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Jake chooses Vienna on ABC's 'The Bachelor' finale
In this publicity image released by ABC, bachelor Jake Pavelka, presents a ring to Vienna Giraldi after the final rose ceremony on the season finale of "The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love," Monday, March 1, 2010. (AP Photo/ABC, Mark Brendel)
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In this publicity image released by ABC, bachelor Jake Pavelka, presents a ring to Vienna Giraldi after the final rose ceremony on the season finale of "The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love," Monday, March 1, 2010. (AP Photo/ABC, Mark Brendel)
In this publicity image released by ABC, bachelor Jake Pavelka, presents a ring to Vienna Giraldi after the final rose ceremony on the season finale of "The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love," Monday, March 1, 2010. (AP Photo/ABC, Mark Brendel) (/ AP)
The Associated Press
Jake Pavelka chose Vienna Giraldi on "The Bachelor" finale, concluding his lovey-dovey stint on the ABC reality television show, just as he prepared to join another: "Dancing with the Stars."
Pavelka revealed his decision on the 14th season finale of "The Bachelor" on Monday night. Going into the episode, he had winnowed 25 contestants down to two women: Giraldi and Tenley Molzahn.
The 32-year-old commercial flight instructor maintained he was in love with both, a feeling they said they reciprocated. But he got down on one knee to propose to Giraldi, who accepted.
The finale was filmed last fall in St. Lucia. After the 2-hour episode, the three were reunited for a post-finale special. During the broadcast, ABC also announced the cast for the next season of "Dancing with the Stars," which Pavelka will join.
"That was the best and worst day of my life," recalled Pavelka, speaking to Molzahn, a 25-year-old college admissions representative.
Defending his feelings for both, Pavelka said he felt "a spark" with Giraldi that he didn't feel with Molzahn.
"My heart still hurts for you," he said. "I will always love you."
But he said Vienna was "my baby" and defended her from critical viewers.
"I have never had this much heat in a relationship," he said. "It's like a fairy tale every day."
The couple said that they haven't set a wedding date but that Vienna would soon move to Dallas, where Pavelka lives.
The success rate of "The Bachelor" has been poor, romantically speaking. Only four of the 13 previous couples are still together.
Next week, ABC will air a wedding special of last year's bachelor, Jason Mesnick, marrying Molly Malaney. Mesnick chose Malaney, whom he earlier ditched on the show, after famously dumping the woman he picked in the finale.
Last week's episode of "The Bachelor" was watched by 11.5 million viewers. Ratings for the franchise haven't been this high since the fifth season in 2004, when football player Jesse Palmer starred. | {
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The 49-year-old Edgar, originally appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush and then reappointed by Gov. Charlie Crist, is the longest serving member of the panel, which otherwise has had a rapid turnover in recent years. Her new term begins in January.
Critics, including a Gainesville-based tea party group and state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, have accused her of being too cozy with the utilities she regulates.
Scott, though, praised her experience.
“Lisa has demonstrated the ability to review complex issues and show fairness in considering those issues,'' Scott said in a statement.
He selected Edgar from among four candidates submitted by the PSC Nominating Council including former state Rep. Ken Littlefield, a Wesley Chapel Republican, who had tea party support.
The other two nominees were Aventura City Commissioner Luz Weinberg and Donald Polmann, engineering and science director for Tampa Bay Water, a regional public utility.
The appointment is subject to Florida Senate confirmation, but Edgar can serve until then.
Edgar is the lone holdover since the panel unanimously rejected large rate increases sought by the state's two biggest electric companies, Florida Power & Light Co. and Progress Energy Florida, in 2010.
Within months, the Florida Senate refused to confirm two of the commissioners and the nominating council, which is appointed by legislative leaders, declined to interview the other two for reappointment.
The ousted commissioners and Crist said it was retaliation by the Republican-led Legislature for rejecting the rate increases, which Crist had opposed.
Opponents argued the ousted commissioners were not qualified and complained the panel lacked diversity because it then had no black or Hispanic members. The former commissioners were replaced by two black members, one Hispanic member and a white female. The panel now has no white males.
Bush had named Littlefield, who works for a funeral home, to the commission shortly before he left the governorship in 2006, but his successor, Crist, withdrew that and other Bush appointments.
Edgar has a law degree from Florida State University. She previously worked in state government as deputy secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, chief policy analyst for the governor's Office of Policy and Budget, senior Cabinet aide for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and staff counsel for the Senate. | {
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Originally, issues of Dawn of the Jedi stated that Before the Republic spanned 36,000–25,000 BBY, but the first trade paperback of the series established the boundary at 37,000 to accommodate the start of the first issue, which is set in 36,453 BBY. The nexttwo arcs reflected the correct date. | {
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All you wanted was the midweek paper, coffee and
15 minutes of early morning peace.
You swallowed a little more than French Roast
if you picked up USA Today on May 2 or The Washington Post
or The New York Times on May 3. Tidings of impending destruction
from a possible East Coast tsunami swept the headlines. The fear
of a killer wave striking the Mid-Atlantic coast crossed the gap between
the usual not-in-my-backyard dismissal and the mind-blowing notion that
the Washington Monument might be bobbing down the Potomac River like a
drifting buoy sometime in the near future.
Neal Driscoll of the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, and fellow researchers John Goff of the University of Texas
and Jeffrey Weissel of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, discovered
inexplicable crack-like features on the continental shelf off the coast
of southern Virginia and North Carolina. They published their findings
in the May issue of Geology.
From sidescan images and bathymetric profiling
the scientists identified what they described as en echelon cracks spanning
40 kilometers in water depths of 100 to 200 meters. Directly to the south
of the cracks was a sediment slump that formed after the Ablemarle-Currituck
slide during the Pleistocene. They drew attention to the juxtaposition
of the two features as evidence for potential slope failure in the vicinity
of the newly discovered cracks. In their Geology article they concluded
that, “Given the risk to the coastal community, it seems wise to invest
effort to determine whether the en echelon cracks … are fossil features
or are active and likely to produce a potentially disastrous, large submarine
slide in the near future.”
Lead researcher Neal Driscoll (bottom left) helped prepare the gravity
corer to take sediment samples. The samples were scheduled for analysis
to determine the origin of sediment-trapped gas off the coast of Vriginia
and North Carolina. From the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution.
On May 6, Driscoll and fellow researchers left
for a two-week research cruise to further investigate the sea-floor cracks.
What at first appeared to be cracks now seem to be craters that formed
as a result of massive gas blowouts. Sonar studies of the geometry of the
subsurface did not reveal fault lines as the team had expected, but rather
large pockets of gas trapped in the sediment.
Instead of answering questions related to sediment
slumping along cracks, Driscoll and his team opened an entirely different
can of worms. “We found areas of sediment that are bowed up from gas charging
in the sediments,” he says. In light of these new discoveries, Driscoll
questions whether or not the Ablemarle-Currituck slide 40 kilometers to
the south could have been generated by a gas blowout and plans to investigate
the area further before making any definite conclusions.
Driscoll does not discount the possibility that
this area still poses a tsunami threat. “There is a slight potential for
slope failure,” he says. If gas blowouts are related to the sediment slumping
at Ablemarle-Currituck, then there is reason to believe that it could happen
again, he says
Goff agrees. “There are physical features
that could lead to a major event such as a tsunami, but the chances of
that happening are slim,” he says, “We are not worried about it taking
place in our lifetime.”
How did the report published in Geology
become a feeding-frenzy for newspapers across the East Coast?
As they do with every issue, the editorial staff
of Geology sent out an e-mail summarizing the contents of the May
issue a few days before May 1. Geology didn’t provide a press release,
but Woods Hole, Lamont-Doherty and the University of Texas did. All three
releases highlighted the potential for a damaging tsunami to strike the
Mid-Atlantic region of the United States in the near future.
The story was covered in The New York Times,
The
Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times
— just to name a few. “Ocean crack could spawn tidal waves,” headlined
USA
Today. The front page of The Washington Post on May 3
read: “Wave of concern: Atlantic tsunami? Fissures found off Va. Coast
may be precursor, experts say.”
The news washed into the evening broadcasts of
MSNBC and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, according to Ann Cairns,
director of communications and marketing for the Geological Society of
America, which publishes Geology. “We knew it would get a lot of attention,
but we were taken aback by how much attention it received,” Cairns says.
“We haven’t made predictions or statements that
have led to sensationalization of our work,” Driscoll says. “We were stunned
when we put out the first press release.”
“The media jumped the gun,” says Costas Synolakis,
director of the Tsunami Research Group at the University of Southern California.
Although he agrees there is indeed cause for investigation, his initial
reaction was that the report had been sensationalized by a whirlwind of
media coverage. As Driscoll and his team have realized, Synolakis
says, “if it does have potential, there are many other factors to be considered,
including dating other slides in the area.”
However, Synolakis does not claim that the coverage
was unnecessary. “I agree that the issue does need coverage. Offshore hazards
were not recognized before the Papua New Guinea project,” he adds. “This
has been a wake-up call. There is something out there that could pose a
hazard to populated areas.” | {
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Like all of you, the CBABC office is putting plans together to protect our members, our communities, our employees and their families against the COVID-19 virus. To that end, we have decided to implement a number of changes.
"We were deeply disappointed to hear about the government’s plans, particularly in light of the lack of public and industry consultation on the pros and cons of such a material change to BC’s insurance regime." Ken Armstrong, CBABC President 2019-20
“This definition will provide almost like a GPS, what our basic co-ordinates are in terms of addressing diversity. But I personally feel there’s a lot to be done yet,” Kamaljit Lehal told Legal Feeds. Lehal moved the resolution yesterday at the AGM in Ottawa while speaking by video conference from Vancouver.
Ellen Rosenblum, the first woman to serve as attorney general for Oregon, has a message for all women considering a run for office: Don't overthink it. “When the thought hits you, go for it,” Rosenblum said. “Please run. We need you.”
Come be a part of the CBABC BC WLF’s Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope team. The Walk of Hope will be held at Queen Elizabeth Park on September 10, 2017. Funds raised will help Ovarian Cancer Canada carry out initiatives including research funding, awareness and education, and support for families affected by ovarian cancer. | {
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Building Your Ideal Private Practice: A Guide for Therapists and Other Healing Professionals(9780393703313)
ISBN: 9780393703313Publisher: W.W. Norton & CoBinding: Hardcover
by Lynn Grodzki
Building Your Ideal Private Practice: A Guide for Therapists and Other Healing Professionals provides advice to the medical professional wishing to set up a private practice. The book shows how to be more confident as a business owner, how to generate a steady flow of referrals, how to set good practice policies and how to stay profitable.
Therapist and business coach Lynn Grodzki shows readers how to build an ideal practice -- one custom designed to be both highly profitable and personally satisfying. Here they will find information, coaching, and support to help them make more money in private practice, be more confident as business owners, generate a steady flow of referrals, set good practice policies, and stay profitable. Best of all, the inspiring, practical tone of the book will reduce the fear and anxiety that affect so many professionals in private practice. Lynn Grodzki lives in Silver Springs, Maryland. | {
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Hidden on top of a bookstore, Huy Hoang Bookstore is a mid-sized cafe. The design is modern and welcoming, including natural plants, a long bench and many tables. Staff are friendly and the vibe is quiet. Drinks and cakes are available.
Note that Ly Van Sy is split in several sections: Huy Hoang Bookstore is located at 357 Ly Van Sy Tan Binh, not 357 Ly Van Sy District 3.
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All the laptop-friendly cafes featured on Extra Desk have hi-speed internet, aircon and a good vibe for working! | {
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Simple Fraud Protection for Your Next Vehicle Transaction
Fraud and online scams are an unfortunate element of buying and selling online. In 2011 alone, the Federal Trade Commission estimated that 10.8% of adults in the United States – 25.6 million people – were victims of fraud. That same study found that 40% of those fraud cases originated online or via email. So, with the web seemingly a quasi-haven for scammers, how can you guarantee that funds are secure and transferred safely when buying or selling a classic car? While hardly a new technology, escrow is a tried and true process to securely pass funds between two unknown parties, or a buyer and seller that are separated by large distances. “Almost everyone has heard of escrow at some point,” said PaySAFE Escrow president Matt Medlock. “But most people only think of using escrow with real estate purchases. It’s so much more versatile than that.” Medlock founded PaySAFE with two key goals in mind: Protect and secure PaySAFE user funds when buying or selling, and providing a simple, online workflow that allows anyone to become a DIY escrow expert. The result is a simple, six step process that allows anyone to draft a purchase agreement, fund an escrow account, securely transfer funds to another party, and see a time-stamped communication history that documents the entire process from start to finish. “We created PaySAFE with the beginning internet user in mind,” Medlock said. “Both parties are updated via email as they move through the process and can see all actions taken by each user from the moment they create the transaction.” Using an online escrow service like PaySAFE also completely removes the risk of fraud presented in the form of fake vehicle listings. Because all purchase funds are transferred into escrow prior to shipping, sellers are saved the risk of insufficient funds or non-payment. Buyers are also protected as their funds are held securely with a third party until there’s proof of shipment, or the vehicle actually arrives at its final destination. Both buyer and seller are also required to provide a form of government ID – a photo of either a current passport or driver’s license – that PaySAFE crosschecks against the origin and destination of all purchase funds. Because of the two-way protection that escrow offers, Medlock said that the percentage of buyer or seller fraud is reduced to zero. While there are still plenty of honest people out there, the risk of fraud and scams has become an ever present thought for many an online shopper. Medlock hopes that the escrow process that PaySAFE provides can help put those fears to rest for anyone buying and selling high-dollar items. “Fraud and scams, sadly, will always be around online; especially around high dollar and luxury items,” Medlock said. “My hope is that we can protect enough people through the use of escrow to make the prevalence of online scams just a small blip on the radar.”
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Homeless LGBT Youth: A Day In Our Shoes (VIDEO)
A new short documentary by In the Life Media highlights the critical issue of LGBT teen homelessness in New York.
Called “A Day in Our Shoes” the documentary aims to raise awareness of the fact that there are an estimated 3,800 homeless youth in New York City alone and of them about 1,500 identify as LGBT. As previously highlighted at Care2, budget cuts of around 50% have put in jeopardy the vital facilities homeless shelters provide in the state.
Reports suggest that LGBT youth comprise around 40% of the homeless youth population of New York City and according to a 2007 census commissioned by the New York City Council over 1,000 LGBT youth are without shelter every night. Many LGBT youths without shelter are forced to resort to prostitution in order to survive, and approximately 20% become HIV infected. Homeless LGBT youths are also at extraordinary risk of suicide, with 62% admitting to having considered or attempted suicide.
New York’s administration in fact reduced funding for homeless youth this year by 50%, bringing the total money available for homeless youth shelters to $2.35 million. According to recent estimates there needs to be at least an additional $3 million in funding for runaway and homeless youth shelters.
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This is ridiculous why are these funds not used to create "permanent solutions" in the form of functioning communities for homeless people, give them the space , give them the funds , let them build their own shelters and homes (maybe even alternative forms ie hobbit houses etc) and let them grow food there so they can be self sustaining .... why has no one thought of doing such a project yet?????There must be enough derelict space available ...
The NEW Mayor better see that he shelters ALL homeless youth at night or be branded a complete hypocrite. 50% funding cut?
Impose a "privilege" tax on the Wall St. 1%ers sucking up City resources without paying taxes, i.e. "legally" manipulating the tax code. ...... It has been decades since "law" was "justice" !
I can't comprehend kicking a child out for any reason. This is heartbreaking! We have taken in a number of our son's friends over the years when their parents kicked them out. We have to change our society, and demand for our government to support our homeless youth! Thank you for the news. | {
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Full-size pickup trucks are about as American as it gets. If there's one thing we need, and one thing we know how to produce, it's a truck. That's why it's hard to justify buying an imported truck, and sales numbers clearly show that it's a feeling that permeates throughout the American truck-buying market. That's why Toyota pulled out all the stops for the 2014 Tundra refresh, and the result was a big, burly truck that - upon first glance, at least - looked like it could go head to head with the best from the Big Three.
To say that the Dodge SRT Hellcat twins are popular isn't really doing them justice. These 707-horsepower übermenschen have taken America (and beyond) by storm, and with a starting price under $70,000, they're the value proposition of the century. But once you factor in the brand's production capacity, that popularity comes with a downside - limited availability. And now FCA is finding itself in the middle of a debacle that's got dealers, customers, and corporate all in a tizzy.
2013 Volkswagen Beetle Review
Spending a week in the droptop Bug.
Volkswagen Beetle enthusiasts who've been clamoring for a drop-top version got their wish for 2013, as VW added a convertible to the Beetle line.
Top-down motoring requires some sacrifices, of course, but given the Beetle's iconic shape, we suspect many buyers won't care.
Our office was gripped by a deep freeze during the week of our test, but that didn't stop us from checking out this convertible.
Performance
Our tester came equipped with the base engine, a 2.5-liter five-cylinder that cranks out 170 horsepower. The five-cylinder is initially lacking in power, but once the engine gets into its rev band, it comes on strong, moving the little Beetle with aplomb.
The Beetle's steering is twitchy and nervous--especially just off-center--while driving around town, but when hustling on a back road it firms up nicely, and it's accurate enough to ensure proper corner placement. The ride is on the stiff side--not surprising, given the car's sporty intent and short length--which is fine while cornering but a bit obnoxious on rough pavement.
Dropping the top is an easy process that requires one to hold a switch for about ten seconds (hold the switch the other way to raise it) and according to VW, the top can be lowered or raised at speeds up to 31 mph. We had no problem operating it while moving in stop-and-go traffic.
Exterior
The soft top does detract somewhat from the Beetle's classic look, but not much. Volkswagen gave the car a more aggressive look when the coupe version was redesigned for 2012, and that carries over here. It's still the classic Beetle shape, but with a little more attitude.
Interior
Our tester was fairly short on options, but it still came with Bluetooth and heated seats. The heated seats come in handy when you want to go top-down on a cold day.
We weren't fans of the base stereo head unit, its settings menu is too confusing at times. And we don't like the head-mounted Bluetooth/voice recognition buttons, which occasionally failed to activate. We also found that we couldn't pair a new phone if a staffer with an already paired phone was standing too close.
With the top up, most noise stays outside, although wind noise does intrude at highway speeds. There's a surprising amount of headroom and legroom up front, but the rear seat isn't comfortable for adults.
Our tester came with body-colored paneling on the dash and steering wheel (no steering wheel audio controls, though), which gave the Beetle a bit of style flair. We also like the extra storage bin located above the glovebox.
The tiny trunk is more or less useless, although small pieces of luggage will fit.
Final Thoughts
The little Beetle is a sprightly performer, and we imagine it would be even better with the available turbocharged engine. It's a bit funky around town, but push it hard and it comes into its own.
Not only that, but it's a stylish ride, at least with the top down. It draws looks wherever it goes.
Like most convertibles, the Beetle isn't a practical choice for most, and its size further limits that practicality. That won't be a problem for most buyers, they'll know what they're getting into.
What may be a surprise to some is the performance. Not only does the car look good, it executes well, too. | {
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Archive | October 2013
Well I have come to the end of the Web 2.0 course that I have been doing. I have been leading a group of staff members from my school through the course and have jumped ahead so that I have completed the course. I have decided to reflect on the course from two perspectives; as the eLearning leader in my school and from my own personal perspective.
From an eLearning leader perspective:
When I first told staff about this course in Term 2 there was a lot of interest. 10 other staff members signed up to do the course knowing that I would be there to support them. I offered Tekkie Brekkies twice a week as well as any other support staff might need along the way. As we began the course some staff opted out as they became overwhelmed and unsure if they could keep up. Those who continued are now finishing module 7 and will begin module 8 next week. I found that throughout the course some staff did slowly give up as it was taking them too long to complete a module and they couldn’t dedicate anymore time to the course. Some also became frustrated when videos or links wouldn’t work and they had to rely on me to help them through a module.
At the beginning of the course the staff signed up for a Google account. This was a big step for some as they had never explored all that Google has to offer. We set up Google Chrome as the default browser we would use for the course and we created a Google+ community where we could connect and share our learning. Then we moved on to creating blogs where each staff member could reflect on their learning throughout the course. This was a little daunting for some as sharing reflections publicly was a new experience. In Module 3 Google Drive was a big hit with the group as they could easily see the benefits of storing some items online and the possibilities for collaboration. One staff member was able to create a survey using Google Forms that they used to gather data from the whole staff about individual learning plans for students.
Next we moved on to creating using web 2.0 tools. We explored Bubbl.us and Glogster. We didn’t really go into Prezi as it is not suitable for our students (under 13 years old) to use. Some staff were able to take their learning of Bubbl.us and Glogster into the classroom and use it with their students. We then looked at Picasa as a tool for working with photos and video. It was useful that this program is linked in with Google so it didn’t require a new username and password. One staff member was able to use the program to create a collage that she has now embedded in her class blog. The staff really enjoyed using Animoto and they were all able to create a video to embed in their blogs. I think this will be one of the tools that will be used again and again in the classroom setting.
Our group is currently up to Module 7 and are having fun exploring Diigo. Everyone has signed up and is finding it beneficial for storing all of their bookmarks. Some staff have joined some groups and we have all followed each other on Diigo. The group has nearly completed the course and I think the last few modules will prove beneficial. I am looking forward to exploring Twitter with the group and I hope that they can find is as useful as I do.
Overall I think the course has been beneficial to the staff at my school. They have learnt new skills and are developing the confidence to give new ideas a go. I think one of the challenges is making the course relevant to each person. Some staff do not have classrooms and have not seen the benefit of a few tools. I think it is about leading staff to realise that there are so many tools out there that can be explored. It is a matter of finding the one’s that suit you individually and then learning how to use them to their full potential. I liked that this course was well paced and allowed me to spend time with staff looking at different ways to use technology. It gave me the opportunity to work with a small group of staff who were eager to learn.
From a personal perspective:
From my own perspective I have found that the course covered a lot of things I already know. As the eLearning leader it is important that I keep up to date with the latest technologies and help to introduce them to staff. I feel very confident using the tools that the course explored. I would love to see a course that could be an extension for staff that are already competent with many of the tools used in the current course.
In Module 10 we explored Wikis and Google Sites. I have experience with both. I have used Wikispaces to create a wiki for my class. I recently changed over to Weebly instead of Wikispaces as I found it more user friendly. I have also used Google Sites to create a project site for my class. I used it when we were learning about the human body. I created a site that had all the tasks and resources that my class would need for the project. I like Google Sites and Wikis and I hope to use them again with my class.
Module 9 is probably the module I wanted the staff at my school to benefit from the most. I think the benefits of social networking on a professional level are huge and they have dramatically improved my teaching and learning.
1. Second Life
Second Life is a site I was not familiar with. It is something that I would like to explore further, but I am not sure whether it would be useful for primary grades. It seems aimed towards an older audience. I think I will probably continue to focus on developing my school’s use of Minecraft over Second Life.
2. Facebook
I use Facebook for mainly personal purposes. I like to keep my account limited to real friends and family, however I do “like” some educational pages that provide resources I can use.
3. Twitter
I love Twitter! It is my favourite social networking tool for professional learning. I have gained so much since I joined Twitter in 2010. Some of the benefits are listed below:
Connecting with other educators to discuss learning and teaching and challenge my thinking.
Participating in Twitter chats using hashtags such as #ozprimschchat, #globalclassroom and #teacherwellbeingchat.
Connecting my blogs with people from all around the world.
Organising time to collaborate and connect my class with other classes around the world.
Using Twitter to promote #TMMelb the teach meet community in Melbourne.
Hearing about current educational trends.
4. Linked In
I used to have a Linked In account but I didn’t really see the benefit in having it. I actually closed my account down after Linked In was hacked last year.
Module 8 is all about RSS. I love RSS and was very disappointed when Google shut down Google Reader. I now use Feedly to collate all the information that I like to keep up to date with. I use Feedly to store my account and then use the apps; Mr Reader for iPad and Reeder for iPhone. I love Mr Reader as it allows me to save my favourite links directly to Diigo which I have found that very few apps offer. I have a few different folders in my RSS reader including one for professional teaching blogs, class blogs, student blogs in my school, sport, news, music and lifestyle. I like that I can sort out all the information that comes my way and keep on top of it. I never have that fear that I have missed a valuable resource because I haven’t checked someone’s blog in a while.
Module 7 explored social bookmarking in particular Diigo and Delicious. I have been using Diigo for a few years now and find it a fantastic way to store my bookmarks. I love that I can access my bookmarks from any device and that I can tag them to help keep me organised. I also like that I can create a selection of bookmarks and share them with others. I use Diigo to store my classes bookmarks and then I embed them into our Weebly. This makes it very easy to add another link to our Weebly. I recommend Diigo to anyone who wants to keep track of their bookmarks and share them with others.
In this module we explored Picasa. I think Picasa has lots of potential but is a little bit clunky to use. I find that I prefer to store my photos in Dropbox and use them from there. I also prefer to use online tools such as Animoto or Photo Peach to make slideshows and movies using my photos. I think Picasa could be a good tool for students to use as it can be installed on the computers at school. I would like to explore the collage and movie making functions more with my class. | {
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The Newton Schools Foundation is hosting a free running clinic this Saturday, March 31 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at Newton North Track and Field. All families, ages 8 and up, are encouraged to attend, but should wear proper clothing and footwear for athletic activity.
The running clinic will take place to help kids, teens, and novice runners to get ready for the Heartbreak Hill Road Race on Sunday, April 15. A recent Newton South High School graduate, Leo Westebbe, and Charles d’Hemecourt of the Division of Sports Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston will be joined by other local running experts to demonstrate proper stretching, drills, and techniques. They will also be discussing nutrition and take a practice run around the Newton North Track facility.
Leo participated in the Dreamfar High School Marathon program during his junior year at Newton South in order to bring him out of a depression. Dreamfar is New England’s first high school marathon training program that teaches at-risk high school students that anything is possible, even something like completing a marathon. The program works to teach students the value of commitment and teamwork, along with realistic goal-setting skills.
“I was feeling depressed and failing some classes. I got to the point where I basically did no school work because I just didn’t think I could,” Westebbe said after discussing having a rough middle school experience and a rocky start to high school.
“The idea of me running a marathon sounded kind of crazy. I never thought of myself as athetlic.”
Through the program, Westebbe says he really learned a lot about himself. His academic grades got better, he lot weight, made new friends, and gained self-confidence. Now a freshman at Clark University, Westebbe is looking to give back to the community that helped him come so far. He will be running the Boston Marathon on April 16 to raise a goal of $6,000 to support the Newton Schools Foundation.
“I’m happy to be running for the Newton schools. For a kid like me who really struggled emotionally and academically, not every school system would have been so supportive. Newton schools really don’t give up on people,” Leo stated.
The Newton Schools Foundation’s mission is to enhance and broaden community support for public education, as well as provide private funding for enhancement, innovation, and challenging programs across K-12 grades in the Newton Public Schools.
Leo said, “I believe people can achieve almost anything. All it takes is believing you can do something and reaching out to people who can help you – having a team of people who support you is really important.”
To register for the running clinic on Saturday, March 31, visit the sign up page on the Newton School Foundation website. You may also donate towards Leo’s fundraiser goal for the Boston Marathon. Run, Leo, Run!
The author is a Nutrition Examiner for Boston. You can view more of her articles here. | {
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(10:09:16 AM) T-Renn: yeah that won't be a problem but thanks for the tip
(10:10:11 AM) xXx420xXxHIGHCOMMANDxXxD: TRenn felt a flutter on his heart as he entered 5th period gym class and started changing, he saw his idol, Jacquan, putting on his gym shorts with that supple negro ass poking out the top. Long has he lusted for him ever since he saw him shoot a three pointer during a basketball game.
(10:57:38 AM) T-Renn: this is a fun video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pbdwueqGp4
(10:58:45 AM) xXx420xXxHIGHCOMMANDxXxD: "I wish but knew it could never be true. I wish I knew what it was like to frolick amongst the cocksuckers and taste pineapple flavored semen off a didick after a night of primal passion" - T-Renn
(10:59:00 AM) T-Renn: that's not what I said
(10:59:06 AM) xXx420xXxHIGHCOMMANDxXxD: Thats what you feel
(10:59:06 AM) RottenRalph: trenn
(10:59:09 AM) RottenRalph: go for mcpx
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This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
"He was accustomed to emerge [from the house where he was staying in Broadway, England], carrying a large easel, to advance a little way into the open, and then suddenly to plant himself down nowhere in particular, behind a barn, opposite a wall, in the middle of a field. The process was like that in the game of musical chairs where the player has to stop dead, wherever he may happen to be, directly the piano stops playing. The other painters were all astonished at Sargent’s never ‘selecting’ a point of view, but he explained it in his half-articulate way. His object was to acquire the habit of reproducing precisely whatever met his vision without the slightest previous ‘arrangement’ of detail, the painter’s business being, not to pick and choose, but to render the effect before him, whatever they may be.”
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Thanks for sharing this, James. I've heard this sentiment about painting from nature from Sargent, and from others like Richard Schmid, but have been a little puzzled by it. It seems to go against what the vast majority of painters will tell you about selecting what to paint, and even with artists who advocate strictly following nature, there's always a strong sense of design in the pictures. Might you weigh in on that?
Being a watercolourist myself, I'm a big fan of Sargent's work in this medium and, when things aren't going quite right in my own work, I take a look at his paintings for inspiration. They are so clean and full of light. But, as Sidharth said previously, there is always a strong sense of design. From what I've read, these fantastic watercolours were just a hobby, when he was taking a break from his oil commissions.
I think that, especially considering Sargent's body of work, this quote must be understood as referring to the act of sketching (either painted or drawn). Obviously Sargent's finished portraits were about the farthest thing from "taking what was set before him". Many of the preliminary skethches he made were, on the other hand, largely impromptu, from which he chose the final pose and composition.
Looking at Sargent's work I don't see a lot of fatalism there. There are an infinite number of decisions that go into paint a landscape, physical location being just one of them. Once he plopped himself somewhere, he must have considered near vs. far, clouds vs terra firma, the angle of light, the 360 degrees, composition and cropping. Masterpieces don't happen by accident.
...exanding on my earlier comment: I've read this quote of Gosse's before, and I've always taken it to be a description of the openness with which Sargent approached the question of "what to paint next" (excluding commissions, of course), and not so much a suggestion that there aren't a myriad of decisions and choices that the artist makes, including where to "plop down".
Out here in the boonies of Alpha Artists' land, plopping down wherever one feels like it speaks to my heart. When the mind is saturated by the beauty of Nature, then selection isn't an issue. Being there to breath in what you see is. Why ruin the moment by putting energy into thinking about what to paint.
Sidharth, Steve and Bill, I adore Stapleton (he's a buddy of mine from way back) and have the highest regard for his work and his blog, but while there is a place for consciously designed images, I don't necessarily agree with the idea that the artist must always try to "install design" in a plein air study such as this one (if that's what someone was suggesting).
I've seen blog posts where people analyze and deconstruct the design of this painting "Home Fields" and I think it misunderstands what Sargent openly professed to do and what observers said he did: namely to paint exactly what was in front of him exactly (or as close as possible) as it appears. In Sargent's case you can see the proof of this in Ormond's recent book on Sargent's Venetian watercolors, where he photographed the views JSS painted from the same angles. He recorded the view very exactly as it appeared to him without moving elements around to make a conventionally pretty picture. I have a T-shirts that I made up that say "Slaves to Nature" and I wear the shirt and the principle with pride. Although I sometimes alter elements in a plein air study, I love to try to be a human camera: for example http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eiwce13X738/SFdrQ0w347I/AAAAAAAAC4E/nGJPZjXvzC4/s1600-h/Dalleos%26Motif.sm.jpg
I'm sure many will disagree with me on this, but this explains exactly why - to me - while Sargent is a great painter, I can't think of any Sargent painting that is among my favorites. While an interesting philosophy - and an artistic challenge - in my mind this lack of finding an interesting point of view leads to paintings that are not that interesting. They are interesting to painters for their application of paint and technique - not, in my opinion, becasue they are interesting in subject matter or composition.
"I have a T-shirts that I made up that say "Slaves to Nature" and I wear the shirt and the principle with pride. Although I sometimes alter elements in a plein air study, I love to try to be a human camera"
I find this to be a rather surprising and unsettling admission.
What I've always admired about you is your ability to create fantastical scenes that, while grounded in a study nature, build upon reality to show things that will never be seen in actuality.
In other words, I appreciate you as an author, and not a mere transcriber or reporter.
I may be in the minority, but I feel the ambition to be a human camera to be one of the ideas most damaging to the revival of good representational art.
Don and Victor, I say "human camera" and "slave to nature" with a certain irony, since those terms are used by critics who don't really understand the actual process of painting from observation, and those critics, without any practical understanding, disparage the task. In fact nature makes no slave of those who seek to interpret her faithfully. In fact, in my experience, it is the most liberating experience possible for an artist to lose himself in the process of trying to see beyond artistic conventions and preconceptions.
In actual practice, even the most scrupulous attempt to reproduce appearances comes up against the need to edit and simplify, especially in alla prima handling. What this experience gives to the imaginative artist is a deeper sense of nature's rhythms which can't be accomplished any other way.
Sargent, unsurprisingly, again engenders great interest and some controversy. When I think of my favorite paintings a number of Sargent's come immediately to mind, though his portraits,except for that of Wertheimer and his dog, are not at the top of the list. The Capriote is another. But at the top of the list are his drawings, some of which are shown on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Qrh8lzG3I&feature=player_embedded
Of course, even when you stop still and paint whatever presents itself, you make choices. To me his advice is not so much that you should paint by rote whatever you see, but rather that you don't need to go far and wide looking for a paintable scene. Everything has interest. Open your artist eye and it's there.
Here in the UK, I lead watercolour painting breaks at various locations around the country. On the subject of 'human camera', it always amazes me that you can sit a dozen people in front of a scene and, regardless of skill level, I have yet to come across 2 people in a group, who see things the same way. Everyone sees different elements within the landscape which inspire. I'll often ask students, what inspired them to include, omit or move certain features and their reasons are usually down to personal taste. I think that, if I told them to copy exactly what they see, I would still see a dozen different results.
He was accustomed to emerge [from the house where he was staying in Broadway, England], carrying a large easel, to advance a little way into the open, and then suddenly to plant himself down nowhere in particular, behind a barn, opposite a wall, in the middle of a field. Edmonton PaintersPainters Edmonton
I think that Sargent never meant to sell his watercolors, but they were more of an opportunity to hone his skills. If you think of it that way, it makes sense that he would just plop down anywhere and try to make something out of whatever was in front of him. There's a lot to be said for that way of honing your technical, artistic, and creative skills. | {
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A man's best friend reveals much about his personality
What better way to gauge a man's suitability than by scrutinizing the type of dog he owns? Finding out whether or not you're compatible with a guy might just be as simple as looking at his dog.
Studying your potential mate's "best friend" can help you determine what type of man you are dealing with and whether or not he is your type.
Is the measure of your dog-loving man his willingness to take in a needy stray from the pound or is it more important to you that he insists on acquiring only the most prized or valuable breed?
Of course, it is not simply the dog that defines a man, but his choices and the reasons he makes them that are noteworthy when deciding to date him. But if you need emergency advice on what to look for, here are five dog breeds (and their men) that are easily analyzed for their date-ability.
Golden retriever: Settle down with this stable-minded guy
A guy who owns a golden retriever is pretty much guaranteed to be drama-free and stable.
This man is ready to settle down. He probably figures he's already got the family dog, so why not just add the family?
The man who chooses such a canine is likely pretty down to earth and calm. People with this type of dog usually enjoy a lifestyle that includes taking relaxed walks and just being active in the great outdoors.
These dogs are known to be lovable and warm-hearted, just like their owners. Guys with this breed value their devoted companions as much as they value the idea of a shared life. If you are lucky enough to find a guy with a Goldie, snatch him up quickly before someone else does.
Pug: Playful, fun-loving men
A man who owns a pug can usually be counted on to make a woman laugh.
These dogs and their men are usually very social even among strangers. They seem to do well when people are showing them love for all that they add to society with their mere presence.
All kidding aside though, men who have pugs are definitely not compensating for anything with the size of their dog -- usually quite the contrary as they have large abilities to bring a smile to their date's face with their playful antics.
Pug owners are super approachable and can have a good time all by themselves. A gal is just lucky to be invited along for the fun.
Go forth with a guy who owns a pug and you can count on light-hearted amusement and possibly sharing this happy-go-lucky approach to life.
Beagle: Say hello to the handy, all-American male
The owner of a beagle can best be described as the all-American male. This man enjoys the simple things in life such as hunting, fishing and living the dream.
These men tend to have an upbeat approach to life and do not sweat the details. They can do things like create furniture from scratch and are also man enough to help you decorate the room containing that furniture.
They can do anything they set their minds to and if you end up with a man like this, you will always feel that life is satisfying simply because you're alive.
These men love their hobbies but are unafraid to shower you with the bounty that is their life. They can bake artisan bread and in the same day butcher a deer.
They love their loyal beagles and probably have the capacity to love you just as much. | {
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The Offer ---The Key Response Predictor
The editor of Inside Direct Mail, Ethan Boldt, interviewed me recently asking a number of questions related to the importance of the offer in generating response. The range of his questions covered the how, when and what offers to test.
This subject interjects itself into virtually every direct marketing program I touch. So I wanted to give him my best effort when answering his questions.
This blog exposes less than 15% of his questions. Answering all of the questions here would make this blog far too long.
I have come to believe that offer development and testing them separates direct marketers from the pretenders.
If you practice direct marketing programs with any frequency, then you know the major predictors of response. This list provides those predictors by priority.
1. The target market or lest selection. 2. The offer 3. The main or unique selling proposition 4. The selected medium or combination of synergistic media 5. The creative execution ( this includes such things as layout, tone, format, correlation to the brand image and so forth)
When estimating the impact, the offer usually carries 40 to 50% of the response burden if the market was targeted correctly. A good offer makes the difference between success and failure. It is not uncommon to see offers that make a difference of 200% or more in the overall response score.
Here are some of the questions the editor asked and my response to each.
Do offers impact response more than creative?
In my mind, offer development is a major part of the creative development. I do not separate these two functions. The offer is central to the creative and holds a starring role in effective direct response copy. So yes, the offer is the most important element in predicting response rates.
How do you evaluate offers? How do you test them and how often?
Direct mail is still the core medium for direct marketers. It dwarfs all other media in terms of spending levels. So we tend to use the same offers in all media once they work in direct mail.
When evaluating effectiveness, we look not only at costs per lead, but costs per sale. In the insurance business, we actually look at contract persistency by offer, medium and list source going back 3-5 years.
The offers vary by product and the particular regulations of a given industry.
For two-step offers such as lead generation, we go from inexpensive premiums to very expensive gifts like free golf clubs for agreeing to an appointment with C level executives.
The only way we test offers is through behavior testing. We tried focus groups and other pretesting methods. But they did not save us money or accurately predict response in the real world.
Do you ever test offers in email campaigns to save costs?
We typically recommend testing offers with customers. But since most of our clients do not use email for acquisition, we do not test offers via email for getting new customers.
As a general rule, we recommend testing testing offers in the core medium, and then expanding successful offers in non-core media.
For direct mail, how do you use offers in copy? On the outer envelope, the letter, the brochure, the response form?
We like to make the offer the lead.
This often mean implying the offer on the outer envelope. But we prefer not to spill the beans on the whole deal here. We want the prospect to open the envelope and read the letter as well as the balance of the contents. So the teaser copy is written to get the recipient to open the package.
In some cases, the product benefit is so strong that we prefer to state the main customer benefit on the outer envelope rather than the offer.
The strongest offers combine the reward for responding with the products' main selling proposition. For example, "Not only are we offering this product to your industry for the first time ever, but we are giving you a 50% discount for being among the first 50 customers to buy."
Once inside, each piece (except for the Business Reply Envelope) should stand alone. This means the offer and key benefits are enumerated in the letter, the response device and the brochure. The offer is indeed the star.
This does not mean that the offer always resides in the main selling proposition copy line. But it is the spark that stimulates interest and prompts immediate orders.
The interviewer asked many other interesting questions about the offer. But I will let him compile the other 80% of my missing responses in an upcoming issue of Inside Direct Mail. I will provide you with a link to this article when it is published.
What other comments do you have about offers? What results have you seen when testing your offers. How do you go about developing compelling offers? | {
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Thursday’s joint proceedings for the CUNY Six and Tafadar Sourov and Khalil Vasquez ended with the judge setting new court dates in the near future. However, they will receive opportunities to challenge the accusations against them, per the Revolutionary Student Coordinating Committee’s Facebook page:
“In court, the judge and prosecution denied every motion that our lawyers made to drop some of the chargers which are just completely bogus. They have granted us hearings so we will start preparing for those with the lawyers with witnesses, letters, etc. There is also a possibility for trial but the 6 will meet with the lawyers soon to figure out what approach we want to take moving forward.”
Speaking outside the courthouse afterwards, Ronald McGuire-Sourov and Vasquez’s lawyer-confirmed the two will contest some of their charges.
“We’re gonna make a motion to try to dismiss some of the charges,” said the former CUNY activist. “We’re gonna try to make a reply. So this is like the beginning stages of what’s gonna be a long, protracted legal struggle.” (watch part of the conference here)
McGuire noted that the prosecution has not offered any plea deals, apparently out of the norm for these cases.
“Normally, in a normal criminal case where someone is charged with obstructing government process, or something like this, you would expect at this stage in the proceedings, there would be an offer to reduce the charges to a violation,” he added.
Rather, the Manhattan D.A.’s office said it needed more time to investigate the two RSCC students.
CUNY Six lawyer Lamis Deek urged the importance of student activism in fighting the charges. “If the political activity increases to support RISK, and increases to support this case, I think that you will get a better offer than we’re getting right now,” Deek said.
“So I think that building a political movement will benefit everybody’s case. Building a movement that’s really committed to having this case be resolved in favor of the defendants is also important. Historically, that’s always been the case-judges respond to other people.”
Given how social media is now admissible evidence in many court hearings, Deek also warned the students “to be cautious about what they’re posting on Facebook, as it would relate to the case.”
“At the end of the day, political power comes from the power of the people organized to confront the system and the oppressors,” Vasquez later told the small gathering. “The reason we’re being prosecuted, the reason we’re under the light is because the state has a legitimate monopoly over violence.”
“It’s gonna be very important for people to keep coming out to these events and more events,” Sourov added. “Not just to support those of us who are charged, but also because we represent an actual political movement with importance in CUNY and in New York City.”
The CUNY Six will return to court on February 18th; Sourov and Vasquez will return on March 11th. You can donate to the CUNY Six’s legal fund here. Picture The Homeless will also be hosting an open mic fundraiser for the arrested students January 17th in The Bronx. The address is 2427 Morris Avenue, Fl 2, and starts at 6:30pm. Contact [email protected] for more information. | {
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The Punky Pets is an endless runner scavenger hunt game for anyone who loves Punk Pop music and animated character games. DjFreak the lead singer of the Punky Pets is desperately trying to collect all of the Bands instruments in New York City so that he can make it to the bands gig on time. When all 12 instruments are collected DJFreak performs a private show. DJFreak needs to avoid excited fans trying to stop him for autographs while he tries... | {
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President Petro Poroshenko congratulated the Ukrainian nation on the Day of Unity. The reunion, or as it was called at that time – zluka, has originated from the national liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people, historic movement of Ukrainians…(Президент Петро Порошенко привітав український народ з Днем Соборності. “Соборне...
Following the negotiations of delegations headed by President Petro Poroshenko and President of Poland Andrzej Duda, the General Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Poland on Cooperation in D…(За підсумками переговорів делегацій під головуванням Президента України Петра Порошенка та... | {
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Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Monsoon Hair Care With Moha Herbal Shampoo & Conditioner
Joyful rainy season and painful hair woes..what a tragic contrast :(
My hair have been screaming since months and truly gave me nightmares because of weather-induced problems... and since I love my crowing beauty so so much, I knew its the time to integrate wonder herbs in my hair care routine.
I tried the Moha Herbal Shampoo and Conditioner combo for three weeks with almost ten washes in this duration and felt relieved..
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Ingredients (Shampoo):
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Amla is a hair tonic that strengthens and nourishes each strand. Amla is rich in antioxidants and Vitamin C which combat and halt premature graying of hair.
Brahmi has been trusted for centuries for its cooling and soothing effect
Ingredients (Conditioner):
Aloe barbadensis – Aloe’s alkaline property helps to maintain the pH of the scalp and hair at an optimal level, keeping the hair moisturized and promoting hair growth
Almond oil – High in Vitamin E, it is proven for its ability to condition the hair
Jojoba oil – Produces a thin film around each hair shaft and over the scalp surface, to maintain ideal moisturization.
Moha Herbal Shampoo is a clear liquid of runny consistency. It smells very light (almost seems fragrance free), so people who prefer zero fragrance personal care products are surely in for it. Usually my hair are not so problematic all the year long, but I surely need to treat them more patiently with more frequent massages and washes during humid weather to avoid that sticky feel on my scalp. I've been using this shampoo twice a week for a couple of weeks now. The shampoo cleans the hair very well without stripping hair of moisture. The scalp doesn't feel any stingy sensation on application and causes no irritation or scratching after rinsing it off. Using the product regularly has made my hair much more manageable and shining in better health. It makes my hair real soft and smooth.
For flaunting luxurious locks, one should nourish them with a suitable conditioner as per hair type. Since I had got the Moha Herbal conditioner that also has Aloe as main ingredient, I use it paired with the shampoo. The conditioner looks delicious. The texture and consistency of conditioner makes it easy to massage onto hair shaft evenly. It has sweet fragrance that doesn't last very long, but give a fresh feel to otherwise messy and sweaty hair. The dry, frizzy hair are easily tamed using this product and it gives nice volume to hair.
The best part about this shampoo-conditioner combo is its non-harsh effect on scalp and hair. It has controlled my flyaways to a great degree. The functionality and affordability of the products is absolutely wannable for most of us. I would recommend these as a good fix for your troubled hair. | {
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Dacoits strike at gas agency in east Delhi
TNN | Updated: Jul 25, 2019, 09:59 IST
A team of forensic experts later visited the crime scene and found an empty cartridge and fingerprints.
NEW DELHI: At least seven armed men stormed a gas agency in east Delhi’s Trilokpuri on Wednesday and made away with approximately Rs 1 lakh after holding five people captive. They even fired in the air.
Police said the incident happened at the gas agency in Block 31 around 3.30pm. The assailants came on four motorcycles. When they entered the agency, they pulled out guns and threatened to shoot if anyone tried to escape. One of them fired a shot in the air to warn the people. There were only five men inside the agency at that time. Their money and cellphones were taken away. After they left, the police were informed. DCP (east) Jasmeet Singh said nobody was injured in the attack. Nearly Rs 1 lakh cash was looted along with two cellphones. Police said their investigation has indicated that the robbers knew about the layout of the agency and knew when there would be fewer people there. The role of an insider is being investigated and a police team is preparing a list of the current and former employees. Police also suspect that there were other associates of the robbers waiting outside the agency at the time of the heist. Another police team is scanning CCTV footage of the area. The registration details of the four motorcycles are also being gathered with the help of transport agencies. Police teams are also checking the dossiers of the local criminals active in the area and have sought information from informers about the incident. The statements of all five people who were held captive have been recorded and police are planning to prepare sketches of the suspects as well. The incident happened at a time when the agency was about to down shutters for the day, and the staff were putting the day’s collection in a safe. The employees of the agency are also being questioned. A team of forensic experts later visited the crime scene and found an empty cartridge and fingerprints. In Video:Delhi: Dacoits strike at gas agency, loot around Rs 1 lakh | {
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Petroleum pipeline project gathers momentum
The much-talked about petroleum pipeline project has gathered momentum after a brief halt due to last year's economic blockade.
Construction of the pipeline project is expected to begin from December, according to the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC).
The Raxual-Amalekhgunj Petrol Pipeline project has gathered momentum as its detailed project report has been finalized by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and NOC joint team in New Delhi. A team led by NOC executive director Gopal Khadka is in New Delhi to finalise the detailed survey report.
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi had promised to expedite the project during his visit to Kathmandu in August last year. However, the project had become uncertain because of the economic blockade imposed by India following promulgation of the constitution a year ago.
"The uncertainty has finally ended as NOC and IOC have already completed the detailed survey study of the project,” an NOC official said from New Delhi. "Construction woks will complete within a year."
The length of the pipeline, however, has decreased after the detailed survey. Earlier, the length of the pipeline was estimated at 41 km. However, the recent study showed that the pipeline will be 37.6 km long.
The joint study has also estimated the project to cost at Rs 4.40 billion. India will invest Rs 3.20 billion, while Nepal will chip in Rs 1.20 billion, according to the study.
“The construction will start soon,” a deputy director said, adding that IOC engineers have completed the study, making the project viable. He said that the IOC has asked the Nepali side to help clear physical structures and trees along the proposed sites.
Around 13,000 trees have to be cleared along the proposed pipeline, according to the survey. Similarly, some electric poles and transmission lines also need to be relocated.
The NOC team will also request the IOC to increase the capacity of the pipeline as the demand for petroleum products in Nepal is increasing by 14 percent annually in recent years. Some 1500 tankers have been ferrying petroleum products from India to Nepal at present. Once the pipeline is ready, the transport cost is expected to come down making the petroleum products cheaper. Similarly, it is also expected to ensure regular supply of petroleum products.
According to officials, the pipeline can pump 3,000 kiloliters of petroleum products at a time.
Meanwhile, NOC and IOC will also review the petroleum products agreement signed in 2012. The agreement has to be reviewed every five years.
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There are many terms for this type of business from "administrative support services," "office support services," and for many, "virtual assisting services." No matter what title you apply to this business, it still doesn’t fully explain the vast scope of services you can offer since these businesses now offer everything from desktop publishing, web design, and many more sophisticated and talented service packages. Given the growth of the industry in the past several years and the trends for even greater growth, it’s easy to assume that the more flexible you are in your ability to customize your services, the better you will do.
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Your Place to stay in the Amazon
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Duringtheday it is not easy to spot wildlife. Only sloths, giant otters ,dolphins,toucans & other birds.Because most animals keep cool in the shade minimizing their activities during the heat.
More luck you will have at dawnanddusk . Then the monkeys, macaws & other parrots flock together for roosting. So you have to get up early ( 5 o’clock AM ) or make a tour starting late afternoon. We map most animals with our GPS (Garmin eTrex 30) and take the coordinates where our guests have spotted them the last time. But it is no guarantee to spot them next time at the same place !
Much better chance is bynight. With our powerful searchlight, we can see from the canoe the lurking lightening eyes of crocodiles . With our nightvisioncamera we can go by boat deep in the jungle creeks ( Igarapes) or hide out in the observationtower in a hammock. Before dark we also set with our guests various phototraps using our automaticnightvision camera with movementdetection. We use all sorts of bait and we will analyze the next day after breakfast our nocturnal visitors. It will be always a surprise ! The photos or videos you can send from the hostel’s WiFi via email to your friends instead of sending a boring postcard. Let your friends be eyewitnesses of your ULTIMATE ADVENTURE IN THE HEART OF THE AMAZON. | {
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Trump signs budget deal, ending government shutdown
Feb 9, 2018 8:48 AM EST
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WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Friday signed a $400 billion budget deal that sharply boosts spending and swells the federal deficit, ending a brief federal government shutdown that happened while most Americans were home in bed and most government offices were closed, anyway. Mr. Trump tweeted, "Just signed Bill. Our Military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our Military and gave them everything - and more. First time this has happened in a long time. Also means JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!"
Just signed Bill. Our Military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our Military and gave them everything — and more. First time this has happened in a long time. Also means JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!
Congress passed a $400 billion budget deal in the wee hours of Friday morning after a partial government shutdown began at midnight. The House approved the legislation with a 240-186 vote hours after the Senate OK'd the package.
Just before the final House vote, Speaker Paul Ryan spoke on the floor and reiterated his commitment to "working together on an immigration measure we can make law" after a budget measure passes.
Protecting "Dreamers" and DACA recipients has been center stage in the ongoing budget debates in Congress. Democrats have been using funding legislation for leverage on their immigration concerns.
As the House voted on the procedural measure in the middle of the night, the mood in the House chamber was rather relaxed, reports CBS News' Rebecca Kaplan. Many members returned to the Capitol in the early morning hours -- nearly all still in their business attire — and sat chatting with each other.
House GOP leaders Ryan, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Whip Steve Scalise stood together chatting and occasionally reviewing pieces of paper but didn't appear to be engaged in an urgent operation to whip votes — suggesting confidence that the measure would pass.
The earlier Senate vote was the first big step in a rush to pick up the pieces of a budget and spending plan that had seemed on track hours earlier. But the government stumbled into the shutdown, the second in three weeks, at midnight after a single senator mounted a protest over the budget-busting deal and refused to give in.
Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul put the brakes on Senate leaders' plan to drive the agreement quickly through the Senate, repeatedly blocking a Thursday vote and provoking colleagues' frustration. The budget agreement is married to a six-week temporary funding bill needed to keep the government operating and to provide time to implement the budget pact. Paul brushed off the pressure.
"I didn't come up here to be part of somebody's club. I didn't come up here to be liked," he said.
Once Paul's time was up, the measure, backed by the Senate's top leaders, sailed through the chamber by a 71-28 vote.
The situation was trickier in the House after liberal Democrats and tea party conservatives both swung into opposition.
The underlying bill includes huge spending increases sought by Republicans for the Pentagon along with a big boost demanded by Democrats for domestic agencies. Both sides pressed for $89 billion for disaster relief, extending a host of health care provisions, and extending a slew of smaller tax breaks.
It also would increase the government's debt ceiling, preventing a first-ever default on U.S. obligations that looms in just a few weeks. Such debt limit votes are usually enormous headaches for GOP leaders, but the increase means another vote won't occur before March 2019.
House leaders hustled to move before federal employees were due back at work, hoping to minimize the disruption. A shutdown essentially cuts the federal workforce in half, with those dubbed non-essential not allowed to work. Military and essential workers would remain on the job regardless.
The Trump administration signaled it expected the shutdown to be short, calling it a "lapse."
As the clock hit midnight, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney immediately issued an order to close non-essential government operations.
Mulvaney told federal agencies they should execute their contingency plans and instructed federal employees to report to work Friday to "undertake orderly shutdown activities."
At the White House, there appeared to be little sense of concern. Aides closed shop early Thursday night, with no comment on the display on the Hill. The president didn't tweet. Vice President Mike Pence, in South Korea for the Winter Olympics, said the administration was "hopeful" the shutdown wouldn't last long.
But frustrations were clear in both sides of the Capitol, where just hours earlier leaders had been optimistic that the budget deal was a sign they had left behind some of their chronic dysfunction. Senate Democrats sparked a three-day partial government shutdown last month by filibustering a spending bill, seeking relief for "Dreamer" immigrants who've lived in the country illegally since they were children.
House GOP leaders said they were confident they had shored up support among conservatives for the measure, which would shower the Pentagon with money but add hundreds of billions of dollars to the nation's $20 trillion-plus debt.
House Democratic leaders opposed the measure - arguing it should resolve the plight of Dreamers - but not with all their might. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asked Speaker Paul Ryan in a Thursday night letter to promise he would bring an immigration measure sponsored by Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, and Pete Aguilar, D-Texas, up for a vote.
Ryan didn't immediately respond. He said again Thursday he was determined to bring an immigration bill to the floor this year - albeit only one that has President Donald Trump's blessing.
Pelosi again pressed Ryan on the immigration legislation during the debate on the House floor during the early morning hours Friday.
At a late afternoon meeting of House Democrats, Pelosi made it plain she wasn't pressuring her colleagues to kill the bill, which is packed with money for party priorities like infrastructure, combating opioid abuse and helping college students.
Still, it represented a bitter defeat for Democrats who followed a risky strategy to use the party's leverage on the budget to address immigration and ended up scalded by last month's shutdown. Protection for the Dreamers under former President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, expires next month.
Republicans were sheepish about the bushels of dollars for Democratic priorities and the return next year of $1 trillion-plus deficits. But they pointed to money they have long sought for the Pentagon, which they say needs huge sums for readiness, training and weapons modernization.
"It provides what the Pentagon needs to restore our military's edge for years to come," said Ryan.
Beyond $300 billion worth of increases for the military and domestic programs, the agreement adds $89 billion in overdue disaster aid for hurricane-slammed Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, a politically charged increase in the government's borrowing cap and a grab bag of health and tax provisions. There's also $16 billion to renew a slew of expired tax breaks that Congress seems unable to kill.
"I love bipartisanship, as you know," said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. "But the problem is the only time we discover bipartisanship is when we spend more money."
The deal contains far more money demanded by Democrats than had seemed possible only weeks ago.
"We're not going to get DACA as part of this," said Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky, the top Democrat on the Budget Committee. "So if we can negotiate a deal like I think we've gotten that essentially meets every other one of our priorities then I think that's where a lot of the Democrats are."
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Deciding to make a change to your life and sticking to it requires commitment and discipline. I don’t say this to deter you from starting something new, but honestly, it does get tough at times. So often when we are trying to make changes to our life, we look for the “secret” short cut or the trick to make it happen overnight. I often laugh at myself afterwards, thinking that if I spent that last hour of my life working on my goal, as opposed to looking for short cuts on Google, I would be that bit closer reaching to actually achieving it.
Committing to change
With something as significant as returning to work or study with a family, it will get tough in many places. When I was approached to write my book, I had an incredibly tight deadline. I was given from mid September until before Christmas to hand over my manuscript. I had the support of my family and good friends, but it was up to me to do the work. My commitment was to my publisher and effectively now I had a part time job to create the book.
Although I was committed to a deadline, if you are wanting to reach a goal, make a serious commitment to yourself and then make it public. Let your partner and family know, so they can help keep you accountable.
Break it down
Being the planner that I am, I set about writing a timetable for writing the book, breaking the work load down into manageable chunks. I had an overall word limit that I had to hit and a very detailed outline of the content for the book, so I allocated sub word limits to the chapters, so each topic would have adequate discussion. From my blog writing I knew pretty well, how many words per hour I can write, so I then allocated time to each chapter for both writing and editing. I then allocated to every day of the week from Sept – Dec 24 what my work load would be. Some days that would be nothing, others it would be many hours. I worked out I would need more hours than what my current situation allowed and my husband agreed to take off some single and multiple days of leave throughout the period to be full time carer. This allowed me to be able to work full time for days at a time.
This plan took away the massive overwhelmed feeling which had been hanging over me since I had committed to the book. Yes it was a lot of work and planning it did not reduce it, but setting it out made me feel more in control and I could see it was doable.
Break your goal down into many smaller components. If you are returning to study for example and have multiple assignments due, try a similar plan to what I did. Work out the components of each assignment, how much time you have to do it and allocate time to each component.
Make lifestyle changes
It was completely evident to me, once I created my plan and saw how my workload panned out for the next few months, that we were going to have make changes to our current lifestyle. I was going to be working most weekends, which would mean less heading out and about as a family, it meant that when I went out to socialise on weekends, I would need to curb my habit of being one of last ones there and head off earlier, to make sure I could have a reasonable amount of sleep. I also needed to wind back my commitments at the kids’ school for the last term of the year. I found changes like this hard to make as they were all things I loved, so having a solid tangible goal to remember made it more bearable.
Major changes in one area of your life often require further lifestyle changes. Don’t keep pressure on yourself to keep everything up – pull back where you need to and remember it will all be worth it in the end!
Work hard
Work hard – it is that simple really. It takes hard work to achieve your goals. Many days, especially as the weather was getting warmer and I could hear the rest of the family outside playing, I would be sitting in my study in front of the computer. I would have preferred been outside, so I’d work hard and keep myself away from distractions. Then when I had a break, I could head outside and enjoy the family, knowing I had put in enough effort and not feel guilty about it.
There was also the standard issue of the unpredictability of family life. Even with my detailed plan, I found myself on many, many occasions, working late into the night. Kids would get sick, friends would pop in, my husband would get busy at work – all sorts of things would impact on my ability to work the needed hours across the week. But with a tight deadline, I couldn’t afford to get too far behind. I simply had to put in the hours, had to do the work.
Reaching your goal will require hard work. Set yourself targets and work hard towards them. Build in incentives for yourself to stay focused and committed to the task at hand.
Build in time for enjoyment
I was equal parts terrified and absolutely relieved when I put the manuscript in the mail to my editor. We then hopped in the car and drove to Mildura to spend Christmas with my family. It has been one of the most frantic lead ups to Christmas I had ever experienced, my house was nowhere near the level of organisation I would have liked. By making the decision to go away, I gave myself time to relax and enjoy the break between submission and editing. We had a wonderful time away and staying with family meant much less work for me. It was just what I needed too. I was tired, so afternoon naps and having my mum take the kids for sleepovers etc gave me a wonderful break.
Between the editing and launch / promotion stage of the book, we took another family holiday. This was very kid fun focused and was in many ways a thank you to them for their understanding and patience through out a very busy period of our lives. Again, the complete break from work for me, allowed me to recharge, refuel and reset myself for the next round!
Just as you need to work hard, you need to take care of yourself and make sure you find opportunities for your own personal enjoyment and moments for family joy. Thinking about how to build them into your plan in advance means they will be more likely to happen. You can plan holidays / days out etc at times that will work best and then have them to look forward too. | {
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Fiscal Sovereignty for Pakistan
If the starting point for analysis in the post Hakeemullah Mehsud world is that he was assassinated by the US with malign intent, (and clearly there is plenty of political capital located within that umbrella) then the conversation to be had is about how to find a way to end the constant abuse of Pakistan by big, bad Uncle Sam.
It is hardly controversial for us to accept and embrace the fact that we cannot keep complaining about the alleged abuse we endure at the hands of America on the one hand, and constantly seek direct and indirect American fiscal generosity on the other. The fiscal contradiction, between the money we want to run Pakistan, and the money we have to ask others to provide to us to do so, is at the heart of the Pakistani republic’s deep and abiding dysfunction.
Let us put it a different way. No Pakistani could ever dream of any scenario better than one in which Pakistan enjoys and exercises full and unmitigated sovereignty. This requires crisp and utter clarity about things like drone strikes conducted by another country in Pakistani territory. If they take place without an explicit agreement authorising them, drone strikes are illegal – always have been, always will be.
It also requires crisp and utter clarity about things like terrorists safe havens. All territories that are identified as Pakistan on a map, must be places where the Pakistani government, national, subnational or local, can go safely, and dictate terms. When areas within a country fall outside this definition, such as the situation in North Waziristan, then that is a full and uncomplicated breach of Pakistani sovereignty. No matter how much love there may be for the Taliban in Mansoora, or Akora Khattak, or DI Khan, as soon as any authority emerges that successfully and sustainably challenges the state for a monopoly over violence, then that state’s sovereignty is immediately in question.
Both these aspects of sovereignty are well explored in the current Pakistani milieu. Nationalists like myself can spend hours explaining and emphatically making the case for how drone strikes undermine Pakistani sovereignty and therefore violate both the international order and the boundaries of what is legal behavior between states. Meanwhile, many friends of Pakistan have already spent hours, and hours, explaining to the Pakistani military and civilian leaders about the dangers to Pakistani sovereignty of allowing terrorists to establish safe havens in which neither the Pakistani police services, nor the Pakistan Army, nor even the Pakistani clandestine services are able to operate freely.
However, there is one aspect of sovereignty that has not been fully explored, despite some of the stellar work that has been done domestically by journalists like Umar Cheema and commentators like Huzaima Bukhari and Ikramul Haq. Can any country be truly sovereign in the absence of fiscal freedom? Or to be more provocative about it, how can Pakistan expect to be taken seriously by Uncle John Brennan in Langley, Virginia when he knows that ultimately, we will go running to Uncle Richard Olsen in Islamabad as soon as we run out of money to pay our bills? Just like it is uncontroversial to argue for sovereignty in the context of drone strikes, we must develop a narrative that makes it uncontroversial to talk about fiscal sovereignty.
Too often friends on both left and right use these notions of fiscal independence, and freeing ourselves “from the shackles of international aid” merely as rhetorical instruments. But for centrists, the notion of fiscal sovereignty is a serious issue that has grave consequences for economic growth and, both by extension and directly, for national security.
To be fiscally sovereign, Pakistan has to raise and spend money from within Pakistan. To do so, it has to raise taxes on the rich, dramatically, and it has to rationalise taxes on the middle class, substantially. As long as the rich and the wealthy continue to ride the coattails of direct and indirect American generosity, the vast majority of Pakistanis will continue to feel a burning sense of indignity every time our leaders engage with the US government.
It is useful to clarify the use of the term fiscal sovereignty in the Pakistani context. The most recent instance of the use of the term fiscal sovereignty that I think has salience for Pakistan is within the context of the European Union and Eurozone. In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2009 and the rolling avalanche of fiscal emergency across many European countries, fiscal sovereignty became an issue within the context of the behavior of Eurozone states.
One of the 2001 Nobel laureates in economics, Michael Spence wrote of this in 2010. He argued for curtailed fiscal sovereignty in the Eurozone, because everyone having their own fiscal policies, whilst sharing a currency, and invariably sharing the liability for poor fiscal behavior, was not sustainable. In short, Spence was saying that countries like Greece and Portugal have to sign up to be more like Germany, to prevent sustained fiscal irresponsibility by those countries at the expense of German taxpayers and policymakers – both of whom, for all their other ambient faults, are better fiscal managers than the Greeks or Portuguese (or Irish or Americans or Italians for that matter).
What does this mean? Well, Europe obviously doesn’t have the very recent and ambient baggage of the Afghanistan war, like Pakistan and the US do. So when we look at Europe, and we can find a similar narrative amongst European countries, as we do today between Pakistan and the US, perhaps we can examine the realities without the weight of geopolitical gobbledygook.
No country should have to pay for another country’s shopping habits. Greece, Portugal and Pakistan (among many others) make poor fiscal choices, we know this. In Pakistan, these poor choices have produced among the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, among the world’s highest out of school children population, and poverty rates that should embarrass decent people everywhere. Yet we also have one of the world’s biggest armies, and one of the world’s most ambitious national narratives – fortress of Islam, Land of the Pure, Imran’s tigers, Sharif’s lions, Bhutto’s trailblasing arrows. And we are all about sovereignty when it comes to drones. It is all terribly inspiring. Except when we reach the cash register and it is time to pay.
When it is time to pay, we trot our Shaukat Aziz, or Shaukat Tarin, or Hafeez Shaikh, or Sartaj Aziz, or Ishaq Dar. All competent, and all with well-deserved reputations for integrity. But will anyone ever confuse any Pakistani finance minister as a balance-the-budget fiscal Robin Hood? Or to be more blunt, have we ever wondered why popular leaders keep picking unpopular (and unelected) Finance Ministers?
The short answer is because a popular (and electorally answerable) finance minister would be much more conscious of fiscal sovereignty. And this consciousness would eventually (not immediately, but eventually) lead to dramatic increases in revenue, and a lot less time negotiating with the US ambassador and the IMF missions that regularly come to assess Pakistan (to Dubai).
Our fiscal chickens have come home to roost. If Pakistan wishes to enjoy real, meaningful sovereignty, it must begin to dramatically increase revenue by raising taxes. We must pay our own way in the world. Only when we approach the United States as fiscally sovereign equals will our appeals to international law and friendship be heard. Till then, we will continue writing sovereignty cheques that our fiscal ability cannot cash. | {
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14 MAR 2009: Jarvis Varnado of Mississippi State appears to be at peace with minutes to go of the SEC Basketball Tournament game between Mississippi State and LSU at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. Mississippi State defeated LSU 67 to 57. Varnado ended up with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 7 blocked shots in this game.
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Sent you and @Mogglez a PM with my cell number. Call me with if you have any medical questions or even if you just need someone to talk to. I don't claim to have all the answers but if I can help you cut through some of our physician lingo I'm happy to. Wishing you well and hoping for a quick recovery.
You seem to have an understanding of the situation. This exactly what I have been saying. Jamal can want a free market price extension. But he's not on the free market and JD unlike that idiot Mac won't just concede that to him cause he is a good player. If Jamal was saying hey I'll take a 30% paycut in exchange for up front security there might be something there. But asking for free market prices when you are theoretically locked into a price controlled contact for about three years isn't going to get you anywhere and pissing and moaning about it just makes him look dumb to me.
My annoyance with the situation is that people somehow think in this situation that Jamal should be getting free market value when he is under financial control for 2-3 (franchise tag) years. So in a negotiation there is no reason for the Jets to sign him to something other than a team friendly deal. "well what's in it for Jamal" getting guaranteed cash early. That's what. Personally if it was my finances and I can get a guaranteed 20 million I'd be fine with it. But then again I'd put it a ton of it into stable growth mutual funds and be set for life. This is also because I am a non-nfl player who thinks about finances as someone who's not making funny money.
Brady is full of sh*t when it comes to medicine. As a physician I can assure you there have been countless studies to show that taking more than the recommended amount of vitamin c does nothing for you. Zinc has a slightly better track record with some studies showing that it can reduce the duration of the common cold by a day. But the evidence is pretty mixed even on that. This pill is useless and is false advertising.
I think I can speak with some level of authority given that this side of @T0mShane I have been one of the most vocal advocates for moving Jamal Adams. The gymnastics that people are going through to devalue him is asinine. He's an excellent player and comparing him to Davis is ridiculous both with regards to Adams and Davis (talk about way too high expectations). Couldn't agree more with @More Cowbell here.
Like I said on zoom during draft night, my only concern for a man his size are issues that come with just being that tall and strong. Joint issues/injuries, etc. He's super athletic and not fat at all. So those should help. Outside of maintaining his already good body fat they should be trying to strengthen areas of potential injury which I hope they are doing anyway (hamstrings to protect the back/knee, etc.)
There are more physicians because there is an increased demand for them. The logic is flawed here. If the league expanded there would be more starting quarterbacks out there. If you have a 3.8-4.0 GPA you have a 30% chance of getting rejected from medical school. Think about how crazy that is for a second. Oh and you also have to take the MCAT. You are arguing that I cannot become a HOF quarterback. I would say Peyton has the same odds of being a top tier physician/engineer (not just getting in, but being the best)
This is flawed. You probably feel the same way about physicians. But if you think about the amount of weeding out that goes on from highschool and upward higher degrees indicate a high level of intellectual talent. Not everyone can be an PhD level engineer. Again this speaks to his comment of the public's prioritization and understanding of what various fields take. It's no given that if Peyton Manning worked hard and long that he'd ever have made it as a high level engineer/physician. I imagine @viffer feels something close to this.
It doesn't bother me. But using Jamal as an example. He has to understand from a business standpoint he has no leverage. He is under contract and essentially wants an advance based on his over performance with his current contract. That's fine but if he's handling this like a business he should know that he will not get full free agent value 3 years early. The trade off for that early security comes in the form of lowered compensation.
I will reiterate my stance here. The drop off from Becton to Jones was much more significant than Jeudy to Mims. I imagine @RobR and @Paradis likely have thoughts on this, but it was my general feeling from watching/reading about all these prospects.
17% body fat (not to be confused with BMI as one poster was commenting). This is not a fat man. And I don't care what how the pictures look I'll follow the data. This whole idea of him being a fat sloppy guy is medically idiotic.
So let's say the the Jets take jeudy and Mims. Now you have the Seattle reject protecting Darnolds blindside with edoga on the other and the only proven receiver is still Crowder. How is that any different? | {
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__aajbyc7391 writes: AMD's long-anticipated competitor to Intel's popular Atom processor line has begun begun shipping to device makers. AMD's initial Embedded G-Series processor consumes less than 9W of power and crams dual 64-bit x86 CPU cores, an ATI Radeon GPU (graphics processing unit), system and DRAM controllers, PCI Express, and HD video interfaces onto a single piece of silicon in a package that occupies about half a square inch of board space. Is this the rumored 'Atom killer'? Unfortunately for AMD, the answer could only be 'yes' if parallel processing on GPUs catches on in a big way. But in that case, Intel won't be far behind. | {
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Seagate claims that its newest 2.5-inch 15K-RPM hard drive is the fastest in the world
Seagate Technology has announced what it claims to be “the
world’s fastest hard drive” – the Savvio 15K with a seek time of a mere 2.9 ms.
The new 15K-RPM addition to the Savvio family offers a number of advantages
over 15K-rpm 3.5-inch drives including size and weight (due to 2.5-inch form
factor), 30% decrease in power consumption (5.8 watts at idle), and reliability
(1.6 million hour MTBF).
“Seagate is committed to delivering solutions that
will meet the needs of today’s demanding IT environment, and no product
demonstrates this better than the Savvio 15K drive,” said Sherman Black, senior
vice president and general manager, Seagate Enterprise Compute Business. “The
development of the 2.5-inch Enterprise form factor represented a new way of
thinking. Now, with the added number of performance and capacity choices
offered, many of the leading enterprise system makers are transitioning from
3.5-inch to 2.5-inch form factor enterprise solutions.”
The move to small form factor enterprise disk drives was
driven by data center requirements for greater storage performance density
while focusing on lowering power consumption and cooling costs.
“The trend in IT is to scale down the physical size of
components while scaling up capacity and performance,” said John Rydning, IDC’s
research manager for hard disk drives. “Seagate’s first generation 2.5-inch
15K-rpm HDD is fitting with this trend, delivering fast I/O performance in a
small package to meet the needs of demanding server applications.”
The Seagate Savvio 15K drives are shipping today in 36GB and
73GB capacities through OEM customers. HP is now shipping Proliant systems with
15K Savvio drives. The Savvio 10K.2 drive
will launch in the channel this quarter as a replacement product for Savvio
10K.1 and as a transition path from Cheetah 10K.7 drives.
"If you look at the last five years, if you look at what major innovations have occurred in computing technology, every single one of them came from AMD. Not a single innovation came from Intel." -- AMD CEO Hector Ruiz in 2007 | {
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Southern California -- this just in
Dorner manhunt: Police seize evidence from fugitive's O.C. home
February 8, 2013 | 5:23
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Investigators Friday afternoon scoured the Orange County home where fugitive Christopher Dorner had lived with his mother, removing brown paper bags holding evidence gathered by law enforcement officers.
Authorities said they examined computers during the afternoon search of the La Palma home believed to be Dorner’s last known address.
Lt. Bill Whalen of the Irvine Police Department said that investigators "exercised every presumable precaution" as they entered the home, in case it had been booby trapped, or if Dorner were there. | {
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Helped a friend paint their new place today. But my favorite sneakers must have been frightened. As soon as I got there and pulled out the paint the sole of my right sneaker pulled off near completely; held on only at the toe.
So what does any geek in this situation do? Why duct tape it of course! But of course, just as I finish my perfect taping job and stand to go to work...the *other* sole pulled off! And yes...that one also got the Tape Treatment.
All I needed was a pair of glasses on which to put matching duct tape....
Working on Verilog for a new CPU for the Kestrel-3 (because the old CPU is
too big/unweildly to use in a circuit). This time, going with 5-stage pipeline.
Well, I managed to work the pipeline back to instruction decode stage, and
it now properly decodes memory stores (8, 16, 32, and 64-bit) as well as register-immediate
ALU operations. This is sufficient to spoonfeed the pipeline with instructions
to load a register with arbitrary value, as well as to store said value at
an arbitrary address. It's not Turing complete yet, but it's getting there.
Slowly.
Decided to wire up the pipeline stages I've written to see how things work
so far. It *almost* works as expected out of the box. Some missing features
need to be implemented. Some TODOs that I've forgotten about have come up
again. So, while it doesn't work correctly yet, it's *almost* there. Quite
happy so far.
Re-learning Fossil source code management. Reminded myself of how quite pleasant
it is to use.
Fun fact: back when I was first laying out my plans for the Kestrel-3, I
was seriously considering hosting the code in a Fossil repository. The rationale
was that, since Fossil is a single C binary, it'd be relatively easy to port
compared to something like Mercurial or Git (which requires not only porting
a C compiler, but Python and its dependencies and basically half of a Linux
distribution's user-land, respectively). This would allow me to dogfood with
the new computer, supporting Kestrel development on the Kestrel itself.
Alas, people at the time convinced me out of that idea. It was probably
a mistake, but oh well. | {
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Laulja:
Pride and Fall
Pride and Fall is a Norwegian electronic music group from Stavanger, formed in 2000 by Sigve Monsen (vocals/lyrics), Per Waagen (synths/programming), and Svein Joar Auglænd Johnsen (guitar/live). The music can be described as futurepop or a club friendly approach to goth/darkwave. Pride and Fall came into being when Sigve and Svein wanted to pursue a more electronic and club-oriented sound than what they were doing in their goth/darkwave project An Evening With Kisses. As a result, Per Waagen, an old friend joined Pride and Fall as a programmer and keyboard player. | {
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This is a great and simple salad - this has become one of my go-to work lunches. Plus, you can use it as a great base - and add/ substitute diced cucumbers, olives, peppers, depending on what you have at home. I also have used freshly grated Parmesan instead of the feta. So quick and healthy to bring in to work!
Actually, plastic is bad as well. There are many plastics that deteriorate over time and leak chemicals into the food contained in the containers. As well, microwaving in such containers is a very bad idea as this increases the speed of deterioration of the plastic and allows even more chemicals to reach your food.
Speaking of aluminum, I was hoping that the lunchbox was stainless steel, and therefor corrosian resistant to salad dressing and the like. Personally, I prefer plastic to the leaching and corrosion products from aluminum! | {
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
As Haitian if you have been convinced to vote because somebody told you so you should not vote in the next election. The first question you should ask what is in it for you? One thing you should know, and it is a fact the day after the election Michel Martelly or Mirland Manigat they will still be able to live their life comfortably no matter what the outcome, both of them will resume in their activities as usual.
You must deeply believe in yourself and assure that this decision is yours before you cast your vote. You must be sure no matter what this a decision that you can live with. Martelly or Manigat they are looking for their success first, you should under any circumstance have no sentiment because every vote you waste you take Haiti one step further in misery.
Don’t vote for Martelly because he is Sweet Mickey remember that every time he used to make you dance he used to get paid, this time if you have to vote for him, vote for what he can do for you, vote for the job he can provide, vote for social stability and economic.
Don’t vote for Manigat because she is a woman or the ex first lady, remember that she has been doing politic for a living, this time if you have to vote for her, vote for what she can do for you, vote for the job she can provide, vote socialstability and economic.
Don’t vote for him or her if you think they can change nothing, don’t vote because for what they tell you they can do for you, but you must vote for what you believe they will be able to for the country.
Vote if you believe one of them will work to make the next generation better in a better place.
Don’t vote if you believe one of them will change the country during their 5 years terms, because they won’t.
Vote if you believe one them will start building the foundation for the next generation. | {
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I live in a noisy city in Viet Nam, women ought to have been respected but they seem to be servant for men.
Once I visited to my friend's home and seeing a terrible scene at the opposite house. A drunk men was hitting his wife ruthlessly for not having enough money to go out. Although his wife cried and implored too much but he became angry and beat her, everyone in the neighbour interfered so that the woman could survive. At this point, I always wonder why women have to withstand terrible thin...
I realized how lucky I was when I was a little kid to be living in a loving family and to have access to all the things I needed when I had an opportunity to do some volunteer work in the Tay Bac region of Vietnam. Children go to the paddy fields in the early morning to help their parents or take care of their younger brothers and sisters. If they were me, at this point, I would be sleeping, eating a delicious breakfast and then going to school.
Witnessing with my own eyes what these children... | {
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In the archive: Ed Ruscha’s “Twentysix Gasoline Stations”
By Alicia Dietrich
Ed Ruscha’s Twentysix Gasoline Stations, a thin paperback that resembles an industrial manual of the 1960s, is often considered to be the first modern artist’s book. The book is exactly what the title describes: 26 images of gasoline stations along Route 66 between Los Angeles and Oklahoma City.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Oklahoma City, Ruscha was living and working in Los Angeles in the 1960s and frequently traveled the route between the two cities to visit his family.
“I just had a personal connection to that span of mileage between Oklahoma and California,” Ruscha told NPR earlier this year on the 50th anniversary of the book. “It just, it kind of spoke to me.”
In an interview with Avalanche magazine in 1973 he said, “I’d always wanted to make a book of some kind. When I was in Oklahoma I got a brainstorm in the middle of the night to do this little book called Twentysix Gasoline Stations. I knew the title. I knew it would be photographs of twenty-six gasoline stations.”
So, Ruscha documented gas stations along that route in black-and-white photographs and labeled them with their locations, from “Texaco, Sunset Strip, Los Angeles” to “‘Flying A, Kingman, Arizona” to the final image “Fina, Groom, Texas.”
Ruscha published the book at age 26 in a run of 400 numbered copies in April 1963. Though it was the same year as Ruscha’s first solo exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, the book didn’t initially receive a warm reception. In a 1963 letter, the Library of Congress declined to add a copy to their collection, noting the book’s “unorthodox form and supposed lack of information.”
The book gradually acquired cult status in the 1960s, and a second edition was published in 1967 and a third in 1969. Surviving first editions of the book are rare.
Ruscha’s archive, which was recently acquired by the Ransom Center, includes snapshots of the gas stations, Ruscha’s notes about the project, the Library of Congress letter, and an advertisement with the headline “REJECTED Oct. 2, 1963 by the Library of Congress.” | {
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International and domestic travel are two of my many passions as this is where I find inspiration for my photography. Each destination is an adventure waiting to happen as it provides unique cultures and art, gorgeous vistas, unexpected views of the ordinary, and generous people open to being a part of my photographic journey.
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International and domestic travel are two of my many passions as this is where I find inspiration for my photography. Each destination is an adventure waiting to happen as it provides unique cultures and art, gorgeous vistas, unexpected views of the ordinary, and generous people open to being a part of my photographic journey.
While Colorado and western landscapes and wildlife are oftentimes my focus, you will find a wide variety of images to enjoy in my galleries. As a photographer I strive to capture and maintain the true colors and natural beauty in my images.
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What’s the Big Deal About Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)?
It’s a topic that continues to make headlines and draw visceral reactions. California’s much discussed Prop 37, a measure meant to require retailers and food companies to label products made with genetically modified ingredients, was dealt a high profile defeat in November of last year. Similar legislation has failed to pass in other states, though Oregon currently bans the production and import of genetically modified salmon. Why the concern? While GMO companies like Monsanto have undeniably done some shady business dealings, does that affect the safety of the products or the production methods? Are the doubts rooted in science or sentiment?
The first commercially sold genetically modified food, a tomato that takes longer to ripen after picking, hit the market in 1994. A year later, several food products that were resistant to herbicides or disease joined them. In the year 2000, scientists were able to increase the nutritional content of a food for the first time, with the creation of golden rice, although its production has been (unnecessarily?) delayed until just now. Overall though, the practice has been hugely successful, as about 85% of American corn and as much as 91% of soybeans are derived from genetically modified crops. In fact, the Grocery Manufacturing Association estimates that 70% of items in American food stores contain genetically modified organisms. Betcha didn’t even know.
But really, if you get right down to it, our food crops have been genetically modified since Roman times, and more scientifically since the 1700′s. The process of selective breeding, through which particular animal and plant individuals are bred to emphasize specific traits, is so ubiquitous that many of our most important crops, including wheat, rice and corn, wouldn’t exist in their current forms without it. Not to mention broccoli, cauliflower, bananas, ad infinitum. We’ve been deliberately altering the course of animal and plant evolution for centuries, but few people bat an eye when it’s done in a field. Why the outcry when it’s done in a lab?
Well that’s not deliberately manipulative and meant to elicit negative emotions at all, is it? Image with an agenda from nutritiondenver.com
The answer may lie in the language of GMO opponents, who often refer to the products as “Frankenstein food.” Marry Shelley wrote her famous tome in 1818, an early example of the European Romantic era, a time characterized by reactionary thought against the Industrial Revolution and the increasing rationalization of nature. Many balked at recent scientific advances, thinking that man had decided to play God, a theme no more evident than in the novel where a modern Prometheus creates his own man. Of course science and progress has continued since then, and such concerns almost seem silly in hindsight. How will our GMO mania appear to our descendants in two hundred years?
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
We shouldn’t let knee-jerk reactions and queasy feelings dictate progress and public policy. There are certainly issues with genetically modified crops that need to be monitored, such as the possible hastening of antibiotic resistance and the introduction of allergens to other foods, but that’s why better regulation and testing from the Food and Drug Administration is needed, rather than labels meant to scare people away from already approved products.
It also goes to show that the American right wing doesn’t hold a monopoly on anti-science ideas, as Chris Mooney and others have suggested. Unfounded objections from Greenpeace and similar organizations illuminate that U.S. liberals can be just as hard-headed and fact-evasive in certain situations. See also the opposition to nuclear power. | {
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Hurricanes sign University of Miami alum
Brian Asbury, a 6' 7" 221 lb forward from Miami, Florida, who played for Pyrinto Tampere in Finland 1st Division last season, has signed to play with the Halifax Hurricanes for the 2018-19 season.
Asbury, who played for the University of Miami graduating in 2009, amassed a total of 961 points, 549 rebounds and 144 assists in his four years with the Hurricanes. Following graduation he played overseas in Israel for a few years where he was a two time "Player of the Year" award winner and led his team to the National league finals twice. He followed that up the next season taking his Dominican Republic team to the National finals.
"I feel great about arriving to the Halifax Hurricanes. It's a new experience and a great opportunity. I can't wait to get started and join the organization and my teammates," says Asbury.
Last year in the Finnish Korisliiga league playing for Pyrinto, he led his team in scoring, rebounding and steals and was 3rd in assists. As well Asbury racked up 8 "Player of the Week" honours.
"Brian is a savvy veteran who knows how to play the game at a high level. He has been a leader on and off the court, and worked extremely hard for each of his teams and as a result, has had a lot of success playing overseas," says Head Coach Mike Leslie on the newest addition to his Hurricanes roster. "Although a proven scorer and rebounder, Brian passes very well as a big man and is very unselfish. We look forward to Brian bringing his vast hoops experience and work ethic to Halifax for the coming season." | {
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//===- MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp - Mem Deps Implementation --*- C++ -*-===//
//
// The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// This file implements an analysis that determines, for a given memory
// operation, what preceding memory operations it depends on. It builds on
// alias analysis information, and tries to provide a lazy, caching interface to
// a common kind of alias information query.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#define DEBUG_TYPE "memdep"
#include "llvm/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h"
#include "llvm/Instructions.h"
#include "llvm/IntrinsicInst.h"
#include "llvm/Function.h"
#include "llvm/LLVMContext.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/Dominators.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/InstructionSimplify.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/MemoryBuiltins.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/PHITransAddr.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
#include "llvm/Support/PredIteratorCache.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
#include "llvm/Target/TargetData.h"
using namespace llvm;
STATISTIC(NumCacheNonLocal, "Number of fully cached non-local responses");
STATISTIC(NumCacheDirtyNonLocal, "Number of dirty cached non-local responses");
STATISTIC(NumUncacheNonLocal, "Number of uncached non-local responses");
STATISTIC(NumCacheNonLocalPtr,
"Number of fully cached non-local ptr responses");
STATISTIC(NumCacheDirtyNonLocalPtr,
"Number of cached, but dirty, non-local ptr responses");
STATISTIC(NumUncacheNonLocalPtr,
"Number of uncached non-local ptr responses");
STATISTIC(NumCacheCompleteNonLocalPtr,
"Number of block queries that were completely cached");
// Limit for the number of instructions to scan in a block.
// FIXME: Figure out what a sane value is for this.
// (500 is relatively insane.)
static const int BlockScanLimit = 500;
char MemoryDependenceAnalysis::ID = 0;
// Register this pass...
INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(MemoryDependenceAnalysis, "memdep",
"Memory Dependence Analysis", false, true)
INITIALIZE_AG_DEPENDENCY(AliasAnalysis)
INITIALIZE_PASS_END(MemoryDependenceAnalysis, "memdep",
"Memory Dependence Analysis", false, true)
MemoryDependenceAnalysis::MemoryDependenceAnalysis()
: FunctionPass(ID), PredCache(0) {
initializeMemoryDependenceAnalysisPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
}
MemoryDependenceAnalysis::~MemoryDependenceAnalysis() {
}
/// Clean up memory in between runs
void MemoryDependenceAnalysis::releaseMemory() {
LocalDeps.clear();
NonLocalDeps.clear();
NonLocalPointerDeps.clear();
ReverseLocalDeps.clear();
ReverseNonLocalDeps.clear();
ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps.clear();
PredCache->clear();
}
/// getAnalysisUsage - Does not modify anything. It uses Alias Analysis.
///
void MemoryDependenceAnalysis::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const {
AU.setPreservesAll();
AU.addRequiredTransitive();
}
bool MemoryDependenceAnalysis::runOnFunction(Function &) {
AA = &getAnalysis();
TD = getAnalysisIfAvailable();
if (PredCache == 0)
PredCache.reset(new PredIteratorCache());
return false;
}
/// RemoveFromReverseMap - This is a helper function that removes Val from
/// 'Inst's set in ReverseMap. If the set becomes empty, remove Inst's entry.
template
static void RemoveFromReverseMap(DenseMap > &ReverseMap,
Instruction *Inst, KeyTy Val) {
typename DenseMap >::iterator
InstIt = ReverseMap.find(Inst);
assert(InstIt != ReverseMap.end() && "Reverse map out of sync?");
bool Found = InstIt->second.erase(Val);
assert(Found && "Invalid reverse map!"); (void)Found;
if (InstIt->second.empty())
ReverseMap.erase(InstIt);
}
/// GetLocation - If the given instruction references a specific memory
/// location, fill in Loc with the details, otherwise set Loc.Ptr to null.
/// Return a ModRefInfo value describing the general behavior of the
/// instruction.
static
AliasAnalysis::ModRefResult GetLocation(const Instruction *Inst,
AliasAnalysis::Location &Loc,
AliasAnalysis *AA) {
if (const LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast(Inst)) {
if (LI->isUnordered()) {
Loc = AA->getLocation(LI);
return AliasAnalysis::Ref;
} else if (LI->getOrdering() == Monotonic) {
Loc = AA->getLocation(LI);
return AliasAnalysis::ModRef;
}
Loc = AliasAnalysis::Location();
return AliasAnalysis::ModRef;
}
if (const StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast(Inst)) {
if (SI->isUnordered()) {
Loc = AA->getLocation(SI);
return AliasAnalysis::Mod;
} else if (SI->getOrdering() == Monotonic) {
Loc = AA->getLocation(SI);
return AliasAnalysis::ModRef;
}
Loc = AliasAnalysis::Location();
return AliasAnalysis::ModRef;
}
if (const VAArgInst *V = dyn_cast(Inst)) {
Loc = AA->getLocation(V);
return AliasAnalysis::ModRef;
}
if (const CallInst *CI = isFreeCall(Inst)) {
// calls to free() deallocate the entire structure
Loc = AliasAnalysis::Location(CI->getArgOperand(0));
return AliasAnalysis::Mod;
}
if (const IntrinsicInst *II = dyn_cast(Inst))
switch (II->getIntrinsicID()) {
case Intrinsic::lifetime_start:
case Intrinsic::lifetime_end:
case Intrinsic::invariant_start:
Loc = AliasAnalysis::Location(II->getArgOperand(1),
cast(II->getArgOperand(0))
->getZExtValue(),
II->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa));
// These intrinsics don't really modify the memory, but returning Mod
// will allow them to be handled conservatively.
return AliasAnalysis::Mod;
case Intrinsic::invariant_end:
Loc = AliasAnalysis::Location(II->getArgOperand(2),
cast(II->getArgOperand(1))
->getZExtValue(),
II->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa));
// These intrinsics don't really modify the memory, but returning Mod
// will allow them to be handled conservatively.
return AliasAnalysis::Mod;
default:
break;
}
// Otherwise, just do the coarse-grained thing that always works.
if (Inst->mayWriteToMemory())
return AliasAnalysis::ModRef;
if (Inst->mayReadFromMemory())
return AliasAnalysis::Ref;
return AliasAnalysis::NoModRef;
}
/// getCallSiteDependencyFrom - Private helper for finding the local
/// dependencies of a call site.
MemDepResult MemoryDependenceAnalysis::
getCallSiteDependencyFrom(CallSite CS, bool isReadOnlyCall,
BasicBlock::iterator ScanIt, BasicBlock *BB) {
unsigned Limit = BlockScanLimit;
// Walk backwards through the block, looking for dependencies
while (ScanIt != BB->begin()) {
// Limit the amount of scanning we do so we don't end up with quadratic
// running time on extreme testcases.
--Limit;
if (!Limit)
return MemDepResult::getUnknown();
Instruction *Inst = --ScanIt;
// If this inst is a memory op, get the pointer it accessed
AliasAnalysis::Location Loc;
AliasAnalysis::ModRefResult MR = GetLocation(Inst, Loc, AA);
if (Loc.Ptr) {
// A simple instruction.
if (AA->getModRefInfo(CS, Loc) != AliasAnalysis::NoModRef)
return MemDepResult::getClobber(Inst);
continue;
}
if (CallSite InstCS = cast(Inst)) {
// Debug intrinsics don't cause dependences.
if (isa(Inst)) continue;
// If these two calls do not interfere, look past it.
switch (AA->getModRefInfo(CS, InstCS)) {
case AliasAnalysis::NoModRef:
// If the two calls are the same, return InstCS as a Def, so that
// CS can be found redundant and eliminated.
if (isReadOnlyCall && !(MR & AliasAnalysis::Mod) &&
CS.getInstruction()->isIdenticalToWhenDefined(Inst))
return MemDepResult::getDef(Inst);
// Otherwise if the two calls don't interact (e.g. InstCS is readnone)
// keep scanning.
break;
default:
return MemDepResult::getClobber(Inst);
}
}
}
// No dependence found. If this is the entry block of the function, it is
// unknown, otherwise it is non-local.
if (BB != &BB->getParent()->getEntryBlock())
return MemDepResult::getNonLocal();
return MemDepResult::getNonFuncLocal();
}
/// isLoadLoadClobberIfExtendedToFullWidth - Return true if LI is a load that
/// would fully overlap MemLoc if done as a wider legal integer load.
///
/// MemLocBase, MemLocOffset are lazily computed here the first time the
/// base/offs of memloc is needed.
static bool
isLoadLoadClobberIfExtendedToFullWidth(const AliasAnalysis::Location &MemLoc,
const Value *&MemLocBase,
int64_t &MemLocOffs,
const LoadInst *LI,
const TargetData *TD) {
// If we have no target data, we can't do this.
if (TD == 0) return false;
// If we haven't already computed the base/offset of MemLoc, do so now.
if (MemLocBase == 0)
MemLocBase = GetPointerBaseWithConstantOffset(MemLoc.Ptr, MemLocOffs, *TD);
unsigned Size = MemoryDependenceAnalysis::
getLoadLoadClobberFullWidthSize(MemLocBase, MemLocOffs, MemLoc.Size,
LI, *TD);
return Size != 0;
}
/// getLoadLoadClobberFullWidthSize - This is a little bit of analysis that
/// looks at a memory location for a load (specified by MemLocBase, Offs,
/// and Size) and compares it against a load. If the specified load could
/// be safely widened to a larger integer load that is 1) still efficient,
/// 2) safe for the target, and 3) would provide the specified memory
/// location value, then this function returns the size in bytes of the
/// load width to use. If not, this returns zero.
unsigned MemoryDependenceAnalysis::
getLoadLoadClobberFullWidthSize(const Value *MemLocBase, int64_t MemLocOffs,
unsigned MemLocSize, const LoadInst *LI,
const TargetData &TD) {
// We can only extend simple integer loads.
if (!isa(LI->getType()) || !LI->isSimple()) return 0;
// Get the base of this load.
int64_t LIOffs = 0;
const Value *LIBase =
GetPointerBaseWithConstantOffset(LI->getPointerOperand(), LIOffs, TD);
// If the two pointers are not based on the same pointer, we can't tell that
// they are related.
if (LIBase != MemLocBase) return 0;
// Okay, the two values are based on the same pointer, but returned as
// no-alias. This happens when we have things like two byte loads at "P+1"
// and "P+3". Check to see if increasing the size of the "LI" load up to its
// alignment (or the largest native integer type) will allow us to load all
// the bits required by MemLoc.
// If MemLoc is before LI, then no widening of LI will help us out.
if (MemLocOffs < LIOffs) return 0;
// Get the alignment of the load in bytes. We assume that it is safe to load
// any legal integer up to this size without a problem. For example, if we're
// looking at an i8 load on x86-32 that is known 1024 byte aligned, we can
// widen it up to an i32 load. If it is known 2-byte aligned, we can widen it
// to i16.
unsigned LoadAlign = LI->getAlignment();
int64_t MemLocEnd = MemLocOffs+MemLocSize;
// If no amount of rounding up will let MemLoc fit into LI, then bail out.
if (LIOffs+LoadAlign < MemLocEnd) return 0;
// This is the size of the load to try. Start with the next larger power of
// two.
unsigned NewLoadByteSize = LI->getType()->getPrimitiveSizeInBits()/8U;
NewLoadByteSize = NextPowerOf2(NewLoadByteSize);
while (1) {
// If this load size is bigger than our known alignment or would not fit
// into a native integer register, then we fail.
if (NewLoadByteSize > LoadAlign ||
!TD.fitsInLegalInteger(NewLoadByteSize*8))
return 0;
// If a load of this width would include all of MemLoc, then we succeed.
if (LIOffs+NewLoadByteSize >= MemLocEnd)
return NewLoadByteSize;
NewLoadByteSize <<= 1;
}
return 0;
}
/// getPointerDependencyFrom - Return the instruction on which a memory
/// location depends. If isLoad is true, this routine ignores may-aliases with
/// read-only operations. If isLoad is false, this routine ignores may-aliases
/// with reads from read-only locations.
MemDepResult MemoryDependenceAnalysis::
getPointerDependencyFrom(const AliasAnalysis::Location &MemLoc, bool isLoad,
BasicBlock::iterator ScanIt, BasicBlock *BB) {
const Value *MemLocBase = 0;
int64_t MemLocOffset = 0;
unsigned Limit = BlockScanLimit;
// Walk backwards through the basic block, looking for dependencies.
while (ScanIt != BB->begin()) {
// Limit the amount of scanning we do so we don't end up with quadratic
// running time on extreme testcases.
--Limit;
if (!Limit)
return MemDepResult::getUnknown();
Instruction *Inst = --ScanIt;
if (IntrinsicInst *II = dyn_cast(Inst)) {
// Debug intrinsics don't (and can't) cause dependences.
if (isa(II)) continue;
// If we reach a lifetime begin or end marker, then the query ends here
// because the value is undefined.
if (II->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::lifetime_start) {
// FIXME: This only considers queries directly on the invariant-tagged
// pointer, not on query pointers that are indexed off of them. It'd
// be nice to handle that at some point (the right approach is to use
// GetPointerBaseWithConstantOffset).
if (AA->isMustAlias(AliasAnalysis::Location(II->getArgOperand(1)),
MemLoc))
return MemDepResult::getDef(II);
continue;
}
}
// Values depend on loads if the pointers are must aliased. This means that
// a load depends on another must aliased load from the same value.
if (LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast(Inst)) {
// Atomic loads have complications involved.
// FIXME: This is overly conservative.
if (!LI->isUnordered())
return MemDepResult::getClobber(LI);
AliasAnalysis::Location LoadLoc = AA->getLocation(LI);
// If we found a pointer, check if it could be the same as our pointer.
AliasAnalysis::AliasResult R = AA->alias(LoadLoc, MemLoc);
if (isLoad) {
if (R == AliasAnalysis::NoAlias) {
// If this is an over-aligned integer load (for example,
// "load i8* %P, align 4") see if it would obviously overlap with the
// queried location if widened to a larger load (e.g. if the queried
// location is 1 byte at P+1). If so, return it as a load/load
// clobber result, allowing the client to decide to widen the load if
// it wants to.
if (IntegerType *ITy = dyn_cast(LI->getType()))
if (LI->getAlignment()*8 > ITy->getPrimitiveSizeInBits() &&
isLoadLoadClobberIfExtendedToFullWidth(MemLoc, MemLocBase,
MemLocOffset, LI, TD))
return MemDepResult::getClobber(Inst);
continue;
}
// Must aliased loads are defs of each other.
if (R == AliasAnalysis::MustAlias)
return MemDepResult::getDef(Inst);
#if 0 // FIXME: Temporarily disabled. GVN is cleverly rewriting loads
// in terms of clobbering loads, but since it does this by looking
// at the clobbering load directly, it doesn't know about any
// phi translation that may have happened along the way.
// If we have a partial alias, then return this as a clobber for the
// client to handle.
if (R == AliasAnalysis::PartialAlias)
return MemDepResult::getClobber(Inst);
#endif
// Random may-alias loads don't depend on each other without a
// dependence.
continue;
}
// Stores don't depend on other no-aliased accesses.
if (R == AliasAnalysis::NoAlias)
continue;
// Stores don't alias loads from read-only memory.
if (AA->pointsToConstantMemory(LoadLoc))
continue;
// Stores depend on may/must aliased loads.
return MemDepResult::getDef(Inst);
}
if (StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast(Inst)) {
// Atomic stores have complications involved.
// FIXME: This is overly conservative.
if (!SI->isUnordered())
return MemDepResult::getClobber(SI);
// If alias analysis can tell that this store is guaranteed to not modify
// the query pointer, ignore it. Use getModRefInfo to handle cases where
// the query pointer points to constant memory etc.
if (AA->getModRefInfo(SI, MemLoc) == AliasAnalysis::NoModRef)
continue;
// Ok, this store might clobber the query pointer. Check to see if it is
// a must alias: in this case, we want to return this as a def.
AliasAnalysis::Location StoreLoc = AA->getLocation(SI);
// If we found a pointer, check if it could be the same as our pointer.
AliasAnalysis::AliasResult R = AA->alias(StoreLoc, MemLoc);
if (R == AliasAnalysis::NoAlias)
continue;
if (R == AliasAnalysis::MustAlias)
return MemDepResult::getDef(Inst);
return MemDepResult::getClobber(Inst);
}
// If this is an allocation, and if we know that the accessed pointer is to
// the allocation, return Def. This means that there is no dependence and
// the access can be optimized based on that. For example, a load could
// turn into undef.
// Note: Only determine this to be a malloc if Inst is the malloc call, not
// a subsequent bitcast of the malloc call result. There can be stores to
// the malloced memory between the malloc call and its bitcast uses, and we
// need to continue scanning until the malloc call.
if (isa(Inst) ||
(isa(Inst) && extractMallocCall(Inst))) {
const Value *AccessPtr = GetUnderlyingObject(MemLoc.Ptr, TD);
if (AccessPtr == Inst || AA->isMustAlias(Inst, AccessPtr))
return MemDepResult::getDef(Inst);
continue;
}
// See if this instruction (e.g. a call or vaarg) mod/ref's the pointer.
switch (AA->getModRefInfo(Inst, MemLoc)) {
case AliasAnalysis::NoModRef:
// If the call has no effect on the queried pointer, just ignore it.
continue;
case AliasAnalysis::Mod:
return MemDepResult::getClobber(Inst);
case AliasAnalysis::Ref:
// If the call is known to never store to the pointer, and if this is a
// load query, we can safely ignore it (scan past it).
if (isLoad)
continue;
default:
// Otherwise, there is a potential dependence. Return a clobber.
return MemDepResult::getClobber(Inst);
}
}
// No dependence found. If this is the entry block of the function, it is
// unknown, otherwise it is non-local.
if (BB != &BB->getParent()->getEntryBlock())
return MemDepResult::getNonLocal();
return MemDepResult::getNonFuncLocal();
}
/// getDependency - Return the instruction on which a memory operation
/// depends.
MemDepResult MemoryDependenceAnalysis::getDependency(Instruction *QueryInst) {
Instruction *ScanPos = QueryInst;
// Check for a cached result
MemDepResult &LocalCache = LocalDeps[QueryInst];
// If the cached entry is non-dirty, just return it. Note that this depends
// on MemDepResult's default constructing to 'dirty'.
if (!LocalCache.isDirty())
return LocalCache;
// Otherwise, if we have a dirty entry, we know we can start the scan at that
// instruction, which may save us some work.
if (Instruction *Inst = LocalCache.getInst()) {
ScanPos = Inst;
RemoveFromReverseMap(ReverseLocalDeps, Inst, QueryInst);
}
BasicBlock *QueryParent = QueryInst->getParent();
// Do the scan.
if (BasicBlock::iterator(QueryInst) == QueryParent->begin()) {
// No dependence found. If this is the entry block of the function, it is
// unknown, otherwise it is non-local.
if (QueryParent != &QueryParent->getParent()->getEntryBlock())
LocalCache = MemDepResult::getNonLocal();
else
LocalCache = MemDepResult::getNonFuncLocal();
} else {
AliasAnalysis::Location MemLoc;
AliasAnalysis::ModRefResult MR = GetLocation(QueryInst, MemLoc, AA);
if (MemLoc.Ptr) {
// If we can do a pointer scan, make it happen.
bool isLoad = !(MR & AliasAnalysis::Mod);
if (IntrinsicInst *II = dyn_cast(QueryInst))
isLoad |= II->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::lifetime_start;
LocalCache = getPointerDependencyFrom(MemLoc, isLoad, ScanPos,
QueryParent);
} else if (isa(QueryInst) || isa(QueryInst)) {
CallSite QueryCS(QueryInst);
bool isReadOnly = AA->onlyReadsMemory(QueryCS);
LocalCache = getCallSiteDependencyFrom(QueryCS, isReadOnly, ScanPos,
QueryParent);
} else
// Non-memory instruction.
LocalCache = MemDepResult::getUnknown();
}
// Remember the result!
if (Instruction *I = LocalCache.getInst())
ReverseLocalDeps[I].insert(QueryInst);
return LocalCache;
}
#ifndef NDEBUG
/// AssertSorted - This method is used when -debug is specified to verify that
/// cache arrays are properly kept sorted.
static void AssertSorted(MemoryDependenceAnalysis::NonLocalDepInfo &Cache,
int Count = -1) {
if (Count == -1) Count = Cache.size();
if (Count == 0) return;
for (unsigned i = 1; i != unsigned(Count); ++i)
assert(!(Cache[i] < Cache[i-1]) && "Cache isn't sorted!");
}
#endif
/// getNonLocalCallDependency - Perform a full dependency query for the
/// specified call, returning the set of blocks that the value is
/// potentially live across. The returned set of results will include a
/// "NonLocal" result for all blocks where the value is live across.
///
/// This method assumes the instruction returns a "NonLocal" dependency
/// within its own block.
///
/// This returns a reference to an internal data structure that may be
/// invalidated on the next non-local query or when an instruction is
/// removed. Clients must copy this data if they want it around longer than
/// that.
const MemoryDependenceAnalysis::NonLocalDepInfo &
MemoryDependenceAnalysis::getNonLocalCallDependency(CallSite QueryCS) {
assert(getDependency(QueryCS.getInstruction()).isNonLocal() &&
"getNonLocalCallDependency should only be used on calls with non-local deps!");
PerInstNLInfo &CacheP = NonLocalDeps[QueryCS.getInstruction()];
NonLocalDepInfo &Cache = CacheP.first;
/// DirtyBlocks - This is the set of blocks that need to be recomputed. In
/// the cached case, this can happen due to instructions being deleted etc. In
/// the uncached case, this starts out as the set of predecessors we care
/// about.
SmallVector DirtyBlocks;
if (!Cache.empty()) {
// Okay, we have a cache entry. If we know it is not dirty, just return it
// with no computation.
if (!CacheP.second) {
++NumCacheNonLocal;
return Cache;
}
// If we already have a partially computed set of results, scan them to
// determine what is dirty, seeding our initial DirtyBlocks worklist.
for (NonLocalDepInfo::iterator I = Cache.begin(), E = Cache.end();
I != E; ++I)
if (I->getResult().isDirty())
DirtyBlocks.push_back(I->getBB());
// Sort the cache so that we can do fast binary search lookups below.
std::sort(Cache.begin(), Cache.end());
++NumCacheDirtyNonLocal;
//cerr << "CACHED CASE: " << DirtyBlocks.size() << " dirty: "
// << Cache.size() << " cached: " << *QueryInst;
} else {
// Seed DirtyBlocks with each of the preds of QueryInst's block.
BasicBlock *QueryBB = QueryCS.getInstruction()->getParent();
for (BasicBlock **PI = PredCache->GetPreds(QueryBB); *PI; ++PI)
DirtyBlocks.push_back(*PI);
++NumUncacheNonLocal;
}
// isReadonlyCall - If this is a read-only call, we can be more aggressive.
bool isReadonlyCall = AA->onlyReadsMemory(QueryCS);
SmallPtrSet Visited;
unsigned NumSortedEntries = Cache.size();
DEBUG(AssertSorted(Cache));
// Iterate while we still have blocks to update.
while (!DirtyBlocks.empty()) {
BasicBlock *DirtyBB = DirtyBlocks.back();
DirtyBlocks.pop_back();
// Already processed this block?
if (!Visited.insert(DirtyBB))
continue;
// Do a binary search to see if we already have an entry for this block in
// the cache set. If so, find it.
DEBUG(AssertSorted(Cache, NumSortedEntries));
NonLocalDepInfo::iterator Entry =
std::upper_bound(Cache.begin(), Cache.begin()+NumSortedEntries,
NonLocalDepEntry(DirtyBB));
if (Entry != Cache.begin() && prior(Entry)->getBB() == DirtyBB)
--Entry;
NonLocalDepEntry *ExistingResult = 0;
if (Entry != Cache.begin()+NumSortedEntries &&
Entry->getBB() == DirtyBB) {
// If we already have an entry, and if it isn't already dirty, the block
// is done.
if (!Entry->getResult().isDirty())
continue;
// Otherwise, remember this slot so we can update the value.
ExistingResult = &*Entry;
}
// If the dirty entry has a pointer, start scanning from it so we don't have
// to rescan the entire block.
BasicBlock::iterator ScanPos = DirtyBB->end();
if (ExistingResult) {
if (Instruction *Inst = ExistingResult->getResult().getInst()) {
ScanPos = Inst;
// We're removing QueryInst's use of Inst.
RemoveFromReverseMap(ReverseNonLocalDeps, Inst,
QueryCS.getInstruction());
}
}
// Find out if this block has a local dependency for QueryInst.
MemDepResult Dep;
if (ScanPos != DirtyBB->begin()) {
Dep = getCallSiteDependencyFrom(QueryCS, isReadonlyCall,ScanPos, DirtyBB);
} else if (DirtyBB != &DirtyBB->getParent()->getEntryBlock()) {
// No dependence found. If this is the entry block of the function, it is
// a clobber, otherwise it is unknown.
Dep = MemDepResult::getNonLocal();
} else {
Dep = MemDepResult::getNonFuncLocal();
}
// If we had a dirty entry for the block, update it. Otherwise, just add
// a new entry.
if (ExistingResult)
ExistingResult->setResult(Dep);
else
Cache.push_back(NonLocalDepEntry(DirtyBB, Dep));
// If the block has a dependency (i.e. it isn't completely transparent to
// the value), remember the association!
if (!Dep.isNonLocal()) {
// Keep the ReverseNonLocalDeps map up to date so we can efficiently
// update this when we remove instructions.
if (Instruction *Inst = Dep.getInst())
ReverseNonLocalDeps[Inst].insert(QueryCS.getInstruction());
} else {
// If the block *is* completely transparent to the load, we need to check
// the predecessors of this block. Add them to our worklist.
for (BasicBlock **PI = PredCache->GetPreds(DirtyBB); *PI; ++PI)
DirtyBlocks.push_back(*PI);
}
}
return Cache;
}
/// getNonLocalPointerDependency - Perform a full dependency query for an
/// access to the specified (non-volatile) memory location, returning the
/// set of instructions that either define or clobber the value.
///
/// This method assumes the pointer has a "NonLocal" dependency within its
/// own block.
///
void MemoryDependenceAnalysis::
getNonLocalPointerDependency(const AliasAnalysis::Location &Loc, bool isLoad,
BasicBlock *FromBB,
SmallVectorImpl &Result) {
assert(Loc.Ptr->getType()->isPointerTy() &&
"Can't get pointer deps of a non-pointer!");
Result.clear();
PHITransAddr Address(const_cast(Loc.Ptr), TD);
// This is the set of blocks we've inspected, and the pointer we consider in
// each block. Because of critical edges, we currently bail out if querying
// a block with multiple different pointers. This can happen during PHI
// translation.
DenseMap Visited;
if (!getNonLocalPointerDepFromBB(Address, Loc, isLoad, FromBB,
Result, Visited, true))
return;
Result.clear();
Result.push_back(NonLocalDepResult(FromBB,
MemDepResult::getUnknown(),
const_cast(Loc.Ptr)));
}
/// GetNonLocalInfoForBlock - Compute the memdep value for BB with
/// Pointer/PointeeSize using either cached information in Cache or by doing a
/// lookup (which may use dirty cache info if available). If we do a lookup,
/// add the result to the cache.
MemDepResult MemoryDependenceAnalysis::
GetNonLocalInfoForBlock(const AliasAnalysis::Location &Loc,
bool isLoad, BasicBlock *BB,
NonLocalDepInfo *Cache, unsigned NumSortedEntries) {
// Do a binary search to see if we already have an entry for this block in
// the cache set. If so, find it.
NonLocalDepInfo::iterator Entry =
std::upper_bound(Cache->begin(), Cache->begin()+NumSortedEntries,
NonLocalDepEntry(BB));
if (Entry != Cache->begin() && (Entry-1)->getBB() == BB)
--Entry;
NonLocalDepEntry *ExistingResult = 0;
if (Entry != Cache->begin()+NumSortedEntries && Entry->getBB() == BB)
ExistingResult = &*Entry;
// If we have a cached entry, and it is non-dirty, use it as the value for
// this dependency.
if (ExistingResult && !ExistingResult->getResult().isDirty()) {
++NumCacheNonLocalPtr;
return ExistingResult->getResult();
}
// Otherwise, we have to scan for the value. If we have a dirty cache
// entry, start scanning from its position, otherwise we scan from the end
// of the block.
BasicBlock::iterator ScanPos = BB->end();
if (ExistingResult && ExistingResult->getResult().getInst()) {
assert(ExistingResult->getResult().getInst()->getParent() == BB &&
"Instruction invalidated?");
++NumCacheDirtyNonLocalPtr;
ScanPos = ExistingResult->getResult().getInst();
// Eliminating the dirty entry from 'Cache', so update the reverse info.
ValueIsLoadPair CacheKey(Loc.Ptr, isLoad);
RemoveFromReverseMap(ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps, ScanPos, CacheKey);
} else {
++NumUncacheNonLocalPtr;
}
// Scan the block for the dependency.
MemDepResult Dep = getPointerDependencyFrom(Loc, isLoad, ScanPos, BB);
// If we had a dirty entry for the block, update it. Otherwise, just add
// a new entry.
if (ExistingResult)
ExistingResult->setResult(Dep);
else
Cache->push_back(NonLocalDepEntry(BB, Dep));
// If the block has a dependency (i.e. it isn't completely transparent to
// the value), remember the reverse association because we just added it
// to Cache!
if (!Dep.isDef() && !Dep.isClobber())
return Dep;
// Keep the ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps map up to date so we can efficiently
// update MemDep when we remove instructions.
Instruction *Inst = Dep.getInst();
assert(Inst && "Didn't depend on anything?");
ValueIsLoadPair CacheKey(Loc.Ptr, isLoad);
ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps[Inst].insert(CacheKey);
return Dep;
}
/// SortNonLocalDepInfoCache - Sort the a NonLocalDepInfo cache, given a certain
/// number of elements in the array that are already properly ordered. This is
/// optimized for the case when only a few entries are added.
static void
SortNonLocalDepInfoCache(MemoryDependenceAnalysis::NonLocalDepInfo &Cache,
unsigned NumSortedEntries) {
switch (Cache.size() - NumSortedEntries) {
case 0:
// done, no new entries.
break;
case 2: {
// Two new entries, insert the last one into place.
NonLocalDepEntry Val = Cache.back();
Cache.pop_back();
MemoryDependenceAnalysis::NonLocalDepInfo::iterator Entry =
std::upper_bound(Cache.begin(), Cache.end()-1, Val);
Cache.insert(Entry, Val);
// FALL THROUGH.
}
case 1:
// One new entry, Just insert the new value at the appropriate position.
if (Cache.size() != 1) {
NonLocalDepEntry Val = Cache.back();
Cache.pop_back();
MemoryDependenceAnalysis::NonLocalDepInfo::iterator Entry =
std::upper_bound(Cache.begin(), Cache.end(), Val);
Cache.insert(Entry, Val);
}
break;
default:
// Added many values, do a full scale sort.
std::sort(Cache.begin(), Cache.end());
break;
}
}
/// getNonLocalPointerDepFromBB - Perform a dependency query based on
/// pointer/pointeesize starting at the end of StartBB. Add any clobber/def
/// results to the results vector and keep track of which blocks are visited in
/// 'Visited'.
///
/// This has special behavior for the first block queries (when SkipFirstBlock
/// is true). In this special case, it ignores the contents of the specified
/// block and starts returning dependence info for its predecessors.
///
/// This function returns false on success, or true to indicate that it could
/// not compute dependence information for some reason. This should be treated
/// as a clobber dependence on the first instruction in the predecessor block.
bool MemoryDependenceAnalysis::
getNonLocalPointerDepFromBB(const PHITransAddr &Pointer,
const AliasAnalysis::Location &Loc,
bool isLoad, BasicBlock *StartBB,
SmallVectorImpl &Result,
DenseMap &Visited,
bool SkipFirstBlock) {
// Look up the cached info for Pointer.
ValueIsLoadPair CacheKey(Pointer.getAddr(), isLoad);
// Set up a temporary NLPI value. If the map doesn't yet have an entry for
// CacheKey, this value will be inserted as the associated value. Otherwise,
// it'll be ignored, and we'll have to check to see if the cached size and
// tbaa tag are consistent with the current query.
NonLocalPointerInfo InitialNLPI;
InitialNLPI.Size = Loc.Size;
InitialNLPI.TBAATag = Loc.TBAATag;
// Get the NLPI for CacheKey, inserting one into the map if it doesn't
// already have one.
std::pair Pair =
NonLocalPointerDeps.insert(std::make_pair(CacheKey, InitialNLPI));
NonLocalPointerInfo *CacheInfo = &Pair.first->second;
// If we already have a cache entry for this CacheKey, we may need to do some
// work to reconcile the cache entry and the current query.
if (!Pair.second) {
if (CacheInfo->Size < Loc.Size) {
// The query's Size is greater than the cached one. Throw out the
// cached data and procede with the query at the greater size.
CacheInfo->Pair = BBSkipFirstBlockPair();
CacheInfo->Size = Loc.Size;
for (NonLocalDepInfo::iterator DI = CacheInfo->NonLocalDeps.begin(),
DE = CacheInfo->NonLocalDeps.end(); DI != DE; ++DI)
if (Instruction *Inst = DI->getResult().getInst())
RemoveFromReverseMap(ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps, Inst, CacheKey);
CacheInfo->NonLocalDeps.clear();
} else if (CacheInfo->Size > Loc.Size) {
// This query's Size is less than the cached one. Conservatively restart
// the query using the greater size.
return getNonLocalPointerDepFromBB(Pointer,
Loc.getWithNewSize(CacheInfo->Size),
isLoad, StartBB, Result, Visited,
SkipFirstBlock);
}
// If the query's TBAATag is inconsistent with the cached one,
// conservatively throw out the cached data and restart the query with
// no tag if needed.
if (CacheInfo->TBAATag != Loc.TBAATag) {
if (CacheInfo->TBAATag) {
CacheInfo->Pair = BBSkipFirstBlockPair();
CacheInfo->TBAATag = 0;
for (NonLocalDepInfo::iterator DI = CacheInfo->NonLocalDeps.begin(),
DE = CacheInfo->NonLocalDeps.end(); DI != DE; ++DI)
if (Instruction *Inst = DI->getResult().getInst())
RemoveFromReverseMap(ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps, Inst, CacheKey);
CacheInfo->NonLocalDeps.clear();
}
if (Loc.TBAATag)
return getNonLocalPointerDepFromBB(Pointer, Loc.getWithoutTBAATag(),
isLoad, StartBB, Result, Visited,
SkipFirstBlock);
}
}
NonLocalDepInfo *Cache = &CacheInfo->NonLocalDeps;
// If we have valid cached information for exactly the block we are
// investigating, just return it with no recomputation.
if (CacheInfo->Pair == BBSkipFirstBlockPair(StartBB, SkipFirstBlock)) {
// We have a fully cached result for this query then we can just return the
// cached results and populate the visited set. However, we have to verify
// that we don't already have conflicting results for these blocks. Check
// to ensure that if a block in the results set is in the visited set that
// it was for the same pointer query.
if (!Visited.empty()) {
for (NonLocalDepInfo::iterator I = Cache->begin(), E = Cache->end();
I != E; ++I) {
DenseMap::iterator VI = Visited.find(I->getBB());
if (VI == Visited.end() || VI->second == Pointer.getAddr())
continue;
// We have a pointer mismatch in a block. Just return clobber, saying
// that something was clobbered in this result. We could also do a
// non-fully cached query, but there is little point in doing this.
return true;
}
}
Value *Addr = Pointer.getAddr();
for (NonLocalDepInfo::iterator I = Cache->begin(), E = Cache->end();
I != E; ++I) {
Visited.insert(std::make_pair(I->getBB(), Addr));
if (!I->getResult().isNonLocal())
Result.push_back(NonLocalDepResult(I->getBB(), I->getResult(), Addr));
}
++NumCacheCompleteNonLocalPtr;
return false;
}
// Otherwise, either this is a new block, a block with an invalid cache
// pointer or one that we're about to invalidate by putting more info into it
// than its valid cache info. If empty, the result will be valid cache info,
// otherwise it isn't.
if (Cache->empty())
CacheInfo->Pair = BBSkipFirstBlockPair(StartBB, SkipFirstBlock);
else
CacheInfo->Pair = BBSkipFirstBlockPair();
SmallVector Worklist;
Worklist.push_back(StartBB);
// PredList used inside loop.
SmallVector, 16> PredList;
// Keep track of the entries that we know are sorted. Previously cached
// entries will all be sorted. The entries we add we only sort on demand (we
// don't insert every element into its sorted position). We know that we
// won't get any reuse from currently inserted values, because we don't
// revisit blocks after we insert info for them.
unsigned NumSortedEntries = Cache->size();
DEBUG(AssertSorted(*Cache));
while (!Worklist.empty()) {
BasicBlock *BB = Worklist.pop_back_val();
// Skip the first block if we have it.
if (!SkipFirstBlock) {
// Analyze the dependency of *Pointer in FromBB. See if we already have
// been here.
assert(Visited.count(BB) && "Should check 'visited' before adding to WL");
// Get the dependency info for Pointer in BB. If we have cached
// information, we will use it, otherwise we compute it.
DEBUG(AssertSorted(*Cache, NumSortedEntries));
MemDepResult Dep = GetNonLocalInfoForBlock(Loc, isLoad, BB, Cache,
NumSortedEntries);
// If we got a Def or Clobber, add this to the list of results.
if (!Dep.isNonLocal()) {
Result.push_back(NonLocalDepResult(BB, Dep, Pointer.getAddr()));
continue;
}
}
// If 'Pointer' is an instruction defined in this block, then we need to do
// phi translation to change it into a value live in the predecessor block.
// If not, we just add the predecessors to the worklist and scan them with
// the same Pointer.
if (!Pointer.NeedsPHITranslationFromBlock(BB)) {
SkipFirstBlock = false;
SmallVector NewBlocks;
for (BasicBlock **PI = PredCache->GetPreds(BB); *PI; ++PI) {
// Verify that we haven't looked at this block yet.
std::pair::iterator, bool>
InsertRes = Visited.insert(std::make_pair(*PI, Pointer.getAddr()));
if (InsertRes.second) {
// First time we've looked at *PI.
NewBlocks.push_back(*PI);
continue;
}
// If we have seen this block before, but it was with a different
// pointer then we have a phi translation failure and we have to treat
// this as a clobber.
if (InsertRes.first->second != Pointer.getAddr()) {
// Make sure to clean up the Visited map before continuing on to
// PredTranslationFailure.
for (unsigned i = 0; i < NewBlocks.size(); i++)
Visited.erase(NewBlocks[i]);
goto PredTranslationFailure;
}
}
Worklist.append(NewBlocks.begin(), NewBlocks.end());
continue;
}
// We do need to do phi translation, if we know ahead of time we can't phi
// translate this value, don't even try.
if (!Pointer.IsPotentiallyPHITranslatable())
goto PredTranslationFailure;
// We may have added values to the cache list before this PHI translation.
// If so, we haven't done anything to ensure that the cache remains sorted.
// Sort it now (if needed) so that recursive invocations of
// getNonLocalPointerDepFromBB and other routines that could reuse the cache
// value will only see properly sorted cache arrays.
if (Cache && NumSortedEntries != Cache->size()) {
SortNonLocalDepInfoCache(*Cache, NumSortedEntries);
NumSortedEntries = Cache->size();
}
Cache = 0;
PredList.clear();
for (BasicBlock **PI = PredCache->GetPreds(BB); *PI; ++PI) {
BasicBlock *Pred = *PI;
PredList.push_back(std::make_pair(Pred, Pointer));
// Get the PHI translated pointer in this predecessor. This can fail if
// not translatable, in which case the getAddr() returns null.
PHITransAddr &PredPointer = PredList.back().second;
PredPointer.PHITranslateValue(BB, Pred, 0);
Value *PredPtrVal = PredPointer.getAddr();
// Check to see if we have already visited this pred block with another
// pointer. If so, we can't do this lookup. This failure can occur
// with PHI translation when a critical edge exists and the PHI node in
// the successor translates to a pointer value different than the
// pointer the block was first analyzed with.
std::pair::iterator, bool>
InsertRes = Visited.insert(std::make_pair(Pred, PredPtrVal));
if (!InsertRes.second) {
// We found the pred; take it off the list of preds to visit.
PredList.pop_back();
// If the predecessor was visited with PredPtr, then we already did
// the analysis and can ignore it.
if (InsertRes.first->second == PredPtrVal)
continue;
// Otherwise, the block was previously analyzed with a different
// pointer. We can't represent the result of this case, so we just
// treat this as a phi translation failure.
// Make sure to clean up the Visited map before continuing on to
// PredTranslationFailure.
for (unsigned i = 0; i < PredList.size(); i++)
Visited.erase(PredList[i].first);
goto PredTranslationFailure;
}
}
// Actually process results here; this need to be a separate loop to avoid
// calling getNonLocalPointerDepFromBB for blocks we don't want to return
// any results for. (getNonLocalPointerDepFromBB will modify our
// datastructures in ways the code after the PredTranslationFailure label
// doesn't expect.)
for (unsigned i = 0; i < PredList.size(); i++) {
BasicBlock *Pred = PredList[i].first;
PHITransAddr &PredPointer = PredList[i].second;
Value *PredPtrVal = PredPointer.getAddr();
bool CanTranslate = true;
// If PHI translation was unable to find an available pointer in this
// predecessor, then we have to assume that the pointer is clobbered in
// that predecessor. We can still do PRE of the load, which would insert
// a computation of the pointer in this predecessor.
if (PredPtrVal == 0)
CanTranslate = false;
// FIXME: it is entirely possible that PHI translating will end up with
// the same value. Consider PHI translating something like:
// X = phi [x, bb1], [y, bb2]. PHI translating for bb1 doesn't *need*
// to recurse here, pedantically speaking.
// If getNonLocalPointerDepFromBB fails here, that means the cached
// result conflicted with the Visited list; we have to conservatively
// assume it is unknown, but this also does not block PRE of the load.
if (!CanTranslate ||
getNonLocalPointerDepFromBB(PredPointer,
Loc.getWithNewPtr(PredPtrVal),
isLoad, Pred,
Result, Visited)) {
// Add the entry to the Result list.
NonLocalDepResult Entry(Pred, MemDepResult::getUnknown(), PredPtrVal);
Result.push_back(Entry);
// Since we had a phi translation failure, the cache for CacheKey won't
// include all of the entries that we need to immediately satisfy future
// queries. Mark this in NonLocalPointerDeps by setting the
// BBSkipFirstBlockPair pointer to null. This requires reuse of the
// cached value to do more work but not miss the phi trans failure.
NonLocalPointerInfo &NLPI = NonLocalPointerDeps[CacheKey];
NLPI.Pair = BBSkipFirstBlockPair();
continue;
}
}
// Refresh the CacheInfo/Cache pointer so that it isn't invalidated.
CacheInfo = &NonLocalPointerDeps[CacheKey];
Cache = &CacheInfo->NonLocalDeps;
NumSortedEntries = Cache->size();
// Since we did phi translation, the "Cache" set won't contain all of the
// results for the query. This is ok (we can still use it to accelerate
// specific block queries) but we can't do the fastpath "return all
// results from the set" Clear out the indicator for this.
CacheInfo->Pair = BBSkipFirstBlockPair();
SkipFirstBlock = false;
continue;
PredTranslationFailure:
// The following code is "failure"; we can't produce a sane translation
// for the given block. It assumes that we haven't modified any of
// our datastructures while processing the current block.
if (Cache == 0) {
// Refresh the CacheInfo/Cache pointer if it got invalidated.
CacheInfo = &NonLocalPointerDeps[CacheKey];
Cache = &CacheInfo->NonLocalDeps;
NumSortedEntries = Cache->size();
}
// Since we failed phi translation, the "Cache" set won't contain all of the
// results for the query. This is ok (we can still use it to accelerate
// specific block queries) but we can't do the fastpath "return all
// results from the set". Clear out the indicator for this.
CacheInfo->Pair = BBSkipFirstBlockPair();
// If *nothing* works, mark the pointer as unknown.
//
// If this is the magic first block, return this as a clobber of the whole
// incoming value. Since we can't phi translate to one of the predecessors,
// we have to bail out.
if (SkipFirstBlock)
return true;
for (NonLocalDepInfo::reverse_iterator I = Cache->rbegin(); ; ++I) {
assert(I != Cache->rend() && "Didn't find current block??");
if (I->getBB() != BB)
continue;
assert(I->getResult().isNonLocal() &&
"Should only be here with transparent block");
I->setResult(MemDepResult::getUnknown());
Result.push_back(NonLocalDepResult(I->getBB(), I->getResult(),
Pointer.getAddr()));
break;
}
}
// Okay, we're done now. If we added new values to the cache, re-sort it.
SortNonLocalDepInfoCache(*Cache, NumSortedEntries);
DEBUG(AssertSorted(*Cache));
return false;
}
/// RemoveCachedNonLocalPointerDependencies - If P exists in
/// CachedNonLocalPointerInfo, remove it.
void MemoryDependenceAnalysis::
RemoveCachedNonLocalPointerDependencies(ValueIsLoadPair P) {
CachedNonLocalPointerInfo::iterator It =
NonLocalPointerDeps.find(P);
if (It == NonLocalPointerDeps.end()) return;
// Remove all of the entries in the BB->val map. This involves removing
// instructions from the reverse map.
NonLocalDepInfo &PInfo = It->second.NonLocalDeps;
for (unsigned i = 0, e = PInfo.size(); i != e; ++i) {
Instruction *Target = PInfo[i].getResult().getInst();
if (Target == 0) continue; // Ignore non-local dep results.
assert(Target->getParent() == PInfo[i].getBB());
// Eliminating the dirty entry from 'Cache', so update the reverse info.
RemoveFromReverseMap(ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps, Target, P);
}
// Remove P from NonLocalPointerDeps (which deletes NonLocalDepInfo).
NonLocalPointerDeps.erase(It);
}
/// invalidateCachedPointerInfo - This method is used to invalidate cached
/// information about the specified pointer, because it may be too
/// conservative in memdep. This is an optional call that can be used when
/// the client detects an equivalence between the pointer and some other
/// value and replaces the other value with ptr. This can make Ptr available
/// in more places that cached info does not necessarily keep.
void MemoryDependenceAnalysis::invalidateCachedPointerInfo(Value *Ptr) {
// If Ptr isn't really a pointer, just ignore it.
if (!Ptr->getType()->isPointerTy()) return;
// Flush store info for the pointer.
RemoveCachedNonLocalPointerDependencies(ValueIsLoadPair(Ptr, false));
// Flush load info for the pointer.
RemoveCachedNonLocalPointerDependencies(ValueIsLoadPair(Ptr, true));
}
/// invalidateCachedPredecessors - Clear the PredIteratorCache info.
/// This needs to be done when the CFG changes, e.g., due to splitting
/// critical edges.
void MemoryDependenceAnalysis::invalidateCachedPredecessors() {
PredCache->clear();
}
/// removeInstruction - Remove an instruction from the dependence analysis,
/// updating the dependence of instructions that previously depended on it.
/// This method attempts to keep the cache coherent using the reverse map.
void MemoryDependenceAnalysis::removeInstruction(Instruction *RemInst) {
// Walk through the Non-local dependencies, removing this one as the value
// for any cached queries.
NonLocalDepMapType::iterator NLDI = NonLocalDeps.find(RemInst);
if (NLDI != NonLocalDeps.end()) {
NonLocalDepInfo &BlockMap = NLDI->second.first;
for (NonLocalDepInfo::iterator DI = BlockMap.begin(), DE = BlockMap.end();
DI != DE; ++DI)
if (Instruction *Inst = DI->getResult().getInst())
RemoveFromReverseMap(ReverseNonLocalDeps, Inst, RemInst);
NonLocalDeps.erase(NLDI);
}
// If we have a cached local dependence query for this instruction, remove it.
//
LocalDepMapType::iterator LocalDepEntry = LocalDeps.find(RemInst);
if (LocalDepEntry != LocalDeps.end()) {
// Remove us from DepInst's reverse set now that the local dep info is gone.
if (Instruction *Inst = LocalDepEntry->second.getInst())
RemoveFromReverseMap(ReverseLocalDeps, Inst, RemInst);
// Remove this local dependency info.
LocalDeps.erase(LocalDepEntry);
}
// If we have any cached pointer dependencies on this instruction, remove
// them. If the instruction has non-pointer type, then it can't be a pointer
// base.
// Remove it from both the load info and the store info. The instruction
// can't be in either of these maps if it is non-pointer.
if (RemInst->getType()->isPointerTy()) {
RemoveCachedNonLocalPointerDependencies(ValueIsLoadPair(RemInst, false));
RemoveCachedNonLocalPointerDependencies(ValueIsLoadPair(RemInst, true));
}
// Loop over all of the things that depend on the instruction we're removing.
//
SmallVector, 8> ReverseDepsToAdd;
// If we find RemInst as a clobber or Def in any of the maps for other values,
// we need to replace its entry with a dirty version of the instruction after
// it. If RemInst is a terminator, we use a null dirty value.
//
// Using a dirty version of the instruction after RemInst saves having to scan
// the entire block to get to this point.
MemDepResult NewDirtyVal;
if (!RemInst->isTerminator())
NewDirtyVal = MemDepResult::getDirty(++BasicBlock::iterator(RemInst));
ReverseDepMapType::iterator ReverseDepIt = ReverseLocalDeps.find(RemInst);
if (ReverseDepIt != ReverseLocalDeps.end()) {
SmallPtrSet &ReverseDeps = ReverseDepIt->second;
// RemInst can't be the terminator if it has local stuff depending on it.
assert(!ReverseDeps.empty() && !isa(RemInst) &&
"Nothing can locally depend on a terminator");
for (SmallPtrSet::iterator I = ReverseDeps.begin(),
E = ReverseDeps.end(); I != E; ++I) {
Instruction *InstDependingOnRemInst = *I;
assert(InstDependingOnRemInst != RemInst &&
"Already removed our local dep info");
LocalDeps[InstDependingOnRemInst] = NewDirtyVal;
// Make sure to remember that new things depend on NewDepInst.
assert(NewDirtyVal.getInst() && "There is no way something else can have "
"a local dep on this if it is a terminator!");
ReverseDepsToAdd.push_back(std::make_pair(NewDirtyVal.getInst(),
InstDependingOnRemInst));
}
ReverseLocalDeps.erase(ReverseDepIt);
// Add new reverse deps after scanning the set, to avoid invalidating the
// 'ReverseDeps' reference.
while (!ReverseDepsToAdd.empty()) {
ReverseLocalDeps[ReverseDepsToAdd.back().first]
.insert(ReverseDepsToAdd.back().second);
ReverseDepsToAdd.pop_back();
}
}
ReverseDepIt = ReverseNonLocalDeps.find(RemInst);
if (ReverseDepIt != ReverseNonLocalDeps.end()) {
SmallPtrSet &Set = ReverseDepIt->second;
for (SmallPtrSet::iterator I = Set.begin(), E = Set.end();
I != E; ++I) {
assert(*I != RemInst && "Already removed NonLocalDep info for RemInst");
PerInstNLInfo &INLD = NonLocalDeps[*I];
// The information is now dirty!
INLD.second = true;
for (NonLocalDepInfo::iterator DI = INLD.first.begin(),
DE = INLD.first.end(); DI != DE; ++DI) {
if (DI->getResult().getInst() != RemInst) continue;
// Convert to a dirty entry for the subsequent instruction.
DI->setResult(NewDirtyVal);
if (Instruction *NextI = NewDirtyVal.getInst())
ReverseDepsToAdd.push_back(std::make_pair(NextI, *I));
}
}
ReverseNonLocalDeps.erase(ReverseDepIt);
// Add new reverse deps after scanning the set, to avoid invalidating 'Set'
while (!ReverseDepsToAdd.empty()) {
ReverseNonLocalDeps[ReverseDepsToAdd.back().first]
.insert(ReverseDepsToAdd.back().second);
ReverseDepsToAdd.pop_back();
}
}
// If the instruction is in ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps then it appears as a
// value in the NonLocalPointerDeps info.
ReverseNonLocalPtrDepTy::iterator ReversePtrDepIt =
ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps.find(RemInst);
if (ReversePtrDepIt != ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps.end()) {
SmallPtrSet &Set = ReversePtrDepIt->second;
SmallVector,8> ReversePtrDepsToAdd;
for (SmallPtrSet::iterator I = Set.begin(),
E = Set.end(); I != E; ++I) {
ValueIsLoadPair P = *I;
assert(P.getPointer() != RemInst &&
"Already removed NonLocalPointerDeps info for RemInst");
NonLocalDepInfo &NLPDI = NonLocalPointerDeps[P].NonLocalDeps;
// The cache is not valid for any specific block anymore.
NonLocalPointerDeps[P].Pair = BBSkipFirstBlockPair();
// Update any entries for RemInst to use the instruction after it.
for (NonLocalDepInfo::iterator DI = NLPDI.begin(), DE = NLPDI.end();
DI != DE; ++DI) {
if (DI->getResult().getInst() != RemInst) continue;
// Convert to a dirty entry for the subsequent instruction.
DI->setResult(NewDirtyVal);
if (Instruction *NewDirtyInst = NewDirtyVal.getInst())
ReversePtrDepsToAdd.push_back(std::make_pair(NewDirtyInst, P));
}
// Re-sort the NonLocalDepInfo. Changing the dirty entry to its
// subsequent value may invalidate the sortedness.
std::sort(NLPDI.begin(), NLPDI.end());
}
ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps.erase(ReversePtrDepIt);
while (!ReversePtrDepsToAdd.empty()) {
ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps[ReversePtrDepsToAdd.back().first]
.insert(ReversePtrDepsToAdd.back().second);
ReversePtrDepsToAdd.pop_back();
}
}
assert(!NonLocalDeps.count(RemInst) && "RemInst got reinserted?");
AA->deleteValue(RemInst);
DEBUG(verifyRemoved(RemInst));
}
/// verifyRemoved - Verify that the specified instruction does not occur
/// in our internal data structures.
void MemoryDependenceAnalysis::verifyRemoved(Instruction *D) const {
for (LocalDepMapType::const_iterator I = LocalDeps.begin(),
E = LocalDeps.end(); I != E; ++I) {
assert(I->first != D && "Inst occurs in data structures");
assert(I->second.getInst() != D &&
"Inst occurs in data structures");
}
for (CachedNonLocalPointerInfo::const_iterator I =NonLocalPointerDeps.begin(),
E = NonLocalPointerDeps.end(); I != E; ++I) {
assert(I->first.getPointer() != D && "Inst occurs in NLPD map key");
const NonLocalDepInfo &Val = I->second.NonLocalDeps;
for (NonLocalDepInfo::const_iterator II = Val.begin(), E = Val.end();
II != E; ++II)
assert(II->getResult().getInst() != D && "Inst occurs as NLPD value");
}
for (NonLocalDepMapType::const_iterator I = NonLocalDeps.begin(),
E = NonLocalDeps.end(); I != E; ++I) {
assert(I->first != D && "Inst occurs in data structures");
const PerInstNLInfo &INLD = I->second;
for (NonLocalDepInfo::const_iterator II = INLD.first.begin(),
EE = INLD.first.end(); II != EE; ++II)
assert(II->getResult().getInst() != D && "Inst occurs in data structures");
}
for (ReverseDepMapType::const_iterator I = ReverseLocalDeps.begin(),
E = ReverseLocalDeps.end(); I != E; ++I) {
assert(I->first != D && "Inst occurs in data structures");
for (SmallPtrSet::const_iterator II = I->second.begin(),
EE = I->second.end(); II != EE; ++II)
assert(*II != D && "Inst occurs in data structures");
}
for (ReverseDepMapType::const_iterator I = ReverseNonLocalDeps.begin(),
E = ReverseNonLocalDeps.end();
I != E; ++I) {
assert(I->first != D && "Inst occurs in data structures");
for (SmallPtrSet::const_iterator II = I->second.begin(),
EE = I->second.end(); II != EE; ++II)
assert(*II != D && "Inst occurs in data structures");
}
for (ReverseNonLocalPtrDepTy::const_iterator
I = ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps.begin(),
E = ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps.end(); I != E; ++I) {
assert(I->first != D && "Inst occurs in rev NLPD map");
for (SmallPtrSet::const_iterator II = I->second.begin(),
E = I->second.end(); II != E; ++II)
assert(*II != ValueIsLoadPair(D, false) &&
*II != ValueIsLoadPair(D, true) &&
"Inst occurs in ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps map");
}
} | {
"pile_set_name": "Pile-CC"
} |
Florida Dyslexia Testing
Dr. Jim Forgan is a certified dyslexia testing specialist and school neuropsychologist in Jupiter, Florida. He has tested hundreds of children specifically for dyslexia. Jim will identify if your child has dyslexia along with its severity. He will also identify the best teaching methods and reading programs to help your child become a strong reader. After dyslexia testing with Jim Forgan you’ll have the answers you were hoping for and clear direction on how to help your child.
Florida Dyslexia Testing Expert
Call around and ask others if they are ‘certified’ to test for dyslexia and you’ll find people say they test for dyslexia but they are not ‘certified.’ There is a big difference. Jim Forgan is certified by international dyslexia expert Susan Barton as a dyslexia testing specialist and licensed by the state of Florida as a school psychologist. Susan Barton is the creator of the Orton-Gillingham influenced Barton Reading and Spelling System that is used in school around the world.
Dyslexia Testing Process
Jim offers Florida dyslexia testing and works with families from around the state including dyslexia testing from Miami, dyslexia testing Orlando, and dyslexia testing Ft. Myers. Dyslexia testing takes four hours and can be completed in one day or over two days. Most teens prefer to complete dyslexia testing in one day while younger children typically perform best in 2, two hour sessions. If you are coming from a distance we work with your schedule to perhaps do one afternoon session and then a morning session. There are many hotel options in the area where you can spend the night. In addition, Jupiter has the Loggerhead Turtle Rescue park, Jupiter Lighthouse, beach, and mini-golf that you may enjoy. There are many waterfront restaurants.
The dyslexia testing process begins with a parent meeting so we understand your concerns and the most important questions you want to learn from testing. After this your child starts testing and breaks are taken as needed. There is no one test for dyslexia so we use a battery of 15 plus activities to assess your child for dyslexia. These include:
At the end of the testing process it takes us one week to score everything and write up the results. We discuss the results with you in person or by phone.
Group Dyslexia Screening Test in Florida
Jim Forgan, Florida Dyslexia Testing expert, is also available to screen groups of children for dyslexia at your school. This individual screening is ten minutes or less and ideal for schools that want to start an early intervention program to help children at-risk for dyslexia. We come to your school to conduct the screenings. Call for additional information. | {
"pile_set_name": "Pile-CC"
} |
Grants available for local fish and wildlife projects
Starting Dec. 1, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will accept grant applications for volunteer projects that benefit fish and wildlife.
WDFW currently expects that about $258,000 will be available for these grants, funded through the state’s Aquatic Land Enhancement Account (ALEA), beginning July 1, 2014.
Five major types of projects are funded through the program, although others may be considered. These project types include habitat restoration, scientific research, public education, facility development and artificial fish production.
Eligible applicants are citizens, non-profit organizations, schools (including universities), tribes and political subdivisions of the state such as conservation districts. For-profit businesses, as well as state and federal agencies are not eligible.
Funds are provided on a cost-reimbursement basis and may not be used for salaries, wages, stipends or benefits. Grantees are required to follow state purchasing rules and report on their progress quarterly. | {
"pile_set_name": "Pile-CC"
} |
Trudeau Comes Under Fire For Fidel Castro Statement
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid his condolences after the death of Fidel Castro, but many people are upset with what he said.
Castro, Cuban revolutionary leader and former president, died Friday night at the age of 90, after a long, controversial rule.
Early Saturday morning while at the Francophonie Summit in Madagascar, Trudeau offered his condolences in a statement, calling him a “legendary revolutionary and orator.”
The prime minister went on to say that “Mr. Castro made significant improvements to the education and healthcare of his island nation.”
But many are condemning the statement, pointing out human rights violations during Castro’s half-century regime.
Conservative leadership hopeful Kellie Leitch wrote on Facebook that Trudeau should have called Castro’s administration “brutal, oppressive, and murderous”, rather than describing him “as if reading from a story book.”
Maxime Bernier, who is also running for the Conservative leadership, called Trudeau’s statement “repugnant.” | {
"pile_set_name": "Pile-CC"
} |
How many billion?! Google offered to buy Snapchat for more than the GDP of these countries
Massive offer is an "open secret" in the offices of Snap, parent company of Snapchat.
Snapchat owner Snap currently has a market cap of around $15bn.Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Snap, the parent company of social network Snapchat, reportedly turned down an offer to be bought by Google for $30bn (£23bn).
Headed by 27-year-old chief executive Evan Spiegel, Snap currently has a market cap of around $15bn, valuing the company at half that of Google's claimed offer.
Snap's current cap is down $5bn from a $20bn valuation in May 2016 and $9bn behind what it was worth when it floated on the stock market in March 2017.
To give context to Google'a massive offer, here is a list of countries with a 2016 GDP (gross domestic product) of less than what the company believed Snap is worth. Data published by World Bank Group.
Latvia - $27.7bn
Paraguay - $27.4bn
Uganda - $25.5bn
Cameroon - $24.2bn
Estonia - $23.1bn
Nepal - $21.1bn
Iceland - $20bn
Cyprus - $19.8bn
Alternatively, Google believes Snap is worth four Isle of Mans.
The $30bn figure offered by Google, which is owned by parent company Alphabet, is reportedly an "open secret" among Snap employees. Three people, both inside and close to the company, have reported the figure to Business Insider, which first heard rumours of the buyout offer in 2016.
The publication said it "first heard the rumour of Google's $30bn+ interest in Snap last year and heard further tales of the discussions from more insiders over the past several days."
Google attempted to buy up Snap before it floated on the stock market, and the offer was reportedly still on the table after the floatation. But, known for his determination to run Snap on his own terms, Spiegel appears to have declined the enormous offer.
This isn't the first time the young CEO has dismissed a multi-billion dollar offer for his company. Back in 2013 he is believed to have turned down a $3bn buyout offer from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, followed by a $4bn offer from Google.
Upping the ante from $4bn to $30bn over the course of just four years shows how much Google values Snapchat, its young, engaged audience, the success of Snap's Spectacles – and how much the search giant wants to crack social media. So far, creating a service to take on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat has alluded Google, whose Google+ network never took off in the way it had hoped. | {
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The comments were by far the harshest by a member of the Canadian government, which is trying to prevent a trade war with the United States.
As recently as Monday, Trudeau had said he would not play politics with the issue. (Image Credit: Twitter)
Canadian PrimeMinister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said the U.S. practice of separating immigrant children from their parents on the southern border was unacceptable and wrong.
The comments were by far the harshest by a member of the Canadian government, which is trying to prevent a trade war with the United States. As recently as Monday, Trudeau had said he would not play politics with the issue.
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Hello everyone, my name is Brad J Tesh and I am an Author and Freelance Writer. This blog is a reflection of my writings, meanderings, ideas and inner insights. Writing is a very affluent avenue of self-expression and individualism. Words have a way of capturing the essence of who we are as human beings and provide insights and connectivity’s into the tapestry of the world that revolves around us.
I have written published articles, poetry and books through the years.
I completed Advanced placement English/Literature courses in high school and college.
Note: All writing is copyrighted by Brad Jarrett Tesh. Please ask me if you would like to use my writing or portions of it, and I will take it into consideration, and give you written or verbal permission. You may also share my writing if I share it publicly. Using ideas that I present in my writing is also acceptable, as long as some type of credit is given. I sincerely appreciate referrals to my website and writing blog. Many Joyful Blessings to you! | {
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Winter issue of Aeropartner's DarkBlue Jet in-flight magazine just released and available on boards
27. 1. 2019
Since January 29 2019 the new issue of Aeropartner's DarkBlue Jet in-flight magazine is available on boards. Simultaneously the "Flying with Czech Whisky" project has been launched where our passengers can taste complimentary samples of the unique brand named Trebitsch Old Town Distilery during flight (or take away after landing). To find out more (not only) about how the Czech Whisky was born and how competitive it is on the world market explore recent issue of DarkBlue Jet. | {
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"The Tobin Project has had great success bringing academics and policymakers together to think through the hardest questions confronting American democracy today. At a time of partisan gridlock, the Tobin Project is an oasis of big thinking aimed at the common good."– Michael Sandel (Harvard University, Government) | {
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Sexual abuse in sports (KOR)
Jan 14,2019
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Shim Suk-hee’s Me Too revelations about her years of sexual assaults by her coach — even until shortly before the PyeongChang Winter Olympics last February — has shaken the sports community, as well as our entire society.
Various sporting associations held a joint press conference claiming that there were five to six more victims on the skating team. Two of them have already named the wrongdoer. Some athletes are still active on the ice, having endured sexual abuse from early ages, just as Shim did.
Coaches and team heads have absolute power over athletes. Aspiring athletes are put under their care and training from a tender age. After years of training, the coach can turn into a lordly figure with complete influence over the athletes. Shim was repeatedly abused by the former national team coach Cho Jae-beom under such a strict hierarchic power structure. What is shocking is that the sports system had no protection for young athletes.
The National Assembly, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korean Sports & Olympic Committee all rushed to come out with countermeasures amidst a deepening public outrage. Some of the measures include installation of closed-circuit cameras in national sports training centers, including locker rooms, and investigations of national athlete villages in Seoul and Jincheon, North Chungcheong, as well as a broad probe of sexual abuses. But most of these measures are simply knee-jerk reactions, except for permanently kicking out any coach with sexual abuse in their past.
According to a report by Hannam University, 73 out of 2,000 surveyed athletes — including those on the national team — have claimed to have been victims of sexual assault by their coaches. The offenses mostly took place in dorms, but also occured on training sites, in locker rooms, shower rooms and even the coaches’ rooms. An athletes’ village, which should have been a resting place for athletes, was actually a place of danger.
The matter must not be left to a certain sporting association or the Korean Sports & Olympic Association (KSOA). Serious sexual crimes have been committed in sports facilities built and running on tax funds by leaders who are paid by the government. The government must ensure that young sports players have nothing to fear. | {
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Kentucky Clerk Asks Judge, Again, for a Way Out of Gay-Marriage Order – NBCNews.com
A Kentucky court clerk is once again asking a federal judge for an order freeing her from the obligation of issuing marriage licenses, a move that would allow her to remain in office while still refusing to acknowledge same-sex unions.
Kim Davis ignited a fierce debate in her office in Rowan County, Kentucky this week when she defied orders to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court declaring the constitutionality of same-sex marriages. Davis, a born-again Apostolic Christian, said issuing the licenses to gay couples would violate “God’s definition of marriage” and would infringe on her religious freedom.
The unorthodox gambit appears to have little chance of succeeding.
Rowan County, Kentucky, Clerk Kim Davis has refused to issue marriage licenses in defiance of a U. S. Supreme Court declaration that gay marriage is constitutional. Timothy D. Easley / AP
Her request was filed Wednesday with the same judge that issued an earlier order directing her to grant marriage licenses in performance of her official duties while her freedom-of-religion claims move through the courts. Davis is essentially asking the judge for a way out of that order.
Her lawyers argued she shouldn’t have to issue any licenses until her claims are resolved.
Davis is already facing demands that a judge find her in contempt of court. A hearing that issue is scheduled for Thursday; her lawyers must file their response by the close of business Wednesday.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which is one of the groups seeking the contempt order, called Davis’ move “a blatant attempt to have a second bite at the apple.”
“This matter is settled, and Ms. Davis can’t avoid the contempt hearing tomorrow by asking for a do-over,” ACLU senior staff attorney Heather Weaver said.
Davis continued to fend off hopeful same-sex couples on Wednesday, turning away two men from Ohio who’d driven to Rowan County for a marriage license.
Robbie Blankenship and Jesse Cruz acknowledged they could have sought a license in their home state, or in another Kentucky county, but said they had the right to get one wherever they chose.
As reporters watched and protesters shouted, Davis told the couple her office wasn’t issuing licenses. Blankenship argued with her, accusing her of “using God for hate” and accusing Davis, who has been divorced three times, of hypocrisy.
“Your interpretation of the Bible doesn’t trump the Constitution,” Blankenship said.
“Our Constitution was founded on faith,” …Read More | {
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UNICEF helps children worldwide
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
To the editor:
Over the past 27 years, children have raised more than $132 million through Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, giving hope to children all over the world. As needs change or crises occur worldwide, the money raised by this effort is channeled to those needs. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF was created, inspired and powered by kids, and only Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF has empowered generations to make lasting change in their global community.
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF collection boxes are available at Pier One Imports, Carol's Hallmark Shop and Kirlin's Hallmark. Stop by, get boxes for your children or grandchildren, and you can help in this effort. And if a child knocks on your door yelling "Trick-or-treat" and you see that little orange UNICEF box, please know that any contributions you make will literally save lives. | {
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Now, here’s the thing. There are going to be a lot of writers at this conference. This is an event where writers of varying backgrounds—fiction, non-fiction, beginners, seasoned veterans—go to pitch their ideas and perfect their approach to business. This isn’t really a “con” like RavenCon or Balticon, but this is an honest-to-God, professional, industry conference. No cosplayers. (But we will get punked up for the Steampunk panel, sure!) No panels on who would win in a fight—Batman or Superman. (Supes.) Less fans of our writing and more people who want to be professional writers. (Awww yeah, it’s business time!) This is a very different dynamic than a book event at a teashop or a steampunk convention. This is an event where writers are learning about the business of books. Continue reading →
It also means showing respect for those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice so that we could have cookouts in the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave. Sometimes, you can forget why we enjoy the extended weekend. This particular one comes with a pretty powerful price tag, regardless of what the sales at Macy’s and Bed, Bath, & Beyond advertise.
Last year, Pip and I were not in attendance at Balticon, the premier weekend of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. We had been given Featured Guest status at Up in the Æther (now called Steamtopia) so we figured after years (a decade for me!) of attending Balticon, it was time for a change of pace. Detroit was a fantastic town with awesome people, and it was a good weekend all around…
…but yes, it was weird not being in Hunt Valley, Maryland, on Memorial Day Weekend.
This year, Pip and I are excited to be returning. Unlike other literary events, Balticon offers a track specific to New Media (blogging, podcasting, Facebook, etc.), originally started up by Paul Fischer back in 2005. From that single panel on what a podcast is, the New Media track (which covers production, fan discussions, and live recordings) grew, even earning the nickname “The Other Balticon” which I think is a bit unfair as some of the most talented people — not just the writers, but the creative artists that also speak on the track — I’ve met are all on this track. Over the years, though, Balticon’s amazing staff have integrated the New Media track with other tracks; and this year’s 48th incarnation of the event promises to be a fantastic time!
But what is it about book trailers that make authors, agents, and publishers so skeptical? I got a few ideas, and a lot of those ideas came from this project, this idea that has evolved into a glimpse at a fantasy realized: Adapting a book and making a movie. Look, I know something like that is a longshot, especially having an idea of how things work in Hollywood, but it is still pretty neat to see this coming to life.
So far my own experiences between Phoenix Rising and The Janus Affair have taught me a few things in making a book trailer; and in what I thought was going to be a three-part series (but is probably going to go to four), I thought I’d pass along a few ideas to keep in mind when deciding to shoot and produce your own book trailer. Continue reading →
James Langton, you might recall, gave his voice to us for Harper Audio’s kicking production of Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel. He’s back for The Janus Affair, and we could not be happier about it. Harper Audio gave us this preview for our podcast (you DO know about the steampunk podcast anthologyPip and I do, right?), and after hearing it, Pip and I can’t wait to hear what James comes up with next! We are so stoked to have him bringing Wellington and Eliza to life, and hopefully we will hear him again when Book Three is green-lit for production.
Yeah, today was rough. I’m snapping back from the weekend at the Steampunk World’s Fair. It was beastly getting up there, but coming home was a snap. Because of that cluster-fuck journey through traffic hell, I’m planning an EARLY departure for Balticon.It torques me slightly that I’ve got to work Thursday night, but it’s a job. I’d rather have a minor inconvenience than unemployment, and this job’s keeping everyone sane…well, everyone but me seeing as I’ve got two ACX titles awaiting production, a book trailer nearing completion (so close…), and Blogworld NY looming in the distance. How did things get so overbooked?!
Oh yeah. Unemployment. Feast or famine, right?
So, in eight days, The Janus Affair happens. It feels completely different as Pip and I had copies of the book waiting for us at SPWF as giveaways. I have no clue if those attendees (some who knew us from both the book and the podcasts) really grasped that they were getting free copies of the book before its release but there you go. Harper Voyager, it feels, has an entirely different attitude about this title. Are their hopes up? Are they thinking this could be a breakaway title? Who knows…
We sure don’t.
What we do know is that our book trailer is closing in on completion, we got Balticon closing in fast, and I’m trying to keep everything on track. All this, and I have two books to get cracking on. (Writing, I mean…not the ACX titles…)
And technically, Summer still hasn’t even begun. Hoo-boy.
The event this weekend was good fun. Pip and I shopped and socialized. That P.J. Schnyder…what a dynamo. And this book? Yeah, I think the trailer does it justice.
You think I would have this “new book” thing down. I don’t. That fear before a launch — it never gets old.
So, I’m all rested up and recovered from an amazing weekend at the Steampunk World’s Fair (review in the works). What’s next?
Why, another con appearance, of course…
Concluding The Ministry MAY-hem Tour (at least, this part of it) is an old favorite of mine — BALTICON. It was nearly ten years ago when I first arrived at this event with Morevi. I looked something like this back then…
This was before the time of facial hair, before the days of podcasting, before the days of Facebook, Twitter, and Social Media. Right now, I’d love to go up to that guy and say “You have no idea what’s in store for you, bro.”
I promised myself to work on my blogging skills. It’s a bit like getting back into shape, you know? I’m struggling to get back into a routine, and everyone around me is telling to cut myself a break considering the year I have been facing. The reality is, just like staying in shape, I have to do this. Next year, as many of you know, I will be returning to novel-length fiction with my first mass market paperback novel, Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel. Me. The Kiwi. Steampunk. The cover is just beautiful, I’m telling you. Stay patient and, as soon as we get approval, we will go live with it.
2011 is a big step for me as a writer; and I’m trying to take everything I have learned since 2002 when Morevi first rolled off the presses, and apply it to the now. One of the hardest lessons I learned over this near-decade of writing professionally is just how easy it is to find yourself in the red. Not the red ink of an editor’s pen, mind you, but the financial red of your bank account telling you in so many words that you — the professional author — are flat broke. Continue reading →
Back in December, you might recall a blogpost proclaiming my love for New Zealand smut. Well, Chef Ballantine appreciated my kind words so much concerning the podcast too hot for iTunes, Erotica ala Carte, that she invited me to cook in her kitchen. The ingredients this naughty Gordon Ramsey (with help from her listeners) threw at me were:
Alternative History
Government Bureau
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
The end result is the short story (borderline novella) “Release Me” which dropped just before Balticon. As I mentioned, the story seemed to write itself and really took on some serious momentum, surprising (if not, disturbing) me. The end result, though, I am quite happy with:
In an alternative America a superhero learns a lesson in control.
Inspired by my favorite film of the year so far, Watchmen, I went with a government bureau of superheroes instead of something along the lines of The X-Files. (I think that is what folks were expecting.) There are also a few nods to the Twitter community and a homage to one of my Geek Chic heroines. This was a lot of fun, and a terrific exercise for me as a writer. So as it stands, J.C. Hutchins has challenged me with writing a thriller and Pip has tapped me for erotica. What’s next? Horror?
Hey, everyone! I’m closing in on a pretty busy chunk of time, and it all starts next week. As you can see in the photo, I attempted to jump to New Zealand, get a head start on the travel. The only problem is this picture is taken at CREATE South 2009 in Myrtle Beach, so that puts me by the Atlantic.
Oh yeah, and while I got some serious hang time in the photo…my distance was FAIL!
Before I get into the schedule, I got good news on All a Twitter: the manuscript is now at the publisher and currently being prepped for printing. You can pre-order the book but keep an eye on Imagine That! Studios for latest developments on my latest book concerning Social Media, and get ready — I got something else coming this summer.
If you are in New Zealand and looking for a primer on Social Media, you can still sign-up for the Auckland workshop. I could not be more excited about this upcoming trip the Land of the Great White Cloud…
18.5 hours on a plane…AFTER I fly from DC to San Fran. Whoofah!
Next time we talk, I’ll be in the Southern Hemisphere. See you on the other side of the world! | {
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Destination Baja
This is the story of how local people in Baja, Mexico, stopped hunting "devil-fish" (gray whales), and instead developed a whale-watching co-op that now caters to tourists from all over the world. They're also getting rich by setting fishing rules for themselves that are stricter than the government regulations. | {
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COMPUGRAPH II
Computing by Graph Transformation
De 1992-10-01
à 1995-09-30
Détails concernant le projet
Coût total:
Non disponible
Contribution de l'UE:
Non disponible
Coordonné à/au(x)/en:
Germany
Objectif
The major aim of COMPUGRAPH II is to demonstrate the potential of graph transformation as a uniform framework for the development of modern software systems. In order to reach this aim, objectives have been established under the headings of foundations, concurrent computing, and graph transformation for specification and programming.
Within the area of foundations, research is directed towards the unification, extension, and completion of existing graph transformation theories.
In concurrent computing, the aim is to elaborate a graph transformation-based approach which can provide operation semantics for various models of concurrent computing (including Petri-nets and process description languages) and enhances correct and comprehensive specifications.
The graph transformation for specification and programming area considers graph transformation as the kernel of a rule-based specification language and aims at extending this kernel by typing mechanism, module and transformation concepts, applicability constraints, transactions, and concepts developed within concurrent computing in order to improve the feasibility of graph rewriting as a system specification method.The research is working towards a unification and extension of the theory of graph transformation so that it can provide a uniform paradigm for computing, that is, for the specification, implementation, programming, and analysis of sequential, parallel and distributed systems.
A Hybrid Query Language for extended entity relationship databases has been developed. The language integrates graphical and textual notations. Its semantics is based on graph transformations. There is an ongoing research of applying high level replacement systems to different kinds of petri-nets. This has already lead to important new results for net transformation systems with interesting applications to specification of distributed systems.A suitable variant of graph grammars has been used to specify the operational behaviour of an abstract machine that implements narrowing.The notion of an actor grammar has been generalized to the more natural notion of an electronic support measure (ESM) system for which a compositional semantics has been presented. A different graph transformation model of actor systems has motivated the investigation of transformations dealing with consistent graph structures only.A new framework for attributed graph transformations has been proposed. The manipulation of values taken from a suitably specified algebra is smoothly integrated into the framework of single pushout graph transformations.Investigations about a new, truly concurrent semantics for graph grammars has been started. The first relevant result is the definition of an original notion of equivalence among graph derivations, which relates derivations which are essentially the same from the truly concurrent point of view.Collage grammars have been introduced as a rule based device for picture generation. Collages consist of geometric objects together with entities 'hyperedges' that are repeatedly replaced by collages during the generation process.ACTIVITIES
The work within COMPUGRAPH II is structured around three research areas: foundations; concurrent computing; graph transformation for specification and programming. Smaller teams have been established to tackle area-based issues.
This work will be organised by joint research and several meetings of two or more partners in each team in cooperation with European and international experts; for this reason the Group has drawn up an non-exclusive list of 11 scientific correspondents.
Three international workshops - including one in the USA in 1994 (for which an additional joint ESPRIT/NSF proposal has just been accepted) - will be used to demonstrate and integrate the results of the research areas. Moreover results will also be presented in scientific journals and at European and international conferences. COMPUGRAPH II will participate in and contribute to workshops of ESPRIT groups investigating related issues, including SEMAGRAPH II (6345), COMPASS II (6112), and workshops and conferences in the area of theoretical and applied Computer Science.
POTENTIAL
COMPUGRAPH II should provide a solid semantic foundation for new system specification and programming paradigms based on unified graph transformation models and the necessary theoretical background for initiating languageand CASE-based projects centered around these paradigms. | {
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Important Note: When you contribute to this Kickstarter project, you are not buying a visible piece of art! You will not receive a painting or a film or a photograph in your mailbox. What you will receive is something even more fascinating: The opportunity to collaborate in an act of artistic creation. You will receive a title card with a description of a piece of art, as well as a letter of authentication. You may mount this card on a blank wall in your home or gallery.
One individual even purchased one of these imaginary masterpieces for ten thousand dollars.
Will someone tell the Emperor that he’s not wearing any clothes?!
Update:
Looks like the individual that purchased the imaginary art for 10K has requested and received a refund : http://youtu.be/EGIvXvJwWXI | {
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Develop is launching a brand new weekly email newsletter dedicated to helping you find the best and latest jobs available in games development.
The #DevelopJobs newsletter will include the latest vacancies posted to our jobs board, which currently has more than 2,000 positions listed, as well as the latest recruitment and personnel news from around the industry.
Click here to subscribe to our weekly #DevelopJobs newsletter – it's completely free. The first edition will shortly be sent to those who are also already subscribed to our jobs alerts.
This launch is the latest initiative by Develop to help developers both established and aspiring find their next career move. Earlier this year, we created a brand new monthly recruitment section for our magazine.
Online, we have begun publishing weekly instalments of our popular Get The Job section, detailing how you can hone your skills for the industry's most coveted positions, as well as a new series of articles entitled Breaking Into Games, detailing how industry veterans first got into games development. | {
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How Excel handles array expressions and constants in single-cell and multi-cell formulas is not well documented. So here is my attempt to shed some light on the subject. What are Constant Arrays? Constant arrays are Excel formula expressions that allow … Continue reading → | {
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All New Patches have arrived
We received a couple of new patches this week including a small and large version of a new crusader knight patch, the Daytona 2019 Bike Week Patch and the Large version of the Holy Warrior Patch. They are available for purchase right now. | {
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Our latest new shipment comes to us from Atelier-Pierrot, with new bustle corset dresses and skirts, blouses, vest-style dresses and more! The theme of this shipment is patterns! Everything has a pattern - no solid colors in this shipment.
Here we have the Wine Striped Bustle Corset One-piece, their always popular basic dress design in beautiful dark bordeaux stripes with black chiffon. This is now one of the dresses on display in our window!
In addition, we also received the following items:
Bustle Corset Dress in navy stripe
Vest-style Bustle Dress with black checker collar
Bustle Corset Skirt in black/white stripe
Dot Pleated Jumper Skirt in black/white
Bustle Corset Dress in rose red
Princess Amundsen blouse in black/brown
That last blouse is not available on Atelier-Pierrot's web site and is a unique find in this color - it can be coordinated with black or brown dresses and skirts! Watch for photos soon!
We will post these items to our web site as soon as possible - they are available in store now.
Upcoming Order Schedule
The following is our approximate schedule for future orders we plan to place with our brands, subject to change at any time. If you are interested in special ordering an item, you can use this as a guide for when to order. We recommend ordering 1-2 weeks in advance. Please email us to start a special order. | {
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Northern Light Health ACO partners with Boston tech firm
Courtesy / PatientPing
Jay Desai, CEO of PatientPing, said the Boston-based health technology company, has launched a partnership with Northern Light Beacon Health to implement a system for coordinating patient care in real time between different health care providers throughout the state.
by Staff
Northern Light Beacon Health ACO will partner with a Boston tech firm to implement a system for coordinating patient care in real time between different health care providers throughout the state. It expects that in doing so it will improve patient care and reduce costs across Northern Health's network of Maine hospitals and providers.
It's the first health care organization in Maine to implement the PatientPing technology that will link it to a growing network of New England providers.
Northern Light Health's system includes nine hospitals with locations throughout the state, as well as ambulatory care centers, long-term care facilities, and home care and hospice agencies. With the PatientPing platform, Beacon Health's specialized nurse care managers are able to access and share patient information, both inside and outside Northern Light Health's system, through Pings that provide real-time notifications when a patient receives care. It also provides stories — important patient context — at the point of care.
As one of Medicare's original Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations, Beacon Health launched in 2012 to improve patient care while reducing costs for Medicare patients but later expanded its mission to include patients covered by private payers and self-insured employers.
PatientPing is a health technology company based in Boston whose network includes tens of thousands of providers nationwide. The company states on its website that it is rapidly accelerating its nationwide expansion so that any providers who share patients anywhere in the country can coordinate care with one another.
As a current participant in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, Northern Light Beacon Health said it will benefit from PatientPing's ability to share ADT (admit-discharge-transfer) alerts from hospitals in real-time and to share critical patient information during transitions of care.
Improving care
Courtesy / PatientPing
PatientPing alerts frontline health care teams in real time as soon as a patient moves from one care setting to another.
"We are excited about our new partnership with PatientPing, which represents the next step in our journey toward better supporting our people on their health care journey across all points of care," said Dr. Ed Gilkey, medical director of Northern Light Beacon Health. "PatientPing alerts our frontline care teams in real time as soon as a patient moves from one care setting to another. PatientPing also lets us know what is happening with our patients who receive care from other providers. As a result, we are better able to proactively coordinate care that we believe will support our patients having better outcomes."
PatientPing reported on its website in November 2017 that its ACO customers have achieved significant success across various shared savings models, according to national data sets from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. "These ACO customers fared well compared to the national average and achieved more than $120 million in total savings for 2016," the company stated.
The company said the key to those savings is its technology that coordinates care for patients in real time between hospitals and multiple health care providers — thereby avoiding care that's duplicative or not optimum for the current symptoms.
"The average elderly patient sees seven different providers each year," PatientPing stated on its website. "Those with chronic conditions or serious illness can see more than 25 across unaffiliated facilities like primary care clinics, emergency rooms, hospitals, rehab facilities, and home health agencies. A combination of poorly designed financial incentives and disconnected information systems often leaves care teams in the dark when it comes to their patients' past medical encounters."
Jay Desai, CEO of PatientPing, said the company is committed to coordinating care for patients throughout the country.
"We are honored to partner with Northern Light Beacon Health," Desai said. "As the first organization to implement PatientPing in Maine, Northern Light Beacon Health will help us improve care for patients in the state, and we couldn't be more excited to have them join our growing network of New England providers." | {
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Gen Atem
Meditated Vandalism
Gen AtemMeditated Vandalism
Text(s) by Gen Atem, Rémi Jaccard, graphic design by Miriam Bossard
German, English
2016. 200 pp., 188 ills.
softcover
21.00 x 27.40 cm
ISBN 978-3-7757-4183-5
Revolution in the White Cube
A Zen monk who sprayed graffiti on subway cars and threw paint at famous people: Gen Atem, the wild pioneer of the European urban art movement. In the eighties and nineties Gen Atem worked with New York hip hop legend Rammellzee. Their joint, multimedia performances were legendary: even Madonna, the Beastie Boys, and Public Enemy were among the spectators.
Now his latest work is presented in this book: a clash with everyone and everything. Both the beautiful and fascinating as well as the horrible and insignificant, even the intangible and incomprehensible is attacked and questioned: is globalization destroying our culture, and does self-representation preserve my identity? Gen Atem relies on the power of images and invites viewers to devise their own answers: only he or she who participates is ready for the revolution. | {
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Your Year of Living Deviantly
You admire the icons who have shaped the world. You want to be one of them.
You want to know how they did it. You want to know their secrets to success.
You need inspiration. You need facts.
You know that it takes initiative, but you’re not sure where to begin or how.
You’re thinking “Will it take a lot of time?” “Do I have what it takes?”
You’re creative, but are perhaps feeling stagnant, bored, unchallenged or overwhelmed by the stuff that keeps (legitimately) getting in the way — bills, family, work and other obligations.
You’ve decided that in 2012 you’re going to make time. You’re looking into vacations, retreats, workshops, seminars. You’re going to “fit it in.”
What it takes, though, is commitment not to merely “fit it in,” but make it a seamless part of your lifestyle. A ritual of bettering yourself, your life and your creative and professional output.
Your Year of Living Deviantly is the way to keep your resolution to living your best, most productive life.
This isn’t Carpe Diem. It’s Carpe Annum. SEIZE the YEAR!
The iconoclasts who polarize, inspire, shape and leave their mark on the world look tradition in the eye and headbutt it.
The only thing they don’t believe in is the word “can’t.”
They are the ultimate social deviants. Before they “made it,” they were all told they couldn’t do something, laughed at or shunned for being ‘crazy.’ Still they flipped the bird at those notions because there was a hunger inside them that told them there was another way.
You can’t ignore the hunger. It was put there on purpose. You’re supposed to leave your mark. You matter to someone…to lots of someones.
People come to me regularly and say, “I want to leave my mark. I want my message to create movements. Can you help me do that with my brand, my message and my social marketing?”
Here’s what I say…
To be an icon online, you need to think and act like one offline.
Good habits, faithful intentions, positive actions — they take time to form and incorporate organically into your life.
That’s why this isn’t a month long program or a random teleseminar. This is a self-propelled, year-long e-course that you do on your own time. But you must make the time. It’s your choice.
Each week for 52 weeks, you will be given an Icon, an Idea and an Initiative that will inspire and challenge you to think differently about your life, problems and solutions. They are creative, practical, divine, outlandish, smart and results-driven.
There are also surprises along the way that will give you a greater opportunity for expansion and connection with influential people making huge impacts on their industries and the world right now.
Changing your game, tweaking the plan, pushing the boundaries, setting new standards — it doesn’t have to take a lot of time. This program will show you how the big visions and ideas can move mountains, and how the little things can make all the difference.
You want to do it, but you’re nervous about committing to a year-long program. Sure, I get that. But how bad do you want to be one of those icons? Because THAT is a lifelong commitment. And, this e-course, is only $1 a week. That’s it. You can not tell me that upgrading your awesome isn’t worth a buck a week.
52 Weeks for Only $52*
The beautiful part is, you’ll have all the materials no matter when you decide to look at them, dig in and do. There are no productivity police on this. It’s your year. I just want you to have the tools to make it miraculous.
At the end of your year (heck, at the beginning), you will feel empowered. You will know more about those who have made dramatic impacts on the world, how they did it, what influenced them and how to harness that greatness inside you to do the same. | {
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Helping Children Cope when a Sibling has Cancer
About 75 children are diagnosed with cancer each year in the Ottawa region. Their journey through treatment is often long and difficult. But it's not just hard on them -- it can be hard on their siblings, too. They can feel afraid, worried or confused about facing a new situation they do not understand.
That was how 7-year-old Shelby Schroeder felt when her younger sister Jenna was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 3.
“All she did is lay on the couch and sleep and watch TV with daddy, “ recalls Shelby. Asked if she was scared for her, Shelby nods her head and adds that she was afraid she would catch cancer as well.
“Shelby, she felt left out and scared,” adds her mother Roni Hull, “and it was hard to describe to her what was happening because her sister was always being hauled off and she was getting sicker and sicker. It was frustrating.”
Hull, who lives near North Bay with her family, was pregnant with her youngest daughter Alyssa when Jenna’s cancer was discovered. She was diagnosed with Wilms tumor, a cancerous tumor of the kidney that can strike children under the age of 5. Jenna lost a kidney and part of her bladder as a result.
“I didn't even understand what was going on, never mind a child right,” adds Hull. “A lot of changes are happening so quickly and they're young, they don't understand.”
That’s where Isabelle Sjoberg comes in. She's an Interlink nurse at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, who helps kids with cancer and their families cope with all the questions, beginning with explaining to a child what cancer is.
“I tell the parents to keep it simple, to be honest, and to include the siblings because that's important,” says Sjoberg.
She advises that parents explain the cancer this way: “Cancer is about cells, everything is made of cells in our body and something can happen to one cell and it becomes a cancer cell. We don't know why. Kids’ cancers are different than in adults because in kids we don't know the cause of the cancer. It's not contagious, it's not something that they did or didn't do. It's not because they didn't eat their vegetables or stood in front of the microwave, we don't know why but we have treatment, we're always positive.”
It's not just siblings with questions. Sjoberg goes into the child's classroom, too.
“When I go to the classes, I usually ask the kids "how many of you know someone with cancer and at least half the kids raise their hands,” says Sjoberg.
Jenna’s cancer has now been in remission for two years. And Shelby’s fears have subsided. She knows cancer is not fun.
“You can get super sick from it,” Shelby says as she recalls the long hours in hospital, “and you can die from it I would imagine.”
But she also knows it is not contagious.
Here are some suggestions from the experts at CHEO on helping your child and his/her schoolmates understand cancer:
Siblings and schoolmates may be feeling:
Confusion- not understand what is happening and why. This is very common, especially when the hospitalization is sudden.
Guilt- siblings may have been in an argument with their brother or sister and think that they caused the hospitalization. They may also feel guilty because they are not sick, but their sibling is.
Fear- siblings and friends may fear that they might "catch" what their brother/sister or friend has, especially if they are unsure of the reason for the hospitalization. They may also be afraid their friend may not get well and come home or back to school/hockey team/Beaver troupe.
Anger- siblings may be angry at their brother or sister for getting sick. They may be angry that their parents did not prevent their brother or sister from becoming ill.
Jealousy- siblings can feel jealous of all the attention the patient is receiving. The patient may receive gifts and relatives may travel to visit them. Siblings who do not know what is happening at the hospital often think that their brother or sister is there having nothing but fun.
Rejection- siblings may feel left out. If they are unsure about what is happening at the hospital, they feel that they are not included and not important. The sibling may also worry that the parent cares about the patient more because the parent may need to spend a great deal of time with the patient.
Siblings and friends/schoolmates may express these feelings by:
Changing their eating and sleeping habits
Acting out
Clinging to parents
Becoming withdrawn from family and/or friends
Regressing to habits of an earlier age (such as bed wetting, thumb sucking)
Saying they feel sick
Playing aggressively with toys
Suggestions for Caregivers
Parents and caregivers set an example for their children with their behavior. It creates the tone for sibling interactions and influences sibling relationships. It's important for parents to realize brothers and sisters need as much attention and support as the child with an illness or disability. Sometimes they need extra support.
Children need age-appropriate, accurate information about the needs of their brother, sister or friend, and parents, teachers, and caregivers should be open and honest when providing it. At times, siblings/friends may simply need someone to listen to their frustrations about having someone they care about with an illness or disability. Parents and caregivers can listen and validate these feelings without judging. | {
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FRAMINGHAM, MA - A boxing exhibition featuring Framingham native champion boxer Danny O'Connor has been canceled. Citing difficulties in obtaining the necessary permits to hold the match in Nevins Hall, the bout has been rescheduled to Nov. 20th and moved to the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT.
O'Connor who grew up in Saxonville and wrestled at Framingham High has already racked up an impressive professional boxing record. Among other titles he was a 2008 National Golden Gloves Champion, 2008 US Future Stars National Champion, and a 2008 Alternate US Olympic Boxing Team member. O'Connor is undefeated in his professional boxing career.
According to a press release from Warriors Boxing promoter Leon Margules the match featuring O'Connor which was billed as "The Homecoming", was canceled due to what he describes as [Framingham's] "bizarre bureaucracy".
In the press release Margules claims; "representations were made to me by town officials that I would be able to sell stadium-type food and could get a temporary liquor license..". Those licenses were ultimately denied by the Framingham Board of Selectmen.
The press release goes on to say the Framingham Chief of Police, "didn't like the idea of beer and wine being sold and it got rejected", then says that even though the promoter agreed to forego selling alcohol, when he inquired about a permit to sell food, he was told [The Town] "won't approve concessions and that if people want to eat they can use the vending machines".
In a call to the Framingham Board of Selectmen, Chairman Dennis Giombetti explained that there were several reasons the licenses were denied. He explained that the Town had tried to "bend over backwards" to accommodate the fight, but they were not open to the Town's suggestions.
Giombetti said the Town had tentatively agreed to allow Margules to sell hot dogs, bottled water, (and for attendees to use snack machines), but did deny any alcohol, beer or wine license.
While Framingham has issued temporary liquor licenses for events at Nevins Hall, Giombetti pointed out that they were usually for sit-down dinners, fund-raisers and other events where people would not likely be moving around, "cheering", going up and down stairs to the balcony and restrooms, and other excessive movement where beer (and food) would likely be spilled and cause damage to the historic building and its hardwood floors.
Selectman Giombetti said, even if cleaned up the lingering smell of spilled beer from such an event would be a problem for a building which houses Town offices. Citing other reasons, Giombetti pointed out that there isn't adequate parking at Nevins Hall or close to it. A final issue had to do with ticket prices. Giombetti said that the Board would have been more inclined to approve the permits, but the tickets were going to be priced at $25, $50 and $100 per seat -- effectively prohibiting local kids and families from attending.
Giombetti said that the Board had suggested the promoters wait until spring and offered to rent them Loring Arena after it shuts down the ice rink at the end of the season.
He pointed out that Loring arena is has plenty of parking, can hold as many people or more than Nevins Hall, and since the building and bleachers are concrete with plastic seats, and is already equipped with a concession stand, the food and alcohol issues would not be a problem there.
While it would be exciting to have O'Connor fight in Framingham, it appears the Nevins Hall venue would not have been a family friendly event -- local kids would not have been able to afford the tickets, and the possible damage to Nevins Hall would have outweighed any small fees the event would have generated for the Town. | {
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My 30 Day Google+ Experiment
We work with some fantastic clients here at Interactive Strategies.
Just the other day, for example, I was presenting a social media strategy for a client looking to take a deeper plunge into the world of social marketing. They had a good base, but wanted that extra boost to take their social media efforts to new heights.
It was an exciting project. Especially for someone like me. I consider social media to be both my strongest expertise and my favorite digital marketing channel to leverage for clients.
I delivered the presentation, and it went great. However, something interesting happened. I also learned an intriguing idea from the client. An idea that has kept me curious ever since.
The idea?
Google+.
I presented a strategy to the client that targeted the best three networks for the client’s goals – Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The client agreed with the strategy, and was excited to begin, but also brought up their current success on Google+. They discussed how they had used Google+ over the last couple of months, and expressed interest in the network.
So yea, they’re deceiving for sure. And Google+ is notoriously known as a ghost town.
But there’s still something intriguing about the network. I’ve always loved the layout. I’ve always been impressed by the mobile app (way better than Facebook). And I like how it’s currently very technology-focused. Tech geeks are good people.
So while I disregarded Google+ as a main social media focus (and I still stand by my decision due to client resources), it’s constantly been on my mind ever since the meeting.
That’s why, today, I announce my thirty day dive into the world of Google+.
I have beefed up my profile, followed some awesome people, and have joined a few active communities around the topics of social media, SEO, and digital marketing.
Over the next thirty days, I will spend time each day to post content, interact, and consume what the network has to offer. Good times ahead.
And after thirty or so days, I will be sure to report back on my experience, findings, and verdict.
Now is the time to give it another shot… and I’m very excited about it.
If you’re interested in following me in the meantime and adding me to one of your circles,you can find me here. | {
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It was announced on Nov 17that there would be at meeting on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 @ 7 pm. Today is the 28th , Watch this thread for the location announcement?,, o k
I sense a pattern here
Quote from Bob's e-mail to the club today: "Hi to all past and present SDGA Members, there will be an open member meeting this coming Wednesday November 30, 2012 at 7:00 pm. We will be meeting at the old Stadium Pizza which has newly remodeled and is now called the Field House. The address is 4423 W. Wellesley. The meeting will start promptly at 7:00 pm and we will be discussing past, present and future projects."
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Pasted from the Nominations thread to keep meeting schedule information in the correct place. Bob, please advise if this info is no longer current.
The SDGA will host a Candidates Forum on January 10, 2012 at The Field House (4423 W. Wellesley Ave.). The forum will start at 7:00 pm and each candidate will have ten minutes to speak. Questions for the candidates will be taken after all candidates have spoken.
The Election will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at The Field House (4423 W. Wellesley Ave.) and will start promptly at 7:30 pm. There will be no campaigning at the election meeting. The Election Official will introduce the candidates prior to voting.
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Pasted from the Nominations thread to keep meeting schedule information in the correct place. Bob, please advise if this info is no longer current.
The SDGA will host a Candidates Forum on January 10, 2012 at The Field House (4423 W. Wellesley Ave.). The forum will start at 7:00 pm and each candidate will have ten minutes to speak. Questions for the candidates will be taken after all candidates have spoken.
The Election will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at The Field House (4423 W. Wellesley Ave.) and will start promptly at 7:30 pm. There will be no campaigning at the election meeting. The Election Official will introduce the candidates prior to voting.
Joe will be available to sign you up for 2012 SDGA membership at the Candidates Forum from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm and then again after the meeting.
Joe will also be available to sign you up for SDGA membership at the Election from 6:30 pm to 7:15 pm, and then again after the election. The Candidates will be introduced at 7:30 pm and the ballots will be distributed immediately after the introductions.
Fly free and straight to the pin!
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So if we are already signed up, we just need to be there at 7:30 for the candidate introductions and to vote then, correct? Is that all that is on the agenda (therefore being quite short) or will be be an actual meeting being held?
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So if we are already signed up, we just need to be there at 7:30 for the candidate introductions and to vote then, correct? Is that all that is on the agenda (therefore being quite short) or will be be an actual meeting being held?
If there is any kind of club meeting it will be after the election is conducted. | {
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Then chop the rest of the ingredients: Mushrooms, chicken (& some parsley if youd like).
Then simply combine all ingredients in your pan, and add a small amount of Chicken stock.This next bit is the most important: your risotto must NEVER get stuck, and never have too much liquid in it, add this a little at a time.
Add a small amount of Parmesan
And the most important ingredient; White wine (make sure its a good one).
Test every now and again to see if the rice has softened.
Once ready for consumption (rice has mostly softened but is still a little solid)season with salt and pepper, and a sprinkle of parmesan, then serve with a cold glass of white wine or Prosecco if you'd prefer - I would!
Its a simple and quick meal that will only take about 40 mins total, amd most of that is standing and watching ( i have myself a glass of wine or prosecco during this stage).Enjoy :)x
Friday, 21 June 2013
I have lived in Bath for many years, and only just discvered this wonderful little corner of the city!Toppings bookshop is a wonder where you browse the books before you buy even being allowed to read them, and the icing on the cake, you are offered free tea or coffee whilst you do so! (they don't however offer cake)They have just two stores, one in Bath, and one in Ely.Alexander McCall Smith called it "On of the finest bookshops in the world"
I took tea; earl grey, my favourite, and dug in!
I came away with many items. Travel books about Paris, and New York, the two places i want to go to more than anything, a book about King George V for my father, and some fiction suggested by the employees for my mother.
They are most certainly the most helpful bookstore i have come across, and if you're a book worm definitely worth a visit. To be honest, its even worth a visit if you aren't a huge book fan - I'm not the biggest reader, but loved this look place.
Monday, 17 June 2013
I think a large number of us might use these words to describe our life sometimes... A Beautiful Mess, at least i know i do.
Here arrives a lovely little app that creates little beautiful messes out of your photos. (If you're using iPhone, you must have IOS 6 to use it)
I have thoroughly enjoyed playing with it over the past week or so, and thought i would share some of my beautifully messy creations.
These are so much fun to create. Simple and quick, and whatever you do with them they look wonderful.My Favourite blogger Rosie Londoner used this app in a few of her instagram pictures which is how i found it. Check out her lifestyle blog for some lovely posts.
Saturday, 15 June 2013
Hospitality: at Bath AbbeyA collection of pieces of art in collaboration with the Bath School of Art & Design, Bath Spa University.The pieces are by 11 different artists. Here are some pictures of some of my favourites.Rest on the flight by Claire Todd (glass, porcelain, china and glaze)
I dont really understand this as art, but loved the way my picture turned out
This piece 'Welcome' is in the entrance, adding a welcoming splash of colour
Finally these bowls are my favourite. I love the colours, and think that they're beautiful, and so well made.
This colour is gorgeous, it really stands out
The bowls are all situated a lovely little side chapel, and every one of the colours is a slightly different shade
(all photos taken with iPhone 4S)
Generally the pieces are all really nice, but I am not sure that i fully understand or appreciate them as art, even so it is worth a visit for some lovely photo opportunities, and to see the artwork in a most beautiful setting. | {
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“We’re shocked by the fact that the Ukrainian aviation authorities allowed the civil airliner to use airspace over the territory where the Ukrainian army uses armoured vehicles, heavy artillery, warplanes and launch rocket systems against their citizens,” Naryshkin said on Friday.
“This fact can be considered criminal negligence. I don’t want to think about a premeditated act,” he said.
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Allanblackia - a species of choice: interview with Pauline Buffle
19 December 2013 | Article
Pauline Buffle is a Programme Officer in the Global Forest and Climate Change Programme. In this interview, she discusses the context and latest developments of the project she manages on Allanblackia, as well as IUCN's role in the project partnership.
1) What is the Allanblackia project and how did the project start?
“The Allanblackia project is funded by the Swiss Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO) for the development of a sustainable supply chain of the Allanblackia oil. Allanblackia is a fruit-bearing tree found in Western central tropical forests of Africa. The fruit contains nuts that can be crushed to obtain oil that has similar properties to palm oil. Traditionally, Allanblackia oil is used in soap-making in Ghana but is also used in Tanzania, Nigeria, Cameroon and a few other countries. The Allanblackia project started in 2002 with a public-private partnership called the Novella partnership, involving several members including, ICRAF (the World Agroforesty Centre) IUCN and Unilever to develop a sustainable supply chain of the Allanblackia oil. The project aimed at launching a new export commodity, giving local farmers an alternative agricultural income through environmentally sustainable harvesting methods. Allanblackia is an endemic African forest tree, and local communities have traditionally gone into the forest to collect the fallen fruits in order to harvest the seeds. However, Unilever realized that wild harvesting would not meet commercial demands in terms of volume–so they decided to domesticate the tree in agroforesty systems following sustainable, social and ecological standards in order to increase the volume of Allanblackia production.”
2) Will Allanblackia replace palm oil?
“Allanblackia oil is not meant to replace palm oil. Unilever has stressed that they will not grow the tree out of its endemic areas. Unilever also does not want Allanblackia to be based on unsustainable monoculture agricultural model but instead based on sustainable agroforestry schemes and maybe sustainable big plantations in the future.For example in Ghana, Allanblackia seedlings are most often combined with cacao trees and research is showing that this combination of crops has very good economical and environmental potential. Some farmers incorporate Allanblackia with other trees such as plantain, palm oil, Rauvolvia vomitoria a plant used as shade tree and/or for medicinal purposes, and many other species.”
3) How long does the wild tree grow? When can you harvest the fruits?
“In the wild, the Allanblackia tree starts fruiting after 12 years. However domesticated trees start fruiting after 7 years. FORM International has assessed that the peak of tree yield is reached around 20-30 years, which remains the same until the tree is 40 years old. So an Allanblackia tree is an investment which will give returns for a long time.”
4) How is Allanblackia oil different from palm oil?
“Allanblackia oil consists almost entirely of stearic and oleic acids and has a precise melting point of 34 Degrees Celsius. Hence, Allanblackia oil will melt easily once swallowed and ingested but will remain solid at room temperature. It has excellent properties for spreads and potentially also for chocolate. In addition to its high melting point, Allanblackia oil does not have the deep red colour of palm oil. Allanblackia oil can therefore be much more easily incorporated - without requiring the costly processing of eliminating colour - into beauty products and food, such as soap and margarine. It has a mild taste, so it makes a good all-purpose oil.”
5) Who are the partners in this project? What is the role of IUCN in this partnership?
“This Allanblackia project is mainly focused in Ghana. We have TechnoServe (TNS), the Institute for Cultural Affairs (ICA of Ghana), UEBT who set up the standard for a sustainable supply chain and FORM International helping us with the forestry aspects. At the global level, we have the Novella partnership (private-public partnership) composed of the World Agroforestry Centre of Research (ICRAF), Unilever, IUCN, UEBT, FORM international and the River State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) in Nigeria. Our role in IUCN is to ensure that the supply chain is set up in a sustainable way. We are for example, involved in some of the domestication work such as nursery development, as part of research into the potential of Allanblackia as a species of choice for Forest Landscape Restoration, or in the monitoring of the trees. In general we support a lot of the activities with the communities but also work closely with the international partners to keep sustainability high on the agenda."
6) What are the future plans for this project?
“After a first phase of wild harvesting, we are now in the “domestication phase” which is ending soon. We are looking into the possibility of developing a third phase. Meanwhile, the Novella Partnership is still investing in the development of the domestication and supply chain of Allanblackia. For the moment, further research on domestication of Allanblackia trees and wild harvesting of nuts will continue until the necessary volumes are met. At the same time, we are monitoring interests and potential entry points within the local, national, regional and international markets.” | {
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For Packers fans, it’s always gameday.
Ensign Tim Mahoney, USS Green Bay
My name is Ensign Tim Mahoney from Green Bay, Wis. After I graduated from high school, I moved to Annapolis, Md., to attend the United States Naval Academy. Each of my leave periods throughout my four years in Annapolis was spent supporting the Packers. Whether I was attending a game, going to Fan Fest, or attending Training Camp practices, my leave back home was devoted to the Green and Gold.
As a member of the Navy Drum Line, I even made sure to sneak my cheesehead into the stands to wear during Navy Football games!
After I graduated from the Naval Academy in 2010, I was assigned to USS GREEN BAY (LPD-20) in San Diego, Calif. Assigning a Green Bay native to USS GREEN BAY was like putting a kid in a candy store. It makes it pretty easy to go to work when the ship is completely decked out in Packers memorabilia! Some of our passageways are named "Lombardi Ave.," "Bart Starr Drive," and "Reggie White Way." We also have replica Lombardi Trophies as well as autographed jerseys, footballs, and team pictures on display throughout the ship.
Each one of our sailors command ball caps even has the Packers “G” on the side of them! Who wouldn't want to wear the Packers “G” as part of their official uniform?
I will never forget pulling out of San Diego for the ship's maiden deployment in 2011, a couple weeks after Super Bowl XLV, "Manning the Rails" in the mascot outfit while flying the "Super Bowl XLV Champions" flag from the Yardarm! The Green Bay Packers have been extremely supportive of the ship since it was commissioned, so it is an honor to be able to serve aboard and help maintain a unique connection with the City of Green Bay and the Green Bay Packers! | {
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Glass today is pretty ubiquitous, to the extent that most of time we just look right though it without any thought. Yeah, that’s glass’s job, I get it, but it was a figure of speech. Anyway, there’s so much of it around us, and it facilitates so many things in our everyday lives, but how many of us have a clear idea of what it really is, how it’s made and where it came from?
So what is it, really? What’s in it? Typically, most basic glasses comprise various percentages of three crucial components: sand, potassium carbonate, and chalk or lime. What percentage those things come in really depends on what the glass is being used for, but, generally, it’s about 75% potassium carbonate, 24% sand, and 2% lime. Coincidentally, potassium carbonate is also used sometimes in soap, cocoa powder production, and as an ingredient in those delicious Chinese mooncakes with the fancy designs on them. Here’s the Wikipedia link, in case you need a rabbit to chase.
Most people would probably have guessed that, to actually make the glass, these three elements would be melted down into a molten-like form. And that’s exactly right. It can be heated any number of ways, so long as it reaches about 1000°-1600° Celsius. That’s hot. For those of you still clinging to standard measure like it really works (don’t worry, so am I), that’s upwards of 3000° Fahrenheit. Again, hot.
Once its molten, there are various ways to remove any impurities, including chemical additives and agitation. I’ll tell you, though, agitating a vat of viscous, sticky, 3000° incandescent sauce seems like a bogus plan to me.
With impurities gone, the burning goo can be drawn and rolled into giant sheets, for flat glass. Or, it can be pressed and blown, for hollow glass like light bulbs, fixtures, and fishbowls. Colored glass can be dies while in its molten stage, and it can also be printed or coated to achieve various colors. Mirrored glass is usually coated with a metallic, paint-like substance—mostly silver.
Considering the temperature at which this stuff is made, how long do you think it has to be cooled? Good question. It depends. The cooling time effects the final product’s brittleness and strength, but, generally, the slower the better. The strongest annealed glasses—those that aren’t subjected to further heat strengthening—can take up to several months before moving to other phases of production. I’m glad my pizza doesn’t take that long, because most of the time I barely have enough patience to wait for the cheese to cool. Man, I hate cheese blisters.
So how long has this whole process gone down? Well, a while. The approximate recipe we mentioned was probably drawn up by the Assyrians some time around 640 BCE, but we think glass has been produced as early as 8000 BCE, especially in Egypt, but maybe in Mesopotamia and Mycenae, China, and Northern Tyrol—a tiny little region of northern Italy and southern Austria.
Glass is obviously a lot different, and a lot more widespread today. But even as recently as the early Industrial Revolution glass was something of luxury. For example, you may have heard that in the late-17th century, the UK parliament imposed a window tax on its citizens across Scotland and England. Since glass was so expensive, having a lot of glazed windows was seen as an indication of prosperity, and thus the government felt added revenue could be extracted simply by adjusting taxes based on the number of windows a household enjoyed. The tax lasted until 1851—well into the Industrial Revolution—when it was repealed, as prosperity was no longer seen as a legitimate basis for increased taxation.
Now glass is everywhere. It’s easy and cheap to get, and we’re even coming up with new concoctions, like Gorilla Glass, by Corning, which uses alkali-aluminosilicate sheet glass stretched and flattened to be incredibly thin and almost unbreakable—almost. My old Galaxy 7, using the fourth generation of Gorilla Glass, didn’t quite make a shoulder-height tumble. Think we’ll have Gorilla Glass in our cars some day? Porsche does.
Hello, reading audience. Today’s Block & Olson blog is just a little different than the others. Most of the time we like to be pretty informative, putting the kibash on common industry myths or explaining how best to whup some glass related pain—pun intended?—like getting water spots off your shower door (the latter subject only came to me just now, so we haven’t explained that yet, but here’s a hint: it involves more scrubbing than you’d like to read about). SEO best practices tell us to give our readers value, something they can walk away with and feel like they haven’t wasted 15 minutes. But we like telling stories sometimes, too. And let’s be honest, you have an extra 5 or 10 minutes for a story.
Despite the impression given by our cutting-edge website, Block & Olson Glass is an old-fashioned organization, a veritable Vancouver institution. I was in an antique shop not long ago, for instance, and all along their splintered fence-wood walls were black and white photos of the downtown area from the early- and mid-20th century, when the streets were dusty gravel and the cars had swooping, wavelike fenders shrouding pizza-cutter wheels with wooden spokes. In one of those photos, a man stood picketing in front of a building that I immediately recognized as the one I’d walked into nearly every morning for the 13 years during which I served as a technician at Block & Olson. The cemented pebble façade, the large plate picture windows staring out onto what no one in the 1950s guessed would be the daily morning slog of plastic bumpers kissing up to Broadway street. Block & Olson’s building has been virtually unchanged for almost a century now; our window trim and signage have been repainted a time or two, but always with the same afternoon-sky shade of blue and in the same squat, vintage font that seems somehow iconic and anonymous at once.
One of the most interesting things about Block & Olson is the craft history that endures almost unscathed inside the shop. As the industry, like so many others, becomes increasingly automated—I’ve worked at manufacturers with computer driven cutting tables so precise and delicate that they could cut a pattern of my name in cursive, and I’ve toured others that cut auto glass with a stream of water thinner than a single hair—Block & Olson still has and uses some of the most traditional tools and methods in the trade.
There’s a drawer in our decades-old tool bench full of gadgets that in 13 years I never got to use because the types of work they facilitate are forms of glazing extinct since at least the ‘70s. One of them is called a putty iron. It’s an L-shaped piece of iron with a heating element that runs on DC power and a well-worn wooden handle whose grain has all but worn away beneath the calloused hands that used it. It was meant to heat the putty holding old, wood-sash windows in, so that it could be easily scooped out and replaced. I plugged it in once, just to see if it would work (it was a slow day; we all have them). After a minute or two the iron was so hot that it burnt the edges of the sash I tried it on. Now, before you jump to conclusions, it was a window long-forgotten in the storage space above the office, the proverbial cemetery of ancient parts and useless scraps amassed across the years. No harm, no foul.
In the back of our shop, where the cutting table has stood for the last 70 years, there’s an old manual drill press for cutting small holes in table-tops and mirrors. It’s only about two feet tall, with a hand crank and an odd array of lead fishing weights held by fraying duct-tape to its top, so that the user doesn’t need to supply pressure all his own. A huge gear, at least 10 inches in diameter, teeth as tightly packed as knurls on a soda cap, turns the relatively slow cranking speed of the handle into the blurring revolutions needed to grind through glass cleanly. This tool I’ve used a time or two. To cool the heat of friction created by such fast drilling, one has to lubricate the cutting wheel with a thin solution almost constantly, sending up a spray of ground glass and liquid that’ll ruin a pair of glasses in an instant. We’ve got an electrical drill press as well, but the speed control of the manual drill makes finishing the hole without chipping its inner edges, or cracking the glass altogether, much more consistent.
Next time you’re in Block & Olson for any kind of service, peak into the shop for a moment, and you’ll see on the pegboard walls a kind of reliquary, a collection of manual tools and devices that resemble something of a trade museum. It’s been a wonderful place to learn over the years because these fading tools and methods give a stronger sense of the science and the process behind the work.
Block & Olson’s owner, Tim, began working in the shop when he was very young, a teenager. He tells stories of sweeping the floors and emptying trash cans for the journeymen. When he was around 18, Tim took leave from Block & Olson to serve a tour in Vietnam but returned after a few years to begin an apprenticeship. Back then, Block & Olson was strictly a commercial glazing service, designing and installing large, plate glass storefronts and entrances. But soon after Tim returned, the namesake owners began diversifying, and Block & Olson became the full-service shop it is today.
By 1978, Tim had been a journeyman for several years and found an opportunity to advance, buying Paul Olson’s portion of the company and joining Dick Block as co-owner. He and Block were a team until Block’s passing, when Tim became full owner. Our team at Block & Olson hasn’t changed much over the years, and old employees still stop by to hang and shoot the breeze sometimes, so the atmosphere is always just a bit nostalgic.
And while around us everything seems to pick up pace, driven by technology that makes our lives easier and faster, Block & Olson seems to hold on to many of the old ways. What that indicates to me is not so much that we’re behind the times—because we use as many state-of-the-art techniques and tools as other shops—but that we’ve done our best to preserve a sense of the tradition that makes this shop special. It’s fused into the weathered wood and sun-bleached cement walls. And there’s a certain care for process and for detail that its history lends to the Block & Olson team, the veterans and beginners alike. It’s not just experience, it’s an understanding of custom that shows in our craftsmanship as well as in our service.
It’s not my job to pitch Block & Olson here (though it is my job to write a ton of keywords so your search engine finds us); it’s my job to write stories you find useful and interesting. I think it helps to know the folks in our community doing work and making things for us every day, and Block & Olson has been a part of Vancouver since the days of gravel roads and free parking. And what the shoot, you’re still probably learning something, right?
So there you have it, a little history, a little glimpse of the trade’s dusty, cob-webbed secrets, and even a sappy, axiomatic ending to make you feel connected to the community. Until next time, when perhaps we’ll talk about rock-chips and how you’ll never, ever, really fix them. And if you’re feeling curious, ask a question in the comments, and maybe we’ll have a long and charmingly sarcastic answer for you coming up.
We live in fervid times. Things are happening big, and they’re happening fast, so to keep our readers up to speed, the writers at Block & Olson’s blog tackle only the issues that really matter—the stories that carry weight, the ponderous problems convulsing the very core of what it means to have agency and independence in this age…the serious stuff. Today, we approach a controversy as old as glass itself and as contentious as a Florida primary; we’re talking about the best window cleaning stuff and the best ways to use it.
Weather it’s the mirror in your bathroom that seems to gather toothpaste freckles even though you brush your teeth three feet away, or the windshield in your car that turns into the Milky Way whenever you steer into the sun, you clean and clean and only really stop when you finally admit defeat. Well not any more. We’ll tell you everything you really need to know to get those glassy entities so clear you won’t even know they’re there. Except the mirror; you’ll know that’s there.
Let’s start with what not to use and what not to do with it when you’re not, well, using it. Don’t use Windex. Sorry SC Johnson, but there are a number of reasons why your glass cleaner can’t be found in a single reputable glass shop this side of the heliopause. To begin with, Windex (and cleaners like it) are too aqueous. Those types of cleaners—the ones in trigger spray bottles, usually—are too runny, and they don’t really do the cleaning work you need them to. The solution kind of splashes right where you spray it and drips away. You need something foamy, something that clings to the glass surface and stays there. Foamy cleaners mostly come in aerosol cans (don’t worry, the one we suggest is CFC free), but we’ll get to that part soon.
The runniness of the abovementioned cleaners also has another drawback: Streaks! They say they’re not streaky, but most of the trigger spray cleaners streak worse than a college freshman at the semi-finals. This could be in part the type of towel you’re using—more on that later—but it’s largely because there’s just too much liquid involved, and there isn’t anything to make it evaporate faster. They rely on you and your elbow grease to spread the liquid thin enough that it evaporates quickly and evenly. But how often does that happen when you’re sitting in your passenger seat twisted half upside-down, wiping the glass with the back of your hand to reach that part above your defrost? Aerosol type cleaners usually have some alcohol, or are entirely alcohol based, and those ones evaporate faster and more evenly, relying more on chemistry than manual labor to get the job done.
Another reason to stay away from Windex and its soggy friends is that most of them contain ammonia. Not all of them do, but a lot, and you can smell it from a mile away. But ammonia cleans stuff really good, you say. Yes, it does, because it’s caustic. What that means for your windows is that any coating or film on them will eventually be eaten away by the nitrogenous waste product, including the tint on your car’s windows and any performance or energy coating on the windows of your home. Maybe your car windows are as clear as day, but it’s a safe bet that if you have double-pane windows in your house, they’re coated with something to keep that nasty sun from hot-boxing your living space. So always check the ingredients of your glass cleaner, and always avoid ammonia.
What do we use at Block & Olson? We use Sprayway glass cleaner. They’ve been our go-to for at least 50 years. You can find it almost anywhere, but there are other products on the market just like it. Just make sure it’s aerosol.
The next critical thing is the towel you use. Forget about newspaper. For one, newspaper usually makes the things it touches dirtier. And who the holy internet actually buys a physical paper anymore? I call it reading the paper, but it’s all pixels these days. You need a thin, coarse, tight-knit paper towel. Think the kind of towels used in most public restrooms—more pliant and absorbent than computer paper, but not by much. Avoid the soft, fluffy stuff. Those kinds of things are great for sopping up milk on the kitchen counter, but they’ll leave a billion little fibers on the glass and probably a dent in your bank account too, at least compared to the rougher stuff. You can find the good stuff at a janitorial supply company that sells to the public, and at places like Home Depot, too.
Once you get the right equipment, the technique becomes markedly less important, but here’s some best practices to get you started:
Use the cleaners sparingly. You don’t need to slather it on; the more you spray, the more you have to wipe off, and that’s a recipe for streaks.
Instead of wadding up the paper towel, fold it nicely. Doing so will put more of it in contact with the glass. And it’s easier to get a dry spot if you need to, which relates to the next point.
Once your paper towel is saturated, it’s useless—just smearing dirty solution all over the glass. So flip and re-fold your towel frequently to make sure it’s pretty dry.
If it’s an especially icky job, smear the cleaner around with your hand before you wipe it up. Clean it like you’d clean yourself in the shower. Really dirty glass just won’t be a spray-on-wipe-off job; you’ll need some agitation, and who doesn’t like agitation?
When you’re wiping off the glass, use fast, circular motions. The faster you go the better, because you’d rather the towel deal with the dirty cleaner than the sun’s evaporative bent.
So there it is, the momentous scoop of the day from the writers of Block & Olson. We’ve been cleaning glass for 7 decades, we should know. And if whatever you’re cleaning just won’t clear up, it’s probably stained. At that point, there isn’t much to do but replace it. Fortunately, you know the guys to get that job done. Thanks for reading, and now go off and tackle the big problems of the day. The world is counting on you!
Your windshield—it’s the thing you take for granted, probably almost every day. You might check your oil, or your antifreeze, or your tire pressure before you head out for a trip, but how many of us even think about our windshields, aside from cleaning off the bug goo? Well, the team at Block & Olson thinks it’s time you give your windshield the credit that it deserves. So here’s some cool knowledge about that stuff in front of your face when you’re driving, the stuff specifically designed for you to overlook.
Your Airbag Needs It
When most of us consider the safety benefits of our windshields, we think about it keeping rocks and bugs and weather from smacking us in the noggin while we drive. Sure, it does that, but it’s also an integral part of most modern automobiles’ crash safety systems. Passenger airbags, for example, often use the windshield as a sort of launching pad when inflating. Think of the little starting blocks Olympic runners push off of to start their races. Without the windshield behind it, the airbag ignition canister might not have as much leverage, and the bag might not inflate properly. Other systems use the windshield as a backboard to rebound the airbag toward the passenger. Passenger airbags often release from the dashboard. Consequently, they inflate upward, and let the windshield bounce them horizontally toward the rider. So it’s likely that your airbag depends pretty heavily on the windshield being properly installed and of reliable quality. That’s why you want experienced techs working on your car, installing the best stuff there is.
If It’s Cracked or Chipped, It Won’t Just Cave in or Shatter
We’ve been in the game a long time, and a lot of people seem to worry about the cracks in their windshields making the glass collapse while they’re driving, or rocks blasting through their windshields into their seats. Now, in particularly gnarly situations, those things aren’t out of the realm of possibility, but we’ve been in business for almost 70 years and we can tell you, it’s extremely rare. We once put a windshield in a car that was sat on by a horse. The window was broken pretty badly, but it was not even close to caving in. The fact is, windshields are incredibly strong. Modern windshields are made of 2 layers of heat strengthened glass, sandwiched together with a sheet of extremely tough vinyl. Rarely do rocks make it through the first layer of glass, and almost never into the vinyl. Heck, we have a hard time breaking them to fit in our dumpster. Now none of this should be taken as an excuse to drive around with that crummy, busted windshield in your car. It obstructs your vision, and you can definitely be ticketed for it. So get it fixed, but don’t worry about it flopping on your lap on the freeway in the meantime.
It’s Good For Your Skin
What? How in the heck-sticks is a windshield good for your skin? We’ll tell you. Not only the glass, but the vinyl in between it, these days, is treated with UV protectant. Some of us spend hours and hours in our cars every day, and imagine if the sun was baking malevolently through the glass and blistering your skin the whole time. No thanks. Imagine how much sunscreen you’d go through in the summer. But no! The glass in your car helps keep that nasty, burning jerk from boiling our epidermises—or maybe it’s epidermi. Anyway, want to check our facts (friends who wear transitions glasses will know what we’re talking about)? Find a friend who wears prescription glasses that turn to sunglasses outside. Take them for a ride in your car and watch their glasses. The don’t change! That’s because the material in the prescription glasses uses UV rays to darken. Thanks to your car windows, there’s no—or at least very, very few—UV rays bouncing around in your car. Amazing!
It Might Be Why Your Insurance Costs So Much
Windshield repair and replacement are by far the most frequent insurance claims for auto insurers. At Block & Olson, we replace and repair a ton of car windows every year, and almost all of them are insurance jobs. Rock chip repairs are so commonly reported that most insurance brokers don’t charge at all for the claims. That means you can usually get your rock chips repaired for free. For replacements, you’ll have to foot the deductible, but in many cases, that deductible is less than your collision or comprehensive deductible. If you have a claim or any questions about one, get your insurance folks on the phone and they’ll help you out—or call us up, we’re pretty savvy too. If you do call your insurance company, tell them Block & Olson is your shop! (Hey, it’s our blog, don’t you expect us to self-promote sometimes?)
The Weirdest Fact of All
In many states, you’re not required by law to have a windshield. Yup. It’s a throwback to the days when auto windshields were a luxury, when only the rich could afford cars and only the richest of them could spring for glass to keep the wind from their faces. Now before you go taking the glass out of your car and blasting around the town, you should check your state and local laws, because we’re not lawyers or legislators or cops. But a lot of our classic car clients drive their old hot rods in for custom glass without the windshields. Still, they are required to wear safety goggles. So goggle up! And here’s the weirdest caveat of the weirdest fact today: whether or not you have a windshield, if your car came with them from the factory, you are required by law to have windshield wipers. What?! Yes, even if you don’t have a windshield in your car, you’ve got to have those wipers. Wacky.
So next time you make the rounds about your car, checking the oil and kicking the tires, remember that humble windshield sitting there unnoticed, and probably gooped up with bugs. Remember all the amazing things it does for you while you stare through it every day. Poor, poor neglected windshield, we love you.
Most of our homes by now are pretty energy savvy—with fiberglass sprayed in the walls and attic space, foam-core metal doors, and, of course, insulated dual-pane windows. All that stuff keeps the atmosphere inside our houses comfortable, keeps the cold outside in the winter and the heat outside in the summer. That’s where it should be. Door and insulation technology isn’t really too special. It’s been around for quite a while, and only the materials have changed. But windows are another story.
Dual-pane windows, or insulated glazing, might have originated in the late 19th century but became commercially useful around the 1940s. Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (LOF) was the first to produce insulated windows in any quantity, marketing their Thermopanes as the height of thermally efficient construction. Dual-pane windows offered better thermal retention, sound dampening, and improved longevity compared to traditional sash or sash and storm window combinations.
But why are insulated windows so great? Many tend to assume it’s because there are two glass panes rather than one, but that’s not quite it. What makes insulated glass, or IGs, so much better is, well, nothing. That’s right, it’s the vacant spot between the panes that does most of the work.
Okay, it’s not totally vacant. Some manufacturers inject their IGs with inert gasses, like argon or krypton, which have much less conductivity than regular air. Others suck most the air out and leave a vacuum. This is called evacuated glazing, and while it virtually eliminates heat transfer, it’s incredibly expensive and pretty volatile, as the glass is always stressed by the surrounding atmosphere. These VIGs have to be reinforced by glass “pillars” from the inside to prevent collapse. Imagine what would happen if you sucked the air from an empty pop can, then imagine it’s the glass in your window on a hot day. No one wants that mess.
The thicker IGs are, the better thermal properties they have. Most of the windows in our homes range from ½” to 1” thick, and the glass panes vary between 1/16”, 1/8”, 3/16”, and ¼”. The glass can be annealed, which means it is not heat strengthened and will break into shards or larger plates, or it can be tempered, meaning it is exposed to heat treatment. Tempered glass is incredible strong on its surface, and will break into tiny little cubes, which is much safer.
Glass can also be coated with LOW-E (yep, that means low energy) films or liquids. These are typically UV resistant materials designed to deflect the sun rays bouncing around outside. Not only do these coating help further reduce heat transfer, but they also help protect you and your stuff. LOW-E glass prevents carpet, walls, or pretty much anything in the house—yourself included—from the damage caused by sun exposure. That means the carpet won’t fade as fast, and your skin stays younger longer.
To hold the two panes of glass apart, IGs usually have an aluminum spacer—called, well, a spacer—and it’s filled with desiccant to absorb any condensation. The spacer is sealed to the glass first by a strip of sticky butyl tape, then by a thick adhesive called polysulfide. Some IGs might have a nonconductive foam spacer or, for very thin applications, just a cord of butyl.
The process of making IGs is pretty interesting. First, the glass is batched to optimize waste. Then it’s loaded onto huge, air-operated tables—not unlike air-hockey tables—where an automated cutter scores all the cuts and automated breakers pop up from the table to snap the glass. Once cut, the smaller pieces pass vertically through washers and air dryers, while spacers are cut and lined with butyl before being smashed between their corresponding panes. Next it’s the polysulfide, which a worker squirts around the edges of the IG and smooths off with a spatula. The assembled units are laid flat to dry and then loaded up and shipped to the glass shop. Hey, that’s us!
Having been around since the 1950s, Block & Olson Glass has seen and experienced the commercial and residential progress of the IG—from converting older homes to replacing them in newer homes and businesses. We know how valuable efficiency is in every season, and we’ve had a ton of time to master the technology of dual-pane windows. Heck, some of us have been around long enough to remember when IG technology first arrived, and thick plates of glass were spaced with led. Those unwieldy windows weighed a ton sometimes.
Anyway, whether it’s to cut down the noise of a busy neighborhood, to keep your carpet and your walls looking new, or to keep your heating and cooling bills in check, insulated windows shatter single panes every time (sorry, most of us are dads, so we make jokes accordingly). | {
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SPRINGHILL - Stewiacke's Gordon Tucker is one of two special guests to an evening performance with Ivan and Vivian Hicks in Springhill later this month.
Tucker, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, will be performing in the CIBC Common Room at the Dr. Carson and Marion Murray Community Centre on June 28. The event begins at 7 p.m. and will also feature Martha Pitre, a 14-year-old award-winning fiddler from Shediac, N.B. | {
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As you probably know, Chrysler admitted earlier this year that just over 2.5 million of its vehicles had defective ignition switches. The switches were faulted in at least 165 deaths and countless more serious injuries.
In an effort to control litigation costs, Chrysler has set up a claim process that will serve as an alternative to litigation. If injured as a result of a faulty ignition switch, you may submit a claim, and it will be reviewed by attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who will make awards that Chrysler has agreed to pay. The hope is that the process will be expedited and reduce costs. Under the proposal, your claim must be made between August 1 and December 31 of this year, and Mr. Feinberg has a goal of resolving each claim within 90 to 180 days of filing.
From a claimant’s perspective, the biggest potential advantage appears to be the speed of the filing and resolution. A typical products liability lawsuit would usually take much longer than the time hoped for in this process. Additionally, Mr. Feinberg has publicly stated that he doesn’t want to litigate issues relating to whether the claimant’s conduct contributed to the wreck — for example, was the claimant drunk, speeding, etc. Those types of issues would obviously be huge concerns in a trial.
On the downside, Mr. Feinberg has a lot of experience in evaluating claims and making awards in situations such as this (he handled the Sept. 11 Victim’s Compensation Fund and he’s currently doing similar work in the BP oil spill arena), and he has received a fair amount of criticism about his awards in the BP case.
If you don’t want to enter the process, then you can still file a lawsuit. However, which path to take is a decision that must be made on a case-by-case basis.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a wreck caused by a faulty ignition switch, please call us and we’ll try to help you. | {
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Brett quietly grew into a solid contributor in his freshman
season for the Golden Eagles, and heads into the 2013 campaign as
the potential starter at right tackle...an offensive lineman with
good size, he saw the field in eight games in his freshman
season...made three consecutive starts at the end of the
year...made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in each of his first
two semesters.
AT TECH (IN 2012): Brett saw action in eight
games in a backup role, and saw his playing time increase over the
second half of the season...first career start came against Eastern
Illinois...also started games against UT Martin and Austin
Peay.
IN HIGH SCHOOL: An offensive tackle for the Mt.
Juliet Golden Bears, Brett was a three-year starter for coach Roger
Perry and was named the District 9AAA Most Valuable Offensive
Lineman...a two-time all-district selection, he was part of an
offensive unit that rushed for 3,857 yards in 2011...starter in 36
consecutive games...graded out at 91 percent as a senior and 85
percent for his career...didn't allow a single quarterback sack in
2011, and had 52 pancake blocks on his way to 97 career pancake
blocks...was an all-state and All-Mid-State selection and a Mr.
Football Finalist...three-time Offensive Player of the Week
pick...received the F&N Bank Character Award and was named a
Mt. Juliet Scholar-Athlete.
PERSONAL: He is the son of Amanda and Randy
Dillard... born November 18, 1993...full name is Brett Silas
Dillard...majoringin pre-dentistry. | {
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A True Taste of Tuscany
Located in a seaside villa, formerly the residence of Bahama's first Premier, Luciano's offers a cucina Italiana dining experience. Combining celebrated Tuscan cuisine with highlights of Bahamian specialties, diners can choose Old World or Caribbean dishes. From antipasti to pasta, seafood, steaks and chops and classic house specialties, enjoy fine dining in an elegant setting.
Also open for lunch, you can choose panini and wraps or crispy flatbed pizzetta. Be sure to take advantage of their exceptional wine collection, offering selections by the glass or bottle. Luciano's is also a favorite venue for weddings and other special events.
How Utrip Personalizes Your Trip
Utrip is a free travel planning service that brings together the best in artificial intelligence and human experience, making it easy for travelers to create their perfect trip quickly.
Here’s how it works: we start with a vast travel database that has been curated by local area experts. To start planning a trip, a traveler enters their destinations and travel dates. Next they rank their travel preferences in sixteen categories, such as history, food, nightlife and budget. Utrip’s powerful AI algorithm, created by machine learning scientists, sorts through millions of potential combinations of hotels, sites, activities and restaurants. | {
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Built in 1891, Baptist Temple in Philadelphia has been transformed into the to serve as a principal performance venue for Temple University. The $30 million theatre overhaul included an installation of a Meyer SoundM'elodie® line array loudspeaker system to support a busy calendar of university-sponsored events and bookings by area concert promoters.
“The hall looks spectacular and has excellent acoustics,” says associate technical director and head sound engineer Peter Schall. “M'elodie completes the picture with its combination of power, clarity, and small size. We couldn't have a huge array, but we still needed something that could deliver a rock show or contemporary gospel—which can be louder than rock—as well as classical and acoustic music. M'elodie fit the bill perfectly.”
Now installed in Temple University's 1,200-seat Lew Klein Hall, the Meyer Sound system comprises twin hangs of 12 M'elodie line array loudspeakers on each side, six 500-HP subwoofers, and a Galileo® loudspeaker management system with a Galileo 616 processor. Clear Sound of nearby Yeadon provided the system, with design by company president, Chris Dietze. The system was tuned using a SIM® 3 audio analyzer. Clear Sound also supplied a Yamaha PM5D-RH digital console as part of the upgrade.
“When we looked at this project, size and weight were obviously important because of aesthetics and weight restrictions on the grid,” Dietze recalls. “But other considerations pointing toward M'elodie were sound quality, box-to-box consistency, and rider-friendliness.”
The first major concert to test the system was by British rock legend Ray Davies, who was on a reprise tour in support of his 2009 release, The Kinks Choral Collection. “This show had everything, starting with softer acoustic numbers, then a full rock band and finally adding the 48-voice chorus,” Schall says. “The system absolutely delivered, and by the end of the show, Davies's FOH engineer was just beaming, happy as a clam.”
Initially, Schall narrowed the venue's system choice to M'elodie and one other noted manufacturer. “What tipped us toward Meyer Sound was the people,” he says. “The support we received from everybody on the team was awesome. They made sure everything was done right, every step of the way.”
The imposing structure now housing Temple Performing Arts Center was built as Grace Baptist Church, founded by Russell H. Conwell, who also started the night classes that eventually grew into Temple University. Vacated by the congregation in 1974, the Victorian Romanesque building was purchased by the university and then stood vacant for 30 years. Following the structure's designation as a historical building by the Philadelphia Historical Commission and a landmark building by The American Institute of Architects, the university hired international architectural firm RMJM to design the venue's full-scale renovation. | {
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Abstract:
Given the proliferation of wireless communication devices, the need for increased power and bandwidth efficiencyin emerging technologies is getting ever more pronounced. Two echnological trends offer new opportunities for addressing these challenges: mm-wave systems (60-100GHz) that afford large bandwidths, and multi-antenna (MIMO) transceivers that exploit the spatial dimension. In particular, there has been significant recent interest in mm-wave communication systems for high-rate (1-100 Gb/s) communication over line-of-sight (LoS) channels. Two competing designs dominate the state-of-the-art: i) traditional systems that employ continuous aperture “dish” antennas and offer high power efficiency but no spatial multiplexing gain, and ii) MIMO systems that use discrete antenna arrays for a higher multiplexing gain but suffer from power efficiency. In this paper, we propose a new communication architecture – continuous aperture phased MIMO – that combines the advantages of both designs and promises very significant capacity gains, and commensurate gains in power and bandwidth efficiency, compared to the state-of-the-art. CAP-MIMO is based on a hybrid analog-digital transceiver architecture that employs a novel antenna array structure – a high-resolution discrete lens array – to enable a continuous aperture phased-MIMO operation. We present the basic theory behind CAP-MIMO and the potential capacity/power gains afforded by it. We also highlight potential applications of CAP-MIMO in mm-wave communications. | {
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Midwife found at airport after being ordered to pay $6.6 million over botched home birth
Akal Khalsa, who botched the delivery of a baby boy, leaving him severely disabled.
A midwife ordered by a court to pay $6.6 million to a boy who developed cerebral palsy as a result of a botched home birth has been arrested at Sydney airport trying to leave the country on a one-way ticket.
Authorities detained Akal Kaur Khalsa on Tuesday morning as she attempted to board a flight to Wellington, New Zealand, using a business class ticket and an Italian passport in the name of Margaret Maree Saviane.
Last year the NSW Supreme Court upheld a civil claim against Ms Khalsa brought by the mother of Will Patterson, a six-year-old Sydney boy who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy as a result of his home birth in November 2006.
A warrant was issued in June for Ms Khalsa's arrest after she failed to attend a hearing regarding the freezing of her assets.
Ms Khalsa was taken from the airport and bought before Justice Peter Garling, who remanded her in the custody of the Department of Corrective Services for failing to comply with a series of court orders.
Justice Garling said the two passports in Ms Khalsa's possession showed she had been to Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand and India in the past six months. He said she was a "serious flight risk" as documents she was carrying showed she had organised a house in New Zealand, future travel to Fiji and had withdrawn $35,000 in cash.
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If released, it was likely she would not turn up in court for an examination of her financial situation on Thursday, he said.
Ms Khalsa did not defend the case brought against her by the Pattersons. Justice Garling found she had been negligent in both recommending and carrying out the home birth. He ordered her to pay $6.6 million in damages to assist with the lifetime of care Will.
The boy suffered a loss of oxygen to the brain and body during the "protracted and complex" birth.
In October last year, Ms Khalsa was found guilty of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct over a different home birth.
The Nursing and Midwifery Tribunal found she had failed to properly care for and manage the baby - who had a ruptured umbilical cord, persistent low temperature and could not feed - for more than 15 hours before the baby was admitted to Manly Hospital in January 2011.
The tribunal also found Ms Khalsa, who is aged in her late 60s, failed to make proper clinical records and later submitted a second set of records that were false or misleading.
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency website indicates that Ms Khalsa remains registered as a midwife, though with the designation "non-practising". She is also registered to practise as a nurse without any limitations.
Ms Khalsa was in private practice as a midwife for more than 34 years until March 2011 and worked as a casual nurse at the Royal Hospital for Women at Randwick for about 10 years until October 2012. | {
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The Ins and Outs of a Down Payment
Being able to purchase a home is often tied to how much of a down payment you have saved. If you have never bought a house before, you may not understand what a down payment is or why it is so important. Here’s the basics you need to know as you save up for your first home.
A down payment is a portion of the purchase price paid up front to your mortgage lender. It is very important to lenders because it shows them you are serious about the purchase and committed to paying off your loan.
How Down Payments Affect Your Mortgage
The size of your down payment can affect your mortgage in several ways. For example, if you do not have a down payment equal to 20% of the purchase price, you will have to pay for private mortgage insurance (PMI), an insurance that protects your lender against you defaulting. It can be prepaid for the year or spread out in monthly payments tacked on to your mortgage bill. PMI costs between 0.5% and 1.0% of the home purchase price, so if you buy a home for $200,000 you could pay an extra $85 to $165 per month.
The size of your down payment also affects how high your monthly payment will be in the first place. The more you put down, the less you will owe on the mortgage and the lower your payment will be. Your interest rate may be lower with a larger down payment as well as you will be less of a risk to the bank than someone who only puts down a small amount.
Loan Program Down Payment Requirements
A traditional long-term mortgage like a conventional 30-year fixed rate mortgage usually requires a 20% down payment. In some real estate markets that can seem like an impossibly high amount to save up. Fortunately, there are several programs that will allow borrowers to contribute less.
Government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac back many mortgage loans in order to promote home ownership. These government-guaranteed loans require down payments as little as 5%. For these so-called conforming loans, borrowers must meet certain credit standards and the purchase price of the home may not be above the conforming limit.
There are also loans from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that accept down payments as low as 3.5%. Again minimum credit score requirements must be met and mortgage insurance will be required.
If you are a veteran, you may be able to qualify for a VA loan with no down payment at all. While income or credit standards are not required, certain debt-to-income ratios must be met.
A down payment is an important part of any mortgage loan. While in general the bigger the better, there are loan programs to fit most needs.
Call Pacific Coast Home Mortgage today at 888-893-7775 to discuss what loan programs we offer and what down payment options you can qualify for. State Licenses: CA | {
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Saturday, June 10, 2017
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5 Ways to Maximise Your Credibility
If you want to charge premium rates for your programmes, you first have to become the go-to professional in your niche; the one clients absolutely have to work with, whatever it takes and however much it costs. It’s what I call ‘the Natural Expert’.
You’re probably already working towards that goal. You probably have been for some time.
If you’re not quite there yet, though, here’s how to kickstart your career.
Content Creation. The biggest thing you can do to grow your following and your credibility is to create content and get yourself ‘out there’. It’s called ‘ubiquity’: wherever a potential client turns they hear, read or see something by you, or they read, see or hear something about you. Blog posts, podcasts, ebooks, and self-paced training programs—whether paid or free—are the foundation of your empire. And if you want to be a top earner in your field, you have to put in the work to create a solid foundation.
Video. A lot of professionals struggle with video. Some hate the sound of their own voice. Others hate how they look on camera. If that’s you, get over it. If someone is going to invest $5,000, $20,000 or more in that high-end programme or service you’re putting together, they are going to have to get to know you better first, and video is the easiest way for them to do that. Get some new clothes, hire a video coach, and start sharing your expertise on YouTube and other video channels.
Write a Book. The 200-pound gorilla of content, a real, physical book—one that people can hold in their hands and turn the pages of—will skyrocket your credibility and launch—or relaunch—the rest of your professional career.
I’m not talking about Kindle books here (although they do have a place in your overall content strategy). I want you to publish a printed book. It’s easier than you think, as I discussed in my book Authority!: How Experts Just Like You Are Using Authority Books To Grow Their Influence, Raise Their Fees And Steal Your Clients!
Speaking. Nothing screams “I’m an expert” quite like taking the stage and speaking in front of a group. If you’re already attracting the attention of event organizers and getting invitations to speak, good for you. If you’ve been asked, and you turned down the opportunity, it’s time to build your confidence and take the leap. If you haven’t, then get out there and find opportunities that are a good fit. Start small if you need to—at your local Chamber of Commerce or a recurring Meetup group—but look for big stages, too, and be open for the chance to wow a crowd with your expertise.
Host a Live Event. If you want to really blow your audience away with your expertise and skills, then plan and host a live event. It doesn’t have to be huge—a small, intimate venue is often a better choice—but start making plans now. People who host live event are often seen as the real movers and shakers in their industries. Mostly because they are!
Finally, remember that no matter what approach you take to boosting your authority, it will only work if people hear about it. If you start a podcast, market it. If you step onto a stage—whatever size it is—shout about it from the rooftops. If you write a book, launch it.
Credibility and visibility go hand in hand. Whatever you can do to get the word out about your achievements, go do it. | {
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SO YOU WANNA BE A CURLER...?
Another 8 Week Novice League will begin on Sunday, January 29th and it's time to register! For more information about our Novice League, click here.
Want to "try it before you buy it"? We are offering a FREE Learn to Curl Clinic on Sunday, January 8th from 2pm to 4pm. Pre-registration is required. For more info email [email protected] or call 604-943-9219
ABOUT CURLING...
“Curling is a game of skill and tradition. A shot well executed is a delight to see and so too, it is a fine thing to observe the time honored traditions of the sport being applied in the true spirit of the game.”
The Tunnel Town Curling Club is a 6-sheet curling facility located in Sunny Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada.
Celebrating over 50 years of curling, Tunnel Town has played host to many great curling events as well as many social gatherings.
Today, the Club continues to be a focal point for the community. With modern facilities, including a full service lounge, TTCC boasts one of the best ice surfaces in the Lower Mainland. For more information on Private Rentals, please contact our Club Manager.
The Pro Shop at the Tunnel Town Curling Club has a wide variety of all curling supplies ranging from gloves, grippers, brooms, bags and shoes. Come see our very own line of “TTCC Wear” clothing apparel. Great for the gift idea! Special orders taken for team jackets, hats and vests. All curlers are encouraged to shop at our Pro Shop. Remember, if we don’t have it, we will get it for you! | {
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Monday, March 6, 2017
Review of All the Rage by Courtney Summers
The sheriff’s son, Kellan Turner, is not the golden boy everyone thinks he is, and Romy Grey knows that for a fact. Because no one wants to believe a girl from the wrong side of town, the truth about him has cost her everything—friends, family, and her community. Branded a liar and bullied relentlessly by a group of kids she used to hang out with, Romy’s only refuge is the diner where she works outside of town. No one knows her name or her past there; she can finally be anonymous. But when a girl with ties to both Romy and Kellan goes missing after a party, and news of him assaulting another girl in a town close by gets out, Romy must decide whether she wants to fight or carry the burden of knowing more girls could get hurt if she doesn’t speak up. Nobody believed her the first time—and they certainly won’t now — but the cost of her silence might be more than she can bear.
With a shocking conclusion and writing that will absolutely knock you out, All the Rage examines the shame and silence inflicted upon young women after an act of sexual violence, forcing us to ask ourselves: In a culture that refuses to protect its young girls, how can they survive?
(Summary from GoodReads)
I remember All the Rage getting a lot of buzz in
the book community right when it first came out.When I finally managed to read it for myself,
I was excited to see what everyone liked about it so much.I read Summers’ novel in two days and only
put it down when I had to. All the Rage
is a fantastically written and necessary read about rape culture in the lives
of teenage girls.
I felt so many
things over the course of reading this book, and for me one of the strongest
emotions throughout the story was anger. I felt so, so angry about how people in this
book treated Romy.Never once does
Summers shy away from the fact that Romy has done nothing to deserve how the world
around her treats her.Instead, people
just choose not to believe her.
In addition to
rage, Summers fills this story with a lot of other emotion.The writing and this story, and Romy, are
sharp but still stunning.Romy
consistently reapplies lipstick and red nail polish, but she also has a love
interest.Summers balances her need to
protect herself with her vulnerability.
I hope that All the Rage is a book that eventually
finds its way onto the shelves of every high school classroom.I hope that everyone who reads this finds themselves
thinking a little bit harder about rape culture, and I think this has to be an
important book for teenage girls who’ve experienced sexual assault. A personal favorite of mine, All the Rage should be added to your
must-read list if you haven’t read it already.
Disclosure: I originally read a copy of this book that I had checked out from my library, and then I bought a copy. | {
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Essay on Assignment 4
Throughout the history of the armed forces, there have been innumerable heroes who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in serving their country. They are given prestigious medals, high ranking titles, and even have movies made about their heroic efforts during their service. However, if one were to look back through the pages of our Nation’s history, there is something that almost every single hero has in common: they are all men. Women have been serving in almost every conflict since the American Revolution in some capacity; however, they were officially not allowed to engage in any situation that is considered an active conflict until 2013 when the Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta removed the ban on women serving in combat. While there are many concerns over the morality of women in combat, physical differences between genders, the presence of women in a war zone, sexual assault on women, among many others, these are all issues that are either placing blame on the wrong variable or creating fictional issues where there are none. The morality issue of women fighting in combat is part of an old belief that men are the providers and protectors, while women are the docile homemakers. This is not a new belief and it is important to address this notion of gender inequality when it comes to discussions of morality, particularly when they are instituted from outdated, theologically rooted opinions. Albert Mohler II, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, stated this when asked about his opinion on the issue: “If it is true that a majority of the American people affirm their readiness to see women ‘join combat units, where they would be directly involved in the ground fighting,’ the American people are demonstrating their disregard for the moral wisdom of the ages. The nation is forfeiting the responsibility of men to act as protectors of women, and acquiescing to the failure of men to fulfill their duty” (Mohler, 2009). While outdated and seemingly misguided, this notion of women breaking through the gender lines being seen as immoral and unnatural is not limited to the religious zealots of today’s world. In 2013, a writer for CNN called the ban removal a “dangerous experiment…What protections will they have against being thrown into front-line infantry units as organizational dividers soften and expectations change?” (Boykin, 2013). The notion that women seem to not know what they are getting themselves into and that any show of strength by women is a show of weakness on men is erroneous, at best. This sort of mentality that women are to be pitied is exactly the reason why it has taken so long for equality in the military to begin practice, although it is still a far way off.
The notion that women are more emotionally and physically fragile than men is not a new idea, but it has not taken many factors into account. Specifically that these combat positions are not simply being handed to any woman who is interested in applying. In the same way that male soldiers are required to pass vigorous trainings in order to be accepted to certain programs, women will have to do the same. They will also have to do the same sort of training camps as men do, although the two genders are separated during such camps. On the United States Marines online journal, The Marine Corps Gazette, the reason for this measure is stated as follows: “… gender-segregated recruit training was deemed critical to protecting female recruits from ridicule and criticism, scorn from male counterparts when perceived as under-performing, and resentment when outperforming male recruits” (LtCol Collins, 2014). The notion that women are kept separate from their male fellows is for their “own good” is the same sort of notion that kept women out of combat in the first place. It is also the sort of mentality that initially kept them from voting, holding property, working,…
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Ambler Campus Program Board: “Flower Power” Spring Event
Temple University Ambler Campus
Join Program Board and ring in spring with power — Flower Power that is.
The Flower Power Spring Event will include plenty of free food and fun provided by a wide variety of area restaurants. The celebration will also include live music, a petting zoo, jumbo Jenga, the Money Machine, free tie-dyed shirts for everyone, the return of the popular Wrecking Ball and a variety of other games!
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The level of consistency we’ve found has been pleasing
Burnley travel to Newcastle tomorrow and Steve Bruce has hinted at changes in both formation and team selection to try and get his team back on track and pick up the points to ensure they don’t drop into a relegation battle.
Bruce said: “Very early on in the season, it was evident they were quite comfortable in what they had done before (referring to them being defensively minded under previous manager Rafa Benitez). If changing is a new era, then we will try.
“We haven’t created enough and done enough and whereas when we were a threat on the counter attack, I think that’s waned over the past few weeks for whatever reason so we have to maybe try something different and see if we can create more chances and score more goals, because if we don’t it’s impossible to win a match.
“When you look for change, you can either change the personnel or change the system and how often do we see it now in the Premier League? That’s why we’ve got big squads. How often do you see a team go to three at the back? Man United did it last week. It’s something we’d like to adapt to, to have a couple of formations under your wing so when we do change we’re comfortable with it.
“Your home form is crucial to you. We’ve still got six to play at home so we hope we can keep that consistency level good. Obviously the supporters have their part to play but we must give them something to shout about. I’m determined that we will and a big occasion tomorrow. That’s what they are. The next five or six games at home will obviously define us.”
The first of those games is, of course, against us and he said of the Clarets: “First and foremost he (Sean Dyche) has done a remarkable job again and you know what you’re going to get from Burnley. They epitomise what Sean wants and what he is so it doesn’t surprise me that they’ve got the results that they have done.
“I think there’s only the top four have won as many games as Burnley so that shows you the run they’ve had. Fair play to them, you know what you are going to be up against and we’ve got to match that. We’ve got to match them physically for a start and the demands they put on you in your box. I’m confident we’ll manage to do it.”
Asked about the threat from us with the changes we’ve been forced to make recently up front, he added: “Vydra’s been patient and waited for his time, from the outside and look he’s got back to back goals in the Premier League. I’ve known him before in the Championship; he was a very decent player but obviously Wood and Barnes have been their main striking force for the majority of the season but he’s done well the kid since he’s come in.”
Sean Dyche takes us to Newcastle on the back of four wins and a draw in the last five games that have moved us on to 37 points and just a win short of the figure that usually means safety.
“Forty points strongly suggests that you are in the Premier league for the next season, Dyche said. “The first milestone is that 40 points, and for a lot of teams, ourselves included, that is our first train of thought. But you are always looking to better that, and once we get there we will re-assess and re-evaluate.
“We finished there last season, and we have a chance now to better that points tally. Can we go harder, longer and stronger than we did last season and get more points?”
Dyche then spoke about Dwight McNeil who will make his fiftieth Premier League appearance tomorrow if selected: “Fifty games and still only 19, turning 20 within those games, is fantastic and I’m really enjoying what Dwight offers. As a lad, he is very humble and quiet and his dad, who was a footballer, seems to be giving him good advice, because he’s hardly changed. It’s nice to see him chirping up a little and getting involved in the group a bit more.
“His shoulders are back and he’s enjoying the banter a bit more as he gets more experience in the group, but as a player, he’s a top young player and I believe in everything he is doing. We haven’t over coached him at all. We’ve guided him, but other than little details we’ve left him alone a lot and I love the fact he is enjoying his football.
“He has some good voices around him in the dressing room; people who I trust implicitly. They give him good information, and he is absorbing it. He is just a young man enjoying wearing the Burnley shirt and we just want him to enjoy his performances.”
Looking forward to tomorrow, he added: “There’s a good energy in the camp, but also in the town. It’s a very tough challenge going through a Premier League season and if you think you are not going to have blips, then you are very naïve.
“Our fans have been very good with that and they know we are not going to sail through it, which is why they stand by us, historically. We will be well supported up there and the fans get rewarded for their backing, because this group give them everything. We have our ups and downs, but this group give a lot to the fans through sweat on the shirt. They know they will get a shift out of the players and that will never go out of fashion, in my view.
“Fans still enjoy that and not many times have we let them down on that score, so we go up to Newcastle ready to deliver. Good runs don’t solve everything, but they do give you a feel good factor and within that run there have been some big performances. There are still things we can do better; there always is, but it’s been the level of consistency we’ve found that has been pleasing.” | {
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