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FDA approves H1N1 swine flu vaccines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the long-awaited vaccines for the H1N1 "swine" flu virus this afternoon. It is expected to be available in a month at about 90,000 locations nationwide, the Associated Press reported.
"We will have enough vaccine available for everyone," Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services Secretary, said in an address to Congress today, the AP reports...
Bacterial casualties: U.S. soldiers in Iraq continue to battle drug-resistant bacteria
Despite great strides made to help soldiers in Iraq survive their wounds, medical personnel in the U.S. military still struggle to treat drug-resistant bacterial infections.
September 15, 2009 — Carina Storrs
Jupiter borrowed a passing comet to make a moon for 12 years
The middle of the 20th century was an eventful time in terms of Earth's geopolitics. In the spring of 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was taking shape, and simmering tensions in Korea hinted at the war that would begin there the following year...
Staph makes a splash: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found at public beaches
Bathers, beware. A trip to the beach could yield more than a damaging sunburn. According to a recent study, all nine sampled beaches in Washington State contained strains of the virulent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria—or related methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci —in the sand or water...
Norman Borlaug: Wheat breeder who averted famine with a "Green Revolution"
Norman Borlaug went from a small farm in Iowa to feeding half the world, thanks to a lifelong interest in tinkering with the genetic design of wheat.
September 14, 2009 — David Biello
Recession layoffs may threaten blood bank reserves
Some people joke that they "give blood" for their company, a metaphor for how hard they work. But nowadays, with high unemployment rates there are fewer workers available to literally give their blood to the American Red Cross and other organizations at on-the-job drives...
Tails win: Gecko tails dance to avoid predators
Lizards are well known for snapping off their tails when a predator snags them from behind, but that defense strategy doesn't mean it's game over for the disembodied tail.
Sniffing out toxic chemicals--With colors
Miners had canaries; physicists and medical technicians get radiation badges. But for those in other labs or factories with toxic chemicals, there has long been a need for practical sensors to warn workers when chemical concentrations get dangerous...
Amateurs report "common true katydid" throughout NYC, despite none documented in 100 years
The common true katydid is one of the more stylish orthopterans, the group of insects that includes grasshoppers, crickets and locusts, appreciated in part for its chatty evening call from which its common name is taken...
September 13, 2009 — Robin Lloyd
What will it take to produce "A Sea Change" in public opinion on ocean acidification?
How do you make a movie about changes to the ocean's chemistry? See here:
Sven Huseby and wife Barbara Ettinger have made a new documentary about ocean acidification, the other offspring (along with global warming) of the rising concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere (and the one that can't be covered up with a good batch of geoengineering.) As a staffer at the marine environmental group Oceana once told me: "If the ocean goes, we're all toast."
A Sea Change premieres outside the film festival circuit this Sunday, September 13, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City at 4 P.M...

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Hurricanes, Revised Edition
Authored by: Michael Allaby
From the Series: Dangerous Weather
Dewey Number: 551.55
Reading Level: Grades 6-12
New York Public Library's "1998 Books for the Teen Age"
Mitch, the hurricane that devastated Central America in 1998, was one of the most savage storms of the century. With the intensification of climate research in recent years and rising concern that humans may be altering the global climate, funding agencies have increased the resources available for evaluating the evidence of global warming and its likely consequences.
Hurricanes, Revised Edition is a fully revised, authoritative guide to these awesome storms. It contains new and updated sidebars explaining concepts from atmospheric science, such as potential temperature; the link between the jet stream and midlatitude depressions; why the wind blows; and the conservation of angular momentum—the principle that explains the way hurricane winds accelerate as air spirals inward. Measurements are given in familiar units, such as pounds, feet, miles, and degrees Fahrenheit, and in each case the metric or scientific equivalent has been added. Appendixes list some of the most notorious hurricanes of the past and the set of names that are used to identify tropical cyclones in different parts of the world. Also, a comprehensive bibliography of further reading and other informative sources is featured at the end of the book. Sources include useful books and a large number of web addresses.
A Chronology of Weather, Revised Edition
Blizzards, Revised Edition
Droughts, Revised Edition
Floods, Revised Edition
Fog, Smog, and Poisoned Rain
Tornadoes, Revised Edition


Baylor center Kyle Fuller was drafted by the Houston Texans in the seventh round of the NFL draft on Saturday. His selection at the 243rd pick of the draft means that Baylor has had a player drafted in nine consecutive years.
The Wylie product is listed at 6-foot-5 and 315 pounds. He was an All-Big 12 center who started for three years at Baylor (39 games).
1. Experience pays off. As noted above, Fuller is an experienced player which could help him make an impact during training camp. It was that experience that stood out to Texans general manager Rick Smith when he discussed the pick with the media.
Smith: Fuller was a 3-yr starter, played a lot of football at Baylor, graduated, took care of his business in college.
2. Size kills. Fuller did not perform well at the NFL combine and there were concerns among NFL scouts about his ability to hold a block both in the run and pass games. But his elite size and length offer some intriguing possibilities if he can improve in different areas.
3. Uphill battle. It will be difficult for Fuller to make the Texans' roster. There currently are two centers on the roster and three guards, which are the two positions head coach Bill O'Brien says he envisions Fuller at. He will need to prove his mettle early and often this summer to stick in Houston.


Believed to have been built circa 1875, this house was occupied in 1880 by Reuben B. Wilson, an Augusta grocer. Zachariah Daniel occupied the home by 1891, and it is generally known as the Daniel House. Daniel was also a successful grocer in Augusta. This is the most outstanding and sophisticated example of the Second Empire style in Augusta. Elements of the Second Empire Style that are notable include the slate mansard roof, a signature element of any Second Empire building, but also the heavy quoins, bracketed eaves, hooded windows, and central tower room. As mentioned in the description of the Perkins-Cullum House, preservation and rehabilitation of this house is important to document and explain the role that Greene Street had as a major residential area within downtown Augusta and was home to some of the city's most influential and affluent citizens.
Preservation Tools: (1); A contributing resource in the Augusta Downtown Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is therefore eligible for all programs of the National Register which include available grant funds and tax incentives for certified rehabilitations; (2) located in the Augusta Downtown Local Historic District which means that any alteration to the exterior, including demolition, should be approved by the Augusta Richmond County Historic Preservation Commission.


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Phylogenomics >
Chelicerate phylogenomics
Scorpion phylogenomics
Sea spider phylogenomics
Biodiversity discovery
Older (archived) projects >
Systematics >
Arthropod systematics >
Cyphophthalmi
Zalmoxidae
Basal Opiliones phylogeny
Laniatores
Bivalve systematics >
Basal bivalve phylogeny
Protobranch phylogeny
Biogeography >
Sandokanidae
Zalmoxoidea
Simulations and theory
Evo-devo >
Harvestman Hox genes
Scorpion Hox genes
Evolution of the chelicera
RNAi in Phalangium opilio
Deutocerebral appendages
Siddharth S. Kulkarni
Guilherme Gainett
Emily V.W. Setton
Kaitlyn Abshire
Benjamin C. Klementz
Pola Błaszczyk
Hugh G. Steiner
Videos from the lab
The main axis of an arthropod's appendage is called the proximo-distal (PD) axis. Four genes are involved in constructing this axis: homothorax (hth), extradenticle (exd), dachshund (dac), and Distal-less (Dll).
In the legs of arthropods, these genes are deployed sequentially along the PD axis in the regions that will form specific segments. The four are commonly called the "leg gap genes" because silencing them results in the loss of the segments that they pattern.
After Abzhanov & Kaufman (1999), Dong et al. (2001), Angelini & Kaufman (2005), Prpic & Damen (2004), Pechmann & Prpic (2009).
Modified arthropod appendages, such as antennae and mandibles, are associated with modified deployment of the leg gap genes. In Chelicerata (spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, etc.), the first pair of appendages is called the chelicerae. Note the absence of a dachshund domain in the two-segmented chelicera of spiders.
The absence of dachshund in the spider chelicerae could be unique to spiders or a general feature of this appendage type. But there is great diversity in the morphology of chelicerae. Note the three-segmented cheliceral type in the grade of lineages at the base of Chelicerata, including Opiliones.
Sharma et al. (2012) Evol. Dev. 14: 522-533.
We investigated the expression of the leg gap genes in Phalangium opilio and demonstrated that the dachshund domain is retained in the proximal segment of the Opiliones chelicera. Below is a comparison of the expression domains in the legs and chelicerae of spiders and Opiliones.
These data suggest a putative mechanism for the transition of cheliceral types: loss of the proximal segment via the deletion of the dachshund domain.


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Whistle Down the Wind is a musical based on the 1959 novel by Mary Hayley Bell, adapted by Richard Taylor and Russell Labey, with music and lyrics by Richard Taylor.

The story

Act one
December in the late 1950s in a Lancashire village.  Out of the darkness and howling wind, a voice sings "Behold! For the day of the Lord will come." (PROLOGUE)  Someone strikes a match - it is Eddie, a labourer on the Bostock farm, who is carrying a sack from which kittens' miaows can be heard.  He drops the sack into a canal.  Cathy, Nan and Charles, Mr. Bostock's children, watch him from a hiding place and, as Eddie exits, they rescue the kittens.  Caring for them will be difficult; they can not show them to Dad, as he will give them back to Eddie (THE KITTENS).  Charles tries unsuccessfully to give one to his friend, Jackie Greenwood, and to a Salvation Army woman.  However, as nobody wants them, they eventually decide to keep all three in a barn on the farm.

Outside the barn, Cathy, the eldest, makes the other two promise not to tell anyone of the kittens' existence.  Nan asks who is going to look after them and Charles, echoing the bland sentiments of the Salvation Army woman, says that "Jesus will".  Cathy tells him not to be daft as Jesus can not look after them because he is dead.  Nan, shocked, says that He will come and get Cathy for saying such things.  Cathy is not impressed and, after sending the others to the farmhouse, enters the barn.  She goes to a large mound of hay and buries the kittens' basket in it.  Suddenly a man bolts upright from out of the hay and stares wide-eyed at Cathy.  He is delirious and his clothes and hands are all bloody from a wound in his side.  Shocked, Cathy asks who he is and he, also shocked, utters "Jesus Christ!" and collapses.  Cathy freezes in horror.

In the farmhouse, Dad is talking to Auntie, his sister; since the death of his wife she has looked after him and the children.  Cathy rushes in, shaken from her experience.  She tells Nan that she has seen Jesus in their barn.  Over dinner Cathy sings of what she has discovered, wondering why Jesus has picked on her (CATHY'S PRAYER).

The next morning, Cathy and Nan, having refused to tell Charles their secret, go to the barn.  The Man is asleep and Nan remarks that she does not feel afraid (FUNNY, IT DOESN'T FEEL STRANGE).  Charles suddenly enters.  He has come to play with his kitten and sees The Man.  Cathy and Nan tell him that The Man is Jesus and make him swear not to tell.  The Man wakes up and, after accepting some food, falls back to sleep.

Sunday morning.  Parents and children arrive at the Church and are greeted by the Vicar.  The children are sent off to Sunday School.  We learn from the village policeman that an escaped murderer is on the loose in the district (WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MURDERER).  At the Sunday School, Miss Lodge, the teacher, is asked by Cathy what would happen if Jesus came back —could they stop Him being crucified a second time?  Miss Lodge says that people would have to try harder this time to stop that from happening and that they should praise Him and follow Him.

The three children get more food for The Man and laugh about how everyone will want to come to see Jesus once they know that He is in their barn — even THE MAYOR OF BURNLEY!  At the barn door there is gathered a group of other children — Charles has obviously not been able to keep the secret.  Cathy makes the other children swear not to tell and they file into the barn.  The Man is getting better, but is still in pain from his injury.  Cathy asks Charles to go back to the house to get some cloth to clean The Man's wound.  The other children, after shyly saying hello, ask him to tell a story.  He is handed a magazine and a bible, but chooses to read from the magazine.  Whilst he is doing so, the children sing of how they will protect Jesus from danger this time (HYMN).  Suddenly there is a noise outside — it is Mr. Bostock with Charles.  The children hide The Man in the hay as Dad and Charles enter.  Dad wants to know what the children are doing there, but on seeing the bible thinks that Cathy has been reading to them.  He asks Cathy if she has been talking to any strangers and warns her to be careful.  When Dad goes The Man emerges from the hay and Cathy asks the children to go because he is tired.  The Man thanks Cathy for not giving him away and she helps to clean his wounded side.  He asks her why the children are helping him.  She replies that it is because they love Him.  As she turns to go, she gives him a picture of Jesus that she took from the Sunday School, and says that it is a picture of Him.

Act two
23 December.  The villagers are still alarmed about the convict and Dad lectures Cathy once more about not speaking to strangers (OPENING SEQUENCE).  In the school play-ground, Raymond, the village bully, on being told by the children that they have seen Jesus, captures and bullies Jackie Greenwood into saying three times that he has not seen Him.

In the barn Cathy gives The Man more food.  He asks for cigarettes, somewhat to Cathy's surprise, and says that he must be going soon.  Charles enters — he has come to see Spider, his kitten.  On finding it dead he runs outside, distraught, followed by Cathy.  He tells her that The Man cannot be Jesus as He would never have let the kitten die; Cathy comforts Charles and tells him that it is Jesus — she just knows (SPIDER).

At the Sunday School that evening the children enact out THE NATIVITY to their bored parents, who seem more interested in criticising each other than watching the play.  After polite applause, everyone attends to the tea that has been laid out.  Cathy, thinking of Charles' kitten, asks the Vicar why it is that Jesus lets some things die before their time.  The Vicar gives a very evasive reply and Charles and Cathy realise that he does not know.  The other children ask Cathy if they can go and see The Man and, using the distraction caused by DAD'S PARTY PIECE (Ione On A Moor), they quietly slip out.

At the Barn the twelve children sit around The Man and eat their party cakes.  The Man is moved by the love and faith that the children have for him.  At that moment there is a loud banging on the door — it is Raymond.  He has heard them talking to The Man, and, when they refuse to let him in, tells them that "they will be sorry" and dashes off.  The Man, realising that Raymond has gone to tell the adults about him, says that he will be going later that evening.  The children are upset, and as they silently eat their cakes The Man and Elizabeth, one of the children, put their feelings into words (ANGELS).  However, when the children start to exit, The Man says that he might not go tonight and they leave happier.  The Man, realising that he has not got time to escape, locks the door from the inside and gives vent to his emotions (I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WAITING TO HEAR).

At the farmhouse Cathy, Nan and Charles burst in on Dad and Raymond.  Raymond leaves, having told Dad that he heard a strange man talking to the children in the barn.  The children tell Dad that they will only tell him The Man's identity if he promises to keep it secret.  After some wavering, he makes the promise, but when they tell him it becomes obvious that he does not believe them (THE SECRET).  The phone rings — it is the Police Inspector, whom Raymond has also told — and Cathy, on impulse, darts out of the door to warn The Man of his imminent arrest.

Standing outside an opening at the back of the barn Cathy pleads with The Man to leave before it is too late, but he refuses (PLEASE, JESUS ... ).  She throws some cigarettes and matches through the hole and says that she will stay with him.  Police cars, their sirens blaring, can be heard approaching.  Nan appears at Cathy's side and tells her to go to the front of the barn where there is frenetic activity.  Policemen and the children's fathers are all rushing about in the darkness trying to find some light.  When they find a torch the light shows up a mass of children's faces.  All the children of the village have amassed themselves in front of the barn door to stop the arrest (FOLLOW! FOLLOW! FOLLOW HIM!).  They resolutely refuse to move and link arms.  Suddenly a policeman notices that smoke is pouring out of the barn's roof and raises the alarm (THE FIRE).  Despite the fire the children huddle calmly and defiantly together.  When the fire has been extinguished, Dad ushers his children into the gutted interior where there is no sign of The Man.  There is, however, something Dad wants them to see and he shines his torch on to a large cross which has been painted on the wall.  The children realise that this is The Man's goodbye and that he is now finally free. (HYMN - Reprise).

Production History
The musical was originally produced by National Youth Music Theatre and has since had a few more productions with the same company.

2015 Off-West End
The professional premiere of Taylor's Whistle Down the Wind opened at the Union Theatre, London and ran from 28 January to 21 February 2015. It was directed by the Union's artistic director Sasha Regan and designed by Nik Corrall.

2019 Off-West End Revival
In Winter 2019, Sasha Regan revived her production of Taylor's musical at the new Union Theatre in Southwark. The production was designed by Justin Williams. It ran from 28 November to 21 December 2019. Different from its previous all adult production, this 2019 revival featured an ensemble of children from the Union Theatre's Youth Theatre. It also featured members of the cast as actor-musicians.

About the staging
Whistle Down the Wind on stage largely follows the pattern set by the film and is extremely episodic.  It is vital that the telling of the story is not halted for scene changes — they must be swift.  My advice is to keep it simple and rely heavily on lighting.  A stone cross war memorial will suggest the village; a table, chairs and perhaps a dresser on an open stage "closed-down" with lighting is more than enough for the kitchen.  The original production used a three-sided truck, one side of which was on hinges and could be opened.  It was the hinged side that contained within it the barn door — when this side of the truck was closed we were outside the barn and when it was open, inside the barn.  The truck could also be wheeled round to show other sides for the Sunday School etcetera.  The barn was collapsible so that it looked like a skeleton of rafters for the final scene, but there are simpler ways of convincing the audience of the fire — just strike the hay, props and agricultural paraphernalia you might be using as set dressing.  For the big production numbers, which are set in a variety of simultaneous locations, use a lot of cues, bouncing at the appropriate moments from one area to another to define the street, the church, the Sunday school stage etcetera.

The young cast members must act and sing like real children caught up in a story they accept with a natural innocence and faith.  Cathy must establish herself as the leader of the "Disciples" and must be an actress capable of the emotional outpourings at the end of the play.  The Man should be an attractive actor with both charm and menace — he must be believable as both a murderer and Jesus Christ.

At no time in the play is the audience told, one way or the other, if The Man is the convict or Christ.  Providing the "Disciples" are not too holy, knowing or artificial they will be convincing.  After two years of touring the original production not a single member of the audience ever said to me that they didn't believe that the children would believe the man in the barn was Jesus.  I'm convinced that is the way to make this great story hold its magic.
—Russell Labey

Musical numbers

Act one
 (PROLOGUE)
 (THE KITTENS)
 (CATHY'S PRAYER)
 (FUNNY, IT DOESN'T FEEL STRANGE)
 (WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MURDERER)
 (THE MAYOR OF BURNLEY)
 (HYMN)

Act two
 (SPIDER)
 (THE NATIVITY)
 (ANGELS)
 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WAITING TO HEAR)
 (THE SECRET)
 (PLEASE, JESUS ... )
 (FOLLOW! FOLLOW! FOLLOW HIM!)
 (THE FIRE)
 (HYMN - Reprise)

Characters

Children
 Cathy Bostock - Eldest sister of Nan & Charles
 Nan Bostock - Sister of Cathy & Charles
 Charles Bostock - Younger brother of Cathy & Nan
 David Edwards
 Elizabeth
 Jackie Greenwood
 Jenny
 Jo
 Laurie
 Robert

Adults
 The Man
 Dad - Father of Cathy, Nan & Charles
 Auntie - Dad's sister
 Policeman - The father of Raymond
 Vicar
 Miss Lodge - Sunday School teacher
 Salvation Army Woman
 Mrs. Pembridge - Village mother
 Eddie - Farm labourer
 Sam
 Stephen
 Raymond - Village bully, son of the Policeman
 Village Children, Mothers, Fathers, Policemen (Note: The final scene requires a large chorus of children in addition to the "Disciples" listed above - the original NYMT production used 30)

Instrumentation
 Flute db. Alto Flute
 Horn in F
 Keyboards (Electric Piano db. Synthesizer)
 2 Violins
 Viola
 Cello

Percussions
 Bass Drum
 Bell Tree
 Cow Bell
 Glockenspiel
 Side Drum
 Sleigh Bells
 2 Suspended Cymbals (medium, large)
 Tam Tam
 Timpani
 3 Tom Toms (high, medium, low)
 Triangle
 Tubular Bells
 2 Woodblocks (high, low)
 Xylophone

References

1989 musicals
British musicals
Musicals based on novels

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Misery Harbour is a Norwegian drama by Nils Gaup.

The film received mixed reviews with "die throws" of 5 in VG, and Dagbladet; 4 in Adresseavisen and in Bergensavisen;.

Plot
A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen boards a ship headed to Newfoundland, but the harsh conditions on board makes him jump ship, and he ends up in the little town of Misery Harbour. There he meets the girl of his dreams. But his passion shifts to jealousy when one of the men from the ship mysteriously appears in town, and sets out to make Espen's life a misery.

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Espen Arnakke
Stuart Graham as John Wakefield
Anneke Von Der Lippe as Jenny
Graham Greene as Burly
Bjørn Floberg as Johan Hoeg
Hywel Bennett as The Captain
Sturla Berg-Johansen as Waiter
Stig Hoffmeyer as Wilhelm Arnakke

References

Films directed by Nils Gaup
Norwegian drama films
1999 films


Laptop computer Backpacks – An important device!
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So, what is the factor for this unexpected surge in appeal for these backpacks?
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Weather Review – Jan/Feb 2017
Image 1 & 2: Cloud Roll Caloundra on Sunday 19/2/2017 (Anthony McLean)
The BOM recorded that Queensland had its sixth-warmest January on record. Statewide, mean maximum temperatures were well above average, while mean minimum temperatures were the second-warmest on record for January. Rainfall was mixed: above average in the north and west, below average in parts of the southeast. No tropical cyclones formed in the Queensland region in January, which is unusual but not unprecedented.
Quiet tropical cyclone season so far
The Queensland region experienced an unusually quiet tropical cyclone season to the end of January, with no tropical cyclones forming in the Eastern Region
Of the last 21 tropical cyclone seasons, 13 seasons had seen a tropical cyclone in the Queensland region by the end of January
Severe thunderstorm warnings were received for Queensland on eight days of February so far, being:
First Cyclone of the Season
On Friday 17th February the BOM forecast a Tropical Cyclone would form in the Gulf of Carpentaria over the weekend. The category one cyclone did form on Monday 20th February and was given the name Cyclone Alfred. At approximately 4am on Tuesday 21st February the cyclone was downgraded to a tropical low. The impact on Queensland was limited apart from increased rainfall associated with the monsoon trough in the lead in to the cyclone forming.
The following cloud roll was observed at Caloundra on Sunday 19th February 2017.
Posted in Severe Storms, Tropical CycloneTagged Cyclone Alfred


Carillion, one of the UK's largest infrastructure and utilities companies, had created a revolutionary new product with the potential to transform the power delivery marketplace. As part of the product's launch Carillion trusted us to undertake in-depth research, strategy development, product naming, brand language definition, plus the creation of supporting literature, brand guidelines and a stunning launch campaign.
Once we had gathered all relevant data through a series of stakeholder sessions we began searching for a great name. Through a process of creative research and reflection we arrived at 'PowerFlow', a name that was memorable, protectable and impossible to misconstrue. We then worked with Carillion's brand and product development teams, their in-house legal department and external trade mark specialists to protect the name. At the same time we began the hunt for a suitable domain name, as a strong 'dot com' would be essential to project the product globally – a process that the unique nature of 'PowerFlow' made considerably easier.
Underground power cables are of course round in cross section. With this in mind we designed a symbol featuring concentric circles with the colour density strongest at the centre and lightest at the edge. This simple approach perfectly captured how these power cables kept heat and energy loss to a minimum. We then paired this with a bespoke wordmark to create a memorable logotype. To throw weight behind the fledgling brand and underscore its pedigree we made sure all communications featured the emphatic 'Powered by Carillion' strapline.
Finally, a global product required a comprehensive set of guidelines, so we brought together and detailed all the brand elements in a beautifully printed hardback book.
One of the main advantages of PowerFlow is that it takes power delivery underground. The benefits are twofold. Firstly, electricity flows more freely through the cables, which reduces power loss and saves money. Secondly, it means an end to the visual blight of electricity pylons. Building on these advantages we created a stunning launch campaign based on the big Idea of "The most visible advance in power distribution the world will never see".


In the vein of Steal This Idea come a couple of sites that actually executed.
One, BuildV1 wants to connect like-minded people to work on projects together. Maybe at first they would build something simple together. Once they know each other, maybe they will work on something bigger.
Rather than focusing on ideas, BuildV1 separates the site into two lists: entrepreneurs who need help and people who want to help entrepreneurs.
By contrast to that laissez faire approach, Cambrian House is about giving ideas to crowds and letting them run with it… or tear it apart. If an idea makes it past the first round (called "Idea Warz"), then people get together and make it. Finally, Cambria House markets the product, paying out profits to the idea guy and the others that helped make it. This animation explains it pretty well.
Cambrian House values ideas at five to ten percent of the whole project. That might be high, but I like seeing it in terms of a percentage instead of the idea multiplier.
Thanks to Amit for showing me BuildV1 and Ryan for pointing me toward Cambria House.
Wow great find Adam. You wouldn't believe it, but a mate of mine came up with a very similar idea of having a website for open source business development about a year ago. We had tonnes of dicussions and arguments about it and nearly decided to create the thing at a couple of stages if we had the money and time.


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President Trump signs repeal of Obama's Social Security gun ban
By Hunter Elliott on March 3, 2017 in Industry News
Obama's social security gun ban was cobbled together in private, basically could prohibit tens of thousands of law abiding citizens that collect disability insurance and supplemental security income from purchasing a firearm. People applying for social security and other benefit programs could have that application used against them as a means to be investigated as mentally unfit. If they were determined as such that information would be reported the the NCIS. This could also affect citizens that have made provisions for others to help with their finances.
The repeal of this bill passed Senate and House last month and was signed by President Trump. While many Democrats opposed repealing the bill it was already illegal for people with diagnosed mental illness from owning a firearm, so Obama's social security gun ban was redundant at best but more of a thin veiled attempt to continue to chip away at our rights as free Americans. The NCIS has almost 5,000,000 records of such people diagnosed with mental illness and those records will remain intact. Republicans reminded us that we need to enforce the already over 20,000 gun laws on the books now.
About Hunter Elliott
I spent much of my youth involved with firearms and felt the call early on to the United States Marine Corps, following in my father's and his brother's footsteps. Just after high school I enlisted and felt most at home on the rifle range, where I qualified expert with several firearms and spent some time as a rifle coach to my fellow Marines. After being honorably discharged I continued teaching firearm safety, rifle and pistol marksmanship, and began teaching metallic cartridge reloading. In the late 1990s I became a life member to the National Rifle Association and worked with the Friends of the NRA. Around that time my father and I became involved with IDPA and competed together up until he passed away. I began reviewing firearms for publications in the mid 2000s and have been fortunate to make many friends in the industry. Continuing to improve my firearms skills and knowledge is a never ending journey in which we should all be committed. I am also credited as weapons master on a few independent films.
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HEALTHY EATING CAN get a bad rap sometimes – when the emphasis is put on bags of chia seeds and psyllium husks, or expensive gadgets and forsaking entire food groups, things seem pretty unattainable.
So when you hear that the Hemsley sisters – Jasmine and Melissa - Jasmine being the elder of the two – introduced courgetti (that's spaghetti made of courgettes) to the masses, you might assume their brand of healthful eating is full of unpronounceable ingredients.
Happily, that isn't the case. The pair have a second cookbook out this month (Good and Simple, published by Ebury Press), the follow-up to the massively successful The Art of Eating Well.
The book doesn't advertise itself as being refined sugar free, or gluten and grain-free, though it is all three. As Jasmine tells me over lunch at Fallon & Byrne (they both go for salads, with salmon for Jasmine and a veggie burger for Melissa) they don't want the book to "sound like a free-from aisle".
For the Hemsley sisters, good healthy food starts with vegetables – and it's a message that's seen them sell thousands of cookbooks and attract a huge following online. Fizzing with energy, they're also the best advertisement for their way of eating.
We sat down with the Hemsleys for a chat about their book and food philosophy – but first, we took them to Fallon & Byrne, where they showed us their kitchen essentials (which are all pocket-friendly and mostly fresh vegetables, as it turns out).
The Hemsleys have a Filipina mother, Evangelina, and English father (Jack), and moved around a lot as children, due to their father's army career.
They are somewhat accidental food stars – Jasmine was a model (her partner, Nick Hopper, is also a model and the creative director of all things Hemsley and Hemsley) and Melissa worked in sales and marketing.
Melissa turned to Jasmine, who was into eating healthfully, for help when she started feeling exhausted.
After doling out advice to family and friends, a celebrity actor – who to this day remains nameless – asked Jasmine to help turn his diet around. That was the first stepping stone to the sisters running a food delivery service for high-profile clients.
That led to food blogging for Vogue in 2012, and next month they open the eatery Hemsley and Hemsley at Selfridges in London. Things are certainly coming up roses, but the sisters say that their success is somewhat of a surprise.
The sales of their first book – 140,000 copies in one year – "blew everyone away", says Melissa. "We had been underground for so long," chips in Jasmine.
They put the success down to word of mouth, describing how social media helped them see how people shared recipes online, at parties, and with colleagues. "All of a sudden our customers were the world's best advert for the book," says Melissa.
They also used social media to guide their approach for Good and Simple, by figuring out what kind of recipes their readers go for. "What people did really want was the quickest, easiest recipes – hence good and simple," says Melissa.
The sisters say this book is closer to how they eat on a day-to-day basis than the Art of Eating Well, which ran the gamut from easy to complicated, "even though complicated is still not that complicated" for the Hemsleys.
When their first book came out, they had to direct people to online stockists of products like coconut oil, quinoa, and their kitchen staple, the spiraliser.
Now these products can not only be found in health shops, but on supermarket shelves. So too can spiralisers, though the sisters' own branded spiraliser is available in Brown Thomas.
But the Hemsleys do warn that just because something says it's healthy, it doesn't mean it's great for you. "We always say to people the revolution is here and is here to stay, but without putting a downer on it, always be really thoughtful and mindful about what you are buying," says Melissa, as Jasmine nods in agreement.
Because just because it says it's organic doesn't mean it's good for you, just because it says bone broth doesn't mean it's the real deal and the bones have got good provenance, just because it's cauli[flower] rice and it's pre-bought – make it yourself, then it's fresh and you know it was a good cauliflower.
The Hemsleys don't shy away from fat in any shape or form – there's ghee (clarified butter), butter, meat, bone broth (a broth made from stewed bones), eggs and avocado a-plenty in the book. For those of us of the vegetarian persuasion, there are veggie and vegan options too, but the sisters will always eat the skin on their roasted chicken.
They were worried at first that their approach wouldn't be a welcome one.
"Luckily for us when the first book came out, all the science [about fat] hit the papers, which was incredible because one of the things we were most nervous about was 'people are going to challenge us, we're talking about butter', and they're going to challenge us about bone broths and saturated fats, and 'you can't live without grains', which is still the common thing," recalls Jasmine.
Instead of packaged foods, they advocate that people eat wholefoods like chickpeas, mung beans, quinoa, and buckwheat.
"[Use] vegetables as the basis of a meal, like cauliflower rice, courgetti, lentils – we love a dahl," says Jasmine. They even advocate eating protein-packed dahl – a lentil-based Indian dish – for breakfast.
One term you won't find in Good and Simple is "clean eating". "We talked about it as unprocessed food, veg grown with pesticides, and then people started talking about clean eating in a different term," says Melissa. "Sanitised eating," adds Jasmine.
They're not a massive fan of labels as it is. "We talk about our philosophy, but we don't expect people who open our book to only eat our food. It's not like a diet. It's more an approach," says Melissa.
In the introductory part of Good and Simple, they introduce readers to their philosophy – food has to be delicious, nutritious, and sustainable.
They outline the idea of a 'better than' choice, and putting more vegetables on your plate. "Even though we eat meat and we eat fish, our meal is based around vegetables," says Melissa.
It's not about changing your cupboards overnight, it's not about buying into one thing and sticking with it; it is not about giving up all the things you love.
Because as soon as you look at healthy eating, you realise it's not the be-all and end-all, it's about having a holistic attitude to everything.
In particular, they advocate people take control of what they eat by stepping into the kitchen and making their own meals – and without fearing they're 'not a good cook'.
"It is so simple to make a soup or a stew for dinner, and take a portion in in a hot flask the next day – and your lunch just cost you 75p, 50p," says Jasmine.
The Hemsley sisters are often name-checked in the same breath as other female healthy food bloggers like Ella Woodward of Deliciously Ella. Why the draw to food blogging? "You've discovered something that makes you feel absolutely wonderful – you just want to share it with people," says Jasmine.
In addition, they appear to have a wide fanbase – as we finish up lunch, they tell me their fans aren't just Instagram-loving foodies. They're a broad bunch, from new mums to 95-year-olds.
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Prince, nothing compares to the original
Prince once said that with all the unreleased material in his mythical musical and visual 'vault' he could make an album a year for a century. If it weren't that maybe not all of the material he left was not release quality, he was probably not exaggerating.
As one of the most prolific musicians in recent decades and despite the fact that his production was truncated by his unexpected death, Prince's estate has more than enough material to put out previously unreleased work for as long as they want.
Prince. Originals.
Since his death in 2016 some albums which can no longer be found have been re-released, but in terms of new material only part of the triple disc Purple Rain De Luxe (2017), and the much more intimate Piano & a Microphone 1984 (2018) have been put out. And now is the turn of Originals, a collection of songs that Prince "gifted" to other artists but which here are in their very first versions, some of them true demos, sung by the man himself. Some of these songs enjoyed great success later on, like Nothing Compares To You, for The Family, but which gained massive popularity in 1990 in the splendid version by Sinead O'Connor; Manic Monday for The Bangles; and The Glamorous Life for Sheila E, but others much less well-known, especially to audiences from outside America. They all belong to the period of Prince's greatest torrent of creativity in the 1908s, with the exception of Love… Thy will be done, the majestic spiritual which Prince composed with Martika at the beginning of the 1990s, and which is made even more impressive in this version by Prince's emotional voice.
Until recently nobody had seriously started to put the Paisley Park vault in order. Now, for the first time, it has a head archiver, Michael Howe, who was actually the negotiator between Prince and Warner records during the last few years of his life. With the agreement of the heirs, Howe made the selection of the 15 songs that make up Originals – a choice which could easily have been completely different given the number of songs that Prince wrote for other artists.
Discovering that the Manic Monday sung by its writer is almost exactly the same as The Bangles' version is one of the delights of the album but it is also interesting to hear the first version of Nothing Compares To You, which is the only track to have been previously released as a single last year.
But apart from the greatest hits, Originals also offers moments of absolute musical splendour, such as the six-minute long Holly Rock, written for Sheila E. And even the film soundtrack for Krush Groove, which was largely ignored at the time but now, strategically placed half way through the album, stands up as one of the best discoveries of the selection. It is the essence of Prince at his most funky, with a sensual rap delivery, a changing beat and a powerful band in the middle of what sounds like an explosive jam session under the order of a conductor who, once the last note has sounded, will hurl us an ironic "Try dancing to that!".
Another of the gems from Originals is Make Up, written for the girl group Vanity 6, with its trashy lyrics and yet a minimalist music in the purest and most grassroots electroclash style that clearly shows the experimentalist side of Prince.
Prince effortlessly travels across very different genres and he does so using his voice with its broad and chameleonic range which adapts easily to become the crooner in the short ballad You Are My Love, performed by the king of country at the time, Kenny Rogers. More typical of the lovely soul ballads that Prince composed during his life is Baby, You Are a Trip, for Jill Jones.
Another musically risky track is Dear Michelangelo, for Sheila E., which includes nod to the famous Lara's Theme from the soundtrack to Doctor Zhivago by Maurice Jarre. But here, what is really incredible are the lyrics which show Prince at his most narrative: set in Renaissance Florence it is the story of a country girl who is madly in love with Michelangelo, and aware of the fact that he is gay, prefers to live out a platonic love which is only real in her dreams rather than accept proposals from other men.
In short, Originals is a demonstration of the musical and performing versatility of Prince and of his perfection even when he is just turning out tunes to be performed by others. It is also a heterogeneous album in terms of genres and beats as is always the case with Prince's music – for me he is the most representative artist of musical postmodernity – and it moves between being a documentary curiosity but also a collection of songs which could perfectly well end up drawing in new listeners.


It took me a while, after relocating from Louisiana to New Jersey, to figure where to start showing my work again. I didn't really get settled in my new apartment until the summer but did manage to participate in several shows towards the end of the year. In 2018 I displayed my watercolors and greeting cards in crafts shows located in Bethlehem, PA, E. Windsor, NJ and Lawrenceville, NJ. Below you can see some of my displays from those events. .
March 23 Robbinsville NJ, 13th annual 100% Handcrafted juried arts and crafts fair at Robbinsville High School.
I have been gathering information on several other quality local arts & crafts shows that will held between Halloween and Christmas, but have nothing definite scheduled yet.
I was just also accepted to join "Watercolorists Unlimited", a small Princeton area watercolor group that has been meeting monthly for 25 years. Each month they set a theme for their members to paint. Then at the following month's meeting, they critique each others work. . I am really excited about being able to participate and grow artistically as part of this group. Additionally, their members participate in a few group art exhibitions each year. I think this will inspire me to paint more ambitious works.
Finally, the Princeton Sketchers group I formed here last March, which has been meeting twice a month to sketch in downtown Princeton and vicinity, is now being officially sponsored by the Princeton Public Library. They will be providing us with a meeting room, event listings on their calendar, website and printed publications, and a special bookshelf with a curated selection of books about sketching for our members (and the public) to use. We may also be able to bring in a guest speaker this summer.
All in all, I think the prospects for 2019 look good!


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Want To Appear on Property Brothers? Let's Check Out the Application
August 1, 2015 By Jeff
I watch very little TV, but am fairly confident I've now seen every episode of Property Brothers. Multiple times in many cases. And how does such a thing happen? It's baffling to me.
This morning, while slumped in a chair waiting for the coffee to reanimate my big bloated ass, Toney told me she saw something interesting on Facebook. "Uh huh," I mumbled skeptically. But she was right, it was interesting. It was a link to the page where people can apply to appear on the show.
She told me some of the questions and requirements are crazy, so I checked it out. Here's the link if you'd like to take a look. Today I'm going to go through a few details from the application that stood out to me, and invite you to share your thoughts in the comments, as well.
The highlighted text below is lifted verbatim from the application page, and then I'll add my comments. Let's get started, shall we?
If you are not part of a couple, the network requires a 'sidekick' to appear on camera for all shoot dates. Please fill out the following information for both participants.
A sidekick? I'm picturing Ed McMahon ("Hey-O!") or maybe a wise-cracking, cigar-chomping midget? Is this how we always get the ball-busting "friend" who comes along and steamrolls over everybody, even though she doesn't really have anything in it?
I generally dislike the sidekick, now that I think about it. The sidekick needs to butt out, and quit playing fast and loose with their opinions about somebody else's massive financial undertaking. Sidekicks have no stake in it, and are just performing for the camera. God, how I hate the sidekick.
What makes you and your Spouses/ Partners/ Sidekicks memorable, unique and standout from all the other candidates?
I don't understand. Spouses? Generally there's just one, right? Who wrote this shit? In any case, I'd like to see the way people answer this question.
"I'm neurotic about carpet. That's my thing and everybody knows it. If I see even a remnant I'll lose my mind. I detest carpet! Don't even like the word!! I'm on the verge of blacking-out just typing this!" I think I saw that one, in fact.
Or "I'm passionate about the phrase 'men's den' and bring it up constantly. I'm a walking, talking blockhead of a cliché who craves nothing more than a room where I can watch 'the game' with 'the guys.'" I've seen that one a few times, too.
Or "I'm a wide-hipped black woman who uses sass like Zorro wields a sword." Or "I'm a decidely feminine man with a lot of sashay to my walk, yet I have a beautiful wife, and am apparently, in fact, straight. This will confound the viewers, as it does my co-workers." Or "I'm a pathetic, aging burnout who still believes he's going to be a rock star someday. I wear shirts with the sleeves cut off, to telegraph my coolness, and require a 'music room' which, of course, will just be a regular room with a guitar attached to the wall."
Please upload a photo of yourself and your sidekick.
So, now it has to be a sidekick? I can't bring my wife? This thing is confusing. And what's the deal with this requirement, anyway? Is it a way to weed out the ugly? No, I've seen the show, so I know that's not it… Oh, I know! It's so they don't accidentally bring on someone prettier than the pretty-boy Canadian twins themselves. Got it.
How did you and your spouse/ partner/ sidekick meet?
Heroin rehab.
What do you and your spouse/ partner/ sidekick disagree about when it comes to house hunting?
Well, I'm a cashier at Yankee Candle with a seemingly impossible budget of $700,000. This whole process is going to stress me the fuck out. It's a TV show with producers breathing down my neck, hollering at me to make a decision already so the Brothers can move on to their next house, and not really giving a tiny shitlet about my situation. And my sidekick just wants to be cute and make snarky remarks. She's a horrible human being, and a subpar sidekick for sure. I feel like setting a warehouse fire. I really do.
Have you or your spouse/ partner/ sidekick ever appeared on a TV show? If yes, what show and when?
Yes, COPS. I was the guy who blew a .26 at a DUI roadblock in Florida, and had a large carton of buttplugs on the backseat of my car. It got great notices.
Describe your dream home and it's style.
Should be "its." I hope your carpentry is better than your copy editing skills. Holy hell.
Why do you desperately need the help of the Property Brothers?
Desperately? Let's not make this any more pathetic than it has to be.
If you have found a house that you are interested in, please provide information below.
Hang on a second! This isn't the way it's supposed to work. What the?!
List the top 6 rooms of the "house of interest" you wish to renovate and why?
Are you kidding me? Sometimes the house is already picked out, or even purchased in advance?? What about all the hemming and hawing over the "Popcorn Ceiling House" and the "Glory Hole Manor?" You're telling me that's sometimes (often?) fake?? This is, quite possibly, the worst day of my life. If a person can't believe in reality television, what's left to believe in? Screw it, I'm going back on the junk.
OK, things took a dark turn there near the end. Perhaps unnecessarily. But I'm going to hand it over to you guys now. What are your thoughts on the application? Does anything surprise you? Tell us about it in the comments.
And I'll see you again soon.
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"I'm a part time barista and my partner is a substitute teacher, were looking for a six bedroom victorian and our budget is $1.2 million."
Fuck right off…..
janrinn says:
I love how the first house they always show the 'couple' is usually about $4million above their budget. And then the 'couple' is surprised and heartbroken "Why did you even bring us here"? Have they NEVER seen the show????
Just typical real estate agents. Never listen to your requirments and show you crap either totally inappropriate or wayyyy out of budget.
DaveF says:
How many people in Toronto want to be on this show?
johnthebasket says:
Being unfamiliar with this series, I did some extensive research (I read about a third of the Wikipedia entry for the show before nausea set in).
Turns out that, like all the other fake stuff on the show, their name isn't even Property. One is named Scott and the other Shackleton. Even more disturbing, the boys used to have a weekly "60-minute lifestyle radio series". I don't know what the style of their life is, but it apparently takes an hour.
I'm not convinced that you can take an absurd television show and deconstruct the questionnaire for it. Just in case you can, "standout" is a word, but in the context in which they used it, it's two words that don't mean the same think as the single word.
In general, Canadian television is better than American television (see also: Slings and Arrows). I guess this is the exception that proves the rule.
Fun fact: The Property Brothers are not actually brothers at all, but long-time lovers who both had extensive plastic surgery in order to match old headshots of an obscure 1930's Canadian performer. Their real names are Fenwick O'Reilly and Ramdool Harkonan.
madz1962 says:
6 rooms to be renovated and no two identical (I.e. not two bathrooms or bedrooms). Cripes both places I have only have 6 rooms each. What kind of friggin mcmansions are these people moving into?
And the next fancy lad who mutters the term man cave deserves a round house to the nuts. Just sayin'.
The last time I watched one of these shows, I ended up pointing a loaded gun at the TV, shouting "Say man cave one more time, motherfucker!"
Poppajuggs says:
"Outgoing, energetic, opinionated, and fun."—exactly the type of obnoxious people that make me want to put my head in the oven. Good thing I don't watch this show.
Root 66 says:
"Ewwww…I hate the color of this room. There's no way we can consider buying this house!"
All you got to do is mention the terms "knotty-pine-paneling" or "wall-to-wall carpet" and most of them will ball up in the fetal position!
Every time I've ever seen shows like this, I wind up wanting to throw somebody into a wood chipper! What a whiny, petty assortment of poor-little-rich-kids! Sheesh!!
And for the record– "Red Green" is an example of EXCELLENT Canadian television!
After looking at most of the application…what the heck's a "Reno disaster?!" I'm from Ohio and I don't get out a whole lot. Does it have something to do with the "Biggest Little City in the World" or "Janet" or am I missing it altogether?
Jazzbone Swirly says:
You mean there is something other than sports on TV? I should make a point of checking that out some day soon, but I probably won't.
Phil Jett says:
Those were some fucking funny observations Jeff. Reading this at work right now and the guy next to me thinks I'm losing my mind.
My wife is sure the brothers are incestual.
Like Donny and Marie?
Like Donny and Marie or Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty.
WordPress fucked me in the ass again and, as it happens, I'm straight, so it felt funny — not ha-ha funny, but the other kind.
At least it wasn't one of the brothers…
Nalts says:
Since it's been a while since you've posted, I'm gonna have to entertain myself with a comment. I once was asked to be on a reality TV show (Viral Video Showdown) and they sent over a contract. I passed on being a contestant because I wouldn't sign it. You have to sell your soul and agree to them owning you, having non licensed doctors operate on you, leaving you in dangerous places. It's insane. So I ended up being a judge and taking pity on the contestants.
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Neuplanitz ist ein Stadtteil der Stadt Zwickau, die seit 2008 Kreisstadt des Landkreises Zwickau im Freistaat Sachsen ist. Die Siedlung liegt im Stadtbezirk Zwickau-Süd und trägt die amtliche Nummer 55. Die Großwohnsiedlung Neuplanitz wurde zwischen 1971 und 1981 in der westlichen Flur von Niederplanitz in Plattenbauweise errichtet. Sie wird heute als eigener Stadtteil geführt.

Lage

Neuplanitz liegt im Südwesten der Stadt in der westlichen Flur von Niederplanitz. Im Nordwesten grenzt Neuplanitz an den Stadtteil 41 (Gebiet Reichenbacher Straße und Freiheitssiedlung), im Nordosten und Osten an den Stadtteil 54 Niederplanitz, im Süden und Südwesten an den Stadtteil 57 Oberplanitz und westlich an die Gemeinde Lichtentanne. Nördlich von Neuplanitz liegt der Zwickauer Flugplatz.

Geschichte

Am 28. April 1973 wurde der Grundstein für Neuplanitz gelegt. Die Bauphase dauert bis 1981. Neuplanitz ist nach Eckersbach E5 das zweitgrößte Plattenbaugebiet der Stadt Zwickau. Neuplanitz liegt – auch heute noch – auf Niederplanitzer Gemarkung.

Um 1988/1989 lebten in Neuplanitz etwa 20.000 Menschen. Seitdem fiel die Einwohnerzahl aufgrund starker Wanderungsverluste um mehr als 50 Prozent ab. Am 11. Dezember 2005 wurde die Erweiterungsstrecke der Straßenbahn Zwickau von der Stadthalle in Schedewitz nach Neuplanitz eröffnet. 2019 eröffnete ein russischer Investor in Neuplanitz in einer früheren DDR-Kaufhalle einen Supermarkt im unteren Preissegment.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Bauwerke

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Stadtteil von Zwickau
Großsiedlung
Siedlung (Städtebau) in Sachsen


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MAINTAINER=	braxton@nanobox.io
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Mike McCabe
May 23, 1960 in Stoughton, Wisconsin
Co-Founder and Former Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate (2018)
Democratic Party (Nominally)
Marilyn Feil
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
Blue Jean Nation
"Book of the Nation"
Wisconsin Gubernatorial Campaign (2018)
Michael "Mike" McCabe is a Democratic Party activist and the former founding executive director of the left-leaning Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a position he served in for fifteen years. McCabe now serves as the founder and director of Blue Jean Nation, a platform he founded in 2015 that has allowed him to simultaneously launch a campaign as a progressive Democrat for Wisconsin Governor in 2018. McCabe lost his bid for the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary on August 14, 2018.[1]
McCabe claims that Blue Jean Nation was inspired by Blue Jeans in High Places: The Coming Makeover of American Politics, a book he authored in 2015.
McCabe was born in Stoughton, Wisconsin in 1960 and initially lived in Evansville. However, most of his childhood was spent on a 200 plus acre farm in Curtiss, Wisconsin.[2] He spends an entire chapter in his book recounting his experience in Clark County[3] and made his announcement speech for governor at the farm in Curtiss where he grew up.[4]
Prior to establishing the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, McCabe held several policy positions. Among other positions, he worked for six years as communications director and legislative liaison for the Madison school district, as a newspaper reporter and legislative aide for three Republican members of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and as a Peace Corps volunteer in the West African nation of Mali.[5] In the early 1980s, he ran a statewide civic education program for the Taxpayers Alliance.[6]
McCabe has previously run for public office as a Democrat, running in a Democratic state Assembly primary in 1998. He lost to now- U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (D-Wisconsin).[7]
Also see Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (Nonprofit)
In 1995 McCabe helped form the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, which claims to specialize in tracking the flow of campaign donations in state elections.[8] Beginning as a staffer, he took over as director in 1999.[9] Under McCabe's leadership, the Campaign advocated for more public financing of political campaigns and additional limits on campaign speech.[10] McCabe was viewed as having very little appetite for compromise, with one observer noting that when approaching campaign finance reforms, "Mike was more of that school of thought that if it wasn't [all-or-nothing], reforms wouldn't have a chance to reform again."[11] McCabe's philosophy often placed the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign to the left of other recognized liberal Wisconsin advocacy groups such as Wisconsin Common Cause.[12]
Despite denouncing outside groups that impact legislation without disclosing donors, as executive director McCabe did not hesitate to accept funding from the Foundation to Promote Open Society associated with liberal financier George Soros.[13] McCabe publicly defended accepting the grants from Soros's group in an appearance before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in late 2009.[14] In addition, while often decrying the influence of lobbyists, McCabe himself served as a registered Wisconsin lobbyist on behalf of the Democracy Campaign as recently as the 2013-2014 legislative session.[15]
While serving as director of the "nonpartisan" organization, McCabe was referenced four times in a 2013 speech by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) at the Fighting Bob Fest!, an annual gathering of Wisconsin progressives that celebrate the legacy of Wisconsin progressive stalwart Bob La Follette.[16] Sanders specifically referenced McCabe's comments regarding "La Follette's agenda and the importance of developing a grassroots agenda." Sanders' proclamation that "Mike is Quite Right!" now serves as a rallying cry for his gubernatorial campaign.
After leaving the Democracy Campaign, McCabe started Blue Jean Nation, a 501(c)(3) organization that claims to "house the politically homeless."[17] Despite claiming in its creed "both major political parties are failing America," under McCabe's leadership Blue Jean Nation has a decidedly Democratic lean.[18] Pursuant to the Blue Jean Nation's Common Creed, there is not a desire for three parties, but "at least one that truly works for the people."[19] In order to carry out that mission, McCabe has selected a number of Democrats to serve on the Blue Jean Nation's board of directors. In fact, five out of eight board members are former Democratic candidates for office.[20]
The "Book of the Nation" is McCabe's 2015 book Blue Jeans in High Places: The Coming Makeover of American Politics. [21] While McCabe does reserve some judgment for Democrats, it is clear his real aim is to discredit Republicans while encouraging Democrats. In one of the oft-quoted lines from his book, he notes "[w]e have one party that is scary and another that is scared."[22]
McCabe was a candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial primary during Wisconsin's 2018 gubernatorial election. He lost his bid for the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary on August 14, 2018.[23]
McCabe claimed that the idea to run for Wisconsin Governor wasn't his, but that he was instead popularly "drafted."[24] As proof, he cited a letter from Wisconsin activists—Wisconsinites Unite to Draft Mike McCabe for Governor—which includes numerous teachers, professors, public employees, and even a member of the Green Bay chapter of Black Lives United.[25]
Despite McCabe claiming to have never been a member of a political party, he declared his candidacy for Wisconsin Governor as a Democrat in Fall 2017. This prompted a public fight with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, which insisted that membership lists would only be released to candidates that are active party members.[26] McCabe has refused to pay the minimal $25 fee to join the party, instead relying on his filing of a Declaration of Candidacy as proof of his party membership.[27] McCabe's campaign manager used the public spat to compare McCabe's candidacy to that of Bernie Sanders', noting "DPW is making the same mistake the DNC made in 2016. They apparently haven't learned a thing from what just happened last year."
While McCabe emphasizes the theme of principle over party, noting along the way his commitment to not accept any campaign contribution over $200, to not live in the Governor's residence if elected, and to take a salary one dollar less than the average Wisconsin salary, his platform includes several recognizable progressive policy positions. Among other things, he emphasizes "geyser economics" whereby "prosperity gushes up, it does not trickle down," substantially boosting the minimum wage, promising "BadgerCare should be there for all Badgers," setting a goal for Wisconsin to be "the first in the nation to be fully powered by renewable energy," ending "taxpayer-subsidized private schooling" (otherwise known as Wisconsin's Parental School Choice program), and committing to spending more on the state's university system than its prison system.[28]
Wisconsin's largest publication has opined that McCabe "is staking out turf on the left end of the Democratic spectrum, campaigning for 'a living wage for every worker, health care for all, debt-free education and job training, and high-speed internet to every doorstep.'"[29]
Despite McCabe's emphasis on running a "people powered" campaign, his efforts have often looked like that of most other gubernatorial campaigns. His claim to not raise more than $200 from individual donors is somewhat misleading – the limit only applies to single donations.[30] McCabe's campaign will still accept a total of $1,000 from a campaign donor.[31] In 2017, almost 40% of his campaign events were not open to the public and media, with 50 campaign stops held behind closed doors.[32] In order to fund the campaign, McCabe has already loaned it $25,000.[33]
Ballotpedia Page: Michael McCabe
"Michael McCabe." Ballotpedia. Accessed November 12, 2018. https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_McCabe ^
"Meet Mike." Mike McCabe for Governor. Accessed February 17, 2018. http://www.governorbluejeans.com/about_mike_mccabe_for_governor. ^
McCabe, Mike. Blue jeans in high places: the coming makeover of American politics. Mineral Point, WI, USA: Little Creek Press, A Division of Kristin Mitchell Design, LLC, 2015. ^
"McCabe Announcement Speech." YouTube. September 19, 2017. Accessed February 19, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZIRh6dfYx0. ^
Jessie Opoien | The Capital Times. "Wisconsin governor candidate Mike McCabe wouldnt be first to govern in blue jeans." Madison.com. October 04, 2017. Accessed February 19, 2018. http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/wisconsin-governor-candidate-mike-mccabe-wouldn-t-be-first-to/article_e2f84eaf-c048-516c-8037-f16e76198252.html. ^
Gunn, Erik. "The believer." Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin. February 04, 2016. Accessed February 19, 2018. http://isthmus.com/news/news/mike-mccabe-wants-to-remake-american-politics/. ^
Bice, Daniel. Liberal billionaire helping fund media groups in Wisconsin. Accessed February 19, 2018. http://archive.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/127706658.html/. ^
"Eye On Lobbying." Licensed Lobbyist. Accessed February 19, 2018. https://lobbying.wi.gov/Who/LobbyistInformation/2013REG/Information/6365?tab=Profile. ^
"Mike is Quite Right." YouTube. December 15, 2017. Accessed February 19, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=18&v=johekK-qtQ0. ^
"About Us." Blue Jean Nation. Accessed February 19, 2018. http://www.bluejeannation.com/about/. ^
"Our Common Creed." Blue Jean Nation. Accessed February 19, 2018. http://www.bluejeannation.com/creed/. ^
"Our Board of Directors." Blue Jean Nation. Accessed February 19, 2018. http://www.bluejeannation.com/our-board-of-directors/. ^
"What started all this." Mike McCabe for Governor. Accessed February 19, 2018. http://www.governorbluejeans.com/what_started_all_this_mike_mccabe_for_governor. ^
"Wisconsinites Unite to Draft Mike McCabe for Governor." Paul Linzmeyer, et al. to Mike McCabe. ^
Jessie Opoien | The Capital Times. "Wisconsin governor candidate Mike McCabe at odds with state Democratic Party over voter list access." Madison.com. November 01, 2017. Accessed February 19, 2018. http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/wisconsin-governor-candidate-mike-mccabe-at-odds-with-state-democratic/article_80030d3a-6dcc-5c69-abbb-ad2331ca4327.html. ^
"Principle over party." Mike McCabe for Governor. Accessed February 19, 2018. http://www.governorbluejeans.com/principle_over_party_mike_mccabe_for_governor. ^
Marley, Patrick. "Mike McCabe to challenge Walker, joining increasingly crowded Democratic field." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. September 12, 2017. Accessed February 19, 2018. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/12/mike-mccabe-challenge-walker-joining-increasingly-crowded-democratic-field/654027001/. ^
Milwaukee, Urban. "Principle Over Party campaign breaks 6 figures in 3-plus months relying on small donations." Urban Milwaukee. Accessed February 19, 2018. https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/principle-over-party-campaign-breaks-6-figures-in-3-plus-months-relying-on-small-donations/. ^
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (WDC) (Non-profit)
Co-Founder, Former Executive Director


← It's Time to Reap the Harvest.
You may think that nothing is impossible with God. The Bible even tells us that with God, all things are possible. But, that is simply not true. There are some things that even God can't do.
God can't lie, because if he told a lie, it would come to pass, and be the truth.
God can't do "nothing" so, I guess doing nothing is impossible for God.
On the other hand, nothing is possible without God.
If you're sick, believe God for a miracle. God performs miracles; the question is will you trust him enough to let him do it for you? If you doubt his word, you won't receive the blessing, because Jesus is a gentleman. He never forces himself on us; on the other hand, he never turns down our open invitation either. He is able and willing to meet every need in our life if we'll only believe.
He cannot lie; and he cannot fail. We sometimes get in our own way of the miracle that we so desperately seek. When we think about the past, we bring judgment on ourselves. If we think that we're unworthy to be healed, are we possibly saying that God can't forgive or cleanse us from sin?
Is there anything too hard for my God? I think not. Thank him for your healing today, and you will be healed, in Jesus' Name.


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import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.Random;

public class FileWritingTest {

	//private static final int ITERATIONS = 1;
	//private static final double MEG = (Math.pow(1024, 2));
	private static final int COLUMN_COUNT = 475;
	private static final int ROW_COUNT = 200000;
	// private static final int ROW_COUNT;
	// private static final int RECORD_COUNT = 4000000;
	//private static final String RECORD = "Help I am trapped in a fortune cookie factory\n";
	//private static final int RECSIZE = RECORD.getBytes().length;

	private String filePath;
	private String logFile = "log.csv";

	private static Random rand = new Random();

	public FileWritingTest(int id) {
		filePath = "data" + String.valueOf(id) + ".csv";
		//filePath = "data1.csv";
		try {
			execute();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
	private void execute() throws Exception {
		//System.out.println("Starting");
		long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
	    File file = new File(filePath);
	    FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);
	    FileWriter logger = new FileWriter(logFile, true);
		int max = 3000000;
		int min = 1000000;
		float longMin = 179;
		float longMax = 180;
		float latMin = 90;
		float latMax = 90;
		int intValue = rand.nextInt((max-min) + 1) + min;
		String strValue = randString();
		float floatValue = rand.nextFloat() * (0 + 90);
		String dateValue = randDate();
		String data[] = new String[COLUMN_COUNT];
		for (int j = 0; j < ROW_COUNT; j++) {
	    //List<Integer> data = new ArrayList<int>(COLUMN_COUNT);
			//int size = 0;
			for (int i = 0; i < COLUMN_COUNT; i++) {
				if ((i == 0) || (i == 39) || (i == 40)) {
					data[i] = String.valueOf(randInt(min, max));
				} else if ((i == 11)) {
					data[i] = String.valueOf(randFloat(longMin, longMax));
				} else if ((i == 12)) {
					data[i] = String.valueOf(randFloat(latMin, latMax));
				} else if ((i == 2)) {
					data[i] = randDate();
				} else if ((i == 3) || (i == 4)) {
					data[i] = dateValue;
				} else if ((i == 5) || (i == 6)) {
					data[i] = randString();
				} else if (((i >= 7) && (i <= 10)) || (i == 17) || (i == 18) || ((i >= 24) && (i <= 26))
						|| (i == 29) || (i == 46) || (i == 47) || (i == 79) || (i == 87) || (i == 162)
						|| (i == 163)) {
					data[i] = strValue;
				} else if ((i == 15) || (i == 16)) {
					data[i] = String.valueOf(floatValue);
				} else {
					data[i] = String.valueOf(intValue);
				}
				//records.add(RECORD);
				//size += 4;
			}

			//System.out.println(data.length + " 'records'");
			//System.out.println("Writing row number: " + String.valueOf(j) + "\n");
			for (int k = 0; k < COLUMN_COUNT; k++) {
				writer.write(String.valueOf(data[k]));
				writer.write(",");
			}
			writer.write("\n");
			//System.out.println(size / MEG + " MB");
			//writeRaw(data, f);
				//writeBuffered(records, 8192);
				//writeBuffered(records, (int) MEG);
				//writeBuffered(records, 4 * (int) MEG);
		}
		writer.close();
		long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
		//System.out.println("Done");
		System.out.println((end - start) / 1000f + " seconds");
		logger.append(String.valueOf((end-start) / 1000f));
		logger.append(",");
		logger.close();
	}

	private String randDate() {
		GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();
		int year = randInt(2008, 2013);

		gc.set(gc.YEAR, year);

		int dayOfYear = randInt(1, gc.getActualMaximum(gc.DAY_OF_YEAR));

		gc.set(gc.DAY_OF_YEAR, dayOfYear);

		int hour = randInt(1, 24);
		int minute = randInt(0, 59);
		int second = randInt(0, 59);

		gc.set(gc.HOUR_OF_DAY, hour);
		gc.set(gc.MINUTE, minute);
		gc.set(gc.SECOND, second);

		return gc.get(gc.YEAR) + "-" + gc.get(gc.MONTH) + "-" + gc.get(gc.DAY_OF_MONTH) + " " + gc.get(gc.HOUR_OF_DAY)
				+ ":" + gc.get(gc.MINUTE) + ":" + gc.get(gc.SECOND);
	}

	private String randString() {
		char[] chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789".toCharArray();
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		Random random = new Random();
		for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
		    char c = chars[random.nextInt(chars.length)];
		    sb.append(c);
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}

	private int randInt(int start, int end) {
		return rand.nextInt((end-start) + 1) + start;
	}

	private float randFloat(float min, float max) {
		return rand.nextFloat() * (min + max) - max;
	}

}


catalytic converter going bad does it need to be replaced?
Q: catalytic converter going bad does it need to be replaced?
So my cat is going bad and a check engine light came on. As of now, there is no white smoke from my exhaust but I can tell there has been a performance drop. Do I need to replace this right away? I do not need to pass smog until next year sometime.
The catalyst should be replaced as soon as possible if it is bad. The backpressure on the engine will cause the engine to run with less power and may overheat the engine valves resulting in engine damage. the catalyst can be tested for excessive backpressure with a pressure tester put in the O2 sensor hole near the manifold. This verifies the catalyst is bad and not an O2 sensor after the catalyst is defective.
Hi there. The biggest issue with not replacing a damaged catalytic converter is that it will progressively create excessive build-up of carbon deposits further up the exhaust system. Eventually it will start building up on valves and can cause serious engine damage if not replaced.
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▪ Team management had been sharing information with the commissioner's office regarding the matter.
DeWitt said he, Mozeliak and other members of Cardinals management met with several hundred club employees earlier Thursday.
The allegations of wrongdoing came to light in a report Tuesday in The New York Times, which indicated the Cardinals front-office personnel were trying to steal closely guarded Astros information about player personnel. Legal experts told The Washington Post that those employees could face prison time if convicted of computer espionage.
Investigators have uncovered evidence that Cardinals employees broke into a network of the Astros that housed special databases the team had built, according to law enforcement officials. Internal discussions about trades, proprietary statistics and scouting reports were compromised, the officials said.
Reports have indicated the tampering may have taken place at a computer in a residence in Jupiter, Fla., where team employees stay during spring training.
Because of the continuing investigations, DeWitt said he couldn't comment on what action might be taken against any employee found to be part of the hacking scheme.
Houston General Manager Jeff Luhnow said in June 2014 that the team had been the victim of hackers who accessed servers and published months of internal trade talks on the Internet.
On Thursday a subdued Mozeliak, wearing a necktie instead of his trademark bow tie, used the word "frightening" to describe the hacking scheme.
"We have created, on the baseball operations side, a lot of autonomy to let people do their jobs and have some ownership of it," said Mozeliak, the team's GM since the end of the 2007 season. "And then to find out that maybe something like that has occurred, or is alleged, it's disappointing.
Joe Ostermeier is chairman of the St. Louis Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America and has written about the Cardinals for the News-Democrat since 1985. He can be reached at 618-239-2512 or at jostermeier@bnd.com Follow him on Twitter: @JoeOstermeier.


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//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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// Common functions needed for chat, like create chat room.

class ChatUtils {}

/**
 * Create a new chat room.
 *
 * @returns the id of the new chat room. Note that this does not mean the chat room exists yet,
 *   just that we've request for a chat room with this id to be created by the server.
 */
 ChatUtils.createChatRoom = function(bridge, gameId, playerId, chatRoomName, userSetProperties) {
  assert(chatRoomName);

  let propertyDefaults = {
    'autoAdd': false,
    'autoRemove': false,
    'allegianceFilter': 'none',
    'canAddOthers': true,
    'canRemoveOthers': true,
  };

  let properties = Utils.merge(propertyDefaults, userSetProperties);

  let groupId = bridge.newGroupId();
  let chatRoomId = bridge.newChatRoomId();
  bridge.createGroup({
    name: "Group for " + playerId + "'s chat room",
    gameId: gameId,
    groupId: groupId,
    ownerPlayerId: playerId,
    allegianceFilter: properties.allegianceFilter,
    autoAdd: properties.autoAdd,
    autoRemove: properties.autoRemove,
    canAddOthers: properties.canAddOthers,
    canRemoveOthers: properties.canRemoveOthers,
    canAddSelf: false,
    canRemoveSelf: true,
  }).then(() => {
    return bridge.createChatRoom({
      gameId: gameId,
      chatRoomId: chatRoomId,
      accessGroupId: groupId,
      name: chatRoomName,
      withAdmins: false,
    });
  }).then(() => {
    return bridge.addPlayerToGroup({
      gameId: gameId,
      groupId: groupId,
      playerToAddId: playerId,
      actingPlayerId: playerId,
    });
  })
  return chatRoomId;
};

/**
 * Create a chat room between the player and the admin point of contact.
 *
 * @returns the id of the new chat room. Note that this does not mean the chat room exists yet,
 *   just that we've request for a chat room with this id to be created by the server.
 */
ChatUtils.createAdminChat = function(bridge, game, player, chatRoomName) {
  let name =  player.name + " & HvZ CDC";
  let groupId = bridge.newGroupId('withadmins');
  bridge.createGroup({
    name: name,
    groupId: groupId,
    gameId: game.id,
    allegianceFilter: 'none',
    ownerPlayerId: player.id,
    autoAdd: false,
    autoRemove: false,
    canAddOthers: false,
    canRemoveOthers: false,
    canAddSelf: true,
    canRemoveSelf: true,
  });
  let chatRoomId = bridge.newChatRoomId('withadmins');
  this.waitingToOpenChatRoomId = chatRoomId;
  bridge.createChatRoom({
    gameId: game.id,
    chatRoomId: chatRoomId,
    accessGroupId: groupId,
    name: name,
    withAdmins: true,
  });
  bridge.addPlayerToGroup({
    gameId: game.id,
    groupId: groupId,
    playerToAddId: player.id,
    actingPlayerId: player.id,
  });
  bridge.addPlayerToGroup({
    gameId: game.id,
    groupId: groupId,
    playerToAddId: game.adminContactPlayerId,
    actingPlayerId: player.id,
  });
  return chatRoomId;
};

/**
* Check that a chat room isn't hidden, or if it is hidden, show the room again if there are new
* messages since the time we hid it.
*/
ChatUtils.chatIsVisible = function(chatRoom, membership) {
  if (!membership || !chatRoom) {
    return false;
  }
  let lastHiddenTime = membership.lastHiddenTime;
  if (!lastHiddenTime)
    return true;
  // If we get here, then it was at some point in the past hidden
  if (!chatRoom.messages.length) {
    // It was hidden at some point in the past, but there are no messages. Weird. Hide it.
    return false;
  }
  let lastMessage = chatRoom.messages.slice(-1)[0];
  if (lastHiddenTime > lastMessage.time) {
    // If we get here, we hid the room after the last message, so we should hide the room
    return false;
  } else {
    // If we get here, we hid it before the last message, so we should show the room
    return true;
  }
}


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