the impact of immigration on London's housing crisis 6/7 George Galloway - RESPECT George Galloway has made a habit of defying the odds and pulling off stunning victories when standing for Parliament. His campaign - based on the slogan 'a London for all' has so far failed to make headway in the polls - has his luck run out? 7/7 Sophie Walker - Women's Equality Party A journalist, Sophie Walker is campaigning for the little-known Women's Equality Party.

[3] Some accounts believe Léa passed away in 1982, but French film producer Claude Ventura claims to have discovered Léa living in a hospice center in France in 2000 while creating the film En Quête des Soeurs Papin (In Search of the Papin Sisters). The woman he claimed to be Léa had suffered a stroke which had rendered her partially paralyzed and unable to speak. This woman passed away in 2001. [4] Even though the sisters were deemed sane and fit to stand trial, the psychological community struggled and debated over a diagnosis for the two. After much consideration it was concluded that the sisters suffered from "Shared Paranoid Disorder", which is believed to occur when groups or pairs of people are isolated from the world, developing paranoia, and in which one partner dominates the other. This is especially true of Léa, whose meek personality was overshadowed by obstinate and dominant Christine. [citation needed] The case had a huge impact on the community and was debated furiously by the intelligentsia. Some people considered that the murders had been the result of "exploitation of the workers", considering that the maids worked fourteen-hour days, with only half a day off each week. Intellectuals even empathized with the sister's oppressive struggle of social classes. [citation needed]
The game at Las Cruces, N.M., will mark the farthest the Georgia Southern has traveled since Oregon State in 1999. The Eagles welcome to Paulson Stadium another former FCS foe in Idaho on October 11th.November begins with a home game at Paulson Stadium on November 1st against Troy, the first time the two programs will meet since 1995. Back-to-back away games on November 8th and 15th, at Texas State and Navy, respectively, lead into the final open week before the home finale vs. ULM on November 29th.Georgia Southern's non-conference slate, announced last year, includes the 2014 season opener at N.C. State on Saturday, August 30th, and home opener versus Savannah State a week later on September 6th. The Eagles remain in the state on September 13th, making the short trip to Atlanta to face Georgia Tech. A November 15th contest at Navy is the final out-of-league game which will be broadcast on either CBS or CBS SportsNetwork.Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics twit ter.com/GSAthletics , iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Eagle fans can follow Coach's twitter account @CoachWEFritz.Aug. 30 at N.C. State Raleigh, N.C. TBASept. 6 SAVANNAH STATE PAULSON STADIUM TBASept. 13 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. TBASept. 20 at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. TBASept. 27 APPALACHIAN STATE PAULSON STADIUM TBAOct. 4 at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. TBAOct. 11 IDAHO PAULSON STADIUM TBAOct. 18 Bye WeekOct. 25 at Georgia State Atlanta, Ga. TBANov. 1 TROY PAULSON STADIUM TBANov. 8 at Texas State San Marcos, Texas TBANov. 15 at Navy Annapolis, Md. CBS or CBSSNNov. 22 Bye WeekNov. 29 ULM PAULSON STADIUM TBA
Open in a separate window In the remainder of this paper, we will first show that gut dysbiosis, brought on by exposure to glyphosate, plays a crucial role in the development of celiac disease. Many CYP enzymes are impaired in association with celiac disease, and we show that glyphosate's known suppression of CYP enzyme activity in plants and animals plausibly explains this effect in humans. In Section 4, we describe the role of excess retinoic acid in celiac disease, and show how this ties also to reproductive problems. We link this to the known effects of glyphosate on retinoic acid, mediated by its suppression of CYP enzymes. Section 5 addresses cobalamin deficiency, a known pathology associated with celiac disease that leads to macrocytic anemia. We argue that this follows as a direct consequence of glyphosate's ability to chelate cobalt. Section 6 discusses in more depth the role of anemia in celiac disease, a consequence of both cobalamin and iron deficiency. Section 7 discusses molybdenum deficiency and its link to microcephaly, which is associated with celiac disease. Section 8 discusses the link between selenium deficiency and autoimmune thyroid disease. Section 9 discusses kidney disease in connection with celiac disease and glyphosate. Section 10 discusses various nutritional deficiencies associated with celiac disease, and shows how these can directly be explained by glyphosate. Section 11 discusses the link between celiac disease and certain rare cancers that have also been linked to glyphosate. Section 12 goes into an in-depth discussion of how glyphosate might promote autoantibodies to transglutaminase. Following a section which presents compelling evidence that glyphosate residues in wheat, sugar and other crops are likely increasing in recent decades, and a section discussing the increased risk to kidney failure in agricultural workers exposed to excess glyphosate occupationally, we close with a discussion section that summarizes our findings, and a conclusion which implores governments to pay more attention to the damaging consequences of the escalation in chemical warfare on weeds that characterizes current agricultural practices.
II. Bringing Criminal Prosecutions in the US There are several federal offenses that senior US officials, as well as other US personnel, can be charged with concerning the CIA’s use of “enhanced interrogation techniques.” The following sections discuss the main charges that should be considered. Not discussed here are possible charges against those alleged to have made false claims to federal officials or government bodies, or to have obstructed justice. Substance of Potential Charges The key charges are torture, conspiracy to torture, and conspiracy as a stand-alone crime. Assault, sexual abuse, war crimes and murder, as well as conspiracy to commit some of these crimes, are separate offenses that prosecutors can also pursue. [133] The level of culpability of those charged will vary widely depending on such factors as their involvement in authorizing and implementing or carrying out the program, whether their acts were authorized by the Justice Department, and whether mitigating circumstances apply. Charges could be brought for the actual completed offense or for attempting, or aiding and abetting, the offense. Torture and Conspiracy to Torture The US enacted what is referred to here as the Torture Statute to comply with its obligations under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Convention against Torture). [134] President Ronald Reagan had signed the Convention in 1988 and Congress enacted the Torture Statute in 1994 to comply with the Convention. Reagan said at the time the treaty was ratified that the US “will demonstrate unequivocally our desire to bring an end to the abhorrent practice of torture.” The Torture Statute provides criminal penalties for torture, conspiracy to commit torture, and attempts to commit torture occurring outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, regardless of the citizenship of the perpetrator or victim. [136] The Torture Statute defines torture as “an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering … upon another person within his custody or physical control.”[137] To prosecute the crime of conspiracy to torture, prosecutors would have to prove the elements of conspiracy, as well as conspiracy to commit the offense of torture under the Torture Statute.
An advantage of these workouts is their portability; you can do them just about anywhere, including at home – if you’re in a situation where you need to build some confidence and momentum before you head to an actual gym to train. -EC About the Author Sohee Lee graduated from Stanford University in June 2012 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Human Biology. She now trains clients in New York City, and in an online context. You can learn more on her website and Twitter. Note: References will be posted as the first comment below. Sign-up Today for our FREE Newsletter and receive a four-part video series on how to deadlift! Name Email
To utilize CPs & PFMEAs, it starts with the need from the market, that your company satisfies. This need will determine the price you can charge for your service – needs that are more essential (e.g. need for a home) will demand higher prices than non-essential needs (e.g. solving bad breath). The price is also determined by how many people can perform your service with more difficult services earning higher wages, and simpler tasks earning lower wages. Mature services (e.g. road maintenance) will also have lower prices as mature services translate to more people being able to perform that service. How removed the customer is from paying for the service is also an important determinant in attaining the true free market price. As a case study let me present the socialized form of medicine we have in Canada. Canadians just go into the emergency or doctor’s office, get checked out and assume it’s free. But there’s no care or worry on behalf of the service recipient that a fair cost was assessed to the service one receives – that’s why when Canadians say that we receive free healthcare, I want to scream out there’s NO such thing as free anything. We pay for it but the costs are hidden and this goes against one of my key beliefs, which is the more eyes on a problem the better the end solution. When costs are hidden or not communicated this is a symptom of an inefficient system. For the record, I think Canada has a great single payer model, one that should be emulated by the USA, however there’s still a lack of feedback to ensure that fair costs are assessed to services delivered. If the USA were to emulate single payer, some form of cost feedback would need to be instituted. By lack of a cost feedback I mean, why can’t I go to a web portal and see the cost breakdown for medical services offered by each provider in a community. This type of transparency could also be used by doctors to guide themselves on what type of future training to undertake, as they’d be able to clearly see what services get paid the most. This is a massive inefficiency in the Canadian system and one that we, as a collective nation, ignore.
Detections from IDP testing are managed by the AFL Medical Directors who oversee the medical management of players for the first two detections. This management includes input from the relevant club doctor and an external drug expert. A third detection will result in direct referral to the AFL General Counsel. A positive for illicit drugs in game day testing (managed by ASADA) results in an immediate referral to the AFL Tribunal for open hearing under the AFL Anti-Doping Code. AFL football, with the agreement and support of the entire AFL playing group, remains the only sport in Australia to publicly release its testing figures for illicit drugs. The NRL, ARU and Cricket Australia are the only other Australian sports which test for illicit substances outside of the competition period. The Anti-Doping Code, established in 1990, tests on match days under protocols established by the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA), and primarily targets performance-enhancing drugs. These tests are conducted by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA). Under the WADA Code, if a player tests positive for performance enhancing drugs on match day they face a ban of up to two years. The Illicit Drugs Policy, operational since 2005, is over and above the ASADA match day testing and tests out-of-competition for illicit drugs. It is a voluntary policy developed in conjunction with the AFL Players’ Association and is based on a medical model – one that focuses on education, counselling and treatment. The threefold aims of the AFL Illicit Drugs Policy are: To educate players about the serious dangers of using illicit drugs; To identify any player who has made the poor choice to use drugs and to direct them immediately into appropriate counselling and treatment programs; and To provide the necessary intervention and support to change the behaviour of those identified. Any player who does not respond to counselling and treatment programs – and who has failed a test for the third time – is subject to a financial sanction of $5000 and a suspension of up to 18 matches. A player suspended in such circumstances will continue to receive treatment and counselling to ensure the best chances of changing their behaviour. Under changes to the IDP introduced in 2013: A player is permitted to self-report illicit drug use only once during his AFL career;
Troy Elementary School 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Tunbridge Tunbridge Town Hall 8:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Underhill Town Hall 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Vergennes Fire Station 9:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Vernon Town Office Building – Downstairs 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Vershire Town Center Building 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Victory Victory Town Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Waitsfield Waitsfield Elementary School 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Walden Walden Town Clerk’s Office 10:00 AM 7:00 P.M. Wallingford Wallingford Town Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Waltham Waltham Town Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Wardsboro Town Office 9:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Warren Warren Elementary School 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Washington Washington Town Hall 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Waterbury Thatcher Brook Primary School 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Waterford Waterford Elementary School 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Waterville Waterville Town Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Weathersfield “Martin Memorial Hall 5259 Route 5 Ascutney” 8:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. “ Wells Town Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. West Fairlee Community Building (lower level) 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. West Haven Community Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. West Rutland Town Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. West Windsor Story Memorial Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Westfield Westfield Community Center 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Westford Westford School 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Westminster Westminster Institute 8:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Westmore Municipal Building 9:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Weston Weston Town Office 8:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Weybridge Town Clerk’s Office 8:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Wheelock Wheelock Town Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Whiting Town Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Whitingham Whitingham Municipal Center 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Williamstown Williamstown Middle High School 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Williston Armory 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Wilmington Twin Valley High School 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Windham Windham Town Office 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Windsor “Municipal Bldg Gym” 9:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. “ Winhall Winhall Town Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Winooski Winooski Senior Center 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Wolcott Town Office 8:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Woodford Town Offices 8:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Woodbury Woodbury Town Hall 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Woodstock Town Hall 7:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Worcester Town Hall 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M.
In addition to the suspicious circumstances surrounding the September 25, 2014, stop, the Court also notes that it found Officer Granados’s testimony to be evasive on several material issues. For example, while Officer Granados claimed that he and Officer Ibarra were merely conducting routine traffic enforcement on September 25, 2014, id. at 8, 58, the TAC unit to which he and Officer Ibarra belong is responsible for investigating major crimes in the El Paso area, id. at 29, 56, not “cruising around, checking to see if everybody [was obeying] the traffic laws.” Id. at 8. Moreover, while Officer Granados initially represented that he did not know who Defendant was until he saw the Texarkana Home listed on her insurance information, see id. at 13-14, he later testified on cross examination that narcotics detectives told him several days prior to the traffic stop that Defendant “was a target of a narcotics investigation.” Id. at 37. Thus, at bottom, Officer Granados’s testimony is that two TAC officers who were conducting routine “traffic enforcement” because they “didn’t have any cases that particular week,” id. at 58, randomly stopped a vehicle whose passenger happened to be the primary target of an EPPD narcotics investigation, and whose driver they were already familiar with because they had stopped her two or three times previously that same week, including “maybe two or three nights before” September 25, 2014. Id. at 30-33. In short, the Court is of the opinion that this testimony is disingenuous at best. And, although it is not illegal to conduct a pretextual traffic stop, see Whren, 517 U.S. at 813, Officer Granados’s lack of candor undermines the veracity of his testimony as a whole, including his representations that Adrienna was speeding and using her cell phone at the time of the stop.8 See Turner, 628 F.2d at 465.
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At the moment, young people need a paper as a ticket for the next step, and we should therefore give deserving, but unlucky, students another chance. One way would be to put more emphasis on open interviews (with presentation by the candidate and questions from the audience) and references. Not objective? No, but only false objectivity is offered by evaluating real people using unreal calculations with numbers of papers, citations, and journal impact factors. These calculations have not only demoralised and demotivated the scientific community [13], they have also redirected our research and vitiated its purpose [14].
The most recent iOS 9 beta added WiFi calling options for AT&T subscribers, but when the beta was released last week, the feature was not functional.As of today, some users in the MacRumors forums who are running iOS 9 noticed a different message when attempting to activate the feature, and just hours later, WiFi calling began working for a limited number of AT&T subscribers.When attempting to activate WiFi calling in the Settings app, users who have access to the feature are receiving a welcome screen, a disclaimer, and a notice that WiFi calling has been activated and should be available within a few minutes. During the setup period, users are required to enter an address that emergency services will visit as a caller's location cannot be determined from a WiFi call.Following a short waiting period, WiFi calling becomes ready for use with the "Wi-Fi calling on This iPhone" option toggled on. While a few of our readers have had success getting the WiFi calling feature working, several other users do not have access, suggesting AT&T may be testing the feature in a limited number of areas ahead of launch.WiFi calling was first introduced with iOS 8, and shortly after the feature debuted, AT&T announced plans to support it. The company has not made any further announcements, but it is likely an official launch will come after iOS 9 is released to the public in September. An AT&T employee who is also a MacRumors reader says that his store has not received word on an upcoming launch, so official word on further availability of WiFi calling may still be a few weeks off.WiFi calling is a feature that lets calls be placed over a wireless connection when cellular connectivity is poor. It is similar in function to Apple's own FaceTime audio feature, and has thus far been limited to T-Mobile and Sprint users.
The manufacture of a consensus for massive "crime prevention," and that means the extended use of medical drugs to influence behavior and the brain toward the goal of passivity and conformity---with the victims ENJOYING IT. (See Soma, the drug of choice in Huxley's Brave New World. )"Say something, see something" is only part of the picture. Creating a nation of snitches is certainly on the DHS's to-do list. But we are in the Century of the Brain. Researchers are eager to pawn off their discoveries for the development of technology that can literally limit behavior and thought. Behind the facade of "curing mental disorders," this is where brain research is heading. Free will and choice are considered flimsy outmoded notions that need to be cast aside, so the Brave New World can emerge. James Holmes becomes a classic case of a man whose brain needs "restructuring." The globalist technocrats want every inch they can win in the battle to convince the public that brain manipulation holds a promising future for the human race. Of course, their idea of the future is synaptic and neuronal control. Holmes is one more poster child for their chilling agenda.Brad Garrett, a former FBI profiler and now an analyst for ABC News, is one of the prime go-to experts who deliver pronouncements on mass murderers. Garrett supplies the public perception of these killers.Here are his off-the-shelf conclusions about James Holmes: "[Mass killers are] insecure, they start having, perhaps, dark thoughts that people are following them or that there are voices---auditory voices---that are directing them...some version of this happened to Mr. Holmes...the onset of whatever this chemical imbalance might be, it starts taking over, and he starts withdrawing..."It's a well-recognized fact that there are no chemical or biological tests to confirm a diagnosis of any so-called mental disorder. The whole hypothesis of "chemical imbalance" as the basis for mental disease is just that, a hypothesis. Nevertheless, Garrett promotes it as if it's accepted science, and he doubles down by suggesting that Holmes was hearing voices directing his actions.But psychiatric drugs (e.g., Ritalin, Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Haldol, etc. ), used to curb mental problems, instead actually CAUSE patients to experience paranoia and hallucinations and withdraw---and plan and commit violence. It's the drugs. Garrett is providing cover to explain Holmes' actions as mental illness, when in fact he knows nothing about what Holmes experienced or why.
So as said, it wont be fair to just say no you cant, the opportunity would be to merge with another corp you guys are friendly with or if not, merge as a group into dreddit [21:42:42] radwulfbrutal: I don't want you to missunderstand me, I'm not native English speaker so I rather prefer to explain properly again if you think i didnt explain myself [21:45:31] hannahpares: =i dont know what to say i belive we can do it and ive done it before [21:46:20] hannahpares: ive spoke to my guys and they dont want to split into another group, its taking in another group that caused this mess in sast [21:46:47] radwulfbrutal: i hope it didnt sound rude [21:47:22] hannahpares: i had been told that dran had issues with the corp size [21:48:48] hannahpares: Jason had allready spoke to drowi abut merging but the corp said no [21:49:57] radwulfbrutal: Yes, we quite often do corp audits. But last one was a while ago. Prolly to much. So we now are kind of monitoring corps continuously and it is preferred to have people aware of the situation. its not like… hey guys you don't have the standards you gotta go. Hard no. There is a corp size problem, it was before. Corps are a tight group of people who want to keep their identity at all cost.
You see where I'm going with this? The smart money already knows. Anon ([email protected]) yes... on sunday it was visible... Right but the difficulty adjustment wasn't live then so they couldn't go for the kill shot Now though? Throw that match and it's game over. Anon ([email protected]) I see... so what can we do to make it happen? Like I said we don't need to do a thing just wait for the match. (and don't be in the jet fuel) Anon ([email protected]) that nots fun... are we able to make a press release and write everything in a paper within few hours? i got translated it and lets send it to all bitcoin emails around the world.... lets be the match... this is the right PR... ☺ shrug Up to you on that front, but you know I don't like publicity so please not my name or anything. And there's always thepossibility I'm wrong and I'm missing something here. It's not guaranteed that I'm right Anon ([email protected]) I can have ** to send the news to all CEOs in ☺ that would be the match... they wills tart doubt and thats it... I just think I am and wanted to share it with you. Ok... well if you wanted to play it like that then you would want to be out of BTC and in ETH BCH basically maybe even trade either of those assets on margin and simultaneously short BTC into the dirt if you want to be really aggressive about it. Anon ([email protected]) I can back it by my name and ... the press release... you can stay hidden... Cool with me. Maybe just throw it at ** and see if he can find a flaw in it if he can't.. and you can't and I can't Anon ([email protected]) we still need some bitcoin specialist to back it... and we have an explanation for that billions in turnover from market yesterday it's probably right. Anon ([email protected]) like put omore names on our white paper... there's no bitcoin specialist I can think of who would want to touch that with a ten foot pole that probably doesn't already know I would bet that Roger Ver is on top of it. in fact I know he moved a ton of coins to exchanges recently. Anon ([email protected]) can we somehow ger proves about big bitcoin movements? to put that also to whitepaper? https://blockchain.info/tx/6ba0e3732c71b04a66a739a20f6a4bdbaa8588c6d34d0be0e1bdb2de0c46c376 https://vote.bitcoin.com/addresses/16cou7Ht6WjTzuFyDBnht9hmvXytg6XdVT https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html https://twitter.com/windsok/status/929626408753627136
Last March he left the White House for his simple duplex apartment on Massasoit Street, North ampton, where the rent is $36 a month; and although he is said to have made a hundred thousand dollars writing maga zine articles since March 4, he still uses a little second-story i8 SINCE YESTERDAY office with a desk, two chairs, and a bookcase filled with old law books. Life is quiet for him, these days, too quiet; he longs for the days that are done. ... In the day s news there is an echo of the oil scandal of the Administration which preceded Coolidge s: Harry F. Sinclair, serving a term in the District of Columbia jail for contempt of the Senate during the oil investigations, has been denied permission to leave the jail on errands as the jail physician s "pharma ceutical assistant." It has been said that coming events cast their shadows before. But if this is true, the shadows are not recognized as such. On September 3, 1929, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York State, who ran for the Governorship last year at the urgent invitation of his old friend Al Smith, is awaiting replies to a questionnaire which he has just sent out to mayors and village presidents throughout the State. The questionnaire asks them on what basis their communi ties buy electric power from private utilities or from municipal plants? and at what cost? This inquiry might seem prophetic, but to mortals denied the gift of prophecy it does not seem especially significant. The men who are pushing up the prices of public-utility stocks to Himalayan levels are not greatly disturbed. For anybody in Albany will tell you that Roosevelt is just collecting information which he thinks he needs in order to carry out Al Smith s power policy. If you follow the liberal weeklies carefully, you will see occasional caustic references to that autocratic reactionary, that stubborn member of the A F of L bureaucracy, the leader of the United Mine Workers, John L. Lewis. . . . Father Coughlin of Royal Oak, outside Detroit, is well known within the range of the single broadcasting station which transmits his sermons but almost unknown beyond them. ...
A senior BJP lawmaker from Gorakhpur, the home turf of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, got into an argument with a senior police officer of the area on Sunday afternoon, asking her not to cross her limits, which made the IPS officer, Charu Nigam break down.The incident happened when a group of women had blocked a road near the Koilhwa village alleging the complicity of the police and the administration in the sale of illicit liquor in the area.As the situation got tense, there was a scuffle between the women and the police present at the spot. The police says there was stone pelting from the crowd after which there was a lathi-charge - some women were injured.Immediately afterwards, Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, veteran BJP lawmaker from Gorakhpur and also a famous doctor reached the spot and picked up an argument with Ms Nigam, an IPS officer of the 2013 batch currently under training in Gorakhpur.In footage shot by journalists, Dr Agarwal repeatedly shouts at the officer, saying "Main aapse baat nahin kar raha hoon... mujhe tum kuch na batao. Chup raho tum! Bardasht ke bahar mat jao (I am not speaking to you. Don't tell me anything. You keep quiet. Don't cross your limits)". Mr Agarwal repeatedly wags his finger at the officer. "I am the officer in charge here. I know what I am doing," says the officer.A senior officer then arrives on the spot, while Ms Nigam takes a handkerchief and can be seen wiping her tears in footage shot on a mobile phone.The lawmaker has said he did not misbehave with the officer. "We are against the operation of liquor shops. People were peacefully protesting against the liquor shops, but the woman police officer forcibly removed the protesters and while doing so, she hit a woman and dragged an 80-year-old man. This simply cannot be tolerated," said Dr Agarwal. He also alleged that there was a tacit understanding between the police and the liquor mafia as a liquor shop closed 15 days back had suddenly started doing business again.
Local Councillor Bill Kilpatrick, who sits on the board of the community trust, says average household incomes of $42,000 make it tough to pay hydro bills that can hit $1,000 a month. “People here are making very hard choices between eating and paying the hydro,” he said. “Poverty is relatively hidden here. It’s down some back road where you don’t see it, whereas it’s far more visible in the big cities.” When the Star reached out to Hydro One about Mills’s predicament Tuesday, a spokeswoman said disconnection is “always a last resort,” but that the utility is willing to take a second look. “We’re very concerned about this customer,” said Nancy Clark. “It appears that her situation is especially difficult,” she said. “So we are going to take this opportunity to look at this account again, reach out to social services in the area ... and see if there is an arrangement that we can find.” A spokeswoman for Ontario’s energy ministry said the province offers energy tax credits, payment programs and monthly subsidies to help low-income residents pay arrears and make bills more affordable. “Ontario’s government is focused on ensuring that vulnerable customers have the resources to help avoid disconnection,” said Katrina Xavier. Kali has already helped Mills get a grant of $500 from the provincial Low-Income Energy Assistance Program to help pay her arrears. In the spring, Mills started receiving a $30 monthly energy credit on her bill through the Ontario Electricity Support Program, introduced in January. But the mother of five and grandmother of eight who visits the local food bank twice a month and has furnished her home with castoffs from the local dump, has been unable to get ahead of her hydro debt. “My consumption charges are only about $49 a month. But delivery charges are almost twice that amount. And they keep rising,” Mills said. Combined with her monthly debt repayment charge of $90 — which she says never seems to make a dent in the total amount she owes — Mills was forking out as much as $200 a month to keep her lights on and water running. About three months ago, when Hydro One hiked her monthly debt repayment charge to $450 and threatened her with disconnection, Mills says she gave up paying altogether. “It was going to cost me more than my mortgage,” she said. Kali says Mills’s reaction is common.
Single and multi player connected via the multiverse. Link: 0x10c.com What will be the price? No price decided yet. A solo mode should be avaible, and there will certainly be a monthly fee for playing on the multiverse (MMO fashion) since even when you will not be connected trajectory and your ship's computer will still be simulated. Link: 0x10c.com Whaaaaaaaat ? Monthly fee ? But, but, but, free 2 play is the futur dude ! f2p is a scam. Link: Twitter Why did you annonce the monthly fee so soon? :'( I would have prefered to stay in my dream of a everything-is-free-world :'( To get the bad news out as soon as possible. Link: Twitter Will there be an alpha cycle à la Minecraft? Yes. Link: Twitter What about the logo? The logo is rendered ingame by the current prototype engine. Link: Twitter Will it be possible to have your own servers in 0x10c or is it just one big server? I do not know yet! Link: Twitter Can we have build-your-own-ships? Yes Link: Twitter Can me and my buddies all crew up on one ship? Yes Link: Twitter Will the game be suitable for learning? I hope so. Link: Twitter Will there be different races in the game? If so, can they 'interact in an intimate manner'? ummm.. evolutionarily speaking, that's highly unlikely. Link: Twitter Thoughts on the engineering apsect as of yet? Repairs to hull, engines, etc. Will mechanical maintenance have a steep learning curve? I hope so. For gameplay reasons, I will make duct tape fix ANYTHING for a shorter period of time. Link: Twitter But what about planet gameplay? There will be planet gameplay. Link: Twitter Will #0x10c support Unicode? Yes, but the DCPU doesn't. Link: Twitter Can you elaborate on the whole free-to-play is a scam thingy? Yes, the scam is RIGHT THERE in the name. It's not free. Developers are making MORE money off "free to play". Link: Twitter What about death in the game? Dying in the game means you (and the ship) respawn. Quantum Immortality! You live on in a parallel universe that's exactly the same (other than you never dying). Links: Twitter, Twitter This 0x10c thingie, is it going to be as hardcore as say the X series? Not sure! Link: Twitter
A: The Sutra of the Questions of Brahma says: ‘Jala-vidya, the elder, spoke unto Brahma and said, Bodhisattvas by relinquishing all defilement’s (klesha) may be said to have fulfilled the Dana paramita, also known as ‘total relinquishment’; being beguiled by nothing, they may be said to have fulfilled the síla paramita, also known as, observing the precepts’; being hurt by nothing, they may be said to have fulfilled the kshanti paramita, also known as ‘exercising forbearance’; clinging to nothing, they may be said to have fulfilled the virya paramita, also known as ‘exercising zeal’; dwelling on nothing, they may be said to have fulfilled the Dhyana paramita, also known as ‘practicing Dhyana and samádhi’; speaking lightly of nothing, they may be said to have fulfilled the prajña paramita, also known as ‘exercising wisdom’. Together, they are named ’the six methods’. "’ Now I am going to speak about those six methods in a way which means precisely the same - the first entails relinquishment; the second, no arising (of perception, sensation, etc); the third, no thinking; the fourth, remaining apart from forms; the fifth, non-abiding (of the mind); and the sixth, no indulgence in light speech. We give different names to these six methods only for convenience in dealing with passing needs; for, when we come to the marvelous principle involved in them all, we find no differences at all. So you have only to understand that, by a single act of relinquishment, everything is relinquished; and that no arising means no arising of anything whatsoever. Those who have lost their way have no intuitive understanding of this; that is why they speak of the methods as though they differed from one another. Fools bogged down in a multiplicity of methods revolve endlessly from life span to life span. I exhort you students to practice the way of relinquishment and nothing else, for it brings to perfection not only the other five paramitas, but also myriads of dharmas (methods).
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This resulted in a significantly fasting clotting time and decreased the severity of hemophilia B, effectively producing a functional cure in the mice. When the livers of the mice were resected and allowed to regenerate, the new liver tissue was shown to also be able to produce functional factor IX. This suggests that the genome editing technique that was used was able to stably integrate the functional factor IX gene into the genome and that this functional gene was passed onto the regenerated liver tissue. The authors wrote, “[zinc finger nuclease] -driven gene correction can be achieved in vivo, raising the possibility of genome editing as a viable strategy for the treatment of genetic disease” and that “clinical translation of these results will require optimization of correction efficiency and a thorough analysis of off-target effects in the human genome”. Future research should focus on targeting the functional gene templates to the correct cell type, limiting the risk that zinc finger nucleases may splice wrong areas of the genome, and constructing suitable viral vectors that are able to carry and deliver the functional gene.
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If you want to configure a pre-built HP tower to use as a server, buy either the Elite 8000 CMT or DC7900 CMT with a Core 2 Quad. These give you a higher wattage PSU and room for more HDDs.This model is slightly different from the HP DC7900, the Elite 8000 model uses DDR3 ram and has 4 front USB 2.0 ports instead of 2. Other than that they share the exact same chipset, NIC, audio and graphics. Intel Q45 express chipset, Intel NIC, GMA X4500 HD graphics, integrated into the mainboard. The X4500 HD graphics will work with OS X but only at a 1024 x 768 resolution and with no acceleration, QE/CI.The onboard audio is Realtek ALC261. Unfortunately it is not supported by OS X but there are two very simple solutions that will be mentioned later on. TheCPU is still quite capable even though it is an older Core 2 Duo chip. Has many of the newer technologies that the Core I series chips have. In everyday use it feels almost as fast as some of the Haswell Core I3 chips that are 1-2 years old. Nice to have VT-x if you want to run a VM on this system.The E8400 has a low 65W TDP so the air cooling should be adequate to keep it cool during use. If you need more cores and lower clock speeds go with one of the Core 2 Quad models from Intel. (See the optional components section above. )The Elite 8000 will work well as a media center CustoMac and can even play iTunes DRM protected content ! Most of the newer CustoMac builds with Ivy Bridge or newer hardware cannot. Since many of these systems come with Windows 7 Home or Professional pre-installed you can set up a dual boot system if you prefer. For this build I'll only be installing OS X Mountain Lion. I know that the 5 versionsThe install of Mavericks requires the GraphicsEnabler=Yes boot flag for the GT 210/610. You would then select that option when running Multibeast to make it permanent. Other than that one difference, you can use the steps in the following guide for a Mavericks install. Use Multibeast for Mavericks, post install.Mountain Lion is the newest OS X version availablefrom Apple (in the U.S.) at the time of writing this.
The dictum ascribed to Moleschott: "Der Mensch ist, was er isst" (" Man is what he eats ") also belongs to this collection, as do many more aphorisms and opinions which I need not enumerate.
KEEPING CHEMICAL-PRODUCING GENES DOWN ON THE PHARM Beyond the isolating procedures now required by APHIS, there are other tools for limiting the spread of genes that produce toxic compounds into food and feed streams. One set of tools are called “bioconfinement” mechanisms, ways of altering an organism's biology to prevent the spread of alleles into populations for which they were unintended. Suggested methods for keeping alleles where you want them are increasing, including male sterility, triploidy, chloroplast transformation, constructs that sterilize the seeds produced by engineered plants (also known as “terminator”), and many more (compare with reviews by Gressel, 1999; Daniell, 2002). Although these techniques have great promise, each of them has its limitations. For example, male sterility will prevent pollen, but not seed, escape. Furthermore, to be effective, the techniques must not be “leaky.” I am not aware that any of them have been tested thoroughly enough to demonstrate their efficacy in a variety of environments. Another set of tools are markers that could be used for easy and unambiguous visual identification of seeds that bear compounds not intended for consumption. Such markers would make monitoring easy, especially compared with the test kits and PCR-based methods currently in use. Imagine corn seeds that are neatly striped or phosphorescent orange. APHIS does not require monitoring, but monitoring might be advisable for certain specific products and useful in determining the efficacy of the proposed new containment methods. Crop choice represents another tool. With its abundant pollen and seeds, corn seems a poor choice from a containment point of view. There are other food crops that might cause less concern. A potato (Solanum tuberosum) bouncing off a truck is less likely to establish on a roadside (and many potato varieties are both pollen and seed sterile). A sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) is less likely to hide in the pocket of an international traveler. Likewise, is it always necessary to use food crops to create specialty chemicals, especially if they would have health effects if consumed by accident? There are nonfood crops that are already grown for the production of specialty chemicals—castor bean (Ricinus communis), opium poppy, etc. Likewise, many nonfood crops have been genetically engineered— Arabidopsis, tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), Begonia semperflorens, belladonna (Atropa belladonna), petunia (Petunia hybrida), etc. What about insect larvae grown in vats or duckweed grown in a bioreactor?
III. RESULTS Table 2 displays population‐weighted results of the Cox proportional hazard model predicting marital dissolution. We present hazard ratios from bivariate models (with no controls) and multivariate models stratified by the gender of the respondent. An estimated hazard ratio higher (lower) than one indicates that a predictor is associated with a greater (lesser) hazard of divorce. In bivariate regressions, having no engagement ring and having wedding expenses below $1,000 are each associated with increases in the hazard of divorce, while spending $8,000 or more on an engagement ring is associated with a decrease in the hazard of divorce. This appears to be consistent with the relationship between wedding expenses and marriage duration posited by wedding industry advertising. However, the picture changes in multivariate regressions. Spending between $2,000 and $4,000 on an engagement ring is significantly associated with an increase in the hazard of divorce among the sample of men. Specifically, in the sample of men, spending between $2,000 and $4,000 on an engagement ring is associated with a 1.3 times greater hazard of divorce as compared with spending between $500 and $2,000. Furthermore, spending $1,000 or less on the wedding is significantly associated with a decrease in the hazard of divorce in the sample of all persons and in the sample of men, and spending $20,000 or more on the wedding is associated with an increase in the hazard of divorce in the sample of women. In particular, as compared with spending between $5,000 and $10,000 on the wedding, spending less than $1,000 is associated with half the hazard of divorce in the sample of men, and spending $20,000 or more is associated with 1.6 times the hazard of divorce in the sample of women. Table 3 displays population‐weighted results of the Cox proportional hazard model predicting marital dissolution for the recently married subsample. The table indicates that spending between $2,000 and $4,000 on an engagement ring is significantly associated with an increase in the hazard of divorce in the sample of all persons, while spending less than $500 is associated with an increase in the hazard of divorce in the sample of women. Moreover, spending $1,000 or less on the wedding is significantly associated with a decrease in the hazard of divorce in the sample of all persons, sample of men, and sample of women, while spending $20,000 or more was significantly associated with an increase in the hazard of divorce in the sample of women.
Smith JD The relationship between situational stress and phantom limb pain: cross-lagged correlational data from six month pain logs. All but one patient reported a perceived improvement in their phantom limb pain state relative to before treatment. This patient reported a stressful life situation during the study period, which he believed interfered with our treatment attempts. Situational stress is known to be strongly related with phantom limb pain,and therefore was potentially the cause of the poor improvement. Arguably, the treatment might have prevented the exacerbation of phantom limb pain during this period of stress. The patient requested to be treated again once his personal problems are resolved. The patient who secondly least benefited from the treatment reported no change in his sustained pain (numeric rating scale) but showed improvement in the pain rating index and the intrusion of phantom limb pain in the activities of daily living and sleep. The major benefit for this patient was the disappearance of flare-ups (short periods of high pain intensity), which allowed him to sleep better. Since the time spent in these high-intensity periods was minimal in comparison with the rest, little difference was captured by the weighted pain distribution and none by the numeric rating scale. The improvement was mostly recorded by the pain rating index because the flare-ups were of specific qualities, thus their contribution to the pain rating index disappeared along with their occurrence. This case highlights the importance of using different pain measures. All patients reported difficulties moving their phantom limb at the beginning of the trial, but were able to accomplish it after a few sessions, aside from this patient who continued reporting considerable difficulties to open and close his phantom hand.
There's many more technologies and tools around the map. So you can, you have like on Mapbox you have geocoding service or reverse geocoding service. So geocoding service is going to, it's an API, you request, it's going to convert an address as a string into a coordinate, so that you can then place any marker or whatever you want on the map And then you have some nice, well you have very important paradigm which is the routing. Mapbox provide you a routing API as well. And then, but if you want a proper routing API I would suggest to try graph router, which propose like different routing algorithm with restriction if you want to add restriction. And then you can as well draw on your map if you wanted to using Mapbox gl draw. There is no React adaptation of Mapbox gl draw, but if you want to jump on it there is an open issue on React Map gl. And yeah, that's pretty much it. If you want to check React Mobile Gl this is a github repository, and I've used the spectacle for the slides it's all on github as well if you want to check. - [Student] How long did it take you to construct such a wonderful application? - Like my new map? - [Student] Yeah. I did it as a side project so it took me I would say like, 15 hours. - [Student] Wow, that's pretty cool. Yeah that's quite quick. Most of the work was to normalise the data we get from the UNESCO. One of my friend did an API in rest it's nice long wait as well.
"We used to be able to help 20% to 25% of people who came to us, and now we can only help 7% to 8%." Even the commercial bankruptcy rate is soaring, driven by shrinking sales and tight credit markets. Last month, commercial filings hit 376 a day, up from 255 in May 2008. Hartmarx, which manufactures and markets apparel, and Silicon Graphics, a manufacturer of computer workstations and storage products, were among the filers. The wave of corporate bankruptcies will cause a secondary wave in consumer filings, says John Pottow, University of Michigan bankruptcy law professor. Bankruptcy filings are not climbing at the same rate in every state. Nevada, Michigan and California had the biggest per-capita increase in bankruptcy filings in May, according to AACER. "Nevada doesn't surprise me," Pottow says. "It is ground zero of the housing crisis." And California also has suffered from the boom and bust of the housing market. By contrast, Michigan is dealing with the collapse of the auto industry. The recent bankruptcy filings of Chrysler and General Motors, along with plant closings and job losses, will spark even more consumer bankruptcy filings, Pottow says. Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. Read more
In return for our people’s demands, we will cease to attack all occupation forces withdrawing to the south and beyond the border post of Safwan. Without these straightforward moves on your part, we regret to inform you that the resistance of the people of Iraq will continue until that last boot of US/British/Persian occupation is thrown across the borders of our country. If you choose change as you claim, then you must have reached the conclusion that to continue dealing with the same people your predecessor appointed to fulfill his dirty work, will fail to deliver positive results for both our people. It is not the thieves of the green zone who brought the defeat of your military. You must search further for the honest Iraqis and from the ranks of our people and not those of your collaborators to achieve a just solution. You can also recognize the right for the Iraqi people to resist and publicly ask for our advice and representation. The Iraqi people intend to be masters of their own house as they always have, and by following the plan you have declared, you have not yet fully understood Iraq well. There are those who will claim, that a quick withdrawal from Iraq will cause civil war, and that is a possibility, but we would also like to clarify that the forces of the puppet government which has been equipped to defeat the resistance will not stand ground, nor will they block our efforts to liberate our cities one by one if we had to, and all the efforts of your collaborators to move to the north and south of the country and create their own federal states have been studied well for their weaknesses and will be crushed within a short period. This is a more realistic scenario. True there will be still the Persian occupation which will offer it’s militias support, but we know that the US cannot leave the oil rich south to be occupied by Iran, and they would rather see it fall in our hands instead. As it would be giving too much to a close yet not so trust worthy ally, and would deprive your military necessary funds that would support long-term military presence necessary in Iraq and throughout the region. Funds that some in your government think they can still rely on.
Comfort 4.5 Surly Steamroller Bombproof after 7 Years I have owned four single-speed bikes. From steel to aluminum; from bare and light to heavy with bags and lights and a bag. Some with light titanium seats but the rest with heavy durable leather B17 saddles from Brooks. This Surly Steamroller is a 2010 and she now has a Sturmey Archer S3X internal hub 3-speed. I have heavy Marathon Plus tires and nothing was chosen for weight-savings. Weight: This bike is made of 100% 4130 CroMoly steel. Tough but also heavy. The main triangle is double-butted. TIG-welded. ED Coated. Bombproof but this bike isn’t carbon fiber, aluminum, or titanium. It’ll end up being 22+ lbs. Durability: the combination of 4130 CroMoly steel and DA22 Alex rims with 700cx28 Schwalbe Marathon Plus bike tires and a B17 Brooks saddle means this is one durable bike. Strength: Very few moving parts. No derailleurs with lots of gears. No suspension, etc. Fewer points of failure. Reliability: Every since I sorted out the quirks of the internal 3-speed hub, the bike’s been super reliable. All the marketing about the Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires never going flat has been true over the last 7 years of ownership. Curb Appeal: She came to me lacquered shiny black. So, if you like classic steel bikes, she’s a beauty. If you like full-suspended supermodern, then this is not the bike for you. Looks mildly old-timey, which is why I love it. I say that I took a flash track bike and made her into a 3-speed English School Bike/Dutch Bike over the course of 7-years — a conversion which will be complete when I add the dynamo and the on all the time lighting. Security: There’s not much to steal as long as you secure the frame. Everything’s screwed down and bolted on. There’s no quick release anything. Use a U-lock or two every time and it’ll stay around at least 7 years (based on me). Comfort: She’s a hard tail steel bike. She’ll beat you up if you let her. Stay light on the saddle or get a softer saddle or just learn to rider better. On a hard tail bike like this, your body is your suspension. I run my tires with a high PSI and I check the tires every time before I ride. So, I prefer the lower rolling-resistance to comfort.
Quadrate The quadrate is complete on both sides, but the right quadrate is slightly displaced ventrally and both quadrates are slightly displaced laterally. The quadrate forms the caudal margins of the infratemporal fenestra and the skull (Figs. 7 and 13). The dorsal condyle of the quadrate articulates with the squamosal cotyle, as is typical of hadrosaurids. Dorsal to its contact with the jugal, the quadrate is slightly concave caudally and is inclined caudodorsally at 30° relative to vertical. The ventral third of the quadrate is straight. The surface for articulation with the caudal process of the jugal is rostrally bifurcated, resulting in an S-shaped sutural surface (Fig. 7); the dorsal half of the quadrate tapers along the infratemporal fenestra towards this articulation. The dorsal condyle of the quadrate is triangular (with a rounded and medially directed apex) in dorsal view, whereas it is rounded in lateral view. The ventral end is rounded in lateral view and trapezoidal with a saddle-shaped articular surface in ventral view. The ventral condyle of the quadrate is 21.4 mm wide and 18.2 mm long on its lateral edge and 8.7 mm long on its medial edge, respectively. In caudal view, the quadrate is straight but slightly bowed medially (Figs. 8F and 8G). The quadrate articulates with the pterygoid wing rostromedially along a V-shaped suture, extending from the quadratojugal to the dorsal margin of the infratemporal fenestra (Fig. 10). The pterygoid flange of the quadrate is only partially preserved, forming a plate-like and slightly concave (in medial view) region of bone (Fig. 10). At its ventral third, the caudal edge of the quadrate is flattened; dorsally, the element’s caudal edge tapers to a rounded ridge. The quadrate in RAM 14000 is more gracile than seen in adult Parasaurolophus (Figs. 14G and 14H). Figure 14: Ontogenetic changes in selected cranial elements of Parasaurolophus. P. walkeri (ROM 768). All elements are in left lateral view. (A) and (B) postorbital; (C) and (D) jugal; (E) and (F) lower jaw; (G) and (H) quadrate. The jugal in (C) is a composite of the bone preserved on the left side and the impressions of the sutural regions on the right side. Parasaurolophus walkeri elements are redrawn and modified after Juvenile elements (A, C, E, G) are from RAM 14000; adult elements (B, D, F, H) are from the holotype of(ROM 768). All elements are in left lateral view.
Hacked emails show that the Kremlin directs and funds the ostensibly independent republics in eastern Ukraine and runs military operations there. In late 2016, Ukrainian hacker groups released emails purportedly taken from the office of Kremlin official Vladislav Surkov, who oversees Ukraine policy for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Surkov leaks confirm what many have long suspected: the Kremlin has orchestrated and funded the supposedly independent governments in the Donbas, and seeks to disrupt internal Ukrainian politics, making the task of rebuilding modern Ukraine impossible. Russia has consistently denied accusations from Kyiv and the West that it is providing the separatists with troops, weapons, and other material support or meddling in Ukrainian affairs. The emails from Surkov’s office betray the official Kremlin line, revealing the extent of Russian involvement in the seizure of Ukrainian territory, the creation of puppet “people’s republics,” and the funding to ensure their survival.There have been three tranches of information from Surkov’s account: a PDF document detailing plans to destabilize Ukraine, a dump of 2,337 emails, and a final dump of 1,000 emails. While the plot to destabilize Ukraine with its detailed plan to use energy tariffs to foment revolution has garnered attention , its veracity is disputed. The trove of 2,337 emails, released by the group called "Ukrainian Cyber Alliance," including the hacker group Cyber Hunta and research collective InformNapalm , covers the period from September 2013 to November 2014, when Russia illegally annexed Crimea and deployed separatist proxies in eastern Ukraine to start a war. The final dump dates from September 2014 to September 2016. We have analyzed the overlooked second and third troves. Here’s what we found.On May 16, 2014, a little-known Russian “political consultant” named Aleksandr Borodai was elected prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. At the time, many noted that Borodai was a friend and former employee of Russian billionaire Konstantin Malofeyev, the founder of Marshall Capital and, according to a separate set of leaked documents , a funder to far-right political organizations in Europe. While Malofeyev denied all connections to Borodai (“You can find a link between me and almost any Orthodox activist. But that doesn’t mean I’m paying them a salary or that we’re in the same business.”), the Surkov leaks show otherwise. Three days before the announcement of the government of the Donetsk People’s Republic, an employee from Malofeyev’s Marshall Capital emailed Surkov’s office a list of candidates for the separatist republic’s government.
Dost Muhammad Khan had realized that due to the internal intrigues and strife , he could not present a unified and well-knit force against the Sikhs and that without British aid, he was not in a position to recover his lost territory east of Khyber. Accordingly, he wrote to Auckland , the Governor General of India , for help against the Sikhs. The latter advised him reconciliation with Ranjit Singh and suggested commercial dealings with the British India. Lord Auckland's reply disappointed the Amir who approached Russians for help to defend his eastern frontiers. At the same time, he severed his relations with the Government of India. [Reference: History of the Pathans" , Vol-I, by Haroon Rashid, pp-203-205]
SPACE - CONTINUOUS 26J The Kelvin BANKS as it FIRES WILDLY -- another TORPEDO BLASTING FROM THE NARADA -- it SEPARATES -- some miss, OTHERS HIT! 26K INT. U.S.S. KELVIN - BRIDGE 26K Debris FLIES TROUGH THE CEILING, SLAMMING INTO A BRIDGE SUPPORT BEAM! Green COOLANT SPEWS from under the floor grating -- GEORGE KIRK I'm initiating General Order 13! Set self-destruct for maximum matter- antimatter yield! Two minute countdown! OFFICER PITTS Yessir! GEORGE KIRK I want auto-pilot targeted for their fuel cells! TACTICAL OFFICER Sir, unable to locate the ship's power source! GEORGE KIRK Then just target the damn thing dead center! HELMSMAN We got bigger problems: the first hit destroyed auto-pilot! (MORE) 13 26K CONTINUED: 26K HELMSMAN (CONT'D) The only way we're gonna ram that ship is to fly manual control! TIGHT ON GEORGE as this lands. More honorable than terrified: GEORGE KIRK -- then I'll do it myself -- get to the shuttles, now! (no one moves until:) THAT'S AN ORDER! GO! Agony in the faces as they reluctantly hurry off -- Kirk takes the Captain's chair, hits the COMLINK: GEORGE KIRK (CONT'D) All decks, this is the Captain speaking -- evacuate the ship immediately, get to your designated shuttle crafts -- 26L INT. U.S.S. KELVIN - MEDICAL BAY - CONTINUOUS 26L MOVE FAST around Winona, in fucking labor now -- being transferred onto a wheelchair by the Doctor and Nurse-- GEORGE KIRK (V.O.) WINONA -- repeat: evacuate ship and get to designated shuttles -- that's George's voice -- NOW! what's happening? NURSE We're packing it up -- you'll deliver in the shuttle! -- and she's on the move, out the door as her COMMUNICATOR SOUNDS -- she answers -- WINONA -- George! 26M INT. U.S.S. KELVIN - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS 26M Alone now on the bridge, piloting this massive craft by himself - - George talks to Winona from the Captain's chair -- GEORGE KIRK I have medical shuttle 37 standing by, get to it now -- can you do that? WINONA Yes -- where are you? HOLD ON GEORGE for a moment as he hesitates -- his eyes glued to the screens as he pilots -- 14 26M CONTINUED: 26M GEORGE KIRK I'm on my way. WINONA Good-- and George, it's coming-- our baby, it's coming now.
We lit a cigarette and tossed it into the pan. The cigarette paper wicked up gasoline and quenched the glowing tip without igniting anything (see Figure 4). We tossed in more lit cigarettes. We tried lighting gasoline soaked paper towels. We used long tongs for reaching far away objects to hold glowing cigarettes over the pan at various heights. More than once we placed several glowing cigarettes in the pan (see Figure 5). Our record was 40 glowing cigarettes at one time. In most cases, we allowed the glowing cigarettes to smolder until they went out. Various experiments were conducted at different times of the day with different air temperatures and humidity. A total of 223 cigarettes of 11 different types were eventually used all without ever igniting the gasoline. Yet, at the end of each experimental session the gasoline was successfully lit using a single match attached to a long pole (see figures 6 and 7). The gasoline would typically ignite just before the match touched it. This indicated that there was an ignitable mixture above the surface of the gasoline. Numerous lit cigarettes were in this region for significant periods of time. We knew that puffing a cigarette would increase the tip's temperature substantially and would help mix vapor and air together. We became convinced that puffing a cigarette over the gasoline would cause it to ignite. To test it, we built a simple smoking apparatus which could draw air through the cigarette or push it backwards out the tip. We tested the apparatus repeatedly in both modes without getting ignition. During a test a cigarette was consumed rapidly and glowed brightly. Often sparks shot or fell off the cigarette. They were smoked at various levels above the gasoline to insure that at least part of the time they were in a region with an ignitable mixture. Surprisingly, even when a cigarette was puffed it didn't ignite the gasoline. As mentioned earlier, we stand firm that under the right circumstances cigarettes can ignite gasoline, however, tossing a lit cigarette into a puddle of gasoline, as is done in many movies, is not a reliable way to do it. If you want additional information about the reason why cigarettes are not a reliable ignition source please check out our book. Experiments described above were conducted in a safety conscious manner under the supervision of a qualified professional with years of experience in handling dangerous materials.
MUMBAI: From the outside, the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay has always seemed like an unevenly divided campus—a whole lot of boys with just a smattering of girls. Now there's a third story.In what is probably a first for an Indian educational institute, IIT-B has set up a support group, Saathi , for those of its students who belong to a sexual minority—lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer—to help them accept their sexuality and shed their 'straight' masks if they want to.Saathi is a positive space not only for LGBTQs but also for those still unsure of their sexuality. "We believe the first step towards understanding and accepting homosexuality is breaking the veil of silence," said a note on Saathi. "Getting people to talk about the issue is key. We thus have also invited allies to join—people who're not necessarily LGBTQ , but would nevertheless like to help create a healthy, supportive atmosphere on campus," said a note on Saathi's formation.LGBTQ students on campus said they lived in a perpetual state of confusion, unhappiness and anxiety. "Many are still in the process of coming to terms with their sexuality. The others must continuously put on a charade of being straight. We live closeted, lonely lives, unable to reveal our innermost feelings to anyone, in constant fear of being outed, and often never reach our full potential as human beings," said a member. "Some of us suffer from depression, a few have even seriously contemplated suicide. "On Monday, freshmen at IIT-B were introduced to Saathi. They surprised themselves; neither did they giggle nor were they rowdy. "If you had asked me last month about addressing a large audience of newcomers about homosexuality, I would have said it was impossible. But after the orientation I know Saathi, which already has 40 members, will go a long way," said Nivvedan S, founder of Saathi. "Statistically speaking, about 4 to 10% of the population is gay, so that's about 700 students on the IIT campus. But they are all invisible. After Saathi we are hoping that other IITs and colleges follow suit. "At the address, the power point slides—accompanied by mugs of well-known gay people like Oscar Wilde , Freddy Mercurie, Lindsay Lohan and the fictional Albus Dumbledore-—put to rest a lot of doubts like 'Is homosexuality a disease?' "NO,' was the answer loud and clear, ' you can be gay and lead a perfectly happy, normal, successful life.'
These UFOs were huge. They would just come to a stop and do a 60 degree, 45 degree, 10 degree turn, and then immediately reverse this action. ... During the Apollo landing, Neil Armstrong says, "They're here. They are right over there and look at the size of those ships. And, it is obvious they don't like us being here." ... When I was working with the Skunkworks, we signed an agreement with the National Security Agency and the National Security Council, as well as the CIA. And we kept very quiet about this. Anti-gravitational research was going. ... We know that there were some captured craft from 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico. And, yeah, they were real. And, yes, we really did get some technology from them. And, yes, we really did put it to work. ... We knew each other from what we call unseen industry. We can term it black, deep black, or hidden. The knowledge I have of these technologies came from the craft that were captured here. I didn't see the craft, nor did I see the bodies. But I certainly know some of the people that did. There was no question that there are peoples, or beings, from outside the planet. Are these ET people hostile? Well, if they were hostile, with their weaponry they could have destroyed us a long time ago. ... We got these things that are handheld scanners that scan the body and determine what the condition is. We can also treat from the same scanner. Are these things real? Well, I can tell you personally that we've been working on them. And we have ones that can cure cancer. Yes, diagnose and cure. Politics, and God bless them, the FDA, and other people whose financial interests could be damaged by the release of certain technologies keep these out of view. ... One of the purposes for founding this technology corporation that I did in 1998 was to bring forth these technologies that can help get rid of the toxins – that can clean the air, that help get rid of the need for so much fossil fuel. Yes, it is time. I can tell you personally that it has already started. pp. 375 – 383. For more, click here.
So I thought, here I am jumping in the next yard and getting away, when all of a sudden the police jump over the fence from the first yard into the yard with the pool. They ran straight past the pool and were right behind me again. Fuck! I’m running and I run past the front of the building and as I rounded the corner, I took a leap of faith man. I saw a bunch of bushes and I literally jumped as hard as I could toward the bushes and landed in the back of the bushes against a wall. I had on all black ‘cuz I would go bombing at night wearing all black. I hit the wall kinda hard and I fell down to the base of the bushes against the wall and I froze. The minute I stopped the cops came around the corner shouting, “He’s here! He’s here!” and they’re moving in the bushes and trying to find me and I just didn’t move. They kept searching and searching and I just didn’t move. An hour or two passed and I could hear them cursing, “He’s in these fucking bushes! You mother fucker!” They’re pushing the bushes around and spreading it open. I didn’t move, I just stayed still wearing all black against the base of the wall. Eventually the noise calmed down and I kept not moving. That was the whole trick to it, not moving, not even itching yourself because that would’ve been it. Finally I felt it was quiet enough, at least two hours went bye and I picked my head up, listened more, didn’t hear shit so I nuzzled my way out of the bush, looked around and bolted out of there and walked all the way home. The minute I got to my house I made the phone calls. Dero made it home. Sien5 got caught in a dumpster if I’m not mistaken. If I am sorry about that Sien, ha-haa. That was it. That was one of the greatest raids I’ve been in. There was the Middletown raid with Dero and Wane once again, but that’s another story for another time.
Printer Friendly Version >>> The ancient city of Constantinople, located in modern Turkey and today known as Istanbul, was founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine in 330 who made it the seat of his reign. When the western portion of the Roman Empire disintegrated in the fifth century (see The Fall of Rome) Western Europe was propelled into the Dark Ages. However, vestiges of the glory of the Roman Empire lived on in the city-state of Constantinople for over one thousand years. By the middle of the fifteenth century, the prominence of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire that it ruled had suffered a dramatic decline. The city found itself entirely surrounded by an Ottoman Empire eager to expand its domain. The final blow came in the spring of 1453 when the Ottoman Turks, led by the Sultan Mehmed II, besieged the city for fifty-seven days. On May 29 the Sultan led an over-whelming force that successfully breached the walls of the city and proceeded to massacre the citizenry. Following his victory, the Sultan moved the Ottoman capital from Adrianople to Constantinople. The last vestige of the ancient Roman Empire was no more. "Nothing will ever equal the horror of this harrowing and terrible spectacle." An observer describes the scene: "Nothing will ever equal the horror of this harrowing and terrible spectacle. People frightened by the shouting ran out of their houses and were cut down by the sword before they knew what was happening. And some were massacred in their houses where they tried to hide, and some in churches where they sought refuge. The enraged Turkish soldiers . . . gave no quarter. When they had massacred and there was no longer any resistance, they were intent on pillage and roamed through the town stealing, disrobing, pillaging, killing, raping, taking captive men, women, children, old men, young men, monks, priests, people of all sorts and conditions . . . There were virgins who awoke from troubled sleep to find those brigands standing over them with bloody hands and faces full of abject fury. This medley of all nations, these frantic brutes stormed into their houses, dragged them, tore them, forced them, dishonored them, raped them at the cross-roads and made them submit to the most terrible outrages. It is even said that at the mere sight of them many girls were so stupefied that they almost gave up the ghost.
Buoyed by excellent word of mouth and benefiting from spring break, it fell only by 40% in its second weekend earning $61.5 million, still maintaining the top position and far surpassing newcomer The Huntsman: Winter's War. [62] That puts The Jungle Book in the top fifteen second weekends of all time and in terms of films that opened above $100 million, it scored the fourth-smallest drop behind Shrek 2 (−33%), Spider-Man (−39%), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (−39%). [63][64] Of those numbers, $5.6 million came from IMAX shows for a two weekend cumulative total of $18.4 million which represents about 10% of its entire North American box office gross. [62] It crossed $200 million on its twelfth day of release[65] and managed to hold the top spot for the third consecutive weekend with $43.7 million from 4,041 theaters (an addition of 13 more theaters), a fall of only 29%, outgrossing the next six pictures combined (including the openings of three newcomers)[66] and recorded the sixth-biggest third weekend of all time. [67] Moreover, the 29% drop is the smallest third-weekend drop (from its second weekend) for a $100 million opener ever. [67] Disney added an additional 103 theaters for the film's fourth weekend of release which propelled its theater count to 4,144 theaters,[68] but nevertheless, it was overtaken by Disney's own Captain America: Civil War after experiencing a 50% decline. [69][70] It passed $300 million on its thirtieth day of release, on May 14, as it continued to witness marginal declines in the wake of several new releases weekend after weekend. [71] It made 3.53 times its opening weekend numbers, which is one of the biggest of all time for a film opening above $100 million. It became one of the few surprise hits and one of the highest-grossing films of the year, alongside Finding Dory, The Secret Life of Pets, and Zootopia, centered around talking animals to dominate the year-end chart. [42]
In the middle of December of '05, my mother invited me to a vacation on a cruise ship to Mexico. At the time, I was living on my own with my girlfriend, not going to school, (which was my original goal in moving out -- that just never truly panned out at the time. I mean, living on your own in Los Angeles with your girlfriend -- god, we were dead broke half the time, I couldn't begin to think about school), and more or less estranged from my family. My father had the typical 'Well, you're not going to school, that's disappointing, but on the other hand, you're working full time, that's commendable' attitude towards my situation, but wholly disapproved of me living with my girlfriend. My mother felt the same way, but definitely did not enjoy the idea that I was working full time at a less-than-adequate retail job and not pursuing my education. She felt like we had lost touch, and that perhaps that was the reason for my inactivity towards my life goals. She felt that a family vacation would be just the thing to begin the process of reconnecting.I was not in a happy situation, personally. I wasn't happy with my girlfriend, who had already decided that we were going to be married. At the age of twenty, I definitely was not ready to settle down. We had gotten together the year before, and I was having second thoughts about everything. And yet, I couldn't break free from her. I loved her. I knew that I needed to explore the world around me without someone attached to my back, pulling me down, but on some level I enjoyed that feeling immensely. I felt like I wanted to go back to school, but I couldn't achieve that considering where I was in life. I thought I had obligations to her that I couldn't drop.I really looked forward to the vacation. I could tell my mother wanted to bond closer to me and have the sort of friends-for-life relationship that most parents achieve with their kids later on once they come of age. I awaited the chance to have a nice, long talk with her. And honestly, I also looked forward to having a break from my girlfriend -- a chance to really go over things in my head without her being such a constant presence around me all the time.
Lausanne I Negotiations were to continue in Lausanne from March 18–20. On March 15, the Iranians met with the Americans, and on the 16th, a ministerial meeting was held in Brussels among Iran and the E3. With only about two weeks to go before the policy framework of a final agreement was due, the meetings were unproductive in putting pressure on Iran. The general atmosphere was one of confusion, and the Americans were impatient. Journalists camped out in the hotel lobby, constantly vying for negotiators' attention. During this Lausanne I session, the United States made several concessions, in particular with regard to R&D and the course of the nuclear program between years 10 and 15. These concessions came without discussion and agreement within the group, and consequently led to some concern from the E3—especially in regard to R&D. On sanctions, the United States again advocated the option of the “stand-alone document” with a “snapback” mechanism. Despite our repeated demands, the United States did not share a precise draft of this proposal with us. The session, which was getting bogged down in any event, ended abruptly on March 20 when the death of President Rouhani's mother was announced (also the mother of his brother, Hossein Fereidoun, member of the delegation). The Iranians went home to Tehran for the ceremony and for the Iranian New Year’s celebration on March 21, as no agreement seemed forthcoming. The rest of the group at Lausanne I discovered that the United States had worked with experts from the team of European External Action Service (EEAS) assisting Helga Schmid on a text bearing on a mechanism for resolving disputes in the event of an Iranian refusal of access. This text had been shared with the Iranians, who appeared to accept the principle. It was based on the Joint Commission's (E3+3, High Representative of the EU, and Iran) power, given a majority vote of five out of eight, to force Iran to grant access to a site within a period of up to 24 days. We immediately commented on this mechanism, which was a strange departure from the Additional Protocol's application of ordinary law. We sought an access mechanism that would be stronger than the Additional Protocol, not weaker, and informed the IAEA about this development.
Wittgenstein’s challenge was the positivists with whom he laboured; for Weil it was the Marxists. Herself a sometime Marxist — “I was a Bolshevik by the age of 10” — Weil came to see Marxism as a world-view, in spite of her deep sympathies with its concern with the plight of the working class, as a distant child of the humanistic Enlightenment, a full flower of naturalism. The naturalist believes the good resides inside the world, a by-product, as it were, of our good intentions, “the better angels of our nature”, as Lincoln put it. By contrast, as the Platonist Weil, a supernaturalist, put it in Oppression and Liberty: “That movement towards the good, through contradictories, which Plato described as being that of a thinking creature aided by a supernatural grace, was attributed by Marx purely and simply to matter, but to a certain kind of matter — social matter.” And it was a certain kind of materialist Marx described himself as, a “dialectical-materialist.” Still, “[t]he materialist,” said Weil, “is a man. That is why he cannot prevent himself from ultimately regarding matter as a machine for manufacturing good.” The belief in History to which we saw Obama subscribing in our opening is part of a widespread, if unspoken, conception that by moving “horizontally”, the material world manages somehow to raise itself up “vertically”. The theory of evolution — a paradigmatically historical theory — as ideology more than biology, has contributed to the popularity of this conception (though Darwin himself would have objected). “I have not,” however, said Weil in Gravity and Grace, “the principle of rising in me. I cannot climb to heaven through the air. It is only by directing my thoughts towards something better than myself that I am drawn upwards … No imaginary perfection can draw me upwards by a fraction of an inch.”

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