The precise terms of Britain's access to the tariff-free single market – which is vital to the economy and jobs market – will be key battle-lines in the Conservative leadership election and in the subsequent talks between the new Prime Minister and European leaders.
The wealthiest of the ex-Yugoslavia nations, Slovenia and its gorgeous capital Ljubljana are small but charming, with welcoming people and some really interesting sights, plus some attractive scenery and opportunities for adventure too.
This list of 25 things to do in Slovenia will give you plenty of inspiration for a holiday in this small Balkan nation.
There can be no "a la carte" access to the single market, the European Council president Donald Tusk has said, as Europe's leaders agreed that Britain must accept freedom of movement if it wants access.
David Cameron told the full European Council meeting on Tuesday night that concerns about immigration were the key factor behind the country's vote for Brexit and pushed for reforms to freedom of movement rules, which are currently a condition of single market access.
But following a meeting of 27 leaders of EU member states on Wednesday morning, excluding Mr Cameron, Mr Tusk made clear that the Council shared German Chancellor Angela Merkel's view that Britain faces a choice between single market access and the power to control EU migration – and could not have both.
"Leaders made it crystal clear that access to the single market requires acceptance of all four freedoms - including freedom of movement," Mr Tusk said."There will be no single market a la carte." He also reiterated that there would be no negotiations between Britain and the EU about the terms of a new relationship, until the UK government had invoked Article 50.Mr Cameron told MPs today that, contrary to reports, there had been no "great clamour" from EU leaders at Tuesday's summit for Britain to invoke Article 50 immediately.He has previously said that it would be for the next Prime Minister, due to be in place by September 9, to do this."While there one or two voices calling for this, the overwhelming view of my fellow leaders was that we need to take some time to get this right," he said."Of course everyone wants to see a clear blueprint in terms of what Britain thinks is right for its future relationship with the EU." He said that models for Britain's relationship could include: Canada, which has access to the single market for some of its goods, but crucially not financial services; Norway, which has single market access but abides by freedom of movement rules; and Switzerland, which has single market access for industries, but not for the banking sector, and accepts freedom of movement.


For some really want to have an archive of all my online data. Maybe because I don't have kids or something. But I think just like how we like to go through old letters to learn more about our ancestors, someday someone will want to go through this stuff to learn more about me or the crazy time I live in. I just feel like I need to have a personal history.
I like the idea of this file-based, no database CMS. The simplicity appeals to me. I think I have been overwhelmed with all the noise in the past few years, and I really need a way to find the signal again. Maybe this could help do that.
Find a way to tweet from my own site and send copies to Twitter, so the original is always mine.
Stop worrying about it, and just let the tweets live on Twitter and be subject to Twitter's whims. Embrace the transient nature of my tweets. This doesn't sit right with me, although it would certainly be the easiest solution.
I tend to like Option 1 the best, but I am not sure how to set it up with Statamic. Maybe using IFTTT.com? This would introduce a lag between the writing of a tweet and it's appearance on twitter.com, which would complicate conversations. Is there some other script I can use to instantly push tweets over? Of course, this method wouldn't archive my @replies. I have kind of already let them go, though, because there is so much noise associated with my username and @replies.


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Heroes of the StormDec 4, 2017 1:00 pm CT
Hanzo performs simple geometry in latest hero spotlight
By Alex Ziebart
Editor-in-Chief, Emeritus
@AlexZiebart
Hanzo of Overwatch will be the next character to enter the Nexus in Heroes of the Storm, and he might be one of the least-exciting releases in recent memory. I'm sure there are individuals who are super stoked about it, but in general the hype is pretty low. This afternoon, Blizzard released Hanzo's hero spotlight, and it's unlikely to change any minds.
Hanzo appears to be as straightforward as it gets — he's a skillshot-based assassin. Yes, there are some complexities at play: his scatter shot requires you to be aware of your angle of fire. Trying to aim skillshots on the move will take some learning. But generally speaking, this isn't a particularly flashy hero release. If you know Hanzo from Overwatch, or you're at all familiar with the concept of an archer, there are no big surprises in store.
That isn't necessarily a bad thing, of course. Not every character needs to be a total game-changer. Sometimes you need those characters who exist simply to deal damage. If Valla were added to Heroes of the Storm right now, she probably wouldn't be thrilling, either. Valla's still a great character to have as an available option to play.
More interesting than Hanzo himself are some of the UI and gameplay changes that come with him. For example, while playing Hanzo, you always see exact outlines around the terrain so you can correctly angle his Scatter Arrow. Junkrat also uses a ricochet mechanic with his grenades. An issue players often encountered was the inability to accurately predict how his grenades would bounce. If Junkrat will now be able to see terrain outlines like Hanzo does, it means you can aim his grenades more accurately, with no nasty surprise angles.
Of course, those outlines also make the maps look rather ugly — like looking at the map in a level editor during development rather than the polished, finished product. What's functional doesn't always agree with what's aesthetically pleasing, and those two things are definitely at odds here.
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Blog Competitions English Premier League Manchester United's Royal Antwerp Success Story
Manchester United's Royal Antwerp Success Story
Red Ben 25 March, 2011 English Premier League, Manchester United
Manchester United are now a truly global club, both in terms of fan base and professional reach. This has been exemplified this week by the five young Brazilian players who have visited Old Trafford from Desportivo, their Brazilian feeder club, their proposed link to FC Twente which has been mooted this week, and the 17 nationalities currently represented in their first team squad.
United's multinational networking hasn't always been so far-reaching. The foundations for their global network were laid far closer to home, in the form of a link with Belgian club Royal Antwerp, now into it's 13th year. Traditionally one of Belgium's most successful and best supported clubs, they have fallen on hard times recently, but represent an ideal place to send young players, especially non-EU imports.
The reasons for this are twofold. Firstly, the Belgian Second Division is not the highest of standards, meaning that youngsters sent there will get plenty of playing time. Secondly, citizenship laws in Belgium are especially lax. A player who is resident there for two years gains a Belgian passport, thereby becoming an EU citizen and bypassing work permit laws. It would take five years for a player based in England to achieve the same.
Since Danny Higginbotham became the first player to go there in 1998, no less than 30 other players at various levels of the Manchester United setup have spent time at Royal Antwerp. Where are they all now, and can the link be considered a success? Could you put out a decent team consisting of Royal Antwerp loanees?
Very much so, as it turns out. Almost an entirely Premiership XI. With the exception of Lee Martin, every player in that XI currently plies their trade in the Premier League, with three of those first team regulars at Manchester United. Indeed, Gibson and O'Shea formed the central midfield pairing for United's recent 2-0 victory against Arsenal in the FA Cup. Four of those players have gone on to win international caps.
Going on loan to Antwerp isn't a golden ticket, however. Lee Martin and Luke Chadwick are two players who enhanced their reputation greatly whilst at Royal Antwerp, but both have seen their careers flounder since. Martin won the Royal Antwerp player of the year award whilst on loan, and won five consecutive fan's man of the match awards.
Chadwick hit 7 goals in 36 games as he inspired Royal Antwerp to the Second Division title, and came straight into the first team reckoning upon his return to Old Trafford, eventually managing two Premier League goals. Although he has now dropped into League One, he is the reigning MK Dons player of the year, so has carved himself a successful lower-league career.
Others to have done so include former reserves captain Alan Tate, who has notched 200 appearances for Swansea City, and David Fox, who is currently first choice at promotion-chasing Norwich.
Antwerp has also been used to blood foreign players, but with far less success. Dong Fangzhuo was a player who arrived at Manchester United with great expectations amongst some supporters. The assumption was that, having paid a fee that could have risen to £3.5m for an unknown Chinese player, they must have somehow uncovered the Peking Pele.
In reality, Dong spent two years at Antwerp awaiting a work permit, and winning the Belgian Second Division's golden boot was as good as it would get. Upon his return to Old Trafford he was exposed as a lumbering no-hoper and can now be found plying his trade in the Serbian top flight. Dong, now 26 and just off the back of a 801 day goal drought, has never scored a top flight league goal for any club.
Another young foreign player who spent a long time at Antwerp was Togolese winger Souleymane Mamam. Snapped up by United at 16, he was farmed out to Antwerp to win a work permit. However, his progress stalled and he ended up making almost 100 appearances over four years on loan.
When his United contract was not renewed, he joined Antwerp permanently, but fell out of favour, and then further down the league ladder. Questions have since been asked about his genuine age, with his international debut coming in a World Cup qualifier when he was reputedly just 13 years old. This would go some way towards explaining his prodigious youth performances.
England lags behind the continent in terms of feeder clubs. The great Barcelona team that is currently sweeping all before them was crafted almost entirely at La Masia, the club's training ground, where Valdes, Puyol, Pique, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Messi and Bojan all learned their trade. With Thiago Alcantara and Jeffren waiting in the wings, the production line shows no signs of abating.
The key difference between the Barcelona "B" side, which exists in the place of a reserve team in Spain, and an English reserve side, is that they play in the regular league structure. Barcelona "B" are currently 4th in the Spanish second tier, with their players gaining valuable experience every time they pull on their shirts. Unlike the vast majority of their Premier Leaugue colleagues, Manchester United enjoy a similar facility with Royal Antwerp.
Whilst Manchester United's link with Antwerp has only sporadically produced first team players at Old Trafford, there is a rich tradition of young players moving there as a finishing school before embarking on long lower-league careers. With Ferguson less likely than ever to give youngsters a first team chance, a loan to Antwerp has proved to be the best thing to happen to many of Carrington's young products.
If United can enjoy the same level of success with their proposed link with FC Twente, then it will be worth it's weight in gold.
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Q: Sorting a table I want to sort the below table XYZ using sql,
here Id is the primary key.
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Id | Date        |Product   | Time
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1  | 01-02-2016  |C         |10:00
2  | 01-02-2016  |B         |10:30
3  | 01-02-2016  |A         |11:00
4  | 01-02-2016  |C         |11:30
5  | 01-02-2016  |B         |12:00
6  | 01-02-2016  |A         |12:30
7  | 01-02-2016  |C         |13:00
8  | 01-02-2016  |B         |13:30
9  | 02-02-2016  |D         |07:00
10 | 02-02-2016  |C         |07:30
11 | 02-02-2016  |E         |08:00
12 | 02-02-2016  |D         |08:30
13 | 02-02-2016  |E         |09:00
14 | 02-02-2016  |A         |09:30

I need to sort it in such a way to find the Product with the minimum time for each day and sort by time, then the Product with the next earliest time and sort by time in the following manner.
Id  |Date      |Product |Time
1   |01-02-2016|    C   |10:00
4   |01-02-2016|    C   |11:30
7   |01-02-2016|    C   |13:00
2   |01-02-2016|    B   |10:30
5   |01-02-2016|    B   |12:00
8   |01-02-2016|    B   |13:30
3   |01-02-2016|    A   |11:00
6   |01-02-2016|    A   |12:30
9   |02-02-2016|    D   |07:00
12  |02-02-2016|    D   |08:30
10  |02-02-2016|    C   |07:30
11  |02-02-2016|    E   |08:00
13  |02-02-2016|    E   |09:00
14  |02-02-2016|    A   |09:30

A:
select t1.*
from XYZ t1
join (
  select Date, Product, min(Time) as minTime
  from XYZ
  group by Date, Product
) t2 using(Date, Product)
order by str_to_date(t1.Date, '%d-%m-%Y'), t2.minTime, t1.Time

http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/00209f/3

A: If i understand correctly what u want to do is the following:
Select * from XYZ
order by date ,time

This will order the days, and then the time within each day.

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San Diego Padres: How Launch Angle Has Taken Over Baseball
By Jose Palomo
SAN DIEGO, CA - APRIL 16: Christian Villanueva /
Hitters in today's game are hitting more homers, driving in more runs, and making more money than ever before in the history of the game. But are the San Diego Padres benefitting from it? More so, what damage could this do to the future of the game?
The San Diego Padres have bought into the idea of launch angle, just as many other teams have. Players are arguably having more success since the phenomenon of launch angle entered the league, but is there a price that hitters pay when they abide by launch angle's rules?
For those of you who don't exactly know what launch angle means, it's basically the angle to the degree, the ball leaves the bat at.
For example, the exit velocity of the ball off the bat is 110 MPH and the launch angle is 30 degrees (picture an alligator's mouth), that's got a good chance at being a home run.
Hitters have been trying to use a bit of an upper-cut swing to turn hard-hit line drives into hard-hit long fly balls by changing the angle of the ball's trajectory at contact.
With the increase of hitters trying to hit the ball into the air, it has led to a spike in the number of home runs being produced.
The effect of launch angle on MLB
Last year during the 2017 season, we saw a record of 6,104 home runs hit, that was by far the most home runs ever hit in a season. The previous record for most home runs hit in a season was 5,963, which was set back in the year 2000.
Hitters like Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Joey Gallo, and Khris Davis would argue they have all benefited from this new approach due to the fact they all hit over 40 home runs last year.
But another statistic they all have in common is that they all struck out over 160 times in 2017. In fact, there were 140 players that struck out over 100 times last year. In the year 2000, there were only 58.
It seems players are willing to strikeout more in order to hit more home runs
The mindset of players and teams have now is that outs are outs no matter how they are made. If you strikeout three times in a game, it's no different than grounding out or popping up three times.
This has led to hitters having an "all or nothing" approach up at the plate no matter the count, situation, or score. This is now an era where both the leadoff hitter and the number eight hitter in a lineup are trying to bat like a four-hitter.
The majority of hitters are no longer shortening up with two strikes, trying to move runners over, or simply driving in a runner on second with a single.
With strikeouts being at an all-time high too last year, should the focus of launch angle be apart of all players approach at the plate? Hitters racked up a total of over 40,000 strikeouts in 2017.
Do the San Diego Padres have the correct players to emphasize launch angle to their swings?
When you look at the San Diego Padres' lineup, it absolutely isn't composed of many power hitters. Only three players on this year's roster hit more than 20 homers last year. Is it really a good idea to have Padre hitters try to hit the ball in the air more?
Some could argue yes because the Padres need the offense. Though do you really want players like Cory Spangenberg, Manuel Margot, and Matt Szczur to hit the ball in the air more?
They aren't power hitters and should be focusing more on line drives and utilizing their speed on balls hit in the gap. Playing half of your games at Petco Park should also be a reason why Launch Angle may not be the best approach when it comes to the Padres' hitters.
This veteran DH target seems ideal for contending Padres roster
Launch angle is taking an effect at the youth level
Young players are of course fascinated by home run hitters at the MLB level, and respectfully so.
Newly developed apps are now being produced to track and determine player's bat speed and launch angle. Parents are buying these apps thinking it could help give their kid an edge.
Hitting coaches also use these new hitting apps to tell kids and their parents that they're going to be able to produce the same launch angle Kris Bryant did to hit his home run in Tuesday's game.
What parents and kids don't understand is that Kris Bryant is 6″5, 230 lbs.
You can't tell a freshman in high school who is probably 5″7, 150 lbs soaking wet that if he launches the ball into the air at the same angle Kris Bryant does he's going to hit more home runs.
It's not physically possible for a regular kid in high school to do what Kris Bryant does. Kids are now hitting off a tee with their hitting coach in a cage, and launching balls straight up into the netting trying to attain the perfect launch Angle.
It's ultimately a choice
They have the strength to muscle balls over the stands and benefit from an "all or nothing" approach. Joey Votto's thoughts on launch angle could be one of the more better points of view out there on the topic.
"Let the ball be your feedback."
What better way to kick off #30Clubs30Days than with @Reds' Joey Votto talking hitting? pic.twitter.com/TKwoqHN4Oo
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) February 23, 2018
By heavily emphasizing launch angle to your swing, you're agreeing to hit the ball into the air more and possibly hitting more home runs.
The price you pay is having a longer swing, leading to striking out more. This new method of hitting seems to be better suited to those that are able to turn those fly balls into home runs.
Players like Aaron Judge and Joey Gallo are happy to strikeout over 200 times every year because they know they'll be able to still hit over 40 home runs.
Next: Padres Success with RISP Being Wasted
Launch angle has certainly created more excitement to the game, but with it resulting in more strikeouts it will be interesting to see if hitters will shy away from it and make adjustments.


Being rejected by the same guy 4 times has never been so much fun!
I first heard of Monster Prom when my fiance went to GDC in early 2017. He told me about this "quirky competitive dating simulator," with monsters twinks that I would love. Since then I've been keeping a close eye on Beautiful Glitches' upcoming indie title. A year later, it's finally arrived.
My fiance and I fired up the game (and streamed our first game), ready to fight over the first adorable monster we see. As the game's intro played we were introduced to our 6 possible love interests. Right away Alex said, "You're going to go for the twinky demon aren't you?" Naturally I was. "Well tough, because I'm going for him too." Thus the stage was set for me and Alex fighting over Damien LaVey.
Monster Prom has charm up the wazoo. It's genuinely funny with a self-aware humour that many games try and fail to achieve. While we played, it quickly became my favourite game of the year so far.
Right off the bat, I was happy to see that when it came to selecting your character you could choose which pronouns that you'd prefer. It's such a small detail but it makes the game so much more accessible and inclusive. Bravo to the developers for that.
It's 3 weeks until prom, you still haven't gotten a date yet. So you need to spend next weeks wooing your chosen potential love interest, while also attending classes to improve your character's statistics.
Like normal dating simulators, you're put into situations where you need to make a decision, choose your own adventure style, and your choices have a different effect on your relationships. Monster Prom gives a fresh spin on the genre by making it competitive!
Before each 'week' you are given a prompt, and whoever gives the funniest answer gets to go first. Then at different points during the game, you are given chances to ruin the potential relationship of your fellow competitors.
It gives such a refreshing twist on the dating sim genre, and makes it a fantastic coach co-op game to play with people. I'm not going to go into any more details about the game because I think this game is better the less you know about it going in. Right now it's on Steam for £9. It's well worth the money.


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Two recent reports (a "Flexibility Study" and a CSIR study) have concluded that South Africa's grid could be flexible enough, and renewables supported by gas could provide base load.
Between November 2011 and July 2016, South Africa received commitments of investments to the value of nearly R200-billion through an innovative and efficient programme which encouraged private investment into the South African power generation sector. The Renewable Energy Independent Private Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) came about in a hurry because the lights went out in South Africa – literally – in 2008. Officials within Treasury were mandated to set up a programme to attract private investors.
According to figures released by the Department of Energy, the REIPPPP by 2016 had not only delivered multiple millions in investments, but also created more than 30 000 jobs and benefited local community development to the tune of R256-million.
Whereas national utility Eskom's supply of power was insufficient for a booming South African economy in 2008, the global economic slowdown that kicked in later that year meant that by the time independent producers were selling to the grid (also controlled by Eskom), electricity demand was much reduced. Eskom itself had been adding power to the grid and improving the maintenance of its existing fleet.
Eskom is investing heavily in two new coal-fired power stations. Medupi and Kusile power stations will jointly generate 9 564 MW. These factors resulted in Eskom refusing to sign any more power purchase agreements with independent producers.
Although Eskom's shareholder, the Minister of Energy, said that the REIPPPP was still government policy, it was not until the third quarter of 2017 that the process was started again, but this time with a limit imposed by the state on how much could be charged for energy in new contracts. Many in the renewable energy sector believe that the price cap of 77 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) will deter many possible investors and make small-scale renewable energy projects (such as small-hydro) impossible.
One of the consequences of the policy uncertainty of 2016-2017 was that DCD Group sold its share in the Coega IDZ-based DCD Wind Towers joint venture for R1.
South Africa's electricity comes mainly from Eskom's coal-fired power stations. The Koeberg nuclear power station supplies about 5% of the nation's needs and has been operating since 1984.
South Africa's long-term energy plan is underpinned by the Integrated Energy Plan of which the electricity-specific Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) forms a part.
Proponents of coal and nuclear argue that there are some hidden costs that renewable energy advocates don't reveal. They also argue that coal and nuclear are necessary to provide stable supply. There are also questions about the ability of the grid to cope with multiple sources of energy.
Two recent reports (a "Flexibility Study" and a CSIR study) have concluded that South Africa's grid could be flexible enough and renewables supported by gas could provide base load.
The Northern Cape is South Africa's hotspot for solar power and the Eastern Cape has attracted most of the approved wind power projects.
Although KwaZulu-Natal received few REIPPPP bids, the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone is positioning itself to be a hub for renewable energy, with the proximity of the rich gas fields off the shores of Mozambique a major selling point. The huge forestry, timber, paper and pulp industries of the province can provide feedstock for the renewable energy sector.
KwaZulu-Natal's most widely grown crops, sugar cane and sugar beet, are among the most efficient and cost-effective feedstock for the creation of biofuel.
The Provincial Government of the Western Cape is another entity prioritising energy and this includes generation (gas, biogas and renewables), distribution and energy-saving. In the REIPPPP, the Western Cape has so far been allocated 11 projects, six wind projects and five photo-voltaic solar power projects.
Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities Alan Winde says that Cape Town alone has 2 000 private producers. These range from a solar panel on the roof of a single household to major installations in the Waterfront. Winde is lobbying for the allocation of a gas-to-power plant to Saldanha Bay where there are already bulk power consumers like ArcelorMittal Steel. This could be a catalyst for the use of gas in many other sectors.
Don't miss the upcoming Africa Energy Indaba, 20 – 21 February at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg.


"My name is Claude and I have the pleasure to serve as the coordinator of this circle.
Being, sort of, a dinosaur with some 25 years of oikos experience in my backpack, I am absolutely convinced that oikos chapters are living laboratories for leadership development.
Yet, at least during my time as the president of oikos St.Gallen, I did not unleash the learning opportunities flowing from our many projects, roles and diverse community.
– How do we develop ourselves while we develop our chapters?
– What are great practices to be shared and where do we locate levers for learning?
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Hayes Carll
KMAG YOYO – 2011 (Lost Highway)
Reviewed by Michael Berick
CDs by Hayes Carll
Flowers and Liquor (2002)
KMAG YOYO (2011)
Little Rock (2005)
Lovers and Leavers (2016)
Trouble in Mind (2008)
What It Is (2019)
The Houston-bred, Austin-based Hayes Carll is a true Texas troubadour. He stocks his four full-length (and second for Lost Highway) with character-rich tales full of humor and heartache. While there is nothing radically new in this set of shaggy dog songs, Carll continues to reveal his terrific way with words, making his music come vibrantly to life.
There's a sense of Carll (or at least characters) pondering growing up and looking for something more out of life throughout this disc. Following the rockin' rave-up of an opener (where all he wants to do is Stomp And Holler), Carll touches on the difficulties of being a musician on Hard Out Here, in which he admits, "I used to have heart but the highway took it." On the uncharacteristically straight-from-the-heart Chances Are, he expresses hope in finding lasting love and "finally find my heart a home." Similarly, in the loosely played Grand Parade, he is thinking about settling down with a girl, while in the Texas Dance Hall-ready The Lovin' Cup, he states that, "love is back in town...the one good thing I found." Although he populates his family Christmas song, Grateful For Christmas with humor, it is less of a caricature portrait than Robert Earl Keen's Christmas With The Family, as he expresses genuine gratefulness for his family. The heart-felt album closer Hide Me sums up both the album and its themes as he proclaims "After all these years of running 'round/Flyin' high and I'm falling down/Well, the time has come at last/to rest my heart and ease my past."
Carll, however, hasn't forsaken his wicked wit and wild stories. Bottle In My Hand is a rollicking tale about life on the road while, in the more low-key The Letter, he reveals that "I meet some wild people out here." The wildest people on this disc might be the mismatched couple in Another Like You, a hilarious duet with Cary Ann Hearst. This track anchors the middle of the disc along with the tour d' force, "KMAG YOYO." The title track, which stands for the military acronym "Kiss My Ass Guys, You're On Your Own," blasts out (a la Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues") a fiercely played dark satire about young, not terribly accomplished, American soldier.
With this disc, Carll further solidifies his standing as not only one of the top Texas troubadours, but also one of the best young Americana songwriters working today.


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Pat Robertson Says Alzheimer's Is Acceptable Excuse for Divorce
12:02PM EDT 9/16/2011	 Stefanie Schartel
(AP Images/Gary C. Knapp)
Till death do us part?
What is death? Pat Robertson, host of The 700 Club, shocked viewers this week when he said Alzheimer's disease is a kind of death, and is grounds for acceptable divorce.
The once-Baptist minister was responding to a viewer inquiry:
"I have a friend whose wife suffers from Alzheimer's. She doesn't even recognize him anymore, and, as you can imagine, the marriage has been rough. My friend has gotten bitter at God for allowing his wife to be in that condition, and now he's started seeing another woman. He says that he should be allowed to see other people, because his wife as he knows her is gone … I'm not quite sure what to tell him. Please help."
Admitting it was a tough decision at hand, Robertson leaned in agreement with the viewer's friend: "I hate Alzheimer's. It is one of the most awful things because, here is a loved one, this is the woman or man that you have loved for 20, 30, 40 years and suddenly, that person is gone. They're gone. They are gone. So, what he says, basically, is correct."
"I know it sounds cruel," Robertson continued, "but if he's going to do something he should divorce her and start all over again."
Feathers are ruffled in the religious community at Robertson, who never referred to Scripture in his advice.
Joel Hunter, senior pastor of Northland Church in Orlando, Fla., is outraged that Robertson would symbolically compare Alzheimer's disease to death. "Obviously, you could do this for anything," Hunter told ABC News. "My husband watches and plays video games, and so he has left the marriage and it's kind of like a death. It's not death, and so we can't start describing things as death that are really not death, and we have to stop trying to mischaracterize what Scripture says for our own convenience."
Although the disease deteriorates many areas of a person's life and the lives of relatives, Dr. Robert Stern of Boston University School of Medicine told ABC News: "The feelings are the last to go. The ability to connect on some level—that's the very last thing to go. Person may not remember their loved one's name, they may not be able to remember what happened a couple of minutes ago, but they still can connect."
Many who experience loved ones having the disease take on the character of Noah in The Notebook, visiting every day, loving every day, supporting every day, waiting for his/her spouse to come back.
"What we see when people get diagnosed is families rallying around the person like they would with any fatal or serious illness," reports Beth Kallmyer of the Alzheimer's Association.
Regardless of biblical correctness of the situation, David Loewenstein, a clinical neuropsychologist at University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine, told ABC News, "I think this highlights the need for couples and families to have discussions early in any illness, and preferably before illness strikes so that person's decisions and preferences are known and respected."
Do you agree with Robertson?
Related topics: Marriage | Television


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Widow Mugged At Husband's Grave, Thief's Son ID's Dad (Video)
Denise Recalde
The teenage son of a robber made amends to a 78-year-old woman mugged in an Oklahoma cemetery in September 2013 and offered to give the woman back some of the money stolen (video below).
Christian Lunsford, 15, a resident of Moore, met with his father's victim, Tona Herndon, in a church parking lot in an attempt to set things right, the Daily Mail reports.
The teen had then received $250 from his estranged father for a school band trip but, regardless of whether the money was Herndon's or not, Lunsford decided to give the widow the money instead.
"When I found out this whole situation, I didn't know if it was hers or his or how, I just knew I needed to give the money to her," he said.
Touched by his actions, the widow accepted the money and then immediately returned it to Lunsford as a donation for his band trip.
"This is a very blessed family, I thank them so much for what they wanted to do, to make things right. That was wonderful," she said.
"I was very surprised actually," Lunsford said. "I didn't expect that at all, but it meant a lot."
"He gave and I received, and I gave and he received, so it worked out," Herndon said.
The widow had buried her husband of 60 years just two weeks before the incident and was emotionally distraught.
The thief, Shane Lunsford, had walked up to her while she was mourning over her husband's grave marker and mugged her while her eyes were closed, Little Things reports. The mugger stole Herndon's purse, which had $700 in it.
"As the purse came off, I looked him right in the eyes and there was a look in his eyes," Herndon said. "It was a look of pain and my thought was 'He doesn't really want to do this.'"
A description of the thief soon circulated in local news and TV media after the incident, which was seen by his son, who promptly identified him to police. The robber's son was not surprised by his father's actions.
"I kind of suspected who it was because this isn't the first time."
The teen's father had been in and out of jail multiple times as he was growing up.
Sources: Little Things, Daily Mail / Photo and Video credit: The Huffington Post
Tona Herndonpurse thiefShane LunsfordMugging of widowChristian Lunsford


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For the past 7 years, my extended family has converged on a cozy clubhouse that sits on the tip-top northern point of Lake Tahoe. For those non-Californians reading, Lake Tahoe is the weekend playground of San Francisco Bay Area residents. The ~3 hour drive towards the Nevada border brings you to mountains and skiing and hiking and lakes and beaches and gorgeous weather and gambling and restaurants and AFFLUENCE. A tiny condo sitting lake-side runs an easy $1.5 million these days.
When my cousins Kathy, Stacey and I originally thought this up we had various optional activities planned for each day from Friday through Sunday including hiking, golfing, visiting the swimming pool, beach-going, shopping, etc. But the vacation has morphed to be very much "come and go and do as you want". Really, the only true thing we all do together is all-you-can-eat sushi at a local jaunt on Thursday night, feasting at the clubhouse Friday and Saturday nights and usually a trip to a Reno buffet on Sunday. That's right - my family prioritizes food as VERY high!!
My family is lucky enough to have 3 Tahoe vacation-home owners which makes gathering 35+ folks together for a long weekend, a very affordable vacation.
My parents have owned this home since I was 7; Ah the memories..
After eating together each night we basically spend the hours between dinner and bedtime - playing games. It's usually card games but board games make an appearance too. Poker, mah jong, dominoes, bridge, a game we call H-E (for H-E-double-toothpick) which is multiple player solitaire usually come out multiple times over the 3 days.
Really the best part of this trip is that our enormous family gets to spend some extensive time together - more than you get over dinner at Thanksgiving. My mother is #11 of 12 kids, so our family from grandparents down consists of just over 100 people to keep track of. It's weekends like this that really make it possible!


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Lillard Scores 33 Points, Blazers Beat Mavericks 126-118
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers believe they can use games like this one against Dallas to help them prepare for the final push toward the playoffs.
"It's not about who our opponent is, it's about the style of play that we want to play, the discipline we want to have, the things we want to do well, that will translate to when we play against the top teams," Lillard said. "As long as we have that right attitude and we do things the right way, I think we'll keep getting this result when we play against teams we should beat."
Lillard had 33 points and 12 assists to lead Portland past the struggling Mavericks 126-118 on Wednesday night.
Seth Curry scored 20 off the bench for the Blazers, who have won five of six as they try to secure home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Portland (44-27) led by as many as 25, and Lillard hit six of the team's 16 3-pointers.
Luka Doncic had 24 points for the Mavericks, who have lost nine of 10 and are ahead of only Phoenix in the Western Conference.
The Trail Blazers are fourth in the West, a half-game back of Houston and in front of a cluster that includes the Spurs, Thunder, Jazz and Clippers.
Portland rested Lillard in the final period after a 17-point third quarter, which included a stretch when he hit four straight 3-pointers. Enes Kanter added 14 points and 10 rebounds off the bench for his first double-double since joining the Blazers just before the All-Star break.
"I thought it was another very special night by Damian," Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. "I thought he pretty much controlled the game from our standpoint. He took advantage of his scoring opportunities, had another great night passing, finding people."
Portland was coming off a 106-98 victory at home over Indiana on Monday. That was the team's first game without starting guard CJ McCollum, who strained his left knee last weekend. McCollum will be re-evaluated next week, and no timetable has been set for his return.
The Blazers started Jake Layman for the second straight game in McCollum's place.
Lillard had 10 points and four assists as Portland took a 26-17 lead to close the first quarter. It was the lowest first-quarter point total for the Mavs this season.
The Blazers led by as many as 13 in the first half, but Doncic hit a floater and a pair of free throws to put the Mavericks up 39-38.
The threat didn't last long and Portland pulled in front 58-52 on Jusuf Nurkic's dunk. Maurice Harkless closed out the half with another dunk to give the Blazers a 65-52 lead at the break.
Portland stretched the lead on 79-66 after Lillard's 3-pointer. Another 3 put the Blazers up 87-69, and Dallas never threatened again.
"In the third quarter Lillard just had a stretch like great players can have. He hit four 3s in a row and we were just unable to answer," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. "Then the crowd got into it and it just got away."
The Mavs (28-43) have lost eight straight on the road.
Dirk Nowitzki, possibly playing his final season, was given a standing ovation in the final quarter when he got up and waved to the Moda Center crowd, which was chanting "We want Dirk." Nowitzki did not play in the final period and finished with three points.
"I just always remember this being a basketball town. The fans, the way they get behind their team here and get loud when their team makes big runs," Nowitzki said. "It's a tough place and they've always had really great teams year after year."
TIP-INS
Mavericks: Stotts said he expects Doncic to win the NBA Rookie of the Year award. Carlisle, told of the prediction, joked: "Boy, he's really putting himself out there."
Trail Blazers: It was Lillard's third double-double in his last five games. ... The teams split their four-game season series.
HONORING DIRK
Nowitzki passed Wilt Chamberlain for sixth on the NBA's career scoring list in the Mavericks' 129-125 overtime loss to New Orleans on Monday. Stotts was an assistant with the Mavs from 2008-12.
"It's hard to put into words, especially to people of my generation. Wilt was untouchable. And for someone to be in that context, it's hard to fathom," Stotts said. "I think the way he's done it, being the type of player that he is, he's certainly not the type of player he just passed or the players in front of him. He did it his way, his own style, that I don't think anyone could have foreseen 20 years ago."
Mavericks: At the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night.
Trail Blazers: Host the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night.
Filed Under: 3-pointers, dallas, Damian Lillard, Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers, Seth Curry, Western Conference
Categories: Basketball, Featured, Sports


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Q: UIActivityViewController I have a problem with the UIActivityViewController on iPad
Here is my Code:
NSString* someText = @"Hi, I am using the official iEveryThing Tech app #iEveryTech";
        NSString* Website = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ieverytech/id578148847?l=de&ls=1&mt=8"];
        NSArray* dataToShare = @[someText,Website];

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On iPhone the Mail composer View will disappear after sending the mail but not the Composer on the iPad here is my Composer:
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A: The activityViewController use a native method for send mail don't need use mailComposeController, like this
NSMutableArray *items = [NSMutableArray new];
    [items addObject:@"text for share"];
    [items addObject:[UIImage imageWithData:[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:self.imagePath]]];

NSArray *activityItems = [NSArray arrayWithArray:items];

self.activityVC = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems applicationActivities:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:whatsapp,instagram, nil]];

self.activityVC.excludedActivityTypes = @[UIActivityTypeAssignToContact, UIActivityTypePrint,UIActivityTypeAirDrop,UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard];

[self presentViewController:self.activityVC animated:YES completion:nil];

A: First thing, when using the activityViewController, your class is not the delegate for the mail composer and the code will not be called.  This is all handled internally in the activityViewController.
As for your view not being dismissed, implement the complete block call for the activityViewController.  In the block be sure to dismiss the view controller.


We have had a great start to the year with our new children settling in really well. We are currently making a book all about the children, so we may be asking you to bring in photographs or arranging with you for Mrs Cahill to come to your home for a photo shoot!
The first few weeks are all about establishing relationships, having fun, getting used to routines and developing positive attitudes.
Please talk to the children about what they have been doing at nursery and encourage them to talk about what they have done at home. You can help by taking them to local places such as the park or the library to look for books.
Don't forget to tell us if you child has done something interesting or new. You can write about what they have done as a WOW moment. We add these observations to the children's records.
We will be learning how to be independent and doing lots of work on sharing and taking turns. These are also good things to practise at home, for example by encouraging your child to put there own coat on and share their toys with siblings and friends.
If you have any questions relating to your child's development, please do not hesitate to ask one of the Nursery Team.


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For many people, the idea of owning a place in the country is a lifelong dream. Our cities are now so saturated with industry and millions of people flocking in from every corner of the world that it's no wonder, so many of us are quite literally running for the hills! The countryside poses a welcome breath of tranquility and fresh, breathable air away from the smoke and bustle of the big city. It's little wonder then that so many investors are ditching the bright lights in favor land and property in a more rural location. Another reason behind this is down to the sheer flexibility that rural land can give you. You may be investing on a personal level – creating your dream home, or a vacation property for when you want to spend some time out of the city with your loved ones. Or, you could be investing for a return, in which case you have many different options available. Vacation properties are common in these dreamy rural locations, but you could just as easily invest in farming property or even commercial real estate such as a factory building. The options are endless, and with a little slice of the countryside on your books, you can be certain that you will have a fruitful investment on your hands. However, if you have only even bought and sold property in towns and cities before, there are a few things you should probably be aware of. Rural property is never as straightforward as a metropolitan property is, and if you are not careful, you could end up making some mistakes that could cost you a fortune. Not sure where to begin? Take a look at these points, so you know what to look out for when making your first ever rural investment.
If you are a developer who is planning to build their vision upon a stretch of land, you might want to hold your horses before you get the builders in. You may think you have found the perfect plot, but rural land can be tricky to deal with and could easily be hiding all sorts of nasty secrets. For example, you would be shocked at a number of unexploded bombs and land mines that are still buried into the hillsides of many rural areas. This might sound drastic, but it is something you need to be aware of, as there is no coming back from a disaster like that. Additionally, the land itself may simply be of poor quality, that will make building upon it quite a challenge. It is clearly always better to find this out before you have bought the plot and hired your building contractors, so utilize a service such as Contaminated Land Management / Investigations | Remediation Services to check the quality of the land before you build. You could end up liable if a family move into your property that has been built on contaminated land, so always perform a full check first before you go ahead with any construction.
Many people automatically look at a rural property and think that the more remote it is, the better. While in some cases many people do want to get away from it all, you can indeed buy property that ends up being a logistical nightmare. Whether your property is going to be residential or commercial, it needs to be situated somewhere that still has decent transport links to nearby towns and cities. Otherwise, you will seriously struggle to find a buyer or a tenant. After all, who is going to buy a factory that is based 100 miles away from the nearest town, where all the workers will be based? Consider public transport options and the nearby road network, as these will be strong selling points for your potential buyers. You will also need to take into account other aspects of the local infrastructure, such as whether you can get a good phone reception in that location, and what the internet signal is like. Very few people would be willing to move somewhere where they couldn't get Wifi, so clear these things up before you go ahead with your purchase. But, on the other hand, there is no point buying a property that you claim to be 'rural' if you are still kept awake by the city's traffic when you are in said property. Value a plot or location that will truly capture your buyer's imagination – anything with a dramatic backdrop, and something that is surrounded by plenty of wildlife. More and more people these days yearn for beauty in their homes, so try and get your hands on the best plot you can.
If you are buying existing rural real estate, you may need to bear in mind that the property may not have been updated for some time. In some instances, this can prove fruitful. After all, what home buyer doesn't love traditional period features such as wooden beams in a country home? However, the property could just easily come with a whole host of other, less romantic features that could get you in a lot of bother if you don't deal with them. Rural properties don't tend to be new builds, so it is likely your buy will boast a certain amount of wear and tear that it will be your job to deal with. Additionally, take a look at what surrounds the property. If you are buying a farmhouse with the intention of selling it as part of a working farm, make sure any barns, storage areas, and fences are all up to scratch as well. You may want to spend a bit of time introducing yourself and your plans to your rural neighbors, as everyone in these types of areas tend to know each other. If you are new to the rural property market, these people may be able to point you in the right direction and help you with any development ideas you have.


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White Silence Is Violence
Building a space of inclusivity + fighting racism, bigotry, and privilege.
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In short, we've forgotten what white privilege really means—which is all of this, all at once. And if we stand behind the belief that recognizing white privilege is integral to the anti-bias work of white educators, we must offer a broader recognition.
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Research from Harvard University suggests that children as young as 3, when exposed to racism, tend to embrace it, although they might not understand.
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Why You Should Stop Saying 'All Lives Matter,' Explained In 9 Different Ways
It's a common conversation these days: One person says, "Black lives matter." Then another responds, "No, all lives matter."
It's also a complete misunderstanding of what the phrase "black lives matter" means. The person on the receiving end interprets the phrase as "black lives matter more than any other lives."
Continue reading Why You Should Stop Saying 'All Lives Matter,' Explained In 9 Different Ways
"The point of Black Lives Matter isn't to suggest that black lives should be or are more important than all other lives. Instead, it's simply pointing out that black people's lives are relatively undervalued in the US — and more likely to be ended by police — and the country needs to recognize that inequity to bring an end to it." — German Lopez
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Warner Bros. makes Just Mercy available for free as education on 'systemic racism.'
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Here are five racist anti-racism responses "good" white women give to viral posts (and the only kind of response that's actually acceptable).
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As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached out […]
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Eventually, doctors will find a coronavirus vaccine, but black people will continue to wait for a cure for racism.
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"Because of this history, black women have had to inhabit a different understanding of motherhood in order to navigate American life.
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The songs were wonderful - to the point that it produced one of the best-known Disney songs ever, in "Let It Go".
Six years after their mega-successful "Frozen" hit theaters, Disney dropped the first trailer for the sequel. At the end we see the main characters, Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven gazing out over a valley filled with trees in vibrant fall colors.
Both groupings have been represented by various glyphs and alchemical symbols over the centuries, and Frozen 2's Norwegian variants of the four clean, simple symbols look to be inspired by them. Lee called the animation in the sequel "bigger [and] more epic" than the original, explaining, "They're going to go far out of Arendelle".
The film reunites directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck with Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, who wrote the songs for both movies. Idina Menzel returns as Elsa, Kristen Bell as Anna and Jonathan Groff will reprise his roll as Kristoff. Elsa is running into the ocean, Anna is jumping across chasms and slashing unseen enemies with a sword. New to the sequel is This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown and Westworld actor Evan Rachel Wood, although their characters have yet to be revealed. The original 2013 film was a global phenomenon, earning more than $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office.
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Have you wondered why stocks like Apple, Microsoft and Google continue to make big gains in the U.S. indexes such as the Dow-Jones Industrials? These are the kind of big, successful companies that central banks favor.
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Rhino conservationist Anna Merz dies in South Africa
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Anna Merz, 83, died on April 4, 2013 at a hospital in Melkriver, South Africa, her home since 1996. Born in England, Merz was among the many London children who were relocated to Cornwall during the Nazi bombing attacks of early World War II. Studying politics and economics at Nottingham University, she read for the bar at Lincoln's Inn, but instead of practicing law, she relocated to Ghana with her first husband. There, recalled The Times of London, she "owned a crankshaft grinding workshop, developed a love of riding, worked as honorary warden in the game department and took off on expeditions across the Sahara and around Uganda and northern Kenya." Retiring to Kenya with her second husband in 1976, Merz learned from elephant and rhino conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin that rhinos were close to being poached to extinction throughout their range in both Africa and Asia. In 1982 Merz invested her own savings in helping David and Delia Craig to convert their Lewa Estate into the Ngare Sergoi Rhino Sanctuary. Acquiring their first rhino in 1984, they increased the sanctuary rhino population to 16 by 1988 and doubled the sanctuary size to 10,000 acres. Within another six years the sanctuary and the government-owned Ngare Ndare Forest Reserve were fenced to create a 61,000-acre protected rhino habitat. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy now claims more than 120 rhinos, including about 11% and 14% of Kenya's black and white rhino populations respectively. Initially involved in hands-on rhino care, Merz later authored a book, Rhino: At the Brink of Extinction (1994), and for years thereafter toured the world to raise funds for rhino conservation.


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Volume 13, Issues 7–8, Page 62–63 | David Bradley
For every paradigm-shifting breakthrough in science there are a plethora of failed experiments, myriad grant applications, patent pressures, and the activation energy barrier that is peer-reviewed publication to overcome. So with all those issues to face is science a good career, asks David Bradley
"Practicing science has enabled me to keep on learning new things, especially those supposedly unrelated to my career discipline," enthuses chemist Prasanna "AP" de Silva of Queen's University Belfast who works on building molecules that can carry out logical functions. "Sometimes the learning happens alongside very bright young minds and the teacher-student roles are reversed often." Christie Wilcox, one of those bright, young minds, couldn't agree more. "I knew by the end of high school that I loved science, particularly anything that related to animals and the ocean," she says.
Like many starting out in their careers, Wilcox was initially uncertain about what career to pursue. She attended Eckerd College on a full-tuition scholarship and obtained a B.S. with Honours in Marine Science. Two years working as a research assistant made her realize that she loved the lab-based work and ended up applying to the University of Hawaii's Cell and Molecular Biology program with a specialization in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology.
For some turning to science takes an even bigger leap. "I started Yale University in 1988 as a nominal English major," says Peter Steinberg, "tried modern philosophy, moved to literature/literary theory, dabbled in political theory, and ended up a political science major." Steinberg even worked for a summer on Capitol Hill in Washington DC as an intern in a Congressional office. Physics was always at the back of his mind but his undergraduate degree was insufficient for graduate school. "A year working for a particle physicist and taking coursework filled in the gaps," he says, "and I started at MIT the following fall, participating in a large collaboration at the CERN SPS." A post-doctoral placement at Columbia University on a collider experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory gave him the opportunity of a staff job at BNL 2000, and he was tenured in 2006.
Others are more certain about the scientific career choice from the start. "I have never wanted to do anything else but science really so throughout my career it has always been in my mind that I would persevere along this career path no matter what hurdles I faced or may face," says Sarah Murray, a research chemist in Manchester, England. "Of course, since I've made it my career I would say that it is a good career choice. It can lead to a lot of opportunities and there are many career paths you can take," she adds.
Likewise, Ricardo Vidal, a biological engineer, recalls receiving a book for his ninth birthday called the "Giant book of Questions and Answers", which inspired an early interest in science. "It covered various topics and I read it cover to cover," he says. He suggests that when choosing science as a career, it's important to be pragmatic about outcomes. "My professors told me to pursue goals I truly enjoy working on, but the best advice was more pessimistic: Always do your best, and expect the worst. This has made sense on many occasions helped me along my path," Vidal adds.
For many scientists it is as if the career chooses them, rather than the converse. Jason Snyder, a post-doctoral researcher at the National Institutes of Health, admits that he could have worked harder in graduate school. "I'm pretty happy with the work I did and I think it's a time in life to explore so I don't regret doing so," he says. When starting out, he didn't appreciate how often scientific experiments fail. "It could get pretty disheartening," he says, "I can remember at least three occasions where senior scientists told me 'that's just how science is' and that allowed me to not take it personally."
It's a philosophical perspective that allows many scientists to persist in their passion. Gadi Rothenberg also had a humble start. "I had no money, no permanent position, and no deep knowledge of any useful specific research area," he confesses. "You could also say I had nothing to lose, but I did have geographical and subject flexibility." Rothenberg now holds a professorial Chair in catalysis at the University of Amsterdam, in The Netherlands and doesn't regret his career choice in the slightest. "I still think research is the greatest," he says. "You can do whatever you like, and you get paid to do it."
While career should be a personal choice it is not always so, there are often pressures from family and friends to opt for an apparently better job. Environmental scientist Aboud Jumbe of Bangalore University, India, faced this issue, but never succumbed to the attempts to persuade him to become a lawyer or an accountant. "There was an immense peer pressure from a certain quarter of people in my community who thought a career in science was a waste of time," he says.
Despite the trials and tribulations of doing science in the developing world, Jumbe studies the impact of serious industrial pollution on the ecosystems or urban lakes, he is circumspect about choosing science as a career. "Science is freedom," he asserts. "It empowers one with the ability to ask questions why?"
When scientists are not writing grant proposals, research papers, and fending off parries from journal editors and referees, there is still time for the occasional breakthrough. "Practicing science has allowed me to make a global contribution, however small it might be," says de Silva modestly of his work on taking the logical units of the computer into small spaces, such as living cells. "This would not be the case in many other careers," de Silva asserts. "The impact of a worthwhile scientific result cuts across nationalities and can last as well. International friendships have arisen as a result."
It's not that scientists get stuck in science, but there are obstacles that could make a lateral career change challenging. "I hope to be out of academia or on the borderline between academia and industry working in an interdisciplinary setting with focus on bioengineering and bioinformatics," Vidal says, but before that is possible he anticipates several years of hard work and networking before he can make the jump. "Perseverance is all that matters in science," encourages Jumbe.
Enormous workloads mean science can be more a vocation than a job at times. Says Steinberg, "I have always been on the lookout for opportunities to blog about science, particularly about my research field, I am continually trying to scope out something larger scale, like a book."
Murray recognizes that being a scientist should involve more than laboratory work. "I have gained a lot more self-confidence," she says, which has opened up opportunities. "I have been a STEM Ambassador since October 2009 and am having great fun with it and enjoying meeting lots of new people."
Science is not for the faint-hearted, it is hard work, there are many obstacles to clear along the path, but that is common for so many careers, but the job satisfaction in science can be beyond compare. Moreover, many scientists find that they can extend their careers into many other areas, such as the media and consultancy. Hands-on biologist Wilcox has faced her share of funding, feeding, and faeces problems in her research. "What got me through the roughest parts is simple – I love what I do. No matter how tough it might be, I cannot imagine anything that could make me happier."
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Jean Todt will meet with the F1 team bosses and Bernie Ecclestone on Sunday to make a final ruling on the qualifying format.
The controversial elimination system will be used this weekend in Bahrain despite widespread criticism in the wake of its Australian debut.
In the immediate aftermath there were plans to revert to the old system but after an F1 Commission meeting it was announced that the new system would remain in place for Bahrain.
It is, however, up for discussion come Sunday morning.
"Whatever we decide I am optimistic we will get unanimous agreement tomorrow," Todt told the media in Bahrain.
He added: "We will have learned more from qualifying [in Bahrain].
"But in my opinion, Q1 and Q2 will be optimised. Q3, which is the biggest problem, one opportunity is to have another set of tyres. That will increase the show.
"Another possibility is that with the top eight, the eight quickest from Q2 leaves first at the green flag, and while he is doing his lap, the seventh quickest goes and does his lap.
"So you have one car alone on the track with an unpredictable final result. There are a lot of solutions that can be highlighted.
The FIA President believes there is still a chance for the new system to be a success but in order to do so teams will need an extra set of the softest tyres to run in Q3.
"Australia happened, and clearly it was a disappointment about Q3," said the Frenchman.
"Why was it a disappointment? Because for the first time in a long time, with three minutes to go, we had drivers climbing out of the car.
"So the immediate reaction was to speak to Charlie over the phone, and he suggested one of the problems with Q3 was that the drivers were missing a set of tyres.
Pirelli, though, did not have the time needed to bring an extra set of tyres to Bahrain this weekend.