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Andrew Shackley | AV Press Showcase Editor Snapshot of a Peaceful Revolution Wyatt Kenneth Coleman's work on display at MOAH When spending time with photographer Wyatt Kenneth Coleman's work, it's not uncommon to be filled with a sudden and unmistakable warmth that isn't unlike the feeling you might get from hugging an old friend. It shouldn't come as a surprise that the man behind the lens is just as warm and friendly as his pictures -- a trait he maintains has helped him get the best of his subjects, his camera and himself through his 50 years as a freelance photojournalist and artist. Coleman's work is currently being feature in the Lancaster Museum of Art & History's newest exhibit, It Takes a Village. His section of the exhibit, which is entitles Beyond the Village, is located on the second floor, in the south gallery, and includes dozens of pieces that document the plight of Civil Rights activists and the people who aim to create positive, peaceful change in the world through kindness, loving and understanding. "I don't treat (my subjects) any differently than I would treat someone in my family," the Lancaster resident said during a recent phone interview. "You become part of them and they accept you. You become one with them and then they don't even notice the camera. "The camera is just an extension of my personality," he added with one of his infectious laughs. As a teenager, Coleman was inspired to start taking photos after his brother, Eugene McMiller, a Brooks Institute alum who graduated with honors, began working in the field. "He had a studio and I was fascinated by some of the assignments and work he was doing," Coleman said of his late brother's passion that became his own. "I didn't know anything about photography, but it looked exciting to me! I decided that I was going to do that same thing, in other words: to follow in his footsteps." While serving overseas during the Vietnam War, from 1964-'66, Coleman began studying photography at the United States Air Force Photography School. It was there he gained the skills that would follow him throughout his military career and various artistic and professional endeavors (he has been features in publications like 3M, Ebony and Jet, among others). Coleman's work was featured in an exhibit last year at MOAH:CEDAR which focused on his photography of Civil Rights activists, but for this new exhibit, he attempts to show the many ways of life that human beings build for themselves in a modern America. "If we treat each other as half-way decent, we can all get along and see one another as human beings," he said. Coleman, 74, takes his photos with an old Nikon and occasionally uses a Hasselblad -- equipment he likens to an "old friend." He largely shoots in the monochromatic majesty of black and white, but will also be showcasing some color photography in this exhibit. "I don't actually like doing color to be honest!" he said with a laugh. "With black and white, you have to look at it and really see -- and hopefully think about -- what I was trying to say with that image. But with color, it can sometimes overpower whatever it is I'm trying to say or do." He made the accommodation in an effort to show how various cultures use colors in their everyday lives. "It's probably the most color work I've ever shown," he admitted. One of that show's most mesmerizing pieces is called We Are More Alike than Unalike (a title he culled from the writings of Maya Angelou), which Coleman completed in a 1994 collaboration with friend Jason Chang. "It was done after the riots in Los Angeles," he said. "What we were trying to show with that was: if you look on one side, you see an African American family. If you look from the other end, you see the Korean family. If you look in the middle, you see them standing together. That's kind of what the show is about in a way." Through his are and humanitarian practices, Coleman has made frequent attempts at bettering the community surrounding him. He has documented the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and even established a collaborating with Coretta Scott King which was active until her death in 2006. Since settling in Lancaster with his wife Linda in 2001, Coleman has engaged with the Antelope Valley community to do just that. He was recently recognized for his volunteer work at Elm Ave. Community Garden by Assemblyman Tom Lackey and received an award from the Lancaster City Council for his continued contributions to the community. "I try to show that people are just human beings We don't have to go through all the nastiness that is sometimes exhibited," he said. "I've done a lot of things in my life. I'm very blessed, very fortunate." Coleman will lead a special talk and tour of his work at 2 PM on Sunday, February 18 at MOAH. A natural people-person, Coleman is excited to speak with others about their experience with his work. "MOAH being there and allowing me to show this work and what I was trying to say ... has been very important to me," he said. "I'm looking forward to it! There isn't anything I won't answer if anyone wants to know how I did this or that. I just try to make life better for everyone that comes in contact with my image." For those who make it out to the exhibit, there isn't any doubt he'll succeed. More to see at MOAH's 'It Takes a Village' In addition to Wyatt Kenneth Coleman's photo journalistic work, It Takes a Village also features the work of five other artists, all of whom will be holding their own upcoming community engagement sessions. Lisa Bartleson: Kindred When: 2 PM Saturday, February 17 Where: East Gallery What: Referencing the Japanese tradition kintsugi (the art of repairing broken pottery), Bartleson uses resin and ceramics to create expansive works in two and three dimensions. This large-scale installation is composed of over 200 porcelain houses to convey a community in the process of shared healing. Enhancing the experience is the repeated aural drone of heartbeats ( her own, and a baby's still in the womb) to remind onlookers of the universal, shared experience of life. Scott Yoell: Tsunami Where: Moore Family Trust Gallery What: A recent fascination with trinkets has lead this traditional and electronic media artists to create Tsunami, a striking collection of three thousand four-inch-tall figures formed in an imposed wave of nostalgia and community. Guest are encouraged to look closely: you'll notice superficial differences and imperfections that are a by-product of being cast from the same mold. Richard S. Chow: Distant Memories When: 1 PM Sunday, February 25 Where: North Gallery What: The Hong Kong native, Richard S. Chow, imagines a childhood under the sunshine of Southern California in this series of black and white documentarian and conceptual images. Human interest colors these dozens of black and white photos that feature shots of the beach, the ocean, the city -- memories he never lives as a young boy and now imagines in his adopted home. Memory & Identity: The Marvelous Art of Betye, Lezley and Alison Saar When: 12 PM Sunday, March 25 Where: Main Gallery What: Betye, Lezley and Alison Saar explore their cultural history with a collection of striking mixed-media pieces. From sculptures and high-concept installations to paintings and photography, this family of creatives mix "low" and "high" art forms, they create something wholly new and deeply invigorating. Every objects tells a story. Jane Szabo: Family Matters When: 2 PM Sunday, March 25 Where: Wells Fargo Gallery What: Photographed against crushing black backgrounds, Szabo's pictures evoke a feeling of home, displacement and sentimentality. Using fabrication and household materials, she explores complicated family dynamics in tableaus that redefine what it means to be a daughter, mother and caretaker.

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And on a few other pages I have the same issue where it seems to wait 30secs then does what it needs to do? im not sure what the problem was but i started all over again and now all seems ok? That you applied the 7.1 HotFix when you installed/upgraded Blesta. And finally if you allocated at least 64M of memory to PHP processes under your Blesta install path. If you have this amount allocated you may want to try to up it and see if that helps as well. It shouldn't take 30 seconds to create a client or do most anything in the system. That long of a wait time can usually be attributed to latency or server performance issues. As mentioned above, you may not have enough system memory available and the server could be paging a lot, reducing performance and response time. You didn't mention whether you're on a VPS, but if so, you could be low on resources or the server could be overloaded, causing the issue. If the database server is different from your Blesta server, there could be latency issues or stalled/long-running queries that are causing the slowness with some actions. It's difficult to say exactly where the cause lies, but in any case you should take a look at the server resources and update its configuration as necessary. If the VPS and your box have enough resources then PHP may need more RAM for processing an active Blesta install. My is set on 64M but I have zero "active" clients on it so if your install is active and/or have a bunch of active plugins/modules that yours may be needing more RAM than even 128M. Otherwise I would be blaming the latency. ok well tried it again today and now im getting even weirder results? BUT even weirder when it redirects to the 'successfully created' client page, the clients page is now showing 2 entries for one client? even tho all links seem to link to the same client id ?

from base64 import b64decode, b64encode import msgpack import nacl.encoding import nacl.secret import nacl.signing import nacl.utils from .version import __version__ # NOQA class Signer: """Message signer based on Ed25519 and nacl.signing. Arguments: key (str): Base64-encoded key obtained from keygen() """ __slots__ = ('_signing_key',) def __init__(self, skey): self._signing_key = nacl.signing.SigningKey(skey, nacl.encoding.Base64Encoder) @staticmethod def keygen(): signing_key = nacl.signing.SigningKey.generate() return ( signing_key.encode(nacl.encoding.Base64Encoder).decode(), signing_key.verify_key.encode(nacl.encoding.Base64Encoder).decode(), ) @staticmethod def vkey(skey): signing_key = nacl.signing.SigningKey(skey, nacl.encoding.Base64Encoder) return signing_key.verify_key.encode(nacl.encoding.Base64Encoder) def signb(self, message): """Sign a binary message with its signature attached. Arguments: message(bytes): Data to sign. Returns: bytes: Signed message """ return self._signing_key.sign(message) def pack(self, doc): return b64encode(self.packb(doc)).decode() def packb(self, doc): packed = msgpack.packb(doc, encoding='utf-8', use_bin_type=True) return self.signb(packed) class Verifier: """Signature verifier based on Ed25519 and nacl.signing. Arguments: key (str): Base64-encoded verify key """ __slots__ = ('_verify_key',) def __init__(self, vkey): self._verify_key = nacl.signing.VerifyKey(vkey, nacl.encoding.Base64Encoder) def verifyb(self, message): """Verify a signed binary message. Arguments: message(bytes): Data to verify. Returns: bytes: The orignal message, sans signature. """ return self._verify_key.verify(message) def unpack(self, packed): return self.unpackb(b64decode(packed)) def unpackb(self, packed): packed = self.verifyb(packed) return msgpack.unpackb(packed, raw=False, encoding='utf-8') class BlackBox: """Encryption engine based on PyNaCl's SecretBox (Salsa20/Poly1305). Warning per the SecretBox docs: Once you've decrypted the message you've demonstrated the ability to create arbitrary valid messages, so messages you send are repudiable. For non-repudiable messages, sign them after encryption. (See also: https://pynacl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/signing) Arguments: key (str): Base64-encoded key obtained from keygen() """ __slots__ = ('_box',) def __init__(self, key): self._box = nacl.secret.SecretBox(b64decode(key)) @staticmethod def keygen(): return b64encode(nacl.utils.random(nacl.secret.SecretBox.KEY_SIZE)).decode() def encrypt(self, doc, signer=None): """Serialize and encrypt a document to Base64-encoded ciphertext. Arguments: doc: The string, dict, array, or other JSON-compatible object to serialize and encrypt. Keyword Arguments: signer: An instance of Signer to use in signing the result. If not provided, the ciphertext is not signed. Returns: str: Ciphertext """ data = msgpack.packb(doc, encoding='utf-8', use_bin_type=True) ciphertext = self._box.encrypt(data) if signer: ciphertext = signer.signb(ciphertext) return b64encode(ciphertext).decode() def decrypt(self, ciphertext, verifier=None): """Unpack Base64-encoded ciphertext. Arguments: ciphertext (bytes): Ciphertext to decrypt and deserialize. Keyword Arguments: verifier: An instance of Verifier to use in verifying the signed ciphertext. If not provided, the ciphertext is assumed to be unsigned. Returns: doc: Deserialized JSON-compatible object. """ ciphertext = b64decode(ciphertext) if verifier: ciphertext = verifier.verifyb(ciphertext) data = self._box.decrypt(ciphertext) return msgpack.unpackb(data, raw=False, encoding='utf-8')

Few people are in favor of share market and few people are not in favor of share market. This article throws more light on this ongoing debate. Old saying says that "money attracts more money" and in today's world stock market proves it right. Share market has captured attention of many people and it is still increasing. There were the old ways to save in gold and jewelry but when recession comes or something happens with country's economy then gold rates fall down. In all such conditions stock market has come up with much secure investment. It is the only investment plan which has an opportunity to increase money by many folds. In stock market an individual or a trader buys shares of any public limited company and sells also. It is a fair business to buy and sell and very much like the other businesses but many believes that it is a gambling only. An individual or a trader gets the profit by the difference of buying and selling. So, it requires many good skills like analytical skills and predicting ability with right precision. It requires lots of time as this is not easy like gambling where you just put money and wait for your luck to favor you. This has lot many formalities that one needs to fulfill. This market is very unpredictable so either you can get good returns or you can end up with losses too. A trader needs to pay commission to a broker which is known as a brokerage. This thing eats up the profit margin as trader needs to pay on each trading. There are many technical aspects too which are hard to understand for each and every person and it requires efforts like skill learning. It is an earning opportunity within shot time frame. So, this way this is an excellent field to earn money in very short time period. Even little money can get many fold profits. Share prices can go up to any high and it can make the investment ten times or hundred times more. SEBI approved share market advisor can help to make share market decisions and this way one can get the professional help for right trading decisions. Share market is a unique field with its own ups and downs. There are many points that favors and many that do not favor it, still many new people are ready to explore the trading platform and it keeps its charm always alive.

Robert Clark (June 12, 1777 – October 1, 1837) was a physician and politician. He served in the New York State Assembly and one term as United States Representative from New York. With his family, he moved to Monroe, Michigan in 1823, joining the migration west. He did not run again for office. Early life and education Robert Clark was born in Washington County, New York, six months after his family emigrated from the Scottish Lowlands. His father died when he was age thirteen. He was tutored privately and then studied medicine in the office of his older brother, Dr. Thomas Clark. He commenced a medical practice in Galway, New York in 1799. Career That same year, at age 22 Clark married Catherine Reid, who was barely 15. Although his mother-in-law offered to help establish them in Lachine, Quebec, Canada, his wife's former home, Clark refused to settle in the dominions of the British Crown. Clark and Catherine remained in Galway; he built a house where their first two children were born. After the house burned to the ground, Clark and his family lived in temporary shelter provided by neighbors, where his third child was born. They soon afterward moved to Stamford, New York, and later settled near Delhi, where he continued the practice of his profession. Political career Before the War of 1812, Clark entered politics. He was elected as a member of the New York State Assembly (Delaware Co.) in 1812 and 1814–1815. A few years later, he was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 16th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821. In New York, he was a Free and Accepted Mason. He was a Presbyterian, and when living in New York was a member and ruling elder of the Scotch Church. Move to Michigan In 1823, Clark and his family joined the migration west, moving to Monroe County, Michigan, and settling in the tiny village of Monroe. He was not in harmony or fellowship with the Masonic lodge of Monroe. His wife, with their eight children, the youngest age 22 months, followed him from New York as soon as convenient. The couple had a total of thirteen children together, ten of whom grew to maturity. From 1823 to 1831, he served as Register of the Land Office, an appointed office, for the 2nd Land District of Michigan Territory. The family at first lived in a small house in the village. Clark soon purchased a farm at the edge of the village, which had once been part of a French-Canadian estate. When the land office was moved to White Pigeon, Clark returned to the practice of medicine. He also became involved in the scientific cultivation of fruits and grasses and the subject of drainage. Concerning his political affiliations, Clark used to say "that he had never changed his principles, but found himself a member of the Whig Party without needing to change" (Wing p. 146). After a long and painful illness, Clark died on a Sabbath morning in Monroe, Michigan. Clark's wife survived him by 22 years. References 1777 births 1837 deaths Members of the New York State Assembly People from Washington County, New York People from Monroe, Michigan Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Galway, New York People from Delhi, New York

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y'all cute complaining about the latest iPhone troubles.. as if you have no choice but to #keepup with the latest trends. as if withholding business from the company wouldn't force them to fix their chargers that last maybe a year.. but, #apple knows you're a sell out &so the 7 will sell out. can't stand these companies. can't stand you people either. you're the reason we have DJT &HRC as candidates for commander in chief. having to choose between the lesser of 2 evils all the time is boring. how 'bout we refuse? how 'bout you need me? could we be more predictable?

For most people, dealing with life stressors job changes, moving, pregnancy, birth of a child, death of a loved one etc. do not result to anxiety and panic attacks. However, to those who are vulnerable to emotional stress, such situations may lead to panic attacks even if these events happened way back in their life. The reason for this is still not fully understood but it is believed that one major cause of panic attacks is extended period of stress (not by a few days of tension but by several months of constant worrying and unprocessed emotions). The chances of having an attack are even greater when a panic-prone person receives unnecessary stress such as additional tasks at work or additional responsibility at home. Instead of performing normally under regular circumstance, the additional load can put more pressure that can lead to more stress which can be a catalyst for an attack. It is commonly believed that panic attacks happen out of the blue, without any reason. It can happen to anyone at any point in their life. Many people experience one episode of panic attack. However, others go on to suffer from panic disorder. Panic disorder is characterized by several episodes of panic attacks related to past traumatic experiences, existing stress (mentioned above) or something else. Anticipatory anxiety or the fear of having future attacks. This can have a detrimental effect to the sufferer since they cannot relax and they always feel anxious and tensed in between attacks. Phobic avoidance is characterized by avoiding situations or events in the belief that the situation may cause panic attack. Phobic avoidance can also be avoiding places where help is unavailable during emergency situation. Agoraphobia is traditionally believed to involve fear of open spaces or public places. Literally means "fear of the marketplace," agoraphobia is now believed to be a result of panic attacks. People diagnosed with agoraphobia show different symptoms. But common to all agoraphobics is avoidance either being in public places or being alone. This is actually a character of phobic avoidance (one distinct symptom of panic disorder). The difference, however, is that the effects of agoraphobia can significantly limit the person's normal activities. Thus, what sets agoraphobia apart from panic disorder is the amount of activities that the person avoids. People with panic disorder stay generally active, although there are specific situations that they tend to avoid. On the other hand, agoraphobics limit their activities because of fearful thoughts. These fearful thoughts can be very damaging the person's life as well as his relationship to others. Either way, both conditions are the result of panic attacks. Hence, it is always best to know the things you can do in order to prevent panic attacks from recurring and worsening. On the first sign of attack, seek for professional help.

Yes, you might remember our experiment with fact ranking [1,2,3,4]. After almost 4 months, this is the current state of intermediate results (cf. below). To make it short: YES, there has been some progress. NO, it is not sufficient so far. If you have already started to work with the application , PLEASE CONTINUE! If you don't know the application , PLEASE START! We know that is is not an easy task and we also know that it takes time. Therefore, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP VERY MUCH!! Please keep on playing and help us to gather more data! Please tell all your family and friends to support us! Please tell all your colleagues and fellow students to support us! 485 unique concepts are covered (out of 541). 295 times concepts were skipped (relevance in Step2 hasn't been changed for any of the facts). 0 concepts were done by 97 users. 1 concepts were done by 93 users. 2 concepts were done by 78 users. 3 concepts were done by 49 users. 4 concepts were done by 33 users. 5 concepts were done by 26 users. 6 concepts were done by 10 users. 7 concepts were done by 7 users. 8 concepts were done by 9 users. 9 concepts were done by 8 users. 10 concepts were done by 8 users. 11 concepts were done by 6 users. 12 concepts were done by 2 users. 13 concepts were done by 1 users. 14 concepts were done by 5 users. 15 concepts were done by 3 users. 16 concepts were done by 3 users. 17 concepts were done by 1 users. 18 concepts were done by 1 users. 19 concepts were done by 2 users. 20 concepts were done by 3 users. 21 concepts were done by 2 users. 23 concepts were done by 1 users. 24 concepts were done by 2 users. 25 concepts were done by 1 users. 26 concepts were done by 1 users. 31 concepts were done by 1 users. 36 concepts were done by 1 users. 40 concepts were done by 1 users. 42 concepts were done by 2 users. 56 concepts were done by 1 users. 58 concepts were done by 1 users. 60 concepts were done by 1 users. 64 concepts were done by 1 users. 68 concepts were done by 1 users. 70 concepts were done by 1 users. 88 concepts were done by 1 users. 201 concepts were done by 1 users. Sri Lanka : 1 users. Syrian Arab Republic : 2 users. Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of : 1 users. Western Sahara : 1 users. United States : 24 users. Taiwan, Republic of China : 2 users. Russian Federation : 12 users. Viet Nam : 1 users. South Africa : 2 users. United Kingdom : 15 users. Iran, Islamic Republic of : 2 users. New Zealand : 3 users. United Arab Emirates : 1 users. Syrian Arab Republic : 1 users. Czech Republic : 1 users. United States : 25 users. Saudi Arabia : 1 users. Taiwan, Republic of China : 1 users. Russian Federation : 6 users. Norfolk Island : 1 users. United Kingdom : 17 users. Iran, Islamic Republic of : 1 users. On AVERAGE there are 3.398 users per concept. On AVERAGE there are 5.002 answers per concept. As I already had announced in the previous post entitled "And Now for Something Completely Different..." this winter semester the Semantic Web Technologies lecture does not take place like an ordinary lecture. We follow the so-called Flipped Classroom Concept, i.e. the students "prepare" for the lecture (by watching the video recordings from the previous semesters), and we do the lecture in a more interactive way, driven by the needs of the students. So far the theory, but does it also hold in practice? OK, now we have reached lecture No. 6, i.e. almost already half of the entire course. Let me tell you what happened so far. Lecture preparation: I have to admit, I was a little bit afraid whether it would really work. But, the students always seem to be very well prepared and I'm really happy about that! Interaction: Well, I have learned that it is me, who has to take over the incentive. Now, the game works as follows: every week, I publish so-called syllabus questions, i.e. essential questions that the students should be able to answer after they have understood the lecture. We start the lecture now always by going through these syllabus questions, which give us sufficient material for interactivity (=discussion). When I simply ask "Do you have any questions about the content of the lecture?", I rarely receive any answers. But, when I start to talk about some of the issues from the content, more and more people are contributing. Actually, I have asked the students whether they like the way of this lecture, and I have not received any negative answer so far. What I have learned so far is that for me as a lecturer the effort is almost quite the same for the flipped classroom as for a 'traditional lecture'. Moreover, you have to be very well prepared, because you always encourage the students to ask all kind of questions. The nice thing is the direct feedback that guides you to exactly those points where more explanation is needed. Personally, I like this way of the lecture very much. I never had any other lecture so far (well, besides lab courses or seminars) with so much feedback from the students. As always in October, lectures are starting again. Like every year, I will give a lecture on Semantic Web Technologies. BTW, I have realized that I give now courses on Semantic Web for almost 10 years. It all started as a seminar at the Friedrich-Schiller Universität back in Jena and became a fully-fledged lecture here at the HPI in Potsdam. Like the lecture of last winter semester, almost all lectures have been recorded and are online available either at tele-Task or yovisto. Moreover, we have also prepared two MOOC courses Semantic Web Technologies in Spring 2013, and Knowledge Engineering with Semantic Web Technologies in Spring 2014, both very successful with thousand(s) of students. including all problems, errors, and complements that seem to be important. Thus, to follow the (live) lecture the students have to prepare accordingly. Of course this will only work with the active participation of the students. On the other hand, it will also be more challenging for the lecturer and the tutors, because we have to be very well prepared to deal with all kind of potential questions and problems. Of course we will work out problem solutions and answers always together with the students. And it will be also the students who will take over the lead - well of course under the lecturer's guidance. I'm very curious whether this concept will work out well with my lecture here at HPI. Please keep your fingers crossed and I will keep you posted. Again, here is an update about our currently gathered data about our fact ranking experiment. We started the original challenge about 5 weeks ago and now are able to present you some more intermediate results . Nevertheless, the challenge is still running. Therefore, please distribute, participate, advertise, and help us to generate a fully fledged ground truth for fact ranking . All data will be made publicly available for further research. To determine the importance of a fact is of utmost importance, if you want to properly understand the content of information. Usually, you have a rich variety of possible interpretations of information. To determine the proper interpretation, you are going to use the context, i.e. further available information. So, the question develops from "what is important?" to "what is important with regard of this specific context?". 446 unique concepts are covered (out of 541). 0 concepts were done by 79 users. 1 concepts were done by 79 users. 2 concepts were done by 68 users. 3 concepts were done by 41 users. 4 concepts were done by 25 users. 5 concepts were done by 22 users. 6 concepts were done by 8 users. 9 concepts were done by 6 users. 11 concepts were done by 4 users. 14 concepts were done by 4 users. 16 concepts were done by 2 users. 19 concepts were done by 1 users. 22 concepts were done by 1 users. 38 concepts were done by 2 users. 42 concepts were done by 1 users. 59 concepts were done by 1 users. 62 concepts were done by 1 users. United States : 21 users. Russian Federation : 9 users. United States : 23 users. Russian Federation : 2 users. South Africa : 1 users. New Zealand : 2 users. On AVERAGE there are 2.18 users per concept. On AVERAGE there are 4.71 answers per concept. Hint: You might wonder about the impressive high scores on the top of the list? Well, actually points are given exponentially, i.e. the longer you play, the more points you will score per processed concept. In my last post, we invited you to take part in our research challenge, which was about creating a ground truth for fact ranking algorithms. To determine the importance of a fact is of utmost importance, if you want to properly understand the content of information. Usually, you have a rich variety of possible interpretations of information. To determine the proper interpretation, you are going to use the context, i.e. further available information. So, the question develops from "what is important?" to "what is important with regard of this specific context?". We started the original challenge about 3 weeks ago and now are able to present you first intermediate results . Nevertheless, the challenge is still running. Therefore, please distribute, participate, advertise, and help us to generate a fully fledged ground truth for fact ranking . All data will be made publicly available for further research. Overall 200 unique concepts are covered (out of 541). 0 concepts were done by 15 users. 1 concepts were done by 27 users. 2 concepts were done by 21 users. 3 concepts were done by 12 users. 4 concepts were done by 7 users. 5 concepts were done by 8 users. 6 concepts were done by 2 users. 7 concepts were done by 1 users. 8 concepts were done by 4 users. 9 concepts were done by 1 users. 10 concepts were done by 2 users. 11 concepts were done by 2 users. 14 concepts were done by 1 users. 16 concepts were done by 1 users. 20 concepts were done by 1 users. 53 concepts were done by 2 users. United States : 9 users. Russian Federation : 3 users. Italy : 6 users. India : 2 users. United Kingdom : 8 users. New Zealand : 1 users. On AVERAGE there are 1.295 users per concept. On AVERAGE there are 4.825 answers per concept. Please distribute, participate, advertise, and help us to generate a fully fledged ground truth for fact ranking. For us Western Europeans, war always seems to be far, far away in some other country (or some distant times in the past). Usually, we read about it in the newspapers or see the pictures in the media. But, we are not concerned directly. This also includes me as a researcher. Of course, we also have students in our institute who come from countries or regions in crisis. But, they are here and the crisis is there... elsewhere. As you might know, I recently finished my OpenHPI online course 'Knowledge Engineering with Semantic Web Technologies'. The course was rather popular with a total of 4,623 enrolled students from all over the world. 611 students took part in the final course exam and 450 students have finished the course successfully (yeah!!). Today, I have received email from a course participant in Gaza, Palestine. He wrote me about his appreciation for the OpenHPI team to offer courses like this and about the projects he carried out during his University studies. Unfortunately, as he wrote, due to the current situation in Gaza, infrastructure has been destroyed including power outages as well as network failure. Of course this makes it difficult next to impossible to continue the course (not to speak about all the other major problems for the people that arise from this conflict). I am deeply impressed that in a situation like this, people still continue their efforts to invest in their education...and their future. Recently, we have been working on the DBpedia / Wikipedia Page Link dataset. We have considered the English and the German language versions for this project. In the current DBpedia 3.9 page links English and German datasets 18 million and 6 million entities are represented respectively. But the original DBpedia only contains about 4 million and 1 million distinct entities for English and German versions. This significant difference is mainly due to the current DBpedia pagelinks dataset include redirect pages and pagelinks with resources that are not considered as entites (as e.g. thumbnails and other images). So we considered cleaning up DBpedia pagelinks dataset for the computation of statistical parameters (a.g. pagerank or HITS). For the Cleanup we have removed all unnecessary and redundant RDF-Triples from the pagelinks dataset, i.e all removing the redirect pages (Redirection pages are just URIs that automatically forward a user to another Wikipedia page, but do not represent entities) as well as RDF-Triples representing resources that do not have an own rdfs:label (as per DBpedia documentation every entity has an rdfs:label reference). One of the benefits of the cleaned up pagelink dataset is the faster computation of statistical graph measures (while not influencing the overall statistics, i.e. redirect pages usually don't have incoming links and theother removed resources (as e.g. images) don't have outgoing links). Based on this dataset we have computed PageRank, Hub and Authorities (HITS), PageInlink Counts and PageOutLink Counts. Please find the details of the datasets here on our research group's webpage . For Computation of the DBpedia graph statistics we have used JUNG — the Java Universal Network/Graph Framework. Please find the source code for PageRank and HITS computation here via GitHub . Finally, Germany has won the Soccer Worldcup 2014. Therefore, also our little statistics on soccer will come to an end with the post today. You might ask yourself what kind of data is left for soccer players in Wikipedia and DBpedia. Well, unfortunately only a little. But, we will try to make something out of it. Last time, we've ask for the number of team changes and the correlation to popularity vs. scored goals for soccer players. What is left, if we look at the available data? Possibly you will never have heard of Poland's Wojciech Łobodziński or Spain's Santiago Cañizares. Here another flaw in the data becomes visible. There is no such thing as the unique national team. We have "under 16", "under 17", "under 18", and so on... So you start your career already with 15 and after 8 years you would be 23 and possibly be in the "real" national team. Possibly this is because of people not only writing single year's into the Wikipedia infoboxes, but time spans and other things. In the list above are only the Top 20. Just remove the LIMIT from the SPARQL query and further down you will find more valid data. OK, let's come to our last problem related to football. Is there a correlation between the height of a player (simply because we have that data) and the number of achieved goals ? In the diagram to the left you see the soccer players height (x-axis) vs. the number of scored goals (y-axis). Interesting thing to notice is that the heights approximately show a Gaussian distribution, i.e most players have a "middle" height, on the extremes there are only a few. Well, there seems to be an exception. on the outer left you will notice a large fraction of players with a height of 1.52m with goal scores ranging among 0 to 300. This is extraordinary, because I have no idea what kind of group this is or if there is simply an error in the data again. What I noticed is that among this group there seems to be a larger fraction of female Asian soccer players. Maybe they are responsible for that large number of outliers, but this requires further investigation. Of course I limited the table to 30 rows. Interestingly, the average height of goalkeepers is larger than for midfielders or strikers. As expected, strikers on the average score more goals than defenders or goalkeepers. is there a correlation between soccer player height and scored goals? is there any correlation between player position, height, and scored goals? money...what about the football millionaires? How often do they change the team? Are you ready for more statistics on your favorite kind of sports? Well, data is fun, and obviously Big Data means Big Fun. There are lot's of interesting things to discover while exploring data, and wikipedia (i.e. dbpedia for the insiders) provides all the necessary means. Here, we have a table providing an overview about how many players (in wikipedia) have changed their team for how many times . Obviously, it seems to be some kind of Gaussian distribution with a peak between 2 and 6 team switches. OK, what about the players? Where are the top players listed in this table? Well, David Beckham switched team 11 times according to wikipedia, Cristiano Ronaldo 8 times, Thierry Henry 9 times. At least these numbers are above average which we had identified to be between 2 and 6. This seems to give proof to our original assumption. Looks interesting. Top goal scorer have 9 to 14 team switches. This is way above the average. Thus, the more goals you score, the more often you will have the chance of being transferred (and thus earn more money). Players that don't score goals will obviously not be transferred (that often). How many players have how many team changes overall?

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返還後の香港における高齢者福祉施策等の現状と課題, 藤林 慶子, 人間福祉研究, 4, 2001年, In 1997, Hong Kong was returned from The United Kingdom to The Republic of China. After That, Hong Kong had adapted the social system called as "One Country, Two Systems". The Hong Kong Social Welfare Policies have not been introduce sufficiently to Japan after or before the restoration. The objective of this sturdy is to clarify the Hong Kong social welfare policies for the elderlies. The comparative study between Hong Kong and Japan contribute to the development of Japanese social Policies. In conclusion, The Hong Kong Social welfare's policies has not been well developed in lquality and quantity since the 1990s. The Hong Kong will face the so-called "the aged society". Therefore the Hong Kong will have to develop the policies for the elderlies.

Q: Python regex to match dates What regular expression in Python do I use to match dates like this: "11/12/98"? A: Instead of using regex, it is generally better to parse the string as a datetime.datetime object: In [140]: datetime.datetime.strptime("11/12/98","%m/%d/%y") Out[140]: datetime.datetime(1998, 11, 12, 0, 0) In [141]: datetime.datetime.strptime("11/12/98","%d/%m/%y") Out[141]: datetime.datetime(1998, 12, 11, 0, 0) You could then access the day, month, and year (and hour, minutes, and seconds) as attributes of the datetime.datetime object: In [143]: date.year Out[143]: 1998 In [144]: date.month Out[144]: 11 In [145]: date.day Out[145]: 12 To test if a sequence of digits separated by forward-slashes represents a valid date, you could use a try..except block. Invalid dates will raise a ValueError: In [159]: try: .....: datetime.datetime.strptime("99/99/99","%m/%d/%y") .....: except ValueError as err: .....: print(err) .....: .....: time data '99/99/99' does not match format '%m/%d/%y' If you need to search a longer string for a date, you could use regex to search for digits separated by forward-slashes: In [146]: import re In [152]: match = re.search(r'(\d+/\d+/\d+)','The date is 11/12/98') In [153]: match.group(1) Out[153]: '11/12/98' Of course, invalid dates will also match: In [154]: match = re.search(r'(\d+/\d+/\d+)','The date is 99/99/99') In [155]: match.group(1) Out[155]: '99/99/99' To check that match.group(1) returns a valid date string, you could then parsing it using datetime.datetime.strptime as shown above. A: I find the below RE working fine for Date in the following format; * *14-11-2017 *14.11.2017 *14|11|2017 It can accept year from 2000-2099 Please do not forget to add $ at the end,if not it accept 14-11-201 or 20177 date="13-11-2017" x=re.search("^([1-9] |1[0-9]| 2[0-9]|3[0-1])(.|-)([1-9] |1[0-2])(.|-|)20[0-9][0-9]$",date) x.group() output = '13-11-2017' A: I built my solution on top of @aditya Prakash appraoch: print(re.search("^([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])(\.|-|/)([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-2])(\.|-|/)([0-9][0-9]|19[0-9][0-9]|20[0-9][0-9])$|^([0-9][0-9]|19[0-9][0-9]|20[0-9][0-9])(\.|-|/)([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-2])(\.|-|/)([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])$",'01/01/2018')) The first part (^([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])(\.|-|/)([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-2])(\.|-|/)([0-9][0-9]|19[0-9][0-9]|20[0-9][0-9])$) can handle the following formats: * *01.10.2019 *1.1.2019 *1.1.19 *12/03/2020 *01.05.1950 The second part (^([0-9][0-9]|19[0-9][0-9]|20[0-9][0-9])(\.|-|/)([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-2])(\.|-|/)([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])$) can basically do the same, but in inverse order, where the year comes first, followed by month, and then day. * *2020/02/12 As delimiters it allows ., /, -. As years it allows everything from 1900-2099, also giving only two numbers is fine. If you have suggestions for improvement please let me know in the comments, so I can update the answer. A: Using this regular expression you can validate different kinds of Date/Time samples, just a little change is needed. ^\d\d\d\d/(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])/(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01]) (00|[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):([0-9]|[0-5][0-9]):([0-9]|[0-5][0-9])$ -->validate this: 2018/7/12 13:00:00 for your format you cad change it to: ^(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])/(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])/\d\d$ --> validates this: 11/12/98 A: I use something like this >>> import datetime >>> regex = datetime.datetime.strptime >>> >>> # TEST >>> assert regex('2020-08-03', '%Y-%m-%d') >>> >>> assert regex('2020-08', '%Y-%m-%d') ValueError: time data '2020-08' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d' >>> assert regex('08/03/20', '%m/%d/%y') >>> >>> assert regex('08-03-2020', '%m/%d/%y') ValueError: time data '08-03-2020' does not match format '%m/%d/%y' A: Well, from my understanding, simply for matching this format in a given string, I prefer this regular expression: pattern='[0-9|/]+' to match the format in a more strict way, the following works: pattern='(?:[0-9]{2}/){2}[0-9]{2}' Personally, I cannot agree with unutbu's answer since sometimes we use regular expression for "finding" and "extract", not only "validating". A: Sometimes we need to get the date from a string. One example with grouping: record = '1518-09-06 00:57 some-alphanumeric-charecter' pattern_date_time = ([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2} [0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}) .+ match = re.match(pattern_date_time, record) if match is not None: group = match.group() date = group[0] print(date) // outputs 1518-09-06 00:57 A: As the question title asks for a regex that finds many dates, I would like to propose a new solution, although there are many solutions already. In order to find all dates of a string that are in this millennium (2000 - 2999), for me it worked the following: dates = re.findall('([1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1]|0[0-9])(.|-|\/)([1-9]|1[0-2]|0[0-9])(.|-|\/)(20[0-9][0-9])',dates_ele) dates = [''.join(dates[i]) for i in range(len(dates))] This regex is able to find multiple dates in the same string, like bla Bla 8.05/2020 \n BLAH bla15/05-2020 blaa. As one could observe, instead of / the date can have . or -, not necessary at the same time. Some explaining More specifically it can find dates of format day , moth year. Day is an one digit integer or a zero followed by one digit integer or 1 or 2 followed by an one digit integer or a 3 followed by 0 or 1. Month is an one digit integer or a zero followed by one digit integer or 1 followed by 0, 1, or 2. Year is the number 20 followed by any number between 00 and 99. Useful notes One can add more date splitting symbols by adding | symbol at the end of both (.|-|\/). For example for adding -- one would do (.|-|\/|--) To have years outside of this millennium one has to modify (20[0-9][0-9]) to ([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]) A: I use something like this : string="text 24/02/2021 ... 24-02-2021 ... 24_02_2021 ... 24|02|2021 text" new_string = re.sub(r"[0-9]{1,4}[\_|\-|\/|\|][0-9]{1,2}[\_|\-|\/|\|][0-9]{1,4}", ' ', string) print(new_string) out : text ... ... ... text A: If you don't want to raise ValueError exception like in methods with datetime, you can use re. Maybe you should also check that day of month lower than 31 and month number is lower than 12, inclusive: from re import search as re_search date_input = '31.12.1998' re_search(r'^(3[01]|[12][0-9]|0[1-9]).(1[0-2]|0[1-9]).[0-9]{4}$', date_input) With datetime good answer gave @unutbu earlier. A: In case anyone wants to match this type of date "24 November 2008" you can use import re date = "24 November 2008" regex = re.compile("\d+\s\w+\s\d+") matchDate = regex.findall(date) print(matchDate) Or import re date = "24 November 2008" matchDate = re.findall("\d+\s\w+\s\d+", date) print(matchDate) A: This regular expression for matching dates in this format "22/10/2021" works for me : import re date = "WHATEVER 22/10/2029 WHATEVER" match = re.search("([0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-5])/([0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-5])/([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])", date) print(match) OUTPUT = <re.Match object; span=(9, 19), match='22/10/2029'> You can see in the fourth line that there is this string ([0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-5])/([0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-5])/([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]), this is the regular expression that I made based in this page.

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With a capital expansion programme of over SBD1 billion, Solomon Power strives to develop and implement its planned capital and infrastructure projects over the next five years that will support its mission to provide a safe, reliable and affordable supply of electricity to the Solomon Islands. These development projects are funded internally and also financed from various sources such as under the World Bank's Solomon Islands Sustainable Energy Project (SISEP) and ADB's Provincial Renewable Energy Project (PREP), specifically earmarked for the Fiu River Hydropower project. Current projects in progress or have recently been completed are as follows. The Fiu River mini hydro project has resulted from a study, undertaken by SMEC financed by the ADB, to identify small hydro power projects in the Solomon Power outstations which are aimed at displacing diesel to provide reliable and sustainable electricity supplies to Auki in the Malaita province. This in turn will assist in the economic growth through increased access to electricity for local residents, businesses and industry which in turn will lead to a reduction in diesel usage and a reduction in the fuel costs to the nation. ADB have provided support to the project under loan/grant assistance to the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) under the Provincial Renewable Energy Project (PREP) LOAN 46014-002. This loan/grant assistance has been restructured and provided to Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) by SIG. Saman Engineering is the Design Supervision Consultant (DSC) that has been identified by Solomon Power in 2014 as the successful bidder to carry out the design and supervision works. Negotiations have been on-going between the two parties finally coming to an agreement in April 2016. 2 x 250 kW hydro generators initially (with position for a third 250kW machine with final capacity of 750kW capacity for future growth). Capacity building of SIEA staff for ongoing O&M of the Hydro plant. 2. Lungga power station is SP's main power station generating and supplying electricity to Honiara and environs. The Power plant's installed generating capacity as at December 2014 was only 17 MW. However with the unreliability of generation coupled but with an escalating demand for power, SP has invested in the construction of a new station with an installed capacity of 10MW. The project was completed by MAN diesel for over SBD120m. The new station has been commissioned and is currently in operation. Furthermore to improve the reliability Solomon Power invested in a new 11 kV switchboard, two 1.6 MW diesel generators and two new power transformers at Honiara Power Station. Phase I of this project is the newly refurbished office which had been completed in late 2014 for a sum of $8m. Phase I involves a complete makeover of SP's main administration office in Ranadi. It included the remodeling and furnishing of the Customer and Corporate services offices, Finance and Engineering offices, a Corporate archive space, a Board room, Training room and a Staff cafe. The remodeling work provides an open workspace that promotes more interaction between staff at all levels. A drive through window where customers can pay for their cash power tokens was introduced to reduce queues and at the same time improve customer services. Under phase I as well, a pilot project funded by JICA for introduction of grid-connected PV generation totaling 50 kW was mounted on the car garage and fed directly into the grid supplying the office. Phase II of the project, which included landscaping and upgrading of the car park area with designated parking spaces for customers and staff with an improved site access and drainage system. The works were carried out by Humphrey Engineering and completed in May 2016. Phase III, involved improvements to the Stores and Distribution workshop, additional office space for Engineering and Planning including the construction of a Meter Testing Room. MP Construction executed the works under a contract. This phase was completed and commissioned end August 2017. 4. UAE/NZ Funded 1MW Solar Farm project. Going forward, SP is investing in clean and renewable energy sources. Following the 2013 feasibility study investigating the development of a 1MW grid-connected solar power station, UAE and NZ government cofounded the development of a 1MW solar farm project at Fighter 1, Henderson. The plant will save SP approximately US$880k per annum in diesel cost and help reduce the cost of electricity. The project was completed and commissioned on the 10th May 2016. The project was completed and commissioned on the 10th May 2016. The principal aim of the Outstation Generation Project is for the supply and installation of new generators in selected outstations to upgrade and improve the current generation capability and reliability which will allow future growth demands in the provinces to be met. On top of that a new power station was built in Gizo and the existing Noro station refurbished and upgraded to meet industry standards. Northpower of New Zealand was awarded the contract to supply the Generators for the selected outstations. The generators were tested and configured in Honiara and shipped out to the provinces in 2016. a. Gizo power station upgrade project. This project involves the construction of a new power station on the existing site and the supply and installation of 3 new 500KW generators, associated switchgear and transformers. The power station works was carried out by Hatanga Ltd and completed in June 2016. All the three generators and associated transformers and switchgear have been commissioned. Noro power station was built and commissioned in the late 80's and have not undergone major maintenance since. This project involves major refurbishment of the station totaling over $3m and the installation of 3 new 500KW generators and associated switchgears and transformers. The upgrade of the building was completed late December 2016. All the generators and associated switchgear and transformers have been commissioned early September 2017. The project involves installation and commissioning of a 250 kW Kohler make generator and associated switchgear. All the works have been completed and the generator and associated switchgear and transformer were put into service end August 2017. The 2 new Kohler make 500 kW Generators with 1 x LV Switchboard and 2 x Step up Transformers in Auki were commissioned on 27/11/16, one and a half weeks ahead of scheduled completion date. The upgrade in Tulagi consisted of two new Kohler make 250 kW generators and also associated switchgear. These new assets were commissioned in September 2016. This project involved the refurbishment of the dam site, replacement of the alternator, repairs to the runners of the turbine and the penstock. The 150 kW hydro plant was commissioned in May 2016. These projects are funded under the World Bank Solomon Islands Sustainable Energy Project. The scope includes relocation of feeder 12 from Lungga Power Station to East Honiara Substation; upgrade of Ranadi Substation (includes replacement of the two 33/11 kV transformers and new 11 and 33 kV switchgear and associated protection and control) and design and construction of a new injection point at Kola'a Ridge by building a new substation, procurement and installation new 33/11 kV transformer, associated 33 kV and 11 kV switchgear and protection and control. The project to extend the 11 kV and 415 V network in the Tinge Ridge, Baranamba/Ohuiola, Tasahe B, 7 Up, Green Valley/Mt Austin and Lungga/Markwarth, Tinge and GBR areas of Honiara have been completed. The extensions at Redbeach and Foxwood are in progress. In addition to the above locations we also have commenced a project to extend the network at Buala, Dunde (Munda), Mbaru (Noro), Kilusakwalo (Auki), Ngalimera, Henderson, Henderson DC Park, Kombivatu, Lio Creek and Amaville.This project has already commenced and will be completed by 30 June 2018. This project commenced in late 2015 to construct two new mini hybrid outstations. This is the first time in 31 years that Solomon Power is constructing a new outstation the last one being in Malu'u. The scope includes solar panels, battery storage system, back up diesel generator and 415 V distribution network to connect about 200 customers at each of these sites in Western Province and Choiseul Province. The works are being carried out by Clay Energy. Both Seghe and Taro Hybrid systems were successfully commissioned in July 2017. This project is to convert the existing diesel generation at our outstations at Kirakira, Lata, Malu'u, Munda and Tulagi to hybrid generation systems. The total renewable generation planned is 2 MW and on completion will displace diesel consumption and assist Solomon Power to reduce the price of electricity. This Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) is prepared as required under the World Bank's Operational Policy/Bank Procedure (OP/BP) 4.10. Environmental Assessment safeguard the confirmed and the proposed project sites. The purpose of this ESMF is to ensure that all components of the Project meet the environmental and social safeguard policies of the World Bank and laws and regulations of Solomon Islands. Complete ESMF documentation can be found here.

To start 2015 here is a selection of outdoor recycling projects involving reuse of pallets and other materials. Inspired? It's a little while since I posted examples of useful (and attractive) garden or other outside projects created from recycled pallets or other materials. Here's the first of a few posts by way of an update, courtesy of the Facebook site 1001 Pallets. This looks like a simple and strong creation using wooden pallets – and some other timber? It's been a while since I gathered together examples of garden and outdoor projects involving the use of recycled or upcycled materials. The previous posts have continued to prove popular. Here's another set of projects from the beautiful, through the practical to the completely wacky! Cooped up, half -timbered style.. Here's my latest trawl of interesting projects to enhance your garden. Most are from 1001 Pallets and a few from The Container Gardening Alliance. An 'A' frame planter with old plastixc bottles, and cartons as containers.. and a few more unusual items…. A mobile bar – stools stowed underneath.. Following the popularity of my previous collections of recycling project pics, here is another batch. Now that's what I call real 'recycling'- coffee table made from old bicycle wheels! And finally a couple of mega projects to really inspire! Most of these pictures come from the very useful site 1001 pallets, so thanks to them and their contributors!

SNIDER: Redskins' Peterson silences skeptics Adrian Peterson says he doesn't hate the Green Bay Packers. And yet, he once more buried them. Peterson gained 120 yards with two touchdowns in Washington's 31-17 victory over Green Bay on Sunday at FedEx Field. A 41-yard run in the second quarter led to a 21-3 lead that essentially sealed the game. Of Peterson's 52 career 100-yard games, eight have come against the Packers, the previous ones when playing for the Minnesota Vikings. Peterson was seen trading harsh words with Packers defenders at times, but definitely got in the last word. "I don't have any anything against them," Peterson said. "It's all about the W's." Peterson wasn't surprised by the Redskins suddenly offensive rebound. After not scoring a touchdown the previous week in losing to Indianapolis, Washington opened with a touchdown drive against Green Bay. Peterson made it 14-0 on a two-yard run and later 28-10 with another two-yard score. "That was probably the worst game I've been a part of last week," he said. "I knew there was no way we would come out flat today." Meanwhile, Peterson continues to show he's not too old at age 33 despite the NFL norm of runners done by age 30. He showed fresh legs repeatedly when bursting through gaps. Yet, Peterson needed to show something after an uneven start. He opened the season with 96 yards and one touchdown on 26 carries against Arizona before dipping to 20 yards on 11 carries versus Indianapolis. Suddenly, skeptics wonder if Peterson was repeating last season when gaining 159 yards for Arizona versus San Francisco before 134 over the next three games combined while missing the final three weeks with a neck injury. Obviously, Peterson answered critics with two good games in three weeks as the Redskins are 2-1 entering the Sept. 30 bye. Now Peterson's running at all-time greats John Riggins and John Brown over coming weeks in career achievements. He joked of looking where he stands against the immortals during the bye week. The Redskins are just glad he's finishing the ride with them. "He fell into our lap when we needed a player," coach Jay Gruden said. Rick Snider has covered Washington sports since 1978. Follow him on Twitter @Snide_Remarks.

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Q: Fill a argument with tab file values in bash I need to creat a bash file in order to run a certain command on a server. Here is one of the lines Programm/programm.pl -k 1 -q --acc_number where --acc_number needs a Comma-separated list of accession numbers, e.g. --acc_number Number13JJ2,Number0090D93,Number088DF. but I actually have a file calle file_acc_number where I have each of the accession number in line such as : Number13JJ2 Number0090D93 Number088DF does someone have an idea how to parse this tab file and to directly put the accessio number in a comma-separated way and get : Programm/programm.pl -k 1 -q --acc_number Number13JJ2,Number0090D93,Number088DF Thank you for your help A: Try using paste: Programm/programm.pl -k 1 -q --acc_number `paste -s -d, file_acc_number` Try running paste -s -d, file_acc_number first to understand whether you get what you require. A: with an inline expansion maybe? Like this Programm/programm.pl -k 1 -q --acc_number $(sed -z 's/\n/,/g' file_acc_number) Make sure your file "file_acc_number" has no "new line" at the end of it. With this, you will replace the "new line" character with a comma on the fly without affecting the original file.

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The Buckeye Institute has filed suit against ACORN using the RICO Statute. This should be done in every state that ACORN has proved to be fraudulently registering voters (which is about half the states now). COLUMBUS – The Buckeye Institute, a Columbus-based think tank, today filed a state RICO action against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) on behalf of two Warren County voters. The action filed in Warren County Court of Common Pleas alleges ACORN has engaged in a pattern of corrupt activity that amounts to organized crime. It seeks ACORN's dissolution as a legal entity, the revocation of any licenses in Ohio, and an injunction against fraudulent voter registration and other illegal activities. Plaintiffs Jennifer Miller of Mason, Ohio and Kimberly Grant of Loveland, allege that ACORN's actions deprive them of the right to participate in an honest and effective elections process. They allege fraudulent voter registrations submitted by ACORN dilute the votes of legally registered voters. In the complaint, Thompson cites an accumulation of evidence showing numerous instances of admitted fraud by ACORN employees, as well as individuals solicited by ACORN. In addition, the complaint cites conduct by ACORN in Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. This is just one more reason I do not believe that we should have third party registrations conducted by either side. If people would actually do the responsible thing and register themselves then we would not have all these fraudulent registrations in so many states that could potentially lead to questioning the integrity of the whole election process. This is not a Democrat or Republican issue this is an American issue. If Americans do not have faith in the election process it directly affects the abilities of those elected to effectively govern.

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Hi! Sign in to let us know how Lessence-Day Spa Salon was? Sheila W. Aug 30 . by corashirk at Citysearch May 17 . My husband gave me a gift certificate for a day of wellness at L'essence. I knew I was in for a treat when i drove up to the salon... a historical, victorian house, really beautiful. They use AVEDA products exclusively, which I personally love, (I'm a bit of a tree hugger). The staff was very friendly and accomodating, the treatment rooms were very nicely appointed and all very different and the spa services... excellent. I definately didn't feel like just a number here, they took time to find out my expectations and fullfilled them. They have a third floor spa relaxation/waiting area, that would be perfect for a girls night out. My color and haircut was exactly what I'd hoped for with the added benefit of a shoulder massage, hand massage and a little touchup of my makeup! I'll definately be back, Thank you, L'essence for making me feel special! by lolitamalett at Citysearch May 17 . I am really picky about my eyebrows and have gone to a bunch of different salons to have them waxed, but L'essence (more specifically Michelle) is the absolute best! She is a perfectionist who never disappoints me. Everyone at the salon is very friendly, making my experience there always enjoyable. I have also had some other treatments there including facials and massages and they have always been pleasant as well. L'essence (more specifically Michelle) is the absolute best! by elinorepump at Citysearch May 17 . I love the Aveda products they use, its a relaxing salon and the people are friendly and nice. I love the scalp massages that Jennifer gives. by jiportell9 at Citysearch May 17 . This is one of my favorite places in town to indulge myself. The staff are always so friendly, and they take great care of their customers, especially returning or frequent ones. I just had my hair cut and highlighted over the weekend with Jeannie, and my friends and family all said it was their favorite cut and color they've ever seen on me. Prior to that, their favorite was the LAST time Jeannie did my hair! As far as body treatments go, there are better places in town if you are looking for the true ""day spa"" experience, but their technicians are amazing. I am a self-proclaimed spa whore, so if I'm going to treat myself to something on vacation or have extra money, I will usually get a massage. And I have to honestly say that the best massage I've had anywhere in my life was the chakra balance massage given by Desiree. I think I actually had an out of body experience during it! Yeah, the prices are higher than most of us middle class slobs can afford, but it's worth it to me. Sure, I could get a cheaper cut and color at a Snip-in-the-box shop, but the overall experience is so much better at L'Essence. I can relax, have a glass of wine, and get into girlie mode. I have a massage, facial and pedi booked this weekend with my sister, and we just can't wait until our girls day! by allymccormic at Citysearch May 17 . I love and cant wait to go to my Hair and Nail appts. Jennifer has done my hair for over 3 years now and is always the best. Jessica does my gel nails and they are PERFECT!! I love the whole Zen atmosphere. Front desk girls are great. Always willing to help out and real friendly. I recommend this Salon to everyone!! I recommend this Salon to everyone!! by agnesstrawhorn at Citysearch May 17 . I have thick, course, wavy hair and MINDY does a fabulous job with my cut and color. L'essence is clean and neat and it always smells great! Look forward to my appointments. Look forward to my appointments. by LOUISE745684 at Citysearch May 17 . I've been going to L'essence for five years now. I love the atmosphere at this Victorian House and I always get great color and cuts! I've never had a problem with parking and have parked on the street or in the back of the salon where there are a few private parking places. There is also a free lot directly across the street, however I've always found parking on the street right next to the salon. I really feel pampered here! I really feel pampered here! by shavonbeckendorf at Citysearch May 17 . I see Michelle for facials and waxing. She's great! Very fun and energetic. I have not received any other services there. The prices are a little high but a nice place to go to be pampered. Parking is kind of a pain. If you are not lucky enough to find street parking right by, you'll have to park across the street. by ettaspath at Citysearch May 17 . L'Essence saved me!!! Before I went there, I had a few bad haircuts in a row and then an atrocious one from a friend who was newly out from school.. Geannie, who has given beautiful cuts and styles every time, gave me a complete hair-makeover and made it possible for me to sleep again. I really like this salon, everyone is highly skilled, great atmosphere. I have a friend who gets great colorings from another stylist. This last haircut has lasted me about 3 months since I'm trying to grow my hair out. The products are wonderful as well at this salon. I go in confident that I will be satisfied, that is a great feeling. by neldamilch at Citysearch May 17 . have looked for so long to find a decent hair salon. I finally found one. L'essence is in a beautiful Victorian house and Mo is a fantastic hair- dresser. Mo takes her time with my hair so I don't feel like I'm being rushed and that I don't matter. L'essence is a bit pricey but you really get what you pay for. you really get what you pay for here! by erincampbell265 at Citysearch May 17 . I have been a client at L'essence Salon for 10 years now and have never left unhappy. My stylist, Jeannie has been doing my hair for the last couple of years now and I LOVE the way she does my color. She does a nice cut as well. I have also received massage services (Desiree is awesome), facials, eye brow waxing, pedicures and have always left a happy, pampered camper. by lesterlysen at Citysearch May 17 . I have been going there for salon services for over a year now. I see Michelle and she is wonderful. She is amazing at the brows and the facials are lovely. by Aliyah3748 at Citysearch May 17 . It was very nice. All of the staff members were very friendly. I have already recommended your spa to others. by Pamela2500 at Citysearch May 17 . by Jackie945748 at Citysearch May 17 . I live in Texas and made a reservation over the phone to get my hair styled here as we were getting married in a very simple ceremony in Reno. I had the best stylist, my hair looked great and I really enjoyed my time here. My ""home"" salon is an Aveda salon and I was not dissapointed. by Teresa248 at Citysearch May 17 . Alright, where to begin with this place! I have been going here for about a year and a half and have not had a bad experience since. I see Amber (hairstylist) and she has done a phenomenal job. I usually just tell her an idea of what I want and then tell her to do whatever she wants to make it look good. I figure she's the hairstylist and will do what's right. I get the tea or red wine depending on the time of day, and have a biscotti or two which is a nice touch. Amber also uses the hot towel when conditioning which I love. I have gotten massages here (Desiree was very good). I also LOVE Aveda products. Sure, they're more expensive but I wash my hair less often and have better quality. It keeps my color looking so fresh I don't have to go get it done for at least 8 weeks. A month or so ago I had bought the volumizing shampoo and hated it after a month, and they let me bring it back to exchange for another of the Color Conserve. That was extremely nice!!! I hadn't used that much of it and am a loyal customer and it was nice to be treated well. To cut down on cost of getting hair done I signed up for their email list and every week they send you a 20% off last minute appointments. I call when I get the email and see if there is an opening. There almost always is and that is how I save. I can pay 20% tip because I'm getting 20% off! LOVE it. by Joeann Balliett at Citysearch May 17 . I've been seeing Tiffany for gel nails for a year now, after a former co-worker recommended her. Though I used to work in the downtown area, I no longer do; the salon is now way out of my way. But continuing with Tiffany has proven well worth the few-miles' drive. It didn't take me long to realize that it was okay--in fact Tiffany preferred it--to insist that she do my nails exactly as I want them, in terms of length, shape, color. (It's so nice not to be condescended to and put down for my persnickitiness!) She is not only highly professional and an expert at her craft, she's very comfortable to be with and has an easy and relaxed warmth. (I would want no less from someone who holds my hands for an hour at a time, but it sure is great not to be taken for granted.) I also like that there are no chemical fumes in this nail salon. (Apparently, all Aveda salons are this way, but it's been an improved experience for me.) I've also had Tiffany do two spa pedicures, which were a wonderful indulgence--the ultimate in relaxation, aesthetics and attention to detail. Oh, and I've had a massage as well--heavenly! I have found Suzanne (the Irish receptionist), as well as the other receptionists, staff, and even the owner, to be welcoming and professional as well. When I call in to make a schedule change, I'm always treated with total understanding and accommodation, rather than as a ""PITA."" L'Essence isn't the only salon I use (I have my hair done elsewhere--longstanding relationship with my hairdresser--and the same is true of my skincare/facials), but my experience with the salon has always been very positive, and I'm sorry I haven't written a review sooner. (Human nature usually dictates that we sound off about situations or services we DON'T like; we're not as inclined to cheer when a service has been satisfactory or exemplary.) I enjoy going to this historic house, where I'm always welcomed and pampered, and I would highly recommend Tiffany. I would highly recommend Tiffany. by Clarisa Germani at Citysearch May 17 . I have been a steady client of Jennifer's for 5+ years. I would not consider going to any place else. She does miracles with my hair. The building is very old de reno classic. The stAff friendly. Mindy did my friends hair and did a great job. Totally recommend this salon. by Robbin Pardall at Citysearch May 17 . I've gone here to get my bangs trimmed and to get a Brazilian wax. I've found the staff to be extremely friendly. My actual waxing experience was great - very little pain and a really nice aesthetician. I've found the staff to be extremely friendly. by Gwen Flournay at Citysearch May 17 . If you have some money to burn and you are interested in pampering yourself, take advantage of L'Essence. The vital elements facial is not to be missed, nor is the Turkish Body Scrub (don't go for this treatment if you are shy). I have been a client at L'Essence for many years and enjoy the time I have spent at the Spa. They have a way of making you feel special each time you visit the Spa. The staff members are friendly and professional. If you are looking for someone to administer your service, request Linda. She is the best. by Lecia Salera at Citysearch May 17 . I have pedicures done here somewhat regularly. Their spa pedicures are the best in town if you need serious work done on your feet. If you have calluses this is the place to go for beautiful soft feet. The aromatherapy and the atmosphere is wonderful. The nail staff is friendly and easy to talk with. The nail staff is friendly and easy to talk with. by Grace Cavagna at Citysearch May 17 . Just what you would expect from an Aveda salon, high quality, good service, and nice atmosphere. Given the choice between this one and the one down at Summit Sierra (which is also good), I think this is slightly better (and definitely a more beautiful building--a an old Victorian house that's been converted to a salon).. by Juan Gumphrey at Citysearch May 17 . by ryangiese5 at Citysearch May 17 . All of the staff members were very friendly. I have already recommended your spa to others. I have already recommended your spa to others. by GraceC260 at Citysearch May 17 . by Julie Nelson 259 at Citysearch May 17 . by Vi Covill at Citysearch May 17 . The service I received was excellent. This was my first experience at your salon and felt very welcome and comfortable. I would come in all the time if my budget could allow it! Thanks again for pleasant experience. by stepanielaird at Citysearch May 17 . by raquelgielstra at Citysearch May 17 . L'essence Day Spa is a great Aveda salon. I am partial to Aveda products because when I get my hair colored, I don't like it to smell I just was hit with a chlorine bomb. When I leave, my hair always feels soft and looks fabulous! by Jimmy159 at Citysearch May 17 . Lovely space in restored Victorian, had a great 90-min session from JaNon (sp?) who was very accomodating when I requested lotion instead of oil for my Swedish massage. Liked the use of aromatherapy and heated table and towels incorporated into the Aveda experience. Would definitely go back! by Marie Miralles at Citysearch May 17 . I have been going to L'essence for many years and it is a very professional spa. I have facials, waxing, pedicures and manicures and all are top rate. Cathy H. Feb 09 . I went here twice when I was visiting my cousin once for a facial and the other time for waxing. The employees are very professional and they did very good, yet I feel like I would've enjoyed my experience more if the place was not so busy rather than relaxing. But still recommend, they do very good. Massage Therapist, Swedish Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Deep Tissue Massage Therapy, Sport Massages. If you've been to or used Lessence-Day Spa Salon, leave a review.

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Herma (starogrčki: ἕρμα, pl ἑρμαῖ) je naziv za skulpturu koja se sastoji od glave, ponekad zajedno s torzom i koja je smještena na jednostavnom ali izduženom, često pravokutnom postolju. Taj oblik skulptura razvijen je u Antičkoj Grčkoj, bio preuzet od Rimljana, a kasnije obnovljen u doba Renesanse. Literatura Marin Buovac: Kultovi, mitovi i vjerovanja rimskih gladijatora na području Republike Hrvatske, u: Zbornik radova – međunarodni kongres Kost.ar – kult i religija, br. 1, Zadar, 2013, str. 40-50. Starogrčka umjetnost

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Q: Reducers are gone after attempting to implement redux-persist I am attempting to implement redux-persist to persist a specific reducer only, invoices, version, but in my case, my reducers are all gone. This is the entry point: import React, { Component } from "react"; import { Provider } from "react-redux"; import { createStore, applyMiddleware, compose } from "redux"; import { persistStore, persistCombineReducers } from "redux-persist"; import { createWhitelistFilter } from "redux-persist-transform-filter"; import { PersistGate } from 'redux-persist/es/integration/react'; import storage from "redux-persist/lib/storage"; import thunkMiddleware from "redux-thunk"; import { apiMiddleware } from "redux-api-middleware"; import reducers from "./actions/reducers"; import AppContainer from "./containers/App"; import FlashMessage from "./containers/common/FlashMessage"; import "./App.css" const middleware = [thunkMiddleware, apiMiddleware]; const persistConfig = { storage, key: 'root', transforms: [ createWhitelistFilter('invoices') ] }; const store = createStore( persistCombineReducers(persistConfig, reducers), compose( applyMiddleware(...middleware), ) ); const persistor = persistStore(store); export default class App extends Component { render () { return ( <Provider store={store}> <PersistGate persistor={persistor}> {/*<FlashMessage/>*/} // Since there is no reducer, this fails <AppContainer/> </PersistGate> </Provider> ) } } And this is the reducers file I have: import { combineReducers } from "redux"; import { routerReducer as router } from "react-router-redux"; import app from "./app"; import invoices from "./invoices/invoices"; import recipients from "./recipients/recipients"; export const makeRootReducer = (asyncReducers) => { return combineReducers({ router, app, invoices, recipients, ...asyncReducers }) }; export const injectReducer = (store, { key, reducer }) => { store.asyncReducers[key] = reducer; store.replaceReducer(makeRootReducer(store.asyncReducers)) }; export default makeRootReducer; I have followed many suggestions but I must be missing something. A: I found out why. After checking the source code, I saw the following documentation block of persistCombineReducers: /** * It provides a way of combining the reducers, replacing redux's @see combineReducers * @param config persistence configuration * @param reducers set of keyed functions mapping to the application state * @returns reducer */ export function persistCombineReducers<S>(config: PersistConfig, reducers: ReducersMapObject): Reducer<S & PersistedState>; The key words were "replacing redux's @see combineReducers". Removing combineReducers from my reducers file to the following solved the issue: import { routerReducer as router } from "react-router-redux"; import app from "./app"; import invoices from "./invoices/invoices"; import recipients from "./recipients/recipients"; const reducers = { router, app, invoices, recipients, }; export default reducers;

Tag: Final Fantasy Final Fantasy 7 Is Finally Here! And I'm A Little Disappointed… Roy R. (rwilco12) | July 7, 2016 In August of 2015 Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy 7 would be coming to both iOS and Android. There was no release date commitment but rumor had Final Fantasy IX Is Here! On January 1st Square Enix got almost every geek on the face of the planet excited. They announced that Final Fantasy IX (9) would be coming to Android Final Fantasy 9 – See It In Action (Still No Release Date) Roy R. (rwilco12) | January 29, 2016 Last month it was announced that Final Fantasy 9 would be coming to Android. At that time they gave us a little teaser trailer that highlighted the cut Final Fantasy 9 Coming to Android in 2016! I have had the joy of playing just about every Final Fantasy game published from the beginning of time up until the original PlayStation. It was when my What Happened To Final Fantasy 7 on Android? Back in August of 2015 we were met with some news that made us happy and sad all at the same time. Final Fantasy 7 was going mobile! Google Play Store Cyber Weekend Deals I remember the time when Thanksgiving was all about family and friends. About spending quality time with those you loved and stuffing yourself with good food in a Final Fantasy for Android By Square Enix On Sale Now! Roy R. (rwilco12) | August 5, 2015 Hi, my name is Roy and I am an unabashed Final Fantasy addict and have been since the days of my old Super Nintendo. If there was such a

Brake's Sake feat. Dontae Winslow Played Twice Crepuscule With Nellie Ugly Beauty/Pannonica I Mean You Dear Ruby 1. Brake's Sake feat. Dontae Winslow piano, synthesizer: John Beasley acoustic and electric bass: Ben Shepherd drums: Terreon Gully solo: Dontae Winslow – trumpet and rap trumpets: Bijon Watson, Jamie Hovorka, James Ford, Brian Swartz woodwinds: Bob Sheppard, Danny Janklow, Tom Luer 2. Played Twice solos: Ben Shepherd – bass; Bob Sheppard – soprano saxophone 3. Crepuscule With Nellie guest appearance by Regina Carter – violin 4. Evidence guest appearances by Kamasi Washington – tenor saxophone; Conrad Herwig – trombone solo: Ben Shepherd – bass, trumpet: Brandyn Philips woodwinds: Thomas Peterson, Adam Schroeder, Alex Budman 5. Ugly Beauty/Pannonica solo: Francisco Torres – trombone 6. I Mean You solos: Danny Janklow – alto saxophone; Brian Swartz – trumpet; Adam Schroeder – baritone saxophone 7. Light Blue solos: Brian Swartz – trumpet; John Beasley – organ drums: Gene Coye 8. Dear Ruby guest appearance by Dianne Reeves – vocals,t rumpet: Brandyn Philips 9. Criss Cross guest appearance by Pedrito Martinez – conga and bata solos: Tom Luer – tenor saxophone; John Beasley – piano 10. Work solo: Ryan Dragon – trombone MONK'estra, Vol. 2 If one were to have access to a time machine and could go back to see legendary bandleader Thelonious Monk in concert during the 1950s and '60s, you'd likely see him so compelled by the music that he would retreat from his piano mid-performance and conduct his band, no matter how small or large, through an impassioned dance. But behind the joyous dance that overtook the stage lay the societal struggles a jazz musician endured to present that 90 minutes of musical freedom – a tale of police harassment, systemic oppression and constant battles for equality. Fast forward to 2017 and composer-arranger-pianist John Beasley is using Monk's spontaneous movements and experiences as the basis for conducting radically reconceived versions of the late composer's music for his critically acclaimed big band project: MONK'estra. John Beasley Presents MONK'estra Vol. 1 Epistrophy Oska T Monk's Processional (medley) 'Round Midnight Ask Me Now Gallop's Gallop Little Rootie Tootie Coming on the Hudson Born in Louisiana, Beasley started writing arrangements in junior high school, which sparked the attention of Jimmy Lyons—the founder of the Monterey Jazz Festival—who recommended him for a scholarship at the Stan Kenton summer jazz camp. The pianist cut his teeth with Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard in the 1980s and has since performed and recorded with a who's who of artists including, Steely Dan, Dianne Reeves, Chaka Khan, Christian McBride, Sergio Mendes, Herbie Hancock, John Patittucci, Al Jarreau, George Duke, Queen Latifah and AR Rahman, among others. Living in Hollywood, Beasley juggled a touring musician's schedule while working in studios composing for award-winning television sitcoms including Fame, Cheers, Family Ties, Star Trek, to name a few. He has worked with multiple Oscar-nominated film composer Thomas Newman for three decades on credits including James Bond Spectre and Skyfall, Get On Up: James Brown, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel I & II, Finding Nemo & Finding Dory, Wall-E, Shawshank Redemption and more. In the era of reality singing shows, Beasley was Lead Arranger for the juggernaut American Idol and helped usher in Carrie Underwood to victory in 2005 as Associate Musical Producer. He directed several TV shows, including Duets, Sing Your Face Off, and Sports Illustrated, 50th Anniversary. While touring with Miles Davis, Beasley was inspired to make his first of eleven recordings, Cauldron—which was produced by Walter Becker of Steely Dan-and went on to earn a GRAMMY® Award-nomination for his 2011 release Positootly!. He has since served as musical director for the Thelonious Monk Institute's gala concerts since 2011, guiding legends and the next generation of jazz greats through all-star tributes to Quincy Jones, Bill Clinton, George Duke and Aretha Franklin. Also, since UNESCO's inauguration of International Jazz Day in 2012, Beasley has directed each global annual concert from Paris, Istanbul, Osaka, Cuba to the notable concert at the White House in 2016 hosted by President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Beasley seamlessly shaped the televised Jazz at the White House concert featuring Aretha Franklin, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Joey Alexander and Sting through a night of swing and celebration. This earned him an Emmy nomination. Beasley continues to be a chameleon putting on many hats as the calls come in. He co-produced two albums with Weather Report's Peter Erskine, the first, Dr.Um, earned a 2017 GRAMMY® nomination. For two seasons, he directed the Toyota Symphonies for Youth: "Jazz and the Orchestra" for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Soul, blues and gospel singer Ruthie Foster engaged John to arrange songs for her performance with the Latvian Radio Big Band, which he conducted last month. For Thelonious Monk's centennial celebration in Los Angeles, Angel City Jazz has appointed Beasley as Artistic Director. He has programmed an Afro-Cuban band to feature a classic recording Carmen Sings Monk with Dee Dee Bridgewater. The second set will feature DJs reimagining Beasley's MONK'estra Vol. 1 imaginations of Thelonious Monk's genius compositions. John Beasley's MONK'estra World Tour Info: www.JohnBeasleyMusic.com The band is my piano. It gives me the opportunity to change the music on the spot by conducting. 'American Idol' vet John Beasley salutes Thelonoius Monk with MONK'estra 06.09.16 "I like the word 'playfulness,' because I've been saying 'humorous' and playful is more accurate," said Beasley, who was not yet a teenager when he got hooked on Monk. ALBUM REVIEWS: JOHN BEASLEY 'MONK'ESTRA, VOL. 2' CD (MACK AVENUE) 4/5 06.09.16 It is one hundred years this October since Thelonius Monk was born in 1917 and to mark this commemoration of an iconic and highly creative and innovative musician, pianist, arranger and conductor John Beasley has produced the second part of an ongoing homage to the musician. A Conversation with John Beasley 06.09.16 Monk'estra, Volume Two is here, and it was well worth the wait. Digging deeper into the Monk catalogue, and allowing members of the band and select special guests to stretch out a but have made this is a delight. John Beasley's Monk'estra At SFJAZZ 06.09.16 "Monk wrote with such originality and put his witty personality into his writing and playing. He was hip to an 11 year old." — John Beasley, Conductor & Arranger - Monk'estra Notes on Jazz Best of Jazz for 2016 06.09.16 My best of Jazz List for 2016: Another year has passed and many would say 2016 was a very tough year for music, especially with the loss of so many influential musicians this past year. The music has always been remarkably resilient and this year is no exception, with many fine new artists having fabulous debut albums John Beasley's MONK'estra, 'Criss Cross' 06.09.16 Thelonious Monk was born 100 years ago this October. The tributes and revisitations are about to start rolling in. Leading the pack is "John Beasley Presents MONK'estra, Volume 2..." Grammy-nominated John Beasley goes off the hook on Vol. 2 of 'MONK'estra' 06.09.16 "Beasley's tribute extends the Monk legacy of profound originality, deep-seated passion for the turbulence of the times, and an openness to improvisation in whoever takes the band seat."- Festival Peak What Does a Music Director Do? 06.09.16 Most important, he hires the best band possible. "You have to hire people that have experience; you can't hire people that are going to be prima donnas on the road," John Beasley says. "So lesson number one in being an MD: Hire people you know who are totally professional and will have your back." John Beasley Remembers Steely Dan's Walter Becker: 'He Had a Way of Getting Everybody Laughing' 06.09.16 John Beasley considered the late Walter Becker an essential mentor and a key figure in his own career. The Grammy-nominated keyboardist, composer and arranger started working with Becker in 1987. John Beasley salutes as well as recasts the music of Thelonious Monk 06.09.16 John Beasley's MONK'estra project is ambitious. It involves a 16-piece big band, plus numerous special guests: tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington, singer Dianne Reeves, jazz violinist Regina Carter, trumpeter Dontae Winslow, among others. Top Picks: 'MONK'estra, Vol. 1,' WBUR's 'Kind World' podcast, and more [News Hub] 06.09.16 The Kind World podcast from WBUR is sure to make your day a little brighter. The podcast tells stories about people who have been affected in a positive way by others. John Beasley orchestrates a 15-piece big band of Los Angeles's finest jazz musicians. MONK'estra, Vol. 1 is, as the man himself might say, a gas. John Beasley MONK'estra Review [DownBeat Editor's Pick] 06.09.16 There is so much hep stuff happening in these new big band arrangements of tunes by Thelonious Monk that I was transported to another realm, one where the car seems capable of driving itself. Keyboard Magazine's 2016 Top 10 Music Lists 06.09.16 Keyboard Magazine's 2016 Top 10 Music Lists featuring Mack Avenue artists John Beasley and Yellowjackets. Our hope is that the releases below will lead you to artists you haven't heard (or remind you of some you may have missed or forgotten). From Morrison to Monk, a weekend of tantalizing music 06.09.16 John Beasley's MONK'estra refracts Monk's music through an orchestral perspective, though, as Beasley has said, "it's not your grandfather's big band." The arrangements are edgy, rhythmically volatile, and stylistically wide-ranging. "SOUNDS OF SUMMER" WITH JOHN BEASLEY'S MONKESTRA 06.09.16 Host Bonnie Johnson continues her "Sounds of Summer" series with pianist, composer, and arranger John Beasley about his new release MONK'estra, Volume 1 (Mack Avenue Records). The GRAMMY® and Emmy Award-nominated bandleader will take his 15-piece big band out on a European tour in anticipation of Thelonious Monk's imminent centennial in 2017. Winter in America 06.09.16 John Beasley's MONK'estra performed their empathetic, swinging and sometimes hiphop-tinged revisions of Thelonious Monk tunes at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in Lincoln Centre on Thursday night, in front of a window with a view of Trump Tower. And, as Beasley reminded us, Monk himself had grown up literally only a stone's throw away, on West 63rd Street. John Beasley, Bearing New "Evidence," Announces His 'MONK'estra Vol. 2' 06.09.16 MONK'estra, Vol. 1 was released on Mack Avenue last year, garnering two Grammy nominations and critical acclaim. In the wake of that release, Beasley took the band on tour, before returning to the studio to make MONK'estra, Vol. 2. Review: MONK'estra shows why Monk's music thrives 06.09.16 "...Beasley's arrangements in some cases apply funk, electronic and other seemingly anachronistic influences to Monk's music, as if pushing this repertoire to a stylistic breaking point."- Chicago Tribune Jazzing up the winter 06.09.16 Grammy-nominated jazz musician John Beasley, who has collaborated with many famous artists such as Miles Davis, Sergio Mendes, Fourplay, Al Jearreau, Chaka Khan, Barbra Streisand and James Brown, was invited as the main guest of the festival and will lead five jazz sessions during the event. Not Your Father's Big Band 06.09.16 On Monk'estra Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue), L.A. keyboardist-composer-arranger John Beasley brings that same kind of boundless energy and fresh vision to the music of Thelonious Monk. Bay Area celebrates Thelonious Monk at 100: 'We're just catching up now' 06.09.16 Los Angeles pianist John Beasley's 15-piece MONK'estra, focusing on arrangements from two recent eponymous albums. Beasley seeks to infuse Monk's music with contemporary cadences while evoking the challenges faced by the composer as a black man in a rigged environment. John Beasley's MONK'estra Reinvents Thelonious Monk for the 21st Century [LA Weekly] 06.09.16 Jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader John Beasley began his career in the early 1980s, around the time jazz's Young Men in Suits proclaimed that bebop was the one true way of life. They spoke solemnly about "keeping the flame," "honoring the tradition" and other such homilies. Record companies, clubs and festivals got out their checkbooks and rewarded these young firebrands, many of whom would have been rated as just OK in the eras they sought to reconstitute. UCLA music lecturer drums up Grammy-nominated jazz album 06.09.16 "Last year, Justo Almario played saxophone with pianist and composer John Beasley and his big band on the album "MONK'estra, Vol. 1," which is currently nominated for a 2017 Grammy Award in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category." Beasley's MONK'estra Takes Thelonious' Tunes on Wild Ride 06.09.16 From the Afro-Cuban re-imagining of "Epistrophy" to a lively rap version of "Brake's Sake," Thelonious Monk's classic tunes were taken for a wild ride by pianist-bandleader John Beasley's 15-piece MONK'estra big band at the opening night of the North Sea Jazz Festival. Show #234: John Beasley's MONK'estra Reimagines the Music of Thelonious Monk 06.09.16 On this week's Rhythm Planet show, I catch up with the multi-talented pianist/conductor/arranger John Beasley. Beasley and his big band, MONK'estra, have gained widespread renown and two Grammy nominations for their creative re-imagining of the music of Thelonious Sphere Monk in John Beasley Presents MONK'estra Vol. 1.

Archaeologists uncover medieval human remains outside Trinity College, Dublin Colm August 14, 2014 5 Comments Exciting news emerged today about a number of skeletons which were recently discovered outside Trinity College, Dublin, by Rubicon Heritage Services. In total, the partial remains of five individuals were identified at a depth of 1.5m below current street level. According to Rubicon this is 'well below the known level of post-medieval activity, suggesting the remains are most likely medieval or earlier in date'. Somewhat unusually, the skeletons were laid out north-south, rather than east-west, which is the usual orientation for Christian burials. A visual assessment of the remains, carried out by Human Remains Specialist Carmelita Troy, 'confirmed that at least one of the individuals was an adult male, while one of the others was a sub-adult, aged under 18 years at the time of their death'. None of the burials appeared to be accompanied by grave goods. The site director Nikolah Gilligan stated that 'it is too early to confirm the date of the human remains, though the possibility that they are Viking cannot be discounted, given previously recorded Viking activity in the area.' As noted by Gilligan, the location of the burials, in front of Trinity College, may indicate that they are related to an early Viking cemetery. This general area is referred to as Hoggen Green in medieval literature, with the word 'hoggen' being derived from the Norse word 'haugr', meaning burial mound. Indeed, two of these funerary mounds survived into the 17th century, when they were finally demolished, revealing the presence of an elaborate burial chamber inside one of them. Further Viking graves were recorded at this location during the 19th century and a number of grave goods were recovered including two swords, four spearheads and a shield fragment. Viking Age grave goods from Dublin (watercolour by James Plunkett, 1847) Thus the remains found outside Trinity College may represent pagan Viking burials, similar to ones recently excavated in Dublin city at South Great George's Street, Islandbridge and Golden Lane. The absence of grave goods, however, is somewhat unusual for Scandinavian burials of the period, though not unprecedented. Another possibility is that the skeletons are related to the Priory of all Hallows, a medieval abbey, which formerly stood on the site of Trinity College, Dublin. Founded in 1166 AD by Dermot MacMurrough, king of Leinster, All Hallows was one of city's most important religious houses until its dissolution in 1538 (at the behest of Henry VIII). The abbey would certainly have had an attached cemetery and this could explain the newly discovered burials. However, the north-south orientation of the graves makes it unlikely that they represent formal Christian burials, as would be expected in a cemetery associated with a monastery (although it must be noted that in times of duress, such as famine, war or plague, the orientation of burials was often less stringently adhered to, even amongst religious communities). Rubicon Heritage Services are currently undertaking extensive environmental and osteoarchaeological analysis of the newly discovered skeletal remains and this will hopefully shed more light on who these individuals were, when they lived and how the died. I can't wait to find out! Dublin's Viking Warrior Burials ← In photos: The ornate medieval stonework at Boyle Abbey, Roscommon Meet the Archaeologist: Breandán Ó Ríordáin → 5 thoughts on "Archaeologists uncover medieval human remains outside Trinity College, Dublin" Pingback: Ninth Level Ireland » Blog Archive » Archaeologists uncover medieval human remains outside Trinity College, Dublin Mel Healy says: Ask a silly question but… In a situation like this where archaeologists uncover skeletons, is there a protocol for contacting the Gardai? Is there some sort of dividing line of likely age of the skeletons (e.g. 200 years) up to which the dig is considered a police crime scene in terms of forensics, and before which the archaeologists are left to it? Colm says: Hi Mel, officially the gardai have to be notified any time when skeletons are found, just in case. If it's then established that the burials are pretty old, the gardai normally let the archaeologists get on with their work fairly quickly (to be honest I'm not sure exactly when the cut off date legally is for a burial not to be considered a crime scene). All the best, Colm Hi Colm Many thanks for that, and the prompt reply. – Mel Timothy J. Barron says: Could you kindly tell me if there has been any further updates to this story and the remains that were found?

Mark Christopher Randall (born September 30, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player who played in four National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons for the Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Denver Nuggets. Randall was selected by the Bulls in the first round (26th pick overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft and averaged 2.6 points per game for his career. Randall attended Cherry Creek High School in Englewood, Colorado where he led the Bruins to the 1986 state title game. He played collegiately for the University of Kansas. He was a sophomore when the Jayhawks won the 1988 National Championship, but he did not play for the team as a redshirt. He was a senior when the Jayhawks played for the 1991 National Championship where they lost to Duke 72–65. While at Kansas, Randall was an All-American, All-Big Eight pick and a conference All-Academic player. Randall also is the Big Eight all-time leader in field goal percentage, with a .620% career average. He played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal. Retirement Following his NBA career, Randall was a college scout for the Denver Nuggets for 3 seasons and also became an Assistant Coach for 1 season. In 2004 he assumed the role as Community Ambassador for the Denver Nuggets. Currently he is a District Athletic Director for Denver Public Schools. Career statistics NBA Source Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 15 || 0 || 4.5 || .455 || .000 || .750 || .6 || .5 || .0 || .0 || 1.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 39 || 0 || 9.6 || .457 || .214 || .743 || 1.6 || .7 || .3 || .1 || 3.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 2 || 0 || 4.0 || .000 || .000 || – || .0 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Detroit | 35 || 0 || 6.9 || .506 || .143 || .615 || 1.6 || .3 || .1 || .1 || 2.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Denver | 28 || 0 || 5.5 || .340 || .143 || .786 || .8 || .4 || .3 || .1 || 2.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Denver | 8 || 0 || 4.9 || .300 || .000 || – || 1.5 || .1 || .0 || .0 || .8 |- | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 127 || 0 || 7.0 || .443 || .154 || .722 || 1.3 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 2.6 Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1994 | style="text-align:left;"| Denver | 2 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || – || – || 2.5 || .0 || .0 || .5 || .0 References External links 1967 births Living people 1990 FIBA World Championship players All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Minnesota Chicago Bulls draft picks Chicago Bulls players Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Detroit Pistons players Denver Nuggets players Fort Wayne Fury players Goodwill Games medalists in basketball Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players La Crosse Bobcats players McDonald's High School All-Americans Minnesota Timberwolves players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) People from Edina, Minnesota Power forwards (basketball) Rapid City Thrillers players United States men's national basketball team players Universiade gold medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in basketball

Have you ever had a restless night's sleep? That day did it impact your memory, your ability to think? Did you feel irritable, teary, or numb? Were you overwhelmed by fatigue, at your wit's end, and easily angered? If you have ever had a poor night's sleep, you know the damage it can wreak on your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Just one night without sleep can make you feel overcome with exhaustion and easily annoyed. Multiple nights without sleep can lead to chronic pain, profound cognitive deficits, and slowed impaired coordination. Insomnia affects approximately 1 in 4 Americans each year. In a world where professional and personal pressures make peak performance an important ingredient of success, lack of sleep has become, in the words of Arianna Huffington, "the existential cry of the modern age". Neurofeedback offers a way to help with sleep problems. Specifically, Infraslow or ISF Neurofeedback has been shown to help our clients improve sleep onset, quality and consistency, helping them feel and perform better. Research suggests that neurofeedback works by increasing sleep spindle density and stabilizing the part of the nervous system that regulates wakefulness, sleep and arousal. One study that compared neurofeedback to biofeedback interventions for a population with insomnia found that neurofeedback treatment resulted in increased total sleep time, increased REM sleep, and decreased periods of waking after sleep onset. Recent research confirms the Infraslow frequencies direct participation in the maintenance of sleep stages. Not only have Infraslow frequencies been correlated with sleep stages they have also been linked in human and animal studies with the fragility of sleep maintenance. Our clients regularly report that after a few sessions of Infraslow neurofeedback training, they are better able to fall asleep, stay asleep, and get the 7-8 hours necessary for optimal health. Infraslow or ISF neurofeedback is especially helpful in regulating sleep disorders. ISF improves sleep by teaching the body to relax. It reduces anxiety and moves the central nervous system into balance. The infraslow frequencies have a direct impact on neurons in the brain that influence our Circadian Rhythms, our 24 hour biological clock. Sleep is considered the ultimate key to good health. Regular, deep sleep is not only restorative and reparative for our bodies and brains, it also helps prevent sickness, helps maintain a healthy body weight, reduces your risk of heart disease, prevents diabetes, reduces your risk of dementia, lowers stress levels, supports a positive social life and helps you make good decisions. Many people who suffer from a serious sleep disturbance, including insomnia, restless leg syndrome, or sleep apnea turn to psychotropic medication as a way to help them sleep better. These drugs include sedatives, hypnotics, anticonvulsants, and some antidepressants. Sleeping medications are said to be most effective when used sparingly for short-term situations such as traveling to places with different time zones or recovering from medical procedures such as surgery. In some cases where medication is required by professionals, it is best recommended to combine medication with therapy and healthy lifestyle changes. Neurofeedback offers an alternative to the prescription medicine paradigm. Specifically, Infraslow or ISF Neurofeedback regulates sleep architecture such that our clients are better able to get regular, restorative sleep. The improvements in sleep have profound effects on our client's quality of life. 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Eight-year-old Akshat Sharma, who appeared on on talk-show queen Ellen DeGeneres' show in the US, says the the host was keen to know about Bollywood superstar Salman Khan. Kolkata-based Akshat, who impressed "India's Got Talent 5" judges when he shook a leg to Salman's popular song "Mera hi jalwa", left for Los Angeles Feb 13. He recorded his dance item in front of the highly appreciative American hostess on Valentine's Day. "She loved my dancing. She wanted to know all about Salman Khan and I was happy to tell her. There were lots of Indians in the studio and they were all Salman fans. So I had fun. I ate Mexican food and got to meet nice people," said Akshat. A Class 3 student, he confesses he had "never heard of Ellen DeGeneres". "But I got to know she's very big. I was thrilled to be invited on her show. I don't think anybody from India has ever danced for her," said Akshat who began dancing four years ago. He has come back from Los Angles all praise for the no-nonsense DeGeneres. "She was very nice to me. I was a bit shy to begin with. She told me to call her 'Ellen'. I was comfortable with her in no time at all. I loved dancing on her show. There were other overweight kids on the show. So I felt at home," he said. It was his first visit abroad, but Akshat couldn't get to see anything of the US. "I flew in with my parents. We just shot my dance and came back. But I travelled all over America in my dreams," said the boy with big dreams. "What do I want to do when I grow up? I want to study hard. I want to dance all my life. I want to be many things. But most of all I want to be intelligent," he said.

Across country, black pastors weigh in on Obama's same-sex marriage support Washington (CNN) - Addressing his large, mostly black congregation on Sunday morning, the Rev. Wallace Charles Smith did not mince words about where he stood on President Barack Obama's newly announced support for same-sex marriage: The church is against it, he said, prompting shouts of "Amen!" from the pews. And yet Smith hardly issued a full condemnation of the president. "We may disagree with our president on this one issue," Smith said from the pulpit of the Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington. "But we will keep him lifted up in prayer. ... Pray for President Barack Obama." And Smith said there were much bigger challenges facing the black community - "larger challenges that we have to struggle with" - bringing his full congregation to its feet, with many more amens. Days after Obama announced his personal support for same-sex marriage, pastors across the country offered their Sunday-morning opinions on the development, with the words of black pastors - a key base of support for Obama in 2008, that is also largely opposed to gay marriage - carrying special weight in a presidential election year.But black pastors were hardly monolithic in addressing Obama's remarks. In Baltimore, Emmett Burns, a politically well-connected black minister who said he supported Obama in 2008, held an event at Rising Sun Baptist Church to publicly withdraw support from the president over Obama's same-sex marriage support. "I love the president, but I cannot support what he has done," Burns said at the church. In an interview with CNN, Burns predicted that Obama's support for legalized same-sex marriage would lead to his defeat in November. The Rev. Calvin Butts, an influential black pastor in New York City, did not endorse Obama's views but denounced those who are ready to "watch others be discriminated against, marginalized, and literally hated in the name of God." "Our God is love," he said. And like Smith in Washington, plenty of black ministers talked about distinguishing between opposition to same-sex marriage and views about Obama. "I don't see how you cannot talk about it," the Rev. Tim McDonald, based in Atlanta, said earlier this week. "I have to. You can say I'm opposed to it (same-sex marriage), but that doesn't mean I'm against the president." Though African-Americans provided Obama with record support in 2008, they are also significantly more likely to oppose same-sex marriage than are whites. That may be because black Americans are more likely to frequently attend church than white Americans. A Pew Research Center poll conducted in April found that 49% of African-Americans oppose legalized same-sex marriage, compared with 39% who support it. Among whites, by contrast, Pew found that 47% supported gay marriage, while 43% opposed it. African-American pastors have been prominent in the movement to ban same-sex marriage. In North Carolina, black leaders helped lead the successful campaign for a constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage and domestic partnerships. In California, 70% of African-Americans supported Prop 8, the 2008 state gay marriage ban, even though 94% of black voters in California backed Obama. McDonald, who founded a group called the African-American Ministers Leadership Council, says he opposes same-sex marriage, but that he is more concerned about issues such as health care, education and jobs. But he says more black pastors are talking about same-sex marriage than ever before. "Three years ago, there was not even a conversation about this issue," McDoland says. "There wasn't even an entertainment of a conversation about this." In Atlanta, at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church - where Martin Luther King Jr. got his start - the Rev. Ralph Warnock addressed the president's remarks near the end of his sermon. "The president is entitled to his opinion," Warnock said. "He is the president of the United States, not the pastor of the United States." Warnock said that there is a place for gays in the church, and that "we don't have to solve this today." Black churchgoers on Sunday appeared split on same-sex marriage, though many of those opposed to it said they still supported Obama. "It's a human rights issue, not a gay issue. All people that pay taxes should get ... the same privileges and rights," said Terence Johnson, a congregant at Salem Bible Church in Atlanta. At Shiloh Baptist in Washington, Shauna King said she does not support same-sex marriage, but that she respects the president's decision on it. "I think he was very honest in what he was saying and personally he decided to do that," said the 38-year-old mother of two. "As individuals, we all have to make that decision for ourselves." "I believe it speaks to what America is," she said. "That we all have different views and are respected for our views individually." Black opposition to same-sex marriage has dropped dramatically in recent years. In 2008, Pew found that 63% of African-Americans opposed gay marriage, 14 percentage points higher than the proportion who expressed opposition this year. On Friday, a handful of black leaders, including the Rev. Al Sharpton and former NAACP leader Julian Bond, released a letter supporting Obama's position on same-sex marriage but expressing respect for those who disagree. "The president made clear that his support is for civil marriage for same-sex couples, and he is fully committed to protecting the ability of religious institutions to make their own decisions about their own sacraments," the letter said. "There will be those who seek to use this issue to divide our community," it continued. "As a people, we cannot afford such division." But the letter itself was an implicit acknowledgement of discord within the African-American church community on gay marriage. Black pastors who preach in favor of same-sex marriage know they may pay a price if they take Obama's position, says Bishop Carlton Pearson. The Chicago-based black minister says he lost his church building and about 6,000 members when he began preaching that gays and lesbians were accepted by God. "That's the risk that people take," he told CNN. "A lot of preachers actually don't have a theological issue. It's a business decision. They can't afford to lose their parishioners and their parsonages and salaries." Pearson navigates the tension between the Bible's calls for holiness and justice this way: "I take the Bible seriously, just not literally," he says. "It's more important what Jesus said about God than what the church says about Jesus." In Obama's interview with ABC this week, in which he announced his personal support for same-sex marriage, the president talked about squaring his decision with his personal religious faith. "We are both practicing Christians, and obviously this position may be considered to put us at odds with the views of others," Obama said, referring to his wife, Michelle. "But, you know, when we think about our faith, the thing at root that we think about is, not only Christ sacrificing himself on our behalf, but it's also the Golden Rule," he said. "Treat others the way you would want to be treated." - CNN's John Blake, Chris Boyette, Meridith Edwards, Dan Merica and Stephanie Siek contributed to this report. Filed under: 2012 Election • Barack Obama • Gay marriage • Politics Next entry »Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Monday, May 14 « Previous entryWith or without Romney, D.C. a surprising Mormon stronghold I don't care what white clergy thinks about gay marriage, so why would I care what black clergy think about it? When they can explain why it is any of their business, I will listen to their clucking about it. fred ca After 2,618 posts some sense. Chris MI You can all tell eachother that this decision / flop the president has made is going to be a net wash in the end, all you want. I think the people on the east and west coast are just too far out of touch with reality in the fly over states. Point 1: of the 30 some states that have had a vote on this issue, not a single one has lost. Point 2, the desire of most americans to want the term marriage to only refer to the union between a man and a woman is NOT an attack on anyone, let alone the LGBT community. Why is it always descrimination when the libs do not get their way? As for me I think everyone should have all the benifits and ALL the disadvantages of being married, just call it something else, you pick the term and go for it. But I can tell you this, I know many people that are not real political and would have most likely voted for Obama in the fall for no other reason than they simply felt that Romney is a cold fish, but now they will not only not vote for Obama, they are very supportive of Romney. Call them what you want, this will cost him the hartland. sam stone chris: how about this solution? government grants civil unions to both the straight and gay couples. churches can discriminate in any manner they feel is pleasing to their god. the church thing will be entirely ceremonial, holding NO legal status. that way, the government provides equal protection under the law and the churches can proceed according to their view of god Al Sharpton is known to many to be RACIST and 110% politically motivated in all actions he takes in Church or out - Anti White - and sticks his nose in things for attention - For him to take to the pulpit is laughable - Nobody in their right mind takes him serioulsy - Does anyone hear the screams of the child with cancer ? Apparently, God doesn't. Or, at least, it doesn't seem to bother him. mendacitysux Yet "He" claims to be a loving god. DragonSlayer Lights Your Fire His follower will only justify this sad reality of the death of that child to be just something that was better that it happened. It was Gods will. Ya they nuts HotAirAce "He" makes no such claim. The silly superst!tious humans who invented and continue to be believe in their nonsense make the claim. Marriage is about legal rights of inheritance and decision making in legal and financial matters. How about we all mind our own business and let others exercise their rights to this Legal protection and form of personal responsibility. No back of the bus for anyone, anymore. The black ministers need to stop discriminating as they would like to not be discriminated against. Does anyone here the screams of the baby that is being aborted at this very moment ? Doc Vestibule Blastocysts don't scream. Truthprevails...so you do not really support truth. Hiding behind an alias is both convenient and 'safe'. No opinions count, you can say what you want. I am happy you do have a partner. That is a key support in today's world. TruthPrevails :-) Fred: Using your real name means nothing. It does not mean you support the truth or facts. You could use any name on here and it proves nothing more than it being a name/alias. Using your name shows you support what you say. True, it is nothing more than that. But it is the truth. Nothing more and, certainly, nothing less. A non-de-plum is great to hide behind. The key word there is hide. @fred: No-one can tell you are using your real name. I know of one person on here who does and only because his alias when clicked on leads to his facebook page or at least did at one point. I can not control cnn (nor do I want to). All I can say is my name is my name (actually, if my folks were pretentious, it would be followed by a V). I do limit access because I have the ability to do so and because I can afford it. And no, the affording part is not inherited. It is due to hard, and honest, work. Not possible for gays to have the same rights as I do because children are not created by placing sp3rm in the male c0lon. Evolution is removing these people from the gene pool and I for one think this is a problem to be solved, not a political agenda we should dress up in a weding gown and tuxedo and give it unwanted children so it can pretend not to be different while it slides into evolutionary oblivion. Wake up people! You are a bigot!! Not all hetero-couples can have children either...does that mean they do not get equal rights? Our planet is already over-populated and it will not get better. Primewonk "Evolution is removing these people from the gene pool" Why do people who purposefully choose to be ignorant come onto these threads and demonstrate that ignorance? You obviously don't have a clue about anything to do with evolution in particular, or science in general. Unless, of course, you can come up with valid science that supports your contention. who here thinks Allen has a superiority complex problem *raises hand* allen: evolution is not removing anyone from the gene pool, allen. so, shove your bigotry up your c0l0n Their father the Devil is well pleased. Though a soul is more than the value of the world and cost the life of God's own Son, we sell it pretty cheap don't we? csx.....sure, and the preachers are all willing to take checks, cash or plastic Jim McDonald obama knows he is a one term President. He want's to be remembered for 'ciivil rights' and not the guy that doubled the National debt with nothing to show for it. .....and I guess you are voting for Mitt? Question, what if you lose your job during a Romney term? Blame him? Where did he (or she) say they lost their job? Aashen Just like I'm sure George Dubya wants to be remembered for something other than his codpiece flight suit. Unfortunately, he won't be. Luckily for Obama, that doofus set the bar so darn low that even Obama's first term was a relative success when compared to that mouth breathing twit we had for 8 years. Yes T, we will blame Obama...You Dems seem so dead set on blaming everything on Bush..... The true message of at least some of these pastors is "Yes, he is encouraging what we believe to be sin, but he is black so we will continue to support him. Race before religion or nation. Race above all." Natalie Dandekar Please, note that the supporters find other issues far outweigh this one, and continue to support a President who cares about justice, health care and has not sold out to tea party policies. Mark Yelka What about separation of Church and State? So, it is okay to deny a minority group civil rights because of religion in America? Revival2012 Being gay is not a right........its a lifestyle choice!! sorry to burst your bubble...you have exchanged the truth of God for lies. @Revival2012: No being gay is natural, it is not a choice. Science trumps your god delusion any day with facts and evidence. @TruthPrevails :-)And ya know God is so into letting you have free will that you can believe every word you just posted!! Mirosal @ revival ,,, according to your "doctrine", your god is supposedly omniscient. The outcomes have already been decided, therefore free will is a moot point. And if someone's prayer does change this "god's" mind, then it isn't all-knowing, is it? Psst hey Revival2012, Aren't interracial marriages a choice too? Weren't your parents generation screaming bloody murder that marrying someone with different colored skin was going to anger God and bring about the end of days and turn America into a communist cesspool? How'd that work out for the country, hm? Last I checked I don't have any pictures of Lenin and Marx up on the wall, and I'm pretty sure the Rapture hasn't happened, so I'm going to go ahead and say we got through that bit of marriage turmoil just fine. Just like we'll survive this change to marriage. Because, and this is going to take a while for you to process, the universe does not revolve around you. You are not a unique and special flower, the world does not bend to your will, nor will it ever. Gays will eventually get their rights, and there's not a darn thing a small-minded insignificant little bigot such as yourself can do about it. Revial wrote, "Being gay is not a right........its a lifestyle choice!!" Since the early 90's I've seen folks like you post on the internet that gays choose to be gay. Thousands and thousands of times. And, over this same time, I've asked folks like you to post the citations to peer-reviewed scientific research that supports your contention that gays choose to be gay. Sadly, after thousands and thousands of requests, not a single solitary one of you has ever posted a single solitary citation. Ever. So, Revival, are you the one? Will you be the one who finally posts the research showing gays choose to be gay, like you all claim? Or will you be just another run-od-the-mill fundy who refuses to do this? @Mirosal&@Aashen///You too have that free will to post what you just did////Jesus died and rose again just for you!! Of course I have free will in MY life, because I am not bound by your archaic laws, written for a society that no longer exists. Check your calendar, it was 2000 years ago. Times can and do change. Think for yourself, instead of what some long-dead sheep herder wants you to think. .....As I always say, to Hell with Religion!!! If you are going to focus on Christ, then focus on Christ!! @Mirosal//Romans 1:25-For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal//when in fact you or we as a human race,barter or compromise what God has said in His word we begin a hardening of ones heart..there is 1 truth, 1 way ,sin has led human beings away from God..thats where free will comes in..reject what His word says or accept it..I have chosen to accept it..you have not..you will press on and want to further your beliefs just as I do mine.. revival: orientation is not a choice. following jeebus is a choice, and a lifestyle. perhaps we should deny you civil rights. adultery is a choice, gluttony is a choice, lying is choice....when are you going to support denying adulterers or fat pigs, or liars their civil rights. Name*Chedar GOD us "bull*$hi ". perhaps the black pastor is blind for not notice that God condone slavery or they try to ignore and pick and choose what they read. Afraid that they don't get support from their congregation eh? Is English your second language? Or third Learn the language before you go off on an illiterate tirade, thanks! Please stop referring to Al Sharpton as reverend!!!He is the even farther away from that motiker as saying Obama is a christian!! @Fred CA: http://www.website.com/...this is gutless and so is linking your alias to CNN...you are a hypocrite. I do not use my name b/c I'm not an idiot...my privacy in the real world matters greatly to me. You do not use your real name because you do not want people to know you live in your (single) parent's basement typing with one hand. I use my real name. No, sorry own my house and live with the most wonderful man going (AtheistSteve). Many people on here do not use the real names...or are you too blind to realize this?? I have no time for your childish games...some of us have lives to live idiot. You're still wrong as long as you support hat book! What is wrong with hat books? I am quite fond of hats, and if Fred likes them too, let him read as many hat books as he wishes. @really: Thank you...should have read 'that book' M. Raymond Sheppard Throughout the course of history, Religion has been Division. I do not believe African Americans can afford the luxury of dismissing another African American for his/her opinion. Caucasians are setting back and once again hoping that the President's opinion divides, so they can come in and conquer. Equal Rights are Equal Rights, and equals rights should be afforded to all. The Bible is just a book of good stories, but for some it is to live by so be it. Yes equal rights are equal rights. And the Government recognizing marriage discriminates against single people. Rockyone40 I am totally amazed because President Obama states he supports gay marriage how pastors are reacted!! These same men who drive big cars and live in big houses condemn what the President says, yet I can't remember anywhere in the Bible it mentions live as a King as a Pastor. The pastors I know drive cars that are old and handed down from members of their church. For every rich pastor there are hundreds who are nowhere near rich. Well if ya know the bible doesnt say anything bout cars you should know it also says marriage is between a man and woman now shouldnt ya!!! revival: good, and your church can keep it that way. but, government is supposed to provide equal protection. so they cannot discriminate. ' "It's a human rights issue, not a gay issue. All people that pay taxes should get ... the same privileges and rights," said Terence Johnson, a congregant at Salem Bible Church in Atlanta." Wait, wait wait...What are you saying? That if you're unemployed (hence, do not pay taxes) that you do not deserve an equal treatment of legal rights and privileges? Tell me it isn't so! Don't be foolish. neil wolfe When sin is not preached from the pulpit it will multiply in the pew! What crap. Preacher can preach all he wants and that's not going to change one thing about the congregation. They're still going to "sin" (what an absurd word). JesusisGod AMEN Neil! Being born gay is no more a sin than being born left-handed, or black. Oh... Wait... It wasn't that long ago that religious folks claimed using your left hand was a sign of the devil, and being black was the mark of Cain. ReclaimMarriage I have an idea: the state gets out of all marriage stuff. They offer a "domestic partnership" kit that offers all the benefits (e.g. survivorship, hospital vistorship, whatever...) to a two people. Maybe more than 2 to accomodate polygamist but dont know how that will work. Marriage is only for churches etc., and is a purely religious term. We can have our marriage and g a y s can have their civil rights. Both groups not offended. My thoughts exactly And just what makes you think that my marriage should depend on whether my wife and I believe in some mythical beast. Had this argument been made years before when the state first started issuing licences to marry and had you fought for years to make marriage a religious thing only, then you'd might have an argument. Otherwise it is nothing more than bigotry which so many of you fail ro admit. Sorry to burst your bubble (ok I'm really not), but marriage has been around for thousands upon thousands of years, long before ANY religion reared its head. Even today, you do NOT need a church of ANY kind to get married. Churches will not marrry you until you have the CIVIL license. Civil law trumps religious "law" here, as it should be. nolongerarepublican I hardly ever agree with my right wing "friends" on CNN boards but there is one thing we do agree on. CNN loves to race bait everything, and never missies a chance to get people fighting over "black and white". 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Thorikos war ein griechischer Ort an der Ostküste Attikas, er wird seit den 1970er Jahren von belgischen Archäologen ausgegraben und wurde teilweise restauriert. Thorikos gehörte zu dem antiken Bergbaugebiet Laurion. Die Ausgrabungen liegen zwei Kilometer nördlich von Lavrio, in der Nähe eines großen Elektrizitätswerkes. Die eigenartigerweise nicht von einer Umfassungsmauer, sondern nur durch ein Fort geschützte antike Siedlung zog sich an den Hängen des Berges Velatouri empor. Archäologie Der Hafen von Thorikos diente der Anlieferung der enormen Holzmassen, die man für die Verhüttung des Rohmaterials benötigte, und der Verschiffung der geläuterten Erze. Am Hafen liegt auch das Fort, auf der Landzunge, östlich des Berges. Auf dem Gipfel des Velatouri, über der Stadt, fanden sich große und gut erhaltene mykenische Kuppelgräber, die darauf schließen lassen, dass hier bereits im 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr. ein mykenischer Fürstensitz lag; schon damals wurde in dieser Region Blei und Silber abgebaut. Zwei Quartiere der archaischen und klassischen Siedlung am Fuß des Berges wurden inzwischen freigelegt. Wohnen und industrielles Arbeiten waren hier auf engstem Raum vereint. Unmittelbar neben den Häusern und Werkstätten, in der Siedlung, fanden sich Gräber aus dem 6.–4. Jahrhundert. Hier wurde der hektische Betrieb der Zechen mit den geheiligten Plätzen ohne Scheu zusammengebracht, für die Antike ein unerhörter Vorgang. Die Grundform des Theaters, das ebenfalls direkt neben einem Stollen errichtet wurde, ist teils aus dem Felsen gehauen, teils aus Blöcken erbaut. Die Grundform ist nicht – wie bei den meisten späteren antiken Theatern – halbrund, sondern langgestreckt. Die ältesten Strukturen gehen auf das 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. zurück. Das heute noch sichtbare Gebäude stammt aus dem 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Ein Stollen, dessen ausgegrabener und restaurierter Eingang durch ein Gitter zu besichtigen ist, führt gleich links vom Theater in den Berg. Hier gaben sich jedoch nicht Kumpel, sondern Pächter und Eigentümer der Muse hin. An kaum einem anderen Ort lagen Reichtum, Kunst und menschenverachtende Ausbeutung sowie bitterste Not auf so engem Raum zusammen. Literatur H. F. Mussche: Thorikos: la vie dans une ville minière de la Grèce antique. Brüssel 1986. Weblinks Homepage der belgischen Ausgrabung in Thorikos Informationen des griechischen Kulturministeriums (englisch) Bilder von Thorikos Bilder von Thorikos Bilder von Thorikos Archäologischer Fundplatz in Attika Antike griechische Stadt Lavrio Archäologischer Fundplatz in Europa

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(Smr) Prospect League (Smr) Valley Baseball League (Smr) Appalachian League (Smr) Cape Cod League (Smr) Northwoods League (Smr) MLB Draft League (Smr) Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (Smr) Texas Collegiate League (Smr) Sunflower Collegiate League (Smr) Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (Smr) Futures Collegiate Baseball League (Smr) Hamptons Collegiate League (Smr) Alaska Baseball League (Smr) Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League (Smr) New York Collegiate League (Smr) Western Canadian League (Smr) Southern Collegiate Baseball League (Smr) Independence League (Smr) Leagues by Year 2022 Leaders 2022 Batting Leaders (All Leagues) 2022 Pitching Leaders (All Leagues) 1992 Orix Blue Wave Statistics Team Batting Team Pitching Team Fielding - 1B Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer Yasuo Fujii* 29 20 73 67 3 18 5 0 0 8 0 0 5 9 .269 .315 .343 .658 23 2 0 0 1 0 Mineo Fukuhara 34 26 17 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .059 .059 .059 .118 1 0 0 0 0 0 Junichi Fukura 32 114 492 409 57 116 16 4 3 37 13 5 50 52 .284 .368 .364 .732 149 5 6 24 3 1 Taro Hamuro 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0 Tomiji Iizuka 29 23 32 30 5 7 1 2 1 6 0 0 2 12 .233 .281 .500 .781 15 1 0 0 0 0 Kazuhiko Ishimine 31 130 549 506 56 135 17 0 18 68 2 2 37 66 .267 .321 .407 .728 206 17 4 0 2 2 Naoyuki Kazaoka 24 15 25 19 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 .053 .100 .105 .205 2 0 0 5 0 0 Carmelo Martinez 31 42 181 150 21 34 5 1 6 23 0 1 30 33 .227 .359 .393 .752 59 6 1 0 0 0 Hiromi Matsunaga# 31 118 540 473 72 141 34 4 3 39 15 6 62 70 .298 .379 .406 .785 192 3 1 2 2 7 Hideaki Matsuyama 25 9 24 20 5 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 .300 .391 .650 1.041 13 1 0 1 0 0 Atsuhiro Motonishi 30 95 232 203 22 48 3 6 0 19 5 2 14 34 .237 .284 .310 .594 63 6 1 10 4 0 Shinichi Murakami* 28 55 119 109 12 30 6 1 2 17 1 1 7 25 .275 .328 .404 .731 44 1 2 0 1 0 Satoshi Nakajima 23 115 408 342 44 85 13 0 6 33 5 4 37 68 .249 .332 .339 .671 116 15 8 16 5 2 Hirofumi Ogawa 25 103 396 344 39 100 23 1 3 38 3 1 20 54 .291 .331 .390 .720 134 8 3 24 5 1 Kazuhiro Sato* 27 35 43 37 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 .162 .233 .162 .395 6 1 1 0 2 0 Minoru Shibahara* 31 104 275 244 24 62 14 3 4 26 6 4 20 39 .254 .315 .385 .700 94 2 3 5 3 2 Hironori Suguro 28 22 43 40 3 11 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 3 .275 .326 .300 .626 12 0 0 0 0 0 Ichiro Suzuki* 18 40 99 95 9 24 5 0 0 5 3 2 3 11 .253 .276 .305 .581 29 0 0 1 0 0 So Taguchi 22 47 141 123 12 33 10 0 1 7 5 0 8 26 .268 .318 .374 .692 46 1 1 9 0 0 Makoto Takada* 28 56 155 132 8 36 8 1 0 18 0 0 12 14 .273 .331 .349 .680 46 3 1 7 3 0 Satoshi Takahashi 25 127 520 465 84 138 30 7 29 78 3 0 45 118 .297 .360 .579 .938 269 11 3 3 4 3 Toru Takashima 22 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelvin Torve* 32 96 403 367 42 112 19 1 11 58 3 1 29 70 .305 .353 .452 .806 166 9 1 1 5 0 Shinji Watanabe 28 33 44 41 1 15 3 0 0 7 0 1 2 9 .366 .386 .439 .825 18 0 0 0 1 0 Yoshihiro Yamakoshi 29 47 48 40 12 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 11 .250 .318 .275 .593 11 1 3 4 0 0 Masafumi Yamamori 31 89 119 107 7 22 3 1 0 8 3 0 4 17 .206 .239 .252 .491 27 2 1 6 1 0 26 Players 28.5 130 4982 4384 540 1191 220 33 88 507 72 32 398 758 .272 .335 .397 .732 1741 96 40 118 42 18 * - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list. Team Fielding - SS Team Fielding - OF Team Fielding - P Team Fielding - C Bold indicates they played in the majors About the Register Data Historical performance data for professional leagues (affiliated minor leagues, independent minor leagues, fall/winter leagues, and other international leagues) is provided by and licensed from 24-7 Baseball and Chadwick Baseball Bureau. It incorporates the work of many stalwart baseball researchers, including Cliff Blau, Art Cantu, Frank Hamilton, Reed Howard, Kevin Johnson, Bob McConnell, Jack Morris, and Ray Nemec, as well as members of the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research. Perhaps most importantly, it builds upon the seminal work of Ed Washuta, who magnanimously provided the framework to make the whole thing possible. Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com. About the Negro League Data This data comes from two sources. 1) The Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group put together by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum thanks to a grant provided by Major League Baseball. 2) Gary Ashwill and his collaborators. The Hall of Fame data is found for the years 1920-1948 and the Ashwill data is found from 1904-1919. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources, so please be assured that we are aware there are issues with the data and will continue to work with our data providers to improve the data that appears here. The Hall of Fame dataset This data is constructed from the best available information as provided by Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark of the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group. It contains data culled from newspaper boxscores, covering league sanctioned games from 1920 to 1948, which was produced for a study sponsored by Major League Baseball and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It reflects totals as compiled by the NLRAG up to 2006. As new credible information is continually unearthed, these numbers will continue to change. Baseball-Reference and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum would like to acknowledge Major League Baseball for funding this study, along with the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group for their extensive efforts to collect the raw data and construct the most comprehensive database of Negro Leagues Baseball statistics. Under the direction of Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark, this database is the largest dataset ever made publically available and we wish to express our gratitude for all their efforts to help rebuild this lost statistical history. The Ashwill Negro Leagues Database Playing statistics and biographical data on the Negro leagues (all pre-1920) and early Latin American professional baseball is licensed from and provided by the Negro Leagues Database, a project organized by Gary Ashwill with the participation of many historians of Negro league and Latin American baseball. The database is a work in progress, and will include more seasons as development continues. It appears in its original form at Seamheads.com. Playing statistics and biographical data for this portion of our dataset (The Negro Leagues Database) are all copyright 2013 by Gary Ashwill. All rights reserved. Note that our records are missing thousands of players who played in the Negro Leagues for minor league teams, independent teams, barnstorming teams or even Negro major league teams. We will bring their records to light as soon as suitable records are available for those players. 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Choosing a material that is not of good quality can sacrifice the success and/or function of the project. Subbase is available through BoDean Company in 3/8″ minus, 3/4″ minus, 1-1/2″ minus, and 6″minus ASB types and sizes. BoDean Company is proud to supply its customers with top quality ASB through the mining of its two quarries: BoDean Forestville Quarry and the Mark West Quarry. All aggregate material processed begins with the drilling and blasting of a mountainside. From there, the rock is then crushed, screened and sorted into various products. In the screening process, subbase is sorted out into its own category. ASB can often be found in highway engineering as it is the layer of aggregate material laid on the subgrade, which is typically native soil and the first layer in roadway construction. The subbase sits below the base course layer before pavement is poured in place. This product is usually used in conjunction with concrete or asphalt pavements. Subbase materials serve well for walking paths as well as both structural and trench backfill. Subbase is also very commonly used to create ranch and vineyard roads. Subbase can be used in a variety of projects for both contractors and homeowners alike. Trench Backfill – Backfilling is simply putting soil back inside a trench or in a foundation when the excavation has been completed. For example, subbase can be used in pipe bedding over drain rock and before grade, or lawn, is placed. This is a useful way to help compact the ground and provide additional support for any weight that will be placed above. Vineyard Road – Thanks to its compatibility and load bearing capabilities, subbase makes for an ideal choice for vineyard road. The product will typically be spread in thin layers before it is compacted down one layer at a time enabling the land to support the heavy weight of vehicles and equipment. Ranch Road – Just like for a vineyard road, subbase is widely chosen as a way to build drivable surfaces through ranch land. Structural Backfill – Structural backfill is used to create height or additional stability to other structures. For instance, it can be used for backing behind retaining walls. Shoulder Backing (3/4" CLI ASB) – is a rough rock aggregate that can be used on the outside edge of pavement to provide support and prevent edge cracking. BoDean Company is always working to improve its environmental standards and to ensure that all products meet whatever official standards and specifications are set before it. All aggregate product mined and produced at BoDean meets all local city, state and government specifications. Subbase mined through BoDean can meet specifications for a wide variety of uses for both the contractor and homeowner. From pouring a concrete slab to building a ranch or vineyard road, subbase may sound like the perfect fit. 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In the year that he has been its chief editor, Yashwant Vhatkar has taken the Maharashtra Police magazine, Dakshata, from a publication once ridiculed for being compiled by clerical staff to a professionally edited monthly comprising engrossing stories of crime investigations. Vhatkar, currently an Additional Inspector General of Police posted at the state police headquarters in Colaba, took over as chief editor of Dakshata in August 2016. The 43-year-old magazine underwent a design change earlier this year and its annual Ganesh Chaturthi special edition was launched by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in August. "A lot of changes have been made to the magazine in the past one year. The focus has been on bringing the good work done by the police to light," said Vhatkar. Vhatkar opened up opportunities for experts from outside the police force to contribute to the magazine. "Previously, it was a typical crime magazine. Now, we are getting a lot of journalists and experts from various fields also to write for the magazine," he said. The idea, he said, is to write about work that the police are doing in every part of the state. He referred to a story about the police in Beed district starting a programme to actively help families of serving military personnel with their day-to-day problems. Vhatkar writes the magazine's editorials apart from a monthly feature on spirituality. He has also enlisted elite investigators from across the state to write first-hand accounts of investigating sensitive and sensational crimes. Retired senior police inspector Ramesh Mahale, who probed the 26/11 terror attacks case, is among those who contribute engrossing stories of criminal investigations. Quality of content has been among Vhatkar's chief priorities while selecting articles for the publication. "The magazine has greatly improved since Vhatkar became its editor. He has a literary bent of mind and personally selects, reads and edits articles. Before him, that was done by the clerical staff," said Rohidas Dusar, a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police who writes a popular monthly feature chronicling the history of the city and state police apart from milestones in the history of the police department. Before his term as the editor, Vhatkar headed the crime branch team that investigated the gangrape of a photojournalist in the Shakti Mills compound in Mahalaxmi in 2013. The team was awarded the police's best detection that year and Vhatkar was himself subsequently awarded the President's Police Medal in January this year. "When I took over as editor, the entire point was to show that the magazine is as much for the people as it is for the police. The magazine should help improve relations between the police and public," he says.

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Download Print June 12, 2020 - Barack Ferrazzano Client Alert Client Alert: Summer 2020 Compensation Committee Agendas What About COVID-19? For some companies, it may still be too soon to understand how, or if, the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic will impact their 2020 (and future years) performance. For others, unfortunately, the impact is already all too clear. In either case, as compensation committees set their agendas for their Summer 2020 meetings, COVID-19 and its actual, or potential, impact on business and employees must be considered. While the actual considerations will vary from company to company, here are a few things that should be on the committee's summer agenda in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: State Of The Industry & Economy. One way that a committee can begin to understand potential actions and alternatives is by reviewing publicly available disclosures from other similarly situated companies, as well as companies generally, that have already taken action. While this might not necessarily be a determining factor for the committee, there is value in knowing how others are approaching COVID-19. Incentive Plans. With respect to incentive plans, the most immediate need is likely to be revisiting performance metrics established for 2020 performance. In the normal course, committees will establish performance metrics in the early part of the calendar year (for 2020, it is likely that this happened before the most drastic impact of COVID-19 was seen throughout the United States). Committees should at least consider whether the metrics established in early 2020 are now beyond reach. If so, committees will need to consider how to continue to motivate their executive teams. If it is not yet clear how much of an impact COVID-19 has had, then committees will want to continue to monitor its impacts and be prepared to act quickly should the need arise. With respect to long-term incentives that cover performance over a number of years, although monitoring is essential, there is likely less urgency to revisit the performance metrics because their long-term nature arguably is intended to take into account the "ups and downs" that can occur over several years. But, as the situation continues to unfold later into 2020, committees should also be prepared to consider the impacts of COVID-19 on long-term plans. Establishing parameters now around such a review might help shape the discussions that could occur later in the year. Legal Compliance & Shareholder Engagement. Any changes to incentive plans (or other arrangements) should take into account tax, accounting, securities disclosure and shareholder engagement considerations. From a tax perspective, keep in mind that the deferred compensation rules under Code Section 409A may limit flexibility in restructuring incentives. Securities disclosure rules will likely require public companies to disclose any material changes to incentive plan structures. With respect to shareholders, the committee should consider how a reasonable investor might view the decisions made over the course of the year. Succession Planning. While senior executive succession planning is likely a principal consideration for all committees (and, often times, entire boards), given the human health implications of COVID-19, this is a good time to assess the company's overall succession plan. Committees will want to ensure that they are considering strategies for supporting the health and safety of their employees, executive teams and board members themselves. In particular, given their specific duties relating to senior executives, committees should consider risks associated with each executive's performance of duties. Also, committees will want to understand any plans for "role coverage" in the instance that an executive contracts COVID-19, as well as proposed plans for disclosure of such illness if ever deemed necessary. CARES Act Restrictions. Certain programs described under the CARES Act impose restrictions on executive compensation. The committee should consider whether the company participated in any of those programs and what, if any, executive compensation restrictions apply. We have been on the forefront of dealing with COVID-19 for our clients. Please contact us if you would like to discuss reopening your business, including issues related to workplace transmission of the coronavirus or other employment matters impacted by COVID-19, or if we can otherwise be of assistance in any way. We recommend you evaluate the following pandemic-related business and legal considerations that we have been discussing with our clients: Barack Ferrazzano's COVID-19 Resource Center Matthew A. Bills Michael S. Elvin Andrew J. Gordon K.C. Klagos Edward F. Malone Lynne D. Mapes-Riordan Donald L. Norman, Jr. Andrew K. Strimaitis Compensation & Employment

Regional and municipal elections were held on Sunday, 27 October 2019 in Colombia to elect the governors of the 32 departments, deputies to departmental assemblies, mayors of 1,102 municipalities, municipal councillors and aldermen on local administrative boards (Juntas Administrativas Locales, JAL). Electoral systems The governors of Colombia's 32 departments are elected to a single four-year term by first-past-the-post. The governor is considered the head of the local administration, but also the president's agent in the department to maintain public order and implement national policies. Each department has a departmental assembly (asamblea departamental), with between 11 and 31 members depending on the department's population, whose members are elected using the same electoral system as that used for congressional elections - namely, optional open party-list proportional representation with the threshold being equal to half of the electoral quotient. Political parties choose whether their lists are 'preferential' (open) or 'non-preferential' (closed). Candidates on the party's open list are reordered based on the results, although votes cast only for the party rather than a candidate only count for purposes of seat allocation between parties. The mayors of Colombia's 1,102 municipalities are elected to single four-year term by first-past-the-post. The mayor is the head of the local administrative and the legal representative of the municipality. Each municipality has a municipal council (consejo municipal) made up of 7 to 21 members depending on the municipality's population. Municipal councillors are elected using the same electoral system used for departmental assemblies. Municipalities may be further subdivide themselves into comunas (in urban areas) and corregimientos municipales (in rural areas) which are administered by a local administrative board (Juntas Administrativas Locales, JAL). Bogotá, the capital, has a special constitutional status as Capital District. Despite being the capital of Cundinamarca department, the government of Cundinamarca has no authority over Bogotá's territory and the city's inhabitants do not vote for the governor of Cundinamarca. While Bogotá is counted as a municipality, it has the powers of both departments and municipalities. The capital is administered by a directly-elected Superior Mayor (Alcalde mayor) and has a 45-member council, both serving four-year terms. Bogotá is subdivided into 20 localities (localidades) each with their own JAL of at least 7 members and a local mayor appointed by the superior mayor from a list submitted by the JAL. Mayors and governors may not serve consecutive terms, but may be reelected to non-consecutive terms. Members of assemblies, councils and local administrative boards have no term limits. Elections for governor Atlántico Population: 1,934,188 (2019 est.) Incumbet Governor: Elsa Noguera Candidates Carlos Julio Dennis Diana Macias Elsa Noguera Rodney Castro Nicolas Petro Results Results Bolívar Population: 1,015,551 Incumbet Governor: Vicente Blel Scaff Candidates Hernando Padui Horacio Correa Luis Daniel Vargas Vicente Blel Scaff Results Results Cesar Population: Incumbet Governor: Candidates Luis Alberto Monsalvo Claudia Zuleta Kaleb Villalobos Brochel Hugo Vásquez Jaime Araújo Results Results References Regional Regional and municipal elections in Colombia

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This massive hulk of metal grinds forward, crushing barriers with its passage as its massive weapons lay waste to fortifications. A siegebreaker contains a small battery of artillery cannons it can use to bombard targets from a distance. As a standard action a siegebreaker targets and fires upon up to three 20 foot radius spheres, each of which must be within ten feet of another and cannot overlap. Everything within these spheres must make a DC 23 Reflex save or take 5d6 damage that is half Slashing and half Fire. These targeted areas may be anywhere at least 100 feet away from the siegebreaker itself up to a maximum range of 1000 feet. A siegebreaker does not need direct line of sight at the targeted areas, but any obstructions above the intended target will cause the artillery shells to detonate prematurely in their arc. Siegebreakers have a series of limited programs in place of a true AI, so they are often micromanaged by a commander. A siegebreaker robot has a cockpit set deep within its body that such a commander can command it from and can receive electronic communication broadcasts to give it new commands. Until commanded otherwise, a siegebreaker will always continue following its last given command until destroyed. A siegebreaker is capable of temporarily drawing power away from the majority of its systems to overclock its kinetic cannon. Once every 1d6 rounds a siegebreaker can take a full round action to attack a 500 foot long, 5-foot-wide line originating from itself. Everything in the area must make a DC 23 Fortitude. On a failure a creature or object takes 10d6 damage that is half force and half bludgeoning, and takes half damage on a successful save. If the beam ever strikes an object that wholly blocks it and is not destroyed by the damage it takes, the line stops at it and goes no further. If the object is destroyed, the line continues until it reaches the end of its range or is stopped by a later object. A siegebreaker is capable of setting itself into the ground and readjusting its armor plates for greater defense, sacrificing mobility and most of its armaments for greater protection. By taking a move action a siegebreaker can change from assault mode to fortification mode. In fortification mode its movement speed becomes zero and it cannot use its thermal drill or kinetic cannon. Instead it gains DR 10/-, its KAC and EAC increase by 2, and it becomes capable of using its Bombardment ability. Changing back to assault mode is a full round action. A siege robot's attacks deal one and a half times as much damage to structures, vehicles, and immobile fixtures, ignoring all hardness for such objects. Structures, vehicles, and other fixtures comprised primarily of adamantine are immune to this ability. Siegebreaker robots are titanic war machines designed to tear down fortifications and barriers, a task they accomplish with frightening ease. A standard siegebreaker is equipped with a potent arsenal of weapons, the most common of which is their kinetic cannon. A weapon capable of battering down defenses through sheer kinetic force, siegebreaker robots can draw power away from their movement systems and other weapons in order to overclock it to frightening proportions. This overclocked beam is capable of punching straight though many defenses, sometimes carving through buildings and out the other side. At close quarters, a siegebreaker carries a thermal drill to cut through obstacles to its passage and widen openings in structures to allow allied troops to pour in. At great distance, siegebreakers carry potent long ranged artillery weapons to barrage enemy targets from a distance. All of this is rounded off by a series of point defense cannons used to pick off nearby infantry and prevent saboteurs from closing the distance. These weapons make a siegebreaker a powerful war machine, but those with experience fighting against or alongside them know they have vulnerabilities that can be exploited. Their greatest weakness is their limited intelligence. While they have numerous interconnected subprograms that allow them to efficiently fulfill their purpose, such as being able to analyze structures to determine how best to bring them down, they lack true initiative and intelligence. They require constant supervision from commanders in order to use them to their full potential, as they will otherwise attempt to follow their most recent command to the best of their ability. This flaw has led to common war stories about siegebreakers continuing to attack an already destroyed structure or wandering aimlessly in search of a battalion it was supposed to link up that had since moved. Another flaw is their dyssynchronous weapon ranges. Their point defense turrets have a shorter range in comparison to their sensors, meaning they are often aware of threats that it cannot effectively combat. This is most obvious when combatting fortified siegebreakers. Without their kinetic cannon, enemies can sit in the sweet spot between the point defense gun's maximum range and the in-built minimum range of the artillery cannons to whittle it down. Hit and run tactics are the best recourse in such situations, getting close enough to damage it, fleeing when it returns to assault mode, then returning to attack again when it settles back down into fortification mode. Commanders of siegebreakers counter this flaw by deploying them alongside other troops to protect them, often in the form of a second siegebreaker. Siegebreakers are as widely varied as the arenas of war in which they are deployed, in both appearance and armament. Most siegebreakers appear as simple hulking machines, barely distinguishable from particularly large and imposing tanks, while others take the form of large spider-like machines or rolling armor-plated orbs. Their equipment is similarly variable, traded out to be more effective in certain situations. Here are a few examples of alternate siegebreakers. Aquatic/Aerial: Siegebreakers can be deployed in gas giants or aquatic locales. The siegebreaker gains either a 40 ft. fly speed or a 40 ft. swim speed, but decreases both its KAC and EAC by 4, as armor plating must be stripped away to make place for the propulsion systems. Such a siegebreaker remains capable of hovering in place when fortified, preventing them from sinking or falling when they attempt to use their artillery cannons. Chemical Warfare: Siegebreakers can trade their normal artillery shells for ones carrying payloads of toxic gas. Such a siegebreaker's artillery cannons instead force creatures to make a DC 23 Fortitude save. On a failure they take 5d6 damage and are blinded for 1d6+1 rounds, on a success they take half damage and are blinded for 1 round. Fortcrusher: Some siegebreakers are used solely as mobile artillery platforms, discarding other weapons. Such a siegebreaker loses its kinetic cannon but can target six spheres with its artillery cannons ability. Gatebreaker: Some siegebreakers rely on supporting troops for protection, replacing its point defense turrets with a second kinetic cannon. Such a siegebreaker loses its multiattack but can make two kinetic cannon attacks with its multi attack at +29 to hit and dealing 8d8+18 damage and can use its Doorbreaker ability once every 1d4 rounds.

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0.903% decline In 2018, Erie County, PA had a population of 272k people with a median age of 40 and a median household income of $48,007. Between 2017 and 2018 the population of Erie County, PA declined from 274,541 to 272,061, a -0.903% decrease and its median household income declined from $50,614 to $48,007, a -5.15% decrease. The population of Erie County, PA is 83.9% White Alone, 7.21% Black or African American Alone, and 4.35% Hispanic or Latino. N/A% of the people in Erie County, PA speak a non-English language, and 97.4% are U.S. citizens. The largest universities in Erie County, PA are Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (1,495 degrees awarded in 2017), Gannon University (1,202 degrees), and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (1,201 degrees). The median property value in Erie County, PA is $143,700, and the homeownership rate is 65.5%. Most people in Erie County, PA commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 19.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Erie County, PA is 2 cars per household. Erie County, PA borders Chautauqua County, NY, Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, PA, and Warren County, PA. About the photo: Erie Harbor Pierhead Lighthouse, Erie, PA Photo by Andrej Baran United StatesPennsylvaniaErie, PA The economy of Erie County, PA employs 129k people. The largest industries in Erie County, PA are Health Care & Social Assistance (24,425 people), Manufacturing (17,407 people), and Retail Trade (15,028 people), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($80,802), Finance & Insurance ($51,513), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($50,678). Median household income in Erie County, PA is $48,007. Males in Erie County, PA have an average income that is 1.34 times higher than the average income of females, which is $52,119. The income inequality in Erie County, PA (measured using the Gini index) is 0.469, which is lower than than the national average. Households in Erie County, PA have a median annual income of $48,007, which is less than the median annual income of $61,937 across the entire United States. This is in comparison to a median income of $50,614 in 2017, which represents a -5.15% annual growth. Look at the chart to see how the median household income in Erie County, PA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies. The PUMS dataset is not available at the County level, so we are showing data for Pennsylvania. ± $786 In 2018, full-time male employees in Pennsylvania made 1.34 times more than female employees. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in Pennsylvania by number of full-time employees. $54,569 ± $688 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander In 2018 the highest paid race/ethnicity of Pennsylvania workers was Asian. These workers were paid 1.23 times more than White workers, who made the second highest salary of any race/ethnicity. This chart shows the race- and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in Pennsylvania by number of full-time employees. The closest comparable wage GINI for Erie County, PA is from Pennsylvania. In 2018, the income inequality in Pennsylvania was 0.469 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.472% decline from 2017 to 2018, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The 2018 the GINI for Pennsylvania was lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Pennsylvania in comparison to the national average. This chart shows the number of workers in Pennsylvania across various wage buckets compared to the national average. TotalWhiteBlackAsianOtherTwo Or MoreWhite Non-HispanicHispanic Census Tract 109.04 In 2017, the tract with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Erie County, PA was Census Tract 109.04 with a value of $113,935, followed by Census Tract 103.04 and Census Tract 115.07, with respective values of $99,904 and $79,490. The following map shows all of the tracts in Erie County, PA colored by their Median Household Income (Total). 16.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Erie County, PA (44.5k out of 265k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 13.1%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Males 18 - 24. 33,118 ± 1,200 The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Erie County, PA is White, followed by Black and Hispanic. From 2017 to 2018, employment in Erie County, PA grew at a rate of 4.88%, from 123k employees to 129k employees. The most common job groups, by number of people living in Erie County, PA, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (15,274 people), Sales & Related Occupations (12,011 people), and Management Occupations (11,625 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Erie County, PA. The most common jobs held by residents of Erie County, PA, by number of employees, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (15,274 people), Sales & Related Occupations (12,011 people), and Management Occupations (11,625 people). Compared to other counties, Erie County, PA has an unusually high number of residents working as Healthcare Support Occupations (1.5 times higher than expected), Health Technologists & Technicians (1.4 times), and Production Occupations (1.32 times). The highest paid jobs held by residents of Erie County, PA, by median earnings, are Architecture & Engineering Occupations ($76,328), Computer, Engineering, & Science Occupations ($61,535), and Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations ($60,304). The most common employment sectors for those who live in Erie County, PA, are Health Care & Social Assistance (24,425 people), Manufacturing (17,407 people), and Retail Trade (15,028 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Erie County, PA, though some of these residents may live in Erie County, PA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address. The most common industries in Erie County, PA, by number of employees, are Health Care & Social Assistance (24,425 people), Manufacturing (17,407 people), and Retail Trade (15,028 people). Compared to other counties, Erie County, PA has an unusually high number of Manufacturing (1.38 times higher than expected), Health Care & Social Assistance (1.36 times), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (1.12 times) industries. The highest paying industries in Erie County, PA, by median earnings, are Utilities ($80,802), Finance & Insurance ($51,513), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($50,678). Domestic production and consumption consists of products and services shipped from Pennsylvania to other states, or from other states to Pennsylvania. In 2015, the top outbound Pennsylvania product (by dollars) was Mixed freight with $88.5B, followed by Coal-n.e.c. ($57.4B) and Pharmaceuticals ($55.2B). The following chart shows the share of these products in relation to all outbound Pennsylvania products. Showing data for Pennsylvania state. In 2020, total outbound Pennsylvania trade was $671B. This is expected to increase 42.2% to $954B by 2045. The following chart shows how the domestic outbound Pennsylvania trade is projected to change in comparison to its neighboring states. Interstate trade consists of products and services shipped from Pennsylvania to other states, or from other states to Pennsylvania. In 2015, the top outbound Pennsylvania domestic partner for goods and services (by dollars) was New York with $65.4B, followed by New Jersey with $62.6B and Ohio and $35.6B. The following map shows the amount of trade that Pennsylvania shares with each state (excluding itself). 95.1% of the population of Erie County, PA has health coverage, with 47.5% on employee plans, 19.4% on Medicaid, 12.4% on Medicare, 14.3% on non-group plans, and 1.51% on military or VA plans. Per capita personal health care spending in the county of Erie County, PA was $9,258 in 2014. This is a 4.29% increase from the previous year ($8,877). Primary care physicians in Erie County, PA see 1258 patients per year on average, which represents a 2.53% increase from the previous year (1227 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1501 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 569 patients per year. Comparing across all counties in the state, Fayette County has the highest prevalence of diabetes (16%). Additionally, Clearfield County has the highest prevalence of adult obesity (39.3%) Primary care physicians in Erie County, PA see an average of 1,258 patients per year. This represents a 2.53% increase from the previous year (1,227 patients). The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Erie County, PA in comparison to neighboring states. Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Pennsylvania. Between 2013 and 2014, all personal health care spending per capita in Pennsylvania (including private, Medicare, and Medicaid) grew 4.29%, from $8,877 to $9,258. Between 2016 and 2017, the percent of uninsured citizens in Erie County, PA grew by 11.1% from 4.44% to 4.94%. The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Erie County, PA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance. 16% prevalence Mifflin County Venango County Fayette County has the highest prevalence of diabetes in Pennsylvania, at 16%. The following map shows the prevalence of diabetes in Pennsylvania by county over multiple years. Erie County, PA is home to a population of 272k people, from which 97.4% are citizens. As of 2017, 4.58% of Erie County, PA residents were born outside of the country (12.6k people). The ethnic composition of the population of Erie County, PA is composed of 228k White Alone residents (83.9%), 19.6k Black or African American Alone residents (7.21%), 11.8k Hispanic or Latino residents (4.35%), 5.72k Two or More Races residents (2.1%), 4.91k Asian Alone residents (1.8%), 791 American Indian & Alaska Native Alone residents (0.291%), 768 Some Other Race Alone residents (0.282%), and 63 Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander Alone residents (0.0232%). In 2018, the median age of all people in Erie County, PA was 40. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 40, were generally older than than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 39. But people in Erie County, PA are getting getting older. In 2017, the average age of all Erie County, PA residents was 39. 12.6k people As of 2017, 4.58% of Erie County, PA residents (12.6k people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.7%. In 2016, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Erie County, PA was 4.57%, meaning that the rate has been increasing. The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Erie County, PA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies. 94,480 ± 7,519 people In 2018, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Pennsylvania was India, the natal country of 94,480 Pennsylvania residents, followed by Dominican Republic with 85,267 and China with 68,580. As of 2018, 97.4% of Erie County, PA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2017, the percentage of US citizens in Erie County, PA was 97.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing. The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Erie County, PA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies. 228k ± 701 In 2018, there were 11.6 times more White Alone residents (228k people) in Erie County, PA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 19.6k Black or African American Alone and 11.8k Hispanic or Latino residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups. The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Erie County, PA as a share of the total population. Erie County, PA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.73 times greater than any other conflict. In 2017, universities in Erie County, PA awarded 6,462 degrees. The student population of Erie County, PA is skewed towards women, with 11,089 male students and 11,994 female students. Most students graduating from Universities in Erie County, PA are White (4,944 and 82.2%), followed by Asian (362 and 6.02%), Black or African American (322 and 5.36%), and Hispanic or Latino (180 and 2.99%). The largest universities in Erie County, PA by number of degrees awarded are Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (1,495 and 23.1%), Gannon University (1,202 and 18.6%), and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (1,201 and 18.6%). The most popular majors in Erie County, PA are Osteopathic Medicine (556 and 8.6%), Pharmacy (277 and 4.29%), and General Business Administration & Management (257 and 3.98%). The median tuition costs in Erie County, PA are $32,570 for private four year colleges, and $10,853 and $16,977 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students. < 1 Year Postsecondary Certificate1 to 2 Year Postsecondary CertificateAssociates Degree2 to 4 Year Postsecondary CertificateBachelors DegreePostbaccalaureate CertificateMasters DegreePost-Masters CertificateResearch DoctorateProfessional Doctorate General Biological Sciences General Fine Studio Arts In 2015, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Erie County, PA was Registered Nursing with 157 degrees awarded. This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Erie County, PA according to their major. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine In 2017, the Erie County, PA institution with the largest number of graduating students was Edinboro University of Pennsylvania with 1,495 degrees awarded. In 2017, 2,991 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Erie County, PA, which is 0.862 times less than the 3,471 female students who received degrees in the same year. This chart displays the gender disparity between the top 5 institutions in Erie County, PA by degrees awarded. In 2017 the majority of degrees awarded at institutions in Erie County, PA were to White students. These 4,944 degrees mean that there were 13.7 times more White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Asian, with 362 degrees awarded. The median property value in Erie County, PA was $143,700 in 2018, which is 0.626 times smaller than the national average of $229,700. Between 2017 and 2018 the median property value increased from $138,700 to $143,700, a 3.6% increase. The homeownership rate in Erie County, PA is 65.5%, which is higher than the national average of 63.9%. People in Erie County, PA have an average commute time of 19.2 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Erie County, PA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household. In 2018, the median property value in Erie County, PA grew to to $143,700 from the previous year's value of $138,700. The following charts display, first, the property values in Erie County, PA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Erie County, PA the largest share of households have a property value in the $150k - $175k range. In 2018, the median household income of the 110k households in Erie County, PA declined from $48,007 from the previous year's value of $50,614. The following chart displays the households in Erie County, PA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range. $3k+ This chart shows the households in Erie County, PA distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Erie County, PA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range. In 2018, 65.5% of the housing units in Erie County, PA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 66.6%. This percentage of owner-occupation is higher than the national average of 63.9%. This chart shows the ownership percentage in Erie County, PA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies. Using averages, employees in Erie County, PA have a shorter commute time (19.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (25.7 minutes). Additionally, 2.11% of the workforce in Erie County, PA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes. The chart below shows how the median household income in Erie County, PA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies. In 2018, the most common method of travel for workers in Erie County, PA was Drove Alone (79.5%), followed by those who Carpooled (10.7%) and those who Worked At Home (3.88%). The following chart displays the households in Erie County, PA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Erie County, PA have 2 cars, followed by 1 car. Chautauqua County, NY Ashtabula County, OH

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Dawn Armstrong was the beautiful and loving wife of NFL player Antonio Armstrong, the linebacker who played for the 49ers, the rams and the Miami Dolphins and the Canadian football league when along his wife Dawn were killed by their 16-year-old son Antonio Armstrong Jr. at their Houston Home on July 29, 2016. Dawn Armstrong's husband was born on October 15, 1973 in Houston, Texas, where he attended Kashmere High school and then went to Texas A&M. He was draft sixth round (201 overall) in the 1995 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. Throughout his NFL career he played for the Miami Dolphins and the St. Louis Rams. He also played with the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League in 1998 and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers until 2001. Antonio Armstrong and his beloved wife Dawn got married on February 14, 1998. Together they had three children, 20-year-old Josh Armstrong, 16-year-old AJ Armstrong, and youngest child, their daughter, Kayra Armstrong. Mrs. Armstrong was born Dawn Renee Whitely on February 17, 1974 in Atchison, Kansas. She attended at J. Frank Dobie high School and the University of Texas at Arlington. Dawn and her hubby Antonio were the founders of First Class Training, a gym in Bellaire which opened its doors in 2004, they were also active church pastors. Both sons are involved in the Young Life religious organization and athletics at the exclusive Kinkaid School, their son AJ is also manager at Valley Drift Store. Nobody can understand what drove Antonio Jr aka "AJ" to the horrific crime he committed on the morning of Friday July 29th when he shot his mother Dawn and dad Antonio at their home in Bellaire. Police were called at Palmetto at Mapleridge, where they found Dawn Armstrong, 42, dead inside the bedroom while Antonio was rushed to Memorial Hermann Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. He succumbed to his injuries a few hours later. Their son AJ was was charged with capital murder as a juvenile. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Antonio and Dawn Armstrong's children, family and friends. Who is NFL Player Josh McNary's Girlfriend?

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Q: display not updating python import random import pygame from pygame.locals import * import sys class Peg: def __init__(self, color): self.color = Row.colors[color] self.num = color def clicked(self): self.num += 1 if(self.num>5): self.num = 0 self.color = Row.colors[self.num] class Row: colors = ['red', 'white', 'blue', 'yellow', 'green', 'orange', 'none'] def __init__(self, solution): if(not solution): self.pegs = [Peg(6) for x in range(4)] else: self.pegs = [Peg(random.randint(0, 5)) for x in range(4)] class Board: def __init__(self): self.rows = [Row(False) for x in range(12)] self.solution = Row(True) pygame.init() b = Board() def draw_board(b): c=0 for x in range(50, 600, 50): screen.blit(row, (50, x)) for y in range(0, 4): screen.blit(pegs[b.rows[(int)(x/50)].pegs[y].num], ((84+(52*y), x+1))) c+=1 screen = pygame.display.set_mode((400, 700)) pygame.display.set_caption('Mastermind') pegs = [pygame.image.load('images/peg_{}.png'.format(Row.colors[x])) for x in range(7)] row = pygame.image.load('images/row.png') draw_board(b) pygame.display.update() while True: for event in pygame.event.get(): if event.type == QUIT: pygame.quit() sys.exit() if event.type == KEYDOWN: if event.key == K_ESCAPE: pygame.quit() sys.exit() if event.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN: if(event.button==1): b.rows[0].pegs[0].clicked() draw_board(b) pygame.display.update() can some one tell me what I'm doing wrong. after everything ids first drawn it wont update when i use the clicked function in the pegs class, i used the console and print statement to see if it was actually changing and it was. the problem is that it wont show the updated color. i know its not pygame its my code. A: The pig 0,0 is never drawn: def draw_board(b): c = 0 for x in range(50, 600, 50): screen.blit(row, (50, x)) for y in range(0, 4): screen.blit(pegs[b.rows[int(x/50)].pegs[y].num], ((84+(52*y), x+1))) c += 1 If you look at this statement : int(x/50) and then look at x, you see that x will always be at least 50, so x/50 will always be bigger than one, so the first row will not be drawn. You can fix this by doing the same as you did for y: def draw_board(b): c = 0 for x in range(12): screen.blit(row, (50, 50 + x * 50)) for y in range(0, 4): screen.blit(pegs[b.rows[x].pegs[y].num], (84 + 52 * y, 51 + x * 50)) c += 1

Q: Can I initialize a member pointer by passing it to a method and allocating it in the method? I have a JFrame and a bunch of JTextFormattedField fields. The initialization for each JTextFormattedField is the same, so I'd like to have a private method that I call for each JTextFormattedField. This is what I tried to do: JFrame Initialization: myJFrame.getContentPane().add(addCharTextField(m_textField1, new textFieldFocusListener()), "cell 3 1 2 1,growx"); myJFrame.getContentPane().add(addCharTextField(m_textField2, new textFieldFocusListener()), "cell 3 2 2 1,growx"); myJFrame.getContentPane().add(addCharTextField(m_textField3, new textFieldFocusListener()), "cell 3 3 2 1,growx"); And the text field initialization method: private JFormattedTextField addCharTextField (JFormattedTextField textField, FocusAdapter focusListener) { textField = new JFormattedTextField(); textField.addFocusListener(focusListener); textField.setEditable(false); textField.setColumns(10); return textField; } I think there's might be problem with allocating the member variable after being passed to another method. Later on in my program when I try to access m_textField1, I get a NullPointerException. Does the garbage collector delete the JFormattedTextField at the end of addCharTextField? Is there a way around this, besides allocating the JFormattedTextField back in the JFrame initialization routine? Even if just for aesthetic purposes, I really wanted the initialization for each member variable in the JFrame initialization method to take up just one line of code. Edit in response to this question being regarded as a duplicate: My questions are: "Does the garbage collector delete the JFormattedTextField at the end of addCharTextField?" (The answer was yes) And "Is there a way around this, besides allocating the JFormattedTextField back in the JFrame initialization routine?" (again yes, but ugly). The chosen answer in the other question that this one is regarded as a duplicate does not answer either of those. Now after digging into some of the other answers, and reading the comments here, I was finally able to piece together what's going on in Java. But that does not make this question a duplicate. For what it's worth, the problem is a fundamental difference in the C++ 'new' and the Java 'new' that was confusing me. Considering how much other syntax Java borrowed from C++ without big differences in usage, It took me a bit to wrap my head around around the differences between the 'new' usage. A: No. Java is pass by value. The change you make to the passed argument is not applied in the original parameter.

Marie Motlová (ur. 1 maja 1918 w Borze, zm. 26 sierpnia 1985 w Pradze) – czeska aktorka. W 1943 ukończyła studia w praskim konserwatorium. W 1945 związała się jednak z lewicową trupą teatralną D 34 (Divadlo D 34), a następnie ze studiem Jindřicha Honzla. W filmie zadebiutowała w 1969 jako babcia Homolkowa w filmie Straszne skutki awarii telewizora. Wystąpiła w 32 filmach fabularnych, głównie komediach. W Polsce znana głównie jako Ema, gospodyni dr. Sovy w popularnym serialu Szpital na peryferiach (1977 i 1981), babcia Kubánkova w serialu Kobieta za ladą, a także jako babcia Homolkova w trylogii Jaroslava Papouška o rodzinie Homolków. Linki zewnętrzne Biogram aktorki na stronie cfn Czeskie aktorki filmowe Czeskie aktorki teatralne Urodzeni w 1918 Zmarli w 1985

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The next major update to Windows 10 is scheduled to arrive on Monday, April 30 By Paul Lilly 27 April 2018 This will be the first of two major updates to Windows 10 this year. At long last, Microsoft has settled on a release date for what was previously known as the Spring Creators Update, otherwise known as Redstone 4. Now called the April 2018 Update, the first of two major upgrades for Windows 10 this year will begin pushing out to PCs on Monday, April 30. Microsoft reportedly wanted to start dishing out the April 2018 Update on April 10, though a bug discovery late in the game prompted the company to delay the rollout and do some additional testing through its Windows Insider program. It seems to have worked out that pesky issue, though, and has committed to an actual release date. The company has also settled on calling Redstone 4 the April 2018 Update instead of the Spring Creators Update, the latter of which was never an official name. It sounds less impactful than previous major releases, though it will at least arrive in time (barely) to make the name appropriate. Microsoft's goal is to update Windows 10 twice a year with feature upgrades and enhancements, between which it releases monthly security updates. Here's a look at past releases in reverse order: Fall Creators Update (Redstone 3, build 1709), released on October 17, 2017 Creators Update (Redstone 2, build 1703), released on April 5, 2017 Anniversary Update (Redstone 1, build 1607), released on August 2, 2016 November Update (Threshold 2, build 1511), released on November 10, 2017 Windows 10 (Threshold 1, build 1507) came out on July 29, 2015, ushering in a new era for the Windows ecosystem in which Microsoft adopted an 'operating system as a service' strategy. In past updates, Microsoft has put a bigger focus on gaming than it seems to have done with the April 2018 Update. That said, there are some things to note. It will introduce a revamped Game Bar, and will also bring some improvements to mixed reality, including a new virtual environment for users. In addition, Microsoft is bringing improved support to SteamVR, including haptic feedback for the motion controllers in SteamVR games. Windows will look a little different after applying the update, which is the result of Microsoft's 'Fluent Design' language. Microsoft will also introduce a Timeline feature that was originally planned for the Fall Creators Update. "With Timeline, your Windows 10 PC lets you go back in time up to 30 days to find your stuff, whether you were working on it earlier today, last week, or a few weeks ago. Because much of our activity is on the go, you can even pick up what you were doing if signed in to your Microsoft account while using Microsoft Edge or Office 365 on your iOS or Android device when you return to your Windows 10 PC," Microsoft explains. You'll want to plan ahead for the April 2018 Update and account for the inevitable downtime that comes from installing major upgrades. The good news here is that Microsoft has been making a concerted effort to reduce downtime by moving some of the installation routines that normally occur during the offline phases into the online phase. As a result, Microsoft says Windows Insiders on average have been experiencing 30 minutes of downtime when installing the update, versus 51 minutes for the Fall Creators Update and 82 minutes for the Creators Update. As always, we recommend backing up any important data before upgrading Windows, just in case things go wrong. You might also consider holding off installing the update right away to make sure there are no major headaches that might have slipped by unnoticed. Paul Lilly Paul has been playing PC games and raking his knuckles on computer hardware since the Commodore 64. He does not have any tattoos, but thinks it would be cool to get one that reads LOAD"*",8,1. In his off time, he rides motorcycles and wrestles alligators (only one of those is true). Apirl 2018 Update

Ok Kyong Hanrahan: Birdwoman of Benicia Posted by Jean Purnell | Feb 1, 2022 | Art | 0 The Birdwoman of Benicia If there's a crowd of people on a Saturday afternoon outside the doorway of the HQ Gallery on First Street, chances are, popular nature photographer Ok Kyong Hanrahan is on duty and has hung her remarkable wildlife images outside for visitors to see. Her crisp, vibrantly colorful photographs capture images of hummingbirds in flight, ospreys and red-tailed hawks catching their prey, a rare bald eagle feeding its young, and other local scenery. Hanrahan first began sharing her photos two years ago on Facebook in the Benicia Beauty group. She was surprised by the positive feedback she received, which motivated her to work hard improving her craft. In 2020, she accepted an invitation to join the HQ Gallery, where she has increased her following. "I am so flattered to know that so many people now have my work hanging in their homes." "I have always been interested in photography, but it took me a while to get into it seriously," said Hanrahan. "My early motivation was around photographing rock concert performances, but these opportunities did not come often, so I began shooting nature scenes and found that bird photography was what I really enjoyed the most." Friend and fellow gallery member Ebbie Navas admiringly calls Ok Kyong the "birdwoman of Benicia" for her extensive knowledge of the local bird species, which she gained mainly through internet research. "While I also enjoy shooting landscapes and wildlife in general, birds are the most fascinating to me because of the incredible variety of species in our local area, and the different behavior patterns they have," says Hanrahan. A Benicia resident since 2003, Hanrahan grew up in a suburb of Ulsan, in the southeast of South Korea. She attended the Pusan University of Foreign Studies where she majored in Japanese and English. After graduation she worked at the Officer's Club at the US Army base in Pusan, where she met her husband Kevin in 1989. They moved to the US in 1991. Hanrahan is mostly self-taught. She got her first serious DSLR, a Canon 70D, in 2013, and now uses the Canon R5. Her favorite lens is the 600mm f/4L lens, as well as the 70-200mm f/2.8L and 24-70mm f/2.8L lenses. "I have not taken any formal photography classes, but I do learn some skills and get some ideas from online courses. Mostly, I just try to learn from experience, making mistakes, and lots of practice. The photos I like the best are anthropomorphic: the ones where you can sense some personality of the animal, possibly humorous, where you feel like you know what the animal is thinking." On a typical day, Hanrahan takes her camera out once or twice, in the early morning and/or the late afternoon, to get the best light. "Benicia has so many great locations for wildlife photography, and I will head to a spot depending on the tide level and what kind of wildlife I hope to capture." Her "go-to birding spots" include the Benicia Marina for Night Herons and Green Herons, and anywhere along the waterfront or marshes for Great or Snowy Egrets. She photographs pelicans, kites, hawks, and ospreys at the Benicia State Recreation Area. Hanrahan has equipped a Sprinter van for off-road use, allowing her to get into some rough and muddy places. "I use it as a mobile blind, because birds are sometimes easily scared by people, but not as much by vehicles. The Sprinter is ideal because I can stand at full height and shoot with a tripod, and it is roomy enough to carry a lot of gear for shoots or display racks for art shows." She calls her van the "Vogelfanger," which is German for "birdcatcher," the character in Mozart's Magic Flute. Hanrahan remains humble and unassuming, despite her growing following. "The response has been so great that I am now opening my own studio in the Headquarters Building of the Benicia Arsenal." In addition to providing a space to hang additional inventory for showing by appointment or an occasional reception, the studio will allow her to clear the mat boards and other photography supplies taking over her dining room and garage. To view more of her photography, visit http://www.okkyongphoto.com/ or facebook.com/okkyongphoto, or come by the HQ Gallery, where she is the featured artist for February, at 333D First Street, in Benicia. PreviousArts Benicia Move NextMaking Benicia History: Black History Month Jean Purnell Benicia Plein Air Gallery Features Artist Iris Sabre Biennial Clock Tower Show Combines Fabric Art With Community Outreach Giving Artistic Expression To The World's Richness And Complexity

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Map detailing locations for each story section. The children are running around, screaming and laughing, as children often do. The adults are going about their errands, chatting with neighbors, or trying to get their children under control. All seems calm, as is usual in this village. Suddenly, there's yelling from the other side of the wall at the other end of the village, and one of the gates explodes. Jeeps begin driving through the burning hole, and heavy machine guns begin gunning down men, women and children. Trucks begin pouring into the village. People emerge from the trucks wearing military uniforms, and start gunning down the villagers that were missed by the jeeps' machine guns. Some of the adult villagers attempt to fight back with animal-like agility, leaping from buildings and attacking with sharp claws, but are losing more lives than they are taking. With every villager that is mercilessly gunned down, a feeling of sorrow and fear grows stronger. Joseph wakes from his nightmare, but this one felt much different than the usual night terrors. This one felt like less of a bad dream, and more like a long, forgotten memory from a lost time. All is quiet in the Roughneck camp, everyone is sleeping soundly after a hard days work in the wastes. Slowly, Joseph begins tossing and turning in his sleep. After a few minutes, Joseph finally sits up, and stares blankly into the night. He starts getting his equipment together, which awakes Logan. In a half asleep stupor, Logan asks, "where the Hell are you going so late at night?" "There's something I need to do, on my own." Joseph steps out of the tent and into the night. The empty wastes stretched on before Joseph. Loose dirt and dust formed brown swirls in the air as the wind rushed through what was left of this world. The empty desolation calmed him. As he followed this old, familiar path, he could not fully understand what it was that was guiding him. Was it simply instincts? Or, perhaps it was old memories that he could not quite come to remember. Either way, Joseph knew he would be haunted by the dreams until this quest was complete. Just as he began to wonder how long he would need to mindlessly walk this straight path, he saw a bit of wear leading away from the road. It had some overgrowth, but it was not completely lost. It carried on to the Southeast, but that's not what interested Joseph. The worn path called to him, and Joseph felt compelled to answer. As he stepped off of the old road, Joseph knew he was reaching the end of his journey. Joseph emerged from the trees into a clearing, dimly lit by a single firelight that stood defiant in the black of night. From the dim orange, he could make out what seemed to be a few ruined buildings scattered about the area. Joseph approached the fire, and noticed an elderly man sitting just at the edge of clear view. As Joseph cautiously stepped closer, the old man spoke up. "Does it call to you, too?" The old man stated, clear at Joseph, but didn't take his eyes off of the burning logs. Joseph was taken aback, not only at the sudden comment, but how accurate the man's prediction was. "What is this place?" Joseph asked, while slowly getting closer to the fire. "What, this rundown pile of wood? This used to be a village for some mutant folk." The old man continued staring into the fire, as though he were talking to it, rather than Joseph. "Pull up a stump, and I'll tell you, kiddo." Joseph found a spare stump in the flickering light, and set it up. As he sat down, the old man began telling the tale of a group of mutants that set up a little village, and for the most part, thrived. Several years later, the Legion began harassing them, trying to peacefully evict the villagers, until it turned to violence. The whole time, Joseph was entirely captivated. Sometimes, his focus would break from the old man, only to fully visualize the quarrels between the villagers and the Legion. "...so then they just decided to give up and leave." Joseph was brought back to reality. "Where did they go? When did they leave?" Joseph asked, attentively. "When? About a year ago. Why? I don't f****n' know. I wasn't here at the time, I just liked to sit back and watch the fireworks." The old man smiled, and then let out a bit of an unsettling chuckle. The effect was only amplified by the dimness of the campfire. "Well, if the Legion wanted this spot so bad, why aren't they here now?" "Last I remember, it had something to do with 'too many lives lost' or some s**t like that. A bunch of military pansies, if you ask me." Joseph got up from his stump. "Well, that was a great story, but if there's nothing here but stories and ruins, then I should be going. But while I'm here, would you have anything you're willing to trade?" The old man continued to stare into the light. "Sorry, all I gots is the clothes on my back, and this fire." "Oh. Well, good luck out here." Joseph began trekking back the way he came, into the trees. A few steps later, the old man spoke up. "When you get back there, things will be MUCH different." Joseph wheeled around, only to find darkness. The moon was full, and he could see that there was no campfire, and no old man. He jogged to the spot, and found no evidence anyone but Joseph had been there recently. Nature had retaken this clearing long ago, and the only path was one that led from the forest, to where he had spoken with the strange man. Confused and frightened, Joseph ran back into the woods, hoping to get as far away from this place as quickly as he could. The crosshairs rested on the deer's sternum. It was too preoccupied with an anthill to have heard the two coming. He slowly exhaled as he pulled the trigger. KRACK! The sound echoed through the forest, as the deer collapsed to the ground with a soft thud. "See? I told you it wasn't that bad," she said with a smile. Joseph took a moment to appreciate her beauty in the morning light peeking through the breaks in the canopy above. Her pale skin shone like the moon on a full night, and her hair like the trees of the rad marshes. "I still prefer my bow," Joseph replied, handing Luna the bulky rifle. "You're serious?" She stopped in her tracks and looked at him with a slight tilt of her head. "If you consider the worst possibilities, you'll be better prepared for when they happen" Joseph stated in a matter-of-fact tone. "I still think you're over react-" At that moment, a pack of 5 wolfapines emerged from the woods and positioned themselves between Luna and Joseph. The wolfapines growled aggressively, and their quills quivered, ready to shoot. "Just back away, slowly" Joseph whispered to Luna, cautiously taking a step backwards. As they backed away, two of the wolfapines began tearing at the deer. The remaining three stood their ground and continued to growl at the two humans invading their hunting grounds. After walking several feet, the animals stopped growling, and Luna and Joseph were able to safely turn around and return to their camp. "Don't say it" Luna said, as she put the rifle back on the wall. Joseph walked over to Luna and held her tight. "Don't talk like that, it wasn't our fault. Things like that happen in the wild. And besides, we still have plenty of food to last us the rest of the winter." Luna looked up at Joseph with a smile, and then rested her head against his chest. "Now come on, let's get to bed. We can try again in the morning." With that, Luna wrapped her arms around his neck, and the two joined in a deep, tender kiss. Joseph awoke to a jingling sound just outside their small shack. The light shining in through the window suggested it was early morning, so Luna wouldn't have been awake yet, let alone outside by herself. Joseph rolled over and laid his arm over her side of the bed, only to find it empty. He felt that something was off, so he sat up and looked for his equipment, and found that most of it was gone, as well as half of the valuables that the two had kept lying around the shack. After a quick look around, he managed to find his revolver, stuck it into the back of his pants, and stepped out of the door. The morning sun momentarily blinded Joseph, but after his eyes adjusted, he looked to the direction of the noise. Whatever it was, it had already crossed the hill, so Joseph jogged to the hill's crest, and found Luna walking away with all of the missing equipment loosely collected in a bag on her back. "Where are you going?" Joseph yelled just loud enough to get her attention. In response, Luna turned around and pulled a pistol on him. Out of instinct, Joseph pulled his revolver and aimed it at her. "What are you talking about? You're just taking our stuff and leaving me here with nothing?" Joseph could see tears beginning to form in Luna's eyes. "You were just supposed to be a mark, nothing else." Luna's voice became unsteady as the tears started rolling down her face. "It wasn't supposed to end like this." Her grip on her pistol began to soften, and Joseph took this as an opportunity to get closer. As soon as he took a step, Luna brought her pistol back into position and aimed right at Joseph's head. "So all of that talk about starting a new life here was just a lie? This whole time you were just playing me so you could rob me?" Joseph's vision began to blur as tears formed in his eyes. "No, not at first. I really believed we could be together, but then I remembered why I approached you in the first place, and it's been tearing me apart!" Luna's voice became a craze of sorrow and pain. "It's not too late! Just put our things down, and we can forget any of this ever happened! We can go back to the life we talked about!" Joseph pleaded through streams of tears. "No, I've made my choice, and I know what I need to do." Luna firmed her grip on her pistol, and closed her eyes. Joseph knew what was about to happen, and closed his, too. Bang! The whole world seemed to go silent. When Joseph finally opened his eyes, Luna lay motionless on the ground, and the trees behind her had a slight shade of red to their trunks. Joseph threw down his revolver and rushed to her side. He didn't bother trying to wake her up, after seeing the hole where her eye used to be. "I killed her," Joseph whispered to himself, "like I'm some sort of animal." He cradled her head in his arms. "I'm sorry," Joseph sobbed, quietly. He looked down at her lifeless body. In the morning light, her pale skin shone like the moon on a full night, her hair like the trees of the rad marshes, and for once, she looked calm and peaceful. The sky grew more foreboding as Joseph approached, but he didn't care. He just wanted a place to be alone, where no one would find him. He had heard stories of The Dead Zone, a place so swathed in radiation that very little lived there, save the horrors that were born from it. It was a place few people ever returned from. "Someone would have to be crazy to follow me here", Joseph thought. The thunder grew louder as Joseph ventured further in, and the sky turned to an ominous green. He wasn't concerned about making a camp, or surviving out here, he just wanted to keep walking until everything was alright again, or all the pain ended. Joseph's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of footsteps behind him. "What are you doing all the way out here? You know what they call this place, right?" said the familiar voice amidst the roaring thunder. Joseph turned around and saw that his suspicions were correct. There, standing in this barren land, was the old man from the village. "What are you doing here? Are you following me?" Joseph prepared to draw his pistol. He wondered how the old man managed to find him, and why. "They call this 'the land that God forgot', or, at least, more so than the rest of the world." The old man continued walking, seemingly ignorant to Joseph's aggressive stance. "I'm here on my own business, and it's none of yours. Now answer me, why are you here?" Joseph watched the man with hawk's eyes as he walked right past Joseph, and stood at the edge of a cliff, looking out across the endless wastes. "You know you'll die out here." The old man looked over his shoulder at Joseph. "Or is that what you're hoping for, to die alone, where no one will find you?" Joseph was shaken by the truth behind the man's words. Suddenly, a distant scream was heard in the distance, and Joseph turned his head towards the noise. When he turned back to look at the old man, he was gone. Joseph ran to look over the edge of the cliff, but saw nothing. Once again, it was just Joseph standing alone on the grey, barren plains. After carefully climbing down the cliff, Joseph pressed deeper into the Dead Zone. "Must have just been my imagination," he thought to himself, "maybe the radiation is finally getting to me." He looked up at something that caught his eye. It was a small herd of animals crossing his path. Some of them appeared to limp on malformed limbs or trip on ones that didn't belong. They shuffled along until one of them raised its head and looked at Joseph. The two seemed to stare at each other for several seconds before the creature emitted a loud scream that frightened Joseph. It was like a yell of both pain and anger being forced through a mangled maw. As soon as the creature let out its shriek, the others in the group did the same. The chorus of roars ranged from clean screams to various gurgling." The creatures charged Joseph, and he drew his pistol. He fired into the crowd, and one of them dropped. Most of the creatures continued to charge at him, but a few broke off and began tearing at the fallen creature. With the animals closing in, Joseph looked around and saw an opening in the cliff side, just large enough for him to fit into. He took one last shot into the crowd, and then bolted for the crevice. Joseph felt like he had run miles before getting to the hole, but he quickly climbed in. A loose rock was just inside, and he used it to blockade the entrance. As soon as Joseph wedged the rock into the small opening, one of the creatures stuck its head in, and began thrashing around violently. Joseph drew his sword and cut off its head, leaving the rest of the opening barricaded. Through what was left, he could see the others either pouncing on the cliff wall trying to get in or eating the one stuck in the entrance. There was just enough light coming into the cave for Joseph to see that the chamber he was in was only about 5 feet wide, and the cave didn't go any deeper. Joseph unpacked everything unnecessary, but kept his revolver and his sword close by. He sat down and, for several minutes, listened to the sound of hooves against rock, tearing of flesh, and roaring thunder. After what seemed like hours, the scraping stopped, and Joseph got up to look outside. The creatures appeared to be leaving, and he felt relieved. He made a pillow out of his softest equipment, laid his head down, and rested his eyes. The cave was hard to see from a distance and offered good protection from whatever lived in this wicked place, but it was here where Joseph's mouth began to swell and his mind began to burn. Joseph stood on a hill and looked over the small town of Greyfell. He was finally home. He felt fortunate that he had found a caravan that was passing through, and even more that it wasn't actually going through the small town, itself. Joseph wasn't ready for his old friends and acquaintances to see what he had become. He resituated his hood to obscure his face. On his way in, Joseph met an old acquaintance, who was returning as well, with some new friends.They looked like quite the professional unit. Geared up for a fight. They offered Joseph an opportunity that he could not pass up, so Joseph obliged with little hesitation. He was excited to tell his friends, but he also wondered how he would tell them, when he was too afraid to face them. Before he could come up with a solution, a familiar voice spoke up from behind him. "Who, or what, are you, and what do you want with me? What's your name?" Joseph loosened his grip on his hood and began to loosen his pistol from its holster. The old man looked over Greyfell from atop the cliff. "What do you mean, you can't remember? What are you doing here?" Joseph was starting to become visibly angry. "There's a coming storm. Choose your side carefully, and your friends more so." The old man started walking away. "Many have." Joseph drew his pistol and fired at the old man. No effect. Joseph took a moment to aim properly and fired again. Still nothing. Joseph gripped the pistol in both hands, set the old man square in the revolver's sights and pulled the trigger one more time. The old man kept walking, completely untouched. Joseph hit the side of his gun then brought it back up to try again. When he looked down the barrel, however, the old man had disappeared. Joseph took a quick look around, but found no trace.

Region Slezská brána je svazek obcí v okresu Frýdek-Místek a okresu Ostrava-město, jeho sídlem je Paskov a jeho cílem je ochrana společných zájmů a zmnožení sil a prostředků při prosazování zájmů přesahujících svým rozsahem a významem každé účastnické město či obec, vzájemná spolupráce na společných projektech regionu, prezentace regionu. Sdružuje celkem 17 obcí a byl založen v roce 1999. Obce sdružené v mikroregionu Vratimov Paskov Kaňovice Řepiště Sedliště Václavovice Krásná Žabeň Sviadnov Morávka Nižní Lhoty Vyšní Lhoty Nošovice Pražmo Raškovice Dobratice Vojkovice Externí odkazy Mikroregion Region Slezská brána na Regionálním informačním servisu oficiální stránky Region Slezská brána Region Slezská brána

arrow-right Blog arrow-right The future of lending: moving into execution mode The future of lending: moving into execution mode Christopher Papathanassi, Global Solution Lead, Lending Man writing on glass with post-it It's been pretty remarkable how banks have been able to shift to supplying credit with entire workforces sat at home – in a matter of days, in some cases. Around 10-12 years ago this aspect of the pandemic's impact would have been catastrophic; even five years ago the market would not have been able to react as nimbly and effectively as it did. And from a corporate coverage perspective, from mid-March 2020 onwards it has been one of the busiest times that anyone can remember, as corporates made calls on credit facilities and emergency finance. We should also remember that bank clients were in the same boat, so lenders have had to balance managing their internal processes with engaging effectively with clients. Sometimes, this has meant chasing physical paper from home to home. It's a reminder that in the new normal, lending still relies on paper, particularly in the syndicated market. This is an industry that still sends 20 million messages via a technology that was invented in 1843: the fax machine. And it uses a 2005 standard, FPML, that doesn't cover the full breadth of data needed. However, the pandemic has provided a strong impetus to accelerate a lot of projects related to cloud, digitization and automation that have been running alongside business as usual. Today, it's all about using resources as efficiently as possible, getting technology to do the grunt work so people can focus on relationship-related tasks. In higher-end lending, we've seen exemplary borrower communications from relationship managers, and in general, more conversations around digitizing self-service document exchange than ever. In the secondary market, there have been record volumes from a trading perspective. Settlement times were OK in Q2 2020 but looked poor for Q3 2020. It's not just about problems with paper trails, though. There's a degree to which there are "behavioural silos" that hide behind the paper-trail issue and impact lenders' ability to be more efficient. Even at the end of 2020, we see more than 30 business days to settlement. So, in the new normal, we need to look beyond the paper trail to see what's really causing bottlenecks. On the high street, we've seen businesses pivoting fast, for example changing their credit policies and applying automation to facilitate the uptake of government-backed loans. One interesting twist to the government support story has been in Europe, where in some countries, for example the Netherlands and Austria, the small and mid-cap business that drive these economies have been reticent to accept government support unless for an absolute last-resort measure. Like the differing acceptance of e-signatures across countries, it illustrates how difficult it can be to present one offer or product to multiple countries. So, where next? From a market perspective, there's plenty of volume ahead, and challengers are vying for business that has been managed conventionally for decades. From a technology perspective, we see an acceleration in channel digitization, as the industry looks to leverage efficient ways to interact. And we envisage more collaboration between vendors and banks to facilitate change in the market. Also, it's time to forget about the influence of COVID-19. It has already defined the future: now it's time to move into execution mode, thinking about the distribution of people in lending operations, for example, and how it will impact business. Firms have proved what's possible: now it's about operationalizing it. The new normal we see is a collaborative, ecosystem-based model that features multiple vendors and challenger lenders alongside traditional institutions. Why going digital end-to-end is the future of corporate lending Christopher Papathanassi Into the unknown - Life after LIBOR Global Solution Lead, Lending As Global solution Lead at Finastra, Christopher Papathanassi leads a team of functional and technical lending specialists whose core function is to help financial institutions understand the value that our solutions bring to their business. With over 10 years' expertise in the industry he is an experienced commercial lending specialist. Prior to his current role he held a variety of roles within the banking industry, including back office servicing of bilateral, syndicated and agency business and implementation of the Finastra FusionBanking Lending solution. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Bournemouth University. LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-papathanassi-9b380829/

As Lobbying in N.H. Grows More Complex, It's Nearly Impossible to Follow the Money By Casey McDermott • Jul 18, 2019 The halls of the New Hampshire State House are often crowded with lobbyists on busy session days. Dan Tuohy / NHPR They can be found shuffling across North State Street on days when the legislative calendar is packed with public hearings. You see them taking notes from the Senate balcony during floor votes, and chatting with lawmakers in the hallways throughout the capitol. Lobbyists have long been part of the fabric of the New Hampshire State House, helping shape everything from the state budget to the finer points of agritourism policy. But their influence is often hard to measure. To better understand the scope of that influence in recent years, NHPR analyzed lobbying registrations dating back to 2012, tracking what kind of groups were employing the most hired help in Concord. We also reviewed hundreds of lobbying financial disclosures, to better understand how money flows from those groups, through individual lobbyists and lobbying firms, to influence public policy. We found that New Hampshire's lobbying class represents all kinds of interests — including, increasingly, nonprofit organizations and out-of-state corporations. But there's little consistency in what information is reported about how much money any client is spending on its lobbying efforts and where that money is going. (Related: Explore New Hampshire Lobbyists' Financial Disclosures) As is often the case when it comes to matters of money and politics in New Hampshire, there's little to no oversight of the lobbyists' financial disclosure forms. No one is enforcing penalties to ensure the reports are filed, period, let alone filled out completely and correctly. Assistant Attorney General Nicholas Chong Yen, who oversees campaign finance and lobbying enforcement as head of the New Hampshire Department of Justice's Election Law Unit, says his office does not routinely inspect these filings. Right now, Chong Yen says his team includes just two people, and they can't take on such a review without more help. But the attorney general's office has requested more money to hire additional staff. And, if that happens, Chong Yen said an audit of lobbying financial disclosures is high on his priority list. "Hopefully with that personnel we would have additional people that would be able to go through these forms and identify at least as an initial screening level that the lobbying firms are actually filing these statements as required, and then we would be able to proceed from there," Chong Yen said. Missing reports, blank pages obscure true scope of influence NHPR's review of the lobbying financial reports on file with the Secretary of State's office uncovered systemic deficiencies in lobbyists' financial disclosure statements, including multiple instances where lobbyists filed reports late or failed to file them at all. New Hampshire law requires registered lobbyists to report "all fees received from any lobbying client that are related, directly or indirectly, to lobbying, such as public advocacy, government relations, or public relations services including research, monitoring legislation, and related legal work." They're also supposed to disclose "all expenditures made from lobbying fees, including by whom paid or to whom charged." Many lobbying firms file a single form listing activity related to all of the lobbyists who work on a particular client, rather than breaking those costs down per lobbyist. Some lobbyists did not report any fees on their financial disclosure statements, while others reported fees but no expenses. A small portion of lobbyists itemized the money they spent on meals, conferences and other lobbying work — but on many forms, this section was left blank. The New Hampshire Hospital Association, for example, does not list anything under the "fees" section of its financial disclosure reports, the part meant to capture how much money an organization or firm is bringing in to fund its lobbying work. When asked why, New Hampshire Hospital Association President Steve Ahnen said he doesn't believe that's required. "We haven't included any figures under fees received, as we don't interpret the form as calling for a reporting of membership dues, which support the full range of our operations and services on behalf of our member hospitals," Ahnen said in an email to NHPR. The hospital association also failed to file financial disclosure statements related to its work in the second half of 2018 until months after those forms were originally due. As of Thursday, its disclosure statement for the first quarter of 2019 was still not yet posted on the Secretary of State's website, even though it should have been submitted in April. The association confirmed that it missed some recent filings but they "are now up to date and we intend to keep it that way." Even when lobbyists' reports are filed on time, there's not a lot of detail about how they're spending money on clients' behalf. The business of lobbying can encompass a range of activities beyond simply bending a lawmakers' ear on behalf of a client. Lobbyists track legislation and monitor public contracts before the Executive Council, but they also craft public relations talking points around various bills and, in some cases, the bills themselves. They attend industry conferences, assemble research, provide behind-the-scenes communications strategy, line up people to testify at public hearings, arrange meetings with public officials and more. Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Clegg, who started his own lobbying firm after leaving the State House in 2008, doubts the disclosure forms give the public a full picture of how much money New Hampshire's lobbying firms are raising and spending from their clients. "There's so many ways to hide it," Clegg said. "If you took a look at some of the biggest firms and you look at what they claim on some of their fees, it would be impossible for them to pay their staff." Clegg noted that some firms can skirt disclosure requirements by writing off their work as "consulting" or "legal assistance" instead of lobbying. "If somebody's giving me $50,000 a year to represent them," Clegg hypothesized, "and I only claim the time I actually speak to a legislator, and then I call all the rest 'consulting' does it really show how much we're being paid to influence legislation?" Representing a wide, and growing, range of interests There are few interests unrepresented by at least one lobbyist. Watersports salesmen and snowmobilers have lobbyists; librarians, nurse anesthetists, tax collectors, beer brewers and golf course superintendents do, too. There are lobbyists working for New Hampshire's counties, its cities and, in some cases, for individual towns. Even this news organization, in a way, has a lobbyist: Former WMUR-TV anchor Scott Spradling lobbies on behalf of the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters, of which NHPR is a member. The overall number of clients linked to lobbyists hasn't grown substantially in recent years. But increasingly, lobbyists for corporations and trade associations are being joined by a new class of peers from the nonprofit sector. "Lobbying is something of a dirty word, and it's something that I think for a long time people have not wanted necessarily to have that label applied to their staff or their organization," said Sarah Mattson Dustin, executive director of New Hampshire Legal Assistance, one of a handful of nonprofits that have bulked up their lobbying efforts in recent years. "The truth is that lobbying is a way of communicating with people who are going to make really consequential decisions that affect the lives of thousands of people in New Hampshire." In recent years, New Hampshire Legal Assistance has maintained one of the largest lobbying rosters at the State House, at least in terms of how many lobbyists were registered on its behalf. Eight of their staffers are registered as lobbyists this session, but in recent years its been as high as 17, putting them ahead of corporations like Eversource and Comcast. Mattson Dustin said most of the people registered for NHLA are staff attorneys with different legal specialties rather than full-time lobbyists. While those people might only attend a handful of public hearings a year to weigh in on an issue that intersects with their practice areas, they register as "lobbyists" to make sure they're following the law, she said. "So much of what affects low income people and other vulnerable people in New Hampshire is happening at the State House, but it's really essential for nonprofits in the human services sector to be there," Mattson Dustin said. "With a truly citizen legislature like the one that we have in New Hampshire, our lawmakers are relying incredibly heavily on lobbyists to provide them with reliable information about their constituents, and you simply can't do that if you don't have a way of communicating effectively with legislators." Lobbying practices among nonprofits are every bit as varied as the private sector. While some groups like New Hampshire Legal Assistance rely on their own staff to do the bulk of their lobbying work, others like New Futures enlist help from established firms, whose lobbyists often enjoy long-standing relationships with top lawmakers and state agency officials. While New Futures has long participated in lobbying on substance misuse and prevention, in recent years they absorbed the work of several other organizations working on other policy issues. That includes New Hampshire Kids Count, New Hampshire Voices For Health and the Investing in Communities Initiative. In recent years, New Futures has played a role in debates over paid family leave and full-day kindergarten access, in addition to matters related to drug and alcohol policy. As their scope of policy priorities grew, so too has the group's lobbying presence. "While we have issue area experts that are registered lobbyists who are tracking certain pieces of legislation that fall under certain categories, we can't be everywhere all the time," said New Futures President Michele Merritt. More outside clients turning their focus on N.H. While local nonprofit and human services organizations are becoming more active in lobbying, they're hardly alone. NHPR's review of lobbying registrations dating back to 2012 showed a growth in the number of out-of-state clients taking an interest in shaping New Hampshire public policy. This year's lobbying registrations showed roughly 220 clients registered to an address outside New Hampshire, compared to roughly 250 with an in-state address. In 2012, in-state clients outnumbered out-of-state clients by a much wider margin: About 280 in-state to 190 out-of-state. That shift reflects the greater attention national lobbying interests are paying to state-level policy, as they find Washington politics harder to navigate, said James Monahan, president of The Dupont Group, one of the State House's most prominent lobbying firms. The Dupont Group's clients include local ones like the New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association and Elliot Health System, as well as national players like Apple, NextEra Energy and Deloitte. "I think as Congress is becoming more dysfunctional, people are saying, 'Well fine, instead of passing one law in Washington, we'll pass 50 laws in each state,' " said Monahan, who's been lobbying in Concord for more than two decades. Bruce Berke, who runs Sheehan Phinney Capitol Group, can also vouch for that trend. For the last two years, his lobbying firm has maintained the longest roster of clients in Concord, a list that includes groups representing local police chiefs and land surveyors alongside national corporations like Verizon and Equifax. This year, about one-third of Berke's clients are based outside New Hampshire. While Berke agrees the presence of national interests has been heightened in recent years, he thinks this is actually part of a larger trend that dates back to the 1980s. That's when the New Hampshire Legislature moved from biennial to annual sessions — offering more opportunities for outside interests to get involved in state policy debates. At the same time, the federal government shifted a more policymaking power back to the states, paving the way for more companies or interest groups to shift their attention to state policy, as well. "Our society, our way of life has become more complex, more involved," Berke said. "And so that has led to more legislative and regulatory activity at the local level." State of Democracy Money Access & Power NH Politics Explore New Hampshire's Lobbying Financial Disclosures It can be hard to keep track of the details on lobbying spending in New Hampshire. We want to help. Lobbying All The Way By Erika Janik • Mar 1, 2019 When you visit the State House in Concord, you might notice some well-dressed people sporting bright orange name tags: lobbyists. What do lobbyists do and how does lobbying work? Then we're going inside drug court, a program designed to divert people with substance use disorders from prison. Women Lobbyists, Legislators Describe Coping with Harassment at N.H. State House By Casey McDermott • Dec 5, 2017 For Linda Saunders Paquette and her staff at New Futures, a nearly all-female lobbying team, learning to navigate uncomfortable interactions with legislators in a regular workday at the New Hampshire State House has become almost second nature. "If we're having a meeting with a particular legislator or even going to a particular event, we use the buddy system," Saunders Paquette said.

Home » Japan International Cooperation Agency Tag: Japan International Cooperation Agency April 1, 2021June 25, 2021by adminIn InfrastructureInfrastructure Finance DFI to deliver long term-economic returns As a development finance institution (DFI), the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID), will facilitate cheap capital for public works programmes and projects, says Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, Feedback Infra Group & Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), National Council on Infrastructure. Like the DFIs created by policymakers in the 1950s for making industrial capital accessible,... October 31, 2018June 9, 2021by adminIn Railways & Metro Rail The Bailout Plan Is the Indian Railways chugging towards a gargantuan bailout? Startling as it may sound, the question is within the realms of plausibility given the lumbering behemoth's financials. March 31, 2018March 31, 2018by adminIn Infrastructure Finance Strengthening Infrastructure Two-thirds of the infrastructure investment, as per the revised plan, was to be funded by the public sector (central and state governments) while the remaining one-third was to come from the private sector. April 7, 2017April 7, 2017by adminIn Railways & Metro Rail JICA to provide Rs 2,000-cr loan for Chennai Metro Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has extended an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of around Rs 2,000 crore for the fifth phase of the Chennai Metro Project. It also extended a loan of around Rs 1,300 crore for the second phase of Tamil Nadu Investment Promotion Programme. June 1, 2016June 1, 2016by adminIn Railways & Metro Rail Bhopal, Indore to have light Metro rail Bhopal and Indore will have driver-less light Metro rail instead of the Metro rail which the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to finance, according to officials of the Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Company. April 1, 2016April 1, 2016by adminIn Infrastructure Finance JICA, IIFCL ink pact to finance PPP Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has inked a pact with India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) to provide 50 billion Japanese yen (about Rs.2,866 crore) of official development assistance (ODA) for implementation of infrastructure projects in PPP. October 31, 2015October 31, 2015by adminIn Infrastructure Finance Opening the funds tap A stronger thrust on PPP projects, greater FDI and steady government support can help Indian Railways, one of the world´s largest rail networks, emerge from the rut. August 1, 2015August 1, 2015by adminIn Railways & Metro Rail Mumbai-Ahmedabad in two hours The proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed corridor is estimated to cost Rs 98,805 crore. August 1, 2015August 1, 2015by adminIn Aviation & Airports Two Metro corridors to be ready only by 2017-end Union Minister of State for Urban Development Babul Supriyo said 78 per cent of the work has been completed on the two corridors of the Chennai Metro Rail. May 1, 2015May 1, 2015by adminIn Railways & Metro Rail Railways require capital infusion S C Agnihotri, Managing Director, Railway Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) points out that infusion of private capital in augmenting infrastructure can break the vicious cycle of poor productivity, underinvestment and poor realisations in Indian Railways

'Pure Brutality': O.C. Family Awarded $360K for Deputy Head-Stomping, Shooting Suspect in Stabbings Posted 6:07 PM, January 23, 2019, by Marissa Wenzke and Chip Yost, Updated at 07:16PM, January 23, 2019 The family of an Orange County man head-stomped and shot to death by a sheriff's deputy after he left three people with stabbing wounds, including a deputy, has been awarded $360,000, their attorney told KTLA Wednesday. The settlement comes more than five years after the fatal confrontation in Laguna Niguel. While the initial shots fired by O.C. Sheriff's Deputy Michael Higgins were deemed legally justified, a jury has ruled some of his later actions against the suspect were not. In 2014, Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Higgins shakes hands with Sheriff Sandra Hutchens as he accepts the Medal of Valor in Irvine. (Credit: Orange County Register) On the night of Sept. 24, 2013, deputies were called to a home in the 200 block of Chandon about a disturbance, authorities said. Connor Zion, 21, allegedly came out running with a knife and attacked a deputy — stabbing him repeatedly — and left another man and woman with stabbing wounds. Zion's family's attorney, Dan Stormer, said the young man was having a psychotic episode at the time. He suffered from seizures after recently being diagnosed with nocturnal epilepsy. After witnessing Zion injure a fellow officer, Higgins then opened fire on him. He shot Zion nine times. That first round of shots were considered legally justified since Zion posed a credible threat after committing multiple stabbings, as the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in November 2017, while also releasing video of the incident. "When police confront a suspect who poses an immediate threat, they may use deadly force against him,"Judge Alex Kozinski wrote. "But they must stop using deadly force when the suspect no longer poses a threat." So Higgins's later actions against the suspect were initially less clear and the decision was left to a jury. Police footage released by the federal court shows Higgins approached Zion once he fell to the ground after being shot. From a distance of about four feet, Higgins fired nine more shots. "While Zion was still moving on the ground in fetal position, Higgins stomped on Zion's head three times," Kozinski wrote. "In the video, Zion appears to have been wounded and is making no threatening gestures," the judge wrote. A jury has since decided that Higgins used excessive force, allowing Zion's family to gain the $360,000 settlement. But the deputy had already gone on to win the department's Medal of Valor in 2014 for those same actions, according to the Orange County Register. "I think that is an insult to the citizens of Orange County," Dan Stormer, the attorney for Zion's family, told KTLA of the honor. "The jury, I believe, particularly found the head stomps heinous," Stormer said. "He fractured his skull in two separate places." "It was a moment of pure brutality," he said. The attorney also said the O.C. Sheriff's Department initially tried to argue that Higgins needed to head-stomp Zion in order to render him unconscious and go assist his wounded fellow officer. The department has not responded to a request for comment from KTLA. According to Stormer, testimony at trial had indicated that Zion left his mother with stabbing wounds after she tried taking a knife out of his hand. Other testimony indicated his housemate was stabbed when they got into a "wrestling match" while he was still armed, Stormer said. He also said Zion was a nationally ranked professional dancer who had begun having mental health struggles in recent months. Topics: laguna niguel, Orange County Sheriff's Department Jury Awards $3.4 Million to Family of Man Fatally Shot by O.C. Sheriff's Deputy in Yorba Linda in 2016 Man Charged in Violent Crime Series Involving Stabbing, Carjacking That Left 2 Women in Critical Condition in Lake Forest Family of Blind Retired Cartoonist Killed by Deputies in Laguna Woods Sues for Wrongful Death O.C. Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Massage Envy Clients, Raping Woman He Was Caregiver For East L.A. Man Was Fatally Shot by Deputies in Back of Head and Another 12 Times, Family Says 2 Deputies, Suspect Injured During Confrontation Over Restraining Order La Mirada Lake Forest Woman Stabbed 20 Times During Bizarre Violent Crime Rampage Speaks Out Armed Man Wearing Trump Mask Caught Slashing Tires, Breaking Car's Windshield in Laguna Hills Area: OCSD Former Marine Arrested in 1976 Killing of 30-Year-Old Woman Found Strangled Near Air Base in Irvine Man Killed in La Puente Area's 3rd Deadly Shooting in 4 Days O.C. Teen Describes Frightening Encounter With Naked Intruder Who Undressed in His Room Video Shows Screaming Woman Fleeing Attacker Before Being Stabbed During Violent Lake Forest Rampage; Suspect ID'd Teen Accused of Killing Mother Who Escaped from O.C. Juvenile Hall Recaptured

TLKFAAwiki New article next to Copyright New article below Copyright Copyright copyright The Lion King Fan-Art Archive is a fan site for a movie created by the Walt Disney Company, which holds all intellectual property rights to the characters and story of The Lion King. As fans, we have to abide by certain restrictions on our artistic creations that belong to a universe that technically belongs to someone else. Is Fan-Art Legal? It's legal to make fan-art of established commercial trademarked characters (such as Simba and Nala and Kovu) under the "parody" provisions in most countries' copyright law. However, fan-art you create of these trademarked characters is derivative work, which means that the protections of copyright law for you are rather different from its protections for artists whose work is entirely original in concept. The remainder of this page discusses your legal and practical liabilities in creating artwork based on the Lion King universe. Protecting your Copyright Protecting your artwork from being stolen is one of the biggest unpleasant realities of being an artist on the Internet. No matter whether you use watermarks, copyright notices, or Java-based protection systems, as long as it's possible to view a picture in a web browser, it is subject to being stolen. Fortunately, however, the law is on your side, even if the technology isn't. This page contains links to helpful resources which should help if you find yourself in a position where you have to defend the copyright of your artwork. Copyright Issues for Fan Artists The term is "copyright", and a work is "copyrighted". Not "copywritten", not "copywrighted". The term copyright means the right to copy something. When Joe Artist claims that a piece of work is " 2002 Joe Artist", he's saying that he owns the sole right to copy that piece of work, and nobody else has that right. That's what the symbol means. A "copywriter" is a person who writes the text in advertising. That has nothing to do with copyright. Note: The symbol is easy to create. On a Macintosh, press Option+G. In Windows, hold down Alt and enter 0169 (one at a time, in order). If you use the numeric keypad, make sure Num Lock is turned on. Copy-protection doesn't work. Here are some of the most common ways people try to protect the art that they post; unfortunately, no method is perfect, and you have to choose one of the following, drawbacks and all: Abstinence. Don't post your pictures at all. This is perfect copy-protection, yes, but it means nobody can see the pictures. That surely isn't what you want. Copyright notices. Most people post their pictures with a simple copyright notice at the edge: " 2002 Joe Artist. Unauthorized redistribution is prohibited." This is accurate, doesn't interfere with the artwork, and reflects the fact that Joe Artist is in fact the legal copyright holder, and has the legal right to prosecute anybody who copies the picture. However, that doesn't usually stop peopleand a copyright notice at the edge of a picture is easy to crop out by someone who wants to pretend they drew it. Watermarks. One technique frequently used by people interested in protecting the saleability of their art is to put "watermarks", or semi-transparent text, right across the middle of the image (saying "DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE" or some such). The idea behind this is that removing the watermark is really difficultanybody who wants to steal the picture would have to either keep it in place and visible, or would have so much skill with Photoshop that they could probably make their own art if they wanted to. But the drawback is that it looks really ugly, and the original artist doesn't get to enjoy using the art as it was originally intended to look. Low-resolution Images. Artists who are concerned with making sure people can't make full-size prints of their pictures or otherwise enjoy them fully will post their pictures as small "thumbnail" images, only 200 or 300 pixels wide at most. This also has the problem that the original artists don't get to enjoy using the full-size pictures, unless they exist only to sell prints; and art thieves have no problem with copying small pictures. Java Art-Security Applets. Some sites provide a service in which you can have your art displayed in a Java applet within your browser, instead of as a directly included GIF or JPEG file. The idea is that you can't save the picture from within the Java applet as easily as right-clicking on it, as is normally the case. But the problem is that it's just as easy to do screen captures... in Windows, simply press PrintScreen and then paste into Paint, and you have a copy of the full screen (including the displayed picture), which you can then trim down to the size of the picture and save it. On the Mac, Command+Shift+3 saves a snapshot of the entire screen onto the Desktop. True, the resulting picture might not have quite the same quality as the original, due to JPEG recompressionbut for most art thieves, that's not a problem. (Another issue with the Java applets is that some of them are designed very poorly; one, for example, lets you select which picture you want to viewand then it makes a request for the URL of the plain GIF or JPEG file, which it sends in cleartext over the network. An art thief can easily sniff this URL request from the network and grab the picture directly.) No protection. The last alternative is to simply not worry about it. Accept the fact that posting art onto the Internet is equivalent to relinquishing the majority of your control over it (though not your rights to it). You always have copyright protection, if you have drawn the picture. Even putting a copyright notice on the picture does not in itself grant you any extra legal protectionall it does is to say clearly who owns the copyright. You still own that, under the law, even if you don't sign the pictureand with evidence such as the original sketch or computer files, you can successfully prosecute any thief in a court of law. And so worrying about copy-protection can easily be judged to be more trouble than it's worth. Fan-art of copyrighted characters has no legal protection. If you draw Simba or Nala or Kovu, you are creating a derivative worksomething that U.S. law explicitly defines as being owned by the creator of the original work. Without Disney's permission, all fan-art and fan-fiction using their characters is in fact illegal. Now, don't panicmost entertainment companies (like Disney, Paramount, Dreamworks, etc.) tend to overlook these kinds of copyright violations. (That's how lionking.org has continued to exist all these years.) They realize that fan creativity is worth more to them in having good relations with their fans than they would gain by aggressively pursuing each and every violation, because usually nobody makes any money off fan-based creations. But that doesn't mean that it's not illegal. The Lion King fan-art and fan-fiction community exists solely because Disney allows it to. Read item #6 at the "10 Big Myths" site listed below; it specifically addresses this point. Now, fan-art that doesn't contain copyrighted Lion King characterswell, that's fully protected under copyright law. Even when placed vaguely within the Lion King universe, it's still original work. But when you start using names and terms from Disney's work, yours becomes a derivative work and loses its protection. So if someone steals your picture of Simba or Nala, you're pretty much out of luckbecause it wasn't really legal in the first place. Technically, under the law, you still retain the sole copyright over your work, but because it's a derivative work, even the copyright holder can't copy it. So neither you nor Disney has the right to copy or redistribute it. Similarly, if someone copies your picture of Simba or Nala, you have the legal power to stop them from posting or redistributing itbut you don't own that picture either. Derivative works are non-distributable under the law by either the original copyright holder or the creator of the derivative work, unless permission is given. Don't let this scare you off from drawing Lion King characters! As long as the characters aren't portrayed in any way that Disney would object to (e.g. pornographic, overly violent, defamatory to Disney, etc.), they don't pursue these kinds of copyright violations. True Lion King fan-art is the core of this Archive, so please keep doing it! You can't copyright a character. Abstract concepts, such as characters, are not covered under copyright law. The only way copyright law protects a character is if the character is part of a published work: art, fiction, online role-playing, etc. The character is a "derivative work" in this case, and protected under the copyright of the original work. The only way to protect a character directly is to register it legally as a trademark. If someone creates a character that resembles yours a little too much, pretty much the only thing you can do is to try to persuade the person (as politely as possible) that that character was your idea first, and you'd like them to change theirs. But one way to ensure at least some kind of protection and accountability for your character is to register it in the "Edit Characters" section in your artist account, where you can link it to a story that it appears in (thus putting it into the same copyright protection as the story). You can't copyright a pose. If you see a piece of art in which a character is in a very similar pose to one of your pictures, unfortunately the law does not offer protection against that kind of theftposes are not technically copyrightable. However... if a picture is a direct trace of another picture, where it is clear that the picture was copied or traced line-for-line from another piece of art, then it is a copyright violation, and the original artist is within his or her rights to ask that the copied picture be removed. This often involves a "judgment call"sometimes it's not obvious whether a picture is directly traced or not. But in any case, it is simply impolite to copy another artist's pose without permission, and it goes against the etiquette of the fanart.lionking.org community. If you would like to use another artist's pose as the basis for your own work, simply ask the artist for permission; chances are that he or she will be flattered, and very glad that you askedand you'll get to use that pose. What have you got to lose? Don't steal software! If you're going to be aggressive about protecting the copyright on your artwork, you'd better not be using stolen software. There is no double standard here: a pirated copy of Photoshop is every bit as bad as a ripped-off piece of artwork. Just because something can be gotten for free doesn't make it right to do so; if you're using an illegal copy of Photoshop or Flash, then you're doing the same thing that art thieves do. Please keep that in mind. Yes, programs like Photoshop and Flash are expensive. But so is a car. You wouldn't steal a car just because you needed one and thought you could get away with it, would you? You wouldn't try to justify it by saying that the car companies "shouldn't be charging that much for them in the first place"? Copyright Resources on the Web R.I.G.H.T.S. http://rightsforartists.com/ Full of real-world examples and written in plain English, this site is well-designed and will give you all the tools you need for registering copyrights, understanding terms, and protecting your work. Contains things like sample "Terms of Use" pages and "Cease and Desist" letters. 10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html Written by long-time Internet entrepreneur and author Brad Templeton, this site aims to address some of the major misconceptions people have about copyright, and to explain the truth according to law. It's a brief but very insightful read, and well worth your time. Protection of Graphic Characters http://www.publaw.com/graphical.html In-depth legal discussion of the various issues involved with asserting "copyright" and "trademark" on characters you create, by intellectual property attorney Lloyd L. Rich. The U.S. Copyright Office http://www.copyright.gov Part of the Library of Congress website network, this site contains the official rules and laws behind what copyright means to artists. Go here to read the actual facts if what you're looking for is hard reference. Reporting Art Theft I will take every reasonable action to prevent art theft from occurring at fanart.lionking.org, and while I do have to review every uploaded piece of art, I can't catch every single piece of copied art-- and so I need your help. If you find evidence of stolen art in an artist's account, first try asking the person directly to remove the art. Each artist's e-mail address is listed at the top of his or her gallery pages, and in the profile. Often, an artist will not realize that stealing art is against the rules or frowned upon, and simply asking will get the art removed. If the artist does not respond, or refuses to remove the art, please e-mail me with details of the stolen art, with URL links to it and to the art that it was stolen from, if possible. I'll take it from there. This article was last modified: Feb. 19, 2015, 9:30 p.m.

SINGING FOR YOUR SUPPER NFL'S MEAT AND POTATOES We are talking about embarrassment. We are talking about nerves. We are talking about the moment of truth in pro football training camp. We are talking about rookies singing. "Dinnertime, lunchtime, whenever we feel like making them do it," says William Gay, the Lions' defensive captain, who need only bang his glass with a spoon — like an uncle at an Italian wedding — to make a rookie stand up, open wide and say, "Laa!" "Are they any good?" he is asked. "Some are good, some are bad," he says, rubbing his chin slowly. "And some . . . are real bad." Not that it matters. If you are a rookie, you will sing. It is a haze job by veterans that has gone on forever. Soldiers have boot camp. Fraternities have rush week. Football has the cafeteria. Sing. "I was one of the first ones they got," says Jerry Ball, the third-round draft pick from SMU. "I was sitting there eating and I hear the glasses and Bill Gay goes, 'We want some singing!' " "What song did you choose?" he was asked. "It's called 'Trudy.' " Right. Yeah. That's a nice one. Trudy? Good or bad, you can't win Well. Times have changed. Years ago, most rookies relied on their college fight songs, as this was often the only song they knew. But now, anything goes. Willie Nelson. Tina Turner. Already the Lions' veterans have heard such hits as "Tiny Bubbles," "Always and Forever" and "My Girl," none of which will ever be confused with the original artists' renditions. "What one did you do?" Reggie Rogers, the Lions' first-round draft pick, is asked. "I did . . . uh, um, sheez. I can't remember." No matter. We are talking tradition here, the tradition of keeping a rookie in his place. The tradition of breaking tension. The tradition of fighting boredom. After all, how long can you just beat each other up? So we have Garland Rivers, from Michigan, who tried his fight song and was booed before he started. And Karl Bernard, a free-agent running back who brought down the room with a smoking rendition of "Truly" by Lionel Ritchie. And then there is poor Ray Brown, a receiver from South Carolina. No vocal cords. He wound up singing something he heard on the radio, although he doesn't remember what, and neither do his teammates. They do remember he was bad. As in sit down, Ray. That'll be enough out of you. "I'm not a singer," he says, shrugging. What's a rookie to do? There is no way to win here. If you sing terribly, they will boo unmercifully. And if you sing well, they will clap and scream things like, "OOOH, BABY! HOW SWEET IT IS!" And make you sing at every meal. The best way to avoid singing is to avoid the cafeteria. This can be tough, however, because it also means you never eat. "We tried sneaking in early," says Danny Lockett, a sixth- round linebacker from Arizona. "Then one day, just as I was leaving, I heard Bill Gay yell: 'HOLD UP!' " That was it. Lockett, who will never be confused with Michael Jackson, tried his fight song: Bear down, Ari-zona, Bear down, red and blue, Bear down, Ari-zona, Hit 'em hard and let 'em know who's who! "How long did you last?" someone asks. "Not long," Lockett says. "Coach (Darryl) Rogers was booing me right from the start. I forgot he used to be at Arizona State." The Saleaumua shuffle? There is no telling when the call will come. Could be lunch. Could be dinner. Could be if a rookie gets a veteran mad by tackling too hard. "What if they don't sing?" comes the question. "Oh, they'll sing," says Gay, 6-feet-5, 260 pounds, in a way that suggests they most certainly will. "These guys are lucky. If they stink, they just get booed. When I broke in nine years ago in Denver, they didn't like you, they threw eggs." (By the way, you may wonder why Gay gets to be in charge. Obviously, you never stood next to him. Not everyone can turn to a nasty, bald, muscle-bound rookie and say, "You sound like my dog." Bill Gay can do that. Also, he has the eggs.) So a great tradition continues. The only saving grace for these rookies is if they make the team, they get to do it to somebody else next year. Which is not to say there are no surprises left this season. Consider Danny Saleaumua, a hefty rookie nose tackle. Danny's family is from Samoa. He knows this traditional Samoan chant and dance. He is saving it for when he makes the team. "It's a participation thing," he says. "I yell something, they repeat." He demonstrates, raising one foot, then the other, stomping. "U-eee tong-ey al-u-mey! U-EE TON-GEY . . . AL-U- MEY!" "What does that mean?" he is asked. "I have no idea," he says. Should go over big. Detroit Lions, now 1-3, have no defense for their defense Anti-Semitic posts — and tepid reactions — should enrage us In bizarre NFL draft, Detroit Lions made the prudent pick: Jeff Okudah

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A Fractured Fairy Tale: Separating Fact & Fiction on Patent Trolls July 29, 2013, 02:27 PM 2 Editor's Note: This is part 1 of a 5 part series written by Steven J. Moore and with the assistance of Marvin Wachs and Timothy Moore, also of the Kelley Drye & Warren Patent Department. PROLOGUE : On the Isles of the White Knights and the Lowly Bridge Trolls Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a land far, far away, there existed an island kingdom called Inventis, a legendary land of technologically advanced people. Inventis was composed of many small islands, each separated by raging rivers of hot lava said to have spewed from the mouths of dragons. The only way to move from one island to the next was by way of a bridge of stone. Several bridges had been built in the past, in each case unlocking unanticipated riches on the bridged island. While it was thought that more riches were on the other islands, because of the effort and danger of building a stone bridge over hot rivers of lava, most of the islands of Inventis remained inaccessible. This was a problem for the King as the population of Inventis was growing rapidly, and the people simply needed more room. The King, looking to promote the progress of bridge building, promulgated an edict whereby any bridge builder was granted, for a time, the exclusive right to any new and useful discovery made on any previously isolated island. To assure that any bridge built would be sound, the King restricted such exclusive right to bridge builders who fabricated their bridges to exacting engineering specifications. He placed the responsibility to assure these provisos were met in the hands of his Ministry of Bridge Patency ("Patency Office") which also provided administrative mechanisms for anyone wishing to challenge any asserted exclusive right. On the main island there lived two distinct groups of artisans who were adept at bridge building. One group, the Commercializers of the Enclave of Corporate, sold many products and services to the public. Among their number were some large and sturdy White Knights. The other group, the Non-Commercializers of the Enclave of NPE, were known as dreamers who paid little immediate heed to making money through commerce. Although among their number were independent thinkers, new entrepreneurs, failed commercializers, university scholars and basic researchers, there were also some hideous, slinking creatures who had polluted waters of the mainland by making a living dredging up the wreckage of the past, and marketing it as valuable. Because of these slinking creatures, the Knights referred to all those coming from NPE as "Trolls." The Corporate Knights immediately began to build bridges, doing so in the dead of night so as to hide their fording techniques from others. In each case, the Knights found new succulent fruits, which the scientists classified as a species of Nirvan, which they sold to the public in the form of pies at a handsome profit. The Trolls, who were likewise prodigious bridge builders, were afraid of the dark of the night and thus decided to build their bridges in only shaded areas to conceal, as much as possible, their own fording techniques. Surprisingly, instead of finding succulent fruits on their islands, the Trolls commonly discovered special and distinct materials which the Knights uncannily very often found highly useful for the profitable commercialization of their discoveries. The Knights, understanding the Trolls dread of the dark, one day decided to sneak across the Troll bridges in the dead of night to gather their advantageous materials without the Trolls' permission. The Trolls, however, found out about such actions. They immediately went to the King's Courts and demanded payment in gold from the Knights. The Knights protested the Troll suits, asserting it was unfair that the Trolls, who never sold anything fabricated from their discovered materials to the public, should impede the Knight's use of such materials. They argued that the Trolls' newly discovered materials were unworthy of protection under the King's edict, and that the Trolls' discoveries were negated by failing to build bridges to the required engineering standards. The Trolls countered that the Knights had also built many similarly engineered bridges to islands where the Knights likewise held their discoveries in reserve for trade among competing Knights. [Patent-Litigation] The Knights were incensed by the insolence of the Trolls and began to wage war in the press regarding the Trolls' negative impact on the smaller Commercializers from whom tribute was also sought. They also sought expeditious redress from the Patency Office to confirm the invalidity of the Trolls' claims, and an alteration in the law, known as the Anti-Troll Inventis Act (the "AIA"), ostensibly to aid small Commercializers in more easily challenging the Trolls, and to make it harder and more expensive for the Trolls to adjudicate their claims in the King's courts. Over time the public heard over and over again that the Courts and Patency Office were often rejecting the Troll's claims. Thus, the public soon began to chime: "Strong Bridges built by the (K)night invariably lead to Nirvana, while rickety Troll bridges built where the sun does not shine always lead to all kinds of shit"(fertilizer that is!). And thus, the kingdom lived happily ever after (that is, until a huge tidal wave hit Inventis, causing it to be lost to the oceans – now known in antiquity as the Lost Isles of Inventis). Act 2: BACK TO REALITY – DESIGNING A STUDY TO TEST THE FABLE And thus the fable goes – the patents (i.e., the bridges of the fable) of the large commercializers (the Knights) are strong and worthy, while patents asserted by other entities against the Knights, particularly those patents owned by an entity that does not commercially make use of at least one of their discoveries, are weak and unworthy. While this fable developed in 1993 has been stoked by a continually beating drum for 20 years, it has not been until just recently that the tools available to check out the validity of fable have become available to all [1]. Given that this fable is being trumpeted as the basis for yet another round of large changes in the patent law, we feel the timing of our article could not be better. When we began our study, we had no idea how far or in which direction it would lead us. Our original study, which in itself was a Herculean task, had very little, to do with Patent Trolls. This study thought only to probe the basis behind the USPTO's high grant rate for reexaminations of the patents brought before it, something to our knowledge no one else had ever investigated. We had long ascribed to the position set forth by the USPTO, that is, that the USPTO rate of grant is high because only truly infirm patents were being challenged by reexamination. This seemed to answer why we had always seemed to find substantial invalidating art when clients hired us to file reexaminations, and, in truth, why we have had great success in such matters. However, we were intrigued by several authors who had begun positing more pedestrian bases for the high grant rate by the USPTO, such as the relatively high standard for non-obviousness that had developed after KSR, the very broad application of "broadest reasonable interpretation" test by the USPTO, or simply because the USPTO was looking at such petitions as a money making proposition. To determine whether the high grant rate related to something other than just poor patents, we had decided to attempt to challenge at random patents from companies that are among the most vocal as to the strength of their patents. We fully anticipated that we would not be able to make out a case of obviousness with respect to claims of all the patents. To make the challenge interesting, the project was given to someone in our group who had never failed to cause significant damage to a patent owner in a filed reexamination, someone we euphemistically call the "Reexaminator." The project was conducted over several years in order to avoid excessive billable down time, and was rapidly finished before the new fees for ex parte reexamination went into effect. Probably spurred on by his record, the Reexaminator lived up to his reputation, each time upon taking up an assigned patent by finding significant prior art flaws with the claims. By the time the Reexaminator had reached the sixth patent, we were completely surprised to find all the patents selected at random seemed to have fatal prior art obviousness flaws in many, if not most, of their claims. This fact was confirmed when we filed six blinded ex parte reexaminations against each of the patents, and all requests were granted. The results of this study will be set forth in a future article. Our results from the challenge intrigued us, as it suggested that with enough thought and manpower the majority of patents might be found to be infirm in some manner. This seemed particularly true, as in each case, the Reexaminator had "wacked" the broadest independent claim. In an upcoming paper we will discuss our results, and our conclusions. At about the time our results were coming in, there was a great deal of press relating to the poor patents of the so-called "Trolls" as compared to the patents of corporate America. These trolls were said to be raising havoc in the patent field. In particular the rhetoric regarding the "troll situation" was being raised many octaves by a paper published by Bessen and Neurer using RPX data, a company with a vested interest in promoting the troll story. This paper suggested that patent trolls were costing U.S. Companies nearly $30 billion a year in "direct costs". See James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer, The Direct Costs From NPE Disputes (Boston University School of Law, Law and Economics Working Paper No. 12-34, June 28, 2012). While the foundation for such a study has been savaged by other academicians, See Schwartz and Kesan, Essay: Analyzing the Role of Non-Practicing Entities in the Patent System, Draft Paper July 8, 2013, To be published in the Cornell Law Review 2014 (noting in part that the Bessen and Neurer study was funded by corporate interests with a stake in the troll story and that the "costs" of their study actually related to transfers to patent holders without making any determination that such payments were in fact due or not), it is clear just from an simple internet search that the Bessen and Neurer assertions were heavily promoted in the press. As new data bases and programs were coming available at the time, we thought it might be interesting to look at the patents of the so-called Trolls and those of corporate America to determine whether they truly fared differently from one. When we started peaking behind the curtain, as had been done to the dismay of the Wizard in the 1930's movie the Wizard of Oz and the surprise of Dorothy, we started seeing things that seemed very outside what we have been told for years is hard fact. Wikipedia tells us that the term "troll" was first popularized in 2001 by Peter Detkin, former Assistant General Counsel at Intel. Detkin is said to have later distanced himself from the term as started to be used others to refer to patent holders who were not asserting patents that they themselves were not practicing. The latter is said to have occurred because Detkin recognized that Intel itself often asserted patents that it had purchased but were not practicing. See, Wikipedia "Patent Troll." Our first move was to understand who was being identified as "Trolls" by the authorities who have been writing articles so long on the topic. We were surprised to find upon extensive searching on the Internet that we could not find a single research paper which provided any exhaustive list of the huge numbers of "Trolls" which were said to be stalking corporate America. Instead we found many papers making their analyses based upon proprietary databases that were not available to the public, and thus the veracity of the designation "Troll" was not subject to any validation. We decided to do some investigative reporting, contacting a number of the authors of the so-called troll stories. We were surprised over and over again to be given the same explanation – the lists of trolls they were referencing in the articles were considered "trade secrets". This got us to wonder – if Congress is taking credence in these reports, shouldn't these authorities be upfront about whom they were characterizing as a "Troll"? Months after our calls, we were able to finally identify, for the first time, an article published identifying an extensive list of so called "monetizers," albeit the list was limited to entities asserting patents in classes 370 (telephonic communication and/or 455 (telecommunication) alone. See Robin Feldman, Tom Ewing & Sara Jeruss, The AIA 500 Expanded: The Effects of Patent Monetization Entities, (UCLA Journal of Law & Technology, Research Paper No. 45), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2247195. However, it was still unclear to us whether we should be calling any entity wishing to monetize a right it holds to exclude others equated to the despicable "Troll" of the fairy tale. [Google_468_60] As noted by Professor Mark Lemley's group in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review article "Extreme Value or Trolls on Top? The Characteristics of the Most-Litigated Patents," Vol. 158, p. 1 – 37, if one calls a "patent troll" any company enforcing a patent that covers inventions that they do not practice, the number of trolls goes dramatically up, while if one counts "only companies enforcing patents that cover inventions they did not themselves develop, the number of patent trolls drops dramatically" (from their 2010 data to 12% of the patents and 7% of the lawsuits). Given the difficulty of identifying a "Troll" without a universally accepted definition, we decided in designing our study of the fable of the patent troll to jettison the whole idea of the "boogey man" and instead to look at the entities actually asserting and facing the challenges, in terms of whether an entity was or was not set up to sell or provide to the public goods and/or services (whom we characterized as a "Producer"). We further investigated whether an entity was an independent inventor or simply an alter ego of the independent inventors listed on a patent (that is the company's principals were the inventors on the patent being asserted), whether the entity was an emerging or research based company (an entity that does not yet sell a product but is expending its funds predominantly on research and development of a product), whether the entity was a university, or whether the entity seemed to be only engaged in licensing and litigation activities. The Troll story has been iterated over and over again. We are told that they have a "great, very smart plan" settling for low amounts of money "that hiring a lawyer to just look at the case would be a lot costlier than giving up and paying right away." See Jesus Diaz, Patent Troll is Suing Small Hotels and Coffiee Shops for Offering Wi-Fi, Gizmodo, October 4,2011, http://gizmodo.com/5846419/patent-troll-is-suing-small-hotels-and-coffee-shops-for-offering-wi+fi. Three questions immediately jump out regarding such depiction of the troll: First, isn't it very rare to obtain a patent that covers the products or services of a large number of companies? Second, doesn't it cost more to file suit and communicate with defendants through an attorney than a few thousand dollars? Third, if the patents were objectively without doubt obvious, why did so many defendants acquiesce to settle rather than file an ex parte reexamination of the patent in the past, when the cost of such filing was only $2500? Although we did not quantize the same it was pretty clear to us at the dockets of numerous NPE and Producer cases, that there seemed to be little support for the rapid settlement scenario story as made out by many with respect to the "Trolls," at least with respect to the non-independent inventor related NPEs. In designing our study we decided to look behind the patents that were being asserted in litigation to determine whether such patents were initially assigned to a company selling or providing goods and/or services, to an independent inventor, to an emerging or research based company, or to a university. This seemed to make sense to us, as more and more articles were being written about NPEs being set up or contracted by large and small producing corporations to monetize their patents. It appeared to us to incongruous to append the word "Troll" to an entity which was a producing company using a proxy to bring suit, but not appending such word to the same producing company if it brought suit in its own name. That is, why would one treat differently an entity set up by a large producing company to provide value from its patents (or an entity which was sharing in any valuation with a large producing company when obtaining value on litigated patents previously held by them) differently from the actual company that was seeking value? We also felt that it was time to separate out suits brought by individual inventors, who under Hewlett Packard v. Acceleron, 587 F.3d 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2009) were being forced to file suit rather than sending a licensing letter to a company to adjudge interest in their patents (in order to avoid a potential declaratory judgment action in some far flung jurisdiction). In terms of entities involved in a challenge, we understood that the patent office has long segregated filers into so-called "small" and "large" entities depending on whether they have more or less than 500 employees, based on a definition from the Small Business Administration. To make our data somewhat comparable, we investigated how the different entities involved in patent challenges characterized themselves when they filed their patent applications, that is whether they filed under "large" or "small" entity status (of course, this allowed us to determine which of these entities did not even participate in the patent realm). Furthermore, we used the Forbes Global 2000 list of the largest public companies in the world (2012 – basically companies having a valuation of 1 billion or more, or sales over 1 billion dollars), along with the 250 largest private companies as reported by Fortune (companies with net sales over 2 billion dollars), which we reference herein as the "Global 2000+" to distinguish the truly large companies from other Producers. We note that our Global 2000+ list underestimates full range of the world's largest corporations as information on private companies is difficult to obtain, and the list of private companies we could find did not account for any private companies that had annual sales between 1 billion dollars and 2 billion dollars. Our study looked at what actually happened when patent suits were brought by each of the different entities identified above. To do this study, we recognized that we would need to look at cases brought at least 5 years ago, to maximize the possibility that the cases were actually resolved through litigation and/or parallel reexamination. This study involved following hundreds (267) of randomly selected patent litigation cases filed between 2006 and 2008 ("pre-AIA") through termination, and through any intervening reexamination. We also looked at 428 random cases filed after the AIA to check on the statements being made about the "DEVELOPING" "Troll" problem. The results set forth below required extensive searches into among other things, the commercial status of parties involved in any challenge, the size status of each party involved in the challenge, the assignment history of any asserted or challenged patents in the challenge, the initial and ultimate outcome of any challenge, time between patent issuance and filing of suit, the number of unique challengers with respect to a data set, the corporate structure of the challenger, and information available concerning licensing activities of the challengers. In terms of coding, we truly feel that our coding was completely unbiased. In truth no one cared one way or the other how things turned out, we just wanted to understand what was really happening given all the conflicting rhetoric. While our group has represented companies in litigations and reexaminations against what some have characterized as the larger "trolls," our group has not represented any of these so-called "troll" entities, and we did not feel any compunction about shading the data one way or the other. We warn that while our conclusions are based on significant sample sizes which we believe will reflect the larger data available, they are not based on extremely large sample sizes. Thus, it is possible that one or more of our conclusions may be contradicted in the future when looking at larger samples. Unfortunately our work had to be limited given that the entire study was self-funded both in time and expense not by some large institution, but by a single department in a law firm. What we truly hope this study will do is to impel others, without an agenda in the outcome (i.e., a group without any support from large corporate America or the patent assertion entities), who have significant pecuniary deep pockets to probe further our findings. Lastly, we understand that the conclusions of our study may be found by some to be controversial, in being contrary to long held beliefs that have been held over the years by numerous parties, including most recently by some members of Congress, the Executive Branch and Judicial Branch (are there any other branches of government??!). Indeed we expect some would publish these results with significant trepidation. However, given that our group has never been accused of timidity in representing clients before the courts or the USPTO, as demonstrated by our legal representation of Dr. Tafas in his famous challenge of the USPTO rules in Tafas v. Dudas (with others, except for GlaxoSmithKline, standing on the sidelines), we set forth the results of our study below. >>>> Click to Continue Reading <<<< [1] The Stanford IP Litigation Clearinghouse, directed by Mark Lemley and Joshua Walker, was launched in December 2008, but permitted only limited access to the general public at large. Today, it is said to include more than 100,000 patent infringement outcomes, each as determined by members of the Stanford group. Granular access to the database has been traditionally limited to the government, academicians, and select others. Limited access is provided by subscription through Lex Machina. Although we subscribe to Lex Machina, we were unable to use the service to check outcomes against the Lexis database we utilized (Lexis Total Patent). "given the fact that by definition trolls are attorneys" The bias is self-evident. Benny, try to remember a critical point of law: property is alienable. Benny Attar Quote – "doesn't it cost more to file suit and communicate with defendants through an attorney than a few thousand dollars? " I would think not, given the fact that by definition trolls are attorneys, not inventors. An important point of your fable – which was glossed over in one line – is tha the popular press does not differentiate between NPEs and trolls. Perhaps moer should be done to set the record straight on this. Regarding reexamination, The high cost of filing an EPR is frustrating to manufactuers, since in effect we are paying the USPTO for the privilege of pointing out their own errors. The situation is far better in the EU, where a third party observation can be filed online, with no fees dues, before examination. I've noticed that the USPTO have picked up on that – in one case I saw an EU third party observation quoted in a USPTO office action.

Vivo Y53 is a budget smartphone launched and available at the price of N50,000 in Nigeria and about £130 in the United Kingdom. The phone is also available in India and China at similar prices. As usual, I have listed the Vivo Y53 specs here and other vital features you might be checking out for assuming you want to buy or refer the phone to anyone. Note, it's not one of those high-end flagship devices but a decent phone if you are on a low budget. A Bit On The High Side Considering The Specs. wid such high price, average ram size of 2g, poor ba3 capacity, camera not too gud for selfie lovers, i think d device is not worth going for.. dahz for me dunno about other people.. coming to look at the price tag I can t afford a phone of 50 thousand when the battery capacity is 2500mah. I think that someone that wants to go for this device should find a place where there is stable electricity.

Discriminating coffee enthusiasts expect a lot from their espressos, cappuccinos, and lattes. These consumers want a "mind-blowing" coffee, which not only has an extraordinary taste but also comes with an upbeat backstory about its origins. Collaborative CIAT research in Guatemala, Mexico, and Nicaragua has helped reveal what the backstory of smallholder coffee production really is, how it has changed for the better in recent years, and why. The approximately 25 million rural people in the tropics who depend on coffee production face many hardships. And these are made much worse by volatile prices for coffee and other crops that rural families grow. Consumers have become increasingly aware of these difficulties, thanks in large part to the fair trade-certified coffee model. Created in the late 1980s, it offers growers an above-market "fair-trade" price on the condition that they meet specific production and environmental standards. Certification of fair-trade coffee provides consumers – who pay a premium price for this product – with some assurance that it's grown in conditions favoring social justice and environmental sustainability. While still accounting for only a small proportion of total coffee sales, the market for fair-trade coffee has expanded significantly in recent years and has evidently benefitted many smallholder producers. To further ensure that coffee's backstory is getting better, Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (formerly Green Mountain Coffee Roasters) – the world's biggest buyer of fair trade-certified coffee – invests millions of dollars in projects intended to improve the conditions in which smallholders work and live. With the aim of grounding these investments in hard evidence, Keurig Green Mountain has entered into a partnership with CIAT, which revolves around scientific studies on the livelihoods of smallholder coffee-producing families. The most recent of these studies, called "Thin Months Revisited," was carried out collaboratively with the Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group at the University of Vermont, USA, in 2013. "Thin months," or meses flacos in Spanish, refers to a seasonal hunger period, when food and cash from previous harvests run short. In response, Keurig Green Mountain began to focus its outreach on bolstering food security, often with projects designed to diversify household livelihoods. Judging from the results of Thin Months Revisited – which involved interviews with 100 families, many of whom took part in the earlier study – these efforts are paying off. In the words of the study report, new research offers "irrefutable evidence that the situation has improved for most families" over the last 6 years – particularly with respect to food security. Across study locations, the average number of thin months has declined from 3.81 in 2007 to 2.83 today. The study doesn't claim that Keurig Green Mountain-funded projects alone accounted for this significant shortening of the hunger period. But it does show that, in Mexico's Chiapas State as well as Nicaragua, farmers taking part in these projects saw "marked improvements in livelihood diversification." In fact, some farmers have begun using income from their coffee harvests to expand into other enterprises (like fruits, vegetables, cocoa, livestock, and honey) and vice versa. "Diversification lowers the pressure on coffee through a system that is in harmony with the environment and offers alternative sources of income," said Santiago Dolmus, a member of the technical assistance team with Cecocafen, an organization that supports coffee-grower associations in northern Nicaragua. Diversification should also help growers weather another, longer term threat to their way of life and the coffee business. According to a CIAT study carried out several years ago, gradually rising temperatures will make coffee production far less viable in areas of Mesoamerica where it thrives today, requiring that farmers both modify their coffee management and explore other options.

#region License // Copyright (c) 2007 James Newton-King // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person // obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation // files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without // restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, // copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell // copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the // Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following // conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be // included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, // EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES // OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND // NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT // HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, // WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR // OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. #endregion using System; namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters { /// <summary> /// Create a custom object /// </summary> /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam> public abstract class CustomCreationConverter<T> : JsonConverter { /// <summary> /// Writes the JSON representation of the object. /// </summary> /// <param name="writer">The <see cref="JsonWriter"/> to write to.</param> /// <param name="value">The value.</param> /// <param name="serializer">The calling serializer.</param> public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer) { throw new NotSupportedException("CustomCreationConverter should only be used while deserializing."); } /// <summary> /// Reads the JSON representation of the object. /// </summary> /// <param name="reader">The <see cref="JsonReader"/> to read from.</param> /// <param name="objectType">Type of the object.</param> /// <param name="existingValue">The existing value of object being read.</param> /// <param name="serializer">The calling serializer.</param> /// <returns>The object value.</returns> public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer) { if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null) return null; T value = Create(objectType); if (value == null) throw new JsonSerializationException("No object created."); serializer.Populate(reader, value); return value; } /// <summary> /// Creates an object which will then be populated by the serializer. /// </summary> /// <param name="objectType">Type of the object.</param> /// <returns></returns> public abstract T Create(Type objectType); /// <summary> /// Determines whether this instance can convert the specified object type. /// </summary> /// <param name="objectType">Type of the object.</param> /// <returns> /// <c>true</c> if this instance can convert the specified object type; otherwise, <c>false</c>. /// </returns> public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType) { return typeof (T).IsAssignableFrom(objectType); } /// <summary> /// Gets a value indicating whether this <see cref="JsonConverter"/> can write JSON. /// </summary> /// <value> /// <c>true</c> if this <see cref="JsonConverter"/> can write JSON; otherwise, <c>false</c>. /// </value> public override bool CanWrite { get { return false; } } } }

Time is almost up for the 2019 legislative session, so could the next week be the last chance for the distracted driving bill? What started back in January as a Senate bill migrated through a series of maneuvers over to the House side. HB 2318 stands as the best chance to get a statewide texting-and-driving ban passed in the state of Arizona. The bill made a lot of progress this week, leaving committees and caucuses with the only remaining step a full floor House vote. But there are some questions as to whether or not that's going to happen next week.

​Open Innov by Engie: 7 months of innovative initiatives! Launched in November 2014, the Open Innov platform was created to connect innovative players and to facilitate the development of new projects related to the energy transition. Even before its official launch, the platform went through a beta testing at the 2014 Futur en Seine event between June 12th and 15th 2014. Cit'ease, the collaborative tool for city management, was also tested at the event. ICS Toulouse, between September 16th and 19th 2014: at this first edition of the International Innovation and Competitiveness Fair, ENGIE launched its first call for projects on "Integrating renewable energy into the city". A startup is currently working with the SCLE SFE, Cofely Ineo ENGIE thanks to this call for projects. The Morning Meeting welcomed the Belgian startup Powerdale, which specializes in building recharging stations for electric vehicles, and which was the first startup to benefit from the ENGIE New Ventures investment fund. The Innovation Day was held by ENGIE in Lille on November 6th, 2014. 35 startups were brought together to present their innovative projects to a panel of investors and local decision-makers. The second ENGIE Call for Projects was launched at this event, focusing on projects to transform the Saint Sauveur district of Lille. 14 teams made proposals in response to the call for projects, and 4 of them are still among the finalists in the competition. On November 29th in Nancy, Open Innov participated in the National "Dare to imagine tomorrow's economy" event. It was an opportunity for startups to meet with ENGIE's investment fund, New Ventures. OpenInnov was part of the selection committee and one of the partners of the City of Paris's Innovation Grand Prix on December 2nd, 2014. Worth noting: the winner of the "Innovative business services" category was Redbird, a pioneer and the leader of processing data from civilian drone operations, which a few months later became the fourth company to receive support from the ENGIE New Ventures fund. The Innovation Morning Meeting on January 28th 2015 was focused on biogas, and also included the launch of another ENGIE call for projects on the development of smart sensors for methanizers. On March 9th, the launch of the "Better energy for the city" incubator was the result of collaboration between ENGIE and Paris&Co. The incubator will give 5 startups&mdashDatapole, Energiency, Partnering 3.0, Sharette and Smart Impulse&mdashsupport from ENGIE in developing new products and services related to improving energy efficiency in cities. On March 31st, the third edition of the Innovation Morning Meetings welcomed Axelle Lemaire, the Secretary of State for Digital Affairs at the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, as well as Gilles Babinet, France's Digital Champion, who defends the country's digital economic interests at the European Commission. This Morning Meeting had to do with Digital Energy, and included a number of startups and Group subsidiaries, who were able to present their innovative projects for a large audience (since this Morning Meeting was livestreamed, followed by 290 people and widely discussed in the media). ENGIE was a partner of the Startup of the Year Award 2015 organized by the online magazine Bonjour Idée. With a number of prizes to award, ENGIE's employees chose between the semi-finalist startups to select the winner of the GDF SUEZ prize. Green Creative was the winner. This startup is developing a smart trash bin for use by local governments and in public places. A call for participants was made for innovative British projects, and should lead to a number of finalists participating in the market place to be held during the Innovation Week in June. The month of April ended with a brilliant and creative event: the first Drone Hackathon, held by OpenInnov. Over the course of three days, more than 200 participants organized in 28 teams tried to come up with responses to the challenges at hand, all of which involved the various uses for civilian drones. The spirit of fun and intense coding typical of this kind of event led to many high quality projects. OpenInnov also participate in a number of events in France and abroad, including CleanTech San Francisco, Capital Risque in Montpellier, BA06 in Nice, the Research and Enterprise Forum in Reims, Tech Meeting Paris, EcoBoost, etc. All of the events involved startups pitching for local deciders and investors. A number of other calls for projects are going to be launched before the summer. To learn about when and where they will be launched, sign up for the "Call for Projects" newsletter in OpenInnov.

'To Maister Anthonie Bacon. An Apologie of the Earle of Essex....' Bookmark:https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb96-ms287 Senate House Library Archives, University of London GB 96 MS 287 c1600-1700 'To Maister Anthonie Bacon. An Apologie of the Earle of Essex, against those which falsely and maliciously taxe him to be the onely hinderer of the Peace, and quiet of his Countrey'. The text differs slightly from that of the first printed edition of 1603. Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purposes of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. See Archival History Collection level description Archivist's Note Entry compiled by J Caudwell. Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original, which must be assessed by a conservator. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests. With the bookplate of Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, and a note, "bought at the sale of Sir Julius Caesar's MSS., 1757". Phillipps MS. 11788, "from Strawberry Hill 1842". Accompanying the MS. formerly covering it, is a parchment deed between Sir Edward Osborne, ancestor of the Duke of Leeds, and Humfry Bark, dated 14 Nov. 1586. Internal politics Political conflicts Political crises Bacon, Anthony, 1558-1601, spy Devereaux, Robert, 1567-1601, 2nd Earl of Essex, statesman

The 2012 FMR MAJOR Awards: The Worst Director Nominees Ugh. Here we go folks. Back to the bad with the Worst Directors. These were the guys who screwed things up worse than everybody else in the last year! The Worst Directors of 2012! Click through to see who earned this ignominious honor. Given a 209 million dollar budget, and basically freed from needing to bear any resemblance to the actual board game, Berg came up with one of the biggest laughingstocks of the year. "Battleship". Full of bad acting, silly action sequences, and head-scratching story elements, the highest praise "Battleship" has been earning is "Dumb Fun". It's the type of Summer Blockbuster that gives Summer Blockbusters a bad name. It almost seems unfair to pick on the guy who's saddled with remaking a 30 year old B Movie with a bunch of pretty youngins… that is until you see what a convoluted mess "Red Dawn" turned out to be. The funny thing is, for a long time second unit director/stunt coordinator… there aren't even any good action sequences. After a mess like this, I smell a trip back down to the minors. Cohen is no rookie. His credits, in fact, include some decent, entertaining films ("Dragonheart", "The Fast and the Furious") but this is junk, pure and simple. The two lead performances were underwhelming, the story was garbage, and he did nothing stylistically worth mentioning. When it wasn't busy being silly it was drab, and he has to answer for how it turned out. Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" Early in the year, Neveldine and Taylor took their juvenile adrenaline junkie sensibilities to a superhero franchise with the second big screen outing of "Ghost Rider". Not that the first was any good, but these two manage to make the sequel feel like "Crank Lite" and somehow fail to get a good bad performance out of Nic Cage. Probably by encouraging him to act crazy. Mabrouk El Mechri Mechri landed himself an action movie after the positive reception of JCVD, and with it, he did next to nothing. Given two big name stars and the up and comer who will soon be known as Superman, he motivated them all to the heights of blandness and then loaded the rest of the film with bargain basement action sequences. It's almost as if he didn't know what he was doing so he just copied other… oh, wait. There you go. The directors that fumbled the ball the worst this last year. Anyone I'm being unduly unkind to? Anyone I let off the hook via omission? Which one of these clowns should wear the crown? Let us hear it! Posted By: Fogs' Movie Reviews Category: The MAJOR Awards Tags: Alex Cross, Battleship, Brian Taylor, Dan Bradley, Entertainment, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Mabrouk El Mechri, Mark Neveldine, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, Movie, Movie Awards, movie discussion, Movies, Neveldine and Taylor, Peter Berg, Red Dawn, Rob Cohen, The Cold Light of Day, The MAJOR Awards, Worst Director « Older Post The 2012 FMR MAJOR Awards: The Best Actress Nominees » Newer Post The 2012 FMR MAJOR Awards: The Best Director Nominees 36 thoughts on "The 2012 FMR MAJOR Awards: The Worst Director Nominees" Gotta highfive ya on all these, esp Rob Cohen. What garbage he did…and I don't understand why with James Patterson on board with the project. Poor Tyler Perry who ventured out of his wig-covered comfort zone. Alex Cross's problems weren't Perry's fault. I blame Cohen! He deserves this win. with 2nd runner up being Peter Berg for destroying the beauty of the name of a beloved classic game from my childhood. Please also give an honorable mention to Mans Marlind & Bjorn Stein who took the directing reigns from Len Wiseman for Underworld Awakening and made the worst of the series. You know? Aside from the original, Awakenings is the only one I've seen of the series, so I couldnt tell the difference. 😦 As far as Tyler Perry in Alex Cross, can I just say I didnt think he brought a lot to the table, either? That's where I shake out on it. If we were lining them up for blame, I'd put him last, certainly, but I'm not about to let him completely off the hook, either. Meanwhile, thank you for your support, I think these guys all let us down in one way or another. LOL brikhaus Ridley Scott for Prometheus. Just kidding. Even though that movie did suck pretty hard. Gotta agree with all of your choices here. Nice list. Thanks Brik. Believe it or not, I actually briefly considered Sir Ridley. Honest. Then I had to shake it off, but… It does tell you his name will get thought of when the subject of poor directing from last year came up. Probably unfair, but still… Alan Tanski (Tank Sr.) The first Ghost Rider was campy fun. The second was just utter garbage, not only for the bad direction but for 2 terrible performances-Cage and Hinds. Agreed. It was the type of thing that obviously fell on the directing, too. 😮 I'd say Cold Light of Day. I managed to make it to the END CREDITS of all the other ones (except Red Dawn, which I haven't seen, and won't see. One awkward Thor role in Cabin In The Woods was enough for me, no more:), but I only got like 20 minutes into CLOD and had to stop. I was just incredibly bored! It's not the actors, it's, idk what it is. Just boring. Can't wait for Superman though (ergo, I have nothing against Cavill, or Willis, as we already know:)! It only got worse from there, Livi, too. Trust me. This guy managed to make car chases and shootouts boring! That's hard to do!! youjivinmeturkey Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor BY FAR. Their Attempt At Making A Flick Almost Made Me Ill. I Was/Am Pissed About How Crappy The Second "Ghost Rider" Panned Out. Like I Said In My Quickie Review Of It, Even A Cameo From One Of My Favorite Schlock Actors Ever, CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT, Couldn't Save It. It Was THAT Bad. 😦 And Nic Cage Was Awful In It To Boot. So Double 😦 😦 -B. The double frown smiley… Look at what they've driven us to!! 😮 Lol. They hacked it up, no doubt about it. You could feel their fingerprints everywhere on it, and not in a good way. 😦 I went in with mild hopes for it due to seeing both of them present footage at a NYCC panel, but… It didn't turn out well at all. filmhipster I love Peter Berg's expression in that pic. "Oh yeah, I just gots me 209 million bucks y'all." LOL. In fairness to him, the film earned a profit. So, it wasn't a flop at least. Dan Bradley takes this hands down if you dont include the films, The Devil inside, Dark Shadows or The Dictator. Apparently, I didnt. Dark Shadows wasn't wnough of a mess for me to toss a big name like Burton under the bus. Was it a disappointment? Yes, and I called it out as such. But is it one of the worst jobs all year? No. Meanwhile, The Devil inside was a low budget production job from a nobody. really. It'll see its day in court, but I like for my Worst Directors to have a little more in terms of resources and/or possibilities before throwing them into the mix here. All of these folks had resources to work with, and most of them had a property to work off of. The Dictator was just an average comedic fail. If I open that door, I'll have to expand the field to 50. Thats okay, even including the other 49 its likely Dan Bradley would still have won. Since all these films missed the mark, I guess I'd go with the biggest money loser. Battleship and Ghost Rider(2) actually made money. RDawn and ACross lost similar amounts though I don't think much was expected of RDawn. The Cold Light of Day is my vote with a crap film of phone in performances that made less than $11M per imdb with no reported budget which means it lost quite a bit of money in my book. And was this a remake of an '89 flick? Anyhoo, El Mechri's filming should be frozen (hace mucho frio; es verdad) if this is his goal. Maybe the script just stunk; idk. Nice post of dulled down directors. Thanks! And very sound reasoning, here, to reach your conclusion. I'm not 100% sure Cold Light of Day is a remake though. No reference to that on Wikipedia… In all other regards you're right about it though. It was shite. LOL 😀 VictorsMovieReviews I'm happy to say I haven't watched any of these, but I'll vote for Peter Berg. How he didn't get the same ripping as Andrew Stanton is a mystery to me. His movie didnt lose a ton of money like Stanton's did. And I did consider Stanton here as well, but I think John Carter turned out to be much more watchable than these… plus, most of the faults there were on the marketing, high concept, script, etc etc. There were just a ton of things going on. It was hard to just pin it on Stanton. 😦 Well, thank God Ridley Scott is not here 🙂 Head exploding time? LOL sidekickreviews Your list reminds me that there wasn't a Michael Bay or M Night Shyamalan movie this year. 🙂 Did you do a post on your favorite 2012 movies? I'd be very interested! Mañana! Around 5ish or so. Tomorrow's agenda: Best animated, Worst movies, and Best movies Tune in, should be a big day!! 😀 And we'll get one of those two this year at least. I dont think I'll know what to do with myself if Shyamalan's movie (After Earth) is actually watchable… Its been so long! It sounds to me as if in terms of squandered potential, Cold Light of Day is the front-runner here. Interesting premise, big name actors… a complete failure on that has to be the fault of the director, right? Well… he had the big name actors, that's what he squandered most. I mean, I'm sure he didnt have them more than a couple of days… but they gave him nothing. The concept was really rather thin, actually. That flick was hollow. 😦 Berg had the big budget, and Neveldine and Taylor had the cool character of Ghost Rider… so I'd say one of those two squandered the best opportunity, I think. "Cool character"… "Ghost Rider"… you know, I've never been able to reconcile those phrases with each other. It's similar to how, although I disliked Spider-Man 3, the treatment of Venom wasn't a major problem for me. Just never was that impressed to begin with. I can't help noticing that these are all action flicks. Do you think Hollywood is trying to say something about action fans based on the directors they assign to these pictures? Maybe they figure that the "adrenaline junkies" won't notice, so they don't need to worry too much about quality. And they don't fear the idea that peple will stop coming, because the fans will always need their next "fix". Or maybe Fogs is getting soft on us and liking Rom Coms more. Hehehehehe. Sorry. I couldn't resist that last line. Cant wait to see your Worst Picture list! HAHA! Noooo. Me loving on the Rom Coms…. LOL. Let's get real. 😀 Big day for all that stuff tomorrow. Best and Worst Movies, plus animated flicks this year (broke my heart last year not to recognize "Rango" somehow!!) As for action flicks, its probably just an easy jumping in point for second unit directors, you know? Because theyre already versed to an extent, I suppose. In fairness only a couple of these qualify, but… there is something going on there. There could have easily been some horror movies in this mix too. I really weighed Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost for Paranormal Activity 4, but held off at the last minute thinking that most of that films problems were script based (it was close, and it was their script, too). Horror movies seem to be easy to get made, too… Berg. Clearly. That has to rank as a crime against humanity to waste that much money n that bad a film. Ghost Rider at least looked good. It's true, he definitely had the most resources. It's worth noting that it DID make a decent return… But still, that was some laughable stuff. You can't do that when you have so much invested. Neveldine and Taylor. There are two of them and they still made a film that atrocious. *puke* LOL. I know right? YOu'd think that somehow that would work to their advantage, wouldn't you? Like they could cover more ground or act like a system of checks and balances, LOL Okay, they were all bad enough in their ways that I can't pick which stands out as worst. I'm going to go with the guy who managed to over-direct Cage so badly that Cage failed to do what he can normally do as naturally as breathing. Another vote for Neveldine and Taylor. Indeed, they were quite atrocious!! 😀 Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor Yeah, LOL. They're strong candidates here, aren't they? 😀 Leave a Reply to Morgan R. Lewis Cancel reply

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If you read yesterday's article about the 7 Hottest Neighborhoods In Tallahassee, then you know that Bull Run Home Buyers are very active right now. In fact, they are buying homes fast enough to propel Bull Run into the most active position among all Tallahassee neighborhoods. I identified an important trend among Bull Run home buyers last November, and we find that trend has strengthened in the first quarter of 2012. And what trend might that be (for those of you who missed the previous article)? Our first real estate graph shows that Bull Run home buyers are buying smaller and smaller homes every year. As Bull Run is a younger neighborhood, most of the sales thus far have been new construction. I believe this is a sign of builders have to go "smaller" to compete with falling home prices across Tallahassee. Of course, this begs the question, what's going to happen when the normal cycle (5 to 7 years) of re-sales really starts to hit the market in Bull Run? If you are thinking about buying a home in Bull Run, you will be treated with the lowest prices ever seen there. Currently, the average price of a closed home sold in Bull Run is under $284,000. Home values have followed home prices, and Bull Run home buyers are liking what they are seeing. This chart shows that values are falling, but values appear (at first glance) to be done just 20% since the peak of the market... how could this be true when the rest of Tallahassee is down over 30%? Our final real estate graph shows what's really happening in Bull Run. It seems Bull Run home buyers are choosing so much new construction that it is hiding the fact that existing home values have declined significantly. Fortunately for Bull Run homeowners, the decline is better than the market (down 27%). My concern for people who want to sell a home in Bull Run over the next few years is that the supply is going to exceed the norm for Tallahassee. I believe demand for this great Northeast Tallahassee neighborhood will be solid, but the supply side might get glutted when the 7 year itch kicks in. If you are interested in finding out how your home stacks up and whether or not you should sell it this year, just drop me a note and we can schedule an informative meeting that will help you prepare your best housing plan. Remember, Bull Run home buyers are choosing new right now, so the resale market will either have to wait until this cycle is over, or will have to offer significant value over what is being built.