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NEW YORK--"Past performance is no guarantee of future returns," investment firms warn their clients. Be that as it may, no standard disclaimer can shield stockbrokers from accountability for lousy advice. Those who earn a reputation for picking good stocks become wealthy. Those whose counsel consistently costs their customers money get fired. On Wall Street, hard work and a little luck pay off.
It's the same for other professional prognosticators. Doctors who misdiagnose, lawyers who file doomed lawsuits and film directors who go over budget suffer opprobrium, damaged reputations and--ultimately--diminished incomes. Even our political leaders, who enjoy access to up-to-the-minute assessments by high-tech intelligence agencies and are thus presumed to know what they're doing, are expected to foretell the consequences of their actions. Six months before invading Iraq, defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld assured us that "there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
"I doubt it will last six months," he predicted when the war began. Rumsfeld, always wrong wrong wrong, got fired. Political pundits are the exception to the rule that applies to everyone else--the more they're wrong, the more they're paid.
Millions of people turn to America's top syndicated newspaper columnists and broadcast talk show hosts to place the day's events into context and to get a sense of what will happen on the national and international political scene in years to come.
All this inside-the-Beltway chatter is serious business. The prognoses of opinion mongers influence policymakers and investors whose decisions determine whether economies rise or fall; their take on foreign policy can drive Congress to war or pressure a president to make peace. Had Rush Limbaugh opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003, to cite one example, there's a substantial chance that 600,000 Iraqis and Americans would not be dead today.
Unlike stockbrokers and doctors and lawyers, however, no one holds pundits accountable for their predictions. In opposition to logic and the tenets of capitalism, editorialists who repeatedly get it wrong prosper nevertheless. The biggest morons in print and on the air are hired for increasingly prestigious and lucrative gigs on radio and TV, invited to give $10,000-an-hour talks, and showered with awards and six-figure book deals. Strange but true: repeatedly screwing up is a prerequisite for making the bestsellers list.
During the run-up to the Iraq war, syndicated columnist Ann Coulter repeatedly parroted Bush Administration talking points that will go down in history for their depraved falseness and brazen illogic. "As George Bush pointed out in his State of the Union address," she wrote on January 31, 2003, "dictators are not in the habit of 'politely putting us on notice before they strike.'" By the time a threat is 'imminent,' Chicago will be gone."
Everyone, including Bush, now admits that Saddam never possessed or tried to develop nuclear weapons. Given the information available at the time, however, Coulter ought to have known that Chicago--and the rest of the United States--had never been endangered by Iraq. The reason: Saddam's missiles had a maximum range of a few hundred miles.
If she knew that fact, she lied. If she didn't, she should have looked it up. Whether she was dishonest or lazy, neither conclusion speaks well of her skills as a pundit.
On May 27, 2004, Coulter claimed on Fox News: "We have found weapons of mass destruction. That is something the media is repeatedly lying about. We have not found stockpiles. We found the plants for manufacturing, we found the experiments, we found the room for human experimentation labs. We found lots of weapons of mass destruction." In the same interview, she said "it's pretty darn safe over there [in Iraq]." Obviously, none of this was true.
Yet Coulter continues to cash in. All five of her books, thanks to heavy promotional campaigns by Random House and mass buys by right-wing organizations, have been best-sellers. She continues to be asked about, and paid for, her opinions on Fox News and MSNBC. She's so powerful and influential that liberal authors have published three new books attacking her--none of which stands a chance of matching her sales.
New York Times opinion columnist Thomas Friedman is more proof that, for pundits, being wrong pays off. When U.N. illegal arms inspectors went to Iraq in 1997, Friedman shrieked that "Saddam is up to something serious this time."
As subsequent events have proven, Saddam wasn't up to anything. He had destroyed his chemical and biological weapons at the end of the 1991 Gulf War, as the U.S. had demanded. Nevertheless, Friedman went on, "it cannot be just to obliterate those sites where he [Saddam] is still hiding weapons--although that's important. The U.S. has to try to destroy him too. Because the worst of all worlds would be if we destroy his weapons but he survives and throws out the UN inspectors. He would then be able to rearm without anyone watching Iraq. And he will try to rearm."
In 2003, a week before the invasion, Friedman was giddy that his war lust was about to be sated: "I deeply identify with the president's vision of ending Saddam Hussein's tyranny and building a more decent, progressive Iraq. If done right, it could be so important to the future of the Arab-Muslim world, which is why I won't give up on this war."
As if Friedman's support for the attack wasn't morally and tactically heinous enough, he posited a ludicrous supposition: that the Bush Administration, which had already botched the occupation of Afghanistan, could have "done" Iraq "right." Friedman continued to pimp the war in column after column, pausing occasionally to bemoan what he described as the faulty execution of a noble idea.
Now it's obvious that the war itself, rather than the plan for a subsequent occupation, was intrinsically flawed. But it was Friedman's job to see and convey that before the tragic waste of thousands of lives and billions of dollars--carnage that his work helped promote and prolong.
Despite his dismal performance, Friedman's star still rises. His job at the Times secure, he recently collected an Overseas Press Award and was named to the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. His latest book, the turgid pro-free trade screed The World is Flat, has been on the New York Times Best Seller List nearly two years. Among its many laughable errors is its central premise that Christopher Columbus set out for the New World in order to disprove the idea that the world is flat. It has sold over two million copies; assuming a standard royalty rate of 8 percent and $30 cover price, he has received at least $4 million for this title alone.
Some pundits' predictions prove prescient. On March 13, 2003, MIT linguist and political critic Noam Chomsky warned against invading Iraq. "The consequences," he wrote in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "could be catastrophic in Iraq and around the world. "The United States may reap a whirlwind of terrorist retaliation--and step up the possibility of nuclear Armageddon." Terrorist attacks against Americans have become an hourly occurrence in Iraq; North Korea's dangerous nuclear brinksmanship resulted from Kim Jung Il's fears that he would be targeted for "regime change." Conceding that "Saddam remains a terrible threat to those within his reach," Chomsky continued by correctly assessing where Coulter and Friedman failed: "Today, his reach does not extend beyond his own domains."
Chomsky's analyses are consistently literate, humane and, more often than not, dead on target. So where does his latest book Failed States appear on the bestsellers list? It doesn't. Seven months after publication, it's the 1856th bestselling title on Amazon.
Maybe he should look for a job on Wall Street.

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Never have a fear of Flying your have good technicians on the ground|
It takes a college degree to fly an aeroplane but only a high school diploma to fix one. This should be reassuring to those who fly routinely.
After each flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a “gripe sheet” which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems; document their repairs on the form, and then the pilot review the gripe sheets before the next flight.
Never let it be said that the ground crews lack a sense of humour.
Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Quanta’s’ pilots (market with a A. P.) And the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers. By the way Quanta is the only major airline that never had an accident.
P. Left inside main tyre almost needs replacement.
P. Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
P. Something loose in cockpit.
P. Dead bugs on windshield.
P. Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
P. Evidence of leak on main right landing gear.
P. DME volume unbelievably loud.
P. Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
P. IFF inoperative.
P. Suspected crack in windshield.
P. No 3 engine missing.
P. Aircraft handles funny.
P. Target radar hums.
P. Mouse in Cockpit.
P. Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like midget pounding on something with hammer.


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CLEARWATER - Johnny Mathis, the crooner who has likely contributed more to romantic interludes (or dreams of them) than any other for more than 55 years, returns to Ruth Eckerd Hall Thursday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m.
Johnny Mathis, whose rich, warm, velvet voice has brought us melodies so important to American pop music, such as Chances Are, Misty, It’s Not For Me To Say, Wonderful! Wonderful!, The Twelfth of Never, A Certain Smile and many more). He has had two songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
In 1998, he made the famous Hall’s list with Chances Are and in 2002, he made the list again with Misty. Most impressive of all is his 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Mathis is one of only five recording artists to have Top 40 hits spanning each of the four decades following 1955. Amazingly, his second No. 1 hit single, Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (recorded with Deniece Williams), came almost 21 years after his very first No. 1 hit single Chances Are.
Reserved tickets priced at $$49, $65 and $95 are available at the Ruth Eckerd Hall Ticket Office located at 1111 McMullen Booth Road in Clearwater, by calling 727-791-7400 and online at www.RuthEckerdHall.com.
Convenient pre-show dining priced at $20 is available before the performance. For reservations and more information, call the Ruth Eckerd Hall Ticket Office.

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A Low Pressure Area (LPA) has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility.
PAGASA has located the LPA at 1,124 kilometers east of Virac, Catanduanes.
Weather Forecaster Obet Badrina says currently, the LPA has no direct effect in the country's weather conditions.
He adds the possibility of the LPA developing into a storm is remote.
The LPA will be named Karina if it becomes a typhoon.


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The purpose of Slider Kit is to gather common slideshow-like jQuery functionalities (such as news sliders, photos galleries/sliders, carousels, tabs menus)
When tracking mouse movement, you usually need to know the actual position of the mouse pointer. The event object that is passed to the handler contains some information about the mouse coordinates.

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Cutpoints for mild, moderate and severe pain in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee ready for joint replacement surgery
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)
Background Cutpoints (CPs) for mild, moderate and severe pain are established and used primarily in cancer pain. In this study, we wanted to determine the optimal CPs for mild, moderate, and severe pain in ...

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Maybe This Time We’ll Finally Understand What’s Going On With This Game?
Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima’s delivery man simulator, will have a stage show at this year’s Tokyo Game Show on September 23rd, Kojima Productions announced on Wednesday.
Kojima & the cast of the Japanese version of Death Stranding will be involved in this TGS stage show, according to the announcement, but there was noticeably no mention of a gameplay demo or a new story trailer.
The mysterious PS4 exclusive was shown earlier this year during Sony’s E3 conference with a trailer. The trailer had a few snippets of gameplay and revealed two new characters but no release date or release window was given.
Not much is known about the game aside from its story premise:
“Besieged by death’s tide at every turn, Sam Bridges must brave a world utterly transformed by the Death Stranding. Carrying the stranded remnants of the future in his hands, Sam embarks on a journey to reunite the shattered world one step at a time. What is the mystery of the Death Stranding? What will Sam discover on the road ahead? A genre defining gameplay experience holds these answers and more.”
What do you think about Death Stranding making an appearance at TGS? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!
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Dear Sim4Life community,
when I try to create a python-script using the scripter (the "To-Python"-function at the Analysis tab), I get an AssertionError. I have copied it here:
File "C:\Program Files\Sim4LifeLight_v184.108.40.20653\s4l_v1_scripter\scripter.py", line 71 :
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\Sim4LifeLight_v220.127.116.1153\s4l_v1_scripter\scripter.py", line 62, in AnalysisToScript
File "C:\Program Files\Sim4LifeLight_v18.104.22.16853\s4l_v1_scripter\exporter.py", line 52, in to_script
(app_name == "SEMCAD" and app_ver.startswith(str(ReleaseVersion._semcad_current().value[7:])))
Is there something I can do to solve this?
This looks like an over-zealous version check and can be safely ignored. You can in principle disable the check by editing the faulty file manually
("C:\Program Files\Sim4LifeLight_v22.214.171.12453\s4l_v1_scripter\exporter.py", line 52) and removing the line that triggers the AssertionError (should start with "assert ...".
If that sounds even remotely complicated to you, the simplest is for you to update Sim4Life light to its latest released version (simply download and install again), since this issue was fixed.
I hope this helps.
Yes, deleting the line you mentioned has solved the problem. Thank you again for your help Sylvain.


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Filipino spring rolls are called Lumpia. If you haven't had one before well you are in for a vegetarian treat! Traditionally they are made with a mixture of meat and served with a vinegar dressing. This recipe takes the power of Yves Veggie Ground and remasters the recipe into a delicious mock version that will have all your filipino friends/family fooled.
This party staple takes quite a bit of time to prepare but the pay off is more than worthwhile. These can also be made in advance and kept frozen up to 2 months.
1 pack Yves Veggie Ground Original
1 medium onion diced
2 garlic cloves diced
1 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
1 cup shredded cabbage
1 cup shredded carrots
1/2 tsp ground pepper
Pinch of salt
50 spring roll wrappers (make sure it has no animal products if you are vegan)
Vinegar dressing Recipe:
1/2 cup Red Wine Vinegar
1 garlic clove chopped
Pinch of salt & pepper
1 Tbsp flour
1 cup Warm Water
1. In a large pot or wok, heat 2 tbsp oil on medium. Add onions and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes.
2. Add Yves Veggie Ground, cook for 10 minutes.
3. Add remaining veggies, pepper and soy sauce. Cook for additional 10 minutes until ingredients are well combined and cooked through.
4. When finished filling. Add pinch of salt.
5. Set up your work station. Each spring roll wrapper should hold about 1/2 tsp-1 tsp of filling. Fold and seal your wrapper with Seal Recipe.
6. In a large pot or saucepan, heat corn oil on medium. When evenly heated throughout gently add spring rolls and fry for 6 minutes or until the traditional golden lumpia/spring roll hue is achieved.
Serve and enjoy with the traditional Vinegar Recipe!!

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(Hard Case Crime/ Titan Comics- 2016)
If you’ve never heard of a “twofer” before I apologize. In the cannon of my youth, that was a great deal, a “two-for-one”. Although you have to purchase these books seperately, I’ve reviewed them together…such a deal…and you’ll want to go out and get them anyway. Titan Comics has partnered with noir publisher Hard Case Crime to showcase new and old crime stories. It’s a move that can only benefit both companies and I had a chance to look through their first two releases,Triggerman and Peepland, on sale on October 5 and October 12 respectively. After reading both of these firsts…holy crap…these are great crime books, and that entails all you might think as far as content.
Story by Walter Hill
Adapted by Matz
Art by Jef
Translated by Edward Gauvin
Triggerman, written by screenwriter and director Walter Hill (Last Man Standing, The Warriors), is the story of ex-con Roy Nash, a man whose skills include intimate knowledge of any number of painful things that can happen to the human body.
The story is pretty light on dialogue, but that doesn’t take away from the movement of the plot. It’s fast-paced and gritty. You can almost smell the musty pages of a spinner rack book as you read. It’s 1932. Nash shows up in a small western-y town on the hunt for a man named Blondie Egan. The town is dusty and dry and the bar is nearly empty except for an old cowboy, the bartender, and a dame. How can you not enjoy this kind of a book?
Walter Hill’s name may seem innocuous, but a quick IMDB check will prove that you know his work. He’s mainly a script writer, and each and every one of the films that are credited to him is a western in the purest sense. You can see here where this story fits into his overall work quite neatly.
Jef’s (9/11) artwork is beautifully detailed, his backgrounds don’t just fade into themselves, it seems you could almost take a magnifying glass and see details deeper in the the art that could be printed because of their delicateness. He has a cinematic feel to his art, as if he watched all of Hills films right before he began drawing and used them as inspiration for his shots and angles.
The comic is bringing the sexy back to crime comics. There is a fantastic gallery of pulpy covers in the back, and the crazy-good artwork by Jef paired with Walter HIll’s story make this a must read.
Written by Christa Faust and Gary Philips
Art by Andrea Camerini
Colors by Marco Lesko
Letters by Comicraft’s Jimmy Betancourt
Christmas Eve, Times Square , 1986. What a crazy time to be in New York. In the 80’s Times Square was a hotbed of porn theaters and nudie shows, a drug dealer on one corner and a line of addicts following. That is exactly where Christa Faust and Gary Philips have dropped us for Peepland #1.
Dick Durbin makes on-the-street flasher movies, and catches something on tape that gets him in trouble with some very rough guys. They chase him into a strip joint, where he stashes the tape in Roxie’s booth. She takes most of the issue to figure out weather or not to watch it. A.J. is in love with another stripper named Aiesha, and on her way to becoming a statistic in crime-ridden New York. It’s the first chapter in a crime novel. It sets the tone, introduces the characters, and sets up issue two. It’s perfectly crafted.
Faust and Philips (is that a P.I. firm name or what?) have picked a perfect time period for this book, bringing that 50’s style pulp writing and infusing it with so many 80’s references that I kind of wanted to put on my parachute pants and plug in my walkman. (I had both at one time.) There are so many ways they could go with this story that it’s kind of exciting to have to wait for it. They weave in all of the stuff that made the 80’s great and scary at the same time, from punk rock to the burgeoning AIDS epidemic.
As far as a I can tell this is the first comic work that Andrea Camerini has done, but based on this I think we can expect to see a lot more. Her style is beautiful and matches the tone of the story, lovingly recreating Times Square and the 80’s along with the writers. Just as in Triggerman there are a slew of pulpy pinups and cover art in the back, and those are awesome as well.
The Hard Case Crime label his delved into comics in partnership with Titan. Crime stories have a long history in the industry, and there is no better nor well-versed company to bring them back to comics than Hard Case. The Both Triggerman and Peepland represent great storytelling and fantastic comic making.
Brad Gischia is a writer and artist living in the frozen Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He is married and has three kids and a dog, all who put up with his incessant prattling about comic books.
Twitter - @comicwasteland

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|Social media can be precarious with what it can do itself and what others can do with it.|
For some people, social media is one of the biggest parts of their lives. This could definitely be the case since there are 2.34 billion people who use social media. One of the problems about that though is that some may think that if there is a lot of people doing something that means it’s safe or trusting, but in this case not so much.
Snapchat with its latest update will let you use filters with your ‘snaps’ but only if you turn on your location first. Though there are some ways around not having that users location on, for privacy reasons, by turning that person location off after turning them on, though it may not let you use filters when it is off. If the location can be turned off afterward, why should it be required in the first place just to make peoples ‘snaps’ look more dramatic? It seems as though Snapchat is desperate to know where its users live.
Other than Snapchat there is Facebook. Though not many teens seem to use Facebook, for those people who do, it can seem as though it can put users in a precarious situation. Lots of heated debates go over whether or not Facebook is selling people’s Facebook profiles. Though this may not be true, it is scary knowing there is a chance people are using someone’s personal information without them knowing.
When someone uses Facebook that person has to agree with the Terms of Service and within that, there is the data policy that talks about how it collects information about that person’s account like the location of the picture taken and face analysis for filters. Though all of those policies have reasons to i, it can be a bit creepy.
For those who use Facebook might not know that people can find them by searching by phone numbers. When someone uses Facebooks products and use their number, it is set to the public by default. This can be helpful to find friends but scary when it comes to strangers knowing a bit more about that user. Though this may not seem so scary, it can easily be turned off in Facebook’s privacy terms.
There are so many things that make social media a blast by sending funny pictures with each other and showing off oneself talents, but at the same time, social media has its scary side with all the things it lets strangers be able to get their hands on. Though social media is fun, it is also can leave people in some precarious situations.


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Posted by BillS on March 12, 2014 at 09:34:10:
In Reply to: Lees-bradner posted by Robert Wolf on March 11, 2014 at 12:05:28:
I resolved this yesterday with Robert using his setup for a gear he is cutting by reversing his set of change gears, a 2-start LH hob and my handy Setup Reverse program.
If anyone has a machine with constants that are unknown, the first recommendation is to go to the FAQ page and contact the manual providers listed there - manuals have a lot more to offer besides constants.
Knowing how difficult manuals can be to find, there are topics in the FAQ that describe how to find basic constants.
Also there are great articles contributed by August Lehman where he has found his constants for a Seiwa hobber - complete with pictures! He also used the FAQ and his ingenuity to get started.
And this forum - there are many visitors and contributors who share their expertise and knowledge about hobbing. So ask questions!
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ENSEMBLE LIETUVA CAN COME TO YOUR CITY!
A professional and universal team can enrich your celebrations and give memorable impressions to your community. The ensemble, while maintaining its identity, spreads the Lithuanian national culture in a modern way and presents performances of different genres. We invite you to contact us about the programs you like!
Order performances from the following contacts: cultural project manager Marija Tarasova, phone +370 699 89 89 5, e-mail: email@example.com


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April 5th, 2017 - Fort Russ News -
- Breakingnews.sy - - translated by Samer Hussein -
British Prime Minister Theresa May is since yesterday visiting Saudi Arabia, hoping to attract investors to the country that is now looking for new economic partnerships in preparation for the post-Brexit era.
May’s visit to Saudi Arabia has already drawn criticism in Britain and is particularly related to severe human rights abuses by the Saudi regime. It was later reported that the British delegation does not mind to address “difficult” issues during diplomatic visits. However, the priorities remain focused on economy.
May’s two-day trip to Saudi Arabia also includes a meeting with Mohammed bin Nayef, a crown prince of the Saudi Regime, with whom she already discussed "joint cooperation on combating extremism and fighting against terrorism, as well as sharing the views on developments in the region ." On Wednesday ,May was also greeted by Salman bin Abdul Aziz, the king of Saudi Arabia.
May’s visit to Saudi Arabia is a part of her three days Middle East tour that began on Monday when May visited Abdullah ll, the king of Jordan. The two leaders agreed to strengthen economic cooperation between the countries as well the ties between the British forces and the Jordanian army in their joint struggle against the terrorist group ISIS.
Prior to arriving in Riyadh, May’s office issued a statement, saying the government is looking to take advantage of "the huge potential of Saudi investments that could give a strong boost to the British economy."
Britain is looking forward to signing new trade agreements amid preparations to leave European Union, the complex process of separation that could last up to two years.
London is now focusing on finding reliable partners among its historic allies, namely the wealthy Gulf states, among whom Qatar has already promised to make 6.23 billion dollars of investments in Britain over the next five years.
May’s visit was strongly criticized by Jeremy Corbin, leader of the opposition Labour Party, due to severe human rights violations, done by the Saudi regime. He also urged the authorities in London to immediately halt all arms sales to Riyadh and push to impose a cease-fire agreement in Yemen, a country, where Saudi Arabian forces have, for the past two years, been conducting a military aggression.
Hundreds of civilians have died in the strikes, carried out by the alliance of Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s puppet president, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
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Modern | Contemporary
10.02 – 11.30
The appearance of abstraction in Texas in the mid- twentieth century and its continued relevance in present day contemporary art is the expansive topic of TEXAS ABSTRACT: Modern Contemporary. This show celebrates five artists included in this beautiful book co-authored by Michael Paglia and Jim Edwards which explores the unexpected role Texas has played in the history of abstraction, and continues to play in the contemporary art world today.
Tom Orr, McKay Otto, Margo Sawyer, Liz Ward, and Sydney Yeager are five contemporary artists featured in this book who are producing some of the most significant work in the various mediums of sculpture, painting, and installations. Their work expands beyond the current dialog of abstraction in Texas; it informs and enriches the context of international contemporary art as well.

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Current information on Buck Woodard and Woodard Knives is unavailable. This knife was acquired through a private owner and its original date of manufacture is not known. The handle does have a couple of very minor scratches but the blade is mint with a polish that is near mirror quality on a black coated blade. Walter's flag mark is on one side of the blade and the Woodard Knives logo is on the other side. Opens/closes via a side recessed button - fast.


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135. The functions of the Régie are
(1) to classify films;
(2) to publish regularly, by such means as it considers appropriate, information on the films classified;
(2.1) to periodically hold consultations on the classification of films;
(3) to issue, renew, suspend or revoke exhibitor’s or distributor’s licences;
(4) (subparagraph repealed);
(5) to supervise and monitor the sale, leasing, lending or exchange of video material, and to issue filing certificates;
(6) (subparagraph repealed);
(7) to supervise the administration of this chapter and the regulations made under it and to inquire into its operation and how it is being complied with.
The Régie shall advise the Minister on any question he may submit to it and it may make recommendations to the Minister on any matter within the competence of the Régie.
1983, c. 37, s. 135; 1991, c. 21, s. 47.

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BRAGG / Organic Apple Vinegar แอปเปิ้ลน้ำส้มสายชู แบร็ก
Volume : 473ml / 946ml
Produced of USA
Certified Organic by Organic Certifiers / USDA Organic / Non GMO / Cerified Kosher
Raw & Unfiltered / Unpasteurized / Gluten Free / Made with the Veil of the Mother / Vegetarian
BRAGG Organic Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) is made from Organically grown apples and contains the "Mother", home of organic acids and enzymes.
BRAGG Organic Apple Cider Vinegar is delicious and healthy. Processed and bottled in accordance with USDA guidelines, it is Certified Organic and Kosher Certified. This Raw Apple Vinegar is full of zesty natural goodness. It's a wholesome way to add delicious flavour to salads, veggies, most foods, and even sprinkle over popcorn.
Ingredient : Unfiltered unpasteurized organic, Raw apple vinagar diluted with water to 5% acidity.
Serving size : 1 tbsp per 15 ml
Directions: Perfect taken 2-3 times daily. Mix 1-2 teaspoon with 8 oz filtered or sparking water.
ACV for your daily dose of wellness.
Suggestions on how to use ACV:
1. Add to your favorate smoothie or drink
2. Mix into homemade salad dressings & sauces.
Refrigeration is not needed. Shake gently before using.


Apple Music is now available on the PS5. The PS5 is the first console to offer Apple Music. This will allow gamers to listen to music from the PS5 either during or between their gameplay sessions.
In a move that is sure to interest gamers and music lovers, Sony has announced that Apple Music will now be available on the PlayStation 5. The company notes that this makes it the first gaming console to integrate Apple Music. This will allow gamers to listen to music from the PS5 either during or between their gameplay sessions.
On the official Sony PS5 blog, Erin Metzger, Director of Product Management at Sony Interactive Entertainment stated, “starting today, PS5 users with an Apple Music subscription can enjoy more than 90 million songs from Apple Music, tens of thousands of curated playlists, music videos in 4K, Apple Music Radio streaming today’s hits, classics, and country live, and personalized playlists based on your music preferences.
The Apple Music app can be downloaded from the Media space on the PS5. Players can link their Apple Music account by simply following the on-screen instructions.
Once gamers install the Apple Music app on the PS5 and sign in, they can start the app either before or even during gameplay. Players will have to press the PS button on the DualSense wireless controller to access the Control Center and select the Music Function card. They can then find recommendations that match the game they are playing. They can also choose a playlist in their library or any other Apple Music-curated playlist.
Apple Music subscribers can also watch music videos in the app. Players can play videos on full screen, but if they go back to gaming or navigate to another part of the PS5’s menu, the audio from the video will continue to play. Once they go back to the Apple Music app, the video will continue playing seamlessly.
Also read: Sony PS5 review
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Salamanders Help Scientists Monitor, Restore Indiana Wetlands
Indiana has lost 95 percent of its wetlands since the 1800s, mostly to agricultural and housing developments.
A non-profit group based in Fort Wayne is working to restore wetlands in the watershed of the Little River, a headwater tributary of the Wabash River.
It’s one of the largest wetland restoration projects in the state.
As Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Nick Janzen reports, researchers are watching in the area salamanders to learn about the health of the ecosystem.

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The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability 50 Index Expands To 100 Companies
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|The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability 50 Index expands to 100 companies and releases semi-annual evaluation results. The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index is an equally-weighted equity index that serves as a benchmark for stocks of companies that are taking a leadership role in sustainability performance reporting and are traded on a major U.S. stock exchange. The Index is made up of companies that have taken a leadership role in disclosing their carbon footprint, energy usage, water consumption, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, employee safety, workforce diversity, management composition and community investing. These are companies that are voluntarily disclosing their current environmental, social and governance risks as well as their revenue opportunities and how it will affect future performance. The securities must also meet other eligibility criteria which include minimum requirements for market value, average daily share volume, and price. The Index is evaluated on a semi-annual basis in May and November. For more information about the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/. |
The following fifty one securities will be added to the Index: Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Nike, Inc. (NYSE:NKE), Pepsico, Inc. (NYSE:PEP), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM), Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE:KMB), Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT), Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. (NYSE:PHG), Royal Bank Of Canada (NYSE:RY), Portugal Telecom SGPS, S.A. (NYSE:PT), STMicroelectronics NV (NYSE:STM), General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS), Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold, Inc. (NYSE:FCX), Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX), Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE:PFE), France Telecom S.A. (NYSE:FTE), Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (NYSE:PCG), Royal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE:RDS.A), Rockwell Automation Inc (NYSE:ROK), EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC), The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), Statoil ASA (NYSE:STO), Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce (NYSE:CM), BT Group plc (NYSE:BT), ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML), TransAlta Corp. (NYSE:TAC), Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE:ABX), Arm Holdings, plc (NASDAQ:ARMH), United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:LIFE), Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE:DUK), Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD), Sasol Ltd. (NYSE:SSL), QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM), Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN), Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE:TAP), Herman Miller, Inc. (NASDAQ:MLHR), Rio Tinto Plc (NYSE:RIO), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD), Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ:SYMC), United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS), Repsol YPF S.A. (NYSE:REP), Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), Eaton Corp. (NYSE:ETN), Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU).
"We are very excited to be able to include so many global brands and true leaders in sustainability reporting & performance, we are clearly seeing definitive, quantitative momentum behind authentic Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance disclosure," said Michael Muyot, President and Founder of CRD Analytics. "The expansion of the NASDAQ CRD Global Sustainability Index to 100 companies comes at perfect time as many investors have requested a larger set of companies to create ETFs, mutual funds and separately managed accounts based on the QCRD index."

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Everyone now knows the perfect waves that Indonesia has. They have built Indonesia’s reputation as one of the world’s best surf destinations, and for good reason. But with those good reasons come the crowds, which are nearly inescapable. Bali, one of the most famous islands in Indonesia for both surfing and partying, is now full of people. Indeed, you will score perfect waves, but the crowd takes away from the charm of the trip. So with two friends this summer, we decided we would head to Indonesia… and chase uncrowded waves. We can say it was a success.
The bet was the Banyak Islands. We stayed in the only real surf resort there, a floating surf house built three years ago by an American named Bailey who lives half the year in Hawaii and the other half in his floating surf house. Along with his Indonesian partner Erwin, they placed the house at the bottom of the Bay of Plenty. Eight people can sleep there. That’s Bailey’s mentality. He wants to protect the place.
In our two week stay, we surfed the three different waves of the Bay by ourselves. The surf in the Bay of Plenty is filled with everything from fun rippable waves to intense challenging barrels over shallow reef. It ranges from 2 – 15 feet, and the crowd level is anywhere from empty to 20 surfers, but rarely that busy. The crowd is spread out, and when the winds are good, the surf is incredible.
Gunters, a long right-hander, is the most consistent wave in the bay. It has an outside barreling section that links up with a shallow inside section where six-second barrels are possible. The left, Lolok Point, has long walls that freight train into an intense barrel on the inside. It takes a medium swell to start working, and produces those big Indo-style barrels when it does. It holds anywhere from six to fifteen+ feet. And then there is Dindos, which is a fun rippable left just across the bay. There are also four other incredible waves: Lizards Nest (a right), The famous Treasure Island, Cobras Left, and Turtles Left, all good bets depending the swell direction, wind, tide and weather.
See more from Ben on Instagram @BenBireau.


P2Endure Project is part of the TU Berlin Environmental Report 2017
Monday, 14. May 2018
The project P2Endure  (funded by the European Commission), in which our institute is involved in the process representation of deep renovation projects, as well as the development of a parametric modeling tool for the dynamic analysis of energy and heat data, will be mentioned in the next environmental report. This report is published annually and documents selected environmental projects within the TU Berlin.
It is a great pleasure for us to be part of this year's report. The report will be published in spring 2018. As soon as we know an exact date, we will announce it at this point.
If you would like to know more about the P2Endure project, you can contact Christoph Bindal-Gutsche .


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The pets are taking over in this new colorful and dynamic connection line game! You have to connect the pets in succession with their equal counterpart, doing so will make them explode into dozens of coins that you must collect. Make awesome combos and earn as much currency as you can and unlock other powerful pets in the shop, each with its own super power. Also you can use the money to unlock boosters that will give you a hand to complete each scenario and help you to maximize your high score. Pick your booster before entering each level and off you go onto the popping pets frenzy!
Did you ever dream about being a confectioner and running your own cake shop? Do you know every recipe by heart and fantasize about fruits, buttercream and fancy toppings? Now here's your chance to make your dream come true at last! You start your business small with just one kind of cake but within short time you will find your yourself offering the most different cakes, tasty juice and even fast food snacks. But be aware, that your customers will get angry, if you do not manage to serve them in time. So be quick, be well organized and soon your business will thrive. You will have tons of fun in this Diner Dash inspired free online game!
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Pirate Monster Jolly Roger Pendant Necklace
Arr! This piratey pendant was carefully hand crafted by our very own minion monkeys using the Jolly Roger art from the MMP children's book "Captain Dan Takes a Day Off." (Available here on our Etsy store!) A great gift for the Cthulhu lover or pirate in your life, this fun necklace is sure to attract plenty of geeky good will!
This pendant comes complete with the pictured black five-strand necklace OR you can contact us and ask for the keychain instead.
About the two step process used to craft this product: The art is first printed on premium Fuji archival photo paper, then we carefully cut it into shape and match with a pendant. Archival quality glaze is applied to both sides of the art and we seal it with glass for a protective, and beautiful, finish.
The final pendant is water resistant, but should not be submerged or exposed to water for long periods of time. Please keep in mind that while the pendant is hardy, the cover is made of actual glass that will chip, crack or break if hit with enough force.


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Here are some links to resources which might be of use to those interested in the processes, administrative and policy details of the UK no longer being a member of the EU.
Official Papers UK:
BREXIT, BREXIT, BREXIT! A non-exhaustive collection of online resources and source information dealing with the UK leaving the EU.
Scottish Parliament Information Centre:
UK decision to leave the European Union Hub. Impartially selected materials for those seeking information of the on-going progress of the UK leaving the EU.
House of Commons Briefing Papers:
Legislating for BREXIT: EU directives. A paper detailing (and linking to) all EU directives implemented in UK legislation as of 5th April 2017.
Inner Temple Library:
A history of the EU. An interactive timeline of the EU with accessible relevant source documents.
Many thanks to SWOP and our members, Sharron and Andrea, for highlighting these sources to us.


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The old Taylor isn’t dead, despite what we heard on “Look What You Made Me Do.”
The fact of the matter is that she is changing, like she always is. Infusing new styles and influences into her music has always been what she has done for the last few releases, and she does the same on her sixth-studio album “Reputation.” In fact, this is a record that is better served as a whole rather than in pieces and parts, as Swift attempts to tell everyone just how much she has changed throughout the years.
Despite only being 27-years-old, it feels like a lifetime ago when Swift got her start in country music. In 2006, she released her self-titled debut album, and it did well both commercially and critically. Following her first studio album, each subsequent release saw a massive reception. In time, she would earn 10 Grammys, numerous Country Music Awards and much more. She eventually started to shift away from country and more into pop on her fourth studio album “Red” in 2012. From there, we started to see a change in both her songwriting, styles and production styles which ultimately led to the release of “1989” in 2014, where it would end up as the bestselling record of that year. Now just three years later, Swift has built up a reputation as always writing breakup records, and her sixth-studio album “Reputation” aims to address that.
“Reputation” is a 15-track record that clocks in at around 56 minutes in length. Right out the gates, we hear more elements taken from other artist and blended together. This is a process that has always worked well for Swift, and on this record, it makes some solid contemporary pop tracks. This is a record that is still about boys when it comes down to it, and there are moments when we hear Swift proclaim how strong and independent. And almost immediately afterwards, we hear how much she depends on some guys, whether based on looks alone or their personality. “Reputation” at times has some confused and cliché songwriting, and when Swift values that over her singing on this record, that is a massive drawback.
Musically, “Reputation” is a masterfully produced record. Tracks like “Endgame,” “Don’t Blame Me” and “Gorgeous” all have these massive basslines that draw in a listener to a percussion rhythm that over encompasses the entire track. There is much more of a focus on these electro-driven synth elements like on tracks “I Did Something Bad” and “Getaway Car.”
Overall, there is a lot to make this record feel fresh and new, even though a lot of times they don’t necessarily have a lot of depth to them. The catchiest chords and hooks come in the form of these simple and easy to follow sing-a-long styled choruses. You’ll often hear Swift get drowned out in the production style in some the tracks like “Dancing With Our Hands Tied.” Swift has managed to create a record that is structured well, and every track flows into the next with relative ease. Before you know it, you just spent an hour listening to the whole thing.
Lyrically, this is the one area you think that an award-winning songwriter would excel at. “Reputation” is a built from clichés, and it works better the simpler the lyrics are. Granted, when you listen to something like “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” and hear a Great Gatsby reference, keen-eared listeners kind of can’t help but enjoy it a little bit. On the other end of the spectrum, Swift takes a stand in tracks like “I Did Something Bad” where she proclaims how over guys she is. Not even two tracks later, we have “Delicate,” which as the title suggests is a song about how delicate she is around another guy.
There is this weird juxtaposition throughout the record where Swift tries to be a new strong woman and not rely on heartbreak and even says that in tracks like “Look At What You Made Me Do,” but then on the other end tracks like “Gorgeous” are completely dependent on a guy. We can hear the old Swift in some songs, especially on the stripped-down track “New Year’s Eve,” where we can hear her convey emotion and power in a way that we haven’t heard in a while. But on most this record, she gets buried underneath all the production.
Should you listen to it? Maybe.
The thing about “Reputation” is that it is an ok Taylor Swift record. This is an extremely well-produced record musically, and it is a shame to hear her hold back as a singer on this one. “Reputation” as much as Swift wishes it was a new her and a new style is very much still held back by her old songwriting style, and it is enjoyable to listen to for sure. And a few tracks will be found in clubs for a few months, but the thing is, this record is as contemporary as possible. “Reputation” will not nearly have much of a lasting impact as any of its predecessors have had.
More about ‘Reputation’:
- Swift worked with producers Shellback, Max Martin and Jack Antonof to make “Reputation.”
- “Reputation” is expected to outsell “1989” based off the number of pre-orders.
- Madonna has been cited as an influence for Swift and played inspired a lot of tracks in both “1989” and “Reputation”
Collegian Reporter Alec Erickson can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org or on twitter @CTV_Ace.


When humans first began to count, they used their ten fingers as a basis for numeration. This led to the adoption of the ten-based system into everyday life. Infinately many number systems can be used, but a few stand out as the most practical. These include the two-, eight- and ten-based systems. If humans would switch from a ten-based system to an eight-based system, there would be greater efficiency between humans and machines because of the relationship of the eight-based system to the computer’s two-based system.
Humans rely on a ten-based system, consisting of the coefficients of the powers of ten (Asimov 30). “Our ordinary numbers are simply the ten-based system, working on a series of powerse of ten,” (Asimov 30). To humans, the ten-based system seems just right, having only ten digits to memorize and the ability to reach any number under 10,000 using only four digits (Asimov 34). There is, however, nothing basic or fundamental about ordinary numbers, it is just one of infinately many systems of numeration (Asimov 30).
The two-based system is composed of the exponents of powers of two (Asmimov 21). “Any number at all can be expressed by some combination of 1’s and 0’s” in the two-based system (Asimov 23). This system of numeration is ideal for computers, because the 1’s and 0’s can be represented by an on or off position of a certain switch, which is simplicity itself for teh computer (Asimov 26). In the age of computers that is surrounding us, there is a substantial attraction to the two-based system, although to humans it is an “uncomfortable and unaesthetic mèlange of 1’s and 0’s.” (Asmimov 34).
The eight-based system, based on the successive powers of eight, is closely related to the two-based system (Asimov 34). For intsnace, 1000 in the two-based system is equal to 10 in the eight-based system; or, if you prefer, 23 is equal to 10 81 (Asimov 34). Another benefit to the eight-based system is that a two-based number can be broken into groups of three digits and converted easily to the eight based system once ione memorizes the following table (Asimov 35).
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For instance, the two-based number, 101111100 can be broken into 101,111,100 and converted to the eight-based number 574 (Asimov 35).
By converting to the eight-based system, greater understanding would exist between man and machine (Asimov 35). It is unimaginable how much faster science and technology would progress (Asimov 35). A switch to a different numeration system at this time, however, is totally impratical (Asimov 35). But just think - “suppose that, origionally, primitive man had learned to count on his eight fingers only and had left out those two awkward and troublesome thumbs,” (Asimov 35).
Asimov, Isaac. Asimov on Numbers. New York: Pocket Books, 1977.


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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
During our short visit to the west, the weather was just spectacular...highs in the mid 80s, lows in the the 60s, beautiful blue skies, white puffy clouds...perfect flip flop and shorts weather. The mornings though were always foggy, so much so, that some mornings you couldn't see more than 5 feet in front of you.
The one good thing about travelling in a winnebago is that you spend more time living closer to nature. This was the scene when we woke up in LaSalle Illinois. Had we stayed in a hotel, our view would most likely be of parking lots, storefronts and restaurants. It was a refreshing change from our normal everyday lives.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
As if we hadn't had enough problems on our trip, things went from bad to worse. We abruptly cut our trip short with the passing of Steve's father last week. We had made it to South Dakota when we received the news and we headed straight home, a 30 hour non-stop journey back to PA. Needless to say, it was a long ride.
To complicate matters, I had dropped my computer the day before and damaged the hard drive. The little shop we found in Rapid City, ND worked tirelessly for 7 days to get as much data off the old drive as they could before installing a new hard drive. It certainly was a trip with a lot of adventure, but Steve and I feel we were just getting started and we plan to resume where we left off. We'll keep you posted, but we are considering heading back out west in late Oct.
In the meantime, now that I am reunited with my computer, I will be processing the images I had taken thus far. Today's blog image is from North Dakota and the Theodore Roosevelt state park.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
We pulled over and stopped somewhere in Central Minnesota for the night. When we got up yesterday morning, we headed for the Lake Country Scenic Byway or route 34. We ventured off onto some side roads, some of which ended up being dirt roads and here we found the reason why Minnesota is called the Land 'O Lakes. They boast having 11, 842 lakes in all, most of them concentrated in the northern part of the state. We counted the number of lakes we passed before crossing over into North Dakota...the final tally being 50. I guess we have some more exploring to do! Today's blog image is of Bottle Lake.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Our day today started with waking up in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin on the Mississippi River. It wasn't as glorious as it sounds as we were also parked about 200 feet from the railroad tracks with freight trains running about every ten minutes until 2 am or so. Thinking I could get some photos of the river when we woke up proved to be a hopeless idea as the fog didn't lift until late morning.
We took the Great River Route scenic byway up route 35 in Wisconsin follows along the Mississippi River. Every now and again the road would veer into Wisconsin's farmland and to our surprise we only encountered 1 dairy farm, today's blog image. After crossing into Minnesota we got on a highway to make tracks so we could prepare ourselves for the next scenic highway adventure somewhere in the state of 10,000 lakes.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Our trip out west thus far has been quite an adventure. From bee stings, to losing a credit card, to frying the brakes on our RV, we've had our share of things gone wrong. It's been a heck of a learning curve, but slowly we are getting used to life "on the road."
In spite of all the setbacks we managed to get as far as Illinois by the end of our second day. There wasn't much photo taking opportunities as our truck problems required our full attention. Today was an easier day and we travelled some rural roads in Iowa. Learning to nagivate the backroads and stop a 12 year old 22 foot RV to photograph the scenery has posed it's challenges, but I did get this image of rural Iowa.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I recently moved from the Philadelphia area, but before doing so, I spent some time photographing some of the sights of the city. Here's an image from Elfreth's Alley, the "nation's oldest residential street" with the homes dating back to the early eighteen century.
Due to my move, I haven't been able to keep up with processing my images or photographing any new ones. But all of that is about to change as my husband and I are about to embark on a month long journey out west. We begin our adventure tomorrow, so stop back and follow along with us as we travel some of the most scenic roads in the country.


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A little about me:
I grew up in Portland Oregon and attended Oregon State University, majoring in Economics with a minor in Music.
I moved down to San Diego in 2017 seeking a change in scenery. I absolutely love it down here, and have been fortunate to surround myself with great people.
For two years now I have been teaching private lessons and group classes at a local music center, and really enjoy the work that I do. With students of all ages, I'm comfortable in any setting and can adapt to handle any students' specific needs.
I'm easy going, I'm a self-proclaimed goofball, and I like to joke around and have fun! I honestly believe that's what makes my teaching style so effective.
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Robert Morse's Pond Odyssey
In the taking of land for the Jamaica Park Project in the 1890s not too many houses of the ones that are easily studied today were dismantled since they sat far back from the shore on their Pondside estates. Francis Parkman's house, now marked by the granite memorial erected by his friends in 1906, came down because it was decided to extend the Park all the way up to Prince Street. Parkman's immediate neighbor counterclockwise around the Pond was the post Civil War second icehouse of the Jamaica Pond Ice Co.
The next residence was that of Robert M. Morse, which seemed slated for demolition since it was so close to the Pond. Yet in the earliest Olmsted plans of Jamaica Park it and the Pinebank home of the Perkins family were both granted reprieves to be used as refectories, or concession stand, for people using the Park. The Morse house indeed served as such but only briefly and was torn down before the century was over.
Robert McNeil Morse was another Brahmin on the Pond. His first paternal American ancestor was a founder of the Town of Dedham, and Robert was once again a graduate of Harvard College (Class of 1857). Before going on to Harvard Law School he taught at the Eliot School, still being used as a public school. By the time of the Civil War he was in partnership with J.C. Ropes and later with classmate Charles Greenough (whose family is known through the names of Jamaica Plain's only remaining colonial mansion, the preparatory school in Dedham and the parkway along the Charles River towards Watertown.)
Thus began a 60-year career at the Massachusetts Bar, Morse's arguments appearing in the reports of the Supreme Judicial Court from 1862 to the year he died. He specialized in probate cases and in suits involving the value of land taken for public water supplies, parks, or other public purposes. In the constantly growing economy of the late 19th century his voice was often heard in cases of complex litigation affecting the expanding public utilities.
It is no surprise that Morse entered politics off and on as a Republican candidate, serving in the Legislature in 1866-67 and 1880. However, he preferred the organizational side of politics and was state chairman of his party in 1884. In the Legislature he was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and in this capacity carried out a revision of the General Laws known as the Public Statutes. His committee granted the newly formed land to the City of Boston where its central library now stands and also authorized the first law of capitalization of the Bell Telephone Company.
Keen, astute and resourceful, Morse was esteemed by his colleagues for his knowledge, ability, and resolute conscientiousness in the performance of his duties. It was one of his cardinal principles that zeal in the conduct of the law must be consistent with unvarying courtesy and the most scrupulous regard for the truth. A man of stature in the community, he served on the Harvard Board of Overseers from 1880 to 1900.
Given all this, when his house was taken for the Park Project, Morse decided to stay by the Pond. Since no land was taken on the far side of Pond Street across from the boathouse to Orchard Street, he bought the old Smith house on the corner of Burroughs and Pond Streets and ripped down the old house (seen in the mid-19th century drawings of winter activities on the Pond). Architect William Ralph Emerson in 1893 built the big Colonial Revival house that stands there today with its neighbor, the home of old Jamaica Plain scion, Nelson Curtis - now both condominiums. Here Morse continued to raise his family of five children and here he died in February 1920.
The Morse house was a very special place in Jamaica Plain for children from 1936 to 1974, for it housed that beloved Jamaica Plain institution, the Children's Museum. In elegant surroundings were glass cases full of stuffed specimens and all sorts of models, a room of live animals, dollhouses, and the geology rooms with walls painted with words and pictures by Edwin Raisz of Harvard's Geographic Institute. Many a child spent many a day each year there on otherwise glum, inclement days learning about nature and history with a quiz sheet attached to a clipboard.
When the Children's Museum moved downtown in the '70s for better accessibility, Jamaica Plain lost much. Ironically, the museum had moved into the Morse home, a refugee from the Park Project, after outgrowing the capacity of Pinebank in the Park, which older residents can still recall. Along with the old Morse House, Pinebank had briefly been used as a refectory. Pinebank in its ultimate state still remains, now the only house by the Pond not torn down in the 1890s, but in indescribable neglect.
Boston Landmarks Commission, "1978 Jamaica Plain Inventory"; National Encyclopedia of American Biography; C. Zaitzevsky, "Olmsted & the Boston Park Systems."
By Walter H. Marx. Reprinted with permission from the January 27, 1995 Jamaica Plain Gazette. Copyright © Gazette Publications, Inc.

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Producer Calvin Harris has made a damn good living off of making people celebrate and dance. That tradition is bound to continue with his latest album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1.
The third offering from the collection which is due on June 30 is the Khalid and Future cut “Rollin.”
Ripe with acoustic strums, throwback 70’s groove, organs and lush vocals, “Rollin” will serve as the post-lake/beach sunset anthem of this year.
Following in the footsteps of “Slide” and “Heatstroke,” “Rollin” doesn’t skimp on the heavyweight talent and the infectious hooks.
Stream: Calvin Harris “Rollin”
Not everyone is a fan of the chokehold that Harris is placing on the mainstream. His musical peer and visionary Deadmau5 took to Twitter to share his feelings about Harris’ collaborative approach.
There’s more than enough room for everyone to shine. Both artists are both dope but the reaction from some in the dance world is an example of how purists feel in every genre when influencers grow beyond the boundaries of their core audience.
What’s been heard so far from Harris’ project feels inspired and that is the only thing that should matter. Roll out.


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UPDATE 2:38 p.m. Ohio Gov. John Kasich rolled out an ambitious election-year policy document that cuts Ohio's income tax through increases in drilling and tobacco taxes and streamlines government services for the poor and unemployed.
Details of the Republican governor's mid-biennium review, or MBR, were released today. Testimony is set to begin tomorrow in the GOP-led Ohio House. The bill's prospects amid campaign season are uncertain.
Kasich, who faces re-election this fall, proposes cutting income taxes by 8.5 percent over the next three years, taking the top tax rate to 4.88 percent by 2016. Commercial activity, cigarette and drilling taxes would rise to pay for the reduction.
He also proposed streamlining Ohio's workforce development and poverty programs, tying all public-college funding to graduation rates and expanding vocational and dropout education offerings.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is preparing to release details of an ambitious election-year policy document that addresses taxes and education and streamlines government services for the poor and unemployed.
The Republican governor's mid-biennium review, or MBR, was expected out Tuesday. Testimony is set to begin in the GOP-led Ohio House on Wednesday afternoon.
Kasich said during his State of the State speech last month that the bill would include his plan for driving Ohio's personal income tax rate to below five percent. That will likely involve a second attempt at increasing Ohio's tax rate on big oil and gas drillers, as well as new taxes on tobacco products.
The bill is also expected to provide details of Kasich's plans for educating Ohio's budding young workforce and retraining the unemployed.


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Starring Halle Bailey as Ariel, the live-action remake of the 1989 animated classic has grossed a colossal $569 million worldwide since its release. More than $298 million of that total has come from audiences in the U.S. and Canada.
The impressive tally sees the fantasy musical wedged in sixth place of top-earning movies in the domestic market, one spot ahead of Avatar: The Way of Water with $283 million from North American earnings and a single placing behind box office juggernaut, Oppenheimer, which has racked up $322 million.
By comparison, the original animated version of The Little Mermaid, which features the voice of Jodi Benson as Ariel, grossed over $211 million internationally, with $111 million of that total coming from audiences in the U.S. and Canada.
Of course, with the Oscar-winning animated version having been released some 34 years ago, inflation adjustments and budgets have to be taken into account. The 1989 movie was made with a budget of $40 million, while the 2023 version had a $250 million price tag. With more money comes bigger budgets for promotion.
When compared with other Disney classics, the newer version of The Little Mermaid, which earned more than $95 million on its opening weekend, stands head and shoulders above a decidedly lucrative pack.
The animated version of Aladdin, which was released in 1992 and features late comedians Robin Williams and Gilbert Gottfried among its voice actors, has grossed $504 million at the global box office in the three decades since it was released.
Enduring animated favorite Beauty and the Beast, which debuted in 1991, has grossed just under $425 million globally on a budget of $25 million.
Pocahontas, which is one of the few classic Disney animations not to have been given a live-action remake, has earned $346 million in the years since it was released in 1995. Featuring the voices of such stars as Mel Gibson and Christian Bale, the movie was made on a budget of $55 million.
Like the newer incarnation of The Little Mermaid, remakes of the classics have outperformed the original versions.
A 2019 live-action remake of Aladdin, starring Mena Massoud in the titular role and Will Smith as Genie, has edged past the $1 billion mark since its release. The live-action 2017 remake of Beauty and the Beast, which stars Emma Watson, has pulled in $1.2 billion globally on a budget of $160 million.
Before and after the release of The Little Mermaid, a wave of critics across social media spoke out against the movie, with many taking aim at Bailey’s casting as Ariel because she is Black.
The hashtag #NotMyAriel trended in 2019 after Bailey’s casting was announced. The social media furor was not dissimilar to the conversation surrounding the diverse casting of House of the Dragon and Rings of Power.
There was also a wave of positive social media posts up to and following the release of The Little Mermaid. Daryl Hannah, who played mermaid Madison in the 1984 classic romantic comedy Splash with Tom Hanks, was among those who spoke out in support of Bailey’s casting.
When Bailey was cast in the role back in 2019, the movie’s director, Rob Marshall, said that after an extensive search, it was “abundantly clear” that the singer and screen star was the perfect choice.
Discussing the role in an interview with Variety, published in August 2022, Bailey said: “I want the little girl in me and the little girls just like me who are watching to know that they’re special, and that they should be a princess in every single way.
“There’s no reason that they shouldn’t be. That reassurance was something that I needed.”


In a recent Water Watch issue, titled “New Storage Finally on the Horizon,” we mentioned a new study by the University of California, Davis regarding water storage. The study, authored by Tiffany Kocis and Helen Dahlke, quantifies “high-magnitude flows” – i.e. surface water flows above the 90th percentile when compared to all other years, like the flows seen during this year’s historically wet winter. The authors estimate that an additional 2.6 million acre-feet of water is available from an average high-magnitude event.
That’s a lot of water – enough to irrigate 867,000 acres of farmland, provide water for 5.8 million families or 23 million Californians, or the average annual groundwater overdraft in the Central Valley.
These findings come at a crucial time. With the 2014 passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies around the state are hard at work preparing Groundwater Sustainability Plans, carefully balancing every available drop of water to recharge these depleted aquifers. As the state continues to recover from five years of historic drought, these aquifers could use all the extra water they can get.
The UC Davis researchers suggest that if the extra water from these high-magnitude events could be redistributed to the San Joaquin and Tulare Basins, there could be considerable groundwater recharge and aquifer recovery. However, in order to do so California’s broken water system needs some serious upgrades.
The study submits, and we agree, that projects like Sites Reservoir and the California WaterFix could provide the operational flexibility needed to capitalize on these high-magnitude opportunities. More above ground storage would allow water managers to capture and store these peak flows for slower releases as groundwater aquifers soak up the extra water. The study cites the 2017 Department of Water Resources report, Water Available for Replenishment, that points to water infrastructure capacity as “a limiting factor to full use of high-magnitude flows for groundwater banking.” Improved conveyance capacity through projects such as the California WaterFix would help with this impediment.
The alternative is letting 2.6 million acre-feet of excess water wash out to sea while groundwater aquifers could be moving more quickly towards sustainability.
This opportunity comes against the backdrop of a pending State Water Resources Control Board Bay-Delta Plan update that would call for an unprecedented increase in unimpaired flows (water required to be left in the river for environmental purposes), likely resulting in a severe decrease in available surface water for families, farmers and groundwater recharge.
Policy makers need to act swiftly to improve infrastructure and operational flexibility to ensure the next high-magnitude opportunities are captured, not lost. Equally important, the State Water Resources Control Board needs to recognize their policies to increase unimpaired flows and the Department of Water Resources’ goal of achieving groundwater sustainability are not aligned. State agencies must get on the same page, otherwise families, business and the environment will continue to suffer!


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Quaker's Innovative Move: Beyond Breakfast Strategy in India
- Jan. 8, 2024
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Quaker in India is charting a new course in innovation, introducing a range of oat-based products aimed at expanding its retail footprint. The recent launch of instant oats signifies Quaker's strategic shift, targeting not only health-conscious breakfast consumers but also appealing to those seeking nutritious snacks during breaktime.
The availability of instant oats in various retail outlets, from modern trade outlets to local stores, showcases PepsiCo's comprehensive approach. The brand is also directing its focus toward e-commerce and major quick-commerce platforms, aiming to capture a diverse audience interested in flavored oats and those seeking healthy snacking alternatives.
Sravani Babu, Associate Director and Category Lead at Quaker, PepsiCo India, highlights the evolving consumer preferences for healthy breaktime options. She emphasizes the brand's commitment, stating, "We're not just offering a healthy breakfast but also a nutritious breaktime snack for our consumers. We are pivoting to focus not only on breakfast occasions but also on breaktime occasions."
The strategic retail approach includes the brand's entry into local kirana stores with smaller product sizes. Babu explains, "With instant oats and smaller sizes, we can offer an instant three-minute snacking option for consumers, making it more accessible in local convenience stores. Larger packs will continue to be available in modern trade, e-commerce platforms, and independent stores."
Quaker's aggressive expansion strategy aligns with its broader vision for the Indian market. After the successful introduction of Muesli and Multigrain products in 2023, the three-minute instant oats proposition aims to position Quaker as a go-to healthy snacking option beyond traditional breakfast hours.
Babu emphasizes, "Our expansion strategy in India focuses on becoming a healthy snacking option at different times, such as during the midday break. We are aggressive across all channels, tailoring our content and messaging strategies to suit the diverse preferences of consumers in different retail spaces."
PepsiCo's strong push for Quaker's growth in India aligns with the increasing popularity of the breakfast category post-COVID. Quaker, synonymous with oats, aims to capitalize on this trend, anticipating sustained growth in the future.


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Eye on bypoll, BJD, BJP in Odisha trade barbs over farmers' issues
Bhubaneswar, Nov 22 (PTI) Ahead of the December 5 by-poll to Odisha’s Padampur assembly seat, the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP engaged in a verbal duel on Tuesday as both the parties sought to woo the farmers, who make up for a sizeable chunk of the constituency's population.
Launching a tirade against the Naveen Patnaik government over "delay in release of crop insurance and input subsidy" to the drought-hit farmers, Union minister and senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan claimed that the ruling dispensation had been "misleading people with lies".
"People have given you (BJD) 22 years. During this period, you could not deliver on your promises as a result of which the residents of the state still continue to struggle for basic facilities,” Pradhan said.
Talking to reporters here, the Union minister also claimed that “youths of Padampur in Bargarh district are forced to migrate to other places to earn their livelihood as they are unable to get employment in Odisha because of the state government's inefficiency".
He urged the government to release all information about the input subsidy paid to the farmers.
"Give me the name of one farmer who has so far received the input subsidy. The government has misled the farmers of Padampur to get votes, but people have now seen through their lies," he said.
Shortly after, the BJD held a press conference and said that the saffron party "cheated" the farmers by not keeping its promise to increase minimum support price of paddy by 1.5 times.
"In 2014 election manifesto, the BJP vowed to increase MSP by 1.5 times. The party also claimed that they would double the income of the farmers. None of that was done," BJD spokesperson Sasmit Patra alleged.
He also said that the BJP-led Centre had tried to implement three "anti-farmer" laws but had to withdraw them in the face of massive protests "A resolution was unanimously passed in Odisha Assembly in 2017 to seek Rs 2,930 for every quintal of paddy, with BJP MLAs too supporting it. But the anti-farmer Centre did not do anything about it," he said, adding that cultivators are not provided fertilisers on time by the Union government.
Patra also claimed that the state government failed to release Rs 200 crore as input subsidy in the state as the "they (BJP) called up the Election Commission quietly to stop that from happening under the ruse of Model Code of Conduct, in place for the back-to-back by-polls".
Bypoll to Dhamnagar was held earlier this month. PTI AAM RMS RMS


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Welcome to the Samsung Galaxy S21 Update Hub. Here you will find the latest information on updates for the Samsung Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus and Galaxy S21 Ultra. We’ll keep you informed of the latest software versions for each device and notify you when a new update is released. Samsung usually releases updates for the entire series, but this may vary depending on the variant and provider.
All three of the Galaxy S21 series phones were launched with Android 11 and Samsung’s One UI 3.1 skin. Samsung will offer three major Android operating system updates for the Galaxy S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra. The company also guarantees four years of security updates for all devices.
- Current stable version: Android 11
- When will the Galaxy S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra get Android 12? December 2021 (estimated)
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September 28, 2021: We’re still in September, but Samsung apparently released the October 2021 security patch. According to SamMobile, the new update (firmware version G991BXXU3AUIE) is currently affecting Germany and the Philippines. We assume that it will come to other markets in a few days or weeks.
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- September 6, 2021: Samsung released the Android security patch for the Galaxy S21 series in September 2021 (firmware version G99xU1UES4AUH9). It first landed on unlocked models in Europe and the US. There doesn’t seem to be any new features or improvements with the rollout.
- 08/25/2021: Samsung has moved One UI 3.1.1 to the Galaxy S21 series (via Tizen Help). The rollout is taking place in the USA for T-Mobile variants and also in Canada for selected models. One UI 3.1.1 was introduced with Samsung’s new foldable phones: the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3. It brings a handful of new features and improvements. You can see the full list of changes here. It also includes the August 2021 security patch, but Galaxy S21 phones should already have received the one from the previous update this month.
- 08/10/2021: Firmware version G99XU1UEU4AUGE is introduced. There’s no word on what this update might be in, but expect the usual help from fixes and security improvements. According to Verizon’s patch notes for the S21 Ultra, the firmware also offers “performance enhancements.”
- July 13, 2021: Firmware version G99xBXXU3AUG4 brought Android auto fixes for the S21 series.
- June 22, 2021: Samsung Galaxy S21 series users in the US have received the firmware version G99xUSQU4AUF5 (h / t SamMobile). The update brought improved effects in portrait mode, fixed overheating problems and reduced the delay when zooming. The June 2021 Android security patch was also included.
- June 17, 2021: Samsung has rolled out a new update with the firmware version G99xxXXU3AUF6 in South Korea, Germany and Thailand (h / t SamMobile). The update fixed the camera lag issues, fixed overheating issues, and added improved effects in portrait mode.
- May 28, 2021: Samsung has started rolling out June security patches for the Galaxy S21 series (h / t SamMobile) in some countries. The update contains the firmware versions G991NKSU3AUE8, G996NKSU3AUE8 and G998NKSU3AUE8 for the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus and Galaxy S21 Ultra.
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