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Indie developer Anas Abdin made a blog post on August 21st, 2018, citing that he would be filing a lawsuit against CBS to sue them for plagiarizing his indie project Tardigrades, which he alleges CBS ripped off of for the 2017 streaming show Star Trek: Discovery.
In the post, Abdin writes…
"The last 10 months were so hard on me and the development of the project. I tried every possible way to have a respectful and reasonable discussion with CBS but they treated me in disrespect and just dangled me around with postponing meetings due to their vacations and being busy. The first conversation turned into the last one. I gave them a lot of time to make things right. Unfortunately, I found myself at a dead end with them, and so I had to enforce my rights by filing a lawsuit to treat me seriously."
Abdin recently discussed the lawsuit with YouTuber DoomCock in a near 10 minute video.
For those of you unfamiliar with the case, Tardigrades is a point-and-click adventure game that was announced and submitted onto Steam Greenlight in November of 2014. Tardigrades was later voted through Steam Greenlight back on November 13th, 2015.
On November 2nd, 2015, a year after Tardigrades was announced and barely two weeks before Tardigrades was greenlit, CBS Television Studios announced Star Trek: Discovery, revealing that the show would premiere in January of 2017.
Abdin alleges that CBS stole a number of ideas from his game, including that the giant blue tardigrades used in the game to teleport people across the galaxy are also featured in Star Trek: Discovery as giant blue creatures that power the ability to teleport people across the galaxy.
The similarities don't end there, as Abdin put together a comparison sheet showing the similarities between both projects.
Abdin originally drew comparisons between the two projects ina blog post on October 18th, 2017, which shows gif comparisons, as well as a description of the characters.
One of the comparisons is eerily similar, which involves a bearded middle-eastern character in Tardigrades named Aziz who happens to be gay. There's also a bearded gay guy on Star Trek: Discovery going by the name of Dr. Hugh Colber.
In Tardigrades there's also a pale white guy who meets up with Aziz, while in Star Trek: Discovery there's a white guy with blonde hair who ends up in a relationship with Dr. Hugh Colber.
The similarities were apparent enough that even MundaneMatt did a video back in 2017 on the indie game and the streaming show sharing a lot of coincidental plot elements and characters.
Some believed that maybe both had similar characters, plot devices, and character traits, but that it was all just coincidence. Others felt as if some of the creators working on the show may have lifted the ideas from the game after maybe seeing it at some point.
Some people discounted the possibility of it being plagiarism, saying that maybe they just had the same idea of using the micro-species, a tardigrade, as a space-conduit for travel. The only problem with that is that tardigrades are brownish and insect like. You can check out an image below from Mother Nature Network to get an idea of an artist's render of how the micro-species looks.
How hardy is a tardigrade? An entirely new species was found in a Japanese parking lot https://t.co/6Mdtmx95nO pic.twitter.com/GDukvKow3E
— MotherNatureNetwork (@MotherNatureNet) August 25, 2018
Changing the way the species looks and the added element of making the tardigrade blue space travelers definitely raised some eyebrows. When you see the comparison gifs it also makes it hard to call it a coincidence.
Many anti-SJWs and Star Trek fans are cheering on the lawsuit because they feel as if Star Trek: Discovery was an SJW-laden farce of what Star Trek actually is.
As for Tardigrades, the game is still heavy in development, but was waylaid due to the plagiarism case that the developer tried to get resolved. You can check out the gameplay trailer for the game below to get an idea of what the point-and-click sci-fi adventure is like.


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A federal appeals court upheld legislation allowing personal injury lawsuits to be filed against railroads in state courts under certain conditions, which Congress passed after a fatal derailment in North Dakota.
In a 2-1 ruling, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that the legislation, which President Bush signed in August 2007, does not infringe upon the rights of railroads.
The ruling opens the door for some residents of Minot, North Dakota to revive suits they had filed against the Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. over a derailment that occurred on the west edge of the city on January 2002.
In March 2006, U.S. District Judge Daniel Howard ruled that Canadian Pacific was protected from claims regarding the derailment by the Federal Railroad Safety Act. The law was later amended and Canadian Pacific challenged the change's constitutionality.
On July 3, Judge Kermit Bye wrote that the court ruled the amendment to be constitutional.
On January 18, 2002, the Canadian Pacific train derailed on the west edge of Minot and released a cloud of toxic anhydrous ammonia farm fertilizer over the city resulting in one man's death and eye and lung problems requiring hospitalization for several others.

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Overnight in Saint Andrews by-the-Sea
Saint Andrews by-the-Sea is a cute little town on the coast in New Brunswick. It's known for some of the highest tides in the world, being on the Bay of Fundy, and is a great jumping-off point for visiting the Hopewell Rocks and going whale-watching. We... did neither of those things. My parents and I were in town briefly, having chosen Saint Andrews as a good place to break up our trip to PEI.
After much debate over where to eat,we ended up near the end of the main drag, at The Gables. We sat on their back porch, with a great view of the harbour. As the weather turned chilly, the waitresses brought out blankets. Not a bad way to end a long day in the car - wrapped up in a blanket, sipping wine and eating a ridiculous amount of fried seafood and fries.
Instead of staying at the Algonquin - my parents had done so on a previous trip with my brother - we stayed at the Picket Fence motel. It was a sweet little throwback to the 50s or 60s and within walking distance of town, which was great. The following morning, we browsed galleries and checked out the bird carving show at the visitor's center. I mean really - how 'Canadian Maritimes' can you get?
A bit before lunch, we stopped by Tim Hortons for coffee and pastries, then pulled back on the road and headed for Prince Edward Island.


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We have referrals to the background of the car you can see on the Wikipedia. A car (or automobile) is a rolled car used for transport. Most meanings of car claim they run largely on roads, seat one to 8 individuals, have four tires, as well as generally transport individuals instead of items. Vehicles came into global usage throughout the 20th century, and also developed economic climates rely on them. The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car, when German creator Karl Benz constructed his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Cars did not come to be extensively available up until the early 20th century. One of the very first vehicles that came to the masses was the 1908 Design T, an American car produced by the Ford Electric motor Firm. Autos were quickly embraced in the United States, where they replaced animal-drawn carriages as well as carts, but took a lot longer to be accepted in Western Europe as well as various other parts of the world.|A car (or auto) is a rolled electric motor automobile made use of for transportation. The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the contemporary car, when German inventor Karl Benz built his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. One of the very first autos that was easily accessible to the masses was the 1908 Design T, an American car made by the Ford Electric motor Company.
History of Car
The first working steam-powered car was made– as well as more than likely built– by Ferdinand Verbiest, a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China around 1672. It was a 65-cm-long scale-model plaything for the Chinese Emperor that was not able to lug a motorist or a guest. It is not known if Verbiest's model was ever before developed.
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is widely credited with building the very first full-scale, self-propelled mechanical lorry or car in about 1769; he developed a steam-powered tricycle. He additionally constructed two vapor tractors for the French Army, among which is maintained in the French National Conservatory of Arts as well as Crafts. His innovations were, nevertheless, handicapped by troubles with water system and keeping vapor stress. In 1801, Richard Trevithick built and demonstrated his Puffing Devil roadway locomotive, thought by numerous to be the first demonstration of a steam-powered roadway lorry. It was incapable to maintain sufficient steam pressure for extended periods, and also was of little sensible use.|Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is extensively attributed with developing the very first full-scale, self-propelled mechanical vehicle or car in regarding 1769; he created a steam-powered tricycle. In 1801, Richard Trevithick constructed as well as demonstrated his Puffing Devil roadway engine, thought by numerous to be the initial presentation of a steam-powered roadway lorry.
The growth of exterior burning engines is specificed as part of the background of the car, however often cured separately from the advancement of real automobiles. A range of steam-powered roadway automobiles were utilized during the first part of the 19th century, including vapor cars and trucks, vapor buses, phaetons, as well as steam rollers. Belief against them resulted in the Locomotive Acts of 1865.
In 1807, Nicéphore Niépce and his bro Claude created exactly what was possibly the globe's initial inner burning engine (which they called a Pyréolophore), yet they preferred to install it in a watercraft on the river Saone in France. Coincidentally, in 1807 the Swiss innovator François Isaac de Rivaz developed his very own 'de Rivaz inner combustion engine' and also used it to establish the world's very first car to be powered by such an engine. The Niépces' Pyréolophore was sustained by a mix of Lycopodium powder (dried out spores of the Lycopodium plant), carefully crushed coal dust as well as material that were blended with oil, whereas de Rivaz made use of a combination of hydrogen and oxygen. Neither style was extremely effective, as held true with others, such as Samuel Brown, Samuel Morey, and also Etienne Lenoir with his hippomobile, who each created lorries (normally adjusted carriages or carts) powered by interior combustion engines.|In 1807, Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude created exactly what was most likely the globe's first interior combustion engine (which they called a Pyréolophore), however they chose to mount it in a boat on the river Saone in France. Coincidentally, in 1807 the Swiss developer François Isaac de Rivaz developed his own 'de Rivaz interior burning engine' and utilized it to establish the world's first vehicle to be powered by such an engine.
In November 1881, French creator Gustave Trouvé showed the first working (three-wheeled) car powered by electricity at the International Presentation of Electrical power, Paris. Although a number of various other German designers (including Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach, and also Siegfried Marcus) were servicing the problem at concerning the very same time, Karl Benz normally is recognized as the developer of the contemporary car.
Emile Roger of France, already generating Benz engines under license, currently added the Benz car to his line of items. Since France was much more open to the very early vehicles, initially a lot more were built and marketed in France via Roger compared to Benz offered in Germany. In August 1888 Bertha Benz, the partner of Karl Benz, embarked on the first roadway trip by car, to prove the road-worthiness of her husband's creation.
In 1896, Benz designed and also patented the first internal-combustion level engine, called boxermotor. Throughout the ins 2015 of the 19th century, Benz was the biggest car firm on the planet with 572 systems created in 1899 and also, because of its size, Benz & Cie., came to be a joint-stock firm. The initial motor car in main Europe and among the very first factory-made automobiles on the planet, was produced by Czech company Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau (later on renamed to Tatra) in 1897, the Präsident automobil.
Daimler and also Maybach started Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG) in Cannstatt in 1890, and marketed their very first car in 1892 under the brand name Daimler. Benz, Maybach and the Daimler team appear to have been not aware of each other's very early work. Two years later on, in 1902, a brand-new design DMG car was created and the model was named Mercedes after the Maybach engine, which produced 35 hp.
Karl Benz suggested co-operation in between DMG as well as Benz & Cie. when financial problems started to deteriorate in Germany complying with the First World Battle, but the supervisors of DMG refused to consider it originally. Arrangements between both firms resumed numerous years later on when these conditions intensified and also, in 1924 they signed a Contract of Common Passion, legitimate up until the year 2000. Both ventures standardized design, production, acquiring, as well as sales as well as they marketed or marketed their car designs jointly, although maintaining their respective brands. On 28 June 1926, Benz & Cie. and DMG ultimately combined as the Daimler-Benz business, baptizing every one of its vehicles Mercedes Benz, as a brand name recognizing the most crucial model of the DMG cars and trucks, the Maybach style later referred to as the 1902 Mercedes-35 hp, in addition to the Benz name. Karl Benz stayed a participant of the board of directors of Daimler-Benz till his death in 1929, as well as at times his 2 boys also participated in the management of the firm.
In 1890, Émile Levassor as well as Armand Peugeot of France started creating vehicles with Daimler engines, and so laid the foundation of the vehicle market in France. In 1891, Auguste Doriot and his Peugeot associate Louis Rigoulot completed the lengthiest trip by a gasoline-powered vehicle when their self-designed and constructed Daimler powered Peugeot Kind 3 finished 2,100 kilometres (1,300 miles) from Valentigney to Paris and also Brest and back once again. They were connected to the first Paris– Brest– Paris bicycle race, yet completed 6 days after the winning bicyclist, Charles Terront.
The very first design for an American car with a fuel interior combustion engine was made in 1877 by George Selden of Rochester, New York. Selden applied for a patent for a car in 1879, but the patent application ran out because the lorry was never ever developed. After a delay of sixteen years as well as a series of accessories to his application, on 5 November 1895, Selden was given a United States license (UNITED STATE Patent 549,160) for a two-stroke car engine, which hindered, more than urged, growth of cars and trucks in the United States. His license was challenged by Henry Ford as well as others, and overturned in 1911.|The very first design for an American car with a fuel inner burning engine was made in 1877 by George Selden of Rochester, New York. After a hold-up of sixteen years and also a series of attachments to his application, on 5 November 1895, Selden was approved a United States patent (UNITED STATE License 549,160) for a two-stroke car engine, which prevented, even more than encouraged, growth of automobiles in the United States.
In 1893, the very first operating, gasoline-powered American car was constructed and also road-tested by the Duryea brothers of Springfield, Massachusetts. The very first public run of the Duryea Motor Wagon took place on 21 September 1893, on Taylor Road in City Facility Springfield. The Studebaker Auto Company, subsidiary of a long-standing wagon and trainer maker, began to construct automobiles in 1897 [30]:p.66 and also commenced sales of electric cars in 1902 as well as gas lorries in 1904.|In 1893, the initial operating, gasoline-powered American car was developed and also road-tested by the Duryea siblings of Springfield, Massachusetts. The very first public run of the Duryea Motor Wagon took location on 21 September 1893, on Taylor Road in Metro Center Springfield.
In Britain, there had actually been numerous attempts to construct heavy steam cars and trucks with differing degrees of success, with Thomas Rickett also trying a production run in 1860. Santler from Malvern is recognized by the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain as having made the first gasoline-powered car in the country in 1894, [33] complied with by Frederick William Lanchester in 1895, but these were both one-offs. The first manufacturing vehicles in Fantastic Britain originated from the Daimler Business, a business founded by Harry J. Lawson in 1896, after buying the right to make use of the name of the engines. Lawson's business made its first car in 1897, and also they birthed the name Daimler.|In Britain, there had been numerous attempts to construct heavy steam automobiles with differing levels of success, with Thomas Rickett also attempting a manufacturing run in 1860. The very first production lorries in Excellent Britain came from the Daimler Business, a business founded by Harry J. Lawson in 1896, after acquiring the right to use the name of the engines. Lawson's company made its initial car in 1897, and they birthed the name Daimler.
In 1892, German engineer Rudolf Diesel was provided a license for a "New Rational Combustion Engine". In 1897, he constructed the initial diesel motor. Steam-, electric-, and gasoline-powered automobiles contended for decades, with gasoline interior burning engines attaining prominence in the 1910s. Different pistonless rotating engine layouts have actually attempted to complete with the standard piston as well as crankshaft design, just Mazda's version of the Wankel engine has had more than very restricted success.|In 1897, he developed the initial diesel engine. Various pistonless rotating engine layouts have tried to complete with the conventional piston and also crankshaft style, only Mazda's version of the Wankel engine has actually had more compared to really limited success.
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Glastonbury 2015
Glastonbury 2015 enjoyed some of the warmest weather in Glastonbury history which caused a pleasant erray of summer fashion. Although many festival goers had their wellingtons at the ready when the rain started. The festival was iconically headlined by Kanye West and Florence and The Machine. Other acts that got a good reception include Pharell, Paloma Faith and Lionel Richie. Here are some of our favourite pictures from the day:


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At a meeting with Aardman Animations they showed me a piece of promotional plastic sometimes given away in cereal boxes, which when held up to a light or daylight turned into a black & white photo. The process was invented by the Victorians but this was a modern twist. If effect the inner the plastic the more light came through (ie lighter) or the thicker it was the more darker. The process was made with molds to the definition of one tenth of a millimetre.
To me this looked like a piece of white chocolate so we approached the mold maker who said he had done a sample. We then licensed the process and exhibited our 3D photo "Chocpix" in Birmingham, London and Chicago (Candy Expo). We won the prize for best new product at the ISM confectionery exhibition in Cologne, Germany.
We produced lots of samples and learnt how to do 3D CadCam, metal milling and chocolate production.
We had interest and meetings with Thorntons, Hussel (Germany's biggest chocolate retailer) and Nestle.
Alas the product was too difficult to explain visually to buyers, so we had to move onto other projects but we did manage over 8 million bars for Comic Relief which we show as a different project here.
Probably the most eventful experience was putting Chocpix on Dragon's Den. The Dragons however did not invest. My colleague Frank Lia did the presentation, but I was to present another idea to Peter Jones on his ITV "Tycoon" series a while later.
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playing with type
I purchased an assortment of metal letterpress type, and for the past week have been experimenting a bit. There are so many options. The following samples are not fired, still dry clay, or "green ware". I'm excited to glaze them and see how the color enhances the letter forms.
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The concept of 'my portal', self service and the join between them both with 'web self service' is not new. The barrier for most businesses is how to enable effective self service based access for users that is actually relevant across the business; not just a single application area like service and support. What about projects? eHuman Resources? Collaboration? Document Management and Document Collaboration and many other areas? With the Trivaeo self service online portal it is possible for your business to define its own self service portal that leverages your businesses use of business apps completely. Just like your employees benefit greatly from the convenience of a single sign on to a broad range of enterprise applications so can the community around your business. This community includes the people that supply stuff to your company, the clients you serve and contractors that work with all parties. The online portal you can create using the Trivaeo Self Service app takes your business into the series league of digitally enabled businesses, yet, it is easy to setup and even easier to administer. It's capabilities include;
The control over what application areas your self service users can see and access can be even further limited to expanded based on the way you set up your business online portal. What applications are shown or hidden? What is enabled or disabled? You may wish to gradually increase the visibility and amount of application areas exposed to your self service users so they can grow into the business areas with you over time. The choice is totally up to you.
Enabling the community around your business that interacts with it each day to have their own 'my portal' view of your business is powerful and elegant. The use of 'permission groups' to control and limit the elements of your business applications suite that they have access to keeps your business safe, secured and very easy to access 24 hours a day.
It doesn't matter if you want to enable small things like access to the Help Desk, or the bigger things like enabling self-service users to take part in helping you to deliver projects or even submit timesheets. It all works identically and is easy and intuitive for your users to master. They will see this as a simple self service portal yet it will bring your business ehanced efficiency and make your data and its value to your business become even more real-time than it was before you enabled the self service portal elements of the solution.
Your Resource Managers will be delighted that they are now getting timesheets from your sub-contractors that are accurate and identical in layout and value. They especially like the fact that they can reject timesheets that were incorrect and don't have to search through reams of email to find the updated version. Project Managers will love the fact that they can now assign project tasks to self service users so that they can actually track the elements of a project task as it is being completed externally.
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The Comments For A Photo Of A Girl Named Beyoncé Are Beyond Epic
My name is Alec MacDonald, and I had people sing me the "Old MacDonald" song and ask me for discounted Happy Meals every single day for the first 12 years of my life.
It was about as pleasurable as you'd expect (if what you expect is the feeling of having people fart in your mouth every day).
That's why I can sympathize with this girl profiled on the popular Humans of New York Facebook page, who laments the struggle of being named Beyoncé.
Beyoncé, for any of you who live under a rock on the surface of one of Jupiter's moons, is a pop singer of some repute.
Being the new kid at school is terrible and scary and awkward.
But thankfully, the people of the Internet came to Beyoncé's aid and shared their own names in solidarity, many of which are so much worse.
I think we can all agree that the real enemies here are parents.
I'm looking at you Kanye and Kim. A daughter is not a direction pun.
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Natural noise is often described somehow differently from anthropogenic noise, but why? Is it because animals evolved and machines were built? In different environments wind and rain are noise, whereas in others music would be considered noise. In urban environments we might hear the drone of a fan, the rumble of a nearby highway, the constant chatter of your office, or the hum of some machinery somewhere nearby. This is noise pollution, and it affects how our brains focus.
We don't really know exactly why we evolved to make noise, it just happens. At some point, likely when amphibians moved out of water, hearing became an advantage. Those which could sense vibrations better lived, and those that couldn't got crushed by the tree falling in the woods (that definitely made sound). Recent Harvard research stated that "lungfish… lack a middle ear to sense pressure changes, [but] they are able to detect sounds in the air through vibrations." Caterpillars, on the other hand, hear through the hair on their bodies.
Once we were able to hear, we had to evolve a way to avoid excessive noise. Mammalian brains are incredibly good at picking auditory signals out of the noise. "Novelty detector neurons" are located in the dorsal and external cortex of the inferior colliculus. First we hear a sound, then the neurons fire. With repetition, they "get bored" and learn to ignore sounds. But, if a parameter of the sound is changed the neurons get excited again. This is how we know what sounds to listen to.
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Almost everyone likes dark chocolate, not only for its taste but also for its beneficial effects. This is why we paired our easy prepare Classic Kitchen Muffin with dark chocolate.
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Wheat flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, dark chocolate (cocoa mass, sugar, emulsifier: soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavour), baking powder (stabilizer: disodium-pyrophosphate, raising agent: sodium-bicarbonate, corn starch).
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It was now the 4th sportday called "Let's run, jog or walk for the birds of the Great Forest" on 13th October in Debrecen.
This year, the Anuga food fair in Cologne celebrates its 100th birthday. The event is both the largest and possibly the longest-running of its kind, earning its status as the number 1 food and beverage fixture in the world.
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Executions in the United States in 2015 fell to their lowest number in nearly 25 years, and new death sentences imposed by courts declined to levels not seen since the early 1970s, according to a report released Wednesday.
The annual survey by the Death Penalty Information Center recorded 28 executions this year, the fewest since 1991, when there were 14.
"The numbers are consistent with a long-term trend in which public support for the death penalty is dropping, the number of executions is dropping and the number of death penalties imposed is dropping," said Robert Dunham, the center's executive director.
Among the concerns cited in the study was one about the fairness of many death penalty prosecutions, an unease that has been heightened by the number of exonerations of death row inmates in recent years.
This year, Pennsylvania's governor has declared a moratorium on executions, Connecticut's Supreme Court has determined the punishment to be unconstitutional and the Nebraska Legislature repealed that state's death penalty law — although voters will formally decide the statute's future in a referendum next year.
In addition, shortages in the drugs used for lethal injections have led several states to impose temporary moratoriums until they obtain reliable supplies.
The death penalty survey found that the 28 people executed in 2015 were seven fewer than were put to death in 2014. Only six states carried out executions this year — led by 13 in Texas, which frequently has the nation's most executions; six in Missouri; and five in Georgia.
That was the fewest number of states that executed someone since 1992, the report said.
Additionally, the 49 death sentences handed down by judges and juries this year was a 33 percent decline from 2014, and was the lowest number of death sentences imposed since 1973.
Juries in several prominent trials this year have opted to sentence defendants to life in prison rather than death, including two mass murder trials in Colorado — James E. Holmes, who killed 12 people and wounded 70 others at an Aurora movie theater in July 2012, and Dexter Lewis, who was convicted of stabbing five people to death in a Denver bar in October 2012. Federal court jurors in Boston, however, sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death in May for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.
A single jurisdiction, Riverside County in California, imposed eight death sentences in 2015 — 16 percent of the total for the year, and more than any state except Florida, which handed down nine death sentences, according to the survey. In contrast, Texas imposed two death sentences in 2015.
During the past year, several states, including Ohio and Mississippi, have halted scheduled executions because their state prison systems lack an adequate supply of drugs for lethal injections, including sedatives that paralyze muscles, and drugs like potassium chloride, which stop the heart.
Drug manufacturers have cut off supplies to states when they believe the drugs will be used for lethal injections, and in some cases, compounding pharmacies that have stepped in to produce potassium chloride and other drugs for executions have ceased doing so once their names have been made public.
To avoid problems in obtaining drugs, some states passed legislation this year allowing other forms of execution, including Utah, which adopted a law to use firing squads if lethal injection is eventually declared unconstitutional.
Oklahoma approved a law in April making asphyxiation with nitrogen gas its alternative execution method.
The report said six people on death rows around the country were exonerated this year, including Willie Manning, a black man who had been convicted of murdering two white women in Mississippi.
Although nearly half of all murder victims in the nation are black, only six of 28 people executed this year had killed an African-American, the survey found. Ten of the 28 people executed this year were black.


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"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." By Edgar Alan Poe
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You didn't say what engine the 96 Accra has in it but it may be the throttle position sensor or the idle control motor. They are both on what used to be the carburetor.ReplyDelete
I'd start by taking off the idle control motor and cleaning the valve it controls because they get gummed up and makes the engine stumble when you take off. If that doesn't work, replace the motor.
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Prospect readers may have been less surprised than most by the emergence of the murky BAE Systems/al-Yamamah story. Lewis Page, writing in the March 2007 issue of Prospect, drew attention to the unhealthy influence of BAE over government and called for the MoD to direct its procurement efforts towards "off-the-shelf" US products rather than propping up the BAE colossus. Read his piece here.


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Web Page Layout With CSS: No Tables or Frames!
In previous HTML Tutorials, we have spoken about using Tables and using Frames to create a page layout. At the same time we wrote about how you really shouldn't be using those techniques any more. Frames should simply not be used as they are not the HTML5 Specification and Tables should be used for information which lends itself to a tabular format – not the entire page.
So how should you create your HTML pages now? The short answer: HTML5 and CSS! This tutorial will guide you through creating a simple page layout with CSS without using tables or frames. It will also introduce you to a new concept – that of a column-system. This will pave the way for an introduction into grid systems for page layout and responsive web design.
But one step at a time! This is a long tutorial, so if you want to get a coffee, I will completely understand!
Jump To: The HTML – The CSS – CSS for Navigation – Creating Columns
Setting Up Your HTML5
We are going to create a 'standard' web page layout – with a header, a left side navigation, a content area and a footer. This is what we are aiming for, so you can see where we are headed:
So we will go ahead and create a basic HTML5 page layout but define a few classes on the way. I will explain it step-by-step, but first here's the code snippet:
<!DOCTYPE html>   <title>Basic Fixed-width CSS Page Layout Example - resource-centre.net</title> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
  <big>Example Page Layout With CSS</big>   Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

A Better Approch Than Tables or Frames

 This working file is a fixed-width layout made possible through the use of HTML5 tags and CSS3.

 You can use this instead of tables or frames. Feel free to adapt this as much as you want to make your own website layout.

Dividing The Page Into Sections

 You can split up your content into columns, but be careful of not exceeding 100%.

 If you do, you will find one of your intended 'columns' is pushed underneath the others.

 This may take some tweaking of the width and margin-right properties.

Go Halves

 You can equally divide the page into halves. Just bear in mind that your 100% is a total of your column width percentages and your margin percentages.

 We have used a .last class to ensure there is no margin-right on the final column so it sits flush to the right of our site.

 When in doubt, do the maths.

2 Columns at 49% = 98%

Add one margin right at 1%. Total is now 99%;

This means for 50% width in this case you should have done: (100% - 1%) divided by 2 = 49.5%

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The HEAD Section
Nothing ground-breaking at the top of this code: we simply start a HTML5 document off, use a
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This 18" version of the Trash Crash is very dark. It is not as quick as I thought it would be. The 16" version may be substantially quicker, but this 18" size actually sustains as long as most 18" crash cymbals would. It does have a unique sound that I like, however. I would describe it as a thin crash/china mix. This plays well with other hand-hammered cymbals. The finish is interesting, too, similar to what is on the Sand Ride cymbal.
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"Would my business survive if I had to take some time off?"
"Will I ever be able to step back from the day to day?"
"What's my business worth? Will I be able to 'cash out' when I'm ready?"
"What are the next steps?"
It's a tough gig being at the helm of your business. You're juggling cash flow, sales, staff and customers. You have to make all the hard decisions and it can be lonely, even with a team around you.
When you are stuck in the day-to-day, it's hard to map out a clear plan for the business. Every business owner knows they inevitably need to exit, whether it's around the corner or 5-10 years down the track. What will that look like? Will you sell? Can you hand the business to management? Are you preparing the next generation to take over?
You've invested in building your business to where it is today. Now it's time to get clear on your end-game and build for your future. Achieve the freedom you deserve and unlock the wealth you have created in your business.
We know that there are a variety of ways people choose to exit their business.
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Simon has over 20 years experience in the finance, investment, energy and technology sectors. As an entrepreneur, Simon has started, bought and exited companies. He has also worked for one of Australia's largest banks, as an investment advisor to high net worth clients and private companies, in their Global Markets division.
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We're building a home with a great room. Most of the kitchen clutter will be in a walk-in pantry (larger than the kitchen itself) with counter space for small appliances and the coffee station. Separated from the kitchen by an oversized barn door, it is part of the work space when needed, and closed off when not in use.
when I remodeled my first floor, I had to decide on the function of each room and how to deal with 2 children when I wanted quiet spaces. My kitchen is in the center of the house. I am retired and am planning to age in place. So, I ripped out all windows in the back of the house and installed sliding glass doors all across the rear facing the back yard and ponds. For MY quiet spaces, on one side of the house, I repurposed the living room into a music room (including a small grand piano); and the dining room into a library (books, lounge chair, window seat and sofa). These two rooms are open to each other.
On the other side of the house, there is the kitchen, breakfast room, laundry, and family room. On this side, the kids play board games, have their own reading nook and computer area, have a television, warm up in front of the fireplace, run through the kitchen for water, juice, and snacks and do their own laundry. Keeps the house a lot less messy and me less likely to fuss at them or tell them to be quiet.
When we have guests, kids are always in the family room area and adults are always in the music and library. Food is always self serve and laid out on the counters in the kitchen. So adults take their plates into the music/library areas for conversation and the kids go back to the family room or breakfast area to eat and play.
Works great for both adults and kids. We all have access to the back decks when we want.
Oh, forgot the importance of bathroom placement. Our guest lavatory is off the center hall. So both adults and kids have access without interrupting each other.


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Dr. Marian Michaels received her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Yale University in 1980 and her MD from the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine in 1985. She received her training in Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and did a year of additional training at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London as a Registrar in Infectious diseases and Immunology. Dr. Michaels moved to Pittsburgh for a fellowship training in pediatric infectious disease at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; she also earned an MPH at the University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health during that time. Dr. Michaels joined the faculty of the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine in the fall of 1992. She is currently a Professor in Pediatrics and Surgery in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Co-Director of Pediatric Transplant Infectious Diseases.
Since fellowship her research and clinical work has largely revolved around understanding and preventing infections of those undergoing transplantation. While concentrating on viral infections and pediatric transplantation her early work also delved into potential infections with xenotransplantation particularly from non-human primates. With this work she served on a number of national and international boards including the first Secretary's Xenotransplantation Advisory Committee. Current work continues on viral infections after pediatric transplantation and tools for educating future generations of pediatric transplant physicians. She has authored or co-authored over 200 original scientific articles, review articles, and book chapters.
Dr. Michaels is actively involved in the United Network of Organ Sharing, where she currently serves at the Co-Chair of the ad hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC). She has been active with the International Pediatric Transplant Association serving on its ID CARE committee since its inception in 2014 and has been on the steering committee for a relatively newly formed Pediatric Transplant Infectious Disease Research Consortium. Dr. Michaels has been a member of the AST since 1996 and has served on multiple committees including the Executive Committee for Infectious Diseases (2004-07), the Nominating Committee (2010-13), the Executive Committee, Co-Chair for Pediatric Community of Practice (2007-10) and the Executive Committee of the ID COP (Co-Chair, Chair, Past -Chair 2008-14,). She remains actively engaged with the Community of Practices and ATC activities.
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Auto drivers strike again, hold Mumbai to ransom
For the second time in two weeks, on Monday, auto drivers went off the city roads giving commuters in the suburbs a harrowing time, especially during the morning peak hours when they had to wait in long queues and struggle to get into over-crowded buses or then foot it.mumbai Updated: Oct 04, 2011 01:43 IST
For the second time in two weeks, on Monday, auto drivers went off the city roads giving commuters in the suburbs a harrowing time, especially during the morning peak hours when they had to wait in long queues and struggle to get into over-crowded buses or then foot it.
Auto drivers went on strike in response to a call given by the Mumbai Auto Rickshaw Men's Union, led by NCP leader Sharad Rao, who threatens to hold the city to ransom for the third time by saying that thousands of autos will go on an indefinite strike from November 9 if their demands are not met.
Though the union insisted that Monday's protest was for the revision of auto fares - it wants a pay hike high enough to ensure drivers earn Rs 25,000 per month - the real reason appears to be the continuing drive against meter tampering and fare refusal.
Two weeks ago, auto drivers went on a two-day flash strike after the crackdown on tampered meters began.
This time, the union has also demanded more share-an-auto routes and permission to ply in the island city.
The stir affected the eastern and the western suburbs. "I had to walk for 30 minutes from Bhandup (west) to reach the station. I am late for college," said Shikha Sanjeevan, 22, a psychology student at the Mumbai university's Kalina campus.
The few autos that were plying fleeced commuters. "After finding an auto, I was asked to pay Rs 150 to go from Kandivli station to Andheri. Normally, it costs Rs 85," said Ankita Jolapara, a private firm employee.
Commuters are also angry at the unreasonable demands being made by auto drivers.
"The auto is public transport and its tariff should be affordable to people from all classes. Besides, one cannot get up one fine morning and decide that I should earn Rs 25,000," said Sahadev Kamble, 54, a resident of Gorai.
"One has to work hard so that one's incomes increases gradually," he added
The BEST ran 58 extra services to help out commuters.
When asked what action would be taken against the auto men, VN More, transport commissioner, said: "Auto drivers are not public servants neither is their service a public undertaking so they don't come in the purview of Essential Services Act. For the regulation of fare and behaviour, the RTO has provisions."
The traffic police said traffic was not hit by the protest rally at Bandra-Kurla Complex.


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There is nothing unlawful about owners selling their own real estate by themselves. However, if an owner offers finder fees, referral fees or other money to any unlicensed person to help the owner, the owner and the other person will be acting unlawfully. In Ohio, only certain licensed professionals can accept fees to help other people buy or sell real estate.
Those who are authorized by law to help people buy or sell real estate are usually called real estate agents. However, in Ohio, real estate agents are more technically called either "real estate brokers" or "real estate salespersons." Real estate brokers have several years of experience and have been licensed by our state government as having the experience and knowledge to help others sell real estate ethically and honestly.
Real estate salespersons are similar to real estate brokers, except that real estate salespersons do not have the same amount of experience. Each real estate salesperson is required to work with at least one real estate broker until that real estate salesperson has the required experience. Tthink of it as an apprenticeship.
Attorneys are also allowed to help other people buy and sell real estate, within the scope of the attorneys' work.
Many real estate agents are commonly called "Realtors." However, only real estate agents who voluntarily join a certain national trade association for real estate agents are permitted to refer to themselves as "Realtors."
Therefore, the law requires a license for someone to help sell real estate but does not require a license for someone to help sell a car, a couch or antiques. This is because real estate is unique and essentially irreplaceable. There is no piece of real estate that is the same as another. People's real estate is often their biggest tangible asset and sometimes their livelihood if they work from home or farm. As a result, the law provides these significant safeguards to ensure that no one is misled before they buy or sell real estate.
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Lee R. Schroeder is an Ohio licensed attorney at Schroeder Law LLC in Putnam County. He limits his practice to business, real estate, estate planning and agriculture issues in northwest Ohio. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 419-523-5523. This article is not intended to serve as legal advice, and specific advice should be sought from the licensed attorney of your choice based upon the specific facts and circumstances that you face.
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Does Your Sales Team Need to Love Your Product to Sell It?
The short answer? Yes.
Sure, we can all hold our noses and do things we don't like, but few of us are also good at masking the discomfort. It's obvious. You can't appear engaged in that conversation while also thinking through tonight's dinner plans in your head.
Of course, the long answer is it takes more than love. A sales rep also has to be confident in what they are doing in order to have the good intent, sincerity, and knowledge needed to close a deal with today's B2B buyer (who has already Googled you for three weeks before calling).
Why Sales Confidence Matters
Selling is about solving buyer needs. It's about advocating a product that solves their problem in the best way possible. To do so, your reps must have confidence in your entire sales ecosystem in order to meet those needs. We break this down into four cornerstones of a sales organization:
- Your offering
- The rep's skills
- Available resources
- Internal systems
These four cornerstones all feed into the buyer's experience, good or bad. Here's a metaphor we like to use to illustrate the point.
Think of a plant. First you have the visible leaves and fruit. Next, underground, is a large taproot to keep the plant steady. Smaller branch roots grow off of the taproot before ending in a root cap, which is very strong. It's responsible for pushing through the dirt to find the moisture and nutrients critical for photosynthesis, which allows the plant to grow.
A sales engagement is similar. The fruit, or buyer's decision on who to buy, is the result of the buying process. The buying process is a series of activities the buyer does to determine which solution is best. In more simple terms, the buying process is someone deciding what they think about different products. That perception holds up the decision – "I pick solution A because it can be implemented faster and has the customization options I like."
But there is so much more under the surface of that final decision. What your sales team does or doesn't do will absolutely influence the decision. (This includes the information your marketing team makes available for the buyer online.) This sales activity is our taproot – the foundation of the buyer's perceptions that keeps that purchase decision in place.
But there is still more. Your sales ecosystem—those branch roots and root caps—are feeding those sales activities. Poor sales skills drive poor sales activities, just as an effective commission structure will drive positive sales activities that lead to closed deals.
Let's dive deeper into each of the four cornerstones.
Confidence in Offering
Does our offering meet the needs of buyers?
A client recently pulsed their sales team about their confidence in a new customer service model introduced earlier in the year. Only 41% of reps were confident the new model benefited customers and an even lower percentage of sales leaders (34%) were confident.
This brings us back to the original question: Does your sales team need to love your offering?
We have to believe the 59% of that client's reps who are struggling when they talk about the service model. While the company made changes they thought were effective, they didn't capture the people who were responsible for selling the model. That must change before the service model can become a competitive advantage.
Confidence in Skills
Do I have the ability to work effectively with buyers?
This cornerstone asks a sales rep to assess their own skills in relaying their offering to buyers. This is not an objective assessment (which we're not sure is ever possible). It's a measurement of the rep's perception of their skills. This matters because, for example, when a rep doesn't feel comfortable talking about your reporting feature, they are much less likely to mention it, which could skew the buyer's perception of your product.
Here's what one rep wrote in a recent survey:
"I believe I can communicate most of the value that [my company] brings to the table for our customers. I do think having some training around different contracts and the language in them would be beneficial for future deal reviews."
What manager wouldn't be excited about running contracting coaching sessions to help that rep sell more? The rep is holding their hand up for help.
Another rep wrote:
"I have never conducted a pricing transparency analysis for a customer or prospect. I still have much to learn about contracts, our discounts, and our consulting services."
Sounds like a newer rep who, thankfully, already understands the range of items they need to learn to be effective. Either way, it's clear the rep's perception of their skills will impact current sales activities and deals.
Confidence in Resources
Do I have the resources and tools needed to effectively work with buyers?
Whether software tools, pricing calculators, or subject matter experts, resources are essential to a sales organization. Effective resources will reduce your sales cycle and increase your win rate if they are used correctly and often by sales.
Through our research, reps have reported everything from resources being "too hard to find" and "not available off-line when I am meeting with a client," to "clunky" and "out of date." You don't have to be a fortune teller to see what buyers will think about those same resources.
Confidence in Systems
Do our internal systems positively impact my work with buyers?
In addition to your tools, you have processes in place that are either accelerating or decelerating sales. Take one comment from a sales rep about his company's pricing and risk assessment system:
"Our pricing methodology is quite convoluted and has number of inherent faults in it that are now just accepted by everyone. As a high level example: We build up the price from the bottom in disparate silos where the stakeholders from each silo have agendas and KPIs that have very little to do with pricing to win. The effort/cost calculations then get put together and are reviewed by a HUGE number of individuals who in turn increase the contingency and risk numerous times. Finally the cost is delivered to the Account/Sales who then add further risk to come up with the price to the client. This leads to significant over estimation in regards to contingency and risk which is not visible in the end product. Our hourly rates are VERY compatible in the market place but almost without an exemption our effort estimations are 30 to 50% higher than our competitors." [all emphasis added by respondent.]
This rep doesn't have confidence the pricing system helps clients or his sales.
But, people usually ask us, what if this isn't an accurate depiction of the company's system? It doesn't matter. Their sales rep—someone interfacing with buyers—thinks the system is "convoluted" and their pricing estimations are "30% to 50% higher." The way that rep approaches each deal will be influenced by this perception of the pricing system, right or wrong. Time to work on that system or do some education training.
Where Our Sales Confidence Helps
Our Sales Confidence measures confidence in each cornerstone, teaching you which levers you need to pull to improve how your sales team interacts with buyers:
- Offering training or improvement
- Skills training
- Resource improvement
- Systems improvement
It also identifies your sales team hubs, which are internal experts who can help you identify and communicate the improvements.
So, do you know what's at the root of your sales team? Where is their confidence in the areas that drive interactions and influence buying behavior? Contact us if you would like us to help you answer that question. We can run a confidence pulse for you in about a week.
Find out more about our Sales Confidence HERE.


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What was your first zine about and when was it made?
The first book I made is a screen-printed story titled "Pink Lemonade" from 2007. It was a follow-up story to a lemon and lime head illustration I made, and it introduces the lemon head world.
Describe your most recent zine.
The most recent book I made is a 12 page screen-printed mini comic titled "Don't Follow Me" which is the fourth installment of my silk screened comics series involving the lemon world. It's about a boy who chases a ghost. I'm planning on making a new book to debut at LA Zine Fest, it may or may not involve more lemon heads.
Of all the things you've ever made, zine-related or otherwise, what's your one favorite?
I'm pretty happy about all the screen-printed books I've made. So much work/labor has gone into them, it's hard to pick a stand-out.
Name three of your influences and how they affected your work.
I get inspiration from all different outlets, ranging from personal stories/experience, music, and other artists.
What do you do when you're not creating and how does it help or harm what you do artistically?
I cook all the time. I keep a photo diary tumblr that's been mostly pictures of food, places, and some art.


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Ed Byrne
Ed Byrne is known as one of the finest observational comics in the industry both at home and abroad.
A TV household name, Ed has become well known to UK audiences through his BBC
appearances such as Mock The Week, Live at the Apollo (Host), Top Gear, QI and The Pilgrimage.
An avid hill walker and canoeist, Ed also writes a column for The Great Outdoors magazine.