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European equities fell for a second straight session to a one-week low on Wednesday, with commodities-related shares coming under further selling pressure as the prices of copper and crude oil slipped.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was down 1.7 per cent at 1,266.13 points by 0930 GMT after falling to 1,265.20, the lowest level in a week. The benchmark index closed 1.3 per cent weaker in the previous session.
Commodities-focussed stocks bore the brunt of the sell-off, with the STOXX Europe 600 Basic Resources index dropping 4.5 per cent, the top sectoral decliner, after prices of copper fell as concerns about the demand in top consumer China resurfaced.
The European oil and gas index also fell 2.5 per cent, tracking a decline in crude oil prices which were hit after top exporter Saudi Arabia ruled out production cuts and industry data showed a further build in US crude stockpiles.
Shares in Anglo American, Glencore, BHP Billiton, BP and Royal Dutch Shell were down 2.4 to 7.0 per cent.
"The upside potential for commodity prices and commodity-related stocks is limited as there is still a lot of excess supply of commodities. It's not a good time to increase your exposure to the sector," said Peter Dixon, economist at Commerzbank.
Standard Chartered fell 6.4 per cent, extending the previous session's 6.7 per cent drop following an 84 per cent slump in its annual profit, as Bank of America ML, Deutsche Bank and Nomura cut their target prices for the stock.
Investors kept a close eye on the earnings season in Europe, which is gathering pace. According to Thomson Reuters StarMine data, 58 per cent companies in the STOXX Europe 600 index have announced results so far, of which 5 per cent have met or beaten analyst forecasts.
Shares in Wolters Kluwer rose 5.2 per cent, the top gainer in the FTSEurofirst 300 index, after the Dutch business information and publishing company reported slightly better-than-expected results as growth in North America and Asia Pacific offset weakness in Europe.
PSA Peugeot Citroen rose 3.9 per cent as the company said it would consider paying a dividend for 2016 after reaching its medium-term targets ahead of schedule, helped by cost cuts, price increases and a recovery in European demand.


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The TSI World Bracknell Bees spent their weekend either close to or at home as their road game saw them make the short journey down the M3 before heading back to the Hive to face the league's newest team.
Speaking after the weekend Bees Head Coach Doug Sheppard said; "I'm impressed with our compete level across the weekend. Sunday we had 4 regular forwards out but we got the job done and it was good to pick up two points at home. Hopefully, we'll start getting injured bodies back soon but I was impressed by Josh Ealey-Newman and Casey Wilson last night making their first appearances."
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The weekend kicked off on the road as the rivalry resumed between the Bees and Bison. It was an early goal from the home team that opened the scoring with Ashley Tait netting at 5.47, and his goal was followed up with a powerplay strike at 16.56 from George Norcliffe for a 2-0 opening period.
Roman Malinik single handledly pulled the Bees back into the game in the middle period with an even strength goal at 28.18 before a powerplay goal 3.01 later to level at 2-2. Under 2 minutes later however Richard Bordowski scored the game winner at 33.03.
Tait netted his second at 45.23 to add a safety margin to the Bison scored and when Hallam Wilson picked up a tripping penalty at 51.40 Doug Sheppard called the Bees time-out. Despite a desperate attempt to get back into the game, including 22 seconds of empty net, Bison clung on for the win.
Basingstoke: Tait 2+1; Wilson 0+2; Bordowski, Norcliffe 1+0; Jones, Harding, Dewey, Sampford, King 0+1. Net: Mettam (60.00) 15/2
Bracknell: Malinik 2+0; Knaggs, Smith, Martin 0+1. Net: Goss (59.38) 33/4 & Empty Net (0.22) 0/0
Period Scores: 2-0/1-2/2-0
Shots On Goal: 33-15
Penalty Minutes: 10-8
Referees: Hamilton & Hands. Linesmen: MacPhee & Sitch-Cunningham
Gamesheet: http://eihams.fixtureslive.com/matchSheet.aspx?fixtureid=2228332
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Back on home ice an already short benched Bees team were now also without Aidan Doughty, added to the list of injured players, but did manage to add Josh Ealey-Newman and Casey Wilson to the line-up. It was Roman Malinik that opened the scoring with his wrist shot being too powerful for Miles Finney in the Chiefs net and set the score to 1-0 at 4.16. At 7.46 Bees doubled their lead when Josh Ealey-Newman buried a powerplay chance but Radel Meidl scored at 11.43 to reduce the visitors' deficit.
The second period played out similar to the first period with the Bees adding to their advantage thanks to a second 2-1 period. Zack Milton scored at 34.23 and Ryan Webb's speed outdid the Chiefs defence at 37.20 but in between the two Bees goals Chiefs kept themselves in the game thanks to Meidl's second at 36.01.
Bees looked to close out the game in the third period but Chiefs fought back and made the final 4.01 interesting with their third goal at 55.59 from James Archer. Despite this Bees closed out for the win, remaining undefeated on home ice in the regular season so far.
Bracknell: Ealey-Newman 1+1; Colvin 0+2; Webb, Z Milton, Malinik 1+0; O'Flaherty, Smith, H Stead,
B Baird, Mogg 0+1. Net: Goss (60.00) 27/3
Leeds: Meidl 2+1; Archer 1+2; Bentham 0+2; Streetly 0+1. Net: Finney (60.00) 32/4
Period Scores: 2-1/2-1/0-1
Shots On Goal: 32-27
Penalty Minutes: 33-43
Referees: Stephenson & Sevruk. Linesmen: Lalonde & O'Neill
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Portland Art Museum's New Exhibit Provides an Enriching Indoor Experience for Outdoor LoversOctober 14th, 2015
Here in Portland, nature often takes center stage. With magnificent landscapes and mountain views, green spaces galore and parks aplenty, Mother Nature is truly in her glory in the City of Roses. With so many exciting outdoor activities and recreational pursuits available, people might not realize (or just forget!) that Portland offers many outstanding options for enriching indoor experiences as well. A visit to the Portland Art Museum (PAM) is one such option, and a special upcoming exhibit called Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection will entice indoor and outdoor enthusiasts alike.
Showcasing the development of European and American landscape painting over a period of 500 years, Seeing Nature features 39 paintings that translate the wonder of nature into pictorial form. The paintings were collected by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, who has been a major philanthropist in the Pacific Northwest region. This special exhibit has been five years in the making, and since it premieres in Portland on October 10 before any other city on its tour (including Seattle which has to wait until 2017 — shhhh), that gives us the unique privilege of being first to see all of these paintings together!
The big guns will be here: O'Keefe, Hopper, Cezanne, Canaletto, Cézanne, and Turner, for starters. If you are a fan of Monet, you are especially in luck as five of his works spanning 30 years will be on view. If you are drawn to the magical city of Venice, you are going to be happy to see multiple masterpieces with that setting by different artists. How about comparing the more literal representation of Thomas Moran's Grand Canyon with the more personal interpretation by David Hockney? There will also be a rare opportunity to view a landscape painting by Gustav Klimt, the man who created one of the most celebrated paintings the world has ever seen in The Kiss. Whether documenting everyday surroundings or making meaning of dramatic vistas, these artists show nature in a light that will inspire.
And perhaps the next time you are gazing at Mount Hood from afar or admiring the beauty of a single rose, you will enjoy your natural surroundings with the fresh perspective gained from your experience of Seeing Nature.
Fun facts about PAM:
1) It is the oldest art museum in the Pacific Northwest and the seventh oldest in the U.S.
2) It is family- and budget -friendly with free admission for children 17 and under, free for everyone on First Thursdays after 5 pm, and just $5 on Fridays after 5 pm.
3) Brian Ferriso, the director, is a formally trained landscape painter.
For more information, visit www.portlandartmuseum.org.
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Vikings S5E7 Review: Full Moon
Full Moon
Things are coming to a head, now–this is the last episode where all of our characters are in their separate corners, preparing for the fight. The full moon is nearly upon them, and save for the relatively separate storylines of Iceland and York, things are fixed on Vestfold and Kattegat, as we prepare for what Bjorn calls, "our personal Ragnarok." This episode was well executed, bringing a great deal of emotion to the table, and brought back the ghosts of characters long since past…like my darling Aethelstan, who, as readers know, I've never forgotten.
We see little of the preparations here, but we do learn that Astrid is pregnant (from who, it's unclear), and Harald is happy of course. Astrid is less so, but there is little she can do about the situation.
Ivar and Heahmund continue to have philosophical discussions regarding their respective religions and about why they are fighting. It is clear that Ivar both respects and mistrusts Heahmund, and I am starting to get the distinct feeling that the Bishop has Ivar's number. I fully believe that he is manipulating the situation to his advantage–even though I do also believe he thinks God wants him to be here.
Most of the drama within Kattegat is born from relationships breaking and reforming. Bjorn, while back, isn't coming home to everyone–he admits that he doesn't love Torvi anymore, and that she doesn't deserve that. Halfdan (who has grown on me this season) says, "what you deserve and what you receive are never in balance. The Gods aren't interested in fairness." I genuinely appreciate how honest and stoic he is about the world: it simply is how it is.
Lagertha has invited the Sami to assist her in the fight, and the King has a beautiful daughter–one that Bjorn is very interested in. Torvi, to her credit, lets him go. I genuinely love her character–this is a woman who has been wronged/abused by three husbands. She deserves so much better, Bjorn is right–but what she will receive…Ubbe? That's right–Ubbe attempts to comfort her, and in the process, kisses her. It's…interesting, and I honestly could get behind it, but Ubbe needs to get rid of his crazy wife, first–especially since she thinks she will be made Queen of Kattegat if Lagertha is gone.
Bjorn, thinking with his dick again, decides to marry the Sami princess. They have some strange, kinky sex, and honestly, I don't understand the point of it. But hey, I guess Bjorn is now 'married' again.
In more positive developments, Halfdan states that he will stay with Bjorn in the fight, as he owes him a life debt–even if it means killing his brother. Again, he is one of the few men on the show I can genuinely say has some honor left.
My favorite moment of the episode, though, is a quiet one between Bjorn and Lagertha. It's clear that she is exhausted by everything. She simply wants everything to be over, and like Ragnar had wished before her, she laments that they ever left the farm. Bjorn attempts to rally her, and tells her that she can best Ivar–that he may try to bring Ragnarok down on her–but she is stronger, better than this–and he will be by her side.
She isn't so sure.
Nothing overly eventful happens in Iceland; there are clearly two factions of people now–those that believe in what Floki is doing, and those that don't. What I find interesting is that while Floki truly does believe that this is a place of the Gods, he also is seeking to set up a democratic sort of government. The split between groups happens when one set thinks that Floki is lying, and will want to rule, regardless of what he says. Given how Floki has been acting recently, I genuinely believe he has no sights on a throne of any sort, but it will be interesting to see how this plot plays out.
Back in England, Alfred reaches the monastery where his father had studied before being captured by the vikings. It's amazing to see the young man so willing to be open and accepting of other ideas–that all people have good and evil within them, and their religion doesn't matter. We already start to see echos of the man he is to become (the man of history) as he tells the Priest to start doing sermons in English, since most common folk no longer understand Latin–and people should be allowed to understand.
We are also graced with the voice of Athelstan visiting Alfred in the night, saying the Lord's Prayer with his son–as the voice over continues, the camera pans over people who once knew our now dead priest, including Bjorn and the forlorn Lagertha. Like most of the moments the show has done post Athelstan's death, it's poignant and well done. People may be gone, but they are never forgotten, here.


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I have very mixed feelings about Barack Obama, which is strange. After 8 years, our opinions should be somewhat set.
On the one hand, he was certainly not what we hoped he would be. He continued Bush's wars, continued Bush's surveillance programs, continued Bush's policy of low taxes for the rich, and failed to close Guantanamo.
On the other hand, he really did give a good speech, he passed Obamacare (which was not nothing), recognized Cuba, and had to put up with a lot of nonsense from the right. In fact, one reason I don't criticize Obama so much is that I don't want to make common cause with the right wing lunatics who are destroying the U.S. from the inside out like a malignant parasitic infection.
That doesn't excuse everything, though. He was commander-in-chief. He could have closed Guantanamo if he'd really wanted to.
Anyway, tonight I want to blog about the portraits. Some people love 'em, some people hate 'em, and it's pretty predictable which people are which. Sean Hannity said the artist who did Barack's included secret pictures of sperm but, you know, Sean Hannity.
I don't really care for Barack's either. All that plant life around him, as if he was a huge friend of the environment. He wasn't, so it was a weird pose, a weird statement to make.
I liked Michelle's. Cool and understated. I suppose you have to view them as a team, but Michelle's thing was planting a White House vegetable garden, and telling kids to exercise and eat healthy. As far as First Ladies go, she was one of the coolest.


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London Art Galleries Now Discovering Marko Stout
Londoners now are finally beginning to discover what art lovers and collectors in New York, Miami and Berlin already know, Marko Stout is an artist whose stock is rapidly on the rise!
Developing a cult-like following of celebrities and collectors since 2016 when Marko sold 4 vibrant female sculptures to a Berlin nightclub owner and collector, he established himself as the artist to watch- and now Londoners are finally taking notice of the famed New York artist Marko Stout.
Celebrity fan Madison Hildebrand from Bravo's Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles thanked Marko Stout for his contribution to the art scene "Thank you for sharing your art and expression with us, the World is excited to see it." Filling numerous galleries and spaces with his metallic paintings and sculptures, celebrity fans of Marko Stout also includes Fashion Model Brook Nader, Lance Bass of NSYNC, Canadian singer Deborah Cox, and business icon and Shark Kevin O'Leary who declared "I'm a fan" after congratulating Marko Stout on his 2018 New York City solo exhibit.
Marko Stout is stealing the spotlight since ages by portraying New York City and modern urban life in a unique way. He indulged himself in painting, sculpture art, films, videography, etc. in a very short time he has created his own unique identity. He has earned this success because of his passion and continuous struggle to achieve his goals.
If you go through the career and life history of Marko Stout you will realize that he didn't confine himself to only one field rather he tried his luck in film, videography, and photography as well. He has been very fortunate in every field. The most amazing fact about him is that he has made a lot of celebrity fans. Let me tell you how many famous people are admiring Marko Stout.
Celebrity Fans of Marko Stout: You will be amazed to know that different celebrities who are currently in limelight are going crazy over magical art pieces created by our very own Marko Stout. They consider the artistic style of Marko Stout dope enough to be adored. Celebrities like Jersey Shor
The acclaimed pop art icon (who has been referred to as the 21st century's Andy Warhol) is has been basking in the afterglow of several sold-out solo exhibitions at New York's legendary Caelum Gallery, Gallery MC, SepiaEye Gallery and the Emmanuel Fremin Gallery. Marko Stout and his works have received accolades from several A-list celebrities including Kaya Jones of the Pussycat Dolls, Lance Bass of NSYNC, and Caitlyn Jenner of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.


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The RAF and USAAF went into World War II with the fervent belief that the bomber would always get through. However, against the determined opposition of the Luftwaffe, it wasn't long before they were questioning their faith in this military doctrine. Even with the most sophisticated turret defenses of the time, bomber losses were heavy. As the Allies clawed their way deeper into Europe and looked to make a decisive blow against Japan, they could not be complacent. New strategies and technology were needed to ensure victory against two evermore desperate and deadly enemies.
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By 2019, more than 90,000 Queenslanders with disability are expected to be accessing the National Disability Insurance Scheme, injecting around $4 billion per year into the Queensland economy, and creating an estimated 15,900 to 19,400 additional jobs.
This is an incredible opportunity for Queensland businesses and the government is working with the disability sector and mainstream businesses to ensure they have the capacity to deliver the supports participants want and need in a new, consumer-driven market. There will be a number of different avenues for participants to use their NDIS funding to access NDIS provider.
The NDIS QLD will enable people with disability to exercise choice and control over the supports they receive and have access to a wider range of quality NDIS provider of services and supports.
To ensure the scheme operates effectively it will need to consist of informed consumers (participants), a diverse range of sustainable suppliers, and a skilled and diverse workforce in place to meet demand.
The national Integrated Market, Sector and Workforce Strategy, available at www.ndis.gov.au, supports participants and providers in their preparations for the NDIS QLD.
There will be NDIS provider that are able to directly access the NDIS funding but also providers that self managed participants are able to access.
This strategy outlines how governments, people with disability, the NDIA and the sector and workforce can work together to develop an effective NDIS provider market.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme strategy builds on the Queensland Government's actions to support participants, providers and the workforce to be prepared for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, as well as the opportunities it will bring.
Providers are encouraged to understand and respond to the business and operational impacts of the NDIS QLD to ensure they are able to operate in a more competitive market.
Some of the key changes for providers include:
- 1> participants will choose who provides their supports, where and when those supports are provided as well as directly engaging providers to deliver the supports in their individual plan
- 2> participants may choose to purchase different types of supports to those available now
- 3> funding will be on an individual fee-for- service basis, and will be paid to providers in arrears rather than in advance through block funding arrangements
- 4> NDIS providers will need to register with the National Disability Scheme if they wish to allow all people to access their services through their NDIS funding.
- 5> NDIS funding will be based on the individual plan.


text: As the UK's manufacturing sector moves ever further away from the typical hard manufacturing of the 20th century, so does the requirements and locations of the spaces it occupies. Manufacturing is no longer just about production; it is a much wider set of activities that create value for the UK and benefits for wider society. Manufacturing includes significant innovation; it creates jobs that are both highly skilled and well paid. It also contributes to the rebalancing of the economy, with its strong role on exports and import substitutions. Its importance in a Brexit Britain could not be more relevant. The changing spaces The spaces in which our manufacturers' operate need now to be capable of rapid adaptation of their physical and intellectual infrastructure to exploit changes in technology as manufacturing becomes faster, more advanced and more susceptible to customer behaviours. Manufacturing in 2050 will almost certainly look different from today and will be virtually unrecognisable from that of 50 years ago. There is no better example of this than the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Factory 2050 in Sheffield as recently promulgated by Theresa May. The AMRC Factory 2050 is the UK's first fully reconfigurable assembly and component manufacturing facility, which is capable of rapidly switching production between different high-value components and one-off parts. Part of the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District, which started from humble beginnings in 2001 from a collaboration between Boeing and the University of Sheffield, the AMRC now boasts over 90 industrial partners including: Rolls-Royce; Airbus; BAE Systems; and McLaren Automotive. This innovative approach to creating a manufacturing space, the concentration of highly skilled workers, and grouping of technologically advanced companies is ostensibly a huge factor in the continued investment into the Innovation District. Supply chains are magnetised towards such innovation; innovation and intellectual property attracts further like-minded organisations; and within short order new environments are created. Location Manufacturing spaces of old peppered the banks of the rivers that meandered through our major cities. The reliance on water as a means of transport, power and waste disposal was vital in the 19th and 20th century. These spaces are now more likely to be found split off into apartments or office space. The landscape and geography of our cities now looks very different. With relocation comes challenge; new areas grow but old areas decay. If your business is looking to relocate, leaving behind a decaying environment will not maximise value for you. With challenge comes opportunity and relocation is an opportunity to cash in on the capital investment of your premises. If you get right what you leave behind, you can maximise opportunity. Our Real Estate and Industrial Occupiers teams can help you find the most appropriate new occupation solution, whilst our Development team can help you with maximising the value of what you leave behind. Published: 16 May 2017 Focus on Manufacturing - Edition 5 Sign up for updates from Irwin Mitchell The Changing Face of Manufacturing M&A Trends in Manufacturing in 2016 GDPR 2018 A Bike Manufacturing Revolution Fingers in the Till Insolvencies in the Current Climate I, Robot? Funding Manufacturing UK Powerhouse - An industrial strategy for the whole of the UK? As Manufacturing Changes, so do the Spaces they Occupy Rise of the Machines Brexit, Regulation and the Changing Landscape For general enquiries 0370 1500 100 Or we can call you back at a time of your choice Request a call back Phone lines are open 24/7, 365 days a year Contact us today For a free initial consultation Freephone 0370 1500 100 Prefer not to call? Use our form Your name* Your email* Your phone number* How can we help?* Enquiry type Court Of Protection Crime & Investigations Family Law Solicitors Employment Law Conveyancing & Property Solicitors Immigration Solicitors Medical Negligence Claims Personal Injury Claims Protecting Your Rights Wills, Trusts & Estates Solicitors This data will only be used by Irwin Mitchell for processing your query and for no other purpose. Andrew J Wallis Partner Meet the team


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The Late Talker
What to do if Your Child Isn't Talking Yet
By Marilyn Agin MD, Lisa Geng, and Malcolm J. Nicholl
The first book to show parents how to tell whether a child has a speech delay or a more serious speech disorder.
Every parent eagerly awaits the day his or her child will speak for the fist time. For millions of mothers and fathers, however, anticipation turns to anxiety when those initial, all-important words are a long time coming. Many worried parents are reassured that their child is "just a late talker," but unfortunately, that is not always the case. Co-author Lisa Geng was one of those parents and she discovered that her children had serious speech disorders.
Balanced with a mother"s perspective and an acclaimed doctor"s experience, this book gives parents needed guidance on:
The warning signs of a serious speech disorder
Finding the right therapist for their child
Negotiating with school boards, teachers, and service providers
Exercises to do at home with a child.
Marilyn Agin MD is the medical director of the Early Intervention Program in New York City.
Lisa Geng is the founder and president of Cherab, a nonprofit organizations dedicated to children with speech difficulties, and co-founder of Speechville. She lives in Florida.
Malcolm J Nicholl is a former international journalist, and co-author of The LCP Solution. He lives in Del Mar, California.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have EHR Incentive Programs that provide financial incentives to health providers who prove they are meaningfully using certified EHR (electronic health record) technology. These monetary enticements are only given to those providers who meet the required objectives in each stage of participation.
The Medicare and Medicaid Incentive Programs are arranged into three different steps. CMS set up a timeline for when providers need to meet the criteria for each stage. Eligible hospitals, critical access hospitals and healthcare professionals must meet their specific core set and menu set of objectives in Stage 1 before they can move on to Stage 2.
Stage 2 objectives are divided up between eligible professionals and eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals. EPs have 17 core objectives they must meet and then three menu objectives they select and meet out of a list of six. The eligible hospitals and CAHs have 16 core objectives to meet, as well as three menu objectives they select from six options and then are required to meet.
It's extremely important for providers to meet the meaningful use requirements in order to receive the EHR financial incentives. With the Medicare program the eligible providers can receive up to $44,000, while they can receive up to $63,750 with the Medicaid program. It's also important because EHR technology is so beneficial to healthcare providers. EHR systems make patient health records and information instantly and securely available to approved users, whenever they need it and wherever they might be. EHRs also improve care coordination among all clinicians involved with a patient's care, increase cost savings and help build a healthier, better future for our world.
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Sorry I didn't put enough details on my last question, I didn't expect that there is really lots of factors, so most answers were left for speculations. In this question, I will give the scenario I am looking at:
This is the code
//seed is 64xF Hex
//example 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
var extra = 'something-1'
var hmacSeed = createHmac('sha512', seed);
var hmacSeedWithExtra = hmaxSeed.update(extra).digest('hex');
//get first 5 digits of the hex
var first5hex = hmacSeedWithExtra.substring(0, 5);
//convert first 5 hex to integer
var first5 = parseInt(first5hex , 16);
//random is
var random = (result % 10000) / 100;
This should produce a number between 0 and 100, if it is larger, we try with next 5 digits of the hash.
so my question, is this sort of system predictable? given we don't know the seed, but only the extra 'something-1', 'something-2'.... Is having the first 100 or even 1000 generated numbers help knowing what comes next? or even knowing the range of what comes next?
Please if you think there is still missing information, don't submit an answer, and just put a comment, so I can update the question


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How to Change Live Chat "Trigger" Time
Automatically start conversations with your website visitors immediately or after 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, etc.
- In your dashboard, click on the settings gear:
- Click on "Widget" next to "Account" and "Business Info"
- Scroll down and click on "Greeting"
- Click the check mark below "Start Conversations Automatically." Otherwise your visitors will have to click directly on your chat widget to ask a question.
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Summary about Monopoly MOD APK
Name - Monopoly
Publisher - Marmalade Game Studio
Genre - 3D, Board, Online
Latest Version - 1.0.8
Size - 74MB
MOD Features - Unlocked All
Platforms - Android 5.0
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Without PC smartphones and gaming, a Monopoly was a popular game for adults and children. It's perfect for playing with family or friends on weekends. However, if you do not always play a vital role in your busy present life. Due to the popularity of the game, Jam Games Studio has developed a version for Android. You can play online with players directly from the world on your phone. The Monopoly link will be totally free of cost at our article you can download for $ 4.99 below.
History of board games development
In 1934, the town German made a very interesting monopoly (board game) of this game man named Charles B. Darrow. In these years, the United States was facing an economic crisis. Like many people, Charles is unemployed. He uses this game to kill time with your friends.
This game makes fever in no time. With the help of a printing company, the Board of Charles sold 5,000 sports equipment in a department store in the city. Boardgame is not stopping you for speed German. If everyone became unable to deliver the familiar Darrow order, he decided to sell his game to Parker Brothers. Not only in America but also the West love this business game. About 100 years of development, more than 80 countries and 16 monopoly sales translated into various languages.
How many players Monopoly?
Monopoly starts with at least two players, and the maximum number of players, 8. The game does not lead to 2 players, because if there are only two players on a chessboard, the competitiveness of the game is reduced. If there are 4 or more players, some features, such as auctions, are just amazing. Every player has a good train or happiness, there is rarely a chance for another.
I think Monopoly is a lot of fun when the player about 6. At this time, each player's role. If you win a few players, there are not many activities for the rest of the players.
8 Maximum number of Monopoly players. If there are 8 players to play many interesting things. But to complete you will have to wait longer for other players to spend the series. These are your tricks, games, while other players have plenty of activities away.
A number of Monopoly table games include:
- 2 dice.
- Token of animals, trains or anything. Make players on the board.
- 1 board.
- Money.
- 32 houses.
- 12 hotels.
- Land use documents.
The game of Monopoly is not much different than the actual board game. First, shake your move with two dice and set boards (clockwise). Basically, if you move an empty field, you can pay yourself to the banks. Hiring another player property, you have to pay for it. If you refuse, an empty set of purchases, it will be auctioned off by the bank. All players on the board are allowed to participate, the player refuses to buy the land.
Finally, if a player goes bankrupt, he or she loses and the game is out. Players, other players bankruptcies of player fraud. If the game runs out of time, then the richest player wins. Buy boxes that allow you to rent some special boxes or country chests of opportunity and community. If you are lucky, you can get some money from the bank. But no, you go to jail. Do not worry! If you didn't want to lose you in prison, you have to stay out for a certain number of rounds and make others move their players. You can still get a number of activities such as construction law, because of the auction when taking prison.
Customizable rules
A monopoly is for a very long time, popular almost 100 years ago. Some rules make players feel bored. Monopoly rules have you have such rounds in the mode that you can edit, lock a few cells in the prison number, etc.
Currently, Monopoly has two modes for playing other online players with AI. The game is not only an artificial beat, but they are also real challenge for the players. You need to have a smart business strategy to defeat them.
Do you want to join the monopoly with your family when you are away from home, and on weekends? A monopoly can help that. The game allows you to create your own space and can invite your friends and family.
Frequently Asked Questions
What other monopoly mod?
A monopoly will cost $ 4.99. You can change the original APK version for free. All the token boards in our MOD version were unlocked. You just have to download and install and have fun. It's very simple.
How to install a monopoly mod?
1. Uninstall Monopoly if you download it from Google Play.
2. Selecting Settings allows for direct installation from unknown files -> Security. Choose enabled from unknown sources.
3. Download our APK file and install it normally.
4. Please open and play a fun game.
Monopoly instead provides a beautiful 3D city on paper to paint like a real-life board game set. The effects and sounds are quite simple, so you can have the best experience.
Monopoly is a very popular board game in the world. This game is suitable for all ages, everyone can play with children. To win the game, you need a lot of factors such as strategy, adequate investment, and compelling factor luck. This is to play a great game with family and friends, holidays and weekends. Do not forget to update APKMODY, the information is for everyday visit one of the most interesting games for Android.


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Probation Department contract for study postponed
EDWARDSVILLE — A professional services agreement to evaluate part of Madison County's drug court programs was delayed after Madison County Board members had questions.
A resolution to pay Jewell Psychological Services LLC $318,865 for a five-year contract for the evaluation of the Operation Lifeline program was among items to be considered by the Madison County Board at Wednesday's meeting.
However, the board approved postponing a decision on the contract after board member Erica Conway-Harriss, R-Glen Carbon, raised several questions and nobody from the department was at the meeting to answer them.
In addition to basic questions about the program, Harriss questioned why the address listed on the resolution, in Wolf Creek Court, Glen Carbon, was a residential listing.
The entire cost of the contract is funded through a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Several other questions were raised, and the board eventually voted to postpone a decision on the issue until the next meeting.
A number of other resolutions were approved, including one to reimburse 911 call centers for handling emergency calls. The reimbursement plan, approved by the Emergency Telephone System Board in July, will pay each of the county's 911 centers, known as Public Service Answering Points, $13 per each call for the first six months of the year.
Also approved were resolutions to spend $173,127 to add Pontoon Beach, Madison and Venice to the New World CAD, a computer emergency dispatching system. Also approved was a resolution to OK a $173,127 annual maintenance contract for the county-wide New World CAD.
Also approved were four emergency appropriations:
•$16,000 for the Child Advocacy Center for a grant from the Child Advocacy Centers of Illinois, with matching funds of $3,200 provided by the Friends of the CAC;
•$33,000 for a Family Violence Prevention Coordinating Council grant;
•$198,856 for an Adult Redeploy Illinois Program grant to provide treatment and service options for non-violent offenders; a
•$13,000 for the Madison County Museum from a grant by the Madison County Historical Society to support museum operations.
The board also approved a $99,000 contract with Ace Tech Computer Services Inc. in Bethalto for network administrator services, and $58,900 for California-based ESRI for a software maintenance agreement, both for the IT Department.
A maintenance renewal for the Madison County Sheriff's Department STARCOM 21 radio system totaling $140,274 was also approved, and a $56,250 contract for the Madison County Emergency Services Code Red weather warning service were also OK'd.
Reach reporter Scott Cousins at 618-208-6447.


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At the Wells Fargo Championship in May, Adam Scott did a double take when he saw his fellow competitor Jim Furyk putting with a conventional grip.
"I thought, 'What's wrong with this picture?' " Scott said.
Furyk, a 47-year-old right-hander, has putted with a cross-handed grip, meaning he drops his left hand lower than his right, to great effect since he was young and his father, Mike, a golf professional, taught him the technique.
Furyk's father attended a pro-am in Pennsylvania in the late 1970s and asked Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, separately, what they would change in their careers if they could go back and do it over. Both said they would have learned to putt cross-handed.
"It's served me well," said Furyk, the 2003 United States Open champion who ranked third on the P.G.A. Tour in 2015 in strokes gained: putting, the statistical gold standard in judging putting.
As far back as 1969, Orville Moody putted with a cross-handed grip when he won the U.S. Open. Jordan Spieth, the 2015 U.S. Open champion, has been a devotee of it since high school. At the Masters, Sergio García became the first major winner to use the claw grip, and the next month Si Woo Kim, a recent convert, clawed his way to The Players Championship. The major winners Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose and Scott have all switched to the claw in the last few years.
Stand by the practice putting green at any Tour event and there are scores of other unorthodox putting grips, including one associated with Matt Kuchar, who holds his putter low with his left hand, then legally traps the shaft against his left forearm with his right arm. In the most visually radical example of an unconventional putting style, Bryson DeChambeau tried to putt sidesaddle, or what modern proponents of the technique call "face on," earlier this season.
In short, what used to be considered an unorthodox grip on the Tour is becoming as common as shaking hands on the 18th green after completing a round, and the stigma attached to alternative putting styles is gone.
Dave Pelz, a putting instructor who counts Mickelson among his students, said that 40 years ago, when he started counseling pros, 99 percent of them putted with a conventional grip.
"I couldn't get anyone to putt cross-handed. If you did, you had given up. You had the yips," Pelz said, referring to the involuntary loss of control that affects a player's nerves on short putts.
From 1977 to 1980, Pelz tracked the putting of one of his pupils, Tom Jenkins, a journeyman pro, and every year he putted better cross-handed. Jenkins would putt that way during practice rounds but he always got cold feet and reverted to a conventional grip once the tournament began.
"Tom has a sensitive personality and people loved to tease him. But my research proves putting cross-handed is a more stable stroke. It levels your shoulders and allows you to follow through better," said Pelz, who taught his sons to putt that way.
In the 1990s, cross-handed putting gained some acceptance as top players like Fred Couples, Tom Kite and Bernhard Langer found success using the grip. Langer, who liked the way it locked his left wrist, won the Masters putting cross-handed in 1985. But none of them became a transcendent putter the way Spieth would decades later.
Putting always has been an individualistic art form. With an array of putters available to try at every tournament, some players seemingly have tried every blade but Gillette disposables. Waiting out a rain delay in 1995, Chris DiMarco lamented to a fellow pro, Skip Kendall, that he could not hit the hole from five feet. He was contemplating hanging up his spikes.
Never underestimate the creativity of a desperate putter. Kendall showed him a newfangled grip in which the left hand holds the club firmly and the right hand rotates so the palm faces his thighs. The grip is pinched "clawlike" by the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, and used to guide the stroke in a pendulum arc.
"I said, 'Are you nuts? Are you kidding me?' I went out the next day with my buddies and had a five-foot downhill right-to-left putt, so I tried it and the putter went straight back and through, and I felt like I was 12 years old again. I shot 65 that day," DiMarco said. "I probably would be stocking groceries somewhere without it."
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DiMarco said he wished he had patented the stroke, which he has taught to others.
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Obama's Targeted GOTV On Facebook Reached 5 Million Voters, Goff Says
BY Nick Judd | Friday, November 30 2012
The president's re-election campaign used targeted person-to-person contact on Facebook to reach five million voters, many of whom were the focus of an effort to reach 18-to-29-year-old voters who not be reached by phone, Obama for America Digital Director Teddy Goff said Friday. Read More
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Most people who volunteered through Dashboard, the Obama campaign's online organizing platform, went on to volunteer through a field office, Obama for America Director of Digital Organizing Betsy Hoover said today. Speaking with reporters at a lunch event organized by New Organizing Institute, Hoover explained — as has been previously reported but not quite put in such clear terms — that Dashboard was meant to be a place for field organizers to identify people who might be persuaded to take action offline as well as online. Her remarks come the morning after an email to supporters from Jeremy Bird, OfA's organizing director, that explained a majority of volunteers on the campaign chose to do so from a field office, while "many" used Dashboard or other online tools instead. Read More
Oh, The Places They'll Go (To Find a Few More Voters)
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, October 22 2012
A glance at the Sportsmen for Obama page shows how hard the campaign works for even the smallest gains. Erin Hannigan, the group's online leader, has sent dozens of emails to its members. Most of these are the same generic emails everyone on the Obama campaign gets, like the fundraising pitches that have become ubiquitous, and which ProPublica has been tracking in great detail with its Message Machine project. Those numbers don't appear to be on the rise for Obama, but that hasn't stopped the campaign from trying. Read More
Obama Tells Jon Stewart About His Campaign's Email Targeting Operation
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, October 18 2012
It may not be the answer that ProPublica is looking for after doing its own analysis of the Obama campaign's fundraising emails, but President Barack Obama jokingly offered Jon Stewart some insight into Obama for America's prolific email fundraising operation on Thursday. Read More
How the Obama Campaign Used GIFs, "Glee" Actor to Score Wins on Tumblr
BY Miranda Neubauer | Friday, August 24 2012
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Emailed GIFs are the newest form of Obama campaign outreach, but Obama for America is no stranger to the animated medium.
The campaign has been using GIFs on its tumblr for at least seven months, reblogging some and creating others on its own — and engaging with Tumblr users along the way.Read More
Obama Campaign Announces Text Donations Are Online Beginning This Week
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, August 23 2012
The Obama campaign announced this morning that it has begun offering supporters the opportunity to send donations via text message. Beginning with Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular customers starting this week, supporters can give small donations — up to $50 a month for most carriers, according to a release from the campaign — by texting "GIVE" to a five-digit shortcode number put into use by the campaign. Read More
In Ohio, Obama's Campaign "Dashboard" a Hard Sell for Some Volunteers
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So Many Difficulties Uploading Proper Jpegs to Saatchi Online – Why?
I'm almost finished trying to upload ANY new photos to my Saatchionline Gallery : http://www.saatchionline.com/nawfal
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This happens every time I have tried to upload new work to my Saatchi Gallery. I am so fed up with this.
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Thus, I am basically fed up with Saatchi and their website NOT accepting my digital files that FIT THEIR UPLOAD REQUIREMENTS.
Enough said on this subject, I guess. I'm not angry about it, don't misunderstand me: I'm more disappointed because how difficult it has been to upload images and get the website to accept them for print sales. I would guess that my success rate is at about 20% for uploading images to saatchionline that are accepted with print sales options.
It makes no sense to me.
I'm just say'en…


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As the Librarians burst into the penthouse apartment of murdered movie maker Solomon Schick, they discover the startling secret behind his violent "death." What's more, they discover the truth behind "Quarry: Bigfoot," "Heavenly Visitors from the Hell Above" and other Schick Classics might be more complex that they ever suspected.
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Pink Boots Auckland Sensory training session – Lion have kindly sponsored 3 sensory sessions, one in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Come along to learn about sensory technique and some common faults in beer and also have a chance to socialise with Pink Boots members. Your Hosts: Tim Low - Lion Sensory Co-ordinator & Nicola Kay - Lion Craft Technical Services Leader and Pink Boots Committee Member Who: Open to Pink Boots Members and all women in the beer industry. When: Tuesday 6th of August 7pm-9pm Where: Little Creatures, Hobsonville Point RSVP: Get in quick, limited to 15 people per session. Please email email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com to confirm your spot.
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