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Sign the Petition To Keep High Fructose Corn Syrup Named HFCS Instead of "Corn Sugar" The sugar in one can of pop: eight tablespoons. Image credit Lloyd Alter High fructose corn syrup is like a third rail for food writers; when Brian was writing about "the mounting pile of evidence that high fructose corn syrup is unhealthier than ordinary table sugar", Marion Nestle was writing "HFCS is not poison. It is just a mixture of glucose and fructose in almost the same proportions as table sugar, sucrose....Let's give the Corn Refiners credit for calling a sugar a sugar." Michael Pollan was saying in Food Rule 4 that "sugar is sugar." I was writing "being natural doesn't mean better....We all consume far too much sweetener, wherever it comes from" and got fifty comments calling me an idiot. But as we come down to the wire for public comment, Marion Nestle has reconsidered the issue. She cares now. I think she is right. Her petition entry reads: The FDA should deny the Corn Refiners petition to change the name of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) to corn sugar. I understand that the Corn Refiners Association uses my comments on its website to support its position. The website quotes comments I have made to the effect that HFCS is biochemically equivalent to sucrose. It is. But I do not believe that biochemical equivalence is a good reason for the FDA to agree to a name change at this point. It is highly unlikely that public misunderstanding of nutritional biochemistry and the differential physiological effects of glucose vs. fructose will be addressed and corrected by changing the name of HFCS to corn sugar. Therefore, the name change is not in the public interest. Its only purpose is to further the commercial interests of members of the Corn Refiners, and that is not one the FDA should be concerned about. In the end, I still believe that real sugar is no better for one's health than high fructose corn syrup; they both rot your teeth and cause obesity. (A Princeton study did find some difference in the rate). And it is a moot point what they call the stuff; with demand for corn for biofuels, cattle feed and regular food, it is as expensive as sugar now. But there is no reason to not call the stuff what it is, instead of confusing people even more than they are now. Read more at Marion Nestle	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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A place for LGBTQ spirituality and the arts. Home of the gay Jesus and queer saints. Uniting body, mind and spirit. Open to all. Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Day 4: Jesus before the priests, magistrate and people (Gay Passion of Christ series) 8. Jesus Before the Priests (from The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision) by Douglas Blanchard “One of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, ‘Is that how you answer the high priest?’” -- John 18:22 (RSV) A guard hits Jesus in a house of worship while clergymen do nothing, indifferent to the violence in “Jesus Before the Priests” from “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision,” a series of 24 paintings by Douglas Blanchard. The blow is so hard that Jesus doubles over. The guard’s dark sunglasses cannot hide his hateful grimace. A bespectacled priest looks up from an open Bible, but his bland face registers no concern for Jesus. Another cleric deliberately ignores the assault, studying his fingernails. Red carpet on the steps leads to an altar with candles. Watching from the back are more white-robed priests and men in business suits. This is one of the more shocking images in Blanchard’s Passion series because it exposes blatant religious hypocrisy in an ordinary contemporary setting. The church and its ministers look familiar, maybe even comforting or boring. One might expect violence from police or soldiers on the streets, but not in a church sanctuary with approval from the priests. In the banality of evil, unspeakable acts are committed not by monsters, but by regular people who accept the premises of an institution and follow orders. “Jesus Before the Priests” is based on the Biblical story of Jesus’ trial before Caiaphas, the high priest in the Jewish court of the Sanhedrin. After his arrest Jesus was judged first by his own people. He had threatened their power structure by living in a way that showed God is not confined to dogmatic boxes or controlled by religious institutions. The priests hurriedly called an emergency session of the Sanhedrin in the dead of night. The specific charge against Jesus was blasphemy. False witnesses were brought in to accuse him, but their testimony was inconsistent. During hours of questioning Jesus mostly kept quiet, giving only a few cryptic answers. Finally they declared him guilty. Then the priests spat in his face and beat him before hustling him off to the Roman authorities for sentencing. The Sanhedrin trial has never been an especially popular subject in art history, but Blanchard finds the inherent drama in the scene by approaching it from a contemporary gay viewpoint. LGBT people often come into conflict with churches because of who they love. When viewed with queer eyes, this painting is a painful reminder that it feels like a slap in the face to be told that God condemns homosexuality or “hates the sin but loves the sinner.” LGBT people have been attacked with “clobber passages” from the Bible or tortured in “pray the gay away” therapy, also known as reparative or ex-gay conversion . While today’s LGBT artists mostly ignore the trial of Jesus, several have exposed the ancient purity laws that threaten queer people. For example, Swedish artist Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin photographed local LGBT people in Jerusalem with the dreaded scriptures projected on or near their bodies in her 2010 “Jerusalem” series. Conservative Christians cherry-pick Bible verses from Leviticus to condemn homosexuality on religious grounds, but these rules do not necessarily apply today. The passages refer specifically to sex with male temple prostitutes in the fertility cults of the neighboring Canaanite nations. They were only intended to stop ancient Jews from adopting the idolatrous practices of other cultures, not as a blanket prohibition on same-sex relationships forever. Anyway Christians need not try to enforce laws from Leviticus. The New Testament firmly rejects imposing the old purity code on new Gentile Christian converts because Jesus replaced the old laws with the new commandment to love. Many of the other laws in Leviticus were abandoned by Christians long ago. In addition to its sexual rules, Leviticus also outlaws tattoos, eating shrimp, reading horoscopes, and wearing blended fabrics. Religions have labeled queers as “sinners” and then refused to accept responsibility for the violence that they incited. A 21st-century example occurred in Uganda, where a law that imposed the death penalty for homosexuality was drafted under the influence of Christian conservatives from America. Church trials for homosexuality continue in America too. Priests, ministers, and congregations are still being found guilty and rebuked, ousted, expelled, shunned, or silenced for such “crimes” as speaking in favor of LGBT rights, performing same-sex marriages, or ordaining LGBT clergy. Queer Christian art has been denounced as blasphemy, the same crime for which Jesus was condemned. The ugly pattern is repeated with other groups. The Bible teaches love, but it has been used to justify slavery, wife-beating, genocide, and other horrors. “Jesus Before the Priests” sums up all religious hypocrisy in a single image. Religion, which supposedly promotes peace, justice, and love, instead has often become the impetus for war, discrimination, and acts of hate. Christians claim to follow Jesus, but if he showed up today they might reject him as a heretic and a troublemaker, just as the priests did 2,000 years ago. “The Human One must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.” -- Luke 9:22 (Inclusive Language Lectionary) The police arrested Jesus and took him straight to the priests -- the ones whom Jesus had often accused of hypocrisy. These priests rigorously enforced minor rules, while neglecting the purpose of God’s law: justice, love, and faith. They were like today’s church officials who put ministers on trial for blessing same-sex relationships or ordaining lesbians and gays. The priests interrogated Jesus for hours, trying to get him to say something that could be used against him. When they asked about his teachings, Jesus replied, Why ask me? Ask those who heard me. At that, an officer struck him, snarling, Is that how you answer the high priest?! The priests watched the violence with bland indifference. There were some good men among them, but they accepted their role as part of the system. They kept silent as evil triumphed. Violence in God’s name was routine. The unthinkable had become normal. Jesus, I follow your example, even if it goes against what the church authorities say. 9. Jesus Before the Magistrate (from The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision) by Douglas Blanchard “But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge; so that the governor wondered greatly.” -- Matthew 27:14 (RSV) A defendant refuses to accept a plea bargain in “Jesus Before the Magistrate.” Jesus is caught between his lawyer and a guard wearing knee-high military jackboots. Dull men in suits are shuffling papers, but nothing seems to happen in the generic courtroom. All of them, even the judge, look like faceless pawns in a menacingly complex bureaucracy. There is no jury. A pole behind the judge’s bench is topped by an eagle, a symbol shared by imperial Rome -- and the United States. In this antiseptic setting, impartial to a fault, Jesus is found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. This painting is a modern version of Jesus’ trial before the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate. The Bible says that after the priests found Jesus guilty, they took him to the governor for a second trial. Jesus was a Jew convicted blasphemy under the laws of his own people, but this was no crime in the eyes of the Roman occupation forces. The priests wanted Jesus executed, so they switched the charge to treason, a capital offense under the law of the Roman government that occupied their land. The Bible is packed with juicy dialogue, characters, and details about the interrogation and interactions between Jesus and Pilate. The episode has been dramatized -- and sometimes over-dramatized -- as the first stop in the traditional Stations of the Cross. The sensational scene has been a crowd-pleaser in medieval Passion plays and contemporary films about the life of Christ. In all four gospel accounts Pilate tries various tactics to avoid responsibility for killing Jesus. The angry mob and the seriousness of the charges eventually force Pilate to authorize the death penalty. The Roman and Jewish leaders were enemies, but they agreed that the man who loved without limits should die. Jesus’ trial before Pilate is one of the most enduring images in Christian art, dating back to fourth-century sarcophagi in the catacombs of Rome. Some artists portray Pilate as a harsh tyrant or a clever politician, but Blanchard opts to show him as an uncaring bureaucrat, too bland to make a memorable villain. This painting takes the whole overblown scenario and strips away the embellishments that have been cultivated by countless artists over the centuries: There are no priests accusing Jesus of “perverting” the nation. Jesus does not engage in one-on-one repartee with the governor. King Herod, Barabbas, and Pilate’s wife never appear. Pilate does not ritually wash his hands to absolve himself. Blanchard condenses all the action into a single, simple scene. The understated result is one of the most tranquil images in his whole Passion series. The painting gets at the unvarnished truth: Jesus was a nobody in the Roman justice system. The decision to kill the child of God was no big deal. It happened without fanfare, and it could happen again now somewhere closer to home. Ultimately Jesus was executed for treason, but his “crime” might have gone by a different name in another time and place. Queer people can relate to the experience of a man trapped in a system that is rigged against him. The deadly oppression begins with words of insult that serve to demonize and dehumanize a target group, paving the way for acts of violence. This hard truth is illustrated in “Stations of the Cross: The Struggle For LGBT Equality” by Tennessee artist Mary Button. In Station 1 she juxtaposes Jesus being condemned to death with the first use of the gay insult “faggot” in print (in a 1913 guide to criminal slang). Name-calling can escalate to assault. Anti-gay slurs are part of the continuum of oppression that includes murder by those who aim to purge society of sexual minorities. The scene of Jesus with the governor is also played out in courtrooms around the world. Many countries still outlaw same-sex acts between consenting adults, and a handful of nations punish them with death. Even where there is no state-sponsored persecution, people are fighting to pass laws that recognize same-sex unions and protect LGBT people from discrimination. The priests took Jesus to the magistrate, Pilate, demanding that he impose the death penalty. His government headquarters was bustling with dispassionate bureaucrats. For Jesus, the only law was love -- outright love for God and for people. He kept quiet in this alien place where loveless laws led to injustice. They used the legal system to force an uneasy “peace” on the local people, suppressing their culture and their very identity. Pilate’s lawmakers were like those who devised the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy or “defense of marriage act.” Pilate came from just such a narrow-minded viewpoint when he asked Jesus, What have you done? Jesus answered, I have come into the world to bear witness to the truth. Puzzled, the magistrate posed another question: What is truth? Jesus, show me your truth. 10. Jesus Before the People (from The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision) by Douglas Blanchard “Behold the man!” -- John 19:5 (RSV) An angry mob confronts a young man in “Jesus Before the People.” Jesus stands alone, handcuffed and motionless in the shadows, before the religious zealots picketing outside the courthouse. He twists his body, turning the other cheek to the crowd that assaults him with insults and rotten eggs. They are enraged, shouting, shaking fists, and waving signs with messages such as “God hates...” The last word is hidden, so the viewer can fill in the blank. This lynch mob could be turning against any disadvantaged group. His head is haloed by a sign demanding “Death to….” Another sign warns, “Hell is hot, hot, hot!” Someone adds an obscene gesture by flipping the finger at Jesus. A man in a wheelchair points his index finger sideways, signaling to cut his throat or get the hell out. Police struggle to stop the hostile crowd from killing Jesus right there. He turns his back on the viewer, revealing slashes in his tattered T-shirt. Eggshells, squashed tomatoes, and other debris litter the ground after being hurled at Jesus. Even the frame looks like it is spattered with eggs and gunk in a trompe l’oeil (fool the eye) artistic technique. The only barrier between the mob and the viewer is Jesus. The words on the signs suggest that Jesus is a gay man being jeered by fundamentalists. These look like the “God hates fags” signs carried by hate-mongers from Westboro Baptist Church at AIDS funerals and pride marches. “Jesus Before the People” shows the plight of any individual pressured by a group. By scapegoating vulnerable people, bullies maintain power. Blanchard doesn’t dehumanize the demonstrators or resort to demeaning stereotypes. The crowd is multi-racial, but all male, which is realistic for mass street violence. This painting updates the Biblical episode where Jesus was paraded before the bloodthirsty mob after being whipped. Pilate, the Roman governor, displayed the beaten Jesus to the crowd, exclaiming, “Behold the man!” They responded by shouting, “Crucify him!” The scene is all the more tragic because the crowds adored Jesus less than a week earlier when he entered the city. But the enemies of Jesus managed to stir up enough hate to turn the public against their former hero. In all four gospels Pilate yields to the crowd. He reluctantly sentences Jesus to death, trying to escape responsibility by blaming it on the people. In Matthew’s gospel he literally washes his hands in front of the crowd in a ritual to cleanse himself of guilt. Later interpreters have seen the sympathetic portrayal of Pilate as an attempt to cover up the role of the Roman government in Jesus’ death. The scene has been used to fuel anti-Semitism as Jews were scapegoated as “Christ-killers,” despite the fact that Jesus himself was a Jew, as were his apostles. The crowd in Jerusalem was lashing out at one of their own, erupting in the horizontal violence that often happens among oppressed people, including the LGBT community. Many artists have painted the scene that is known to art historians by the Latin phrase “Ecce Homo” which is usually translated as “Behold the man.” Like many images from the Passion, the Ecce Homo theme first appeared in art around the 10th century. It was re-enacted in the Passion plays of medieval theater and became popular in the Renaissance, depicted not only in Passion cycles but also on altarpieces and in sculpture groups. Most followed the same pattern, showing Jesus, Pilate, and the unruly crowd in a Jerusalem cityscape. Artists occasionally included self portraits as Christ or members of the crowd. Sometimes they turned the tables on the crowd. Dutch Early Renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch wreaked revenge on the anti-Jesus faction by turning their faces into ugly caricatures. During the late Renaissance artists began to show Jesus alone in the Ecce Homo scene. They created a new subject called Man of Sorrows that showed a close-up of the anguished face and upper body of Jesus as he was presented to his detractors. Blanchard’s version takes the iconography in the opposite direction, expanding the crowd and turning Jesus away from the viewer. Modern artists have adapted the Ecce Homo theme to express other forms of human suffering and degradation. German expressionists seemed to have a special affinity for the motif. Otto Dix illustrated the brutality of war in “Ecce Homo with Self Likeness Behind Barbed Wire” and George Grosz satirized human greed, lust, and cruelty with his “Ecce Homo” collection of vignettes from 1920s Berlin. In contemporary times the Latin word homo naturally lends itself to LGBT interpretations. Swedish photographer Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin used it as the name for her famous 1998 photo series recreating the life of Christ with LGBT models. Ecce Homo became a pun meaning both “Behold the man” and “Behold the homosexual.” “They shouted out, ‘Crucify, crucify him!’” -- Luke 23:21 (RSV) How quickly the people turned against Jesus! Less than a week ago the crowds adored him. Now a mob was outside the government headquarters demanding his death. Pilate, the magistrate, wanted above all to maintain security. He made Jesus stand before the angry throng. They shouted with increasing frenzy: “Crucify him!” The chief priests stirred up the crowd, vehemently accusing Jesus of all kinds of sins. “He’s a traitor! Burn in hell!” Their words still echo today when hate-mongers tell ruthless lies: “God hates gays! Death to fags!” The magistrate saw that a riot was beginning. If one person had to die to keep the peace, then the end justified the means. Guilt or innocence was not part of the equation. The magistrate agreed to the demands of the crowd. He ordered the execution of Jesus. Donate Jesus in Love links About me Kittredge Cherry is a lesbian Christian author and art historian. She founded Jesus In Love in 2005 to support LGBT spirituality and the arts. She was ordained by Metropolitan Community Churches, an LGBT-affirming Christian denomination, and served as its National Ecumenical Officer. Vision statement Jesus in Love supports lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer (LGBTQ) spirituality, with an emphasis on art and literature. It promotes artistic and religious freedom and teaches love for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. It is based on these beliefs: God loves all people, including sexual minorities. The creative process is sacred. The queer visions, especially the gay Jesus and LGBT saints, will free people to experience the divine in new ways and lead to a more just world. Jesus in Love was founded by lesbian Christian author Kittredge Cherry as her personal project.It is her gift to the world. Many thanks to everyone who supports her vision. Comment policy The Jesus in Love Blog encourages open, respectful discussion through comments. We maintain a safe, polite environment by moderating comments based on the following principles: 1. No personal attacks.2. No attacks on groups (including claims that homosexuality is a sin).3. No repetitive comments (same person repeating same idea multiple times on same post).4. No spam.5. Comments must be on topic.6. I reserve the right not to approve any comments for any reason, including those that I find offensive or that create a hostile atmosphere.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
But I'm getting an error. Why is this happening? Can I not modify any Pane elements in SwingUtilities? Any advice will be helpful. EDIT This is the error I get when I press the button Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not on FX application thread; currentThread = AWT-EventQueue-0 at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.checkFxUserThread(Toolkit.java:229) at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.checkFxUserThread(QuantumToolkit.java:423) at javafx.scene.Parent$2.onProposedChange(Parent.java:367) at com.sun.javafx.collections.VetoableListDecorator.setAll(VetoableListDecorator.java:113) at com.sun.javafx.collections.VetoableListDecorator.setAll(VetoableListDecorator.java:108) at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.LabeledSkinBase.updateChildren(LabeledSkinBase.java:575) at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.LabeledSkinBase.handleControlPropertyChanged(LabeledSkinBase.java:204) at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.LabelSkin.handleControlPropertyChanged(LabelSkin.java:49) at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.BehaviorSkinBase.lambda$registerChangeListener$61(BehaviorSkinBase.java:197) at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.MultiplePropertyChangeListenerHandler$1.changed(MultiplePropertyChangeListenerHandler.java:55) at javafx.beans.value.WeakChangeListener.changed(WeakChangeListener.java:89) at com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper$SingleChange.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:182) at com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:81) at javafx.beans.property.StringPropertyBase.fireValueChangedEvent(StringPropertyBase.java:103) at javafx.beans.property.StringPropertyBase.markInvalid(StringPropertyBase.java:110) at javafx.beans.property.StringPropertyBase.set(StringPropertyBase.java:144) at javafx.beans.property.StringPropertyBase.set(StringPropertyBase.java:49) at javafx.beans.property.StringProperty.setValue(StringProperty.java:65) at javafx.scene.control.Labeled.setText(Labeled.java:145) at Lego$1$1.run(Lego.java:63) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:756) at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97) at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709) at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:726) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82) This is because any Java FX components must be managed by the JavaFX Application Thread due to the fact that they are not thread-safe (this is for the exact same reason any Swing components must be managed by the AWT event dispatching Thread), so you need to modify your label indirectly using Platform.runLater(runnable) as next: Platform.runLater(() -> myLabel.setText("WORLD!")); We use SwingUtilities.invokeLater(runnable) to execute some code by the AWT event dispatching thread when you want to modify Swing components, it is the same idea with Platform.runLater(runnable) in case of Java FX components. NB: Avoid mixing Swing and JavaFX components unless you have no other choices.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Thursday, June 16, 2011 Why iCloud? I am increasingly glad that I left Apple to do other things. And I am sure Apple will continue to make more money for a while. But one has to wonder. Here is a company dedicated to the "Wow!". The stars in their developer teams create these applications that you launch and, really, they are beautiful. They are only 85% finished, but they look good and one does not see the problems until a few days later. Then, hey, you already bought it. They have a Support group to make you feel better about this. And you can file bugs. And wait for the next version. But that's about it. There was only one place in Apple that spoke about things like MTBF and that actually measured things like reliability. That was the server group. You know, the one whose products got deprecated and that is probably mostly gone at this point. Apple's apps are known for the elegance of their UIs and not for reliability. Everyone else at Apple says "You re-boot and your problem is gone? Problem solved." And these are the people that are going to build a cloud-based music service? The important people at Apple used to design things, create standards, carve beauty out of technological crap. Now, the important people are going to be running a data center full of HP machines. In North Carolina. It is truly sad. Of course, iCloud is a good idea for Apple. You used to pay for your music, own your music, and hold your music. With the iTunes Store, you pay for your music and hold your music and Apple owns your music. Now, with iCloud, you pay for your music, Apple holds your music and Apple owns your music. And this is a good deal. Why is Apple doing this? They might say, "because iCould."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Interest rate on EPF will be increased to 8.6 per cent for the year 2012-2013. This will benefit around five crore EPF subscribers. The Labour & Employment Minister, Shri Mallikarjun Kharge informed the Rajya Sabha that as per para 60(1) of the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952, rate of interest on the Employees Provident Fund is determined by the Central Government in consultation with the Central Board of Trustees, Employees Provident Fund. Central Government declared 8.25% rate of interest on EPF accumulation for the year 2011-12 based on the earnings of the Fund during the year. "The rates were brought down due to lower income (on investment in Special Deposit Schemes). There is no question of minimum or maximum interest rates. We distribute it as per our revenue. Next time, it will be 8.6 per cent," minister said. The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had brought down the rate of interest to 8.25 per cent for 2011-12. The reates stood at 9.5 per cent in 2010-11. The retirement fund body EPFO has deposits of more than Rs 55,000 crore in the Special Deposit Schemes (SDS) aimed at providing better returns to non-government provident funds and other such funds.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Guide to BTO Collection of Keys After a long wait when you finally receive notification from HDB that you can collect the keys to your new home. You are required to collect the keys to the flat within 1 month from the date of the notice letter received. Otherwise, you can visit HDB website > Go to My HDB page > Login with your Singpass to change the appointment dates. Things you need to bring when you collect the keys to your flat: When you come to collect the keys to your flat, you must bring the original copy of these documents, of all persons listed in the application: Identity cards of ALL persons (including occupiers) listed in the application. Marriage certificate (ORIGINAL) Original birth certificate of your children, if they are below 15 years old Or if you are buying the flat under Third child priority scheme. Certificate of Fire Insurance (To be purchase at ETIQA counter on the same day at HDB Hub) Latest CPF statement/Payslips/Company letter. Power of Attorney if you are unable to attend the appointment personally. Completed GIRO form if you are paying monthly loan installment partially or fully by cash NETS card. You are required to pay for some miscellaneous charges with NETs The collection process: 1. Purchase Fire Insurance from ETIQA at Atrium HDB Hub – Level 2 You are REQUIRED to purchase a fire insurance policy from ETIQA Insurance if you are taking loan from HDB. Head to level 2 of HDB Hub to purchase your fire insurance. You will need to take your queue number and purchase your fire insurance at the counter. Proceed to level 8 which you may take the lift at either lobby 1 or 2. You will need to scan the bar code of your appointment letter or your NRIC at the ticketing kiosk, and wait for your queue number to be called. 3. Sign Lease Agreement – Level 8 The HDB officer will brief you on the payment details, paperwork and get you to sign all of them. Also, if you have yet to purchase the miscellaneous stuffs, your HDB officer will brief you all the necessary and get you to settle all of them before coming back to collect the documents and keys. You will also be given a tax invoice to pay conservancy charge of $69.50 (cash or NETS). 4. Pay the Conservancy Charges – Level 3 Proceed to level 3 cashier counter and produce the tax invoice to pay for the conservancy charges. After making the conservancy charges at the counter, bring the receipt to level 8 again. 5. Collect Your Keys – Level 8 The HDB service officer will officially hand you the sets of keys and documents in a A4 black folio. 6. Open Utility Account at SP Services – Level 2 Finally, you can activate your electricity and water at SP Services at level 2. It will be activated immediately after you open an account. The whole process will take around 45 minutes to an hour depending on the timing. Hope this guide will be of help to you so you know what to expect and prepare for. Check for any defects and if you have found any within 7 days upon receipt of your keys or before any renovation works. If you are not able to notify within 7 days, you can contact the Building Service Centre directly and request for an extension.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Pritt Kalsi Print and Tees Menu Main Source – Nile Rodgers – Abbey Road Studios For Many years I have worked off and on with the group Main Source. Founding members K-Kut and Large Professor have always supported my work and have taken part in my films. Outside of the music we are friends. 2017 saw the 25 years Anniversary of the Classic Album Breaking Atoms, one of the best records ever made. The Group flew me over to NYC to join them for the SOBS show. My role was to help document the night. It’s no secret that the groups history hasn’t been best one. Imagine they were 17 year olds with big ideas and talent that delivered songs that made them superstars they were under the spotlight, delivering classic 12 after 12. 25 years later, a lot older a lot wiser to the business, both Large and K-Kut became Main Source again to perform for their fans, giving them the Main Source Experience. This time was about friendships being rebuilt. I got to witness and experience this moment as it happened. 2018 The group returned to the UK for a one off show at London’s Cargo. We also made a guest appearance at Brixtons Hip Hop Chip Shop. Thank to all that made the shows. I left the following morning returning to the midlands, to continue my work on the Power of Now Project. In the Evening XP called me and asked if I would like to Join him at a session at The BeatlesAbbey Road Studios with the music Legend Nile Rodgers. My first thought was your kidding, maybe you guys are drinking. I’d love to but call me tomorrow, to let me know your serious. Next day they called. ‘We serious’ we want to do something for you’ they said. So I drove to London and joined them. I got the Studio and hour before them. Both Large and Kev pulled up in a Taxi and together we entered the studio. First thing I noticed was all the signs saying ‘No photography’. We was met by the manager of the studios who invited Large, He was a real fan of Main Source and wanted to meet him. He went onto ask a few questions to the group then giving us a full tour of Abbey Road Studios, including The Beatles Room where there recording equipment is still kept. We was then led to the top floor to join Nile Rodgers who was gracious and so happy to have us all there. I sat there as he offered his services to the group, He would love to play on a Main Source Record . It’s amazing to see how much Main Source’s music has had an impact on very serious musicians, We were amongst people who worked on David Bowie’s music. A number of great musicians and engineers. I felt like a fly on the wall but infact they wanted me to part of the project. We was later invited to a session with David Bowie’s team. Where later we was put under the spotlight and I got to ask the crew a few questions. This turned out to be a incredible day. On parting we joined Nile Rodgers in The Beatles Room where we worked a session, later we were left in the room to our devices to work. I have some video but in respect to the Beatles I’m holding on to that. I really appreciate the guys reaching out and asking me to join them. I appreciate the friendship and respect they have for me. It means a lot. I left there motivated. It’s not a easy being an artist in the UK, every day its a feels like a battle but irrespective of all the challenges I /we, can not stop the inner drive and need to be busy and create. Interesting I warned the organisers of the BMA’s after winning that, that I would not make it easy for anyone to follow in my footsteps they unleashed a beast. Returning to my home I had Former Beatminerz Producer Baby Paul staying at my home alongside Supa Emcee who people may remember from the movie 8 Mile battling Eminem. I got to Listen and review their project. Looking at Paul, I told him he’s got something big there. The guy sleeping on my sofa has everything it takes to be the next big rap superstar. totally out of my realm. If marketed right, with some strong videos and visuals I’ll put money on him becoming a household name. There is a gap in the market for him and i think it’s time the industry presented a new new face. I’m going to watch their project closely, even though they asked if they can holla for me to review their progress. I really wish them all the best. I love to see my friends get productive and do well, to see them exercise their visions. In this age of do it your self. Everyday presents a challenge. The challenge is to create the solution. That is what motivates me and the people around me.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Recent Posts About We've all heard of crooks installing skimmers on ATM machines to steal debit card information, including pin numbers, but a new scheme has been uncovered that is much harder to detect and it happens at a place you might equate with highway robbery -- the gas pump. Reports have come in from across the country of debit card skimmers inside gas pumps that record your debit card number, including PIN, and send it wirelessly to a crook who then makes a fake card and helps himself to your money. Unlike similar skimming attacks at ATMs, these types of scams are much harder to detect because there is no additional part attached to the outside of the gas pump. Instead, criminals actually open the machine and install a skimmer with a secondary keypad and then close it up and wait for the information to roll in. While you'd assume that it is difficult to get inside a gas pump and tamper with the card reader, investigators told ABC 4 that it only takes 30 seconds to get inside a pump and install a skimming card reader -- an act that is easily accomplished on a pump at the edge of a camera and out of the clerk's view. The really bad news is that these pumps are often pay at the pump or pre-pay only which means they may see a higher number of credit and debit card use. Most recently, police in Utah discovered skimmers hidden inside pumps at 180 gas stations, which allowed thieves to steal $11,000 after they created fake ATM cards. Sgt. Troy Arnold told the local ABC affiliate, "Without somebody notifying somebody, this device could actually sit on a gas pump for months on end without anybody ever knowing that it exists." That's exactly what happened at a gas station in California where a skimmer was found in December after capturing customer information for more than two months. In the initial report, it is stated that consumers will have more protection from skimmers when Visa requires merchants to go to a triple data encryption standard in July of this year, which is a good move, but unfortunately this won't prevent skimming attacks involving second pinpads and modified card readers like those installed inside gas pumps. Until gas pumps are outfitted with the anti skimming technology that is being developed for ATMs, consumers concerned consumers should use a credit card at the pump or head inside to pay. It is important to note that while using your debit card as credit at the pump won't expose your PIN number to the perps, it doesn't afford you the same protections as using credit.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Raw sugar centrifugal production reached 50.5 kt in 2014 in Greece, according to Faostat. This is 14.8 % more than in the previous year. Historically, raw sugar centrifugal production in Greece reached an all time high of 421 kt in 1989 and an all time low of 6.50 kt in 1961. When compared to Greece's main peers, raw sugar centrifugal production in Albania amounted to 4.00 kt, 1.00 kt in Macedonia and 2,335 kt in Turkey in 2014. Greece has been ranked 86th within the group of 119 countries we follow in terms of raw sugar centrifugal production, 38 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Vintage Russian Black Lacquer Box, M'stera, Floral, Signed This lacquer box has the flowers which are vivid in color and meticulously executed. Around the oval there are gilded scrolls and flowers. There a signature M'sTera, denoting the village of M'stera. There is also a signature which appears to be GAAAKNHA. The box measures 5" x 4" x 1 3/4". The inside is the traditional red. Very good condition.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
We aim to provide access to proper medical care to all by providing free transportation to and from clinics , hospitals. We hope this will help fight infant and maternal mortality. There are a lot of great facilities in developing countries that provide good healthcare but a lot of people who need it can't get to these facilitie. By providing free transportation we aim To get everyone the care they need. We are trying to help in the fight against infant and maternal mortalities. We also aim to educate people on healthy lifestyle and healthy diets.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
CTA budget is riding on extra state subsidy October 13, 2006 Chicago Tribune This article discusses the CTA's proposed FY2007 budget, which relies on an extra $110 million in state subsidies that have not yet been guaranteed. It notes that although the Civic Federation supports additional funding for region's transit agencies, the Federation is "surprised and disappointed" that the budget relies on a subsidy that has not yet been approved, and recommends that the CTA take steps to eliminate some late-night service and increase fares.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Monday, October 7, 2019 The Sister Series by Tara Hart ~ Excerpt & Giveaway You have no idea what it’s like to be a twin–her twin. I’m constantly reminded of how much we look-a-like, how we sound the same, how inseparable we are. It’s true that I can feel my sisters pain, just as I can sense her happiness and feel her despair. It’s this unyielding connection between her and me. But it’s more than mere looks or feelings that we have in common. It’s the people we attract. Girlfriends, boyfriends…husbands. Sometimes we share more than we ever intended–sometimes we share a life. No matter how hard I try to break free, it’s this magnetic pull that keeps drawing me back in.Harder, stronger, closer. Twins are joined by a force that I can’t quite explain. Between twins, there are no boundaries. What’s mine is hers and what’s hers is mine. And once that line is crossed, there’s no turning back. I can feel his eyes traveling up and down my body as I turn and walk out of the room. As I make my way to the kitchen I can hear Mom isn’t far behind, her heels clicking against the hardwood floors. She swoops in like a hawk. “What’s going on, Savannah?” she whispers, her face just inches from my own. I avert my gaze. “What do you mean?” “In there.” She raises her hands in the air as if indicating the room around us. “You and Jared.” I’m usually an expert at hiding my feelings, but when it comes to my mother, she can read me like a book. “What are you talking about?” I keep my voice low. She screws up her face, slight wrinkles settling in the corners of her harshly narrowed eyes. “You’ve barely been able to string a sentence together and he can’t stop looking at you.” I shrug my shoulders. “Who?” She scoffs. “Don’t play coy with me.” Her hands come to rest on her hips as she readies herself to give me a lecture. It’s a stance I haven’t seen in years. It used to frighten me when I was younger, my mother being much stricter than my father. Her expectations always high and somehow I still feel she’s not proud of me. “It’s a marriage, Savannah,” she starts. “You don’t mess with your sister’s marriage.” Mom has been cheated on by husband number two and three, so I know she’s speaking from a deeply personal place. Her instincts in this instance are misplaced, nothing is happening between Jared and I. It’s all imaginary, on my part anyway. “Nothing’s happening.” I meet her eyes, challenging her to question my intentions once more. Before she can speak again, Selina saunters into the room. She has no idea what she’s walked in on and she doesn’t care to know. “I’ll help you with dessert, Mom.” She dumps some dirty plates on the counter as she veers for the cake box. “Let’s see if Savvy did any good with her cake selection.” She lifts the lid of the box and smiles wide. “Chocolate mud cake. Savannah you shouldn’t have.” It’s her favorite, but that’s not the reason I bought it. It’s also George’s favorite, which Selina wouldn’t know because she doesn’t care about the small details. I look to my mother who is standing over the kitchen sink, clasping the edge of the counter, her knuckles white from holding on so tight. She can’t bear to look at me. Her mind is made up like she’s certain something is happening between Jared and me, no matter what I say, I can’t convince her otherwise. I turn on my heel, making my way back into the dining room where Jared sits alone. I want to turn right back around and walk out, but that would be way too obvious. I take my seat and brace myself for the most awkward conversation of my life. “Where’s George?” I ask. “He’s gone to the bathroom.” I nod as if I give a shit where George has gone, which I don’t. “So, you’re really seeing someone?” he asks. “It’s early days.” “Who is he?” he asks, glaring at me from the other side of the table. “Someone I’ve known for a while,” I say. The lies slide off my tongue easier than they should. Making up a fictitious relationship is something I never thought I’d do, but here I am, spinning lies to cover my own insecurities. “Did you meet him through work?” Jared shoves his plate away and rests his elbows on the table, waiting, his fist supporting his chin. “Yes,” I answer softly. Making it up as I go, or is he making it up? I can’t tell, I’m too busy squirming in my seat. “Is it serious?” His tone is rough and throaty, and it surprises me. I don’t know why, but the weight of our relationship seems to be resting on my answer. This will shape how he feels about me, and for some ungodly reason, that matters to me. “No,” I say, my gaze meeting his. “It’s not serious…yet.” I feel the tension break as Mom and Selina walk back in the room with George in tow. Mom is carrying the cake that I bought, now dressed with too many candles to count. She places the cake in the center of the table and we start a chorus of happy birthday while George smiles widely. He waits for the song to finish before blowing out the candles. It takes him three attempts to extinguish the fire atop the cake. Grey smoke billowing around us. Through the smoke, I can see Jared’s face. He hasn’t taken his eyes off of me once. Author Bio: Tara Hart writes romance stories for those searching for their happily ever after. Her upcoming releases include No Angel - a new adult novel and Lost & Bound - a stand-alone read that teeters on dark romance. Tara was born and raised in Australia. She currently spends her time travelling around Asia finding inspiration for her next story. Tara loves to connect with readers, writers and bloggers. A complete introvert by nature, once she likes you– she will be your friend for life.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A Forum for Orthodox Jewish thought on Halacha, Hashkafa, and the social issues of our time. Tuesday, July 03, 2012 “It Just Can’t Be True!” I am loath to mention Avreimal Mondrowitz again. But I think it is instructive to note why people like him seem to be so stronglyprotected by his community. This is not a surprise to me.But I make note of it here in light of a line in a recent Jewish Press article about this sordid and on-going injustice. The line reads as follows: “Reportedly, his neighbors like him and are unaware or deny the allegations about his past.” His neighbors like him. One should not dismiss this point lightly. To simply say that the attitude about sex abuse in the right wing community is a function of their readings of Halacha – misses an important factor. The human one. There is clearly another more human reason for protecting a monster like Mondrowitz. They see a very charming fellow who has a nice family; living among them for many years; and who emphatically denies all charges - and wonder how it could be possible that someone like this could be even remotely guilty of what he is being accused of. I think the emotional component is a much bigger problem than people may be aware of. Bigger - in my view than trying to fight notions about improperly applied Mesirah or anti secular biases. Experiencing someone in only positive ways creates a natural bias toward him that is hard to shake when accused by a stranger of abuse. I think it might even be easier to convince someone of erring in their Halachic analyses than it is to change their ‘sixth sense’ about them. I admit to at one time being guilty of this kind of thinking myself. About 20 or 30years ago - there were rumors circulating about one individual here in Chicago that he had molested some young girls. At the time I refused to believe it. It couldn’t be that this fellow who was well integrated into the community was capable of it. He was a merchant on Devon Avenue - a busy shopping area at the time (similar to ‘13th Avenue’ in Brooklyn) in an Orthodox neighborhood. All 3 of my daughters actually had an after school job with him when they were in high school. I just did not believe it about this man. Nor did many other people who frequented his shop. He was charming fellow - a family man with a wonderful wife and wonderful children. Although I still find it hard to believe, I do believe those rumors now. There is no doubt about what he did. His wife passed away and his children are all married adults. And at over 80 years of age -lives alone and in virtual house arrest. Thank God nothing happened to my daughters. The point is that if you know someone well and you never see him do anything but the right thing – it is easy to fall into the trap called “denial”. If a community can deny the accusations against Mondrowitz in this way, it is understandable that other communities can deny the accusations about other molesters as is the case with Rabbi Nechemia Weberman – a man that takes off his glasses when he walks down the street so he won’t be able to accidently gaze at a woman as she passes him by. I suggest that this may in part be behind the thinking of the Agudah Moetzes - in their approach to requiring all accusations of abuse to pass before a Rabbi for approval before reporting them to the police. When a man that is well respected and has no known history of abuse is accused, it shouldn’t be all that surprising that caution is mandated about reporting him to the police. It doesn’t make it right. But it does make it understandable. The human predilection to rely on your own observations about someone can outweigh common sense sometimes. I don’t know how one deals with this. Just to be clear, I absolutely agree that all accusations of abuse should be reported directly to the police.While we can argue this point saying that not doing so impedes justice - how can we counter the human factor? How do we counter the “It can’t be true about him!” thought process so as to convince people of the injustice of relying on an irrational emotion? Just some food for thought. Follow by Email Followers Recent Comments About Me My outlook on Judaism is based mostly on the teachings of my primary Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik from whom I received my rabbinic ordination. It is also based on a search for spiritual truth. Among the various sources that put me on the right path, two great philosophic works stand out: “Halakhic Man” and “Lonely Man of Faith” authored by the pre-eminent Jewish philosopher and theologian, Rabbi, Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Of great significance is Rabbi, Dr. Norman Lamm's conceptualization and models of Torah U’Mada and Dr. Eliezer Berkovits who introduced me to the world of philosophic thought. Among my early influences were two pioneers of American Elementary Torah Chinuch, Rabbis Shmuel Kaufman and Yaakov Levi. The Yeshivos I attended were Yeshivas Telshe for early high school and more significantly, the Hebrew Theological College where for a period of ten years, my Rebbeim included such great Rabbinic figures as Rabbis Mordechai Rogov, Shmaryahu Meltzer, Yaakov Perlow, Herzl Kaplan, and Selig Starr. I also attended Roosevelt University where I received my Bachelor's Degree - majoring in Psychology.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Police: Man shot bus passenger in anticipation of threat Updated 5:14 pm, Thursday, December 1, 2016 SEATTLE (AP) — A 21-year-old man told police he shot and killed a passenger he didn't know on a Metro Transit bus in Renton this week because he thought the man was going to threaten him, an investigator wrote in court documents filed Thursday. Faisal Adan waived a court appearance and a judge set bail at $5 million, said Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the King County Prosecutor's Office. It was not immediately clear if he had obtained a lawyer. He was due to face another court hearing Friday. According to a probable cause statement filed by a detective, a witness reported sitting between Adan and the victim in the back of the Route 169 bus headed toward the Renton Transit Center on Tuesday afternoon. The witness said the two were speaking in a foreign language, but that the tone "did not suggest any issues or tension." Suddenly, the suspect pulled a gun out of his sweatshirt and repeatedly shot the other man, the witness reported. The gunman walked to the front of the bus, pointed the gun at the driver and demanded the bus stop, the witness reported. The gunman exited but was soon tracked down by Renton police. The man who was shot died Thursday morning, the King County Sheriff's Office said. During a post-arrest interview with detectives, Adan "admitted that he shot the victim because he thought that the victim was going to threaten him," the probable cause document statement said. The documents also said that Adan, who has a scar from a gunshot wound in his abdomen, "stated that he was not going to be a victim again." Adan recently served a one-year sentence for joining two other young men in robbing a man of his Kindle in 2013, court records show. One of the men was armed with a gun in that case, authorities said.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Author reveals excerpts from latest Potter book Interview will air in a special program on pubcaster BBC2 on June 19 at 7:30 p.m., ahead of the publication of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” the long-awaited fifth novel in the series, on June 21. Rowling will give a taster from the new book and provide an insight into the inspiration behind the novels as well as discuss the impact her books have had on children’s literature. “She talks honestly about her fame, her wealth and the time she even considered breaking her arm to avoid the pressures of writing,” said Paxman. “As well as dropping some clues about what will happen in the ‘Order of the Phoenix,’ she raises intriguing new possibilities about Harry’s longer term future.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Hi Kerohl, you are doin quite well for the begining. Two ideas if you want to consider about, first avoid busy backgrounds especially on the navigation menu, and second try to make the dimensions of all the bars inculuding select and unselect in accordance with the other bars. That means if I were you I would make the select highlight a little bit short in the height to make it fit with the tab bar. I am sure that you will find the best way while you make more themes. To keep an eye with what Doc showed you will be very helpful I think. mohammed_intekhab Dec 22 2006, 05:41 AM Hy kerohl.it nice to see your thread. good start kerohl Dec 22 2006, 06:16 AM QUOTE(vswindtalker @ Dec 22 2006, 08:23 PM) Hi Kerohl, you are doin quite well for the begining. Two ideas if you want to consider about, first avoid busy backgrounds especially on the navigation menu, and second try to make the dimensions of all the bars inculuding select and unselect in accordance with the other bars. That means if I were you I would make the select highlight a little bit short in the height to make it fit with the tab bar. I am sure that you will find the best way while you make more themes. To keep an eye with what Doc showed you will be very helpful I think. [right][snapback]266733[/snapback][/right] thnks for the tips.. i appreciate them, but i just had a hard time understanding it.. hehe.. well if u don't mind can you explain it one more time? thnks... and what does busy background mean? and the bars select and unselect? really i appreciate it and i want to understand it all so i could make my themes more better.. You've put the title border directly under the selection icons and when you then make the tab highlight in its default size it overlaps the border. I would have either made the selected tab smaller, like the red one I added to the pic, or I would have moved the title border below the title text (Answered) as the arrow suggests. A busy background is where there's lots happening and/or a lot of different colors. The backgrounds usually look better this way, but that's not what makes a great theme. A great theme is where you at no point feel distracted or disturbed by the elements or backgrounds of the theme. I can add that the borders of the highlights and tabs are a bit jagged. And I think you've taken the easy road to the highlights.. My guess is that you started with the desktop highlight, then resized it to the size of the highlights. The result of that never looks good and that's why you have thick side borders (disturbing the text) and thin top/bottom borders on the highlights. Shortcuts can be good, but this not one of those times. Three themers that always produce high quality themes with great functionality are Jasnasto, mrklan and Patrick_Lippe. Check their threads and you'll know how a great theme should look like. And take time to look at the technical aspects of their theming, how they use the backgrounds and colors to make it functional. With all this in mind, I don't think the theme is a disaster, it just needs some work. Keep at it! chunkyvic Dec 22 2006, 08:55 PM I agree about the functionality of the themes however your City Cat theme has some nice stand out touches. Great effort for a newbie. One to watch I think. Vic kerohl Dec 23 2006, 04:37 AM ok.. thnks a lot for these.. thomas_sweden Dec 23 2006, 06:46 AM great theme kerohl jasnasto Dec 23 2006, 07:22 AM I can only agree with all that vs and doc said... just keep on working, you got some very good ideas, kerohl... QUOTE(dr_megabyte @ Dec 22 2006, 08:23 PM) Three themers that always produce high quality themes with great functionality are Jasnasto, mrklan and Patrick_Lippe. Check their threads and you'll know how a great theme should look like. And take time to look at the technical aspects of their theming, how they use the backgrounds and colors to make it functional.[right][snapback]266845[/snapback][/right] Thanx for mentioning me, doc... I can only add that your thread has to be checked , too... kerohl Dec 23 2006, 08:53 AM hey doc, how bout this one? is it any better? kerohl Dec 25 2006, 08:20 PM Merry Christmas people! zjurina Dec 26 2006, 02:44 AM hi, kerohl wish you have a Merry Christmas also, sorry to be a little late over here... wnt to mention it s a nice start in theming you have got already several highly quality themers for adwisers! listen to them and you ll not miss a success Prefer the second Kitty for now. kerohl Dec 26 2006, 02:46 AM QUOTE(zjurina @ Dec 26 2006, 05:44 PM) hi, kerohl wish you have a Merry Christmas also, sorry to be a little late over here... wnt to mention it s a nice start in theming you have got already several highly quality themers for adwisers! listen to them and you ll not miss a success Prefer the second Kitty for now.[right][snapback]267958[/snapback][/right] thnks.. kerohl Dec 26 2006, 10:21 AM how bout this one? Destined Theme by Kerohl thomas_sweden Dec 26 2006, 10:56 AM I don't really like those outlines of the softs and status and that thing on the highlights isn't very good looking... and maybe the titles is a bit short... but a great theme, keep them comming kerohl Dec 26 2006, 07:49 PM good to hear from u thomas.. ok i'll edit those stuffs.. shoutout Dec 26 2006, 07:52 PM nice theme kerohl kerohl Dec 26 2006, 10:25 PM Edited Version.. thomas_sweden Dec 27 2006, 02:28 AM looks better, but maybe you could have choosen another outline instead of that you used before... sorry if I only complain, but I really like your theme dr_megabyte Dec 27 2006, 04:51 AM I don't agree with Thomas about your outline.. That's nothing wrong to use and I think it's better to concentrate on what you can improve instead of making you adjust and change everything to suit my personal taste.. Agree about the titles, though. They're a bit on the short side. I think you need something bordering the soft/status as the transition to the background gets too abrupt without as it is right now.. Imo, it actually looked better with the outline.. The selected tabs and titles could also use some depth. Try a few different drop shadows, and less is often more when using drop shadow. You don't need much to change the look totally. I think your unselected and selected tabs don't go together. If you assign unselected tabs I think it looks better if you make the selected the same but with some small difference (to make it stand out as selected of course) to it. Also plenty of examples of this in the elite-themers threads. What I would have done for your latest theme is this. I suppose you've used a big wallpaper as base for your backgrounds. If you have, then I would use these parts for the menu backgrounds: Or I would use these parts and overlay and/or blend with the standby background. If you select parts from the image with the freehand selection tool and set the feather extremely high and play with the opacity of the different layers you can get blending virtually seamless. I hope you understand what I mean.. About your previous theme and the second version. I think brightening of the background is the last resort of a desperate mind to make a disfunctional theme functional. It's so much better to have all this in mind when designing your backgrounds instead of making these changes after it's all done. If you start out thinking that you will make the standby your primary background and the others less busy versions or hints of it I think you're off to a better start with each theme. Keep it up! But don't rush it, it takes time, especially at this stage! You'll be a champ before you know it! All of them are amazing Kerhol!!!! Well done youve improved alot since your first theme kerohl Jan 11 2007, 04:58 AM really?? thnks thom and bj.. that really uplifts me.. of course i got inspirations from other m9 themers.. and i also fantasize zjurina's themes.. wonderful.. storm016 Jan 15 2007, 04:28 PM good looking themes kerohl ..... someone told me oncve ... textures like these ddoesn't look good in the phone I need you to tell me if it is true or not kerohl Jan 25 2007, 04:22 AM QUOTE(storm016 @ Jan 16 2007, 07:28 AM) good looking themes kerohl ..... someone told me oncve ... textures like these ddoesn't look good in the phone I need you to tell me if it is true or not [right][snapback]274638[/snapback][/right] what textures? storm016 Jan 27 2007, 06:27 PM QUOTE(kerohl @ Jan 25 2007, 02:22 PM) QUOTE(storm016 @ Jan 16 2007, 07:28 AM) good looking themes kerohl ..... someone told me oncve ... textures like these ddoesn't look good in the phone I need you to tell me if it is true or not [right][snapback]274638[/snapback][/right] what textures?[right][snapback]278103[/snapback][/right] oh .. I mean those on DestinyV2 theme bars kerohl Jan 27 2007, 07:12 PM oh... i see.. as far as remember, i looks just fine but i myself feels that something is missing when i would look at it.. dina_ Jan 29 2007, 04:35 AM Very nice themes and hope you have more to com!!! jasnasto Jan 29 2007, 04:56 AM Serenade looks very nice, kerohl... Some really nice details, but the theme looks a bit busy for my taste ... love the inputs, although the butterflies in the input 1 could make some problems when you write SMS... This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Peter Hujar (born 1934) died of AIDS in 1987, leaving behind a complex and profound body of photographs. Hujar was a leading figure in the group of artists, musicians, writers, and performers at the forefront of the cultural scene in downtown New York in the 1970s and early 80s, and he was enormously admired for his completely uncompromising attitude towards work and life. He was a consummate technician, and his portraits of people, animals, and landscapes, with their exquisite black-and-white tonalities, were extremely influential. Highly emotional yet stripped of excess, Hujar’s photographs are always beautiful, although rarely in a conventional way. His extraordinary first book, Portraits in Life and Death, with an introduction by Susan Sontag, was published in 1976, but his “difficult” personality and refusal to pander to the marketplace insured that it was his last publication during his lifetime. Since Hujar’s death his work has been exhibited around the world, including one-person shows at the Grey Art Gallery, New York; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
As my voice rises with that of the cantor, I tell myself my enthusiasm more than makes up for my staggering lack of singing ability. Shul is the only public place where I will bust out song with abandon, disregarding the sidelong glances thrown my way. I am unabashedly loud, and also happiest, when worshipping through song. In this week’s parshah, the righteous Miriam famously gathers the Hebrew women in song and dance to celebrate escape from the Egyptians. “Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her in dance with timbrels. And Miriam chanted for them: Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously; Horse and driver He has hurled into the sea” (Exodus 15:20-21). The late Debbie Friedman rendered this moment in her own track. “Miriam’s Song” is on regular rotation during the “Rock Shabbat” services staged by my local Reform Temple, a favorite of both adults and children. Most of the music in which we engage during services, however, is prayer. It is praise, it is gratitude, and it is supplication. Whether Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Humanist, Orthodox or Renewal, the prayers are largely the same. Shalom Rav, Hashkiveinu, Lecha Dodi, and V’Shamru are familiar standards, though they may be delivered somewhat differently by each movement in our collective tradition. No High Holiday service is complete without Avinu Malkeinu and any Passover Seder would surely fall flat without the inclusion of Dayenu. Communication with the divine encompasses innumerable languages, including music. Its power does not reside in literal, linear understanding, but rather its ability to foster a certain feeling within and around us. I know I am not the only Jew who can sing a perfect Yismechu without being able to translate what any of those beautiful words actually mean. In addition to Miriam getting her groove on with her sisters, Parshah Beshalach also includes a lyric poem that gives us the Mi Chamocha prayer of our modern day services. I have participated in slow, sonorous versions, as well as riotously joyful renditions and have felt the tones fill me with awe, deep appreciation and peace. Our tradition tells us that it is this song the Israelites sang after emerging safe from the Sea of Reeds. It begins with the somewhat rhetorical question, “Who is like you, Oh God, among the gods who are worshipped?” Music is contextual in my life. What I listen to in the gym is quite different than what I put on when making dinner which is certainly not the same as my getting-ready-for-work playlist or the road trip compilations capable of fueling hours of driving. For spiritual purposes, I prefer our Hebrew prayers. Some I find comforting, others electrifying. All rouse within me a sense of connection to something greater than myself. For me, they also feel like home. This is not true of all Jews, certainly. I know many for whom these prayers are simply something to sit through as we wait for the Mourner’s Kaddish to signal the end. Those I sit beside in Shul are often much quieter, participating by phrases, and sometimes taking the opportunity to whisper to their neighbor. This is ok. It can feel inherently meaningless to worship in a language other than our own, no matter its holy status. We may feel self-conscious exercising our vocals in front of strangers or friends. Perhaps it’s altogether just uncomfortable. Some find divine connection through the sermon or the oneg. Others, in simply donning a kippah or tallit. And others still, in skipping services entirely and enjoying a Friday night cocktail with a friend. All means of connection are valid and one is not inherently better than another. Our Torah reminds us that celebration, song and dance are inherently human behaviors. They may be individual but are more often communal – connecting us to one another as we connect with God. Today, we need not limit ourselves to the songs of the siddur. Holiness may be found in the music outside of synagogues and summer camps, as well. Certainly, Jews continue to make positive contributions to all areas of music. Maybe the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” can prove a compelling anthem for the story of the Maccabees. Perhaps we can hear “Raise Your Glass” by Pink and be reminded of Miriam and other outspoken women in our tradition. Personally, I can’t listen to Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” without thinking of our ancestors wandering the desert for 40 very long years. We are fortunate to be Jews. We live within a tradition that continues to evolve through our sometimes intentional, but often unconscious, contributions. Our Jewish identities are not simply one small compartment of who we are, but a glorious container encompassing the totality of our lives. We breathe, we eat, we listen to music. When performed by Jews, these actions are inherently Jewish. It’s a beautiful phenomenon. The next time you update your Spotify playlist, take a moment to think of it in a Jewish context. What of our vast tradition does listening to your go-to Pandora station evoke? Test the possibility of connecting with God through Grooveshark. Who are you when you hear your favorite song? All music is potential connection and a reflection of our very personal Jewish journeys. Music is language, it is prayer, and it is life. Bein ha-Metzarim is the period between the 17th of Tammuz and Tisha B’Av. It’s a time of mourning for the loss of the Temple and the exile of the Jews from Israel. And during this time, you’re not supposed to shave, get a haircut, get married, or listen to music. Wait…no music? No way dude. I’m not into it. This “Three Weeks” thing isn’t my scene. It’s not that I’m irreligious. Hardly. I probably read the Torah and Talmud every day. It’s an occupational hazard of working for PunkTorah. My problem really stems from the faulty logic that surrounds The Three Weeks. I really hate the idea of Tradition-Becomes-Law, and clearly that’s what The Three Weeks are about. Prohibitions about what kinds of prayers you can say, kinds of meat you can eat, how hot your bath water should be…these are all made up by rabbis just to torture you. These cultural traditions get codified over time, which is odd given that the G-d explicitly says not to add or take away anything from the Torah (Deut. 4:2, 12:32). Since I’m not Ashkenazic (or Sephardic, for that matter) I have a hard time believing that I should follow the laws of a culture I do not belong to, especially if they are passed off as law when they clearly are not. Secondly, I don’t think that the Jews being scattered through the Diaspora is worth three weeks without your ipod. I’m of the opinion that Jews are in the Diaspora because G-d wants us to “take it to the streets”, as you might say. For me, the Temple is a metaphor for hiding, of locking ourselves away from the rest of the world. Now it’s time to leave the Temple-in-our-minds-and-hearts and be with other nations, so that we can share our values and wisdom with the world, as well as learn from others. I don’t think this is an idea worth mourning; I think it’s worth honoring. I’ll go to a Tisha B’Av service. I’ll be a part of community. I’ll reflect on what it means to be a people without a Temple. I’ll do all of it, because I love it and I live it. But, in the words of Charelton Heston, I’ll give you my ipod when you take it out of my “cold, dead hands.” And he was Moses, so it doesn’t get more legit than that.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
How we eat is changing. When it comes to food consumption, people have become more aware of the health and environmental implications of their choices. It's no wonder, considering that the impact of our global food service and food retail industries are among the most detrimental toward global warming and other growing ecological concerns. Fortunately, it’s becoming more mainstream to think about consuming food in a way that is better for both people and our planet. Restaurants and food retailers around the world are adopting more environmentally friendly practices that strengthen their brands and attract the socially conscious. In fact, millennials are the first generation who are willing to spend more for better quality, sustainability and traceability. Whether through a commitment to local produce, waste reduction or an ethical menu, a growing number of restaurateurs with a conscience are inspiring the world to champion a more sustainable future for food. From local farm to table Bertrand Grébaut and Théo Pourriat, the two friends behind Parisian restaurant Septime, are on a mission to run the most sustainable restaurant on the planet. From the wine they serve to the veg-heavy menu to the fair treatment of their supply chain workers, it’s important to them that they strive to be sustainable throughout every aspect of their business. It’s this multi-layered strategy that won them a near perfect 100% sustainability score and this year’s Most Sustainable Restaurant award. In a capital that is world-renowned for its traditional, meat-heavy cuisine, Septime takes a novel approach to rethinking the way things are done. It compliments the fact that France is leading the EU when it comes to food system sustainability and food waste. Continuing the French tradition of “hyper local", Septime’s strategy starts – but certainly doesn’t end – with their sourcing. Ninety-nine percent of the Septime’s produce is grown in France, which counts for everything except coffee, sugar, vanilla and certain citrus fruits. The restaurant sources from local urban farmers and has invested in a farm just outside of Paris. They’re also dedicated to seed preservation through working with farmers and a collective of chefs to save 1,400 seed varieties in a project called Conservatoire du Gout. Spring In London, more restaurants and food initiatives are emerging that adopt a similar approach to local sourcing, predominantly by building close relationships with local farmers. At Spring, a restaurant in Somerset House, Australian-born chef Skye Gyngenal sources almost all of her restaurant’s food exclusively from Fern Verrow biodynamic farm in Yorkshire, for example. E5 bakehouse, an independent organic bakery under the railway arches near London Fields, takes a step further. They grow and mill their own grains as well as produce their own flour as part of a commitment to use only UK grown wheat. The bakery is also focused on minimizing its carbon footprint through using energy from renewable sources and biodegradable packaging, as well as composting and delivering their baked goods via bicycle. Cities like New York and San Francisco are surrounded by farmland, so the challenge is not so much to source locally as it is to utilize small scale farmers of the immediate region. In New York, the idea of urban farming is also being spearheaded by the food industry, with examples such as West Village restaurant Rosemary’s and Brooklyn Grange Farms transforming their rooftops into thriving farms. Guaranteeing to customers that produce is grown hyper-locally and mindfully massively adds value to a restaurant’s appeal. It means that they're cutting out on food miles and over-processing, as well as preserving natural ingredients and supporting local communities. But restaurants who are truly committed to sustainability don’t stop there. Silo Zero Waste About 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted every year, equating to a third of the entire world’s consumption. In the UK, food waste is estimated to cost UK restaurants more than £680 million a year alone. Re-thinking ways to reduce food waste can be hugely viable for the restaurant sector, both financially and ethically. Silo, a restaurant in Brighton committed to being "zero waste", is proving to be exceptionally innovative. Everything has been considered, from the upcycled furniture and plates made out of recycled plastic bags down to their “nose to tail” ideology – meaning that if an animal dies for food it is respectfully maximized. Whatever might be left over is put into an "aerobic digestor" which generates up to 60 kilograms of compost within 24 hours. Others are reimagining how food waste can be creatively repurposed, led by world renowned "philosopher chef" Dan Barber, a New Yorker known for his devotion to advancing sustainable farming initiatives. Barber recently brought wastED, a pop-up restaurant concept, to the rooftop of London’s Selfridges, where he designed delicious dishes out of food from agriculture waste that is normally deemed unpalatable. Tinte Sustainable drinking For restaurants practicing sustainability, it’s not just about the food that’s served– the drinks menu is equally important. This has been apparent in the recent rise of biodynamic wines, or natural wines that have been made with little to no intervention. The natural wine movement is taking the traditional industry by storm and empowering independent and ethical winemakers around the world. Take TINTE, a wine you’ll find on the menu at Silo, for example. TINTE is a biodynamic orange wine made by Vidacycle, run by a family based between London and Chile where they own a small scale regenerative farm. Alongside Silo’s natural wine selection, you’ll find other fermented drinks made using foraged and intercepted plants, herbs, vegetables and fruit. A handful of Londoner bartenders are even making a point of creating cocktails from waste. Ryan Chetiyawardana, or “Mr Lyan”, opened the first cocktail bar to use no perishables, no fruit and even no ice. He creates what he calls "closed-loop" cocktails at his two bars, White Lyan in Hoxton and Dandelyan at the Mondrian. The drinks incorporate leftovers from previous cocktails, making a point to prove that luxury doesn’t need to be wasteful or excessive... Sweet Green Transforming Fast Food A new standard of food franchise has also emerged in the name of sustainability: you can eat healthily, locally and at a chain. Take Sweetgreen, the popular fast-casual chain known for its "simple, seasonal, healthy" salads. With over 60 locations across the US, Sweetgreen works with a network of 500 local and sustainable farms, highlighted on the chalkboard walls of each restaurant. In London there’s Wahaca, the Mexican street food chain that focuses on ethical dining. You only need to glance at the menu to know where their meat is sourced. The Mexican chillies used in their sauces are grown locally by the South Devon Chilli farm to cut down on imports and the restaurants are fitted out with recycled materials. Sushi chains could be contested to be among the most unsustainable, especially when it comes to fish sourcing. However, London-based Feng Sushi is setting an example by promoting readily available British fish (such as line-caught mackerel) and ensuring all their fish is Marine Stewardship Council approved. They also work with UK farmers to grow produce usually only found in Asia, such as edamame beans, as well as using biodegradable packaging and bamboo chopsticks. From the supermarket shelves to fast food joints to cocktail bars, sustainability is on its way to becoming the new standard. The world is waking up to the ramifications of our globalized food systems. It’s the restaurateurs, chefs and bartenders coming up with more resourceful ideas who are leading the way by creating new expectations for how we’ll enjoy food in the future.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Author Abstract Traditional ‘normal’ science has long been defined by classical physics and most obviously carried over into social science by neoclassical economics. Especially because of the increasingly rapid change dynamics at the dawn of the 21st century, different kinds of foundational assumptions are needed for an effective scientific epistemology. Complexity science – really ‘order-creation science’ – is particularly relevant because it is founded on theories explicitly aimed at explaining order creation rather than accounting for classical physicists’ traditional concerns about explaining equilibrium. This article sets up the rapid change problem, and shows why evolutionary theory is not the best approach for explaining entrepreneurship and organizational change dynamics. New theories from order-creation science are briefly presented. The continuing centrality of models in scientific realist definitions of modern science is brought to center stage. Agent-based computational models are shown to be better than math models in playing the role of forcing theoretical elegance and continuing the essential experimental tradition of effective science. Introduction Isabelle Stengers (2004) reminds us that the founding idea of complexity science was Prigogine’s juxtapositioning of the 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics so as to explain the emergence of dissipative structures. Implicit in this was his questioning of the reversibility of time and the centrality of equilibrium in “normal” science (Prigogine & Stengers, 1984). There can be no greater foundational challenge to normal science, the origin of which was classical physics. Sandra Mitchell (2004) reminds us of the centrality of idealized, abstract models, one of the enduring legacies of logical positivism (McKelvey, 2002). Ironically, if mathematics is taken as the model-technology of choice, these two foundational statements can’t be joined. Why? Math as the core modeling method of modern science originated in Newton’s studies of orbital mechanics and was greatly reinforced by the Vienna Circle’s founding of logical positivism in 1907 (Suppe, 1977). Given that the 1st Law is about conservation of energy, and that classical physical dynamics is about the translation of matter from one form to another, math became the only means of rigorously accounting for the accuracy of the translation, and thereby the proving of theories about what causes what, given equilibrium. Simply put, math models can’t handle order creation. The methodological invention that does allow the joining of the two foregoing foundational statements is the agent-based[1] computational model. Casti (1997) states that in fifty years time computational experiments will be seen as the primary contribution of the Santa Fe Institute. The tendency in organization studies so far is to focus on explicating the term complexity, seemingly in every way possible, and to rush toward offering practical wisdom, again, seemingly in every way possible. Could it be that the science of it all is being ignored in the rush toward practical application? My intent is to emphasize the science part in two ways. First, calling ‘it’ complexity science is like calling thermodynamics ‘hot’ science. Complexity and hot are the outcomes at one end of the dynamic scale. More aptly, complexity science is order-creation science. This puts focus on the fundamental change in the nature of the dynamics involved – from equilibrium dynamics to order-creation dynamics. Second, there is the changing role ofmodels. Math is good for equilibrium modeling. Agent-based computational models are essential for modeling order creation. My objective is to explain why order-creation science offers significant new lessons for how scholars doing management and organizational studies can better understand the modern dynamics of their phenomena. I begin with a review of why ‘New Age’ economies and organizations in the digital information era call for organizational designs in which the collective intelligences of many employees may be brought to bear, quickly, on New Age organization problems and strategies. I then discuss why order-creation science offers better ways of understanding and researching emergent collective phenomena. Foremost among these new methods is the use of agent-based computational models. I also outline the epistemological reasons why models remain a cornerstone of effective science. A short overview of how one might use agent models in conducting one’s research on organizations and managerial processes follows. Organizational dynamics in the 21st century ‘New age’ economics and increased external complexity Over past centuries, economic life has been marked by three revolutions: agricultural, industrial, and service. The 21st century brings with it a fourth – the digital information age. N owhere are the dynamics characterizing the knowledge era more vividly and succinctly portrayed than in a recent book edited by Halal and Taylor (1999), 21st Century Economics: Perspectives of Socioeconomics for a Changing World. Their conclusions (paraphrased) are far reaching (pp. 398-402): Economies of the 21st century will be dominated by globalization and integrated by sophisticated information networks; Part Two of their book, titled “Emerging Models of the Firm,” focuses on the magnitude of the problem managers face as they cope with increasing competitiveness world-wide while at the same time trying to shift from top-down control to the management of complex new organizational forms using radically new approaches of managerial leadership for purposes of knowledge creation and the creation of in-tra-organizational market dynamics. As if this weren’t difficult enough, Larry Prusak (1996: 6) points to speed as the driving element[2]: “The only thing thatgives an organization a competitive edge – the only thing that is sustainable – is what it knows, how it uses what it knows, and how fast it can know something new!” Halal and Taylor say life will be different on the other side of the millennium – the New Age: “Communism has collapsed, new corporate structures are emerging constantly, government is being ‘reinvented’, entirely new industries are being born, and the world is unifying into a global market governed by the imperatives of knowledge” (1999: xvii) The four conclusions by Halal and Taylor, mentioned above, predict economic revolution over the next two decades. Given this, what should organization theorists and managers worry about? Significant clues come from Part II of their book, boiled down in their Table 1, which focuses on “Emerging Models of the Firm.” Abstracting from this Table, what do the various authors in Part II see going on? Corporate restructuring focusing on responding to hypergrowth, building cellular networks, product-cycle management, use of internal markets; Disequilibria rather than optimization, with efficiency and enhanced competitiveness stemming from employee empowerment. The authors in Part II emphasize decentralization, cellular networks, internal markets, and employee empowerment as defining elements of New Age economies – all in response to disequilibria and new economic trends. Key questions we face are: How should we research organizational and/or managerial dynamics? How should managers manage? (Drucker, 1999) Also from Halal and Taylor (1999) we learn that New Age trends call for dramatically new organizational strategies and designs. Strategy scholars have seen this coming. Recent writers about competitive strategy and sustained rent generation parallel Prusak’s emphasis on how fast a firm can develop new knowledge. Competitive advantage is seen to stem from keeping pace with high-velocity environments (Eisenhardt, 1989), seeing industry trends (Hamel & Prahalad, 1994) and value migration (Slywotzky, 1996), and staying ahead of the efficiency curve (Porter, 1996). Because of increases in the need for dynamic capabilities, faster learning, and knowledge creation there is an increased level of causal ambiguity (Lippman & Rumelt, 1982; Mosakowski, 1997). Learning and innovation are not only more essential (Ambrose, 1995), but also more difficult (Auerswald, et al., 1996; ogilvie, 1998). Dynamic ill-structured environments and learning opportunities become the basis of competitive advantage if firms can be early in their industry to unravel the evolving conditions (Stacey, 1995). Drawing on Weick (1985), Udwadia (1990), and Anthony, et al. (1993), ogilvie (1998: 12) argues that strategic advantage lies in developing new useful knowledge from the continuous stream of “unstructured, diverse, random, and contradictory data” swirling around firms. Matching internal to external complexity via bottom-up emergence The foregoing trends appear on a CEO’s horizon as uncertainties. Uncertainty in organizational environments is a function of (1) degrees of freedom (generally taken as the most basic definition of complexity – GellMann, 1994); (2) the possible nonlinearity of each variable comprising each degree of freedom, and (3) the possibility that each may change. These three environmental ingredients give rise to seemingly countless strategic options. Long ago, and seemingly in simpler times, Ashby characterized environments and possible adaptive options using the term “variety.” His classic Law ofRequisite Variety (1956: 207) holds that: “only variety can destroy variety” What does Ashby mean by “destroy”? His insight was that a system has to have internal variety, also defined as degrees of freedom, that matches its external variety so that it can self-organize to deal with and thereby “destroy” or overcome the negative effects on adaptation of imposing environmental constraints and complexity. In biology, this is to say that a species has to have enough internal genetic variance to successfully adapt to whatever resource and competitor tensions imposed by its environment. I update and extend Ashby’s Law as follows: But how is external complexity destroyed and internal complexity created? Thompson (1967), reflecting the era of contingency theory, took the view that variety was reduced from the top. Thus, at each level starting with the CEO, some variety is taken out of the system so that at the bottom, workers do their jobs in a machine-like setting of total certainty. This is a top-down approach to uncertainty reduction. Nearly a quarter century later, Mélèse (1991) takes the opposite view, arguing that variety reduction happens best from the bottom up. Simon (1999) observes that it is not just variety that is out there to be destroyed but also high change-rate effects. Lower level units, therefore, must absorb variety, leaving upper managers with less frequent, less noisy, less complex, but weightier decisions. By way of expanding on how organizations might go about developing internal complexity, I briefly describe four approaches to the bottom-up variety destruction problem. In social systems, the learning dynamics described above occur simultaneously and interactively – it is a connectionist social capital development problem (Burt, 1992). Transactive memory (Moreland & Myaskovsky, 2000; Wegner, 1987) and situated learning studies (Glynn, et al., 1994; Lave & Wenger, 1991), for example, all show learning as a nonlinear, interactive, and coevolving (Lewin & Volberda, 1999) process. Even individual cognitive processes are seen as socially distributed (Taylor, 1999), with employees in social networks influencing and learning from each other (Argote, 1999). Learning, thus, is a recursive connectionist process rather than a linear agent-inde-pendence one. Recent work now stresses the importance of the “collective mind” (Lave & Wenger, 1991; Weick & Roberts, 1993). According to Glynn, et al. (1994), learning is “best modeled in terms of the organizational connections that constitute a learning network” (p. 56). Wenger (1998) focuses on individual learning in “communities of practice,” observing that individual learning is inseparable from collective learning. Lant and Phelps (1999: 233) hold that learning should be understood primarily as evolving within “an interactive context… embedded in the context and the process of organizing.” McKelvey (2001a, 2005) refers to recursive vertical and horizontal individual / group learning pro-cesses in organizations as “distributed intelligence.” “Why is it that whenever I askfor a pair ofhands, a brain comes attached?” (Ford)[4] “My work is in a building that houses three thousand people who are essentially the individual ’particles’ of the ‘brain’ of an organization that consists of sixty thousand people worldwide.” (Zohar, 1997: xv) Zohar (1997) starts her book by quoting the director of retailing giant, Marks & Spencer. Each particle (employee) has some intellectual capability – Becker’s (1975) human capital. And some of them talk to each other – Burt’s (1992) social capital. Together they comprise distributed intelligence. Human capital is a property of individual employees. Taken to the extreme, even geniuses offer a firm only minimal adaptive capability if they are isolated from everyone else. A firm’s core competencies, dynamic capabilities, and knowledge requisite for competitive advantage increasingly appear as networks of human capital holders. These knowledge networks also increasingly appear throughout firms rather than being narrowly confined to upper management (Norling, 1996). Employees are now responsible for adaptive capability rather than just being bodies to carry out orders. Here is where networks become critical. Much of the effectiveness and economic value of human capital held by individuals has been shown to be subject to the nature of the social networks in which the human agents are embedded (Granovetter, 1973, 1985, 1992). Intelligence in brains rests entirely on the production of emergent networks among neurons “intelligence is the network” (Fuster, 1995: 11). Neurons behave as simple “threshold gates” that have one behavioral option – fire or not fire (p. 29). As intelligence increases, it is represented in the brain as emergent connections (synaptic links) among neurons. Human intelligence is ‘distributed’ across really dumb agents! In computer parallel processing systems, computers play the role ofneurons. These systems are more ‘nodebased’ than ‘network-based’. Artificial intelligence resides in the intelligence capability of the computers as agents, with emergent network-based intelligence still at a very primitive stage (Garzon, 1995). My focus on distributed intelligence places most of the emphasis on the emergence of constructive networks. The lesson from brains and computers is that organizational intelligence or learning capability is best seen as ‘distributed’ and that increasing it depends on fostering network development along with increasing agents’ human capital. Cellular networks: Miles, et al. (1999) offer a second approach to variety destruction. They refer to the 21st century as the era of innovation. They see self-organizing employee learning networks as essential to effective performance in the knowledge economy. It takes continuously evolving networks to keep up with rapidly evolving elements of the knowledge economy, particularly technology, market tastes, and industry competitors. Miles, et al. (1999) see entrepreneurship, self-organization, and member ownership as the essential ingredients of effective cellular networks. Cells consist of self-managing teams of employees – the heterogeneous agents governed by what complexity scientists term ‘simple rules’. The cells have “…an entrepreneurial responsibility to the larger organization” (p. 163). Miles, et al. (1999) say that if the cells are strategic business units they may be set up as profit centers. They emphasize the instability of the cells, noting that each cell must reorganize constantly. It needs appropriate governance skills to do this. For Miles, et al. (1999), the CEO’s approach to managing the cells is based on viewing the cells as entrepreneurial firms. They offer two examples. In one firm (Technical and Computer Graphics), the cells / firms are j oint venture partners within the enveloping organization. In the other (The Acer Group), the cells / firms are j ointly owned via an internal stock market. Details remain vague as to how the cells maintain their autonomy in the face of top-down control, or how the CEOs assure shareholder value from the cells. Miles, et al. (1999) talk about self-organization, learning networks, and emergent cells, but, again, how all this works is vague. Managing appropriate network autonomy. In a recent paper Thomas, et al. (2005) remind us that Roeth-lisberger and Dixon discovered the classic control-autonomy duality (formal vs. informal organization) back in 1939. By now, several dualities have been observed: control vs. autonomy, innovation, variety, and self-organization, and change rate, among others. Thomas, et al.’s (2005) review shows that the ‘English’ literature tends to persist in looking for bipolar duality solutions in which the opposing forces are balanced or adjusted to achieve an “optimum mix” (March, 1999: 5). In contrast, they observe that the ‘French’ literature holds that control and autonomy – and other dualities are “entangled.” Even though control might dominate (the “englobing” force), for example, circumstances are recognized when autonomy can dominate ( “inversion”). Further, the French see the rate of “inversion / reversion” between which pole of the duality dominates as unstable. The tangled poles – really forces – of dualities have to be appropriately “managed” if a CEO wishes to create and maintain the “combination of independence and interdependence” characterizing Miles, et al.’s “cellular network” design. Some 60 years of organizational research shows this is much easier said than done! Based on a twelve-year analysis of a global cosmetics firm, Thomas, et al. (2005) conclude that: Any attempt to focus only on the autonomy end of a duality likely will fail. Effective “leading” of a cellular network requires setting in motion the dynamic inversion / reversion of control and autonomy, such that they are “entangled” as opposed to “balanced” or “optimized” (March, 1991, 1999). Further, they evolve in their interactive dynamics over time. The ‘rate’ at which the bipoles irregularly oscillate is critical. The zero-oscillation periods, whether autonomy or control dominated, did not resolve the overproduction and no-profit situations. The control-pole dominating (englobing), but with frequent reversions to autonomy-dominance, appears as the most successful organizational form, since it is both stable and produces profits. In the foregoing section I have built from Ashby’s classic Law of Requisite Variety toward the idea that adaptive capability in human organizations, under conditions of New Age external complexity, stems from distributed intelligence built up and held collectively by heterogeneous agents (employees). It is not just the one brain at the top that counts – it is lots of connected brains. This points to the critical importance of bottom-up emergent dynamics underlying the creation of learning and new knowledge, and distributed intelligence in organizations and cellular networks. Given this, I now turn to the question: Where do we draw lessons for better understanding methods for creating newly emerging structures? The best place right now is from complexity science – which is really the science of new order creation. New theory: Order-creation (complexity) science Theoretical background All of the foregoing calls for bottom-up emergence call for a science of new order creation (McKelvey, 2004b). Much of the scientific method in management and organizations and in business schools, especially strategy studies, is dominated by the epistemology of economics (e.g., Besanko, et al., 2000. In fact, social science in general is dominated by economics. Unfortunately, economics is notorious for drawing its epistemology from classical physics and the latter’s focus on equilibrium dynamics and the mathematical accounting of physical matter transformations governed by the 1st Law of Thermodynamics (Mirowski, 1989, 1994; Ormerod, 1994, 1998; Arthur, et al., 1997, Colander, 2000). How to get from equilibrium-based to order-creation science? Nelson and Winter (1982) look to Darwinian evolutionary theory for a dynamic perspective useful for explaining the origin of order in economic systems; so too, does Aldrich (1979, 1999). Leading writers about biology, such as Salthe (1993), Rosenberg (1994), Depew (1998), Weber (1998), and Kauffman (2000), now argue that Darwinian theory is, itself, equilibrium bound and not adequate for explaining the origin of order. Underlying this change in perspective is a shift to the study of how heterogeneous bio-agents create order in the context of geological and atmospheric dynamics (McKelvey, 2004a). Campbell brought Darwinian selectionist theory into social science (Campbell, 1965; McKelvey & Baum, 1999). Nelson and Winter (1982) offer the most comprehensive treatment in economics; Aldrich (1979) and McKelvey (1982) do so in organization studies. The essentials are: (1) Genes replicate with error; (2) Variants are differentially selected, altering gene frequencies in populations; (3) Populations have differential survival rates, given existing niches; (4) Coevolution of niche emergence and genetic variance; and (5) Struggle for existence. Economic Orthodoxy develops the mathematics of thermodynamics to study the resolution of supply / demand imbalances within a broader equilibrium context. It also takes a static, instantaneous conception of maximization and equilibrium. Nelson and Winter introduce Darwinian selection as a dynamic process over time, substituting routines for genes, search for mutation, and selection via economic competition. Rosenberg (1994) observes that Nelson and Winter’s book fails because Orthodoxy still holds to energy conservation mathematics (the 1st Law of Thermodynamics), the prediction advantages of thermodynamic equilibrium, and the latter framework’s roots in the axioms of Newton’s orbital mechanics, as Mirowski (1989) discusses at considerable length. Hinterberger (1994) critiques Orthodoxy’s reliance on the equilibrium assumption from a different perspective. In his view, a closer look at both competitive contexts and socioeconomic actors uncovers four forces working to disallow the equilibrium assumption: Rapid changes in the competitive context of firms do not allow the kinds of extended equilibria seen in biology and classical physics; There is more and more evidence that the future is best characterized by “disorder, instability, diversity, disequilibrium, and nonlinearity” (p. 37); Firms are likely to experience changing basins of attraction – that is, the effects of different equilibria; Agents coevolve to create higher level structures that become the selection contexts for subsequent agent behaviors. Hinterberger’s critique comes from the perspective of complexity science. Also from this view, Holland (1988: 117-124) and Arthur, et al.^997: 3-4) note that the following characteristics of economies counter the equilibrium assumption essential to pre-dictive mathematics: After reviewing all the chapters in their anthology, The Economy as an Evolving Complex System, most of which rely on mathematical modeling, the editors ask, “.In what way do equilibrium calculations provide insight into emergence?” (Arthur, et al., 1997: 12) The answer is, of course, they don’t. What is missing? Holland’s elements of complex adaptive systems are what are missing: agents, nonlinearities, hierarchy, coevolution, far-from-equilibrium, and self-organization. This becomes evident once we use research methods allowing a fast-motion view of socioeconomic phenomena. The fast-paced technology and market changes in the modern knowledge economy – that drive knowledge creation and entrepreneurship – suggest such an analytical time shift for socioeconomic research methods is long over due. The methods of economics are based on the methods of physics, which in turn are based on very slow motion new order-creation events, i.e., planetary orbits and atomic processes that have remained essentially unchanged for billions of years. Bar-Yam (1997) divides degrees of freedom into fast, slow, and dynamic time scales. On a human time scale, applications of thermodynamics to the phenomena of classical physics and economics assume that slow processes are fixed and fast processes are in equilibrium, leaving thermodynamic processes as dynamic. Bar-Yam says, “Slow processes establish the [broader] framework in which thermodynamics can be applied” (1997: 90). Now, suppose we speed up slow motion physical processes so that they appear dynamic at the human time scale – say to a rate of roughly one year for every three seconds. Then about a billion years go by per century. It is like looking at a 3.8 billion year movie in fast-motion. At this speed we see the dynamic effects geological changes have on biological order – the processes of Darwinian evolution go by so fast they appear in equilibrium (elaborated in McKelvey, 2004a)! If the classical physics, equilibrium-influenced methods of socioeconomic research are viewed through the lens of fast-motion science, evolutionary analysis shifts into Bar-Yam’s fast motion degrees of freedom. Thus, changes attributed to selection “dynamics” slip into equilibrium. By this logic, since evolutionary analysis is equilibrium-bound, it is ill suited for research focusing on far-from-equilibrium change. Following Van de Vijver, et al. (1998), dynamic analysis, therefore, must focus on agents’ self-organization rather than Darwinian selection. The 1st Law of Thermodynamics has been the defining dynamic of science – but it focuses on ordertranslation, not order-creation. Elsewhere, I review the complexity scientists’ search for the 0 th law of thermodynamics, focusing on the root question in complexity science: What causes order before 1st Law equilibria take hold? (McKelvey, 2004a). How and when does order creation occur? Post-equilibrium science studies only time-reversible, post 1st Law energy translations – how, why, and at what rate energy translates from one kind of order to another (Prigogine, 1955, 1997). It invariably assumes equilibrium. Pre-equilibrium science focuses on the order-creation characteristics of complex adaptive systems. Knowledge Era research needs to be based on pre-equilibrium science! Two implications follow from the foregoing review: (1) If not equilibrium-based science, we need to find another scientific approach that focuses on order creation instead of equilibrium. This is what complexity science does; and (2) We also need a different kind of modeling approach. I will point out later just how essential formal modeling is to good science. It also turns out that the American School of complexity science has developed a New Age modeling approach agent-based computational models. But first, new theory. Schools of complexity science: Two new theory bases The complexity science view of the origin of order in biology is that self-organization – pre 1st Law processes – explains more order in the biosphere than Darwinian selection (Kauffman, 1993, 2000; Salthe, 1993; the many authors in Van de Vijver, et al., 1998). Two independently conceived engines of order creation are apparent in complexity science. I review them briefly below and conclude with a call for their integration. The European group consists of Prigogine (1955, 1997), Haken (1977/1983), Cramer (1993), Mainzer (1994/2004), among others. The American group consists largely of those associated with the Santa Fe Institute. While one could gloss over the differences, I think it is worth not doing so[5]. For the Europeans, it is clear that phase transitions, especially at the 1st critical value, are fundamental. Phase transitions are significant events that occur at the 1st critical value of R, the Reynolds number (from fluid flow dynamics, Lagerstrom, 1996). Phase transitions are, thus, dramatic events, far removed from the instigation events the Americans focus on, which are: (1) the almost meaningless random “butterfly” effects that set off “self-organized criticality” and complexity cascades (Gleick, 1987; Bak, 1996; Brunk, 2000), and (2) the kinds of events or ‘things’ that initiate positive feedback mutual causal processes – what Holland (1995) calls “tags.” Though their differences are significant, both are essential to social science. To make the differences really obvious, I boil them down to bare essentials[6]. The region of emergent complexity defined by the 1st and 2nd critical values. They typically begin with Bénard cells. In a Bénard process (1901), ‘critical values’ in the energy differential (measured as temperature, AT) between warmer and cooler surfaces of the container affect the velocity, R, of the air flow, which correlates with AT. Suppose the surfaces of the container represent the hot surface of the earth and the cold upper atmosphere. The critical values divide the velocity of air flow in the container into three kinds: Below the 1st critical value (the Rayleigh number), heat transfer occurs via conduction – gas molecules transfer energy by vibrating more vigorously against each other while remaining essentially in the same place; Between the 1st and 2nd critical values, heat transfer occurs via a bulk movement of air in which the gas molecules move between the surfaces in a circulatory pattern – the emergent Bénard cells. We encounter these in aircraft as up-and downdrafts; and Definitions of Kinds of Complexity by Cramer (1993). For mnemonic purposes I use ‘Newtonian’ instead of Cramer’s ‘ subcritical’, ‘stochastic’ instead of ’fundamental’, and ’emergent’ instead of‘critical’ complexity. Newtonian complexity exists when the amount of information necessary to describe the system is less complex than the system itself. Thus a rule, such as F = ma = md2s/dt2 is much simpler in information terms than trying to describe the myriad states, velocities, and acceleration rates pursuant to understanding the force of a falling object. “Systems exhibiting subcritical [Newtonian] complexity are strictly deterministic and allow for exact prediction” (Cramer, 1993: 213) They are also “reversible” (allowing retrodiction as well as prediction thus making the “arrow of time” irrelevant (Eddington, 1930, Prigogine & Stengers, 1984). At the opposite extreme is stochastic complexity where the description of a system is as complex as the system itself – the minimum number of information bits necessary to describe the states is equal to the complexity of the system. Cramer lumps chaotic and stochastic systems into this category, although deterministic chaos is recognized as fundamentally different from stochastic complexity (Morrison, 1991), since the former is ‘simple rule’ driven, and stochastic systems are random, though varying in their stochasticity. Thus, three kinds of stochastic complexity are recognized: purely random, probabilistic, and deterministic chaos. For this essay I narrow stochastic complexity to deterministic chaos, at the risk of oversimplification. In between, Cramer puts emergent complexity. The defining aspect of this category is the possibility of emergent simple deterministic structures fitting Newtonian complexity criteria, even though the underlying phenomena remain in the stochastically complex category. It is here that natural forces ease the investigator’s problem by offering intervening objects as ‘simplicity targets’ the behavior of which lends itself to simple rule explanation. Cramer (1993: 215-217) has a long table categorizing all kinds of phenomena according to his scheme. Since Bénard (1901), fluid dynamicists (Lagerstrom, 1996) have focused on the 1st critical value, Rc1 the Rayleigh number – that separates laminar from turbulent flows. Below the 1st critical value, viscous damping dominates so self-organized emergent (new) order does not occur; above the Rayleigh number inertial fluid motion dynamics occur (Wolfram, 2002: 996). Ashby, in his book, Designfor a Brain (1960), described functions that, after a certain critical value is reached, jump into a new family of differential equations, or as Prigogine would put it, jump from one family of “Newtonian” linear differential equations describing a dissipative structure to another family. Lorenz (1963), followed by complexity scientists, added a second critical value, Rc2. This one separates the region of emergent complexity from deterministic chaos – the so-called “edge of chaos.” Together, the 1st and 2nd critical values define three kinds of complexity (Cramer, 1993; see Table 1): Newtonian ? \|Rc1\| ? Emergent “ \|Rc2\| ? Chaotic Elsewhere, I have reviewed a number of theories about causes of emergent order in physics and biology, some of which have been extended into the econosphere (McKelvey, 2001c, 2004a). Kelso^], et al. (1992) offer the best synthesis of the European school: “Control parameters, Ri, externally influenced, create R > Rc1 with the result that a phase transition (instability) approaches, degrees of freedom are enslaved, and order parameters appear, resulting in similar patterns of order emerging even though underlying generative mechanisms show high variance.” Equilibrium thinking and the 1st Law are endemic in evolutionary theory applications to economics and organization science. Equilibrium thinking, central tendencies, and the use of energy dynamics in independent variables to predict outcome variables is also endemic to organization science empirical metho ds, whether regre s sion or econometric analyse s. However, there now is a shift from the homogeneous agents of physics and mathematics to heterogeneous, self-organizing agents. As Durlauf (1997: 33) says, “A key import of the rise of new classical economics has been to change the primitive constituents of aggregate economic models: while Keynesian models employed aggregate structural relationship s as primitives, in new classical models individual agents are the primitives so that all aggregate relationships are emergent.” In this statement the 0th law is brought in more directly. The application of the 0th law in socioeconomics rests with Haken’s control parameters, the first two words in the Kelso, Ding and Schöner statement. The R. adaptive tensions (McKelvey, 2004a, 2005) can appear in many different forms, from Jack Welch’s famous phrase, “Be #1 or 2 in your industry in market share or you will be fixed, sold, or closed” (Tichy & Sherman, 1994: 108; somewhat paraphrased), to narrower tension statements aimed at technology, market, cost, or other adaptive tensions. Schumpeter (1942) long ago observed[8] that entrepreneurs are particularly apt at uncovering tensions in the marketplace. The applied implication of the 0th law is that new order creation is a function of (1) control parameters, (2) adaptive tension, and (3) phase transitions motivating (4) agents’ self-organization. Take away any of these and order creation stops. The American complexity literature focuses on positive feedback, power laws, and small instigating effects. Gleick (1987) details chaos theory, its focus on the so-called butterfly effect (the fabled story of a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil causing a storm in North America), and aperiodic behavior ever since the founding paper by Lorenz (1963). Bak (1996) reports on his discovery of self-organized criticality – a power law event – in which small initial events can lead to complexity cascades of avalanche proportions. Arthur (1990, 2000) focuses on positive feedbacks stemming from initially small instigation events. Casti (1994) and Brock (2000) continue the emphasis on power laws. The rest of the Santa Fe story is told in Lewin (1992/1999). In their vision, positive feedback is the ‘engine’ of complex system adaptation. American complexity scientists tend to focus on Rc2 – the edge of chaos (Lewin, 1992; Kauffman, 1993, 2000; Brown & Eisenhardt, 1998), which defines the upper bound of the region of emergent complexity. What happens at Rc1 is better understood; what happens at Rc2 is more obscure. The ‘edge of chaos’, long a Santa Fe reference point (Lewin, 1992), is now in disrepute, however (Horgan, 1996: 197). In a truly classic paper, Maruyama (1963) discusses mutual causal processes mostly with respect to biological coevolution. He distinguishes between the “deviation-counteracting” negative feedback most familiar to general systems theorists (Buckley, 1967) and “deviation-amplifying” positive feedback processes (Milsum, 1968). Boulding (1968) and Arthur (1990, 2000) focus on ‘positive feedbacks’ in economies. Negative feedback control systems such as thermostats are most familiar to us. Positive feedback effects emerge when a microphone is placed near a speaker, resulting in a high-pitched squeal. Mutual causal or coevolutionary processes are inherently nonlinear – large-scale effects may be instigated by tiny initiating events, as noted by Maruyama (1963), Gleick (1987), and Ormerod (1998). It is not hard to find evidence of positive feedback instigating mutual causal behavior in organizations. The earliest discoveries date back to Roeth-lisberger and Dixon (1939) and Homans (1950) – both dealing with the mutual influence of agents (members of informal groups), the subsequent development of groups, and the emergence of strong group norms that feed back to sanction agent behavior. Much of the discussion by March and Sutton (1997) focuses on the problems arising from the use of simple linear models for measuring performance – problems all due to mutual causal behavior of firms and agents within them. In a recent study of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT), Lewis and Grimes (1999) use a multiparadigm (postmodernist) approach. They study AMT from all of the four paradigms identified by Burrell and Morgan (1979). With each lens, that is, no matter which lens they use, they find evidence of mutual causal (positive feedback type coevolutionary) [9] behavior within firms. Many of the articles in the Organization Science special issue on coevolution (Lewin & Volberda, 1999) report evidence of microcoevolutionary behavior in organizations. Finally, a number of very recent studies of organization change show much evidence of coevo – lution between organization and environment and within organizations as well (Erakovic, 2002; Meyer & Gaba, 2002; Kaminska-Labbe & Thomas, 2002; Morlacchi, 2002; Siggelkow, 2002). Both European and American perspectives are important. Phase transitions are often required to overcome the threshold-gate effects characteristic of most human agents – they don’t interact and react to just anything[10]. This in turn requires the adaptive tension driver to rise above Rc1 – which defines the threshold gate. Once these stronger than normal instigation effects overcome the threshold gates, then, assuming the other requirements are present (heterogeneous, adaptive learning agents, and so forth), positive feedback may start. Neither perspective seems both necessary and sufficient by itself, especially in social settings. External force effects and internal positive feedback processes are “co-producers,” to use Churchman and Ackoff’s (1950) term. New method: Epistemology of computational models Understanding how and why new structural order emerges in social systems has been at the core of management studies, sociology, and organization science for many decades, as evidenced by the following: Adam Smith’s exploration into the development of industrialization through division of labor; Early studies of bureaucracy (Weber, 1924/1947) and the evolution of professional management by Barnard (1938); Research on the impact of internal structure on work group behavior (Roethlisberger & Dixon, 1939); A fundamental difference between virtually all of the order-creation studies mentioned in the foregoing bullets, as compared with the studies mentioned in the previous paragraph is that most of the latter are based on computational experimental results whereas the former are not. This is just by way of illustrating that most of what our field has traditionally claimed to be true about organizational management and design is based on site visits (interviews and observations) and narrative studies, or data collected from the field after the fact and then analyzed via some kind of correlational method. Truth claims based on nonexperimental methods are notoriously suspect and generally fall outside the realm of long-accepted bases for asserting truth (Hooker, 1995; McKim & Turner, 1997; Curd & Cover, 1998), despite attempts to the contrary (Pearl, 2000). In social and organizational science there is now a long list of people complaining about the “thin” (Geertz, 1973) ontological view of most experiments and statistical analyses and the wrong or inappropriate ontological view of organizational phenomena, an argument advocated by organizational postpositivists (Berger & Luckmann, 1966; Silverman, 1970; Lincoln, 1985) and more recently postmodernists (Reed & Hughes, 1992; Hassard & Parker, 1993; Alvesson & Deetz, 1996; Burrell, 1996; Chia, 1996; Marsden & Townley, 1996). Postmodernism, however, is now criti-cized as being anti-science (Holton, 1993; Norris, 1997; Gross & Levitt, 1998; Koertge, 1998; Sokal & Bricmont, 1998; McKelvey, 2003). Much of the fuel feeding the anti-experimental perspectives in organization science lies with the difficulty of setting up ontologically correct organizational experiments. This said, there is no escaping the centrality of models in effective science. Computational agent-based models have the threefold advantage that they are models, they are experiments, and they allow the study of order creation. Model-centered science Much has changed since the ceremonial death of logical positivism and logical empiricism at the Illinois Sym-posium in, 1969, adroitly described in Suppe’s second edition of The Structure of Scientific Theories (1977) – the epitaph on positivism. Parallel to the fall logical positivism and logical empiricism, we see the emergence of the Semantic Conception of Theories (Suppe, 1977). Suppe (1989: 3) says, “The Semantic Conception of Theories today probably is the philosophical analysis of the nature of theories most widely held among philosophers of science.” Semantic Conception epistemologists observe that scientific theories never represent or explain the full complexity of some phenomenon. A theory (1) “does not attempt to describe all aspects of the phenomena in its intended scope; rather it abstracts certain parameters from the phenomena and attempts to describe the phenomena in terms of just these abstracted parameters” (Suppe, 1977: 223); (2) assumes that the phenomena behave according to the selected parameters included in the theory; and (3) is typically specified in terms of its several parameters with the full knowledge that no empirical study or experiment could successfully and completely control all the complexities that might affect the designated parameters (see also Mitchell, 2004). Models comprise the core of the Semantic Conception. Its view of the theory-model-phenomena relationship is: (1) Theory, model, and phenomena are viewed as independent entities; (2) Science is bifurcated into two related activities, analytical and ontological, where theory is indirectly linked to phenomena via the mediation of models. The view presented here – with models as centered between theory and phenomena – that sets them up as autonomous agents, follows from Morgan and Morrison’s (2000) thesis. The course of science is as much governed by its choice of modeling technology as it is by theory and data. Analytical Adequacy focuses on the theory-model link. It is important to emphasize that in the Semantic Conception ‘theory’ is always expressed via a model. ‘Theory’ does not attempt to use its ‘If A, then B’ epistemology to explain ‘real-world’ behavior. It only explains ‘model’ behavior. It does its testing in the isolated idealized world of the model (Mitchell, 2004). A mathematical or computational model is used to structure up aspects of interest within the full complexity of the real-world phenomena and defined as ‘within the scope’ of the theory. Then the model is used to elaborate the ‘If A, then B’ propositions of the theory to consider how a social system – as modeled might behave under various conditions. Ontological Adequacy focuses on the mod-el-phenomena link. Developing a model’s ontological adequacy runs parallel with improving the theory-model relationship. How well does the model represent real-world phenomena? How well does an idealized wind-tunnel model of an airplane wing represent the behavior of a full sized wing in a storm? How well might a computational model from biology, such as Kauffman’s (1993) NK model, that has been applied to firms, actually represent coevolutionary competition in, say, the laptop computer industry. It therefore involves identifying various coevolutionary structures, that is, behaviors that exist in some domain and building these effects into the model as dimensions of the phase-space. If each dimension in the model adequately represents an equivalent behavioral dimension in the real world, the model is deemed ontologically adequate. These kinds of coevolution, therefore, result in credible, i.e., more probable, science-based truth claims: (1) Theory-model coevolution; (2) Model-phenomena coevolution; and (3) The coevolution of both 1 and 2. Agent-based computational experiments Experiments are a continuing legacy of positivism and remain at the core of the new scientific realist aspect of philosophy of science (Bhaskar, 1975/1997). They are the standard against which other forms oftruth-claims are compared (McKim & Turner, 1997), and they remain a cornerstone of modern philosophical debate (Curd & Cover, 1998). Experiments continue as the fundamental method of determining causal relations because they are the only method of clearly adding, deleting, or otherwise altering a variable to see if results change (Lalonde, 1986) – what Bhaskar (1975) calls a “contrived invariance” (see also Hooker, 1995). The problem for organization scientists is that ‘real’ organizations can seldom if ever be recreated in a laboratory. Further, even when such attempts are made (Carley, 1996; Contractor, et al., 2000), the experiments are very thin replications of organizational complexity. Most importantly, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to delete with certainty potentially causal behavioral ‘rules’ that experimental subjects might be following. In addition, human organizational experiments are usually subject to time, size, number of rules actually ‘wiggled’, and organizational realism limitations. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the study of emergent order in human experiments is very difficult: multiple replication conditions (such as environmental context effects and multiple rules held by subjects) have to be controlled, organizationally relevant path dependencies should be part of the experimental design, long enough duration for social structural emergence to occur needs to be allowed, a statistically relevant number of replications should be conducted, and so on. Agent-based computational experiments offer organization scientists a virtual laboratory in which to test out theorized causal effects of organizational path dependencies, given varying environmental resources and constraints, artificial subjects (the agents) governed by known and only these rules, time periods long enough to allow agents and rules to change and emergent new structures (order) to appear, with a sufficient number of similar replications so as to allow a statistically relevant sampling. Needless to say, computational experiments have their own set of limitations. Not least of these have been the limitations of computers for handling large combinatorial spaces, agents with a sufficient number of governing rules, and lack of designed-in organizational complexities. Furthermore, much of the complexity of real organizations and current organizational theories does not show up in the models, especially earlier ones. One might reasonably conclude that most organization-relevant agent-based models have little bearing on organizational reality. On the other hand, one might also conclude that, appropriately, the models started with simpler, more stylized aspects of organizational functioning but that, studied over time, there is a progression toward improved replicational reality occurring. Math modeling has about a 300 year lead over agent-based computational modeling! Agent-based modeling experiments are relatively new to organization studies, though some early examples exist (Cohen, et al., 1972; March, 1991). Computational models allow investigators to play out the nuances of theories over time. They also allow much clearer determinations of causal effects by allowing causal variables to be wiggled. Consequently, models offer a superb context for theory development. Ilgen and Hulin (2000: 7) go so far as to label computational modeling experiments as the “third discipline” – human experiments and correlation studies being the first two. The use ofagent-based models in social science has increased over the past decade [11]. Agents can be at any level of analysis: atomic particles, molecules, genes, species, people, firms, and so on. The distinguishing feature is that the agents are not uniform. Instead they are probabilistically idiosyncratic (McKelvey, 1997). Therefore, at the level of human behavior, they fit the postmodernists’ ontological assumptions. Using heterogeneous agent-based models is the best way to ‘marry’ postmodernist ontology with model-centered science and the current epistemological standards of assumptions of effective modern sciences – specifically complexity science (Henrickson & McKelvey, 2002; McKelvey, 2002, 2003). There are no homogeneity, equilibrium, or independence assumptions. Agents may change the nature of their attributes and capabilities along with other kinds of learning. They may also create network groupings or other higher-level structures, i.e., new order. The study by Contractor, et al. (2000) (discussed later) is a good example demonstrating two of the elements that improve the justification-logic credentials of agent-based modeling. First, this paper is particularly notable because each of its ten agent rules are grounded in existing empirical research. The findings of each body of research, clouded as they are by errors and statistics, are reduced to idealized, stylized facts that then become agent rules. The second justification approach in this study is that the model parallels a real-world human experiment. Their results focus on the degree to which the composite model and each of the ten agent rules predict the outcome of the experiment – some do, some don’t. Another approach, with a much more sophisticated simulation model, is one by LeBaron (2000, 2001). In this study, LeBaron shows that the baseline model “. is capable of quantitatively replicating many features of actual financial markets” (p. 19). Here the emphasis is mostly on matching model outcome results to real-world data rather than basing agent rules on stylized facts. A more sophisticated match between agent model and human experiment is one designed by Carley (1996). In this study the agent model and people were given the same task. While the results do offer a test of model vs. real-world data, the comparison also suggests many analytical insights about organization design and employee training that only emerge from the juxtaposition of the two different experimental methods. New ‘autonomous agent’ effects of models on the course of science Models as autonomous agents[12]: There can be little doubt that mathematical models have dominated science since Newton. Further, mathematically constrained language (logical discourse), since the Vienna Circle circa, 1907, has come to define good science in the image of classical physics. Indeed, mathematics is good for a variety of things in science, but especially, it plays two key roles. In logical positivism – which morphed into logical empiricism (Suppe, 1977) – math supplied the logical rigor aimed at assuring the truth integrity of analytical (theoretical) statements. As Read (1990) observes, the use of math for finding “numbers” actually is less important in science than its use in testing for rigorous thinking. But, as is wonderfully evident in the various chapters in the Morgan and Morrison (2000) anthology, math is also used as an efficient substitute for iconic models in building up a ‘working’ model valuable for understanding not only how an aspect of the phenomena under study behaves (the empirical roots of a model) and / or for better understanding the interrelation of the various elements comprising a transcendental realist explanatory theory (the theoretical roots). Traditionally, a model has been treated as a more or less accurate “mirroring” of theory or phenomena (Cartwright, 1983) – as a billiard ball model might mirror atoms. In this role it is a sort of ‘catalyst’ that speeds up the course of science but without altering the chemistry of the ingredients. Morgan and Morrison (2000) take dead aim at this view, however, showing that models are autonomous agents that can, indeed, affect the chemistry. It is perhaps best illustrated in a figure supplied by Boumans (2000). He observes that Cartwright, in her classic, 1983 book “…conceive[s] models as instruments to bridge the gap between theory and data.” Boumans gives ample evidence that many ingredients influence the final nature of a model. Ingredients impacting models are metaphors, analogies, policy views, empirical data, math techniques, math concepts, stylized facts, and theoretical notions. Boumans’s analyses are based on business cycle models by Kalecki, Frisch and Tinbergen in the 1930s and Lukas (1972) that clearly illustrate the warping resulting from ‘mathematical molding’ for mostly tractability reasons and the influence of the various non-theory and nondata ingredients. Models as autonomous agents, thus, become so both from (1) math molding and (2) influence by all the other ingredients. Since the other ingredients could reasonably influence agent-based models as well as math models – as formal, symbol-based models, and since math models dominate formal modeling in social science (mostly in economics) – I now focus only on the molding effects of math models rooted in classical physics. As is evident from the four previously mentioned business cycle models, Mirowski’s, (1989) broad discussion (not included here), and Read’s (1990) analysis (below), the math molding effect is pervasive. Much of the molding effect of math as an autonomous model / agent, as developed in classical physics and economics, makes three heroic assumptions: (1) Mathematicians in classical physics made the ‘instrumentally convenient’ homogeneity assumption. This made the math more tractable; (2) Science in general, and in the social sciences especially econometricians (Greene, 2002), assume independence among agents (data points); and (3) Physicists principally studied phenomena under the governance of the 1st Law of Thermodynamics and, within this Law, made the equilibrium assumption. Here the math model accounted for the translation of order from one form to another and presumed all phenomena varied around equilibrium points[13]. Math ’s molding effects on sociocultural analysis: Read’s (1990) analysis ofthe applications ofmath modeling in archaeology illustrates how the classical physics roots of math modeling and the needs of tractability give rise to assumptions that are demonstrably antithetical to a correct understanding, modeling, and theorizing of human social behavior. Though his analysis is ostensibly about archaeology, it applies generally to sociocultural systems. Most telling are assumptions he identifies that combine to show just how much social phenomena have to be warped to fit the tractability constraints of the rate studies framed within math molding process of calculus. They focus on universality, stability, equilibrium, external forces, determinism, and global dynamics at the expense of individual dynamics. Given the molding effect of all these assumptions it is especially instructive to quote Read, the mathematician, worrying about equilibrium-based mathematical applications to archaeology and sociocultural systems: In linking “empirically defined relationships with mathematically defined relationships… [and] the symbolic with the empirical domain… a number of deep issues…arise… These issues relate, in particular, to the ability of human systems to change and modify themselves according to goals that change through time, on the one hand, and the common assumption of relative stability of the structure of .[theoretical] models used to express formal properties of systems, on the other hand… A major challengefacing effective – mathematical – modeling of the human systems considered by archaeologists is to develop models that can take into account this capacity for self-modification according to internally constructed and defined goals.” “In part, the difficulty is conceptual andstemsfrom reifying the society as an entity that responds to forces acting upon it, much as a physical object responds in its movements to forces acting upon it. For the physical object, the effects of forces on motion are well known and a particular situation can, in principle, be examined through the appropriate application of mathematical representation of these effects along with suitable information on boundary and initial conditions. It is far from evident that a similar framework applies to whole societies.” “Perhaps because culture, except in its material products, is not directly observable in archaeological data, and perhaps because the things observable are directly the result of individual behavior, there has been much emphasis on purported ’laws’ of behavior as the foundation for the explanatory arguments that archaeologists are trying to develop. This is not likely to succeed. To the extent that there are ‘laws’ affecting human behavior, they must be due to properties of the mind that are consequences of selection acting on genetic information… ‘laws’ of behavior are inevitably of a different character than laws of physics such as F = ma. The latter, apparently, is fundamental to the universe itself; behavioral ‘laws’such as ‘rational decision making’ are true only to the extent to which there has been selection for a mind that processes and acts upon information in this manner… Without virtually isomorphic mapping from genetic information to properties of the mind, searchingfor universal laws of behavior. is a chimera.” Common throughout these and similar statements are Read’s observations about “the ability of [reified] human systems to change and modify themselves,” be “self-reflective,” respond passively to “forces acting” from outside, “manipulation by subgroups,” “self-evaluation,” “self-reflection,” “affecting and defining how they are going to change,” and the “chimera” of searching for “behavioral laws” reflecting the effects of external forces. Just as the social sciences lagged behind when math was the supreme modeling approach, they are also lagging in their transition to agent-based models. Though citation rates may have picked up more recently, in 1997 there were some 18,000 natural science cites to nonlinear computational modeling, but only around 180 in economics and near 40 in sociology (Henrickson, 2004). As Henrickson and McKelvey (2002: 7288) wonder: “How can it be that sciences founded on the mathematical linear determinism ofclassical physics have moved more quickly toward the use of nonlinear computer models than economics and sociology – where those doing the science are no different from social actors – who are the Brownian Motion?” Computational modeling in organization science[14] Lichtenstein and McKelvey (2005) note that there are over 300 agent-based models having relevance to organization studies. Maguire, et al. (forthcoming) list – 15 applications of just Kauffman’s (1993) NK model to organizational phenomena. Just to give credibility to the idea of agent models being applied to organizations, I briefly describe some examples below. As Lichtenstein and McKelvey (2005) observe, most models generate emergent networks; some generate emergent groups and supervenience effects; even fewer generate hierarchies and only two stretch a bit beyond these minimal stages of organizational order. Cellular automata search grids: The oldest agent-based model is referred to as a cellular automata (CA) model. Agents exist in a search space whose size depends on the number of agents and rules. The search space is typically depicted as consisting of hills and valleys with, for example, higher agent fitness or intelligence represented as a peak. Agents having highest fitness may be scattered randomly across the space and separated by numerous agents having lower fitness. A particular agent, thus, runs the risk of ending up on a suboptimal peak during the course of its search attempts over some number of time periods. Usually agent interactions are limited to their ‘nearest neighbors’ – those agents directly adjacent to a specified agent. Agents usually have one output decision, depending on a couple of input signals. Often they only have one governing rule. As agents and rules increase, the search space grows geometrically, as does computer processing time. One of the most interesting is Kauffman’s NK model. Modeling tunable NK landscapes: Kauffman’s (1993) NK Fitness Landscape, a well-known application of CA models, simulates a co-evolutionary process in which both the individual agents and the degree of interdependency between them are modeled over time. N refers to the number of agents in the model, and K refers to the density of agent interactions. According to the model, an agent’s adaptive fitness depends on its ability to identify and ‘climb to’ the highest level of fitness of its neighbors. However, due to the nearest-neighbor search limitation, an agent surrounded by neighbors all having lower fitness levels gets trapped on a local optimum that may be well below the highest system-wide optimum. Note that the agents are not independent of each other. As individual agents change, they affect all other agents, thus altering some aspects of the nearest-neighbor landscape itself. In this way, the level of complexity ‘tunes’ the agents’ search landscape by altering the number and height of peaks and depths of valleys they encounter. It turns out that the degree of order in the overall landscape crucially depends on the level of K, the degree of system-wide interdependence, that is, complexity (Kauffman, 1993). According to Kauffman, as complexity increases, the number of peaks vastly increases in the landscape, while the difference between peaks and valleys diminishes, such that even though the pressure of Darwinian selection persists, emergent order cannot be explained by selection effects. He terms it complexity catastrophe. Instead, a moderate amount of complexity creates optimal rugged landscapes, which lead to the highest system-wide fitness levels. Researchers have applied the NK model to business settings by exploring ways connectedness will bring an entire system to a higher level of fitness without locking it into a ‘catastrophe’ of interdependence (Levinthal, 1997). Moderate levels of interconnection can be achieved through modularization of the production process (Levinthal & Warglien, 1999), by keeping internal value chain interdependencies to levels just below their opponents’ (McKelvey, 1999), or by adopting strategies based on the industry-wide level of firm interdependence (Baum, 1999). Rivkin (2000, 2001) shows that moderate complexity prevents spillover effects while at the same time fostering intrafirm sharing of new knowledge. In an empirical test of the NK application to innovation, Fleming and Sorenson (2001: 1025) show “invention can be maximized by working with a large number of components that interact to an intermediate degree.” Design sequencing: Siggelkow and Levinthal (2003) use Kauffman’s NK model to tease out some of the dynamics arising when firms mix centralization-decentralization or exploration-exploitation designs. They model performance results stemming from three structural designs: unchanging centralization, unchanging decentralization, and “temporary decentralization with subsequent reintegration” – the latter termed “reintegrator firms.” Some of their key findings are: As firms become more complex – more degrees of freedom and cross-departmental interdependencies – reintegrators offer performance advantages; The length of the time of decentralization before reintegration has a strong effect – in the model, performance peaks when decentralization extends to 40 periods and then flattens out; Temporary creation of cross-divisional interdependencies – termed “scrambling” in the article – produces the highest performance. The authors don’t mention it, but this seems like temporary creation of weak ties (Granovetter, 1973, 1985), which fosters novelty in the short term, while allowing firms to reinstall efficiency objectives once the period of exploration is completed. In contrast to static “balance” approaches, they conclude: “.exploration and stability are not achieved simultaneously through distinct organizational features.. .but sequentially by adopting different organizational structures.” This model supports the Thomas, et al. (2005) case study. Modeling learning rates: Yuan and McKelvey (2004) first dock[15] their model against results from Kauffman’s prior work, replicating Kauffman’s original results to correlations of 0.976. They use his NK model to test the hypotheses that communication interactivity is nonlinearly related to both amount and rate of group learning over time. Kauffman’s complexity catastrophe effect applies here as well. They find that amount of group learning is a direct function of size, N, but is curvilinearly related to K – highest in the middle of an inverted U-shaped curve. They find that rate of learning is slowest in the middle of a U-shaped curve. However, density in communication interactivity is not independent of group size. Once they adjust for this effect via standardization of Kby N—1, they find that the curvilinear effect disappears, but the catastrophe effect continues as a function of two linear variables: Rate of group learning remains a positive linear function of communication interactivity, but amount of learning becomes a negative linear function of interactivity density. Among other things, they also find that altering the distribution of communication by creating isolates and stars in groups has a statistically significant effect on the coevolutionary development of group-level learning over time. Holland’s genetic algorithms: An important advance in modeling emergence occurs through the use of genetic algorithms (GAs), invented by Holland (1975, 1995)• GAs allow agents to learn and change over time by changing the rules governing their behavior: “Agents adapt by changing their rules as experience accumulates” (Holland, 1995: 10). Axelrod and Cohen (2000: 8) broaden the implications of GAs, asserting that: “…each change of strategy by a worker alters the context in which the next change will be tried and evaluated. When multiple populations of agents are adapting to each other, the result is a coevolutionary process.” In biological GAs, agents appear to ‘mate’ and produce ‘offspring’ that have different ‘rule-strings’ (genetic codes, blueprints, routines, competencies) as compared with their parents. In organizational applications, agents’ rule-strings change over time (i.e., across artificial generations) without agent replacement and without having ‘children’. The upward causal effects of agents are defined by these rules. Whereas CA models typically are limite d to a relatively few rules and agents – because the landscape grows geometrically each time each is added – GAs allow many agents to have many rules (Macy & Skvoretz, 1998). New rule-strings can have varying numbers of rules retained or recombined from prior agent’s rules, thus allowing the increased evolutionary fitness of complex processes such as decision-making and learning, along with recombinations of diverse skills. Two organizational GA applications are described next. Simulated coordination models: Paul, et al. (1996) model adaptations to organizational structure by examining the adaptation of financial trading firms (groups). Their firms / groups survive in a financial market environment; they solidify out of networks to consist of from 1 to 9 constituent agents, and each agent has a different rule-set for buying and selling financial instruments or doing nothing. Firms may activate or deactivate their agents, or form networks of seemingly better performing agents from prior periods. In an efficient market performance climate with a 50% probability of success, their model firms beat the market 60% of the time. In this model the behavior of agents (components) can be altered by firm-level goals, thus allowing firms to better perform in the market environment. Further, due to the coevolution of up-and downward causality, results are not deducible from the initial agent configurations and rules. Another model examines the classic proposition that coordination, while necessary to accomplish interdependent tasks, is costly. Crowston’s (1996) GA model tests this hypothesis by simulating organizations consisting of: agents; in subgroups; in a market; with variable task interdependency. This results in upward, downward, and horizontal causalities, i.e., causal intricacy. Bottom-level agents have to perform their tasks in a specific length oftime; agents who coordinate may expedite their tasks, but the cost of coordination means a lessening of their time allotment according to the following rule: if an agent ‘talks’ to all the other agents all the time there is no time left to accomplish its tasks. Results show that organizations and / or their employee agents do in fact minimize coordination costs through organizing in particular ways. His study is an example of a GA model being used to test a classic normative statement by setting up a computational experiment that allows groups to emerge as appropriate. It also includes causal intricacy and coevolutionary causality (for comparison, see Thomas, et al., 2004). Multi-level models: Quite possibly the most famous example of agent-based modeling is Epstein and Axtell’s Growing Artificial Societies (1996). Their model is called “Sugarscape.” They boil an agent’s behavior down to one simple rule: “Look around as far as your vision permits, find the spot with the most sugar, go there and eat the sugar” (p. 6). Agents search on a CA landscape but they sort of have sex, reproduce offspring, and begin to hold genetic, identity, and culture identification tags according to a genetic algorithm. This model not only builds social networks, but also higher-level groups emerge. These groups develop cultural properties; once cultures form they can supervene and alter the behavior and groupings of agents. Epstein and Axtell’s simulation includes four distinct levels: agents, groupings, cultures, and the overall Sugarscape environment. The Sugarscape elements include agents, emergent groups, higher-level groupings, emergent culture, multiple causalities, and environmental resources and constraints. Though theirs is ostensibly a model of an economy, it easily translates into the intraorganizational market economy highlighted in Halal and Taylor (1999). Carley and colleagues have produced some of the most sophisticated computational models to date. They have been validated against experimental lab studies (Carley, 1996), and archival data on actual organizations (Carley & Lin, 1995). The most unique feature of the Carley models is that agents have cognitive processing ability – individual agents and the organization as a whole can remember past choices, learn from them, and anticipate and project plans into the future. These models combine elements of CA, GA, and neural networks (for the latter, see Haykin, 1998), Fig. 1: Model substructures defined After Contractor et al., 2000 as does LeBaron’s (2000) stock market model. In Carley’s CONSTRUCT (1991) and CONSTRUCT-O (Carley & Hill, 2001) models, simulated agents have a position or role in a social network and a mental model consisting of knowledge about other agents. Agents communicate and learn from others with similar types of knowledge. CONSTRUCT-O allows for the rapid formation of subgroups and the emergence of culture, which, when it crystallizes, supervenes to alter agent coevolution and search for improved performance. These models show the emergence of communication networks, the formation of stable hierarchical groups and the supervenience of group effects on component agent behaviors – network driven, groups solidify, and downward causality emerges. Her four-level simulation (Carley & Lee, 1998; Carley, 1999a) consists of small groups of interacting workers (agents) led by an executive team that develops firm-level strategy based on environmental inputs, including decisions about design, workload, and personnel. This model allows for both the interaction of managerial downward influence, along with supervenience from emergent ‘informal’ norms and culture influencing agents – we see the beginning of causal intricacy since agents can be hit with two kinds of parallel causal flow. In addition, supervenience results from both structural and cultural effects – once groups emerge, they act to control who agents interact with, learn from, and so on, thereby altering subsequent coevolutionary emergence by agents. Once there is collective agreement on what is appropriate to be known, the emergent learning culture then supervenes to alter the subsequent knowledge-creation strategies of agents. Using agent models[16] To illustrate how an agent-based model-centered science works, consider a paper by Contractor, et al. (2000) using structuration theory (Giddens, 1984) to explain the origin of self-organizing networks. It is not axiomatic nor does it offer more than a minimalist iconic model. N either does it attempt to make a direct predictive leap from structuration-based hypotheses to real-world phenomena, noting that there are a “.multitude of factors that are highly interconnected, often via complex, non-linear dynamic relationships” (Contractor, et al., 2000: 4). Instead, the substructure elements are computationally combined into a model ‘composite outcome’ and this outcome is predicted to line up with real-world phenomena. The model-substructures are shown in Figure 1. There are three key steps in the effective use of computational agent-based models: Step 1: A computational model is developed; Step 2: Analytical adequacy is tested – theory and model coevolve until such time as the model (in an isolated idealized setting such as a lab or computer) correctly produces effects predicted by the theory, given the model-substructures and various other conditions or controls structured into the model; Step 3: Ontological adequacy is tested – substructures are tested against real-world phenomena, and if possible, the composite model outcome is also tested against predicted real-world behavior, i.e., stylized facts. Step 2. The analytical adequacy test: Using the model to test out the several causal propositions generated by the theory. This involves several elements in the coevolution ofthe theory-model link. Contractor, et al. (2000) start with structuration theory’s recursive interactions among actors and contextual structure. Structuration and negotiated order are linked to network dynamics and evolution (Barley, 1990; Stokman & Doreian, 1997). Monge and Contractor (2001) identify ten generative mechanisms posited to cause emergent network dynamics. Contractor, et al. (2000) end with ten model-substructures – each a causal proposition – rooted in structuration theory and hypothesized to affect network emergence. Each rests on considerable research. These reduce to ten equations (Figure 1) : Seven exogenous factors, each represented as a matrix of actor interactions; and three endogenous factors with more complicated formalizations. For example, in the equation ?CWij = Wij the value of ?CWi, “the change in communication resulting from interdependencies in the workflow” represented as the matrix Wij, “is a workflow matrix and the cell entry Wij indexes the level of interdependence between individuals i and j” (p. 21). Debate remains over which elements of structur-ation theory are worth formalizing; Not all generative mechanisms thought to cause network emergence are represented; additional theorizing could mean additions and / or deletions; Formalization of model-substructures could take a variety of expressions; and Their model, “Blanche,” is only one of many computational modeling approaches that could be used. In short, it will take a research program iteratively coevolving these four developmental process elements over some period of time before theory, the derived set of formalized causal statements, and modeling technology achieve full credibility. Step 3. The ontological adequacy test: Comparisons of model-substructures with functionally parallel real-world subprocesses. Empiricists are not held to the draconian objective of testing model-to-real-world isomorphism for all substructures at the same time – that is, matching the composite outcome of the model against equivalent real-world phenomena. Experience in classical physics shows that if each of the substructures is shown to be representative, then the whole will also refer. This means that model-phenomena tests may be conducted at the substructure or composite outcome levels. The increased probability of nonlinear sub-structure effects (individually or in combination) in social science, however, demonstrates the increased importance of model-centered science. Given nonlinear substructure interactions, it is more likely that the model’s composite outcome will fare better in the ontological test. Contractor, et al. (2000) actually do both kinds of tests. In a quasi-experiment, they collect data pertinent to each of the model-substructures and to the composite outcome of the model. Their real-world sample consists of 55 employees measured at 13 points over two years. They do not test whether a specific model substructure predicts an equivalent subcomponent of the emergent network. For example, they do not test the relation between the model’s workflow interdependence matrix and the equivalent real-world matrix. They show, however, that each causal substructure has already been well tested in previous research. They find that the model’s composite outcome predicts the empirically observed emergent network. Furthermore, four of the ten substructures each individually significantly predicts the observed emergent network. Testing the model-phenomena link also involves several coevolutionary developments: Decompose the model into key constituent sub-structures, which may need further ontological testing; Identify equivalent generic functions in real-world phenomena, perhaps across a variety of quasi-experimental settings, presumably improving over time as well; Define the function of each substructure in generic real-world operational terms; here, too, improvement over time is expected; Test to see if (a) the model substructures are isomorphic with the real-world functions; and (b) if the model’s composite outcome represents real-world phenomena – both expected to develop interactively over time. Needless to say, several empirical tests would be required before all aspects of the model are fully tested. In the Contractor, et al. (2000) study, six of the substructure expressions do not separately predict the real-world outcome. This could be because of the nonlinear interactions or because the substructures do not validly represent either theory or real-world phe-nomena in this instance. Thus, neither analytical nor ontological adequacy of the model are fully resolved. More generally, sensitivity analyses could test the presence or absence of specific substructures against changes in level of ontological adequacy. Furthermore, since theory and model coevolve toward analytical adequacy, it follows that these tests for ontological adequacy would have to be updated as the theory-model link coevolves. With respect to testing theories bearing on knowledge era organizational dynamics, agent-based models have much to offer. They allow us to accomplish the following objectives: Formal modeling without having to assume away the essential character of postpositivist ontology: complexity, diversity, heterarchy (multiple orders and constraints), vast networks of connections, indeterminate social behaviors, mutual causality, and so forth – all the key elements of knowledge era dynamics; Extracting more plausibly true, potentially generalizable, and predictable theories from complicated case study narratives bound to a particular locality, context, time, and observer; Reducing initially complicated theories about a complex world to agent rules, in abstracted, idealized, agent-based model form, so as to study and model how agent rules lead to order creation and the formation of norms, hierarchy, institutional structure, supervenience, and the like.; Seeing whether the analytical truth plausibility of theories may be improved by testing which of the various proposed elements of the theories work best in producing outcomes predicted by the theories, thereby leading toward the production of more elegant theories composed of fewer, but more fruitful, elements; Aiming for theories that have more empirical truth plausibility because they (a) more adequately rep-resent the state-space of real-world firms; and (b) have been tested against real-world phenomena. Forcing elegance on theories by the use of models offers simpler, theory-based, more plausibly true beliefs, and increasingly crystallized, more easily described messages for management researchers to take to practicing managers. I suggest ten steps that researchers may take to bridge across the advantages of both thin-and thick-description research methods, that is, bridging across existing ‘thick’ case study narratives and existing ‘thin’ empirical approaches using correlation-based, longitudinal, regression or econometric analyses: Focus on ways to bridge from the richness of case-study narratives to more substantiated multi-causal theories; Develop order-creation theories incorporating multiple causes from various underlying disciplines that apply to organizations from inception to maturity; Develop theories allowing for the coevolution of causes, as described by Thomas, et al. (2004); Develop theory direction-and-application ques-tions that extend theorizing from narrative(s) to more generalizable forms; Draw on stylized facts to define agent rules as much as possible – following the Contractor, et al. (2000) approach; Set up model procedures to explore the theory direction-and-application questions: How to simplify causes? What are mutual causal effects over time? What can be managed? What can be empirically researched? What aspects are specific and/or generalizable? And so on; Set up baseline-model outcomes that may be compared with real-world experiments and time-series effects; Use models to develop simplified theories that can then be tried out by managers and entrepreneurs. Cycle through all of the foregoing steps, taking into account the coevolution of: (1) theory-model link; (2) model-phenomena link; and (3) coevolution of the various model parts. Conclusion I began this article by pointing out that traditional ‘normal’ science has long been defined by classical physics and carried over into social science – most obviously by neoclassical economics. Classical science focused solely on explaining equilibrium under the 1st Law of Thermodynamics. Especially because of the increasingly rapid change dynamics at the dawn of the 21st century, the necessity of updating strategies and organization designs to keep ahead of competitors dominates managers’ and researchers’ attention. This article sets up the rapid change problem, and shows why even evolutionary theory is not the best approach for explaining entrepreneurship and organizational change dynamics. We need both new theory and new methods. If the study of biological order creation is put into fast motion, it seems clear that the dynamics of order creation are the result of geological events and Darwinian selection is largely a fine-tuning process toward equilibrium within a context of existing species and stable niches. Biological population ecology is a discipline defined completely within the framework of existing species and niches – it is even more short term than the time horizon of Darwinian selection. The new look at biological order-creation dynamics suggests that evolutionary theory is an awkward choice of theoretical approaches to apply to the study of entrepreneurship and strategic organizing responses to changing competitive environments (McKelvey, 2004a,b). The lesson from biology is that most of the true order-creation action is over before Darwinian theory approaches become relevant. As if this weren’t damaging enough, the development of symbiogenesis by Lynn Margulis (1981; with Sagan, 2002; Ryan, 2002) offers a far more relevant nonequilibrium theory for organization studies than Darwin’s. A new kind of science is called for – one based on order-creation rather than the equilibrium – and mathematics-dominated theories and methods of classical physics and neoclassical economics. Furthermore, different kinds of foundational assumptions are needed for an effective scientific epistemology. Complexity science – really ‘order-creation science’ – is particularly relevant because it is founded on theories explicitly aimed at explaining order creation rather than accounting for classical physicists’ traditional concerns about explaining equilibrium. Order creation has become the central focus of complexity science. Calling it ‘complexity science’ is like calling thermodynamics ‘hot science’ – that is, naming it after one extreme of the outcome variable. Its real concern is the study of order-creation dynamics. My brief review separates order-creation science into two schools, European and American. The former focuses on the effects of externally imposed energy differentials (adaptive tension) on the production of phase transitions. Energy levels above Bénard’s 1st critical value are important for overcoming the threshold-gate, agent-activation problem. The American school focuses on internal positive feedback induced nonlinearities stemming from the coevolution of interacting, heterogeneous agents that are set in motion by small instigation effects – the butterfly effects of chaos theory. The American school, in particular, is also noteworthy because it reflects the development of a ‘new’ normal science that is based on a localized, connectionist ontology similar to that which postmodernists have concluded is a better representation of social ontology. In short, the European school puts Bénard’s critical values and phase transition effects at the origin of order creation. The American school legitimizes the postmodernists’ ontology but overcomes its anti-science rhetoric by using computational models / experiments based on heterogeneous agents as a means of pursuing model-centered science without assuming away the postmodernists’ – correct – representation of social ontology. In fact, both European and American contributions are needed to explain order creation. Casti (1997) says that the Santa Fe Institute will be remembered principally for its promulgation of agent-based computational models. I have outlined the several reasons for this. These models offer four advantages to theoreticians and researchers by: Allowing a modernization of the continuing legacy of logical positivism – the centrality of models, what I have elsewhere called “model-centered science” (McKelvey, 2002). Models are now seen as the third force in determining the course of science, along with theory and phenomena (Morgan & Morrison, 2000); Introducing virtual experiments so researchers can (a) manipulate variables with a surety not possible with real-world human experiments; (b) run experiments with large numbers of virtual subjects; (c) do so over many time periods; and (d) replicate the foregoing as many times as deemed appropriate; Fostering the study of interdependence rather than avoiding it by assuming independence; further-more, positive feedback processes are emphasized in addition to negative feedback, equilibrium-preserving processes; Permitting the exploration and study of genuine order-creation processes and emergent behaviors among interconnected agents. As Andriani and McKelvey (2005) observe, for social scientists the null assumption about social behavior is one of interdependence not the assumption of indepen-dence that characterizes most, if not all traditional science methodologies and especially the kinds of statistics usually applied in the quantitative study of organizations (e.g., see Greene, 2002). Yes, relativists and postmodernists do have a legitimate case against the application of ‘physics-based’ science to organization studies. On the other hand, there is no reason why organizational complexity studies should be governed by their ‘anti-science’ rhetoric. I have tried to outline the case in favor of why complexity science – really order-creation science – methods allow organizational researchers to use effective scientific methods for organizational research. McKelvey, B. (2001b). “Foundations of ‘new’ social science: Institutional legitimacy from philosophy, complexity science, postmodernism, and agent-based modeling,” presented at the National Academy of Sciences’ Sackler Colloquium, University of California, Irvine. Morlacchi, P. (2002). “Translating ideas in facts and artifacts: Co-evolution of technology and networks in heart failure,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Denver, August.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
1. Contact Family and Friends First things first, call up the people you are close with to share your excitement about being engaged. Getting engaged to the person you love is one of the most important moments of an individuals life. Letting your loved ones in on your experience is a great way to connect with the people you care about. In addition, with the excitement of getting married, comes wedding jitters. Reaching out to family and friends regarding your engagement will help to neutralize your nervousness. 2. Start Saving Money After getting engaged, a financial plan must be implemented to pay for the wedding. You and your partner should set aside a certain amount of money each month in a savings accounts. As you let the money build and gain interest over a period of several months, you need to calculate all of the expenses that come with the food, the venue, and the number of guest attending the wedding. 3. Hire A Wedding Planner The purpose of a wedding planner is to help a couple manage and design their special day. This is why it is important that you hire one. A wedding planner will help you carry out your vision for the wedding and keep everything organized. Identifying what you need, finding ideal locations, and developing the layout of the event are some of the jobs that a wedding planner can do for you. 4. Make A Date For The Wedding When considering a date for your wedding you should keep in mind, special dates, favorite season, and the day of the week. First, dates that have a special significance like an anniversary or birthday to you or your lover should be put into consideration. Second, depending on whether the venue you are getting married at is indoor or outdoor the season and weather can have a big affect on the date you choose. Third, a lot of venues charge higher rates on the weekends, so picking a day that would be cheaper is the best way to save money. 5. Create A Wedding Guest List There are four important steps that come with developing a guest list. First, decide how big you want your wedding to be. Second, create a budget. Third, identify the exact size of the venue you are getting married in. Fourth, separate guest into specific categories like family, friends, and colleagues. Applying these steps will ensure you will have an effective guest list for you and your partner’s wedding.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A few months ago, the jQuery Foundation announced its participation in the W3C and ECMA standards bodies. Why did we do this, and how are we doing? In this talk, Yehuda Katz gives a rough overview of the standardization process, some examples of ways that web developers have helped the … An overview of how to build a dynamic mobile application using the rendering features of jQuery Mobile. An end to end analysis of how to receive form meta data from a web service called through the jQuery ajax api. Store that data on the client in order to render it … jQuery is rapidly becoming the most widely used JavaScript library for DOM manipulation, Ajax, events and effects in the world. For developers who work on the front-end but could use better JavaScript skills, it’s an essential piece of your toolkit that will almost certainly make your job more easy. In … jQuery is so easy to use and thankfully abstracts many of the cross-browser concerns we used to labor over years ago. As with any library, however, there are a common set of bugs that tend to crop up as you start and continue to use it more and more. This … This coding demoprovides an overview of the JavaScript fundamentals that every jQuery developer should know. Next, it shows you some of the features that make jQuery the most popular JavaScript library today.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A Florida man who divorced his wife to marry the Spanish foreign exchange student they were hosting is accused — along with his new bride — of sexually assaulting the girl’s teen sister, police said. Dale Leary and his wife hosted exchange student Marta San Jose, 16, when she moved to South Florida from Spain in 2012, local station WPLG reported. Twenty days after she turned 18, Leary, 50, left his wife to marry San Jose, unbeknownst to the girl’s family, according to the station. San Jose invited her then-14-year-old sister to move from Spain and live with the couple in 2014. San Jose, who is now 21, manipulated her younger sister into thinking she had been sexually assaulted by their parents to convince her to allow Leary to perform a vaginal examination “to prove she was sexually assaulted,” according to arrest affidavits. Miami-Dade police say Leary and San Jose had sex in front of the teen and that San Jose convinced her sister to allow Leary to perform sex acts on her, telling her it would help her deal with being a sex-abuse victim.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Walkthrough About the game Speed across the country in exotic cars! Wild Race lets you drive the Panther Turbo, Venom Smirk, and Tiger Rush. During each trip, you can pick up letters to unlock the bonus mission. Change lanes to gather magnets and coins! About Poki Poki is a web platform with more than 30 million users from all over the world. On it you’ll find thousands of hand-selected online games that you can play on your mobile, tablet or desktop.We work closely with game developers to bring you the very latest free online games. For our younger fans we’ve created Poki Kids. It’s our mission to become the ultimate online playground where players and game developers come together to play and create. Let’s play!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
As bad as this situation is, it pales in comparison to the amount of money wasted legally by US defense contractors. Hell, look at the F-35 program. Right now, its development costs are projected to be $60 Billion (with a 'B'). And of that $60 billion, Lockheed is going to make $6 billion free and clear despite their absolute incompetence in every phase of this program. Even if one of these women made $80 million off their relationship with one of these generals, they are still only wasting 1/1000th of what Lockheed is wasting in the F-35 program.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
helping to bring vets all the way home Main Menu “It’s an epidemic.” Christmas was yesterday. Personally, I spent the day traveling around Ohio to spend time with family (both mine and my girlfriend’s). While it was somewhat exhausting going to four different Christmases, the memories were priceless. For whatever reason, the holidays always make me appreciate being around family just a little more. Maybe it is the memories of my childhood, and the excitement built up for months waiting for Christmas to come, or maybe is the fact that as I get older, I cherish the moments with those closest to me much more. With that being said, one of the best gifts I received was from my mother… and it wasn’t anything she purchased. It was a Newsweek article that she shared with me, titled A New Theory of PTSD and Veterans: Moral Injury by Tony Dokoupil. It is an excellent article dealing with PTSD (causes, diagnosis, and treatment) and the frighteningly high suicide rate of veterans. From the article: …But despite three decades of research and billions of dollars in government funding, America’s servicemen and -women are not getting better. They are getting worse. Self-harm is now the leading cause of death for members of the Army, which has seen its suicide rate double since 2004, peaking this past summer with 38 in July alone. But the risk to discharged veterans may be even greater. Every month nearly 1,000 of them attempt to take their own lives. That’s more than three attempts every 90 minutes, at least one of them successful. Every time the credits roll in a movie, or the postgame show begins, another veteran is dead. “It’s an epidemic,” Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta admitted to Congress this summer. “Something is wrong.” Reading that paragraph alone made my stomach turn. Think about that… almost 1,000 veterans attempt to take their own life every month. What?!? That number is staggering. Something is definitely wrong. Clearly, we, as a society, are failing these men and women. There is no need for finger pointing at who is to blame. We don’t have time for it. We simply need to recognize that more needs to be done. And it needs to happen NOW. We are losing these leaders daily. Grass roots efforts, much like our Ascents of Honor project, may help to fill a void. Is it an end all solution? Absolutely not. But, I strongly believe these types of efforts can have a powerful impact and may be one of the missing pieces to the puzzle. It is just one small piece, though. Likely, each veteran looking for help will require a unique solution. This is where we need to put on our creative thinking caps. This is where the community/nation, as a whole, can solve this epidemic. During this holiday season, while you are spending time with the ones you love, think about what it is YOU can offer. What is in your toolbox? Who do you know that you could help connect with someone? It may seem like an insignificant action, but it may save a veteran’s life.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Consultation open for Heart of the South West Productivity Strategy Business, organisations and residents are being asked for their views on plans to drive up productivity in Somerset and across the Heart of the South West area. All councils in Somerset and Devon, along with the Local Enterprise Partnership, the two National Park Authorities and the three Clinical Commissioning Groups, are working in partnership to deliver a Productivity Strategy for the Heart of the South West (HotSW). The draft strategy is out for consultation until 30 November, hosted on Torbay Council’s website at www.torbay.gov.uk/devolution . The partnership is seeking the views of businesses, organisations, groups and individuals to help form a robust strategy with a wide consensus from stakeholders across the area. Productivity is a major factor affecting the UK’s economy and the prosperity of its businesses and residents. It’s a topic that’s been much in the news recently, with the Office on National Statistics recently reporting a further fall in UK productivity of 0.1 per cent in the April to June period. The HotSW has vibrant cities, an amazing coastline, historic market towns and stunning moorland. It also has a wide diversity of dynamic and innovative businesses and institutions across rural and urban areas. However, our economy is not as strong as it could be and not all share its benefits. Because of unprecedented opportunities in sectors such as nuclear, marine, rural productivity, health and care, aerospace and advanced engineering, and data analytics, the HotSW area – Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay – has the potential for transformational growth to reverse this trend and make a significant contribution to the UK economy. The Partnership’s ambition is to double the size of the HotSW economy to £70 billion by 2036 and is seeking the right interventions and Government backing to achieve this. The Productivity Strategy aims to enable all businesses, from small rural enterprises to multi-national companies to thrive by unlocking natural potential, ensuring people are equipped with the right skills for a changing jobs market, and by improving our digital and transport connectivity. This, in turn, will lead to increased prosperity for our communities. Councillor David Hall, Deputy Leader of Somerset County Council and Cabinet Member for Economy and Resources, said: “Raising productivity is a national priority and is particularly important for us in this region. We have a lot of untapped potential and this strategy is about working together to bring it to capitalise on it, with all the economic and employment benefits that would bring”. Councillor Paul Diviani, Deputy Chair of the prospective Joint Committee of the Leaders of the HotSW, said: “The Heart of the South West economy is larger than that of Birmingham, so we need to be recognised for our true potential as a cohesive economic area. “Our vision is for all parts of the Heart of the South West to become more prosperous, enabling people to have a better quality of life and higher living standards. “To achieve that, we have to create a more vibrant and competitive economy where the benefits can be shared by everyone, and by working in partnership we can present a stronger proposition. We urge our stakeholders in business and the wider community to give us their views and help us create an effective strategy for delivery.” The results from the consultation will be considered by the Joint Committee of the Leaders of the Heart of the South West and the Heart of the South West LEP Board, before a final Productivity Strategy is agreed early in 2018.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
'Tiddlywinks' blunder costly for golfer Poulter in Dubai 'Tiddlywinks' blunder costly for golfer Poulter in Dubai That's just what happened to Englishman Ian Poulter on Sunday when he went to replace his ball on his marker and dropped it from a few inches above the ground, falling victim to one of golf's more arcane rules. The blunder cost Poulter a shot and helped Swede Robert Karlsson win $1.25 million at the Dubai World Championship, the final event of the European Tour season. Poulter's second prize is impressive nonetheless at $833,000. Poulter and Karlsson were locked in a playoff on the 18th hole of the Dubai Earth course after four rounds in the desert where both finished at 14 under. The first playoff hole was tied and on the second playoff hole - again on the 18th - Poulter left himself with a massive 40-foot putt while Karlsson's chip to the green landed within 4 feet of the pin. But as the English golfer marked his ball, it slipped from his grasp and fell on the marker, which jumped in the air and turned over. Poulter let the match referee know immediately. "Ian Poulter called me over just after he had marked the ball on the 18th and told me he had dropped his ball onto the ball marker which caused the ball marker to move, it just flipped over," chief match referee Andy McFee said. "This incurred a one stroke penalty." So instead of trying to force another playoff hole, Poulter realized his putt was for a 5. Poulter shrugged, putted and missed, while Karlsson holed his short putt. The gallery of a couple of thousand spectators was unaware of the drama. Rule 20-1/15 is the one that impacted Poulter. "Any accidental movement of the ball marker which occurs before or after the specific act of marking, including as a result of dropping the ball, regardless of the height from which it was dropped ... results in the player incurring a one stroke penalty," McFee said in a statement. Karlsson said after the tournament ended that Poulter had told him of the ruling before they finished the second playoff hole, but he had not been sure the ruling would stand. Regardless, Karlsson's putt was much shorter. "These things happen in golf. It's not the way you want to win," the 41-year-old Swede said. "The rules are there for a reason but some of them can be tough." Poulter's friend and rival Rory McIlroy was quick to see the funny side, even if Poulter's mistake cost him more than $400,000. He tweeted: "Poults may not have won the Dubai world championship, but he could be in with a shout for tiddlywinks world championship."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
LEVITATIONS "Dust" "LEVITATIONS are a three piece post punk / garage band from Berlin. The three girls formed in 2009 and after a 7" this is finally their debut LP. 9 songs of blistering dark post-punk - somehow reminds of a mix between Super Wild Horse meets Kleenix or Lilliput. Raw and catchy at the same time."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Senior midfielder scored three goals in first half to give Bulldogs a 4-0 win over Herndon. Junior forward Jackie Martinez looks for a pass during the second half of the Bulldog’s 4-0 victory over Herndon. The Bulldogs are currently 12-1 this season and have recorded six shutouts this season. Westfield High School field hockey player Kelsey Grainer is one of the Bulldog's top midfielders, but her coach Terri Towle wonders if at times she holds back. "She has a sure stick and a strong hit," Towle said. "But there's times when I wonder if she's held back and should just smack the ball. A lot of girls will not be able react to her shot. Her shot will take people by surprise." On Oct. 5 against Herndon High School, Grainer delivered the offensive performance her coach was hoping for, leading the Bulldogs to a 4-0 victory with a three-goal performance that is known as a hat trick. "It felt great to get the hat trick," Grainer said. "The most goals I've ever scored in a game were two against Robinson Secondary School." Further making her performance a spectacle was that all of Grainer's goals came in the first half. The first goal came less than two minutes into the game when Grainer collected a loose ball in the shooting circle and beat the Herndon goalie. Grainer's second goal came from a penalty stroke. "One of the Herndon girls' foot hit the ball and knocked the ball out of bounds," Grainer said. From the center of the shooting circle, Grainer lined up next to the ball and then put it in the top right corner to give Westfield a 2-0 lead. Grainer said that before the game even started, she knew where to place the ball if a penalty stroke occurred. "Before each game I check out to see where the opposing goal is strong and weak," she said. With 6:15 left in the first half, Grainer completed the hat trick, three goals by a single player, by scoring during a penalty stroke. The ball was hit inbounds and then Grainer collected the pass before sending another booming shot past the Herndon goalie. It wasn't a coincidence that Grainer was at the helm of the penalty corner play. Senior forward Molly Gift said the team used the Herndon game to work on various plays for upcoming opponents. "Usually we have three top hitters and we select who hits on the penalty corner between them," Gift said. "Tonight was her night, she was really good [on the penalty corners]." While Grainer's three-goal game suggests that she is an offensive juggernaut for the Westfield team, she is actually one of the Bulldogs' best two-way players. "I try to bring a lot of intensity to the game," Grainer said. "I want to keep everyone going and help out on both sides of the ball." Grainer also was a key component in keeping Westfield on the attack, and her excellent passing skills helped create offensive rushes. "She can hit the ball cleanly and well," Towle said. "She's a center midfielder so we expect her to have strong offensive and defensive skills. While I want everyone to have strong offensive skills, you want your midfield to be especially good at them." The match with Herndon was the first of three in a grueling week for the Bulldogs, but Grainer was confident about the team's chances to go 3-0. "We have three games this week and one coming on Monday," Grainer said. "We had to start strong to end strong." Although the performance against Herndon might inflate some team's egos, Grainer vowed that the team would not overlook upcoming opponents. "We have to make sure that we keep the same intensity we had tonight," Grainer said. "We can't get too high on ourselves. If we just play our game and keep playing strong, we'll be okay." Coach Towle echoed Grainer's sentiments. "One of the difficult things about [the Concorde District] is that you have to be prepared for every game," Towle said. "You can't look beyond to senior night, you can't look beyond for who you think your big rival is." With the long week of field hockey ahead, Towle said she is taking measures to remind the girls to take each game one at a time. "It's a long week, but I've yet to say anything about upcoming teams," she said. "I just tell them, 'Who's our next game?' and then tell them to prepare for that game. You can't get ahead of yourselves." Westfield is now 12-1 on the season and concludes its season against Chantilly High School (9-4-1) on Oct. 12 and Fairfax High School (9-4) on Oct. 15.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
1. How do I charge a twin battery bank with either the built-in unit or a seperate portable charger? Do I hook up to just one battery - or to both? 2. My shore power system is rated at 30 amps, is it possible to hook up the small generator directly to the shore power system even though the generator isn't anywhere close to 30 amps? This would be more convienent as I have 2 twin battery banks (group 31). Talbot- It's dangerous to generalize about these little gensets. For instance, Honda makes some very nice 1kw and 2kw gensets, but they warn you that the 12V outlet is for CHARGING ONLY. I've seen oscilloscope photos of the "DC" power coming out, and I can tell you it would terminally insult many 12VDC devices, it really is suitable for charging ONLY. Amfi- Without seeing waveforms, your best bet is to ask the manufacturer. Sometimes "making" AC and sticking that into your AC power supply and reconverting that back to DC will work, other times it will burn things out, again because of waveforms and incompatibilities. Your best bet would be to use the DC output of the genset to charge one battery at a time--assuming they say it can be used for battery charging, as most can--or to set your main power to "both" and charge them together IF they are both in the same charge state. Since your genset may be putting out very loosely regulated power, the odds are it will not be as good for your batteries in the long term as a dedicated "smart" charger would. Might be better or worse than engine charging...but you'd need to know more about voltages and waveforms to be real sure. Just remember charging onboard can be very dangerous if you wind up getting monoxide from the exhaust on board, make sure that genset is venting downwind of you. Just plug the generator into your 30a shorepower using a "cheater". I use my Honda EU2000i and charge my batteries using the built in charger in the boat. Many cruisers are using the 2000i now as an economical generator. You should be able to use your charger with the AC from the generator but you need to check to see what the charger wattage rating is and make sure it is within the capacity of the generator. On my boat the Heart inverter / charger can be adjusted to allow for lower draw settings when available power is limited. Ventilation: I'm well aware of the dangers... I went with the 1000 Yamaha as it fits perfectly on my boomkin and thus vents directly over water and as far down wind as possible. We have a CO detector to keep us out of the news on those rare occasions when the exhaust would still make it down below. I'll have to check out my shore power specs to see if the charger can handle a light load. Until then I will need to use the Yamaha's built in charger - it comes with a pair of 12v leads. Do I charge each battery individualy, or can I charge one bank at a time by bridging the two batteries in the bank? We plug our portable generator into our 30 amp shore power inlet. Our charger is rated at 2.5kw. Our generator is rated at 2.4kw. But, the charger NEVER goes up to the possible capacity of the generator. Our charging amps stop at about 55 amps. This is at 13.1 volts during the bulk charge phase. This is about 720 watts. Way under the 2400 watts possible. The only way I have been able to cause it to go higher is by turning on another AC load. This will let me go up to about 75 amps for a pretty short time. I took to turning my water heater on while I was charging. I set my generator in the front of the boat and close the hatches. We have CO detectors in the 3 cabins and one has never gone off because of the generator. But, be VERY careful, it is dangerous. Don't fall asleep with it going. Don't leave the boat with it going. But, I am sure you know all that. On Makai in the rare times we needed to charge we would use our Honda 2kw to charge thru our 100 amp Heart charger. The highest out at 12 volts we ever saw was 77Amps. The limiting factor is the the genset. We have helped several cruisers configure thier charging with 1kw units. The 100 amp charges would have to be configured to have a reduced max amp draw on 110 volts to prevent the charger from overdrawing the genset and tripping. Only in emergency would I ever use the 12 volt output from the genset. It is only 8 AMPS @ 12 volts vs 77 amps @ 12 volts via the 110 charger. It would take forever. Waste of fuel. __________________ Captain Bil formerly of sv Makai -- KI4TMM The hunt for the next boat begins.http://www.sv-makai.com Strygaldwir, Have a look at this article from Xantrex which talks about inductive and resistive loads. The short of the article is if you are using your generator for charging only, then you need to put a capacitor in the output from your generator. Interesting although I don't know if I understand it, being a bit challenged when it comes to anything electrical. I do know I have seen 80 amps out of my Zantrex inverter/charger when using my Honda EU2000i. I think the Zantrex is a 100 amp charger. The Honda has an inverter in it, (hence the "i"), don't know if this makes a difference. All I know is that this is the most common portable generator as far as cruising goes. Most have a 2000, the 1000 doesn't seem to cut it. Thanks for the link. It explained a lot of what I was seeing. When I turned on my resistive loads (AC waterheater), the charging rated would always go up in the bulk (charge) phase. I may add a capacitor to the generator, if there is a convient way of doing it. More likely, I will build and intermediate plugin box and hose it there. Or, I'll just live with it as it is. Hopefully the additional solar panels will mitigage the necessity of using the portable for charging. "The short of the article is if you are using your generator for charging only, then you need to put a capacitor in the output from your generator." Actually, the metion using BOTH a resistive load AND a capacitor, not just one. And they suggest it only for their own inverter/charger equipment, I'm not sure how well it would work with other designs and products. I don't think their tip applies to the Honda's EU-series, which are sold and rated with the 12v output being suitable for battery charging ONLY, and not suitable for running 12V equipment. I've seen oscilloscope traces run on that output, and while it is suitable for battery charging, it would indeed give any 12V equipment a heart attack. In fact, quote the opposite, adding a suitably large capacitor might smooth it out enough to run DC equipment on it, but that could well bring on other problems. Vasco- At least for the US models, those Honda EU10000 models also have a bridge cable available, you can buy two of the smaller units and bridge them for higher power output operating as a single unit. One might ask "why on earth" but it would give a certain flexibility and redundancy that way. I have a 1000 watt Honda which I assume is similar to your unit. It puts out 7 1/2 amps when charging DC. Sometimes I use the AC side and an automatic charger. If either charger system is connected to one battery, then turning the selector switch to both should charge both. Same thing with a solar panel, but you are going to need two 65 watt units to get about 7 amps. I have one 65 watt unit. The alternator is the best for charging away from the dock, so fishing ( trolling ) works well, as long as you catch something now and then. If you charge both batteries together, it is best if they are both the same type and age. Mine are not, but it is not a perfect world. And I did have fish for dinner two times on my latest cruise, and the fridge was on for over one week, and the frozen stuff stayed frozen. Sometimes I charge both together but often one at a time, and then I check the volts with a meter. Michael "Do I charge each battery individualy, or can I charge one bank at a time by bridging the two batteries in the bank?" Actually, charging battery banks in parallel should not be a problem, the only time you have to worry about the size differential of the batteries is when they are in series. Most chargers are of the constant voltage type, i.e. they maintain a "float" voltage (unless they are in boost or equalize mode), and generators do the same thing, unless their charging voltage regulator is broken. The batteries will accept the available current the charger will produce depending on their size (the larger one will charge slower given a finite charge current then the smaller one). When the charger reaches it's float charge voltage then both batteries will be at about 80% charge. The rest of the charge (final 20%) will occur while at the float voltage (the final 20% of teh charge takes 80% of the charging time). The math works out that they will reach a full capacity state at about the same time (assuming both batteries are in the same condition).	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Breaking changes Usages of {{RunWinform}} should be updated to {{RunMetaWinform}}. The method {{RunWinform}} is now defined with a function parameter that expects an {{IApplication}} parameter instead of an {{IDataSession}} parameter. The change was made to allow applications more flexibility in configuring startup for applications with multiple main forms (QNO-4922) while still re-using as much shared code in Quino as possible. {{RunMetaWinform}} extends the {{RunWinform}} support to create and configure an {{IDataSession}} per form. Here at Encodo, we host our services in our own infrastructure which, after 12 years, has grown quite large. But this article is about our migration away from VMWare. So, here's how we proceeded: We set up a test environment as close as possible to the new one before buying the new server, to test everything. This is the first time we had contact with software raids and it's monitoring capabilities. Install the Hypervisor Installation time, here it goes: Install latest Proxmox1: This is very straight forward, I won't go into that part. After the installation is done, log in via ssh and check the syslog for errors (we had some NTP issues, so I fixed that before doing anything else). Check Disks We have our 3 Disks for our Raid5. We do not have a lot of files to store, so we use 1TB which should be still OK (see Why RAID 5 stops working in 2009 as to why you shouldn't do RAID5 anymore). We set up Proxmox on a 256GB SSD. Our production server will have 4x 1TB SSD's, one of which is a spare. Note down the serial number of all your disks. I don't care how you do it -- make pictures or whatever -- but if you ever care which slot contains which disk or if the failing disk is actually in that slot, having solid documentation really helps a ton. You should check your disks for errors beforehand! Do a full smartctl check. Find out which disks are which. This is key, we even took pictures prior to inserting them into the server (and put them in our wiki) so we have the SN available for each slot. To finish up monitoring, it's important to read the mismatch_cnt from /sys/block/md0/md/mismatch_cnt periodically to make sure the Hardware is OK. We use our very old Nagios installation for this and got a working script for the check from Mdadm checkarray by Thomas Krenn Creating and Mounting Volumes Back to building! We now need to make the created storage available to Proxmox. To do this, we create a PV, VG and an LV-Thin-Pool. We use 90% of the storage since we need to migrate other devices as well, and 10% is enough for us to migrate 2 VM's at a time. We format it with XFS: Now you can go to your Proxmox installation and add the thin pool (and your largemigration partition if you have it) in the Datacenter -> Storage -> Add. Give it an ID (I called it raid5 because I'm very creative), Volume Group: raid5vg, Thin Pool: raid5lv. Extra: Upgrade Proxmox At this time, we'd bought our Proxmox license and did a dist upgrade from 4.4 to 5.0 which had just released. To do that, follow the upgrade document from the Proxmox wiki. Or install 5.0 right away. Migrating VMs Now that the storage is in place, we are all set to create our VM's and do the migration. Here's the process we were doing - there are probably more elegant and efficient ways to do that, but this way works for both our Ubuntu installations and our Windows VM's: In ESXi: Shut down the VM to migrate Download the vmdk file from vmware from the storage or activate ssh on ESXi and scp the vmdk including the flat file (important) directly to /mnt/migration (or largemigration respectively). Shrink the vmdk if you actually downloaded it locally (use the non-flat file as input if the flat doesn't work):2 That's it. Now repeat these last steps for all the VMs - in our case around 20, which is just barely manageable without any automation. If you have more VMs you could automate more things, like copying the VMs directly from ESXi to Proxmox via scp and do the initial conversion there. We initially installed Proxmox 4.4, then upgraded to 5.0 during the migration.↩ The summary below describes major new features, items of note and breaking changes. The full list of issues is in the release notes below and is available to those with access to the Encodo issue tracker. Breaking changes Metadata & Modeling The Encodo.Quino.Builders.Extensions namespace has been removed. All members were moved to Encodo.Quino.Meta or Encodo.Quino.Builders instead. The assembly Quino.Meta.Standard no longer exists and may have to be removed manually if Nuget does not remove it for you. Added default CreateModel() to MetaBuilderBasedModelBuilderBase Added empty constructor to MetaBuilderBasedModelBuilderBase GetSubModules() and GetModules() now returns IMetaModule instead of IModuleAspect Even deprecated versions of AddSort(), AddSortOrderProperty(), AddEnumeratedClass(), AddValueListProperty() all expect a parameter of type IMetaExpressionFactory or IExpressionConstants now. Data The IDataSessionAwareList is used instead of IMetaAwareList Two constructors of DataList have been made private GenericObject.DoSetDedicatedSession() is no longer called or overridable None of the classes derived from AuthenticatorBase accept an IApplication as constructor parameters anymore. Instead, use the Application or Session to create the authenticator with GetInstance<TService>(). E.g. if before you created a TokenAuthenticator with this call, new TokenAuthenticator(Application), you should now create the TokenAuthenticator with Application.GetInstance<TokenAuthenticator>(). You are free also to call the new constructor directly, but construction using the IOC is strongly recommended. The constructor for DataSession has changed; this shouldn't cause too many problems as applications should be using the IDataSessionFactory to construct instances anyway. DataGenerators have changed considerably. Implement the IDataGenerator interface instead of using the DataGenerator base class. The names of ISchemaDifference have changed, so the output of a migration plan will also be different. Software that depended on scraping the plan to determine outcomes may no longer work. Default values are no longer implicitly set. A default value for a required property will only be supplied if one is set in the model. Otherwise, a NULL-constraint violation will be thrown by the database. Existing applications will have to be updated: either set a default value in the metadata or set the property value before saving objects. Code-generation The generated filename for builders has changed from "Extensions.cs to "Builders.cs". When you regenerate code for the V2 format, you will have include the new files and remove the old ones from your project. Data-language-specific properties are no longer generated by default because there is no guarantee that languages are available in a given application, You can still enable code-generation by calling SetCodeGenerated() on the multi-language or value-list property The generated MetaModelBuilder classes are no longer generated. QNO-5515 General LanguageTools.GetCaption() no longer defaults to GetDescription() because this is hardly ever what you wanted to happen. CaptionExtensions are now in CaptionTools and are no longer extension methods on object. ReflectionExtensions are now in ReflectionTools and are also no longer extension methods on object. Expressions Redeclared Operation<> with new method signature Windows-specific Some Windows-specific functionality has been moved to new assemblies. These assemblies are automatically included for Winform and WPF applications (as before). Applications that want to use the Windows-specific functionality will have to reference the following packages: For WindowsIdentity-based code, use the Encodo.Connections.Windows package and call UseWindowsConnectionServices() For ApplicationSettingsBase support, use the Encodo.Application.Windows package and call UseWindowsApplication() For Directory Services support, use the Encodo.Security.Windows package and call UseWindowsSecurityServices(). The focus of this document is on providing a reference for writing C#. It includes naming, structural and formatting conventions as well as best practices for writing clean, safe and maintainable code. Many of the best practices and conventions apply equally well to other languages. Check out the whole thing! Or download the PDF that I included in the repository. .NET Standard 2.0 is finally publicly available as a preview release. I couldn't help myself and took a crack at converting parts of Quino to .NET Standard just to see where we stand. To keep me honest, I did all of my investigations on my MacBook Pro in MacOS. IDEs and Tools I installed Visual Studio for Mac, the latest JetBrains Rider EAP and .NET Standard 2.0-preview1. I already had Visual Studio Code with the C#/OmniSharp extensions installed. Everything installed easily and quickly and I was up-and-running in no time. Armed with 3 IDEs and a powerful command line, I waded into the task. Porting Quino to .NET Standard Quino is an almost decade-old .NET Framework solution that has seen continuous development and improvement. It's quite modern and well-modularized, but we still ran into considerable trouble when experimenting with .NET Core 1.1 almost a year ago. At the time, we dropped our attempts to work with .NET Core, but were encouraged when Microsoft shifted gears from the extremely low--surface-area API of .NET Core to the more inclusive though still considerably cleaned-up API of .NET Standard. Since it's an older solution, Quino projects use the older csproj file-format: the one where you have to whitelist the files to include. Instead of re-using these projects, I figured a good first step would be to use the dotnet command-line tool to create a new solution and projects and then copy files over. That way, I could be sure that I was really only including the code I wanted -- instead of random cruft generated into the project files by previous versions of Visual Studio. The dotnet Command The dotnet command is really very nice and I was able to quickly build up a list of core projects in a new solution using the following commands: dotnet new sln dotnet new classlib -n {name} dotnet add reference {../otherproject/otherproject.csproj} dotnet add package {nuget-package-name} dotnet clean dotnet build That's all I've used so far, but it was enough to investigate this brave new world without needing an IDE. Spoiler alert: I like it very much. The API is so straightforward that I don't even need to include descriptions for the commands above. (Right?) Everything really seems to be coming together: even the documentation is clean, easy-to-navigate and has very quick and accurate search results. Initial Results Encodo.Core compiles (almost) without change. The only change required was to move project-description attributes that used to be in the AssemblyInfo.cs file to the project file instead (where they admittedly make much more sense). If you don't do this, the compiler complains about "[CS0579] Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyCompanyAttribute' attribute" and so on. Encodo.Expressions references Windows.System.Media for Color and the Colors constants. I changed those references to System.Drawing and Color, respectively -- something I knew I would have to do. Encodo.Connections references the .NET-Framework--only WindowsIdentity. I will have to move these references to a Encodo.Core.Windows project and move creation of the CurrentCredentials, AnonymousCredentials and UserCredentials to a factory in the IOC. Quino.Meta references the .NET-Framework--only WeakEventManager. There are only two references and these are used to implement a CollectionChanged feature that is nearly unused. I will probably have to copy/implement the WeakEventManager for now until we can deprecate those events permanently. Quino.Data depends on Quino.Meta.Standard, which references System.Windows.Media (again) as well as a few other things. The Quino.Meta.Standard potpourri will have to be split up. I discovered all of these things using just VS Code and the command-line build. It was pretty easy and straightforward. So far, porting to .NET Standard is a much more rewarding process than our previous attempt at porting to .NET Core. The Game Plan At this point, I had a shadow copy of a bunch of the core Quino projects with new project files as well as a handful of ad-hoc changes and commented code in the source files. While OK for investigation, this was not a viable strategy for moving forward on a port for Quino. I want to be able to work in a branch of Quino while I further investigate the viability of: Targeting parts of Quino to .Net Standard 2.0 while keeping other parts targeting the lowest version of .NET Framework that is compatible with .NET Standard 2.0 (4.6.1). This will, eventually, be only the Winform and WPF projects, which will never be supported under .NET Standard. Using the new project-file format for all projects, regardless of target (which IDEs can I still use? Certainly the latest versions of Visual Studio et. al.) To test things out, I copied the new Encodo.Core project file back to the main Quino workspace and opened the old solution in Visual Studio for Mac and JetBrains Rider. IDE Pros and Cons Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio for Mac says it's a production release, but it stumbled right out of the gate: it failed to compile Encodo.Core even though dotnet build had compiled it without complaint from the get-go. Visual Studio for Mac claimed that OperatingSytem was not available. However, according to the documentation, Operating System is available for .NET Standard -- but not in .NET Core. My theory is that Visual Studio for Mac was somehow misinterpreting my project file. Update: After closing and re-opening the IDE, though, this problem went away and I was able to build Encodo.Core as well. Shaky, but at least it works now. Unfortunately, working with this IDE remained difficult. It stumbled again on the second project that I changed to .NET Standard. Encodo.Core and Encodo.Expressions both have the same framework property in their project files -- <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework> -- but, as you can see in the screenshot to the left, both are identified as .NETStandard.Library but one has version 2.0.0-preview1-25301-01 and the other has version 1.6.1. I have no idea where there second version number is coming from -- it looks like this IDE is mashing up the .NET Framework version and the .NET Standard versions. Not quite ready for primetime. JetBrains Rider EAP (April 27th) JetBrains Rider built the assembly without complaint, just as dotnet build did on the command line. Rider didn't stumble as hard as Visual Studio for Mac, but it also didn't have problems building projects after the framework had changed. On top of that, it wasn't always so easy to figure out what to do to get the framework downloaded and installed. Rider still has a bit of a way to go before I would make it my main IDE. I also noticed that, while Rider's project/dependencies view accurately reflects .NET Standard projects, the "project properties" dialog shows the framework version as just "2.0". The list of version numbers makes this look like I'm targeting .NET Framework 2.0. Addtionally, Rider's error messages in the build console are almost always truncated. The image to the right is of the IDE trying to inform me that Encodo.Logging (which was still targeting .NET Framework 4.5) cannot reference Encodo.Core (which references NET Standard 2.0). If you copy/paste the message into an editor, you can see that's what it says.1 Visual Studio Code I don't really know how to get Visual Studio Code to do much more than syntax-highlight my code and expose a terminal from which I can manually call dotnet build. They write about Roslyn integration where "[o]n startup the best matching projects are loaded automatically but you can also choose your projects manually". While I saw that the solution was loaded and recognized, I never saw any error-highlighting in VS Code. The documentation does say that it's "optimized for cross-platform .NET Core development" and my projects targeted .NET Standard so maybe that was the problem. At any rate, I didn't put much time into VS Code yet. Next Steps Convert all Quino projects to use the new project-file format and target .NET Framework. Once that's all running with the new project-file format, it will be much easier to start targeting .NET Standard with certain parts of the framework Change the target for all projects to .NET Framework 4.6.1 to ensure compatibility with .NET Standard once I start converting projects. Convert projects to .NET Standard wherever possible. As stated above, Encodo.Core already works and there are only minor adjustments needed to be able to compile Encodo.Expressions and Quino.Meta. Continue with conversion until I can compile Quino.Schema, Quino.Data.PostgreSql, Encodo.Parsers.Antlr and Quino.Web. With this core, we'd be able to run the WebAPI server we're building for a big customer on a Mac or a Linux box. Given this proof-of-concept, a next step would be to deploy as an OWIN server to Linux on Amazon and finally see a Quino-based application running on a much leaner OS/Web-server stack than the current Windows/IIS one. Update: I investigated a bit farther and I'm having trouble using NETStandard2.0 from NETFramework462 (the Mono version on Mac). I was pretty sure that's how it's supposed to work, but NETFramework (any version) doesn't seem to want to play with NETStandard right now. Visual Studio for Mac tells me that Encodo.Core (NETStandard2.0) cannot be used from Encodo.Expressions (Net462), which doesn't seem right, but I'm not going to fight with it on this machine anymore. I'm going to try it on a fully updated Windows box next -- just to remove the Mono/Mac/NETCore/Visual Studio for Mac factors from the equation. Once I've got things running on Windows, I'll prepare a NETStandard project-only solution that I'll try on the Mac.↩ I encountered some curious behavior while writing a service-locator interface (protocol) in Swift. I've reproduced the issue in a stripped-down playground1 and am almost certain I've found a bug in the Swift 3.0.1 compiler included in XCode 8.2.1. A Simple, Generic Function We'll start off with a very basic example, shown below. The example above shows a very simple function, generic in its single parameter with a required argument label a:. As expected, the compiler determines the generic type T to be Int. I'm not a big fan of argument labels for such simple functions, so I like to use the _ to free the caller from writing the label, as shown below. As you can see, the result of calling the function is unchanged. Or Maybe Not So Simple? Let's try calling the function with some other combinations of parameters and see what happens. If you're coming from another programming language, it might be quite surprising that the Swift compiler happily compiles every single one of these examples. Let's take them one at a time. int: This works as expected odd: This is the call that I experienced in my original code. At the time, I was utterly mystified how Swift -- a supposedly very strictly typed language -- allowed me to call a function with a single parameter with two parameters. This example's output makes it more obvious what's going on here: Swift interpreted the two parameters as a Tuple. Is that correct, though? Are the parentheses allowed to serve double-duty both as part of the function-call expression and as part of the tuple expression? tuple: With two sets of parentheses, it's clear that the compiler interprets T as tuple (Int, Int). labels: The issue with double-duty parentheses isn't limited to anonymous tuples. The compiler treats what looks like two labeled function-call parameters as a tuple with two Ints labeled a: and b:. nestedTuple: The compiler seems to be playing fast and loose with parentheses inside of a function call. The compiler sees the same type for the parameter with one, two and three sets of parentheses.2 I would have expected the type to be ((Int, Int)) instead. complexTuple: As with tuple, the compiler interprets the type for this call correctly. Narrowing Down the Issue The issue with double-duty parentheses seems to be limited to function calls without argument labels. When I changed the function definition to require a label, the compiler choked on all of the calls, as expected. To fix the problem, I added the argument label for each call and you can see the results below. int: This works as expected odd: With an argument label, instead of inferring the tuple type (Int, Int), the compiler correctly binds the label to the first parameter 1. The second parameter 2 is marked as an error. tuple: With two sets of parentheses, it's clear that the compiler interprets T as tuple (Int, Int). labels: This example behaves the same as odd, with the second parameter b: 2 flagged as an error. nestedTuple: This example works the same as tuple, with the compiler ignoring the extra set of parentheses, as it did without an argument label. complexTuple: As with tuple, the compiler interprets the type for this call correctly. Swift Grammar I claimed above that I was pretty sure that we're looking at a compiler bug here. I took a closer look at the productions for tuples and functions defined in The Swift Programming Language (Swift 3.0.1) manual available from Apple. First, let's look at tuples: As expected, a tuple expression is created by surrounding zero or more comma-separated expressions (with optional identifiers) in parentheses. I don't see anything about folding parentheses in the grammar, so it's unclear why (((1))) produces the same type as (1). Using parentheses makes it a bit difficult to see what's going on with the types, so I'm going to translate to C# notation. This seems to be a separate issue from the second, but opposite, problem: instead of ignoring parentheses, the compiler allows one set of parentheses to simultaneously denote the argument clause of a single-arity function call and an argument of type Tuple encompassing all parameters. A look at the grammar of a function call shows that the parentheses are required. Nowhere did I find anything in the grammar that would allow the kind of folding I observed in the compiler, as shown in the examples above. I'm honestly not sure how that would be indicated in grammar notation. Conclusion Given how surprising the result is, I can't imagine this is anything but a bug. Even if it can be shown that the Swift compiler is correctly interpreting these cases, it's confusing that the type-inference is different with and without labels. The X-Code playground is a very decent REPL for this kind of example. Here's the code I used, if you want to play around on your own.↩ I didn't include the examples, but the type is unchanged with four, five and six sets of parentheses. The compiler treats them as semantically irrelevant, though the Swift grammar doesn't allow for this, as far as I could tell from the BNF in the official manual.↩ This is apparently legal in Swift, but I can't divine its purpose in an actual program↩ At our last networking event, Urs presented our latest tech stack. We've been working productively with this stack for most of this year and feel we've finally stabilized on something we can use for a while. Urs discusses the technologies and libraries (TypeScript, Less, React, MobX) as well as tools (Visual Studio Code, WebStorm). Since Quino 1.13 came out in December of 2014, we've come a long way. This presentation shows just how far we've come and provides customers with information about the many, many improvements as well as a migration path. Microsoft recently published a long blog article Introducing .NET Standard. The author Immo Landwerth appeared on a weekly videocast called The week in .NET to discuss and elaborate. I distilled all of this information into a presentation for Encodo's programmers and published it to our web site, TechTalk: .NET Standard 2.0. I hope it helps! The summary below describes major new features, items of note and breaking changes. The full list of issues is also available for those with access to the Encodo issue tracker. Highlights This release is a "bridge" release that has the entire new Metadata API as well as the older version, which is marked as obsolete. It is intended that projects upgrade to this version only temporarily in order to more easily migrate to the 4.0 Metadata API. At that point, projects should immediately upgrade to Quino 4.0, from which all obsolete methods have been removed. Once 4.0 is available, there will be no more bug-fix releases for this release. Metadata construction Remove MetaId/Guid parameters from all metadata-building APIs Remove all dependencies and requirement for the MetaBuilder; make MetaBuilder obsolete. Drastically reduce the surface of the MetadataBuilder and base classes and improve dependency-resolution	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Scottish independence: writers will be ‘foreign’ BRIAN FERGUSON A key player in the Scottish literary world has issued a warning about the impact of independence on the industry north of the border. Hugh Andrew, managing director of Birlinn publishing house in Edinburgh, said Scottish writers faced being seen as “foreign” in the rest of the UK in the event of a Yes vote. Mr Andrew said the industry in Scotland was already struggling due to a lack of proper financial support or strategic thinking from the Scottish Government or its flagship arts agency Creative Scotland. Writing on the website Think Scotland, he warned that an “artificial wall” would be erected between Scotland and the London-dominated book industry in the event of independence. Mr Andrew – one of the most outspoken critics of Creative Scotland last year when it was facing an artistic rebellion – also warned that nationalism “represents the worst of all worlds for our writers and culture”. According to trade body Publishing Scotland, about 1,500 people are believed to be employed in the industry in Scotland, with more than 100 companies in total, from large firms like HarperCollins to sole traders. Scotland’s publishers are thought to be responsible for about 3,000 titles a year, with the sales turnover currently worth around £343 million. Mr Andrew said the book market in Scotland was largely homogenous with England – with only around one in 19 book sales north of the border distinctively “Scottish”. He said: “This does not indicate either a distinctive market or indeed a terribly strong or deep-rooted sense of ‘Scottishness’. “The situation is further complicated when one realises how much of the ‘Scottish’ side of publishing is driven not by Scots, but by the tourist industry. “Ireland has a much more ‘protected’ book industry in that its retail sector is still largely in Irish hands and its publishing sector is much larger. “Irish writers do of course achieve breakthroughs in the wider English language market, but far fewer of them. “They are seen in the UK as foreign writers in a way Scots are not and the hurdles to publication in London are higher.” Mr Andrew added: “How can we achieve a vibrant Scottish publishing industry within a UK open market? “Well, it is certainly not the SNP solution. Independence represents the closing off, a la Ireland, for the opportunities which a single market represents for Scottish writers and publishers. “Nationalism thus represents the worst of all worlds for our writers and culture in damaging its access to a larger market through erecting an artificial wall while systemically crippling the capacity of its indigenous industry to leap that wall.” However, author Alan Bissett, a leading member of National Collective, a pro-independence campaign group set up by artists, said: “For Hugh to say that the Scottish Government are not interested in culture is rather strange, considering Fiona Hyslop’s magnificent speech this year ensuring the protection of the Scottish arts sector, which one might contrast with Westminster’s destruction of the arts down south. “Publishing is indeed struggling in Scotland, but let’s remind ourselves that this happened on the Union’s watch. “I respect Hugh Andrew, but I disagree with him on this issue, and I think most writers will.” A spokesman for Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop said: “Hugh Andrew is entitled to his political opinion and has made similar points before. “It is a position in contrast to the others from the world of literature and the arts which is strongly in support of an independent Scotland.” A spokesman for Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop said: “Hugh Andrew is entitled to his political opinion and has made similar points before. “It is a position in contrast to the others from the world of literature and the arts which is strongly in support of an independent Scotland.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Why giving up your phone number can mean giving up your privacy By Nancy Lloyd Nov 26, 2016 \| 3:00 AM After changing his phone number, Rep. Ted Lieu, shown in this 2014 file photo, discovered a surprising downside to two-factor authentication. Whoever wound up with his old phone number likely received log-in prompts linked to his account. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times) Forget divorce or the dissolution of a business partnership. In 2017, your most unpredictable, time-consuming and financially perilous breakup may be with your old phone number. Surrendering your digits can be more problematic than losing your phone. On most smartphones, a quick security wipe can remove all personal data — and it can even be done remotely if your phone is lost or stolen. But give up your phone number and the burden is on you to find every business, person and entity that links that number to your life — your finances, medical records, email or social media accounts, business contacts, and much more — and remove it at each place. Advertisement If you miss any, your life can become an open book for whoever gets assigned your old number. This stranger could receive texts, photos and voicemails meant for you, and even the temporary passcodes you need to log in to your secure accounts. I recently got a new phone number, which was in fact a recycled one. Soon I received texts and voicemails intended for the woman who gave up my number, including blood test results, spa confirmations outlining where she would be and when, and an invitation for a job interview. Deleting these messages would not stop them from coming, nor inform businesses they were sending private information to the wrong person. Phoning the callers and texters to say she no longer had this number elicited reactions ranging from apologetic to suspicious. Still, I hoped that when they saw her again — to maintain the integrity of their medical and business records — they would at least ask her, "What is your current number?" Making a clean break from your old number starts with legwork. "People should track down all the places their number might be, including doctors' offices, pharmacies and schools, and contact them if you need to change your number," said security expert and the Federal Trade Commission's chief technologist, Lorrie Cranor. "It can be especially hard to update your number at the doctor's office or other places where information is [not online but] still in file folders." Phone numbers have become the keys to unlocking an array of personal information. If you have called your credit-card company and been greeted by an automated message stating it recognized your phone number and then spewed your account balance and available credit without requiring you to speak with a person, you have experienced firsthand your 10 digits being used as an identifier, like a Social Security number. The big difference? Your Social Security number cannot be reassigned to anyone else, but your relinquished phone number quickly can be reassigned to a stranger. "Carriers must put residential numbers back into use within 90 days," said Mark Wigfield, a Federal Communications Commission spokesman. "That's to preserve numbers [and] avoid opening up new area codes, which is often a source of consumer confusion and complaints." Following a high-profile hack this summer, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) was advised to change his phone number. "It's laborious because so many things are tied to it," said Lieu, who holds a computer science degree from Stanford University. To boost the security on his financial, social media and email accounts, years ago he opted not to settle for a standard logon but to add a second layer of security, called two-factor authentication. With it, he must enter his username and password, as well as a temporary string of numbers that is sent to his phone. But that security measure wound up being the "most troubling part" of changing numbers, he said. "If you don't [notify all] your financial institutions, two-factor authentications could go to a complete stranger and you could get locked out of your accounts." Or, worse, two-factor authentications could be combined with personal information contained in texts and voicemails sent to your old number to hack your accounts. "If fraud or identity theft is the result of a phone number reassignment, the victim is very unlikely to know it," said Morgan Cordary, outreach coordinator for the consumer advocacy organization Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. "Most people do not know how it happened … only that they need help." In March, using a fake ID at a mobile phone store, a thief posed as Lorrie Cranor and conned sales staff into remotely deactivating the SIM cards in both Cranor's phone and her husband's, and reactivating their numbers in two new iPhones fraudulently charged to Cranor's account. To decrease the odds of someone hijacking her wireless account again, Cranor, a security expert, added a personal identification number to her account that differs from her Social Security number. But she rejected new phone numbers and fought to get her stolen ones back. "I had my number a long time and didn't want to go through [the hassle] of trying to remove it at so many places," she said. There can be no way to know where, exactly, your number is on file. Before cutting the cord on my landline, I ported the number to a cellphone. Only then did I discover that, although landlines cannot receive texts and I never signed up for any, a bank and a pharmacy were sending them anyway. Had I given up the landline without first porting it, texts meant for me would have gone to the cellphone of the stranger who got reassigned my former number. And I never would have known. Trying to find and update your phone number at every place that stores it is a scavenger hunt that most people will lose. "The burden should be on businesses to verify annually that the number in their records still belongs to that customer," said Harold Feld, senior vice president of Public Knowledge, a digital rights advocacy organization. "But merely sending a text to a phone number isn't enough; a person who subsequently got reassigned that number could [fraudulently] pose as that customer, rendering that verification meaningless." Advertisement Even if you notify all your contacts, many people and places won't bother removing or replacing an old phone number. So, the person who gets your old number also will likely get texts and voicemails from your friends, relatives, bosses, clients, colleagues, your kids' school, airlines, hotels or elsewhere. With your old number displayed as this stranger's caller ID, he or she can pose as you while responding with impunity to them. A privacy breach is a small price to pay for one large group of digit ditchers: people evading debt collectors. After Gerri Detweiler got her then-11-year-old daughter a cellphone, debt collectors hounded the girl for two years looking for the woman who previously had that number. "It was frustrating," recalled Detweiler. "Many calls were automated and didn't let me talk to a person … unless I pressed '1' and falsely admitted I was the woman they were looking for." She recently Googled her daughter's number and discovered that the woman who gave it up had a criminal past. "Before I accept any new number I will put it into multiple search engines to try to avoid problems," she said.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
It Is What Politicians Do, Not What They Say The most Godless, secular leftist in America running in South Carolina would cling to Jesus, mom, and apple pie with the best of them. It is why we must dig into candidates’ actions, not their words. Pledges in Washington have become a joke because of this. Anybody can sign a pledge saying they will not take an earmark, but what of their actions? It is one thing to make a promise. It is quite another to keep it. Take Tim Bridgewater. If past performance is the best indicator of future success, Utah voters are going to want to steer clear of Bridgewater. Bridgewater is on Twitter bragging about signing a no earmarks pledge. Someone should ask him then if he regrets all the earmarks Bob Bennett steered his way. Bridgewater latched on to the Obama stimulus bill to fund his companies and got one of his companies a $1 million grant. Bridgewater used the $1 million grant to study geothermal energy in Indonesia. Maybe he was creating jobs for Barack Obama’s elementary school friends. Bridgewater got Senator Bob Bennett to give him $5,000,000.00 of your money to develop electric vehicles. Got that? There was no free market demand, so Bridgewater got you, whether you like it or not, to give him $5 million to electrify a bunch of trucks.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Analysis: U.S. Power Grid on Decline NEW YORK (AP) -- America's power grid is like an old car -- getting the job done, even if its performance is slipping -- and experts say only a major overhaul will reverse its decline. An Associated Press analysis of utility spending and reliability nationwide finds that electric customers are spending 43 percent more than they did in 2002 to build and maintain local electric infrastructure. Since then, power outages have stayed infrequent, but when the lights do go out it now takes longer to get them back on. University of Minnesota grid security expert Massoud Amin says we're operating the system "closer to the edge." And other experts say the spending-reliability figures suggest the extra money isn't being spent wisely -- or that utilities aren't investing nearly enough to upgrade fragile equipment increasingly threatened by major storms. Online Public Information File Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or [email protected].	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Eureka Seven / Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven Eureka Seven, known in Japan as Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, is a mecha anime TV series by Bones. Eureka Seven tells the story of Renton Thurston and the outlaw group Gekkostate, his relationship with the enigmatic mecha pilot Eureka, and the mystery of the Coralians. Bandai produced three video games based on Eureka Seven; two of them are based on events prior to the show, while the third is based on the first half of the show. Both the original concept of the anime and the video game Eureka Seven vol.1: New Wave have been adapted into manga series, as well. The TV series has also been adapted into a series of four novels in Japan. A movie based on the series was announced in the May issue of Newtype. The creators announced it will contain a new mythos, despite still featuring Renton and Eureka as the main characters. It will be produced by Kinema Citrus. The series' origins can be traced to a pitch of a mecha anime series that Bandai had proposed to the animation studio Bones. At first, the studio rejected it, but later reversed its position because it had already planned to create an anime using mecha designs by Shoji Kawamori. With the appointment of director Tomoki Kyoda and writer Dai Satō, Bandai's proposal was more or less scrapped and the staff began work on their own series that would become Eureka Seven. While conceptualizing Eureka Seven, director Tomoki Kyoda wished to design the series as one that would at first focus on the personal elements and conflicts of the characters, then subsequently move the framework into a broader scale and perspective. The series' two halves each have their own very clear focus that reflects this design choice. The series was Tomoki Kyoda's first as chief director for a TV anime; his major credits to date before that were his position as Assistant director of the RahXephon TV series and subsequent position of Director for the movie adaption, also from studio Bones. RahXephon creator and director Yutaka Izubuchi provided additional design works for Eureka Seven, as well.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Facebook Working On Its Own Smartphone? Facebook continues to beef up its mobile strategy - just last week it launched a dedicated Facebook camera app and it has recently acquired mobile app companies, including Instagram and Glancee. But according to The New York Times, Facebook is aiming bigger than apps that run on the iPhone or Android phones. It might just release its own smartphone. According to the New York Times' anonymous sources, Facebook is preparing to release a phone by next year. "The company has already hired more than half a dozen former Apple software and hardware engineers who worked on the iPhone, and one who worked on the iPad, the employees and those briefed on the plans said," Nick Bilton of the New York Times reported on Sunday. Previously other technology sites have reported similar Facebook phone speculation. In 2010, TechCrunch reported that Facebook was looking to create its own phone. Late last year, AllThingsD reported that a phone codenamed "Buffy" was being tested. The Times now reports that Facebook continues to work on the "Buffy" phone and has hired numerous hardware engineers, many of which are former Apple employees. According to the Times' sources, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn't want Facebook to be just another app that runs on a phone. Facebook would not comment directly on the statement and instead referred the Times to a previous statement. "We're working across the entire mobile industry; with operators, hardware manufacturers, OS providers, and application developers." Last year, HTC released the HTC Status, an Android phone that offered a deeper Facebook experience with dedicated Facebook buttons. According to Facebook's IPO filing, out of its total 825 million users, 488 million actively accessed Facebook's mobile products in March. And with that, you can see why a Facebook phone might seem pretty appealing to the newly public company.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more Download & Play Questions Newspaper Page Text . T "T -. fl f A T f-f. " - V '" 4H& trsar. "j - j. v iW ,t "" If - FISHER'S i v THUHiSDAY, JULY 19,' 1883. LONDON GOSSIP. (1IY FMSM'll.) (licJi1 Im tho Dntlr litllellll.) In Hit.' suliurlH of Paris llicro lived n short time uio ti wealthy widower, who was blessed with an only son. This young: gentleman took a some what 'lax view of morality in general, uuil was living with a lady whose lin ger was adorned with no wedding ring, but who was nevertheless the mother of his two children. The father was n kiudlicurted and un worldly old man, and constantly im, pressed upon his son the advisability of marrying the lady, and thus(ao cording' to French law) legitimizing his childieu. The son however did not take to the idea, and at last the anxious patent, deeming that he was at the point of death, summoned him to his bedside, and declared that un less he at once married his mistress lie would do something Unit his son would .afterwards regret. The son remained obdurate, and the next day his father bent for the cure and him self went through the form of mar riage with the lady in question. Having thus done what lie consider ed to be his duty, ho died, and was buried. His son then found Unit his own children had been converted into his stcpbrotheis, and inherited with him and their mother equal shares of the paternal estate. 11" he is ti wise man, therefoie, he will at once many his father's widow. But be can hardly marry his stepbrothers So at least half of the propel ty which would otherwise have been his, has been sacrificed to his obstinacy. The Empress Augusta, who lias taken up her quarters as usual at the Hotel Messner, in Badcn-liadcn, still suffers a good deal of pain from her injured leg, and lias to be moved about in a chair from place to place, whilst the railway carriage in which s,he travels is specially arranged so that she can be cairied in and out without, inconvenience. The eves of the vulgar crowd arc carefully kept away during her journeys as Her Majesty has the greatest objection that any strangers should witness her inability to walk. It is a curious fact that both the Empress of Germany and the Empress of India should be buffering at the same time from the results of similar accidents, and that one should be the mother of the Crown Prince of Germany mil the other of the Crown Piince. People in general must have been greatly surprised at the news that the l'aiisiun press hud been honoured by a special invitation to the Coronation festivities in Russia. Ac cot ding to the announcements in the j"iijuro, Gmtlois and J'Jvene went, i't appeared Unit a special envoy, onoM. Corvin, had called on the editors of those journals to re quest the favour of their attendance and to inform them that their ex penses would all be paid, that special honours would be accorded them, and that formal invitations would teach them on a ceitain day. These three papers accordingly outvied one another in glorifying the envoy. He bad such charming ntauers, such a distinguished air; lie was a great traveller, a celeluated author noth- !ur wns ton jrood fof lliltl. "Ullt it was awkward when the appointed day arrived without a sign of the promised invitation, and M. Corvin turned out to lie nothing but a very practical joker. The Ganlois at once wiolc in indignant terms to Prince Orloff, but the FUjaro, rather than confess itself hoaxed, decided to send Albert "Wolf to Moscow at its own expense. And so, in that quarter at any rate, the boxes will not have been packed in vain. The millennium must be at hand! Tho King of Bavaria has actually Lft his retirement to preside at a dinner party given in honour of his newly married i datives. He is said to have received the guests in a most h pitable fashion, and to have daz zled the company with the scintilla tion of his royal wit. Is it possible that he is just rccovcting from tho Tuneful influence of the muslo of tho future? A little bird, moreover, whispers in my ear that tho ilinncr inrly was followed in a few days by u lively ball, and then by a theatrical performance, at both of which His Bavarian Majesty was pleased to show ins court a little of his pristine "alctv. The Empress of Austria intended to come over from Feldaflng but was prevented by indisposition at the last moment, and the Emperor himself paid Munich a two days visit, though his incognito was so well preserved that littlo has hitherto been said or written about it. And the Archduchess Valerie was there. Can it be that after all these yeats the misogynist Lmlwig contemplates entering 'upon the blessed state of Wttlriinony? CORfi MOTION III TIM ROPE MARKET! Yo, anil wc sell A.N JLiow in the T-.o-vveNt I ninl don't anybody forget it. We tell New lledford Hope, mill any retailer knows how it will hold out in net weight. "Wo also linvo tliu mot vntied assoit- meiit of SHIP CHANDLERY kept by any house this bide of the Hocky Mountains, such as Hemp and Manila Cordage, all sizes, Artesian Well Uorlng Hopes, Manila Hawser, Wire ltopc, Cotton and Hemp Duck and Twine, Galvanized Marine Hardware, PAINTS AND OILS, Pure Copper Shc.tthinir, 14, 10 & 18 oz Yellow Metal mill Nulls, 14 to 28 oz. Copper Paint (Tnrr fc Wonsin's) Whale Boats, Boat Stocks, Gnl. Boat Nnils, nil kinds ami sizes, And 1001 other things too numerous to mention Also, agents for Terry WiivIm' rain Killer, Brand & Pierce's Bomb Gnus and Bomb Lances, itc., &c, All of which Iwo will sell at tho Lowest Rates. 090 ly A. W. 1'circc & Co. A NEW DEPARTURE I WILLIAM MILLER Cabi n e t in. akor And Upholsterer, No. 0!) Hotel street, Opposito International Hotel, Between Nuunnu and Fort streets. rpilE public will picnic take- notice JL that I have just opened in the. Above premises, and as I am a thorough prac tical mechanic in my line of business hnvlnjr done homo o'f the llnest work at the Palace nnd other residences in Hono lulu recently would therefore most re spectfully solicit a call 1'iom the com munity. Fine upholstered work in every variety Diapcry anil Lnnihrcquhics of every dccripli6n'nuulo to order. Carved and polished window cornices neatly made and arranged. Repairing and polishing Pianos, Mu sical I5o.os, etc- The llnest Ficnch and varnished pol ishing done in the Kingdom. Carpets, Oil-cloth and matting cut and laid at short notice. All Avork guaranteed and done on the most reasonable terms. 004 ly A Large Assortment OK TIM LATEST STYLES OF Fine Wall Papers AND BORDERS! Jubt received, aud for sale by WILDER & CO. Bgi. Call and examine. 147 i ART NOVELTIES m & IN- AND Ceiling- Decoration OK THE LEADINO United States Factories' JUST RECEIVED nv LEWERS & COOKE. P57v 7sW ''5'?jTJrr"jrrrfifJi yzZzzswizZiZ 1'OU SALE, a No. 2 Warehouse Feed Mill Gilnds from G to 10 tons per day. Also, pulleys, belts, etc., all in good order; can bo run by Htcam or horso power, just the article for a plantation. ALSO, HAY, OATS, CORN, Wheat, Bran, Barley, Whole nnd Ground, Mixed Feed, etc. AS CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST CO LAINE Co., 31 Fort Bt. Water Notice. Ofllcc Sup't "Water "Wotks, Honolulu, July 3, 1882. LL persons having Water Privileges , tiro notified that tholr Water Hates xx. are payable semi-annually, in advance, at the olllcu of tbu Superintendent of Water Works, foot of Nuuunii street, upon tho 1st dav of January ond July of each year. (JlIAB. B. WILSON. Sup't Water Win ks. B, K. Kaai, Jliuistur of Interior. 201 wall m?m wsffimssBsmmi m lu CHAMPAGNE CIDER APUJU13. WHOLESOME. HE FINISHING. I1HALTI1FUL BEVERAGE, According to the highest and best medi cal testimony. Manufactory, : : : No. 1!) Lililia St P. O. Box, ISO. Telephone, 234. BSyAU orders receive prompt attention. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! WHITMAN & WRIGHT TO THE RESCUE ! A' T the catncU solicitation of horse owners, we sent to the Coast ofr a First-Class Horso Shoer, and Floorman. Thanks to our agents, a ilrst-class mechanic has airlvcd, and comes well recommended from Leading Shops in the United Slates. Vc have, therefore, no hcsilnlion in stating that all horses sent to our shop will, in future, he shod in the most scientific manner known in modern times. Stock that has been crippled' by clum sy 'workmen can now be made to travel, (far away from Soaking Stalls and Foot Tubs-) WHITMAN & WRIGnT, 417 King street-Honolulu. i . The Delmonico Restaurant next door to Castle" Cooke," on Kjng stree MealS Cooked to Order AT LLA nouns. XVLTNCIIES & SUPPERS 25 to 50 cent?. Board, per week, upstnirs, : : $0.00 in advance. 11. VON OEHLHAFFEN & Co., 430 lm Proprietors. KENNEDY & Co., Jobbing anil Retail GROCERS, i Campbell's Fire-Proof Buildi g No. 67 Hotel Street. P. O. Boz No. 207. 201 ly lling up Telephone No. 240. "Try thowragraaco ol tho Weed, Nicotian," Choice Havana Cigars Of the Finest Brands A.ml 13en; 3Tlu.vor", As follows: Manuel Garcia, Figaro, Margarita, La Corona, , Flon do Cuba, Coney Island, MAY NOW HE HAD FROM H. J. NOLTE, Beaver Saloon, Fort street. tG$"Olher goods as before. " Variety the Spice of Life." "Wc huvc on hand Put up in 5 gall, tins and cases of 10 galls. KACII, OF Clear and Pure Sperm Oil Taken by tho " Orca," "Louisa," and "Mary & Helen," which will bo SOLD at LOWEST PKIOES 11Y Castle & Cooke. KStt GYMNASTICS ! TNCTHUCTIONS in Gymnastics will JL ho given to Ladies and Children 33 very Suiiirtliiy iVIoruiiif From 0 to 11 o'clock, in addition to tho Kveulnj; Classes. S. ,B. DOLE, "J80 President Athletic AsoclaUou 8h ii mknu - OF a -v ; '. i. ' mmw -AT- CHARLES Leading Millinery House. .IW-YfeS AHJE AD ! The liqrgest, Finest and Most Select Gentlemen's Fur? nish inff Goods in the Kingdom. E PRICE iVBECE-SARSeCS' BAZAR Corner of Fort and Merchant Streets. ' Wc respectfully ask a call from the community lo prove to them how far wc'c.v 1 enmn rl on info tn mi 1t.na nf fin., .fa li... ..Ir.1. !... n ...!.. XT. -.1 .... .. eel ... ..-... u ,.i...,la ... uui jjuvio ui vjuiii. a x- uiuiaiiuig uuuus. nut iiiunu in superior Quality and styles but in prices. New invoices arc constantly being' recched, and for choice select ions and varieties in all our largo assortment we can bafely Read the following: What arc your reasons for purchasing at the Mechanics Ba. zary Because they sell 25 per cent cheaper than any other btoro in tho city. How do they doit? Because they import direct from the manufacturers in tho Eastern and California Markets, and buy for cash; thus wc demand cash in return und allow 3 cents discount on all sales over $5; keep no book-keepers or books, and every article is marked down to the lowest iigurc in full view of the customer and thus money is saved by curtailing these expenses, and unnecessary talk Is set abide. ThoOno Prico Mcchanico' Bazar, tho most reliable and choapest stor'o in Honolulu. Store open, froin O a.m. to 8 i.m. Stitxirdny ovoiiIiirh till lO S. W. LEDERER, Manager. (252) J. L. ROSENBERG ENTERPRISE FEED CO. Corner of Queen and Edinburg Streets. Telephone, jso. SO 3E3C - J. J. GJ- IV EJ W BEGS to inform his friends and the public generally that ho has OPENED business ut the above stand, and has made complete arrangements for a con tinuous supply of Fresh Goods of the very Lest quality which ho will offer for sale AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PKICES. He hopes, by giving his best attention to please the public, to merit a part of thei patronage. A largo stock of Wheat and Oat Hay, Whole and Ground Barley, California and Oregon Oats, Bran, Middlings, &c, now on hand. Orders solicited nnd satisfaction guaranteed, or no pay asked. ' Iff. J. AGNEW, Proprietor. 310 UNION FEED COMPANY Ih Constantly Receiving' Fresh Supplies of Hay, Barley, Oats, Bran, Wheat, Corn, &c, Whioh it offers, Wholesale or Hetail, AT THE LOWEST MARKET RATES. Goods de'ivercd. All orders promptly attended to. am Um J. M. OAT, Jr., & CO. Have just received ex Suez, A new lot of Blank Books,-Blotting Tablets Lottoi and Note X'uperw, XnltM, M.iicilug:e, Gold l?eiiN, ,&. ALSO, A. BSIAIX ASbOUTMENT OF 3Plaqn.es for House Decorating. Red Rubber Stamp Agency. E3TA11 orders filled piomptly.g3 253 Gazette Block, No. 25 Merchant Street, J. W. ROBERTSON & Go's Snbscription Department WE aro prepared to receive further orders for any Paper or Mtiguziuu publish cd In California, the Eastern Btnlcb, Canada, aud Europe. At tho present time wo receive by every mail over one hundred and llfty different Papers and Magazines, published in the English, Fieuch, tieiiimn, aud Scandinavian Languages, ' As our subscription list is large, wo aro euubled to furnish the Papers and Magazines ut u low rutu of Bubs-crTption 162 0PENNG - H ....- A ..4.1 ' ij ' ' i illlt' r( .' ' Hi si J. FISHEL'S Telephone No. 17S. j: -" J a f 1)1 .JfJ (5? V 1 'f?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
In 1925, he moved to New York City, where he became manager and general counsel of Comerford Theatres, a chain of movie theaters owned by his relative Michael Comerford. In New York, Walker expanded his political activities, and became an early supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1931, he co-founded the Roosevelt for President Society. In 1932, he became Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Until Roosevelt's death, Walker was one of his closest advisers. In 1940, Walker became Postmaster General (succeeding James Farley, who had also been DNC Chairman and Roosevelt's campaign manager). As Postmaster General, Walker continued his role as political adviser, often taking part in matters far removed from the Post Office. For instance, during the negotiations which preceded the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, he was in regular contact with Japanese Ambassador Nomura.[1] In 1943, Walker also became Chairman of the DNC, serving until 1944. In 1944, he stepped down from the DNC, and was succeeded by Robert Hannegan. In May 1945, Walker announced his retirement as Postmaster General, to allow President Harry Truman to appoint his own candidate to the office. Truman selected Hannegan to succeed Walker in this office too, effective July 1. Later in 1945, Truman appointed Walker as a member of the first U.S. delegation to the United Nations.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
What is the Hadith of Gabriel? Answer: The hadith of Gabriel (as) is as follows: Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (ra) reports: “One day when we were with Allah’s Messenger (pbuh), a man with very white clothing and very black hair came up to us. No mark of travel was visible on him, and none of us recognized him. Sitting down beside the Prophet (SAW), leaning his knees against his and placing his hands on his things, he said: “Tell me, Muhammad, about Islam.” He replied: “Islam means that you should testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (pbuh) is Allah’s Messenger, that you should observe the prayer, pay the Zakat, fast during Ramadan, and make the pilgrimage to the House if you are able to go there.” He said: “You have spoken the truth.” We were surprised at his questioning him and then declaring that he spoke the truth.He said: “Now tell me about Iman.” He replied: “It means that you should believe in Allah (pbuh), His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day, and that you should believe in the decreeing both of good and evil.” Remarking that he had spoken the truth, he then said: “Now tell me about Ihsan.” He replied: “It means that you should worship Allah (swt) as though you see Him, for He sees you though you do not see Him.” He said: “Now tell me about the Hour.” He replied: “The one who is asked about it is no better informed than the one who is asking.” He said: “Then tell me about its signs.” He replied: “That a maid-servant should beget her mistress, and that you should see barefooted, naked, poor men and shepherds exalting themselves in buildings.” [Umar] said: He then went away, and after I had waited for a long time, [the Prophet] said to me: “Do you know who the questioner was, Umar?” I replied: “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said: “He was Gabriel who came to you to teach you your religion.” (Narrated by Bukhari) Kaynak:https://askaquestionto.us - What is the Hadith of Gabriel?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Non-Magnetic Dallas Key DESCRIPTION The YSL90RXXX is an assembly of DS1990R-F5 iButton® and a snap-in plastic FOB for applications that require a touch and remove contact to a reader. The assembly is referred to as “The Dallas Non-Magnetic Key” in Electronic Point of Sale applications and typically attached to a key ring and used for logging on and off. Care should be taken to ensure within the application the reader on the Terminal is of the non magnetic type EG YSL9092 or DS9092	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Thank you to Transitions 0101 for sharing this translation from SODA Magazine back in November 2011. They did a survey before the concert of Arashi - Boku no Miteriru Fuuke - in Kokuritsu. I think all Arashians around the world feel the same but tell us What is ARASHI to you?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Friday, October 26, 2018 Study: Online Attacks on Jews Ramp Up Before Election Day Far-right extremists have ramped up an intimidating wave of anti-Semitic harassment against Jewish journalists, political candidates and others ahead of next month's U.S. midterm elections, according to a report released Friday by a Jewish civil rights group. The Anti-Defamation League's report says its researchers analyzed more than 7.5 million Twitter messages from Aug. 31 to Sept. 17 and found nearly 30 percent of the accounts repeatedly tweeting derogatory terms about Jews appeared to be automated "bots." But accounts controlled by real-life humans often mount the most "worrisome and harmful" anti-Semitic attacks, sometimes orchestrated by leaders of neo-Nazi or white nationalist groups, the researchers said. "Both anonymity and automation have been used in online propaganda offensives against the Jewish community during the 2018 midterms," they wrote. Billionaire philanthropist George Soros was a leading subject of harassing tweets. Soros, a Hungarian-born Jew demonized by right-wing conspiracy theorists, is one of the prominent Democrats who had pipe bombs sent to them this week. The ADL's study concludes online disinformation and abuse is disproportionately targeting Jews in the U.S. "during this crucial political moment." "Prior to the election of President Donald Trump, anti-Semitic harassment and attacks were rare and unexpected, even for Jewish Americans who were prominently situated in the public eye. Following his election, anti-Semitism has become normalized and harassment is a daily occurrence," the report says. The New York City-based ADL has commissioned other studies of online hate, including a report in May that estimated about 3 million Twitter users posted or re-posted at least 4.2 million anti-Semitic tweets in English over a 12-month period ending Jan. 28. An earlier report from the group said anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. in the previous year had reached the highest tally it has counted in more than two decades. For the latest report, researchers interviewed five Jewish people, including two recent political candidates, who had faced "human-based attacks" against them on social media this year. Their experiences demonstrated that anti-Semitic harassment "has a chilling effect on Jewish Americans' involvement in the public sphere," their report says. "While each interview subject spoke of not wanting to let threats of the trolls affect their online activity, political campaigns, academic research or news reporting, they all admitted the threats of violence and deluges of anti-Semitism had become part of their internal equations," researchers wrote. The most popular term used in tweets containing #TrumpTrain was "Soros." The study also found a "surprising" abundance of tweets referencing "QAnon," a right-wing conspiracy theory that started on an online message board and has been spread by Trump supporters. "There are strong anti-Semitic undertones, as followers decry George Soros and the Rothschild family as puppeteers," researchers wrote.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Figure 10.33. Projections and uncertainties (5 to 95% ranges) of global average sea level rise and its components in 2090 to 2099 (relative to 1980 to 1999) for the six SRES marker scenarios. The projected sea level rise assumes that the part of the present-day ice sheet mass imbalance that is due to recent ice flow acceleration will persist unchanged. It does not include the contribution shown from scaled-up ice sheet discharge, which is an alternative possibility. It is also possible that the present imbalance might be transient, in which case the projected sea level rise is reduced by 0.02 m. It must be emphasized that we cannot assess the likelihood of any of these three alternatives, which are presented as illustrative. The state of understanding prevents a best estimate from being made.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Course Objectives Classes for ID 207 will be held Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Course Objectives At the completion of the course students will be: 1) Critical consumers of the public health and medical literature by understanding the basic principles and methods of epidemiology, including disease (outcome) measures, measures of association, study design options, bias, confounding, and effect modification. 2) Able to interpret descriptive epidemiologic results in order to develop hypotheses about possible risk factors for a disease. 3) Able to design valid and efficient studies to address public health and clinical problems. 6) Aware of and able to manipulate probabilities and the Normal and Binomial distributions. 7) Able to carry out and interpret a variety of tests of significance, including two-group comparisons using t-tests, Wilcoxon tests, chi-square tests, Fisher exact tests, log-rank test, McNemar’s test, ANOVA, and Kruskal-Wallis Test. 8) Familiar with power and sample size calculations. 9) Familiar with basic principles and uses of linear and logistic regression models for clinical research. 10) Able to carry out simple data analyses using the JMP program. Texts and Reading Materials There are two statistical textbooks and one epidemiology textbook for this course available online or at the Harvard COOP in Cambridge, MA (1400 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA). Biostatistics Text: There are two statistical textbooks available, but neither book is required for this course, since the material presented during lecture and the accompanying notes will be sufficient for the course. However, students may find it helpful as adjunct reading to get one book or the other. The first suggestion is Fundamentals of Biostatistics, by B. Rosner, from Duxbury Press. This text is very comprehensive and would serve as a useful reference throughout an investigator’s research career. However, it is very detailed and may be hard to navigate when first learning the material. The other textbook, Basic and Clinical Biostatistics, by B. Dawson and R.G. Trapp, McGraw-Hill, may also be useful for alternative explanations of the methods covered in class. It is more reader-friendly but less comprehensive. Epidemiology Text:The epidemiology textbook is Rothman, KJ. Epidemiology: An Introduction. (Second Edition) Oxford University Press, New York. 2012.Other class readings material will be available on the course website, including journal articles, citations, and weblinks. Please review the syllabus to determine which readings are required and which are optional. Other textbooks that a student may already own are probably also acceptable, since the material covered during the course is basic and included in most introductory texts. Statistical computing will be done using the JMP program. Outcome Measures Class Participation: Class participation and discussion add greatly to the written notes that are provided. Students are expected to attend and participate in all classes. Homework: There will be two graded assignments that will each count toward 10% of your grade (20% for both combined). Each student must hand in their own assignment with their name on it, but they may work in groups or take advantage of the office hours to help solve the problems. Data Analysis Exercise: All students are required to perform a statistical analysis on an epidemiologic data set. The data set will be available for analysis in computer labs during the third week of the program. All students will be required to submit a summary of their analysis that describes the analysis plan and summarizes the results. This summary should be no longer than two pages in length. In addition, no more than 3 tables can accompany each summary. Students must hand in their own assignment with their name on it and reflecting their own work on this project, but individuals may discuss the results with other students in the course. The summary and tables will be handed in at the same time as the take-home final exam (described below) and will count toward 25% of the grade. Final Exam: During the last week of the course, each student will receive a take-home exam with approximately one week to complete it. This exam must be done individually with no collaboration with others. The exam will count toward 25% of the grade. Student Projects: Each student is required to design a research study proposal. The development of these proposals is a central activity of this course. In the month preceding the course, each student will submit a one-page description of a research question, background, and very rough design of a study that addresses a research question of interest to that student. At the end of the first week, we will have a student project workshop where students will have 15 minutes to discuss their initial ideas with faculty. There will, in addition, be 30-minute individual “office hours” with faculty to help students develop their proposals. At the end of the third week, there will be a class where several students will describe their proposals in 30-minute PowerPoint presentations. All students will submit written 4-page proposals for grading and comments. These proposals will count toward 20% of your grade. Critique of Literature Seminar One Critique of Literature Seminar is scheduled for the last week of the course. The class will be divided into smaller groups to review selected papers. The papers discussed on this day cover a wide variety of topics. All papers will be located on the course website. Additional Information Classes will be recorded each day on video and accessible on the course website. Students who do not wish to use the JMP program may use any alternative package. However, the instructor and teaching assistants may not be able to provide any help or guidance. 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By Joey Lott (Health researcher and a more than 10-time Amazon bestselling author. Get his future health books for free, including his upcoming title Big Fat Lies at www.joeylotthealth.com) Here’s a story demonstrating health brainwashing that I hear or read time and time again. Undoubtedly you’ll recognize this story as well. Pat Smith feels unwell and can’t figure out what to do about it. Pat goes to healthcare professionals and gets tests done and gets a whole bunch of different diagnoses over the years. Sooner or later, Pat learns about some (restrictive) dietary rules that someone claims will help Pat to feel better. Pat begins to restrict. Pat feels worse. Pat’s “support group” (which is generally composed of some internet forum or Facebook group dedicated to the particular form of restriction) encourages Pat to tough it out and consider further restriction. Pat takes the advice, and the cycle repeats over and over until Pat is gluten-free, sugar-free, dairy-free, salt-free, grain-free, meat-free, fat-free, and very definitely wellness-free. I know this story because that was my story for a long, long, loooong time. And subsequently, I’ve communicated with and “coached” lots of other people who have the same story. Okay, sure, there are variations on the story. For example, sometimes Pat starts out feeling okay but just wants to feel even more okay – like superhuman. Or other times Pat starts out just wanting to drop a few pounds. But it’s the same basic story all the same, and it leads to the same dead end. I have seen this pattern play out so often, in fact, that I have written a couple of books specifically outlining the pattern and why it is such a really bad idea to continue with it. The first book was specific to chronic Lyme disease and in it I give my own account of recovery from chronic Lyme disease by and large due to eating a lot of food unrestrictedly. The other book, Hungry, is a more generalized look at the subject. Suffice it to say, I am a believer in the “miraculous healing power” of just eating food without restriction (along with sufficient sleep and learning how to relax). These things may not always be all that is required to heal, but with very few exceptions they are essential to recovery, and without dedication to eating, sleeping, and relaxing I find that people just dig themselves deeper into ruts. Because of my publication regarding recovery from chronic Lyme disease I was invited (by which I mean, I suddenly was just added) to a Facebook group that is one of those “support groups” that I alluded to earlier. The idea being, I suspect, that I might lend support to those wishing to recover. I really am not a Facebook person, and that coupled with the fact that it appears to me that most of the group’s conversations have to do with restriction in some form or another, I generally don’t read much of what goes on in the group. I’d posted a few suggestions in the past that were duly ignored or rejected, and so I just haven’t bothered participating. However, recently the person who had added me to the group in the first place tagged me in a post, asking for me and a few others who have healing stories to share our “secrets” to healing. I knew better, but I took the invitation and wrote the following: I have communicated with a number of people who have recovered. One of the common themes is giving up on the restrictive mindset that is so prominent in most Lyme discussions. I am not suggesting that some exclusions on an individual basis may not be appropriate – at least for a while. However, a lot of people are eliminating everything – gluten, sugar, starch, carbohydrates in general, meat, protein, fat, salt, etc. – simply because that’s what others say to do. But all that restriction makes people sicker most of the time. There are very few exceptions in my experience. Sure, there might be a handful of people who get better after they cut out everything, do a month long fast, but that usually backfires, and for good reason. A lot of people are weak and have brain fog and anxiety in part because they don’t eat enough. Find the foods that work for you – even if they are completely counter to what most people suggest you should eat, even if that is nothing but pure sugar and gluten in your case – and eat as much as you can. Eat carbohydrates because that helps hormonal balance and helps with sleep. There is a great deal of research to back this up. If in doubt, start researching peer reviewed published double blind clinical human studies and you’ll see. Also, while some herbs work for some people, they don’t work for everyone. And I don’t think they are generally going to be a substitute for eating enough and getting sleep working again. The herbs can help sometimes, but they are best in addition to eating enough and sleeping enough. Oh, and the common fixation on “killing the bacteria” is, in my opinion, misguided. We all carry around lots of bacteria. in fact, 90 percent of the cells in our bodies are bacteria – not even human. And we’re talking about countless species. Trying to manage that is like herding cats. It’s an endless headache. Instead, provide the body with the calories, nutrition, and rest that it needs. Nourishment rather than warfare. It’s okay – or at least inevitable – to have bacteria in your body, including some that are considered “bad”. But what matters is how nourished and functional your body is regardless of the bacteria. The body is very intelligent and capable when given enough nourishment. That’s my two cents. And to reiterate, it is possible to feel better. It does happen. To be fair, three people “liked” my comment, which in Facebook-ese I think means that they had positive opinions about what I wrote. However, the many comments that followed the conversation immediately and consistently steered toward restriction. Everyone was quick to chime in with their suggestions about the importance of restricting without any acknowledgment of the value of eating enough. And while no one had the gumption to directly challenge me, at least one person did so in an indirect, passive-aggressive fashion, alluding to “previous comments” and how she felt the need to respond about the importance of restricting. I don’t care about other people’s opinions, and that includes their opinions about me and their opinions about my views. I don’t care what names people want to call me or if they want to make crude jokes about my mother or my grandmother or anything else. So that’s not the point of this story. I’m only sharing this somewhat personal account because it illustrates how brainwashed the majority of us are. People who are ostensibly looking to get help – people who are genuinely feeling horrid – will outright reject a statement that is backed not only by personal and anecdotal evidence, but also by a lot of credible scientific literature (obviously not all the literature is super credible, but if you read it carefully it’s possible to find the stuff that is) simply because it doesn’t fit with popular sentiments. You’re reading this, and so in a sense you’re ahead of the curve. You’re already questioning dogma. So that’s good news. But to whatever degree you’re still clinging to beliefs, here’s my point: I’m just saying WAKE UP. Be willing to admit that when you’re looking for help it’s because what you’ve been doing hasn’t been working. And a big part of what you’ve been doing that hasn’t been working is believing popular sentiment. Here are some examples of popular sentiments. “Fat is ugly” “Fat is unhealthy” “Thin is healthy” “I need to lose weight in order to be healthy” “Fat people are lazy” “Modern wheat is a scourge on the planet, and anyone who touches the stuff will suffer intestinal inflammation” “The only way to lose weight is to restrict calories” “The only effective way to lose weight is to eliminate high GI foods” “The only effective way to lose weight is to eliminate grains” “Starch is bad and sugar is good” “Sugar is bad and starch is good” “Starch and sugar are bad” “We need to cleanse those colons with lots of fiber to be healthy” “If only I could lose weight, then I’d be happy” “All that sugar is going to cause diabetes” “If I eat enough to feel alright, I’ll get even fatter” “Only young people can eat enough and not get fat” There are plenty more, of course. If you’ve got some good ones, add them to the comments section. Now, of course, sometimes some of these things are apparently sort of true. Or, rather, less absolute versions of these statements may have some kernel of truth to them. For example, some people really do have serious inflammation problems with gluten. Those people probably shouldn’t eat gluten if they want to feel well. Reportedly it’s something like 2 or 3 percent of the population. And yeah, maybe it’s more than we think. Maybe it’s 4 percent or 5 percent. Maybe it’s even 10 percent. Maybe you are one of those people. Fine. Don’t eat gluten. That’s the smart thing to do. Please do listen to your body. Or here’s another example. Maybe you are descended from a group of people who have adapted over hundreds of thousands of years to eating only whale blubber and stomach contents. Maybe you are one of the few people who really will thrive on a very low carbohydrate diet. I don’t know. It’s possible, at least, no matter how unlikely. But don’t make the mistake of generalizing and believing those generalized statements. Because you’ll probably be wrong. I mean, hey, you might be wrong even about what you think you know. And that includes even if you have genetic tests that supposedly prove it. Why? Because sometimes we’re wrong. Sometimes we are mistaken. Sometimes huge numbers of people are wrong – all the while believing that they are right. Look at it this way. There are some people who fervently believe that veganism is the only healthy diet, and some of those people may even be healthy. There are some people who fervently believe that a high fat, low carb, “paleo” diet is the only healthy diet, and some of those people may even be healthy. How can that be? Might it be that they are all mistaken? Maybe it’s got nothing to do with what they think it’s got to do with. Now, any of us could be wrong. In fact, we probably are wrong about a lot of things. Maybe eating enough and sleeping enough really isn’t that important. Maybe it’s all just about the alignment of the stars and we’re fooling ourselves by thinking otherwise. But that’s okay. In spite of the fact that I advocate for eating enough and sleeping enough, I’m not married to those as being absolute truths for ever and ever for all people everywhere in the universe. They are just the very best working theories that I’ve got at the moment, and they seem so sensible to me particularly in the face of the horrific track record that restrictive eating (or not eating, as it were) and/or insufficient sleep have on health and particularly since without exception everyone I have “coached” who has taken me up on the suggestion to eat adequate calories from a wide variety of foods (including starch, sugar, meat, dairy, salt, etc.) and sleep enough has found that, lo and behold, they feel better. Maybe not 100 percent. But better. So all I’m saying is, “Hey, just give it a try. Be willing to let go of your beliefs and just try eating and sleeping some more.” In a sense I know that I am “preaching to the choir” here. But I also know that we can have doubts along the way. I know because I’ve had doubts along the way. I know because most people I communicate with about these things have doubts. I know because the doubts come up time and time again here on the blog in the comments section. And I want to offer you some reassurance that if you’re feeling better by eating and sleeping and relaxing, that’s a good thing. Yeah, you’ll probably get fatter for a while. That usually happens. Sometimes for years. And yeah, you’ll probably have doubts. That usually happens. But remember how much it sucks to starve yourself and be stressed out all the time, and don’t do that to yourself again no matter how much the popular sentiments may poo-poo your choices. Should you eat gluten if it consistently makes you feel like death warmed over? Heck no. Don’t do that to yourself. You don’t need to prove anything to anybody. This isn’t a contest to see who can eat the most unrestrictedly. Rather, it’s an invitation to start listening to some of what one might hope would be “common sense”, which is when you’re hungry, eat and when you’re tired, sleep and when you’re stressed, relax. It’s not always so easy, particularly when we’re deprogramming from years of being brainwashed and half starved. But it gets easier the more we do it. And the more we do it, the more skilled we become at it too so that we naturally find that without having to think or plan for it, we just take care of ourselves well. We get better at recognizing our hunger cues and accepting that our cravings are appropriate and good. Might we make “mistakes” along the way? Might we feel not so hot on occasion because we tried something that didn’t work out so well? Sure. That happens. But consider the overall trajectory. Keep the big picture in mind. See how things really do get better in many regards by decluttering our belief systems and trusting in the cues of the body. And here’s another idea. Try it on for size. See how it feels. Are you ready? Here it is: let’s be generous, gentle, and kind to ourselves and to others. Let’s stop hating ourselves for being fat or tired or hungry or lazy or sick or skinny or misshapen or whatever other imperfections we want to dream up. Let’s stop judging others for being fat or tired or hungry or lazy or sick or skinny or misshapen or whatever other imperfections we want to dream up. And that includes judging or hating others for being “attractive” or “healthy” or “energetic” or “young” or whatever else. One more thing. Don’t create a new dogma. Don’t turn the idea of eating enough, sleeping enough, and relaxing enough into a rigid system with rules. Things change. Don’t worry about the future. The future won’t be what you expected anyway. Leave the future for the future. Right now, just do this. Just eat now if you’re hungry, and eat what sounds appetizing. (Though I also know that sometimes for some of us nothing sounds appetizing, in which case, just eat what you can and rest and relax as much as possible.) Let’s not try to do any of this “perfectly”. Let’s just take care of what needs to be taken care of now. Is there hunger? Eat. Is there tiredness? Sleep. Is there stress? Relax. That’s all. That’s enough, isn’t it? Because goodness knows we’ve got enough other stuff that needs to be done between taking care of kids and paying the rent and cleaning up after the dog that got sick in the house and on and on. Anyway, as cliche as it is, maybe there really is something to the notion of being the change you want to see. If you’ve gotten the short end of the stick from trying to get “healthy” according to popular sentiments, then maybe you owe it to yourself and to future generations to stop living according to those lies that only serve to hurt people. Crap, I’m not trying to put a lot of pressure on you. I’m just saying that it’s got to start somewhere, so why not you? Why not now? It might be nice. Since about 6 months I really let it all go; (Thank you Matt Stone and thank you: thefuckitdiet.com) that is, after 20 years of dieting and fighting my weight (all kinds of fasting, low carb, south beach, Paleo and running, weight lifting, biking etc etc), I ‘ve started to eat everything and you know what I’ve lost? My obsession with food, health, longevity, being still healthy at 101 etc. I can hardly describe what a relief that is: no obsessions anymore, I feel happy. What a relief to just eat something, just like that :-) “Of course” I’ve gained a lot of weight (at least 25 kilogram), but that indeed plateaued (but I don’t believe anymore that I have to have a certain weight to be healthy or approved upon) and after initially eating items more than I ever could have imagined and of which I used to think that they were VERY unhealthy, I am starting to loose any interest in food. I. just. eat. I’m hoping to loose also the last bit of obsession with my appearance and my wish for a sixpack. I am not quite there yet. I still care a little bit what people think about my body, especially belly. All my former sports friends give comments on how fat I am now and that made me very angry in the beginning, because all they could say as a way of greeting: “Waauh, you’ve become very fat, don’t you run anymore?” I was very disappointed that they were so little interested in me and all they could say that I had such a big belly. I’ve also lost interest in the scale, the mirror and all those diet books and especially all those forums and websites about Paleo and a healthy life (just in order to know more about the “perfect diet” and to know precisely what’s good or bad………pffff what a waste of time and how much time I have now for just walking the dog :-) ). Now as I am writing this, I see that I’ve lost a lot :-) By the way: I do believe that nature can take care of it self, without interfering. So after stopping dieting and running as interventions to control my weight and appearance, the body is allowed to run it own course; hopefully I didn’t damage it too much by all this obsessive dieting…. Some quotes from a very good book about the nonsense and danger of diets: ” The Health Trap ” by Chris Sandel. Our obsession with weight is more about cultural norms and societal biases. They show study after study detailing that weight is an incredibly poor indicator for health, and that if anything, we would be better falling in the overweight or slightly obese category for better health. Weight Set Point As rational and intelligent human beings, we like to believe that we are in control. We have grown up on a diet of the American Dream and the belief that if we are dedicated and work hard enough, we can achieve anything. While it might be painful to admit, there are in fact a lot of things that are outside our conscious control. And when it comes to our body, this is especially true. The weight set point is not static and can increase or decrease, but any form of dieting unfortunately causes your body to increase your setpoint. This means that when you stop the diet and go back to eating normally, the weight you have lost will come back, as well as some extra for good measure. Our autonomic nervous system controls functions like heart rate, digestion, salivation, sexual arousal, and perspiration. Most people would agree these are automatic. But what if I were to suggest that weight should also fall in this category? While we like to think that we have absolute control over our weight, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that this is not the case. The weight set point theory is the idea that the body naturally and automatically controls your weight. It suggests that your body has an ideal weight range that it likes to keep you within, and the range can be anywhere from a small amount up to about 15-20 kg, and is often estimated as roughly 10% of your body weight. Your body really wants to keep you in this range. If you start eating less it notices that weight has dropped off. It starts to make you hungrier because it wants to get your weight back up. You may be able to keep it up for a couple of weeks, or a couple of months, or possibly even years but more and more, your hunger will increase. At the same time, your body starts to manipulate the calories that you are using. If there is not enough coming in, it starts to turn down some functions and turn off others. It turns the body into a conservative accountant. Whenever extra calories do come in, more of it is stored for a rainy day rather than being instantly used for energy. Your body isn’t sure when the next surplus is coming in, so it holds on to it in case its not for a while. All of these changes are made in your body’s attempt to keep you at the right weight set point, to keep you where your body feels comfortable with your weight. For this reason, I think the idea of calories in versus calories out is largely misunderstood. I agree that if you take in more than you burn, you will put on weight and if you take in less than you burn, you will lose weight. But what I disagree with is how much conscious control we have over it. So much of it is controlled automatically by the body that manipulations of food intake and exercise will only get you so far. Its amazing how many people start a diet just wanting to lose 3 or 5 kilo’s, and then 15 years down the line are 40 kilo’s heavier after numerous cycles of weight coming off and then going back on. This is due to to the weigh set point increasing with each new phase of dieting. What you believe to be a healthy weight is different than what your body believes is a healthy weight. Don’t destroy your health trying to get to a weight your body doesn’t support, because even if you get there, it won’t be the promised land. Your body fucking knows what to do, only if you let her do her own things, especially when you don’t mess her with fucking diets! This is a parafrase of the following email from this website and there she goes on and I do so much agree: “Do you feel like you and your body are at odds with each other? That if only your body was on your side you wouldn’t eat so much, or gain any weight, and everything would be perfect? Let me explain to you why your body fucking knows what is going on…. and why you can trust your body to lead you the RIGHT way. Your body is not your adversary. The reason your body wants to eat all that food is because you have been denying it, and it NEEDS IT.Your body wanting to binge on food is one of the most brilliant things ever. It may not feel that way, but as long as you are choosing to be your body’s adversary, your body will take on the role. Ok, you wanna starve me? I am going to EAT! We need to EAT! You are slowing me down! Ok, you hate me? You wanna shave off some fat? You wanna eat only salad this week? I am going to eat instead. You want me to eat THAT protein bar? But there is butter and berries in that muffin. Fine. WE ARE GOING TO EAT MUFFINS LATER. Your body is brilliant. And until you get on the same side as your body, and start trusting it, you will be in this cycle forever. Your body craves good food once you get out of it’s own way. Your body will also crave treats, because of course treats are great and neutral. The body knows that. You just may not believe it yet. Choose to befriend your body. Your body isn’t trying to ruin your life, it just wants to be heard and fed and appreciated and moved. The sooner you decide to get on the side of your body, the sooner you and your body will be doing really well together.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Lopez shared the romantic image on her Instagram, too, including eight black heart emojis in her caption. Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez Arod Corp “Everyone is super happy for both of them,” a friend of the couple tells PEOPLE. While J.Lo and A-Rod are over the moon about their future, they aren’t in a rush to walk down the aisle. Lopez recently explained that she and Rodriguez have so much on their plate, that planning their “I dos” has been pushed to the back burner for now. “We haven’t started planning yet. You know, we just got engaged! Then right afterwards we started working right away, and we’re working the rest of the year, so I don’t know what’s going to happen,” she told WKTU’s Cubby & Carolina In the Morning. “We haven’t decided if we’re going to squeeze it in somewhere or we’re going to wait, so, you know. I really don’t know yet. It’s easy, I’m not lying right now!” The “I’m Real” singer has stayed busy in the month since, releasing her new single “Medicine” last week, complete with a splashy, carnival-themed music video in which she flaunts her iconic derrière. Lopez has also been filming the stripper drama Hustlers, in which she stars alongside Cardi B, Constance Wu and Lili Reinhart as revenge-seeking strippers who band together with a group of fellow exotic dancers to scam their male Wall Street clients out of thousands of dollars.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Loyalty program adds the ‘plus’ to consumers’ wellness Rite Aid’s wellness+, one of the few loyalty cards that proffers an actual healthcare component as one of the benefits of use, continues to be one of Rite Aid’s key marketing initiatives moving forward. The retailer boasted 16 million wellness+ members as of July 26, only 12 weeks into the program, which suggests the company is well on its way to realizing projections of 20 million members by year’s end, according to several analyst reports. No other loyalty card program provides actual healthcare screenings as one of the benefits of using the card. “[Rite Aid’s] wellness+ is really a key support mechanism for our wellness empowerment brand-positioning,” said John Learish, Rite Aid SVP marketing. “We’ve got some pretty interesting and appealing service benefits that are attached to the program.” For example, a wellness+ member has around-the-clock access to a pharmacist either through an 800 number or through real-time chat by logging on to the wellness+ dashboard online. And when a customer reaches 500 points, Rite Aid offers a free healthcare screening, measuring blood glucose and total cholesterol. “It’s really a combination of the health benefits…with the savings benefits, that really differentiates this program,” Learish said. The healthcare component associated with the program is one of those intangibles that helps distinguish Rite Aid’s loyalty card from others on the market, especially as consumers today can rattle their keychains with a host of retailers’ loyalty cards. But none of those programs tie pharmacy into the front-end, and vice versa, quite like Rite Aid does. Only three months into the program, more than one-third of front-end sales (37%) and prescriptions filled (36%) are being made by wellness+ cardholders, according to Rite Aid’s June 23 analyst call. Rite Aid also is generating quite a bit of marketing data through the card, enabling the retailer to better target market-specific customer groups. “We’re getting some very interesting views into the data,” Learish noted. “We’ve got a lot of transactions coming through now, enough to make the data really meaningful. Across every single metric—average basket size, average units/basket, scripts/basket, margin—the wellness+ customer on all of those metrics dramatically exceeds the non-wellness+ customer.” Going forward, as that data stream continues to become more robust, Rite Aid will be better able to target front-end-only customers and convert them into crossover customers—customers who both fill their prescriptions at Rite Aid and shop the front-end. For example, a cardholder identified as a front-end-only shopper now can be target-marketed around the benefits of transferring his or her prescriptions to Rite Aid—a $25 gift card and a much faster way to accumulate wellness+ points. And the potential to capture and grow the number of prescription patients is significant. According to the chain’s annual meeting presentation, 71% of Rite Aid’s total shopper base currently shop the front-end only; and 24% shop both the front-end and fill prescriptions at the Rite Aid pharmacy. However, looking only at the prescription patients serviced by Rite Aid, 85% of those customers also shop the front-end. So, enticing more patients to transfer their prescriptions to Rite Aid not only should boost pharmacy sales, but front-end sales as well. Pilot stores that tested the wellness+ offering before its national launch in April boasted a $37.09 average basket size, compared with an average basket size of $35.01 in those stores that did not yet offer wellness+ during the program’s pilot phase. NEW YORK The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest on Thursday released the results of a national Teen Substance Abuse survey, indicating that police officers and high school teachers nationwide believe alcohol and marijuana are the most serious problem substances facing teenagers. The results were released one week prior to a Sept. 14 Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee meeting called to discuss whether or not additional sales restrictions need to be placed on dextromethorphan, a popular cold remedy ingredient that has been associated with teenage drug abuse. According to the survey, police and teachers polled do not believe it is a good idea to force Americans to visit a doctor to get a prescription to purchase commonly-sold cough-cold medicines. When asked which substances do pose the greatest negative impact on teens, teachers and police identified marijuana and alcohol, followed by methamphetamine and cocaine. More than 1-in-4 police officers (27%) identified prescription drugs acquired by teens as having the greatest negative impact on teens, as compared with 15% of teachers. Nonprescription medicines were named by 1% of police officers as having the greatest negative impact; 2% of teachers identified over-the-counter medicines as such. The survey also revealed that by a margin of 2-to-1, police officers and high school teachers support education efforts as a means to address abuse of OTC cough-and-cold medicines, versus restricted accessibility to consumers. “Americans expect to be able to buy cough medicines conveniently at the supermarket or their neighborhood corner store,” stated CMPI VP Robert Goldberg. “Overly restricting access to cough-and-cold products containing dextromethorphan will create more health problems than it will solve, especially during cold-and-flu seasons. We need to find common sense solutions and invest more resources in education.” Appeals court upholds decision to OK ‘pay-for-delay’ deals NEW YORK The federal government got a kick in the face Thursday as an appeals court ruled in favor of patent litigation settlements between branded and generic drug companies. The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York decided not to reconsider a ruling it made earlier this year in the case of Arkansas Carpenters Health and Welfare Fund vs. Bayer AG. The case concerned the legality of a settlement between Bayer and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries subsidiary Barr Labs over the anthrax treatment Cipro (ciprofloxacin), but the court ruled that the deal between the two companies did not violate antitrust laws. The appeals court’s decision is a major setback for the efforts of the Federal Trade Commission and members of Congress who have sought to ban such settlements. In most cases, a generic drug company that wishes to market its version of a drug before the branded drug company’s patents expire will file an approval application with the Food and Drug Administration with a paragraph IV certification, a legal assertion that the patents covering the branded drug are invalid, unenforceable or won’t be infringed by the generic drug. In response, the branded drug company usually will sue, but cases frequently result in settlements whereby the generic drug company agrees to hold off launching its drug in exchange for payment of some sort by the branded drug company. This often comes in the form of an agreement not to use an authorized generic, essentially the branded drug marketed under its generic name, to compete with the generic drug company during its customary six-month market exclusivity period. Legally, the generic company must launch before the patents expire or as soon as they do, and delaying launch after patent expiry would be illegal, though critics such as the FTC and The New York Times’ editorial board have often derided the settlements as “pay-for-delay” deals, with the FTC contending that they cost consumers billions of dollars a year. Nevertheless, most cases that are settled result in launch of the generic drug ahead of patent expiry. In the case of Bayer and Barr, Bayer paid Barr $400 million to hold off launching its version of Cipro. “Patents, issued by the government, are given the presumption of validity,” read a statement from the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, the generic drug industry’s main lobby. “Any market entry of a generic drug before the brand patent expires –– whether as the result of a finding that the generic product does not infringe the patent, that the patent is not enforceable or through a patent settlement agreement with the brand company –– is a positive, cost-saving event for consumers.” Forgotten Password Registration complete REGISTER USERNAME * Spaces are allowed; punctuation is not allowed except for periods, hyphens, and underscores. E-MAIL ADDRESS * A valid e-mail address. All e-mails from the system will be sent to this address. 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Today the Nobel Committee awards its Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo. He is not there to collect it. Instead, an empty chair sits on the stage where he should be. There is no representative to collect his award. For the first time since Adolf Hitler imprisoned Carl von Ossietzky, who won the prize in 1935, there is no one who can receive the award on the winner’s behalf. Liu Xiaobo is imprisoned. He has been sentenced to 11 years in Jinzhou Prison, in Liaoning Province, for the crime of ‘spreading a message to subvert the country and authority’. The message in question is a charter calling for freedom of expression, basic human rights, and free elections. This marks the fourth time he has been imprisoned. His non-violent protests against the totalitarian nature of the regime in which he lives have led to him losing (so far) 7 years of his life to imprisonment. He was first jailed after the Tiananmen Square protests, where, in actions that led to him being known as one of the ‘four junzis’ (‘exemplary men’) of the events, he persuaded hundreds of students to leave at the end of the protest, thus saving their lives. On December 23rd, 2009, Xiaobo addressed the court in which he was most recently being tried. Although I reproduce below merely an abridged version of his comments, they nevertheless serve to indicate what an extraordinary man, possessed of extraordinary moral courage, Xiaobo is. “June 1989 was the major turning point in my 50 years on life’s road. Before that, I was a member of the first group of students to take the newly restored college entrance examinations following the Cultural Revolution; my career was a smooth ride, from undergraduate to grad student and through to PhD. After graduation I stayed on as a lecturer at Beijing Normal University. “On the podium, I was a popular teacher, well received by students. I was also a public intellectual: in the 1980s I published articles and books that created an impact. I was frequently invited to speak in different places, and invited to go abroad to Europe and the US as a visiting scholar. What I required of myself was to live with honesty, responsibility and dignity both as a person and in my writing. “Subsequently, because I had returned from the US to take part in the 1989 movement, I was imprisoned for “counter-revolutionary propaganda and incitement to crime”, losing the platform I loved; I was never again allowed to publish or speak in public in China. Simply for expressing divergent political views and taking part in a peaceful and democratic movement, a teacher lost his podium, a writer lost the right to publish, and a public intellectual lost the chance to speak publicly. This was a sad thing, both for myself as an individual, and, after three decades of reform and opening, for China. “Thinking about it, my most dramatic experiences after 4 June 1989 have all been linked with the courts; the two opportunities I had to speak in public have been provided by trials held in the people’s intermediate court in Beijing, one in January 1991 and one now. Although the charges on each occasion were different, they were in essence the same, both crimes of expression. “Twenty years on, the innocent souls of 4 June are yet to rest in peace, and I, who had been drawn into the path of dissidence by the passions of 4 June, after leaving the Qincheng prison in 1991 lost the right to speak openly in my own country, and could only do so through overseas media, and hence was monitored for many years; placed under surveillance (May 1995 – January 1996); educated through labour (October 1996 – October 1999), and now once again am thrust into the dock by enemies in the regime. “But I still want to tell the regime that deprives me of my freedom, I stand by the belief I expressed 20 years ago in my hunger strike declaration – I have no enemies, and no hatred. None of the police who monitored, arrested and interrogated me, the prosecutors who prosecuted me, or the judges who sentence me, are my enemies. While I’m unable to accept your surveillance, arrest, prosecution or sentencing, I respect your professions and personalities. This includes the prosecution at present: I was aware of your respect and sincerity in your interrogation of me on 3 December. “For hatred is corrosive of a person’s wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation’s spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society’s tolerance and humanity, and block a nation’s progress to freedom and democracy. I hope therefore to be able to transcend my personal vicissitudes in understanding the development of the state and changes in society, to counter the hostility of the regime with the best of intentions, and defuse hate with love. “I firmly believe that China’s political progress will never stop, and I’m full of optimistic expectations of freedom coming to China in the future, because no force can block the human desire for freedom. China will eventually become a country of the rule of law in which human rights are supreme. I’m also looking forward to such progress being reflected in the trial of this case, and look forward to the full court’s just verdict – one that can stand the test of history. “Ask me what has been my most fortunate experience of the past two decades, and I’d say it was gaining the selfless love of my wife, Liu Xia. She cannot be present in the courtroom today, but I still want to tell you, my sweetheart, that I’m confident that your love for me will be as always. Over the years, in my non-free life, our love has contained bitterness imposed by the external environment, but is boundless in afterthought. I am sentenced to a visible prison while you are waiting in an invisible one. “Your love is sunlight that transcends prison walls and bars, stroking every inch of my skin, warming my every cell, letting me maintain my inner calm, magnanimous and bright, so that every minute in prison is full of meaning. But my love for you is full of guilt and regret, sometimes heavy enough to hobble my steps. I am a hard stone in the wilderness, putting up with the pummeling of raging storms, and too cold for anyone to dare touch. But my love is hard, sharp, and can penetrate any obstacles. Even if I am crushed into powder, I will embrace you with the ashes. “Given your love, my sweetheart, I would face my forthcoming trial calmly, with no regrets about my choice and looking forward to tomorrow optimistically. I look forward to my country being a land of free expression, where all citizens’ speeches are treated the same; where different values, ideas, beliefs, political views … both compete with each other and coexist peacefully; where, majority and minority opinions will be given equal guarantees, in particular, political views different from those in power will be fully respected and protected; where all political views will be spread in the sunlight for the people to choose; [where] all citizens will be able to express their political views without fear, and will never be politically persecuted for voicing dissent. “I hope to be the last victim of China’s endless literary inquisition, and that after this no one else will ever be jailed for their speech. “Freedom of expression is the basis of human rights, the source of humanity and the mother of truth. To block freedom of speech is to trample on human rights, to strangle humanity and to suppress the truth. “I do not feel guilty for following my constitutional right to freedom of expression, for fulfilling my social responsibility as a Chinese citizen. Even if accused of it, I would have no complaints.” He is a man worthy of the prize with which he has been honoured. The man for whom the chair is left Like this: LikeLoading... Related About Gavin I am a 32-year-old PhD student in Aberdeen, Scotland. I work in QC at an e-learning company. I'm originally Northern Irish, though I've lived here in Aberdeen for several years. I am, essentially, somebody who is very normal, yet to whom very strange things keep happening...	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Are toxic chemicals at Air Force bases leading to cancer, low birth weight? For 25 years, Dan Cruz delivered mail at the Peterson Air Force Base and drank the water. Then came cancer – thyroid, prostate, testicular – he said never before seen in his family. “I’m the only one that’s been diagnosed with cancer not once, not twice, but three times. People on my route… cancer has come upon them and sometimes stage 4,” Cruz told CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen. The cause could be firefighting foam used since the 1970s at Air Force bases and airports across the country, something meant to save lives that may have harmed them instead. The foam contains highly fluorinated chemicals, known as PFCs. It is suspected of causing some cancers and underweight births. Mica Ullum has lived near Peterson Air Force Base for a quarter century, in a town where the foam has contaminated the water. Sadie, one of three children born to Mica, was born premature, weighing a mere one pound six ounces. She spent 94 days in the neonatal intensive care unit. Mica’s four other pregnancies ended in miscarriage or death. “With what you know now, do you think any of this has to do with the effects, potential effects, of what’s in the water?” Petersen asked. “Possibly, yeah,” Ullum responded. “Why?” “Because if you continue to pump poison into your body, something has to respond,” Ullum said. Peterson is one of 190 Air Force bases where PFCs may have leached in the ground and surrounding areas. One study based on EPA’s test results shows as many as six million people may be exposed nationwide to PFCs in their drinking water at higher levels than the EPA now deems safe. But the more than 60,000 people in the communities near Peterson Air Force Base may be America’s hardest-hit. The EPA said anything over 70-parts per trillion could be dangerous. Some water they tested here had over 1,300 parts per trillion. Additionally, according to a proposed class action lawsuit filed against the foam manufacturers, it has caused serious medical conditions in hundreds of residents. One foam manufacturing company, 3M, said there is no merit in the health claims, adding they “sold these products with instructions regarding their safe use and disposal…acted responsibly at all times…and will vigorously defend this lawsuit.” But the Air Force has responded, spending more than $4 million to provide bottled water and filtration systems. Air Force firefighters now train with water, and for real fires it uses a different fluorinated foam, still containing another type of PFCs, but believed to be safer. But some of those who have studied the new foam say the Air Force may have traded one evil for another. “Our chemical regulation system makes us all guinea pigs… because chemicals are assumed safe until proven guilty and they go out into the world… and we are exposed to them with no health information,” said Arlene Blum, researcher at the University of California Berkeley. Mark Correll is deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for environment safety and infrastructure. “Is it possible that you’ve replaced this with something that could still have a long-term problem down the road?” Petersen asked him. “I’ve got to rely on the Environmental Protection Agency and on the health agencies… to tell us whether or not that’s going to be a problem in the future,” Correll said. But for now, “We’re going to treat it as if it were any other hazardous material… so that we can prevent contamination in the ground water and in the soil by cleaning it up immediately,” Correll said. “Why would you do that if it’s deemed to be safe?” Petersen asked. “What we’re saying is these still are chemicals that have potentially toxic side effects,” Correll said. Cruz worries more illnesses may lie ahead because of something as ordinary as a drink of water. “If someone had told you this 25 years ago and you had never had any of this water, do you think you’d be healthy now and not going through these cancers?” Petersen asked him. “I think I would—would have been perfectly healthy. I don’t– I don’t believe that I would’ve– gotten any– any of the– of the cancers at all,” Cruz said. This area will be part of a federal study of contamination near military bases around the country, which will hopefully outline just how bad and just how far this contamination may have reached into the lives of millions of people. Share this post: Contact Us: CONTACT THE HANNON LAW FIRM, LLC Name* Email* Phone Message* CAPTCHA Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. DISCLAIMER: The information on this website is for information purposes only. This website should not be taken as legal advice. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. This information should not be taken as the formation of a lawyer or attorney client relationship.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Weavers and Their Stories Melissa Cody comes from a family of phenomenal weavers. Her grandmother, Martha Schultz has woven for over six decades and her mother Lola Cody has won prizes at both the Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market and at the Santa Fe Indian Market. In addition to her impeccable weaving lineage, Melissa is a graduate… Share with others The Heard Museum Gathering of Weavers is a unique event where Navajo weavers market their work directly to customers. It started as a fairly small event five years ago and has struggled somewhat to find a niche in a tight economy, but it seems to have reached that spot where the weavers find it a… Share with others I’m in Flagstaff, Arizona this weekend to do some appraisals and to attend the Flagstaff Cultural Partners Navajo Rug Auction, which was yesterday afternoon. Twenty two year weaver Laramie Blake “caught a ride” to the auction with me. She had a rug in the auction with a reserve bid of $600 and it didn’t sell.… Share with others Tempe, AZ Frequent commenter Kathleen Bernett asked me for a better picture of what really does look like a pink rug in this picture (click to enlarge it) from Sunday’s post about the Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market. It’s not a rug; it’s a dress, I told Kathleen. As you can see in… Share with others The Gathering of Weavers, the Heard Museum’s annual celebration of Navajo weaving and weavers, had been re-scheduled to Saturday, December 1. Originally scheduled for November 3, the Gathering will feature many contemporary weavers showing their work and demonstrating weaving, spinning and dyeing. There are also interesting talks by interesting people and book signings. The Gathering… Just received my textile identification from Mary through order section on her website. AMAZING amount of detail, fascinating information and so helpful! She is obviously very knowledgeable and professional! I can't believe all the info and history etc she provided! Wow! Thank you so very much!!!! HL 3/18/2016 Popular Links at Weaving in Beauty Privacy/Terms of Service About Weaving in Beauty Weaving in Beauty is dedicated to expanding the appreciation and knowledge of the textiles of what is now the southwestern United States. We offer cleaning, repair and appraisal of flatwoven textiles and we coordinate classes in fiber techniques to help others learn. As part of the weaving community, we provide a forum for discussion of the people, techniques and events encompassing this evolving art form.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha, the Prime Minister of Thailand at the podium at Government House in Bangkok. – BANGKOK – It’s been almost 3 years since Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, launched his Military coup on Thailand, vowing to rid the Kingdom of corruption and according to a recent survey by Transparency International, Thailand’s bribery rate is now only a mere 41percent, just one point higher than Cambodia and Myanmar. In your opinion, over the past year, has the level of corruption in this country increased or decreased or stayed the same? This was among questions asked to nearly 22,000 people by Transparency International in the Asia Pacific region, for the ‘People and Corruption: Asia Pacific, part of the Global Corruption Barometer series The bribery rate for Thailand was 41 per cent compared to rate for Cambodia and Myanmar 40 per cent. Vietnam’s rate is 65 per cent, while rates for Indonesia and Malaysia are 32 per cent and 23 per cent respectively. The bribery rate for China is 26 per cent The Nation Reported. The overall conclusion that can be drawn from the survey is that walking the talk is failing; governments in Asia talking big on stopping corruption are under-performing. “Many governments in Asia Pacific fail to stop corruption; 900 million people are paying bribes,” states Transparency International. Approximately 900 million – or just over one in four – people living in 16 countries in Asia Pacific, including some of its biggest economies are estimated to have paid a bribe to access public services, according to a new public opinion poll from the anti-corruption movement Transparency International. “The results show lawmakers across the region need to do much more to support whistleblowers; governments must keep promises to combat corruption, including their commitments to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.” “In China, nearly three-quarters of the people surveyed said corruption has increased over the last three years, suggesting people do not see the major offensive on corruption is working.’ Only one in five people surveyed thought the level of corruption had decreased, while half of people polled said their government was doing a bad job fighting corruption. A third had seen no change in the level of corruption “Governments must do more to deliver on their anti-corruption commitments. It’s time to stop talking and act. Millions of people are forced to pay bribes for public services and it is the poor who are most vulnerable,” said José Ugaz, chair of Transparency International. Thirty-eight per cent of the poorest people surveyed said they paid a bribe, the highest proportion of any income group. “Without proper law enforcement corruption thrives. Bribery is not a small crime, it takes food off the table, it prevents education, it impedes proper healthcare and ultimately it can kill,” Ugaz said. Police top the list of public services most often demanding a bribe; just under a third of people who had come into contact with a police officer in the last 12 months saying they paid a bribe. People said that the most important action to stop corruption is speaking out or refusing to pay bribes. But more than one in five said they felt powerless to help fight corruption. This report comes at a key moment when many governments in the region are preparing their agendas to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs set out development priorities for 2030, which include, among others, reducing corruption and bribery in all their forms.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Friday, February 12, 2010 As we go through life, there are times when (if we are wise) we realize that we need to work with others. Because being part of a team is an important part of all of our lives, we need to know how to do it well. Below I've listed a few tips that I've learned about teamwork from a Christian perspective. Be thankful for your teammates. Team participation doesn't always feel strictly voluntary. Still, whether or not we or our teammates really wanted to work together, we're still benefiting from each other's efforts. Every bit of work that each person does brings the entire group closer to the goal. When we feel frustrated that we can't get the job done alone, we should think about how our teammates are making it possible to do what we need (or want) to do. It's a good thing we have other people to help us when we need them. Useful contributions can come from unlikely sources. Often when we're assembling a team, we seek out the most qualified people for the task at hand. We decide how to delegate tasks based upon our opinion of each person's abilities. Sometimes, however, we can limit the productivity of the entire group by selling some members short. I've learned that enthusiasm can be more important than talent and hard work and common sense can trump intelligence and experience. If we look at each team member generously, we will better see their full potential for contribution to the group. It's not all about you. Even if you're the "star" or "leader" of a group, the entire work of the group is not all about you. The supporting members of the cast share in the opening night triumph, and politicians show appreciation to their staff when they're elected. When I ask friends to help me do something that won't directly benefit them, I try find ways to make them feel like they're getting something positive out of the experience (even if it's just good karma). We ought to show appreciation to our teammates and encourage them to feel a sense of accomplishment when the task is complete, no matter what part they played. Feel some team loyalty. We shouldn't automatically bail the second things get tough. A team can make it through difficult times that one person couldn't handle alone, but if everyone quits when it gets hard there won't be a team. In addition, each member of the team both gives and receives something. Make sure you're giving something to your teammates and not just taking their efforts for yourself. If your team succeeds, it probably won't just be because of you. Feel proud of yourself, but give them some credit too. I work in teams of all shapes and sizes, in both my professional and my personal life. Right now I'm working with others to produce several publications at my job. I belong to two musical groups. I am coming together with others to help a friend plan a special event, and I'm even doing mundane things like working with my husband to balance our household budget. Some teams, like my marriage, are small. Some are large—like the staff of more than 500 who works for my employer. Some are intimate and some are businesslike. Sometimes I'm the team leader, and sometimes I just do grunt work. Some of the projects I accomplish with the help of a team are big and important, but sometimes they're just little things. Sometimes I work in a team to accomplish tasks I could technically do alone, just because I find it more enjoyable to work with others. Teamwork is an essential part of my life. It allows me to do things I couldn't do on my own and provides a different dynamic even to simple tasks. I feel blessed that I have people in my life who are willing to work together with me. It's great that my efforts can be multiplied when I combine them with others. I want to be sure to properly appreciate the opportunity to work with others and to treat my teammates with respect. Thursday, February 11, 2010 It is a Muslim tradition to use the term "Insha'Allah" any time one talks about future plans. The words mean "God-willing" or "if it is God's will". The Qur'an instructs Muslims to always consider the will of God when they make plans for their lives because they need to recognize that God's will trumps any of their ideas about how their lives should unfold. By saying "Insha'Allah" on a regular basis, Muslims remind themselves of God's role in their lives. While we Christians do not always explicitly state that our plans are subject to God's will, we too need to be reminded that that's the case. In his epistle, the apostle James wrote, "Now listen, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.' Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, 'If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.' "(James 4:13–15) I get reminded of this fact frequently. Every time I think I know where my life is going and start to plan accordingly, I seem to get a surprise. Somewhere in this jumble of careers, homes, money, hobbies, and loved ones there is a master plan for my life, but I don't always know what it is. When I was a child, my plan was to live on the farm where I grew up forever. I wanted to buy or inherit it from my parents and live a long and happy life there. I didn't. We sold that farm my senior year in high school, and the new owners have transformed it into a different place. Later I had plans about marriage, family, and careers, but those plans haven't always worked out. My life is becoming radically different from what I might have imagined only a year ago. These kinds of surprises upset a lot of people, but I'm getting used to them. It's not always so bad when my life deviates from my plans. Even things that feel like failures or disappointments at the time can turn into new paths that lead me in exciting directions I never imagined possible. I'm OK with change, and it's all right with me when my well-laid plans don't work out. I'm going to be fine because there IS a plan that's still in place—God's plan. I know He's looking out for me, even when it seems like my life is going haywire. So tomorrow, if God wills, I will post another blog entry, go to work, ice skate, attend a rehearsal, and spend time with family members. With God's help I will go forth and explore the amazing array of possibilities that my life has to offer. Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Scandals are all around us. We live in a world of infidelity, embezzlement, Ponzi schemes, performance-enhancing drugs, and domestic disputes. We see selfishness, deceit, greed, and cheating all the time. There's corruption and heartache everywhere, and yet we still feel surprised when it hits close to home. We Christians are supposed to be the "good people" right? We're not supposed to be stained by the same sin that infects all those other Godless people. Yet, the evidence is to the contrary. We do sin, all the time. I've learned that the world is not divided into good people and sinners. Maybe we're not all murderers, armed robbers, or promiscuous sex addicts, but we all share the same sinful tendencies from which these crimes stem. I myself get unreasonably angry, behave selfishly, and entertain lustful thoughts about people other than my husband. If I say that I'm a completely different person from all the criminals and jerks out there, then I'm in denial. I make mistakes both large and small, and some day I may do something that I never imagined myself capable of. I have to understand that I am a flawed human being, and sometimes those flaws assert themselves alarmingly. I was surprised last year when my nuclear family was split apart by divorce. I knew there were relationship problems and I'm well aware of divorce statistics. So why was a surprised? Maybe I had convinced myself that divorce doesn't happen to people who've been married a long time or that my loved ones were too smart to be unable to work it out. It just couldn't happen to my family because we were somehow supposed to be different. Basically, I was in denial. I had to wake up and realize that life isn't that simple. Divorce isn't limited to stupid, stubborn people any more than criminal acts are limited to sociopaths. All of us get into messes that we can't work out on our own. I can either look at the people struggling around me and condemn them for their mistakes, or I can consider my own failures both past and future and pray fervently for all of us to receive mercy. I don't want to be like the Pharisee in Jesus' parable (Luke 18:9–14) who stood on the temple steps and congratulated himself on being a completely different person from the lowlife tax collector groveling in prayer beside him. I know that the pharisee and the tax collector are both sinners, and I know that I am too. Yes, I am disappointed when scandal breaks out and heartbroken when it strikes close to home, but what right have I to condemn? My sins may be different, but I am intrinsically no better than any of other sinners around me. Without God, I would be completely enslaved to my basest urges. Even with God's help, I have done more damage than I could possibly pay for on my own. Even if I could convince myself that I was less sinful than everyone else, in reality I would still be a sinner. I don't want to live in denial about my sins or the sins of the people that I love, because then I would miss the opportunity to pray for mercy. I will not pretend to be clean just to make myself feel better. I want to actually be clean, and I can't do that on my own. God have mercy on us all. Tuesday, February 9, 2010 There are a lot of really special people in my life whom I love dearly. Each of them adds something unique to my life, and I am a better, happier, and more complete person because of their love and contributions. Still, if I am being realistic, I must realize that no matter how much I love all of these people (or how much they love me), none of them is perfect. There isn't one person in this world upon whom I can depend completely, 100% of the time, in any situation. Every person I love will eventually fail to be there for me at a time when I feel I need them, and each of them will hurt me now and then through mistakes or even small bouts of selfishness. In fact, I will also wrong them from time to time, and there will be a bit of sadness to punctuate the happiness in our relationship. As good and loving as my friends and family members are, they just aren't perfect. Because of that, they will sometimes fail me. These occasional hurts do not mean that our relationships are worthless. I highly value the times that my loved ones do come from me and the joyful moments when they exceed all of my expectations. Still, knowing as I do that they cannot say and do the right thing every time, I need to have a back up plan. If I cannot count on the people I love most to have my back every time I get into trouble, then upon whom can I depend? As a Christian, I believe that is precisely the reason I need God. God is the only friend I have who will always have the right answer, always act in my best interests, and always be there no matter what happens. God's patience cannot be warn out by my mistakes, and God will not be swayed by the weak (and sometimes sinful) human emotions to which my friends, family, and I fall prey. God is never too busy to listen to my struggles or too fed up with my pathetic humanity to be sympathetic. He loves me even when I'm being unlovable, and He knows what's best for me even when the situation seems convoluted to everyone else. Sometimes I will have to be alone in this world, and then I must be able to rely on God. Even if all the people I love and cherish are powerless to help me, God will be my help. As much as these people love me, God can do what they cannot, and that is why I love Him first and above all. I have many loved ones, and I cherish them all—but I have only one God. Monday, February 8, 2010 Our egos can get us into a lot of trouble by convincing us that we need to be right all the time. We're afraid that conceding the validity of a viewpoint that differs from our own (even if that concession doesn't necessarily mean we are "wrong") will destabilize our very foundation of self-confidence and self-sufficiency. Unless we're intentionally seeking out someone else's opinion, we all too often want nothing to do with other people's ideas. We need to be right, and we need to do things our way. If anyone challenges that, we'll defend our right to be right like a mother bear defends her cubs. We'll fight and argue over tiny points of minutiae just to prove that we're right, whether the topic at hand really matters or not. Being right is not what Christian living is all about, however. God wants us to be righteous, not right. Being righteous means willingly following God's commands, and He has instructed us to love Him and to love one another. Yes, knowledge can be helpful to a Christian, but a loving and generous heart is much more important. During Jesus' time on Earth, the chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees were all very learned about the Hebrew Bible and God's law, and yet they were unrighteous in their opposition of Jesus. They did not help anyone but simply sought to raise themselves above the populace by being "right". All too often, believing that we must be right gives us a feeling of self-righteousness that is in serious opposition to true righteousness. God doesn't necessarily want us to always know what's right. He wants us to admit that He knows better than we do and to follow Him with trust and humility. After all, Adam and Eve fell because they ate the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Had they simply followed God, they would not have needed to know the difference between right and wrong because God would have guided them in righteous paths. God also doesn't want us to argue with each other about who's right. He wants us to work together as His servants in the world. Our disagreements frequently distract us from our true mission, and if we put our differences aside we often find that they do not inhibit our ability to do God's work nearly as much as our arguments did. Sometimes there is nothing to gain by arguing about who's right, because such arguments may never be resolved. Some issues are opinions and not facts, interpretations and not provable certainties, and we could spend the rest of our lives debating them. Or we could decide that it doesn't matter whether we're right or wrong so long as we are doing our best to follow God and love our neighbors. Occasionally we argue with others about who's right because we really and truly care about the issues. More often, it seems, we just fight because our ego demands that we come out on top. In those cases, we need to stop feeling so insecure and realize that God (and our loved ones) value us whether or not we're right. If someone else proposes an idea that could work, sometimes it's best to defer to that person out of love instead of fighting to the bitter end because our own ideas might be slightly better. If people who love us are trying to help us in an endeavor, maybe we shouldn't criticize their work just because they aren't doing things precisely the way we would. The fact that people want to work together and that they love and respect each other is far more important from a Christian perspective than whose plan gets used or who gets recognized for having good ideas. When it comes down to it, I would much rather be an idiot with a kind and trusted master and loving friends than an infallible genius living in isolation. Being right will not necessarily teach us about love, and trusting in ourselves to be right may even lead us away from God. Being righteous means that it's OK if we're not right all the time—we just need to keep God ever before our eyes and continue to care about the people who are working through the right and wrong answers just like us. I think it is a much more joyful thing to be righteous than to be right. About Me I am a Christian who is navigating life with the help of the Holy Spirit and discovering new blessings every day. My greatest wish is to share whatever wisdom I have been given with others and to encourage them in their own faith journeys.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Thursday, July 10, 2008 Who were these guys? A&M Records put out several of their albums throughout the 70's and even got the famous English producer Glyn Johns to produce their early ones in London's Olympic Studios. You can't be minor league if you are working with the man who produced and engineered The Eagles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and others. First, imagine what a band with a cool name like the Ozark Mountain Daredevils would like like. I used to. And now that we've got a video of them playing the great "Jackie Blue" below, they look exactly how I pictured them: skinny soft spoken dudes with beards from Missouri. I'm not quite sure how many times the Daredevils toured through the New York area, but considering that they put out several albums, a couple with rather off the wall titles (The Car Over The Lake Album, Don't Look Down), they clearly had their following. Powered by two big hits early on ("If You Want To Get To Heaven" and "Jackie Blue"), they kept chugging it out for A&M right through to the 80's. The funny thing about 70's southern rock is that outside of the Allman Brothers Band, a lot of these bands didn't pin their material on the blues, but incorporated jazz, soul, gospel, and sometimes just straight ahead rock. There was nothing really "Southern" about "Jackie Blue" except the Gibson slide licks during the choruses. Alternating between minor key choruses and major key verses, drummer Larry Lee handled the falsetto lead vocals, veering the song into pop territory. Ooh-hoo, Jackie BlueLives her life from inside of a room.Hides that smile when she's wearin' a frown,Ooh Jackie, you're not so down. You like your life in a free-form style,You'll take an inch but you'd love a mile.There never seems to be quite enough,Floating around to fill your lovin' cup. Ooh-hoo, Jackie Blue,What's a game, girl, if you never lose.Ask a winner and you'll prob'bly findooh Jackie, they've lost at sometime. Don't try to tell me that you're not aware,Of what you're doing and that you don't care.You say it's easy, just a nat'ral thing,Like playing music but you never sing. "Jackie Blue" was mostly not "rock" enough to play on classic rock stations, so you'd periodically hear it on the oldies stations. I never knew more about the band but writing about them now makes me curious to listen to more of their stuff on alltunes.com. One interesting note: just as UK bands traveled to the US to get a "big American sound" using their producers (see the post about Simple Minds and Once Upon A Time's "Alive and Kicking"), you sometimes find it going the other way around. It's interesting that distinctly American country-rock bands like the Eagles and the Ozark Mountain Daredevils recorded their early albums in London, and their sound doesn't sound any less "American." Below is the Ozark Mountain Daredevils performing "Jackie Blue" on the great UK TV show, Old Grey Whistle Test, in 1976. Listen to how closely they mike Lee's vocals.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Linkbar OUR BLOG HAS MOVED! We've folded our blog into our main web site! Don't worry, we're still around for all your Japanese street fashion needs - in fact, we're only growing! For all new information, please visit us at https://www.tokyorebel.com and click on the blog/news link. Saturday, October 9, 2010 It took us long enough, but we can finally bring you a tour of the Tokyo Rebel store! Those of you who were following us over the summer saw us do this for a lot of our brands' stores in Japan, but we never did one for our own... until now. (Make sure you click the 360p button, if the video quality looks bad to you.) That's Tara, our first shop assistant. We've got a lot of brands for her to remember! Our store is in New York City's East Village, still the epicenter for New York punk music and counterculture fashion. It's also home to one of the largest concentrations of Japanese residents and businesses in the city. We're intentionally a bit off the beaten path, but it's easy to find us - we're just above Tompkins Square Park and on the same block as the Life Cafe (as made famous in the musical Rent). Our block's still got some of the grit of the old East Village and Alphabet City, and we like it that way. Read our store page for directions on how to get to us. Our store is a boutique, about average size when compared with Japanese brand stores. Some people are surprised at the size, but this is alternative fashion, not Macy's! We even had people ask us to show "the rest of the store" when we posted our shop tours from Japan - sorry, but what we showed is what there is! Even in Japan, this is alternative fashion - and that's what makes it interesting. Our store is the same size as both SEX POT ReVeNGe and Putumayo stores (which are all about the same), a little smaller than Angelic Pretty's flagship Shinjuku store and bigger than Maxicimam's or Victorian maiden's stores. So right there in the middle. When you first enter our store, you'll see our accessory cases on the left - roughly organized into classic Lolita, then regular punk and punk Lolita, then gothic and sweet Lolita. One difference between our store and the Japanese brand stores is that we do not leave accessories out around the store. We'd be out of business in a hurry if we did that in New York! So all of our small accessories are kept behind glass - but we're happy to show you anything if you ask. To the right when you walk in is our photo board (currently being used for our Photo Fridays promotion) and the SEX POT ReVeNGe area, which occupies about the first 1/3 of our store on the right-hand side. The entire rack and shelf above it are SPR merchandise, and most of the shelves next to the rack are filled with SPR t-shirts, tank tops, leggings and more. Next to our display cases on the left side of the store is a rack stuffed with Putumayo, Algonquins and Hellcat Punks. If you haven't figured it out already, the front of our store is the punk area, while the back is for Lolita. (We've never really told anyone that, but that's the idea, anyway!) Putumayo straddles that line - they are a punk Lolita brand - but we've decided their clothes make more sense in the front of the store. Continuing through the store you'll find our fitting area on the left - no, it's not behind the curtain in the back of the store! The fitting area is simple but functional, and when not in use it doubles as a simple mirror area if you'd like to hold up clothes to see how they might look on you. (We normally keep the curtains pulled back.) We do have some fitting area rules, which you can read on our store info page here. If you turned around at this point you'd see that you've already passed our dekoden and sock display on the right side of our store! This is located just past the SPR shelves, and we've got a nice selection of Japanese dekoden to bling out your phone, along with socks from every manufacturer. The colors and styles will vary depending on what we're able to get at any given time - and socks do sell very well, so often the popular colors and styles go first. Beyond the fitting area is our classic Lolita rack, including Innocent World and Victorian maiden. A little sparse right now but we're working on restocking it at this very moment! We do still have some beautiful dresses from both brands, however, along with a few blouses, cardigans, bags, umbrellas, and the absolutely amazing Victorian maiden parasols that we mentioned previously. If you were to turn around from here and face the right-hand side of our store, you'd see the Angelic Pretty rack. Angelic Pretty has grown from those tough early days to be a pretty big part of our store - and this is a result of building that relationship over the past year - so like SPR they occupy about 1/3 of the right side wall, in the Lolita section of our store. Here we have dresses, coats, umbrellas, skirts, blouses and more. On the waterfall (that's the fixture facing outward), we normally keep their newest print items once we receive them - so if you see us posting that we've just received an AP print, that's where you should look for it. AP prints never last very long, though, so we usually have other things filling that area. Turning back to the left side of the store, we have our Maxicimam and Atelier-Pierrot areas. This rack used to be our consignment/vintage rack but we discovered two things: a) We could never keep enough consignment and vintage items to fill that rack, and... b) Surprisingly, no matter what's on it, this is the first rack people look at when they enter the store. Probably because it's the furthest from the register (and therefore the furthest from us) - that's some retail psychology for ya! Despite being in the complete back of our store, this is our most heavily-used rack, and a prime spot. So we wanted to put some good stuff on that rack, and Atelier-Pierrot and Maxicimam definitely fit that bill. The right side of the back of our store features a set of shelves where we're currently displaying Maxicimam t-shirts and Angelic Pretty bags and cardigans (not pictured, just above this photo). These shelves change a lot - sometimes we have handbags, sometimes we have only t-shirts, sometimes we have cardigans or other items - and at some point we'll have shoes. So keep checking this area! We do routinely restock Maxicimam's t-shirts because they're very popular, so you might see the same shirts here on subsequent visits - that's just because a lot of people like those designs, so we keep ordering them. We also have an umbrella stand with more parasols in this area. And if you're planning to bring anybody with you who isn't into this kind of fashion - like a parent or friend - we do have a seating area at the back where people can relax while the people they're here with shop. Eventually we plan to install another rack on the back wall, but for now we have two comfortable chairs. This is the area where Misako Aoki signed autographs when she was here earlier this year. Yes, we do have a TV back there too, where we run Japanese movies and music videos for ambiance. (Contrary to popular belief, we do actually play things other than Kamikaze Girls and Nana!) 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. 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hybrid Here at CES, ASUS has just taken the wraps off its new Transformer Book Duet TD300, a quad-mode laptop that is said to be the first ever offering a full Android and Windows dual-operating system experience. The software is run on a machine containing Intel's Core i7 processor and a host of other hardware that makes this an all-around solid entrant into the world of Android-loaded laptop/tablet hybrid systems. Lenovo is augmenting its roster of convertible and otherwise detachable products with some new offerings, with the Miix 2 and Flex 14D & 15D making appearances here at CES 2014. With these new products comes laptops that can function in more ways that your average notebook thanks to convertible and detachable elements, bringing them all into the "hybrid" category. Read on to find out more. Ford has unveiled a new concept car based on the C-Max plug-in hybrid vehicle. The concept car is called the Ford C-Max Solar Energi Concept. Ford says that the car was built to deliver the best aspects of a plug-in hybrid with the ability to go off the electric grid and still operate optimally. GM is working on a new compact electric car for 2016, expected to cost around $30,000 and use a similar range-extending generator to the Chevrolet Volt and Cadillac ELR. The project, currently unnamed and with no confirmation of which GM-owned brand it will launch under, has a target electric-only range of 200 miles, outgoing GM CEO Dan Akerson told Bloomberg Businessweek as he hands over the reins to new chief exec Mary Barra. A near handful of years ago, some students from MIT revealed a bicycle attachment that converts a bike into a hybrid with electric rear-wheel power, something that is now known as the Copenhagen Wheel. The idea behind the contraption is simple -- it attaches to the rear wheel of a bicycle and utilizes one's own biking efforts to provide assistance on tough terrain. Xbox modder Brian Williams has installed two non-standard drives on an Xbox One, testing them to see whether they make for faster boot and game load times than the standard drive. The exercise demonstrates where the gaming industry is at in terms of drive configurations. The take-home point is that hybrid drives -- a traditional hard disk paired with a flash memory or SSD (solid-state drive) -- is a happy medium between speed and cost-effectiveness. The popularity of tablets have posed a solid threat to the PC industry, and in response many 2-in-1 so-called "hybrid" laptops have popped up in increasing numbers that are able to function as both -- as a laptop when some serious work needs to be done, and as a tablet for activities best suited to a hands-on approach: mobile games, artwork, and Web browsing, among others. The Sony VAIO Duo 13 is one such hybrid featuring a collapsible design that toggles the machine between a slate and a laptop without effort, but does it provide the best of both worlds? Read our full SlashGear review to find out. The Cadillac ELR is an important car for quite a few big reasons. Cadillac itself admits it has been playing catch-up in the luxury sedan market, pitching the ATS and CTS as more virile US alternatives to the typical options from Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi, but with the electrified ELR it's finally an opportunity to strike at a niche where the Germans aren't playing yet. Borrowing the torquey electric drive of GM's Volt but leaving behind any sort of hair-shirt eco sacrifice, it's an angular slab of luxury that, thanks to its own onboard generator, promises to be the headache-free EV discerning drivers have been waiting for. Then again, it really should be: with a sticker price just short of $76,000, the ELR is firmly in Tesla territory. We grabbed the keys of one of the very first production ELR off the line to see if Cadillac has a potential winner on its hands. Acura has announced that it will be showing off its all-new sport hybrid at the LA Auto show. The car is called the Acura RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD and Acrua says that the car is its most technologically advanced vehicle in its history. Acura promises V8 levels of performance in a V6 car using a three motor hybrid system. A push to increase zero-emission cars has seen eight US states set ambitious targets of 3.3m EVs and plug-in hybrids on the roads by 2025, an exponential increase on today's numbers, with collaborative infrastructure development near the top of the priority list. The pact, signed by California, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Oregon, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont, aims to consolidate pro-EV legislation, public charger roll-out, and other elements, "to make it easier for customers to operate and use zero-emission vehicles" according to California Air Resources Board chair Mary Nichols. However, auto makers have already warned that waning subsidies and tax credits could see the cost of zero-emission vehicles rise by up to $4,000.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A product of the date palm and cultivated since approximately 6000 B.C, the date fruit is one of the sweetest fruits around and also happens to come in many different varieties. Although dates can be eaten fresh, the fruit is very often dried, resembling raisins or plums. But whether fresh or dry, the health benefits of dates are still just as plentiful. Nutritional Content of Dates If you’re looking for fiber, potassium, or copper, look no further than dates. While dates are rich in many vital nutrients and therefore offer many health benefits, the fruit is so small that you’ll need to consume a larger quantity to intake the necessary amount. The following nutritional data outlines some of the key nutrients found in dates, and is based on a 100g serving of the fruit. Fiber – 6.7 grams. 27% RDA. Potassium – 696 milligrams. 20% RDA. Copper – 0.4 milligrams. 18% RDA. Manganese – 0.3 milligrams. 15% RDA. Magnesium – 54 milligrams. 14% RDA. Vitamin B6 – 0.2 milligrams. 12% RDA. Note: Dates are high in sugar content – coming in at a whopping 66.5 grams per 100 gram serving of the fruit. It is recommended to lessen sugar consumption as much as possible, even when the sugar is being consumed from fruit. Check out the USDA Nutrient Database for a full nutritional profile of dates. The Known Health Benefits of Dates – What the Date Fruit Has to Offer Dates aren’t exactly a nutritional powerhouse when compared to some other foods like kiwi or sesame seeds, but the fruit does still offer numerous health benefits along with great taste. Here are some health benefits of dates. 1. Promoting Digestive Health, Relieving Constipation – Fiber is essential for promoting colon health and making for regular bowel movements. The insoluble and soluble fiber found in dates help to clean out the gastrointestinal system, allowing the colon to work at greater levels of efficiency. Some other benefits relating to fiber and colon health are reduced risks of colitis, colon cancer, and hemorrhoids. (Dates could even be coupled with other home remedies for hemorrhoids.) 2. Boosting Heart Health – In addition to promoting colon health, fiber is also known to boost heart health. 3. Anti-Inflammatory – Dates are rich in magnesium – a mineral known for its anti-inflammatory benefits. One study found that “inflammatory indicators in the body such as CRP (C-reactive protein), TNF (tumor necrosis factor alpha), and IL6 (interleukin 6) were all reduced when magnesium intake was increased.” Further, inflammation in the arterial walls was also reduced with magnesium intake. Based on magnesium’s anti-inflammatory properties and the findings of this study, magnesium can effectively reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, and other inflammation-related health ailments. 4. Reduced Blood Pressure – Magnesium has been shown to help lower blood pressure – and again, dates are full of the mineral. Additionally, potassium is another mineral in dates that has several functions within the body, aiding with the proper workings of the heart and helping to reduce blood pressure. 5. Reduced Stroke Risk – After evaluating 7 studies published over a 14 year time period, researchers found stroke risk was reduced by 9% for every every 100 milligrams of magnesium a person consumes per day. The research can be found in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 6. A Healthy Pregnancy and Delivery – Further adding to the health benefits of dates, one study performed by researchers at the University of Science and Technology set out to discover how the date fruit impacted labor parameters and delivery outcomes. After studying 69 women for a year and 1 month, the researchers found that “the consumption of date fruit in the last 4 weeks before labour significantly reduced the need for induction and augmentation of labour, and produced a more favourable, but non-significant, delivery outcome. The results warrant a randomised controlled trial.” 7. Boosting Brain Health – Some studies, such as one found in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that sufficient vitamin B6 levels are associated with improved brain performance and better test scores. A Summary of Dates Health Benefits: Dates are Great for: Weight loss Relieving constipation, supporting regular bowel movements Promoting heart health, reducing heart disease risk Diarrhea Iron-deficiency anemia Reducing blood pressure Impotence Promoting respiratory and digestive health Pregnancy deliveries Hemorrhoid prevention Chronic conditions such as arthritis Reducing colitis risk Preventing colon cancer Remember to share all of the health benefits of dates with your friends and family!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Shaheen, Gregg voice opposition to North Country electricity lines In this January 2003 photo, U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg looks on as Gov. Jeanne Shaheen shakes with Dan Lynch, assistant director of New Hampshire Fish & Game, after signing an agreement between The Nature Conservancy and the state to preserve 25,000 acres in the North Country. In an opinion column today, Gregg and Shaheen express their opposition to the Northern Pass plan to run transmission lines through part of the total 146,000 acres they worked to protect. (UNION LEADER FILE) Two former governors who were instrumental in creating the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters conservation area agree with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests that the area is off limits for the Northern Pass hydroelectric project. Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and former Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, both of whom also served as the state's chief executive, recently released a jointly written opinion piece. "When we worked together in 2001 and 2002 to protect this land, we imagined towering trees protected for future generations, not transmission towers," they wrote. "We believe the state has a responsibility to actively protect these lands for our children and grandchildren." Shaheen was governor at the time the conservation area was created and Gregg the state's senior senator. Shaheen is now the state's senior senator, and Gregg is the new CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), one of Wall Street's largest lobbying trade associations. Shaheen and Gregg shared memories of how they came together in 2001 to protect the land when International Paper Company announced plans to sell timber ownership of 171,000 acres in Pittsburg, Clarksville and Stewartstown, including the headwaters of the Connecticut River. "We created and co-chaired the Connecticut Headwaters Partnership Task Force, a broad coalition of community and business leaders, state and federal officials, private nonprofit organizations and other interested parties, to create a future for the land that would reflect the best interests of our citizens, economy and quality of life," they wrote. The statement comes a month after the Forest Society released a legal opinion supporting their view that the state cannot authorize use of its easement in the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters conservation area for the 1,200-megawatt power lines designed to bring hydroelectric power from Quebec into New England. A Forest Society analysis of land acquired so far by Northern Utilities suggests that the route would have to pass through a small portion of the conservation area. Northeast Utilities officials have declined to comment on the legal opinion or on any aspect of the proposed route until it is announced. Company executives told industry analysts in May that the route would be revealed in July. "Sen. Shaheen and former Sen. Gregg's op-ed is a powerful statement in favor of New Hampshire's natural resources," said Jane Difley, president of the Forest Society. "Given their involvement a decade ago in the conservation easement that protects the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters, their opinions matter. Equally important, we think their opinions are shared by most people in the state."[email protected].	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The Challenger Fall Classic (CFC) on August 15-17, 2014 is the first tournament event of the 2014/15 season for lower-level premier (DII, III, IV, V, VI, VII & VIII) and recreational teams. Last year, over 175 teams participated. All other events at this time of year cater to the ‘elite’ premier teams only. However, the CFC will offer your team the perfect opportunity to prepare for the fall season by playing against other teams of similar ability, so every game will be competitive, fun and challenging. The Challenger Fall Classic is held at two of the finest soccer facilities in the KC Metro area - Stump, Swarner & Garrett Parks - in beautiful Shawnee, KS. These great fields at local venues make the CFC a must-play preseason event for your lower-level premier or recreational team. Space is limited. Be sure to sign-up early! ·A great opportunity for your fall league preparation·Give your team an advantage by playing multiple games before league begins·A great weekend guaranteeing that ALL of your players are back from summer camps, vacations, etc. ·Fantastic local complex with superb fields ·Perfect location in beautiful Shawnee, KS·Open to Boys U8 – U14; Girls U8 – U19·Divisions II, III, IV, V & Rec. available·Play similar level teams – guaranteed. We work hard bracketing teams so that every game is fun and competitive·Schedule requests encouraged and worked around·Play on a non-holiday weekend (spend those special times with family while saving on travel expenses)·Excellent referees·Online registration available	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
New York Cricket Region 2008 Inter-League FinalMetropolitan Defeats American In Low Scoring Affair By John L. AaronSept. 17th, 2008 The Metropolitan League needed a total contribution of only 96 runs from three of their batsmen, to defeat the American League in the 2008 New York Cricket Region’s Inter-League final, played at Seaview/88th Street, in Brooklyn, last Saturday. The low scoring finale was somewhat surprising as some of the hottest bats around could be found in both teams. However, it must have been the overcast clouds that quieted the willows of those stepping to the middle, except for Metropolitan’s opener Dale Evans whose contribution of 55 was more than half of the asking response to the American league’s 95 all out in 28.2 overs. Batting first the American League lost one of their openers H. Blades after just six minutes of play and the score on seven. Posting 33 for the second-wicket, the American League would reach 50 after 18 overs, with the five Metropolitan bowlers used holding a very stingy line, indeed. American’s top four batsmen were restricted to 62 runs in 20 overs, before the remaining seven batsmen crumbled at an average of 3.29 runs per contribution. It could have been worse had C. Collymore batting at number nine not contribute 12 before being run out. There were only 10 extras allowed by Metropolitan in the inning. With the American League wickets falling at 7, 33, 42, 43, 65, 65, 65, 78 and 78, the American League was all out for 95. The top scorers were C. Thomas, 27, S. Skeete, 16, C. Williams, 15 and C. Collymore, 12. Bowling for Metropolitan: E. Gayle enjoyed figures of 6.2-3-6-3, while D. Evans 2 for 17 off 5 and M. Miller 2 for 25 off 6, along with B. McLeish 1 for 32, did the mopping up of the American League wickets. With the bar for victory set below 100, Metropolitan behind the bat of Dale Evans set about the task purposefully, after losing two early wickets with only 18 runs on the board. Akeem Dodson failed to ignite after facing three deliveries, while C. Roye, despite facing one more delivery that Dodson, also failed to score. That left opener Evans, 55 (7x4s) and I. Thomas, 19 (2x4s) to reach the victory target, but not before O. Crawford had his say of 12, before being caught by C. Williams off the bowling of A. Gordon. The American League’s bowler of the day was A. Gordon, capturing all three of the Metropolitan League wickets behind numbers=2 0of 5-0-31-3. Impressive figures but not enough to prevent Metropolitan from soaring to the 2008 Inter-League championship. The Metropolitan wickets fell at 13, 18, and 36, as the team reached 97, including 11 extras and the victory in 18.5 overs. For senior Umpires Mohamed Baksh and Fitzroy Hayles it was a relative stroll in the park, as the Metropolitan champs wrapped up things with a bit of sunshine still peeking from behind the threatening clouds.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Plinto collection of tables is the undisputed protagonist of Meridiani Editions second chapter. Charming and subtle sculptural elements follow the idea of intimate luxury, a trademark in the company’s entire production. The Plinto series sublimates the concept of sartorial elegance that is Meridiani’s signature when it comes to special editions.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
10 Reasons Why Your Landing Page Is Useless But there’s more to a good landing page than just looking good—if it doesn’t get results, it doesn’t matter how pretty it is! Only about 22% of brands are happy with the conversion rates on their landing pages, but most don’t go through the trouble to optimize them. Don’t let yourself be among the complainers who never take action—read on to learn 10 of the most common pitfalls, and how you can fix them. 1. Your Call-to-Action is Weak If people arriving on your landing page can’t tell what to do right away, they’re likely to hit the back button and forget about you—so your call-to-action is probably the most important part of your landing page. The CTA is below the fold (unless your above-the-fold copy is amazing at grabbing attention), or otherwise not as apparent to visitors as it should be. The colors used in your CTA don’t stand out from the other elements on the page. Your CTA is too boring and generic to get people to act (like “Buy Now,” “Click Here,” or “Submit”). To get your visitors’ attention, your call-to-action has to stand out. Make it as clear and distinctive as possible to help your landing page convert, and split test alternatives to figure out what performs best. 2. You Use Images Poorly While awesome images can boost your site’s aesthetic appeal and strengthen your user experience, some images are more likely to distract visitors—or even damage your brand. Watch out for these mistakes when choosing images to use on a landing page: Again, it’s worthwhile to spend plenty of time A/B testing to figure out the best word count for your landing page. 4. Your Landing Page Isn’t Relevant to Your Ads People get frustrated when they click on an ad expecting one thing and then end up on a page with completely different information. You must keep promises you make to visitors with PPC or media buys to drive traffic. You do that by ensuring the message stays consistent between your ads and your landing page. Use the same keywords. MecLabs did a study that found one brand increased lead generation by 144% just by keeping the keywords the same across its ads and landing pages. Tell people what they’ll find. Your ads need to communicate clearly what to expect from your landing page. If the point of your landing page is to get visitors to make free accounts on your site, your ads need to convey that goal. Keep your message uniform. Keep the point your ads and landing pages convey as consistent as you can. Don’t confuse people by changing the message from one place to another. 5. Your Page Takes Too Long to Load The typical Internet user is impatient—deliver content quickly, or they won’t convert. A Moz study found that landing page conversions can go up by 14% when landing page load time is reduced from 5 seconds down to 2 seconds. If your landing page takes too long to load, it can hurt conversions. The best way to cut your load time is to reduce HTTP requests. Make sure any interactive elements or third-party apps on your site work seamlessly on mobile—nothing pushes mobile visitors away faster than a pop-up cutting off access to your site’s content! 10. You’re Targeting the Wrong Audience Getting as many leads as possible is good, right? Not necessarily: Targeting too broad of an audience means you won’t connect deeply with anyone. Clearly define your pitch to resonate with the people who are actually most likely to need and buy what you’re selling. Buying untargeted or badly targeted leads wastes money you should be spending elsewhere Targeting everyone attracts people to claim your opt-in incentives and bloat your mailing list without ever making a purchase. Design your landing pages to filter them out, and you’ll avoid the stress of dealing with such low-quality leads. This is a pitfall of offering a teaser product at no charge. If it appeals to more than your ideal customers, you can collect junk leads that waste everyone’s time. One solution is to require a small purchase at the beginning of the conversion process. That forces prospects to invest in the solution, even if only a little bit—which can strengthen their relationship with the seller. Overall conversion might drop, but long-term sales might actually increase. Post Author Steven Mehler Steven Mehler is an experienced writer, SEO expert and social psychologist that works as an editor at a local newspaper and a freelance writer at Resumes Expert. Steven also runs his own content agency and is writing a book. He has a long-term experience in writing articles based on blogging, marketing, SEO and social psychology. Steven Mehler Steven Mehler is an experienced writer, SEO expert and social psychologist that works as an editor at a local newspaper and a freelance writer at Resumes Expert. Steven also runs his own content agency and is writing a book. He has a long-term experience in writing articles based on blogging, marketing, SEO and social psychology.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Pages Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment Opticare Vision/Express Mobile Transport Monday, November 28, 2016 The Midway Cafe Named One of Region's 'Tastiest Diners' Via Cincinnati Magazine. The Midway Cafe in Fort Thomas is getting some attention throughout the region. In the November issue of Cincinnati Magazine, the cafe was named one of the top five "burger joints" in the region and one of two in northern Kentucky. Six northern Kentucky restaurants were noted by the magazine overall. The cover story in the magazine, titled, "The 33 Tastiest Diners, Lunch Counters, Food Trucks, and Chili Parlors in Town," was written by seven staff writers. The cover story of the November edition of Cincinnati Magazine included The Midway Cafe. FTM file. As they write, "We set out to uncover (and tuck in at) as many hole-in-the-wall diners as we could. And guess what? When it comes to purveyors of cheap, tasty comfort food, this city does not lack for top-notch dives. Arm yourself with a handful of Prilosec and prepare to take the plunge." Amanda Boyd Walter writes of The Midway Cafe: Midway Classic Burger, $10.99. This is an advertisement. Our take: New owners rebooted this Fort Thomas mainstay late last year. The signature burger comes with American cheese, bacon, egg, and housemade ketchup. Both meats come fresh from Ebert’s Meats in Newport, so you’re supporting two locally owned businesses at once. "It seems everyone lately has been coming in due to word of mouth, which is the biggest compliment we can get," said co-owner, Erika Kraus. "It has never been this easy to go into work. I have noticed that our employees seem to love coming into work too and that says so much about how much we enjoy The Midway and the wonderful people who come to see us," said co-owner Staci Edmonds. "Our regulars have become close friends we are seeing more and more new customers. Our kitchen staff works hard in their small area and they take pride into every meal they send up."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Against The first thing we noticed is how little has actually changed on the hardware’s top panel. One of our original criticisms was that the interface was very crowded – the pitch nudge buttons were too small and the jog wheels could too easily be bumped accidentally. Well, unfortunately, these problems remain. Mini Hercules tell us that there is a little more space to the layout now, but frankly, we just think the unit is too small. It could be argued that this is for reasons of portability, but in their own FAQ section, Hercules point out that this is a consumer product, which presumably means it won’t do that much travelling anyway. So why not make it bigger? At the very least, the jog wheels should be recessed rather than sticking out, and since they’re several orders too small to be used for scratching (any radius smaller than that on a CDJ1000 just isn’t big enough, we’re afraid), we think that they might as well have been much smaller. This would have eased all that panel congestion, yet retained the ability to scrub through tracks to find start points. Also carried over from the original Console is the joystick and dual button combo that’s supposed to enable mouse-style control on the front panel. However, as we pointed out in our previous review, this just isn’t very efficient, and using a real mouse is much quicker. A touchpad (like you’d find on a laptop) would be more useful – this could replace the one on your PC as long as the DJ Console is in use. Another negative is the feel of the buttons, on our test unit at least. With no discernible click or stopping point, they almost feel more like drum pads on an Akai MPC than they do buttons on a DJ product. When you’re concentrating on mixing you really do appreciate having some definite physical feedback so you know that you’ve pressed a button successfully. Tools These problems are particularly unfortunate when you consider that, in terms of features, this new version of DJ Console is admirably equipped. Most of the parameters you might wish to control from the front – such as looping points, monitoring, source switching, volume and EQ – are in place. In fact, despite one or two additions (most notably some new headphone monitoring options) the interface is practically identical to that of its predecessor. The biggest change is in the area of connectivity, where it’s a case of give and take. Given is the ability to run either a turntable or a line level input into both channels – this can be mixed either in software or routed back to the outputs for external mixing. Taken is the original’s curious facility for 5.1 surround sound – it’s been replaced by more logical dual stereo outputs (facilitating the aforementioned external mixing). Technically, the build quality of the DJ Console Mk2 is good. The whole thing does feel a bit plasticy, but reasonably durable nonetheless. There’s a nice touch in the form of an alternative knob for the monitoring section (easier to handle but more prone to being bumped) and the original (but not critical) system of having a base that doubles as a transportation lid remains. One highly useful feature of DJ Console is that the controllers all spit out MIDI messages, and these can be mapped to any functions you wish. But of course, this is only as useful as the interface itself, about which we’ve already expressed concerns. Marketing muddle So, who should buy this new product? Well, it’s hard to say. If you own the original, there really is very little incentive to buy this updated version, and if you already own some DJing software – such as Native Instruments’ Traktor – then we’d recommend that you wait for Behringer’s forthcoming B-Control Deejay BCD2000, as this looks to be a little more practically laid out. And if you don’t currently own any DJing gear? If this is the case, there’s a bit more to recommend about Hercules’ system, but we still wouldn’t say that it’s the best option for beginners in today’s market.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
You are here patient care Vancouver health care workers watched so much World Cup soccer at work last week it threatened to impact patient care, according to a memo obtained by CTV News. Shortly after the tournament opened Thursday in Brazil, officials noticed a major spike in web traffic on the network serving the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Providence Health Care and Provincial Health Services Authority. In a bid to minimize medical error, leading academic hospitals are developing tools to improve handover communication – timely initiatives considering the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada is set to roll out new standards that include patient handover as a mandatory part of medical residency programs by 2015. After her ninth suicide attempt in 2005, Catherine McLeod spent a lot of time in hospital getting help for her mental and physical problems. Time spent with other patients helped launch her mission as a peer advocate for others with mental health issues. McLeod has bipolar disorder and suffers through bouts of crushing depression and anxiety, but she shuns the term “patient” — instead preferring “person living with a lived experience.” I was shocked to read the condemnation of Mount Saint Joseph Hospital. Our experience was diametrically opposed to Megan Balmer's. My aunt was a patient in an acute ward for 10 days. I spent much time there and saw efficient and compassionate nursing care. The nurses, student nurses and aides introduced themselves each day and took the time to update me on my aunt's condition. When I left a message that I'd like to speak to the doctor, I received a call within hours. The social worker made contact early on, and again, I was impressed by the care expressed for my aged aunt. We wanted to express our gratitude and thanks to the wonderful medical team who attended to our daughter today. She collapsed while running the Vancouver Marathon. From the emergency responders, to the physicians and nurses who looked after her at St. Paul's Hospital, we can't give enough praise. Denise and Benje”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The Young and the Restless - NEWS ROOM In our 'The Young and the Restless' News Room, Soaps.com keeps you up-to-date with the latest Soap Opera news on the net. We also feature interviews with the soap stars, as well as local appearances by the actors and actresses. The Young And The Restless Weekly Blog. Not surprisingly, the two most compelling storylines on "Y&R" right now revolve around core characters - the Newman family business drama, and the Michael and Lauren break-up. Anyone else missing characters who bring much-needed flavor to Genoa City, such as Gloria and Jeff? Glo should be up to her neck in her sons' troubles. Baby daddy. This stuff with Chelsea almost telling Adam and Dylan the truth every time she sees them is going to get old. It’s hard to feel anything for Chelsea, who is duping two men in a big way for no real reason at all. Chloe chirping every day that Adam would take the baby away doesn’t make it true, and is also aggravating, because the Chloe that made amends with Esther, loved Chance, and championed her daughter’s battle against leukemia, wouldn't give Chelsea such bad advice. As for the romantic side of things, Dylan and Chelsea are kind of sweet, but for her to listen to his miscarriage story and still keep lying to him... I need a maid. The idea that Sharon and Adam, who historically have had such deep feelings for one another (whether understandable or not), are purportedly just using each other for sex, casts a pall over their romps. Newman drama. This three-way chess match between Victor, Victoria, and Adam is intriguing to watch. One never can be sure who is being genuine, which makes every interaction intense. Either Adam or Victor could be setting up the other for a double-cross where the company is concerned. Adam has damaging information on Victor in his arsenal, and there’s Vikki digging for dirt on Adam, not to mention keeping the knowledge that Chelsea’s baby is Adam’s to herself! As Victor pointed out, Adam and Victoria are much more alike than they realize or would be willing to admit - cough ruthless cough – just like Victor. House call. So Nikki got a house call and shared dinner with Dr. Kurt? Interesting that he asked if she was getting enough attention. Hmm. Foreshadowing? Still in a rut. So now we’re supposed to believe that Kevin can no longer get turned on unless stolen goods are involved? This storyline just gets more awful. It would be amazing if they could figure out a way to bring back Jana. She grounded Kevin (when she wasn't in tumor mode), yet they were never dull. Meanwhile, Chloe has chemistry with several men on the canvas – no shortage of possibilities there. I'm an idiot. (CBS) Gus is gone. It was another eventful week in Leslie’s world. Her father suffered a fatal stroke while trying to impart a secret, and then she learned someone is out to get her via the Genoa City Buzz. Maybe the culprit is this Rose person; likely a half-sibling. Interesting that the break-in at Neil's place doesn't seem to have been about him - at least so far. You can’t unmake this bed. Some viewers believe Lauren and Michael’s marriage should have remained untouchable, which is precisely why the drama unfolding this week has been so emotionally intense – because we care so much. The scenes in which Michael went from loud ranting to quiet hissing as he processed that Lauren had had an affair were riveting. Goosebumps. What should Michael do? Vote in Soaps.com's Y&R Michael’s Move poll. I’m an idiot. Nick made a comeback at Avery’s apartment, but only after taking Dylan’s word for it that Avery truly wanted him. Her word wasn’t good enough. Yeeps. When Nick saw Avery and Dylan together – again – and got exasperated, I wonder if it crossed his mind that that was how it felt for the women in his life in the past. Probably not… She’s poison. Every time Jack and Phyllis are on we have to be reminded of their poor track record. So over it. It’s nice to see Traci for any reason though. As for the other residents of the Abbott house, it looks like Summer's headed for drama with Moody and Broody - Fen and Kyle. Many are puzzled about the change in direction with Kyle. He formerly was a zingy character with a cocky 'cat-that-got-the-canary' grin that was so 'Abbott', but the current version of the character lacks that 'personality' and seems somehow disconnected from everyone. Table talk. The dynamic with Lily and Cane is more upbeat now that they’re not working together; it's been evident in their recent scenes, even though Lily was acting distracted by her concern for Tyler during the lunch date. Goodnight Duchess. Katherine Chancellor hasn’t been seen onscreen since she went upstairs to bed and said goodnight to Jill. That was the last scene taped before Jeanne Cooper passed away. There's no word yet on how the writers intend to handle the role of Katherine from here on out (hoping they don't entertain the idea of recasting!), but CBS Daytime has planned a tribute episode to Jeanne Cooper. She was the heart of "Y&R" and will be so missed! Let us know what you thought of "Y&R" this week by posting below. We want to hear your opinions! Join us on Twitter @soapoperafan and Facebook. Come tweet and Facebook with us about "The Young and the Restless," all the other soap operas, "Dallas," "Glee," "Grey’s Anatomy," "Pretty Little Liars," "Revenge," "Vampire Diaries," and "Venice The Series." USER COMMENTS They are NOT recasting Katherine soon soo..I was shocked and surprise to learn that JC has died..I have to watched Friday May 3rd one... Wonder when they gonna do a tribute of JC!? Posted by Genoa City Confidant at Wednesday, May 15 2013 11:13 AM Please do not recast the character of Katherine, it would be a slap in her face as well as the long time watchers. She should be found "sleeping in peace" after Jill mention not seeing her in the morning. That way a PROPER memorial can be given, maybe both in and out of character so we feel like we are part of her memorial service. As well. I know I cried like I lost my mother. How powerful would it be if Jack makes his statement at the memorial, then says.. "And what has she meant to Peter Bergman?......" It would be a first on television. Posted by lulin at Wednesday, May 22 2013 08:28 AM This show gets more and more recycled everyday! Way to go JFP and JG..How typical, no innovation, No ingenuity, and SB I am so disappointed in what u are doing w this lameass s/l!!!!!! Are u really that shallow?? The only person worth watching on this show is MM Adam, except I do not want him w Horseface chelsell, Chelcon!! Hmm Chelsea a con artist, gee I wonder where that character came from?????	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
]]>It’s been a long but fun beautiful year here at Talking Makeup. I’ve tried many beauty products and fell in love 100 plus times. Here is the list of my favorite hair products for 2009! I really hope you all enjoy “The List” and love them as much as I do:) Marta Walsh is having a great hair day thanks to Avon Advanced Techniques Dry Ends Serum:) ]]>http://talkingmakeup.com/beauty/top-beauty-products-2009-hair/feed/1Alicia Keys at the 2009 AMA’s: Get The Lookhttp://talkingmakeup.com/beauty/alicia-keys-at-the-2009-amas-get-the-look/ http://talkingmakeup.com/beauty/alicia-keys-at-the-2009-amas-get-the-look/#respondTue, 24 Nov 2009 03:15:34 +0000http://talkingmakeup.com/?p=12156Tippi Shorter, Celebrity Stylist, styled Alicia Keys hair last night for the American Music Awards. Alicia dominated the stage, performing her and Jay-Z’s smash hit “Empire State of Mind” while also rocking it solo with her new song “Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart.” Here’s how Tippi gave Alicia her red carpet hairdo: Alicia recently […] ]]>Tippi Shorter, Celebrity Stylist, styled Alicia Keys hair last night for the American Music Awards. Alicia dominated the stage, performing her and Jay-Z’s smash hit “Empire State of Mind” while also rocking it solo with her new song “Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart.” Here’s how Tippi gave Alicia her red carpet hairdo: Alicia recently got her hair colored a few shades lighter with Clairol, so Tippi started off by washing her hair with the Pantene Pro-V Color Revival Shampoo & Conditioner to keep her color looking healthy and vibrant for the camera. Since Alicia performed twice on stage on top of walking the red carpet, Tippi came up with a fun updo that transformed effortlessly throughout the night. Alicia has always been well known for her braids, so Tippi decided to incorporate a creative twist that involved light, romantic braiding. After Alicia’s hair was washed, Tippi sprayed the Pantene Pro-V Detangling Light Conditioning Spray to condition and protect her hair before heat styling. The detangler helped smooth her hair while Tippi blow-dried with a Mason Pearson brush. Tippi wanted to recreate the backward Mohawk braid that she did for Alicia’s most recent music video, so she sectioned the hair into three sections front to back. Then, she gathered the two outermost sections and secured the in ponytail using Ojon Animated Styling Cream. With the center section, Tippi started a braid from the nape all the way to the front, making it a little off center. She tucked the end of the braid underneath the main braid and secured with bobby pins. To finish the look with strong hold, Tippi used Ojon Tunu Elastik Hairspray and Bed Head Headrush Shine Spray. ]]>It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month aka BCA and the Estée Lauder Companies has many of your favorite beauty products designed especially to raise funds for the Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Research Fund. Last month during my visit to New York City during Fashion Week Spring 2010 I was given an incredible opportunity to participate in an Estée Lauder special Breast Cancer Awareness event. Listening to Evelyn Lauder’s speech and the rest of the Estée Lauder team I can’t tell you enough how passionate they are about the Breast Cancer cause!! Here are highlights of some of the people involved in the Estée Lauder Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign and And Fundraising, and the beauty products you can purchase where portions of their proceeds go towards the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
You are here From the Game - Freebie Download Submitted by publisher on Mon, 03/17/2014 - 08:55 Into 3D renders or animation production? 3D Bee Hive Prop & Toon Bee Animation Studio Set Download the FarmPeeps Bee Hive 3d models used in the "Virtual Venus" game in obj, dae (generic collada) and duf (DAZ Studio) 3d formats. Its loaded with neat features so you can create your own "Honey Bee" themed scene. The hive opens from the rear like a doll house so you can access the fully textured honey-comb interior. The main hive, honey drip, hive rear quarter are separate obj's. It's intelligently material grouped so the hive can be easily re-textured. Makes a great cartoon or nature show production set. Important Toon Bee not included "Honey Bee the Toon Bee" 3d figures by DAZ3D's premiere artists Hawke and the 3D Zone. Get this great animated toon figure at http://www.daz3d.com/honey-the-toon-bee	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
As the population has increased in Singapore, condominium living has grown in demand; high-rise residential buildings have thus sprung up throughout the island. Now, here comes a low-rise condo complex with a dimension of freshness: introducing, Waterfront at Faber, a 99-year leasehold caressed by soothing gardens and watercourses. This beautiful future community is another first-rate development by World Class Land, one of the most eminent entities in Singapore residential real estate. World Class Land’s expertise has produced many outstanding properties such as The Hillford, Kensington Square, East Village, and Parc Rosewood. The developer has a history of providing homes that meet the needs of modern families, at accommodating prices, so Waterfront is definitely worth looking forward to. The development will feature over 200 homes, spread throughout five-storey buildings. Various residence types will be available, such as 3BR apartments, 4BR apartments, 3-4BR dual-key units, and 5BR landed townhouses. Quality Interiors Expect nothing but the best at your new Waterfront home: real marble flooring in your living and dining rooms, plus timber floors in all the bedrooms. You can also hope for high-end, international-brand appliances, such as a fridge, microwave, cooker hood and hob by Bosch, and a washer-dryer by Whirlpool or Electrolux. Your bathrooms will also be finished with hardware by Grohe and Duravit. If you should opt for a landed townhouse, you can count on commodious interiors, a private two-car parking area, and a private lift within your home. Location Waterfront at Faber is anticipated to be an idyllic, peaceful enclave in western Singapore, cozied away from the urban clamor yet surrounded by a wealth of contemporary niceties. The 21,176-square meter site along Faber Walk is a choice verdure by the banks of Sungei Ulu Pandan. The Site is located in the residential estate of Faber Hill, which is nestled between Jurong Gateway and the Clementi Heartland. Numerous commercial, corporate and industrial developments are found in the area, including Jurong East, which is foreseen to become the new business capital in western Singapore. Faber Hill is also within the neighborhood of the Jurong Lake District, a leisure and business destination that promises to be the largest, most vibrant one outside of the city. Waterfront at Faber is accessible via the Ayer Rajah Expressway, the Pan-Island Expressway, the West Coast Highway, and other main roads. It’s separated from the CBD by a mere 12-minute drive. Marina Bay and Orchard Road are just as easy to travel to. Public Transportation For those who prefer public transportation, there’s a bus interchange at Clementi, as well as an MRT Station /East-West 23. The Jurong East station is just a stop away, where you can switch to the North-South Line. Two stops away is the Buona Vista station, which will give you a ride on the Circle Line. As an added bonus for future residents, Waterfront will provide a free shuttle service to the Clementi and Jurong East stations, within the first year after completion. Leisure and Recreation Many top-notch recreational facilities surround the area, providing easily accessible comforts. There are lots of malls, supermarkets, retail shops, and restaurants you can check out. Do you love shopping? You can go to Clementi, where you will find Clementi Mall, Clementi Arcade, and City Vibe. You can also easily go to the leisure belt at Jurong East, then make your way through Jem, IMM, JCube, Big Box, and Westgate. If that doesn’t slake your cravings, you can always drive to Orchard Road, which isn’t too far away. Currently on the works is the stunning Lakeside, which is being primed to be a major lifestyle destination. Within the next few years, it will be teeming with commercial centres, shopping arcades, esplanades, play areas, water sports amenities, dining places, and a host of other things to more colorful and exciting. Parks and Park Connectors One of the best things about the area is its proximity to parklands and watercourses, all generously cascading into a welcoming vista replete with beauty and wonder. Firstly, Waterfront at Faber looks out into the relaxing watercape of Sungei Ulu Pandan, which embraces a forested area on the opposite bank. Along the river runs Singapore’s first elevated park connector, which links Pandan Reservoir and Bukit Batok Nature Park. It’s a wonderful, picturesque place to relax – aside from the view of greenery and water, you might spot a few exotic birds or bugs. It’s excellent for nature walks, jogging, cycling, or bird-watching. Other interesting features by the river system are the Pandan Arc marshland, Clementi floating wetland, Clementi Green sedimentation basin, the cleansing biotope, and bird habitats. Also in the vicinity is the Jurong Park Connector, which weaves between residential estates in Jurong West. It stretches through the Japanese Garden, the Chinese Garden, Jurong Lake, Jurong Central Park, Jurong Hill, and Jurong Bird Park. Schools Schools abound in the area, giving your children a breadth of options for their education. Among the institutions are Clementi Primary, Nan Hua, Qifa, Pei Tong, Methodist Girls’ School, Integrated International School, Nexus International School, and ITE College West. Business, Industrial, Research, and Medical Facilities The National University Hospital, a tertiary hospital and research centre, is just a ten-minute drive away. Within a few years, a few more medical facilities will open in the area, including Jurong Community Hospital, Ng Teng Fong General, and Jurong Medical Centre. Just 3km away is International Business Park, the first high-tech facility of its kind in Singapore. Also within the neighborhood are Science Park 1 and 2, Biopolis, Mediapolis, and Fusionopolis. These places won’t only mean future employment opportunities, but also a huge pool of potential renters. Start Planning for Your New Home Waterfront will be a unique investment opportunity near west Singapore’s emergent business and lifestyle district. Your family deserves a beautiful, peaceful place that you will always be excited to come home to – and it’s about time to turn that into a reality. Compare home loan Singapore with iCompareLoan mortgage broker, to find a loan plan that works for you.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
This month, via the Word of God, I will be revealing some very vital secrets for a successful family life. Today, I shall be teaching on Digging your Family Garden to actualise your desires. The first assignment ever given to man was to keep and dress the garden God had placed him in. Keeping a garden implies a process that requires a farmer to dig around the plants, as he prunes and tends them. Marriage and family are types of garden planted by God Himself for your pleasure, abundance and fulfilment. The dictionary defines a garden as a piece of ground that is used for growing things, such as flowers, fruits, vegetables, etc. This garden, however, is not ordinary. The Word of God makes us understand that it is full of treasures. What is a treasure? It is a highly valued object, which you can trade with to make great profits. This means that there are highly valued objects in the family garden, which you can trade profitably with, to bring you out of the realm of the natural to the supernatural, lack and want into super- abundance and out of problems into fulfilment. However, it is important for you to understand that treasures are buried deep in the earth. You never see treasures just lying around on the surface, waiting for anybody to pick them. They are always buried in the earth. So, before you can lay hold on them, you have to do some digging. This, also, applies to marriage and family. Digging is required to have access to the treasures in the home. You will observe that I said digging, not wishing. That means you cannot get the treasures in marriage by wishing. Haven’t you heard, “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride?” Well, wishes are not horses. So, you cannot stay in your house and say, “How I wish I can enjoy the treasures in the family.” Do you want the treasures of peace, joy, fulfilment and satisfaction? Then you will have to go ahead to do some practical digging for those treasures. However, you cannot dig for your family treasures with a digger. There are tools (both spiritual and practical) that you require. First of all, you will need to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour or else the struggle continues. God Himself instituted marriage and placed man in the garden He planted. So, He alone knows where the treasures in that marriage garden are located. That is why you need Him to show you where and how to dig, otherwise, all your efforts will be eternally fruitless. He tells us expressly in His Word in John 15:5: …For without me ye can do nothing. That is why you cannot make it without Him. Secondly, you will need the tool of WISDOM. Every wise farmer knows that in digging for treasures, wisdom is inevitable. Any careless digging could even destroy the very treasures you are seeking for. For instance, there is a technique required in harvesting yam tubers, in order not to destroy them. If you apply the technique used in harvesting maize, the yams will end up been useless. So also are the treasures in the marriage garden. The Bible says: Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established (Proverbs 24:3). Your family can only be built and established through the instrument of wisdom. What is wisdom? Wisdom is the correct application of knowledge. The Bible says: Wisdom is hearing the sayings of our Lord Jesus Christ and doing them (Matthew 7:24-25). It demands that you take steps in applying correctly all you have learnt of God in your family life. Only then, will you begin to reap the fruits of a successful home. The place of wisdom in building a successful marriage cannot be over-emphasized. In fact, the Bible says: Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding (Proverbs 4:7). It is the principal thing on which all other things rest. No matter how long you have been married, how smooth or how rough the journey has been, you can still lay hold on God’s treasure in your marriage and give Him a chance to use your home to show forth His glory this end-time. And so shall it be in Jesus’ Name! This Sister’s testimony could also be reproduced in your own family: “When I was ready for marriage, I noticed that some things were working against me. But I was not a serious Christian then. However, when I re-dedicated my life fully to Jesus in 1992, it became obvious that I lacked wisdom and counsel. But, as I joined this church, through the depth of understanding in God’s Word shared and practised, my life and marriage acquired meaning and direction. My family has increased remarkably and I now apply myself to the wisdom of God that He has imparted in me, by reason of the teachings and ministrations I get here.” – Opara, C. C. Divine help and wisdom come only from God, and the starting point is in accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. If you want to receive His free offer of salvation, say this prayer with me: Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You today. I am sinner. I cannot help myself. Forgive me my sins and cleanse me with Your blood. Deliver me form sin and satan to serve the living God. I believe You died for me and on the third day, You rose that I might be justified. I accept You as my Lord and Saviour. Make me a child of God today. Thank You for accepting me into Your Kingdom. Congratulations! You are now born again! All-round rest and peace are guaranteed you, in Jesus’ Name. Call or write, and share your testimonies with me through [email protected], [email protected]; OR 07026385437 and 08141320204. For more insight, these books authored by me are available at the Dominion Bookstores in all Living Faith Churches and other leading Christian bookstores: Marriage Covenant, Making Marriage Work, Building A Successful Home and Success in Marriage (Co-Authored).	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Hot as hades here - not even a breeze to cool things down. I have Laurel Heights in a Peter Klein. I have yet to get this pipe to really sing. Keep trying different baccy's but nothing so far has been outstanding. earl Age : 66Location : KansasRegistration date : 2007-12-22 Subject: Re: What are you smoking? Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:55 pm PS Cube Cut in a Peterson Birr Castle. Doubt I'd order anymore of it despite smoking it for some time. Tastes and/or body chemistry have changed such that now it tends to bite a bit more than it used to do. In fact, the aforementioned have changed to the point that there is less enjoyment now from a variety of my staple non-OTC's that I have smoked for years for whatever reason. earl DockBoB's Team Age : 108Location : @ The GymRegistration date : 2007-12-15 Subject: Re: What are you smoking? Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:20 pm Afternoon all.... 20 year aged McB's Navy Flake in this old Connoisseur paneled bulldog. This is an Ed Burak signature pipe and represnted the higher end briars offered at Ed's shop... CarlosAdmin Age : 62Location : Chestnut, ILRegistration date : 2007-12-10 Subject: Re: What are you smoking? Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:40 pm Frog Morton on the Bayou in a Tinsky BoB Forum squat bulldog. This is from 2003 and has a nice toffee flavor in the blend. _________________ "Never turn your back on a Breen". Centurian 803Long Arm O' The Law Age : 69Location : Oak Ridge, TNRegistration date : 2008-09-10 Subject: Re: What are you smoking? Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:35 pm GLP Abingdon in a Grabow Freehand. CarlosAdmin Age : 62Location : Chestnut, ILRegistration date : 2007-12-10 Subject: Re: What are you smoking? Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:27 pm Dunhill London mixture from an old block lettered tin in a Rad Davis sandblast.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
US condemns use of violence against Iraq protesters The US embassy in Baghdad has condemned the â€œkilling and abduction of unarmed protesters and threats to freedom of expression,â€Â Anadolu AgencyÂ reported. In a statement yesterday, the embassy said that the United States â€œhas a strong and abiding interest in a secure and prosperous Iraq able to defend the nation against violent extremist groups and able to deter those who would undermine Iraqi sovereignty and democracy.â€ â€œAs the world watches events in Iraq unfold it is increasingly clear that the Government of Iraq and the countryâ€™s political leaders must engage seriously and urgently with Iraqi citizens who are demanding reform. There is no path forward based on suppression of the will of the Iraqi people,â€ it said. The embassy concluded its statement by stressing that the Iraqi people â€œmust be free to make their own choices about the future of their nation.â€ Since 25 October, Iraq has witnessed clashes between security forces and protesters during which at least 275 people have been killed and thousands more wounded.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Johannesburg: The World Cup technical committee will meet on Thursday to decide whether England’s match against Zimbabwe can be switched to South Africa, the ICC said on Wednesday. Zimbabwe will refuse to play any of their matches if they are switched to South Africa, the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) said late on Wednesday. “Zimbabwe got the rights to host six group matches, and all teams must honour contractual obligations by playing those matches,” ZCU chairman Peter Chingoka said. “We will only go to South Africa for the Super Six stage,” he added. England’s cricket board officially requested on Tuesday for the February 13 game to be moved from the strife-torn country because of mounting concerns over security. “The meeting of the World Cup technical committee, to consider the England and Wales Cricket Board request to reschedule its match against Zimbabwe from Harare, will take place on Thursday afternoon in Cape Town,” the ICC said in a statement. The committee comprises six men, but they can make a decision by majority vote, which is expected to happen in one session. “The committee has a quorum of four and it can make a majority decision,” ICC spokesman Brendan McClements said. Should the request be rejected, England would forfeit the match, a move that would leave them with only a slim chance of reaching the next round. England or Zimbabwe, should the request be upheld, can appeal against the technical committee’s decision through any one of three judges from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya, McClements added. After weeks of hesitating, the ECB finally backed their players by calling on the ICC to move the Harare game, threatening to throw the tournament into turmoil. NZ war cry not formal yet On January 31 the New Zealand Cricket (NZC) executives met in Christchurch and decided that they will not play their match (versus Kenya) in Nairobi February 21. It was hailed as a “bold decision” by that country’s players’ body. Wednesday, surprisingly, ICC confirmed that NZC has, in fact, put in no formal request for their match to be switched to South Africa, with the world body. That leaves the situation in chaos. It may be recalled that the ECB has made their request formal with the ICC. ICC spokesman Brendan McClements said: “There has been no application from New Zealand.” They could appeal to the World Cup technical committee — as England have done in an attempt to have their match in Zimbabwe moved — or they take the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a body based in Lausanne and set up to deal with major sporting disputes. Time is running out, however, for the matter to go before that court. Mandela request Former South African President Nelson Mandela told England and New Zealand on Wednesday they should play their respective World Cup matches in Zimbabwe and Kenya. Mandela said players should follow the instructions of the ICC. “If they say cricketers must go to Zimbabwe, must go to Kenya, that is what they must do,” he said. “If we refuse to follow what the international body says, we introduce chaos in cricket.” World Cup organiser Ali Bacher is confident the tournament will be a “great security success”, but declined to comment on England’s request to have their Zimbabwe match moved for safety reasons. “It would be wrong of me to even comment at this point in time until after the technical committee meeting has been concluded,” the World Cup’s executive director told SABC Radio news. Meanwhile, South Africa government has slammed England for requesting the ICC to shift the venue of their match against Zimbabwe out of Harare. A spokesperson for the sports ministry said they could not understand why the ECB was making the call at such a late hour. (Agencies)	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Robson-Kanu and Gunter in Wales squad for crucial qualifier Reading duo Hal Robson-Kanu and Chris Gunter have been named in Wales’ squad for their important EURO 2016 qualifier against Belgium in Cardiff. The clash takes place on June 12th at the Cardiff City Stadium and both nations, who are unbeaten in their respective campaigns thus far, will head into it separated only on goal difference. Belgium are currently ranked third in the FIFA World Rankings and Wales boss Chris Coleman has labelled the clash as a huge game. He said: "This is the biggest home game in the last ten years, certainly. These are two unbeaten sides looking to qualify for France. We had a fantastic performance and result in [our last qualifier against] Israel and we need to build on that. "I know the match is a sell-out and the atmosphere again will be magnificent. The support to date has been fantastic. Hopefully we will be able to repay that support with a positive result.” So far, Wales have recorded 11 points from their opening five Group B matches, beating Andorra, Cyprus and Israel, and picking up draws against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Belgium.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
1976 South Carolina Code of Laws Unannotated Updated through the end of the 2003 Session Disclaimer This statutory database is current through the 2003 Regular Session of the South Carolina General Assembly. Changes to the statutes enacted by the 2004 General Assembly, which will convene in January 2004, will be incorporated as soon as possible. Some changes enacted by the 2004 General Assembly may take immediate effect. The State of South Carolina and the South Carolina Legislative Council make no warranty as to the accuracy of the data, and users rely on the data entirely at their own risk. Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations CHAPTER 11. MERGER AND SHARE EXCHANGE SECTION 33-11-101. Merger. (a) Business corporations may merge into, (i) another business corporation or (ii) a nonprofit corporation, to the extent permitted by Section 33-31-1101, if the board of directors of each corporation adopts and its shareholders, of a business corporation, and members, of a nonprofit corporation, if required by Section 33-11-103 for business corporations and Section 33-31-1103 for nonprofit corporations, approve a plan of merger. (b) The plan of merger must set forth the: (1) name of each corporation planning to merge and the name of the surviving corporation into which each other corporation plans to merge; (2) terms and conditions of the merger; and (3) manner and basis of converting the shares of each business corporation into shares, obligations, other securities, or membership interests of the surviving or any other corporation or into cash or other property in whole or part. (c) The plan of merger may set forth: (1) amendments to the articles of incorporation of the surviving corporation; and (2) other provisions relating to the merger. (d) For purposes of this Section 33-11-101, the term "corporation" means both business and nonprofit corporations. SECTION 33-11-102. Share exchange. (a) A corporation may acquire all of the outstanding shares of one or more classes or series of another corporation if the board of directors of each corporation adopts and its shareholders, if required by Section 33-11-103, approve the exchange. (b) The plan of exchange must set forth the: (1) name of the corporation whose shares will be acquired and the name of the acquiring corporation; (2) terms and conditions of the exchange; (3) manner and basis of exchanging the shares to be acquired for shares, obligations, or other securities of the acquiring or any other corporation or for cash or other property in whole or part. (c) The plan of exchange may set forth other provisions relating to the exchange. (d) This section does not limit the power of a corporation to acquire all or part of the shares of one or more classes or series of another corporation through a voluntary exchange or otherwise. SECTION 33-11-103. Action on plan. (a) After adopting a plan of merger or share exchange, the board of directors of each corporation party to the merger, and the board of directors of the corporation whose shares are to be acquired in the share exchange, shall submit the plan of merger (except as provided in subsection (h)) or share exchange for approval by its shareholders. (b) For a plan of merger or share exchange to be approved: (1) the board of directors must recommend the plan of merger or share exchange to the shareholders, unless the board of directors determines that because of conflict of interest or other special circumstances it should make no recommendation and communicates the basis for its determination to the shareholders with the plan; and (2) the shareholders entitled to vote must approve the plan. (c) The board of directors may condition its submission of the proposed merger or share exchange on any basis. (d) The corporation shall notify each shareholder, whether or not entitled to vote, of the proposed shareholders' meeting in accordance with Section 33-7-105. The notice also must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the plan of merger or share exchange and contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the plan. In addition, the notice must be accompanied by balance sheets of each corporation participating in the merger or share exchange showing in reasonable detail the financial condition of the corporation as of the close of the two preceding fiscal years and by income statements of each participating corporation for the three preceding fiscal years. (e) Unless Chapters 1 thru 20 of this title or the articles of incorporation require a different vote or the board of directors (acting pursuant to subsection (c)) requires a greater vote than that specified by this subsection or the articles of incorporation, the plan of merger or share exchange to be adopted must be approved by: (1) two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the plan, regardless of the class or voting group to which the shares belong, and (2) two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the plan within each voting group entitled to vote as a separate voting group on the plan. (f) The articles of incorporation may require a lower or higher vote for approval than that specified in subsection (e), but the required vote must be at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the plan by each voting group entitled to vote separately on the plan. (g) Separate voting by voting groups is required: (1) on a plan of merger if the plan contains a provision that, if contained in a proposed amendment to the articles of incorporation, would require action by one or more separate voting groups on the proposed amendment under Section 33-10-104; (2) on a plan of share exchange by each class or series of shares included in the exchange, with each class or series constituting a separate voting group. (h) Action by the shareholders of the surviving corporation on a plan of merger is not required if: (1) the articles of incorporation of the surviving corporation will not differ (except for amendments enumerated in Section 33-10-102) from its articles before the merger; (2) each shareholder of the surviving corporation whose shares were outstanding immediately before the effective date of the merger will hold the same number of shares, with identical designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights, immediately after; (3) the number of voting shares outstanding immediately after the merger, plus the number of voting shares issuable as a result of the merger (either by the conversion of securities issued pursuant to the merger or the exercise of rights and warrants issued pursuant to the merger), will not exceed by more than twenty percent the total number of voting shares of the surviving corporation outstanding immediately before the merger; and (4) the number of participating shares outstanding immediately after the merger, plus the number of participating shares issuable as a result of the merger (either by the conversion of securities issued pursuant to the merger or the exercise of rights and warrants issued pursuant to the merger), will not exceed by more than twenty percent the total number of participating shares outstanding immediately before the merger. (i) As used in subsection (h): (1) "Participating shares" means shares that entitle their holders to participate without limitation in distributions. (2) "Voting shares" means shares that entitle their holders to vote unconditionally in elections of directors. (j) After a merger or share exchange is authorized, and at any time before articles of merger or share exchange are filed, the planned merger or share exchange may be abandoned (subject to any contractual rights), without further shareholder action, in accordance with the procedure set forth in the plan of merger or share exchange or, if none is set forth, in the manner determined by the board of directors. SECTION 33-11-104. Merger of subsidiary. (a) A parent corporation owning at least ninety percent of the outstanding shares of each class of a subsidiary corporation may merge the subsidiary into itself without approval of the shareholders of the parent or subsidiary. (b) The board of directors of the parent shall adopt a plan of merger that sets forth the: (1) names of the parent and subsidiary; and (2) manner and basis of converting the shares of the subsidiary into shares, obligations, or other securities of the parent or any other corporation or into cash or other property in whole or part. (c) The parent shall mail a copy or summary of the plan of merger to each shareholder of the subsidiary who does not waive the mailing requirement in writing. (d) In the case of a corporation which is not a public corporation, the parent may not deliver articles of merger to the Secretary of State for filing until at least thirty days after the date it mailed a copy of the plan of merger to each shareholder of the subsidiary who did not waive the mailing requirement. (e) Articles of merger under this section may not contain amendments to the articles of incorporation of the parent corporation (except for amendments enumerated in Section 33-10-102). SECTION 33-11-105. Articles of merger or share exchange. (a) After a plan of merger or share exchange is approved by the shareholders, or adopted by the board of directors if shareholder approval is not required, the surviving or acquiring corporation shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing articles of merger or share exchange setting forth: (1) the plan of merger or share exchange; (2) if shareholder approval was not required, a statement to that effect; (3) if approval of the shareholders of one or more corporations party to the merger or share exchange was required: (i) the designation, number of outstanding shares, and number of votes entitled to be cast by each voting group entitled to vote separately on the plan as to each corporation; and (ii) either the total number of votes cast for and against the plan by each voting group entitled to vote separately on the plan or the total number of undisputed votes cast for the plan separately by each voting group and a statement that the number cast for the plan by each voting group was sufficient for approval by that voting group. (b) A merger or share exchange takes effect upon the effective date of the articles of merger or share exchange. SECTION 33-11-106. Effect of merger or share exchange. (a) When a merger takes effect: (1) every other corporation party to the merger merges into the surviving corporation and the separate existence of every corporation except the surviving corporation ceases; (2) the title to all real estate and other property owned by each corporation party to the merger is vested in the surviving corporation without reversion or impairment; (3) the surviving corporation has all liabilities of each corporation party to the merge; (4) a proceeding pending against any corporation party to the merger may be continued as if the merger did not occur or the surviving corporation may be substituted in the proceeding for the corporation whose existence ceased; (5) the articles of incorporation of the surviving corporation are amended to the extent provided in the plan of merger; and (6) the shares of each corporation party to the merger that are to be converted into shares, obligations, or other securities of the surviving or any other corporation or into cash or other property are converted, and the former holders of the shares are entitled only to the rights provided in the articles of merger or to their rights under Chapter 13. (b) When a share exchange takes effect, the shares of each acquired corporation are exchanged as provided in the plan, and the former holders of the shares are entitled only to the exchange rights provided in the articles of share exchange or to their rights under Chapter 13. SECTION 33-11-107. Merger or share exchange with foreign corporation. (a) Foreign corporations may merge or enter into a share exchange with domestic corporations if: (1) in a merger, the merger is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law each foreign corporation is incorporated and each foreign corporation complies with that law in effecting the merger; (2) in a share exchange, the corporation whose shares are to be acquired is a domestic corporation, whether or not a share exchange is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law the acquiring corporation is incorporated; (3) the foreign corporation complies with Section 33-11-105 if it is the surviving corporation of the merger or acquiring corporation of the share exchange; and (4) each domestic corporation complies with the applicable provisions of Sections 33-11-101 through 33-11-104 and, if it is the surviving corporation of the merger or acquiring corporation of the share exchange, with Section 33-11-105. (b) Upon the merger or share exchange taking effect, the surviving foreign corporation of a merger and the acquiring foreign corporation of a share exchange is considered to: (1) appoint the Secretary of State as its agent for service of process in a proceeding to enforce any obligation or the rights of dissenting shareholders of each domestic corporation party to the merger or share exchange; and (2) agree that it will pay promptly to the dissenting shareholders of each domestic corporation party to the merger or share exchange the amount, if any, to which they are entitled under Chapter 13. (c) This section does not limit the power of a foreign corporation to acquire all or part of the shares of one or more classes or series of a domestic corporation through a voluntary exchange or otherwise. SECTION 33-11-108. Merger of parent into subsidiary. (a) A parent corporation owning at least ninety percent of the outstanding shares of each class of a subsidiary corporation may merge itself into the subsidiary without approval of the shareholders of the subsidiary if the plan of merger is submitted to and approved by the shareholders of the parent in accordance with Section 33-11-103. (b) The board of directors of the parent shall adopt a plan of merger that sets forth the: (1) names of the parent and subsidiary; and (2) manner and basis of converting the shares of the parent pro rata into shares of the subsidiary. (c) The subsidiary shall mail a copy or summary of the plan of merger to each of its shareholders who does not waive the mailing requirement in writing. (d) The subsidiary may not deliver articles of merger to the Secretary of State for filing until at least thirty days after the date it mailed a copy of the plan of merger to each of its shareholders who did not waive the mailing requirement. (e) Articles of merger under this section may not contain amendments to the articles of incorporation of the subsidiary corporation (except for amendments enumerated in Section 33-10-102).	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Tito and His People The War Goes On One of the first acts of the new parliament in liberated Yugoslavia was to organize schools, to care for and educate the thousands of children orphaned and made homeless by the war. Medical training was instituted as well as intensive agriculture and certain necessary manufactures. The respite, however, was not very long. The Germans realized well enough that Yugoslavia was one of the most dangerous cracks in Fortress Europa. So long as even a part of the country remained in Partisan hands, it could some day be a jumping off spot for an invasion. In addition. the Partisan threat in Bosnia immobilized some ten German divisions that could be put to better use on the Russian front, where they were sorely needed. In January of 1943, the Germans determined to put an end to the Partisan threat once and for all. They mustered overwhelming aerial support; they selected four of their crack divisions, with Italian and Ustachi support, and they arranged for a simultaneous supporting attack by Mikhailovich. Their target was Bihach. At this point, Tito made a brilliant and daring decision. In his victorious campaign of the year before, success had come with the help of two important factors — the endurance of his men and their knowledge of the rugged Yugoslav country. So long as he fought a war of quick movement, he could take deadly toll of the Germans yet keep his own force intact. If, however, he chose a definite line to hold and slugged it out with the Germans, they could continue to bring up reinforcements until they had cut all avenues of escape, and then, with their strong air support, they could eventually destroy the entire Partisan army. With this in mind he detached from his army the First Bosnian Corps and the First Croatian Corps, one hundred thousand men in all. They were to follow the accepted Partisan procedure. When the German attack came, they were to lash back and then break up and disappear into the woods and the hills. When the Germans had passed by, they were to re-assemble and cut to ribbons the German lines of communication, destroying at the same time whatever garrisons the Germans left behind in an effort to pacify the northern half of the country. Tito himself was to be the bait for this plan. With him, he would keep five of his best divisions. They would place themselves directly in the path of the German attack, and they would hold the enemy at bay until the Germans began flanking movements. Then Tito and his army would retreat southward toward Serbia. That was as far as Tito could plan ahead; if he was successful, he would draw the German army out of Croatia. The Partisan Valley Forge Tito's five divisions bore the full brunt of that initial German attack. His men fought like tigers, clinging to every inch of the ground under a murderous hail of bombs and shells. Then, slowly, fighting a rearguard action day and night, they began to retreat southward. They carried their wounded with them, knowing that the Germans took no prisoners but murdered every wounded or unwounded Partisan they could lay hands on. C. L. Sulzberger, New York Times correspondent, points out that aside from Valley Forge, American history has no parallel to this magnificent retreat. Indeed, when the full story of this war is told, this strategic retreat of Marshal Tito may emerge as its most courageous incident. During the month of February, Tito led his army almost due south through the Bosnian mountains. Day and night they were bombed by the Germans; day and night the Partisan rear-guard counter-attacked. This was no beaten sheep to be caught and led to the shearing; this was a savage wolf that turned again and again, showing its fangs. The Partisans left a trail of blood in the snow-covered hills, but they also left German dead to mark every mile they travelled. It was a bad winter. Snow and sleet and snow again, and through it, slogging on, the ragged, savage Partisan army marched. Their food gave out, and there was no food to be found in this wild land. They boiled bark and chewed it. They killed their pack animals and ate them. And again and again they turned on the Germans and fought them off. To Tito and his Partisans, life became a constant unending nightmare. Half starved, they saw visions, smelled non-existent food. Yet their courage did not give way. Following behind them, again and again, the Nazis heard their wild, triumphant songs: "Oj Sloveni, yosh shte zhivi . . ." "Oh, Slavs, you still live, you still fight . . ." Once again, the Partisans broke the Nazi spirit. This was more than the Nazi supermen could stand; they had to rest, recuperate, wait for reinforcements. These were not human beings they fought, but madmen! These south Slavs had no feelings, no sensibilities! Who else but madmen would fight every mile for two hundred miles of hell, when they knew at the beginning that they were defeated? So the Nazis paused, but not to let the Partisans escape. South of them, in Herzegovina, was an Italian Fascist division. The Nazi commander radioed to them to intercept the Partisan retreat. One may speculate upon how bitter Marshal Tito's smile was when he heard about that. This particular Italian division was known as a "purge unit." For months it had been indulging in the pleasant fascist sport of murdering civilians. In one case, to prove its toughness to its Gestapo pals, it had wiped out three hundred women and children. Tito informed his ragged troops that an Italian division was waiting for them. He added that they would take no prisoners. The Partisans attacked, wiping out the fascist division. Now they had food, warm Italian uniforms, thousands of rifles, machine guns and artillery, as well as Italian trucks, wagons, supply animals and medical material. Meanwhile the Nazi army to the north of the Partisans had rested and increased its strength Supplies and ammunition were brought up. Colonel General Alexander von Loehr flew in from Belgrade, assumed command and almost immediately ordered an attack. Perhaps he had expected Tito to resume his former tactics and retreat. In that case he would be brought up by the swollen Neretva River, almost impossible to cross at this time of the year. But instead of retreating, Tito attacked. He launched a terrific artillery barrage with the captured Italian guns. The German attack folded, and for the moment the Nazis were driven back in disorder. That was the time Tito chose to cross the Neretva River. He had no engineering corps to build a bridge. All the heavy equipment he had captured from the Italians — trucks, tanks, guns and ammunition would have to be left behind. But he had to cross now, while the Germans were still reeling from the blow he had dealt them. Everything that could not be carried on a man's back, Tito destroyed. He had over four thousand wounded; they were carried across on rafts. The unwounded crossed over on rafts or waded and swam through the icy waters. After crossing the river, Marshal Tito marched his army south, through Herzegovina in the direction of Montenegro. They were desperately short of medical supplies; an epidemic of typhus had struck them. Every day more and more of the wounded died from blood poisoning. Again their food gave out. They marched through a snow-covered, silent land. Houses were burned out, empty shells. Villages were deserted. Wolves regarded the spectre-like army, sat back on their haunches and howled. There had been no wolves here for a hundred years. This was the part of Yugoslavia that had been generously left by Hitler to the Italians, and they had outdone the Germans in savagery. The men looked at the landscape, this face of their native land, set their teeth, and remembered. Then their scouts discovered an Italian garrison, and when word was brought back, the Partisans smiled. They attacked in the night; an Italian brigade was annihilated, and once more the Partisans had food, fresh ammunition, artillery and trucks. The captured trucks and carts were of inestimable value in transportation of the wounded. It was a point of pride with the Partisans that only forty-five of the original four thousand, five hundred sick and wounded were captured by the enemy despite the hazardous march. With the captured Italian equipment, Tito led his Partisans south, through Montenegro to a quiet valley near the Albanian frontier. A warm and gentle spring was coming to Yugoslavia. For the moment, the Partisans had some respite. The wounded lay in the fields, in the warm sun, gathering strength. Marshal Tito employed that time to re-equip his troops, to contact the other Partisan armies, and to arrange for future concerted action.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Wong Kar Wai’s jury gave Romanian film Child’s Pose the top prize Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival this evening. The story follows a mother trying to save her son from prison. In accepting the award, director Călin Peter Netzer spoke of “commercial censorhip against arthouse cinema” and thanked the Berlinale, sales agents and distributors for “bringing arthouse cinema to the public.” David Gordon Green was named Best Director for the well-received Prince Avalanche, a film he remade from the Icelandic movie Either Way, transporting the action to Texas. Magnolia acquired the film in Sundance. The hotly-tipped Paulina Garcia took the Best Actress prize for her turn in Gloria which Roadside Attractions acquired earlier in the festival. And, Nazif Mujic was named Best Actor for Danis Tanovic’s Jury Grand Prix winner An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker. While the competition roster at this year’s Berlin Film Festival left some cold, the last two years have produced a foreign language Oscar winner (2011’s A Separation) and two foreign language Oscar nominees (this year’s A Royal Affair and War Witch). And another film that won a prize in 2012, Sister, was also shortlisted for the foreign language Oscar this year. So, it will be interesting to watch the international careers of this year’s winners to see if the trend continues. Below is a list of the main winners along with the various sidebar and independent jury prizes which were announced earlier today: MAIN COMPETITION PRIZES Golden BearChild’s Pose, Călin Peter Netzer Silver Bear Jury Grand PrixAn Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, Danis Tanovic	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Cork and findings are sealed with resin epoxy, but while no adhesive is perfect, I recommend using caution and care with your jewelry. Each bottle may slightly vary due to the mats needed to make them. Please read my policies prior to purchase. Time to complete your order is 10-14 days, most items are made to order and take time to assemble and ship. My order volume typically stays high and I work to maintain my queue of orders between working a full time job, costume/cosplay commissions and family life. Refunds available on anything that breaks or becomes damaged due to a craftsmanship error on my part. I can also make any and all attempts to fix or replace the item and return it before refunds are made necessary. Losses via the post service will be handled to the best of my ability, but any packages not insured or tracked will not be the responsibility of the seller. Domestic packages are tracked via USPS.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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. Thursday, December 5, 2013 Religion In The Workplace NameDateEng 102IntroductionReligion has remained a controversial issue in many straggle of the world People be critical about it and come about hard to challenge other moralitys deeming theirs as the legitimate onenesss . The philosophical system they borrow is what their spectral leaders welcome agreed upon . many another(prenominal) a time such controversies are taken to the deform bespeak . However , this should not be so however instead religion should be treated as a insular matter that must stay personal make believe fannys are meeting points for people with different religious earth , including the atheists . why should one bring his or her beliefs to the work place ? It is main(prenominal) that people just concentrated on what brought them to the officeReligion is a kitty medium issue that has drawn mi xed reactions according to one s beliefs . accord to Deibel (2 , discrimination on religious grounds has travel in America and other parts of the world . In 1999 , up to 1 ,811 people d discrimination cases that emanated from their religion of picking . These people were forced to attend religious sessions they do not subscribe to while others faced charges for spreading the ` watchword . Others have reportedly shown no tolerance to their colleagues religious beliefs at the work place (Deibel 1-2 . A work place religion constitution was introduced in 1997 by former president , line Clinton . This allowed for religious conversations at the work place as! unyielding as they were not destructive . It also allowed for the reading of...If you indispensableness to repay a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
F.A.Q Skilled and reliable garage door repair personnel Do you have questions about garage door repair services? Here we provide the smartest and easiest answers for your convenience. How often must I check the garage door parts? Basically, you must have your eyes open and keep the ears stretched out every day but, officially, the experts of Garage Door Repair Roseville recommend once every month or every two months according to the condition and age of the mechanism. What are the disadvantages of glass doors? The all glass look is wonderful, but very expensive. The glass garage door prices are higher than other materials and although glass doors need regular maintenance as any other mechanism, they must be cleaned often to bring out their beauty and uniqueness. Why can't I fix damages on my own? Garage door repairs are much harder than they sound. They require the appropriate equipment and excellent knowledge of the procedures. That's why many people are injured when they're trying to repair damages on their own. Garage door systems are complicated and can be dangerous. Garage door parts can hurt you if they snap, break or you don't handle them properly. It's best to trust repair services to our garage door service provider in Roseville. What are lift handles and pull ropes? A lift handle is usually attached to the door, helping you open or close the door manually. The pull rope is connected to the bottom bracket in the lower door corner and does the same work. Usually when a new opener is installed, the pull rope is disconnected. Otherwise it can hook on to objects while opening. How long does the typical garage door opener last for? The useful life of garage door operators depends on how extensively they are used and on their construction and parts as well. With proper use and basic care, openers can last for over 10 years. At the same time, some owners consider replacing them after five or even three years of use for getting a more advanced unit. Which type of opener is the fastest? Today, the screw drive garage door openers are considered to be the fastest. The opening speed of such a unit can reach 12 inches per second and sometimes even more. Our experts in Roseville explain that for safety purposes, the closing speed of all units is 7 inches per second. You can readily compare opening speeds when shopping.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The Maze I see a large maze from a top view. Lots of paths with dead ends, lots of doors leading to nowhere. There is a person fumbling along through the maze. They realize there is a definite destination, and that the destination is good, and that the only way to get there is to go through the maze; taking wrong turns, making u turns, opening pointless doors. After seeing the person moving through the maze, going down corridors, opening and going into different doors for some time, I notice that they now have a blind fold on. They are still having to feel their way through, but are beginning to realize they are blindfolded and completely blind to where they are going. Realizing this helps them. They pause to assess the situation. They realize the blindfold is to train their ability to be led by spiritual, instead of physical, eyes. I see a lot less pointless searching. Less frustration. Less frantic looking. Less anxiety. A door is opened, stepped into even, but instead of plowing ahead there is a pause. There is no need to go further because of a knowing, apart from sight, or even touch, that the door leads to nowhere. Back in the hallway the person grows silent and contemplative, slowly beginning to trust their ability, until eventually they are at a complete stand still. They stand waiting; listening. Measured, but confident steps, are taken down the corridor, hands still feeling the surrounding walls until they stop confused by the wall mounting up from the floor directly in front of them. Standing in front of the wall a recognition that the path is straight through the wall arises. Hands pressing, groping for a possible lever that might open a hidden door finally fall to their side, defeated. Having grown more confident in the silences, they listen. With a deep breath they step forward, straight into the wall, straight through the wall-it parts to make a way before them. Things begin to make sense; the maze,the doors that lead to nowhere; the dead ends; the blindfold; they are all for training. I still see the person in the maze from above, but I shift perspectives and see the blindfolded persons’s point of view: They are being led by a Light. No walls, doors or corridors exist for them. Post navigation 2 thoughts on “The Maze” I had a dream on August 12, 2011. In this dream I could see myself walking along a rocky path; one that would be easy to trip and fall on if you didn’t watch where you were going. In this dream my eyes were also bandaged so couldn’t see where I was going. The Lord was standing in front of me and He was holding both of my hands. I had to listen to the Lord for each step I took so that I wouldn’t fall. What was cool was that as I was walking forwards, the Lord was waking backwards and yet He never turned around to see where He was going, His attention was set on directing my steps so that I wouldn’t stumble or fall. What I see as the meaning of this dream is that this is the beginning of a faith walk that will rewrite require a hearing ear and an obedient heart. Here are some things that the Lord is showing me. My eyes in the dream were bandaged which leads me to believe that my eyesight was damaged. We humans judge by sight and not as the Lord judges which is by the heart. When you are blind, you can not judge by what you see but must rely on the one with the sight to tell you what He (Jesus) sees. I said in the dream that I had lost my eyesight in exchange for His. When you are blind, hearing becomes vital to your survival. In the above dream, I was on a very rocky road and had to Listen to the Lord to know where to place my feet. It is a hard thing when your eyes tell you one thing but the Lord’s tell you something completely different . It is about faith in the Lord’s eyes, faith in His judgements as opposed to yours, and faith in His ability to lead and guide and not leaning to your own understanding of things.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }

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