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Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers ScopeDAQ: key features
ScopeDAQ is a two-channel digital oscilloscope with maximum sampling frequency of 200 MHz and 8-bit converter resolution. The user can take advantage of 2 analog channels for connecting standard oscilloscope probes. Maximum sampling frequency using two channels is 200MHz. Six measurement ranges - from 50mV/division to 2V/division (1:1 probe) - allows to measure signals of wide range of voltages. With this degree of division of the probe, the measuring range equals 20V. The basic version of the device has a buffer of size of 256K samples per channel, but it can be increased to 2M, giving the possibility of recording more data.
Key features
Navigator of measuring windows
DAQ2 software has a navigation window for running measuring windows for different devices of DAQ2 family. Thanks to the specialised navigation window, the user can make measurements with several DAQ2 devices at once or run a single device in several measurement modes simultaneously, with different configuration settings.
Signal measurements window
DAQ2 software has a window for observation of analog signals. Very ergonomic set of measurement cursors allows for flexible measurements on horizontal and vertical axes. Additionally, various magnifications (Zoom) of the recorded signal can be carried out as well as access to the analog* level trigger can be gained simultaneously for 'A' and 'B' channel.
FFT measurement window
DAQ2 software facilitates easy switch to the FFT window of the measured signal.
Triggering conditions
ScopeDAQ works in the following operating modes:
Logger, analog signal recorder
Thanks to the unique solutions implemented in the FPGA systems, ScopeDAQ allows for continuous recording of analog signals to the computer hard drive with a sampling rate up to 5MHz. It depends on the size of memory inside the analyser, as well as the capabilities of the PC, to which the device is connected. Recording can be completed automatically after a certain period of time, when an error occurs or a specific disk space is used.
AUX input and output
ScopeDAQ has a configurable 'AUX' terminal, which can be both input and output, depending on configuration set by the user.
PC software
Software DAQ2 has an ergonomic and configurable user interface, by means of which the user is able to operate several devices of the family simultaneously. This is particularly important if the system is fairly large. Each device can operate in independent modes and include any configuration settings; the settings can be saved in any file for future reference. In addition, as part of a connected device, the user can run them in a number of available configurations.
Saving data to files
Recording data representing the measured electrical signals can be realized on two ways. The first is the registration data directly to a computer hard drive in a continuous mode, using Logger. Another method is to record the data measured by the device and stored in the internal memory of ScopeDAQ. In this case, the data stored in the buffer can be saved in the following formats:
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How to Change the Cutting Height on Push Mowers
The average lawn is usually cut to a height of 2 inches during the mowing season. However, nature and life can get in the way and your lawn may get a little taller between cuttings. For this reason you may need to adjust the height of your push mower from time to time. Push mower height adjustments are similar on all gas or electric mowers. Gas mowers will have adjustment levers on all four wheels while many electric mowers have a single knob to raise and lower the mower deck.
Gasoline Mowers
Place the push mower over a level surface.
Locate the height adjustment lever on each wheel. The lever will be between the side of the mower deck and the inside of each wheel. Most levers will have a plastic coated tip and some even have adjustment dials.
Grab the top of the adjustment lever and pull the lever toward the mower wheel. This disengage the lever so that you can move the lever left or right.
Move the lever down or to the right to raise the mower deck, or move the lever up or to the left to lower the mower deck. Release the lever to lock inside a notch at the bottom of the lever.
Adjust all four adjustment levers to the same setting. The simple way to accomplish this is to count the notch of the first lever you adjust. If the first lever is in the second notch from the right, all levers must be on second notch from the right.
Electric Mowers
Unplug the electric mower power cord from the electrical outlet.
Locate the deck adjustment knob on the top of the mower. The knob will be toward the top left rear of the mower and may have a dial indicator on top of the knob.
Turn the knob by hand to raise and lower the mower deck. Turn the knob clockwise to lower the deck height and counter-clockwise to raise the deck height.
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Sometimes what happens on comedy shows to mock the absurdity of government makes its way back into those government institutions. That's essentially what happened at the Federal Election Commission on this week, when commissioners got up in arms about Chairwoman Ann Ravel admitting to The Daily Show that her agency was about as useless as "men's nipples."
Her critique of the agency didn't go over very well. FEC Commissioner Caroline C. Hunter dug into her colleague over the interview at a public meeting on Tuesday. Center for Public Integrity Reporter Dave Levinthal tweeted some of the back-and-forth between the commissioners.
FEC Commissioner Caroline Hunter lighting Chairwoman @AnnMRavel up at today's meeting for her recent @comedynetwork interview
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We are now talking about men's nipples at the FEC meeting.
Can't make this stuff up, folks.
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"This is a new low…Don't speak for me" FEC Commish Hunter tells @AnnMRavel, re: her comments on GOP commissioners not believing in agency
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) November 17, 2015
More from FEC's Hunter to Ravel: "How inappropriate I think this is … How do you know what I think?
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) November 17, 2015
Ravel seemed unfazed by the critique.
FEC Chair @AnnMRavel doubles down on criticism on @ComedyCentral of GOPers not caring about agency. "No regrets about anything I said."
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) November 17, 2015
FEC Chair @AnnMRavel says "we owe it to the American public" to be honest about the Federal Election Commission's dysfunction.
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) November 17, 2015
The chairwoman invited The Daily Show to the FEC to talk about some of the ways presidential candidates are openly flouting campaign law. The segment aired last Thursday. They cited the recent dispute over the "Carly for America" Super PAC, which simply filed new paperwork after the FEC tried to crack down on it for coordinating with the campaign. The new paperwork didn't change the name, insisting "CARLY" was an acronym, not a reference to presidential candidate and former HP executive Carly Fiorina.
In the segment, Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper mocked the agency's inability to crack down on Super PACs, making inspirational posters to hang on the wall and calling the agency "gutless" and "toothless." They also cited the agency abysmal rankings in government employee satisfaction surveys.
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Indeed, the ability to regulate campaign finance has become much more difficult after the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United vs. FEC, which found that money was equated with free speech, and they could not restrict the amount of money outside groups spent on elections so long as those groups didn't directly coordinate with the campaigns. However, these rules are often openly disregarded by the candidates and PACs, perhaps because — as Ravel pointed out — there's little the FEC can do to stop them.
This also isn't the first time that a fake news show has had an impact on the real world. John Oliver's HBO show Last Week Tonight inspired a flood of comments to the Federal Communications Commission over its net neutrality rules, and the chairman of that agency publicly complained about the comedian calling him a "dingo" on his show.


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The curriculum is designed to cover basic courses in agriculture, animal science, biology, chemistry and microbiology, as well as courses in humanities and social sciences. This program also requires work experience in a veterinary office setting.
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The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands.
At The Coca-Cola Company you can cultivate your career in a challenging and dynamic environment. We are the largest manufacturer and distributor of nonalcoholic drinks in the world-selling more than 1 billion drinks a day. Unlock your full potential with a future-focused company that is known and respected throughout the world.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: BU Finance Customer & Marketing Insights
Job ID: R-20240
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time
Position Overview
- Constructs portfolio view of market opportunities regarding Marketing & Customer Investments and Productivity.
- Drives thought leadership & builds collaborative business partnership with Business Unit Customer & Marketing Leadership, BU/Region Leadership Team and facilitates strategic decisions and tradeoffs across the System to assess Marketing & Customer investment opportunities & productivity initiatives through consumer, competitive and economic landscape
- Serves as a consultant and subject matter expert to the Finance organization and Marketing & Customer Function by constructing portfolio view of market opportunities regarding Marketing & Customer Investments and Productivity.
Key Duties/Responsibilities
Provides a complete view of the value creation across the system through focus on Marketing & Customer investments and productivity:
- Assesses customer investments, deals, identifies value creation opportunities for existing and potential customers, recommends programs and defines actions
- Supports customer leadership in management of BU wide strategic accounts, acquisition and negotiations
- Reviews and assesses customer related contract commitments, Terms and Conditions of new customer agreements, understands implications and trade-offs and provides recommendations
- Understands the impact of long-term shifts between channels, implications of investments and ensures contingencies in place to address threats and acceleration to capture opportunities
- Assesses Retailer Out-of-Stock analysis and recommendations in cooperation with the Customer & Commercial Leadership function
- Reviews, assesses Customer Pricing Analysis provided by analysts and submit to HQ
- Understands external environment, key competitors, volume/value pool share, and reviews marketing research, beverage trends to identify marketing investment and M&A opportunities through the consumer, competitive and economic landscape and provide recommendations. Supports M&A opportunity mapping process within BU
- Analyzes Marketing Productivity performance/trends and provide recommendations for productivity opportunities.
- Reviews and assesses promotion analysis provided by analysts ; identifies opportunities and provides recommendations
Manages collaborative partnerships with BU/Region Stakeholders:
- Manages discussions to facilitate strategic decisions and tradeoffs across the system to assess Customer & Marketing investment and productivity opportunities by partnering with BU/Region customer function.
- Supports BU/Region customer function in customer negotiations regarding various initiatives.
- Identifies and leverages Customer & Marketing strategies for multi- Region investments by partnering with BU/Region Marketing.
Customizes Group System Financial Guidelines and ensures guidelines are applied within the Business Unit in all Regions and ensures Process Improvement and Standardization:
- Customizes guidelines such as Investment KPIs, DMI Marketing Investment resource allocation, etc..
- Acts as Process Owner for Finance Customer & Marketing Insights area and ensures standard processes are used and maintained within the BU
Team Development:
- Manages feedback mechanisms for customer and marketing insights delivery performance, monitors stakeholder satisfaction as well as on-going action plans for improvement.
- Builds diverse, inclusive teams and engages all members
- Develops the next generation of leaders; coach, develop, mentor
- Initiates strategies to engage and retain key talent
- Seeks and act on feedback from others; continuously develops through learning and sharing with others
- Builds capabilities through developing people, processes and culture
- Motivates the teams to achieve individual and team objectives.
Communication Complexities:
- BU Finance Director – Functional Manager (advisory/problem solving, brain storming)
- BU MI & CI Analysts (managing, leading, coaching)
- RFM (service requests, issue management)
- BU Marketing and Customer Insights Analysts (advisory, problems solving, issue management)
- Associates within the Region Finance function (leadership, guidance, coaching)
- Business Unit Marketing & Customer Director (partner, support)
- Interaction with Group Marketing and Customer & Commercial (partner, support)
- Bottler Senior Management (Gain commitment to and execution of plans; pricing protocol; new launches, DME investment and funding; information sharing; accounts reconciliations)
- Customers Senior Management (Gain commitment to and execution of plans; pricing protocol; new launches, DME investment and funding; information sharing; accounts reconciliations)
- This position will require extremely sophisticated and contemporary information management and superior analytic skills and expertise.
- The individual must also possess exceptional project management, collaboration, organization, and managerial skills/capabilities; with the ability to multi-task, set priorities and meet deadlines
- Since this is a new area, the job will need to develop new approaches to solve issues.
Judgment and Decision Making:
- Makes specific decisions on creating the structure for business cases, assigns resources in the system and establishes processes and routines.
- Stewards the financial direction of the company by making recommendations to Business Unit Leaders (finance, marketing, customer functions) on resource allocation, system economics and franchise discussions that may significantly influence the landscape of the business.
- Leads and implements significant change
- Persuades, influences and negotiates goals & objectives, budgets, operational objectives, resource allocation at the department/Business Unit multiple functions/families/multiple entities
- Drives a team-oriented culture that is committed to individual professional growth and growing Organizational Talent.
- Takes a lead in adopting best practices and striving for continuous improvement
- Plans and manages the changing market dynamics and incorporates in the business planning / strategy process.
- Uses input from internal and external sources to promote leading edge solutions for adding value to the business.
- Tests multiple scenarios against strategies to ensure maximum results
- Provides strategic input to the leadership team and bottling partners on new product development and launches to ensure system profitability growth
- Directs and encourages the environment to look to multiple sources to identify and reinforce leading practices.
Qualifications / Compentencies / Skills
- Strategic thinking
- Influencing and negotiation skills
- Analytical skills
- Financial knowledge
- Optimizing strategic relationships and networks
- Attention to detail
- Communicating effectively
- Consumer focus
- Judgments in decision making
- Thinking systemically
- Building value based relationships
- The ability to apply forecasting techniques and skills to develop and evaluate business goals and strategies, analyzing information to derive insights to financial results regarding strategic accounts and key customers.
- The ability to collaborate with cross-functional peers to define optimization and required analysis and deliverables needed from them and ensure commitment on their calendar.
- Provides excellent support to partners based on a deep understanding of their strategies and associated system implications.
- Demonstrates adaptability in analyzing new ideas and making recommendations
Travel Requirements:
- Minimum 20% travel is required through BU locations.
Additional Information:
- Leading a team of Customer Insights and Marketing Insights analysts providing services based on agreed deliverables between the BU and the Regions.
Job Requirements
Growth Behaviors:
- Growth Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
- Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.
- Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work. Tracks and shares external trends, best practices or ideas.
- Performance Driven and Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.
- Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.
- Empowered: Brings solutions instead of problems. Challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance.
Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply
Application Deadline 17th March, 2019.
Job Title: BU Supplier Manager
Job ID: R-21025
Location: Lagos
Job ID: Full time
Position Overview
- This is a high profile position with significant influence and interaction with Ingredient, Packaging and Sales and Marketing Equipment Suppliers as well as Global Subject Matter Experts and Corporate GP&T Platform Leaders, to ensure business is not constrained from a material supply continuity perspective.
- This position also interacts with the highest levels in the various bottling operations. This position is responsible for the overall supplier management program within the Business Unit.
Duties and Responsibilities
Supplier Performance Management:
- Ensure all Company and Local Regulations, KORE Policies, Requirements and Standards are clearly addressed in the quality programs of the suppliers. Report and implement relevant corrective actions for any deviations. This includes FSSC 22000.
- Ensure suppliers are compliant to Supplier Guiding Principles (SGP) / internationally recognized ethical sourcing principles.
- Monitor the supplier's performance against The Companies routine sample requirements.
- Follow up and verify close out of all non-conformances against which corrective action was requested.
- Develop and execute supplier quality improvement initiatives.
- Actively request information regarding supplier service levels and quality incidents within the bottler and assist with the close out of the corrective action.
- Manage changes to the approval status of existing suppliers.
Supplier Auditing:
- Annually, prepare and publish a supplier audit schedule as per the BU procedure.
- Manage the external audit companies used for supplier audits and provide training.
- Ensure the supplier audits are performed as per the supplier audit schedule, update as necessary.
- Review all audit reports and ensure corrective action plans are being implemented in a timely manner.
- Track progress and coach the responsible supplier people to achieve compliance.
- Manage the annual budget for supplier audits.
New Supplier Approval:
- On request and within the business requirements of the B, manage the authorization of new ingredient packaging and sales and marketing equipment suppliers as per the relevant KORE requirements.
- On request from the bottler and s per the relevant technical bulletin authorize suppliers of processing aids and auxiliary material.
- Provide recommendation to the BU Technical Director and BU QSE manager concerning the approval status of the new supplier.
- Publish authorization letters to the suppliers confirming the approval status.
Suppler Capability Building:
- Build capability within the BU concerning supplier partnership, by working with the relevant Bottler Procurement and Quality Assurance Managers, BU QSE Managers and supplier technical management.
Record Keeping:
- Recommend all policies, governance related technical bulletins and certification criteria on supplier management to the BU QSEy Manager and BU Technical Director.
- Maintain all relevant records on achiever plus and PICASSO
- 5+ years experience in the Quality Area with an experience in the development and implementation of supplier management programs with Coca-Cola or other Blue chip Companies in food, chemicals or pharmaceutical industry.
- Bachelor of Science (degree or equivalent) in Food Science & Technology, Mechanical / Chemical / Materials & Metallurgical Engineering.
- English and/or French Fluency.
Job Requirements
Growth Behaviors:
- Growth Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
- Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.
- Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work. Tracks and shares external trends, best practices or ideas.
- Performance Driven and Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.
- Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.
- Empowered: Brings solutions instead of problems. Challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance.
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The Allsop Computer lab in 131 Nielsen Hall houses 105 PCs, 4 iMacs, one copier/printer, one high efficiency black and white printer, one color printer, one 3D printer and two scanners. No classes or labs are scheduled in the quiet study areas. The walk-in lab is available for students to do research and homework. Students may reserve a computer at least one day ahead by calling 398-5606 or inquiring at the Allsop Computer Lab front counter. Students are required to swipe their EagleCard upon entering/exiting the computer labs. Computer lab hours are subject to change during inclement weather. Same policies and guidelines apply in the computer classrooms.
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David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72 - 1994 - Golden Years
Even by the time David Bowie played Santa Monica in 1972, the great man had released brilliant albums like "The Man Who Sold the World", "Hunky Dory", and "Ziggy Stardust". In 1973 he released his "Aladdin Sane" masterpiece. Also, during the '70's, he maintained his brilliant creative power with albums like "Station To Station", "Low", "Heroes", and "Lodger". His 1980 "Scary Monsters" album can also be added to Bowie's list of classic rock albums. During the '90's he released the underrated "Buddha of Suburbia", and in 2002, he released the wonderful "Heathen" album. "Live Santa Monica '72" was Bowie's first live U.S. radio appearance, recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 20 October 1972 during the Ziggy Stardust tour. Taken from an FM radio broadcast, by the now-defunct Los Angeles station KMET ("The Mighty Met," 94.7 FM ). There are dozens of issues of this album on vinyl and CD. Many of the releases are unofficial, with poor sound quality. The release here is an official release and sound quality is above average. A superb live concert from Bowie and his band, including the late Mick Ronson
1."Intro"(by B. Mitchel Reed from KMET) - B. Mitchel Reed – 0:15
2."Hang on to Yourself" – 2:47
3."Ziggy Stardust" – 3:24
4."Changes" – 3:32
5."The Supermen" – 2:57
6."Life on Mars?" – 3:28
7."Five Years" – 5:21
8."Space Oddity" – 5:22
9."Andy Warhol" – 3:58
10."My Death" (Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) – 5:56
11."The Width of a Circle" – 10:39
12."Queen Bitch" – 3:01
13."Moonage Daydream" – 4:38
14."John, I'm Only Dancing" – 3:36
15."I'm Waiting for the Man" (Lou Reed) – 6:01
16."The Jean Genie" – 4:02
17."Suffragette City" – 4:25
18."Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 3:17
All songs composed by David Bowie except where stated
David Bowie – guitar, vocals
Mick Ronson – guitar, vocals
Trevor Bolder – bass
Mike Garson – piano, keyboards
Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – drums


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A fleet of ships belonging to the Angel Cartel conducted a multi-pronged attack and invasion on the settlement of Tialdshad on the planet Oddelulf III. The exact death toll is unknown at this time but confirmed to be in the hundreds, with just over a thousand people injured in the attack. Continue reading


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Managing a pretend investment portfolio
US capital markets were on another tear and another all-time high last week.
But is it for real? Is it driven by exemplary corporate earnings and corporate buybacks, or by twitter news, tariff vacillations and puffery?
The inverted bond yield curve has reversed, so maybe it is not time for another crash and recession. Who knows? Only time will tell.
In the meantime, good companies will continue to report good earnings, concomitantly as their stock price increases in value. Businesses under stress for numerous reasons: change in consumer tastes, high production costs, changing workforce demands, obsolescence, nationalism � where citizens boycott goods and services produced outside the country borders, will struggle, but hopefully not permanently.
Whatever the outcome for a publicly traded corporation, capital investment markets are here to stay.
Investing is a subject of intense interest and strategy manoeuvres every day for those in that stratosphere, so it behoves Moneywise to encourage every reader to take on another opportunity to learn more.
The chances are your older children are already outpacing you in this area with the annual KPMG Stock Challenge and other such endeavours. After all, as we pointed out in The Royal Gazette article of October 12, �Why Bermudian investments matter to you,� we all use these products and services every day of our lives. Why aren�t we investing in these companies by owning their stock as well as purchasing their products.
Bermuda islanders, and others, over the years have confided to me that they can�t get into the investing mode. They are just too afraid of losing money.
Consider this, a profitable company returns some of those retained profits as dividends back to every shareholder.
Example: for years, you have pulled into an Exxon (or any publicly-traded oil conglomerate, e.g. Chevron, BP, Royal Dutch) gas station once a week, to fill up. Exxon pays a dividend. If you owned Exxon shares, you could think of your dividend as a discount applied against all those vehicle fill-ups over the years.
But you say, I don�t own any stocks.
My question is why not?
And my second statement is � oh, but you do own stocks if you have a Bermuda National Pension defined contribution plan with your employer.
Readers have also asked: �What happens if the value goes down? Then, I get panicky and think I should get out.�
Sometimes common reasoning is overridden by emotion. The first thought a beginner investor should have is this:
1, Are the companies whose shares I own going out of business? No.
2, Am I still buying these products? Yes
3, Is the company financially solvent? Yes
If those are your answers, then there is a good reason to just wait and see how companies perform over the long term. And while you are waiting, learn more about them.
Moneywise is setting up a �pretend portfolio� to illustrate, track, rate performance, screen, and analyse 20 securities in a reader-user interface for the next year. Once a month, Moneywise will review relevant data, discuss performance and seriously encourage readers to think about setting up a mock portfolio of their own.
Your investment portfolio experience task, if you are interested in simulating this stock ownership experience, is to put together a group of stocks, and possibly bonds, of companies you like and whose product or service you�ve used for years.
The stocks can be from Bermuda, the US, Canada, the UK, and maybe China, where most of our imports are derived. China is not a completely open investment market as yet. However, Hong Kong and the US trade access to some of their companies. Consider the BATS, Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent are considered alternatives to the US FAANG stocks of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google.
Informal Rules
Put together a list of securities: 20 all together, each representing 5 per cent of the total portfolio and enough to keep you interested, but not frustrated.
You can also arrange allocations in any manner you choose.
Use various sectors: consumer goods, reinsurance/insurance naturally, finance, oil, renewables, high-tech, banks, manufacturers, utilities, healthcare, industrials, water, and so on.
If you are not sure what you�d like to follow, check out the article of October 12 listing some of the many stocks the average Bermuda islander is exposed to in a day, there is a link in the references section at the end of this article.
You will have a total of 20 positions, and you determine the percentage amount to invest in each position.
Moneywise will feature the balanced portfolio. Here are the allocation choices:
� Totally aggressive: 100 per cent in equity stocks
� Balanced portfolio: 12 stocks and eight bonds, for a 60/40 per cent portfolio split.
� Conservative: eight stocks and 12 fixed income bonds, for a 40/60 per cent portfolio split.
As for which sectors to choose, they can be anything you want. Simply type economic or investment sectors into Google.
You can also use Yahoo! Finance. The US website is www.https://finance.yahoo.com. There is a Canada site at: ca.finance.yahoo.com; and a UK site at: uk.finance.yahoo.com
You�ve got the brand names, generally that is enough. The search will then link you to numerous financial investment websites where you can document your choices and find the stock symbol of the company shares.
For the beginning value this week, pick the same day for all security valuations, and to keep it simple assume that you own only one share of each security.
We will track the portfolios of Moneywise and two readers on the first Saturday of the month for the next 12 months, ending with next year�s World Investor Week with the Bermuda Stock Exchange on October 1.
Let me hear from you. What will your portfolio look like? Send your choices to my e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The first two readers to respond will be featured throughout the year as they manage their individual investment portfolio. Please let me know if you wish to remain anonymous.
Next week, Moneywise puts the portfolio together.
This week�s article was originally intended to discuss the Bermuda Pension Commission Audit results for 2011-2017, tabled in Parliament.
However, I�m informed that the digital file is too large to be downloaded. Wait, what happened to the tech-savvy reputation? Why can�t this report be compressed and available to the public?
� Ten things investors should know about the China �A� market. American Century.com. https://tinyurl.com/y4y4lx8f
� The top 10 best sectors in the market for 2019. Yahoo! Finance. https://tinyurl.com/yxbude7a
� Why Bermudian investments matter to you. The Royal Gazette, October 12, 2019. https://tinyurl.com/y5drqnh6
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Grammy nominations and platinum-selling albums aside, A$AP Rocky can now officially add creative director to his impressive resume. The Harlem rapper will be at the helm of MTV Lab's programming, a channel that is ushering in hip-hop's newest generation.
While scarce details are known as to what to expect of the partnership, according to Variety, the role will see Rocky "devise original concepts, experiment with programming, and develop content for advertisers" on behalf of MTV. As the media franchise begins to up the promotion of MTV Labs, however, one thing's abundantly clear: A$AP Rocky is working behind-the-scenes to put hip-hop's new wave on TV.
In a recent teaser, posted on Rocky's Instagram, Lil Uzi Vert is featured playfully swimming around in a pool of red liquid, channeling the iconic "I Want My MTV" campaign:
There are also similar promos featuring YG, Lil Yachty, Chief Keef, Key! and Father—all artists who wouldn't otherwise get airtime from MTV. Sure, being on network television isn't as crucial to success as it once was and the reality of these artists being featured in future content is unknown. Considering MTV's complicated history with hip-hop, however, this is a step in the right direction.
It's been nearly 30 years since MTV properly acknowledged rap's growing influence with the launch of Yo! MTV Raps. So, Rocky's newest venture is pretty special. We'll, just have to wait and see what the "pretty motherf*cker" grows the channel into.


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We had the chance to connect recently with country singer Ben Rue, who broke through on the Billboard Country Charts with his 14-Week Top 60 debut single. Did you know he's also a fellow D-peep living with type 1 since age 14?
The 31-year-old grew on a family farm in Oregon and eventually made his way to Nashville to pursue his country music dream, hitting the music scene about four years ago. Ben has just released a new song called Let 'Em Loose, and in conjunction with that he's partnered with Roche Diabetes Care to launch a new campaign combining country music with diabetes advocacy -- specifically, promoting a cost-savings program that also supports donations to diabetes nonprofits.
Here's our interview with Ben, about his life with diabetes as well as his music career and working with a diabetes device company to raise awareness and advocate. Also look for his "Good Morning America" appearance on May 1, 2018!
Country Singer Ben Rue Talks Diabetes
DM) Ben, let's start with your your diagnosis story...
Ben Rue) I was 14 years old. My mother is a nurse and used to bring home stuff to test on her kids for fun. I have two brothers. So one day she brought home a blood glucose meter and tested me and my brothers, and my brothers were normal at 80-120, but my reading was 555. Initially I thought I had won a prize for getting the highest number, but then I saw my mom well up and I knew everything was about to change.
Any diabetes history in your family?
Nope, no family history. I'm the only one to start the trend. It definitely made me mature and become more in tune with my body because managing diabetes is something that affects you every single day.
Can you talk about your experience at diabetes camp?
I'm a huge fan of diabetes youth camps. I first went as a camper a few months after I was initially diagnosed and that was a really important time for me in figuring out how to live life with diabetes.
I was diagnosed right after entering high school and going to these camps was so pivotal in becoming more confident in myself, as I didn't know anyone else who had diabetes. I went to the Chris Dudley Basketball Camp for kids with diabetes -- three years as a camper and then 10 years as a counselor. There were kids from all over the country, something like 20-30 states. That experience gave me the opportunity to meet and be around so many more type 1 kids. It also helped me become more confident in who I am and the fact that I had diabetes, especially the first year, and then I continued to learn more each summer even as a counselor -- especially because there are kids there who are much younger than me when I was diagnosed who were so mature and responsible, using pumps and managing their condition, which absolutely humbles me.
How did you get started in music?
My mother plays 6-7 instruments and always wanted to get me and my brothers to play piano or guitar or sing, but we were always into playing sports.
In college, it finally happened. My older brother had learned to play before me, and I picked up a guitar and started learning from YouTube videos. Once I did that I got into writing songs. I even formed a band and started playing in a few local coffee shops. That's when I started to have these dreams of where I wanted to be.
When did you start pursuing a career in music?
I was working on my family farm in Oregon filling up the combine with some diesel fluid -- which takes about 20 minutes or so. I was looking out at the field, singing, imagining I was performing at Madison Square Garden. My dad was looking at me mid-chorus, shaking his head. But then he looked at me and said, "You need to go out there and do what you need to do and pursue your dreams before you come back to the farm." So when he said that, I knew then it was time to go see what was out there.
I successfully auditioned and was on the first season of The X-Factor on TV and made it through the first couple rounds. That gave me the confidence to take the next step and spurred me to move to Nashville, and I made the cross-country drive in 38 hours in February 2012.
You almost became a professional baseball player rather than a musician, right?
Yes, I played baseball and sports my whole life. I did play baseball at Concordia University and then played for a season of independent ball in Michigan, but unfortunately I got injured. But in the end, it opened up other doors for me. Having to check my blood sugar multiple times during sports was a little bit of an adjustment at first. I had to let my players and coach know that occasionally I would have to sit out. They would sometimes give me a hard time if it happened to happen during a conditioning if they thought I was wimping out, but really everyone was super supportive.
If you could've played pro baseball, what team would you want to be a part of?
It would probably be the Seattle Mariners so I could stay on the West Coast, but honestly I would play on any team that would take me.
Does any of your music have a diabetes component or theme?
I just released a brand new single on Friday, April 27, called Let 'Em Loose, and I'm super excited about that. It means a lot to me to get new music out to my fans, and particularly the message behind this song which is all about living without fences and dreaming as high as you want to. I would certainly say that's a theme, for those with diabetes and so much in life beyond that.
How would you say diabetes has influenced your music career?
The social media part of being a musician has allowed me to connect to fans and with so many people with diabetes. It's given me a platform to share my story and interact with other people, whether my age or even parents of kids with diabetes have reached out to me to express their appreciation for empowering and encouraging others.
It seems there's almost "something in the water" as far as musicians and country singers with diabetes... have you noticed that, and have you had a chance to meet fellow musicians in the D-Community?
I've done a couple shows with and met some other country singers on the road, and we've talked about our experiences with diabetes. There's also been the chance to meet-up at events like the CWD Friends For Life conference in Orlando. As mentioned before, I love connecting with my fans and touring is a really great way to connect with them directly.
OK, so now let's talk about this new "Buck Off Diabetes" campaign you are launching with Roche...
Of course. The #BuckOffDiabetes campaign is a national awareness program that embodies the bold new attitude for taking on diabetes. I'm teaming up with the Accu-Chek Guide team to help spread the word about how people with diabetes can not only save a buck, but donate a buck to a good cause. With the Accu-Chek Guide SimplePay program, you can save more than a few bucks by always paying the same low price with every test strip refill.
For everyone who shares a photo on social media with the #BuckOffDiabetes hashtag, it will spark a charitable donation from Roche Diabetes Care to nonprofits Beyond Type 1, the College Diabetes Network and Taking Control of Your Diabetes to help support diabetes education and awareness.
I would encourage everyone to get involved in this program because it's so easy to make difference. Just share a photo of yourself making the #BuckOffDiabetes bullhorns with your fingers, and with every post, Roche will donate a buck to these great diabetes-related organizations. It's really that simple and all the info is on the website, www.BuckOffDiabetes.com
Can you talk more about your partnership with Roche?
I've been working with Roche Diabetes Care and Accu-Chek Guide for the past couple years. We have a similar vision on how we want to help people living with diabetes. We also share the same goal of helping educate people on how to live with and manage their diabetes, similar to the motto of my new single, Let 'Em Loose.
Access and affordability are such big issues these days. How might you use your celebrity to advocate for say, more reasonable insulin pricing?
No one can argue that diabetes is expensive. That's why this campaign really helps people with diabetes because it allows them to save a few bucks. No matter where they are or where they go, it's the same low price for test strips every single time. We want people to be able to focus on their health, not the cost.
What would your key takeaway message be for the Diabetes Community?
Overall, I would say it's important to stay on top of your diabetes and manage it every single day. I want everyone to participate in the campaign and share their picture with the bullhorns.
Thanks for taking the time and doing all you do, Ben. Still hoping you'll address insulin pricing at some point, but we do appreciate a buck off wherever we can get it!


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The DAX query syntax allows you to insert a parameter by using the @ symbol.
'Product Subcategory',
'Product Category'[Product Category Name] = @Category )
Depending on the client and on the driver you are using to execute your DAX query, this syntax may be supported or not. Here is a short recap:
- XMLA Execute Command: supported
- OLE DB MSOLAP driver with ADO connection: supported
- OLE DB MSOLAP driver with ADO.NET connection: not supported
- OLE DB for OLAP MSOLAP driver with ADOMD library: supported
- OLE DB for OLAP MSOLAP driver with ADOMD.NET library: supported
- Reporting Services with Analysis Services driver: supported using DMX editor – not supported in Report Builder
- Reporting Services with OLE DB driver: not supported (but a workaround is available)
Here is an example of an XMLA command that executes the initial DAX query passing Bikes as Category parameter.
<Execute xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis">
'Product Subcategory',
'Product Category'[Product Category Name] = @Category )
<Catalog>AdventureWorks Tabular Model SQL 2012</Catalog>
Passing the parameter to the OLE DB MSOLAP driver doesn't work in .NET because of a problem in System.Data.OleDb assembly, as described in a Connect bug that has never been fixed despite the "Fixed" state of the issue (please vote it!). As a workaround, you can use the ADOMD.NET library in .NET and you can find a working example written in C# in this article on SQLBI web site.
Finally, you can use DAX queries in Reporting Services by using the DMX editor in BIDS/SSDT/Visual Studio (you know, there are a lot of names for the same thing!). In fact, standard user interface for MDX only supports MDX queries, but if you select the "Command Type DMX" button (which is used to insert data mining queries) then you will be able to insert a DAX query with a parameter (remember to manually insert the parameters without the @ prefix by using the Query Parameters button).
UPDATE: A Step-by-Step guide describing how to write queries in Report Builder is available in a new blog post.
However, you cannot use DAX queries at all in Report Builder by using the standard Microsoft Analysis Services Data Source with Report Builder, because the user interface doesn't support DMX and only supports MDX queries. Instead, you can use the standard OLE DB connection type, by passing MSOLAP as a provider name.
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UPDATE: A step-by-step guide describing how to write queries in Report Builder is available in a new blog post.
However, even in this case parameters in DAX queries are not supported, probably because of the same bug on System.Data.OleDb. Maybe that when this bug will be fixed, also Report Builder (and Reporting Services deisgner in Visual Studio) will work. In the meantime, you have to rely on string concatenation in order to pass a parameter to a query. In other words, you should set the Query.CommandText properties with the following expression:
'Product Subcategory',
'Product Category'[Product Category Name] = """ & Parameters!Category.Value & """ )"
I hope that the OLE DB support from ADO.NET will be fixed by Microsoft. I understand that OLE DB has been deprecated, but I don't understand why we should wait a months if not years in order to get an ODBC driver for Analysis Services instead of a quick fix for that. Reporting Services developer using DAX would really appreciate this gift!
UPDATE: I fixed the post on January 5, 2012 thanks to Greg Galloway that pointed me to DMX Builder in Visual Studio


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I am throwing this link in here now so that I don't lose it…I love this jacket… I must make one!
Click on the picture for the link to the Etsy shop, there is a You Tube link in there also, you can probably make it from the video alone…I am going to need a copy of the pattern…
I am currently finishing off two blankets as gifts…made up patterns…now to make a load of crochet flowers, stitch them on…wash them up and give them away.
Oh the joys of now having a local wool shop!!
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In spite of being busy having their van broken into on multiple occasions, Canadian pop-punks Seaway somehow found time to record their sophomore album!
The new release is called "Colour Blind," the spelling of which is either correct or incorrect based on when your home country broke free from the reign of the English crown. Anyway, "Colour Blind" is due out October 23rd via Pure Noise Entertainment. Pre-release options are available now by going here.
To whet your appetite, Seaway are streaming a new track from the aforementioned release. It's caled "Freak," and you can check it out below.
"Colour Blind" serves as the follow-up to their full-length debut release, 2013's "Hoser."


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Becoming a deerstalking guide for Paul Childerley Sporting is tougher than Jedi training. Paul is out after muntjac with his young apprentice Sam, and puts him through his paces, playing the tough client. There's more education from Ben Husthwaite. He shows how to place your feet so you can shoot straight. Posture is everything. And for a good example of diction, too, David is on the NewsStump, with the latest from the Saddleworth wildfires, and Charlie has the latest hunting films on YouTube with Hunting YouTube. It is all in this episode of #FieldsportsBritain
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If you're interested in starting an airline then Vietnam is the place to be! From January 1, 2020 Vietnam will lower the minimum capital requirement for airlines and will also increase the amount of ownership that foreign companies can own new carriers.
Currently the minimum capital needed to establish an international airline is $30.3 million USD (700 billion VND), which will be lowered to $13 million USD (300 billion VND) next year. The lower capital requirements are for airlines with 10 aircraft or less.
For new airlines that plan to own 11 ~ 30 aircraft, the minimum capital requirement has been lowered from $43.2 million USD (1 trillion VND) to $25.9 million USD (600 billion VND). For airlines that plan to operate more than 30 aircraft, the capital requirements will be lowered from $56.2 million USD (1.3 trillion VND) to $30.3 million USD (700 billion VND).
Related to foreign ownership of airlines, the no regulations increase the foreign ownership cap in a domestic airline from 30% to 34%, with a stipulation that there must be at least one Vietnamese individual or company holding the majority stake.
Finally, the new regulations removed certain restrictions on aircraft age that did allowed for carriers to import aircraft that were more than 10 years old from manufacturing date, and to operate aircraft that were more than 20 years old.
Vietnam currently has six domestic carriers: Bamboo Airways, Jetstar Pacific, Vietjet, Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), Vietnam Airlines and Vietstar Airlines.
Airline industry observers are expecting at least two more companies applying for airline licenses early next year and by the end of 2020 there could be as many as 10 airlines flying domestic and international routes.


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The Falco XL
The Falco XL concept came about in October 2009 when a standard Pacific Aerospace XL750 was trialed by Farmers Air's Andy Stevenson and Andrew Hogarth. Although Farmers Air were very happy with their well maintained fleet of Cresco's they needed to start looking for a replacement aircraft as the Cresco was no longer in production and therefore obsolete. With a long term relationship with its farming clientele, they needed an aircraft that would maintain this relationship for the future. Although the factory XL750 had all the right flight characteristics and Pacific Aerospace a proven record of manufacturing ideal agricultural aircraft for New Zealand (they produced the Fletcher and Cresco), it needed to become "New Zealand's Biggest Loser" and shed some weight. So in December 2009 design work started to produce a light weight hopper with more volume, a streamlined lightweight cowl and improved intake air filtration.
Pilot comfort is also very important with more leg room, quieter cockpit, better protection from the sun and better ergonomics makes for a less fatigued pilot, which is a safer pilot. Farmers Air managed to reduce the Falco's gross empty weight by 100kgs over the standard factory aircraft which offers increased performance. Less weight=more lift, this may not sound like a lot but a 100kgs over 100 takeoffs in a day is 10 ton. Less fuel burn= less carbon emissions, so the Falco XL is cleaner and greener.
This project was fully funded by Farmers Air Ltd and received New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority STC (Supplemental Type Certification) approval in 2012. We would like to thank our contractors Flight Structures, Aeromotive, Composites International, Av Parts and Pacific Aerospace Limited for their professional services to the project.
- This aircraft loves to climb with a load on its back, 800ft/min fully loaded
- Large hopper opening, so no spillage in the loading area, so your precious fertiliser dollar ends up where it should be, in the paddock
- TracMap GPS equipped
- Spidertracks flight following for exact aircraft location in case of emergency
- This aircraft is low maintenance going from inspection to inspection with minimal unplanned breakdowns
- New Zealand made, Gisborne designed
- 3000 litre hopper capacity
- 2200 kilogram payload
- 135 knot cruise speed
- 4 hous fuel endurance
- Powered by Pratt&Whitney PT6-34AG turbine engine producing 750shp
(considered the worlds safest and most reliable engine ever)
- Redesigned lower cowl with high flow engine filter
- Hydraulic gatebox for greater accuracy of product and reduced pilot workload
- More comfortable cockpit, which means less fatigue and a safer pilot
- Short field take off and landing performance
- Low weight foot print on grass airstrips, less airstrip damage because of oleo undercarriage
- Full factory airframe support, parts come from Hamilton, NZ not America or Europe so the aircraft is back in the air sooner providing a better service to our clients
- Farmers Air has over 100,000 hrs of type experience allowing us to utilise our aircraft to their maximum ability


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Where are gangs found?
Odds are that there are criminal gangs in our community, your schools, and your work places. Your jails and prisons almost certainly have prison gangs and probably gang members who have been incarcerated and have not yet joined a prison gang. And finally, perhaps, parents have gang members living in their own home and do not recognize the problem.
We suggest that you eliminate this term from your vocabulary.
"We don't have gangs in our community" is a phrase that is too often uttered by the city fathers, the police, the chamber of commerce, or the tourist bureau in many communities. This is often followed by, "All we have are a bunch of wannabes." By calling gangs and gang members "wannabes," a community is telling its citizens that it has nothing to worry about.
The inference here is that since the gangs in your community didn't originate in Los Angeles or Chicago, they are not the dangerous gangs of New York, the Chicago street gangs or the Los Angeles street gangs – therefore, they aren't real gangs. Nothing could be further from the truth. If a group of youths in your community have banned together and call themselves by a particular name, whether the name is a local street, a local neighborhood, or the Bloods, Piru Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings, Mara Salvatrucha, or Gangster Disciples, and if they use signs, symbols and or colors; and if they are committing crimes; they are a gang regardless of what members of the community say.
Gang Identification
It is also easy to understand how parents fail to recognize the gang identifiers, such as graffiti, signs and symbols, tattoos, or particular styles of clothing, worn or used by their son or daughter. How does this happen? They simply do not take the time to become aware.
It is extremely important to realize and understand that not everyone who wears a particular color, or who has a tattoo, is a gang member. Bloods wear red, Crips wear blue. There are thousands of gangs in the U.S. and most identify with one or more colors of every description. Today's youth, just like the youth of past generations, like to be "faddish." To some, wearing colors and sagging pants is cool.
Traditional Gangs
- Exist in specific geographical areas for a long period of time.
- Have established set of rules, regulations, signs, and symbol.
- Members are usually older, young adults.
- Highly structured and sophisticated.
- Very Loyal.
- Can have regional or national ties.
- Easy to recognized
Some Crip Identifiers
- Colors blue, gray, orange, and purple
- 6 pointed Star of David
- C's up and B's down
- Blue, gray, orange or purple bandana's or wave caps
- Crip Walks
- B's crossed out
- The number 6
Some Crip Phrases
- BK (Blood Killa)
- Loc (Love Only Crips)
- C-ya
- Slobs (derogatory toward Bloods)
- C's Up Cuz
- What's cracking?
- Refer to each other as cousins
Some Blood Identifiers
- Colors red, black, brown
- B's up, C's down
- MOB = Member of Bloods
- Dog paws made up of three dots
- CK Crip Killa
- 031/021
- Red, black or brown bandanas and wave caps
- The number 5
- The 5 pointed crown
Some Blood Phrases
- Blatt Blatt
- "What dat red be like?" – a greeting
- Refer to each other as dogs
- DAMU = Brother/Blood
- DAMUETTE = Sister Bloodettes Ruby Red
- Blood Love
- What's popping?


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The initial budget of the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme was € 173.6 million, coming both from the European Regional Development Fund and Heading 4 of the EU budget - EU as global partner. Following the mid-term evaluation of the ENPI cross-border component carried out in 2011, additional € 26.4 million have been granted to the Programme by the European Commission. This represents an increase of 15% over the original budget (€ 173.6 million) bringing it to € 200 million.
€ 200 million of EU contribution, of which:
€ 182.6 million for financing of cross-border projects*
€ 17.4 million for technical assistance.
National co-financing
The EU contribution covers maximum 90% of the project total budget, while the remaining 10% have to be provided by the beneficiary/partners as co-financing.
*A minimum of 10% of this amount will be added as co-financing at project level.


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When the time comes to hit that pre-order button, it's usually chaos. Websites are down, stocks run out really quickly. It's been this way for years and in general we could either think of high demand, or low stock. Or both, really. This year it might not be the case, and Apple could be happy about its global stock. The fact that a SIM-free iPhone XS or XS Max could be pre-ordered/purchased on day one testifies to this. While not part of the keynote, the website lists the SIM-free iPhone XS and XS Max options very early at this point, which wasn't the case in the previous years. In the past, SIM-free versions were added later, and the phones were initially only available through carriers.
You know what else is listed, or not listed, on the website? A 3.5mm headphone to Lightning adaptor, as spotted by GSMArena. It was part of the accessories bundled since Apple removed the headphone jack on the iPhone 7. Checking the iPhone XS section on Apple's website no longer lists the adaptor as an accessory bundled. It might be the fact that Apple is trying to spare the cost, but it might very well be that people are using the bundled EarPods or go for the AirPods. In any case, should you need one, it will be $9 more to add to the spicy iPhone XS and XS Max prices.


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140 Mile Stretch: A Surge
Next, Tom looked up the coordinates, he was surprised where they lead. Throughout the notebook were references to an "140 mile stretch of land", he assumed that the coordinates were in the middle of that 140 miles.
Tom's mind came back to the present, Project Seismic wasn't named for geological reasons. It was named for the magnitude of its importance. Tom had kept everyone guessing on purpose about where, and when, they were going. He had to be sure that his team could be trusted, he still wasn't.
The problem was, he was out of time, and out of aces. "Where are we going Mr. Secretary?" Colonel Taylor asked so he could key in the coordinates, Phyllis just wanted the secrecy to end.
Tom handed him the coordinates, Cameron looked at them, and looked at Tom. "That's outside of Philadelphia? Is this a test?" Tom shook his head no. "Everyone has a theory on time travel, let me explain what my Grandfather found to be true. Time has properties closely akin to magnetism or gravity. In other words, there's a pull to it."
Tom paused to see if he was making himself clear, and continued on. "Gravity pulls things down, to counter that, a space craft has to break free of its force. The regular pull of time is forward, to go back, you have to break free of it's pull. When you do, much like my Grampa's old rifle, there's a kickback, or counter force. In time's sake, it's a geographical one, in other words, sideways. If you're in the west, it will project you eastward, and vice versa."
"To get where you want to go, you don't start from there. You start from one location and travel to another. There's a geological journey, as well as a time journey. Cross one physical place in time, and you intersect with another."
"I've told Phyllis about my visits with my Grandfather, what I didn't tell her is that he wasn't in the cabin in Colorado when he crossed over. He was in Pennsylvania, it has a magnetic or gravitational connection to Colorado. In fact, that's why later in life he bought the cabin. It's an entry/exit point."
"What's in Philadelphia?" Phyllis asked, suddenly very nervous. Cameron spoke, "Forgive me director, more importantly when in Philadelphia?" Tom pulled a device from his coat, the first stop is 1918. Then he took two rods out of the device and handed them to Cameron. "Everyone suspected the earthquake was involved, it wasn't, that was more a coincidence than anything. The storm is the catalyst. Wear this glove, and thrust these two rods into the shuttle's power source, they'll get us there. Just be prepared for the kick back."
"What do you mean kick back?" Cameron didn't like this, he hated limited information. "Time jolts, is what they should be called. In reality that's what they are, like putting your hand in an electric hurricane. You're going against the current, and the current resists. The first two minutes you're disoriented, like short wave jet lag."
Phyllis voiced her disapproval, "Thrills! What about the way we look, we'll be a little two fashionable for the past." Tom handed them each what looked like a smart phone. "These are vital, they're my design, built in a special facility ran by the Secret Service."
"They contain an era based video database that projects wardrobes of the time you arrive in. They're powered by a self regenerating cool power source. They also allow you to communicate with all of us, and have a special feature."
Virginia actually spoke, "Like time travel isn't special enough." Tom grinned, he had made the same joke to himself. "True, you can send limited messages to a special communication center in our time. Ironically, they can only be 140 characters, no joke."
"One of two people will answer it, one is the President, the other is his Chief Of Staff. Finally inside them are two rods like the ones I handed Colonel Taylor. If we're separated more than two days, get home, period."
Cameron asked what the others were thinking. "What about weapons? Isn't this supposed to be a super device?" Tom laughed, "I'm guessing that all of us are already armed. I'm carrying two weapons on me, and I'm a civilian." Cameron nodded, and plunged the rods in the panel. As a surge went through his body, everything went blurry.


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2PP066 - 29 November 2011
2Political Podcast Episode 66- is now available. You can listen to it or download it from the podcast site, 2political.com. You can leave comments there as well as download or listen to any episode (you can access the five most recent episodes from the list on the right side of my blog).
After Special Days, Jason talks about a movie he saw, which leads to brief talk about another movie, before we talk a bit about Thanksgiving.
After that, Arthur talks a bit about the recent New Zealand elections. That leads to a discussion of political public opinion polls. This morphs into a discussion of the Republican presidential campaign, so we use our brand-new 2Political Republican Frontrunner Prognosticator™ to work out who the current Republican frontrunner is. That, in turn, leads to a discussion of what's wrong with the Republican Party. It's a barbed wire salad of interlocking topics.
Please leave a comment (anyone's welcome—agree or disagree!), or you can ring the 2Political Comment line on 206-350-3982.
Links for this episode:
The Hillary Moment – the latest delusional op ed piece from Caddell and Schoen
One and done – their delusion from exactly one year ago
Reminder: Try Not to Ride Metro on the Weekend – the blog post Jason mentioned
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10 Tips on How I Keep my House Clean with Two Toddlers and Two Almost Grown Boys. (Yes, I counted my husband too.)
- I am constantly cleaning – It's the truth. I mean there are times where I will stop and sit down for a moment or days where I give up for a few hours but for most of the time you'll find me constantly keeping up around the house so it doesn't fall apart.
- Each time I move from one room to the next, I will bring things that belong in the next room with me – If I have the kid's toys, and I am heading to their room I will bring them with me. If there is a ton of them I will pick a number in my head and move 5 (Or whatever arbitrary number I chose) at a time. If I find trash in a room I will bring it to the kitchen as I walk there. The goal is to constantly make small differences each time I leave a room.
- I try my best to vacuum and sweep at least once a day – I know that may sound crazy but the truth is I have a smaller house so it is possible. If you have a large house just pick a small section and do it that day. If I don't do it once a day, the mess will get out of hand and I begin to stress about it. The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time.
- Hide and Seek – I have made a recent discovery if I play hide and seek with the girls I can secretly do what I suggested in number 2 without the kids making another mess while I'm trying to clean the first one. As I search for them I am putting away toys, or moving things to the correct room.
- Give everything a home – I find most messes I do have, are ones filled with random things that don't have a place for. I will not lie, I have a junk drawer, the problem is it's not all junk. It consists of the small things in my house that don't have a place: car keys, my planner, pictures, etc, etc. We don't have an office at the house so we have a shelf in one of our closets and a drawer. This is my work in progress section of the house 🙂 I find if I have a "home" for an item I am able to not only put them away myself but ask the kids to help.
- Fill the dishwasher every night – Every night before I go to bed I fill and run the dishwasher so all my dishes are clean in them morning. In addition to filling and running it at night I try my best to empty it and put away all the clean dishes first thing in the morning. Not only does this allows for my kids to put their dishes in the dishwasher each time they use them but it creates a small victory each day to help set the pace.
- My husband helps – Yes I said it, he helps!! Usually the garage is his big project but if there are dishes or a big pile of laundry he will help. ❤ Sometimes I have to ask, and sometimes he will just do it.
- I make a weekly chore chart for myself – I have certain tasks that I plan to do each day to help myself from getting overwhelmed. For example : Monday is deep sweeping and mop day, Tuesday is toilets and showers. I catch myself repeating effort and doing these tasks too many times if I do not know when its been done last.
- Laundry on a designated day – Every Friday is laundry day. I drag all the laundry from the bathrooms to the laundry room and I will separate into three loads. Sometimes I have a extra load whether we had more laundry or need to wash the bedsheets. Some of you will ask "How can you get away with that?"… Maybe you can't, maybe you need to do laundry twice a week. This is just what works for me…. For now. 🙂
- Cleaning Fridge/Grocery Shopping – Every Friday I clean out the fridge, empty all the old food, and make a list of the food I need for the week. This list includes meal ideas until the next Friday. This does not mean I know what we will eat each day but I have a list of dinner ideas and I make sure I get the necessary ingredients.
I hope you've enjoyed these tips and if you have any you'd like to add, comment below!!!
Your Truly,
Jade San Nicolas
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Blues Fall to Red Wings in Shootout
ST. LOUIS -- Johan Franzen scored on consecutive shots in the third period to end Brian Elliott's shutout streak after more than 3 1-2 games, and Todd Bertuzzi netted the lone goal in a shootout as the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Pavel Datsyuk set up both regulation goals for the Red Wings, who moved a point ahead of Nashville for fourth in the Western Conference with 101 points. Both teams have two games remaining.
Detroit, over 100 points for the 12th consecutive season, is 9-2 in shootouts. The Red Wings handed the Blues their second straight home loss, dropping them to 30-5-5 and leaving them two points behind NHL-leading Vancouver and the New York Rangers.
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This weekend, I enjoyed one of my favorite things: racing. I soaked it up in nearly all its forms. I raced, I spectated, I sherpa'd. I had a few firsts, too- my first ever road bike race (well, two, actually…) and a first place finish.
Saturday was a perfect day, both weather-wise and prep-wise. I could not stop reminding myself how much of a good idea it was to do the time trial and the crit at the Tour of Hermann. My friend, Annie, and I showed up about an hour before the TT was to begin, and as I pulled out my race wheels, I realized that I hadn't swapped cassettes. So, I either had to go race-wheel-less or find someone with a chain whip. Luckily, I was able to get the bike assembled, race wheels and all, with the help of Annie and a nearby racer who had a bunch of tools. As I arrived at the start corral, I realized that my rear tire was a little low. A man in a leopard-print robe and oxford shoes recognized that I was clueless, probably because of the look of panic on my face and the fact that my race number was upside down. He offered to fix my number, and asked if I needed anything else- realizing that the first group of TT starters would be delayed, I asked him if he knew if there was a bike pump around. He scurried off, and came back shortly with a pump from the guys from Mesa Bikes. He pumped up my tire, and soon thereafter it was time to line up. I thanked him, and felt relaxed- calm- and was excited to get going.
I was nervous to do the clipped-in start. I thought for sure I could handle it, but I chickened out in the end. I started, clipped in, and hurried off to chase down the others in front of me.
Only I had a hard time catching those in front of me. Turns out, in road racing, time trialists that are spread out by 30sec are hard to catch. And, top that with the fact that there were quite a bit of Cat1-2-3 racers in the time trial at the Tour of Hermann, and I soon realized that I was not really the one to be chasing. I was passed within the first few miles by a few speedy guys, but I just kept my head down and my feet pedaling fast. I tried to climb the hills with a lot of power, telling myself that I didn't really have to do the crit if my legs felt too tired afterward…
I hammered away, and rocketed down the hills. Finally, I saw a girl who had started 1min in front of me. Interestingly enough, on the uphills, I'd gain ground on her, but in the downhills she'd lengthen our gap. But, she was on a road bike, and I had my Plasma. The laws of physics were against me. My bike was heavier, more aero, and had bigger gears. Whatever.
The TT was 14mi, and I was glad when I was nearing the finish. My legs were burning, but it felt good, and I felt good. I felt strong. I felt redlined. I had no idea where I finished after I crossed the line- Annie and I disassembled our bikes and headed onward to the Crit.
Crits are insane. This crit was especially insane. The course was 1.2mi, and finished in a very steep uphill. It was not what I expected, but I didn't really know what to expect. The Women's Cat 3-4 were the first group to go, and we were in for 7laps. There weren't many of us, but we were all tough.
After a few laps, the groups spread out. I did a bit of riding on my own. I tried to work with other women. I would yell "Let's go get 'em" or "Come on, stay on my wheel!" as I'd go by. I was absolutely digging the opportunities to pass and get passed. I would pull up to a girl and try to get her to go with me. Because the field was so small, I think there was little room for attacking. The one large pack (of only 4-5 women) that pulled away at the beginning fell apart by lap 5. I started to gain on the women one by one. Every time I'd finish a lap, the announcer would say my name and tell everyone that I was his darkhorse and that this weekend's races were my first road races ever. He then announced, to everyone, that I had won the time trial. The announcer, turns out, was the leopard-printed dude that helped me before the TT. In the end, I came across the line in 4th, having pulled away from the pack but not quite catching the third place woman. But, for my first crit against some really tough women, I was stoked.
And I had to make sure the announcer was right.
Had I really won the TT?
Heck yeah! For women's Cat 3-4, I was 1st. And, my time was the 3rd fastest on the day for women across categories, only parts of a second out of 2nd. That was cool.
Road racing is hard. There's strategy, and there's grit. All in all, I think I am hooked. The crit was not nearly as scary as I thought it would be, but it was a lot more tough. Oofta!
After the race, Annie and I had a german-fare lunch and tasted some wine at the Stone Hill Winery (which is where the crit took place). We watched some of the mens races and part of the Women1-2-3 crit, and then took off for home. My friend Kenny G was to be coming to town to race the Go! St Louis half marathon the next day. I met up with him and his friends at the WashU track meet, and we then had a delicious pre-race dinner of spaghetti at my apartment.
The next day, I dropped Kenny G off at the race and then grabbed a cup of coffee to prep myself as the world's best spectator. It was hot, and I felt bad for the racers. I also felt relieved to not be racing that day.
After Kenny finished (he was 44th overall!), we sat on a bench under a tree for a bit while we waited for his friends to finish the full marathon. The day got more miserable, as temps rose and the breeze never really picked up. Apparently, marathoners were asked to turn around at the half marathon turnaround if they weren't there by a certain time, and quite a few runners went to the med tent.
I'm super-stoked that Kenny and his friends could come down to race. It was great to be a spectator, and I am really excited about living in a bigger city where races are more frequent and I have more opportunity to watch and cheer and volunteer. Spectating is tiring, though- I had to take a nap after standing around all day!