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Marathon March 2020 – The South London and Proud Edition
byMark Silverstein
I have now walked in the Palace For Life Marathon March for three consecutive years and have written about it on TEB each time. When I offered to write the article this year I did wonder whether I would have enough to say which would be different. Given the new route this year and, unfortunately, the COVID-19 restrictions which Palace For Life have had to cope with, there were definitely some changes.
I will, however, start with what was the same. Thankfully what did not change was the fact that nearly all the walkers are Palace supporters. I am of course biased, but for me, this means you are guaranteed to be spending eight or nine hours (yes it takes that long!) with some of the nicest and most interesting people you would want to spend time with. The two previous walks I have spent time talking to people of all different ages, occupations and in the case of Mikael and Kent from Sweden, different countries. Every year it's the conversation that keeps me going. Whether it was learning about their Palace supporting history, their favourite players or matches, their jobs, life history or wherever the conversation takes us it is always a real pleasure. This time was no different.
My regular Marathon March walking buddy Julian and I found ourselves in a bubble (more on this later) with Ben and Crispin. Ben is the head of a local grammar school and Crispin is an Air Force pilot so in both cases there was no shortage of interesting topics to cover! As a first time Marcher I think Ben was a bit nervous about what he had let himself in for but as we got walking he soon forgot about any nerves. Crispin had walked in last year's March so he was well prepared for what was to come. As with each previous year we passed the time and miles talking about all sorts and that really helped to distract us from the roughly 66,000 steps we each did.
Now, on to the changes! The most obvious change was the route. Having enjoyed two years of a meander through South London up to Wimbledon and Richmond and then along the Thames up to Trafalgar Square, this year's route was very different. A giant circle around Selhurst Park taking in the sights of Crystal Palace Park, Beckenham Palace Park and my favourite, (just for the name) One Tree Hill in Honor Oak Park. As far as I was concerned the new route was fantastic. It was a nice mix of suburban streets, parks and woods taking in a number of places I had never been to. At various points we really could have been anywhere in the country as opposed to being in a London postcode (mostly). Pre walk I had been a little concerned about the hilly terrain (not quite the Alps but not flat either!) but the route planners (hello Sam) had done an excellent job of managing to avoid the toughest inclines. It definitely was not flat (as Julian pointed out frequently) but it was it not as brutal as I feared it might be. The nicest bonus of the route was that all of us were able to point out personal points of interest whether it was former schools or homes or the sites of teenage misbehaviour! It was a real Memory Lane Marathon March.
The other big change, of course, was the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Palace for Life Foundation did well to make sure the Marathon March happened at all in the current circumstances. There was no big send off in the ground before the March- we all just started the walk in our six person maximum bubbles in a carefully timed sequence to avoid any mixing between bubbles during the walk. On the one hand, the requirement to stay in a bubble did take away from one of the most enjoyable part of the walk – being able to catch up with a variety of people during the day – but I was very happy that the safety of the participants and all of the staff involved was being prioritised. It might have been strange having to wear a mask whenever you were not walking or eating, but if that was what it took to make sure the March went ahead I was fine with that. In any event I was very happy with our four person bubble and we never really ran out of things to talk about.
As ever, the last couple of miles were the toughest physically but a combination of knowing the end was in sight, and some judicious use of pain relieving gels or paracetamol got everyone through. It was a definite plus ending at Selhurst Park. Not only was it nice to finish the walk in our spiritual home as opposed to the touristic delights of Trafalgar Square, but it was a joy to see the inside of the ground – even if there was no match. We even got to walk around the pitch and go down the players tunnel! At the end there was a medal, a round of applause from our fellow walkers and a very well deserved beer. Legs and muscles willing, I will be back next year!
I cannot end this without mentioning our dedicated supporters from Sweden, Kent and Mikael. I met them on last year's walk and they were all signed up for this year until the pandemic hit, making travel impossible for them. That was not enough to stop them however and they organised their own Marathon March in their hometown, Norrkoping timed to coincide with the March in London. Here's hoping that next year they can join us again!
It is definitely not too late to donate to the Palace For Life Marathon March and the link is HERE!
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Mark is a writer for TEB and a Palace season ticket holder in the Holmesdale Lower together with his wife and son. Mark started attending Palace matches in 2004 and despite the relegation that season has been hooked over since.
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NEKOMONOGATARI (WHITE)
By NISIOISIN and VOFAN
"Launching into new territory that the author hadn't mapped out when he embarked on the series, NEKOMONOGATARI (White) tells the tale of heroine Tsubasa Hanekawa from her own perspective, in her own voice—if that can hold true for a damaged soul who, depending on who you're asking, suffers from a split personality or a supernatural aberration.
The bone-chilling brokenness of her household, where father and mother and daughter keep three separate sets of cookware in the same kitchen and only ever prepare their own meals, and the profound darkness nurtured in the genius schoolgirl's heart, come to life, if that is the word, through her self-vivisection.
As for our customary unreliable narrator, Araragi, we seem to learn revealing tidbits about him now that we have an outside view of him at last, while his lady friends Senjogahara, Hachikuji, et al, freed from his predilection for proudly inane banter, show subtly new faces to us via their female interlocutor. Welcome to the Second Season."
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Q: Parameter 0 of constructor in X required a bean of type 'Y' that could not be found Whenever I run my Spring Boot app to connect to an AWS database I get the error saying

Parameter 0 of constructor in services.UserService required a bean of
type 'repositories.UserRepository' that could not be found.

My current project structure is like this:

Here are the individual files:
User.kt:
package entities

import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id
import javax.persistence.Entity
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue
import javax.persistence.GenerationType
import javax.persistence.Table

@Entity
@Table(name = "users")
data class User(
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    val id: Long?,
    val name: String
)

UserRepository.kt:
package repositories

import entities.User
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Query
import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository

@Repository
interface UserRepository : CrudRepository<User, Long>{
    @Query("SELECT * FROM users")
    fun getAllUsers(): List<User>
}

UserService.kt:
package services

import entities.User
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
import repositories.UserRepository

@Service
class UserService(val database: UserRepository) {

    fun getAllUsers(): List<User> = database.getAllUsers()

    fun post(user: User){
        database.save(user)
    }
}

UserController.kt:
package controllers

import entities.User
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController
import services.UserService

@RestController
class UserController(val userService: UserService) {

    @GetMapping
    fun index() = "TEST"

    @PostMapping("/users/add")
    fun addUser(user: User){
        userService.post(user)
    }

    @GetMapping("/users/all")
    fun getAllUsers() = userService.getAllUsers()
}

TutortekApplication.kt:
package com.karbal.tutortek

import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication
import org.springframework.boot.runApplication
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan

@SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = ["controllers", "entities", "repositories", "services"])
class TutortekApplication

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    runApplication<TutortekApplication>(*args)
}

What am I missing to make this work?

A: Move the packages "controllers", "entities", "repositories" and "services" to com.karbal.tutortek. With this you may get rid of scanBasePackages = ["controllers", "entities", "repositories", "services"] and use only @SpringBootApplication as follows:
package com.karbal.tutortek

import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication
import org.springframework.boot.runApplication
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan

@SpringBootApplication
class TutortekApplication

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    runApplication<TutortekApplication>(*args)
}

@SpringBootApplication encapsulates @Configuration, @EnableAutoConfiguration, and @ComponentScan annotations with their default attributes. The default value for @ComponentScan means that all the sub packages on the package the @ComponentScan is used are scanned. That is why it is usually a good practice to include the main class in the base package of the project.

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As I go on to talk about a business blog in Kenya, the reference to "small business" is relative. Most of the time we take this to mean a business set up and running under a kibanda. In this post this would mean any business with 0-20 employees.
Hence the small businesses in reference are a majority in the business landscape locally. So why would any business owner want to engage using a business blog in Kenya?
Let us start with exploring what it entitles to run a small business, even before we look into the intricacies of business blogging in Kenya.
Every one who start a business, does it with a view to earn from this business. It is the ROI (return on investment) or so perceived that drives a business person to invest in an idea or a venture. And with this comes the hard stuff which involve convincing consumers that the services or product on offer will address and meet their specific need.
Usually the finances are tight, and rarely does a new business person will want to incur costs such as advertising or marketing themselves, till they are sure such an expense is bound to bring in that much desired revenue. At this juncture, there is heavy dependence on goodwill and word of mouth from family, friends and acquaintances. We all know this does not always pay off.
Now, with technology this method of spreading the word can be amplified using social media and a business blog in Kenya.
A business blog in Kenya holds great value for local business, big or small, all that is needed is the knowledge on how to go about setting up one which is integrated to the main business website and also the social media platforms.
It can help you reach potential clients by providing information about services or products in your niche market. This way you are able to attach your brand name to such solutions hence making them aware of your presence online.
A business blog in Kenya has the potential to increase your website traffic thus tarhetting new prospects.
Using a blog helps to establish you as a leader in your niche market. As you provide relevant and solution based information, you create trust with your readers. And as time goes by, you are considered as an authority in that area of business.
A successful busineness blog in Kenya has the potential of creating a community that will communicate with you, collaborate and share your posts either by way of commenting or sharing with their friend on social circles.
What Will Make your Business Blog in Kenya Successful?
Corporate blogging is a unique means of marketing that i believe encourage most businesses and companies to adopt.
Well said…any company with an online presence should highly consider having a blog given the numerous benefits that come from them !


Perdue has held increasing responsibilities at Georgetown Law since chairing the law school's long-range planning committee in 1997-98. She became associate dean for research in 1998, then for the J.D. program from 1999-2004. In 2005, she was appointed associate dean for graduate law programs, adding responsibility for the J.D. program again last year. She has served on university committees for finance, mission statement, capital campaign, and rank and tenure.
While a member of Georgetown Law faculty, she also was vice-chair of the Montgomery County (Maryland) planning board, the governing board of a state agency with annual operating and capital budgets of more than $100 million.
society. She has served the Association of American Law Schools as chair of its membership review committee, the sections on civil procedure and conflict of laws, and as a member of the nominations committee. Perdue also served on the Duke Law School board of visitors and was on the editorial board of the Journal of Legal Education.
She has published two books, two book chapters and 19 journal articles in her legal specialties.
Perdue earned her bachelor's degree from Wellesley College.


Chinese phone company Xiaomi has said it is ready to open talks with Ericsson after a temporary ban was slapped on its smartphone business in India following its first patent spat.
Indian authorities have mounted a credible bid to own the tech news cycle this week. Fresh from a ban on Uber and then other unlicensed taxi apps in New Delhi, the city's high court issued an injunction that prevents Xiaomi from importing and selling some of its smartphones in the country.
The high court granted an 'ex parte' injunction against the Chinese company following a patent complaint from telecom firm Ericsson, as Spicy IP first reported. Officials have been ordered to visit Xiaomi India's office to ensure it does not sell, advertise, manufacture or import devices that infringe the patents in question.
Xiaomi sells its Mi3, Redmi and Redmi Note phablet in India, but it is not clear which models are affected by this ruling.
Ericsson's commitment to the global support of technology and innovation is undisputed. It is unfair for Xiaomi to benefit from our substantial R&D investment without paying a reasonable licensee fee for our technology.
After more than 3 years of attempts to engage in a licensing conversation in good faith, for products compliant with the GSM, EDGE, and UMTS/WCDMA standards Xiaomi continues to refuse to respond in any way regarding a fair license to Ericsson's intellectual property on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Ericsson, as a last resort, had to take legal action.
To continue investing in research and enabling the development of new ideas, new standards and new platforms to the industry, we must obtain a fair return on our R&D investments. We look forward to working with Xiaomi to reach a mutually fair and reasonable conclusion, just as we do with all of our licensees.
We haven't received an official note from the Delhi High Court. However, our legal team is currently evaluating the situation based on the information we have.
India is a very important market for Xiaomi and we will respond promptly as needed and in full compliance with India laws. Moreover, we are open to working with Ericsson to resolve this matter amicably.
Ericsson is said to be negotiating compensation for patents with a number of Indian smartphone makers, and it could be that its dispute with Xiaomi goes the same way.
Xiaomi's Hugo Barra said in October that the company assesses how its online sales model will work in new markets when deciding on expansions. Barra told the Wall Street Journal that litigation risks were not a factor, although critics have argued that possible patent infringement suits could affect it in the West.
Xiaomi is on track to sell 60 million smartphones this year and it is currently present in seven countries in Asia, having moved beyond its native China more than a year ago.
The company recently said it is easing back on new market launches, however, in order to focus on a number of key countries, including India and Indonesia. But it is widely expected to increase its presence in Southeast Asia and enter Latin America with its next wave of expansions in 2015. It's not clear when, or indeed if ever, it will sell its products in the U.S. market.
Note: The original version of this article was updated to correct Hugo Barra's previous comments.


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JCTC to Host April 14 Screening of JULIA BLUE from Ukrainian American Roxy Toporowych
Julia Blue
written and directed by Roxy Toporowych
WHEN: Thursday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. E.T.
WHERE: JCTC Studios, 165 Newark Avenue, Jersey City
Find more information and reserve tickets at www.jctcenter.org and www.seetickets.us/jctcenter.
Accessibility accommodations for this event are available upon request.
Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC), together with Ukrainian JC and Ukrainian and Jersey City artists, announce a screening of the feature-length film Julia Blue, with all proceeds for the direct benefit of the people of Ukraine. Julia Blue (running time: 90 minutes) is written and directed by Roxy Toporowych, a first-generation Ukrainian American. Toporowych will introduce her film and lead a discussion and Q&A following the screening. (Photo above by Sashko Roshchyn)
The inspiration for Julia Blue came from Toporwych's time spent in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2014, a few short months after Russia's annexation of Crimea and the downing of MH-17. "I found myself thinking about the basis of one's identity. What makes us feel that we are part of a certain ethnic or cultural group? Is it what we are taught? Where we are born? What language we speak? How do we preserve a sense of self when our identity is attached to a country whose status is in constant flux?" shares Toporowych. "I wanted to explore this notion of identity. At the same time, it became important for me to find a way to spotlight what I was experiencing. This wasn't a war happening in a far-off land. I didn't just read about it online. This was happening around me in real time," she adds.
"Through Julia Blue, Roxy authentically captures the realities of wartime. Her film perfectly encapsulates the experiences of the many young people growing up and claiming their identity in a country at war. By presenting Julia Blue, JCTC hopes to foster a greater shared understanding of the war's impact on the Ukrainian people and their rich heritage," says Olga Levina, JCTC's Executive Producer.
Julia Blue Synopsis
Inspired to study photography by the protest scenes she witnessed in Kyiv during the 2014 revolution, Julia (Polina Snisarenko) has now set her sights on a future outside her beloved Ukraine. A year after the revolution, Julia volunteers at the military hospital for injured soldiers returning from the front in Eastern Ukraine. Julia brings a carefree happiness to their ward. One day she meets English (Dima Yaroshenko), a soldier who has arrived at the hospital with easily mended surface wounds and deeply set emotional scarring. A gentle relationship emerges that draws the two of them closer, but each has withheld something vital from the other. When Julia decides to bring English home for a family wedding, the cost of their secrets threatens more than their relationship. A beautiful allegory for the freedoms of our modern world that seem all too fleeting, Julia Blue reminds us not just of the costs of love and war, but of the sometimes painful choices freedom demands. Featuring breathtaking cinematography from metropolitan Kyiv to the sweeping landscapes of the Carpathian Mountains, the heart and soul of Ukraine is on display with Julia Blue.
Roxy Toporowych is a first-generation Ukrainian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Heavily influenced by her upbringing, her work focuses on stories about independent women and the Eastern European culture she just can't shake. Toporowych's narrative directing debut, Julia Blue, was inspired by her time as a Fulbright Scholar living in war-torn Ukraine. She is an IFP Narrative Lab Directing Fellow 2016 and the recipient of the IFP Gotham Calvin Klein 'Live the Dream' grant for emerging female directors 2016. Julia Blue was a part of Rooftop Films Works in Progress Screenings 2018 and Seattle WIP Labs 2017. The film has won numerous awards, including Best Film at the Anchorage International Film Festival 2018, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 2019, and Cambria Film Festival 2020 and Best Foreign Film at the Female Eye Festival, 2019. In 2020, the film was distributed by MeGogo and is available on Amazon in the US and UK. Roxy is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has worked in film and TV set decoration for over 15 years. Credits include Captain America: Winter Soldier, The Other Guys, Saturday Night Live and Steven Spielberg's West Side Story.
About Jersey City Theater Center
Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) arts organization committed to inspiring conversations about important issues of our times through the arts. Co-founded by Executive Producer Olga Levina, an immigrant from Belarus, Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) produces and presents universal yet locally relevant works, emphasizing social justice and human rights.
Since 2006, JCTC has provided a platform for all artistic voices to be heard. When we share stories through the arts, we spark meaningful dialogue that leads to greater understanding and respect. And, as a result, we build better communities together.


This time we hand over the microphone to Katharina Pantle. She developed an excellent study and very well written thesis involving employees' behavior towards the workplace following the diagnosis of cancer.
Katharina, the stage is yours!
1. MusicStats.org: Katharina, tell us a bit about your life story, where you come from, what study program you attended, what are your passions and what are you doing at this stage in life.
I spent my youth in a small city close to Frankfurt am Main. After my A-levels I started an apprenticeship in the hotel Villa Kennedy, Rocco Forte, where I became a trained hotel professional with additional certified qualifications in hotel management. Afterwards I studied at the International University Bad Honnef, here, I achieved my bachelor degree in hospitality management, Fast Track. I have always been interested in the field of Human Resource Management and hence, this was a particular motivation for me in choosing my degree pathway.
The study of HRM has proved to be particularly gratifying for me and therefore, I decided to further my academic knowledge and to study a broader field in management. Before now, I have not lived outside Germany and as my undergraduate degree was delivered in English, my aim was to move abroad and to continue my studies in English. Consequently, I am now a postgraduate student at the University of St Andrews studying Mlitt International Business with HR modules in 'Managing People in Global Markets' and 'Leadership Management'.
The aim of my thesis was to investigate, retrospectively, the involvement within the workplace for individuals after having been diagnosed with cancer to identify its impact on happiness. I began my research in May 2018, collected primary data until the end of July and handed-in my thesis in mid-August of the same year.
To gather primary data, I chose a mixed research design to gain an accurate view of individuals and to overcome weaknesses that are related to the usage of only one research design. Quantitative data was collected through the use of a structured online survey, followed by qualitative data collection through face-to-face, in-depth interviews.
By collecting data from my published online survey, my aim was to identify general perceptions of the involvement at the workplace and to anticipate in which way certain groups of people behave. Thus, individuals who experienced cancer and individuals who never suffered from this illness were compared to illuminate diverging in variables of: happiness levels, importance of work, work-related motivation and self-concepts. I experienced some difficulty in identifying cancer patients that were suitable for my investigation (due to research subjects having to have worked before and after their illness). Nevertheless, 101 survey responses could be used for statistical evaluation.
Afterwards, 11 in-depth face-to-face interviews were undertaken to make more comprehensive assertions around the self-reflection of cancer patients towards their individual perceptions of the importance of work.
The prospect of their own mortality was thrust on Cancer patients earlier than anticipated. As consequence, patients were compelled to reconsider what really matters in life. As statistically proven, the disease rate (but also the survival rate of cancer patients) will increase substantially in future, more emphasis should be placed on the impact this disease has on the job, but also in the general change of attitudes.
Organizations, HR managers, politicians and most importantly, wider society should listen and learn from these people in order to enhance overall quality of life and to make people happier. Happiness should be the overall life goal in every society and for every human being. Nothing else matters.
Retrospectively, If I were to conduct similar research again, I would attempt to conduct my online questionnaire a little earlier to obtain more research responses. I underestimated the difficulty I would experience in reach out to cancer patients, whom felt compelled to participate in my survey and who fulfilled the requirements. More participants would have ensured the reliability of the study.
Furthermore, for my in-depth-interviews, I may have benefited from a more diverse sample of interview partners, with an equal number of male and female interview partners and a more diverse distribution of cancer illnesses (as many of my interview partners were female and experienced breast-cancer).
My general recommendation is to write about a topic you anticipate shall have a useful application in your later career. Choosing a method of data collection that allows you to build rapport with industry experts may heighten your career prospects after your studies. When you have chosen your topic, try to think about questions that might be important for the data collection, when you write your literature review. While evaluating models in the lit. review, first ideas and questions should be written down to ensure that all important topics are covered in the online questionnaire.
And most importantly: Give yourself small deadlines for EVERYTHING. Make a schedule for the whole week and at the beginning of each day, set goals that need to be achieved by the end of the day. In that case, you will never experience too much pressure to finish your thesis and you can enjoy the free evenings much more, as you know that you're on track.
Lastly, I experienced, that for me it was the best to do all research (including extracting and ordering bullet points of all papers) in the afternoon and finally write the extensive text in the morning, where the level of concentration/focus is the highest.
Most present is music in my life, when I am in my car. I would never drive without listening to it. Especially as I am not a good singer, I can use the time to sing with the songs, where nobody can hear me. At home, music is nearly always on in the background.
Honestly, I just listened to some playlists on Spotify. However, only really quietly, so that I don't run into danger to sing or listen to it more than focusing on my thesis. Therefore, playlists with songs I did not know, were helpful.
Until end of August 2019 I'll be studying at University of St Andrews and afterwards I would love to work in the field of HR – either in a larger, international organization or in HR consulting.
Potential employers can find me on LinkedIn or can reach me through my email address.


Glastonbury takes place this year from June 22-26. Two of the three Pyramid Stage headliners had already been announced, with Muse playing on the Friday night and Coldplay closing Sunday night.
NME's Nick Levine reports that Adele announced at her O2 Arena gig this evening that she will headline the Saturday night at Worthy Farm.


The Colorado Rockies have announced that they and center fielder Charlie Blackmon have agreed to a six-year contract extension. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed by the club, but NBC Sports has learned that it'll pay Blackmon $108 million and could be worth as much as $116 million with incentives.
2023: $10 million Player Option, subject to various bonuses and escalators.
Those two previous points notwithstanding, his 2023 base salary may escalate by no more than $8,000,000 in total due to incentives, so his max salary for 2023 is $18 million.
Blackmon will also get a hotel suite for all road games, which is pretty common for a team's veteran stars.
Blackmon, 31, is coming off of a monster 2017 campaign in which he won the batting title, hitting .331/.399/.601 with 37 homers and 104 RBI. In addition to leading the league in average, he led the league with 14 triples, 213 hits, 137 runs and 725 plate appearances. A leadoff hitter with rare power, Blackmon won a Silver Slugger Award, was an All-Star and finished fifth in the MVP voting.
Those accomplishments aside, it's worth noting how good a deal this is for Blackmon, all things considered. After all, Blackmon still has this season to play before he could've become a free agent, and will be 32 when he would've hit the market, almost certainly saddled with a qualifying offer. Given the environment out there right now for somewhat older free agents like Blackmon would've been, getting a nine-figure deal now, with no one else bidding, is pretty great.
That's also before you realize that Blackmon likely would've faced a steeper uphill climb than a lot of free agents given that his numbers have been put up at Coors Field. Blackmon has some pretty significant home/road splits, in fact, with his career OPS at Coors coming in 226 pts higher than his road OPS. Last year, his breakout year, that gulf was a staggering 455 points. Given that the market has, traditionally, been skeptical of Rockies hitters as so-called Coors Creations, the fact that Blackmon landed this deal a testament to both his agents for negotiating the contract and to the Rockies for locking up a homegrown star.
About the agents: Blackmon switched agencies back in November, hiring the ACES agency, run by Sam and Seth Levinson. At the time that decision led to some weird, snarky backbiting in the media, seemingly aimed at casting aspersions on ACES by claiming — quite unconvincingly, I argued at the time — that Blackmon got a bad arbitration deal. As I noted then, such sniping, in addition to likely having ulterior motives, conveniently left out the fact that ACES is noted for getting good long term deals for players who want to stay with their current clubs (e.g. David Wright, Dustin Pedroia) and that Blackmon is on record wanting to strike a long term deal with the Rockies, preferring to stay with one club for his entire career if possible.
That track record and that desire matched up quite nicely. Now it has resulted on a very nice contract for a player north of 30 at a time when those things are increasingly the rarest of unicorns. Nice job all around, I'd say.


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Helen Duval, (Edam-Volendam) est le pseudonyme de une actrice pornographique néerlandaise.

Biographie
Elle entame sa carrière dans l'industrie du sexe en publiant des articles dans la revue érotique néerlandaise TUK. Elle ne tournera son premier film comme actrice qu'en 1993.

Filmographie
 9½ Days (1993)
 The House on Paradise Beach (1996)
 Helen Does Holland (1997)
 Deep Inside Helen Duval (1998)
 Dream Catcher (1998)
 Secrets of Kamasutra (2000)
 Casa Rosso (2002)
 Ice & Fire (2003)
 Quo Vadis (2003)

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

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Naissance en septembre 1965
Actrice pornographique néerlandaise
Réalisatrice de films pornographiques

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Pencil Count
https://www.smartertimes.com/1074/pencil-count
There was something off about the front-of-the-business section profile of the Farber-Castell pencil company and its chief executive, Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, that ran in the Times this week.
For one thing, while the article went into the German company's history in some detail — "Faber-Castell was founded by Kasper Faber, a carpenter's apprentice. His great-grandson Lothar Faber was given noble status in 1861 by King Maximilian II of Bavaria after building the company into the world's dominant pencil maker. Later generations intermarried with the aristocratic Castell clan, creating the Faber-Castell name" — it omitted any mention of the company's history during World War II. From an article in the Telegraph earlier this year:
The Faber-Castell firm, for example, had a Nazi background all of its own. Back in the day – June 6th 1944, to be precise – the Countess Faber-Castell had played piano duets with Goebbels. (The encounter is described in his diary, still a key text for connoisseurs of unintentional comedy all over the world.) It would have been interesting to hear a brief summary of how the firm had come through the process of denazification.
The history section of the Faber-Castell web site airbrushes this story, declaring only that, "The Second World War again wrought great economic harm." Well, that is one way to look at it. If it is Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell's mother who was the one playing piano duets with Goebbels, that might have been something that the New York Times reporter might have wanted to, you know, ask the count about during the interview that ran under the headline "Hands-On Barvarian Count Presides Over a Pencil-Making Empire."
Also omitted from the Times article on Faber-Castell was any mention of Staedtler, another large German pencil company that is six miles down the road. A BBC article in 2011 reported that the "keen rivalry" and proximity of the two companies has spurred them to innovate and export.
The reporter who wrote the Times article, Jack Ewing, is a veteran of the International Herald Tribune, which has now been merged into the newly "international" New York Times. The Times is going to have to be careful to make sure that the IHT's lower editorial standards don't bleed into the Times. Or perhaps the issue is that the IHT — and the International New York Times — are written for a global audience, whereas the New York Times at least used to be written for an American — or even a New York — audience, for whom the Faber-Castell firm's World War II history might be something to explore rather than to gloss over.
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The Princes and Princesses of love 5: Illan's ring added to the assembly? These pictures prove it
The Princes and Princesses of Love 5
Updated by Vanessa R on January 12, 2022, 4:05 PM .
Credits: Instagram shayaratv, illancto
What if Illan's marriage proposal to Isabeau was fake? A video sows doubt …
Illan disappointed with the editing of the episodes
The last episode of Princes and Princesses 5 has clearly made the buzz on social networks! If you haven't seen him, know that Illan proposed to Isabeau. But when the young woman saw that he was on one knee, she stopped everything! She even took the ring and its case to rock them … But the Instagram account @shayaratv took a good look at this scene and for him, there was no ring! By zooming in a bit and slowing this sequence down, he noticed that the ring was added to the edit by the production. Which would imply that this request would be totally false … We could then think thatIllan and Isabeau had staged all this before the shooting!
Illan and Isabeau – Credit (s): Instagram isabeau.delatour
And following the broadcast of this scene, blogger Aqababe revealed that Illan and Isabeau would no longer appear on the show. On his Instagram story, he explains: "From when you see the decision making to the date, there's actually a week of filming going on, which equates to two weeks of TV airing. In Wednesday's teaser, we don't see them at all. ! The prod decided to cut the whole story of Isabeau and Illan. It ended with the throwing of Isabeau's ring. In reality, she had reconsidered her decision and had accepted Illan's marriage proposal. He even had writes a song for her! In the end, you're going to stay on Illan's ISABOWWWW ".
For his part, Illan pushed back against the production of Princes and Princesses of Love 5. On the social network, he said: "They cut everything in the editing! I've been doing TV for 6 years and I've never talked about any editing … But this is playing with people's privacy. And I know very well. well why it was cut. Never, I'm going to denigrate W9. They gave me something to eat. On the other hand, Les Princes has been beating me twice! There, I'm not letting go. " It is certain that now, Illan will no longer do TV with the production of Princes and Princesses of Love 5 !
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USAA members beware. Read the other comment from USAA members as well showing this isn't an isolated incident. Giving a two star because the initial service was amazing but things went sideways today. Our home experienced a water leak in Nov, as of today we are still working with the insurance company and their preferred vendors to get the home up and going again. American Environmental Group was called to our home in four occasions at a cost of $675.00 - $745.00 for testing. The company is a USAA preferred vendor. As invoices came in we paid them. First payment Nov $675.00, second in Nov $745.00, third end of Nov $675.00. We received and paid all of these invoices. Today I get a call from Cesar in collections who displayed an aggressive attitude immediately after I answered the call. Several times he would accuse me of not paying my bills and how I was avoiding paying the debt incurred. At 830am I was shocked to receive this call. Several comments were made about how AEG has attempted contact and we were avoiding paying the debt. Now why would we pay three invoices but not pay the other? After Cesar threatened to ruin our credit and send us to collections and of course I became heated at this time so he hung up. I called back and spoke to his supervisor Robert and it appears this invoice was never sent to us as they have no proof and no proof calls were made that we didn't answer to. If you carry USAA insurance I would avoid at all costs. All in we have paid $2,095 for sample testing and still have a bill of $675 as noted today. To receive that much money and still threaten people with collections without ensuring there is another issue is disappointing at best.


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Now the name of a brand is it's first impression. It is the first word you hear and the first word you read when being introduced to a brand. It must have meaning and substance, with the background to match. This is often more difficult than it may seem. You want to make sure that it fits correctly and that there are no misleading or negative connotations to the name of your brand. This is often followed up by brand name extensions, marketing tag lines and marketing subtext.
This is where things come together at the pinnacle of your product's design, and is often one of the most rewarding pieces of the initial brand creation puzzle. This is truly the full expression of your brand and is your greatest asset. Your bottle is your calling card in the spirits industry. Here we make sure to match fashion with function, always keeping in mind the industry that we are a part of. You don't want to make the mistake of going overboard and creating a bottle that is extremely unique in shape, but also becomes difficult to hold, resulting in bartenders and servers not favoring it. We have a way of creating just the right balance for your brand.
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Dodgers played D-backs in Australia in 2014
There are no Major League baseball games today, and even if the coronavirus outbreak had not forced the indefinite postponement of Opening Day, the 2020 season would not have been scheduled to start until Thursday.
Six years ago today, however, there was baseball — under somewhat unusual circumstances. March 22, 2014, brought the earliest regular-season game in MLB history, and the first to take place in Australia. The season-opening two-game series between the Dodgers and D-backs was played at the historic Sydney Cricket Ground, about a week before the rest of the league got underway.
It was an exciting but strange experience for the clubs.
Ultimately, the Dodgers won both games Down Under, setting them up for a 94-win season and the second of what has now become seven straight National League West titles. For Arizona, it was the start of a 98-loss, last-place slog that cost manager Kirk Gibson his job.
So let's turn back the clock a bit and take a look at our box score of the day — from the Dodgers' 3-1 victory in that 2014 opener, which was played in the middle of the night back in Los Angeles.
Player of the game: Clayton Kershaw, SP, Dodgers
Even six years later, this shouldn't exactly come as a surprise. This game occurred just a few days after Kershaw turned 26, and he already was a two-time Cy Young Award winner, including in 2013, when he posted a 1.83 ERA in 236 innings. Two months earlier, he and the Dodgers agreed to a seven-year extension worth $215 million.
Even on a different continent, Kershaw was in command in this one, allowing just one run on five hits over 6 2/3 innings while striking out seven. Unfortunately for the lefty, after the Dodgers returned home but before he could make his next start, he went on the injured list with a shoulder strain. The Australia trip may or may not have been a factor, but either way, Kershaw made up for lost time. He finished 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA in 27 starts — including 1.43 over his final 23 — and took both Cy Young and MVP honors.
Remember him? Scott Van Slyke, LF, Dodgers
The son of three-time All-Star outfielder Andy Van Slyke was the Dodgers' 14th-round pick in the 2005 Draft and took a long road to the Majors before debuting in '12. He proceeded to carve out a part-time role in Los Angeles for the next six seasons, but '14 was his peak.
The 6-foot-4 right-handed slugger hit .297/.386/.524 (157 OPS+) and smacked 11 homers across 246 plate appearances, mostly as a platoon outfielder. Van Slyke destroyed lefties (1.045 OPS), and that began in this game, as he doubled and slapped a two-run shot off Wade Miley that sneaked just inside the right-field foul pole and was the key offensive play of the night.
He wore THAT uniform? Didi Gregorius, PH, D-backs
This offseason saw the end of Sir Didi's Yankees tenure, as the veteran shortstop left to sign a free-agent deal with the Phillies. But Gregorius had become such an integral player in the Bronx that it's hard to recall what came before he was the man who followed Derek Jeter in pinstripes.
Originally signed by the Reds, Gregorius played eight games for Cincinnati in 2012, then went to Arizona in a three-team trade that also involved Trevor Bauer and Shin-Soo Choo. In between then and the three-team deal in December '14 that shipped him to New York, Gregorius played 183 fairly unremarkable games for the D-backs, producing a .682 OPS. He didn't start this one, but struck out as a pinch-hitter against Kershaw in the fifth inning.
Before he was big: Justin Turner, 2B, Dodgers
Roughly six weeks before this game, the Dodgers made what seemed to be a small transaction, signing Turner to a Minor League deal, a couple of months after the Mets had let him go, carrying a career .684 OPS. Turner won a job with a strong spring and found himself in the Opening Day lineup, playing second base, batting second, and going 1-for-4.
Nobody knew it at the time, but it was the start of one of the most impressive late-blooming breakouts in recent history. The 29-year-old embraced swing changes that foreshadowed what soon would be embraced across baseball, hitting .340/.404/.493 in a part-time role that season and becoming one of the game's best hitters over the next five years.
Last call: Eric Chavez, PH, D-backs
We could have picked famous bearded person Brian Wilson here — did you remember he played for the Dodgers in his final two seasons from 2013-14? But let's focus on Chavez, who struck out as a pinch-hitter against Kershaw in this one.
A star with the A's in the early 2000s as a slick-fielding, smooth-swinging third baseman, Chavez produced more WAR through age 27 (30.6) than Chipper Jones, only to have injuries wreck his career. The six-time Gold Glove Award winner never reached 400 plate appearances in a season after 2006 but enjoyed a bit of a renaissance as a part-timer with the Yankees in '12, and the D-backs for two years after that. Chavez was hitting well in a bench role in '14, but a troublesome knee injury forced him out of action in June and led to his retirement.
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It's that time of the year again. Students suddenly realize that they need to replace their dull, stained, dead-sounding strings. Conversation during our lessons moves from music theory to how to execute a leap on stage while still hitting the song's final power chord. And I'm once again making promises to myself that I won't leave printing programs until 2am the morning of the show.
That's right, after a yearlong hiatus because of my injured shoulders, the Coffee Shop Jam is back. On May 30, we'll take over The Columbia City Theatre, a cool old vaudeville-style club in south-Seattle, and fill the place with my students' eclectic mix of alt-country, folk, indie-rock, and AC/DC-inspired songs about guinea pigs (that would be Connor, in the photo executing a sweet pick slide).
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Refugee families are under a great deal of stress. Economic and acculturation stress may create tension in a family. The changing role of wife and children in the family may also cause family distress. As a result of these and other factors, physical violence, corporal punishment, verbal aggression and interpersonal control may occur. Although such behaviors may be considered a private matter, or even acceptable in other cultures, such behaviors are illegal in U.S. culture.
a. Physical assault of a family member and threats of assault are illegal. In Hennepin county, law enforcement officers are required to make an arrest if there is evidence of violence. Law enforcement response in other counties may differ.
b. There are education and treatment programs that can help a family stop using violence. Such resources are listed in these pages. An advocate from any community domestic violence programs can help victim and abuser find treatment and education.
2. Provide the victim with choices about what to do: Refugees may be particularly reluctant to take any action that would further upset the abuser or put the victim or family at risk of homelessness, increased poverty, and/or loss of community. In U.S. culture, each individual has the right to choose what to do. It is crucial that we offer service and resources to victims of domestic abuse.
What is battering/spouse or partner abuse ?
Battering is more than physical violence. It is a pattern of behaviors that gets worse over time. These behaviors are used to gain and maintain power and control over another person. In addition to the use of physical violence, battering involves isolation, intimidation, emotional abuse and more.
have ever been threatened, hit, kicked, shoved, or had things thrown at you by your partner.
need your partner's permission before buying food or clothing, writing checks or making other daily decisions.
often go along with plans you don't like because you're afraid of your partner's anger.
are often accused by your partner of things you've never done.
make choices about activities and friends according to how your partner will react.
feel you have no choice about what you wear, what you say, who you spend time with or where you go.
What should I do if I know someone who is in a battering relationship?
Listen to her and believe her.
Help her get medical attention if she needs it.
Let her know she is not alone and that she does not deserve to be battered.
Let her make her own decisions. Only she knows what's best for herself.


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