NEW YORK, May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE) announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire the business of NextAdvisor, Inc., a leading online source of independent and in-depth research and reviews of credit cards, personal finance and internet services.
"NextAdvisor's success in leveraging its proprietary marketing techniques in the fast growing content marketing space will accelerate Bankrate's efforts to move beyond search, most notably broadening our reach and giving us new ways to engage consumers looking for credit cards," said Kenneth S. Esterow, President and CEO of Bankrate, Inc. "The NextAdvisor team has built a terrific set of capabilities by engaging consumers with unbiased, comprehensive content, especially around credit cards, an approach that nicely complements Bankrate's core business and value proposition."
Mr. Esterow added that the acquisition provides proprietary intellectual property, technological capability, analytics, and optimization, particularly relating to the fast-growing content marketing channel.
"We are incredibly excited to join Bankrate," said Erik Larson, Founder and CEO of NextAdvisor. "The NextAdvisor team has an immediate opportunity to extend its unique set of content marketing capabilities to a broader group of customers, products and services, including as a contributor to CreditCards.com."
The asset purchase includes upfront consideration of approximately $76.3 million in cash and approximately $3.0 million in time-based vesting restricted stock units. The consideration also includes a potential earnout payment of up to $137.9 million payable in cash or Bankrate stock and up to $7.8 million in cash or time-based vesting restricted stock units based on the NextAdvisor business unit achieving certain growth targets over the 18 month period following the closing of the transaction.
The upfront payment represents a multiple of approximately 5 times NextAdvisor's adjusted EBITDA for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2016 (pro forma for the removal of a one-time credit card marketing program benefit). The maximum earnout payment will result in an overall purchase price multiple of no greater than 7.25 times an annualized adjusted EBITDA achieved over the earnout period (inclusive of the upfront payment).
The transaction is subject to certain closing conditions including antitrust review, and is expected to close before the end of Q2 2016.
Vista Point Advisors, a San Francisco based boutique investment bank, acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Next Advisor.
Bankrate is a leading online publisher, aggregator, and distributor of personal finance content. Bankrate aggregates large scale audiences of in-market consumers by providing them with proprietary, fully researched, comprehensive, independent and objective personal finance and related editorial content across multiple vertical categories including mortgages, deposits, credit cards, senior care and other categories, such as retirement, automobile loans, and taxes. Our flagship sites Bankrate.com, CreditCards.com, and Caring.com are leading destinations in each of their respective verticals and connect our audience with financial service and senior care providers and other contextually relevant advertisers. Bankrate also develops and provides content, tools, web services and co-branded websites to over 100 online partners, including some of the most trusted and frequently visited personal finance sites such as Yahoo!, CNBC, Investopedia and MarketWatch. In addition, Bankrate licenses editorial content to leading news organizations such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The New York Times.
NextAdvisor provides independent reviews of online services for consumers and small businesses. The company's mission is to help its visitors save money and make optimal buying decisions by presenting them with useful comparisons and reviews of service providers and a clear explanation of each service and how it works. The company currently reviews, compares and explains many different types of services including credit cards, credit report monitoring, identity theft protection, diet plans, VoIP (Voice over IP) services, online dating, online backup, Internet security software, internet fax and web hosting.
This news release contains forward-looking statements, which include statements expressing the intent, belief or current expectations of Bankrate that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results might differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties associated with the transaction and Bankrate's and the NextAdvisor business, which include, but are not limited to: the willingness or interest of credit card issuers and other advertisers in the business verticals in which we or NextAdvisor operate to advertise on our or NextAdvisor's websites or mobile applications; changes in application approval rates by credit card issuer customers; increased competition and its effect on our or NextAdvisor's website traffic, click-through rates, advertising rates, margins, and market share; the risk that a condition to closing of the transaction may not be satisfied, including without limitation antitrust regulatory approval; other risks to consummation of the transaction, including the risk that the transaction will not be consummated within the expected time period or at all; the effects of disruption from the announcement of the transaction or the transaction itself making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers, suppliers and other business partners; litigation and regulatory risks; and risks related to the successful integration of the business acquired and the ability to realize the expected benefits from such acquisition. For more information about factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations, refer to Bankrate's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the discussion under "Risk Factors" in Bankrate's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 along with any modifications or updates to those "Risk Factors" in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. These documents are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Bankrate undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.


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7th Signal Group (United Kingdom)
7th Signal Group
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After 2012–Present
Military Communications Headquarters
11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands
Group HQ
Beacon Barracks, Stafford
7 Signal Group (7 Sig Gp) is a military communications formation of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals, currently subordinated to 11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands. The group oversees the close-support signal units of the corps tasked with supporting 3 (UK) Division.
Sometime after the announcement of Army 2020 in 2010, the 7th Signal Group was formed as part of the expanded 11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands. Along with the formation of the new group, the 2nd Signal Group was also formed. 7th Signal Group's mission was to control all the multi-role signal regiments.[1][2]
Following the disbandment of the 2nd Signal Group in 2018, 7th Signal Group now commands all close-support signal units.[3][4]
Current structure
The current structure of the group, as of March 2021 is:[3][4]
Headquarters 7th Signal Group,[3][4] at Beacon Barracks, Stafford[3][4]
1 Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Beacon Barracks, Stafford[5] — supports 20 Armoured Infantry Bde[6]
2 Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Imphal Barracks, York[7] — to support 2 Strike Brigade[6]
3rd (United Kingdom) Divisional Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Kiwi Barracks, Bulford Camp[8] — supports HQ 3rd (UK) Division[6]
15 Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Blandford Camp[8] — supports 12 Armoured Infantry Bde[6]
21 Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Azimghur Barracks, Colerne[8] — supports 1 Armoured Infantry Bde, soon 1 Strike Brigade[6]
↑ Regular Army Basing Matrix by Formation and Unit. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ Royal Signals Institution, Royal Signals Journal Volume 32 Issue I., March 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 British Army, HQ 11th Signal and West Midlands Brigade. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Royal Signals Interactive Map.
↑ Grzeszczyk, Sian (7 September 2018). "Military Base Says 'Thank You' With Beating Retreat Performance" (in en). https://www.forces.net/news/military-base-says-thank-you-beating-retreat-performance.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Master of Signals Presentation regarding the Future of the Royal Corps of Signals under Army 2020 Refine". Headquarters, Royal Corps of Signals. https://royalsignals.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20170921-Master-of-Signals-Presentation.pdf.
↑ "HQ 11th Signal and West Midlands Brigade" (in en-GB). https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brigades/3rd-united-kingdom-division/hq-11th-signal-and-west-midlands-brigade/.
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Army, Question for Ministry of Defence — current Order of Battle by manpower and basing locations for the corps.". 22 November 2018. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616.
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Bloomberg on the Warpath – I Need Your Advice
Christopher Dorr February 25, 2018 Latest News, State Legislation 0
The first week of the legislative session is over and the gun-grabbers are on FULL ASSAULT!
I'm afraid the recent shooting in Parkland, Florida has turned gun politics in St. Paul into a whirlwind.
With even Republicans like Marco Rubio joining with Chuck Schumer, Dianne Fienstein and our national media, anti-gun politicians here in Minnesota are seizing this opportunity to RAM gun control into law.
Even before this attack that gun-grabbers are attempting to turn into an excuse for gun control, I was worried about the upcoming session of the Minnesota State Legislature.
Now, I'm afraid all bets are off.
Without your action, I'm afraid you and I will be staring straight at a gun control DISASTER.
The bad news is, with everything Minnesota Gun Rights is facing in 2018, money is tight.
Too tight.
Without a MASSIVE influx of funds, I'm worried about our ability to stand up to everything the gun-grabbers are throwing at us!
That's why I'm counting on your IMMEDIATE action and advice.
As you'll see, I've included a special Minnesota Gun Rights Member Ballot link with this email. Won't you please click and submit it right away?
As you know, gun-grabbers like BILLIONAIRE Michael Bloomberg and George Soros have been salivating over Minnesota for years.
Now, I'm more afraid than ever that they're coming after us with everything they have.
The good news is, since Minnesota Gun Rights' formation, we've held back EVERY ONE of the gun-grabbers' assaults on our Second Amendment freedoms.
Even when gun control was considered a "done deal" in St. Paul, you and I stood up and stopped the madness.
But today, without your action, I'm worried it could be a different story.
With only a one-vote pro-Second Amendment majority in the State Senate, our anti-gun statewide media is convinced the Gun Control pressure they generate out of our two mega-cities will be enough to grease the skids for any radical scheme they can dream up, including:
>>> So-called "Universal Background Checks." Spearheaded by Michael
Bloomberg's chief militant in the Minnesota Senate, Senator Ron Latz's
SF1261 has been the gun-grabbers' top priority for years now.
Here's why: it's nothing more than anti-gun code for STATEWIDE GUN
REGISTRATION!
There's no way such a scheme can be enforced without tracking every
gun and gun owner in the state! And as you and I both know,
registration is just the first step toward outright CONFISCATION.
>>> A statewide AR-15 or so-called "Assault Weapons" ban. This draconian
legislation being pushed by Representatives Linda Slocum and Erin
Murphy is designed to outlaw any semi-automatic rifle, shotgun or
pistol with a detachable magazine and any other "scary" feature.
That could include something as simple as a thumbhole stock or
muzzle brake, which are common on many modern hunting rifles!
>>> The Gag Act. This scheme is designed to muzzle organizations like
Minnesota Gun Rights during election years by forcing us to jump
through expensive bureaucratic hoops just to mention a candidate's
name and record during an election year!
And that's just to start.
Anti-gun legislators across Minnesota are promising a ban on standard capacity magazines, making "suppressors" illegal again, firearms storage restrictions, ammo purchasing restrictions and even yearly "gun checks" by your local police department.
With many GOP insiders and consultants advising State Representatives and Senators to hurry up and "compromise" on gun control to help them look "reasonable" to voters in 2018, the storm clouds are quickly darkening.
If either one of these gun-grabs start moving, it would be nothing short of a DISASTER.
So if you think standing up to the gun-grabbers' gun control schemes is most important, please mark "DEFEND AGAINST ANTI-GUN ATTACKS" on your Membership Ballot.
But before you do, please consider that sometimes the best defense is a good offense.
Many Minnesota citizens understand that no gun control law is going to stop radicals who are hell-bent on committing the atrocities we saw in Florida.
After all, the Florida killer went into a federally mandated "Gun-Free Zone" and murdered 17 people.
Last time I checked, that was already illegal!
To stop these and other attacks, what we need is fewer so-called "gun free zones" (like the one the Florida killer exploited) and other regulations that prevent law-abiding citizens from being able to defend themselves.
Here in Minnesota, our lack of a Stand-Your-Ground Law is one of the main reasons Guns & Ammo Magazine says there are only 11 states in the country with worse gun laws than Minnesota.
If passed, Stand-Your-Ground would simply say law-abiding Second Amendment supporters can defend themselves against criminal attack without fear of being targeted by an anti-gun prosecutor or judge.
Without this critical law, anti-gun prosecutors routinely seek to nail gun owners to the wall for daring to defend themselves.
In a case like Florida, would we really want someone who could stop that attack to be second-guessing him or herself out of fear of their own government?
I think most Minnesotans would answer, "NO!"
If gun-grabbers want to stand up to stop Stand-Your-Ground, I believe they will pay the price at the ballot box in 2018.
So if you think staying on offense should be Minnesota Gun Rights' top priority for 2018, please mark "PASS STAND-YOUR-GROUND!" on your Membership Ballot.
But before you do, please don't forget that 2018 is an absolutely critical election year as well.
Gun-grabbers in Minnesota are desperate to DESTROY the momentum you and I have built for our gun rights, seize back control of the State House and get back to work turning Minnesota into an anti-gun utopia like California, Massachusetts and New York.
Virtually everyone — from anti-gun media elites to political "experts" — claim they have the momentum.
I'm committed to fighting back.
In fact, I'm preparing to run the biggest election year program in our history.
Over the past few years, Minnesota Gun Rights has become the most FEARED forces in Second Amendment politics.
That's not because we play buddy-buddy with legislators and cozy up to them until they like us.
It's because they HATE us.
It's because every legislator knows that if they to betray us on guns, we'll expose them.
And legislators know when election time rolls around, they will be held accountable for EVERY vote.
My goal is to go on the attack ahead of both the 2018 primaries and General Election to ensure that every anti-gun member of our State Legislature in BOTH parties is exposed.
I'll use every tool at my disposal from mail and email, to social media, to hard-hitting radio, newspaper and even TV ads if I can raise the resources.
Such a program is going to be very expensive.
But it could not be more important — not with BILLIONAIRE gun-grabbers Michael Bloomberg and George Soros funneling what most experts agree will be in excess of a MILLION dollars into Minnesota to seize control of our State House.
So if you think holding the gun-grabbers accountable in 2018 should be my top priority, please mark "EXPOSE THE GUN-GRABBERS" on your Member Ballot.
I'm sure you can see why I'm so torn today — and why I can't decide where I should seek to focus budget cuts should they become necessary.
The truth is, every option makes my stomach churn.
Perhaps you think stopping the gun-grabbers' assaults is most important.
Perhaps you believe it's worth the risk to hope that it takes care of itself and we should focus on Stand-Your-Ground.
Or perhaps you believe concentrating on the 2018 elections should be Minnesota Gun Rights' top priority.
Whatever you decide, please mark your selection on your Membership Ballot.
And please agree to rush your most generous contribution to help cover the costs of these critical programs.
Of course, there is one more option.
It's an option I've yet to mention because it will not — under any circumstances — be possible without a massive influx of resources.
Nevertheless, it is the option I hope and pray you'll choose.
That's "FIGHT EVERYWHERE: DON'T GIVE AN INCH!!!"
But if you pick this option, please realize I'm going to need your most generous support — as much or even more than what you've been able to do in the past.
In fact, I hope you'll consider a contribution of as much as $500 or $1000 as some have done.
I know that's a tremendous amount to ask for.
But as we head into the 2018 election year, there's just so much at stake.
Of course, if that is just too much, please consider a contribution of $250, $100, $50 or at least $25.
Whatever you can give will make a difference.
But I need to hear from you IMMEDIATELY.
With the 2018 legislative session already underway — and anti-gun radicals flooding the capitol in opposition to your freedoms — I don't have a moment to waste.
So please fill out your Membership Ballot and rush me your most generous contribution of $500 or a $1000, or $250, $100, $50 or at least $25 TODAY!
Christopher Dorr
P.S. With the first week of the 2018 legislative session under our belts and Bloomberg's anti-gun organizations on the warpath, I need your advice.
Without an IMMEDIATE influx of funds, I'm going to be forced to cut back.
So please fill out your 2018 Membership Ballot right away!
When you're done, rush me your most generous contribution of $500, $250, $100, $50 or at least $25 TODAY to help us FIGHT BACK!
Minnesota Gun Rights' Letter to President Donald J. Trump


How Many Tricks Do You Need to Be a Magician?
In my last post for this Tips for Starting Magicians series, I discussed what to keep in mind when choosing the tricks for your first magic show. Now I'll focus on a question that many who are thinking of trying their hand at magic ask: how many tricks do you need to be a magician?
In our first episode we discussed 9 benefits of creating your own routines. In this episode, I want to briefly discuss how to differentiate yourself from the competition. Now before you jump ahead and start guessing the answer, the most important that will tap into your creative edge is….


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THE STORY - Former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer now assesses security for skyscrapers. He's on assignment in China when he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and he's been framed for it. A wanted man on the run, Will must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family, which is trapped inside the building, above the fire line.
THE CAST - Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller, Noah Taylor, Byron Mann, Pablo Schreiber & Hannah Quinlivan
THE TEAM - Rawson Marshall Thurber (Director/Writer)
THE GOOD - Dwayne Johnson turns in a surprisingly strong performance both in physicality and emotion.
THE BAD - Everything else.
By Matt Neglia
I think at this point, it is pretty safe to conclude that Dwayne Johnson is inhuman. Not only is he able to do stuff physically on the screen that for a normal human being would be considered impossible. Not only is he able to make a movie that routinely would be considered awful somehow watchable. No. He also has to go ahead and make what is basically his own version of "Die Hard" and in the face of impossible odds, he still makes it all look easy. Dwayne Johnson is the reason folks will be going to see "Skyscraper" and as always, he delivers even when the rest of the movie does not. But that's just commonplace now for Dwayne Johnson, is it not?
Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) was an FBI hostage rescuer until an unfortunate incident left him with only one leg. However, despite such unfortunate circumstances, he was able to meet his wife Sarah (Neve Campbell), a surgeon who helped him to recovery. Now, 10 years later, they have two children and Sawyer is about to get the biggest deal of his life: head of security for the world's tallest and safest skyscraper. The building, located in Hong Kong, comes under attack from a terrorist group who have a personal vendetta against the building's owner Zhao Long Ji (Chin Han). Framed for the attack, with only one leg and with his family stuck inside the rapidly burning building, Sawyer must find a way inside to save his family.
You can always expect Johnson to show up and be ready to handle whatever physical challenges a new role throws his way. What struck me so much with "Skyscraper" was how well he was able to take the plight of not a hulking badass with extraordinary stamina and strength (Don't worry, those qualities are not in short supply) but rather of a family man who like John McClane in "Die Hard" just wants to keep his family safe from the bad guys. Johnson is able to take his superhero-like qualities and apply them when need be but also adds a humanistic layer to his character Sawyer, which allows for us to empathize and root for him to succeed in his goal. It's a balancing act that rests solely on Johnson's shoulders and those muscular shoulders are certainly up to the task.
Unfortunately, that is really all of the praise I can throw "Skyscraper's" way. Clunky moments of dialogue, implausible technology (You either go with it or you don't), the fact that Johnson's prosthetic leg only presents an issue for him when the plot calls for it and some very unconvincing action sequences. Other than Johnson, we're supposed to be watching this for the thrills right? "Skyscraper" sadly features action sequences that are shot way too closely. The choreography is hidden behind quick edits, up close shots and dark cinematography (The film mostly takes place at night). Even the non-hand-to-hand action scenes involving structural leaps or acrobatics from Johnson are hindered by unconvincing special effects which only distract from the sheer scale of the disaster rather than enhance the action.
Johnson is still looking for that leading role in a film that will forever be synonymous with his name. He's had memorable supporting roles but as a leading man, nothing has quite clicked yet. This may be his "Die Hard" but the role of Will Sawyer will not be one he will be remembered for, no matter how charming and dependable he is. Most of the time, no matter how effective he is, it's typically the movie around him which lets him down and with it, our expectations as well. "Skyscraper" is yet another in a long line of standard action films from Hollywood's biggest star which will give his devoted fans what they want but for those of us hoping for a little bit more from The Great One, we are once again left disappointed.


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Q: Sublime Text 2 Issue with Boost I have a build system configured to build the project with boost (v1.53, Mac OS X Mountain Lion)
{
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    "file_regex": "^(..[^:]*):([0-9]+):?([0-9]+)?:? (.*)$",
    "working_dir": "${file_path}",
    "selector": "source.c, source.c++",

    "variants":
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#include <iostream>
#include <boost/asio.hpp>

int main(){
    std::cout << "Hello world! - boost" << std::endl;
    return 0;
};

I get the following error (from sublime text 2 output):
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "boost::system::system_category()", referenced from:
      __static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)in cct7f9yj.o
      boost::asio::error::get_system_category()    in cct7f9yj.o
  "boost::system::generic_category()", referenced from:
      __static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)in cct7f9yj.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
collect2: [Finished in 1.1s with exit code 1]ld returned 1 exit status

With the console output being:
Running g++ /Users/xxxx/Desktop/event_system/main.cpp -o /Users/xxxx/Desktop/event_system/main -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -lboost_system

When I copy and paste that same command into terminal, it works without a problem. Is this just an issue with Sublime Text 2 not being able to use g++ correctly? Or is there some other issue.

A: In Sublime Text 2 build system, each argument for the command should be an individual item in array cmd. If you specify three arguments in one item, they will be passed as only one argument. Take the following setting for example, the python script will only receive one argument whose value is "arg1 arg2 arg3".
{
    "cmd"       : ["python", "${file_path}/${file_base_name}.py", "arg1 arg2 arg3"],
    "selector"  : "source.py",
    "working_dir": "${file_path}"
}

So, in your build system, "-I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -lboost_system" will be treated as one argument, that is to say, g++ doesn't know that you have specified two link options.

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There are various components of any Birkin, in this case of the Himalaya 25cm, we see a great shots of two, all in palladium plated hardware, the "touret" and the "plaques".
Holding the crocodile sanguines (straps) together to close the bag, each sanguines having the plaques. These plaques are 1.75" wide, and the one which stand affront bears the iconic HERMÈS-PARIS logo, are sure hallmark of an authentic Birkin.


The crow hopped into his house, what it did took him by surprise!!
For a month after the birth they did not see each other, their reaction is priceless!!
I cant hold my laughter back watching this!
Now I'm afraid that there'll be a rat in my toilet!
If you thought dogs were cute, lazy and sleepy dogs are even cuter!
If you're thinking of bringing home a Doberman, you might be concerned about integrating a large dog with a fierce reputation into your family with small children. The truth is, there is no clear cut answer!
They are mean but funny too!


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Attention Kevin Smith fans: 'Jay and Silent Bob' game launches Fig crowdfunding
Posted by Hayden Dingman
on February 23 2016
The Psychonauts 2 crowdfunding campaign is over and done with, after raising a grand total of $3.8 million. Next up on crowdfunding/investment platform Fig? A brawler starring the Jay and Silent Bob characters from Kevin Smith movies like Dogma, Clerks, and of course, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
The quick-and-dirty description:
"In Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch, players get into a tag team combo fight fest and wreak havoc on their foes with fists, feet, and the magic of self-esteem-destroying jibes while embarking on a mission to find their long-lost pot customers trapped in an Orwellian mega super shopping mall. The mall turns out to be a Utopian labyrinth with apartments, restaurants, hospitals and everything that a post-World War II nuclear bunker would contain—with a candy coating of fun."
Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are consulting on the story and also lending their voices, so it's about as official a Jay and Bob game as we're likely to see—stealing the title away from similarly-styled homage Randal's Monday. Though hopefully Chronic Blunt Punch is a bit better than Randal's Monday.
On the other hand, in keeping with Fig's tick-tock model of large-studio-small-studio, the game's coming from Interabang Entertainment, developer of Super Comboman. Maybe you don't know Super Comboman. It wasn't very good. And while every studio deserves a chance to turn things around, I'm a bit wary these days about an unproven studio asking for crowdfunding money.
Something to keep in mind, maybe. The Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch campaign runs from now until March 31, with a target goal of $400,000.
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Systematic engineering is a guaranty for valuable data and allows efficient digitalization of machines.
In collaboration with a machine maker, ConSenses enhanced a production machine with predictive maintenance functionalities. In this manufacturing process, axial sub features on hollow or full shafts are produced while the work piece is formed during several recursive forward strokes. Characteristic process sequences and a representative force path are shown right.
For a safe process monitoring, several measurement layers were tested. The result of this study was, that the most speaking data could be measured at the work piece holder, directly at the process. The usage of four PiezoBolts allowed the recognition of eccentric loads which can occur due to one sided wear.
The measurement location on height of the process shows clear reactions on wear. The picture besides shows the force paths (mid/downside). The machine force sensorics is way less sensitive to changes at the tool (mid/upside). For the design of predictive maintenance processes, the edge device calculated a set of characteristic values for every part. The cloud on the right side of the picture represents one of these KPIs of one sensor. The max value of this KPI went smaller, before tolerance problems occurred within the production. The measured data is used in systems of artificial intelligence or in this case classical threshold value systems in order to make decisions in the direction of predictive maintenance.
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Code of the Norse Developer
The Norse Nine Noble Virtues
The Nine Noble Virtues are a set of moral and ethical guidelines based on virtues found in the Norse culture. Those virtues were their code to live by. We built a developer code around them.
What does it mean to be a Norse Developer?
Our concept of being a Norse Developer has nothing to do with where we come from, but more importantly how we behave in our career. We compiled this code to have a written set of norms to abide to on our jobs. Being a Norse Developer is then following each and every one of the nine virtues applied to our careers.
What are the norse nine noble virtues?
According to the old norse culture, the nine noble virtues according are: Courage, Discipline, Fidelity, Honor, Hospitality, Industriousness, Perseverance, Self-Reliance, Truth. To learn more about them go to the virtues section.
Why does it exist?
Sadly, I think we all have been witness of so many examples of an unvirtuous exert of our profession at any and all professional levels. We face, on a daily basis, morally ambiguous decisions on how we approach our activities. We are tempted on each decision to take the easy way out, the most profitable approach for us even if it isn't good for our unknowing client. This code exists to be a guidance for us and help in our decisions.
Contributions to this project are accepted and encouraged. Please read the CONTRIBUTING file for details on contributions.
The content of this project itself is licensed under the Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, and the underlying source code used to format and display that content is licensed under the MIT license. Please refer to the LICENSE file for more information.


« Keep Processes Simple, reduce complexity – The Wisdom of Bees!
Michael O'Malley's intriguing analogy between business organizations and beehives provides delightful entertainment and clear instruction, which can be appreciated by business people and laymen alike. In twenty-five brief chapters, the reader will come to understand how and why an enterprise succeeds or fails using the immagination and science of bees at work for guidance.
On closer evaluation bees were working on the very same kinds of problems we are trying to solve. How can large diverse groups work together harmoniously and productively? It seems to me that we could take what the bees do so well and apply it to our enterprises." When Michael O'Malley first took up beekeeping he thought it would be a nice hobby to share with his ten-year-old son. But as he started to observe these industrious insects he noticed that they do a lot more than just make honey. Bees not only work together to achieve a common goal but in the process create a highly coordinated efficient and remarkably productive organization. The hive behaved like a miniature but incredibly successful business. O'Malley also realized that bees can actually teach managers a lot about how to run their organizations. He identified twenty-five powerful insights such as: * Distribute authority : the queen bee delegates relentlessly and worker bees make daily decisions based on local cues and requirements. * Keep it simple : bees exchange only relevant information operate under clear standards and use straightforward measures and feedback to guide their actions. * Protect the future : when a lucrative vein of nectar is discovered the entire colony doesn't rush off to mine it no matter how enriching the short- term benefits. Blending practical advice with interesting facts about the hive The Wisdom of Bees is a useful and entertaining guide for any manager looking to get the most out of his or her organization.
In subsequent posts I will try and give more examples of how this book, in it's 25 chapters has had an influence on me in my work and in organisations that I have been associated with in the field of supply chain management. As I mentioned in the pervious post relating to keeping things simple, removing complexity in our business is one of my own key challenges.
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Global Electronic Warfare Aircraft Market 2022-2032
Categories: Air Platforms Reports, Communications and Electronics Tags: C4ISR, electronic warfare, EW aircraft
Electronic Warfare Aircraft perform critical EW functionalities such as Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Support (ES), and Electronic Counter Measures (ECM). With proliferation in modern electronics and communication systems, EW Aircraft has evolved considerably with respect to the capability and has significantly reduced its shortcoming. The Table of Content would give the readers a perspective of the coverage of the Global Electronic Warfare Aircraft Market Report 2022-2032.
Global Electronic Warfare Aircraft Market 2022-2032 quantity
Electronic warfare detects hostile signals in the electromagnetic spectrum and disrupts them. The hostile signals are usually radar or microwave. Electronic warfare can be classified as 3 types. Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Support (ES) and Electronic Protection (EM). EA prevents hostile electromagnetic activity such as hostile detection radar and engagement radar. ES deals with support activities such as collection and distribution of data. ES is part of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Electronic Intelligence (ELINT). SIGINT deals with collecting signal data such as radar signatures of enemy ships and aircrafts and enemy communications data. EM deals with protection of friendly forces from enemy EA.
Electronic warfare aircrafts predominantly provide radar jamming, jamming pods can be added on these aircrafts depending on the mission requirement. Some EW pods give the aircraft the capability to detect electromagnetic signal sources. EW aircrafts also have self-jamming protection which enable them to communicate with friendly forces while jamming enemy communication. Newer generation jammers are to use AESA (Active Electronic Scanned Array) radar to focus jamming in specific directions. EW aircrafts act as a force multiplier when working in tandem with traditional attack aircrafts. Since EW aircraft have anti-radar missiles at their disposal, they will be able to quickly detect, jam and destroy enemy radar units as part of suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) mission.
In a recent deployment, Germany has shown interest to procure Boeing EA-18G Growler EW aircraft to replace its aging Tornado aircrafts. The tornado was the premier EW aircraft of the Luftwaffe for years and are at the end of their lifecycle. EA – 18G Growler which is very similar to the F/A- 18 super hornets. However, the ALQ-99 jamming pods on board the EA-18G Growler have had reliability issues and Raytheon is working on AN/ALQ-249 jamming pods which is expected to have significant performance advantage over ALQ-99 pods. China's J-16D which is based on the Russian flanker design is China's Electronic Warfare Aircraft and its capabilities are unknown. EC-37B compass call aircraft Electronic Warfare system is manufactured by BAE systems. It is based on the Gulf Stream G550 airborne early warning aircraft. The system is expected to replace the existing EC – 130H compass call aircraft which has been in operation since 1982 with the USAF. The new aircraft is expected to be capable of operating at high altitudes.
The market is predominately driven by miniaturization of land and sea based system, this enables the systems to be integrated on to smaller aircrafts. Airborne Electronic Warfare systems are seeing increased demand due to UAV proliferation and UAVs being used as Electronic Warfare platforms. There is a global trend to develop UAVs as a cost effective solution to carry out ISR missions (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance). Hence there is increasing funding to develop capable cost effective airborne EW systems which can neutralize emerging threats such as Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) and Loitering Munitions. DEWs have made significant process with respect to their capability and total energy output. Loitering munitions have developed capacity to make precision attack on target with the help of EO/IR real time video.
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Global Battlefield Management System Market
Global AESA Radar Market
Global Airborne SATCOM Market


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CAMPAIGN: Haulage industry joins campaign to drive £100 million bid for road funding forward!
Following the launch of the Transport for Boston campaign last week, The Standard had been in touch with the Road Haulage Association, the Freight Transport Association and their members to gather their support for the new distributor road.
The haulage industry has backed The Standard's campaign calling on the Government to send a share of a £100 billion Government fund Boston's way to pay for the new distributor road.
A map of where the Boston Distributor Road could go.
Philip Scotney Area Manager for the Road Haulage Association (RHA) with Lincolnshire confirmed the association would fully support the campaign to improve access to and through the town.
He said: "Boston's most important industries include food production, vegetables, potatoes, together with road haulage and logistics, and the port and light industry.
"The road network is where the haulage industry works, poor infrastructure, congestion, repairs, delays, and potholes, frustrate the ability to do the job well.
The campaign has also been backed by the Freight Transport Association.
A spokesman for one local company, which did not wish to be identified, told the Standard their business sends 30-40 vehicles out a day to make deliveries.
"It [the current roadnetwork and traffic] adds a lot of hours to the driving time of our employees and that's governed by driving time laws.
"In order to get to any of the main trunk roads from the local situation takes a long time, and on top of that there's congestion in Boston which puts an extra hour onto it, so there's not a lot of time to do deliveries.
He confirmed also that late deliveries can lead to producers receiving lower grades for the quality of their foods.
There's environmental issues as well on John Adams Way. Although most trucks are graded Euro 6 for emissions being stuck for a long time in one area can cause air pollution.
The spokesman said a number of lorries have begun travelling through Langrick, Frithville and Sibsey. However, he acknowledged the roads were not designed for larger vehicles.
He said he thought all the haulage people to the north of the town would use the distributor road.
This would lessen pressure on the town centre roads, as well as the rat runs drivers have been using to avoid the gridlock issues.
Langriville Parish Council chairman and East Lindsey District Councillor Neil Jones confirmed that lorry drivers were using the road as a 'rat run'.
He said: "We have a number of residents and councillors who comment on the issue and we have noticed an increase in the traffic - particularly while parts of the A17 were closed recently.
He said many elderly residents were uncomfortable walking along the footpath at the side of the road because of the traffic that was going down there.
Langrick Bridge was recently upgraded, he said, but if traffic continued as-is it would have to be looked at again, he was certain.
He said a new link road, such as the distributor road, would take a lot of the pressure off.
The Standard launched its campaign to get residents to become a driving force in getting a share of the funding to 'improve productivity and connectivity of towns, tackle bottlenecks and traffic jams and through traffic' last week.
We're calling on the Government to send some of the recently announced extra money from the National Roads Fund to help pay for, and speed up the building of, the new £100m Boston Distributor Road in a bid to help ease traffic flow around the town.
In an ideal world, a fully-funded new bypass would be the perfect solution for the town's residents.
However, official data continues to show that the majority of traffic is heading into the town, but not coming out the other side.
Officials believe the new road, which has started in the Quadrant and will eventually link the A16 north and south will reduce the impact of traffic dramatically.
The road, which will include two new bridges, is set out in the Boston Transport Strategy, but at the moment could take more than 20-plus years to complete (the strategy only covers up to 2036).
It would be hugely reliant on contributions from housing developers and funding out of already tight budgets.
However, authorities can bid for between £20-50 million and in exceptionally strong cases £100 million – which would cover the majority of costs involved.
The Standard's campaign, which would aim to deliver the petition to the Transport Minister before the summer announcements, is already backed by Boston Borough Council, which says speeding up the plans for the road would reduce town centre congestion, boost economic development, open up land for housing and reduce Haven Bridge area air quality issues.
To get involved fill in the coupon opposite, or sign the petitions which will be available at Municipal Buildings, Geoff Moulder Leisure Complex and the Guildhall.
Return all completed petition forms to Municipal Buildings by Monday, April 30.
The plan at the moment will then be to head south along London Road a short way before another new road is begun, which will run to the A52 Grantham Road before crossing the New Hammond back behind Tesco/Aldi - thereby avoiding traffic along Wyberton West Road.
Week one - Help us drive £100 million bid for road funding forward!


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6abc Investigates: Plea deals for accused sex offenders in Philadelphia
These accused sex offenders could live in your neighborhood, next to a school, or a swimming pool, and you'd never know it.
Now, one State Representative in Pennsylvania is expressing his outrage that Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is making plea deals that he warns could make Philadelphia less safe.
John Mahon, Joseph Reif and Andrew Wilson have a secret that families who live and work around them may never have known. Police say these three men all admitted to downloading and viewing extremely explicit sexual videos and pictures of young children.
"These are very disturbing images. Kids being forced to endure all types of sexual acts. And deplorable, deplorable images... I think it's outrageous," former Montgomery County sex crimes prosecutor and State Representative Todd Stephens told Action News.
He says it is exactly these kinds of offenders who should be flagged, and prevented from working with our kids by putting them on the sex offender registry.
Authorities say John Mahon confessed to investigators the youngest person in the nearly 2 dozen pornographic images he downloaded was only 8 years old. State Police told Action News that Mahon admitted having the images in his possession on his computer.
State police arrested Joseph Reif after they say he downloaded a sexually explicit video involving a 5-year-old child. They then found 18 illegal videos on his computer at his Port Richmond home. Authorities told Action News he was charged with 4 different felonies involving possession of child pornography.
Investigators nabbed Andrew Wilson in an undercover sting after they say he downloaded a video of a girl between the ages of 5 and 8 involved in an illegal sex act an adult man. In addition, police say, investigators found 67 images depicting child sexual acts taking place that he "readily" admitted to investigators that the images were his.
But you won't find Wilson, Reif or Mahon on the Pennsylvania Sex Offender Registry.
"After reading the descriptions of what they've done," Rep. Stephens says, "it's pretty clear to me that these are folks that the public should be aware of. I certainly wouldn't want them living in my neighborhood around my son."
But Action News has discovered Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has allowed all 3 men to plea down to lesser crimes like criminal use of a computer. That charge doesn't require sex offender registration and wouldn't show up as a sex crime in a background check.
In fact, when Action News went to Wilson's home, there was a disturbing note on the door soliciting kids to go inside the home of this accused sex offender. Action News investigative reporter Wendy Saltzman spoke with the woman who answered the door:
Wendy: "Now are you running a daycare out of there?
Mother: "I'm not running anything."
Wendy: "Because there is a sign on there."
Mother: "Oh, I got a little candy stand, in the summertime. I did water ices for the neighborhood and chips and cakes and stuff."
Wilson's mother defended her son and his presence around unsuspecting children and that he's not on the sex offender registry: "I know my son, I raised my son and he did not do this."
When Action News found Joseph Reif, he didn't want to speak with us about his plea deal:
Wendy: "I wanted to chat with you about the Child Pornography Charges."
Reif: "No, I don't want to talk about it."
Wendy: "We wanted to see what happened with that case."
Mahon didn't answer the buzzer at his Center City home.
District Attorney Seth Williams also refused to speak with us on camera after numerous requests. Instead, his spokesperson issued a statement saying in part:
"Working hand in hand with sex offender probation officers, we have found that supervision to be more effective. The only requirement for being on the Megan's Law registry is the offender must report to the State Police any new address and verify their address every 3 or 6 months... While it is useful that the public can go on the website to find registrants in their neighborhood, registration does not require sex offender treatment." (You can read the entire correspondence at the end of this article or by following this link now)
But after serving as a sex crimes prosecutor for 10 years, Representative Stephens isn't buying that alternative.
"I haven't heard anyone say that they are willing to stand up, sign their name on the dotted line and swear to me that an individual is going to be rehabilitated," Stephens said. "And I'm not willing to risk our kids." A potential sentence for these offenders could have included both registration and treatment, but the district attorney's office says defense attorneys are more likely to fight registration and force a trial because of the stigma of being on the sex offender registry. So it's easier for them to get a plea if they lessen the charges.
Action News received the following response and answers to follow-up questions while gathering information for this report:
There is no blanket policy for any case that this office prosecutes, and your assertions about "concerns that have been brought to your attention about Megan's Law charges being plead down by the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office" are ridiculous. Every case prosecuted in this office is prosecuted on its own merits, every case is different.
Here is information on the cases you mentioned, which involved first time offenders with no prior arrests or convictions, who were found with pornography on their computers.
1.	Joseph Reif - waived his preliminary hearing in exchange for a plea to Criminal Use of Communication Facility and 3 years sex offender probation, $1000 fine, had to forfeit his computer
2.	John Mahon - waived his preliminary hearing, pled guilty to Criminal Use of Communication Facility, 6 years sex offender probation, $1500 fine, had to forfeit computers and electronics.
3.	Andrew Wilson pled guilty in Municipal Court to possession of instrument of crime and also received sex offender probation.
Each of the defendants was placed on Sex Offender Unit Probation which is far more effective supervision than placement on Megan's Law. Under such probation, each defendant is supervised by a probation officer who has special training in supervising sex offenders. Conditions of such probation are stringent:
Defendant must receive an evaluation at the Joseph J. Peters Institute (link added by Action News) and then undergo sex offender treatment there, usually for a lengthy period. (The Joseph J Peters Institute is one of the top treatment and control centers for sex offenders on the East Coast). Defendants are subject to lie detector tests to confirm they are no longer offending.
Defendant's computer use is monitored in real time by probation officers so they see whatever they are doing
Defendants cannot possess any type of pornography
Defendant's home and computers are subject to search at any time without a warrant.
Defendant cannot be in the presence of any minors without a responsible adult being present and defendant cannot work or volunteer for any position that involves regular contact with minors.
Action News reporters and producers had several follow-up questions, which were answered in the following e-mail correspondence:
QUESTION: How has the DA's office determined that Sex offender probation is "far more effective than placement on Megan's Law"
ANSWER: Working hand in hand with sex offender probation officers, we have found that supervision to be more effective. The only requirement for being on the Megan's Law registry is the offender must report to the State Police any new address and verify their address every 3 or 6 months, as well as the car they drive and other personal information. While it is useful that the public can go on the website to find registrants in their neighborhood, registration does not require sex offender treatment, polygraphs, restrictions on computer use and contact with minors. Citizens can go online to see if someone in their area is on Megan's law but there is no intervention and supervision of the actual offenders to ensure they do not reoffend. Frankly, the burden should be on the offender to comply with the law rather than requiring each citizen to check the website and then somehow protect themselves. Rather than counting on every citizen to each check the website and then protect themselves, we feel it is more productive to directly supervise and control the offender to prevent him from reoffending. A person can be on megan's law (sic) but still be hosting parties in their home for kids. If they are on sex offender probation and do that, they will go directly to prison. Again an offender on sex offender probation must do the following things and has a specially trained probation officer making sure they comply or else they go to prison:
Get a sex offender evaluation and risk assessment by the Joseph J. Peters Institute (JPPI)
Attend sex offender treatment at JPPI
Be subject to polygraph examinations to confirm they are not re-offending
Have all their computer activity monitored in real time by outside officials
Not have unsupervised contact with children under age 18 or work with children
Submit to regular drug testing
Not possess pornography of any type
Not travel outside of Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester or Delaware county without prior permission from their probation officers
Not stay overnight outside that area without the permission of their probation officer and the court
The sex offender officers work in coordination with experts from the Joseph J. Peters Institute to employ best practices to prevent recidivism by any sex offenders and to respond promptly to any violations.
QUESTION: Can't a person on this "stringent" Sex Offender Probation still be registered with Megan's Law?
ANSWER: Yes. However, defense attorneys will often take a case to trial rather than place their client on Megan's Law because of the public stigma and the fact that it may devastate their client's ability to find employment. Forgoing Megan's Law registration to obtain the certainty of a conviction produced by a plea along with sex offender probation is a consideration for us in appropriate cases.
QUESTION: One of the provisions of Megan's Law allows for the public to be notified about the whereabouts of sex offenders. This is most commonly done through internet access to a state's Megan's Law database. Is there any public notification taking place with these three defendants (Reif, Mahon and Wilson)?
ANSWER: No, those three defendants are not on Megan's Law which means citizens visiting the state ML website would not see them. Sex Offender probation officers may notify family members and others living with the defendant that they may not be around children and may require that the offender move out but there is no public listing of persons on sex offender probation.
To obtain the certainty of a conviction with a plea, where a trial could end up in suppression of evidence or an acquittal, our office may at times agree to forego ML registration in order to convince a defendant to take responsibility and be placed on sex offender probation which better protects the community. Of course, we could take every case to trial and offer no concessions for pleas but that would increase the chance that the offender would escape with no consequences. The DA's Family Violence & Sexual Assault Unit (link added by Action News) is recognized nationally as one of the most aggressive units in the country in prosecuting sexual offenders, as evidenced by the Pentagon's recent visit to gain our advice in how to improve their prosecution of rape cases in the military. We have made a careful calculation in each of these cases that certainty of a conviction and intensive sex offender probation was worth forgoing ML registration.


This tour is designed for people who are interested in Soviet Industrial history, remote and abounded areas and who love taking amazing pictures of picturesque landscapes. Tour is ideally for those who want to be in seclusion with nature.
Meeting at Manas airport. Meeting at Manas airport. After we move to Kyzyl-Oi village through Too-Ashu pass, Susamyr. Too-Ashuu pass is a majestic place, which is 135 km away from Bishkek and lies at the altitude of 3400 m. The road connects the north and south capitals. This place has amazing landscapes. After the Too-Ashu pass, we proceed to natural treasure of Inner Tian-Shian, to Suusamyr valley, which is between Kyrgyz and Talas Ala-Too ranges. Kyzyl-Oi village is quite different from the other mountain villages in Kyrgyzstan. It existed even before the Great Socialist Revolution, and has therefore kept its distinct Central Asian character with its reddish clay houses. Kyzyl-Oi is located in a narrow gorge on the riverside of the powerful Kokomeren River some 40km south of Suusamyr on the road to Kochkor Village and Son-Kol Lake. Accommodation and dinner at a family guesthouse.
Departure in the morning to Son-Kul lake which is located on the altitude 3016 meters in northern part of Naryn state of Kyrgyz Republic. It is the second largest lake after Issyk Kul Lake, and the largest fresh water lake in Kyrgyzstan. Its name, meaning "following lake", is popularly considered to refer to this relation. It is surrounded by a broad summer pasture and then mountains. There are no facilities on the lake, such as electricity and so on, but local herders will provide supplies and rent yurts. The area is inhabited and safely accessible only from June to September. There are a lot of horses and other animal, people live only in yurts. There you will feel the real nomad spirit. We will arrange demonstration of national equestrian games Kok-Boru, Kyz-Kumai and Tyiyn-Enmei on Son-Kul Lake in order to feel nomadic life style. It is possible to have a horseback riding after games. Dinner and accommodation at yurt camp.
We will go to one of the remotest, picturesque and mysterious areas of the Kyrgyz Republic, which is located almost to the border of China. Driving to Kara-Sai border checkpoint through Ala-Bel pass 3918m and Sook pass (Sook translated as Bones) 4022m. At Soviet time many human bones were found during installation of electricity lines through the pass). Our guide will explain industrial history of that area in details. To enter that area, you will need permits due to the reason that it is close to the China border. Arrival to Pikertyk through narrow and dangerous Chagyr pass, overnight and dinner at dwelling container, which is heated by dung.
We will have a mixed trekking with excursion to Soviet abandoned mine; further, we will support a shepherd to bring Yaks to their corral. The shepherd will explain why such remote and difficult place to reach is so good for Yaks. At wintertime, temperature can go down up to -45C. Overnight and dinner at dwelling container, which is heated by dung. 6 day, Pikertyk – Akshyirak – Taragay River, 170 km We will drive to the next point - Akshyirak and Uch-Koshkon villages. They are located on altitude 3145m with no connection at all. Shepherds and their families live in such abounded, windy, cold and high area due to several reasons. The road is closed sometimes because of heavy snow and wind, in that case there might be no transportation connection. In order to understand their lifestyle and culture, we will have a lunch in one of such shepherd's family. They will tell their own and history village, let us know why such small villages exist. Later, we will drive closer to Kumtor Gold (Kyrgyz-Canadian) Mine Company, stay for the night at picturesque place in tents between Taragay River and Akshyirak range.
Drive back to Ala-Bel pass by Kumtor's road, on the way there we will see many small lakes that are formed due to the melting of glaciers. Back to the main road and visit main sights of Djety-Oguz valley, such Rocks as Broken Heart and Seven Bulls. Arrival to Karakol. Dinner and accommodation at a hotel.
One of the most interesting day of our tour, we will drive to a Soviet abounded industrial town Engilchek which is located at 2500m. It is located 150 km from Karakol at the confluence of the rivers Sary-Jaz and Engilchek. With the closure of the tin mine, the population fell from 5,000 to less than 20 families. At the 2009 census its population was 345. You need permits to enter that area due to the reason that the area is also close to the China border. We continue with the tour in Engilchek town and one of mine, after we take a wild hot spring. Overnight at tents.
Kaindy valley - radial trekking (or horseback riding) to Kara-Bel valley (through which Kyrgyz people where running away to China from Red Army 100 years ago during Urkun) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UrkunComing back. Overnight at tents.
We will take wild hot springs on the back way to Engilchek and further to Ichkilitash. We will pass through another border checkpoint and arrive to Ak-Chunkur cave. The cave consists of the two levels and starts in a large room. The length of the entire cave is 40 - 45 m, height some places up to 10m. The ceiling of the cave is steep and is fitting to the bedding layers of limestone. The most ancient monuments of art, drawings of people and animals were found on the walls and ceilings of the cave. After lunch moving to Karkyra through Turuk pass. This place well known for its green diversity. Overnight at tents.
We will visit Tamerlane's stones, after crossing next border's checkpoint in Karkyra. We will visit Tamerlane's stones. Not far from Santash village, there are kurgans and remains of the Caravanserais, where the Tamerlane's troop used to pass. The legend has it that they were composed by the army of Tamerlane. When the commander went on his campaign, he ordered each soldier to take a stone with them, and here, at the pass, they all laid these stones into a large mound. Upon return, soldiers who survived took a stone each from the mound and placed it by their side. Therefore, there are now two mounds made of stone, one of which became a monument of the victims who died on a foreign land. We will arrive to Cholpon-Ata city after the long trip on remote and underpopulated, but picturesque places. You will have a possibility to take a hot shower and enjoy the water of Issyk-Kul lake in the afternoon. Dinner and accommodation at a hotel of Cholpon-Ata.
We leave to Bishkek. Arrival to Bishkek through Boom valley, lunch and a city tour. We will visit Osh market, Main Square and the Oak Park. Accommodation in a hotel. Festive dinner in traditional Kyrgyz style restaurant Supara.


Traveling is a time when many people tend to abandon their daily healthy habits, just when they need them the most.
With summer on its way we thought its a good idea to show you some pointers of how to take a better care of your body while traveling.
You don`t need your special yoga mat or anything else to do these stretches because many of them can be dome standing or simply sitting down wherever you`re comfortable.
Some of the most popular yoga poses that you can do are: seated twist, overhead stretch, legs up the wall, forward bend and child's and tree pose.


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Wodopój (niem. Tränkefloss) – potok górski w południowo-zachodniej Polsce, w woj. dolnośląskim, w Górach Izerskich, lewy dopływ Kwisy, długość 2,1 km, źródła na wysokości ok. 980 m n.p.m., ujście – ok. 590 m n.p.m..

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Wypływa z północnych zboczy Wysokiego Grzbietu Gór Izerskich, w obniżeniu między Sinymi Skałkami a Mokrą Przełęczą. Płynie stromą dolinką wciętą w zbocze Wysokiego Grzbietu ku północy, zbierając liczne, drobne, bezimienne dopływy. Powyżej ujścia tworzy wodospad Poidło. Uchodzi do Kwisy powyżej Świeradowa.

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Bibliografia
 Słownik geografii turystycznej Sudetów, t. 1 Góry Izerskie, red. Marek Staffa, Wydawnictwo PTTK "Kraj", Warszawa – Kraków 1989,
 Góry i Pogórze Izerskie, mapa turystyczna, skala 1:100 000, PPWK, Warszawa-Wrocław, 1991, wydanie pierwsze, nr katal. 30-107-01
 Góry Izerskie, mapa turystyczna, skala 1:50 000, Wydawnictwo Turystyczne Plan, Jelenia Góra 2008/2009, wyd. V,

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Chris Stapleton Honors Aretha Franklin At Recent Concert
By ric rush
Chris Stapleton paid tribute to the late Aretha Franklin during his recent performance at the Forum in Los Angeles, performing the Queen of Soul's "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man."
"She is the greatest singer that ever lived," Chris told the crowd, adding, she was his "all-time favorite." He then added, "I would never presume to sing an Aretha Franklin song but in tribute to her tonight, I'll give it my best shot." Check out the performance to the right.
Source: Rolling Stone


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Home › Principles › Civil Liberties › Privacy › Told you so: Airport-style identity checks coming to train travel
Told you so: Airport-style identity checks coming to train travel
Belgium Europe France Netherlands Privacy Posted on February 7, 2017 • Updated January 31, 2017 • by Rick Falkvinge 8680 9
Several European countries will start requiring photo ID from passengers to ride trains, similar to airport identity checks. The requirement concerns the high-speed Thalys and Eurostar services in Europe, with the vague goal of "tightening security and tracking criminals". Activists said this would happen when useless security theater appeared in airports – it will just spread, but people dismissed the idea at the time as preposterous, probably because it still is.
Reuters reports that Belgium, Netherlands, and France intend to have passenger lists and passport checks in place on high-speed trains by the end of the year. This is despite all three countries being part of the European Schengen zone with borderless and paperless travel – similar to how you don't need to show papers when traveling between states inside the US or Canada.
When the airport security theater was rolled out, spearheaded by the USA following September 11, 2001, many privacy and security professionals criticized it for being intrusive and ineffective, respectively. Most notably, security guru Bruce Schneier pointed out that the only thing that really had a positive effect on security was the locked cockpit door, with a half-nod to armed air marshals as another possible measure that actually works (though being an air marshal is apparently one of the most boring jobs ever, with a horrible turnover combined with long and expensive training).
As a tragic side note, that one positive security measure – locked cockpit doors – has instead resulted in the death of 144 people.
The rest just doesn't work. It's theater, security theater. There's even a YouTube channel with a guy constructing explosive devices and weapons only out of things he buys after the security check on airports.
And of course, it's violating people's privacy – their privacies of movement and of location. (In the TSA case, also their privacy of body.)
When these identity checks and this security theater appeared at domestic flights (at least domestic Scandinavian flights, which were as unchecked as bus rides before 9/11), activists warned of a slippery slope that politicians would like it so much, despite it being utterly ineffective, that train travel would be next. Everybody dismissed the idea as absolutely ridiculous. And it is. It is just as ridiculous when being forced onto train stations this year, as it already is at airports. We've just gotten used to it at airports already.
"The bullshit this generation puts up with as a temporary annoyance, the next generation will instead regard as the natural order of society and how things have always been."
Germany is refreshingly choosing to not participate in these identity checks. It would increasingly seem that Germany is the only contemporary country who learned anything from totalitarian near-history, the only country that really has it in its blood, bones, and marrow that civic rights are there for a reason and are not to be taken lightly.
Make careful note at this time of the little remark at the end of the Reuters story: "The scheme will not be enforced… on bus services." This is the first time I see somebody even mentioning the possibility of having a photo ID requirement to ride a bus. The idea has been conceived.
This article has previously appeared at Private Internet Access.
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I remember a post in this blog from a few years back on the same topic. There was the idea that if enough people just refused the security checks, the system wouldn't hold. Everybody, just refuse.
But people conform. And after a while, as predicted above, the next generation will just suppose this is the way things are and should be. Not unlike the monkeys in the legend* about the bananas and the ladder.
Would signs at airports and train stations help, flash mobbed signs that told people not to show their ID? No, I don't think they would. (Even if they were allowed there for more than a short moment before taken down.)
The matter is urgent in that this shouldn't pass into the law of any country. (Well, it did already…?) One precedent is one too much. But getting it through people's skulls that such surveillance is not OK even if they have nothing to hide… It seems like bad legislation takes less time nowadays than the media and the people would need to chew what's coming at them.
* http://www.wisdompills.com/2014/05/28/the-famous-social-experiment-5-monkeys-a-ladder/
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When I went eurailing after high school in the summer of 1980 I had to show my passport at every border crossing in Europe. This is the norm, not borders without control.
Showing your passport or ID card only when traveling with high speed trains is a huge step up from what it used to be. Europe is not a country, it's a lot of independent countries with borders.
Stop whining and be thankful that the governments of Europe are trying to keep citizens and tourists safe from terrorist attacks.
And there is no such thing as domestic Scandinavian flights, Scandinavia is not a country.
Besides, when I did my military service on the island of Gotland in 80-81 we sometimes had security checks before boarding our plane at Visby airport when we flew home on leave.
So security checks (even domestic) and border controls are not a new thing at all.
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I just noticed the nice pic, the body is right. She's gorgeous.
The reason they check the passport/ID card before you enter the train is just so that they wont have to stop at the border crossing and do it there, that would make the high speed train a lot less high speed.
^Your reasoning why there's an ID check upon boarding a train dismisses the idea behind the Schengen agreement, which is exactly to rid the people of participating countries of such control and hindrance to travel.
I don't think the argument that the situation used to be worse works, either. In pointing to the summer of 1980, you're just picking an arbitrary moment in time and comparing current things to that. Why not compare to 1000 BC? No passport control anywhere. Beheadings, maybe. What I'm saying is that if a law was once made, it doesn't make it a universal norm.
Society isn't static. In my view, and the OP's, obviously, this is a turn for the worse. And when current data seems to point out quite clearly that the airport security checks are ineffective in catching the bad guys* while being very intrusive to the privacy of the average joe, I fail to see how I should be thankful for this. It is not helping to make travel safer. While it arguably may create an illusion of safety for some people (old folks?), it's not doing it for me.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater#References
Pretty much a random click on the references in the Wikipedia article will lead to criticism of the security theater. Take a pick.
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A popular buzzword, CQRS is often misunderstood and more often misused. Less of an architecture than a set of related techniques and an architectural flavor, it is an important and powerful technique to have in your arsenal. This talk discusses traditional CQRS, breaks it down to its essence, and discusses a lightweight alternative by which an application can be created without much of the overhead while maintaining a straightforward transition path to a fully CQRS style.


March 16 couldn't come soon enough.
That's the prevailing thought of the Enrique Razon Jr.-owned Bloomberry Resorts who are counting down the days before their $1.2 billion resort and casino complex, Solaire Manila, officially opens its doors to the public.
As the first of four enormous gaming and entertainment resorts to open in Entertainment City, Solaire Manila is expected to set the bar for what locals and tourists alike will come to expect from the highly-publicized and long-awaited government project led by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR). Should Solaire Manila open with the kind of success that can justify the hype its been getting in the past years, then you can be certain that it'll be set the ball rolling on the Philippine government's objective to turn the country into a premier gaming destination in Asia, one that can ultimately compete with the likes of Macau and Singapore.
Earlier this week, Bloomberry Resorts disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange its intention of opening its doors on March 16 with the assurance that it had collected some of the brightest minds in the industry to be the driving forces in ensuring the success of Solaire Manila. "[We] confirm that [Bloomberry's] Solaire Manila Resorts and Casino has collected the top former operating officers of world-renowned casinos in Las Vegas and other parts of the world," a letter to the exchange said, as quoted by the Associated Press.
Global Gaming Asset Management, which exercised its equity option on Bloomberry Resorts last month that made it the second-largest shareholder of Solaire Manila, will be tasked to oversee operations of the new resort and casino.
In addition to the senior officials, a lot of whom have backgrounds running casinos in Las Vegas, Bloomberry Resorts also said in the letter to the exchange that they had hired over 400 Filipinos employees, all of whom have similar backgrounds in gaming and hotel operations all over the world. For now, 500 hotel rooms set in modern resorts are expected to part of Solaire Manila's grand opening with plans to add 300 more hotel rooms in the next couple of years.
As soon as Solaire Manila is up and running, the focus now turns to the three remaining operators that are still in the process of building their own resort and casino establishments, including projects from Melco Crown/Belle Corp, Tiger Resorts/Alliance Global, and Travelers International Hotel Group.
For now, though, it's Bloomberry Resorts' time in the proverbial spotlight. March 16 is a little over a month away, and the buzz in the atmosphere is palpable. After years of planning, negotiating, and building, the first of the four mega casino and resort complexes in Pagcor's Entertainment City will finally go live.


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2009 год в театре

События
 29 июня — состоялась первая трансляция в кинотеатрах Великобритании в рамках проекта «Национальный театр в прямом эфире». Для старта проекта была выбрана «Федра» Ж.Расина, в главных ролях Хелен Миррен и Доминик Купер.

Постановки
 5 января — «Сказка Арденского леса» Юлия Кима, режиссёр Пётр Фоменко (как открытая репетиция стажёрской группы, «Мастерская Петра Фоменко»).

 12 февраля — «Река Потудань» по повести Андрея Платонова, режиссёр Сергей Женовач («Студия театрального искусства»).
 29 марта — премьера австрийского мюзикла «Ребекка» на русском языке (Театральный центр «Арт-Вояж»).

 2 сентября — «Дядя Ваня» А. П. Чехова, режиссёр Римас Туминас (Театр имени Е. Вахтангова).
 1 октября — «Приглашение на казнь» по роману Владимира Набокова, режиссёр Павел Сафонов (РАМТ).
 1 октября — первая постановка пьесы Ксении Степанычевой «Частная жизнь» (Саратовский театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова).
 22 октября — впервые на постсоветском пространстве поставлен балет Августа Бурнонвиля «Из Сибири в Москву» (Грузинский театр оперы и балета им. Палиашвили).

Деятели театра

Скончались
 25 января, Санкт-Петербург — Елена Немченко, актриса БДТ им. Товстоногова
 27 января, Москва — Вячеслав Осипов, оперный певец, солист Музыкального театра им. Станиславского и Немировича-Данченко.
 10 апреля, Москва — Евгений Весник, актёр, режиссёр и сценарист, народный артист СССР (1989)
 27 апреля, Киев — Евгения Мирошниченко, оперная певица, народная артистка СССР (1965).
 12 мая, Москва — Матвей Ошеровский, актёр и театральный режиссёр, народный артист России (2000)
 20 мая, Москва — Олег Янковский, актёр театра и кино, народный артист СССР (1991).
 31 мая, Москва — Вячеслав Невинный, актёр театра и кино, народный артист СССР (1986).
 14 июня, Санкт-Петербург — Пётр Вельяминов, актёр театра и кино, артист Санкт-Петербургского театра комедии имени Н. П. Акимова.
 28 июня, Воронеж — Анатолий Иванов, театральный режиссёр, художественный руководитель Воронежского театра драмы имени А. В. Кольцова.
 4 августа — Виктор Шулаков, актёр, режиссёр, драматург и педагог, народный артист Украины (2008).
 20 августа, Москва — Семён Фарада, актёр театра и кино, народный артист России (1999).
 8 ноября, Москва — Игорь Старыгин, актёр театра и кино.

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Omg I am truly in love with these curtains. I ordered the 96 inch curtains in the color Dove (grey) and they are absolutely beautiful. Really elegant and stylish.
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I bought these curtains for the nursery and while they are very cute they are a soft purple and definitely not pink. I am keeping them as I will add some purple colors but if I had known they were purple before hand I wouldn't have bought them.
Option: Biscuit, 96" | Dove, 96"
These curtains are a nice gray and have a good weight to them. The sheer curtains are seperate and not attached with the other layer. Can't wait to hang them.
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Colour is just as advertised for the dove grey. These curtains do provide a proper blackout but aren't extremely heavy like some blackouts. Overall we're very happy with them.
These are not blackout curtains. You can still see the light of the windows coming through.
Just Beautiful. The shear curtains complement the gray curtains beautifully. Would recommend the purchase. I love them.
I love these curtains! They are perfect in my little girls room. It's not complete blackout, but it is definitely close. The room is plenty dark enough for my girls to nap in.
Option: Biscuit, 63" | Biscuit, 84"
Beautiful! Great quality. Would purchase again.
not a fan. Not at all what I was expecting. I thought they looked cheap and like the overlay didn't really belong with the heavy underpanels. sadly, I sent them back.
I'm so happy with this purchase. We Got a pink one for our baby daughter nursery... still a lot to be done in there that's why I can't post pictures yet. But it is just beautiful. Definitely worth the money.
"How do you use the tie backs?"
The second image shows some varieties for the tiebacks.
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I don't know how well known he was to people reading this, but Leeds rider Charles Prow has sadly died whilst working construction for part of Madonna's tour in France. Streetphire and LS6 have more info.
R.I.P. Charles, and condolences to his friends and family.
EDIT: Also, to anyone who was planning on going to tomorrow's Hyde Park jam in Leeds, that jam has been postponed to a later date.


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