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Grimm A, Axer H, Bianka H, Winter N. (2018). Nerve ultrasound normal values - Readjustment of the ultrasound pattern sum score UPSS. Clinical Neurophysiology
Ultrasound nerve cross sectional areas were carefully measured unilaterally in 100 normal volunteers. The goal was to improve ultrasound diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy by setting cutoff values for the UPSS, a summation score for nerve enlargement. Patients with a history of neuromuscular disorders, diabetes, or use of neurotoxic medications were excluded, and all had a normal neurologic exam. The median nerve was evaluated at four locations, ulnar at three, the superficial radial, tibial, and peroneal at two locations, the sural and vagus nerves, C5 and C6 nerve roots at one location. Data was analyzed by gender, age, height and weight.
There were relatively few significant differences. Males had significantly larger cross sectional area in the proximal and distal tibial nerve (8 and 13%), and the proximal median nerve (7%). Areas of the distal median nerve and the proximal tibial nerve increased significantly with age. Only the cross sectional area of the tibial nerve increased with height. No nerves showed significant correlation with weight. Most values were similar to previous studies. More gender related differences had been observed in some previous studies.
Overall, median and tibial nerve cross sectional areas must be adjusted for age and gender. The tibial nerve cross sectional area should also be adjusted for height.
Overall this was a well-designed study of the ultrasound cross sectional area of many commonly evaluated nerves in a normal population, analyzed by gender, height, weight and age. There were surprisingly few significant differences. Of note, while there was a large age range in this study, height and weight showed modest variation (80% of subjects were 60-90 Kg). It is not clear whether these values would apply for unusually short, tall, thin, or heavy patients. The data from this study can be used to improve diagnosis of peripheral neuropathies.


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Those approaching Grand Central Terminal from the south are rewarded with views of the building's impressive façade, topped by a 13-foot clock. The clock features the world's largest example of Tiffany glass and is surrounded by huge sculptures of the Roman gods Hercules, Minerva, and Mercury. The interior of the terminal's main concourse is 120 feet wide, 375 feet long, and 125 feet high, and is covered with an impressive vaulted ceiling, painted like an evening sky, with gilded stars and constellations (part of a recent four-year-long renovation). Some 125,000 commuters pass through the terminal every day, in addition to some 500,000 visitors.


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Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (webinar and handout)
Photo attributed to the USFWS. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. For more information, see the Fish and Wildlife Service copyright policy.
This webinar focuses on a newly released guide to vulnerability assessment--Scanning the Conservation Horizon--designed to assist fish and wildlife and other natural resource managers as they work to prepare for and cope with the impacts of climate change. The guide provides an overall framework for how vulnerability assessment supports climate change adaptation planning efforts, covers how assessments can be designed to meet specific user needs, and offers case studies on existing assessments of species and habitats. The guide also represents a broad interagency collaboration; coordinated by National Wildlife Federation, it benefited from support and involvement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, NOAA, and the Department of Defense.
Stein, B. & Galbraith, H. (February 16, 2011). Scanning the conservation horizon: A guide to climate change vulnerability assessment [Webinar]. Retrieved from CAKE http://www.cakex.org/virtual-library/3125


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Hey everyone! I had planned to alternate between digital and traditional pieces throughout the summer, but I just had to post this, as it’s already on Twitter–and it’s my first piece of fanart in a while!
Of course, this fanart is more obscure than the stuff I’ve done before. It’s of Austin from the YouTube channel The Eggbuster (formerly ThatOneShowFUN). He’s not the most popular YouTuber out there, but he’s really funny and I feel like he puts a lot of effort and heart into his work, so he’s one of my favorites. His most well-known show is called Eggbusters, which is ironically about confirming or busting glitches in video games, not Easter eggs–but if you’re more into Let’s Plays or streaming, he’s got those and more. I highly recommend checking him out if you need a peaceful, fun way to pass the time.
Funnily enough, I found out that he’d colored his hair back to brown shortly after finishing the picture… but I think I’ll just leave it. It looks pretty good, right?
There’s just no way getting around this first part: I’m on YouTube!
That’s right–the most famous video-sharing site on Earth couldn’t hide from me forever. Part of the reason “8. Faith” took so long to make, really, is because I was recording the whole time! Hopefully this lets y’all know how much time and effort goes into each and every panel. (Look at the clock in the lower right-hand corner… yikes.)
Of course such a cool, albeit shaky, video wouldn’t be complete with some rad beats. And thus Cal got involved. He seriously busted a gut getting this song done in time for the release, and I couldn’t be happier with the result. Thanks so much, bud! In return, I’ll redirect my readers straight to your SoundCloud.
In the meantime, I wouldn’t count on a new comic before 2015 is out. If I get one done, it’ll be pretty close… I’m pretty backed up on work right now, mostly because the caricatures have become a huge hit! Thanks for all of your commissions, pageviews, likes, etc. throughout the year–I really couldn’t have done it without you guys, even if there are only a few of you. Oh well. And with that, I’m off!


FRANCE COACH Bernard Laporte has made four changes to the starting line-up from the one that beat England 18-17 for Saturday’s Six Nations clash with Wales in Paris.
Wed, 23 Feb, 2005
France coach Bernard Laporte has made five changes in his squad ahead of their second RBS 6 Nations match against England at Twickenham on Sunday.
Wed, 09 Feb, 2005
WHILE passion, excitement and drama were very much in evidence at all three Six Nations venues last weekend, the quality of rugby was somewhat disappointing.
Wed, 09 Feb, 2005
Teams for this afternoon's Six Nations clash between France and Scotland.
Sat, 05 Feb, 2005
WALES have been given a major boost ahead of their opening Six Nations clash against world champions England with former skipper Martyn Williams declared fit to start.
Wed, 02 Feb, 2005
THE Ospreys’ coach Lyn Jones is looking to the future ahead of this afternoon’s Heineken Cup Pool Four meeting with Castres at The Gnoll.
Sat, 15 Jan, 2005
Castres 58 Harlequins 13
Mon, 10 Jan, 2005
NEC Harlequins make seven changes to the side that started against London Wasps in the Zurich Premiership last Sunday for the Heineken Cup tie against Castres Olympique at Stade Pierre Antoine this afternoon.
Sat, 08 Jan, 2005
FRONT row brothers, Simon and Rory Best have been called into the Ulster panel for Friday’s Celtic League match against Edinburgh at Ravenhill.
Wed, 15 Dec, 2004
CHANGES in the threequarter line and in the back-row are likely when coach Alan Gaffney today names the Munster team to meet Castres in the crucial Heineken European Cup tie at Thomond Park tomorrow.
Fri, 10 Dec, 2004
WHEREAS coach Alan Gaffney occasioned little or no surprise when he announced his side to meet Castres in tonight’s Heineken European Cup tie in Castres, his opposite number, Christope Urios, unexpectedly made three changes to his anticipated line-up.
Fri, 03 Dec, 2004
Castres have dropped veterans Yann Delaigue and Richard Dourthe for their home tie with Munster at Stade Pierre Antoine tomorrow evening.
Thu, 02 Dec, 2004
Defending Heineken Cup champions Toulouse are on track to keep the trophy for another season after seeing off brave Biarritz in a rugged semi-final at Bordeaux’s Stade Chaban-Delmas today.
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US 5173055 A
An area array connector (32,42,50) for electrically interconnecting two electronic devices is disclosed. The connector (32,42,50) includes a plurality of contact elements (10) having parallel cantilevered contact fingers (18) extending obliquely outwardly from a plate (20) for one embodiment, a laminate (32) is formed by securing the contact elements (10) to a dielectric (26) having windows (28) through which the fingers (18) extend. The laminate (32) can then be fixed to a device such as a circuit board (40) to form another form of a connector (42) and further, the dielectric (26) can be removed to form yet another form of connector (50).
1. An electrical area array connector for use in interconnecting first and second electronic devices, each having an array of contact pads disposed on a planar surface thereof, an array of contact elements each including a plate portion electrically and mechanically attached to the contact pad of the second device and at least one contact spring finger extending freely and obliquely relative to the plane of the plate portion an second element to resiliently engage the contact pad of the first device and provide an interconnection of the contact pads of the first and second devices.
2. The connector of claim 1 wherein the said contact elements each include a pair of contacts springs.
3. The connector of claim 1 wherein the said plate portion is soldered to the contact pad of the second device to effect the electrical and mechanical connection therewith.
4. The connector of claim 1 further including a plastic sheet having holes therein on centers compatible with the array of pads of the firs and second devices with the holes having a geometry to receive the contact finger inserted therethrough and with the contacts attached to said sheet to facilitate mounting of the contacts on the second device.
5. An electrical area array connector for use in interconnecting electronic devices, comprising a plurality of contact elements having a cantilevered contact finger extending obliquely outwardly from one side of a plate wherein each contact element includes a pair of parallel cantilevered contact fingers.
6. An electrical area array connector for use in interconnecting electronic devices, comprising a plurality of contact elements having a cantilevered contact finger extending obliquely outwardly from one side of a plate wherein each contact element includes a pair of legs extending outwardly from an opposite side of said plate.
7. A connector of a type adapted to interconnect electrical devices each having planar surfaces with contact pads thereon arranged in an array on given centers including an array of contacts, one for each contact pad of one of the devices, each contact having a flat plate portion electrically and mechanically attached to each pad of the one device with a contact spring finger extending from the plate portion at an angle to the surface of one of the devices adapted to be deflected by the devices being driven relatively together to interconnect the pads of the one device to the pads of the other device.
8. The connector of claim 7 wherein the contact includes a pair of spring fingers with the ends thereof effecting such interconnection between pads.
9. The connector of claim 7 wherein the said plate portions are soldered to the pads of the one device.
10. The connector of claim 7 wherein there is included a plastic sheet with the said contacts laminated thereto on a given centers prior to soldering of the plate to the pads.
The invention disclosed herein relates to high density connectors for providing a separable interconnection between electronic devices such as multichip modules and circuits on a circuit board.
There are circumstances when very large multichip modules must be separably interconnected to circuits on a circuit board. In some cases, when the number of contacts is large, the combined normal force of the contacts can require up to 150 pounds per square inch. This is a result of each contact having a normal force of 120-150 grams. In some cases, the substrate of the multichip module cannot support such loading without deforming. Since the chips are mounted on the opposite side of the substrate, the strain on the chips, due to the induced curvature of the deformed substrate, may be sufficient enough to damage them or their bonds. Accordingly, it is now proposed to provide an area array connector having a very low normal force of 50 grams per contact or less.
According to the present invention, an electrical area array connector for interconnecting electronic devices is provided wherein a plurality of contact elements each have one or more a cantilevered contact fingers extending obliquely outwardly from one side of a plate with the contacts electrically and mechanically attached to contact pads of one of the devices.
FIG. 1 is a view showing a sheet of several stamped or etched contact elements of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a view showing the sheet of contact elements and a sheet of film;
FIG. 3 is a view of the sheets of contact elements and film laminated together forming a contact laminate;
FIG. 4 shows the contact laminate with the contact fingers formed obliquely upwardly;
FIG. 5 is a view of the contact laminate after being perforated to separate the several contact elements;
FIG. 6 is a view of a printed circuit board with selected solder areas and the contact laminate thereabove;
FIG. 7 is a view of the contact laminate soldered to the board to form an assembly;
FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of the assembly;
FIG. 9 is a side sectional view of a module positioned on the assembly;
FIG. 10 is a view of an alternative embodiment of an assembly with the laminate film removed and with temporary structural members remaining and;
FIG. 11 is a view of the alternative embodiment of FIG. 10 with the temporary structural members removed.
FIG. 1 shows a number of contact elements 10 in sheet 12. Elements 10 are cut out and temporarily connected together by the sheet material within dashed circles 16. Separated elements 10 are shown in FIG. 10. The process for cutting elements 10 include but is not limited to laser cutting, WEDM, stamping or chemical milling.
In the embodiment shown, each contact element 10 includes a pair of parallel cantilevered beams or resilient contact fingers 18 extending outwardly from one side or edge of plate 20 and a pair of legs 22 extending outwardly from an opposite side or edge and at opposite ends thereof.
Sheet 12 is shown to have nine contact elements 10 therein. This is only for illustrational purposes since the number is a function of the desired size of elements 10 and size of sheet 12. For example sheet 12 may be a continuous roll of metal with a pre-determined width being fed through stamping machine and re-rolled for further processing at another location.
FIG. 2 shows a sheet 12 with film 26 spaced above it. Windows 28 have been cut in film 26 on the same spacing as contact fingers 18 on sheet 12. Film 26 can be of any suitable insulating material such as, for example, kapton, polyester, mylar and so forth.
FIG. 3 shows a contact laminate 32 formed by attaching film 26 to sheet 12 with openings or windows 28 in registration with contact fingers 18. The lamination can be by means of an adhesive which could be either solvent soluble or not.
As shown in FIG. 4, the next step is to form contact fingers 18 to extend obliquely through windows 28 and above the plane of film 26. However, fingers 18 can be formed up prior to lamination. Plate 20 and legs 22 remain flat.
Contact elements 10 are next separated from each other by cutting the temporary connections within the dashed circles 16 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 shows perforations 34 through laminate 32 which sever the connections. The perforating may be done by for example punching, drilling, laser cutting or chemical milling.
Laminate 32, as shown in FIG. 5 can be used as an interconnect connector if desired.
FIG. 6 shows the next step which includes depositing solder paste 38 on circuit board 40 in an array which corresponds to the array defined by contact element plates 20 and legs 22 on contact laminate 32. Laminate 32 is then positioned on board 40 in registration with the array of solder paste 38 and, upon fusing the solder paste 38 to permanently secure the two together, area array connector 42 shown in FIG. 7 is formed. By selectively locating solder paste 38 on board 40, only selected parts of elements 10 are solder thereto.
As shown in FIG. 8 area array connector 42 includes plated vias 46 in board 40 with contact pads 47 and with plates 20 and legs 22 of contact elements 10 soldered two such pads to form the connector 42 thereto. Contact fingers 18 extend up through windows 28 for electrically engaging an electronic device or, as shown in FIG. 9, circuit board 48 having via 49 with contacts pads 53.
If contact laminate 32 is formed using a solvent soluble adhesive, film 26 can be removed by placing connector 42 in a suitable solvent such as alcohol after soldering the contact elements to board 40. FIG. 10 shows an area array connector 50 with film 26 removed. In the drawing, the temporary structural members 52 are shown simply to illustrate the results of the perforating step discussed above with respect to FIG. 7. As members 52 are unattached, they are easily disposed of leaving connector 50 as shown in FIG. 11.
Contact elements 10 are preferably electroplated by one or more metals selectively to provide the best interface for soldering where required and for the best metallurgy on contact fingers 18. Alternatively, the elements 10 may be plated uniformly. Further a raised surface (not shown) adjacent free ends of fingers 18, either of gold or other noble metals or plated with such, may be provided.
Area array connectors 42 and 50 have been illustrated as including circuit board 40. However, contact laminate 32 can be mounted on other devices (not shown) or even used alone as an interconnect connector as noted above. Further, although soldering laminate 32 is shown, other conventional methods of securing can be used.
Contact elements 10 have been illustrated as including plate 20 and legs 22. These structural features can be modified to meet particular array patterns. Further, a single contact finger 18 could be employed.
An alternative embodiment (not shown) is one having the two contact fingers 18 but with one bent up (as shown) and the other bent down to engage a circuit area on an underlying electronic device or substrate.
Of the several advantages of the present invention, a most important one is that contact elements 10 can be made very small and automatically. Similarly the forming of contact laminate 32 and isolating elements 10 is substantially machine done. Laminates 32 on continuous rolls can be furnished to work stations where connectors 42 can be formed, again substantially operator free. Connectors 42 can be made in any size for any desired application.
As can be discerned, an area array connector has been disclosed for use in providing a separable interconnection between electronic devices. The connector includes a plurality of contact elements having cantilever spring contact fingers extending obliquely outwardly and a plate and legs for being secured to a substrate or other electronic device. One method of forming a connector has been disclosed which includes making a contact laminate by securing a sheet of cut out contact elements to a film or like material and then separating the contact elements from each other. The contact laminate can now function as a connector or can be secured to a device such as a circuit board. When used as a connector, the laminate will have flexibility and can be used on uneven surfaces.
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2019 Festival Official Selection
Go Away I Like You Too Much by The Simple Carnival (2018) – United States
An animated music video about a boy who has a crush on a girl and subsequently wants to avoid her. This computer-generated film was created by one person over the course of a year and a half.
Director Jeff Boller is an award-winning filmmaker and composer. He founded the Pittsburgh, PA-based power pop outfit The Simple Carnival and has had a critically acclaimed album (Girls Aliens Food) land on a number of critics’ year-end “best of” lists. In recent years, he has been attracting attention with his animated 3D music videos. Boller is a multi-instrumentalist known for playing most (or all) of the instruments on his recordings.


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Liberty Mutual Insurance promoted Nikki Lankford to vice president for the Metro New York region within the company’s Business Insurance operation.
Lankford will be based in New York City and responsible for the profitable growth of small to mid-market business in New York City and on Long Island. Working with the company’s appointed independent agents and brokers, Lankford will manage local underwriting operations and territory managers who provide a single point of access to a broad product line for businesses.
Employed with Liberty Mutual since 2004, Lankford most recently was senior underwriting manager for the New York City office where she led a team of 12 in growing the company’s middle market presence. She holds the CPCU, ARM and AU professional designations.
In business since 1912, and headquartered in Boston, Liberty Mutual is a diversified insurer with operations in 30 countries and economies around the world. The company is the third-largest property/casualty insurer in the U.S. based on 2013 direct premium written. Liberty employs more than 50,000 people in approximately 900 offices throughout the world.
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Paper bags…they’re not just for bagging lunch!
Crafters discovered years ago how a paper bag can come to life and make a little child giggle, laugh and grin!
These paper bag crafts kids absolutely love!
They’re simple, super-cute and seem to get more fun during the crafting process! <3
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Pick two or three and start crafting!
Psst — I highly recommend the paper bag scarecrows — wink, wink!
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Allseas pens Barossa pipeline EPCI contract. Project nearing FID
A contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of a 260-kilometer gas export pipeline on the Barossa project was awarded to offshore installation and construction company Allseas.
One of the partners in the project, Santos, said on Thursday that the contract was another major big step towards the Barossa final investment decision early next year.
The Barossa project is currently in the front-end engineering design phase and includes a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) facility, subsea production system, and gas export pipeline.
According to the company, the gas export pipeline will tie the Barossa gas field, 300 kilometers north of Darwin, into the existing Bayu Undan to Darwin pipeline.
Santos managing director and CEO Kevin Gallagher said: “This is another big step towards Barossa FID and follows the award of the subsea production system and installation support contract in May. Evaluation of tenders for the FPSO and development drilling contracts is well progressed.”
The project area encompasses petroleum permit NT/RL5 located in Commonwealth waters offshore Northern Territory.
Santos holds a 25 percent interest in the Barossa joint venture along with partners ConocoPhillips which holds a 37.5 percent stake and is the operator, while SK E&S holds the remaining 37.5 percent.


“I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on,”
“If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I’m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously.”
Meanwhile, Musk shared screenshots of an apparent text exchange with Zuckerberg, confirming that he did indeed request a practice match at the latter’s house. The texts were
“Wanna do a practice bout at your house next week?” read Musk’s text.
“If you still want to do a real MMA fight, then you should train on your own and let me know when you’re ready to compete,” Zuckerberg responded. “I don’t want to keep hyping something that will never happen, so you should either decide you’re going to do this and do it soon, or we should move on.”
“I will be in Palo Alto on Monday,” replied Musk,
In short, it looks like Musk wants a practice run, while Zuckerberg wants Musk to stop wasting his time.
Practice runs aren’t exactly standard in MMA, so Musk’s request for one does seem to undermine his bravado. Of course, Musk doesn’t see it that way, leading his chorus of followers in calling Zuckerberg a
“He can’t eat at chic fil a because that would be cannibalism,”
Zuckerberg hasn’t responded, seemingly content to let Musk continue to Musk far away from him. However, he hasn’t been entirely silent through this whole saga. Last week he responded to a Threads post joking that the fight “will take place on Mars in 2035,”


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MAN FOOD: Triple hazard recipe for Bourbon BBQ Bacon
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Bourbon BBQ Bacon
½ hang Kroger Unsalted butter
1 Sweet Yellow Onion (halved sliced)
¼ c. + ½ c. Bourbon (your favorite)
3 Cheddar Jalapeno Sausages
1-18 oz. bottle Kroger Original BBQ Sauce
1-20 oz. pkg. Private Selection Applewood Smoked Bacon
4 slices Private Selection Sliced Cheddar Cheese
Preheat oven to 425° line a baking piece with aluminum foil or baking vellum paper.
Melt butter in a sauté vessel over medium-high heat. Add in onion prepare until good caramelized, about 10 minutes. As a onions cook, we might have to reduce a feverishness to caramelize but burning. IMPORTANT!! Remove a sauté vessel from a feverishness supplement in ¼ crater of scotch brew in well. Put behind on a feverishness prepare down a scotch until roughly totally absorbed. Remove from feverishness set aside. *Adding a scotch while on a fire might means a ethanol in a scotch to light fire up.
Grill a sausages jalapeno until well-marked has a preferred volume of burn on them. Slice a sausages in half lengthwise. Cut a branch off of a jalapeno clout finely. Set both aside.
Weave bacon on prepared baking sheet. *See figure 1. One package of a Private Selection bacon should be a ideal volume (7slices by 6 slices).
Bake weaved bacon for about 15 minutes. It should be only starting to brownish-red up. Remove from a oven supplement a 4 slices of cheddar cheese. *See figure 2. Put cheese lonesome bacon behind into a oven for 3 some-more minutes. Remove when melted.
Spread onion reduction over weaved bacon. *See figure 3.
Layout sliced sausages. *See figure 4.
Starting during a corner with sausages closest, hurl a bacon wobble into a parsimonious log. *See figure 5. Put behind into oven bake until a bacon is frail on a outward (about 15-20 minutes). Remove.
Baste a bacon with a BBQ salsa bake until caramelized (about 5 some-more minutes). *See figure 6 7. Remove.
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A Shareholder Agreement, also sometimes called a Stockholder Agreement, is a document between a corporation and its shareholders. In a Shareholder Agreement, the corporation and the shareholders agree to the bounds of the relationship between them. Within these agreements, the corporation lays out its expectations of the shareholders' behavior and obligations and the shareholders establish the set up for the major players in the corporation - these major players include the shareholders themselves, the officers, and the directors.
The shareholders are those individuals who own "shares" in a corporation. Shares are representative of ownership, so the shareholders are the actual owners of the corporation. Officers are those individuals that run the corporation's operational activities on a regular basis. Standard officers in a corporation required by most states are a President, Treasurer, and Secretary. Most corporations also have one or more Vice Presidents to help support the duties of the President. Directors are those individuals who help manage the broader structure of the corporation and act on behalf of the shareholders. Directors help ensure a corporation is sticking to its stated mission and also often are the people that select the officers.
Shareholder Agreements are very vital documents in the business structure of a corporation. Shareholder Agreements are used for large, multinational corporations (most, if not all, of these types of corporations, have Shareholder Agreements) and are also often in place for even small, closely-held corporations. This Agreement addresses not only issues that will come up in case something goes wrong, but good Shareholder Agreements cover the day-to-day activities of the corporation.
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Slammiversary XII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It took place on June 15, 2014 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas and was the 12th anniversary celebration for TNA, the tenth event in the Slammiversary chronology, and the third event in the 2014 TNA PPV schedule.
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“The whole world is watching the people of Georgia tomorrow,” said President Trump Jan. 4, rallying his base on the eve of a statewide election with national significance.
“Each of you is going to vote in one of the most important runoff elections in the history of our country,” he said.
Georgia is now at the center of the political world as Democrats Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff challenge incumbent GOP senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, respectively.
At stake? Control of the U.S. Senate.
“The country is watching us right now because we have the power, Georgia,” said Ossoff.
“We’re on the frontlines of this battle for the entire country,” said Loeffler.
The high-level stakes are bringing in high-level campaigners like president-elect Joe Biden for the final push. For him, a pair of Democratic victories could aid in advancing his policy agenda.
“One state can chart the course not just for the next four years, but for the next generation,” he said.
Republicans need at least one win Tuesday to put a check on Biden and the Democratic-led house.
“If you don’t vote, there could be nothing stopping Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi,” said Vice President Mike Pence.
Pro-life activists have also been working to get the two Republicans elected, arguing if Democrats win the majority in the Senate, the pro-abortion Biden-Harris administration could expand the Supreme Court and force taxpayers to fund abortion.
Meanwhile, enthusiasm in the peach state is high with a record 3 million voters casting their ballots early.
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Oct 2 (Reuters) - Canada’s main stock index opened lower on Friday, dragged down by energy stocks after U.S. President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 and negotiators failed to agree a U.S. fiscal stimulus package.
* At 9:33 a.m. ET (1333 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was down 131.28 points, or 0.81 percent, at 16,053.26.
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First, an apology. In a July 2 article on this page, I erred in citing Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers comparing the superior job-creation performance of no-income-tax Texas and Florida to the states with the highest income-tax rates, California and New York.
My errors set off a brouhaha in the media — though the errors in no way change the conclusion that low-tax states have grown much faster than high-tax states.
I wrote that Texas had gained one million jobs in the last five years, while California lost jobs. That was correct from the start of the recession in 2008 through the end of 2013. The BLS household survey on employment finds that over this period, Texas gained 1.08 million jobs and California lost 5,000.
The New York Times and others have criticized me for not including the numbers through the first half of 2014, which show that California has made a rapid turnaround and gained jobs.
As for Florida, I wrote that it gained hundreds of thousands of jobs, while New York lost jobs. New York did indeed lose 221,000 jobs over this period. But Florida created only 29,000.
Times columnist Paul Krugman seized on these revised numbers to argue that taxes don't matter much when it comes to economic growth. He examined the BLS job growth from December 2007 through June 2014 and found: "Texas is, not surprisingly, the best performer. New York comes in second, followed by California, with Florida in last place. Not much of a clear ideological message."
Yet even over the timeline that Krugman chose, Texas and Florida combined had net job growth of 4.8%, which exceeded by a healthy margin that of California's and New York's 1.3% — hardly a persuasive counterargument that tax rates don't matter.
Krugman concluded: "Real empirical work on state growth shows multiple factors — mildness of climate, cheap housing, high wages and, yes, some impact from tax rates. The idea that you would find an overwhelming one-factor correlation with taxes alone is something only a, well, Heritage Foundation analyst could believe."
This is like arguing that cancer doesn't kill you because many people die from heart disease and stroke.
It's always best to examine trends over long periods. This helps smooth out statistical noise and extraneous short-term factors such as real estate bubbles, oil booms and stock-market bull and bear markets that can distort the picture and cause some states to accelerate and others to swoon.
So I went back to 1990 to examine the longer-term picture of these four states through June 2014. Remember, Texas and Florida have no income tax, and New York (counting New York City's income tax) and California over this period had nearly the highest rates (maxing out at about 13%).
The results: Texas, up 65%; Florida, 46%; national average, 27%; California, 24%; New York, 9%.
For every net new job in California, Texas gained more than two. (Weather doesn't explain that, nor does the oil-price spike, because California is also one of the largest oil- and gas-producing states.) For every new job in New York, Florida gained five. Florida had almost double California's job growth.
Arthur Laffer and I have examined the data back to 1970. No matter what 10-, 20- or 30-year period we reviewed, we found that the nine states with no income tax — Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming — outperform the nine highest income-tax states, including California, Hawaii, New Jersey and New York.
Job growth in no-income-tax states is typically double and sometimes triple the pace of the states with the highest taxes on work and small businesses.
Yes, there are always outliers — a few states with high income taxes that perform well. California's Silicon Valley is surging now, while some low-tax states (Alaska of late) are doing poorly. Clearly many other factors are at play.
But taxes are indisputably a major factor in determining where businesses and capital and families locate. Consider the evidence from states that have adopted an income tax in the last 50 years. Since 1960, they've numbered 11, including Illinois, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Every one of them has experienced slower growth than the rest of the country after adopting the income tax, and each lost income and population relative to the national average. Does anyone really believe that happened by chance?
Why are income taxes so harmful? Because they are direct taxes on work, saving, investing and business creation. They are taxes on virtue rather than vice. We tax cigarettes because we want people to stop smoking. So why do we tax work?
It's curious how the left continues to deny this clear linkage between income taxes and job creation. After all, we've had a painful firsthand lesson on the impact of taxes on business location at the national level.
Businesses are leaving the United States to lower their tax burden. The U.S. charges as much as 40% (including state taxes), while the rest of the world averages closer to 25%. President Obama and congressional Democrats are so panicked by this exodus that they want to make it illegal for companies to merge with certain foreign companies and leave.
If we can all agree that corporations are moving across international borders to lower their taxes, why is it so hard to believe that families and businesses will move from one state to another to lower theirs?
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Of the 380 varieties of teas listed in the world, all come from one and the same plant: Camellia Sinensis. Whether it is green tea or black tea, white tea or dark tea, red or Earl Grey tea, with the distinction of different colours and flavours, it originates from the same plant. This diversity of colours depends on the way in which the tea plant has been treated by its cultivator. Fermentation, a reaction with enzymes naturally found in the tea leaf, is an essential phase in the process of tea processing. By mastering it, the grower can choose the colour of his tea.
Black tea is a fermented tea. Its leaves, once harvested, are spread on wooden racks in a ventilated room to lose about 50% of their water. They are then rolled, which allows them to release the enzymes and thus ferment for a longer or shorter duration, depending on the desired effect. Then the drying and sorting phases establish the "grade" of the tea.
Rooibos, commonly known as "Red Tea", is not derived from tea but comes from a plant that grows exclusively in the South West of South Africa. Its leaves are picked and processed in the same way as those of tea. It can be eaten hot or cold, fermented or unfermented (green Rooibos). With a mild taste and no caffeine or tannins, it can be consumed all day long.
Oolong tea, also called semi-fermented, is between a green tea and a black tea. As soon as they are picked, the tea leaves are withered and then brewed and fermented at the same time at a high temperature. This tea is very popular in China and Taiwan.
Green tea is obtained after warming tea leaves at high temperatures to prevent fermentation. The leaves are then rolled up according to whether one wants "gunpowder" or "chunmee" filaments.
White tea has the least change after picking. Harvested in the spring, it is mainly buds and its treatment is simple. The buds will be put in the shade for a few days and then dried before being carefully packaged. It is a fine and rare tea, drunk naturally.
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Idowest, a Davido Music Worldwide artiste from Nigeria, debuts a brand-new tune titled “Shamaya.”
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When the sour-sweet wind starts blowing again, the Whos retreat to their homes because they know the Grinch will soon be a’prowlin. Young Eukariah Who has to make a trip to the Euphemism (outhouse), when the wind blows him away to a confrontation with the gruesome Grinch. Eukariah decides that the Grinch must be stopped, so he faces his fears and confronts the Grinch and his spooks.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Justice Department have opened a probe into potential inside trading by Barry Diller, a millionaire, who now wants to acquire an ownership stake in MGM Resorts International.
Barry Diller’s Nevada Gaming License on Pause
His request, though, has been put on pause by the Nevada Gaming Commission, citing the most recent events about Diller. Diller, who is chairman of IAC, and company CEO Joey Levin, were both recommended to receive a license based on their 14% ownership stake in MGM Resorts.
However, the Wall Street Journal revealed that Diller’s stepson, Alex von Furstenberg, and David Geffen, a fellow billionaire, have acquired a large number of stocks ahead of Activision Blizzard’s acquisition of Microsoft. The deal is worth $68.7 billion and is one of the biggest consolidations of the gaming industry.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board recommendation for a license will now have to be revisited, said NGC chair Jennifer Togliatti. She was brief and argued that Diller would need to be vetted once again to determine whether awarding a license to him would be sustainable.
Togliatti requested that Biller’s license application and subsequent recommendation be once again returned to the NGCB and revised. Diller has composedly denied the claims that he may have been involved in a
“None of us had any knowledge from any person or any source or any anything about a potential acquisition of Activision by Microsoft. We acted simply on the belief that Activision was undervalued and therefore had the potential for going private or being acquired.”
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Diller further objected that the very idea that he – or anyone as closely associated with him – would purchase stock so close to the actual deal date “strained credulity,” and argued that all in all, it was just a “lucky bet.”
This has not stopped the Justice Department to proceed with a criminal probe seeking to establish whether insider trading has occurred. Diller has been composed since the launch of the probe, arguing that he was not concerned about the findings as there was no way anything of the sort would be proven.
In light of this, Diller should sooner or later complete the NGCB’s repeated review of his suitability for a license and receive approval by the commission to hold one. Nevada is particularly sensitive when it comes to licensing individuals, following the big fallout the regulator had with Steve Wynn.


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Drone inspections provider Industrial Skyworks has rolled out Blue VU, desktop software to augment the inspection of buildings and oil and gas infrastructure.
Industrial Skyworks says its new software will relieve inspectors, engineers and technicians from sifting through thousands of images captured by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and provide visual access to hard-to-reach locations, such as the roofs of buildings, flare stacks and storage tanks.
Among other features, Blu VU creates a customized database for structuring, recording and digitizing anomalies (such as rust, hotspots or cracks) from the UAV imagery. It also automatically generates building inspection reports, which can be exported into GIS and CAD formats.
“With Blue VU, we’re able to offer our clients a complete solution, from drone technology to desktop data, that uniquely powers remote inspections, thereby lowering costs while increasing safety outcomes,” says Michael Cohen, CEO of Skyworks. “Finally, remote building and oil and gas inspections are possible.”


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More than four years after I posted my how to build your own cob oven for $20, it is still the most popular entry on The Year of Mud. Clearly there is a big audience out there interested in building DIY backyard ovens. Gotta love that.
Since building several other ovens after the original $20 incarnation, however, we’ve made some significant improvements to our design, increasing the efficiency, the ease of use, and the baking potential. Needless to say, it’s hard for me to recommend the outline for the former design, because the new oven is so much superior.
I have finally begun an updated series on how to build a better cob oven, which I will begin posting next week. If you’re dreaming about projects you can do once spring rolls around, be sure to tune back in!
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The best in my mind is the stuffed pizza with their "Super &" toppings (minus the peppers on top) LOVE IT!! Two slices is more then enough! It is over 5 pounds!! Soooo good!!
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Certain foods down, and this is the main cause of bad gas. Based on its ingredients alone, 4Health looks like an above-average dry dog food. And lastly, this food includes chelated minerals, minerals that have been chemically attached to protein. This product has received a review stating that it may be too nutrient-dense for their pet’s stomach, and may require a slow transition.
- Royal Canin digestive dry cat food for a sensitive stomach is the best choice.
- Some of the substances may cause diarrhea or vomiting, the most common symptoms of a sensitive stomach.
- This food contains a lot of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants which are beneficial in keeping your cat healthy along with added taurine which is essential for cats.
- 4health Original Salmon & Potato Formula is a good economical product to try for your adult pup.
- It has no harmful ingredients, making it ideal for dogs with a sensitive stomach or those who are allergic to specific components.
- A blend of soluble and insoluble fibers in the form of tomato pomace, psyllium seed husk and dried chicory root helps support healthy digestion.
So if putting something together isn’t your thing, menthol salves are here to save the day! That’s why it’s so important to do a vancouver alcoholics anonymous patch test before putting something new on your skin. Applesauce works a lot like bananas in that they contain a fair amount of pectin.
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These high-quality ingredients are sourced within the United States, depending on availability. The protein from this food is not guaranteed to be antibiotic or hormone free. Purina Pro Plan Sensitive Skin and Stomach formulas are made to be gentle on the digestive system and healthy for the skin and coat.
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They have dog foods with different animal proteins and plant-based ingredients for various lifestyle and health needs. When it comes to optimizing your cat’s digestion as well as his nutrition, fresh food is the way to go. NomNomNow is a fresh pet food delivery service that makes custom meals for your cat and delivers them to your door on a monthly basis.
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So instead, opt for foods containing Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids to help maintain healthy skin and boost the immune system. Although beef is an excellent source of animal proteins, your cat may experience allergic reactions if they have too much beef for long periods at a time. As a result, some cats may refuse food containing beef, vomit, or suffer from diarrhea. If your cat loves beef, make sure to introduce them to various animal proteins, including turkey, fish, and lamb.
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The durability of the best vitamins for sensitive stomach is one of the essential things to consider while making a purchase. People always want the best for themselves, including the best vitamins for sensitive stomach. Return policy is the most important thing to consider regarding the best vitamins for sensitive stomach from a manufacturer. When you are looking for a quality vitamins for sensitive stomach, the most important thing to know is that cheap is not always better. You should carefully research the best vitamins for sensitive stomach before buying and consult the prices on some online sales websites to make the best decision.
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Our Buffered Vitamin C Powder formula addresses this by including four buffering minerals that, when mixed with water, is non-irritating to the stomach. And remember, the pain caused by a sensitive stomach should be a rare occurrence. If indigestion, stomach pain, nausea and all the ickies are a common occurrence, talk to your doctor. This all depends on the cause of your sensitive stomach pain, so be sure to listen to your body. If moving around is not a good options, don’t push yourself.


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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 92 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska (57 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000ah9c. Event ids that are associated: ak020885me9t, us7000ah9c. The temblor was reported at 07:43:15 / 7:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -170.205 West, latitude 52.7485 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/06/20 / 2020-06-27 07:43:15 / June 27, 2020 @ 7:43 am.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Percentage increase in the prices of gifts in the holiday classic "The Twelve Days of Christmas, according to PNC Wealth Management: 3.5
According to the 29th annual survey, current price tag for these gifts, $1,168 more than last year: $25,431.18
Cost if you want to buy the whole shebang from a single partridge to twelve drummers drumming for each verse (that's 364 separate pieces of Christmas joy): $107,300.24
Source: PNC Wealth Management.
Year that the first Christmas tree debuted at Rockefeller Center, erected by construction workers eager to receive a day's pay in the depths of the Great Depression and decorated with tin cans and scrap paper, according to Bloomberg Business Week: 1931
Height of the 1931 tree: 20 feet
Height of the 2012 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a New Jersey survivor of Hurricane Sandy: 80 feet
Percentage of senior managers who say their employees are less productive the week before a major holiday, according to a survey by Accountemps: 34
Percentage of executives who said they look forward to Christmas celebrations, according to an executive survey by Korn/Ferry International: 56
Percentage who said they attend them when they can: 38
Percentage who said they generally do not attend or have little interest: 6
Source: Korn/Ferry International.
Estimated percentage of homes that still put up and decorate a real Christmas tree each year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau: 20
Estimated percentage of U.S. households that now use artificial trees to decorate for the holidays: 50
Value of artificial Christmas trees imported into the U.S. from China during the first nine months of last year: $80 million
Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Average amount of money companies expect to spend on each client gift this year, down from $30 last year, according to Advertising Specialty Institute's 2012 corporate gift-giving survey: $26
Ranks of food baskets and tins of popcorn branded with a company's logo, gift cards, calendars and writing instruments on the list of the most popular gifts for clients or prospects: 1, 2, 3, 4
Source: Advertising Specialty Institute.
Percentage of event planners and administrative professionals who said they would be disappointed if their holiday festivities were canceled, according to the Holiday Parties and Office Morale survey conducted by BizBash and Seamless: 90
Percentage who said that the holiday party is important to the team dynamic: 90
Percentage of Americans who hadn't done any holiday shopping as of the first week of December, according to Consumer Reports Holiday Poll: 36
When it comes to deciding which gifts to give, percentage of Americans who said they simply buy what the person they're shopping for requested: 65
Percentage who rely on advice from friends or family: 40
Source: Consumer Reports.
Ranks of sleep, time and money on the list of biggest challenges faced by moms, according to a BabyCenter.com survey: 1, 2, 3
Percentage of parents who get less than six hours of sleep a night: 30
Percentage who can't remember the last time they slept eight hours: 30
Source: BabyCenter LLC.
Percentage of American workers who are retired, according to poll conducted by Ipsos Observer on behalf of Quicken: 21
Among those who are still in the workforce, percentage who believe that they won't be able to retire by the age of 65: 53
Source: Ipsos Reid Public Affairs.
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IBM has offered the latest installment of its “Next Five in Five” series, an annual end-of-year rite in which the computing giant looks ahead to what the coming half decade might bring in the IT sector.
This time, Big Blue is bullish on 3D display technology, suggesting that new interfaces that had been the stuff of movies will allow people to display themselves as holograms, reshaping remote social interaction in a dramatic way. Then, too, IBM envisions new battery technology and other novel energy sources, along with radical advancements in cooling technology that could recycle excess heat from a datacenter to provide homes or offices with hot water. Datamation takes a look at IBM’s Next Five in Five forecast.
Over the next five years, batteries will be much longer lasting and some devices will be battery-free, while user interfaces, including video chat, will be rendered in 3D, according to IBM’s fifth annual “Next Five in Five,” a list of technologies its experts think are likely to significantly impact people’s lives over the next five years.
“In the next five years, 3D interfaces — like those in the movies — will let you interact with 3D holograms of your friends in real time. Movies and TVs are already moving to 3D, and as 3D and holographic cameras get more sophisticated and miniaturized to fit into cell phones, you will be able to interact with photos, browse the Web and chat with your friends in entirely new ways,” IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) list said.


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Finding the Forgotten Majority
Posted on Jan 14, 2011
By David Sirota
“There is a need for some reflection here: What is too far now? What was too far when Oklahoma City happened is accepted now. There’s been a desensitizing. These town halls and cable TV and talk radio, everybody’s trying to outdo each other.”
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But that is the larger story of the slaughter’s aftermath. As conservative pundits spent the week insisting that their violent political rhetoric is somehow unrelated to political violence; as Sarah “Don’t Retreat, Reload” Palin scrubbed her website of rifle-sight graphics targeting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords; as right-wing radio hosts sanitized the Tucson shooter as a “lone gunman” rather than a “terrorist”—in the midst of all this obfuscation, few public figures found the courage to acknowledge truths that so desperately need to be aired.
One of those truths is that media can set societal norms and, thus, can help create conditions for violence—whether a mass murder in Tucson, an IRS bombing in Austin or any other future massacre. Another less obvious truth is that the new media economy encourages ever more violent vitriol because that’s now become the most reliable way to build a following and, thus, generate profit.
Save for sensationalists like Rupert Murdoch, media owners today aren’t deliberately manufacturing this dangerous dynamic—for the most part, it reflects a convergence of market forces. In this brave new world of infinite information conduits, the audience is more fragmented than ever. That has made the pursuit of audience share more intense, ultimately rewarding the loudest violence-glorifying demagogues in the noisy rabble. And remember: The situation is being further exacerbated as many media outlets transform their business models from mass broadcast to niche narrowcast—a shift that allows relatively small fringe mobs to sustain the most vituperative voices of hate.
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Like many who still cling to journalistic ideals and democratic principles, I’ve grappled with the pressures of this alarming change in the media landscape. As a radio host, I feel the constant pull of the pack mentality—that temptation to follow the path of least ratings resistance and use the public airwaves as a “blowtorch” (as the saying goes in the industry). Oh, how easy that would be—I could just add my voice to the now ubiquitous hatefest that polarizes issues and too often suggests violence is a legitimate form of political expression.
Alas, I’ve done my best to avoid this sadistic melee. I’m sure I haven’t been perfect, but I’ve tried to find an alternative route that circumvents the pitchforks, torches and Glocks. And thankfully, I’ve found support. My Colorado radio station has unabashedly backed my attempt to create a different kind of programming, and I’ve found a diverse and growing listenership that values something more than violent invective.
This is what still gives me hope in such dark times. For if there is an audience in my state that wants something more—something substantive and nonviolent—then there are audiences everywhere that want something more, too. It’s the media’s responsibility to start finding that forgotten majority before more blood is spilled.
David Sirota is the author of the best-selling books “Hostile Takeover” and “The Uprising.” He hosts the morning show on AM760 in Colorado and blogs at OpenLeft.com. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.org or follow him on Twitter @davidsirota.
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Assign Configuration Templates to Device Templates
In Customer Portal, users with the Tenant Administrator role can assign a configuration template to one or more device templates. Associating a configuration template with a device template enables you to deploy additional configuration on the device during ZTP and after the device is activated.
In CSO releases before Release 5.1.0, configuration templates are called stage-2 configuration templates.
To assign a configuration template to one or more device templates:
- Select Resources > Templates > Configuration Templates.
The Configuration Templates page appears.
- Select the configuration template that you want to assign
and select More > Assign to Device Template.
The Assign Configuration Template to Device Templates page appears.
- Complete the configuration according to the guidelines
provided in Table 1
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.
- Click OK.
You are returned to the Configuration Templates page and a popup appears indicating whether the assignment is successful or has failed. If the assignment failed, you can retry the assignment or contact Juniper Networks support.
If the assignment is successful, the configuration parameters are displayed in the Device-Name page and you can enter values for the configuration and deploy the changes on the device.
Table 1: Assign Configuration Template to Device Template Settings
Displays the name of the configuration template that you are assigning; you cannot modify this field.
Enter the name that you want displayed on the Device-Name page.
For NFX250 devices, select the component name to which the configuration should be deployed. The components that are currently supported are:
Specify whether the configuration should be deployed automatically on the device during the zero touch provisioning (ZTP) process. The options are:
Select Device Templates
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Touch has been designed as a highquality chair and thoroughly developed to adapt to all kind of facilities. Thus, a family of work chairs is born, guided by a key concept: versatility. The Touch work chair comes with a high or low backrest, with optional adjustable or fixed arms and with high backrest version with a headrest ideal for users in execu- tive positions. Created in collaboration with Josep Lluscá, Touch has a polypropylene seat core that supports the high-density foam cushion, designed with the optimum comfort of the user in mind. The seat is upholstered with fabric or soft leather and has a polypropylene shell finished in anthracite grey or off-white. These chairs, with a polyamide, polished aluminium or white aluminium pyramidal base, are provided with a pneumatic lift mechanism and a Motion Synchro mechanism, high functional and ergonomic benefits.
With a cantilever armchair frame made with black epoxy or chrome-finished round steel tubes, these Touch chairs share the same features and structure with the rest of the family. The armrests of the chair are made from integral polyurethane.
The Touch program includes a wide range of options to cover all needs at a modern office: task area –high and low backrest–-, executive areas –high backrest and hea- drest– and visitor áreas –cantilever chair–.
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Dismissing Hollande's allegation as a "mere press interview", the SC said, "The point remains that Defence Procurement Procedure 2013 envisages that the vendor/OEM will choose its own IOPs. Credit: IndiaTimes - Published
The court said it cannot sit on the perception of individuals. It said that press interviews (presumably with former French President Francois Hollande) can't be the basis for a probe. "We can't judge.. Credit: Sify - Published
Dassault Aviation - the manufacturer of the Rafale jet - has, for the third time in three months, issued a clarification about the deal to sell 36 of its combat aircraft to India. Credit: Firstpost - Published
Rahul said that many including Modi, Anil Ambani, Francois Hollande, Emmanuel Macron and others are all aware of the costs of the Rafale deal, but yet none are disclosing the same to the Supreme Court. Credit: Firstpost - Published
The government is understood to be exploring options for the chief guest at the Republic Day parade after US President Donald Trump turned down its invite for the ceremony.
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The Congress on Monday slammed the Narendar Modi government for the ‘diplomatic faux pas’ over the Republic Day invite to US President Donald Trump.
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Shatrughan Sinha said a French publication had quoted former French president Francois Hollande as saying that the Indian government had proposed Reliance Defence as a partner for the French aerospace.. Credit: IndiaTimes - Published
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday visited a production facility of French aerospace major Dassault Aviation near Paris where the Rafale jets to be supplied to India are being manufactured,.. Credit: DNA - Published
Firing a fresh salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi alleged on Thursday that he was a "corrupt man" who helped Anil Ambani pocket Rs 30,000 crore.. Credit: DNA - Published
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Mathias Enard and Alain Mabanckou Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize
Each year, the Man Booker International Prize, one of the most prestigious literary prize for books published in English, casts light upon quality fiction in translation. For 2017, among thirteen selected authors, two Francophone writers have been longlisted: Mathias Enard for Compass (translated by Charlotte Mandell for Fitzcarraldo Editions) and Alain Mabanckou for Black Moses (translated by Helen Stevenson for Serpent's Tail).
The shortlist will be announced on April 20th and the names of the award-winning author and translator on June 14th.
Last year, three Francophone writers were longlisted: Maylis de Kerangal for Mend the Living (translated by Jessica Moore for Maclehose Press), Fiston Mwanza Mujila for Tram 83 (translated by Roland Glasser for Jacaranda) and Marie NDiaye for Ladivine (translated by Jordan Stump for Maclehose Press).

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The centrists of the Senate may be about to make their power play in the 50-50 chamber, controlled by the Democrats only due to Vice President Kamala Harris’s tiebreaking vote.
Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, joined her Democratic colleague from West Virginia in opposition to President Biden’s nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget on Monday. “Neera Tanden has neither the experience nor the temperament to lead this critical agency,” she said in a statement. “Her past actions have demonstrated exactly the kind of animosity that President Biden has pledged to transcend. … I will vote against confirming Ms. Tanden.”
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Centers are not nodes, in fact junctions are not nodes. In graphs (representation of transportation networks for modeling and analysis), nodes are aspatial representations of the intersection of links, which themselves are aspatial representations of the structure of network. However real nodes, i.e. centers and junctions, take space. As such they provide a spatial separation between areas that adjoin them. They serve as edges to adjoining areas (e.g. neighborhoods).
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Healthy ice cream doesn't have to be an oxymoron. Take this year's winner of Food Science 101's ice cream-making contest: Slammin' Yamz! -- yam-flavored ice cream with beta carotene and fiber, molasses, marshmallow swirl, cinnamon and nutmeg and less than 4 percent fat.
Slammin' Yamz! beat out Carobu Trails -- an almond-flavored ice cream with black raspberry swirl, chopped almonds and carob chips that is also low in sugar -- by one point in judging.
The introductory food science class creates new ice creams each fall semester. This year's assignment was to create healthier ice cream with no more than 4 percent fat (instead of the usual 14 percent). In four teams of about 20 students each, the class researched ice cream flavor names, formulas, butterfat content, proportions and potential market for the product. They also learned the technical aspects of commercial food processing for ice cream, such as how much milk-fat content would be acceptable to the discriminating palate, how much overrun (air content) to introduce and how much particulate (crunchy tidbits) to use.
"Producing foods such as ice cream that are both enjoyable and healthier is a challenge, but this group did a great job for their first real try at it," said Joseph Hotchkiss, professor of food science who has been teaching the course since 1995.
Slammin' Yamz! will be sold at the Cornell Dairy Bar during the spring semester. Sticky Bunz ice cream, the student-team winner from 1998, is still among the most popular flavors sold at the Cornell Dairy Bar.
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I was talking to a friend yesterday, and we were discussing how its the best time for artists to come up and share their work. With the proliferation of digital platforms, accessibility to anyone in the world to pitch their work, and more so the rising importance of arts in our society as therapy and recreation.
But I also pointed out to her how this increasing digital content is like a drug. A drug which makes us extremely passive in our thoughts because everything is being told by someone. A drug that hides what we are feeling. A drug that rather than making us contemplate and think for ourselves, having started telling us the answers. Rather than stimulating thoughts, it just makes us better robots who search for things. And a very dangerous drug because there is no regulations as to its use. We literally have this drug 16 out of 24hrs a day….
Funny thing is, this message is also a form of the same drug. And just like anything it has it’s pros and cons. But maybe it’s important for us to be conscious of our digital drug consumption and balance it out. And a better way to enjoy these art forms that we love watching/scrolling would be to create them, engage with them, participate in them – rather than just being a passive listener and consumer.