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The 3-24-15 Newsletter of the Tennessee Association of REALTORS
Editor: Pug Scoville
1. TREC Disciplinary Actions: Feb., 2015
2. The 2015 GRI Courses — Coming Up SOON
3. Five Ethical Pitfalls for Realtors!
4. Is a Coach What You Need?
5. TECH TIP: Backing Up Your Computer
6. UPDATES on COURSES & EVENTS!
7. HOT LINE: Closing Before the Date Set in Contract?
8. HOT LINE: A Non-Exclusive Designated Buyer Agent?
9. HOT LINE: What Unlicensed Assistants May Do?
10. Check Your Own CE Hours, Etc.
"It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the business of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall." — Stephen R. Covey
NOTE: If you're reading this on a mobile device (iPhone, etc.), GO HERE for a mobile-friendly DIGEST.
1. TREC Disciplinary Actions: Feb., 2015
At its February meeting, the Tennessee Real Estate Commission (TREC) imposed significant fines ($250-$5,000) and additional penalties on six (6) individuals for the following offenses:
Failing to exercise adequate supervision over the activities of licensed affiliate(s) (MULTIPLE)
Failure to supervise advertising of affiliate
Failure to diligently exercise reasonable skill and care in providing services to all parties to the transaction
Advertising violation: licensee's name featured in larger size than part of firm name on sign
Failure to preserve for 3 years following its consummation records relating to any real estate transaction
Failure to maintain records of escrow/trustee account for at least 3 years
Violation of rule regarding deposits and earnest money
Misleading or untruthful advertising
Multiple violations of TCA 62-13-312(b)(14) in the TN License Law
NOTE: The (MULTIPLE) notation indicates that TREC punished more than one licensee for this reason.
In addition, the Commission suspended the licenses of ten (10) individuals!
2. The 2015 GRI Courses — Coming Up SOON
The first three classroom GRI courses of 2015 are coming up in just a few weeks:
April 15 — GRI 401: Doing the Right Thing
April 16 — GRI 402: Staying in Business and Out of Court
April 17 — GRI 403: Working More Effectively with Buyers
The GRI designation is truly a mark of professionalism. It tells consumers and your fellow-Realtors that you've gone the "extra mile" to improve your skills and know-how in a fast-changing business. And for even more reasons, see: https://vimeo.com/90565297
Once again, the GRI EXPRESS option can be used to register for ALL THREE GRI courses in a given location …for a savings of $55! To see the full 2015 statewide schedule of GRI courses, go to: http://tnrealtors.com/education/gri/
3. Five Ethical Pitfalls for Realtors!
We all get too busy to read everything that crosses our desks or comes in the mail. The March-April issue of Realtor magazine has one article, however, that you shouldn't overlook: "The Code Is Your Business" by Graham Wood and Bruce Aydt.
The authors discuss five different areas that present Realtors with ethical challenges:
1. Disclosing Multiple Offers
2. Transparency in Advertising
3. Disclosure of Property Defects
4. Client Confidentiality
5. Soliciting Another Agent's Listing or Buyer Client
Go to pages 22-25 of the March-April issue to read a truly helpful and thorough discussion of each of these! If you can't lay your hands on a printed version of this issue, you can access a digital version online HERE.
4. Is a Coach What You Need?
Many successful Realtors credit a good coach for part of their success. But retaining a real estate coach is probably not the right answer for everyone. How do you know if it's the right answer for YOU?
RISMedia just published an article by Keith Loria and Reva Nelson ("Success, From the Outside In: What Makes Coaching a Game-Changer for Real Estate Agents") that takes a long look at what various coaches do. Their article includes several tips that different coaches prescribe for real estate success, as well as an infographic summarizing findings from RISMedia's 2015 Outside Coaching Survey.
As the authors point out, "…outside coaches often provide agents with something invaluable: a fresh perspective and more stringent accountability."
To read the full article, go HERE.
5. TECH TIP: Backing Up Your Computer
If a hard drive crash hasn't YET happened to you, stop for a moment and ask yourself: What you would do if it did?
If you've used a computer for any length of time, a crash of some type is almost inevitable. Fortunately, there are a lot of software and Internet solutions to help you backup important data without a great deal of effort, especially the cloud storage options now available.
The Wall Street Journal's Personal Tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler recently published a VERY helpful review of various backup solutions — "The Best Way to Back Up Your Computer" — that describes and compares several different services. As he says at the beginning, "There are two types of hard drives: those about to fail, and those that will fail eventually. Plan accordingly."
To read his review, go HERE.
6. UPDATES on COURSES & EVENTS!
March 23-25: The 2015 TAR Spring Conference — Cool Springs Marriott, Franklin, TN
April 10: Power Negotiator's Playbook (6 hrs. CE) – TAR Office, Nashville. Taught by Adorna Carroll, this new 1-day Course with 2 CRB credits is an interactive experience to help negotiators elevate their game! For more info or to register, go to: http://bit.ly/1xmfWAH
See all UPCOMING COURSES at: http://tnrealtors.com/education/
The complete 2015 Schedule of GRI courses is posted on the TAR website at: http://tnrealtors.com/education/gri/
There are 10 good reasons to earn YOUR GRI! Just go to: https://vimeo.com/90565297
You can ALSO begin work toward your GRI designation ONLINE! To find out how, go to: http://tnrealtors.com/education/e-class-gri-information/
7. HOT LINE: Closing Before the Date Set in Contract?
QUESTION: If we close before the date stated in the contract, do we need a Closing Date Amendment?
ANSWER: Technically, any time that the closing date is changed, whether it is before or after the original closing date, an amendment should be executed. Lines 170-173 states:
"This transaction shall be closed ("Closed") (evidenced by delivery of warranty deed and payment of Purchase Price, the "Closing"), and this Agreement shall expire, at 11:59 local time on the ____ day of ___________, _______ ("Closing Date"), or on such earlier date as may be agreed to by the parties in writing."
However, from a practical standpoint, if the transaction closes earlier, it is not necessary. The only time that you would need to get an amendment done is if you wanted to be able to terminate the contract if it did not close on the earlier date. Otherwise as long as it closed by the original closing date, no harm and no foul.
[SOURCE: TAR's Legal & Ethics Hot Line Attorneys]
8. HOT LINE: A Non-Exclusive Designated Buyer Agent?
QUESTION: Can a consumer have a non-exclusive designated buyer agency with more than one agent and brokerage?
ANSWER: Yes. That is exactly what a non-exclusive buyer's representation agreement is. It allows the buyer to work with multiple agencies if they choose to do so. However, the real estate firm will ONLY be entitled to a commission in the event that the efforts of that firm supplied the buyer. TAR has a form for this which is form RF 143.
[SOURCE: TAR's Legal & Ethics Hot Line Attorneys]
9. HOT LINE: What Unlicensed Assistants May Do?
QUESTION: What can an unlicensed assistant say and not say to a potential client when the potential client calls into the office and the assistant answers the phone?
ANSWER: According to TREC, an unlicensed employee, assistant or secretary MAY:
"Answer the phone, forward calls and give information contained only on the listing agreement as limited by the broker;" …and
"Disclose the current sales status of a listed property."
TREC has also stated that an unlicensed employee, assistant or secretary MAY NOT:
"Make cold calls by telephone or in person to potential listers or purchasers;" …or
"Answer questions concerning properties listed with the firm except only that information contained on the listing agreement as limited by the Principal Broker;" …or
"Discuss or explain listings, offers, contracts, or other similar matters with persons outside the firm; …."
To see the Tennessee Real Estate Commission's COMPLETE list of activities that unlicensed assistants MAY and MAY NOT do, go to pages v and vi (close to the beginning) of the Real Estate Manual HERE.
[SOURCE: TAR's Legal & Ethics Hot Line Attorneys]
10. Check Your Own CE Hours, Etc.
To check your CE credits on file with TREC, go to: http://verify.tn.gov
To go to the TAR website: http://tnrealtors.com
To access current and past TAR DIGESTS: http://www.tardigest.com
Follow TAR on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/tnaor
TAR's LinkedIn page: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=852077&trk=hb_side_g
TAR's page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nashville-TN/Tennessee-Association-of-RealtorsR/15041383689
To ask a TAR Legal and Ethics Hot Line question: http://tnrealtors.com/services-support/legal-ethics-hotline/
For CE classroom courses around the state, go to: http://tnrealtors.com/education/realtor-courses/
For online CE courses, go to: http://tnrealtors.com/education/online-courses/
Tennessee Real Estate Commission: http://tn.gov/regboards/trec/


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Careers in Communication
Wednesday, April 14
6:00 p.m. (PT)
Join Rebecca Cooney, Washington State University professor of Strategic Communication, in a presentation on some of the career paths available within the field of communications.
Rebecca L. Cooney is a communication practitioner and leader in online education with more than 26 years of experience in the field of professional communications and postsecondary education. She is a scholarly associate professor at The Edward R. Murrow College at Washington State University teaching courses in integrated campaigns, user experience design, message strategy, and digital metrics. She is the director of Murrow Online Programs, a research associate on the NIH-funded Center of Excellence for Natural Product-Drug Interaction Research (NaPDI) grant, and a principal consultant at Stickperson LLC.
She holds a BA in organizational communications and MS in communications and is a published author for a textbook and several trade publication articles. She is a recipient of the 2021 President's Distinguished Teaching Award for Career-Track Faculty and was a Provost Featured Faculty member in 2019. She is also the recipient of the Oaks Award for innovation in teaching (2019), Scripps Howard Visiting Professor in Social Media (2015), and Plank Center Educator Fellow awards (2014).

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Overall movements tracked by IOM Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs) of Cambodian nationals between Cambodia and Thailand at Ou Anlouk and O Rumdoul during June 2019.
Jul 09 2019 Assessment Report Download
From mid-August until mid-October 2018, IOM Thailand conducted a second round of data collection in the districts of Mae Sot and Phop Phra in Tak Province, Thailand. A total of 3,233 Myanmar nationals were surveyed, of whom 3,013 were identified as migrant workers.
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Are they Topshop Allegra's? SNAP! I just ordered a pair last week – looking forward to seeing them in an outfit post =)
No they're actually not the Topshop ones….but I LOVE those ones !!
These are kinda just a cheaper version :)
Got them from SoYouShoes.co.uk
Will be doing an outfit post very soon.
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Love the styling as always, The model is fab looking! Enjoy London, Oh and love the boots, needing something like that for the winter here!
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I got a brand new food processor. I know, I know. How could I live and cook without one for so long? What I got isn't very big which is exactly why I chose it. I live in New York City, using my countertop space efficiently while I'm cooking can be challenging sometimes. I figured a 4-cup food processor would do, and I still want to keep my knife skill sharp (no pun intended
So to test out the new toy, I chose to make these Asian Chicken Burgers because i've been meaning to. Using the food processor to ground up chicken breasts takes like 8 seconds. But if you want, you might be able to find ground chicken at your local grocery store.
This is a great beef burger alternative. Here are some of the ingredients:
I got this mini grater a while ago, it's perfect for grating ginger.
Mix it all up along with soy sauce, sesame oil, and sriracha.
Then it should look like this:
Perfectly fine if you wanna cook these on the pan.
If you like pickles, go for it! And sweet chili sauce is highly recommended. (Try this low-sodium version by Ginger People)
Asian Chicken Burgers
1.5 lb of chicken breast (or ground chicken)
2 tbsp of soy sauce
2 tbsp of sriracha
1 tbsp of sesame oil
1 tbsp of minced garlic
1 tbsp of grated ginger
2 chopped scallions
4 oz of water chestnuts, chopped
2 tbsp of chopped cilantro
sweet chili sauce
1. Cut chicken breasts into smaller pieces, then ground with a food processor.
2. Put the ground chicken in a mixing bowl, add soy sauce, sriracha, and sesame oil. Set aside.
3. Mice garlic, grate ginger; chop scallions, water chestnuts, and cilantro.
4. Combine all ingredients, form 1/2″ patties if preferred.
5. In medium heat, pour some olive oil onto the pan. Add chicken burgers and cook for 3-4 minutes. Then flip and cook the other side, until golden brown.
6. Serve on a sesame bun with pickles, spring mix salad, and sweet chili sauce.


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(STOCKTON, CA--August 31, 1997)--Dave Byrd left little doubt about his race plan for the final leg of Stockton 99 Speedway's Tri-Holiday Classic Saturday night. While pre-race discussion focused on the possibility of laying back during qualifying and trying to gain valuable points by passing, the pilot of the Tim Gillit owned Chevrolet Monte Carlo jumped in front of pole sitter Mike David of Modesto on the opening lap and never looked back in capturing the $2,000 first place race money and an extra $1,500 for the overall title. Byrd of Los Gatos won the Classic's initial event on Memorial Day weekend and was tied with Firecracker 100 winner Harry Belletto of Modesto as 19 cars lined up for the green on Stockton's NASCAR-sanctioned quarter mile paved oval. His wire-to-wire performance was most impressive as he was able to pull away from the field after each of the 100-lap affair's seven yellow flags which included two red's.
With yellows counting for three laps at a time, dash winner David averted one following his opening lap spin as fell to the rear of the field as the pack crossed with Byrd in control. Lap-seven saw a yellow as Stockton drivers Buzz Devore and Mark Youngblood tangled in turn one enabling season point leader Harry Belletto to pass his son Steve and move into second setting up what most of the Holiday weekend race crowd thought would be a classic duel. However, two more yellows on laps-12 and 16 slowed the action with 1978 and 79 Late Model champion Ron Strmiska, Sr. of Manteca moving past Belletto for second on lap-21. Byrd was able to stretch his margin to almost a full straight-away before fast timer Steve Belletto, running fourth, spun on lap37 after blowing a radiator hose entering turn-one and slammed into the outside retaining wall collecting fifth-place Brent Seitz of Stockton and a fast closing Mike David in the process resulting in the first red.
Following the re-start, the top-five consisted of Byrd, Strmiska, David Philpott of Tracy, the senior Belletto and Fremont's Troy Ermish. 28 laps later a yellow was displayed for debris on the track and another shuffle resulted on the re-start as Philpott took second. Philpott and Strmiska would flip-flop for second during the next two cautions. Then, after Harry Belletto pitted under the yellow for a fresh tire and fell to the back of the pack on lap-77 with 12 of the original 19 starters still running, the worst incident of the night occurred on lap-85 when Strmiska lost a tire coming off turn four resulting in a head on shot into the retaining wall. The impact caused the engine area to explode into flames, bringing fire and rescue personnel onto the track and the event's second red flag. Fortunately, Strmiska was only shaken and not seriously injured.
That left Philpott, Greg Potts of Manteca, Ermish and Modesto's Mike Terpstra in line behind Byrd but it was to no avail as Byrd streaked home for his fifth Stockton victory of the season. The only change coming down the stretch saw Harry Belletto close quickly to end-up third behind the Tri-Holiday champion and Philpott with Potts and Ermish completing the top-five. The Tri-Holiday top five after Byrd and the senior Belletto included Potts, John Gaalswyk of Ripon and Stockton's Wayne Pierce.
With only four races lefl in the '97 season, Belletto enjoys a 151-point (1237-1086) lead over Strmiska in the Stockton title chase with Mike Terpstra third at 1033.
The Grand American Modified feature almost ended before it began as 15 of 18 starters were involved in a melee that began when Thomas Meserall of San Jose and incoming point leader Steve Stacy of Stockton rubbed and turned sideways between turns one and two. Eight of the involved cars had to go into the pits for fresh tires and body work before a re-start was in order. Darrin Thomas of Atwater became the point man and took the lead before another fracas involving Manteca's Paul Guthmiller and two semi-main transfers--Bud Beltrama of Stockton and Randy Hill of Lodi--resulted in a second red flag. The three collided between turns three and four with Guthmiller ending up totally airborne on top of Hill. Once racing resumed, with Guthmiller stil1 in the field, the 16-year old Meserall, who has been impressive in his limited Stockton appearances, gained the lead on lap-11 and never looked back as he added the $300 feature triumph to his early dash victory. Thomas hung on for second followed by Bob Reichmuth of Manteca, the never-say-die Guthmiller and fast qualifier Stacy, who enjoys a 203-point margin (1390-1187) in the season point chase over Robert Knittel of Lodi.
1996 champion Dan Dabbs of North Highlands was a man on a mission in the Street Stock division. After establishing a new track qualifying record of 15.176, Dabbs registered his sixth trophy dash win and, in a backside interview, dedicated his efforts to his oldest daughter who was heading to the altar on Sunday. The proud father then went on to make daughter April's night one of perfection as he led the feature from pillar-to-post for his fifth feature victory of the season.
Only one quick yellow slowed the 25-lap action as Pete Anderson, Sr. of Stockton held tight on to second behind Dabbs before succumbing to current point leader Jerry Tripp of Stockton on lap-18. At the checkered, it was Dabbs, Tripp, Anderson, Cary Treadway of Stockton and Dewayne Apedaile of Lodi. With four events left, Tripp leads Dabbs by 253 (1562-1309) in the season point chase.
The final appearance of the '97 season for the Super Mini Cup cars saw James Wright of Turlock take the early lead and pull away from the field to a large margin. However, by lap-15,Jeff Jess of Stockton had made his way through the field and closed on the leader to make a sideby-side run on the next circuit and a pass for the lead a lap later. Jess was followed to the final flag by Wright, Larry Hoover, Jr. of Turlock, fast timer Donnie Cannell of Riverbank and Jason White of Stockton. A post-race tech inspection resulted in a disqualification for Jess giving the win to Wright; with Brian Smith of Modesto inheriting fifth.


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Press TV- Police in Spain have launched a massive search operation to find an assailant who killed at least 13 people by ramming a van into a crowd in central Barcelona, and have thwarted at least two other attacks, including a bombing plot.
The deadly van incident happened along Las Ramblas, a street in central Barcelona popular with tourists and locals alike, on Thursday afternoon, when it was packed with tourists taking an afternoon walk.
A van plows into dozens of people in the center of the Spanish city of Barcelona, killing over a dozen people and injuring many.
More than 100 people were injured, and authorities have said the death toll could rise.
Foreign nationals were among the dead.
The driver was seen escaping on foot, and security forces are involved in a large-scale operation to find him.
The Takfiri Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police have already arrested two men — a Spanish from Spain's North African enclave of Melilla, and a Moroccan — in connection with the van attack but neither was the driver.
The men were arrested in the towns of Ripoll and Alcanar, both in the region of Catalonia, of which Barcelona is the capital.
Driss Oukabir, a 28-year-old of Moroccan origin, was suspected of having rented the van used in the assault. Spanish reports later said he had handed himself in to police after reporting his documents had been stolen, possibly by his brother.
Another car ramming in Barcelona
Police said they also shot dead on Thursday a man who had driven a car into a police checkpoint in Barcelona, though they had no evidence that he had been connected with the van attack.
Attack in Cambrils
Meanwhile, in the early hours of Friday morning, in the town of Cambrils, 100 kilometers away from Barcelona, seven people were injured when "alleged terrorists" drove into pedestrians before being shot dead by security forces.
Two of the pedestrians injured in the attack were said to be in critical condition.
"The alleged terrorists were in an Audi A3 and apparently knocked down several people before coming across a police patrol and a shoot-out ensued," said a spokesman for the regional government of Catalonia, where Cambrils is located, in Spain's northeast.
The five attackers, who were wearing explosive vests, were then shot dead, police said. The bomb vests were detonated by the force's bomb squad.
Police said the situation in Cambrils was now under control.
Blasts in Alcanar
Separately, two explosions occurred at a house in the town of Alcanar, 130 km south of Barcelona, in the early hours of Thursday.
Police said the residents had been preparing explosives when the blasts took place.
At least one person died and more than 16 were injured in what was initially thought to be a gas explosion.
A string of Daesh attacks similarly carried out by plowing a car into crowds in European cities in the past months has killed well over 100 people — in Nice, Berlin, London, and Stockholm.
The Barcelona attack was the deadliest attack in Spain since March 2004, when Takfiri militants placed bombs on commuter trains in Madrid, killing 191 people and wounding more than 1,800.


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By Terry Petkau, tour leader
Before departing Avignon we were treated to a gentle cruise to take in the city lights from a beautiful vantage point. Many of us also walked back into the Old City to view an amazing Projection Mapping light show in the Honour Courtyard of the Palace of the Popes.
A picturesque olive farm tour offered an interesting education of olive oil production including opportunity for tasting and a bit of shopping.
One fascinating aspect of this farm was how they ground up the pits from the olive fruit and dried it on the ground. This product was then used as fuel to feed their boilers in the oil production process.
We also visited the hilltop village of Les Baux and the remains of a fortress dating back to 6,000 BC. Our guide offered stories about the Celts who were known to have inhabited this fortress and who used weapons like battering rams and catapults which were on display throughout the site.
The city tour of Arles (the most southern point of our cruise) took us through narrow winding streets of this former Roman city which also included a well preserved Roman temple, similar to the one we saw earlier in Vienne.
Erna was treated to a personal tour of Arles which included time to chat over coffee in one of the many street cafes in town.
That evening we enjoyed our final dinner on the ship and opportunity to thank our two hard working and entertaining host servers on the AmaCello.


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Closed Bug 399647 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago
OS/2 build break in nsprpub/pr/src/io/prlog
(NSPR :: NSPR, defect)
(Not tracked)
(Reporter: wuno, Assigned: mozilla)
(2 files, 2 obsolete files)
3.23 KB, patch
mozilla: review+
|Details | Diff | Splinter Review
904 bytes, patch
benjamin: review+
benjamin: approval1.9+
|Details | Diff | Splinter Review
15 years ago
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.9a9pre) Gecko/2007101000 Minefield/3.0a9pre Build Identifier: E:/usr/src/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/src/io/prlog.c: In function `PR_LogPrint': E:/usr/src/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/src/io/prlog.c:495: error: assignment of read-only location E:/usr/src/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/src/io/prlog.c:495: error: assignment of read-only location E:/usr/src/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/src/io/prlog.c:497: warning: implicit declaration of function `md_UnlockAndPostNotifies' make.exe[6]: *** [prlog.o] Error 1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Comment 1•
15 years ago
the offending line http://mxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/nsprpub/pr/src/io/prlog.c#495
Depends on: 244478
Comment 2•
15 years ago
I have no clue if that's allowed, but it works with regard to compilation and a working browser
Comment 3•
15 years ago
Confirming bug on WinXP with cygwin. Also agree that this bug was introduced by fix for Bug #244478
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Comment 4•
15 years ago
Hi. Please try this: 494 if (!nb || (line_long[nb-1] != '\n')) { char eol[2]; eol[0] = '\n'; eol[1] = '\0'; 495 _PUT_LOG(logFile, eol, 1); 496 } Thanks!
Comment 5•
15 years ago
The attached patch doesn't work for me. Different OS, etc, probably the cause. However, the patch in Comment #4 allows code to compile. A complete build is several hours away....
Comment 6•
15 years ago
Yes, with the eol variable it works on OS/2. The shorter if (!nb || (line_long[nb-1] != '\n')) { char eol[] = "\n\0"; _PUT_LOG(logFile, eol, 1); } also works. I still get a warning about the following line _PR_UNLOCK_LOG(); M:/trunk/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/src/io/prlog.c:498: warning: implicit declaration of function `md_UnlockAndPostNotifies' but that doesn't seem to be harmful -- and not easily fixed without starting to include .c files...
Comment 7•
15 years ago
Comment on attachment 284691 [details] [diff] [review] change of 1 and "\n" compiles confirming also that the Wan-Teh's patch works. It took me a while to come back, since the browser crashes at certain pages but that seems not to be related to this bug (an older non-crashing build runs stable with the nspr dll's compiled using this patch)
Attachment #284691 - Attachment is obsolete: true
Comment 8•
15 years ago
Peter, the initialization of an automatic (as opposed to static) array is a new feature of C. This is why I use assignments. You can fix the undeclared function warning in two ways. 1. In _os2.h, declare md_UnlockAndPostNotifies before the definition of _MD_UNLOCK: /* --- Lock stuff --- */ #define _PR_LOCK _MD_LOCK #define _PR_UNLOCK _MD_UNLOCK + extern void md_UnlockAndPostNotifies(_MDLock *lock, PRThread *waitThred, + _MDCVar *waitCV); #ifdef USE_RAMSEM #define _MD_NEW_LOCK (_PR_MD_NEW_LOCK) 2. Define _MD_UNLOCK as a function: In _os2.h, do this: #define _MD_UNLOCK (_PR_MD_UNLOCK) Define the _PR_MD_UNLOCK function in os2cv.c.
Comment 9•
15 years ago
OK, this now compiles without warnings but I haven't really tested it yet. (The USE_RAMSEM part is not interesting any more, I should actually update the patch in bug 330720 to remove it completely.)
Comment 10•
15 years ago
Comment on attachment 284786 [details] [diff] [review] fix build and remove warning r=wtc. >+void _PR_MD_UNLOCK(_MDLock *lock) >+{ >+ if (0 != (lock)->notified.length) { >+ md_UnlockAndPostNotifies((lock), NULL, NULL); >+ } else { >+ DosReleaseMutexSem((lock)->mutex); >+ } >+} When defined as a function, you can remove the parentheses around the parameter 'lock'.
Attachment #284786 - Flags: review+
Comment 11•
15 years ago
Of course, this removes the brackets. Carrying over r+. (In the meantime I also tested PR logging, to confirm that after the build break fix it works again.) Do I still need a sr for NSPR HEAD?
Assignee: wtc → mozilla
Attachment #284786 - Attachment is obsolete: true
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Attachment #284995 - Flags: review+
Comment 12•
15 years ago
Comment on attachment 284995 [details] [diff] [review] [checked in] fix v2 Peter, please go ahead and check in this patch on the NSPR trunk. Then, please create a new static tag NSPR_HEAD_yyyymmdd for mozilla/client.mk and request approval. (Mozilla trunk is pulling the NSPR tag specified in mozilla/client.mk.)
Comment 13•
15 years ago
Comment on attachment 284995 [details] [diff] [review] [checked in] fix v2 Checked this into NSPR trunk.
Attachment #284995 - Attachment description: fix v2 → [checked in] fix v2
Comment 14•
15 years ago
OK, to activate this fix on trunk, we need to move the NSPR tag. The only change on NSPR trunk between these tags is the OS/2 change of attachment 284995 [details] [diff] [review].
Attachment #285121 - Flags: review?(benjamin)
Attachment #285121 - Flags: approval1.9?
15 years ago
Attachment #285121 - Flags: review?(benjamin)
Attachment #285121 - Flags: review+
Attachment #285121 - Flags: approval1.9?
Attachment #285121 - Flags: approval1.9+
Comment 15•
15 years ago
Comment on attachment 285121 [details] [diff] [review] [checked in] Move NSPR tag in client.mk Checked this into trunk.
Attachment #285121 - Attachment description: Move NSPR tag in client.mk → [checked in] Move NSPR tag in client.mk
Comment 16•
15 years ago
With that this bug should be fixed.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Vb trop
|Two Aircraft
The Spit V was basically an update of the earlier Spit I and II versions with a more powerful Merlin. Just about all of the fuselage aft of the engine was identical in all these variants and a number of Mk Vs were re-engined Mk I/II airframes. With the more powerful engine, it was able to briefly best the 109s of the Luftwaffe. That all changed with the introduction of the FW-190, but such is the way of war.
This is a tropicalized version of the Mk V. Basically that means that it has a large filter fitted over the carb intake to keep sand out of it as sand will severely shorten the life of an engine. Initially the Vokes filter was fitted, but this very large filter was not only ugly, but quite detrimental to speed. A much more streamlined and equally effective filter was developed locally in Aboukir, Egypt and fitted to many aircraft in country.
This particular kit has some of the parts in common with the earlier Spitfire I kit reviewed here some years back, specifically the one with the main airframe. It includes a new wing sprue, a smaller one with the various filters, ferry tank, and a pilot in tropical garb. There is also a four bladed prop and spinner included, though I'm not really sure just what that is for as none of the schemes use it and I don't think the MkV ever used this kind of prop. It is also molded in a nice 'desert tan' color. (I've been told that it is an MDC prop for making a Seafire III. One of the benefits of buying kits at swap meets! ed)
No need to talk about the quality of the molding as it is superb and most typical of current Tamiya kits. One thing about the wings is that they not only have clearance bumps for the wheels, but also external stiffening strakes for the wings. Now apparently the B wing was weak in this area so after several wing failures, the strakes were added around early 1942. The C wing was made of thicker aluminum so didn't need these external reinforcements. If modeling an early Spit Vb, you need to remove these strakes. The instructions don't say anything about it, but those I've talked to with a later boxing of this kit says that Tamiya indicates their removal for at least one of the schemes. The wheel bumps are apparently standard, though in photos they are so slight as to be nearly invisible.
The kit offers as options the choice of regular or 'clipped' wing tips. You also have a choice of two types of filter; the Vokes or Aboukir, depending again on the plane you are modeling. There is also a fuel tank for the lower fuselage, but to my understanding, this was basically a ferry tank and rarely used in operations because of the drag that it induced. Finally, the canopy is separate and can be built in the open position along with adding the pilot figure.
Instructions are superb and except for Tamiya's irritating tendency to not tell you colors and having you mix them from Tamiya paints, are all one could want. Frankly, this lack of color information is inexcusable from a company like Tamiya. Decals are for two aircraft, both in Dark Earth and Midstone over Azure Blue (or, as Tamiya calls it; 2 drops of X-16, 10 drops of XF-2 and 5 drops of XF-18). One plane is a Vokes-filtered normal spanned plane from 417 sq while the other has the Aboukir filter and clipped wings with 601 squadron. Actually, the instructions state that you can do either UF*X or UF*F from this sheet, but gives no alternate serial number for UF*F. Apparently UF*F had white code letters. All of the insignia have white background decals to ensure no bleed-through of the paint and the proper density of the reds and yellows, a nice touch. The decals themselves are typical Tamiya in that they are a bit thick and should work fairly well. Use of setting solutions is at your own risk!
I really can't see how you can go wrong with this kit. It should be as simple
to build as the Mk.I and be equally trouble-free. Basically, a typical modern
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I really can't see how you can go wrong with this kit. It should be as simple to build as the Mk.I and be equally trouble-free. Basically, a typical modern Japanese 'shake and bake' kit.
If you would like your product reviewed fairly and quickly by a site that has well over 175,000 visitors a month, please contact me or see other details in the Note to Contributors.
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Cysteine-Based Redox Sensing and Its Role in Signaling by Cyclic Nucleotide–Dependent Kinases in the Cardiovascular System
Oxidant molecules are made in biological systems and traditionally are thought-about causative mediators of harm and unwellness. whereas oxidants might contribute to the pathological process of unwellness, proof continues to emerge that shows these species additionally play necessary regulative roles in health. a significant mechanism of oxidiser sensing and sign involves their reaction with reactive aminoalkanoic acid thiols inside proteins, causing aerophilic posttranslational modifications that may couple to altered perform to alter physiological condition regulation. macromolecule enzyme A and protein kinase G are regulated by oxidants during this approach, and this review focuses on our molecular-level understanding of those events and their role in regulation vessel physiology throughout health and unwellness. [1]
Transportation noise linked to cardiovascular disease independent from air pollution
Air pollution and traffic noise are the 2 major environmental pollutants moving health per the globe Health Organization (WHO).1 For pollution, the yank Heart Association ended already in 2010 that 'the overall proof is in keeping with a causative relationship between material (PM2.5) exposure and vessel morbidity and mortality'.2 However, at the time of the review there have been solely few studies that enclosed… [2]
A Theory-Driven System for the Specification of Rehabilitation Treatments
The field of rehabilitation remains captive to the black-box problem: our inability to characterize treatments during a systematic fashion across diagnoses, settings, and disciplines, therefore on determine and pass around the active ingredients of these treatments. during this article, we tend to describe the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS), by that any treatment utilized in rehabilitation is also characterised, and ultimately classified consistent with shared properties, via the three parts of treatment theory: targets, ingredients, and (hypothesized) mechanisms of action. we tend to discuss necessary ideas within the RTSS like the excellence between treatments and treatment parts, that include one target and its associated ingredients; and also the distinction between targets, that are the direct effects of treatment, and aims, that are downstream or distal effects. The RTSS includes three teams of reciprocally exclusive treatment components: Organ Functions, Skills and Habits, and Representations. The last of those includes not solely thoughts and feelings, however conjointly internal representations underlying willing action; the RTSS addresses the thought of volition (effort) as a essential component for several rehabilitation treatments. we've got developed associate algorithmic program for treatment specification that is illustrated and represented in short. The RTSS stands to profit the sphere in varied ways in which by provision a coherent, theoretic framework encompassing all rehabilitation treatments. employing a common framework, researchers are going to be able to take a look at consistently the results of specific ingredients on specific targets; and their work will be additional without delay replicated and translated into clinical observe.[3]
Circadian rhythms and the molecular clock in cardiovascular biology and disease
The Earth turns on its axis every 24 h; almost all life on the planet has a mechanism — circadian rhythmicity — to anticipate the daily changes caused by this rotation. The molecular clocks that control circadian rhythms are being revealed as important regulators of physiology and disease. In humans, circadian rhythms have been studied extensively in the cardiovascular system. Many cardiovascular functions, such as endothelial function, thrombus formation, blood pressure and heart rate, are now known to be regulated by the circadian clock. Additionally, the onset of acute myocardial infarction, stroke, arrhythmias and other adverse cardiovascular events show circadian rhythmicity. In this Review, we summarize the role of the circadian clock in all major cardiovascular cell types and organs. Second, we discuss the role of circadian rhythms in cardiovascular physiology and disease. Finally, we postulate how circadian rhythms can serve as a therapeutic target by exploiting or altering molecular time to improve existing therapies and develop novel ones. [4]
Fixed Doses Combinations Acting on Cardiovascular System – Utilization and Generic Competition
Aims: to research the impact of introduction of latest mounted dose combos (FDCs) within the Positive drug list on each the reference value and also the utilization of reimbursed vas (CV) medicines.
Study Design: it's a retrospective and empiric analysis of the changes in reimbursed mounted dose combos (FDCs) performing on vascular system (CVS).
Place and length of Study: Medical University of Sofia, school of Pharmacy for the amount 2009-2013.
Methodology: On total eighteen INNs (international unpatented name) in several combos happiness to six anatomic therapeutic chemical (ATC) teams (ACE-inhibitor and diuretic drug, Ca-antagonists and ACE-inhibitors, sartan and diuretics, Ca-antagonist and statin drug, 2 diuretics, b-blocker and diuretic); sixty indefinite quantity forms, and 104 emblems were analyzed for changes within the costs and utilization when the inclusion in the Positive drug list (PDL).
Results: the quantity of the new generic medicines enclosed in force unit is highest for the cluster of ACE -inhibitors and diuretics, Hypertensin receptor blockers (AT receptor blockers, ARBs, sartans) and diuretics. several new generic molecules as FDCs enter the force unit, so resulting in decrease within the reference value, due to generic competition. The decrease is critical within the new therapeutic teams. The changes in utilization calculated as outlined daily dose (DDD)/1000 inhabitants/day show higher utilization in 2013 for the teams of ACE inhibitors and diuretics and AT receptor blockers and diuretics (Enalapril/ Hydrochlorthiazide (HCTZ), Perindopril/ diuretic drug, Valsartan/HCTZ, Losartan/ HCTZ).
Conclusion: The study confirms that in Bulgaria the generic and therapeutic competition has multiplied throughout 2009-2013. It results in important value decrease and changes within the trends in utilization of the FDC in medicine. [5]
[1] Cuello, F. and Eaton, P., 2019. Cysteine-Based Redox Sensing and Its Role in Signaling by Cyclic Nucleotide–Dependent Kinases in the Cardiovascular System. Annual review of physiology, 81, pp.63-87. (Web Link)
[2] Sørensen, M. and Pershagen, G., 2019. Transportation noise linked to cardiovascular disease independent from air pollution. European heart journal. (Web Link)
[3] Hart, T., Dijkers, M.P., Whyte, J., Turkstra, L.S., Zanca, J.M., Packel, A., Van Stan, J.H., Ferraro, M. and Chen, C., 2019. A theory-driven system for the specification of rehabilitation treatments. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 100(1), pp.172-180. (Web Link)
[4] Circadian rhythms and the molecular clock in cardiovascular biology and disease
Sandra Crnko, Bastiaan C. Du Pré, Joost P. G. Sluijter & Linda W. Van Laake Nature Reviews Cardiology (2019) (Web Link)
[5] Mitkova, Z., Manova, M., Georgieva, S. and Petrova, G. (2016) "Fixed Doses Combinations Acting on Cardiovascular System – Utilization and Generic Competition", Advances in Research, 8(2), pp. 1-14. doi: 10.9734/AIR/2016/29264. (Web Link)


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text: Democracy could not jump Friday, 25-November-2005 Ebtihag Alkamal - Some politicians believe that democracy is based –only-on constitutional foundation and legal texts, so they claim that the absence of ideal experiences in democracy, freedoms, human rights means the failure of the political regime of the country. Those people ignore that democratic and evolution change and the respect of human rights are not a production of legislative process only but production of political, social and cultural development ,and that process may takes long time. As the change of the legislative infrastructure and its continuous improvement is a necessity for democratic development ,hence the influence in culture and minds of political leaders , the expansion of the political participation ground and upgrading the awareness of rights and democratic conduct occupy the same importance which the democratic legislations have. The continuation in changing different institutions in the society to the same direction where the democratic process is moving at to create a generation believe in democracy and respect human rights, especially when we talk about Yemen –which spent decades under totalitarian and dictator regimes. Although Yemeni democratic experience is short-about 15 years old- but it exposed that Yemeni socity is attempting to make this transformation achievable and becomes a final choice without return. During the past fifteen years of the age of democracy in Yemen ,many political activities ,social ,economical , and cultural interaction took place which confirmed the democratic choice as a best choice for rapid development. The country has witnessed three parliamentary elections , presidential election , local governance elections, two referendums , free journalism emerged and plurality as well. President Ali Abdullah Saleh called political parties to expand women participation in policy and public life. He stressed in his speeches on women empowerment while hisarty (GPC) suggesting 10 percent representation in political decision-making. ) To achieve all that in underdevelopment country- like Yemen –during fifteen years is to be considered as. To achieve all that in one of developing country- like Yemen –during fifteen years is to be considered as hopeful and progressive steps towards stable democracy in the country. The critical question is : why we want Yemeni democracy to jump to remote distances in order to be on one line with western world –during 15 years only! Could democracy jump over realities of its society!? I do not think that. This story was printed at: Saturday, 10-December-2022 Time: 09:19 AM Original story link: http://www.almotamar.net/en/82.htm


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Written by @farehamhammer
The lies and Spin will never change. Some eight years ago myself and Enfield Hammer warned what to expect from Gold and Sullivan, the self-styled 'Messiahs'. Or as they would like to have it, 'saviours' of our Club. They rode into The Club as virtual knights in shining armour! Due to The Debt the Club was in it made no business sense to buy The Club they said, they only brought us because they were fans. They went into great detail of how bad the debt was, over 100million and to make matters worse we were mortgaged to the hilt. Loans had been taken out against the next two season's season ticket money. If they had not come in and 'saved' us we faced financial Armageddon, at the very least we faced administration at worst we could have gone bust. R.I.P! West Ham United! They then turned their attention to the players we had at The Club: "Weak and unbalanced". Was the most sombre verdict from our 'knights' in shining armour. They would be taking NOTHING out of The Club and paying Karren Brady's salary themselves. Investment? God if it were not for Gold and Sullivan we would not have a bloody Club! Was, the word on the street from West Ham fans everywhere! Mission accomplished: Lower fan expectation.
Like a candidate running for President of The United States of America on the campaign trail, repeatedly the level of debt got played out in the media. We were even told that Mrs Brady went around and switched off the lights at The Boleyn, as regards to manipulating the media, few can master Gold and Sullivan. They are the kings of spin, they leak different stories to different people. They have spun poor old Darren Lewis like a spinning top this week regards Andy Carroll. I believe they wanted to sell him, as they needed the money for down payments for transfers. Carroll was stitched up making him look like a villain, all fell apart when Carroll was once again injured.
They have run West Ham in exactly the same fashion as Birmingham City. Every season ticket renewal time all sorts of top names are leaked, and as you know now they don't happen. Still I think the all-time classic was the gem while at St Andrews, they leaked the story that Diego Maradona (Yes Maradona!) was closing in on a move to St Andrews. Of course, when the media contacted Maradona, who was playing for Sevilla at the time, he said he had never heard of them. Surprise surprise. One 'marquee' signing, a second one costing some money, the rest freebies, cheapies and loan after loan that is how this mob roll! On that basis there was no chance they were going to sign William Carvalho, they got rudely exposed for the Carvalho 'phantom' bid, but phantom 'bids' has been a way of life for the 'Messiahs' for some twenty-five years. These boys are that tight they can peel an orange in their pocket. Money, money and more money is what matters most to the 'Messiahs'. The move from The Boleyn was all about greed, I am convinced they are involved in the property development The Upton Gardens, that will be in place of The Boleyn Ground. Selling the Boleyn for virtual peanuts does not sound right to me.
Many will never forgive them for selling The Boleyn Ground on premise of taking The Club to the 'next' level, by bringing in "three or four" top signings. Which has proven to be a load of crap! Yes, the 'Messiahs' are certainly tricky customers indeed, but I don't buy into the theory that they don't know how to run a football club or destroy are out to destroy The Club. You certainly don't go out and spend £24 million on the likes of Marko Arnautovic if you are planning to destroy The Club for starters. I would argue that they know EXACTLY what they are doing. Many have said the derogatory remarks regards, Jose Fonte and Robert Snodgrass, by Brady and Sullivan were gaffes. Not at all! Both players are on a tidy whack and have not lived up to expectations, they want them off the wage bill as quick as possible, and have gone out of their way to make them uncomfortable. They most certainly don't want them sitting around The Club being paid around about £150,000 and not playing. Yes, it is crass, but football has prostituted its soul for Sky Money a long time ago. I don't feel sorry for Fonte and Snodgrass either. Why should any fan? If anyone had come in and offered more dough to Fonte or Snodgrass, they would have demanded a move and been off.
They also like the try before they buy method of signing a player. Almost like taking a car on a test drive before you buy it. They pay an expensive loan fee agree a fixed fee for a player if the player is successful. A method which they used to get Lanzini. It was also a method that they used to bring Tore and Zaza to The Club. Both players were flops and were sent back. Saving the Club some 32million, which The Club would have had to pay, if they had purchased the players outright. The down side of this is, that some Clubs won't do business with you. There has been much criticism that about Sullivan's role of 'Director' of Football. In the ideal world would have been solely down to manager. But too many Clubs have been ripped off by a combination of managers and agent. So, the ideal situation would have been, the manager and Board working in tandem to bring players in.
Reality in most cases is totally different sadly eight years on and there most certainly is no Champions League in sight, but on the pitch, itself we are in far better shape than we were back then. We have a decent side but not a strong squad. We are about four quality additions from being a very good side. The window has been very quiet all round only Liverpool have spent some serious dough. The money should have been spent in the summer, signing Hernandez and Marko Arnautovic and getting rid of ten players to do so, has left us paper thin and as David Moyes said we desperately need a couple of midfielders. I think we will get a couple of loans in and no more. Yes, it is tight arsed as usual…. but there may be more to it than that. I would not at all be surprised if David Moyes is history in the summer, and Rafa Benítez is installed as manager of West Ham United. Not that I think that Moyes is a bad manager, it is just that deep down one senses Benítez is the manager they really want. Who knows? They may have already sent Rafa a copy of The Rise and fall of the Kray's. Let's face it with the 'Messiahs' in charge anything could happen. As we speak. I have JUST HEARD… Sullivan is closing in on Messi! He has offered Barcelona 900 MILLION… in staggered payments of a fiver over 1000 billion years. Yes, it's been far from perfect over these last eight years, but things could have been far worse. PLEASE Mr Chairman cut the constant lies and spin!
We are more than a football Club, we're a way of life!


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but there can be no doubt that in some years men become confident and hopeful. They think that the country is going to be very prosperous, and that if they invest their capital in new factories, banks, railways, ships, or other enterprises, they will make much profit. When some people are thus hopeful, others readily become so too, just as a few cheerful people in a party make everybody cheerful. Thus the hopefulness gradually spreads itself through all the trades of the country. Clever men then propose schemes for new inventions and novel undertakings, and they find that they can readily get capitalists to subscribe for shares. This encourages other speculators to put forth proposals, and when the shares of some companies have risen in value, it is supposed that other shares will do so likewise. The most absurd schemes find supporters in a time of great hopefulness, and there thus arises what is called a bubble or mania.
88. Commercial Bubbles or Manias. When the schemes started during a bubble begin to be carried out, great quantities of materials are required for building, and the prices of these materials rise rapidly. The workpeople who produce these materials then earn high wages, and they spend these wages in better living, in pleasure, or in buying an unusual quantity of new clothes, furniture, &c. Thus the demand for commodities increases, and tradespeople make large profits. Even when there is no sufficient reason, the prices of the remaining commodities usually rise, as it is called, by sympathy, because those who deal in them think their goods will probably rise like other goods, and they buy up stocks in the hope of making profits. Every trader now wants to buy, because he believes that prices will rise higher and higher, and that, by selling at the right time, the loss of any subsequent fall of prices will be thrown upon other people.
This state of things, however, cannot go on very
long. Those who have subscribed for shares in new companies have to pay up the calls, that is, find the capital which they promised. They are obliged to draw out the money which they had formerly deposited in banks, and then the bankers have less to lend. Manufacturers, merchants, and speculators, who are making or buying large stocks of goods, wish to borrow more and more money, in order that they may have a larger business, the profit seeming likely to be so great. Then according to the laws of supply and demand, the price of money rises, which means that the rate of interest for short loans, from a week to three or six months in duration, is increased. The bubble goes on growing, until the more venturesome and unscrupulous speculators have borrowed many times as much money as they themselves really pos
Credit is said to be greatly extended, and a firm, which perhaps owns a capital worth ten thousand pounds, will have undertaken to pay two or three hundred thousand pounds, for the goods which they have bought on speculation,
But the sudden rise which, sooner or later, occurs in the rate of interest, is very
disastrous to such speculators; when they began to speculate interest was, perhaps, only two or three per cent. ; but when it be
c comes seven or eight per cent., there is fear that much of the profit will go in interest paid to the lenders of capital. Moreover, those who lent the money, by discounting the speculators' bills, or making advances on the security of goods, become anxious to have it paid back. Thus the speculators are forced at last to begin selling their stocks, at the best prices they can get. As soon as some people begin to sell in this way, others who hold goods think they had better sell before the prices fall seriously; then there arises a sudden rush to sell, and buyers being alarmed, refuse to buy except at much reduced rates. The bad speculators now find themselves unable to maintain their credit, because, if they sell their large stocks at a con
siderable loss, their own real capital will be quite insufficient to cover this loss. They are thus unable to pay what they have engaged to pay, and stop payment, or, in other words, become bankrupt. This is very awkward for other people, manufacturers, for instance, who had sold goods to the bankrupts on credit; they do not receive the money they expected, and as they also perhaps have borrowed money while making the goods, they become bankrupt likewise. Thus the discredit spreads, and firms even which had borrowed only moderate sums of money, in proportion to their capital, are in danger of failing.
89. Commercial Crisis or Collapse. The state of things described in the last section is called a commercial collapse, because there is a sudden falling in of prices, credit, and enterprise. It is also called a Crisis, that is, a dangerous and decisive moment (Greek, kpivo, to decide), when it will soon be seen who is to become bankrupt, and who not. No sooner has such a crisis arrived, than everything changes. No one ventures to propose a new scheme, or a new company, because he knows that people in general have great difficulty in paying up what they promised to the schemes started during the bubble. This bubble is now burst, and it is found that many of the new works and undertakings from which people expected so much profit, are absurd and hopeless mistakes. It was proposed to make railways where there was nothing to carry ; to sink mines where there was no coal nor metal; to build ships which would not sail ; all kinds of impracticable schemes have to be given up, and the capital spent upon them is lost.
Not only does this collapse ruin many of the subscribers to these schemes, but it presently causes workpeople to be thrown out of employment. The more successful schemes indeed are carried out, and, for a year or two, give employment to builders, ironmanufacturers, and others, who furnish the materials.
But as these schemes are completed by degrees, no one ventures to propose new ones; people have been frightened by the losses and bankruptcies and frauds brought to light in the collapse, and when some people are afraid, others readily become frightened likewise by sympathy. In matters of this kind men of business are much like a flock of sheep which follow each other without any clear idea why they do so. In a year or two the prices of iron, coal, timber, &c., are reduced to the lowest point; great losses are suffered by those who make or deal in such materials, and many workmen are out of employment. The working classes then have less to spend on luxuries, and the demand for other goods decreases ; trade in general becomes depressed ; many people find themselves paupers, or spend their savings accumulated during previous years. Such a state of depression may continue for two or three years, until speculators have begun to forget their failures, or a new set of younger men, unacquainted with disaster, think they see a way to make profits. During such a period of depression, too, the richer people who have more income than they spend, save it up in the banks. Business men as they sell off their stocks of goods leave the money received in the banks; thus by degrees capital becomes abundant, and the rate of interest falls. After a time bankers, who were so very cautious at the time of the collapse, find it necessary to lend their increasing funds, and credit is improved. Then begins a new credit cycle, which probably goes through much the same course as the previous one.
90. Commercial Crises are Periodic. It would be a very useful thing if we were able to foretell when a bubble or a crisis was coming, but it is evidently impossible to predict such matters with certainty. All kinds of events—wars, revolutions, new discoveries, treaties of commerce, bad or good harvests, &c.—may occur to decrease or increase the activity of trade. Nevertheless, it is wonderful how often a great commercial crisis has happened about ten years after the previous one. During the last century, when trade was so different from what it now is, there were crises in or near the years 1753, 1763, 1772 or '3, 1783, and 1793. In this century there have been crises in the years 1815, 1825, 1836-9, 1847, 1857, 1866, and there would probably have been a crisis in 1876 or 1877 had it not been for an exceptional collapse in America in 1873. There is at present (February, 1878) the great depression of trade which marks the completion of one cycle and the commencement of a new one.
Good vintage years on the continent of Europe, and droughts in India, recur every ten or eleven years, and it seems probable that commercial crises are connected with a periodic variation of weather, affecting all parts of the earth, and probably arising from increased waves of heat received from the sun at average intervals of ten years and a fraction. A greater supply of heat increases the harvests, makes capital more abundant and trade more successful, and thus helps to create the hopefulness out of which a bubble arises. A falling off in the sun's heat makes bad harvests and deranges many enterprises in different parts of the world. This is likely to break the bubble and bring on
commercial collapse.
Generally, a credit cycle, as Mr. John Mills of Manchester has called it, will last about ten years. The first three years will witness depressed trade, with want of employment, falling prices, low rate of interest, and much poverty; then there will be perhaps three years of active, healthy trade, with moderatelyrising prices, a reasonable rate of interest, fair employment, and improving credit; then come some years of unduly-excited trade, turning into a bubble or mania, and ending in a collapse, as already described. This collapse will occupy the last of the ten years, so that


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Apparently I'm not done looking back at the 2010s yet. I had some "top tens of 2010s" discussions with some friends recently, here are my personal lists, each in no particular order:
My Top Ten Movies of the 2010s
- Avengers Endgame (2019).. I'm keeping only one slot per franchise, so I had to choose an MCU movies for this. Runner-ups for this slot were Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America Winter Soldier, and individually either one of those movies might be around the same or better than Endgame, but Endgame is the culmination of a decade's worth of movies and gave me the most enjoyment as a comic book fan.
- Rogue One (2016). I really liked The Force Awakens too, but Rogue One is easily the best of the Disney Star Wars era.
- Interstellar (2014). The top ten discussions led to an extended debate about some of the science in this movie, all in good fun. It requires some suspension of disbelief is needed, but it's still a pretty good sci-fi movie.
- The Martian (2015). This one was my favorite sci-fi movie of the decade though, I'll read the book someday.
- Inception (2010). The fact that this movie spawned so many memes and so many debates and discussions was an indication of how good it was.
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018). The MCU was a series of great movies based on comic books, but Spider-Verse was the best movie that really feels like a comic book. (I suppose the comparison is slightly unfair since Spider-Verse has the advantage of being animated!)
- One Cut of the Dead (2017). This is a Japanese film I saw at Eiga-sai. If you can overcome the one-inch barrier of subtitles it's easily one of the funniest movies I've seen in the past decade.
- Logan (2017). Easily the best of Fox's X-Men films, and among the top echelon of comic book films overall.
- Mad Max Fury Road (2015). This was my first Mad Max film, I really enjoyed the performances and the stunts and the ridiculous vehicle scenes.
- Baby Driver (2017). Makes me want to imagine what Edgar Wright's Ant-Man would have been like.
My Top Ten TV Shows of the 2010s
- Parks and Recreation (2009-2015). I know it started before the 2010s, but this might be appropriate anyway since the show didn't really pick up until the third season. There's a lot of other notable comedies of its class that I really enjoyed during the last decade, such as 30 Rock and Community, but I tip the hat to PnR because I really like the characters of Ben Wyatt and Ron Swanson and Andy Dwyer. (Apparently I really like all the male main characters except for Tom lol)
- Brooklyn Nine Nine (2013-). B99 is just my kind of ridiculous, similar to PnR, super quotable, and so on.
- Young Justice (2010-). Young Justice is the true successor to the excellent JL/JLU of the 00s, with a deep plot full of conspiracy and betrayal, a large cast of characters
- Daredevil (2015-2018). The Netflix shows had great promise, and Daredevil seasons 1 and 3 were among the best of them. It's too bad that they fell to the IP disputes of their time, but who knows maybe we get to revisit them again some time in the future.
- Doctor Who (2005-). The DW revival started in the 00s, but I only started watching it in 2012, when Matt Smith was already the Eleventh. There have been some weaker seasons and episodes, but overall I enjoyed the general campiness and sci-ifi silliness of the series.
- Black Mirror (2011-). I'm actually still not caught up with the latest season, but I have greatly enjoyed the near-future what-ifs posed by this popular show. (It's too bad we are unlikely to heed its warnings!)
- Breaking Bad (2008-2013). I mean, it's generally regarded as one of the best series of all time right? I haven't even bothered watching El Camino because for me the ending of BB was already prefect.
- The Orville (2017-). 2017 was a great year for Star Trek (-like) content, with the more serious Star Trek Discovery and more lighthearted The Orville both debuting. I enjoyed both shows, but the Orville's sci-fi sitcom brought us something a lot more unique.
- Game of Thrones (2011-2019). Say what you will about the quality of writing (or lack thereof) for the last couple of seasons, but this was a TV series that got people obsessed and following every episode and arguing about spoilers and forming fan theories, book readers or otherwise. It pretty much defined the decade of TV.
My Top Ten Games of the 2010s
- Starcraft 2 (2010-2015)(PC). Got all 3 parts on release, and still playing it to this day (mostly coop missions - I don't really have the heart for the stress of ladder matches anymore!)
- The Last of Us (2013)(PS3). There are games where you're saddened that you can't play them again for the first time, and the Last of Us was one of the best of those.
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)(WiiU). The defining Zelda of modern times. I loved the exploratory nature similar to the original NES LoZ and the cel-shaded graphics were fantastic. The sequel may yet convince me to get a Switch!
- Persona 5 (2017)(PS4). Easily the best JRPG of its era (sorry, Final Fantasy XV!).
- Fallout: New Vegas (2010)(PC). Obsidian's part of the Fallout franchise had much improved writing and questlines over it's predecessor Fallout 3, good enough for multiple run throughs, and I even managed to finish all the DLCs as well!
- The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim (2011)(PC). I came late to this series with Oblivion in 2008, but it's one of the few RPGs in this decade that I've replayed and finished multiple times.
- The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt (2015)(PS4). Easily the best PC RPG of the past decade, and I haven't even played the expansions yet! Runner-up: Divinity Original Sin.
- Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014)(PS3). Technically, the base game came out in the 00s, but all the later revisions came out in the 2010s. This game started a fighting game resurgence that's going on to this today. I was never super good at it, but I sure played a lot of hours and bought multiple copies of each version that came out even. The next version, SFV, hasn't been as well received, but the franchise and the fighting game resurgence is still going strong up to now.
- Eternal Card Game (2016)(Multiplat). This one is actually my most played Steam game of all time.
- Sid Meier's Civilization V (2010). Been playing this series since the olden days! Civ5 brought a pretty big change to the series with one unit per tile, and at 395 hours it's still currently among my most played games on Steam. (Civ6 is about a hundred hours behind)
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R Data Science Quick Reference
- Author: Thomas Mailund
- Year: 2019
- Pages: 246
- Language: English
- File size: 2.2 MB
- File format: PDF, ePub
- Category: Data Mining
Book Description:
Within this convenient, practical book you may pay for every theory concisely, with lots of illustrative examples. You will be introduced to many R data science bundles, with illustrations of how to utilize every one of these.
Within this book, you will learn about these APIs and packages that deal especially with information science programs: readr, dibble, predictions, lubridate, stringr, tidyr, magnittr, dplyr, purrr, ggplot2, modelr, and much more.
After using this handy quick reference manual, you are going to have the code, APIs, and tips to compose data science-based software in the R programming language. You will also have the ability to perform data analysis.
What You'll Learn
- Import information with reader
- Use groups using forcats, dates and time together with lubridate, and strings with stringr
- Format data with tidyr then transform that information with magrittr and dplyr
- Compose functions together with R for information science, information mining, and analytics-based software
Picture information with ggplot2 and match information to models using modelr
Who This Book Is For
Developers new to R's information science, information mining, and analytics packs. Some previous programming expertise with R generally is suggested.


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Tyne Bridge Harriers are proud to announce that on the Saturday 21st April at 10am they will be running a Fundraising event for two charities based at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, The Children's Heart Unit Fund (CHUF) & The Freeman Heart & Lung Transplant Association (FHLTA).
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The Entertainers : Re-United – Newcastle United v Liverpool
This Sunday (9th October), our very own Mark Allison will be replacing his Black & White Tyne Bridge Harriers shirt for the Black & White Newcastle United shirt & taking to the football pitch to be part of the team to kick off The Entertainers : Reunited Match, Newcastle United v Liverpool.
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It is time for this year's predictions. The year 2013 represents "the last hurrah" of the seventh generation consoles. It looks to be one of the best years. I think I said that last year, but this year even more. A number of my predicted top games for last year were pushed into 2013. Then, there are all the games that were already planned for 2013 release. This year is stacked for big releases.
This post is a compilation of my predictions for the top games of the 2013 year. I have looked at the games that are expected to release in the coming year and made my predictions on the best in each genre. Last year, I made my predictions a little late, all the way in April. This year, I decided to make them in January.
As a rule, I do not cover game genres that I do not play, so I do not make predictions for the Racing, Sports, and Fighting genres. I also do not play handheld games; I make no predictions of 3DS and Vita or iOS/Android (smartphone/tablet) games.
I make my predictions based on a combination of factors. Mostly it is hype surrounding the game, but I also think about other factors such as the developer's history of games, the previous games in the series if it is a sequel, and what I personally think from the preview footage of the game. I generally weight full game releases higher than expansion packs. An expansion pack has to be perfect to beat a new full game.
Winner: BioShock Infinite
Other Contenders: Crysis 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, ARMA 3, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Gears of War: Judgement, Aliens: Colonial Marines
Just like last year, it has be BioShock Infinite. It has a lot of hype behind it, but it looks like it will live up to it. All the gameplay I have seen has looked amazing. Not just the graphics, but the interesting mechanics available in a cloud city. No other action game this year has this much attention, and Ken Levine has shown he can pull it off.
Last year we had a battle between Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. This year a similar battle will occur between Crysis 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. I expect Crysis 3 will be favored for the single player. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will still be the top multiplayer shooter. Neither game has the complete package to beat BioShock Infinite.
ARMA 3 will be next in line, but it is a PC exclusive. It will score well — PC gamers will love it — but it will not have the reach to win big overall action game awards. If this were PC only, ARMA 3 will get the second place spot. It does not have the wide appeal that BioShock Infinite has, but it will do very well among PC awards.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Gears of War: Judgement are both in the same situation. The big stories in their franchises have basically ended, so these games are reboots of the series with new main characters. I have been following their preorder numbers, and both have low preorder numbers considering their releases are only a few months away. Also, there is not much hype around. No one seems interested.
Aliens: Colonial Marines will likely be last. I am sure many people would love a good shooter based on the Aliens franchise, but licensed games have a horrible history. Recently, the Batman: Arkham series has done well, but that is not enough for me to put this game higher. I think it will have a few novel gameplay mechanics, but suffer big game design issues as most licensed games do.
Winner: Grand Theft Auto 5
Other Contenders: Watch Dogs, Beyond: Two Souls, The Last of Us, Remember Me, Tomb Raider (reboot), Bayonetta 2, God of War: Ascension, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
My prediction is the same as last year: Grand Theft Auto 5. This game has a massive amount of hype, and everything I have seen looks like it will live up to it. Rockstar just makes good games. They have shown in the past they will delay games to ensure they are great at release. Grand Theft Auto 5 is just another example, with its planned release in 2012 pushed into 2013. Nothing else here can compete with this game.
For the first time in a number of years, we have a lot of original games in the Action/Adventure genre. Beyond: Two Souls, The Last of Us, Watch Dogs, and Remember Me are all original. I encourage you to read more about these games and watch their gameplay footage. There is a possibility that one of these games steals the award from GTA5 if they can build enough hype. I will just write a few words on each:
- The Last of Us looks to be the most conservative with a twist on the post-apocalyptic settings of other games. I think it will be one of the more popular games this year but not feel original enough to win big.
- Beyond: Two Souls will not get as much attention as Heavy Rain did. They are adding a twist on the gameplay with a ghost character that can manipulate the environment, but that is not enough to surpass the praise Heavy Rain received.
- Remember Me being published by Capcom questions its potential. Capcom just has a bad track record lately, but the game has interesting Inception-like memory altering gameplay.
- Watch Dogs is the most promising of the games, with the popular open world from GTA5 combined with a nice gameplay twist of being able to hack into almost anything. Also, unlike Capcom, Ubisoft has a good track record. Of these four games, I think it will do the best.
Now it is back to the sequels: Tomb Raider (reboot), Bayonetta 2, God of War: Ascension, and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Tomb Raider has a lot of hype around it but also a lot of controversy. I do not think it will live up to the hype. Bayonetta 2 is Wii U exclusive. Since Nintendo is funding its development, it will not get ported to other platforms. Wii U does not have the steam to attract attention. God of War used to be a flagship of PlayStation, but people just are not that interested anymore, so God of War: Ascension will not make an impact. As for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, the first was a niche game; the sequel will be the same.
Winner: South Park: The Stick of Truth
Other Contenders: Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, Grim Dawn, Path of Exile, Marvel Heroes, The Dark Eye: Demonicon, Divinity: Origin Sin
This year it seems to be South Park: The Stick of Truth's time to win. Will Obsidian successfully make a good South Park game? Previous South Park games have been pretty bad. There is a lot on the line. Unfortunately, THQ went out of business, which calls into question whether Stick of Truth will be released. I am hopeful that another publisher will pick up the rights to continue this game.
If Stick of Truth is cancelled or delayed, I see Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch as next in line. This game will be a repeat of Xenoblade last year. It already released in Japan but is coming to the States for the first time. It will score well, but most of the excitement was last year. JRPGs are not that popular in America either. It is also PlayStation exclusive, which hurts the attention it will get. Even so, I think it will be one of the higher scored games this year, and a good pick if South Park does not come out.
Grim Dawn, Path of Exile, and Marvel Heroes are a trio of action RPGs. Grim Dawn looks to be a typical single player + multiplayer game, but the other two will be online-only, free-to-play with a cash shop to support the game. Grim Dawn has had trouble getting funding for their game. I am not sure if it will ever get released. I just can not see it winning big awards. I think Path of Exile and Marvel Heroes will both get a lot of players in them, but not much attention from reviewers. There is a little need for reviews when players can play for free.
The Dark Eye: Demonicon and Divinity: Origin Sin are all indie games. Indie games while being unique games do not score well or sell very much. I enjoy playing indie games, but they usually do not have the polish of mainstream games. So I do not predict either of these to be a top game this year. I am sure they will be a lot of fun and hope that they sell enough to keep their developers in business.
Winner: Company of Heroes 2
Other Contenders: Total War: Rome 2, Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, SimCity (reboot), Pikmin 3, Europa Universalis IV, DOTA 2, World of Warplanes, Command & Conquer
Company of Heroes 2 is another game that is up in the air. THQ had a lot of good games in the pipeline. Relic Entertainment is known for making good strategy games. Most of their games have scored averages of 8 or 9 out of 10. Another thing I notice is that the second or third title in a popular game series usually ends up scoring the highest and being the most favored among gamers. I expect Company of Heroes 2 to follow this pattern.
Total War: Rome 2 is the next major game in the Total War series. This series has grown more and more popular over the years, but players have been clamoring for a sequel to Rome ever since Empire: Total War showed off what next generation graphics can do. I expect very good sales of this game and good reviews too. The Creative Assembly has had a chance to polish their game engine since Empire's release. This game will be a hit. If Company of Heroes 2 does not come out this year, Rome 2 will be the winner.
Unlike Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 had a good launch and was generally well liked by strategy players. Heart of the Swarm is just an expansion, but I expect very high scores from it. It is not just a new campaign. There are lots of new features coming to the Battle.net system from a Call of Duty-style progression system for the more casual players to unranked matchmaking and an improved observer mode for the more hardcore players. Still, it is an expansion pack, so I cannot see it beating the above two strategy games.
SimCity, Pikmin 3, and Europa Universalis IV are the next tier of games this year. All of them will score pretty well, but not be as popular as the above games. SimCity will be the most popular due to its longstanding history, though the online-only requirement will hurt it a little. Pikmin 3 I expect to score the highest of these three, maybe even higher than some of the above strategy gamers, but the Wii U does not have the installed base for massive sales. Europa Universalis IV is going to be a niche game just because of its grand strategy nature. These games take a long time to play, and the average player does not get into them.
The lowest tier of games will be DOTA 2, World of Warplanes, and Command & Conquer. These are all free-to-play multiplayer-only titles. Of the three DOTA 2 will do the best, with the highest scores and most players, but still not enough to beat any of the top strategy games this year. The MOBA genre is just too full for any game to make a difference. World of Warplanes will be less popular than World of Tanks but still a success. Command & Conquer will have problems with pay-to-win in its business model. EA has a history of doing this.
Massively Multiplayer
Winner: The Elder Scrolls Online
Other Contenders: Neverwinter, Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn, City of Steam, Dust 514, Defiance
It is pretty easy to say that The Elder Scrolls Online has the most hype. I do not think it will live up to it totally, but I think it will be pretty good game and be fairly popular. Even though they have said it is a subscription game, I am predicting it will be changed to buy-to-play like Guild Wars 2. TESO is actually is very similar to Guild Wars 2. It has three competing factions fighting over territory, quests that just pop-up in your quest log as you explore, and an active combat system. Since it comes out later, it will not do as well as Guild Wars 2, but there is nothing else this year that can compete with it.
Neverwinter seemed like it would fail, but lately I have seen a lot of interest in it from the MMO community. Unlike the Neverwinter Nights series, Neverwinter is a real-time hack and slash game, but it will include an editor for players to create custom dungeons. The reason I do not include it in the RPGs section is because it requires online multiplayer. Ultimately, it is just about collecting better loot like Diablo 3 or Path of Exile, but players will have to work together to complete dungeons.
Surprisingly, my next pick is Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn. This game was horrible at launch, but Sony has been reworking it for years now. I think they will finally succeed. It will do nowhere as well as The Elder Scrolls Online, but it will be a "good" game finally. It will be hurt by staying a subscription game, but it will score 8/10 and have a healthy playerbase.
I see City of Steam as being pretty much the same as The Secret World in 2012. It will be reviewed well and the players that actually buy it will like it, but it just will not get the attention that other MMOs will. Steampunk is niche compared to straight-up fantasy. Fantasy is just more popular.
I think the last two games, Dust 514 and Defiance, will both initially do okay, but eventually have to close shop or be in maintenance mode. They both have interesting concepts: Dust 514 interacts with the Eve Online world, and Defiance melds a TV show and MMO. But it is all about the gameplay. I have seen nothing that will separate them from existing MMOFPS's like Planetside 2, Blacklight: Retribution, and Tribes: Ascend. Dust 514 will probably be offered for free with Eve Online players' existing subscriptions. Defiance will last as long as the TV show is popular, which I expect to be no more than a year.
Overall Game of the Year
Winner: Grand Theft Auto 5
Other Contenders: The Last of Us, BioShock Infinite, The Elder Scrolls Online, Company of Heroes 2, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Total War: Rome 2, Watch Dogs
This is a repeat of last year. Grand Theft Auto 3 and 4 won most of the big awards the years they were released. I expect no different for Grand Theft Auto 5. I have seen nothing, even a year later, that could change my mind. The game has a lot of big hype. The gameplay will be just as good. The open world will continue to be the best in its class. Grand Theft Auto 5 will be Game of the Year.
Of course, there are a bunch of other games to consider. This is the most unpredictable since some of the games may not even be released or get cancelled. Others might be huge disappointments. Here is my overall ranking for the year:
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Bioshock Infinite
- Watch Dogs
- The Last of Us
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
- Company of Heroes 2
- Rome 2
- Neverwinter
This list represents my overall feeling on the popular game genres. Action and Action/Adventure are at the top followed by RPGs and MMOs, and finally, Strategy games in last. This was not always the case. Command & Conquer, Age of Empires, Warcraft, Starcraft, Civilization, SimCity, and more all won Game of the Year awards at some point.
As always, I will write a follow-up next year to compare the actual winners to my predictions.