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Changing homes and Flying Kites
When I joined the diplomatic service, a veteran ambassador offered a word of advice, "If you get posted to a peaceful, picturesque country, your wife may have a good time, but you will suffer a miserably boring period. Try to get sent to a troubled country, in a revolution, civil war or some other horrendous trouble, and you will have a truly exciting time."
Wise words. I had quite a bit of excitement in Haiti: a military coup, refugees in leaky boats and mutilated bodies in trash cans, and then invasion, US marines and a UN multilateral army. After horrendous trouble and horrendously long hours, I was looking for a respite when George called from the Dominican Republic.
2000 miles from the US, south-east of Cuba is the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, 30,000 square miles. The eastern part of the island, two-thirds, is the Dominican Republic, the western third is Haiti. The whole island has a horrific history of rapacity by Spanish and French invaders: exploitation, slavery and wanton cruelty. When they left, local dictators like Trujillo and Duvaliers took up the mantle and inflicted years of poverty and suffering on their people. Haiti, once the jewel of the French crown, was now the poorest land in the western hemisphere. Dominican Republic, though better, still bore the scars of its past.
George, an old foreign service colleague, had just arrived in the Republic and was keen to see Haiti. I was just as keen to see the Republic. In less than ten minutes we reached a curious pact. We agreed we would both take leave during the same week and exchange houses. Two weeks later, we both started driving from home at the crack of dawn, met at the frontier and exchanged greetings, and then proceeded to the other's home.
When I arrived at George's home with my wife and two small daughters, his maid greeted me, and I found on the dining table three things: five hundred dollars in the local currency, a list of places to see and the names of good local restaurants. When George and his wife arrived in our suburban home, he found the same three things on the dining table, and a valet in addition to the maid greeted him.
What we did with our week in a new country was very different. George loved our sprawling seven-bedroom house and the delicious Haitian food our maid cooked and our valet served. They sunned on the terrace, ate long, leisurely meals, and had their exercise by swimming in the house pool. They went out occasionally, but used their vacation mostly to relax and rest their bones.
When we arrived in George's home, an elegant apartment downtown, we noticed that it was ideally located in the very heart of a bustling city, with numerous places and events within easy reach. We enjoyed the breakfast in the morning George's maid served, but after that there was no stopping us. Rain or shine, we went out every day, exploring museums and galleries, palaces and streets, shops and roadside restaurants. The Colonial Zone is a maze of narrow streets, bordered by architectural surprises from the sixteenth century, palaces converted into breathtaking museums, elegant homes turned into shops and restaurants, the ten-block Calle de Conde brimming with cafes and souvenir shops and art vendors, the Casa de Teatro where artists and writers jostle and watch the latest photo exhibits.
One morning my wife said she needed to take the elder daughter for a haircut and suggested I take younger one out and amuse her with some sightseeing. Lacking a plan, I thought she might enjoy the nearest park, and we stepped into a most exciting event. Apparently the city has, like my native Kolkata, a day marked for kite flying, and there were scores of people, young and old, flying the most magnificent variety of kites, large and small, and engaging in friendly combat.
I felt like I had suddenly walked back into history, when I flew kites with my brother and friends. I did not just fly them, I dreamed them. We begged and collected money, bought kites of different colors and dimensions, sometimes writing little messages on them. We prepared for kite wars by grinding glass, mixing it with glue and then dipping the kite thread in that hellish mixture, so that the thread could slice the kite thread of rivals. Kites and kite wars were an important part of my childhood.
All the intervening years had suddenly melted. I could just stand in that park and watch other fly kites, but I couldn't. I promptly bought three kites and a reel of threads to fly them. I told Monica with supreme confidence, "We will have great fun."
We had. Monica promptly got into the spirit of the game. Together we not only flew kites, we engaged in friendly but ferocious kite wars. When our first kite was felled by a rival and Monica was nearly in tears, I said to her, "The fun has just begun. We will now kill his kite." Monica's heart leaped and we promptly set about attacking the enemy's kite.
Frankly, I don't quite remember whether we took successful revenge, but at the day's end we had predictably lost all the three kites. But our heart was full and we really had great fun. Monica used to recount her role in a kite war as her peak experience in the Dominican Republic.
Twenty years later when a young man proposed marriage to Monica, I was taken aback to find that she had decided that she wanted to be married in the Dominican Republic. I was taken aback, but not entirely surprised.


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High school girls track and field: Burlington Central holds off Woodstock for KRC title
By JOE STEVENSON - joestevenson@shawmedia.com
Sarah Nader
Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Woodstock's Syd Heidtke (center) competes in the 100-meter hurdles during Thursday's Kishwaukee River Conference Girls Track & Field Meet at Marengo High School May 4, 2017.
Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Richmond-Burton's Megan Curran competes in the shot put during Thursday's Kishwaukee River Conference Girls Track & Field Meet at Marengo High School May 4, 2017.
Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Woodstock's Kayla Deegan competes in the high jump during Thursday's Kishwaukee River Conference Girls Track & Field Meet at Marengo High School May 4, 2017.
Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Marengo's Lillie Simons competes in the triple jump during Thursday's Kishwaukee River Conference Girls Track & Field Meet at Marengo High School May 4, 2017.
MARENGO – Woodstock did its best to send coach Steve Erwin into retirement with the first Kishwaukee River Conference Girls Track and Field Meet team championship.
The Blue Streaks could not hold off Burlington Central, which had too much depth, but Erwin, who is stepping down after 33 years as a math teacher and girls track coach, still was thrilled by the results.
Woodstock was seeded before the meet for 101 points and third place. The Blue Streaks scored 123 points and took second behind Burlington's 147 1/2, while Richmond-Burton took third with 112.
"He's done so much for this school, and he's just got this huge legacy that we want to live up to," Streaks sophomore hurdler Syd Heidtke said. "We want to be able to say, 'We're Woodstock and we were Erwin's last team.' It's just amazing we could do this for him. I'm sad we couldn't get first, but we gave it out all, and that's all he asks of us."
Heidtke won the 100-meter high and 300 low hurdles, while taking seconds with two sprint relays. Cora Uidl won the pole vault and Erwin lauded junior Kayla Deegan's performance, winning the high jump and placing in both hurdles. Deegan had not run the hurdles outdoors after fighting injuries this spring.
"It's really nice for Erwin in his last season," Woodstock senior Kate Jacobs said. "It's good for us to be able to keep running fast times."
Jacobs was second in the 1,600 and third in the 3,200, while teammate Kylie Hagmann was second in the 3,200 and third in the 1,600. They teamed up with Lauren Wieterman and Shannon Koscinski to win the 4x800, then with Koscinski and Uidl to take third in the 4x400. Jacobs and Hagmann each ran 15 laps on Thursday.
"That's what you hope for," Erwin said. "Our team is smaller than it used to be. We haven't been able to compete, teamwise, in the Fox Valley (Conference) for quite a few years. When we went into the new conference, I was excited about it being in my last season. I was thinking, 'Hey, maybe we can win this conference meet.' All you want to do is have the kids do the best they can, and that's what they did tonight."
R-B was led by K.C. Davids and Megan Curran, who each won a pair of field events. Davids won the long jump (16 feet, 7 1/4 inches) and the triple jump (33-10). Curran won the shot put (37-8 1/2) and the discus (102-7).
"The long jump started off pretty rough," Davids said. "I won it on my last jump. I told myself, 'You're a senior and this is your last (conference) jump ever. Make it count.' The triple jump went all right, it wasn't my best, but it was enough to get first."
Curran had a little tough time in the discus with the wind pushing throws to the right.
"I ended up with a 102 on my final throw, and that did it for me," Curran said. "In shot, my second throw was 35 feet, but I knew I could do better. When I came back from the discus finals to the shot finals, I threw a 37."
Marengo freshman Lillie Simons won the 200 and took seconds in the 100, long and triple jumps.
"It was awesome, it felt really nice to accomplish something like that," Simons said. "It's pretty exciting that I have three more years left of this, to see what it brings."
Kishwaukee River Conference Meet
Team scores: 1. Burlington Central 147.5, 2. Woodstock 123, 3. Richmond-Burton 112, 4. Marengo 89, 5. Johnsburg 34.5, 6. Woodstock North 31, 7. Harvard 20.
4x800 relay: 1. Woodstock (Jacobs, Hagmann, Wieterman, Koscinski) 10:24.13. 2. Johnsburg 10:55.27, 3. Burlington Central 10:58.34, 4. Woodstock North 11:48.33, 5. Marengo 11:57.34, 6. Harvard 12:06.63.
4x100 relay: 1. Burlington Central 52.11, 2. Woodstock 52.53, 3. Woodstock North 54.50, 4. Harvard 54.62, 5. Marengo 55.03, 6. Johnsburg 56.25.
3,200 meters: 1. Safranski (BC) 12:00.80, 2. Hagmann (Wdk) 12:03.82, 3. Jacobs (Wdk) 12:03.86, 4. Rodriguez (BC) 12:16.45, 5. Schmitt (Jbg) 12:27.28, 6. Shefcik (Mgo) 13:41.91.
100 high hurdles: 1. Heidtke (Wdk) 16.65, 2. Angvick (BC) 17.20, 3. Myland (RB) 17.8, 4. Deegan (Wdk) 18.2, 5. Rado (Mgo) 18.79, 6. Offerman (RB) 18.99.
100 meters: 1. Goehrke (BC) 12.98, 2. Simons (Mgo) 13.0, 3. Livengood (WN) 13.39, 4. Davids (RB) 13.45, 5. Verbeeck (Wdk) 13.69, 6. Steponaitis (Wdk) 13.81.
800 meters: 1. Safranski (BC) 2:22.98, 2. Langlois (RB) 2:26.02, 3. Frisch (RB) 2:29.14, 4. Secor (Mgo) 2:36.01, 5. Koscinski (Wdk) 2:36.64, 6. Davis (Jbg) 2:41.11.
4x200 relay: 1. Burlington Central 1:53.22, 2. Woodstock 1:54.79, 3. Marengo 2:02.77, 4. Woodstock North 2:02.85, 5. Richmond-Burton 2:05.85.
400 meters: 1. Stark (BC) 1:04.02, 2. Schmidt (Jbg) 1:04.32, 3. Stepanaitis (Wdk) 1:05.18, 4. Overmyer (BC) 1:05.76, 6. Wagner (RB) 1:08.29.
300 low hurdles: 1. Heidtke (Wdk) 48.10, 2. Bilyk (BC) 49.43, 3. Myland (RB) 50.24, 4. Offerman (RB) 53.46, 5. Angvick (BC) 54.44, 6. Deegan (Wdk) 55.49.
1,600 meters: 1. Safranski (BC) 5:23.34, 2. Jacobs (Wdk) 5:32.34, 3. Hagmann (Wdk) 5:32.66, 4. Frisch (RB) 5:37.18, 5. Langlois (RB) 5:48.49, 6. Rodriguez (BC) 5:53.45.
200 meters: 1. Simons (Mgo) 26.62, 2. Goehrke (BC) 27.09, 3. Davids (RB) 27.12, 4. Bilyk (BC) 27.77, 5. Steponaitis (Wdk) 28.56, 6. Kaufmann (Wdk) 28.74.
4x400 relay: 1. Burlington Central 4:26.52, 2. Richmond-Burton 4:27.42, 3. Woodstock 4:35.01, 4. Woodstock North 4:47.14, 5. Marengo 4:56.08, 6. Johnsburg 5:06.14.
Shot put: 1. Curran (RB) 37-8.5, 2. Bertrand (Mgo) 32-3, 3. Myers (Jbg) 29-4, 4. Garcia (WN) 28-9.5, 5. Laing (WN) 26-6, 6. Uribe (BC) 25-10.75.
Discus: 1. Curran (RB) 102-7, 2. Bertrand (Mgo) 95-3, 3. Myers (Jbg) 94-11, 4. Row (Mgo) 92-3, 5. Dankemeyer (Wdk) 83-3, 6. Garcia (WN) 81-3.
High jump: 1. Deegan (Wdk) 4-8, 2. Satkiewicz (RB) 4-6, 3. Gasparaitis (BC) 4-6, 4. Davies (Hvd) 4-4, 5 (tie). Cronin (Jbg) Ross (BC) 4-4.
Long jump: 1. Davids (RB) 16-7.25, 2. Simons (Mgo) 16-5.5, 3. Parker (Mgo) 16-4.75, 4. Pelayo (Hvd) 14-8.5, 5. Moretti (BC) 14-4.5, 6. Myland (RB) 14-3.25.
Triple jump: 1. Davids (RB) 33-10, 2. Simons (Mgo) 33-4.5, 3. Parker (Mgo) 32-10.75, 4. Myland (RB) 31-5, 5. Peake (Wdk) 30-11, 6. Pelayo (Hvd) 30-10.
Pole vault: 1. Uidl (Wdk) 10-6, 2. Conn (BC) 8-0, 3. Gasparaitis (BC) 7-6, 4. Mortimer (Hvd) 7-6, 5. Pasillas (Hvd) 7-6, 6. Brumm (RB) 7-0.

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The Advent of Positive Philosophy
"[Augste] Comte [pictured above] had great confidence in the ascendancy of the positive doctrine. Its "perfect logical coherence" and its social function assured success, because this doctrine "will impart a homogeneous and rational character to the desultory politics of our day, and it will…establish a general harmony in the entire system of social ideas…" (p. 35). Positive philosophy, he believed, is undoubtedly superior to its predecessors. For […] only the positive principle is able to recognize "the fundamental law of continuous human development, representing the existing evolution as the necessary result of the gradual series of former transformations, by simply extending to social phenomena the spirit which governs the treatment of all other natural phenomena" (p. 36). And toward what end is this positive science to be developed? "It is plain that that true science has no other aim than the establishment of intellectual order, which is the basis of every order" (p. 36).
We must let Comte speak for himself to demonstrate the degree to which he advanced his positive doctrine with one purpose in mind–to avert revolution and to achieve the resignation of the "multitude" to the conditions of the existing order. He explicitly pushes to the extreme some of the conclusions which were only implicit in [Henri de] Saint-Simon's work and purges from that work every last critical element that might have remained:
It is only by the positive polity that the revolutionary spirit can be restrained, because by it alone can the influence of the critical doctrine be justly eliminated and circumscribed….Under the rule of the positive spirit, again, all the difficult and delicate questions which now keep up a perpetual irritation in the bosom of society, and which can never be settled while mere political solutions are proposed, will be scientifically estimated, to the great furtherance of social peace…. At the same time, it [the positive polity] will be teaching society that, in the present state of their ideas, no political change can be of supreme importance, while the perturbation attending change is supremely mischievous, in the way both of immediate hindrance, and of diverting attention from the true need of procedure….Again, the positive spirit tends to consolidate order, by the rational development of a wise resignation to incurable political evils….A true resignation–that is, a permanent disposition to endure, steadily, and without hope of compensation, all inevitable evils–can proceed only from a deep sense of the connection of all kinds of natural phenomena with invariable laws. If there are (as I doubt not there are) political evils which, like some personal sufferings, cannot be insurmountable. Human nature suffers in its relations with the astronomical world, and the physical, chemical, and biological, as well as the political. How is it that we turbulently resist in the last case, while, in the orders, we are calm and resigned…? Finally, the positive philosophy befriends public order by bringing back men's understanding to a normal state through the influence of its method alone, before it has had time to establish any social theory. It dissipates disorder at once by imposing a series of indisputable scientific conditions on the study of political questions. By including social science in the scientific hierarchy, the positive spirit admits to success in this study only well-prepared and disciplined minds, so trained in the preceding departments of knowledge as to be fit for the complex problems of the last. The long and difficult preliminary elaboration must disgust and deter vulgar and ill-prepared minds, and subdue the most rebellious. (pp. 37-38)
The positive conception of progress is superior to all others, and especially superior to the revolutionary view in which progress consists of the continuous existence of freedom, and the "gradual expansion of human powers. Now, even in the restricted and negative sense in which this is true–that of the perpetual diminution of obstacles–the positive philosophy is incontestably superior: for true liberty is nothing else than a rational submission to the preponderance of the laws of nature…" (p. 39). The scientific elite will be the final authority of what those laws are and will indicate the degree to which the lot of the lower classes may be slowly improved. In that way the positive doctrine will provide a so-called constructive alternative to the insurrectionary solution advocated by the revolutionary [critical] school. Basic economic and political institutions are not to be changed, for history has shown that such change avails nothing. The class structure should remain as it is; and class conflict presumably will be reduced, even eliminated, through the moral reconciliation of the classes [class collaboration]. That will be facilitated by imposing a moral authority between the working classes and the leaders of society.
Those who identify with the theological-retrograde school probably will not support the positive doctrine because they are not interested in just any order but in their unique one. The "stationary school," the defenders of the status quo, on the other hand, may be won over when they recognize that it will further their interests. But Comte's real target is the revolutionary school whose "doctrines will be absorbed by the new philosophy, while all its anarchical tendencies will be extinguished." The present generation of scientists, however, is too much infested with revolutionary principles to adopt the positive view. Therefore the chance of winning over the scientists will depend on the younger generation who will be given a really thorough positive education. In all cases, "progress" will depend on "an intellectual, and then a moral reorganization [which] must precede and direct the political" (p. 42)."
[Pp. 85-86 in Zeitlin, Irving M. 1994. Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. [5th ed.] Additionally, all page references here are Comte, Auguste. 1893. The Positive Philosophy, 2 vols. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.]
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Q: Is the device connected to WIFI or not? I need to know if the device is connected via WIFI or not. This should be pretty simple, but I broke my neck on the sample code apple supply HERE. I can't seem to get it to work in my own app. Is this not the only thing I need to do?
IN H:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <SystemConfiguration/SystemConfiguration.h>

    @class Reachability;

    @interface FirstViewController : UITableViewController <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource> {

        Reachability* wifiReach;
    }

IN M:
I just try to call the following code in viewDidLoad:
wifiReach = [[Reachability reachabilityForLocalWiFi] retain];

But compiling results in:
WARNING: no '+reachabilityForLocalWiFi' method found
ERROR:   "_OBJC_CLASS_$_Reachability", referenced from: objc-class-ref-to-Reachability in FirstViewController.o - Symbol not found
Seeing this, I'm probably doing something really wrong here. Thought this would be a simple task. Damn my good ideas.

A: #import "Reachability.h"

and
- (BOOL)networkCheck{
    Reachability *curReach = [[Reachability reachabilityForInternetConnection] retain];
    NetworkStatus netStatus = [curReach currentReachabilityStatus];
    [curReach release];
    switch (netStatus)
    {
        case NotReachable:
        {
            NSLog(@"NETWORKCHECK: Not Connected");
            return false;
            break;
        }
        case ReachableViaWWAN:
        {
            NSLog(@"NETWORKCHECK: Connected Via WWAN");
            return false;
            break;
        }
        case ReachableViaWiFi:
        {
            NSLog(@"NETWORKCHECK: Connected Via WiFi");
            return true;
            break;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

then [self networkCheck] will return true if connected to wifi. I use the reachability code too, and this works perfectly in all my applications.

A: Do you have:
#import "Reachability.h"

in your .m file?

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United States' Serena Williams celebrates after defeating Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
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After two tough three-set tussles, Halep had a much easier time of things, making only 12 unforced errors while Venus had 33. Halep played with her left thigh taped, but moved around the court well. "She played pretty flawless," said Venus, who exits before the fourth round at a fifth consecutive Grand Slam tournament.
Looking ahead, Halep said: "It's going to be a bigger challenge. I am ready to face it." She's lost eight of her past nine matches against Serena. Might Venus offer her sibling any tips? "I don't know if Serena needs my help or not," Venus said. "If she does, I'll be there."
Unlike any of Serena's foes until now, Halep has won a major title, last year's French Open. She's been to three other Grand Slam finals, including a year ago at the Australian Open. That resume pales in comparison to Serena's, of course.
Whose doesn't? She is bidding for an eighth trophy at the Australian Open and record-tying 24th Grand Slam title in all. As for the prospect of playing the Williams sisters in back-to-back matches, Halep called it "the toughest draw I've ever had."
"I just want to try to play my best tennis," Halep said, "because I have nothing to lose." Other women's fourth-rounders set up for Monday: Naomi Osaka, the woman who beat Serena in last year's chaotic U.S. Open final, against No. 13 Anastasija Sevastova; 2017 U.S. Open runner-up Madison Keys against No. 6 Elina Svitolina; and two-time major champion Garbine Muguruza against 2016 U.S. Open runner-up Karolina Pliskova, who beat No. 27 seed Camila Giorgi 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 on Saturday night.
Serena complimented Yastremska in the locker room after their match. "She said, like, 'You're young, you're very good and you will be a good player in the future.' It's nice to hear those words from a legend," said the 57th-ranked Yastremska, who eliminated 2011 U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur in the first round and 23rd-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro in the second.
"If she thinks so," Yastremska added about Williams, "then maybe that's true." Williams grabbed a pair of service breaks and a 4-0 lead after less than 15 minutes and was well on her way to yet another easy-looking win.
It didn't get much better in the second set, and Serena wound up with eight aces while facing zero break points, and a 20-13 ratio of winners to unforced errors. Yastremska was born in 2000, the year after Serena won her initial major, and grew up cheering for someone she calls "a legend." Yastremska recalls swinging her racket in the living room at home while watching on TV at age 8 as her favorite player competed.
Surely, everything felt a tad different up-close-and-personal with the 37-year-old American in Rod Laver Arena. What separates Williams from other top players? "Everything. Small details. Her discipline. Her quality of the shots. How (committed) she is to every ball," Yastremska said. "She (is) completely different. I don't know how to describe that. It's just there's something special. What I'm trying to do is to go to the level that people are going to talk about me the same, that I have something special."


Through the years, many Clark Countians have enjoyed distinguished careers and have made significant contributions to the development of the area.
One such individual was businessman Austin M. Crow. While no one today has a living memory of Mr. Crow, his wide-ranging activities place him among the early leaders of the Arkadelphia community.
Richter, Wendy Bradley, "Crow becomes first to work in Arkadelphia real estate" (2017). Articles. 201.


environmentally friendly transportation - especially large and congested cities like New York.
In fact, did you know that between 2007 and 2011 the number of New Yorkers who used bicycles as their primary mode of commute doubled, and the amount of bicyclists is expected to triple by 2017?
According to data provided by the New York City government, in the span of merely three months, between October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011, there were 754 motor vehicle-bicycle crashes citywide, resulting in three bicyclist fatalities. Nearly half of all NYC motor vehicle fatalities are pedestrians, and seven percent involve bicycles. The New York City Bicycle Coalition and Department of Transportation is working overtime to reduce these rates.
help you stay safe while riding.
Bicyclists are free to enjoy the road nearly everywhere! The state of New York encourages motor vehicles to share the road and to respect cyclist safety. Riding is permitted on main streets, local side streets and, of course, in designated bicycling areas. It should be noted that designated route is not required, although bicyclists are typically safer if they choose to cycle in a bike lane, bike path or shared lane. New York City offers more than 800 miles of classified bike ride routes.
On expressways, drives, highways, interstate routes and thruways unless otherwise authorized by posted signs.
Against the flow of traffic.
On the sidewalk, unless the cyclist is under 14 years old and the bicycle has wheels that are less than 26 inches in diameter.
Bicycles are treated as vehicles; therefore cyclists are required to stop at all red lights and stop signs.
Cyclists are encouraged to keep right and to refrain from traveling in the center lanes, however riding in the middle	lanes is permitted when necessary for the bicyclist's safety. Bicyclists have the right to ride all the way to the left of a 40-foot-wide one-way street.
Riders should refrain from staying too close to the parked vehicles lane – they are urged to keep at least three feet between their bicycle and parked cars. Exiting passengers who swing their car doors open to unsuspecting bicyclists pose a serious risk on the road.
Use a white headlight and red taillight when riding at night.
Use a bell to signal presence when necessary.
Never wear more than one headphone at a time when riding. This will allow you to hear horns, voices and sirens more effectively.
Use hand signals when making turns. Always look over the shoulder before making turns or lane changes.
Remember that a left arm extended outward signals a left turn; a left arm in the "L" position signals a right turn; one hand down signals a stop.
New York State Law requires helmets for cyclists who are 13 years old and younger, however every rider is always encouraged to wear a helmet. After all, 74% of cyclist fatalities result from head injuries. Helmet usage reduces the risk of injury in a crash by 80 percent.
When shopping for a helmet, bicyclists should be sure that the helmet fits snugly and doesn't rock from side to side when moving the head around. When wearing a helmet, cyclists should always buckle the chinstrap, be sure that the helmet doesn't tilt either forward or backward and should beware of any cracks or damage in the helmet.
Remain visible on the road. When riding at night, cyclists are advised to wear light-colored clothing with reflective materials. From dusk till dawn, bicyclists are required to use a white headlight and red taillight.
Be seen and heard. A horn or bell can alert pedestrians and motorists and let them know when you are present. Due to the limited visibility of bicycles, many drivers cut them off or back into them without even realizing it. In certain scenarios, stopping a bicycle accident from occurring can be solely attributed to the use of bells and horns.
Handlebars should be tight and in line with the wheel height below a rider's shoulder level. Grip ends should be replaced when they become worn out.
The spokes of wheels should always retain good tension and none should ever be missing. Tires must always remain adequately inflated and with good tread and no sidewall damage. Either the tires or spokes should be reflective.
The first thing to stress to a child is the importance of preventing a head or brain injury. By this time, parents understand that a helmet can save their little bicyclist's life – but sometimes that isn't enough.
Sometimes kids don't feel cool when wearing protective headgear, or they don't like how tight and clunky it feels on their head. The good news is that today's child bike helmets are lightweight while remaining protective. They also come in cool colors and designs that kids love. This accomplishes two things - brighter colors will appease your child, while also ensuring that motorists are more likely to see them when on the road.
Before letting your child take off, mom or dad should check the components of the bicycle. The seat, handlebars, chain and wheels should all fit tightly. Check the brakes to be sure they aren't sticking, and feel the tires to test the amount of tire pressure.
No matter what time of day your child is riding, there are precautions that you can take to be sure that other vehicles on the road can see them. Dress your little cyclist in neon, fluorescent or other bright colors at all times when riding. Also be sure their bike is equipped with reflectors, as well as lights if they plan to ride at night. Flashing lights can provide extra safety.
Public bike paths, parks and low-traffic neighborhoods are always good places for children to ride. Roads with numerous potholes, puddles, loose gravel and regular traffic should be avoided.
Parents should refrain from allowing their young children from riding at night, when it is more difficult for others to see them. Even with bright clothing, reflectors and lights, kids are in harm's way when they bicycle after dark – it is not only hard for others to see them, but it is more difficult for your child to see others, as well as hazards in the road.
Bicycle accidents happen every day. They can involve other bicycles or pedestrians; can be caused by the loss of control, the negligence of a motorist, or due to hazardous weather or road conditions. Being involved in an accident, especially a bicycle accident in which protection is minimal, can be frightening and jarring.
Remove yourself from any potential additional danger. Get yourself out of the road, and then when it is safe, get your bicycle out of harm's way to prevent your bike from getting maimed, and to put a stop to any other accidents from occurring.
Notify the police. If anyone has been injured, or if there has been any property damage, you and/or any motorist, pedestrian or cyclist involved in the collision are obligated to remain at the scene until the police arrive.
Gather information. Swap data with anyone else who was involved in the accident. This includes license plate number, driver's license information, home address, phone number and insurance information. Obtain witness statements and/or contact information if anyone was around to see the crash. Take note of your surroundings and take pictures of evidence, such as the damage done to your bicycle and traffic signs.
Choose your words wisely and never negotiate with another party involved. Anything you say can be used against you as an admission of fault, so never utter the words "I'm sorry!" Also, with your adrenaline running high, your body may mask the extent of your injuries directly after a collision, and you could potentially have incurred more bodily damage than you originally think. Never negotiate with a motorist when it comes to the state of your body.
If insurance companies are involved, be careful what you say. Insurance companies are well trained to sound as though they are on your side, and that they understand the pain you are going through. In reality, most are looking for you to admit fault to avoid paying fair value for your injuries or property damage. Consider having an attorney speak with the insurance company on your behalf if you have been seriously injured. Insurance companies often pay much greater settlements if they are dealing with an experienced attorney.
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Former Congressman Terry Everett endorses Barry Moore
National Right to Life endorses Martha Roby
State sets new record low unemployment rate
Legislature expected to deal with budgets this week
By Brandon Moseley
Monday, February 1, US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) won the Iowa Republican Presidential Caucus. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) essentially tied. The Alabama Constitutional Conservatives and Alabama Minority GOP watched the returns come in at John's City Diner in Downtown Birmingham.
Sen. Cruz invested enormous resources into winning the Iowa Caucus. He won with 28 percent of the votes cast. New York City billionaire businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump came in second in the Republican Caucus with 24 percent, followed closely by US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) with a better than expected 23 percent.
State Representative Mack Butler (R-Rainbow City) said in a statement afterwards: "Congrats to Cruz, Trump, and Rubio for their performance tonight in Iowa! I do believe that whoever does win the Republican nomination will be the next President of this Great Nation. Let's take back America 2016! By the way Hillary is felling the Bern."
On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton narrowly beat out Senator Sanders. At press time Clinton had 49.8 percent of the vote and Sanders had 49.6 percent of the votes as then tallied by the Iowa Democratic Party. Several news sources had declared Clinton to be the winner. Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley got less than one percent. Following the dreadful performance, O'Malley suspended his campaign.
Sen. Sanders said, "What Iowa has begun tonight is a political revolution." The people of Iowa have sent a very profound message to the establishment, the political establishment, the corporate establishment, and by the way to the media establishment."
Secretary Clinton said, "I am excited about really getting into the debate with Senator Sanders into how to fight for America."
In the Republican race, Dr. Ben Carson received just nine percent of the vote. US Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) got just five percent of the votes. Despite spending over $70 million in Iowa former Florida Governor Jeb Bush got just three percent of the 180,000 GOP votes cast (a new record turnout). Ohio Governor John Kasich received just two percent of the votes. Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina received only two percent. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee got only two percent of the votes cast.
Following the disappointing showing, Gov. Huckabee announced that he is suspending his campaign.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie got only two percent. Former US Senator Rick Santorum received just one percent followed by former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore.
Sen. Cruz said in a statement to supporters, "We won Iowa tonight, but only because YOU stood by my side. Heidi and I owe you a debt of gratitude. While Heidi and I are extremely excited about what this victory means for our campaign and, more importantly, for our nation — this is only the beginning. Tonight, I'm on my way to New Hampshire since there isn't any time to celebrate… Even though it was a great victory, we are just EIGHT days away from New Hampshire (and South Carolina is right after that). Let me be clear: we won the first round, but this campaign is far from over."
State Representative Jack Williams (R-Vestavia) said on Facebook, "I think today Donald Trump learned that the only poll that matters is the one held on election day. I have to think at some point tonight he must have thought – wow, this is harder than I thought it was going to be. I think tonight was the beginning of the end for Trump. I don't think he will go away immediately, but I do believe his support will continue to erode as voters look for a candidate who can win in November."
Senator Rubio said, "This is the moment they said would never happen. For months, for months they told us we had no chance. For months they told us because we offer too much optimism in a time of anger, we had no chance. For months they told us because we didn't have the right endorsements or the right political connections, we had no chance. They told me that we have no chance because my hair wasn't gray enough and my boots were too high. They told me I needed to wait my turn, that I needed to wait in line." "But tonight, tonight here in Iowa, the people of this great state have sent a very clear message. After seven years of Barack Obama, we are not waiting any longer to take our country back. This is not a time for waiting. For everything that makes this nation great now hangs in the balance. This is a time where we need a president that will truly preserve, and protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, not one that undermines, attacks and ignores the Constitution of the United States."
Former Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead said, "Marco gave the most inspirational speech of anyone since Reagan. He is a true patriot who, God willing, will be our next President. Please message me if you want to be on the winning Rubio team here in Alabama." Armistead is the co-chair of Rubio's Alabama campaign.
Polls show Trump with a massive lead in the New Hampshire Primary on February 9. It is still possible for one of the more establishment candidates to have a strong showing in New Hampshire; but time could be running out. The last two Republican winners in Iowa: Gov. Huckabee and Sen. Santorum both failed to win the nomination and some pundits are already predicting that that could happen with Cruz as well, though Cruz is polling in second in the New England state.
Senator Sanders, being the neighboring state Senator, is polling in a double digit lead over Secretary Clinton in New Hampshire. The poorer than expected showing in Iowa was not the worst news for Sec. Clinton this week. On Friday, January 29, the US Department of State deemed that 22 of Hillary Clinton's emails were so top secret that they can't ever release them, even in redacted form, in the interest of national security. Those 22 emails have operational details of secret operations. Allowing those emails to be accessed through an insecure private server could potentially have potentially have put American covert teams in jeopardy. Worse it could possibly be illegal and could potentially lead to a recommendation by the FBI that Secretary Clinton be indicted for alleged mishandling of classified material.
The Alabama Presidential Primary will be on March 1.
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Brandon Moseley is a senior reporter with six and a half years at Alabama Political Reporter. You can email him at [email protected] or follow him on Facebook.


The controversy over the security of Huawei equipment is spreading to major European countries, making it more difficult for LG U+ to address the security concerns.
LG U+ is planning to release the results of security verification for 5G equipment from China's Huawei in August or September this year. The company is trying to address the growing controversy over the security of Huawei equipment. Yet the controversy keeps spreading to major European countries, making it more difficult for LG U+ to address the problem.
Last year, LG U+ has sent Huawei's base station equipment source code and various materials to an international common criteria (CC) verification institution in Spain to test the security of the Chinese vendor's equipment.
LG U+ said, "Huawei will release the results in the third quarter as soon as the security test on its equipment is completed."
Huawei is one of the four equipment vendors LG U+ has selected to build its 5G networks. The other three vendors are Samsung Electronics, Nokia and Ericsson. Unlike LG U+, SK Telecom and KT Corp. excluded Huawei from the list of equipment vendors.
"The initial 5G network is built in a non-standing alone (NSA) fashion to ensure compatibility with the current LTE network," said Ha Hyun-hwoi, vice chairman of LG U+. "Security issues should be fully verified not only for Huawei but also for other vendors. Following the Korean security regulations, all companies have been verified against the 70 security guidelines of the Korea Internet Security Agency."
Despite the efforts by LG U+ and Huawei for security verification, analysts still point to the security vulnerability of Huawei equipment. They argue that the common criteria for international security verification only confirm the security features of the equipment, which is fundamentally different from addressing the "backdoor allegations" against Huawei equipment. In particular, LG U+ said in 2013 that it would apply for security verification of Huawei LTE equipment, but official results have never been announced yet.
Critics also note that the security verification results are scheduled to come out after the commercialization of 5G services in March. "LG U+ will use Huawei equipment in Seoul and the metropolitan area, which accommodate half of the Korean population," said an official from the telecommunications industry. "If security problems actually occur or are found in the verification process after all the base stations are installed, it will raise big problems," he added.
On this note, LG U+ said, "Europe is moving in the opposite direction of the United States' exclusion of Chinese companies. Identification and management of subscriber information are done in a wired core network, and LG U+ uses Samsung products to build its core network."


The Ethics of Intelligence is a full day conference hosted by the Intelligence Project at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
The conference will consist of four panels, a working lunch, and a reception. The morning sessions will focus on the purpose, role, and constraints of intelligence as a lever of statecraft while the afternoon sessions with address the moral and ethical questions raised by the means of intelligence.
The conference is open to all and free to attend. However, advanced registration is required.
As the world grows more complex, intelligence is increasingly relied on by leaders and policymakers to advance and defend their national interests. Simultaneously, the role of intelligence has expanded as the means and tools available have evolved to face new challenges and technologies.
Rapid technological advancement, the changing nature of war, and the underlying lack of global security have focused increased policymaker attention on the means of intelligence to potentially solve complex problems.
However, leaders have strained the traditional intelligence ethical norms in their search for solutions: whether to manipulate elections, silence dissent abroad, stoke low-intensity conflict, or to undermine the principle of objectivity.
As intelligence impact continues to grow, there is a heightened risk of violating long-standing norms of behavior, i.e., established legal and/or moral and ethical boundaries that have historically constrained intelligence activity.
The goal of this conference is to identify key moral and ethical questions to inform our consent as citizens as to the nature of current intelligence practices and future trends.
The conference will consist of four sessions, a working lunch, and a reception. The morning sessions will focus on the purpose, role, and constraints of intelligence as a lever of statecraft while the afternoon sessions will address the moral and ethical questions raised by the means of intelligence.


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Q: How to return cell result next to the already found cell I am trying to pick up vba /vb.net in order to automate our report generation. I have no formal education or expertise, so please be gentle :D
Scenario is : I am building DB to keep track of truck equipment and which driver  drove the truck last. Whit a click of a button (btnLoadInfo) i would like to populate 3 textboxes , one with the last driver who drove the truck,one with the date when happened , and one with the last odometer .
Criteria used for search will be truck or trailer.
Data is organized as follows
Drivers are in column "E",
Trucks are in column "D"
Date is in column "C"
ODometer is in column "G"
Task: Find last occurrence of specific string in range D:D and return its corresponding values in cells E, C and G.
So far i am being able to find the last occurrence in the specified column, but i can`t get offset to work and to assign them to the textbox controls.
If you notice when you click btnLoadInfo Driver and Truck fields are being removed from the listbox, which means i am manipulating them, but in a wrong way.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hyperlink to excel file.
 Private Sub btnLoadInfo_Click()
'Code for finding last ocurance of specific string. ATM code is returing last ocurance celladdresss
Dim DataSH As Worksheet
Dim DriverSearch As String
Dim searchTerm As Range

    'error handling
    On Error GoTo errHandler:
    'hold in memory and stop screen flicker
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Set DataSH = Sheet1
        DriverSearch = cboTrucks.Value
        Set searchTerm = DataSH.Range("D1:D999").Find(what:=DriverSearch, searchorder:=xlByColumns, searchdirection:=xlPrevious)
        If searchTerm Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "Driver was not found"
        Else

        Reg1.Value = searchTerm
        searchTerm.Offset(0, 1).Value = tbPrevTruckDriver

        End If

errHandler:
    'Protect all sheets if error occurs
'Protect_All
'show error information in a messagebox
    MsgBox "An Error has Occurred " & vbCrLf & "The error number is: " & _
Err.Number & vbCrLf & Err.Description & vbCrLf & "Please notify the administrator"

End Sub

A: If searchTerm is not nothing (check for this), then it should have Row and Column properties.
If you want the cell to the left of the found cell, then you would use:
DataSH.Cells(searchTerm.Row, searchTerm.Column - 1)

If you want the cell above the found cell, then you would use:
DataSH.Cells(searchTerm.Row - 1, searchTerm.Column)

Note that Column is a number, 1 being the A row, 2 being the B, etc.

A: The above code from Ctznkane525 did the job for me and now i am populating the textboxes.
 Populated textboxes
I am however getting an error ( before populating them, and upon clicking ok, they get populated)
Error with description
Current code
Private Sub btnLoadInfo_Click()
'Code for finding last ocurance of specific string. ATM code is returing last ocurance celladdresss
Dim DataSH As Worksheet
Dim DriverSearch As String
Dim searchTerm As Range

    'error handling
    On Error GoTo errHandler:
    'hold in memory and stop screen flicker
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False

        Set DataSH = Sheet1

        DriverSearch = cboTrucks.Value
        Set searchTerm = DataSH.Range("D1:D999").Find(what:=DriverSearch, searchorder:=xlByColumns, searchdirection:=xlPrevious)
        If searchTerm Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "Driver was not found"
        Else

        tbPrevTruckDriver = DataSH.Cells(searchTerm.Row, searchTerm.Column + 1)
        tbPrevTruckDate = DataSH.Cells(searchTerm.Row, searchTerm.Column - 1)
        tbPrevOdo = DataSH.Cells(searchTerm.Row, searchTerm.Column + 3)

        End If
errHandler:
    'Protect all sheets if error occurs
'Protect_All
'show error information in a messagebox
    MsgBox "An Error has Occurred " & vbCrLf & "The error number is: " & _
Err.Number & vbCrLf & Err.Description & vbCrLf & "Please notify the administrator"

End Sub


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When washing is not being cleaned properly or comes out with marks on most people blame the washing machine. But there are more explanations for this problem where the user is at fault than where the washing machine is at fault.
Notice that most of the causes for a washing machine not washing properly are not actual faults on the machine so it's definitely worth properly checking out all these explanations. Even if your previous washer washed better it's possible that either something's changed (maybe you're using different detergents, washing different loads or using different wash cycles). Or maybe the new washer just doesn't wash as well as the old but might still be capable of washing adequately if attention is given to the points above.
It can be possible for collapsed drum bearings, or a cracked or broken drum shaft, to allow the inner drum to scrape on the inside of the outer tub causing marks on clothes, but this is rare, and should also generate excess noise. If there is no other obvious fault, such as the drum not turning, and the washing machine goes through the wash cycle as normal, and spins the clothes dry at the end, then carefully eliminate the first list of points before calling an engineer or complaining to the retailer.
I have a hot point wmud 962 ultima 9kg, My problem is a smelly washing machine all my clothes smell when they come out as well, the seal is mouldy to. when speaking to the hot point service people all they can say is its maintenance problems they have suggested bleach, cleaners, do the cleaning once a month i have to do it more than that. Ive cut down on the soap powder the comfort, stop using liquid tabs liquid soap as I've been told they leave a residue I'am a my wits end and the service company wont send anyone out to look.
Cutting down on detergent (or not using enough) is one of the causes of this problem listed in my article. The cause of mould, smells and grease and gunge are user related which is why they won't send anyone to look.
Try this article Sam – Do you use just use one type of detergent?
Really useful article that reinforces what I told my wife who says machine not wahing properly. Thanks.
But none of your user issues apply so what could it be?
Is it possible that the heater element has gone? That's not inbuilt list and cold water wouldn't wash clean.
It's a mid market John Lewis machine.
Hi I have a hotpoint washing machine. I have been using it for over a year now and still haven't had a wash where all the clothes have been cleaned correctly. At first I bough it was he washing powder I was using so I have tried various different brands. This didn't help. I have changed the type of wash cycle and still no different. The last 3 washes I have changed the spin to the intense option and although the clothes are now smelling fresher the stains are still there (although I think the clothes are fresher as I have added freshening balls to the drum). A new problem we are now having is the smell of sulphur coming from the washing machine pipes but I don't know how to get rid of it.
Hello Claire. A smell of sulphur coming from the washing machine pipes would imply that it is very dirty inside with an accumulation of grease gunge. This is caused as described in my article above by low-temperature washes and especially if combined with liquid detergents which contain no bleaching agents. Which wash cycle have you mostly used and which detergent?
Black marks are commonly caused by black mould on the door seal but 4 months is very young to suspect mould in the washing machine. Just double check under the lip of the door seal just in front of the drum.
Hi I have an integrated Hotpoint washing machine 6 months old. My problem is ONLY on the wool wash it is leaving flaky bits/ soap residue on the clothes. Even if I put the extra rinse button on, it doesn,t solve it, I have to wait until end of cycle and re-rinse, very frustrating. I don't have this problem with any of the other programmes. The machine is cleaned regularly and I am not overloading it. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Hi Angela. I'm assuming you are using the woollens wash cycle and not just referring to when you wash the woollens? It's very unusual to have problems with just one type of laundry, especially woollens. The woollens wash should have a slower spin, make sure you aren't spinning them faster than they should be spun. Also make sure the detergent used is appropriate for woollens and that the wash labels say they can be washed in a washing machine as many modern garments have very restrictive wash instructions and many are hand wash only.
Hi there, I have a Zanussi washing machine which is 5 years old. There is black mould spotted under the lip of the seal which will not come off no matter what i use to scrub. I have tried doing hot washes with soda crystals to clean it out but some of our washing still comes out smelly. I suspect that the water isn't heating up as the machine never feels warm – the glass is always cold too even on a 90 wash. My daughters clothes and the towels always come out smelling fine but anything of myself or my partners just smells musty and horrible. It seems that anything with a bit of sweat on ( my partner has stinky feet and i go to the gym!) just won't clean – which is why i suspect the heating problem. I have never used calgon or anything in my machine – could the heating element be caked with limescale? If so how can i descale it? I want to at least try descaling before calling an engineer – can't really afford it! Thanks in advance!
What causes black mould on washing machines?
I have a Miele washing machine – worked perfected for years, but lately whites washed at 60 degrees are coming out with yellow staining.
Hello Jean, it's not a common issue but you would need to eliminate all of the possible causes in the article above before looking at anything else as a cause.
on going problem since June clothes smell as though they have been washed in a sewer i have had senior engineers out 5 times i have had a new drum a new pump new circuit board put in changed to powder in all i have used 10 washer cleansers (hotpoints own) and still the washing stinks what other thing can cause the horrible smell at my wits end now.
My Indesit washing machine is A rating, so saves water and energy. However, I find the quality of wash quite awful. The machine is 3 years old now. On the first year of having it I called the engineer out and he said nothing was wrong. I do monthly 90 degree washes using a limescale remover, I have no issues with bad smells. Wash at 40/60 degrees and clothing still comes out stained.I don't overfill. I have to hand wash all stained before putting into the machine. Baby and toddler clothes with stubborn orange stains. When I bought it I checked customer reviews and everyone says how brilliant it is whilst I would give a 1/5 rating. Could it be plumbing issues, but it spins and drains well.
I have a Beko washing machine which I've had for a few years now. My clothes aren't clean, just normal dirt not tough stains. I always use a 30 deg wash and a non bio liquid detergent. There is barely any soap/bubbles apparent when washing and the clothes feel and look like they've just been rinsed through in cold water. I clean it regularly with either white vinegar or Dr Beckman on a hot wash cycle. Also a constant drain smell when I think it is filling up though the machine itself doesn't smell. Help!
Hi Lesley. Always using 30 degree washes and liquid detergent is perfect for making a very smelly washing machine. The chances are it's covered in horrible slime and gunge inside, which may be very difficult to remove. I would ditch the liquid detergent, and use 40 degree washes unless extremely lightly soiled, wash towels and cotton bedding at 60 degrees and do the boil maintenance wash every several weeks.
Hi there. I have the same problem as the person above regarding the wool cycle on my indesit (2 yrs old). We use powder detergent and maintenance wash the machin regularly. The wash usually works fine. But when I do a wool/handwashing cycle with Ecover wool and silk liquid, clothes come out covered in bits of gunk and flakes. Gross! Any advice?
Hi, hoping someone can assist because I'm going crazy with this issue, sorry for the long post.
Ok I've always done my own washing, drying, and ironing and never in 20 yrs had an issue with clothes not washing properly using a variety of washing machines over the years, whether they have been cheap, expensive, old, or new. I moved in with my girlfriend about 2 yrs ago and within a week I noticed when I came to iron my work shirts there were two types of stains appearing. Some had black marks on, like smears or splodges, not like ink but personally I thought like mascara (cue domestic incident!), other shirts had marks on that I can only describe as clear grease spots and patches ranging from a few mm diameter to an inch diameter. Occasionally the washes were fine but only maybe 3 out of 10 times, I put this down to my girlfriends 8 yr old washer and coped with it and replaced the shirts as necessary.
Three months ago we moved into our newbuild home, very expensive kitchen and utility room with top of the line (price-wise anyway) integrated Zanussi appliances. Within a couple of washes the same issue! All new drains/pipes/washer, really dirty clothes are never washed e.g. muddy/heavily soiled, things like tea towels, bath towels are washed separately, colours are washed separately to white/delicates, the missus uses 40 degrees, and fairy non bio liquid in the little cup. I always used 30 degrees and various top brand powdered detergents and never in 20 yrs had a problem, since we moved the issue is a lot worse, this year I've actually gone through 9 shirts, almost one a month! It's that bad that last weekend I bought two new shirts, washed them and they're both ruined with black marks. What can this be? The missus swears blind its not makeup, I have no idea what it could be but its driving me crazy and costing me a fortune!
We've always both done monthly maintenance cycles, leave the washing machine door open for the evening after use, and check the seal/door for grime/gunk build-up. Any ideas what this could be?
Hello Matt. If the problems have been on multiple washing machines it's fairly safe to assume it's something to do with how you use the washing machines. Two things you mention jump out at me as explanations, "I always used 30 degrees" and, "the missus uses 40 degrees, and fairy non bio liquid ". These are the two most common causes of a nasty build up of slime, grease, gunge and bacteria inside a washing machine. You need to wash towels and cotton bedding on 60 degree washes to kill bacteria, underwear should be washed exactly as advised on their wash labels. 30 and 40 degrees aren't hot enough. Regular maintenance washes will help but they can only do so much against a relentless build up.
Also, liquid detergent contains no bleaching agents, that's fine for being kind to colours but combines with mostly low temperature washes it can be disastrous for washing machines.
Try to find time to read all of the related articles I've linked to on this article and some of the links within them to get a full understanding.
Hi Andy, thanks for your reply and I've since read through the articles. Some things I've never really though about to be honest So yes I'll be trying out your suggestions, also we've just ordered some washing powder, the missus finally caved in since I showed her your articles on liquid! Hopefully I'll start to see an improvement, thanks a lot.


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Eisenhower meets with JFK at White House and then addresses the press.
Incoming president John F. Kennedy (JFK) has meeting with outgoing president Dwight Eisenhower (Ike), Washington DC, United States of America (USA).
LS the White House with flag flying from roof. Various shots Kennedy arriving at White House and being escorted in. Interior shots of Kennedy and Eisenhower (some CUs) at table discussing presidential matters, Secretary of State Christian Herter is also present.
Various shots as Kennedy emerges from White House and stands before microphones. Kennedy is asked questions by press, he replies (natural sound) saying that President Eisenhower has said that if JFK needs any help in the future, he and his administration will be only too willing to assist.
Date on dope sheet is 19/01/1961.


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Sandy Hook Redux: Obama officials confirm that it was a drill and no children died
TOPIC: Sandy Hook Redux: Obama officials confirm that it was a drill and no children died
Sandy Hook Redux: Obama officials confirm that it was a drill and no children died	19 Jun 2014 06:01	#1
Sandy Hook Redux: Obama officials confirm that it was a drill and no children died......click link for more info -
www.veteranstoday.com/2014/06/13/sandy-hook-redux-obama-officials-confirm-that-it-was-a-drill-and-no-children-died/
By Jim Fetzer (with Paul Preston as interviewed by Sofia Smallstorm)
"I have a lot of sources in regards to as to what's going on with the president and the administration and so on, and every one of my sources said it was a false flag"--Paul Preston
Paul Preston
Sofia Smallstorm, who produced and directed the documentary, "Unraveling Sandy Hook", which many regard as the best video study of the Sandy Hook event, recently interviewed a Los Angeles school expert, Paul Preston, about Sandy Hook and his knowledge of what had transpired.
Governor Malloy had held a press conference that day, explaining that he and the Lt. Governor had been "spoken to" that something like this might happen, which raised the question, what "something like this" did he mean? Had he been told a school shooting massacre would take place? or a drill that would be presented as a real event, which appears to be what took place?
Remarkably, we now have confirmation from an unexpected source. Paul Preston had obtained information from officials in the U.S. Department of Education of the Barack Obama administration, who confirmed to him on the basis of their own personal knowledge that:
(1) it had been a drill;
(2) no children had been killed; and,
(3) it had been done to promote an anti-gun agenda.
Given his background of 41 years in the California public school system (from custodian to district superintendent) and having served as a teacher, coach, vice-principal and principal before retiring in 2012 as the superintendent of two charter schools, I thought what he had to say about Sandy Hook deserved widespread dissemination.
So when I did a two-hour show on Revolution Radio, "False Flags (9/11, Sandy Hook and the Boston bombing)" on 30 May 2014, as the third segment, I included the second 30-minutes of Sofia's interview with Paul Preston, which is archived on "The Real Deal" and can be heard here:
Because Preston is also highly trained in school safety issues and had himself organized drills of many kinds, including active-shooter drills, what he has to say is especially telling. He has a website of his own at www.Agenda21Radio.com, which he created to alert listeners to the peirls Agenda 21.
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Gene Rosen FULLY EXPOSED!!	30 Nov 2014 15:52	#3
Gene Rosen ULTIMATE!
Gene Rosen FULLY EXPOSED!!
Sandy Hook Hoax
Rosenstein ... uhm ... Rosengold, no - wait ... Rosenberg Rosengreen Rosenkranz&Goldenstern or fck whatever
is such a POOR actor, but he makes quite an acceptable job as stand-up comedian
Other Sandy Hoax threads on TZ:
- Sandy Hook School
- Sandy Hook crime scene photos
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Doesn't the picture in the background recall Denver Airport mural?
The whole interior of "his house" looks like a decorated production set, just like the exterior.
This is probably the reason why Obama came clean to prevent things being exposed in the courts. Hopefully someone will continue with a prosecution of this hoax to help expose the methods the criminal US cabal and other governments are prepared to go to fool the people who elect these criminals.
Woldgang lays the whole scam out in this video. It's the best info I have seen detailing the trail of evidence in this hoax and what's more he has based it on public record data and official procedure.
Gene Rosen FULLY EXPOSED!!	01 Dec 2014 16:38	#6
Thanks, guest, great video as far as I can tell from the first quarter of an hour!
And now look who reappears for the 3rd time within 24 hours:
Rabbi Finkelstein aka Kenneth Feinberg, who could well be a brother or cousin of Hans-Georg Maaßen
1st truth-zone.net/forum/general-discussion/64767-interview-w-a-vampire-aka-rabbi-finklestein.html#141680
2nd truth-zone.net/forum/symbolism/61767-the-this-person-is-this-person-thread.html?start=140#141712
Appointed by President Obama in 2009, Feinberg is more formally known as the Special Master for Executive Compensation. Feinberg's mandate is to oversee all forms of compensation for the most senior executive officers and highly compensated employees at the seven firms that received exceptional TARP assistance (AIG, Citigroup, Bank of America, Chrysler, GM, GMAC and Chrysler Financial). His mandate may be narrowly focused but his influence is wide-ranging, touching compensation policies in boardrooms across America. www.princeton.edu/faithandwork/media/ethics-in-the-executive-suite/kenneth-feinberg/
The Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation
See also: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
In June 2013, Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation was given permission from the Connecticut Attorney General to hand out $7.7 million of the fund. A committee of three, headed by a retired U.S. District Court, was being advised by Kenneth Feinberg.[23]
And see how a spider web generated by false flags / inside jobs emerges ...
One Fund Boston
See also: Boston Marathon bombings
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino appointed Feinberg to run The One Fund Boston, the central fund to gather donations for the marathon bombing victims. The explosions killed three people and wounded more than 260. An MIT police officer was later killed in a shootout with the bombing suspects.[22]
Aurora victim relief fund
See also: 2012 Aurora shooting
Feinberg oversaw the disbursement of donations to the injured victims and families of the deceased in the 2012 Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting that left 12 people dead and 70 others wounded.[21]
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
See also: September 11 attacks and September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
Appointed by Attorney General John Ashcroft to be Special Master of the fund, Feinberg worked for 33 months entirely pro bono. He developed the regulations governing the administration of the fund and administered all aspects of the program, including evaluating applications, determining appropriate compensation and disseminating awards.
and so on and so forth .... see for yourself en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Feinberg
HOW MUCH IS A LIFE WORTH ?
Ken Feinberg, the man tasked with compensating victims after a devastating tragedy, knows the answer—and it's rarely the same. www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/how-much-is-a-life-worth-20130801
THIS IS A MONEY GENERATING PERPETUUM MOBILE - DEEP STATE AT WORK !
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We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook - Full Video in Higher Quality
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Sandy Hook Redux: Obama officials confirm that it was a drill and no children died	04 Dec 2014 00:53	#8
Someone stash this. Dutchsense has some stuff that is being tampered with on his site.
Lenny Pozner, father of NOAH, is trying to have the truth hidden?
No surprise at all. Guess on whose payroll he is!
Posner is a surname of German origin, meaning "a person from the city of Posen", now Poznań in Poland. It is a fairly common surname among Ashkenazi Jews. Variants of the name are Posener and Pozner.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posner
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CENSORSHIP = BADGE OF HONOUR	05 Dec 2014 11:09	#10
Watch the documentary video that seeks to learn the truth and end the speculation once and for all.
We've chosen to do what, for many of us is a first; NOT host our video on YouTube. Censorship of independent media and overly stringent copyright policies have turned YouTube into an unfair ecology. As such, the videos can be viewed right here on our site. Streaming of the video is provided by a number of alternative providers.
We strongly encourage you to click "watch now" and watch the full documentary. To watch any of the shorter, topical video segments, click "segments" to view the available selection.
mediasolidarity.com/watch.html
Re-Upload by another yt channel
We Need to Talk About Sandy Hook OFFICIAL RELEASE PARTY!!!
We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook (Full Video)
Another video deleted. Another reupload
They are sh***ing their pants!
TRUTH OUT!
FALSE FLAG INSIDE JOB DEEP STATE USA	09 Dec 2014 09:03	#12
Another video deleted, another two videos uploaded
Full documentary OUTSIDE shoetube:
- mediasolidarity.com/watch.html
- zeeklytv.com/video/7106/We-Need-to-talk-about-Sandy-Hook-The-Most-Censored-Video-on-the-Web
- archive.org/details/WeNeedToTalkAboutSandyHook
thepiratebay.se/torrent/11613087
Sandy Hook Redux: Obama officials confirm that it was a drill and no children died	10 Dec 2014 05:36	#13
theconspiracyzone.podcastpeople.com/posts/51392 The butch dyke Rhodes 'scholar' says otherwise.
NSU LEAKS PINK PANTHER FALSE FLAG is only exposing exported deep state terrorism in the vasall NGO FRG
SANDY HOOK is exposing DEEP STATE TERRORISM against the people in the motherland, the ZIOUSA itself
Another video deleted, several copies uploaded
GET YOUR POPCORN
Comment on the last video by dutchsinse
Diatribe warning (yet again)
A message to Leonard Pozner, and the families of Sandy Hook who are using their childrens tragedy to raise MILLIONS of dollars, several million of which have come from the public taxpayers....
So, the families of Sandy Hook use some of the money you raised to start a company to go online and file false claims of "copyright" against videos you don't like the content of?
This is called "trolling". When you file a false claim to have a video removed which you don't personally like the content of. Not because the video violates any laws , but because that is the only avenue they can use to remove a video.
Using your "victim" status to censor other citizens thoughts? Using the kids deaths to troll those looking into said childrens deaths?!
Using the tragedy to get paid, but then not allowing anyone to look into the people raising the money?!
A case of "free speech for me, but not for THEE"...
I made a video looking into the guy filing all these copyright claims on youtube, and HE FILED A FALSE COPYRIGHT AGAINST MY VIDEO showing who he is!
Public information on a public search on my public channel shared to my public audience.. and they claimed a "right" to my content to get it removed.
Abuse of the legal copyright system to have something removed which they don't like.
Copyright claims are supposed to be used for protecting ARTISTS and videomakers like myself (musicians, scientists, educators, and even comedians etc..) ... protecting our custom created content and opinions from theft.
To use the copyright system to file FALSE claims is no better than censorship by arresting someone under false charges to silence them in the public domain . Dictators do this. Fascists do this. And now rich Sandy Hook people are doing it to average citizens like me.
This is a case of a rich guy who stands to gain a boat load more using a 2 year old tragedy, who then uses a company he creates with the money he already raised from the TAXPAYERS (and public donations) to file false claims in order to stop a message they don't personally like.
All because I looked into the guys public information?
Do you think he understands that when he filed a false copyright claim, he falsely PUBLICLY accused me of a CRIME which can carry a sentence up to 20+ years in prison, and carry great fines as well.
So the Sandy Hook family(ies) think google searches of images are not to be shown publicly? I have an educational, 1st amendment right to look into public documents, and make those documents known to others.
Get the word out to the public, you can't use google images to look through public images any more! You now have to ask permission to look in google images! (LOL total BS LOL)
Filing a "copyright" claim against a THUMBNAIL of a picture of Noah Pozner which appears with 100 other pictures on a search page? Using that as the reason to file a copyright? Its not shown for even 10 seconds (which is covered under most fair use law).
For the record, I was never really a Sandy Hook "conspiracy" believer, but after today, since I got slammed for just LOOKING INTO ONE OF THE PEOPLE FILING CLAIMS, I'm starting to second guess my original stick in the mud skepticism. Something odd could be going on with Sandy Hook.
I'm leaning towards GREED, as opposed to "conspiracy". :\
You guys know me and debunking BS on youtube... debunking Comet ISON hitting earth.. debunking plastic snow falling from the sky.... debunking the brooms standing on their ends over a fake "pole shift"...... debunking the UFO's which were really computer animation.... debunking Epizuti end of the world talk..... debunking myself even with the tweets from 2012.... or how about debunking ISIS photoshopping the executions...... debunking the claims recently about the National Guard / Military starting fires here in St. Louis.
Now.. here is a guy from Sandy Hook slamming me for looking into him? Filing false legal claims to get his way?! This is what $ does to people, I bet this guy used to be cool at some point in his life.
No way he could have been this big a douche before all this mess.
Either this guy is a legit fool , an out of control victim family member who now thinks THEIR way is the right way, and everyone else's rights can take back seat to theirs........ or he's a shill up to no good.
There is the slight possibility that this is NOT the guy at all, and that he has an impersonator online who is filing false claims in his name to smear the Sandy Hook families, and also smear "truthers" who come back and respond nastily.
I can tell you at this point, regardless of being a victim of a shooting spree 2 years ago, we should not let "victims" (or anyone else for that matter) dictate terms of free speech upon the masses.
Victims can be irate, inflexible, unfair, and even can sometimes be delusional in their responses to situations which remind them of their tragedy. Which leads me to ask why a man would go online and pick a fight with EVERYONE talking about Sandy Hook, even the people who are not doing anything illegal, or improper.
This family started filing claims on videos , we have a right to look into who is filing the claims. They do not have a right to censor a video where I am looking up who is filing the claims against several fellow videomakers on youtube.
As soon as I did look them up, they came and got me unfairly. Thus, finally, I must say this most likely means the other videos were taken down the same way. Unjustly.
SHOCKING: Sandy Hook Student ABUSED & CHOKED During Fox News Interview
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDABLE MUST WATCH !
So I watched the video, concluded as usual its fcking bs from some individuals, but its spam when I comment
Dont fucking bother posting if you dont want comments, if you only want a comment that agrees with your pov, set your own fucking website up, capiche
All three previously posted, re-uploaded videos deleted by yt on request of Lenny POZNER (Jewish name, see above)
But there are still copies available, in fact the deletion craze hyped the spreading of the video all the more!
Probably the best Sandy Hoax videos on yt ->
www.youtube.com/user/freeradiorevolution/videos
SANDY HOOK SMILES!! The Happiest People in the World!	03 Jan 2015 20:59	#20
More truth on Free Radio Revolution ULTIMATE!
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Sandy Hook School 14 Monday, 26 November 2018
Alex Jones - Sandy hook 13.84 Tuesday, 13 June 2017
Sandy Hook crime scene photos 13.69 Saturday, 08 June 2013
Why Sandy Hook parents are suing a gunmaker 13.69 Thursday, 07 April 2016
The Same Crisis Actor at Sandy Hook & Charlottesville! 13.69 Friday, 25 August 2017
Yet another school shooting drill on Valentine's Day in Parkland, Florida 7.49 Monday, 02 April 2018
One student critically wounded in California school shooting IS A DRILL!! 7.41 Thursday, 21 February 2013
Officials tell purple-haired grandma Miami treehouse has to come down 6.47 Sunday, 23 September 2018
Maine officials: Getting lobsters stoned before killing them is now illegal 6.47 Saturday, 20 October 2018
Officials Declare 'Eating Healthy' A Mental Disorder 6.47 Friday, 20 February 2015


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Mark Twain Publishes "Roughing It"
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain.
It was written during 1870–71 and published in 1872 as a prequel to his first book Innocents Abroad. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad.
Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for many stories in the novel.
Roughing It illustrates many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation, and his beginnings as a writer.
In this memoir, readers can see examples of Twain's rough-hewn humor, which would become a staple of his writing in his later books, such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
U.S. astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell read "Roughing It" aloud to pass the time aboard NASA's Gemini VII, a 14-day-long Earth orbital mission in December 1965. Borman recalls reading the book during an on-camera interview in the 1999 PBS-TV (USA) television program "Nova: To the Moon".
Source: Wikipedia Added by: Kevin Rogers
Published early in 1872, MT's second major work is about going west to dig for wealth in the rocks of Nevada and ultimately finding it instead as a writer and entertainer. It was written between 1870 and the end of 1871, and based on experiences MT had had (mostly as Samuel Clemens, of course) between 1861 and 1866. In between these two sets of dates, in 1867, the transcontinental railroad was completed, an event which, MT wrote his publisher, "has turned so much attention in that direction" -- that is, to the West. As a travel narrative that keeps going west, the book was written and advertised as a companion to the eastward moving Innocents Abroad. During the long and often difficult period of writing it, MT's mood swung often between discouragement and enthusiasm. Roughing It sold well, though it was never as popular with American readers as Innocents . Its ultimate value to MT may have been to turn his imagination in directions that became, as his career went on, the sources of his greatest power -- that is, to vernacular American experience and toward his own past.
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Measure too much in a Scrum environment, and people will focus on data instead of improving their habits. When I visit a company, I always try to measure a couple of variables as a good starting point for a change. It helps people secure some important alignment, make their ideas more mature, and keep goals clear. The metrics also ensure that individuals get more insight into their day-to-day jobs.
Measuring the state of Scrum at the beginning of each engagement is a necessary step. I always clarify with clients that measurements are good, as long as they are an excuse to have good conversations but not to undermine people´s work. I recommend to all Agile professionals and consultants that they collect some initial metrics before jumping into a solution.
I have been asked several times to help companies improve their software teams. Unfortunately, enhancing just one part of the "system" does not produce a real improvement for the whole enterprise or even the product. If you want to get better at what you do, you need to improve the whole value network.
Just in case you have never heard of this concept, value network refers to all the associated activities that will materialize your service or produce a specific good. The value network process flow starts when a client has a great idea and ends when he gets it realized. In theory, as in practice, you generally want to get feedback after your service is delivered, so that it can extend even longer.
I have many theories about why companies don't really understand the concept of optimizing the whole system instead of only the Scrum Teams. One of the main reasons is the old idea that every enterprise is a software company. It would be easy to assume here that optimizing only the IT department would lead to great outcomes. The second reason is related to the idea that Agile is only for software teams. For many years, I have seen management pushing ceremonies, practices, values, and metrics onto teams without themselves being able to follow any of them when required.
If you focus on measuring and improving only IT teams instead of the whole value network, you will end up refining one area of your enterprise but degrading the others; this is what we call a local optimization. This obviously creates a much more expensive product that will not solve any real problem.
Optimize the whole value network instead of improving only your Scrum Teams.
Reduce organizational complexity (bureaucracy and structures) across the company.
Have the right leadership style in place that constantly reinforces a clear message.
Make sure that Scrum operates in a healthy environment with high visibility, clear rules, and high-quality outcomes.
Each of these indexes can help you address some specific problems I generally see in companies.
The whole assessment includes 44 questions and takes approximately 10 minutes per team. You can download the Questions.pdf document listed at the end of this article, with the list of questions, and the Categories.pdf document, which is organized by categories. I generally run an informal interview to get the answers. Some of the questions in the Questions.pdf document can be deduced by the context during the interview, while others need to be explicitly asked.
Once you have all the answers, a weighted system is used to evaluate the questionnaire and show the results in a chart.
Most options as answers can score between -3 and 3. A negative value indicates an action or behavior(s) that are counterproductive or would harm Scrum, the organization, or outcomes. The highest value (+3) indicates great behaviors and discipline.
Some options can have a minor maximum score, which means a minor impact on the system. Let's take look at a couple of examples so that you understand how the weighting works.
It is expected that a retrospective is held on the last day of the sprint, so any other option will score -3.
The following question uses a range and asks how empowered is the product owner in making decisions. The last two options will get the highest score, whereas the first few options will get a negative value.
Let's look at one more example. In the following, we try to find out how long it takes from the time someone asks for specific training until he acquires the skills. In complex organizations with dozens of rules, this kind of request generally takes a long time.
As you can see, each question can be easily weighted as long as you have an answer. I recommend that you remove the values when you interview the teams.
I filled the data manually until my colleague Su Young created a great spread sheet, Automated_Scrum_Chart.xlsx, that automates all the work for you. You need only to download it, and place the numbers in the right boxes!
The great thing about a radar chart is that it can easily show you the progress in an area and whether any other area is affecting the first.
The point range of each area on the radar chart is from 1 to 10, with 10 being a great score and 1 a poor one. Because the total value for this group is 21 and you got 9 points (42%), the index is 4.2 out of 10.
In this case, the result is 7 out of 11, which is 63%. You would mark this area on the chart as 6.3 out of 10.
Imagine that behaviors in the index are mostly detrimental, and you get a score below zero. On this chart, you would be able to clearly see the outcome because there is a red line indicating the zero value. Keep in mind that the forces of the negative parts generally counteract the benefits of the good practices.
As you can see, the eight indexes connect different areas that need to be addressed to produce great outcomes. These also help people understand and create a strategy to connect Scrum, skills, complexity, delivery, behaviors, and code excellence.
If you want to know more tactics and technics, why don't you check my book Leading Exponential Change?