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I really loved the idea of lighting up all the colors of the rainbow to unlock the gate. It was a really colorful and visual way of displaying a player's progress. I also thought the creative game over/retry scene was really neat!
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Thread: Handle 1:n relations
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Unanswered: Handle 1:n relations
I build a local cube from a relation database. In the database there are 1:n relations.
Is there a way to handle 1:n relations?
For example:
I have a table LOGGEDFLAW and a table LOGGEDREASON with a 1:n relation between them. We create a select statement of these tables and as an result we get duplicate records of LOGGEDFLAW each time more than 1 record of LOGGEDREASON are associated to 1 record of LOGGEDFLAW - this is the standard result I get with an relational JOIN operation. Now I want to count the LOGGEDFLAWs without the duplicates generated by the 1:n relationship.
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USE Northwind GO CREATE VIEW myView99 AS SELECT o.OrderId, od.Quantity FROM Orders o INNER JOIN [Order Details] od ON o.OrderId = od.OrderId GO SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT OrderId), COUNT(*) FROM myView99 GO DROP VIEW myView99 GOBrett
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Oh sorry, I create a local cube. I need a way to create distict measures.


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By now you've probably heard you should be using two-factor authentication, often called 2FA, to log in to your accounts. If you're using 2FA, you need an additional code to access your email, Facebook or other accounts. This is often sent via SMS, which may not be the most secure.
For instance, if you request a texted code, it could be intercepted by someone snooping on your mobile network or a hacker who has convinced a mobile operator to redirect your phone number. Further, when you don't have cell service, you can't get the text.
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GMV is participating for yet another year in the Spanish Information Security and Privacy Congress (Congreso Español de la Seguridad de la Información y Privacidad, shortened to Securmática), organized by the trade review SIC. The watchword of this year's congress will be: "CISOs: What is happening to cybersecurity?"
Its aim is to give an up-to-date and exclusive overview of state-of-the-art cybersecurity and information protection in its technical, organizational and legal aspects.
GMV and Vodafone will be presenting the success story "Vodafone: The Last Mile. How to implement a global cybersecurity strategy", during the morning of the third day, with the participation of Javier Sevillano, Chief Security Technology Officer of Vodafone and Roberto López, Head of the Managed Services Division of GMV Secure e-Solutions.


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His time was one of great conflict in Northern Ireland yet he managed to draw support from both sides of the divide. And he wasn't even from their part of this island.
To overseas fans, the 'Clones Cyclone' sobriquet offered little enlightenment as to McGuigan's background, yet he was always conscious of his Catholic roots in Co Monaghan. "[The] shadows ran deep," he once said.
"And my fights felt a little like sunshine. Both sides would say 'leave the fighting to McGuigan'. You see, it was also entertainment - people loved to forget the Troubles a while. The fact that I wouldn't wear green, white and gold or put on a sign that said this is who I represent, was powerful. It was a very mature and dangerous thing to do. I wouldn't choose sides. People appreciated that."
His record (32 wins, 28 by knockout, and three losses) saw him enter the International Boxing Hall of Fame in January 2005.
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The present invention relates to a digital data receiver for receiving an analog signal transmitted with encoded information, digitizing the received analog signal, and processing the digital signal to recover the encoded information.
With existing digital data receivers, received analog signals are sampled synchronously by means of a symbol clock recovered from the received analog signal using phase lock loops or other tracking schemes by which the clock is synchronised to that of the transmitted data. Synchronous sampling techniques can be implemented digitally in an all-software receiver but such an arrangement requires over sampling, which is many times higher than the minimum possible sampling rate, hence only low data rates can be handled. Also, with synchronous sampling, in an analog implementation, a certain length of signal, typically, at least 100-500 bits of data, depending on the modulation scheme, is required by the phase lock loop to initially recover the symbol clock and establish symbol timing at start-up. This means that during this time, the channel cannot be used to transmit data. Thus synchronous sampling is very limited, if not impossible where bursts with less than 100 bits or less are transmitted. Also, the data burst requires that synchronisation symbols be transmitted which results in a transmission overhead. Consequently this technique has limited application in situations where short data bursts are required, for example TDMA (time division multiple access) communications and military and security communications, and frequency hopping signalling. For high rate data bursts, the receiver operates at the rate of transmission during the burst but is idle otherwise. In addition, in a digital implementation, the high oversampling required places an upper limit on the data rate for hardware implementation, i.e. in a microprocessor based form, of an all software receiver and this means that equipment is invariably bulky and expensive.
An object of the present invention is to obviate or mitigate the aforesaid disadvantages.
In the present invention the problems with the prior art systems are overcome by firstly sampling the received signal asynchronously at the minimum sampling rate commensurate with channel bandwidth, digitizing the samples, and then storing the digital data in a memory, processing the stored data using interpolation techniques to recover the correct symbol timing and then decoding the symbols to retrieve the originally encoded data and, in the case of data bursts replaying the data stored in the memory to ensure that all the transmitted data is held for communication.
According to the present invention there is provided a data receiver system for processing a received analog signal which comprises data encoded with a plurality of symbols, the data receiver system comprising:
input means for receiving the analog signal;
sampling means associated with the input means for sampling the analog signal, said sampling means being coupled to asynchronous clock means connected to drive the sampling means;
analog to digital converter means connected to the output of the sampling means for digitizing sampled analog outputs to provide digital signals;
digital storage means connected to the output of the sampling means for storing said digitized data therein;
symbol acquisition means having a first input connected to the output of the storage means for acquiring said symbols from said digitized signals;
symbol acquisition control means having an input connected to the output of the symbol acquisition means, and an output connected to a second input of the symbol acquisition means, said symbol acquisition control means constituting means effective to obtain correctly timed symbols by interpolation;
decoder means having an input connected to the output of the symbol acquisition control means, said decoder means generating decoded digital data from said correctly timed signals, said decoder means having an output for outputting said decoded digital data.
In the case where data is transmitted in data bursts, it is replayed from the memory to ensure that all transmitted data is used for communications.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention the stored signal is processed to generate in-phase and quadrature components which are then passed through phase sliders which act as multi-tap interpolators to recover the symbol timing in the real and imaginary plane. The phase slider is controlled by a phase slider controller which implements an algorithm to determine whether correct symbol timing has been achieved. The recovered symbols are then passed through an equalizer where they are compensated for distortion which may have occurred during transmission and reception. The equalized symbols are then decoded to give the originally encoded binary information and this can be passed to a data terminal.
It will also be understood that the term interpolator used in its broadest sense will cover the term "phase-slider".
The data system is preferably implemented on a single custom-designed digital processor integrated circuit.
These and other aspects of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the invention used to process data bursts;
FIGS. 2a, 2b and 2c are diagrammatic representations in the real and imaginary plane of different modulation systems for data transmission;
FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic representation of a part of the block diagram shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a general block diagram of an alternative embodiment of the invention used to process data bursts;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the algorithm infrastructure for the interpolation detector shown in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a graph of estimate of zero crossing versus number of bits received for a 1000 bit simulation showing the effect of the "jumping" algorithm;
FIG. 7a is a block diagram of one implementation of a moving tap adaptive equalizer shown in FIG. 4;
FIG. 7b is a block diagram of one implementation of an interpolation detector shown in FIG. 4.
FIG. 8 is a graph of zero-crossing estimation versus number of bits for one technique, received when the initial zero-crossing is -0.45 showing the `first pass` and the `replay`.
FIG. 9 is a graph of the interpolation detection amplitude error versus number of bits showing the effect of the number of replays on the error for the diagram shown in FIG. 4.
Reference is first made to FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings which illustrates schematically a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the invention, and diagrammatic representations of different modulation system in the real and imaginary plane. The system of FIG. 1 processes data transferred by any of the systems shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 1 is considered in detail, but reference will be briefly made to the modulation systems of FIGS. 2a, 2b, and 2c to provide a more complete background to the system described.
FIG. 2a illustrates a 2PSK (Phase-Shift Keying) system which is the simplest system and in this signal constellation bits 1 and 0 lie on the real axis (R) of the R-Q(j) plane. FIG. 2b illustrates a more complex modulation system called QPSK (Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying) and in this signal configuration 4 symbols are arranged in the R-Q(j) plane as shown. The 2PSK and QPSK systems can transmit up to 1200 baud using a telephone line (bits per sec). In the QPSK system, one symbol out of the 4 symbols can be used in encode/decode 2 binary digits and this gives a twofold saving in bandwidth.
FIGS. 2c shows a 16 QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) system which has a signal constellation of 16 symbols. Each symbol can represent up to 4 bits and this modulation system permits faster data rates up to 9600 baud using telephone lines.
The block diagram shown in FIG. 1 can be used with any of these modulation systems but is designed to work with the 16 QAM system shown in FIG. 2c for faster data transmission rates.
Referring to FIG. 1 an encoded analog input signal is received at an analog input 20 and is then sampled by the sampler 22 which is driven by an asynchronous oscillator 24. The sampler analog signal is digitized by an analog to digital converter (A/D) 26 and the digitized signal is read into a buffer memory 28 at a rate at most twice the data burst transmission rate. Data is read out of the buffer memory 28 at a much lower rate because there is usually a relatively long time between data bursts ie if the duty cycle ratio is 1:10 (ratio of duration of data to no data) then data can be read out from the buffer memory at a much slower rate.
The data read out is passed to a positive frequency filter 30, (a type of complex filter, as is shown in the art) which filters the digitized signal such that it generates an imaginary component from the real component and outputs on separate conductors 32,34 real and imaginary symbol values of the digitized input data. The real and imaginary symbols are passed to phase sliders 36,38 respectively. The function of the positive frequency filter 30 can be combined with the phase sliders 32 and 34. Alternatively, an analog positive frequency filter can be used prior to the sampler 22, in order to use the minimum possible sampling rate (then Nyquist rate, as is known to those skilled in the art). In this case units 22, 26 and 28 need to be duplicated. A phase slider functions as an interpolator, as will be later described with reference to the alternative embodiment, and is software implemented and uses 12 taps (i.e., 12-point interpolation) to provide better control by compensating for errors in the signal amplitude-frequency spectrum. The outputs of phase sliders 36,38 are connected to a complex equalizer 40 via conductors 64, 65, which compensates the signals for channel distortion and to a phase slider controller 42 via conductors 62, 63 which in turn has an output 43 connected to each phase slider for adjusting the phase slider 36,38 to identify and provide correct symbol timing as will be later described.
The outputs 66 and 67 of the equalizer 40 are fed to a channel decoder 44 which decodes the correct symbols into `bits` and this data is transferred to an output data terminal 46 via conductor 68 and to an equalizer controller 48 and a replay processing controller 49 via conductor 69. The equalizer controller 48 has an output 48a fed back to the equalizer 40 and senses the shape of the bits and adjusts the shape of the bits via the equalizer 40. The replay processing controller has outputs leading to each of the buffer memory 28 via conductor 70a, the phase slider controller 42 via conductor 70b and the equalizer controller 48 via conductor 70c.
The operation of the phase sliders 36, 38 and phase slider controller 42 will now be described with reference to FIG. 3. Real and imaginary symbol data is fed into the controller 42 which, by way of a software algorithm based on the method known in the art as "Pass-band Timing Recovery", tests the symbols to determine whether the symbol timing of the phase sliders is correct. One implementation is illustrated for the real symbols, and although not fully illustrated, it will be appreciated that there is a similar implementation for phase slider 38 for the imaginary symbols. The real symbols received by phase slider 36 on conductor 32 are passed through a digital filter, which is generally denoted by reference numeral 50 and is a type of finite impulse response filter as is known in the art. The digital filter 50 comprises a plurality of serially connected sample registers 52 each of which has a filter tap output 54 which is fed to respective multiplication nodes 56 where they are combined with coefficients an, an+1, etc. The coefficients an, an+1, etc. are obtained from reading data stored in look-up tables stored in a Read-Only-Memory (ROM) 58. The filter tap outputs 54 combined with the appropriate selector coefficients are added in a general summation node 60 to form a composite output signal which is passed to the phase slider controller 42 by conductor 62 and to equalizer 40 by conductor 54. The output of controller 42 provides an input "read" signal on conductor 43 for the read-only-memory 58, the outputs of which are the coefficients an, an+1, etc.
The phase slider controller 42 also contains an averaging algorithm which averages all of the data values emerging from the phase sliders 36, 38; if the average result is zero then the symbol timing is correct. However, if the algorithm does not collapse to zero the sampling and symbol timing is incorrect.
The phase sliders 36, 38 are continuously adjusted so that `tracking` symbol timing is obtained using a `jumping algorithm` as will be later described with reference to FIG. 6.
When the correct symbol timing is obtained the symbols are processed as explained by equalization and then decoded. The decoded bits are then transferred to the data terminal 46, and also used to update the equalizer in order to optimize distortion compensation via the equalizer controller 48.
When the system is arranged to receive bursts of data, the replay processing controller 49 sequentially enables each of the buffer memory 28, the phase slider controllers 36, 38, the equalizer controller 40 and the channel decoder 44 such that a leading section of the digital signal is repeatedly processed in order to establish the correct symbol timing, equalization and demodulation. The replay processing controller 49 monitors signals from decoder 44 via conductor 69, and when the correct symbol timing is detected, an instruction to the buffer memory 28 is given via conductor 70a to replay the entire signal, so that the data burst may be processed with essentially no timing error. Control signals are also sent by the replay processing controller 49 to the phase slider controller 42 via conductor 70b and to the equalizer controller 48 via conductor 70c to control in the processing of the replayed burst of data.
The alternative embodiment is illustrated in FIGS. 4-9. The receiver arrangement is generally denoted by numeral 71. An analogue input signal 72 is sampled by a sampler 74 which is driven by an asynchronous oscillator 76, the sampled signal is converted to a digital signal by an analog to digital converter 77 and is stored in a buffer memory 78. When the buffer memory 78 is read, the signal is passed through a moving tap adaptive equalizer circuit 80 to compensate channel distortion described in more detail later, to a carrier demodulator 82 and an interpolation detector 84 also described in more detail later. The equalizer 80, carrier demodulator 82 and detector 84 have status outputs 80a, 82a, 84a which respectively convey information concerning the channel distortion, carrier phase and symbol timing error via data bus 85 to a replay processing controller 86. The replay processing controller in turn has outputs 86a, 86b, 86c and 86d of which output 86b serves to shift, the moving tap adaptive equalizer 80, while outputs 86a, 86c and 86d enable and update the buffer memory 78, the carrier demodulator 82 and the interpolation detector 84 respectively.
In addition, the detector 84 and the demodulator 82 are coupled via conductor 80b to the equalizer 80 in order that the updates may be made to the equalizer 80 as will be described. When the system is arranged to receive bursts of data the replay processing controller 86 allows a section of the data signal to be repeatedly processed so as to establish correct symbol timing, equalization and demodulation. When the correct data is detected by the replay processing controller 86 an instruction is given to the buffer memory 78 via conductor 86a to replay the entire signal, and recovered data is sent to the output 90 of the interpolation detector 84.
In operation, in the burst mode, the asynchronous clock 76 samples the entire data burst without requiring clock synchronization so that the input analog signal is digitized and is immediately written into the buffer memory 78. The interpolation detector 84 permits correct symbol timing to be obtained, and this, in turn controls the carrier demodulator 82 and serves as a reference for the moving tap adaptive equalizer 80. The status of the symbol timing error measured by the detector 84, and the carrier frequency sensed by the demodulator 82 are conveyed to the equalizer 80 via conductor 80b, in order that the equalizer can be properly updated. When correct symbol timing has been obtained, the equalizer has converged and the carrier has been acquired, the replay processing controller 86 instructs a complete replay of signal and sends valid decoded data to the output 90 in the time between the bursts.
Referring now in more detail to the components of the circuit, interpolation detection in the interpolation detector 84 is performed by selecting a certain signature of the undistorted signal such as zero-crossing, in 1+D partial response signalling, capable of symbol timing detection and which can be used for timing recovery. The correct symbol timing is first estimated using an iterative inverse Lagrange interpolation, which is a well documented mathematical technique. With this iterative inverse interpolation, a "time" is first selected from a specific value of signal for a zero-crossing inside the interpolation interval.
When the asynchronous sampling clock does not drift too fast in relation to the symbol clock, averaging can be used for enhancing the accuracy of symbol timing or zero-crossing time estimation. The signal at the estimated correct symbol time or zero-crossing time, i.e. the time found by an iterative inverse interpolation is then determined by Lagrange interpolation. Because the asynchronous signal samples are stored, they are available for multipass repeat processing using more accurate estimates of symbol timing and with enhanced equalization. The accuracy of interpolation mainly depends on the ratio of asynchronous sampling rate to symbol rate and, as a result, over-sampling is necessary. As a compromise between simplicity in interpolation detection and low sampling rate, double oversampling with three point interpolation in 1+D partial response signalling appears most efficient. Over-sampling becomes a disadvantage only when the data transmission rate is so high that analog to digital conversion becomes difficult.
Three algorithms are used in interpolation detection as shown in FIG. 5. Algorithm (1) is used to estimate zero-crossing, while algorithm 2 is used to enhance the accuracy of symbol time estimation, and algorithm 3 implements continuous zero-crossing tracking. An iterative zero-crossing point estimation algorithm (1) estimates the zero-crossing point of a signal and tracks it in a certain interval (say -0.3, 0.3) of the sampling interval; algorithm (2) decreases the zero-crossing estimation error variance by averaging and algorithm (3) shifts the zero-crossing forward or back by one sample when it appears to be intending to move out of the above interval.
The algorithm (3) to permit the tracking of symbols is designated a "jumping" algorithm. This is necessary when the zero-crossing point may shift out of the interpolation interval, which could preclude the possibility of giving an adequate zero-crossing estimate. The jumping algorithm solves this problem by keeping the zero-crossing in the middle range of the interpolation interval, say (-0.3 and 0.3) and also jumps forward or backwards by one sample if the zero-crossing moves out of the range. FIG. 6 shows the effect of the jumping algorithm in a 1000 bit simulation with the "jumping forward" algorithm in operation. The interpolation detector also converts samples A, B and C into valid binary data by way of a detection section that produces either a logic "1" or "0" depending on the nature of each sample.
In an ideal 1+D channel, the performance of asynchronous sampling is satisfactory. However, when channel distortion is present an equalizer is necessary for either synchronous or asynchronous sampling. The equalizer must also be a fractional tap spacing equalizer since every sample has to be recovered to its undistorted value. The fractional tap spacing used here is T/2 where T denotes symbol spacing and in this case has to have an output at each T/2 interval.
FIG. 7a shows an implementation of a moving tap equalizer 80 a type of fractional equalizer. The input sample 100 from the buffer memory 78 is fed into a sample register 101 and the register outputs 102 are fed to a tap-tracking section 106 via a tap weight register 104, the value of a tap weight reflecting its contribution to recovering the desired channel.
The tap coefficients are updated by adding the scaled product of the output of sample register 101, and the decision amplitude error to the previous tap weights. For the modulated signal, the decision amplitude error is modified according to carrier phase estimates. The equalizer is operated in accordance with a predetermined algorithm, which first tests whether the average of the difference of the leftmost weights and the rightmost weights is less than or greater than a certain number, e.g. 0.05. This depends on the equalizer length N, and noise level, and the average is taken by the weighted average algorithm.
If the left weight, Wleft is greater than Wright the equalizer is shifted to the right side by one fractional tap, i.e. T/2 spacing. Conversely, if the Wright is greater than Wleft the equalizer is shifted to the left side by one T/2 spacing. When the equalizer weights are shifted the weights and signal are aligned by advancing and delaying the execution of the command, placing the input samples 100 in the sample register 101.
The replay processing controller 86 uses a zero-crossing estimation replay with a replay length of about 50 bits, the replay length is referred to as the number of bits which are processed in the first pass and the least replay length is referred to as the smallest replay length by which the zero crossing can be found after a certain number of replays.
FIG. 8 shows a 500 bit simulation for the worst case with the initial sampler phase being -0.45. During the first play of the first 100 bits of data, the initial error in the estimate of zero crossing is reduced to around 0.080 as is shown in curve 1. With the zero crossing estimation error reduced to essentially zero, the processing of data may begin upon replay of the first 100 bits and continue throughout the 500 bit data burst. In practice, in order to avoid loss of data before the moving tap adaptive equalizer weights have converged, firstly, a replay with a replay length of 100 bits is carried out and the resulting equalizer weights are kept for the initial weights of the next pass. Secondly, several replays are performed and decisions are made during the last replay and the resulting weights from the last equalizer are then discarded. For the next hundred bits these first and second steps are repeated until the equalizer converges in the first pass plays as shown in FIG. 9. The amplitude error with no replay is shown in curve 1, with one (1) replay in curve 2 and with nine (9) replays in curve 3.
The entire system of the preferred and alternative embodiments can be realized on a single chip (Texas Instruments TMS 320 Digital Signal Processor Chip) using bipolar or any other technology suitable for handling data transfer rates up to 9600 baud on telephone lines. For very high data rates ie up to 120M bits/sec., ie such as those used in Intellstat Communications, the system could be implemented in discrete form because it is unlikely that with present generator semi-conducter technology chips are available which could handle such data rates.
TMDA systems are generally applicable in light duty cycles because of relatively low data rates. However the embodiments disclosed here can be combined in parallel to handle heavier duty cycles. Thus this arrangement can also be implemented in chip format and make the data receiver system flexible.
It should be understood that various modifications may be made to the embodiments described herein without departing from the scope of the invention. For example in the preferred embodiment, a plurality of such systems could be connected in parallel and the number of taps used could vary eg. 7 to 12 depending on different implementation, i.e. 7 taps would give faster processing but be less accurate than 12 taps. Also, in th alternative embodiment, the moving tap adaptive equalizer may be omitted if channel equalization is unnecessary and carrier demodulation is not required for baseband pulse amplitude modulation (p.a.m.) transmission. In addition, in both of the examples given the system is implemented using bursts of data but it should be understood that the system could equally well be used for continuous reception of data transmission in which case replay of the data would not be essential.
Advantages of the present invention are that an entire data burst can be used for information transmission thereby allowing much shorter data bursts to be used resulting in more data for a given cost i.e. charge per customer is reduced as some data takes less time. Cost is almost an order of magnitude less than existing systems. After sampling between data bursts, the signal can be processed relatively slowly between bursts, thus allowing the system to be realised on custom designed I.C's. Because sampling is at most twice the symbol rate, microprocessor implementation can be utilized to higher data rates. Asynchronous sampling permits replay of the stored samples and consequently the start-up time of the asynchronous sampling is almost zero. Because lower data rates are used in processing reliability of decoding is greatly increased. The invention has application in; implementation of low duty cycle time division multiple access satellite communication (Intellstat); receiver for vertical blanking interval teletex transmission such as the Telidon; new forms of secured communications in the military and security fields; and incorporation in low rate low cost modem for data transmission. The hardware required to be used to implement the system is small leading to a portable unit, and available integrated circuits in the processing of the data can be used in the hardware implementation.
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Let's face it, sometimes summer sucks. It's hot and sticky and well, just unpleasant some days. Now we find out that Grace director Paul Solet will be bringing us a Dark Summer. If the heat wasn't enough! Check out the details below.
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World Cup Wines: First Half
The World Cup starts on Friday, and in addition to showcasing countries with world-class soccer (or football… or fútbol) teams, many of the participants are two-way players—they also create world-class wines.
Of the 32 countries in the tournament, at least 15 produce wines known around the world, and a few others (Slovenia, for example) have been making wine for centuries, but are just starting to gain attention on a global scale.
Here at Just Grapes, we've highlighted some of our favorites to pair with the countries you're rooting for (or against) over the next month, and because there are so many to feature, we'll break them down into a handful (not handball) of postings. Today, we start with:
Argentina – A Malbec as breathtaking as a Lionel Messi "golazo":
2007 Mendel Malbec, Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina [$21.59]
Mendel's 2007 Malbec was sourced from a 45-acre parcel of 80-year-old vines in Lujan de Cuyo and aged for 12 months in French oak. Purple-colored, it displays an alluring bouquet of cedar, spice box, violets, and black cherry. Medium-bodied and elegant on the palate, it has plenty of savory fruit, cinnamon and allspice notes, excellent depth and concentration, and a fruit-filled finish. 90 Pts – Robert Parker
Italy – A Chianti worthy of the defending World Cup champs:
2005 Casalvento Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy [$19.99]
Fabulous, classy aromas of crushed berries, strawberry and cherry. Full-bodied, with wonderfully polished tannins and subtle yet generous fruit character. This is all in balance. What a Chianti Classico should be. Best from 2010 through 2015. Only 200 cases imported.
France – No ifs, ands, or head-butts about this Bordeaux blend:
2006 Chateau de Braude Haut Medoc, Bordeaux France [$23.19]
A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, it is dark ruby garnet in color and displays complex aromas of blackcurrants, violets, leather and tobacco. On the palate, it boasts highly concentrated black fruit flavors, supple mouth feel, firm tannic structure and a long finish. Château de Braude is part of the superb estate of Château Mongravey but has a different name because it is located in the Haut Médoc AOC.
Portugal – Finishes a meal like Cristiano Ronaldo finishes goalies:
Fonseca Bin No.27, Port, NV, Portugal, 750ml [$17.99]
Fonseca Bin No. 27 was created over a century ago for family consumption, and only released commercially in 1972. It is produced primarily from wines from Fonseca's own quintas in the Cima Corgo and thus shows an exceptional quality and consistency from year to year.


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WakingTimes.com – The Danger of Becoming the Darkness When Fighting the Dark Side.
This website has surpassed itself in our estimations, this is such an informative essay. A truly wonderful insight into the Darkness we seek to combat.
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Hi all,
This looooong-overdue trip report is about my trip from Zurich, Switzerland to Singapore in the summer of 2009. It was the end of my trip around Italy, which was in a word – amazing!
I was in the city of Luzern (or Lucerne) that morning, a beautiful picturesque town, just an hour out of Zurich. A quick train ride on the efficient Swiss rail, brought us right into the heart of the airport.
Departure Airport
Ascending through the terminal, we walked to the SQ counters, which were located right at the far end of the terminal. As I arrived, the SQ Station Manager for Zurich was directing passengers to their various counters. She directed us to the First Class counter, which was empty. Check-in was smooth and efficient, after the online check-in the night before. Little did the check-in officer realize that a whole bunch of First Class baggage tags had mysteriously disappeared…
After a immigration, which was smooth and flawless, I proceeded to the Swiss Lounge.
The Swiss Lounge boasts the "World's Longest Bar" and has great views over the tarmac. Zurich is Swiss' hub and for a home "base" the lounge was rather rudimentary.
After spending about an hour in the lounge using the complimentary Wi-Fi and munching on some snacks, I left the lounge to proceed to the gate. This was my first time to Zurich airport and did not know the long arduous journey, which would include a train ride.
The train was crowded. with many flights leaving for the Far East at that time of day.
Security was a mess and lines were snaking back and forth, but I eventually got to the gate. I saw the aircraft that would take my home, the Singapore Airlines B777-300ER, 9V-SWB, one of the first in her fleet. Not before long, I was walking though the aerobridge with the familiar smell of jet fuel tingling in my nostrils. I boarded through door 2L and was greeted by the In-Flight Supervisor (IFS). Not sure why only one door was used for boarding.
Photo © Svido Stanislav
Photo © Alfonso Rodenas Pena
The Flight
Airline: Singapore Airlines (SQ)
Route: Zurich (ZRH) - Singapore (SIN)
Flight: SQ345
Seat: 19K
Class: Business
I walked through the First Class cabin and the first Business Cabin until I reached my seat. I was originally seated at 20K, but I realised it did not have a window on the outbound flight, so I quickly changed it. I sat down in my seat and got comfortable.
Swiss territory
I just love the interior of the 77W Business Class. The soothing cabin lights, the elegant and natural curvature of the roof and the 45 degree overhead compartments.
Pushback occurred at 1207 and the safety video rolled on the big screen.
Anybody knows what that is?
At around 1215, the aircraft screamed full-throttle down the Zurich runway and blasted off into the mid-day sky.
My Window on the World
At around 1 o'clock, the smell of Satay lingered in the air! I just love Satay, especially after a long trip in Europe.
For the appetizer, we had Thai style glass noodles with prawns. It was ok, I guess...
For the main course, I ordered the beef which was dry, tasteless, chewy, tasteless, dry, chewy and felt like eating paper and bubble gum at the same time.
Dessert was the only sanctuary from the abomination to the airline industry also known as inflight catering. Just a simple sorbet
After lunch, I watched a movie (The Day The Earth Stood Still) and tried to sleep. Hours later, I was woken up by the cabin lights, which were changing color to a light pinkish-purplish hue.
The starter for breakfast was simply a fruit platter.
For the main course, I had some apple pancakes with sausages and mushrooms.
After breakfast and a couple of short shows, the captain announced we would be arriving in Singapore ahead of schedule at 0545. The cabin crew made the necessary preparations for landing and I began to feel a little sad that the SQ experience would soon be over.
On the dot at 0545, local time, SQ345 gently touched down at Changi Airport. We taxied to Terminal 3, alongside an A340-500, which had just arrived from the City of Angels.
No matter where you go, its always good to be home!
Overall Rating
Booking System & Call Centre 8/10
Check-in 8/10
Lounge (if applicable) 7/10
Boarding 10/10
Flight Punctuality 10/10
Aircraft 9/10
Product 9/10
Service 710
Food 5/10
IFE (if applicable) 9/10
Total Score 89%
Thanks for reading! Here are some of my other trip reports:
The Great Aussie Trip: Part 1 - SQ Cliche
The iPhone Trip Report
To Rome in SQ Business and LH
MLE - SIN in SQ Business


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Waxwork Trailer (1988)
"Stop on by and give afterlife a try." 17 June 1988 Fantasy, Horror, Comedy 95 mins
Wealthy slacker college student Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays 18 of the most evil men of all time. After his ex-girlfriend and another friend disappear, Mark becomes suspicous. What he doesn't know is that they have been made a part of the exhibit, by first living out the scene and then being murdered in.
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Back to index of Scrabble pages by Donald Sauter.
Please visit the Scrabble For Word Lovers introduction page.
For your internal navigation convenience:
Anex-A-Gram box top
Scrabble took its final shape in 1948. The first set of rules were copyright in December of that year. As you see on the box top, Anex-A-Gram has a 1938 copyright date. As far as I know, no one has found any reason to suspect that Scrabble didn't come out of Alfred Butts' head, and I don't mean to raise a suspicion here. I still think Alfred was the man.
But there are very interesting similarities between Anex-A-Gram and Scrabble. The rules for word placement on the board--forming a valid crossword puzzle--are the same. Only non-proper, dictionary-type words are allowed. The Anex-A-Gram board is 13x13 while the Scrabble board is 15x15. The letter distributions are quite similar (see further down.) There are two "wild cards" in each game.
On top of this is the coincidence of Alfred Butts putting down in a letter in 1938 that he was was starting to work on the game that would eventually become Scrabble. (Word Freak, by Stefan Fatsis, page 96.)
The most fundamental difference between Anex-A-Gram and Scrabble is the Object. In Scrabble, you know it's to score the most points making use of the points assigned to the letters and the premium squares on the board. In Anex-A-Gram, no points are tallied for playing a word; the object is simply to be the first player to empty your rack, whereupon the other players are penalized for the tiles left in their racks.
Now that might sound like a big difference, but the two games really have a very similar feel. You know when you've found your play in Anex-A-Gram, just as you know when you've found your play in Scrabble even before totting up the score. In fact, many people may find this freedom from Scrabble's running stream of arithmetic a welcome relief. (I make the claim that probably not a Scrabble game in a hundred played in the home is scored completely correctly.)
Before we leave the box top, here's a little puzzle for you. Based on the box top graphic, what word familiar to everyone nowadays was missing from the 1936 Webster's Collegiate Dictionary? Now don't anyone give me a heart attack by actually reading my web page and responding to my brain teaser.
Also notice that the 1936 Webster's Collegiate included the two-letter plurals of the letters of the alphabet: AS, BS, CS . . . XS, YS, ZS. You'll also find them in almost any current dictionary you check. How it is that they've never made the official Scrabble dictionaries certainly ranks as one of the great mysteries of the universe.
Here are the Anex-A-Gram rules printed in the inner lid:
Or, you can examine the rules in plain text further down this page. I can't believe they really meant that, when you have an S and want to hook across the end of a word on the board, your S has to be the beginning letter of your word.
The Discard pile works like a discard pile in some rummy games, where the only card available for drawing from the pile is the one on top, that is, the most recent, previous discard.
Here are the racks and tiles:
Looks sharp, eh? By the way, this set was originally owned by a Hollywood director named Bernard B. Ray who did a lot of B westerns. Ray's brother Leon Shamroy directed and produced some major films including Cleopatra and Planet of the Apes. When Ray's grandson put Anex-A-Gram up on eBay, I was the only bidder, which is all the evidence you need that civilization is in an unrecoverable nosedive.
The board is like a deluxe Scrabble board, but instead of a "raised
grid", it has sunken holes which receive protruding disks on the back
of the tiles. John Lennon played Scrabble on several occasions. If
he played Anex-A-Gram, he could swing the board around with wild
abdomen. (Very obscure joke for Beatle fans.)
I'm pretty sure these 70 tiles represent the complete set. I made up a missing F. Ironically, I cut out a corner of a folded Scrabble board, which had just the right thickness, color, and texture.
The 22 "true vowels" (AEIOU) account for about 31% of the Anex-A-Gram tile set. The Scrabble tile set is 42% true vowels. I maintain the correct proportion should be about 39% to 40%, making Scrabble somewhat vowel heavy and Anex-A-Gram very consonant heavy. It really doesn't cause hardship, though, in games based on small words since there are tons of short words to get you out of any lopsided vowel-consonant jam. Still, I might have added two more E's plus an I and O to the Anex-A-Gram set.
The Anex-A-Gram letter distribution is very much in line with Scrabble's letter distribution. The extra K and the extra H throw them out of their familiar places in the lineup. Had Anex-A-Gram tripled the G (a "better" letter than H) and left the H a pair, the similarity would have been too eerie.
Now, take another look at the "Example of completed crossword" in the inner lid.
It could not have been formed with the provided tile set, since it has 8 E's and 6 N's. Did they mix in the "ACCESSORY SET full of extra letters" touted at the bottom of the lid? I doubt it; I think the rules writer just concocted the "completed crossword" out of her head.
Here's a very unlikely draw of Anex-A-Gram tiles. Then again,
every draw is very unlikely...
Here are the first couple of rounds of Anex-A-Gram played by me and my Dover Scrabble friends in February 2014. Might this be the first Anex-A-Gram played since the 1930s? In spite of my inclination to fix up game rules right from the outset, we followed the box top rules rigorously for this historic first session. Thus you will see a few plays consisting of nothing but two-letter words (OF/IF, MU, AH/OH), which, as you may know, I haven't tolerated in Scrabble since the latter 1980s.
First Anex-A-Gram rounds in a lifetime!
The tiles off the top of the board are the Discard Piles, which, in these rounds, didn't get used. The tiles off to the right are what players were caught with when the other player went out. (Judy was stuck with a +, which is worth 5 points, oh my!)
After the first session, it was upward and onward to Anex-A-Gram II -- which you can play with a standard Scrabble set!
Since Anex-A-Gram II is a nice, old-fashioned word game, it is built on the same foundation as Scrabble For Word Lovers. You can find discussion of the basic rules in the rules page for Scrabble O For Word Lovers, but here they are in a nutshell:
Regular Dictionary - NOT a Scrabble dictionary!
Good Words Only - if you make an invalid word, the tiles go back in your rack and your turn is done.
Three Letter Minimum - the main word of your play must be at least 3 letters long. This says nothing about tiles played; it could be one or two.
Letter Distribution - corrected as in Scrabble O. Replace one "I" with a Blank.
Swap For The Blank - if there's a blank on the board standing for a letter that's in your rack, you may swap for the blank on your turn. This does not count as a turn; you will then play, pass, or trade.
Board - Cover up or mark out the outer rows to make a 13x13 Anex-A-Gram board. If the Scrabble premium squares are distracting, paint or mark them out.
Racks - Use two Scrabble racks to hold the 8, 10, or 12 initial draws, or just let the overflow tiles sit on the table.
Valid word formation is the same as in Scrabble. The Anex-A-Gram box top rule against just adding an -S or -ES is dropped. A player can decide for himself if that's the thing to do. Likewise, the box top rule of "never more than 4 letters at a time" gets the boot. Nobody tells me I can't make big words!
In fact, Anex-A-Gram II rewards you with 1 point for every tile played. Since the Played Tiles points are positive, the Leftover Tile points are now negative. Notice that with an incentive for Going Out and an incentive for playing lots of tiles, you are pulled in two directions. Now you've got decisions; now we have a game!
The main problem with box top Anex-A-Gram, as I see it, is that it is just too darn easy to go out -- which, in the original rules, was the whole point. To help counteract this, Anex-A-Gram II requires you to Draw Tile(s) (at least one) at the end of your turn. This adds a further element of uncertainty to the game. You are no longer in complete control of your destiny; you can't divide up your tiles to "go out in two" with assurance, for example.
The original Anex-A-Gram rules include a Discard Pile. I tried mightily, but I just could not make the Discard Pile a fun or interesting, never mind significant, element of the game. So I finally discarded it. Thus, all drawing is done from the tile bag.
You will Draw Tile(s) after every Play or Pass. (A Pass is where you choose to stick with the tiles in your rack instead of playing or trading.) Drawing tile(s) is done in one grab, not one tile after another. You must grab at least one tile, and may grab as many as you want, the limit being that your rack cannot grow beyond the original number of tiles. If you overdraw, the excess tiles stay on your rack and you are penalized 1 point for each of them.
The box top rules only allow you to discard a single tile when "You're Stuck!" with a bum rack. In Anex-A-Gram II, as in Scrabble, you are free to Trade as many tiles as you want. Set the undesired tiles aside; draw the exact same number of tiles from the bag; place them on your rack; and return the discards to the bag. So in the case of a Trade, your rack size will stay the same.
A further challenge comes from a 4-letter/2-tile minimum requirement on the Going Out play. This means the main word must be at least 4 letters long, and you must play at least 2 tiles in going out. If you empty your rack without meeting these requirements, you Draw Tile(s) and play continues. A very nice house rule softens the Going Out requirement to a 3-letter/2-tile minimum for a player in sole possession of last place at the start of the board in progress.
When a player Goes Out in an Anex-A-Gram round, the other players are penalized for the unplayed tiles left on their racks. In Anex-A-Gram II, that is simply 1 point per letter, whether vowel or consonant, since that is what they are worth if you play them, and 5 points for the blank.
The Order Of Play for starting a new board is the reverse order of the current standings at that point. That is, the player in last place goes first, and then up the line ending with the player in first place. But if anyone becomes homicidal on being asked to switch seats, you can just drop it. Remember that in Anex-A-Gram, there is NO requirement placed on where the First Word goes.
The Game is Over when... well, gee, your guess is as good as mine. When a big final score is reached? or a time limit? or a certain number of rounds? If you go with the latter, I suggest a multiple of the number of players, such as 4 rounds for 4 players, 3 or 6 rounds for 3 players, and 4 or 6 rounds for 2 players.
Here is Anex-A-Gram II on a Slip to keep by your rack during play:
ANEX-A-GRAM II MAIN WORD: 3-letter min. SCORE: 1 point per tile played. AFTER PLAY or PASS: Draw at least 1 tile in one grab. TRADE: handled as in Scrabble. GOING OUT: 4-letter/2-tile min. LEFTOVER TILES: Letter -1; Blank -5. "Honest-to-gosh" Two-Letter Words AD GO MA RE AH ME AM HA MY SO AN HE AS HI NO TO AT AX ID OF UP AY IF OH US IN ON BE IS OR WE BY IT OX YE DO LO PA
No, the list of "honest-to-gosh" Two-Letter Words is not a misprint. In the spirit of a nice, homey, old-fashioned word game, I've weeded out the junky stuff from the Scrabble list: no letters, notes of the scale, grunts and groans, informal clips, and really uncommon words. I might let you restore the notes of the scale, but if you go beyond that, watch out!
Here's a suggestion for keeping score. Just string out the running scores horizontally. Notice that Bruno went out every time in this 4-board game.
Steven 5+4-5= 4 +3+3+4+0-4=10 +6+3+2-4=17 +4+3-5=19 Doug 0+4-7=-3 +5+0+3+3-2= 6 +4+2+2-9= 5 +7 -4= 8 Bruno 8+3 =11 +7+3+3+4 =28 +5+4+3 =40 +6+5 =51 Maggie 4 -7=-3 +4+3+0+2-5= 1 +3+3+3-4= 6 +3 -9= 0
Here are the first ever Anex-A-Gram II rounds played according to the finalized rules (Sep 2016). The first four boards below correspond to the 4-person game recorded in the score sheet above. The final three boards show a 3-person game. (Steven left.)
There was also a German game combining anagrams and crosswords from a couple of years earlier, in fact. It was called Typ-Dom and it has a 1936 patent. The pictures below should give you a fair idea of the game.
Typ-Dom box
Typ-Dom intro
The title shows us that "Typ-Dom" comes from combining "type", as in printing blocks (German plural, Typen), and "domino". There are 50 black consonants (Mitlauten) and 30 red vowels (Selbstlauten). This yields a mix with about 37% vowels. (Remember that Anex-A-Gram has 31% vowels,and Scrabble has 42% vowels.)
Typ-Dom Spielsteinen (tiles)
Typ-Dom sample plays
Notice the acceptance of proper nouns, such as HONDURAS, ANNA, und UTE. Also note Fig. 4 with its example of an illegal ("falsch", or false) play. STERN (star) forms the invalid word RW. And notice the wild card * tile in Fig. 7. It probably stands for E, forming SPIEL (play or game). Why do I have a suspicion there's another * in the tile set?
I think the pep talk says, "In der Kombination liegt die Würze!" ("The spice lies in the combinations!"), but, if you ask me, those final plays sure do look jerry-rigged - no pun or insult intended! (Well, maybe the pun.) I think the order had to be, HONDURAS, AN, and NOT, forming ANNA and UTE, since NO and OT aren't German words. As with the completed crossword example in Anex-A-Gram, this degree of interconnectivity in a Scrabble-like game is extremely unlikely. Yes, crossword puzzles are very dense, but the makers aren't picking the next letters to add at random!
So, Typ-Dom, Anex-A-Gram, and Scrabble - what do you think? A bit of snitching? Or something in the air that gave rise to completely independent brainstorms?
Before Starting:
Place the Anex-A-Gram Board in the center of the table, and the letters face down, thus forming the Draw Pile. Draw one apiece. Player whose letter is nearest "A" starts the game. Put these letters back and shuffle the pile. Each player now gets a rack, and draws accordingly:--
12 letters, if only 2 or 3 are playing. 10 letters for 4 or 5 players. 8 letters for 6 players.Put your letters in your rack so no one else can see them.
Object of the Game:
Be the first to get rid of your tiles.
We're Off!
1. First player draws one tile (The Discard Letter) from the Draw Pile and places it, face up, on the opposite side of the board to start the Discard Pile. Now, studying his rack, he selects any 2, 3, or 4 of his letters (never more than 4) that spell a word and places that word on the board.
2. Next player to the left tries to make another word by adding from 1 to 4 letters to the first word. Suppose the second player has "C," "L" and "M," and the first word is "LAMP." He can get rid of his "C" this way:
Better yet, he can use all three (3) letters thus:
3. If the third player has "A," "D" and "I," he could play:
Correctly Incorrectly C C L LAID LAMP LAMP MAID M
In the correct example, he has spelt in addition to the word "MAID," the words "MA" and "PI." In the incorrect example, in forming the horizontal word "LAID," he has made the vertical letters "I P" which do not form a word. As in crosswords, all words must read from top to bottom and from left to right. No unfinished word can ever be left on the board.
You're Stuck!
Whenever a player can't make a word with the letters in his own rack, he discards one tile, face up, along side of the Discard Letter. He then can draw either the Discard Letter, or turn it down and take a tile from the Draw Pile. In either case, he loses his turn until the play comes around again.
If the Draw Pile gets used up, give the Discard Pile a good shuffling and use it for drawing. Then turn up a letter to start your new Discard Pile.
Proper names, words not in a dictionary and plurals are not permissible. Exceptions:--
1. You can't add "S" or "ES" to any word on the board unless you're spelling a word that begins with "S" in the opposite direction.
(The word "shoe" was played last.)
2. If "S" is already on the board as in the "MAST," it's O.K. to form the word "CATS."
Plus Tiles!
You're in luck if you draw a tile with a plus sign (+) because at any point in the game it can be played as any letter. Once played, however, the Plus Tile is always considered the letter for which it was played.
The Winner:
The first to get rid of his letters wins the round. He scores 0. The others are charged for the letters still in their hands as follows:
1 point for each consonant 2 for each vowel (A, E, I, O, U) 5 for each Plus Tile
As soon as any player gets a score of 10 or more the game is over, and the player with lowest score wins the game.
Example of completed crossword:
Another Game by THE EMBOSSING COMPANY
P.S.--Your dealer's got an ACCESSORY SET full of extra letters--same price
as ANEX-A-GRAM.
Additional Boards--around 15¢ a throw!
Since you can't find these things just anywhere, I thought I'd show you some of the Anex-A-Gram boards created in the experimentation that finally led to Anex-A-Gram II.
First play INERTLY.
First play READILY.
First play OFF.
And that's UNDERSIZE, not -SIDE.
First play CUBIC.
First play VIZOR.
First play OUTSIDE.
First play EXEGESIS.
And the mystery word is... HAT!
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How to Retire Early
Core Facts
Retirement is something that requires a solid plan and smart strategies, executed over a number of years. However, one third of Americans aren't saving for retirement, and a sizable percentage of workers say they have virtually no money in savings and investments. And almost a third say they have less than $1,000 in savings.
Most people work their entire life, and then retire at 65, but here are some ideas to retire early:
Get a good paying job. Also make sure you know the salary range of your position, and negotiate to the higher end of it. Saving is easier when you have a higher income, as long as you don't let your spending habits get the better of you.
Financial Advice
Find a financial planner you can work with and who can steer you in the right direction. Start early, and follow a plan over time. The earlier you start planning and investing for retirement, the better.
Most people will recommend saving 10% of your income, but if you plan to retire early, you'll need to put away a higher percentage of your paycheck each month. Again, this has a lot to do with how you spend your money and what bills you are obligated to pay, so keep spending down and save more.
One other thing to keep in mind is that if you retire early, your retirement years and your kids' college may coincide, so saving for both might add some pressure to make smarter, more frugal spending choices over the years.
Cost of Living
Quality of life doesn't mean expensive. Your cost of living can be remarkably lowered by making some smart decisions on how you spend your money and eliminating wasteful spending habits.
If you and your spouse are both planning for retirement, consider staggering the dates so that one of you can retire while the other still has a salary and benefits. Another thing to consider is keeping part-time employment as an option, so that you aren't relying entirely on your savings.
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'We're not in a death spiral, we're huge' Ukip hits back at Woolfe after MEP quits party
UKIP has lashed back at Steven Woolfe after he quit saying there is "something rotten" in the party, as a national executive member denied it is in a "death spiral".
Elizabeth Jones, a former leadership candidate of Ukip, dismissed Mr Woolfe's claims that the anti-EU party is in trouble.
The national executive member also insisted the party is heading for success in the 2017 local elections, based on the recent results in council elections in Hartlepool.
Speaking to TalkRadio's Julia Hartley-Brewer, Ms Jones said: "Within the last couple of weeks we have had an excellent success in Hartlepool.
Elizabeth Jones dismissed Mr Woolfe's claims that Ukip is in a death spiral
"One of our counsellors achieved 49 per cent in one of the local elections. There are now six Ukip counsellors in Hartlepool and Ukip is the official opposition in Hartlepool Council."
Ms Jones also argued Ukip is growing in monument around the country, as it is becoming the real opposition on a grassroots level.
The national executive member continued: "Similarly in Ashford in Kent we recently had an election and one of our candidates achieved 42 per cent and there are now two representatives on Ashford Council.
Mr Woolfe said he quit because there is 'something rotten' in the party
We are certainly not in a death rattle
"On a grassroots level, with grassroots members, they are quietly going about their business, chugging along, pushing forward Brexit quietly and discreetly.
"So we are certainly not in a death rattle, in fact I think we are probably going to be achieving a lot more in the local elections in 2017."
Ms Jones' comments come after Mr Woolfe, who was favourite to succeed Nigel Farage as Ukip leader, quit saying there is "something rotten" in the party.
The MEP said: "I think they've got a spiral, someone suggested that it's a death spiral, of their own making.
"I think unless someone very quickly can wrestle with the issues that they've got then we will see the loss of something that I think shouldn't be lost."


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The Top Ten Worst Daily Fantasy Sports Players
Daily fantasy is one of my favorite things to do. I like it so much, I even play DFS for sports I don't even like, like PGA and MLB. Of course, the fact that I run this blog with a lot of DFS content, I love the DFS community as well. 95 percent of them are good guys, one percent of them are @$$holes, and the last four percent fall into one of the following categories. These are:
The Top Ten Worst Daily Fantasy Sports Players
10. The Sharks
They are the necessary evil in daily fantasy sports. They enter pretty much every tournament and play the max amount of lineups that FanDuel or DraftKings will allow. They use complicated optimizers and algorithms to build their lineups, and one of them tends to win the big GPP tournaments seemingly every night. But, without them, the daily fantasy industry wouldn't be able to survive. Without their cash flow, FanDuel and DraftKings may not have survived all their legal troubles. So while we all hate seeing them atop our leaderboards time and time again, without them we may not be playing daily fantasy sports at all in 2017.
9. The Brody's
Okay, no one actually calls these guys Brody's. I made the name up. But Brody's are the guys that beat one of the aforementioned "Sharks" in either a head to head or they edged them out in a big tournament — then they brag about it like they just won a GPP. At this point, you might be asking yourself, why are you calling them Brody's? I'm naming these guys after the most famous "shark killer" of all-time. Martin Brody from the movie Jaws.
A message to all the Brody's out there, trust me, the shark you beat in a $1 head to head, it didn't even register on their radar. When you play $1,000s every night, there is no way they are even looking at their individual matchups, but congrats on winning that 80 cents!
8. The Hypothetical Champions
"I was three players away from winning my GPP, I actually had the winning lineup all day, but at the last-minute I changed my lineup". Now, don't get me wrong, we have all said something like this at some point in our DFS "careers", but these guys do it… All. The. Time. They are one player away, in every tournament, for every sport, every night!
7. Mr. "Thoughts"
Mr. Thoughts is the guy that posts a lineup that looks like he built it while waiting for Starbucks to make his drink. You can tell by looking at it that he did zero research, and he posts it in a group chat or Facebook group with the one-word tagline, "thoughts"? This prompts everyone in the said group or chat to comment on his lineup and tell who he should play over the guys he has. In the end, they basically end up building his lineup for him. This is the lazy man's way to do research.
Again, don't get me wrong. We have all done this before, but we are legitimately looking for advice. We did our research and built what we think is a solid lineup. You can usually tell when you have a "Thoughts" guy on your hands when he posts is edited lineup six-to-seven times with the words, "how about this?", "what if I did this?", or my favorite, "how does it look now?".
6. The Complainer
This guy takes the fun out of daily fantasy. He "quits" every night. He complains about every player in his lineup not hitting value. He claims the game is unfair because the sharks have a big advantage by maxing out every tournament. Then he wins something, and suddenly he is the expert, telling everyone his new "strategy" on how to win consistently. He comments on every "Thoughts" lineup, and then, when his advice turns out to be terrible, he goes right back to complaining.
5. The Sneaky Guy
I'm sure you have heard this phrase before, "Player so-and-so could be sneaky today". There is nothing wrong with saying this when you truly believe a guy is "sneaky". The guys I'm talking about, however, mention everyone under the price of $5,000 as sneaky, and when one of them pans out, he makes sure everyone knows he called him out hours before lock. He thinks no one else remembers the other 12 guys he also called sneaky that did not pan out, so he screen shots his one correct call-out and posts it all over social media.
4. The Regreter
The Regreter is a guy we almost feel bad for. This is the guy that played a lineup in a $1 50/50 or a free league, but not in a GPP, and of course, his lineup goes off for 398 points and could have won him a ton of money. He posts the infamous, "How much would this have won in a $5 GPP?". I said we almost feel bad for him because he does it all the time. It's like clock-work. Every time I check one of my Facebook groups, I see the same guy asking, "How much would this have made…".
3. The One-Minute-Man
Missy Elliot made the on-minute-man famous. The guys that blow their wad way too soon. We know these guys in daily fantasy as the guys that post their lineup five minutes after lock and their up $800 and they say, "Hope this holds!". They famously stack the early game on the slate just so they can see their lineups at the top of the leaderboards. In the words of Missy Elliot, "We don't need no minute men".
2. The Lineup Stalker
This guy is the older cousin to the "Thoughts" guy. He doesn't even waste time building a lineup. He simply joins all the DFS Facebook groups and just waits for everyone else to post their lineups. These guys rarely comment on anything, they just lurk in the background waiting for the perfect lineup to steal and plug into a few tournaments. To add insult to injury, he will inexplicably end up in your contest and you'll have to split your winnings with him.
1. The Lineup Providers
They are the absolute bane of daily fantasy. I'm sure there are some legitimate providers out there, but the mass of bad ones all over Twitter, give all Lineup Providers a bad name. You can usually spot these guys by their overuse of the flame emoji and their excessive use of the word Bro or Bruh. They all have the dreaded "Auto DM" set up on Twitter, and they claim 75 percent win percentages. Let me get this straight. You win 75 percent of the time and you're on Twitter begging for tips? Wow, sounds legit, where do I sign up?
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Elite Australian special forces troops under investigation
A unit of elite Australian special forces troops is under investigation for mutilating the body of at least one Afghan insurgent.
The ABC understands the hands were removed from an insurgent's corpse and taken back to the Australian base at Tarin Kot.
Source: ABC News | Duration: 1min 39sec
Topics: defence-forces, unrest-conflict-and-war, afghanistan, australia


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Bini About
Bini was born in 1961 in Stuttgart/Germany.
Study painting and graphic design.
Artdirector Jeton Records Stuttgart.
Rock singer, song writer. Concerts with The New Model Army,
The Fall, Die Aerzte and more.
Tours through Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands...
Graphics design for independent record labels and organizers.
Two years stay on Mallorca.
Return to painting. Inspiration by the omnipresent
Moorish and African culture on the island.
Bini developes ___Modern Tribal Art___, the connection of original symbols
with modern style elements. On a background following animal skins,
rock faces or wood.
This style also forms the creative carpet of the actual artwork, on which
the artist invents herself again and again in forms and colours.
Numerous single exhibitions and group exhibitions in Germany and abroad.
Bini lives and works in Berlin.
- Address:
- Niebuhrstr. 57
- City:
- Berlin
- State/Province:
- Berlin
- Postal Code:
- 10629
- Phone Number:
- 0049.30.23635630