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Mahindra North America names VP & CFO
Padam Pandit joins MNA team as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Houston-based Mahindra Tractors & Utility Vehicles assembles and distributes tractors and manufactures and distributes utility vehicles throughout the Americas. (Mahindra North America)
HOUSTON, Texas — Padam Pandit joins the Mahindra North America (MNA) senior executive team as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for the company's financial and IT operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Houston-based Mahindra Tractors & Utility Vehicles assembles and distributes tractors and manufactures and distributes utility vehicles throughout the Americas. Pandit brings more than 25 years of experience in finance and accounting to Mahindra NA and will oversee the complete accounting and finance department including treasury, legal and audit oversight.
"We are pleased to have Padam return to Mahindra. The combination of his previous experience with Mahindra, including seven years in our U.S. operation, along with his recent corporate work, makes him an asset to the senior leadership team," said Mani Iyer, President & CEO, Mahindra North America. "Padam's experience with mergers and acquisitions, strategic and financial planning as well as day-to-day operations will support and drive the aggressive growth plans of Mahindra in the Americas."
"Blending my knowledge from various roles within Mahindra, with insights gained in other industries, allows me to bring a new perspective to the outstanding Mahindra NA leadership team," said Pandit. "Mahindra's tractor and utility vehicle business in the U.S. and throughout the Americas has seen exponential growth over the past five years. It brings new opportunities and I am excited to re-join this company and this hardworking team."
Pandit's most recent position was Controller for the Rigs U.S. Aftermarket business unit for National Oilwell Varco where he was responsible for financial and business performance through cost analysis, business restructuring, financial control and audit/SOX compliance management. Pandit started his career with Mahindra & Mahindra in 1994. He transitioned to Mahindra USA in 2000 and served in the role of Chief Financial Officer and Controller at Mahindra USA, leading the finance, accounting and IT functions for seven years.
Pandit earned an Executive MBA from the University of Houston and a degree in Cost and Management Accounting (CMA) from the Institute of Cost and Works Accounting of India. He has a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Bombay in India. Most recently he participated in the Finance Leadership Program from Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business.
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When Leon Bridges took the stage on Monday night for a sold-out gig at the Fillmore Auditorium, it became all-too-apparent that his surname was wholly indicative of his ability as a performer; bridging the gap between time and space and transporting audience members to a simpler time, a time it's clear Bridges yearns to visit. Between his near-perfect 2015 album Coming Home and his dapper dress and sleek moves, he has definitely mastered the time.
Opener Lianne La Havas displayed her own chops during her set and accompanied her vocals with skilled digits on the electric guitar. La Havas has cultivated her own timeless artistry with hits like "Green and Gold" and "What You Don't Do" from her album Blood. Her smooth, covetous vocals have been used on recordings by Alt-J, Tourist and even Prince. La Havas left Denver fans with a glow as she exited the stage.
Anticipation rose during the set break among the diverse faces of audience members from all walks of life. I was contemplating the blissful melting pot of Leon Bridges' fandom as he shimmied across the stage, clad in his colorful Sunday best. Bridges' clothing is more than a look manufactured by the record label to accompany his musical persona; it's a source of confidence, a crusade of his soul through fabric.
Everything from his dress to his dancing to his demeanor portrays life during another era. His '50s- and '60s-inspired hits have earned him comparisons to many legends like Sam Cooke. In addition, he achieved seemingly overnight stardom — Bridges was washing dishes in his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas only two years ago. And Monday night, it was clear Bridges needed neither smoke nor mirrors to make your wildest jukebox dreams come true.
Kicking off the evening with the frenetic "Smooth Sailing," fans hopped to their feet, imitating Bridges' hip-swaying gyrations. For a fairly new performer, Bridges knows exactly how to put on a show, replicating a 1950's dance hall during some moments and a bustling church on Sunday service at others. Bridges never overshadowed or clawed for attention over his capable band. His passion and charisma gelled with the musicianship of their supporting roles, flowing into one another flawlessly.
His soul emerged in each of his songs, as an extension of Bridges, the essence of his self rather than a trite creation for the masses. His tracks were raw and unplugged, with room for his voice to roam. He sang about a beautiful woman in "Brown Skinned Girl," his grandparents' tryst in "Twistin' and Groovin'" and his beloved mother in "Lisa Sawyer." His songs are stories, woven into colorful tapestry of home, love, longing and faith. They are aged far beyond Bridges' 27 years. Soaring melodies carved the lines of his face, while honest lyrics paraded his earthly wisdom.
When Bridges played "Coming Home," fans sensed the singularity of the song he cited as "where it all began." Joyful noise flooded from the floor to the ceiling with "River," as fans stood close by, swaying shoulder to shoulder and giving praise to the sound of Mr. Bridges. His gospel-inspired songs stood the hairs of your neck on end, bringing an ethereal ambiance into the venue.
He played unreleased tracks like "Hold On" that forced you to wonder how he's managed to escape the studio since Coming Home. And one definite highlight of the night came as Bridges covered Ginuwine's "Pony" and made our 90's rhythm and blues dreams come true.
To be that close to a star whose heat and flame burns so brightly is an unforgettable experience. Despite fame, Bridges seems more grounded than ever, tethered between a taste of stardom and his humble Texas roots. This writer can't help but imagine Bridges driving home after the show and sitting down to a home-cooked meal with his mom, telling her all about his day as she reminds him it's his night to take out the trash.
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Indian State Bans The Slaughter, Sale And Consumption Of Beef
By Jackie Northam
A streetside vendor stands on the pavement next to her cow as it rains in Mumbai, India.
Eating a steak dinner in Mumbai nowadays could land you in prison for up to five years and cost you more than $150 in fines.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee approved a bill Tuesday that strictly bans the slaughter of cows, along with the sale, consumption or even possession of beef in the state of Maharashtra, where Mumbai is located. The bill will also include a ban on the slaughter of bulls and bullocks, but not water buffaloes.
India's Hindu majority reveres cows, and several states already restrict the sale or consumption of beef. According to the BBC, the Maharashtra beef ban is the toughest in India so far.
The broadcaster says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who led the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to a landslide victory last year, has in the past complained about rising meat exports and expressed hope of bringing in a national ban on cow slaughter.
The Express Tribune says the Maharashtra Animal Preservation bill was first passed by the state's Parliament in 1995 and was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where it languished for almost 20 years. It got new life when the BJP regained power in Maharashtra state last year.
The newspaper says new Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted his thanks to President Mukherjee: "Our dream of ban on cow slaughter becomes a reality now."
However, the BBC says the ban has generated one of the world's top trending hashtags. It says #BeefBan has soared up Twitter's trending charts, and much of the reaction is critical. One tweet points out that someone can get a two-year prison term for drunken driving or manslaughter, but five years for eating beef.
Despite the sensitivities, Reuters reports, India has become one of the top exporters of beef after Brazil. The industry in Maharashtra is run predominantly by Muslims, who make up roughly 13 percent of India's 1.2 billion population. There are efforts underway to challenge the ban.
The wire service says there was a surge of raids in February on trucks carrying cattle headed for slaughter. Owners say Hindu nationalists stopped about 10 trucks, released the cattle and beat the drivers.
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PAR Paul PenzoPosted on January 2, 2012 December 20, 2018
"Welcome to the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway," read the large sign as I rode past the weigh scales following my first run down the quarter mile drag strip. Not exactly the kind of strip most envision when thinking about Vegas. I'd been here before, in 2006, for the launch of Kawasaki's first generation ZX-14. Back then I'd recorded a best quarter mile time of 10.263 seconds with a top speed of 225 km/h. Five years later I'm back and out to better my time.
With the 2012 ZX-14R, Kawasaki is swinging for the fences. Fifty percent of the frame is new, displacement has grown, the wheels are lighter, the swingarm is slightly longer, and the suspension has been firmed up for a more sporting stance. Traction control, too, has been added. But this is what you want to know: according to the suspiciously number-less press kit's dyno charts, the Kawasaki makes more horsepower and torque at all points in the rev range. Since I hadn't packed a dyno in my carry-on luggage, that number will — for now — remain untold.
A four-millimetre increase in stroke has bumped capacity from 1,352 cc to 1,441 cc. Lighter pistons are cooled by a jet of high-pressure oil and the compression ratio has been bumped to 12.3:1. The cylinder head's combustion chamber is reshaped, and a machined (rather than cast) surface improves the burn.
The intake ports are now polished to improve airflow. Lift has been increased to 9.3 mm on intake and exhaust cams, and the hydraulic cam chain tensioner is revised to allow quieter cold start-ups. At the business end of the combustion process, the silencers (which now contain catalytic converters) have gained capacity. To reduce the effect of the engine's compression during rapid downshifting or abrupt deceleration, the ZX-14R is fitted with a slipper clutch.
Harnessing a machine that Kawasaki claims is the "most powerful" and "fastest accelerating" motorcycle currently in mass production comes down to a traction control system. This one combines elements of the system used on the ZX-10R sportbike and the system fitted to the Concours sport-tourer. Level 1 is the least intrusive (Kawasaki refers to this setting, oddly, as suitable for a "winding road") while Level 2 is best for "wet roads." Level 1 and Level 2 are ZX-10R derived, while the Concours does its part by contributing Level 3, the "gravel, dirt, etc." setting. (It can also be turned off.) Alongside traction control is a two-position Power Mode selector that gives the rider either full power or "low power," which is 75 percent of the available total.
Multi-time drag race champ Rickey Gadson was at the launch and gave us Drag Racing for Dummies tutorials between runs. "Keep it at 3,500 rpm when leaving the lights and then change gears at 11,000 rpm," said Gadson. To teach us to trust traction control, Gadson told us to go out in first gear and whack the throttle wide open with TC at the 2 setting. An indicator on the dash lets you know power is limited, but a visual indication is not required since the TC system can be consistently felt and heard whenever it kicks in. (It has an anti-wheelie function in TC 2 and 3 and will stand up in TC 1, but the best wheelie position — as I later learned in the photo session — is with traction control turned off.)
Watching Gadson is witnessing a master at work. After donning his gear, he leans the bike to the right (to get oil onto the clutch, presumably), does a burnout to warm the tire, and rips off a run in 9.508 seconds. All of our runs were done at full power and the majority with TC in position 2. Only later in the day did I graduate to using TC 1. To avoid the unwanted press of journalists looping bikes onto their heads, runs without traction control were verboten.
Good quarter mile times require understanding the lights. To begin, the bike is rolled forward until the front tire breaks a beam and activates the top pre-stage yellow light, or what Gadson calls the "get ready" light. Then you keep the engine at a constant 3,500 rpm, load the clutch, crouch down low, and push forward with your toes about four inches. That breaks the second beam and starts the rest of the lights marching toward the final green. A good reaction time (and a correspondingly good quarter-mile time) is dependant on releasing the clutch on the last yellow.
Switching from TC 2 to TC 1 improved my time by just 0.03 seconds. The windblast from the airplane-like acceleration made it hard to lift my right foot onto the peg down the run; sometimes, it didn't make it. Gadson had been telling me all morning to go harder on the gas. The trick is the first 60 feet, he said. A half-second improvement early on translates into seven-tenths of a second quicker at 100 feet, and so on. The problem is that I have 30 years of built-in human-modulated traction control, and whacking the throttle any harder scares my subconscious silly. I'm being too smooth in applying throttle and not allowing traction control to do its job, though my best time (10.167 seconds at 232 km/h) is faster than I'd done on the old bike.
If you're wondering why we were spending so much time at the drag strip, the answer is both weather- and marketing-related. Howling winds and rain pulled the sock over a road ride, which skewed the content of this review to be heavily track-biased — but there's more to it than that. In North America, Kawasaki believes that ZX-14R customers are intensely interested in straight-line speed and acceleration. But in much of the rest of the world the ZX-14R is positioned as a sport-touring machine, and it can be fitted with mounting brackets for hard panniers. (If you have visions of Mach 1 sport-touring be forewarned: the North American tail section isn't compatible with mounting brackets.)
It's a shame, really, as the ZX-14R (despite my only having the opportunity for a short road ride) is a surprisingly capable all rounder. To ease the rider's reach to the ground, the seat is narrower at the front, though I found that it tended to push me into the tank (a condition that may have had something to do with the morning's drag racing session). Windblast hit me at mid-chest but is well deflected in full tuck, and vents in the fairing seem to effectively protect the rider from excessive engine heat. (The engine runs cooler in part because of the addition of a second fan to the radiator.)
Lending credence to the claim that the ZX-14R makes a capable all-rounder is Kawasaki's insistence that the bike's revisions result in 20 percent better fuel mileage (albeit at 80 km/h). Fuel injection tuning takes the credit and the bike's ECU automatically prioritizes to favour driveability or fuel economy based on the rider's throttle inputs. Somewhat comically, for such an outrageously powered motorcycle, an "ECO" indicator on the LCD dash lets the rider know when optimum fuel economy speeds have been reached. Additionally, the dash displays current and average fuel economy and fuel range, and is receptive to programming of the shift and launch light, for you drag strip junkies. Kawasaki, in focusing on fuel economy and ferocious speed, is carving out a most unusual niche. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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You Can't Go Home Again, but . . .
September 22, 2017 September 22, 2017 Robert Higgs
A melancholy saying reminds us that you can't go home again. I know I can't. My parents have been dead for decades, and my brother Bill, my only sibling, died three years ago. Moreover, the house in which we lived when I was growing up in the late 1950s and early 1960s has been wiped from the face of the earth. Only a few old timers might recall that on a certain spot of now-bare ground once stood the house in which Jess Higgs and his family flourished some sixty years ago.
Yet, if you cannot go home again, it may happen that home can come to you, as it has come to me in a heart-warming way since my emigration to Mexico two years ago. Here in Mexico I live in a remote place with very limited local availability of groceries and other ordinary consumer goods. Fortunately, however, three times each week Lucio, an enterprising fellow from Bacalar, a town a hundred miles away, comes to my gate with his pickup loaded with fresh produce, eggs, pastries, tortillas, and other goods. (If we ask him to bring something he would not ordinarily bring, he brings it on a later trip.) Among the goods I routinely buy from him are cantaloupes, and often the label on the melons indicates that they were produced by Pappas Family Farms of Mendota, California.
Which takes me back to my boyhood. I grew up on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, on a ranch about eight miles east of a little town called Firebaugh, which is itself about 45 miles or so west of Fresno. When I was growing up there, Firebaugh called itself the "Cantaloupe Capital of the World." (I notice that recently this claim is being made by Mendota, a town about nine miles down the road from Firebaugh.) During the summers of several years in the late 1950s and early 1960s, I worked at General Box Company's facility just outside Firebaugh, where materials were prepared for the shipping of cantaloupes packed in wooden crates loaded into iced-down railroad cars. (That technology has been superseded in more modern times.) Among my jobs at General Box was operating a machine that put labels on the end slats of the crates. These labels were colorful and artistic identifications of the various growers, including Pappas Farms.
So, today, when I buy a cantaloupe brought to me in the far reaches of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, I immediately feel a link to my boyhood and relive at least for a few moments the youthful joys of that long-ago time and place.
I recognize, too, with immense gratitude the debt I owe, along with many others, to the entrepreneurs who make the world of commerce serve the needs of consumers so beautifully. George Pappas, who founded Pappas Family Farms, back in the 1930s, had immigrated a few years earlier from Greece. Like so many other immigrants, he did not settle for being a lifelong wage worker, but ventured to take the risks and make the demanding efforts required to establish a successful firm. The longevity of his creation speaks for itself. But let us not forget my amigo Lucio while we are celebrating and expressing gratitude for entrepreneurship. Lucio is never going to rival Bill Gates in his accumulation of wealth, but he works wonders to make life in my little community here in Mexico more livable and joyful.
Thank God for the entrepreneurs, both those who immigrate from distant lands and those who work among us every day to keep the wheels of commerce rolling. Today's world is utterly reliant on entrepreneurs. Their willingness to bear risks and their skill in appraising how they might best serve consumers make life possible, not to mention comfortable and often delightful, for the earth's huge human population. They are at work everywhere—in the USA, in Mexico, and in the enormous movement of goods and services between these two great economies.
It is nothing short of tragic, as well as utterly foolish, that the Trump administration is devoting itself to impeding and distorting such commercial entrepreneurship between the USA, Mexico, and other countries. Let us hope that even in Washington, D.C., some of the economic dullards and political opportunists will rouse themselves and decide to desist from their current, destructive policies.
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Nearly $20M invested in Kent road projects
By Diane Smith Reporter
The city of Kent invested nearly $20 million into road projects in 2018, with most of that funding coming from grants.
City Engineer Jim Bowling presented the year's capital projects to city council recently, outlining several projects crews worked on that year. The biggest ticket item, the Summit Street improvement project, was funded over a three-year work span. Others, including work on South Water Street, will be funded this year and next year, when work is completed.
The Summit Street project cost $14.2 million — although 90 percent of that was funded by grants.
All told, $19.6 million was invested in road, sewer and water line projects that were completed this year. However, the bulk of that figure includes Summit Street, which was funded throughout the three years of construction. And the majority of those dollars came from grants.
Bowling said the city invested so much time and money into the Summit Street project because the road was the most congested one in Portage and Summit counties, was the site of 23 percent of Kent's pedestrian crashes and was the site of one-third of Kent's top 15 crashes. Since the first roundabout opened, the street has been the site of four crashes, 10 fewer than before the work started, none involving injuries.
"That's an 80 percent reduction since November 2016," he said.
In addition to the roadway improvements, Bowling said, the project included a wetland the size of three football fields, which alleviated flooding in surrounding neighborhoods. The roundabout at Campus Center Drive is the site of "hawk beacons," a traffic signal that is the first of its kind in Portage County that help pedestrians and cars navigate the roundabout safely.
The South Water Street traffic improvements cost $2 million, 80 percent of that funded by grants. In addition to sidewalk improvements, the project also included three traffic signals, at School Street, Cherry Street and Bowman Drive, and Beryl Drive and Marc's. In addition, the intersection at School Street was improved to permanently make the road one way. The work, Bowling said, will be done in May, mostly because it takes five months for a signal to arrive.
The city also took on several projects involving sanitary and storm sewers, as well as water lines. Some of those projects cost nearly $1 million.
On Cedar Street, the city invested $970,000 in new asphalt, curbs, drive aprons at sidewalks, as well as storm and sanitary sewers and a water main. The project was done between May and October, and 45 percent of the work was funded by grants.
Along the Cuyahoga River, the city invested $210,000 in sanitary sewer work. The work took six months, mostly because permission was needed from the railroads, and much of that was spent on flaggers and large pumps on top of the West Main Street Bridge.
A water main replacement along Garth, Spaulding and Suzanne drives cost $940,000. The work, that took place between April and September, sought to resolve frequent water main breaks, with 20 breaks in the past 22 years.
The city also partnered with the Ohio Department of Transportation for resurfacing of Route 261, where $1 million worth of work was done, and Route 43, where $140,000 worth of "microsurfacing" took place. ODOT funded 80 percent of both projects.
Then there was the city's own street work, which cost $1.45 million and will be completed this month.
"I'm proud to say that this is the largest amount we've spent in street repairs in our city," Bowling said.
The city had planned to look into "right sizing" Route 261, but that was put on hold because of growing concerns on East Main Street. The street is being looked at because it is the worst crash corridor in Kent, Portage and Summit counties. It also has the second worst rating for auto, pedestrian and bike crashes.
A citizens committee is now working with city officials to determine what kind of improvements would work best on East Main Street.
Reporter Diane Smith can be reached at 330-298-1139 or dsmith@recordpub.com.


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Personally, no, poor choice of words. Right about now a little spring warming would be welcome in Ohio though!
I admit I have just started doing my homework, and there is a tremendous amount more I need to research. Scientists can likely be found to take opposing positions on virtually any topic where hard scientific data is not conclusive and is open to interpretation and extrapolation. The evidence I've seen and heard from several sources leads me to be somewhat skeptical of Greenhouse gases being the primary source of Global Warming, but I prefer to examine all available info before coming to any conclusions. Sorry, way to wordy.
As for NJ and the EPA, what expertise in the science of climatology do they possess that would set them apart as more or less credible than other individual, group, or organization? I haven't seen a state or federal agency yet that isn't capable of making mistakes. Just my 2 cents worth.
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ocean visibly rising
It was possible for me, until 2001 or so, to question if the world was warming due to human influences. Since then, the flood of data and research has convinced me that humanity is causing vast global changes, including a substantial contribution to global warming.
I try to remember that while the wealthy and the powerful debate, the land liquefies beneath villagers in Bangladesh
And, here is what I have to add:
About NJ and the EPA
You are correct. There is reason to question. For instance, you see the picture or the Statue of Liberty 'up to the armpit in water' on the NJ report. Did you notice Christine Todd-Whitman signed it?
After that President Bush made her head of the EPA... only to have her removed (after she raised her voice.)
Years later the EPA releases its first report on the matter... coincidentally the same day the Kyoto agreement goes into effect.
Soooo... I agree we should be skeptical of the US government. However, 141 other nations DID sign the Kyoto agreement... surely at least one other nation is credible?
But, if that isn't enough to convince you, how about these:
from the journal Nature --
human liability for global warming "could dwarf billion-dollar awards against tobacco companies."
from Tony Blair --
Anxiety that global warming's dire effects would arrive not just in his children's lifetime, but in his own, and would "radically alter human existence".
from the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)
"The biggest survey to date of the Arctic climate, by 250 scientists."
"Arctic climate is now warming rapidly and much larger changes are projected"
"Polar bears are unlikely to survive as a species...."
from the Geological Society of London
"In a new study, scientists find that retreating glaciers in southern Alaska may be opening the way for future earthquakes."
Credible scientist have told be to say goodbye to: polar bears, Argentina glaciers, the Coral on the Great Barrier Reef, Tasmanian Devils and the Bengal tiger to name a few... ALL as a result of humans and global warming.
Doesn't it make you sad that future generations won't get to see polar bears?
We could have prevented it.
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De VIIe Paralympische Winterspelen werden in 1998 gehouden in Nagano, Japan. België nam geen deel aan deze Paralympische Spelen.

Het alpineskiën staat al vanaf het begin op het programma van de Paralympische Winterspelen. De sport staat onder auspiciën van de Internationaal Paralympisch Comité (IPC). Alpineskiën is een sport voor sporters met een lichamelijke handicap aan verschillende ledematen.

De disciplines waren afdaling, reuzenslalom, slalom en Super G.

Afdaling

Mannen

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Mannen

Vrouwen

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Mannen

Vrouwen

Super-G

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Deelnemende landen Alpineskiën 1998

Alpineskiën op de Paralympische Winterspelen
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Queen founding member and guitarist Brian May received a knighthood as part of the UK's New Year Honours List, the annual compendium of awards handed out by at the end of each year by the reigning monarch.
The list, which was released Friday, is the first under King Charles III after his mother Queen Elizabeth II's death in September after 70 years on the British throne.
May, also an animal welfare advocate with a PhD in astrophysics, was named a C.B.E., or Knights Bachelor, "for services to Music and to Charity," according to the official list, which named more than 1,000 winners across the fields of government, philanthropy, the arts, sports, science and industry in the UK and internationally (read the full list here).
Queen To Debut Unreleased Freddie Mercury Song, "Face It Alone," In September
Earlier this year, May and Queen performed on the roof of Buckingham Palace at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebration.
Grayson Perry, the British artist, writer and documentary presenter, was also awarded a C.B.E. for his services to the arts.
Also among the honorees on this year's list from the entertainment world were Patricia Kinane, president of entertainment programs at FremantleMedia North America, who received an O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for services to broadcasting and the international television format industry; and Henry Timms, president and CEO of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, who was named an O.B.E. for services to the arts and philanthropy.
Jordan Wylie, the British adventurer, author and one of the stars of the Channel 4 programs Hunted and Celebrity Hunted, was named an M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire). Other M.B.E.s included three member of the England's women's national soccer team, which won the European Championships in 2022. Its captain, Leah Williamson, received an O.B.E.
Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant was awarded the Order of the Companions of Honour for her services to fashion.
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Your guests will lick their fingers and will be surprised by the creativity!
I think that visual way is easier to understand and much more simple to follow.
These are sooo cute! Makes me envy people who have Christmas in summer.
quite adorable :) what materials were needed? did you use black licorice for the eyes?


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Revisiting GST
It's not only the economics – the politics of GST is messed up too
The opacity of the GST Council means India's voters are uninformed about who exactly takes decisions regarding GST rates.
Shoaib Daniyal
Oct 30, 2017 · 12:30 pm
In an October 15 election speech for the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat, Prime Minister Modi broke with tradition: he actually credited the Congress with something, calling the party "an equal partner in GST decisions".
Much has been written about the pecuniary problems with the new Goods and Services tax. The backers of the GST promised that it would be a "good and simple tax" that would increase revenue collection for governments by collapsing a range of Union and state taxes into one silo. Yet, those promises look rather hollow now four months down the line. With eight different rate slabs, the new tax has thrown small and medium enterprises into a tizzy. The informal economy – which employs 67% of India's labour force – is hit the hardest, with many now looking at shutting shop. Moreover, even the grand promise of increased revenue now looks shaky.
Yet, as Modi's curious speech hints at, the issue isn't economics alone. There are fundamental flaws in the politics of the GST as well. The new tax regime has now become a political football with politicians passing the buck for the hardship the new system is causing the people of India. This lack of accountability is not a quirk – it is encouraged by the GST's decision-making structure which elides structures that would put in place political accountability so that voters are able to identity the players responsible for the taxes they pay. This gives politicians the luxury to be janus-faced – take one stand for public consumption and another in law: a disconcerting prospect for India's political economy.
Blame game
In his October 15 speech, Modi said the decision to implement GST, "was made by governments of all political parties, including the Congress governments of Punjab, Karnataka, and Meghalaya". The Union government was "only the 30th part" in the decision (the other 29 are the states).
Modi's stand has a ring of hypocrisy to it given that his government has itself aggressively claimed credit for introducing the GST. Yet, his arguments are not totally untrue. The new tax regime might have been pushed aggressively by the Bharatiya Janata Party, but every other major party – with the exception the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam – had signed onto it.
In fact, on August 3, the Rajya Sabha passed the Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill – a law that would put in place the constitutional framework for a GST – without a single vote being cast in opposition. The AIADMK was the only party to oppose the bill and it staged a walkout. Ironically, the two major opponents of the current GST – the Congress and the Trinamool Congress – voted amicably for the 122nd amendment in the Rajya Sabha.
Run with the hounds
How did Modi manage such a remarkable consensus – especially, given that the Congress had failed for so long before him? His trick: offering the states a rather large and juicy carrot – an incredible 14% year-on-year increase in revenue for five years. To do this, however, the GST had to be radically changed. From one flat tax, the GST was now force fitted with eight slabs in order to generate enough revenue to meet the amount promised to the states. The highest GST rate in India is a whopping 28%. To put that in perspective, Australia's GST rate is 10%. Moreover, alcohol and petroleum were kept out of the purview of the GST since states wanted not to lose this lucrative source of tax. This ended the GST's main draw: a simple, flat tax applied to everyone and everything.
Yet, Modi saw the agreement he had hammered out as a win and took full credit for the new tax (thus implicitly also putting himself in the firing line if things were to go wrong). The Opposition was more circumspect. Most parties had signed on to the GST, attracted by the increased revenues promised. Yet, the GST was always going to cause pain to ordinary people – even more so in its current, octa-headed avatar. Sensing an opportunity, the Trinamool Congress distanced itself from the GST – but only in its public statements. So while Mamata Banerjee railed against the "inspector raj" of the GST in Kolkata, her MPs were busy voting for the law in New Delhi. Moreover, West Bengal's Finance Minister Dr Amit Mitra headed the GST's Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers and played a crucial role in getting the states on board. The Trinamool Congress, the Congress, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Communist Party of Indian (Marxist), in fact, boycotted the GST launch which was heralded – in Modi's grand style – by a midnight session of Parliament, claiming that the new tax regime was flawed.
This boycott was, at the time, sharply criticised. Yet, it was a clever move. The boycotting parties would still get the money promised to their states – but the hurt it would cause to the people would only be pinned in the BJP, given that the saffron party had now taken complete ownership of the new tax in the public narrative.
Opaque decisions
This confusion was further exacerbated with the mechanism under which GST rates are decided. All decisions pertaining to the new tax are taken by a GST Council, consisting of the Union finance minister, the Union minister of state for finance and the state finance ministers.
The GST Council represents a step back for democratisation. Taxes that were earlier discussed publicly in Union and state legislatures would now be decided within a close committee whose functioning was not open to the public. This lack of accountability has meant many states have taken to grandstanding in public for lower rates. For example, West Bengal has asked for GST on sweets to be removed while Karnataka wants no tax on handmade goods. Since the public is kept in the dark on how the GST rate on sweets and handmade goods was decided upon, there is no way to know what Karnataka and West Bengal truly asked for when deciding the GST rates. And since the state are guaranteed a 14% increase in revenue, asking for cuts is a painless exercise.
The bucks stop only with the BJP and Prime Minister Modi. Again, this is not exactly unfair per se, since the BJP and its allies do control 75% of the voting strength in the Council now. So unless all the Opposition states band together, it is not possible to defeat the BJP's proposed rates. Yet, even then, voters have a right to know how their state governments voted in the Council, much like party votes in legislatures are public. Did the Trinamool actually oppose GST rates that would hurt Bengali sweet makers given that it is opposing the GST now? Did Karnataka actually oppose a tax on handmade products? Right now, voters have no way of knowing.
Liable for their actions
This lack of accountability might be a temporary sweet spot for the Trinamool and the Congress – but it is bad news for Indian democracy. It will end up divorcing taxation – arguably the most important power of the state – from democratic politics, setting up a curious dyarchy. States – which are mostly responsible for development and service delivery – will be incentivised to promise the moon to their people without any power to actually make it happen, since all taxation powers rest with the GST council now. This will engender an irresponsible politics where a party will not be responsible for the promises it makes to the electorate.
Having tax discussions in secret is unprecedented for a democracy. Earlier, India's tax rates were discussed and voted upon in the Union and state legislatures. In Australia, a proposed increase in the GST rate from 10% to 15% had gripped the nation's politics and was even part of the 2016 federal election. Any change in the GST rate will require a vote in Australia's Parliament. A similar model needs to be followed in India too, with GST rates being discussed and voted upon in Union and state legislatures, not a closed room of ministers, so Indians know who stands where.


1. The Stock Market crash in 1929 didn't cause the Depression it caused a Rescission. But it was the Federal Reserve (directed by FDR) that raised interest rates to 20% making loans very expensive, that turned a recession into a 12 year long Great Depression.
Every economic disaster seems to have new elements that catch the sages by surprise. I think the lessons of history are in mind, witness that interest rates have been brought down and kept near zero for a very long time, and that may have fueled the market's recovery of 2009.
FDR policies made it worse, but there's plenty of blame to spread around for the economy going off the rails. Then and now.


For those of you that have run the w124. All the wiring on the inside that runs in the plastic raceways.. did you leave it as is in the chase ways or or did you tie wrap it down?? So many wires that go to the trunk!!! I'm sure I'll have 100 more before I'm done, but thanks for the advice!
We run a W201, so similar vintage wiring. The W201 used a ton of vacuum lines for the windows and locks, so those were all removed completely. Most of the wiring going into the trunk is for lighting and the stereo (and the fuel pump!). I would not remove this, even if you have it disconnected because you never know when you might need a spare.
We removed all of the plastic raceways and have tie wrapped everything FAA-spec, every 4". We relocated the battery to the trunk (get a length of 00ga. cable from a BMW at the junkyard) and all of the wiring that runs to the trunk is tie wrapped to this cable in one big bundle.
If you can find the W124 electrical diagrams, take the time to print them and mark which wires you don't need. Then go one-by-one and remove that which you don't need and label that which you do. It's time consuming but if done right you'll end up with a pile of wiring that you don't need, and a much more streamlined car. We spent a lot of time doing this, but it's easy to troubleshoot issues because we have only the bare minimum.
One important lesson we learned the hard way: the vehicle ground doesn't work the same once you install a cage, remove bodywork, and relocate the battery. If you remove the OEM MB switchgear and replace with your own toggle switches and wiring, you'll want to be attentive to this. This means that relays might not reliably pick up, or current might be higher in places giving hot connections. We solved this by running two 16ga. wires in parallel from the battery negative terminal to a terminal block on the passenger side bulkhead. This is where all of our ground connections are tied to.
Feel free to ask anything, we've been at it for a few years and don't mind sharing our lessons learned.
Thanks!!! One bonus having the M119 is that the battery is already in the trunk!! I only have a couple of toggles that I am going to add for race number 1, is one to manually activate the twin cooling fans and one for an LED light bar. I'll probably add more switches once things start to break.
Thank you so much for the advice. I will take you up on your offer for help!!
On the other end, I left all the wiring alone and in the raceways in our W140. I keep eyeing how much wiring is down there, but keep thinking that I don't want to do battle with solving why suddenly the brake lights don't work and it won't rev over 1500. Early 90s module connectivity is, um, special. I think either approach is valid. I'd like to run standalone EFI and get rid of everything else, but the dyno time needed to get that running just so, ain't cheap.
You have the same fears that I have. Every time I pull out a light bulb I check and see if the car will start rev and shift.
Let me ask you guys a second question, since I have you here. What items did you find most valuable to sell. The interior in my car was roached from having window that was down except for the wood which I saved. Any other hi-val items to give me a little to work with?
A guy gave me $400 for the heated power seats. That, and I got $50 for the sunroof assembly. Actually, I got $250 for the sunroof but misquoted shipping ate $200 of it. I would have made good money on the headlight assemblies, but they were already gone- being partially parted out is how you got a good running s500 for $700 in 2011... It would be easier now.
Be aware, the twin fans put a lot of electrical load on the motor. We've learned that we don't need them at all during the race to cool the engine and just have the drivers turn them on when exiting the track or in the pits. Mercedes built quite a bit of margin into their cooling systems.
Have had the engine get kinda warm during some races. Have never been able to convince myself that taking a fan off is a good idea. I just run the one remaining condenser fan all the time, the car has a 140 amp alternator (only have one fan because the other one quit) and can handle the load without incident. Trying to get drivers to remember to switch th fan on at appropriate intervals seems chancy.
We removed it but our fan clutch was also failed when we bought the car so it was worthless. During normal racing we run without any fans. We've never had any trouble with also having the trans cooler loop in the radiator, but are splitting that out for next race to give more margin. We also removed one foglamp and cut louvers into the hood so we have a constant flow of fresh air cooling the engine bay.
If your car is a V8, things may be different. The M103/4 inline sixes I think use the same radiator as the larger motors.


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La dame de Monsoreau è una miniserie televisiva del 1971 diretta da Yannick Andréi e tratta dal romanzo omonimo di Alexandre Dumas.

Trama

Episodi
 Les Épées et la Dame blonde
 L'Homme en noir
 La Nuit du fou
 La Coupe brisée
 Les Merlettes de Lorraine
 Les Fougères de Méridor
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Q: any way to send the XML string to soap as request? any way to send the XML string to soap as request ?
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A: You can use the CURL extension or any other HTTP Request library in PHP to send XML to a SOAP Service.
See this the comments on this article for some examples:
How can I send SOAP XML via Curl and PHP?
You should realy use a real SOAP call from inside PHP as it will be much more convenient. If you can...

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British reality star Theo Campbell is left blinded after freak champagne cork incident
By Christine Estera| 5 months ago
A freak accident with a champagne cork has left a British reality star blind in one eye.
Theo Campbell — who found fame on Love Island UK in 2017 — shared his ordeal on Instagram, revealing that he had split his right eye open with a champagne cork while holidaying in Ibiza.
"Thanks for all the messages and support I've got over the last couple days. They're all very much appreciated," the 28-year-old wrote alongside a photo of his bandaged eye. "So yeah basically two eye surgeries later after a really unfortunate accident, I've lost all vision in my right eye as it got split in half, who would have thought a champagne cork would be the end of me."
Thanks for all the messages and support I've got over the last couple days they're all very much appreciated ♥! So yeah basically 2 eye surgeries later after a really unfortunate accident, I've lost all vision in my right eye as it got split in half, who would have thought a champagne cork would be the end of me.. 🤨. But I still have 1 eye left, looking at the bright side of things. Thanks for flying out to look after me as well babe ♥♥♥ if anyone knows where sells cool eye patches let me know :). #captinhook #thor #fettywap
A post shared by 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋 (@theo_campbell91) on Aug 27, 2019 at 6:52am PDT
Despite the severity of the situation, the reality star — who will appear in the upcoming season of MTV's The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 — said he has chosen to focus on the positives as he joked about himself now resembling his idols Thor, Captain Hook and rapper Fetty Wap.
"But I still have one eye left, looking at the bright side of things," he added. "If anyone knows where sells cool eye patches let me know."
Campbell joked about himself now resembling his rap idol, Fetty Wap. (Instagram)
Nonetheless, the accident was still horrifying for Campbell and his girlfriend, former Love Island UK contestant Kaz Crossley, who flew to Ibiza to be by his side when she heard the news.
"It's been a hard 24 hours. No one here speaks English and he was taken for hours at one point and I had no clue he was in surgery again," she shared on her Instagram account. "He's so brave and positive hopefully it will get better... I hope this will make people aware of the dangers at these parties and to be more careful."
Girlfriend Kaz Crossley rushed to Campbell's hospital bedside in Ibiza after hearing the news. (Instagram)
An eyewitness told British OK! magazine that Campbell was at a party when the accident happened.
"Theo was on holiday in Ibiza enjoying himself when someone popped a bottle of champagne and the cork flew into his eye," said the source. "People were screaming when they realised what happened and saw the state of his eye. One of the guys said it looked like his eye had exploded."
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Q: DDALine in Visual Studio C++ I wrote DDALine algorithm in Visual-Studio with C++, but Visual-Studio said

'putpixel': identifier not found.....

I'm using graphics.h, but is doesn't work ??
my source code
#include "graphics.h"
#include "stdlib.h"
#include "stdio.h"
#include "conio.h"
#include "dos.h"
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "math.h"

void ddaline(int x1,int y1,int x2,int y2,int color)
{

int dx,dy,len,i;
float xinc,yinc,x,y;
dx=x2-x1;
dy=y2-y1;
if (abs(dx)>abs(dy))
len=abs(dx);
else
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{
xinc=((dx*1.0)/(len));
yinc=((dy*1.0)/(len));
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  }

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     void main()
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  }

A: <graphics.h> and <conio.h> are not C++ standard headers. Do you have them beside your project?!
You should test your code in Turbo C++ and maybe with DOSBOX (new Windows versions don't support DOS full screen mode)


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Britney Spears Hopes "Ya'll Haven't Forgotten" About Her Amid Music Break
September 28, 2019 by admin 0 Comments
Don't you forget about Britney Spears.
The 37-year-old pop star, who has has mostly stayed out of the spotlight over the past year amid personal and legal turmoil involving her and her father, took to Instagram on Friday night to give her fans an update about her well-being.
"I hope y'all haven't forgotten about me!!!" Britney wrote, alongside photos of her performing at a past show. "I'm taking this transition in my life to focus on what I really want … I've been working nonstop, well, since I was 8 years old in the business. Sometimes it's good to stop and reflect !!!! Miss you all … I really do have the best fans in the world !!! #fbf"
"Respect," commented her boyfriend, trainer Sam Asghari.
Britney posted her message a week after she made a rare red carpet appearance to support her beau at the 2019 Daytime Beauty Awards. She did not stay long.
Two days prior to the event, a hearing was held to discuss the status of Britney's conservatorship. Her father, Jamie Spears, 67, had mostly controlled her financial and medical affairs since her 2007 public meltdown and the case, which has fueled calls from fans to "Free Britney," remains pending.
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Brtiney has also been dealing with a legal feud between her father and her ex-husband Kevin Federline, who filed a criminal complaint and obtained a restraining order against Jamie, which bans him from contact with the former couple's two sons, after accusing him of getting physical with one of them. Prosecutors later dropped the case, citing insufficient evidence.
This article was originally published by Eonline.com. Read the original article here.
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	@Column(name = "xsi_type", length = 50)
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	@JoinColumn(name = "user_id")
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		this.contextNode = contextNode;
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United Orthodox Synagogue is hosting a School Supply Donation Drop Off Day this Sunday, August 9, 2015 from 8:30 AM-5:00 PM.
There are hundreds of families and children who were affected by the flood and need support for school supplies for the coming school year. Needs range from backpacks and uniforms to general notebooks, pencils, binders, folders, etc.
Anyone who is interested in donating items can take the items to UOS starting now through this weekend.
Please consider supporting this effort if you are able. For questions, please contact Amy at amyari@hotmail.com.
The last two days have been filled with donation drop offs and lots of supplies being provided to households in need in the community. The need is still great, and your community needs your help.
The J will continue as a drop off and pick up site for cleaning and packing supplies. We have the greatest need for boxes, gloves, masks, tarps and any cleaning supplies.
Counseling and crisis management will be coordinated by JFS and should call JFS directly at 713-667-9336.
Gift card donations can be sent to JFS, or dropped off at the J, and we will make sure they get to JFS.
This has certainly been a challenging week in our community as we respond to the devastation caused by the flooding. I wanted to share an update regarding the relief effort, the damage sustained at the J and plans for start of summer camp.
I know that you join me as part of a larger community to lend a helping hand and offer whatever assistance you can to families and friends in need. The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston and Jewish Family Service are coordinating relief support and the J is a drop-off site for the following items: bottled water, work gloves, plastic storage bins, heavy trash bags, heady duty razor blades to rip out carpet and cleaning supplies, including old towels. We are also collecting gift cards from home repair stores and grocery stores for our Bertha Alyce Early Childhood School families that have experienced loss. Additional information on ways to offer support can be found on the Jewish Federation website at www.houstonjewish.org/houstonflood.
Bobby Lapin, Evelyn Rubenstein JCC member and volunteer, recently recounted his experience with Houston Astro's great, Craig Biggio. Bobby shared his story of how Biggio took the time to have a huge impact on his child's life at a time that he needed most. Read the full story, "Biggio belongs in everybody's hall of fame" here on chron.com.
My grandparents are the perfect couple --- and not in a cliché "still in love after all these years" Hallmark card sort of way, but in a really solid, loving and tender sort of way. Anyone who spends a little bit of time with them can see how much they admire each other. It's in the way they look at each other and even more in the way they speak to and about each other. Together they have survived war, hunger, anti-Semitism, a Communist regime, persecution, immigration and illnesses, and still through it all there is no bickering. If they harbor any irritations towards each other, they are overshadowed by their deep love and mutual respect. I once asked my grandmother what their secret is. She told me that when they got married, they made a decision that there would be peace in their home and they have kept that promise to each other.
Ten years ago, Betsy Levinson thought it would be fun to join an aquatic exercise class at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center.
Little did she know she later would become the teacher.
Now, the 53-year-old fitness instructor leads several different classes five days a week, working with men and women from a wide variety of age groups.
In 2013 Greg Orphanides was awarded the Kerry O'Brien Coaching Award by U.S. Masters Swimming. This award recognizes and thanks USMS coaches excel in the areas of building a foundation of a new club, reenergizing an existing club, mentoring a new club, create coaching education opportunities or successfully drive new events for USMS members such as meets, open water swims or clinics.


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First Time Homebuyers Face Challenges in San Diego
in How To Buy A Home
We all know the journey to home ownership can be tough. But as inventory decreases and all cash buyers continue to flood the market, first time buyers are being pushed out of the scene. According to The Daily Transcript, "Rising interest rates, swelling home prices and difficulty getting a loan are challenges kicking many first-time homebuyers to the curb and increasing the exclusivity of homeownership.
North County real estate professionals discussed the housing market at a recent roundtable discussion hosted by The Daily Transcript at the North San Diego County Association of Realtors' offices.
The trend shows that investors are using all-cash deals to buy up inventory that would be attractive to first-time homebuyers. The available inventory is being further restricted to that buyer segment by low owner-occupancy requirements in condominium complexes that make getting a loan difficult.
"I think one of the things we struggle with a lot in the lower price point, particularly in the Escondido-San Marcos-Vista area, is those very tight lending guidelines for lower-income borrowers," said Melissa Zavala, broker at Broadpoint Properties. "In certain condo complexes there are such tight guidelines that if the (homeowners association) is in some delinquency or if there is a very low owner-occupier ratio, you can't put these more middle-income folks into homes."
About 21 percent of San Diego County's detached homes and 45 percent of condominiums are investor-owned, said Alan Nevin, director of economic and market research at Xpera Group.
For many first-time homebuyers, their only shot in the county is to buy a condo, but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guidelines "basically almost force condo projects to become 100 percent investors," Nevin said.
"The entry level of the market has been snubbed out," said Joe Violi, Realtor at Re/Max By-the-Sea. "The occupancy ratio, delinquency ratio and litigation form a trifecta eliminating financing."
There's "amazing" value in condos, Nevin said, but buyers have to have cash to see that win.
Robert Brown, economics professor at California State University San Marcos, said the rising rates, rising prices and the remaining challenges to get a loan form a "triple whammy" on certain types of buyers.
Cristine Clark, Realtor at Realty Executives, said investors are still a huge part of the marketplace.
"They feel the market is going to be strong through 2015, so they're looking for inventory to flip," Clark said.
Carol Farrar, broker and Realtor at 1850 Realty, is seeing those first-time homebuyers who purchased in 2008 and 2009 coming back to the market as move-up buyers.
Marie Jebavy, NSDCAR chairwoman, said she has seen a mix of buyers, including mostly first-timers.
Clark said she's seeing homeowners who want to move up at the same time they move out — and she has about a half-dozen of those clients just waiting because they've had trouble finding that product.
Nationally, the ratio of owners to renters is 3-to-1.
In California, 45 percent own and 55 percent rent, a percentage that hasn't changed for decades, Nevin said.
In a normal California market, going back about 40 years, for each new home built, there are four resales, Nevin said.
"But what do you do when you're in an environment where we're not building any new homes? What ratio applies? And the answer is that we're going through an experimental stage now because we're still moving out 40,000 resales a year," Nevin said.
The units being built north of state Route 56 start at a minimum of $700,000, which doesn't match the income levels of the county, Nevin said.
Increasing prices and rising interest rates have pushed up payments and caused sales to decline, but the total value of sales has increased, Brown said.
Chris Hasvold, broker at Coldwell Banker Village Properties, stood out in the group as an agent who focuses on Fallbrook.
Well-priced inventory is gone in a week, he said, but there's a three-year supply of properties of more than $1 million. He said his inventory is up 40 percent year over year and sales have been holding firm.
Spring has sprung, but the housing market might not see a significant shift from cold to hot.
"I don't think in California we even notice those cycles," Clark said.
Two-thirds of households in San Diego don't have anyone younger than 18, meaning the school schedule won't affect homebuying habits, Nevin said.
Hasvold said May and October are historically his company's best closing months, but not dramatically so. Violi said it's June for him.
Farrar said she has seen sales picking up after an "eerily quiet" December. She attributed the slowdown to uncertainty caused by the government shutdown and unknowns regarding the Affordable Care Act.
"Our market is built on consumer confidence — that's all it is. Two years ago was a better time to buy a house — based on interest rates and prices — and why weren't people doing it? Because they weren't sure about what was going to happen," Hasvold said.
As interest rates increase, sellers reaching for higher prices are starting to fall back, Violi said.
"We're starting to see a push-back from buyers who are negotiating closing costs," he said.
Farrar said that's part of a traditional market and marks a shift from a seller's market to a buyer's market.
"The market's really becoming leveled, which is exciting," Farrar said.
Hasvold agreed that a healthy market with 4.5 percent appreciation versus 21 percent appreciation is a welcome change.
About 28 percent of those living in North County can afford a median-priced home, Brown said.
Nevin said he tends to ignore the affordability statistic because it's based on the whole population and homebuyers are only a small segment."
Despite the competition out there, our clients, many of whom are first timers, are having success in this market. The GreenHouse Group's 6-Step Process is really about creating knowledgeable and well prepared buyers. Knowing your marketplace and setting expectations can make all the difference in the world. If you know someone out there who needs our help, let me know. If we are a good fit to work with each other, we'll find out in the first 90 minutes of meeting.
–Carmen Harris
Carmen Harris,first time buyer,GreenHouse Group,real estate,san diego
David Hughson
Posted at 5:34 pm, March 28, 2014
Great read Carm. It is tough for buyers to get in but more people can buy homes with some realistic expectations and a solid mortgage plan. Hopefully the leveling market will shift some leverage to buyers.


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Q: How to add Fast forward button on java (Mp3 player) I want to add a fast forward button on my code but I did not find how.
this is my code I hope someone will help me.
MusicPlayer.java:
imagePlaypause.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                if(mediaPlayer.isPlaying()){
                    handler.removeCallbacks(updater);
                    mediaPlayer.pause();
                    imagePlaypause.setImageResource(R.drawable.playbutton);

                }else {
                    mediaPlayer.start();
                    imagePlaypause.setImageResource(R.drawable.pausebutton);
                    updateSeekBar();

                }
            }
        });

        new Content().execute(getIntent().getStringExtra("downloadlink"));
        textTotalDuration.setText(milliSecondsToTimer(mediaPlayer.getDuration()));

        playerSeekBar.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionEvent) {
                SeekBar seekBar = (SeekBar) view;
                int playPosition = (mediaPlayer.getDuration() / 100) * seekBar.getProgress();
                mediaPlayer.seekTo(playPosition);
                textCurrentTime.setText(milliSecondsToTimer(mediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition()));
                return false;
            }
        });

        mediaPlayer.setOnBufferingUpdateListener(new MediaPlayer.OnBufferingUpdateListener() {
            @Override
            public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer, int i) {
                playerSeekBar.setSecondaryProgress(i);
            }
        });

        mediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
            @Override
            public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
                playerSeekBar.setProgress(0);
                imagePlaypause.setImageResource(R.drawable.playbutton);
                textCurrentTime.setText(R.string.zero);
                textTotalDuration.setText((R.string.zero));
                mediaPlayer.reset();
                new Content().execute(getIntent().getStringExtra("downloadlink"));
                textTotalDuration.setText(milliSecondsToTimer(mediaPlayer.getDuration()));
            }
        });

    }

I want to add a fast forward button on my code but I did not find how.
this is my code I hope someone will help me.

A: I found how
 if (mediaPlayer != null) {
                    int currentPosition = mediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition();
                    if (currentPosition + seekForwardTime <= mediaPlayer.getDuration()) {
                        mediaPlayer.seekTo(currentPosition + seekForwardTime);
                    } else {
                        mediaPlayer.seekTo(mediaPlayer.getDuration());
                    }
                }


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It is not unusual for larger nonprofits, particularly public institutions" to create nonprofit fundraising "arms" that engage individuals who "lover" their institution and will raise monies that may otherwise be less accessible to the "mother" institution. Such is the case for City College of New York where its president has resigned following an audit by by I believe the parent College. The resignation has many consequences and one that is alluded to throughout the following WSJ article. Among many problems, one is the lack of controls in place to prevent using the fundraising arm as a personal piggy bank. Another problem for me is the lack of oversight being conducted by either the City College board or the Foundation board presuming that is a free-standing nonprofit board. Controls and oversight - clearly missing at every level. For such a respected institution, this is a state of affairs that surprising and clearly needs to be addressed perhaps ahead of the hiring of the next City College President.
CUNY Seeks State Investigation Following City College of New York President's Departure
Lisa Coico resigned Friday; CUNY board chairman sends request to inspector general
By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS
Oct. 9, 2016 7:53 p.m. ET
The City University of New York said Sunday it is seeking a "comprehensive investigation" by the state after the former president of its flagship school, City College of New York, allegedly misused funds to pay for personal expenses.
According to a letter sent by CUNY board chairman William Thompson Jr. to New York's inspector general, City College's former president, Lisa Coico, improperly used money four years ago from 21st Century Foundation, a nonprofit tied to the college.
Ms. Coico was told by a CUNY lawyer to return the funds, according to Mr. Thompson's letter, but the college "discovered that in fact she did not return all the funds, despite her representations to the contrary."
"This matter raises concerns with respect to the relationships not only between City College and its affiliated foundation but more generally between all CUNY colleges and all such entities," he wrote.
Ms. Coico resigned Friday, CUNY said, and its chancellor, James B. Milliken, notified students, faculty and other members of the university community in a letter sent that day. Her resignation came in the wake of other investigations into her finances, according to university officials.
Ms. Coico declined to comment on Sunday. She has previously denied wrongdoing.
Mary Erina Driscoll, City College's interim provost, was named its administrator in charge until an interim president is appointed at CUNY's next board of trustees meeting, scheduled for Oct. 26.
Mr. Milliken, in his letter, said a national search would begin soon, adding "I can assure you that the board of trustees and I are focused on the steps necessary to ensure that CCNY continues to serve its students."
According to CUNY, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Robert L. Capers, has been investigating whether Ms. Coico used funds from a nonprofit affiliated with the university to pay for personal expenses. A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office didn't respond to a request for comment.
"Each school has its own foundation and a very broad definition of eligible expenses with very few apparent controls," he wrote.
CUNY began its own investigation over the summer, hiring independent counsel "to review issues related to compensation and expenses of the City College president," it said.
The review is ongoing and led by Andrew J. Levander, chairman at Dechert LLP and a former assistant U.S. attorney. He didn't respond to a request for comment.
CUNY plans to form a search committee to find a new City College president, including students, faculty, alumni, trustees and likely a college president outside of the CUNY system, according to a person familiar with the school's hiring process.
Ms. Coico's resignation comes during a tumultuous year for CUNY. Its faculty reached an agreement with the school's administration over the summer, giving instructors their first new contract in nearly seven years. Earlier in the year, city and state officials clashed over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to cut state funding for the university.
Write to Zolan Kanno-Youngs at zolan.kanno-youngs@wsj.com+