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Day 1
Arrival at Entebbe International Airport, where you be met by Marabou Tour guide and transfer to 4 Penguins Hotel located near Lake Victoria. After a short brief we are going to Entebbe Botanic Garden. The walk here shows all the amazing green tropical trees and there inhabitants: monkeys (black-and-white colobus, red tailed monkey, and blue monkeys), birds, butterflies, flowers, dragonflies, ants etc. The story goes that in a part of the original Tarzan movie (1947) was shot here. In the evening we have a wonderful dinner made of fish from Lake Victoria and degustation famous local gin (included into tour price). Overnight in 4 Penguins Hotel.
Day 2
After breakfast we will drive to Ziwa Rhino Ranch near Masindi where you will have a trekking with the rhinos. Ziwa Rhino & Wildlife Ranch is home to Uganda's only rhinos – making this a must for anyone who has come to Uganda to see Africa's "Big Five"! Tracking these enormous creatures on foot through the savannah and swamps is a thrilling experience, and your specialist guide will share his expert knowledge on these impressive animals. Dinner and overnight at New View Court Hotel.
Day 3
Early morning we will drive towards Murchison Falls National Park. Murchison National Park occupies an area of 3840 square meters, is inhabited by 76 mammal species and 450 species of birds. Here we will have a graceful boat trip along the Victoria Nile to the great falls as we view clearly the hippopotamuses, crocodiles and birds. Then we leave the boat and trek (1 hour) to the top of the hill to see how the water falls makes its way through the rocks forming a great Murchison falls. After lunch we will take a ferry across the river Nile to the heart of Murchison Falls National Park and enjoy safari. We will be accompanied by a Uganda Wildlife Authority guide who are experts on the wildlife in the park and greatly increase your chances of finding the animals, so keep an eye out for the elephants, lions, and giraffes as well as large game herds. Dinner and overnight at New View Court Hotel.
Day 4
We will drive to Jinja (288 km). We make a stop in the Equator in Masake for photos and watching water experiments, and buy some souvenirs. We will reach Brisk Hotel located on Lake Victoria, and in the afternoon we will visit the source of the Great Nile. We also will visit the place where the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi have been dispelled. Overnight at Brisk Hotel.
Day 5
On this day we shall have rafting across the Nile with professional guides who know how to have fun and take safety. Rafting across the Nile covering a distance of 31km with 6 rapids whereby between them it is possible to swim and observe numerous beautiful birds in the vicinity and then have dinner at the island. Here we offer you a boat trip in case you do not participate in rafting. But believe us! Rafting on the rapids' of the Nile is a mad beauty of the great River Nile a!! On this same day, we will cross the Ugandan-Kenyan boarder and then proceed to Eldoret, a (195km) journey and rest in White Highland for refreshment and our first night in Kenya. Overnight and dinner in White Highland Hotel.
Day 6
After breakfast in the second half of the day, we will travel to Nakuru Park (190 km) also commonly known as "the land of dust" to see 'the man eaters', and of course the peaceful Flamingos which paint the coastal Nakuru park. Among these, we shall also have a safari within the park, viewing the black Rhinoceros which are at the verge of extinction, and also the widely spread fields of acacia woods that make it a comfortable stay for the antelopes, white rhinos, giraffes, and wild beasts in Nakuru Park. Overnigth at "Kunste Hotel".
Day 7
Very early in the morning, we will go to Amboseli Park located near Great Kilimanjaro Mountain. This is one of the most beautiful parks with endless unfolding sceneries of Cheetahs, Hippopotamuses, Giraffes, the Zebras, antelopes and then most interestingly the Magnificent five of Africa ,i.e. the Leopard, Buffalo, Rhinoceros ,Elephant and the Lion. This is then followed by a sit round-fire. Overnight in Nomoorah Camp
Day 8
Early morning, we will climb the Observation Hill, followed by a short safari in the park then a visit to the Masai village where we get to see their way of life and get acquainted with a life of "the gipsy of Africa'. After, we will drive to Namangu and cross Kenia – Tanzania border. Overnight in Arusha Tourist Inn
Day 9
In the morning we will drive to Lake Manyara National Park and enjoy a wonderful safari. The park has remarkable wildlife and is known for its legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants. Large buffalo, wildebeest and zebra herds congregate on the grassy plains. The hippo pool is a good place to see these creatures up close. There have also been more than 400 bird species recorded with highlights being thousands of flamingos on their perpetual migration, as well as other large waterbirds such as pelicans, cormorants and storks. Overnight in Twiga.
Day 10
Today we will drive to Serengeti National Park that is Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park, also a world heritage site. It is featured in many documentaries and so stunningly beautiful, it is declared a Unesco World Heritage site. It is home to the spectacular wildebeest migration and offers top class wildlife viewing throughout the year. Great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant's gazelle are resident at any time of the year. All three big cats are easily seen: lions, cheetahs and leopards. Overnight at camping in the park.
Day 11
Whole day we will spend in Serengeti National Park safaris. We will explore the most interesting parts of the park. Overnight at camping in the park.
Day 12
In the morning we will drive to Ngorongoro Crater for 4-5 hour safari. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest intact volcanic caldera. Created by the collapse of a volcano, the extraordinary volcanic landscape of Ngorongoro is rich and fertile – and home to the densest concentration of wildlife in Africa. From its rim, it drops 600m to the crater floor, where wildlife including black rhino, hippo and a large lion population. It is home to approximately 30,000 animals at any one time. The Crater rim is over 2,200 metres high and experiences its own climate. Overnight at Arusha Tourist Inn
Day 13
Transfer to the airport. End of the trip.
2700 USD per person (2 people group)
2400 USD per person (4 people group)
2150 USD per person (6 people group)
1890 USD per person (8-14 people group)
1. Residing in double rooms (300 USD extra charges for Single room).
2. Breakfasts (In Amboseli and Serengeti National Parks three meals a day)
3. All movements within the limits of the program
4. Entrances to National Parks in Uganda, Kenia, Tanzania
5. Crossing the Nile by a boat and ferry on Murchison falls
6. Visiting Masai village
7. Walking rhino safaris
1. International air fare.
2. Uganda, Kenia, Tanzania visas (150 USD for 3 visas)
3. Lunch and dinner approximately 15-20 USD a day.
4. Nile rafting (125 USD)
5. Tips
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- Deployments to a workstation without an Operating System, read the link above for a full description
KBE Manipulator
- ***This tool has been depricated, all functionality has been moved into the official Kace Media Manager starting with version 7.0
- Allows for manipulation of KBE that is uploaded to your K2000, including assigning static IP, adding ADSI, ODBC, DCCTK, Command | Configure, .Net4, Powershell, adding custom DOS commands, or uploading custom .wim/.iso's.
- Walks user through creating an unattend file for Windows 7/8/10
- Harvest or extract executible drivers and upload to the K2000.
- Allows saving of computername from workstations or apply new names.
- Designed to check permissions and configurations required for the Online USMT Scan to complete successfully
- Tasks to help change the contents of unattend.xml based on administrator needs.
- Toolkit that allows deployment of K2000 captured wims to be streamed
- Script that allows deployment of a default image/scripted install to machines
- Script that will export profiles and .zip them up with a script to deploy them with a K1 or K2
- Script to show the driver feed path of a workstation, via the K1000 or K2000
- Tasks that provide a solution to upgrading a workstation to Windows 10 using the K2000
- A script that will copy the files necessary into USMT so that a Windows 7 deployment is successful with loadstate
- Change the autologon count in an unattend file of a sysprepped image
Task Timeout Modification Script
- Modify the task timeout period of each task on version 3.6 or higher.
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Using the K2000 UltraVNC during Windows Post Install Tasks
- Be able to remote into Windows during Windows PO Tasks
- Pre Installation task that will dismiss the errors when deploying a Windows 7 SI with WinPE4/5
Disable the DPInst Reboot for Windows 7 or higher Images that use driverfeed
- disables the reboot for dpinst since it is not needed for Windows 7 or higher
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Kace Appliance Package Export Report
- Creates an .html report of exported packages.
Automatically Naming a Macintosh Computer using the K2000
- A script that behaves similarly to wsname for Windows.
Maintain KUID of a Macintosh System using the K2000.
- capture the kuid of a Macintosh system and put it back to the workstation as a midlevel task.
- A script to either maintain screen resolution from each workstation, or assign a new one.
- An .html overview of your SDA (version 3.6 and higher) that you can identify issues and link to appropriate KB articles


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Painting Contractor Services and Their Benefits
It is very important for you to find the right professionals that are going to do a good painting job on your properties regardless of the places that you want painted for example, you interior or exterior walls or even, for commercial or residential premises. Painting contractors are usually very beneficial to you and working with them is going to determine how good your work is going to be and that is something that you supposed to take seriously.Finding a good painting contractor should not be a very complicated process for you because actually, there are a number of companies that are able to provide some services that have websites on the Internet.
One thing that you can be able to gain from in a very big way is by talking to people that have been able to find painting contractors in the past because there able to give you some good suggestions of able that you can be able to work with. After finding a list of potential painting contractors, you can easily be able to locate the best contractor that you can be able to work with by talking to previous clients or you can also be able to talk to other kinds of companies in the same industry.All these are usually very important steps to ensure that you're able to get the best painting companies or painting contractors that can be able to ensure that they give you the best services.
if you want your job done in the right way, one of the ways that you can easily be able to do this is to have a painting contractor whereby you can be able to use their skills and experience in the industry to be able to understand the different aspects that must be considered when a person wants to do a perfect painting job.Another thing that is very important for you to put into consideration when it comes to painting jobs is the simple fact that the mixture of paints that you're going to use for the painting should be in the right way for you to be able to have the right blend and the right colors. One thing that you can be very sure of when it comes to hiring painting contractors is that they're going to help you to save a lot of time in terms of doing the job perfectly but using very short time because of the level of experience and the kinds of equipment that they have. The painting contractors also know the places that they can be able to find good paint at a cheaper price and hence can save you a lot of money.
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Hooks. A blessing or a curse?
Had we not invented the hook, walking upright instead of on all fours might have been less of an advantage. We hang all sorts of things on all types of hooks. These hand-forged hooks are made from untreated iron. The surface is not 'fixed' and so they change, depending on humidity, temperature and age. Oil them occasionally to prevent corrosion, either way they are a pleasure to handle. They have a tendency to rust if left outside or in the bathroom, but can be cleaned with steel wool. You can also change their appearance by brushing or sanding them. For longer lasting protection use flax oil.
Hook 1: The original. Crude iron.
The archetypal hook. A piece of handforged iron. You can see every hammer blow. These are made in a forge near Hamburg.
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What is Neurontin?
Neurontin, generically known as Gabapentin, is a pharmaceutical drug developed by Pfizer that was approved by the FDA in 2004 for the treatment of a number of neurological conditions, notably epilepsy, neuropathic pain and seizures. The drug is used for pain relief and has been found to be beneficial in one-third of patients. This includes neuropathy and some forms of cancer. In neuropathic disorders Neurontin works by stabilizing misfiring nerves by slowing down neurological impulses traveling from the spinal cord to peripheral tissues. The reason why Neurontin works in epilepsy patients is unknown as of this moment.
Side Effects
The most common side effects associated with Neurontin are dizziness, drowsiness, and peripheral edema. The drug has also been associated with increased risks of suicide and/or violent deaths.
Government Regulations
In 2009 the FDA, after concluding a study, issued warnings to physicians and patients notifying them of an increased risk of depression and suicidal tendencies in patients who have taken Neurontin and other drugs of its nature. Currently there is debate in Congress over the ability of Pharmaceutical manufacturers to promote "off-label" uses for drugs. As the Neurontin example shows, this can lead to abuse of the system and essentially make FDA decisions void.
Neurontin has been the subject of much litigation over Pfizer's treatment of the drug. In 2004 a subsidiary of Pfizer pleaded guilty to promoting Neurontin for unapproved uses and ultimately paid $430 million combined for criminal fines as well as civil liabilities and personal injuries. In 2009 Pfizer settled a wrongful death action based on a suicide blamed on Neurontin use. The complaint alleged that Pfizer intentionally and deceptively altered scientific reports to promote the drug for specific uses.
There have been continuous allegations that Pfizer promoted the drug for "off-label" use that is use by a physician above that recommended by the FDA. The promotion and marketing of the drug for off-label use has been considered fraud by many and in 2010 a United States District Court in Massachusetts found in favor of defendant, Kaiser Foundation, for $47 million for violation of RICO laws. The plaintiff alleged that Pfizer misled the Kaiser Foundation into believing that migraines and bi-polar disorder could be treated effectively with Neurontin. This was done despite the fact that there was no label on the product indicating its effectiveness, or even, approval for these conditions. Because this is a RICO law the award was permitted to be trebled and Pfizer stands to pay $142 million in damages.
What to do if treated for "off-label" use of Neurontin
If you or someone you know has been prescribed Neurontin for any use not designated by the label or you have developed suicidal tendencies or other adverse effects from the use of the product it is essential that you seek a physician's expertise. Upon treatment you should consult an attorney specializing in either personal injury or class action suits involving pharmaceutical products, especially those knowledgeable about Neurontin.


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Oh Hey, Ghost Recon Wildlands Still Looks Pretty Fun
Ghost Recon Wildlands [official site] is a far cry from ye olde Ghost Recon games but… oh no, I'm appalled by having accidentally punned yet pleased by how fitting it is. We only saw a little when Ubisoft announced the open-world shooter at E3 last June, but it reminded us of a po-faced take on Far Cry's outposts or Just Cause. Which sounds like a lark, especially considering it supports four-player co-op. With E3 coming back around, Ubi have dropped a new trailer with parachutes, dirt bikes, sniper rifles, explosions, and buggies with miniguns on top – all of which I welcome.
So! Wildlands is an open-world shooter about armymens romping around Bolivia, taking on drug lords and scrapping with the government. They've been very naughty, and the US army don't like that. As you'd expect, the Ghosts' options range from careful, silent takedowns to full-on guns-blazing explodefests. Ubi have said the Ghosts will get to play factions against each other too.
It's seems very much made with co-op in mind. Folks can play on their lonesome, but will still be accompanied by AI buddies. Yes, I would like to lark about in an open murderworld with my murderpals. The combination of co-op, cars, and combustion always sounds good to me.
Ubisoft Paris are leading development on this one, supported by a handful of other studios as is Ubi's way. They haven't announced a release date, or even release window, for Wildlands but recent business murmurings say to expect it before the end of March 2017.


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Creating a fun and unique experience for donors can increase giving from an existing donor base more economically than spending the time and money to reach new donors. Social media and online interactions provide endless possibilities to engage your donors and make giving easy. Just think about the ALS ice bucket challenge. That was just one highly publicized social media donor engagement campaign.
Other nonprofits have done things like offering custom-recorded messages from celebrities, throwing ugly holiday sweater contests and parties, and creating virtual characters in online games for donors to purchase, with proceeds going to their charities. It's innovative ways like these that enable nonprofits to energize and mobilize their existing donor base for profitable and supportive fundraising.
Making "Thank You" a Fun Experience
Thanking donors is a great opportunity to engage and entertain them, as well as encourage them to continue supporting your cause. Rather than just sending a letter acknowledging receipt of a donation, use that opportunity to create a memorable impression on your donors,
The days of the form letter thank you are over. In today's media-rich, social network online environment, nonprofits have to take advantage of every opportunity to make an impression on the people who give them money and support their efforts. This includes saying thank you for donations.
So toss out the form letters and use postcards with recent photos of your staff working hard or a recent event instead. If you send an email thank you, include a link to a video message from your staff or clients who benefit from your nonprofit. You could even make your thank you an invitation to tour your facilities or to attend a free event. And don't forget about social media – it's easy to post a thank you to all your supporters in a status update after an event or fundraising drive.
Content is King
Does your nonprofit organization have a blog? If not, you are missing out on another huge opportunity to engage your existing donors, keep them informed of your organization's progress and activities, and encourage them to give more than just one time. Blogs, Facebook, and Twitter updates, YouTube videos, and articles for the local newspapers may not take as much time and expertise as you think, and the return on investment is powerful.
A weekly blog post about your organization's mission, staff accomplishments, or fundraising goals can help inform donors of your current work, your need for funding, and how giving can help your donors in tax savings. A video blog can also help acquaint donors with the people who use their support to have an impact. Finally, a blog from the executive director or board of directors helps donors understand the organization's mission better from the people who set and implement it.
Make it Easy to Give
It's important for nonprofits to make it easy for donors to give, and in today's tech-driven world, that means online tools, widgets, and mobile optimization are more important than ever. A good place to start is with your website. If you have donation tools, or even simply accept donations through Paypal, your site should be optimized for mobile so it looks great no matter where donors are accessing it – whether from a desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
From there, look to social media and widget donation acceptance options (such as Google Wallet or Razoo) which allows repeat donations quickly. More robust tools like FirstGiving's donation tool easily integrates with CRM, social media, analytics, and email tools.
Make sure your efforts to connect with your donors is an easy, fun experience that also informs them of things about your organization they don't know. It pays to develop a relationship with your donors so they don't just donate one time and move on. At the end of the day, you want to give them a way to have fun and learn new things so they want to stay and continue supporting your cause.
If you're ready to learn more about connecting with your donor base and increasing donations, or to sign up for a free trial of our ClearGIVE platform, contact us today.


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Now that we've all actually seen the new iPhone 5 from Apple the question becomes, is this the finest invention since sliced bread or is it by now all rather ho hum? Yes, it's a very nice phone but there are others around and about as good and so it's just not quite as dazzlingly exciting as it used to be?
Wired manages to say that it is in fact both:
The iPhone 5 is the greatest phone in the world. It has top-notch hardware with a zippy new A6 processor and amazing four-inch display. Its new operating system, iOS 6, is slicker than slugs on ice. And its ultra-slim body, an all-glass and aluminum enclosure, is a triumph of industrial design. There is nothing not to like about the phone. It's aces. Just aces.
And yet it is also so, so cruelly boring.
Yes, it's better than the iPhone 4S or the iPhone 4 or just about any other phone you can buy. It's faster with a bigger screen and an LTE antenna so you can suck up data from your carrier like Michael Phelps at a table full of pizza. But mostly it is the Toyota Prius of phone updates. It is an amazing triumph of technology that gets better and better, year after year, and yet somehow is every bit as exciting as a 25 mph drive through a sensible neighborhood at a reasonable time of day. It's not going to change your life. It's not even going to offer a radically different experience.
There's nothing like being truly decisive in your opinions, is there?
Dan Gillmor offers a very similar opinion:
Apple's iPhone 5 is brilliant – but not best in class
Loyalists will love the iPhone 5 – and help add $100bn to Apple's worth. But consumers have a choice of still smarter smartphones
There are slight problems with the design choices made with the iPhone 5. It won't work on some of the European 4G networks for example:
The problem lies in the range of spectrum - the airwaves used to carry mobile signals - used in Europe. The iPhone 5 is not compatible with 4G services on the 800MHz and 2.6GHz bands deployed across much of western Europe, including Spain, Italy and France. Instead, it works on the 1.8GHz band, which is still being used for voice calls by most operators in Europe.
It's also worth noting that there will be different models of the iPhone for different regions:
Apple will produce three models of the iPhone: one optimized for U.S. carrier AT&T's network and spectrum bands, another for Sprint and Verizon's U.S. norms and a third for the rest of the world, including two European operators.
This only affects the hardware, specifically the connection to the airtime providers. Yet we're also beginning to see fragmentation in the software for the iPhone:
The irony of what's happening with the iPhone 5 is that for all the talk of Android being fragmented, the iOS platform is, in terms of layouts, more fragmented. A lot of apps are going to have to be changed to handle the fact that iOS now has a device with a different aspect ratio, and either maintain 2 layouts, or rewrite for the new way to do layouts in iOS6.
If the iPhone 5 isn't actually the only great phone on the market, or perhaps not even the best phone on it, then why buy one?
In my view, the real reason this device will still be a success and why I upgraded to another iPhone recently, is that all the applications and content I've purchased over the past four years will only work on an Apple product. I'm locked into the Apple ecosystem just like tens of millions of others. That's the true magic of Apple, luring us into using their pieces of technology and then selling us applications, music and video that are locked to their proprietary formats and products. It's a clever tactic and one that looks like it'll keep us hooked for a years to come.
Technological lock in is hardly a new business strategy. IBM used it for decades after all.
A very interesting view from Digitopoly akin to what I've said about Google here (yes, of course people who think they way I do have interesting ideas. Why do you ask?):
For that we will have to watch and see. But one comforting thing about the iPod Nano and its changes is that Apple continue to experiment and fail. Indeed, shouldn't we expect that a certain proportion of Apple products introduced each year fail? To be sure, Apple have failures. The worldphone concept (i.e., the ability to use your phone worldwide) in the iPhone 4S has been pulled from the iPhone 5 indicating that Apple haven't solved the roaming problem. The dock connector was supposed to facilitate innovative add-on hardware but hasn't done so. Apple just killed Ping, its music social network. And I could go on. But when Apple fails with these products and features, they just fade away.
If they're not having product failures once in a while then they're not reaching far enough, not trying hard enough, with those new products. Keep launching, support and develop those that work well and can those that fail.
And finally, a Chinese reporter goes undercover onto the iPhone 5 production line:
"An iPhone 5 back-plate run through in front of me almost every 3 seconds. I have to pickup the back-plate and marked 4 position points using the oil-based paint pen and put it back on the running belt swiftly within 3 seconds with no errors. After such repeat action for several hours, I have terrible neckache and muscle pain on my arm. A new worker who sat opposite of me gone exhausted and laid down for a short while. The supervisor has noticed him and punished him by asking him to stand at one corner for 10 minutes like the old school days. We worked non-stop from midnight to the next morning 6 am but were still asked to keep on working as the production line is based on running belt and no one is allowed to stop. I'm so starving and fully exhausted."
Fortunately this sort of repetitive work is being automated as Foxconn installs 1 million industrial robots over the next couple of years. That means many fewer jobs for Chinese workers but given that these jobs entail perhaps that's not a bad idea?


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Korean Studies
Korean Studies is a discipline which focuses on the study of Korea from a variety of academic perspectives. The discipline includes the study of Republic of Korea (South Korea), the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Korean diaspora.
The Korean Studies programme at Trinity College commenced in 2010, with the support of the Korea Foundation. Currently, a range of credit-bearing and extracurricular modules in Korean language and culture are available for Trinity students as well as opportunities for postgraduate research supervision. A fee-paying Extramural Programme is also offered.


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Hi – it's me, Lily!!
I hope you guys had a great Spring Break week.
We had lots of fun! On Monday, we went to the Rodeo. We went to the park on Tuesday and wore green for St. Patrick's Day. Did you know the leprechauns came and messed up our house? They are crazy! On Wednesday, we went to IKEA and we also went to the beach, which was really fun. Last night, we watched Night at the Museum 3 as a family and it is so funny!!!
My favorite part of our break was going to the Rodeo. We went on the EuroSlide which is a super big slide that is really fun and fast. Have you done it before? It's AWESOME!!
Well, today's recipe is a good one!
Do you like Butterfingers?
And do you like fudge?
We put them together and BAM – you got White Chocolate Butterfinger Fudge! It was sooo good! Everyone in my family really liked it, and I think you will too, especially if you like Butterfingers like we do. 😉
Here's the recipe if you want to try it yourself:
White Chocolate Butterfinger Fudge Recipe
White Chocolate Butterfinger Fudge - one of the best fudge recipes you'll ever try! Creamy fudge made with marshmallow fluff, heavy cream, white chocolate chips, and butterfingers.
We started by peeling off all the Butterfingers and chopping them up - set aside.
Then we put parchment paper on the 9x9 pan. This keeps the fudge from sticking to the pan.
Put the white chocolate chips and marshmallow fluff in a big bowl. Set aside.
In a pan melt the sugar, heavy cream, salt and butter on medium heat until it starts to boil. Cook for 5 minutes.
Pour the hot stuff into the bowl of chocolate chips and mix with the blender until it's smooth and soft.
Mix (fold) in half the Butterfingers. Pour into your pan.
Sprinkle the rest of the Butterfingers on the top. Put in the fridge for 3-5 hours to let it set. Hope you like it!
We love this fudge and so will you!
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Denis Losier, CM, lives in Moncton, NB, and holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Economy), and an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Business Administration from the Université de Moncton. He also holds a Masters of Arts (Economy) from the University of Western Ontario.He started his career at the former Federal Ministry for Regional Industrial Expansion. Denis then went on to become president of the Société des Acadiens du Nouveau-Brunswick. From 1984 to 1986, he was First Secretary for Industrial Cooperation at the Canadian Embassy in Paris. He returned to Canada to become Executive Director of the Conseil Économique du Nouveau-Brunswick; in 1988, he was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Economic Development in Premier Frank McKenna's office. In 1988, Denis was elected as MLA for Tracadie and was re-elected in 1991. During his time in government Denis served as Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Minister of Commerce and Technology, and Minister of Tourism, Recreation and Heritage. Denis was appointed president and chief executive officer of Assumption Mutual Life Insurance Company of Moncton in 1994; he retired in 2013. Denis is a member of the Order of Canada.


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Don't Sweat The Technique – Round 2
For our second round, AkidcalledChubz hosted and dug 'David Porter – I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over' taken from his third album 'Victim of the joke? An Opera'.
You'll know this classic sample as it's been flipped by many producers around the world. The beauty of this one is there is so many different parts you can chop and blend, originality is the key!
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LG Chem Ltd. (051910), South Korea's biggest chemicals maker, said it plans to spend 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion) by 2013 to expand its electric-car battery capacity.
The chemicals maker has finished building a plant in Ochang, South Korea, that can supply lithium-ion batteries for 100,000 vehicles every year, LG Chem said in a regulatory filing today. The plant is the world's largest by capacity, the company said.
The shares rose to a record today as LG Chem said it aims to get 2 trillion won in battery sales by 2013 and 4 trillion won by 2015. The company has signed supply deals with carmakers including Ford Motor Co., China-based Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. and Renault SA, and aims to capture 25 percent of the world's electric-car battery market within four years.
"Its efforts are starting to bear fruit after General Motors Corp. and other carmakers agreed to use its battery technology," said Hwang Kyu Won, an analyst at Tong Yang Investment Bank in Seoul, who maintains a buy recommendation on the stock. "Annual revenue from battery sales will increase, with LG Chem maintaining an edge in the global battery market."
The company is currently building a second plant in South Korea and a third in the U.S., with operations slated to begin in 2012. LG Chem said last year it may be able to supply batteries for 350,000 vehicles annually by 2013.
The shares rose 1.9 percent to 477,500 won in Seoul trading, compared with the 0.2 percent decline in the benchmark Kospi Index. LG Chem advanced 91 percent in the past year.
General Motors Vice Chairman Stephen Girsky, who attended the completion ceremony of the Ochang plant today, said the U.S. carmaker plans to invest 4.8 trillion won in South Korea over the next three years. He didn't elaborate.


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I've been struggling to write in fear of not being able to do justice to how I feel. I don't even know how I feel anymore, what I feel anymore. Some days it's as calm as the wind caressing the ocean while some days it's the crashing waves of the raging ocean. I don't remember the last time I wrote something meaningful or poetic or whatever.
I'm afraid my pain fueled the fire and my passion fueled the desire but now pain has quietly settled somewhere deep in my bones making its home and passion has disappeared like it was never there in the first place. Or is it that I don't think about it anymore? I try not to delve deep because I'm afraid of skeletons in the closet will come spilling out when it took me a long time to bury it all in, To close all the doors, put up the padlocks, build walls of concrete stones.
Right now, I feel like I'm at the crossroads and whichever way I choose I will lose one thing or another. I guess now it has come to a point of choosing which thing is worth losing for the other. There is no way without it. Either way I lose.
But maybe… there is winning in this losing. Or maybe it's not even about winning or losing. It's just life asking you to make decisions and asking you to pay the price for what it put you through. Leaving you no choice but to deal with it.
Ah, life. You funny thing. Sometimes I love you, while sometimes I feel like choking the shit out of you, watch you gasp and beg for every breath that escapes. Sometimes I feel so heavily optimistic I scare myself while sometimes, the only way out I see is, death. Well on the bright side, I at least feel optimistic even if it doesn't happen very often. I had forgotten what it was like. So anyways back to crossroads…
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Passengers will sigh in relief to know that the planned Aer Lingus strikes tomorrow at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports have been called off during last minute talks with the unions IALPA/IMPACT this morning.
Full details of the agreement have not yet been released, but they include agreeing how to manage the busy summer rosters. A statement issued by IALPA said: "The industrial action has been suspended until 1st July, in order to allow time to implement agreed proposals on the summer rosters."
Industrial action could still take place at Belfast and Gatwick, but talks are continuing as this blog goes live.
Michael Landers of the IMPACT trade union said: "We've resolved the Dublin and Cork situation in the short-term.
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DescriptionMe take quick nap earlier and stupid fast imp take book! Dagg'thol need book to follow orders and Master need book to conquer! Gah!
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The week leading up to your period is a monthly experience that affects all vagina-having human beings differently. Some women breeze through the week prior like it's nothing. Some women feel more tired than normal, and get a few extra pimples. Some experience bloating and back pain. Some ladies feel more emotional during this time. Then there's the unlucky group of us who feel all of these things and then some. We've been taught that these are the symptoms of PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome) and it's typically not a big deal.
As I've gotten older, I've noticed the intensity of my PMS symptoms have increased. Instead of feeling a little bit aggravated, I'm giving death stares to puppies (and I love puppies!). Instead of feeling overly sad that I dropped my favorite flavored jelly bean on the ground, dropping that jelly bean opens the flood gates to cry about everything that I feel is wrong with my life. Instead of a yawn here and there, I need a 4 hour nap to get through the day. Why though? It was literally all good just a week ago. Then I realized, this can't just be PMS. I have PMDD. PMDD or Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is the way more intense, wicked step-sister to PMS and she did not come to play with you heauxs.
PMDD only affects a small portion of women, around 2%-10%, and you are more likely to have PMDD if you have a history of depression or depression runs in your family. The cause is not quite known, but according to research, it is most likely due to the drastic hormonal changes that take place within our bodies during menstruation.
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The fourth edition of the GS Challenge will take place on September 17-18-19 at the Lac Beauregard pourvoirie in Mont-Laurier.
Sponsored by BMW Motorrad Canada and the motorcycle riding improvement school Sécurité Active (division of Moto Internationale), the GS Challenge is a weekend of challenges, skill and dexterity where camaraderie and team spirit are a big part of this unique event in Canada and in North America. The GS Challenge is the second of its kind to take place over the world, the first one being held in Africa. Germany followed in its steps in 2008.
The idea behind it is as such: to allow motorcyclists, whether male or female, who ride 650cc or more BMW off-road bikes to surpass themselves in a series of courses where skill exercises must be executed. These are done in teams of three to develop mutual support and camaraderie. It is important to understand that this is not a race so the time factor is not taken into account. There are winning teams by courses and a grand individual winner. This year, the grand winner will earn a pass to become the third member of the Canadian team at the GS Trophy 2010 (a similar event where different countries compete which takes place in South Africa in November).
The last editions were such a success that it confirmed the intention to continue to develop this event which reunites motorcycle lovers. Last year, guests from Germany, Argentina and one team from Calgary participated. Presently there are nearly 50 very enthusiastic participants. In the medium-term, the goal is to turn this challenge into a key event for people here and to show the rest of the world what is done in Canada. In the long term, they want the GS Challenge to become an international event.
More than ever before, motorcycling in Quebec is now very much alive!
To see pictures and videos or if you want to registered, visit: http://www.gschallenge.ca/Accueil/tabid/36/language/en-CA/Default.aspx
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Women workers need to join unions to have a better chance at equal pay for work of equal value, child care, an end to harassment at work, and more. An interview with the Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Labour Congress, Marie Clarke Walker.
Also in RadioLabour's Canada Report for March 8-15, 2019
- An EPIC coalition of governments, employers and unions to win equal pay for work of equal value by 2030.
- The LabourStart Canada report about union events
- And singing: "A Woman's Place is in the Union". By UnioNation. Used with permission.
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RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It was established nine years ago to report on union issues and events with an emphasis on developing countries. It is now producing country-specific programmes starting with Canada. Its primary reporters are members of The Canadian Freelance Union, a community chapter of UNIFOR. Its host is Marc Bélanger, a former head of the labour education programme of the International Labour Organization in Turin Italy. RadioLabour's reporters are accredited by the International Federation of Journalists.
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Another example of this critical industry training is Gas Check, an inspection protocol developed by the propane industry and funded by PERC. Gas Check provides guidelines to technicians on how to perform two different types of residential safety inspections:
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Since its announcement in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative has grown from an idea centered on connectivity and infrastructure development into a global strategy bolstering China's influence and economic diplomacy. With projects spanning the globe, the initiative has major implications not only for the future of global trade and economics, but also international relations and geopolitics.
Domestically, the importance of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cannot be understated. Enshrined in the constitution during the 19th Party Congress, it is an important aspect of Xi's legitimacy and legacy. It also naturally aligns with Beijing's focus on developing its western regions, easing overcapacity, and diversifying its energy imports.
The launch of BRI, the same year that Beijing proposed the creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, is also emblematic of China's more assertive and active role on the international stage. The scope of the project encompasses much of the globe and continues to expand, as evidenced by Xi's recent announcement to include the Trans-Pacific Maritime and Polar Silk Roads to cover Latin America and the Arctic. BRI also increases China's economic leverage as a creditor and promotes the internationalization of its currency in cross-border trade and the financing of projects.
Despite Xi's defense at the Boao Forum that "China has no geopolitical calculations," and repeated claims that the initiative is purely an economic project, the scale and breadth of the project means that it necessarily has geopolitical implications. This is already a case across many of the regions the initiative spans.
One of its "flagship" projects, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, has stoked tensions between India and Pakistan over the controversial region of Kashmir. In Europe, Chinese investment in the key Greek port of Piraeus has helped China gain leverage over a key partner in the European Union, where Greece has blocked statements condemning Chinese human rights practices. More and more, debates surrounding the geostrategic ramifications of the initiative are overshadowing discussions of its economic benefits.
In some cases, the BRI appears to mirror the "salami slicing" strategy Beijing has executed in the South China Sea—where it incrementally is establishing a de facto military presence. In Djibouti, China recently opened its first overseas military base, and a strategic foothold for overseas operations. Concerns are now building that Chinese influence over debt-ridden ports in the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar may soon impinge on these nations' sovereignty and China may over time establish claims that could transform into broader strategic footholds. Project by project, China is expanding its economic and strategic influence along the BRI.
Given that BRI presents both opportunities and challenges, how should countries and companies engage? China continues to encourage outside investment to help overcome the massive deficit of funding needed to complete their vision. However, there is a disconnect between those looking to participate and actual opportunities. Notably, investors point to low standards, difficulties competing in the procurement and bidding process, and riskiness of investments as major obstacles to joining.
Indeed, a recent study of 68 countries that are part of BRI showed that 23 are at risk of debt distress today, and eight of them face significant future debt obligations as a result of BRI-related financing. The economic viability of a project like the Hambantota port in Sri Lanka is questionable, resulting in forfeiture of this strategic port to China on a 99-year lease. Developed nations and multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and IMF are also hesitant to invest alongside projects due to concerns surrounding environmental, labor, and quality standards, a concern seen in British Prime Minister May's visit in January. In March, all but one EU ambassador to Beijing recently denounced BRI for its preferential treatment of domestic companies.
Most investment opportunities for countries and companies outside the Belt and Road will come in later stages, as projects are completed and integrated into trade routes and local economies develop. Improved infrastructure will lead to expanded supply chains and increased productivity in BRI countries, which could provide significant opportunities in the services sector and digital economy. Until then, however, there are still productive ways to engage the initiative.
Countries and companies should be focused on ensuring projects are sustainable, economically viable, and align with environmental, human rights, and labor standards to increase the likelihood that opportunities do emerge later on. They should push for greater transparency and access to BRI projects, especially during the procurement and bidding process as new projects are being formulated. The IMF's recent announcement to open a joint training center to build capacity for officials involved along the BRI is a good example of constructive engagement. Concurrently, China's recent announcement of an International Development Cooperation Agency meant to enhance coordination and supervision of BRI projects, if followed through on, is a step towards simplifying how outsiders engage with BRI projects.


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It's November 29, and Jose Reyes is still a free agent. The Mets have yet to sign anyone or make any trades. Not much is happening in the baseball world . . . so let's fire up the contracts-of-the-past machine once again. This time we're going to look at shortstops, as the Mets have interest in a certain aforementioned free agent shortstop. Between the 2004-05 winter and the present, shortstops signed 18 multi-year contracts as free agents and six contract-extensions buying out multiple years of free agency. Here are all of them, in something resembling a discernible order.
Multi-year free agent contracts given to shortstops:
There aren't many of them, and none have been for longer than four years or for more than $40 million dollars. I'm not sure why this happens, but there have been no monster contracts for free agent shortstops in recent years. Alex Rodriguez's deal with Texas is the last one that jumps to mind. For whatever reason, elite shortstops seem to hit the open market only rarely. Or maybe it's just that elite shortstops are rare. Or maybe, even in the Moneyball era, teams still overpay for things they can quantify — on-base percentage, home runs — and still underpay for the things they can't — defensive value and durability, and the strengths of many quality shortstops tend more often to fall into the non-quantifiable category. That may has something to do with it.
Whatever the reasons, the net result is that shortstops, as a group, tend to be a much better multi-year investments than pitchers and somewhat better investments than outfielders, the two other groups we've previously examined. I suppose this is good news for Mets fans hoping for Reyes to re-sign. Of course, the bad news for Mets fans is that Jose Reyes excels in the quantifiable areas teams pay for: He just won the batting title, he steals bases and he scores runs. He has far less value hidden in the harder-to-quantify areas, such as fielding and durability. My guess is that, because of these factors,
Miami someone is going to overpay Reyes, and he's going to be wearing a uniform other than the Mets' come 2012.
That said, Reyes is unlike any player hitting the open market in recent history, and that makes his final destination harder to predict.
Anyway, here are the shortstops who signed three-year or four-year deals as free agents in recent history, in rough best-to-worst order:
1. Orlando Cabrera, Angels, four years (2005-08), $32 million
11.1 wins above replacement
A sneaky-good contract for a sneaky-good player. Cabrera never managed an OPS better than the AL average in any year, but he did other things well enough to be a solid starter for four years. A prototypical Mike Scioscia middle-infielder, Cabrera hit .281 and drew enough walks for a reasonable .332 on-base percentage over the four years, stole 87 bases and was caught just 15 times, and fielded his position well. It doesn't sound like much, but a non-zero on offense who can play shortstop is a pretty good player.
2. Edgar Renteria, Red Sox, four years (2005-08), $40 million
9.2 wins above replacement
Another sneaky-good contract, though this one comes with a huge asterisk: The Renteria contract was a good deal for the Atlanta Braves; not so much for the Red Sox and the Tigers. Renteria signed a big contract with Boston before the 2005 season to become their shortstop for the next four years, but something just didn't work — the fans booed him early and often, he led the league in errors, and the Red Sox decided to call it quits after one year. The next winter, they traded him to Atlanta for then-prospect Andy Marte. The Braves got all the value out of the deal: Renteria hit .310/.374/.451 and fielded well in two years with Atlanta, who later flipped him to the Tigers before the 2008 season. The Tigers got one year of again-bad Renteria out of the trade; the Braves got Jair Jurrjens.
3. Rafael Furcal, Dodgers, three years (2009-11), $30 million
7.4 wins above replacement
A similar player to Jose Reyes. Reyes is the better hitter and better overall, but Furcal the better fielder and both are shortstops with some injury history and plenty of value in their legs. Neither of Furcal's consecutive three-year contracts with the Dodgers were particularly good or bad, which may bode well for whichever team signs Reyes. Then again, more of Furcal's value came from his glove, something teams struggle to value. So he may have been relatively underpaid compared to what Reyes is going to get.
4. Cristian Guzman, Nationals, four years (2005-08), $16.8 million
4.1 wins above replacement
This is a weird one in every way. Four years is a long contract for a shortstop, but the Nationals also made a relatively small financial commitment, making the deal a funny-looking outlier. As for the returns on their investments: Guzman hit .219 with a .260 on-base percentage his first season, then missed all of 2006 and most of 2007 with various injuries. Playing a full season in 2008, the last year of his deal, Guzman hit .316 with 35 doubles, made the All Star team, and convinced the Nationals to sign him to a two-year extension. He then struggled through both years of the extension, was traded to Texas, and didn't play in 2011. Guzman gave the Nationals one, well-timed good season, and received six years of paychecks for it. This one worked out better for him than it did for Washington.
5. Alex Gonzalez, Reds, three years (2007-09), $14 million
1.2 wins above replacement
This is the Alex Gonzalez from last season's Braves, useful in the years he hits 15 home runs, useless in the years he doesn't. The Reds got one useful year, one injured year, and then split a useless year with the Red Sox. Gonzalez is a free agent this year, and he's my pick as an interesting buy-low candidate for the Mets. He doesn't get on-base — at all, ever — but he still fields well enough, and if this is one of those years when he runs into 20 home runs, he'd at least be an interesting player. Maybe not good, but interesting.
6. Rafael Furcal, Dodgers, three years (2006-08), $39 million
6.5 wins above replacement
See above, a lesser version of Jose Reyes, etc. His second Dodgers contract, when he was older, looks better than this first one.
7. Julio Lugo, Red Sox, four years (2007-10), $36 million
0.0 wins above replacement
At last, we reach the lone albatross. Lugo didn't hit well, didn't field well, and didn't stay healthy for Boston. That is to say: He was bad. Theo Epstein did plenty of good things with the Red Sox — two World Championships — but finding a long-term answer at shortstop wasn't one of them.
Two-Year Deals
A large number of free agent shortstops sign two-year deals. I have no idea why. Here are all of them, the value of each contract being between $2 and $6 million except where noted:
Craig Counsell, Diamondbacks
Marco Scutaro, Red Sox – $12.5 million
John McDonald, Blue Jays
Craig Counsell, Brewers
Juan Castro, Twins
Cesar Izturis, Orioles
Willie Bloomquist, Royals
Neifi Perez, Cubs
Tony Womack, Yankees
Edgar Renteria, Giants – $18.5 million (!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Also Derek Jeter last winter re-signed as a free agent. But we like to run a Jeter-free blog around here, so we're not going to talk about him. Let's move on.
Soon, he'll be able to buy lots of glasses.
Multi-Year Extensions Covering Free Agency Seasons
As usual, extensions are better deals for the team than signing a similar player through free agency. Clubs avoid the bidding wars, and they know the player they're investing in better than anyone else. Both these factors help teams make better choices.
Extensions, more than two years:
1. Carlos Guillen, Tigers, three years (2005-07), $14 million
11.4 wins above replacement
Great extension, if only for Guillen's 2006 season. He hit 41 doubles and posted a .920 OPS in the regular season, and then hit for a 1.008 OPS in the postseason, helping the Tigers win the American League pennant.
2. Jack Wilson, Pirates, three years (2007-09), $20.2 million
5.4 wins above replacement
In baseball contract terms, $20 million dollars for 5.4 wins above replacement isn't a bad deal, even when it's for Jack Wilson. Wilson is someone the Mets reportedly have expressed interest in this offseason. Excellent fielder, but he hasn't had an on-base percentage above .300 since George W. Bush was president and doesn't hit for power. Please, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
3. Jimmy Rollins, Phillies, four years (2007-10), $31 million
12.6 wins above replacement
Won the MVP in 2007, the first year of the extension, and then began a slow decline. All in all though, not a bad deal for the Phillies or Rollins. Another decent Reyes comp, albeit again with a bit less offense and slightly more defense, but Rollins is and was a speedy shortstop with a similar career value. Rollins is a free agent this winter, but I would be surprised if he signed somewhere other than Philadelphia. That said, I'm almost — almost — rooting for Rollins to sign with the Mets, and Reyes with the Phillies, but only in the name of science. I think it'd be a fun social experiment. I'm probably alone on this.
4. Michael Young, Rangers, five years (2009-13), $80 million
8.4 wins above replacement
Does this count? Young is no longer a shortstop, but I have trouble imagining that keeping him at short was the long-term plan when the Rangers signed him to this extension. Still, he was a shortstop when he signed, so I guess it should count for shortstops . . . If this counts, it's the biggest contract given to a shortstop we've got here, and it's not looking so hot.
Two year extensions:
Jack Wilson, Mariners (There's some reason people love hanging onto this guy)
Cristian Guzman, Nationals
The summary: Roughly, the best way to sign a veteran shortstop is to extend your own guy. You like him, he likes you, it's working for everyone . . . everyone goes home happy. Re-upping your own dudes before they hit free agency usually works out okay. Failing that, the second-best way is to sign a good shortstop to a multi-year deal; the worst way is to sign a mediocre player to a two-year deal, but even that is a better investment than signing a free-agent pitcher or outfielder. The details look like this:
Extensions: $3.21 per win
Free Agents, total: $4.76 per win
Free Agents, three years or more: $4.63 per win
Free Agents, two years: $5.25 per win
After looking at all this, I'm still sticking with my earlier prediction: Jose Reyes will sign with the Miami Marlins on December 11, for $132 million dollars over six years.


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Brisbane have adopted an Origin-like mentality to Friday night's showdown with premiers Manly with the stark reality they could tumble from the NRL top eight at Brookvale Oval.
In a surprise tactic coach Anthony Griffin and his 18-strong Bronco squad sneaked off to Sydney after Tuesday's training session in Brisbane to escape any distractions a final hit out at Red Hill on Thursday morning might cause.
Instead, Griffin and skipper Sam Thaiday will put the team through its paces in private at a closed session in Sydney's eastern suburbs after setting up their base camp at Bondi on Wednesday.
The ploy revived memories of last year's finals series when Brisbane used a privately owned helicopter to secretly transport injured skipper Darren Lockyer to Sydney.
Lockyer had suffered a fractured cheekbone and eye socket and flying in a commercial jet was considered risky.
He didn't play and Manly steamrolled Brisbane before going on to win the grand final.
Brisbane (7th, 26pts) will drop out of the top eight if they lose to Manly and Canberra (9th, 26pts) end Canterbury's 12-game winning streak and Wests Tigers (8th, 26pts) beat the Roosters on Sunday.
It would then all come down to final round results with Brisbane playing Penrith at home in Petero Civoniceva's farewell to the fans game, the Tigers hosting Melbourne and Canberra away to the Warriors, setting up an intriguing finale.
What Brisbane can't afford, is to be blown off the park by Manly with the last spot in the eight expected to be decided on points differential.
Brisbane have a superior for-and-against differential of 37 to Wests Tigers (-1) and Canberra (-39).
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"When you're losing you seem to find way to lose so we can't use any excuses," said hooker Andrew McCullough.
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"Dictatorships and Double Standards" is an essay by Jeane Kirkpatrick published in the November 1979 issue of Commentary Magazine which criticized the foreign policy of the Carter administration.[1] It is also the title of a 270-page book written by Kirkpatrick in 1982.[2]
The article in Commentary Magazine in 1979 is credited with leading directly to Kirkpatrick's becoming an adviser to Ronald Reagan and thus her appointment as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.[3][4] Hence, the views expressed in Kirkpatrick's essay influenced the foreign policy of the Reagan administration, particularly with regard to Latin America.[5]
Kirkpatrick argued that by demanding rapid liberalization in traditionally autocratic countries, the Carter administration and previous administrations had delivered those countries to anti-American opposition groups that proved more repressive than the governments they overthrew. She further accused the administration of a "double standard" in that it had never applied its rhetoric on the necessity of liberalization to the affairs of Communist governments.
The essay compares traditional autocracies and Communist regimes:
[Traditional autocrats] do not disturb the habitual rhythms of work and leisure, habitual places of residence, habitual patterns of family and personal relations. Because the miseries of traditional life are familiar, they are bearable to ordinary people who, growing up in the society, learn to cope. [...] [Revolutionary Communist regimes] claim jurisdiction over the whole life of the society and make demands for change that so violate internalized values and habits that inhabitants flee by the tens of thousands.
Kirkpatrick concluded that while the United States should encourage liberalization and democracy in autocratic countries, it should not do so when the government is facing violent overthrow and should expect gradual change rather than immediate transformation.
AFL–CIO's Tom Kahn criticized conceptual problems and strategic consequences in Kirkpatrick's analysis. In particular, Kahn suggested that policy should promote democracy even in the countries dominated by Soviet communism. Kahn argued that the Polish labor-union Solidarity deserved United States support and even in its first years demonstrated that civil society could expand and that free labor unions could be organized despite Communist regimes. Kirkpatrick's analysis of Communism underestimated the democratic potential of the working class.[6]
Ted Galen Carpenter of the Cato Institute noted that while Communist movements tend to depose rival authoritarians, the traditional authoritarian regimes supported by the United States came to power by overthrowing democracies. Thus, he concludes that while Communist regimes are more difficult to eradicate, traditional autocratic regimes "pose the more lethal threat to functioning democracies".[7]
See also
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Jeane. (November 1979). "Dictatorships and Double Standards". Commentary Magazine. 68: 5. pp. 34–45. See also Dictatorships and Double Standards: Rationalism and Reason in Politics.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Jeane. (1982). Dictatorships and Double Standards: Rationalism and Reason in Politics. ISBN 0-671-43836-0.
- ^ Weiner, Tim (December 9, 2006). "Jeane Kirkpatrick, Reagan's Forceful Envoy, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2008.
- ^ Noah, Timothy (March 29, 2007). "The Elusive Ronald Reagan". The Washington Post. p. C04. Retrieved September 13, 2008.
- ^ Blumenthal, Sidney (December 14, 2006). "Mugged by reality". Salon. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ Kahn, Tom (July 1985), January 1985 speech to the 'Democratic Solidarity Conference' organized by the Young Social Democrats (YSD) under the auspices of the Foundation for Democratic Education, "Beyond the Double Standard: A Social Democratic View of the Authoritarianism Versus Totalitarianism Debate" (PDF), New America, Social Democrats, USACS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Reprinted: Kahn, Tom (2008) [1985]. "Beyond the Double Standard: A Social Democratic View of the Authoritarianism Versus Totalitarianism Debate" (PDF). Democratiya. 12 (Spring): 152–160.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ted Galen Carpenter (August 15, 1985). "The United States and Third World Dictatorships: A Case for Benign Detachment". Cato Policy Analysis. No. 58.


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Russia first encountered submachine guns during the 1939 war with Finland and developed a healthy respect for the weapons. In a tactical sense they boosted the short-range firepower of armies, but in the war between economies, the SMG was cheap and easy to produce, so suitable for bulking out more expensive equipment in mass forces. Russia had started the war with the PPD-40 evolved from the PPD-35, a fine weapon that clearly showed its ancestry in the MP-28 and the Soumi, and that was the problem. Its hard to call any Russian small arm luxurious but the PPD came close by 1940s SMG standards.
Re-engineering it for ease of production became an urgent priority with the first Panzer rolling across the border, and the happy result was the PPSh-41. This weapon retained the PPD-35s good features and dispensed with those Russia could no longer afford. As such it was a curious mix of the old fashioned with the starkly modern, pressed steel combined with the sort of woodwork abandoned in other countries. It was chambered for the 7.62x25mm Tokarev round, the weapon being fitted to handle either a 71-round drum magazine or a 35-round stick magazine. Great stress was placed on making the weapon easy to produce. The PPSH was crude but effective and was suited to production in relatively primitive building plants, factors that went far to offset its many problems. Many PPSH-41s were built in backstreet engineering units and such things as standardization or parts interchangeability were nominal at best. Throughout the 1941 - 1943 siege of Petrograd, PPSH-41s were churned out in large numbers by the most unlikely of production facilities.
In 1943, the PPS-43 was introduced. This was even simpler and cruder than the PPSH-41 and featured an all-metal folding stock rather than the wooden stock of the PPSH. The metal stock made it unpopular with troops who disliked having their faces frozen to their weapons and the PPSH-41 remained the preferred SMG. The great importance of the PPS-43 was that it was made in one of the new production plants being assembled around Khabarovsk. A prefabricated factory complete with powerhouse and production line to build PPS-43s to the best of American manufacturing technology, the Khabarovsk No.5 plant came on line in Feb/March 1944 and started churning out PPSs like peanuts. Alone it was capable of making almost 30% of the then existing annual Russian production of this weapon, and Khabarovsk No.2 that opened up four months later could do the same. Better yet the quality of these new weapons was a mile ahead of the contemporary Russian average. This left the Russians with something quite precious, an oversupply of both weapons and manufacturing capacity. Unfortunately the bulk of this excess capacity wasnt good for much other than making more PPSs, but it bought time for the development of something much better.
By 1945, the Germans had introduced their StG-44 and the Russians were looking for a weapon to counter this rifle. They took the basic PPSH-41 and improved its engineering, using the industrial expertise imported from America to produce a truly mass-produced and standardized weapon. Raising the breech pressure of the 7.62x25 round well above 40,000cup increased the muzzle velocity from 505 meters per second to 550 meters per second while the old 5.5 gram bullet was replaced with a 7 gram one. This certainly gave the PPS-45 a lot more poke at long range. The barrel was lengthened to 16 inches, a new wooden foregrip fitted and the mechanism beefed up to handle the 7.62x25mm round. With the added weight of the longer barrel, forearm and beefed up bolt made a far more controllable weapon as a carbine. But the bolt wasn't that heavy nor was the stronger mainspring that much stiffer, and so in full auto the rate of fire was frightening.
The new 7.62x25mm cartridge, became known commercially as the Tokarev Magnum, bore much the same relationship to the old 7.62x25mm as the .357 magnum did to the .38 special. It was much too powerful to be used in pistols but it worked well in the new submachine gun. The new weapon was designated the PPS-45 and it quickly found its way into the hands of the troops where it became a much sought-after weapon. Its 71 round drum magazine gave it a significant advantage over smaller magazine capacity weapons. The lengthened barrel increased the sight radius, allowing more accurate fire while the PPS-45 also featured a bayonet mount under the barrel. It remained the standard submachine gun in the Russian Army until it was replaced by the AK-47. Even after that point, the PPS-45 was issued to the Russian police and it can still be seen today slung over the shoulders of policewomen directing traffic. The PPS-45 was widely exported and made its mark as a militia/police/paramilitary weapon. It remains in production today by the Schpagin Corporation, primarily for export purposes.
The other sub machine gun to find its way into Russian use was the Capsten. In 1940, the first wave of semi-official refugees after the Coup. Unofficially dubbed the Brain-Drain these people were selected or selected themselves as being of use to war effort and the Dominions and snuck out, usually though Ireland. Among them were number of small arms designers from Enfield and the commercial world who had some interesting things in their luggage. One was a set of plans for a very cheap emergency-production submachine gun named the Sten Gun. This was a crude and simple weapon made largely from stampings and chambered for the 9x19mm cartridge. The Candians put the project to one side for a while and only revived it when the war in Russia broke out
The Russian Army was demanding sub-machine guns at all costs and the Sten gun seemed ideal for their needs. By this time, the Russians were also placing orders for the 7.62x25mm pistol round with Canadian factories for their PPSH so adopting this caliber for the Canadian produced Sten gun. By this time, the Canadians had refined the weapon substantially as the Capsten (CAnadian Produced STEN), the Capsten Mark I being the original version in 9x19mm. This was rechambered for 7.62x25mm as the Capsten Mark 3 and was adopted by the Canadian Army as their standard submachine gun as well as being supplied to the Russians. By this time, the Mk.3 had been based around a length of seamless drawn steel tube, that was machined to cut various holes in it and threaded. Before having other components like the magazine housing, sights, barrel diaphragm and trigger group welded and pinned in place. The whole assembly then fitting into a wooden stock based on the Lee-Enfield to produce a weapon that looked remarkably like the Lanchester, that was to become the trademark of the British collaborationists. This was too complex a weapon and it was dumbed back down again, replacing the tube with a stamped sheet steel jacket, and came to resemble nothing so much as a PPSh with a side mounted magazine. This became the Mark 4 and was every bit as good as the PPSh, it was a little lighter, just as accurate, equally reliable and of course it fired exactly the same ammunition. The Russians were beating down the door clamoring for all that could be produced, and the Americans were waving their checkbook in support.
In 1946, the Canadians produced the Capsten Mark 6 that as revised along the lines of the PPSh-45, gaining a 16 barrel, the modified sites from a No.4 and being retuned to take the new high-pressure 7.62x25 round. The Capsten was never given the separate striker that allowed the PPSh-45 to be so accurate, but the Capsten Mk.II did regain the stiffer tubular receiver of the Mk.III Sten and the general level of quality had been steadily rising. This version also serving in both the Russian and Canadian armies, the latter designating it a machine carbine rather than a submachine gun. As a side issue, the decision to adopt the 7.62x25mm for the Capsten also meant that the Canadian Armys long-awaited semi-automatic pistol ended up as a Browning Hi-Power chambered for 7.62x25mm.


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Over the past couple months I've had the honor of working with my client, VINZ on Fairfax, on their grand opening project that took place in LA April 7-8, 2018. I'm calling it a project because it was beyond any party I've ever been to—or even heard about for that matter. My client decided to dedicate their grand opening to a huge cultural statement and experience, and I couldn't be prouder. They brought the soon-to-be-iconic NERO48 pop-up experience to the United States for the first time and it seemed like all of LA was b-u-z-z-i-n-g about it. I mean, even Thrillist & Los Angeles Times picked it up as "Top Things to Do This Weekend."
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