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SENDS EMILY BLUNT AND DWAYNE JOHNSON TO AMAZON JUNGLE
The cruise through the jungle starts July 24th
Disney has launched the second trailer and posters for a movie that will possibly be one of next summer's biggest hits: JUNGLE CRUISE with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. Inspired by the famous Disneyland theme park ride, Disney's JUNGLE CRUISE is an adventure filled, Amazon jungle expedition starring Dwayne Johnson as the charismatic riverboat captain and Emily Blunt as Lily Houghton, a determined explorer on a research mission. She is trying to find a tree that has healing powers. Also starring in the film are Edgar Ramirez (as the main villain at least judging by the trailer), Jack
Emily Blunt is explorer Lily Houghton in the film
Whitehall (as her brother McGregor), with Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti. The sail starts July 24th, 2020! This is both Dwayne's and Emily's fourth movie for Disney. Disney has also released funny character posters in which you cannot see the face of one of them.
In Jungle Cruise
Emily Blunt plays Lily, who travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists the help of Frank, played by Dwayne Johnson, a questionable skipper to guide her downriver on his run-down boat, La Quila. Lily is determined to locate an
Dwayne Johnson is riverboat captain Frank
ancient tree with incredible healing properties, holding the power to change the future of medicine. The unlikely duo is thrust into an epic adventure with one another where they encounter innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all hiding within the deceptive beauty of the grand rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes are raised as the fate of mankind hangs in the balance.
Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think, we think it emits The Mummy and Jewel of the Nile type of super thrilling adventure vibes!
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'THE MANDALORIAN' STAR WARS
TV SERIES STARS NEXT WEEK
Disney is ready to launch its own streaming service Disney + with its own tentpole science fiction series THE MANDALORIAN which has the honor to be their first program ever when they hit the streaming space this Tuesday, November 12th! It also has the honour of being the first-ever television series in the Star Wars franchise bringing Jedis to the small screens after they've populated only the big ones for four decades! It is expected that Disney + will quickly take over the leading spot in the streaming service business as they will not only have all the Disney's classics, but also Star Wars and Marvel movies and series. Disney has already renewed THE MANDALORIAN for the second season created and produced by Jon Favreau. The first season of the $120 million expensive series has eight episodes directed by different people among which is also Hollywood star Bryce Dallas Howard whose father Ron Howard directed the highly unsuccessful Han Solo stand-alone Star Wars movie. But unlike other streamers, Disney + won't give you all episodes at once, but will stream them one by one each week which means the last one should air two days after Christmas.
Mandalorian IMDB
The new series hits Disney + November 12th
Gina Carano and Karl Weathers will also star in the new series
A Lone Gun FighterThe lead role has been given to Pedro Pascal who plays a lone gunfighter and bounty hunter with advanced combat skills and questionable moral character in the outer reaches of the galaxy from the time after the Empire has fallen in Return of the Jedi, and before the rise of the First Order in The Force Awakens which means it is a time when lawless chaos ruled in certain parts of the galaxy. He will be joined in the series by other characters that you can see in the posters in today's spotlight: former Rebel Shock Trooper turned mercenary Cara Dune (Gina Carano), bounty hunter leader Greef Carga (Carl Weathers) who hires the Mandalorian to track a valuable asset, lethal bounty hunter droid IG-11 (voiced by Taika Waititi), and an alien character whose name is Kuiil (Nick Nolte). Giancarlo Esposito will appear as Moff Gideon, a former governor under the Empire whose life changed after the Rebels destroyed the second Death Star.
Pedro Pascal is The Mandalorian
The series will also have droids and strange new alien creatures in the cast
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Q: Why are transmitting antennas generally larger than receiving antennas? The reasons I can think of are transmitting antenna has to be more directive also larger length will imply larger power and thus will help compensating for losses. But on contrary if receiving antenna is made larger and transmitting antenna smaller won't the advantage be still applicable due to reciprocity theorem?

A: There could be any number of reasons, but here is one.

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*Better signal to noise ratio.

The signal strength at the receiver is dependent on the product of the antenna gain for both the transmitter and sender.  But the received noise is also proportional to the antenna gain at the receiver.  For the same total antenna gain product, your SNR will be better if the transmitter antenna gain is higher.
Note that Larger antennas will typically have larger antenna gain.  So it makes sense for the transmitter to be the larger one, if one was going to be larger.

A: This depends on the requirements of the application. In some cases, based on gain requirements, the transmitting antenna is larger in diameter than the receiver while in some cases, it is the opposite. You may look at some examples of link budget design from here: (the snaps are used only for illustrations here)

For applications such as long distance LOS communications that use aperture antennas like parabolic dish/reflectors, the gain is dependent on the physical aperture. This is given by the relation

As evident from the relation, if you want more gain, you can configure the aperture of the reflector. A large aperture implies high gain and also increases the order of the signal power level at the receiver. Deploying a high gain antenna will reduce the path loss too.
'also larger length will imply larger power' - The length of the antenna is related to the wavelength of the transmitted signal. In the context of parabolic reflectors, 'length' becomes irrelevant. Diameter of the reflector plays an important role. The available power for transmission at the source depends on characteristics of transmission medium such as its reflection coefficient.

For ensuring maximum power in forward direction, feeding plays an important role in case of parabolic reflectors. Spillover of power can be mitigated by selecting the optimum feed. You can't use a dipole antenna as a feed for a parabolic reflector as the spillover will be large.

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Why are transmitting antennas generally larger than receiving antennas?

This question would be applicable only to radio broadcast transmitters and receivers.
A full-size, one quarter or one half wavelength antenna would be first choice for a broadcast transmitter, to present the minimum microvolts signal required at the input of a distant receiver for good reception.
At the same time, convenience and aesthetics would demand an unobtrusive / concealed antenna for the distant receiver.
For example, a 600 kHz AM transmitter, though rated at hundreds of kilowatts, would ideally require a 125 m high vertical monopole antenna, having multiple ground radials, to be effective with distant receivers having concealed ferrite loopstick antennas.
Likewise, in the case of FM radio and TV broadcast stations the relatively smaller transmitting antennas would be located on tall structures for effective reach.
However two-way low power radio stations (e.g. ham radio) would require full size monopole / dipole antennas at either end.

A: The "ideal" length of a simple antenna is either 1/4 or 1/2 of the wavelength of the signal. This works for both sending and receiving.
The commercial AM broadcast frequency band extends from 530kHz to 1700kHz (depending upon country). The shortest wavelength is at the highest frequency 1700kHz. That wavelength is 176 meters. An ideal quarter wave-length antenna would then be 44 meters. A 530kHz quarter wave-length antenna would be 142 meters.
Radio stations can afford to erect tall antenna towers to get ideal quarter wavelength antennas or something approximating to that. AM band broadcast listeners, must be content with something smaller and less "efficient".
FM radio and television work at much higher frequencies than AM broadcast radio. For those services, it is important to distinguish the antenna tower from the antenna itself. The antenna itself is relatively short, but the tower is there to improve coverage. FM radio and television signals travel primarily in "line-of-sight" paths, so the higher the tower, the better the coverage.

A: Antenna gain essentially always comes at the price of directivity (due to phasing issues, even simply adding "more" antenna in any productive way adds directivity)
For a fixed receiver installation operated with care, directivity can be a possibility: eg, in the era of VHF/UHF broadcast television, some consumers installed Yagi/Uda array antennas in some cases ever on remote rotators so they could be pointed in the correct direction for each station's transmitter.
But most broadcast receivers are small and portable, so something compact and near omnidirectional is desireable - in many cases the orientation of the antenna may end up fairly random and variable in all three dimensions.
In contrast, a broadcast antenna can be large, because only one is needed.  And for a broadcaster, essentially all of the customers are horizontally towards the horizon - there's no reason to throw energy up into space or down at the ground, so an antenna that's fairly directional in the sense of a horizontal circle (vs an omnidirectional sphere) is desirable.

A: It shouldn't have different length than the receiving antenna because the modulated signal coming out of the transmitting antenna has the same carrier frequency with the modulated signal received by the receiving antenna.

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Robert Downey Jr's Kung Fu Redemption
From the May 2010 issue of Men's Journal…
"Wing Chun is all about guarding your center line," Downey tells me, talking about the place where the touchy-feely art of Wing Chun kung fu meets philosophy of life. "Don't fight force with force; use to hands at the same time; concentrate on your own thing; and after you have that dialed in, effect the balance, look for openings, look for arms to be crossed."
So that's the secret to his newfound prosperity?
"Oh, yeah, dude," says Downey.
We step onto the mat. While Robert Downey Jr. has been practicing Wing Chun for almost seven years, I have been practicing Wing Chun for almost seven minutes. "Seriously, don't worry about looking like an idiot," he tells me. "It's like life: The less self-conscious you are, the better it works." He pounds on a wooden dummy, blocking with one hand and then delivering a combination to a padded face.
"Wing Chun teaches you what to concentrate on, whether you're here or out in the world dealing with problems. It's second nature for me now."
"When he first came to me, insurance companies wouldn't bond him for movies; he couldn't get roles," trainer and sifu Eric Oram says. "He has committed himself to Wing Chun…and turned his life around."
Continued in the print edition of Men's Journal.
Published April 19 By chris
Categorized as Martial Arts News, Wing Chun Tagged Celebrities, interview, Wing Chun
Bob Patterson says:
April 19 at 3:16 am
April 19 at 2:16 pm
Cool stuff Chris. It's funny when you hear celebrities talk about martial arts because they have the same enthusiasms (and general shortcomings) as anyone else trying to gain experience and move up through the ranks.
I wish on the Oprah show they wouldn't have screwed with the camera work (namely the speed ups and slow downs). just let the technique look natural – it doesn't need your help.
TechChunks says:
Man, I love Robert Downy Jr.! 🙂
Netchunks says:
April 19 at 10:17 pm
Robert Downey Jr is a fantastic person. I like him.
Rick Matz says:
I'm glad to see that the practice of kung fu helped him to turn his life around.
At least the Order of the Avenging Dragon of the Imperial Guards of the Dragon Throne won't be after him.
Fredo says:
Awesome, I was wondering how Sherlock Holmes new kung fu when watching the movie. Wing Chun is a great martial art and internal. More props to Downey.
This has got to be my favorite quote: "It's like life: The less self-conscious you are, the better it works."
You definitely get to see RDJ demonstrate some Wing Chun in Iron Man 3 🙂
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PICTURE BOOK illustrators usually take a back seat--and second billing--to the authors that write children's books. But the Sebastopol Library is turning the tables on this trend with its current exhibition of illustrations by three prominent Sonoma County illustrators.
On display will be Santa Rosa resident Karen Hanke's clever computer illustrations from Matthew Gollub's brand-new The Jazz Fly. But there will also be works by two other artists who have illustrated more than a hundred books between them.
Sebastopol resident Teri Sloat will be represented by illustrations from Barbara Winslow's The Hungry Giant of the Tundra and Dance on a Seal Skin. The exhibit also features a sample of work by Stacey Schuett of Sonoma, including the author-illustrator's drawings from Somewhere in the World Right Now; illustrations from Outside the Window by Anna Egan Smucker; and the lush Purple Mountain Majesties by Barbara Younger.
The gorgeous artworks--stunning to behold even outside the context of the stories they illustrate--are displayed along with copies of each book, forming a kind of before-and-after demonstration of the illustrator's craft.
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Increased competition in the aerospace market has placed additional demands on aerospace manufacturers to reduce costs, increase product flexibility and improve manufacturing efficiency. There is a knowledge gap within the sphere of digital to physical dimensional verification and on how to successfully achieve dimensional specifications within real-world assembly factories that are subject to varying environmental conditions.

The DfV framework is an engineering principle to be used within low rate and high value and complexity manufacturing industries to aid in achieving high productivity in assembly via the effective dimensional verification of large volume structures, during final assembly. The DfV framework has been developed to enable engineers to design and plan the effective dimensional verification of large volume, complex structures in order to reduce failure rates and end-product costs, improve process integrity and efficiency, optimise metrology processes, decrease tooling redundancy and increase product quality and conformance to specification. The theoretical elements of the DfV methods were published in 2016, together with their testing using industrial case studies of representative complexity. The industrial tests published on ScienceDirect proved that by using the new Design for Verification methods alongside the traditional 'Design for X' toolbox, the resultant process achieved improved tolerance analysis and synthesis, optimized large volume metrology and assembly processes and more cost-effective tool and jig design.

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Q: Is it possible to shift the Cesium globe to the right of center? Is it possible to shift the globe to the left or right of center? I would like to display the starfield below a transparent navigation sidebar, and shift-right the globe a distance equal to the width of the sidebar.
I can't find any examples of this, and I don't see reference to existing methods in Cesium. I experimented with making the Cesium div larger than its container and using positioning to make the globe appear to be shift to the right, but this showed blurring of the starfield due to the enlargement.

A: Yes, from the UI this is done by holding the SHIFT key and dragging, but in code it can be done with the lookLeft and lookRight methods on the camera.
For example:
viewer.camera.lookLeft(Cesium.Math.toRadians(20));

Here's a more complete example, press "Run Code Snippet" at the bottom of this:

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        url : Cesium.buildModuleUrl('Assets/Textures/NaturalEarthII')
    }),
    baseLayerPicker : false,
    geocoder : false,
    infoBox : false
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// This changes where the Earth is seen by the camera.
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    width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;
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McLaren 720S spotted in US
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Fresh from its world debut a week ago at the 2017 Geneva auto show, McLaren's 720S supercar has been spotted in the United States.
It was spotted by Reddit user MyNameIsBUNS in the car park of the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina during Saturday night's ice hockey match between the Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs.
In contrast to the car we saw in Geneva, the orange here has a matte finish and the black of the roof extends to the hood. We can also see the yellow turn signals in the front bumper that are mandatory for cars sold locally.
And there's no mistaking those new headlight surrounds. The actual light source comes from two strips of LEDs, one mounted on top of the other, and surrounding this is a large cutaway designed to channel air to the brakes and sides of the body. It's all about function, McLaren tells us, though the design is no doubt polarizing.
Sales of the 720S in the U.S. start in May and pricing should lie close to the $280,000-mark. This represents only a small bump up from the starting price of the 650S, which the much-improved 720S replaces in McLaren's mid-level Super Series family. Recall, this is a mid-engine, carbon fiber exotic with 710 horsepower and a 0-60 mph time in under 3.0 seconds. In other words, it's a bargain next to the competition.
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Geschichte
Das 1111 von Adelheid von Lothringen gestiftete Kloster wurde verlassen und zur Grangie von Kloster Clairefontaine, das hier 1168 eine Tochterabtei errichtete. Damit gehörte Vaux-la-Douce der Filiation der Primarabtei Morimond an. Während der Französischen Revolution fand das Kloster 1791 sein Ende. Die Anlage verschwand in der Folgezeit fast vollständig.

Bauten und Anlage
Die dem Apostel Bartholomäus geweihte Kirche der 25 Einwohner zählenden Ortschaft Vaux-la-Douce ist die 1720 errichtete Laienkapelle des Klosters, die nach der Revolution zum Schulhaus der früheren Gemeinde Vaux-la-Douce wurde und erst 1967 dem Kultus zurückgegeben wurde.

Literatur
 Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6, S. 141.

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Baby Sussex's first look: a £105 shawl from the heritage brand loved by the Cambridges
By Caroline Leaper, Acting senior fashion editor 8 May 2019 • 1:21pm
The Duchess and Duke of Sussex with their new baby, wrapped in a G.H.Hurt & Son blanket
What would the new Baby Sussex be wearing to make his fashion debut? It seemed an incidental question, considering that most royal style watchers would be looking first to see what couture ensemble his mother, the Duchess of Sussex, might wear for the occasion, but it was one that would actually offer a great insight into the intentions of his parents and how they might choose to raise him.
The winner was G.H.Hurt & Son, the Nottingham-based shawl maker and official royal swaddler - every royal baby for the last 70 years, since the Queen gave birth to Prince Charles in 1948, has been wrapped in a G.H.Hurt & Son blanket. The Duchess of Cambridge also chose to dress all three of her children in its pristine white knitted blankets for their debuts in front of the global media.
Meghan and Harry picked the 'Ivory White Leaves and Flowers Baby Shawl', priced at £105, and handmade by eight craftspeople using 100 per cent Merino Wool, over three days. He also wore a cashmere hat from the brand. It is a choice that has a traditional look, from a brand tried and tested by the royal family, and its Nottingham based production is British through and through.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana introduce newborn Prince Harry to the world in a G.H.Hurt & Son shawl in 1984
It is also a choice that could put an end to the swirl of gossip surrounding the arrival of this royal baby; would he be raised gender-fluid (might still), would he wear only eco baby clothes (again, still an option), would he be spoiled with designer clothes by the couple's celebrity friends? But it does shut down one rumour in particular; that the Sussexes were set to shun the traditional baby clothes that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have favoured when dressing their children.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with Prince Louis, wrapped in a G.H.Hurt & Son blanket, at his first photo call in April 2018
Will there now be a 'Baby Sussex effect'? On the arrival of all three Cambridge children, the brands that the Duke and Duchess had chosen to dress their newborns in received huge boosts to sales and to their public profiles. Baby Sussex is already predicted to boost the UK economy by a staggering £1.25 billion thanks to an uplift of sales of childrenswear, toys and prams.
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В местном кметстве Изгрев, в состав которого входит Изгрев, должность кмета (старосты) исполняет Ерджан Тефик Мюстеджеб (Движение за права и свободы (ДПС)) по результатам выборов.

Кмет (мэр) общины Венец — Нехрибан Османова Ахмедова (Движение за права и свободы (ДПС)) по результатам выборов.

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Relaxation massage is a gentle Swedish massage that uses smooth, gliding strokes to help you relax. Moves at a slower pace, and uses lighter or firm pressure.
Reflexology is a therapeutic method of relieving pain by stimulating pressure points on the feet and hands. This controlled pressure alleviates the source of discomfort in the body. In the absence of any particular malady or abnormality, reflexology aids in promoting good health and preventing illness, as well as relieving symptoms of stress and injury.


Avenues for Creative Talent (ACT) is an event for new visual professionals within the Pittsburgh area to better their potential job prospects and opportunities through networking, understanding how to market and brand oneself, and critiquing resumes and portfolios. Individuals will receive help from actual professionals and advisors within their field through conversation, not lectures and speeches.
The fields include fine art (2d and 3d), graphic design, photography, video editing, film making, art therapy, art history, fashion, interior design and more. This event will also provide the opportunity for students to display and, if desired, sell their work.
ACT is free to any student enrolled full time in a university and is ideal for juniors and seniors. However, this event is open to anyone.
Looking for opportunities after your college career can be tough stuff. It can be even harder if you're aiming to be a visual professional!
If you're studying graphic design, fine art, interior design, or another discipline within the visual arts, this event will definitely help guide you! You can learn from visual professionals and business professionals within the Pittsburgh area. Plus it's free!
If you aren't a student and you think this can benefit you, then don't worry. You can still attend with a small fee.
Visual professionals in the Pittsburgh area with experience, knowledge, and wisdom will be there to enlighten others.
Visual professionals will be critiquing student portfolios, sharing experiences, and networking with the new upcoming talent in the Pittsburgh area.
Business professionals are just as important at ACT. Why? Because visual professionals are either looking to be entrepreneurial through freelancing or selling their own work or they're pursuing careers at already established companies.
Whatever the case is for you as an upcoming professional, you will need a business perspective to do so. ACT provides knowledge and wisdom from business professionals with experience in marketing, branding, and recruiting.
More updates will be announced soon.
Avenues for Creative Talent is sponsored by Seton Hill University's Student Engagement Department. We are thankful for its support.
Also, we are thankful and happy to announce ACT will be held at Union Project.


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Pac-12: End one-and-done, give players more…
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Pac-12: End one-and-done, give players more access to agents
By Ralph Russo and The Associated Press |
A Pac-12 task force on reforming college basketball recommends an end to the NBA's one-and-done rule and allowing players the option to return to school after they're drafted.
The Pac-12 announced the recommendations from its task force on Tuesday , and its report has been sent to the NCAA's commission on college basketball, headed by former Secretary of State and Stanford University Provost Condoleezza Rice. The report could be a preview of the Rice commission's work, as former Stanford and California basketball coach Mike Montgomery is a member of both the Pac-12's taskforce and the NCAA's commission. NCAA President Mark Emmert said the commission's recommendations to the board of directors are expected in April .
The recommendations hit on the major issues identified by the NCAA where reform is needed in the wake of a federal investigation into corruption in college basketball.
Two Pac-12 schools have been in the middle of the scandal, with Southern California assistant coach Tony Bland and former Arizona assistant coach Book Richardson among those indicted on fraud charges.
"We want to be thought leaders," Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said. "The conference has always stood for trying to do things the right. Our presidents and chancellors have had a lot of influence on national policy in a lot of areas and wanted to be agents for change in trying to clean up some of the things in basketball that have been bothersome for some time but have now reached another level."
Scott said the Pac-12 wanted its taskforce to align with the Rice commission and work in support of it.
"The reasons we have released our findings now is to fit into the timeline of Dr. Rice's commission," Scott said. "They've got about a month more of work and in conversations with her agreed that it would be really valuable to hear the Pac-12's report and recommendations toward the end of their process but with enough time to evaluate and consider and decide what they want to include as part of their overall recommendation."
Scott said he previewed the Pac-12's report to the commission about three weeks ago in a meeting that included presentations by Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany and Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey.
"I don't have any visibility on what that commission is ultimately going to recommend, but I do know that many of the areas that we touched upon in our report are areas they are looking at and considering. I know there is some synergy," Scott said. "I'm hopeful it will be supportive of the work they're doing."
The taskforce included former college coaches Ceal Barry from Colorado, Steve Lavin from UCLA and Mike Montgomery from Stanford and California; current athletic directors Dan Guerrero of UCLA and Chris Hill from Utah; former UCLA player and current Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers; former Stanford basketball players from Brevin Knight and Jennifer Azzi.
The task force called for an end to the NBA's so-called one-and-done rule, which requires players be at least 19 years old and a year removed from high school graduation to be eligible for the draft. The NCAA has no power to change that rule beyond persuasion. Ultimately, the NBA and its players union decide on draft eligibility rules. But allowing players to keep their eligibility and return to school even after being drafted is within the NCAA's control.
There is a similar rule in college baseball that allows players who don't sign professional contracts to return to school after the draft.
Other recommendations include:
— Shifting control of the recruiting process away from independent tournaments run by athletic apparel and shoe companies to NCAA sponsored combines that allow access for college basketball coaches. The hope is to decrease the influence of third parties in the recruitment process. Relatedly, the Pac-12 recommended increasing the number of official visits high school players can make to colleges to five each in their junior and senior years.
— Full disclosure of contracts between coaches and universities and shoe and apparel companies.
— The creation of an independent enforcement unit to investigate some cases of major NCAA rules violations.
— Allow access to agents for high school players and provide NCAA-sponsored educational programs for prospective college athletes and their families.
The Pac-12 taskforce also looked beyond men's basketball, specifically at football and women's basketball, Scott said.
"The NCAA commission is solely focused on men's basketball. We wanted to contribute to the process but look broader," Scott said. "We're concerned about some developments we see in football and women's basketball that could mirror some of the issues we see in men's basketball. We want to learn from that and be proactive and nip some of those things in the bud."
For more AP college basketball coverage: http://collegebasketball.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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You quickly recognize the problem: in graphical browsers the main menu is just a bar at the top with expandable sub menus. However in the text based version the menu items cover most of the display and have to be skipped to get to the content – more than 25 items.
But even when the graphical display may look good at the first glance – when you try to use the [Tab] key to navigate through the page to select links in the article for further information you realize that you have to press the key many times before you get the article itself.
On WebAIM I found a quite elegant solution of the problem.
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Rohtas Dahiya Singh (ur. 2 lipca 1960) – indyjski zapaśnik walczący w obu stylach. Olimpijczyk z Los Angeles 1984, gdzie zajął piąte miejsce w kategorii 57 kg w stylu wolnym. Czwarty na igrzyskach azjatyckich w 1986. Brązowy medalista mistrzostw Azji w 1983 roku.

 Turniej w Los Angeles 1984
Pokonał zawodnika Kamerunu Simona N'Kondaga, Panamczyka Saúla Leslie. Przegrał z Portorykańczykiem Orlando Cáceresem i dwukrotnie z Japończykiem Hideaki Tomiyamą. W pojedynku o piątą lokatę zwyciężył Zorana Šorova z Jugosławii.

W roku 1998 został laureatem nagrody Arjuna Award.

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Indyjscy zapaśnicy
Indyjscy olimpijczycy
Laureaci Arjuna Award
Uczestnicy Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1984
Urodzeni w 1960


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DWTS 15 All-Stars: The Great "Previous Dance Experience" Debate – Kelly Monaco Edition
Ok, so for a NORMAL season, this is the time where I'd usually cull videos from YouTube that show our new crop of celebrities doing dance-related things in their past that may or may not help their performance on DWTS, and then Heidi, Vogue, & I would point & laugh and generally have a grand ol' time offering our commentary 🙂 But obviously, this season is not following that pattern – there's not much point in looking at videos of Kirstie dancing around in the kitchen scene of Look Who's Talking or Drew Lachey gyrating onstage with 98 Degrees when we already have footage of them dancing on DWTS…so why not take a look at some of their best & worst performances from their original seasons, and see how they stack up? In addition, I'll try to add videos of any dancing the celebs have done SINCE their season, that may or may not help them this time around.
Today we'll start with the ladies, and we'll start at the very beginning: season 1, which Kelly Monaco won. For her best dance, I picked her freestyle:
And for her worst, I chose the waltz:
Ok, first thing that jumps out at me here: the bar has definitely been raised quite a bit since season 1 – the level of the dancing is much higher now than it was in Kelly's season, which could pose some big problems for her. I'm always a bit reluctant to pick someone's freestyle as their "best dance" (because I think freestyles are usually pretty universally-pleasing, since the couples can do whatever they want), but in this case, I feel like it actually had quite a bit of ballroom content and thus was more on-par with what she was capable of in a regular dance. With that being said – it's still a pretty weak freestyle, when you look at the freestyles we've seen since season 1. Kelly's getting off-time, missing steps, and generally looking pretty wobbly on her feet – it may have gotten a 30 back in season 1, but I'd be surprised if it would have gotten anything more than a 23 in a more current season…and I think she'd be lucky to even break into the 20's during the all-star season, if it's going to be as competitive as I think it is. As for her waltz – it was during the first week of the first season, so there was undoubtedly some major nerves at work and I think she just ended up very stiff & scared. And did I just see some pretty blatant lifts in there??? I don't necessarily think it was bad…it just wasn't very interesting to watch. But there isn't going to be any room for nerves on this season, so Kelly's going to have to overcome those pretty quickly if she wants to stick around.
So has Kelly been doing any dancing since season 1 wrapped that might help her this time around? Well…yes and no. She did a brief stint in the burlesque revue Peepshow in Vegas back in '09, along with Mel B (WARNING: It's slightly racy…avert your eyes if you're offended by pole dancing, lingerie, and gyrations):
Ok, so it looks like Kelly didn't do a TON of real dancing in Peepshow…seems like just a lot of gyrating suggestively and being a sexpot. So while it might not necessarily help her with her actual dancing, I do think it might help her stage presence in that it will help her evoke a more confident, sexy, smoldering character for dances like the rumba & Argentine tango.
Court's verdict: All things considered, I think Kelly's unfortunately one of the weaker contestants this season, and has got a lot of hard work ahead of her if she expects to stick around – the fact that there are several non-winners (Joey, Kirstie, Melissa, even Pam) on this season that are quite a bit better than Kelly in terms of dance skill tells me she's got some tough competition. However, she's also still young and in good shape, which could give her an edge over some of the older contestants.
What do you guys think? Does Kelly have the juice to go all the way, or will she flame out early?
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August 8, 2012 I Written By Courtney
Ultrasound sales specialist by day, semi-knowledgeable DWTS fan by night...with a smattering of hair & makeup enthusiast, occasional model, baker, and crazy cat lady peppered in to make things REALLY interesting ;-) I might pee my pants in happiness if Donnie Wahlberg ever does DWTS - or if they ever use "Sunglasses at Night" as a paso doble. Follow me (and my dog!) on Twitter & Instagram: @putuincespence & @BirkinTheBulldog
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In 2011 a young person named Jamie Hubley died of suicide after relentless bullying for being gay.
This urged youth in Kingston to find out what their peers needed to feel safe, supported and have a sense of belonging in their community.
A group of youth, supported by adults, went out into the community to find out what the needs of youth in Kingston were and how the city could be more youth friendly and inclusive.
They surveyed over 700 young people, 100 adults and 40 community organizations through paper surveys, focus groups and interviews.
This information was put together to create the Kingston Youth Strategy. It had 17 recommendations and a 60 action items to implement in the city.
Young people and their allies took this Strategy to City Council for a delegation. On November 15th, 2012 Kingston City Council unanimously endorsed the Kingston Youth Strategy.
Today, all 60 action items are being implemented across the city!
Y2K now has over 70 community partners and has reached over 40,000 young people across Canada.
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The broken record is a when a record that repeats itself over and over. But in this case, it needs to repeat, "no", "no", "no", repeatedly. Who do we need to say 'no' to? It is the devil. Jesus did it. The devil will try and try again to get you to submit to him and where did following him totally end up in? Hell. Sin will destroy us. That is why we need God. What you may have not noticed is that Satan is the master of deception. He found that being as an angel of light works better than coming as a dragon. He wants to destroy us, but we cannot let him. That is why we constantly must tell him 'No.' This focuses when the devil tries to trick Jesus. Now, understand this quickly. The devil knows the Bible! He will use it to destroy us and we must fight back using prayer, God, and other Christian resources. The devil tried to ruin Jesus's fast. Jesus said, "No." Satan tried to get Jesus to test God's power. Jesus said, "No." Finally, Satan offered Jesus the world. Jesus said "No." That is what you say to the devil, "No.", "No,"..... Don't become a Satanic statistic. Don't let him take advantage of you. Satan already lost the battle. There is no reason for you to join him in defeat. Tell him, "No, no, no,..never!"


"Join a gym, studio or do it at home, but Exercise is one way of getting into the habit of putting money aside. Yep, the kind where you sweat profusely and work your tush off. Exercising consistently will help you stay focused, it will assist with discipline, setting goals, like how many days a week to schedule for exercise; it will loosen up tight muscles and help with flexibility. The same happens for saving money on the financial end. Planning ahead to set an amount each month, day or week that you plan to save, will help with consistency and growth, building stronger ties to your health financially and your spirit knowing you are doing a positive thing for you.
This all came about because I sometimes struggle to save as much as I would like and I wanted to save more. It was difficult to set my mind to doing it regularly. Then I joined a Studio and because it was not one of "those show up if you want or not" places, but make an appointment and you are committed to being there. What occurred for me is that I showed up consistently because I had an appointment. That led to wanting to be there because my muscles were changing, they went from tight groaning and stubbornness to lift off the floor to "oh, yes, I can do that, eventually, if you keep coming". The improvements were slow, but they kept building on the day before.
Every time it was over, I felt more empowered, and I recalled that is how I feel when I save. It made sense there was a correlation.
However, NOT before you create the Ultimate Essential Oil Blend for your program. Your blends' purpose could align with your goals for the body, the mind, the spirit and the financial prosperity you desire. I felt this would be helpful to bridge the two so that when I inhale it, I am connecting to both, since they bring a shared goal.
To create the Savings Exercise Blend I decided to take out my carousal of oils and slowly spin it with eyes closed. The energy created by a spin allowed me freedom from research and to just feel what oils wanted to align with the vibration I needed to move forward and support my goals.
Had I done the research I may not have picked Cinnamon, Thuja or Rosemary, however, it turns out it was a good pick based on the qualities I wanted. And here are a few words about each that made me feel they were the right choices.
Cinnamon is about supporting survival, it's uplifting, and is rubefacient, (brings blood to the area), and is stimulating. It encourages vigor for life, improves morale and is grounding, it is a nervine.
Lemon is uplifting and supports relationships, it is stimulating for the immune system and it expands our energy and helps to release tension. I love that it is uplifting and helps reduce feelings of overwhelm.
Neroli also supports relationships, and creative energy. Sedative, tonic and immune stimulating, it connects us to a higher vibration for spirit and for our heart center. It definitely settles the nerves.
Rosemary Tuscan Blue is good for the brain; it balances and helps with clarity, honoring truth. It transforms, and purifies our energy and helps with grounding. It loves, unconditionally.
helps with higher information, meditation, and purity. And' like Rosemary, supports us with unconditional love. It is expansive like lemon and a nervine like Neroli and Cinnamon. Helpful for mediation it is also sedative.
What was lovely about this mix of oils I picked at random with eyes closed: they share common properties which affirms the qualities I can use for inspiration to exercise my muscles to get stronger and offer me clarity to help balance, ground, protect and to love myself unconditionally. This blend offers a perspective that supports my creative side. Offers focus and encourages me to move past the difficult and help me stick to goals with ease, and to do it in a way that uplifts the call to take care of myself both physically and financially.
Working out was not my thing. Sure, I would do it, but I didn't always stick to it. Once I began to correlate how it could help me not just loosen muscle, tone it up and create more flexibility it was very cool to relate how saving money made me feel similar emotions. You have to pay your dues and in order to have a flexible body that is energy efficient, flexible and strong, you have to work out. And in order to have a financial cushion, you have to save. They both use different muscles, and the goals can be achieved easily with on-going practice.
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VMware is launching a new Kubernetes solution (https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudnative/2019/02/26/launching-vmware-essential-pks/) called VMware Essential PKS. Essential PKS includes an upstream Kubernetes version backed with commercial support by VMware. The new solution is designed to address the needs of users who want vendor support without the heavy customization and modification often associated with vendor-distributed Kubernetes alternatives. Essential PKS also comes with reference architectures to inform design decisions.
Why would someone want Essential PKS (with an upstream version of Kubernetes) rather than VMware's own fully managed Enterprise PKS? According to Scott Buchanan, senior director, product marketing at VMware, many potential customers have already invested in Kubernetes and would prefer to keep the open source, upstream version, but without the overhead of in-house maintenance.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, has announced the release of Linux 5.0. Despite any excitement around the major release number, the fact is these numbers really don't mean much. Torvalds has often said that he chooses a new number when the version number becomes too long. He simply doesn't want a situation where "the numbers are big enough that you can't really distinguish them."


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