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Conquering the Invaders
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"…in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." Romans 8:37
Conquering the Invaders
We didn't see it coming. One day the lake appeared clear and bright as it sparkled in the sunshine; the next it exploded with an overgrowth of non-native aquatic plants called Eurasian water milfoil and curly-leaf pondweed. Huge and unsightly, tight-knit mats invaded the top of the water as these varieties crowded out pre-existing, native aquatic plants. Boat propellers stalled. Fish sought refuge in other parts of the lake. The natural beauty of rippling waves disappeared.
Even worse, these tenacious invaders continued to multiply like wildfire. Each morning the evidence of infestation magnified. Our state environmental agency said nothing could be done immediately; the appropriate processes and legislation required that we wait a year for them to launch a full-scale attack. Some of our neighbors purchased various herbicides and began randomly applying them. Others joined us in hiring a professional weed patrol company, knowing that even its best efforts would only temporarily knock down the growth.
Meanwhile, my husband and I gritted our teeth. We seemed trapped in a waiting game requiring tolerance and patience, and yet we simply wanted the weeds to disappear. Every day the milfoil and pondweed in front of our house spread, choking out native plants that previously thrived in ecological harmony for decades and possibly even centuries. We watched, helpless, as these foreigners fought to take over our beautiful lake.
The applied metaphor seems powerful. In my own life, certain strongholds or "weeds" invade my soul. These uninvited visitors - like impatience, fear, gluttony - grow privately beneath the surface of my life by leaps and bounds, crippling my heart. Eventually they finally rise to the surface, displaying the ugly evidence of overgrowth for others to see. When mature and in full bloom, they isolate me, scar my physical and emotional health, and taint my witness for Christ.
Sometimes I find ways to temporarily pinch back those weeds and stunt their growth with my own measures – my own philosophies or self-imposed rules. But unfortunately, they usually only grow back stronger than before.
The appropriate state agencies will study water samples and take into consideration the ecological impact of fighting these unwelcome, foreign weeds. They are prepared to make decisions in the best interest of the lake, and to implement actions that will bring about lasting results. Likewise, my heavenly Father is the One who samples my heart and knows how to best confront rebellious invasions that threaten to overtake it. He alone is able to conquer strongholds and restore me to the person He intended me to be – victorious and fulfilled in Him.
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Lucy is about one woman's journey to the border of reality. It's about what she does when she gets there. And what she finds there.
The movie starts out in Taipei, Taiwan. A rare location for Western directors. Taipei is a visual treat. Once the world's tallest building, Taiwan's iconic 101 floor mega-skyscraper, Taipei 101, makes its obligatory appearance.
In Taiwan we encounter a vicious form of drug trafficking by a Taiwanese-Korean gang. The gang switches between Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and perhaps Taiwanese. Some think that the Asian Triad gangster stereotype is reinforced. On that point I can't argue, since none of the Asian characters hold positive roles. They all either abuse Lucy, or are abused by Lucy.
Lucy contains enough art-house montage scenes and intellectualisms to please independent film buffs, while having enough violence and special effects to please thrill-seeking mainstream audiences. The violence might make some balk at seeing this film, but it surrounds an engaging thematic setting. It is a brutal film, but it's a film that doesn't lack intelligence.
Scarlett Johansson plays Lucy, a woman losing her mind, by what confronts her as she gains use over more of her mind. She plays a woman in mental and material evolution. She does well in the role, and holds her own in the presence of Morgan Freeman.
Lucy scores through its intimate exploration of a woman awakening to the deeper realities of nature, matter, and time. The road it takes, one of the crime underworld, is just the vehicle chosen for what expands into a storm of mind-bending theories on life.


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Amanda Knox's alleged accomplice wants retrial
PERUGIA, Italy - A lawyer for the sole man now convicted for the stabbing death of Amanda Knox's British roommate said Tuesday he will seek a retrial.
No other suspects have ever been named in the brutal slaying of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher besides Ivory Coast native Rudy Hermann Guede. However, the court at his trial concluded he did not act alone.
Special Section: The Appeals Trial of Amanda Knox
Now free, Amanda Knox flies back to U.S.
Kerchers "back at square one" after Knox verdict
Prosecutors had maintained that Knox, her co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito and Guede killed Kercher during a lurid, drug-fueled sex game. But the prosecution's case was blown apart by a DNA review ordered during the appeals trial that discredited crucial genetic evidence, leading to the release of Knox and Sollecito.
Guede lawyer Valter Biscotti told The Associated Press on Tuesday he would seek a revision of the trial for his client. He refused any further comment on the verdicts.
Guede was convicted in a separate fast-track procedure from Knox and Sollecito and saw his sentence cut to 16 years in his final appeal. He says he is innocent, though he admits being in the house the night of the murder. Taking the stand during the appeals trial, he said he believes Knox and Sollecito are guilty.
Italian prosecutors vow appeal of Knox verdict
Amanda Knox friend: She feels like she's flying
Will Amanda Knox cash in on her Italian ordeal?
One of the biggest questions left unanswered in the case centers on Guede, a small-time drug dealer and drifter who spent most of his life in Italy after arriving in the country from Ivory Coast. Guede used to play basketball near the crime scene and was a passing acquaintance of Knox. Sollecito says he did not know him.
The courts that convicted him say Guede took part in the sexual assault that led to Kercher's stabbing death, leaving traces of DNA on the victim and at the crime scene.
Defense lawyers for Knox and Sollecito maintain that Guede was the sole killer, while prosecutors say that bruises and a lack of defensive wounds on Kercher's body prove that there was more than one aggressor holding her into submission. However, they could never quite explain how Knox and Sollecito, who had been dating for less than a week, would be involved in an extreme sexual scenario with somebody only one of them barely knew.
Italy's highest criminal court, in upholding his conviction, said Guede had not acted alone. However, the court's ruling does not name Knox and Sollecito as Guede's accomplices, saying it was not up to the court to determine that.
But the Kercher family was perplexed, saying, in the words of Lyle Kercher, the victim's brother, that the verdicts "obviously raises further questions in as much as there is a third defendant, Rudy Guede, who is convict... As far as I understand, the courts agree he wasn't acting alone."
The case captivated Italy and is likely to remain one of several unsolved judicial mysteries in the country.


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On Friday, September 30, Bill Hanigan of the Davis Brown Law Firm filed a new brief with the Polk County District Court. The brief is part of the ongoing lawsuit that asks if a private company, which provides no service to Iowans, may use the state's power of eminent domain to seize land from Iowa citizens for the pipeline's private use.
In August, Mr. Hanigan filed a motion with the court to temporarily prevent construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline across the property of fourteen Iowa landowners while the lawsuit remained pending. The court denied the request and the pipeline was installed on all fourteen landowners' property against their will.
The brief filed yesterday is in preparation of oral arguments scheduled for December 15. It asks the court to revoke Dakota Access's use of eminent domain and to order Dakota Access to remove the pipeline from the property of the fourteen Iowa landowners.
"I don't understand how Dakota Access can seize my family's farm," said landowner and Davis Brown client, Cyndy Coppola, "Dakota Access is a private, out-of-state company and that's not right. Worse, we are fighting what I believe to be an unethical corporation transporting hazardous, fracked oil and getting no help from our own government."
Earlier this year, the Iowa Utilities Board ruled that Dakota Access may use the state's power of eminent domain and could proceed with its proposed oil pipeline.
Mr. Hanigan argues that the IUB misinterpreted Iowa law, specifically the 2006 law designed to protect Iowa farmland, and the United States Constitution. The landowners believe that Dakota Access is not a public utility and should not have the ability to use eminent domain to forcibly access Iowa landowners' property to build a private pipeline.
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Subsidized agriculture in the developed world is one of the greatest obstacles to economic growth in the developing world. In 2002, industrialized countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) spent a total of $300 billion on crop price supports, production payments and other farm programs. These subsidies encourage overproduction. Markets are flooded with surplus crops that are sold below the cost of production, depressing world prices. Countries with unsubsidized goods are essentially shut out of world markets, devastating their local economies. Moreover, farm subsidies lead to environmental harm in rich and poor nations alike.
Prosperous countries give about $50 billion to $55 billion annually in foreign aid to underdeveloped nations. If developed nations reduced their subsidies and eliminated trade barriers – such as import tariffs protecting domestic producers from international competition – this aid would arguably be unnecessary and rural poverty might be significantly reduced.
Historically, agriculture has been a major pillar – if not the foundation – of developing economies because it provides food security, creates employment and generates local capital. For example, in 1790, nearly 90 percent of the U.S. workforce was employed in agriculture. By 1900, farmers dropped to 38 percent of the labor force, and today they account for less than 1 percent. Agriculture accounts for less than 1 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). Similar trends in other OECD countries indicate that the path to development begins with agriculture.
Hindering Third World Growth. Every dollar, yen or euro poured into the agriculture sectors of rich nations makes developing countries' farm sectors that much less competitive. The "dumping" of agricultural commodities at prices lower than the cost of production is devastating to developing countries, since most depend almost entirely on only one or a few products. Every year, farm subsidies cost developing countries about $24 billion in lost agricultural income. Cotton is an excellent example:
- World cotton prices have fallen by half since the mid-1990s and, adjusted for inflation, are now lower than at any time since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
- Despite the plunge in prices, cotton production in the United States grew 42 percent between 1998 and 2001.
Due to subsidies, American cotton farmers receive up to 73 percent more than the world market price for their crop. To compensate for falling prices, U.S. cotton subsidies have doubled since 1992, and in 2001-2002 America's 25,000 cotton farmers received a $230 subsidy for every acre of cotton planted – a total of $3.9 billion. By comparison, wheat and maize subsidies amount to $40 to $50 per acre.
Cotton Subsidies Harm Africa. American cotton subsidies cost sub-Saharan Africa $302 million in 2001-2002 alone, according to Oxfam International, an antipoverty organization.
Specifically, West Africa's Burkina Faso lost 1 percent of its GDP, and export earnings declined 12 percent due to competition from subsidized U.S. cotton. In Burkina Faso, 85 percent of the population (more than two million people) depends on cotton production and over half the population lives in poverty. The cost to produce a pound of cotton is one-third the cost in the United States, but farmers there cannot compete in world markets against American cotton. There are similar problems in other countries that also rely heavily on cotton. In 2001-2002, Mali 's GDP fell 1.7 percent and export earnings dropped 8 percent; and Benin lost 1.4 percent of its GDP and 9 percent of export earnings.
Subsidies have devastated Central and West Africa, where more than 10 million people depend directly on cotton production. Millions more are indirectly affected because cotton is also the major source of foreign exchange and government revenue. The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) estimates that ending U.S. cotton subsidies would raise world prices by 26 percent, or 11 cents per pound. The results for African countries dependent on cotton exports would be substantial:
- Burkina Faso would gain $28 million in export revenues;
- Benin would gain $33 million in export revenues;
- Mali would gain $43 million in export revenues. [See the figure.]
These additional revenues would help stabilize developing economies, fuel development, reduce dependence on foreign aid and significantly improve the lives of millions of people.
Environmental Impacts of Subsidies on Rich Countries. According to the World Trade Organization, "higher subsidies, such as provided for in the 2002 U.S. Farm Bill, lead to an intensification of agricultural production in OECD countries which can generally be considered detrimental to the environment in terms of exposure to pesticides and fertilizers, habitat destruction and land degradation…."
Indeed, in order to produce more, farmers convert wetlands to agriculture, intensively use fertilizers and pesticides, and divert water from rivers and streams. For example:
- Roughly half of U.S. wetlands lost from 1986 to 1997 – more than 300,000 acres – were converted to agricultural use.
- Fertilizer and pesticide runoff from farmlands contribute to destructive algal blooms and the 7,000-square-mile dead zone that appears every summer in the Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas.
- Subsidized water diversion for irrigation in California has contributed to a 60 percent to 80 percent decline in fish populations in the Trinity River and record low numbers for many species in the San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem.
Indirect Impact of Farm Subsidies on Poor Countries."Wealthier is healthier" is a catch phrase in development and environmental economics. Health improvement is directly related to rising incomes, and research also shows that once incomes and economic development reach a certain level, countries devote increasingly larger portions of their resources to environmental protection. Policies that prevent the Third World from accessing markets limit poor nations' ability to improve the environment.
Many human-health and environmental problems might be remedied with proceeds from growth in the agricultural sector. For instance, developing countries would have more funds to provide safe water sources; every year, 2.5 million people perish from dysentery and other intestinal diseases due to lack of clean drinking water.
Countries could also afford better medical care and access to tools to fight diseases. For example, more than 2 million people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, die from malaria each year due to lack of access to effective pesticides like DDT and the high costs of effective malaria treatments. In Uganda alone, malaria kills about 400 people per day.
Additional revenues from agriculture would also allow poor countries to invest in the infrastructure necessary to deliver electricity and natural gas to rural areas. Millions of Africans die each year from cardiovascular diseases caused in part by poor indoor air quality, often a direct result of burning dung and wood for cooking fires and heat. Acute lower respiratory infections claim 4.5 million lives per year, mostly in the Third World.
In addition, wildlife populations in developing countries are devastated as an indirect result of agricultural subsidies. At current prices, poaching often provides more revenue than farming and wildlife is frequently seen as competition for land and a threat to crops. Furthermore, farmers are often unable to afford fertilizers and pesticides that increase the available yield from a given amount of land – thus they must use more and more land just for subsistence agriculture.
Conclusion. Farm subsidies eat up federal revenue and make little, if any, economic sense. They also hold back progress in developing countries and result in severe environmental damage. Ending subsidies would benefit the federal budget, third-world farmers and the environment. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that eliminating various agriculture subsidies in rich countries would raise global welfare $100 billion.
Max Borders is an adjunct scholar and H. Sterling Burnett is a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis.


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6 positive reinforcement examples to try with your kids
Positive reinforcement — using praise or rewards to shape your child's behavior — means "focusing on the 'good' things your children are doing or certain behaviors that you like and that you want to see more of," explains Melanie Rudnick, a New York City-based parenting expert and conscious parenting coach. As these positive reinforcement examples will show, and as Dr. Nadja Reilly, a clinical psychologist and the associate director of the Freedman Center for Child and Family Development, explains, it can also be a great tool for communicating to your child the actions or values that you feel are important.
Here are some easy examples of how you can use positive reinforcement at home to shape your child's behavior.
1. You're working hard putting away toys!
Encourage your child to clean up when she is done playing by offering praise right when it happens. "Rewards need to occur as close to the action as possible to have the greatest impact, " explains Dr. Richard Horowitz, a parenting coach and author of "Family Centered Parenting." As you see her start to pick up her toys, offer verbal praise for her starting the effort by saying something like "I like how hard you are working to put your toys away."
2. Good effort eating your dinner — one bite at a time!
If mealtimes are a battle, reinforce your child taking a bite of food even if he doesn't eat the entire thing. It can be tempting to bribe your child with dessert for eating dinner, but this can be a slippery slope. Rudnick suggests emphasizing the times when your child really makes an effort to eat.
3. Praise steps leading up to the desired behavior
Instead of nagging your child 20 times to brush her teeth, Dr. Reilly suggests reinforcing the steps leading up to the teeth brushing. "You don't want to reinforce after the struggle, because then you are reinforcing the struggle itself," she says. "You want to start noticing and being appreciative of the steps leading up to the teeth brushing so that the whole process is easier."
For example, if you explain that it's time for your child to brush her teeth and she starts moving toward the bathroom, you can verbally praise her for starting the process.
4. Great job starting!
When you see your child independently starting her homework, you can use verbal positive reinforcement as a way to encourage her to continue to do it, explains Dr. Reilly. Say something like "Great job taking your homework out and starting it all by yourself!" Saying, "You do a great job on your homework!" or "You are so smart!" is less effective. Focus on the process of doing the homework itself rather than on how your child does on the homework.
5. Value learning more than test scores
Similar to how you approach homework, when your child does well on a test you want to praise the effort. "Praising effort and what a child learned along the way is more important than saying 'You're so smart.' It instills in children that hard work is to be celebrated," explains Rudnick. Dr. Reilly adds that you don't want your child to feel like she only gets praise if she gets an A on her test.
You also want to be aware of telling your child "You're the best!" This could end up hurting your child's self-worth if he feels like he always has to be best, and anything short of that could end up making him feel bad.
6. Celebrate the effort
Sometimes kids can be timid about trying something new. To encourage them, praise your child's effort. "The reinforcement would be for the willingness to take a chance and trying something new," explains Dr. Reilly. Rather than saying, "You played so well!" you can say, "I know how scary it can be to do something new. I like how you tried this even though you were scared."
As these positive reinforcement examples show, you can encourage these behaviors through praising the process rather than the outcome, being specific in your reinforcement and offering it right when the situation occurs. Additionally, as Dr. Horowitz explains, positive reinforcement can be especially powerful when you "catch" your child doing something right. It takes some practice, but noticing your child's efforts and praising them can be hugely beneficial to your child and will strengthen your relationship.
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A four days tour to discover the main Christian sights of Armenia including those in the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
Day 1
We start from Yerevan at 09:00 a.m. and head to Armavir region to discover the UNESCO World Heritage Sites Cathedral and churches of Ejmiatsin and the archeological site of Zvartnots. First we stop at the Cathedral of Zvartnots (7th Century), one of the finest examples of Armenian architectural culture.
Then we head to Ejmiatsin (Vagharshapat) city and visit St. Hripsime church (7th Century) and Ejmiatsin Mother Cathedral (4th Century).
After having lunch we stop at St. Gayane (7th century) which is the only church in Armenia where nuns serve.
Our last stop of the day is in Anipemza village where we find the Yererouk Surb Karapet Temple inscribed in the tentative list of UNESCO and have overnight in Gyumri.
Day 2
In the morning we go on moving to Lori region. Enjoying the picturesque view of the way to Alaverdi city, we reach the monastery of Sanahin (10th century) inscribed in the list of UNESCO.
Our next stop is Haghpat monastery complex (10th century) which is again listed in the list of UNESCO.
After having lunch in Alaverdi we go on driving to Lake Sevan, "the blue treasure" of Armenia, visit Sevanavank monastery (9th century) and have overnight on the shore of the lake.
Day 3
After having breakfast in the hotel/guesthouse we continue our trip and reach Hayravank monastery (9th-12th centuries).
Afterwards we enjoy the road and landscape of Selim Pass and stop at the Caravanserai (14th century) to discover the medieval hotel on the Great Silk Road of Armenia.
We have lunch in Sisian, drive to the Wings of Tatev (the longest cable car in the world) and take a ride to one of the most beautiful sites in Armenia: Tatev monastery (10th century), inscribed in the tentative list of UNESCO.
The last stop of our day is the Armenian Stonehenge Karahunj or Zorats Karer dating from the 4th Millennium B.C. We stay in Sisian for overnight.
Day 4
In the morning we move back to Yeghegnadzor Region and visit Noravank monastery (13th century), again included in the tentative list of UNESCO. On the way to the monastery from the main road, we enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the Noravank Canyon and finally reach the monastery, surrounded by impressive red rocks.
Next we go to the local wine factory in Areni village to enjoy different kinds wine and have wine tasting with the welcoming staff of the factory.
After having lunch in Yerevan we head to the Kotayk region to discover the rock-carved monastery of Geghard(13th Century) listed in UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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As gays are legalized in America, numbers of guys in Hollywood has also opened up their relationship. Few of male celebrities also married with each other and now spend a happy life. In these couples a thing that has noticed is that they are not relay on single relation. Before and after married dating with some other partner revealed at media. Here we talks about Lance Bass New Boyfriend in 2016, although he married to husband Michael Turchin. Both are spending a happy life, every time when they caught in pleasant mode. But here a confusing factor is that why he goes from one relationship to another relationship. Few days back Andy Cohen had stated that he shared bed with Lance, he also add that it's was amazing to slept with this guy. Although with this he had gotten some bad publicity, but he shared his experience by creating this drama.
Is Lance Bass is Striaght Gay or Had Affair with any Lady:
No he is not a straight gay; in past he had date with a pretty lady named Danielle Fishel. Number of time this couple caught in romantic pose, they also rumored to married. Fishel also stated that she love him, but after one year of this relation they had decided to part away, when she cheated on him with another boy.
This is not Bass last relation, after this he continued to romance with more girls. At that time one had not assumed that he is GAY.
"Dating History as GAY"
- Bass had confirmed as Gay when he began darting with his first partner named Reichen Lehmkuhl. Although he reported it a solid relation but they parted away after few months in 2006.
- Right after this split up, he dated with Pedro Andrade, they commenced this relation only for couple of month.
- For one year started from 2007 and ended on 2008 he dated Ben Thigpen, professionally he is hairdresser.
Current Relationship Status and Husband:
He began dating Michael Turchin after last break up with a hairdresser. After multiple break ups he was bonding with this new partner. So they had decided to engaged and then married that is running happily to till 2016. He also stated that he had not ashamed with this decision because now he is happier than any other time in whole life.
Right now he is happy with this partner, so it's not looks that Lance Bass bond with new boyfriend. If they will break up then sure in next year he will date with new love. Then thing will clear that is he will date with a girl or again carry on as GAY.


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Milan et al (2017)
Milan, S. E., L. B. N. Clausen, J. C. Coxon, J. A. Carter, M.-T. Walach, K. Laundal, N. Østgaard, P. Tenfjord, J. Reistad, K. Snekvik, H. Korth, B. J. Anderson (2017), Overview of Solar Wind–Magnetosphere–Ionosphere–Atmosphere Coupling and the Generation of Magnetospheric Currents, Space Science Reviews 206(1), 547–573, doi:10.1007/s11214-017-0333-0″.
We review the morphology and dynamics of the electrical current systems of the terrestrial magnetosphere and ionosphere. Observations from the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment (AMPERE) over the three years 2010 to 2012 are employed to illustrate the variability of the field-aligned currents that couple the magnetosphere and ionosphere, on timescales from minutes to years, in response to the impact of solar wind disturbances on the magnetosphere and changes in the level of solar illumination of the polar ionospheres. The variability is discussed within the context of the occurrence of magnetic reconnection between the solar wind and terrestrial magnetic fields at the magnetopause, the transport of magnetic flux within the magnetosphere, and the onset of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail. The conditions under which the currents are expected to be weak, and hence minimally contaminate measurements of the internally-produced magnetic field of the Earth, are briefly outlined.


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Today's workplace is significantly changing due to many factors. The integration of high speed communication tools such as the internet, has forced organizations to adopt reconstructive and reengineering plans in order to ensure high speed productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, and flexibility within the internal environment, hence leading for the new concept of, dare I say, the "super manager"!
Organizations are focusing on building up cohesive teams, promoting team work management instead of individualism. Thus the "We" is replacing the "I". Control management is being replaced by participative management and empowerment. Employees are being viewed more as internal customers rather than as workforce. These are some factors that are crafting a new type of manager, Manager of the 21st Century. As our world is changing rapidly, organizations have started to view this shift in environment more as a necessity rather than an option.
As mentioned above, the "super manager" of the 21st century should rely heavily on effective human communication skills with employees, emphasize on the importance of group work, empower employees, train and develop skills, and the list goes on. The following table illustrates the evolution of managers in the 21st century.
|Past Managers
|Future Managers
|Primary Role
|Gives orders, privileged elite, manipulator, controller
|Facilitator, team member, teacher, advocate, sponsor, coach
|Learning and Knowledge
|Periodic learning, narrow, specialist
|Continuous life-long learning, generalist with multiple specialties
|Compensation Criteria
|Time, effort, rank
|Skills, result
|Cultural orientation
|Monocultural, monolingual
|Multicultural, multilingual
|Primary source of influence
|Formal authority
|Knowledge (technical and interpersonal)
|View of People
|Potential problem
|Primary resource
|Primary communication pattern
|Decision-making style
|Limited input for individual decisions
|Broad-based input for joint decisions
|Nature of interpersonal relationships
|Competitive (win-lose)
|Cooperative (win-win)
|Handling of power and key information
|Hoard and restrict access
|Share and broaden access
|Approach to change
Love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below about your view regarding this emerging super manager concept
Table Reference: Kreitner, R. and H. Kinicki: (2001). Organizational Behavior (5th ed.). New York: Irwin McGraw-Hill.
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"Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity" and this was proved right here in Secretariat when the people present there witnessed an unexpected and rare sight of two arc rivals Pradeep Maharathy & Yudhistir Samantray from Pipili, sitting together in the chamber which belongs to Maharathy, Minister of Panchayati Raj.
However the reason behind Samantray's friendly consultation with Maharathy is still known, but the people are stunned and still gushing about the unusual meeting of these two arc rivals who had been on a verge to satisfy themselves by sucking the blood out and playing a game of thrones by using explosives and the most barbarous way to eliminate the other. As they say, "Politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is", indicating towards their secret alliance in the near future to put a halter on the Lotusites in their constituency.
As Samantray is bold enough to announce the only existing parties in Pipili are that of Samantray's and Maharathy's and there is no opportunity for any other party to blossom there, what's the future hold for the Pipilians in the upcoming days would be another rare sight to witness.


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Trace the evolution of Italian Americans from the late 19th century to today, with Tony Bennett, David Chase, John Turturro, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Gay Talese and more in February's special series on Alaska Public Media, The Italian Americans. Once "outsiders" viewed with suspicion and mistrust, Italian Americans are today some of the most prominent leaders of U.S. business, politics and the arts. The series peels away myths and stereotypes to reveal a world uniquely Italian and uniquely American. Stanley Tucci narrates.
– La Famiglia (1890-1910) Learn what spurred Italian immigration to the U.S. and why those immigrants faced discrimination. Tuesday, Feb. 17. 8:00 p.m.
– Becoming Americans (1910-1930) Survey the various ways Italians adapted to American life in the early 20th century. Tuesday, Feb. 17. 9:00 p.m.
– Loyal Americans (1930-1945) A second generation of Italian Americans begins to enter the labor movement, politics, sports and entertainment. Tuesday, Feb. 24. 8:00 p.m.
– The American Dream (1945-present) In post-war America, Italian Americans enter the middle class. Italian-American crooners define American cool, but even as Frank Sinatra skyrockets to fame, he is haunted by accusations of Mafia ties. Tuesday, Feb. 24. 9:00 p.m.
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President of South Korea Moon Jae-in arrives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for state visit
President of South Korea Moon Jae-in(center) and First Lady Kim Jung-sook arrives at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 12, 2019. His first day in Malaysia started with an effort to build ties between the countries in Korean Wave (or Hallyu) and the Halal industry. Moon is on a two-day visit to Malaysia as part of an effort to strengthen ties between the two countries.
President of South Korea Moon Jae-in leaves K-Wave & Halal Show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 12, 2019. - Moon is on a two-day visit to Malaysia as part of an effort to strengthen ties between the two countries.
Malaysia's the 7th Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad During A Press Conference
The 7th Malaysian Prime Minister and opposition candidate Mahathir Mohamad (92,C) waves to the media during a press conference on May 10, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in on May 10 as the world's oldest elected leader after a stunning election win that swept Malaysia's establishment from power after more than six decades.
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France's far-right Front National (FN) party honorary president Jean-Marie Le Pen (L), flanked by his daughter, FN president Marine Le Pen (R) are give flowers in front of a statue of Joan of Arc during the party's annual celebrations of Joan of Arc in Paris. 1st May 2013
2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit
U.S. President Donald Trump's motorcade leaves the Istana presidential residence in Singapore, on Monday, June 11, 2018. Trump met Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the city-state's presidential palace for more than two hours Monday for discussions that were expected to include everything from summit preparations to the U.S.'s tariff threats.
Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un's motorcade departs the St. Regis Singapore hotel for flight back to North Korea on June 12, 2018.
Kim Jong Un exploring Singapore's Marina Bay on June 11, 2018
Tens of thousands of South Korea's Conservative and christian group try to march towards the Presidential palace(Cheong Wa Dae) during a protest against the government marking the 75th anniversary of the National Liberation Day on August 15, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. The protesters gather to demand President Moon Jae-in step down.
Former prime minister of Malaysia Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
Former prime minister of Malaysia Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad turned up at the Anti Goods and Services Tax (GST) rally after 5pm. Kuala Lumpur, April 02 2016
Malaysia's the 7th Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad
The 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia , Mahathir Mohamad, shows endorsed a letter during a press conference on May 10, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mahathir Mohamad says he expects to be sworn in as a prime minister today.
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak delivers a speech to the crowd during KL International Youth Discourse 2017 at the PWPC(Putra World Trade Center) on December 03, 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Malaysia's former Prime Minister, Najib Razak speaks at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Putrajaya
Malaysia's former Prime Minister, Najib Razak speaks to press at in front of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on May 24, 2018 in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Najib called to give statement about 1MDB(1Malaysia Development Berhad) and SRC International scandals that involved a multi-billion-dollar corruption.
Anwar Ibrahim has been released from custody in Kuala Lumpur
Opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim(C, 70), who heads the People's Justice Party (PKR), has been released from custody today at 11:30 AM in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 16, 2018.
Opposition party supporters cheer after Mahathir Mohamad claims the opposition party wins the 14th General Election on May 09, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim(C, 70), who heads the People's Justice Party (PKR), arrives at his home after his custody in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 16, 2018.
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Najib Tun Razak(C), Prime Minister of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, 2017
Defense Service Asia Exhibition 2018 in Kuala Lumpur
Tengku Amir Shah(27, C), the current Crown Prince of the Malaysian state of Selangor is poses for a group picture during the 16th Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2018 exhibition at MITEC(Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Center) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 18, 2018.
The DSA 2018 (Defense Service Asia Exhibition) is the top 5 defense shows in the world. 1,500 companies from 60 nations and about 42,000 trade visitors from around the world participated in the exhibition. The DSA 2018 will be held until April 19.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife Rosmah Mansor
Palestinian scholar killed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hundreds of people carried out the Palestinian lecture Fadi al-Batsh(35)'s coffin from the Surau Medan Idaman mosque in Gombak, Kuala Lumpur on April 25, 2018. Fadi al-Batsh's body will be sent to Cairo, Capital of Egypt first then moves to Gaza today. A Palestinian scholar and a lecture of Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute , Fadi al-Batsh(35) has been shot dead on April 21, Saturday by two assailants in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Fadi al-Batsh is Palestinian academic and member of Hamas.
The Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan in Malaysia
Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito(C) pictured during his visit in Malaysia at University of Malay in Kuala Lumpur on April 14, 2017. Naruhito is on a five-day visit to Malaysia.
Former prime minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad(center) during the Kongress Rakyat 2016 forum organised by the Save Malaysia movement at Shah Alam Convention Center. Shah Alam, Malaysia. March 27, 2016.
North Korea's ambassador to Malaysia, Kang Chol
North Korea's ambassador to Malaysia, Kang Chol addresses the media on February 20, 2017 at the Embassy of North Korea in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi of Thailand poses for a picture as she attends The 2013 Cannes Film Festival at The Majestic Barriere, Cannes, France.
North Korean Leader's Half-Brother Kim Jong-nam Killed In Malaysia
A Malaysian police officer guards the entrance to the IPD Sepang Police Station where the North Korean suspect Ri Jong Chol(이정철) been detained on March 03, 2017.
According to local press, China Press said that according to sources, Mr. Ri was not seen on CCTV footage at the airport, and the two female suspects said, after they were arrested, that they did not know him.
Press pictured outside of North Korean Embassy on February 23, 2017 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Malaysian police escort Ri Jong Chol who suspect of Kim Jong-nam's murder case.
Malaysian police escort Ri Jong Chol to KLIA airport in order to send him back his home country at IPD Sepang Police Station on March 03, 2017.


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The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is a mandatory scheme developed by the UK Government to encourage large, non-intensive energy users to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. The aim is to cut carbon emissions by 1.2 million tonnes by 2020 to help the UK meet its Kyoto Protocol reduction targets.
The scheme was originally intended to provide financial incentives for organisations to cut energy usage & provide reputational benefits. However, now this has evolved into a "revenue generation" model - typically increasing overall energy costs by 10-12%.
Who is Targeted?
CRC applies to organisations with annual electricity consumption via half-hourly meters in excess of 6,000,000kwh. Those organisations with an annual electricity expenditure of £500,000 per more should therefore take particular care to determine their qualification status – the penalties for failing to register or report in appropriate detail are very punitive.
Organisations with emissions already subject to EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) or Climate Change Agreements (CCL) may still be required to comply with CRC dependant on their degree of participation in these other schemes.
What is involved?
Each subsequent year ending 31st March will require the submission of an Annual Report – submitted electronically to the Environmental Agency (the UK department tasked with ensuring compliance).
Evidence Packs need to be maintained as a strict requirement of all CRC participants and ALL participants are expected to be audited within each discrete phase.
Phase 1 covered the reporting period up to 31st March 2014.
Phase 2, continues from 1st April 2014 to 31st March 2019. This required a re-registration by 31st January 2014 for Participants. Importantly, this provided an opportunity for organisations to exit this reporting regime if their circumstances have changed – an approach a number of Informed clients took advantage of through our careful guidance.
The "Information Category" ceased to exist for non-participants in Phase 2. However, those near the qualification thresh-hold would be well advised to keep suitable evidence in place should their qualification status ever be challenged in the future.
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Yesterday was an eventful day. It was a holiday, but I still had to work. Yuck! :) The phones were pretty quiet so I got a lot of work knocked out. When I got home, Eric called to let me know he was running 30 minutes late getting off work. He picked up dinner on his way home, while Bella & I played and watched Barney. She was a sweetheart all night and helped me make cinnamon rolls for work. (We're having a Fat Tuesday breakfast feast at work, so everyone made something to bring) After dinner, we all relaxed, got ready for bed, and watched some of the Olympics mixed with A&M basketball.
I also found out the Crawl for Cancer here in Austin is August 28th, so I sent text messages to everyone who was in it the last 2 years to let them know we're making a team. I told everyone first come first to get on the team, and had our entire team filled within 3 minutes of sending the text! Crazy! So we have our team ready to go, now we just have to wait 6 more months for the crawl!
Since tomorrow is the start of Lent, I have decided to give up Cokes for Lent. I have been trying to do this for the past few weeks or so anyway, so knowing it's for Lent I know I will not be sneaking a coke in once in a blue moon! This Friday also starts the "no meat" Fridays during Lent as well. It's not really hard for me to keep to this, except for the fact that the fish restaurant near my work closed down and I have no where else to eat! I see many salads coming back my way soon!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Fat Tuesday!!
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Jaxon Van Derbeken
Updated 6:57 pm, Thursday, September 26, 2013
A 22-year-old gang member - who reportedly flashed gang signs at the victim's parents when he was convicted of murdering their 14-year-old son - has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison.
A jury had found Rony Aguilera guilty on July 3 in the gang-motivated sword attack and robbery on Ivan Miranda, a slaying he later boasted about during a secretly recorded conversation with a government informant.
During the trial, Aguilera twice flashed signs at the victim's family - once as he was being led from the courtroom after he was convicted - prosecutors said. His attorney, David Simerly, said his client simply was acknowledging the presence of a police officer.
Aguilera was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison by San Francisco Judge Harold Kahn.
The July 31, 2008, slaying threw a spotlight on the city's now-abandoned practice of giving juvenile felons sanctuary from possible deportation.
At the time of the slaying, Aguilera - then 17 and in the U.S. illegally from Honduras - had been shielded from being reported to immigration officers by San Francisco juvenile officials, despite his having been found responsible for a felony assault by a juvenile court judge.
The controversial sanctuary policy of automatically shielding juvenile offenders was abandoned in the face of public outrage, although the debate on whether to report felony offenders to immigration continues.
The sanctuary policy came under fire after Edwin Ramos, an alleged illegal immigrant from El Salvador who compiled a record of gang-related crimes as a juvenile, was charged with the slayings of a father and his two sons in their car in the Excelsior neighborhood. Ramos was ultimately convicted, while a second defendant he blamed for the shooting awaits trial.
Police believe that, like Ramos, Aguilera was a member of the MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) gang. Aguilera, known as "Guerrillero," carried out the slaying with another gang member, then-16-year-old Marlon Rivera. Rivera was convicted of murder, and sentenced to 35 years to life last week.
Ivan was stabbed on a street in the Excelsior neighborhood a few hours after the relative of an MS-13 member was wounded in a shooting. Gang members blamed the rival Norteño group, and several went looking for Norteños to attack, investigators said.
Ivan had no connection to the Norteños, police said, but the gang members attacked him anyway as he talked with two friends on a street corner.
The boy was stabbed with what police described as a Japanese-style sword and was robbed of the iPod he was returning to his friend. When he tried to run, two assailants chased him down and stabbed him through the neck, nearly decapitating him, police said.


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DALLAS, March 22 (UPI) -- Brendan Morrow and Brent Gilchrist scored in a 53-second span late in the third period as the Dallas Stars came back for a 4-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes, extending their unbeaten streak to six games.
The Stars hold the NHL record with 50 consecutive wins when leading after two periods, setting the mark with a 5-2 victory at Washington on March 12.
But in its last five games, Dallas has trailed after 40 minutes and still has earned a point in each, going 2
The Stars trailed for 58:46 until a backhander by Gilchrist tied it 3-3. Working along the right boards, Gilchrist's shot went off the skate of Coyotes defenseman Paul Mara for his second goal since joining Dallas on Feb. 13.
Dallas took its only lead when a one-timer by Morrow trickled past goaltender Sean Burke.
The Coyotes built a 3-1 lead on Daymond Langkow's 21st goal 3:04 into the third period. Langkow outhustled defenseman Sergei Zubov to the net and fired the puck just past the outstretched arms of goaltender Ed Belfour.
Dallas is tied with Phoenix for seventh place in the Western Conference. Both teams have 80 points, only three behind Los Angeles and Chicago for the fourth seed.


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Va. District Acts To Curb Use of Steroids
Following a local newspaper's finding that more than half the high-school football coaches in Northern Virginia say current or former players used steroids, Fairfax County, Va., school officials are increasing their efforts to curb the use of the muscle-building drugs.
Superintendent of Schools Robert R. Spillane has held a workshop on steriods for approximately 250 coaches, trainers, athletic directors, and school administrators. District officials also plan to provide materials about steriods for coaches to send to their players' homes.
Researchers have linked steriod use with kidney and liver malfunctions, cancer, and aggressive behavior.--ef
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Delphine Diallo is a New York City-based French/Senegalese visual artist and photographer.
Graduating from the Académie Charpentier School of Visual Art in Paris, she started working in the music industry as a video editor and graphic designer, yet, storytelling through portraiture seemed to be always calling her. Then, in 2008 she relocated to New York to pursue photography.
Her career was boosted with a being mentored by wildlife photographer Peter Beard, a chance encounter with comedian Chris Rock that lead to working with him on the Total Blackout Tour, and a collaboration with artist Shepard Fairey on his "We The People" poster project.
Delphine's work is defined by immersing herself in the study of anthropology, mythology, religion, science, and martial arts. We recently stopped by Delphine's Brooklyn studio to talk about her work.
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I have a running reaper file with mics and pre's etc. always comparing... I suppose the goal is based off laziness that a mic + <gear> can go straight to track without any work and be ready to sit in the mix without needing too much "makeup on the pig".
a nice bass guitar into a DI to Track concept. boom...simple..done.
SM7 and me... in to the Cloudlifter, the DAV BG1, DMP3, ART TPS, LA610...and the interface pre and interface pre+plug realtime preamps.
I don't know, the Cloudlifter is cheap and clean and so simple and cleans up the SM7 somehow.
The old DMP3 is a dual pre for cheap and sounds quiet and good and has no negatives imo though needs some polish later. imo.
the DAV BG1 sounds already polished and is 2 channels and a DI, used was somewhere $475-$500 which is 5x's the DMP3...but is apparently used on many pro recordings, which gives some form of scale to my comparisons.
The LA610 is a pre and comp and just all the right knobs and I/O and makes recording fun in some way, also a "pro" piece...that doesn't make me sound pro skilled by any means. The ART TPS is a dual unit that has the outboard function and zero latency with some fuzz/overdrive options and a preset comp thing...dual for about the price of the DMP3.
really the more I compare I hear a flange when recording the plugins realtime, but the flange is gone on playback..so it must be the whole loop when tracking and listening mill-sec delay, very small...but I can get OCD like that when its "test the gear vibe"...when making music probably not noticed.
best favorite...hmm?
the Cloudlifter is so simple and cheap and clears up the SM7. the DMP3 and ART TPS are dual and <$100 and really work.
the DAV Bg1 and LA610 have to go into the money-required group. using these a person doesn't wonder if its the gear or me that's the question. but for a HR dude are they really worth 10x's the DMP3?
last place for me is the ITB, on my system theres some clarity missing or something, maybe subtle but its just "empty or thin" in comparison.
If anything of all this muck of spending is I do prefer a outboard pre to the interface.
Now...if I was forced to pick one unit and go record an entire album in fantasy land, I'd take the DAV BG1.
Why? ..its got something of tone, sparkle, and clarity and is 2 channel with DI and the HPF and Phase and Pad and +48. It doesn't tempt me with EQ and compression up front, those can wait for mix time. Its damn simple to use.
Curious what anyone else has for their #1 favorite Tracking Preamp/s in the Rack?
That one.... that if you had to do an entire album with everything going through it.. this piece could work.


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Gary Indiana is not alone… Chicago South Works review of economic loss as a Case Study // & a Philadelphia rebirth case
The US Steel South Works economic story by Jacob Kaplan illustrates economic decay even when surrounded by great infrastructure like rail and roads and waterways.
A long Lake Michigan on the Southeast Side of Chicago lies a huge empty tract of land. Probably the largest vacant parcel of land in the city,.
It was formerly home to the U. S. Steel South Works. Almost 20,000 people were once employed where empty fields of concrete and rubble now sit. First opened in 1882 as the North Chicago Railway Mill Company, the placement of the steel mill at the mouth of the Calumet River at Lake Michigan made for easy transport of goods and raw materials.
The South Works began a long period of downsizing beginning in the 1970s. Finally, on April 10, 1992, the doors closed for good. The mill that once produced steel beams for most of Chicago's skyscrapers and jobs for thousands of area residents was now gone, and with it went the prosperity of South Chicago. Like in Gary, the neighborhood became more and more economically depressed.
See review at http://forgottenchicago.com/articles/south-works/
SUCESSFUL URBAN CORE INDUSTRY REINVENTION — a Philadelphia Case Study
Sunday, July 12, 2015 in Philadelphia Inquirer
Ten years after the Navy Yard's first new offices opened, plans to transform the site from a symbol of the city's lapsed industrial might into a vibrant new neighborhood are hitting their stride.
The roughly 12,000 workers at the yard now outnumber the 10,000 or so ship workers and others employed there when it closed as a military base in 1996. The yard is estimated to have generated $77 million in local and state taxes in 2012, when its managers conducted their last economic study.
Liberty Property Trust, the yard's main developer, recently broke ground on its 14th new office building at the site, designed by the architect behind Two World Trade Center, and expects to start two or three more offices this year.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/commercial/20150712_Navy_Yard_hits_10-year_mark_in_stride.html#HdmulBMvWjSuvPJz.99


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Finn the Human is going looking for his dad on Adventure Time, and apparently the half-hour episode is going to involve a lot of surreal characters, plus the return of Prismo, the wish-granting guy. And this promo, featuring Harry Chapin's "Cat's Cradle," will hit you right in the feels.
Adventure Time starts its sixth season on April 21, at which time we'll finally learn why Finn's dad is such a deadbeat.


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[Xbox Project Scorpio]
In the age where digital licenses are becoming more prevalent, the console generation is diminishing day by day. We are going to a future where daily innovation takes place, companies like Microsoft and Sony are leading us where your content is king, transferring between devices and scaling as appropriate. It is initially for shorter console cycle to take advantage of this amazing technology. It will reduce the gulf between current generation console and PC hardware for those who wants to spend cash.
So when Xbox came out in the open and let us know about its latest venture i.e. the new Xbox Scorpio with its 4K resolution. The boy was we excited!
Now Xbox here is taking the unusual step towards the gaming zone, as games on Scorpio will look better and nicer than ever before. They will make use of advanced anti-aliasing techniques, with high-quality lighting, shadows and resolution. In this, the scenery will look sharper, fast loading of textures, and density of foliage should be higher. Before we get into the jiggery-pokery of all that, let's clear out the main question:
What is Project Scorpio?
First, we had the rumors, and then the PS4 Pro was released, and in between, we had Microsoft's disclosure and release of the Xbox One S. It is souped up 4K-lite version of Xbox One. Moreover, the next year with Project Scorpio, Microsoft is bringing another console.
With Project, Scorpio Microsoft has taken a step further in its gaming hardware in these recent years. Devices like Hololens, surface Studio, and Xbox ones have taken it to the next level. Learn how to fix 0xc00007b Error while PC Gaming.
Microsoft says that it is the most powerful console ever. The current Xbox One has a peak throughput of only 1.3 teraflops with a 200 GB/s of memory bandwidth, making Scorpio possibly over 4.5 times stronger than the Xbox One. Microsoft claims that Scorpio will rock six teraflops of computational power and 320 GB/s of memory bandwidth, Microsoft is uncompromising 4K UHD resolution gaming with Project Scorpio.
It will share an operating system with the Xbox One, leveraging all the same features, including Cortana, UWP, background music support, and beyond. Microsoft is working on the dashboard even further and may bring changes into the snap mode, the Guide menu, even the dashboard UX itself.
Project Scorpio will give a boost to high virtual reality experiences. Probably, the "high-fidelity" part of this statement alludes to bigger games more befitting of Oculus Rift, HTC VIVE, seen on mobile devices. Microsoft is also producing a VR play with Scorpio, noting that the next Xbox will power high-fidelity VR gaming. It has to be seen whether the company will provide its VR headset or just defer to third-party headsets.
How does the Xbox project Scorpio works?
Once the game is installed on the Xbox console, it detects what hardware is present there and finds the right visual features and assets. Makers will have to enable those experiences, and many of them might not see it as a worthwhile effort to make. Patrick Bach from DICE and Todd Howard of Bethesda and Fallout 4 fame and Battlefield fame both featured in the Scorpio trailer, showing that at the very least, Fallout 4 and Battlefield 1 will get 4K versions on Project Scorpio. All the official games will receive the Scorpio treatment; Halo Wars 2, expect Gears 4, Forza, and more to look beautiful on Scorpio.
This Project Scorpio probably be much faster for running apps, multi-tasking, and navigating the dashboard in general although I am not sure that purchasing an entire console to gain the bit of speed is worthwhile or not.
So is my Xbox One now useless?
No, not really. Project Scorpio is and isn't the Xbox Two. Confusing, we know, but from the way Microsoft is expressing about Project Scorpio & its mid-generation refresh, Xbox Scorpio is an Xbox One with the updated version. Microsoft is also returning with the Xbox One Slim, everything from Xbox One, Xbox One Slim and Xbox Scorpio will be completely inter-compatible. It is not a new console launch, but more of a high-end option for those who want the best Xbox One experiences.
Price of Scorpio
Microsoft has always described this fantastic console as a "premium" product number of times. So this can be assumed that prices of this console will be high. As per estimation, the Xbox Scorpio will be priced at $399. Microsoft is probably b selling this console at a loss to make up from lost grounds of the Xbox One. Microsoft is trying to make Scorpio the standard for the game development. We will probably find out the price of Project Scorpio during June 2017.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded six Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants and one Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant targeting advances in solid-state lighting (SSL) technology. The SBIR/STTR program seeks to increase the participation of small businesses in federal R&D. To learn more about the DOE Office of Science SBIR program, visit https://science.energy.gov/sbir/.
Five projects awarded address LED and OLED SSL core technology research opportunities; one project award addresses SSL manufacturing innovations; and the last project integrates advanced controls technologies with SSL drivers.
The Phase I awards are briefly described below:
Recipient: TDA Research Inc.
Title: Self-Assembled Rare Earth Doped Nanostructured Metal Aluminate Phosphors
Summary: For blue- and UV-emitting LEDs, white light emission depends on advances in new, more efficient phosphors that can be tuned to provide a broad range of white light and a high color rendering index. This project will develop a new synthetic approach for producing highly tunable, self-assembled nanostructured aluminate phosphors. This enabling technology will allow the phosphors to easily dope a wide range of metal aluminate hosts and then combine into a single luminescent particle.
Recipient: Cermet Inc.
Title: Nonpolar Green LEDs Based on InGaN
Summary: This project strives to develop a green LED that produces the most amount of green light with the least possible input power by addressing key limitations in current green LED technologies. Research will target reduction of defect densities in high indium InGaN layers, control indium segregation and polarity, and increasing hole concentration.
Recipient: MicroContinuum Inc.
Title: Roll-to-Roll Process for Transparent Metal Electrodes in OLED Manufacturing
Summary: This project will develop roll-to-roll manufacturing processes that can produce low-cost, high-resolution patterns in conductive (and non-conductive) layers on flexible polymeric substrates that can reduce or eliminate many of the concerns with conductive layers currently in use. This breakthrough technology could potentially drive down the manufacturing cost of OLEDs to be competitive with other lighting and display products.
Recipient: Solarno Inc.
Title: Bright White Tandem OLED with Carbon Nanotube Hole Injecting Interlay
Summary: This project aims to develop innovative nanotechnology for fabrication of high-efficiency OLEDs that use existing well-developed and low-cost technologies. Specifically, the project will fabricate tandem OLED devices using carbon nanotube hole injecting interlayer and parallel connections to the electroluminescent materials. Use of carbon nanotube sheets as interconnecting layers should simplify the fabrication process. Further, the parallel configuration will reduce operating current and increase device lifetime.
Recipient: Universal Display Corp.
Title: Novel High Performance Permeation Barrier for Long Lifetime Flexible OLED Lighting
Summary: OLEDs degrade in the presence of oxygen or water, so hermetic seals are required to ensure long lifetime. Using a newly discovered material system that forms an ultra-hermetic, flexible, transparent environmental barrier layer, this project will apply the barrier technology to plastic substrates to enable high-volume, low-cost PHOLED lighting. Ultimately, the project aims to establish the feasibility of increasing capacity and efficacy of Grid-Independent Photovoltaic (PV) Solid-State Lighting (SSL) systems while simultaneously reducing operating costs and risks for larger-scale applications such as roadway, parking lot, and temporary/emergency illumination.
Recipient: Universal Display Corp.
Title: Ultra High Efficiency Phosphorescent OLED Lighting
Summary: This project will demonstrate a 120 lm/W WOLEDTM by optimizing material combinations that enable low-voltage PHOLED operation fabricated on high index substrates that also enable high out coupling efficiency. Extraction of light in an efficient, cost-effective manner remains a significant challenge in using low-cost White OLEDs (WOLEDs) as a lighting source. This project will increase OLED conversion efficiency of electrical energy into light, ultimately leading to high-efficiency, environment-friendly, solid-state, white-lighting sources that can replace incandescent bulbs.
Recipient: Redwood Systems
Title: Auto-Commissioning and Auto-Discovery Control System for Solid-State Lighting
Summary: This project will develop a lighting network that is intelligent, automated, scalable, and can potentially save 50% to 75% of the energy used to light commercial office spaces. Using the low-voltage, DC current required for SSL, this project will employ centralized LED light drivers—possibly deployed in each light fixture—networked into a system-level power and control appliance net using standard Category 5 cable. With fine-grained control, sensing and network access, project system commissioning should be much faster and cheaper than existing systems.


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Experience The Nanny Nightmare
As an Erasmus student taking time away from Scotland's drizzle, my dreams were being thoroughly met by the Spanish sunshine. Wandering the tree lined streets to the odd seminar, munching on no end of bravas and salsaing the night away was a pretty good way to 'study' abroad. So there I am all bronzed, relaxed and entirely stuffed with tapas when we then throw a child into the mix, then another and another.
In order to keep this breezy lifestyle I had going on in the Gaudi state I had to earn some euro – well the sangria wasn't going to pay for itself. With few jobs for foreigners, teaching English as a part time nanny seemed like the best option. I worked for the Costa family, which consisted of a jet-setting mum, twin five year olds, a four year old and an elderly grandma. This ensemble soon made my extra money earner the sole point of hilarity in my Spanish vida.
My tales of public embarrassment, physical abuse (on their end) and marital dilemmas (again, on their end) became staples to my social events.
Trouble from the start
Day one I should have known what the next few months had in store for me. I pick the trio up from school and after a battle to get all to remain by my side in the park opened up a new set of problems. Of course there were the usual fiascos that come with any child care job. You have the tantrums and the screaming but then come the bashful grins and butter-wouldn't-melt apologies and all is right in the bubble of day care. But then a new wave of behaviour arrived and I was not prepared.
Attack number one: sand in my pants – no longer a metaphoric term but a literal memory. Little Juan decided to christen his new nanny by grabbing a fistful of sand and dropping it down the back of my lets-try-and-be-exotic-floral dress. Straight into the underwear and with nowhere acceptable to err empty out, I had to wriggle and shake my way free of the granules.
Bedtime fun
Giving in to their cute smiles, the mother's compliments and the grandma's sweet treats I hung in there. Perhaps I should have fled when attack two came – being peed on. By pee I do not mean a dribble or a damp patch, I mean the full force of flowing pee coming from Mr Bruno. While giving him his bedtime bath and battling to get at least some of the dirt off, Bruno decided to exact revenge for my scrubbing by emptying the contents of his bladder down my front. When I had to excuse myself from a later social gathering on account of smelling like a urinal it was one excuse I couldn't have made up.
Despite this slow build of minor attacks on my morale the kids had won me over with their devilish charm and 80 year old grandma Lila was fast becoming my new BFF. I was just going to have to endure.
Menace to society
I may have regretted that decision though when potty behaviour became a more permanent fixture. Attack three was less of a personal attack and more one on society.
One day, while visiting the scene of most of these crimes, the park, Juan decided it was toilet time. I bargained and I pleaded, I bribed and I threatened but nothing would stop the outrageous thing that happened next. He pooped in the park. Like a dog on a walk there was a squat, a push and then there lay a number two. In a public domain with a number of onlookers hastily judging my discipline skills I was stunned. This horror was accelerated when twin number two, Sophia, followed suit and also dropped off her kids in the park.
Over the four months a number of similar antics littered my summer-dazed Barcelona afternoons. Study, sunbathe, be abused by kids was the general routine. I gave myself tanning and tequila as rewards.
For fork's sake
However, month four terror reigned almighty. As a parting gift little Juan, ringleader of the gang, struck again. He decided to break his usual routine of bite, kick, punch and up the ante with a bit of weaponry. Taking a fork from his spaghetti plate, Juan took on the war of mealtimes with four prongs. Unaware that our daily battles had upgraded to full on warfare, I was not prepared when the prongs of pain entered my behind. Ouch.
So after months of ditching the beach for Spanish bambinos what did I learn? Well, there were the fundamentals of child chasing, negotiating with minors and I became rather good at shielding myself from small punches, and all in another language. I was able to get a taste of authentic Catalan culture and make a bestie for life in good, old Lila but, when mummy Maya called a year later and asked if I'd return the answer needed no thought at all. No.


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Anti-Vandal Small Battery
The Anti-Vandal Small Battery is new to our range and has already proven a big hit. This is a small anti vandal battery photocell. It is perfect for sites that need a tough photocell solution where you cannot run cables.
- Tough aluminium outer casing
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- 180 degree rotation for easy installation
- Full weather proofing IP55
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From Auto Union to Audi, a story of partnership
From Auto Union to Audi, the reason of the 4 rings
Germany has always been a great country for car making. Loads of makers for cars and bikes created machines since the beginning of the transformation from horseless into the modern car industry.
Audi logo has 4 rings and has nothing to do with the Olympics but with the 4 brands that merged to create Auto Union in 1932, the name of those were: Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer. The 4 brands were somehow interrelated as some of them carried works in the others. For instance DKW was selling front drive to stroke cars built at Audi or Audi was created when the CFO of Horch decided to leave in 1909 and start across town.
The outcome of this relationship was a merger between Zschopauer Motorenwerke with its brand DKW, Audi, Horch and the car-producing subsidiary of Wanderer. Operationally nothing really changed that much as all the brands kept selling car on a stand-alone basis, they simply shared administrative costs by centralising some works and also Audi got access to engines by Horch and Wanderer.
With all things set, in the second half of February 1933 Berlin Motor Show took place. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler announced two new programs in order to develop further the Auto Industry in Germany. Much to the dislike of Mercedes-Benz the project of developing a racing car helped other brands like Porsche and Auto Union and this created a rivalry inside and outside the circuits that made the German auto industry extremely competitive. Auto Union racing cars were extremely competitive from 1934 onwards with the help of some good designs.
War came again into the focus in 1939 and the new machines to be built were military vehicles for the German armed forces where Auto Union ran an important role. For that reason, it was a target for the allied and in 1944 all the producing plants of Auto Union were bombed and severely damaged. Also the Saxon plants of Auto Union were located in the Soviet-occupied zone of communist East Germany.
Relaunch of Auto Union
In 1945, with the orders of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany, the Auto Union factories were dismantled as war reparations; the racing cars were found stored in a colliery and sent to Moscow for reverse engineering. Following this, Auto Union AG assets were liquidated without compensation. It looked like the story was about to finish for them but more the opposite!! Auto Union's executives had no option but to flee and re-establish the company on Western side of the partitioned Germany. A new Auto Union company (Auto Union Gmbh) was launched in Ingolstadt, Bavaria with loans from the Bavarian state government and Marshall Plan aid in September 1949.
Due to the cost of the war, demand for cheap cars was the only available option for the brand in order to be successful, so they focused in selling mighty DKWs and keep the rest of the brands dormant until a better economic time comes back. They were also fortunate as a lot of ex workers from the previous factories moved to Ingolstadt too making skilled workers available for them.
After this move a lot of corporate actions between different producers took place until 2009 Porsche merging with VW. In my eyes the most important one was the first move from Daimler-Benz acquiring 87% of Auto Union in 1958 and starting to produce the versatile saloon Auto Union 1000 (pictured below) which meant getting back the brand into the market! But also it was fairly important when in 1985 Audi NSU Auto Union AG, was simply shortened to Audi AG and meant a unique brand was back and ready into the market.
At the moment the brand Auto Union Gmbh is a subsidiary of Audi AG who tries to keep the heritage of all the Audi cars and anything related to the history of Auto Union.
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The numbers drawn on 19th February were 2,9,10 and 27 and there were no winners of the 6,300 jackpot now standing at 6,400. The 5 lucky dippers each winning 20 were P J Reilly Roost Bar, Cara Corbett Clones, Felix Quigley Tower Bar, Geraldine Keane Cootehill and Brian McCabe Lisnaskea. Well done to them!
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Outrageous Bingo Saturday
This Saturday we are holding fun bingo night at 9pm in the clubhouse, please bring your friends and family just €10 It'll be outrageous!
Harte Peat Spring League
The Harte Peat Spring League is up and running, following Week 1 some excellent scores have been recorded
Captains Drive -In.
Captains (Mr Pat McCabe) and Lady Captain (Mrs Brid Finlay) Drive In took place on Saturday evening last. In excellent weather conditions both Captains stepped on to the Tee Box and sent their respective drives straight down the middle of the fairway (we did not expect it to be any different). Our thanks to our excellent Ladies Club for the organising and dishing out of refreshments. A great night of music, song, and storytelling followed which was thoroughly enjoyed by all present
Drive In Competition Winners
The Winners of the Captains Drive In Competition were,
1st Joe Smith, Ned Barry, Sean Kelleher (80pts)
2nd Fintan Flynn, Andy Dolan, Bernard McAviney (80pts)
Ladies Spring League
We are now into week 3 of the Spring and it is still very close with Team 2 (Eileen Kerr) just easing into 1st place on 101, Team 1 (Doli Maguire) are 2nd with 99, Team 3 (Geraldine Fitzpatrick) are 3rd with 98 and Team 4 (Catherine Farrell) are 4th with 93. Well done everyone!
Eclectic 14 Holes
The Eclectic started Sunday 18th February. One euro and put your best scores up on the notice board. This is to encourage the playing of 14 holes to get us built up to the 18 which starts in March.
Ladies 9 Hole for LC
The ladies honoured the new incoming Lady Captain Brid Finlay with a 9 hole stableford repeater and there were some smashing scores over the 2 weeks of the competition. Thank you to everyone who took part. The winner with 20 points was Elaine Hamilton, in 2nd place also with 20 points was Mary Trant and in 3rd place Geraldine Fitzpatrick with 19 points.
The numbers drawn on 12th February were 9, 12, 16 and 22 and there were no winners of the 6,200 jackpot which now rolls over to 6,300. The 5 lucky dippers each winning 20 were Anne McManus Tower Bar, Tracey and Danielle Whyte Clones, Brid McCarthy Ballybay, Paddy McKeown Dartry and Anthony McMahon Ballybay. Well done to them!
The Captains Drive-In Saturday
The Captain (Mr Pat McCabe) and Lady Captain (Mrs Brid Finlay) Drive-In takes place this weekend, on Saturday 17th at 5pm. An Open 3 Person Team 14 Hole Competition will be held on Saturday to honour our Captains with the Presentation of Prizes following the Drive-In. We wish both Captains good luck in their year ahead. This 3 Person Team event can be played in conjunction with the Spring League Competition.
Men's Results
Singles Stableford Competition Results
The Winners of the recently held Singles Stableford Competition were,
1st Gerry Brady (36pts)
2nd Paddy McKeown (34pts)
Seniors Michael Connolly (32pts)
Brandy Competition Results
1st Paddy McKeown
2nd Maurice Murphy
3rd Colm McMahon


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✹INGREDIENTS: Serves 6
. 6 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
. 2 teaspoons instant espresso
. 1 Ẅ cups heavy cream
. Vegetable oil spray
. ⅓ cup pecan halves
. 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
. 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, preferably 70-percent, chopped
. 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons
. 4 large eggs, separated
. ⅔ cup sugar
. ⅛ teaspoon salt
. ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar
. Unsweetened cocoa powder and confectioners' sugar, for dusting
1. In a large bowl, combine the milk chocolate and instant espresso. In a saucepan, heat the cream. Pour the cream over
the chocolate; let stand until melted, then whisk until blended. Refrigerate the mocha cream until cold, about 2 hours.
✚ Preheat the oven to 350ẃF
2. Spray a 12-by-16-inch jelly roll pan with vegetable oil spray. Line the bottom with parchment paper and spray the paper.
3. Spread the pecans on a pie plate and bake for 7 minutes, or until golden. Let cool completely. In a food processor, pulse
the pecans with the flour until finely ground.
4 Put the bittersweet chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl; set the bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water
and stir until melted. Off the heat, whisk in the yolks, 1/3 cup of the sugar and the salt.
5. In a large bowl, beat the egg whites and cream of tartar until frothy. Beat at high speed until soft peaks form. Slowly
beat in the remaining 1/3 cup sugar until the whites are firm and glossy. Fold one-fourth of the whites into the chocolate;
old the chocolate and the pecans into the remaining whites until no streaks remain.
6. Spread the batter in the prepared pan and bake for 9 minutes, or until springy. Let the cake cool in the pan on a rack.
7. Run a knife around the edge of the pan. Heavily dust the cake with cocoa powder and cover with a sheet of foil. Place a
cutting board over the cake and invert it; remove the pan and parchment paper.
8. Beat the chilled mocha cream at high speed until it is firm and holds its shape. Spread the cream evenly over the cake.
Starting at a long side, roll up the cake as tightly as possible, using the foil as a guide. Tightly wrap the cake roll in
the foil and slide it onto a cutting board. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. Unwrap the cake and dust with more cocoa.
9. Carefully slide it onto a long platter and dust with confectioners' sugar. Cut into slices; serve.


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Newspaper charges more than double for news online vs. home delivery
At least it doesn't if it's successful.
The Newport Daily News, a 12,000-circulation newspaper in Rhode Island, is charging much more for for its online edition in an effort to get people to buy the printed paper, according toNieman Journalism Lab story.
Instead of undercutting its primary product with free online news that doesn't make money, the Daily News has a new three-tier pricing structure for subscriptions intended to make it worthwhile to buy the print edition instead of going online.
Home delivery of the printed paper will be $145 a year. Home delivery and online access is $100 a year. Online access only is $345, or 137% more than home delivery of the print edition. One day of the e-paper only is $5.
That's an incentive to get your hands dirty with the ink version, in what Sheila L. Mullowney, the newspaper's executive editor, called "a print-newspaper-first strategy."
In a video on the Nieman Lab Web site, Daily News publisher Albert K. Sherman, Jr., said, "Our goal was to get people back into the printed product." Some readers heard about the plan and asked "why would they pay for it on the Internet when they can go buy the printed paper? And that's perfect -- that's what we want."
As a former newspaper editor and reporter who was laid off almost a year ago, I'm glad to see a newspaper give it a try to make money online. Giving away content online is a bad path that hopefully other newspapers will turn back from. Producing the news isn't cheap, and if you want to get value for what you pay for, this is one solution that might work.
Aaron Crowe is an unemployed journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Read about his job search at www.AaronCrowe.net


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PORTSMOUTH — A longtime resident is suing the city for more than $100,000, claiming he was falsely charged with 25 felonies that accused him of torturing, raping, sodomizing and drugging a minor in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
PORTSMOUTH — A longtime resident is suing the city for more than $100,000, claiming he was falsely charged with 25 felonies that accused him of torturing, raping, sodomizing and drugging a minor in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Claiming he was prosecuted maliciously, and without probable cause, Souran "Buddha Babe" Manougian, 81, filed the lawsuit this week in the Rockingham County Superior Court. Through attorney James Ritzo, Manougian alleges his March 29, 2012 arrest came long after the statute of limitations for filing the charges against him had expired.
"The City of Portsmouth knew or should have known that it would be unable to prove that the alleged offenses occurred within the statute of limitations," according to the lawsuit. "Notwithstanding, it chose to prosecute Mr. Manougian anyway in violation of the federal and state constitutions."
In July 2012, Rockingham County Attorney James Reams dismissed all 25 charges and wrote, "The defendant has raised significant statute of limitations issues and the case is being sent back to the Portsmouth Police Department for further investigation of those issues."
Manougian's lawsuit alleges the city acted with malice by filing the charges, while subjecting him to "public ridicule and humiliation."
"In the end, Mr. Manougian was punished by the public scrutiny he received by the city's improper use of the judicial process, a goal which may have been the city's all along," the suit alleges. "The facts establish that the City of Portsmouth abused the judicial process by bringing forward frivolous complaints against Mr. Manougian and continuing to prosecute them despite being made aware that the applicable statutes of limitations had been exceeded."
Manougian asks a Superior Court judge to award him damages "in excess of $100,000," including costs and attorneys fees.
Don Penland, representing the city's municipal insurer, the Local Government Center, wrote to Ritzo that he intends to "vigorously defend the matter."
In an October letter to Ritzo, Penland said he reviewed the matter and concluded that local police "did a thorough investigation," which led to probable cause being established, and sought "competent counsel" related to the statue of limitations. Penland wrote that he found "no negligence" on the part of the city of Portsmouth and declined to offer Manougian an out-of-court settlement.
Deputy Police Chief Corey MacDonald previously acknowledged the statute of limitations for prosecuting sexual assault cases is 22 years after an alleged victim's 18th birthday, which he said meant it was too late to charge Manougian in the case. However, he said, there's "certain conduct" that allows police to bring cases forward after that time.
That alleged conduct was never disclosed and Ritzo said there is no such exemption to statute of limitations law.
Manougian previously told the Herald the stigma of being labeled a pedophile caused him to shun the public, including changing the times he shops for groceries.
"I'd rather go through Korea again, than go through this (expletive)," he said.
According to police, the case began in March of 2012 when a 52-year-old woman went to the police station and reported she'd been abused by Manougian when she was a child growing up in Portsmouth. Manougian said he had no idea why she said what she did and that he had been looking forward to facing her during a trial.