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J-K: 2 dead, 5 feared killed in house collapse
Landslides triggered by overnight rains claimed two lives in Baramulla district while at least seven others were feared dead after a house collapsed in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.india Updated: Apr 04, 2015 14:12 IST
In yet another case of honour killing, a girl's father and brother were rounded up by the district police on Friday night for allegedly killing her for honour.
Expressing grief, chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed directed rescue teams to save the five still trapped under debris.
In Kathua district, seven houses were damaged, while police rescued 26 people of a marriage party trapped in flash floods.
A police spokesperson said the house of Satish Ram, who was staying along with five members of his family and a brother-in-law, collapsed early on Friday morning due to landslides triggered by overnight rain.
The incident occurred early on Friday morning, but the matter was reported to police in the afternoon, said the spokesperson, adding the road link to Dessa has also been snapped.
The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the third consecutive day.
"The house has been razed completely by the landslides. Various rescue teams of the army and police rushed the spots, however, rescue operation couldn't be started due to heavy rains," said Nissar Ahmad, deputy inspector general of police, Doda range, adding the bodies are yet to be recovered. Kathua deputy commissioner (DC) Shahid Iqbal Chowdhary said as many as 26 members of a marriage party, who were trapped in a overflowing nullah in Rehinbrohra area of Billawar tehsil, were rescued in a three-hour operation.
Upper areas of the district received a heavy rainfall, while the main Sewa river was flowing above the danger mark, said the DC, adding an alert has been sounded in the area.
The water level in the Ranjit Sagar Dam is reported at 517 feet close to the danger mark of 524 feet. The traffic on 300-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained suspended for the third consecutive day because of heavy landslides.
Traffic officials said restoration work was going on at 12 places on the highway, which would be open by Saturday morning.
Poonch DC MH Malik said four houses were damaged in Poonch district due to heavy rains and a 120 feet bridge near the Line of Control (LoC) was damaged partially.
Valleys see sunshine on Friday
Overnight incessant rains stopped and overcast sky gave way to a bright sun in the Kashmir Valley, which was reeling under wet weather for the last seven days leading to flooding in some low lying areas and triggering landslides that left 16 people dead and hundreds homeless.
The meteorological department has forecast that the weather will remain mostly dry over the state during the next four days. However, light to moderate rain or thundershowers will occur at some places during the next 24 hours.
Heavy rains, which started lashing Srinagar and other parts of the Valley on Thursday night, stopped around forenoon on Friday.
The sky got clear on Friday afternoon amid special prayers after overnight heavy rains sparked fresh apprehensions of deluge among the denizens of the Valley — still overcoming the massive destruction caused by floods in September last year.
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Medical malpractice lawsuits in Providence can often be very complex. Any number of different factors may cause them to be thrown out, leaving those who were the victims of the alleged malpractice without the means to deal with its consequences. Yet the dismissal of a lawsuit doesn't necessarily mean that the matter can't be revisited. In certain circumstances, a plaintiff may be able to re-file a lawsuit later on should the circumstances surrounding the case change.
Cancer patient discovers that doctors removed wrong kidney
When patients in Providence walk into the doctor's office, one thing that they won't see is sign stating that the doctor offers a money back guarantee. Despite the many advances made in medical science, healthcare providers still may encounter limitations when it comes to accurately diagnosing all of the patients that they see. However, today's diagnostic tools offer doctors views of what's going on inside of their patients that their predecessors could only dream of. Those tools should be able to help providers avoid surgical mistakes. However, no amount of technology can eliminate human error.
False HIV diagnosis blamed for the loss of woman's unborn baby
Advances in pharmacological science over the years have saved millions of lives. Today, patients in Providence have access to a wide array of drugs and medications aimed at treating both minor and severe illnesses. Yet for all of their lifesaving potential, many medications also carry with them some unwelcome side effects. Patients suffering from severe ailments will often put up with these side effects because they know their medications are necessary if they hope to improve. Yet when incorrect diagnoses lead to prescription medication errors, those who suffer from these side effects may be less likely to endure such suffering quietly.
Woman sues the doctors who misdiagnosed her encephalitis
Despite all of the advances made in the medical industry in recent years, medicine can still be classified as an evolving science. Doctors and other healthcare providers in Providence and across the rest of the country see countless patients day after day, most of whom are suffering from fairly common ailments. It's through the experience in spotting and treating these ailments combined with their education that helps healthcare providers to hone their diagnostic skills. Yet unfortunately, not every doctor can be right in his or her diagnosis all of time. When a misdiagnosis does occur, patients may suffer from delayed treatment while their doctors open themselves up to accusations of negligence.

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3 Surprising Joys Of Being A Single Parent
Over the past two decades, traditional family structures (think, two parents raising kids together) have changed immensely. In fact, four out of 10 children are now born to unmarried mothers.
Gaze upon a kindergarten class wall, and you're likely to see all sorts of family life represented in the inevitable crayon portraits. From same-sex couples to happily co-parenting divorced couples, single parents who bear the brunt of responsibilities to a growing number of solo parents: those who either willingly or not find themselves to be the only parent on the job 24/7, year-round. (I fall into the last category, initially not by choice, but now I wouldn't change it for the world.)
I tend to say that my son is being raised by Labradors (we've had two of them for years), and looking back on his kindergarten artwork, it's not far from the truth. There I am: a triangle stick figure with stringy hair next to a mutant-looking animal with four legs and Monkey himself.
Gazing back over the decade-plus that I've been a solo parent to a son who is now firmly in his teens, there are certain things that have kept me sane. They've also allowed me to revel in this intense, fierce, often exhausting yet completely rewarding, relationship.
1. Use your alone time for something that feeds your soul.
When it's just you on duty, life can quickly get two-dimensional: an endless game of tag between parenting duties and work. And you'll likely feel that you're not doing either particularly well.
It goes without saying that alone time is rare and precious, and just as important is what you do with that time. Is there something you used to love to do pre-parenthood? Comedy, art, surfing, exercise, even reading? Schedule time for it. Better yet, find a class or group to join. You are much more likely to make it happen when the commitment is to others, not just yourself.
When you satisfy your soul, you'll find the other two dimensions (work and parenting) become a lot more enjoyable and you'll be modeling something great for your offspring.
2. Enlist your child to find help with child care.
When you're a solo parent, there is no truer adage than "It takes a village." Most of us don't live with our extended family under one roof or have neighbors with an always-open front door.
When my son was about 5 years old, he came home from a summer camp raving about "Deanna." He begged me to invite her to come babysit for him. So I asked her. I figured she had been approved as a camp counselor, and he had picked her himself, so why not? She gladly accepted and became a beloved part of our family until she graduated college.
Over the years, his favorite babysitters have been high-schoolers, college kids, even interns from my work. Turns out children love young people. And I've always gotten his input on who he wants to be with when I'm gone. Seeing him happily wave goodbye as I head out the door has made my precious moments of freedom all the more sweet.
3. Find shared passions for you and your child.
It can be hard—and expensive—to pay for help each time you want to do something you love...and I'm not talking grocery shopping here. I developed a passion for surfing when my son was about 5 and was initially stumped by what to do with him when I wanted to take to the waves. I dismissed the idea of leaving him on the beach with our Lab after about 10 seconds.
Instead, I got him a wetsuit and hired an instructor for us both. Over the years, he has been the main subject of my photography passion and joined me on numerous yoga retreats. We've taken guitar lessons together, ridden horses, and now have a wonderful tradition of taking a cooking class whenever we travel together.
While being a solo parent inevitably means making some sacrifices, you can lead a truly three-dimensional life if you look for harmony across each dimension and involve your child or children. I guarantee this will bring you joy alongside the daily trials and tribulations of parenting alone.
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Jiang, 1938 -
Jiang is the founder of the Yunnan School of Painting which is the most important contemporary movement of abstract art in China. His works are richly colored and the imagery contains figurative elements with contrasting patterns.
Jiang attended the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. He studied with the renowned Chinese artist, Huang Yong-Yu. During the 1960s and early 1970's, Jiang was assigned to produce propaganda posters during MaoÕs Cultural Revolution. At night Jiang secretly worked on his own style.
From 1976 to 1983, Jiang served on the board of directors for the Yunnan branch of the Chinese National Art Association. He also was a member of the Chinese Woodblock Association. He later was an instructor and professor at the Yunnan Art Institute.
In 1979, he was commissioned by the government to paint a mural representing Yunnan Province, which was installed in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
A year later, Jiang was awarded second place in an international United Nations competition and in 1983 he came to the United States as part of a cultural exchange program with the University of Southern California.
Jiang works primarily in watercolor and serigraphy. His works have been actively collected worldwide since the early 1980's.


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Develop a keen eye for unnecessary code
By "unnecessary" we mean that the code can be removed without affecting the behavior of the program unit.
There can be two reasons, roughly, for a chunk of code to be unnecessary:
1. The code "reinforces" or explicitly defines default behavior. If you remove it, the default comes into play. So no harm done, but it is often beneficial to be explicit.
2. You misunderstand how the language works and therefore write code that should not be there at all, and is likely to cause maintenance issues later (and maybe even lead to bugs).
I offer an exercise below in identifying unnecessary code. See if you can figure out what can be removed, before looking at the explanations below the procedure definition.
You can also check out the quiz behind this post.
So here goes: what code can be removed from this procedure definition without change the behavior of running this block:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE plch_busy_proc (
n_in NUMBER DEFAULT NULL)
CURSOR objects_cur
FROM all_objects
ORDER BY object_name;
object_rec objects_cur%ROWTYPE;
FOR object_rec IN objects_cur
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (object_rec.object_name);
IF object_rec.object_name IS NOT NULL
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (object_rec.object_name);
IF objects_cur%ISOPEN
CLOSE objects_cur;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (STANDARD.SQLERRM);
OK, time to pause.
Examine the code. above
Do not look below for the answers.
Try to figure it out yourself first.
Enhancing your skill at analyzing code greatly improves your ability to write it in the first place
What Can Be Removed?
We'll move from the top on down to the bottom.
(n_in NUMBER DEFAULT NULL)
Yes, it is true: the entire parameter list can be removed. Why? The only test case you are measuring this against is the anonymous block shown above, which calls the procedure without any arguments. It does not need to pass a value for n_in, because it has a default value of NULL.
Should you therefore remove the parameter list? Very likely not! :-)
Almost certainly, other program units will call the procedure with a non-null value.
So while it is good to understand how PL/SQL takes advantage of default values for parameters, it is not a motivation to remove parameters!
Yep, this clause can be removed, because DEFINER is the default setting for AUTHID. The AUTHID clause determines if your program unit runs under one of the following paradigms:
1. Definer Rights (AUTHID DEFINER): when you invoke the program unit, it executes with the privileges of the defining (owning) schema. So even if your user does not have, for the above procedure SELECT or READ privileges on ALL_OBJECTS, the procedure will still execute, because the owner of the procedure did have the ability to select from ALL_OBJECTS.
2. Invoker Rights (AUTHID CURRENT_USER): when you invoke the program unit, it executes with your privileges (the current user). This means that the PL/SQL runtime engine resolves all references to database objects before executing the code.
Check out the doc for more information on these two approaches.
And, just to be really clear (I was not when I initially published this post, as SvenW's comment makes clear): while you can remove AUTHID DEFINER, you should not. You should always include an explicit AUTHID specification for your program units.
At a minimum, its presence makes an unambiguous statement to those coming along later: "This should be a definer rights program unit. Don't change it without a very good reason and thorough analysis!"
This pragma (a command to the compiler) can be removed because the procedure contains no non-query DML (insert, update, delete, merge). Since it does not change any data in tables, defining the procedure as an autonomous transaction is irrelevant.
An autonomous transaction program unit is one in which all changes made within the unit can and must be committed or rolled back, without affecting other un-committed changes in your session. It is most commonly used in error logging routines, since you want to save the error information to your table, but you certainly do not want to commit changes in your most likely "broken" transaction (you do, after all, have an error). And when you rollback the transaction, you don't want to lose your error log insertion. Autonomous transaction to the rescue!
Check out the doc on this pragma.
object_rec objects_cur%ROWTYPE;
What? I can remove the whole declaration of this record? But how will the procedure even compile, then? Don't I use it here, for example?
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (object_rec.object_name);
Welllllll, yes and no. Yes, you do reference a record with the name "OBJECT_REC". No, you do not reference the record which was explicitly defined in the declaration section.
Instead, you are referencing this record, declared implicitly by PL/SQL for use within the cursor FOR loop:
FOR object_rec IN objects_cur
I have seen developers declare their own variable as a sort of "programmer's insurance." The thinking seems to go like this: "I will declare a variable with that name, just in case."
"Nooooooooo!" (that's me howling in dismay)
Never write code "just in case". Instead, make sure you know how the technology works and use it as directed, and as necessary.
In this case, because I declared that unnecessary variable, I could write even more, more confusing code, namely:
IF object_rec.object_name IS NOT NULL
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (object_rec.object_name);
Yes, that's right. The entire IF statement can - and should - be removed.
The object_rec.object_name field (of the object_rec variable explicitly declared) will always be NULL. That's because all the fields in the variable are defaulted to NULL initially, and those values are never changed.
"But, but...what about in the cursor FOR loop?" you might be asking yourself.
Oh yes, the value of object_rec.object_name is set with each new row fetched, but remember: the object_rec modified inside the cursor FOR loop is not the same object_rec that is declared and referenced outside the loop.
This is a great example of how buggy, confusing code can creep into your programs if you do not thoroughly understand the programming language you are using.
IF objects_cur%ISOPEN
CLOSE objects_cur;
The objects_cur cursor is only open inside the cursor FOR loop. If an error was raised from within the loop (and it is quite difficult to see how that could happen), the PL/SQL engine would automatically close the cursor. So it will never be open in the exception handler, and this code is both unnecessary and misleading.
It should be removed.
Really? I can remove the name of the package in which SQLERRM is defined? Yes, because STANDARD is one of two very special packages in PL/SQL (the other being DBMS_STANDARD).
As the doc explains, "The package specification declares public types, variables, exceptions, subprograms, which are available automatically to PL/SQL programs...The contents of package STANDARD are directly visible to applications. You need not qualify references to its contents by prefixing the package name."
Sure, you could include the "STANDARD." prefix, but I suggest you do not. It will mostly just raise questions from other developers on your team. It is a fundamental aspect of the way PL/SQL works and is not going to change. So don't clutter up your code.
So did I miss anything? Are there any other chunks of code you believe could and/or should be removed from this program unit?


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Despite widespread concern about potential human health impacts from hydraulic fracturing, the lifetime toxic chemical releases associated with coal-generated electricity are 10 to 100 times greater than those from electricity generated with natural gas obtained via fracking, according to a new University of Michigan study.
The study is a comparative analysis of the harmful health effects of electricity produced from shale gas and coal. It looks at the amount of toxic chemicals released into the air, soil and water during both the resource extraction and electricity generation phases of both technologies and concludes that the potential human health impacts of electricity from coal are much higher.
The findings suggest that as the U.S. energy market continues to shift from coal to natural gas, the overall "toxicity burden" of the electricity sector will decrease, said study corresponding author Shelie Miller, an environmental engineer and an associate professor at the U-M School for Environment and Sustainability's Center for Sustainable Systems.
"This analysis does not imply that concerns associated with shale gas production are unfounded, only that the overall toxic load of coal is definitely greater," Miller said. "And while the study doesn't address this directly, we should be pursuing renewables more aggressively if we really want to decrease the human toxicity burden of our energy system."
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I've always loved turtles–that is, the four-legged kind with the built-in shelter like a mobile home. I especially like the small turtles you occasionally see in your backyard or garden, the painted and box turtles that once were so common but less so now, the ones that would hide in their shells till the dog stopped barking and moved on to something more interesting (and mobile), freeing the turtle to quietly (and slowly) plod off into the weeds.
Where have those turtles gone?
Well, in honor of those garden turtles and in recognition of (and hope for) the approach of warm spring days and the accompanying greenery of grass and leaves, we've named this week's recipe Chocolate Turtle Cookies. They look like little dark-shelled turtles with their legs and head withdrawn into the shell. But don't worry. There's no turtle inside, just peanut butter and a vanilla wafer: good stuff.
These cookies actually mimic a certain type of popular girl-scout cookie with a trademarked name we won't use here. But I think Chocolate Turtle Cookie is a better name than that other anyway. You see, I always liked turtles and miss seeing them in my yard. This recipe is for them, and in hopes of their return–this spring and all springs.
Chocolate Turtle Cookies
9 vanilla wafers
3 Tablespoons creamy peanut butter
4 ounces milk chocolate chips*
1-2 Tablespoons milk
Lay vanilla wafers on a plate lined with parchment paper. Top each with a teaspoon of peanut butter. Place the cookies in the freezer for 15 minutes.
Put the chocolate and 1 tablespoon of milk in a small sauce pan and melt over low heat, stirring constantly. If the melted chocolate seems too thick, add 1 more tablespoon of milk. Once the chocolate is completely melted, turn the heat off. Place one cookie on top of a fork. Spoon melted chocolate on top to completely cover the peanut butter and cookie. Gently shake excess chocolate off. Place chocolate covered wafer back on a plate lined with parchment paper. Repeat with remaining vanilla wafers.
Place cookies back in the freezer. Allow the chocolate to set on all of the cookies. Place hardened cookies in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator.
Makes 9 cookies.
*If you can find milk chocolate candy coating, that will result in a shinier, harder outer coating. My local store did not have this product, so I used milk chocolate chips, as indicated in the recipe. If you can find candy coating, use 4 ounces and follow instructions on package for melting and dipping.
{Adapted from Back For Seconds}
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A concert pianist, aspiring screenwriter, and accomplished lawyer, Scott Perlov is talented in a wide range of areas. When not at the office or playing the piano, Scott Perlov is an amateur grape grower, a vintner, and a Chianti enthusiast.
Chianti goes well with a variety of dishes. Not only does it complement pasta with red sauce, it also goes well with beef, lamb, and chicken dishes, along with mushrooms, fish, parmesan cheese, and goose. Roasted leg of lamb, especially when flavored with a spicy rub, mixes perfectly with the acidic taste of Chianti, as do heavy veal dishes. However, Chianti's flavor is best partnered with dishes using red sauce. Both lasagna and spaghetti Bolognese go well with Chianti, particularly when the meat sauce is made with the wine. Chianti also augments the rich tomato sauce and cheeses of lasagna.
Pizza margherita and cioppino are two more dishes that complement the flavor and aroma of Chianti. Although many may think wine would overpower pizza, the strong basil, tomato, and cheese flavors of the pizza margherita hold their own against those of the Chianti, which is a fairly light wine. Cioppino, a fish and tomato stew, brings together brininess and tomato flavor that challenge the wine's acidity.


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Finding an unconscious shifter on your doorstep was a definite buzzkill.
Frowning in surprise, Makenna Wray double-blinked, half expecting him to disappear. Nope, he was still there, which just went to prove that Friday the thirteenth really was an unlucky day.
She gently toed the male body, which smelled strongly of wolf. No response. She squatted beside him, only then realizing he was just a kid. He looked approximately sixteen, but his scent wasn't ripe enough for that age. There was a small pool of blood by his head, but nothing that would indicate an injury he wouldn't quickly heal from, given that he was a shifter. There was also some vomit on his clothes, but it would seem that he'd spewed up elsewhere.
Given all the facts, she suspected that he'd tumbled down the steps that led to her basement apartment. She might have worried that he'd been pushed, but she could scent two other things. Beer and drugs. As such, it was likely that he'd fallen in his drunken, drugged-up state and knocked himself clean out. Idiot.
Normally, she'd be unsure of what to do next. Of course, she knew what society dictated she should do: check that the stranger was alive and call for help. Well, she could hear his heartbeat clearly enough, so she could cross the first off the list. As for calling for help . . . that part wasn't so simple.
Packs were insular and private. They understandably didn't like outsiders knowing or involving themselves in their business—especially lone shifters like herself. And Makenna wasn't fond of the idea of having strangers in her home; it was essentially her territory, and she was naturally protective of it.
So yeah, she'd ordinarily be hesitant in getting involved in a shifter pack's business. But as she took in the kid's rumpled clothes, undernourished appearance, and the distinctive musty smell typical of a homeless shifter, Makenna wondered if, in fact, she was looking at another lone wolf.
Of course she could be wrong. In any case, she couldn't leave him out here. This wasn't a good area for unconscious people—hell, it wasn't a good area for conscious people. And the truth was she was a sucker for a person in trouble.
Once she'd unlocked her front door, Makenna slipped her arms under the kid's armpits and dragged him through her small apartment to her bathroom, where she dumped him in the shower.
Then she turned on the cold water.
He sputtered to life, shaking his head and coughing. He tried to stand, but his legs buckled. Wild, stunned, bloodshot eyes settled on her. "Who the hell are you?"
"I'm the person who found you unconscious on my doorstep," she replied dryly. "Who the hell are you?"
He squinted. "You did?" The wildness faded from his eyes, revealing an inner turmoil that she could have related to at his age.
Taking pity on him, she turned off the water. "How's your head?"
He touched the back of his head and then winced. "A little sore." His nostrils flared. "You're a shifter. A wolf."
"Yes. And you didn't answer my question. Who are you?"
He regarded her warily. "Zac."
"I'm Makenna. Why did you come here tonight?"
"I don't remember how I got here." He ran a jerky hand over his tangled hair. "I was at a party. A fight broke out there, so I left and . . ." He trailed off, slanting her a suspicious glance. "I guess I took a wrong turn somewhere on my way home." He struggled to his feet. "I have to get back. My pack will be wondering where I am."
"You're a loner, aren't you?"
Loners had a bad reputation among shifters and were generally distrusted. Some shifters chose the lone wolf lifestyle, but some had no choice. In any case, it wasn't a pretty fate. They were thought to be on their own because they were banished from their packs for committing awful, heinous crimes. And without the safety of a pack, they became easy prey for other shifters, so a number of them became assassins for hire to earn money and protection. But being in a pack wasn't always a good thing, and it didn't necessarily make a person any safer from harm.
Panic flashed across Zac's face. "No, of course not."
"That party you went to . . . Let me guess, it was Tariq's party."
His mouth pressed into a thin line. "You know Tariq?"
"I know Tariq." He was a shithead who recruited loners to work for him. "You should stay away from him."
Zac bristled. "He's my friend."
"Because he gave you alcohol, drugs, food, and somewhere to stay? That's what Tariq does. He finds loners like yourself, he gives them all those things, makes them feel like part of a group . . . then suddenly he announces, 'Hey, those things weren't freebies. Now you owe me.' Trust me when I say the jobs he'd ask you to do wouldn't be fun."
"How do you know?"
"I've helped a lot of his recruits over the years."
His eyes narrowed in suspicion. "Why would you help loners?"
"Because I'm a loner too. Someone helped me. And now I'm going to help you." Earlier that day, she had helped a ten-year-old loner move to a pack consisting of his extended family—hence Makenna's happy "buzz" that had disappeared on finding Zac on her doorstep.
"I'm going to take you to a safe place."
Zac snickered. "There's no such thing."
"I won't ask you to trust me. You have no reason to. All I ask is that you come with me somewhere."
He licked his chapped lips. "Yeah? Where?"
"It's a shelter for loners, you'll be safe there. If you don't want to stay, you don't have to. But if you want food, fresh clothes, and a bed, you'll find all those things there."
"What's the catch?"
"You at least take a shower, because you absolutely reek."
His mouth twitched into the smallest smile for a mere second. He was a good-looking kid. "I don't have to stay there?"
She shook her head. "In fact, you could just stay long enough to eat, shower, and change into clean clothes. But if you go back to Tariq, your life will become worse than anything that ever came before. Believe that, if nothing else."
For a moment, he was silent. "I'll go with you."
"Right decision."
Stalking people was so boring.
At least the view was attractive. Smoky black eyes, a strong jaw, broad shoulders, and impressive abs that she could see right through his dark-gray tee. The angles of his face were hard, rough, and dangerous, matching his menacing frown. He was incredibly hot, if you liked the broody, rugged type, which Makenna totally did. Especially when that male exuded strength and confidence with every step he took.
Ryan Conner.
Whenever she found potential guardians for loners, she researched them, scouting the Internet for information and asking questions of her many sources. The guy was a respected enforcer within a powerful pack and was well known for being a seriously talented tracker. All good things. He'd been described as stoic, dauntless, cold. But Makenna often had feelings about people—she was good at reading them, good at seeing past masks and shields—and she had a very good feeling about Ryan Conner.


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Too many of this group of diet cokes whilst scrapping this last few days!
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(Reuters) - Investors trimmed their long positions in most emerging Asian currencies in the last two weeks, a Reuters poll showed, as rising Treasury yields helped the dollar rebound from a three-year low touched in late January.
There has been a steady climb in U.S. yields over the past two weeks on expectations the European Central Bank will tighten monetary policy, and on increasing worries that inflation is accelerating due to bigger paychecks.
The benchmark 10-year yields US10YT=RR rose to a four-year high of 2.88 percent, with traders adding to their positions for a faster pace of rate hikes, lending support to the dollar.
Among Asian currencies, bullish bets on the Chinese yuan CNY=CFXS dipped for the first time since December, while that on the Malaysian ringgit MYR= touched their lowest since November.
Long positions on the Singapore dollar SGD=D3 and the Taiwan dollar TWD=TP reached a near two-month low, according to the poll of 12 analysts, traders and fund managers.
Investors, however, turned more bearish on the Philippine peso PHP=PDSP, with short positions at their highest since November.
The peso has been the weakest in Asia against the dollar so far this year, shedding 2.8 percent, with vulnerability to capital outflows seen increasing due to deficit concerns.
The Philippine central bank projects there was a current account deficit of $100 million last year, the first since 2002, and it forecasts a deficit of $700 million this year.
Bullish bets on the Korean won KRW=KFTC were trimmed to five-month lows, while positions on Indonesian rupiah IDR= went from long to nearly neutral.
The won has lost about 1.6 percent so far this year, making it the second weakest currency in the region after the peso.
Bullish sentiment towards the Thai baht THB=TH weakened slightly, while the Indian rupee INR=IN, which has slid about 0.5 percent so far this year, saw bullish bets at their lowest since January 2017.
"The more neutral positioning on the rupee reflects the Indian markets' heightened unease about the government's fiscal path, triggered by its budget last week, which has led to higher inflation expectations," said Reuters FX analyst Krishna Kumar.
The poll was conducted between Tuesday and Wednesday, with the bulk of the responses coming in by Wednesday.
The Asian currency positioning poll is focused on what analysts and fund managers believe are the current market positions in nine Asian emerging market currencies: the Chinese yuan, South Korean won, Singapore dollar, Indonesian rupiah, Taiwan dollar, Indian rupee, Philippine peso, Malaysian ringgit and the Thai baht.
The poll uses estimates of net long or short positions on a scale of minus 3 to plus 3. A score of plus 3 indicates the market is significantly long on U.S. dollars.
The figures include positions held through non-deliverable forwards (NDFs).
Reporting by Christina Martin in Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Aaron Saldanha, and Chris Thomas; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier


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We have had an increasing amount of customers with large hydro bills. They are more likely to have geothermal as their heating source. Their monthly winter hydro bill can be in the $400-$900 per month range. This means that they consume about $4,500.00 per year in electricity. Sunfish has a solution to remove the monthly Hydro cost. There is a limit to how much power a system can create. This limit is dictated by a few elements. How many panels get installed, which direction they face, trees, etc. The solution Sunfish has come up with the works very well is to mount twice the amount of panels facing east and west.
So 8 to 10 kws facing east and 8 to 10 kws facing west. This allows the inverter to be full of energy from first thing in the morning to late afternoon. I call the structure an A frame. It is a stand alone unit that we build. It is not a structure like a building, the ends are open, and the panels are the only thing keeping the snow and rain out. It could be used for storage like a car port. We can build an A frame up to 400 feet back from your house. This system will produce 20,000 kilowatt hours per year of electricity. That's $4,500 at today's prices.
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Vis à Vis/
I just spent almost a week on the tiny island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea, bobbing off the mainland of Split, Croatia. On my last night there a local entrepreneur, restaurateur, waiter, guide, winemaker and all-around lovable man named Mario answered my question. "I was born on Vis, I will die on Vis. Vis is in my blood and I am in its soil." It made a great quote for a journalist. Mario is 30 something, and has lived and studied in Holland and Spain, Italy and a few other countries I can't recall. But let me start at the beginning. On day one in Vis I wondered, why stay here? What do you do here? Why work three to four jobs to make ends meet? By day six I had visited a family konoba where the sardines i'd seen on the fishing boat that morning were swimming in olive oil and capers in the afternoon. I had hiked totally alone to a beach where three friends swam, and sat talking on pebbles so white, they looked like silver coins of pirates left behind in the last century. I started one having coffee with a friend of a friend. By the end of the day, we'd walked the dirt path that was once a runway for the British army, and ate lemon cookies made by her mother prepared from the island's bounty. I picked Plavac grapes right off the vine in the island's verdant center, and was offered a shot of rakija (grappa) at 10 am (it's impolite to refuse so why not). I bellied up with local travelers at another konoba whose owner decided not to cook that day, but served us wine and her homemade Hib---fig cake. I climbed to the top of Mt. Hum where I could see the mainland one direction and Italy the other. I watched a small fire break out in a storage area of a home and watched local residents run to put it out, not waiting for the fire department. By day four I recognized people in the narrow streets and waved hello. It didn't take long to feel a small sense of belonging to this place, rich in history and simplicity, forgotten and forbidden to visitors for 50 years after WWII. It didn't take long to see that everyone here on an island of only 3000 residents is, in some way, a branch of the same family tree. It didn't take long to realize I could live without everything that, only six days earlier, I would have said I needed---a big car, house, multiple changes of clothes, a flat iron for my hair, nail polish. By the week's end, the only thing I wanted was my family, and more time on Vis. What's important quickly comes to the surface. Good food, family, friends, and a place to passionately love and truly feel at home. Mario lives the life he chooses, not one chosen for him. So does everyone on Vis. So when I asked Mario why he stays on Vis, I already knew what his answer would be. I just wanted to hear him say it. Maybe because so many people, including me, are afraid to live the life they love. Maybe because I could never answer the same question with such passion. Maybe because I don't know my own answer yet, and am still searching.


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The defendant appeals from the denial by a single justice of this court of a stay of execution of sentence pending appeal (G. L. c. 279, Section 4, as amended through St. 1972, c. 740, Section 17) from his conviction under G. L. c. 269, Section 10.
We have reviewed the record which the single justice had before him, and we find no abuse of discretion in his denial of the stay of execution, which was predicated in part upon his finding that there exists a possibility of "further acts of criminality during the pendency of the appeal." Commonwealth v. Levin, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 501, 505 (1979). See Commonwealth v. Allen, 378 Mass. 489, 498 (1979). As this court stated in Commonwealth v. Levin, supra at 505-506, "when a denial by a single justice of a stay of execution pending appeal is predicated, in whole or in part, on reasons of security, the denial should not be disturbed on appeal unless the defendant can demonstrate abuse of discretion." Because questions relating to security "involve determinations of fact and the exercise of sound, practical judgment . . . it is frequently said that the exercise of discretion by the judge will be upheld unless his action is one `that no conscientious judge, acting intelligently, could honestly have taken.'" Commonwealth v. Levin, supra at 505, quoting from Davis v. Boston Elev. Ry., 235 Mass. 482, 502 (1920). In the record before us we find ample support for the single justice's decision. Therefore, we need not decide whether the defendant has demonstrated "some reasonable possibility of a successful decision in the appeal." Commonwealth v. Allen, supra at 498, quoting from Commonwealth v. Levin, supra at 505.
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3 Alternatives to Calling a Young Girl 'Beautiful' or 'Princess'
Gender roles start early, with masculine and feminine toys, terms of endearment, and the way we respond to young girls' and boys' displays of emotion. Most of us experienced these differences as a matter of course when we were young, and it would be easy enough to pass them on. But a lot of our expectations around gender-specific behavior are not good for either boys or girls.
The expectation that boys learn not to cry and to hold their emotions in might be responsible for the higher rates of suicide in males in later life, and the ideas we put into girls' heads about being taken care of (princess) or focusing on her appearance (beautiful) is undoubtedly connected to the tendency for girls to become disenchanted with STEM subjects, the persistent pay gap, and perhaps the tendency for some men to think a woman is theirs for the taking.
So, if you want to be more thoughtful and purposeful in the way you address young girls, what are some better terms you can use:
Her Name
Yeah, that's a bit obvious, isn't it, but that's what names are for, after all, and it's a good, safe choice. If you're an adult around young people, maybe nieces and nephews, your own children, maybe you're a teacher or early childhood educator or another person working with young people, you can't go wrong with the person's actual given name (or their preferred variation on it).
Some like to treat younger people like adults by using Mr. or Ms. or Miss and their last name. While it is unfortunate we don't have a gender-neutral version of these titles, it does give you the opportunity to have a conversation about whether she prefers Ms. or miss (I usually default to Ms. unless corrected).
My Dear or Other Terms of Endearment, If…
If this is a young person you are close to and you don't differentiate between the way you frame the boys and girls. There's nothing wrong with terms of endearment that mean exactly that: you are dear to me. You should absolutely give young family members and students an indication that they are loved for who they are.
That means, though, that boys shouldn't get rough-and-tumble names referencing physical abilities while girls get sweet names referencing physical cuteness. Terms of endearment shouldn't be about physical appearance but what's in their hearts. Thus, boys can be called honey or sweetie too, including by their dads and uncles. It doesn't have to be buddy, scout, or chief, while girls get the clear signal that their role is different.
Attitude and Behavior Words
There's been some educational research on what motivates children extrinsically versus intrinsically. Complimenting a child by applying a descriptor such as smart or creative can actually have a demotivating effect, as it suggests that our talents and abilities are intrinsic and immutable. It can cause them to get frustrated whenever they struggle in the face of a challenge, thinking "I guess I'm not smart/athletic after all," and giving up. Kids with a growth mindset, the belief they can improve in anything with effort, end up doing just that.
So, to encourage this way of thinking about skills and ability, better to compliment a child on their attitudes and behavior. Girls in particular need encouragement in math, science, and sports to counteract the discouragement they may receive from male peers and some of their teachers (of either gender). So emphasize how impressed you are with her curiosity, her hard work and studying, her persistence, and her patience. "Wow, you sure are improving with your counting. It's great how hard you have worked to get better," and "Great effort in soccer practice! You were totally focused!"
You may think terms like smartiepants, little genius, or a variation of the name of a famous person they aspire to be like is a good way to encourage a young girl, but these kinds of labels should be used sparingly. Less obvious appellations like "study buddy," "curious cat," or "my good attitude girl" might have more of a positive effect in the long-term than you might think.
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Looking Both Ways
This post of Look Both Ways will take a look at DataQ's.
Data Q's is a module of FMCSA's website which allows Drivers, Carriers and even the general public to contest or challenge the accuracy of data contained within the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS).
Driver specific information is contained in PSP Reports - records of information on individual drivers. Each PSP report contains all crash data for the most recent five year period and roadside inspection data by individual driver for the most recent three year period.
In what areas of a PSP Report should drivers look for discrepancies?
· Make sure that your name, license information and date of birth is correct for each of the roadside inspections. It is all too easy for another driver's inspection whose personal information is similar to yours to be placed in your report.
· Ensure that the violations and their corresponding violations codes are correct and indeed are the violations that were discovered during the inspection.
· Is there any information that is repeated?
· Was the violation justified? Perhaps you were written up for no Annual Vehicle Inspection Report yet were not given a reasonable opportunity to locate a copy of the inspection at the time of the inspection.
· Any other information that is incorrect which adversely affects your PSP Report.
What should drivers do to validate the information contained on their PSP Report?
· Obtain copies of the last three years of your roadside inspections for all Carriers you have operated for. You know you have copies of these somewhere! From here on out, save copies of each and every roadside inspection you have. Retain these records for three years, regardless of the Carrier you are working for. Remember these records apply to you the individual driver.
· Get copies of any crash reports for accidents you've been involved in for the past five years.
· Once you have gathered copies of your roadside inspections and crash reports, order a copy of your PSP report. You can register on the site and obtain the report for $10 at https://www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov/psp/oa/AppInfo.aspx
· Print the PSP report when completed and compare the information on the report to your inspections and crash reports.
· If discrepancies exist, submit a Request for Data Review (RDR) to DataQ's. Carefully choose items to contest. Excessive squeaking does not get the wheel greased when dealing with the government. Keep in mind that every RDR is reviewed by a human being, not a computer. Be very thorough yet concise when writing your request. Be aware that there is no formal appeals process should your challenge be rejected. Use supporting documentation to prove your information as factual. The site allows you to upload documentation. Make future challenges as quickly as you can after receiving a questionable violation. Be sure to make clear when inputting your RDR that you are contesting a specific violation, crash or inspection and be accurate with the report number that contains the alleged error. Ask your Carrier's Safety Department personnel for assistance if needed.
· To access DataQ's log on to https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov/Default.aspx
· Use the DataQ's site to track the progress of your RDR.
Things drivers can do to thrive within the newer regulatory environment:
· Photograph any mechanical defects discovered during a roadside inspection. If you interpret the regulations differently than the inspector, ask the inspector to point to the defect and photograph the inspector pointing to the defect in question. Take several photos of the defect in question from different angles.
· Be professional.
· Keep required documents organized, current and at your fingertips. Maintain your permit book with only current permits in an organized fashion. Discard expired items.
· Do thorough Pre-trip inspections. Repair any defect prior to moving your vehicle.· Use the North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria Book to assist in preparing RDR's involving mechanical defects. This book is produced by CVSA (Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance). There is a good chance that the Safety Department at your Carrier will have a copy that you could use. The book is also available from CVSA at: http://cvsa.stores.yahoo.net/noamstoucr.html
· Attend the some of the Safety related workshops at the Expedite Expo in Wilmington, Ohio July 26 and 27th, 2013 to gain additional insight.
Disclaimer: This blog is NOT intended to give legal advice, nor be a substitute for any training required by the Regulations.
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Till the next blog, Thank you drivers for all you do!. Please be safe!
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Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.
It is a Saturday night around 9 o'clock as I begin this. It might be next Saturday before I finish it. Writing an SOC post is like smoking a cigar. A relit cigar is no good. In the same way, an SOC that you have left and returned to is never as good as one written in a single sitting. But these days, I have to take what I can get. The extended writing binge ended a long time ago. I write in chunks of time here and there.
I have a backlog of things in my brain, so it feels good to get some of it downloaded to the page. A thought that I return to again and again in both my writing and thoughts concerns the input of culture. This comes from all of the news about fake news. Once upon a time, cultured and intelligent people read the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, and The Atlantic. Now, I see those rags as essentially anti-culture. It's like how people knew that an art film was actually just a pornographic movie with subtitles. In the case of these rags, they are left wing propaganda and cultural Marxism masquerading as being intelligent writing. Consequently, I no longer read them.
What has been the long term consequence of eschewing this left wing media in favor of conservative blogs and talk radio? I am actually better informed. A certain family member calls to drop some bomb on us that he saw in the Times except we've already read about it and discussed it at the C-household days before. And his facts are almost always wrong. The fact is that the Times is a day late and can't get it straight. Why is this?
I think it takes longer to create and spin the news than to report it. Conservatives report the facts, and they don't need to spin the facts because they are what they are. They don't have to formulate a response to an event because conservatives remain the same. This comes from having a stable body of beliefs. So, a cop shoots a black perpetrator. Those are the facts. The left wing media has to go the extra mile to show that the cop was racist, the police department is racist, and hide the fact that the guy had an arrest warrant and fully loaded handgun pointed at the officer. Or, when it is something like the Tennessee church shooter, they don't bother reporting it at all because the guy was black, the victims were white, and he was stopped by a gun owner.
Conservative media get it right. I follow a lot of sources for conservative news, and they don't always agree. You can count on Mark Levin and Michael Savage not getting along. You can bet that the American Conservative will have a different take than National Review or Breitbart. Conservative media is not monolithic in its presentation. But I think it is more reliable. This is because conservatives believe in truth while progressives are liars. It is their nature to lie because they are the offspring of Saul Alinsky and Satan.
I have struggled to answer the question. Should you expose yourself willingly to contrary viewpoints? I am someone who went to college, so it was drilled into me at the time to be able to consider other points of view. But, in hindsight, I see this was merely a way for my left wing professors to get their foot in their door. Since then, they have evicted the residents of the home and have locked down every campus in the USA in a deathgrip of leftist propaganda, political correctness, and intolerance for Christian and conservative viewpoints. They obviously don't practice what they preach nor do they even preach it anymore. It was useful for a time until it could be discarded.
The simple fact is that our universities would be in much better shape today had they not been so open minded yesterday. Likewise, most of the conservative viewpoints I acquired way back then are still the viewpoints I possess today. I got knocked off track in my thirties by atheism and libertarianism, but I found my way back. Now that I am looking at 50, do I really expect to change my mind again?
Chesterton was right when he said that the point of having an open mind was so that you could ultimately close it on to something solid. For me, the solid things are Catholicism, conservatism, and free market capitalism. If I live to be 100, I am very certain that I will still believe in those things.
When I move beyond the realms of religion, politics, and economics, things get a bit harder. Right now, I am listening to some Bach suites played on the lute. It is simply beautiful music that elevates my soul and mind. This comes after listening to some U2 concert performances that did not elevate my soul and mind. They just rocked. I am always tempted by rock music but leave feeling dissatisfied while I have to discipline myself to listen to classical music which always delivers.
I do not believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This is reinforced by my Catholicism and conservatism that rejects the relativism of progressive ideology. Rock music is inherently a progressive musical form which means that it is inherently inferior.
I recently read an article that despite the Anthony Hopkins characterization in Silence of the Lambs, sociopaths do not actually enjoy classical music. They like rap music by a wide margin. This is not surprising to me. This isn't to say that everyone who listens to rap is a sociopath. But clearly high culture and sociopathy don't go well together.
There is a reason Hannibal Lecter is depicted as such a cultured individual enjoying fine wine, music, and art. Part of it is just the creative effect of the juxtaposition of being a cultured killer. It is intriguing in fiction, but it just doesn't exist in fact. The other reason is that it is adig against Western culture and civilization. Western Civ is depicted as bloodthirsty, oppressive, and barbaric by progressives, so it plays well to this crowd to equate Western culture with madness and murder. The reality is that the Marxists are the ones with the debased cultures and high bodycounts.
On a personal level, I wonder if I should eschew debased culture in the same way that I now eschew the mainstream media with their fake news and propaganda. I am definitely at the halfway point in listening to both classical and popular music, but I think I am ready to scrape off the garbage for good.
What you bring into your mind affects who you are. Pornography is the most potent example of this. But why stop at pornography? Bad music has a similar effect on mood and intelligence. Rap music turns its listeners into thugs. Electronica turns its listeners into Ecstasy fueled ravers. Progressive rock turns its listeners into nerds. We can go on and on.
I have felt the urge to make this change for some years now. I know good things will come of it in much the same way that good things have come from my turn to veganism. What I am rejecting is cultural indifferentism. Once you embrace the truth that beauty is not relative, you owe it to yourself to reject the indifferentism that comes from relativity. That hip hop music blaring from the car stereo really is bad. You're not imagining that disgust. That noise really is disgusting.
It is Sunday morning one week later. Like I said, these things don't get written in one sitting. I can't sleep because my hay fever is giving me the hacks. Fall is the worst time of year because the ragweed decides to procreate polluting my air.
When I come back to a post, I read what I've written and pick up the dropped baton. The problem is that sometimes I read over the half-written post and find that my thinking has changed. With this one, my thinking has not changed. I was watching Bill Maher bash on Trump in a video on Breitbart which is the only time I get exposure to Marxist media. I couldn't finish listening to his monologue as he called "thoughts and prayers" the Republican way of saying "tough shit." The guy is utterly repugnant.
Bill Maher is what I was as an atheist. Once upon a time, Maher was a libertarian, but he has degraded into a full blown progressive. He should have been fired over that N-word thing, but progressives get away with things that no conservative would ever do. The Left is without morality or consistency.
On a sidenote, I don't do "thoughts and prayers." I just do prayers. "Thoughts and prayers" is just some political correctness so as not to offend unbelievers. Prayer really does work. I have seen some amazing things that show that God is not a genie in a bottle, but He does act. God hears your prayers.
People need to pray. My descent into atheism came from my failure to pray. I stopped talking to God. I couldn't understand, but I understand now. But I had cut my lifeline thinking I was tied to a sinking ship. The reality was that God was cutting me free from an anchor of Calvinist and Protestant heresy. When I came to the surface, I didn't wait for the ship but went swimming in the wrong direction. Had I continued praying, I would have been saved then and there. But I had to spend a night treading water in the ocean of atheism.
The problem that I have today is a bad habit of not praying. I strive to follow the norms of Opus Dei, but I am not consistent with them. As such, I am always frustrated. I think my frustrations are tied directly to my laxity in prayer. I believe that if I prayed more then more would happen.
It is Monday morning now. It is Columbus Day. I am a Knight of Columbus, and I am totally in support of this holiday. I think the native peoples of the Americas were murdering savages, and Columbus would never have come here had it not been for the murdering savages of Islam that made an eastern passage to the Orient impossible. Columbus brought civilization and Christianity to our hemisphere. God bless him.
I watch this vegan guy on YouTube who I don't recommend to readers because he is so foul, but I enjoyed this vid with him talking about the whiny YouTubers being beaten down in the Adpocalypse. The Adpocalypse deals with the demonetization of YouTube videos by the YouTube brass. Some people claim it is political or whatnot. The reality is that videos of many varieties do little to nothing for advertisers. Basically, YouTube was a bubble, but it was a very lucrative bubble for awhile for YouTube content creators who were able to make enough money to quit their real jobs. Now, the bubble has popped, and those same creators have turned to "ebegging" in an effort to get people to support them in their low work lifestyles. Basically, you make a contribution to Patreon for your favorite YouTubers. I can tell you now that I am never going to do that.
FITSNews is another site that I follow for local news here in SC that has now turned to a subscription model. You get so many free articles then you have to pay to see more. Basically, it is a paywall like the New York Times has. Do paywalls work. Generally, the answer is no. The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times have some success with paywalls, but I think this comes from legacy subscribers who are/were already paying for the print version of their publications. Those models become less and less lucrative by the day. For everyone else, paywalls are a disaster.
There is no money in online content creation. A guy like Matt Drudge has a high traffic site. In fact, his site is one of the most successful on the internet worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year in revenue. BTW, I have never clicked on an ad for the Drudge Report. But Drudge's success comes from the fact that he has no overhead. He doesn't produce content so much as link to content. Of course, those content creators probably appreciate the avalanche of readers that a Drudge link produces. Others probably resent that a guy who does nothing to produce this content can make money off of the labor of others.
The Drudge model is nothing new. People think it is new, but it isn't. Drudge is doing what publishers and record companies and magazine editors have done for decades. All of these outlets merely took the talent and creativity of others and made money from it by distributing the content to a wider audience. The New York Times has the same model as Drudge except they have to pay for all that reporting. Drudge does not.
How did Drudge get to this point? Basically, he was there first. He started a webpage in the nineties and kept plugging away at it. He built a readership over a long time, and there you have it. By the same token, it could vanish overnight if websites decided to erect paywalls and cut off his deep linking. And his cash comes from advertising. No one would ever pay to subscribe to the Drudge Report.
You figure others might try and copy Drudge, but they don't. This is because his success is a unique thing. There is no formula for what he does. There is also the fact that Drudge caught a lucky break at the beginning of his career as he was the first website to go after the Monica Lewinsky story.
I spend a lot of time pondering what I call "internet economics." The conclusion that I draw from all this pondering is that the cyberworld is not much different from the real world. For instance, I see Amazon as being the same thing as Sears, Roebuck, and Co. from an earlier era with their mail order catalogues. the only real difference is that Amazon puts its catalogue online, but it is essentially the same business model. Netflix is HBO for our times except you get to watch your movies and shows on your time. The cyberworld seems different, but that difference is not massive but slight.
The real asset on the internet is attention. You have to have an ability to draw eyeballs. I don't know how to pull off the trick. The second trick is to monetize that attention. There are three ways this is done. The first is direct payment such as a subscription. The second is advertising. The third is to sell your own products and services. Of those three, the subscription thing is the one that will certainly fail. This leaves advertising and selling your own stuff.
I don't know how to pull off making the internet a successful thing. I can't even get readers for my blog. Maybe I will figure it out one day and win the internet lottery and get rich. But I wouldn't bet on it.


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Household Books Published in Britain: all volumes
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Artizan recipes to illustrate the principles of cookery [No. 2]
The National | Training School of Cookery, | Buckingham Palace Road, S.W. | Artizan | recipes | to illustrate | the principles of cookery. | Price sixpence (nett). [bound with] The National | Training School of Cookery, | Buckingham Palace Road, S.W., | late South Kensington. | Plain cookery | recipes, | as taught in the school. | By | Mrs. Charles Clarke, ) the Lady Superintendent. | Seventh edition. [bound with] Rules | for | the management | of | children's classes | by | demonstration and practice. | By | Mrs. Charles Clarke.
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The cover-title is "Artizan, plain cookery, and household recipes, with rules for children's classes'. Mrs Clarke is cited as the author on the front face of the binding.
Following "Plain cookery recipes' is a 20-page section without a title-page but entitled "Household recipes' on the first page.% 1043
["Artizan recipes', 1915, bound with "Plain cookery recipes", thirteenth edition, 1909]
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text: With a mailing list, you are able to send out the same email message to a number of recipients simultaneously. The list is a collection of their email addresses, so if you send a single email to the list's email address, firstname.lastname@example.com – for example, it'll be re-sent automatically to all the mailing list subscribers instantaneously. Normally, people need to register for such a list, but sometimes e-mail addresses can be added manually as well, based on the software program that is used to administer the mailing list. You can use the mailing list option to touch base with potential or current clients and to send them notifications, brand-new offerings and other sorts of information on a periodic basis. This will prove your commitment to stay in touch with them and will increase the popularity of your website.


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People we collaborate with:
Shillingford Organics
Real Food Store
West Town Farm
Other Community Food Growing Projects:
Broadclyst Community Farm
Camel CSA
Stroud Community Agriculture
Chagford Community Agriculture
This is just a small sample of community growing projects we have had contact with; there are hundreds all over the UK. The organisations below can provide more information/links on these.
Infrastructure organisations offering help to similar projects (in brackets area they cover):
Making Local Food Work (England)
Home Grown Community Owned (rural Devon)
Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (UK)


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Dag Hammarskjölds väg
The apartment at Dag Hammarskjölds väg is located close to an area called Sparta, in the eastern part of Lund.
View or download the map of our housing areas in Lund
Total units:
1 apartment with one bedroom, kitchen, livingroom, bathroom and a balcony. The laundry room is located in a nearby building.
Minimum tenancy:
2 months
Maximum tenancy:
6 months
Suitable for:
1 person, a couple or a small family.
Size of apartment:
62 square metre
Approx. 5.880 SEK per month
Distance to the center of Lund:
Approximately 2 km
Internet is included in the rent. Just plug in the computer to the network socket using an ethernet cable.
Nearest supermarket:
ICA Tuna, Tunavägen 39, 222 63 Lund
How to report a fault or problem in the apartment:
Report the problem online by filling out a fault report here.
Emergencies & disturbances outside office hours:
Call LU-Security 046-222 08 00
Dag Hammarskjölds väg
Address: Dag Hammarskjöldsväg 8 A, 224 64 Lund
Please note: Furniture can vary and be replaced over time.


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EAST JORDAN — Jake McLean ran for 128 yards on 13 carries and Andrew Robarge recovered two fumbles and recorded a safety Friday as Charlevoix snapped a two-game losing streak with a 22-0 Lake Michigan Conference football victory over East Jordan.
The win lifted Charlevoix to 2-4 overall, 2-2 league. East Jordan is 0-6, 0-4.
Robarge recorded the safety in the first half, then Charlevoix scored all three of its TDs — one each by Tanner Catt, Jamael Kelly and Andrew Potter — in the second half to pull away.
Catt scored on a 22-yard run, while Kelly and Potter each hit the end zone from 10 yards out.
Kelly finished with 52 yards on 10 carries, while Charlie Hamilton caught two passes for 22 yards for the Rayders.
Drew Seymour and River Gauthier made 11 tackles each to pace the Rayders' defense, which recorded Charlevoix's first shutout since a 41-0 blanking of East Jordan on Sept. 25, 2009. Robarge made 10 tackles, Greyson Spiegl had eight tackles including a sack, and Clay Heise recovered a fumble.
Wesley Lewin rushed for 37 yards to lead East Jordan's ground game, while Tim Schutt added 28 yards and Marcus Wingate finished with 27. Wingate had one reception for 12 yards, while John Richards had one catch for seven.
Richards and Wingate led East Jordan's defense with 12 stops apiece, while Ben Walton had 11, Dillon Sweet added seven, and Noah Bacchus made an interception.
"Really super proud of the kids," East Jordan coach Alan Peterson said. "They came out and played hard. The kids stepped up and played the game. We played really good defense."
T.C. St. Francis 28,
Boyne City 0
BOYNE CITY — All the scoring came in the first half and the Gladiators limited Boyne to 96 total yards Friday in claiming a Lake Michigan Conference victory at Earl Brotherston Field.
"It took us quarter to get up to speed tonight," Boyne coach Don Nohel said. "We played a good football team tonight. The kids kept working hard, and kept going after it."
Ryan McDonnell rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns on five carries to lead the Gladiators, who improved to 5-1 overall, and remained tied atop the league at 4-0 with Grayling, a 48-13 winner over Elk Rapids on Friday. Seth Kellicut and Devin Sheehy-Guiseppi also scored for St. Francis, which finished with 377 yards on offense, all on the ground.
The Gladiators are ranked fourth in the Associated Press Division 7 state poll. Boyne City is 3-3, 2-2.
Boyne quarterback Jay Redman finished 8-of-18 passing for 61 yards.
"Redman did a nice job," Nohel said. "He took a lot of shots, but he kept getting back in there."
Trey Reinhardt made 10 tackles to lead Boyne's defense, while Alan Manross and Collin Ulvund added nine apiece, and Bradley Fouchia added eight. Manross made an interception.
Kalkaska 34, Harbor Springs 8
KALKASKA — Zach Hill rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown and Kaleb Hauser scored twice as the Blazers downed Harbor Friday in a Lake Michigan Conference game.
Harbor slipped to 0-6 overall, 0-4 league. Kalkaska is 4-2, 3-1.
Forest Area 48, Pellston 28
PELLSTON — The Hornets committed four turnovers in falling to 0-6 overall, 0-4 in the Ski Valley Conference on Friday.
Brian Jurek rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries for the Hornets, while Jake Friedenstab added 75 yards and a TD on eight carries. He also had one catch for 80 yards. Josh VanTilburg added 25 yards on seven carries.
Pellston quarterback Austin Wright completed six-of-14 passes for 148 yards and one TD, a 14-yarder to Matt Cornell.
Cornell finished with two catches for 37 yards, and Mike Schaefer had three receptions for 31.
Travis Matthews led Pellston's defense with 15 tackles, VanTilburg had 11, Jared Reimann added 10, Freidenstab had eight, and Schaefer, James Omey, Cornell and Nate Boda had seven each. Omey and Nick Kasubowski each recovered a fumble.
Kasubowski kicked two extra points, and Jurek scored a two-point conversion.
Ishpeming Westwood 42, Inland Lakes 7
ISHPEMING — Westwood handed the Bulldogs a non-league loss on Saturday, snapping Inland Lakes' two-game win streak.
The loss dropped Inland Lakes to 3-3. The Bulldogs go to Mancelona for a Ski Valley Conference game on Friday, Oct. 7.
The Ironmen are 6-0 overall, 5-0 league. Inland Lakes is 2-2 in conference play.
Petoskey 14, Gaylord 0
GAYLORD — Steven Snider and Kurt Boucher scored the touchdowns Thursday as Petoskey improved to 4-2.
Nick Strobel, Cameron Plath, Trevor Denoyer and Matt Wilson were Petoskey's defensive standouts, coach Rob Harris said.


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I have a unique gift for crafting soporific titles for books, articles, and presentations. So it came as some relief that the good people at the Globe and Mail crafted a headline altogether more eye-catching than what I'd proposed for my?op-ed on how humanists are dealing with the problem of "too much information".
This is the second op-ed that the Globe has published from me in two months. The first piece?focused on the importance of sharing our research; this present one highlights the challenge of doing research in "the infinite archive". Of the two, the first resonated more widely and deeply with readers.
Pointing to the opportunities for knowledge creation that emerge as a result of skilled use of digital tools is less evocative than calling us to share the results of our research. But we will need to be proficient with those tools if we want to share what we've seen in the vast information ocean in which we are all now swimming.


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6 Lang Rd, Earlwood NSW 2206
- hate speech to gays on their website
- Guest preacher, Anti-gay Islamic preacher Farrokh Sekaleshfar leaves Australia amid visa review
- hate speech to infidels
6 Lang Rd, Earlwood NSW 2206
Although David delivers this with tongue in cheek it is a very poignant.
British soldier Lee Rigby was murdered and beheaded on a London street by two Muslims. Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson have assured the world that the attack had nothing to do with Islam. Yet the Qur'an clearly states that the penalty for "making mischief" in a Muslim land is death (5:33), and Rigby had served a tour in Afghanistan and was actively recruiting more soldiers for the British Army. How can Western leaders deny the obvious?
Most of victims were Muslims
Shi'its are regarded as hypocitics
Mohammad the pattern of conduct for Muslims


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January 9, 2019 – Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) will attend the Surface Navy Association's 31st National Symposium scheduled for January 15-17, 2019. The event is being held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia. The theme this year is Ready, Agile, Focused: Own the Fight! IDT representatives will be on hand throughout the… Read more »
IDT to Attend 2018 Naval Submarine League Symposium
The Naval Submarine League (NSL), which promotes the importance of submarines to U.S. national defense, will hold its Annual Symposium and Industry Update November 7-8, 2018. The theme is Return to Major Power Competition. This year's event will feature presentations by Submarine Force leadership, panels of active duty participants, and insights from industry and government agencies…. Read more »
IDT Announces Fall 2018 College Recruiting Schedule
August 21, 2018—Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) is launching its fall college recruiting effort in September with visits to Virginia Tech, University of Virginia (UVA) and Johns Hopkins University. The company is seeking software developers and systems engineers for full-time and summer internship positions. The full fall recruiting schedule is as follows: Virginia Tech – Monday, September… Read more »
IDT to Attend 2018 Space and Missile Defense Symposium
Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) will attend the 2018 Space and Missile Defense (SMD) Symposium, August 7-9, in Huntsville, Alabama. This year's event is focused on the theme Space and Missile Defense…Sharpening the Military's Competitive Edge. The symposium will be held near the Redstone Arsenal— a U.S. Army post, home of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA),… Read more »
IDT Attends Military Friendly Job Fair
On Friday, June 22, 2018, IDT will attend the Corporate Gray Military Friendly Job Fair in Springfield, VA. Company representatives are eager to meet transitioning service members and veterans to discuss IDT's career opportunities. The event is free to job seekers and will run from 9am-12pm at The Waterford in Springfield. Advance registration is available… Read more »
USS Milwaukee Fires Longbow Hellfire Missiles in Live-Fire Test Event
IDT Supports Test Result Analysis Using ATRT May 24, 2018—Earlier this month, the Navy completed the first phase of its Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) developmental testing for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program with a live-fire test exercise. During the event, which took place off the coast of Virginia on May 11, Longbow Hellfire missiles were… Read more »
Innovative Defense Technologies Reappraised at CMMI Level 3
ARLINGTON, VA—April 18, 2018—Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), provider of automated software testing, data analysis and cybersecurity solutions for complex, mission-critical systems, announces its reappraisal at Level 3 of the CMMI Institute's Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) for Development. The appraisal was performed by ACE Guides of Ellicott City, Maryland. CMMI is a capability process improvement… Read more »
IDT Recognized by Naval Submarine League
On Thursday, March 8, 2018, Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) attended the Naval Submarine League's Corporate Member Days. This annual event includes speakers from both Congress and the US Navy. Two members of IDT's leadership team, John 0'Neill and Scott Vander Hamm, were present. At the event, IDT was recognized for its corporate support of the… Read more »
IDT Announces Care Package Drive for Operation Gratitude
Arlington, VA—February 7, 2018- Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) announces a Care Package Drive in support of Operation Gratitude. The outreach, which begins on Wednesday, February 14, will encourage IDT employees in all four company offices to donate items for inclusion in Operation Gratitude care packages. Every year, Operation Gratitude sends over 200,000 care packages to… Read more »
IDT Donates Laptops to Computer Equipment for Kids
On Monday, January 29, 2018, Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) donated a number of used laptops to Mark Bartlett from Computer Equipment for Kids. This organization, founded in 2012, refurbishes used computer equipment for students and other nonprofit organizations. Mark personally cleans the donated computers, installs new operating systems, fixes minor issues, and delivers the machines… Read more »


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Route 66 in the News
Bridge on Old 66 Closed for Safety
2013-03-25 20:16:04
SAPULPA, Okla. - The No. 18 Rock Creek Bridge has failed a state inspection, causing the Route 66 attraction to be closed to traffic.
"They found some of the trusses and the uprights that were damaged. They didn't feel safe leaving it open," Sapulpa Assistant City Manager David Gilliland said.
Contract engineers for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation made the ruling earlier this month after a round of inspections they conduct every two years.
The bridge was constructed west of Sapulpa in 1921 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
It is known as a Parker through-truss bridge, which supports weight through its overhead steel-truss design.
Built as part of the Ozark Trail, the bridge was on one of the country's few marked roads until 1926 when it became part of Route 66. It has the distinction of being part of the original Route 66. A new alignment was made in 1952 after a nearby concrete bridge was built; the road is also Oklahoma 33 at that point.
Numerous truss bridges were built along Route 66 but the No. 18 at Rock Creek is one of the few that still exist.
Gilliland said that a past repair on one of the X beams was not done correctly and that one of the upright beams had been knocked out of place.
"If it's not straight up and down, it's not doing its job," he said.
The engineers will conduct a feasibility study to see how much it will cost to repair the bridge, but Gilliland said the city does not have any bridge repair funding in the budget. Officials will also seek federal funds due to its historical significance.
The closure requires about a dozen households to travel up to a mile out of their way, Gilliland said.
The bridge has been limited to four tons for the past 10 years.
If it reopens to traffic, Gilliland said, the four-ton limit would remain -- equivalent to about two cars on the one-lane bridge.
Though the steel trusses are covered in rust, Gilliland said that is not considered to be as problematic as painting it would be because of all the paint chips that would fall into Rock Creek.
"It's surprising how many people come by," Gilliland said. "We have motorcycle convoys riding the old highway. People in cars stop to take pictures."
Mike Jeffries, director of the Sapulpa Historical Museum, said the bridge closing was not unexpected.
"Sooner or later there was going to be an issue because of its age and the traffic that probably shouldn't have been on it," he said.
But the closure will cut off access to the original Route 66, which is of particular interest to enthusiasts, travelers and overseas guests who drive the Mother Road.
"We had people from five different continents stop at the museum last year," Jeffries said.
Jeffries said the bridge needs to stay in place and connected to the original Route 66 even if it's only open to pedestrians and cyclists.
"Whatever the solution, the bridge needs to remain in place and be cared for," he said.
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Shota Imanaga and Kenta Ishida started today's intra-squad game for the Yokohama Bay Stars.
Imanaga pitched three innings, threw forty-nine pitches, gave up two runs on six hits, and topped out at 144km/h. He surrendered two home runs to Neftali Soto (both on fastballs): a two-out solo shot in the first inning and a two-out two-run blast in the third inning.
Ishida allowed two runs on two hits over three innings of work and forty-three pitches. He gave up lead-off home runs to Masayuki Kuwahara in the first and Hiroki Minei in the third.
Haruhiro Hamaguchi made an appearance in relief and tossed three shutout innings. He gave up two hits and walked three.
Imanaga, Ishida, and Hamaguchi are all in the running for this year's opening day start.
Source: Daily Sports 2/12/2018, Daily Sports 2/12/2018, Nikkan Sports 2/12/2018, Nikkan Sports 2/12/2018, Nikkan Sports 2/12/2018, Sponichi 2/12/2018, Sports Hochi 2/12/2018
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