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Finalisation of Lyxor acquisition
Paris, Tuesday 04 January 2022
After 6 months of preparatory work and the finalization of Lyxor acquisition, Amundi confirms the strategic and industrial benefits of this project, and presents new ambitions and the organization for two key areas of expertise: passive management and liquid alternative investment.
Founded in 1998, Lyxor totalizes more than €140bn1,2 in Assets under Management and advisory (AuM). Lyxor is one of the key players in the ETF market (€95bn1 of AuM, 3rd largest player in Europe with a 7.7% market share) and has developed a recognized expertise in active management (€45 bn of AuM1), in particular through its leading alternative platform.
Thanks to this acquisition, Amundi benefits from strong levers to accelerate its development and announce two new strong ambitions:
Accelerate in passive management with a target of 50% AuM growth by 2025
The acquisition of Lyxor - the European pioneer of ETFs - propels Amundi Passive platform (ETFs, Index & Smart Beta solutions) to the position of European leading ETF provider3. Collectively the combined ETF business represents over €170bn in assets under management1, resulting in a UCITS ETF market share of 14% for Amundi.
Expand our leadership position in liquid alternatives with the creation of the Amundi Alternatives business line
The integration of Lyxor allows Amundi to enrich its active management capabilities with the addition of an alternative investment expertise, giving investors access to innovative sources of diversification and performance for their portfolios.
Amundi affirms its position as a leader in alternative investment, with the objective of increasing the Alternative UCITS platform by 50% by 2025 and accelerating the development of DMAP towards institutional clients internationally.
Discover all the details of our new ambitions on our corporate website
1. At 30/09/2021
2. Excluding advisory mandates not included in AuM according to Amundi's methodology ; Activities from Lyxor retained by Société Générale: structured asset management and other activities dedicated to private banking
3. Source : Amundi, Lyxor, ETFGI, as of September 2021
22/12/2021 ESG
ESG Ambitions
Our new ESG Ambition 2025 plan aims to tackle climate change, arguably the greatest challenge of our times.
Amundi presents its new "ESG Plan 2025" and accelerates its transformation to support a fair environmental transition


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CATEGORIES: Cover Reveal, Excerpt, Jane Harvey-Berrick, Standalone Story in Series
I'm not a good man.
I'm not a bad man.
But I've made some bad mistakes, made the wrong choices. Who hasn't? But the consequences are tearing us apart.
I love two people.
I love them differently.
The world tells me I have to choose. Why? Why do I have to choose?
Loving hurts.
Dancing heals.
Love makes you soar, makes you fly and sets you free—and then it lets you freefall until you're smashed and bleeding on the ground. Ultimately, love is the worst thing that can happen to a human being.
In my opinion.
One is a man.
One is a woman.
And they are brother and sister.
COVER REVEAL: Luka
Jane Harvey-Berrick
Expected Release Date: 16 June 2016
Book Series: The Rhythm
One man, two roads… I fell in love with the first book in this series almost immediately, and have been patiently waiting for Ash's best friend's story ever since. Feast your eyes on the stunning cover of Luka and enjoy an amazing excerpt that gave me goosebumps…
"What's your story, Luka? I already know all these gossipy little Tinkerbells. How did you come out, beautiful?"
Seth pulled a face, and I knew he was worrying that I'd tell them I was bi. I was tempted, and not just because of the four glasses of champagne I'd drunk.
"A teacher at school saw me being sucked off by an older guy in the locker rooms at school."
There was a shocked silence.
"Shite, sorry," said Eugene. "I didn't mean to pry. It's just one of those dinner party questions…" his words tailed off.
I shrugged.
"I got called fegi, fag, gay, for years because I went to dance classes. I beat the shit out of anyone who called me that. They left me alone pretty much. I didn't think of myself as gay."
"Obviously not if you got sucked off in a changing room by an older boy," sneered Julian.
"Since I'd been dating girls, yeah, it surprised me," I said calmly.
"You don't have to talk about it," Seth said tightly.
That made me pissed, because I knew it wasn't concern for my feelings.
"I don't mind," I said, throwing him a challenging look.
His lips pressed into a thin line, and he leaned back in his seat with his arms crossed.
"The teacher told the Principal, and the Principal told my parents. My mother hit me so hard she knocked out a tooth. My dad threw me out, so I went to live with my grandmother." I paused, seeing the looks of acknowledgement and recognition on their faces. "Things were better after that."
"How old were you?" Eugene asked gently.
"Fourteen when it started; fifteen when they found out."
I picked up my champagne flute and took a long drink.
The Rhythm - Recommended Reading Order
BOOK REVIEW: Slave to the Rhythm by Jane Harvey-Berrick
COVER REVEAL & EXCERPT: Slave to the Rhythm by Jane Harvey-Berrick
EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: Sordid by Nikki Sloane
EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: Demand by Lisa Renee Jones
The Rhythm

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Ocean education
A song for One Ocean Expedition
Written by Ronald Toppe
Ocean education > A song for One Ocean Expedition
about 1 month agoOcean education
South African school children are looking forward to Statsraad Lehmkuhl coming to Cape Town in January. They have been working all autumn on a performance that will be shown on board.
The purpose of One Ocean Expedition is to raise awareness and share knowledge about the important role of the ocean for a sustainable future. And the future belongs to today's children.
This is the reason there are special events where local schools are invited in as many as possible of the ports that Statsraad Lehmkuhl visits.
Artwork, some using plastic from a Durban beach. Photo: Berea Primary school
Berea Primary school
Here in Norway, Elevkanalen organizes and shares all the exciting things that happen on board with all the schools in the country, and several Norwegian schools follow the expedition as part of their teaching.
So does Berea Primary school in Durban in South Africa.
- The students at Berea Primary had art projects using plastic that they have collected on the beach in Durban, says Erlend Eidsvik, who is a professor at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.
Below you can see the film the school made when the students cleared the long sandy beach of rubbish.
A special song
The University collaborates with Berea Primary, and Eidsvik says that the students will travel to Cape Town when the Statsraad Lehmkuhl docks January 13.
They bring with them everything they have worked on, and set up an exhibition on the ship.
The plastic is from a Durban beach. Photo: Berea Primary school
- The music teacher at the school, Dane Francis, has composed a special One Ocean song, which the students have rehearsed this autumn, and look forward to perform on board, writes Eidsvik in an email to the director of the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation, Haakon Vatle.
Vatle is also a musician, he sings shanties, and Eidsvik has an idea.
- You play the guitar, Haakon, and I play the piano, so we can join in if we want!
Students from Rothaugen secondary school in Bergen have made a board game, "The hunt for Statsraad Lehmkuhl", with questions to fit various subjects. The board game is also played by students in Durban.
The route made into a board game. Photo: Berea Primary school
Board game cards. Photo: Berea Primary school
Board game cards made by students at Rothaugen secondary school in Norway. Photo: Rothaugen skole
The South African and Norwegian students have started a joint digital book project, writing about how the future could be, and other stories related to sustainability. This project will also be presented during the week that Statsraad Lehhkuhl is in Cape Town.
Three students from Rothaugen secondary school and four from schools in Durban will sail with Statsraad Lehmkuhl from Maputo to Cape Town.
The book project. Photo: Berea Primary school
On December 16, Statsraad Lehmkuhl arrive in Maputo, Mozambique, where The ship will stay through Christmas.
There is also a lot going on in Maputo, and the exhibition "Ocean's that Unite Us" is ready, with information both about One Ocean Expedition and about the ship.
The exhibition in Maputo. Photo: Sabina Malskaer
The One Ocean Expedition is a circumnavigation by the Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl. We aim to to share knowledge about the crucial role of the ocean for a sustainable development in a global perspective.
Website by TRY / Netlife


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by Louie Dimovski · Published December 12, 2018 · Last modified December 13, 2018
Farming Simulator C64 Edition – Nice Demo, What About The Rest of the Game?
GIANTS Software has been able to obtain a good loyal following for their Farming Simulator franchise over the years and when they recently announced that the Collector's Edition of Farming Simulator 19 was to included a Commodore 64 port, we were naturally curious, if not slightly excited. C64 enthusiasts were...
by Louie Dimovski · Published December 7, 2018
Space Moguls (C64) Set To Be Released Today, Insights with Developer Carl-Henrik Skarstedt
Protovision will be launching their latest release title, Space Moguls, for the Commodore 64 on the evening of December 7 (Central European Time). Developed by Carl-Henrik Skarstedt, in collaboration with Ole-Marius Pettersen and Stein Pedersen (who provided the music and sound effect), Space Moguls is a modern day tribute to...
by Paulo · Published December 5, 2018
Sam's Journey on TheC64 Mini
Protovision, the C64 game publisher is cooperating with Knights of Bytes to release Sam's Journey for TheC64-mini. Sam's Journey was one of the most expected games and has been received with high praises for every retro media outlet. The adorable platformer is so good that I believe it could be on...
by Louie Dimovski · Published October 14, 2018
Space Moguls, Upcoming Game Preview for the C64
The Commodore 64 is not known for its turn based strategy games and its a genre that appears to have been neglected in the era of current generation titles. Carl-Henrik Skarstedt and Protovision are looking to change all this with the upcoming release of Space Moguls, a modern day homage...
by Louie Dimovski · Published July 21, 2018
Space Moguls, Commodore 64, Development Update of this tribute to M.U.L.E.
Carl-Henrik Skårstedt has provided the C64 community with the latest development update video for his upcoming game Space Moguls, a tribute to the classic strategy game M.U.L.E. Space Moguls will see you take on a role as a contestant in a competition that sends out 4 competitors to a new...
by Kitty · Published June 21, 2018
Grab some really fantastic C64 Games over at Protovision!
If you have been following our website since the days of Commodore is Awesome, you will know we regularly cover News from one of our favourite gaming websites, Protovision. A fantastic site where you can buy new games for the good old breadbin. Currently there are nine games in development...
by Louie Dimovski · Published April 23, 2018
El Loco Challenge, New Racing Game in Works, Inspired by Lotus Turbo Challenge
Fans of the great racer, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge, can look forward to a homage of the game with the upcoming Commodore 64 project, El Loco Challenge. Jammerc64 is in the process of coding El Loco Challenge as part of the Forum64 & Protovision Game Competition 2017. Posting his early work...
by Louie Dimovski · Published April 3, 2018
Sam's Journey, Commodore 64, ViTNO Game Review
It's hard to believe that Mayhem in Monsterland was released almost 25 years ago. It has been heralded as the definitive platformer for the Commodore 64 in terms of both gameplay and technical achievement that pushed the 'old breadbin' to do things it was not supposed to do. It was...
by Kitty · Published March 21, 2018
Galencia Khaos Sphere, Galencia's New Sequel by Jason Aldred
Jason Aldred is the creator of the awesome Galencia game for the Commodore 64. If you are following @JasonNapalm, you will see that he's already working on the sequel, Galencia Khaos Sphere, which was launched as a Kickstarter project. Almost immediately the Kickstarter reached it's set goal of £6,000 with...
by Joerg Droege · Published March 15, 2018
Scene World Podcast Episode #45 – Sam's Journey with Chester Kollschen
Chester Kollschen has been producing groundbreaking games on the C64 for over two decades. AJ and Joerg talk to him about his acclaimed new game, Sam's Journey by Knights of Bytes & Protovision, as well as about his past, and what might be in his future (hint: it's not a...


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There are two options to choose from for Ward's CIMS. A single-user site license allows one school location to track its chemical inventory. This includes one building with multiple classrooms and cabinet locations. The district site license allows customers to input chemical inventory data for up to 20 different buildings. Each building then includes multiple classrooms and cabinet locations. The district site license is available in one and five-year options.
Delivery information: Site licenses information will be sent to the customer upon purchase.


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The Crafter is for particular guys. It's the REMINGTON Beard Boss Trim and Detail Grooming Kit, and it gives you total control of your look. With up to 180 minutes of cordless runtime (that's up to THREE HOURS), you can get up to months of powerful trimming before a recharge is needed. The Crafter is 100% waterproof for comfortable grooming in the shower and for easy cleaning. Plus, turbo mode lets you power through even the thickest hair in no time. And with a wide range of included accessories, you'll be able to trim your goatee, your mustache, and so much more. For the exact look you desire, use The Crafter.
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Can this product 6171 be used for body grooming and shaving?
This will trim as long as 20mm.
would the body trimmer attachment of previous models work with this trimmer?
the body trimmer models of pg6145 and pg6155 -- if i bought them separately, could i attache them to this trimmer and use them?
No attachments from older models will not fit on this.
are the blades self sharpening and will oiling be needed for maintance?
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Can I use this trimmer plugged while shaving? In other words, does it work cord and cordless?
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I want this type of love, so I switch on netflix and find some type of happy ending romantic comedy.
Because that is the beginning of love, but not all of love.
We decide who we will invest our time with. Who we will trust with our emotions, with our wants and needs. We decide if we can go to the final mile with this person, or if we are hanging on in hopes it will get better.
Love starts off slow and creeps up on you. All of sudden you're in a whirlwind of emotion, where this person's actions effect your emotions more than food.
And if you are one of the ones that wins the lottery, gets a person with good character, makes it past your flaws and their flaws, you commit. Hopefully, eventually, for life.
And everything is easy from there: Cue the unicorns.
NOT. It all gets so much harder. Even their breathing starts to irritate you, because you just know they are using too much oxygen.
This is when love really becomes a decision.
You have committed to this person. This is when character really counts. And why, when dating, it is so important to make the right choice, and that you know yourself well enough (my number 1 rule for dating) that you chose someone who is right for you.
Because when you decide to invest your time, energy and effort with someone, you will fall in love. You will have wonderful emotions stronger than cravings for food. You will grow together, admire each other's quirks and strengths and want to help and support your partner. And when those amazing butterfly-walking-on-cloud-9 and those they-are-0h-so-perfect-hormones-and-feelings fade, you are left with your beautiful choice and your correct decision to love this person.
So, pick who you will carefully. Pick with prayer. Pick with time and pick with eyes open. Pick with gentleness for your heart and for theirs. And pick with a tenacious spirit. Because love is a beautiful decision, but not an easy one.


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Q: Spring MVC handling form population and submission I have a form which I am populating using handleRequest on the controller which returns a new ModelAndView with the correct form and a model passed through. The form populates correctly.
On the same controller I have an onSubmit method which is supposed to handle the submission of the form I created. This is never called. When I submit the form the page reloads as if I have called handleRequest and nothing happens.
Bean Definition:
<bean name="/update-user.htm" class="com.leadx.web.usermaintenance.controllers.UpdateUserController" >
    <property name="sessionForm" value="true" />
    <property name="commandName" value="updateUserSelectCommand" />
    <property name="commandClass" value="com.leadx.web.usermaintenance.commands.UpdateUserSelectCommand" />
    <property name="formView" value="update_user" />
</bean>

Controller:
public class UpdateUserController extends SimpleFormController implements Controller  {

protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());

@Autowired
private UserService userService;

@Override
public ModelAndView handleRequest(final HttpServletRequest request, final HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException,
        IOException {

    final List<User> users = this.userService.retrieveAllUsers();

    final Map<String, Object> userMaintenanceModel = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    userMaintenanceModel.put("users", users);

    this.logger.info("Count of users: " + users.size());
    this.logger.info("Returning Update User view");

    return new ModelAndView("update_user", "userMaintenanceModel", userMaintenanceModel);
}

@Override
public ModelAndView onSubmit(final Object command) throws ServletException {

    final int userId = ((UpdateUserSelectCommand) command).getId();

    this.logger.info("Preparing to update user: " + userId);

    final User user = this.userService.retrieveUserById(userId);

    final Map<String, Object> userMaintenanceModel = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    userMaintenanceModel.put("user", user);

    return new ModelAndView("update_user_details", "userMaintenanceModel", userMaintenanceModel);
}

}
And the JSP:
<%@ include file="/WEB-INF/jsp/include.jsp"%>

<title>User Maintenance :: Update User</title>

Select a User to Update

    <form:form method="post" commandName="updateUserSelectCommand">

            <select>
                <c:forEach var="user" items="${userMaintenanceModel.users}">
                    <option value="${user.getId()}">${user.getUsername()}</option>
                </c:forEach>
            </select>

        <input type="submit" align="center" value="Submit">
    </form:form>

I'm absolutely stumped with this so any help will be really really appreciated, thanks.

A: When using SimpleFormController, you should override referenceData() method to populate form with the initial data. You shouldn't override handleRequest(), because it handles both GET and POST requests:
@Override
public Map referenceData(HttpServletRequest request) {
    final List<User> users = this.userService.retrieveAllUsers();
    final Map<String, Object> userMaintenanceModel = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    userMaintenanceModel.put("users", users);
    return userMaintenanceModel;
}

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Q: Copying Styles from one Excel Workbook to another I want to copy one sheet of a workbook (including the styles) to a new workbook.
I tried iteration over all Cells and
CellStyle newCellStyle = workbook.createCellStyle();
newCellStyle.cloneStyleFrom(oldCell.getCellStyle());
newCell.setCellStyle(newCellStyle);

throws
java.lang.IllegalStateException: The maximum number of cell styles was exceeded. You can define up to 4000 styles in a .xls workbook
CellStyle newCellStyle = oldCell.getCellStyle();
newCell.setCellStyle(newCellStyle);

throws
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: This Style does not belong to the supplied Workbook. Are you trying to assign a style from one workbook to the cell of a differnt workbook?
What is the correct way to copy the styles?

A: solved it with a hashmap containing the styles
HashMap<Integer, CellStyle> styleMap = new HashMap<Integer, CellStyle>();
public void copyCell(Cell oldCell, Cell newCell){
       int styleHashCode = oldCell.getCellStyle().hashCode();
           CellStyle newCellStyle = styleMap.get(styleHashCode);
           if(newCellStyle == null){
               newCellStyle = newCell.getSheet().getWorkbook().createCellStyle();
               newCellStyle.cloneStyleFrom(oldCell.getCellStyle());
               styleMap.put(styleHashCode, newCellStyle);
           }
           newCell.setCellStyle(newCellStyle);
}

A: Styles in Excel are a curly mess. If you want to copy a sheet and all its styles between workbooks, using Excel desktop, it is normally sufficient to just copy the sheet between the workbooks. The styles will come as baggage automatically.
But styles copied this way can also easily get corrupted and cause a lot of problems. Your message of exceeding the limit points to style corruption, because no healthy workbook would have more than 4000 styles.

A: Use below code out of iteration:
CellStyle newCellStyle = workbook.createCellStyle();
newCellStyle.cloneStyleFrom(oldCell.getCellStyle());

and this within iteration which you are using to create new cells:
newCell.setCellStyle(newCellStyle);

will solve this.


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Throwback Thursday: Baldwin Lofts
In Condo Trackerby BradyCullen May 13, 2020 Leave a Comment
It's Throwback Thursday and that means it's time for our next historical condo building featurette. As a condo expert with Denver High-Rise Living, we aim to become educated in all aspects of the condo market. A part of this that brokers don't often seek to understand is the construction of the buildings and the materials and styles that were used to create the condos that we sell today. For this week's article I wanted to showcase a building with historical significance not because of its age or its use, but primarily for the methods and materials used to build it. Having been completed in 1896, it is the oldest building I've featured so far. Located in the heart of downtown at 1617 California St., our historical condo building for this week's Throwback Thursday is The Baldwin Lofts.
The pictures attached are from the corner of 16th and California, facing the Colorado building, with the Baldwin Lofts off to the right. Locating pictures of this building was quite a challenge but we wanted you to be able to relate to the building from historical times.
Originally developed by Philip Feldhauser, a partner in the development of the Hayden, Dickenson and Feldhauser building next door, the building was formerly known as the Feldhauser-Baldwin Building. Feldhauser was a fairly well-known developer in Denver at the time having been widely recognized for his participation in the development of Denver's renown Oxford Hotel. Although he was responsible for the structure's initial build, Feldhauser's namesake was later removed from the building's title leaving behind the name of the longtime commercial tenant for which the building is still named today, The Baldwin Piano Company.
Initially a two-story structure, the building was designed in the Chicago, turn of the century Renaissance revival look and was expanded in the early 1900's in accordance with Feldhauser's original curtain wall construction style. To build using curtain wall construction means that the exterior walls are not structural but rather aesthetic, usually covered with a lighter exterior material. While it was an innovative and rather new concept at the time this building went up, it is now a common form of construction that has been modernized with the use of glass panels for exterior façades.
The façade of The Baldwin Lofts is another feature that makes this building so historically significant. During the mid-1800's a New York developer by the name of James Bogardus proposed an idea of using cast iron for complete building facades. Refinements developed during the late 18th century made cast iron relatively inexpensive in comparison to carved stone and as it could still be painted, it was easy to make it look like stone while spending significantly less. With cast iron having been replaced by modern steel and concrete in the early 1900's, Feldhauser's use of it for The Baldwin Lofts makes it the last remaining building with a cast iron façade in Denver.
It wasn't until the late 1990's that The Feldhauser-Baldwin Building became The Baldwin Lofts and was converted to residential homes. Redeveloped by the well-known Charles Woolley of St. Charles Town Company and completed in 1999, Denver real estate agent Jane Wallace remembers selling the initial condos as Woolley's salesperson for the building.
"Back then we marketed the property using only the postcard mailers and print ads in The Denver Post and The Rocky Mountain News. Even so, I remember our grand opening weekend and it was packed with people," Wallace said. "The units were rather easy to sell and we had so much interest in the building it didn't take very long for them to sell out completely."
Wallace, a prominent figure in Denver's downtown real estate market to this day, has fond memories of working for Mr. Woolley and of The Baldwin Lofts and selling the downtown location. Several notable individuals including current Colorado Governor Jared Polis were original residents of the building. The units were positioned as an affordable alternative to the luxury lofts that were saturating the market at the time with some units selling for under $100,000. With its unique architectural qualities including radius (curved) walls, The Baldwin Lofts brought character and attainability to ownership in Denver's inner city and still to this day offers prospective buyers significantly lower purchase prices for a downtown lifestyle that's becoming more desirable.
So, if you find yourself on downtown's 1600 block of California St, be sure to stop and appreciate that which so often gets overlooked or passed by without a thought. These historic buildings nestled between modern new structures in our city bring such unique character to Denver's street fronts. I, like so many, am so proud to be a Denver resident and find myself touring my guests all over this amazing city. Hopefully, with the historical knowledge of buildings like this one, we all will be able to sound a little more nostalgic as we give those tours to our Denver visitors in the future.
Currently, The Baldwin Lofts has only one active listing on the market. An 840 square foot, one-bedroom, one-bathroom condo priced at just $360,000 and listed by the RE/MAX Alliance. If you're interested in learning more about The Baldwin Lofts, the current available listing or any other historical condo buildings in Denver, contact Denver High-Rise Living today.
**Photo Credit to the Denver Library**


Amy Lou Adams an August born, to an American couple Richard Kent and Kathryn Adams, particularly from Italy. Amy Adams childhood was not a streak of consistency but she had to keep adjusting and adapting because of several transfers from one nation to another due to her father's job. Her last stop being Castle Rock, Colorado where she lasted for the longest and went to a coveted High school.Amy feels these transfers helped her in carving an amazing personality, well suited for the glamour world. She was an enthusiastic student and participated in various activities be it singing, dancing or athletics. Amy gave up sports to learn some more of professional dancing.
However it wasnot a cake walk for the actress, when she shifted her base to Atlanta, it came to her as an eyeopener. Her talent was not enough to reach the level of a professional ballerina, she hurriedly went under some A class training. Following years were all about struggle and extensive training, 1999 got her first debut part with the movie Drop Dead Gorgeous.
Decade of 2000s brought her into several feature films including Sunshine Cleaning, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Julie & Julia, Moonlight Serenade and Leap Year and 2010 got her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for The Fighter.Its very hard to be beautiful and stay rumourless side by side. Amy fell under the similar trap because she looks young and flawless, even when she is approaching to 40's. "The Fighter" star and her surgeries have been subject to several discussion platforms.
First and foremost of the lot being a nose job. Experts gave some mixed reviews, some of them called it the recent results a combination of great decision and great precision while some called it unwanted, in her case. The reason, it can be either ways because she already had great features, she had no need to bring in the tampering effect to her nose. Till then the effects are safe for her, her decision cant be dissed any further. Amy proved to be lucky as her surgery gave her only good results, unlike other counterparts who could see their career shattering. Meanwhile, her rumoured Rhinoplasty can be attributed with some good as it has gifted her with exact and sharper cuts. Some of the images on the Web can be held as true evidence, a quick comparison shows that it is much elevated now than before.
The best part for Amy can be that these plastic surgeries didn't took a toll on her career though. Even after the firm surfacing of the rumours, she managed to grab roles in some desirable projects and pulled them off amazingly.


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Average temperature in January
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January, like December, in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, is a wintry winter month, with an average temperature ranging between max 35.4°F (1.9°C) and min 23.4°F (-4.8°C).
With an average high-temperature of 35.4°F (1.9°C) and an average low-temperature of 23.4°F (-4.8°C), January is the coldest month.
In Berkeley Heights, the average relative humidity in January is 76%.
In Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, during January, the rain falls for 9.2 days and regularly aggregates up to 2.01" (51mm) of precipitation. Throughout the year, in Berkeley Heights, there are 161.2 rainfall days, and 30.31" (770mm) of precipitation is accumulated.
January through May, October through December are months with snowfall. In Berkeley Heights, during 7.9 snowfall days, 2.09" (53mm) of snow is typically accumulated. Throughout the year, there are 26.6 snowfall days, and 11.18" (284mm) of snow is accumulated.
The average length of the day in January is 9h and 40min.
On the first day of the month, sunrise is at 7:21 am and sunset at 4:40 pm. On the last day of January, in Berkeley Heights, sunrise is at 7:08 am and sunset at 5:13 pm EST.
In Berkeley Heights, the average sunshine in January is 5.1h.
The months with the lowest UV index are January through March, November and December, with an average maximum UV index of 2. A UV Index reading of 2, and below, represents a minimal health hazard from unprotected exposure to Sun's UV rays for the ordinary person.
Note: The daily maximum UV index of 2 in January interpret into the following advice:
Extended sun exposure is not an issue for the majority. Children, infants, and fair-skinned individuals always need to be protected. The solar radiation is most powerful near the mid-day, so the exposure to the direct Sun should be reduced accordingly. A wide-brim hat offers excellent sun protection for the eyes, ears, face, and neck. Sunglasses with UVA and UVB protection significantly reduce eye damage from sun exposure. Tightly woven, loose-fitting clothes provide additional protection from the Sun. Caution! The reflection of snow can nearly double the intensity of the Sun's UV radiation.
What is the coldest month in Berkeley Heights?
January is the coldest month in Berkeley Heights, with an average high-temperature of 35.4°F (1.9°C) and an average low-temperature of 23.4°F (-4.8°C).
What is the temperature in January in Berkeley Heights?
In January, the average high-temperature is 35.4°F (1.9°C), and the average low-temperature is 23.4°F (-4.8°C).
What is the average humidity in January in Berkeley Heights?
In January, the average relative humidity in Berkeley Heights is 76%.
How many days does it rain in January in Berkeley Heights?
In Berkeley Heights, during January, the rain falls for 9.2 days and regularly aggregates up to 2.01" (51mm) of precipitation.
How many days does it snow in January in Berkeley Heights?
In Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, during January, snow falls for 7.9 days and regularly aggregates up to 2.09" (53mm) of snow.
What is the average length of the day in January in Berkeley Heights?
The average day length in January is 9h and 40min.
When is the sunrise / sunset in January in Berkeley Heights?
In January, on the first day of the month, sunrise is at 7:21 am and sunset at 4:40 pm. On the last day of the month, in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, sunrise is at 7:08 am and sunset at 5:13 pm EST.
How long on average sun shines in January in Berkeley Heights?
The average sunshine duration in January in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, is 5.1h.
When is the lowest UV index in Berkeley Heights?
The months with the lowest UV index in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, are January through March, November and December, with an average maximum UV index of 2.
What is the UV index reading in January in Berkeley Heights?
The average daily maximum UV index in January in Berkeley Heights is 2. A UV Index estimate of 2, and below, represents a low health threat from unprotected exposure to UV radiation.
Average high temperature in January: 35.4°F
Average low temperature in January: 23.4°F
Average pressure in January: 30.07"Hg
The month with the highest atmospheric pressure is November (30.11"Hg).
Average wind speed in January: 8.5mph
The windiest month (with the highest average wind speed) is March (8.7mph).
Average humidity in January: 76%
The months with the highest relative humidity are February and December (79%).
The month with the lowest relative humidity is April (73%).
Average rainfall in January: 2.01"
The wettest months (with the highest rainfall) are July and December (3.11").
Average rainfall days in January: 9.2 days
Average snowfall in January: 2.09"
Average snowfall days in January: 7.9 days
The month with the highest number of snowfall days is January (7.9 days).
Average daylight in January /
Average daylight in January: 9h and 40min
Average sunshine in January: 5h and 6min
Average sunshine days in January: 16.8 days
The month with the least sunshine days is June (11.3 days).
Average UV index in January: 2
The months with the lowest UV index are January, February, March, November and December (UV index 2).
Average cloud cover in January: 45
The month with the most cloud cover is March (Cloud cover 49).
Average visibility in January: 6mi
The months with the highest visibility are January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September, October, November and December (6mi).
The month with the lowest visibility is May (5mi).
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I love this game. It's totally awesome. My only complaint is that it's too short. Otherwise nice job.
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Q: XSLT to wrap XML data in html tags I have an XML node containing data I want to turn into an unordered list. Like so:
<list><![CDATA[*Lorem ipsumdolor sit  *consectetur adipiscing elit, * sed do eiusmod * tempor incididunt ut]]></list>

I'm wanting to separate the list elements on the asterisks.
So the output will be:

Lorem ipsumdolor sit

consectetur adipiscing elit,

sed do eiusmod

tempor incididunt ut

I first tried using a recursive string replace template applied to the data, but I was having trouble wrapping the end up in an
 tag.

A: try this
<xsl:template match="list">

        <xsl:call-template name="li">
            <xsl:with-param name="listdata" select="string(.)"/>
        </xsl:call-template>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="li">
    <xsl:param name="listdata"/>
    <xsl:variable name="lidata">
        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="contains($listdata, '*')">
                <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(substring-before($listdata, '*'))"/>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
                <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($listdata)"/>
            </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:variable>
    <xsl:variable name="lidataremaindata" select="normalize-space(substring-after($listdata, '*'))"/>
    <xsl:if test="normalize-space($lidata) != ''">

        <xsl:value-of select="$lidata"/>

    </xsl:if>
    <xsl:if test="normalize-space($lidataremaindata) != ''">
        <xsl:call-template name="li">
            <xsl:with-param name="listdata" select="$lidataremaindata"/>
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Q: What does gamma tensor $\gamma_{\mu\nu}$ mean in General Relativity I was recently going through Einstein's 'The Meaning of Relativity', where in chapter 4, he describes:

To the second approximation we must then put $g_{\mu\nu} = -\delta_{\mu\nu} + \gamma_{\mu\nu}$ where $\gamma_{\mu\nu}$ are to be regarded as small of the first order.

At first I thought that $\gamma_{\mu\nu}$ is just any other addition to the metric, but as I read along, I found that $\gamma_{\mu\nu}$ is used plenty of times, even while discussing the cosmological problem. Einstein, at one point also says that $\frac{\gamma_{44}}{2}$ can be identified as the gravitational potential.
My question is this: Is there a physical and/or mathematical meaning for $\gamma_{\mu\nu}$.  And what is it's connection with the metric, and how can it be derived. Basically I want to know what $\gamma_{\mu\nu}$ means in the real world and how it is obtained mathematically. And I think mathematical rigour would be preferable for me to grasp the concept more fundamentally.

A: Since the universe (at any length scale) is not very symmetric, in almost all physical situations, we do not know the spacetime geometry exactly. What this means is that one can never analytically compute $g_{\mu \nu}$ for a given region of spacetime. Thankfully, we don't need to, since many phenomena in the universe can be described using a geometry that is approximately $g_{\mu \nu}$. This means that we can consider a 'small' deviation $\gamma_{\mu \nu}$ from a known and highly symmetric geometry $g_{\mu \nu}$, to describe physics to a good approximation.
One example is gravitational waves traveling large distances to reach the earth from some binary black hole collision. These waves have essentially been traveling in empty space (or flat space, approximately) for a long time. We can therefore fix $g_{\mu \nu}$ as flat space (= $\eta_{\mu \nu}$), and $\gamma_{\mu \nu}$ as gravitational waves traveling on this flat space.
As another example, consider a non-rotating black hole. It can be described exactly by a Schwarzschild metric. But this is a perfect scenario. In real life, black holes interact with stars, matter, and other black holes around them. So there is to be some deviation from pure Schwarzschild geometry in such dynamical processes. We then fix $g_{\mu \nu}$ as the Schwarzschild metric, and $\gamma_{\mu \nu}$ as some deviation around it. One then substitutes the approximation of the full metric $g_{\mu \nu} + \gamma_{\mu \nu}$ in Einstein's equations and obtains equations for $\gamma_{\mu \nu}$. These describe how exactly the black hole changes its shape from pure Schwarzschild geometry. This is just an example - in real life, astrophysical black holes are always rotating (because of angular momentum conservation) so you would take the Kerr metric instead of Schwarschild.


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Unofficial Alabama numbers show 50 percent voter turnout
Updated Nov 7, 2018 ; Posted Nov 7, 2018
Voting in Montgomery, Alabama at Houston Hill Community Center. About 1.7 million of Alabama's 3.46 million registered voters voted in the governor's race on Tuesday. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com).
By Mike Cason | mcason@al.com
Half of Alabama's registered voters turned out for Tuesday's general election, a solid increase in participation four years ago, according to unofficial totals posted by the Secretary of State's office.
There were 1,721,906 total ballots cast. There are 3,457,572 registered voters in the state. That places turnout at 49.8 percent.
For the 2014 general election, turnout was 39.8 percent.
But Tuesday's participation rate was still lower than in the three mid-term elections preceding 2014:
2010: 57.5 percent
2002: 58 percent
Turnout has been higher in presidential election years:
You can see turnout numbers from earlier elections here.
In the governor's race, Gov. Kay Ivey received 1,019,558 votes, 59.5 percent. Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox received 691,671, 40.4 percent. There were 2,614 write-in votes, 0.15 percent.
Secretary of State John Merrill had estimated turnout would be in the 35 to 40 percent range.
This story was updated to provide new numbers from the Secretary of State's office.
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They're the Internet equivalent of storm chasers, spending endless hours scanning and sleuthing, looking for the telltale signs of botnets. Here's an inside look at the battle against cybercrime's weapons of mass infection.
By Joan Goodchild and Senior Editor
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A self-proclaimed geek from the age of 14, Andre DiMino had always been interested in computers and networking. But it wasn't until he entered his professional life many years later that he became interested in the security side of that world.
"I was a system administrator for a fairly large network that experienced a significant hacking incident one weekend," said DiMino. "I became consumed with learning about the methods of attack, who might be involved, and where it came from. Right then, I became passionate about all aspects of security, as well as the various groups that carried out the attacks."
And today, in his forties, it is DiMino's interest in the dark side of security that consumes much of his free time. By day, DiMino is a professional digital forensic analyst. By night, he serves as director of an organization known as Shadowserver Foundation, a group of volunteers dedicated to sleuthing out cybercriminals and shutting them down.
DiMino, and another cofounder who is no longer part of the organization, launched Shadowserver in 2004 with the initial mission of tracking malicious activity online and finding some way to make it stop.
"We just kind of started chasing malware, chasing bots," said DiMino. "Mainly we were interested in understanding what malware did, where it went, how it was developed."
A good deal of their time was spent tracking malicious botnets, networks of compromised computers running software that is installed through virus or worms, without the owners' knowledge; these systems are then controlled remotely by a "bot master." They are used for various online crimes, including sending out spam, phishing, committing click fraud and launching denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Windows PCs are the typical target, although a Mac botnet was reported earlier this year.
Also see the interactive graphic What a Botnet Looks Like
Just five years ago, hunting botnets, said DiMino, was a much different game. The botnets were fairly straightforward, he said, and the primary method of communication was the IRC (Internet Relay Chat). DiMino and other volunteers were able to act like criminals by joining a botnet, watching its traffic to get an understanding of how it was architected and learn more its particular function. They found their efforts were worthwhile as they began contacting network hosts, alerting them that were supporting the botnets and seeing them shutdown.
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Q: How to transform Table data to another Table format in SAS I am stuck in transforming the data table from one format to another format using the SAS Programming function. The structure of the Table is given as below:
id  Date        Time    assigned_pat_loc    prior_pat_loc       Activity
1   May/31/11   8:00    EIAB^EIAB^6                             Admission
1   May/31/11   9:00    8w^201               EIAB^EIAB^6      Transfer to 8w
1   Jun/8/11    15:00   8w^201                                  Discharge
2   May/31/11   5:00    EIAB^EIAB^4                             Admission
2   May/31/11   7:00    10E^45               EIAB^EIAB^4    Transfer to 10E
2   Jun/1/11    1:00    8w^201                  10E^45      Transfer to 8w
2   Jun/1/11    8:00    8w^201                                 Discharge
3   May/31/11   9:00    EIAB^EIAB^2                            Admission
3   Jun/1/11    9:00    8w^201               EIAB^EIAB^2    Transfer to 8w
3   Jun/5/11    9:00    8w^201                                 Discharge
4   May/31/11   9:00    EIAB^EIAB^9                           Admission
4   May/31/11   7:00    10E^45               EIAB^EIAB^9    Transfer to 10E
4   Jun/1/11    8:00    10E^45                                     Death

*

*"Id" is the randomly generated patient identifier.

*"Date" and "Time" is the timestamp of the event.

*"Assigned_pat_loc" is the current patient location in the hospital, formatted as "unit^room^bed". EIAB is the internal code for the emergency department, with most of the admissions process through the emergency department.

*"Prior_pat_loc" is the location where the patient was immediately prior to the current location.

*"Activity" is the description of the event. It includes entries like "Admission", "Transfer to" "Transfer from" "Discharge", and "Death".

*You will notice a lot of duplicate records, where the same transfer is recorded in both the departing and the receiving unit. You will be able to tell by looking at the time stamp – they are identical for duplicate records.

I want to transform it into the following table.

Here are the details of the variables.

*

*r_id is the name of the variable you will generate for the id of the other patient.

*patient 1 had two room-sharing episodes, both in 8w^201 (room 201 of unit 8w); he shared the room with patient 2 for 7 hours (1 am to 8 am on June 1) and with patient 3 for 96 hours (9 am on June 1 to 9 am on June 5).

*Patient 2 also had two-room sharing episodes. The first one was with patient 4 in 10E^45 (room 45 of unit 10E) and lasted 18 hours (7 am May 31 to 1 am June 1); the second one is the 7-hour episode with patient 1 in 8w^201.

*Patient 3 had only one room-sharing episode with patient 1 in room 8w^201, lasting 96 hours.

*Patient 4, also, had only one room-sharing episode, with patient 2 in room 10E^45, lasting 18 hours.

*Note that the room-sharing episodes are listed twice, once for each patient.
Please anyone guide me how it could be done?

A: We need to process the data by location
proc sort HAVE;
  by assigned_pat_loc data time;
run;

In the result, we don not need temporary variables (starting with underscore) and the date and time must be renamed to end_date and end_time.
data WANT (drop= _: rename=(date=end_date time=end_time));
  set HAVE;
  by assigned_pat_loc data time;

I generalize the problem to rooms with a capacity above 2 and use arrays.
Extending the temporary arrays beyond &max_patients, saves me a few if-statements.
Note that temporary arrays are dropped in the result and are retained anyway.
  %let max_patients = 9;
  array id_r {&max_patients - 1} id_1 - id_%eval(&max_patients - 1);
  array patients temporary {&max_patients + 1};
  array admissions temporary {&max_patients + 1};
  if _N_ eq 1 then patient_count = 0;
  retain patient_count;

for every pat_loc, start all over
  if first.assigned_pat_loc then do;
    do patient_nr = 1 to patient_count;
      patients[patient_nr] = .;
    end;
    patient_count = 0;
  end;

if a patient leaves, calculate the time she spent
  if Activity in ("Discharge", "Death") then do;
    _found_patient = 0;
    do _patient_nr = 1 to patient_count;
      if patients[_patient_nr] eq id then do;
        start_date = datepart(admissions[_patient_nr]);
        start_time = timepart(admissions[_patient_nr]);
        duration = (dhms(date,0,0,time) - admissions[_patient_nr]) / 3600;
        _found_patient = 1;
      end;
    end;

shift the patients that arrived later
    if _found_patient then do;
      patients[_patient_nr] = patients[_patient_nr + 1];
      admissions[_patient_nr] = admissions[_patient_nr + 1];
    end;
    patient_count = patient_count - 1;

find out who else was in the pat_loc and write the result
    do _patient_nr = 1 to patient_count;
      id_r[_patient_nr] = patents[_patient_nr];
    end;
    output;
  end;

if a patient arrives, register that for later
  else do;
    patient_count = patient_count + 1;
    patients[_patient_nr] = id;
    admissions[_patient_nr] = dhms(date,0,0,time);
  end;
run;

sort the results
proc sort;
  by id start_date start_time;
run;

Disclaimer: this is a draft, which might need debugging.

A: When dealing with ranges in which there is a possibility of an unexpected overlap case you can enumerate over the range and perform simpler logic for finding shared time/unit/room.
Example:
data have;

length id date time 8 loc ploc $20 activity $10;
input
id  Date& date11.   Time time5.   loc    ploc       Activity;
format date date9. time time5.;

datetime = dhms (date,0,0,0) + time;

length unit room bed punit proom pbed $4;

unit = scan(loc,1,'^');
room = scan(loc,2,'^');
bed  = scan(loc,3,'^');

punit = scan(ploc,1,'^');
proom = scan(ploc,2,'^');
pbed  = scan(ploc,3,'^');

drop loc ploc;

datalines;
1   31-May-2011   8:00    EIAB^EIAB^6          .                Admission
1   31-May-2011   9:00    8w^201               EIAB^EIAB^6      Transfer to 8w
1    8-Jun-2011  15:00    8w^201               .                Discharge
2   31-May-2011   5:00    EIAB^EIAB^4          .                Admission
2   31-May-2011   7:00    10E^45               EIAB^EIAB^4      Transfer to 10E
2    1-Jun-2011   1:00    8w^201               10E^45           Transfer to 8w
2    1-Jun-2011   8:00    8w^201               .                Discharge
3   31-May-2011   9:00    EIAB^EIAB^2          .                Admission
3    1-Jun-2011   9:00    8w^201               EIAB^EIAB^2      Transfer to 8w
3    5-Jun-2011   9:00    8w^201               .                Discharge
4   31-May-2011   9:00    EIAB^EIAB^9          .                Admission
4   31-May-2011   7:00    10E^45               EIAB^EIAB^9      Transfer to 10E
4    1-Jun-2011   8:00    10E^45               .                Death
;

* Fill in the ranges to get data by hour;

data hours(keep=id in_unit in_room at_dt);
  set have;
  by id;

  retain at_dt in_unit in_room;

  if first.id then do;
    at_dt = datetime;
    in_unit = unit;
    in_room = room;
  end;
  else do;
    do at_dt = at_dt to datetime-1 by dhms(0,1,0,0);
      output;
    end;
    in_unit = unit;
    in_room = room;
  end;

  format at_dt datetime16.;
run;

* prepare for transposition;

proc sort data=hours;
  by at_dt in_unit in_room id;
run;

* transpose to know which time/unit/room has multiple patients;

proc transpose data=hours out=roomies_by_hour(drop=_name_ where=(not missing(patid2))) prefix=patid;
  by at_dt in_unit in_room ;
  var id;
run;

* 'unfill' the individual hours to get ranges again;

data roomies;
  set roomies_by_hour;
  by in_unit in_room patid1 patid2;

  retain start_dt end_dt;
  format start_dt end_dt datetime16.;

  if first.patid2 then
    start_dt = at_dt;

  if last.patid2 then do;
    end_dt = at_dt;
    length_hrs = intck('hours', start_dt, end_dt);
    output;
  end;
run;

* stack data flipping perspective of who shared with who;

data roomies_mirrored;
  set
    roomies                                         /* patid1 centric */
    roomies(rename=(patid1=patid2 patid2=patid1))   /* patid2 centric */
  ;
run;

proc sort data=roomies_mirrored;
  by patid1 start_dt;
run;


It is never an average day in the life of Steven Universe!
From helping the Crystal Gems fight creatures to helping out a friend in need, Steven is always up to something.
Join Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl as they keep Beach City weird!
Steven Universe explores the magical world of the hit Cartoon Network show.


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the fact that I have doubts about the existence of any universal theory of justice does not mean that I think the church should avoid attempts to articulate concretely how this or that society should respond to the widow, the orphan, and the ill. What is needed, however, is not a theory of justice to secure that, but a people with the virtue of justice developed through the training of being part of a good community.
Yet another truth that is exemplified for me by The Church of the Saviour, and their Journey Inward/Journey Outward emphasis and structure. Their missions and outreach and "justice-making" is directly derived from their formation , and so becomes a part of the "justice" seeking for them. It is not in the 'taking up' of some 'cause' that has been predefined for them by the political discussions of the day, but comes about as the needs of the world and the Kingdom of God contrast creates a calling , which results in specific missions driven by a band of called persons devoted to one another's journeys that call them to such a mission and sustain and shape that mission.
Theology Today – Vol 44, No.1 – April 1987 – SYMPOSIUM – Will the Real Sectarian Stand Up?
what I refuse to do is underwrite an autonomous natural theology or natural morality in the name of a doctrine of creation or of the incarnation. In short, what I have not done is use those theological affirmations to underwrite autonomous norms that are articulated apart from Jesus.
This refusal to develop a natural theology or natural morality does not in and of itself in any way mean that I believe the church is devoid of resources for developing strategic ethics for the particular societies in which they find themselves. Rather, what I have suggested is that if the church takes seriously its own integrity, it may well help the societies in which it lives to have alternatives that are not part of the current social and political agenda.
Exactly. And Church of the Saviour does just that. Just take a listen or read Gordon Cosby (the now 90 year old founding pastor of the "Church of the Saviour Tradition"). The kinds of things I am addressing in this post are characteristic of their "tradition", which is more directly "Biblical" than 99.9999% of what I see elsewhere, because they live it, and speak of it in those terms.
So while I am not opposed to our trying to harness the resources of state power to alleviate the needs of people, I think it is unfortunate when we think only in those terms.
COS just quietly goes about its business, enabling the evoking of gifts, leading to call to particular missions, which permeate the immediate neighborhood and extend out to be resources to the church in America as a whole (as in "The Ministry of Money", which confronts capitalism and the issues of money in ways that most churches fear to tread, even if they think about such things).
Miscamble (one of the critics) simply seems to ignore entirely my constant emphasis on how the church serves society through the training of virtuous people.
I suspect that underneath Miscamble's critique is his dislike of anyone who has argued as I have for nonviolence as central to the Christian social witness. Contrary to his suspicions, however, such a stance is not antipolitical but profoundly political. Once one disavows the use of violence, it means one has a high stake in developing political processes through which agreement is reached without the necessity of coercion. As Christians, we, of course, want to make our societies as open as possible to the voice of dissent, exactly because we believe so profoundly in the necessity of politics-politics understood as the discussion of peoples necessary to discover the goods they have in common. So Christians will certainly vote as long as our societies will let us. Certainly, it would be a sign of a less good society that it would withdraw the right to vote from those who disavow the use of violence in the name of societal good.
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The Beifuss File: Downtown Memphis' alleys — historic, funky and strange
A look at Downtown Memphis' historic, fun, weird alleys.
The Beifuss File: Downtown Memphis' alleys — historic, funky and strange A look at Downtown Memphis' historic, fun, weird alleys. Check out this story on commercialappeal.com: https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/local/2018/11/07/downtown-memphis-alleys-memphis-history/1378094002/
John Beifuss, Memphis Commercial Appeal Published 7:00 a.m. CT Nov. 7, 2018 | Updated 1:07 p.m. CT Nov. 7, 2018
Alleys of downtown Memphis
Memphis historian Jimmy Ogle describes the city's downtown alleyways on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal,
Downtown South Center Lane alley Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal
Jack Tucker alley in downtown Memphis on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal,
Memphis historian Jimmy Ogle stands in Jack Tucker alley as he talks about the city's downtown landscape on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal,
Memphis' downtown alleyways on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal,
Sanitary sewer service in Greenville County relies on a dozen small operators whose lines collect wastewater from businesses and households in the county's developed areas and carry it to the region's largest wastewater treatment operator, ReWa. The largest collector in the county is MetroConnects, which recently disclosed it will raise rates starting July 1, 2019. Joe Rondone/USA Today Network
Mural work along Memphis' downtown alleyways. Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal,
Memphis' downtown alleyways contain a variety of different manhole covers. Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal,
Memphis downtown alleyways on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal,
Memphis historian Jimmy Ogle holds a November 6, 1934 sign, standing in the alley named for the specific date that Memphis voted to join Tennessee Valley Authority for its utility usage, downtown on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal,
Memphis alleyways where years of brick, cement and asphalt are seen on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal,
Memphis historian Jimmy Ogle points out the zero address marker of the city on the intersection of Madison Avenue and Front Street downtown on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal,
Memphis historian Jimmy Ogle holds a November 6, 1934 sign, standing in the alley named for the specific date that Memphis voted to join Tennessee Valley Authority for its utility usage, downtown on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.(Photo: Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal, )Buy Photo
Alleys, in the public imagination, are places of menace and danger, romance and seduction, illicit trade and fugitive art.
Yes, that's a pretty broad description for a narrow passageway. But you know what I mean. Alleys seem authentic, outlaw — cool.
A sports bar is in a strip mall. A speakeasy is in an alley.
The upper crust resides on Park Avenue. The working class inhabits Gasoline Alley.
When Turner Classic Movies decided to dedicate a weekly program to the sinister crime genre known as film noir, what did the cable channel name it? "Noir Alley."
Lee Dorsey sang "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley." "Sneakin' Jane Down the Lane" just wouldn't have had the same disreputable ring.
But what was once déclassé is now fashionable. Eager to embrace so-called authenticity, cities now promote their back streets — what Downtown Memphis Commission president Jennifer Oswalt calls the "alternative paths" that branch off familiar corridors.
That can be a metaphor, of course. (You've been to the Meditation Garden at Graceland? Next, why not visit Furry Lewis' grave in South Memphis?) But in the case of Downtown Memphis' network of historic alleys, the "alternative paths" are literal.
Recently, the DMC announced a plan to beautify several Downtown alleys, with public art, creative lighting, decoratively repaved surfaces and other improvements. Specifically, the project — dubbed "The Artery: Stereo to Escape" — will focus on the corridors of Stereo Alley, Maggie H. Isabel Street (actually an alley), Rendezvous Alley and General Washburn's Escape Alley, which connect to form the shape of an unused staple that mostly runs parallel to Second Street.
Jimmy Ogle on Memphis' historic alleys Memphis Commercial Appeal
Those pathways, however, are only four of about a dozen alleys that crisscross Downtown Memphis. So The Commercial Appeal (i.e., me and photographer Joe Rondone) decided to take a walking tour of all of them, with official Shelby County historian, sometime Peabody Duckmaster and top alley cat Jimmy Ogle as our knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide.
Ogle, of course, never met a vintage street sign, cornice or cobblestone he didn't want to, well, ogle. He is to Memphis knowledge what water is to wet: Inseparable. You might ask about alleys, but his answers will cover much more: Manhole covers (Downtown has 2,000 of them). Elvis (young master Presley lost his job as a movie usher at the old Loew's State Theater on Main Street after getting into a fight in adjacent Barboro Alley). "Houses of commercial affection" (i.e., brothels).
Ensconced beneath the Madison Avenue "pocket park" on the west side of Maggie H. Isbel alley, the Tops Gallery - a "vatrine" showcase that in this picture is displaying art by Memphis College of Art graduate Motoko Fukuyama - is one of the more unique fixtures of Memphis' Downtown alley system. (Photo: Matt Ducklo)
Although most people now experience alleys as pedestrian shortcuts, historically they were a necessity, Ogle said. They provided crucial access for firefighters and other services, including power and telephone companies. In what is now called Jack Tucker Alley, for example, the sloping cobblestone surface is interrupted at intervals by deep chutes (now covered with metal grills) that originally were coal chutes, so coal could be dropped down into a building's basement.
When the city was first laid out in 1819, it basically stretched from where the Pyramid is now located to Union Avenue. Consequently, most purposeful Downtown alleys are north of Union, and pretty much end by Court Square.
Here's a rundown of our tour:
We met Ogle — toting a heavy tin sign embossed with the legend "November 6th, 1934" — at one of the oldest original alleys, now known as Jack Tucker Alley, which stretches down toward the Mississippi from 77 S. Front. The alleyway is named in honor of the late architect (he died in 2009) now known as "The Father of Downtown Living" for working to bring residents back to the historic city center at a time when more people were incarcerated in the Downtown jail than were renting Downtown apartments. According to Ogle, this alley is paved with cobblestones handmade from "nine different kinds of igneous rock."
Next, we ambled across Front to Barboro Alley, paved with machine-cut cobblestones of decorative concrete known as "bomanite." One of the longest (it connects Wagner Place and Second Street) and liveliest alleys (it has hosted Goner Records concerts), Barboro is home to the neo-speakeasy, Belle Tavern; meanwhile, the walls of some of its buildings provide open-air gallery space for impressive murals by such artists as Marcellous Lovelace (whose painting includes a portrait of genius music producer Willie Mitchell) and the team of Birdcap and Ninjacat (who specialize in expressively cartoonish visions). Ogle said that a stretch of Barbaro near Second used to be known as "Dead Man's Alley" because it housed two funeral homes. Those were the days!
Running south from Barbaro to form the bottom half of a T is a small alley known as Center Lane, which reappears north of Union. But Center Lane is just a rumor of a thoroughfare compared to its parallel neighbor, November 6th, 1934 Street, an alley that runs from Beale to the Pinch in a frequently interrupted dotted-line pattern with 26 turns. Described by Ogle as "the spine of Downtown," the alley once was home to the "house of commercial affection" that was run by the "Heroic Hooker," Annie Cook, who lost her life in 1878 caring for the sick during the Yellow Fever epidemic. But what especially interests Ogle is the fact that the alley is named for an event that hasn't exactly imprinted itself onto the city's collective memory: Nov. 6, 1934, marks the day that Memphis voted to join the TVA power grid. It's this quirkiness that appeals to Ogle, who thinks "November 6th, 1934" might be America's coolest street name as well as the only street in the country named after a full date. Said Ogle: "There's no 'July 4th, 1776' alley in Philadelphia. There's no 'July 20th, 1969' alley anywhere." For this reason, Ogle is irked that street signs now read simply "November 6th," without the year; that's why he toted on our walking tour the aforementioned vintage tin sign with the complete name, which he held aloft near various street corners to demonstrate what ought to be.
Walking north across Union one comes to Charlie Vergos Rendezvous Alley, named, of course, for the late restaurateur and his famous barbecue restaurant. Intersecting the Vergos street like a discarded rib bone is one of Memphis' more interesting paths, General Washburn's Escape Alley; the unusual moniker gives Ogle a chance to put on a one-man show as he re-enacts the comical tale of Cadwallader C. Washburn, the Union general who reportedly hightailed it down the alley in his nightshirt when he received word that Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest had recaptured Memphis and was marching his way.
Head back north on Charlie Vergos and it becomes Maggie H. Isabel Street, an alley-by-any-other-name that has received a Downntown Memphihs Commission makeover with the addition of decorative lights overhead and newly stamped cobblestone patterns on the asphalt underfoot. Maggie H. Isabel runs alongside Madison Avenue Park, the relatively new "pocket park" occupying a small lot where the alley meets Madison. A particularly intriguing element of this design is the Tops Gallery space ensconced beneath the park (which is higher than the slope of the alley for much of Isabel's length). A complement to the indoor Tops Gallery at 400 S. Front, the space is essentially a large trapezoidal "vatrine" (glass showcase) for art, like a highfalutin window display in a commercial shop. Curated by Tops owner Matt Ducklo, the gallery currently houses a selection of "totemic modernist forms" by the man who may be Memphis' most significant sculptor, John McIntire. Many days, a homeless drifter slumps near the glass, adding an unplanned performance element to the show.
Just North of Madison Park off Maggie H. Isabel is Stereo Alley, marked at its entrance on Second by an impressive overhead "Stereo Alley" metal sign, plus the call letters of station KLYX, which once broadcast from headquarters in an alley building (hence the "Stereo" name). From there, the significant Downtown alleys more or less culminate with Park Lane (previously known as Whiskey Alley for its prevalence of bars), and Floyd Alley, which has an unusual claim to fame: You can still see — on a South-facing wall of the Metro 67 apartment building that flanks the alley near Front — the window through which Tom Cruise threw a chair and leaped to freedom while eluding his pursuers in director Sydney Pollack's 1993 adaptation of John Grisham's "The Firm." Actually, "It wasn't Tom Cruise, it was Tom Cruise's stunt double," revealed Ogle, shattering the illusions of those "Mission: Impossible" devotees who expect the star to hang off jet airplanes and scale sheer cliffs.
Oswalt said the DMC's alley beautification plans are focusing on some of the busiest throughways first. "We believe the investment in these spaces, in these alleys and underpasses and pathways, will return greatly as we connect all of Downtown and the riverfront," she said.
As for Ogle, "I would like to see us put these signs back on there," he said, again brandishing his "November 6th, 1934" sign, with the determination of a true believer. "It would be like 15 signs. The way they waste money at City Hall, they could do it, easy."
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But what do YOU want? Do you want to go to grad school? Do it. Do you want to keep working at the coffee shop? Do that. Do you want to go to Minnesota and raise pigs? Go ahead! As long as you're happy doing what you do, it doesn't matter what other people expect of you.
That's the thing I'm not sure of yet. But I need to silence all the other voices in my head to get a grip on my own aspirations.
Great message, Leah, and I totally agree. You've gotta do what's right for you, not what you think other expect for you.
I hope I get to meet you at the Charlottesville meet up!


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questions at The Holy Land Experience.
What is The Holy Land Experience?
Does The Holy Land Experience accept donations?
The Holy Land Experience is a not-for-profit Christian organization. Ticket prices do not fully cover the cost of our ministry endeavors. If you are blessed by what you see on your visit, and would like to make a tax-deductible donation to help with our ministry, so that others may be blessed by the exhibits and presentations, please stop by Guest Services in the Jerusalem Street Market. You may also make a donation online.
What can I bring with me to The Holy Land Experience?
Remember to travel light! For the safety and comfort of all our Guests, we allow only small purses entering the Park. Thank you for leaving your backpacks, luggage and coolers in your vehicles. You may bring bottled water, but no food or drinks.
Does The Holy Land Experience offer shuttle services?
Please contact your hotel directly for shuttle transportation. You can also visit www.golynx.com or call 407-841-5969 for Orlando's LYNX bus information.
Tickets can only be purchased online or at the gate. We do not sell tickets over the phone. Group tickets of 15 or more can be purchased in advance through our Group Sales Department.


The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (Arabic: الاتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم) (SAFF) is the football governing body of Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1956, its responsibilities include administration of club competitions and national teams. The founder of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation is Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud.
During 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, the fixtures between Saudi Arabia and Palestine were switched after Saudi Arabia cited "exceptional conditions" for their inability to travel to the West Bank. The return fixture, originally to be played on 13 October 2015 at the Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, was later postponed due to Saudi Arabia's refusal to pass through Israeli-controlled borders, until the process of agreeing on the venue was concluded. The match was rescheduled to be played on 5 November 2015 in Palestine, after the Palestinian Football Association gave full security guarantees for the match. The match was later further delayed until 9 November, and to be changed to a neutral venue in Asia, as the Palestinian government confirmed that it could no longer guarantee the safety and security for the match. The neutral venue was announced to be Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan.
In 2016, the Saudi FA refused to travel to Iran during the 2016 AFC Champions League.
On 8 June 2017, the Saudi Arabian national team failed to observe a moment of silence before a World Cup qualifying match against Australia in honor of the June 2017 London Bridge attack victims.
In November 2017, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain pulled out of the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup due to the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis. However, they eventually participated on 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup since the host country was moved to Kuwait.
The following is a list of presidents of Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) since its establishment.
^ "Arabia and Yemen are new members". The Straits Times. 28 July 1972.
^ "FIFA.com - Saudi Arabia on FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
^ "Palestine and Saudi Arabia agree to swap venues for World Cup qualifier". The National (UAE). 8 June 2015.
^ "World Cup 2018: Palestinians and Saudi Arabia at loggerheads over key game". CNN. 29 September 2015.
^ "FIFA statement on the Palestine-Saudi Arabia 2018 FIFA World Cup™ qualifier". FIFA.com. 7 October 2015.
^ "Palestine vs Saudi Arabia 2018 FIFA World Cup™ qualifier to be played on 5 November". FIFA.com. 21 October 2015.
^ "Palestine to play Saudi Arabia and Malaysia on neutral ground". FIFA.com. 4 November 2015.
^ "Amman the venue for Palestine qualifiers". FIFA.com. 5 November 2015.
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Q: Better wifi strength meter? Is there a way to better visualize my wifi signal strength?  I get that the icon with the bars is sufficient for most people, but I want to know how much is noise, how much is signal, and generally a finer-grained resolution so I can see the effect of different surroundings and materials.
If I knew how to access this data I might want to plot it or make a list of places that get really good signals, etc.  Maybe make a browser extension or some other app so I can visualize the signals around me.
I'm interested in general answers (what you should look for regardless of operating system/hardware) as well as more specific answers.  My specific hardware is a Samsung ARM Chromebook + Chrome OS (or sometimes Ubuntu Linux).

A: Give a try to Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector, the best windows based signal meter i have used up till now, gives you upload download speed, noise, the exact speed you are getting and much more- This wifi Radar/ Wi-Fi Inspector shows you even more detailed information about the network to which you're currently connected, including your internal IP address, external IP address, DNS and gateway information, and so on.
you can download this from here
but frankly speaking , nothing  can match the iOS wi-fi utilities like SpeedTestX , Network analyzer,


BMW Motorrad, a division of BMW Group, has officially entered the Indian market today and joins the elite group of premium bike makers present in the country. The legendary motorcycle brand from Germany is currently establishing dealerships and workshops in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune on its initial phase as more cities will be added to the network later.
Shivapada Ray has been appointed as the head of BMW Motorrad India operations and as speculated the entry-level G 310R streetfighter could arrive only towards the end of this year. The BMW Motorrad's India range starts at Rs. 14.90 lakh (ex-showroom) for the standard version of R 1200 GS adventure motorcycle and it goes all the way up to Rs. 28.50 lakh (ex-showroom) for the Pro edition of K 1600 GTL tourer.
Thus far, BMW motorcycles were imported from abroad and sold through two independent dealers – one in Mumbai and the other in New Delhi. But, as the company has made its entry into India, the prices in which its renowned bikes are sold have come down. We also expect that the initial response BMW receives in the market will directly impact the localisation and future product manufacturing with TVS.
BMW Motorrad heralded at the 2016 Auto Expo that it would arrive at Indian shores after observing the immense potential the country has created for high-capacity bikes in recent years. More than a year later, it has finally debuted today after months of various speculations about its delaying entry. All the high-end motorcycles will be brought into the country through CBU route.
BMW will sell the popular R Nine T and R Nine T Scrambler retro roadster, sportsbike range consisting of the benchmark S 1000 RR, S 1000 XR and S 1000 R, adventure series bikes like R 1200 RS, R 1200 RT, R 1200 R, R 1200 G S Adventure, R 1200 GS and K 1600 GTL. Later in the year, the G 310R derived adventure cousin G 310GS could be launched as well. BMW should be eyeing volume sales with these two smallest capacity bikes they produce.
Considering the growth in which the premium bikes have had in India in recent times, pricing the G 310R and G 310GS will play the key role in attaining market share. They will get power from a newly developed 313 cc liquid-cooled, single-cylinder engine which is good enough to produce a maximum power output of 34 bhp and 28 Nm of peak torque. The likes of KTMs, Benellis and UMs will have something to worry about very soon.


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Help beautiful mermaid to win a royal garden design competition in an Underwater Kingdom. Her rivals in the contest are strong. Complete more than 200 exciting levels, solve puzzles, help mermaid to find all she needs to make your sea-garden perfect.
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Pros: Organizes and presents number-line exercises in a very clear, distinct way with nice colors, annotations, and equation entry tools.
Cons: It's hard to think of where it would work better than old-fashioned hand-drawn number lines.
Bottom Line: If you need a cleaner way to show number lines or you like the app's number-hiding tool, this could be useful. For most, it's probably not necessary.