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Urban Apartment Living, Prime Position! ASPECT Apartments offers 75sqm of eternal bliss! A funky Windsor apartment that is bound to give your life a whole new "aspect"! Are you ready for the taking? Designed for the contemporary groover who gets a kick out of the Chapel St. hype and buzz, you'll find a multitude of fine eateries and cafes to brunch with friends, and local gyms for the ultimate workouts. The interior boasts voluminous bedrooms, a modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances, a stylish bathroom, and a balcony to rival those down the Paris end of Chapel, whilst entertaining friends all year 'round. Head out into the night to your favourite clubs and bars, with Chapel St. shops, Prahran Market, and other main amenities also nearby. Ditch the car, and enjoy the convenience of trams right at your doorstep for easy access to the city and south-eastern suburbs. Added Features: -Airconditioning -Heating -Built-in-wardrobes in bedrooms -Dishwasher -Intercom -Reserved car space -Storage cage In an amazing location and an opportunity not to be missed, call Paul Torok on 0490815564 to inspect this urban beauty.

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It's not possible to run out of amusing stuff to do close to Buck Creek County Park; it's one of those sites where everything is good. Loads of people select Buck Creek County Park to be close to Pikes Peak State Park. The tremendous local attractions and such a great deal of things to do will make you glad you came. Iowa is such a good site. Iowa has such a large number of things to offer nature lovers. of this good campground and the nice huge amount of fun activities are in themselves motive enough to come here. A glorious spot to bowl in the neighborhood of Buck Creek County Park is C J Lanes Limited. Why don't you bring the young ones to Prairie Fun Land during your stay at Buck Creek County Park. A game of bowling is enjoyable at close by Timber Lanes Sports Bar & GRLL, and do take a hike on the Yellow River State Forest Trail. This is such a picturesque campground. In case you enjoy bowling, Sand Bar Lounge & Lanes in the neighborhood of Buck Creek County Park is fine for you. This is a popular location for people from Garnavillo, and Pikes Peak State Park is both wonderful and striking. If you feel like fishing you may always take a look at Murray's Country Garden; if you have a boat, Winegar Works Marina is a splendid marina. Outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Dubuque, Iowa, the metro area neareast to Buck Creek County Park. Find info on campgrounds, marinas, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater, golf courses and more.

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Old post alert: In case you didn't notice, I'm alternating between old and new posts. After all, truth in advertising demands I show my slobbery for all to see. Now you can all gaze in horror, and thank God, at least you're not as bad as me! Previous Post:Oopsie, I did it again. 1. How do you know we're not? 2. Why is your chair still covered in plastic? Just a guess, Kristy. WE all had lice, and I didn't want the chair to get infected!

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Sideline seating is formed by Sections 6-14 on the NE side of the stadium and Sections 29-37 on the opposite side of the field. For fans in the lower number sections, they'll find themselves behind the visitor sideline on the sunny side of the field. In fact, the upper rows of Sections 4-14 just may be the sunniest seats in any college football venue in the country. Not surprisingly, many of these seats are reserved for students. The only place to escape is in rows 80-84 in sections 9-11. These seats are surprisingly covered by a shallow overhang and may be the best kept secret in the stadium. The opposite side of the isn't exactly under an elm tree, either. The wide-open bowl of Doak Campbell Stadium provides little relief from the sun on either side of the stadium for noon kickoffs. No matter where you're seated, remember to bring a hat, sunglasses and sunblocks. Now that you won't melt in the heat, you can focus on finding the best views of Seminole football. Along the sidelines, you'll want to focus on two things: having enough elevation to see the entire field and having a short walk to the section tunnel. Really good view of the field. Concessions close, as well as restrooms. "View of everything with great fans"

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ACCEPTED #### According to Index Fungorum #### Published in Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 5: 27 (1941) #### Original name Omphalia hohensis A.H. Sm. ### Remarks null

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Q: Unable to identify the object from ruby library I recently updated the OS to ELcaptain and ever since my feature files are failing and not identifying object. This is the error I get in terminal when I run a file: cannot load such file -- rspec (LoadError) /Users/xyz/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:128:in `require' /Users/xyz/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:128:in `rescue in require' /Users/xyz/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:39:in `require' /Users/xyz/ttv-cucumber/helper/auto_loader.rb:14:in `<top (required)>' /Users/xyz/ttv-cucumber/flow-combo-selection/features/support/common.rb:1:in `require_relative' /Users/xyzr/ttv-cucumber/flow-combo-selection/features/support/common.rb:1:in `<top (required)>' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/gems/cucumber-2.1.0/lib/cucumber/rb_support/rb_language.rb:99:in `load' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/gems/cucumber-2.1.0/lib/cucumber/rb_support/rb_language.rb:99:in `load_code_file' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/gems/cucumber-2.1.0/lib/cucumber/runtime/support_code.rb:232:in `load_file' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/gems/cucumber-2.1.0/lib/cucumber/runtime/support_code.rb:99:in `block in load_files!' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/gems/cucumber-2.1.0/lib/cucumber/runtime/support_code.rb:98:in `each' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/gems/cucumber-2.1.0/lib/cucumber/runtime/support_code.rb:98:in `load_files!' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/gems/cucumber-2.1.0/lib/cucumber/runtime.rb:262:in `load_step_definitions' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/gems/cucumber-2.1.0/lib/cucumber/runtime.rb:65:in `run!' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/gems/cucumber-2.1.0/lib/cucumber/cli/main.rb:32:in `execute!' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/gems/cucumber-2.1.0/bin/cucumber:8:in `<top (required)>' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/bin/cucumber:23:in `load' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/bin/cucumber:23:in `<main>' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval' /Users/xyz/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>' And on the step definitions I get this error: undefined method `expect' for #<Object:0x007fb6b1d1ac80> (NoMethodError) This is my gem list: appium_lib (8.0.0, 4.1.0) awesome_print (1.6.1) bigdecimal (1.2.7, 1.2.4) blankslate (3.1.3, 2.1.2.4) builder (3.2.2) bundler-unload (1.0.2) childprocess (0.5.8, 0.5.6) chunky_png (1.3.5, 1.3.4) coderay (1.1.0) cucumber (2.0.0) cucumber-core (1.3.0, 1.1.3) diff-lcs (1.2.5) executable-hooks (1.3.2) ffi (1.9.10, 1.9.8) gem-wrappers (1.2.7) gherkin (2.12.2) gherkin3 (3.1.2) io-console (0.4.3) jar_wrapper (0.1.8) json (1.8.3, 1.8.1) method_source (0.8.2) mini_portile (0.6.2) minitest (5.8.2, 4.7.5) multi_json (1.11.1) multi_test (0.1.2) nokogiri (1.6.6.2) parslet (1.5.0) power_assert (0.2.6) pry (0.10.1) psych (2.0.5) rake (10.1.0) rdoc (4.1.0) rmagick (2.15.2) rspec (3.3.0) rspec-core (3.3.0) rspec-expectations (3.3.0) rspec-mocks (3.3.0) rspec-support (3.3.0) rubygems-bundler (1.4.4) rubytest (0.8.1) rubyzip (1.1.7) rvm (1.11.3.9) selenium (0.2.11) selenium-cucumber (2.1.3) selenium-webdriver (2.45.0) slop (3.6.0) test (1.0.0) test-unit (2.1.6.0) toml (0.1.2) websocket (1.2.2) zip (2.0.2) A: Please try this if you haven't already: run bundle install If you do not have a spec helper or rails helper in the spec directory, run this: rails generate rspec:install

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The Ossetian side has accused Georgia of leaving territories mined in the [Georgian-Ossetian] conflict zone and of the death of a Georgian teenager [on 14 June]. The Ossetian side has accused Georgia of leaving territories mined in the [Georgian-Ossetian] conflict zone and of the death of a Georgian teenager [on 14 June]. The Georgian side described the accusation as absurd, saying that the Georgian Defence Ministry does not have in its arsenal Russian-made antipersonnel mines of the type, which killed 14-year old Karlo Inauri near [the Georgian village of] Ergneti yesterday. You can see details in [our correspondent] Nata Oboladze's report. [Correspondent] This is where the town of Tskhinvali [capital of unrecognized South Ossetia] starts. The Georgian population uses the area as a pasture. Land mines were planted here several years ago on the orders of [South Ossetian separatist leader] Eduard Kokoyty. Both cattle and people have fallen victim to them. The latest incident in this field took place yesterday, when 14-year-old Karlo Inauri exploded on a Russian-made land mine. Twenty-four hours after the incident, the de facto authorities in Tskhinvali accused Georgia of mining the territory. [Boris Chochiyev, minister for special assignments in the separatist government, speaking in Russian on the telephone] We have not mined any territories there, because that territory is controlled by the Georgian side, which controls the area beyond the post. [Correspondent] The territory, which Tskhinvali has accused Tbilisi of having mined, is partially controlled by the Kokoyty regime. These are fields situated between Tskhinvali and Georgian villages. The mining of this territory started in 2004 and reached its peak, when the [Tbilisi-backed] government led by Dmitriy Sanakoyev was formed. [Former Georgian MP elected in the conflict zone, Guram Vakhtangashvili] Our authorities control only this road, where police stands. Ossetians control the rest of the area, which is intensively mined. [Correspondent] Tbilisi is demanding an investigation into who has mined the area. Nikoloz Rurua, deputy chairman of the Georgian parliament Defence and Security Committee, said that Georgia does not have Russian-made land mines, which are available in the arsenal of the de facto authorities [in Tskhinvali]. Rurua assessed the accusation from Tskhinvali as the separatists' latest provocation. [Rurua speaking on the telephone] This is a total lie. The Georgian armed forces do not use such land mines. These are Russian- made antipersonnel mines, which bandit formations of the Ossetian separatists plant, where territories are impossible to control. [Correspondent] A total of 15 people have fallen victim to land mines in the conflict zone. The last incident took place yesterday. Fourteen-year-old Karlo Inauri found an explosive in the field near the village of Ergneti. The device blew up in the teenager's hands and killed him on the spot. Originally published by Mze TV, Tbilisi, in Georgian 1600 15 Jun 08. (c) 2008 BBC Monitoring Central Asia. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.

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Neglecting a business's cash flow can spell disaster. According to ASIC's 2015 insolvency report, cash flow problems were the most common cause of business failure in 2014-15. Here are eight ways to avoid cash flow issues from ruining a business. 1. Keeping on top of the books. It can be tempting to neglect bookkeeping when running a busy business. However, as dull as this may be, keeping the books in order provides vital information about the business's financial position and helps track unpaid invoices. 2. Make it easy to get paid – faster. Businesses should help customers pay easily and on time by sending invoices as soon as possible and offering multiple payment options, including credit card and cash on delivery. Providing discounts for on-time payment or adding late fees to overdue invoices can also help with positive cash flow. 3. Avoid bad debts. Customers who don't pay their invoices can cause serious cash flow problems for a business. To control bad debts, implement a collection plan for overdue invoices. This can be as simple as sending reminders when invoices are overdue right up to engaging a debt recovery firm if the problem becomes serious. Performing a credit check on new customers can also help to minimise future bad debts. 4. Ensure credit terms match. Improve cash flow by negotiating matching credit terms with customers and suppliers. For example, if the majority of suppliers require payment within 14 days, provide the same terms to customers. This will help to minimise the risk of running out of cash while waiting for invoices to be paid. If such a problem arises, it may be possible for businesses to address the issue by accessing short term business loans. 5. Manage stock levels. Tying up cash in unused stock or frequently failing to order new stock when running low and consequently missing out on sales can create serious cash flow issues. Implement a system to manage stock levels to keep cash flow positive. 6. Make a profit. It may seem obvious that a successful business must make a profit, but it can be easy to operate using cash reserves while waiting for things to turn around. However, there is a risk that if this continues for too long, the cash will eventually run out and the business will fail. If a business is running on reserves, make it a priority to address the lack of profitability by either raising prices, increasing sales or reducing outgoings. 7. Foresee problems by forecasting cash flow. Forecasting cash flow allows business owners to foresee future problems. For instance, there may be seasonal periods of low sales or times when a large number of bills are due. By being aware of these issues ahead of time, business owners can plan ahead and avoid possible cash flow issues. 8. Control growth. While it is great to have a growing business, uncontrolled growth can lead to business failure. For instance, a business may win a large contract but does not have the cash available to employ additional staff or purchase additional inventory to complete the project. This could result in the business losing the contract, and its reputation. To avoid such a situation, a business owner may choose to use caveat finance. This provides the business with fast access to short-term finance secured against real estate. By looking after the books, and ensuring that invoices are paid quickly and costs are properly managed, a business can maintain a strong cash flow that allows it to succeed.

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Welcome to the site of Pamela Rubin, Canadian Certified Counsellor. Here you'll find services, strategies and inspiration for your well-being to shine! You have the capacity to find your own well-being and balance, even in difficult circumstances. No matter what you have gone through in life, no matter what challenges you are facing now, you can work gently and intelligently with yourself to find success, happiness and peace. Counselling can help you activate your inner strength, wellness and confidence using evidence-based approaches to stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. Click on the video to see Pam in "Start by believing" a short video about responding to abuse that is part of a series posted at Lion's Roar. With the right tools and support, problems that appear insurmountable can shrink down to a manageable size. Often, we are stressed because we feel overwhelmed, out of control and isolated. Counselling can help gently ground us in habits and practices that will take us step by step towards feelings of self-kindness, well-being, and mastery. Experiences that overwhelm our ordinary ability to cope are called trauma. The negative results can include depression and anxiety, obstacles in our personal relationships or career, panic attacks, nightmares, persistent flashbacks, fatigue or chronic feelings of unwellness. Past trauma may make us vulnerable to triggering by events in the present that are considered minor by others. Counselling can help us chart a course toward strength and wellness. Knowledge is power, and counseling offers important information on the nature, prevalence and healing of trauma that helps us eliminate self-blame and hopelessness. I walk alongside clients as they tread the path to well-being and balance, providing guidance and options, respecting clients' inherent sanity and power, and taking care to avoid intrusive or potentially re-traumatizing methods. In my practice as a counsellor, I use evidence-based approaches including grounding and mindfulness, cognitive approaches, visualization, and relational therapy. These helpful techniques open the path for us to reclaiming our wellness, our goals, and our zest for living.

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smile2mobile provided us with fantastic developer. Greatly exceeded expectations on a large, complex project. Daily communications, great attention to detail. Thanks! Patrick Chu, CEO of It's Your Turn, Inc. Use SmartPhotos if you want to organize photos on your iPhone/iPod touch without any efforts. SmartPhotos will automatically sort your photos and create albums for events and places you have visited. Also it will do face detection for your photos.

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Today we decided at the spur of the moment to go to Koh Samet. It's an easy island to get to without too much hassle, only 3.5 hours east of Bangkok. As we haven't been before it's a great chance to explore somewhere new, not to mention check it out for when our family comes in December. We are staying on Ao Phutsa (also known as Tub Tim) at Pudsa Bungalows. It's a great location on a quieter beach but only a hop, skip and a jump to the more livelier beach, Ao Pai. Kristal writing this post from the beach side restuarant. Although being on an island there isn't quite the same range of thai food and the prices are a bit higher, there's a great range of western style bbq places cooking along the beach. Delicious barbecue beef with potato and salad. Surprisingly very good beef, for Nic who is always on the look out for decent, reasonably priced beef this was a welcome treat. The prawns, not as good as the beef but still yummy! Josh here from the BlinkPacking blog. This looks incredible. I do Foodie Fridays over at my blog, which is how I found you. I wish you all the best with your travels and your blogging. Cheers!

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Self-assembling electronics sounds like technology for the distant future, but everyday household soap has just taken us a step closer. Scientists have just brought us one step closer to realizing self-assembling molecular electronics—electronics that build themselves. The discovery may eventually result in inexpensive solar power plants, which produce sustainable energy or computer screens. "One can make almost anything with layers and molecules, says co-author Thomas Just Sørensen, an associate professor in nanoscience at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. "Instead of using a molecule that turns light into electricity, we can also use a molecule that illuminates when electricity is applied to it.. This could result in a screen, simply by pouring a solution onto a surface," says Sørensen. Self-assembling molecules are molecules that organise themselves without outside interference. In practical terms, scientists take a mixture of chemicals and pour it onto a glass plate, where the molecules in the chemical cocktail then organise themselves. Order is "absolutely necessary for there to be a function," says Sørensen. It is a big challenge to get molecules to order themselves in this way. But scientists have now figured out how, and published their results in the journal ChemNanoMat. "We have managed to develop a simple technique where we can get various molecules to always arrange themselves in a way that we can predict," says Sørensen. Just how do you get molecules to arrange themselves smoothly? Perhaps surprisingly, the answer is soap. Soap creates a stable structure, allowing the molecules to arrange themselves when they become mixed. This means that scientists not only know where the molecules are, but also what sits above and below them. "These soap molecules perform the function of the bottom layer of a multi-layered cake--removing the bottom layer would make the cake go splat. In the same way, the soap in our molecular mix provides a stable base which gives order to the molecules," says Sørensen. The scientists experimented with different types of soap until they eventually settled on the best one to get the molecules to lie on top of each other. Sørensen is extremely pleased that such a simple method worked. "It's great to be able to design a system that assembles itself without using sophisticated, complicated methods," he says. Michael Madsen, a PhD student studying nanotechnology at Aarhus University, Denmark, is impressed with the new discovery. Madsen was not involved in the research himself, but he has read the new study. "They've looked into the literature and seen what has already been done, and then they have combined some studies to find a new way to fix the problem of how to get molecules to self-assemble. I think this is very impressive," he says. But there is still some way to go before this technology is fully functional. For example, it could be used in solar technology after they figure out the particular mix of molecules that can enable solar cells to generate power even when it is dark. According to Madsen, this self-assembly molecular technique could potentially be an important step towards developing fully functional self-assembling technology in the future. "There are many people studying these applications, and maybe someone can take the results of this study and combine it with other techniques to produce a great solution to an important technological challenge," he says.

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layout: docs title: "Group" section: "typeclasses" source: "algebird-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/algebird/Group.scala" scaladoc: "#com.twitter.algebird.Group" --- # Group We say that `(G, *)` is a *group* if it is a Monoid that also satisfies the following property: - *Invertibility*: For every x ∈ G there is an xinv such that `x * xinv = xinv * x = e` Moreover, it is an *abelian group* if it satisfies the property: - *Commutative*: `x * y = y * x` for all x and y ∈ G. ## Examples of Groups - Integers *Z* are an abelian group under addition - Natural numbers are *not* a group under addition (given a number *x* in *N*, *-x* is not in *N*) - Neither integers nor natural numbers are a group under multiplication, but the set of nonzero rational numbers (`n/d` for any `n, d` ∈ `N`, `n` ≠ 0, `d` ≠ 0) is an (abelian) group under multiplication. ### Documentation Help We'd love your help fleshing out this documentation! You can edit this page in your browser by clicking [this link](https://github.com/twitter/algebird/edit/develop/docs/src/main/tut/typeclasses/group.md). These links might be helpful: - [Monoid.scala](https://github.com/twitter/algebird/blob/develop/algebird-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/algebird/Group.scala)

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Dr Ambedkar Dr Ambedkar's works to be made accessible through a web portal in March This portal would have the collected works of Dr Ambedkar written in English and Marathi. It would also have translation of his works in nine other languagesNidhi Sharma | ET Bureau | Updated: February 13, 2016, 10:07 IST As the year-long Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary celebrations end this April, the BJP government has lined up a grand finale - a memorial lecture by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and launch of a web portal with complete works of Ambedkar. The social justice and empowerment ministry - the nodal ministry coordinating Dr Ambedkar's birth anniversary celebrations - is all set to make the Constitution framer's works accessible to the common man with the launch of a web portal www.DrAmbedkarwritings.gov.in. This portal would have the collected works of Dr Ambedkar written in English and Marathi. It would also have translation of his works in nine other languages including Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam, Bangla, Gujarati and Odiya.Dr Ambedkar's collected works has 18 books, including a dictionary. His 14th book has two volumes and 17th and 18th books have three volumes each. Though the ministry has not translated the dictio nary, it has split Dr Ambedkar's books in different parts as some books are 1,300 pages long. The government is planning to launch the portal in March. To begin with, Dr Ambedkar's works would be put up in English and Hindi. As the government finishes its translation work in different languages, the collected works would be put up on the website. A senior ministry official told ET, "This is the first attempt to put all the works online. So we would want a formal launch by the Prime Minister. At present, the portal is undergoing security checks before the formal launch." The ministry is planning to have a high-profile launch. It is considering holding a memorial lecture on Dr Ambedkar and his teachings. "Earlier there were suggestions of launching it at the award ceremony for winners of essay competitions on Dr Ambedkar in schools was held in January in New Delhi. But as the security check was not completed on the website, the launch did not happen. Now we are planning to ask the PM to unveil it," said the senior official. With the portal, the ministry is hoping to get the collected works in the public domain. Its grand plan to print the original collected works of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar has run into a copyright wall. It is facing stiff opposition from Babasaheb's grandson Prakash Ambedkar who has refused to allow printing of the original collected works in English and Marathi. Prakash Ambedkar, who has the copyright for Babasaheb's original collected works written in English and Marathi, has been embroiled in a copyright battle with Maharashtra government for several years. Maharashtra government had entered into an agreement with Prakash Ambedkar to publish "Sampoorn Dandmay" or Collected works of Dr Ambedkar but the agreement had lapsed in the 1990s. Tags : Internet, Dr Ambedkar, books Trending in Internet Byju's secures $150M funding from Qatar's sovereign fund & Owl Ventures Zero merchant fee is a force multiplier for digital payments: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma New malware 'Agent Smith' infects 15 million mobile devices in India No one saw zero MDR for digital payments coming After Mumbai, Bengaluru & Delhi courier terminals stop clearing 'gift' parcels

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by Hotel Business March 4, 2021 People on the move at Commonwealth, Sunstone and more Executives in the hospitality industry have taken new roles. Here's a look: Fry Named president of reorganized Commonwealth Hotels Commonwealth Hotels has named Brian Fry president of the newly reunited company comprising Commonwealth Hotels Inc (CHI) and Commonwealth Hotel Collection (CHC). He was previously president of Commonwealth Hotels Inc. Jennifer Porter, previously VP, operations, Commonwealth Hotel Collection, has been appointed COO of the newly reorganized company. Prior to his tenure with Commonwealth Hotels, Fry held leadership roles with organizations including Hilton Hotels Corporation, GE Capital and Winston Hotels. He has more than 30 years of experience in all facets of the hospitality business in the areas of development, finance and operations. Porter is responsible for executing all aspects of the company's operations. Prior to joining Commonwealth, she spent 25 years in the hospitality industry, most recently with Winegardner and Hammons. Her experience spans lifestyle, all-suite and conference-style hotels in urban, suburban, airport and resort locations across the country. Ostapovicz joins Sunstone Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. has appointed Chris Ostapovicz as SVP/COO. He will join the company later this month and replace Marc Hoffman, EVP/COO, who is retiring. Ostapovicz will report to John Arabia, president/CEO. Hoffman will remain with the company during a period of transition. Ostapovicz most recently served as SVP, asset management, Host Hotels & Resorts, which he joined in 2007. Prior to that, he held various operating and finance positions at both The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and Marriott International. He was board director and treasurer for the Hospitality Asset Managers Association (HAMA) the last five years. AHLA names Chirag Shah to federal affairs post Chirag Shah has joined the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) in the newly created role of SVP, federal affairs. In this role, he leads AHLA's federal relations team, developing and executing advocacy strategy on Capitol Hill and with the new Biden administration. Shah comes to AHLA from AAHOA, where he served as VP, government affairs and counsel. During his tenure, AAHOA garnered support for critical small business issues including tax reform, workforce relations, U.S. Small Business Administration lending and economic stimulus in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Chirag led AAHOA's political strategy, growing its PAC from $250,000 to more than $1 million. In addition, AHLA named Laisha Dismuke as VP, human resources, where she is responsible for overseeing the HR function, including developing and implementing a strategic approach to talent acquisition and retention, managing the internal operations and working with the AHLA HR Committee and the AHLA Foundation Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Task Force to provide guidance and ensure alignment with both organizations. Prior to joining AHLA, she served as cultural consultant at Female Quotient, working with the leadership team to activate internal DE&I solutions for change and creating metrics for accountability. Finally, AHLA has appointed Sharon Sykes to the role of director of state and local government affairs, covering the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Specifically, she will work closely with AHLA state lodging association members in the following states to further elevate the industry's advocacy effectiveness: Delaware, Washington, DC, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Virginia. Kuzma tapped at Evolution Hospitality Evolution Hospitality, the lifestyle division of Aimbridge Hospitality, has appointed Angela S. Kuzma to VP, lifestyle operations, where she will oversee a group of complex assets, providing leadership to achieve hotel performance, guest satisfaction, associate engagement and owners' investment goals. She brings 25 years of lifestyle and F&B experience to her new role overseeing full service, boutique and resort properties with complex F&B and experiential environments. Kuzma was most recently global VP, restaurant and bars, Marriott International. Balfe fills new Highgate position Highgate has named Marianne Balfe as its VP, sustainability. In this new role, she is responsible for driving Highgate's environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy across the company's guest experience, construction projects, external reporting and corporate culture. Prior to Highgate, Balfe was director of energy and environmental sustainability for the Americas at Marriott International, where she was responsible for the development and implementation of sustainability strategies, establishing strategic partnerships across all sectors, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, contributing to ESG reporting and delivering annual carbon, water and waste footprint reductions. Posted in Promotions / Hires | Tagged Aimbridge Hospitality, American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), Angela S. Kuzma, Brian Fry, Chirag Shah, Chris Ostapovicz, Commonwealth Hotels, Evolution Hospitality, Highgate, Jennifer Porter, John Arabia, Laisha Dismuke, Marc Hoffman, Marianne Balfe, Personnel, Sharon Sykes, Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. 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Sunday September 18th 2016: Terry Collins Mets (80-69) went into todays game looking for a sweep of the Minnesota Twins, who are in tough times trying to avoid a 100 loss season. The Mets need to take advantage of the struggling teams if they are going to get to the post season. This game was a squeaker, but the Mets pulled it out with a 3-2 win in front of 28,926 at Citi Field. It's been a crazy injury plaque season for the Mets & to have this team in the playoff hunt atop the wild card race is Amazing itself. Today saw Lucas Duda make a return to action after four months & Juan Lagares make an appearance after missing almost a month of time himself. Another almost unknown pitcher took the mound today and keep the running joke of "who's the new guy pitching for the Mets today? It doesn't matter they won again"! Or "Who's playing in the Mets infield today? It doesn't matter they won again. So who would be today's heroes? It doesn't matter they won again! Quotes: Terry Collins- "Put it this way: I think winning's contagious. When things are going good, guys want to be a part of it." These Mets have now won three straight, eleven of their last fourteen and going further back on this excellent run, twenty of their last twenty seven. Terry Collins used six pitchers today with Gabriel Ynoa making his first career start allowing just one run in 4.1 innings while striking out an impressive eight. Out of the pen it was, Josh Edgin, Eric Goddel, Josh Smoker, Fernando Salas & then Jerry Blevins earned his second save. In the 1st inning, it was the forgotten Michael Conforto delivering a two run single scoring Alejandro DeAza & T.J. Rivera who continues his hot hitting. In the 3rd, Rivera hit his second HR of the year a solo shot that ended up being the game winning run. With the San Francisco Giants losing to the St. Louis Cardinals again the Mets are now atop the wild card race for the first time this season. Note: Yoenis Cespedes was removed from the game after feeling dizzy but is expected to be ok."Cespedes came up and said he just got sick in the runway and his legs were getting a little weak, he was getting a little dizzy, so I took him out," Terry Collins said."

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I tried to group and ungroup my objects, and then, some objects disappeared. I clicked "undo", but nothing happened. Then, I closed the file, and reopen. I saw a strange thing. The picture showed the process during loading. Some objects were exist in the beginning, but disappeared after then. Why? Is there someone can help me to let those objects show up? I noticed objects "disappearing" when grouping when they actually just snapped to a different plane so they were out of view. Rotating the camera I could see them, but if the plane was sufficiently odd it might snap to the different plane so far off camera it wouldn't be visible. I would guess it is something related to this due to the number of angles you have going on. Also, try making sure you have the plane set to the default position when grouping. Not sure if you're doing that.

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Let's spend more of this money on better commercial loan automation! The banking industry still makes a ton of money from commercial lending – about $20+ billion per year would be my quick calculation. With this huge profit contribution, it's ironic how sparse the technology choices and innovation are in the commercial lending arena. The problem seems to rest somewhat in how commercial lending systems have evolved. Twenty-five years ago, commercial lending was a slow-moving art form, where credit officers conferred for hours among the paneled walls of the board room. As opposed to speed and efficiency, the focus was almost entirely on credit quality. In the early '80s, new PC-based technologies allowed banks to become more sophisticated with credit analysis. Products like Baker Hill and WinFAST emerged to conduct cash flow analysis. The focus here was on making analytics easier and more flexible. In the late '80s, banks began to use PC-technology to make the compliance aspects of commercial lending more effective. Faced with myriad regulatory requirements for loan documents, products like Harland LaserPro (originally CFI) and Bankers Systems began to grow in popularity. Loan secretaries around the world had a better tool than the old Smith Corona. In the '90s, as banks merged and the industry grew, the challenges of servicing and administering more creative and sophisticated commercial loans became important. Credit administration requirements came into greater focus. An industry leader named AFS emerged for commercial loan accounting, and Baker Hill gained great popularity with the introduction of its REACT exception tracking system. In the late '90s, the sales culture buzz moved over from retail to torment the commercial bankers. Now the focus became disciplined calling, consultative selling and relationship pricing. Baker Hill's OnePoint became a fast-growing product, while core players like AFS and CRM players began to promote more front-end tools for the commercial sales force. And finally… a series of forms and transmittal sheets used to move files between the commercial lenders and their faithful " Loan Operations Center" in the back office. If there is any god of banking, this deity will surely write it in the stars that the next phase of commercial technology will be about integrated work flow. While the mortgage loan industry moves steadily ahead in automating and integrating more technical standards and work flow technology, the commercial side of the bank still waits. The vendors who help solve this significant issue for bankers now have the potential to drive the biggest Hummers in town – wealth city if you get my drift! #1: Origination rolls into relationship management – With sales cultures, business credit scoring and centralized loan support functions, commercial lending is beginning to resemble consumer and mortgage origination processes. Today, bankers would like commercial lending systems to grab initial data and move it along through a standard work flow. There is one caveat however: commercial loans get renewed constantly. So, once a commercial loan is originated, data should be maintained and navigation available for a lightening-fast renewal and update of the borrower analysis. #2: Sales and pipeline is oh so simple – Banks have struggled over the past few years trying to integrate sales culture and CRM into the commercial world. For the most part, efforts have failed because they have been over-engineered. Who can blame a loan officer for not wanting to spend hours each day typing data into lengthy call records. The next generation loan systems will have simple calling screens that allow officers to input only basic borrower and deal information until the transaction becomes more real. In addition, these new systems will provide a simple mechanism for cross-sell. As opposed to a gargantuan CRM system, a commercial system could have a simple screen to identify relationship cross-sell potential information and track the referral/tasking of this opportunity to another area of the bank. #3: A tiered approach to scoring and analysis – Banks are beginning to more aggressively leverage credit scoring for small business loans. However, one problem remains: small business underwriting and heavier commercial analysis tools tend to be on different systems. Bankers would rather have one system that lets the officer "scale up" the analysis based upon the type of deal. The next generation system will have basic scoring as well as different analysis modules that can be applied to different borrower and deal types. #4: Stages and work cues defined by the bank – The most critical enhancement for commercial lending automation will be increased work flow capabilities. Bankers want a tool set that lets them define each "stage" in the commercial lending process, with the ability to assign specific employees to stages and to view where each deal is in the work flow at all times. This is common on consumer and mortgage systems today, but just entering the commercial arena. #5: Credit approval is burned into data flow – One of the most important features of a new commercial system will be the ability to better automate the loan approval process. The work flow capabilities mentioned before should allow for credit authorities and requirements to be defined by the bank. Built-in e-signature capabilities with audit trail reporting could also be a huge win. #6: The persistent "Work Items" screen – Because commercial lending today typically involves different people from different locations in the bank (loan office, credit department, loan operations), one of the most frustrating aspects of this process is the coordination of information and work across these lines. There is no simple resource in commercial loan systems today to know "who's doing what?" In the next generation system, coordination will be united via a single "Work Items" screen that shows all conditions, trailing items, exceptions, etc. from the loan's cradle to grave. The screen will show who has been assigned each work item and whether it has been completed; alerts and triggers can also be generated based upon loan administration rules set up by the bank. #7: A doc engine tied to the work flow engine – One of the more frustrating aspects of commercial loan work flow is that doc preparation is a one-off process. With new database-driven systems, the next generation loan products will include an integrated doc engine tool that allows the bank to incorporate standard docs or author custom docs and tie them to specific products/stages. Today, banks typically have standard docs generated from commercial software and custom docs sitting out in Word files. This would be blown away with the next generation system. #8: Imaging integration and content management – With the doc engine incorporated into the origination application, the next generation system would also incorporate document imaging and electronic file folder into the heart of the application. The winning vendor will provide a simple tool set and a library of interfaces built for integrating electronic "content management" into the commercial work flow system. #9: B2B as far as the eye can see – The next gen system will also have a nice library built of XML business-to-business connectors that automatically integrate things like UCC Direct, title, credit, and D&B. #10: The funding screen and closing screen – A really maddening aspect of commercial lending is the massaging that goes on when a loan is booked and needs to be boarded onto the core servicing system The next generation loan system will have a closing/funding screen that allows the Loan Ops group to essentially direct balances, fees, etc. to the appropriate sub-system and G/L accounts on the core system. #11: Commercial experts to drive deployment – The most successful commercial lending automation vendor in the future will not only be staffed with technologists, but with experienced commercial loan operations and credit professionals who can help clients truly reinvent their commercial processes. Most software teams are woefully weak concerning this specific business knowledge. #12: A thriving peer community – The "word of mouth" network regarding software is very strong in the commercial lending world. The winning vendors in the future will leverage this active peer-to-peer community among commercial lenders. They will facilitate best-practice sharing, certify developers and administrators of the application, and even allow a shareware type community to thrive for tools and work flows. The strategic requirements listed above will be no easy task for vendors to develop and no cake walk for banks to implement, either. However, if pursued with discipline, it's clear that our industry has the technology and tools to really reinvent the age-old commercial loan process. Let's get to it and may the best vendor win!

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The app uses Esri ArcGIS technology, works on Apple or Android devices, and links to the web app hosted by DEP. The app lets people specify the type of debris dumped such as construction or hazardous materials and the size of the pile. They can take a picture of the debris with their smartphone and upload the photo. They can also then use their device's GPS to capture the location where they discover the debris and add the information to a map. DEP staff can then view the crowdsourced reports of dumping in ArcGIS Online. The department launched the Don't Waste Our Open Space initiative to reduce illegal dumping in state parks and wildlife management areas. GIS is a driving technology for this initiative. The Don't Waste Our Open Space campaign task force is composed of numerous DEP agencies including representatives from Compliance and Enforcement, Water Resource Management, the state parks service and police, conservation officers, New Jersey Natural Lands Trust, and DEP's Bureau of GIS (BGIS). The team's objectives are to incorporate strict enforcement of illegal dumping laws while raising awareness of the dumping problem. For decades, DEP has been using Esri products. Its enterprise platform is essential for sharing responders' data about environmentally sensitive areas. With the platform already in place, it was natural and cost-effective for the task force to rely on it as a core technology for meeting the campaign's goals: encouraging public participation in the project, changing people's perceptions about illegal dumping enforcement, and catching offenders. The banner on the DEP's Stop Illegal Dumping website is "Don't Walk by While Your Park is Trashed." Citizens can use the crowd-sourcing app that enables them to take action by taking geotagged photos at illicit dump locations. They can send this image to the DEP along with incident information that they enter on the app's form. At each state park, DEP displays posters about dumping laws and enforcement. These posters include a QR Code that links to the informative "Don't Waste Our Open Space" landing page. The website tells visitors how to report illegal dumping to the DEP via the GIS web app on their smartphone browsers. App users can also use their cell phones to call a 24-hour hotline and make a report. GIS tracks the coordinates of reports and posts them to a map so that investigators know exactly where to find evidence. The web app report triggers an alert that lets DEP staff know about an alleged case of illegal dumping. If the incident is on state property—within a state park or wildlife management area—the report goes to the DEP's communications center for investigation. Staff members send an email alert to the appropriate authorities for follow-up. If they send an email to the park police department, the incident is automatically logged into the department's dispatch system. In a preproject survey, DEP discovered that most people do not believe that New Jersey enforces its dumping laws. The task force knew that its mission would not be successful if it had to rely on its small number of enforcement officers to decrease dumping on more than 814,000 acres of state land. It had to be smart. To deter potential perpetrators, it had to change the community's perception by proving that laws are enforced and offenders are prosecuted. You can't tell if a program has succeeded or failed if you don't measure results. From the inception of the project, the DEP task force set up success indicators and established baselines for comparison. For example, the results of the initial public survey provided a baseline for measuring the program's ability to change the public perception that laws are not enforced. Perception can be measured over time. The number of reports submitted by the web app from recreational hikers and other park visitors is also a success indicator. Within the first few months of its trial launch, volunteers have already been using the app. It will take DEP a few years to gather the measurements that will show exactly how effective the Don't Waste Our Open Space program has been.

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Rehearsals begin for beloved musical, which comes to the Frierson Theatre stage April 12-14. A true musical theater tradition that has touched the lives of millions around the world, the GPS/McCallie production of Fiddler on the Roof comes to GPS Frierson Theatre April 12-14. Winner of nine Tony Awards when it debuted in 1964 and based on the beloved short stories series of Tevye and his daughters (e.g. Tevye the Dairyman) by Sholem Aleichem, Fiddler on the Roof is the brainchild of Broadway legends Jerome Robbins and Harold Prince, songwriters Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, and book writer Joseph Stein. Moving audiences worldwide with its memorable music and moving dialogue, this universal show features a wonderful mix of humor, heart, and human nature. Casting for the show required a week of auditions that included singing, dancing, and reading of scenes. GPS drama teacher Mark Krawczyk will direct, and GPS director of choirs Mike Lees will direct the music. Jessica McCuiston and Brenda Schwab, who both worked on Mary Poppins last year, return to choreograph and design costumes, respectively. Alex Miller Long will direct lighting, and professional musicians will bring the score to life. GPS's modern dance troupe, Terpsichord, will provide additional dancers in a scene. Cathie Kasch, GPS Performing Arts Coordinator, will oversee production. Playing the role of Tevye is McCallie senior Kevin Collins, and his wife, Golde, is played by GPS senior Abi Wilson. The three eldest daughters will be played by GPS seniors Maya Bhutwala (Tzeitel) and Olivia Combs (Hodel) and freshman Sarah Kalla (Chava). Playing the daughters' love interests are McCallie juniors Reece Wearing (Motel) and Carson McDaniel (Fyedka) and senior Patrick Warren (Perchik). Lazar Wolf, Tzeitel's intended betrothed, is played by junior Nate Dallimore. Senior Carmen Resnik will play Fruma-Sarah. Tickets: On sale to the public Monday, March 25, and can be purchased at GPS.edu/Fiddler. Showtimes: Friday, April 12, 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 13, 7 p.m.; and Sunday, April 14, 2 p.m.

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– Addison's halloween quilt. Biggest I've done so far, forgot one print glowed in the dark. – Meaghan's quilt. Still not finished. we have been angsting over the actual quilting. – Sarah & Emma also got birthday quilts. And? I totally made (HA!) Kaytlyn a quilt for her birthday too (which is today) but alas it is of course not done. The top is not even finished, but was enough to get a sense oh how it will look when done. Tip: big and bright. I need to make more baby quilts. Like, a LOT. And have a stash handy. Christmas was good. Adrian (my father) came up. We also drove down to see my mom. (Not with Adrian tho) Long story, which is why I need to remember to write an actual post. I even neglected (says certain family) to upload pictures in a timely manner and even (in some cases) neglected to take actual pics. Or took them on the camera Sarah borrowed from her school. The camera is a Nikon and drool-worthy. I should also write (here) that Ron & I are working full time for people other than ourselves. A steady predictable paycheque is really nice. Oh you mean the fondle it part? Or the cutting up part? Or the staring at it for hours deciding what to do with it part? Which part is the long story, the day you spent with me or the fact you didn't invite your father? Just tell us where you do write so we can read them! I agree. Write here and link everywhere else. Is the glow in th dark fabric a problem with A's quilt? Seems like it comes with the territory of Halloween prints. Also am I reading too much into the need for lots of baby quilts?

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HomeShocking - What Happened to Rapper Slim 400 as he was Shot... Shocking – What Happened to Rapper Slim 400 as he was Shot Ten Times? By Ahiri Chakraborty The famous rapper Slim 400, who is a YG affiliate, had to be rush to a hospital in L.A. According to reports, he was shot 10 times on 28 June, Friday. Around 8.30 p.m the police received a call and got the shocking news about the accident. CREDIT:https://www.wirewag.com Every single detail has not been found yet. The investigation is going on. Apparently, a black vehicle was seen at the crime spot. The vehicle fleed from the place of the accident leading to definite suspicion about it. No Jumper podcast host Adam 22 shared a screenshot of his text messages on Twitter. The text clearly showed a conversation with an unknown person regarding the horrible incident of Slim 400. CREDIT:https://twitter.com/adam22/status/1144858593939853312/photo/1 The Compton rapper who is just 31 years old was shot on his face and back. The talented rapper is currently battling with life at St. Francis Medical Center. Slim's Growing Popularity Slim 400 is an American rapper who is widely recognized for his contribution to the hip-hop community. His singles "Bruisin" featuring YG's Sad Boy Loko is extremely popular. The video received more than 15 million views on Youtube. Slim is a very close friend and a frequent collaborator of YG. He is doing a lot of good projects recently including Homies (2017), Tap In (2017), For Reala (2017). The West Coast rapper has collaborated with great labels such as Empire Distribution, Get Dough and All Money in Records. He made appearances in big tours like J Cole, Big Sean, and Yo Gotti. Slim has been severely injured. After the horrible incident, Slim was lying in a pool of blood. He is undergoing critical surgery. Some reports have claimed that Slim is dead. But sources confirm that he is alive but in a very serious condition. His friends and colleague are shocked by such alarming news. They still can not understand what might be the motive for shooting him. The police are going on with their investigation. Hopefully, they will be able to come up with the right suspect. Meanwhile, we all pray for a quick recovery of Slim. The hip-hop community needs you Slim. Get well soon! Ahiri Chakraborty A bibliophile and also a movie buff. A true scoprion who is just too passionate and extremely ambitious. Shooting for the moon always with a hope to land up in between stars. And for me, actions speak way more than words. Writing my thoughts down is my favorite hobby and I can do that for others as well.

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There are two types of people in this world: ones that are out and about and those others who prefer to be discreet, and no, not the gender preferences of people, rather the two types in a relationship. Sometimes people simply shock us with the news that they already got married; some not with the idea of marriage but with the fact that they all along had someone to spend their whole life with. People are just partly secretive by nature. You may also see sample postcard designs. And, if you are the type of person who wishes to do just that, to secretly get married and tell people afterwards, then there is an effective way you can do so. Although we live in a more technological age, where everyone is simply a click away, going for something more tangible that shows formality and sincerity is still a better option than simply typing away the words to relay your message. You may also see wedding invitation postcards. That is why, those people who secretly marries opt for a just married postcard to announce to the people they love the monumental affair they secretly did, simply because it makes everything more special despite the shock. And you can opt for just the same too, a just married postcard for your little secret endeavor. That said, here is a list of just married postcards you can send out to the people you love. You may also see event postcard templates. Although it will come as a shock to most people, postcards pose itself as a delicate medium that relays the message with fragility. It makes everything less aggravating and will simply make the process a lot easier, especially when you cannot confront the responsibility of saying it to the people dear to you. You may also see printable postcard templates. However, when you have already dropped hints along the way and is somehow certain that it will not come as a shock to them, simply use a postcard to confirm their speculations and to let them in on the joyfulness of the affair. You simply cannot deny the feeling of having the people you love most celebrate with you this incredible milestone and shift in your life. You may also see blank postcard templates. You just simply have to get rid of the doubt you feel and simply let yourself go, as they say, "the truth will set you free" and indeed it will. Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by a secret because of unnecessary thoughts you have with people and their reaction. Simply let it go and spill it, they will be shocked for sure, but eventually, they will be proud and happy for the both of you. You may also see advertising postcard templates. Just married postcards not only work when you have kept your marriage under the radar, as it also works as a post-wedding giveaway. Something you give your guests as a gesture of gratitude for coming to your wedding. It can perfectly substitute any giveaway with its intangible effects. For giveaways do not need to be fancy, it just has to be creatively thought about. You may also see holiday postcard templates. One of the beauties of having a just married postcard is your guests getting to keep it for keepsakes. They get to keep it for as long as they live and look back on the memories, more so emotions, the postcard entails. The shock, the bliss, the pride, all these they will be able to feel once more with the postcard. You may also see photo postcard templates. And because taking the time and effort to create just married postcards for your guests is an effort all on its own, there is the high tendency they will feel loved and appreciated. The gesture, in a way, acknowledges the individual and will simply translate as thoughtfulness for remembering them to tell about the special occasion. You may also see postcard templates. The gesture of handing out just married postcards simply elicit sincerity to your guests. It will give them the impression that you care about what they think and about what they feel, and that you also want them to be in on the emotions you will feel getting married. The bliss, the excitement, the love, and all the crazy beautiful emotions you feel while walking down the aisle. And the thought that you want them to celebrate with you and feel the same emotions as you, is something that will translate as sincerity. You may also see vintage postcard templates. If you plan to make your just married postcards, not just cards you give out as a symbol of gratitude and a medium to inform but also as a giveaway, then there is the tendency that you will put it out on display. Giveaways are normally put out in display on tables, waiting to be taken by guests and with this common occurrence that you can also do, just married postcards will simply add to the plethora of design elements that are in your event. It will ultimately make your wedding packed with so many details and elements that will elicit as a well-thought-of event. You may also see sample wedding postcards. There are tons of ways you can acquire your very own just married postcard by simply buying designs and templates that are already premade. These designs and templates are all available online which makes it more accessible and easier to acquire. You may also see bridesmaid postcard templates. You simply have to choose the design and template of your choice, pay for it online through different modes of payment, and then simply download the file to your personal computers. However, there are reasons that justify why going for premade just married postcard designs and templates are easily the most ideal option compared to its other counterparts (i.e. having it custom made). Premade designs and templates are generally more affordable because of how it is designed. Commonly, when you want something tailored to your needs you opt to have it custom made, but such option can sometimes cost you a lot, making it an impractical choice. However, going for premade just married postcard designs and templates can cost you twice lower than having it tailor-made to your demands. This is because the graphics artist who usually creates premade designs and templates create based on their own preference and not someone else's. And ultimately because they are not obligated to follow any demands and requests that restrict their creativity. You may also see powerpoint postcard templates. Although premade, premade designs and templates created by talented graphics artist are not being compromised in terms of quality. They are made with the intent of providing top-quality designs at the most affordable prices. So, if you worry that premade designs and templates are no of the best caliber, throw that doubt out the window as it hinders you from trying an option that simply offers you practicality and efficiency all the while being of great quality. You may also see holiday postcards. Considering that most elements on the postcard are already designed and laid out, going for a premade just married postcard will not be such a demanding task for you. Especially when you are inexperienced or have little-to-no knowledge about graphics design. You simply do not need to have an extensive knowledge of different design software or design in general, as creativity and persistence can already get you far. Basically, basic knowledge is more than enough. Also, taking into account these designs and templates are premade, it provides you a medium that can serve as your guide when you start to work on your design or an inspiration you can base off of. Premade just married postcard designs and templates or anything pre-made in general is fully editable and customizable to your preference. With the freedom provided by the option, it also provides an avenue for your creativity to flourish. You can simply do whatever you want with the design and template of your choosing and tweak it or alter it to your preference. Texts, cool fonts, colors, sizes, even a few of the other elements are fully editable and customizable. Sometimes, it comes with smart object layers or vector files that enable you to move around elements of the design to create a more unique and personalized just married postcard. Even though these designs and templates are premade, they still come in many different design variations that are perfect for every different preference of different individuals. There are simple and minimal designs for those who prefer a more streamlined and organized postcard, fun and modern designs for those who wish for their postcards to be different from the rest, and of course printed designs that come in many different variations floral, glitter, polka dots, et cetera. Weddings are a beautiful and special affair and it is more special with the people close to you. And if you opt to keep your marriage under the radars of people but still wants to inform them, simply hand out just married postcards for that sincere gesture of informing them. Your marriage should not be kept a secret between just you both, it should be celebrated with the people most dear to you. After all, love is a beautiful celebration. You may also see save the date postcards. 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The China and Russia magazine is currently the only international publication that covers Sino-Russian relations in both Chinese and Russian. In speaking of the reason for running the magazine, its editor-in-chief Berezhnykh mentioned in a recent interview that in earlier days he was deeply impressed by a China-made tower with long-lasting quality. That experience led him to feel that as the two countries enter the 21st century a broadening bilateral relationship calls for better mutual understanding and started the magazine. Russia has responded positively to the Belt and Road Initiative and deepening cooperation between these two countries in various fields is evident. The magazine closely follows the ties and has covered many Sino-Russian projects such as wide-body aircraft development, Berezhnykh said. He said that although stories about the China-Russia relationship are increasing with the deepening cooperation between these two countries, the magazine faces uncertainty due to lack of financial support. He and his son have struggled through hard times by doing part-time jobs to keep the publication going. It is against this background that 24 issues of China and Russia were published in ten years. For his long-term focus on the China-Russia relationship, Berezhnykh interviewed delegates at both the 18th and 19th National Congress of the CPC. He and his son also attended the SCO Qingdao Summit. Berezhnykh said Tianjin is very pretty and he was especially impressed by the Italian Street. He thinks that the former Russian consulate in Tianjin in 1902 can be converted into a Sino-Russian relations museum to record the friendship between the two countries. He expressed his willingness to publicize the development of Tianjin in China and Russia and hoped to have the opportunity to come to Tianjin again.

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I'm a 59 year old mother with two sons in prison. One has been gone for 18 years and the other for 19 years. One is 37 and the other turned 39 today. I've been holding the pain in for many years and today I heard the pain and hurt in my son's voice. He was like a little kid; he said "I love you mommy." He's 39 year old and for the first time I felt it; my heart was broken. Usually I talk to him and as long as I hear his voice, the birthday son, I know he's ok, but today my soul was ripped out my body. I screamed, yelled out, "Lord help me, the pain is to much to bear alone. I can't do this any more by myself." I cried, cried, cried and as I'm typing right now I'm still crying. I can't get over the pain and hurt in seeking. I can't explain it. It feels like someone has a knife in my heart and won't pull it out. I cried, "Lord help me, tell me what to do." I felt like jumping out the window. I felt a powerful voice telling me to get up and call someone. I jumped for my purse and immediately made the call. A wonderful peaceful voice was on the other end and I thank the Lord she answered. She listened as I cried and she spoke to me with such assurance that I'm not alone. She prayed for me. So here I am trying to learn how to let all this pain that's been bottled up for so long, and I truly from my heart, thank her. Editor: Thank you for sharing and know that you are not alone in your struggles. The pain that you explain is felt by many of us that have had a loved one taken into the prison system. Your faith and support of those around you will get you through these tough times. We hope you are reunited with your sons soon. I was touched when I read this about a mother who had two sons in prison, and the pain that she described and how she felt. I had one son who went to prison and the pain was unbearable. I would like to give that mother hope and encouragement and I am so happy that she was able to call someone in her time of need and that person was able to listen to her and give her peace in her situation. I am a Barrister and I have been for 30 years, so when my son went to prison it shook my world. My husband and I are both Barristers, and are Pastors. I think that as a mother I took it worse, and we all deal with things like this in our own different ways as do their siblings. What kept me focused and centred was my faith in God and that I showed my son 'unconditional love' and he turned the corner. So I want to encourage you and other mothers and parents serving the 'Hidden Sentence' to continue to pray for your children, stand in the gap for them and above all take care of yourself, take care of your own emotional needs. They need you to stand strong so that they can bear what is going on in prison and keep safe in there, also unbeknown to you 'their mum' is their anchor and their dad too. I wrote a book about the experience. It may help you and others to read it. It is called: "My Story…But then is it really my story?

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Q: Remove slug in taxonomy url Just wondering, how can remove slugs from some URLS. I'm using a custom post type called exhibitors, and some taxonomies to define those exhibitors (eg: featured-guests, publishers etc.): Right now I have this: http://thisurl.com/exhibitor_filters/featured-guests/ I would like this: http://thisurl.com/featured-guests/ I've been playing around with the rewrite / slug in wp, but so far no dice. Suggestions? Thanks! -Edit- Fun times, now I'm just getting 404 errors for everything involving custom-post-types and taxonomy-terms. I'm going to see if I can at least get this thing to stop barfing-out so much first...thanks for your general suggestions guys. A: This by default is not possible, and using the CPT and Custom Tax registration APIs, is not possible. And for good reason. It's all to do with permalink and slug clashes, and removing ambiguity. Admittedly there are cases where unique URLs that never overlap are not allowed by the system for this reason ( false negative ). So I recommend you decide on a replacement for 'exhibitor_filters' such as 'exhibitors', or 'filters' and use that as your slug in the rewrite option when registering. If you really want to do it the way you desire however, you will need to add rewrite rules. This can be problematic, as you run the real risk of clashes ( do we load the page 'about' or the exhibitor_filter term 'about'? ), and the ordering and priorities of your hooks will play a big role. e.g. function ex_rewrite( $wp_rewrite ) { $feed_rules = array( '(.+)' => 'index.php?exhibitor_filter='. $wp_rewrite->preg_index(1) ); $wp_rewrite->rules = $wp_rewrite->rules + $feed_rules; } // refresh/flush permalinks in the dashboard if this is changed in any way add_filter( 'generate_rewrite_rules', 'ex_rewrite' ); The above code will work for individual terms, though it will need modifying for heirarchical URLs and taxonomies. Place the code in functions.php of your theme, or your themes associated plugin. Warning: You will need to be careful not to have clashing permalinks, and you will need to be aware of the ordering of which rules come first. Use the monkeyman rewrite analyser plugin to test this. You have been warned. A: There is a plugin that will easily let you remove the taxonomy slug with a few clicks. Anyway as Tom said be careful for example not naming two different taxonomies terms the same or everything will brake. Plugin url is http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-htaccess-control/ A: You should be able to specify this from your permalink section. You can set this via a custom permalink, but it seems like one of the default options "post name" should work for you. This can be found under settings, permalinks in the wordpress backend. A: I found that answer here and used the code in the comments from Jonathan brinley. You should declare your taxonomy "exhibitor_filters" first, and then your CPT, setting its slug to %exhibitor_filters%. Then all your CPTs and terms will be fine, including the term archives links. In my case I removed the CPT slug from the permalinks using the %taxo% in the CPT slug, and also worked except in the term archive, which still shows the CPT slug, but in your case seems what you want. You seem to want archive pages, featuring all custom posts in the "featured-guests" exhibitor filter. Good luck. A: Have you done: 'rewrite' = > array( 'slug' => 'featured-guests', 'with_front' => false ) and just add that to your register_taxonomy.

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Fulham v. Crystal Palace 8/11/18 Discussion in 'Fulham FC News and Notes' started by nevzter, Aug 11, 2018. nevzter Well-Known Member A City by a Bay Here we go. COYW!!! https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/10/fulham-crystal-palace-match-preview https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45067373 nevzter, Aug 11, 2018 And for your pre-match Joka reading... https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/10/slavisa-jokanovic-fulham-premier-league If Fulham's performance in the Championship last year was not quite a fairytale, it was certainly a good yarn. A team that had struggled to clear its head after failing in the play-offs the previous year put together a run of form unmatched anywhere in the country, going 23 games unbeaten, before winning the first play-off fixtures in the club's history to regain a place in the Premier League. As of Saturday, however, that story is forgotten. Perhaps that is an exaggeration. An enormous photograph of the Fulhamteam emerging on to the Wembley pitch in May hangs on the wall of the media room at the club's Motspur Park training complex. But for Slavisa Jokanovic, what is done is done. Any sentiment about recent achievements, however grand they may have been, would be a weakness. And if that means the Fulham manager ends up denying those players who helped him get to the promised land the chance to experience it, then so be it. Fulham spent upwards of £100m in the summer transfer window, an outlay surpassed only by Liverpool and Chelsea. To say this is not typical of the side who, in Jokanovic's words, are "last into the division" would be an understatement. The club have a recruit for every position in the team and have made some of the most eye-catching deals in Europe – from the coveted midfielder Jean Michaël Seri to the German international and former Chelsea star André Schürrle. These players have not come to west London to sit on the bench. "We are living in this modern life, it's full of pressure and we are professionals," said Jokanovic of the challenge now facing his squad. "The players must know it's not easy. It will be hard for all of them to have an opportunity to be a Premier League player. It's not a question of who is a new player but in football memory does not exist. This is not a sentimental man. I want to be professional and at the end I am here to work hard, to try to take the right decisions and not to make mistakes. If I start to be sentimental, this is when we will have more space for making mistakes." Jokanovic speaks from experience, of course. The Serb himself has never managed in the division, having been denied the opportunity after leading Watford to promotion in 2015. He immediately moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv and helped them qualify for the Champions League but was back in England by Christmas, at Fulham. After first steering the club clear of relegation he built a side that is both steely and attractive on the eye. As his remarks make clear, despite the money spent Jokanovic is not taking the challenge that awaits his team lightly. "Our first target has to be to stay up," he said. "We are talking about money but sometimes money is important and sometimes it is not. We can compare ourselves with Spurs, they have made no investment but they have a Premier League team that is done. We were third in the Championship. We arrived here last. It's important for our side to show ambition. We also have to be clever, to modify some things. We are going to play against different levels of quality, of pace and of power. We don't have to change much but we need to be intelligent. We need to grow up." The Fiver: sign up and get our daily football email. Fulham's first fixture back in the top flight pits them against Crystal Palaceand a manager who is a legend at the club, Roy Hodgson. Jokanovic was effusive in his praise of Hodgson's side and wished his opposite number well – "after this game". "Last season they started with a problem but after Hodgson arrived they started to play very well and finished the season in a high level, playing really good football," Jokanovic said. "They definitely have more experience than us at this level. They have danger in the offensive side, with [Christian] Benteke, [Wilfried] Zaha and [Andros] Townsend. But on the other side we must take care about Luka Milivojevic, too, who is the heart of the team. Many things depend on this guy. We've made the analysis of this team and I hope we are ready." After the summer they have had many will feel Fulham should exceed their previous expectations this season. If Jokanovic believes he is now likely to be held to higher standards, he certainly does not seem intimidated by the prospect. He may not be a sentimental man but he is certainly a determined one. MicahMan likes this. jumpkutz, Aug 11, 2018 So much for Sessegnon being forced to play at left back - Bryan gets thrown right into the deep end! I like your style Jokanovic! MicahMan, Aug 11, 2018 Not gonna lie. This disturbs me. jumpkutz said: ↑ Agreed. This disturbs me more than the loss frankly. Although Fulham was playing in the Premier League with a lot of new names, everything felt oddly familiar. Fulham still played the same style as last year - a focus on possession with a lot of nice passing. But, as with some earlier matches, we couldn't convert opportunities and were vulnerable to counter attacks. And as with the last two years we started the season without Bettinelli in net and clearly suffered. I don't know if Bettinelli is a Premier League quality keeper, but I know I'd rather have him start than Fabri. I was generally pretty happy with how we played. Although the scoreline wasn't pretty, Fulham didn't look out of their league on the pitch. There was a lot of good passing between guys who are just starting to play together - that went better than I expected. Fabri was the only player I was really disappointed with although Le Marchand wasn't spectacular in my view either. However, I'm not sure what things are going to look like when we face higher quality teams. Palace looked pretty poor in the first half and we still couldn't get a lead. I worry what a more dangerous team like Tottenham will do on counters when Fulham pushes up - we'll find out soon! encorespanish likes this. Well, poop. Now, it's a relegation scrap for certain. Gotta question Joka's tactics - he's rubbish and needs to go. encorespanish and sacffc like this. A Tale of Two Keepers Theirs repelled four solid shots. Ours conceded two that should never have occurred. Sorry about Bryan's injury; I liked his attitude. I liked Seri and Chalmers of the new boys. I hate to lose, but I'm not overly concered at this point. Although I wonder how in hell a healthy Betts DOESN'T get into the game ay squad. Schurrle is NOT used to the physical game that is every weekend in the Premier League. He'll improve, but he was handled with kid gloves in Germany. HatterDon, Aug 11, 2018 encorespanish and MicahMan like this. After watching just the highlights on the NBC Sports YouTube channel, I have only this to say: starting only 4 of the potential 10 who won at Wembley (and only 2 to the bench), plus starting a new keeper and 4 new backs, is a bloody crime. Chambers might have had a good overall game, but he got abused by Schlupp (who?) on their first. Fabri might end up being a better PL keeper in the long run, but how do you NOT give a healthy Marcus Bettinelli a chance here. To not even name him to the bench is, to me, unconscionable. But there wouldn't be a darn thing wrong with putting him out there today. Same with some of the others from last season. Instead, they seem to have cut these guys loose. I know this is big boy football in the biggest league on the planet, not a sentimental popularity contest, but every fiber of my being says what happened today was wrong. If we start Betts, Ream, Johansen, Kamara and even Odoi, we do just as well...or better. But, it is the first game, so I will trust that Joka still knows what he's doing for the long haul. I just don't like wholesale discarding of players that got you there, and earned a shot at the big time. daddude7 New Member Ream is out hurt, Odoi is suspended for two games. Seri starting over Johansen was the right decision. Betts should have gotten the chance to play if healthy, and it appears he is; Fabri's not as fast a shot stopper and made a couple of horrendously poor decisions. Other than Betts, I don't have a problem with Jokanovic's lineup and tactics. If we continue to play this style, we'll gel, get the goals eventually, and will say up. daddude7, Aug 11, 2018 encorespanish, sacffc, HatterDon and 2 others like this. It sure is a lot easier to find highlights now. No need to figure out which teams post highlights and when they post them, just go to the NBC channel - but where's the fun in that?! astroevan Well-Known Member Well, Fulham looked exactly like a bunch of players that haven't really played together and, unsurprisingly, Fabri was the lowest rated Fulham player on the pitch. I was surprised, like others on this site, that there weren't more players from last season in the squad of 18. I was even more surprised that 4 of the 5 deadline day transfers were in the squad - and one even started - with presumably no more than two full practices (probably less). I'm hoping Bryan isn't out for too long since I felt like he slotted in to the left back position admirably. (By the way, Targett must be pissed as he didn't even make the squad of 18 for Southampton!) Regarding the keeper position, I'm not sure what else Bettinelli needs to show Jokanovic. For three straight years now, Joka has handed another keeper the starting job at the beginning of the season (though I believe that Betts was truly injured in 2016). I've read that Sergio Rico will eventually be the number one, but the recentness of his arrival and poor spoken English are reasons for not starting him right away. All that aside, Fabri was quite unimpressive. I could argue that he was at fault for both goals. The team stuck to the plan and attempted to play out from the back but the newness of all the players made this difficult. Fabri and Le Marchand were least impressive. However, Le Marchand was solid in defending so I'm hoping that the passing and ball control will improve with time. Similar to the start of last season, the final product was lacking - 66% possession, no goals. At least we got a decent amount of shots on target (6). Christie was given ample time and space on the right, but played in very few, if any, quality crosses (according to whoscored.com, Christie had 12 crosses but only 1 accurate cross). Overall, I like that Mitro was on target and troublesome for most of the match. Seri, Chambers, Bryan, and Vietto's brief appearance were all positives from the new class. I would have preferred at least a point, but I don't think Fulham looked out of place against a team that is largely unchanged from the squad that finished 11th last term. astroevan, Aug 13, 2018 MicahMan and encorespanish like this. astroevan said: ↑ ... (By the way, Targett must be pissed as he didn't even make the squad of 18 for Southampton!)... I was looking for him in their highlight reel against Burnley. When I didn't see him, I thought, there's no way he wasn't at least named to the bench. Wrong. If Sparky and company don't rate him, (and it certainly appears they don't), why not sell him to someone who does? I don't get it. encorespanish, BarryWhite and MicahMan like this. If you read between the lines here, it seems pretty obvious, at least to me, that somebody, probably Tony Khan, has told Joka that Bettinelli is not a PL quality keeper. Here's Fabri, here's Rico, play them. A little too much sensitivity and defensiveness here when asked such an obvious question. And Betts made it clear that he was NOT bitching about not being named, but merely responding to fans' questions about his fitness. I don't know, but that's what I take from the words on the printed page, without hearing the manner or tone they were delivered. "We can Tweet what we want, sometimes I tweet too but Marcus Bettinelli start working with us this week, first day we have opportunity for kicking the ball and last two days he make complete work with the team and I am here to take decision who will be on the goal, on the bench and in the stands. "I cannot give you another answer." Even Love Bite still loves us! nevzter likes this. timmyg Well-Known Member Well, we're back with the big boys after wandering the wilderness for 4 seasons. In addition to catching the match, I consumed as much media about the EPL and realized the following: What I Missed The pace! Granted Palace are a counterattacking side, and we were in a lower division last season, but holy moly it was like watching a different sport. The Championship is enjoyable, but the pace is more methodic, with goals (mostly) coming from breaking down a defense (see, all of Sessegnon's tap in last year). This? Goals (mostly) came out of seemingly nowhere, born from individual skill. It's like watching the NCAA versus NBA. The coverage! No longer must we search high and wide for drops of information The community. Friends who support other clubs now talk to me! No longer do they awkwardly ask about Fulham as if we went off the grid and moved to the mountains and make our own hemp moonshine. What I Have Not Missed Tony Gale. Hoo boy here I was thinking GJ was too critical Mike Dean. Coverage consisting of the Big 6 and no one else Compartmentalizing every match into a "must win", "should win", "wont win" and being distraught when the first two categories go pear-shaped. timmyg, Aug 14, 2018 nevzter, encorespanish and astroevan like this. Similar Threads: Fulham Crystal Fulham FC News and Notes Fulham away to Crystal Palace Feb 1, 2019 Fulham FC News and Notes Premier League 2018-19 Kickoff - Fulham v. Crystal Palace Aug 9, 2018 Fulham FC News and Notes Fulham vs. Crystal Palace Jul 29, 2008 Fulham FC News and Notes Fulham v Crystal Palace May 9, 2014 Fulham FC News and Notes Fulham v. Crystal Palace Oct 18, 2013

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The Eagles stage concerts in the UK in May and June as part of what they say may be their farewell world tour. Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit will perform classics spanning their career, including some that have never been performed live, as well as songs featured in "History of The Eagles", the band's acclaimed, top-selling documentary. The band has scored chart toppers and other major hits across the world, including five US No.1 singles and four US No.1 albums. They were among the most successful recording artists of the 1970s. 'Take It Easy', 'Desperado', 'Tequila Sunrise', 'Lyin' Eyes', 'One Of These Nights', 'Take It To The Limit', 'Hotel California', 'New Kid In Town', 'Heartache Tonight' and 'How Long'. "It's somewhat confounding, but people still want to see us play," said Glenn. "It doesn't seem to end for us. You'd think people would get tired of us. But you know, people haven't. "We haven't played some shows for quite a while. It's been pretty much a solo year this year, plus we were all working on different parts of 'The History of The Eagles', but we went and played a show in Las Vegas. It was after the DVD had played on 'Showtime', and the audience was rabid. "I had to laugh, they were so into it and so committed. It seems we have this phenomenon we have to deal with. The Eagles made their mark with masterfully crafted numbers merging country-tinged vocal harmonies with hard-rock guitars and lyrics. A look at the charts shows the Eagles were more in demand in the UK for their albums than their singles. Their highest chart placing for a single was No.8 for 'Hotel California' in 1976. The group's origins go back to when four Los Angeles-based musicians, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner, who had migrated to the West Coast from other parts of the United States, got together. In early 1971, Glenn Frey and Don Henley were hired to play in Linda Ronstadt's backing band and all four played on her album, "Linda Ronstadt". Later that year the four signed with manager David Geffen and agreed to record for his soon-to be- launched Asylum Records label. The name of the band, simply "Eagles" was first suggested by Bernie Leadon during a peyote and tequila-influenced group outing in California's Mojave Desert. In early 1972 they flew to England and spent two weeks recording their debut album "Eagles" with producer Glyn Johns. It was a major success and also spawned three hit singles, 'Take It Easy', 'Witchy Woman' and 'Peaceful Easy Feeling'. Changes of personnel saw Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner go, and Don Felder, Joe Walsh and Timothy B Schmit come into the group. The Eagles officially broke up in 1982 and did not reunite fully until 1994 when they had another chart success with the album "Hell Freezes over". Tensions within the group led to Don Felder's expulsion in 2001, and the Eagles then became a quartet.

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Iñigo Córdoba has been something of an enigma at Athletic. His work rate can be absolutely invaluable at times, but on other occasions he's been a liability. The 22-year-old has always shown flashes of brilliance and with more regular playing time he's really starting to enjoy an impressive consistency to his game. On Friday night he played his best game ever for the first team and there seems to be more where that came from. As usual, Córdoba was everywhere. A winger with a motor that doesn't slow down, he was constantly tracking back to help Yuri Berchiche with defensive duties and logged 6 tackles on the night. The pair made it very difficult for Levante to do anything down that side of the field and Córdoba was an even bigger problem going forward. Córdoba was a persistent threat down the left wing, putting in 5 crosses and 3 key passes. Every time the ball left his foot it seemed destined to lead to a goal and there was very little that Levante could do about it. The Lezama product provided the assist on the first goal of the game as well as the second, although it has since been ruled an own goal. Still, Córdoba also had two crosses that saw headers skim just wide of the post. The best part of Córdoba's performance were the things that statistics can't really show. His positioning and movement without the ball were flawless. He regularly put himself into threatening areas and took defenders out of position several times. Córdoba may not have scored a goal, but he was the catalyst that led the team to victory. Friday night at San Mamés was the most complete performance from Iñigo Córdoba in an Athletic shirt and if he continues at this level he will definitely earn even more playing time in the weeks ahead.

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This article is about the company. For the founder, see Victor Hasselblad. For the foundation, see Hasselblad Foundation. For Hasselblad Masters, see Hasselblad Masters Award. For the award, see Hasselblad Award. "Imacon" redirects here. For the similar-sounding term, see Imagon (disambiguation). This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral. Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third-party sources. (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Find sources: "Hasselblad" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Victor Hasselblad AB Photographic equipment and supplies Victor Hasselblad Cameras, lenses and scanners SEK290 million (2011)[1] SEK44 million (2011)[1] DJI, Ventizz Capital Fund IV L.P. Hasselblad A/S, Hasselblad Bron Inc, Hasselblad Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, Hasselblad (UK) Ltd, Hasselblad France SAS, Hasselblad Japan KK www.hasselblad.com Victor Hasselblad AB is a Swedish manufacturer of medium format cameras, photographic equipment and image scanners based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company is best known for the classic medium format cameras it has produced since World War II. Perhaps the most famous use of the Hasselblad camera was during the Apollo program missions when the first humans landed on the Moon. Almost all of the still photographs taken during these missions used modified Hasselblad cameras. Hasselblad only produces about 10,000 cameras a year out of a small three story building.[2] Former Hasselblad headquarters built in 2003 (now occupied by Sveriges Television AB) 1 Company history 1.2 Post-war 1.3 The Hasselblad camera comes into its own 1.4 1970s onward 1.5 Fuji, Shriro, Imacon, and the digital age 2 Hasselblad cameras in space 3 Hasselblad products 3.1 Cameras 3.1.1 HK-7 and SKa4 military cameras 3.1.2 1600F and 1000F 3.1.3 V System 3.1.4 XPan 3.1.5 H System 3.1.5.1 H1 3.1.5.2 H1D 3.1.5.5 H2F 3.1.5.7 H3DII 3.1.5.9 H4X 3.1.5.10 H5D 3.1.5.11 H5D-50C 3.1.5.12 H5X 3.1.5.13 H5D-50C WiFi 3.1.5.14 H6D-50c, H6D-100c, and H6D-400c MS 3.1.6 X System 3.1.6.1 X1D-50c 3.2 Scanners 3.3 Phocus 3.4 Phocus Mobile 2 4 Collaboration with Sony 5 Company publications Company history[edit] The company was established in 1841 in Gothenburg, Sweden, by Fritz Wiktor Hasselblad, as a trading company, F. W. Hasselblad and Co. The founder's son, Arvid Viktor Hasselblad, was interested in photography and started the photographic division of the company. Hasselblad's corporate website quotes him as saying, "I certainly don't think that we will earn much money on this, but at least it will allow us to take pictures for free."[3] In 1877, Arvid Hasselblad commissioned the construction of Hasselblad's long-time headquarters building, in use until 2002.[4] While on honeymoon, Arvid Hasselblad met George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak. In 1888, Hasselblad became the sole Swedish distributor of Eastman's products. The business was so successful that in 1908, the photographic operations were spun off into their own corporation, Fotografiska AB. Operations included a nationwide network of shops and photo labs. Management of the company eventually passed to Karl Erik Hasselblad, Arvid's son (grandson of founder F. W.). Karl Erik wanted his son, Victor Hasselblad, to have a wide understanding of the camera business, and sent him to Dresden, Germany, then the world center of the optics industry, at age 18 (c. 1924). Victor spent the next several years studying and working in various photography related endeavors in Europe and the US, including Rochester, New York, with George Eastman, before returning to work at the family business. Due to disputes within the family, particularly with his father, Victor left the business and in 1937 started his own photo store and lab in Gothenburg, Victor Foto. World War II[edit] During World War II, the Swedish military captured a fully functioning German aerial surveillance camera from a downed German plane. This was probably a Handkammer HK 12.5 cm/7x9, which bore the codename GXN and the military account number Fl.38510. The Swedish government realised the strategic advantage of developing an aerial camera for their own use, and in the spring of 1940 approached Victor Hasselblad to help create one. In April 1940, Victor Hasselblad established a camera workshop in Gothenburg called Ross AB in a shed at an automobile shop, working in the evenings in cooperation with a mechanic from the shop and his brother, began designing the HK7 camera. By late 1941, the operation had over 20 employees and the Swedish Air Force asked for another camera, one which would have a larger negative and could be permanently mounted to an aircraft. This model was the SKa4. Between 1941 and 1945, Hasselblad delivered 342 cameras to the Swedish military.[3] In 1942, Karl Erik Hasselblad died and Victor took control of the family business. During the war, in addition to the military cameras, Hasselblad produced watch and clock parts, over 95,000 by the war's end. Post-war[edit] After the war, watch and clock production continued, and other machine work was also carried out, including producing a slide projector and supplying parts for Saab automobiles. Victor Hasselblad's real ambition was to make high-quality civilian cameras. In 1945–1946, the first design drawings and wooden models were made for a camera to be called the Rossex. An internal design competition was held for elements of the camera; one of the winners was Sixten Sason, the designer of the original Saab bodywork. In 1948, the camera later known as the 1600 F was released. The new design was complex, and many small improvements were needed to create a reliable product; the watchmaking background of many of the designers produced a design which was sophisticated, but more delicate than what was required for a camera. Only around 50 units were produced in 1949, and perhaps 220 in 1950, of what collectors have now designated the Series One camera. The Series Two versions of the 1600 F, perhaps as many as 3300 made from 1950 to 1953, were more reliable but still subject to frequent repairs, with many units having been cannibalized or modified by the factory. The biggest problem was its shutter, a focal-plane shutter that was hard to keep accurate. Using 120 size film it was formatted to a square 6 cm x 6 cm or 2 & ¼ by 2 & ¼ inches which meant there was no more need to turn the camera on its side. In 1954, they mated the groundbreaking new 38mm Biogon lens designed by Dr. Bertele of Zeiss to a shallow non-reflex body to produce the SWA (Supreme Wide Angle, later changed to Super Wide Angle). Though a specialty product not intended to sell in large numbers, the SWA was an impressive achievement, and derivatives were sold for decades. Hasselblad took their two products to the 1954 photokina trade show in Germany, and word began to spread. In 1953, a much-improved camera, the 1000 F was released. It too had a focal-plane shutter which led to its final replacement by the 500 C but nonetheless provided a big leg up in the medium format. It had a very fine 200mm f4 Sonnar sport lens that made it a great wildlife camera. Lenses ranged from a 60mm Distagon, standard 80mm Planar, and on up to the 200 mm. In December 1954, the 1000 F camera received a rave review from the influential American photography magazine, Modern Photography. They put over 500 rolls of film through their test unit, and intentionally dropped it twice, and it continued to function. But the 1000 F also had shutter problems and finally gave way to the lens-mounted, tried-and-true Compur shutter, retaining its focal-plane shutter/curtain only to mask the film until the Compur shutter closed, then opened to expose the film. This was a far more dependable system, even though it meant having a shutter in each lens. The Hasselblad camera comes into its own[edit] The real turning point for the company occurred in 1957. The 1000 F was replaced by the 500 C. The landmark 500 C design formed the basis for Hasselblad's product line for the next sixty years, with variants being produced until 2013. It was not until 1960, though, that Hasselblad's cameras became profitable; prior to this point, the company was still being entirely supported by sales of imported photographic supplies, including their distribution of Kodak products. In 1962, NASA began to use Hasselblad cameras on space flights, and to request design modifications. The first motor-driven camera, the 500 EL, appeared in 1965[5] as a result of NASA requests. While Hasselblad had enjoyed a slowly but steadily growing reputation among professional photographers through the 1950s, the publicity created by NASA's use of Hasselblad products dramatically increased name recognition for the brand. In 1966, with the increasing success of the camera division, Hasselblad exited the photographic supply and retailing industry, selling Hasselblad Fotografiska AB to Kodak. 1970s onward[edit] In 1976, Victor Hasselblad sold Hasselblad AB to a Swedish investment company, Säfveån AB. When he died in 1978, he left much of his fortune to the Hasselblad Foundation. In 1977, the 2000 series of focal plane shutter equipped models was introduced. The 2000-series cameras had been intended to provide full exposure automation. The 2000 FC however was rushed and introduced without the automated features, partly because of a rethink about the way the automation should be accomplished (electronic vs. electro-mechanical). It was the last new camera produced during Victor Hasselblad's lifetime. In 1984, Victor Hasselblad AB went public, with 42.5% of the company being sold on the Swedish stock exchange. The next year, Swedish corporation Incentive AB bought 58.1% of Hasselblad, and in 1991, they acquired the remainder of the shares, taking VHAB back to being a private corporation. In 1985 Hasselblad established the subsidiary, Hasselblad Electronic Imaging AB, to focus on digital imaging and transmission systems.[6] In 1991, the 200 series of automated focal plane shutter equipped models was introduced. This was the last major technical development in the course of the classic (now known as "V-System", after Victor) Hasselblad camera. In 1996, Hasselblad was sold, with the new owners being UBS, Cinven, and the Hasselblad management. Fuji, Shriro, Imacon, and the digital age[edit] In 1998, Hasselblad began selling the XPan, a camera designed and made in Japan by Fujifilm. In 2002, they introduced the H-System, retroactively renaming their original camera line the V-System. The H-System marked an essential transition for the company. It dropped the traditional Hasselblad square negative format, instead using 6×4.5 cm film and a new series of lenses. The then owners had no confidence in Hasselblad's already advanced digital project returning a profit, and, seeing the relative success in the market of the modern (i.e. fully automated) 645 cameras made by manufacturers like Pentax and Mamiya, closed down Hasselblad's digital department and directed all effort towards making this 645 film camera. The H-System is largely designed and manufactured by Hasselblad, with Fuji's involvement being limited to finalizing Hasselblad's lens designs and producing the glass for the lenses and viewfinders. Fuji was allowed under the agreement to sell the H1 under their name in Japan only. In January 2003, the Shriro Group acquired a majority shareholding in Hasselblad. The group had been the distributors for Hasselblad in Japan, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan ROC, Singapore, and Malaysia for over 45 years.[7] The following year, in August 2004, Shriro Sweden, the holding company of Victor Hasselblad AB, and Swedish subsidiary of Shriro Group, announced the acquisition of high-end scanner and digital cameraback manufacturer, Imacon. The intent of the move was to correct the mistake the previous owners made when they thought there was no money to be made selling digital products and put a stop to Hasselblad's own advanced digital project, and to renew Hasselblad's ambitions in the professional digital photographic sector.[8] The move was perceived as part of an industry-wide move to respond to the trend away from film to digital. Christian Poulsen, chief executive of Hasselblad after the merger, said, "They finally realized there was no future. It was impossible to keep Hasselblad alive without digital".[9] This has secured their market position, with nearly all of their previous medium format camera competition going through sale (Mamiya), closure (Contax, Bronica, Exakta 66, Kiev), or greatly reduced market presence (Rollei, Pentax (which was also sold, to Hoya)), and other medium format digital back makers being faced with accordingly restricted markets. Despite this Hasselblad has struggled to turn a profit relative to the market share leader Phase One [10][11] On 30 June 2011, private equity firm Ventizz announced it had acquired a 100% stake in Hasselblad.[12][13] In late 2015, aerial photography and drone manufacturer DJI acquired a minority interest in Hasselblad. In early January 2017, some reports, citing reliable sources, indicated that DJI had since acquired the majority interest. These reports have not been verified by either company to date but have not been denied.[14] In July 2018, DJI's Mavic 2 PRO drone was advertised by UK based retail shopping company Argos. This drone was the first to carry a camera featuring the Hasselblad branding. Hasselblad cameras in space[edit] A closeup view of the Skylab space station taken with a hand-held 70 mm Hasselblad camera using a 100 mm lens and SO-368 medium-speed Ektachrome film. Hasselblad 500 EL/M "20 years in space" anniversary edition with 70 mm back, similar to the ones used in the Apollo Program. Several different models of Hasselblad cameras were taken into space, all specially modified for the task.[15] The Hasselblad cameras were selected by NASA because of their interchangeable lenses and magazines. Modifications were made to permit ease of use in cramped conditions while wearing spacesuits, such as the replacement of the reflex mirror with an eye-level finder. Modifications by NASA technicians were further refined and incorporated into new models by Hasselblad. For example, development of a 70 mm magazine was accelerated to meet the space program. The first modified (in fact simplified) Hasselblad 500 C cameras were used on the last two Project Mercury missions in 1962 and 1963. They continued to be used throughout the Gemini spaceflights in 1965 and 1966. A general program of reliability and safety was implemented following the Apollo 1 fire in 1967, addressing such issues as reliability and safe operation of electrical equipment in a high-oxygen environment.[16] EL electric cameras were used for the first time on Apollo 8. A heavily modified 500 EL, the so-called Hasselblad Electric Camera (HEC) was used from Apollo 8 on board the spacecraft. Three 500 EL cameras were carried on Apollo 11. An even more extensively modified Hasselblad EL Data Camera (HDC), equipped with a special Zeiss 5.6/60 mm Biogon lens and film magazines for 150–200 exposures, was used on the Moon surface on the Apollo 11 mission. All following NASA missions also had Hasselblad cameras on board. The photographic equipment and films used on the five subsequent flights were similar to that taken on Apollo 11. On Apollo 15, the 500 mm telelens was added. During the Space Shuttle period cameras based on the 500 EL/M, 553 ELX, 205 TCC and 203 FE have been used.[17][18] Twelve Hasselblads remain on the lunar surface.[19] Hasselblad products[edit] Cameras[edit] HK-7 (1941–1945) SKa4 (1941–1945) 1600F (1948–1953) V System 500 (1957–present) V System 2000 and 200 (1977–2004) V System Superwide (1954–2006) V System Flexbody (1995–2003) XPan (1998–2006) (designed and manufactured by Fujifilm) H System (2002–present)[20] Lunar (announced September 2012, shipped early 2013)[21] X1D-50c (June 2016–June 2019) – the world's first digital compact medium format mirrorless camera[22] H6D-400c MS (2018–present) – Multi-Shot technology camera capturing 400-megapixel images, an industry standard in art reproduction and cultural heritage X1D II 50C (announced June 2019) – the next generation of the world's first digital compact medium format mirrorless camera, the X1D-50c 907X and CFV II 50C (announced June 2019) – combining Hasselblad's photographic history into one system with Hasselblad's smallest camera body ever, the 907X, and the refreshed CFV II 50C digital back HK-7 and SKa4 military cameras[edit] The HK-7 put a 7 cm tall by 9 cm wide image on 80 mm film. It has interchangeable lenses, generally a 135 mm Zeiss Biotessar, with the second being either a 240 mm f/4 Meyer Tele-Megor or a 250 mm f/5 Schneider Tele-Xenar. The SKa4 has interchangeable film magazines, a key feature of later Hasselblad cameras. 1600F and 1000F[edit] Hasselblad 1600F with Kodak Ektar 2,8/80 mm lens. Hasselblad's first civilian camera was launched in 1948. Born from the idea of Victor Hasselblad to create the "ideal camera", it was a 6×6 cm format focal-plane shutter SLR camera that was six inches long.[23] First simply known as the "Hasselblad Camera" it was later named "1600F" after its highest shutter speed of 1/1600 sec and "F" for "focal plane".[23] The camera was revolutionary for the time with its modular design that allowed exchanging lenses, viewfinders and film magazines. The shutter was made of thin stainless steel which was light and durable enough to withstand the high acceleration forces of this fast shutter.[23] The 1600F cameras did show a couple of problems (especially the first series) so a number of changes were introduced during the production period that lasted from 1949–1953. The 1600F was initially released with the Kodak Ektar 2.8/80 mm and the Ektar 3.5/135 mm lenses. Only prototypes were made of the Ektar 6.3/55 mm and the 5.6/254 mm lenses. The successor of the 1600F was the 1000F (1953–1957). The 1000F was named after its reduced shortest shutter speed of 1/1000 s. The 1000F has a different shutter mechanism and proved to be more reliable and robust than its predecessor. During production of the 1600F, Carl Zeiss in Oberkochen had become a supplier of lenses for the 1600F/1000F cameras. Zeiss supplied the lenses Distagon 5.6/60 mm, Tessar 2.8/80 mm, Sonnar 3.5/135, Sonnar 4.0/250 and Sonnar 5.6/250 mm. Towards the end of the 1000 F production period a Dallmeyer 5.6/508 mm lens made by Cook and Perkins, England, was also available, but did not fully cover the full film format. Hasselblad 1000F and especially 1600F cameras are very rare on the secondhand market and usually not in working condition because of age, neglect, and a lack of spare parts and qualified repairmen. Many cameras suffer from corrosion of the chrome rims. A lot of lenses suffer from scratches, fungus, discoloration and separation. Cameras in good condition can therefore fetch fairly high prices.[24] The 500C was produced to replace the F-series cameras. It changed the troublesome focal plane shutter for a leaf shutter in each C lens. The camera has continued for over 40 years with only minor improvements. A variation of the 500C was used by NASA for all their Gemini and Apollo missions. Most lenses were made by Zeiss in Germany but the very early 1600F lenses were made by Kodak. 1600F (1948/1949-1953, 1/1600 s shutter speed) 1000F (1953–1957, 1/1000 s shutter speed) V System[edit] Hasselblad 503 CW with Zeiss Distagon 3,5/30 and Ixpress V96C Hasselblad 500 C/M with Zeiss lens The designation 'V System' was not used until the launch of the H System. The name "V System" was not created until the development of the "H System"; with a new system premiering, Hasselblad needed a designation to differentiate the older product line. The Hasselblad V-System evolved out of Victor Hasselblad's desire to develop a small camera with fast lenses and shutters, that was as easily hand-holdable as a Leica, but with a larger film format. The Rolleiflex's 6×6 format was deemed ideal: large enough to provide high image quality, but small enough to fit inside a compact camera. The Rolleiflex's leaf shutter lacked the fast shutter speeds focal plane shutters could provide, and neither Leica rangefinder nor Rolleiflex TLR provided the(TTL) through the (taking) lens viewing that the slow to use, big Graflex SLR provided. These considerations led to the 1600 F and a flexible camera system that includes interchangeable bodies, lenses, viewfinders, winders, film magazines and holders, and other accessories. Problems with the focal plane shutters in the 1600 F and 1000 F cameras and especially the increasing importance of electronic flash led to the development of the manual leaf shutter-based medium-format 6×6 (6×6 cm or 2¼×2¼ inches) 500 C SLR camera in 1957 which offered flash synchronization at all shutter speeds. The 500 C was joined by the motor-driven 500 EL SLR camera in 1964. Apart from the housing that incorporates the motor drive and the NiCd batteries, this camera is similar in appearance and operation to the Hasselblad 500 C and uses the same magazines, lenses and viewfinders. These two cameras, together with the Superwide Camera (SWC) which was introduced in 1954 as a wide angle camera using the Carl Zeiss Biogon 38 mm f/4.5 lens and built-in levels for exacting architecture photography, formed the core of the V-system and shared most accessories (with a few exceptions). Throughout the life of the V Series, Hasselblad incrementally updated the cameras. The 500C gave way to the 500C/M, the 503CX and 503CXi, the 501C and 501CM, and finally the 503CW as the basic manual. The SWC was replaced by the SWC/M, the 903 SWC, and finally by the 905 SWC. The 500 EL's replacements included the 500EL/M, 500ELX,553 ELX, and the 555ELD. First introduced in the 500ELX, TTL/OTF (through the lens/off the film) flash metering was also a feature of the 503CX, which was replaced by the 503CXi and finally the 503CW. Alongside these 500-series cameras, a series of focal plane shutter cameras was introduced. They marked the return to Victor Hasselblad's original desire to have a small camera with fast shutter speeds (1/2000 s) and fast lenses. This 2000-series started with the 2000 FC, and progressed to the 2000 FC/M, 2000 FCW and 2003 FCW. Though much of the 20 years between the discontinuation of the 1000F and the introduction of the 2000 FC was spent designing an improved focal plane shutter, the 2000-series again used corrugated metal foil as material for the shutter curtains, though now titanium replaced the original stainless steel. As before, the metal shutter curtains proved to be quite easily damaged by clumsy fingers, which is why all 2000-series cameras except the 2000FC have a safety feature that retracts the shutter curtains as soon as the magazine is taken off. The 2000-series cameras were replaced by the 200-series cameras (with rubberized cloth shutter curtains), which included the 201 F, 202 FA, 203 FE, and 205 TCC/205 FCC. While the 201 F was a manual control camera, the other three 200-series models added a level of metering and exposure automation to the V series. There were also two series of medium format view cameras developed related to the V series: the FlexBody and the ArcBody. The last V System camera, the 503CW, was officially discontinued on April 29, 2013.[25] 500C (1957-1970, Leaf Shutter) 500C/M (1970-1994, Leaf Shutter) 500 Classic (1990-1992, Leaf Shutter) 500CM (1997-2005, Leaf Shutter) 503CX (1988-1994, Leaf Shutter, TTL OTF flash system) 503CXi (1994-1996, Leaf Shutter, TTL OTF flash system) 503CW (1996-2005, Leaf Shutter, TTL OTF flash system) 503CXD (2006, Leaf Shutter, TTL OTF flash system) 2000 Series Cameras with Titanium Focal Plane Shutter 2000 FC (1977-1982, Titanium Focal Plane Shutter) 2000 FC/M (1982-1984, Titanium Focal Plane Shutter) 2000 FCW (1984-1988, Titanium Focal Plane Shutter) 200 Series Cameras with Rubberized Cloth Focal Plane Shutter 205 TCC (1991-1994, Rubberized Cloth Focal Plane Shutter) 201 F (1994-1998, Rubberized Cloth Focal Plane Shutter) 203 FE (1994-2004, Rubberized Cloth Focal Plane Shutter) 205 FCC (1995-2004, Rubberized Cloth Focal Plane Shutter) 202 FA (1998-2002, Rubberized Cloth Focal Plane Shutter) Super Wide-angle (SW) cameras with fixed lenses SWA & SW (1954-1958, Leaf Shutter, fixed Carl Zeiss Biogon f/4.5 38 mm wide angle lens) SWC (1959-1979, Leaf Shutter) SWC/M (1980-1988, Leaf Shutter) 903 SWC (1988-2001, Leaf Shutter) View Cameras FlexBody (1995-2003, Tilt and shift possible, Normal Hasselblad mount ) ArcBody (1997-2001, Tilt and shift possible, Special mount with only 3 Rodenstock lenses with wider image circle) 500EL (1964–1970) 500EL/M (1971–1984, introduced user-interchangeable screen), 500ELX (1984–1988, introduced TTL-flash sensor and larger non-vignetting mirror), 553ELX (1988-1999, introduced new internal light-absorbing coating and use of AA-batteries), and 555ELD (1998–2006, introduced new mirror mechanics and electronic contacts for communication with digital backs) 500EL and its successors have been and still are used mainly as workhorses in photo studios. This camera type became also very famous when a heavily modified version of it was used in the U.S. Apollo lunar exploration program. In 1968 it was used by astronaut William Anders to take the image known as Earthrise. As an outgrowth of the experience with NASA cameras, a photogrammetric version of the Hasselblad 500 EL/M, the Hasselblad MK 70, was constructed with specially calibrated components.[26] XPan[edit] The dual-format XPan and XPan II were Hasselblad's first cameras to use 35mm film. Built with a rubber-covered titanium and aluminium body, they were designed as a coupled rangefinder camera with interchangeable, compact lenses. The XPan cameras are re-branded versions of the Fuji TX-1 and TX-2. The XPan II has every feature of the original, but grants the user the ability to record thirty-minute exposures compared to the old limit of three minutes. Electronic exposure information in the viewfinder is another additional feature of the XPan II. The XPan reverted to the focal plane shutter, offering 8–1/1000 s, and flash sync from B (max. 270 s) – 1/125 s. The intent in releasing the XPan was to provide medium format image quality on 35mm film. The XPan utilised the entire area of the 35mm film for either panorama or 35mm format, providing a panorama effect without masking the film or reducing image quality. This technique produced a panorama negative almost three times larger than traditional masking and over five times larger than that of APS cameras.[27] The XPan is now discontinued. XPan (1998, focal plane shutter, 35mm, Panoramic capability) XPan II (2003, focal plane shutter, 35mm, Panoramic capability) H System[edit] Hasselblad launched the H System at photokina in September 2002. H1[edit] The H1 departed from previous Hasselblad cameras in several respects. Hasselblad moved away from the traditional 6×6 format to 6×4.5 cm, and included autofocus lenses. The camera used Fujinon manufactured lenses and prisms, thus departing from Hasselblad's long association with Carl Zeiss when it comes to lens manufacturing. The shutter in the lenses was still manufactured by Hasselblad as well as the body. Hasselblad initially invited both PhaseOne and Kodak to develop digital backs for the H-System. The H1 had a number of other innovations, including: replacement of the removable dark slide with a fold-out lever inserts and backs that could accept both 120 and 220 film automatic film advance digital back integration electronic leaf shutters with timing from 1/800 seconds down to 18 hours[28] As with the V-series, most H1- and H2-series components were compatible with one another. H1D[edit] Identical to the H1, but sold bundled with a Hasselblad-branded Imacon 22Mp iXpress back which coupled with a 40GB Image Bank allowed shooting of up to 850 images in one session. The camera could only be used with the included digital back. This was Hasselblad's first integrated DSLR. Hasselblad has built into the H2 cross-platform camera a new single-battery operation of the camera with the new Ixpress CFH digital back, offering one on/off switch and one operating system, facilitating streamlined, integrated operation. With existing digital backs already in the market, the H2 delivers the exact functionality of the H1. The H2 camera was discontinued in October 2007. First Hasselblad camera to shoot to new Raw format called the 3FR. Conversions to 3F files could be done in Flexcolor or Phocus. Can utilize a CF card. No longer necessary to shoot to an Image Bank via link cable. Firewire 800 capable. New metering patterns to match the larger sensors. A new lithium ion 1,850 mAh battery was introduced that would power both the H2D body and digital back. 2nd generation integrated DSLR. H2F[edit] The H2F can be used either as a film camera or as a digital camera when mated with a Hasselblad CF31, CF22, CF22 MS, CF39, or CF39 MS back. It is completely identical to the H2, but this camera was created to "lock out" other digital back providers from the H-series platform. The H2F is compatible with all of the H lenses, including the HCD 24mm, HCD 28mm, and the new HCD 35-90mm zoom lens. The new H3D offered some (software) functionality that provided better integration between camera, viewfinder and back than the earlier H1 or H2 could provide. These two early H-System cameras, after all, were not primarily designed as digital cameras, with the H2 carrying the 'legacy' of the H1. Hasselblad's official position on the move was: "In truth, [the H1] was a great film camera to which a digital back could be fitted, and...Hasselblad started to look at ways that image quality and functionality could be enhanced even more through better integration...The H2 camera has not, in any way, been diminished by Hasselblad's separate development of functions specifically for the integrated H3D. However, lacking the necessary integration of the new camera engine and Hasselblad Flexcolor software, these functions cannot work on the H2."[29] 3rd generation integrated DSLR. H3DII[edit] In 2007, Hasselblad introduced the H3DII product line.[30] The H3DII systems have a higher level of integration between the camera and the image sensor than stand-alone digital camera backs, but a disadvantage is that film backs are not usable in the H3DII. • Larger and improved 3" TFT display. • New heat sink replaces the fan from the original H3D, making the digital back quieter and also improving the image file. • Improved the quality of the CF card door. • Improved the Firewire 800 port. • Drive button is now the WB/ISO. Drive functions are now in the Menu. • New ability to use the GIL (Global Image Locator) 4th generation integrated DSLR. The current H3DII products include: (with Phocus) Capture speed HC lens factor Eq. focal length H3DII 31 33.1 mm × 44.2 mm, 31 megapixels, 16 bit 100–800 100–1600 1.2 seconds 1.3 31 mm 3" OLED CF H3DII 39 36.8 mm × 49.0 mm, 39 megapixels, 16 bit 50–400 50–800 1.4 seconds 1.1 28 mm H3DII-50 36.8 mm × 49.0 mm, 50 megapixels, 16 bit 50–400 50–800 1.1 second 1.1 28 mm In 2009, Hasselblad introduced the H4D product line.[31] The current H4D products include H4D-31, H4D-40, H4D-50, H4D-50MS, H4D-60 and H4D-200MS. 5th generation integrated DSLR. H4D-50 36.8 mm × 49.1 mm, 50 megapixels, 16 bit 50–400 50–800 1.1 second 1.1 28 mm 3" CF H4D-200MS 36.7 mm × 49.1 mm, 50 megapixels, 16 bit 200 megapixels in multishot mode 50–400 50–800 1.1 second 1.0 28 mm 3" CF None H4X[edit] In October 27, 2011, Hasselblad introduced the H4X as a replacement H1, H2 and H2F.[32] In 2012, Hasselblad introduced the H5D product line.[33] The current H5D products include H5D-40, H5D-50, H5D-50MS, H5D-60 and H5D-200MS. 6th generation integrated DSLR. H5D-40 32.9 mm × 43.8 mm, 40 megapixels, 16 bit 100–800 100–1600 1.1 second 1.3 31 mm 3" CF H5D-50C[edit] In January 2014, Hasselblad introduced the H5D-50C, which was the first medium format CMOS camera system to be publicly announced. Due to production delays the Phase One IQ250 shipped several months before the H5D-50c. [34] In September 9, 2014, Hasselblad introduced the H5X as a replacement H1, H2, H2F and H4X.[35] • Backup camera for H5D users. • True Focus • Full HC and HCD lens compatibility, including HCD 24; HCD 28 and the HCD 35-90 zoom lens. • HVD 90x viewfinder optimised for 36x48 mm format. • HV 90x-II viewfinder optimised for the film and 40.2×53.7 mm format. • High power AF illumination. • The H5X features eight memory banks (Profiles) for easy access to previously saved camera settings. • All new programmable button options available with an H5D sensor unit (not with third party backs). H5D-50C WiFi[edit] In September 16, 2014, Hasselblad introduced the H5D-50C WiFi. [36] H6D-50c, H6D-100c, and H6D-400c MS[edit] In April 2016, Hasselblad introduced the H6D product line.[37][38] The current H6D products include H6D-50c[39], H6D-100c[40], and H6D-400c MS. Flash Sync Speed Host Connection Type H6D-50C CMOS, 50 megapixels (8272 x 6200 pixels, 5.3 x 5.3 μm),43.8 x 32.9 mm, 16 bit 100-6400 1.7-2.3 capture rate per second 60 min to 1/2000 sec Flash can be used at all shutter speed 3'' CFast card, SD card or tethered to Mac or PC HD (1920 x 1080p) USB 3.0 (5 Gbit/s) Type-C connector, Mini HDMI, Audio In/Out H6D-100C CMOS, 100 megapixels (11600 x 8700 pixels, 4.6 x 4.6 μm), 53.4 x 40.0 mm, 16 bit 64-12800 TBD 60 min to 1/2000 sec Flash can be used at all shutter speed 3'' CFast card, SD card or tethered to Mac or PC HD (1920 x 1080p), UHD / 4K (3840 x 2160p) USB 3.0 (5 Gbit/s) Type-C connector, Mini HDMI, Audio In/Out H6D-400c MS CMOS, 100 megapixels (11600 x 8700 pixels, 4.6 x 4.6 μm), 53.4 x 40.0 mm, 16 bit Single-shot 100 MP 4-shot 100 MP 64-12800 60 min to 1/2000 sec Flash can be used at all shutter speed 3'' CFast card, SD card or tethered to Mac or PC HD (1920 x 1080p), UHD / 4K (3840 x 2160p) USB 3.0 (5 Gbit/s) Type-C connector, Mini HDMI, Audio In/Out X System[edit] X1D-50c[edit] Preproduction Hasselblad X1D equipped with the 45mm lens. In June 2016, Hasselblad announced the X1D-50c, the first of a new line of medium format mirrorless cameras. The X1D is comparable in size to current full-frame digital SLRs, but is equipped with a 43.8 x 32.9 mm CMOS sensor. The camera uses a new XCD mount, with two lenses initially available for sale. At the same time, an H Mount adapter was announced, allowing H System Lenses to be used with full autofocus.[22] Currently, there are eight XCD Lenses available with the ninth XCD 35-75 Zoom Lens details revealed in June 2019 .[41] X1D-50c CMOS, 51 megapixels (8272 x 6200 pixels, 5.3 x 5.3 μm), 43.8 x 32.9 mm, 16 bit 100-25600 2.0 fps 60 min to 1/2000 sec Flash can be used at all shutter speeds 3.0'' Dual SD/SDHC/SDXC HD (1920 x 1080p) USB 3.0 (5 Gbit/s) Type-C connector, Mini HDMI, Audio In/Out X1D II 50C CMOS, 51 megapixels (8272 × 6200 pixels, 5.3 × 5.3 μm), 43.8 × 32.9 mm 100-25600 2.7 fps 60 min to 1/2000 sec Flash can be used at all shutter speeds 3.6" Dual UHS-II SD To be enabled at a later date. USB 3.0 (5 Gbit/s) Type-C connector, Audio In/Out Scanners[edit] When Hasselblad merged with Imacon in 2004, it acquired Imacon's existing range of Flextight scanners. In 2006, Hasselblad launched two additional Flextight models, the X1 and the X5. The X1 had the ability to scan positive/negative film at 6300 dpi optical resolution, and a 60 MB/minute scan speed. The X5 added A4 reflective scanning, a batch / slide feeder, active cooling to keep noise down, 8000 dpi optical resolution, and a 300 MB/minute scan speed.[42] Phocus[edit] Hasselblad also produces its own advanced image processing software called Phocus. The latest version of Phocus is available on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, and by taking advantage of the operating system's raw image format library, the Mac OS X version of Phocus supports raw image formats from other DSLR manufacturers. Phocus is available as a free download from the Hasselblad homepage.[43] In 2010, Hasselblad announced that future Windows versions of Phocus will provide raw file support for 3rd-party cameras.[44] Phocus Mobile 2[edit] In June 2019, Hasselblad announced the new Phocus Mobile 2, enabling a more portable workflow via USB-C and Wi-Fi connection for the traveling photographer. With Phocus Mobile 2, users can import, edit and rate RAW images and import and rate full quality JPEG images directly on their iPad Pro or iPad Air 2019 model. In addition, Phocus Mobile 2 supports full quality image export, tethered shooting and direct camera control. Collaboration with Sony[edit] Since 2012, Hasselblad has been marketing redesigned versions of Sony digital cameras. At the 2012 photokina trade show in Germany, Hasselblad announced it would release a new mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (MILC) using the Sony E-mount. The camera, called the Lunar, is based on the Sony NEX-7, including its 24.3 MP APS-C sensor, processing engine and user interface. The Lunar, which is marketed as an "ultimate luxury" model, was released in summer 2013.[21] On 23 July 2013 Hasselblad announced the Stellar, a "luxury" compact digital camera based on the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100. On 3 February 2014, Hasselblad introduced a restyled Sony α99 as the Hasselblad HV. According to the company's press-release, their version of the α99 is "tough as nails", featuring more robust construction than the original.[45] On 26 November 2014, Hasselblad announced the Stellar II based on the DSC-RX100M2. As of now,[when?] there is no Stellar III or IV based on the already released DSC-RX100M3 and M4. Unlike Leica in a similar partnership with Panasonic, Hasselblad doesn't make claims of reprogrammed image processing. The company, however, uses the same marketing strategy selling the OEM cameras under their brand at the prices two or three times higher than those of the original Sony cameras.[46] Company publications[edit] Hasselblad published the Hasselblad Forum until 2007, and it was replaced by the new large-format journal, Victor. 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If you've just crafted your first website and you'd like to know the ways in which you can boost your organic search results, then you're certainly on the path to success. SEO is one of the most reliable marketing tools simply because it enables you to get your message in front of prospective consumers that are directly looking for your products or services. Regrettably, the answer isn't very straightforward! Google's search ranking algorithm is essentially its secret to success, so it's remarkably sophisticated and has more than 200 variables that account for the listings in its Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Fortunately for you, not all variables are designed equally, so you can prioritise the most relevant variables that will have the best impact on your SERP listings. It is very important to appreciate that the weight of each variable is adjusted with time, so Google will place more focus on certain variables in accordance with user behaviour and how Google feels it can maximise the user experience. With this being said, most of the top organic SEO ranking factors have been in the same spot for a few years now, so understanding these top variables can give you a greater understanding of how you can optimise your organic search results to boost customer engagement, website traffic, and ultimately sales. A great significance is put on content given that Google wants to rank the most relevant websites on top of its search results listings. The latest Hummingbird update enables Google to understand a website's content structure and how this content adds value to prospective consumers, so generating quality content set in a natural tone will be rewarded with higher rankings. Including articles in your website such as elaborate tutorials, guides, and how-to's is an ideal start. In addition, the more content you have, the better it will rank in search results. SerpIQ (https://serpiq.com/) has studied the top 10 search results and discovered that the top positions contain content that is roughly 2,400 words in length. For over a decade now, backlinks have been one of the most critical variables in SERP listings due to the fact that the more links there are to your website from reliable sources, the more trusted your website is perceived. The other side of the coin is true as well though, so beware not to generate links on spammy or uncredible websites or your rankings will decrease! Matt Cutts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC5FDzUh0P4) from Google explains that backlinks will lose value over time as Google seeks out new ways to appraise websites, but for the time being, link building is still the best gauge of relevance and validity. With more users now surfing from mobile devices than desktop computers, there has been a notable shift towards optimising your website for mobile devices. Google is currently experimenting with mobile-first indexing, which signifies that Google's index will soon crawl the mobile version of a website in contrast to the desktop version. If your website isn't currently mobile-friendly, you better make a start but be careful not to publish it until it's 100% complete or you may be penalised. Page loading speed is a crucial factor for mobile optimisation, so strive to have mobile pages loaded within two seconds to guarantee your website is truly 'mobile-friendly'. There are many other technical factors that will drastically influence your SERP listings, such as security, headings, anchor text, and interstitials. There is a strong connection between high ranking websites and those that are SSL encrypted (HTTPS), and this is very quick to install if you haven't already done so. Equally, ensure your landing pages have a H1 or H2 heading in the source code, as this has been found to correspond with higher rankings. Other factors such unique and organic backlink anchor text and less on-page ads and pop-ups will also increase your organic search results listings. Google's search ranking algorithm is constantly adjusting, meaning that SEO techniques are continually changing also. Although there are over 200 variables in Google's search ranking algorithm, Google has placed great priority in recent times on rich content, quality links, and a seamless mobile experience. Aiming to focus on all Google's search ranking variables will prove to be unproductive, but if you concentrate on prioritising the abovementioned variables in your SEO efforts, you will be ahead of the competition. Search Engine Optimisation in Perth – do you know the Six Pillars of Facebook Success?

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The daylight is getting shorter, the leaves are starting to turn, and the cold is moving in – Fall is officially here. We think the best way to celebrate the emergence of fall is to walk through nature's beauty followed by a warm bowl of soup! The rich flavors of Creamy Mulligatawny will warm your toes from the chill of your walk and make the whole family's taste buds smile. We've had many requests for our tart recipes and we thought springtime was a great time to share! From sweet to sour our Chocolate Salted Caramel and Lemon Tarts are perfect mini desserts to share or snack on at home or at the backyard BBQ!

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Basketball / WNBA / News August 11, 2022 - Emma Hruby WNBA playoff picture: Chaos reigns, but Lynx sit in driver's seat All eyes are on the WNBA playoffs. (Kate Frese/NBAE via Getty Images) The WNBA playoffs are just around the corner, but chaos continues to reign over the standings. Four of the five teams vying for the two remaining postseason berths are tied at 14-20 heading into the final stretch. Every team in the league has two games remaining in the regular season. Can't get any tighter. 👀 pic.twitter.com/Wq7AGYl8hB — Just Women's Sports (@justwsports) August 11, 2022 The Minnesota Lynx, Atlanta Dream, New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury all have the same record, and the Los Angeles Sparks sit a game behind at 13-21. Each team still has a chance at one of the last two playoff spots. The Lynx have a leg up on the competition. Minnesota has gone 4-1 through its last five games and holds tiebreakers over the other four teams. The Lynx are in line for the No. 7 seed right now, and if they win out, they will make the playoffs. That would be the simplest path. But their final two games come against two of the league's top teams in the Seattle Storm and Connecticut Sun. If the Lynx go 1-1, they still would make the playoffs – unless the Mercury win out, and the Liberty or Dream win out, in which case the Mercury and the Liberty or Dream would squeak into the postseason. (The Liberty and Dream play their final two games against each other.) If the Lynx lose their final two games, they could still make the playoffs, but they would need Phoenix to lose out, Los Angeles to lose one of its final two games, and either New York or Atlanta to win out. So, not so simple. The Mercury close the season with the Dallas Wings on Friday and the Chicago Sky on Sunday, but they have been without team leader Skylar Diggins-Smith for the past two games. Diggins-Smith was listed as out for personal reasons in Wednesday's 86-77 loss to the Lynx, and her status remains uncertain for the last two games of the regular season. Phoenix held the lead heading into the fourth quarter against Minnesota before Sylvia Fowles and Aerial Powers dropped 17 points combined to take the win and to take control in the playoff chase. "I understand that's what the standings say," Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said of her team's playoff position. "But this changes by the day. We're not too locked in on that. We wanted to come down and win this game, because that's what we had to do." Phoenix holds the tiebreaker over New York, but Atlanta holds the tiebreaker over Phoenix. Phoenix, Atlanta and New York all hold tiebreakers over Los Angeles. The Sparks need to win their final two games and need every team but Atlanta or New York to lose out to sneak into the playoffs.

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Huawei Nova 2i runs Android 7.0 Nougat. The smartphone has a 5.9-inch Full HD display. It has a 16+2MP rear camera with an LED flash and a 13+2MP front-facing camera. The device is powered by a 2.3GHz octa-core Kirin 659 processor and 4GB RAM. It has 64GB of non-expandable internal storage . Connectivity options include 4G, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, and a microUSB 2.0 port. The device is powered by a non-removable Li-Ion 3,340 mAh battery. The latest Huawei Nova mobiles you may watch out for are Huawei Nova 3, Huawei Nova 3i and Huawei Nova 4. Huawei Nova 2i Price starts at Rs. 23,600. The Huawei Nova 2i is an impressive looking smartphone an is the latest entrant into the Nova-series of smartphones introduced by the Chinese smartphone vendor. One of the highlights of the device is that it comes with dual imaging sensors; both at the back and front. The Huawei Nova 2i sports a 16+2-megapixel rear camera can capture bokeh shots, and the 13+2-megapixel front-facing shooter can be used for portraits. You can also readjust the focus after shooting an image, and the device also allows you to choose from multiple bokeh effects. To store media files and apps, the Huawei Nova 2i comes with an onboard storage space of 64GB which is fixed and cannot be expanded any further as the device lacks an expansion slot. To enable smooth and flawless performance while gaming or multitasking, the handset is powered by an octa-core Kirin 659 chipset which is clocked at 2.36GHz. The SoC is coupled with 4GB of RAM to aid seamless performance. The handset comes with some gesture-based shortcuts to save time and for the ease of use. These include 'draw an S' for a long screenshot to capture an entire webpage; 'tap twice with one finger' for a screenshot, and 'tap twice with two fingers' for screen recording. The Huawei Nova 2i boasts a 5.9-inch Full HD FullView display with an aspect ratio of 18:9 which is another highlight of the device. The screen is coupled with awesome viewing angles that enable a unique visual experience and lets you enjoy games and videos like never before. On the software front, the device runs on the proprietary EMUI 5.1 operating system wrapped under Android 7.0 Nougat. The Nova 2i is backed by a non-removable Li-Ion 3,340mAh battery which the company claims can deliver up to two days of standby time. For connectivity, the smartphone comes with options like 4G, dual-SIM support, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth 4.2, and a microUSB 2.0 port. Does it have a full HD or 2K display? Full HD resolution of 2160 x 1080p, its screen-to-body ratio is 18:9, but not 2k. Is it similar to Honor 9i? Yes, they are almost identical in my research, although I haven't used Honor 9i. What is the difference between Huawei Nova 2i and Honor 9i? Which type of screen protection does it have?

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Today was one of those days, and I did not manage to take any pictures. We spent some time discussing the graphs for a set of problems about marbles on ramps. The one with a marble that goes up a ramp, then comes back down, lead to some good discussion. Afterward, students started prepping whiteboards for some mistakes whiteboarding with stacks of kinematic graphs. Students did some mistakes whiteboarding for balanced force problems. They are having some trouble connecting the trig to the problems, but are making progress. We had a short quiz today and I had students work on PhET's Build an Atom simulation to start connecting the Bohr model to the periodic table. The students who worked on it were very successful at getting the ideas I was after, but it was very tough to get students to work on the simulation after their quiz.

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layout: page title: "Monitor Processes" description: "" --- {% include JB/setup %} * [Upstart](http://upstart.ubuntu.com/getting-started.html): What I use primarily. * Another option is to have [Foreman generate your Upstart config files](http://michaelvanrooijen.com/articles/2011/06/08-managing-and-monitoring-your-ruby-application-with-foreman-and-upstart/).

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Air Vice Marshal J R Scarlett-Streatfield (26093) James Rowland b: 17 Feb 1909 d: 10 May 1945 CBE - 1 Jan 1943, MiD - 2 Jun 1943, LoM (O) - 26 Sep 1944. Plt Off: 15 Dec 1928, Fg Off: 15 Jun 1930, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1934, Sqn Ldr: 1 Oct 1937, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jun 1940, Act Gp Capt: 11 Apr 1942?, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Sep 1942, Wg Cdr (WS): 11 Oct 1942, Wg Cdr: 1 Dec 1943, Act A/Cdre: 27 Feb 1943, Gp Capt (WS): 27 Aug 1943, Act AVM: 18 Oct 1944. 13 Jan 1927: Flight Cadet, 'B' Sqn, RAF College. 15 Dec 1928: Staff, RAF Base, Calshot. 5 Mar 1929: Flying Boat Course, RAF Base Calshot. xx Jul 1929: Staff, RAF Base, Calshot. 30 Oct 1933: Supernumerary, HQ ADGB. 26 Mar 1934: Navigation Officer, RAF Donibristle. 29 Dec 1936: Navigation Officer, HQ No 17 (Reconnaissance) Group. 11 - 18 Aug 1937: Placed on half pay list, scale B. 11 Oct 1937: Navigation Officer, HQ No 16 (Reconnaissance) Group. 9 May 1938: Supernumerary for Air Staff (Navigation) duties, HQ No 6 (Auxiliary) Group. 19 Jun 1938: Navigation Officer, HQ No 16 (Reconnaissance) Group. 27 Sep - 10 Oct 1938: Attached, HQ No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group. 23 Mar 1939: Flight Commander, No 203 Sqn. (Singapore III) (arrived 4 Apr 1939) 8 Aug - 26 Oct 1939: Admitted to hospital following a flying accident 31 Oct 1939: Officer Commanding, No 203 Sqn. (Singapore III, Blenheim IV) 21 Aug 1940: ? xx May 1941: Officer Commanding, No 203 Sqn. (Blenheim IV) 30 Jun 1941: SASO, HQ No 201 (Naval Co-operation) Group. 11 Apr 1942: ? 3 Feb 1943: Acting AOC, No 201 (Naval Co-operation) Group 29 Mar 1943: SASO, HQ North-West African Coastal Air Force. 6 Jan 1944: AOC, AHQ Malta 28 Mar 1944: SASO, HQ No 15 Group. 18 Oct 1944: AOC, No 38 Group. He attained the rank of Flt Cdt Sgt at Cranwell. In 1937 he accompanied Joubert aboard his private aircraft when he flew down to Marseilles to meet his boat for the onward journey to India. Scarlett's task being to return the aircraft to England. He changed his name to Scarlett-Streatfield on 3 March 1939 Following the capitulation of the Germans in May 1945, he was given the task of accepting the surrender of German forces in Norway, however, whilst flying to Oslo, his aircraft (Stirling IV, LK297 of No 190 Squadron) disappeared without trace. The aircraft was found on 21 June, having flown into hills near Oslo. At the time of the disappearance there were atrocious weather conditions in the area, which could have been responsible for the pilot, Squadron Leader D R Robertson DFC losing control in cloud. The aircraft had burnt out and when found none of the 24 men on board could be identified and they were all interned in a collective grave in the Oslo Western Civil Cemetery. Notice from London Gazette - 3 March 1939 "NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES ROWLAND SCARLETT-STREATFIELD of the Rocks Uckfield in the county of Sussex Squadron Leader in His Majesty's Air Force (a natural born British subject) heretofore called, known, and, described by the name of James Rowland Scarlett has assumed the surname of Streatfield in addition to the surname of Scarlett so that the said original and additional surnames are as a single surname and that he intends henceforth on all occasions whatsoever and at all times to sign and use and to be called and known by the name of James Rowland Scarlett-Streatfield in lieu of and in substitution for his former name of James Rowland Scarlett and notice is also hereby given that such change of name is formally evidenced by a deed poll under Ms hand and seal, bearing date the twenty-second day of February 1939, duly executed and attested, and that such deed poll was enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature on the third day of March 1939.—Dated this 3rd day of March 1939. WATERHOUSE and CO., 1, New Court, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.2, Solicitors; Agents for FORD and WARREN, of Leeds, Solicitors for (159) the said James Rowland Scarlett-Streatfield." F R Scarlett [Top of Page] G Scarrott

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Haverstraw or Warren Landing (with titles in... Jacques Milbert Haverstraw or Warren Landing (with titles in French, German and Italian) Paris / 1829 Decorative print of Haverstraw or Warren Landing, lithographed by Bichbois, which appeared in Jacques Milbert's rare Itineraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson &c Milbert travelled to the United States in 1815 and returned to France in 1823. During his stay he studied and recorded information about the topography, flora & fauna and social history of the US. He also made a series of sketches of the areas through which he traveled which culminated in the publication of his Itineraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson et des parties laterales de L'Amerique du Nord. Haverstraw was founded in 1666 called Florus Falls and also Waynesburgh, but was not was legally established until March 11, 1854, as the Village of Warren, after Joseph Warren, a Major General who had died at the Battle of Breed's Hill in 1775 during the Revolutionary War. Antique Maps / United States / New York / New York State

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Entertainment South Wales entertainment south wales is a web site highlighting the best of arts and entertainment in the south wales area Laughter Lines The Welsh Exotic Andy Howells Clare Drewett Contributed Interview Danielle Fahiya David Chamberlain. Emma Cox Enid James Jackie Davies James Rampton Julia Swain Leah Fox Mick Tems Rach Howells Seren & Rachel Howells Vicki Edwards Jul 22 Meet The Band: Clay Leeds band Clay came into being in June 2014, and consist of songwriting brothers Joe and Jack Harvey, bass player Rob Gration, a childhood friend, and Danny Armitage. The bands track Sun Dance was picked up by Zane Lowe back in 2014, who played it BBC Radio 1 as one of his last ever Next Hype features.The track was also featured on prime-time HBO show Ballers in the USA starring Dwayne Johnson shortly after. Since then the band have gone on to release two more tracks, Oxygen and Stay Calm!, both of which have been received with the same acclaim from the likes of Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart at BBC Radio 1, their debut EP, Heaven was released on July 15 and they will be heading out on tour shortly with a date at Cardiff's Moon Club scheduled for August 8. How did Clay come together as a band and where did the name come from? Clay came together primarily as a result of a collective ambition to get out of suburban Leeds and see the world. The band comprises of two brothers, me (Joe) and Jack. We'd been writing together for some time and it was only when we approached Rob and Danny, who we met through mutual friends, that the body of work we had amassed started to become a coherent set of songs. Unfortunately, there isn't a particularly interesting story behind the name! One syllable all the way, though. How would you describe your sound? This question never gets easier. I'm sure most bands would agree but it's particularly difficult for us. Perhaps that's a good thing. It's an eclectic mix really, we don't directly try to emulate anybody in particular, although I think we're subconsciously influenced definitely by modern pop music. We listen from everything from Stormzy to Tears for Fears so I'd like to say somewhere between that, whatever that means! You've just released your debut EP, can you tell us about It? Its called the Heaven EP! I wholeheartedly see it as our best work yet. The songs are ambitious in every way, we channelled the modern pop production we obsess over and made it truly unique. Lyrically, it's very direct and honest and I think that's really going to connect with people. The content is about isolation and ambition so it's pretty universal. We can't wait to get it out. You'll be playing Cardiff, is this your first Wales' show and are you looking forward to it? Yeah it's our first Wales show which we're buzzing about! It's strange because we record in Wales and our producer, Gethin, is from Pontypool, but we've never done a show there. It's still a surreal prospect for us that our music is being received so well in places that we've never played. It's almost as if the songs have traveled further than us which is very humbling. Finally what are you listening to at the moment? I think it's important to have an evolving music taste so we listen to whatever is current, be it what we hear on the radio, or discover online. I think that's particularly important in this day and age, where everything is instantly accessible. Our music needs to reflect modern life and culture, and I think dwelling too much on old music can be damaging to a band nowadays. We're really digging new American band LANY at the mo. Visit moonclub.net for booking details. A version of this Q&A by Andy Howells appeared in The South Wales Argus entertainment section The Guide on July 22, 2016 Alternative, Indie, Meet The Band, Music Kinky Boots Steps Into Wales Millennium Centre Jul 27 Meet Carina Round Jul 19 Panto Stars Begin Countdown To Cinderella At Newport Riverfront Jul 16 Meet The Band: Evans The Death Apr 11 Meet The Band: Lucius Mar 3 Meet The Band: Flowers

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Security is no longer just about keeping data safe – it's about protecting our health, safety and wellbeing. Research from Beazley found that the healthcare sector experienced the highest increase in ransomware demands, jumping 133% during the first six months of 2017. During that time, the high-profile WannaCry ransomware hijacked the NHS. When the attack occurred and doctors and nurses tried to access patient files, a pop-up appeared notifying them that the data was under ransom and that they needed to pay a fee in order to access the records again. This had catastrophic outcomes as emergency trauma treatments, transplants and other life-saving medical procedures needed to be staggered or diverted to other facilities. Patients quickly lost faith. Not only that, but the hospitals could also encounter costly regulatory penalties. So, what should be done to protect data and medical practices in this market? The need to make software updates available and easy to install is now more important than ever. The next WannaCry could easily leverage vulnerabilities across mobile, or even IoT, platforms, some of which don't even have software updates available. While some manufacturers are building their own update systems, many are already starting to leverage third-party systems for secure software updates. The other key lesson is the need to back-up critical data in a safe location. There are numerous cloud and on-premise services available, but it's important to choose a trusted system that will not only back-up the data but also encrypt it, allowing secure access from a variety of endpoints. When implementing the back-up solution, the IT team should also ensure it includes a feature that provides a link to the backed-up Electronic Medical Records. The solution should also send mass notifications of steps to follow, so clinical staff can quickly and safely retrieve the data. This will prevent a sudden inundation of help-desk calls and also reduce panic. The IT team should be mindful that medical practitioners are not security professionals, so the need for education is vital. It should also be explained how they can identify and avoid phishing scams to ensure sensitive patient data is not compromised. Alongside employee training, it is also important to implement a tool that protects all data within the organisation. A solution is offered via a containerisation tool, which is an authenticated, encrypted area of a user's device that can be used to insulate sensitive corporate information away from the personal side of the device. This means that even if a criminal cracks a stolen device, they won't gain access to the content, credentials and configuration details. The container can also prevent cutting and pasting of information to unsecured emails, SMS, or IMs to further avoid phishing scams. There have been a number of cases when medical practitioners have not had access to secure file-sharing solutions, so they have had to resort to using insecure data transfer tools to share patient records – most recently it was reported that doctors are using Snapchat to send patient scans to each other. These insecure methods are risky and could result in data being stolen or compromised. To prevent medical files from falling into the wrong hands, the IT team should implement a secure file sharing solution so practitioners can send records in and outside the organisation safely and securely. Using the company's approved secure-file sharing solution will encrypt medical records, as well as ensure users can access their documents anytime and anywhere. With tools like this, it better protects the data and guarantees the information is within the user's control. In order for healthcare professionals to ensure the best patient care possible there are some legal precautions that can be taken when protecting patients. Cybersecurity requirements can be written into the procurement policies to force device, IT hardware, and software makers to build security into everything they sell. It is important that any installed applications are user friendly; otherwise, staff will turn to less-secure shadow IT workarounds like personal messaging apps and cloud storage. IT teams within the healthcare sector should remember that technology is available to make data theft within the organisation more difficult. They should recognise the importance of regularly updating their IT system and introduce employee training courses and security guidelines to ensure that staff are fully aware of the risks involved, as well as the preventative tactics. IT professionals should also deploy multiple layers of cyber threat protection and secure their networks. Failure to do so and they run the risk of being a victim of the next big cyber attack, ultimately experiencing data loss and even more of a concern – potential loss of life. While these impactful cyber attacks are unfortunate, it should serve as a much-needed wake-up call to the healthcare sector. Protecting patients doesn't stop the moment they leave the medical centre. Health practitioners are under an obligation to keep their patient's records completely safe and secure.

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Six candidates for EU's top jobs debated in Brussels On 15 May, six candidates for the European Commission presidency debated for one hour and a half in front of a live audience in the Parliamentary plenary chambers in Brussels. The debate touched upon climate, migration, trade, and economics. Regrettably, digital did not seem to be a priority for the candidates as they mainly focused on other topics. However, when discussing corporate taxes, the candidate of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) Frans Timmermans joked about Amazon's virtual assistant and declared: "We should keep asking 'Alexa, Amazon when are you going to start paying taxes?'". Frans Timmermans as a coalition-builder Besides Timmermans' intended puns (he also mentioned Brexit by comparing the United Kingdom to "Game of Thrones on steroids"), the Socialist spitzenkandidat used the debate as an opportunity to call for a left-wing coalition from far-left, greens and liberals. He asserted that "an alliance going from [Greek prime minister Alexis] Tsipras to [French president Emmanuel] Macron" was possible and needed to make climate crisis a priority for the next Commission. According to him, Greens nominee Ska Keller and European Left's Nico Cué should consequently join the Socialists to form a progressive alliance. Targeting Manfred Weber The German nominee of the center-right European People's Party (EPP) had to handle many attacks from his fellow candidates as he sought to ease some of the doubts about his lack of previous executive experience. Also, he found himself in an uncomfortable position as he tried to defend existing Commission proposals and EPP policies (like adding 10.000 staff to the EU's border and coast guard) while calling for the opening of "the next chapter" for the new EU executive. Challenged by Frans Timmermans over the Socialist candidate's proposal on Europe-wide minimum wages and Portugal economic plans, Manfred Weber declared: "They are not asking about minimum wages. The young generation is asking for jobs, good paying jobs. That's why we need a good economic policy to create jobs". The cautious Commissioner Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, one of the most popular candidates, was cautious in her first debate as ADLE candidate. She stayed away from concrete proposals, or heated exchanges with fellow candidates, only challenging Manfred Weber by telling him he could not claim credit for the EPP for the Commission's efforts as Commissioners are not party politicians but work together. Vestager steered clear from naming and shaming Member States as tax havens, earning applause by saying that "a tax haven for me is a place where everyone pays their taxes". A conservative opposition With no candidates from the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) as well as from the Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF), Jan Zahradil, the nominee of the European Conservatives and Reformists party (ECR), endorsed the role of the right-wing candidate. He often outflanked Weber to the right, criticized the "outdated scheme of an ever-closer Union" and instead called for an "EU which is scaled back, which is flexible, which is decentralized." He eventually said asylum and taxation policies should remain with Member States and wished for a European Commission "which respects national governments and cooperates with them, which doesn't fight them, doesn't patronize them, doesn't lecture them". Non-existing majorities Based on projections of the EU parliament, the 'progressive' coalition as wanted by Frans Timmermans (Socialists, Greens and the far-left) would hold in total 328 seats, not enough for a majority in the 751-member parliament, although the liberal group is likely to be bigger than expected with Macron's En Marche party coming onboard. This leads some analysts to conclude that, in the end, the center-left and center-right will have to reach an accommodation.

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Jack Reacher's Rules is the perfect gift for any Jack Reacher fan. Lee Child has compiled an entire book filled with Reacher's rules to live by, quotes from the books detailing his rules, and other fun Reacherisms. A few of our favorite rules are: "If in doubt, drink coffee", "Don't fight fair", "Always carry a toothbrush", just to name a few. Child also included a list of what you will never hear Reacher say, such as "Call me on my cell", or "My knees are trembling and my hands are shaking". This book is just an enjoyable and at times laugh out loud funny dip into Reacher's world. I think Mo Willems is one of the best writers for kids. The stories are so fun and always have a helpful learning moment. In the newest story featuring Duckling, The Duckling Gets a Cookie, pigeon wants the cookie that duckling has. He continues to say, "I WANT A COOKIE", and duckling keeps answering, "I just asked and said please." As pigeon gets more frustrated and demanding, it just gets funnier. The illustrations are fabulous and even though it teaches a lesson, kids will love reading it again and again. Lost in Time by Melissa de la Cruz is the sixth book in the Blue Bloods series. This book is filled with excitement as we travel with Mimi and Oliver into the Underworld and continue searching for the lost gate with Jack and Schuyler. Both journeys take them to unexpected places and force them to decide what their priorities are. The book also focuses on Allegra in the late 1980's before she has forsaken her bond with Charles. It was great to finally get more of their back-story and learn what when wrong between the two. I still love de la Cruz's vampire mythology. Having the vampires be fallen angels has made this series so unique and fun to read; de la Cruz has truly created a series with layers upon layers. The characters really seem to be growing up and becoming more compassionate and responsible, especially Mimi who has really come into herself in books 5 and 6. She was once so shallow and now she has an entire coven to run and perhaps even love in her heart. I can't wait for the final conclusion in book 7 (Gates of Paradise) next month (January 15th). It is sure to be fantastic. Castle is one of my favorite TV shows and I love that the main character Richard Castle is a mystery author. So needless to say, I get really excited every September when a new Richard Castle novel comes out, and this year's was Frozen Heat. Just to clear up any confusion, no Richard Castle is not an actual person but a fictional character from the TV series that the ABC studio uses as a pen name. The books are written as if the fictional Richard Castle wrote them, so the stories are similar to the TV show. In Frozen Heat, Nikki and Jameson's relationship takes an interesting turn when her murdered mother's college friend is murdered and there is a connection between the two crimes. One of my favorite things about reading and watching the show is to see the progression of the TV relationships and the book relationships. As a bookstore owner, I have also been intrigued with how the TV show builds hype for the book. It has also been interesting to see how Castle's mind interprets his relationship with Detective Kate Beckett as you read the book. Although, it does get a bit crazy if you read the book and watch the TV series at the same time – the book reads exactly like an episode. Castle's books continue to be witty and funny as well as suspenseful. This is a must have for any Castle fan. Barbara Kingsolver's newest novel Flight Behavior was a wonderful and compelling novel about migrating butterflies. Dellarobia has decided to accept that she has an unsatisfying life on a failing farm. It seems her only joy comes from her flirtation with a younger man. As she heads out for their secret tryst in the mountain she stumbles across what appears to be a large forest fire. This discovery soon brings journalist, scientists, religious leaders, opportunists and your average sightseers to her small community. Kingsolver did such an amazing job with her writing and characters. I was instantly swept away to rural Tennessee and immersed in the life of her characters. She did such a fantastic job of creating her character's life that I was unable to stop reading while simultaneously not wanting the book to end. Kingsovler brings up many topics that we can relate to in our world today. Things like climate change, recycling, education, and our buying habits. However she does this in such a manner that you don't feel like you are being lecture to, it really is just a part of the story. I have been an avid Kingsolver reader and I think that this is my favorite book of hers. It was just so memorable and leaves you saying "Wow". The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom is an inspiring story about learning to let go of the daily trivial stress and instead focus on the present moment. The story begins with the creation of the first clock and the inventor being banished to a cave and forced to listen to the voices of the world desiring more time. After countless centuries the inventor is released, but with a condition. He must save two individuals from the curse of time and teach them to live in the moment. As always Albom captures his readers with his unique writing style that carries you along till the very end. His description of time and how it effects our daily life was a bit of an eye opener. I finished the book thinking, I need to be more in the present and not worry about work. The story was good, even if a bit heavy on the message that it was portraying.

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Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights University College Cork, School of Law Blog About the CCJHR Long Awaited Report of the Gender Recognition Advisory Group Posted on July 18, 2011 by fdonson CCJHR blog is pleased to be able to repost this blog by Dr Tanya ni Mhuirthile from Human Rights in Ireland Last week, the report of the Gender Recognition Advisory Group (GRAG) was finally published. The GRAG was established last year to advise the Government on the introduction of gender recognition legislation for Ireland. As was recently identified in the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Ireland is one of only three EU member states (in addition to Lithuania and Luxemburg) where there is no legal mechanism to recognise the preferred gender identity of individuals who wish to be recognised in a gender other than that recorded at birth. The report is to be welcomed in that it represents an engagement by the State with this issue at last. However, it is also a missed opportunity to learn from and improve on the experiences of other states on this issue. The report proposes establishing a scheme where a person whose birth is registered in Ireland, is at least 18 years of age, has a clear and settled intention to live in the preferred gender permanently and has lived in that gender for at least two years can apply to be legally recognised. In addition to these criteria the applicant must supply evidence of diagnosis of gender identity disorder, or evidence of having undergone gender reassignment surgery, or evidence of legal recognition of preferred gender identity by another jurisdiction. Furthermore persons in an existing valid marriage or civil partnership are excluded from the scheme. Effectively this amounts to an adoption of the scheme available in the United Kingdom under the Gender Recognition Act, 2004. As I've blogged previously here the direct importation of that scheme is problematic in the Irish context. Most controversially the exclusion of those applicants who are married or in a civil partnership raises clear Constitutional questions. To effectively mandate that a happily married couple divorce prior to granting recognition is, I argue, a direct interference with the special Constitutional position of the family based on marriage. The GRAG however was of the different opinion. It contends that as same-sex marriage is currently not provided for in Irish law any attempt to introduce legislation which would have as an effect the acknowledgement of the legality of same-sex marriage would be vulnerable to constitutional challenge. Furthermore, the GRAG draws support for the ECHR decision of Parry v UK to argue that it is within the margin of appreciation afforded to states on this issue to exclude married applicants from recognition. Regarding those in an existing civil partnership, the group stated that the effect of transition would be the recognition of opposite sex civilly partners whose relationship 'does not benefit from the full protection afforded to marriage.' Furthermore it expressed the opinion that failure to require dissolution of a civil partnership when dissolution of a marriage is mandated would potentially result in a constitutional challenge. Additionally this exclusion seems to run contrary to the second guiding principle purportedly underpinning the proposed scheme that '[t]he terms and conditions of the scheme should not deter potential applicants from applying.' I contend that the requirement to divorce or dissolve a civil partnership can only have the practical effect of deterring potential applications. A second contentious issue is the medical criteria required to ground a claim to recognition. One must have either: 'a formal diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder (GID) plus relevant supporting medical evidence, or medical evidence that the applicant has undergone gender reassignment surgery, or evidence of the recognition of changed gender in another jurisdiction.' As is evidenced in the Yogyakarta Principles, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5, and the Recent report of the COE Commissioner for Human Rights, there is a move away from the requirement to have undergone some form of medical and/or surgical intervention prior to granting recognition within international human rights discourse. Furthermore, those EU member states who have most recently introduced, or amended their legal gender recognition mechanisms (Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and the UK – see ILGA Europe's very useful rainbow map  and gender identity index on this issue) have dispensed with the need for such interventions. Therefore to include it in the proposed scheme, may represent majority practice, but does not represent best international practice on this question. The introduction of a gender recognition scheme has potential to benefit intersex individuals in addition to transgender people. The GRAG accepts this in its report and notes the many submissions which discussed the question of intersex and the advice from international experts on this issue that intersex be included in any potential scheme. To do so, would be a huge step forward in safeguarding the rights of intersex people. At present intersex applicants are excluded from the scheme in the UK as the definition of gender identity disorder explicitly excludes them. Thus potential inclusion of intersex applicants in an Irish scheme would represent a welcome improvement on schema elsewhere. The discussion of intersex in the report is important in that it is the first time that intersex has been discussed in any official documentation of the Irish State. The GRAG notes in the report that it is not possible to access firm data on the number of potential intersex applicants under such a scheme. Thus the GRAG concluded that a proper consideration of intersex would require more research and medical expertise than was currently available to it. Furthermore, the GRAG stated that as it was only required by the terms of reference to address the situation of transsexual people, and noted the 'difficulty of drafting legislation in the absence of clear definitions and the variety of conditions encompassed within the "intersex" term'. Thus the GRAG concluded that it felt unable to recommend the inclusion of intersex individuals in this scheme. The final point I wish to highlight in this blogpost is the establishment of a Gender Recognition Panel. The GRAG reports that the majority of the submissions received were in favour of a statutory panel as an adjudicating body on this issue as opposed to the creation of a court process. It was of the opinion that following the initial surge of applications, the numbers seeking recognition were likely to be 'quite low' going forward. The GRAG recommends that the panel consist of a person with medical expertise, a person with legal expertise and a lay person representing wider civil society as Chair. It further recommends that the Panel members should be appointed for a fixed period and the Panel should be independent in the exercise of its functions. Given the tiny numbers of medical professionals who have expertise in gender identity issues in Ireland, it is not an unreasonable prospect that the person who writes the medical opinion confirming diagnosis of gender identity disorder and/or having undergone gender reassignment surgery could be the medical expert on the Panel. Such a situation only increases the gate-keeping role afforded to medical professionals on this issue. So in conclusion, the establishment of a scheme to recognise the preferred gender identity of applicants is to be welcomed. However, this proposal by the GRAG misses the opportunity to learn from problems and challenges exposed elsewhere, particularly concerning the UK scheme, to produce proposals which would ensure respect for the rights of all those, whether transsexual, transgender or intersex, who might benefit from gender recognition legislation. Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged gender, Gender Recognition Act, Gender Recognition Advisory Group, Intersexuality, Transgender, Transgender Equality Network Ireland, Yogyakarta Principles Professor Jonathan Simon: Mass Incarceration on Trial Posted on July 4, 2011 by fdonson The Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights at University College Cork is pleased to announce that Professor Jonathan Simon will give a seminar entitled "Mass Incarceration on Trial" on Wednesday 13th July 2011. Professor Simon is the Adrian A. Kragen Professor of Law at the University of California Berkley School of Law. He is the author of "Governing through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear" (2007) and "Poor Discipline: Parole and the Social Control of the Underclass," 1890-1990 (1993).He is also maintains and contributes to the Governing through crime and Berkley Jurisprude blogs. The seminar will take place at 3pm on Wednesday 13th July, 2011 in the Moot Court Room, Faculty of Law, Áras na Laoi, UCC. If you are interested in attending please email [email protected] or phone 021 490 2728 by Monday 11th July 2011. 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Microsoft is best known for its operating systems and Office software, but they also have a search engine. This forum is for discussion of anything related to Microsoft's Bing search engine. Behind Google, Yahoo is one of the best known search engines. This forum is for discussion of anything related to Yahoo.

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arthanzel does dootfiles ===================== Hello! These are my dootfiles. There are many others like them, but these ones are mine. If you're looking for a good place to start reading the code, `shell/bashrc.link` would be a good start. Installation ------------ Dootfiles comes with a convenient installer. It writes dootfiles to your home directory and runs some arbitrary scripts. **Never use this tool if you do not trust the repository or its author**. Review all of the code if you have the slightest doubt of its authenticity. It's quite possible that your existing dotfiles will become lost forever. `./install.py install` creates symlinks to all your dootfiles and adds a file called `.dootfiles` to your home folder with the location of this repo, so you can do a `cat ~/.dootfiles` to find it anytime. The environment variable `$DOOTFILES` defined in `shell/bashrc.sh` will also reflect this location. The installer will prompt you to skip, overwrite, or backup existing files or links. `./install.py uninstall` removes all symlinks and restores all backups, hopefully returning your home directory to what is was before. Again, non-dootfiles aren't changed. The manifest ------------ `manifest.txt` contains instructions for the installer regarding which scripts to run and which links to make. Using ----- Clone the repo and make some changes. While I tried to make my dootfiles as unopinionated as possible, a lot of it probably won't work for you out of the box. Read through `shell/bashrc.sh` to begin with. MIT licensed ------------ Please use the code.

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The CCC list is a great resource for dividend growth investors. The list contains 861 stocks trading on U.S. exchanges with the distinction of having paid higher dividends for at least 5 consecutive years. The list is maintained by Justin Law. In this article, I rank a subset of CCC stocks and present the 10 top-ranked stocks for further research. My ranking system assigns letter grades to stocks relative to their performance among sector peers. Given increased market volatility, I'm focusing on defensive sectors. This month I decided to rank CCC stocks in the Health Care sector. Defensive stocks tend to outperform the broader market during market downturns. The latest CCC list contains 861 stocks. Of these, 37 are Health Care sector stocks. I ranked 22 of these stocks after excluding stocks with yields below 1%, stocks with market capitalization below $1 billion, and stocks trading over the counter. To see the top 10 ranked stocks for February 2019, please read this article at Seeking Alpha. As usual, I provide fair value estimates and key metrics, as well as F.A.S.T. Graphs charts for three of the top 10 ranked stocks. You're welcome and thanks for commenting! I agree, and there are some good stocks in the list available at discounts to fair value!

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Afghanistan Profile Pashtun Homosexuality 3 Myth of "One Afghanistan" Afghan Mellat Ahmad Shah Abdali Farsi VS Pashto Homos In High Places Pashto Poetry Gay Afghanistan: Homoeroticism Among Kabul's Warriors Afghan men talking, joking, and skating along the edges of gay life: a brave American writer flies into Afghansitan to ask some questions about a taboo subject. Photos by Michael T. Luongo Paintings by Afghan artist Yar Mohammad Taraky More photos of Afghanistan at Afghana.com By Michael T. Luongo April 29 - May 5, 2004 Many travel writers concentrate on beaches, pools, and colored cocktails in sunset lounges.I have done all of that for sure, but last fall I found myself in Afghanistan, a nation at the center of the upheaval and change roiling the world. I've had a curiosity about Afghanistan since childhood that began with the 1979 Soviet invasion. Breshnev-era images of tanks rolling over mountains and the brave Afghans defending their homeland on horseback have stayed with me my whole life.Yet, I also live in New York, whose history is now forever linked with Afghanistan. A few days after September 11, I was on a Ground Zero bucket brigade clean-up crew. Our task was clearing debris from a fire truck on what had been the West Side Highway. It was only for one day, and I only had the opportunity to be there because my brother-in-law is a police officer and got me access.Surrounded by the acres of rubble that were once the Twin Towers, I thought about my intense interest in Afghanistan and resolved to travel there in the hopes of better understanding what had happened here. Most Americans have shunned international travel since 9/11, but for me the tragedy instilled a sense of camaraderie with war-torn areas. I felt that New York had become a war-torn city myself, so visiting another didn't seem daunting to me. In the two years between 9/11 and my visit to Afghanistan, my curiosity about the country's gay life was also piqued. I frequently ran across articles hinting at widespread traditional Afghan acceptance of homosexuality. The New York Times mentioned boys covered in make-up who greeted U.S. soldiers. Details magazine discussed the homosocial standards of much of Islamic culture, based on separation of the genders, and reviewed Trolley Press' 2003 book "Taliban," in which photographer Thomas Dworzak presented images of effeminate Taliban warriors that he unearthed. I also read "An Unexpected Light," by British adventurer Jason Elliot, which discussed war-weary Afghan men who expressed delight about his soft skin when he visited during the Russian invasion.All these works, and others, however, were compiled by straights who wavered between curiosity and repulsion at the phenomena they discussed. To the best of my knowledge, no gay Westerner had infiltrated gay Afghan life. I decided I would be the one to do this. But every Afghan American I knew was worried about the prospect of my traveling to their country on such a mission, especially the members of the Afghan-American Peace Corps, formed by members of the Afghan Diaspora living in New York who wanted to aid their homeland in the wake of 9/11. As I planned my trip in consultation with AAPC members, they backed out of their mission to bring cows they would purchase in Pakistan to widows in rural Afghan regions for safety reasons. In the end somewhat reluctantly I traveled alone, relying on contacts given me by friends.My fears, and those of my Afghan American friends, proved unfounded. By the fall of 2003, Kabul was relatively safe. I often wandered the streets alone, even after nightfall. Most Kabulites were happy to meet foreigners, especially Americans. The city was rapidly rebuilding with new shops sprouting next to piles of rubble. There was even a tourist district along Chicken Street where souvenir and rug vendors sought the attention of soldiers, foreign workers, diplomats, and the odd backpacker. To be sure, all of this vitality was mixed with children begging, legless mine victims on crutches, and women who remained true to the tradition of wearing burqas. But, Kabul was undoubtedly undergoing a revolution of investment and modernization, post-Taliban. I also found that homosexuality easily came up in conversation, even with some government officials. An Afghan national who worked in a Western embassy but only wanted to be identified by his first name, Mohammed, gave me historical background on the topic. Certain Afghan tribes, he explained, especially the Uzbeks and Pashtuns, were known for male sexual behavior. The city with the greatest reputation for active homosexuality was Kandahar, the headquarters of the Taliban. According to Mohammed, male couples "were even holding wedding ceremonies after the Taliban arrived." The Taliban tried to control it, he explained, but "it was so common in Kandahar, they were able to embrace it." Apparently, traditions of homoerotic behavior have come down from ancient times in Afghanistan. These customs carry on to this day, according to Mohammed, at rural weddings where dancer-boys entertain male crowds, wearing anklets that make music as they move. Sometimes, he explained, they "dress him like a woman." Many of the boys are available for sex."It has two parts––the dancing part and the sexual part," Mohammed said. "The sexual part, no one will confess."These relationships seem to be widely known, even acknowledged implicitly, but they are far less often discussed openly and they are illegal." The sexual part, it's a problem," Mohammed said. "The man and the boy can go to jail." I wanted to go to Kandahar because its homosexual reputation seemed most pronounced, and Mohammed's stories about the city involved relationships between grown men, rather than a man with a youth, as seemed more common elsewhere. Kandahar's reputation for homosexuality also came up in discussions with some young men I photographed in Kabul's Babur Gardens pool. The comfort Afghan men have with their bodies surprised me. Some willingly posed semi-nude in front of a foreigner's camera. The fall of the Taliban appears to have unleashed a cult of working out. Some of these men proudly asked me to photograph them at their pools, saunas, and gyms. Several of the gyms sported pictures of Arnold Schwarzenegger, still more famous there for his muscles than his politics. At the pool, when I questioned the swimmers through my translator about the Taliban's notions about body image, several made a joke of the question, claiming that the old regime was made up of gay men––Kandahar "playboys" as they called them––who loved to see naked men.Yet, even as Afghan men joked about the Taliban being gay, they did not seem terribly put off by the subject of homosexuality. In front of a mosque, I came across a group of construction workers on break, one in traditional clothing, which made for an ideal picture. His friends joined in as I photographed and one very handsome worker essentially took over the shoot. In any Western country, he'd have been a model. Perhaps 20 men in all gathered and quickly realized I was gay, based on my interest in the handsomest man. It proved to be no problem at all; some of the older men pushed us together, asking, "You like homosex?" They were so open, I was the one who was shocked. As I spoke to Mohammed about my hopes to visit Kandahar, he warned me that a foreigner faced the risk of assault for prying into local life there. Add to that the choice between the $900 cost of the 30-minute flight from Kabul––more than my freelance budget allowed––or a bus ride along a road where workers were killed just before my visit, and I reluctantly decided to forgo the trip. My most interesting peek into gay life happened much the way that it would in the West. On the street, a handsome young man held my stare, throwing glances back as he passed. He was a 21-year-old English teacher who I will call Bazkhan, to protect his privacy. Half an hour flew by as we conversed, with men in uniform and women in burqas parading by. Bazkhan wore a neat, though dusty black suit. In spite of its post-war ruin, Kabul is a cosmopolitan city and Bazkhan tried hard to maintain decorum, even a sense of style. Sex had really not been on my mind when I embarked for Afghanistan, but I was attracted to Bazkhan. His response to my interest struck me as very sophisticated. "I knew what you wanted when you told me I was attractive. I am from Kabul, I know these things," he said, before adding that at 35 I was too old for him, Afghanistan being a society where few men live through their 40s. He suggested that I meet his 26-year-old friend, who I'll call Zanzirgul, who already had a 35-year-old boyfriend."This is Kabul," Bazkhan said in an urbane manner. "Anything can be arranged." I returned to my hotel, the Mustafa, full of journalists and odd characters, to prepare for a visit to Bazkhan's home. The owner Wais, an Afghan American from New Jersey now back in his homeland, knew I was investigating Kabul's gay side, but I was not out to his staff. I told them simply that I was doing interviews. Abadullah, the protective assistant manager, always insisted on knowing my whereabouts and expressed fears I would run across Al-Qaeda insurgents. When it was time for me to head to Bazkhan, Abadullah told me my trip was not a good idea, but then gave instructions to a cabdriver. Abdullah's warnings rang louder in my head the further the driver went. Bazkhan said he was only five minutes from my hotel, but the ride seemed to last forever. We were slipping from the Kabul I recognized into places where electricity no longer worked. The crowded streets of Kabul gave way to suburbia, then patches of nothing interspersed with little low-rise communities. I called Bazkhan on my rented mobile, but he sounded drunk, and I could hear people laughing in the background. He'd invited friends to meet me, which made me wary. When we arrived, BAzkhan was on the street with a few friends, including Zanzirgul, who was bearded and traditionally clothed. Bazkhan led us up the street to what he called his "special room for men." A red light shone from the house's second floor window. Had I happened on a gay brothel? There were eight men, most in their 20s and 30s, sprawled on cushions. Self consciously, I sat under a large window. Through a wall, I could hear women in the house, but I never saw them. I felt on display with so many men around me. Soon, more entered. If I were here to meet Zanzirgul, who were they? The conversation was stilted, and perhaps they needed to be put at ease as much as I did. Bazkhan at times translated as I asked about life under the Taliban. This broke the tension, and several men brought out photo albums.The men who had gathered together were a masculine bunch. Bazkhan's brother, who I'll call Kharoot, was a military martial arts teacher, Zanzirgul an auto mechanic, and several were bodybuilders. Virtually all of them had fought against the Taliban. They proudly showed me photos from the army, including one showing Kharoot parachuting out of a helicopter. Each man waited expectantly as they showed me pictures, searching intensely for my reaction. It was as if each wanted to prove his bravery, and with each photo, I felt as if I were being wooed. Courage against the Taliban seemed to be their erotic calling card. They were also clearly interested in talking about sex. One young man asked about English slang words, and offered the tip that the Afghan word "milk" also means masturbation. He then talked about prostitutes, mentioning a Chinese restaurant that fronts for a brothel, clueing me in to the open secret that Kabul is rampant with prostitution, tailored to the needs of foreign workers. This man was 20, married with children. I asked him how in a traditionally Islamic country he knew such things. He responded by challenging me to tell him about my wife or girlfriend. Finally, the young man said, "When we meet a man who does not have a wife, and does not have a girlfriend, we call him a sissy. What is another word for that in English?" One of the men, I'll call Bacha Khan, a brutally handsome man with wildly wavy hair, then put his arm around me and nudged closer. He played with the muscles on my arms, comparing them to his own, his other hand rubbing his crotch.That was when the 20-year-old man simply blurted out, "Bazkhan said you like to do homosexual things." I refused to answer. I felt vulnerable, even if the mood was jovial. I asked once again how they could be open about such things in Afghanistan when it seemed so conservative, at least to outsiders. One young man chimed in, "Not under the Taliban, but Afghanistan is a democracy now, we can talk about anything we want." I couldn't figure out where all this talking was leading, and worried that maybe my curiosity, a travel writer's virtue, had finally gotten the best of me. We danced around topics until I understood that nobody meant me any harm. Several men insisted I sleep there, Bazkhan's brother being the most persistent, letting me know how happy he would be if I lay beside him. "If you stay here, you are sure to have a ball," he said. Still, I decided I should go. Bazkhan and Kharoot drove me back into town. As we proceeded through the darkness, Kharoot said his brother was an Al-Qaeda member. Afghans commonly say this as a joke, but alone with the two men, I worried until central Kabul came into view. Two days later, confident that my doubts during my first visit were merely the jitters, I returned to Bazkhan's house to a smaller gathering––just him, his brother Kharoot, Bacha Khan, Zanzirgul, and a fifth man. The men had planned a massage party, with Bacha Khan and Kharoot vying for me. Bazkhan continually dared me to kiss his brother, but each time Kharoot pulled away at the last minute, laughing. To make me look Afghan, they put a wrap on my head and we all danced. They wanted us to dance with their guns, but in spite of what interesting photos that would have produced, I declined.The neighborhood was full of parties that day, so we wandered music-filled streets, and I was welcomed by several families they introduced me to. As the night progressed, I was comfortable enough to stay over, and Bacha Khan and I slept in each other's arms, after caressing each other for hours. I don't think I'll forget those nights in Bazkhan's house, but it provided I think only a hint at what homosocial and homosexual behavior means in Afghanistan. Afghan men have lived through hardship, killed for their country to free it from the Taliban, and treat guns like fashion accessories, but strict Islamic rule means they've probably never seen a woman naked. Homosexual behavior might simply be a replacement for physical intimacy they can not get otherwise in their lives––a workaround. Still, I seemed to have encountered a society that accepts affection between men as a wonderful thing. I am eager for my return to the country, and my chance to experience Kandahar too. I can only wonder for now what I'll find.

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Edited on 13.2.2019: Fixed correct link referring to Mozilla's website. A bug has been found in the newest version of Mozilla Firefox. The bug blocks access to sites, that are using HTTPS. Bug is related to new HTTPS filtering feature with some AV products. Because of the bug, Mozilla has halted deployment of the version 65.0. You will find more info on the Mozilla's website. Mozilla Firefox 65.0 won't be published on CSM. CSM support team will publish fixed version on CSM as usual, after Mozilla releases it. There's is a bug in the Mozilla Firefox 65.0. It won't be published on CSM. When Mozilla releases a stabile version, we will publish it on CSM as usual. You don't need to do anything but take it easy.

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Cancerians are dedicated and faithful in the job they are involved in. When it comes they can do jobs much below their dignity with no hesitation but they will never perform any work which is not required. They are highly potential and very systematic in their work which keeps them in a high designation.Though they are let down at times because of their emotional instability they try to overcome it by their quality of being austere. At times when they are forced to do perform which they are not interested in, then they exhibit all their frustration at home. But their need and crave for money makes them overcome all this and succeed in whatever they do.

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Nationally threatened bat species discovered in Morrinsville Back Published 18 December 2020 Innovation story The long-tailed bat (pekapeka whiore roa) has made a surprise appearance in Morrinsville in the Waikato. The long-tailed bat – pekapeka whiore roa (Chalinolobus tuberculatus). Image: Department of Conservation The discovery of one of New Zealand's only native land mammals in the area was an unexpected outcome from the COVID-19 lockdown after Morrinsville resident and Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research ecologist, Dr Norman Mason, used the time to put five acoustic bat monitoring devices to good use. "I had borrowed the devices pre-lockdown from the Waikato Regional Council for a science project with Te Kura o Waharoa, and with nowhere to go except public spaces within walking distance it seemed a good opportunity to use them," says Dr Mason. The devices record echolocation calls bats make as they fly, and Dr Mason decided to check whether there were any bats living in or around Morrinsville. "Tall forests next to waterways are considered prime bat habitat, by providing corridors for movement through the landscape and access to abundant food, such as flying insects," says Dr Mason. "Since previous generations in Morrinsville have either retained or planted big trees along our main waterways – the Piako River and Waitakaruru Stream - there was good reason to believe that's where bats would be found if still present." Map showing long-tailed bat occurence in the eastern Waikato lowlands Dr Mason admits he was not sure what to expect. "The last bat survey across the Piako catchment was done by Department of Conservation Science Advisor Dr Kerry Borkin 20 years ago. There was grave concern that local bat populations in the Piako might have died out during this time." Bats are vulnerable to predation and competition for roosting sites (holes in trees) from possums and ship rats. Dr Mason was delighted to find however, that bats are permanent Morrinsville residents rather than mere visitors. He identified at least one potential roost tree with likely others in the wider Morrinsville area. With the help of two other volunteers, Aimee O'Sullivan and Teresa Simons, surveys are ongoing at six sites in or around Morrinsville to get an idea of how bat activity changes across seasons and in response to weather. After the initial success of the Morrinsville surveys, and once lockdown restrictions lifted, Dr Mason broadened the study to span the majority of the Piako and Waitoa rivers, the Waitakaruru Stream and eastern tributaries of the Waikato River. Bat activity has been recorded at almost all sites, except in parts of central Morrinsville, north of the Kopuatai Peat Dome and the northernmost Waikato site (see map below). "Although we now know that bats are still present in Morrinsville and the broader Piako catchment, there's still a lot we don't know, including basic facts like the rough population size or trends in population size," he says. "Getting this information requires specialised expertise in catching and handling bats, as well as a lot of time and effort! The hope is that we will partner with bat experts in the near future to get more information on the health of our local bat populations." In the meantime, Dr Mason is exploring options to involve the Morrinsville and broader Piako communities in giving our bats a helping hand. Two bat-focussed events are planned for the New Year. The first is a 'thank-you' for the landowners who generously provided access for surveys. This will also be an opportunity to share practical ideas for keeping down rat and possum numbers. The second event will be open to the community and focused on opening discussions on community-wide pest control efforts in Morrinsville. An off shoot of the Predator Free Hamilton group has been set up in Cambridge, and this could provide a useful example for Morrinsville residents to follow. More details about these events will be released closer to the time. Norman Mason Ecosystems & Conservation

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The National Security Case For Campaign Finance Reform Campaign 2016 Congress Featured Post US Nathan Kohlenberg November 21, 2017 By Nathan Kohlenberg // Truman National Security Project. After meeting with Vladimir Putin briefly at a summit in Vietnam this week, Trump announced that he believes the Russian president when he says that Russia did not meddle in the 2016 presidential election. He later amended that statement, clarifying that "I believe that he feels that he and Russia did not meddle in the election. As to whether I believe it or not, I am with our agencies, especially as currently constituted with the leadership." If Trump believes that Putin genuinely did not know about his own intelligence apparatus' efforts to meddle in the election, he is not, in fact, "with our agencies," which concluded months ago that Putin was intimately and directly involved with overseeing the operation. When the CIA and FBI made their first public statements about Russian interference earlier this year, few Americans had a clear sense of what such an operation might involve. But in the last few weeks, Americans had the chance to examine some of the advertisements used by the Russian government to influence the outcome of the election. Some ads were targeted at right-leaning voters, others at left-leaning ones, but the underlying tone and implication of most of the ads was the same: The other side is not the opposition, but the enemy. If Trump actually reads his daily intelligence briefings, he should know that this is part and parcel of Russia's global strategy: push democratic electorates to choose leaders and policies that weaken international institutions while leveraging regional grievances to divide those countries from within. Russia views the United States, NATO, and the EU as the chief obstacles to Russia's restoration as the illiberal superpower, and an America hobbled by infighting and questions of electoral legitimacy clearly helped further Russian ends. With Brexit, Trump, and now Catalonia mounted in the Kremlin trophy room, there is little reason to expect them to stop any time soon. So, with our own president still at odds with his own intelligence community about the nature of the problem, what can we do to protect the integrity of our next elections? These ads are heinous, but so are some ads run by American politicians themselves. Certainly we can harden our networks to give foreign actors fewer tools to with which to manipulate us. Better security, after all, might have prevented the hacks of the DNC and RNC. But what if the greatest vulnerability in our democracy isn't our digital networks, but our voters' own minds? Is there a way to harden them against fake news? The answer is yes, and it starts with campaign finance reform. "I'm so-and-so, and I approved this message." We make candidates say this for at least two reasons. One was that it was supposed to shame candidates out of making truly disingenuous claims or arguments, although this logic may have been based on an optimistic estimation of candidates' capacity for shame. The second, more important function is to remind voters that the attack ad is not a newscast, but a 30 second spot paid for by the opposing candidate. For example, no one wondered who was accusing Barry Goldwater of risking nuclear war with the Soviets: President Lyndon Johnson was. He did the voiceover himself. No one wondered who was accusing Governor Dukakis of opening the doors to the prisons. President George H.W. Bush had been talking about Willie Horton for months. Such blatantly racist political ads are corrosive to our country and insulting to voters. But at least voters know where these ads come from and what their purpose is, which hopefully introduces a healthy dose of skepticism. With the erosion of campaign finance rules, we also have become accustomed to seeing third-party ads, too. These ads are sometimes harder to identify with a particular side or candidate, but it does not take a huge leap for the average viewer to figure out why the American Petroleum Institute would run ads against a Democrat, or why the Sierra Club would run ads against a Republican. Once those leaps have been made, the viewer can contextualize the ad. But no such process takes place with online ads. Many ads used by the Russians are designed to appear to come from concerned citizens, ardent patriots merely warning their neighbors of impending danger or ongoing injustice. Others go in the opposite direction, attempting to pass themselves off as original journalism or official reports. For many Americans, the skeptical defenses that would be immediately triggered by the gloomy bass notes and menacing voiceover of a TV attack ad are completely absent when viewing equally dubious content in their social media streams. The social media giants, Facebook especially, seem to have been blind to this danger. Senator Franken excoriated Facebook's general counsel for his firm's apparent inability to connect the dots between American political ads purchased with Russian rubles. As with other efforts to harden our critical infrastructure, the government wants technology companies to do more to combat the threat, while technology companies want greater legal protections from the government if they are going to go out on a limb. Under the present campaign finance regime, though, Congress is not in a strong position to demand that Silicon Valley solve this problem. Foreign spending aimed at influencing American elections is illegal, but how can that law be enforced when online political advertising is almost completely unregulated? Once the ad is bought, it may be extremely difficult to determine if the buyer was working on behalf of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, or Lyndon LaRouche. If the United States is to get serious about counteracting Russian meddling in its elections, we need comprehensive campaign finance reform across all media—starting with extending the very limited reporting and documentation requirements expected of TV ads to online ads. In many modern democracies, campaign donations are strictly regulated; in some, corporate giving is banned all together. In light of Citizens United v. FEC, major reforms that establish the public financing of campaigns, or that ban corporate donations, are impossible at present. But while corporate dark money has been a body blow to the legitimacy of our democracy, sustained foreign interference would be its death knell. Thus, it falls on all of us to do our part. That means calling out friends, peers, and relatives when they share obvious nonsense on Facebook. But Congress must take action as well. After all, Vladimir Putin has been debasing our electoral process with phony, misleading ads designed to divide and confuse Americans. Members of Congress need to stand up and remind him, "hey, that's our job." Nathan Kohlenberg is a Fellow at Truman National Security Project. Views expressed are his own. Investigative Report: Instagram's Political Propaganda Spread To Multi-Millions Of Facebook Users In 2016 #EndorseThis: Colbert Parses That Funny (And Flakey!) Trump Tweet FireBaron November 21, 2017 Whenever you see an add that has the phrase "Let your Congressman know…" you can almost guarantee it comes from a special interest group opposed to the local congressional representative's (probably well-reasoned) opposition to whatever the advocacy group is proposing. And many of the "actors" they get to play the "effected parties" later admit they are just that – actors, many of whom are philosophically opposed to whatever role they played, but still need to pay the rent and feed the kids. idamag November 21, 2017 Whenever I see something that says to contact my congressman, I know that I don't have one. I just contact them because I can, so far. Aaron_of_Portsmouth November 21, 2017 An aide will take your information and put in your representative's special Inbox—the backroom archives—for recycling. Sorry to be so cynical, but that's the impression I get dealing with congressional reps. Questions to wonder about. Is the Russian Mafia so powerful they can interfere in world elections? If so, have they put their man in as leader of Russia and another in as leader of the U.S.? Is Putin part of the Russian Mob or just their patsy? What did Putin really whisper in trump's ear? Why was their Russian interference in elections in Germany, France, Italy and England? It's all about satisfying the animal instinct for power and control. And the most savvy at manipulating the system gets all the toys. As I read "Ratf**ked—Why Your Vote Doesn't Count", it is a depressing political and social landscape which America presents when it comes to governance. Given the obsession with gaining political power and keeping it at all costs, the billions of dollars that is wasted on maintaining such a monstrosity rotten to its core, a method of drawing up districts which destroy the very notion of democracy by enormously skewing the value of each person's vote, it is obvious that no progress in any lasting and meaningful way is possible in America. It's ironic that a totalitarian system like that of Russia's is more efficient—in a demonic way—than America's system of governing which is equally as demonic. johninPCFL November 21, 2017 "If Trump actually reads his daily intelligence briefings," – the Obese Orange Morangutan has already said he doesn't read. Sand_Cat November 21, 2017 First of all – as I've said several times before – "disingenuous" needs to vanish from both political reporting and ads, especially Democratic ones. Half the people hearing the word probably don't know its meaning, and it is a euphemism for LYING and DELIBERATE DISHONESTY. Most political attack ads – particularly those from the right, in my opinion – brazenly repeat falsehoods and exaggerations in a deliberate effort to deceive viewers and obscure the truth: that is, they LIE. The use of "disingenuous" in this article instead of "dishonest" is a HUGE part of the problem. National Memo November 21, 2017

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Thursday, August 09, 2018 Contact: Andrew Chesser The LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings (for 3yos and upwards which raced between 1st January 2018 and 5th August 2018 POET'S WORD (IRE) [129] is now the co-second highest rated horse, along with GUN RUNNER (USA) [129], in the sixth edition of the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2018. 4 CRYSTAL OCEAN (GB) 128 GB 5 BATTAASH (IRE) 125 GB Poet's Word improved his rating to 129 from 125 by taking the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) by a neck over CRYSTAL OCEAN (GB) [128] at Ascot. The pair left the field nine lengths behind. Poet's Word came into the race having won the Prince of Wales's Stakes (G1), while Crystal Ocean, who improved from 120 to 128, had taken the Hardwicke Stakes (G2) in his previous start. Meanwhile, during the Glorious Goodwood meeting, two runners put in notable performances and are now ranked. BATTAASH (IRE) [125] won the King George Qatar Stakes (G2) by four lengths, and LIGHTNING SPEAR (GB) [120] was victorious by 1 ½ lengths in the Qatar Sussex Stakes (G1). In the United States, GOOD MAGIC (USA) [122] improved his rating to 122 from 120 with his three-length score in the betfair.com Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park. Additionally, at Saratoga DIVERSIFY (USA) [120] won the Whitney Stakes (G1) by 3 ½ lengths over MIND YOUR BISCUITS (USA) [120], and IMPERIAL HINT (USA) [120] took the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) by 3 ¾ lengths. The next edition of the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings will be published on Thursday 13th September 2018.

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Some of the new savings are price reductions, while others are just on sale. It looks like Fujifilm is trying to be even more competitive going forward with their X-T3 pricing being below the price of the X-T2 at launch and now their entry level cameras have had their prices reduced too. This entry was posted in Deals, Fuji deals and tagged Fuji Rumors, Fujifilm, Fujifilm Rumors, FujifilmRumors, Fujirumors. Bookmark the permalink. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

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March 23, 2011 D'Lyn Ford NC State's strategic realignment gets under way this spring with several mergers and a call for campus input as academic programs are reviewed. "Administrative changes are going to happen fairly quickly," said Provost Warwick Arden, co-author of the realignment plan with Vice Chancellor Charles Leffler. "For academic changes that require a lot of faculty input, we're going to have a discussion over the coming academic year, and they'll take a little bit longer." All changes will take effect by 2013 at the latest. The initial changes in the works this spring involve three mergers. By July 1, NC State will have an office of Institutional Equity and Diversity that combines the Office of Equal Opportunity with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and other related programs. By the end of 2011, components of the Office of Extension Engagement and Economic Development will be shifted to the provost and to the vice chancellor for Research and Innovation. By summer 2012, a new Division of Undergraduate Student Programs will be created by merging Student Affairs with the Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs, combining both academic and non-academic support for students under the provost. Academic Changes Under the realignment plan, NC State will review the organization of academic science programs in the colleges of Natural Resources, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and Agriculture and Life Sciences. Changes in the organization of colleges and departments are possible, and could include a new interdisciplinary system that strengthens collaboration and capitalizes on new opportunities, Arden said. "There are multiple ways of achieving this and everything is on the table. I don't have one specific thing in mind that I want to see happen more than anything else," he said. "The only thing that as far as I'm concerned is not really acceptable is to have a nine-month campus discussion and decide everything's just fine the way it is and that we don't want to change anything." A task force of science faculty will lead the review and provide recommendations by December. A review of low-enrolled programs and courses will allow time for thorough review and plenty of faculty input, with changes taking effect in the 2012-13 academic year, Arden said. "What we have put out there at the moment is a first pass. No program has been slated for elimination. No student will be disadvantaged." Distance education and summer programs are also under review, with the goal of making changes in summer 2012. Not Business Services as Usual The realignment for staff members in business, HR and grants administration will take place in two steps. First, the primary reporting lines will shift to Finance and Business. The second step, setting up business operations centers, is scheduled to begin in July 2012 with completion by July 2013. A review of NC State's policies, regulations and rules will take place to eliminate red tape. That's Not All It's not just realignment that's bringing change to NC State. Strategic planning and the state budgeting processes also are in motion, which can be confusing, Arden said. Friday is the deadline to make comments on the draft strategic plan. And despite the efficiencies that realignment will bring, state budget cuts are likely. "We know that whatever budget cut that comes, by doing this realignment now, we'll be able to devote more of our resources to core areas and to operate in a more effective and more efficient manner," Arden said. Thanks for the useful information. The info about the academic changes will help me a lot;)

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Media commentator and journalism professor Roy Greenslade has said he predicts that all local journalism will be online-only within fewer than 30 years. The former Daily Mirror editor said there is "no reason why a totally online newspaper serving a big audience shouldn't work," but that local news needed a new funding model. Greenslade said a possible solution could be funding via a public service subsidy, similar to the TV licence fee that pays for the BBC. The BBC is currently funding 150 local democracy reporters to plug the so-called "democratic deficit" left by newsroom cuts and title closures across the UK regional press. Greenslade said: "I want to see public service journalism stay and to make it stay I feel we are going to need a subsidy. "It could be arms-length from the Government, the Government doesn't need to interfere, we set a licence fee and that can be spread out across publishers across Britain. "A lot of people would say that you're still seeing it in corporate terms – you're handing out money to corporate people to make money – but I'm looking to a future where there won't be that much money to be made. "I'm looking for a future where you sustain non-profit public service journalism. If we are going to save journalism – journalism means public service journalism – we are going to need to think otherwise. Asked what he thinks local journalism will look like in the future, Greenslade said: "I think it will be all online – and much sooner than 30 years. "If I look at the trends illustrated by the three big publishers by Newsquest, by Trinity Mirror and by Johnston Press – all of them in fringe areas are gradually going much more online-only. Greenslade said local newspapers had been hit hard by the shift to online news, but that the real threat came from social media – namely Facebook. "I think the growth of Facebook is the biggest shock we've faced," he said. He said it wasn't just young people who "read everything through a screen" but that middle-aged and older people were also in touch with their friends on Facebook and get their news through the platform. "They get their little newsfeeds [and] they don't feel the need to do anything else," he said. "Facebook is like my newspaper. It's a personal newspaper – which is really what we always wanted to do. We wanted really to create papers that reach the individual. Greenslade began his career on east London weekly the Barking and Dagenham Advertiser in 1964 and stressed how much the news industry has changed since then. "When I started at the Advertiser there would be people lined up outside of the shops desperate to get hold of the papers – not necessarily of the news, but many of them were desperate to get hold of the small ads. "Small ads were, of course, the lifeblood of newspapers, they were the rivers of gold that really paid for our journalism. "Advertising, but very much small advertising, made it profitable, ensured that we could have three reporters in our little place selling three-and-a- half thousand copies a week and you could make a profit selling 3,500 papers on a weekly newspaper. "If you wanted to sell a bike, if you wanted to rent a property or buy a car you did it through your local paper. It meant of course it was very restrictive because you could only see it in the area. It is now well documented that local newspapers are struggling in the face of declining print advertising revenues and falling circulations as readers migrate to digital – and mobile – in their droves. Since 2005 nearly 200 local UK newspapers have closed, according to Press Gazette research carried out last year. Greenslade said he feels quality has suffered as a result of the move to digital. He said: "I believe that more journalists means more time and more time, generally, should mean better quality. "I totally understand and listen to publishing managers that say, if you look back the quality wasn't always that great. There were a lot of lazy journalists about. They only did one story a day and now you can do six a day. "I do understand that… especially in my early national newspaper days, we lived in a golden time. We did get drunk a lot and work was almost like a kind of playtime. He added: "With the coming of the internet we faced a structural threat to the existence of newspapers, I think it took a long time for publishers and journalists and everyone connected to the industry to realise the enormity of threat to news print. Greenslade is to step down from his teaching duties at City University, and said he was thinking of finally putting pen to paper for a work of fiction. Roy's estimation of the demise of print in 30 years is grossly optimistic. 10 years, max, and probably significant less than that. As an example: the Liverpool Echo in 2001 was doing between 98,000 (weakest day, Saturday) and 140,000 (strongest day, Thursday). It had plunged to an average of 38,8oo the second half of 2017 – some 13% down year on year. Let's be clear – that decline will only accelerate in line with the demographic cliff as traditional readers go gently into that good night, new readers simply don't arrive and all of us (even print die-hards) turn to the profusion of digital channels to get our information, entertainment and news. So even if we conservatively estimate a 15% average decline per year, it doesn't take a genius to see that the Echo, one of the strongest dailies in the country, will be selling only 15,000 a day in JUST 5 YEARS. And the truth is that the decline will accelerate significantly in the next 5 years and I wouldn't be surprised if nearly all regional dailies aren't showing 20%-plus declines by the time we reach the end of 2019. And then even steeper declines thereafter. 30 years? No chance. Extraordinary that the Tory Press Gazette now calls for subsidies. Their precious Tories are against subsidising any industry but they think the Tories should subsidise. Hypocrisy beyond belief.

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General surgery is a term used to describe a categorization of procedures that span a wide range of biological systems and conditions. Surgeons who practice general surgery have a broad understanding of the body's overall anatomy and processes, as well as a general comprehension of many different medical specialties. Our own team's extensive knowledge and experience make it possible for us to provide emergency care, as well as non-critical surgical treatments. Did you know that no two days are the same for a general surgeon? Our staff of surgeons performs a wide range of life-saving procedures every day using the latest in cutting edge surgical technology. All are highly trained, having completed years of extensive training in general surgery and critical care. What types of general procedures does your office perform? Do you treat traumatic injuries? The physicians of University General Surgeons staff the Region's Level I Trauma Center for adults and children located at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. All of our surgeons are double Board Certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. Our team cares for the most critically injured patients across a 21 county region by supervising and coordinating patient care consulting with specialty physicians as needed dependent upon the injuries sustained. For more information on Emergency & Trauma Services at the University of Tennessee Medical Center click here. Do you offer minimally invasive procedures? Many of our procedures are performed using minimally invasive techniques and laparoscopic tools when that is the best option for the patient at hand. While this technique allows for smaller incisions and a lower risk of post-operative complications it is not always the best option based upon the patient's history and current condition. Our team thoroughly examines each patient and devises a customized treatment plan to care for the specific conditions at hand. Patients who undergo a minimally invasive procedure on average experience an accelerated recovery and less post-operative pain compared to those who undergo traditional open surgery.

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from pyspider.libs.base_handler import * from pymongo import MongoClient import json # db.spider_drzj_image.find({'speciesName':'阿修罗'}) # db.runCommand({"distinct":"spider_drzj_image", "key":"speciesName"}) # db.spider_drzj.group( { key: { 'speciesName': true}, initial: {count: 0}, reduce: function(obj,prev){ prev.count++;} } ) class Handler(BaseHandler): crawl_config = { 'itag': 'v1.0' } def __init__(self): self.base_url = 'https://www.drzj.net/plugin.php?id=drzj_tujian:tujian&act=list&from=wxapp&page=1000&kid=0&sid=0&inajax=1' self.pagination_url = 'https://www.drzj.net/plugin.php?id=drzj_tujian:tujian&act=list&from=wxapp&page={}&kid=0&sid=0&inajax=1' self.total_pages = 100 self.has_page = True self.detail_url = 'https://www.drzj.net/plugin.php?id=drzj_tujian:tujian&act=detail&from=wxapp&pid={}' self.image_prefix = 'https://mini-img.drzj.net/duotoutujian/data/img/cover/' self.image_detail = 'http://mini-img.drzj.net/duotoutujian/data/img/{}/orginal/{}' self.image_path = '/Users/anmy/Downloads/tmp/succulent/' self.mongo_url = 'mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/succulent' self.mongo_client = MongoClient(self.mongo_url) self.mongo_db = self.mongo_client['succulent'] def on_start(self): self.crawl(self.base_url, callback=self.index_page) def index_page(self, response): for index in range(1, self.total_pages): if self.has_page: self.crawl(self.pagination_url.format(index), callback=self.list_page) def list_page(self, response): result = json.loads(response.text) species_list = result.get('data').get('list') if list and len(species_list) > 0: for each in species_list: species_id = each.get('pid') print species_id species_name = each.get('name') print species_name result = self.mongo_db['spider_drzj'].find_one({'speciesName': species_name, 'source': 'drzj'}) if result: # self.mongo_db['spider_drzj'].update_one({'_id': ObjectId(result['_id'])}, {'$set': { # 'image': self.image_prefix + each.get('img_cover'), # 'familyName': each.get('kname'), # 'familyTerminology': each.get('k_ld_name'), # 'genusName': each.get('sname'), # 'genusTerminology': each.get('s_ld_name'), # 'terminology': each.get('ld_name'), # 'alias': each.get('othername'), # 'growthSeason': each.get('season'), # 'sunshine': each.get('sun'), # 'moisture': each.get('water'), # 'breedPattern': each.get('reproduce'), # 'description': each.get('description'), # 'price': each.get('price_des') # }}) pass else: self.mongo_db['spider_drzj'].insert({ 'extSpeciesId': species_id, 'speciesName': species_name, 'image': self.image_prefix + each.get('img_cover'), 'source': 'drzj', 'familyName': each.get('kname'), 'familyTerminology': each.get('k_ld_name'), 'genusName': each.get('sname'), 'genusTerminology': each.get('s_ld_name'), 'terminology': each.get('ld_name'), 'alias': each.get('othername'), 'area': '', 'growthSeason': each.get('season'), 'sunshine': each.get('sun'), 'temperature': '', 'moisture': each.get('water'), 'breedPattern': each.get('reproduce'), 'breedDifficulty': '', 'description': each.get('description'), 'price': each.get('price_des') }) self.crawl(self.detail_url.format(species_id), callback=self.detail_page, save={'species_id': species_id, 'species_name': species_name}) else: self.has_page = False def detail_page(self, response): species_id = response.save['species_id'] species_name = response.save['species_name'] result = json.loads(response.text) photos = result.get('data').get('photo') print len(photos) if photos and len(photos) > 0: for photo in photos: image = self.image_detail.format(species_id, photo.get('largeImgName')) if image: result = self.mongo_db['spider_drzj_image'].find_one({'speciesName': species_name, 'image': image}) if not result: self.mongo_db['spider_drzj_image'].insert({ 'speciesId': species_id, 'speciesName': species_name, 'image': image })

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Q: How to avoid an infinite loop trying to show a php start page with php + jquery I've been working on a web page with php + smarty + jquery + html. I need to display the different content of a web page using the window.location = mainPAge.php instead of $("#div-Page").show() In other projects I make a simple switch like this: $(document).ready(initialize); function initialize{ showPage("none"); } function showPage(page){ switch (page) { case "none": $("#mainDiv").show(); $("#webDiv2").hide(); $("#webDiv3").hide() break; case "opcion2": $("#mainDiv").hide(); $("#webDiv2").show(); $("#webDiv3").hide(); break; case "opcion3": $("#mainDiv").hide(); $("#webDiv2").hide(); $("#webDiv3").show(); break; } And it work perfectly, but now I can't use this, I need to use the pages from php directly so I use this: $(document).ready(initialize); function initialize{ showPage("none"); } function showPage(page) { switch (page) { case "none": window.location = "mainContent.php"; break; case "opcion2": window.location = "secondContent.php"; break; } The problem !!! It seems that when I mix jQuery "$(document).ready(initialize)" with "window.location = 'mainContent.php'" the browser goes into an infinite loop. I really don't know why and less how to avoid the loop. If I don't try to show mainContent.php at the beginning of the page, and I assign a button to show the mainContent.php, that way work perfectly. But I need to display mainContent.php for automatic way to start page. I appreciate so much your suggestions. Regards !!!! A: This works just fine for me, whether I do showPage("none") or showPage("option2"). Perhaps you have an issue with the script in the page that is being loaded? $(document).ready(initialize()); function initialize() { showPage("none"); //showPage("option2"); // Or this } function showPage(page) { switch (page) { case "none": window.location = "test1.php"; break; case "option2": window.location = "test2.php"; break; } }

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export default class PlanetListCtrl { constructor($location, PlanetResource, ) { this.planets = PlanetResource.query(); this.$location = $location; } selectItem(id) { id = String(id); let items = this.getSelectedItems(); if (!this.isSelectedItem(id)) items.push(id); this.$location.search('selected', items); } isSelectedItem(id) { id = String(id); let items = this.getSelectedItems(); return (items.indexOf(id) !== -1) } deselectItem(id) { id = String(id); let items = this.getSelectedItems(); if (this.isSelectedItem(id)) items.splice(items.indexOf(id), 1); this.$location.search('selected', items); } getSelectedItems() { let items = angular.isArray(this.$location.search().selected) ? this.$location.search().selected : []; return _.uniq(items); } }

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What is The Energy Angels League by Explore ProTech? / Explore ProTech Opportunities for Entrepreneurs, Explore ProTech Solutions for Entrepreneurs, Getting to Know the Tribe, The Explore ProTech Story / By Nestene The Energy Angels League is built on the belief that, when we as entrepreneurs, work together, we can create something amazing, out of nothing. This League is for entrepreneurs that truly buy into the belief that we don't have to wait around for something great to happen to us, we just need to be smart about what's going on in our environment, and then work together to create something that will benefit all of us. We don't have to wait around for something great to happen to us. If we look back at the story of how Explore ProTech Entrepreneurial Haven was built – that is very much what it came down to. Me and Peter had absolutely nothing at that point in time, except for our experience, skills and wits. Peter put his skills in gathering people to work, and I put my skills in strategy to work and we started creating exciting projects that our entrepreneurs could pull off together, without the need for cash upfront. The Fempreneur Project was one of those projects. And a lot of these projects, like the Fempreneur project, paid off for the entrepreneurs involved, and the community supporting the movement, in a big way. Now we are ready to pull off our BIGGEST work together project yet. The Energy Angels League is going to become the engine room that builds Explore ProTech Entrepreneurial Haven from being a home for 80 happy, healthy, fun, authentic, caring, teachable, supportive entrepreneurs to being that same home but for 500 entrepreneurs. Our tribe was built on energy and this league will provide us with the energy needed to go from 80 to 500. And to go from 500 to Forbes 500. How will we do that? The most fun, authentic, caring, teachable, supportive entrepreneurs from around the world. We will fill our Energy Angels League with the most fun, authentic, caring, teachable, supportive entrepreneurs from around the world that have the energy needed to help us build what we need to build. These entrepreneurs will want to join our tribe, but for whatever reason it will make more sense to them to contribute $140 in labor, than $65 in cash on a monthly basis. These entrepreneurs will be passionate about building their businesses and the Explore ProTech home. They will see the benefits of both, believe in both, and be willing to put in the energy, work and dedication required to build both. And all of that energy will result in accelerated growth – for their own businesses and for our Haven. How will we achieve accelerated growth for their own businesses? Camaraderie built through shared experience Members of the Energy Angels League will experience cameraderie build through shared experiences. Energy Angel League members will be required to attend weekly meetings and participate in a whatsapp group chat with fellow members. They will actively work together to build our home. During this process they will form relationships, showcase their skills and become bound together by the magical power of shared experience. If you've ever done anything with a team, be that team sport, teamwork, team building, you understand the kind of camaraderie that builds between the members of that team as the team members share the experience of working together towards a common goal. In this case, that common goal is the building of the Haven – first to the point of 500 members, and then to the point of 500 Forbes members and the experience is whatever we're going to do to get there. Special Wings Members of the Energy Angels League will receive special wings. Members of the Energy Angels League will also receive increased recognition, respect and appreciation from the inhabitants of the haven. They will receive special wings to display on their Tribe Zoom backgrounds, so that tribe members will find it easy to pick them out in any situation. Tribe members will know that anyone that is wearing these wings actively work on a weekly basis to help build the haven that all of us have become so fond of and that helps all of our entrepreneurs build at an accelerated pace so they will receive increased support from our tribe members. Access to the haven they're helping to build Energy Angel League members receive access to the haven they help build. Members of the Energy Angels League will have access to the Entrepreneurial Haven they help create as well as all the benefits this haven produces. This same haven has helped produce insane success stories for entrepreneurs around the world and is literally built to enable entrepreneurs to accelerate their entrepreneurial journeys. Because the angels will be improving and building on the solid foundation that is already there, they will directly be able to benefit from the fruits of their collective efforts. Lead Generation foundation Energy Angels will become super connectors. One of the processes the Energy Angels League will be responsible for is the lead generation process for the haven. This process involves finding, talking to and 'dating' various entrepreneurs from around the world. Because this function requires all haven members to become super-connectors, these entrepreneurs will benefit from being in the flow of this lead generation process. This flow process has been and will further be developed to feed both their own businesses and the Explore ProTech Tribe. Introductions and conversations with the right people are the lifeblood of any business venture and all angels will have an abundance of this. How will Explore ProTech Entrepreneurial Haven achieve accelerated growth through this process? All the processes that keep Explore ProTech running will be fueled by the energy contributed by Energy Angels. All the processes that keep Explore ProTech running, will be fueled by the energy supplied through the Explore ProTech Energy Angels League. What happens to Energy Angels that grow out of the League? The goal from the get-go will be for Energy Angel League members to grow to a point where they can afford the membership fee. At this point in time, their business ventures will have grown to the point where energy, and not cash is their constraining factor. Energy Angels will be assisted to outgrow the league. At this point in time it will make more sense for them to leave the league and become paying members of the Explore ProTech Entrepreneurial Haven. The funds raised through their membership fees will further be utilized to grow the haven through paid labor and solutions. Together with the energy being contributed by the remaining angels, this will become a powerful combination of resources to further accelerate the build of the haven and its members. Paid members will focus on contributing their membership fees, building relationships in the tribe and raising their visibility in the community, whilst contributing to profit share projects they choose to be involved in. This will assist them in growing their businesses to the point where neither cash, nor energy is a constraint on the growth of their businesses. The goal from the get-go will be for Energy Angel League members to grow to a point where they can afford the membership fee. At this point in time it will make sense to them to become sponsors of the community. Sponsors will be featured as living legends in the community that have successfully gone through the full cycle process. Sponsors will be made visible through all the solutions they themselves have helped build and they will actively continue to diversify their business ventures, build their revenue streams and encourage and advise their fellow Explore ProTech tribe members to get to their level. With the help of the sponsors providing that 'hand up' to the rest of our tribe members it will make it easier for all of us to get to sponsorship level. From sponsorship level we then work together in the same way to get ourselves to the Forbes 500 level. Who will be allowed to join the energy angels league? Entrepreneurs that have energy to contribute, that are willing to learn, that are fun, authentic, caring, teachable and supportive and have proven that they can build relationships with our entrepreneurs through successfully dating the tribe will be allowed to join the Energy Angels League. Entrepreneurs that we are especially hoping to recruit for the energy angels league include, at the moment: Digital Marketing Strategists What will be required of our energy angels? Energy Angels will be required to: Energy Angels will use their energy to build our haven. Attend one 1 hour meeting per week to talk about what needs to be done, who is doing what and how we are planning on accomplishing what needs to be accomplished. Get 1 entrepreneur per week to book a meeting to 'date the tribe' Contribute towards building the haven through taking on responsibilities as these are shared in the weekly meetings (up to 4 hours per month) As this process develops we look forward to sharing the success stories of our Energy Angels League with you! For now, if you've got energy to contribute, and you're looking to accelerate your entrepreneurial journey, and if you're a fun, authentic, caring, teachable, supportive entrepreneur that believes in the greater vision of Explore ProTech Entrepreneurial Haven and want to help make that vision become a reality, book a meeting with Nestene and Peter so we can discuss what joining the league could look like for you.

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Snow during the morning will give way to windy conditions and a wintry mix during the afternoon. High 32F. Winds SE at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of precip 100%. Snow and ice accumulating 3 to 5 inches.. Cloudy with rain and snow in the evening, becoming windy with snow showers late. Some sleet or freezing rain possible. Low 16F. SSE winds shifting to WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 70%. Snow accumulations less than one inch. Winter Weather Advisory from 3AM CST FRI until 6AM CST SAT ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES, BUT ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH, WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * WHEN...FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTE. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES. Author Jason Reynolds has been named the seventh National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, an award given by the Library of Congress, the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader. HANDOUT BY JAMES J. REDDINGTON Jason Reynolds wants kids to love his stories, but he wants them to love their own stories more. The award-winning author, whom the Library of Congress announced Monday will be the seventh National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, plans to use his two-year appointment to listen as kids and teens — especially those in small towns — share those stories. Reynolds, a Washington, D.C.-area native and author of 13 books — including "Ghost," "Long Way Down" and "Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks" — said he's excited about taking the role in a new direction. "What I don't want to do is be another mouthpiece that says kids need to read," he said. "I realize that literacy is important. I don't think telling them [that] works." Reynolds prefers promoting reading and writing by encouraging kids to talk. At school visits, he lets them ask questions — whatever they want. "There's always a knucklehead who asks about what car I drive," he said. "That's okay. All of their questions are valid." Reynolds, 36, credits his mother with instilling in him and his siblings that even as children, their voices were important. "My mother allowed us to talk back," he said. "She validated my humanity. You're allowed to say that you disagree." Although not much of a reader as a child, Reynolds liked words. He discovered the poetry of rap music and began writing his own poems at age 9. He shared his efforts with family and by 16 was participating in open-mic nights around Washington. A lot of kids and teens today, he said, aren't encouraged to do what he did — essentially "Grab the Mic: Tell Your Story," the name of his platform as ambassador. "I believe that young people — because they're not told that they have the space to speak up — I think they get a little resentful," Reynolds said. "I think that all they're looking for is respect." This is especially true, he said, of kids and teens from small towns, places with no literary scene or often even visits from authors like him. "I've been through there. I've been all over this country. They are always surprised that I'm there," Reynolds said. "They say, 'Why did you come here.' And I say, 'Why wouldn't I come here.' " Kids from small towns will have the opportunity to talk to Reynolds, asking him questions and relating their own experiences. With the help of the nonprofit organization StoryCorps, an oral history project started in 2003, those stories will be recorded and added to the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Reynolds is working out the details of which towns he will visit over the next two years. He'll wear his medal as have previous ambassadors, including Jon Scieszka, Kate DiCamillo and, most recently, Jacqueline Woodson. But Reynolds plans to deputize hundreds of young storytellers. "I want to put the ambassador medal around their necks." "No one tells you before you have kids just how many times they will break your heart. I learned this harsh reality before, but I just experienced it again recently. We decided it was finally time to move our 3-year-old son, Elliott, out of his crib and into a shared room with his 6-year-old brother, Sam." These are the Omaha Public Library's most checked-out books for children, teens in 2019 Jason Reynolds

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news, local-news, blaxland, real estate, blue mountains Blaxland's affordability and commutability to Sydney has seen it named in the top 10 Sydney suburbs to watch in 2020. It has a "genuine country feel despite being just eight minutes from the M4 motorway" and "large family homes available for well under $1 million and on large blocks with plenty of greenery," according to Douglas Driscoll, the CEO of real estate group Starr Partners. "Young professionals or couples looking for a better quality of life and wanting to get more for their money should seriously be considering investing here." Emily Barbaro and Sean Peters couldn't agree more. The young couple from Erskineville, bought a three-bedroom townhouse for $533,000 in Blaxland in December, 2019. With plans to get a dog in the new year, they had initially been looking to rent a house in Sydney with a yard, but found Sydney house rentals too expensive. And after travelling up to Blackheath most weekends to go rock climbing, and loving the bush, they thought why not buy in the Lower Mountains. Glenbrook was the first pick, but with little on the market, they opted for one suburb up. Ms Barbaro said Blaxland was convenient to the train line, and was about an hour's travel for both of them to get to work, and was affordable. "A one bedroom townhouse of 76 square metres in Erskineville went to auction for $1 million," she said. "It's so much more affordable [in Blaxland]." They've been enjoying the small community and being greeted by name in their local cafe. "People at cafes in Erskineville don't know who you are. My grocer wouldn't know my name and I'd been going there for two years. It's so different being in a small community," Ms Barbaro said. Chapman Real Estate agent Helen Harris sold the couple the property, and said a lot of Sydneysiders were moving to the Lower Mountains, and were finding a lot of value in Blaxland at the moment. She said the median house price was about $880,000 in Blaxland, whereas it was around $915,000 in Glenbrook, but the gap was closing. People were seeking a sense of community, with good schools, while still being commutable to jobs in the city. "There's a stronger sense of community when you cross the [Nepean] river," Mrs Harris said. "It's a lifestyle choice, as well as convenience. "There's a big migration west with the Western Sydney Airport, WestConnex tunnel and the main population centre being west of Parramatta. Parramatta is commutable, it's 35 minutes from Blaxland," Mrs Harris said. The Blue Mountains village joins Kensington, Crows Nest, Oran Park, Bellevue Hill, Busby, Summer Hill, Merrylands, Pagewood and Lalor Park as the Sydney suburbs to watch, according to the Starr Partners analysis. https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/WSM4dCumvPJjnaG3ngKbmZ/ed08be18-9953-4066-994a-298c49b21b47.JPG/r10_316_5991_3695_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg Blaxland seen as go-ahead Sydney suburb in 2020 Ilsa Cunningham Blaxland's affordability and commutability to Sydney has seen it named in the top 10 Sydney suburbs to watch in 2020. It has a "genuine country feel despite being just eight minutes from the M4 motorway" and "large family homes available for well under $1 million and on large blocks with plenty of greenery," according to Douglas Driscoll, the CEO of real estate group Starr Partners. "Young professionals or couples looking for a better quality of life and wanting to get more for their money should seriously be considering investing here." Emily Barbaro and Sean Peters couldn't agree more. The young couple from Erskineville, bought a three-bedroom townhouse for $533,000 in Blaxland in December, 2019. With plans to get a dog in the new year, they had initially been looking to rent a house in Sydney with a yard, but found Sydney house rentals too expensive. And after travelling up to Blackheath most weekends to go rock climbing, and loving the bush, they thought why not buy in the Lower Mountains. Glenbrook was the first pick, but with little on the market, they opted for one suburb up. Ms Barbaro said Blaxland was convenient to the train line, and was about an hour's travel for both of them to get to work, and was affordable. "A one bedroom townhouse of 76 square metres in Erskineville went to auction for $1 million," she said. "It's so much more affordable [in Blaxland]." They've been enjoying the small community and being greeted by name in their local cafe. "People at cafes in Erskineville don't know who you are. My grocer wouldn't know my name and I'd been going there for two years. It's so different being in a small community," Ms Barbaro said. Chapman Real Estate agent Helen Harris sold the couple the property, and said a lot of Sydneysiders were moving to the Lower Mountains, and were finding a lot of value in Blaxland at the moment. She said the median house price was about $880,000 in Blaxland, whereas it was around $915,000 in Glenbrook, but the gap was closing. People were seeking a sense of community, with good schools, while still being commutable to jobs in the city. "There's a stronger sense of community when you cross the [Nepean] river," Mrs Harris said. "It's a lifestyle choice, as well as convenience. "There's a big migration west with the Western Sydney Airport, WestConnex tunnel and the main population centre being west of Parramatta. Parramatta is commutable, it's 35 minutes from Blaxland," Mrs Harris said. The Blue Mountains village joins Kensington, Crows Nest, Oran Park, Bellevue Hill, Busby, Summer Hill, Merrylands, Pagewood and Lalor Park as the Sydney suburbs to watch, according to the Starr Partners analysis. Discuss "Blaxland named in top 10 suburbs to watch"

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Nåd, eller nåde, är en titel som historiskt har använts för att tilltala kungliga och adliga personer. Under medeltiden tilltalades höga kyrkliga ämbetsmän "Ers Nåde" eftersom de skrev sig "av Guds nåde" (latin: Dei Gratia). T.ex. "biskop av Guds nåde". När även kungar och furstar började skriva sig så överfördes tilltalet på dem. Kungen av Skottland använde titeln till 1707. I Sverige blev "nådigt" synonymt med "kungligt". Erik XIV ersatte "nåde" som kungligt tilltal med "majestät". Nåd-tilltalet kom att användas om adliga personer vilket under frihetstiden blev mycket utbrett. Titeln används både i skriftligt och muntligt tilltal, oftast i de nedan angivna variationerna. Hans Nåd Hennes Nåd Ers Nåd Se även Kungadömet av Guds nåde Referenser Titlar

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Rider Points Race Machines MOSS RE-SIGNS FOR SUZUKI AUSTRALIA Team Motul Suzuki's current two-time Australian Motocross Champion and defending Australian Supercross Champion Matt Moss will return with Suzuki Australia's factory team in 2015. The 26-year-old recently clinched his second consecutive MX Nationals MX1 championship on board the Jay Foreman Racing-prepared RM-Z450, and has confirmed the pairing will aim for a third premier class outdoor title together next season. Said Moss: "Suzuki's team is a family for me and now that we've won back-to-back titles I'm looking forward to going for a third together in 2015. I'm really happy to remain with the team I've won multiple championships with in my career and I'm excited to race the updated 2015 model RM-Z450. "This year I feel like we learnt a lot as a team defending the championship, so now it's time to move forward together and it's an exciting time for all of us. I know that the 2015 Suzuki RM-Z450 will be exactly the bike I need to continue this winning trend and I'm definitely up for the challenge." Moss is currently preparing to represent Team Australia in the 2014 Motocross of Nations at Kegums in Latvia on September 27-28th, before returning home to Australia to commence his Supercross title defence at Bathurst's opening round on October 10th. Team Manager Jay Foreman is excited to welcome Moss back into the team for 2015, continuing one of the sport's most successful partnerships. He said: "To secure Matt within the team for 2015 is great news for everybody involved. We will move forward together and the 2015 model RM-Z450 is another real improvement on our race package, so it will be full steam ahead into the New Year. The challenge of racing for a third-straight outdoor championship is a welcome one. "With Matt signed now we can work towards next year as a team, but before then we are of course really looking forward to having him represent Australia at the Motocross of Nations and then defending the number one plate in the 2014 Supercross series." Together, the formidable Moss/Foreman/Suzuki combination have won six championships including the 250 SX title in 2008 and 2009, the 250 MX title in 2009, 450 SX title in 2013 and the prestigious 450 MX title in 2013 and 2014. To view Team Motul Suzuki's 2014 MX Nationals championship celebration film on Team Suzuki Racing: CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO

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Shoes, Books & Cynicism Kate The Grateful Certain Dark Things It's Only Words But Does It Scan? Pulp Faction FAIRY TALES DO NOT TELL CHILDREN THE DRAGONS EXIST. CHILDREN ALREADY KNOW THAT DRAGONS EXIST. FAIRY TALES TELL CHILDREN THE DRAGONS CAN BE KILLED. - G.K. CHESTERTON. Kate Stone Matheson A Sovereign Greed She stared at him, and suddenly, without warning or a word, went white, and fainted dead away onto the white-scrubbed floorboards, the jar of ginger clutched in her hand, which smashed as she fell, leaving a halo of glassine blood around her long, long, unbound red hair. Tagged: fractured fairytale "Tell me, Mr Dunne – what prompted the start of this – what shall one call it, to do it justice, one wonders?" and he tapped his pointed chin consideringly, and waved a pale, languid hand in a vague, all encompassing gesture around the large, otherwise sparsely furnished room. This simple back and forth of his wrist mesmerised James 'Jimmy' P. Dunne, and somehow managed to indicate the magnitude of the many and varied birdcages lining the walls, tilting forlornly on stands, even tipping sideways on the floor. The Gidget Grip She knew her duty, and her duty was to marry up. For Queen, Country, and bally well the chance to make every other girl at Miss Whistle's look back with envy and say "do you remember Creddy Buffet-Smythe that was? My goodness, what a splendid marriage she made! Jolly marvellous, talk of Queen Charlotte's she was, the way she swept Muzzy Beauclerk orf his feet, what?" Tagged: pulp fiction He wasn't brilliant; he fumbled a few of the chords, there were some dropped notes, and his voice carried the nasal overtones of a typical Scouser – but there was something – something indefinable that made the music shop owner shiver like a cat does just before an electrical storm. A spark in the hands, dancing along the cheap guitar's strings. Something in the way he moved, perhaps – he shook his head. He was being fanciful. He cleared his throat, and it was just another Teddy Boy, strutting with a guitar, moving into Be-Bop-A-Lula like he thought he was Elvis Bluddy Presley. The Silver Link, The Silken Tie It should also be mentioned that said kingdom was not actually a kingdom. It was for all intents and purposes a queendom, as the crown was handed down first born daughter to first born daughter. If there was no daughter, it rather grudgingly went to the first born son, until a girl arrived, in which circumstance the whisky flowed like – well, like whisky, and villeins and nobles alike were willing to accept someone named Beelzebub without demur, as long as the Princess of Darkness brought them some aspirin, and was extremely quiet whilst she did so. Thorn Held Gold With another sigh, Rue shook herself, and stepped back from the mirror. She picked up her hairbrush, and began, as she did every morning, as she did every evening, to draw the first of one hundred strokes through her long, long, corn-yellow hair, knowing if she failed to fulfil this task, it would not go easy for her. "Look, I said I was sorry; there's no need to get so highty-tigh – oh, hang on, there really isn't any need to get so highty-tighty about it. It was just the extension cord! See?" and he rose up from a sudden crouch, almost bashing Nikola on the chin with the back of his head, as Tesla craned down to look as instructed. Tagged: Tesla, Edison, Trump, The Beatles, pulp fiction In a surface glance, anyone looking at the pair of them would have seen nothing but two elegantly and formally dressed, attractive people, champagne glasses held casually, watching the croupier's hands as he in turn dealt yet another hand. Anyone looking very closely indeed would have seen the tall, blonde, tanned gentleman blanch slightly and wonder why he had paled, when there was such a beautiful woman beside him. Every Blackening Church Finnigan turned to him, mouth agape, as the under-butler speedily reversed, running for the butler and the safety of relinquished authority. "Air yae taitally, otterly ait a' yae brainpan, yae daft piece of Mary? Yae jist killed daid the Gaintelman!" A Vanity Of A Kind Blinking slightly, both of them, from the inevitable change in light as they came out of the tunnel to the transport bay, the usual crowds waited for the Judiciaris to appear. Waving, smiling, shrieking their approval. Most of them, anyway. Oh, there were the usual few rabble-rousers, one or two low-level Kant Edda thugs lurking in the background, waiting to see if there were any mental pickings to be had; but today it was evident there were no Cassandras or Narcissi in the crowd for them to glean predictions or beauty from, and their venture out from their foetid holes a wasted journey. The Swat Team The voice was rapidly rising, taking on the faint tone of hysteria known to drive thousands of buxom blonde schoolgirls into flaxen waves of giddiness, clasping hands to bosom as their Dolfi spoketh the word as delivereth by Goebbels. In Defence Of The Realm Colonel Hawkins sat in his office, a new, plain, buff folder open in front of him. He carefully stamped it precisely with a TS1 stamp, and wrote on it: for the following eyes only – and added his own name, that of Major-General Fletcher-Christie, and for good measure, a name made up on the spot of a civilian operative, with, after it, in brackets, [FS], for Field Staff. He knew there was no chance the CO would check said person's identity. It would compromise them, and he wouldn't risk their safety. Never Smile At A Crocodile "Are you deaf, Cadet Dentine? Wax in your lugholes? In need of a premature digital aural implant?" Fluoride-Iodine asked, somewhat acidly, endangering her faultless tooth enamel. "No, Wing One!" barked back Dentine. "I just assumed…" and she looked the Head Lecturer squarely in the eye, with a steely glint which looked somewhat familiar, reflected the Wing, as it should – it had been staring at her in the mirror for more years than she liked to think of – "…I had been overlooked." We Don't Need No Water Whip. Whip and bleed. Cross, genuflect, amen. Trembling lips, tears in eyes, and a handkerchief pressed to her eyes as she felt Jesus and the Holy Mother beam down on her, in enumerating his sins for the Greater Glory of God. As St Valentine towed a sulky Cupid away from the bar, he explained what he he had seen. One person who was certain he and Cupid weren't even real, and a man who thought he was unhelpful! Him - the hero of love, Valentinius Sanctus, patron saint of lovers, BFF to those who wished to wed! He'd been martyred for these people, he complained, sounding er, martyred. He'd had his head chopped off for the ungrateful little apes! Whatever happened to respect, to omnia vincit amor, and all that? I mean, what did they want from him - blood? 'I wouldn't mind' mumbled Cupid. 'Still had half a Peroni left'. Tagged: st valentine's day, love, paris, shakespeare & co, a difficult woman, pulp fiction In a thousand small movements, we were the opposite of a star. Night saw us retreat, not willing or wanting to dazzle the hours sub-dawn with our vividness, our luminosity. No; rather, we took the murmured indulgence of others as the gift it was, and snuck away to our quiet darkness. Tagged: fractured fairytale, pulp fiction, ad astra, stars, dying Red In Tooth And Claw Polly opened her mouth to tell him she had no idea - maybe petition the local member? - when she realised she absolutely, most definitely did know what she was going to do. She smiled. It was the smile of a crocodile as it sights lunch on the banks of the river in the shape of a plump, juicy antelope with a broken leg. 'I'm going to sue the human race for negligence against each other and the earth'. Tagged: mother nature, pulp fiction, fractured fairytale, humanity, human nature, gaea The Cat Who Looked At A King Once upon a time – well, 'once upon a time' when Henry VIII was just on the throne, and before he started cutting off his extraneous wives' heads – there was a tiny kitten who was born on a scrap heap outside a dirty little village in the south of England. There was no way this kitten should have survived; it was abandoned almost immediately by its mother, left for dead... and, to be brutal about it, that should have been that. As Henry himself may have said, whilst throwing an extremely well gnawed haunch of venison over his shoulder towards his pack of eager hounds, survival of the fittest, y'know. However, the kitten dragged itself onto the high road and was lying there, near death, when all at once there came a great trampling and trotting and viewing and hallooing. It was a company of the newly crowned and no longer 'Prince Hal's', but rather The King's Men, on their way to a great tourney in the North. The villagers all came to gawp and gape as the pages and squires scurried to water the horses and get their masters wine and refreshments to break their fast. A young page saw the kitten and went to kick it – not out of cruelty, you must understand, but to put it out of its misery – when a great voice stopped him, and he felt a hand on his shoulder. 'Why would you not try to save the creature first?' inquired the voice. 'Well, sir, it looks more like kindness to let it go to God', said the boy. 'I disagree', said the voice, whom the boy could not see the owner of, as the hand was preventing him from turning around. 'I believe that every living thing deserves a chance at life before we consign it to the possibility of heaven'. The boy was confused. A possibility of heaven? If you were good, you had to get to heaven yes? However, his was not to question why; the voice told him to get the kitten some milk and bread, look after it and take it with him on the journey, squeezed him briefly on the shoulder, and disappeared. The boy, who was after all a page and thus trained to obedience, did as he was told. The kitten ended up looking like a very small (and very loudly purry) barrel, and it promptly went to sleep in his saddlebag. The boy never did find out who the voice had been. But he and the kitten – soon known as Leo The Lionheart, for his habit of killing 'infidels' or rats before they had a chance to strike sleeping knights – became fast friends, and the page's rise to squire and then knight came about more rapidly than he would have imagined. It was almost as if the day The Lionheart came into his life had been a lucky omen – if he believed in that type of thing. Eventually, the boy – and you must understand, to go through his kind of training meant being of noble birth – took his place at court. He was very shy, and not inclined to the kind of bawdy blathering that the others of his age indulged in. They would have been seen as quite the odd pair, he and The Lionheart, if he had not been intensely brave, and coincidentally able to knock the teeth sideways out of anybody who questioned his - shall we say - 'manhood'. Plus, The Lionheart bit. Hard. By this stage, Henry had become slightly less the young dashing prince and more the stern and running towards stout king – but there were still signs of that merry eyed boy he had once been. So when our friend and his cat – yes, Leo of course was there – were eventually presented to him and his Spanish Queen, the King's eyes brimmed with mirth. 'God's wounds!' he exclaimed, 'is this a lion I see before me? Do you seek ennoblement for this fine defender of the realm, my Lord Robert?' (for this was our hero's name). Robert finally realised whom the voice belonged to, not unkindly telling him to keep the cat alive some twelve years before. He was astounded, but realised that the King awaited his reply. 'Why yes, Your Grace, I do.' There was an intake of breath around the court at this presumptive behaviour, except from the Queen, who looked as if this whole interchange was of absolutely no interest to her (NB future Mrs H Tudors: not wise) – and the King himself, who grinned. 'And why is this? What possible service could a humble animal have performed to merit a rise to the ranks of my most devoted and noble men? A mere beast, not even of the field, who neither reaps nor sows?' Robert looked squarely at the King. 'Because, Your Grace, if every living thing deserves a chance at life, doesn't every living thing also deserve a chance at bettering its station in said life? And as for what service Leo has provided – well, last night he recognised that the wine destined for your bedchamber was poisoned. He sniffed it and knocked it over, whereupon we had a mouse be doused in it – and the mouse died. 'He has performed this service for you three times now, Your Grace. Because Leo indeed has the heart of a lion'. Henry turned very white, then very red. The entire court held its collective breath. Robert felt the whisper of the axe's blade as it slowly descended on his and Leo's necks, and squeezed his cat to the point of Leo saying 'ouch', loudly and ostentatiously, in Tabbyese. 'It seems that you paid a great deal of attention all those years ago, my Lord Robert' said Henry, quite calmly, and everyone exhaled. The Duke of Suffolk had a coughing fit and rapidly left the throne room before the king's mood could change. 'Not only did you listen to my words, but you listened to the intent behind them. Please bring your cat, and yourself, forward, and kneel'. Robert of course did so. Leo refused to kneel. He sprawled at Henry's feet. On his back, with his legs in the air. Henry grinned again. 'Leo the Lionheart, I now name thee Lord Leo of The Tower, Keeper of the King's Person, Royal Ratter and Privy Council Cat. I would say arise but I doubt I would be obeyed. Lord Robert, I hereby appoint you to my Privy Council and ask you to become the head of my Personal Guard. You, I think, may manage to rise'. Robert was astounded. He had a feeling that this may all end in tears, at least for him, because the King's moods were what were then known as mercurial – but how wondrous that Leo was being recognised for the loyal and clever creature that he was! What gratitude he felt that Henry had not let him 'put him out of his misery' all those years before! Henry waved them both away. Robert bowed out backwards. Leo sauntered fatly away, occasionally stopping to lick his behind and have a bit of a sniff up the ladies' frocks. Sometimes, Robert reflected, it was uncanny just how much like the sovereign that cat actually was. Amazingly, perhaps because every time he was prone to contradict Henry's wilder ideas (mainly concerning the lady Anne Boleyn, who had just popped her minxy little head up – not yet off), Leo would headbutt him in Privy Council sessions – Robert thrived. But of course, by this stage, Leo was a ripe old age – and one day, sadly, Robert found him peacefully, permanently asleep in the sun of the winter garden at Windsor, his legs in the air and his fat tummy looking glossy and content. There was a half chewed rat by his side. Robert cried great tears of loss and gratitude for his wonderful companion. When his page asked him very timidly if he was not ashamed to be seen weeping in public – 'for he is but a cat, my Lord!' – Robert turned and took the boy to his quarters. There he gave him one of Leo's most recent great-grand offspring (Leo was a cat that Henry would have been proud to call 'son', or in fact, possibly be slightly jealous of in terms of his procreational abilities). This is what he said: 'A cat is never just a cat. A cat is a friend. A cat is an adviser. A cat will tell you when you are a bad master with naught but a simple look. A cat will always be there to warm you. And if you are very lucky, a cat will look at a king – and make you see the value of every life'. With that, Robert walked away, and with the King's permission, left the court and retired to his estate in the country. He died at the age of 82. All that was on his tomb? 'A cat may indeed look at a king – and if a king is wise, he will look back at a cat.' A furry tale - or should that be furry stomach? - ending. Tagged: fractured fairytale, henry viii, cats, moral, knights More Than All The Stars In The Sky Many, many years ago, there were no stars. The sky was - well, blank. Oh, the moon was there, lonely in her solitary glory, and the other planets of course; but there were no twinkling pieces of fiery ice for us to wonder at, for poetry to be written about, for songs to be sung to, for stories to be scribbled down in wonder... and for couples to stand under, hand in hand - with stars in their eyes. This is how stars came to be. They were born, as one would expect, from a fairytale. Once upon a time, in a land whose borders have long since moved beyond memory, there lived a young princess called Asta. She was in fact rather more than just a princess; she was the Crown Princess, and when her father died (which with great good luck, would not be for many years yet), the country would be hers to rule. This pleased the people greatly, as she was generous, and kind, and known for her wit and humour. Was she a great beauty? Not really; but she had an indefinable something which made her more attractive to the young princes in those parts than all the classic sharp-cheekboned goddesses soulfully mooning around the court. She was certainly in no hurry to take on the role of Queen. Since her mother's death, she and her father had been very close, and the thought of his not being around, a pack of large slobbery dogs at his shabby heels, was almost too much to bear. We all know however, that life isn't kind, or fair, and that sometimes great pain has to come before great happiness. And this, sadly, was closer than anyone could have anticipated. The entire country had been humming with excitement for weeks, because it was both the 30th anniversary of the King's ascension to the throne, and Asta's 21st birthday. Preparations for an enormous ball had been occupying the court, with neighbouring nations sending emissaries and envoys - not to mention hopeful royal suitors. Unfortunately, not all of those who had to be invited were friends... some, as the King had taught Asta carefully, were strategic guests. One of them was Queen Ondska. She was incredibly beautiful, it was true. She was also incredibly ambitious, and had made no secret of her desire to marry the widowed King. It was whispered that she had magic in her blood, but only the brave (or perhaps the foolhardy) dared to voice their suspicions aloud, for those who did had a nasty habit of disappearing. Ondska arrived with her usual pomp and ceremony, a large retinue, and an even larger mirror, which glittered strangely and made the servants uncomfortable. Asta disliked her intensely, but was too well mannered to let it show - and of course she would never let her father down by being less than courteous to any guest. The night of the ball arrived. Asta had noticed that her father had looked quite pale all day, but he assured her he was well, just preoccupied with making sure all of their guests were taken care of. And she was, admittedly, a little too excited to notice the extent of his pallor and shaking hands. As she and the King descended the stairs into the palace ballroom, the assembled crowd bowed low. Even Ondska, although it was with gritted teeth. As they straightened up, Asta noticed a young man she had never before seen looking straight at her. He had a look of wildness, and fearlessness, and adventure, and life. Then he grinned, and Asta's hitherto untouched heart was lost. Her worries over her father, her nagging concern over Ondska and her magic - all were gone. All she saw was a tall figure with laughing eyes making his way towards her, hand held out, asking her to dance. His name was Prince Fin, and he had been at sea, heading his father's navy. He had been sent to the celebrations because his brother the Crown Prince and his wife were about to have their first child, and could not leave home. He explained this to Asta as they danced, saying with a grin that 'as the spare, I am used to being the last minute substitute for diplomatic missions. I must say in this case, it is no hardship at all.' 'In fact, I am not sure I am likely to ever return to sea - unless I were to have a new executive officer, who just happened to be a princess.' Asta blushed. And grinned back. And Fin felt his heart turn over. Suddenly there was a commotion near the throne dais. Asta looked up, and her world collapsed. The King was lying on the ground. He was horribly, terribly still; and she saw the Lord Chamberlain shake his head, search the crowd, and through the whirling white noise in her head, as Fin held her up, heard the words she had thought would be years away: "The King is dead... Long live the Queen!" She hid her face for a moment against Fin's chest, then straightened up and walked towards her people. She did not see the look of malevolence and triumph on Ondska's face. In the Queen's rooms meanwhile, a maidservant ran in fear as the mirror spoke. Unfortunately, she tripped and broke her neck, which of course everyone dismissed as clumsiness, so she was never able to say whose voice she had heard. Or, of course, what it had said. In the days that followed, everyone said with what dignity the young Queen comported herself. Or, it should be said, the Queen to be, for she was yet to be crowned. Asta insisted on the correct mourning period being observed for her father before any kind of celebration be held, and that included her own coronation. This only added to how dearly her people loved her, for it showed her grief and respect. Fin did not leave her side. Asta found herself reaching for him without thinking, and it was only his steadiness which saved her from retreating to her room and staying there. But this she couldn't do, for she had seen the way Ondska was watching. Watching... and waiting. The Queen claimed to be staying 'for Asta's solace'. And her standing was too great, her own country too powerful for Asta to say 'please leave'. But the servants were growing ever more nervous, to the point where after dark they would not go to her quarters, claiming there were voices coming from the mirror. Finally, the day of the coronation approached. Asta realised that for the sake of her people, she had to see it as a happy occasion. If she was brutally honest with herself, in some ways she was happy, for she knew she would rule well and wisely - and of course there was Fin. He was nervous. Petrified in fact, because today was the day he was going to ask Asta to marry him - and he had to do it before she was crowned, so that she understood it was for her that he asked, not her country. He took a deep breath, and got ready to see her. Just as he was about to set off to her rooms, Queen Ondska called out to him. 'Prince Fin. If I may? I would very much appreciate your counsel.' Fin turned. He had no desire whatsoever to be anywhere near the Queen, but as he looked at her, she snapped her fingers in front of his face, and he felt his will being drained. She smiled. It was not a nice smile. 'If you will, Prince Fin... just stand in front of the mirror. Just for a moment.' With the last of his strength, he tried to avert his gaze. But the mirror pulled at him, and with mounting horror he looked into its depths. And saw the King, and hundreds of others behind him, sorrow in their eyes. And he felt his own death upon him. Asta had expected Fin to escort her to the throne room, and when he didn't appear, decided to find him. She had felt an uneasy tickling in the back of her mind for a while, and it seemed to be growing the closer she got - why, it was the closer she got to Queen Ondska's rooms! She knocked at the door. There was no answer, but she heard a low cry - and she pushed on the latch. It opened, and she ran inside. She saw Fin lying still and white on the floor in front of the mirror, and the Queen looking as though she had just finished a wonderful meal. 'What... what has happened here?' she whispered. Ondska looked at her, her eyes glazed with power and evil. 'Oh my dear. I am afraid there has been a tragic accident. Your dear Prince has died. There was nothing to be done. I am so very sorry for you!' 'Fin - no! It can't - ' 'But yes. As you can see, he is clearly not coming back. I think it is best you immediately call off the coronation and go into mourning. Perhaps you should consider appointing a regent? Someone older, more capable. Trustworthy.' Ondska's voice had taken on a hypnotic hissing quality. For a moment, Asta was mesmerised. And then she looked in the mirror. And saw Fin and her father looking back, shaking their heads. The clouds in her mind dissolved. Asta screamed. It came from deep - so deep - inside her, and sounded like the agonised cry of a seabird. It was a scream of agony, and loss, and love, and a breaking heart. The mirror shattered, the pieces flying, whirling outwards in a glittering, lethal diamond cloud - towards Ondska. There was a sudden blur, a snarling roar of defeat, a babble of triumphant voices - and then, like a shining tornado, the source of the Queen's power and her death headed for the skies. And all that was left of Ondska was a pool of puddled velvet... and a rapidly blackening crown. There was a low whisper. 'Asta?' She whirled around, the colour coming back to her face. It was Fin. He was back... and beside him, her father. The joy in the castle was overwhelming. That night, a strange phenomenon was observed in the sky. Glittering points of light had started to shine - faintly, it was true, but they shone nevertheless. Over the course of the next few decades, they grew stronger and stronger, until people could not remember a time when there were not shimmering ribbons of unreality above. And what did they call them? In the common tongue, they called them 'stars'... but those who knew and loved her best remembered who they were named after. Asta. Shine on. Tagged: Evil Queen, fractured fairytale, love, princess, stars To Sleep, Perchance To Dream Once there was a princess. Her name was Amelia. She lived in a not so far off land with her father and mother, the King and Queen, who were generally beloved by the populace - mainly because they were fairly ordinary, and did things like take budget flights instead of the Royal Jet to make sure they didn't squeeze the economy. People tend to appreciate value for money I have found, and these two were right on top of budgeting. Her three older sisters on the other hand... Let's just say that if you combined Elizabeth Taylor's love of very large rocks with Imelda Marcos' shoe habit - you wouldn't even touch the sides. As far as they were concerned, Princess equalled PRINCESS in bold and with flashing lights in case someone missed the point. They were not interested in anything much besides shopping, more shopping and waiting for a prince with a black AmEx to whisk them away to a larger castle with better closet space. Amelia though - well, Amelia was a little bit... Odd. She didn't look peculiar. She didn't sound peculiar. Everyone thought she was a lovely girl - certainly much nicer than the Shopaholics - uh, I mean her siblings. She just didn't seem to quite fit in, and nobody could really put their finger on it - even her parents, much as they loved her, found it easier to deal with large credit card bills, and getting the royal carpenters in to put up new shoe racks, rather than address what was going on with Princess Number 4. Amelia herself though - she knew exactly what the issue was. And she was finding it harder and harder to hide her 'totally bizarre weirdness' as her delightful eldest sister Prunella called it. Princess A had very vivid dreams. This wasn't the totally bizarre weird part however - many people have startlingly 'real' dreams and are none the worse for it, other than a tendency to grin stupidly during the day if it was a particularly enjoyable one. No - the TBW was this; Amelia's dreams were starting to come true. It began when she turned twenty-one. The night before her birthday, she dreamt that the next day, Morcilla (she got off lightly with Amelia, didn't she?), sister number two, was going to throw an enormous tanty when she saw Amelia's birthday present and insist that it be given to her. As it was a vintage Mercedes convertible, Amelia wasn't too keen on this idea (hey, she may not have been a shopping addict, but the girl was only human) and told Morcilla if she touched a finger to the paintwork, her hand would be permanently stuck to it until she promised to never, ever go near it again. And this is exactly what happened. Morcilla went berkers, Amelia said her piece - and suddenly an errant finger was attached to the bonnet. Shrieks, tears and a grudging promise later - the finger was removed and Amelia was sitting in a corner glugging champagne out of terror (and quiet enjoyment) at what had just happened. A few more similar incidents occurred, mostly involving her sisters and their love of shiny objects. Amelia would dream a scenario, and within a few days - hey presto, it happened. Whilst this had a certain good side effect of making her sisters leave her (and her possessions) alone, Amelia was petrified that one night, she would dream something which ended up hurting someone badly - and so she stopped sleeping. Completely. No person, let alone a princess who spent most of her time in surrounding kingdoms on diplomatic duties, can go without sleep. Things go wrong when there's tiredness involved, such as promising the next door country the profits from the year's beet crop (big bucks - they loved their beets in that part of the world). And eventually, as she was strap-hanging on the Fly Cheap, Fly Standing! flight home after the Beet Incident of '03... her eyes closed. And she started to dream. This one wasn't about shoes, or cars, or grabby sisters. This one - well, this one was a nightmare. The land was on fire. Her parents were held by very large men with very large weapons - her father had been hit and was bleeding. Her sisters were also in the same situation, but even nightmares have some moments of levity. And there was a man with a cruel, hard face, in a very ostentatious uniform, who said to Amelia 'this is all your doing - after all, you dreamt it, didn't you?' She woke up on the floor of the plane, with her bodyguards trying frantically to work out why she was screaming. And so it was back to insomnia. Until two weeks later. When the kingdom was attacked. They came from nowhere - moving swiftly and silently. The cities were surrounded by tanks and insanely complicated weaponry. Amelia's family were dragged from the palace in the middle of the night, and it was all just as she had dreamed it would be. She struggled, and fought (and took quite a few men out - just saying) - but eventually she was face to face with General Despicable from her dream. He slapped her, which was totally unnecessary but showed the kind of ratbrain he was. 'Tell your parents to send out a notice of surrender, or I will kill your entire family - and it will be your fault, Princess Amelia' he said, with a faint smile. 'What did you do to me?' she asked very bravely. 'Oh, the standard evil fairy thing - when you were born, got her to put a curse on you, yada yada yada' he replied, yawning and examining his seriously long nails (yuck). 'She guaranteed that eventually you would dream something which would allow me to take over - and I am delighted to say, she didn't lie. I killed her anyway, but I do like value for money'. 'And by the way', he added 'apparently the curse is unbreakable - you will always dream the truth. Bad luck there.' Amelia looked around at her parents, her sobbing sisters, and listened to the gunfire and terror surrounding them. And she realised there was only one thing to do. She put all of her love for her family and her country into her thoughts - and fell asleep. She vaguely heard and felt the General screaming at her to wake up and shaking her, but she was determined to sleep, perchance to dream. And dream she did. She dreamt of her parents. She dreamt of the beet crops (I told you she was weird). She even dreamt of her sisters, who for once hugged and kissed her instead of stealing her shoes. She dreamt of every good thing she could... and finally, she dreamt a dead General and a defeated army. And she opened her eyes and smiled, because she had dreamed her own truth. The army was gone. The General was a cloud of dust at her feet. And the kingdom and her family were safe. It may have been a curse, but who exactly had the curse been on? Those evil fairies sometimes aren't quite as evil as they look, you know. The country rejoiced. Her parents were back in fiduciary charge. Amelia went back to dreaming of - well, just normal dreams - there may have been a prince somewhere in there, but that's her business. And her sisters... Let's just say they developed a healthy respect for not touching other princesses' property. Dream a little dream. Tagged: dreams, evil fairy, farawaykingdom, fractured fairytale, princess, the 41 steps [email protected] COPYRIGHT KATE STONE MATHESON/A DIFFICULT WOMAN 2012-2018 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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I spent few days in Rocky Mount House, about a three hour drive from Banff. Was there to take in the Bastions and Bones weekend at the Rocky Mountain House Historic Site. Sites across Canada are wonderful place to learn the deep heritage of Canada, but during the event at RMH more opportunities to learn and more opportunities to experience something that may only take place during the event. I got a chance to read, see and hear about the stories about the fur traders, explorers. A chance to learn about the culture of the Metis and even taste some of the traditional foods. One evening got a chance to take part in a talking circle, held in a tipi and led by the some of the leaders of the Pikani people. I'm always trying to get a better understanding of the world, by getting a better understanding of each other and nature around us. After spending three days there, I took several steps in the right direction.

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Lamb chops, steak, hamburgers Just say no. My mother cooked them (badly) several times a week. I got my period at 12 and went on birth control at 14/15. It was the best thing ever for me. I was in such severe pain, missing class, just miserable for 7 days every month. Birth control did nothing for my acne. A good dermatologist, pills for acne and Retin A made all the difference. Final final update.........aka the thrilling conclusion The good news he is in his room and happy happy happy. It took some vacuuming and lots of sweeping but it is finally clean and he unpacked and is ecstatic. The bad news is that from 2-4:30 he was locked out of the dorm (technically) because someone deleted his student id number from his student id card and he could not access the elevator or stairs. So basically his stuff was in his room but he wasn't allowed in. Then he was allowed in, but I wasn't. And someone said we should wait several days for it to be fixed. Long story short I may have raised my voice slightly louder than normal, left repeated voicemails with 2 hall directors and 1 person working from home. All is well now, my blood pressure has returned to its normal low, I'm in zen mode and all is good. My son has loved hearing everyones comments about this incredibly strange journey. Thanks for listening! He's finally out!!! i watched them deactivate his student id so I won't worry he will return. Oddly enough I saw him in his car. I am happy for this to finally be over. Waiting for my son to get out of class to happily unpack car. Monday afternoon and the saga is not over yet!!! The kid squatting in the room is still there. He has less than an hour to vacate before campus police pack up his room. While I feel bad for this kid my son who is paying for his room I feel worse. I am sitting in dorm lobby waiting for the thrilling conclusion. My son has had difficulty finding a summer job. Plus he is taking summer classes on campus from June-August. He is interviewing for a job at school bookstore which would be temporary but at least it's a start. It used to be so much simpler. Update #99 Title: I can't make this up I arrive to help him move. We get key to new room. We pack up old room. We go to new room. There is a kid living in the room. We call hall director. He says room has been empty for months, he will be right over. Turns our kid who is no longer enrolled has been living there. He lives out of state so they are giving him till Monday at noon to vacate. in the meantime my son was encouraged to call campus security and report his roommates threatening behavior which he did. I can only describe the roommates mess as hoarders meets mentally ill college student. Everyone who entered the room was shocked. So we packed up his stuff in car to take home for the weekend and bring back on Monday. Wish us luck!! I don't think it can get stranger. Happy update!!! After class he moves into a single room in the same dorm!! He is super relieved and happy. Well since I last posted my son told me more, told hall director he felt unsafe to sleep in room so I headed out to pick him up ( school is an hour away) Tomorrow I'll take him back for class then help him move to new room in the afternoon. I can't wait till this is a distant memory. Thanks for the suggestion. My son says he knows how to use. 27 days left of school so I am hoping this will be resolved tonight. I'm beginning to wonder why this person moved from their previous room. On the plus side I have seen a side of my son I never knew about. Mature, confident, outspoken and just taking charge. Making me proud! ETA: He just asked RA about a room change. His first roommate moved after about 6 weeks. Then no roommate for over a month. Next roommate moved in for short time before dropping out of school. Then no roommate again. So he has been pretty lucky until now. Because of medical condition he could have gotten a single room but he wanted the college experience of having a roommate. His sister and I warned him but he wouldn't listen. On the bright side he learned how to advocate for himself which he is quite proud of. Roommate left room around 5am (after videotape) came back and was silent. Hopefully the nonsense will stop. My son (freshman) has only had this roommate for about 3 months but he is a bad egg (to put it nicely) With 30 days left of school my son reached his breaking point and met with his RA. She gave good advice, he discussed with roommate. Roommate has now been slamming window shut and banging his desk chair against desk for hours (starting at 3am). I told my son to put phone to video, roommate saw and left the room. Ugh. RA says she will elevate to meeting with hall director. I can't even make sense of roommates behavior. Ugh. I also think some impressions of schools are tainted by a good/bad tour guide. We left one tour guide to join up with another group. Sone schools we visited numerous times and 1-2 we cut the tour short knowing we had no interest. It is an exhausting process. My daughter is graduating in May with her BSN in nursing and a minor in global public health. She was in a direct admit program (freshman year) She plans on working for a year before pursuing her masters/doctorate.

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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A former U.S. Navy captain who accepted money from a foreign defense contractor as part of a wide-ranging corruption scandal was sentenced Friday to six months in federal custody. Jeffrey Breslau, previously director of public affairs for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, pleaded guilty last year to a conflict of interest charge for surreptitiously assisting Leonard Glenn ``Fat Leonard'' Francis and his Singapore-based ship husbanding company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, in Francis' relations with top Navy brass. In 2012 and 2013, Breslau provided Francis with public relations consulting services, authored, reviewed or edited at least 33 separate documents; crafted at least 135 emails providing advice to Francis; drew up at least 14 instances of ``talking points'' in advance of meetings between Francis and high-ranking U.S. Navy personnel; and ``ghostwrote'' numerous emails on Francis's behalf to be transmitted to U.S. Navy personnel, court papers show. Breslau also consulted with Francis on how best ``to create relationships with five Navy admirals and win or maintain lucrative Navy contracts'' for Glenn Defense Marine Asia.

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CIA Propaganda Mind Control Perception Management Propaganda Recommended APA Fraud: Ethics Complaints Filed Against Elizabeth Loftus, Board Member of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, a CIA Mind Control/Pedophile Front "… Jennifer Hoult (a concert harpist living in New York) and Lynn Crook (a Washington State consultant) each filed separate complaints with the APA, alleging that Loftus mischaracterized the facts of their legal cases in published articles. Both women brought successful civil suits because of the sexual abuse that the fathers (and the mother, in Crook's case) perpetrated against them during their childhoods. … In her complaint, Hoult alleges that Loftus used distortion and misstatement of fact to seriously misrepresent Hoult's legal case. … Hoult argues that Loftus used her scientific credentials in an unscientific effort to trivialize her memories of violent abuse. 'I've proven the charges against my father in a court of law,' …" Notes From The Controversy Ethics Complaints Filed Against Prominent FMSF Board Member APA Declines To Investigate TREATING ABUSE TODAY (November-December 1995/January-February 1996 double issue) In December 1995, two women filed ethics complaints with the American Psychological Association (APA) against Elizabeth Loftus, PhD, regarding her published statements about two legal cases involving delayed memories of sexual abuse. Citing procedural considerations, however, the APA has declined to investigate the women's ethics complaints. Jennifer Hoult (a concert harpist living in New York) and Lynn Crook (a Washington State consultant) each filed separate complaints with the APA, alleging that Loftus mischaracterized the facts of their legal cases in published articles. Both women brought successful civil suits because of the sexual abuse that the fathers (and the mother, in Crook's case) perpetrated against them during their childhoods. At their trials, they presented corroborative evidence that met the requirements for judicial proof of their allegations. Loftus serves on the Scientific and Professional Advisory Board of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, Inc (FMSF). She also had been an active member of the APA since 1973, but she resigned in January 1996, shortly after the filing of the complaints. In a brief telephone interview with TREATING ABUSE TODAY, Loftus confirmed her resignation from the APA, but she denied any knowledge of the ethics complaints. She also cautioned that TREATING ABUSE TODAY should not state or imply that she resigned from the APA to avoid investigation of the ethics complaints. When the ethic complaints were filed against Loftus, Jeffrey N. Younggren, PhD chaired the APA Ethics Committee. During his tenure in this position, Younggren appeared as an expert witness in many trials involving so-called "false memory syndrome," generally as a witness for accused perpetrators or against therapists accused of implanting "false memories." At the time Hoult and Crook filed their complaints, Younggren and Loftus were both working as expert witnesses on the same side of the same case. When asked about this coincidence, however, Loftus stated that she had no knowledge of the fact, because she worked on many cases simultaneously and didn't always know which expert witnesses were scheduled to testify in any particular case. Responding to a query from Crook regarding the relations between Loftus and Younggren, Marguerite Schroeder, a senior investigator in the APA Ethics Office, stated that, if Younggren had faced such a conflict of interest, he would have recused himself from the matter. She further stated that Younggren hadn't been made aware of the ethics complaints against Loftus, and so had played no role in the decisions regarding them. According, however, to the Rules and Procedures of the APA Ethics Office, "complaints are evaluated initially by the Chair of the Ethics Committee [Younggren] and Director of the Ethics Office" ("Rules," 1992, p. 1614). Crook and Hoult filed their complaints on or before December 18, 1995, and Loftus submitted her resignation on January 16, 1996. In her response to Crook's query, Schroeder offered no explanation as to why Younggren hadn't been informed of the two complaints, even though they were filed nearly a month before Loftus's resignation. According to both Crook and Hoult, Schroeder stated that APA policy generally bars the resignation of members when they're under the scrutiny of the Ethics Committee. Schroeder, however, further stated that Loftus hadn't yet come under the Committee's scrutiny, and that she hadn't been informed of the complaints against her, even though Crook and Hoult filed their complaints nearly a month before Loftus submitted her resignation. Based on these procedural considerations, the APA Office of Ethics declined to investigate the ethics charges. Schroeder told Crook and Hoult that it's "unusual" for a member to resign in the timeframe between receipt of a complaint and a committee decision regarding appropriate action. When such a resignation does occur, however, Schroeder indicated that the APA no longer has any authority to pursue ethics complaints against the member. Both Hoult and Crook have contested the APA's decision. In a strongly worded letter of objection to Schroeder, Crook argued that APA policy clearly bars the resignation of a member under the scrutiny of the Committee. She asked that the APA immediately rescind Loftus's resignation and proceed with an investigation of her complaint. Hoult asked for the same actions, as well as asking the Ethics Office to send her the procedures for filing an ethics complaint against the Ethics Committee. A review of the APA's published guidelines regarding investigation of ethics complaints seems to bear out the objections lodged by Hoult and Crook. Information provided to complainants states that "the date of filing is the date on which we [staff of the Ethics Office] receive the correctly complete APA [ethics complaint] form" (APA, 1995, p. 2, emphasis added). The Rules and Procedures further state, "Plenary ethics proceedings against a member are initiated by the filing of a complaint" (APA, 1992, p. 1 622, emphasis added). These two statements taken together would seem to indicate that Loftus came under the scrutiny of the Ethics Committee on the date of the filing of the complaints, and thus the APA should have barred her resignation, as stated in the Rules and Procedures. REMEMBERING DUBIOUSLY In her complaint, Hoult alleges that Loftus used distortion and misstatement of fact to seriously misrepresent Hoult's legal case. In 1988 Hoult brought a civil suit against her father, alleging that he had raped and otherwise sexually abused her throughout her childhood. After several years of legal wrangling, the case finally went to trial in June 1993. On July 1, 1993, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Jennifer Hoult, awarding her $500,000 for the suffering caused by her father's incestuous abuse. All higher courts have upheld the jury's decision, including the first circuit appellate court. When Hoult's father petitioned the US Supreme Court, his petition was rejected as untimely. At some point during all these proceedings, Hoult's father joined the FMSF. In the March/April 1995 issue of SKEPTICAL INQUIRER (a publication of the Committee for the Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, or CSICOP), Loftus published an article titled "Remembering Dangerously." Subsequently, this article appeared as a resource document on separate Internet home pages maintained for CSICOP, for the FMSF, and for Loftus at the Department of Psychology, University of Washington. In the article, Loftus reviews a number of high-profile cases involving delayed memories of child abuse. The introduction to the article, giving a cartoon view of the legal process, indicates Loftus's general approach to the cases she reviews. We live in a strange and precarious time that resembles at its heart the hysteria and superstitious fervor of the witch trials of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Men and women are being accused, tried, and convicted with no proof or evidence of guilt other than the word of the accuser. Even when the accusations involve numerous perpetrators, inflicting grievous wounds over many years, even decades, the accuser's pointing finger of blame is enough to make believers of judges and juries. (p. 20) Of the several cases reviewed in the article, Loftus includes "the case of Jennifer H" (p. 26). Though Loftus ostensibly offers Hoult a degree of anonymity by using an initial for her last name, she actually identifies Hoult by citing the case (Hoult v. Hoult) in the article. In an interview with TREATING ABUSE TODAY, Hoult stated that Loftus's article distorts her case through a broad range of unethical practices. Among others, Hoult asserts that Loftus misrepresents her competence, expertise, and personal motivation to speak as an expert on trauma and abuse. As many others have already pointed out, Loftus has never worked as a clinician and thus lacks training or clinical experience in child psychology, trauma, the processes of traumatic memory, the evaluation of alleged sex offenders, and child sexual abuse generally. In this regard, Hoult alleges that Loftus violated a number of APA ethics guidelines, including the need for truthfulness and candor, misuse of influence, and making claims outside the area of her expertise. Hoult also alleges that Loftus used mischaracterization and omission of facts to misconstrue Hoult's legal case against her father. She pointed out many inaccuracies that support this allegation. In the article, for instance, Loftus claims that "Jennifer was a 23-year-old musician who recovered memories in therapy of her father raping her from the time she was 4" (1995, p. 26). Actually, Hoult began to remember the abuse at 24, at which time she was an artificial intelligence software engineer. Records in the case show that the bulk of her memories emerged outside of therapy. Furthermore, Hoult never stated that the rapes began when she was four, a "fact" apparently created by Loftus for the purposes of her article. In another passage, Loftus claims that Hoult "remembered one time when she was raped in the bathroom and went to her mother wrapped in a towel with blood dripping" (1995, p. 27). A review of court records, however, shows that Loftus has added two elements of her own making: the memory of the rape itself (the trial transcript shows that Hoult never claimed to remember a "rape") and the blood-soaked towel (again the transcript shows that Hoult only reported a small amount of blood between her legs, which wasn't visible to the mother until Hoult dropped the towel from around her body). Hoult argues that these misstatements by Loftus put her in violation of several APA ethics guidelines, among them ethics in media presentations and ethics regarding matters of law. IT'S MAGICAL. IT'S MALLEABLE. IT'S…MISREPRESENTATION. In October 1991, Lynn Crook brought a civil suit against her parents based on her delayed memories of childhood sexual abuse perpetrated by her parents. Loftus testified as an expert witness for the defense. On March 4, 1994, the judge in the case ruled in Crook's favor, awarding her $149,580 in damages against her parents, who chose not to appeal the case to any higher court. In the January/February 1995 issue of PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, Jill Neimark published an article titled "It's Magical. It's Malleable. It's . . . Memory." In her article, Neimark quotes Loftus, who gives an abridged and (according to Crook) seriously distorted account of her case against her father. In this part of the article, at the heart of Crook's ethics complaint, Loftus summarizes the legal case as follows: Sometimes [Neimark states, summarizing Loftus] the memories become so seemingly fantastical that they lead to court cases and ruined lives. [Quoting Loftus] "I testified in a case recently in a small town in the State of Washington," Loftus recalls, "where the memories went from 'Daddy made me play with his penis in the shower' to 'Daddy made me stick my fist up the anus of a horse,' and they were bringing in a veterinarian to talk about just what a horse would do in that circumstance. The father is ill and will be spending close to $100,000 to defend himself." (Neimark, 1995, p. 80) In an interview with TREATING ABUSE TODAY, Crook stated that Loftus's 79-word direct quote describing her case contained nine misstatements. "Loftus reworded events I recalled, and incorrectly claimed that a 'fantastical' memory had resulted in my filing this case." Crook pointed out, for instance, that Loftus contradicted her father's own sworn testimony that his health was "excellent." Crook also argues that Loftus should have pointed out that she (Crook) won the case, after presenting evidence that included testimony from two of her sisters who also remembered incestuous abuse perpetrated against them by their father. Among other ethical concerns, Crook alleges that Loftus introduces the idea of memory progression ("from . . . to"), even though this claim had failed to hold up during the trial itself. During Crook's trial, Richard Ofshe, PhD, another prominent FMSF board member who testified for the defense, claimed to see a "progression" in her memories that called them into doubt. The judge in the case specifically dismissed Ofshe's attempt to cry "false memory" based on memory progression: Finally, Dr. Ofshe characterizes plaintiff's memories as a progress toward ritual, satanic cult images, which he states fits a pattern he has observed of false memories. It appears to the Court, however, that in this regard, he is engaging in the same exercise for which he criticizes therapists dealing with repressed memory. Just as he accuses them of resolving at the outset to find repressed memories of abuse and then constructing them, he has resolved at the outset to find a macabre scheme of memories progressing toward satanic cult ritual and then creates them. (Lynn Crook v. Bruce Murphy and Lucille Murphy, Superior Court of the State of Washington In and For the County of Benton, #91-2-0011-2-5) Despite the judge's statement, rendered from the bench, Loftus resurrected the "progression theory" in the PSYCHOLOGY TODAY article. According to Crook, Loftus should have indicated that her opinion had been rejected by the court, and that her failure to do so constitutes a violation of APA ethics guidelines dealing with truth and candor. According to Crook, Loftus also transformed another memory, her recollection of the event involving the horse. In the quoted passage, Loftus does seem to imply that the memory involving the horse emerged as an elaboration and distortion of Crook's earlier memory involving her father, an implication that Crook denies. Crook also points out that Loftus omitted important information given by the veterinarian who testified during the trial. Though Loftus chose to present the possibility of anal penetration of the horse as a wholly fantastical absurdity, the veterinarian (who testified for the defense) pointed out that it's a common practice in veterinary medicine. JUST TO BE BELIEVED Crook told TREATING ABUSE TODAY that she hopes Loftus will be asked to corroborate all cases that she reports to the media. "I'm dismayed," she stated, "that Loftus would use her position as an expert witness in my case to try to prove to the public that I was yet another victim of 'repressed memory' therapy." Crook further stated that PSYCHOLOGY TODAY should have contacted her to check the facts of the case before they published Neimark's article. While researching this story, TREATING ABUSE TODAY contacted the magazine's editor, Hara Moreno, to ask about the magazine's formal fact-checking policies. Oddly, Moreno became extremely hostile. She demanded to know "on whose authority" we had undertaken our investigation. She further stated that we didn't "know anything about anything," and that she would only speak with the APA about the ethics complaint. We tried in vain to get Moreno to understand that we didn't want her to discuss Crook's complaint, that we only wanted to know the formal fact-checking policy of PSYCHOLOGY TODAY. We never did get an answer. The editor of SKEPTICAL INQUIRER never returned our call to discuss that magazine's fact-checking policies, despite a promise from Brian Karr, the executive director of CSICOP, that the editor would speak with us. In "Remembering Dangerously," Loftus warns that "supposedly de-repressed" memories could "trivialize the genuine memories of abuse and increase the suffering of real victims who wish and deserve, more than anything else, just to be believed" (1995, p. 29). Hoult argues that Loftus used her scientific credentials in an unscientific effort to trivialize her memories of violent abuse. "I've proven the charges against my father in a court of law," Hoult stated, "before a jury of his peers. I am believed, by my family and my friends." Hoult went on to say that she expects ethical treatment from people who call themselves scientists, including Loftus. Loftus in fact cites scientific considerations as the reason for her resignation from the APA. In her letter of resignation, she claims that the organization had "moved away from scientific and scholarly thinking." Loftus further stated that she had decided to resign "to devote her energies to the numerous other professional organizations that value science more highly and more consistently." During her tenure as an APA member, Loftus served "as President of two distinguished divisions (Experimental Psychology and Psychology/Law)," a fact she points out in her letter of resignation. Alice Eagly, PhD, who presently chairs the APA Board of Scientific Affairs, expressed puzzlement over Loftus's abrupt resignation from the APA. Eagly dismissed Loftus's attempt to draw a "global judgment" regarding APA's commitment to science. She pointed out that the APA fosters a great many scientific endeavors, and that it publishes the premiere scientific journals in psychology. Loftus stated in her resignation letter that she resigned largely because of the increasing drift of the APA "away from scientific and scholarly thinking and . . . towards therapeutic and professional guild interests." The APA, however, recently approved the FMSF as a continuing education sponsor, [for more information on the APA's action, please see "APA Approves FMSF as CE Sponsor" in the same issue of TREATING ABUSE TODAY (Vol 5 No 6/Vol 6 No 1).] and one of Loftus's colleagues on the FMSF Scientific and Professional Advisory Board (Ulric Neisser, PhD) also serves on the APA Board of Scientific Affairs. Neisser declined to comment on Loftus's resignation. TREATING ABUSE TODAY sent written requests for comment to the other members of the Board of Scientific Affairs; with the exception of Eagly, none responded. Peter Freyd, PhD, co-founder of the FMSF, issued a puzzling Internet statement (February 8, 1996) regarding Loftus's resignation. Under the subject heading, "It's their stupidity, stupid," Freyd stated: The RMT ["recovered memory therapy"] people certainly go in for believing whatever rumors they like. For the record: there are no ethics complaints against Elizabeth Loftus. She resigned from the APA because it has moved too far from science. From his brief statement, Freyd appears to endorse Loftus's claim that the APA no longer holds a strong, consistent commitment to science. The APA, however, recently recognized Freyd's organization as a continuing education sponsor, a move that many see as evidence of Loftus's claim that the APA has indeed moved away from science by entering into a partnership with an organization (the FMSF) that promulgates pseudoscience. Pamela Freyd, PhD, the FMSF executive director, declined to comment on the ethics charges filed against Loftus and her resignation from the APA. American Psychological Association. (1995). INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUALS FILING APA ETHICS COMPLAINTS [Brochure]. Washington, DC: Author. American Psychological Association. (1992). Rules and procedures. AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, 47, 1612-1628. Loftus, E. (1995, March/April). Remembering dangerously. SKEPTICAL INQUIRER, 19, 20-29. Neimark, J. (1995, January/February). It's magical. It's mystical. It's . . . memory. PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, 28, p. 44-85. TREATING ABUSE TODAY has granted permission for Internet users to post this article onto other mailing lists and home pages. However, the publisher asks that this file be posted without revision and in its entirety. CIA frauds Committee for Skeptical Inquiry FMSF Ritual abuse BREAKING: Obama's Record-Setting Leak Prosecutions CIA Gives Blackwater New $100 Million Contract US Torture Doctors Could Face Charges After Report Alleges Post-9/11 'Collusion' Leading Psychiatrist Who Conducted Shocking Experiments Now Smearing Reporter Who Busted Him Report Says American Psychological Association Collaborated on Torture Justification Sara Jenkins August 25, 2015 Former APA President Martin Seligman denied his development and use of MK-Ultra trauma-induced mind control techniques on the kidnapped prisoners at Guantanamo and other secret US prisons. The goal of torture wasn't eliciting confessions to crimes committed by prisoners; it was the creation of mind-controlled victims who would confess to any crime to avoid further torture. Martin Seligman and members of the American Psychological Association are indeed implicated in torture at Guantánamo Voltaire Network | 15 July 2015 Pingback: Un por qué de los ataques de los seudoescépticos: su perdida de influencia – Los seudoescepticos

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@interface JSQMessagesLabelTests : XCTestCase @end @implementation JSQMessagesLabelTests - (void)setUp { [super setUp]; } - (void)tearDown { [super tearDown]; } - (void)testMessagesLabelInit { JSQMessagesLabel *label = [[JSQMessagesLabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 200.0f, 40.0f)]; XCTAssertNotNil(label, @"Label should not be nil"); XCTAssertTrue(UIEdgeInsetsEqualToEdgeInsets(label.textInsets, UIEdgeInsetsZero), @"Property should be equal to default value"); } @end

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Curriculum renewal – preparing for a new syllabus in PDHPE Book Janice Australian Curriculum HPE: On-demand webinars Primary health and physical education resources Secondary health and physical education resources Programming and planning templates Webinar evaluation Thank you for participating in our webinar. Please complete the following evaluation. janiceatkin.com Better Ways to Measure Student Progress www.edutopia.org Distance learning has forced many educators to take a closer look at traditional grading and contemplate better methods of assessment. Introduction to UDL – self paced module | Inclusive Schools Australia inclusiveschools.com.au UDL challenges the notion of the 'average learner' and highlights the risk that a 'one-size-fits-all' approach to instructional design actually fits no one at all and leads to disengagement. A... This makes me very happy on a Friday morning. Super proud to announce the launch of Talk Revolution. What started as a chat has turned in to one of the most awesome projects I've ever been involved with. Thank you Tasha Lawton for inviting me on this crazy but exhilarating journey with you. You are a true inspiration and I can't wait to see where it all leads. And massive shout out to the HPE legends that helped create it Veronica Rose, Clare Carne, Natalie Sinderberry, Bec Clisdale, Lucy Rothquel, Ash Nottage, Samantha Dunk. Check it out now at www.talkrevolution.com.au/ Teacher Resources | Talk Revolution www.talkrevolution.com.au Western Sydney University is currently conducting a research study regarding the inclusion of LGBT material in the school curriculum. If you are the parent/carer of a school-aged child/teen who is currently attending an Australian public (government) school in any year from K-12 the researchers would like to hear from you. To complete the survey please go to: www.facebook.com/westernsydneyu/posts/10156426003532544 Gender and Sexuality Diversity in Schools ow.ly Gender and Sexuality Diversity in Schools Survey Fun and games and lots of productive discussions with the PDHPE teachers in Broken Hill. Looking forward to a return trip Term 2 next year. ACHPER NSW #programmingpdhpe About Janice Atkin Janice Atkin has worked as a curriculum consultant for the past 16 years, initially with the NSW Department of Education and most recently with the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. She has also worked in consultancy roles with a range of not-for-profit organisations. She is a previous President of ACHPER NSW and was Vice President on the ACHPER National Board. Her projects have included managing the development of the Australian Curriculum Health and Physical Education and providing curriculum support and professional development to all NSW government schools. HPE Unpacked: Latest articles Benefits of physical activity on the mind and body What's different in the revised Australian Curriculum for Health and Physical Education Quality health and physical education: why we need it in Australia? Physical inactivity – why we need to take action now. Why Health and Physical Education needs a shift in focus Health Resources Secondary © Copyright Janice Atkin

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Q: Confidence interval for difference of mean According to my study, the confidence intervals for the difference in means provide a range of likely values for the difference between 2 population means. If 95% confidence interval for the difference of 2 sample means include null value, we can claim that there is no statically significant difference between the two groups. For this comparison, do two populations need to be equivalent? Or can it be two different populations? (Actual problem: I have test data collected from 2 test scenarios, where the settings of each test is different from each other. I want to compare the two mean values obtained from them. Note that the two distributions do not have normal shape (bell shape)) A: What you have described in your first paragraph assumes normality of datasets. So, if it is reasonable to make such assumption for the data collected in each of your scenarios then you can apply normal confidence interval method.

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In the final, esophageal stage, the food or liquid passes through the esophagus into the stomach. Although the first and second stages have some voluntary control, stages three and four occur by themselves, without conscious input. Any interruption in the swallowing process can cause difficulties. It may be due to simple causes such as poor teeth, ill fitting dentures, or a common cold. One of the most common causes of dysphagia is gastroesophageal reflux. This occurs when stomach acid moves up the esophagus to the pharynx, causing discomfort. Other causes may include: stroke; progressive neurologic disorder; the presence of a tracheostomy tube; a paralyzed or unmoving vocal cord; a tumor in the mouth, throat, or esophagus; or surgery in the head, neck, or esophageal areas. coughing or choking caused by bits of food, liquid, or saliva not passing easily during swallowing, and being sucked into the lungs. When dysphagia is persistent and the cause is not apparent, the otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon will discuss the history of your problem and examine your mouth and throat. This may be done with the aid of mirrors or a small tube (flexible laryngoscope), which provides vision of the back of the tongue, throat, and larynx (voice box). If necessary, an examination of the esophagus, stomach, and upper small intestine (duodenum) may be carried out by the otolaryngologist or a gastroenterologist. These specialists may recommend X-rays of the swallowing mechanism, called a barium swallow or upper G-I, which is done by a radiologist. Surgery is used to treat certain problems. If a narrowing or stricture exists, the area may need to be stretched or dilated. If a muscle is too tight, it may need to be dilated or released surgically. This procedure is called a myotomy and is performed by an otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon.

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1. What if the report reveals problems? No house is perfect. If the inspector identifies problems, it doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't buy the house, only that you will know in advance what to expect. A seller may adjust the purchase price or make repairs if major problems are found. If your budget is tight, or if you don't wish to become involved in future repair work, this information will be very important to you. 2. Do I have to attend the inspection? It is not necessary for you to be present for the inspection, but is highly recommended. You will be able to observe the inspector and ask questions directly, as you learn about the condition of the home, how its systems work, and how to maintain it. You will also find the written report easier to understand if you have seen the property first-hand through the inspector's eyes. 3. Do new homes need an inspection? Definitely! The builder's final walk-through inspection is very unlikely to disclose any problems with the home they built as some repairs can prove to be expensive. A certified home inspector will spend 2-3 hours during a typical inspection and could save thousands of dollars in repairs later on. Homeowners will have to correct defects that were present at the time of construction when they sell their homes in the future. We also offer 11-Month Warranty Inspections which allows us to identify potential problems and have the builder fix them before the warranty expires. 4. How do I pay for my inspection? We accept cash, certified check or any major credit card. You can also go directly to our Make a Payment page, to pay for your inspection. All inspections must be paid in full before the inspection starts. 5. What if I need the inspector to come back and inspect the repairs that have been made? We offer a re-inspection after each inspection that is performed. The inspector will have a copy of the original report and will verify that all requested repairs have been made properly. We will also issue another report based on our findings of the re-inspection. However, there is an additional charge for this inspection. Hiring us as your trusted home inspector will allow you to rest easy and know your home was inspected thoroughly!

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Write a script and rehearse your presentation: you must be able to present without a script on April 3 or April 5. Instructions and rubric are on the SSD. Tags: presentations, storytelling. Bookmark the permalink.

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Everything to do with maintaining, optimizing and tweaking your Windows PC. Have you ever downloaded a program that didn't come with a proper installer? If you have software like this, it won't appear on your Start menu or search results unless you manually add a shortcut yourself. If this is something you need to do, this video will show you how. If you've been wondering how to make a desktop shortcut on your new Windows 10 PC, this video will show you how.

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The Get2Human Great Customer Service Club consists of enterprises that have been selected as having superior customer service. This selection is based primarily on the votes that consumers are casting on the Get2Human web site. It signifies that the quality of the customer service that a member is providing to its callers is being rated in the top 10% of enterprises that are listed on the Get2Human web site. We congratulate the fine organizations that have earned membership in the Get2Human Great Customer Service Club and encourage them to continue to provide excellent customer service.

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Mumbai, Feb 22 (UNI) The Maharashtra Government today ruled out the possibility of load-shedding in Mumbai in the summer season despite the huge shortfall of 4,200 MW and the current load-shedding in various parts of the state. Energy Minister Dilip Valse-Patil today said, ''There will not be any load shedding in the financial capital of the state.'' Talking to reporters, Mr Patil stressed on the need for saving the power and said that February 28, the National Science Day, will be observed throughout the state to spread the message of saving power. Earlier addressing the meeting on creating public awakening about saving power, Mr Patil called the people, especially students, to participate in the programme.

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Chad's News News and other tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share Firefox 3.5 Released Firefox 3.5 was released yesterday. The most significant feature is a much faster JavaScript engine, so those heavily scripted Web 2.0 sites like Facebook, digg, and Gmail will be noticeably faster. Other features include partial HTML 5 support and a private browsing mode. The linked article has an overview of the more important changes, while the release notes give more detail. Link: http://arstechnica.com/… Firefox 2.0 Officially Released Posted in Firefox | RSS Name [login] HTML: You can use these tags. Please answer this simple math question: * Time limit is exhausted. Please reload the CAPTCHA. four × = thirty two Chad Cloman Archives Select Month June 2019 April 2019 November 2018 June 2016 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 October 2014 May 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 August 2013 July 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 Select Category -Uncategorized- (1) 3D Movies (4) 3D Printing (5) 3D Television (5) Absurd (50) Airplanes (34) Alternative Energy (11) Alternative Fuels (8) Apple (49) Art (10) Book Review (1) Books (7) Boom! (15) Cameras (11) Cars (38) Chad's News (11) Chrome (11) Cloud Computing (9) Computer Security (138) Consumer Affairs (40) Cool Stuff (299) Cryptography (11) Digital Video Recorders (3) E-book Readers (12) eBay (9) Elections (1) Environment (35) Firefox (25) Gadgets (8) Gaming (32) Geek Life (20) Gmail (3) Google (29) Government (83) HDTV (41) I'm a Victim Here! (5) Industry News (17) Internet (105) Internet Explorer (22) Islam (7) Judiciary (14) Medicine (17) Memory (9) Microsoft (84) Military (28) Money (55) Movies (34) Music (27) Notable Posts (17) Other Hardware (51) Other Software (38) Phones (68) Police (20) Potpourri (87) Printers (11) References (5) Religion (3) Science (47) Social Networking (9) Solid-State Drives (14) Space (44) Sports (23) Star Wars (28) Stupid Criminals (26) Tablet Computers (16) Technology (88) Television (19) Tips (143) USB (16) Windows 10 (3) My Firefox Extensions All content copyright © 2005-2020 by Chad Cloman

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STartup HUbs Search for companies or sectors or locations Got a question, tip or feedback? Feel free to write to us. We're listening. Cledara – Budgeting tool for the subscription economy Written By Pooja Pillai Tags Enterprise solutions London Name: Cledara Legal Name: Cledara Limited Founder(s): Cristina Vila Vives Website: https://www.cledara.com/ Social Media: 293 followers on Twitter, 82 followers on Facebook, 332 followers on LinkedIn Industry: Global Fintech Market Size: $127.66B in 2018 (Source: Business Research Company) Future: $309.98B by 2022 (Source: Business Research Company) Cledara offers a complete view of a company's SaaS subscriptions. This software maps everything from what SaaS product was purchased, to who made the purchase, and what was the purchase intent, along with cost incurred – in real-time. It's offering of a centralized platform and virtual debit cards empower dynamic teams in tech startups to easily buy, manage, and cancel SaaS subscriptions. It also streamlines recurring or one-off purchases. "We are different in that we are fully focused on helping tech companies with the purchase and the ongoing management of their subscriptions because everything is becoming a subscription and the way to manage one-off payments if very different to the way in which we manage recurring payments," Founder and CEO of Cledara, Cristina Vila Vives said to TechCrunch. By automating a lot of admin tasks, Cledara helps in delivering IT spend savings in the form of reclaimed VAT and removal of unused and duplicate subscriptions. Cledara is a collaborative platform that offers tech startups actionable insights related to their software subscriptions. It's a single source of truth that enables teams, sitting anywhere in the world, to track the SaaS or subscription-based products that the company uses. They even have virtual Mastercard debit cards, with spending limits, that allow employees to independently buy SaaS. The startup offers a request/approve/pay flow, where the management gets to approve every purchase before it happens. Cledara also can deliver real-time updates of what each user is purchasing, making it easier for company owners to manage IT budgets efficiently. Additionally, it automatically captures and uploads invoices to accounting systems. Cledara's bronze subscription package is available for free, for up to 30 users. The startup monetizes its solutions by charging a monthly subscription fee of £10 per user for the silver package, which can be extended to 500 users. Apart from this, interchange from merchants where Cledara Mastercards are used also attracts a small fee which adds to Cledara's revenue stream. Origin and Founding Team When Cristina Vives was leading operations at London-based fintech company dopay, she noticed that they were unable to efficiently buy and manage SaaS application subscriptions, in a scalable manner. "Turns out, that that was a real challenge. We had offices in three different countries, remote developers, people working from home all signing up for different SaaS products and then expensing them back to the company. So I had to manually go around and ask everyone to fill in a spreadsheet to get the data, which was impossible because people only wrote those that they were actively using and could remember." she told TechCrunch. Since there wasn't a clear record of subscriptions, dopay's finance team found it difficult to justify regular payments for subscriptions. So, this London School of Business and Finance alumni dug around trying to understand how other startups dealt with this problem. Soon, she realized that most tech companies used Google Sheets to keep track of their subscriptions. But that too wasn't very error-free. With this clear insight, she started working on Cledara. Vives went on to launch Cledara's minimum viable product (MVP) in October 2019 at SaaStock, Europe's largest SaaS conference. Here, she even won the Global Pitch Competition. Performance and Trends According to an interview with Vives on SaaStock, Cledara has been doubling the amount transacted through the platform every month since January 2019. And the startup had set an initial goal of growing by 600% by the end of 2019, which it had already surpassed by August 2019. Cledara has raised a total of $930K in funding. And according to Pitchbook, an angel investor put in $90.9K in September 2018. Then, in April 2019, the startup received funds from the Techstars London accelerator program. Furthermore, in September 2019, it received $807k from a pre-seed round – led by Anthemis and joined by 2018 UKBAA Angel Investor of the Year, Chris Adelsbach. Cledara intends to utilize this capital to grow its product, engineering, and UX teams. Cledara has been valued at $4M – $6M according to Dealroom. 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