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In light of the possible discovery of oil on Titan, I offer this short:
The lander shuddered in the turbulence of Titan's atmosphere. The Mission Commander, a half-invented title the Company had given one John Wilkins, space redneck, cursed under his breath.
"Jesus, landing this thing is like trying to find Rosie O'Donnell's junk in a snowstorm.
"Fucking pigs," Sandra, the team's botanist muttered under her breath, barely audible over the din of the lander's reentry.
Carlos quickly understood the Commander's gross metaphorical allusions more completely. The rockets fired and the lander bucked like a bronco in the ring. He tried not to think about the possibility that their damn-fool Mission Commander was going to get them all killed.
Instead he tried to drown out his fears, pondering the nature of the oil deposits on Titan. Earth had been running low on the sludge for decades, perhaps centuries. Nobody had figured out how to get the oil off Titan, supposing it actually existed, but "top minds" had been paid far more than his meager salary to solve that particular problem.
Carlos just had to confirm its viability, bring back samples, and make recommendations as to extraction methods.
Still, he was a roughneck, not a fucking astronaut, he thought to himself as the lander settled down.
"You can pick your balls back up out of your seat, Carlos." The Commander seemed relieved, somehow. Carlos tried not to think about what that meant.
"You want the honors, amigo?" The Commander snapped on his helmet and pointed to the airlock. "Just think, Border Patrol'll never find you here."
"Fuck you, John. I'm legal, bitch. Even got a real trailer in the park, just like all you gringos. Bud light, John Cooper Mellencamp and everything."
They laughed, and Sandra just crossed her arms in annoyance. The diversity quotas needed filling, and she wanted to be the first woman beyond Jupiter. Nobody expected to find plants on Titan. The Company just figured they were lucky to find one Carlos Rivera on their Gulf rigs. So only one extra body was needed.
Being the first man to step foot on the moon was an honor. Being the first Hispanic roughneck on Titan meant something less than nothing to the folks back home, still debating on whether or not dragonkind counted as otherkin for the purposes of the Animal Soul Equality Bill mucking around Congress.
Carlos silently opened the airlock and trudged down in Titan's lower gravity. For a moon out on the ass end of the Solar System, it sure looked vaguely Earth-like. He knew that was a lie, of course. The freezing temperatures would kill him faster than he could suffocate if he took his helmet off. And the "land" was really just a bunch of ice floating over a liquid surface.
But still, it was better than sitting in the lander all day with Sandra.
Unsure of where to start, he just decided to walk a little ways away from the lander and get the lay of the land. Control said this was a good place to start the hunt for oil, and Control generally knew what it was talking about.
"Carlos," John echoed in his ear piece, "I'm picking up motion ahead, coming right toward your position, 12 o'clock."
Carlos felt a shiver travel down his spine. Motion? On Titan? The last probe had failed a decade before. It couldn't be one of them. He squinted, and barely made out what look like three human figures trudging toward the lander.
It was clearly apparent that they wore no helmets or suits. Which meant that…
"…fucking aliens." He muttered.
"Come again? Didn't receive your last."
"I said fucking ALIENS. They aren't wearing suits!" He was a roughneck, not a linguist, or a biologist. In fact, the whole crew was completely unqualified for this. A pilot with a bad sense of humor, a useless botanist from Berkeley and a Hispanic roughneck. What a First Contact crew that was.
John's reply didn't even make sense, and sounded even more consternated than he felt.
The first alien was upon him, looking nothing if not human. There were differences, of course. The skin was a strange shade of blue that almost glowed in the low light conditions on Titan. But aside from that, he could have almost been a man.
"Uh… hola senor?" Carlos reverted to his natural Spanish. "Como estas?"
The alien regarded him a moment before greeting him in turn.
"Allahu Ackbar." The Alien shouted, then looked back down on him. "Mohammadun Rasulu Allah!" He lifted what looked suspiciously like a weapon. "We learn your religion, human-kaffir. Language. Allahu Ackbar!"
"Fuck." It was the only thing Carlos could think of. Of course it figured. Even on the moon of Saturn, the nearest oil supply to an oil-starved Earth, there were Space Muslims. "Guess that's the end of my astronaut career."


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Author(s): Jack Mulholland
When Jack Mulholland volunteered in 1940 for service in Darwin as an anti aircraft gunner, he was not sure what to expect. He certainly didn't expect what the gunners at first found: flies, heat, humidity, hard work, entertainment, lack of female company and, of course, boredom. The Battery Jack joined spent 14 months training on 3 inch and 3.7 inch A/A guns. At the same time it assisted with the installation of 12 fixed 3.7 inch guns, providing Darwin with an anti aircraft defence of a total of two 3 inch and sixteen 3.7 inch guns. Then, one morning in February 1942, without warning, the Ack Ack gunners were confronted with an air raid similar to that perpetrated on Pearl Harbour. The raid was the first attack on Australia by a foreign power and it caused major damage to installations and ships and resulted in many casualties. This updated edition of Jack's controversial autobiography presents the unofficial history of the 14th Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery in Darwin. The Battery was the first army unit to engage the Japanese when they attacked Australia. It details the way ordinary people coped with the hardships of life in the tropical north and how they reacted under fire. The reader will find an eye-witness account of the first enemy raid and a description of the reaction of the gun crews, as well as interesting anecdotes of general life in Darwin in 1940–42 and army life in particular.

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My wife bought me the presenters course as a gift, the rest is history.
If stuck on Mars, what five albums could you not go without?
- Undead – Ten Years After
- In the Beginning – Roy Buchanan
- Abbey Road – The Beatles
- Lost in Space – Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
- Viva Elvis – Elvis Presley
What is the best thing about being involved in the station?
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What is the strangest thing that has happened to you at RTRFM?
Answering the phone in the studio whilst on air to a telemarketer at 4am.
If you could present a show other than your own, which would it be and why?
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The Obama administration's crimes during the 2016 election are "bigger than Watergate," President Trump tweeted on Monday.
In particular, the Obama administration had illegally surveilled the Trump campaign for no reason other than to boost Hillary Clinton, the president pointed out, adding that was zero indication of wrongdoing to warrant a scandal-plagued investigation.
Why did the Obama Administration start an investigation into the Trump Campaign (with zero proof of wrongdoing) long before the Election in November? Wanted to discredit so Crooked H would win. Unprecedented. Bigger than Watergate! Plus, Obama did NOTHING about Russian meddling.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2018
The investigation had relied on a warrant obtained with the notorious and hyper-partisan Steele dossier, which was funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC via Fusion GPS, to justify its surveillance of the Trump campaign.
Trump also indicated that the activities of the Russian nationals recently indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller occurred under Obama's watch, yet nothing was done to stop them until it was politically convenient.
As Infowars reported, the Russian nationals were featured in a 2014 Buzzfeed article – long before Trump entered the White House race.
"Russia's campaign to shape international opinion around its invasion of Ukraine has extended to recruiting and training a new cadre of online trolls that have been deployed to spread the Kremlin's message on the comments section of top American websites," wrote Buzzfeed's Max Seddon.
"The bizarre hive of social media activity appears to be part of a two-pronged Kremlin campaign to claim control over the internet, launching a million-dollar army of trolls to mold American public opinion as it cracks down on internet freedom at home."
Yet nothing was done about their activities then, indicating that Mueller's indictments are politically-motivated to damage President Trump – which gives credibility to Trump's tweet.
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A Goat Doing A Chicken Impression [Video]
First we had all those video of goats that sound like humans, so how bout a video of a goat that sounds like a chicken.
Check out this video making the rounds online of a goat that sounds exactly like a chicken. It even walks around and has the same mannerisms as a chicken. It's pretty weird.
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R. Bostwick appeared in two advertisements in The Union News (Union, New York.) The first ad ran from June 11 to August 20, 1857. Ambrotypes, Sphereotypes, Melainotypes and Stereoscopic Method of taking Pictures, all of which are of the latest improvements, and well known to some of the fraternity as being the most beautiful and durable of any process yet discovered. Specimens of some of our own townsmen can be seen at my car in Union. Cases sold 25 per cent less than usual. Please give me a call before I leave again for the West. R. Bostwick. Union, Jan. 14, 1857.
The second advertisement appeared on August 27, 1857 and ran until April 22, 1858.
Ambrotypes. A gallery In Union! Now located in the Exchange Block, No. 1, where the Photographic Art will be pursued, with all the latest improvements in the art. Pictures taken on different materials, such as Glass, Iron, Patent Leather, Paper and Parchment.
Also, instructions given in the art to those who wish. Three different processes are used in transferring pictures from glass to a lighter and more convenient material, and for sending in letters or cutting for lockets. Also, the Tinting process, which is beautiful and just the thing, long sought after for coloring the drapery. Good substantial cases will be offered from fifty cents to six dollars. Invalids taken at their residences if desired. R. Bostwick. Union, Aug. 25, 1857.
In the first advertisement there are several items worth bringing to your attention, no business address is given, and one can only assume that the gallery is in Union, New York. Second is the date of the advertisement January 14, 1857. Unfortunately June 11 was the first newspaper that I had access to for 1857. The other interesting note is his statement about leaving again for the West.
The only other photographic directory that has a listing for R. Bostwick is Craig's Daguerreian Registry that list a Ransom Bostwick in 1859-1860 in Union, New York without a business address. It is probably the same person.


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Charlotte, NC, June 13, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Positec, a global company that manufactures and markets power tools, lawn and garden equipment and accessories, today announced that it received the "2010 Innovator of the Year" from Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW), the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. The award recognizes the business partner that best provides product innovation, customer satisfaction and innovation in marketing from among 2,500 Lowe's vendors, and this is the first time that it has been won by a supplier in its first year of doing business with the home improvement giant.
Positec became a supplier to Lowe's in October 2009, and sells its range of WORX® and Rockwell® branded tools through the retailer's website and all its 1,725 home improvement stores in North America. Some of the company's bestsellers include the WORX GT® cordless grass trimmer, Rockwell Sonicrafter® and the Rockwell Jawhorse®.
"We are extremely honored to be recognized as Innovator of the Year by Lowe's," said Don Gao, Founder, Chairman and CEO - Positec Group. "This award validates our commitment to creating products that make life easier, the workplace safer and the environment cleaner. We have created a culture of creativity in our company, and are focused on developing products and technologies that make a positive contribution to society."
In-store performance and program support are the key criteria for vendors selected for recognition, and the 2010 award was based on three major categories of vendor performance: Innovation, Effectiveness and Significance of Benefits. In order to be considered, suppliers must offer an extraordinarily innovative new or enhanced application of a product, process, system, or practice that improves the performance of the merchandise category.
About Positec
Positec manufactures and markets the Rockwell and Worx line of home improvement tools and accessories to professional contractors and home improvement enthusiasts around the world. The company has introduced a new business model for the industry, using a global approach in leveraging geographic areas and capabilities to create the most innovative and competitive product lines. Positec is focused on developing products and technologies that make a positive contribution to society by making life easier, the workplace safer and the environment cleaner. Since its founding in 1994, Positec has achieved industry-leading growth and employs almost 4,000 people in 12 countries. For more information, visit www.positectoolgroup.com.
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Coding Theory: Spatially-Coupled LDPC Codes With Random Access
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One of the most promising error correcting schemes is the family of Spatially-Coupled (SC) LDPC codes. SC-LDPC codes achieve capacity universally on memoryless binary symmetric channels, and their special structure can be exploited to implement low-latency high-throughput decoders. In this talk, a new type of SC-DPC codes motivated by practical storage applications is presented. These new codes can be decoded locally at the level of sub-blocks that are much smaller than the full code block, thus providing random access to the coded information.


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Question: Dear Luise: I've been in a relationship for 7 years. We started out as friends at a very young age and became very close. There is just so much in common between us, we could almost be siblings. Our family life was the same, our personalities, everything practically. We are even in the same profession. There is just one problem and I'm afraid it will make me the worst person that ever lived. Over the duration of our relationship I have never been attracted to my mate. He has been nothing but sweet but I've never once felt a spark of interest physically. He's not obese, disfigured, or anything like that, just not my type. When we started the relationship, I thought it would be possible to get out but too soon he became very dependent on me. For nearly the entire duration of our relationship, I've been his only friend. I fear what would happen to him if I ever left, he would have nobody. His neediness is so great, it makes him very fragile I fear, and now our relationship has progressed to marriage. I long to be touched and loved but I don't feel like initiating and I thwart most of his attempts. I do find guys attractive and had a few brief relationships before him. I don't know what to do. I basically told him I was never attracted to him years ago and I think he senses it. Regardless, he still wants to be with me, he's content living without much physical relations. I could stay in this relationship probably my entire life and have the perfect friendship but I fear what happens when I'm 60 and realize I never knew physical love. I also don't think we really drive each other to grow, as we are both quiet people who don't like to take much control. I wonder if someone who is a bit more outgoing would have been better for both of us. I really don't know what to do anymore to start digging myself out of this mess, or maybe I don't have the mess I think I do. J.
Answer: Dear J.: You know you do, (have a mess.) It's up to you if you want to drift through the rest of your life when you know it isn't going to get any better. No one can decide that but you. You have already drifted into marriage…knowing what was to come. You may feel like siblings or you may have become his mom since you see him becoming more and more dependent but you sure don't have anything much beyond those parameters to look forward to.
You aren't all he's got…he has himself but he's never figured that out. That's his job, not yours, the way I see it. You didn't "adopt" him.
My suggestion would be to see a counselor. Not a marriage counselor but one who could help you face and deal with your lack of direction and your inability to make a life for yourself. My take is that you are to blame for the mess you are in and you may need some support to be able to dig your way out of it. You deserve so much better but you are going to have to learn how to give it to yourself. Blessings, Luise


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Dielectric Phenomena in Solids
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In general, a dielectric is considered as a non-conducting or insulating material (such as a ceramic or polymer used to manufacture a microelectronic device). This book describes the laws governing all dielectric phenomena.
Key Features
· A unified approach is used in describing each of the dielectric phenomena, with the aim of answering "what?", "how?" and "why" for the occurrence of each phenomenon; · Coverage unavailable in other books on ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, pyroelectrics, electro-optic processes, and electrets; · Theoretical analyses are general and broadly applicable; · Mathematics is simplified and emphasis is placed on the physical insight of the mechanisms responsible for the phenomena; · Truly comprehensive coverage not available in the current literature.
Electrical engineers, materials engineers/scientists, instructors and graduate students working in the area of electrical and electronic materials in general and dielectrics in particular.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Electric Polarization and Relaxation. Optical and Electro-Optic Processes. Ferroelectrics, Piezoelectrics and Pyroelectrics. Electrets. Charge Carrier Injection from Electrical Contacts. Electrical Conduction and Photoconduction. Electrical Aging, Discharge and Breakdown Phenomena.
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- 579
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Academic Press 2004
- Published:
- 11th March 2004
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780123965615
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080470160
About the Author
Kwan Chi Kao
Kwan Chi Kao received his B.Sc. degree from the University of Nanking, M.S. degree from the University of Michigan, and his Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees from the University of Birmingham. Dr. Kao has been a Professor at the University of Manitoba since 1966. He established the Materials and Devices Research Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UM. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and a Life Member of the IEEE. Dr. Kao is the Founder of the International Conference on Properties and
Applications of Dielectric Materials (ICPADM).
Affiliations and Expertise
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada
This book, Dielectric Phenomena in Solids, would appeal to the interests of many of our readers, especially those who work with piezoelectric, ferroelectric, pyroelectric, electrets, and electro-optic solid materials. Many of the materials described would be used in sensors, microphones, pulse generators, capacitors, and electro-optical devices. More specifically, the ferroelectrics covered are ceramics, barium titinates, KDP, Rochelle salt, TGS, PZT, and PVDF. Other materials are also covered in electrets and silicon photovoltaics. The response of these types of solid dielectrics to externally applied electric fields, mechanical stress, and temperature are the main focus of this text along with a very good description of fundamental dielectric theory. With mathematical derivations keep to a minimum, the physical insight into dielectric phenomena is emphasized. This text can be broken down into three sections. While an understanding of dielectric phenomena requires a basic knowledge of electromagnetics, the beginning chapters appropriately cover the fundamentals - Maxwell's equations, magnetization, electric polarization and relaxation, and optical/electro-optic processes. The next two chapters describe material response characteristics of ferroelectric, piezoelectric, and pyroelectric materials and electret formation. In addition to the above-mentioned materials, there are well-explained details given on piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and electret mechanisms. There are also a few applications for pyroelectric and electret materials. The remaining three chapters detail topics of charge carrier injection for electrical contacts, electrical and photoconduction, and electrical aging, discharge, and breakdown. The section on charge injection from electrodes to insulators would be of interest to those who work with any type of insulator to electrode interface. Also, for those interested in dielectric breakdown and measurements of electrical aging, the final chapter would be of interest. Along with the theory on electrical aging in general and specifically on polyethylene, there are descriptions of measurement techniques used to measure the electrical aging of insulators with typical graphs for polyethylene. Since there are very few books written specifically on dielectric phenomena in general, this book would be an excellent resource to our readers who develop ferroelectric materials and solid state dielectrics and for those in need of an up-to-date, easy to read reference on dielectric phenomena in general, especially on solid dielectrics. - John J. Shea IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine 2004 In Dielectric Phenomena in Solids, Kao presents a thorough examination of solid dielectric materials and what happens to them when acted upon by various forces such as electromagnetic fields, mechanical stress and temperature...Researchers and graduate students will find this a useful reference source if not a graduate level textbook. - E-Streams, October 2004
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Stephen Colbert has been chosen to replace David Letterman on The Late Show, CBS said in a statement Thursday.
Colbert is currently the host of The Colbert Report. He will take over when Letterman retires next year.
"Simply being a guest on David Letterman's show has been a highlight of my career," Colbert said in a statement.
"I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though everyone in late night follows Dave's lead. I'm thrilled and grateful that CBS chose me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go grind a gap in my front teeth."
A specific date for the handover has not yet been set. However, Colbert will host for at least five years, CBS said.
"Stephen Colbert is one of the most inventive and respected forces on television," said Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS.
"David Letterman's legacy and accomplishments are an incredible source of pride for all of us here, and today's announcement speaks to our commitment of upholding what he established for CBS in late night."
A date for Colbert's takeover will be determined once Letterman decides when he will leave. The location and producers of the new The Late Show have also not been set.
Nina Tassler, chairman of CBS Entertainment, praised Colbert's stint at The Colbert Report, where he won four Emmys and two Peabody awards.
"Stephen is a multi-talented and respected host, writer, producer, satirist and comedian who blazes a trail of thought-provoking conversation, humor and innovation with everything he touches," said Tassler.
"He is a presence on every stage, with interests and notable accomplishments across a wide spectrum of entertainment, politics, publishing and music. We welcome Stephen to CBS with great pride and excitement, and look forward to introducing him to our network television viewers in late night."
Do you agree with the choice? Who would you have picked? Let us know in the comments.


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[HD video below] Russian Helicopters completed its South Asian
Heli Tour with a last stop at the Sepang F1 Circuit in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday.
The demonstration tour, which
comprised of two civilian helicopters - an Ansat and a Mi-171A2,
gave potential buyers, VIPs and select media, an opportunity to
learn more about the aircraft, see them perform demo flights, and
hear about Russian Helicopters' comprehensive after-sales
service program.
The helicopters have covered almost 5,000
kilometers on the tour which visited China, Vietnam, Cambodia,
Thailand and concluded in Malaysia on Monday. In total, more than
a thousand guests from state and commercial helicopter operators
attended the introductory events hosted in each country.
Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov,
said, "The applications received over the
month of our demo tour to supply of over 70 Russian helicopters
worth more than half a billion dollars to the countries of the
Asia-Pacific region over the next three years are vivid evidence
of the competitiveness and relevance of Russian civilian
helicopter technology abroad, a logical result of comprehensive
government measures to support Russian civil export to world
"These are both hard and soft contracts. For
example, in China, a contract was signed for 20 Ansat helicopters
for the Association of Disaster Medicine of China. The remaining
50 helicopters are planned for delivery to Vietnam, Cambodia,
Thailand and Malaysia," explained Russian Helicopters CEO Andrey Boginsky.
According to
Boginsky, demand for civilian helicopters in Southeast Asian
countries may amount to 420 helicopters in the next ten years. "We
are counting on a substantial share of this market, and the
results of the demo tour suggest that we have every reason for
this," he said.
Anatoly Serdyukov,
Rostec's Aviation Cluster Industrial Director, said, "Southeast Asia is one of the world's
fastest growing industrial and financial regions. The demand for
civilian helicopters in the countries of the region could amount
to 420 helicopters over the next decade. It is
strategically important for Rostec to strengthen its positions
here in the helicopter industry. The agreements and arrangements
reached in the framework of the demo-tour are the best
confirmation of the potential of our machines."
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Two wheels or four? Anyone planning on coming to the Stars & Stripes Festival at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights June 28-30 now has more options to get there.
Besides plenty of onsite parking, festival-goers can take advantage of secured bicycle racks at the venue or a free shuttle service from two outlying areas.
Event organizers say residents who live near Freedom Hill might want to consider riding their bicycle to the festival grounds instead of driving. Free security for the bikes will be available during the three-day outdoor celebration.
Not only will the move cut down on the amount of auto traffic heading to Freedom Hill, but those riding bikes may enjoy a more pleasant and healthy ride to the 100-acre park, said event spokesman Joe Nieporte of Funfest Productions.
'We think it would be a great option for a lot of people who live within a mile radius or so,' Nieporte said.
Nieporte said the idea struck him as he observed people using the hike-bike path that runs down much of Metropolitan Parkway (16 Mile Road) starting at Jefferson Avenue in Harrison Township and stretching into Clinton Township and Sterling Heights.
'I think one of the coolest things we have in Macomb County is that bike trail,' Nieporte said. 'It runs through the county park property and represents a huge advantage for people who want to come to this event.
'Why hop in your car and waste gas and going through the hassle of finding a parking space when you can hop on your bike if you live within a 12-block area. We want to encourage more people to use the path.'
Festival organizers will promote the idea in social media and on their website as they hope to encourage more people to ride their bicycles to Stars & Stripes.
Local bicycle enthusiasts such as Paul Wilhelm of Macomb Township, president of the Soft Spokes bicycle club, applauded the concept.
'That's a terrific idea,' Wilhelm said.
Wilhelm, 72, and his wife, Rita, enjoy bicycling with others in the 160-member club. He estimates they ride between 5,000 and 6,000 miles a year. He rediscovered the joy of riding a bicycle after suffering a heart attack about 20 years ago and was ordered by his doctor to get more exercise.
'My wife and I are avid cyclists as we try to leave our car behind whenever possible, and that's been a lot lately, given the price of gas,' he said.
Anyone riding a bicycle to the Stars & Stripes Festival at Freedom Hill will have their own place to park at manned racks near the front entrance. Cyclists should bring their own locks, but security agents will be stationed at the site.
For those opting for four-wheel transportation, the trip can also become easier through a shuttle service that will be available at two sites.
Shuttle buses will run non-stop from Bishop Gallagher athletic complex on Utica Road south of Metropolitan Parkway and the Meijer store at 15 Mile and Utica roads. Shuttles will run 2 p.m. to midnight all three days.
There is a $15 fee to park on the festival grounds but parking is free at the shuttle bus lots. For information and maps, visit www.starsandstripesfest.com.


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A Silver Alert has been issued for Rodney Forward of DeLand.
UPDATE Sunday, Sept. 10: The Rodney Forward has been located by Pennsylvania State Police. He was recovered late Saturday evening in Chadds Ford, and his family has been notified.
Volusia County sheriff's deputies are seeking the public's help in locating a 70-year-old DeLand man who is believed to suffer from Alzheimer's disease and who left home Friday afternoon in an attempt to visit New Hampshire.
Rodney S. Forward left his home on Iris Road in DeLand around 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, telling his wife he was headed to New Hampshire. He took a change of clothes with him along with some medication. Forward has been experiencing steadily worsening symptoms of Alzheimer's and may be disoriented.
Forward was last seen driving his white 2015 4-door Ford F-150 pickup with Florida tag 065-6HK. He was wearing green shorts, no shirt and had bruises on his forearms. While he has family in New Hampshire, at this time has not made any contact with them, and they were not expecting him.
Anyone who spots Rodney Forward or has information about his whereabouts is asked to call 9-1-1.


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Congratulations! You've done well. You started your MSP business from the ground up, and it's grown over time. Your forecasts are up and to the right, and clients are beating down your door. All good things, right?
Absolutely. However, in order for this wave of success to last, you need to scale effectively. You've likely been doing this all along; increasing your resources, technology and employees strategically to take on more and more business. But even with this perpetual growth/scale cycle in place, it's possible for a business owner to actually get in the way of their company's own growth without a proper structure for your organization put in place.
Let's be honest, as an MSP business owner, you are pulled in many direction every day, wearing multiple hats as a technical expert, a salesman, a marketer, finance/accounting, and more. Many MSPs are very comfortable being the person who turns the lights on in the morning and shuts them off late at night. This dedication and commitment is commendable, and at one point it was the best financial decision. But at a certain point in your business' life cycle, it will become detrimental. In order for businesses to continue a steady rate of growth into maturity, they require the expertise and experience of more than one leader. At this point, it's time to take off a few of those aforementioned hats and build a leadership team to manage different aspects of your business.
Aside from time management, hiring a leadership team will add skillsets to your business it will need, provide focus to execute day-to-day tasks and longer-term projects more efficiently, and give your employees more immediate access to management, so you can focus on driving your organization forward into the future.
Here are some of the more common positions to seek when structuring a growing business for growth.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
This is the person who is in charge of your business' finances. Budgeting, profitability, cash flow, accounting all fall under the purview of your CFO. Furthermore, this is the person who will advise what is working financially in your organization and what is not. Key purchasing decisions, leases, and any other money-related issues all fall to this position. Unless finance and economics are your passion and you know how to successfully manage this area of your business on a large scale, you need a CFO.
In short, this person "makes it happen." Responsible for carrying out the processes, programs, and general business infrastructure necessary for your business to run, the COO is the person who figures out the best way to get from here to there efficiently and successfully. But, it doesn't stop there. The COO implements processes for measuring the efficiency and success of your operation, determining KPIs that are most important and measuring metrics to see what is working and what is not. A Chief Operating Officer can elevate your business' efficiency and profitability immensely by making sure thing are being run as best they can, while nothing slips through the cracks that may have otherwise. Installing this person in your organization can increase profitability in ways you may have never dreamt.
You've likely done some work to market your business to your prospective clients, maybe even hired a few people to run a marketing campaign or two, but when you're serious about bringing in new leads and elevating your brand to its full potential, you hire a Chief Marketing Officer who will effectively tie their efforts directly and measurably with new revenue coming into the business. A great CMO can provide the experience and leadership necessary to drive the entire public-facing communication of your business, making sure you, your product and your organization are represented as best as possible, and then use that to drive marketing campaigns that will be the growth engine for your MSP business.
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Technology is vital to running your business, and strategic decisions on what/how to invest in your business' technology is managed by the CIO. In addition, this person is responsible for the health and security of your business data, making sure processes and systems are in place for the storage, transmission, and receipt of sensitive business data and client information. Depending on your business focus, the CIO will also be responsible for executing data compliance measures to make sure your organization is in compliance with all standards necessary to do business.
Should You Hire a Chief Executive Officer?
For the most part, MSP business owners see themselves in this position, and rightfully so: they are the ones who want to steer the ship, so to speak, and make the key strategic business decisions that drive the company forward to success year over year. CEOs put the right people in place and know who needs to be transitioned out, and when. They're big thinkers, and come up with plans to propel growth, profitability and success. They think about what resources they need to enact these plans and who they need to make it happen.
If you've made it this far you're likely already doing this, and assembling your leadership team will allow you to move into this role in an even greater capacity. Unless you're adverse to the big-picture decisions about your company, you're the CEO.
It's important to know when it's time to bring in new leadership to your business, but it's even more important to realize that you may not be the expert in every aspect of your business as well. Hire the smartest, most skilled people you can for these positions, and get comfortable not being the smartest person in the room. That's why these positions exist in the first place; because if one person could do it all, many business owners would. Your MSP business can only grow at a large scale if you can step back and allow the experts you've put in place to do what they do best.
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International Student AdmissionKey issues to check before going further in admissions
HigherEdMe provides marketing services for international student recruitment, but does not take part in the admission process. However, here are some major points to review to sharpen your international student admission protocol.
Checking key issues
There are several points to check about a student profile. Of course the first one is the academic level (grades, degrees, certifications) of the student and of the institution of origin, using rankings and official assessments.
The language level of the student is also a very important key for mobility (check out our comparison charts). It conditions the speed of integration and course understanding.
Evaluating financial capacity can be tricky, as it is also connected to cultural habits.
Then nationality and visa issues have to be checked to security and delays.
Finally, making sure that the cultural gap will not be too wide needs basic understanding from the student.
A short guide to explain mutual expectations before filling an admission form can solve many issues before they appear. It can take the form of a video, a cartoon, an app or a book.
Using Agents
Usually, international student recruitment agencies provide a full range of activities such as admission preparation, programming student information meetings, making one-to-one interviews to determine which institution is best for the student, helping the student fill up paperwork like admission forms and visa requests, identifying scholarships for the students, preparing the student for the cultural gap and even language courses.
Most agents are providing these services by invoicing the destination institution when students have wired their tuition fees. It is a success-based agreement.
In some countries, these success fees are not authorized by governments because of past corruption scandals implying public funding.
Some agents are also invoicing students for such services, even if the destination institution forbids double fees in the contract.
Assessing Agents
Using agents for admissions needs some checking also:
- What team? What past achievements? What are their volumes? Their countries of preference?
- How do they work? What are their main processes? Their certifications?
- Do they follow trainings? When? On which country?
- Who recommend them?
- How do they assess students?
- Are they connected to high schools/local colleges and universities?
- How many institutions are in their portfolio?


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The latest CIA allegation levelled against the Pakistan intelligence agency, the ISI, is that it is spreading Islamization in South Asia in collusion with the Bangladesh intelligence agencies to set a trap of Islamic militants for India.
These allegations appeared in America's premium news intelligence service STRATFOR, which is also known as the CIA's cousin. Those who work for STRATFOR are also the leading figures in running discussion groups such as the Political Islam Discussion Group (PIDL) for infecting the debate about Muslims and Islam.
Such reports are part of the CIA's (read the US government's) long term scheme to undermine Pakistan, starting with neutralizing its armed forces and its intelligence agencies. To be fair, like the overall Pakistan military force, the much dreaded ISI has been used like a whore by the CIA in every possible way. At home, both the civilian and military dictators use the ISI as a draconian tool. But this is all that the ISI is: just a tool, without any strategic mission, vision or direction of its own.
I, personally, remember being hounded by ISI officers who behaved like mad dogs when I wrote an article "Egyptianizing Pakistan" (June 1, 1999), criticising Nawaz Sharif's using Hosnie Mubarak's approach to crushing the opposition and prolonging his rule.
The ISI's madness intensified when the then Egyptian ambassador wrote an article in response and called the criticism of Nawaz Sharif's government a "malicious agenda" on my part. My subsequent article "Understanding Egyptianization," (June 15, 1999) was a good enough provocation for the ISI to threaten me with death. One of their officers asked me: "What do you think, how would you have been treated if you were in Egypt?" Receiving no response from me, the officer added, "your family would have held your chaleeswan (40th day after death) by now."
Interestingly, the same officers from the ISI and ISPR came to ask for my resume when they were considering suitable people for a ministerial portfolio. I was deemed worthy because I had written some articles in favour of the military take-over after the October 12, 1999 coup. The military government was in desperate need of allies at home and abroad.
Two years later, the same ISI turned my life into a living hell when I exposed just the tip of a corruption iceberg, in NGOs, to which a sitting military governor was closely linked.
This personal experience clearly shows that the ISI serves whoever is in power in Pakistan. Since no one could rule Pakistan without assuring Washington that he or she is a better stooge, the broader strategic direction for the ISI remains the directive given it from Washington. The question is: Why then does the CIA come up with these allegations against the ISI?
The answer is simple: to extract more obedience from Islamabad in the near future and to facilitate the ditching of the ISI in the longer term. History shows that the U.S. government has previously attempted to use ISI crimes to press Pakistani governments into submission. The Washington Post published a report in its September 12, 1994 edition in an attempt to implicate the Pakistan army in drug trafficking. The News published the same report in October 1994. In 2003, the ISI faced severe criticism at a U.S. Senate briefing on the drug trade, a crime in which the CIA has been involved since 1960. Peter Dale Scott and Jonathan Marshall tell us in Cocaine Politics Drugs, Armies and the CIA in Central America, (University of California Press, 1991 that the CIA works with narcotics traffickers and then fights to suppress the truth. They conclude, the U.S. government "is one of the world's largest drug pushers."
Time and again, the U.S. lawmakers threatened the ISI and Pakistan with allegations of drug trafficking, yet ignored the fact that even if some military or ISI officials were involved in drug trafficking on a personal level, the amount they privately smuggled into the United States was no more than a fraction of the amount trafficked by the U.S. agencies. According to Paul Johnson: "By the end of the 1980s it was calculated that the illegal use of drugs in the United States netted its controllers over $110 billion a year." (Paul Johnson, Modern Times, New York: Harper Perenial, 1991 rev. ed., p.782.)
According to the San Diego Union-Tribune (August 13, 1996), Celerino Castelo–a former DEA agent–stated that together with three other ex-DEA agents, they were willing to testify in Congress regarding their direct knowledge of CIA involvement in international drug trafficking. Castillo estimates that approximately 75 percent of narcotics entered the United States with the acquiescence or direct participation of CIA and foreign intelligence agents.
In this backdrop, the March 2003 hearing of the U.S. Senate[1] was just another threat in the vast trap being laid for the Pakistani army for the next several years. Furthermore, ISI assets, Saeed Sheikh and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed were used in operation 9/11. The extent to which the ISI was dragged into the trap of 9/11 is not fully known. That, however, remains a time bomb for Pakistan. It didn't get diffused with the "termination" of former ISI chief General Mahmood Ahmad. It can explode at any time the US decides to disarm and neutralise Pakistan like Iraq.
The entrapment process adopted by the U.S. agencies is very simple. They plan and commit a crime of serious magnitude. They achieve their strategic objective behind the crime. At the same time, they involve the victim in just a fraction of the overall criminal plan. The unknown/unintended cooperation in the crime is then later used to punish the victim. This is exactly how the BCCI was trapped. Irrefutable evidence demonstrates that the CIA funded the operation against the BCCI with drug money, earned through the organized selling of drugs to its own employees. According to the court transcripts of the BCCI case: "By late 1987, the agents had passed approximately $2.2 million derived from Don Chepe's proceeds through the IDC account, and had split the 7-8 percent commission profit with Mora and Don Chepe's representative Javier Ospina, without telling any BCCI officers about drugs."[2] Yet, it was the BCCI that paid the price.
The recent allegations of the ISI's spreading Islamization in South Asia is part of the overall pressure exerted to extract more obedience from Islamabad for strategic reasons. Unlike Mossad and the CIA with their long term plans, the ISI is nothing more than what its current masters want it to be. The allegations of its spreading Islamization are just nonsensical.
How is it possible for the commander in chief of the armed forces, hell bent on eradicating all traces of Islam from the constitution, the school curriculum and at home, to allow one of his strategic arm's, the ISI –" presently holding hundreds of Islamic activists in illegal detention –" to evangelize Islam!
No doubt Musharraf is bluffing his paranoid masters with the mantra of enlightened moderation to prolong his rule. To believe, however, that his pet agency is working with a strategic vision for the spread of Islam would be naïve beyond the farther reaches of imagination.
[1]. Dawn report, "ISI criticized at U.S. Senate hearing," March 22, 2003.
[2]. U.S. District Court transcripts for the BCCI related case: U.S. Vs Amjad Awan et al 88-330-Cr-T-13(B) R48-791-49, 50 R67-1136-160, 161 and 162 R83-881-26,27, and 28 GE 3193.


text: Lighthouse Connections Academy School Board About the School Board Welcome to the Lighthouse Connections Academy (LCA) Board of Director's home page. We are the governing body of Lighthouse Connections Academy, a virtual charter school . To learn more about our school, please visit our school home page. The school is operated by Michiganders for Quality Education, a nonprofit corporation that oversees the school. The Board has elected to contract with Connections Education LLC to provide the school's educational program and other services. The school is governed by an independent Board of Directors and all meetings are open to the public. School Board Meetings The LCA school board adopts a regular meeting schedule. The meetings are open to the public and in compliance with Michigan's open meeting laws. Meetings are generally held at the school offices located at: Lighthouse Connections Academy 3150 Livernois Road, Suite 201 Troy, MI 48083 The meeting dates listed below have been scheduled, or have taken place, for the 2020-21 school year. Additional meeting dates will be added as they are scheduled. The official posting location for LCA school board meeting notices is at the school offices. This website is not the official posting location for meeting notices. However, we will update these dates as new meetings are added. Meeting Dates and Agendas 2020-21 LCA Board Meetings 2020-21 LCA Board Meeting Schedule(View Schedule) August 20, 2020 LCA Board Meeting (View Agenda) September 17, 2020 LCA Board Meeting (View Agenda) October 15, 2020 LCA Board Meeting (View Agenda) LCA Board Meeting Archives 2019–20 Archives 2018–19 Archives 2017–18 Archives Meeting Participation You are always welcome to attend online school board meetings in person. If you wish to address the board and are not able to attend a meeting in person, you will be provided with the opportunity to address the board via telephone. Please review our complete public comment policy for more information and instructions. Board meeting minutes are public records that may be obtained by a written request and will include processing charges as permitted by law. Please review our complete public records request form and policy for more information and instructions.


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5 Important Facts About Sleep
It's an unfortunate fact that most of us don't sleep enough in normal times. Now the global crisis over coronavirus has increased the likelihood of anxious, sleepless nights. Now's the time to learn more and take steps for more restful nights.
Stress can chip away at the slumber your body and mind need – yet putting stock in some common sleep myths can prevent you from getting quality rest, too. Reset your expectations and beliefs: These five truths shed light on why you don't need to settle for less when it comes to this important aspect of your health and how some habits may be keeping you wide-eyed.
Getting older doesn't mean that you need less sleep.
You may have found it easier to sleep when you were younger. As years pass, your body produces less melatonin, the hormone that helps set your circadian rhythm into snooze mode. Exposure to small amounts of light, such as alarm clocks, smart phones and other devices, may offset that pattern; pain from arthritis or another health issue may disrupt sleep that used to be sound; your mind may keep you alert as it races with thoughts of family responsibilities or financial stressors. Despite what you think you can "get by" on, most adults need seven and a half to eight hours of nightly rest for optimal health—regardless of age. For many people, a helpful sign that you're getting enough sleep is when you don't need an alarm to wake up, and when you do wake up, you feel rested, refreshed and energetic throughout the day. Instead of accepting the five or six you manage to clock, work to identify the cause of your lack of sleep and address it. Naps can help you supplement your total sleep time, if necessary.
Though you may think you can function on less sleep, that doesn't mean you should.
Sure, maybe you can make it through the day on a few hours of rest, but how well? Sleep deprivation makes it harder to pay attention, solve problems, make sound judgments and commit things to memory. It can zap your energy, contribute to moodiness and even increase your risk of an accident. Not to be forgotten, a lack of sleep may even increase your risk of heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation and diabetes. Plus, research shows that less snooze time raises ghrelin levels—a hormone that stimulates your appetite—and can increase your insulin resistance. "Getting by" suddenly doesn't seem like quite enough when you consider that you may be jeopardizing your performance, relationships, happiness, safety and longevity in the process.
A good night's sleep is important—but stressing about it won't do any good.
A key finding about those who sleep well is that they don't worry if they occasionally wake up. The more anxious you get about falling or staying asleep, the harder it can be to settle your body and mind so you can nod off. While you may need to get up to urinate, you may be able to avoid other stirring by keeping light and sound to a minimum, replacing a lumpy mattress, avoiding drinking caffeinated or alcoholic beverages before bedtime and managing other factors. You may also want to keep a sleep journal to tease out just what might be getting in the way of solid rest: Write down the times you lie down and rise, as well as how many times you wake up at night, what your day was like and how rested you feel in the morning. (Do your journaling in the morning, not in the middle of the night.) Patterns may emerge: You may have the most interruptions when you've let your back pain go unmanaged, for example. If small tweaks don't help, see your doctor—a treatable sleep disorder or other health issue may be afoot. Sometimes, though, just shifting your focus toward allowing yourself to relax instead of actively trying to fall asleep is enough to get you the rest you need.
Lying in bed when tossing and turning won't help you nod off.
"Whether consciously or unconsciously, you'll start to associate your bed with sleep trouble," says Param Dedhia, MD, a board-certified sleep specialist at Canyon Ranch Tucson. "It's recommended to get out of bed if you're unable to drift off after 20 minutes, however, it's important to seek out something peaceful and relaxing, such as reading with a soft light, gentle yoga or mindful breathing. Exposure to bright or intense lights, like computer monitors and TVs, are discouraged as these can activate the brain." When you're beginning to feel drowsy, head back to bed.
Exercise could be negatively affecting your sleep.
It's true that a workout may make it easy to melt into your mattress. In fact, Oregon State University researchers found that people who exercise 150 minutes a week improve their quality of sleep by 65 percent. But activity also raises your body temperature, which can take as long as six hours to return to normal. Because your body finds it easier to fall asleep when it's cooler, it may be wise to get exercise at least three hours before you turn in. Exercising later than that doesn't keep everyone up, but it's worth experimenting with an earlier workout to see if it can help you. Or try some calming yoga postures, like Child's Pose or Reclining Butterfly, to help relax you before bed.


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Learning to Teach Online
By Paul Keyworth
LTTO (Learning to Teach Online) is "a free professional development resource designed to help teachers from any discipline, whether experienced in online teaching or not, to gain a working understanding of successful online teaching pedagogies that they can apply in their own unique teaching situations" (COFA.online Gateway, 2015). Currently, I am participating in a MOOC of the same name via Coursera, which is still accessible if you are interested. It is also available freely through iTunes.
Award Winning Resources
The project is the work of COFA Online, part of the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, and is supported by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Ltd. Co-creators, Simon McIntyre and Karin Watson from UNSW, have won the following awards for LTTO:
2012 MERLOT Award for Exemplary Online Learning Resources – MERLOT Classics (USA) Faculty Development Editorial Board Award - Learning to Teach Online McIntyre, S., Watson, K.
2011 Ascilite Innovation and Excellence Award Exemplary and research informed use of technologies for teaching and learning in tertiary education - Learning to Teach Online McIntyre, S., Watson, K.
Learning to Teach Online Episodes
So far, I have discovered a wealth of resources and pedagogical information relating to implementing and evaluating OERs (Open Educational Resources) and institutionally-supported technologies. In particular, you may find these LTTO Episodes to be a valuable resource as you plan your online or blended courses. The instructional videos are compiled into three categories: "Context, Planning and Teaching," "Case Studies," and "Technical Glossary" (COFA.online Gateway, 2015).
Learning to teach online. (2015). Retrieved from http://online.cofa.unsw.edu.au/


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What Are Out If For Example The Boyfriend Is On Dating Website
What Are Out In The Event The Boyfriend Is On Dating Internet Site
Create An On-line Dating Profile
One of many methods would be to produce an internet profile that will not get data that are true. The minute you suspect your boyfriend to be utilizing online dating services, simply produce as numerous fake on line pages possible to discover him there if you can spot. Contribute to as numerous online dating services that you can to improve your possibilities as you aren't certain upon which website he could have subscribed on. Constantly improve your profile often to boost the possibility also.
Always Check Out Their Browsing History
That is among the surest approaches to determine if the man you're dating is utilizing online sites which are dating is most effective if you share a few of the interaction devices such as for instance mobile or computer if he will not delete their browsing history. Never ever have tired of checking their browsing history as at some time, he'll forget and you will certainly be capable of finding out of the truth that is plain. Under circumstances where he doesn't erase, you shall have most of the proof you require there.
In the event that you share the exact same e-mail, then you're happy. Always check through their inbox communications in order to find if you can find any communications that can come from online sites that are dating. These communications are merely deliver for you for those who have subscribed to look online dating sites. Take to and to always check their junk, trash and spam communications as only a few e-mails are directly to the inbox folder. Whether he has online dating applications installed if you are able to access his phone, you can also go through and check. if you learn them, then chances are you have explanation to inquire of him why they have been here.
It Is Possible To Look For Their Information On Line
This is certainly another means to ascertain whether the man you're seeing is on online site that is dating. In the event that you type in the important points of one's boyfriend online search as contact number or title into the goggle search club, you'll probably learn other associated information such as internet dating profile. Choose a number of their pictures into the Google search bar and see if anything comes up that he is likely to use and drag them. If he could be registered on these online dating services, then you'll definitely most likely have their online dating sites profile pop up.
Hire A Professional to out help you
Having gone through most of the above processes nevertheless they appear to not ever keep any fruits, your option that is next is employ a specialist to assist you check out the matter. Have a detective agency to allow you to sort your self away. Because they are well skilled and also have the necessary abilities to perform some work. They shall get it done however you must be ready to spend them some funds when it comes to solution.
Personal detectives have actually the mandatory knowledge to manage the situation and certainly will do scans of e-mails and searching history. They likewise have more use of resources and databases than both you and http://www.mail-order-bride.net/ can typically be of good use. Employing a personal detective will be a great concept too should you feel as you don't possess sufficient time. Up to private detectives have the ability to discover additional information on the web, they'll not have the ability to hack into computer systems or phones for you personally, as that is unlawful.
You Can Easily Directly Ask Him
Having exploited most of the ways that are above any success, you are able to straight confront him sufficient reason for plenty of confidence ask him. Be keen to see their expressions that are facial observe he responds to your concern. After that, you'll be able to to find out whether he could be on online dating website or perhaps perhaps maybe not.
From all of these few amazing recommendations, it really is my sincere think that you're now well prepared about how to learn whether the man you're seeing is on online site that is dating maybe maybe perhaps not. use them and also have a successful online dating journey!
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text: Russian Director Nikita Mikhalkov Upsets Muscovites by Allegedly Building Illegal Hotel 6:40 AM PDT 10/26/2010 by Vladimir Kozlov FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Production company TRITE found to be behind seven-story Moscow building project MOSCOW -- Oscar winning Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov's (Burnt By The Sun) production company TRITE has been caught in a controversy over illegal construction in Moscow. Residents of several apartment buildings in central Moscow complained about construction works on a lot adjacent to their buildings and tried to find out who was behind the construction of a seven-story hotel, which they insisted was illegal, Russian Internet newspapergazeta.ru reported. They were surprised to find out that the developer of the property turned out to be TRITE, which previously hasn't shown interest in the real estate business. On Tuesday, several activists protesting against the construction were detained by police. "One of the documents [required for obtaining permission] was based on forged information submitted by the developer," one of the activists told the Ekho Moskvy FM station. "Now the [inspection agency] is preparing an address for revoking the document. Once it's revoked, the construction works could be suspended." A spokesperson for TRITE told The Hollywood Reporter that the company could not comment on the issue at the moment. A meeting of all interested parties to discuss the situation is expected to be held later this week, and the developer is "ready for constructive dialogue," the Russian wire service RIA Novosti reported. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Vladimir Kozlov firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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Have you ever wondered why cow dung smells? The answer to this question lies in a chemical process called anaerobic digestion. It happens whenever organic matter decomposes in the absence of oxygen. Due to microbial action, it undergoes a process of fermentation which converts carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids and gases, one of which is methane. When released into the atmosphere, methane is a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
Therefore, whenever farmers spread manure on the land in order to fertilize it, they are emitting greenhouse gases. There is also a risk that the nitrates and phosphates present in the manure will leak into water supplies and cause excessive algae growth and pollution.
Fortunately, there is another way of looking at the issue: methane is a greenhouse gas, but it is also a valuable resource. For example, the natural gas piped into our homes to generate electricity and heat is primarily methane.
Three workshops organized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Bonn, Singapore and Montevideo have promoted a group of technologies called waste-to-energy (WtE), which improve the management of organic waste and use anaerobic digestion to produce and collect methane, subsequently turning it into a source of energy.
"We showed participants clear examples of how waste-to-energy can become a new source of income for farms," said Manuel Albaladejo, UNIDO Country Representative.
An example of how this can be done comes from Uruguay, where a project called Biovalor – led by UNIDO and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) – is promoting the use of waste-to-energy in dairy farms. It teaches farmers how to collect, produce and manage methane from cow manure. The gas is then burned to produce electricity. As production of electricity often exceeds farms' demand, a scheme is being negotiated which will allow farmers to sell the excess electricity to the National Electricity Utility (UTE) which becomes another source of income. The anaerobic digestion process also produces organic compost which, once spread on fields, acts as a natural fertilizer and brings nutrients back to the soil.


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After the NHLPA proposal/rejection kerfuffle the other day, I made a glib remark on twitter about the union going the decertification route. I was only half serious when I suggested it, but the option is starting to get more attention. James Mirtle recently wrote about the threat and what it would mean if the players union dissolved.
If players voted to decertify, the NHLPA would no longer serve as a bargaining unit, and the lockout would either end or have its legality challenged in an antitrust lawsuit…
The value of professional athletes having a union has become a subject of debate in sports law circles the past few years, as owners have used labour stoppages to shrink players' share of revenues. Without a union to negotiate with, a league couldn't have a collective agreement, which would mean basic elements of the league, such as the salary cap, could be challenged under antitrust laws.
Decertification is the union's nuclear option: it essentially resets things to zero, meaning owners would again be bargaining with individual players for their services without the safety net of things like a salary cap. It would also make actions such as the lock-out or other "collusionary" activities by team owners are actionable in court via anti-trust lawsuits.
The NBA played the decertification card during their lock-out last year and ESPN's Larry Coon explained:
Decertification owes its power to the uneasy truce between labor laws and antitrust laws. The antitrust laws prevent employers from banding together to restrain competition. For example, if all the banks in a city agreed that they would not pay their tellers more than $30,000 per year, it would almost certainly be an illegal case of "price fixing." Likewise, if the banks laid off all their tellers and refused to rehire them unless they agreed to take a pay cut to $30,000, it would almost certainly be an illegal "group boycott." These types of agreements — which restrain competition — are addressed by the antitrust laws.
However, collective bargaining encourages the very type of behavior that the antitrust laws make illegal. To resolve this inherent conflict, there is something called the "non-statutory labor exemption," which shields collective bargaining agreements from attack under antitrust law. This protection extends even after the agreement expires — so long as a bargaining relationship continues to exist.
Here's the key to the whole process: This bargaining relationship continues to exist as long as the union is in place. If the players dissolve the union, the bargaining relationship dissolves with it. Without the bargaining relationship, the league is no longer shielded from antitrust laws.
Much of the economic structure of the NBA — such as the salary cap, maximum salaries, rookie-scale salaries and the luxury tax — could be challenged under the antitrust laws as a form of price fixing if there was no union. The lockout itself could be challenged as a group boycott.
Of course, the CBA affords players certain protections as well (rights in contract negotiations, a minimum standard salary, etc.), so why would players as a collective risk decertification and an erasing of the CBA?
It's all about Leverage
A couple of reasons: the first was discussed in Mirtle's piece above – modern players unions and collective bargaining agreements have been used by ownership to extract money and concessions from the players over the last decade or two. As Coon points out in his article, much of what is possible under "non-statutory labor exemption" is considered illegal when it's not practiced under the blanket of a CBA.
Second of all, and more importantly, it's become more and more clear over the last two labor disputes that the union doesn't have much in the way of leverage over the owners in these sorts of negotiations. The NHLPA's membership is made of some 700+ different individuals, many with rather disparate incentives and priorities. For example, Roman Hamrlik's very public annoyance regarding the CBA negotiations is an altogether rational reaction from Hamrlik's point of view. The 38 year old defender is on the last season of a contract that pays him $3.5 million. He risks losing all of that money – as well as final chance to win something meaningful – if 2012/13 is wiped out by CBA negotiations. In addition, most of the contentious issues being fought over right now, including contract length limits, five year "make whole" agreements and limiting front-loaded contracts aren't really relevant to him.
That's true for other portions of the union's constituency as well. Tim Jackman, for example, re-signed in Calgary last year for two seasons at $613k per. Losing one of those years to a lock-out is almost certainly more damaging to his current and future financial position than any of the things his union reps are currently bickering about with the league. Like Jackman, there is a whole underclass of third and fourth line type NHLers who have a very limited career window during which they can establish themselves and make a few dollars before fading into obscurity (and for whom many of the key bargaining rights that are of issue right now don't really matter).
In contrast, the cadre of team owners is smaller, more cohesive in their aims, drastically richer than the players, and, to a man, have a more diversified financial portfolio. They're in it for the long haul. The owners are also obviously aware that a majority of players are much more exposed and therefore face greater pressure from a losing a season.
Which is why modern collective bargaining and CBA's always seem to result in this sort of brinkmanship, with the threat of a lost year acting as a cudgel the owners wield to extract more concessions and dollars from the union. The NHLPA can delay things and play the PR game, but eventually they must capitulate to one degree or another because, ultimately, the players need the games more than the owners do.
So the leverage mostly resides with management. Decertification becomes a weapon in the PA's arsenal, albeit one which would be deployed only with the greatest of reluctance since predicting the "brave new world" after the erasure of a CBA would be, uh, challenging.
It's probable a decertification move would be a bluff anyways, but at this point the PA doesn't have much else up its sleeve. The closer the reality of another lost season becomes, the more pressure the union will feel to get a deal done and therefore the more leverage the league has to extract concessions…
Throughout these negotiations, the players had little real leverage. The window in which professional athletes can earn their millions is short. Bodies are aging during every missed game, every missed paycheck. The players did seem to pick up a bit of leverage, however, after they decertified as a union on Nov. 15, and filed anti-trust lawsuits against the league that could have cost the NBA $6 billion in damages. The NBA would never publicly admit this union tactic scared them. But we know that before the suit, NBA commissioner David Stern was insisting that if the players did not take the 50-50 revenue-split offer on the table, it would never return, and that the owners would not be willing to accept more 47% of basketball-related income going to the players. In the end, the players received more than 47%.
So if you're an NBA player, you have to be asking yourself: what took us so long to decertify?
That's from Time's November 28, 2011 article on the NBA's agreement that came together less than two weeks after the union opted to decertify. Something similar happened during the NFL's recent labor strife.
There's no guarantee the same thing would happen in the NHL's case, but the union has so few arrows in their quiver it only makes sense for the players to consider it.


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As Chuck handed out various confections, he described the iterative process in which he distilled each chocolate's recipe through a process of trial-and-error; as befitting a man with an obsessive love of fine food, he also shared the history of high-end confections and some of the common misconceptions the general public has about the manufacture of chocolate to an audience of about 20 press/reporters.
And, of course - candy ... the entire store smelled of the cocoa powder and freshly-milled chocolate from the day's batches, fruits of Chuck's lifelong dedication to his delicious craft. Unlike conventional 'premium' chocolatiers like Godiva (which salts its products with preservatives to enhance shelf life), Charles Chocolates' 100% organic creations have a shelf life measured in weeks, not months and when asked by a reporter "so how should chocolate be stored?" Chuck offered a flip but frank response: "Don't!"
So now that I've polished off about 1000 calories of doublessly high-fat food, I must hit the treadmill before going to the office.
This evening, I'll be taking a business partner to watch Daniel Puder beat the holy hell out of some dude at the HP Pavilion.
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Ross has a great response to the predictable critique of Grand New Party from what you might call the conservative mass media.
Look, Rush has a serious and principled point: Maybe conservatives shouldn't try to reform the welfare state; maybe the lesson of the Bush years is that you just can't achieve conservative ends within the framework that FDR and company built; maybe Reihan and I are just government-loving quislings. But like Daniel Larison, it seems to me that if Rush really believes this, he shouldn't be wasting his time with the modern Reagan-Gingrich-Bush GOP at all – it's just a pack of quislings from start to finish. There's only one contemporary politician who would pass Limbaugh's stringent purity test, and his name is Ronald Paul.
My only quibble is that I don't think Limbaugh's is a principled point. Not that I think Limbaugh is dissembling or the like. I just think that the small government trope in the hands of people like Limbaugh has almost nothing to do with principles of governing and everything to do with politics, which is to say, rhetoric. None of us, Limbaugh included, lives in a world in which small government is ever gonna happen. It just isn't. Our government is either going to stay the same size, shrink by tiny degrees under concerted effort, or grow at varying speeds. So what does it mean to lash people for violating the principles of small government in such a world? It means setting yourself apart, preserving the space in which your ritualized anger makes some minimal sense, and it means stoking the utopian crankiness of a certain sort of devoted listener. But it makes minimal sense at best, because if Limbaugh were really principled about all this, as Ross suggests, he would go with Larison, go with Paul.
This is one of the huge problems of conservatism that GNP is such a welcome response to – the nominal small government philosophy of a party that has shown almost no small government inclinations while in power. Indeed, the small government trope is typically rendered within a high-stakes partisan game, in which crushing one's opponents tends to justify all kinds of big government deviationism. Bushian big government conservatism, along with his manifest foreign policy follies, didn't become toxic to the Limbaugh base until late 2006, when it stopped working its electoral magic.


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Friday, April 18, 2014
Impressions #3: Final Fantasy X HD
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Glad to hear that you're enjoying X/X-2 HD, Cloud. I agree with the overall improvement of the international version and X's story manage to pace itself surprising well from start to finish (this is even more noticeable when you're just coming from XII and the XIII trilogy) which is rather pleasant. I often hear the linearity comparison with XIII and while X is very linear, it is never felt suffocating as XIII. However, there are some decisions the are quite... questionable when regarding to the endgame. One is that the Dark Aeons can block access to some essentials item such as the Sun Sigil for Tidus' Ulrimate Weapon and Auron's Final Overdrive. I think Square was aware of this flaw as well considering they made it so that you can cheese the DarkAeons really easily with Yojimbo so it's kinda baffling when they choose to to place them that way. They could have put the extra fights on a brand new area without affecting your current progress.
Sadly, X's biggest flaw is still present in the HD version: It's endgame reallly, REALLY sucks. Whether it's to reach 0 secs on that broken Chocobo catcher race or the tedium of dodging 200 Lightning bolt, X's endgame have kill my enthusiasm for the game. I can't imagine myself going through 60 hours of grinding to get prepare for the Dark Aeons 'legitimately' again.
- April 18, 2014 at 12:20 PM
- newdarkcloud said...
I'm gonna be honest, I'm not even going to bother with the legendary weapons. As you've correctly surmised, they are a waste of time. I've never gotten them all and I likely never will.
- April 18, 2014 at 12:29 PM
You're much smarter than I am. I only went all in because I forgot how tedious it was (I last played X like 7 years ago). 'How bad can it be...? Right?'
Overall though, I enjoy X/X-2 on my vita and hopefully Square will do a HD remake for 12's Zodiac Job System too :)
- April 18, 2014 at 12:37 PM
- newdarkcloud said...
Since all the remakes they've done so far are so well received, they likely will.
- April 18, 2014 at 12:42 PM


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Hull defeated Premier League rivals Sunderland 3-0 in their quarter-final tie at the KC Stadium to set up a meeting with third-tier United, who had earlier overcome Charlton Athletic 2-0 to reach the last four.
Arsenal, meanwhile, will face City in the semi-finals if Manuel Pellegrini's side can overcome Wigan Athletic later on Sunday, when they will be seeking to avenge their shock defeat in last season's final.
Hull squandered an opportunity to take the lead in the first half against Sunderland when Sone Aluko saw a penalty saved by Oscar Ustari, but Steve Bruce's side ran away with the game in the second period.
Curtis Davies broke the deadlock with a 68th-minute header and David Meyler made it 2-0 four minutes later, celebrating by headbutting the corner flag in a reference to his clash with Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew last weekend.
A blind back-pass by Lee Cattermole enabled Matty Fryatt to add a third in the 77th minute, further blackening Sunderland's mood following their 3-1 loss to City in last weekend's League Cup final.
The final whistle sparked a pitch invasion, with Hull's jubilant supporters pouring onto the playing surface to celebrate their team reaching the last four for the first time since 1930.
"I've just seen the draw and it's a great one," said Hull manager Bruce, who twice won the trophy as a player with Manchester United.
"Sheffield United have had a wonderful run and beaten every team put in front of them.
"But you have got to be honest -- you want to avoid the big boys and I'm sure Sheffield United will be thinking the same having drawn us."
Sheffield United continued their remarkable journey in the FA Cup by upsetting second-tier Charlton at Bramall Lane.
Managed by Nigel Clough, son of legendary former Nottingham Forest manager Brian, the Blades became the first team from the third tier to reach the last four since Wycombe Wanderers in 2001.
"I'm just delighted for everybody that we're going to Wembley, especially the players," Clough, whose late father never won the tournament, told BT Sport.
"To win nine games on the spin, they deserve an immense amount of credit
We hope to play a lot more big games like this in the future."
Having previously accounted for Premier League sides Fulham and Aston Villa, as well as second-tier Forest, the Blades prevailed thanks to quick-fire goals from Ryan Flynn and John Brayford mid-way through the second half.
Charlton winger Callum Harriott had just poked the ball wide of an open goal from a Marcus Tudgay cross when Flynn put the hosts in front in the 65th minute.
Former Everton trainee Jose Baxter swept an inviting cross into the penalty area from wide on the left and Flynn stole in at the back post to prod the ball home with the studs of his right boot.
Brayford's deflected shot made it 2-0 to the League One club just two minutes later, leaving United's fans to savour the prospect of a semi-final date with Hull next month.
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text: Kickass 2 KICKASS 2. Starring Aaron Taylor Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chris Platz, Jim Carrey, Morris Chestnut. Directed by Jeff Medlow. 109 minutes. Rated MA 15+ (Strong violence, coarse language and sexual references). There is no doubt that Kickass 2 lives up to its title. This reviewier was not a fan of the original Kickass, a blend of realistic violence with comic book violence, Nicholas Cage as a comic strip avenger, Mark Strong as a comic strip villain, Chloe grace Moritz as a little girl action heroine, Hit-Girl, with a violent streak and a bad mouth. Obviously, the film was popular, and did well in the box office, a sign that the film should become the beginning of a franchise. And now the sequel. This reviewer is not a fan of the sequel either. With Nicholas Cage and Mark Strong gone from the film, though we see their photos in their children's homes, the film relies on Aaron Johnson Taylor as David, the bespectacled and mild-mannered young student who transforms himself into the heroic figure, Kickass, going out on the streets to defend the defenceless. However, Mindy (Chloe Grace Moretz) now aged 15, is confined to the care of her father's friend, Markus (Morris Chestnut), who insists she stay in school and not participate in any action. This gives her the opportunity to have some scenes straight out of a Mean Girls kind of film where she excels at her dance routine, imagining herself as Hit-Girl battling with her opponents, but then exercising a mean vengeance on the snobby girls with their loss of control of bodily functions. Mark Strong's son, Christopher Mintz Plasse, inherits all his father's ill-gotten money, decides that he will be a villain incarnate, with a generally unprintable title, and decides to go after David to avenge his father. He gathers round him a truly oddball group, especially a gigantic wrestler woman called Mother Russia. In the meantime, a born-again Christian, anti-swearing and anti-profanity captain gathers together the avengers. They go into action but soon he is disposed of. Waiting for Jim Carrey to appear, it dawns on us that he has already appeared as the captain but was, more or less, unrecognisable as the Jim Carrey of the past. In comments after the making of the film, Carrey has made some statements highly critical of the violence. He is not wrong. The film veers into different moods every couple of minutes. At one stage it is realistic. At another, soon after, it is highly stylized. It goes into high school movie mode. It goes into domestic drama. It goes into fighting fantasy. But all the time it returns to confrontation and comic-book violence and killings while several times mentioning that this is not a comic-book but is real life. Well, not exactly. Fr Peter Malone MSC is an associate of the Australian Catholic Office for Film & Broadcasting. Universal. Out 22 August 2013.


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