A recent survey by the Junior Achievement/Allstate Foundation found that 63 percent of the high school students questioned said the economy has forced them to change their college plans.
Kids are working more to cover costs, opting for an in-state school, choosing a community college or even delaying the start of college for a year, according to the survey of 1,000 students 12 to 17. In other words, they've moved to Plan B.
Parents, teachers and counselors agree that students should aim for college, says Joyce Smith, chief executive officer of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, "because we all know the benefits of an educated society."
But, she points out, "the reality is that more and more families are concerned about affordability. … Last year we were monitoring the stories about those families, and they could not begin to fathom talking about college to their child when their lives were so uncertain."
Still, she says, friends involved in college admissions tell her that applications are up. "There certainly are more students and more student applications going through the process," she says.
California and Florida may be having problems handling the number of students in the pipeline because of budget problems. But others — she cited Nebraska, Iowa, the Dakotas and some New England states — are trying to attract out-of-state students, offering another Plan B talking point.
Of course, before looking at Plan B, you need a Plan A.
Julie Hartline of Campbell High School in Smyrna, Ga., was named 2009 school counselor of the year by the American School Counselor Association. She says that from their first meeting with freshmen, Campbell counselors stress that everyone can go to college. But college doesn't always mean a four-year school.
"It could be a technical college, a two-year school. We set that mindset from the beginning," Hartline says. "It's like I tell the kids, the guy who does my heating and air makes a lot more money than I do in education. He did a one-year certificate program, probably. We try to work with students and parents to help them understand a four-year university isn't necessarily for everybody."
Another benefit of certificate programs: They let a person experience the work force. But it's an option that should be discussed, not just a case of leaving high school for a job flipping burgers.
One thing to remember: Even in an uncertain economy, parents and students shouldn't panic. "The scary part is, if most families have ruled out the opportunity because of job loss or fear, that's unfortunate because there are so many ways institutions are trying to help families," Smith says. Exacerbating the problem, she adds, is that these families have always thought those programs were for somebody else's children.


[OS X TeX] TeXLive issue
herbs at wideopenwest.com
Tue May 8 20:13:42 EDT 2007
On May 8, 2007, at 6:43 PM, Alan Litchfield wrote:
> Adam M. Goldstein wrote:
>> Maybe you need to replace /usr/local/blah blah blah . . . above with
>> in the TeXShop "engine" preferences?
> It is installed into:
> /usr/local/texlive/2007/bin/powerpc-darwin/ done that, thanks.
>> To make sure that you are using TL2007, set your "TeX Distributions"
>> preference pane in the OS X system prefs to TL2007. This should be
>> installed with TL 2007, I think.
> Hmm haven't got one of those. But I installed from the command line.
Did you install TeX Live 2007 directly or via the MacTeX installer?
If the latter you should set TeXShop->Preferences->Engine path to
binaries preference to
rather than the actual path since updates to 2008 or changing to
gwTeX will change that symbolic link so nothing will have to be done
in TeXShop in the future.
> OK, here's something.
> In the TeXShop preferences I switched from pdftex for the
> typesetting engine
> to Personal Script, and in the Personal script field I entered ./
I don't understand this at all! I can't believe that pdflatex is in
the same directory as the file you want to compile.
> And you know? It worked.
What does that mean?
> But, the permissions for pdflatex are:
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6 May 9 10:58 pdflatex -> pdftex
It means the pdflatex is simply a symbolic link to pdftex. That is
normal since pdftex looks to see how it is executed (e.g., with the
name pdflatex) to determine what format to use by default and whether
to produce dvi or pdf dirtectly.
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Cute Video of Rob at Rome Film Festival in 2008 Posted on 09/24/2011 by Mel · Leave a comment Here is a new/old video including Robert signing autographs at the Rome Film Festival in 2008. You can’t help but smile when you see videos like this of Rob! Isn’t he just adorable?! source | via Share this:Share on TumblrPrint Popular Posts & Pages ***SPOILER ALERT*** Camp X-Ray Kristen Stewart's Playlist Picks! MTV Movie Awards 2009 Picture of the Day Exclusive Look at Breaking Dawn Set Location in Squamish Full Kristen Elle US Scans + Interview + Transcript!


Numerous studies in recent years have shown that we spend on average more than 80% of our day in enclosed spaces exposed to many pollutants, and that indoor air is often of lower quality than outdoor air.
The Class'air sensor, designed under a CSTB (French Scientific and Technical Centre for Building) licence, measures indoor air quality and raises awareness of room ventilation according to the CO2 level.
The Class'air solution is used for measurement campaigns in a self-diagnostic process for local authorities or in a regulatory process for accredited bodies. The sensor is also an educational tool for raising awareness about lockdown, with a screen and indicator LEDs for simple and intuitive visualisation.
Simple and intuitive
The screen and indicator LEDs on the sensor allow easy viewing and raise awareness of the lockdown.
The Class'air sensor is referenced in the "Qualité de l’air dans les lieux accueillant des enfants" (Air quality in places welcoming children) guide from the French Ministry of Ecological Transition and the "Ecolair" guide from ADEME
The sensor is equipped with an NDIR technology CO2 probe and digital probes.
Class'air measures and reports in an autonomous way and in real time information on the level of CO2, the temperature, the humidity and the pressure.


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Following a Tuesday order announcing the court’s acceptance of “amicus curiae briefs,” US District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Wednesday appointed retired federal judge John Gleeson as an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court.”
Gleeson, a Clinton-era appointee to the federal bench in New York’s Eastern District, will present arguments "in opposition to the government's Motion to Dismiss" and on "whether the Court should issue an Order to Show Cause why Mr. Flynn should not be held in criminal contempt for perjury," according to court documents obtained by CNN.
On Monday, Gleeson co-authored a Washington Post op-ed entitled “The Flynn case isn’t over until the judge says it’s over,” which declares, “There has been nothing regular about the department's effort to dismiss the Flynn case.”
While under oath, the retired US Army general has both confessed to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as well as denied lying to the FBI.
On December 1, 2017, Flynn initially pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI as it was conducting investigations related to alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in the 2016 presidential election. The former Trump administration official’s plea came as a result of his accepting a plea deal which helped his son avoid prosecution.
“I recognize that the actions I acknowledged in court today were wrong, and, through my faith in God, I am working to set things right,” Flynn said in his official statement at the time. “My guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the Special Counsel's Office reflect a decision I made in the best interests of my family and of our country. I accept full responsibility for my actions.”
However, after time went on and his sentencing approached, Flynn announced in January that he was actually innocent and moved to withdraw his guilty plea “because of the government’s bad faith, vindictiveness, and breach of the plea agreement.”
Since then, the US Department of Justice moved to drop its case against the former Trump administration official "after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information," but Sullivan has remained a roadblock over the past six days.
"The FBI exists to investigate crimes, but in the case Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, it appears that they might have existed to manufacture one,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said during a press briefing on Friday.

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Community Harvest Dinner
November 21, 2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Please join us at our annual Community Harvest Dinner as we usher in the changing seasons with delicious food, community, and conversation.
This year’s Community Harvest Dinner will be a grab-and-go, drive-through or walk-up distribution model located at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church 1600 Morris Rd. SE.
This cherished dinner represents a time to connect with the families, residents, and community leaders, whom we stand with and work alongside.
We look forward to celebrating with you.

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If there’s one thing that Turbo Knight’s The Citadel EP demonstrates a mastery of, its depth.
Findland-based Turbo Knight's January 2019 release has four new tracks and three remixes and each track has a real sense of space that lends itself to headphones and larger speakers.
TIMECOP1983 - Night Drive
Night Drive contains the dynamic characteristics of ocean waves, dark melodics, cinematic textures, riving analogue bass riffs and ephemeral arpeggios, twinkling, glowing then burning like distant stars
Delos - Trace Decay
Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release.
The floor melting bass sounds, full of shredding growls has the texture of a razor, with an epic lead line blistering through the stratosphere, rising like an expanding horizon.
Trace Decay is full of mind exploding arps, twisted FX, outrageous
Adult Swim, long celebrated for their famous taste in music from bumps to show soundtracks, has released a smashing new synthwave compilation, “Fever Dreams”
“Fever Dreams” is an eclectic mix featuring some of the biggest names in synth such as Com Truise, Lazerhawk, Gost, Carpenter Brut,
The legendary retro-horror giant FANGORIA is back from the dead and teaming up with Lakeshore Records to bring you "HOLLYDOOM," a hellish audial celebration of the past, present, and future of terror and dread! This soundtrack features some devilishly delightful tracks from horror and synth
Stellar Dreams - Dimensions
Stuttering, lurching, arped basslines, synthetic voices pitched up and down before the reverbed voice scatters across the rhythmic drums and bass. A voice that chimes of haunting beauty amongst the throbbing synths. Neon lights oscillate while a giant inverse pyramid hangs above
Wolf and Raven - On The Run
You can feel the sway of the waves beneath you. Gliding, rising, dropping to synth melody lines so vast and expansive they sound like binary stars, both repelling and igniting each other.
Rushing arps, twinkling at interstellar-travel-speed, the synth-waves trapping
10. Robert Parker – End of The Night
Robert Parker never ceases to amaze. This expert blend of nudisco and synthpop hits all the right spots, creating a memorable and cinematic experience that we are sure not to forget anytime soon!
End of The Night by Robert
The Top Ten Retrowave Music Videos of 2018 are here! The criteria for this list was that the video not only have a fantastic retro aesthetic, but also contain a top-notch track. Retro and synth music is becoming more and more mainstream, and as such
With the end of the year upon us, check out NewRetroWave's picks for the Top 10 Synthwave / Retrowave EPs of 2018!
10. Scandroid - The Darkness
We covered Scandroid’s first half The Darkness & The Light just a few weeks ago, with The Darkness being a
Top 10 Newcomers of 2018
-2018 was a fantastic year for synthwave with new and established artists releasing vibrant and important works.
-Here are 10 of the best newcomers to the Retrowave/synthwave scene and the releases that need to be heard:
10. Rolly Rocket
9. Lost Outrider
8. Jessie Frye
Top Ten Collaborations of 2018
Collaborations. When two (or more) artists come together to mash together beautiful sound waves.
Music is truly at its most original when creative forces work towards a common goal, pushing one another further, inspiring, coercing, igniting their musical imaginations.
Here are 10 of

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SOFTENING BATH SOAP “TRADITIONAL CARPATHIAN COLLECTION”
Soothing phyto-soap is filled with a rich cocktail of 23 active ingredients: 15 selected extracts of medicinal herbs, 5 valuable oils, supplemented with flower honey, soap root and an active ingredient for full skin hydration. The mild formula of bath soap is specially designed for deep cleansing skin care of face, hands and body, creating the effect of phyto-baths in your bathroom. Suitable for bath, sauna and shower. The wild herbs of the Carpathians, combined with the enchanting scent of bath soap, give a feeling of softness, purity and extraordinary freshness.
3 APPLICATION SITES:
1) for face washing;
2) for daily cleansing care for the skin of hands and body;
3) suitable for use in the shower, bath, sauna.
Application: apply to damp skin, foam, rinse with water.
Precautions: For external use only.
Contraindications: individual sensitivity to the components of the formulation.
Volume: 290 ml
Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide/Coco-Betaine, Cocamide DEA, Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Parfum, Polyquaternium-7, Allantoin, **Hydroxyethyl Urea, Tussilago Farfara Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Calendula Officinalis (Calendula) Extract, Tilia Cordata Extract, Origanum Vulgare Extract, Trifolium Pratense Extract, Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract, Crataegus Dahurica Extract, Panax Ginseng (Ginseng) Extract, Hypericum Perforatum Extract, Melissa Officinalis Extract, Thymus Serpyllum Extract, Convallaria Majalis Extract, Menhta Piperita Extract, Taraxacum Officinale Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Extract, Betula Alba (Birch) Folium Extract, Quercus Robur (Oak Bark) Extract, Saponaria Officinalis Root Extract, Honey Extract, Hydrogenated Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, Melissa Officinalis (Lemon Balm) Leaves Essential Oil, Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Oil, Abies Sibirica Oil, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone; Citric Acid, EDTA.
Frequently bought together
- Крем-мыло с экстрактом лайма
- Cream for hands and nails with flowers of calendula, olive oil
- SUN OIL WATER-RESISTANT SPF 6
- Glycerin hand cream rejuvenating "Calendula and dandelion"
- Fortifying shampoo with extracts of burdock and hops
- Baby moisturizing cream with wheat germ oil and shea butter without parabens, synthetic dyes
- Fortifying shampoo with burdock
- Супер-гель для стирки детского белья
- Детская гель-пенка для купания 3 в 1 «Чудо печенюшка»
- Kit "Oblepikha"

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Our fitness accessory storage rack options are available as standalone and wall-mounted. Plus, we offer some mobile racks with wheels to help outfit different needs and applications.
Workout accessory racks help keep your weight room organized, allowing for a better experience for your home workout routine or your commercial gym members. Plus, having an organized fitness area helps maintain a smooth workout flow during peak hours in commercial gyms. It also provides added safety by keeping miscellaneous fitness accessories off the floor that could become trip hazards.
These racks can handle home and commercial settings, such as school weight rooms, college exercise rooms, studios, apartment, military and professional gyms of all varieties. Plus, we offer our best prices upfront with free shipping on our complete selection of gym accessory racks!

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Introducing the Winston AIR. A new line of super premium, ultra-lightweight, all around fly rods which break boundaries in performance. These new Winston AIR rods feature new materials and a revolutionary new design. The combination of our new SuperSilica™ resin system with high modulus Boron means significantly less weight, more liveliness, an even wider casting range, and higher responsiveness for optimum presentation. These rods provide an amazingly smooth transition of power with any length of cast and incredible responsiveness and flex without feeling stiff.
We’ve added a new level of energy to our characteristically smooth Winston Progressive Action. The result: A true step forward in premium rods. Available in weights 3 through 6.
|LINE||LENGTH||GRIP||ROD PRICE / BLANK PRICE|
|3wt.||7’6″||CIGAR||$950 / $475|
|3wt.||8′||CIGAR||$950 / $475|
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There was this jangly, English pop band with interesting beats and a great lead singer. Haircut 100 produced one very good album with several great songs, and imploded. Nick Heyward, the main writer, singer and guitarist departed for a solo career. Haircut 100 continued but without Heyward quickly saw the writing on the wall.
This was a blue-eyed soul-pop band, one of many sprouting in England in the early 1980’s. Their sound was instantly recognizable and quite infectious.
Thankfully, Haircut 100 gave us Pelican West (1982). “Love Plus One” and “Fantastic Day” were the most played songs from the album, with “Love Plus One” charting on several Billboard charts.
After Heyward left, Haircut 100 soldiered on for one album then broke up. In the early 2000’s, the band, plus Heyward, played some concerts, and even recorded material for live CD. They have talked about another reunion, but nothing official yet.
After Pelican West, Heyward had already been developing songs when he announced his departure from the band. North of a Miracle, his first solo album was released in 1983. It was produced by Geoff Emerick (The Beatles, Elvis Costello) who gave it a smooth and orchestral feel. The songs were more finely crafted and arranged, which accentuated Heyward’s rich voice, for a glossier, mature sound. The result was a fine product, much like Costello’s Imperial Bedroom, one of his most critically acclaimed albums. I like North of a Miracle, but it was a bit too middle-of-the-road, given the more basic production of Pelican West, that let the songs breathe. “Blue Hat for a Blue Day” and “Whistle Down the Wind” were the big singles. My favorite, is the moody, heavily orchestrated “The Day it Rained Forever.”
Too bad that Emerick didn’t continue to work with Heyward. His next two albums were produced by Heyward and Graham Sacher. Postcards From Home and I Love You Avenue followed the same formula but with less success. Heyward’s albums were released in America, but he was more an English artist, and his albums charted there and in Europe. Unless you were a fan, American audiences wouldn’t be familiar with him. Every four or five years, Heyward released another album.
Haircut 100 was here and gone in the blink of an eye, but Nick Heyward stayed around and fashioned a nice career, even if you haven’t heard of him.


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Tundra Energy Marketing Limited to Acquire the South East Saskatchewan Pipeline System From Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc.
/EINPresswire.com/ -- CALGARY, AB--(Marketwired - September 29, 2016) - Tundra Energy Marketing Limited ("TEML") is pleased to announce today an agreement pursuant to which TEML will purchase the South East Saskatchewan pipeline system (the "SE Saskatchewan Pipeline System") from an affiliate of Enbridge Income Fund ("Enbridge"). Closing of the transaction is expected to occur in late 2016, subject to various regulatory approvals.
The SE Saskatchewan Pipeline System includes:
- over 1,600 kilometers of crude oil and liquids gathering pipelines;
- approximately 547 kilometers of trunk line; and
- four truck terminals
The System currently transports approximately 175,000 barrels of crude oil per day to Enbridge's Mainline system at Cromer, Manitoba, where the main terminal of TEML's Manitoba crude oil gathering system and interconnection with Enbridge's Bakken Expansion Pipeline is also located.
Following the closing of this transaction, TEML will handle over 250,000 barrels per day of crude oil production from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota. It will also continue to have over 600,000 barrels of crude oil storage capacity and the ability to load unit trains for its customers at Cromer, Manitoba.
All employees of Enbridge currently working on the SE Saskatchewan System are expected to join TEML following closing of the transaction.
Bryan Lankester, President of TEML stated: "TEML and its affiliated companies have operated for over 35 years in the Williston Basin. We know and understand this part of the world, the Saskatchewan portion of which is one of the most economic oil production areas in North America. The acquisition of this well-cared-for asset is very complementary to TEML's existing portfolio of midstream infrastructure."
Hartley T. Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer of James Richardson & Sons, Limited ("JRSL"), TEML's parent company, added that, "Throughout JRSL's 159 year history, our primary focus has been moving Canada's commodities to North American and global markets in a safe and efficient manner. This transaction will further that tradition, and we look forward to welcoming our new employees to the JR Group of Companies."
Tundra Energy Marketing Limited is a private midstream company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of James Richardson & Sons, Limited, a private company which was established in 1857. JRSL is also active in the international grain trade, food processing, energy exploration and production, property & casualty insurance, real estate and financial services industries.
CIBC World Markets, Aikins Law, Deloitte LLP and Gowling WLG advised TEML on this transaction.
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- How old is Machu Picchu in years?
- How did Incas die?
- Are the Incas extinct?
- What is the most famous Inca ruin?
- What disease killed the Inca?
- Do Aztecs still exist?
- What language did Incas speak?
- Why did they build Machu Picchu?
- How did Incas build Machu Picchu?
- How old are Inca ruins?
- Are the Incas still alive?
- Who destroyed Machu Picchu?
- Why did Incas leave Machu Picchu?
- Who found Machu Picchu?
- Why is Machu Picchu called the Lost City?
- What does Machu Picchu mean in English?
- What race are Incas?
- How tall was the average Inca?
How old is Machu Picchu in years?
The dwellings at Machu Picchu were probably built and occupied from the mid-15th to the early or mid-16th century.
Machu Picchu’s construction style and other evidence suggest that it was a palace complex of the ruler Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (reigned c.
How did Incas die?
Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro’s Spanish conquistadors. The execution of Atahuallpa, the last free reigning emperor, marked the end of 300 years of Inca civilization.
Are the Incas extinct?
The Incas of Peru are undoubtedly one of the most admired of ancient civilisations. Less than two centuries later, however, their culture was extinct, victims of arguably the cruellest episode of Spanish colonial history. …
What is the most famous Inca ruin?
Machu PicchuMachu Picchu – the most famous Inca Ruin in Peru Without a doubt, the most famous of Peru’s ancient Inca Ruins is Machu Picchu. Hiram Bingham’s discovery of the ruins in 1911 shot it to fame and in 2007 Machu Picchu became one of the new Seven Wonders of the World…
What disease killed the Inca?
Smallpox is widely blamed for the death of the Inca Huayna Capac and blamed as well for the enormous demographic catastrophe which enveloped Ancient Peru (Tawantinsuyu).
Do Aztecs still exist?
Today the descendants of the Aztecs are referred to as the Nahua. More than one-and-a-half million Nahua live in small communities dotted across large areas of rural Mexico, earning a living as farmers and sometimes selling craft work. … The Nahua are just one of nearly 60 indigenous peoples still living in Mexico.
What language did Incas speak?
QuechuaThe Inca rulers made Quechua the official language of Cusco when the city became their administrative and religious capital early in the 1400s. When the Inca civilisation expanded further into current-day Peru in the fifteenth century, Quechua became the lingua franca of the rest of the country.
Why did they build Machu Picchu?
5) Machu Picchu Was Built to Honor a Sacred Landscape Reinhard also pointed out that the rising and setting of the sun, when viewed from specific locations within Machu Picchu, aligns neatly with religiously significant mountains during the solstices and equinoxes. The Inca believed the sun to be their divine ancestor.
How did Incas build Machu Picchu?
A geo-archaeological analysis by Rualdo Menegat of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) has determined that the Incas built Machu Picchu on a network of tectonic faults intentionally. The fracture predisposed the rocks to break along the planes, which reduced the energy needed to carve them.
How old are Inca ruins?
Machu Picchu is believed (by Richard L. Burger) to have been built in the 1450s. Construction appears to date from two great Inca rulers, Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui (1438–1471) and Túpac Inca Yupanqui (1472–1493).
Are the Incas still alive?
Most of the Quechua people of Peru live in the highlands. However, in recent years many have migrated to Lima and other coastal cities, where they live in crowded neighborhoods. Inkarrí. The memory of the Incas remains alive.
Who destroyed Machu Picchu?
Manco IncaBetween 1537 – 1545, as the small Spanish army and its allies started to gain ground over the Inca Empire, Manco Inca abandoned Machu Picchu, fleeing to safer retreats. The residents took with them their most valuable belongings and destroyed Inca trails connecting Machu Picchu with the rest of the empire.
Why did Incas leave Machu Picchu?
Generally, all historians agree when said that Machu Picchu was used as housing for the Inca aristocracy after the Spanish conquest of in 1532. … After Tupac Amaru, the last rebel Inca, was captured, Machu Picchu was abandoned as there was no reason to stay there.
Who found Machu Picchu?
Hiram BinghamWith the boy leading the way, Hiram Bingham stumbled upon one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century—and what was named in 2007 as one of the new seven wonders of the world: Machu Picchu.
Why is Machu Picchu called the Lost City?
When the explorer Hiram Bingham III encountered Machu Picchu in 1911, he was looking for a different city, known as Vilcabamba. This was a hidden capital to which the Inca had escaped after the Spanish conquistadors arrived in 1532. Over time it became famous as the legendary Lost City of the Inca.
What does Machu Picchu mean in English?
The Citadel of Machu Picchu is considered the main tourist attraction in Peru and one of the most visited worldwide. Machu Picchu is a Quechua word that comes from “Machu” that means old or ancient, and “Picchu” meaning mountain.
What race are Incas?
The Incas were a civilization in South America formed by ethnic Quechua people also known as Amerindians. In 1400AD they were a small highland tribe, one hundred years later in the early 16th century the Incas rose to conquer and control the largest empire ever seen in the Americas forming the great Inca Empire.
How tall was the average Inca?
5 feet 2 inchesMEn were an average height of 5 feet 2 inches, while women were an average height of 4 feet, 9 inches. The high altitudes that they lived in caused the Incas to have a lung capacity that was one third larger than any other average human in other civilizations around the world.

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T.K. Productions: Henry Stone set it up as the umbrella corporation for over 15 of his own labels that are still bought and sold all over the world. In 1975, Stone was building an unprecedented run on the pop charts that still holds records today. This Cash Box advertisement from 1975 thanks, “KC and The Sunshine Band, Betty Wright, Latimore, Little Beaver, Timmy Thomas, Milton Wright, Jackie Moore, King Floyd, Dorothy Moore, Gwen McCrae, George McCrae, Jimmy “Bo” Horne, Fire, Miami, Wilson Pickett, Terry Collins, Clarence Reid, Hokis Pokis, and Blowfly.” Before the internet, trade magazines were one of the most important forms of music industry communication. Cash Box was one of the three major trade publications for the music business in the golden age of records and tapes.


From the recording Say Hello To The Morning
Thanks to the Seeger family for reviving this lovely old song from Texas. I like to sing the silly words and the children shake their shakers along with the choruses.
Old Aunt Dinah went to town
Riding a Billy goat leading a hound,
Chorus: Shake that little foot, Dinah-O,
Shake that little foot, Dinah-O.
2.Hound Dog barked, and the Billy goat jumped,
Set Aunt Dinah straddle of a stump,
3.Sift the meal and save the bran.
Give it to the old cow to make her stand,
4.Old Aunt Dinah she got sick ,
Called for the doctor he came quick.
5.I like sugar in my coffee-o,
They old folks they won't have it, no.


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Justin O’Shea moves to Brioni
Long-lasting luxury name Brioni announces former MyTheresa fashion director Justin O’Shea as the new creative director of the brand, following the exit of British designer Brendan Mullane earlier this year. Having no training in design and a personal look heavily championed by street style photographers, O’Shea’s appointment hints at a re-shaping of the label’s artistic presentation. Referencing this, Grita Loebsack of Kering—the fashion conglomerate that houses Brioni—said in a statement: “An unconventional profile for such a position, Justin brings a holistic approach and strong understanding of business. I believe his vision will accurately translate into this role.” O’Shea will be responsible for Brioni’s seasonal collections and overall creative image as of April 2016.

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Tis' the season for giving, and local businesses in Chelsea and Dexter are stepping up to help local families struggling to provide holiday cheer for loved ones this year.
Nancy Paul, director of the Faith in Action (FIA) food pantry serving both communities, said donations of food and non-perishable items have been pouring since mid-November.
"This is our absolute best and most fun time of the year," Paul said. "People are so generous with their donations."
Paul said local service clubs, businesses and organizations donate countless hours to help stock the pantry for Christmas and Thanksgiving.
"We couldn't do what we do without the help of so many individuals in Chelsea and Dexter," Paul said. "It just touches your heart to see the communities come together."
This week, Dayspring Gifts in Chelsea is conducting a five-day food drive for the pantry through Friday. Those who donate a food item will receive 10 percent off an item of their choice, up to five items per person.
“This is one way we can give back and we hope this makes it easier for others to participate as well this holiday season," owner Tom Ungrodt told the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
The branch on Baker Road in Dexter is also accepting donations for FIA through Dec. 30.
Paul said the pantry is in need of several items, especially laundry soap, paper products, toilet paper and feminine hygiene products, diapers and Kleenex tissue.
"We're always looking for food donations as well," she said.
Businesses "adopt" local families
In addition to food pantry donations, Paul said businesses have "adopted" close to 160 families for the annual Adopt-a-Family program.
"Every year we get a good number of families who apply to receive Christmas gifts," Paul said. "A lot of the parents tell us that they don't need anything, but we make sure everyone who applies gets something.
"We tell parents that it's important to share a gift exchange with their children on Christmas morning. Christmas isn't just about luxury items. Even socks and underwear or pots and pans and basic necessities add up, so we're thankful we can meet those needs."
Paul said families go through an application process in early October and businesses sign up to purchase items on the family's wish list, delivering wrapped gifts to FIA in December for distribution.
"We do a good job to make sure all the families receive their gifts one way or another," Paul said.
For more information on FIA, or to make a donation, call 734-475-3305 or visit www.faithinaction1.org.


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Baby girl lone survivor of north Houston shooting
Updated 12:48 pm, Wednesday, February 26, 2014
A 5-month old girl was the lone survivor of a bloody shooting that left two men and a woman dead last year at an apartment in north Houston.
Now, police hope the public can help investigators find the killer or killers.
Police said one of Enriquez's co-workers went to the apartment because Enriquez had not shown up for work. The door was open. The man went inside and saw blood on bedroom walls so he called 911.
When officers arrived, they found the shooting victims and the baby in the bedroom. Mayorga and Contreras, who were a couple, died at the scene. Enriquez, Mayorga's uncle, was critically wounded and was rushed to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Police said the couple's little girl was discovered unharmed under the bed. She was taken to an area hospital where she was treated and then released to family members.
Police said investigators believe at least one of the victms, either Mayorga or Contreras, was an innocent bystander.
No description of the suspect or suspects was available.


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Head east on the North Fork to discover not only the quaint hamlet of Orient but also a small linen and home goods store, where the hum of a sewing machine can often be heard as the wooden screen door opens and shuts.
Like the Village Lane store and its handsewn tea towels and manufactured quilts, the area is all a throwback, one that the next generation is enthusiastically embracing. “It looks very frozen in time,” says Janet Markarian, who started Orient Linen Co. more than 20 years ago, joined recently by daughter Abigail Collier.
For as long as Collier can remember, her mother had the store in a space attached to their house, which was a barber shop in the 19th century.
Though Collier picked up knitting and crocheting as a child and sold woven potholders outside the store, she took a very different career. She spent four years producing television news on the overnight shift at CBS News before covering domestic politics for The Recount, a digital news outlet.
After two years working remotely in Orient during the COVID-19 pandemic, she decided to quit her media job and join her mother’s business.
“My eyes would just hurt so much from looking at screens all day,” Collier says of her former career. During the pandemic, she fell in love with “the tactile experience of just putting down [the] screens and selling,” she says.
“During the pandemic we didn’t have much to do,” she continues. “And so mom got out the Featherweight [sewing machine] and taught me how to sew, and I just sewed linen napkins for the shop. And then I sort of graduated to the Juki because it was faster,” she says of the industrial sewing machine. “As soon as she taught me, I just couldn’t stop.”
Markarian has a long background in textiles, weaving and printing.
She majored in photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the 1970s, which led to studying photography at Penland School of Craft, in North Carolina, where she recalls she ended up spending the whole time in the weaving studio.
She had always done needlework as a child, and she and her sister had made a lot of their own clothes growing up in Stony Brook, but being in a weaving studio seemed to ignite a passion. She went on to get a master’s degree in textile design and textile history, and received a Fulbright-Hays grant to study pre-Columbian, Andean textiles in Ecuador. She then taught weaving and textile history at The School of Art Institute of Chicago.
“I worked for quite a few years as a conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, repairing and reweaving, and I did a lot of tapestry weaving and hands-on work,” says Markarian. “I still love to sew. When I have nothing to do, I still sit down and sew. It’s just relaxing.”
In the late 1990s, her family, including a kindergarten-aged Abigail, moved from Brooklyn to China where her then-husband took a position in finance.
“I found myself as an expatriate wife in Hong Kong with nothing to do but play tennis — and I wasn’t very good at that,” Markarian remembers.
Around the same time, they purchased the house in Orient with the old barber shop attached to it. “So I suddenly had a store — I wasn’t really looking for a store, but the house came with one,” she said.
They were traveling a lot between Hong Kong and mainland China and at that time, she says it was much easier to produce handmade goods in mainland China, which led to an idea: To open a linen store in Orient, New York in the summers.
She decided to call it Orient Linen Company, “which was funny because we were in the Orient and it was Orient,” she says. She came up with the red rooster logo — “that’s a sort of iconic American image, but also it has a lot of significance in China,” where it symbolizes good fortune.
Soon, Markarian began designing and manufacturing her own line of textiles. She started out with quilts, then baby quilts and baby bibs. “I started finding Chinese factories and making linens in China and exporting them back to the store in the summer. And I did, at that time, a lot of hand quilting because hand quilting was doable in China at that point, and some hand embroidery.”
After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, it became increasingly difficult to import even small quantities of goods from China, so she began making more items stateside. Except for one quilt, everything is now made in America, with much of it being made right in the shop on the North Fork.
Markarian designs or handpicks each of the products in the store. While they sell various household items, like soap, everything they make — from tea towels to tote bags, aprons to shower curtains — is 100% linen or cotton and is machine washable.
The shop is packed full of household items, from their signature 100% cotton blue and white striped ticking napkins, woven with twill, to linen aprons adorned with a single rooster on the chest, or a bistro apron that ties just at the waist. Many customers are looking for a housewarming gift, they say.
Other items include a hand brush for cleaning vegetables, a Maldon salt & weck jar and a masonry brush.
Quilts are stacked in old-fashioned linen laundry baskets on wheels. Linen shower curtains and aprons hang from hooks on the walls. Prices are handwritten on a chalkboard behind the counter.
When Markarian moved full-time to Village Lane in 2005, she got into real estate, mainly because customers at the shop were always asking her about summer rentals and the like. She joined Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty as an agent, and “the linen store became a licensed satellite office for Daniel Gale Sotheby’s,” she says with a laugh. A summer rentals sign dangles just beneath the streetside Orient Linen Co. rooster sign.
“I’ve been juggling two hats for years, running the store and running my real estate business. Then, when Abby came home for two years, working remotely for COVID, a light bulb went off in her head that, like many people, she had that COVID pivot where she felt that she wanted to do this,” Markarian says.
“I’m thrilled because I’ve always felt it could go to the next level, but I never really had the time. I always had to do the real estate. So, Abigail is taking the reins and I think, already, taking it to the next level that I always wanted to see it become.”
Collier has taken over running the store and managing the business side, while also launching the Orient Linen Co. website for online retail, plus curating the social media content at @orientlinencompany.
She is using her executive skills from television production to further the business. Her mother says they make “a very good team because I am not at all good at the paperwork,” and she points to Collier having already put together a website — “I could never figure that out.”
But, Markarian says, “I’m still the head of the design division.”
Both Markarian and Collier stay busy at the sewing machines to keep up with demand.
Orient Linen Co. has had “a real core of followers,” Markarian says, while continuing to produce many of the same items for the last two decades.
“Mom has a lot of old customers, though, that live in New York and call us. Every time they know a baby that’s born, we send out a baby quilt for them,” Collier says. “So I’ve noticed, now that I’m newly joining the business, that there are customers that she’s had since 2001 who still call her, still make the drive.”
“We keep the colors really simple,” Markarian explains. “Ticking is a big constant. Blue pillow ticking is something I’ve always used. Neutrals, naturals, linens.”
When she was living in China, she created a lot of patterns, but doesn’t do much of that anymore. “I work mostly with linen that we source out of an American company, but it’s woven, a lot of Eastern European linen — a lot of simple, easygoing, easy-to-match fabrics.”
A white quilt, offered in a baby size through king, is one of their most popular designs. It is quilted in China because it utilizes a cotton batting that they have not been able to source in the United States. They trim it in the shop with custom twill tape.
Meanwhile, a quilted throw is quilted on Long Island and then finished in the shop as well. “We work with a machine quilter on Long Island who has actual machines that go back to World War II,” Markarian says. “They’re not computerized, they are narrow, mechanical quilters. So we’re starting to do some of our striped linen throws again, which were always popular.”
The mother-daughter team is also branching out with new products.
“We get our greatest ideas from our customers,” Markarian says. “Someone came in today and Abby was working with them, and they said, ‘Do you make cocktail napkins?’ And it’s like the fourth person that’s asked us that. So we’re going to start making cocktail napkins.”
This year, Orient Linen Co. offered linen beach towels that were very popular, and they partner with an old American company from Massachusetts on canvas bags that are strong and water-resistant, perfect for the beach, shopping or just about anything.
Markarian does a surprising amount of sewing. “One of the things I like to do is fool around and invent a new product,” she says. “In order to be a good designer, you have to know how to make something. You can’t design textiles if you don’t know how to make them.”
“I have a grommeter and we work with this narrow linen, and I figured out last week how to make an apron out of it without cutting, just by folding it,” she says.
“The problem now,” says Collier, “is that she’ll make one thing — like she made one apron recently out of couche fabric — a bread-baking couche fabric — and one person bought it, and then three people came in the store the next few days asking for it. She sews more than even she would like because then she had to make four aprons.”
But, it doesn’t feel like work to her.
“One of the reasons we have the sewing machine in the store is we’re not just sitting there watching the store, we’re usually making something,” Markarian says.
The shop is right off Markarian’s kitchen. “I can see the store from my stove. I can be baking or whatever. It’s very much part of the house, which is incredibly convenient. I never feel like I have to go to the store, it’s just part of the house.”
Their cat, Mr. Hughes, also frequents the store.
There is a little barn in the backyard, an old carriage house that they are converting into a cutting room. “I used that room in the past and now since Abby’s joining, I’m cleaning the barn out for her office and a design lab.”
Collier is honing her skills and says she has “a long way to go,” but “I wake up every morning and make a napkin while I drink my coffee.” She adds, “I really enjoy sewing, and joining the company has really come from just a love of being a craftsman.
“It’s this really wonderful thing that I share with my mom.”


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Eric Silverstein, executive chef and founder of The Peached Tortilla, dishes on the early days of his food truck business and how he grew from one truck to an Austin food empire.
Many food truck owners dream about making the leap from service window to full service restaurant. But when Eric Silverstein, founder of The Peached Tortilla, looks back at his journey from food truck to food empire, he remembers not a single leap but a series of small steps.
Eric started in the food industry at 16, working at Einstein Bros. Bagels and other chain restaurants before heading off to college to become a lawyer. But the restaurant world still pulled at him. “I tried to raise money for a restaurant and it just wasn’t going to happen,” Eric says.
It was unfortunate timing: 2009 and the economy was just starting to recover from the recession. “People were tight gripped with their money and weren’t going to invest in somebody who had no experience.”
Eric wasn’t ready to give up. His attention turned to LA, a city where the food truck market was already booming. After some research, he decided to leave his career in law and start a food truck business, with plans to expand down the road.
Today Eric’s empire stretches across two restaurants, two food trucks, an event space, and a 2,500-square-foot commissary kitchen, all serving The Peached Tortilla’s signature fusion of Asian-Southern fare.
Wondering how to grow your own restaurant business? Eric shares the highs and lows of how he turned a food truck business into a restaurant empire.
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“Everything was a challenge,” Eric says, remembering his first year of running the food truck. Contrary to his expectations, after three or four months he realized it was all going to be an uphill battle.
“The actual physical truck was a challenge. It didn’t run every day. [There were issues with] everything from tires to engine to fuel tanks. And the heat. There’s no AC in these trucks, and it’s 105 degrees outside. There’s nothing easy on a food truck.”
Once the food truck was well underway, Eric focused on taking small steps forward to expand the business. When I first started the business, I was leasing a food truck. So the first step was to buy a truck, build some equity, and have an asset.”
Eric custom built one truck, then another. Next came the catering business and, finally, the restaurant lease.
The business grew from there, adding a couple new elements every year that expanded the reach of the business. Eric’s catering space needed a commissary kitchen, so he moved into a new facility. The new facility led to a an additional event space called the Peached Social House.
Before long, Eric had signed a deal for a restaurant location at the Austin airport.
“And then we decided we needed more space for catering, so we built a 2,500-square-foot warehouse and extended the space at Social House another 550 square feet to include a patio,” says Eric. “So it happened in layers, not all at once.”
While The Peached Tortilla grew through a lot of little steps, the move from food trucks to brick and mortar was more of a leap. Eric knew the POS system he was using on his trucks wasn’t going to be sufficient for a full service restaurant.
Enter TouchBistro POS: Eric found the system had the features he was looking for but also required less hardware, fewer upfront costs, and lower licensing fees than a traditional POS. “I’ve always felt like some things are done in this industry just because they’ve always been done a certain way – but maybe that’s not the best way to do them.”
TouchBistro became part of The Peached Tortilla journey, helping Eric open the first brick and mortar location. Now he uses the system not only to process transactions but also for daily sales reporting, year-over-year reporting, and tableside ordering – a feature that increases his speed of service and rate of table turnover.
What is it you want to accomplish with your empire? A restaurant? A catering business? A product line? You should be thinking about these things when you’re just starting your business, so you can work towards them.
“My advice for food truck owners would be have a long game. Know what you’re in it for,” says Eric. “If you don’t know what your end game is, you’re going to fail. There’s no reason to run a food truck forever – there’s just not enough money in it.”
Eric suggests basing your expansion plans on something other than your food truck sales numbers. “Chances are they’re going to be okay but not great. Don’t let that deter you from growing,” he says.
“There are a lot of sacrifices that need to be made to be successful in this business. So if you’re willing to make those sacrifices, you’re passionate about your food, and you think you can be successful, then go for it. But make sure you have a plan.”
Does anything ever go according to plan? (No.) Restaurant owners know this reality all too well. While Eric stresses the importance of a plan, he’s also learned to expect the unexpected.
“My plan changed drastically,” he says. “I did what I had to do to survive. I never thought I would have a full service, full-blown catering company that employs 50 people. I never would have guessed that. I never thought I would have an event space. I didn’t expect the business to grow the way it did.”
Throughout the highs and the lows, the carefully laid plans and the plans made by the seat of your pants, Eric’s advice for growing a restaurant empire is to focus on the future. That next step. Then that next next step.
The same advice holds true for the restaurant technology that will help you get there. “The way of looking at POS systems in restaurants is changing,” Eric says. “I think a lot of younger restaurant owners value an iPad-based POS system, especially when you can take an iPad mini tableside, take orders, and speed up the process. Why not be at the forefront of this kind of stuff?”
Dana is the former Content Marketing Manager at TouchBistro, sharing tips for and stories of restaurateurs turning their passion into success. She loves homemade hot sauce, deep fried pickles and finding excuses to consume real maple syrup.
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This article was first published in the Scots Law Times.
One of the core benefits and attractions of mediation is that what happens in a particular matter which goes to mediation and, indeed, the fact that mediation has taken place at all, is confidential. Parties and the mediator sign an agreement undertaking to keep discussions private. There are exceptions of course and parties can agree to waive that undertaking but generally privacy is preserved.
The disadvantage of this is that very little information about mediation is generally available to enable parties and advisers to make choices about whether, when and how to use it. As use increases, individual advisers and participants are able to rely on previous experiences and, in Scotland, that is certainly the case for a growing number of lawyers and their clients. However, it is useful to pause and to try and capture some of the overall trends in mediation, in the hope that actual and potential users will have an even better understanding about, and confidence in, the process.
This article is an attempt to take a snapshot of developments in the past two years. We have taken approximately 130 of the mediations in which Core Mediation (a division of Core Solutions Group) has been engaged over a period of just over two years between January 2007 and January 2009 and sought to break down the statistics, anonymously, into various categories in order to provide a summary of what is happening. We accept that this is merely a broad impression based on the experience of one mediation service with a particular vantage point and location in the marketplace. Nevertheless, we hope that it is a useful contribution to understanding an important development in Scottish legal practice in recent years.
In that two year period, we estimate that over 70 law firms have been involved in mediation, bringing the total over the past six years to around 120. More than 200 individual solicitors have participated, with the six year total being over 360. Many firms and solicitors have been involved on a number of occasions. Our records for the past several years show that at least a dozen firms have used mediation on more than 10 occasions, with several approaching or exceeding twenty. Four individual solicitors have used it a total of 47 times. In the past two years, nearly 30 counsel (the Scottish equivalent of barristers) have been involved in over 20 mediations. Counsel can often add real value by bringing a different perspective to a difficult case in an extension of the traditional role of counsel as adviser and advocate.
As in day to day business, the majority of mediations are conducted by solicitors, many of whom exhibit excellent techniques, deploying the modern approach of principled and constructive interest based negotiation rather than the more traditional posture of positional bargaining. We would comment that this enhancement in skills, and a more collaborative approach, is a notable trend in recent years. Many of the proponents of this effective approach have themselves trained in mediation skills. Many are aware that clients are now actively looking for legal advisers who are able to utilise mediation knowledgeably and competently. This is significant also for in-house counsel, many of whom are well versed in mediation techniques. We estimate that nearly all of the top 30 law firms have conducted in house awareness raising on mediation or have arranged for senior practitioners, usually at partner level, to undertake mediation training.
Lawyers have been involved in the majority of mediations conducted. We estimate that around 18 per cent of mediations occurred without solicitors present. These are commonly (although not always) workplace disputes, involving in house HR departments or managers, and differences between several staff members, perhaps in a team, or conflict between two individual employees, sometimes at very senior levels. Sometimes these involve senior executives between organisations. Mediation in these matters can take place over two, three or more occasions. Preparation, continuity and ongoing support are often essential, alongside close involvement of the HR team. In some of these matters, solicitors suggest mediation but do not participate actively.
Other examples of situations where lawyers are not involved include boardroom discussions and other senior management negotiations where legal issues are not prominent and the parties feel confident about their ability to negotiate without the support of an adviser.
Categories, causes and clients
We estimate that around 30 mediations dealt with employment issues (including discrimination, bullying, harassment and unfair dismissal) and that 25 can be categorised as addressing management problems, with some overlap between these two categories. In reality, the legal or factual categorisation of workplace disputes often identifies symptoms but masks the real problem. One of the real values of the approach in mediation is that it helps to identify the underlying personal or systemic causes.
We find that, very often, disputes arise through lack of, or failure in, communication, with the initial cause being an apparently minor incident. As we “reverse engineer” conflict in an attempt to understand it and its causes better, we discover that misinterpretation, misperception and misunderstanding lie at the heart of nearly every difference that escalates into dispute, not just in the workplace but more generally. It might be speculated that the future of dispute management is likely to lie in better diagnosis and avoidance of escalation rather than in determination of rights at a later stage or in resolution of conflict once it has been allowed to ferment.
We estimate that approximately 250 parties (or clients) have engaged in mediation in our snapshot two year timescale. Approximately 70 per cent of these are businesses or organisations, usually represented by chief executive, finance, HR, legal or other director level decision maker; the remainder being individuals. Businesses and organisations include many of the major corporate interests in Scotland and many professional firms. Clients have also come from Australia, the USA, the Netherlands and France as well as other parts of the UK and Ireland. In over 40 mediations, one or more public bodies or not for profit organisations have been involved. The public bodies include local authorities, health trusts, emergency services, government funded agencies, sporting bodies and higher (and other) education institutions.
Insurers have been involved in over 20 per cent of cases, most of these involving allegations of professional negligence against a variety of professional advisers (including, in about a third of these cases, lawyers) and other contractors. Mediation offers an appropriate way to address these sorts of claims as research indicates and experience shows that claimants in these situations often want (and need) explanation, reassurance, acknowledgement and, where appropriate, apology, for what they have experienced, in addition to discussing the financial consequences.
Commercial disputes have featured in over 80 mediations, with more than half of these having to do with contracts of one kind or another. One of the advantages of the forward looking nature of good mediation is that parties are regularly able to look afresh at commercial arrangements and renegotiate deals and projects to take account of the reality of changed economic or business circumstances. This has encouraged a few clients to use mediation not just as a dispute resolution process but as a dispute prevention or risk management tool, to nip emerging problems in the bud before they escalate — or indeed to carry out a kind of due diligence with the help of a mediator in the course of establishing new commercial or partnering arrangements, in order to anticipate problems before they occur.
Property, construction and conveyancing issues arose in over 40 mediations. Some major disputes arising in construction projects have been addressed in mediation, with some innovative approaches to dealing with the underlying issues, such as completion of a project, in addition to or in anticipation of examining the claims which arise. The appointment of a project mediator who is available throughout the currency of a lengthy building project has occurred in Scotland and remains one of the areas of potential development in that industry, in order to provide real time resolution of emerging difficulties.
There is a significant use of mediation for residential property developments, particularly involving individuals and families who find themselves in dispute with architects, surveyors, engineers and building contractors (and their insurers). In some instances, these lay parties have spent considerable time in pursuing their claims and some have incurred expenses which have escalated into six figures and exceed the apparent value of their loss. The benefit of mediation in offering a mechanism to identify the core problem and find ways of addressing a claim quickly cannot be under estimated in many of these cases.
Timing and litigation
The challenge in the future will be to bring these cases to mediation earlier without parties incurring the disproportionate expense involved in litigation along the way. Sometimes, clients will need persuading that this is to their benefit and not a sign of weakness. This is where changes to the rules and approach of the courts to bring about active encouragement of mediation in all appropriate cases would signal a potentially beneficial shift. That said, a significant number of matters (we estimate up to 40 per cent) were mediated before litigation was commenced or in circumstances where litigation would not be contemplated.
This trend seems likely to grow as clients (and their lawyers) become more accustomed to and motivated by the need to retain control and to achieve early management or, indeed, avoidance of disputes. In other countries, there is movement towards the use of mediation in the process of negotiation where there are no disputes as such, alongside the development of conflict audits and conflict avoidance systems within organisations and the appointment of in house Ombuds who act, effectively, as an internal mediator. Generally, therefore, mediation in non-contentious work is likely to rise.
Of the mediations conducted when litigation has already been commenced, these have occurred at all stages: from shortly after the issuing of an initiating writ, through the adjustment and finalisation of court pleadings, prior to, during and after proof or trial, and during an appeal stage. It is often said that the earlier a matter can be mediated, the better. That is true, subject to proper preparation and risk analysis having been carried out. However, disputes are mediated successfully at all stages. Facing the alternatives further down the line can be salutary, just as seeking to nip things in the bud at an early stage can be sensible.
Other issues which mediators have helped parties to deal with in this period have included agricultural and farming interests, intellectual property rights, partnerships, and personal injury. Some specific illustrations, carefully anonymised, include:
Geographically, in these two years, approximately 72 mediations have occurred in the Edinburgh area, 25 in and around Glasgow, 10 in Aberdeen and surrounding area, and 15 outside Scotland (mostly England and Ireland), with the remainder in other parts of Scotland, north, south, east and west.
Duration and outcomes
Over the two year period, mediations occupied approximately 181 days. The majority of mediations, around 75 per cent, have taken place over one day. While legend tells of mediations continuing into the night in the fashion of corporate deals, in reality we find that nearly all of the one day mediations conclude in the late afternoon or early evening. It is true that, even after resolution is reached, the terms usually need to be encapsulated in an agreement drafted by the parties’ advisers. This can take time but, nowadays, good solicitors are working on the possible terms of a resolution agreement throughout the process and certainly in its latter stages. Apart from shortening the time needed for drafting later, this approach helps to inform decision making and clarity in the closing stages of negotiations. It should also be mentioned that, in the majority of mediations, an initial meeting or at least one conference call takes place between mediator and parties and/or their advisers as part of the critical preparation phase. Mediation is a continuum from the moment of first contact with the mediator, not a one off event.
From the moment of the first approach to discuss the possibility of using mediation to the conclusion of the process, the time taken varies from as short as 48 hours to a few months, depending on urgency, parties’ needs and the availability of key participants. Mediation will nearly always involve parties as decision makers and their convenience is paramount. Generally, it can be said that an average time for setting up mediation is between three and ten weeks. But the key point is flexibility and responsiveness to commercial, organisational or personal need.
As mentioned above, it is helpful in some workplace mediations to spend more time reflecting on issues and often there will be a preparatory stage and other meetings rather than one set piece day. In other instances, the complexity, number of issues, number of parties or need for more information means that trying to shoehorn the whole matter into one day does not make commercial or negotiating sense. Then a second, or further days, may be essential. In more than 10 per cent of mediations, there were more than just two parties involved. In one example in our two year period, where there were six parties and multiple issues and interests to take into account, four days were set aside, Successful settlement was said to save the parties millions in costs which would otherwise have been incurred.
“Success” in mediation is much heralded around the globe as being in the region of 75 to 80 per cent or above. Our statistics back that up. However, we need to be intelligent about what we mean by “success’, Usually this will be defined as an overall conclusion to the dispute. On other occasions, the mere ventilation of the problem and discovery of the real issues will be a significant gain. At other times, the opportunity to identify the core of a dispute and to narrow the issues is all that is possible — or appropriate.
It is well known that, in matters which do not resolve on the day, a significant proportion are settled in the weeks or even months after, and nearly always those involved will specifically attribute that outcome to the occurrence of mediation. And, of course, in a few instances, the decision of a court will be required on a particular point, before or after mediation. A less recognised benefit of mediation is as a complement to the court process, to help to focus and narrow issues for resolution by a judge. In reality of course, as statistics show, once a dispute is mediated it is very likely that all issues will be resolved. And that is surely a good thing if that is what the parties wish. There may rarely, if ever, be a justification for excluding the opportunity to mediate on the basis that there may be some ulterior benefit to the courts or the public interest in having a definitive decision, which will be lost if parties succeed in resolving their differences amicably.
In the current economic climate, the availability of mediation as a viable, tested means of helping many people and businesses to resolve disputes relatively quickly, with the associated cost, time, commercial and relationship benefits that regularly result, is likely to lead to its greater use in Scotland. In this and other jurisdictions, the evidence is emerging of a strong drive by clients to cut or avoid dispute risks and costs, just as they seek efficiency in other areas. In a sense, in its tendency to reduce the need to use scarce judicial and other resources, mediation also contributes to a more economically sustainable approach to dispute resolution. The fact that, in this snapshot over two years in Scotland, it has been used almost always by choice and not imposed by a third party may differentiate the Scottish experience from elsewhere. That may add to mediation’s growing acceptability and validity in this jurisdiction.
Terry Wheeler explains that his legal knowledge helps him in his mediation and negotiation practice by knowing how to interact with attorneys, assessing different situations, and asking certain applicable questions.By Terry Wheeler

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After a hiatus of almost 20 months, the coastal town of Falmouth, Trelawny, welcomed its first cruise ship on Sunday 14 November.
Carnival Corporation’s Emerald Princess, with some 2,780 passengers and crew, entered Jamaica’s largest port around 6:45 a.m., where it was greeted by local officials and health officials.
After routine checks and ensuring strict adherence to established health protocols, passengers were allowed to disembark and board waiting buses for approved tours of designated locations.
“This is something that we hope to see several times in the coming months,” said delighted Falmouth mayor Colin Gager.
âThis is a gradual return to cruising in Falmouth and we welcome it with open arms. We look forward to the full return of cruising navigation to the parish, as this will bring economic benefits to residents and our many stakeholders, âhe added.
Mayor Gager said the visit to Emerald of the Seas is a prelude to what’s to come for historic Falmouth.
âWe have yet to see the deployment of Royal Caribbean and its Oasis Class shipsâ¦ some of the biggest ships in the world. This is a list that includes Oasis of the Seas, Allure of the Seas, Harmony of the Seas, and of course, the biggest [currently] âSymphony of the seas. And let’s not forget, there’s another one that could make its way into Jamaican waters and here in Falmouth next year – the newest and biggest – Wonder of the Seas, âhe said. He underlines.
Mayor Gager noted that Royal Caribbean, which together with Carnival Cruise Lines owns the world’s largest ships, is not only a long-time partner of Jamaica, but is also a major shareholder in the Port of Falmouth.
âIt’s easy to see why they would have any interest in wanting to bring their ships here. We have the largest port in Jamaica and we can accommodate their huge Oasis class ships, âhe noted.
Handicrafts trader Raymond Gordon, who spoke to JIS News, said he was delighted to see the ships returning to Falmouth.
âWe have been hit hard by the coronavirus (COVID-19) and naturally the ships have stayed away. I see this as a sign of hope and for better things to come, âhe said.
The Jamaica Ports Authority (PAJ), for its part, also welcomes the return of cruises to Falmouth and other Jamaican ports.
President and CEO (CEO) Professor Gordon Shirley said in a statement that the entity welcomes the strong interest in the Jamaica destination that cruise enthusiasts around the world have shown.
He said this was demonstrated “by the inclusion of our cruise ports on major cruise line itineraries despite new COVID-19 cruise operations protocols and as evidenced by our recent World Travel Awards and United Kingdom (United Kingdom) Wave Price â.
âThere is great value to be gained from an award-winning cruise destination like Jamaica and we [the PAJ] are even more hopeful that because of the investments the organization has made in cruise infrastructure this year, calls for next year’s season will exceed those forecast for this year, âhe added.
Celebrity Equinox, Aida Diva and Crystal Serenity are expected to return to Falmouth later this month. A visit to Disney Cruise Lines’ flagship ship, Disney Fantasy, is scheduled for December.


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Animals That Swim are a musical group who formed in London, England, 1989, with a line-up of stand-up drums, piano, trumpet and "a nifty line in clever narrative lyrics". In March 2011 they recorded two new songs for online release, originally intended as the first tracks from an as yet untitled album.
The band was initially formed by brothers Hugh Barker and Hank Starrs (born Jeffrey Barker), before adding a third brother to the line-up, Al Barker, along with Del Crabtree, initially on bass guitar, followed by the trumpet. Throughout their history, the group had numerous bass players; Charlie Luciano (original line-up), then Crabtree, Dave Harris (1991), Lenie Mets (1991–93), Anthony Coote (1993-6) and Terry De Castro (2000–01).
Animals That Swim released their debut single, "King Beer", in 1992 via their own Beachheads In Space record label. It was a 7" vinyl-only release, limited to just 300 copies. Their second single, "Roy" (which took the form of an imaginary conversation with the ghost of Roy Orbison), was released the following year. This, along with their third single, "50 Dresses" - a 10" vinyl-only EP - helped the band come to wider attention as the group won critical acclaim for their mixture of "slice of life" lyrics and magic realism, and their distinctive use of the trumpet as a lead instrument.
Having had several single of the weeks in the UK's national music press, the band issued a further single in September, 1994, "Madame Yevonde", as a prelude to their debut album Workshy. The single's title, along with the album's sleeve art, both referenced the British photography pioneer of the same name. "Pink Carnations", a 5-track single, followed 6 months later, featuring an alternate version to the album mix. 'Workshy' was number 15 in the NME's list of best albums of 1994.
The band issued two albums on the Elemental label, but work on a third LP eventually ground to a halt after Elemental was taken over by One Little Indian in 1996. In 1999, a demo, "Dirt", was featured on a various artists EP on the independent Snowstorm label, which subsequently commissioned a third Animals That Swim album, some of which was recorded in producer Dare Mason's home. In a preview article for a gig at The Monarch, London on 9 August 2000, John Robinson, writing for The Guardian, commented on the band's comeback from a three-year absence;
Animals That Swim — the group of beaten-looking thirtysomethings that [Hank] fronts — are the vehicle for his observations, and having enjoyed a penurious existence for eight years, this gig, after a three-year gap, represents a suitably down-at-heel return to public performance. The group's evident poverty is only matched, however, by the richness of their music.
The band was inactive from 2001 to 2011, although Snowstorm issued a best of compilation album, Faded Glamour in 2004, with sleevenotes by Hugh Barker.
In 2007 frontman and lead singer Hank Starrs — now a film producer and writer — made a brief comeback to guest on the single "Direct Hit" with English Art-pop group Art Brut. Hugh Barker works a publishing director, and is co-author of Faking It, a book about authenticity in music. His second book Hedge Britannia was published by Bloomsbury in March 2012. Al Barker went to university and got a degree in history and journalism in 2007; he now works in music, theatre and tourism. The band were asked to play gigs in London in 2008, but they declined.
In 2009, former Animals That Swim and Goya Dress bassist, Terry De Castro, (better known as a member of Cinerama and The Wedding Present) released a cover version of the group's song "East St. O'Neill" on her solo album A Casa Verde.
In March 2011, the band recorded two new songs, "Tiny Lucifer" and "Silver Rays" which were released online on iTunes, release with the detail announced on the band's Wordpress blog.
Plans to record more songs are currently on hold as the band have been unable to find enough spare time to get into a recording studio.
Workshy is set to be re-released on 3 February 2017 through One Little Indian Records.Hugh Barker – guitar
Hank Starrs – vocals, drums
Al Barker – keyboards, guitar
Del Crabtree – bass guitar, trumpet
I Was the King, I Really Was the King (1996)
Happiness From A Distant Star (2001)
Faded Glamour: The Best of Animals That Swim (2004)
"King Beer" (7", 1992)
"Roy"/"Weary Mind" (7", 1993)
"50 Dresses" EP (10", 1993)
"Madame Yevonde" (7"/CD, 1994)
"Pink Carnations" EP (7"/CD, 1995)
"The Greenhouse" (7"/CD, 1996)
"Faded Glamour" (7"/CD, 1996)
"The Moon And The Mothership" (7"/CD, 2001)
"All Your Stars Are Out" (7", 2001)
"Tiny Lucifer"/"Silver Rays" (download, 2011)


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Sibylla and Diana, a prophetess in ancient time. Sibylla was famous for her extreme old age, and Duiana was a Roman goddess of feminine virtue and purity. Portia is saying that she will remain unmarried for the rest of her life,like Sibylla, or until a man chooses the right casket and makes her a virtuous girl like Diana.
Sibylla was a prophetess in roman mythology. Apollo granted her as many years of life a there were sand grains she held in her hand.
Diana was the goddess of viginity in Roman mythology. She was alsi the goddess of hunting and the moon.
They are referred here to explain Portia's resolve to remain a virgin like Diana even if she lives to be as old as Sibylla unless she is won in marriage by some suitor in the lottery of caskets.


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American actor-singer and rapper Terrence Howard was born on 11 March 1969, in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Terrence Dashon Howard. He was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the son of Anita Williams and Tyrone Howard. Both of his parents were biracial, of African American and European American descent. He even experienced racism in his childhood. At the age of 16, Howard emancipated himself from his parents and was put on welfare; at 18, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. He wanted to be a science teacher, though he had a low GPA in high school and was admitted to the Pratt Institute in New York only after convincing them to give him a special entrance exam. Howard did not complete his education, as he had joined his brother on an audition for The Cosby Show and was cast in the role.
His appearances on such television shows as Coach, Street Legal, Living Single, and Picket Fences started his career. His breakout role in 1995's Mr. Holland's Opus helped pave the way for Howard's film career, as did his critically acclaimed performance as Cowboy in the Hughes brothers film Dead Presidents. By the time he took the role of Quentin in 1999's The Best Man, Howard had established a reputation as an actor of both skill and integrity. The new millennium finally brought Howard work that showcased his talent and made him a well-known name, like his role in the Paul Haggis film Crash, as well as his work in the John Singleton's Four Brothers. He also attracted the spotlight on the small screen with parts in the acclaimed TV films Their Eyes Were Watching God with Halle Berry, and Lackawanna Blues with S. Epatha Merkerson. This set the stage for his career-making performance as a pimp desperate to create a new life for himself as a musician in Hustle & Flow, for which he earned an Oscar nomination. Over the coming years, Howard would remain a vital force on screen, appearing in several films like Get Rich or Die Tryin', Idlewild, Iron Man, and On the Road.
A self taught musician, Howard plays both the piano and the guitar. You can see Terrence display his musical talents opposite Jamie Foxx in this year's breakout film Ray (2004). A promising songwriter, Howard's lyrics are soon to be acquired by some of today's biggest artists.
A citizen of the USA and of mixed ethnicity, Howard stands significantly tall at a height of six feet and one inch. He has also maintained his weight very well. People often search and view his pictures. Terrence Howard is an American actor singer and rapper with an estimated net worth of $20 million. His net worth is increasing with his increasing activity in the American acting and singing industry.
Talking about his personal life, he was married to Lori McCommas for 14 years. The couple has three children: two daughters, Aubrey and Heaven, and a son, Hunter. Howard and his wife divorced in 2003 and remarried again in 2005, but have since separated. Howard married his girlfriend Michelle Ghent, a 33-year-old commercial production employee, in a secret ceremony in January 2010. On February 2, 2011, it was reported by TMZ that Michelle Ghent had filed for divorce. In December 2012 Howard became a grandfather for the first time when his daughter Aubrey and her husband welcomed their first child.
He has been doing very well in his career and we wish him best of luck for his bright future and a promising career ahead.

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text: BANGOR – Mark F. Ginn, 57, died Wednesday Aug. 5, 2009, at his residence. He was born Sept. 15, 1951, in Orland, the son of Clyde and Helen (Ryan) Ginn. Mark was retired from the U.S. Navy. He was a lifelong Yankee’s fan, a prolific reader, writer, enjoyed music and will always be remembered as a great debater. Mark is survived by his sisters, Jane Regan Ames and her husband, Gary, of Spencerport, N.Y., Janet Ginn of Bay Village, Ohio, and Elizabeth Ryan of Bangor; nephew, John Ames and his wife, Karen, of Spencerport, N.Y.; niece, Kathleen Ames of Spencerport, N.Y.; sister-in-law, Zina Regan of Brewer; and special friends, Bob and Lisa Dempsey, and Keith Taber. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brother, Daniel Regan. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Maine Veterans’ Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road, Augusta. Those wishing to remember Mark in a special way may make gifts to Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St., Bangor, ME 04401. Services by Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor. Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.BrookingsSmith.com.

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Pumpkin Pancakes + Pumpkin Spice Syrup
I've never been one of those " Pumpkin Spice everything" people. However, I do love the flavors of fall & this recipe is so warm & spicy without being overly sweet. It's honestly Pumpkin Spice perfection.
Best part is, it's a simple recipe so, while this makes a great weekend treat, you can do this on a weekday no problem.
-1/4C Pumpkin Puree
-1/2C All purpose flour
-1/4 C Whole Wheat Flour
-1/4Tsp Baking Powder
-1/8tspn each Nutmeg, Ginger, Pumpkin Pie Spice
-Pinch Sea Salt
1C Almond Milk
-Vegan butter or Coconut Oil for cooking
1/4C Pumpkin Puree
1/2 C Raw Sugar
1tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
Heat skillet to med/low. Mix all dry ingredients well in a bowl. Add all wet ingredients & mix well. Add Butter or Coconut Oil to pan & scoop 1/4 cup of batter at a time. Flipping when batter bubbles.
Pro Tip: Store your Pancakes in a oven preheated to 200F so they stay warm until you are ready to serve
Add all ingredients to small saucepan on med heat. Boil for 3-5 min or until sugar melts completely. Stir well & remove from heat.
Top with Syrup & Almond Butter. If you are feeling fancy you can add Pecans, Hemp Seeds or Bananas & ENJOY!
P.S The Syrup can be stored in the fridge and added to coffee/Lattes/Teas.

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Hi experts Ash WildingMark Nicholson Michele Wilkinson,
I configured my Juno board as this instruction and my workspace is initialized by the script from that page too.
Now I met some unknown issues when setting secure timer for my board. I find the ARM-TF provides a test secure payload and they utilize the secure timer so I want to try this payload to confirm my board's timer works well.
In this case, I'm wondering can I still use the workspace I got to build the TSP for Juno board?
If I can, could you please give me some hints about how to modify the build scripts? If I can't, is there any other instructions about applying the TSP on Juno?
Thank you in advance.
I had a quick bash at getting this to work with the existing workspace and this is what I came up with:
1) Sync 64-bit Juno build from source Linux/Android workspace
2) Build everything using `./build-scripts/build-all.sh all'
3) Clean ARM Trusted Firmware:
$ cd arm-tf/ $ make realclean
4) Create a build wrapper for ARM Trusted Firmware like this:
#!/usr/bin/env bash CROSS_COMPILE=/path/to/gcc/bin/aarch64-elf- \ make PLAT=juno DEBUG=1 \ BL33=<workspace>/output/juno/components/juno/uboot.bin \ SCP_BL2=<workspace>/output/juno/components/juno_SILICON/scp-ram.bin \ SPD=tspd \ all fip
And run it.
5) Erase the Juno's Flash
6) Mount the Juno's SD card, then delete everything off it
7) Copy contents of `<workspace>/recovery/' onto Juno's SD card
8) Copy contents of `<workspace>/output/juno/juno-busybox/uboot/' to the `/SOFTWARE/' folder on the Juno's SD card
9) Copy these two files to the `/SOFTWARE/' folder on the Juno's SD card:
10) Issue a `sync' command on your host PC
11) Reboot the Juno
A few things to note:
Also you may want to automate the copying of the components on to the SD card as it's a bit cumbersome.
Hope that helps,Ash.
For the script you provide, should I put the script under <workspace>/arm-tf and run it?
Also, does the
Ash Wilding said: CROSS_COMPILE=/path/to/gcc/bin/aarch64-elf- \
Again, thank you for the instructions.
Shengye Wan said:For the script you provide, should I put the script under <workspace>/arm-tf and run it?
Shengye Wan said:
Also, does the <snip> means aarch64 cross compiler?
Also, does the <snip> means aarch64 cross compiler?
Shengye Wan said:It looks like I only have the aarch64-linux- , can I set the cross compiler as this one?
Yep that will work as ARM Trusted Firmware uses its own C library implementation
Shengye Wan said:If the workspace contains aarch64-elf- somewhere please let me know
This should work for 17.04:
Shengye Wan said:Again, thank you for the instructions
No problem :)
Let me know if you need any more information.
The script works for me too! Thanks.
However, I meet another issue after applying TSP and I think maybe you know the answer.
Now after I configure the board with non-secure OE + TSPD + TSP, the above UART covers all message from NS and bottom UART only prints the NOTICE / INFO message from EL3.
In this case, I can't see any print information form TSP itself. If you know how to solve this issue or where should I take a look, please let me know.
Thank you for your help!
It looks like the UART is being misconfigured on Juno.
If you navigate to `<workspace>/arm-tf/include/plat/arm/board/common' and apply these 2 patches you'll see the TSP printing messages to UART1 (the bottom UART) as expected:
NOTICE: TSP: v1.3(debug):v1.3-567-g3fb340a-dirty NOTICE: TSP: Built : 11:54:01, Aug 7 2017 INFO: TSP: Total memory base : 0x4001000 INFO: TSP: Total memory size : 0xa000 bytes INFO: ARM GICv2 driver initialized INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000100: 1 smcs, 1 erets 1 cpu on requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000000 turned on INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000000: 1 smcs, 1 erets 1 cpu on requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000001 turned on INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000001: 1 smcs, 1 erets 1 cpu on requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000101 turned on INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000101: 1 smcs, 1 erets 1 cpu on requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000102 turned on INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000102: 1 smcs, 1 erets 1 cpu on requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000103 turned on INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000103: 1 smcs, 1 erets 1 cpu on requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000100: 2 smcs, 2 erets 1 cpu suspend requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000001: 2 smcs, 2 erets 1 cpu suspend requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000100 resumed. maximum off power level 0 INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000100: 3 smcs, 3 erets 1 cpu suspend requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000001 resumed. maximum off power level 0 INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000001: 3 smcs, 3 erets 1 cpu suspend requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000101: 2 smcs, 2 erets 1 cpu suspend requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000001: 4 smcs, 4 erets 2 cpu suspend requests INFO: TSP: cpu 0x80000102: 2 smcs, 2 erets 1 cpu suspend requests
I'll poke the ARM Trusted Firmware development team about this to see whether it's a known issue.
The patches work for my Juno r1 board, thank you Ash!
Sorry for my many questions.. I was testing the TSP functions this morning, at first it all works okay for me.
However, for some unknown reason, now when I copy the new-build fip.bin into the board, I always got the error:
cp: cannot create regular file '/media/simonwan/ARM/SOFTWARE/fip.bin': Read-only file system
I'm still trying to figure it out but I don't find any useful command to solve the issue yet.
If you know how to solve this, please let me know, thank you!
Sounds like you'll need to reformat the Juno's SD card, for example:
$ lsblk$ sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdX
(Replacing `/dev/sdX' with the device label corresponding to the Juno's SD card)
Then copy across the deliverables as normal.
View all questions in Arm Development Platforms forum

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PBK reviews on YouTube tested the latest iPhone SE (2022) Teardown Test to assess its repairability score. The iPhone got a 5.5 out of 10 scores from the test proving its low score to be repaired. This means that that there is a 55% chance when the iPhone damages that it can be repaired. The reviewer disassembled the iPhone in the video in a unique tearing way.
The phone got open when the frame got the heat which resulted in a loss in screen adhesives. After this, the phone is opened with the removal of screws and the connectors. Now if you are hoping that the parts of the iPhone 2020 can be replaced with the latest iPhone SE 2022, you are wrong.
See the Video:
When the screen of the latest iPhone was replaced with iPhone SE 2020, the display turned ON but didn’t respond to any touch inputs making it non-functional.
The new Apple iPhone SE (2022) was launched in March 2022 with a screen of iPhone 8 which is a 4.7″ HD display, 4GB of RAM, and the latest powerful A15 Bionic chipset. The phones start at $429 with a base version of 4/64GB in 2022. An iPhone 8 with the power of iPhone 13 inside.


Not long after ousted coach Billy Gillispie decided it would be a good idea to race a news crew through his offices, rumors of who would be his replacement began burning up the internet.
And why not? It's one of the top jobs in sports. Head coach at the institution that has more NCAA tournament appearances than any other school. A rabid and knowledgeable fanbase. Ashley Judd. All that.
The first name that was tossed around as Gillispie's replacement was Billy Donovan, but Florida quickly shot that down. John Calipari, another big name on the early list, followed suit. Former Wildcat Travis Ford, currently doing good things at Oklahoma State, is a possibility, as isVillanova's Jay Wright and Xavier's Sean Miller, but two Big Ten coaches are rising quickly.
One is Tom Izzo and he's a hell of a coach. The other just so happens to be the coach of your favorite team. And while Izzo would be a better get for UK, he's a Michigan native and is likely using the episode as a bargaining chip for more love from the Spartans.
Matta, on the other hand, is not a native of the state he coaches in and quite frankly, has several reasons to be interested should Kentucky come calling. I realize that's probably blasphemy to some of you, but let's face it, Kentucky is a better job.
At Ohio State there's the morgue that's known as the Schottenstein Center, playing second fiddle to one of the biggest football programs in the nation and, well, no Ashley Judd.
There are certainly compelling reasons for Matta to hang around in Columbus (dollar-dollar-bill, y'all), but as long as he's putting up 20+ wins per season, this will be something to fret about whenever a big-time job opens up.
Outside of the two Elite Eight games tipping off later today, there are a couple of other reasons to tune in as the Lady Buckeyes square-off against #2 seed Stanford (in Berkeley, no less) at 11:30pm and the Ohio State hockey team meets top-seeded Boston at 5:30pm (ESPN2).